RotaryGivesinaBigWay!!!
ByNatalieTessier
Since 1951, the Rotary Club of Chapleau has been active in our community and members have volunteered to make Chapleau a better place Through the Rotary Club's various activities such as our Pike Ice Fishing Derby, dinner dances, Girl's Nights Out, Comedy Nights and other activities,theclubhasraisedfundsthat have been donated to various groups and charities to help make Chapleau a better place. The Rotary Club of Chapleau has also donated to the Rotary Foundation in order to help fund international projects such as wheel-
chairandShelterboxdistributions,and hasdonatedtoRotary'sEndPolioNow campaigntohelperadicatedpolio.
Over the last few months, the RotaryClubofChapleauhasgivenina big way.The club has donated a grand totalof$48,008.31!Amongtherecipients of Rotary funds, we have: Chapleau Hospital Foundation, Chadwick House, Wawa Victims Services, Kebsquasheshing Golf Club, Royal Canadian Legion, Chapleau Curling Club, Chapleau Firefighters' Association, Chapleau Figureskating Club, all five schools, Club Maria Chapdelaine,ChapleauSeniorCitizens Club, Meals of Hope, Chapleau EarlyON,ChapleauSnowmobileClub, ChapleauMinorHockey,ChapleauSki Club, Chapleau Minor Little League, and the Northern Cancer Foundation.
The Rotary Club of Chapleau also made donations to the Rotary Foundation and to the End Polio Now campaigntofurtherinternationalgoals.
At a gathering of clubs and organizations a few months ago, one organizationmemberstatedthefollowing:“Westruggletoraisefundsforour own organization. Rotary raises funds for all the organizations in Chapleau”.
The Rotary Club of Chapleau hopes that these donations help local clubs and organizations continue to offer servicesforthebenefitofall.
ProvinceLaunchesLargestCompetitiveEnergyProcurementinOntarioHistory
Procurementwillensurelong-termaffordabilityaselectricitydemandforecaststorise60percentby2050
TheOntariogovernmentislaunchingthe largest competitive energy procurement in the province's history, focused on generating affordable electricity for families and businesses. This builds on the province's plan to procureupto5,000megawatts(MW)ofenergy through a series of procurements to help foster economic prosperity and meet the growing demandforcleanandreliableenergy
Thegovernmentannouncedaplanofactionfor more affordable energy, supporting Ontario's diverse supply mix including nuclear, hydroelectric, renewables, natural gas, and biomass.
TheSecondLong-TermProcurement(LT2)will plan future energy initiatives in communities that provide consent while protecting prime agriculturalareas,including:
· Requiring energy project developers to receivemunicipalsupportresolutionstoensure localsupportandconsentfornewprojects.
· Prohibitingallprojectsinspecialtycrop areas and ground-mounted solar in prime agriculturalareastopreventsolarfarms.
· Incentivizing projects located in northern Ontario and those which avoid prime agricultural areas, along with a plan to unlock CrownLandsforrenewableenergy.
· Incentivizing economic opportunities forprojectswithorbyIndigenouscommunities on whose traditional territory the projects are proposed.
· Requiring Agricultural Impact Assessments for projects that are permitted on allprimeagriculturalareas.
“With energy demand growing rapidly, ourgovernmentissteppingupbyadvancingour largest energy procurement in our history Our 'all-of-the-above'energyresourceapproachwill expand access to affordable electricity to familiesandbusinessesacrossOntariowhileopposing the regressive carbon tax,” said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Electrification. “Unlike the former government who imposed energy projects on unwilling communities, we are putting municipalities in the driver's seat as weexpandenergygeneration.Wearedelivering more affordable and reliable energy while protectingprimeagriculturalareas.”
The Minister's letter to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) outlines that the procurement should be transparent, competitive, and cost-effective to secure technology-agnostic energy resources, including windandsolar.Thisincludesexplicitdirections to protect prime agricultural areas. The Minister is also requesting that the IESO bring options to expedite delivery of the procurement to help meet growingdemand.
