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Milion's Independent Pharmacy * Free Delivery *10% Serors Discount AN 0n" Plans Accoçted %%M Ontlu Dosa hifa on AvOlml. 70 Main $L E.8121 A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 77 Friday, December 10, 1999 32 Pages $ 1.00 (GST included) Ilý,alton to take over ambulance service Ambulance workers "delighted" by Region's decision to go in-house Photo by GRAHAM PAINE VSippin' with Santa The-erodStorm Way enjoya a cool beverage wlth old St. Nlck durlng the first annual Lunch wlth Santa ait Don Cherry's Grapevine Saturday. Proceeda from the avent support Rome Chenry's Home. Bv IRENE GENTLE The Champion, That loud noise heard Wednesday night was probably the joyful sound of area para- medicscçheering. .The celebraion was Uic result of a deci- sion made by regional council to take Uic recently downloaded ambulance services in-bouse. Council also approved, ai least in Uieory, a senies of enhancements to beef up Halion ambulance service. Both decisions were arrived ai after a grueling nine-hour meeting, attended by several paramedics. A oegionally-managed service - whîch would make ambulance workers Regional employees -- had been Uic desire of mosu paramiedics from Uic start. Contracting Uie service out ho a for-prof- il company, as was the original plan, didn't provîde adequate job stabilîty, it was stated ai a series of meetings carlier in )Vman charged in thefts A Campbellville woman has been charged in connection with a Remembrance Day-oelated thefi spree in Oakville. The 23-year-old faces eight counts of theft under $5,000, oelating to an in-depih police probe ihai found a suspect had entered several Royal Canadian Legions and removed poppy donation boxes. A Halion Regional Police press release siated that investigating officer Consiable John Ophoven was able to obiain securiiy videos of one of the thefts. The tape pro- vîded a picture of a suspect and a car. lite woman will appear in Milton court Ianuary 18. I'm delighted. I'xn going to celebrate ail ight now. Morale wili b. sky hlgh as soon as 1 make a phone tie year. "Morale is below the floor," said Gord Armes, presideni of the Local 207 of the Ontaio Public Service Employees Union representing Halton paramedics before the decision came through. But ltai ail changed when the region altered its previous stand ai approximately »- REGION on pagei 20 e- a related *tory on page 5 «ý Man unjured A Halton Hulis man suftered severe injuries to his head and right am as a resuit of a work-related mishap ai Micro-Tech Machine on Hannant Court Monday. Steve MacDonald, 20, sustained his wounds after becoming entangled in a metal lathe at about 4:30 p.m. He was taken to Milton District Hospital and later aarlifted to Toronto's St. Michaels Hospital, where he remains in serious condition. The accident is being investigated by the Ministry of Labour. * LaMsws * MP. c*e 1Wa "g 8 * Zown *M 3"d la 0 Casiso» Tira .MAflKETPLACE DECEMMER 12. *SIrs - Soms Whale Hoe*i *IDA* Walmeul