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AJAX -- Participants made their way into Lake Ontario for the eighth annual Ajax Polar Bear Swim at Paradise Beach on Jan. 1. Money raised from the event went to the
Rouge Valley Health System’s Heart of it All Campaign, with more than 500 participants taking the dip.
TARA HATHERLY
thatherly@durhamregion.com
AJAX -- Hundreds of people turned out to start 2013 by plunging
into Lake Ontario or cheering on swimmers at the eighth annu-
al Ajax Polar Bear Swim.
With the winter sun sparkling off the lake, a crowd of people
young and old ran together into the frigid water from snow-cov-
ered Paradise Beach at 1 p.m. Jan. 1, in a -8 C temperature that
felt like -15 C.
Getting 2013 off to chilly start
Hundreds plunge
into Lake Ontario for
Polar Bear Swim for
Ajax, Pickering hospital>
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Ajax-based ring
bilked banks
of $1.7M
JEFF MITCHELL
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OSHAWA -- Two “partners in crime” who
headed up a sophisticated fraud ring respon-
sible for bilking banks of $1.7 million ought
to be given stiff prison sentences, a prosecu-
tor told a judge in Oshawa Friday.
Kuhen Neshan and Ramanan Kenegara-
jah were the kingpins of a criminal enterprise
that thrived for a decade and raked in steady
profits through credit card fraud, said prose-
cutor Mitchell Flagg.
“From the time these two were involved in
these offences they were literally partners in
crime,” Mr. Flagg told Ontario Court Justice
Joseph De Filippis.
He urged the judge to sentence both men,
found guilty in October of charges including
fraud, money laundering and participating
in a criminal organization, to eight years in
prison.
“This case ... was about a criminal enter-
prise that ran for 10 years,” Mr. Flagg said.
“It’s about what we could call 10 years of
electronic bank robbery.
“It’s about greed, pure and simple.”
Mr. Neshan and Mr. Kenegarajah were
among six members of an Ajax-based fraud
ring arrested by Durham police in March of
2010. Also charged were Rajitha Kanagara-
jah, Mr. Kenegarajah’s sister, and her hus-
band, Hariharan Nesarajah, and Anantha
Neeranjan, Mr. Neshan’s wife.
Following a lengthy and complex trial Jus-
tice De Filippis acquitted Mr. Nesarajah
of all counts. But he found the remaining
four guilty of fraud-related charges and the
offence of participating in a criminal orga-
nization. Mr. Neshan and Mr. Kenegarajah
were further found guilty of fraud and money
laundering. A sixth suspect, Jeya Balan,
pleaded guilty to charges in the midst of the
trial.
During the trial in Oshawa, the judge
heard that police had been investigating Mr.
Neshan for years in connection with large-
scale frauds, including the creation of phoney
accounts in 2001 when he was an employee
at American Express, as well as credit card
scams perpetrated in 2007 and 2008 in Brit-
ish Columbia. Neither investigation resulted
in convictions, court heard.
But police in Durham Region picked up Mr.
Neshan’s trail again in 2009 when it was sus-
pected he was back in Ontario and involved
in credit card fraud. Cops here conducted
extensive surveillance on Mr. Neshan, Mr.
Kenegarajah and other suspected mem-
bers of the ring, often tailing them as they
made purchases and bank transactions and
in some cases retrieving discarded pieces of
paper work and receipts to bolster their case.
Finally, in March of 2010, search war-
rants were executed at a number of homes,
including Mr. Neshan’s house on Bissland
Drive in Ajax. Police seized hundreds of doc-
uments related to mortgages and credit card
accounts, as well as cash, vehicles and other
property deemed to be proceeds of crime.
Police said at the time the fraudsters cre-
ated false credit accounts in two ways: by
stealing the information of real people and
having credit cards issued, or by obtaining
cards using false identities, usually depicting
themselves as recent immigrants.
Once cards were issued, the bandits
were alleged to have patiently managed
the accounts, making small purchases and
paying off balances until credit limits were
increased. When the credit limits reached a
certain level, the accounts would be “busted
out” -- drained of cash through advances,
paid off with fraudulent cheques and then
drained again, police alleged.
Mr. Flagg said Friday he’ll seek forfeiture of
property including a house in Ajax obtained
through fraud. He’s also asking the court to
order Mr. Neshan and Mr. Kenegarajah to
pay restitution for the $1.7 million lost by six
financial institutions targeted by the fraud-
sters.
The prosecutor acknowledged such an
order may be difficult to enforce.
“There is little hope of restitution because,
frankly, they spent most of the money along
the way,” he said.
Justice De Filippis is to rule on sentencing
Jan. 18.
