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economist sunsuntribune environment saturday oct 25 2003 bymikeadler staff reporter developers continued preparations to build subdivisions on the oak ridges moraine in richmond hill friday angering conservationists who hours earlier believed the latest battle to save the landform was oven industry representatives mean while acknowledged talks were under way between the eight builders and ontarios new government denying hard feelings existed over premier dalton mcguintys pledge to stop 6600 approved homes on the moraine environmental groups and some residents had welcomed news owners of one site macleods landing had stopped selling homes there until nov 5 although the builder said it will keep appointments with customers who already purchased we are respecting the request of the newly elected provincial government to temporarily close our sales offices said notices posted online and on the prop erty between bathurst and yonge streets the metruscontrolled companys decision followed an agreement between the builders tuesday to stop further sales so talks with the government could begin said lloyd gherriiak vicepresi dent of lebovic enterprises which owns land east of yonge around bond lake we all agreed to close up he said but residents yesterday spotted crews paving a road and parking lot at macleods landing and said builders continued working at some of theother sites ian mckay who lives nearby said earthmbvers have disappeared from markham fundraiser tonight byshezanaqi special how far would you go for a friend lisa nicole tai is willing to run 10 kilo metres in barbados to honour her friend michelle genovesera cancer survivor ms tai is a member of team in training a fundraising group for the leukemia research fund of canada her goal is to raise 4500 on behalf of the fund r- inspired by her friend ms tai is adamant to join the fight against leukemia and bloodrelated diseases ms gehoyese suffered for two years durmg which she felt pained tarnished and insecure she said ms tai is determined to meet her commitment to the fund and is holding a fundraising event today at the fox and the fiddle on markham main street the event for those 19 and older fea tures finger foods a raffle local singers and two disc jockeys tickets are between 8 and 15 based on income doors open at 8pm and performances begin at 9 to order tickets call 4167196438 or email lisanicoletaiyahooca to make a secure online donation visit wwwleukemiaca businesses or organizations interest ed in helping with fundraising or spon soring other events ms tai is planning from now until december when she runs in barbados can ermail the same address property owned by duke of richmond developments south of macleods landing but trucks there are removing topsoil that can be used to restore the site the sales office on the duke of richmond lands appeared to be open mr mckay said the guy there today said were open seven days a week environmental defence canada said construction work was continuing on other properties west of yonge and other sales offices appeared to be open i back to beginning were back to the beginning said rick smith edcs executive director clearly the strategy on their part is still to make sure there is nothing left of this area to save a disappointed carrie hoffelner president of the jefferson forest residents association toured the build ing sites yesterday and said the province must do something soon ive kind of moved from drunken optimism to a realistic cynicism now she added mr cherniak said he is unaware of work continuing on the bond lake property although the builder did do a couple of things the town wanted to secure the site it took about half a day and that was it industry groups that characterized mr mcguintys promise as attacking the very basis of how land developments has been done and had warned of expensive lawsuits now say developers want to put the dispute behind them i wont believe this government has an axe to grind with our industry said 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