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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-04-09, Page 3AT �r T71F kyrF Was Times -Advocate, April 9, 1997 Page 3 Regional wrap up Neglect not involved in child's death GODERICH - The death of a .child known to. the Huron County Children's Aid. _ Society did not involve neglect. claims Executive Director, Tom Knight. The Gotlerich Signal -Star re . ports most of the 100 children known to thc. CAS who died in Ontario in 1994 and 1995 did so as a result of natural. causes -or accident; according to an interim report released by the Ontario' Child Mortality Task Force. Twelve• of those 100 were re- ported as' homicides and 31 were in foster homes under the careof the CAS. None -;ol' the murdered children listed in the report were in foster homes. The vast majority (in the re= port) were not in fOSter care hut in their own homes." said - Knight. • Ten of the Children were liv- ing with their parents unclo- g -nut -ordered supervision and 59 were living with,thcir parents and receiving support, invcsti-. gallon or assessment services from the CAS. Wingham hospital cuts staff hours WiNGHAM In order to ab- sorb the Ministry of Health 7.2 per cent -funding- cut. in N1ay Wingham and District Hospital will . •:onsolidate , its 'inpatient keds eni, unc floor, reports the Nort ,Huron Citizen. • - This mgve is expected to pro- vide operating efficiencies and bring the number of keds in•op- eratiori to 50, close to the figure - rccommended -by. the District Health Council report. Five.rep habilitation beds called lilt in the report will also rcmain,in opera- tion. Layoff notices, which become effective beginning June 6. have keen given to 'one nurse manag- er, lour registered 'nurses and one •registered practical - 'misc. The nurses will he able to work Part-time but union contacts do not allow for a reduction in hours for full -tithe employees tithout issuing laydff notices.. his route was decided upon'af- ter hospital. discussion with the union. - : - Adi'nlnistrative and support services will also have their hours reduced by 11.1 per. cent -compared with 6.5 per cern .n nursing. Perth County proposed amalgamation to proceed ST. MARYS - A special amal- gamation Committee will work out governance details for the proposed Perth County amalga- mation. following a vote held recently during a special meet- ing. . The Journal -Argus reports a new committee may . he formed to discuss how services will.he delive ed. The final amalgama< tion.plan must be submitted to the province by May 15. St. Marys, which has refused to participate in the county amal- gamation, was excluded from the process last month when of- ficials realized both St. Marys and Stratford, as separated mu- nicipalities, could havevetoed the plan. Blanshard and Downie Town- ships voted against the proposal as did Mornington and Wallace. Because the county operates with a weighted vote system. the majority needed to proceed was achieved. Going Places Jean Charest speaks in Goderich Going Places. •,. ,N,.- s '10.1 Ober h. -kJ by. SOut' Huron District Hili School's Athletic •Co ,soil 'was held' last„ Thursday. The show: featured day w( a+ rota 'Anne "s Fash. ionation, •Auto nt;cs RSD. Designers.- European. Addition, Horse 'n Aroui,d, Ma -cleans and Saar,.. Designers- provided formal wear'for him and her.' Rub C VADA FROM SIM IONS - & FOUNDATION�VL Ce ` I ‘-‘4 Train Load -�. Sale Starts Saturday 54 Grand (Opening Continues si•I‘S, ‘N%1`11 vN1N1 Fabulous Prizes 1 Sale Hours Mon. Fri. 9 a.m. 5 p.m. sat. 9a.m.