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J durhamregIon.com Nurse pleads guilty in drugging incident THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ September 13,2006 ♦ Page A5 .'.-S W- !.. i Alberta incident similar to one here in 2002 DURHAM - A woman who was once the focus of a criminal investigation in Durham Region has pleaded guilty to secretly drugging co-workers at an Alberta hospital. Sarah Christine Bowes pleaded guilty CAW gives transit bargaining team strike mandate BY ERIN HATFIELD Staff Writer DURHAM - The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union representing Durham Durham Region Transit (DRT) workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. • After a summer-long stalemate, DRT workers and management are back at the bargaining' table. But, according to John Johnson, CAW's DRT unit chair- - man, workers are ready to take action if required. On Sept. 10, the CAW Local 222 members members voted 92 per cent in favour of giving their bargaining committee a strike mandate. mandate. According to Mr. Johnson, there were about 185 workers present at the vote. "(The strike mandate) shows management management our whole membership is behind us ' and they are willing to go out on strike if they have to, to get a fair and equitable collective agreement," he said. "We still want to bargain without going on strike but, at the end of the day, we are willing to go that way if we have to." Negotiations between DRT and CAW, representing 290 DRT staff, to hammer out a collective agreement for most DRT workers began May 23. Both parties came to the bargaining table with extensive proposals after local transit systems merged to create DRT Jan. 1. DRT presented what it called the Region's final offer on July 14 and talks hit a standstill. • . Since July, Garth Johns, the Region's commissioner of human resources, said it has been a bit of a waiting game but the offer, whicti was presented in July, was a good one and the Region expects to stick by it. "The proposed agreement, we think, certainly was more than fair and reasonable," reasonable," Mr. Johns said. "We appreciate that the membership has to be properly dealt with, but at the same time we can't blow the lid off the tax dollars." Dates when talks will occur are Sept. 12, 26 and Oct. 3 and 4. Both sides said they i hope to reach a negotiated settlement. settlement. Man's best friend sounds the alarm CLARINGTON -- A north Claring- ton dog may have secured his place as man's best friend, after aiding in waking a resident when lightning sparked a fire at his home early Sunday morning. Police say fire department and police personnel were called to a fire at a Hwy. ■ 35 residence just after midnight Sunday. Sunday. The 75-year-old homeowner > said he was in bed when his smoke detector sounded' and his dog began barking and woke him up. He found the home was on fire and managed to escape. There were no injuries as a result of the blaze and damage to the home is estimated to be more than $100,000. Investigators believe lightning struck the building, starting the lire. Missing man found dead DURHAM - A man reported missing in early August has been found dead, Durham police say. The body of 47-ycar-olcl Leonard Watson Watson was discovered during the weekend at Harmony Creek golf course, police said. A source said it appears Mr. Watson, of Courtiee, died shortly after he was reported missing. Foul play has been ruled out. . Mr, Watson Imd last ken Seen on I lie. morning of Aug. 9. Police and his family issued appeals for help 1 in locating the mail, who'll been going through a difficult difficult lime. v i. to 12 charges, including administering drugs to co-workers and using credit cards obtained by crime, according to a Canadian Press report Monday. Ms. Bowes was arrested after workers at a hospital in Grande Prairie complained of ongoing flu-like symptoms. An investigation revealed someone had been secretly administering sedatives to the workers. Ms. Bowes, 27, was the subject of a similar investigation by Durham police in 2002. Some workers at the Slrahaven Lifec- arc Centre in Bowmanville complained after they discovered morphine pills in drinks while on duly at the centre. Police here investigated but never laid charges. An investigation was re-opened after Ms. Bowcs's arrest in Alberta this past spring, but no news of charges relating relating to the Durham incidents came forth. A sentencing hearing is to be held in Alberta this week, CP reported. : ' 1 m ■ WfckS. ■ % i. lower food prices ■'***«*•.* m- hip:1 H z . Ron Pietroniro / Metroland Durham Region Media Group A big welcome to the barbecue ENNISKILLEN - Four-year-old Jacob Cannon gets his clappers ready to. welcome any and all Liberals to the annual Liberal BBQ held this year at the Enniskillen Conservation Area on Aug. 31. 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