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Home My WebLink AboutNA2018_06_06WEDNESDAY JUNE 6, 2018 newsroom@durhamregion.com www.facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham durhamregion.com Contact Us $2.00 Piano and Guitar Lessons 1099 Kingston Rd #5b Pickering •905-831-6388 (pianogroup.ca) For A Free Report Please Call: 1-800-611-8910 ID # 1045 Mike Hogan - Salesperson Re/Max Rouge River Realty. Ltd, Brokerage 905-619-2100 Early Bird Special! $5.49* *Includes: 2 eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, home fries & toast. *Monday to Friday, 6:30am – 11am. Holidays excluded. Plus tax. 1660 Kingston Road, Pickering North side of Kingston Rd, Just West of Brock Rd. 905-686-2055 That 50’s Diner PICKERING - Mayor Dave Ryan will meet with the police chief and other local political lead- ers to address gun violence follow- ing the shocking shooting just out- side Pickering Ribfest over the weekend. "This is a safe community. This incident is not indicative of the personality or the way Pickering lives," he said. But he said the incident cannot be ignored. "The point needs to be made and we need to take a stand so I'm establishing these meetings," he said. Shots were fired outside of the event, at around 11 p.m. on Satur- day, June 2, just as people were ex- iting the park and it was shutting down for the night. A 20-year-old Pickering man, a 30-year-old North York man, a 17-year-old Ajax boy and a 16-year-old Ajax boy were shot. All four were treat- ed and later released from hospi- tal. Police do not believe it was a random act. A Pickering resident named Durham Regional Police were investigating the scene after four people were shot at near the Pickering Ribfest on Saturday night. Police said the shooting happened at about 11 p.m., as the event at Esplanade Park was wrapping up for the night. A 20-year-old Pickering man, a 30-year-old North York man, a 17-year-old boy from Ajax and a 16-year-old boy from Ajax were the victims. Injuries to all four victims are considered non-life threatening. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland Witness describes shooting near Pickering Ribfest KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com l See RIBFEST, page 3 Events Calendar See what’s happening by visiting our online community calendar. www.durhamregion.com/events News, events and information on your desktop, laptop or mobile device ONLINE at durhamregion.com dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 | 2 Doyouhavequestionsaboutyourchild’s development,learning,speech,orbehaviour? Cometo: Ready,Set,GrowCheck-Up Wednesday,June20,2018 EarlyONCFCPickering VaughanWillardPublicSchool 1911DixieRoadN.,Pickering 9:30am-1:30pm This is a FREE drop in for parents/caregivers of children 0-5 years. Bring your children and ask questions about development, learning, speech, and behaviour. Professionalsfromthefollowingagencieswillbe present: • Children’s Services • Infant and Child Development • Grandview Children’s Centre {Preschool Speech and Language {OccupationalTherapy {Physiotherapy • Durham Behaviour Management Services • Family and Community Action Program • Durham Region Health Department • Resources for Exceptional Children andYouth • And more! For more information contact Durham Health Connection Line at 905-666-6241 or 1-800-841-2729 or visit durham.ca PICKERING - Those looking to experience lo- cal, fresh produce, food, music and family-fun ac- tivities can find it at the Pickering City Centre each Tuesday. Located next to the Civic Complex, One The Espla- nade, in Pickering, the Pickering City Centre Farmers' Market will run every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with all-new theme days. The market opened on June 5 and will continue each Tuesday un- til Oct. 2 Some of the theme days include: Meet the Mayor, Protecting Our Bees & But- terflies (June 5); City Rec- reation and Museum Day (June 12); Food Truck Day (June 19); Pickering Blooms Day (June 26); Her- itage and Multicultural Day (July 3); and Youth Day (July 10). On opening day, the public will get an opportu- nity to chat with Mayor Dave Ryan from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., learn about pol- linators, listen to live mu- sic by the LakeRidge Dixie Stompers, and more. This year's market wel- comes an exciting lineup of food trucks, food vendors, farm fresh produce, arti- sans and wineries. Visit pickering.ca/far- mersmarket to view the weekly schedule. COMMUNITY Pickering farmers' market to run to Oct. 2 PICKERING - Bill Lish- man was an accomplished artist, filmmaker, inven- tor, pioneer and more. The late Lishman's wife Paula accepted a lifetime achievement award on his behalf on Monday at the 2017 Pickering Civic Awards. "One might accurately refer to him as a modern renaissance man," said Mayor Dave Ryan, adding Lishman was also an ar- chitect, ultralight pilot, author, activist and envi- ronmentalist. The Pickering native is famous for leading birds to migrate using his ultra- light aircraft, the inspira- tion for the 1996 Holly- wood movie Fly Away Home. "His technique was also used in groundbreaking conservation work for the endangered whooping crane," said Mayor Ryan. An exhibition celebrat- ing Lishman's life and art will be on display in city hall until June 14. Pickering native Kath- ryn Fowles won a special citation award for the work she does in her new home, Norway, while ben- efiting people in need across the world. The zumba instructor empowers women in her popular class to give back and help numerous chari- ties. "Thanks to gifts that in- clude her ability to create a sense of community, Kathryn's classes exude positivity, joy and camara- derie," said Mayor Ryan. Fowles was named by Norway's leading chain of pharmacies as 'a driving force, enthusiast, and ded- icated person' in 2017. As a reward, the company gave her $1,500 to donate to charity. She chose Chil- dren Around the World, a Toronto-based charity committed to transform- ing the lives of children through a good night's sleep, and to Pharmacists Across Borders. "It gives me great pride to accept this award from my hometown of Picker- ing," Fowles said via social media. "It was even more special that my parents who are strong supporters of the community were able to accept it on my be- half." Linda Raponi won a lo- cal business award. The zumba, yoga and Pilates instructor's knowledge of fitness and nutrition helps clients build their confi- dence and achieve their goals at her business, Pure Energy Fitness. "She is described by her clients as 'genuine,' 'non- judgmental' and 'selfless' - and for good reason," said Mayor Ryan. Raponi organizes sev- eral annual events includ- ing Zumba for Hope, to raise money for Learning for Hope, an organization that supports education programs in developing countries; a food and toy drive class; and a special class to raise funds in sup- port of cancer awareness. Last fall, Raponi hosted a paint night to support He- rizon House, and a holiday social night for her