“This historic plan will deliver the new electricity our dynamic province and growing agricultural sector will need whileprotectingfarmland,”said Rob Flack, Minis
Agribusiness. “By requiring municipal support resolutions
Assessments for new energy projects,banningsolarfarmson prime farmland and crop areas, and promoting new projects in theNorth,we'vesecuredafourtier lock to ensure a balance between our energy needs and theneedsofourfarmers.”
To advance Ontario's expanded electricity needs, the IESOisexpectedtoreportback with a procurement design framework by September 20, 2024, and consider how to conclude energy and capacity
procurementsbyFebruary28,2026.Theaccelerated timelines will ensure that Ontario can continuetosupportlarge-scaleinvestmentsthat require a clean and reliable energy supply to createwell-payingjobsacrosstheprovince. Bylaunchingacompetitiveprocurement framework, the government is ensuring longterm affordability for Ontario's ratepayers and businesses.Thisprocurementalsobuildsonthe government's recent procurement of nearly 3,000 MW of new battery storage projects rangingfromfivetoover400MWincapacity “Our forecasts show that Ontario will need more resources to meet demand as our populationandeconomygrowsandcontinuesto electrify,” said Lesley Gallinger, Chief ExecutiveOfficeroftheIndependentElectricity System Operator. “We've been engaging with the sector and communities, and with this accelerated timeline, we are ready to move quickly to secure supply from all eligible technologies.”
Advancing the largest energy procurementisjustonepartofthegovernment'splanto meet growing energy demand and reduce emissions by expanding Ontario's clean, reliable,andaffordableenergygrid,including:
! Nuclear Energy – Advancing clean, reliable, and affordable nuclear power through the largest pre-development work at Bruce Powerin30years,foursmallmodularreactorsat Darlington and supporting Ontario Power Generation'splanforrefurbishingthePickering NuclearGenerationStation
! New Transmission Infrastructure –Designating and prioritizing transmission lines in Southwestern, Northeastern and Eastern Ontario that will power job creators, including EV and EV battery manufacturing and clean steelproduction.
! Keeping Costs Down – Launching new energyefficiencyprogramsonJanuary1,2025, and building on the government's $342 million expansion of existing energy efficiency programswhicharehelpingfamiliesandbusinesses reducetheirelectricityusageandsavemoneyon theirenergybills.
! AdditionalCompetitiveProcurements–Successfully re-contracting existing capacity resources at about a 30 per cent discount and plans for additional competitive procurements to re-secure both existing capacity and energy resources.
! The Canadian Department of Natural Resources estimates that data centres currently consume one per cent of all electricity used in Canada.
Chapleau Moments
by MichaelJ. Morris
AtaboutthesametimethatChapleauwas becomingincorporatedasamunicipalityin1901, George Brecken Nicholson, its first reeve was embarking on a business venture with James McNieceAustinwhichwouldeventuallybecome Northern Ontario's largest lumber firm mainly from a contract with the Canadian Pacific Railwaytoprovideitwithties.
Brian Westhouse, in an excellent article about the community of Nicholson and the Austin and Nicholson lumber company wrote that in the 1890s James McNiece Austin, a Chapleau general merchant,took tie cutting and deliverycontractsfromtheCPR Mr Austinhad takenoverthestorefromhisbrotherT.A.Austin, whohadestablisheditin1885.
Mr WesthousewrotethatMr.Nicholson whohadbeenalocomotiveengineerlefttheCPR in 1901, entered into a partnership with Mr. Austin and became full time manager of the tie cuttingoperations.In1902therailwayagreedto a three-year contract and Austin, Nicholson Company guaranteed to deliver 200,000 ties a yearforthreeyears.Mr.Nicholsonalsobecame reeve of Chapleau on February 15, 1901, being re-elected each year by acclamation until he retiredfromthepositionin1913.
