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oday, Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) announced it has joined the Township of Chapleau as their local electricity provider Through this long-term partnership, Chapleau residents will now benefit from Hydro One's reliable local presence and advanced customer engagement tools, 24/7 service, outage management systems, energyefficientprograms,flexiblepaymentoptionsand communitydevelopmentinitiatives.
Customers in Chapleau will receive their first electricity statement from Hydro One in September. Effective today, customers can call HydroOne24/7toreportpoweroutagesat1-800434-1235.
“WearethrilledtoservetheTownshipof Chapleau and to energize the lives of our new customers,employees,andthecommunity,”said Aimee Oabel, Vice President, Forestry and Integration Services, Hydro One. “This is an exciting milestone in our long-term partnership, andwe'dliketothankMayorRyanBignucoloand the Chapleau Hydro team for their support and dedication.”
“HydroOnehasbeenavaluedpartnerof theTownshipsinceMaylastyear,helpingprovide safeandreliableelectricitytotheresidents,"said Mayor Ryan Bignucolo, Township of Chapleau.
"Significant investment and modernization are requiredwithinourlocal electricity system, and weareexcitedtopartner with Hydro One to help usprepareforthefuture.
We are thankful to the Ontario Energy Board
fortheir swift approval of thesale."
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Announced in May, Chapleau Cree First Nation was one of the thirty-five recipients that received $25,000 in funding to build an accessible playground forchildrenthroughHydroOne's Energizing Life Community Fund.Thefundprovidesgrantsto I
, charitable organizations and municipalities that inspire caring connections between people to buildstronglocalcommunities.
Hydro One Inc has acquired Chapleau Hydro's electricity distribution assets valued at approximately $2 3 million. Chapleau Hydro served approximately 1,200 customers and was owned by theTownship ofChapleau.TheOntarioEnergy Board approved the sale of ChapleauHydrotoHydroOneonApril18,2024. Proceeds from the sale of Chapleau Hydro are expected to be used to invest in critical core community services including the Township's waterplant,fireservices,andtheairport.
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Chapleau Moments
by MichaelJ. Morris
When B.W 'Bubs' Zufelt, who went on to become reeve of Chapleau during some of its most progressiveyears,openedChapleauBakerywithhis partnerandbrotherElvin'Ebby',onApril20,1931,he hadalotoffaithinthefutureofChapleau,despitethe hardships presented by the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Writing in the Chapleau Post, on the 25th anniversary of the bakery in 1956, Wilf Simpson wrote that the "weak infant bakery business" had grown"intohealthymanhood".
With limited capital and their faith in the future, the Zufelt brothers launched their business which became famous for not only the quality of its bread,butalsobuns,andtheextremelypopularhoney dippeddoughnuts.
"Of course," Bubs Zufelt told Wilf in an interview, "the cash represented our tangible assets. We had arranged for the business which included an ancient Chevrolet sedan, and we were loaded with stock -- 30 bags of flour received from Charles W. Collinsoncredit."
Born in North Bay, he learned the trade of baker there, and arrived in Chapleau about 1927 where he worked for Henry Pellow who was operating a bakery. When the brothers opened their firstbakery,itwaslocatedatthebackoftheD.Pilon house on Pine street, almost adjacent to the old ChapleauHighSchool.
Soon afterwards, the honey dipped doughnuts were introduced and he toldWilf that "In thosedaysthereweremanydayswhenthedoughnuts werelategettingintothestore.
"Ourfirstbatchwasgenerallyfinishedabout 10:30 in the morning -- just about recess at the high school about 50 feet distant. Those kids would pile into the bakery until you couldn't move and with
ReeveB.W.'Bubs'ZufeltledChapleauduringboomyearsofearly 1950swhileChapleauBakeryfamousforhoneydippeddoughnuts
doughnuts selling at two for five cents, the batch didn'tlastlong".
Byabout1936,ChapleauBakeryrelocatedto BirchStreetnexttoHenryPellow'sloghomenearthe intersectionofBirchandGreyStreets.
