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The Pickering 42 PAGES ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2005 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 BEANTOWN BOUND STAYING POWER WRITE ON Pickering firefighter Volkswagen Author books hits the road running Passat has it shelf time Page 8 Wheels pullout Page 10 [ Briefly ] Pickering’s past Officers ‘breached’ rights in search in the spotlight PICKERING — Take in a Charges dismissed in judge has ruled. Mr. Kim, 30, pleaded not guilty to unreasonable search and seizure. night of historical significance in Superior Court Justice Barry Mac- three charges at the start of the trial. Crown attorney Sevag Yeghoyan Pickering. police investigation Dougall said officers took a “casual ap- “Given the conduct of police... I find conceded the “warrantless search” vi- Wayne Crockett, a senior ar- of Pickering home proach” with regard to Edmond Kim’s the breach of the defendant’s (Charter) olated Mr. Kim’s rights, but argued that chivist at the Archives of Ontario, rights when they entered a Pickering rights to be a serious one,” Justice Mac- police responding to 560 Highview Rd. is the guest speaker at the next house in April of 2003, on the pretext Dougall said in delivering his judg- on April 20, 2003, had reason to believe meeting of the Pickering Town- By Jeff Mitchell of rounding up two large dogs that had ment Monday afternoon in Whitby. someone may be in danger inside the ship Historical Society at the East Staff Writer Shore Community Centre, 910 been terrorizing the neighbourhood. “I am satisfied inclusion of the evi- house, into which two large, vicious Liverpool Rd., south of Hwy. 401., DURHAM — Durham Regional Po- The judge threw out evidence gathered dence would bring the administration dogs had run after being shot at by on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. lice officers trampled the constitution- by the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), of justice into disrepute.” officers. Mr. Yeghoyan argued those Mr. Crockett specializes in al rights of a man arrested for operat- including grow equipment, cash and In his ruling, the judge sided with “exigent circumstances” justified the municipal records and will show a ing a marijuana grow operation when more than 560 marijuana plants, re- defence lawyer Leora Shemesh, who officers’ entry without a search war- PowerPoint presentation detailing they barged through the front door of sulting in the dismissal of charges argued that police violated Mr. Kim’s the history of municipal govern- his home without a search warrant, a against Mr. Kim. Section 8 Charter protection against ✦ See Dog, Page 4 ment in Ontario, followed by the use of municipal records for research in both genealogical and traditional historical contexts. He will also discuss what types Developer wants of documents are in the archives pertaining directly to Pickering. SUM KIND OF COMMUNITY EFFORT The evening is free; refresh- inquiry over ments are provided. For more information, call Carol King at 905-509-2744. Pickering land [ What’s on ] By Danielle Milley Staff Writer Resume critiques PICKERING — A Woodbridge devel- oper with land in the Duffins-Rouge Ag- help with job hunt ricultural Preserve is calling on Premier PICKERING — Discover this Dalton McGuinty to hold an inquiry into month if your resume is up to the boundary of the Golden Horseshoe standard. Greenbelt. The Durham Region Unem- Silvio De Gasperis, who owns 1,500 ployment Help Centre in Pickering acres of land in the north Pickering pre- is offering resume critique and serve, sent the letter March 28 to Mr. resume workshops. Critiquing McGuinty, as well as Conservative lead- runs from 9 to 10 a.m. on April 15 er John Tory and NDP leader Howard and 29, while resume workshops Hampton. are from 1 to 3 p.m. on April 8 Both opposition parties called on the and 22. government to conduct an inquiry last In addition, the centre offers month after Mr. De Gasperis claimed a landed immigrants job search workshop on Tuesdays, Wednes- Mr. McGuinty made him promises days and Thursdays. about the preserve and the greenbelt All workshops are at 1400 at a Liberal fundraising dinner last May. Bayly St., Unit 12 in Pickering, be- The greenbelt legislation was passed at side the GO station. Pre-registra- the end of February. tion is required. Mr. De Gasperis said his land in Pick- To register or for more infor- ering not being included is not “sour