HowMr Nicholsonfoundthetimetodo allthathedidforChapleau,aswellaspursuehis businessinterests,continuestoamazemealmost 30yearsafterIfirstwroteabouthiminmybook, 'SonsofThunder ApostlesofLove'.
Theirfirstmillwasunderconstructionon apointoflandbetweenLakeWindermereandthe CPR, 22 CPR miles west of Chapleau, and the
Austin,Nicholsonlumbercompanybecomeslargestsupplierofrailway tiesintheBritishEmpireinthe1930sfrommillsnearChapleau.
community of Nicholson developed at this site including boarding houses, cottages, warehouses, and other structures necessary to supporttheloggingoperationsofthecompany.
Accordingtoanarticleonthecommunity of Nicholson, on the web site Ghost Towns of Ontario,by1914atownsitehadbeenlaidoutand the company had built a general store which included post office and grocery delivery. A bunkhouse and cookery were built which could accommodate sixty men, and a school establishedwhichwaseventuallyabletoinclude eighty students. Describing Mr Nicholson as a "fervent Anglican" he established a church in 1914 but allocated a former schoolhouse to the larger Roman Catholic congregation who quickly refurbished it and added a steeple and bell.
Many homes were built during this time and residents paid a monthly rent of $5 for a single-familydwellingor$7fortwostories. Thecompany'sheadofficewasinChapleau.
TheGhostTownsofOntarioarticlenotes that to enhance the social atmosphere Potney's pool hall was set up in the company store and therewasalsoSheffieldsboardinghouse(hotel)a harness maker and blacksmith By 1915 the community had grown to 350 residents and was fast becoming the largest lumbering settlement betweenSudburyandtheLakehead,
A piping system was installed to heat
homes with the mill's boilers --- much like the CPR did in Chapleau to heat the Chapleau MemorialCommunityArena,YMCA,andother buildings Nicholson also had an internal telephonesystemandwhentiedinwiththeCPR telegraph line, long distance calls could sometimesbeachieved.
BrianWesthousewrotethat"in1920the company began to plan for a second mill to satisfyCPR'sincreasingdemandforsawnties... Dalton, 21 and a half miles west of Nicholson, had been the site of earlier axe-tie loading operations. The new plant at Dalton Mills was locatedonShikwamkwaLake,threemilessouth oftheCPRandlinkedtoitwithaprivaterailway ThelumberstorageyardalongsidetheCPRmain linehadacapacityofuptofiftymillionfeet".
As I was researching this article, I could not help but recall my own small connection to the community of Nicholson as a young boy growing up in Chapleau, but our family camp was at Healy in the late 1940s until 1957. My grandfather's connection went back many years earlier.
A great adventure in my grandfather
Harry Morris's freighter canoe powered by a Johnson5.8outboardmotor(Ithink)wastomake the trip on Lake Windermere from Healy to Nicholson,tovisitChapleaufriendswithcamps there and to shop at the store. To this day those journeys,perhapspromptedbymymother'slove of the explorers of early Canada and how she would make them come alive for me, made our tripstoNicholsonvoyagesofdiscovery.Ialways sat in the front of the canoe watching as the navigator,eventhoughmygrandfatherknewthe routelikethebackofhishand.
Infact,hewouldhavepreferredtopaddle it in the canoe, having little use for outboard motors,butMom,(MurielE(Hunt)Morris,and my grandmother, Lil (Mulligan) Morris would havenopartofthatone.
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My grandparents Harry, Lil (Mulligan) MorrisatHealycirca1949
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by/par Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
Aftermonthsofunsuccessfulattemptsat a fair collective bargaining process, there is a large impasse between rail workers with the Teamsters union and the Canadian National Railway(CNRail)andCanadianPacificKansas City (CPKC) companies. It's an exceptionally important matter that has not been receiving a significant degree of media attention, and has seriousimpactsforboththeworkersinvolved,as wellasthesupplychain.Sowhat'shappening?