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several charges following a multi-vehicle colli-
sion on Hwy. 401 last May in which the roof of
her vehicle was torn off and she was severely
injured.
The collision occurred May 29 in the
eastbound lane east of Cobourg in Alnwick-
Haldimand Township.
On Jan. 2, Northumberland OPP said the
driver was charged with driving while impaired,
driving with a blood-alcohol content over the
legal limit, dangerous driving, and failing to
remain at the scene of an accident.
Gay Brooks, 55, of Ajax, is scheduled
to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in
Cobourg Jan. 21.
Ajax woman charged in multiple-vehicle collision near Cobourg
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DURHAM -- The union representing Ontar-
io’s 55,000 school support workers has
signed a tentative deal with the provincial
government.
The Canadian Union of Public Employ-
ees announced Saturday it reached a tenta-
tive agreement just one day before the Dec.
31 deadline set by the Province for unions
to reach deals with local school boards. As
part of Bill 115, if deals aren’t reached, the
Province has the power to impose new con-
tracts.
“Bill 115 created an unnecessary crisis,
making things much more difficult at the
bargaining table,” said Fred Hahn, presi-
dent of CUPE Ontario. “It was the strength
and support of our members, and the tire-
less work of our bargaining committee that
made this tentative agreement possible.”
CUPE, which represents educational assis-
tants, early childhood educators, instruc-
tors, custodians, librarians and school secre-
taries, remains opposed to Bill 115, includ-
ing its court challenge to the bill.
“Collective bargaining works,” said Mr.
Hahn. “It creates stable working environ-
ments that lead to stable services for the
people who depend on them. Bill 115 threat-
ens that needed stability in our schools and
puts our collective bargaining process at
great risk.”
CUPE leadership will vote Jan. 5 on the
tentative deal and if approved it will go to
local memberships for ratification within 14
days. CUPE will not yet release details of the
agreement, but said it addresses the unique
circumstances of school support workers,
who earn an average salary of $38,000 and
can be laid off multiple times a year.
The deal could mean that the Elementa-
ry Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federa-
tion are the only two remaining unions with-
out collective agreements. However, only 65
local agreements have been ratified -- the
majority with the Ontario English Catholic
Teachers’ Association, and other support
staff unions. There are 470 local agreements
that still need to be reached in total.
Many expect Education Minister Laurel
Broten to begin imposing contracts Jan. 2.
“To those school boards and unions which
have yet to come to terms on fair, balanced
and responsible contracts, I say to you that
it is time to end the uncertainty for students,
parents and taxpayers and get back to doing
what we do best: putting students first,” Ms.
Broten said in a statement Sunday.
Once contracts are imposed, all further
job action becomes illegal. CUPE had voted
to take part in a one-day “political protest”
with the ETFO and the OSSTF in the new
year, but its involvement now is uncertain.
Michael Barrett, president of the Ontar-
io Public School Boards’ Association and
Oshawa trustee with the Durham District
School Board, said the deal adds pressure to
the OSSTF and ETFO to get back to the bar-
gaining table, but added the province-wide
agreements can cause trouble for school
boards.
“It’s one thing to come up with an agree-
ment. It’s another thing to implement it,” he
said. “We weren’t sitting at the table. We’re
left in the dark, and we’re the ones who
have to implement the deal over the next 24
months.”
Ken Coran, president of the OSSTF, said
it wasn’t clear how the CUPE deal would
affect his union’s ability to bargain, since he
doesn’t know what’s been negotiated.
He expressed his surprise that CUPE had
reached a province-wide tentative agree-
ment, since he thought all bargaining had
to be done at the local level. Only one local
from the OSSTF, the Upper Grand District
School Board, has ratified an agreement. No
locals from the ETFO have reached a deal.
The OSSTF is waiting to see whether the
minister imposes contracts before holding a
meeting of all local presidents Jan. 9. At that
time, members will discuss their options,
including withdrawing further services and
a potential days-long walkout, he said.
- With files from Torstar News Service
Durham school support
workers could reach deal
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Tara HaTHerly
thatherly@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- A new mobile appli-
cation lets Ajax and Pickering
residents order taxis with the
click of a button.
TAG Taxi, a free application
introduced in Ajax and Pickering
in December, allows iPhone
and Android users to instantly
request service from Rapid Taxi
without placing a phone call, or
even having to know the address
of their whereabouts. The mobile
app uses GPS technology to send
a cab to a user’s exact location.
“We offer taxi companies a new
way to reach their clients,” said
Patrick Gagne, TAG Taxi presi-
dent. “Our intuitive application
is plugged into their dispatch
system, which sends orders to
drivers. Our goal -- optimizing
the taxi experience and putting
users back at the centre of it.”
