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J 8-OooW4iiy imesWdedyDcmo f,19 Electrical Inspection Office Closes' Ontario Hydro will close its Whitby Electrical Inspection Office as of December 17th. Al inspection applications afier that date will bc sent îo the Peterborough Office ai 749 The Kingsway, Peterborough K9V 6W7 or cail colleci 705-745-3236. Attends Leadership program sessions, Charles Stevens of R.R. 8 Newcastle, attended the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program which took place ai Niagara Falls in laie November. John Sewell was one speaker ai ihe session and said hie was surprised to learn that mosi people in Ontario welcome changes in long-terni planning for land use to proteci the basic resources'and a right for a healthy envirofiment. He said the rules were flot a ibreai 10 a healthy economy. IWA spent $49 million The Interim Waste Authority in selecîing ihree major possible dump sites in ihe Greater Toronto Area a total of $49 million. l has been stated that a further $25 million will be spent to go îhrough the ,Environmental Assessmenî for the threesites if the process takes a year. Others say the total cosi 10 a final solution could cosi up 10 $280 million. No hydro ra te increase, Port Hope The Port Hope Hydro Electric commission has announced that there will be no hydro electric cost increase for 1994. -It is the first time in fourteen years ihat the commission hasn't put forth a rate increase. Beyond the Blue Box A Beyond the Blue Box operation has completed ils first year of operation in Cobourg and has handled an estimated 70 tonnes of reuseable items The program operates out, of an industrial area and employs four people. It is estimated that an average 400 pecople visit dhe centre weekly either to make a purchase or contribute usebale and fixable items. The program now has a store- front setup for the items for sale. Many of the items only need 10 be cleanedup and have some minor repairs. The programn, t continue, must become financially self-supporting in the next two years. Strike may continuie into 1994 Seventy-îhree unionized production staff at Columbus- McKinnon chain in Cobourg are expected to be off work until after the holidays. The workers went on strike on November 5th.- The company has told a mediator they are flot interested in further negotitations at the present time. The company stands 10 save $76,000 by holding off paying wages until after the January isi holiday, states the Union. Has handled fifty-five clients Fifty-five injured workers have received early intervention treaimeni in a newly established Workers Compensation Board Clinic ai a private Port Hope physiotherapy business. The Port Hope clinic is one of 40 clinics that have been established by the Board throughout the province in the Iast two years. It is part of the compensation board's effort to reduce the $11 billion bill for injhured workers receiving long-term disability benefits. Hospital lobbying won't help A Dr. David Swales has stated that a study to be undertaken of services at the Port Hope and Cobourg hospitals is flot going to be done on an emotional basis; it's got bo be done on a factual basis, he said. He said bc was flot surprised that the word of resiructuring bas gexnerated an outpouring of concern. He said concerns would be considered and ihat thw hole -Study would be a very public process. Students examine gender equity One hundred senior students from Port Hope area public and separate schools examnined the role of women and men in working towards gender equality. The seminar was held in recognition of the anniversary of the 14 female students who were killed ai Montreal's Ecole Pol ytechnique school on December6, 1991. SmHOWlTIME T.V. & STEREO 1 IFT CERTIFICATES jl'FREE LAYAWAYS 1