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NHL dream Students selected for summer program lives on Kostka looks for AJAX, PICKERING TEENS HEADING FOR SHAD VALLEY new AHL squad MOYA DILLON industry leaders, students are exposed to cur- “The strong sense of community that is cre- [email protected] riculum not normally included in high school ated for participants is one of Shad Valley’s programming. Participants also get first-hand strengths. 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And the omissions cited by the judge said. “The trial judge’s overall conclusion or hear blowers and fans typically associated amounted to “facts that were not known”, the violate Charter in search that the (application) was carelessly drafted, with grow ops. court concluded. materially misleading and factually incom- The appeal court ruled that while the offi- “Formal training is one form of training ... JEFF MITCHELL plete is simply not supported on the record.” cer might not have attended classes on grow but on-the-job practical training is valuable News Advertiser • [email protected] Mr. and Ms. Nguyen were found inside 304 op detection, he had extensive experience in and counts as well,” the appeal court ruled. Sheppard Ave. in November 2007 when Dur- drug investigations and legitimate on-the-job A new trial date has not been set. DURHAM -- Durham drug cops did not ham drug cops executed a search warrant mislead the courts in seeking a search war- and discovered the grow op in the heavily- rant for a suspected Pickering grow op, fortified house. They were charged with pro- ROUGE VALLEY Ontario’s top court has ruled. duction of marijuana and possession for the JOIN US. HEALTH SYSTEM In a ruling released Tuesday, the Ontario purpose of trafficking. You are invited to the 13th AnnualGeneralMeetingofMembersoftheRouge ANNUAL Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for Duc The warrant had been obtained on the Valley Health System (RVHS).We will be meeting to carry out the following: Van Nguyen and Mac Thi Nguyen, whose basis of statements by Det.-Const. Mason, GENERAL Approval of minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting; MEETINGOF charges were dropped in 2010 after Superior who received an anonymous tip and then Appointment of auditors; MEMBERS Court Justice Jane Ferguson ruled their Char- launched his own investigation, finding evi- Receipt of financial statement for the year ended March 31, 2011; ter rights had been violated by Durham cops. dence of a grow op including covered win- Approval of By-law amendment; and DATE:Tuesday,June28,2011 The Crown appealed Justice Ferguson’s rul- dows, an unkempt lawn and signs of heat Election of Directors. TIME: 7 p.m. ing. being emitted through attic vents. Police also To get copies of the minutes of the previous AGM and the amendment to The appeal court ruled that while the appli- conducted a helicopter fly-over of the home, the By-laws, please do any of the following: LOCATION: Scarboro Golf & CountryClub,321Scarborough cation for a search warrant filed by Detective detecting heat emissions with an infrared Visit the administration offices at either of our hospital campuses— Golf Club Road, Toronto Constable Dave Mason was not perfect, it was camera, and formed the opinion that hydro RougeValley Ajax and Pickering (580 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax) not, as Justice Ferguson found, misleading was being diverted. or Rouge Valley Centenary (2867 Ellesmere Road, Toronto); and rife with omissions. And the court ruled When the case went to court, Justice Fer- Download them at www.rougevalley.ca/agm2011; or that even if Charter violations had occurred, guson found the process of obtaining the [email protected]. the evidence -- a massive grow op consisting warrant was flawed, concluding Det.-Const. of 1,100 plants -- should have been admissi- Mason had misled a JP by claiming to have Members of RVHS include the directors of the corporation, adult volunteers, adult auxiliary members and those ble as evidence at trial. training in detecting grow ops. The judge also who donated $20 or more to the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011 ($100 in the case of corporations or associations). 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McLean was assured that municipal election thing not “I’m a layman but it seems to neutral on issue the matter while the issue moves no conflict of interest was at play. involving the City that’s fine, me there’s a possibility of some through the court system. Since “The firm Councillor Dickerson but the respondent is the City financial cost should this appeal News Advertiser • MOYA DILLON the issue is related to the elec- hired is family, yes, but there’s no of Pickering and we as council- be successful. If things go awry [email protected] tion, it’s viewed as a separate conflict as long as our City solici- lors are its board of directors,” who are we going to point the fin- matter under the Election Act. tor is not involved,” Mr. Prevedel Coun. McLean said, noting that ger at? I want to be able to say to PICKERING -- Transparency sur- “The purpose of legislation is said. although the notice of appeal the residents, who are essentially rounding ongoing legal action to keep the administration of the A motion to move into an in- does not seek financial repa- our shareholders, that we did our into the election expenses of City away from the process,” Mr. camera session to discuss the rations, it does contain a line due diligence.” Councillor Doug Dickerson is Prevedel said. issue was voted down by council- instructing the court to offer “fur- There is currently no court date being questioned. “We’ve tried to stay completely lors. ther relief as the court may see set for the appeal. On June 1 Coun. Dickerson filed neutral so we don’t have a report an appeal with the Ontario Court or anything at this time planned of Justice contesting the decision to come before council.” of the City’s compliance commit- Coun.