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Local residents of North Grenville erected small white crosses at the former agricultural college on County Road 44, and held a ceremony to commemorate the children who died at the Kamloops school, and the children who have yet to be found.

The gruesome discovery of the remains of 215 children, at one of Canada’s largest residential schools in Kamloops, BC has had a tremendous impact on people across the country. The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation found the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the site of the former residential school that operated from 1890 to 1969, mostly under a Catholic order called the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

The First Nation community secured a grant from the provincial government of BC to purchase the sonar

equipment used to do the search for the remains.

Throughout the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), testimonies, by residential school survivors, indicated that there were children who died at the schools and their deaths were undocumented, and their graves unmarked.

Many families reported that their children never returned from the schools, and based on family and student testimonies, the Tk’emlups community long suspected that more children were buried on the grounds and tried for about 20 years to find

them.

Between 1870 and 1990, approximately 150,000 Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to various residential schools across the country. The exact number of children who died at school may never be known.

Sometimes parents never found out what happened to their children. The students who did not return have come to be known as the Missing Children. Working with Survivors and Aboriginal organizations, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has launched the Missing

Children Project to document the deaths and the burial places of children who died while attending the schools.

To date the TRC has identified the names of, or information about, more than 4,100 children who died while attending a residential school. This information will be compiled into a national register that will hold all of the information known about these children. The TRC’s Missing Children Project stated that there may be as many as 6,000 bodies to uncover. The search continues.

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North Grenville recognizes National Indigenous History Month National Indigenous History Month is recognized annually across Canada for the month of June.

"North Grenville's Municipal Council would like to take this opportunity to recognize the unique heritage, cultures and traditions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Ontario and Canada," said Mayor Nancy Peckford.

Over the past few years, and particularly this past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the social, health, and economic disparities of Indigenous peoples.

This month is an opportunity for Canadians to par-

ticipate in virtual activities to engage with, and deepen our understanding of, Indigenous peoples' distinct histories, customs, spiritualities, and languages.

This year's activities will be shadowed by the tragic discovery of the mass grave of 215 Indigenous children on the site of the former Kamloops Residential school in British Columbia.

"This heartbreaking discovery is a painful reminder that the impacts of residential schools are still felt today," said Councillor Kristin Strackerjan.

“It is fitting that this year, National Indigenous History Month is dedicated to the

missing children, the families left behind and the survivors of residential schools," added Councillor Strackerjan.

"I encourage North Grenville residents to honour these children and their families by deepening our collective understanding of the intergenerational trauma inflicted by residential schools and reflect on the inequality and systemic racism that many Indigenous peoples continue to experience today," reflected Mayor Peckford.

Learn more about National Indigenous History Month with these resources: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: The Truth and Reconciliation

Commission (TRC) provided those directly or indirectly affected by the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools system with an opportunity to share their stories and experiences. Learn more including the Commission's 94 Calls to Action: http://www.trc.ca/ index-main.html National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Learn about the independent national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. https:// www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/ #IndigenousReads: The #IndigenousReads campaign encourages reconciliation by increasing Canadians' un-

derstanding of First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultures and history. https://www.cbc.ca/ books/108-indigenous-writers-to-read-as-recommendedby-you-1.4197475

Province confirms Ontarians can leave home to travel to a secondary residence The Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA) welcomes the end of the stay-athome order on June 2, and wishes to advise FOCA members and others, that residents will be permitted to travel to a secondary residence. According to a provincial press release, “Ontarians will be able to leave home to travel within the province to a secondary residence for any reason, however, they are not permitted to host members of another household indoors except for a person from another household who lives alone, or a caregiver.”

FOCA also advises that other health measures remain in effect, including restrictions on gatherings, businesses, services and activities. This includes limiting indoor gatherings to households only, and outdoor gatherings to up to five people, restricting non-essential retail to curbside pickup and delivery only, as well as limiting short-term rentals to individuals in need of housing.

Terry Rees, FOCA's Executive Director adds: "Notwithstanding the end of the stay-at-home order, FOCA reminds everyone to continue to follow public health guidance to keep each other and our waterfront communities safe."

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Hearts for Indigenous children in Kamloops

spreading awareness in this way is an important part of healing Canada’s sordid past with Indigenous peoples.

“Talking about the truth and discovering the truth and spreading the truth is the first step to reconciliation,” she says.

Both Susanne and Jayne are on the municipality’s Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, and Jayne says they hope this project will also show how the arts can make an impact in society.

“Through the arts community, you can actually break barriers, you can cross over divides that have been really strong for a long time,” she says. “It’s a good way to unite people together to deal with issues.”

Susanne and Jayne have created a Facebook event where they encourage residents to share their hearts with the community. To participate, search “215 Hearts from NG to BC” on Facebook.

putting 215 hearts on the sidewalk in their neighbourhood.

Jayne hopes that many people in North Grenville will join the effort to honour the lost lives and raise awareness for the need for true truth and reconciliation in Canada.

“The Canadian government has treated that culture with disrespect for far too long, and that they still can’t get the respect they deserve is bothersome,” she says. “Putting 215 children in the ground consciously and not thinkJayne Couch and Susanne Larner draw hearts in front of the ing you’re doing something North Grenville Municipal Centre to commemorate the 215 wrong is mind boggling.” children whose graves were uncovered at the Indian ResidenJayne says it is importial School in Kamploops, BC tant for residents of North Grenville to do their part to last Monday morning. “It just speak out against the atrociby Hilary Thomson made me gag,” she said. “The ties that Indigenous peoples issues are just ongoing and in this country have endured.

A local artist is encourag- there’s no resolution to it.”

“Nothing will be done until ing North Grenville residents She got in contact with over 50% of the people in to draw 215 hearts on their Mayor Nancy Peckford right Canada stand up and say do driveways or community away who agreed to allow something to support the sidewalks to recognize the Jayne to use chalk to draw entire culture.”

215 children who were found 215 hearts at the entrance to Local resident, Susanne buried at a residential school the municipal centre. She also Larner joined Jayne at the in Kamloops, B.C. went to the local kids in the Municipal Centre last MonJayne Couch was horri- hamlet of Burritts Rapids who day to help draw the hearts fied when she saw the news spent part of their morning on the sidewalk. She believes

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Tennis Club plans 12-hour marathon for ParticipACTION Challenge

by Steve Hibberd Members of the Kemptville Community Tennis Club are doing their part to help with North Grenville's bid to be named Canada's most active community.

Two of the club's instructors, Steve Hibberd and Robert Matheson, hosted a clinic for beginners on June 3 on the courts at Riverside Park. Dubbed “Try-it Thursday”, the clinic is designed to introduce teens and adults to the basics of tennis. All of the minutes were then entered into the ParticipACTION website on the tennis club's

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Clinics will be held every Thursday in June during the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge. The onehour sessions start at 6:30 pm and are open to interested beginners. No experience is needed; participants don't even need to have their own racquet. Pre-registration is required due to COVID health protocols. Players can register by sending an email to kctcgeneral@gmail.com.

Club members are also planning a fun, friendly team event later in June to help rack up more minutes for the

Community Better Challenge.

The 12-hour Marathon Match will take place on a Saturday later in the month. Participants will be assigned to one of two teams and assigned a two-hour slot. The scores from each time-slot will be added together to determine the winning team. This will allow club members to compete competitively as a team in a COVID-friendly way.

Later in the summer, the club will host its annual children's tennis camps. The camps run for an hour a day during the weeks of July 12 and August 9. These morning

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North Grenville ranking high among municipalities for ParticipACTION challenge

by Hilary Thomson The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is in full swing and North Grenville is ranking among the top municipalities in the country.

The challenge is a national physical activity initiative that encourages Canadians to get active in search of Canada’s Most Active Community. People of all ages and abilities can track their minutes of physical activity either on the ParticipACTION app

For what it’s worth

Buffalo Springfield (L to R)... Neil Young, Ritchie Furay, Dewey Martin, Stephen Stills and Bruce Palmer in 1967

by David Shanahan Late in 1966, a song turned up on the radio that would become an icon of the age. The band was Buffalo Springfield, and the song was For What It’s Worth. It opens with a sparse drum beat and harmonic notes on a guitar, setting up an atmosphere that the lyrics confirmed. “Something’s happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. But there’s a man with a gun over there telling me I got to beware”. The guitar notes were played by Canadian Neil Young, and the drummer was another Canadian, Dewey Martin, born in Chesterville, Dundas County, in 1940.

Dewey’s real name was Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff, and he grew up in Chesterville, Smiths Falls and Ottawa, changing his name when he began playing with various bands around the Ottawa Valley. He moved down to Nashville and played with artists like Carl Perkins, The Everly Brothers, Patsy Cline, Charlie Rich, Faron Young June 9, 2021

and Roy Orbison. It was obvious he had talent and Neil Young was later to remark on Dewey’s feel for the music he played. “He was a sensitive drummer,” Young says in his biography Shakey. “You get harder, he hits harder. You pull back, he hits back. He can feel the music — you don’t have to tell him.”

He moved to Los Angeles for the climate, or so he claimed, and worked in a number of bands, touring in support of groups like the Beach Boys and Herman’s Hermits. By the time he auditioned to join Buffalo Springfield, he already had quite an eclectic background as a musician.

Buffalo Springfield has a strong Canadian content.

Stephen Stills had met Neil Young of Winnipeg when he was gigging in Thunder Bay. When they got together in L.A., they were joined by bass player Bruce Palmer from Toronto, as well as Dewey Martin. Richey Furay on rythm guitar and vocals.

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At the end of the month, Canada’s top 50 communities will have the opportunity to submit an application explaining why they deserve to be Canada’s Most Active Community. One community will be chosen and awarded the grand prize of $100,000.

There will also be prizes for the most active community in each province and territory.

At the end of last week, North Grenville was sitting in 1st place both in Ontario and nation-wide. Mayor Nancy Peckford says the municipality’s Health, Wellness and Fitness Advisory Committee (who spearheaded the initiative) and council are thrilled with residents’ participation.

