03162023 March 16 2023

ChapleauArcticWatershedSnowmobileClub(CAWS)Teams

UpWithStudentsatTrilliumToBuildWarmUpBuilding

CAWSwouldliketothanktheStudents

and teacher Julian Boucher, Collins Home Hardware, Green First, ChapleauCree,NAPA,NeserInvestments,La

Bienvenue Restaurant, 101 Gas Bar & Paul Jacques for their donations towards the building.Thiswarmupbuildingwillbelocated on our trail system going towards Sault Ste

Marie,Wawa and Black Creek.We appreciate AMSTowingforvolunteeringtobringitthere. Enjoythesnowmobiletrailseveryone.

Ryan Richardson (CAWS), Richard Bignucolo (CAWS), Vincent Morin, Ayden Porter, Evan Martel, Justin Poulin, EmmanuelBoucher,XanderJaworski,JulienCharron,JulianBoucher(Teacher)PaulJacques(CAWS).Studentmissing from photo: Drake Synett. CAWS members missing from photo: Tanya Keech, Tracey Greig, Joel Lafreniere, Nancy Bass,RickPatenaude,MollyO’Connor,BillJardine,DougElson,BoulosGad,FredDonivan,MathieuCrooks,Michael White,SamSt.AmandandKathleenBouchard.

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CentreculturelLouisHémonnowhasasoundandlightingequipment

It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that the Centre culturel LouisHémonannouncesthepurchaseofanewtechnicalandlightingsystem.Thepurchase of this equipment would not have been possible without the help of the Newmont PorcupineMine.Itisthankstotheirgenerousdonationthatwewereabletopurchase thisequipment.

Forover25years,theCentrehaswelcomedartistsfromacrossCanada.For the 2022-2023 season, the Centre is presenting 15 shows. Meaningful, diverse and qualityartisticexperiencesareofferedtotheentirecommunityandsurroundingareas. Thisrepresents$27,000fortechnicianexpenses(soundandlighting).Thepurchase ofthissystemwillsignificantlyreduceouroperatingcostsandhelpustremendously foryearstocome.

OurnewtechnicalandlightingsystemwasdeliveredonSaturday,February 25th,justintimefortheperformanceofscientistYannickBergeron.

The team at the Centre culturel Louis-Hémon would like to thank the Newmontminefortheirsupportandtheirgenerousdonationof$16,900.

Ahuge thank you to Ôdēō Pro for their wonderful service over the past few months.

InvitationToTheCommunity

ThroughoutthemonthofMarch,Canada will be celebrating its Francophonie. Locally, l'AFEC (Alliance des francophones engagés de Chapleau) is planning as well various activities duringthemonthofMarchtohighlightitsculture. Oneoftheactivitieswearehavingisa"Foiredela francophonie".

Themainpurposeofthefairistoinform thewholecommunityofChapleauofservicesand activitiesavailablewithintheFrenchcommunity as many new residents and families have moved toChapleau.Itwillgiveachancetotheorganiza-

tions to talk about their mandates and promote theirservicesandactivities.Inaddition,withthe pandemic,returningtonormalhasbeendifficult; therefore having an activity of the sort might encouragepeopletogooutagain.

The French community is inviting everyone to our “Foire de la francophonie” on Wednesday, March 22 at the Council Chambers (Civic Centre) from 1 to 4 p.m. andfrom6to8p.m.

Comeandseetheservices andactivitieswehavethroughout

the year. If you are interested in our history, we have many photographs, books, documents. Representatives from the various French organizationswillbetheretoanswerallquestions. A “sac de bienvenue” (welcoming bag) will be giving to everyone that visits the Foire. Doorprizeandcoffeewillalsobeavailable. Seeyouthere!!!

The Council of the Township of Chapleau is seeking residents/ratepayers to fill positions on the following Volunteer Committees:

Development Committee – 7 (Term of Council) Leisure & Cultural Services – 5 (Term of Council)

Protection to Persons and Property & Property Standards – 5 (Term of Council)

Maintenance & Operations – Public Works – 6 (Term of Council)

The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board is a municipal service management organization created by the provincial government to oversee the local planning, coordination and delivery of a range of services and programs divested to the municipal order of government. The specific programs our DSB is responsible for are: Ontario Works, Community Housing, Paramedic Services (Land Ambulance), and Early Learning and Child Care services.

