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Vol. 28, Issue 7, October 19, 2023

ÉSC Trillium students discover the world

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tudents from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) recently had the opportunity to welcome three wonderful guests who recently immigrated to Canada immigrant families during their French class.

These guests shared stories about their countries of origin, their decision to come to Canada and

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their journey leading to obtaining the Canadian citizenship. These discussions enabled the students to make a number of links with the play being studied, “Terre d'accueil” (Welcoming Land), and to become aware of the various challenges that some people have to overcome in order to gain access to better opportunities. They

even got a taste of the Caribbean when they discovered a tropical soft drink from Jamaica.

The ÉSC Trillium Coyotes would like to thank their guests for these enriching experiences that encourage openness to the world.

Les élèves de l'ÉSC Trillium s'ouvrent sur le monde

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ans leur cours de Français, des élèves de l'école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) ont tout récemment eu la chance d'accueillir trois formidables invités issus de l'immigration. Ces invités ont partagé des témoignages sur leur pays d'origine, leur décision de venir au Canada ainsi

que leur parcours dans l'obtention de leur citoyenneté canadienne. Ces partages ont permis aux élèves de faire plusieurs liens avec la pièce de théâtre à l'étude intitulée « Terre d'accueil » ainsi que de prendre conscience des divers défis que certaines personnes doivent traverser afin d'accéder à de meilleures opportunités.

Lors de ces rencontres, ils ont même eu un petit goût des Caraïbes en découvrant une boisson gazeuse tropicale originaire de la Jamaïque. Les Coyotes de l'ÉSC Trillium remercient vivement leurs invités pour ces expériences enrichissantes qui encouragent l'ouverture sur le monde

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Doug Ford's healthcare theatrics I venture to say that many Ontarians are upset and disappointed at the numerous debacles and scandals emanating from the Ford government lately.

Right now, we are watching the simultaneous, dramatic housing development and Greenbelt sagas unfold. We have just seen the Premier's eventual flip-flop on returning lands to the Greenbelt and the recent resignation of two prominent cabinet ministers and a ministry staffer. Talk about your political black eye.

You don't have to scour the headlines looking for scandals, broken promises and the government's attempt to distract public attention from embarrassing major stories about them. For example, to distract Ontarians from the Greenbelt scandal, Premier Ford made derisive comments about school board “indoctrinating” students working through LGBTQ issues regarding pronoun or name changes. Really, Mr. Ford?

School boards indoctrinating kids? It's a typical Doug Ford tactic.

For me, healthcare is the one area that will affect us all personally at some point. That is a major concern for Ontarians. At best, the Ford government's attempts to improve healthcare have been feigned or thinly masked.

You will note that I say feigned attempts. I

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can't help but think of a comic skit in which a giant, muscle-bound bruiser is seen struggling with all his might to lift an 800-pound barbell, only to have some scrawny old man come to clear the stage after the show and carry the barbell off in one hand. This is just another of Premier Ford's tactics theatrically played out with his supporting cast of Health Ministers. To hear Doug Ford talk, you'd think he was trying to push a boulder up a mountainside, his face grimacing as he speaks to the media about their incredible improvements.

Their tireless efforts are not any more genuine than the weight lifters.

Time and time again, Premier Ford has promised Ontarians that he is doing everything humanly possible to fix healthcare. He claims that the problem is not a lack of money but instead that funding needs to be reallocated to the front lines.

Well, I can see why he says reallocate money to frontlines. It is because it is the front lines where the government is getting clobbered! Doctors and nurses look haggard and bleary-eyed out front and center in the public eye and media viewfinder. People see and hear patients relegated to gurneys lining the hallways, storage rooms and even a few washrooms. But, the money needed in the background is not exactly surplus. It is needed for equipment, treatment and providing enough staff that the doctors and nurses don't have to wear rollerskates to get around. All the Premier is doing is repurposing money, not replacing it.

Last month, Global News published an in-depth series about the Ministry Mandate Letters that Premier Ford sent to each Minister to lay out the government's plans after the last election. In his letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Mr. Ford wrote, “Review the structure of healthcare oversight from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and its agencies to create a healthcare system that is patient and family-centred.”

