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By Lesley Bovie
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DURHAM –From downtown busi-
nesses and landlords to environ-
mental groups and farmers - peo-
ple from all walks of life turned
out Thursday night to check out
the Province’s new growth plan.
Many wanted to know what the
58-page discussion paper, ‘Places
to Grow,’ had in store for
Durham.
Bob Malcolmson, CEO of the
Greater Oshawa Chamber of
Commerce, said the plan, which
emphasizes intensification by re-
purposing old industrial lands,
makes Oshawa a shoe-in for the
new regional courthouse.
“The services are there, the
roads are there,” he said. “Every-
thing your government needs to
prove brownfields important to
downtown redevelopment is
there. Your government is run-
ning out of time and it knows
that.”
About 140 people attended the
session in Oshawa, one of seven
being held across the Greater
Golden Horseshoe and the only
one for the regions of Durham,
Kawartha Lakes and Northum-
berland.
In an effort to curb urban
sprawl, the plan proposes direct-
ing development to existing
Jones
identified
Jacobson
in police
report
By Jeff Mitchell
Staff Writer
DURHAM –Roy Jones emphati-
cally identified Cosmo Jacobson
as the man he'd seen using an au-
tomated teller machine soon
after credit cards were stolen in a
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DUR HAM –Mo re than
$200,000 in new funding
for clinical trials means
cancer patients here will
have access to new thera-
pies sooner, say local
health officials.
The number of cancer
patients taking part in
clinical trials at Lak-
eridge Health is expected
to rise from 70 to more
than 100 as the result of
the new dollars.
"This is an important
part of improving the
level and quality of care
for our patients," said Dr.
Peter Dixon, regional
vice-president of cancer
services.
"This additional fund-
ing is very welcome and
will help our cancer pro-
g ram grow."
The $217,800 in new
funding is part of more
than $10 million being
provided to 14 cancer cen-
tres and hospitals by the
Ontario Cancer Research
Network (OCRN).
Clinical trials research
new ways to prevent, de-
tect, diagnose or treat an
illness such as cancer.
"There have been pretty
remarkable successes in
cancer treatment over the
last 20 years and it's all in-
volved clinical trials," said
OCRN president and
CEO Bob Phillips.
He pointed to child-
hood leukemia survival
rates, which have im-
proved from 20 per cent in
the 1970s to 80 per cent
today, thanks to succes-
sive clinical trials. Breast
cancer treatments have
also progressed consider-
ably as a result.
The OCRN estimates,
however, that less than 5
per cent of patients being
treated for cancer actual-
ly take part in clinical tri-
als. Insufficient research
staff and funding is partly
to blame, but sometimes
cancer patients and care
providers just may not be
aware of all their treat-
ment options, said Mr.
Phillips.
To take part in a clini-
cal trial, patients must
meet specific eligibility
criteria, including age re-
quirements in some
cases.
Patients who qualify
are given at random ei-
ther the new treatment or
the best-known existing
treatment for a compari-
son.
"We have a pretty good
indication patients in a
clinical trial have a good
or better chance of sur-
vival than people getting
treatment at the doctor
office. It's because they're
getting extra monitoring,"
said Mr. Phillips.
The moment a patient
is found to be doing
worse, the drug is
stopped.
Dr. Dixon thinks pa-
tients are becoming more
and more in tune with
clinical trials, thanks to
the Internet.
"People are learning
more about new treat-
ment. They're now com-
ing to the cancer centre
asking about clinical tri-
als," he said.
Each clinical trial is a
small step forward in can-
cer and illness treatment,
Dr. Dixon added.
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cer trials are currently
taking place at Lakeridge
Health Oshawa. OCRN
lists information about
those trials and the 224
other trials currently
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DURHAM – More than half
of the Region's beaches
are unsafe for swimming.
Durham Region Health
Department released the
warnings Friday, based on
results from the Ontario
Ministry of Health labora-
tory findings from sam-
ples taken from area
beaches during the week
of July 19.
The unsafe beaches are:
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American fugitive
caught after crash
PICKERING –An American
fugitive accused of killing
his wife has been appre-
hended in Durham Re-
gion.
Police in Ontario were
alerted by authorities in
New Hampshire that 32-
year-old Stephen Mann
may be in the GTA after
fleeing the United States a
week ago. He is accused of
fatally stabbing his wife in
New Hampshire on July
18.
