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vvcuucaudy may lw i 1 i 11-. U A 1 \ V Surf' s up at Halton Region' s website Re-launched site m ore user-friendly, offers m ore links By A n g e la B la c k b u rn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF As Halton residents go surfing this season. Halton Region wants them to make a pit stop at its Web site -- www.region.halton.on.ca. To entice visitors to tour, the Region recently re-launched its site with a brand new look and feel. Regional chair Joyce Savoline was on-hand at the launch to extend a per sonal invitation to surfers. The site boasts a new, more modem look and a new navigation system that also links to the Web sites o f Halton's area municipalities. "It's a one-stop shop. It makes our government more transparent and def initely more accessible," said Savoline. The man at the helm of the new venture is Halton's director o f tech nology services, Ralph Blauel. He expects the Web site's new design to bump its 800 daily hits to 1,000 "user visits." "Ours is the most visited Web site in Halton," said Blauel, who noted other regions, such as Peel, don't yet offer links to area municipalities. Halton Region surveyed users last fall as it prepared to update its Web site, which dates back to 1995. "We found that people were inter ested in more e-govem m ent," said Blauel. He also noted the prevalence of computers, both at home and in busi nesses in Halton, as a reason for the Region to update its operation. "I get e-mails from a lot of people, sometimes those that are sent in the middle of the night, so there are a lot o f night-ow ls out there," said Savoline, noting computers allow peo ple to do business at any hour o f the day. The update was also needed to keep the Region "up-to-speed" with provincial and federal governm ent Web sites, said Blauel. Some provincial and federal gov ernment information is now available through Halton's new Web site and more should com e on-line in the future, said Blauel. Halton's Web site now offers a more user-friendly alphabetical index of its services for surfers to search. "Halton is committed to improving custom er service," said Corporate Services C om m issioner Jane MacCaskill. The latest news, announcements, media releases, as well as Savoline's recent speeches and new spaper columns are on-line. Council documents are also avail able on-line. Agendas for upcoming meetings have always been available on-line, but now an archive of council agen das, staff reports and decisions are available. E-payment and e-delivery of bid documents should be welcomed local businesses looking for regional con tracts. A heritage service promotes Halton's history and connects visitors to the Halton Region Museum. An About Us category provides information about Halton's history, population, economics and job oppor tunities. "W ith more people using the Internet to do business or to find infor mation, we felt the time was right to provide added value to our site," said Blauel. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline and new website: more user-friendly \ ySZw u I 0 § - '\o r to s to place CANADIAN CHILDREN'S « -F / READING FESTIVAL May 26 & 27,2001 Bring the w h o le fa m ily and celebrate the jo y of reading this sum m er at O n ta rio Place w ith some of Canada's most popular children's w riters and illustrators. " s u m m e r 's h e r e ' Students win Millennium scholarships The Canadian M illennium Scholarship Foundation will be hand ing out scholarships to 11 Oakville students for the 2001-02 school year. The Foundation's excellence awards are attributed on the basis of academic achievement, commitment to community service, dedication to innovation and proven leadership abil ities. In addition to financial support, the Foundation is making a number of projects available to award recipients. "This year's laureates are all topnotch students who care about the world around them ," said Jean C. Monty, chairman o f the Foundation's Board of Directors. "The excellence awards announced today are critically important in encouraging citizenship, leadership, and excellence, as well as providing an incentive for many of our brightest students to complete their studies here in Canada." The Foundation received more than 8,000 applications from all across Canada, and is the largest awards program of its kind in the country. The students will receive cash awards to be used toward the cost of their studies in a Canadian university or college. 