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2-The Canadien Champion, Friday, June 29, 2001 No-SET I Home comfort specialists and complete service & maintenance packages. 24 hour emergency service and fully trained installers. Ail of aur units are designed for your total home comfort. Cail now for a FREE IN-HOME ESTIMATE take Cmor and detals on aur summer specials. .o CALL TOLL FREE en.g 1-888-718-6466 ÀName You've Grown Tenergy [ tte,vn0d untl Uy 15 2001, on nl ain ns wcodin Uaion ngy m*e pmm fb cim s no emaWogkoliw It 201. CaO t eombnedwtonyo#eotar *Mny payensnoksrdon regb oes I W ciwe0 iredwuy beot2tORO j term 16 9%, uterest prannu ss aasasns ened rerrG S T Stan Srtbectu qjBomw & hlumeter a Imm 1 ad .eIndeommuwpiy Residents oppose Victoria St. group home proposai By RICHARD VIVIAN The Champion A group of Victoria Street residents have banded together to fight what they cal] a neighbourhood injus- tice. Concerns developed ibis weck when il was learned 25 Victoria St. wi Il become a group home for trou- bled youih. -We ail teed sympathy ['or sexual- y abused children or children in trouble, but we also have immedi- aie concern o tr our own children. That is our main priority - the children witbin the nighbour- bood,' Victoria Street resideni Rick Serafini iold The Champion. FGI (Farnily Guidance Ine.) rep- resentatives signed a purchase agreement wiib current homeown- crs, the Boote family. The sale is scheduled to, close today. FGI operate group homes in Oakville, Oshawa, Brampton and Burlington. According to a writien staiement t'rom vice-president of residential services Lynda Parsons, the resi- dence wilI bouse about eigbt youths, ranging [rom l0Oto 16 years of age. Youîbs ai the residence will have been removed [rom unbealîby and/or abusive bousebolds. There wili be 24-bour siafling ai the lacil- iiy. Tbougb physical saleiy of' tbe neigbbourbood is a concern for the residenîs' group, parents say iheyre mosi irîsublcd by the possi- hie influence grssup home residenîs coutd bave on ibeir children's behavior. -I have six-year-old twins wbs are exircmely impressionable,' explained Rhonda Boxaîl, wbo's properiy neighbours the proposed group home. FGI used to opposition Anxieîy over group borne devel- opments is noîhing new lfor FGI. In other instances neigbbourbood concerns bave diminished sborily aller the home opens, Ms Parsons said. "These cbildren are very rnucb like your own. They are more like- ly to be fearful iban to cause [car or concern," Ms Parsons wroîe. 'Tbey bave been abused and îhey are ai a young age where it can have a great negative impact on iheir future lives if they do not receive proper trcatment and care for their emotional wounds. 'Tbey need to know ibere are people in the world that will not barrn bern, and jusi geiting a oni le from a neigbbour ai a corner store and being accepied is pari of the hcaling process." The mosi pressing issue for the residenîs' group is the way in wbicb tbe property was purcbased. According to Lilian Boote, sbe was neyer told of tbe proposed use before signing the sale agreernent. Had she known, she neyer would bave agreed to the sale, she iold The Champion. Ms Boote said she was unaware FGI was tbe purchaser until sbe was inforrned by a contracior wbo visited the bouse carlier ibis wcek. It was tben ibat she icarned bier bouse was t0 become a group bornelfor troubled youib. Since a group borne sucb as ibis would irnpact the entire neighbour- bood, area residenîs wonder why ihey werent consulted prior to tbe purebase agreement. Mr. Seralini said tbat simple aci would bave gone a long way to seule the ten- sion. 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Health Canada recently identified concerns with some Certif icates of Analyst issued by one analyst in the Toronto Drug Analysis Service Laboratory. Certif icates of Analyst are used to prove the nature of substances in drug prosecutions. The Department of Justice Canada is taking steps to make people mware 0f this situation. Health Canada has reviewed the work of the analyst and has found problems with respect to 192 certif icates regarding the nature of the substance and 13 certificates regarding the purity of the substance. The Department of Justice Canada wîll notify each accused found guilty of an offence to which one 0f these certif icates relates. If you have been found guilty in the province of Ontario 0f an offence pertaining to an illicit drug between June 1, 1988 and May 31, 2001, and want to find out if your Certif icate of Analyst is one 0f those in question, you can access the following Web site: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/expo. 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