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JASON MILLER

QMI Agency

BELLEVILLE An Oxordman will pay $120,000 in fnesand serve eight months in jailor a string o environmentalviolations.

Rober t Br a u n s ent enc estemmed rom the dumping owaste in 2007 rom a Trentonpaper mill to the Quinte Westand Oxord County properties.

Brauns co-accused, RonaldCharlton o Belleville, wasordered to pay $284,000 andserve 60 days in jail or the vio-lations.

Charlton will pay $180,000in ines, while the additional$104,000, is proits the courtestablished he gained roms p ea r h ea ding t h e i l l eg a ldumping operation in which69 truckloads o sludge weredumped on an uncertiiedSidney Ward site in QuinteWest.

Braun, 44, accepted culpa-bility or depositing 260 truck-loads o the sludge on theOxord County property.

Charlton plans to ight hissentence. He notifed the QMI Agency ollowing the sentenc-ing that he intends to launchan appeal. He said the penal-ties imposed were unair andar too severe or his involve-ment.

He was a little hard on me

compared to what I expected,Charlton said about the sen-tence issued by Justice o thePeace Stewart Wright.

I pled guilty to the environ-mental charges because I didnot intend or this to happenor want to hurt the environ-

ment, he said in the state-ment. I made some mistakesand accept responsibility. Iowned the land and allowedaccess to it.

HEAtHER RIvERS

QMI Agency

WOODSTOCK - A Tillsonburgman charged with attemptedmurder and aggravated assaultmade a second court appear-ance by audio link Wednesdaymorning rom a London Hos-pital.

Daniel Vienneau, 46, o 19Fernwood Dr., was charged lastweek with slashing the throato a woman ater breaking intoher Tillsonburg residence.

Court documents alleged

that Vienneau "slashed thethroat" o the occupant, "caus-ing serious injury resulting insevere blood loss and subse-quent loss o vital signs."

On Oct. 12, Oxord CountyOPP reported ofcers attendeda Tillsonburg home where theylocated a 36-year-old womanand a 46-year-old man, bothsuering rom serious injuries.

A court-order publicationban, put in place Wednesdaymorning, prevents the publi-cation o any inormation thatwill identiy the complainant inthis case.

Vienneau's deence attorney,Jim Battin, told the court hisclient was aware o the charges

against him."There are two and he is

aware o both o them," hesaid.

Vienneau, who is currentlyrecovering in hospital rominjuries, said little during hissecond court appearance otherthan state his inability to hearthe dialogue o the proceed-ings.

While waiting or the judgeto be escorted in chambers,Vienneau appeared unsure ohis role.

"I'm not sure what I should

say when it's my turn," he toldhis attorney.

"Don't say anything," Battinreplied.

Battin later said his clientis now able to "talk and walkaround."

"I can't say much more thanthat," he said.

Vienneau will appear incourt by video-link on Nov. 15,in order or Battin to receivedisclosure rom the Crown'sofce.

Battin told Vienneau he willbe visiting him in hospital aterhe receives more inormationrom the Crown Attorney'sofce.

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Oxford man sentened

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JASON MILLER TOMI Agency

Prosecuor, Laura Webber leaes he Belleille superior cour ontuesday No. 25, 2011, ollowing he senencing o wo enironmenaliolaors. Webber is anked by enironmen enorcemen ofcersGary Robers (le) Dan Joyner and Corey Jin (righ).

JE tRIBE

Tillsonburg News

A long-gun registry critic'scharge did not deliver eectivebang or considerable bucks issquarely in the sights o Cana-das majority Conservative gov-

ernment.On October 25, the govern-

ment backed up a long-stand-ing election promise by tablinglegislation in Canadas Houseo Commons or the long-gunregistrys abolition.

Ive always been opposedto it, said Oxord MP DaveMacKenzie, chair o the stand-ing committee on justice orthe Conservative government.

MacKenzie says the bill will

come back or second read-ing, go to committee and thenreturn or third and fnal read-ing, and anticipated passage.

I would hope it would bethrough the house by Christ-mas or not too long ater that,he said.

MacKenzies opinion romthe 1990s was the long-gun reg-istry didnt work and wouldntwork.

I think it has been borne outit is ineective and cost a lot omoney, he said.

Eorts were mounted inthe past to abolish the long-gun registry, including a voteduring the previous minoritygovernment which initially hadthe support o members rom

dierent parties in parliament,but was deeated ater mem-bers o the Liberal and NDPparties where whipped intovoting along party lines.

Subsequently a numbero those people also lost theirseats, he said.

MacKenzie said the long-runregistry was sold as a eel goodmeasure which representednegative issues or legitimatelong-gun owners and did notaddress the real problem posedby illegal handguns. The moneyspent on the long-gun registry would have been more eec-tive in other areas.

Oicial opposition justicecritic Jack Harris, NDP MP romSt. Johns East, said his party

will not be supporting aboli-tion o the long-gun registry.

This government has chosento not only get rid o the reg-istry and lessen gun saety inCanada, theyve also decidedthey are going to destroy theinormation that has been col-

lected to date," he said. Thisis irresponsible and a lot opeople are against it.

Harris said a number o pro-vincial governments, particu-larly Quebecs National Assem-bly, have expressed interest inusing current data or the cre-ation o provincial registries.

Harris characterizes the Con-servative approach as an ongo-ing example o divisive, polariz-ing politics rather than seeking

a compromise solution. He saidthe NDPs approach was seek-ing eective solutions whichremoved irritants to legitimategun owners while retaining theessential unction o a registryhe conceded was not perect.

It doesnt do everything but

it promotes responsible gunownership and accountability,he said.

The debate has signiicantrural-urban, regional andmale-emale divides, but isnot entirely a black-and-whiteissue.

JEff TRIbE Tillsonburg News

Wayne Goble o Gobles irearms is no unhappy wih he poenial aboliion o Canadas long-gun regisry ollowing inroducion o a bill o do so tuesday in parliamen, bu isconcerned here may be a oe-seeking response rom he proincial goernmen. Goble is picured here in his tillsonburg oule.

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