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The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) launched investigations into 13 police-involved deaths and injuries in York Region last year - but you only heard about six of them. port to the Attorney General. Since the release of Tulloch’s report, the Attorney General has committed to releasing all reports publicly, online. That decision will give the public access to information about all SIU investigations in which charges are not laid, but only after the case has been closed. Tulloch recommended the law require the SIU report to the public on every investigation, and he even set out guidelines for how often the unit should update the progress being made on ongoing investigations - after 120 days, and then every 60 days thereafter. Gennaro has said the SIU is committed to issuing news releases in all death cases, shootings, and for "major" vehicle collisions
involving police, which has meant few details released in the majority of SIU-involved cases. Under that policy, news releases are issued by the SIU only 25 per cent of the time, or for one out of every four investigations it conducts, Tulloch’s review found. The SIU handles hundreds of cases each year. Last year, it opened 327 investigations. Tulloch emphasized the correlation between accountability and public trust in the SIU and the amount of information the unit shares with the public. In 2014/15, the SIU spent 4 per cent of its total expenditures on "communications, outreach and affected persons," or $352,584 out of approximately $8.2 million. "Public accountability
is vital to the SIU’s success. Yet the SIU currently has only one person responsible for public communications," Tulloch concluded. Approximately 80 per cent of expenditures were spent on investigations and identification services. "This disparity between the two functions should be addressed," Tulloch concluded, calling for more resources to fulfill its public accountability function. Since the release of Tulloch’s report, the Attorney General’s office has begun releasing the reports the SIU submits and a spokesperson for the Attorney General said that, going forward, all reports will be released to the public. That means the public will be notified of all SIU investigations, after they are completed.
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Municipal co-operation should be encouraged Municipalities don’t often play well with others when it comes to attracting sought-after employers or highprofile events. After all, the competition to host a major tournament or bring a big-name corporation to town is generally fierce and to the victor goes the lion’s share of the spoils - among them tourism dollars, in the case of a sporting event, and more business tax revenue with a new employer - not to mention political bonus points and bragging rights. That’s why it was encouraging to see the municipalities in the GTA join forces after tech giant Amazon recently announced its intention to establish a second North American headquarters. Rather than trying to self-promote to the detriment of their neighbouring communities, the mayors of Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton, along with the regional chairs of York, Durham and Halton, have teamed up to present a single regional bid in the hope Amazon will set up shop somewhere in the GTA. The municipalities involved are all members of Toronto Global, an arms-length, not-for-profit corporation established earlier this year, whose mandate is to work with municipalities, the province and the federal government to market and promote the area to potential foreign investors. "The Toronto Region is ready for Amazon. The company already has a strong presence in the area, with more than two million square feet of operational footprint across the Toronto Region," the mayors and regional chairs said in a joint statement issued by Toronto Global. "With ready access to major markets, a compelling cost structure, and sophisticated U.S. and international connectivity, there has never been a better time for Amazon to choose the Toronto Region." Amazon has said that it will spend in excess of $5 billion to build the second headquarters, and it is expected to create somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50,000 good-paying jobs. If any GTA municipality were selected to play host to the facility, it would provide enormous spinoff benefits for the entire region and no doubt create tremendous employment opportunities for residents in all of the aforementioned communities and beyond. Not surprisingly, the GTA isn’t alone in its plans to lure Amazon. Vancouver is preparing its case, as are a number of cities in the United States. Regardless, even if the bid to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to the area proves ultimately fruitless, the co-operation displayed between municipalities and local leaders should be seen as a win. Teamwork can only prove beneficial in future campaigns to attract employers or major events to the GTA and ought to be encouraged.
