Pickering MP Reacts to Gomery Findings
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The Pickering 34 PAGES ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 MOVING UP RETURN TO SENDER Lucerne climbs the Pickering player among luxury ladder for Buick Durham’s best on the court Wheels pullout Page 9 [ Briefly ] Protection ensures ‘our communities stay strong and healthy’ Remembrance concert Sunday PICKERING — The Heritage United Church is remembering with music and stories on Sunday. The Whitevale church is holding Province protects preserve a Remembrance Day concert Nov. 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. with Alex Munroe piping outside the church in full dress uniform at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome to come out for an afternoon of singing along and entertainment, as well as to share recollections, comical stories and friendships remembered. The Markham District High School band -- the Killer Brass Quintet -- is to play and there will be memorabilia displays and light refreshments. The church’s youth group has been working hard to plan the event, which will also have a candlelighting ceremony. There is no charge, but dona- tions will be gratefully accepted toward future youth outreach pro- grams. The church is at the corner of Whitevale and North roads. For more information, call 905-294-7158. [ What’s on ] Santa’s parading in Pickering PICKERING — It’s that time of year again. Santa Claus is coming to Pick- ering. The annual Pickering Santa Claus parade is Saturday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. at Vaughan Willard Public School. Members of council and the Kinsmen & Kinette Club invite ev- Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo eryone to attend. For those wishing Sandy Rider, president of the Whitevale and District Residents’ Association, stands on the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, which could be receiving long-fought-for protec- to participate, application forms for tion following a new piece of legislation introduced by the Province Monday. groups, schools or businesses are available online at www.cityofpicker- ing.com/greatevents, at City facili- As one of the parties to the MOU, Ms. Bill would put vale and District Residents Association. ✦ ties and the Pickering Town Centre. “I’m really glad the government did The timeline leading to Rider has been fighting for years to pro- The parade is a tradition for easements back on this.” provincial intervention tect the preserve in perpetuity, as was families in Pickering, with children north Pickering property Natural Resources Minister David Page A5 agreed to in the agreement. She was will- and adults alike delighting in the Ramsay introduced the Duffins Rouge ing to take the fight to the courts, along excitement of the day and the up- Agricultural Preserve Act in the legisla- with the Green Door Alliance (another coming season. It begins at Vaughan By Danielle Milley ture Monday afternoon. If passed, the and released by the City of Pickering. signatory), but was hoping the Province Willard Public School (1911 Dixie Rd.) Staff Writer and proceeds east on Glenanna legislation will reinforce the conditions “The Duffins Rouge Agricultural Pre- would step up to the plate. Road to the Pickering Town Centre. PICKERING — Sandy Rider is breath- agreed to in a 1999 Memorandum of serve contains high-quality agricultural She said the legislation is exactly what For more information, call Ken ing a sigh of relief after the Province Understanding (MOU) that placed agri- land and is an integral part of the (pro- she, and the other people who have Winfrow at 905-420-5007. followed through on a threat and intro- cultural easements on some of preserve vincial) greenbelt plan,” said Mr. Ram- been fighting to save the land from de- duced legislation to protect the Duffins land when it was sold by the Ontario say. “Protecting our prime agricultural velopment, wanted. Rouge Agricultural Preserve. Realty Corporation. It will ensure all ex- land helps to ensure our communities “I’m really pleased. It’s a good move of [ Index ] “I am delighted. It’s an important isting easements are held in perpetuity stay strong and healthy for generations thing,” said the president of the White- and reinstate easements previously held to come.” ✦ See Ryan, Page 5 Editorial Page, 6 Entertainment, 8 Sports, 9 Classified, 10 [ Call us] Pickering MP reacts Halloween General: 905 683 5110 Distribution: 905 683 5117 General Fax: 905 683 7363 stabbings Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 