The news reporter went on to say that “Weaved throughout the mandate letter to the health minister is a repeated theme of finding savings and efficiencies, where possible, and reinvesting the money into the front lines.” The Premier directed them to recreate a healthcare system that is “efficient, patient-focused, cutting edge, and world-class.” It seems to me that a simpler way for Mr. Ford to put it is that he wants to have his cake and eat it, too.

I have to ask the Premier how he performs such magic when the Financial Accountability Office reported that the government spent $7 billion less than planned this year, with $1.6 billion less in healthcare alone.

Here in the North, people have been

franticly trying to find a family physician willing to add them to their roster. Hardly a week goes by without someone calling or writing our office, pleading my office to help them find a doctor.

Current numbers show that one in eight Northern residents cannot access a family doctor. To compound the problem, the average age of family doctors practicing in Canada is 49. Retirement is on the horizon for many. How many times have Northerners heard the Premier and Health Minister sing their duet about how hard they are working to solve the problem and that they are sparing no expense to train more doctors and get them to stay and work in the North?

To actually solve the problem, the government needs to permanently commit to increasing the base funding to train new doctors by $4 million at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University.

Personally, I enjoy good theatre, but the Ford government's act is getting old. I just find it infuriating to see and hear the theatrics of Premier Ford and his Ministers of Health as they try to convince us all that nothing is more important to them than the health of all citizens. But it seems the show never ends. Our healthcare system is falling prey to privatization, and people's suffering will just get worse.

As always, please feel free to contact my office about these issues or any other provincial matters. You can reach my constituency office by email at mmantha-co@ola.org or by phone Tollfree at 1-800-831-1899.

Person Charged With Driving While Prohibited (CHAPLEAU, ON) - Driving over the posted speed limit has resulted in a criminal charge for one individual. On October 12, 2023, shortly before 11:00 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting general patrol on Highway 101 near Chapleau, when they observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed.

A traffic stop was conducted, and investigation revealed the driver did not have the required ignition interlock device in the vehicle.

As a result, Mark MALLETT, 55 years-of-age, of Invermere, British Columbia was arrested and charged with the following: · Operation while Prohibited under the Criminal Code · Speeding The vehicle was impounded for 45 days.

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on November 14, 2023 in Chapleau.

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Chapleau Moments by

Michael J. Morris

Back: Rita Payette, Shirley Matheson, Freda Depew. Front: Evelyn Sheahan, Rhonda McQuaig, Shirley Nixon Remember the 'Skater's Waltz', so popular when we went public skating at the old old rink on Lorne Street, and almost always included in the annual figure skating shows by the Chapleau Figure Skating Club.

Ann Card at Ice Show 1975

Chapleau Figure Skating Club annual ice shows always amazing and exciting as audiences in three arenas charmed by skaters for more than 70 years.

As I read recollections of figure skating in Chapleau from about 1937 prepared by Juliette (Morin) Payette, I went to Youtube and listened to the Skater's Waltz, in a rendition of it conducted by the famous conductor Toscanini. In fact, I listened to it several times as I reflected on my growing up years in Chapleau and those wonderful people who so actively participated in the life and times of Chapleau.

Julie, a member of one of Chapleau's pioneer families, married Bill Payette, a son of D.O. Payette, a leader in the community for so many years.

Julie shared her memories with Ann (Card) Morin, who so kindly assisted me in researching this piece about Chapleau figure skating. The Card family has been so active in Chapleau with her grandfather William Card serving on council and her uncle, F.A. 'Nick' Card as councillor and reeve.

Julie recalled that the first Chapleau Figure Skating Club was organized and opened to boys and girls in 1937with a Mr. Baker from Fort William, (Thunder Bay) who taught figure skating for several years, and even eventually married one of the skaters, Connie Vezina.

"The Club was doing very well with about 25 skaters," Julie noted. "This all took place in the first arena built on Lorne St. which was replaced on the same location in 1951. We had two dressing rooms at the front of the building which were both heated by a big wood stove that kept our boots warm and where we could run in when we were cold.

"Proper music was piped out to the ice surface. We learned the basics like the figure three and figure eight, a few jumps and eventually Mr. Baker paired us to do the ‘Skater's Waltz'."

Julie recalled that some of the members were Frank and Lorne Block, Norman Cohrs, Bill Payette, Yvette Burns, Elise Depew, Freda Depew, Sally Uugo, Helen Martin, Rhonda McQuaig, Shirley Matheson, Juliette Morin, Marion Morris (my aunt), Shirley Nixon, Evelyn Sheahan and Connie Vezina.

