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Canada refusing to signclimate deal without U.S.

BALI, Indonesia — Canada’s environ-ment minister has dismissed the notionof signing a climate-change treaty with-out the United States, saying it wouldhandicap the Canadian economy with-out reversing greenhouse gases.

As the world gathers in Bali to worktoward a successor treaty to the Kyotoaccord, the Americans have alreadymade it clear they will not submit tobinding emission targets.

In an interview, John Baird saidCanada hopes to reach a deal by 2009— but only if it applies targets for thefirst time to all major polluters.

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Lack of remorse couldcost Black more jail time

CHICAGO — Conrad Black’s lack ofremorse, the amount of money hepocketed and the severity of his ob-struction of justice conviction will like-ly lead a Chicago judge to sentencehim to about seven years in jail.

Judge Amy St. Eve will take a num-ber of factors into account when sheannounces Black’s sentence today andhigh on the list will be expressions ofremorse — something Black has con-sistently failed to display.

It would be near impossible for Blackto show any remorse because he hassteadfastly maintained his innocence.

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Gunmen attack Coloradoreligious centre, church

ARVADA, Colo. — A gunman killedtwo staff members at a missionarytraining centre early Sunday after be-ing told he couldn’t spend the night,and about 12 hours later, a gunman fa-tally shot a person at a megachurch inColorado Springs before a guard killedhim, police said.

The gunman in the shootings at theNew Life Church was shot and killedby a church security guard, ColoradoSprings police Chief Richard Myerssaid. A church member died of woundsinflicted by the gunman, senior pastorBrady Boyd said.

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‘I’ve got justice— what I’vealways wanted’ BY GREG JOYCE AND STEPHANIE LEVITZTHE CANADIAN PRESSNew Westminster, B.C.

Robert Pickton officially joined the ranks ofCanada’s most notorious serial killers Sun-day after being found guilty of six counts ofsecond-degree murder.

The Crown is already laying the groundwork to tryPickton on a further 20 charges, but they acknowl-edge many, many obstacles remain before evidenceis called in the case.

“Today’s verdicts are for the families and friends ofthese six women. The road to justice has been longand difficult and they have demonstrated remarkablepatience and restraint,” Crown spokesman StanLowe said following the verdict Sunday.

T h e r e w e r egasps , thenm u f f l e dcheers in thec o u r t r o o mfrom familymembers oft h e s i xwomen as thej u r y a n -nounced theguilty verdictsSunday.Some fled the

courthouse in tears, running into the courtyard to hud-dle near a Christmas tree hung with lace angels repre-senting their loved ones.

Greg Garley, whose foster sister Mona Wilson wasamong Pickton’s victims, told The Canadian Press thathis whole family was ecstatic.

“We knew it. We knew that he was guilty,” he said.“And now the province knows it. And now the wholeworld knows it.”

Garley said he felt a burden had been lifted off hisshoulders.

Pickton, 58, was on trial for killing Wilson, MarnieFrey, Georgina Papin, Brenda Wolfe, SereenaAbotsway and Andrea Joesbury.

MIXED EMOTIONS OVER VERDICT

But verdict day was a nerve-fraying experience formost family members.

They collectively sucked in their breath when thejury read out not guilty on six first-degree murdercharges.

Then, seconds later, relief and quiet jubilationrushed over them as the jury foreman found Picktonguilty of six counts of second-degree murder.

“Not, probably, the outcome we all really wantedbut it’s better than what the alternative was,” RickFrey said.

The jawbone of his daughter Marnie was found onPickton’s property.

“At least I’ve accountability and I’ve got justice —what I’ve always wanted,” Marnie’s stepmother Lynnsaid.

“I know in my heart what he’s done and I knowhe’ll never get out and that’s what counted.”

Bill Fordy, the RCMP officer who interrogated Pick-ton, was also disappointed.

“The main investigative team probably feels thatwe let them (the women) down here today,” he said.

He added that the court process tends to forgetthe human element of the victims and the way theydied.

“Mr. Pickton is going to jail, I suspect that he’llspend the rest of his life in jail,” Fordy said. “But Ithink that the investigators would have liked to orwould have found more confidence or comfort in thesystem recognizing that there was an element of plan-ning with respect to how these women passed away.”

But Attorney General Wally Oppal was uncon-cerned.

“Mr. Pickton is unlikely to ever see the light of dayagain,” he said. “I can’t see him ever getting out.”

And lead Crown lawyer Mike Petrie wasn’t interest-ed in dissecting his case to figure out why the first-de-gree charges failed.

“The evidence we led leads to the conclusion thatMr. Pickton did this.”

Pickton stood in the prisoner’s box, flanked by hislead lawyers. He bowed his head and looked at theground while the verdicts were read, but he showedno emotion.

Pickton nailedfor six murders

Sereena Abotsway

RobertPicktonguilty inmurdersof sixwomen.THE CANADIANPRESS FILEPHOTO

Marnie Frey Andrea Joesbury Georgina Papin Mona Wilson Brenda Wolfe

Cainsvillea bone ofcontentionDispute betweencity, Brant delaysboundary deal BY MICHAEL-ALLAN MARIONEXPOSITOR STAFFBrantford

Atentative deal between Brant-ford and Brant County on

boundary changes and strategicgrowth is running into a majorroadblock in Cainsville.

City councillors and a rural ad-vocacy group are growing con-cerned that county politicians arebeing too secretive about their de-velopment plans for the communi-t y o n B r a n t f o r d ’ s e a s t e r n boundary.

They want to know why thecounty is slow to set out theboundaries marking the growtharea of Cainsville.

What’s partly driving the con-cern is the knowledge that major

developersa n d l a n db a n k e r sh a v e b e e na c q u i r i n gm a s s i v eamounts offarmland tothe east, to-w a r d t h ec o u n t y ’ sb o u n d a r ywith Hamil-t o n , a n dwest of thevillage, run-

ning south of Brantford’s city lim-its. Now they’re pushing growthproposals to the county.

“We’re concerned about whatkind of growth will be coming,”Hancock said.

“How far does Cainsville go?Does it run under the bottom ofthe city? Does it run all the way toHamilton? They’re not telling us.”

WATER A STICKING POINT

Since last March, negotiatingteams for the two municipalitieshave been working in closed-doormeetings on the details of a letterof intent that could result in thetransfer of some 2,000 hectaresof rural land north and east ofBrantford into the city’s jurisdic-tion.

The deal would also free up twoparcels of more than 400 hectaresof county territory, just south ofParis and around Cainsville, fordevelopment by Brant, while thecity would supply water to theCainsville area at a rate lower thancurrent charges.

Negotiating documents ob-tained by The Expositor show thatCainsville’s development and thevolume of water the city wouldsupply have become major stick-ing points.

In meetings since last June, thecity negotiating team of Hancockand councillors Greg Martin andRichard Carpenter have repeated-ly asked their county counterparts,Mayor Ron Eddy and councillorsBrian Coleman and Robert Cham-bers, for a clear delineation of thenew Cainsville boundary, but theykeep hearing it’s not ready.

Two weeks ago, the city’s frus-tration reached the point thatcouncil agreed to a resolutionfrom Martin and Carpenter say-ing, among other things, that it

“We’reconcerned

aboutwhat kindof growth

will becoming.”

BRANTFORDMAYOR MIKE

HANCOCK

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Karin Joesbury, mother of murdered Andrea Joesbury, cries Sunday as she takes part in aprayer circle outside the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, after Robert Pickton wasfound guilty of killing six women. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Richard Lam

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