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By Erin Hatfield Staff Writer DURHAM — Transit service could come to a halt in Durham as early as Oct. 5. The Canadian Auto Work- ers (CAW) union, representing Durham Region Transit (DRT) workers, and management have not had much success negotiat- ing the first collective agreement since Durham transit systems merged. “We are just too far apart; we think their proposals will cost the Region too much money,” said Garth Johns, Durham’s commis- sioner of human resources. “And they likely think we are being cheap.” Both parties came to the bar- gaining table on May 23 with extensive proposals after local transit systems merged to create DRT Jan. 1. Unit chairman John Johnson said the two sides remain far apart on the issues of employee benefits, cost of living adjust- ment, paid education and part time jobs. “So far, we are still pretty far apart,” Mr. Johnson said. “They still are not willing to move on any of the items, so basically talks have been fruitless.” There are three dates left to bargain: Sept. 26, Oct. 3 and 4. But, barring a fair and equitable collective agreement, Mr. John- son said the union is prepared to strike. “It is getting to the point that it has gone on so long, we have to get a collective agreement, that is what the bargaining process is all about,” Mr. Johnson said. “Hope- fully we can come to a collective agreement without service dis- ruption.” A strike would basically shut down transit service across the region with the exception of Whitby, where workers have an existing contract and are not part 980 Kingston Road, Pickering Between Liverpool Rd. & Whites Rd. Open HouseOpen House WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Saturn Saab of Pickering 905-839-6159905-839-6159 See our ad on today’s back page Fall Family Festival at Pickering Museum Village Noon – 4:30 pm on Sunday, October 1 FREE Fun Family Event cityofpickering.com/museum Give your home a new look for Fall Thinking ofThinking of Hardwood? Thinking of Hardwood? The Pickering 36 PAGES ✦ Pressrun 50,900 ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 ‘We sure do need it. I’ve been waiting for this for so long’: chief By Danielle Milley Staff Writer PICKERING — With the ap- proval of a $1.4 million addition, Pickering’s fire chief will soon be able to return to fire services headquarters. Fire Chief Bill Douglas, and the administration department, has been working out of the Pickering Civic Complex for more than a year because the space was too cramped in the Bayly Street headquarters. The building was built nearly 40 years ago and has never had any renovations or additions. It currently isn’t big enough to handle the headquarters for a fire department serving a popu- lation the size of Pickering, said Chief Douglas. “It was really not meant for the type of headquarters we have now,” he said. When it was first built, four fire- fighters used the station whereas today there could be nine or 10 on duty – not to mention admin- istration. The project will see a new 5,200 square foot administration wing added to the building, which will include offices, a training room, kitchen and a boardroom. Chief Douglas said right now REACHING FOR THE SKY Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo PICKERING — Emily Sowa and mom Rosemary act out motions in a story during a Toddler Time program at Petticoat Creek Library. Strike deadline set in Durham transit talks ✦ See Region, Page 5 ✦ See Addition, Page 4 Pickering fire headquarters getting an addition FURIOUS FINISH Attack blows lead and falls to 0-5 Page 26 Up-to-date election information Offer available only on new activations for clients signing on a month-to-month, 1, 2 or 3 year contract in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal until September 30, 2006. Phone number range restrictions apply. Check in-store for details. *Taxes, long distance, additional airtime, roaming, pay-per-use charges, monthly system access fee and monthly enhanced 911 service access charges are extra. TELUS reserves the right to remove this plan at any time without advance notice. © 2006 TELUS. For more details on this great offer, visit your TELUS store, authorized dealer, retailer or call 1-866-264-2966. Ajax eSpectrum Solutions Inc. 65 Kingston Rd. East, Unit 6 Oshawa Go Wireless 1414 King St. E., Unit 27 Whitby Nascom Wireless Inc. 15 Thickson Rd. 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In June, Durham Re- gional Council endorsed a recommendation that the thermal treatment of waste and recovery of energy be the preferred alternative to landfilling the region’s waste. A series of recent public meetings in Bowmanville, Ajax and Port Perry was to inform residents about the site selection process and for consultants to solicit feedback. “The evaluation of alter- native methods is the heart of what we are here to talk about tonight and get your feedback,” Mr. Merriman said. Durham and York, in the spring of 2005, initi- ated a joint study to find a homegrown method of handling waste. Phase two of the study is the selec- tion of a preferred site for a facility, which would pro- cess a minimum of 250,000 and a maximum of 400,000 tonnes of waste annually. Mr. Merriman told resi- dents at the Bowmanville meeting that potential sites include publicly owned lands of at least six square hectares or private lands. He said the expropriation of property will only be considered as a last resort. Consultants will look at the impact at, and imme- diately surrounding, the site as well as the impact on roads, potential effects associated with infrastruc- ture development and on public health, the natural environment and on the social and cultural envi- ronment. “You don’t want to put it in a residential area and you don’t want to put it on the Oak Ridges Moraine,” Mr. Merriman said. Lands on the moraine and in the provincial greenbelt, designated resi- dential areas, natural heri- tage features, prime agri- cultural lands, parks and recreation areas, institu- tional facilities, and feder- ally regulated airports sites will not be considered. According to Mr. Merri- man, between 30 and 40 people attended each of the three meetings. “There were lots of good questions,” Mr. Merriman said. “And a number of suggestions of things we could look at, and we will take those all into consid- eration.” A topic repeatedly brought up was the Wes- leyville site in Port Hope and the possibility of the facility being built there. Mr. Merriman said it is a mothballed Ontario Power Generation site that some attendees felt would be perfect for an incinerator. “We can’t look outside of Durham and York re- gions unless that site has an approved environmen- tal terms of reference,” Mr. Merriman said. To his knowledge, Mr. Merriman said the site does not qualify and On- tario Power Generation has not expressed any in- terest in selling it. During the siting pro- cess, Mr. Merriman said they will consider the pub- lic input from the meetings and suggestions generated at two workshop held with key government agencies. 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