The Agenda On the Road in Brockville

MONDAY, MARCH 1 The Agenda will be broadcasting live from Brockville. For more information and to get tickets » go to The Agenda With Steve Paikin: On The Road 2010 wiki.

Monday on The Agenda Live from Brockville The Debate: Agenda on the Road: Brockville How should Ontario reinvent itself for the 21st century? How does Brockville, and similar cities across Ontario, see their future unfolding?

Eyewitness describes Forthton shooting

An Ottawa-area man who was fatally shot in a confrontation with police near here Friday had both hands on his steering wheel when he died, according to a witness who said she watched the incident from her apartment window. 

Julie Young said she saw a police officer fire two shots at the driver’s side of the pickup truck, adding the truck was “boxed in” by Ontario Provincial Police vehicles at the time.

“The vehicle was not moving,” said Young.

Ontario Provincial Police officers shot and killed a man Friday night after he reportedly struck an officer with his pickup truck.

The OPP says two police officers suffered minor injuries in the incident, which resulted from a chase after the man bolted from a routine check for impaired drivers in Brockville. Full Story from Recorder.ca

Man dead after being shot by OPP

An adult man is dead after being shot during a confrontation with police at an impaired driving checkpoint in Brockville, Ont.

The incident occurred late Friday night when Leeds County OPP were conducting a RIDE program on the off-ramp of Highway 401 at County Road 29.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is now involved in the case.

According to the SIU, the incident happened at about 11:00 p.m. on Friday.

Police officers stopped a pickup truck at the checkpoint and spoke with the male driver.

The truck then fled the scene and police attempted to stop the vehicle near Highway 29 and Forthton Road, which the SIU said "resulted in a collision between the truck and OPP vehicles."

As officers then "interacted" with the driver, one officer was struck by the truck, the SIU said.

Two officers fired their guns and the driver was hit by at least one bullet. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The SIU asks anyone with information about the incident to contact investigators at 416-622-1965, or 1-800-787-8529, ext. 1965.

The SIU investigates cases of serious injuries or deaths involving police.

Day Three

We've made it back to Toronto and are getting cleaned up and giving Mike last minute tips on the condo care, and will be heading to the airport at around 2:30. I called Uncle Mike in Brittany on the way home from Brockville to let him know that we will be arriving in Paris tomorrow morning and will be in touch during the week to make arrangements with him for our visit.

Last night was Mom's 60th birthday, Happy Birthday Mommy!!!!

David & Marks European Vacation

It is Friday night and this will be my first official entry in my 2008 European Vacation diary. David and I just voted at the advance poll today. This was the first available, and I'm happy it was today as we will be leaving on Sunday for Paris, and the first part of our trip.

Officially the vacation is now on.  

I just picked up a bottle of sparkling wine (Spain), and I don't want to offend our first host country, France, before we even leave by calling it champagne).  It is chilling at the moment and as soon as it reaches the optimum temperature we will have a toast. 

David had the day all to himself as his last day of work was yesterday. This is a good thing as he had the day to compose himself and go through his mental checklist. 

I will of course think of at least six things I should have brought just as the landing gear is being pulled into the fuselage of our plane, and I am flagging the flight atttendant for my first bevy.

We don't actually leave for France until Sunday, however, we are going to Brockville tomorrow as I need to see my son and my Mom before I go (just in case we pull a Steve Fossett) and coming back to Toronto on Sunday and catching our flight to Paris on Sunday evening. 

Thats all for now. I hope you all get out and vote, if you are undecided vote Green. If you are smart and care about the world, human rights, and all the good stuff, vote Green. Your comments are always welcome here too so don't be shy.

Brockville Streets Close For Mountie

Thousands of mourners are expected in the eastern Ontario city of Brockville Tuesday for the funeral of an RCMP constable killed in Nunavut last week.

Const. Douglas Scott, 20, was serving in the remote Arctic hamlet of Kimmirut on Baffin Island when he was shot while responding to a drunk driving call on Nov. 5.

Final preparations were underway Monday and early Tuesday for the full regimental service to be held at 1 p.m. in Wall Street United Church, a short distance from Scott's hometown of Lyn.

Read the full story from CBC news here.

Brockville, ON Tourism Site

Some of my family live in Brockville, ON. It is a pretty, small city on the St. Lawrence Rive towards the eastern end of the famous 1000 Islands. Brockville is home to Canada's oldest Railway Tunnel (from the river to about Central Ave. underneath the city)and Riverfest each summer. Click on the image for a larger version.
The site link is in the title or here.