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8 economist suntribune poijice beat saturday july 6 2002 4 ay rxa v a p cvvi irj mm qjttf sincfle ticket prices wixi vhayfever- tfletruth about love cathyjones ja22252003 awvormarriage 04258- jih ta52ps the piano men music of the irish rovers sov302002 nw262002 ilk attbtaf nathaniel dett oh brother 0 canada the cowboy junkies an old eashioned v p p f r patricia ffcallaghan apt 16 2003 the newshanghm circus jan2 8 32003 spnsmdbj invtmutt arson killed whitchurch- stouffville horses by joan ransberry staff writer arson has been identified as the cause of a fire that killed eight horses in a blaze in whitchurchstouffville in late april while investigators with the ontario fire marshals office ofmo have deter mined that the april 25 blaze on vivian sideroad was intentionally set no crimi nal charges have been laid reported lead ofmo investigator robert young york regional police and the ofmo are continuing the investigation said mr young the ofmos forensic investi gation has been ongoing while the police have also been involved since the fire took place explained mr young none of the horses on the farm sur vived the blaze however two dogs managed to escape the burning stables the fire devastated property owner athena dunn the horses were her pets with no available water in the area the fire departments dispatched five tanker and bumper fire trucks running shuttles to the blaze aswell 20 firefighters from the central york fire services and the whitchurch- stouffville fire department responded in addition to claiming the lives of the horses the fire destroyed a work shop an office and a barn containing four stables york police buy new chopper by jeff mitchell staff writer police will continue to patrol the skies of york region thanks to the pur chase of a new helicopter regional councillors gave the nod to the purchase just before breaking for the summer a new helicopter purchase had been budgeted for 2003 but the availability of the right aircraft at the right price prompted the decision to move it up a year said dave barrow police services board chairperson its perfect said mr barrow a richmond hill councillor york police will spend 125 million on the eurocopter ec120 to be pur chased from eurocopter of fort erie funds for the purchase will be raised through the issue of debentures the force will receive 480000 as a tradein on the chopper it has flown for the past two years that aircraft was donated to the york force while it was a wonderful gift after operating it for two years it did have some drawbacks operating as a police helicopter 247 mr barrow said the new chopper which has logged just 100 hours of flying time will be ide ally suited to the heavy and varied use the police force demands of a helicopter he said support from regional council and the police services board reaffirmed political support for the police chopper patrol program weve had great success with it mr barrow said it has allowed us to oper ate differently in some aspects the helicopter has been used in numerous calls ranging from missing persons incidents to the tracking of sus pects as the program has developed police have come to rely heavily on their airbomecontingent