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c ogged down by jennifer brown staff writer york regional police officers tes tifying at the inquest into the death of 16yearold faraz suleman have obtained their own lawyer causing a further delay in the already boggeddown proceeding the legal wranglings took all day yesterday to hammer out angering sulemans mother shaheen kamadia its frustrating for the family to have to wait all i want is to let it begin and for the truth to come out she said police union lawyer bill mackenzie appeared before coro ner william lucas early friday requesting the right to represent the union and nine officers set to appear as witnesses lawyer rod mcleod had already been hired to represent the police force as a whole including the offi cers the police board and chief julian fantino but mackenzie explained sever al officers became uncomfortable shaheen kamadia family of teen frustrated by delays at inquest monday afternoon when they real ized they would be represented by the same lawyer as the force and the chief they had been asked to sign a waiver allowing mcleod to repre sent them with the proviso that they could seek their own counsel at any time during the inquest although three officers signed the waiver nine refused and went to their union for advice when the officers were- con fronted with this as late as monday afternoon needless to say they had some difficulty going through this legal language so they turned to the association and ultimately counsel mackenzie said mackenzie was granted stand ing but then the debate turned to whether mcleod should be allowed to continue representing the other three officers mackenzie argued that since mcleod has already interviewed the nine officers he could have inside information he can use against them in crossexamination my submission sir is that you have no option here but to indicate to mr mcleod that he is in a con flict of interest mackenzie said you have no option other than to dismiss mr mcleod he said lucas rejected the request but the debate may continue when the inquest resumes monday the inquest had already been delayed four days afterlawyers rep resenting sulemans father and a toronto support group appealed the coroners decision not to grant them status at the inquest justice archie campbell rejected their appeal on thursday agreeing with lucas argument that both parents could be represented by one lawyer except during testimo- inyabout kamadias involvement in a police sting to arrest her son 3 kamadia helped arrange a meet ing with her son so police could arrest him in connection with a v seriesof home mvasions arid fear- jackxngs rik but he was spotted driving ta stolen jeep and a police chase ensued the chase ended on a resi dential street but suleman was shotin thehead after an officer was struck bythe jeep the officer who shot him det robert wiche has his own lawyer representing him at the inquest the inquest will resurrie monday at 9 aari in sharon york boards lead by example in coop afluration passport to prosperity partnership gives ontario students handson training in the workplace by patrick casey staff writer chahtale mantha and carolyn lawrence know the benefits of gaining work experience the two york region high school students have spent the fall semes ter in cooperative education pro grams at the sheraton parkway hotel in richmond hill developing skills they can apply in future careers and how the ontario govern ment wants to cultivate that employerstudent partnership similar to programs the regions catholic and public school boards have been involved with for years yesterday education minister janet ecker joined colleges and universities minister dianne cunningham at the hotel to launch a new campaign encouraging employers to hire high school stu- dents and provide them with the necessary workplace experience called passport to prosperity the initiative will give all ontario stu dents an opportunity to learn through handson training a requirement of the new secondary school curriculum last year more than 70000 grade 11 and 12 students were involved in coops but we have more than 300000 students in grade 1 1 and 12 the challenge is to staff photomike barrett brother andre catholic high school student carolyn lawrence left j and chantale mantha right of st robert catholic high school in thoriihill are in coop programs which were promoted as a provincial initiative by education minister janet ecker yesterday in richmond hill give every one of them this oppor- tunity ecker said students see the link between the classroom and how it is applied in their work the employers also know the importance of building the skill level for oiir young people working together we are going to give the next generation the experience and guidance they need to achieve their goals lawrence a grade 12 student at brother andre catholic high school in markham has been working in the hotels health club since september she said the sheraton is an ideal coop placement because it offers a variety of challenges for students and mantha said the handson experience of a work program beats anything offered in a classroom this gives us basic skills arid the- knowledge ofwhats going on in the real world added mantha an oac student at thornhius st robert catholic high school youre introduced to what you can expect to find when you get out of school it also allows you to do something outside of just your school courses and you can discov er a viewpoint of what you may want to do when school is finished sheraton general manager scott boyle who has 22 coop students working in 11 departments said the employer is often the big winner since many students eventually become paid employees removing a timeconsuming interview process and training programs its a wonderful match for us and the students are very keen to learn he said they are willing to almost do ariything meanwhile public school board educatidridirectpr -billhpgartri- eianapartne ship a natural extension of what local boards are already doing but said it fnay encourage new compa nies to come on board weneeil to have rnorecbmpa- nies in yorkregipn participate the governments help will give an added emphasis and focus hogarth said it makes an easier transition from school to the workplace if wej look at future trends in jobs we know we need students tdconsider all possibilities and we need stu dents to value the workplace no riiiatfer when they reach it confidence thats what this does for them regional news digest whats happening v varley war artist exhibit v nov 10 to jan 16 1 varfey art gallery j 216 main st unionville f fredvadeyofthegroupofseveniwas commissioned to record canadian war activ ities in 1918 and 1919 military portraits in oil sketches and watercolours are part of the remembrance day celebrations j main street study i a consultant has been hired at a cost of 15000 to studythe commercial reyitalizatiori of main street markham 4 jospehmorganlqhnston research and planning services will analyse the main street vision plan which builds on the recommendations of previous- studies as well as incorporating ideas of current merchants arid residents the report will identify trends and characteristics of the heritage street andrecommend ways to improve storefront pre sentation and retail streetscape recommendations on the via bility of a farmers market land use mix the pedestrian erivirori- ment arid beautificatiori oppor- tunities will also be included train decision delayed the cau- tpjdouble the num ber foftosjninrimg stouffville will be ariswerednov 16 at 8pm a drop in ridership on the yorkdurham heritage trairi prompted the railway associa tion to ask council for permis sion to increase runs to seven a day on weekends arid holidays on tuesday councillor judy scala convinced council to delay making a decison giving the public time to comment the railway association reported that iri a one year 772 fewer passerigers took the her itage ride representing a 31per cent drop 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