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As the Region readies itself to roll out green bins, it’s also ready to launch a massive public edu- cation campaign. “The education program is very ambitious but it is doable,” Mirka Januszkiewicz said. Ms. Januszkiewicz, the Re- gion’s director of waste manage- ment services, on March 15 gave the works committee a glimpse of how it will go. July 1, when the green bin pro- gram starts, will see weekly blue box and green bin pick up and biweekly garbage collection. The idea is that by separating waste, less garbage will be left behind to be sent to landfill. Promotion and education for Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Os- hawa is ready to go. Residents in Scugog, Uxbridge, Brock and Clarington already have green bin collection, while a portion of Pickering also has the service. The Region has been meeting with Whitby, Ajax, Oshawa and Pickering once a month since September 2005. As July 1 draws closer they will meet biweekly. NIGHT HOOK Merle Robillard / News Advertiser photo PICKERING — Fifteen-year-old Stephen Jowett, left, lobs a hook shot over the outstretched arm of Damon Charles, 15, as they play basketball on a recent foggy night in Glengrove Park. Informal poll reveals opposition to project By Danielle Milley Staff Writer PICKERING — Residents don’t seem to be quite as supportive as councillors of a proposed $4.5 million pedestrian bridge over Hwy 401. “I don’t think it’s a bad idea,” said Karen Morgan as she waited for her Toronto-bound GO train the morning of March 15. Her attitude changed when she heard the project could mean a $2 million price tag for taxpay- ers. “Then I’m not too for it,” she said before running to catch her train. Everald Bryan hadn’t heard the idea and he doesn’t think it is a good one. “I don’t think that makes sense; you already have Liverpool (Road),” he said. The Pickering resident lives on Glenanna Road and would be a good example of the people the City would hope to get out of their cars and walk- ing to the GO Station. He said he drives now and he’d drive even if the bridge is built. “To me it’s just a waste of money,” he said. The bridge, which would con- nect the Pickering GO Station to Pickering Parkway, is projected to cost $4.5 million, of which $1.067 million would be funded through a provincial grant committed to in June 2003. The summary in the 2006 capital budget shows just over $1 million to come from 2005 and 2006 gas tax funds and $270,000 to come from the devel- opment charges reserve for side- Bridge doesn’t connect for residents ✦ See Brenner, Page 2 Ambitious g reen bin campaign on the way ✦ See Delivery, Page 10 A CAR & A CRUISE FORFOR WIN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION FINAL DRAWFINAL DRAW March 31, 2006March 31, 2006 FINAL DRAW March 31, 2006 ONLY 14 DAYS LEFT! 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Wa rd 3 Regional Councillor Rick Johnson introduced a mo- tion to move $185,000 away from the pedestrian bridge to use to lower the tax increase from a proposed 6.6 per cent to 5.9 per cent. The money is what remains from the $300,000 put in the bud- get last year to pay for design work. “I’m not trying to kill the proj- ect. I’m just trying to ease the burden on taxpayers,” Coun. Johnson said. Ward 1 Regional Councillor Maurice Brenner has been push- ing for the bridge for years. “I’ve got mixed feelings in terms of incurring extra debt against the bridge,” he said. “It’s not my preference, but I could certainly live with what is being proposed.” Wa rd 2 Regional Councillor Bill McLean wasn’t supportive of the motion. “My concern is the perception that is going to go out to the busi- ness community is maybe the City of Pickering isn’t generally interested in this,” he said. The motion passed, which means when the bridge is ap- proved the $185,000 is going to have to come from debt financ- ing or some other avenue. Coun. Brenner is optimistic the impact on Pickering’s taxpay- ers can be minimized. “I don’t believe it’s going to cost that when it’s over,” he said. He explained the City is apply- ing for grants to help pay for the project. He describes the project as a flagship for Pickering that will help intensify the downtown core, hopefully through the building of an office tower next to the bridge. As well, he believes it will help with the City’s sustainability ob- jectives by making transit easier to use and encouraging more people to walk to transit. From that standpoint, resident Bonnie Littley, a member of the Rouge Duffins Greenspace Coali- tion, likes the idea, but thinks the City might be jumping the gun. “The project is good because it would support transit use, but at this moment who is going