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tfagasa rn fci inside opinion e leisure 18 sports 22 classffied 23 l business community all fired up over york region plan to ban smoking in public places i event blood donor clinic whentomorrow3 to 8 pjn where legion hall ninth line oh ojectibhs are gooo v for entrepreneurs plan to screen ads on a wall at markville mall j serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 whitchurchstouffville pubiklllbrary 50 cents including cst 7 48 pagesv thursday sept 30 1999 to reach 402lbq refugee screening flawed officials canadians at risk health unit warns by lisa queen staff writer inadequate medical screen ing of immigrants is allowing contagious diseases into canada warns york regions health unit just days after an aurora woman learned she contracted tuberculosis while helping kosovar refugees the local health unit repeated an earlier warning that the emigration process is fraught with inadequacies bill mindell yorks director of disease control pointed out immigrants have meir medical tests performed by doctors in their native countries up to 12 months before they arrive in gariad j i that leaves the door open for foreign doctors to be bribed or for immigrants to contract a dis ease in the intervening months before they come to canada mindeu said immigrants should be checked by canadian physicians when they touch down on canadian soil if they have tuberculosis or other infectious diseases new comers are supposed to seek immediate medical attention but because it takes up to three months for immigrants to get chip coverage and since many dont qualify for private medical insurance theyre often reluctant to spend their own money on treatment mindell suggested the federal government should provide treatment to ensure contagious diseases arent spread to b see precautions page 4 police julian fantinds name crops up as possible successor to retiring toronto chief by rick vanderlinde staff writer with toronto mayor mel lastman announcing hell play a major role in hiring the citys next police chief coveted top cop julian fantino is expected to be an even bigger contender for the job lastman known to be a fan of york region police chief appoint ed himself to the toronto police services board yesterday partially to influence who replaces outgoing chief david boothby but if fantino is interested in running the countrys largest municipal police force he isnt let ting on v david barrow who sits on yorks police services board said fantino has always told board members he has a job to finish in york region hes always said i have a con tract to complete here said barrow a richmond hill councillor it would be a real concern if he applied for the jobbut he has never indicated hes leaving fantino hired to resurrect the faltering force has about four years left in a fiveyear contract fantino who couldnt be reached for comment yesterday has been publicly coy about the toronto job ever since boothby announced his retirement in june fantino said earlier he didnt want to speculate on speculation im focused oh the business at hand here he said in june this is a very exciting place to work and im honoured to be here jsp see speculation page 8 staff ph0t0sj0erd witjeveen fairest of them all from left lerryn pitcher sarah hosick 10 hayley pitcher 10 and wendy hosick carry in the et crowle public school scarecrow entry to the markham fair for judrig wednesday morning the fair opens today and runs until sunday seafood restaurant 5812 main st 6406115 ff 50tf with coupon dine in dinner only one coupon per table expires oct 3199 p i m