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THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010 Anti-smoking iniatives are workingMore cigarette sellers in Halton Hills are complying made to a youth test shopper, the store operator is warned door smoking restrictions on all publicly owned lands with provincial laws against selling tobacco products that the sale occurred and told an enforcement check will in place for just three months is also very high. to minors, and smoking ban compliance rates are also be made. If a sale occurs during an enforcement check, The Halton bylaw prohibits smoking within nine metres improving.a charge is laid. If a tobacco vendor is convicted two or of any entrance or exit of buildings owned or leased A report last week to Haltons Health and Social Servi-more times within a five year period, an automatic ban on by the Region or local municipalities. Halton Council ces committee found that Halton Hills had a five per cent selling tobacco for six to 12 months is applied. Only one asked municipal councils and Conservation Authorities non-compliance rate for selling to minors in 2008, but the premise in Halton was prohibited from selling tobacco to consider and respond to the idea of banning smok-2009 rate was three per cent. Staff said the decline was in Halton in 2009.ing on all publicly owned property, including parks and due to increased awareness of the Smoke-Free Ontario Halton staff conducted compliance/enforcement checks conservation lands. Conservation Halton said no, and Act, increased inspections, increased fines and increased and in 944 cases there was no sale to minors. In 34 cases, Credit Valley Conservation is still waiting for its Board compliance/enforcement checks of all tobacco vendors. the merchants did sell tobacco to a minor, and 29 warn-response. Local municipalities said staff reports would In 2008, the selling to minors non-compliance rate in ings were issued and five charges laid. be submitted to their respective councils in the near Ontario was 10 per cent and the rate in Halton Region Staff also reported that over-all compliance with the future.remained at three per cent in 2008 and 2009. Last year, Smoke-Free Ontario Act that bans smoking in indoor All convictions under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act Halton staff conducted 160 compliance checks send-workplaces, public places, restaurants and bars is very are posted on Haltons website for a six-moth period ing in youth test shoppers to see if a merchant would sell high in Halton, and smoking in workplaces and public following the date of conviction. There currently are them tobacco without asking for identification to check places has all but disappeared. eight convictions listed all in Oakville or Burlington, their age. One $365 ticket was issued and four warnings Halton staff conducted 1,055 routine inspections of half are for selling tobacco to a minor and half are for were issued after tobacco products were sold to under-workplaces, bars, health care facilities and schools and establishment owners who did not ensure that there were age youths.responded to 69 complaints. Thirteen warnings were no ashtrays or smoking related materials in the premise. Compliance checks are done on stores that have no issued and 61 tickets were issued.As well, one adult male was convicted of holding a lit recent history of selling tobacco to minors. If a sale is Staff also reported that compliance with Haltons out-cigarette at the Burlington location.Cops want help finding grow-opsSummer has arrived and grow areas exist in all four weeks. In late September or apparent reasonCrime Stoppers at 1-800- Do not touch the mari-with it comes another season municipalities within Hal-early October, the growers Persons trespassing 222-TIPS (8477), by huana plants due to possible for outdoor marihuana grow ton Region; Most owners of return to harvest the plants, onto fields on foot or by texting SMS# CRIMES chemicals on them.operations. These operations these properties may not be leaving the roots and waste off road vehicles(274637) or by visiting If confronted by a mari-may continue into Septem-aware of the illegal activity items behind. Bags of fertilizer, plant-Crime Stoppers Online huana grower, just leave ber and the Halton Regional on their property.Marihuana plants are ing trays or chemicals (www.haltoncrimestop-the area, record any licence Police Service asks the To start and maintain such bright green, the leaves located in remote areas or pers.com). If the matter plates and call police.public for their assistance an operation the growers have seven jagged fingers, dumped at the side of the is urgent, members of the Do not approach an in addressing this illegal may bring large bags of fer-they grow between three roadpublic are directed to call outdoor grow, due to the activity, and would like to tilizer, shovels, chemicals, and five feet in height and Well trampled trails in 905-878-5511.low percentage of grows increase public awareness. pails, generators, pumps give off an odour similar to wooded or swamp areasPolice also advise the being booby trapped or Over the past several and of course the marihuana that of a skunk. Cleared out areas in public:guarded.weeks the Service has re-plants to these locations. Common indicators of swamps, wooded area or sponded to several calls The plants are put in the outdoor marihuana grow corn fieldsrelated to out door grow ground and maintained by include: Posted signs within Fire Reportoperations.the grower over the sum- Abandoned vehicles forests, corn fields which Persons involved in grow-mer months as they mature. parked on side roads or appear out of nowhere indi-ing marihuana will select Due to the heartiness of the trailscating No Trespassing.Storm damagecorner of a Church Street rural areas that may include marihuana plant, there may Repeated attendance to If you discover an out-A large willow tree West residence as it fell. swamps, corn fields, wooded be infrequent attendance remote locationsdoor marihuana operation damaged in Sunday after-Acton firefighters checked areas and rural rental proper-by growers. Growers may People observed walk-call the Halton Regional noons fierce storm did not for damage and advised ties with large acreage. Such only be seen once every two ing in remote areas for no Police Service Drug Unit cause any structural dam-the homeowner to call 905- 465-8732 or contact age when it clipped the an arborist to remove the tree.WEVE MOVED!Pole fireWe are now located at theActon firefighters se-Acton Urgent Care Centrecured the area of the Fifth Treatment for:10 Eastern Avenue.Line and 22 Side Road just V ( K D T Q O [ C N I K Cbefore 11 on Saturday mor- V % J T Q P K E 2 C K Pning when they received a V 5 V T G U Ureport of downed hydro V * G C F C E J G Uwires that were arcing and C P F O W E J O Q T G had set the hydro pole on fire.Naomi BedellFalse alarmRegistered MassageA Tanners Drive home-Therapyowner was advised to have Deanna Wilsona carbon monoxide detec- / K N N 5 V BSc. DCh.tor replaced after Acton # E V Q P 1 0Chiropodistfirefighters could not find 519-853-8557Foot Specialistany trace of the gas when they responded to alarm activation at 10:48 last 519-853-8557Wednesday night.65 Mill St. E. False alarmActon, ON Acton firefighters deter-L7J 1H4mined that two propane tanks were venting as they Foot/Nail Carewere designed to and not Diabetic Footcareleaking when they re-sponded to a call to the 17 Custom OrthoticsSide Road-Third Line area Home visitslast Tuesday.