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by Huron MPP Jack Riddell, Agriculture and Food Minister
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• The public and the legal commu- This move will make it easier and constant fear of their lives, the dam-
nity are applauding the most signif- less costly for Ontarians to pursue age from this cycle of violence
icant overhaul of the justice system small claims at this level, and will extends also to children and men,
in more than a century which was remove the former discrepancy For 1989-90 the Liberal govern -
announced recently by Attorney where the ceiling for small claims ment has committed $40_million to
General lan Scott. actions was $3,000 in Toronto and wife assault programs that will pro -
The reform of Ontario's court $1,000 outside of Toronto. vide shelter services for women
system- will lead to a unified one- Judges who make up the new and children, and counselling pro -
level trial court, court will be assigned permanently grams for all family members as
• Through extensive consultation to one of the eight regions in well as an increase in child support
with lawyers, judges and public Ontario, workers.
interest groups the government's By moving key decision makers
plan will transform the complex, to Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Hamil- Sofar, results have been encour-
overburdened justice system. The ton, London, Newmarket, Ottawa, aging. Mass public education cam -
attorney general noted this is the Brampton and Toronto, they will be paigns have successfully raised the
first major overhaul of the system closer to people affected by their level of awareness that wife beating
since 1881. decisions. is a crime punishable by law.
The existing trial court structure In criminal matters, lengthy waits
was found to be confusing and were being experienced due to
remote for the general public. There court delays and case backlogs. The
were eight different trial courts more co-operative system which
divided into roughly three levels, will develop with court regionaliza-
rand som.e cottrts were 1,grafpri tionwffl .be effective means- ef
throughout the province while oth- reducing waiting periods.
ers were centralized, mainly in This initiative complements the
Toronto. . decision made last fall to regional -
Overlapping jurisdictions in dif- ize court administration and the
ferent subject matters resulted in attorney -general system, and pro -
confusion -to -litigants who were vides local management and
faced with a choice of courts in greater accessibility to the justice
witikh to bring their proceedings. system.
TFte existence of different levels also Family Violence
left many with the mistaken New funding of $5.4 million for
impression that some courts were wife assault prevention programs
"better" than others. has been announced by Gregory
The new system will replace the Sorbara, minister responsible for
former High, District, Surrogate women's issues.
and Provincial Courts with the Since 1986-87, the Province of
Ontario Court of Justice which will Ontario has doubled the amount of
operate cunder two divisions, Gen- money committed to eliminating
eral and Provincial, by 1990. this problem.
This will reduce delays formerly There is no excuse for wife
experienced with the multi -tiered assault, says Mr. Sorbara. It is not a
courts. private family matter, but a violent
The Ontario Court of Justice, crime that affects us all.
General Division will offer the Every day, behind closed doors
added advantage of raising the in Ontario, one in ten women is
small claims limit to $5,000 being assaulted by her husband or
province -wide. partner. While many women live in
describe the role titicolorsAs
land use planner.aj�r functions of the mu
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role in, coMMIMItY planfliRg, Th
are responsible to that;046cel plan
ing decisions on existing and flit
land use matter, and"to dedcle
issues related to local planning do
uments.
Through the local planning pro
cess, a community can be shaped
best serve the social, environment
and economic interests of its inhab
tants, Public participation is a ve
important element in the proms
and is encouraged, thus giving th
opportunity for interaction by th
public and members of council.
In Wingham, the planning pro
cess is based on the official plan
which provides direction and guid
ance for the planning advisor
ceminittee which is composed o
five civic -minded members of th
public, two members of council an
the planning official.
The planning advisory commit
Funds have been allocated to
tee provides guidance and advic
continue public education cam- to council for its planning deci
paigns throughout the province.
sions. The committee also acts as
committee of, adjustment, whos
Grants Announced - duties will be explained later.
_Teeeiern_eed .-Reermteere-mereetee 'While -the - official —piertep wvid e
Hugh O'Neil has announced the guidance for municipal planning
following grants totalling $45,513: decisions, the plan itself does no
directly control the use of land by
Goderich Township, $3,309 for private property owners. 'This type
picnic shelter at Lakeside Ball Park; ing-
of regulation is provided br a zon
Exeter, $3,563 for sound system at e
oylaw. - ; -.-`
South Huron Recreation ,Centre; A zoning bylaw is "A local instru-
Goderich Kinsmen Club, $7,789 for ment that regulates and controls
new playground equipment; Blyth, specific land uses in our municipal -
$12,106 to refurbish Radford ball it ir It puts the objectives and poli -
diamond and install lights and cies of the plan -into place and
fencing; Brussels, $6,257 to install because it is legally enforceable, it is
lights and standards at Brussels Ball a very effective method of land use
Pirk; Stephen Township, $2,166 for management and development
new roof and insulation at town- control.
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useorrdeVel 'Or
does not comply with e bylav47,.
ey Beforecouncilcan approve at
ey amend/tent, a public meetingnIu.
- be held citizenstoprovicat
tut!, input: The final arbiter in this gate
n may be the, Ontario Municipal
• •'Board, if citizens' concerns are net
resolved at the local level.
- On the other hand,'minor veri- •
to ances, which do, not conform 'exact-
a! ly with the zoning -bylaw, but aie.
i- essentially in keeping with the
ry intent of the bylaw, may be
s, resolved by the, committee of
e adjustment. Nevertheless, a public -
e meeting must also be called during
this Process. •
- The committee of adjustment
, also deals with land severances.