Mayor Peckford encourages all members of the North Grenville community to continue to be active and log their minutes either on the website or through the app.

She says the great part about

this challenge is that every type of movement or physical activity counts. Even if you missed the June 1 start date, it is never too late to participate, and you can also log minutes for friends, family members and children who may not have access to the app or website.

Mayor Peckford is extremely proud that North Grenville is ranking so high among Canada’s participating municipalities.

Participating in this initiative is also a great way to showcase what an amazing place North Grenville is to live, work and play. It is not too late to get involved and help North Grenville become Canada’s Most Active Community. To register visit www.participation.com or download the app onto your phone or other mobile device.

Stills wrote For What It’s Worth when the City of Los Angeles imposed a curfew on the Sunset Strip because young people at some clubs there were spilling out into the streets late at night, causing neighbours to complain.

Passing by the Pandora’s Box club one evening, Stills saw a crowd of young people faced by a strong cohort of police in riot gear.

Something’s happening here, but what it is ain’t exactly clear, were the words that ran through his head.

When he brought the song to a recording session, he told producer Ahmet Ertegun, that he had another song, “for what it’s worth”. It became the title.

Dewey Martin’s introduction to the song, along with Neil Young’s harmonic notes, raised the song from being a good acoustic folk song to something greater than the sum of its parts. Stephen Stills has always stated that Dewey’s drum intro gave the song that extra edge. Dewey also sang backing vocals on the chorus of the song. It wasn’t the only vocal contribution he made to the band, taking lead on others songs too.

Even while part of Buffalo Springfield, Dewey continued to work as a session musician, playing on sessions with the Monkees, among others.

But Buffalo Springfield only lasted about three years, before personality clashes and other issues led to its demise.

Bruce Palmer was deported to Canada for drug offenses.

Stephen Stills joined with David Crosby of the Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies to form the eponymous trio, later joined by Neil Young, on and off. Richie Furay went on to form Poco with future Eagles Timothy B. Schmit and Randy Meisner.

Dewey Martin didn’t have as bright a future. He even worked as a mechanic during times out of work as a musician. Short-lived bands followed one another over the decades, and he never again attained the level of success and fame as he had with Buffalo Springfield. In 1970, he was back in Ottawa and living with his mother, but he returned to the States in 1971 and carried on gigging with various combinations of musicians. He did enjoy some late recognition in 1997, when Buffalo Springfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dewey Martin died on January 31, 2009, in his apartment in Van Nuys, California, apparently of natural causes.

He was just 68. Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff had travelled far from Chesterville and enjoyed a long career in the music he loved to play. If only for that astounding part he played in For What It’s Worth, he will be remembered with respect and appreciation by generations.

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Keep the momentum going!

by Tanya Deans As a resident of North Grenville, a Registered Nurse at Kemptville District Hospital and ViceChair of the Health, Wellness and Fitness Advisory Committee for the Municipality, I am so thankful to be a part of this thriving community. It's exciting to have the opportunity to play a role in promoting an initiative that promotes active living!

ParticipACTION is a non-profit organization offering a Community Better Challenge - a national physical activity initiative that encourages Canadians to get active for the month of June. North Grenville residents, and participating groups, organizations and schools can participate and track all move minutes - from riding a bike, to family walks, to virtual group exercise classes.

Once participants download the app and enter the Community Better Challenge, all logged minutes within the local Postal Code will go toward North Grenville's overall score.

You can log your minutes manually on the app, or if you have a fitness tracker it will log them for you. You can also log minutes on the website and add family members (kids, partners)

and submit their daily minutes too. The more minutes tracked, the greater opportunity North Grenville has to win top prize of $100,000 and be crowed Canada's most active community!

The Advisory Committee has set a goal to bring awareness of health, wellness and fitness initiatives to North Grenville residents.

The pandemic has brought to light the importance of pivoting, adapting and setting new goals. These three actions, as well as others, are vital to staying healthy, well and fit.

For the month of June, I have challenged myself to walk to work every day. I take pictures of local businesses on my way to work, and post them on social media. Thanks to Kemptville District hospital for supporting the promotion of this initiative. Word is out within the hospital, and we are tapping into people's friendly competitive spirit, challenging various groups to compete against one another.

As I am writing this in the first few days of the challenge, and North Grenville is strong out of the gate sitting at first place provincially! My challenge to everyone is to keep this momentum going! Log your minutes, or find someone who can log your minutes for you! Let's Go North Grenville!

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Local woman designs and patents innovative BBQ scraper

Library deals with Covid challenges

by David Shanahan The North Grenville Public Library presented a report to the Municipal Council on June 1, detailing their Library Statistics for 2020 and Update on Activities. Although the report largely consisted of statistics, it painted a very positive picture of how Rachel Brown, CEO, NGPL, and her staff have faced up to the challenges of the pandemic.

Given the extreme limitations put on library services during the various periods of lockdown which we experienced throughout 2020 and the first months of this year, it is remarkable how well the NGPL and the local community have maintained their contacts and relationships.

Rachel summarised the successes of the last year in the NGPL: “While there was a decrease in some of the activities and services that the Library provides, the membership remained stable, and the subscription database had a significant increase. In addition, the Library was able to provide creative solutions for service and program delivery.”

The Report showed that the number of active memberships in the library had fallen only slightly during the period under review, although, naturally, actual

Irma Duguay with the BBQ Shape n' Scrape / Photo provided by Irma Duguay

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A North Grenville resident has created an innovative new product that is sure to help out this BBQ season.

Irma Duguay was inspired to design the BBQ Shape n' Scrape while she was cleaning her BBQ one afternoon in August 2018. She was using a typical BBQ brush with metal bristles, and she noticed that one had fallen off and onto the grill. "I had heard about the wire bristles becoming loose and snapping off and possibly being ingested and I thought - that's not going to happen to me," she says. "Well, it did."

Irma searched far and wide for another option but all she could find was more wire brushes. Instead of giving up, she decided to try her hand at designing an alternative. Having retired from the high-tech industry in 2017, she had no experience in product development and had to teach her-

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self 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, 3D modeling and rendering, how to source suppliers and more. She also did a lot of research into other BBQ brushes and scrapers by reading complaints and reviews on Amazon.

"What I did was try to take all of the negativity and incorporate and try to improve on that in my design," she says. It took her over a year to design the scraper and she tested out many different prototypes before she felt like it was ready for market.

The BBQ Shape n' Scrape is made out of a stainless-steel frame with adjustable wood blades.

This allows the blades to slide back and forth to fit the exact profile of the grill that needs to be cleaned. "Instantly it fits like a glove," Irma says.

"You don't have to buy the brush, it's just a different alternative."

Irma is sourcing the frame for the scraper from a company in Brampton, ON and the blades are being manufactured and sent to her from China. She re-

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ceived her first shipment of parts in October 2020 and immediately started the assembly process. She was a bit nervous about sourcing the parts from different companies, but built a close relationship with her suppliers and was relieved when they fit together perfectly. "I'm so proud of it," she says. "I look at it and say - I can't believe I did this. It's quite an achievement. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to see if it's real."

The BBQ Shape n' Scrape has been patented in Canada and the U.S. and Irma has been contacted by Hudson's Bay in Kingston who is interested in carrying it. She has already sold about 100 units and has enough parts for about 800 more, which she will be assembling and shipping from her home. The scraper is available for purchase through the website, www. adjustablebbqscraper.com, or on Amazon.ca. "It's a really great gift for Father's Day," she says.

attendance at the various programs provided by the NGPL had fallen off considerably.

However, this was balanced by a very impressive rise in the number of Subscription sessions, on-line activities.

The number of actual books circulated was over half the amount in 2019, with an increase in the number of e-books and audiobooks in circulation. One reason for the larger than expected books being distributed was the success of the curbside pickups that took place. Appointments were made for pickup, and residents collected 1,357 book orders in that manner. Another 1,559 books were delivered to École élémentaire et secondaire Rivière Rideau from September to December of 2020 alone.

But what really underscores the success of the NGPL were the in-house videos and activities produced by library staff and volunteers.

A total of 116 original videos were made and posted on Facebook, gathering over 30,000 views from residents.

325 craft kits were produced between August and December of 2020, accompanied by demo videos on Facebook.

Library Sue deserves tremendous credit for much of this activity.

When possible, the li-

brary held in-person events outdoors during the times lockdown was eased. The Summer Park meetings were attended by over 560 individuals. These efforts by NGPL staff earned them a special award from the Friends of the Library, when staff were given a Star of Library Award for 2020.

Rachel Brown noted in her report to Council that lessons learned during the past year will be integrated into future library activities.

The importance of personal connection was clear, but so was also the potential offered by on-line activities. She explained this in her report.

“For example, online children’s programming proved to be very popular with the community. This has given us the opportunity to re-evaluate program delivery and the Library will continue to use a combination of online and in-person service models.”

Given the formidable challenges that faced the NGPL, their ability to find creative solutions and to initiate new procedures and approaches to serving the public shows the talent and imagination which our local library possesses. We are fortunate to have them as part of our community.

Protect yourself from intimate partner abuse/domestic violence

Over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, police services as well as the Leeds and Grenville Victim Services have reported an increase in calls related to domestic violence. Intimate partner abuse, or domestic violence involves the use of physical, psychological or sexual force in an intimate relationship. An intimate relationship is one between partners and includes current and former dating partners, common-law partners and married spouses.

Rates of violence were high in Canada prior to the pandemic, and now women and girls (predominately) may face a heightened risk of partner-related violence and abuse while isolated at home.

Domestic violence is a serious crime. Police have a responsibility to assist with preventing violence.

A person committing these acts can be arrested, charged, convicted and jailed.

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women in abusive relationships to reach out for help, and the pandemic has made it harder. While most community supports continue to operate during COVID-19, social isolation creates new barriers to access services for those experiencing abuse or violence.