In May, Teamsters Canada members working at CN and CPKC voted in favour of strikeaction.Then,theLabourMinisteraskedthe Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to determineifanyformofworkstoppagewithrail companies would result in public safety issues. Teamsters Canada members held a second vote onstrikeactioninJuneafternoagreementcould be made with the companies Conductors, locomotive engineers, and yard workers voted overwhelmingly, 99 percent with almost 90 percent voter turnout, in favour of strike action. TheTeamstersCanadaRailConference(TCRC) argue that issues involving crew scheduling, hours of work, and fatigue management argumentsfromthecompanies'partsaretoblame for the strike vote. The CIRB advised that CN and CPKC would not be expected to maintain servicebecausetheirservicesarenotconsidered "essential"undertheCanadaLabourCode. Following this important decision, CN andCPKCdecidedtheywilllockoutworkersas of 12:01 a.m. on August 22nd, and asked the federal government to deploy binding arbitration, clearly hoping the government will interveneonbehalfofthecorporationsandstand in the way of a reasonable collective bargaining negotiation process. CN and CPKC have made theargumentthattheyhavenochoicebuttolock out workers, and claim the announcement is to give companies enough time to make alternate plans, but given their efforts to try and use governmentintervention,itseemsliketheyaren't interestedinbargainingingoodfaith.
In a press release following the second strike vote, Paul Boucher, President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) stated “CN and CPKC are trying to force changestoourcollectiveagreementsthatwould movetheclockbackonworkingconditionsand rail safety.” Teamsters Canada Public Affairs Director Christopher Monette, in a statement to
CollectiveBargainingMustWinOut
CBC, said the lockout threat was “unexpected andneedlesslyantagonizing,”andfurthersaidit “…represents an unnecessary escalation that goes against the principles of good faith bargaining that CN and CPKC claims to uphold.”
Their comments appear to be pretty accuratefromthewaybothcompanieshavebeen acting.Whileitisunderstandablethattheywould holdoffonnegotiationsuntiltheCIRBhadmade their decision, it seems like the rail companies aren't interested in speaking with Teamsters Canada,whoisrepresentingthe9,300engineers, conductors and yard workers In fact, both companies have already started embargoing some hazardous goods from the U.S. and refusing to come back to the table to negotiate, hoping the union simply folds to their demands. Thisisnotgoodfaithbargaining!
Like any other workplace, both parties need to come to the table and negotiate a fair contract.It'sclearthatworkonraillinesistough, requireslonghoursandsafetyneedstobeatthe forefrontofanynegotiation.Whatisclearisthat itdoesn'trequiredirectgovernmentintervention from the federal government, and binding arbitration should only be necessary if a compromisecan'tbereached.Federalmediators arealreadyinvolved.Thereisneverareasonwhy thesecompaniescannotworkforafairdealthat's safeforrailworkers.
CNmadeanannualgrossprofitof$9.24 billion last year CPKC made $12.5 billion. It's hard to fathom how arguments for a safer workplace need to be met with binding arbitration when they clearly have the financial resources to address real safety concerns from workers.
Lanégociationcollectiveentrele CPetle CPKC avecle syndicatdestravailleursferroviairesdoitêtrerespectée
Après des mois de tentatives infructueuses de négociations collectives équitables, les travailleursferroviairesdusyndicatTeamsterset delaCompagniedescheminsdefernationauxdu Canada (CN) et du Canadien Pacifique Kansas City (CPKC) se trouvent dans une impasse absolue Il s'agit d'une affaire extrêmement importantequin'apasreçubeaucoupd'attention delapartdesmédiasetquiadegravesrépercussions tant pour les travailleurs concernés que pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement. Alors, que sepasse-t-il?
