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14 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday October 27, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Escape to paradise Hallowe'en Howl Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; RBG Centre Celebrate the splendor of autumn at Royal Botanical Gardens -- games, crafts and special activities for the whole family. · Arrive in your Hallowe'en costume and participate in the Freaky Fashion Show · Enter the Ghostly Garden if you dare · Build a scarecrow to take home · Carve a pumpkin · Take a guided nature hike or a ghost walk · Enjoy face painting, treats and more Region pondering complete control of garbage collection By Melanie Hennessey SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER W N EIBIT H EX W N EIBIT H EX Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mediterranean Garden, RBG Centre Admit On Travel back in time in our new exhibit to see living plants from the Cretaceous Era, fossils of those plants, and a living Wollemi pine. PRESENTED BY CROP exhibit October 24 to November 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mediterranean Garden, RBG Centre Introducing autumn to the Mediterranean -- Andrew Waite's CROP exhibit is corn stalks constructed to scale using aluminum foil and takes on an ethereal quality as PRESENTED BY you both view and pass through the field. www.primegallery.ca BUY n .rbg.ca Owwline w All this for one-day admission, free for RBG members RBG Centre, 680 Plains Road West, Hamilton/Burlington A bylaw that would transfer all jurisdiction over major garbage collection decisions from the four local municipalities to the Region has received an initial stamp of approval. The item was endorsed by the Region's planning and public works committee at its meeting this week and will go before regional council Wednesday for consideration. A majority of the local municipalities will also have to give their consent to the bylaw for it to come into effect. If approved, the new regulation would see service level decisions made at the regional level -- something the local municipalities can currently alter themselves. The Region's plan is to have weekly Blue Box and GreenCart collection and bi-weekly garbage collection with a six-bag limit. With the new bylaw though, local councils would be able to request `enhanced' levels of service, such as when it comes to bulk waste and metal collec- tion in the rural area. During Wednesday's meeting, Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette asked if garbage bag collection is going to be forced on those who don't currently have it in the rural area of his municipality. "I want to get a comfort level before I can support this," he noted. Halton Commissioner of Planning and Public Works Peter Crockett explained that GreenCarts and Blue Boxes are planned for the rural area to meet waste diversion targets. He noted that maintaining the status quo when it comes to rural Halton Hills garbage bag collection won't have a detrimental effect on diversion efforts. Burlington Councillor Jack Dennison questioned why the jurisdiction change is even necessary. "Our feeling is to ensure we're successful with the diversion targets, we need centralized control," Crockett said. Oakville Councillor Tom Adams echoed the commissioner's sentiments. "The Region has the responsibility to provide these programs and doesn't have the authority," he said. "I think the responsibility and the authority should be in one place." Milton Councillor Barry Lee voiced his opposition to the bylaw. "It is taking the control away from the local municipalities," he said, noting he thinks the bylaw will also prohibit the option to discuss service levels in the future. "This is a total change in direction." 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