Police here, including
the Toronto Police fugitive
squad and the OPP's Re-
peat Offender Parole En-
forcement (ROPE) unit
were alerted the wanted
man, who is reported to
have a cocaine dependen-
cy, might be armed and
dangerous.
On Tuesday at about 5
p.m. an OPP officer was
called to a single vehicle
accident on the 401.
Durham Region cops also
responded. They found a
black Mustang that had
gone off the roadway at
the westbound off-ramp to
Brock Road in Pickering.
The man was arrested
without incident, police
said.
Mr. Mann was taken
into custody by OPP and
was later transferred to
the Metro West Detention
Centre to await an ongo-
ing investigation and the
beginning of extradition
proceedings.
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MP retains
parliamentary
secretary’s role
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING – Pickering-
Scarborough East MP
Dan McTeague has re-
tained his parliamentary
secretary duties in the
Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs.
Prime Minister Paul
Martin announced his new
cabinet last week, includ-
ing those receiving secre-
tary positions. Mr.
McTeague has been the
parliamentary secretary
to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs since December
when Mr. Martin first be-
came prime minister.
There is a slight change
to the position, however.
“There was more of an
emphasis on Canadians
abroad (before). Now
there isn’t that great con-
cern for Canadians abroad
because of the consular
work and the work done
on my watch,” Mr.
McTeague said.
Another change is the
minister he is assisting.
Pierre Pettigrew was
named foreign affairs min-
ister, after former minister
Bill Graham was moved to
the defence portfolio.
Mr. McTeague said the
issue he will focus on is a
review of Canada’s foreign
policy.
He said he will be busy
navigating “this policy re-
view through certain wa-
ters in the House of Com-
mons.”
The policy review in-
cludes integrating all of
Canada’s foreign policy -
trade, defence, develop-
ment and diplomacy.
“Those four components
are going to have to work
together and not be taken
independently,” he said.
For example, when look-
ing at development pro-
jects around the world, he
said, trade opportunities
will also be considered.
Mr. McTeague was
pleased to retain his posi-
tion.
“I’m more than happy to
go back and continue
where I left off,” he said.
home invasion robbery, a
first-degree murder trial has
heard.
Reading from a state-
ment written by a Durham
Regional Police officer,
Crown attorney Paul Mur-
ray told a jury Wednesday
that Mr. Jones immediately
picked Mr. Jacobson out of a
photo line-up.
"Yes, yes, definitely, that's
him," Mr. Jones is quoted as
saying in the officer's report.
"Guaranteed, 100 per
cent."
The investigating officer,
who could not attend court
because of serious illness,
took note of Mr. Jones's cer-
tainty that Mr. Jacobson
was the man who'd used the
ATM at the Metro East
Trade Centre on June 16,
2000, the day after masked
men invaded and robbed a
residence on Major Oaks
Drive in Pickering.
"It was confident, definite
and with no hesitation," Mr.
Murray said of Mr. Jones's
statement.
Mr. Jacobson and his
long-time friend Sean Hall
are on trial for the murder of
Mr. Jones, who was shot to
death near his home on
Pickering Beach Road in
Ajax on the night of Feb. 4,
2001.
It is the Crown's theory
that Mr. Jones was slain to
prevent him from testifying
in court against Mr. Jacob-
son, also known as Avi
Mundy, who faced several
years in prison for the home
invasion robbery.
Court heard that Durham
Regional Police received a
report that a credit card
stolen from the Major Oaks
Drive home had been used
in the ATM at the Metro
East Trade Centre shortly
after the robbery occurred.
Following up on that tip, of-
ficers went to the mall.
There, they interviewed
Mr. Jones, a 28-year-old se-
curity guard who said he'd
seen Mr. Jacobson using the
ATM. He immediately
picked out Mr. Jacobson's
picture and told police
about a brief exchange he'd
had with the man.
"He said to me, 'If anyone
asks, just say you didn't see
me here,'" Mr. Jones told po-
lice.
The statement came as
the prosecution neared the
end of its case against the
two men, whose trial began
in mid-April. The case is
being heard by a jury of
eight men and four women,
and is being presided over
by Superior Court Justice
Donald Ferguson.
The jury has been ex-
cused until September,
when defence lawyers for
both Mr. Jacobson and Mr.
Hall begin calling witnesses.
Lawyers for both men
have hinted their clients will
take the witness stand.
In other evidence this
week, the Crown played for
the jury wiretap tapes of Mr.