to use it?” she said. “There’s other things we could spend money on to be sustain- able.” The budget goes to council for approval April 3. Brenner describes bridge as ‘a flagship for Pickering’ ✦ Brenner from page 1 By Jeff Mitchell Staff Writer DURHAM — A published report says police in Alberta are investigating an Ontario connection in the case of a nurse charged with secretly drugging her hospital col- leagues. Meanwhile, two women who say they unknowingly ingested drugs while work- ing with the woman at a Bowmanville nursing home almost four years ago have confirmed they’ve spoken to police. On Thursday the Grand Prairie Herald-Tribune ran a story saying RCMP have confirmed they’re looking into the time Sarah Chris- tine Bowes spent working in Ontario. Ms. Bowes, 27, was arrested in late Febru- ary and charged with more than 50 criminal offences after a year-long probe into complaints by workers at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital in Grand Prairie. Police said the workers, who for months complained of flu-like symptoms and other ailments, had been se- cretly drugged with tranquil- izers. RCMP spokesman Cor- poral Brent Mundle would not comment on the inves- tigation, or whether or not Mounties in Alberta are conferring with Durham Re- gional Police as their probe continues. But in an interview with the paper in Grand Prairie the officer confirmed the RCMP are examining Ms. Bowes’s history in Ontario as part of that investigation. Two local women, Lisa Brillinger, 30, and 40-year- old Pam Ferguson, have said they were given morphine that had been slipped into pop cans when they worked at the Strathaven Lifecare Centre in Bowmanville. Both women said Ms. Bowes, who had access to drug storage areas in the facility, was present when the incident occurred Oct. 30, 2002. Ms. Bowes also tested positive for morphine inges- tion, the women said. Durham police investi- gated the drugging back in 2002 but laid no charges; Ms. Brillinger, who was hospital- ized when she had an aller- gic reaction to the morphine, told the News Advertiser she was never interviewed by in- vestigators in 2002. But Thursday she con- firmed she had been con- tacted by Durham police and asked to attend an in- terview. Ms. Ferguson said she’d already spoken to both Durham cops and RCMP. Durham police are not commenting on the investi- gation, except to say the case has remained open since 2002. 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Call Peter Kampe at 905-509-4643 1-800-804-3767 www.kampe.ca Proudly Serving Durham Region THE NEWS ADVERTISER, March 17, 2006 PAGE 5 A/Pdurhamregion.com Celia Klemenz/ News Advertiser photo Puzzled AJAX — Paul Sanchez works on a puzzle while spending a recent morning at the McLean branch of the Ajax Public Library. Masked bandit robs Pickering pharmacy , police seek help Culprit used gun PICKERING — Police are seeking witnesses after a gun-toting bandit robbed a Pickering pharmacy Saturday afternoon. The suspect, armed with a black handgun, entered the Pickering Medical Pharmacy on Glenanna Road around 1:40 p.m. The man, who wore a ski mask, walked behind the phar- macy counter and pointed at various drugs with his gun, police said. A clerk complied, handing over the medication. The suspect fled in an un- known direction. No one was hurt during the robbery. Police are looking for a white man, 30 to 40, with a thin build and long blonde hair worn in a ponytail. He wore a dark bomber jacket, a blue shirt and jeans and carried a black handgun. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is asked to call Detective Craig Hudson at 905-579-1520, ext. 5362, or Crime Stoppers at 1- 800-222-8477. Watch for us Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for all your local news. NEWS ADVERTISER durhamregion.comP PAGE 6 THE NEWS ADVERTISER, March 17, 2006 EDITORIAL LETTER TO THE EDITOR Canada shouldn’t be following U.S. lead in Afghanistan To the editor: Re: Canadian Military Deployment in Afghanistan. The world has come a long way in global governance from the aftermath of Napoleonic Wars and the Concert of Europe, the First World War and the League of Nations to the Second World War and the United Nations (UN). From the dramatic transformation of the aftermath of wars, the globalized world is also turning its attention to the environment. Unfortunately, the U.S. lead in these matters has been self- serving. In the past, the U.S. refused to sign on to the League of Na- tions and today it will not recognize the Kyoto Protocol on the environment. The U.S. also went to war in Iraq ignoring the UN. Canada needs to shy away from the U.S. and must not have its sol- diers conducting a full spectrum of operations in Afghani- stan, with