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Students registered in the outdoor course at École secondaire
catholiqueTrillium(Chapleau)had the opportunity to
learnabouttheecosystemsandlifeforms thatsurroundusbytakingpartinanesting activitybycollectingandanalyzingafew nestboxesfromwoodducks.Duringthis
veryinterestingactivity,thestudentsalso discovered samples of a common hawk and a common goldeneye. What great discoveries!
Les élèves du cours de plein
air à l'ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau) ont eu l'occasiond'apprendreausujetdes écosystèmes et de formes de vie
qui nous entourent lors d'une activité de nidification en recueillant et en analysant quelques nichoirs de canards branchus. Pendant cette activité
fort intéressante, les élèves ont également découvert des échantillons d'un bec-scie couronné et d'un garrot à œil d'or. Quellesbellesdécouvertes!
Last week, kindergarten to grade 6 students at École Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau) had the chance to proudly celebrate their language and francophone culture. To mark the Francophonie Month, students took part in a
varietyofactivities,includingalargerallyinthe gymnasium.Thestudents had made cutouts and enthusiastically made noise during aTintamarre event.Theyalsotookpartinathemeday,played a Kahoot game and ate delicious cupcakes to
La semaine dernière, les élèves de la maternelle à la 6e année de l'école Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau)onteulachancedecélébrerleurlangue avecfierté.Dans le but de souligner le mois de la francophonie,lesélèvesontparticipéàunevariété d'activités, dont un grand rassemblement au gymnase. Les élèves avaient fabriqué des ribambellesetontfaitdubruitavecenthousiasme lors d'un tintamarre. Ils ont également pris part à une journée thématique, joué à un jeu Kahoot et savouré de délicieux petits gâteaux pour célébrer l'occasion.Lesélèvesetlesmembresdupersonnel sesontbienamusésencélébrantlafrancophonie! Le mois de mars, dédié à la Francophonie, est célébrépartoutdanslemondeafindepromouvoir lalanguefrançaiseetsadiversité.
Marielle Lafreniere Fay
1951-2023
Marielle71yearsold of Welland,ON has sadly left us with her loving family by her side.
She will be deeply missed by her husband of over 50 years Chris, children Kyle,Jaime(Lisa)and grandchildren Kailah, RymeandSohler.
Predeceased by her parents Anicet and Yvette and her brother Claude. She also leaves behind her sisters Micheline ( late Tony), Suzette (Blair), Louise (Jim), Joanne (Ralph), Carole (Tom) and many nieces and nephewsandofcourseherGodchildKyra.
Marielle had her Masters in Education and enjoyedworking asadevotedteachertillshe retiredleavinggoodmemoriesandfriends.
Cremation has taken place and a small memorialforfamilywillbeheldinthespring.
To honour the memory of Marielle, please consider donating blood and plasma to your localblooddonatingcentre.
Memorial donations can be made to CanadianBloodServices.
The Lafreniere Fay Family
celebrate their Francophonie. Students and staff members had a great time celebrating the Francophonie!ThemonthofMarch,dedicatedto theFrancophonie,iscelebratedallovertheworld topromotetheFrenchlanguageanditsdiversity.
Indeed, there are, but I am really not the keeper of Chapleau's history.All of us who call ourselvesChapleauitesare,withstorieswehave toldorarewaitingtobetold.
Although Shawn said he has not been backtoooftenforvisits,henotedthat"IguessI have always been and always be a 'small town boy'.EventhoughithasbeenmanyyearssinceI livedinChapleau,I,likemanyothers,considerit
the Ministry of Natural Resources base at 'The Point'.
Out here in Cranbrook BC where I have nowlivedfor23years,peopleaskmewhyIwrite about Chapleau and not the community where I live.IhavedoneafewarticlesaboutCranbrook, buttheanswerisreallyquitesimple.Icamehere towork,andenjoyedeverymomentIspentonthe faculty of College of the Rockies where I was even able to introduce students to digital storytelling starting way back in 1994 when I taughtacoursecalledWritingforNewMedia.