Shortly after he arrived in Chapleau, Bubs Zufelt met Elsie Hunt who was working in the post office,thedaughterofMr.andMrs.GeorgeHunt,my grandparents, and sister of my mother, Muriel E. (Hunt) Morris. They were married in St. John's AnglicanChurchonDecember30,1931.
I extend my most sincere thanks to my cousins Betty (Zufelt) Gartner and Anne (Zufelt) McGoldrick for providing me with newspaper clippings and family history of their father who was my'UncleBubs',butforthefirsttimeinmylifeasI sharehistimeinChapleau'spubliclifeIwillreferto himasReeveZufelt.LikemanyChapleaupeople,he had a nickname, in fact he had many - Bubs, Bub, Bob, and my Auntie Elsie mostly called him Zuie. They had four daughters, Betty, Anne, Joan and Leslie.
HisbrotherEbbydiedin1942.
Even though in the early years, running a bakerywasveryhardwork,upearlyinthemorningto get the ovens going and the bread mixed and rising, deliveringbreadtostoresandcustomers,thengetting boxesofbreadonthetrainsforcommunitiesalongthe CPR line, he started to become involved in the community.
He served as a township councillor from 1943 to 1947, and after defeating two opponents startedhiseightconsecutiveone-yeartermsasReeve in 1948 which in one year terms was only surpassed by G.B. Nicholson, the first reeve who served from 1901to1913.
In 1948, Chapleau was threatened by a devastating forest fire, but fortunately an evacuation was not required although all the preparations were made for it The fire did directly lead to the completion of Highway 129 the next year and the resultant economic stimulus with the arrival of new lumbercompaniestothearea.AtthesametimeReeve Zufelt, his council and the Chapleau Board ofTrade were actively pursuing having the Trans Canada HighwaygodirectlythroughChapleau.
Theywerealsoworkingtogetahighwaylink betweenChapleauandTimminswhichin1962would becomeHighway101afterhewasnolongerinoffice.
The failure of Chapleau to be on the Trans CanadaHighwayevenafterWellandS.Gemmell,the localMPPandcabinetminister,told2,200Chapleau citizens at the official opening of the Chapleau MemorialCommunityArenainFebruary1951,thatit wouldbe"definitelylocated"throughthecommunity wasamajordisappointment.TheChapleauPosthad declared "WE GOT IT!" in a headline and schools wereclosedincelebration.Thenewarenaaswellas the formation of the Chapleau Recreation Commission were among the achievements of the Zufeltyears.
In fact, Reeve Zufelt had a photo taken pointingtowherethehighwaywouldgotoSchreiber, and The Globe and Mail said he was "jubilant" that "half the world" would be driving down Chapleau's mainstreet.
Despite Chapleau's best efforts, the Trans Canada went along the much more expensive route alongLakeSuperiorfromSaultSte,Marie.Politicsat playofcourse.
Although Chapleau had a water plant and distribution system by about 1910, a sewage system hadbeenrejectedbytheratepayersbyonevoteinMr Nicholson's time as reeve -- which greatly disappointedhim.
However, such was not the case in Reeve Zufelt's time and by November 1950, the plant and systemwerecompleted,justbeforewintersetin.But, the council ran into trouble when one citizen vigorouslycomplainedthatcrewswereworkingona Sunday,contrarytotheLord'sDayAct.Maybeso,but theprojectwascompleted,andReeveZufeltwasreelectedforanotheryear
In the early 1950s, Chapleau appeared to be heading for a prosperous future as the Canadian PacificRailwaywasestablishingdieselrepairshops, twosoftdrinkbottlingplantsweresooninoperation, retailstoreswereexpandingandrenovating,theFox theatrereplacedtheRegent,anewstateoftheartpost office was opened, new housing was under construction, the Bank of Montreal arrived, World War II had ended and many who served in Canada's armed forces were now home, married and raising families.
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Lastweek,LoblawCos.Ltd.,aswellasits parent company, George Weston Ltd., agreed to pay$500milliontosettleaclass-actionlawsuitfor their part in a 14-year industry-wide bread pricefixing scheme. It's alleged that Loblaws, along with other large grocery chains such as Metro, Sobeys, Walmart Canada, and Giant Tiger, were all involved in a conspiracy to fix the price of bread between 2001 and 2015, artificially inflatingthepriceofbreadbyasmuchas$1.50per loaf.
