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Whitby Free Press, 15 Jul 1992, p. 1

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ery. Bird,'of, the, 3 gnd Uhiv" iy sexpeci coige's public relati< *d.partm.nt. . WlimNisnLc.bUItt in The . axsting akilla trade area at the cole would for $6.5 mlllon ina 1987, and ie jus then b. -rncaated for use as ad<itioual lsrooms2i, y.ar, moylng thé. equlpmeiit toa a Oi. e y About, 400 jobs were lostat t] Bbd dfl aya the Cadbury plant wouldb. very useil WIliam Neilmon Ltd. wanted ta mt ivô for tiieskMis tade program.. Preventative measures, lnclu< q' IO annouameny xet atat mwibe ofCniuoerand CSrpoate dis fgratbenéfft 9flt"tib.. ,plant operating. ig. a pétition ta hold' before the Ministry 8,,failed to'ke.p tii Hugehoustng dev'elopment Corne"è'r ,,proves -conteniu By MAro BOuchueor On. area of the large housing development propsah by Erini Mille Deveiopment Corp. rominsaboneof contentiÃ"n. Counilors Marcel "Brunelle and Jo. Drunim have opposing views aboet the so'uthoast corner ofRIoosand Rd. and Cochrane St. where ,129 houses- and a church aré beinj proposed. That is.jut part oftiie pro- posed d.ýe lopment of 1,596 hous- mg units north OfRosIýàand soýuth of, Taunton and west o Cochrane St. At -Mondaynight- poncil ses sin.Brunèlle,.expressed con- cr.about potential-,flooig problems èand thecesta "Coch- rane et. for .thosewillliveon the, 12, propertes adjacent-ta Coch- rane St.- ' -An alternitive could se. each lot ,have accesa to a service lane .i front of 'the pýroperties îistead of direct acceus ta Cochrane St, h. said. Drunn said' that 'idea was ludkcrous.. He added that Erna Mils has been upfront during the entire. planning poeafor tiie dev elopment, inling trmsewermanagement '"Thisis'a mixed housùg, at ite erbeât," h. said' Pl9anpin directr Bob Short oaid thei. cotruction of a service ian. at the, southeast, corner of Cochrane St. and RSsland Rd. would bave some kind .of nega- tive impact on",tiié vall.y land.- HaydnMatthewo', eïecutive vice-preaident of< the i'aragon Group, thé. company, that manage i property, said- if -al goes-thrugh'as expected, con- '71 struction coud begm-nénet s<prmg statig a te south on , a Cochrane and Rossiland- 0f the' 1,596 units'ý 992 wouid ' be low density sinie.detached dwellings 282 semi-d.ta.ched dwellig 194. modium, density -block >oniouses and .128 iiigh densityresidentia] apartments. The s8ite. bas ,an area-1 of 147 hectares :(368 acres), sand the deveiopment would accmmodateý about,6,200 people. jIe-ppiçation aima tcalls for sciiocis la( ýùefor- .ëach sehool bar),a îsecAxdy open space and walkways. The Town'm. and tiie, Regriono o fficiai plan designationscali for azoning of,' residential"and hazardlands.. 'An. ameadment. was passed two weeks àgo ta change a 'majrn open >pace'designationta 'rosi- dentin r the hydro corridor ina the northérn' portion of the iand and 'a 'hazaral an«' desi*gnation ta 'reidential' north of the, east branch of the Lynde, Creek ta " Taunton ]Rd. Btn ro k posed two weeks ago ta rel>uce the number of bhouses* on the southeast corner of Cochrane St. and Rssland ]Rd. of the, develop- ment ta 12 from 14, toa alow SEEPAGE-.17 AMEMBERcf 'lffany's Tramps ssnds a bail over the, rnet ln' a Match agalnsêt G-Notes durlng 'beach volleyball' held at G-Notes, In downtown Whitby over the weekend. The event. was a charlty fundralser. Photo by Maudcs Piftwr, Whtby Free Promu GM plnt, extnded ýi Workers .at CneaiMotors?' Oshawa #2 aenbyplant can breathe a littieeser-t GM"-Canadapresident George Peappes anncdMonayti. plant hb n-.given a on-yare~enin ot onrc abuild CheoltLuminas andBuickRegals. Prducton was ta bave :béen shifte d ta the Unie Saes aller-tii. plantëcontraexprd witii the 1993. model'y.ar', leaving i iiota. vehicletôaàsmble. Lumhe01nlnt~4 will c6ontinue building. tIi.' leswo't aywbat wlllhappen to "the plantse i. 94nidlyear 'Tii. markets going ta ,teli us what .the volune's going ta b. out of these, car asEmblýy pants... w. want ta continué ta niake signi-fint amprvemntstiirebuilding masWith lesa labour oentent." Peapples, maye, Generai Motors >is sMMi M.nmmiýttod ta oreducing fiom five ta four, the. number of asaemblyp inir Northi America building mid-size cars T. new local agreement with the. CAW, I côntract. intil19941. Z %cl00ig tii.ovetim grmn th," eneedour, uïnion... 'thaimprove ti.nomtitivetaems 0fthe, Oshawa lants" 1 m aya eapes Tii. R icklegl; srecenïtlyrateason,.of the tenbest built cars i NorthAmerica. 1 Peapple:sïmysa the. Oshawa ,Car -Assezbly plant;s, w bich, emiplo dmor lan8,009 ~le, are am ,ong tii h sst qalitoperatedMtii. ÃŽilmriding NP Bossý Stevenson said 'the- GM announicement cornes just tbree m onths,, aller Fordý Motor Co. said it would'spend $2.1. billion'- 70 per cent of its total jlanned expansion -- on upgrading its car an truck plasin Canada. % "TIiat's ample proof tbat our Canadian auto aod part industries can compete witii thebest "It's aima another ring endorsement for fre. trade andfor the. benefits it a bring ta aur a and toa ailCanadians."x Stevenson said . tie "vote of confidence ina GM Oshawa" shows that management and staff *can togetiier in . harmony piraduce top quality -rdc- W Vtbl. 22, No. '29 1992 '28 ..i

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