Ontario Community Newspapers

Whitby Free Press, 18 Apr 1990, p. 1

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Residents oppose recyclig operation HyMike Kowali Apaper retclig business opratingillegally north of the Whitby-Scugýog border has runi into opposition from nearby homeowners. Residents of both municipali- ties will appear before Scyg Township council next Mon day te argue against a rezoning application sought by Please Save & Recycle Ltd. The company is seeld«ng a change mi zoning from rural to commercial to ailow for storage of trucks and containers in con- nection with a recydling busi- ness. However, the company has been operating on the site, loca- ted north of Town Une Rd., since !ast year without -the proper zon- ing. As a resuit, the company bas been charged by the Township with two bylaw in.fractio.ns in- volving illegal use of the pro- perty and facilities. Approximàately 140 Whitby and Scugog residents signe.d a peti- tion opposing the rezoning appli- cation. Scugog resident Hilary Parker said homeowners are not opposed te the recycling busi- ness, only its location. Parker and Peter Fallaise own three acres cf land immediately south of the recycling operation. Parker said residents have no proof "at this point» that the SEE PAGE 18 *-LCBO strike posibe By Mike Kowalski Liquoûr Control Board of Ontario employees are prepared te mount an illl strike next month in order te proteet their jobs. Tlhe. union representing 5,000 LOBO employees clainis manage- ment is preparing te, chop 300 jobs as a cost-cuttingmeasure. The union aise says the jOb cuts are part of an ovýerali pl an teprivatize LCBO services. Management says no decision has ben made on the nuniber cf employees te be terminated and emphatically denies there is a master plan te privatize service. The LCBO workers, niembers 'Revolting' role for Whitby's Ken Bond Page 12 What's worse than changin a ,of .,the. Ontario Liquor Board EmÏplo*yees' Union, are employed in retail outiets, warehouses and at the LCBO main office in Toronto. Even though they are governed by the Crowvn Employees Collec- tive Bargaining Act and preven- ted from striking the workers are- peared t e kethat risk. «We're considered an essential service. Hydre workers can strike but we can't » said union spokesman Beverly balys. As cf last Thursday, five meet- ings had been held across Ontario and the vote was run- nn76 per cent in favor of stieaction said Dalys. «We're not striking because we want te inconvenience the pub- lic,» said Dalys. "We want te draw attention te the situation.» Dalys said the LOBO announ- ced in February ht 0 uli- tume jobs would be cut due te a $20-million shortfall in last year's revenue. However, by taking advantage of the F'reedoni of Information Act, Daly said the union was able teobtain the board's fmnan- cial records. She said the documents show that sales were actually «$4- million ahead cf what they pro- jected.» Dalys said the union proposed forming a joint management- union committee te, examine SEE PAGE 17 Littie Shop of Horrors WH1TBY COURTHOUSE Theatre members, in- cluding (above) lan Webster, Sara Marlowe, LrAnie ,Anderson and Halie Vogel, are preparing for the presentation of 'Little Shop of Horrors,' starting April 26. Tickets are now on sale at L..afontaine Trading Post, 122 Brock St. N. Peter Tomblin photo, Environmnental watchdog committee recommended By Mike Kowalsi A committee te advise on deve- lopment in or near environmen- tall-y sensitive areas has been reomnded by a- coalition cf Durhamn Region nature groups. The formation cf a 'Natural Areas Advisory Committee is contained in a brief presented by- the coalition to Durham Region s planning comrittee last week. Groupa in the coalition include the Durham Region Field Naturalists, Pickerig Natural- ists, Second Marsh Defence Asso- ciation and the Thickson's Woods ,c'H eritge, *. - ', - .. ', According to the brief, the "it would be a ce-operative go on.» advisory comnxttee would assist effort between developers and Hoy said the conimittee would with designating and xnanaging planners,»" said Hoy. eW want te EPG1 environmentally sensitive areas avoid the littie akirmishes thatSEPAEi and offer advice on development ____________________________ prposais affecting these areas. The cornmittee.- would consist of experts in the environmiental field, as well as representatives l NVGI from council and local conserva- [ NVG[ tion authorities._________________ ________ Coalition spokesman Dale Hoy of the Pickering Naturalists, said A Monthly Fashion and Beauty Review an advisory body would help prevent the "confrontation and E controversy'that se eften accom- S E PAGES 1, 9 23 P.~IY deeIp"pp M'r "7.oa~s

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