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Residents invited to donate blood On behalf of Canadian Blood Services, I’d like to invite the residents of Schomberg to come and join us at our next blood donor clinic. We took a break over the summer, but we’ll be back at the Trisan Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. with an aim to collect 58 units of blood. What many people may not know is that every year, close to 40 per cent of all blood donors stop donating for 12 months or more due to a variety of reasons. Yet patients do not stop needing blood for medical conditions. Blood, with its limited shelf life, is in constant demand. One in two Canadians
• LETTERS & COMMENTARY • l MORE ONLINE Submit letters to the editor online by email at newsroom@yrmg.com is eligible to give blood; however, last year only one in 60 eligible people actually donated. We need your help to collect 304 units of blood from donors in Schomberg this year. With two clinics left in 2017, we are on track to meet that target, but we need your help to accomplish our goals. I hope that existing donors will keep assisting their neighbours, and hope that local residents will choose to become new donors.I ask you to please make an appointment to give blood by downloading the GiveBlood app, or visiting blood.ca. Elaine St. Pierre Canadian Blood Services
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Clearly, the Conservatives have no culpability in the four years previous when the Liberals held the power to free him. Or am I missing something? Also, the fact that the Supreme Court’s ruling mentioned no statement of a $10-million settlement stinks of an emotional response on the part of Trudeau. According to law, he was not a child soldier (14 years according to UN ruling and Khadr was 15 at time of bombings). Therefore, the Conservatives (as well as others) do have a right to put blame on the Liberals for this madness. Michael Balsamo
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Nobleton resident Anita Cholack has started a GoFundMe Page for her 10-year-old dog Lumpy who had is leg amputated because of bone cancer.
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support from others," Cholack said. Cholack is an animal lover with three dogs and Lumpy eats better than most. Ground beef, ground turkey, fresh kale and cucumber are just some of the things served up to Lumpy. "Lumpy probably eats seven eggs a day," she said. On the unseasonably hot September day Lumpy wasn’t too keen on walking on his three legs. Cholack said he didn’t like heat. As he went back inside and struggled to sit down the scene was eerily similar to watching an elderly person struggling to walk. For more information about Lumpy and the GoFundMe initiative you can visit the page at www.gofundme.com/lumpys-3legged-journey.
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Life is a little more difficult for Anita Cholack’s dog Lumpy these days. It was only a little more than a week ago that the 10year-old Great Dane had has front right leg amputated because of bone cancer. Now simple tasks like going up and down the stairs, going pee or simply lying down are difficult for the 71 KG dog. "It was hard to make a decision on what to do," Cholack said. Lumpy hurt his leg going down the stairs. When his leg was amputated Sept. 7 Cholack decided to donate his leg to case study at the Ontario Veterinary College. Just 48 hours after the amputation Lumpy was able to return to his home in Nobleton on three legs.
"He’s been able to learn how to get around," Cholack said. Lumpy isn’t out of the woods yet. He is going to receive four chemotherapy treatments and possibly another drug called rapamycin which has been successful in treating humans and dogs. Cholack hopes that Lumpy will be able to continue with a healthy life and in turn help other dogs and pet parents with this research so they can avoid such heartache in the future. While the chemo treatments will be covered as part of the case study, Cholack started a GoFundMe page to help pay for some of Lumpy’s vet bills, which have totalled more than $5,000 in the process. She has already been able to raise $800 on GoFundMe. "It’s amazing to feel the
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“Most songs start in my head unbidden,” says the legendary Canadian singer/songwriter, Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose songs, she says, appear to her as fully formed ideas even before she writes them down. “Sound asleep in bed or on an airplane, they just show up, something like dreams.” In a career that’s spanned over fifty years, Sainte-Marie has been a powerful advocate for Indigenous rights and the acknowledgment of cultural genocide in North America, through her work as both an activist and an artist. And while the prolific songwriter finds most of her songs in her head—something she attests in the liner notes of her most recent album, Power in the Blood—Sainte-Marie acknowledges that her activist songs require a more journalistic approach. “Like a photographer taking pictures,” she says, “some songs are easy as a snapshot, while others profit by a little setup and processing to make their point.”
