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vy whifchjurchstbuffville public librgr- saturday jan 21 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst your school can get healthier with better eating exercise opinion 6 justice 8 sports 15 classified 26 province your car more money for viva mew 404 hoy lanes by caroline grech y- staff writer if you think you can get away from attempts by the region and province to get you out of your car and onto public transporta tion ihink again the province is injecting more money into initiatives designed to eliminate single- passenger vehicles from high ways vv viva to me has been a real success story ontario transportation minister harinder takhar said at the smartrgommute 4047 trans portation markham hosted board of richmond commerce luncheon in by the markham trade and the hill chamber of many of york regions mps and local officials were oh hand v mr takhar confirmed he has committed the 73 million needed to start phase 2 of viva the money will cover the costs for preliminary design and engineering work including designated bus lanes v mr takhar also applauded high occupancy vehicle lanes that opened in december the hov lanes are exceed ing our expectations when we first started this we thought we would have 1150 cars riding in them after one year mr takhar see hov page 12 long arms of the law staff photosjoerd witteveen opp officer ron rahim lifts glad park public school student ryan brown during basket ball game at the school yesterday five opp aurora detachment officers support a group of grade 8 boys who give up their time to read to other students and promote literacy mr rahims daughter jordan attends the school the students won in overtime 2624 region will play vital role in election outcome professor bylisa queen staff writer it isnt exactly as goes york region so goes the country but its the next best thing a university of toronto political sci ence professor said going into mondays federal election york voters will play a vital role in deter mining the outcome said nelson wiseman who called the region a bell wether community york region is a barometer york region itself wont decide that outcome but the results there are a measure of change mr wiseman a specialist in canadian politics said if you had blinders oh election night and all you were told were the results in york region from that you can extrapo late for the rest of the country yorks demographics featuring many affluent upwardly mobile politically astute with middle to rightofmiddle leanings highly educated homeowning families show why ndp leaders give the region wide berth during political cam paigns while liberal and conservative leaders have york in their crosshairs york region is a dynamic region its one of the fastestgrowing regions in the country as we know not only in terms of numbers but in terms of diversity it has potential volatility mr wiseman said see york page 10 hot tubs 27h6rita0irp 8030 beocbccmtef aoffsii gome 1m mm sports carsiwiagoiisg mini vans c mssm m test rf e am award winning mazda ttoday have an abundance o vehicles to choose from all o wwwmarkhammazdaca markham iazda 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 wwwmarkhammazdaca tow aa t country rmliy imi 640m8k it xj