The following Employment Opportunity is now available to anyone interested in joining our highly dedicated workforce.

Custodian

Permanent Part-Time

Competition #2023-06-IAM

Deadline forApplications: OPEN

For position details, visit Job Opportunities on our website at www.msdsb.net/index.php/careers

While all responsesare appreciated, only applicants selected for an interview will becontacted.

This position will afford an individual with an opportunity to learn about and work with Committee issues. You should be able to devote a minimum of two hours per month to the position.

Interested persons are asked to submit a letter of intent outlining their interests and experience by March 30th, 2023 at noon to:

Invitation à s’engager

Le conseil municipal du canton de Chapleau est à la recherche de résidents/ contribuables qui souhaitent siéger aux comités bénévoles suivants :

Comité de développement économique – 7 (Mandat du Conseil)

Services de loisirs et culturels – 5 (Mandat du Conseil)

Protection des personnes et des biens et normes de propriété – 5 (Mandat du Conseil)

Maintenance et Opérations – Travaux Publics – 6 (Mandat du Conseil)

Ces postes permettront aux personnes qui les occupent de se familiariser avec les dossiers à l’étude et de traiter de ceux-ci. Les candidats devraient être en mesure de consacrer au moins deux heures par mois au poste qu’ils sollicitent.

Les personnes intéressées sont priées de faire parvenir, au plus tard le 30 Mars 2023, à midi, une lettre d’intention détaillant leurs intérêts et leur expérience, à l’attention de :

Denis Duguay, CAO

P.O. Box 129 / C.P. 129 Chapleau, Ontario 705 864-1330

cao@chapleau.ca

January 5, 2023

InthepictureyouseesomemembersoftheBoardofDirectorswith Mr.EricFournier,theNewmontPorcupineMinerepresentative.

Chapleau Moments

by MichaelJ. Morris

Harry'Butch'Pellowisoneofmyoldest friendsandrecentlyIsenthimanemailaskingif hehadanymemoriesofusplayinghockeyonthe front river as opposed to the 'pond' on the back river.As he notes in the following reply, not too long ago we had chatted about hockey on the pond.Nowhetakesustothefrontriver.

Imaginehowwonderfulitwastogrowup in a place with two rivers on which you could playhockey,andyoucouldgo"downthelake"by either one to a bay called Mulligan's. In Chapleau,youcouldgofromyourhomeasButch notes through other people's back yards, up or downbacklanesasthecasemaybe,acrosslanes to that place simply called "the arena" or if you wereoldenoughtorecall,theoldoldarenawas "therink".

Harry is a member of one of Chapleau's early pioneer families, and was the architect for theChapleauCivicCentre,ChapleauRecreation Centre, Cedar Grove Lodge, Chapleau General Hospital, the golf club house and the Trinity UnitedChurch.Heisalsoagreatstoryteller.

Here is Butch with Chapleau in Winter and Hockey on its Rivers.Thanks Butch for the memories.

ChapleauinWinterandHockeyonitsRivers

ByHarry'Butch'Pellow

Not that long ago we chatted about hockey on the pond over the old wooden bridge andacrossthebackriver,overahillockandnorth oftheoldsewagetreatmentplant.Whocanforget it when your best recollection was that your handswereblue,yourlaceswerefrozen(maybe from Saturday morning's practice) and your skates unrelentingly accepted your now almost frozenfoot.Butithaditsmomentsandthebraver amongstusendured.IhavesaidbeforeIwasnot oneofthebrave.

HarryPellow2012Buttherewasanother venuetooanditwasonthefrontriverjustwestof the concrete swimming pier where so many gatheredthispastJulyduringtheChapleauHigh School 90th Anniversary Reunion to celebrate thehomecomingandwatchthefireworks.