En mai, les membres de Teamsters CanadatravaillantauCNetauCPKContvotéen faveurdelagrève.Ensuite,leministreduTravail a demandé au Conseil canadien des relations industrielles(CCRI)dedéterminersitouteforme d'arrêtdetravaildanslescompagniesferroviaires entraînerait des problèmes pour la sécurité publique.LesmembresdeTeamstersCanadaont tenu un second vote de grève en juin, après qu'aucun accord n'ait pu être conclu avec les compagnies. Les conducteurs, ingénieurs de locomotive et employés des gares de triage ont votémassivementà99%enfaveurdelareconduitedelagrève,avecuntauxdeparticipationde près de 90 %. La Conférence ferroviaire de Teamsters Canada (CFTC) soutient que la programmationdeséquipes,lesheuresdetravail et les dispositions sur la gestion de la fatigue avancées par les compagnies sont à l'origine du votedegrève.LeCCRIaindiquéqueleCNetle CPKC ne seraient pas tenus de maintenir le service parce que leurs services ne sont pas considérés comme « essentiels » en vertu du Codecanadiendutravail.
Aprèscetteimportantedécision,leCNet
leCPKContdécidédemettrelestravailleursen lock-out à partir de 0 h 01 le 22 août, et ont demandé au gouvernement fédéral de déployer l'arbitrageexécutoire,dansl'espoirévidentquele gouvernement intervienne dans l'intérêt des compagniesetqu'ilfasseobstacleàunprocessus de négociation de convention collective raisonnable. Le CN et le CPKC ont fait valoir qu'ils n'avaient pas d'autre choix que de mettre les travailleurs en lock-out, et prétendent que l'annonce vise à donner aux compagnies suffisamment de temps pour élaborer d'autres plans, mais compte tenu de leurs efforts pour tenter de faireintervenirlegouvernement,ilsemblequ'ils nesoientpasintéressésànégocierdebonnefoi.
Dans un communiqué de presse faisant suite au deuxième vote de grève, Paul Boucher, président de la Conférence ferroviaire de TeamstersCanada(CFTC)adéclaréque«leCN etleCPKCtententd'imposerdeschangementsà nos conventions collectives qui feraient reculer nos conditions de travail, en plus de miner la sécurité ferroviaire au pays ». Le directeur des affaires publiques de Teamsters Canada, Christopher Monette, a déclaré à la CBC que la menace de lock-out était « inattendue et inutilement conflictuelle “et qu'elle” ... représente une escaladeinutilequivaàl'encontredesprincipes de négociation de bonne foi que le CN et le CPKCprétendentdéfendre».
Leurs commentaires semblent assez justesauvudelafaçondontlesdeuxcompagnies ont agi. Bien qu'il soit compréhensible qu'elles retardentlesnégociationsjusqu'àcequeleCCRI ait rendu sa décision, il semble que les compagnies ferroviaires ne soient pas intéressées à SuiteP.7
ChapleauMoments
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I went on Google Earth and retraced the journeyandabout60yearslater,Irecalledthose tripslikeitwasonlyyesterday WhathappenedtoNicholson?
BrianWesthousetellsusthat"intheearly hours of Sunday September 13th, 1931, night watchman Sullivan noticed flames leaping up from the roof of the Nicholson sawmill. The Chapleau branch of the Ontario Forestry Corps whowithpumpsandfirefightingequipmentand the CPR fire car were quickly dispatched to the scene.
"Fanned by a very high wind glowing emberswerehurledacrossthelumberpilestothe station buildings, an eighth of a mile away, settingalightthewoodenplatform,damagetothe latterbeingnegligibleowingtothepromptaction ofvolunteerworkers."
As soon as the aroused workers were on the scene a bucket brigade was organized, the
women folk courageously taking their places amongthemen,bravingthefierceheatanddense smokeinadesperateendeavourtoprotecthome a
web.org/oldtimetrains/photos/logging/ austin.htm (LINK TO BRIAN WESTHOUSE ARTICLE)
ThemillatNicholsonwasnotrebuiltbut remainedanoutposttosupplytheloggingcamps thatservedDalton.
