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BY DAVID FLEISCHER dfleischer@yrmg.com Here we go again. Local politicos are revving their engines after federal Lib- eral leader Michael Ignatieff told party members they would not continue to prop up the Con- servative government of Stephen Harper. "Mr. Harper, your time is up," Mr. Ignatieff told fellow Grits at a Sudbury retreat Tuesday. While Mr. Ignatiefi' offered no specifics on what could touch off an election, a vote could take place as early as November with campaigns kicking off just over a month from now. That would make the 2009 election just over a year after the last election, which took place on Oct. 14, 2008. 7 Ho bs Are you ready to v0te again? “I think it’s very irrespon- sible," said Markham Regional Councillor Gord Landon who willchallen elohn McCallum for the Conse tives in Markham- Unionville. “The economy is just coming out of a recession and is very fragile right now I really don’t understand Why they’re doing 27 WAGE Ill, 294-8030 Mr. Landon has said he would take a leave of absence from his positions with the region and town during a campaign. Calandra-Temellcquki rematch set locally See OPPONENTS, page 7. '0' 'IOI iTribune SKYURDAY, SEPT.5,2009 I SERVWGfl-IECOMMUNITYOFWHWSTOUFFVILE I 20PAGFSI$1INCLUDINGGST wuhin the span of 12' hours, two area homes were destroyed by fire. Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday a fire started in the garage of 208 Hoover Park Dr., two houses west of Tenth Line. “Thank God I got all my kids out, because I just got home from Fire victims just happy to make it out BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg. com Members of the Confalone family and neighbours watch a fire burst from the garage of their Hoover Park Drive home Thursday afternoon. See additional photographs on pages 2 and 8 and at yorkregion.com BLAZES DESTROY TWO WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE HOMES WITHIN 12 HOURS work.” said Dora Confalone. “I was only going to stop in for two min- utes to see what the kids were up When Ms Confalone, who works for Sutton Group Town and Coun- try, arrived, she could smell smoke outside the home, but not inside. The smoke detectors had yet to be activated within the two-storey brick home that is about 10 years old. After searching-the home top to bottom with her mother, Eileen Duffy, who also lived in the house. Ms Confalone opened the inside garage door. That is where she was met with a thick cloud of black smoke. Mrs. Duffy immediately called 91 1,while the girlsâ€" 12-yearâ€"oldTara and 14-year-old Cashel â€" grabbed the dog. cat and six-week old kit- tens and evacuated. The family’s pet lizard, however, was mistakenly left behind and perished. The home's two other occupants ~ Graham and Norman Grisold â€" See BETHESDA, page 8 PHOTO/G LEN SCHOLEY