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Designer fulfils girl’s Conquers the wish for an apartment big screen Page B3 Wheels pullout [ Briefly ] Three charges Pickering gets vote on chairman in police raid PICKERING — Police seized City to hold referendum the Nov. 13 ballot; the question asks (for the position of chairman),” he from the public on this issue. weapons and ammunition in a raid if Pickering council should approve said. “The debate should be about “There have certainly been a great on a Pickering home last week. on whether Durham the resolution asking “the Govern- whether the public should have a number of residents who have ex- Toronto police officers from position should be elected ment of Ontario to enact a regulation choice.” pressed to me they would like the 43 Division were assisted by regarding the direct election of the At its Feb. 15 meeting, regional chance to directly elect the regional Durham police in executing the chair of the Regional Municipality of council revisited the issue of holding chair,” said Ward 2 City Councillor search warrant. They seized a By Danielle Milley Durham.” a referendum to ask if the regional Doug Dickerson. rifle and a shotgun, as well as two Staff Writer replica handguns. Also found in the Ward 1 City Councillor Kevin Ashe chairman should be elected. A mo- Ward 3 City Councillor David Pick- residence were more than 1,300 PICKERING — The issue of wheth- has been advocating to give voters tion was defeated narrowly 14-13. les was also in favour. rounds of ammunition and more er or not to have an elected regional the choice when it comes to the re- Before Pickering council consid- “The electorate should have a than 50 shotgun shells, as well as chairman has now been placed in the gional chair. ered the bylaw, a public meeting was voice on this issue and it should have primer and lead casings for bullets. hands of the people. “I was troubled by regional council held to hear what residents had to a choice on this issue,” he said. Three Pickering residents were Pickering council passed the bylaw because they got into the debate of say, but none came forward. Despite arrested. Edgerton Stewart, 46, is to place a referendum question on the merits of having a direct election this, councillors said they have heard ✦ See Mayor, Page A4 charged with failing to comply with recognizance while 30-year-old Renee Hamel faces two counts of failing to comply with recognizance. Errol Buckley, 44, is charged with Pickering’s disobeying a court order. An investigation into the guns HAVE TO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF TO THEM continues, Toronto police said. United Way Moffatt back as police chairman campaign DURHAM — Former Scugog Township Mayor Doug Moffatt has been re-elected as chairman of the comes up short Durham Regional Police Services Board. The Agencies won’t have 67-year-old Mr. Moffatt funding cut, but accepted the nomina- it won’t go up either tion during this month’s By Keith Gilligan meeting of Staff Writer the board. Mr. Moffatt DURHAM — Programs and agen- originally cies funded by the United Way will joined the Doug Moffatt receive about the same amount of board in money as last year, but that doesn’t January 2001 and took over as act- address growing waiting lists. ing chairman in September 2003. The United Way of Ajax-Pickering- During his tenure the board Uxbridge announced on the week- and police force adopted a policy end it raised $1.676 million during its governance model which sets 2005 campaign, less than the goal of specific service-wide policing tar- gets for the chief and officers to $1.9 million. achieve. United Way executive director Mr. Moffatt’s current term as Edna Klazek noted the final total is chairman of the board is for one “$40,000 better than last year.” year. The United Way funds 29 agencies and a number of programs in the three communities. [ Index ] Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo “We can sustain what we gave PICKERING — Heather Sandoval and Alejandro Ramos perform ‘El Jarabe Tapatio’ or the Mexican Hat Dance for crowds them last year, but not increase it,” Editorial Page, A6 at the annual Heritage Day Celebration at the Pickering Town Centre. The event featured different cultural groups per- Ms. Klazek said. Sports, B1 forming during the event. We have another photo from the event on Page 4. There’s less funding for social ser- Entertainment, B3 vices in the 905 area and the GTA Classified, B5 as a whole, Ms. Klazek stated. With annual growth in the GTA, “it’s like [ Call us] dropping a city the size of Kingston into the 905 and no increase in fund- General: 905 683 5110 Expect CUPE strike Thursday: Ryan ing. Distribution: 905 683 5117 “It was pretty ambitious and we General Fax: 905 683 7363 knew it was ambitious. Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 By Erin Hatfield afternoon set into motion a planned Legislature on Tuesday afternoon. “There won’t likely be cutbacks, Staff Writer strike by the Canadian Union of Public In response, CUPE Ontario presi- but we’ll barely be able to sustain Pressrun 48,900 DURHAM — From schools to mu- Employees (CUPE). dent Sid Ryan said his 120,000 mem- funding and that’s for agencies al- infodurhamregion.com nicipal services, the impact of a strike The legislation dealing with the On- bers would begin an illegal strike as of ready with waiting lists.” set for Thursday will remain to be seen tario Municipal Employees Retirement midnight Thursday, Feb. 23. Campaign chairman John Wiersma in Durham. System (OMERS) was introduced for The introduction of Bill 206 Tuesday third and final reading in the Ontario ✦ See CUPE, Page A4 ✦ See Competition, Page A2 INCOME TAX PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS All-Canadian Tax Service Longtime volunteer takes youthful approach $ * Only 44.95 Pickering man wants cutting back,” he said. hear what their problems are... We’re *most returns *GST extra That cutback list includes being the trying to solve something we’re not Our office is open year round ! new generation involved BLACK HISTORY vice-president of the Pickering Carib really sure is a problem,” he said. 100 Westney Rd S (Ajax Go Station) in ongoing dialogue Canadian Cultural Association (he’s “I’m not sure we’re not creating more (905) 426-4860 MONTH been a member since 1984), a direc- problems by not listening to their tor with the Multicultural Council of problems.” This is the fourth in a series of stories Durham (since 1998), a member of He’s a part of the City of Pickering’s in February looking at Black History Reflecting... the Pickering Advisory Committee new initiative, Community Against Month and the issues and community on Race Relations (since 1988), and Violence Everywhere (CAVE), and SERVICE HOURS leaders in Ajax and Pickering. Celebrating... the president of Sarah McDonald while the group’s first meeting at- Place. tracted hundreds of people, he said MON., WED., THURS., FRI. Looking Ahead... 7:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. By Danielle Milley One of his main areas of focus youth are still missing from the table. Staff Writer TUES. 7:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. these days is what’s happening with He attended a recent subcommittee SAT. 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. PICKERING — Fred Gibson has FEBRUARY .%73!$6%24)3%2 youth in the community; he’s inter- meeting where there were only a few (905) 831-5400 been an active member of the com- singing, the Pickering resident has ested in getting them involved in that young people. Email: [email protected] munity for three decades and he’s been involved in many activities dialogue. CAVE was formed as a proactive not slowing down just yet. since moving here in 1976. “You have to have the youth sit- 575 KINGSTON RD. 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INTERNET ULTRA-LITE MEGATIME PLAN A/P PAGE A2 ◆ NEWS ADVERTISER ◆ FEBRUARY 22, 2006 Gibson ‘fixing bridges’ between youth, authority figures ✦ Gibson from page A1 parents, youth, politicians and more youth involved in his own others in positions of power. organization -- the PCCCA -- reaction to the youth violence The nearly 62-year-old retir- because it wasn’t a priority for to the west and the increasing ee has a lot of ideas on subjects awhile and now the younger incidences of violence locally. he said other people sometimes generation isn’t there. There Mr. Gibson knows from talking don’t want to talk about. For needs to be someone there to to youth here that one of the example, he would like to see carry on things tomorrow, he issues the community needs to money spent on programs be- said. deal with is the lack of trust be- fore there is a problem instead From his many years volun- tween black youth and police or of building more jails or hiring teering, Mr.