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inside letters6 wheels 15 sports 34 classified 36 c paul martin plans unofficial leadership campaign stop at markham fairgrounds arts cuiture calendar event foundation art show when aug 15sept 22 9056408954 where latcham gallery stouffville serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 minor football 3 experiencing a boom in popularity in york region 50 cents including gst 40 pages thursday aug 8 2002 define health system then assign money mp not prepared to accept status quo by jeff mitchell staff writer it is important to define the kind of health system canadians want before assigning specific taxes to pay for it according to one local liberal me the real issue to me is how the money is used oak ridges mp bryonwilfert said in an inter view yesterday i can tell you the government is open to looking at just about everything but the status quo we are not prepared to accept mr wilfert was responding to a submission made to the romanow commission on the future of health care which rec ommends designating funds raised through the federal gst to offset skyrocketing provincial healthcare costs authors melissa rode and michael rushton of the university of regina said in their submission an investment of gst funds would allow provinces to catch up with spiralling healthcare costs but mr wilfert and others contacted for a reaction to the proposal said the commission led by former saskatchewan pre mier roy romanow ought first to concentrate on the kind of healthcare system canadians want and how much theyre will ing to spend on it see mp page 9 spirit signs local talent staff photoerin riley its the goal of every junior b hockey team to have as much local talent on the roster as pos sible the stoufrville spirit moved three steps closer to that goal by signing cale tanaka left lee maxwell and mike lombardo not in photo the spirits training camp opens aug 17 to reach us 905 6402612 more west nile birds if confirmed then york region total is three birds by kathleen griffin staff writer a dead crow found in holland landing is presumed to have the potentially fatal west nile virus bringing the total number of infect ed birds in york region to two and a markham family who found a dead crow on a roof is taking it in stride its not like were afraid of west nile we just wanted to make sure the health depart ment was aware of it said mike morris who retrieved the dead bird from his mother-in- laws roof on sir constantine drive in the main street northparkway avenue area he brought it to the health departments unionville office it was a big crow just flapping around up there for hours we tried to knock it off and it just hopped back and fell over he said adding it was dead by the following day the first crow which tested positive for the virus was found in the hwy 404steeles avenue area in markham its one of about 50 birds undergoing testing at the federal laboratory in winnipeg this summer the second crow was found off yonge street in holland landing were not surprised by it said darlene keates manager of infection control for the york region health department it means well be enhancing our program just doing more of the same that means increasing the- health units see inevitable page 11 ml m hjbfcshehb great food great service great prices what more could yon ask or 4706955 202matostunjonvilk tatonoooaika inte m o b i l e the little dealership with a bigp 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan zoaimo jo free 18008922209 sale monthurs 9 am 9 ptn service monthurs 730 am 7 pm hows fri- 9 am 6 pm hours fri- 730 am 6 pm sat 9 am 6 pm sat8am w wv n or t fipol h too h voids 1pm c om andymak