Likethepond,itarrivedwhentheicedid but it was far more accessible, and collecting a grouprequiredfarlessplanningandorganization topulltogetherenoughplayersforshinny.Itwas

Harry'Butch'PellowrecallsChapleauinWinterandHockeyonitsRiversaboutentertaining ourselves,laughter,beingoutofdoors,pushinglimits,buildingrelationships

often after school and on weekends and as you recallsurfacedoneChristmasholidayandmaybe because“Ice”Sanderswasunabletomakearink on the 'clinker' surface of the public school grounds.

Pickup included anyone who could get enough equipment together to make it worthwhile and at the same time wear warm clothes. Warm clothes because the west wind, however mildlyblowing,wascoldonthatopenriverfront andbytheendofaschooldayoranearlywinter weekend evening the sky was grey, sunless and foreboding;and,haditnotbeenforwildenthusiasmwhywouldanyonechoosetheriveroverThe BostonCafé?

Harry 'Boo' Hong, Roger Mizuguchi, ButchWelltheHongbrothersdidasyouandIdid Mike, and what greater motivation should there havebeenthanthat?

Whatmaderiverhockeyexcitingwasits spontaneity,theboundlessnessoftheperimeters oftheplayingsurface,thealmostundefinedroll ofscraped-offsnowandicealongtheedges;and that you always had to watch out for the ripples that had been created in the surface by the last breezesthatsculptedtheicebeforeitfroze.

Boo and Butch 1947Think of that slap shot by Hong, Hong, Hong, or one of the really big guys when it accelerated over the ice ridges and soared away out over the river; or at you directly, then veered away as it embraced the ripples. Can you recall the sound of the skates cuttingthroughthecrispsurfaceastheyracedfor the puck, can you recall the whack, slap, and clickingofsticksoneachotherandontheice?

Whatabouttheyellingandchantingand the code words that defined the play. “..over here” “…pass it, pass it”; “…go, go go”; “he scores!” etc….; wild enthusiasm and true abandonmentbecauseitwouldbedarkverysoonand therewereveryfewlightstomarkthewayhome. Tee Chambers, Butch,Aldee Martel 1954There wasacollectiveenthusiasmtomakethemostof everyminuteandeveryonewasinsync. Remember how difficult it was to take a breathinthecoldair,howyourbreathmadefog asyouskateduptheiceorpausedfor'abreather'? Wow!Youreyeswereoftenhalffrozenshutand theicecrystalsonyourmittsmadeitimpossible toswipeyournose.Nevertobeforgotten. DoyourememberhowtheHongsplayedhockey and skated? Yen sprinted, was light on his feet, very fast and dipsy-doodled like no one else (except maybe Max Bentley). He even bore the nickname “Ziggy”. Jim was a powerful steady andfastuprightskaterandagreatstickhandleras Irecall;andourfriendBooskatedlow,tooklong steady deliberate strides and always made skating fast look easy; he also had his skates rockered so there wasn't more than a couple of inchestouchingthesurface.

Butch and BooWhen you think of the sound of skates on natural ice, you can't help imagine these really great players doing their stuffcanyou?Wouldn'titbegreattoexperienceit allagain?

I recall one other particularly relevant experience on the front river Mike and that was when I was in grade seven or eight. There had Cont’donP.8

ButchandBoo

HarryPellow2012

from OTTAWA Rapport d’Ottawa

by/par Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing

Canada'sPatentedMedicinesPriceReview Board (PMPRB), an independent quasi-judicial bodythatisdesignedtoensureCanada'sdrugprices are kept to reasonable levels among comparable countries, has been rocked by resignations of a handful of its senior leadership team. This comes six years after the government promised to lower drugpricesbylaunchingconsultationsonpatented medicineregulations.

ThosewhohaveresignedincludePMPRB executive director Douglas Clark, board member Matthew Herder, and former acting chair Melanie Bourassa Forcier. While Mr. Clark has not shared hismotivationsforhisresignation,andMs.Forcier hasstatedthatshewasexaminingherlegalobligations prior to publicly declaring her reason for resigning, Mr. Herder has publicly released his letter of resignation, directed at the Minister of Health.