She added: "A bit more info on the arena.

There was an open loft above the girls dressing room also heated by a big wood stove where the Chapleau town Band led by Mr. D.O. Payette played on Friday nights for public skating 8 to 10 pm. The arena was always packed on those nights but if you were younger than 14 years you had to get off the ice at 9pm. We did not appreciate this one bit." There was a nine-p.m. curfew for children in Chapleau for years.

In 1940, Sally Uugo, who later married Joe Crichton, was recognized in the Sudbury Star

as "outstanding for her performance" at the club's carnival.

The paper noted that Sally was "a talented figure skater who is also deserving of a great deal of credit for her work in the club's interests when she worked so hard to keep the organization together.

Sally "charmed the audience with her 'Rhumba on Skates". In a conversation with Ann, Sally remembered the big cast iron wood burning furnace that heated the old old rink.

Sally is the grandmother of Lisi Crichton Bernier, Chapleau's present deputy mayor. Sally died in 2012.

Moving forward to the 1950s, Pat Purich recalled that figure skating was a "big part of our lives growing up in Chapleau" and although the old old rink was replaced with the Chapleau Memorial Community Arena in 1951, skaters also used outdoor rinks made in many parts of town.

I can recall at least ten outdoor rinks in the 1950s plus 'The Pond' on the back river and on the ice on the front river behind Chapleau Public School.

Pat noted that in the fifties, "figure skating was fun and challenging, practising and preparing for our local winter carnivals in February... We were lucky to be part of the excitement and did our very best to please the crowds.

"Those were the days of Barbara Ann Scott, ‘Canada's Sweetheart' from Ottawa, who was a figure skating idol. Barbara Ann's historic achievements made us all proud Canadians."

Lynn Purich, Pat's daughter, who was skating in the 70s and 80s learned to skate at age four on an outdoor rink on the river. Lynn said she was "eager to skate and take figure skating lessons." Her dedicated mother brought her to lessons sometimes at six a.m. and over time she earned badges and crests through the Canadian Figure Skating Association.

Lynn described the experience: "Annual ice shows were amazing and so much excitement... Crowds of people who supported figure skating, hours of preparation and planning and practising for shows. so many dedicated skaters and parents..."

Some of her numbers included teddy bear, mother hen with little chickens, Egyptian princess.

Joanne Laughland and Lynn Purich She also paid tribute to Wendy Lebrun, Joanne Laughland and Betty Publow who were among her teachers and coaches.

Ann (Card) Morin performed her first Cont’d on P.8

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Cuts to DND Budget Cannot Impact Service People REPORT social and cultural realities and changes that are ourselves in is due to poor long-term planning for from OTTAWA confronting all Canadians in these uncertain military spending. The previous Conservative Rapport times.” Additionally, the memo states: “The government tied our hands with the purchase of morale of members across the CAF was assessed F-35s, a plane that comes with an exorbitant price d’Ottawa by chaplains in this reporting period to be notably tag and serious concerns about its ability to meet by/par

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Government ministers have been tasked with finding $15 billion in government spending cuts as they attempt to reign in spending and look for ways to cut discretionary waste between 2023 and 2028. Budget 2023 laid out plans for the government to find that savings over this fiveyear period by cutting consulting fees, travel, and other discretionary professional services by 15 percent, and reducing departmental spending by three per cent. Among those departments that are expected to substantially reduce their spending is the Department of National Defence (DND).

While plans to cut wasteful spending are laudable, those cuts cannot come at the expense of service members and their families.

DND's main estimates for the 2023-24 fiscal year shows a total budget of $26.5 billion.

Top military brass, including General Wayne Eyre, the Chief of the Defence Staff, have voiced concerns about the cost-cutting exercise, saying at the House of Commons Defence Committee “There's no way that you can take almost a billion dollars out of the defence budget and not have an impact. This is something that we're wrestling with now." While the Defence Minister has stated repeatedly that the cost-cutting exercise is not a budget cut (and in some ways, he may technically be correct, given anticipated increases in the department's budget to $39.7 billion in 2026-27) there's some serious concerns about how any cuts won't result in impacts to service members.

We are clearly in the midst of an era where military preparedness is of vital concern.

While Canada has not been at war since we withdrew from Afghanistan in 2014, global conflicts in Ukraine and now in Israel mean that we need to be adequately prepared for the future.

