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COMMENT PAGE 16
AUDITOR GENERAL SHOWS WYNNE FOR WHAT SHE IS
Woolwich gains some time to save Elmira transfer station
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HERALDING SANTA’S ARRIVAL IN ELMIRA
Region to keep facility open until the end of May while township looks for a private operator STEVE KANNON
FACING THE CLOSURE THIS month of the Elmira waste transfer station, Woolwich will have another five months to bring on a private operator as the region appears ready to extend a lifeline one last time. Regional council’s planning and works committee voted this week to keep operating the facility until the end of May. There will be no more reprieves, Mayor Sandy Shantz reported to her Woolwich colleagues meeting Tuesday night. Where Waterloo Region had planned to mothball the waste stations in all of the rural townships by December 31, Woolwich will now have a chance to find an alternaWASTE | 7
Spectators lined both sides of Arthur Street on a cold and foggy Saturday morning last weekend, to see Santa Claus in the annual Elmira Santa Claus Parade. Top, a member of a cadet band from Kitchener plays holiday classics with a festively decorated horn. Below left, a clown rides in his comically small fire engine, while blowing bubbles and handing out candy. Below right, a group of drummers playing complicated rhythms, all getting ready for Santa. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]