“Everyone has the right to safe and violent-free home.

Please know that help is available to those who may be facing violence in the home,” said John Barclay, Chair of the North Grenville Police Services Board.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.

Services are available to support victims and survivors of sexual assault through counselling, peer support, advocacy and 24-hour crisis support by phone. The province is also providing up to four hours of free legal advice to survivors of sexual assault.

Available Resources: - Victim Services of Leeds & Grenville 1-800-939-7682

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Canada discriminates against Indigenous children UPDATE

by Lorraine Rekmans Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the discovery of the bodies of children found at the site of one of Canada's residential school sites in unmarked graves, and called it a reminder of the dark history of Canada. He himself may also be relegated to star in one of the dark chapters of Canada's history as he continues to litigate against Indigenous children and survivors of residential schools.

In 2007, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCS) filed complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) alleging that Canada is racially discriminating against First Nations children by providing less child welfare funding for children on reserves than it provides for other children.

In 2008, the Auditor General of Canada found that this was true, and that Canada was not funding children equally and was discriminating. That same year, the complaint was sent to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Canada, then under the governance of the Harper Conservatives, appealed to the Human Rights Tribunal and said it was not guilty of discrimination.

In 2009, Canada filed an application to derail the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, arguing that the CHRT does not have jurisdiction as "funding is not a service."

After many legal hurdles and obstacles the FNCS faced in its quest to have Canada fund First Nations child welfare systems equitably, finally, in 2016 the CHRT found that the Canadian government is in fact racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children who are in care.

By 2018, three years after Justin Trudeau became Prime

Minister, Canada was faced with its 8th non-compliance order for failing to uphold the rights of Indigenous children in the child welfare system.

This year, the First Nation Child Caring Society is still fighting for redress, because Canada is still not complying with CHRT orders and is not taking sufficient measures to cease its discrimination under the FNCFS Program with respect to First Nations children and families receiving services from agencies.

Canada is using millions of tax dollars to pay for legal fees fighting against a call to equitably support Indigenous children in state care.

Cindy Blackstock who is the Executive Director of the FNCS, and who has been the indomitable spirit moving this fight forward, will be in court with the Canadian government again on June 14. Cindy asked about Prime Minister Trudeau, "How much does he think a child's life is worth?"

UPDATE For updates related to COVID-19 and the North Grenville Municipal Centre visit: www.northgrenville.ca/coronavirus In light of the province-wide stay-at-home order, please be advised that the Municipal Centre is currently closed to the public. The Municipality remains operational to provide essential services and assistance to residents and businesses by virtual appointment only.

UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL MEETINGS

Council meetings will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Council meetings will be live streamed on YouTube commencing at 6:30 pm. To view the live stream visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/ NorthGrenville/featured For any members of the public wanting to attend the meeting virtually, pre-registration is required by e-mailing clerk@northgrenville.on.ca. To make a deputation in relation to an item on the agenda, please pre-register with the Clerk’s Office at the same e-mail address. Please provide your comments no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting. If you require accommodation, please advise the Clerk’s Office when pre-registering so that they may best assist you.

Council agendas (including for closed sessions) may be found here: https://www.northgrenville.ca/govern/governance/agendas-and-minutes • •

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North Grenville Flags lowered to Honour the lives of the 215 Residential Students in Kamloops, B.C. Flags at the North Grenville Municipal Centre were lowered to half-mast to honour the lives of the 215 children found in a mass grave at a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Flags will remain lowered for 215 hours (9 days) to represent one hour for each child.

"The mass grave found at the former Kamloops Residential School in British Colombia is a profoundly distressing discovery, and a heartbreaking reminder of the thousands of children who died in residential schools, including here in Ontario" reflected Mayor Nancy Peckford.

In its final report in 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said while some burial places were located within or near old school grounds, many were not readily identifiable and not main-

tained.

The Commission has now identified approximately 4,000 deaths of residential school students. It is estimated, however, that this number could be as high as 6,000 or more due to the fact that so many children were not accounted for, including ones that passed away from illness.

If children tried to run away from the school, and died while doing so, they were rarely searched for and their families were infrequently advised.

The discovery is, in the words of B.C. Premier John Horgan, "a stark example of the violence the Canadian residential school system inflicted upon Indigenous Peoples and how the consequences of these atrocities continue to this day."

While tuberculosis was cited for many deaths in

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residential schools, the cause was unknown in about half the cases. Further, many of the diagnoses may have been inaccurate as they were made by individuals without medical training.

Residential schools were operated by the Canadian government between the 1870s and the 1990s, in partnership with the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. It is estimated that over 150,000 Indian, Inuit, and Métis children attended Indian residential school.

This discovery has amplified calls for the creation of a statutory holiday to honour survivors and victims, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

For more information visit the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada at http://www.trc.ca/resources. html.

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Truth and Reconciliation as the whole world looks on

by Lorraine Rekmans My mother is Anishnabek, and at home she spoke Anishnabemowin, like her parents.

My father was francophone.

They both told me it was better to just learn English, so I wouldn't have any trouble out there in the world. I was taught English by strict Anglophiles who insisted, with a ruler to the knuckles, that I use the British spelling always. The scars of colonialism left their marks on both my parents, who had managed to survive the country's attacks on their heritage. So, out of experience and love, they guided me down the road of assimilation.

I am an inter-generational survivor of the legacy of the Indian detention centre system. Once these buildings were called schools; however, that language was designed to sanitize the brutal truth, that these were detention centres to hold children away from their families and force them to assimilate to English

culture. Canada as a country had a policy to assimilate Indigenous children, and a policy to extinguish Indigenous rights, and lay the treaties to waste. The nefarious goal was simply to remove Indians from the land and exterminate any Indian claims to rights to the land, so that Canada could continue on its path of resources extraction and exploitation. In the end, this is about access to land, culture, language, and heritage.

In 1969, Pierre Elliot Trudeau proposed a white paper outlining how Canada could accomplish its goals of unfettered access to lands.

Many Indigenous and other academics provide evidence to us, on a daily basis, that these policies are still being implemented. From the lack of clean drinking water to the lack of medical assistance, adequate housing and schools, we know Indigenous peoples are pushed to the margins and beyond. Every action that Canada takes with respect to Indigenous people, to this very day, is based in the

language of limiting liability on the state, and creating certainty for future development and investment. This includes extinguishing Indigenous rights within the modern-day treaty making system.

There is no mistake that the policy was and is intended to extinguish Indigenous peoples. In fact, there was a gentleman in court in BC just recently who was charged with shooting an elk. He made claims that he was part of the Sinixt people who lived, hunted and gathered in B.C.'s Kootenay region. The government said that was impossible because the Sinixt people are extinct. Yes, this is a country where we have lists of peoples that are extinct, including the Beothuk. Much to Canada's surprise, they found that he was indeed a citizen of the Sinixt Nation, and his rights to hunt in his own territory are intact, and protected under the Constitution (Section 35). The fact is we are not surprised to hear of extinct peoples, we are shocked to find survivors.

There is no doubt that the discovery of the 215 Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc children's bodies has shaken Canadians to their core. This stark evidence of the cruelty and inhumanity involved has shaken us all. I am not shocked that the bodies of children are being found, because I was told the stories while I was growing up. But I am perplexed that the Christian faith, which concerns itself heavily with the afterlife, and with intense ceremony on dying, could dump the bodies of small children into unmarked graves and try to erase their existence. From a culture that celebrates ascendence into heaven, accompanied by prayers, flower and ritual, this horrific act is an abomination.

Even cave-people put flowers into graves.

We hear much about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015), but Canadians hear very little now, about the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples RCAP (1991). RCAP was

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I was pleased to see flags at half-mast (Monday, May 31) at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, Fire Department, schools and other locations in recognition of the grim revelation of the mass grave of First Nation children found in Kamloops.

But we must admit there are likely more burials at other former residential schools to be revealed.

The flag gesture is but one step to raise awareness of the horrendous policy intended to erase Indigenous cultures across this country, particularly in the post-Confederation decades. Many of us have a long journey to discover the truths layered in our history, and to take the steps to understand what is required of reconciliation. Apologies are not enough.

Most of us have learned our history and conduct our social interactions under a pall of colonial constructs of which we are generally oblivious. If our apologies are to have sincere meaning, we must know our history, and

become aware of the designs and machinations of past policies and old beliefs. We must be reconciled to our undeniable past, so that we can have a sincere and meaningful dialogue with First Nations.

Perhaps then our apologies will have credence when we know and can speak to the cultural and physical wounds inflicted on the First Nations.

Michael Whittaker Dear Editor, In reference to the “Policy that pits us against each other from ‘Canada’s Native People-Fighting the Loyalists for Land’- 1840's- Chief Paussamigh Pemmeenauweet, an important leader for over twenty-five years, addressed Queen Victoria directly and powerfully in 1841: “I cannot cross the great LAKE to talk to you for my canoe is too small, and I am old and weak. I cannot look upon you for my eyes do not see so far. You cannot hear my voice across the Great Waters. I therefore send this Wampum and Paper talk to

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tell the Queen I am in trouble.

My people are in trouble. My people are poor. No hunting grounds - No Beaver - no otter - no nothing. Indians are poor, poor forever. No store - no chest - no clothes. All these woods once ours. Our Fathers possessed them all.

Now we cannot cut a tree to warm our wigwams in winter unless the white man please.

The Micmacs now receive no presents, but one small blanket for a whole family.

Pity your poor Indians in Nova Scotia. White Man has taken all that was ours. He has plenty here. Let us not perish. Your Indian Children love you and will fight for you against all your enemies.”

Kath Piché P.S. Not so proud descendant of Loyalists

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North Grenville celebrates Pride Month

Council has declared the month of June as LGBTQ2+ Pride Month for the Municipality of North Grenville. In previous years, the flags are flown at the Municipal Centre beginning June 1.