GhostTownsnotesthattheschoolclosed in 1936, the company store about 1954 and the post office in 1956. By 1956 the station was closed.
In the early 1970s most buildings were still intact, and it had been recommended that Nicholson be preserved as an historic site, but a fire destroyed muchofthesite.Therearestilla fewcottagesthere.
Austin, Nicholson had
millsatotherlocationsandplayedahugerolein the economy of the Chapleau area for many years.AfterJamesMcNieceAustindiedin1922, Mr Nicholsonbecamepresident,AllanMcNiece Austin, and Bill Austin, first and second vice presidents respectively and Reg Thrush was secretarytreasurer
Mr.Nicholson,whoservedasaMember of Parliament after his service as reeve of ChapleaudiedonJanuary1,1935.
Hisobituaryreferredtohiminpartas"a true son of the north... vigorously fighting to improve the condition of the people of this country".
My most sincere thanks to Brian Westhouse for his assistance and for permitting me to refer to his article, to Doug Greig for his articlesinChapleauTrailsandtoDr WilliamR. Pellow, its editor and publisher as well as to GhostTowns.Anyerrorsaremine.
Vaugeois: "Failure to Address Terrace Bay Mill Closure CrushingFamiliesofNorthernOntarioForestryWorkers"
The Ontario leadership of the United Steel Workers (USW)isstillwaitingforareplytoalettersenttoDougFordon July17,askingforameetingtodiscussreopeningthePulpMillin Terrace Bay Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles and MPP Lise Vaugeois have since written to Premier Ford urging immediate action for these hundreds of workers without employmentandclearanswersabouttheirfuture.
"Doug Ford and his politicians have chosen to extend theirsummerrecessbysixweeks,nottoworkforthepeopleof Ontario,buttoholdBBQs,fundraiseandplaygolf.Meanwhile, hundredsofTerraceBayworkersstruggletomakeendsmeet,and thefutureofanentireregionhangsinthebalance,"saidVaugeois.
"Regardless of where you live in Ontario—Toronto or ruralTerraceBay—youdeserveagood,securejobinyoursector thatsupportsyourfamilyandcontributestoyourcommunity A SupportCentreinTerraceBaytohelpworkersfindnon-forestryrelatedjobsisnotthesolutionpeopleintheregionseek.
Residents want Doug Ford to recognize how pivotal the Terrace Bay mill is to the economy of Northwestern Ontario, investinit,andbringituptothehighestindustrystandardssothat itcanprovidesustainablejobsintheOntarioforestindustry.”
Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP will continue to fight until the Terrace Bay Mill is reopened and a much-needed, coherent, integrated, and sustainable forestry plan is implemented.
Lastweekssolutions
MOMENTS IN TIME
On Sept. 10, 1813, U.S. Captain Oliver Hazard PerryledafleetofnineAmericanshipstovictory over a squadron of six British warships at the BattleofLakeErieduringtheWarof1812,inthe firstunqualifieddefeatofaBritishnavalsquadron inhistory.
discuter avec Teamsters Canada, qui représente les9300conducteurs,ingénieursdelocomotive etemployésdesgaresdetriage.Enfait,lesdeux compagnies ont déjà commencé à mettre sous embargo certains produits dangereux en provenance des États-Unis et refusent de revenir à la tabledesnégociations,enespérantquelesyndicat se plie simplement à leurs exigences. Il ne s'agitpasd'unenégociationdebonnefoi!
Commepourtoutautrelieudetravail,les deux parties doivent s'asseoir à la table et négocieruncontratéquitable.Ilestclairqueletravail surlescheminsdeferestdifficile,qu'ilexigede longues heures de travail et que la sécurité doit
êtreaupremierplandetoutenégociation.Cequi est clair, c'est que cela ne nécessite pas d'intervention directe du gouvernement fédéral, et que l'arbitrage exécutoire ne devrait être nécessaire que s'il est impossible d'arriver à des compromis. Des médiateurs fédéraux sont déjà impliqués.Iln'yajamaiseuderaisonempêchant ces compagnies de travailler à un accord équitableetsûrpourlestravailleursferroviaires.