Many people may be unaware that this happenedinpartbecauseofthehardworkoflocal anti-poverty activist Irene Breckon, from Elliot Lake.Heractivismledtoherfilingaclassaction suittocombatthepricefixingofthepriceofbread. ThisledtoWestonandLoblawlastweekagreeing to pay $500 million between them, with Weston paying $247.5 million, and Loblaw paying an additional $156.5 million as a follow-up to their previous $96 million for a $25 gift card program from a few years ago. The payout will be the largest antitrust settlement in Canadian history, subjecttocourtapproval
This settlement was the result of an investigation by the Competition Bureau investigationthatbeganin2016 BothWestonand Loblaw admitted to participating in the pricefixing scheme, which resulted in both receiving immunity from prosecution There will be a trial fortheremainingnamedpartiesinthescheme,the previously mentioned Canada Bread, Sobeys, Metro,WalmartCanadaandGiantTiger
Loblaw and Weston Chair Galen Weston hadthistosay:“Thisbehaviourshouldneverhave happened We have the privilege of serving Canadians from coast to coast That privilege needstobeearnedeachandeveryday.Reachinga settlementonthismatterwastherightthingtodo in response to previous behaviour that did not meet our values and ethical standards.” One may be forgiven for not taking these crocodile tears seriously, especially given the frankly disgusting increases in the cost of food in recent years, particularlyatthelargestchainslikeWeston'sown companies
On this very point, Metro has denied any involvement in the price-fixing scheme and claims it was Loblaw and associated companies who were solely responsible, while implicating other grocers to improve their own market share Sobeys has stated they have been falsely implicated, Walmart Canada has denied
BreadFixingSchemeLeadstoLargestClassActionSettlement
involvement, same with Giant Tiger How much andtowhatdegreethesegrocerygiantshavebeen involvedwillbedeterminedbythecourts.Canada Bread was fined $50 million last year, having plead guilty to four counts of price-fixing under the Competition Act, while simultaneously denyingthattheyprofitedoffpricefixing Allthis istosaythatthelackofcompetitioninthegrocery industry has allowed this sort of blatant fingerpointing amongst a handful of large corporations aboutwhoisreallytoblameforrippingusoff
Sowhatdoesthesettlementmeanforyour average consumer? When Loblaws put forward theirgiftcardprogram,itwasopentoanyonewho may have purchased bread in one of their stores during the 14-year period in question Once the courts approve the settlement, the most likely scenario would be that customers would need to contacttheadministratorofthefundsfortheirown reimbursement Much like the gift card program,
it'sunlikelycustomersfromthatperiodstillhave receipts for the purchase of bread, so it's likely theywillneedtosignadeclarationthattheydid,in fact, purchase bread during the period Any remaining amounts following disbursement may end up going to food banks or other charitable organizations Weshouldknowmoredetailsinthe comingmonths
With four other corporate grocery giants yettohavetheirdayincourt,wemaynotknowthe full extent of the settlements for some time, but thisdebacleshouldstandasastarkreminderthat having too little competition in a market that's essential to everyone's wellbeing harms us all During that period, from 2001-2015, the price of bread rose 50 percent faster than other grocery items When you give five companies that much concentratedpower,itshouldcomeasnosurprise whenthesecorporategiantsrakeinprofitsoffour back
Le stratagème de fixation du prix du pain donne lieu au plus importantrèglementderecourscollectifdel'histoireduCanada
La semaine dernière, les Compagnies Loblaw Limitée, et leur société-mère, George Weston Limitée, ont accepté de payer 500 millions de dollars pour mettre fin à un recours collectif concernant leur participation à un stratagème de fixation du prix du pain qui touchaitl'ensembledusecteuretquiauraduré14 ans au total. Selon les plaignants, Loblaw et les autresgrandeschaînesd'épicerie,commeMetro, Sobeys,WalmartCanadaetTigregéant,auraient toutesconspiréde2001à2015pourfixerleprix du pain et y ajouter une hausse artificielle pouvantatteindre1,50$pararticle.
