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[ Briefly ] Toronto man tasered at Ryan joins economic trip to Europe RIDE check Sustainability, energy three Regional officials and one staff ance (GTMA) business mission. Dur- Regeneration Corporation and the To- and the environment member are heading off to Sweden, ham Region is planning another trip ronto Region Research Alliance. DURHAM — A Toronto man Denmark and The Netherlands this to Europe in July for members of the On the itinerary is a visit to SYSAV, was subdued with a taser gun by to be highlighted during June. works committee to tour a number of a municipally owned energy-from- Durham cops early Tuesday morn- “We are looking at all kinds of dif- energy from waste facilities. waste facility in Malmö, Sweden and ing in Port Perry after he became business mission ferent ways to develop in a sustainable According to Mr. Lindeblom there to Linköping, where the city’s fleet of belligerent at a spot check aimed way,” said Doug Lindeblom, director of are more than 20 participants regis- vehicles runs on bio-gas. Participants at removing drunk drivers from the By Erin Hatfield economic development and tourism at tered for the GTMA trip from across will also visit Hammarby Sjöstad, Swe- Region’s roadways. [email protected] the Region of Durham. the GTA, including a number of Dur- den’s most sustainable development According to Durham police, Mr. Lindeblom, Regional Chairman ham businesses like Ontario Power of 6,000 apartments. officers set up a roving Reduced DURHAM — Local politicians say Roger Anderson, Ajax Mayor Steve Generation and Veridian Corporation. There are three things Mayor Par- Impaired Driving Everywhere Durham has a lot to learn from Europe Parish and Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan There will also be representatives from ish said he hopes to accomplish on (RIDE) program during Monday’s when it comes to sustainability, en- are taking the European tour as part York Region, Newmarket, Minto De- evening hours, focusing on areas ergy and the environment. To that end, of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alli- velopments, the Toronto Waterfront ✦ See Ryan, Page A2 in Bowmanville, Courtice, Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering and Port Perry. While authorities made no impaired driving arrests, they did have a fairly active few hours in the Port Perry area where they set up a spot check at the intersection of PICKERING KIDS HELPING KIDS Simcoe and King streets. In one incident, police say a 47- year-old Toronto man began yelling and swearing at officers after he was stopped around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday. After being served with a pair of tickets, the man became enraged, got out of his vehicle and assaulted an officer, say police. As a result, the officer used a taser to subdue the man. He was later charged with as- saulting police and was held for a bail hearing. Earlier, during the same RIDE check, officers seized approxi- mately 1.7 grams of cannabis resin and an illegal butterfly knife after they stopped a 23-year-old Aurora man at the Port Perry checkpoint at 11:15 p.m. Monday night. He faces charges for pos- session of an illegal substance and unauthorized possession of a weapon. As well, a 24-year-old Oshawa man faces drug charges after of- ficers found him in possession of four grams of marijuana around 11:50 p.m. He was later charged with possessing a controlled sub- stance. Police remind the public that they plan to operate RIDE spotchecks at various locations throughout the year [ Index ]
Editorial Page, A6 Sports, B1 Entertainment, B3 Photo by Jennifer Roberts Classified, B5 PICKERING — Nine-year-old David Leonard, eight-year-old Alexandra Vragovic and two-year-old Vlad Surdu, from the Bridges Kinder Connection-Dunbarton-Fairport United Church Daycare, prepare for their ‘Kids Helping Kids’ fundraiser for Sick Kids walkathon. The day care has been involved in the event for 20 years and has [ Call us] raised nearly $20,000.
