Esco union resumes talks over two year contract
United Steelworkers Local 7337 and Economy Forms Corp in Georgetown reopen negotiations after a March 12 walkout demanding a dollar an hour raise plus benefits. The company offered 17.5 percent raise with a cost of living clause and productivity boosts. Local president Reg Benoit noted the Brampton meeting that ran 9 30 a m to 4 p m. Strike pay of 70 dollars was provided to members on the line last week as some workers prepared to man the lines all summer.
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United Steelworkers
Local 7337
Economy Forms Corp
Georgetown
Brampton
Reg Benoit
Tom Brotherton
MPs Challenge Boundary Report To Court Over Ontario Seats
Two Liberal MPs seek a Federal Court ruling to void the final report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario citing insufficient justification for changes. The dispute centers on eliminating a northwestern Ontario riding and proposes a Halton redraw with Georgetown and northeast Esquesing joining Brampton, potentially affecting future Halton representation.
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Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission For
Ontario
Halton
Georgetown
Northeast
Brampton
Keith Penner
Thunder Bay
Norman Cafik
Ottawa Queen
Commission
James Fould
NDP
Port Arthur
Northwestern
Frank Philbrook
Marywood Meadows report to council after works meeting
Town engineer Robert Austin will deliver a written report on Marywood Meadows to the town council next Monday May 17. The works committee, fearing the report would be outdated, shifted the plan to council. Some remedial work has begun amid homeowner concerns about grading and a driveway pole placement.
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Marywood Meadows
Robert Austin
Works Committee
Firat
Council
Hospital workers weigh joining provincial walkout
Georgetown District Memorial Hospital staff hesitate on joining Ontario wide action over a $1 per hour raise. Protests risk illegal strike fines up to $1000 each and union penalties, while administrators stress duty to keep public services running. Joyce Cox offered no comment on potential staff walkout.
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Georgetown District Memorial Hospital
Ontario
Joyce Cox
Reed pushes for independent study on Bradley Georgetown Hydro corridor
Ontario provincial legislature select committee on Hydro faces pressure from Reed to include an independent study in the report. He warns that without it, expediting land expropriation could raise costs for taxpayers. A public meeting is set for May 12 at Erin High School at 8:30 p.m. in Erin.
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Hydro
Bradley- Georgetown
Halton- Burlington
Julian Reed
Reed
Ontario
Minister of Energy
Erin High School
Erin
Police Week Displays Open at Halton HQ and Milton Mall
The Halton Regional Police District headquarters in Georgetown opens to the public during Police Week with fingerprinting souvenirs, a safety display, and a criminal investigations display if prepared. On Friday and Saturday the exhibit moves to Milton Mall.
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Halton
Georgetown
National Police
Criminal Investigations
Police Week
Milton Mall
Peel rejects combined Halton Peel landfill site plan
Peel region rejects a joint Halton Peel landfill amid groundwater concerns. An 82500 acre groundwater study found an underground water table risks contaminating buried aquifers under the Peel side of the border. Peel’s works committee then eyed a 200 acre site south of Britannia Road near McLaughlin Road under the airport nose cone, unlikely to be developed soon.
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Peel
Halton
Halton-Peel
Hornby
Winston Churchill Boulevard
Combi
Britannia Road
McLaughlin Road
Airport
Finance committee seeks talk with Halton Board reps
Halton Hills officials plan a meeting with the two town trustees Ernie Bodnar and Tom Watson to query the Halton Board of Education budget and its impact on local taxes. Councillors question mill rate increases and what 13 percent local share funds, noting past biannual meetings helped clarity between town bodies.
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Halton
Russi Miller
Halton Hills
Oder
Erin Sykes
Malton Hills
Acton
Sykes
Ernie Bodnar
Tom Watson
Noise in Hungry Hollow prompts bylaw push
Councilor Ric Morrow denounces police enforcement of the bylaw banning motorized vehicles in Hungry Hollow on Mountainview Road. He supports posting new signs, requests witnesses report plate numbers, and urges parental warnings to curb unauthorized vehicles and hikers and picnickers.
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Ric Morrow
Boys In Blue
Hungry Hollow
Mountainview Road
Morrow
Works Committee
Spence
Two Women Injured in Georgetown Crash at Guelph and Maple
Two women were injured in a May 6 collision at the intersection of Guelph Street and Maple Avenue. Tiina Enn, 6 Bracewood Road, Georgetown, and passenger Ida Moriarity, 76 Maple Ave E, treated and released from Georgetown District Memorial Hospital outpatient department. Driver James Edgar Browne, Henry Sr., sustained $900 damage to the other car. Enn vehicle damaged $700. Other incidents: Brian Lee Hill’s car, $75 damage from unknown driver between 5:30 p.m. May 6 and 8 a.m. May 7. Elizabeth Carney’s car, $100 damage from unknown driver in Georgetown Market Place parking lot on May 8 between 4 and 4:30 p.m.
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Guelph St
Maple Ave
Georgetown District Memorial Hospital
Tiina Enn
Bracewood Rd
Georgetown
Ida Moriarity
James Edgar Browne
Henry Sr
Enn
Brian Lee Hill
Charles St. Georgetown
Elizabeth Carney
Gower Crt
Georgetown Market Place
New GFSC Crest Debuts From Annual Meeting
The Georgetown Figure Skating Club approved a new crest designed by Ross Pritchard. The emblem features a stylized y symbolizing the figure eight, the basis for compulsory figures, in a three colour scheme with blue background, blue lettering and tack outline.
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Georgetown Figure Skating Club
Ross Pritchard
Halton Hills bylaw eases door-to-door cookie sales
Halton Hills town committee amended the bylaw on door-to-door selling. Charitable organizations and service clubs may sell cookies daffodils or fertilizer with a license fee not exceeding $1. Clerk administrator Doug Pritchard said the change protects residents from misuse while aiding fundraising.
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Halton Hills
Doug Pritchard
Two watermain routes still possible for Trafalgar Rd offices
Region and town engineers and developer consultant Al Pitutti seek another meeting to decide watermain routing to municipal offices on Trafalgar Road. Two options exist: a 2700 foot route from Meples Ave Seventh Line with a six inch main and required road work, or a Princesa Anne Drive hospital route offering eight or twelve inch mains and area development potential. About seven Seventh Line homes would rely on a smaller feeder, and owners oppose large main costs though an easement might be offered.
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Trafalgar
al Pitutti
Pilutti
Works Committee
Piluith
Meplés Ave
Princesa Anne Drive
Pilutth
Pitutti
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Union
Boundary Commission
Camelot
Georgetown and District
Blake Shorthill
Colleen Howard
Marywood
Austin
Fred Morris
Bradley
Melanie
Jaycettes
Fred
Morris
John MacDonald
George Town
Figure Skating
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