Hall, who was under surveil-
lance for months following
the murder. Part of that sur-
veillance was carried out by
undercover police officers,
two of whom moved into Mr.
Hall's apartment building in
Brantford in the summer of
2001.
The cops, seeking to gain
Mr. Hall's confidence, pre-
sented themselves as suc-
cessful criminals who could
provide Mr. Hall access to
the big money and flashy ve-
hicles he yearned for. They
testified about how they
counselled him on how to
conduct himself and avoid
being busted, especially for
petty crimes such a car theft
and dope peddling.
Mr. Murray played ex-
cerpts from a two-hour tele-
phone conversation Mr. Hall
had with a friend Aug. 16,
2001, during which he de-
scribed his admiration for
his new pals and the oppor-
tunities they seemed to pre-
sent for him.
"I know they love me,
man," Mr. Hall is heard say-
ing. He describes how they'd
brought him along on a few
jobs - actually elaborate
"plays" involving other un-
dercover officers - to test his
mettle.
When his friend warns
him his new pals may be
cops, Mr. Hall seems un-
fazed.
"If it's a set-up, these guys
are wicked actors, man," he's
heard saying on the tape.
"I don't know, man. I think
they're too good to be true ...
but at the same time, I'm
getting paid."
A week later, Mr. Hall was
arrested and charged with
murder.
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urban areas, rather than
open space agricultural
lands, and designating only
new infrastructure dollars
to those areas the Province
thinks should grow.
Along with downtown
Oshawa, downtown Picker-
ing was designated as one
of 15 emerging urban areas,
which have the potential to
be future growth centres
with the possibility of more
investment.
Rob Lyons, a landowner
on the Rouge Duffin Agri-
cultural Preserve, took
issue with the plan, which
calls for downtown intensi-
fication in Pickering and
development in Seaton,
not the agricultural pre-
serve.
“In October of last year,
the people chose change.
(Your government) said it
planned to work with mu-
nicipalities but why are you
breaking these promises?”
he asked Lou Rinaldi, par-
liamentary secretary for
Public Infrastructure Re-
newal.
He pointed to a recent
open house hosted by the
Ministry of Municipal Af-
fairs and Housing, where
he said he was told the
Province would develop a
secondary plan for Seaton
without any City input.
Pickering has been under-
going its own growth man-
agement study, which Mr.
Lyons said offers a balance
by developing some of the
preserve and some of
Seaton.
“The agricultural pre-
serve is protected. You
know that. The previous
government made that
commitment and we’re
sticking to it,” Mr. Rinaldi
answered.
On the other hand, the
plan received high marks
from some of Pickering’s
environmental groups.
Bonnie Littley, of the
Rouge Duffin Greenspace
Coalition, thanked the
ministry for keeping its
campaign promise to safe-
guard the agricultural pre-
serve.
“There is vast communi-
ty opposition to the growth
management study,” she
said. “We appreciate you
having the wisdom to take
the big picture on.”
The session also heard
from Ron Death, who com-
plained the 58-page plan
only dedicated two pages
to the agricultural sector,
its largest stakeholder.
“You’re proposing to tell
me what I can do with my
land,” he said. “You’re
telling me I can’t separate
land for a retirement lot.
Yo u’re telling me who I can
sell my land too. What right
do you have to do that
without any compensa-
tion?”
Mr. Rinaldi said the
Province hasn’t abandoned
farmers. The Province re-
cently announced a $900-
million five-year infrastruc-
ture program for rural On-
tario, he said.
The discussion paper
looks at planning in a
broad sense, with the
specifics to be worked out
as the process moves for-
ward, he said afterwards.
The public has until
Sept. 24 to comment on the
discussion paper. They can
do so by visiting
www.placestogrow.pir.gov.
on.ca. or by mail to Growth
Plan for the Greater Gold-
en Horseshoe, Ministry of
Public Infrastructure Re-
newal, Smart Growth Sec-
retariat, 777 Bay Street,
16th Floor, Toronto, On-
tario M5G 2E5.
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Child-care
funding a
good step
All parties must commit to meeting
needs of families in the province
Child-care providers and parents across Ontario re-
ceived good news recently as the Province announced
$58.2 million in funding to help shorten waiting lists
for subsidized day care.
The money, Ontario's share of federal funding, was de-
scribed by the Province as the largest boost to child care in
a decade and will create 4,000 new spaces for babies and pre-
school children across Ontario. In Durham, almost 1,000
kids are waiting for subsidized spaces at the Region's six
centres.
