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I The LINK with Sylvia Bullard Pages 8-9 —r I’ The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 ¦ e Sunday in Sutton Page 10 / Learn French and English \ I the Natural Way I We help you communicate effectively in the language of your choice All formal levels and casual conversation Flexible schedules and locations Call today for free evaluation and information package 1819-565-2990 - 1-800-931-8753 75 cents + taxes PM#0040007682 Monday, March 28, 2011 Fed election set for May 2 By Doug McCooeye With the toppling of Canada’s 40th Parliament on Friday following the Liberal’s non-confidence motion, Canadian politicians have been suddenly thrust into a five-week election campaign blitz - and one area candidate is not wasting any time getting started.As early as Sunday morning, William Hogg, Liberal candidate for Compton-Stanstead, was seen putting up campaign signs around Lennoxville.“Raising posters this morning, and it's.-11 - COLD!!!” reads a message posted on his Twitter page Sunday morning.In anticipation of Friday’s non-confidence motion, Hogg released a statement on Thursday, asking for donations to his eventual campaign.“Compton-Stanstead has an active and engaged Liberal candidate.We now need a visible candidate,” reads the release.“With resources I can go farther - on the ground more, in more homes, in each CONT’D ON PAGE 3 Stanstead to host T-Day Exclusive by Matthew Farfan, page 5 Sweet willing workers for Colby-Curtis Al.EARR1K The Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead held its Sugar on Snow event Saturday.Pictured are (left to right) Suzanne Suitor, Chrissie Wiley and Amber Mackey.Says Kathy Lusty Curtis, “Although the wind was horribly cold, everyone seemed to have a great time.We raised over $900.00for the Children’s Wish Foundation.Thank you! And a big thank you to our crew who volunteered and to Harry Stevens and Paul Emile Laliberte'for their generous donations of the horse and wagon rides and Sugar on snow".II» » Katimavik program a hit at MES update Page 4 M RVS mm mi III!)] mm i Page 2 Monday, March 28, 2011 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Chamber of Commerce of Brome Lake To all members and non-members of the Chamber of Commerce of Brome Lake, we are inviting you to a meeting that will be held Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m.in Centre Lac-Brome on Victoria Street.Lac-Brome The meeting’s objective is to provide you with details following the changes at the Chamber of Commerce, to inform you of our position and to answer your questions and expectations.We hope to see a great number of you next Tuesday evening.Suzanne Gregory, Administrative Manager, Brome Lake Chamber of Commerce Weather 'J* Tm?.?I * — mâ *».TODAY: PERIODS OF SNOW HIGH OF-6 LOW OF-11 TUESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH OF 3 LOW OF-8 ^ fc’J rJ WEDNESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH OF 4 LOW OF-10 \ ^ J / ; i X/ yr 4.THURSDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF 8 LOW OF-11 FRIDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH OF 5 LOW OF-7 Champlain Regional College to host Annual International Studies Symposium Activism and social change Lennoxville International Studies will host what has become an annual event at the college, its International Studies Symposium.This year the one-day conference will focus on strategies for building civil society movements for change.Three speakers will each focus on a different dimension of this issue.Andrew McCann, a CSA (Community Support Agriculture) market gardener, lab technician on the Canadian Potato Genome Project, co-founder of Urban Agriculture Kingston and initiator and coordinator of the National Farmers’ Union’s Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System for Kingston and Countryside, (and Bishop’s grad), will speak at 9:00 a.m.on lessons learned in the the Save our Prison Farms National Campaign.At 10:30 a.m., Claude-Catherine Lemoine, a Lawyer at the Point St.Charles legal clinic, will describe her evolution from activist at Champlain to in- volvement in the Convergence des Luttes Anti-Capitaliste, Urban Agriculture and Anti-Poverty Law & Advocacy.The third speaker, Jonathan Brun, co-founder of Nimonik, an environmental regulatory website that helps companies across Canada manage their environmental obligations, will close the symposium with a talk media and activism at 2:00 p.m.In addition, the symposium will feature a panel discussion on a variety of controversial questions related to civil society organization-building including all three speakers from 12:45 - 2:00 p.m.The symposium will be held in the foyer of Centennial Theatre on the Bishop’s University campus in Lennoxville and is free and open to the public.Talks are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m.and will run until 3:30 p.m.The symposium is free and open to the public.Everyone is invited to attend.For further information, contact Nadia Khelil, at 819-564-3666 ext.197 or at nkhelil@crc-lennox.qc.ca.Activism And Social Change Thursday, March 31, 2011 Centennial Theatre, Bishop’s University 8:30 - 9:00 A.M.Free coffee/snacks 9:00 -10:15 A.M.Andrew McCann Save Our Prison Farms National Campaign Lessons: Working with Parliamentarians, Anarchists, Margaret Atwood and Stormy the Donkey 10:30-11:45 A.M.Claude-Catherine Lemoine Activism in the streets and in the courts.From Convergence des Luttes Anti-Capitaliste to Urban Agriculture to Anti-Poverty Law & Advocacy - An Ex-Champlain Student’s Journey 11:45 -12:30 P.M.Lunch break 12:45 -1:45 P.M.Panel Discussion: Activism & Social Change 2 P.M.