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January is Crimestoppers Month Crime Stoppers
Community - Crime Stoppers is a program founded on the belief that for every crime committed someone other than the criminal has information that could help solve the crime. The promise of anonymity when providing information that could help the Police prevent or solve crime is the backbone of the program. Your information is sent to an investigative unit, who report back to Crime Stoppers if your tip was helpful to them in preventing or solving a crime. Your help could earn you a cash reward up to $2000.00! You will not have to attend court. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display. Our telephones are answered 24 hours a day. Crime Stoppers is a community program run by a board of directors comprised of local citizens. The public is encouraged to call in tips at 1800-222-TIPS or to go online to do so at www.valleytips.ca and follow the links. Crime Stoppers was started in New Mexico by Canadian born, Greg MacAleese in 1976 when he was a detective with
the Albuquerque Police Department. MacAleese was investigating a homicide at the time and ran out of leads to solve the crime. By utilizing the local cable television company to reenact the crime, offering a cash reward and setting up a tip line at the police station, the case was solved as a direct result of a witness calling in. There are more than 600 Crime Stoppers programs in the world today and 105 of them are in Canada. In the Province of Ontario there are 38 active programs that have recovered over $2,019 billion in seized illicit drugs and recovered stolen property from our communities. Crime Stoppers assist in solving a crime somewhere in the world every 14 minutes. Locally, the Pembroke/ Renfrew County Crime Stoppers Program began in 1989 and has a Board of Directors who works closely with local police/government agencies which include the Ontario Provincial Police (Upper Ottawa Valley, Renfrew, Arnprior and Killaloe/Whitney Detachments), Deep River Police Service, Military Police Regiment
Garrison Petawawa and the Ministry of Natural Resources Wildlife Conservation Authority (MNR). Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers have received an increasing number of tips annually resulting in 578 arrests, 1,146 cases cleared, $73,325 rewards paid out, $958,658 property recovered, and $12,329,384 drugs seized since the program began in 1989. Crime Stoppers is successful in part because of its partnership between community, media and police to foster solutions in solving local crimes. Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers would like to thank the local news media, who donate their time, space and professional help, without which, it would be very difficult to share our ongoing, proven success. Crime Stoppers would also like to thank the community for their continued support of providing information to help solve crimes in our community. January is Crime Stoppers month; take the time to learn more about your local chapter, or to become involved as a member by visiting our website at www.valleytips.ca.
Celebrating 16 years of family literacy ABC Life Literacy, Canada
News - On Jan. 27, Family Literacy Day will celebrate 16 years of learning together. The initiative, first celebrated by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999, has since been embraced by literacy and learning organizations such as schools and libraries in communities across Canada. This year, ABC Life Literacy Canada is encouraging families to take 15 minutes a day to learn together. “Learning opportunities occur at home every day,” says Gillian Mason, president of ABC Life Literacy Canada. “The benefits of learning as a family outside the classroom are significant. Not only are children exposed to a culture of lifelong learning, but the bond between parent and child can grow with each teachable moment.” Even time spent doing the dishes, eating dinner or having a bath can have a focus on learning in a fun way.
It’s important to embrace these teachable moments at home every day, Mason added. Here are some great ways for families to get started: • Write a joke book with your family. • Read a bedtime story to the grown-up putting you to bed. • Make up a new recipe together and post it online. • Tell knock-knock jokes together while doing the dishes. • Organize a book swap at your school. • Make up riddles and tell them to your friends. • Create a family book club. • Build a drum with your family. • Surf the Internet and learn about your favourite animal. • Make up a song about your day to sing to your family at dinner time. • Write messages to your family on sticky notes and post them around the house.
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Website: www.hortontownship.ca TOWNSHIP OF HORTON NOTICE OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAWS TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Horton passed By-law No. 2014-01 and By-law No. 2014-02 on the 7th day of January 2014, under Section 34 of the Planning Act. AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency who meets the appeal requirements of the Planning Act may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the By-law by filing with the Clerk of the Corporation of the Township of Horton not later than the 05th day of February 2014 a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-law(s) and the reasons in support of the objection. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeals unless, before the bylaw was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. AND TAKE NOTICE that an appeal must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of $125.00 and must be made payable to the Minister of Finance, by certified cheque or money order. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the By-law(s), describing the lands to which the By-law applies, and a description the location of the lands to which the By-law applies is below. The complete By-law is available for inspection in my office during regular office hours.
EXPLANATORY NOTE RE: NOTICE OF PASSING The Council of the Corporation of the Township of Horton passed Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 2010-14 on May 4, 2010. The purpose of the amendment is to enact the use of set fines for the enforcement of the Township’s comprehensive Zoning By-law (By-law No. 2010-14). The effect of the amendment is to add to section 1.3.3, Violations and Penalties, to implement the above. In addition to the amendment to the Township’s Zoning By-law, an additional by-law must be passed. The second by-law would establish the short form wording and set fines. All of the lands in the Township of Horton would be affected by the amendment, and therefore no key map has been provided. NOTE: One of the purposes of the Planning Act is to provide for planning processes that are open, accessible, timely and efficient. Accordingly, all written submissions, documents, correspondence, e-mails or other communications (including your name and address) form part of the public record and will be disclosed/made available by the Municipality to such persons as the Municipality sees fit, including anyone requesting such information. Accordingly, in providing such information, you shall be deemed to have consented to its use and disclosure as part of the planning process. Dated at the Township of Horton this 16th day of January 2014. Mackie McLaren, CAO/Clerk Township of Horton 2253 Johnston Road RENFREW, ON K7V 3Z8 Telephone: (613) 432-6271 Email: mjmhorton@xplornet.com
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