stu- dents collected more than 200 pairs of slippers for the organization. Raponi was grateful for the award, but said the spotlight is really on the members. "I'm walking alongside with them and I'll accept it (on their behalf)," she said. Richard Sogawa and David Werry won an ama- teur sports award for starting up the popular sport of pickleball in Pick- ering, which now has more than 200 members. "Three mornings a week, about 25 to 40 play- ers show up at the Picker- ing Recreation Complex to play," said Mayor Ryan. After the ceremony, So- g awa was pleased to share he had just found another six people to join pickle- ball. "The group has made it so much fun and I couldn't do it without them," he said. NEWS Late Bill Lishman honoured in Pickering Brigitte Sopher, Betty Michaud and Don Anderson from the Whitevale Arts and Culture Centre accepted a Pickering civic award from Mayor Dave Ryan during an awards ceremony at Pickering City Hall on May 28. Jason Liebregts / Metroland KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com 3 | Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH VOTING, A RIDE TO THE POLLS, OR TO FIND OUT WHERE TO VOTE, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AT:289-482-0297 Authorized by the CFO for the Peter Bethlenfalvy Campaign BETHLENFALVYBETHLENFALVY PC Candidate, Pickering-Uxbridge BETHLENF Peter VOTE THURSDAY Amy, who declined to give her last name, was exiting Esplanade Park with her husband, 13-year-old son and 13-month-old daughter, who was asleep in her stroll- er, being pushed by her fa- ther. "The thing is there was a vibe," Amy said. She said one teenage boy was arguing with a security guard, unsuccessfully try- ing to get into the park, but he eventually walked away and went back to his large group of friends. She said an argument broke out between two teen- age boys, one from the large group, and the other from a smaller group. "These guys were no old- er than 18," she said. Amy remembers one boy yelling about "Finch" and a girl saying someone shouldn't have "a beef." "I said to my husband, 'Let's hurry up and get the hell out of here'," she said. Suddenly, there were three shots. Everyone start- ed running, and she heard five more shots. Amy's husband took cov- er behind a hydro box with the baby. The very big crowd quickly dwindled down at that point, and the shooter and his group of friends, which she believes made up the smaller group, were gone as well. "I have my son who is 13 who is never going to forget this happened," she said. "My daughter is 13 months old and (we had to dodge bullets with her)." Amy has contacted po- lice. "It's going to be very hard for anybody to identify him unless you know who he is," she said. "Every description is going to be 'young, black male, dark clothing.'" That description matches one is- sued by police. Police said it is unknown how many guns were fired, and are still seeking a sus- pect. Longtime Ajax Rotary Club member Rene Soetens was about 60 feet away from where the shooting oc- curred. "I was inside the court- yard and it happened out- side the courtyard. Where I was standing, all of a sud- den, there was a lot of bang- ing. It was like someone set off a bunch of firecrackers." He noted the security people hired by organizers Ajax and Pickering Rotary clubs and Durham regional police both reacted quickly. "Quickly, they had things under control. To me, it seemed to be minutes. It's was almost instanta- neous," Soetens said. "A lot of young people were fright- ened and scared, as they should be." With people rushing to avoid the shooting area, people were slipping and falling, he added. He was back on the site the next day at 7 a.m. "We had to decide" if the event would continue. Police didn't want the event to reopen until they sorted out what they had, Soetens said. "We understood that. We consulted with the police. It's really their jurisdic- tion," he said. By about 9 a.m., the clubs decided to go ahead. Police asked that the main gate be moved to another location. Police, the security de- tail and first aid providers worked well together, he noted. "All those things are in place for a reason, but you never think this would hap- pen," Soetens said. As for what might hap- pen in the future, "It's pre- mature to comment on that. We haven't done an assess- ment yet." Closing earlier might not be an answer, he said. "Closing early, I'm not sure what we'd gain. We just don't have a problem in the park. It happened outside the park." Closing earlier would "penalize those people in- side the park. We'll review what happened." Ribfest co-chair Lon Har- nish said organizers will re- view security efforts for next year's event as it does every year. "We're always constantly tweaking, changing, im- proving all those kinds of things," he said. He noted Ribfest brought in 90,000 people this year, and 15,000 of those people came on Sunday, a drop he felt was mostly due to the weather. "Even though the weath- er was cool, we had a lot of people in the park," he said. "We were actually heart- ened by the show of sup- port." Mayor Ryan thanked the community for staying strong, and noted "The po- lice were very complimen- tary of the organizations and the measures they al- ready had in place." He said it's now business as usual at city hall. "We have a lot of outdoor events scheduled through- out the course of the sum- mer that are very much en- joyed by Pickering resi- dents and visitors and there wont be any change to that," he said. –With files from Keith Gilligan CRIME l Continued from page 1 Ribfest witness says gunfire erupted after argument Durham Regional Police were investigating the scene after four people were shot at the Pickering Ribfest around 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 2. All four victims — a 20-year-old Pickering man, a 30-year-old North York man, a 17-year-old boy from Ajax and a 16-year-old boy from Ajax — were treated and released from hospital. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland This is a safe community. This incident is not indicative of the personality or the way Pickering lives. - Dave Ryan, Pickering Mayor Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 | 4 PICKERING - Sophia Megan currently has two big reasons to celebrate: four years of being cancer- free, and turning eight years-old in July. The Pickering girl and her family plan to mark the special occasions in the best way they know how: by giving back to others, and helping children spending time at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Currently, the family is collecting toy and financial donations to make up spe- cial boxes for children at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. "I want people to donate toys because it makes the kids in the hospitals hap- py," said Sophia. She would know. Sophia was diagnosed with leuke- mia one month before her second birthday, and even in those difficult, early days of her diagnosis, the family members did what they could to help other sick children, while