Thursday, April 19, 2007

Vaughan Votes To Be Counted Manually & Mechanically

A Newmarket judge has decided that all ballots in Vaughan’s November municipal election, will once again be fed into vote tabulation machines for a recount ordered last week.
Justice Peter Howden has ordered the machines to be programmed differently than they were on election night.
The machines will be programmed to spit out about 1,600 ballots that weren't counted.
Only those 1,600 ballots will be counted manually, with a judge presiding over disputes.
The recount will occur within 15 days.

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Student Arrested After Threat

A male youth has been arrested after a threat that referenced Monday's Virginia Tech shooting was scrawled in a bathroom at Keswick High School.
The threat was found on a bathroom wall, according to York Region District School Board spokesperson Ross Virgo.
Specific details of the threat were not immediately available and the school was not locked down during the police investigation.

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Sports Report

The Raptors failed to set a new team mark for most wins in a season, after falling 122-119, to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Luke Jackson led Toronto, scoring a career high 30 points.
Andrea Bargnani returned to the lineup for the first time since having his appendix removed.
The Italian rookie scored 17 points.
With the regular season finished, the Raps will now prepare for their first-round playoff match against Vince Carter and the New Jersey Nets.

The Boston Red Sox evened up their series with the Blue Jays last night.
Tim Wakefield pitched seven innings, allowing only one earned run and four hits, as Boston beat Toronto, 4-1.
The rubber match of the series will take place this afternoon at the Rogers Centre.
Roy Halladay (2-0) will be on the mound for the Jays, while the Red Sox counter with Julian Taverez (0-1).
First pitch is at 12:37pm.

Round three of the OHL playoffs are underway.
In the Eastern Conference final, Belleville took game one, defeating Subury, 3-2.
The Western Conference final begins tonight as London hosts Plymouth.

Scoreboard

NHL Playoffs

N.Y. Rangers 4 Atlanta 2 (NYR wins 4-0)
New Jersey 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Series tied 2-2)
Buffalo 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 (Buff. leads 3-1)
San Jose 3 Nashville 2 (SJ leads 3-1)

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