Snow praises Halton East diverse interests in maiden speech
In the Ontario Legislature Jim Snow MPP for Halton East lauded the riding’s diverse residential industrial and agricultural interests. He cited Oakville firms Ford Motor Shell Canada Limited Refineries Mack Truck Company Xerox General Electric Procor and P L Robertson Manufacturing among major local industries and noted Georgetown’s early 1800s paper mills on the Credit River.
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Ontario
Jim Snow
Halton East
Sheridan Park Research Community boosts Ontario industry
Snow notes Sheridan Park Research Community opened in 1964, housing nine firms including Ontario Research Foundation partners. About 1300 scientists and staff work there with projected 1970 building value of 100 million dollars and 6000 employees. In 1966, 23 new plants and 27 expansions occurred, signaling a vigorous industrial hub.
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Ontario Research Foundation
Pugleus
Snow
Ares
GO Transit expansion praised by Mr Snow in Ontario legislature
Mr Snow called GO Transit one of the greatest assets for lakeshore communities in the Metro Area and urged expansion. He noted about one in three workers in Halton County commute to the metro area and said the current service is at capacity. He proposed extending the line to Milton Cooksville Streetsville via the CPR and through Matton Bramalea Brampton Georgetown and Acton to spur development as planned satellite communities.
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Halton County
Milton
Cooksville
Streetsville
C.P.R
Bayur
Erte
Snow Warns Ontario On Farm Woes And Policy Gaps
Mr. Snow expressed concern for Canada’s agriculture, noting 85 percent of his riding’s land is farmed. He argued farmers face deteriorating living standards, citing higher bushel requirements for equipment, egg losses, and uneven profit years. He criticized federal program cuts in hog, lamb, cheese premiums and storage grants, urging a national agricultural policy.
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Ontario
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GO Train Plans Stall In Halton North Extension Talk
The North Halton area will not receive GO Train commuter service soon as a government study on GO train coverage will take two to three years to complete. MSP P. Jim Snow proposed a northern line to Hatton in his speech, but Highway Minister George Gomme dismissed the idea. The study is to assess extending service along lines from Ajax to Hamilton to serve up to 15,000 daily passengers, with current usage at 17,000.
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Halton East
Jim Snow
North Hatton
George Gomme
Garyvice
Gomme
Mitton
Georgetown
Acton
CNR
CPR
Labbadore
Ajax
Hampton
Esquesing Council appoints hall board members
Esquesing Council appointed the following members to represent various organizations on the Esquesing community hall board. Esquesing Fair Board Harding Price Stewarttown W.A Mrs W Lawson Ashgrove W.A Mrs Frank Wilson Norval Jr Farmers Stanley Hyatt Esq Fod of Agriculture Denny Charles Esquesing Council C F Patterson Robert Lawson
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Stewarttown
W.A
W. Lawson
Ashgrove
Frank Wilson
Norval Jr
Stanley Hyatt
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Fod. of Agriculture
Denny Charles
Esquesing
Ontario tax plan eyed for aircraft fuel at proposed airport
Mr. Snow urged broadening the plan to cover all of Ontario rather than just northern Ontario. He proposed a ten cent per gallon tax on aircraft fuel, noting over 10 million gallons sold yearly would yield about one million dollars. He argued private and corporate aircraft owners benefit from more airports or landing strips and favored earmarking the funds for that purpose.
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Snow
Ontario
Authority chair urges start on dam program without federal grants
James S. Bauer told Brantford Rotary Club the Grand River Conservation Authority should begin a 30 million dollar dam plan with only a 90 percent Ontario grant and no federal funds. He cited rising land values and regional benefits for 71 valley municipalities while noting federal delays threaten timing. Five dams are planned near Montrose, Kaimg, Everton, Guelph area, and Ayr with land and water resources highlighted as assets.
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Vantage
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Everton
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Baeeiuttah Euorthordl
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Galt
Buyer
Budget Boost for Grand River Conservation Authority Dam Plan
The Grand River Conservation Authority approved a $5,277,008 budget, up from $1,092,566 in 1967, largely to fund land purchases for a five-dam program including a Montrose site near West Montrose. Grants total about $3,474,929 with municipalities generating $470.73 per capita, about 12 cents higher than last year.
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Breslal
Calls Rise After Nuisance Prank Phone Ringing
After last week's Free Press story about a woman receiving nuisance phone calls a second woman reports she also has recently received three calls from pranksters.
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Halton M P Praises Region Conservation Projects
The Halton East M P told the legislature about Halton Region Conservation Authority efforts led by Kelso Conservation Area. Kelso, visited by over 125000 in 1967, hosts a county museum with swimming picnic and skiing areas. Plans include Ontario Agricultural Museum and a permanent home for the Ontario Steam and Antique Preservers Association collection.
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Halton County
Ontario Agricultural Museum
Ontario Steam and Antique Preservers Association
Snow
Senior housing praised in Halton efforts and plans
Halton East MSP P praised housing programs by Ontario Housing Corporation and the HOME plan. He urged national building code adoption. Mr Snow has an order paper resolution on the topic, with Halton Centennial Manor in Milton and Oakville Senior Citizens Housing noted. The Oakville Rotary Club with Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Municipal Council provided over 100 units at no cost.
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Ontaro Housing Corporation
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Halton
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Rotary Club
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Ontario Housing Corporation
Municipal Council
Knights Toast Ladies at Dinner Gathering
At a Knights of Columbus dinner, a man rose, raised his glass, and toasted the ladies saying, Here’s to our ladies, God bless them. What would our Knights do without them.
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