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owcc8wssie8kna economist suntribune the environment thursday oct 3 2002 the body language of dr suzuki photosbill roberts dr david suzuki whose new miniseries debuts on cbctv this month had good and bad things to say about planning practices in markham during a weekend speech tv host likes pedestrianfriendly centre from page 1 we ignore those needs at our peril dr suzuki said reminding his audience that 12 per cent of canadian children have asthma yet markham has accord ing to dr suzuki an unbelievable num ber of pollutionspewing sportutility vehicles dr suzuki 66 whose new mini- series the sacred balance debuts on cbc this month said the town like all communities in canada has failed to leave enough space for other species its absurd he continued later to think markhams 10metre environ mental buffers along urban sections of the rouge river will preserve its ecosystem you need setbacks that go back hundreds of metres but dr suzuki called the towns markham centre project exciting an improvement over the typical subur ban subdivision which he said is built on the absolute understanding that youre going to jump in your car and drive somewhere to get what you need cars are the source of so many problems our new developments should discourage their use he argued weve got to be much more carunfriendly markham centre on 900 acres between kennedy and rodick roads and between hwys 7 and 407 is meant to place 25000 residents and 17000 employees in a mixeduse urban envi ronment markham like all communities in canada has failed to leave enough space for other species remington group the company building the developments core area 243 acres around a sixacre lake wants its draft plan approved by christmas so it can start selling homes targeting especially the high- tech industry employees working nearby and baby boomers who want to scale down its definitely lifestyle driven said rudy buczolits a remington group vicepresident attending the civic centre event frances tremblay a unionville homeowner said shes been waiting years to live in markham centre im from a european background and i love the idea that you walk everywhere said ms tremblay originally from the island of malta i dont want people on top of me i want privacy but you can plan in a way that you still have privacy she said runs till sunday oct 6 wwwmarkhamfairca mmm tma tlic home show with a difference october 25 26 27 markham fair grounds www mar khimhnmr ihowcom our teachers are tops achieving academic excellence caring help keep your kids healthy for your free heartsmart family fun pak htai anosrecxt kxjncmticn of ontario call m88hshnf0 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune vw ht a v- r y i i y this specatular event will feature massed pipes and drums skirmishers and pioneers of the queens own rifles brass bands martial arts york regional police canine unit a musical finale and fireworks mp john mccallum will present golden jubilee medals to markham citizens for their valuable community service octobcr 5 rachks oay i we thank teachers for sharing their many godgiven talents with their students and school communities through their faith commitment and by promoting student excellence teachers encourage our future leaders to achieve their full potential take time to thank a teacher today all of our lives have been touched by teachers growing together with faith york catholic district school board elizabeth crowe chair of the board susan larosa director of education it s quality catholic education touching young lives thank you