providing comfort to Sophia. Her mom, Nicolle Geor- giev, made Sophia a prin- cess purse that resembled a tutu for her second birth- day, after her daughter had lost her hair to chemother- apy treatments. Once the creation was posted to Facebook and orders poured in, Georgiev made them for others. She also created and still creates personalized scrubs for children, which Georgiev had originally made to brighten Sophia's hospital visits. The family has also written several books. This goal to help others going through similar situ- ations to Sophia's has grown into a community- driven endeavour that con- tinues to grow, the Super Sophia Project. For the group's latest ini- tiative, Sophia and her fam- ily collect donations from community members and fill 'love boxes' to send to children in hospitals. The boxes generally contain toys, crafts, clothes, gift cards and more. In 2016, Sophia and her family, which also includes her father James Megan and her big brother Caleb Megan, started Project Love Box with a goal to gift 100 children in hospitals with boxes filled with toys and other small gifts at Christmastime. They end- ed up giving boxes to 1,100 children in Durham, To- ronto, Barrie and Scarbor- ough. This past Christmas, the goal was to hand out 2,000 love boxes, but the Super Sophia Project ended up surpassing the goal, giving away nearly 2,200 boxes. The next goal is deliver 5,000 boxes in 2018. Georgiev will also re- spond to special requests. "We just sent a love box to the Philippines," she said. People seeking the dona- tion contacted her through Instagram. "I just put it out there and someone paid for the shipping," she said. When she receives re- quests like this, she asks those interested in helping to contact her via social me- dia outlets such as Insta- gram or Facebook. Recently, Sophia's school, Glen Grove Public School, took nearly 300 love boxes to Kingfisher Lake First Nation. "It was so wonderful," said Georgiev. "That was se- riously such a rush." Reminiscent of the com- munity-driven aspect that has made Project Love Box successful, a relative of one of the teachers, who flies a small charter plane, flew the boxes to the communi- ty. The current collection for Lakeridge Health Osha- wa will make up 150 boxes. The hospital has run out of the boxes the Super Sophia Project had donated in the past. "We want to do that de- livery in July," Georgiev said. Also in July, the Super Sophia Project plans to pick a spot to randomly hand out basketballs to children passing by, which was done in the past at Rotary Park in Ajax. This year's date and location are still to be deter- mined, but Georgiev is seeking an area where the basketballs are greatly needed. "We're celebrating her victory and life and love," said Sophia's mom. Georgiev said she finds in the warmer months, it's not as easy to collect dona- tions as it is near the Christ- mas holidays. But she has faith they'll increase. "I notice once one person donates something it starts trickling in," she said. The Super Sophia Pro- ject is hosting a patio paint night fundraiser on Sun- day, June 24 to raise funds to help fill the Lakeridge boxes. It will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. at Bollocks Pub and Kitchen, 736 Kingston Rd., Pickering. It's $35 per person. To order paint night tickets or to donate to the project, email ngeor- giev@rogers.com or visit thesupersophiaproject.ca. More can be found on social media by searching "the Su- per Sophia Project" on Facebook or "supersophia- project" on Instagram. COMMUNITY Pickering's Super Sophia to help Oshawa children Patio Paint Night Fundraiser on June 24 will raise funds to fill love boxes Sophia Megan, 7, is the face of the Super Sophia project, which collects donations to fill Love Boxes to hand out to kids with cancer. They are currently holding a toy drive to fill boxes to be sent to Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland I want people to donate toys because it makes the kids in the hospitals happy. - Sophia Megan, Super Sophia Project KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com DURHAM - The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has laid three charges against a Durham regional police officer, following an incident in Toronto last September. The incident happened on Sept. 7, when Durham officers went to apprehend a 21-year-old man wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant related to events in Bowmanville, the SIU noted in an news release. When the man left his To- ronto home, he was fol- lowed by Durham regional police officers. At the intersection of St. Clair Avenue West and Mondovi Gate, there was an interaction between one of the officers and the man. The officer discharged his firearm, and the man was struck but managed to drive away. He was arrest- ed days later by Toronto po- lice officers. Following its investiga- tion, the SIU on Thursday, May 31, charged Det.- Const. Colin Goodwin, 47, with one count each of ag- gravated assault, discharg- ing a firearm with intent and discharging a firearm with reckless endanger- ment. Goodwin was arrested on Thursday, May 31 and released on an undertak- ing with conditions. He'll appear in court in Toronto on June 21. Durham police spokes- man Dave Selby said Good- win hasn't been suspended but has been placed in an administrative role. The SIU is an arm's- length agency that investi- gates reports involving po- lice where there has been death, serious injury or al- legations of sexual assault. 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Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham ABOUT US Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser 865 Farewell Street Oshawa, ON L1H 6N8 Phone: 905-215-0481 Fax: 905-579-2238 Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 200 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Delivery For all delivery inquiries, please call 905-579-4407. CONTACT US Publisher Tim Whittaker | twhittaker@durhamregion.com Director of Advertising Fred Eismont | feismont@durhamregion.com Regional Managing Editor Mike Johnston | mjohnston@durhamregion.com Director of Distribution Abe Fahkourie | afakhourie@durhamregion.com Composing Manager Cheryl Haines | chaines@durhamregion.com WHO WE ARE OPINION •LETTERS & COMMENTARY • As I get older, my ap- preciation for antiquity gets more acute. I've de- veloped a reverence for things ancient, especially in the natural world. I have stood, awestruck, in front of centuries old trees, placing my hands on their cracked and gnarled bark in supplica- tion, hoping for a scrap of the wisdom that must surely reside within the old giants. Up here, we very much live directly on top of the Canadian Shield. That spectacularly primeval crust of granite is never more than a foot or two be- neath us and in many in- stances, is poking through the soil, like the wrinkled, bald foreheads of wise old men. I was riding my bike the other day and the trail took me up onto a huge, striated patch of pink and black