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Wednesday Junel3, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A5 New zoning an attempt to restrict radioactive waste sites (Continued from page A1) Yet, after eight hours of public input heard over two council meetings, once again on Monday, council ran out of time. The meeting will continue tonight (Wednesday, June 13) at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Trafalgar Road town hall. Many business owners who find their operation doesn't conform to the new rules have been turning up at council seeking site-specific exemptions. Council has been urged to pass the new zoning by-law generally, leaving site-specific changes open until September. However, the question of providing zoning for a nuclear waste transfer sta tion has residents asking questions -- and turning up at council to show their disapproval. Tovyn officials often appear to be hamstrung on providing answers -- just in case a court challenge should surface. Residents like David Lee and Mary Paul want council to ban the nuclear waste transfer business -- any nuclear business -- from Oakville and called for public meetings. "Regardless of your decision tonight, this will be imparted to the people of the community by public meetings we intend to hold," Lee told council Monday. The residents also said they don't want the former Canatom site re opened. The now closed site was able to open in the first place because it met zoning requirements and until the new zoning by-law is passed, that and other sites still exist under those old rules, said Gough. Inclusion of definitions and guide lines in the new zoning by-law, and the Town's Official Plan, is a must, said Gough. Gough also said the Town wants to be "responsible" by providing potential locations for the nuclear waste generated in town. Some 37 local businesses, pri marily Halton Health Services' Oakville-Trafalgar site, generate low level, radioactive waste. Gates has advised council that nuclear waste falls under federal govern ment jurisdiction. However, the new zoning by-law would allow the Town to govern site location. Lee and Paul claim the Town has the final say since it'provides zoning for such a site. Gates told council Monday that a ban would be "like a red flag" inviting a court challenge. Town officials believe the new by-law shows enough co-operation to make their rules defensible. "Our best defence is to have a cate gory for it," said Mulvale, admitting there's a range of legal opinion and that council must rely on its in-house, and external, legal advice. Paul said Monday that she disagrees and believes the Canatom facility could re-open under the new by-law. Lee has questioned the Town's stance, and on Monday, told council he would challenge the new zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), if it's passed. Notice of such a potential legal action, only served to send Town offi cials further into a shroud of legal cau tion. On Monday, Mulvale temporarily turned over the chair to Ward 5 Councillor Jeff Knoll during Lee's pre sentation saying her ability to sit as chair had been questioned. Lee was prevented from presenting council with information, which Knoll said was damaging to a Town staff mem ber. As council went behind closed doors for legal advice about it, nearly 100 peo ple waited outside where Lee passed out the information to those wondering what was happening. Symptoms similar to more deadly strain of meningitis (Continued from page A1) elementary students. So far four Oakville high schools have been involved, said Halton Region's manager of communicable disease & infection control Mary Anne Carson. Halton's health department is send ing a letter and information sheet home to parents, through both elementary and secondary schools, today. "There's no doubt in my mind that there are probably scores of others who are also infected, who are not sick, but who could pass it on to others," said Halton Region's medical officer of health Dr. Bob Nosal, yesterday. Fortunately this kind of meningitis is not deadly. It does however cause similar symp toms including: severe headache, stiff neck, drowsiness or confusion, nausea, vomiting and light sensitivity. Incubation takes place within 3-5 days of infection and recovery is usual ly within 7-10 days, even without med ication. Actually, because it's a virus, there's no medication that can be prescribed, other than pain or nausea relief. Still, anyone experiencing such symptoms is urged to check in with their family doctor. W hat's odd, said Nosal, is that Halton's number of this type of cases is usually "remarkably consistent" from year to year. Over the past five years, there've been 10 cases, 8 cases, 3 cases, 8 cases and 12 cases reported each year, all year, for all of Halton. "We've had 8 cases this year and then within the last seven days we've had this cluster of 15 cases," said Nosal. And apparently, while this type of infection surfaces annually, it's usually in the late summer and early fall. It's ahead of schedule this year, said Carson who noted a similar trend is also being reported in Toronto. Lab testing is ongoing currently to P ro b le m s also h i t p o lic e (Continued from page A1) Beaver while full service will be restored by sometime Thursday evening. According to Halton Regional Police Sgt. Larry Brassard, residents can rest assured that, although 20 Division has no telephone service, public safety won't be compromised. "It's more of a nuisance than anything else," he said. "It's not really affecting us." At press time, the public could not call in to the front desk and officers could not call out. Cell phones and radios, however, kept communication open. Sgt. Brassard also explained that all 911 calls are routed through the dispatch centre at police headquarters on Bronte Road. "An urgent message can easily be facilitated (to 20 Division) by radio," said Brassard. Entertainment NEWS & SPORTS T hree Tunes a Week find out more about this virus, said Carson, while Nosal said at least it's known that it's of the enterovirus cate gory. "W hat's of special interest is that it's primarily localized to those attending high school in north Oakville. That cer tainly caught our interest," said Nosal. While it will continue to be business as usual at Oakville schools, Nosal said "scrupulous attention to hygiene" is the most important preventive factor. "Hand-washing is very important and it's a very simple thing to do," he said. The enterovirus can infect a person by respiratory-hand contact (cough ing and then shaking hands) or fecaloral contact (not washing hands after going to the washroom or changing a diaper). Halton District School Board com munications officer Marnie Denton confirmed notices will go home to Oakville schools today. Iroquois Ridge Secondary School principal Leona Woods said no one has yet been infected at that school but confirm ed notices were going home today and school officials are keeping track of w ho's calling in sick. Halton Catholic D istrict School Board education superintendent Lou Piovesan said letters and information sheets will go home to all families of Oakville students as soon as possible, elementary and secondary. Schools in Burlington, Milton, and Halton Hills will also receive the information. 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