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As part of the investigation a 17-year-old male young offender was also arrested in connection with the Nov. 25th burglary of a White Oaks Boulevard home in which hockey equipment was stolen. He has been charged with break and enter and theft and breach of probation. A female young offender from Oakville was charged with break and enter and theft plus posses- sion of stolen property. Michael Alexander McLeod, 19, of no-fixed-address has been charged with two counts of break and enter and theft plus breach of probation. McLeod was also charged with theft over $1,000 in connection with a theft from auto. According to Halton Regional Police, the investigation stemmed from a Nov. 28th break and enter of an Odessa Crescent home in which a quantity of jewelry was stolen. On Saturday at 11 am. two people were arrested in Toronto in connection with the case. Oakville detectives hope they’ve solved several local bur- glaries over the weekend with the arrest of a Toronto man and two accomplices. Men face charges in local burglaries John Stewart MacCharles, 27, of Jones Street in Oakville has been charged with sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confine- ment and weapon dangerous to The victim was sexually assaulted, but managed to free herself and run. A man pursued the girl, grabbed her from behind and held the knife to her throat. Fortunately she struggled and broke away once again and fled to safety. The police were called and after a brief search, a suspect was located and arrested. Police said the victim was not injured physically during the attack. The man got out of his kayak and engaged in a brief conversa- tion with the girl. When she began to walk away she was knocked to the ground and threat- ened by a man wielding a knife. According to Halton Regional Police, the Oakville girl was sit- ting on a breakwall at the foot of Nelson Street in Bronte around 5:15 pm. when she was approached by a man who was paddling a kayak in and around Bronte Harbor. A Bronte man faces a number of charges after a 14-year-old girl Was sexually assaulted at knife- point Sunday. Man charged after assault on 14 year old girl Fred Plain: fight for recognition. 184 Lakeshore Rd. E.2 Oakville 0 845-5582 389 Pearl St, Burlmgton 0 639-1372 A Metrolandi Community Newspaper Under Bill 173, almost all homecare and community support services - from home nursing to “I am convinced that there are elements to the bill that are so negative and costly that it will not work,” said Sullivan, setting the tone for the afternoon. That was the consensus Friday of a forum hosted by Halton Centre MPP Barbara Sullivan to secure public input into the loomâ€" ing legislation, formally titled An Act Respecting Long Term Care. Of course there were differences of opinion on several aspects of the bill but such is its sweeping impact that the overall attitude was one of worry. If imposed as planned by the provincial government, Bill 173 could be a well intentioned disas- ter. If imposed as planned hv the (Photo by Fliziero Verto/II) ”Canada's Best Community Newspaper” CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 Vol. 32 No. 145 Plain, an Ontario regional elder with the co-ordinating body Chiefs of Ontario, is a former Chief of the Chippewas of Sarnia. A native elder is one who no longer is in an elected, political role such as a chief. In Ontario alone, there are 135 chiefs. And he told them if they do not get the recognition for self-govem- ment after so many years, the thorny issue could find itself in the international court of the United Nations. “The background of our people is, in a sense, unique. But the fed- eral government has always felt the duty to assimilate us into the body politic of Canada,” said Plain. “We want recognition. We want Canada to recognize, that when their ancestors came from Europe, we were here. We had political structures, organization, our nations were intact. We want Canada to recognize that now. The entire issue of aboriginal rights in Canada can be boiled down to one word â€" recognition. That’s what native elder and founding member of the Assembly of First Nations, Fred Plain, told a group of Appleby College law and political science students during a wide ranging, detailed talk on native rights last week. By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver Message of First Nations Assembly founding member to federal government: This issue precipitated the most enthusiastic debate of Friday’s open forum hosted by Halton Centre MPP Barbara Sullivan as participants discussed the bottom line of the proposed system, the quality of care. “Without volunteers our system will collapse,” warned Sullivan. The government, she said, assumes those who volunteer for a vari- ety of vital organizations across the province will immediately switch their allegiance to the new government~run