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SPRING INTO SUMMER MAINTENANCE PACKAGE make way for water plant expansion • Oil & filter change • Tire rotation • Coolant check • Brake Inspection Environmentalist plant treats sewage from both regions, “Just one of the mature trees which versity plan for restoration, which is $150 Value $59.95 and approximately 80 per cent comes were destroyed would absorb more part of the Municipal Class Environ- For Only $59.95 criticizes bulldozing from York Region. greenhouse gases and produce more mental Assessment (Schedule C) rec- 905-831-5400 of ‘mature trees’ “It’s not serving Pickering; it’s not oxygen than thousands of seedlings ommendations. Mr. Presta explained 575 KINGSTON RD serving Durham Region,” Mr. Robb planted during earth week,” he said. part of the construction will then in- www.pickeringhonda.com said in an interview. “This big expan- John Presta, director of environ- clude planting new trees to comple- By Kristen Calis sion here is to service York Region.” mental services for Durham Region, ment the site. [email protected] Mr. Robb has been volunteering with specializes in water supply and waste He noted the WPCP treats water for the Rouge Duffins Greenspace Coali- water. He said the trees were removed millions of residents and said “We’re in PICKERING — When Scarborough tion for several years. One of its main in order to expand the WPCP. He ex- the business of protecting the environ- resident and forest ecologist Jim Robb objectives is to protect a large Rouge plained the plant currently has a ca- ment, not destroying it.” had to run an errand in Pickering, Duffins greenspace link between Lake pacity to treat 420 megalitres (420 mil- Mr. Robb criticized the lack of an he decided it was time to visit Duf- Ontario and the Oak Ridges Moraine. lion litres) of sewage per day and will individual EA in the process. fins Creek. When he arrived, he was He raised environmental concerns, expand to 630 megalitres. They’ll be “It’s absolutely outrageous that the shocked to see the removal of “hun- and said it was very discouraging to adding two incineration units, which Province and Premier (Dalton) Mc- dreds of mature trees” under way. see “two-and-three-foot diameter ma- he said will decrease waste shipments Guinty and the regional governments The Duffin Creek Water Pollution ture” trees bulldozed down a week from Durham to Michigan. He said of Durham and York have done this Control Plant (WPCP) is jointly owned after politicians planted trees on Earth they have been working with Toronto by York and Durham regions. The Day. and Region Conservation on a biodi- ✦ See Pioneer, Page A2
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Oshawa man “The violation of the chil- dren never ends,” Mr. Broth- caught up in erston said. “It exists in the U.S. Internet Internet world and for all practical purposes it can sweep never be destroyed... it ex- ists in perpetuity.” By Jeff Mitchell Defence counsel Brian [email protected] Scott called for a conditional sentence, urging the judge to DURHAM — A former find the porn collection dis- Scout leader has been sen- covered in Mr. Fairweather’s tenced to nine months in possession was not as exten- jail for distributing child sive or egregious as in other pornography after a judge cases where jail terms have rejected a defence argument been handed out. for a term of house arrest. Mr. Scott also pointed to Kristen Calis/News Advertiser photo James Brian Fairweather, a psychiatric report which Jim Robb stands in front of some of the mature trees cut down at the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant to make way for the plant’s expansion. 45, embraced his parents indicates Mr. Fairweather is and partner in an Oshawa not a pedophile and pres- courtroom before being ents a very low risk to reof- led away to begin serving fend. his sentence Tuesday. He Mr. Fairweather sought pleaded guilty to a single out images of young men as Pioneer home to be reassembled on southern part of property count of distribution of child he went through a midlife pornography in April. reassessment of his sexual- ✦ Pioneer from page A1 management plan; and, limiting son. But in response, Mr. Presta ponds, showing disrespect for He is one of two Durham ity, Mr. Scott said. His repu- the expanded plant’s capacity to said they took timing into consid- our cultural heritage,” Mr. Robb men caught up in Project tation and career have been without an individual environ- 520 million litres of effluent a eration and made sure to remove said. Falcon, a wide-ranging U.S.