In accordance with provisions outlined in the Education Act (Clause 194(3)(a)) the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has adopted a resolution to commence with the disposition of two properties deemed surplus to its needs. The properties include two of three elementary schools recently closed or scheduled to close as a result of the 2008-09 Pupil Accommodation Review.
The schools are Blessed Trinity in Mississauga, which closed in June 2009, and Mother Mary Ward in Brampton, which is scheduled to close in June 2010. The board has decided to retain a third school closed as a result of the Pupil Accommodation Review (St. James in Mississauga) and is considering board-related uses for this facility. A fourth school, St. Mary in Port Credit, has been closed for a number of years and is currently being leased as a day care facility. The board will retain this property and continue to lease it for child care purposes.
There are three steps outlined in legislation regarding the disposal of properties by a school board:
Peel – Investigators from the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau have arrested a 44 year-old male, in relation to numerous frauds, valued at approximately $500,000.00.
The suspect has been operating businesses out of the Peel Region named Fininvest and Spectrum Investments, portraying himself as both a car dealer and a mortgage broker. The suspect would meet his potential victims at various social functions associated to his son’s hockey teams. He would befriend these individuals and defraud them of sums of money, ranging up to $300,000.00.
Some of the fraudulent schemes included false investments into condominium mortgages, a casino in the Bahamas and a company which invested in hockey equipment.
On Thursday, March 4, 2010, police arrested and charged Steve SITAHALL, a 44 year-old male of no fixed address, with numerous fraud-related charges. He was held pending a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton on Friday, March 5, 2010.
Investigators have located fourteen (14) victims, but believe that there may be other individuals who may have been victimized in the same manner.
Anyone with information on these frauds, and/or individuals connected to them, is urged to contact the Fraud Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3335. Information can also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), by visiting their website at www.peelcrimestoppers.ca, or by texting “PEEL”, followed by your tip, to CRIMES (274637).
For further information, please contact the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3363.
Mississauga mayor doesn’t retain emails or meeting records, inquiry told
The Toronto Star is reporting'William McDowell, lawyer for inquiry head Justice J. Douglas Cunningham, expressed concern at a hearing Thursday that documents expected from Mayor Hazel McCallion’s office weren’t forthcoming. It appears that McCallion, 88, who has said she’ll run again this year if her health permits, is not in the habit of retaining documents. The mayor’s office said that once emails are provided to the mayor for reading, they are deleted by her executive assistant, who “does not keep copies of any electronic emails.”'
The Toronto Star is reporting that "Peter McCallion's bid to get the city his mother leads to pay his legal expenses at a judicial inquiry will get a boost this week from a lawyer's letter suggesting how broke he really is."
TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2010 - At its February 19 meeting, the Metrolinx Board of Directors approved a fare increase and a more equal discount structure that will enable GO Transit to continue offering the best possible service and to meet the needs of its growing ridership.
The changes that will take effect on March 20 include two primary components:
a flat-rate increase of $0.25 that will apply to every adult single-ride ticket, regardless of trip origin and destination, and
a change to the discount structure for multiple ride tickets and passes so that these discounts will be equal across GO Transit fare zones. All 10-ride tickets offer a 7.5% discount over 10 single-ride tickets and monthly passes offer a 17.5% discount over 40 single-ride tickets.
"A fare increase this year will help to ensure that GO Transit can continue to offer high quality services to its riders in a fiscally responsible fashion," said Metrolinx Chairman Rob MacIsaac.
More information about current and new fares for specific trips and ticket types is available at gotransit.com.
This fare increase is in line with GO Transit fare increases from previous years, and with increases implemented by other transit systems.
