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inside opinion 6 etcetera 26 sports 31 classified 32 puzzling ntor 19 4- turn up in murder investigation of tammy lyhn lamondingagnon event blood donor clinic when saturday 930 am to 230pm where stoufiville legion hall ninth one tyz local politicians 3 and residents demand safety measures on stouffvilles roads serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 36 pages man dies ijyes at ris as giahospitals face breaking point md by jennifer brown staff writer a critically ill patient who was redirected from toronto health care facilities could not be saved by a richmond hill doctor last week dr john blakely says a patient died after he was not taken to the closest hospital but instead was sent to york central hospital in last weeks mad crush to find emergency rooms able to treat thesick i had a patient die who had nor been taken to the nearest hospital blakely said he could not discuss details of the patients case but indicated by the time the person arrived at york central it was too late this does in fact happen and blakely says other lives are put at risk daily as the pres sure on gta hospitals continues to grow j nave had people arrive in pulmonary edema who have passed four hospitals on the way here blakely said theyre drowning in their own fluids and need to be on a breathing machine minutes can mean a life espe cially with a heart patient says blakely an internist in the emer gency department at york central and the former chief of medicine seetorohto page 11 thursday dec 9 1999 christmas bows staff photosteve somerville corrine reid is part of the chamber string ensemble which will be performing in winter fantasia unionville high school music departments annual concert set for 7 pm dec 14 at markham theatre students will perform a variety of music from classical to jazz performing groups include the junior and senior choirs string orchestras and jazz ensem bles tickets go on sale tomorrow at the theatre box office 3057469 to reach us 905 6402100 builders housing developers and residents in moraine tug of war by patrick casey staff writer the development industry is ready to fight if a freeze is imposed on housing projects along the oak ridges moraine lloyd cherniak executive vicepresident of lebovic enterprises and chairperson of ontarios chapter of the urban development institute warned a development freeze would result in costly legal challenges and a loss of the cooperative relationship towns now enjoy with his industry whenypu do that freeze deyelopmeni you really draw the line im not here to say im challenging the whole oak ridges moraine issue but it would force people to take sides cherniak said during a roundtable mterview with metrolarid york regiori editorial staff tuesday the position ttytheyjbe based on sound reasoning sound science arid sound legal precedents we often err on the side of caution he said believe it or riot i aril not looking for confrontations last week the greater toronto services board issued an ultimatum toqueens park adopt a 1994 provincial policy manual regard ing development on the moraine or risk a six- month development freeze the stouffvillebased lebovic enterprises has applications before the ontario municipal board for two projects including 2715 hous ing units on the moraine in richmond hill in a battle of course we would take see freeze page 3 i al hstte l o m o b l the little dealership with a big 5f 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 1008922209 wwwri6rthpointechevoldscom sale hours moathurs 9 am 0 pro ciefi9ampjrf 9 am 6 pm onthurs 730 am 9 pin fri- 730 am 6 pm gtsampmgt check all your lights and 15 point inspection for plus additional labour parts for all necessary repair replacement safe driving one call to north pointechev olds a your worries are over m vll m j seafood restaurant 5812maiifst stoufmue 6406115 live nova scotia lokster fresh seafood steak gourmet pizza everytdesdaii buy 2 pasta get 1 free