New measures have been put in place this year to military personnel's housing allowances, also known as the Post Living Differential (PLD). The soldier's housing formula has changed from being based on where they are posted to a salary-based allowance. This change would save the government an estimated $30 million per year, but the cost isn't worth the pain it's causing for our service men and women.

A recent memo to General Eyre from Chaplain General Guy Bélisle laid out the challenges that this change causes. It states “The past six months have been very difficult for many CAF members and their families as they struggle to find a way forward through the economic,

lower than during the last few reporting periods, due to several key factors and realities ... changes to PLD, the increasing lack of affordable housing, the rising cost of living, and staff shortages all contributed to exacerbating the tensions and challenges being experienced by members and their families.”

While not the main source of cutbacks to DND, changes to the PLA system are clearly having a negative impact on the well-being of serving families. The Canadian Forces are already having a hard time recruiting people, with an estimated 10,000 vacant positions.

Making it harder to get appropriate accommodations isn't going to help recruiting efforts.

Part of the problem we now find

our military's needs. While the Prime Minister had campaigned on scrapping the purchase in 2015, this year, his government committed to a $19 billion contract with Lockheed-Martin to purchase 88 F-35s. So while DND is being asked, like other departments, to make spending cuts, it's unreasonable to think that other departments are being asked to cut while also having a $19 billion dollar earmark on the books.

The basic principle behind cutting administrative costs in government departments is fine. Clearly there's some waste that can and should be cut. It's hard to argue about the costs of travel for meetings when we've all gotten used to Zoom over the past several years. But cost-saving measures should never be placed on the backs of service members and their families.

Les coupes dans le budget du MDN ne doivent pas avoir une incidence sur les militaires Les ministres du gouvernement ont été chargés de trouver 15 milliards de dollars de réduction des dépenses publiques pour tenter de maîtriser les dépenses et de trouver des moyens de réduire le gaspillage discrétionnaire entre 2023 et 2028. Le budget de 2023 prévoit que le gouvernement réalise ces économies au cours de cette période de cinq ans en réduisant de 15 % les honoraires des consultants, les déplacements et les autres services professionnels discrétionnaires, et en diminuant de 3 % les dépenses des ministères. Parmi les ministères qui devraient réduire considérablement leurs dépenses figure le ministère de la Défense nationale (MDN). Si les plans de réduction des dépenses inutiles sont louables, ces réductions ne peuvent pas se faire au détriment des militaires et de leurs familles.

Le budget principal du MDN pour l'exercice 2023-2024 prévoit un budget total de 26,5 milliards de dollars. Des hauts gradés de l'armée, notamment le général Wayne Eyre, chef d'état-major de la défense, ont fait part de leurs inquiétudes concernant l'exercice de réduction des coûts. Ce dernier a d'ailleurs déclaré ceci au Comité permanent de la défense nationale de la Chambre des communes : « Il est impossible de réduire de près d'un milliard de dollars le budget de la Défense sans que cela ait des répercussions ». Bien que le ministre de la Défense ait déclaré à plusieurs reprises que l'exercice de réduction des coûts n'est pas une réduction budgétaire (et d'une certaine manière, il peut techniquement avoir raison, étant donné les augmentations prévues du budget du Ministère à 39,7 milliards de dollars en 2026-2027), on s'interroge sérieusement sur la

possibilité que les réductions n'aient aucun impact sur les militaires.

Il est clair que nous vivons dans une époque où la préparation militaire est d'une importance vitale. Bien que le Canada n'ait pas été en guerre depuis son retrait de l'Afghanistan en 2014, les conflits mondiaux en Ukraine et maintenant en Israël signifient que nous devons être préparés de manière adéquate pour l'avenir.

De nouvelles mesures ont été mises en place cette année en ce qui concerne les indemnités de logement du personnel militaire, également connues sous le nom d'indemnité de vie chère (IVC). La formule de calcul de l'indemnité de logement du militaire n'est plus basée sur le lieu d'affectation, mais sur le salaire.

Ce changement permettrait au gouvernement de générer des économies d'environ 30 millions de dollars par an, mais celles-ci ne valent pas les difficultés qu'elles causent à nos militaires.