For many parents, day care for infants and small children
is a financial burden that makes re-entering the workforce
cost prohibitive. Others have difficulty finding convenient
centres that have space to take new kids. And child-care
providers, besides being forced to put families on waiting
lists, have juggled financial difficulties with limited funding,
rising costs, and programs that require high ratios of staff to
children that make them expensive just to break even.
The funding announcement follows the federal Liberal mi-
nority government's pledge to make child care one of its key
issues for improvement. With Prime Minister Paul Martin's
new cabinet just organized and getting down to business,
this funding is a good beginning for the job at hand.
But a minority government has a shaky, tenuous hold on
power, and is, as Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan
noted, in a challenging position that requires working to-
ward consensus and compromise.
The federal Liberals have been promising reform to child
care since 1993. Clearly, the need for more subsidized, af-
fordable day care is present in our communities, which are
rapidly growing and attracting new, young families all the
time. While Ontario says more federal funding in this area is
expected up until the 2007-08 fiscal year, a minority govern-
ment likely won't remain in power that long.
What's needed is for all parties and levels of government
to commit to child-care issues and keep working together to
meet the growing demand for affordable, quality care for our
children.
Kids are winning
soccer Oscars
To the editor:
I have reached a new level of frustra-
tion with the game of soccer.
I was watching my 10-year-old child's
team play a tournament when it hap-
pened again. I observed Academy
Award-style performances not just from
our team, but from other teams as well.
Scene 1: With the slightest bump a soc-
cer players falls down.
Scene 2: The trainer arrives with 'The
Mag ic Water Bottle.' The child has a sip
and bam, a miraculous recovery! The
player is up and running. Wow what is in
that water? Why are our kids doing this?
Is it a coaching strategy? Is it designed to
run the clock? Is it a way a tired player
can get a rest? I have heard of a player
being coached to dive and stay down in
an attempt to draw a penalty kick.
I am officially calling you all offside.
You are encouraging and allowing chil-
dren to acquire new skill sets in the art of
manipulation. Do what it takes, win the
game, and satisfy your ego. Enough.
Years ago the Hospital for Sick Chil-
dren published 'Return To Play' criteria.
They said coaches and trainers cannot
see bone and soft tissue injuries or con-
cussions, and, because youngsters often
get 'green sprig' fractures (an incomplete
break) which are less obvious, that any
child under 12 years old who goes down
on the playing surface and requires assis-
tance - should not return for 20 minutes.
It is a rule for their safety. When some
coaches implemented this rule many no-
ticed less players going down. Let's en-
courage genuine behaviour because if we
tolerate and encourage deceptive manip-
ulation at this young age, we can only an-
ticipate an amplification of what we al-
ready detest in the world today.
Garth Riley
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And in Canada, the
group is certainly
entitled to its opinion
D epending on who you talk
to, Rosemary Connell and
her cohorts are either
wing nuts or heroes. And you
won't find too many people who
sit in the middle of those two
opinions.
Such is the polarizing issue that
is abortion.
Ms. Connell and 22 of her
friends, some of them from
Durham Region and others from
around the province, did their
best to draw attention to them-
selves earlier this month. They
were standing along busy streets
at different locations in the region
with some pretty disgusting im-
ages blown up on poster-sized
placards, of a fetus that had been
aborted. Consider their mission a
success.
Based on the reaction from our
readers, the group accomplished
exactly what they set out to do:
get people upset about abortion.
We here at the News Advertiser
condemned their method, but you
can't argue with their success.
Maybe they turned people away
from supporting them, but ulti-
mately, they only wanted to make
people stand up and notice that
abortions are taking place here in
Canada -- a fact the group is ve-
hemently against.
After spending some time with
Ms. Connell, carefully avoiding of-
fering my own opinion on the
issue as a journalist must, I can
say this much about her: she is a
passionate, convinced and dedi-
cated advocate for her cause.
She was standing toe-to-toe
with a Durham Regional Police
officer when I first found her,
clearly not intimidated by his au-
thority. Like it or not, she had an
answer for every question or point
the officer made, that I could
hear, as they argued about the
safety of what the protesters were
doing.
"We have a right to do this," she
told him.
She's right. To those people
who had a hard time looking at
the images or explaining them to
children, I sympathize. I tried to
avoid looking at them as well and
wouldn't want my children to see
them. But this country is a free
democracy and we have free
speech and they are exercising
their rights, regardless of how
others feel about it.
