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PAGE la, WHITBYE PEM .WkDEmmY, JULY 119 Housing -MinistorEvelyn Gate bas iroleasod draft leitio teallow homoownrs' toe crate an:apartment i their houe. 'Me proposed logisiation also allows homeowners -te, work with suitesor 'gnnmy'fats' ithei "Grann y "fa ia"n a iparitnt in homss espond te the very real noed for more affordable bâtising i Ontario* said Gigates. a "Granny flats are'a innovative, and cmpsont %vay or people te cars for lderly r e l a t v e s . T h e y p r u o m o t i~dnein- a sup>rtivo and, Apartments i houes"could. Wfrst-time homàe buyors and _-Éapedhomoownerslm.Y: muc-needed jobs f«ôr the construction and* renovation industry. "Thire are approximately 100,000 of- these apartments acrosa Ontario right now, " said Gigantes. "This legislation is also designodtoiake -sure tenants. in theseý apartments are living. in safe'halthy homes.",1 Khe drft legisiation 'would inake the creation of .an apartânent i n* a- house a» "permitted use" undor local zoning and other bylawis. <ThÎe apartmenit would be a aion wlth'Its own kitchen iand bathrom and It could ho creatod' anywherè-i'the',house: the basement the<" attlc ,or on snY 1lor.,.. Thé e gisaton lncludod draft' regulations that sest roasonable' health and safety,,standards -te, pro.toct tenats. ai pkoit oaair for municipalitios to conduct inspections to ensure thes standards are ing mot. Alwghomowners te add an apartment to their hous is the. choapost and quickest way te provdonow, low-coSt -housing," said Municipal- Affairs Ministeir -Day. Cooko. "IOt is importan.t that our laws encourag e creaton of a wido Cooke bas encouragod munciplites to.respond te the draft lâeksltion. subaisioisuntil Aug.31, 92 boforethobilis lntroducod-i the bu fa i in ft.Legiture. Fr **nfo -about Whitby Information VWhitby 1is.,a one-step source of information on local so"al and health services, oduc aiona cultural - and rocreationa organizations and much more4 Members of a non-prftaecy ,ororgaizîation who woeld licto make thé.-public more awrOf services,can calI. The servc poidethe non-profit iaçiey ororganization' with space, im the form of display boàrdsto. present -brochurèes, Posterseg. Thb.,-display boardswill-bo located i t he lobby of the Whitby Public Iàbraymain 'branch. Calltobok aspeialwoek or mionth. The, numberi. 68.952 -wlem SEVEN MEMBERS of the Trafagar Castie guides 'eamed cords. (From, left, rear) Shele SntsJen: ýývan ýde Bospoort,, WhitbY'guide receive: c-ords Peggy Klaassen (front) Megan Gaiger, Morgan Cranley, Deborah Seabrook and Vioki Grunieberg.> Photo by Mark ReesorWNWyFie Pmu. TREmembers 0fl the 1lstWhftby guides eame (Fromn left) Kristina Gibison, Mamey Davis and Amy, <FROM'IEFT)o JULIE MICI-L -Uptot of the 22nd -Centennia nfewW acquired cords.- AEL,- Katy- Snaith and Sueann I guides proudly show off their SIX GIRLS from the 8th Whitby guides McClure, janya Layoockç (front). Stacey receuved cords recently. <Fromleft, back) Johnson and Shona McLeod.- Photo by M" kRe«sa, VWF Pffl mLaura Fry, Nichole Larkn, Heather PhoMo Y MWkRseuo.Whby Fme. Pm - 4