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inside let 6 police beat 8 sports 18 classified 19 3 pictures show whitchurchstouffville markham residents busy with summer events arts culture calendar event york region forest hike when 6 645 pm wednesday 18882900337 where hwy 48 between vivian aurora roads j a york region clinic jt helps kids build selfesteem by making speech therapy fun serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 whffchurclistmiffvime public lita stoutiville tribune r 50 cents including gst 7 32 pages saturday july 6 2002 toronto parents look fordaycare space here strike puts pressure on local facilities by chrissie obrien special when torontos inside work ers joined their outside counter parts on the picket line thursday markham and whitchurch- stoufrville daycare workers werent surprised over the last week a few of our centres had inquiries about space said larkin timney rep resentative of the family day daycare centres a york region child care chain all our centres are full but people from toronto have been calling to ask if they can drop their kids off during the week and if they can pay on a weekly basis ms timney said pat keeling supervisor at tlc daycare centre in unionville says employees have also felt the effects of the strike which closes toronto municipal daycare cen tres homeless shelters and pub lic health departments a total of 18000 workers in two canadian union of public employees locals are striking ive had at least a dozen calls from parents looking for a place for their kids ms keeling said both centres say space is the issue and they have been unable to take the overflow of children coming from the toronto centres the waiting period for day care in york region is a year for an see firstcome page 10 beatiri the heat stouffville style staff photosjoerd witteveen michael durigon 11 gets a refreshing shower courtesy of twoyearold sister emily in stoufrvilles outdoor pool at memorial park during thursdays hot weather tq reach us 905 6402612 soaring charges hit york businesses deregulated electricity market experiences wild price jumps by jeff mitchell staff writer theres no panic yet but the past weeks soaring energy costs are convincing commer cial consumers to take notice of ontarios newly deregulated hydro market prices havent moved too much from the beginning of the market opening may 1 until now said gregg scott president of ener- gyshopcom an energy consulting and pur chasing company but when they start getting their invoices from their hydro companies theyll take action paul bradbury executive director of vaughans chamber of commerce agreed companies must seek strategies to manage costs and ensure supply the cost of power is not going to go down especially with deregulation he said it inevitably goes up after two months of relatively static prices last weeks soaring temperatures coupled with supply concerns and the need for imported hydro sent ontarios hydro market for a ride prices were topping 45 cents per kilowatt hour in peak periods a far cry from the three- cent range that had been the norm for the market in may and june causing even more worry though was the admission by the independent electricity market operator imo that businesses will face a surcharge on power purchased from us suppliers see surcharge page 13 dliiimj 6400888