HST Protest

    Members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation  closed a portion of Tashmoo from  Cabot Canada to Churchill Road today.   In Ontario, First Nations are currently exempt from PST and partially exempt from the GST, but this won't be the case under the proposed HST arrangements.

       The HST to be implemented in July will add an 8% tax to a wide variety of goods and services currently exempt from the combined tax

High Speed Chase

City Police have two Sarnia youths in custody following a short pick-up pursuit on Murphy Road late last night.  Speeds hit 130 kmh before police terminated the chase.  Public complaints lead officers to the Cardiff Place, Ascot Circle neighbourhood, where the occupants fled on foot.  One of the suspects, a 14 year old male was arrested in the Murphy-Wellington area.  The other, a 16 year old,  was located by a police tracking dog hiding under a deck on Fairview Crescent.  Investigation linked the pair to break ins to a home on Beverly Drive and another on Giffel where they found keys to the pick-up.  Both were to appear in court Wednesday for bail hearings.

Local Porn Charge

An 18 year old St. Clair Township man is one of 35 people charged following a province-wide child pornography investigation.  Liam Selman is charged with three counts of possession of child pornography and one count of making it available.  The charges follow a co-ordinated probe by the OPP.  In addition, two child victims have been identified, one in Ontario and one outside of Canada.  The 122 charges laid also include weapons and drug offences.  Other accused are from places including Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto, London and Collingwood.

Officer Funeral Friday

Thousands of police officers will gather in Wingham Friday to pay tribute to slain Huron OPP Constable Vu Pham.  A funeral services for Pham will be held at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex.  The 37 year old, married father of three, was shot and killed Monday after pulling over a pick-up truck just north of Seaforth.  The suspect, 70-year-old Fred Preston, remains in a hospital in critical condition.

Pipeline Expansion Approved

The massive underground gas storage facility in south Lambton will soon have a new line to Michigan.  The Ontario Energy Board approves an application by the Dawn Gateway Pipeline Limited Partnership to construct a 17 kilometre pipeline.  Union Gas Spokesperson Andrea Stass says construction on the pipeline beneath the St Clair River through both St.Clair and Dawn Euphemia Townships is expected to start this summer.