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Artist, Activist, Altruist: Canadian Music Icon Buffy Sainte-Marie Comes to Markham
Recently named an Honorary Witness by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Sainte-Marie has dedicated her career to the creation of music that encourages its listeners to engage politically with Indigenous concerns. And, although throngs of fans were clearly paying attention over the years, it’s taken half a century to see real progress on a governmental level. “Over the fifty years of my career, a few of us have consistently yelled about genocide in Canada,” she says, “but we weren’t taken seriously until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission spelled out the irrefutable facts.” continued on page 2
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Saint-Marie from page 1 Sainte-Marie believes that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a huge step forward for all Canadians. “It enables universities, teachers, researchers, journalists, politicians and the general public to speak confidently about the generational trauma of the residential schools era,” she says, “and, hopefully, to be part of helping the families of survivors to gain a semblance of normalcy in Canadian life by focusing light on this most horrible of colonial policies.” Still, the 76 year old Member of the Order of Canada acknowledges that we have a long way to go in implementing this new policy of Truth and Reconciliation in a way that will effectively reverse the damage done, “both to victims and our prestige as a good nation.” “We must face what greed and unbridled power in the hands of our own colonials did to our
own unprotected Indigenous populations,” says Sainte-Marie. “The acknowledgement does help but we’ve only just begun to fix it.” The fact that we, as a nation, still have a long way to go in terms of acknowledging and reconciling our treatment of Indigenous peoples motivates Sainte-Marie to continue writing music, and to continue touring across the country. “I wouldn’t be on the road unless I believed that my own songs can make a difference,” she says. “I just want to put the songs to work.” But apart from the political importance of her work, there’s something else that compels Sainte-Marie to continue writing and performing music. “It’s the same thing that makes a kid want to play their favorite game,” she says. Discussing her upcoming cross-Canada tour with her band—which will be making a stop at the Flato Markham Theatre this November Sainte-Marie says, “It’s so much fun nobody has to make you do it. Playing the music is its own playful reward, even if the subject is serious.” “I hear a lot of comments in the autograph lines that convince me that people really can connect through
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Ashley Lobo, founding artistic director of the Navdhara India Dance Theatre (NIDT), loves Bollywood. “It’s the simplicity and larger than life melodrama that makes it entertaining and pleasing to the eye,” he says. Throughout a distinguished career as a dancer, choreographer, educator, and international producer, Lobo has found a niche for himself in the high-flung, melodramatic, and gloriously campy genre. He has choreographed dance sequences in over twenty Bollywood films, and is the man responsible for bringing a new Bollywood-inspired stage musical to audiences all over the world. Coming to the Flato Markham Theatre, A Passage to Bollywood has already toured extensively. As one of India’s only internationally touring dance companies, the Navdhara India Dance Theatre has a celebrated reputation for bringing lively, energetic, and highly entertaining work to enthusiastic audiences wherever it travels. “For me, audiences must feel the energy of a performer… not just see it,” says Lobo. It’s that philosophy from which Lobo derived his signature style of choreography. Steeped in the idea of creating a “new flow,” the NIDT combines various traditional methodologies to create new work. This philosophy has been used with the NIDT’s most popular touring production. A Passage to Bollywood has now been presented in nearly a dozen countries, and the company boasts that each performance is greeted with standing ovations. Lobo isn’t surprised that this new musical, which is steeped in a culturally specific genre and performance style, has found such universal acclaim.
songs,” she says. And it is that personal, emotional connection to her music that will continue to inspire change in audiences across the country. “The way we encourage new ways of doing things is to do them ourselves,” says Sainte-Marie. “Set the example, prove it can be done, then let it fly.” Buffy Sainte-Marie will play the Flato Markham Theatre on November 10, 2017. The fall season at the Flato Markham Theatre has a star-studded line up of rock artists including Robert Charlebois, Carl Palmer, and Gowan. For more information, visit markhamtheatre.ca.
