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M PP Helena lawn-k addresses the York~Durham Heritage Railway’s media day at the Slouffvifle Station Thursday. ‘Hw rail mm Wt‘l't‘ buth Wu [9” and 19% but {hr lounge carsmrw have a few modem arm'niliezs «-â€" ait mwitknung and heating. Hind i§ aLs‘u nnw served an the l lxbfidgt‘ tn Snmfivilb ank-lhxrham Heritage way run. which mugged mm 10mm ‘Ihurs- day mming to give area politicians and others a trip through the northem coun- try-side: "It‘s just like the European Barrie!“ whvrv they go whirling But you arm- aliy get to see things." said (71V weather The Marion Drexler Band serenades the YorkDurham Heritagr Railwav's train during media day at the Stouffvillc Station. Heritage train adds modern luxuries BY SANDRA BOLAN Jmianfiw mtg . on: [his is the Nth year for the Uxbridgo to Stuufiw'fle rail line. pmwxmhty Tum Bum). whu MC‘d the lmuning. ’Ihe train travels at 11 mm. “It's our version of the Hugwans Express." he Heritage passenger coadws in use include a IBIS? car that was originally built as a mkmisl sleqmr car but later COW whod fur (Ixmmuter ‘Ihem am also a pair of lQSIbâ€"era fomler (IN coaches. as W?“ as Boise Budd (handles built in 1955. mbuih in “[32 and updated in 2mm. [ht-re is a hm car and cabome. Thé line had mom than 10.000 pas- ' Edd: fileslfmm Tamar News Service wagers last year. according to King. manager of tourism for Durham legion. In 2003. the tourist attraction received a 56911)!) Ontario mm. It received another $158,011) in 2010 m be spent (Ne-r three yeam I In 'additiogn to the regular Sumhy “trips â€" you can catch the train at noon in down- town Smuffville ~ throughout the sum- met. the YDHR also runs themed n'dos and charter trips for familkm mgauwa tions and tour operators. Fur mum details. go to wnwydhmca See a Vida!) from “madly: event at STA" PNOVOS/SYEVE SOMEW‘LU Medical Calls made up 42 per com of incidents Whilchun'h- Smufivillv's fin- (it-pumm-nl ms'pund 0d (0 in 2012. r Fires comprised 8 per cent of the emergen- dos the department rt'spundt-d tn. according tn the annual stats presented to council ‘l'uexday afternoon. “The emphasis should be an medical pcnplv doing medical calls.” (humillur Phil Banmm during 'ersday's [nu-Ling. Lovvl B rospunsv meant W11ithrhurrh~ Stoufiville answered medical calls only when an ambulance was 12 to IS minutes away fmm the scene. fire (Zhicf Rub Mck’uw'v told lhv Sun~ Tribune last year. ' As a Level A rmptmdvr. lhmk‘panmvm ru‘viws. the call at the same time as ILMS. Sometimm Whitchurch-Slouffvillc fimfightcrs am‘vo before lho paramedics, Mr. Mcfimm’o mld council 'l‘m-s- dav. In January 2010. the department clown-d its response pmtmrul level from H to A. ‘ 108 FIRES When the fin: department responds to mL-dlcal calls. lhm' do m with a fin‘ (nick. “llK perplexing In me we send lhn-r ()1 [our people in a fin: truck to a medical call." sand (Luuw cillor Krn H‘rdinands. ‘ Whilchurch-Smuflvi|lv firefightvrs Impuan with a full fim truck because if they get called to a fiw while attending lht' lllt‘dit'al unwrgvnn". llwy can gm [0 the fin- quicker by not having In retum m the slation In Change trucks. according to Mayor Wavnc l-‘mmcrsnn. In 2010. when it was ulwadcd m Lew! .-'\. the dcpanmcm answcn-d 327 medical rails and in 20! I. it was up 10523. l'hvrl' wvrv STU LN war For a town this 5111:. combined with ll\ growth and scmur population. thc number uf medical malls thv dcpamm-m answervd last war was on pa: with what was mtmpalcd. according to Mr, McKenzie. Increase in medical calls forfirefighters concerns council Vt'hu‘lv emidvnls/rvu'm'x' wrrv lhc' wrnnd mm! rmponded m vnwrgenq mils in 2012 {H per wm). follnwvd by public hamrds and rvmmv alamn €11 per cvnl). mhvr {0 per mm) firm (8 pm (my) and prv-firv (‘Umlilmlh 1?! per (mm, In 2(XH. when the fin‘ department wax .1 lrwl B mspnnder. it answemd I50 medk'al calls. N0 SURPRISE: CHIEF The dvparlmvm um n'wn had In being a Irwl B rt-spnnder. Mr Mrkl'n/jv duos um kmm if this will he pursued by mum‘il ‘lhc l08 fin‘ calls of last war cumixt‘cd m strm - lurv. rhumwy. lniu‘rllanuma. vvhirlv ax m~l| as bush/grams fin“. and aulhun/ul hum umlmls. II was lhv must in {hrw wary In 20"). lhv tlvpumm'm unxm'ml 7h fin‘ Ule and in 201 l. 75. BY SANDRA BULAN slmhmwwmg l um oJ‘