Out of respect to the tragic discovery of the undocumented graves of 215 children found at a at the Kamloops Residential School, North Grenville flags have been lowered to half-mast to honour the lives of these children.

Flags will remain lowered for 215 hours (9 days) to represent one hour for each child.

As such, the Pride flags will be raised after this period of mourning.

"Council is highly encouraged by the ongoing efforts of our local Pride community.

We embrace the diversity that has always been part of North Grenville, but wasn't always recognized or celebrated," said Mayor Nancy Peckford.

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a report that presented 440 recommendations calling for sweeping changes to the relationship between Aboriginal people and the government of Canada. The TRC report made 94 recommendations.

Canada has failed to address the significant RCAP recommendations over the last 30 years, and is grossly behind in implementing any of the 94 recommendations made six years ago. The recommendations keep piling up as we keep unearthing the bodies.

Canada is on the verge of celebrating Canada Day on July 1, as the United Nations and the world watches us, scouring the sites of these penal institutions looking for the bodies of small children, reeling from the evidence of this genocide. As Indigenous people, we have always known what the church and state did to us, and what Canada's government continues to do to us. We have watched, and now the world watches with us.

Of course, I am hurt, and sad, and angry, but I am not

members of the LGBTQ2 community. We need to be focused in our efforts to ensure that mental health and peer supports are widely available”, added Mayor Peckford.

That is why North Grenville is so excited by the existence of Kemptville Pride, a local not-for-profit community organization established to plan, fund, and organize Pride activities in the Kemptville area and to support LGBTQ2+ people and their families.

"Everyone benefits when we build a more inclusive and open-hearted community," added Councillor Kristin Strackerjan.

"Although we cannot come together and celebrate with a Pride Parade right now, we are planning several virtual events for the community to participate in," said Jen Crawford, Kemptville Pride's first Executive Director.

"I encourage everyone to visit our Facebook page to get all the details”, Ms. Crawford

without hope. In my grandmother's lifetime it would have been impossible for an Anishnabe woman to be the editor of a settler newspaper, yet here I am. There are so many survivors of this horrific assault that are contributing every single day, in the kindest ways they can, to make this a better country. No matter what evil, vileness, and pain they endured, they still find a way to give, to make this country vibrant, with a belief that diversity will one day be celebrated, beyond our drumming and dancing.

We have to acknowledge those survivors, and celebrate the gifts they bring to this new era in Canadian history, while we mourn the loss of those little lives who had their flames extinguished so cruelly. What gifts they could have brought to this land we will never know. Let us think of the pain endured by the families who lost these children, and stand with them in solidarity on our journey of Truth and Reconciliation, and our quest for accountability.

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Kemptville Pride states on their page, "As Pride Month begins, Kemptville Pride would like to take pause to acknowledge the tragic, heartbreaking and unfathomable finding of 215 students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.”

Kemptville Pride stands in solidarity with Indigenous communities and will remain committed to building safer and more inclusive communities for all."

Kemptville held its first Pride Parade in 2019. Last year, the parade was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the committee held virtual events and a home decorating contest.

Visit their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ kemptvillepride.

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Credit where credit is due Personal Column

by Lorraine Rekmans I want to say that I have never been a fan of the Conservative Party of Canada and I do publicly admit my bias as this is a personal column. Long ago, I did learn to understand and accept the policies and values of the Progressive Conservative Party and especially their values to practice fiscal prudence. I watched the demise of the PC Party of Canada when it was stripped down to two seats in 1993, and when it lost official party status. The party was never the same afterwards, and finally became defunct in 2003. From those ashes rose the merger of the Reform Party and Conservative Party alliance. Incidentally, the early reformers had chosen a name for their new party, and called it the Conservative Reform Alliance Party, until they realized their new official acronym would be CRAP, at which point they decided to name the party the Conservative Party of Canada.

Whenever people tell me they voted Conservative all their lives, or that they vote Conservative like their grandfathers did, I always correct them and say, “no, because that is impossible as the PC Party is defunct.” But, I have digressed.

As we grow and learn, we can learn to put bias aside.

Sometimes, a bright shining light can help you do that. I want to share this because it is something that has happened to me. I have been able to take off my bias glasses and take a new look and see things in a new light. That is thanks to a stellar Member of Parliament from our neighbouring riding.

I want to say a huge thank you to Member of Parliament, Eric Duncan from Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, who in my view is an exceptional representative for his constituents, and who makes it easy for me to think that people can work across political party lines to get things done.

Eric, for a Conservative, you are okay.

Last week, MP Duncan was advocating in the House

of Commons for legislation to open a national crisis hotline to provide support for people dealing with mental health crisis. MP Duncan officially co-seconded legislation to implement an easy to use, three-digit 9-8-8 national suicide prevention hotline.

The bill was introduced by his Conservative colleague Todd Doherty, the representative for Cariboo-Prince George, who introduced it as a Private Member’s Bill (C-294) in the House of Commons.

MP Duncan demonstrates compassion through his supportive action to respond to a national crisis. It is a crisis that needs immediate attention. Statistics tell us that every 24 hours, 11 people die by suicide in Canada. In a nationwide survey, 44% of Ontarians reported experiencing an eroding mental health with little to no resources available in the province.

With suicide being the second leading cause of death among young individuals, this 9-8-8 national initiative would save lives across generations. I commend MP Duncan for

being a champion. This is just one example of how this MP works for the betterment of the country.

As a representative for his constituents, he announced that his office was standing by, willing to help local small businesses dealing with the headaches caused by a backlog and confusion at the Canada Revenue Agency.

He is doing his job well and representing his constituents honorably.

If I could, I would vote for Eric Duncan, because he comes across as a man of the people and for the people. His performance and work as a MP doesn’t seem to be tied to party dogma or bogged down in political rhetoric.

By contrast, our own Member of Parliament, Michael Barrett, who is also a Conservative, spends much of his time in the House of Commons demanding accountability from the Liberal Party for various scandals and scams. Granted, as an Ethics Critic, it is part of his job for the Conservative Party, but in my opinion takes him away

from important riding work.

Calling on the Prime Minister to lay bare all the facts of his backroom dealings, day after day, must be exhausting.

We all know that across both the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and Leeds and Grenville, through the Eastern Ontario Regional Network, many Wardens, Mayors and Councillors have actively taken up the file to deal with getting highspeed internet to their regions with a huge lobby effort, and innumerable hours of meetings.

Finally, there was an announcement from the Government of Canada (Liberal) to support high speed internet for rural communities in Eastern Ontario with $6 million in federal funding for Bell, Cogeco Connexion and Lakeland Networks. That is why, I was completely surprised to see a recent press release from MP Michael Barrett that stated, “MP Michael Barrett delivers federal funding to expand internet services.”

The press release went on to say, “Today, Michael

Barrett, Member of Parliament for Leeds—Grenville— Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes delivered $5.5 million in federal funding to expand Internet services for eastern Ontario communities that include EdwardsburghCardinal and MerrickvilleWolford.”

I imagined that MP Barrett drove to his riding with a big bag of money that he personally secured from the federal government after stone throwing in the House of Commons all day. I was taken aback by the audacity of the headline which leads readers to believe that it was the sole Herculian effort of the MP from Leeds Grenville Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes who wrestled this money out of the clutching hands of the Liberal Government. I guess all those members of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network would see it differently.

Kemptville Youth Centre receives muchneeded funding for summer programs

by Hilary Thomson The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) is receiving a grant from Jumpstart's Sports Relief Fund to support this year's summer programs.

The Sports Relief Fund was created to help support sport organizations across the country who have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Jumpstart's website, they were able to help 700 organizations impacting over 70,000 kids from coast to coast in the final months of 2020. Thanks to a generous $12 million gift from the Canadian Tire Corporation to the Sports Relief Fund, Jumpstart is able to provide much needed financial support to Canadian sporting organizations through 2021.

KYC Operations Manager, Barb Tobin, says the $5900 grant will help them provide outdoor programming to youth 12-18 this summer. This includes entrance fees to local parks, canoe and kayak rentals and swimming at the Kemptville pool. They are also hoping to team up with local experts to provide experiences that some of the youth may not otherwise have access to.

During the winter, they were able to book a session with June 9, 2021

Get Cronk'd Fitness Studio using some previous Jumpstart funding, which was very well received by KYC youth.

"This summer, we hope to be able to utilize some of our fitness experts in the community, and be able to rent some time and space for our youth to know what's in the community, and also have a great time doing some recreational activity," Barb says.

Barb says this funding is even more crucial this year because it will allow the youth in the community to come together in a safe way. Although all the online programming that KYC has been offering over the past year has been very successful, nothing can replace that inperson connection that many teens are craving. "What we do know for sure is when it's face to face, it's certainly changed the game for a lot of youth to be able to have the opportunity to get out and be with their friends, enjoy something, forget about everything else and just enjoy themselves doing an activity or just hanging out or getting some exercise."

Being able to offer free activities throughout the summer will also allow youth who may have had a change in financial situation at home,

to enjoy the outdoors without worrying about having to pay.

"Being able to offer youth the ability to do things for free, which is all part of this programming, is a really big bonus in this particular time," Barb says.

KYC is currently closed but is continuing to offer daily activities online from Monday to Friday. Barb says it didn't take them long at the start of the pandemic to set up an online platform where they have been offering everything from organized games and movies, to homework help and a cooking program. They have also been very active in reaching out to youth to see what different types of programming they are interested in.

Like everything in the community, KYC is in limbo right now, waiting to see when they will be able to open their doors and start offering their summer programming.

Barb believes that they probably won't be up and running until mid-July. "If you watch our Facebook and Instagram pages, our program coordinator, Micaela, will be able to highlight when activities are happening and how to contact her to make sure that youth are included," she says.

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by David Shanahan I’m not sure when it happened. One day, I looked in the mirror and the face staring back at me was that of my grandfather.

