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IFirm's financial problems foil seniors'travel plans By Mice Kowalski A Toronto travel agency's financial problems have spoiled vacation plans for a group of Whitby senior citizens. Twenty Whitby seniors were suppose te have spent last week at Lake George in New York state. But the weekend before they were to depart, the seniors lear- ned that the agoncy which arranged the trip -- Cannon Tours & Travel -- had filed for bankruty.h Atho()u h e seniors will get msofteir monoy back, it will take timo for the necessg paperwork te be processed by t . ntrooernmrent office which reguaeste travel industry. Weeealt with the company for over nino years, it came as a shock," said Fa McCorkell, director of the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre. "But we've been in contact with the government office and we've been assured the seniors will get most of their money back,' sho said. No more than $50 -- to cover cancellation insurance and taxes -- will ho held back, McCorkell said. An upset Harry Grixti told The Free Press the trip cost ho and wife Maryanne $49 each. «We can't afford te spend $918 every month. We're very dis- apponted,» said Grixti. We should have been notifiod before thon (weekend prior te A 28-year-old Whitby man has been sentenced to eight months in jail for failing te stop when ho drove a vehicle that struck a podestrian Jan. 24 in Beaverton. A charge of criminal negli- genoe causing bodily harm was withdrawn. Christephor Alec Johnson hit the pedestrian, Ross Edward Houle, 29, formerly of Beaverton, leaving),» ho said. A spokesperson for the provin- cial Registrar of Travel Industry office was not available for com- ment. However, a spokesperson for Rumanek & Cooper, the firm which is handling Cannon's bankruptcy proceedings, said a maimum of $3,500 has been placed on any outstanding dlaims against Cannon. shortly after midnight while drîving his Ford Broneo north on Osborne Street. Houle suffered multiple in- juries and was taký-n te hospital in &rillia in serions condition. Johnson, accompanied by his lawyer, turned himself in to Dur- ham Regional Police in Pickering two days later. .N SURVEY AFTER"7 SURVEYahg majority of Canadians have indicated: that they wan politicians to listen to them, to tell them the truthd:'d to keep the promises they make. That's wy Doug Anderson 18 running in Ontarlo:Riding. His platform. is simple - he wiIl represent.you. He is the only candidate... in Canada who is running on that:simple platform. His,..* election in Ontario Riding will: reverberate f rom coastý:'*" t o c oa st. DON' T WASTEM VOUR VO TE: ON AN YTMING L'ESS IDOUG ANERSON Independn a u w rz e c I b J a c i e.........aI e n _______________________________________________Pl'___ STRAIGHT TALK SAVINGS TO BUY OR SELL CALL RF/MR(MAUNDRELL :Summit Realty (1991) Lt., Reator LOADED WITH UPGRADES! 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