Une note d'information récente de l'aumônier général Guy Bélisle, adressée au général Eyre, expose les problèmes que pose ce changement. On peut y lire que « les six derniers mois ont été très difficiles pour de nombreux membres des FAC et leurs familles qui s'efforcent de trouver un moyen d'aller de l'avant en dépit des réalités et des changements économiques, sociaux et culturels auxquels sont confrontés tous les Canadiens en cette période d'incertitude [traduction] ». La note précise également ce qui suit : « Le moral des membres des FAC a été évalué par les aumôniers au cours de la présente période de rapport comme étant considérablement plus bas qu'au cours des Suite P.7

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AFEC Fierté et Solidarité Francophones : Célébration de la Levée du Drapeau Franco-Ontarien à Chapleau Le 25 septembre dernier, la communauté de Chapleau s'est réunie pour célébrer le drapeau franco-ontarien, un symbole important pour les francophones de la région.

Les élèves des écoles francophones locales étaient là, créant un moment de fierté et de solidarité.

Les élèves de l'école Sacré-Cœur ont joué un rôle central dans cette célébration spéciale. Ils ont commencé par une marche festive vers l'endroit où le drapeau a été levé, exprimant leur fierté en faisant du bruit, montrant ainsi leur détermination à rester fidèles à leur identité francophone.

Chaque année, cet événement rassemble la communauté francophone de Chapleau, accueillant de nouveaux membres enthousiastes qui veulent célébrer et préserver la culture franco-ontarienne. C'est aussi l'occasion de reconnaître et d'apprécier ceux qui défendent la langue française en Ontario.

Merci à Nicolas Morin pour la photo où l'on voit l'assemblée de personnes présentes à la cérémonie, sans oublier ceux et celles qui se sont joints en direct sur notre page Facebook.

N'oublions jamais notre identité et notre héritage francophones. Ensemble, unis, nous resterons forts pour préserver et promouvoir notre belle culture franco-ontarienne.

UCFO Ce n’est pas facile de dire adieu à une grande dame qui en a tant fait pour la communauté francophone de Chapleau, Doris Riopel. Elle a toujours eu à cœur la francophonie, c’est la raison pour laquelle, lorsqu’on parle de francophonie à Chapleau, on pense à Doris. Chef de file pour la culture et le développement de la francophonie, elle croyait fermement que l’on pouvait vivre en français en Ontario.

Doris était toujours prête à défendre notre belle langue. Elle s’est joint à plusieurs groupes communautaires tels que les Filles d’Isabelles, les Femmes chrétiennes, la paroisse Sacré-Cœur, le centre culturel, le club Maria Chapdelaine, l’Alliance des francophones engagés de Chapleau et en a même fondé un, le cercle de l’Union culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes de Chapleau, l’UCFO. En février 1987, Doris réunit une vingtaine de femmes et les a convaincues à se joindre à elle pour démarrer un nouveau groupe pour les femmes. Deux mois plus tard, soit le 23 avril 1987, le cercle de l’UCFO de Chapleau est créé et existe encore aujourd’hui grâce à sa détermination et sa persévérance. C’est toute une réalisation, une réussite… plus de 35 ans!

Même si l’UCFO n’est pas juste du tissage, c’était quand même une façon de réunir des femmes en continuant nos traditions. Le

cercle a commencé avec quatre métiers dans le sous-sol du centre culturel. Il y a eu quelques déménagements, car le groupe grandissait ainsi que le nombre de métiers. En effet, on en compte 14 aujourd’hui. Il y a même une boutique dans le centre pour vendre des articles faits à la main. De plus, Doris a non seulement transmis son amour pour l’artisanat et le tissage à d’autres femmes, mais aussi aux élèves des écoles primaire et secondaire.

Doris était forte sur la formation, l’entraide communautaire et la promotion de la langue française non seulement au niveau local, mais aussi régional et provincial. Grâce à elle et autres dévoués à la cause, l’école secondaire a d’abord ajouté quelques cours de français dans la sélection de cours pour les élèves francophones de Chapleau. Par la suite, nous avons eu notre propre section à Chapleau High et enfin en 2006, notre propre école secondaire de langue française.

Doris n’a jamais eu peur des défis, des embuches, elle fonçait et trouvait des solutions.

Nous ne pouvons dire que de merveilleuses choses de cette grande dame visionnaire.

Quelle grande générosité! Quelle chance de l’avoir eue dans notre communauté, de l’avoir côtoyée! Elle sera à jamais dans nos cœurs. Repose en paix chère Doris! Merci pour tout!!