-3.p.m. THOMPSON FURNITURE & ELECTRONICS Hensel) (519) 262-2202 t s r • 116 , IhiMi GODERICH - The• federal Liber- al government has cul in the wrong places and _has not reduced taxes to create john says lean Charest, lead- er of•the federal .Progressive Con- 'servatives. .les not w hal: Jean ehrctien's gov- 'ernnii•nt has'donc that is wrong, hut how' it has gone about- it. • said Cliarest in.an elec- tion -style swing through the Hu- ron- Britce u- rin-Bruce riding t week. ( 'hared told abs gut more than 31X).peo,plc at the Godcrich Knights of • Columbus Censer he agrees with .tahaliring the inflation and reducing the def -:PC Leader lean Charest Teti: but that the.. Liberals have reduced. spending m health care and educaliiin,• instead ,1 in Ottawa. • Charest pointed to the recent rev- elation that the :federal government bad inis.ed 1' spending cuts in -Ot- tawa by about billion. . • A:. planned visit to Gode.rich car in iht .;rat had to he cancelled because of poor weather. • • A -federal election is a spectcd to he" called for. June. Electioneering hy;, the Liberals and Conservatives in the ndino• is already. underway unullicially. • A:. candidaic for • the C'on- enali�cs will he chosen April i2 skc have. sc+ U►c aguida." (bar a told.a generally supportive audi- ,aice. - . i'he ('onset, aiivcr patty released iiS :icctuun_platforin. c.illed'Let the t'iinrc begin'- about' two weeks ,ego. -It .pu 1n it' a cut - set. 11) per cent •in met rte. I,i5rs .,ser one mandate, a cut m, I lniployn-nt Ins/mance -preninnns .u.,t •lhc .trashing oI Bill C'6);.- the le'Iera1 ' u‘ernnicnt•s con control .Evil's lint Chare.i .aid his inatul con- Letn. and that ,1 the public. is lobs. C •*nada . unemplo) ment rate is twice that of the United States and yet' our real income . has gone down.. The Progressive -Con- servatives don't take the shrug at- titude of the liberals and say were doing what we can;' he said. - Charest said he -wants the public to not only read the platform, hut compare it to the plationns of the other major political parties. "If we don't take these steps. we'll he the first generation Of Canadians to leave he - hind a .lower standard 'of Iiv ing for the next." Charest hlatit- ed the Liberals, who aren't direct- ly promising •tax cuts. and the Relori i Party. which is promising a tax cut -after the bud- get is balanced. • -_"Anyone who says 'lax cuts later', means tax cuts.nevcr." he said. Charest also said trade `harriers between provinces need to fall. He said a European ambassador- re- cently sold hien trade harriers be iwcen counu,es in the European 1tniun were larger than .those he twcen Canadian provinces. • - . "i will set up -an Interprovincial Trade Commission, and it it doesn't slake_ progress. Fm ready to use the powers of the -federal government to nuke it happen." While - generally supportive. Charest did have some challenging questions from local residents. John Brown of- •Gorrie asked Charest how he would make gov- ernment more accountable. He sug.- gesied ballots distributed 10 people in the country to allow therm to have their say directly on issues.' • "I voted for (Huron Conservative provincial MPP)•Helcn Johns,'hut 1 didn't vote for her _ to close hos- pitals," he said. "There is an ;appetite for'accounl- abilily in our political system." said Charest. . He said the opposition in Ottawa . has been so weak that the Liberal's cuts to the. provinces have gone un- • .challenged. • - - • In response to another question Charest said- a Conservative gov- ernment wouldn't repeal the in-. crease to 10.per cent in premiums to the Canada Pension Plan. 'He said Canadians want. the pen- sion plan to he there for the future and the increased money paid to the plan must he done to make it • .sustainable.. WIN $500 In Exeter's Treasure Hunt April 17-19 Watch for details Maple Creek Landscaping Inc. Landscape Services Specializing In: • Design, Maintenance, Construction & Horticulture ils t r-•.L!:'i. • Residential. Commercial, Industrial ` lAt' ' 0-- & Agricultural - s' Box 512, Walkerton, Tel. (519) 881-4470, Fax (519) 881-4449 12th Annual HOME GARDEN & LEISURE SHOW FRI. APRIL 11 -7:00-10:00 v.m. SAT. APRIL 12- Noon -9:00 p.m. SUN. 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