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The Poster Boy campaign in support of the Grand River Hospital cancer centre ended Tuesday as KOOLâ€"FM‘s Brian Bourke came down from his perch. It raised $180,145.52. 808 VRBANAC PHOTO Resident thinks issue will haunt the city Continued from page 3 in the area, things seem as if they‘re at a standstil} to residents in the Northdale upzoning the neighbourhood will creâ€" ate a student ghetto quickly, as develâ€" opers rush to cash in on the lucrative student housing market. Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the city can‘t entice one type of tenant over another by offering incentives, meaning the development of the area would be left completely up to market forces, said Krista Walkey, a policy planner for the city. Increasing the supply of housing beyond what the city has planned will only stagnate growth and cause the area to be more studentâ€"dominated than it already is, she added. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE TODAY! As the city grapples with what to do www.waterloochronicle.ca ONâ€"LINE Poster boy > \ 2 For Ball, things have been at a standâ€" still for a decade. This is an issue that will haunt Waterloo for years â€" and there might not be a solution, he said. But one thing both residents and the city can take solace in is that the summer usually brings quieter times for these neighbourhoods. As the students empty out, the community seems almost deserted. That may be preferable to some of the carnage the city has seen in the past few weeks, Ball said. But that peace will be short lived, he said. Come September this will all play out once again. Onâ€"line voting ends Tuesday, May 6/08 Municipal Act gives cities the power to impose their own pesticide bylaw." _ o0 ; The city‘s pesticide task force, which was formed late last year to help council craft a bylaw, is now looking at options of what to do going forâ€" ward, McGoldrick said. "We‘re looking at the information the province has provided for direction," she said. _ _ The task force has also requested a legal opinâ€" ion from the city solicitor to determine whether the province or the municipality will have the ultiâ€" mate say in the ban. Continued from page 1 The task force will report to council next week and seek direction, McGoldrick added. There still might be a role for the group, which is made up of residents, city staff and experts in the field, said Coun. Jan d‘Ailâ€" Ste ly, council‘s representative on the task force. Pesticide group still waiting on details, There are still questions that need to be answered, such as how enforcement will work, d‘Ailly said. "The devil is in the details," he said. D‘Ailly is concerned about measures in the provincial legislation that will allow golf courses to continue using pesâ€" ticides. Under Waterloo‘s ban, which has yet to be approved by city council, golf courses would have to use a specially Specializing in Sterling Silver and Glass from Italy and abroad Those applicators would use a different regi$ men than just applying toxic chemicals. They would use environmentally friendly methods and use pesticides only as a last resort. / There are also questions about what will constiâ€" tute an infestation, which would allow an exempâ€" tion in the ban. The pesticide task force had previously indicatâ€" ed that weeds would not count as an infestation but it is not clear whether the province‘s ban will. ] D‘Ailly expects that these questions will be answered and the city will have a strong bylaw is place by next spring. . â€" e licenced integrated pestâ€"management applicat to spray their land, d‘Ailly said. 8 Check Out Our New Turquoise Collection "We still need to figure out a few more things," WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, April 30, 2008 * 7