Not really, you understand; it just looked so much like him that it kind of shocked me. That was a pivotal moment. Another one was when it hit me that seniors were no longer “them”, they were “me”. I think it was getting monthly payments from the feds and province that made it real. CPP, OAS, and such acronyms appeared in my bank statements. Even the bank statements were a rather large reminder: my account is called “Everyday chequing with Seniors Discount”!

Paul A. Jansen, BA, LLB.

It seems the universe is insisting on telling me that I am no longer in the first flush of youth. The universe really doesn’t need to shout it so loudly. My aching body, failing eyesight (failing? It has passed fail and been expelled from school), and a myriad of other subtle hints have made it very clear indeed that my days of youthful exuberance are a fast-fading memory.

This is not all bad, of course (those monthly government subsidies are a bonus). I have reached an age when I can be, as my dear wife called me the other day, a genuine curmudgeon. I say “genuine” because, to be honest, I’ve been a curmudgeon for quite some time now. But at last I have an excuse. We seniors can tell younger ones

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to deal with it, when we come across as a little crusty and grumpy. I have yet to use that phrase I used to hate so much, “when I was your age....”, but I’m sure the opportunity to say it is fast approaching.

There’s so much to remember with gratitude about being this age. We were the Baby Boomers (I arrived towards the end of that generation, of course...), a title I find so much more friendly and apt than Generation X (or Y or Z, or whatever), or Millennials. Let’s face it: we had the best music, the sunniest summers, the deepest thinkers, the hippest rebellions, all you’d ever want in life.

Yes, I know, most of that is not quite true, except for the music bit, but I can’t imagine living in a more exciting and optimistic period. Well, until Nixon turned up, anyway.

There’s a strange sense of perspective at this age, and a rather stunning one too.

When I was twenty, let’s say, World War II was thirty years in the past. For someone who is twenty today, thirty years in the past was 1991. But that was yesterday! I mean, I remember that year as being recent, but WWII for me in 1975 was ancient history.

Do you see what I mean?

Perspectives change.

I was reading an article the other day about how the

current generation of children (5 to 15 years old, say) live in a world where technology has changed so much that they have no experience, or even sometimes no knowledge, of things like pagers, rotary phones, cassette tapes, and a host of other things that were a major part of life for my generation. But things that were special to my parents’ or grandparents’ generation are not strange to us. We grew up hearing and seeing them, watching black and white movies from the 30's and 40's, and seeing a different world in them. I can remember black and white TV, even watching old Laurel and Hardy, or Charlie Chaplain films.

It’s hard to grasp how fast everything has changed so recently, at least in my recent past. As a student, in about ten years I went from writing on an electric typewriter (which was revolutionary at the time - you could change fonts by using different golf ball-type things) to a mainframe computer in university, to a desktop PC that had apparently unlimited potential.

When I first got an email account, I couldn’t use my full surname on it, because the system couldn’t handle anything longer than a few characters.

Yes, much has changed and much has been left behind, for good or ill. I am now a senior, although writing that seems ridiculous and I feel a bit of a fraud. After all, I can’t really be a senior, can I? I mean, rock and roll, right?

I may not be able to party all night long, but I still dig the music. There’s still so much about me that just doesn’t feel like a senior, whatever that is supposed to feel like.

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Maybe that’s it. Maybe this generation of seniors has simply changed the way seniors are, a new perspective, a new interpretation, of what that word means? Perhaps we really did achieve something and the times they are a-changin’. After all, we did invent the teenager, right?

Why not reinvent the senior?

When I look in the mir-

ror and see my grandfather looking back at me, I can smile and think of all he went through: two world wars, a great depression, a revolution in culture, technology, society. I do smile at that image of John Hamilton and I can only hope that I will do him justice as a senior, as he did in his time. Rock on!

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Leeds Grenville Small Business Centre supports student businesses

The Leeds Grenville Small Business Centre proudly launched its annual Summer Company program on June 1, 2021. The launch was held over Zoom. The centre celebrates 21 years of delivering the Summer Company program.

This year, 8 young entrepreneurs in Leeds Grenville will experience being their own boss this summer.

The seats were easily filled this year by eager students.

The entrepreneurs will use their creative genius and community support to successfully operate their businesses this summer.

The Summer Company is funded by the Government of Ontario. The program provides hands-on business training and mentoring. The participants will receive: • An award of up to $1,500 in early summer to help with business start-up costs, and an additional $1,500 award in the fall upon the successful completion of their Summer Company business and proof of returning to school.

• Education on all things small business and the op-

portunity to meet every two weeks with a local business mentoring group for support and advice on operating their summer business.

This year ’s Summer Company participants include: Braden Clark, Riverside Marine Detailing, will provide mobile marine detailing to clients in the 1000 Islands area. Braden can be reached by email Riversidemarinedetailing@gmail.com or by phone at 613-770-0802 and you can find Braden on Facebook: @RMDBradenClark. The business is located in Leeds and Thousand Islands Township.

Julia Higginson, Skye Designs, will create original artwork such as hand drawn portrait or inverted drawings. Julie can also create digital logos and designs.

She will do custom work and will also be providing online art tutorials. You can reach Julia at julia.higginson@my.ucdsb.ca or 613-802-2002. Facebook & Instagram - To Be Announced. The business is located in the Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal.

Savannah Jordan, Savy

Sunshine Designs, will create digital art revolving around K-Pop culture; producing high quality art prints and stickers to decorate any space or personal item. Savannah will sell her customized designs and products on Etsy and locally. She can be reached at savysunshinedesigns@outlook.com or 343-260-9434. Facebook and Instagram – To Be Announced. The business is in Augusta Township.

Connor Kelly, Through The Hoop Basketball Training, will provide one on one basketball training sessions this summer at outdoor facilities in the Brockville area following all of the COVID protocols. Connor will offer summer packages and customized bundles to serve his clients this summer. He can be reached at 613-8036531 or throughthehoop2021@ gmail.com. Facebook and Instagram – @ThroughtheHoopBasketballTraining.

The business is located in Elizabethtown-Kitley Natalie Petherick, Sunset Sweets, will be operating a mobile ice-cream cart in the eQuinelle Community

this summer in Kemptville.

Natalie will create the whimsy of an old-fashioned ice cream truck and provide refreshments, like popsicles and ice cream treats. Natalie can be reached at SunsetSweetsIceCream@gmail. com or 613-292-4031. The business is located in North Grenville.

Erika Stevenson, Body Love Apparel, will create apparel that encourages individuals to love their bodies.

Erika will provide her designs and messages on shirts in a full range of sizes from XS to 3XL and she will also create Body Love Tote bags as an additional product option. Erika will donate $1.00 of every item purchase to the Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada. You can reach Erika at 613-246-2583 or erikastevenson@bodyloveapparel.com and Facebook @bodylove.apparel .

The business is located in the City of Brockville.

Isaac Warren, St Lawrence Spice, will sell a variety of hot peppers, homemade hot pepper products and complimentary produce at the Brockville Farmer’s Market this year. Isaac wants

Rideau Valley Conservation Authority becomes GiveShop's first environmental charity

What do the dusty exercise bike in your basement and the abandoned dress in your closet have in common? They can now both become cash donations to the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation!

The RVCF is thrilled to become the first environmental charity partnering with GiveShop, an Ottawabased online community marketplace.

Like other buy-and-sell platforms, GiveShop users can post new and gently-used items for sale on the app or website. But in an innovative twist, sale proceeds are donated directly to the seller's charity of choice and the seller gets a charitable tax receipt for the full amount.

This is an exciting new donation option for RVCF supporters, and offers huge benefits for everyone involved: the seller clears out their space and gets a charitable tax receipt; the buyer gets a great deal; the item is spared from landfill; users support an innovative local business; and the Foundation June 9, 2021

receives much-needed funds to continue supporting critical environmental programs such as tree planting, water quality research and outdoor education.

"GiveShop expands donation options for our supporters while contributing to a more sustainable future," said Diane Downey, RVCF's executive director. "Partnering with this local start-up dovetails perfectly with what we are trying to accomplish in the Rideau Valley watershed."

The Foundation is a registered environmental charity working to help protect and conserve the lands and waters of the Rideau Valley watershed in Eastern Ontario.

The Foundation supports the work of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority by raising funds and in-kind gifts for three major areas of conservation work: land care through tree planting, trail maintenance, and picnic tables, benches and boardwalks; river care through water quality monitoring, biodiversity monitoring, wetland inventories, invasive species

removal and clean water projects; and conservation education through outdoor learning experiences, accessible programs and public events.

How to support RVCF through GiveShop: 1. Using www.GiveShop. ca or the GiveShop app, create an account and choose Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation as your preferred charity. Verify your account through your email.

2. To sell an item, click "Give" and choose RVCF as your charity. Post photos and a description and wait for buyers to bid or buy outright.

Once an item has been sold, the funds are sent directly to the Foundation - you don't handle the cash! You can then arrange a pick-up time with the buyer. Watch for your charitable receipt in your inbox!

3. To buy an item, visit https://bit.ly/3vnRT3J or click "Shop" and choose RVCF as your charity. Find an item you love and arrange to buy it from the seller. You can enjoy your new item knowing

it supports a more sustainable future for you and your community!

In light of COVID-19 public health guidance, we ask that all GiveShop users follow social distancing policies when meeting up to exchange items. Sellers should thoroughly sanitize items before pick-up and leave items by the door or follow a "curb-side" model when handing off the item to the buyer. Happy shopping!

For more information contact emma.jackson@rvca.ca.

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to provide the community with hot pepper choices!

You can reach Isaac at 613801-5423 or info@sl-spice. com. Instagram - sl_spice.

His business is located in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township.

Julia Zipfel, Red Rings North, will create hand made rings using carefully chosen material. She will display her rings at various local shows and markets (COVID

protocol will be followed).

