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Mega-Jali syste oigwt ivon't be perfect but better: -onps Sfr ùnaane zzzze, -é-. angs stili a success despite rainy weather A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 141 No. 56 Tuesday, September 26, 2000 48 Pages $1 .00 (GST included) VPuss 'N' Boots Danielle Kelly, 7, shows her 11-week-oid kitten Lily In 'The Cet in a Boot' category of the Milton Fa11 Faires children's pet show. See story and more photos from the fair on page 13. TIP F THEMONTH: Flea are sail blood sudding usets that feed on the blond of cata, dogs and -a causing irritation, sia &mmas and aflergic reacions. Flea transmit tapeworms to yoar pet. flea seam n asSonthern Ontario begins when the weather gela warmi and b until the semod bard freat ia November. %is peak mentie are Auginl, September and Octbr. Yet lie May live la aur bomes ail year rous" New innovations i fi. contrai have made fi. coi.Y lars and sprays practidly obslte. Come amd isit us for tihe Mest op ta date and effective DONI WAIT UNTIL IrS TOO LATE. AN OUNCE 0F PREVENTION 15 WORTH A POUND 0F CURK lied-up truckers stage gas protest on Hi*ghway 401 By LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion Close to 100 trucks were lined up at the weigh station on Hwy. 401 east near James Snow Parkway Thursday and through the weekend to protest axie weight restrictions and high gas prices. Danny Picot, a company driver for e ive-year.old struck and kilied by car Tragedy struck north Milton Sunday evening when a five-year-old girl was bit by a car on Guelph Line and later died in hospital. Hallon police have so far determincd that the victim, Sarah Boucher, bad been with a group of children on the east side of Guelph Lise in Brookvillc prior to bcing struck. The girl was bit in the northbound lane as she attemptcd 10 cross over 10 the wcst side of the road. police said. She was laken by ambulance to the hos- pitl, but died ai 2:30 sm. Monday. The northbound vehicle was drives hy Diane Cbircop, 26, of Rockwood. Anyone who witnessed the tragedy is askcd 10 caîl Dcl. Const. Steve Martin ai 878-5511, cxl. 5169, or Crime Stoppera ai 825-8477. Petrella in Brampton, said the protest started because of axIe weight, but freight truckers have joined in due to the high poice of fuel. It' s the battie over gas prices that bas seen the moat publicity in oecent weeks as truckers across the world have stopped their rigs in protest. Mr. Picot said truckers can only put a certain amount of weight on each axle. Truckers found to have more than the limit must shovel out their load until they meet the weight restrictions. They're also fined, he said. Fines range in price, but Mr. Picot said he has seen fines for as much as $800. Const. Brian Hackett, spokesperson for the Port Credit OPP, said truckers were scheduled to meet with the Ministry of Transportation about their complaints, but he didn't know the outcome. *see TRAFFIC on page 5 Comment ........ 6 Dateline........ 19 Classifod ..26-29 *BayerlMyoflx - Roto Static5 Fortinos * -Cashway -Swiss Chalet *Selecledl ames anly -y