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2000 York Region lots hit by checkerboarding ruling NEWMARKET A Sit- Court of Canada ruling last Thursday in favor of East Township in the I municipalitys checkerboard dispute with Bruce and Flo Forfar of has wiped out an estimated 2000 building lots in York Region According to York Regions planning department about threequarters of the boarded lots were in Township and the balance spread through East bury King and Whitchurch townships Checkerboarding involves a complex series of legal man oeuvres designed to allow the owner of a parcel of land di vided into lots to circumvent the Ontario Planning Act by registering adjoining lots in Owners then contended their projects were not subdi visions under the Act and thus best known checkerboarding projects In the East Gwillimbury case Bruce Forfar carved twoacre building lots off his properly gal fee or inheritable right to the property to his lawyers sec retary for retaining a right to say how the land was to be used Then at his direction the land was divided into building lots and distributed in the checkerboard pattern to him self his wife and to B For far Ltd Thursdays ruling upheld an Ontario Appeal Court ruling up setting an earlier judgment that complete effect in ruling that lots the Supreme Court of Cali ber of legal variations on this checkerboard theme York Reg ional solicitor Edward Oakcs said he feels the judgment handed down was broad enough to invalidate them all Mr Oakes explained that although legal i Court of Appeal Judgment which the Supreme Court up held was phrased in very gene ral terms This seemed to indicate that the court would treat Supreme Court ruled unanimously and reservation that the Onta private developers who follow In reaching its decision the court did not even It to hear the case presented Charge bus driver death of child 8 IF VANDORF Tragedy struck a quiet Her seconds after she got off the vehicle Jo irf the Vandorf Sideroad died while two Eightyearold JoAnne Cough were returning from classes on the bus when it stopped in front of their farm JoAnne and Michael left the bus then walked In front of front wheels A second brother Kevin 16 was selling vegetables at a small stand in front of the house when the accident occurred The girls mother Mrs Tho- extremely limited She said only six to 10 vehicles a day pass the house The bus driver Mrs Mau reen of 3 Newmarket has been charged with criminal negligence Power corridor should go south of 7 Region NEWMARKET Ontario should put its 610foot wide power corridor in tiie com parkway belt and utility corridor to be built south of Highway 7 instead of favored by Ontario building If built along the route Hydro proposes it will enter south of Dr there will be a giant trans former station on acres in towns southeast sector The Solandt Commission established last summer by the Ontario Government to study all aspects of the Hydro proposal Traffic lights Newmarkei I chairman of the committee told council faun that had ill forgotten that we have been Pole build- trig and tapping and sewing and t it was time to remind children all over the I world that you be good boys and Well my darlings must get back to work but 111 write again next week Until then Love Santa Santa parade will be Nov 18 NEWMARKET Its Santa time again and Newmarkets an Christmas parade Is Nov floats will be jud ged before the parade leaves the Lome Ave and Eagle St start tag point at 11 am That means Judging starts at Committee members say the parade will be the biggest ever Six bands have already keen hooked pointed out that four alteri York of Hydros four alternative Much of the land line from Nanticoke to Pickering has been acquired said the brief but the route through York has not been finalized However it said Hydros pre- Kettleby in liio of Unlock Suit road and follows Highway in Whitchurch fur miles isi south of Victoria Square it would swing oast around It it ton ville airport and south onto tin proposed Beit The 610 footwide hydro corridor will contain Ihree KV on tines and m two additional 230 KV See HYDRO LINK page Mayor launches bid to found town museum NEWMARKET The town historical record and the municipal ad is ex ploring the appropriate Mayo said at last Tuesdays council meeting this community said the ma tenance for the Eagle St pione er cemetery and said he had many articles and records relat ing to Newmarkets early years which he would donate to a suitable museum Mr Roe was speaking at the official opening of the Qua ker Hill subdivision last week During the ceremonies a street was named for his NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 1972 Wfe Gustar urges opponents to of schools during school hours for speeches by the Davis entourage The Conservatives held meetings Wednesday at both Bradford High and Huron Heights Secondary School in Newmarket Stanfield Davis meet pockets of opposition in riding tour Newmarket National Conservative leader Robert Stan- field encountered pockets of op- He also had momentary dif ficulty remembering the name During a rally at Huron Ileighls Secondary School Mr dent behind a ledge overlooking the auditorium waved a red flag bearing a likc- never materialized After j brief speech the PC leader min gled with the crowd for about 10 minutes and at one point tin- flag waving student inched daw or Cuban Communist voluntionary Che Mr Stevens noticed it and shouted Who has Trudcaus