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The Durham Regional Police Service has been a long time supporter of the Special Olympics and we are proud to be welcoming the 2008 Special Olympics Provincial Spring Games to our Region. Our Service was officially formed on January 1, 1974, amalgamating seven police forces from across Durham Region. This diverse area is home to over 600000 residents and stretches from Lake Ontario north to lake Simcoe and from Toronto east to Newtonville. As leaders in community safety, Durham Regional Police continually works toward making our region the safest for people to live, work and play. We are a problem solving organization, committed to providing quality service in partnership with our communities. Honoured with the distinction of being one of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers of 2007”, Durham Regional Police currently employs approximately 900 police officers and 300 civilian members. On behalf of Durham Regional Police, Deputy Chief and Spring Games Chair Chuck Mercier looks forward to welcoming athletes, coaches, volunteers, families and friends to Durham Region May 29-31, 2008 for this exciting event.

Another US Activist Denied Entry to Canada Ahead of Olympics And another US activist has been blocked from entering Canada to cover the Vancouver Winter Olympics. John Weston Osburn of Salt Lake City says he was detained, searched, and denied entry after trying to cross over into Canada. John Weston Osburn: I was kind of expecting to get—I was expecting to get kind of shook down, but I wasnt expecting the type of just—the animosity and just the humiliation. Even though it was only two hours, it was a really unsettling experience, because they made me well aware that I had no rights and that there was no one there to protect me. Osburns ordeal comes days after Canadian border officials blocked Chicago radio journalist Martin Macias from entering the country because he was planning to spend a week documenting anti-Olympic protests.