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PHARMACY ~... I u.~MiSon's lindependent Phry ~YI.i * 10% Saiors Olncooe *b >Ina P.. Aoet. TE:(0)8892- itn omunity Newspaper Since 1860 eknd Edition '%A Zak's Ws Oum ______ nhhco 4ýcA Named Canada's Top Community Newspaper w .miltoncanadianchampion.com 70 Main St E. 878-8424 S POR T S Sewell plays for Canada N EW S Car crashes into garage n- A& E Band to release third recording A erl* ei Grou pbicto * Vol 15 No 35 Fi.aJl 0,20 4 Pae -l $1>'irý 'Save my job,' say DG recommendation i oses; regional councîl to make final decision By Tim Forain CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF A Il aboard! The Halton County Radial Railway, a fuil-size operating electric railway and museum, is open for another season, offering streetcar and rail buifs a chance ta travel back in time and ride their favourite rail car. Here, conductor Lionel Jordan punches the transfer ticket for passengers of car No. 327, a restored wooden, open bench streetcar that was buiît in 1933 and operated untl being retired in 1968 by the Toronto Transit Commission. Inset, three-year-old Katelyn Johnson enjoys some ice cream during a stop on the rails. Tomorrow night, the Guelph [mne museum will hold the popular Ice Cream & Starlight event from 7 ta 10 p.m. Vîsîtors wîll be romanced under the stars and lights whîle rîdîng the rails and enjoyîng hand-scooped ice cream. See more muse- arn images in a slîdeshow featurîng the photos of Champion photographer Graham Paine on the newspaper's website, www.miltoncanadianchampion.com. Click on PHOTO SLIOESHOWS. GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION Our Ju C«ioun *Inspection of hases and onctos I~IT IM erv i» wIIh ahi. b *Check A/C compressor operption. Il o Check A/C drive beit. * * * f Cupon. b *Check cooling systemn fluid levels. * L J Hurry.. upfru b *Function test A/C systemn for efficiency. Auqut 14. 20091 b Free Local ShuUlle Service! They came from across the GIA in droves - pulled from construction sites where they had spent the morning work- ing and piled on ta seven buses - and arnived at Halton Regions headquarters at t p.m., ail wearing signs saying, 'Save My Job.' In total, about 350 construction workers, cantractars and builders, many associated with the large homebuilder Mattamy Corporation, packed the Regions council chatobers Wednesdlay ta pratest a Regianal staff recommenda- tion ta add an extra $8,000 per unit charge ta residential developers in north Oakville and Milton. Not that ail of theto knew that though. Many of the warkers didn't understand the details of what was an the table, with same thinking incarrectly Ia land transfer tax was being propased, except that they'd been tald it cauld slow dlown an already sluggish building industry resulting in job lasses. -Certainlv a lot of thern don't knaw why thev're herc but 1 do, and so do their employers,- said formcr Halton regianal chair Peter Porncroy, who now works on behaif of Mattam-y Corporation. see DEBATE on page A4 S RGS M A'S ~SL flPO ER, paint&decor V\NHrnr ',Fnvl, r NrVFrt CIUES WILT cir sTyLr- ~,iuoee'mwujCamrS t r a 1 N