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Milton and Halton Hills is covered by the vol unteer Halton Hills Ambulance Service (HHAS). That service employs about 50 paramedics, 22 of which serve part-time. Delivering seamless service through the downloading transition period was the idea behind contracting the service out to current sup pliers. That option would also have bought the Region time to look more closely at the possibil ity of taking the job in-house at some point in the future. But a number of things have changed since that decision was made. One was an extension of the take-over deadline by the Province to January 1, 2001. Another is that Laidlaw has put the American arm of its ambulance services up for sale. That led to fears that the Canadian branch would be the next on the chopping block. And assurances by CMR area general manag er Diane Dennis-Finley to the contrary didn't appear to dispell the concern. "For us, it's business as usual," said DennisFinley. "Laidlaw is supporting us in our efforts to grow CMR. 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