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Area native new OPP commander GREG KIELEC GREG.KIELEC@EAP.ON.CA
The Cornwall Civic Complexwill once again host the annual convention of Jehovah’sWitness- es, with 18,000 delegates attending the next six weekends. English language conventions will be held on the weekends of May 31 to June 2, June 7 to 9 and June 14 to 16 followed by French language conventions on theweekends of June21 to23, June28 to30and July 5 to7.
proposed ban in court. Johnston was also cool to a suggestion by McDowell that future hearings in the case need not be held in Cornwall. McDow- ell said he would be willing to Johnston’s home town of Brockville and even as far as Pembroke to have the case move forward under Johnston. Brunning, who represented renowned city whistleblower Diane Shay in a 2011 case she won against the city, said in an interview after the proceedings that she is vehemently against the proceedings being moved outside of Cornwall. She also noted the similarities in the Shay and Hickley cases, both of which involve whisteblowers facing a well-financed city legal team while standing up against per- ceived injustice without funding for legal representation of their own. Proceedings will resume on July 16 in Cornwall for arguments on whether Hickley should receive funding for legal represen- tation from the city. By that time the city should also have cost figures requested by Hickley for their legal representation. meeting with Leclerc from the LHIN, Mac- Donald still believe it is essential for the hospital board to back the plan to give it the weight needed to get ministry approv- al. “It’s going to give us a lot more strength if we have their support,” he said. The proposal received support Tuesday afternoon during a meeting of a regional task force formed to make the hospital plan a reality. But conspicuously absent was Leclerc, of Champlain LHIN, who MacDon- ald tried unsuccessfully to get to commit to a meeting. MacDonald formed the Concerned Citi- zens Coalition to repurpose the hospital af- ter reading an exclusive story in The Journal about a similar project that has been largely successful in Barrie. “I’ve got to put the ball squarely in their court,” MacDonald said Thursday. “I’m ex- tremely frustrated but I’m not deterred in my resolve for the whole thing. “After getting the support of the task force, I’m more determined than ever. We are not going to lose this. We are going to win.” ment duties, and has experience in criminal investigations, traffic enforcement and hu- man resources. MacDonald, a local native who has fam- ily in the area, was most recently the staff sergeant and detachment manager of SDG OPP. “This is a great day,”said Chief Superinten- dent Gary Couture. “As Insp. MacDonald joins the ranks of the commissioned officers within the OPP, he will continue to support the needs of his community and the SDG Police Services boards.”
SPARKS: From Page 2 Johnston also denied a request by from Brunning and McDowell to seal three vol- umes of evidence filed in the application. The evidence was supposed to be sealed by the court, but was obtained and published by the Cornwall Free News prior to the hearing. Johnston was loath to issue what would essentially be a retroactive sealing order, ar- guing that what the lawyers were asking for was a publication ban prohibiting the pub- lic and media access to important evidence in the case. He also dismissed a suggestion by Mc- Dowell that the court canvass reporters present at the hearing to determine wheth- er they would oppose a sealing order. He said the writers at the hearing were there as reporters and should not be asked to speak for their respective news organizations. He said it would be up to the city to de- cide whether to pursue a publication ban, but warned local media organizations must be given proper notice so their representa- tives have an opportunity to challenge the MacDonald has expressed his frustration, in an article published on The Journal’s web- site Thursday, about his inability to get the hospital board and the LHIN to the table to discuss the Concerned Citizens proposal with a deadline of June 3 looming. The sup- port of both bodies is needed for Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews will consider the ambitious plan. As pleased as he is with the impending GROUP: From Page 5 A 25-year policing veteran has been named the new detachment commander with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Ontario Provincial Police. Insp. Brendan MacDonald’s appointment to the top job at the detachment based in Long Sault was announced Thursday by the OPP’s East Region Headquarters. He will be- gin his new role immediately MacDonald began his policing career in northern Ontario with general law enforce-
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