Bonnombredeconsommateursnesavent pasquel'existencedecestratagèmes'estproduit en partie grâce au travail acharné d'Irene Breckon,unemilitantelocaledelaluttecontrela pauvreté, d'Elliot Lake Ses nombreuses démarches l'ont poussée à intenter un recours collectifafinquelesdétaillantscessentdegonfler en douce le prix du pain. C'est ce recours qui a pousséWeston et Loblaw à accepter, la semaine dernière,depayercollectivement500millionsde dollars Dans le détail, Weston paiera 247,5 millionsetLoblawversera156,5millionsdeplus queles96millionsqu'elleadéjàdéboursésilya quelques années pour mettre en œuvre son programme de cartes-cadeaux à 25 $ Si le tribunalapprouvecetteentente,quidécouled'une enquête entamée en 2016 par le Bureau de la concurrence, il s'agira du plus important règlement dans une action antitrust de l'histoire duCanada.
Weston et Loblaw ont admis avoir pris part au stratagème dénoncé, ce qui leur a valu l'immunité de poursuite les autres parties impliquées, soit Canada Bread, Sobeys, Metro,
WalmartCanadaetTigregéant,irontenprocès. Selon le président de Loblaw et de Weston, GalenWeston, « cette situation n'aurait jamaisdûseproduire.Nousavonsleprivilègede servir les Canadiens d'un océan à l'autre. Ce privilège doit être mérité jour après jour La conclusiond'unrèglementdanscetteaffaireétait labonnechoseàfaireenréponseàunepratique antérieurequicontrevenaitànosvaleursetànos normeséthiques.»Iln'yauraitriend'étonnantà ce que ces larmes de crocodile ne réussissent à émouvoirpersonne.Surtoutquandonserappelle lamanièrerévoltantedontleprixdesalimentsa bondi ces dernières années, et plus particulièrement dans les grandes chaînes commecelledeWeston.
À ce sujet, Metro nie toute participation au stratagème de fixation du prix du pain et maintientqueLoblawetsescompagniesaffiliées sont les seules responsables et que les autres épiciersn'avaientpaslechoixdesuivrelebals'ils voulaient conserver leurs parts de marché Sobeys a déclaré avoir été impliquée à tort dans toutecetteaffaire,tandisqueWalmartCanadaet Tigre géant nient toute participation. Combien d'argent ces géants de l'alimentation ont-ils empoché et à quel point chacun était impliqué dans le stratagème? Voilà ce que les tribunaux devrontétablir CanadaBreadareçuuneamende de 50 millions de dollars l'année dernière après avoir plaidé coupable à quatre accusations de fixation du prix aux termes de la Loi sur la concurrence, mais elle a aussitôt précisé n'en avoir tiré aucun profit. Tout ça pour dire que la faible concurrence dans le secteur des épiceries estàl'originedecettevaguedereprochesquese renvoientunepoignéeSuiteP.7
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To me, one of my best memories of those years was the paving of many Chapleau streets by about1950,andasIhadgraduatedfrommytricycleto a two wheeler, I still remember the official opening. For some reason, it was held at the intersection of GreyandBirchstreetswithGreyStreetNorthhaving beenpaved.Aftertheofficialopening,wehadbicycle races on the new pavement, organized, by who else, CouncillorJ.M.Shoup,alsotheprincipalofChapleau Public School, who looked after all races, or so it seemed.
As Chapleau expanded, Joseph Shilliday arrivedaschiefofpolice,andtheforcedoubledtothe chief and three officers who got a cruiser -- the first oneIthinkwasablack1952Chevroletwithalittlered lightontop.Priortothistime,Irecallthatifthepolice hadtogetsomewhereinahurry,theywouldtakeataxi or call the one Ontario Provincial Police officer who hadavehicle.