its top soldier reporting to the U.S. High Command through NATO. Canada has a lot to offer the world in its own right and has to return its focus to global governance through the UN. Peter Azavedo Ajax NEWS ADVERTISER Metroland Durham Region Media Group Tim Whittaker, Publisher Joanne Burghardt, Editor-in-Chief To ny Doyle, Managing Editor Duncan Fletcher, Director of Advertising Andrea McFater, Retail Advertising Manager Eddie Kolodziejcak, Classified Advertising Abe Fakhourie, Distribution Manager Lillian Hook, Office Manager Cheryl Haines, Composing Manager Janice O’Neil, Composing Manager [ Contact us ]-- News/Sales 905-683-5110; Clas- sifieds 905-683-0707; Distribution 905-683-5117; News Fax 905-683- 0386; General Fax 905-683-7363; E-mail tdoyle@durhamregion.com; Mailing Address; 130 Commercial Ave., Ajax, Ont. L1S 2H5 [ About Us ]-- The News Advertiser is one of the Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing group of newspapers. The News Advertiser is a member of the Ajax & Pickering Board of Tr ade, Ontario Community Newspa- per Assoc., Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc., and the Cana- dian Circulations Audit Board. 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Fax: 905-683-0386; e-mail: tdoyle@ durhamregion.com. The newspaper contacts only those whose submis- sions have been chosen for publica- tion. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS infodurhamregion.com Copying images the same as creating them When Robert Horvat copied im- ages of child pornography he’d found on the Internet to CDs and other storage media, he probably never imagined he was joining the ranks of that most repugnant of criminals: those who manufacture the stuff. Appearing in court in Whitby last week on charges of possessing and making child porn, the Brantford man’s argument went like this: Since he was downloading and copying the images for his own use -- not distribution to others -- he was merely duplicating them, not creating new porn. Superior Court Justice Myrna Lack took a different view. The judge agreed with prosecutor JulieAnn Barrett that burning pictures onto discs is far more than simple copy- ing of pornographic images; in fact, she found, the act resulted in the making of porn that hadn’t existed before the copying was done. “What is done, in my view, is an act of creation,” Justice Lack said in a ruling delivered last Friday. The finding is significant in that it raises the stakes for Mr. Horvat, who has now been found guilty of two serious criminal charges. And the conviction for making child porn will come into play at his sentencing a couple of months from now. In determining sentences, judges consider both aggravating and mitigat- ing factors associated with the offence. The act of creating porn could carry onerous consequences. The ruling might at first blush seem heavy-handed. The defence argument warrants consideration. But ultimately, the act of duplicating child pornogra- phy has to be viewed as manufacturing. The chain of distribution for child porn is perpetuated by just such acts. Pedophiles congregate in on-line com- munities for the sole purpose of shar- ing the images they crave; accordingly, distribution is also a crime. The transfer of data from one computer to another amounts to the creation of new images and extends a wretched chain that be- gins with the snap of a camera shutter, then echoes on and on with each view- ing. Child pornography is very much an industry fuelled by the principle of sup- ply and demand. It is that premise that leads the justice system to vigorously pursue that part of the chain most sus- ceptible to investigation and arrest: The consumer. Jeff Mitchell is the Metroland Durham Region Media Group’s crime reporter. E- mail jmitchell@durhamregion.com. Durham ruling a stark warning to consumers of child porn Jeff Mitchell staff writer Residents need to have say on budget Pickering’s budget talk has been downright scary this year. In addition to a proposed six per cent tax increase in 2006, council is warning of a double-digit increase next year in the 15 per cent range. Ouch! As councillors have complained, the fact that the provincial and federal governments own thousands of acres of land in Pickering that cannot be developed and add to the City’s coffers is the main issue. So what’s a local government to do? Either taxes go up a lot or you begin chopping things from your budget to avoid the nasty prospect of a big increase. With that in mind, councillors spent a considerable amount of time Monday look- ing for cuts -- cuts that most Pickering residents would surely not favour. Cutting the library’s materials budget by 20 per cent, or $100,000, didn’t sit too well with