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J 1 a 'V Clàrington Community/A7 It S 3.11 about the every weekday AT noon corn in Courtiœ @vïdeodurhamregîon.com Durham Daily News durhamregion.com ♦ Pressrun 24,150 ♦ Founded 1854 ♦ AUGUST 16, 2006 ♦ 60 Pages ♦ Optional 3 Week Delivery $6/$1 Newsstand Roger Anderson bids adieu to AMO Durham Regional chairman attends his last meeting ' OTTAWA - Durham's : Regional Chairman, Roger Anderson, bid farewell to his term as president of the Association1 Association 1 of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Monday. "I want to thank you all for the opportunity to serve as the president of this association," Mr. Anderson said. "The past two years have been memorable and I truly appreciate the support that I have received and the relationships that I ; have built along the way." ' Mr. Anderson was elected president president of AMO in August of 2004 and, as his two-year term came to an end, he addressed members at the 107 annual, conference ; held in Ottawa recently. - AMO is a non-profit organiza tion representing nearly all of Ontario's municipalities and is mandated to support and enhance strong and effective municipal government. "Two years as president is an awful lot of work and you need a Jot of support from your home municipalities," Mr. Anderson said in an interview. "Fortunately Durham staff and Durham council council were very supportive." He said the assistance from the Region was deeply appreciated. Doug Reycraft, mayor of Southwest Middlesex, takes the helm as the new AMO president and Mr. Anderson will serve as AMO's past-president for the next two years. ■ "Hopefully the relationships I have built up at the Province and other municipalities across this province province and with our MPPs and ministers,' ministers,' hopefully we can move Durham's agenda forward a little more," Mr. Anderson said. , "And hopefully at the end of it "allrbenefirthe'rcsidents'of'Dup' ham." . For more on this story, view the AUGUST 15 webcast of Duiham Daily News durhamregkwvqom to conduct EA BY KEITH GILLIGAN Staff Writer PICKERING - An environmental environmental assessment will soon get under way as . part of the process process to determine if four reactors at the Pickering nuclear station should be refurbished. i The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has told Ontario Power Generation to conduct the assessment under the Federal Environmental Assessment Act for the 'B' side of the station. OPG is preparing a business case on whether to refurbish the 'B' side, which includes Units 5 to 8. In June, OPG notified the regulator regulator that the company wanted to start the process to refurbish the reactors. Jacquie Mclnnes, the public affairs manager at Pickering, says OPG expected an EA would have to be part of the process. "We were waiting for the CNSC to confirm that," she states; adding adding when a "life extension is done, an EA is required." An EA would be completed in late 2007 and examine all aspects of the natural and social environment, environment, including cumulative effects of continuing to operate the reactors. It will also examine the effects of potential accidents and malfunctions, and the effects of the project on the environment. environment. The EA is. part of a business case study OPG is conducting into the refurbishment. The busi- . ness case will look at whether the work should be done and how much it could cost. Each reactor would' be refur- See PUBLIC, page A4 . Kyle Rowe, 7, had some fun at this mini-putt event at Bowmanville's Midnight Madness and Busker Festival held last weekend. View the ®ES?0Dfll?exa7 online at dMrtiefte-efltort.com is a Downtown Bowmanville festival a hit BY CHRIS GLOVER Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - The shops along Bowmanville's. downtown stayed open way past their usual bedtime last . Friday night for the annual Midnight 1 Madness and Busker Festival. Starting at 6 p.m., shoppers flocked to the main streets and Rick Patterson, one of the organizers,' organizers,' said the event helped the economy of the town, "It's great because people come and support the stores and that's what it's all about." Throughout the night there were three draws; one at 7 p.m., one at 11 p.m., and one for those wearing pj's. The winners of the draws were awarded $100 in BIÀ bucks, with one catch; they had to spend their winnings by .midnight. .midnight. Mr. Patterson said along with helping the stores. Midnight Madness is also a great community community event with all kinds of activities. This year's planned events included .jugglers, mini-putt, pony rides and an Alcatraz skateboard,demonstration. The festivities drew crowds of See THOUSANDS, page A4 ySQx 0 ONTARIO'S DRIVE CLEAN • SERVICE • PARTS MON., WED., FRI. 7:30 am - 6:00 pm TUES. & THURS. 7:30 am - 8:00 pm SAT. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY WHITBY OSHAWA Honda 300 THICKSON RD. S. WHITBY 1-866 240-6192 HONDA www.honda1.com Woman upset after being 'fired' as blood donor But CBS says they must err on the side of safety BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer DURHAM - Jackie Johnston felt like she'd been "fired" after receiving a letter from Canadian Blood Services (CBS) indicating that a false positive on a screening screening test means she'll never be able to donate blood again. . But, Canadian Blood Services says, as disappointing as it is to the individual donor, they must err on the side of caution when it comes to keeping Canada's blood supply system safe. Ms. Johnston, a Whitby mother of four who just resumed donating donating earlier this year, said she was shocked to receive the letter, which indicated that though preliminary preliminary screening gave a positive positive result for a virus, more sensitive sensitive screening showed her blood to be negative for it. "I used to be a regular donor before my kids were born, and this year 1 started again. 1 donated three times in the last six months - and now, it looks like I've been fired," said Ms. Johnston. The false positive has a lifetime Come Join Us 'Anybody who has a positive result to any initial screening can't donate blood for the rest of their life.' -- Jackie Johnston worth of repercussions, she said. "Anybody who has a positive result to any initial screening can't donate blood for the rest of their life," said Ms. Johnston. "1 was totally shocked to hear that." But, CBS has no choice, said spokesman John Bromley. "It's a difficult thing, but they have to understand that safety of the blood system, especially in post-Krevcr days, is the top priority," priority," said Mr. Bromley, referring to the inquiry established in the 1990s to look into the contamination contamination of Canada's blood system, with HIV and Hepatitis C in the late 70s and early 80s. Now, donated blood is screened for a number of viruses, including including HIV and hepatitis A and B, as well as Human Lymphotropic Virus,' syphilis and West Nile' virus. With the exception of West Nile, which only results in a temporary temporary deferral, and Hepatitis B, which results in further testing and a possible return to eligibility, eligibility, even a false positive test to any of the others means the donor is no longer eligible to donate blood, said Dr. Barbara Hannach, CBS's medical director for Central Central Ontario Region. There arc some false positives, which "means absolutely nothing" nothing" to the health of the donor, said Dr. Hannach. The preliminary tests "are designed to lie so sensitive as not to miss anyone who is truly positive, positive, even if the person has tiny amounts of evidence of infec- See DONOR, page A4 Chev & Chev Trucks " / HOY ÏÏ > NICHOLS 2728 COURTICE RD., HWY. *2, COURTICE 905-436-2222 «2 1-866-886-8822 roynlchohmotors<9gmcenada.coni M6ee*me*hnhe 11 MyMtt .Wl ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT! ENDS SAT. 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