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HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December 1 Lost control A vehicle driven by a Georgetown man skidded through a stop- sign and into a No Parking sign Tuesday when the man lost control of his car on the wet road police say The man was travelling southbound on Duncan drive near Moultrey Court in Hills at about pm when his car slid through the stop sign The driver over- corrected and the car ended up on the west sfde curb The No Park ing sign was bent back but there were no injuries and no charges Hit and run A Georgetown woman came back to her parked car on Nov 16 to find the side had been scraped by an unknown vehicle which had fled the scene police report There were no injuries and no charges laid in the incident which happened at pm on Guelph Street in Hills Rolledvehicle A Georgetown man who swerv ed his car to miss a rabbit that ran out in front of he vehicle on the Line in Halton Hills skid ded and rolled his car into a ditch last Sunday He was travelling southbound on the Line near the 22nd Sideroad There were no injuries and no charges laid in the incident which happened at 1250 am Parked car struck A vehicle parked on Prince Charles Street in Georgetown was struck by another on Nov at about 9 pm The driver of the vehicle that hit the parked car fled the scene Fire Calls Fuel spill Halton Hills Firemen were called out to a fuel spill Tuesday at pm on Main Street and Ontario There was no sign of fire but the Hazardous Materials Team was called to the scene No injuries were reported by the Fire Department Impaired driving forum opens in Toronto TORONTO Countermeasures 90 the sixth annual provincial forum on impaired driving opens next week at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto Scheduled for December and the conference provides two days of information and resource sharing sessions for community organizations and prominent legal law enforcement health and educational professionals ac tive in the crusade against drink ing and driving This year two plenary sessions and more than IS workshops will offer the 500 delegates and the media the most current informa tion available on the issue At torney General Howard Hampton and Solicitor General Mike Far- nan will speak at the event This year the conference presents a more national focus as representatives from British Col umbia Alberta Manitoba and the federal government will share their ex periences with delegates We look forward to teaming about the programs other have implemented to reduce the incidence of im paired driving and what their successes have been said At- General Howard Hamp ton Highlights of the conference will include in the 90s Where do we go from here Com munity programs and govern ment campaigns against drink ing and driving were launched over a decade ago Plenary speaker Dr Herb Simpson ex ecutive director of the Traffic In jury Research Foundation will review successes of thee in itiatives and indicate where delegates should be focusing their attention for the next decade Being sued can ruin a good party Noted Canadian alcohol and drug expert Dr Bob Solomon will update delegates on the civil liabilities of home entertainers and licensed establishments He will examine the risks a host can face from a lawsuit caused by a drinking driver leaving the premises Administrative licence suspensions Twentyseven US states have implemented legisla tion where impaired drivers can have their licences revoked im mediately upon refusing to pro vide a breath sample or by pro viding a sample over the legal limit This measure has shown to reduce the incidence of impaired driving by per cent A similar law was introduced in Manitoba in November and a Manitoba official will be on hand to review the first year of operation A Canadian legal perspective will be provided in view of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Innovative countermeasures from different jurisdictions In the past five years other pro vinces and those at the communi ty level have initiated innovative programs Representatives from Alberta BC and Ontario will detail these programs Other workshops will provide forums for student and communi ty group delegates to review past programs and plan future ac tions Road and safety issues will be presented by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and PRIDE Ontario will present two sessions addressing victims issues Say I saw it in The Herald Truck crash closes Highway was closed on Thursday morning between Highway 25 and Kelo Road after a transport truck hit the centre bridge support of Regional Road causing severe damage At about am the truck lost a coil of steel it was carrying caus ing the truck to swerve into the bridge support and roll on its side The overturned vehicle blocked traffic in the east bound lane Another coil of steel rolled into the westbound lane Traffic was backed up for miles as a result of the accident At press time police would not say if there were any injuries or charges Local GST seminar disappointing The Herald A group of local business peo ple gathered at North Golf and Country Club Wednesday morning to learn more about the impending Overall they were pretty disappointed Those two guys were trying to sell us the GST and it cost a person said Damian Nikic a real estate broker and owner of Royal City Limited in Ac ton The two guys he referred to were Brian Shackleton Director of GST Consultations with Revenue Canada Customs and Excise Office and Joel Director of Consultants and Public Affairs GST Communica tions Group The two civil servants used overheads and examples to try and make the GST more clear to the group of business people many of whom contract out their real estate selling skills Mr Shackleton and Mr has been conducting similar seminars across the country for the past several months In November alone they hosted presentations and about in total across Canada the Revenue Canada representatives said To his surprise Canadians are still asking a lot of basic ques tions about the tax he com mented When asked why he thought that was he answered because they have tried to ig nore it for so long Mr Shackleton insisted that government has provided ample information for several months for businesses Monica Southon who stayed for the duration of the meeting commented It has not been as informative as I thought it would be thats why I stayed to ask questions Gary Brand a broker with NRS Brand Realty in Georgetown asked the two presenters several questions during the seminar and admitted later I knew the answer to every one of them He has been to a number of GST seminars he said and call ed Wednesdays meeting a poor one If youve got a bad tax at least get someone to present it well he suggested The in formation he said was presented in a very general non specific way and they didnt answer our questions very well About the GST in general he commented The federal governments timing is not very good in light of the recession The two federal civil servants covered a tot of ground in their oneandahalf hour presentation Probably the best information they gave was the numbers to call for more information In Toronto call or from Hills 18004611082 Provincial government introduces rent control bill Minister of Housing Dave has introduced legislation wnich will limit rent increases while the government develops a new system of rent control Mr Cooke tabled the necessary amendments to the Residential Rent Regulation Act in the legislature Wednesday The moratorium will enable us to protect tenants over the next two years while we turn our full attention to public consulta tions on a permanent rent control system Mr Cooke said He said the moratorium is a temporary measure to protect tenants from high rent increases allowed under the current rent review system The moratorium rules will apply to rent increases taking effect from Oct 1 1990 and will continue until new rent con trol legislation is passed Under the moratorium most rent increases will be limited to the guideline amount set by the Ministry each year In 1990 the guideline is 46 per cent in it is 54 per cent Tenants will no longer be re quired to pay rent increases related to luxury renovations and the flipping of apartment buildings As well tenants will not face rent increases arising from capital expenditures Landlords wilt be allowed to seek moderate rent increases above the guideline to help cover some cost increases which are beyond their control These are limited to significant increases in municipal taxes heating hydro water cable in surance and changes in interest rates on mortgage renewal Mr Cooke said We encourage everyone in Ontario to take part in the consultations across the province on a new system of rent control Para Paints FLAT LATEX VELVET LATEX SEMIGLOSS For Walls A Callings 99 For Walls a Trim Scrubbable Finish or I Traffic Areas BERGSMAS PAINT WALLPAPER 8774193 272 STREET GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE A DIVISION OF GEORGETOWN DECORATING