whitchufcfrstouffvijie publfcjlibrar thursday may 1 9 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36pages1 including gst 29 york regions safety village officially opens its doors opinion 6 calendar 20 sports 30 classified 32 s lji staff photosjoerd witteveen get back here markham district high school marauder rosemin labreche escapes the tackle of stouffville district secfondary school spartan deirdre wood arid scores the first try of the game at markham high monday looking on is spartan jessica spang the marauders won 2210 for more high school scores and standings see pages 30 and 31 york seeks solution to trash dilemma by mike adler staff writer andy campbell waits for a call from michigan since york region started trucking most of its trash to the united states there have been warnings from governor jennifer granholm and filmmaker michael moore that this arrangement cannot last the latest threat statepaid inspectors in michigan started sifting through canadian trash for banned items if many would say when their random searches turn up pop cans yard waste or other illegal junk in our trucks they can be turned back leaving york region with a hefty fine and if illegal trash surfaces regularly york may denied a place to put most of our garbage before municipal politicians solve the prob lem at home said mr campbell yorks solid waste management director that crisis will come sooner rather than later there was a dump in york region in maple and maple residents hated it so when keele valley landfill finally closed oh sec york page 3 york region mp jumps from tories to liberals father helped belinda decide by roy green staff writer although she received counsel from the prime minister and a former ontario premier mp belinda stronach says the best advice she received before deciding to abandon the conservatives and join the ruling liberals was from her father aufo parts magnate frank stronach i talked to him sunday evening as i was contemplating this move i respect his advice ms stronach told the york region newspaper group tuesday he said follow your heart follow your principles on tuesday saying sfte was uncomfortable with the prospect of standing with the bloc quebecois in an attempt to defeat todays liberal budget the newmarketaurora mp decided to join the liberals and accept a cabinetposition where she believes- she can better ensure there are no more sponsorshipstyle scandals the genesis of the stiinhing about- face came at a tribute dinner for-for- mer ontario premier bill davis last thursday ms stronach said i ran into former liberal premier david peterson arid his wife shelley weve been friends for a long time i spoke to him again the next day and told him i was reflecting oh what i was going to dothat i wanted to serve but was uncomfortable with the direction mr harper is taking the party and with lining up with the bloc quebecois on sunday he got back to me and asked would i consider talking to the prime minister and managing a port folio that has the authority to look at democratic tenewal and reform to see belinda page 13 oemewdema houston ford ltd 578b main st stouffville 905b404541 wwwbillhbustdnforclcom 2003 ford mustang convertible true blue wgrey leather 38l v6 auto pony kg int upgrade pkg handling pkg loaded woptioris nice driver 14oookm 22335 j- js jj