The Canadian Champion, Friday, November 14, 2008 -Al15 & OPEIN HOUSE Saturday, November 22nd frorn 10:00 arn until 4:00 pm WE HAVE OVER 40 VENDORS! SON KUZYK 1 MFTROLAND VWEST MEDIA GROUP STRONG STATEMENT» Members of Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture demonstrate outside of the RCMP's Milton Detachment. The group organized an anti-torture caravan that recently spent six days on the road raisng awareness of tor- ture issues, Police board seeks funds to hire The Halton Regional Police Services Board voted to request funds from thse newly-estahhished Police Officers Reruitment Fund last week in hopes the money will be enough to hire fiee more officers for the region. The federal government estah- lished the lund when thse budget was announced in February us allow provnces and tenritories to participate in a national effort to reeruit 2,500 front-line police olfi- cers over five years. Ontanio receeved $1 56 million froîn this fund, with $78 million going toward new OPP oflicers. $20 million for the hîring of new officers for First Nations police services aînd $58 million going towards the hiring of new munici- pal officers. TIhe board is looking to get pari of that $58 million for municipal Proceeds tb Support "Sleeping Children Around the Warid' <wwwscaw uniý officers, noting they will neeti a total of $350000 to hire thee [jvc ncw oflicers. The police recruittment [untis could help Halton, as 51 officers arc currently ehigible lotreûrement with anoiher 41 reaching that eligi- bilitN, hctween now and 2012. Tihe request illii go before tihe Region for approval hefore making lEs xvay to tihe lederal government. (AUA, oNff mu1 MPOY ISI CN1al oin us pery Surday at10 AM A SA Nd umdw Wds fflm kffimd durg thE iR ti e - 4 a-soi3i dmsf5rth tÙ}rde TreNrt t4itùn Distrit IW hSchoo, 396 Wîilbms Nte. ItX .Ormbiû T r UN R tC H (nÈTru North (Urch it 90.81.70W uîcfu(0ruen&Uhwdca -wwwtenorthurh.ca