900 awards at three levels were allocated throughout the coun try. O ntario students received 38 national awards of $4,800, renewable for up to four years; 84 provincial awards of $4,000, renewable for up to four years, and 255 local awards of a one-time payment of $4,000. M ore inform ation about the Excellence Awards Program can be found on the Foundation's website at www.m illennium scholarships.ca. T H SATURDAY, M AY 26 11:00am ....Kenneth O p p e l (Festival Stage) 12:30p m ...Loris Lesynski (Festival Stage) 2 :0 0 p m Perform ers fo r Literac y (Festival Stage) 2 :0 0 p m Barbara Reid (Cinesphere) 3 :3 0 p m Jean L ittle (Festival Stage) SUN DAY, M AY 27 W / f c ls r ' ^ :Q0am ....Kenneth O p p e l (Festival Stage) 12:30p m ...Sheree Fitch (Festival Stage) 2 :0 0 p m Perform ers for Literac y (Festival Stage) 2 :0 0 p m B arbara Reid (Cinesphere) 3 :3 0 p m Richard S crim ger (Festival Stage) 5 :0 0 p m D in i Petty (Festival Stage) ® | / More authors and entertainment at the Yellow Dot Stage PLUS A W HOLE LOT M ORE... 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JS L w w w in d ig o c a CIARITEN M ay 27, 2001 M o nday M ay 2 8 ,2 0 0 1 6pm Triumphant Remi Countdown to Armageddon 7:3(1 pm SurveilLu Growih the Ri For more information call the number below 0NE WEEK FAMILY itmsMSiSKm VACATION FOR FOUR! w w w .o n tario p lace.co m For Exhibitor Info rm atio n Call (9 0 5 ) 8 1 5 -0 0 1 7 iSEBSSia B M t Into: 4 1 6 -3 1 4 -9 9 0 0 1-8GG-ONE-4-FON (O utside GTA) E v an g el P e n te c o s ta l Cl 1450 R e b e c c a S tre et O ak v ille, O N P h o n e : 9 0 5 -8 2 7 -0 2 5 1 Sii t h e Notice of Completion of the Equivalent Review Process fo r Southdown Station Southdown Station is an 800 MW natural gas-fuelled, combined cycle electricity generating station proposed for a 14-hectare site located in the City of Mississ auga at 759-797 Winston Churchill Blvd., in the Southdown Employment Area. The Southdown Station facility includes a 850 m long, 230 kV, double-circuit, underground transmission line that w ill connect the Station to the existing provincial transmission grid located just north of the site. On April 23, 2001, the proposed Southdown Station became subject to the Environmental Assessment Act by Ontario Regulation 116/01. Notice is hereby being given that Sithe Energies Canadian Development, Ltd. intends to proceed with its plan to develop the Southdown Station facility under the Transition Provisions of the Ministry of the Environment's Environmental Screening Process detailed in its Guide to Environmental Assessment Requirements for Electricity Projects, March 2001 (available at www.ene.gov.on.ca or 416-314-8001). The Southdown Station project has been reviewed in a process consistent with the Environmental Screening Process, the results of which are described in the Southdown Station Equivalent Review Process Report (May 2001) which includes the Southdown Station Environmental Report (September 2000) previously made available for public review (January 15 to February 13, 2001) and addendum that includes updated information regarding the project and responses to comments received from the public and interested agencies' review of the Southdown Station Environmental Report. In accordance with the Transition Provisions, Sithe is hereby notifying the public that the Southdown Station Equivalent Review Process Report (May 2001) is available for public review and comment for a 30-day period from Thursday, May 24 to Friday, June 22, 2001. This Report w ill be available for viewing at the following locations: Mississauga Public Libraries Central Library 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West Clarkson Branch 2425 Truscott Drive Lome Park Branch 1474 Truscott Drive Port Credit Branch 20 Lakeshore RoadEast Oakville Public Library Central Library 120Navy Street I t w ill also be available for viewing on Sithe's web site at www.southdown-station.com over the same period. The Report provides an overview of the project, details the public and agency consultations and findings, and, describes the key issues, how they were evaluated and'Sithe's commitment to their mitigation, management and monitoring for the Southdown Station facility. The Report concludes, with respect to the issues identified, e.g., noise, air quality, aesthetics, and land use, that the Southdown Station facility w ill not have any significant net negative environmental effect that cannot be reasonably mitigated. The Report also details Sithe Energies Canadian Development, Ltd's intent to proceed with the Southdown Station facility, in accordance with the mitigation, impact management measures and other commitments described in these Reports, and, subject to any other approvals as may be required. Outstanding environmental concerns about the project, must be received not later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2001, to: Ms. Maureen Glaab Sithe Energies Canadian Development, Ltd. Commerce Court West, Suite 5300 199 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9 Fax: 416-947-0866 E-mail: mglaab@sithe.com In the event these concerns cannot be resolved within the 30-day review period, the concerned party can make a written request to the Director of the Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch, at the address noted below, to elevate the project to an individual environmental assessment. 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