CLUB MARIA CHAPDELAINE 25 septembre!

C'était la journée pour reconnaître notre fierté d'être franco-ontariens et franco-ontariennes. C'était la fête de rassemblement, ici à Chapleau, au Centre civique, et partout en province pour célébrer nos racines et notre culture.

SAVIEZ-VOUS QU'EN VIEILLISSANT, ET CELA SANS EXCEPTION, NOTRE LANGAGE PARLÉ VA RETOURNER AU LANGAGE APPRIS SUR LES GENOUX DE NOS PARENTS? Les études l'ont déjà prouvé.

La Fédération des aînés.es et des retraités.es francophones de l'Ontario (FARFO) a besoin de VOTRE appui. Oui, mais 'Qu'est-ce que ça mange en hiver la FARFO? C'est quoi au juste?

Depuis 50 ans ce mois de septembre dernier, la Fédération des aînés.es et retraités.es rallie tous les aînés francophones de la province.

Elle est reconnue comme l'organisme incontournable qui défend tous les droits des aîné.es et retraités.es francophones de l'Ontario dans tous les domaines (santé mentale et physique, droit juridique, logement, maltraitance, Bien vieillir chez soi, soins de longue durée). Cet organisme travaille en réseautage et en partenariat tant au niveau fédéral qu'aux niveaux provincial et municipal. C'est ensemble que nous obtiendrons d'améliorer les services auxquels ont droit les aînés. Vraiment, la FARFO contribue à améliorer la vie des aînés dans la province.

Devenez membre à vie de la

FARFO pour le coût de seulement $10 à vie. Et les retombées se feront sentir chez vous, chez vos parents, vos amis.es. Faites connaître cette aubaine qui portera fruit à tous/toutes. Pourquoi le feriez-vous?

Pour être solidaires! Pour faire valoir nos droits francophones! Et surtout parce que, plus il y a de personnes qui deviennent membres de la FARFO, plus, les bailleurs de fonds, les politiciens, les investisseurs, les planificateurs de différents services nous écouteront aux tables de discussion. Imaginons 1 million de membres qui appuient les requêtes auprès des différents gouvernements! Les nombres parlent! Enfin de façon plus très concrète, tout récemment, grâce au travail de la FARFO et de ses partenaires, Hospices Niagara a reçu la désignation de prestataires de services en français ET une aile désignée pour les Francophones.

Plus de 45 000 de la région en sont fiers. Viendront de semblables victoires pour Welland, Toronto et d'autres endroits dans le Nord de l'Ontario.

Pour un simple versement de $10, à vie, qui s'ajoutent à tous les autres…ON A BESOIN DE VOUS! Oui, c'est pour pouvoir VIVRE votre FRANCOPHONIE dignement et fièrement en Ontario.

Devenir membre de la FARFO (Fédération des aînés et retraités francophones de l'Ontario), c'est nous appuyer. https ://farfo.ca/devenez-membre/, pour aussi peu que $10.

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Last weeks solutions MOMENTS IN TIME On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, the first female prime minister of India, was assassinated by two of her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, while walking through the garden of her residence on the way to an interview with British actor Peter Ustinov. Her death sparked riots in India and New Delhi, where several thousand Sikhs were killed.

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Les coupes dans le budget du MDN ne doivent pas avoir une incidence sur les militaires Suite de la P.4 dernières périodes de rapport, en raison de plusieurs facteurs et réalités clés […] Les changements apportés à l'IVC, le manque croissant de logements abordables, l'augmentation du coût de la vie et les pénuries de personnel ont tous contribué à exacerber les tensions et les défis auxquels font face les membres et leurs familles [traduction] ».

Bien qu'ils ne soient pas la principale source de réduction des dépenses du MDN, les changements apportés au système d'IVC ont clairement un impact négatif sur le bien-être des familles des militaires. Les Forces canadiennes ont déjà du mal à recruter, puisqu'on estime à 10 000 le nombre de postes vacants. Rendre plus difficile l'obtention d'accommodements adéquats ne va pas contribuer aux efforts de recrutement.

