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Colts eliminate Braves; face Canadians in semis
Braves’ Ryan Walter careened off the skate of a Colts’ defender and past Jordan Picco- lino. The Colts were forced to come from be- hind again Friday night, after power play goals by Zack Todd and Chris Roll put the Braves up 2-0 just past the halfway mark of the second period. Andrew Ming got the Colts within one on a set up from Marly Quince and Kevin Hope with just 2:24 left in the period. Michael Pontarelli tied it on a set up from Stephen Johnson, the Colts leading playoff score, and Billy Ulrick just 3:59 into the final frame and Khalid Alli gave the Colts their first lead of the game 1:26 later on a set up from Jake Bannister and Brandon Howes. Johnson added an empty-netter with just 36 seconds left in the game to end the Braves’ playoff aspirations for this season. The Colts pelted 30 shots after the Braves’ Pikul and Jordan Piccolino -- he was spec- tacular in the Colts’ Thursday overtime win with 24 saves, many of the acrobatic variety -- made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win Fri- day night. the city changed its plea to guilty. An agreed statement of facts including emails at the material time, were given to the judge and read in public, which the judge accepted as proof beyond a reasonable doubt of guilt. A conviction was registered. The taxpayers paid the fine ($15,000 plus 25% surcharge for a total of $18,750), and paid all the legal defence costs of Mr. Me- nagh and the city (which were reported in the media). Ms. Shay’s request for her own legal fees was denied by Mr. Fitzpatrick, so she had to seek the assistance of the Reg- istered Nurses Association of Ontario. The RNAO graciously agreed to contribute to Ms. Shay’s legal costs because whistleblow- er protection is so important to front-line nurses who are trying to provide care/pro- tection to elders. where they want to be. You stupid people. When are you going to learn the lessons of the past and comprehend the delicacy of this community, still reeling from resent history that your ‘stupid and ar- rogant self-interest’ can besmirch those who should be looking up to you. Yes, shame on you. Shame on each of you who have had anything to do with backing up wrongoing as well in particular those commit- ting larceny, informationwithholdingor simply lying. My good God people. Stand up when you see a wrong, even if it is YOUR own job that may be at stake, because if you too are found out, this city will hang you out to dry with the rest of them, either way. DaveWindsor Cornwall
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
The Cornwall Colts havemade it to the Cen- tral Canada Hockey League semi-finals. The Colts came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Brockville Braves 4-2 – their final goal an empty netter – in Brockville Friday night to win the series four games to two. The Colts now face the second seed Car- leton Place Canadians in the CCHL Tier 1 semifinal. The Canadians dispatched the Smiths Falls Bears 3-1 Friday night to win the series four games to one. The Colts, after suffering a 9-4 trouncing at the hands of Carleton Place in their first meeting of the season, won the next four games against their Robinson Division ri- vals before losing their final game 7-2 with a number of their top players, including league scoring title winner Michael Pontar- elli, sitting out the match. The Colts were able to set up the Game 6 finish in Brockville with a thrilling come- After receiving court documents relating to the court proceedings council began an- other round of closed door meetings. “During these meetings I witnessed con- tinuous neglect of the Ontario Municipal Act, direction given by council not followed, and direct political and administrative in- terference occurred pertaining to motions passed by council,”O’Shaughnessy said. The mayor, in interviews with some local media last week, denied that council con- travened the Ontario Municipal Act, but when pressed by The Journal, he conceded that council did break guidelines of the act on a number of occasions, although not willfully. Among the breaches Kilger admitted to were unannounced closed meetings, in- cluding one secret meeting at the Benson Centre shortly after news broke of the city’s whistle-blower retaliation convicted and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario loss in- volving another city employee. Kilger called the lack of public notification “regrettable” and blamed it on “administra- tive errors” at the time. He also conceded that council failed to fol- low proper procedure in the past regarding in camera sessions. All sessions of council, re- gardless of whether they are in camera, must begin in open session and than a vote must be taken to enter a closed session. Kilger was also pragmatic about those breaches of the municipal act. “You learn from your errors,”he stated contritely. Coun- cil, ironically, began following the proper procedure after being challenged on the is- sue by The Journal and by O’Shaughnessy, CLOSED MEETINGS: From Page 2
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A point shot slides past Brockville Braves goalie Andrew Pikul’s outstretched leg only to careen off the post and out of harms way against the Colts Thursday night.
from-behind Game 5 overtime victory at the Ed Lumley Arena just one night earlier. The Colts’ Mitch Zion managed to get the puck past Braves’ goalie Andrew Pikul with just one second left Thursday, after a mad scramble in the corner to the goalie’s right. The Colts made the comeback complete when a Brandon Howes point shot found its way through a maze of players and sailed who was still a sitting councillor at the time. As for a closed session during which council members attacked Councillor An- dre Rivette for speaking with a member of the media, Kilger was anything but con- trite. Closed meeting investigator Stephen Fournier ruled in a lengthy report that council broke the regulations covering in camera sessions in its attack on Rivette, but KIlger simply characterized the breach of protocol as “minor”. O’Shaughnessy had promised that he would issue a full statement about why he resigned from council in June 2011, when an internal investigation into the conduct of senior city administration was due to be completed. Delays in the investigation forced him to wait until last Monday to re- lease his statement. “The simple answer to the question of why I resigned is that I felt that I could no longer be accountable for the decisions that were being made during closed door meetings. Without accountability there cannot be transparency,” he said in his pub- lic statement. “During my tenure on city council, I can show that I was lied to, that I had been mis- lead on various issues, and that information that was pertinent to the decision-making process was wilfully withheld,” says former councillor in a scathing indictment of city hall. His characterization of events of city hall was vouched for by Rivette during an inter- view with The Journal. “Was he lied to? Totally right. We were all lied to,”Rivette said.“I don’t know if (Kilger’s) six disciples were, but I was. I’m sick and tired of being lied to.”
over Pikul’s left shoulder and into the next just 5:15 into the first overtime. Cornwall fell behind 1-0 early in the sec- ond period on a shorthanded goal by Chris Roll at the 3:15 mark, but Michael Pontarelli tied the game just 17 seconds later on the power play. The score remained tied until eight min- utes into the third when a point shot by the
Mayor concedes rules were broken
Whistle-blower protection important to nurses
CITY: From Page 4
Under the legislation at the time, and in the successor legislation, operators of long- term-care facilities could not and still can- not retaliate in any fashion against employ- ees who report resident abuse (whether suspected or actual) to MOHLTC. Under the city whistleblower Policy, the CAO (Mr. Fitzpatrick) was employee of the city re- sponsible to enforce whistleblower pro- tections. The Attorney General of Ontario prosecuted those charges and gave crown disclosure, the vast majority of the evidence coming from Ms. Shay. Ms. Shay was an ac- tive employee at the time she was being called upon to testify against the three se- nior managers in court. On the eve of the trial, in October 2011, Theft of timeor propertyor bullyingor physi- cal abuseof anykind,musthavezero tolerance. I amstill fuming from the initial days of these reports. Stupidmanagers on their bully pulpits whoobstruct whistleblowers are the same foul membersof our leadershipwhodelight in their authoritative power to‘subjugate’city employ- ees to their personal whims and antiquated methodology to keep issues hush-hush under the guise of protecting this city’s image as well as their own, are so reversed in their thinking not to have realized that the reverse is true. When we show our true mettle that we are instantaneously in agreement of protecting the innocent over all other reasons, we would/ will have gained monumental respect from the community inside andbeyondas theplace MULTIPLE: FromPage 4
Shame on those complicit in city hall shenanigans
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