Colts kick off playoffs vs Junior Senators
By Greg Kielec
The Cornwall Colts begin the first round of the playoffs against the Ottawa Junior Senators on Thursday in Cornwall. The first game of the first-round series be- gins at 7:30 p.m. at the Ed Lumley Arena. The Colts will be back at the Ed Lumley for Game 3 on Sunday at 7 p.m. after facing the Junior Senators at home Saturday. The Colts won the season series four games to one against the seventh place Jun- ior Senators. They last played on Feb. 23 in Cornwall, a rowdy affair which saw an early scrap and plenty of penalties. The Colts held on for a 6-4 win after a late surge by the Senators in that game. The Colts ended the season on a winning note last Thursday, defeating the Cumber- land Grads 4-1 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall. The Colts began the game with a Spink triumvirate – Tyson and Tyler cen- tred by their 15-year-old brother Tanner. The win moved the Colts within five points of the league-leading Nepean Raiders. They finish the regular season with 43 wins over 62 games for a total of 92 points, eight more than the third place Brockville Braves. The Colts wrapped up the season with two players in the top 10 in league scoring. Concern has also been raised over an at- tempt to remove city planner Stephen Alexander from the committee. The sugges- tion was made by Thibault at a March 17 committee meeting, one month after the committee requested a copy of its terms of reference and priority list from city plan- ning. Thibault said he suggested another plan- ning department official be considered to sit on the committee to free up time for Alexan- der. Asked if there was a campaign to turf Alexander from the committee, he said: “Absolutely not … from my perspective. I respect Stephen and I respect the work he does.” Alexander is away on holidays and could not be reached for comment. Neither Beatty of Parisien has alleged any wrongdoing on the part of committee mem- bers, nor have any formal allegations been made against committee members. The committee ignited a small firestorm in Cornwall late January when it told council it would like to see land east of the Cornwall Civic Complex developed for residential or commercial use. The proposal was greeted with skepticism by the majority of council members. Committee members were still smarting over the intense criticism at a meeting of the Waterfront Development Committee at the civic complex one month after the proposal which generated a flurry of largely negative public reaction. Perkins, speaking at the meeting, said de- bate over the proposal has created “an op- portunity to have a great conversation” with the public over development of waterfront land and he said the committee could use public consultation “to share a bigger vision of what could happen.” He said he was disappointed with some of remarks from council members, but he in- sisted it was never the committee’s intent to push the proposal through: “It’s always about public input.” He also reaffirmed that the waterfront site BUILDING OPPOSITION:From Page 3
Photo by Greg Kielec The Cornwall Colts kick off playoff action Thursday against the Ottawa Junior Senators at the Ed Lumley Arena in Corwnall.
Tyson Spink sits third in scoring with 42 goals and 50 assists for a total of 92 points. Michael Borkowski sits in sixth with 28 goals and 59 assists for 87 points.
save percentage. He backstopped the Colts to 34 wins over 48 games, earning five shutouts. greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
Colts goaltender Lukas Hafner is the top goaltender in the CCHL regular season with a meagre 2.11 goals against average and an impressive 1,313 saves for a .929
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lic consul But Parisien, speaking to The Journal after the initial waterfront condo debate in late January, is skeptical about what consulta- tion will achieve. “I’m deeply concerned about the public consultation process and I question whether it’s worth having.” Beatty said the newly constituted water- front committee is simply wants something to show for all the work it has done on the waterfront development issue. “The water- front committee is very anxious to get some- thing done.” But Thibault said development of the city’s valuable waterfront property along the St. Lawrence River has always been a “hot but- ton” issue. “It’s not an easy situation. Every- body wants to do the right thing.” The members were advised that it is im- portant that the Civic Complex parking spaces that would be taken away would have to be replaced. This would be an item to be negotiated with any potential developer. The cost for replacing those parking spaces could be approximately $300,000. That amount would have to be verified and would depend on the design. There was a question on whether this should be stated in the report. There was also a suggestion that text be included to reflect that a development would bring more people and vibrancy to the area. Plan and the Waterfront Plan would have to be amended. The Waterfront Develop- ment Committee should hold an open house to receive comments from the pub- lic initially. The Committee would then have to report back to Council and, if ap- proved, the Official Plan, Zoning By-law and Waterfront Plan would have to be amended. i.) Draft Report to Council on Devel- opability of Lands East of the Civic Com- plex
east of the civic complex “is a good piece of property.” But he worried people will be turned off from the proposal because they don’t have the big picture. Committee member Eric Lang acknowl- edged at the meeting it may have been “a bit of a misstep” raising the idea of a possible waterfront condominium. “But really, this is just part of the process.” He said he has received “negative” reac- tion to the proposal, but he has also received many positive comments about the plan. “I think we just need to take a little bit of step back and a breather. I think we need to just relax a bit and get on with it.” The waterfront committee has formed a sub-committee of five members to discuss how to move the plan forward through pub- Roy Perkins advised that he would like to move forward with the development of a process that the Committee would have to follow to see if it would be feasible to develop the lands east of the Civic Com- plex to present to Council and that the members of the Waterfront Development Committee should present for support. Stephen Alexander . . . advised that if Council approves this, then the Official Continued from Page 3 After some discussion, it was MOVED BY: Councillor Glen Grant SECONDED BY: Roy Perkins That the Waterfront Development Com- mittee investigate the strategy behind re- leasing lands, for development on the waterfront east of the Civic Complex, overlooking the Marina and discuss how to secure Council concurrence to proceed to secure public input. NOV. 17, 2011 6) Follow-up to Previous Meeting(s): i.) Member Input and Ideas – Strategy for Lands East of Civic Complex
IT’S 2012: Continued from Page 5 Stacey – at a dead end and desperate for help – met The Journal and the Cornwall Free News in Morrisburg two weeks ago. Days later, although fearful of retribution from the city, she decided to go public with her story. “Until this week, I had lost hope,” said Stacey, tears welling up in her eyes and even- tually trickling down her cheeks. “They made it very difficult to get up in the morn- ing.” Stacey appears to be caught in a bonafide case of Catch-22: She has been unable to se- cure legal help because of her unionmember- ship, but the union has been unwilling or unable to fight the city on the issue. “I have exhausted all avenues of help. My union no longer assists me and I don’t have the financial resources to get my own lawyer,” Stacey said. She believes “many things” could have been done to make her transition back into the work force a success. But to this day, she still doesn’t knowwhy she was treated so cal- lously. “Maybe they didn’t believe me,” she said, “or maybe they were trying to get me to quit.” But in the end, one thing was quite ev- ident for Stacey: “They make it quite diffi- cult.” ‘I had lost hope’ Photo by Greg Kielec A Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim provided by Erica Stacey indicating she was being harassed while working for Cornwall SD&G EMS.
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