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Lincoln freezes weed grow-ops for one year By Mike Williscraft NewsNow An interim control bylaw for cannabis cultivation and production - with a term of one year - was approved at a special meeting of Lincoln council on Monday night. The move was part of a meeting that lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours and included two major staff reports and several delegations from Lincoln residents who voiced serious concerns on several topics. As well, council opted to defer a vote on whether or not to be an opt in or opt out community for cannabis retail outlets. The deadline for deciding on retail is Jan. 22. Council said they plan to seek more public input before pulling the trigger on a decision. Much of the discussion at the meeting revolved around existing grow operations where there are major odour issues emanating through neighbourhoods. On the topic of potentially opting into allowing retail in the municipality, councillors asked many questions of Luke Tucceri and Brian Barbadoro, ODOUR, Page 3
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“Major fight” ahead for WLMH: Easton By Mike Williscraft For NewsNow While the waters of “Lake West Lincoln Memorial Hospital” may be quiet and serene on the surface, make no mistake, there is a Titanic struggle going on under the surface. This analogy captures the feelings of local officials who are continuing their efforts to maintain ser-
vice levels at WLMH while the facility’s operating rooms are renovated. The matter arose Oct. 22 when Hamilton Health Sciences officials announced an $8.5 million renovation of the ORs would necessitate a 27-month closure of that service and take obstetrics with it since no OR back-up would be available in emer-
gency situations. “We have a major fight head regarding WLMH,” said Mayor Sandra Easton at Lincoln’s New Year’s Levee on Saturday. “The level of sincerity on the part of HHS is something we need to question. The new facility is going to cost $200-$300 million. Do you think the HHS wants to see that money travelling
out of Toronto, over the Burlington Skyway and into Niagara West?” Tony Joosse, cochair of the Community Action Group, agrees wholeheartedly. “We need the public to keep lawn signs up…support our hospital..both by donations to the foundation and using the services,” said Joosse.
“We have the political will at Queen’s Park to save and start the process of rebuilding.” Joosse said WLMH staff are working with HHS to find solutions so the site can meet accreditation criteria when the review comes this summer. “They are also working to find a solution to the closure of the ORs versus having road blocks put up
with all the reasons an idea won’t work,” said Joosse. Key to the process in the short term is having the use for the $500,000 in grant funds defined, so it is known what the Ministry of Health wants to see with that money. “Once we get this information, we hope to host another public meeting to bring all up to date,” said Joosse.
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ODOUR From Page 1 who spoke as a delegation to the meeting. While the duo outlined safety, legal and financial benefits to allowing cannabis retail in the community, council members had many questions about everything from store hours to how they would market product to how the 19-year-old minimum age would be monitored on-site. Tucceri said, if they eventually are awarded a location, age would be monitored at the door as a bar would do checking ID before someone enters. This could occur again when a customer goes to a window inside the shop to pay for their goods. As for marketing, Tucceri said they are not permitted to do anything, no ads, no
flyers. He said any marketing is limited to their storefront window - they operate Simply Vapes on Ontario Street in Beamsville, currently - and even that is severely limited. Any infractions bring severe penalties, they said. ODOUR ISSUES The recurring theme among the comments regarding interim control bylaw was the need gain control over issues having a negative impact on residents. The repeated case in point was the growop on 15th Street in Jordan which was repeatedly castigated for greatly hampering many residents’ ability to be outdoors on their property and having the smell from the site. “I knew the day they started,” said John Michael Dykstra, who said he looks out the
window of his home to see the 15th Street grow op. “It permeates my house. It permeates my life.” While many at the meeting talked about having some form of bylaw in place to ensure such occurrences can’t happen, Dykstra noted the law is already in place at the federal level. “It’s right there, in Section 61 of the Act,” Dykstra said, suggesting council just copy/paste the federal guideline to have zero odour emissions from grow sites and place it in as a bylaw. He said there would be zero legal homework to do as any grow-op would already have to adhere to the exact same guideline: nothing would be new. When giving a staff report to council, CAO Mike Kirkopoulos said
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the main issue is enforcement. “There shouldn’t be any odours. It is really up to Health Canada to enforce the law,” said Kirkopoulos. Many residents, including Kristen Dias, Joyce and Harold Galenkamp and Tim Conway who all spoke as delegations, begged council for relief. “There seems to be a wild west attitude (with some operators). I and many of my neighbours implore council to take action. With the one-year freeze on new development in place, council will set about seeking remedies for current problems. ULINC Council voted to make the ULinc program permanent at an annual cost of $298,000. It had been a pilot project in 2018 at a cost of $145,000.