ButIamnotapartofCranbrook,likeIam Chapleau. For example, I wrote an anecdotal history of St. John's Church 'Sons of Thunder... Apostles of Love' to mark its 100th anniversary in1985.WhenthegoodpeopleofChristChurch hereaskedmetowritetheirhistory,Ideclinedbut agreedtoedititinsteadanditwasputtogetherby mystudentsintheNewMediaLabatCOTR. Itwastheirstorynotmineandtheytoldit well.
AsIreflectedonthepasttwoyears(now three) of writing Chapleau Moments, for the Chapleau Express, recent emails from two Chapleau High School graduates came to mind, andletmestartwiththemtomarktheoccasion.
In one of my email conversations with LarryMartelhementionedreporterswritingthe firstdraftathistory,andimmediatelyitsounded familiarbutIcouldnotrecallwhohadoriginally saidit.
A Google search revealed that many journalists give former Washington Post PresidentandPublisherthelatePhilipL.Graham creditforbeingthefirsttodescribejournalismas "the first rough draft of history," but as in most things,thereisdisagreement.
Yes,perhapsChapleauMomentsisavery rough draft of some of Chapleau's history. My sourceshavebeenmanyotherswhohavestarted the story by writing about the community over theyearsandthosewhohavesharedtheirrough draftswithmeduringthepasttwoyears.Hardlya dayhasgonebythatIdonothearfromsomeone whoaddstothestoriesthatIhaveshared,andso oftengivesmeanideaforanewone.
Thanks to the hundreds of people who have been in touch since Mario Lafreniere invited me to write the column in the Chapleau Express.
ShawnRussellwhowasintouchrecently bringing me up to date on his life, and making some suggestions for future stories, commented that"Itisdifficultbeingthekeeperofthehistory of Chapleau. There are so many good stories of
home. Our house is not there any more, but the memories cannot be erased. I still long for the familiarsoundofthetrainsloadinguponawarm Augustnight.NoonewillknowwhatI'mtalking about except for a Chapleauite, or perhaps a railroadtownperson".
Asanaside,Shawn'shousewaslocatedat
Really though, I am a reporter, a teller mostly of the stories of other people and theirlifeandtimes.IstarteddoingitinChapleau in1957whenIwroteahighschoolcolumnwith Joy (Evans) Heft for the long gone Mid North News, and had a television show on CHAP TV ownedbyArthurGrout.Therestisreallyhistory asIamstilldoingitsome54(now55)yearslater.
And as I mark the second (now third) anniversaryofChapleauMoments,letmetouch on some moments from my life and times there thatmadeitanawesomeplacetogrowup. Cont’donP.5
As Canadians, we like to assume that our electoral system is beyond reproach. We certainly have a number of checks-and-balances in our systemthathelpkeepelectionssafeandsecure.We limit the amount of money any individual can donate to election candidates and ensure that corporate interests can't unduly influence elected representatives. We audit candidates' expenses to ensuretheyarefollowingelectoralrules.However, our system certainly isn't perfect, and recently, leaked intelligence reports from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) suggest that diplomats from Beijing and proxies for China's Communist Party have interfered in our two most recentelections.
Global News first broke a story based on leaked CSIS details involving a campaign of foreign interference from China that involved 11 candidates running in the 2019 election. During thatsameelectionperiod,CSISallegedlyurgedthe Liberal Party to rescind the candidacy of one of their candidates, now an MP, over allegations that the individual was part of the Chinese foreign interference network. Additionally, CSIS leaks also allege that Chinese diplomats and proxies made cash donations to candidates that went
Les Canadiens aiment à penser que leur régime électoral est inattaquable. C'est vrai que celui-ciestdotéd'uncertainnombredegarde-fous permettantdegarantirl'intégritédesélections.Nous avons fixé une limite aux sommes qu'une même personne peut donner aux candidats à une élection etavonsfaitlenécessairepourquelesentreprisesne puissent pas influencer indûment les élus. Nous vérifionsaussilesdépensesdescandidatspournous assurer qu'ils ont respecté les règles électorales. Cela dit, le régime canadien n'est pas parfait pour autant,etdernièrement,ilestressortiderapportsdu Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité (SCRS)ayantfaitl'objetdefuitesquedesdiplomates de Pékin et des représentants du Parti communistedeChinesesontimmiscésdanslesdeuxplus récentesélectionsgénérales.