granite. I stopped and marvelled at the thing. Getting off of my bike, I must've looked an idiot as I dropped to my knees and ran my hands over long, deep glacial scars. This kind of stuff makes my head spin. This rock, I realized, had been here since the dawn of time. It was sit- ting here, patiently, in this same place, while dino- saurs roamed the earth, while Christ spoke from the Mount of Olives, while plagues wiped out half of Europe, while the world was twice enveloped by the conflagration of war. It slumbered, unmoving and peaceful, beneath the two- mile thick Laurentide ice sheet, waiting, waiting, waiting to feel the sun once again and perhaps, who knows, to feel my hands upon it? You can tell your troubles to some- thing this ancient. You can share your victories, your hopes, your dreams. It's a good listener. This kind of experi- ence literally and figura- tively 'grounds' me. It puts the world, and my place in it, back into perspective. This grizzled old rock, this wonderfully wise old senator, was here long be- fore my current incarna- tion and will be here, waiting and patiently watching, for my next vis- it as ... what? A man? A woman? A snake looking for a place to sun myself? And regardless of the eons that may have passed, he will welcome me, asking, once again, in that silent way of his, "So, what have you been up to?" –Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer, saves some of his best lines for this column Rock of ages Columnist Neil Crone marvels at the glacier scares surrounding his new home NEIL CRONE Column Still much to do! To the editor: Re: Nine-year-old Whit- by amputee attends The War Amps 100th anniversa- ry seminar, news, May 22 On behalf of The War Amps, I would like to thank reporter Shana Fillatrau for recognizing Alexis As- selin, a local member of The War Amps Child Am- putee (CHAMP) Program. As The War Amps marks its 100th anniversa- ry this year, articles like this help bring important awareness to the many vi- tal programs we offer for all Canadian amputees. Although the associa- tion has developed many innovative and unique programs over the past 100 years, there is still much to do to ensure amputees have the artificial limbs they need to lead full and active lives. With the pub- lic's continued support of the Key Tag and Address Label Service, our com- mitment remains to im- prove the lives of ampu- tees, like Alexis, long into the future. Danita Chisholm Executive Director, CHAMP Program The War Amps Political correctness in education To the editor: Re: DDSB testing out Muslim perspectives curric- ulum resource, news, April 19, Reader wonders if the DDSB will be allowing reli- gious curriculums in it's schools, letter, May 30? Quote: "Isn't that why the Lord's Prayer was tak- en out of the public school system?" Interesting letter. Any- thing to do with Christian- ity in the public school sys- tem has been removed by the Progressive political activists. However it ap- pears that religions other than Christianity are ac- ceptable. Wonder why that would be? Possibly a Pro- gressive political agenda and political correctness to enforce it? Stephen Korn Ajax Canada's apology to the Jewish people is long overdue To the editor: Finally, we are about to receive an apology from the Canadian government for their atrocious beha- viour during the Second World War. A ship containing ap- proximately 900 Jewish people sailed into Canadi- an waters and was prompt- ly turned away. The U.S. and everybody failed these people in their great hour of need, and our country failed them as well. I do understand that it was a different time and different laws, but this problem has upset me for years and in 2018 the Jew- ish community is finally getting their dues! To understand what these people went through just to breathe another day, even a minute is heart- breaking. Even though there were 900 Jews aboard the ship, 300 were not very lucky because they died in concentration camps! Ron Horner Oshawa 7 | New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m P ICKERING - Police are seeking witnesses af- t er a car crashed into a t ree in Ajax Thursday night, seriously injuring t he driver. Durham police re- ceived a call at around 10:05 p.m. on May 31 when a 37-year-old Pickering m an was injured after t he vehicle he was oper- ating lost control, left t he roadway and struck a l arge tree at a high rate of speed on Harwood Av- e nue near Kerrison Drive. Police say a black C hevrolet Cruze sedan was northbound on Har- wood when the driver l ost control. Region of Durham Paramedic Services and Ajax Fire also attended t he scene and provided m edical assistance to the injured driver who was t ransported to Ajax- P ickering Hospital with serious injuries. He is currently listed in stable condition. T he area of the road- way was closed for sever- al hours while evidence was collected. A nyone with informa- t ion about this incident is asked to call Det. Const. Brett Rayne of the t raffic services branch at 905-579-1520 (toll free 1- 888-579- 1520) ext. 5256. A nonymous informa- t ion can be sent to Dur- h am Regional Crime S toppers at 1-800-222- T IPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregional- crimestoppers.ca and t ipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward. CRIME Man in Ajax hospital after single-vehicle crash DURHAM - The president of the union that represents Durham police officers is once again raising con- cerns about the process followed by the Special Investigations Unit in lay- ing charges against police. Durham Regional Police Associa- tion president Randy Henning re- newed his call for cases handled by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to be vetted by the provincial Crown attorney's office prior to charges be- ing laid. He made the remarks after the SIU announced it has charged Det. Const. Colin Goodwin with aggravated as- sault, discharging a firearm with in- tent, and reckless endangerment. The charges relate to an incident in which a man was shot as Durham police attempted to arrest a suspect in Toronto in September of 2017. Henning, noting that police offi- cers consult with prosecutors prior to laying serious charges, said the same standard ought to apply to SIU direc- tor Tony Loparco. "These are serious charges," Hen- ning said. "Why wouldn't you consult with the Crown?" Henning cited the recent case of Durham officers Thomas Broadfoot and James Scholtes, who were charged in March of this year with as- sault, relating to an arrest in Oshawa the previous year in which a suspect was injured. In April the charges were with- drawn by the Crown, who said a re- view of the case revealed no evidence of excessive use of force. "I hope (Loparco) learned from what happened a couple of months ago and consulted with the Crown be- fore laying the charges (against Goodwin)," Henning said. "There's not a police officer out there that has a problem with over- sight. We just want to see it done prop- erly," said Henning. SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon