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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 23, 2002 - A3 Syl Apps union posed for strike U nionized w orkers at Oakville's Syl Apps Youth Centre have voted 84 per cent in favour o f a strike in order to back up demands for their first contract. "I don't remember when we had such a high turnout to vote," said Carl Carson, chair o f the O ntario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) bar gaining team. A bout 200 m em bers o f OPSEU Local 213 participated in two separate votes on Oct. 16. In addition to authorizing the bar gaining team to call a strike if necessary, they voted 85 per cent to reject their em ployer's contract offer. The O ntario Labour Relations Act requires two votes when a first contract is being negotiated. Syl Apps is an 80-bed facility which houses young offenders aged 12 to 16 for crimes that include murder, sexual assault and armed robbery. Previously run by the province, the site was privatized in 2001 and is now operated by Kinark Child and Fam ily Services based in Markham. A ccording to Carson, a provincial m ediator has been retained who will first meet with both parties on Oct. 31. Seventeen days after that, the sit uation can legally degrade into a strike or lockout. Library program protects students from information overload By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL T O THE BEAVER Library card? Check. Hands on the keyboard? Check. Students, start your search engines. With a quick pit stop at the Oakville Public Library's new Youth Online! service, students are learning how to avoid getting stalled on the Internet from infor mation overload. The search for credible data can be time consuming and fruit less. This month. W hite Oaks Secondary Schhol students and teachers began learning how to harness all the best resources avail able on the World Wide Web, cour tesy of a new, three-year library outreach program. "White Oaks is a natural start because of its existing partnership with the library," said the Oakville Public Library's Central Branch Manager, Kathryn Rogers. In 1973 the school became the first in the province to contain a public library within it. By the end of this year, acronyms such as CBCA, CND and CPIQ are hoped to trip off the tongues of White Oaks students. The acronyms stand for Canadian Business and Current Affairs, Canadian News Disc and Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly respectively. Collectively they are invaluable web resources containing uncount able amounts of information culled from Canadian magazines and newspapers -- quality research sources worth footnoting in course assignments. These are "invisible" web sites, said Rogers, meaning they aren't accessible to the public, but rather only to those who subscribe to the service. The Oakville Public Library is a subscriber to many such databas es. And anyone with a library card can gain entry. "This is the face of libraries in the new century, accessible any where, anytime," said Shauna Clinning. the Online Resources Librarian who has been at White Oaks school training teachers and students all week. As enthusiasm builds at other schools it's hoped teens all over town will be equipped with better information gathering skills through Youth Online!, said Clinning. Barrie Erskine · O akville B eaver LIGHTHOUSE OPENING: Find and A rlene C hristiansen (centre) ow ners o f H arbour Banquet & Conference Centre and Lighthouse Restaurant in Bronte with the help o f O akville M ayor Ann M ulvale (left) and Halton Regional C hair Joyce Savoline (right) cut the ribbon to officially open heir facility last W ednesday. In the background are (left to right) M anager D arryl Johnson, General M anager Julia H anna, E xecutive C h ef G iuliano Tassinari, Sales M anager Anna Christiansen and M anager A nnette Debicki. More than 800 invited guests attended the official opening celebrations. The 25,000 sq. ft. facility is located at 2340 O ntario St. The Lighthouse Restaurant is open seven days a week. National campaign targets voting reform (Continued from page 1) · Canada is governed not by the m ajority o f the voters but by a minority. In only four federal elections since W orld W ar I has the governm ent actually been elected by a m ajority o f the votes. The present voting system also magnifies C anada's region al divisions: · 58 per cent o f the G overnm ent caucus w as elected from Ontario. · 76 per cent o f the Official Opposition caucus w as elected from A lberta and BC. On A ugust 1, 2000, a group o f concerned citizens form ed FairVote C anada w ith the aim of building a nationw ide cam paign for v o ting system reform . M em bers envisioned FV C as a m u lti-p artisan , citizen -b ased cam p aig n b ringing to g eth er people from all parts o f the country, all w alks o f life and all points on the political spectrum. S ince then, 12 volunteers from across the country form ed an Interim P lanning C ouncil w hich had one prim ary objec tive: to organize a national con ference to form ally launch the FairVote C anada cam paign. On M arch 30-31, 2001, FVC held its first national conference in the P arliam ent B uildings. P articipants included a w ide range o f electo ral reform experts, party activists, com m u nity leaders and o th ers w ho shared the vision o f launching a m ulti-p artisan , citizen -b ased cam paign. Participants engaged in discu ssio n s on cam p aig n strategy and the structure and purpose o f FVC. FVC is governed by a 15person N ational Council. The fo u n d in g C ouncil w ill serve until n ational m em bership exceeds 1,000, at w hich time elections will be held. The first election will result in the assign m ent o f five people to threey ear term s, five to tw o-year term s and five to o n e-y ear terms. 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