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Agreenment. clears way for townhouses page Four-month ireprieve for child page5 Lofthouse B upgr1ading pays off rass page 8 Major lacrosse thrillers page There*'11 f0 be *A By Mike Kowaid money, il'osof dollars,> you dA ad ht mawa council hav tlook at amalgamation, renounce its advocacy Of amalgfa- mmid PotticarY. mation with Whitby lbas fallen '_"Ifs time Whitby council on deaf ears.. understood. that what, the, tax- Two Oshawa" city, coundillors .payers1 want le saingi money- and -have ,bluntly -told Whitby Mar tVm time Tom'Edwarýdeeat* down Tom Edwards not' 1o-- hold bi and loolced at: how hé oam"ve breath i niiainfarvr i apyrmny port-of' utfcton of *tby,,amui e wiLl notb ekn Oshawa and the î Clarington, com- letter of co-ntrition from hiie co- munity of Courtice. aguso iycuclas Counhcilors Jim otcran dus,,iycuel Bria Niholon ottcarr ad.Ewards-hba requested and wil Bria Niholon'have noa mten- instead continue ta pr4om-ote tthe tion of apéogizxng for a contro- mnsof aalgamation. vorsial passage, contained- in a '«For tepat three ye .are rve city publication distributedI dur- beon suggesting ta regional coun- Mng Vmhawa's recent referendum cil> that if they. want ta save, on the Greater Toronto 'Area money, Zou have ta taft amala (GTA). matin& mid Potticary. I%. two Veteran politicians '«l'h threo northern municipa- accuse Edwarde of having over- lities (Brock, Scugog and eacted in demanding Such action Uxbidge) don't need moparate last week wlien lie ment a protest council, he'muid. letton ta Oshawa Mayon Nancy ."'Ajax and Pickering. mhould b. Diamond. joined. How do you tell the. dif- Potticary, in fact, challenges ference bet;we the two? You- Edwards ta do an unbiased ova- can'et.» luation of the. amalgamation By combining Oshawa, Wib iss e ut ol spot~ and Courtice imto'on. mumicipa- and -the citym contention that ;àýtntild savias Potticarýy _Whitby residents would be better contends, but pive tii. new com- merved lw jofining forces with munity unprocedented clout. Oshawa and Courtice, Potticary dlaims. SREPAGa 23 "f you want ta save real 14 a polog 1 care centre î e 'à