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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Man fined $10K for abandoning homemade barge in Lake Nipissing
A man from Lavigne, Ont., has been fined $10,000 for abandoning a homemade barge in Lake Nipissing. (FIle) A man from Lavigne, Ont., has been fined $10,000 for abandoning a homemade barge in Lake Nipissing. Benjamin Lindsay was found guilty of unlawfully depositing materials on public lands and unlawfully depositing materials on water covering public lands. In addition to the fine, he is prohibited from camping on Crown land in Ontario for five years. 'The court heard that an investigation was made after complaints were received in June 2023 about a home-made barge on Lake Nipissing,' the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a news release Friday. 'At the time, it was partially sunk in the public boat launch. The barge, which was built using an old pontoon boat and agricultural water tanks, was overloaded with a camper trailer, a truck topper and a variety of appliances, tools, motors and other items.' The barge was later abandoned in the northwest bay of Lake Nipissing, where it spent the winter. 'In the spring of 2024, the barge was found partially sunk along with a wide variety of household materials, broken equipment, fuel and oil cans and other garbage along the adjacent shoreline,' the MNR said. Justice of the Peace Ruby Beck heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on Sept. 26. To report a natural resource problem or provide information about an unsolved case, members of the public can call the ministry TIPS line toll-free at 1-877-847-7667. Call Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-222-TIPS. For more information about unsolved cases, click here.
CBC
27-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Calgary company at centre of daycare E. coli outbreak to be sentenced
The Calgary company at the centre of a daycare E. coli outbreak is set to be sentenced Tuesday morning after pleading guilty to bylaw offences last month. In April, Justice of the Peace Mathieu St-Germain accepted the company's guilty plea to operating without a food services business licence at the time of the outbreak. Lawyers for Fueling Minds Inc. — a catering company that provided food to local daycares — and the City of Calgary submitted a joint sentencing recommendation last month of a $10,000 fine. After the sentence is handed down, prosecutor Ed Ring indicated he will ask the judge to withdraw the remaining charges faced by the company's two directors. In September 2023, an E. coli outbreak was declared with at least 448 people — mostly children — falling ill. Of the most serious cases, 39 children and one adult were hospitalized and 23 of those patients were diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition that can lead to life-threatening kidney failure. The City of Calgary said it had traced the outbreak to the catering company that prepared food for its daycares, Fueling Brains, as well as other child-care businesses in the city. A report released by Alberta Health Services found the E. coli likely came from a beef meatloaf served from the Fueling Minds central kitchen on Aug. 29, 2023. 'Administrative box … not checked' During the company's plea, an agreed statement of facts was read aloud. The company admitted it did not have a food services business licence at the time of the outbreak. Prosecutor Ed Ring told the court that the city had not established that Fueling Minds' failure to obtain a proper licence caused the E. coli incident. Furling Minds' lawyer Steve Major told the court that the company had a kitchen licence but not acatering licence, "an administrative box that was not checked." In the wake of the outbreak, several lawsuits were filed against the company, including a proposed class-action suit that is still before the courts.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- CTV News
Eastern Ontario man fined $12,500 for altering Ottawa River shoreline
An eastern Ontario man has been fined $12,500 for altering the shore along his Ottawa River property. The Ontario government says the Ontario Court of Justice heard that between May and October 2023, the owner 'conducted shoreline alterations' along his waterfront property in L'Orignal, Ont. 'These alterations consisted of filling shore lands along the shoreline which were completed without the authority of a work permit issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources, as required by the Public Lands Act,' the government said in a media release. The owner pleaded guilty to altering the shore lands of his property. A justice of the peace heard the case in L'Orignal in January 2025. 'The Ontario government is safeguarding public lands by ensuring required work permits are issued to perform shore lands work,' the government said. L'Orignal is located 88 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Former England forward receives ANOTHER driving ban after being caught speeding again - as he's also hit with fine after pleading guilty
A former England forward has been hit with another driving ban after being caught speeding yet again. Jermaine Defoe has lost the privilege for a year after being caught doing 82pmh in a 70mph zone last October. He was driving a Land Rover in Wormley, Herts, JPs in St Albans were told. The ex-forward, who was capped 57 times by England and played for the likes of Tottenham, Portsmouth and Sunderland, was fined £660 plus £90 in costs and a £226 victim surcharge. The 42-year-old also received three points on his licence to go with the nine he already had. In July 2008, he was banned from driving for six months in July 2008, and received another six-month ban the following year for the same offence. He admitted to driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone in Portsmouth in May 2008. Defoe was handed three points and narrowly avoided a ban after being caught on his phone behind the wheel in October 2010 while driving in Loughton, but was fined £800. His next ban came two years ago when he was seen speeding in South Lanarkshire. He was clocked doing 56mph in a 30mph zone. Glasgow's Justice of the Peace Court was told Defoe was behind the wheel of a Range Rover at the time. Prosecutor Ryan Watson said the striker was snared by a speed camera in the area's Mill Street around 11pm. At the time, Paul Mullen, defending, stated: 'He apologises to the court for a momentary lapse in judgement.'
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nevada commission to decide Michele Fiore's fate as Pahrump judge
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Pahrump judge and former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore was awaiting a commission's decision Friday on whether or not she could return to her courtroom after receiving a presidential pardon. Last month, President Donald Trump pardoned Fiore, a Nye County Justice of the Peace, after a jury convicted her of taking money meant for fallen police officers' memorials and spending it on herself. The jury deliberated for two hours, convicting her on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and six counts of wire fraud. Following Fiore's federal indictment last July, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline suspended her from office with pay amid the proceedings. The commission later suspended her without pay after her conviction. Trump pardoned Fiore on April 23. First elected as a Republican Nevada assemblywoman in 2012, Fiore later served as Las Vegas mayor pro tem and unsuccessfully ran for governor and treasurer as a Republican. Nye County Commissioners appointed her to her judgeship in late 2022. Last June, before her indictment, voters re-elected Fiore, who is not an attorney, to that position. Fiore and her attorney, Paola Armeni, appeared on Zoom before the commission Friday to ask the panel to remove her suspension order. 'When does this end?' Armeni said, adding the commission only has jurisdiction over a judge's actions as a sitting judge. 'The commission can no longer issue, rescind, and reinstate based on this conviction, based on the pardon. There is nothing before this commission about her conduct as a judge, nothing.' Fiore did not speak during the meeting. The commission's deliberations were private and not shown on the Zoom live stream. After Trump issued her pardon, Fiore promised a return to the bench on Monday, April 28, in the immediate aftermath of the presidential pardon. That Monday, she did not appear, telling the 8 News Now Investigators, who attended court that morning in Pahrump, that she would return to the bench 'once the procedural formalities are concluded.' 'On Monday, I will walk back into my courtroom as the elected justice of the peace — not because man permitted it, but because God ordained it,' Fiore originally said in a statement announcing her pardon. On June 8, 2014, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were gunned down while they were on their lunch break in northeast Las Vegas. Fiore claimed to raise money for statues for the fallen officers, and some of the high-profile citizens from whom she collected donations were Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and the union boss Tommy White, both of whom testified at trial. During the trial, Lombardo said he was a victim. He has not commented publicly on the pardon. 'The only way my full story will ever be told is if I write it myself,' she said in late April, criticizing the media coverage. Fiore has alleged investigations into her began following her support for rancher Cliven Bundy and the armed standoff he had with the government in 2014. In court documents filed last year, she claimed the government had labeled her as a 'domestic terrorist.' Fiore could face state charges should the attorney general or the district attorney decide to move forward. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
