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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Nov 1997, p. 1

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inserts delivered with this week‘s Waterioo Chronicle: Moore‘s the Suit People, Weavers Guild*, Martin Wealth Management* . Crossword Classified .. ing one of two shareâ€" holders in the Clair Hills project, promoted the city‘s second westâ€"side development at a recent *Selected areas only 29 18 19 In the July 28 vote, McKinnon voted against allowing LCBO and Beer Store outlets from opening in the city on Sundays..Couns. Mike Connolly and Craig Hoddle voted in favor of allowing the outlets to open. on Sundays in the city during a fiveâ€"week trial period in Ontario municipalities during the month of August. Waterloo was among 17 Ontario municipalities that decided not to allow LCBO and Beer Store outlets to open on Sundays during the August provincewide trial. Last July 28, council voted 5â€"2 against allowâ€" McKinnon was responding to provincial Conâ€" sumer and Commercial Relations Minister David Tsubouchi‘s announcement last Friday that retail outlets operated by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and The Beer Store will begin opening on Sundays starting Dec. 7. Waterloo Mayorâ€"clect, Joan McKinnon, made cil meeting. "The municipalities will have the option of either saying, "Yea or nay‘," Till said. "And the (Continued on page 14) boundaries closed if they so desire in the past, and still would support such action, he believed it was something the city‘s new council should deal with. In an interview Monday, Ministry of Conâ€" sumer and Commercial Relations spokesman, Larry Till, said although the ministry is calling for LCBO and Beer Store outlets 10 open on Sunâ€" days beginning Dec. 7, municipalities will have the opportunity to keep outlets within their "Consumers have told us repeatedly that liquor and beer stores are just like other large retailers and should be open on Sunday," Tsubâ€" ouchi said in a news release. "After careful conâ€" sideration and a series of successful pilot projects in the last two years, we are responding positively to consumer demand." "It looks like this issue will be requested 10 come forward on the eighth because that will be the soonest we can deal with it," McKinnon said Monday. Dec. 1 marks the inaugural council meeting of Waterloo‘s new council which is largely ceremonial in nature. Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull said Monday although he had supported keeping LCBO and Beer Store outlets in Waterloo closed on Sunday *Absolutely," he said. "We haven‘t had any sort of what onâ€" would call development meetings yet, but we have continued 10 confirm with the city that our interest in the site is just as strong as ever." However although Cineplex Odeon Corporation is now not going to establish an eightâ€"screen movie theatre in the former museum, Tokio said his company is still very much interesied in securing a Cineplex on the Seagram lands The city is t ofhicially take over the Seagram property on D«« 1, while Waterloo Maple Inc. is expected to move into the former museum next June. As par of the Sept. 8 deal approved by council, the city not orly purchased all of the 1 1.37â€"zcre Seagram lands, including the + barrel warehouses and the former museum, it also approved an agreement between the city and Warrioo Maple Inc., . Warrlo« software company, for the company to lease the former museurn from the city once the city gained ownership of the building (Continued on page 21

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