said Friday Loparco exercises "sole discretion" in laying charges follow- ing SIU investigations. "Without commenting specifically in this case, the director is under no obligation to consult with the Crown with respect to charging decisions," Hudon said. Provincial legislation places the responsibility of assessing SIU inves- tigations with Loparco, she said: "The director of the SIU is mandated under the Police Services Act to direct the laying of charges if there are reason- able grounds to believe that an of- fence has been committed ... it is the director who has the sole discretion with respect to SIU cases to decide whether or not to lay charges." The SIU investigates incidents of death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault involving police offi- cers. Statistics provided by the SIU indi- cate that since its inception the agen- cy has laid criminal charges against six Durham regional police officers prior to Goodwin's case, the earliest involving the fatal shooting of a civil- ian in 1999. Three cases resulted in acquittals after trials, while charges against three other police officers were with- drawn by the Crown. Goodwin is scheduled to appear in court in Toronto June 21. 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Last week Durham po- lice issued a warrant for 27- year-old Nathan Barrett, who is believed to be re- sponsible for the incidents in Ajax and Pickering. The first incident oc- curred Thursday, May 31 just after 10 p.m. at an Esso gas station on Kingston Road East in Ajax. The male victim, 76, was ap- proached by a lone man with his face covered who demanded his car keys and pushed him. The suspect grabbed the car keys, but then ran away. The vehicle was not stolen and the vic- tim was not physically in- jured. The next incident oc- curred at about 6:45 a.m. Friday, June 1. Durham po- lice said a 21-year-old wom- an was returning to her car after using an ATM near Fairport Pharmacy on Oklahoma Drive near Whites Road when she was pushed from behind and threatened by a man. The suspect grabbed the woman's purse and car keys, then took off in her vehicle, a 2007 white Hon- da Accord. Barrett is also wanted by the OPP's Repeat Of- fender Parole Enforce- ment unit, which said June 1 he is in breach of his pa- role. Barrett was arrested over the weekend in North Bay for stealing gas. It is expected he will be trans- ferred to Durham to face charges here, police said. Barrett is currently serving a seven-year sen- tence for offences includ- ing robbery, escaping law- ful custody, dangerous driving and using an imita- tion firearm, the OPP said. NEWS Suspect in Durham carjackings arrested in North Bay JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durhamregion.com Police have identified Nathan Barrett as a suspect in a Pickering carjacking. Barrett has also been identified by the OPP as a federal offender who is in breach of his parole. Kelly, Sean C. (OPP) 9 | New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m STEP SAFELY INTO YOUR TUB! 905-492-2003 tubsquad.ca SAFELY S T E P T H R O U G H YOUR T U B - N O T OVER! WOW! 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He noted at the last council meeting, in April, he ordered a drink that came with a straw. "I don't want it, and I don't use it. It ends up in the ocean," Neal added. There have been media reports recent- ly about a massive amount of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean. One patch between California and Hawaii has been measured at about 700,000 square kilo- metres (270,000 square miles), about the size of the state of Texas. Works commissioner Susan Siopis was asked if a report could be completed by September. "After we were asked at the last meet- ing, we've already started with the legal department. We're prepared to bring back a preliminary report," she said. The region isn't the first municipality to look at or even act on banning plastics. Montreal last year banned plastic gar- bage bags, while Toronto tried a similar ban a few years ago. Ajax has banned plastic water bottles in all its facilities. George Kallonakis, a co-owner of Olympus Burger in Port Hope, has moved to stop using plastics at the res- taurant. While snorkelling in Belize this win- ter, Kallonakis saw a shark spit out a piece of plastic. Kallonakis had been thinking about making more environmentally friendly choices at his restaurant, but seeing that shark propelled him into action. "I think that was the eye-opener," said Kallonakis. Now Olympus Burger announced it is the first certified Carbonzero restaurant in Canada. Carbonzero is a Toronto- based company with clients such as TD Canada Trust and Honda. Founded in 2006, Carbonzero works with businesses on carbon reduction strategies by mea- suring, managing and mitigating emis- sions, said Dan Fraleigh, chief operating officer and Port Hope resident. Achieving carbon neutrality is not easy. Kallonakis said he has been work- ing for months to transform the restau- rant. He swapped out all the plastic mate- rials including cups, utensils and straws for environmentally friendly options. He found paper straws that dissolve within 48 hours after use. The new cold-drink cups are made of renewable materials and are biodegradable. The cutlery is wooden. Olympus already used paper takeout containers. These changes don't come cheap, and Kallonakis estimates the eco-friendly supplies cost about 250 per cent more. "It is definitely an extra cost." There are real world implications of the harm plastics in the ocean can cause. In February, a young sperm whale washed up on the beach of Cabo de Palos, in southern Spain. Scientists conducted a necropsy and found 64 pounds (29 kilo- grams) of plastic and waste in its system. The whale died of an abdominal infec- tion, called peritonitis. It couldn't digest the waste it had swallowed, and that caused its digestive system to rupture. It's estimated that more plastic straws are discarded every day in Canada than there are Canadians. In the U.S., about 500 million are discarded each day. –- With files from Karen Longwell DURHAM It's estimated that more plastic straws are discarded every day in Canada than there are Canadians. In the U.S., about 500 million are discarded each day. Now, Durham Region is going to look at banning single-use plastics, such as drinking straws. Dreamstime photo Last straw in Durham Durham to study a study single-use plastics ban KEITH GILLIGAN KGilligan@durhamregion.com dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 | 10 76 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax (South of 401; across Ajax Town Hall) www.CanadianBedding.net @CanadianBedding905-231-0941 On Saturday, May 5 th Canadian Bedding in Ajax celebrated their 25 th Anniversary. Guests got the opportunity to enter a draw to win a $250 or $125 Canadian Bedding gift certificate. 