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$1 (INCLUDING GST) M O N D AY, D E C E M B E R 10 , 2 0 0 7 BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
Cainsville
a bone of
contention
Dispute between
city, Brant delays
Sereena Abotsway Marnie Frey Andrea Joesbury Georgina Papin Mona Wilson Brenda Wolfe boundary deal
BY MICHAEL-ALLAN MARION
Pickton nailed
EXPOSITOR STAFF
Brantford
A tentative deal between Brant-
ford and Brant County on
boundary changes and strategic
growth is running into a major
roadblock in Cainsville.
City councillors and a rural ad-
for six murders
vocacy group are growing con-
cerned that county politicians are
being too secretive about their de-
velopment plans for the communi-
ty on Brantford’s eastern
boundary.
They want to know why the
county is slow to set out the
boundaries marking the growth
‘I’ve got justice area of Cainsville.
What’s partly driving the con-
cern is the knowledge that major
— what I’ve “We’re
developers
and land
bankers
concerned have been
always wanted’
BY GREG JOYCE AND STEPHANIE LEVITZ
about
what kind
acquiring
massive
amounts of
THE CANADIAN PRESS of growth farmland to
New Westminster, B.C. will be the east, to-
ward the
coming.”
R
obert Pickton officially joined the ranks of county’s
Canada’s most notorious serial killers Sun- boundary
day after being found guilty of six counts of BRANTFORD with Hamil-
second-degree murder. MAYOR MIKE ton, and
The Crown is already laying the groundwork to try HANCOCK west of the
Pickton on a further 20 charges, but they acknowl- village, run-
edge many, many obstacles remain before evidence ning south of Brantford’s city lim-
is called in the case. its. Now they’re pushing growth
“Today’s verdicts are for the families and friends of proposals to the county.
these six women. The road to justice has been long “We’re concerned about what
and difficult and they have demonstrated remarkable kind of growth will be coming,”
patience and restraint,” Crown spokesman Stan Hancock said.
Lowe said following the verdict Sunday. “How far does Cainsville go?
There were Does it run under the bottom of
gasps, then the city? Does it run all the way to
m u f f l e d Hamilton? They’re not telling us.”
Robert cheers in the
Pickton WATER A STICKING POINT
courtroom
guilty in from family Since last March, negotiating
murders members of teams for the two municipalities
of six t h e s i x have been working in closed-door
women. women as the meetings on the details of a letter
THE CANADIAN j u r y a n - of intent that could result in the
PRESS FILE nounced the transfer of some 2,000 hectares
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guilty verdicts of rural land north and east of
Sunday. Brantford into the city’s jurisdic-
Some fled the tion.
courthouse in tears, running into the courtyard to hud- The deal would also free up two
dle near a Christmas tree hung with lace angels repre- parcels of more than 400 hectares
senting their loved ones. of county territory, just south of
Greg Garley, whose foster sister Mona Wilson was Paris and around Cainsville, for
among Pickton’s victims, told The Canadian Press that development by Brant, while the
his whole family was ecstatic. city would supply water to the
“We knew it. We knew that he was guilty,” he said. Cainsville area at a rate lower than
“And now the province knows it. And now the whole current charges.
world knows it.” Negotiating documents ob-
Garley said he felt a burden had been lifted off his tained by The Expositor show that
shoulders. Cainsville’s development and the
Pickton, 58, was on trial for killing Wilson, Marnie volume of water the city would
Frey, Georgina Papin, Brenda Wolfe, Sereena supply have become major stick-
Abotsway and Andrea Joesbury. Karin Joesbury, mother of murdered Andrea Joesbury, cries Sunday as she takes part in a ing points.