L'année dernière, le CN a réalisé un bénéficebrutannuelde9,24milliardsdedollars. Quantau CPKC,ilaengrangé12,5milliardsde dollars. Il est difficile de comprendre comment les arguments en faveur d'un lieu de travail plus sûrdoiventêtresoumisàunarbitrageexécutoire, alors que les compagnies disposent manifestementdesressourcesfinancièresnécessairespour répondre aux préoccupations réelles des travailleursenmatièredesécurité.
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NewhumaninfectionofLymedisease
A local resident has tested positive for Lyme disease. This is the first locally-acquired humancasereportedtoPublicHealthSudbury& Districts this year Lyme disease occurs when a person is bit by a tick carrying the Lyme disease bacterium. In Ontario, the blacklegged tick is knowntotransmitLymedisease;however,notall blacklegged ticks carry the Lyme disease bacterium
“Public Health reminds everyone of the importance of taking precautions to protect themselves and those in their care. When enjoying the outdoors, check for ticks immediately after activities like gardening or hiking.This is one of the simplest ways you can protect yourself from Lyme disease,” said Jonathan Groulx, a manager with Public Health Sudbury&Districts'HealthProtectionDivision.
“Otherprecautionstotakewhenoutdoorsinclude avoidingtallandovergrownvegetation,wearing long sleeved clothing that minimizes unexposed skin, and using insect repellants that contain DEEToricaridin.”
If detected early, Lyme disease can be easily treated with antibiotics. Later stages of diseasemayrequiremoreaggressivetherapy The
mostcommonsymptomsofLymediseaseareflulike symptoms such as headache, chills, pains in thejoints,lossofappetite,nausea,fatigue,fever, aching muscles, stiff neck, sore throat, and vomiting However,inabouttwothirdsofpeople, a skin rash occurs at the location of the tick bite within 3 to 30 days. The rash often appears as a bull'seyethatslowlyexpandsoutwardsfromthe site of the bite over several days Later stages of Lyme disease can involve arthritic, cardiac, and neurologicalcomplications Thesesymptomscan occur weeks, months, or even years after the initialsymptomshavedisappeared.
Anyone who has been bitten by a tick and developstheabove-mentionedsymptomsshould contacttheirprimaryhealthcareprovider
Topreventtickbites
! Keep wood piles and bird feeders away fromhomes.
! Avoidwalkingintallgrassandmakesure yards are kept clear of debris and overgrown vegetation,grass,bushes,andtrees
! Wearalong-sleeved,light-colouredshirt, pants,andclosed-toeshoes;tuckpantsintosock topreventbitesneartheankles.
! Use insect repellents that are federally
regulated and contain DEET or icaridin, and follow the manufacturer's instructions for their safeuse
! Check your clothing, body, and pets for ticks and change your clothing upon returning homefromtheoutdoors.
! Take a shower after outdoor activities to help wash off ticks that have not yet attached themselvestotheskin
! Ifatickisfoundembeddedintheskin,itis importantthatyoudon'tcrushordamagethetick Ifyoufindatickattached:
! Use fine-tipped tweezers to grab the tick closetotheskinandgentlypullstraightup
! Washtheareawithsoapandwater
! Iffoundonahuman,youcan
! Putthetickinadrycontainerandbringit toPublicHealthtodetermineifitisablacklegged specie of tick versus a specie of tick that cannot carryLymedisease Or,
! Submit a photo of the tick to etickca to determinewhichspecieoftickitis
For more information on Lyme disease andticks,callPublicHealthSudbury&Districts at 705.522.9200, ex
18665229200)orvisitphsdca
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