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i~l-n ilr ~. M~trn1vaeari rcsn-amaantw Npuenrso'spr Vol. 140 No. 100 Tuesdav. Februarv 29.2000 36 Pages $ 1.00 (GST inciuded) 'Local taxi business owner shot Rainbow Taxi operator left for dead outside Oakville home front, according to, Halton Regional Police. He was shot in the upper torso. Det. Sgt. Ken Cormier of tise major crime bureau oaid the incident wasn't a random attack and Mr. Brar "was the target of the shooting." The fasher of three children was taken 10 Oakviile- Trafalgar By LISA CARTWRIGHT ivieiaci r s ta ys.> The Champion A Milton business 'owner isvDate rap expected to recover after 1 being shot several times out- By LISA CARTWRIGHT side bis Oakville home The Champion Saturday night. Harcharan Singh Brar, 39, who owns tise Rninbow Taxi and Limousine Service on Ontario Street, had just gotten out of his vehicle and was going inside hin home when he was approached by someone from lise found 39 gallons of a chemi- cal used in making a date rape drug at Tremaine and Britannia roads recently. Acting on information from He waa stabilized, shen transferred to Sunnybrook Heaith Scienceo Centre in Toronto. Hia family was as home as: the time of the 8:40 p.m. ohooting. Mr. Brar is expected to recover from his injurieo. Contacted by the Champion, staff ai Rainhow Taxi didn't want so com- ment. Halton Regionai Police are looking for a person dressed in dark clothing and armed with a handgun. Thse suspect was driving a 1995 50, 1997 Lumina or Coroica-slyle vehi- cie. Police have oet up a special tip line and anyone with information io anked to cail 825-_4725 or Crime Stoppers as 1-800-222-TIPS. dru g' chemicalfound Chatham Kent police, invessigalors discovered tise gammahutyrolactone (GBL) in cîgise plastic gasoline cans in a cement culvert Fehnsary 16. tn (ta present sate, GBL isn't restricted hy tise Contrmlled Drug and Substance Act, said Det. Bruce Mitchell of Halson police's drug and morality bureau. GBL is availahie commerciaiiy and is used to make paint shinners, PVC's and textiles, he said. it can also be usei to, make tise date rape drug gamma-hydroxybutrate (GHB). On tise strees GI-B is calleci 'Easy Lay', 'Gamma', 'Grievous Bodiiy Harm' and 'Liquid E'. -ses INVESTIGATION an page 9 TIP 0F THE MONTH: Does Your Pet Have Healthy Teeth; and Why You Sbould Be Concerned? Periodontal "guto" disease la anc of thse most common tseaith probietos sera hy veteninarians. ln face 85 to 90 percent of ail doga and cas over nix yeara of age have periodontal (goto) disease. Tie SigOs of beriadontal disease are bad isreath. isieeding, anflarord or receded gatos, infection, changea in appetite, difficuisy chewing or tootis lots. Periodontai disease cao ha painful and can contribase . to kidney, liver and heart diseane. If yon have noticed any of these signa, achedair a consaltato for yonr pet. Because pes do nos care for tiseir eetis tise way people do, dental proisietos cao ha erstremnely severe and life tisreatening. Fortssnately mass dental proisiema Cao ha prrveoted or if they develop they cao hae treated hy your veterinarian. Resnnember Pets have leeth o! I~q% *,,~ -~ t,~ .s~ À MeI%*A em in plz r V l1 0 N 0 us a e rav2 ,2 0 :4 Michael Penson of the Miltan Pire Department uses le picks and a dry suit ta make his way thraugh a two-day cold waterlthln V_ !ce training session for emnergency respanse personnel. About 25 emplayes tram varlous emnergency services taok part In the aune weekend avant et the Keiso Reservoir. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Comment ......... 6 Community ......8 Datflno ....... 14 Sports ......18420 Classitied ...21-23 Real estate -REl -12 e Town if Halton Hulis e Fortlnos* * Pizza Hute* 0Business Dopota *Selscted armas only