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Once the concept is in place, these partners will have full access to the techâ€" nology needed to be at the forefront of information, education and business demands. m s Information network will make life easier for Waterioo0 residents l ife will get a lot easier next year for local residents making arrangements hrough the City of Waterloo. With the introduction of the Waterloo Region Education and Public Network (WREPNET}, a stateâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"art, highâ€" speed information network that, once complete, will be the fastest of its kind in Canada, residents will be able to run many of their municipal errands online. "All routine transactions with the city should be done over the Internet," said Coun. Scott Jones, the city‘s liaison with issues surrounding information technoloâ€" gy. "Whether it be people wanting to attain dog tags or building permits, register their children for minor sports, book facilities for parties or events, or even pay their taxes, this will definitely speed things up." The WREPNET concept began in 1998 when the Waterloo Region District school board and the Waterloo Catholic District school board proposed the idea to develâ€" op a highâ€"speed information network to the Ministry of Education. The ministry approved a oneâ€"time infrastructure grant of $10 million to establish the network, and the school boards recruited other public sector partâ€" ners, including the City of Waterloo and the Waterloo public library, to plan and manage the network. Last week, the Waterloo Recreation Complex, the city‘s largest recreation facilâ€" ity, was connected to the network which, through 550 kilometres of fibre optic cable, will eventually connect 14,000 comâ€" puters at 217 sites throughout the region to a highâ€"capacity network that is 180,000 times faster than existing telephoneâ€" based computer networks. WATERLOOQ CHRONICLE By Anorea Batey _ Chronicle Staff h 1 _A _4 Continued on page 5 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2000 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO rabicâ€"speaking financial A:nn artists, known to have xploited _ Muslims â€" in Canada and the U.S. recently, attempted their scam late last week on a Waterloo resident â€" who happens to be the national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress International con artists target local Muslim leader Claiming to represent an Islamic bank, the wellâ€"informed individuals, who possessed conâ€" vincing knowledge of North American Islamic organizations and also had a good command of English, told Mohamed leff Wang spent a recent sunny day scaling the rock wall at Moses Springer Community Centre Children attending the day camp split their time between indoor and outdoor activities. Serving your community since 1856 â€"â€" Nowhere to go but up Elmasry, a professor of computâ€" er and electrical engineering at the University of Waterloo, that they were stranded at London‘s Heathrow Airport en route to Canada. They asked the CIC to send emergency funds overseas to them via Western Union, but Elmasry quickly became suspiâ€" cious and reported the incident to law enforcement agencies in both Canada and the U.K. As a result of the close call Elmasry and the CIC are con: cerned that other Muslim indiâ€" $1 INCLUDING GST viduals and organizations in Ontario and the rest of Canada could easily be vulnerable to the same, or similar, scams perpeâ€" trated by the bogus bank offiâ€" cials. "We are warning Muslims éverywhere," he said. "These con artists are particularly danâ€" gerous because they present convincing arguments, . they research their cases well, and they use Islamic religious phrasâ€" es in their conversation. We hope they are brought to justice soon." Ray aowe eHaTo a Mn lcanadacom| You Said It Classified 27 Kâ€"W Symphony is simply ‘Mad About Beethoven.‘ Viewpoint Lifestyle 533 King St. N. Waterioo, ON Senior Tigers wrap up their baseball season. Salvation Army Thrift Store Bags*, Davenport Dance Project®, Busker Carnival Program. *Selected Distribution WHAT‘S INSIDE Bâ€"K VOLVO B85â€"5091 SUBY ‘€%. Page 15 11