Protest over sodal contract paiges 293 Hospital sds 'tired' hnage pagel5 Silver performn by ACVI team Hig-fllying photograpr pag24 Agenc y to, be 0Uc By Mike Kowalski Whiy Ail Saints miental health en ywill b. irivestiga- ted b the Ontario Mimistry of Health. A pkesperson for Health M= serRu h Grier confirmed lest week ,that an "iternai audit"7 of-All Saints' operations will soon b. underway. Xo time frame has been set for the audit to be completedaend both managemnent ana employees of th* provmincally-fiinded agency 11 lb. involved ini drafting its trmes of reference," said Barb Slkirk. Allegations of "«improprieties» ethe agency, which were raised by empinyees prior to a. recent six-week strilcewll b. part of E tihe p robe, BSekpromised. oucan b. sure the ininistry la aware of the. union's com- plaints," she said. -ited The All Saints' workers, mem- 1bers of Local 2936 of the' Cana- dian Union of Public Employees r(CUPE) returned to wofrk last week ;a;ce management applied te have the dispute settled ýby 1firet contract arbitration. 1 Under Ontario labour law, iempicyees are required to return te, worlc as soon as possible after an application le made. The Ail Saints' workers pro- vide life akillîs tsininq and other sevime ,opcp with mental health prob en who live i three group homes operated by the agency in Whitby. Dur-ing the strike, Ail Saints contmnued te operate the homes, through the use of .ight mana- gers and six replacement wor- Although no tiîne limit has SRE PAGE 23 Thay-'re SepigOut' WHITBY COURTI-OUSE THEATRES musical comedy fundraiser 'Stepping Out' opens tomorrow (hu rsda) and runs through Saturday. It wiIl be presented again the following week (March 24-26). Tickets are avaitable at LaEontaine Trad- pgPost (430-3774); there may aiso be ticets available at the Courthouse Theatre box office. Photo by M", Reosos, hIlby FmesPres Shores. plan approved By Mike Kowalid Ail obstacles te devélopig land near the Lynde Creek Marai have apparently been cleared. Aplan desiged teprotect the envîronmentally sensitive wet- land from an adjacent major industrial and resîdential deve- lopment was approved by Town council 1Monday. A reviéed version of the, Lyde Shores Open Space Master Plan (OSMP) receîved the. unanimous backing of council. Even councillor Marcel Brunllea long-time foe of pro- posais9for a communit of 6,700 people east of the mars suppor- ted the revaznped document. Although not convinced that it contains enough safeguards te protect the marsh from- develop- ment, some .lastminute changes te the plIan allowed Brunelle te vote with the majority. The revisions - which increase the buffer zone between the marsh and development - failed te satis1fy other opponents cf the plan however. Ioh Foster of Durhamn Wet- lands & Watersheds teld repor- ters that lie fears for the future of the marsh. «When you have a develop- ment of 6,700 peopeno close you can't help but expect there will detrimental effectâ," said Foster. «The evidence supggests there is still not a proper buffer between the wetlands and development," he claimed. Foster and two members of the Friends of Lynde Marsh citizens' group could not convince council talter what Mayor Tom Edwards haiied as a model of environmental planning for Ontario. A joint government-private sector initiatie the Lynde Shores development dates backi te, the mid-1980 when the. pro- ject was fîret proposed. Approved in 1989 the. Lynde Shores Secondary Plan oelisfor development of about 700 acres of land. east of the marsh. Housin ,parks and achools e planned or as many as 6,7 0 people south cf Victoria Street, A 185-acre industrial pail north cf -Victoria isp art of the projeot s lathe $ 13.5-million rdvefopmnrent of Whitby Psychui- atric Hospital. Tire. years ago, council endorsed. an environnment 1 management plan (KM)wi~ was prepared in conjun.2Ctowîth the. secondary plan. Tii. 200-page document wa design.d te provide a general otù"eg for assessing the impact of developnent on the marsh and te outline measures which could lessen its effects. Tii. marsh la the larges remai*inwetland between Osh- The EMP identiffed 163 4 forent types of plants growing14 the mars7h and a wide varieiyor animal life within its peimeters- SU~ PAGE 12 ~~By Mike Kowalskl h oeo A rej = ,~ce to recommend ehngthro.f o?~n&-"ntcipatd review of acute cars health services in Durhameion holdb. ready for release by the springr. Commissioned b the Durham Region District Health Conclte 27,0)stdywilpropose an overal plan to guide future del1ivery ofheath services at area hosptals Converting Whitby enerlfroin. an acute-carehop ta regional rehabilitative treatment facility is generally expected to b a maj'or component of the study. "W're stili collectin more data at the moment" said heath council executive L=eto Lynda Hessey. "In the next month or so we'I1 b. releasing a discussion paper to the Public," she said. The study was to have been ready for health council consideration last October, but the original time frame could flot b. met. "The. probleni is we keep getting delaLyed," said Hessey. 'But I can assure you the comnttee is woe1ing hard." A steering committe. under chair Allan McPhail, former Brock Township mayor, lias been empowered to make recommendations to council. 0f particular concern to Whitbyr residents is what the study ma~>ooe for the 25-year-old hospital. nrlit mI rtoughdiscussions about converting WhitbjGenrlit a specia]ized treatinent 6dcility have bee .. peii propýosais have yet to b. made, Hessey stressed. 'Tihe matter of a regional rehabilitation centre is under discussion. There are no final recom~mendations at this point" she said. SEPG Docfflwaut acute Smr r*;~.$:Wnue athoeit Setpg