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as more than yaughans v roads can hahdleni s j anyone whonesto dnve anywhere n hwy 7 in yaughan now knows its a frustrating experience andit gets t worse bythe week p and vaughan isnt the only york region centre that figures 2008 games bid t v v yesterday piansfor baseball events tjin richmond hill were announced and markhamistphostwateipolo l ij so the spadina subway shpuldlobp from the vaughan corporate centre back up to fmch via richmond hills langstaff gateway c v jts not as if thesubway wouldntbe needeclwithout f olympicsrlyork region hasibeenjobbying fdrtnis for about a decade f ixitsbf rugwylaced geniuses have expoundediuponhow an improved transit system is the solution to york regions traffic problems alan tonks whounul recendy head ed v the greater toronto services board whose sole responsibility is tran- v sit said if you want to get people out of v1 f vlettersolicy welcomesyourlettersallj daytime telephone number i 4jstnameandaddressthcs oc newspaper reserves the nght to u 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