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economist sunsuntribune news saturday oct 23 2004 kfc robbed at gunpoint hospitals work to balance books police are looking for two men who robbed a mark- ham kentucky fried chick en at gunpoint thursday two armed men entered the restaurant at 55 harvest moon dr around 945 pm and made their way to the back of the store three employees were forced to hand over cash then ordered into a refrig erator before the men took off one of the robbers has been described as having a dark complexion he was wearing a green jacket blue jeans and a blue bandanna and carrying a sawedoff shotgun the second was black tall and thin he was wear ing all black clothing a scarf covering his face and had a handgun anyone with informa tion is asked to contact police at 18668765423 ext 7873 or crime stoppers at 1800222tips martin derbyshire by chris traber staff writer york region hospitals are working to balance their books without cutting services while markham stouffville hospital and southlake regional health centre met the oct 15 deadline to submit a deficit reduction plant to the ministry of health york central hospital asked for an extension president bruce harber expects the richmond hill hospital to file by friday quite a few ontario hospitals asked for and got extensions mr harber said adding he hopes to present the plan to the hospital board at its meeting thurs day were still trying to make sure the numbers are going to stick and that they are going to happen when we want them to happen the hospital is facing a 12million deficit this year but has found between 5 million and 6 million in savings that number is creeping up because were finding additional sources of revenues instead of cuts were really avoiding any impact on access to services and cutting back on beds he said still a balanced budget is a tall order mr harber admitted its going to be real tough because theres an acknowledgment that were already lean and efficient he said weve realized savings by avoiding things wed love to spend money on were cutting back on expenditures and freezing a couple of vacancies were crossing our fingers but there are a number of uncertainties markham stouffville hospital met the oct 15 deadline said chad hanna vicepresident of public relations vicepresident lome zon was unavailable for comment last month markham stouffville reported an estimated 45million to 6million annual operating deficit clic laminate flooring i 68mm thick 1 pack covers 232 sq ft highdensity wood fibre choice of oak cherry or beech sold in full boxes only 341401820 3110011012 21441214 2900000201 heater adjustable thermostat 5year warranty 7486014 42200003 174053 229782 30006956 instore specials are available at the following 2 locations only signet 20 gas barbecue 50 000 btu 605 sq in total cooking area 230 sq in warming rack stainless steel dualhtm double burner reg 446 1666099 29100052 216888 287762 17009955 rona home garden 768 warden avenue scarborough tel 4167517556 rona home garden 1970 eglinton avenue east scarborough tel 4167555559 these product specials are available at rona home garden scarborough location only products available from october 2324 2004 no rainchecks while quantities last we reserve the right to limit quantities trademarks of air miles international trading bv used under license by loyalty management group canada inc and rona inc canada inc the how to people proudly canadian