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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2018 $2.00 WEEKLY IN PRINT. MUCH MORE ONLINE ANYTIME. TheIFP.ca The Town of Halton Hills and its CAO Brent Marshall have successfully petitioned the court for a Norwich order to ob- tain the IP address of a device from which a "defamatory" anonymous email was sent in early September. In a Milton courthouse, Jus- tice J. Gibson granted the re- quest, as tech giant Microsoft chose not to oppose the order. However, as of Oct. 26, the Town had yet to receive this informa- tion. A Norwich order compels a company to release information to an applicant. The legal test- ing for granting this preaction discovery includes stipulations that the applicant has made a reasonable claim, establishing that the third party has a rela- tionship, or is somehow in- volved in the acts, and whether the release of the information is in the best interests of justice. The judge's order, issued on Oct. 3, was obtained by the IFP last week. It states that Micro- soft Canada Inc. must request that Microsoft Corporation pro- vide the applicants with the IP address information "as soon as reasonably possible and no lat- er than 10 business days after receipt of this order from Micro- soft Canada." The order specifies that Mi- crosoft is required to provide in- formation in its possession with respect to the IP address con- nection and history for the email account from which the anonymous email was sent. "Microsoft was unable to pro- vide the information," Alexan- dra Fuller, Halton Hills manag- See TOWN, page 3 COURT GRANTS HALTON HILLS, CAO ORDER TO RELEASE IP ADDRESS CONNECTED TO ANONYMOUS, 'DEFAMATORY' EMAIL VERONICA APPIA vappia@metroland.com DOGGONE GOOD COSTUME This Scooby Doo trio of trick or treaters, including from left, Douglas Brake, 5, his brother Michael, 8, and sister Vanessa, 4, enjoyed Acton's Trick or Treat on Mill and Main Street. For more photos of the annual event hosted by the Acton Business Improvement Area, see page 35. Ray Lavender photo READ MORE @ THEIFP.CA COMMUNITY: Kentner family gets into holiday spirit with themed cooking class OPINION: Why there may be thousands of stink bugs hid- ing under your sofa COMMUNITY: Silver Creek Public School students create blankets, toys for North Hal- ton Kitten Rescue CONTRIBUTED: Georgetown Lawn Bowling Club completes successful 2018 season Looking for more online? Check out these stories... ALEXANDRA HECK aheck@metroland.com • your window & door professionals • 11 Mountainview Rd., N. Georgetown, ON L7G 4T3 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 27 times • Visit our showroom DISPOSAL A FAmILy TrADITIOn SInce 1953! "Scrap orWaste" S.O.W 1-877-688-6406 One of a kind same day service Bin Rentals for waste, wood, scrap and landscape www.sandersondisposal.ca 519-833-2614 S O LD krausemorris.ca 905.877.5211 23 MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD S., GEORGETOWN Re/Max Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage. Independently Owned and Operated 1195 Steeles Ave East, Milton ON L9T2X8 289-627-1800 or 1-866-620-3248 www.achillesmazda.ca • info@achillesmazda.ca GT model shown 2018 cx-5 gs awd FINANCE FROM$99 † 3.35%at weekly for 84 months, with $1,535 down. All-in from $33,644. Excludes HST. Apr 0%PURCHASEFINANCING▼ ON SELECT NEWMODELS + $750WINTER TIRECREDIT▲ UP TO A Get more community news now