Hecitedthegovernment'srefusaltofollow through on PMPRB consultations by failing to effectivelychallengetheirownlegislationincourt when elements of it were found to be unconstitu-

Le Conseil d'examen du prix des médicaments brevetés (CEPMB) du Canada est un organismequasijudiciaireindépendantayantpour tâchedemaintenirleprixdesmédicamentsvendus auCanadaàunniveauraisonnableparrapportaux payscomparablesaunôtre.Or,cetorganismeaété ébranlé par la démission d'une poignée de hauts dirigeants. Cette vague de démissions survient six ansaprèsquelegouvernementapromisdebaisser leprixdesmédicamentsenorganisantdesconsultations sur la réglementation des médicaments brevetés.

Parmi les démissionnaires se trouvent le directeur exécutif du Conseil, Douglas Clark, l'administrateur Matthew Herder et l'ancienne présidenteparintérimduconseild'administration, MélanieBourassaForcier.BienqueM.Clarkn'ait pas indiqué les motifs de son départ et que Mme Forcier ait déclaré qu'elle prendrait le temps d'étudiersesobligationsjuridiquesavantderévéler publiquement pourquoi elle a démissionné, M. Herderarendupubliquelalettrededémissionqu'il a fait parvenir au ministre de la Santé. Il a notammentinvoquélerefusdugouvernementdedonner suiteauxconsultationseffectuéesparleConseilen se gardant de contester sa propre loi devant les tribunaux, alors que certaines de ses dispositions ont été jugées non constitutionnelles. Il a en outre dénoncélefaitquelegouvernementremettaitsans cesse à plus tard l'entrée en vigueur du reste de la réglementation. Comme si ce n'était pas suffisant, M.HerderarévéléqueleministredelaSantéavait « demandé » au Conseil de suspende les consultationssurlabaisseduprixdesmédicamentspourdes raisons«dontlaformeetlefondnesedistinguaient

HealthMinister'sAllegedinterferencein PMPRB NeedstobeInvestigated

tional, and that the government continuously delayed the remaining regulations from coming into force. Worse still, Herder cited the Health Minister's “request” that the PMPRB suspend consultations on lowering drug prices for reasons “that were largely indistinguishable in form and substance from industry talking points on the proposedguidelines”andthatthis“underminedthe Board's credibility and interfered with the function…asanindependent,arms-lengthtribunal.”

What has been made clear, however, is a flurry of pharmaceutical lobbying attempts directed at the Health Minister that seems to have hadatleastsomeeffectontheindependenceofthe PRPMB,particularlyfromcorporatepharmaceutical firm Innovative Medicines Canada, who have repeatedly lobbied Health Canada officials and requested quarterly meetings with PRPMB board members. Following the resignation of the former Board Chair, the Health Minister appointed Thomas Digby, an industry-friendly pharmaceuticalIPLawyer,totheposition.

What we have at this point are inferences that the Health Minister has repeatedly delayed consultations and may have directly intervened in the work of an independent regulator designed to lower drug prices for Canadians. Canada has the third most expensive drug prices among OECD countries, behind only the United States and Switzerland.The entire point of the PRPMB is to protectandinformCanadiansbyensuringthatthe pricesofpatentedmedicinessoldinCanadaarenot excessive, and any attempt to undermine their

guère aux arguments avancés par l'industrie concernantleslignesdirectricesproposées»,car« le Conseil en voyait sa crédibilité entachée et ne pouvait pas […] exercer de manière indépendante sesfonctionsdetribunalimpartial».

Ce que l'on sait, cela dit, c'est que les démarches des lobbyistes du secteur pharmaceutique semblent avoir eu un certain effet sur l'indépendance du Conseil. Le cabinet Innovative MédicamentsNovateurCanada,quiafaitpression sans relâche sur les fonctionnaires de Santé Canada, a notamment demandé à pouvoir rencontrer les membres du conseil d'administration de l'organismeréglementaireunefoistouslestrimestres.Aprèsladémissiondel'ancienneprésidentedu conseil d'administration, le ministre de la Santé a nommé à sa place un avocat en propriété intellectuelle proche du secteur pharmaceutique, M. ThomasDigby.

