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thursday dec 1 1 2003 serving the community of wh1tchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst i fj stoufiville churches shipping love j j to needy in africa ukraine opinion calendar r 8 sports 20 classified f 22 a v radinim staffphotobill roberts 1st stoufrvffle scorpions scouts were judged the most humorousentiy in m stoufiville iqhsmen santa glaus parade along main street in stoufiville saturday rthe real santa and his sleigh also took part in the85 parade for more pictures seepage 21 for jim thomas view see hjs column on page 7 v v vy bymikehayakawa staff writer he riidst chafiehgirig part of huntirigin york region isntfinding prey i v the real hirritcbmratigiptrack down land to conduct the activity legally without beinghassled v hunters here are after whitetailed deer wild turkeys andwaterfowl c i always say die hardest part of hunting in- southern ontario is in hunting for a place to go hunting said vvtlwegman a ministry of natural resources spokesperson from the aurora district office mr wegman knows of people who move from the northern reaches of the province to southern ontario and are surprised to find the limited amount of public land wherehuntihg is permitted v they find it a culture shock when they are looking for a place to go hunting its hot like where they lived baqk up north where theres plentybfcroivn land to go hunting he said to some extent hunting oppprtunities in york region are dwihdlmg confirmed john almond a fish and yvildlife technical specialist with the ministrys aurora office one only has to look at the continual loss of rural land to urbanization for a reason urifoiiimately with the exception of the oak ridges moraine and conservation plant ning around the oak ridges moraine a lot of development will continue to occur around newmarket aurora richmond hill markham and stoiiffyille these are centres that are close to die city and will continue to be developed mr almond said major corridors like newmarket aurora holland landing and keswick are expanding arid with the 404 highway eventually going to beaverton that will bring more settlement to those areas in the future once developed we wont be hunting in these places urban plan ning arid hunting dont go together hesaid as rural land is turned- into urbari rieigh- bourhoods niunicipalities have no choice but see bow page 20 two physicians move druggists feettoctbe shortage byhannelorevolpe j- staff writer v v the shortage of doctors in whitchurchstoufrville mearis phar macists are counselling patients more often regarding symptoms overthecounter medications arid we i are already feeling the crimch pharriiacist farid wassef of guardian houston pharmacy in stouffville said within the past two years two doctors- moved their practices frorn stpuffville to markham and another doctor was unable to continue his practice due to illness sorrie local dpetdrs are not takirig new patients the doctor shprtage was an issue in the municipal elec tion throughout- most of the province- a lot of pharmacists are picking up the slack witii different programs said kim cochrane pokespersbn for the vpntario pharmacists association their role has sbrnewhat shifted over the past riumber of years she said the doctor shortage is beirigfelt even more as people move beyond the suburbs to cofnmunities such as stouffville mr wassef said arid pharmacists have to step up to trie plate f- as a pharmacist who uses both traditional and alternative therar pies including nutrition arid lifestyle- cburisellirig he believes pharmacists have to educate the public aiid the medicalcpriimuriity about what they are doing he advocates a team approach between the two professions so that x see pharmacists page 19 5vyi1 ym bm tit mmkiw vacuum repairs to all makes models sales service installations zs 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllte bosklo railway tracks