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People key to Stanpac success While the company has a workforce of about 700 - with about 430 of those jobs in Smithville - more are on the way. “We have added numerous pieces of equipment to our paper packaging facility on Spring Creek Road along with a 40,000 sq. ft. production supply warehouse. We also just completed a 110,000 sq. ft. warehouse and rail siding at our Stanpac INK facility on Industrial Park Road,” said Witt. When asked what has helped with their success, Witt said the answer is simple, “Our people.” But also part of the formula is Stanpac’s commitment to its community, said Andrew Witt, Stanpac’s other co-president. Both are sons of company founder Steve Witt. “Everyone needs help sometimes. When you have the means to lend a hand, you should,” said Andrew.
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They built their relationship on the foundation of serving God together. 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and currently 4 greatgrandchildren later, it is a love story worth celebrating, and a couple worth honouring. Our family had been so looking forward to hosting a come and go celebration to honour them for Ralph’s 91st birthday, their 65th wedding anniversary, and Joyce’s 88th. This has unfortunately become impractical. We ask instead that any well wishes or remembrances be sent to: c/o 4568 Leawood Court, Beamsville, ON Canada, L0R 1B5 or electronically to: email - the65thanniversary@outlook.com In 1975, Ralph and Joyce finally moved into a home where they would stay in Beamsville. During this time Ralph worked with the World Bible School. It was during this that Grandma learned to drive as an adult, also becoming a secretary again, this time at Great Lakes Christian College. Joyce became VERY involved with W.A.V.E.S. Which included planning and preparing dinners for 200-300 people regularly raising money for the school. They both volunteered. All the while, whether it be baking, cooking, driving, or going on adventure walks in the woods behind the house and climbing trees, ‘Grandma’ and ‘Grandpa’ are often the heroes in our stories. It’s amazing how time flies. This is just the Cole’s notes version of two AMAZING human beings who have influenced countless lives in innumerable ways and places. God has been good. We are grateful. We only wish that we could mention each precious life that has helped Ralph and Joyce along the way or crossed their path.
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Devoted wife of Pastor L K Redinger for 68 years Passed away January 5, 2017 in her 88th year She was a wonderful and supportive wife. The joyful mother of Cynthia, Alice, Lois, Sam and Susan. She cherished her eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Dorothy was Metis with roots and relatives on the Six Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario. She is greatly missed every day of our lives. She is now at home with the Lord Jesus whom she served all her teen and adult years. I thank God daily for her and her love. My darling, I miss you so much.
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public noticE Were You Incarcerated in an Ontario Youth Justice Facility Between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018? A lawsuit may affect you. Please read this carefully.
