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plaints since Ca m eron’s initial co m plaint. Ca m eron said in an e m ail earl y last week that she was waiting to hear back fro m the officer investigating the incident. No charges will be laid against Cornwall councillor in sign saga GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
ensure council m e m bers adhere to proper decoru m . Const. Melanie Labelle, Cornwall police spokeswo m an, said late last week the inves- tigating officer is still tr y ing to contact peo- ple who m a y have witnessed the incident. A nu m ber of protesters have accused Gar- diner of destro y ing the signs brought b y cit y residents protesting the large nu m ber of in- ca m era sessions and secrec y surrounding cit y hall. Gardiner told The Journal on Tuesda y that he bent the signs so the y would fit in the cit y hall lunch roo m but that he did not destro y the m . “Nothing’s been destro y ed. The y ’re at cit y hall so m ewhere.” His description of the turn of events con- tradicts postings b y a nu m ber of protesters on Facebook.
There will be no charges against a city councillor who was accused of damaging protesters’ signs at city hall last Monday evening. “As for the signs, the y were recovered,” wrote police spokeswo m an Melanie Labelle in response to a quer y fro m The Journal. “Investigation revealed that the signs had been m oved into another roo m as the y were in the wa y in the hallwa y . The signs did not appear to have been da m aged. The signs are now at the police station. “A m essage was left with the co m plainant regarding the findings and the signs can be
returned. The investi- gation is co m pleted and no cri m inal relat- ed charge will be laid.” The Cit y of Corn- wall’s chief ad m inis- trative officer, Nor m Levac, told The Jour-
“S y d grabbed the signs, looked at us with rage in his e y es and aggressivel y bent the m in a destruc- tive m anner,” wrote Laurie Iwachniuk- Branchaud in a m es-
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nal late Frida y that the signs had finall y been found after four da y s of intense scrutin y b y protesters. “I did track down the signs and I have sent the m to (Cornwall police) Chief Parkinson,” he wrote in an e m ail to The Journal . The sudden discover y of the m issing signs and their transfer to police is an indication that the y m a y finall y be turned back to pro- testers after disappearing shortl y after being grabbed b y Councillor S y d Gardiner prior to last Monda y ’s council m eeting. A police investigation is continuing into whether a Gardiner destro y ed protesters’ signs at a m eeting at the cit y council m eet- ing entered its seventh da y Monda y with still no word fro m police if Gardiner will be charged. Gardiner has denied that he destro y ed the protest signs. He said he si m pl y bent the m so he could bring the m into a lunch roo m just off cit y council cha m bers. He did not know where the signs were at cit y hall nor did he know wh y the signs weren’t i mm ediatel y re- turned to the protesters after the m eeting. He was not sanctioned b y Ma y or Bob Kilger for his actions, despite his m andate to
sage to The Journa l. She also posted a length y description of the incident on Facebook, one of a nu m ber of protesters who turned to the social m edia site last week to vent their frustration. “I saw him destroy one sign. I should go and Į le a Đ om Ɖ laint as well͕͟ wrote Ɖ rotester Mary Bray. Christropher Ca m eron also disputed Gar- diner’s version of events after reading The Journal’s breaking stor y , filed b y on the co m - pan y ’s website (www.editionap.ca) earl y Tuesda y afternoon. “Sure S y d, y ou ca m e to the entrance of the cha m bers and had y our tantru m at the door- wa y in front of 50 or so people as y ou broke up the signs deliberatel y in front of the pro- testers. Man y witnessed (the incident) but this is just a pattern of m isinfor m ation isn’t it?” Cornwall police confir m ed on Tuesda y the y were investigating a co m plaint that a cit y councillor destro y ed protesters’ signs at a cit y council m eeting last night. Protester Debbie Ca m eron has identified herself as the co m plaint. A nu m ber of other protesters have apparentl y lodged co m -
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