The day after an O-P-P officer was gunned down near London, police are gathering in Mississauga for a police funeral.
There will be a service for James Ochakovsky, the first Peel Regional Police officer to die on duty in 25 years, at the Hershey Centre.
He died last Tuesday after his marked cruiser collided with a car and ended up wrapped around a light standard.
The 36-year-old officer lived in Barrie with his wife and three-year-old son.
A Toronto law firm has asked the city of Guelph for all the records, relating to a washroom facility in the Southend Community Park. Those records include building plans, inspection and maintenance records.
The law firm has been hired by the family of Isabel Warren. The 14 year old Bishop Mac High school student died last June, when a cinder block wall at the washroom, collapsed on her, resulting in massive head and chest injuries.
The facility has remained closed since the accident.
There’s a new chapter in the city’s legal tussle with the original construction company that built the new city hall.
In the fall of 2008, the city fired Urbacon Buildings Corporation. That company filed a 19 million dollar breach of contract suite against the city, and Guelph counter sued for 5 million.
Now, the city has been ordered to deposit 3.2 million dollars with the courts. Its part of the standard 10 percent hold back; money that is held in reserve, until the successful completion of a construction project.
Subcontractors on the project, brought the motion before the courts.
In sports, the Hurricanes entertain the Waterloo Siskins at the Victoria Road Rec Centre at 7:30 tonight. They trail their Junior B playoff series, 2 games to 1.
John F. Ross was eliminated from the O.F.S.A.A. boys basketball championships, with two straight losses yesterday. They were beaten 74-41 by Vaughn, and then lost 64-47 to Pope John Paul the Second from Scarborough.