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whitclwfclistouffville f oblfc wbrar saturday sept 20 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages1 including gst 3 wheres ernie liberab hot tories camping out in york region this time opinion total honie sports classified 6 15 25 h26 newmris shorten waitforyork patients c markhdm stouffville by lisa queen staff writer patients facing an eight- month wait for diagnostic tests at york regions only mri will soon hayef four machines to which their doctors can refer 5memk its great news said markham i stouffville hospital president dr jim macjahwhp just found out his hospital is the latest facility to be apprbvaby queenis parkfor amaetipjci- nance imaging machine trperititmea able toproyidemore fa close tbihbmopatienaivit ing sixtb etmone b logisiricredible only one in region for the past halfdozen years the regions ohlymri used- to ijiagnpse neiirologi disorders muscular and bone injuries arid qther illnesses v- has been housed at southlake regional health centre in newmarket but in the past few iripntfjs the province has approved three rnofemris for york mafldaairi stouffville officials received confirmation last week the ministry of healm has sud denly granted approval in princi ple for an mri provided the hos pital first presents an acceptable business case the use of mris is really exploding in application for many see hospitals page 8 deal brought officers in line with toronto cops by jeff mitchell staff writer labour peace has come at the cost of a balanced budget for the york regional police service which faces a 14miliion deficit this year chief armand la barge told merribers of the police services board wednesday higher wage and benefits costs will create the dis crepancy in the services 121-mil- lipn budget s he said the deal ratified this summer by the forces officers brought york cops in line with their colleagues working the streets of toronto arid that was a costly proposi tion v toronto set a fairly aggressive benchmarkas far as salaries go the chief said that has obviously impacted us chief la barge submitted num bers showing salaries benefits arid overtime have put stress on this years budget he estimated the new contract will create a i2-mil- lion deficit while other costs will add 200000 to the ledger force administration is now combing the budget for savings to help offset the deficit he said he is hopeful surpluses in fuel heating and water and investigative servic es costs will help recover up to 350000 v the remainder rnay have to be found in regional surplus funds the chiefsaid york region chairperson bill fisch a member of the board said the budget discrepancy will have to see cops page 17 staff photosjoerd witteveen rider on the storm cyclist garry mortley steers clear of a fallen branch on rupert street in stouffville yesterday morning as isabella lashed stouffville with rain and wind the storm was not as severe aspredicted earlier in the week h m v-k- m si i ill ill m i m fi fc poo hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham b030 ittttm group j torn and country realty ltd 100888 mfl i ml fvlttt- i 14 j il