Customers can specify what
type and size of cab is required
through the app, as well as rate
their taxi experience by compli-
menting the driver and taxi qual-
ity or suggesting improvements.
“Rapid Taxi remains aware of its
clients’ needs,” said Ravi Bhard-
waj, general manager of Rapid
Taxi. “A partnership with TAG
Taxi was obvious. This agreement
will help us improve our services
and maximize our taxis’ rides.”
The TAG Taxi application is a
Canadian creation, developed in
Montreal in 2011. For more infor-
mation on the app, visit www.
tag-taxi.com. For more informa-
tion on Rapid Taxi, visit www.
rapidtaxi.net.
Reporter Tara Hatherly can be found on
Twitter @Tara_Hatherly and on Facebook
by searching Tara Hatherly.
Free
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Ajax and
Pickering
residents
order taxis
with ease
‘‘We offer taxi
companies a new
way to reach
their clients.’
Patrick Gagne,
TAG Taxi
Squadron home
to province’s
top cadet
PICKERING -- Some bright lights
are shining within the City’s 856
Kinsmen Squadron, which went
home with an impressive haul of
awards from the annual Ontario
Provincial Committee of the Air
Cadet League awards night.
Warrant Officer First Class Lester
Sampayo was awarded the Briga-
dier-General Bob Robert, CD Shield
Cadet of the Year. The award recog-
nizes Mr. Sampayo as the top cadet
out of more than 8,000 Air Cadets
in the province. Mr. Sampayo was
also chosen for the International
Air Cadet exchange to New Zealand
last year.
Also receiving recognition was
Warrant Officer Second Class Liam
Bills, who won the David Kessler
Memorial Award as the top Ontario
Cadet in the Aircraft Maintenance
Advanced Aviation Technology
Course, which was held this past
summer. The Pickering squadron
was also awarded the George Moir
Award as the top squadron in the
eastern Ontario region, while the
squadron’s sponsoring committee
was named tops in Ontario, with
Phil Haynes winning an Ontario
Provincial Committee Individual
Award for his years of dedication.
Pickering Air Cadets collect top awards
PICKERING -- Warrant Officer First Class Lester Sampayo is pre-
sented with the Brigadier Brigadier-General Bob Robert, CD Shield
Cadet of the Year, which recognizes Mr. Sampayo as the top cadet
out of more than 8,000 Air Cadets in the province. Presenting the
award is John Nolan.
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Grade 5
student raising
pledges to
donate her hair
Tara HaTHerly
thatherly@durhamregion.com
AJAX -- A 10-year-old Ajax girl
who watched family and friends
battle cancer is using her experi-
ence to help others fighting the
disease.
When a friend of Paige Steven-
son, a Grade 5 student at West-
ney Heights Public School, lost
her father to cancer earlier this
month, Paige decided she wanted
to do something to support her
friend and others battling the dis-
ease. She decided to raise money
for cancer research and donate
her hair to make a wig for cancer
treatment patients, pledging to
cut her hair if she raised $1,000.
“My grandma, my friend’s dad
and a few other people had can-
cer before, and few people who
are close to me died of it,” Paige
said of the inspiration for her
campaign. “It made my friend
feel better and my relatives that
had cancer, it kind of made them
feel proud.”
She chose to donate to the Cana-
dian Cancer Society to help fund
research for all forms of cancer.
She started fundraising Dec. 11,
and after only one week, raised
$735. She now hopes to beat her
goal and raise as much money as
she can by Jan. 31, before cutting
her hair and donating the funds
in early February.
Her efforts are inspiring others
to give back and raise awareness
as well. A schoolmate decided
to donate her hair after learning
about Paige’s campaign, and her
friends have been saying how
cool it is and telling their par-
ents all about it. Paige said it feels
good to be inspiring others, not-
ing she’s surprised how quickly
her campaign has taken off.
Paige’s mother, Stacee Steven-
son, is also surprised.
“We posted a message on Face-
book, and we sent an e-mail out
and the response has been over-
whelming to say the least,” Ms.
Stevenson said. “She has made
a big impact in terms of raising
money and inspiring others. I’m
very proud ... I’m excited for her
to see how far she can go.”
Every day after school, Paige
runs excitedly to her mailbox to
check for new donations and then
sends thank you cards to every-
one who donated to support her.
Anyone wishing to support her
can donate to the Canadian Can-
cer Society in Paige’s name by vis-
iting www.cancer.ca.
Reporter Tara Hatherly can be found on
Twitter @Tara_Hatherly and on Facebook by
searching Tara Hatherly.