A class action is proceeding in the Ontario Court of Justice on behalf of people who were placed in segregation while under the age of 18 in certain Youth Justice Facilities in Ontario where those placements occurred between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018. You are a member of the Class if all of the items on the following list apply to you: 1. You were placed alone in a designated room or area at any one or more of the following facilities: Bluewater Youth Centre; Brookside Youth Centre; Cecil Facer Youth Centre; Donald Doucet Youth Centre; Invictus Youth Centre; Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre; Roy McMurtry Youth Centre; Sprucedale Youth Centre; Toronto Youth Assessment Centre; 2. Your placement alone in the designated room or area lasted at least 6 consecutive hours; 3. You had no meaningful human contact during your placement alone in the designated room or area; 4. Your placement alone in the designated room or area took place when you were 17 years old or younger; and 5. Your placement alone in the designated room or area took place sometime between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018. Please note that the following placement or placements alone in a designated room or area do not count towards the class definition and do not make you a Class member: 1. segregation by reason of a lock-down at a Youth Justice Facility; and 2. the routine locking in your room overnight at a Youth Justice Facility. If you are a Class member, you have a choice of whether or not to stay in the Class. Option 1: Stay in the class action: To stay in the class action, you do not have to do anything. If money or benefits are obtained, you will be notified about how to make a claim. You will be legally bound by all orders and judgments in the class action, and you will not be able to sue Ontario separately about the legal claims in this case. Option 2: Get out of the class action: If you want to remove yourself from the class action, you must submit an opt out form by Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Opt out forms are available here: www. youthsegregationclassaction.ca. You can also opt out by writing to the Administrator of this class action at the address below and informing them that you want to be removed from this class action. Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number and/or email address in the letter and have it post marked by Tuesday, April 9, 2019. If you remove yourself, you cannot get money or benefits from this lawsuit if any are awarded. The Court has appointed Koskie Minsky LLP and Strosberg, Sasso, Sutts LLP (“Class Counsel”) to represent the Class. You don’t have to pay Class Counsel to participate. If they get money or benefits for the Class, they may ask for lawyers’ fees and costs which would be deducted from any money obtained or to be paid separately by Ontario. For more information about your rights, go to www.youthsegregationclassaction.ca, call toll-free 1-833-430-7538 (TTY: 1-877-627-7027) or write to Ontario Youth Segregation Class Action Administrator c/o Crawford Class Action Services, 3-505, 133 Weber St. N, Waterloo, ON N2J 3G9, or by email at: youthsegregation@crawco.ca.
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Let’s go with brave Any of those fine folks who let their name stand for the new incarnation of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority board or directors is either nuts or brave. Let’s go with brave. The taxpayers of Niagara and Hamilton, who ante up extra dough to keep the NPCA running, deserve new representation there to get things back on an even keel. While there is some question about the number of elected officials on the board at all, with all the major issues facing the organization, it is agreed that having people around the table who have significant experience in dealing with matters in a board setting while juggling tax dollars is of a significant benefit. Once corrected, it should go back to being citizen representation around that table. And on the brave front, hat’s off to West Lincoln Mayor Dave Bylsma, who stepped up to chair the board and was voted in by his peers. M.W.
Time to weed out smelly grow ops Having been at this for awhile, I am still at a loss to figure out why I get so cheesed off for people who are getting screwed over. Many can just go right on by with their lives and not think twice, not only not thinking about pitching in to help someone, but even pausing to give others a second thought. As noted in last week’s ramblings, the odour issue is quite likely the most significant issue communities will face with the phasing in of legal marijuana. One can get all contorted about the retail end of things - and as one letter writer noted proximity to schools is a consideration. However, also as noted, weed is so readily available to anyone who opts to partake, even being near schools would not likely make a retailer any more impactful for those who may opt to sample. Now it does not need to be under the noses of minors, as it were, but just as Coun. Adam Russell noted at Lincoln Council on Monday, marijuana really should not be treated any differently than alcohol. Remember Reefer Madness? Now you can look back at that and see how hilarious it is, vintage propaganda to be sure. In 20 or 30 years, weed retail will simply be part of the furniture, some will go, some will not, and to each his own. BUT, back to the growing facilities....more power needs to be given to municipalities to shut down any facility which is negatively impacting taxpayers. Period. There is no way on God’s green earth any operator should be able to move into an existing greenhouse
