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saturday aug 30 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst sports classified 21 23 markham man nothreaf to canada lawyer argues at immigration hearing bymikeadler staff writer mohammad akhtar a markham man detained for two weeks following ah rcmp anti terrorism operation never did anything to suggest he poses a threat to national security his lawyertold a hearing i khpwit is viewed that some people may be involved in unwarranted activities but cer tainly there is none that points toward my client tariq shah said according to transcripts of an immigration and refugee board detentibn review an rcmp backgrounder on project thread explaining why three markham men and 16 oti efs were detained aiig r 14v alleges sbrhe of the men dis played suspicious interestmthe pickering nuclear power plant and other local landmarks but during the aug 20 hearing mr shah said mr akhtar should not be held just on mere suspicion someone else in this group may be a threat one room has been found with airplane pictures what has my client to dovwith those pic tures he asked mr akhtar 30 was expected to be released thursday on cori4 see rcmp page 10 maskmman staff photosjoerd witteveen motus o dance companys janies croker puts me finishing touches on a puppet to be used in the performance of a midsummer nights dream at the markham theatre wednesday the production will be presented at york region schools this fall by the stouffvillebased company facility for york region by jeff mitchell n staff writer v yorks regions goal of establishing a cancer treatment centre has been given a 2miuion boost by the provincial government the centre could eventually cost as much as 80 million and provide muchneeded services to thousands of patients southlake regional health centre president dan carriere said thursday the 2 million funding announced by health mmister tony clement in newmarket thursday will be spent on the planning and design phaseof the project nevwviarketsnt ir the regional cancer centre to be built on the present hospital site on davis drivewill eventually encompass radiation therapy and chemotherapy services for patients from a wide catchment area well have the capacity to deal with south simcoe patients and people from all of york region mr carriere said so were looking at a facility that could accommodate b possibly a million people over the next 10 to 15 years it is important for cancer patients to be able to obtain die kind of treatment they need close to home mr clement said that means so much for peace of mind the minister said having this new cancer centre available see cancer page 13 town and country 6400888 fc3fc32