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embers of the Waterloo Comâ€" Mmunity Council are asking the City of Waterloo and Loblaws to work out their differences over a proâ€" posed Real Canadian Superstore before getting into a costly Ontario Municipal Board hearing that begins this Friday. Residents call on city and Loblaws to sort it out before OMB decides The WCC, which represents Waterâ€" loo‘s neighbourhood associations and has become a sounding board for local citizens, met last week and heard a lot of concerns from local residents about the pending groceryâ€"store battle. They asked both parties to come up with some kind of compromise to a develâ€" opment that could impact residents across the city. The development is proposed for a tract of land, zoned industrial, along Weber and King Streets just down the road from St. David Catholic secondary school. The plan would see a major retail development go into the area under something like the Real Canadiâ€" an Superstore banner, allowing Loblaws to fend off any incursions by Walâ€"Mart into the lucrative Waterloo market. There was a vocal opposition to the plan at the time but it has faded over the last two years as the city and citiâ€" zens were waiting for Loblaws to address some concerns about traffic volumes and other design concerns like proper access to the site. When nothing was heard from Loblaws it was thought the issue was on the backâ€" burner, but they instead lobbed a volâ€" ley over the city‘s head to the OMB said that potential approval of the project was excessively delayed by the city. While Loblaws and the city will fight over the merits of those concerns at an OMB hearing scheduled for council chambers at City Hall starting Oct. 26, the WCC would like to see resolution to Grocery desert By Bos VrBaNac Chronicle Staff Continued on page 6 terloo city council Wdopted Monday a new master fire plan that seeks to reduce the average response time of fire services to emergencies to five minutes. That response time, however, will come at a cost, said fire chief John deHooge. â€" "It has been a real struggle to bring something forward that‘s a financial hit to the city. At the same time I think (approving the plan) is the responsible thing to do," deHooge told council. The chief and city staff presentâ€" ed different options for council to Mayor Brenda Halloran and Prof. Alan Morgan unveil a new sundial during the opening of the Geoâ€"Time Trail near Munich Circle off Columbia Street. Signs posted along the trail will encompass 420 million years of the earth‘s history. Each millimetre of the trail equals 1,000 years of earth‘s history. New fire plan hopes to cut response time to 5 minutes By Grec MacDonau Chronicle Staff Here comes the sun choose from regarding the impleâ€" mentation of the plan. The first was to implement all measures recommended, which would cost upwards of $5â€"million; the second was to remain with the statusâ€"quo, which has been in place since 1988 and could see the city falling even further behind provincial stanâ€" Council opted for the third choice, which was to implement a few important upgrades at a cost of about $1â€"million, which comes out to about a two per cent increase in property taxes. The costs will mostly come in additional staffing for the fire department. New positions will include a chief training officer who ONTARIO _ §g1 INCLUDING GST WATERLO® PUBUC UP®Angy will oversee training procedures at the city‘s three fire stations, as well as the planned eastâ€"side station which was recently approved by council. "One of the biggest concerns we have is that we‘re building and staffing a new station, increasing our staff by 20 per cent and we can‘t even handle our training situâ€" ation now," deHooge said. The plan also includes the hirâ€" ing of four fullâ€"time fire prevention and education officers, as well as one partâ€"time position. The province mandates that every department must have an educaâ€" tion program, and deHooge said that Waterloo‘s current program â€" Lind C tA} 1 $ Bavarian Continued on page 6 GREG MACDONALD Proro 519.578.3938 www.bavarianwindows.com SHOWROOM HOURS: Mon. â€" Fri. 9â€"5; Sat. 10â€"2 HWindow & Door .(1;1//('1'? 2236 Shirley Drive, Kitchener WINDOW WOR KS ll-)( LIPSE Blinds Are Us Sharron‘s Halloween Party/Page 30 356 Sasaga Drive at Manitou Kitchener © Dr. Jodie Wang MD 3 Improve volume E loss, wrinkles & © texture. & Medical grade laser S & new generation = of dermal fillers. 519.893.8687 (between Homer Watson and Wabanaki, past CAA) Mapping the trail of virusâ€"borne illâ€" ness/Page 14 trial run in Waterloo!/Page 19 New smart chip debit card gets Arts Focus LIFESTYLE 519.578.2828 laser medical Renewing your heauty, by Vinytbiit