Le réseau Global News est le premier à avoirdiffuséunreportagesurlesfuitesenquestion, et on y apprenait que, lors du scrutin de 2019, la Chine avait orchestré une véritable campagne d'ingérencevisant11candidats.Aumêmemoment, le SCRS aurait pressé le Parti libéral d'annuler la candidatured'unhommequiestaujourd'huidéputé au motif qu'il aurait fait partie du réseau chinois d'ingérence étrangère. Le rapport du SCRS nous
undeclared to assist candidates that were more likely to be friendly with China to beat those who weremoreaggressivetoBeijing.Theseallegations affectLiberalandConservativecandidatesrunning inthe2021election.
These are significant assertions that undercut Canadian's faith in our free and fair elections. The Critical Election Incident Public Protocolpanel,whichiscomprisedofseniorpublic servants,notedthat“nationalsecurityagenciessaw attemptsatforeigninterference,butnotenoughto have met the threshold of impacting electoral integrity.” While this is an important line of distinction that indicates they believe the recent electionshavebeenfair,it'salsoimportantthatwe ensurethatourelectionsnowandinthefutureare free from foreign meddling. It's also important to note that the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol panel, while comprised of exceptionally talentedindividuals,arestillcivilservantsworking onbehalfofthegovernment.
This is why a public inquiry into foreign election interference is needed. It's important to ensure that any examination of our electoral system,andofforeignactorstryingtoinfluenceit, bedoneatarms-lengthfromthegovernmentitself. It's also important that we examine the influence any foreign actors may have on our elections, not justfromChina,butfromotherstateactorsaswell, suchasRussia,whomCSIShasrepeatedlywarned has been attempting to interfere in our elections throughsocialmediabotfarms.
The Prime Minister, rather than calling a publicinquiry,hasappointedaSpecialRapporteur to examine these allegations. That individual is
apprendenoutrequelesdiplomatesetlesreprésentantschinoisontfaitdesdonsnondéclarésenargent afind'aiderlescandidatslesplussusceptiblesd'être favorablesàlaChineàbattreceuxquis'opposaient àPékin.En2021,lescandidatsvisésparcesallégationsétaientàlafoislibérauxetconservateurs.
Cesinsinuationssontassezgravespourque les Canadiens se demandent si les élections canadiennes sont bel et bien libres et justes. Selon le groupe responsable du Protocole public en cas d'incident électoral majeur, qui est composé de hauts fonctionnaires, « les organismes de sécurité nationale ont constaté des tentatives d'ingérence étrangère, mais pas suffisamment pour atteindre le seuil d'incidence sur l'intégrité électorale ». Bien qu'il s'agisse d'une distinction importante, car elle nousapprendqu'auxyeuxdugroupe,lesdernières électionsontétéjustes,ilfauttoutfairepourqueles scrutins à venir soient à l'abri de l'ingérence étrangère. Il ne faut pas oublier non plus que le groupe responsable du Protocole public en cas d'incident électoralmajeurabeauêtrecomposédepersonnes exceptionnellement talentueuses, ce sont malgré toutdesfonctionnairesagissantaunomdugouvernement.
Voilàpourquoiilfautuneenquêtepublique.
former Governor General David Johnston. AppointedbyformerConservativePrimeMinister Stephen Harper, Mr. Johnston is seen as a fairly reasonable selection, although being a board member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation certainly doesn't serve him well as being an impartial arbiter. Mr. Johnston may very well recommendcallingapublicinquiryintothematter, depending on his findings. However, it does feel likethismoveissimplydelayingtheinevitable.
The NDP put forward a motion at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairstocallapublicinquiryintothematter.That motionpassed.However,thePrimeMinisterisstill the one who needs to initiate the order, under the Inquiries Act. The NDP motion is also applied more broadly to investigate abuse of diaspora groups by hostile foreign governments, wherever that may lead, including interference by other nationssuchasRussiaandIran.