- 3:15 P.M.Jonathan Brun Opening City Hall - Using technology and policy to make a difference locally.Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre exhibit beginning Sunday Patricia Barrowman & Caroline George fy-jhe Uplands Cultural and Heritage Center is pleased to exhibit Patricia JL Barrowman & Caroline George.The public is invited to meet the artists at a vernissage on Sunday, April 3rd, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.at Uplands, 9 Speid Street in the borough of Lennoxville (Sherbrooke).Caroline George Painter Caroline George was born in Milby and studied Fine Arts in Quebec and in Europe.George’s most recent series focuses on the exploration of expression.Beginning with the portraits of renowned Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, she removes these figures from their contexts and paints them with her own interpretive style.Draw results: 2011-03-26 04 0g 2J 22 42 43 07 ii 28 31 42 Next grand prize (approx.) : $3,000,000 2098654 Complete prize structure on lotoquebec.com Draw results: 2011-03-25 E@tra 6634699 BONUS IB) (01J04J22J25I26I36I46) Next grand prize (approx.) : $50,000,000 + $$AXMILLIONS 8 prizes of $1 million (approximate) | In the event of disaepancy between this list and the official winning list of Loto Quéhec.lhe lattei shall prevail With the use of graphite, tissue paper, and whatever approach inspires her, she then proceeds to deconstruct the painting, intentionally enhancing the appearance of time on each canvas.Having tended to avoid giving her subjects faces in the past, George has embraced the opposite challenge with her newest work, giving each face a new life, only to return it to antiquity.George has participated in a number of solo and group shows in Quebec, Ontario, and France.She currently resides and has a studio in Hatley.Patricia Barrowman Sculptor Patricia Barrowman obtained her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and has been practicing her art for over 30 years.Her latest series of clay boats was inspired by an old photograph of a West Coast First Nations woman standing on a pebbly beach along side a weathered dugout canoe.After having Ben by Daniel Shelton X CANT WAIT TO LOOK OUT this wiNCWANPsee TLlUPS INSTEAP Of SNOW.WINTER GAN BE 50000 THERE (3RANÀW this oughta HOLP YOU FOR A WHILE/ COURTESY Work by painter Caroline George.sketched dugout canoes and making patterns, Barrowman then rolled out slabs of clay and constructed the forms.She chose to apply slip glazes to the leather-hard clay rather than glazing bisque ware, explaining that, “slapping slip glaze on clay feels like painting old wooden boats”.Barrowman’s work has been seen in numerous exhibits throughout the country.Uplands is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.The exhibition will run until May 29th, 2011.Admission is free.For more information, call (819) 564-0409 or visit our web site at www.uplands.ca. The Record ne\vsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Monday, March 28, 2011 Page 3 ^qcal News Representing himself, the 68-year-old Kyling is the alleged head of a drug organization that was shutdown as part of the Sûreté du Québec's Project Cure investigation in the niid-2000s.Kyling, family, get emotional at trial By Doug McCooeye Werner Kyling broke down emotionally as he concluded his closing arguments Thursday afternoon at the Raynald-Fréchette courthouse in Sherbrooke.As quoted in a recent La Voix de L’Est report, Kyling told the 12-person jury that he has been fighting his case for “six long years.” Fighting back tears, he added that he was sure the jurors would make the right decision regarding his fate.Representing himself, the 68-year-old Kyling is the alleged head of a drug organization that was shutdown as part of the Sûreté du Québec's Project Cure investigation in the mid-2000s.He and seven other associates are on trial, facing a total of 50 counts related to an alleged marijuana ring that was observed by provincial law enforcement from the Spring of 2004 to June 8,2005 in the Bedford region of the Eastern Townships.The other defendants include Marthe Vandervalk (Werner's wife), Rudy Kyling (their son), Anne-Lise Kyling (their daughter), Benoit Gagnon (Anne-Lise's husband), Brian Bordo, Martin Castil-loux, and Gilles Couture.A Saint-Armand resident, Kyling is facing 14 separate charges, including gangsterism, the most among the defendants.All eight accused face conspiracy charges for being a part of a criminal organization that specialized in marijuana production and trafficking.While on Wednesday Kyling said that he was “not a candidate to be Pope," Thursday saw the alleged drug-ring leader admit that he did have pot at his place, just not as much as the Crown is contending.Following the conclusion of his closing argument, presiding Quebec Court judge Yves Tardif, who has butted heads with Kyling throughout the trial, did so again.The judge instructed the jury that Werner committed no less than 57 judicial violations during his closing arguments, something