Les données à notre disposition nous permettent de croire que le ministre de la Santé a retardélesconsultationsàplusieursreprisesetqu'il pourraits'êtreinterposédirectementdansletravail d'un organisme réglementaire indépendant chargé defairebaisserleprixdesmédicamentsqu'achètent les Canadiens. Parmi les pays de l'OCDE, il n'y a qu'auxÉtats-UnisetenSuissequelesmédicaments coûtent plus cher qu'au Canada. La raison d'être mêmeduCEPMBestdeprotégerlesCanadiensen faisantensortequeleprixdesmédicamentsvendus au Canada ne devienne pas excessif, et toute tentative visant à en miner l'indépendance peut seulement avoir un effet haussier sur le prix des médicaments.

Le prix des médicaments est loin d'être

independencewillhaveanegativeeffectonthecost ofdrugsforCanadians.

Drugpricesareavitalissue.We'veseenfar too many people across Canada forced to forego drugstheyneedfortheirhealthandwellbeingdue to cost.And while the Liberals liked to talk about the importance of universal pharmacare in years past,inthelastelectionitwasbarelyafootnotein theirplatform.GiventherevelationsthattheHealth Minister may have potentially intervened in the workings of an independent body in favour of the pharmaceuticalindustry,itisevidentthatthisneeds tobeactivelyinvestigated.

AttheHealthCommittee,theNDPpassed amotiontocalltheHealthMinister,aswellasthe PRPMB members who resigned, to investigate exactlywhatkindofindustrypressureleadtothose resignations, the pushback on the government's own reforms, and whether the pharmaceutical industry used Covid-19 vaccines as a bargaining chiptopushagainstaffordabledrugs.It'simportant thatwegetafullpictureofexactlywhatoccurredto force three prominent members of the PRPMB to resignatthesametime,andthekindofconductthat wouldseetheHealthMinisterintervenedirectlyin anindependent,arms-lengthorganization.

It's deeply troubling that we cannot get ahead of out-of-control drug prices because of lobbyingeffortsbyindustryinsiders.Theideathat a Health Minister may have intervened with an independent body following intense lobbying effortsisevenmoreconcerning.

négligeable.DetropnombreuxCanadiensdoivent renoncer aux médicaments qu'exige leur état de santéparcequ'ilscoûtenttropcher.Ettandisqueles libéraux nous ont rebattu les oreilles pendant des années avec la création d'un programme d'assurance-médicaments, celui-ci ne se trouvait nullepartdansleurdernièreplateformeélectorale, sauf dans une petite note de bas de page. Dans la mesureoùilsepeutqueleministredelaSantéait fait pression en faveur du secteur pharmaceutique auprèsd'unorganismeindépendant,latenued'une enquêterigoureusevadesoi.

Lors de la réunion du Comité de la santé, unemotionNPDvisantàconvoquerleministrede la Santé et les dirigeants démissionnaires du Conseil au Comité de la santé a été adopter. La motionviseàconnaîtrelanaturedespressionsqui lesapoussésàdémissionner,defairelalumièresur les réticences du gouvernement à procéder à une réformequ'ilalui-mêmeannoncéeetdedéterminer si le secteur pharmaceutique a pu employer les vaccins contre la COVID-19 comme monnaie d'échangepouréviterqueleprixdesmédicaments ne baisse trop. Nous devons savoir ce qui sa pu se passer pour que trois membres éminents du CEPMB démissionnent en bloc et pour que le ministredelaSantéinterviennedirectementauprès d'unorganismeindépendantetimpartial.

Quel'onnepuissepaséchapperàlahausse vertigineuse du prix des médicaments à cause des pressions exercées par l'industrie est tout simplementeffarant.Etcen'estriencomparéàl'idéeque leministredelaSantéaitpuintervenirauprèsd'un organisme indépendant à cause de ces mêmes pressions.

L'interventionalléguéeduministredelaSantéauprèsdu CEPMB doitfairel'objetd'uneenquête

AFEC

L'Alliance des francophones engagésdeChapleau(AFEC)

Tout au long du mois de mars, le Canada célébrera sa francophonie. Localement, l'AFEC (Alliance des francophonesengagésdeChapleau) prévoit aussi diverses activités durant le mois pour mettre en valeur saculture.Unedenosactivitéscette année est une « Foire de la francophonie».

