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inside opinion 6 j arts t 16 sports v 31 j classified 32 r right to get behind y the wheel gives york region seniors a sense of independence j artscuiiurecauendar event chats singsational when sunday l30 to 4 pm where markham theatre 3057469 n environmental groups draw the line between urban sprawland preservation serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 iwclibrar 50 gents including gst 7 36 pages children suffer the real braindrain earlfyearssetcoiarse gj for persons life by jennifer brown staff writer barents should take a few pointers from dog breeders on how to raise young children according to a leading child advocate and researcher in fact dr fraser mustard said ganadas real brain drain occurs during the first few years of a childs life a time that affects almost every aspect of their lives the environment you live in during the early years has a huge impact on your brain the richest development of the brain is at the very early part of childhood mustard told an audience of york region parents teachers busi ness leaders politicians and ser vice providers tuesday dog breeders understand tws concept said mustard 71 who hassixgrovm children v if thbyare breeding animals to sell they know the early years set the behaviour for the rest of the animals life if a dog breeder can do it why cant we in a report he cowrote for the province mustard called canadas lack of funding for early childhood education the real brain drain he said there is insufficient funding for the period of life when children are at the highest risk birth to six years of age the former dean of mcmaster university medical school and founder of the canadian institute see young page 3 thursday nov 25 1999 recruit salute staff photosteve somerville connor garrothers 6 salutes the new officers at the york regional pokcemarchpast at the markham fairgrounds on tuesday night connors uncle auxiliary officer graham magee was one of me recruits bemg honoured at the event to reach us 905 6402100 surprise 1 19 million residents v f precucied bjf2 bylisa queen f v v staff writer- v york region officials are hiking population forecasts again but mayors are wamihg theyre not about to rubberstamp the hew numbers wwch they havent even seen yet the region is how predicted to become home to 119 million residents by 2021- about 90000 more than the region had been plannihgfor john waller director qtlorigrange and strategic planning blamed the increase on twofactors r he said between 20000 i and i 300jresir dents were missed during the national census in 1991 the other 60000ho 70000 have been added thanks tbnev deyelopmentsplanried in areas such as holland landmgi moiint albert queensviuekihggity which had not been anticipatedwhen region al council approved yorks official plan each ofyprks nine municipauties wul have more residents m ranging from an extra 2000 people in georgma to anomer 16000 in markham the region has also disclosed 1 growth pre- dictibrre for 20 expected toreach 128 nnmph j s waller insisted the nefigiues arent cause for concern f the numbers are a very slight theyre a slight fine s tuning from the numbers we had previously theres hot a big difference here see rubber page 4 mm c h a v h o u old 3 m o the little dealership with a big 5336 highivay 7 justeastofmccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 wwwnorthpointechevoldscom service hours sale mdnrthurs 9 am 9jurr wifrir 9 am 6pmmji wr9am6ffmw morifthurs 730 am 9j to all our neighbours north pbihte ghev olds is how a i credited drive clean facility our shop inspector will check that your vehicles emission control system meets the standards for which it was designed please call jacqui jour appointment coordinator r book your car in monn7m 700 3dx m sot 730 100 ffisg vvi fctmhtr seafood restaurant 5812mairi st stdutfvffle 640115 live nora scotia lobster fresh seafoods steak gourmet pizza rmrymmy buy 2 pasta get free rer rvii-