“Bollywood is a medium for the masses in India,” he explains. “It’s fun, light and entertaining… It’s like going back into your childhood and experiencing the almost ridiculous, in a completely logical way and believing it.” Filled with all the trappings of a traditional Bollywood film, this new stage musical Lobo and his dance company have created celebrates the simplicity of the genre. It is through that simplicity and accessibility, Lobo suggests that the genre has been met with universal appeal. “A Passage to Bollywood is full of life, colourful costumes, drama, passion, music and larger than life dance,” he says, adding that audiences can expect a “rollercoaster ride of emotion.” When the international tour of A Passage to Bollywood makes a stop at the Flato Markham Theatre this November, Lobo hopes local audiences will embrace the brash, over-the-top, highly entertaining production, even if they’re unfamiliar with the genre. A Passage to Bollywood is presented as part of the theatre’s World Stage Series’ South Asian Focus which includes Song of Lahore performed by The Sachal Ensemble, Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan starring Dipti Mehta, and Nrityagram Dance Ensemble. For more information, visit markhamtheatre.ca
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Q: My dog is really itchy – does that mean fleas? A: Not necessarily. The most common cause of bad itching for dogs is allergies. Allergies can be to things in the environment, such as pollens and moulds – these tend to be seasonal ie worse in the seasons when levels of these allergens are high. Or, allergies can be to food; you are less likely to see seasonality with a food allergy (it can still happen if they are allergic to food AND to environmental allergies). Allergies that start are a really young age are more likely to be to food than environmental. Itching can be due to parasites feeding on the skin. These can include: • Fleas • Mange mites: mites that live in the hair follicles (Demodex), or that burrow tunnels through the skin (Sarcoptes). If the dog has allergies TO the fleas, then the skin can be really bad, really fast! It does not take very many bites to make the dog have a severe reaction (just like in a peanut-allergic person, it does not take a lot of peanut to set them off). The picture is of a dog with FAD (Flea Allergic Dermatitis).
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Hills Child and Family Centre in Aurora, said Kiroff, adding there are also long waiting lists for other programs in the region including Richmond Hillbased York Centre and Kinark Child and Family Services, which has locations in Aurora and Vaughan. On the first day of school on Sept. 5, the boy said he got upset after he and another boy got into a disagreement about using a computer. When teachers intervened, he ran away, a behaviour he’s been known to rely on in the past. "It’s better than fighting," said the boy, who likes basketball and cooking, even sharing his recipe for waffle pizza. The school called York Regional Police to search for the child. The boy said he "tricked" police by hiding in the bushes but they found him before he could circle back to the school, where he planned to get his bag and go on the roof. Although his 24-yearold sister came with her baby to pick him up, police decided to take him to the hospital because he was too angry. He was placed in restraints restricting the movement of his hands, arms and legs and injected with a sedative. The slight boy said he understands that he was put in restraints to calm him down but doesn’t know why he was then given the needle, which left him dizzy and feeling like he would fall over when he later tried to walk. "They didn’t need to put that in me," he said. "They said when you calm down, they’ll take one (restraint) off one by one. I calmed down, they didn’t take one off. They put it tighter. I freaked out again and that’s when they put the needle in me." Kiroff said she was dis-
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An eight-year-old Newmarket boy was restrained and given an injection at Southlake Regional Health Centre after he ran away from his Holland Landing class on the first day of school, Sept. 5. He was taken to the hospital by police. The boy’s mother, Debbie Kiroff, is upset about the incident and also worried about the lack of services for children with behavioural challenges. mayed when she arrived at the hospital about half an hour later and saw her son tied down to the bed and then learned about the injection. "I looked at his face and could see he was destroyed," she said. Kiroff, a Canada Post letter carrier who had to empty her truck before she could go to the hospital, is disheartened that a school employee didn’t accompany her son to Southlake until she could get there. Her son was not permitted to return to school until Sept. 15 following a meeting with the principal. Kiroff is also upset with the treatment her son received at Southlake. Meanwhile, if Southlake felt her son was such a danger that he required restraints and an injection, she wonders why he was discharged rather than receiving mental health care at the hospital.
