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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1996 THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI Town supports clean air initiatives BY FRANCES NIBLOCK The Georgetown Gemini It will be easier to breathe in the Greater Toronto Area -- part of the "smog capital of Canada" -- if initiatives of a Clean Air Committee are made mandatory in Ontario. Town Council recently endorsed a motion calling for all Greater Toronto Area (G.T.A.) municipalities to support a mandatory en- hanced vehicle emission in- spection and maintenance program. Ward 2 Councillor Kathy Gastle brought the issue to Council with a notice of mo- tion asking councillors to re- duce automobile use and emissions from their own fleet of vehicles, develop sus- tainable transportation plan- ning policies and commit to public education and preven- tion programs to combat air pollution. Gastle, who represented Halton Region at a clean air forum in Metro Toronto in June, said that concentrations of ground level ozone ex- ceed the Ontario objective for acceptable outdoor air quality in the Windsor-Que- bec City corridor, and carbon monoxide levels in the G.T.A., including Halton Hills, are at concentrations that can be harmful to health. "The air in this area is re- ally bad -- there were numer- ous Environment Canada air quality alerts this summer," Gastle explained in an inter- view on Wednesday, noting that her motion at Council was to endorse the work of the Clean Air Committee and to try to persuade the Prov- ince to implement a manda- tory enhanced vehicle emis- sions inspection and mainte- nance program. Gastle put forward the same motion at Halton Coun- cil, which asked its Planning and Public Works staff to come back with a report on the proposed section dealing with Halton Region's own vehicles. "Halton councillors want to know what the costs would betoimplementthe so-called Green Fleet and Employee Trip Reduction projects. "They supported the mo- tion but want details of how much it would cost the Re- gion to get involved with the program, which calls for municipalities to reduce ve- hicle use and emissions in their own operations," Gastle said. She added that the motion endorsed by the Town also calls forall G.T.A. mayors to establish a Clean Air Com- mittee to coordinate clean air initiatives and to advise the Ministry of Environmentand Energy of local concerns. r on a vehicle. stance. N Young's Pharmacy & Homecare ATi Party's over Two separate bush parties were broken up by police over the long weekend. The first took place at a quarry near the Fifth Line. Partygoers were evicted from the property and charged with trespassing. Several liquor licence violations were issued as well as single charge of having an improper licence plate The second party took place on the Sixth Line at Limehouse on Sunday night. Police seized liquor and what was suspected to be marijuana from the 20 to 30 people in attendance. No charges were laid as it was unclear who was the owner of the suspected sub- ~ We Goice aC lee ay present their Healthcare Clinic on: ASTHMA SWE aN TSC ON AR TOLER es This will be the first in a series of FREE healthcare clinics directed towards patients and parents. Information will be provided by our pharmacists and homecare staff. Evening format: - Lecture information session - Question & Answer period - Hands-on denionstration of devices & techniques - eg. aerochambers, compressors, peak-flow meters and more.... Thursday Sept. 12, 1996 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Late registration 7:00 PM Please call (905) 877-2711 for information and registration 47 Main Street South, Georgetown AO ENTCE cf (996 YEAR END e ABS Brakes e Bucket Seats e Cassette e Air Bags e Full Power Equipment e § Cylinder e Nica BUY FOR ONLY OR LEASE e ABS Brakes e Full Power Equipment e Bucket Seats e Cruise BUY TOR ONLY e 6 Cylinders e Cassette e Automatic e Air Bags OR LEASE 1 AVAILABLE WITH FREE L111. 5S) RUNNING BOARDS: e Full Power Package e Luggage Carrier e 4x4 4doors e Alloy RiMS gaees e ABS Brakes e Limited Slip Diff. e CD Player e Power Seat e 4.3 L V6 Vortec BUY FOR ONLY OR LEASE Sale prices are plus freight and taxes. All leases are for 36 months and have $3,500 down, 1st month pay't, security deposit, lic. and all taxes due on delivery. OAC Wall PONTIAC BUICK Cadillac counc eWE WANT YOUR TRADE-INSe 409 MAIN ST. E., IN MILTON 878-2355