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Whitby Free Press, 18 Dec 1991, p. 9

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'3 DBHEN~?E AYDiaîâ"- à ByMario Boucher Brock'WestStation could serve as an iterimi waste- site until construction of the. new landfill site, saývng Durham RVgon tax- payers mil lions of dolfars, say local politicians. "The :.,Brock West Station shouhd be -good. for a longer time than origina-,ly anticipated,» says Drummond- White,, Durham Centre MPP. «WeI think it'll serve hÏi a pich -says Whitby rgoa councillor..Marcel Brunell He Bay the wastestation couild hast, longer than expected'if Metro Toronto cont inuesteo with- draw its -"wastes a.nd if, commer- ciail andidustrial ,dumipesstop usingBrok West.- Brunelle says a station ini Scarborough could be used for a year or two until the new landfill site is readr. sv Dramt «It coul'aeDrhmtx payers,,a lot of money,»hle says. Wlute says the$49.5 million Cost announced recently for the new site in Durhai iinow an %isue that is ne longer on the table.» Rie says Brock West has the necess ary equipment and enough spacel,.eft if Metro Toronte stops sending its waste there. Brunelle says-Whitbywould be responsiblôfr sending its waste te a station between the end of Brock West and the - new per- manent site i Durham. "Thiere will be delivery charges te the municipalities, noet Region, but we will still save uite a bit of money over this 9i.5 million,"»lhe says... Bruinelhe says B rock West culd serve for most of the time btween now and the completion ehaths.new site if there are ne Ruth Grier) has te sot soon us,"»lhe says. New union PROM PAGE 8 There are five chairpersons who report te the executive board: advertising, constitution, planning and strategy, funding, and the case workers. A ralhy involving alh the dif- ferent unions i the province agaist the WBC.was tobe held temorrow at noon at 2 Bloor St. W. ini Toronto. fStandingready says a union meeting on Jan. 23 i the area 'Iwilh feature a guest speaker from the WBC. Conrad Gelot, prora advisor with the Interim Waste Auth- ority <lWA), says they are con- tinuing witli the process and expect to release the "long list» of possible la.ndfill sites'in 'the'new e says -even if there is a'de lay inpassing Bill 143, 'Mère. can, be a change iii theschedule of work- that can be done at ý this point.» Brunellel says Durham regional 'councilis pleased the minister hias Provided the oppor- tunity te look at alternatives. «We want te, work with her but there has to be co-operation»" he -éthink there's a window of opportunity,»he sayW. Tharecent municipal élection- has already caused some delays but «enoughi is enough with this garbage, let's get on with this job,»"he says. .A nother problemi is the post- ponement of the rehease o f th e long- list, in part because of oppsi tion ini Queen's Park, says Hie says the opposition wantsý more public meetings on the sub- ject despite nurnerous public con- sultations in the past few months. Acces service needed m region A4 committee has been formed to look at the possible establish- ment of supervised-access -ser- vices iDurhamn Région. The committee waÈ' formed by the Children's Services Coun- cil, (Durham) Inc., a non-profit umbrella of organizations that seeks te improve the system of services for children with special needs and their faniilies. There are no supervised-access centres in Durhamn, although the council poite out there is a documented need for such centres. The co .c1 as such centres offer separated fam:ilies a safe and neutral setting where regu- lar visite or exchianges of the child can take place. The Ministry of the Attorney General recently announced that $1 million will be spent on super- vised-access centres at several locations ini Ontario. Community groupe can apply for funds to establish such centres* For more information cal Diane Garvmn at 433-4100. - It could delay Bill 143, part of servative environment critic, has which will empower the Iterim demanded public hearngs on Authority Waste (lWA) te make Bill 143 because the bih "is geology exploration, without an moving quickly through the owner's consent, until the spring, ýegilative process andf could, hiesays. Ontro ar effore municipalities fits crucial, we< get moving hfiOnaiar aware of it." with. the" waste problem mn this He said'the bill wil give the province,»as hte. Ministry of Environment, «the Don Cousens, Progressive Con-, dictatorial right, te enforce. their, own ideas about waste manage- ment.» Wvhite says the bih «allows for a better plan development of dump site in the Greater Toronte Area (GTA).» Hesays it wil empower. the Ministry- 'of -Enviroénment, to enforce, the three Rs,: reduction, reuse'and* recycle. "I/. Introducing WORLDWIDE WINES & CHEESE >Wine Clu'b WieTasting Christmas Parties 1 031/2 Mary St. W. WHITBY Ms. Emma Dein WINTER SALE Clothes of Natural Fibre -Custom Fitted 50% OFF ail selected winter merchandis e starting Dec. 27th. 131Byio t. ..6936 430-08-38 GIET BASKETS. 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