Tardif characterized as unprecedented.As observed by the The Record, Kyling was extremely critical of the police investigation, the handling of the case by the Crown, and of lead prosecutor Denis Gallant throughout his two-day closing argument.According to the report, judge Tardif said that a number of the statements he made were either false or in violation of the Court.Reports from the courtroom Thursday afternoon noted that Kyling’s son and wife also gave brief pleas to the jury.Like his father, Rudy is representing himself at the trial.He has been relatively quiet during these lengthy judicial proceedings, spending much of his time reading or working on a sudoku or cross- word puzzle.Addressing the jury, the younger Kyling noted his lack of appearances on the audio clips that were played by the prosecution during the trial, pointing out that in the times he was recorded, he never spoke of mari- „ ,, „ ,, juana The Raynald-Frechette Marthe Vanderwalk - who has spent the trial quietly following along with the headphones that provide real-time translation - spoke briefly and emotionally, saying that she was confident the jury would do their job well.According to reports, her address reduced her daughter, Anne-Lise, and Rudy to tears.Gilles Couture and Brian Bordo also gave brief closing arguments that echoed much of what Werner Kyling had already said, insinuating that the jury was not being given the whole story.Richard Prihoda, lawyer for Benoit Gagnon, began his final arguments on Friday and is expected to finish sometime on Monday.Jean-Marc Bénard, lawyer for Martin Castilloux, and Anne-Lise Kyling will also present their final arguments this week.The trial, which began on November DOUC MCCOOEYE courthouse 1, is being done in front of a bilingual jury comprised of seven men and five women.It is thought that the jury will be sent into deliberation sometime this week or early next week.The Project Cure raids from June 2005 targeted seventeen residences in Bedford, Saint-Armand, Frelighsburgh, and Philipsburg; leading to the arrest of some 30 suspects, including the defendants.On top of the arrests, police seized over 10,000 marijuana plants, 63 firearms, over $350,000 in cash, a number of vehicles including a helicopter, as well as over $4 million in properties and farming equipment.For much of the last 20 years, Kyling and his associates are alleged to have exported a significant amount of narcotics to the United States through the Vermont border.Alleged child abuser Case delayed By Doug McCooeye f | jhe 24-year-old Sherbrooke man I facing sexual abuse and incest JL charges for acts committed against members of his family made a brief court appearance Thursday at the Raynald-Fréchette courthouse in Sherbrooke.The presiding Quebec Court judge postponed the next step in the judicial proceedings to May 3.Detained since his late January arrest, the 24-year-old father of two is facing charges of incest, sexual assault in the presence of another person, inciting sexual contact, possession of child pornography, sexual assault, and assault against a minor - all stemming from acts police say he committed against his 18-month-old daughter between October 2010 and January 2011.i An additional charge of incest for acts allegedly committed against his own sister, said to be in her mid-20s, has also been filed against the accused.Those acts were allegedly committed in December 2010.A 20-year-old woman, the mother of the abused toddler, was also arrested in connection to the acts and she faces similar charges to the 24-year-old man.She is currently out on conditional release and will be back in court on April 18.While the relationship between the two suspects has not been confirmed, the 20-year-old mother was in attendance at the Raynald-Fréchette courthouse on Thursday for the man’s court appearance.The court has mandated that the names of the accused not be released so that the identities of the victims remain confidential.UMQ could support city in case vs cops "Y A Thile the City of Sherbrooke con-\/\/ tinues to study the Superior V V Court ruling that upheld the decision of a provincial labour arbitrator to pay four former Sherbrooke police (SPS) officers the more than $1 million in wages they lost during their judicial process, city officials received news they could be receiving some financial support.The Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) could cover the legal fees for the city if they decide to appeal the Superior Court decision, as the groups has offered support for other municipalities under similar circumstances in the past.SPS officers Pierre Bégin, Hugues Ré, Denis Turgeon and Guy Hovington were convicted in 2004 of assault, assault with a weapon, and assault causing bodily harm for acts committed against Hugo Lemay while he was in police custody in 2002.On March 25, 2010, Quebec labour arbitrator André Bergeron ruled that the City of Sherbrooke's decision to suspend the four officers without pay following their 2004 conviction was unjustified.The city should have kept paying the officers their frill salary, says the ruling, for the period between their initial conviction (December 2004) and the Supreme Court's decision to refuse to hear the case (January 2008) - a period of a little more than three years.In a recent La Tribune report, Ri-mouski mayor and UMQ president Eric Forest said that a legal aid fund is available in cases that could have an impact on all of the UMQ members.Federal elections CONTD FROM PAGE 1 town and village, each neighbourhood, every street.” In the 2008 electoral race, Hogg lost to Bloc Québécois MP France Bonsant, as he managed 22.5-percent of the vote to Bonsant’s 41.7.