The truth is, anti-abortion ad-
vocates will never say die, so we're
just going to have to put up with
this type of protest or any other
legal protest if we want to call
ourselves a free society.
David Stell's column appears
every third Sunday. E-mail
dstell@durhamregion.com.
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Community leaders
feel today's youth
hold the key
to change
This is the last in a four-part se-
ries examining the lack of diversi-
ty among the elected officials rep-
resenting all levels of government
in Ajax and Pickering.
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
DURHAM – Change is coming.
That’s how Pickering Mayor
Dave Ryan and Ajax Mayor Steve
Parish feel when it comes to the
presence of visible minorities on
local councils.
The question is though, how is
that change going to come about?
Both mayors recognize the lack
of diversity is an issue and both
are trying to reach out to the mul-
ticultural communities in each
municipality to encourage politi-
cal participation.
“One of the things that I do per-
sonally is going into the schools
and encouraging young people
from all ethnic backgrounds and
genders to become actively in-
volved in their community and to
find a place that they’re comfort-
able contributing to society,”
Mayor Ryan said.
Mayor Parish said he tries to
encourage community leaders.
“I take the time to speak to
some of the individuals who have
taken on leadership roles in the
multicultural community about
(running for council),” he said.
“It’s one of the disappointments
that it hasn’t happened, that we
haven’t had a representative on
council that reflects the true
makeup of the community.”
The Town of Ajax has seven cit-
izen committees, which have a
more diverse makeup than coun-
cil. Mayor Parish said those com-
mittees provide valuable leader-
ship training. “There is more of a
range of backgrounds on those,”
he said. “I always look at the citi-
zen committees as a training
ground for potential councillors.”
Susan Maturine, president of
the Pickering Carib Canadian
Cultural Association, sees getting
more visible minorities involved
in local politics as both the re-
sponsibility of the municipality
and the community.
“We probably need to be more
forceful to see that something is
done,” she said.
Although she would like to see
herself and other visibility minori-
ties represented at council, Ms.
Maturine also agrees change is
coming.
“It is just a matter of time and
hopefully the young adults will be-
come more vigilant,” she said.
Arsalan Shirazi graduated
from Dunbarton High School this
year. He was born in Canada
shortly after his parents emigrat-
ed from England. His mother was
born in Pakistan and his father in
India.
“Myself and other kids, visible
minorities who were born here,
have the skills... it is probably this
generation who will have the best
opportunity to represent visible
minorities in government, if it in-
terests them,” he said.
He intends to focus on politics
or international studies with his
post-secondary education, but at
this point isn’t interested in run-
ning for political office. Still, he
would like to see more visible mi-
norities involved.
“It turns me off in the sense
that unless you are a middle-aged
white guy, you’re not going to
make it in politics,” he said.
“There needs to be more incen-
tive... The community itself needs
to encourage people to come out.”
For many, the solution does lie
with youth: the next generation.
Mobeen Khaja, president of the
Association of Progressive Mus-
lims of Ontario and an Ajax resi-
dent, said young people in the
Muslim community are being en-
couraged to get involved in poli-
tics through volunteering for can-
didates or politicians.
“The process has started. The
question is the timing to have
them run for office,” he said,
adding there is some apprehen-
sion on the part of minorities to
put themselves out there.
“Their fear is that if they try for
an office they have no chance of
getting elected. They have to try,”
he said. “It may not happen to-
morrow or the day after tomor-
row, but it is going to start to hap-
pen.”
Mr. Khaja says he admires
Mayor Parish for encouraging
people to run. He thinks involve-
ment will increase with the sec-
ond generation - those born and
raised here. He is optimistic.
“It’s a matter of time,” he said.
“It happened with other commu-
nities.”
There are other municipalities
in the Greater Toronto Area
where visible minorities have
been successful in getting elected.
In Markham, where 55 per cent
of the population is made up of
visible minorities, progress has
been made at the local and other
levels of government.
“Markham has had a strong
record in the past, both on local
council and at provincial parlia-
ment,” said Myer Siemiatiycki, a
political science professor at Ry-
erson University.
Of its 13 representatives on
council, two are visible minorities.
Mr. Siemiatiycki sites both a
higher percentage of visible mi-
norities and a high concentration
of one group from which to draw
candidates and supporters as
reasons why Markham has been
successful.
Pickering Ward 3 City Council-
lor David Pickles also feels change
is coming.
