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Gas pains Some local stations temporarily affected LISA TALLYN Staff Writer The Ontario gas shortage hit Halton Hills over the past few days with some local stations having to shut down temporarily because they didn't have any gasoline. Although the shortage originally affected only Imperial Oil's Esso stations-- the station on Steeles Ave. in Hornby was closed at times on Sunday and Monday-- it has also hit some Canadian Tire and PetroCanada stations. Locally the PetroCanada stations in Georgetown South, at Guelph St. and Mountainview Rd. and at Guelph St. and Sinclair Ave. were out of gas at some time over the past few days, but as of Monday the Canadian Tire station on Guelph St. had not yet experienced the shortage firsthand. At press time yesterday (Tuesday) the Beaver gas bar and station at Toth Motors in Acton had not been affected. Industry officials said Tuesday the gas shortage is spreading and it will Pumps at the Petro-Canada be several more days station on Guelph St. and before all stations are Sinclair Ave. were taped up fully resupplied. Monday but were working Monday's snowstorm again Tuesday. further delayed repairs to Photo by Ted Brown Imperial Oil's Nanticoke refinery near Hamilton where a fire two weeks ago cut production in half. The two-week old CN Rail strike also delayed deliveries, but now that a tentative settlement has been reached, oil companies say prospects have brightened, depending on when conductors report back to work across the country. Nobody, however, is prepared to put a timeline on resolving the gas-supply problem. See GAS, pg. 4 LIST WITH A PROVEN PERFORMER ·Same Great Community Website ·Brand New Technology Shakin' all over At the St. Brigid Catholic School YMCA dance-a-thon, Meghan Praught (left) and Kennedy Watchorn, both 9, got right into the spirit of things showing off their many cool dance moves as they danced their hearts out at the event last week. Photo by Ted Brown