economist sunsun1hbune news saturday may 31 2003 bymikehayakawa staff writer last month jim veltman and glenn clark won a national lacrosse league title as members of the toronto rock last week the two stouffville resi dents added a world indoor lacrosse championship to their portfolio as they played a contributing role in helping canada to a 214 pasting of the iroquois nationals during saturdays final at hamilton in winning the inaugural world title the 32yearokl clark said it was different from the nil championship when the rock defeated the host rochester khighthawks 86 it wasnt as tough a road to win but in another sense to play for your coun try and to be part of the first world championship is exciting its an hon our the veteran defenceman said veltman 36 conceded the nll title meant a little bit more to him ers lead way to title considering the circumstances in try ing to win in rochester for the first time and in playing against tougher competition but to be named captain of canadas entry and to win a world title isnt chopped liver either it was a tremendous feeling and to be named captain it says a lot about what others think about you to have it all come together and win it all was most gratifying he said clark felt the turning point for canadas fortunes took place in a pre liminary game against the iroquois nationals which sawl their team squeak by with a 1513 win that game was a positive for us in mat the nationals kept us honest he said the gold medal rematch he thought was a little easier than antic- ipated however he was quicktp credit the preparation taken by the canadian entry betz pools 5688mainst stouffville 905 6401424 to receive your rebate simply pick up a form your dealer and send it in along with your original sales reelect dated between may 1 june 16 2003 dearly showing thopurchaso of qualifying napoleon gas grill model photocopios oj your proof of purchase will not be accepted tho grin must be purchased from an authorized napoleon dealer 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policy on how they should respond were always in more of a reactionary mode he said as first nations we still have that right to intervene at all lev- j els said mr fox promising to meet soon with first nations who have i lived in the area including the mississaugas of the new credit andthe six nations to discuss a policy we always have other means litigation or otherwise if we have to throw ourselves in front of bulldozers weve done mat too he added the 162 acres af reesor road and steeles avenue sold by the province to torontos catholic cemetery board in march 2002 contain a buried huron villagel descendants of those huron believe it also has an undiscov ered place for burials and they do not want bones or other arti facts disturbed politicians have no right to make decisions affecting abo- riginat peoples history argued david grey eagle sanford liai son for the huron wendat nation of wendake quebec a community that opposes the cemetery they want to do it with all the lands and were goirig to put a stop to that now- in 1996 the province announced it was selling its holdings in markhams agricul tural east end its land bank the ontario realty corporation promised tenants farming or liv ing on its properties the first staff photosjoerd witteveen only a stump remains from one of the large trees cut down for a temporary entrance to a ceme tery planned for southeast markham chances to buy them two of six tenants on the steeles and reesoj parcels were negotiating purchases with orc when the agency announced a surprise deal in 1999 aproyihcial zoning order was used toswap the steeles lands land already reserved for a catholic cemetery in the nearby hamlet of box grove markham couhcu supported the switch and mayor don cousens doesnt deny he helped set it up parkbecause it turned cemetery lands along hwy 407 into profitable com mercial lands those lands were sold to builders who are paying in turn to build part of abypass road but presented with evidence from mr sanford in july 2002 d justice of the peace in toronto allowed a group called environmental defence canada to chargeorc with failing to do an adequate environmental assessment of the steeles parcels before it was sold conservationists say the site bordering rouge park and near the little rouge river contains environmentally sensitive areas as well as aboriginal artifacts environmental defences case continues to move toward a trial despite this markham councillors approved the ceme terys site plan earlier this year council has never responded to first nation concerns about ancestral remains on the proper ty councillor erin shapero said the town wanted it and the town helped to facilitate it she said of the cemetery mr fox who is also grand chief of the nishnawbe aski nation in ontario ihbv mr sanford both expressed disap pointment markham had not waited for the court case to conclude the cemetery board has placed easements protecting sensitive areas on the property including the village site which is estimated at eight acres lewis yeager general manag er of rouge park said he first beueved me easement on the vil lage would protect the site and not just the artifacts found there having read the easement it doesnt he admitted con cluding the village can eventu ally be removed as the cemetery develops v silver maples lining an old laneway were cut down this week to form a temporary cemetery entrance from reesor road the work was in another easementprotected area part of a crucial wildlife corridor that is supposed to link scarboroughs rouge park with its lorigrawaited expansion to markham and wwtchurchstouflville yet by agreeing to these loss es the park and the toronto and region conservation authority say they have bought time per haps 20 or 30 years for the vil- lagesite they say after steeles avenue is widened the cemetery entrance will move there and the easement areas some of them recently farmed will be planted and naturalized what was negotiated at the end was really a win 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