“The Conservatives do not reflect our values as Quebecers, and I am running against a Bloquiste who has become too comfortable in her seat,” reads the Thursday release.Bonsant has held the Compton-Stanstead seat since the 2004 election, when she unseated current Lennoxville borough president David Price.On Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the federal election would be held on May 2.DART r.TOURANAMENr FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BREAST CANCER SOCIETY Saturday, April 9 Old Lennoxville Golf Course.r\ Everyone welcome! STARTS AT 1 P.M.'< Mixed doubles/ bring your own partner 7 games 301 $5./player For information Mary Dezan V.919-823-1392 v__/ «¦ Page 4 Monday, March 28, 201 1 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Georgeville mail back to normal; Canada Post By Corrinna Pole Sherbrooke ?a yhile they still don’t know why \/\f some rural Georgeville resi-V V dents were left waiting weeks on end to receive their mail, Canada Post says service has been running normally for the last two weeks.Last week Compton-Stanstead MP France Bonsant publicly criticized the sluggish mail delivery crisis plaguing residents in her riding, especially those in Georgeville, that had some people waiting from two weeks to two months to receive their bills and pension cheques.Canada Post explained that they had received roughly a dozen delivery complaints stemming from mid-February to the beginning of March.They followed up on the issue and manually reviewed all mail directed to Georgeville as it came through their Magog offices.Friday, Canada Post Communications Manager Geneviève Latour informed The Record via email that the mail corporation had apologized for the inconvenience noting customers “have the right to expect their mail to be delivered on time” and stated no new complaints had been received after taking steps to correct the problem.“We are still investigating to understand how that happened to avoid any other occurrence in the future,” she stated.While the cause has yet to be identified, Latour stated the irregular delivery had nothing to do with employee reduction or technology used at the Ville Saint-Laurent processing plant, as previ- ously suggested in a statement from Robert Thibeault local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).“At the moment, sequencing of mail is only performed for one city in the province (Laval) and has no impact on the rest of the province,” she said adding that the mail service appreciated the efforts of its hard working employees.“We have adequate resources and (number) of employees based on the mail volume we receive.For the past five years, we’ve seen steady declines in the volume of mail.This means we have to make major changes to our business in order to keep fulfilling our mandate.” Canada Post also insisted the Georgeville incident was not related to the rural mailbox safety review that was completed last year in the Compton- Stanstead sector and that the corporation continued to be committed to rural service.“Canada Post is there to say,” she said.“Let me assure you that Canada Post is aware of the impact of any change in mail delivery in a rural community, and the solution to change a customer’s delivery method is considered only as a last resort.Delivery to RMBs (Rural Mail Box) is maintained where feasible.” According to Latour, the safety review of rural mailboxes resulted in only 15 per cent of boxes being replaced for centralized community mailboxes Latour pointed out if there are problems with delivery, complaints should be made through Canada Post’s Customer Service line (1-800-267-1177) and not at post offices, so the issue can be investigated and logged in their systems.By: Mable Hastings The Scoop What's 'it' really all about?Laura Farley from Calgary, Alberta and Logan Buchanan, from Campbell River, B.C., are two young people volunteering at the Mansonville Elementary School as part of the Kati-mavik program in Potton.The Katimavik program gives Canadians between 17 and 21 years old the unique opportunity to take part in an intensive six-month volunteer service program.As a Katimavik volunteer, youth work for non-profit organizations that play an important role in the development of Canadian communities.Starting in January, Potton Township welcomed the first of two Katimavik groups that will each spend six months in the area.Laura and Logan are two of eleven participants and they have found their niche working alongside MES teachers and the dynamic group of students attending the “little school with the big heart.” Both participants commented about the warm welcome they received and how accepting the teachers have been in implementing their ideas and strengths into the curriculum.Laura leads an Environment class assisted by Logan, every week and the two have even set up one of the unused classrooms and transformed it into a science based environment.Each week the kids learn about subjects like: endangered species, water conservation, compost-