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whitchurchstouffville public mmr saturday march 19 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst outdoor rink a tradition 78 years later opinion 6 total home 11 sports 18 classified 27 medicine on hot seat at hearings charlatans putting patients at risk by chris traber staff writer an increasing number of unskilled charlatans practis ing acupuncture and tradi tional chinese medicine are putting patients at risk markham mpp tony wong heard during a provinicial hearing thursday how does the consumer know who is a qualified herbal ist acupuncturist or doctor of traditional chinese medicine asked north yorks paul des rosiers a californiatrained and licensed practitioner of chinese medicine no regulations we all have to look at this branch of medicine and dissect it he said there are scams and financial special interest groups charlatans because there are no standards or regulations no one wants to take responsibility unskilled practitioners rep resent a significant risk to the public said another scheduled presenter an incorrect diagnosis or pre scription can cause headaches hypertension internal bleeding and in some cases death said marywu president of the toronto school of traditional chinese medicine there are no stan dards practitioners need to be sec copy page 16 eye for ice hebem staff photomike barrett victoria marsh 5 of stouffville makes her way around the ice during the daily march break public skate at the stouffville arena thursday most students return to school monday cancelled towers power plant raised blackout possibilities by roy green staff writer citizen groups in york region have been successful in just the last two weeks in foil ing plans for a 500million gasfired power plant in vaughan and a 60million hydro transmission line stretching from markham to newmarket but even as they celebrate york region may be facing a potential power deficit that could produce blackouts or brownouts within a few years and short of a review of alternatives now getting under way there are no plans in place to address this looming deficit in fact major players in the debate seem more interested in shifting the responsibility for solving the problem north of bloomington at risk a study done by hydro one and local dis tribution companies claims the area north of bloomington road is at risk of service disrup tions or brownouts unless more power is available by the winter of 200607 while the ontario power authority has been charged with finding sources for sus tainable energy in ontario that agency was only created in january and it wasnt until this week it named a consultant to deal with york regions growing need for more elec tricity hydro ones answer doubling the capacity of the 1 15 kv hydro corridor running see meetings page 17 ml hot tubs 27 heritage bo markham 8030 baacrcaroa rii t yrrrelwjrttj honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 905477 2451 wwwmarkhamhondacom 1hllvlfm ii 88 winter performance package honda genuine si for peak performance this summery dont open your hood to strangers bring youryehicle home to hona for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda available formost honda models faxes not included provincial environmental fees if any excluded tovmand country