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economist sunsuntribune news saturday jan 3 2004 15 fight leads to driving charge by patrick mangion staff writer a markham man is facing more than an impaired driving charge following a fit of road rage in the waning days of this sea sons ride campaign following a minor collision in markham last week a 46yearold markham man was charged with assaulting the driver of another former residents die in accident two former whitchurch- stouflville residents died in a christmas eve car accident just outside orillia the couple robert mc- connell 72 and his wife gayle 66 had been living in minden an orillia teenager was also killed in the headon collision area police are still investi gating the cause vehicle before officers arrived york regional police said the man then assaulted a police officer and refused to pro vide a breath sample along with two assault charges the accused was arrest ed for impaired driving and refusing a sample he was one of 10 motorists charged with impaired driving in the fourth week of yorks five- week holiday ride program in another bizarre incident police at a stouffville spotcheck charged a richmond hill couple at about 130 am dec 20 for each having a bloodalcohol level exceeding 80 milligrams within minutes of one another while travelling alone in sepa rate vehicles breathalyser results indicated a male driver had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system the 49yearold husband and his 32yearold wife were shop ping for a hew home earlier in the day and were returning home at the time of their arrests police said the final results of this years fiveweek campaign are expect ed to be released by police tomorrow to date york officers have stopped 21634 vehicles con ducted 280 roadside tests result ing in 61 impaired drivingrelat ed charges in 2001 york police stopped 21251 vehicles during the december ride program result ing in eight impaired driving charges and in 2000 19 drivers were charged with getting behind the wheel with a bloodalcohol level above the legal limit while police agreed this hol iday seasons ride statistics are disappointing figures collected in recent years were much lower because only impairedrelated arrests at ride spotcheckswere reported in 2003 statistics included both spotchecks and charges laid by officers during the course of their regular patrols fire causes 175000 damage a fire just two days into the new year has left a family with a burntout garage and an esti mated 175000 in damages firefighters from the ballantrae and stouffville sta tions responded to the 742 am call friday one of the residents of the sandale avenue house and his friends were in the basement when they smelled smoke they were able to alert his sleeping parents before the smoke alarm went off everyone escaped safely flames were already shooting through the roof when firefight ers arrived at the home several doors north of a tim hortons four trucks and about 17 fire fighters responded it took theni almost 45 minutes to bring the blaze under control the house and its contents received smoke and minor water damage neighbouring homes were unaffected most of the fire damage was limited to the garage area said tim beckett chief ofwhitchurch- stouffvilles fire and emergency services department the cause is under investiga tion hannelore volpe hospitals already linked from page 1 emerged reducing the price to about 1 million the main concern was the cost of telecommu nications and computer hookups but new tech nology has made things much more cost effective he said and weve gotten contributions from both hospitals many of the services at the hospitals have been linked for years and the move made geographic sense as uxbridge is a lot closer to markham than oshawa hospital records show more than 200 uxbridge township residents are treated by general practi tioners at markham stouffville and almost 1000 had day surgery at the facility in 2002 mr zon says if a patient in uxbridge was referred to a specialist it was usually at markham stouffville natural alliance it really was a natural alliance he said adding because of its proximity to the town many whitchurchstourfville residents commonly use the uxbridge facility as well with plans to rebuild the uxbridge hospital on a new site there will be many advantages of realign ment and shared services for patients at both facil ities mr zon said advertising feature authentic tae kwon do celebrates authentic tae kwon do celebrates a landmark for 5 of their students who tested for either their first or second degree black belt in nov shown in the photo standing from lr master richard bedard jeffrey chau 2 degree brian gibb i robert marion 1 dr master daniel gibbs below lr randy josephs 2 and tom oetlinger 2 a black belt at authentic tae kwon do in only achieved through hard work and dedication and is never given or taken light ly as these elite members of this school will attest to notice of intent to issue a nursing home licence to alarkhaven markham to accordance with the nursing homes act public opinion is beingjequested prior to a final decision being made on the above markhayen inc the owneroperator of markhayen a 75hed facility approved under the charitable institutions act has applied for a licence to operate and maintain the 75 beds in accordance with the nursing homes act and its regulations markhayen inc is redeveloping the 75 approved beds which are currently not in operation in addition to developing 21 new beds awarded through the request for proposals process in order to meet the current structural design guidelines this transaction will result in a new 96bed facility built on the existing site in markham to be licensed under the nursing homes act if you have comments or opinions and wish to bring them to the attention of the ministry of health and t longterm care you may 1 submit them in writing by february 2 2004 to director under the nursing homes act ontario ministry of health and longterm care longterm care facilities branch co 5700 yonge street 4th floor north york ontario m2m4k5 phone 4163261933 fax 4163263142 -0r- 2 present them orally at a public meeting to be held on monday february 2 2004 at 130 pm at the milliken mills community library 7600 kennedy road unit 1 markham ontario please include the name of the nursing home and quote project 21404 on all written submissions the director will consider all submissions before making a final decision ontario quit smoking lose weight catch the right bus one resolution we can help you keep were making some changes to go bus service starflng on january 5 2004 on pur hwy 407 service there will be a brand hew express trip that will depart york university at 550 pmahdruh express to the unionville go station arriving at 615 pm for details visit wwwg0transitcom or just give us a call