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inside opinion 6 c middleincome earners tobenefit police 8 sports 26 from tax cuts expected classified 28 in federal budget community calendar event winter carnival when sunday noon to 4 pm ic- s 91 controlling indoor i air pollution one persons perfume may be anothers poison where musselmans lake serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 1 t rtt whitchurc public ltbraiy 50 cents including gst i 32 pages thursday feb 24 2000 to fieach us 905 242200 stouffville at odds over smokefree york region business demands smoke freedom by joan ransberry staff writer the move to make york region 100percent smoke free is hot getting an easy ride in whitchurchstouffville e at wednesdays public meet- sing at the council chambers york regions assistant medical officer of health dr troy herrick out lined the lifethreatening health issue of smoking t in making his pitch for clean air herrick said tobacco is responsible for the deaths of about 47000 canadians each year while in ontario there are 12000 tobaccorelated deaths each year sutl the proposed smoking bylaw met with serious chal lenge especially from the chamber of commerce the board of trade and restaurant and bar owners since the task forces goal is to have york region smoke free by 2004 public meetings are being held regionwide to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed 3 phasedin bylaw of the nine municipalities vaughan is the first to have a 100percent smokefree law in place kathyfullerton coowner of a main street entertainment spot didnt waste any time letting the task force know how she feels i dont like it when someone tells me what i can and cannot do at business leaders want new borders in place by november election amalgamation action ordered by lisa queen staff writer york region business leaders this morning will demand a finan cial analysis of amalgamation mod els with an eye to having a new gov ernance structure in place by the time residents go to the polls in november frustrated by five years of watching politicians discuss amal gamation with very little concrete information to back up their posi tions most of yorks chambers of commerce will urge councillors to hire an independent consultant to conduct the study a task force made up of a busi ness representative a resident and politicians would oversee the process right now the matter has ground to a halt and we want the region to move said vaughan chamber president peter cianfarani who will act as spokesperson for the boards of trade at this mornings regional council meeting this infighting is not serving anybody lets figure it out and get oh with life v the chambers want the study completed by june 30 if possible the new structure would be implemented during the- summer and fall so voters could choose their new slate of candi dates in november the hew model could range from the existing nine municipal ties regional government and greater toronto services board doing a better job of delivering ser vices to york being carved into one or more new cities see region page 2 see residents page 4 staff photosjoerd witteveen snow ball a snowy field was the site of a rugby match for stouffville district secondary school students mcarthur ford kennedy rd just south of hwy 7 14741350 winti i mw farts a wmwm loje 30 pt travel safe inspection with tire rotation sa1e 3 excutw ot isoiniis vehicles sea us far detals taanggnimna freejugof washer fluid with any of these specials v on presentation dt this coupon empires march 6 at miowght itcte service for all ford lrolr mercury products for over 28 years accredited test repair facility anoecyniailcftlifpwvjwrfottousdujfatoct lwmowfyltask tinting with a i comimmlintaiiy rymwowwax ofio majn st coos cui2xj9