MIXED EMOTIONS OVER VERDICT prayer circle outside the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, after Robert Pickton was In meetings since last June, the
found guilty of killing six women. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Richard Lam city negotiating team of Hancock
But verdict day was a nerve-fraying experience for and councillors Greg Martin and
most family members. “I know in my heart what he’s done and I know But Attorney General Wally Oppal was uncon- Richard Carpenter have repeated-
They collectively sucked in their breath when the he’ll never get out and that’s what counted.” cerned. ly asked their county counterparts,
jury read out not guilty on six first-degree murder Bill Fordy, the RCMP officer who interrogated Pick- “Mr. Pickton is unlikely to ever see the light of day Mayor Ron Eddy and councillors
charges. ton, was also disappointed. again,” he said. “I can’t see him ever getting out.” Brian Coleman and Robert Cham-
Then, seconds later, relief and quiet jubilation “The main investigative team probably feels that And lead Crown lawyer Mike Petrie wasn’t interest- bers, for a clear delineation of the
rushed over them as the jury foreman found Pickton we let them (the women) down here today,” he said. ed in dissecting his case to figure out why the first-de- new Cainsville boundary, but they
guilty of six counts of second-degree murder. He added that the court process tends to forget gree charges failed. keep hearing it’s not ready.
“Not, probably, the outcome we all really wanted the human element of the victims and the way they “The evidence we led leads to the conclusion that Two weeks ago, the city’s frus-
but it’s better than what the alternative was,” Rick died. Mr. Pickton did this.”
Frey said. “Mr. Pickton is going to jail, I suspect that he’ll tration reached the point that
Pickton stood in the prisoner’s box, flanked by his council agreed to a resolution
The jawbone of his daughter Marnie was found on spend the rest of his life in jail,” Fordy said. “But I lead lawyers. He bowed his head and looked at the
Pickton’s property. think that the investigators would have liked to or from Martin and Carpenter say-
ground while the verdicts were read, but he showed ing, among other things, that it
“At least I’ve accountability and I’ve got justice — would have found more confidence or comfort in the no emotion.
what I’ve always wanted,” Marnie’s stepmother Lynn system recognizing that there was an element of plan-
said. See 20 MORE, PAGE A2 See WATER, PAGE A3
ning with respect to how these women passed away.”
WEATHER INDEX INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL
Today: Variably cloudy. High: 1. TWO SECTIONS Gunmen attack Colorado Lack of remorse could Canada refusing to sign
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Low: -4.
religious centre, church cost Black more jail time climate deal without U.S.
Details, PAGE A2 Ask Ellie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A8 ARVADA, Colo. — A gunman killed CHICAGO — Conrad Black’s lack of BALI, Indonesia — Canada’s environ-
Births, Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B9 two staff members at a missionary remorse, the amount of money he ment minister has dismissed the notion
Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A9 training centre early Sunday after be- pocketed and the severity of his ob- of signing a climate-change treaty with-
Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8 ing told he couldn’t spend the night, struction of justice conviction will like- out the United States, saying it would
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B6-7 and about 12 hours later, a gunman fa- ly lead a Chicago judge to sentence handicap the Canadian economy with-
Comics, Horoscope, Puzzles .A11 tally shot a person at a megachurch in him to about seven years in jail. out reversing greenhouse gases.
Expositor phone numbers . . . . .A2 Colorado Springs before a guard killed Judge Amy St. Eve will take a num- As the world gathers in Bali to work
Flashback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B9 him, police said. ber of factors into account when she toward a successor treaty to the Kyoto
International . . . . . . . . . .B7. B8. B9 The gunman in the shootings at the announces Black’s sentence today and accord, the Americans have already
Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A3-4 New Life Church was shot and killed high on the list will be expressions of made it clear they will not submit to
National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A5, A9 by a church security guard, Colorado remorse — something Black has con- binding emission targets.
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A10 Springs police Chief Richard Myers sistently failed to display. In an interview, John Baird said
Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A8 said. A church member died of wounds It would be near impossible for Black Canada hopes to reach a deal by 2009
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B1-5 inflicted by the gunman, senior pastor to show any remorse because he has — but only if it applies targets for the
TV Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B10 Brady Boyd said. steadfastly maintained his innocence. first time to all major polluters.
See GUNMEN, PAGE B8 See COCKY ATTITUDE, PAGE B8 See CANADA, PAGE A9