AConservativemotionwasalsobroughtto the floor of the House of Commons, but with a narrower focus of examining potential electoral interference by the Chinese only. It seems that Conservatives are more concerned with the optics of electoral interference than examining the issue more broadly. If we are to get to the bottom of which foreign actors are actually involved in interfering with Canadian elections through a publicinquiry,lettheinquirycommittodoingthe workwhereveritleads.
Canadians deserve to know their elections arefair,andanindependentpublicandtransparent inquiryisexactlyhowwecangetthoseanswers.
Nous devons avoir la certitude que ceux qui sont chargésdescruterlerégimeélectoraletdedétecter les agents étrangers cherchant à l'influencer sont indépendants du gouvernement. Nous devons également voir si, à part la Chine, d'autres agents étrangers ont pu s'ingérer dans nos campagnes électorales (pensons par exemple à la Russie, laquelle, selon le SCRS, a souvent tenté d'utiliser des robots pour influencer le processus électoral canadienenpassantparlesréseauxsociaux). Or,aulieudelanceruneenquêtepublique, lepremierministreajetésondévolusurunrapporteurspécialpourfairelalumièresurcesallégations. Il s'agit de l'ancien gouverneur général David Johnston. Nommé par l'ancien premier ministre conservateur Stephen Harper, M. Johnston est considéré comme un choix plutôt raisonnable, même si le fait qu'il siège au conseil d'administration de la Fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeauestloindenousrassurersursonimpartialité.Selonlateneurdesesconclusions,ilsepourrait bien que M. Johnston recommande la tenue d'une enquête publique. On a donc l'impression que sa nominationnefaitqueretarderl'inévitable. LeNPDasaisileComitédelaprocédureet Cont’donP.8
LesCanadiensontbesoind'uneenquêtepubliquesurl'ingérenceélectoraledelaChine
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SummersinChapleauwerealwaysgreat, and camping was part of the agenda. We had a camp at Healy some 17 CPR miles west of ChapleauontheCPR,(noroadwhenIwasakid), and we would spend part of the summer there alongwithfriendswhowouldjoinus.
But Mulligan's Bay was also part of vacationtime,andnoroadsthereeither,inthose days.Mom(MurielE(Hunt)Morris)andIwould spendtimethereatthecampsoffriends.And,asI havepreviouslywrittenaboutbridgingChapleau becauseIwentfromGreyStreettoElginStreetto visitmy grandparents,Lil(Mulligan)and Harry Morris, such an analogy could also be drawn about"goingdownthelake".
We always went down the lake even thoughitwasbyoneoftworivers.
Anyway, when we went to visit the Goldsteinfamily,wetravelledbyboatdownthe "back river' to their camp at Mulligan's Bay
because their boathouse was located on the NebskwashiRiver.
When we spent time with the Pellow or the Zufelt (my aunt and uncle) families, we would travel down the 'front river' or Kebsquasheshing from where their boathouses werelocated.
Not particularly important in the grand schemeofthingsperhaps,butitwastoalittleboy who could travel both rivers to visit with his friends by going down the lake. I have used the tworiversandlakestoryinGeographycourses.
We also loved to play and replaying scenes from the Saturday afternoon western at theRegent(laterFox)theatrewascommon.And we dressed for the parts as you will see from photo of me with my buddy Harry "Butch" Pellowaswetakeonthebadguys.
July 16, is a day that has special significance in my life, as my father Flying Officer James E. Morris, born in Chapleau, in 1914, was killed while on active service in the RCAFinWorldWarII.Hadhereturnedhome,it was not likely that we would have remained in
Chapleau, and my story would assuredly be quitedifferent.
Thanks so much to all of you, and a special thanks to Larry and Shawn. My email is mj.morris@live.ca
705-864-4376 jnsigns@gmail.com
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The Community Drug Strategy has received reports of an increase in the number of drug poisonings (overdoses) and unexpected reactions from the use of toxic substances in Sudburyanddistricts.
