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8 economist suntribune news saturday aug 102002 watch inserts lor wmemstttlsi imbbils m richmond hill montessori sears furniture appliance the bay dominion zehrs home hardware advanced systems ida drugs main drug mart walmart vision pizza nova north durham real david khurana estate fm industries selected areas only no one delivers results like we do to find out more about how to reach your target market and get the same great response from your flyer distributions as these customers call us economist sun ay stouffvule tribune 9052948244 clark is honourable say local tories they say a successful small business is about being in tihe rigjit place at the right time visit scotiabanksmallbusinessseminarcom or your local scotiabank branch to register for our small business seminar limited seating available- meet the right people like mayor don cousens city of markham aron gampel vicepresident deputy chief economist scotiabank and other like minded small business owners and share information 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im very glad joe took the position he did he said i think its really wonderful hes taken the stand that he has i think its very responsible of him to stay on if there is a snap election mr clarks decision didnt come as a surprise for mr timpson i think i saw it com ing he said its not much of a surprise i think hes realized hes done the best he can with a leadership review orig inally scheduled for aug 24 in edmonton mr clarks decision to step down has cleared the air so the party can tackle policy issues at the national general meeting mr timpson said mr timpson said he hasnt made any decision on who hed support to replace mr clark with a new leader in place the possibility of forming bridges with the canadian alliance are better mr timpson said were going nowhere fast he said commenting on both parties competing for rightwing voters by cooperating togeth er i think the future could be very exciting alliance leader stephen harper has proposed several ways the two parties could work together mr timpson said hes not opposed to a merger and hes heartened by the suggestions watermaln break puts squeeze on 16th avenue by kathleen griffin staff writer a ruptured water main on 16th avenue just west of hwy 48 caused the closure of two lanes for almost three days last week as regional road crews worked to fix it a subcontractor checking the alignment of the trunk sewer being installed along 16th avenue inadvertently drilled holes into the existing water main breaching it explained paul jankowski director of design and construction for york region the break caused flood con ditions for a 600metre stretch along 16th reducing the road to two lanes of traffic one each way york regional police aided in traffic control when the rupture occurred about 2 pm wednesday but there were no reported snarls or serious jams as a result said acting staff sgt bisson ramdewar the tunneling is going on continuously 100to150 feet underground said mr jankowski every so often we have to dig holes down to allow the alignment of the tunnel to stay on course and thats when the mistake was made although no serious flooding occurred he added the water pooled on the sur face and ran through the curb lane to an adjacent manhole there were never big gushes of water flowing in the curb lane mr jankowski said the lane was closed more for the construction and repair vehicles than for the water flow regional workers expected to complete repairs by late friday itiis r tantalize your tastebuds friday sept 6th 2002 at 730 pm sample awardwinning wines fromontariosjampus wine regions enjoy gourmet foods prepared by some of the finest restaurants in markham and unionville featuring european asian and north american 1 1 ie 35ferp bils9052944576 for iessiret 5 xj5h c- i- yqurliclililpw a special fundralsing i idralsing everitltsupmrtmijseumejihlbfe arsiilucatlonprogramniesx presentingponsongg amernberf amg i toy v r j v j t fix a- xffii ijitssnntmaksstki canfegetrwkj j concord mel mbt 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