Le problème auquel nous sommes confrontés aujourd'hui est en partie dû à une mauvaise planification à long terme des dépenses militaires. Le précédent gouvernement conservateur nous a lié les mains avec l'achat de chasseurs F-35, des avions dont le prix est exorbitant et dont la capacité à répondre aux besoins de notre armée suscite de vives inquiétudes. Tandis que le premier ministre avait fait campagne sur l'abandon de cet achat en 2015, son gouvernement s'est engagé cette année à conclure un contrat de 19 milliards de dollars avec LockheedMartin pour l'achat de 88 avions F-35. Ainsi, alors que le MDN est invité, comme d'autres ministères, à réduire ses dépenses, il n'est pas raisonnable de penser que d'autres ministères sont invités à réduire leurs dépenses alors que le MDN dispose de 19 milliards de dollars en

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Le principe de base de la réduction des coûts administratifs dans les administrations publiques est bon. Il est clair qu'il y a des gaspillages qui peuvent et doivent être réduits. Il est difficile de justifier des frais de déplacement pour les réunions alors que nous nous sommes tous habitués à utiliser Zoom au cours des dernières années. Néanmoins, les réductions de coûts ne devraient jamais se faire au détriment des militaires et de leurs familles.

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CHAPLEAU EXPRESS, October 19, 2023- Page 8 club that you could reuse year after year like we used to do so we started making costumes and keeping them at no cost to the parent and now we Cont’d from P.3 figure skating solo when she was four years old have boxes and boxes of costumes that we reuse and has been active in Chapleau figure skating just like it was when I skated."

When she skated "in the old (memorial) ever since. She has been on the executive about 25 years, most of them as president. Her father, arena we had the old reel to reel for music not George Card, was also active in Chapleau figure sure what it was called but I still have it tucked skating, but I just have to add that her brother away. then to cassettes then CD's and now a little George was a pretty good hockey player, and two-inch ipod." The figure skating club was also played on the first team I coached in Chapleau, very much responsible for a sound system in the the 1970-71 Midgets and later the Chapleau Mrs. A.W. Moore Arena.

Ann and her husband Philip's three Intermediate "A" Huskies.

Ann recalled: "Just thinking a little of my daughters Arlayna, Alissa and Amanda are all past in skating. My first solo age four. Wow, you figure skaters and Ann assured me that their first should see the pics of my costume blue with pink granddaughter, arriving soon, will also be one. marabou.... My last solo as a skater for the club I Ann added: "The real funny thing is I love needed a dress, and my mother could not sew so I hockey too. So do my girls. My China cabinet made it. I still have it lol. You could not buy has the middle level full of Toronto Maple Leafs dresses when I skated. You had to make them. stuff and I brought my daughter to a Toronto Mrs. (Veda) Warren made most of my dresses. I Maple Leafs game in Toronto. I don't know who was more excited me or my daughter. ...We had still have my first pair of skates." awesome seats..."

In chatting with Ann on Facebook as she Ann, thank you so much for all the work assisted me with this article, I came to realize the great amount of work done by parent volunteers you have done in helping me with a glimpse at the history of figure skating in Chapleau. It's in figure skating. been fun and we even chatted about the "sticks, As Ann recalled memories from the past, she said that "We had to make the patterns for the pucks and jersey guys" but that is another story. costumes for ice show then make the costumes Thanks also to Juliette (Morin) Payette, Pat from the patterns. First the parent had to pay for (Purich) Russell, Lynn Purich, Louise Cooper, (a the material and get it made and then they could member of the Chapleau Nixon family) and Sally keep it but the club is left with nothing for the (Uugo) Crichton. future I liked the idea of have costumes in the My email is mikejmorris41@outlook.com

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The Ontario government is protecting Ontario moose population by ensuring hunters are harvesting safely.

Eric Plouffe of Red Lake pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence and unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motorboat. He was fined a total of $5,000 and is prohibited from possessing, applying for, or obtaining a hunting licence for one year.

Dylan Auger of Dryden pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence and unlawfully invalidating a tag with respect to animal not of same type as specified on the tag. He was fined $4,000.

Robert Plouffe of Hearst pleaded guilty to hunting moose without a licence and fined $2,000.

The court heard that on October 9, 2022, conservation officers in the Red Lake area received a tip regarding a group that had been hunting moose from a boat and had successfully harvested a moose on Alford Lake.

Conservation officers determined that Auger and Eric and Robert Plouffe were licensed to hunt a bull moose in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 2. The group harvested a bull moose in WMU 3. The moose was shot from a motorboat.

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