library CEO Cynthia Mearns. Similarly, chopping money from the Canada Day celebrations budget isn’t too palatable. CAO Tom Quinn plans to sit down with council for a day-long session to talk about some issues. One can speculate that the tenor of the day will revolve around categorizing assets: What is untouchable? What can be cut? What might be cut? As Ward 1 City Councillor Kevin Ashe noted Monday, “At some point we have to think about making some tough deci- sions.” That time is now, and council has to consider that tax- payers also have regional and education taxes to pay, with the prospect of a heavy increase on the former this year for regional transit. And, while no residents attended Monday’s budget meet- ing, it’s time for Pickering people to begin providing input to their local councillors on the 2007 budget. In addition to your thoughts on what is too important to be lost, speak up on what you think is expendable. What do you believe are the prior- ity services provided by the City of Pickering? Are staff cuts in order? Is the pedestrian bridge over Hwy. 401 a good investment at around $2 million, not including around $1 million each from the Province and the federal government (gas tax money)? We’re sure council would also appreciate any thoughts you have on avoiding either option: a big tax hike or a sell-off. And, councillors also need to demonstrate some creativity to try and avoid a one-or-the-other scenario. The Ajax Pickering News Advertiser, in Association with the Pickering Town Centre Presents: A Multicultural Performing Arts Concert to Promote Peace and Community Harmony Pickering Town Centre, Centre Court Saturday March 18th, 2006 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm This concert is part of the "Peace and Community Harmony" Project, a Durham wide race relations event currently being staged by The Ajax Pickering News Advertiser throughout the Durham Region. Corporate Sponsors Include: Collaborative Partners: Multicultural Council Oshawa/Durham, Pickering Carib Canadian Cultural Association, Congress of Black Women, (Durham Chapter), Young Women’s Christian Association. Performing Artists Will Include: Dancers from the Durham Tamil Association Saba Hajizadeh Violinist Misagh Ta brizi Santour Player The concert also commemorates March 21st, the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. HummingbirdHummingbird Dancers From From Club CaribClub Carib in Oshawain Oshawa Hummingbird Dancers From Club Carib in OshawaEast meets West Performing Artists GroupEast meets West Performing Artists GroupEast meets West Performing Artists Group The Future of Learning. PFPR-202 Police Powers centennialcollege.ca The world changes every day, and you need to be ready. A Centennial education prepares you for what’s next. Our professors know what it takes to succeed—because they’ve done it. 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Justice Myrna Lack said last Friday that when Robert Horvat copied downloaded child porn to CDs, DVDs and other computers, he was doing more than copying the images: He was creating new porn, she ruled. “Before the process, the data did not exist in that me- dium,” the judge said in de- livering her ruling. “All of this leads me to believe the copy- ing of child pornography ... constitutes making child por- nography. “Mr. Horvat copied data from one storage format to another and in doing so he made child pornography.” Friday’s ruling was another defeat for Mr. Horvat, who has fought to have evidence gathered against him ruled inadmissible. After hearing arguments prior to the start of the trial Justice Lack ruled that Durham Regional Police investigators did not breach his charter rights when they interviewed him in February of 2005. In those conversations with police Mr. Horvat, 28, of Brantford, admitted he was the sole owner and user of a computer that had been left at a Whitby shop for repairs. A technician found hundreds of images of child porn on the laptop and called police. Mr. Horvat also told Dur- ham Detective Andy Bussan- ich he was aware that what he was looking at online was child porn, Justice Lack heard during the voire dire hearing. In a ruling released just before the case was to go be- fore a jury trial, Justice Lack said Mr. Horvat’s admissions could be used as evidence against him. He immediately chose not to go to trial with a jury. Mr. Horvat did not call evidence to contest a charge of possession of child por- nography, but did fight the charge of making porn. His argument was that since the images on the discs seized by police were for his own use and would not be dis- tributed, he was not guilty of manufacturing porn. Crown counsel JulieAnn Barrett argued that when the images were transferred from one medium to another, new porn had been created. The judge agreed. “I reject the defence argu- ment that personal use only is a defence to making (por- nography),” Justice Lack said. “What is done in my view is an act of creation.” Mr. Horvat is to be sen- tenced in July. 