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"I see Durham Region needs change because we're on the verge of a great opportunity," Mutton added. "We can actually make Durham the best place in Ontario to be a great place to live and raise a family." Keeping taxes low is another of his goals, as the aim is "keeping Dur- ham affordable. "The issues of afford- ability to live in our re- gion and government du- plication are at an all- time high. We need to be welcoming business to Durham rather than driv- ing it away," Mutton stat- ed. If elected, he would conduct a "non-mandated service review," he said, adding the aim would be "fostering a climate of job creation. It's time to keep our professionals closer to home, closer to their families." Having a better trans- portation network would relieve gridlock, he said. "Folks are spending so much time on our roads," Mutton noted. In the past, he has sug- gested a Via red-eye train extended out to Bowman- ville. "That would pull so many cars off the road." The GO service exten- sion out to Bowmanville "isn't going to happen for years." Addressing crime would be another plank in his platform. "A big item is making Durham safe again. There's been a huge in- flux of crime. In down- town Oshawa, you can't walk after 7 at night," he said. He added a police sta- tion in Ajax would be a priority. "Oshawa and Ajax both have high violent crimes," he said. "I'll use the bro- ken window concept" to find solutions. Beside taxes and crime, he pledges trans- parency. "The days of backroom deals are over. Residents are up in arms because they aren't part of the pro- cess." When he served on the region's finance and ad- ministration committee, "we lowered taxes (one year by) one per cent and hired 25 new police offi- cers," he noted. "I do think there are ar- eas I've been exposed to dealing with municipali- ties across Canada and the U.S. There are areas we can look at for tax sav- ings. I really think it can be done, to make Durham both safe and affordable again. "The key is getting the message out to the public and having the best team possible," he said, noting the region covers five fed- eral ridings. "I assembled a team long ago. It's not a cheap election to run by any measure. It'll be about half-a-million dollars," he added. Raising funds is made more difficult with the ban on corporate and union donations, he said. "This, along with the huge crime increase are core issues near and dear to my heart. I felt I had to step up to the plate to do something with the knowledge I have gained from seeing the best prac- tices across North Amer- ica." Mutton tried for the re- gional chair position in 2010, when the chair was appointed by regional councillors. Then chair Roger An- derson was reappointed. In 2014, the position be- came an elected one, which Anderson also eas- ily won. Anderson died in March. MUNICIPAL ELECTION John Mutton aiming for Durham chair KEITH GILLIGAN KGilligan@durhamregion.com John Mutton is seeking the job of Durham Region chairman. A former Clarington councillor and mayor, Mutton aims to keep taxes low and promote the Region to businesses. John Mutton I felt I had to step up to the plate to do something with the knowledge I have gained from seeing the best practices across North America. - John Mutton 11 | New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , J u n e 6 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Me t r o l a n D Dur h a M real estate Press Run 162,050 June 6, 2018 *Independently Owned & Operated Comin g t o mLS6/ 8 / 1 8 S. AJAX SHoWStoPPER! WHERE:61HandleyCres.,Ajax DETAILS:S.AjaxShowstopper!BeautifullyUpgraded 4 Bdrm.,3Bath.TopFinishesTopToBottom,CustomCrown Moulding,MBRDesignerW/ICloset&MarbleEnste, SpaciousRec+GamesRooms,Prem.LotWithDoubleDrive. 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"They go out for re- cess and its 30 C outside, they're playing sports, they're writing EQAO tests. What is it like to be doing these things and fast- ing?" Creer says experience has been eye-opening, and has helped build a stronger connection between him and his students. "There's that trust, when I tell them I'm doing it too." Muslims observe the month of Ramadan by fast- ing from dawn until sunset each day - as well as through prayer, spiritual reflection, acts of charity and spending time with loved ones. Those fasting often rise before dawn for an early morning meal, then break the fast after sunset with a meal called iftar. Sherbanu Ahmed co- chairs the school commu- nity council at da Vinci P.S. and has an 11-year-old son at the school who is fasting for Ramadan. She says the principal's decision to try fasting, "just blew me away." Ahmed has been a par- ent at the school for years and has seen huge changes in diversity and inclusive- ness. "There is a lot more sup- port now. It has made a big difference to the communi- ty of Muslims," she says. For example, this year the school started allowing students who are fasting to relax in the library during lunch, so they don't have to watch their classmates eat. A group of parents has volunteered to supervise midday prayer in the school, and the Muslim Ed- ucators Network of Dur- ham (MEND) held an edu- cation night and iftar event at da Vinci P.S. on May 24, which drew close to 500 people. Imran Syed and Shaha- na Arain, who co-chair MEND, say efforts like the ones at da Vinci P.S go a long way toward advancing equity and building strong community relationships. "When schools are mak- ing those reach outs, it builds secure trust," Syed notes. MEND launched last spring and over the past year has been a resource for Durham District School Board teachers and princi- pals who have questions about how to best accom- modate Muslim students. Syed says Ramadan in particular, can be "logisti- cally difficult." Not only are many stu- dents fasting, but sleep routines may also be dis- rupted for those who spend late nights at the mosque, or rise before dawn to eat the morning meal. Everything from EQAO testing and final exams, to track and field events and prom can be a challenge. MEND sent a page of Ramadan background in- formation and suggested best practices to all DDSB principals this year. Tips include providing space for prayer; offering a place where students who are fasting can rest during lunch hour; reminding staff that fasting students may not participate at the same physical level during Ramadan and shouldn't be graded punitively; and be- ing open to providing ac- commodation for tests, ex- ams and assignments, such as alternate writing times. Ahmed, the parent from da Vinci P.S., says she also hopes to see more relation- ships built between Mus- lims and non-Muslims in the community - if another iftar event is held next year, she says attendees should be encouraged to bring a friend or neigh- bour. "The door is always open for breaking the fast," she says. "We want every- one to feel welcome." This year, Ramadan is from roughly May 15 to June 14 or 15 - dates are based on the lunar calen- dar and may vary slightly. EDUCATION A fasting principal, an alternative to the lunch room: How one Durham school does Ramadan Muslim Educators Network of Durham offers Ramadan tips to DDSB schools JILLIAN FOLLERT jfollert@durhamregion.com Above, Peter Creer, principal at da Vinci Public School, chatted during an Iftar event as part of the month of Ramadan on May 24. Creer has been participating in the fast so he could learn more about what students experience. 