- Approval for land severances pre-
y vents the negative impact of hap -
f hazard land division.
e One other valuable feature in
d land use control is the site plan con-
trol which provides detailed control
- of development of a particular site. eUnder this provision, council may
- require a site plan agreement with
a the developer outlining details such
e as parking areas, landscaping,
building plans, road widths, and
S serVices.
Land use planning decisione
t should.be made by informed mem-
bers of council, based on technical
advice from the planning advisory
- committee and professional plan-
ting:staff .asAvell as the wishei
• ' the punt • -
The 'individual councillor is
placed in a decision-making posi-
tion regarding issues of public con-
cern which can very often prove
controversial. Despite this, the
• planning process which determinee
the physical. and economic future of
the community can be one of the
most interesting and far-reaching
• involvements of a councillor's term
of office.
The zoning bylaw contains infor-
ship arena; Zurich, $3,486 to install
mation about where buildings or
rubberized floor tiles in the coin -
structures may be located, the types
munity centre; Tuckersmith Town-
ship,Parents voice complaint
$6,747 to install acoustical
panels in the indoor pool.
ton has announced a subsidy allo-
about swimming program
Transportation Minister Ed Ful -
cation of up to $12,500 to Goderich
Municipal Airport to assist in its Dear Editor:
operations for 1989. Recently, after hearing rumors of
a new program format for the
swimming pool, we decided to look
into the matter further and found,
to our disappointment, these
rumors to be fact:
—Prices have risen.
—Sessions have been cut back
(down from three weeks to two,
also the higher classes are down
from one hour to 45 minutes).
—Some programs are no longer
available (swim team, diving team,
Irving Layton, Janet Lunn, John etc.).
Robert Columbo, Ken Ledbetter, —New program times are inter-
fering with ball schedules.
—Public swimming times have
been cut back.
The answer we were given for
Red Cross Society thanks these changes, Was not enough
response from applicants to staff
the pool. The lifeguard staff is
residents for their support dciwn from 10 last year to six,
although applicants were offered a
Society and the need is ,great, well-deserved increase irt salary.
whether it be flood, tornado or Needless to say, it is the children
drought. who suffer. With the cost increasing
If anyone was missed during the in each program — as well as being
canvass and wishes to make a cut in time or omitted altogether,
donation, please feel free to call us: where is that extra revenue gOing?
Erland Thornton, president; Nellie We fail to see how Wingham can
Taylor, Campaign chairman; Marion staff and budget for an aquatic c6n-
Keil, secretary; Eileen Handl- tre tti run for an entire year when it
ton,treasuret • can't staff and operate the existing
shwa* 1;0°01 over the summer months.
if. s c.f,) e/ 0; .91104 mot% 14' 4 CMWith no registration teditidtilifd it7)
3:iT .rtle • ilk le a iiptesid citUntil June 6, thiss4osgstuotrteaffei
Novelist, poet to announce
literary award winners
Novelist Ann Ireland and poet include participating public
Mary di Michele will announce the libraries in the Midwestern Region -
winners in the Dorothy Shoemaker al Library System in 1976, and to
Literary Award Contest in Waterloo the libraries in Ontario Library Ser -
on Friday, May 26. vice-Saugeen in 1984.
The two literary figures will pre- The two judges join a long list of
sent the prizes at an awards cere- distinguished Canadian author's
mony at the Waterloo Public
Library which gets under way at
7:30 p.m.
Jointly sponsored by participat-
ing public libraries in Ontario
Library Service-Saugeen — includ-
ing the. Huron County Public
Library — and the Ontario Ministry Dear Editor:
of Culture and Communications, • We, the executive of the Howick
the contest is named in honor and Township Red Cross Society, wish
recognition of Dorothy Shoemaker, to thank the residents of Howick
a former Kitchener chief librarian, for their contributions, and all the
Miss Shoemaker spent a great volunteer canvassers for their
deal of her professional life encour- effort.
aging the,, development of literary
Our allocation was $3,000 and
skills in persons of all ages. we're proud to say a total of $3,715
The contest was first held in 1967 was raised.
as a oaritiennial project of the Kitch-
enercevblic Library ki)lyttlainelso:1M Maityrizatmfriosidu.ktimtivtildlutaw
popular that it was expandeciltormeraied. tfmliCatiaclialrolledsVrii&ock
who have judged the contest over
the years.
And Joan Barfoot are among those
who have participated.
much time for planning ahead —
arranging for babysitter, schedul-
ing holidays, and registering youi
children elsewhere.
The new format is to includi.
swimming lessons in the play-
ground programs, therefore, those
of us who choose not to send ow
children to playground don't haw
priority to proper lesson time.
Lessons then will rim from 1:15 to
p.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m. That is, E
you are lucky enough to have each
of your children enrolled in the
same session.
The out-of-town parents may
find it impossible and, therefore, fa
more convenient to go elsewheit
for lessons, and perhaps doing their
weekly shopping out of town,
affecting not only the pool, but ths
businesses in Wingham.
If any parents feel the same way
we do, please contact the recreation
director with your concerns
questions.
Sincerely
Concerned Parent
Nancy Bieman, Karen Blackwell
Jeannette Beier, Cindy Skinr
and Jennifer Gusse
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