ljafcaagmtewigsqagii wl- s artarbfiw 3rsjtj2 t k 1 v vj sht j p 7 vv v ametraanajotmmuninewpctf rt i if 37 ndiford drsu306 stautpntr l7x5 rfe i- t t lxi2- feakfr- fej4akgc5i t 1 -4- editorinchief brerida larson regional editor brian kirlik publisher iari proudfoot generalmaneralvinbroiiwer i i- a- advertising director business manager 1 x debfaweller margaret fleming j i classified manager stephen mathieu office manager vivian ami editor tracyjdbble distribution director barry goodyear i i 1 t sqoi bpffdsshotdd riave put s6fe firsts york region parents had good reason to be angry withschool board officials last friday while the wimps toronto completelyshut their school systems down that day it was cieter- rhined those who hve north of steeles avenue are obviously made of sterherstuff tkedaybeforethufsdayjanl4 school buses werentjrunhjhg in york region due tqthe seri ous sn6wstbfm wfiich hit all of the greatertorbnto area j- 7 the scho6lsshoull have been closed arid the buses should not haveiaeen running last friday either the decision makers at both the york region public and separate school boards should have fol- lowed the lead of toronto and other boards and made that decision and informed parents of it- thursday night parents felt the lives of their criildren were actually beirigendangered on friday and many made the decision themselves thatthe kids would be staying home- public board spokesperson brian jamiesdn explained his boardspolicy for cancelling buses j j require that show is 25 centimetres deep the roads are icy aftdjprereis a persistent of 25 degreescelsiusihcluding wind chill conditions jamieson pointed out that one of the concerns in toronto was the height of snowbanks in urban areas whichwoulam o walking tqschopl v v v if school bolfrd officials didntminkthat was a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 shiifup llj ic li- 1 vl 1 i i 1 1 l i i j- i i l i 1 1 i i i i i i i r i i i i i i i j i 1 i i r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 jeovvfv brenda larson protect children vfroih selfish pedophiles i t was with horror i greetednews that a childpornography advocate in british columbia has been suc cessful in his bid to challenge the canadian criminal code provision that outlaws possession of child pornogra phy john sharpe a 65yearold retired city planner who describes himself as a freethinking libertarian challenged j the law on the grounds that the prohi- bition violates canadas charter of rights and freedoms for people who support freedom of thought belief and expression its hard to argue with the courts decision and perhaps theres an underlying reason for the court to have established this controversial stage for discussion letters to the i editor mau fiasco stiu not resolved kudos for job well done iikemany of the other674 house- kudos tpour town snow s clearing holdson rr4 stouffvillewe have not crew perhapswe didnt getas much as- hadmail since dec 31 as this downtown toronto but we got a lot matter continues to drag on 1 believe the men and women- deserve a big you needtobe aware of this ongoing thank you they were out early and inexcusable situation often and did a great job evenour my husband originally reported the garbage pickup was on time s george lovett 1 edme street post office jan 6- stouffville i office staff assured us on jan 8 how can anyone rule that if s perfectly ok to allow free circulation of child pornography in the community tets face it you and i were bound to be aghast by the courtdecision how can anyone rule that its perfectly ok to allow free circulation of child pornogra phy in the community tell the families whose children were murdered by clifford olson that child pornography arid the pedophiles whose needs it feeds isnt something to fear tell sheldon kennedy whose abuse v r unacceptable both socially arid legally 5sr m j comesfromjphnsharpesowrimouth cyou j 1 when reporter jane armstrong of j the globe arid mil asked him if tn his wed experiencehe had ever harmed a spmpasr child his responsewas chillihgr v ir iy i v t 8q thatshesameguywhominkschil- j understand that in order for child pornography to be rnadea child has to abused r we dont have to stand by and watch rchild pfpfe laws underrnined 5 r by selfish pedophiles lu eiy tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland prjnung up of newspapers which includes the ajaipictering news adyertiser advance barrs b3ythisweek bottonenterprfsebrampton guardian ngton postcrty parittollingwoodwasaga connection eastvbrk mitor etobicoke guardian flamboroughj5ost georgetown independentacton