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saturday dec 18 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 24 pages1 including gst tackling martial arts thewushuway transit 3 opinion 6 sports 19 classified 20 games bid goes bust but officials still pleased halifax gets nod as canadian entry byjohncudmore staff writer bill crothers knows his people ran the good race its just that there can only be one winner to that end he has no qualms that the region of york came up short in its attempt to land the canadian bid rights to host the 2014 commonwealth games york region along with hamilton and ottawa were shut out thursday when the commonwealth games canada committee named the nova scotia capital its candidate to battle glasgow scotland and abuja nigeria for the 10day sports festival were a utile disappointed but you dont win every time said mr crothers chairperson for the york 2014 bid committee and former olympic silver medallist i dont think we had a weak bid you just have to respect the process it would have been great and i know wed have done a bangup job hosting the games and that they would have been great for our community but we respect and congratulate and wish halifax the best of luck halifax which would become the fifth canadian and first atlantic coast city host for the games has a resume for staging see inexperience page 15 staff photobill roberts aurora tigers matt caranci 7 heads for the play with stouffville spirit will acton 14 in pursuit during junior a action at stouffville arena thursday stouffville beat aurora 54 in an overtime comeback th e spirit are unbeaten in eight games they play in oshawa tonight some councils closing roads to deter bad drivers by lisa queen staff writer although the debate to permanently close a concord street to prevent traffic racing through the neighbourhood has raged for three years resident judy balshin only caught wind of it at the last minute still ms balshin is furious vaughan coun cillors agreed last week to close king high drive at dufferin street because she worries it will send traffic one road north to her street beverley glen boulevard its just not fair i think its a pretty selfish act for the residents of king high she said were a residential street equal to them i think other solutions could have been done fearful about speeding traffic infiltrating their neighbourhoods residents routinely beg councillors to find ways of protecting lives and property for years municipal politicians have caved into demands for stop signs lower speed lim its turning bans and speed bumps despite growing evidence the traffic calming meas ures do little more than transfer the problems to the next street or neighbourhood but have years of escalating measures left york region councillors with no other option but the extreme position of permanently clos ing roads councillor bernie divona has had five other requests for permanent road closures in his ward but he has turned away the propo nents see cm page 16 pools hot tibs 27 heritage rd markham 2948030 boochccrribef hbrid 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 7 7 24 51 18664301512 wwwmarkhamhondacom fall performance package honda i genuine ises i for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to honda for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda availawcformosthondamodcktaxcsnotindudcdprovincialcnvironmcnlalfccsifanycxcludcd town and counttv rwtttym 64008s8