BubsZufeltalsofoundtimetobeinvolvedin other aspects of community Life. He was an avid curler and at one time was on a rink with Vince Crichton,BordenMcLeodandNewtPellowthatwon the NOCC championship. He sat on the board of St. John's Anglican Church for many years, served as president of the Chapleau Rotary Club and the local Progressive Conservative Association, as well as being a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.HehadworkedfortheCPRatonetime. He was also a member of Lorne Lodge AF and AM and a past district grand master of the IndependentOrderofOddfellows.
By 1950 he had purchased a new oven described by Wilf Simpson as "one of the most beautifulpiecesofautomaticbakingequipmentever", a new oven at Chapleau Bakery By this time the bakerywasputtingoutabout1,000loavesofbreada day. He worked full time at the bakery as well as servingasreeve.
WhenWilfaskedhimaboutthedifferencein equipmentovertheyears,BubsZufeltreplied,"Well, wehaveonlygoneforwardwiththetownasawhole anditisbythesupportofthepeople..thatthesethings arepossible.Wecouldnotforeseeit(yearsago)when thingswereprettygrimattimes.WilfaddedthatBub Zufelt's"faithinthetownhasbeenexemplifedwhen hemodernizeshisbusinessandexpendshiscapitalto giveChapleauanevenbetterproduct".
'UncleBubs',BertramWilliamZufelt,diedin Chapleau in 1975. Again my sincere thanks to his daughters Betty and Anne for sharing their father's story Also thanks to Doug Greig for his assistance. Anyerrorsaremine
MOMENTS IN TIME
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exact de règlements qui pourraient survenir, ni leur ampleur, mais tout ce gâchis devrait nous rappeleràladurequec'estleconsommateurqui paie quand il manque de concurrence dans un marchédontpersonnenepeutsepriver De2001 à 2015, le prix du pain a augmenté 50 % plus rapidement que celui des autres articles d'épicerie.Quandonconcentreautantdepouvoir entrelesmainsdecinqgéants,onnedevraitpas s'étonners'ilsenprofitentpours'enmettreplein lespoches,audétrimentdesconsommateurs. Le stratagème de fixation du prix du pain
Que signifie le règlement annoncé pour le consommateur moyen? Le programme de cartes-cadeaux de Loblaw était ouvert à quiconqueavaitpuacheterdupaindansl'undes magasins de la chaîne pendant les 14 années en cause Une fois que les tribunaux auront approuvé le règlement, les consommateurs devront vraisemblablement communiquer avec l'administrateur des fonds pour obtenir leur remboursement. Comme dans le cas des cartescadeaux, ce serait étonnant que les consommateursaientgardélescouponsdecaisse pourtouslespainsachetéspendantcettepériode, cequiveutdirequ'ilsdevrontvraisemblablement signerunedéclarationaffirmantqu'ilsontbelet bien acheté du pain pendant ladite période. Toutes les sommes restantes après la période de remboursement seront versées à des banques alimentairesetàdesorganismescaritatifs.Nous devrionsensavoirplusdanslesmoisàvenir Puisquelesquatreautresgéantsdel'alimentation n'ont pas encore pu s'exprimer en cour, nous ne connaîtronspasavantuncertaintempslenombre
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Les clients de Chapleau peuvent s'attendre à recevoir leur premier état de compte d'électricité de Hydro One en septembre
Degaucheàdroite:AimeeOabel,VicePresident,Forestryand IntegrationServices,HydroOne,TedLyberogiannis,Director, Operations Reliability, Integration and Emergency Management, Hydro One, Ryan Bignucolo, Mayor,Township of Chapleau, and Paul Bernier, Board Member, Chapleau HydroandCouncilor,TownshipofChapleau.
Aujourd'hui, Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) a annoncé qu'elle devenait le fournisseur d'électricité local du canton de Chapleau.Grâceàcepartenariatàlongterme,les résidents de Chapleau bénéficieront désormais delaprésencelocalefiabled'HydroOneetdeses outils avancés d'engagement des clients, d'un service24heuressur24,7jourssur7,desystèmes de gestion des pannes, de programmes d'efficacité énergétique, d'options de paiement flexibles et d'initiatives de développement communautaire.