MIKE WILLISCRAFT operation, change the crop, and destroy outdoor life for anyone within a country block radius - or more - as those in attendance heard on Monday. Whether it is this 15th Street set up - or Tufford Road was also mentioned appropriate research needs to be done, like an odour analysis, and if things are out of order, a padlock goes on the door until zero emissions are confirmed. Remember, the federal guideline is zero. It is not a some, or a little, it’s zero. Lincoln’s CAO. Mike Kirkopoulos, is quite right when he said it is up to Health Canada to get off its collective butt and start enforcing a law which is still sitting there in its pristine, untouched state. From all indications there are perfectly good teeth just waiting to be used chomping up grow operation approval documents, so let’s use ‘em! It sounds good, but any of us who have had a need to pursue government help for anything knows the lower tier the level of government the better chance one has of getting a positive result, or even basic attention. Trying to deal with provincial level or federal level bureaucrats can be a complete waste of time and
energy. There are those who may say the same about municipal government but that is more likely because they did not get the result they wanted as opposed to no action at all. So one of the residents who piped up Monday and said the federal law should be copy/pasted into a municipal bylaw gave the best and simple solution for all involved. However, to go along with that, the feds should recognize - as they do with grants - decision making (and enforcement in this case) is best carried out by the the grassroots. The closer to the taxpayers decision-making is always works best. It makes no sense to have new grow operations have to adhere to stringent guidelines and allow others whose sole act was beating a legislation deadline conduct themselves in a manner which grossly impacts many. As one resident said Monday, their property values drop, but taxes stay the same. It is far beyond the time to take action. The dank smell everyone sucks in when we drive through these areas has been well known for years. It’s time to weed out these operations. ***** If you have read Page 5 already, you will have noticed the ad for our Volunteer Pay Program reboot. We greatly appreciate our readers, our advertisers and communities we serve and we hope to continue that for decades to come. We appreciate any support via a subscription, but no obligation. We will keep hitting every home and business every week!!
Keep weed away from high schools: reader Dear Editor, I was reading your editorial “To weed retail or not to weed retail” I enjoyed it, as I enjoy all your editorials. What I didn’t like is how you ended it...“The growing facilities should be no place near any resi-
Letter dential and certainly not in prominent locations like the service road.” Mike, you forgot... certainly not near a high school!! My youngest will
much like alcohol during prohibition, it is readily available to those who decide that they want it, always was and always will be. The medical component of marijuana has and is being proven effective for many ailments and is helping many, many people who have exhausted the man made synthetics the big pharmas are producing. Many people do not have an understanding of how the plant is divided to produce the medical components of this natural product and there should be more education on its positive aspect rather than the typical picture people have of the hippy generation (peace and love man!), although I can’t say anything bad about that because they were peaceful, unlike alcohol and drug induced rages (of which I have seen many). Alcohol and how freely acceptable it is, well, people should also take into account the devastation it brings whether it be health issues, personal issues, family issues, fetal alcohol syndrome, etc. Addiction is a terrible thing whether prescription drugs, illegal drugs and alcohol. People with addictive behaviour will
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be attending this new high school when/if (hopefully never) it is built. I am certainly not crazy about a growing facility being a short walk away. I lower my head and shake it at this council and the DSBN. Ken Klassen
Treat weed/alcohol the same, says writer Dear Editor, In regards to “growing facilities should be no place near any residential, and certainly not in prominent locations like the service road. That is just embarrassing”, but then, look at all the advertisements along the highway for the mega wineries in the Niagara peninsula and the whiskey making Forty Creek on the service road. We all know the hell alcoholism places on individuals and their families, the drunk driving, etc., but that seems to be acceptable and no shame or embarrassment in having that in our face. As well, the tobacco industry, although not grown or processed in our area but still sold in stores, albeit behind locked doors, is that not embarrassing and also to mention the addiction that comes along with that and the major health problems that both of these substances produce. I am not a smoker of marijuana, never have been, never will, nor do I smoke cigarettes, never have, never had the inclination even though I was surrounded by smokers. Should I get lung cancer, it won’t be because I smoked, second hand smoke will be the culprit. As for marijuana,
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always be at risk and will find a way to get what they want. You can go back through the ages and see it happened and continues to happen. Education on these types of substances is the key, then should you choose to go that route, again, it will happen no matter what rules and regulations are put in place. So, to say it would be an embarrassment to see marijuana growing facilities (which I am sure will be very upscale buildings with landscaping to minimize visual impact to the public) springing up, well then perhaps we should cloak all the alcohol producing facilities as well. After all, are they not promoting alcoholism, much like the argument people have on marijuana facilities promoting drug addiction as well as (as far as I am concerned) going into a store for cigarettes and the clerk has to go to a locked cabinet to get a pack (how embarrassing) and again, to appease their addiction? In this world of “finding offence”, a well run facility will be much like the many greenhouses we have throughout the area, I am sure they won’t be an embarrassment. Regards, Rose Colley
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ASS’T APPLES................................. 99
¢
lb.