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On May 8, Herrington was one of about 250 Durham District School Board students in grades 7 to 12 who attended the board's an- nual GSA (gay-straight alliance) conference, held in partnership with PFLAG Durham Region. This year's theme was "Still in the Game." Students representing gay- straight alliance clubs from across Durham heard from keynote speaker Brock McGillis, the first professional hockey player to openly come out as gay. Herrington called the event "phenomenal" and said the oppor- tunity to listen to McGillis talk about his hockey experiences hit home for her in a big way. "Things are better, but it's not fine. There are still a lot of people who have experiences like I had ... and we don't have a lot of athletes to look up to," she says. McGillis played in the Ontario Hockey League and played semi- professionally in the United States and Europe. He came out about 1½ years ago and now provides training to elite- level hockey players in the City of Greater Sudbury, as well as acting as an advocate for the LGBTQ com- munity. McGillis reflected on growing up as a "hockey boy in Canada," saying he lived his life in denial. "Male team sports is very hyper- masculine, testosterone-driven. Men choose to put each other down by using words that are homophob- ic or demeaning to the LGBTQ community," he says, describing the locker-room culture that he ex- perienced. McGillis says he tried to deny who he was and live the "hockey lifestyle" but it grew increasingly difficult. He praised the DDSB's GSA con- ference, calling events for LGBTQ youth "critical" to their well-being. "When I was growing up, there wasn't a GSA. There was one kid in my high school who was gay. This is so important for these kids." All DDSB high schools have a GSA, as well as about 15 of the board's more than 100 elementary schools. The board recently started including elementary school teachers, principals and staff in workshops that outline how to cre- ate a GSA. Barry Bedford, the DDSB's edu- cation officer for equity and inclu- sive education, echoes what many at the May 8 conference said: things are better, but there is still work to be done. "I'm not going to be naive and try to say we have fixed all homopho- bia in our schools," he said. However, Bedford said the DDSB has been making huge ad- vances in all areas of equity - the board unveiled a new Equity and Diversity Strategic Framework this past fall, which lays out a series of actions on everything from reli- gious accommodation, to getting more Grade 9 and 10 students into academic level courses. A recent example to advance eq- uity for LGBTQ students is train- ing on transphobic violence of- fered to high school GSA members and staff. "School has to be a safe space," Bedford says, acknowledging that home may not be for some LGBTQ kids. 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The Ministry of Educa- tion announced the move as part of its Education Eq- uity Action Plan, noting that many small and medi- um sized school boards struggle to provide re- sources for human rights and equity matters. Durham boards can ex- pect funding for the posi- tion in 2020. Funding is based on the number of students en- rolled. For example, school boards with enrolment be- low 72,000 students - which includes the Durham Dis- trict School Board and Durham Catholic District School Board - will receive $85,215 for a part-time ad- viser, while boards with more than 200,000 students will get funding for the equivalent of 2.5 positions. The DDSB missed the benchmark for a full-time position by about 1,000 stu- dents - board chair Michael Barrett said at the board's May 22 meeting that trust- ees had lobbied for the cut off to be dropped, but were not successful. 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I’ve never met an actor of any age who prepares as meticulously as Donald did.” Sutherland has been preparing and per- fecting his craft for well over 50 years. e St. John, New Brunswick native studied acting in e UK and started picking up jobs in Brit- ish TV and lm in the 1960s. His rst big lm break occurred in 1967 as one of the renegade soldiers in the WWII epic e Dirty Dozen. at led to a string of memorable characters – all of them singularly unique -- in lms such as M*A*S*H, Kelly’s Heroes, Klute (opposite Jane Fonda), Don’t Look Now and Federico Fellini’s Casanova. He won acclaim a few years later for his role opposite Mary Tyler Moore in Robert Redford’s 1980 Oscar-win- ner, Ordinary People. It was during this time of great creativity and acclaim for Sutherland that the true life kidnapping chronicled in Trust took place. John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in Italy and held for ransom. When his father and wealthy grandfather (Sutherland’s character) refused to pay the ransom, young Getty’s ear was sent to the family to show that the kidnappers meant business. A ransom was eventually ne- gotiated and paid by the elder Getty and the grandson released. Sutherland remembers the headlines but couldn’t quite remember if he had ever met any members of the Getty family, either in Italy or Los Angeles. He did live in Italy for a while, around the time he was shooting Fellini’s Casanova. Part of Trust was also shot in Italy and other scenes were shot in rented mansions in England. “It’s unbelievable how bitterly cold they are,” Sutherland says of the houses he en- countered while on location. “ ere’s no heating or insulation I guess. It’s just bone chilling. I mean, I live in Quebec a lot of the time, and when I left there a couple of weeks ago, it was 25 below zero, and, it was ne. But in England, when the temperature is near freezing, it’s in your bones.” Sutherland has been married three times, rst to Lois Hardwick (1959 – 1966), then to actress Shirley Douglas (1966 – 1970). e sec- ond union yielded twins Kiefer (best known as Jack Bauer on 24 but whose most recent series was Designated Survivor) and Rachel. Sutherland has been married to third wife, French Canadian actress Francine Racette, since 1972. eir three sons are Rossif, Angus Redford and Roeg – all, like Kiefer, named after men who directed some of Sutherland senior’s lms. Over the past two decades Sutherland has continued to appear in feature lms (includ- ing the various Hunger Games epics) but has also worked more in television. He starred opposite Geena Davis in Commander-in- Chief (2005-06) and later did Dirty Sexy Mon- ey (2007-09), picking up Golden Globe and Emmy nominations to go with earlier wins. ose broadcast network shows ran for traditional, 22-episode seasons. He prefers working on the new limited run formats, such as the 10-episodes it took to tell the