Julia will explore other jewellery creations this summer and she will design a custom piece made to fit your style and size. You can reach Julia at 613-246-2583 or redringsnorth@gmail.com and Instagram @redringsnorth. The business is located in North Grenville.

First Youth Climate Action Summit (YCAS) Local youth are being prepared and educated to face the oncoming challenges of a changed climate and were able to receive some instruction at the first Youth Climate Action Summit in the region.

The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network (FABN) hosted Canada's first Youth Climate Action Summit (YCAS21) recently. Teams from 14 high schools attended the two-day virtual conference to learn from experts about climate change, impacts, and solutions before designing their own climate action plan. The summit hosted 68 participants, including 42 from local schools as well as teams from as far away as Windsor and Nobel.

The summit opened with the Haudenosaunee thanksgiving address by Abraham Francis of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Environment Program, as well as an introduction to the Anishinaabe seven grandfather teachings by Julie Servant.

Summit speakers included Dr. Curt Stager, Professor of Natural Science at Paul Smith's College and science journalist for National Geographic, The New York Times, Fast Company, and Adirondack Life; Dr. Chris Burn, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University, internationally recognized expert in the domain of permafrost and ground ice in Yukon and the western Arctic; Cameron Wales, Brockville City Councillor and eight other expert presenters.

The summit closed with Dr. Dianne Saxe, former Environment Commissioner for Ontario, leading environmental and climate lawyer and deputy leader of the Ontario Green Party who introduced the Closing Challenge to the youth teams to develop their own climate action plan for their schools, and communities. The climate action plans are solution-oriented and establish youth as climate change stakeholders and advocates.

Climate change has moved firmly into the present. As its impacts escalate over time, it is today's youth that will feel its effect most. Numerous national and international reports continue to emphasize the urgent need for action on climate change and young people are now stepping up to meet that need. At the conclusion of the summit, some climate action plan ideas that participants pitched included: promoting awareness of the importance of no-wake boating to protect waterfowl nesting sites and reduce erosion in particular channels of the St. Lawrence River; raising student and teacher awareness through in-school climate action events; in-school gardens and composting; tree planting projects; improving school drinking water quality so as to reduce plastic bottles; and planning a youth climate action summit for the Ottawa region.

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Community Living North Grenville supports local food bank with every donation people could fill out a ballot to vote for who should get a pie in the face. When OPP Constable Dave Holmes came into CLNG to do a presentation on bike safety at the end of May, he noticed the food they already collected and wanted to get involved. Instead of adding him to the ballot, they decided to put out a new challenge to the community. If they were able to collect another 100 items in the last few days of May, they would pie both Constable Holmes and Acting Inspector (AI) Josh Kingsley. "It was kind of a fun little spin, and we well surpassed our goal. Actually, the OPP also contributed. They, I think, donated 20 items, so they really wanted to be pied.

I'm not sure why," Kaitlyn

L-R: OPP Constable Dave Holmes, Salvation Army Director Calvin Wong, CLNG Executive Director Sandra McNamara, People First President Wayne Richer, CLNG's Kaitlyn Utman.

by Hilary Thomson Community Living North Grenville (CLNG) collected a mountain of food for the Salvation Army Food Bank during the month of May in honour of Community Living Month.

This is the seventh year that CLNG has collected donations for the food bank during Community Living Month. Organizer and CLNG employee, Kaitlyn Utman, started the food drive as a way to give back to the local community.

"Our community has been

so good to us, and we have a lot of great community partners," she says.

To make things even more interesting this year, Kaitlyn decided to organize a pie-in-the-face contest to coincide with the food drive. She gathered about 10 willing volunteers and

said, laughing.

Kaitlyn, CLNG's Bruce Paterson, their People First President Wayne Richer, Constable Holmes and AI Kingsley where all pied in the face over Zoom last Monday with around 30 people tuning in. "We did it on the last day of May to wrap up Community Living Month," Kaitlyn said. "Kind of like our final event."

CLNG collected over 600 items with this year's food drive, a new record for the organization. Director of the Salvation Army, Calvin Wong, says CLNG's support is much appreciated. "It's incredible, especially at a time like this when our numbers have more than tripled," he says. "Our relationship with Community Living means a lot to us."

Kaitlyn says her goal throughout Community Living Month was to bring as much kindness and positivity to the community as possible. This is why she also encouraged people to pay-it-forward by doing random acts of kindness throughout the month of May. "People would bring in plants from their gardens to share. I received just recently a nice ten-dollar gift card just randomly - I don't know who it's from.

Some people would drop off cards to some of our residential locations. It just brought a lot of smiles and a lot of happiness to a lot of people."

With the pandemic, all CLNG's services have moved online, which Kaitlyn says has been hard for many of the people they support. So much of what

they do at CLNG involves connecting with the local community, which has been extremely difficult for the past 14 months. To keep the clients they serve from feeling isolated, Kaitlyn has been bringing the community to them through virtual presentations and activities. Crafts, musical performances, exercise programs, educational presentations like bike and summer safety, a talent show, karaoke and art therapy are just a few of the virtual activities Kaitlyn has put together. She says she loves seeing how much joy the Zoom meetings bring to the people they serve. "It brightens my day just to be able to still connect with them and see their smiling faces. And then when they tell me how meaningful it is and the happiness that it's brought to them, I just think that's the reason I'm here and that's the reason why I started in the field of developmental services."

Kaitlyn is always looking for new ideas and community partners to keep bringing virtual activities and presentations to their community. If you have an idea or would like to volunteer, you can contact Kaitlyn directly at kutman@clnorthgrenville.ca.

CLNG will also be continuing to play a role in supporting the local community by using their sign board to highlight small businesses in the community. Check it out as you drive by their location at 2830 County Road 43!

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Governments provide support for Beekeepers

The Governments of Canada and Ontario are launching a new funding program to support and strengthen the health of managed honey bees and Ontario's beekeeping sector.

The business of beekeeping plays an important role when it comes to managing bee health and the success of crops on Ontario farms.

Under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (The Partnership) the new 50 per cent cost share intake opens on June 21, 2021 and will support beekeepers with 10 or more colonies registered with the Provincial Apiarist.

Beekeepers will be able to apply for funding to support honey bee health and business capacity, including the following: Purchase equipment to prevent the introduction and spread of disease and increase overwinter survival of bees; Sampling and analysis for pests and diseases to increase adoption of integrated pest management and other best management practices;

Purchase of domestically raised queens to assist in building the resilience of the industry, and Business supports to help beekeepers grow their business.

"We have had a strong uptake from beekeepers under the first intake for help with reducing biosecurity risks, minimizing overwinter loss and managing pests and diseases in managed honey bees," said Ernie Hardeman, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. "We're taking into consideration feedback from beekeepers and the challenges of the industry - including the impact of COVID-19 - to build on the program and tailor our support to the current needs of the sector."

There are new changes to the program to include a new maximum amount that will allow commercial beekeepers to receive up to $10,000 in cost share funding to reflect the higher cost demands of commercial operations (50 colonies or more). The program will continue to provide

CROSSWORD cost-share funding of up to $3,500 for operations of less than 50 colonies. Under the new intake, applicants can be approved for a maximum of two applications.

"Honey extraction equipment and activities related to COVID-19 recovery are included as eligible expenses.

For example, supporting the development of websites for online sales and producing Ontario stock to mitigate difficulty in accessing queens or worker bees due to COVID-19.

Project eligibility will continue to include multi-year projects to take into consideration the seasonality of the beekeeping industry and the time between purchasing and receiving product (such as honey bee stock, which may be delivered several months after purchase). Due to this seasonality and the length of this new intake, equipment and stock will need to be purchased within the first year of the intake. For more information contact: The Canadian Agricultural Partnership in Ontario.

Sustainability in Agriculture: Green Manure

by Joselyn Morley Let's talk about green manure as a tiny piece of the much bigger topic of sustainability in agriculture.

Overall, sustainable agriculture is founded on three interconnected parts: economic profitability, economic stewardship, and social responsibility. Generally, it's an approach to agriculture that is a long-term, holistic view of business, that focuses on both economic and environmental stability, in both the farm business and the farm family. It's not just about environmental actions and profits. It's a practice, rather than a product. The health of the farm and environment is comprised of economic, environmental, and societal values. The model rejects a purely profit-driven system.

Green manure is an interesting component of sustainable agriculture that can be important to anyone growing: a market gardener, a home gardener, or a large agricultural business. Market gardeners often aim to maximise production on a small acreage, and as such, they need to make the best use of the soil, while increasing the health of the land. Green manure is not uniquely used by small-scale market gardeners though. It June 9, 2021

can be used to increase production and health of the soil on large farms as well.

Green manure is really any cover crop planted for the express purpose of increasing soil health. There are many benefits to green manure, including increasing biomass, enhancing the soil, and providing mulch. It helps to draw down carbon while increasing soil health.

Often these crops are grown with the intention of turning them into the soil, or, in the instance of strict no-till process, of allowing them to die down or be mowed down to become surface mulch that will become part of the soil without turning the soil over.

Roots of the cover crop help support beneficial life in the soil, while aerating the soil and helping with dense or compacted soils.

Crops that have fibrous root systems help break down and aerate the soil, and prevent erosion. They hold water and prevent run off in floods. Good crops include buckwheat, grasses like oats, winter rye, barley, or some of the brassicas. When cut, they can remain on the surface of the soil as mulch, or turned in if tilling is practised. Cover crops used for green manure are often cut before reaching

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the seed stage, or planted to allow winter kill to shorten the life of the chosen crop.

Growing a cover crop as green manure can also add nitrogen to the soil. Plants need a lot of things, but often a lack of nitrogen is something that can severely limit the growth, health, and yield of the crop. Used as green manure through a cover crop, legumes can improve the nitrogen in the soil. They have nodules on their roots that house nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Legumes often used for cover cropping and green manure include lentils, peas, clover, alfalfa. All cover crops provide biomass to the soil, but legumes are relatively prolific.

