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whitchurchstouffvlsie public ifbrar thursday march 32005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst teen couldnt find bmx track so he built his own opinion 6 calendar 21 sports 22 classified 24 crime clans police say by martin derbyshire staff writer york region is an attractive place to raise a family even if its a crime family the areas vibrant neighbourhoods diverse population and quality invest ment prospects combined with canadas rarely used antigang legisla tion and lax money laundering laws make it a desirable destination for criminal organizations say police and organized crime experts there is a big organized crime presence in york region said det david stilo of the york regional police intelligence bureau who has spent the past 13 years tracking organized crime operations in the region theyre into everything from street crimes to more serious crimes drugs loan sharking gambling extortion a wide variety of offences from simple assaults to homicides some of the things that are attrac tive for hundreds of thousands of law- abiding residents to york are exactly whats bringing organized crime det stilo said york region is a beautiful place to live and they seem to like living here just like anybody else he said its a great place to live they enjoy it organized crime figures have families too and they enjoy raising their fami lies in york region the italian mafia outlaw biker gangs such as hells angels asian gangs such as the triads and yakuza and eastern european and russian mobsters all have a foothold in york region but the average resident wouldnt recognize a member of a criminal organization walking down the street since local mobsters rarely look and act see younger page 13 phototom barnett movie night in stoufifville with the nhl season cancelled whats the host of hockey night in canada to do ron maclean is hosting movie night in canada a threemovie evening every saturday night on cbctv he was in stoufrville last week taping segments at the stoufrville arena above and the backyard rink of toronto maple leafs assistant coach keith acton for this saturdays show the segments air from 71 130 pm anderson haulage lands next to tim hortons proposal considered by hannelore volpe staff writer the face of business in stoufrville could change dramatical ly over the next few years if town council approves the construction of at least one of three big box devel opments the latest from don anderson haulage ltd is for 28 acres on the north side of main street west of tim hortons it was presented to council tuesday night the proposal projects more than 330000 square feet of retail and commercial space anchored by retail giants such as walmart canadian tire and loblaws plus restaurants and services the trucking company had been looking for some time at developing its land into a retail and commercial centre and moving its existing busi ness talks with company mayor sue sherban had been in talks with the company for about a year and noted it is looking for a new location in the municipality they started in stouffville and are a communityoriented organi zation she said the anderson family has been active in the community for decades the mayor doesnt want to see megamalls sprawling over 80 acres such as in some areas of newmarket our desire is not to have that kind of big box on main street she said any developments would be in see council page 8 v o u f ometown ford store houston experience the til wheeldrive capability of the five hundred and new freestyle 7c7yr- v vy vv luvh bb holusgn fqrd lrd 57sbjvlafn st stooffviiie www billhoustohf 6pd com behind the lm wheel and drive one it i 5 minutes from ivlarkham off hihy 48 rlflg inspection aliftpolishiifc parthaipf jewellers 6312 main st stoufmue 9056404646 aawjtandpfcjaaiamoixbvcom