Both the York Region District School Board and the hospital provided emailed responses when asked about the incident. "As I’m sure you can appreciate, we’re required by law to respect the privacy of our students and can’t discuss the specifics of a situation regarding an individual child. Our primary focus is always student safety - in any situation where a child’s safety may be at risk, we have a duty to report and immediately contact the police," the school board said. "We undertake every effort to ensure that our students are in an environment that is safe and welcoming for all. When required, Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Safety Plans to support a child’s achievement and well-being are developed in collaboration with the child’s family." Southlake said the safety of its patients and staff is paramount. "In extreme situations where there is an imminent risk or threat to a patient and our staff, based on a medical assessment by a physician, we use restraints as a short-term intervention to protect a patient. Restraints can include a sedative and/or restraining hands and feet," it said. "No one wants to use restraints; it is a last measure and is done only in dire situations deemed an ’emergency.’ In an ’emergency’ situation, our concern for our patient determines how long a restraint is used. A comprehensive assessment is completed before any action is taken; and as soon as the patient is assessed to be safe, restraints are removed. Upon assessment by a physician and psychiatrist, a decision is made to determine whether remaining in hospital is best for a patient; often resources in the community provide longer-term support and treatment."
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3 King Artists WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: King Heritage and Cultural Centre, 2920 King Rd., King CONTACT: Kathleen Fry, 905833-2331, kingmuseum@king.ca, http://www.king.ca COST: Nationally recognized and internationally exhibited artists Helen Lucas, Ed Bartram and Ernestine Tahedl will come together for a one-of-a-kind collective exhibit.
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l Sat., September 23 Aurora Farmers Market and Artisan Fair WHEN: 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m WHERE: Aurora Town Park, 49 Wells St., Aurora CONTACT: ttheaurorafarmersmarket.com Come see us on Saturdays at 8 a.m. - rain or shine. Remember parking is available at the GO Station.
Al-anon meeting WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m WHERE: St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 10030 Yonge St., Richmond Hill CONTACT: 647-4087832 Use laneway on northwest corner, 25m west of Yonge Street. Enter from parking lot. Use door with ramp. Note: handicap access.
Doors Open 2017 King Township WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: King Township - various locations, Various locations in King, King CONTACT: Doors Open Ontario, http://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/Events/KingTownship.aspx COST: The King Township Historical Society and the King Township Heritage Advisory Committee are thrilled to be organizing Doors
Changing Seasons in Dementia Care WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Memory Lane Home Living Inc., RSVP for location information, Richmond Hill CONTACT: 905-237-1419 Learn about an co-housing model of care that has successfully operated for more than 20 years in Europe. It is now taking root in York Region. Call to RSVP.
5 things to do this weekend l Sat., September 23 Georgina Studio Tour WHEN: 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Town of Georgina, 82 River St., Georgina CONTACT: 905-722-3148 Discover a wonderful group of artisans and take a self-guided tour through Georgina’s lakeside communities of Keswick, Sutton, Jackson’s Point and Pefferlaw.
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WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: York Regional Forest Hollidge Tract, 16389 Hwy. 48, Whitchurch-Stouffville CONTACT: AccessYork@york.ca Kick off National Forest Week and discover nature-inspired art and family fun in the forest.Celebrating Canada’s Forests: Our Stories, Our Future
Richmond Hill’s Tastes of the Hill Multicultural Festival WHEN: 6:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m WHERE: Richmond Green Park, 1300 Elgin Mills Rd. E., Richmond Hill CONTACT: 905-771-5507 This two-day celebration will feature a live entertainment and a showcase of food, fashion, arts and sports from around the world.
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