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Included in the bin will be a 7.5 litre kitchen bin, an information DVD, waste collection calendar, liner bags, a magnet and addi- tional information from the mu- nicipalities. Delivery of the packages will run from June 12 to June 23 be- tween 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday to Friday. According to Ms. Januszkie- w icz, the week between June 26 and the July 1 start date was scheduled for missed deliveries and ensure all residents have re- ceived all they need to partici- pate in the program. In addition, the Region call centres are being prepared for a possible increase in calls and scripts for green bin questions have been prepared. Additional staff will be hired to ensure all calls will be answered in a timely manner. A new waste-specific website will be activated on June 1 and residents can expect inserts in their water bills. The Region will take its green bin presentation to various community groups and local events as well as to 150 schools beginning in May. “We have the unique opportu- nity to make the presentation to school children,” Ms. Januszkie- wicz said. “They can pass that message to their parents that this is what is going on in Durham.” A press conference to launch the program has been tentatively scheduled for June 12, however some councillors on the works committee expressed some con- cern about the date coinciding with municipal meetings so it may be changed. “We have a lot of flexibility and a lot of time to move that date,” Ms. Januszkiewicz said. A draft bylaw for multi-resi- dential homes is in the works but Ms. Januszkiewicz said the Region is first waiting to success- fully roll out the program among single-family residences before they take it that step further. Green bins are to divert kitch- en waste from garbage and the material will be composted at a central composting facility on Pickering’s Squires Beach Road and reused rather than being sent to landfill. Although the facility at Squires Beach is slightly behind in con- struction, works commissioner Cliff Curtis said the waste man- agement company, Miller Waste Systems, will start collecting compost July 1 regardless of the facility’s completion. “Miller’s fall back plan is to ship it to a treatment plant in Quebec,” Mr. Curtis said. Although the Region had origi- nally indicated that garbage left over after recycling and diversion was to be in clear garbage bags or it would not be picked up, Mr. Curtis explained that plan had changed. “We won’t insist on the clear bags right away,” he explained. “We will implement that gradu- ally. 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Preferred waste management system sessions to be held next month By Erin Hatfield Staff Writer DURHAM — Durham is one step closer to deciding how it will deal with its gar- bage. Approximately 100 peo- ple turned out to a series of meetings to have their say on what to do with Dur- ham’s trash. The regions of Durham and York are jointly trying to ensure their communi- ties have sufficient disposal capacity to meet future gar- bage demands. The regions are working together to ad- dress the environmental, social and economic con- cerns of residents through an Environmental Assess- ment (EA) study. It involves public consultation to ob- tain opinions and concerns regarding waste manage- ment solutions. David Walmsley is a se- nior consultant with Jacques Whitford Ltd., a consulting firm working with MacViro, the company conducting the EA. The Durham/York Re- sidual Waste Management Study’s public information sessions were held on March 7, 8 and 9 and Mr. Walmsley attended the public meeting in Ajax. “There was a good amount of interest,” Mr. Walmsley said. “It was certainly an in- crease over the (information sessions) in the fall.” “There were a lot of dif- ferent folk there with a lot of different interests,” Mr. Walmsley said. The drop-in style infor- mation sessions included discussions on opportuni- ties to achieve additional diversion and types of alter- native residual waste man- agement technologies. “(The public) listened carefully to what we said,” Mr. Walmsley said. “We explained the process and there was a lot of interest in that process, also in why Durham and York are doing this.” People in attendance were asked to fill out a ques- tionnaire and make sugges- tions in writing. 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