MiIton's Community Newspaper Since 1860 Weend Edition N E WS Region ordered to pay $166,000 S PO0R TS IceHawks to honour long-time volunteer wwwiltoncaadancharnpion.com A & E Maclntyre on Christmas CD GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION FOOD, GLORIQUS FOOD: Hawthorne Village Public School student council representatives, from left, Alysha Carusi, Jordan Holzschuher, Kevin Tang, Sarah Durdîn and Kendra Wilcox surround themselves wîth boxes of non-perîshable food items collected by the entire school (kindergarten to grade 8) as wel as staff members. t was the school's second annual Fail Harvest Food Drive, whîch wrapped up today, with the food going to, the local Salvation Army Food Bank. Worried agencies turn to Region for help Horneless prograîns rnay close iffuingj doesn't corne through l also said these agencies must hear by pgr g February 1 ai the latest if funding wîil be con- By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF L ocal pttgranis (tir the hitncless nîay bc ltirccd ici close dl,iWtt ieNt 'Car il ierai l'und- îîîg doesti t ecli llttss tig, i)ttetiails leavuîîg iit i Ii a t s0 vultit i .lu I ltito residett v, iliotititt Ol)(, st s it- tIc dcS ticet I liii s i lii tie Rcgittît littl il] anti stt t! set vîtes; ctlitilittce lîcatd cileds rtii a group of local agencies secing I laitons help) Ini securing future lunding allocations fromn Parliaient ill11. lIansitions for \ouili Executis e Dîrector Ellis Katsol, wsho i-eprcscnîted tise agencies usai pio ic pi ograins lor honsicss and ai i isik ttsials ld retîîoial t outit illot s aboti lîtcaostc ol dc las s iii Iiloiînganiocciniini- Irontli le k detial ý'upport ing t onîifuiIics Bai inersili îniiiatis (St PI') ibis s\car. tinued next s ear, "Otherwise, the), wili nced to close clown the programns and Iay off staff by March 31 so iiie (Io noi encounier additiotîal deficits, he said. "As ofi April i, il iliese prograirs; close, over R100 s slticiahie I lalit i rsti u a s car whti ctitltlciils i lietsise hiioncess or at risk il \\tiWcsitsx iii liav cnit supplort services Io lit l tilt ii dcal witihe chtallenges thesy are -see REGION on page Al16 Sobeys Iaying off By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF "Significant" job cuts are coming at Milton's Sobeys warehouse now that the company plans to build a new gro- cery distribution centre in Vaughan. The announcement, made by Sobeys Ine. Tuesday, bas left approxdiately 780 employees of thse local warehouse won- dering if they'll be thse lucky ones who get to hold on to, their jobs once the new facility opens its doors in 2009. "There are a lot of depressed people in there," a Sobeys warehouse employ- ee, who asked tbat bis namne not be used, told The Champion. "They don't know what they're going to do. Nobody knows who will bave a job stili. " He said a lot of people who work at the warehouse bave moved to Milton and the surrounding area just to, be dloser to their jobs. soe NO on page A5 Insie Today's Champion OPINION A6 CLASSIFIED A26 DATELINE B15 REAL ESTATE B18 wwvw.iltoncanadianchampion.com Inets: FULL aDISiTIUTION iii.- tttLWS ZELUt L iR lii titîç Iti Ctttittt - CELL Ft ttlIittiii ittiCY Witli ISCONT MART - NR FUEL STION ii PiCIFIC CiRPOT iNi Fcititit PRTsIAL DISTRIBaION M* Si t* itiit CiNttIAN IRE - Ni FRIcLL - FORTINOS - tOLLANDP HO M HARDWAR tu tiisittNCItiS PîICi COPPEi. tISANt INK JET. - ROGER WIRtLtti * ittEiii iPPLItiCti -IttiL HOiME -OUt PiC StiCETîti - UPtitluit - RABti FINE Fuiti îlesM lTtY R USl- UTUE SHOi ETlilCtHPNiSVE HOM tuM ADE IML -e GE cc cuiETEcîu - BLiCKS iHOTO TH, S URCEB IRCUIT CITY - StiPPEit DRUG Ciii. C ICHIALS www.miltontoyota.com Pa ar Doll11Y, l'm a growal u? del. My humant have édortad a Véry eut.I bittes. I juat love it, no., rsal I dot What alvin. us I fine thens abaut Chelelma. lseavtl., husii, fi"ls aMd llbt corda? Signal "Bob", PDIIa r B obI, Cate ara vary attrantal te tisi ai tué. Wf swallea, It euld b. tuek la1h. tutemy, lsi th. est weuld. sud aargery. Th1 Meid diu. Llgb teè, if bitse, ou dus ba 11h1l. Your humad na " Il the Vat for aline. lieM a graatChIrstat B, Mdl leat at6 1 h. v bossa, at log~ comil b.I Véry alibi vf W. Pii O Mw SPEA . 50Hawkins Anim>alHl "-ai Untarlo~~à1 Stà.>ui êîlcael -P W" a4*111110W L A Metroland Media Group publication * Vol. 147 Noý 74 Friday, November 24,2006 1 1 60 Pages * $1 .00 (incl. G.S.T.)