e No GO except at rush hour By Mike Kowalski Non-rush hour GO train ser- vice between Whitby and Pieker- ing will end Jul 3. GOTransits board of directors have affirmed a previous decision to limit train service on the Lakeshore rail corridor to Peak periods on]y Except or rush hour trains will no longer rua beyond Pieker- ing in the east and Oakville in te West. During mid-day, evenings and weeken ds, passengers from com- munities beyond these points, such as Ajax, Whitby and¶ Osh- awa Iocally, wifl take buses to and from the Pickering GO station. The decision, made after GO's board agreed to examine other methods of reducin g costs, bas infuriated Whitby Mayor Tom Edwaru1q Hie bas fired off an angry letter to Ontario transportation minis- try officiais protesting the eut- backs and asking t hat it be rescinded. The reduced Lakeshore line SEE PAGE 3 By Mike Kowý Local business an( leaders can find litt about in last week':. budget. Whitby Chamber o vice-president Allan Faux predicted busi- ness will suifer from one of the largest tax grabs- in Ontario's history, Durham Boardi of Education chair L warns that the fui] government cost-cul sures will not be k 'social contract' t Ontario public sector Workers at Woodbridge Foam have a new contract. Union employees at the auto- motive foam plant approved a new three-year agreement last Friday and in the process ended a two-week-old strike at the Forbes Street factory. Representatives of neither the company nor union, Local 222 of the Canadian Auto Workers, could be reached for comment on Friday. However, reports published elsewhere state that workers will receive an annual 33-cent per hour increase. The average hourly wage at the plant was $15.20. CHRISTIE BARTRAM and Minnie Mouse Dstress Centre of Durham. The evrlt (Jerin Gushue) were two of the many held at North End BowI in Oshawa, raisedI bowlers who turned out for the annual about $1 ,800 for the centre.I 'Bowling for Dialers' fundraiser for the Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Pressj ýalski are completed. d municipal Whitby Mayor Tom Edwards dle to cheer believes Ontario's and Canada's 's provincial financial problems cannot be resolved until governments at al f Cmec levels work at finding a solution, Commercerather than passing More on the thbuck to someone budget "Oh viously the chamber is not in Page 17 favour of the budget -at all,*«snid Faux. "There are tax increases for cuise Parr everyone, a It of businesses wMl 1impact of be impacted,' ho said. tting men- A three per cent hike in p.er- known until sonal income fax and expanaing talks with ,employees SEE PAGE 10 1993 TAX BILL Share of 1993 taxes SHARE 0F INCREASE The 1993 increase on the average property of a public school supporter assessed Ët $5.500 will be as follows: Municipal Purposes Regionai Pu rposes Total Sehcol Purposes TOTAL 1993 Dollars 601.15 519.75 1,392.60 1992 Dollars 601.15 519.75 1,332.10 Dollar Increase 0 0 60.50 Percent Increase o o 4.5 2,513-50 2,453.00 60.50 The 1993 increase on the average property o! a separate school supporter assessed ad $5.500 will be as follows: Municipal Purposes Regionai Purposes Total School Purposes TOTAL 1993 Dollars 601.15 519.75 1 ,392-05 1992 Dollars 601.15 519.75 1,331.55 Dollar Percent Increase Increase 0 0 0 0 60.50 4.5 2,512Z95 2,452.45 60.50 Figures fro>m Town of Whittiy Treasuret. Woodbridge Foam manufac- tures material used in the pro- duction of automobile seats for General Motors' Buick Regal and Chevrolet Lumina models. The car seats are built at Lear Seating which is immediately adjacent to the Woodbridge fac- to ?.oduction at GM was disrup- ted last week when Lear workers refused to cross a mass picket line Tuesday night. The resulting parts shortage forced GM to, send its evening shift home early. During the strike, replacement foam produced at Woodbridge's Anierican plants, was shipped to Lear. buinss., says,, .....h am be........ NVEW CONTRACT Woodbridge strike over