“As time goes by we will have
more women and visible minori-
ties running for council and being
successful in running for council,”
he said.
Errol Massiah, a candidate who
ran for Ajax council in 2000, dis-
agrees that with time change will
come.
“There’s a common perception
by the mainstream that the
process is there: learn about it,
get involved and make a differ-
ence. That prevailing thought has
not made it down to the visible
minority communities,” he said.
“Unless there is active engage-
ment to get these people involved
in the wider community, in issues
away from their own community
issues, they won’t get involved.”
He said he doesn’t want to hear
“lip service” but rather wants to
see a conscious effort being made
to include all people.
“Our civic leaders should not
work on the assumption that the
visible minority communities
should be treated with the same
measuring stick as the white es-
tablished community and there-
fore know what to do about poli-
tics and community participa-
tion,” Mr. Massiah said. “If there
is a lack of participation by the
visible minority communities in
civic events, political debates or
the political process, then they
ought to ask themselves why and
move to make the necessary cor-
rection.”
Mayor Ryan counters the op-
portunities are there.
“The same opportunity is avail-
able to men and to women and to
all cultural or ethnic groups and
there are no barriers other than
the barriers we create for our-
selves,” he said.
In Pickering not only is the mul-
ticultural community not present
at the council table, neither are
women.
A woman hasn’t been elected to
City council since Sherry Senis in
the 1994 to 1997 term. The munic-
ipality’s councils have always
been male dominated.
While the ultimate decision-
making power lies with the elec-
torate, some say more can be
done to help women attain politi-
cal office. Former MPP and
provincial cabinet minister Janet
Ecker said blaming voters is an
“easy out.”
She added, “An organization
has a lot to do with developing
leaders in the community.”
Women can be encouraged to
get involved through local riding
associations at the federal and
provincial levels or by chairing a
committee at the local level.
Ms. Ecker said she is less con-
cerned with wondering why
women are not more involved,
than with what she can do to en-
courage women and foster an in-
terest. Then there will be more
role models in place for young
women to aspire to be.
Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo
Arsalan Shirazi feels his generation may be the one that finally starts turning the tide, leading to the election of visible
minorities in Ajax and Pickering at all levels of political office.
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Region working
on new contract
for facility in
Pickering
By Carly Foster
Staff Writer
DURHAM – All residents
could have compost pick
up at their doors by 2006.
The Region is set to
enter into a contract with
Miller Waste Systems to
compost food and yard
waste at a new facility on
Squires Beach Road in
Pickering.
“Residents in Ajax,
Whitby, Oshawa and Pick-
ering are anxious to start
source separating their
food wastes and utilize
the new curb side ‘Green
Bins,’” a report from the
Region’s finance and
works committees said.
Brock, Uxbridge, Scu-
gog and Clarington cur-
rently have the compost
program, with 2,500
tonnes of food waste col-
lected in 2003.
Region-wide, 16,000
tonnes of leaf and yard
waste was collected.
Overall last year, only
31 per cent of Durham’s
garbage was diverted - a
far cry from Durham Re-
gion’s goal of 50 per cent
diversion by 2007 or earli-
er.
A region-wide compost
program would help, the
report said.
“The expansion of the
green bin program will
significantly increase the
Region’s waste diversion
and reduce our communi-
ty’s dependence on land-
fill sites in Michigan.”
At a recent regional
council meeting, staff was
directed to conclude ne-
gotiations with Miller
over the summer, if possi-
ble, and enter into a 10- to
15-year contract.
The first year cost is
not to exceed $3 million,
the report said.
Key terms of the con-
tract include a minimum
of 24,000 tonnes of
kitchen and yard waste to
be delivered to the facility
annually, with pick-up to
begin July 1, 2006.
A full report on the ne-
gotiations, including a fi-
nancial impact analysis,
will come to council in
September.
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major construction on the return to service of our
Pickering A Unit 1 reactor. OPG has incorporated lessons
learned from the Unit 4 project in the planning and
refurbishment of Unit 1.
Once operating, Unit 1 will contribute 515 megawatts
of power to Ontario’s electricity supply. That’s enough
to meet the electricity needs of 350,000 households for one year. Unit 1 will generate
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Electricity supply from Unit 1 will complement the 515 megawatts of electricity now
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That’s good news for Ontario, the environment and our community.
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The four part series be-
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Tuesday Aug. 3 from 9
a.m. to noon. The other
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sessions. Caregivers can
attend all the sessions or
sign up for those they are
most interested in.