Ajax girl raising money
for cancer research
ryan pfeiffer / meTroland
AJAX -- Paige Stevenson, 10,
hopes to raise $1,000 for cancer
research, at which point she will
cut off her hair and donate it for
a wig for a cancer treatment
patient.
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Welcoming 2013 in Durham
Region with a series of ‘wins’
Some residents in Durham Region chose to
welcome the new year in a winning way: by
jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Ontar-
io to raise money for worthy charitable proj-
ects.
Others welcomed 2013 in their own way.
Some visited family to mark the start of the
new year, to begin 2013 with renewed bonds
of friendship and family, a winning way to
mark a new start.
Some welcomed the new year by quiet-
ly cheering on the Canadians at the annual
International Ice Hockey Federation tourna-
ment in Ufa, Russia, who impressed every-
one with their unbeaten streak in the round-
robin portion of the tourney.
Here at home, we’re keeping a good thought
for the Oshawa Generals’ Boone Jenner, who
contributed notably upon his return to play
following a suspension. Canada was to play
rival U.S. in the semi-final early this morn-
ing.
A victory sends them to the final. That
would be one more winning way to mark this
new beginning.
You may have chosen to stay in and read a
book and quietly usher in 2013.
You may have chosen to tidy up and put
away the Christmas decorations, or catch up
on some TV shows you’ve recorded.
Exploring new worlds and meeting fiction-
al characters as part of a compelling read,
cleaning your living space, or being enter-
tained by your favourite television or film
character is a winning way to start the new
year.
If you have children and chose to spend the
bulk of your day with them (even after a late
night, perhaps) you have happened upon a
winning way to start your year.
Children ground us, teach us, touch the
depths of our hearts, and infuriate us.
But time with them is always a proverbial
‘win-win’.
If you visited your elderly parent or par-
ents, or treated them to a New Year’s Day
outing, you’ve kicked off 2013 with a win.
A brand new year stretches ahead. We don’t
know what the rest of the year will bring, in
the economy, in politics, around the world.
But we can -- many already have -- found a
way to welcome 2013 with something posi-
tive, something that enriches us, that fuels
our minds and bodies.
These are things that we can put immedi-
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The etiquette of sharing other people’s photos online
If the founder of Facebook’s own sister can’t figure out the privacy set-
tings on the world’s number-one social networking site, then clearly
they’re too complicated.
Recently Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s former director of marketing
and sister to site founder Mark Zuckerberg, expressed her annoy-
ance that a photo she had posted on her Facebook page had been
tweeted and shared publicly.
The photo itself was pretty innocuous, depicting members of
Ms. Zuckerberg’s family laughing in the kitchen.
It was posted to Twitter by Callie Schweitzer, also a social media
pro, who is not Ms. Zuckerberg’s friend on Facebook.
Ms. Zuckerberg tweeted at Ms. Schweitzer saying she posted
the photo to “friends only” and re-posting it on Twitter was
“way uncool”.
Ms. Schweitzer apologized and responded that she
subscribes to Ms. Zuckerberg’s Facebook page --
which only allows her to see public posts -- so she
thought the photo was public. Ms. Zuckerberg’s
Facebook profile has more than 1.4 million sub-
scribers.
The photo could have also appeared on Ms.
Schweitzer’s feed because the two share a
friend who was tagged in the photo.
Tweeters and posters on numerous
social media-related blogs and news sites firmly came down on Ms. Sch-
weitzer’s side, pointing out that if Ms. Zuckerberg doesn’t understand
Facebook’s privacy settings, then how could members of the public?
Several commenters pointed out that if she wanted the photo to stay
private, she shouldn’t have posted it on Facebook.
Ironically, this minor scuffle followed shortly after controversy arose
about a change in the terms of use for Instagram, a photo-sharing
app bought by Facebook in April. Many felt the changes to the terms,
announced in December, would allow advertisers to use photos from
users with no compensation or notification to the user. The move led to
a large outcry and Instagram officials issued an apology saying the lan-
guage in the new terms of use was confusing and the company did not
intend to sell users’ photos. The language was removed from the terms
of use, but it left critics wondering what the intent had been, given that
Instagram officials said they were looking to “experiment with innova-
tive advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram” while denying that
they would sell users’ photos. Days later, in response to her own privacy
breach, Ms. Zuckerberg tweeted the following:
“Digital etiquette: always ask permission before posting a friend’s
photo publicly. It’s not about privacy settings, it’s about human decency.”
Perhaps she should be sharing photo-sharing etiquette tips not with
the public, but decision makers at her brother’s company.
Reka Szekely’s social media column appears every second Thursday in this space. Contact her
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