- ruined by the charges and mental assessment,” he said. day. the trees before that occurred. Mr. Presta said the home will based investigation that saw ensuing publicity, he told Last year, the Town of Ajax re- At the time, Mr. Presta noted “They were taken down prior be taken down and reassembled undercover officers gain ac- the judge. quested the environment min- the minister basically denied the to the migratory bird period,” he on site on the southern part of cess to Internet child porn “What a hard way to learn ister consider an individual EA request for an individual EA. He said. the property. sites, then track users buy- a lesson that what you’re since the plant also impacts Ajax. said they were already planning A heritage home on the lot was He said a contractor special- ing material with credit doing is socially unaccept- Minister Laurel Broten then im- on doing most of that work, but in the midst of the tree removal, izing in historical homes will do cards. American authorities able,” Mr. Scott said. posed conditions on the project, the conditions will only speed up also raising concerns. the job. forwarded information to “It’s been a rough ride. such as: lowering the amount the process. “A historically significant stone Mr. Presta said it will take at cops here. People have shunned him.” of phosphorus that can be dis- Mr. Robb was also concerned pioneer home from the 1800s least three or four years to com- When Durham police But Justice Campbell charged; developing an odour- for birds during the nesting sea- is being surrounded by sewage plete the expansion. executed a search warrant opted for a jail term, say- at Mr. Fairweather’s Sim- ing harsh punishment is coe Street North residence the only way to send a mes- in January 2005 he was in sage of deterrence to others the act of downloading and tempted to access and trade GIGANTIC CLOSE-OUT SALE sharing pornographic imag- child porn. es online, prosecutor Glenn “When people begin to Brotherston said. view these images as normal Police seized computer it offends all of society,” the equipment and retrieved judge said. 2,400 images, the majority of “This community will not which depicted nude boys, abide that type of behaviour.” 6900 AIRPORT ROAD, HALL 6, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Mr. Brotherston said. But a Mr. Fairweather will also be number of the images also placed on the national sex portrayed explicit sexual offender registry and serve abuse of children. three years of probation. Mr. Brotherston called for Project Falcon also led to FIVE MILLION a jail term, telling Ontario the arrest of an Ajax man in Court Justice Hubert Camp- late 2004. DOLLARS bell that distribution of child Christopher James Brook- GIGANTIC CLOSE-OUT pornography helps perpetu- field was sentenced to 90 OF SURPLUS ate the abuse that occurred days in jail after pleading to create the images in the guilty to possession of child INVENTORY LIQUIDATED! first place. porn in January of this year. Ryan looks for sustainability UP TO 90% OFF THE PRICE YOU WOULD ✦ Ryan from page A1 trip because quite frankly I think it will have higher PAY IN STORES! the trip, including seeing an dividends paid to direct it energy-from-waste facility that way,” Mr. Parish said. “I with his own two eyes. think that in terms of pos- “I want to observe them sible benefits for Ajax it cer- LOOK FOR THE 12 PAGE FLYER first hand and speak to the tainly has that potential and operators,” he said. there’s nothing on AMO or in TODAY’S PAPER or SEE IT at He also plans to meet FCM that tells me that I’ll with a Swedish company be missing something.” www.xscargo.ca that has expressed an inter- Seeing Europe’s sustain- est in the Ajax steam plant. able development is of par- SALE “We have been working ticular interest to Mayor for some time to clean our Ryan. steam plant up,” Mayor Par- “As we are looking at the ish said. Seaton development com- Thirdly, he said, Ajax is ing on stream, this is an op- always looking for investors portunity to see firsthand who want to bring industry some of the sustainable to Durham Region and Ajax development happening,” and this trip might yield Mayor Ryan said. some leads in that regard. He is particularly inter- The three are going for ested in seeing the way the first week of the trip at communities come togeth- $ $ a cost of $6,550 each, all er, how they are physically 697 998 inclusive. structured, energy options Mayor Ryan’s trip is paid they use and waste collec- for through the Region’s tion. GTMA program budget as “Sweden is a leader in he is Durham’s GTMA rep- some of those things,” Mayor resentative for Durham. Ryan said. “I am very inter- For Mr. Anderson and ested to see how they work Mayor Parish, the trip is and talking to some of the paid for through their an- people who were involved nual conference allowanc- in the implementation.” He es. is also looking to build busi- Mayor Parish said he has ness relationships. “I think decided to direct his con- for Durham, we invest as a ¢$99 $ 99 $ 98 ference allowance in this Region in the GTMA, and I 99 19 29 7 way as opposed to attend- think it is incumbent on us ing the annual Association to participate in these trips of Municipalities of Ontario and help make them suc- (AMO) or the Federation cessful,” Mayor Ryan said. of Canadian Municipalities “When people go over there (FCM) conferences. they go over to work and to “I am allocating those do the best for your com- conference funds to this munity.”
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