Le but principal de la foire est d'informer toute la communauté de Chapleau de services et activités disponiblesauseindelacommunauté francophone alors que de nombreuxnouveauxrésidentsetfamilles se sont installés à Chapleau. Il permettra aux organismes de parler de leursmandatsetdepromouvoirleurs servicesetactivités.Deplus,avecla pandémie,leretouràlanormaleaété difficile;doncavoiruneactivitédece

genre pourrait inciterlesgensà sortirànouveau.

Nous vous invitons à notre première édition de la « Foire de la francophonie » le mercredi 22 mars de 13h à 16h et de 18h à 20h à l'Hôtel de Ville (porte arrière). Une invitation spéciale est lancée aux nouveaux résidents de la communauté.

CENTRE CULTUREL LOUIS-HÉMON

C'est avec enthousiasme et avec excitation que le Centre culturel LouisHémon vous annonce l'achat d'un nouveau système technique et d'éclairage. L'achat de cet équipement n'aurait pas pu se réaliser sans l'aide de la mine Newmont Porcupine. C'est grâce à leur don généreux que nous avons pu faire l'acquisition de cet équipement. Depuis plus de 25 ans, le Centre accueille des artistes de partout au Canada. Pour la saison 2022-2023, le Centre présente 15 spectacles. On offre des expériences artistiques significatives, diversifiées et de qualité à toute la communauté et aux communautés environnantes. Ceci représente 27 000 $ pour les dépenses du technicien (son et l'éclairage) . L'achat de ce système réduira considérablement nos coûts

Venez découvrir l'histoire de nos organismesdont certains ont plus de 50 ans d'existence, une histoire d'une communautérésiliente,unecommunauté active. Tu sais pourquoi le Centre culturel porte le nom de Louis Hémon? Qui est l'AFEC, FormationPLUS, UCFO, Club Maria Chapdelaine? Tuveuxensavoirplus sur nos écoles francophones, les servicesdesanté?

Nous serons aussi sur place pour prendre un petit café avec vous et répondre à vos questions. On vous remettra un sac de bienvenue. Il y auraaussiunprixdeprésence.

Venez découvrir la richesse de la francophonie dans la communauté deChapleau.

d'exploitation et nous aidera énormément pour les années à venir.

Notre nouveau système technique et d'éclairage a été livré le samedi 25 février, juste à temps pour le spectacle du scientisteYannick Bergeron.

L'équipe du Centre culturel Louis-Hémon, tient à remercier infiniment la mine Newmont, pour leur appui et leur don généreux d'une valeur de 16 900$. Un immense merci à Ôdēō Pro pour leur magnifique service au cours des derniers mois.

Dans la photo vous voyez quelques membres du conseil d'administration avec M. Éric Fournier, le représentant de la mine Newmont Porcupine.

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On March 27, 1909, fingerprint evidence was usedtosolveamurdercaseforthefirsttime.The world's first official Fingerprint Bureau had already been created in Scotland Yard in 1901, while the first Fingerprint Bureau debuted in Calcutta,India,in1897.

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OntarioProtectingBorealCaribouwithHistoricInvestments Provincial funding helping protect and conserve habitat of threatened species

TheOntariogovernmentissupportingthe protection of boreal caribou and their habitat througha$29millioninvestmentoverfouryears. The funding - the largest single investment dedicated to caribou in Ontario's history - will support on-the-ground habitat restoration, protection and other conservation activities, includingmonitoring,scienceandresearch.

“Today's historic investment demonstrates our government's continued action towardsprotectingandconservingborealcaribou inOntario,buildingontheimportantworkwe've donetodate,”saidDavidPiccini,Ministerofthe Environment, Conservation and Parks. “Recognizing that conservation and recovery of boreal caribou requires long-term commitment, we're proud Ontario is a national leader in these efforts,whilealsoconsideringtheuniqueneedsof NorthernOntarioandIndigenouscommunities.”