LOCALLY GROWN
LEEkS ............................................... $249ea. LOCALLY GROWN HYDROPONIC
BOSTON LETTUCE ........................ $249ea. ONE PINT
GRAPE TOMATOES ........................ HALF PINT
BLUEBERRIES................................ FROZEN
1
$ 99
$
2
49
ea.
FRESH BONELESS SkINLESS
CHICKEN BREAST
2
$ 99
ea.
SLICEd CARROTS 1 kg. ................. $229ea.
FISH:
799 549
$ ASS’T BATTERED FISH 480-600 gram ....... FROZEN $ COd FILLET400 gram.............................. FROZEN FINDUS
BAkERY:
ea.
229 79 ASS’T OAKMEAL COOKIES Pkg. of 12 3 $ 00 WONDERBREAD ................................ 2 for 5 $ 00 CHOCOLATE MILK 250 ml. ................ 2 for 1 STORE BAKED
ASS’T FRUITSTICKS Pkg. STORE BAKED
of 4 .............
$
ea.
$
ea.
WHITE, WHOLE WHEAT OR WONDERPLUS
/lb
ea.
KAWARTHA
6.60 kG.
DELI:
125 $ 24 GENOA SALAMI 100 gram ...................... 2 $ 98 MOZZARELLA CHEESE 100 gram............ 1 HIGHLAND
COOKEd HAM 100
gram ..........................
$
MASTRO MILD OR HOT SALERNO
CAFE:
FROZEN
WINTERMIX 1 kg............................. $349ea.
BREAKFAST:
2 TOAST, 2 FRIEd EGGS, 2 BACON OR 2 BREAKFAST SAUSAGES SAvORY POTATOES, $ 39 COFFEE OR TEA. ................................ 5 ea.
FROZEN
PITTEd SOUR CHERRIES 1 kg..... $599ea. FROZEN 4 LB.
SUPER SPIRAL SPICY FRIES .... $849ea.
3 LB. FROZEN
SHEPPARD PIE ....................................
SMOkED PORK HOCKS
2
$ 99
$
999
ea.
lb.
BEEF LIVER CUT FROM CANAdA GR AA OR HIGHER - BNLS BLADE
ROAST or STEAk 13.21 kg.
5
$ 99
HIGHLANDS
lb.
FRESH HOT, MILd or HONEY
GARLIC SAUSAGE 6.60 kg.
2
$ 99
lb.
PORK CHOPS
11.00 kg.
$
ASS’T LIVERWURST......
905-662-8396
HIGHLANDS NATURALLY SMOkED
3.99
MANY MORE IN-STORE SPECIALS
Specials effective Thursday, January 10th - Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
4
$ 99 /LB.
LB.
2
$ 99
lb.
HONEYCOMB TRIPE
2
$ 99
ea.
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AND APPLE FRITTERS
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