to Gomery findings Pressrun 48,900 Martin ‘had the guts to Pelletier, and program administrator infodurhamregion.com Charles (Chuck) Guite. in Pickering step up,’ says Holland Without going through a prop- er bidding and approvals process, Two y outh injured By Tim Kelly Mr. Guite signed off on millions of INCOME TAX Staff Editor dollars in advertising contracts for one girl charged DURHAM — Judge John Gom- sponsorship of federalist events in PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS ery’s massive report on the Quebec Quebec. Often, Judge Gomery said Polonsky eyes PICKERING — Two young people All-Canadian Tax Service sponsorship scandal squarely puts the evidence showed that little work were injured in stabbings in Picker- the blame on former prime minister was done for the contract fees. At ing on Halloween night, police said. TAXES NOT FILED YET? Jean Chretien and his staff -- and times, kickbacks from the deals were Pickering area A teenaged girl has been charged We specialize in absolves Paul Martin of blame. paid back to the Liberal Party; only in connection with one incident, PRIOR YEAR RETURNS 1995-2004 The 1,000-plus page document, advertising firms that were gener- Businessperson of the year while a man was hospitalized after Our office is open year round ! released Tuesday provides, in me- ous in political contributions to the being stabbed numerous times in 100 Westney Rd S (Ajax Go Station) ticulous detail, how the plan to push Liberals, got any of the advertising says Ajax-Pickering in another, Durham Regional Police (905) 426-4860 federalism in Quebec in the wake of business at all. college, university plans said. Both stabbings occurred dur- the razor-thin 1995 referendum vic- Judge Gomery admonished the ing confrontations involving groups tory, went so far wrong. Chretien government for having lit- of young people in the area of Major ® Judge Gomery, who heard from tle to no proper control over the pro- By Keith Gilligan Oaks Drive and Somergrove Cres- 172 witnesses over 136 days in hear- gram, for wasting large amounts of Staff Writer cent around 9 p.m. Monday, police ings that stretched from Sept. 7, 2004 taxpayers’ money and for repeatedly DURHAM — A post-secondary cam- said. to June 17, 2005, found serious fault ignoring internal audits and warn- pus could be in west Durham within a Police believe the two assaults with the process which sent money ings from whistle-blowers about decade. were related. from the federal Ministry of Public problems with the program. Gary Polonsky, president of Durham In the first incident, a 17-year- Not shown actual size. Works to a small group of Liberal- But Judge Gomery did not blame College and the University of Ontario old girl caught up in a confronta- • S A L E S • S E R V IC E • L E A S IN G friendly advertising agencies in Que- Mr. Martin for what went wrong, Institute of Technology, said, “This com- tion among youths was robbed and • R E N TAL S • B O D Y S H O P bec. even though the current prime min- munity deserves a full-fledged post-sec- slashed, police said. P IC K E R IN G V O L K S W A G E N IN C . He found fault especially with for- ister, also a Quebec MP, was the ondary campus. You can count on Dur- Investigators arrested a Pickering 503 Kingston Rd., Pickering (905) 420-9700 mer prime minister Jean Chretien, w w w .p vw .co m Mr. Chretien’s chief of staff, Jean ✦ See Abuse, Page 5 ✦ See College, Page 2 ✦ See Pickering, Page 5 SAVE $14999 Come See Our New Look! 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It’s grown to 38 recognized last week for their excel- having a natural entrepreneurial spirit. marketing style of this establishment at- Paul Thomas, of RBC Royal Bank, trucks. lence. “They pride themselves on keeping tracts customers worldwide. People have noted Shandex Truck Inc. encourages “This is an honour and a great end to The Callery Group was the Ajax-Pick- pace with technology to communicate been spotted wearing their merchandise employees to treat everyone as a cus- a tough year for us. I want to thank our ering Board of Trade’s winner in the to clients and to follow compliance, cor- in Scotland and Zimbabwe.” tomer. employees. This means more than you’ll one-to-nine employees category, while porate governance and privacy legis- Pub owner Ken Rueter joked, “There “This, and their outstanding safety ever know.” The Black Dog Pub won in the 10-to-49 lation,” said Dereck Mahanger of ING are so many customers here tonight.” performance, are the attributes that en- Other nominees in the 50-plus em- division.