bureaucracy. Not taken into Recognize us now or we’ll see you at the UN .. “IA 11" 111nm Lost in Bill 173’s sweeping reforms of long term health care in Ontario, says its critics, are many of the intangibles no legislation can control. Most neglected among these, they say, is the value of volun- teers. Bill 173 plays down volunteerism gamated into multi-service agen- cies, or MSA’s. These will replace 1,200 individual agencies across the province - some of which have served the public for genera- In two weeks time, the Assembly of First Nations meets in Quebec WEDNESDAY: DECEMBER 7, 1994 (See ‘MPP’ page 4) tions â€" inc uding the Victorlan Order of Nurses (VON), Saint Elizabeth Visiting Nurses, the Ontario Community Support Organization and the Red Cross Society. (The four provide 80% of Free Consultation 842-7602 . etiremept Hanging b\ AVA na kahuna..- RRSP’ S INVESTMENT PLANNING PETER C WATSON MBA CFTP, RFP rm Wmsow INVYS"EWT’\ x xx: : l “Four days After ofir fieople Fejected the idea, they exercised expro- priation powers,” said Plain, explaining the government used the War (See ‘Most’ page 2) A part of the Canadian constitution of the timeirequired the govern- ment to negotiate with native people. The people rejected the idea of leaving their homes to make way for a military base camp and the government began expropriating the land. Plain told the students of the long history of fractious relations with the Canadian government. For example, in 1939, the Canadian gov- ernment said there was a need for a military base and wanted to estab- lish one on a native reserve at Ippewash on Lake Huron. But he emphasized native people have never surrendered their own nationhood, nor their own right, to self-govemment despite Canada’s assertions to the contrary. “If necessary, we will reassert our right to take the problem to the United Nations,” added Plain. The United Nations - which calls sup- pression of identity genocide â€" has agreed that the aboriginal people of Canada have basic sovereignty rights. “Canada has said the United Nations has no right to interfere in its indigenous affairs; that, it’s an internal matter.” City to discuss what will happen should Quebec separate. According to the native elder, the Quebec government has already said it will take over the jurisdiction of the aboriginal people should it decide to separate from Canada. The major flaw from which most of the bill’s other faults flow is the government’s insistence on only one model of MSA, which it believes will service Ontario in its entirety and all people (the In theory, the idea of a single access point for service is essen- tial. After all, in a time of shrink- ing budgets and labyrinthine health and social services, stream- lining makes sense. In practice, however, critics of the bill point to a host of practical problems which could very well scuttle the entire system. We are an ind ndenfr Od<vi lie firm spgggizing In RETIREMENT PLANNING Ontario’s community support ser- vices.) The province will be split into geographic zones with each controlled by a non- profit MSA whose governing bodies will report to the Minister of Health. Although much of what is in the safe is of sentimental value, she said, the collection represents “30 years of hard work and sav- ings.” Many of the South African pieces are particularly unique and valuable and will be difficult to sell. To that end, the family decided to raise the awareness in the community about the missing property as well as the potential for other burglaries. “It is pretty much a disaster for the whole family,” said the sister- in-law of the victim, who prefers that the identity of the family not be publicized. According to Halton Regional Police, the Castlefield Crescent home was entered sometime between 6:30 and 10:30 pm. after a sliding door was pried open. A ZOO-pound safe containing approximately $77,000 worth of “very distinctive” South African silver coins, rand notes, pre-1954 Canadian notes and other items was removed. They hope posters will help them retrieve special items belongings back after thieves stole a safe containing rat a. n Oakville family is stopping at nothing to try and get thei coins and jewelry from their home Saturday night. A door-to-door flyer drop and appeals on local radio and in print media continued as of press time as the residents scrambled to spread the word about the unfor- tunate incident. According to Halton Regional Police, the Castlefield Crescent home was entered sometime between 6:30 and 10:30 pm. after a sliding door was pried open. A Saturday night preparing a fly which they distributed in the neighborhood at first lig Sunday. They approache Oakville’s three newspapers wi their plight and made the news CHWO Radio. If all else fail they say, the thieves can keep cash contained in the safe but asking them to return the colle tion. 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