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www.oakvillebeaver.com BASIC Lawnmower Service <a= J 6 9 ,, C U R R E N TP O W E RM A C H IN E R Y IN C . 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W . Mississauga Oakville's Best The Best K » Wheels! Pud cartoons! i ZBSSS* 822-4211 8 PAGE Fa m ily fu n g uid e PULL-OUT IN TODAYS PAPER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17,2001 Mercedes-Benz 52 Pages 75 Cents (plus GST) A Metroland Publication Vol. 39 No. 1241 M a n f o u n d w it h b o m b d e n ie d b a il Publication ban on hearing details By A ngela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A 23-year-old Scarborough man, whom police found with a home made bomb in his car last week in Bronte, will remain in jail until his trial. Justice of the Peace Bill Phipps denied Mohamed Attia's bail applica tion in a Milton court Monday. He appeared in Oakville Provincial Court yesterday and was remanded to Oct. 23 to set a date for trail. Attia, of Huntingdale Boulevard, was stopped by Halton Police in Bronte around 3:40 a.m. Thursday for a traffic violation. A search o f his car turned up drugs, drug paraphernalia and a home-made bomb in the interior of the car. Also found was a 30-inch black wooden baton with a hand strap. Attia is charged with possession of an explosive substance, possession of a controlled substance, operating a vehicle without insurance, and, driv ing without a licence. The accused was first in court seeking bail Friday morning, but was detained for the weekend as Halton Regional Police conducted a second search o f his im pounded 1990 Pontiac Bonneville Friday afternoon. He was back in court Monday where his mother appeared, willing to put up money for his release until his trial. However, after hearing submis sions from both Crown Attorney Andrew Goodman and Duty Counsel Douglas Baggs, Phipps denied the accused bail for public safety reasons. At the request of Baggs, there is a ban on publication of the bail pro ceedings. During nearly two hours of testi mony and submissions to determine his suitability for bail, the wellkempt, self-possessed Attia, remained for the most part expressionless, star ing fixedly ahead. Police found the bomb -- a glass bottle filled with gunpowder, wrapped in tape and with a wick -- when they stopped the Pontiac. Police explosives experts ana lyzed, then detonated, the bomb in a remote area of Halton later in the day Thursday. "When it was detonated, shards of glass traveled 35 feet, so it was capa ble of causing death or bodily harm to som eone," said Staff Sgt. Dave Gwilliams Friday. However, Gwilliams said the bomb didn't appear to be powerful enough to cause damage to a struc ture. Police did examine the incident in light of potential terrorist activity, but found no links between known terror ist groups and the accused. He also has no criminal record. Photo by Barrie Erskine The Oakville Longhorns capped off a perfect season Sunday in easily winning the Canadian Senior Football League championship 41-0 over the Calgary Wolfpack at Nelson Stadium in Burlington. Following this mud bowl, the stadium was closed to football with the ongoing rain preventing any improvement in conditions. Making the muddy tackle, here, is the `Horns Wayne Sliwinski (#45). See Sports section for stories and more photos. FOR M UDDERS ONLY: Town takes wait-and-see approach to Palermo's future By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Town of Oakville has dreamed up a vision of Palermo of the future, but won't commit itself any further. That seems to suit everyone from landowners and residents, to Halton Region. After three previous failed attempts to hear the details of the Palermo Land use Study, councillors gave it their undivided attention Monday night. The Palermo area radiates in all directions from Bronte Road and Dundas Street (Hwy. 5). Since June, three Palermo hearings have taken a backseat to the north Oakville growth public hearings. On Monday, Town staff asked coun cil to "adopt in principle" the study -- paving the way to a future Official Plan amendment. However, many asked council to simply "receive" the study. The difference, advised Town solic itor Doug Gates, was whether or not the Town would be making the study Town policy. Ward 1 Councillor Kevin Flynn struck a compromise asking that the report be accepted "for discussion pur poses only and as information for Halton Region's Environmental Assessment (EA) of Bronte Road." Halton Region is looking at Bronte Road's future as it widens from two to four lanes from the QEW to Hwy. 407. Some Palermo delegations accused the Town of trying to prejudice the Bronte Road EA, by taking a stand on Palermo's future. But Halton planner Ho Wong said the Region must know the Town's vision for Palermo to evaluate Bronte Road transportation needs. Ward 4 Councillor Jody Sanderson, who headed the Palermo Study steering committee, dubbed the study "babysteps" into the future. She said, while Flynn's suggestion -- which passed -- didn't go far enough, it was "better than nothing." Gates said, it didn't commit to "any decision by Council on a vision, just forwards the report as information." Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson feared it would create "a state of confu sion." Many are confused about who will decide the future of Palermo. Halton Region will determine the future of its roads -- Bronte Road and Dundas Street -- since they're regional roads. Yet, the Town makes land use deci sions. If the Town has no land use designa tion for Palermo, the Region will fol low its own Official Plan to determine road needs -- but that plan earmarks Palermo as a special study area with no land use designations. The Palermo Study will change that -- even if it's only a vision and not pol icy. "The land uses in the Palermo Study (See Palermo' page A2) C h a rg e s la id in m a r iju a n a - g r o w in g o p e ra tio n Three Toronto residents is facing drug-related charges in connection w ith a large hydroponic m arijua na grow ing operation in a rented house in O akville uncovered by police on Monday. A ccording to H alton Regional Police, Drug and M orality Bureau officers, together with uniform consta bles from 20 Division, executed a search w arrant at a H edgerow Lane residence. T heir investigation had shown that the hydro m eter had been tam pered with so that electricity to the rented house was being bypassed. Once inside, officers dis covered what they described as a "sophisticated" hydroponies m arijuana growing operation. Police seized 498 m arijuana plants as well as dried m arijuana w ith a potential street value o f $500,000, plus $10,000 worth o f grow ing equipm ent. Van Duong Le, 36, o f Bloor Street; Tu Cam Lam, 23, of Bloor Street, and N ha Thanh Tran, 20, o f Golden Avenue, have all been charged with producing a con trolled substance, possession for the purpose of traf ficking, theft o f electricity under $5,000 and occupant injuring building. Le is also charged with breach of recognizance. This case marks the latest hydroponic growing oper ation uncovered by police in Oakville. Police say hydroponic m arijuana grow ing operations are intruding into local neighbourhoods in houses that are often rent ed. As a result, residents are asked to be aware o f hous es whose residents only sporadically attend, appear vacant most o f the time and are allowed to become unkempt. M ost of these houses have had their hydro meters tam pered with to redirect the flow o f electricity into the residence. This diverts attention from the high amounts o f power being consum ed to operate the growing equip m ent such as lights and fans. S e a tb e lt in f r a c t io n s c a tc h 8 8 The results are in for Operation Impact, the annual Thanksgiving Weekend seatbelt initiative. According to Halton Regional Police, extra officers were assigned to the Oct. 6 detail to get out the message about slowing down and buckling up. This resulted in 88 Highway Traffic Act violations as well as the issuing of 26 additional cautions for various offenses ranging from equipment deficiencies to incorrect insurance documentation. Eighty-one of the traffic infractions were speeding offences. Editorials.................... Focus..................... .....m m Entertainment................. Classified..................... Sports...................... ......I . W l I Business..................... .... f t ir M Automotive ................ 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