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economist sunjtribune in our community saturday aug 17 2002 cop hurt four charged in 404 car chase by kathleen griffin staff writer a york regional police officer broke several bones in his hand during a dramatic car chase thursday morning that netted hundreds of dollars worth of stolen property a stolen jeep and four suspects charged with numerous offences the chase began about 330 am at elgin mills road and yorkland street in richmond hill when an officer attempted to stop a white jeep that had been stolen from durham region earlier in the day the officer sees the car go by confirms it has been stolen tries to pull it over and the chase is on said detsgt paul pedersen the vehicle continued east along elgin mills to leslie street then south onto hwy 404 reaching speeds of up to 120 kmhr as the jeep approached sheppard avenue in toronto it nicked another car causing the jeep driver to lose control the vehicle crashed into a ditch and one man was arrested on the spot three other men in the vehicle tried to escape on foot attempting to clamber over a fence and sever al officers gave chase they used pepper spray to subdue the suspects and one officer suf fered a broken hand in the struggle the officers identity was not released the officer is fine but he will require some surgery said detsgt pedersen when police searched the car they found hundreds of dollars worth of cell phones car stereos a sony play station credit cards and cigarettes the investigation is continuing as to where these items came from detsgt pedersen said there was only minor damage to the other car that was nicked and no injuries he said that was lucky considering the time of day and the stillsignificant rushhour traffic on the 404 three men 21 20 and 19 from scarborough and an 18yearold from innisfil face numerous charges including possession of stolen property over 5000 fraudulent use of a credit card engaging police in pursuit and resisting arrest they appeared for a bail hearing in newmarkets 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history who we are in the com munity is slowly being taken away from us said david grey eagle sanford a toronto mohawk who also represents the huron wendat in matters involving the rouge river it was in this capacity that mr sanford received an important gift thursday from a seneca man david redwolf a peace wheel which could have prevented the war between huron and seneca the french intercepted this mr redwolf told mr sanford before the two men embraced he later said he was referring to a 1649 incident in which runners carrying a huron peace belt were ambushed by french hoodlums disguised as seneca men the french then lied to people of a nearby village saying the senecas had attacked thats what started the war between the huron and the senecas mr redwolf said the huron were devastated in the fighting and driven out of ontario the french later attacked seneca villages on the rouge and burned them after returning mr redwolfs embrace mr sanford urged both peo ples to reclaim the rouge and their ancient sites in the area if we do not do these things now we will lose them for ever he said the torontobased environmental defence canada started a private prose cution last month against the ontario realty corporation in a deal ann ounced in 1999 the provincial agency sold the steeles avenue land to the cemetery board in exchange for other land the board owned in markham although parts of the site were pro tected with legal easements to prevent damage to the village and environmen tally sensitive areas the orc was charged with failing to do an adequate environ mental assessment before the sale the agency must appear in court sept 13 david donnelly edcs legal director acknowledged the province could simply stay the charge but he argued the case deserves to be heard lets find out what is really in these fields and then decide what is in the public interest heather bastien a wise woman of the wendat council said she is preparing to see the case in court its been a long jour ney but were well on our way she said there was no immediate comment from markham mpp dave tsubouchi who as chair of the provinces manage ment board is responsible for the orc