“Alzheimer Society has
been hosting general in-
formation sessions for
family caregivers for sev-
eral years and as a result
of requests for more in-
depth information, we’ve
added these special work-
shops,” said Joan Skelton,
Executive Director of
Alzheimer Society of
Durham Region.
To r eserve a seat for
each session, registration
and a $5 materials fee is
required. Those partici-
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package containing infor-
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The Power Academy conducts
soccer training for youth players
between the ages of 4 and 17
years. Players receive professional
soccer instruction in a fun and
positive environment. Soccer camps
and clinics focus on developing
confident, creative and positive
players.
Fair play and skill development are
at the root of the Power Soccer
philosophy. Director, Liam Power is
a former League of Ireland player
and instructor with the National
Coaching Program. He is a
coaching consultant to several
youth soccer clubs in Ontario. The
Power Soccer School has been
training youth players since 1996.
Coach Power has some tips to
ensure that the kids as well as the
parents have a fun and enjoyable
soccer season.
1.Your child should be playing,
not sitting on the bench, regardless
of the level they participate in.
Coaches who pick players should
play them.
2.Avoid placing your child with
youth coaches whose main
objective is to win games above all
else. Youth soccer is
not professional
soccer.
3.Up to the age of 15 or 16,
players need to develop their skills,
body strength and experience.
They need to play and gain
experience doing so. At ages 15-
16, young adults have a better
understanding, appreciation and
desire to win. Up to that point they
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to develop.
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in your child, not the opposite.
5.Listen to the coach, there should
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in private.
6.If you cannot say something
positive to your child after the
game, then say nothing.
7.Soccer is more than learning
technical skills, it is about life skills;
team building, communication,
participation, discipline and
commitment. Look for coaches
who see the whole picture. Ask
coaches about their philosophy but
remember
that
actions
speak
louder than
words.
8.Don’t
criticize the
coach; offer
to help.
Communicate your positive
comments or concerns with him. He
is likely a volunteer.
9.Be realistic about your child’s’
ability. Do not push your child into
a level that is too advanced for
them.
10.Encourage your son or
daughter to stay in soccer. The
social, physical and emotional
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great game!
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You can reach Liam via
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It’s difficult to estab-
lish benchmarks and
to comparison shop
for a home renovator
because people don’t shop
for one as often as they
shop for items such as
shoes.
Sam Beninato of
Plumbing Mart said that a
home renovation project
should be a well-thought
out decision. It could cost
thousands of dollars and
will affect your family for
many years — enlisting the
help of an expert is key.
The first step is informa-
tion gathering. Visit show-
rooms, websites and publi-
cations to learn what prod-
ucts are available on the
market. Get an overview
and then narrow it down to
what you really want.
“The next step is having
a face-to-face meeting with
a specialist, not a general-
ist,” Beninato said.
It’s important to work
with a person you feel com-
fortable with. A rapport has
to be established as well as a
bond of trust.
HIRE A SPECIALIST
General contractors usu-
ally have the skill to oversee
an entire project and often
contract out specific parts
of it.
Specialists focus on one
trade. They do it day-in, day-
out. They usually work
faster because there is no
learning curve and they are
dedicated to the work at
hand.
Beninato said that con-
sumers should look for spe-
cialists such as those at
Plumbing Mart, who can
give them exact start dates,
progress time and a sub-
stantial completion date.
“Buyers should be care-
ful about vague timelines,”
he said. “If you’re told that
a contractor can start work
in March, does that mean at
the beginning of March or
at the end of that month?
Your life could be turned
upside down for a whole
month.”
Consumers should also
ask how long a contractor
has been in business. A con-
tractor that just started his
business may have great
intentions, but may not be
able to respond appropriate-
ly if an unforeseen problem
is encountered.
“Plumbing Mart has
been in business for more
than 40 years. If there is a
problem we can make five
phone calls and come up
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An established specialist
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several home renovating
trends throughout the years
and come up with its own
innovations.
WARRANTY
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Always ask if it covers the
product, service, labour or
all three.
If a bathtub comes with a
manufacturer’s warranty
only, will your contractor
remove it at no cost so that
you can claim your warran-
ty from the manufacturer?
Is the cost of labour going to
be charged to you? Only a
specialist that stands
behind all facets of its work
can give consumers the
peace of mid that they
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parts needed to complete
the job.
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