Hwy. 407 Extension Through Pickering Will Be Toll Road
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The Province also revealed the highway’s construction costs will be paid for by the private sector, though details on how the Province will pay back the costs were not yet available. The extension is slated to run from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 35/115 in Clarington. “Motorists who use the 407 eastern ex- tension will pay for the highway, freeing up provincial investment dollars for other priorities such as public transit,” said Trans- portation Minister Jim Bradley in a prepared statement. “Our approach to extend the 407 eastward will allow us to maintain public ownership of this stretch of highway and regulate the tolls.” The announcement includes a “lessons learned” section, referring to sale of the ex- isting portion of the 407 to the private sec- tor. The Province will set and regulate tolls and deal with customer-service issues, including complaints. 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[email protected] -- DAN MCTEAGUE WINDOWS SHUTTERS PICKERING — The Conservatives DOORS should provide budget updates on a reg- such as money for social housing and structured is “disappointing,” he said. SUNROOMS PLUS! &OOMS SAVE & WS & ular basis to ensure the money is being credits for businesses, he feels it took a It will be an application-based pro- UP TO & $25.00 Life is GOOD in a Lifestyle Home! spent properly, says Pickering-Scarbor- real push from the Liberals in order to gram and “that pretty much guarantees GASOLINE CARD OR SAVE $25.00 with a minimum purchase of $3,000.00 YEAR DEFERRED Valid for Orders placed January 5th - January 31st, 2009. * One card per customer, per order, per house hold. ough East MP Dan McTeague. have those items even included. there won’t be any activity for six to nine & final invoice paid. MENTS % d at date of installation Card recieved upon products installe NO PAY T Following the budget unveiling Tues- “We want to monitor and make sure months. It’s good the money is there, but OFF NO INTERES UNTIL 2010* O-MAX 20OUR ENVIR ASK FOR DETAILS day, and questions of whether the Lib- there is money flowing to those impor- I have a concern with both the applica- E TRI-PAN STEM . WINDOW SY 1O.A.C erals would accept it since the NDP tant projects... and if not, we will take the tion-based and the way it’s structured.” WW! E! and Bloc Quebecois parties said they government down,” Mr. McTeague said. There’s little help in the budget for ORDERORORDRRDEDDERERRNR NOW!NNOOOW! ITH LIFESTYL GY BILLS W ENER proprododuducuctctsts.s.c.caca wouldn’t, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff He wants to go one step further, he those without a job, Mr. Holland said. FREEZE YOUR .lilififefeseststytylyleylepepr requested an amendment Wednesday to said, and recognize transparency needs “We have so many in Durham Region 1-800-465-0593 or visit us at www.lifestyleproducts.ca the budget asking that Parliament re- for energy pricing. unfortunately on EI or trying to access it. WINTER ceives periodic economic status reports, “We have so much fuel in this country This does nothing to help them,” he said, an amendment the Tories have agreed we don’t know what to do with it,” he adding the extra five weeks of eligibility BOOKING SALE to. said. isn’t enough. SEE US FROM THE 401 “We’re willing to support the bud- Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland was Mr. Holland was “ecstatic to see they get, but only reluctantly,” Mr. McTeague also disappointed in the budget. didn’t go forward with an airport. It was said, adding the updates should occur in “I think they really missed an incred- a bad idea a couple of years ago. It would March, July and December. ible opportunity. It was Canada’s oppor- be a disaster now.” Visit our showroom 239 Station St., Ajax In short, the Conservatives promise a tunity for a New Deal moment,” he said. www.lifestyleproducts.ca lot, but don’t tend to come through, he “I wanted to see a focus on infrastructure, * Finance minister says time is right for 905-686-2445 said. and they did that, but they could have spending...see page 5 SALE STARTS TODAY! And while he agrees with a number of done more.” * Ajax mayor unhappy with infrastruc- items that were addressed in the budget, The way the infrastructure funding is ture rules...see page 5 Carrier of Foreign students busted for fraud WHOOO The Week has FLYERS Used threat to extract ness account using information obtained signed to dupe recipients into believ- in Today’s information: police from an employee at a Pickering bank. ing they’d won lottery prizes. Durham The information was provided after the officers also discovered personal infor- employee was threatened with death, mation on thousands of people across Friday DURHAM — Two foreign students have cops said. Canada and the United States. been arrested in connection with what Durham fraud officers launched an Oluwatosin Olay Sanni, 19, and 22- January 30, 2009 police say is a massive fraud operation investigation based on information pro- year-old Ibhade Arebamen, both of Dre- that involved forged cheques, mail scams vided by TD Corporate Security and on wry Avenue in Toronto face numerous * 2001 Audio Video Ajax/Pick. and identity theft. Jan. 15 executed a search warrant at a To- fraud-related charges. Mr. Sanni is fur- * Bad Boy Ajax/Pick. Charges of extortion and threatening ronto residence. During the search cops ther charged with extortion, two counts * Ben Moss Jewellers Ajax/Pick. death have also been laid against one uncovered evidence of a sophisticated of threatening death, attempting to ob- * Canadian Tire Ajax/Pick. Emily suspect, who is alleged to have threat- counterfeit cheque operation, including struct justice and possession of property Today’s carrier of the ened a bank employee to obtain informa- thousands of blank business cheques and obtained by crime.