Les clients de Chapleau recevront leur premier état de compte d'électricité de Hydro One en septembre. À compter d'aujourd'hui, les clientspeuventappelerHydroOne24heuressur 24et7jourssur7au1800434-1235poursignalerdescoupuresdecourant.
« Nous sommes ravis de desservir le cantondeChapleauetdedynamiserlaviedenos nouveaux clients, de nos employés et de la communauté », a déclaré Aimee Oabel, viceprésidente,Servicesdeforesterieetd'intégration, HydroOne.«Ils'agitd'uneétapeimportantedans notre partenariat à long terme, et nous tenons à remercierlemaireRyanBignucoloetl'équipede ChapleauHydropourleursoutienetleurdévouement.»
« Hydro One est un partenaire précieux du canton depuis le mois de mai de l'année dernièreetcontribueàfourniruneélectricitésûre et fiable aux résidents », a déclaré le maire du canton de Chapleau Ryan Bignucolo. « Notre réseau électrique local doit faire l'objet
d'investissements et de travaux de modernisation importants, et nous sommes ravis de nous associer à Hydro One pour nous aider à préparer l'avenir Nous sommes reconnaissants à la Commission de l'énergie de l'Ontario d'avoir rapidement approuvélavente».
HydroOneestactivedans lescommunautésqu'elledessert. Annoncée en mai, la Première nationcriedeChapleauaétél'un destrente-cinqbénéficiairesd'un financement de 25 000 dollars pour la construction d'un terrain de jeu accessible aux enfants, dans le cadre du fonds communautaireEnergizingLifed'Hydro One Ce fonds accorde des subventions aux communautés autochtones, aux organismes de bienfaisanceetauxmunicipalités qui inspirent des liens d'entraide entre les gens afin de renforcer lescommunautéslocales.
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Notre équipe, composée d'environ 9 700 employésqualifiésetdévoués,bâtitetentretient avec fierté un réseau électrique sûr, fiable et essentielpoursoutenirlaprospéritéetlasolidité des collectivités. En 2023, Hydro One a investi prèsde2,5milliardsdedollarsdanssesréseaux de transport et de distribution et elle a soutenu l'économieenyinjectantprèsde2,5milliardsde dollarsparl'achatdebiensetdeservices. Noussommesattachésauxcollectivitésoùnous
vivons et travaillons par des projets axés sur l'investissement communautaire, le développementdurableetladiversité.
Les actions ordinaires de Hydro One Limited sont inscrites à la cote de la Bourse de Toronto et certains des billets à moyen terme de HydroOneInc.sontinscritsàlaBoursedeNew York. Pour de plus amples renseignements, consulter les sites www hydroone com, www.sedarplus.comouwww.sec.gov Énoncésetinformationsprospectifs: Cecommuniquédepressecontientdes« énoncés prospectifs », au sens des lois sur les valeurs mobilières applicables. Des termes comme, comme « s'attendre à », « anticiper », « avoirl'intention»,«tenter »,«peut»,«essayer», «croire»,«chercher»,«estimer»,lesverbesau futur et leurs dérivés ou d'autres expressions semblables signalent des énoncés prospectifs. Ces énoncés ne représentent aucune garantie de rendementoud'actionsfutursetsontassujettisà de nombreux risques et incertitudes qui sont difficilement prévisibles Par conséquent, les résultats réels peuvent différer sensiblement des faitsourésultatsescomptés,exprimésousupposés aux présentes. Certains facteurs qui pourraient faire en sorte que les résultats réels diffèrent considérablement des résultats ainsi exprimés,supposésouprévusparlesénoncésprospectifs, y compris certaines hypothèses utilisées danslaformulationdecesénoncés,sontexposés dans les documents que Hydro One a déposés auprès des autorités en valeurs mobilières du Canada et qui peuvent être consultés sur SEDAR,àwww.sedar.com..HydroOnen'apas l'intentiondemettreàjourcesénoncésprospectifs et se dégage de toute obligation de le faire, saufsilaloil'ycontraint.
Renseignementssupplémentaires: les médias peuvent contacter le service des relationsaveclesmédiasdeHydroOne24heures sur24au1-877-506-7584(sansfraisenOntario seulement)ouau416-345-6868.