While we cannot confirm the substance(s)causingtheoverdoses,thissituation serves as an important reminder to the
community that street drugs, including stimulants,maybecutormixedwithsubstances such as benzos (benzodiazepines), xylazine, fentanyl, or carfentanil. Frontline workers warn that substances with greater toxicity than usual maybecirculatinglocally.Therehasalsobeenan increase in reports of individuals having abnormal reactions after using white powdered substances.
Anoverdoseoccurswhen a person uses a substance, and theirbodyisunabletohandlethe effects. As a result, the brain is unable to control basic life functions.Thepersonmightpass out, stop breathing, or experience a seizure. Overdoses canbebothfatalandnon-fatal.
Prevent overdoses to save lives:
! Avoid mixing drugs, including prescribed, over the counter,andillegaldrugs.
! Avoid drinking alcohol whileusingotherdrugs.
! Use caution when switching substances: start with a lower dose than you usually would.
! If you have not used in a while, start with a lower dose. Yourtolerancemaybelower.
! When using substances, considerthefollowingoptions:
! Have a trusted person with you who can provide supportasneeded.
! Visit an overdose preventionsitesuchasTheSpot
inGreaterSudbury(RéseauACCESSNetwork).
! Connect with the National Overdose Response Service at 1.888.688.6677 (NORS line).
! AccesstheBraveApp.
! Avoidusingdrugswhenyouarealone.
! Carryanaloxonekit.Knowhowtouseit.
! Call911ifyoususpectanoverdose.
Opioidoverdosesymptomsinclude:
! fingernails and lips turn blue or purplish black
! skin turns bluish purple, grayish, or ashen,dependingonskintone
! dizzinessandconfusion
! thepersoncan’tbewokenup
! choking,gurgling,orsnoringsounds
! slow,weak,ornobreathing
! drowsinessordifficultystayingawake
Stimulantoverdosesymptomsinclude:
! seizures
! droolingorfrothingfromthemouth
! limbspasmsorrigidity
! tighteningorpaininthechest
! notbreathingorshallowbreathing
! signs of a stroke such as the inability to talk clearly, losing feelings in the face, arms, or legsononesideofthebody
Due to benzodiazepines (benzos) toxicity, an overdosemaylastforhoursandlooklike:
• extremesleepinessorpassingout
• poorbalanceandmovementcontrol
• slurredspeech
• blackoutsandmemoryloss
Howtorespondtoanoverdose:
• GIVE NALOXONE. This will help reverseanopioidoverdoseandwilldonoharmif the overdose is not due to opioids. This may improvebreathing,butthepersonmaynotregain consciousnessduetosedation.
• Call 911 to get medical help and keep monitoringbreathing.
• Trytokeepthepersonawake.Iftheyare anxious,trytogetthemtoslowdownandrelax.
Cont’dfromP.4 desaffairesdelaChambred'unemotionréclamant latenued'uneenquêtepublique.Cettemotionaété adoptée,saufqu'envertudelaLoisurlesenquêtes, la décision finale revient au premier ministre. La motion du NPD propose en outre de s'intéresser à toutes les occurrences où un gouvernement étrangerhostileaabusédesesressortissantshabitantau Canada, quelle que soit l'issue d'une telle enquête. Qui sait, peut-être découvrira-t-on que d'autres pays, comme la Russie ou l'Iran, se sont rendus coupablesd'ingérenceélectorale.
Les conservateurs ont eux aussi saisi la Chambredescommunesd'unemotion,maiscelleci était plus pointue et s'en tenait à la seule ingé-
renceélectoralepossibledelaChine.Ondiraitque lesconservateursontpeurd'aborderledossierdans son ensemble et ne se préoccupent que de l'ingérence électorale. Si nous voulons vraiment savoir quels agents étrangers ont pu s'immiscer dansleprocessusélectoralcanadien,ilfautlaisser la future commission d'enquête faire son travail jusqu'au bout, peu importe ce qu'elle pourrait découvrir.
Les Canadiens ont le droit d'avoir la certitude que leur processus électoral est juste, et seule une enquête publique indépendante et transparenteleurdonneracettecertitude.
• Cool the person down with a damp washclothontheirforehead.
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• If the person is unconscious, place them intherecoveryposition
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