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Destructive beetle found in Pickering Emerald Ash Borer The Canadian Food Inspection Agency re- water in the tree, killing it in as little as two killing insect,” he said. cently confirmed the first Emerald Ash Borer years. Most recently, infestations have been re- could cost local nursery (EAB) infestation in Durham. The affected The first infestation was discovered in the ported in other areas of the GTA, including hundreds of thousands trees are located in the Finch Avenue and Liv- Windsor and Detroit area in 2002 and the EAB Vaughan, and outside of Montreal. The CFIA erpool Road area on a residential street. It was has since been found in other states in the is still assessing the situation in Durham. discovered by a municipal arbourist. U.S., parts of Southwestern Ontario, including “We don’t know how it got there, it could By Reka Szekely The beetles are native to Asia and were the London area, and Toronto. have just moved on its own or more likely it’s [email protected] likely first introduced to North America in the Windsor arbourists report a 95-per-cent firewood.” 1990s. mortality rate among affected trees, said Brian Naturally, the bugs would only spread a few PICKERING — A beetle that threatens mil- Once they infest an ash tree, their larvae Hamilton, EAB project specialist for the Cana- kilometres each year, leading experts to be- lions of North American ash trees has been feed under the bark, creating little tunnels dian Food Inspection Agency. found in Pickering. which disrupt the transport of nutrients and “We’re pretty confident it’s an efficient tree- ✦ See Insect, Page 2 Instantaneous Call today and Durham’s Largest Showroom! 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EMERALD ASH BORER (CFIA) is asking the public to help stop the spread of destructive pests such as the It’s yet to be decided how large an area the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) which has killed restriction will cover, but it could be all of Dur- millions of ash trees in Canada. ham and York. Simply, the public is asked not to move This will likely cost at least one local nurs- Nurseries plant trees four to seven years firewood from one area to another. Buy it ery hundreds of thousands of dollars. before they’re ready to be sold. and burn it locally and never bring it back “Well, it’s kind of devastating as far as that “You plant these trees years in advance, home, the CFIA advises. species of tree goes,” said Mike Tillaart, owner speculating a little on the market,” said Mr. The organization says the destruction of Pickering-based Dutchmaster Nurseries. Tillaart. of forests by pests can have wide-reach- “I guess in the back of our minds we knew it For now, the company is waiting to see ing effects, including people in the lumber would eventually end up over here.” what the directives the CFIA will impose. industry losing their jobs and animals losing Dutchmaster Nurseries also owns sites in One of the ironies of the situation is that their habitats. More information is avail- Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa and Clarington. ash are one of the heartiest varieties of trees able at the CFIA’s website, www.inspection. gc.ca. Five years ago, ash was one of the nursery’s available and will be tough to replace said Mr. top sellers. But as the EAB has spread, they’ve Tillaart. been receiving fewer orders. Still, the com- pany had planned to sell 5,000 to 6,000 this The tiny, but deadly, Emerald Ash Borer has year, with each tree priced from $80 to $300 or found its way to Pickering. COME VISIT OUR INTERACTIVE $400. SHOWROOM TODAY! 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Mr. Orr and Brian Grys, coun- acted upon. “Who but an idiot -- who sel for Mr. Stephenson, also case to jury soon During the trial, which but a moron -- would recruit spent much time in their sum- began in October, the defence or hire a man that he believed mations targeting Mr. Gault, By Jeff Mitchell has striven to discredit Mr. to be a police informant to kill whom they depicted as a ca- [email protected] Gault, who has a lengthy his- another man?” Mr. Orr asked. reer grifter and liar who would tory of crimes of violence and Mr. Orr said the Crown had be willing to frame the men on DURHAM — The Crown’s dishonesty, and to assail the established no motive for Mr. trial to increase the amount case against two Hells Angels Crown’s theory that Mr. Akleh Akleh to want Mr. Lenti dead; of money he made as a po- accused of plotting to kill a and Mr. Stephenson entrusted indeed, he said, evidence lice agent. Mr. Gault was paid rival doesn’t pass the common him with killing Mr. Lenti. shows Mr. Akleh twice voted in excess of $1 million for the sense test, a defence lawyer The jury has heard at length to have Mr. Lenti accepted as project that saw Mr. Akleh, Mr. has told jurors. how Mr. Akleh had a chilly re- a Hells Angel. And he urged Stephenson, and several other “The Crown has presented lationship with Mr. Stephen- jurors to reject the Crown’s as- bikers busted in the fall of 2006, you with a case that makes no son and about his outright en- sertion Mr. Akleh went along jurors heard. sense,” Glen Orr said in making with the plot for the good of the Today, Justice Bruce Glass final submissions to a Superior ‘He’s not a company club. was to deliver his charge to Court jury Tuesday. “They are man. He’s not a man who “He’s not a company man,” the jury, after which the panel asking you to apply common Mr. Orr said. “He’s not a man will be sequestered until they sense to a case that makes no would kill for the club.’ who would kill for the club.” reach a verdict. sense.” -- LAWYER GLENN ORR ON HIS Mr.