story of Trust. “ is does seem to be much more thor- ough and well de ned,” he says. “I thought the writing of this, and the directing, was just extraordinary.” Sutherland was every inch the movie star when this reporter rst encountered him on the Commander-in-Chief soundstage in 2006. e entire cast was assembled in front of a giant replica of the U.S. president’s private airliner, Air Force One. Sutherland stood and took a limited num- ber of questions from a few of us after the ses- sion, turning to reply to each reporter before dismissing us all with a wave. On assignment and needing a few more answers, I walked around to where Suther- land had skillfully retreated. Knowing the actor was a big Montreal Expos fan, I tried to re-engage him by talking about the defunct baseball team, which left Montreal for Wash- ington just a few years prior to this Com- mander-in-Chief encounter. e tactic worked, and Sutherland was happy to talk a little baseball and take a few more questions. Later I learned just how hard the actor took the Expos’ demise. Most actors have a place they go to when they’re called up on to show emotion on screen. For some, it is often re- membering the loss of a loved one that causes them to come to tears on command. For Sutherland, it is an even more pain- ful memory: the home run o the bat of Los Angeles Dodger slugger Rick Monday that knocked the Expos out of their one chance to make it to the World Series. Research, it seems, comes in all forms for an actor as skilled as Sutherland. Kiefer Sutherland and Donald Sutherland in 2015’s “Forsaken”. 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Along the way, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, and others in this whimsical, musical fantasy where the moral of the story is ‘be careful what you wish for!’whitbytheatre.ca Financial Advisor SuSan M Lepp 1105 Finch Avenue Unit #1B, Pickering, ON L1V 1J7 905-831-4611 • www.edwardjones.com What Does It Mean to Be an executor?AA&&QQ Someday a family member or friend may ask permission to appoint you as executor of his or her estate. Before you take on the task, be sure you know what’s involved. An executor is a legal representative named in a will to handle an estate when someone dies. It’s not a simple job. Here are a few of the duties of an executor.“ Find, read and interpret the will. • Consult with a lawyer and arrange court validation of the will, known as probate. • Help with funeral arrangements.“ Locate and deal with beneficiaries. • Prepare an inventory of the deceased’s assets and liabilities. • Deal with financial institutions.“ Distribute assets as specified in the will. • Pay debts and estate expenses. • File the deceased’s final income tax return. Some of these duties can require considerable financial acumen.And at the very least, people skills may be involved at a time when relatives are bereaved. If you’re not up to the job, don’t take it on. Edward Jones, member Canadian Investor Protection Fund OSHAWA - Some of Durham's most vulnerable students are on the move to fresh new digs this fall. Grove School serves about 285 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 who have been placed in a care, treatment, custodial or correctional facility. The school's current home on Simcoe Street South near the Oshawa lakefront, was built in 1960. The classrooms are small. The parking lot is small. The gym is small. A few shelves of books housed in the main office is the "library." "These are some of the most vulnerable and mar- ginalized students in Dur- ham Region," says princi- pal Patrick Belmonte. "They deserve every learn- ing opportunity that any other student gets. It's about equity." In addition to being small, Grove School's cur- rent building is in need of "significant repairs" ac- cording to a recent Dur- ham District School Board report. Earlier this year, Bel- monte proposed a move - an idea DDSB trustees ap- proved at the board's May 22 meeting. This fall, Grove School will relocate to the vacant second floor of the new Durham Alternative Sec- ondary School (DASS) building at 240 Simcoe St. S. in Oshawa - the former site of Village Union P.S. The new location will help address many of Grove School's unique needs. For example, the school has very small teacher-to- student ratios - one teach- er for every six to 10 stu- dents. There are also typically child care workers, child and youth workers or cor- rections workers in the classroom - making for a lot of people in rooms that average about 300 square feet. At the new site, there will be bigger classrooms - as well as a larger gym, more parking, more out- door space, a modern li- brary, a family studies room where students can cook and bake, a bus loop for safer drop offs and new flexible furniture. It's also a much more central location, putting students closer to the com- munity agencies they work with. In addition to the five classes of students who at- tend Grove School at the main building, the school also has students who go to class offsite - at communi- ty agencies, for example. Belmonte says the needs of Grove School's student population are ex- tremely complex and con- stantly shifting. Having a team of "very passionate" teachers and creating a warm, welcom- ing environment for stu- dents is key to helping kids who typically haven't been successful academically. "Many of our students have experienced trauma, they have gaps in their learning," the principal says. "We're always looking for ways to get them re-en- gaged in learning. Having this new building will real- ly help them feel like they matter." EDUCATION A fresh new school for some of Durham's most vulnerable kids Grove School is moving to a new location this fall. The Durham District School Board school serves students from kindergarten to Grade 12 placed in care, treatment, custodial or correctional facilities and can't attend a mainstream school. The new location will offer larger classrooms, a bigger gym, more parking, a library and a family studies room. Principal Patrick Belmonte spoke about the need for a new facility. 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This Week Newspaper INVITATION TO BID Bids for services listed below Address to: The Warehouse Manager This Week Newspaper 845 Farewell St. Oshawa L1H 6N8 Will be received until 12 noon On Monday, July 9th, 2018. Contract commencing, July 30th, 2018. To deliver approx. 4,212 newspapers, flyers, catalogues and other products to specific drop locations in Oshawa area. Vehicle required. Information packages available at: This Week Newspaper 845 Farewell St. Oshawa, ON L1H 7L5 Bid #308 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted. Only the successful Company will be contacted. Friday August 24 and Saturday August 25, 2018 905-215-0444 Children’s Programs, Educational Services, Gymnastics, Dance, Hockey, Skating, Music, Martial Arts, Skiing & much more… Call to reserve today! Susan Fleming sfleming@starmetrolandmedia.com 2018 2 Days! 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