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MILTONW Pu LIBRARY I JMltofs Community Newspaper Since 1860 PWeekend Edition N EW S Award nominees announced 70 JýeýF flf S PO0RT S AE2 atoms facing elimination in semis wwwmltoncanadianchampion.com A& E Chonisters' nexrt show no joke À Merln Mei Gru'ulcto 9 Vol 147. No 0 ORy ach9 075 ae $ 0 id .. GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION SUTTIE FIRE CHIEFS: These five Grade 2 students, representing their Grades 1 and 2 class at Holy Rosary School, show their mini f ire chief helmets. it was ail part of a pizza party their class and teacher, Rosaleen Wright, won in the provînce-wîde Risk Watch fîre safety tesson plan contest. From Ieft are students Sofia Marînucci, Joshua Tremblett, Nicole Lay, Ty Sounthong and Amanda Aquino. ý1'Show us the money,' urge mayors By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Halton has a loud and clear message for the Province when it comes to uts Places to Grow plan - "Show us the money" Those words were spoken by Halton Hilîs Mayor Rick Bonnette and echoed by bis fellow mayors ai Wednesdays regional council meet- ing, where a motion was passed unanimously to, tell the Ontario governmeni ihai Halton canit accommodaîr the îhousands of residenis called for in ils plan wiihoui some hefîy fund- ing. The region-wide effort, which has been dubbed'Fairness for Halton', also lets those ai Queen's Park know about the local funding shorîfalîs thai need to, be fixed - such as the combined local infrastructure deficit of $300 million - in order to meet the growth iargeis specified in the Places 10 Grow plan. It says Halion's population is supposed to increase by more than 300,000 to 780,000 by 2031. to send a "zero growth" message. 'What we are saying is we'd like te sustain our growth," he said. For Milton Mayor Gord Krantz, the matter boiled down to one of -say and pay," meanmng if the Province is gorng wo say this is how growth is happening, then it needs t0 follow up with some money "Say and pay, in my opinion, goes hand-in- hand," he remarked. "1 want a commitment, regardless of who Federal minister in town By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Federal Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Monte Solberg stopped by Milton Tuesday to mcci with local residents and share lis îwo cenis on Halton MP Garîh Turner. The Conservative eveni, held ai the Olde Dickens restaurant on Mill Street, drew a couple dozen members from hoîh the provincial and federal riding associations and Halion MPP Ted Chudleigh. Solherg gave a brief ialk in which he spoke opiimistically about the Tories' chances of ohiaining a majoriiy govern- ment and wining locally in the nexi federal eleciion. 1I know we can win this riding back *see SOLBERG on page M4 Today's Champion OPINION A6 CI.ASSIFIED A23 Px-AL ESTATE BlO DATEINE B20 ww.mùtconicanadianchampion.com Insertsý FULL DISTRIBUTION AAP - ELLERS -WALMART - FO00 BASICS - BELL WORLD S MART SOURCE - LEONS - MOO - STONEY CREE FORNIRORE - NORTHERS iIERLECTIONS.- PREMIER FITNESO PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION SEARS - CANADIAN TIRE.- NO FRILLS. - LEEPFARELISES HOME HARDWARE - SALI SYMPATICS PRICE CHOPPER - SOBEYS - THE BRICK - HOME 9 EASE - COGECO - PEOCETERA -SUPERSTORE ROGERS VISES.- RASES RINE FOOTS - LAS OY' ESSOTRE 0H01' THE SOURCESS CIRCUIT ClOYS. OROPPERS ORUG MESS. S EST SUY Bonnette explained ihai Halton isn'i îrymng - see PROVINCE on page A3 www.JvImitontoyota.com