flag up He later student A pretty color re pi jvered quickly Both Mr Stanfield invited student down to the main to confront him but the i York will ignore TCRP unless its beefed up NEWMARKET York Re gional Council served notice on the Ontario government last Thursday that it will ignore the TorontoCentred Region Plan until the province itself puts of Mayor Bob and unanimously endorsed by York council the councillors said it is not possible for the 1070 six months after the was announced remains in direct conflict with It mittee has been advised that when developments conform to the King Township official plan they will receive provincial The TorontoCentred Region Plan is the Ontario Government landuse plan for the 90mile wide arc around Metro Toronto It was unveiled in May 1970 but very little has been done by it Park i Mr as the PC leader left the school Earlier in Bradford a small contingent of local Liberal cam paign workers picketed Mr Grade 7 and students from Bradford Public School brought to the high school for their parents which stated that parents should contact the school if they didnt want their children to attend A teacher at Huron Heights said PC workers came to the school an hour before Mr Stan field and distributed Conserva tive signs lapel stickers and Canadian flags Even with the plethora of signs in the audience the PC leader was greeted with boos as well as cheers when he appeared During an interview on his campaign bus en route to Alt- See page stop brawling RICHMOND HILL New Democratic Party candidate this week challenged his opponents to end their campaign of political brawling and get down to discussion of issues Never before in my political experience have I witnessed a campaign of innuendo namecalling and nitpicking such as this one said Mr Guslar a firsttime candidate who noted that he has worked in many elections for the Backbiting and negative political behavior are prominent on the front pages of YorkSimcoe newspapers lie said while the poli cies and platform of the parties arc relegated to page 10 or not printed at all In an open letter to his opponents and constituents Mr said Liberal incumbent John Roberts has branded Conservative Sin clair Stevens a master of misinformation and irresponsible Mr Stevens has attacked Mr Roberts integrity and charged the MP with How are the voters of to make a logical and well- informed decision when the only news is political brawling Mr asked The candidate noted that he himself has neither made per sonal attacks on his opponents nor has lie been so attacked thus far in the campaign He claimed he has consistently tried to point out flaws In federal policy and tried to provide a logical and constructive alternative He urged his opponents to stop this and present your platform and polie clash of person- the electorate Mr Roberts conceded that this campaign has been pitched at a lower level than the race He said he was unhappy about it and I believe the electorate is unhappy about it But the Liberal MP said he felt the responsibility for the level of the campaign does not rest with me but with the opposition parties He noted that it is the oppositions right to criticize the govern ment and that in such circumstances he must defend government policies His own campaign approach is now aimed at putting forth positive programs for the future he industrial policies for He agreed that Mr Gustar has conducted a very honorable cam- Mr Stevens said he felt fundamental issues have been discussed widely that he has repeatedly outlined his partys proposals for chan ge and that anybody who has taken the time to attend the meetings has certainly had the opportunity to hear the more import ant issues discussed by all candidates He denied attacking Mr Roberts integrity I dont think Ive hit Roberts yet on a question of integrity he said Mr Stevens said he felt Mr statement reflected the candidates frustration that we havent crossed swords with the i oversimplification of a complex Regarding his charges of patronage and conflict of interest against Mr Roberts over election signs said Mr Stevens What am I to do when Roberts raises the matter at the first meeting If 1 said nothing it would indicate condone it I dont sec how any politician could condone that sort of activity The election sign issue arose when Mr Roberts disclosed that some of his signs had been printed by Cameron Packaging in Bradford while the company was receiving a training Other election news John Roberts proposals for a new Canadian industrial strategy to curb unemployment are found on Page Sinclair Stevens says the unemployment insurance scandal Is the key issue for York Simcoc constituents Page Reports of allcandidates meetings In Newmarket and Aurora are found on Page 3 and Page 13 feeling the undecided vote and appear to be key factors in the election according to a special report found on Page 13 Build Yorks portion of Hwy 404 now Region NEWMARKET The Ontario Government should end its dec ade of stalling on the construc tion of Highway and build the Ave to Newmarket portion immediately a simultaneous con struction of the short section within Metro Torontos bound aries York Regional Council urgently requested of Queens Administrator Jack told week and learned the project still stalled because Ontario and Metro cant agree on who will build the Ave to portion Mr said the high way is badly needed to relieve build it from Highway 7 York make an urgent request