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Paint problems: OPP look for prankster
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Lambton OPP are looking for a would-be joker after
a transport was bombarded with paint.
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Police say on Friday around 10 pm, they were called to the 402 near Ut- toxeter Road.
Police say someone dumped the paint from the overpass and it landed on the tractor trailer as it passed underneath.
OPP say this kind of action can have serious conse- quences for the safety of the people in the vehicles and the person pulling the prank.
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Hart says he led the ob- jection to bring to light the Ontario Heritage designa- tion, which he believes the committee of adjustment didn’t know about.
committee of adjustment are aware of the situation, the appeal is no longer required and has been withdrawn.”
has been dropped, the pro- ject still has some hurdles to clear. The developer has to come up with a site plan which council can either accept, amend or reject. And Burnie has the added requirement to create a restoration plan for the historic home. It was placed on him by the committee of adjustment.
“The 2003 heritage desig- nation application on this property had been forgotten, was dormant but was, and still is in effect. It requires
The hearing, which was slated for July, has now been cancelled.
a third reading to become reality. The appeal of the committee of adjustment decision highlighted that,” he says.
Mayor John McCharles says Burnie is aware the appeal has been withdrawn but hasn’t made any moves to continue his plans for development just yet.
Town council has also indicated it wants to com- plete the heritage designa- tion on the home, a move Burnie says he may appeal.
“Somehow that got lost when the committee was
He’s on vacation and McCharles says he will be contacting the municipality when he returns to move
west on the highway when he was hit from above with what police say was a sub- stantial amount of yellow paint.
but no one was found. It’s not clear how much damage was done to the transport.
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Fairbank project still has more hurdles
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making its decision.
“Now that council and the
ahead.
Even though the appeal
Police searched the area
Syrian family has been living in a plastic tent
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a refugee camp... They have said ‘yes, you can be there, no bathroom, no food supplies or money,’ people have just done things for each other. It’s horrendous.
want. They have a house, they have beds, they have a big kitchen table they can all sit around.”
“The family is living in a tent made of plastic, outside of an area of Lebanon I don’t even know and they share it with another family. There are no bathrooms,” she says.
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