The new funding supports the implementation of the Canada-Ontario Agreement for the Conservation of Caribou, Boreal Population in Ontario, finalized in 2022. The health of the boreal caribou population is important to the biodiversity of Ontario's boreal forests.

“Boreal caribou are an essential part of forest ecosystems across Canada and here in NorthernOntario,whichiswhywearemakinga substantial investment in on-the-ground stewardship,” said Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. “This funding shows Ontario's commitment to safeguarding boreal caribou populations and supporting recoveryeffortsofthisimportantspecies.”

In addition to this new historic funding, since 2018, Ontario has invested close to $3 million in a variety of programs and projects, including the Northern Mammal Ecology Program,acariboutranslocationproject,andthe Species at Risk Stewardship Program, to protect and recover caribou. Lakehead University is among the funding recipients, receiving over $24,000 to lead a project to monitor the genetic healthofborealcaribouthroughDNAanalysis.

Ontario continues to work on the conservationagreementwithallpartnersinaway that balances protecting and recovering the species with the social and economic realities of Ontarians and industries in the north. In the first year of the Canada-Ontario agreement, the provincebeganworktoundertakeborealcaribou

ChapleauMoments

Cont’dfromP.3 been a fast freeze, the ice was smooth and crystalline,therewasnosnow,andalongwitha fewothersincludingTinyMartin,CharlieWhite, maybeBooandyoutoo,weallventuredontothe iceobliviousofthedanger.Itwasthebeginning of an event that could have been catastrophic if one of us had walked too close to the edge and whatasadnightthatmighthavebeen.

I vividly recallVern Goldstein clamberingdownthroughthesnowfromtheTownHall office where he had seen us from the Clerk's north-easternwindowandthencalledusoffthe ice and sent us home. I knew we had done something wrong but it was the threat of Police ChiefJackAngovecallingmyhomethatgaveit meaning. This was an experience I have never forgotten and the beginning of a long list of confrontations with nature that have caused me to be very respectful of it, and the dangers that lurkinitsbeauty.

When I got home that evening Wilf Simpson had calledmy mom, JackAngove had called my mom, and she was prepared for me when I arrived very cold, very afraid and very

apologetic. I'm pretty sure that was a Friday evening because I have a vague recollection of beingtold“nomorehockeyunless..”asIdressed forpracticethenextmorningbeforemakingmy trek in the dark through Evans' backyard, throughMcKnight's,downLansdowne,through Therriault's, and to the front door of the old unheatedarenaforamuchdifferentexperience. The wonderful thing about river hockey inChapleauthatIthinkweallneedtothinkabout alotaswegetintotheseasonofjoyandremembrances is that it had no religious, racial, languageornationalisticperimeters;therewereno uppertownorlowertowndistinctionsandIdon't recall there being good players or bad players; albeittherewerelittleonesandbigonestoo.We wereallplayersanditwasagame,aspontaneous moment,agleefulopportunitytoengageinrole playing and in doing what northern boys and girls and their parents had done for decades before us. It was about entertaining ourselves, laughter, being out of doors, pushing the limits andbuildingrelationships. Was it Joseph Conrad who said “youth….thegloryofit!”?

monitoring. Work is underway to help improve understanding of the current population, distribution status and future trends of boreal caribou at a range-scale, in order to support recovery efforts, such as habitat restoration activities.

Boreal caribou are listed as a threatened speciesundertheEndangeredSpeciesAct,2007. Itisestimatedthatthereareroughly5,000boreal caribouinOntario.

In Ontario, 140 provincial parks and conservation reserves collectively protect more than 11.2 million acres of caribou habitat - that's roughly the size of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined.

The Canada-Ontario Agreement for the Conservation of Caribou, Boreal Population in Ontario provides an overall framework for establishing collaborative commitments, including habitat planning, protection and restoration activities from both the federal and provincial governments to protect and recover borealcaribou.

In2022-23,OntarioandCanadainvested more than $10 million in 2022-23 for the implementation of the agreement to undertake actions that support moving towards the maintenance or recovery of self-sustaining local populationsofborealcaribouinOntario,suchas updating our state of knowledge on caribou and theirhabitattoinformhabitatplanning,protection andrestorationactivities.