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Carr - who is not seeking another term - said he and the province's half-dozen clerks w ill contact as many of the 54 Commonwealth countries as possible to find any prece dent to determine if Eves is violating parliamentary rules by releasing his govern ment's budget outside of the Legislature. Carr said only Commonwealth jurisdictions would be contacted because that form of government is the foundation of Canadian politics. The Speaker has also enlisted legal advice, includ ing help from Neil Finkelstein, who defended reciting the Lord's Prayer in the Legislature in a 2001 case. And while all of the reper cussions of denying the Legislature first hearing of the budget are unclear, it's possible Eves could be found Glen Thiessen · Oakville Beaver About 90 O akville residents held a candlelight vigil at the Towne Square on Sunday night to protest m ilitary action against Iraq. G iv e p e a c e a c h a n c e hamfcadly triggered the Oakville vigil by email ing everyone she could think of - including contacts listed in the Town of Oakville guide " Your Town" - with the template advisory pro vided to her by Move On. " It turned into an explosion of people email(See Participants' page A2) Impromptu war protest attracts 90 people in downtown Oakville Sunday's Candlelight Vigil fo r Peace may have been a small event, but according to organizer Jess Cote, those on hand represented millions opposed to war. More than 90 people gathered at Towne Square in downtown Oakville on the eve of what was to have been the U.N. Security Council vote. The vigil gave participant^ an. opportunity to speak, play music and simply find strength in the numbers of those against conflict in Iraq. Cote is affiliated with the activist group Move On. which was the catalyst for 6,400 vig ils in 129 countries on Sunday. She single- Anglican Church to pay for past sins against natives By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL T O TH E BEAVER Pride and a determined spirit to do right by aboriginal victims of residential schools pre vailed when the Anglican community gathered Saturday at St. Cuthbert's Church. More than 110 people filled the pews in the southeast Oakville church to glean information from their church leaders on the recent settle ment reached between the church and federal government. They heard historical details about the church's involvement in running residential schools attended by First Nations people between 1892 and 1969, and its current efforts to at least financially compensate the more than 2,200 victims who claim they were physically and sexually abused in one of 26 schools oper ated by the Anglican Church. "What was done to those people in our fam ily was inappropriate and immoral." said Bishop Ralph Spence, of the Diocese of Niagara. " As a family we have to stand togeth er. to offer, help and assist in their healing." The Niagara diocese has stepped up to the plate in more ways than one. Although it wasn't one of the 11 dioceses named in the lawsuits. Niagara has agreed to raise its portion of the $25 million in settlement money committed by the Anglican Church of Canada. Fundraising events will be educational and (See 'Anglican' page A3) of the House Gary Carr in contempt of the House and ultimately censured, said Carr. "W e'll take a look at juris dictions around the world to see if they've had anything similar, but we don't imagine we'll find anything." Cansaid. 'T o the best of our rec ollection. we don't know of anything like this happen ing." Carr said he is the first Speaker of the House in Canadian political history to launch an official investiga t e Carr' page A5) Flood safety warning issued Conservation Halton (C H ) is alerting watershed residents about the dangers that exist on local streams, rivers, ponds and lakes during spring breakup. The amount of water in the snowpack is relatively high, and the amount of ice formation on many watercourses is also higher than typical seasonal conditions, say CH officials. Mild weather conditions are expected to continue melting the snowpack and lead to break-up of the ice cover on the majority of the streams in watersheds The water levels in streams should remain above normal for the remainder of the week. (See Flood' page A4) Brennan O'Connor · Special to the Beaver Anglican Archdeacon Jim Boyles speaks to S t Cuthbert's Church on Saturday. inside Test Drive...... ...... B1 Focus............ ....... Cl Business........ ...... C8 1 Sports.......... ....... 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