mation, call 905-420-4010. grapes. “I could accept a decision based on proper planning principles taking into [ Index ] account all of the smart growth criteria and considerations that the McGuinty Editorial Page, 6 Government espouses, even (if) that de- Sports, 8 cision was one which did not further Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo Entertainment, 10 my own interests. But what I cannot DURHAM — Mariatu Camara, left, was the focus of a benefit concert last week that was emceed by internationally Classified, 11 known Ajax band Sum 41. Ms. Camara came to Pickering after being captured and tortured during the civil war in Sierra accept... is being forced to accept a re- Leone. She’s been staying with her guardians, Kadijatu Nabe, right, and Abou Nabe in Pickering. See full story Page 14. sult which is neither fair... nor based on principles of good planning, but is based [ Call us] solely on the desire of this premier to avoid breaking yet another promise,” he General: 905 683 5110 wrote in the letter. Distribution: 905 683 5117 During the 2003 campaign, the Liber- General Fax: 905 683 7363 als promised to keep the preserve pro- Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 Pope’s death brings memories for Pickering faithful tected — a position the local Liberal candidate disagreed with. Pickering- Pressrun 47,600 Residents recall how ten. press their fondness for the Pope, and Ajax-Uxbridge MPP Wayne Arthurs (and infodurhamregion.com Ever since Pope John Paul passed their sadness at his passing. former Pickering mayor) said he did he ‘touched everyone’ away on the weekend, there has been One man whose life was personally speak with his government about hav- a profound outpouring of grief and touched by the Pope is Ajax resident ing the southern portion of the preserve prayer from people all over the world. Michal Fineczko. (known as Cherrywood) excluded from By Jason Chamberlain Special to the News Advertiser In Ajax and Pickering, and Durham as Mr. Fineczko met the Pope three the greenbelt. a whole, the story has been no differ- AJAX — He is gone, but not forgot- ent. Local Catholics continue to ex- ✦ See Durham, Page 2 ✦ See Arthurs, Page 4 American system pays off for those in need But lack of wait times accounts for 10 per cent of our gross do- Canada and the system is one of the mestic product, while in the U.S., it’s 14 best in the world. If you need a hip re- does come at cost per cent. In addition, according to the placement or a specialized diagnostic Organization of Economic Co-opera- test, that’s a different story. Durham Region Media Group staff tion and Development, the life expec- Experts in the field say that if Ca- reporter Keith Gilligan spent three days tancy in Canada is 79.4 years, compared nadians, and by extension, Canadian in Rochester, New York examining the to 76.8 in the U.S. And, one-third of taxpayers, were to fund our health care American health-care system. This is the Americans are obese, while the figure in system at the same level as Americans, SERVICE HOURS first in a four-part series looking at the Canada is 15 per cent. there wouldn’t be any waiting lists. MON., WED., THURS., FRI. positives, negatives and challenges faced South of the border, American doc- Accessing specialized health care is 7:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. by patients, residents, health profession- tors make more than their Canadian the hot-button issue with Canadians. TUES. 7:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. als and politicians alike, comparing the counterparts. And, wait times in the The Statistics Canada 2003 Health Ser- SAT. 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Canadian system to the U.S. H U.S. are a fraction, in many cases a vices Access Survey (the latest survey (905) 831-5400 small fraction, of those Canadians ex- results available) showed wait times are Email: [email protected] By Keith Gilligan perience. the biggest barrier in accessing three Staff Writer 575 KINGSTON RD. not as fat and we spend less on health Accessing care, or wait times, is the types of specialized care: visits to spe- care. www.pickeringhonda.com DURHAM — Compared to our broth- Achilles’ heal of the Canadian health- ers to the south, we live longer, we’re Canadian spending on health care care system. Get into a car accident in ✦ See Americans, Page 5 DESI DIGITAL DHAMAKA! Come See Our New Look! 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