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stouffville saturday jan 22 2005 9 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst ballantrae students songwriters raise voices for tsunami victims opinion 6 total home 11 sports 13 classified 18 hospitals first mri eliminates ailing excouncillor needed 34m tool by joan ransberry staff writer markham stouffville hospital is poised to launch its 34million magnetic reso nance imaging service no one is more pleased to see it than markham resident gordon landon the former york regional councillor took ill in 2002 suffering severe pain in his right leg a doctor called for an mri a diagnostic tool for a wide variety of ailments includ ing multiple sclerosis spinal column compression and brain tumours fourmonth wait while mr landon was pleased the service existed he was disappointed to learn it couldnt be carried out at markham stouffville hospital not only did mr landon have to wait four months he had to travel to southlake regional health centre in newmarket to have the procedure done although i could still walk at that time i was in a great deal of pain mr landon said its a long trip when youre hurting also it was a long walk once i got to the hospital i realized then how difficult it was for peo ple to go through this a second mri was required it meant yet another long wait by the time it was done mr landon see more page 7 money from york region for tsunami victims likely spent by patrick mangion staff writer an aurora councillor is calling for a provincial investigation of the regions 500000 donation to tsuna mi victims councillor evelyn buck looked on thursday as regional council rat ified a finance committee decision from earlier this month without comment the cheques 375000 to the canadian red cross and 125000 to world vision were sent before council formally approved the donation im not saying we shouldnt be giving where the need exists it should be from the right level of government ms buck said yorks red cross branch received the donation jan 10 and the money has likely already been spent to help victims of the tsunamis in southern asia said carol law the charitys community services coordinator the donation as with all dona tions was processed and deposited immediately ms law said but ms buck is now appealing to the ministry of municipal affairs to intervene the region brook no interfer ence from any member of the public they dont consider them selves accountable to anybody she said while international aid has tradi tionally been the domain of the fed eral government the regions dona tion was permissible under provin cial law said debbie chenyin the ministrys manager of municipal performance and accountability see provincial page 10 going mobile staff photobill roberts gavin masterson 8 checks his reflection in a mirror as he draws his selfportrait while creating a wire mobile of his face during latcham gallerys morning art classes for children at the silver jubilee senior citizens club hot tubs 27 heritage rp markham 2948030 mrsnmhammmkmirmbr mi ipmfmmmmtuj honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 7 7 24 51 wwwmarkhamhondacom rr winter mm performance 1 package honda genuine bss4 porpertk urlorinrtitw this summer tlont open your hood 10 striingcrs bring your vehicle home to honn for a comprehensive multipojni inspection plus t genuine honda ill and filler change bring it home to honda tovmatid couhtty 6400888 a- k e r 0 0 jc p v 7 x jf ttv ir r if 1 hi r wyfr p r r vv- r r r r x i t v- r ir r