Using a mix of legume and grasses for a cover crop is a good idea as it aerates the soil, provides ample biomass for either mulch or tilling in, and a good balance of carbon and nitrogen. Grasses also can enhance the availability of potassium, while legumes can enhance the availability of phosphorous. It is always a good thing to increase the organic matter of your soil.

Green manure and cover cropping increases biodiversity, which is also always a good thing.

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Merrickville's Makers Markets surviving and thriving!

by Margaret Armour "Shop local" has been the rallying cry and sustainer of small businesses for the past 12 months. As the pandemic drags on, however, many entrepreneurs are quickly realizing that things can no longer be business as usual. Finding new ways to reach customers, seeking out fresh opportunities, and partnering with like-minded organizations is the only way to stand out and survive.

Merrickville's Makers Markets are no exception and we wanted to fill you in on some of the exciting happenings within our organization.

Despite the challenges presented by 2020, our fearless leader and inspiration, Laura Starkey of Laura's Shop, successfully presented two in-person markets in the second half of the year.

Our makers were eager for personal interaction, our customers were thirsty for a return to the traditional market atmosphere, and Merrickville was grateful for the safe flow of commerce following what had been a difficult few months.

Laura has been the force behind this group of area artisans, gradually building up a brand and reputation that is known throughout the Ottawa Valley. It was with sadness that we said goodbye to Laura when she announced her retirement from the Makers Markets at

the end of the year. But in true Laura style, she did not leave without laying a solid groundwork for leading the Makers Markets into the future.

Since January, we have been working steadily behind the scenes with the intention to bring in-person markets back to Merrickville in 2021. Needless to say, the current COVID-19 case counts and resulting public health restrictions have thrown a small wrench into our plans, but we remain positive and undaunted!

Although it is hoped that an early autumn outdoor market and a Christmas market will happen, the usual spring market has had to pivot to a virtual format.

To help with this undertaking, we have partnered with Ottawa Artisans, a savvy e-commerce platform for artisans in the Ottawa area. With their support, Merrickville's Makers Markets will be doing a website takeover June 10-13. This arrangement makes it easy for our participating makers to put their wares in front of thousands of customers from coast to coast. Furthermore, Ottawa Artisans has generously agreed to provide social media assistance for future in-person markets. It's an exciting opportunity and we are pleased to be able to help our makers in this way.

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Firewood for sale - mixed hardwood, 3 cord minimum for delivery, $110 per cord, call Jon 613-227-3650 Cedar posts and rails for sale - various sizes, call Jon for pricing 613-227-3650 Compost/fill available-reasonable price- call Reg at 613 258 7606

New Noma 35 pint Dehumidifier $ 200.00 613 258 0445 JAYCO 5th wheel. Fully loaded, beautiful shape.

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Cedar posts,Spruce logs & pickets.. call 613.258.3561 June 9, 2021

MISCELLANEOUS Looking to rent farmland for cash crops. Call or text Mitch @ 613-262-1204.

Looking to harvest cedar trees for hedges off acreages from landowners. Please call 613-799-0958

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information on the virtual market in the coming weeks.

In other news, Merrickville's Makers Markets now has a website that includes an interactive member directory, plus we recently initiated a "Portrait of a Maker" series on Facebook and Instagram. Both of these steps will help drive business to our makers during times when face-to-face commerce is so difficult.

Merrickville's Makers Markets welcomes all area artisans who create functional or decorative objects partly or entirely by hand.

Membership benefits include: a listing in our online directory; advance booking privileges for our in-person

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markets at preferred rates; participation in virtual markets; and, access to a private online forum for maker support. The membership application can be found on our website. We hope you will join us!

Merrickville's Makers Markets are co-ordinated by Robin Hernando (Chatterfield Farm Goat House Shop & Apothecary) and Margaret Armour (Maud & Olive Handmade). Our membership currently consists of over 40 talented area artisans offering a wide variety of hand-crafted items. Please visit www.merrickvillesmakersmarkets.ca if you would like to know more.

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by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville When I was a kid and showed signs of hunger, my mother would send me out with a large carrot and a saltshaker. These days, cookies and milk are more in order, particularly if the cookies were baked by the kids themselves. Also, these days, soft cookies are popular rather than the rock hard ones we had when I was a youngster, forcing us to dunk them into the milk to make them edible. So, here goes with Soft Molasses

Cookies.

Soft Molasses Cookies

Ingredients ½ cup of softened butter (not melted, just softened) ½ cup of white sugar ¾ cup of molasses 1 egg 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoon of dry ground ginger 1 teaspoon of cinnamon A dash of salt 2 teaspoons baking soda ¼ cup water Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 400F degrees.

2. Cream butter and sugar together.

3. Add molasses and egg and beat well.

4. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl.

5. Dissolve the baking soda in the water.

6. Alternately add the dry mixture and water to the butter mixture and blend well.

7. Drop by tablespoon on a greased cookie sheet (2 tablespoons is about right).

8. Flatten slightly with a fork.

9. Bake for approximately 10 minutes and lightly dust with white sugar while hot.

Hot cookies are hard to resist, so good luck in hanging on to some! Many thanks for your mail and keep 'em coming at pcormier@ranaprocess.com.

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WANTED The Eric Gutknecht Memorial Bursary Charity (jams & jelly sales) is looking for 250ml canning jars, rhubarb and other fruit when in season. Drop off at 529 George Street or call 258-4529 Billy

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GooseChase Scavenger Hunt

Arts Guild continuing Co-Operative Canvas Project

WHO: You, your family or a team of friends WHAT: Canada Day 2021 GooseChase Scavenger Hunt (Game code: 5W64BQ) WHEN: Canada Day 2021, July 1, anytime between 10am – 6pm WHERE: At home or in the community!

HOW: More details below Social distancing has never been easier, or so much fun! Downloaded the free GooseChase app on any device. You can even do that now, so you are set up and ready to roll! You don’t have to share any personal information. You just need an e-mail to sign up. Enter the game code: 5W64BQ and pick a username as your team's name. Then just wait for the game to start. When the game begins, complete as many missions as you can to get as many points as possible. To complete a mission, select it from the list and follow the instructions to receive the allotted points, sometime you’ll be submitting a photo or video (built into the app), while other times you’ll be checking-in at a specific location or solving a puzzle or riddle.

Remember that while you receive the points right away, all submissions are subject to review by the organizer. Here are a few sample missions: • Brilliant! Snap a photo of you or a teammate standing under a lightbulb as if coming up with a brilliant idea.

• Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?

• Take a video of yourself or a teammate singing O Canada.

• GPS the location that has used a wood burning over for 135 years.

You have the ability to track opponents and see everything as it happens. Whenever another team completes a mission, it’s added to the activity feed and the ranking automatically update. At any given moment, you know exactly how your team is doing and what you need to do to win.

The game is completely private and no e-mail information is shared. You just have to agree to share your camera with the app.

The game opens at 10am on Canada Day, July 1, and closes at 6pm. You have 8 hours to get your missions submitted. All prizes are purchased from local businesses!!

Financial Cup of Tea - Cottage Time

by Sarah Chisholm F i n a n c i a l A d v i s o r, O'Farrell Financial Services Grab a cup of tea or coffee and let's take a closer look at the family cottage. How can you ensure the family cottage continues to generate happy memories, not taxes and family disputes?

If you're lucky enough to own or have access to a family cottage, it's never too early to consider taxes, probate, and future ownership. What happens to the cottage if mom and dad both pass away?

A cottage is a capital asset. This means when the owner sells the property or passes away, a deemed disposition creates a tax liability. What will the tax consequence be? Your capital gain is calculated as the fair market value of the cottage MINUS the original purchase price, cost of capital improvements and selling fees.

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your taxes owing are based on your marginal tax rate for the year. In Ontario this could be up to 53.53%.

Regarding Capital Improvements, renovations can be added to your adjusted cost base. This doesn't include general upkeep - but when in doubt, keep the receipts!

It is crucial to consult a tax professional when considering your cottage's future.

Individuals or a family unit have access to the principal residence exemption, meaning the growth of your principal residence is not taxed. If you own two properties like a house and a cottage, you may be able to use the principal residence exemption on the cottage instead of your house.

In addition to regular taxes there is probate to consider. Assuming the cottage remained in mom and dad's ownership until their final passing, the cottage asset then goes through probate. Currently in Ontario that means 0% on the first $50,000 of the

estate and 1.5% on the portion over $50,000. For example, that means a $300,000 cottage would trigger up to $4,500 in probate fees. It might make sense to trigger a sale while living to avoid probate fees.

Since some taxes are unavoidable, it's important to have a family discussion about future ownership and how taxes will be paid. If the goal is to keep the cottage in the family, will the estate have liquid assets to cover the taxes? A common strategy is to use permanent life insurance to fund the expected probate fees and taxes.

If the owners have multiple children, will all the kids inherit the cottage? If multiple siblings become owners, it is important to draft a family agreement in advance that lays out: property management, access to the cottage, dispute resolution and options/restrictions regarding sale of the cottage.

The family cottage can be lovely and is something worth

protecting. A trusted lawyer will update your will, an accountant will confirm tax liabilities and a Financial Advisor can guide you through the options for current ownership and estate considerations. Refill your cup of tea and enjoy the cottage life.

We welcome questions so please reach out! See our ad in this week's North Grenville Times and follow us on Facebook @OFarrellFinancialServicesInc.

As the last six weeks of these ongoing articles show, there is no lack of talent in North Grenville. The North Grenville Arts Guild (NGAG) feels very lucky to have the support of the Times, The North Grenville Public Library and members of the community for their interest in this ongoing initiative to raise funds for community outreach programs.

This current canvas is the result of the co-operative efforts of the following artists: Mary Moore, Rose David, Leahbeth Harding, Lisa Mackinley, Ann Gruchy, Meredith Luce and Tammy Keith.

Mary Moore was the first artist to tackle this canvas.

