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18--The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 2,1997 1Cancer can be beaten.7 Bob Brechin sayis 'bye at Halton council Burlington's Bob Brechin bld adieu to i il îîIetr aî Ltý,à .2 lIîli. if.. of Halton councit. The two-term regional councillor had also served 19 years on Burlington court- cil. He said farewell in as many languages as he could fruster and offered advice to those councillors who will continue. 'Il will not stand for any office," said Mr. Brechin. 1I haven't always agreed with everyone but I enjoyed working with you." He bold counicil to always be practi- cal, make fair decisions not for political gain, and to refrain from playing 10 the press. Burlington Mayor Walter Mulkewich said few councillors know their wards as well as Mr. Brechin and fewer still are Région Notes known by constituents; as well as he is. Chudleigh bears gifes Halton North MPP Ted Chudleigh pre- sented Halton counicil with $30,000 from the provincial government to fund the Haiton-Peel Passport Project. It will allow for the purchase of a pass- port which wiIl provide reduced entrance fees at 10 local museums and ailt galleries in Halton and Peel fromn May 17 through August 10. Included are the Oakville Museum, Burlington Art Centre, the Radial Railwax Museum, Peel HeriLia-e Mu\eumIp Savoline pays the tab Halton Chair Joyce Savoline officially handed off Halton's third and final $100,000 instalîment to the Burlington Bay fish and wildlife restoration project. "This is an investment in the future, said project manager John Hall. "Wildlife is retuming and there is 2.5 kilometers of new public trails." Mr. Hall was questioned on the high water level of Lake Ontario. He said the level bas been about haîf a meter above normal, but not by local design. "The water level is between God and the St. Lawrence Seaway," he said. M*ntraF THE CITY 0F FESTIVALS Without exaggerofion, Montréol is the festival capital of the world. Corne summer, you con't make a move without giving yourself aser to o festivol, street parly or celebrotion of one kind or onother. 0f course, being an enlightened culturel metropolis, Montréal offers ils Vfisitors on enviable combination of botb top-ollar talent and literolly free-for-all enterfaieiment that spilîs out loto the streets. What a porly. What a summer. Whot a cily. 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Cluste Pour rre 1 ust For Laah Québec ::- For a summer brochure, cail Tourisme Québec at Clo.. thar y.. hik 1-800-363-7777 ond osk for opertitor 714. 7wnmg uw ffl Convention and Touris. Bureau Visit us on the Internet at: http://www.cum.qc.ca/octgm/ Phote credits: ©fftInrl Initelesio Feees*Csrtihoo * Ceetorlé ConrenerWTqÉ oiurau -ae *Dýhkt CSldostol ai he N Prtol aerc1995, MD oiro m ieoini otF" C edMrélcrocil okES 1 1 ý 1 ý t 1 1 1 1 't 1 ý 1 . ý . . . . . 19-'a le * Ip Io ib-41: _1% * _-L - - - - - - - - - - - a qý ç 1 1 1