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§ & D +t D t}le 0J _ Sb ‘o & & @H motrolandmed.a (â€"---â€" Canadian *# _ _ ampion Milton‘s community newspaper since 1860 Thursday, Januay 7, 2016 ‘I have nothing‘ Milton trainer left reeling after barn fire claims 44 horses By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Reeling from the tragic barn fire that claimed 17 of his horses Monday night, Ben Wallace figures the worst is still to come. At least when it comes to the personal agony associâ€" ated with the horrifhc ordeal. "Once it‘s really kicked in... after the hoopla has died down and you‘re alone and realize you‘ve lost everyâ€" thing," Wallace told the Champion Tuesday morning, in the wake of a devastating barn fire at Puslinch‘s Classy Lane Stables (northwest of Milton, near Guelph) that killed 44 standardbred horses â€" many of them regulars on the highâ€"stakes racing scene at Mohawk, Woodbine and Flamboro Downs. He described the inâ€" surance on the horses he trained or had ownership Corrections strike date looms By Julle Slack CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Chad Oldheld has never seen a corrections division so fed up or ready to fight for a fair contract as the current workforce at Milton‘s Maplehurst Correctional Comâ€" plex / Vanier Centre for Women. With a strike looming at midnight Sunday, Oldfheld, Loâ€" cal 234 president, at the maximumâ€"security prison in Milton where he‘s a corrections officer, said the situaâ€" tion is less than optimistic. The situation has been called a crisis in corrections by the media as the provincial government and Onâ€" tario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) C 2 £ E sA "A MAAAE 3 > Laurynâ€"Audrey Maccarose with mom Lauraâ€"Lynn Quiambao at Milton District Hospital. Justin Greaves / Canadian Champion Oh baby! Local family welcomes little Laurynâ€"Audrey FITNESS By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF With three other children all born later than expected, Lauraâ€"Lynn Quiambao is certainly no stranger to the waiting game. But that didn‘t translate into a patient demeanor this time around, according to the mother of Milton‘s first baby of 2016. Quipped Quiambao, "I was antsy for a month." Anticipation With Laurynâ€"Audrey due on Christmas Day, anticipation was â€"â€" to say the least â€" firmly entrenched among the family when New Year‘s Eve passed and their newest adâ€" dition had yet to present herself. a