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inside op 6 police 15 sports 18 classified 21 whitchurchstouttville public library arts cuiture calendar 3 king citys big pipe paves the way for development on the oak ridges moraine critics say event red poppy percussion concert when thursday 8 pm where markham theatre 3057469 iy living life on the wild side is easy when your parents are zookeepers serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gsi 40 rages business may blow smoke ban into court councillor board of trade president clash by lisa queen staff writer theyre both strongwilled women and neither shows any sign of backing down markham board of trade president ruth burkholder clashed again last week with vaughan councillor joyce frustaglio chairperson of york regions nosmoking task force unless the task force compro mises on its hardline stand to ban smoking in all public places burkholder suggested the stand off may have to be played out in court we understand that over 100 businesses are now taking the region of kitchenerwaterloo to court for implementing a full ban on smoking and the city of vancouver is in the same situa tion being sued by business es she told regional council thursday the economic impacts of smokefree legislation are heavy we do not believe the regional municipality of york and its municipalities want to get involved in lawsuits although a regional bylaw died more than two years ago when fewer than half of yorks nine municipalities supported the ban the task force is hoping to convince local councils to out law smoking in their own towns see task force page 9 saturdayvmarch 11 2000 saturday focus no secret to successful marriage says couple after 67 years fi iillp staff photomike barrett edna and dennis robbins are already planning for their 70th wedding anniversary happy together since being declared husband and wife on march 1 1 1933 edna and dennis robbins have based their marriage on two principles husbands should learn how to cook and couples should never go to bed angry full storypage 4 to reach us 905 2942200 officer busted in theft ring toronto cop still bloody at york region bail hearing by kathleen griffin and rickvanderlinde staff writers with dried blood still smeared on his scalp and face a 30yearold toronto police officer appeared in newmarket court friday accused of being the ringleader of a robbery gang darin cooper a detective constable with 55 division sat in the prisoners box next to six other men charged in the theft ring two other accused mike wassijyn and kristopher dellapia also had visible injuries including cuts and bruises cooper a 10year police veteran made a brief court appearance along with the other men on charges of armed robbery conspira cy impersonating police officers breach of trust possession of stolen property and pos session of a restricted weapon all seven were held in custody for court appearances next week i think the injuries speak for themselves defence lawyer michael clarke told reporters outside the court i dont know exactly how they happened i first saw my clients for the first time five minutes ago the charges were laid in connection to an armed robbery scheme that involved armed bandits using police id and bulletproof vests to rob their victims of luxury vehicles and cash while york regional police remain tight- see badge page 10 town and country realty ltd 6400888