"I simply added some glaze, and background virtual texture, plus a little collage of torn paper pieces. Following artists chose not to further incorporate the collage into the theme, though."

The canvas was then sent to Rose David, who said she was struck by a feeling of looking down into “a deep, and dark ocean with nebulous forms moving through the impenetrable waters.” I added the swimming whale positioned to look down into the depths.

Leahbeth Harding, as the third artist to receive the canvas with a red and blue mixed media background and hovering orca in one corner, decided to add, "more blue to the background, and gave the whale some water YOUR LOCALLY OWNED, LOCALLY EMPLOYED FINANCIAL PLANNING FIRM

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to leap out of. I also added tiny stars to the background to give the next artist some options of sky and water. I'm amazed at the dreamy quality of this canvas now that it's finished!"

When Lisa Mackinley got the canvas, she says she "added some accents and a portal telescope for the whale's purpose - a path on the abstract, as one of the previous artists suggested a swimming, breaching whale from water. A theme which the later artists continued."

As the fifth artist, Ann Gruchy says she, "remembers receiving this abstract, collages background with a whale jumping up at the top beside a brown circle/pipe. I was not sure how to continue on from there, then decided to make the circle into a moon behind him. The 'whale jumping over the moon'. Also put in the ocean below with some water spray dripping off the whale."

Meredith Luce brought her usual insights into the natural world to bear on this canvas as well.

Finally, Tammy Keith completed this canvas. "When I received this wonderful piece, I found myself remembering my time sailing across the Atlantic. There were a number of evenings where the ocean would glow and shimmer (much like Northern lights). This is because of the glowing plankton, known as 'bioluminescence'. With that in mind, I added pearlescent inks over various parts of the ocean."

In the coming weeks, there will be four more canvases to check out before the final preparations to mount an exhibit of the total collection at the North Grenville Public Library prior to them being auctioned. Please continue to follow the project to the end.

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Province announces that mixing of first and second doses of vaccines will be an option The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is providing updated guidance for individuals who received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and who have not yet received their second dose. The province will allow for the mixing of COVID-19 vaccines if desired. This decision is in alignment with updated guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendation.

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Effective June 4, Ontarians who have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can choose to either receive a second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, or an mRNA (Pfizer or Moderna) vaccine for their second dose. Both seconddose options available to individuals who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine are safe and provide strong protection against COVID-19 and will count as a completed series. These second dose options will be provided at the recommended 12-week interval.

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viduals who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine 12 weeks ago and who would like their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, can contact the pharmacy or primary care provider where they received their first dose to book an appointment. Individuals who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and are opting to receive an mRNA vaccine have the option to schedule their second dose appointment at a participating pharmacy where the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are administered.

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Ontarians who received a first dose of an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) should be offered the same mRNA vaccine for their second dose. If the same mRNA vaccine is not readily available, another mRNA vaccine can be offered instead to complete the vaccine series.

Ontario expects to receive approximately 4.7 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in June and approximately 3.54 million doses in July.

UCDSB supports Pride

June is widely known as Pride Month, and the Upper Canada District School Board will celebrate all month long as we remain committed to supporting our members of the two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) community.

"The mission of the Upper Canada District School Board is to prepare all students for a successful life, and we know that students only succeed when they feel safe and respected. This school board takes a strong stance on equity and inclusiveness and works diligently to ensure the physical and emotional wellbeing of our students and staff are protected and respected," says John McAllister, Chair of the Board of Trustees, adding that the school board recognizes it must engage with communities that have not been historically honoured by the education system in order to truly prepare all students for the successful life they deserve. "All UCDSB schools are safe spaces for students, staff and anyone who identifies as 2SLGBTQIA+.

The UCDSB welcomes all families."

UCDSB educators have been encouraged to take the opportunity to celebrate diversity and engage students in conversations around inclusiveness not just this month, but throughout the year. In June, we will continue to showcase student voices and promote awareness to further support and enhance the student experience.

On a long-term, strategic scale, the UCDSB continues to integrate its Equity and Inclusion Plan into its operations and programming, and UCDSB Director Stephen Sliwa says that Pride Month is an opportunity to continue to reflect on our current and future commitments within the school environment.

"When we look back, we've witnessed immense growth when it comes to how our school communities acknowledge, celebrate, and support our 2SLGBTQIA+ students and staff," says Director Sliwa. "Building a focus that emphasizes dignity and the respect of all persons is at the heart of this work. At the same time, we have to continue to challenge ourselves, at every level of our organization, to raise awareness and engage all equity-seeking groups who are participants in our school programs."

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The Unknown Limerick Forest

by David Shanahan For most people in North Grenville, Limerick Forest is an area to the south of the Municipality; a place they drive through as a short cut to Prescott, or a place to hunt, ride, hike or toboggan. What not too many people know, however, is that the 1,474 hectares lying across the border of North Grenville, Augusta and Edwardsburgh are only June 9, 2021

a part of Limerick Forest.

In all, the Forest comprises of 5,782 hectares of land in six other Townships in Leeds and Grenville Counties, in addition to the part lying in North Grenville.

The largest acreage lies in Merrickville-Wolford, much of it on the eastern boundary of North Grenville south of Highway 43. That section to the south of the Municipality is officially called Limerick

Forest South, and it is much more than a forest: it is a ghost town.

The official history of Limerick Forest South states that: “The original part of Limerick Forest, commonly referred to today as ‘Limerick South’, was settled in the late 1840's by Irish immigrants. One of these settlers, Andrew Forsythe, reportedly settled on a 200-acre tract of land on the northern

edge of a forest just south of Bishops Mills. He named the area ‘Limerick’, after his former home in Ireland”.

This is romantic, but inaccurate. In fact, Forsythe did not arrive in Canada until 1863, almost twenty years after the Famine. Although the main road through the Forest is named after him, Andrew and his family were relative latecomers to the area.

The land in that part of the Municipality is not good for farming. Swampy, with thin soil that gradually got blown away by wind and weather once the covering trees were cut down to clear the land, it was one of the last parts of North Grenville to receive settlers. The lot that Andrew Forsythe owned, for example, had been patented to the Canada Company in 1838, but it was not until 1856 that the Company were successful in selling it. It then changed hands six times in the next ten years, before Andrew arrived there in 1868. The family still held it until it was taken in 1939 for arrears of tax. Like so many other families between the World Wars, Andrew’s family watched the soil blow away, sand dunes forming on some lots, as their farms became unproductive. Andrew’s son, Robert, had bought the east half of the lot next door in 1919, and it too fell to the tax people in 1939.

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The Ontario Government had become concerned over the deforestation of the Province, and passed the Forestry Act in 1927 to establish agreements with municipalities on setting up reforestation schemes. The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville appointed a Committee in 1939 to report on having a Counties Forest established in Oxford and Augusta Townships. The land owners who were seriously in arrears on taxes, or who had actually abandoned their farms because of the dreadful conditions, had their land confiscated, and the United Counties decided to use these lots as the basis for the new forest.

The Limerick Forest started in 1940, and, as further lots were added over the years, grew to be the large enterprise it is today.

Because of the way in which the land was acquired, the Forest is not a single, consolidated block, but is made up of 175 sections in roughly seven separate blocks. The process of tree planting went on for decades. The late Alf Campbell began working at Limerick in the 1950's, and he remembered that he could stand and look all around him, over the tops of the young trees that had already been planted there.

The trees grew quickly and were added to each year.

In 1965-66, for example,

177,800 trees were planted, by hand, by twenty-eight workers. The following year, these men planted more than half a million trees, again by hand. In all, nearly nine million trees were planted in Limerick Forest on land that so many settlers had painstakingly cleared in the late nineteenth century, thereby destroying the land they were trying to cultivate. In 1995, the Province ceased their management of the Forest and it was left undisturbed until the United Counties took over management in 2001.

So, as you drive through Limerick Forest (South), or stop to enjoy the facilities it affords in so many ways, think for a moment about those families who used to live and farm the land.

The roads they opened, the homes they built, now in ruins, the fences they set up around their land: all these can still be seen in parts of the Forest. These are the mute reminders, the ghosts of the past, the legacy of the Forsythes, the Typhairs, the Tubmans and the other families who once made Limerick their home.

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New Board Members announced for Kemptville Campus

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Brian McKee submitted by Tom Graham, Campus Communications After a comprehensive search and selection process, a new Board of Directors has been chosen for Kemptville Campus. The new six-member Board will be formally elected at the Campus AGM on June 22, and will be headed by newly appointed Board Chair Karen Cooper.

The new Board members succeed Mayor Nancy Peckford, former Campus Chair, and Deputy Mayor Jim McManaman and Stéphane Vachon, of the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO), who have served as Board members for the last two years.

“We are so pleased to extend a warm welcome to these talented individuals who are well-equipped to assume responsibility for this important community asset,“ said Mayor Nancy Peckford.

“These individuals bring some impressive qualifications to the Campus,” added Karen Cooper. “I am confident these new board members will provide the skills and passion required to help the Campus achieve its wonderful potential over the coming years.”

The new board members are largely from the North Grenville area and were selected based on their skills, experience and capabilities.

Karen Cooper, Board Chair -Ms. Cooper practices charity and not-for-profit law with an emphasis on June 9, 2021

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Karen Cooper corporate and tax issues with Drache Aptowitzer LLP. Ms. Cooper also served as Chair of the Board of the Kemptville District Hospital and the Centre for Land Conservation. She has lived in North Grenville for over 20 years and is fluent in both French and English.

Dermid O’Farrell and his wife, Donna Lee, have been proud members of the North Grenville community for the past 35 years. Dermid is currently the Managing Partner of O’Farrell Financial Services, founded in 1996.

Dermid is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and has served as Grand Knight. He is also a Past President of the Kemptville District Hospital Foundation.

Tara Dinsmore is a Vice President with Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for the reintegration of former Government of Canada properties into local communities.

Tara has served on several boards including the Kemptville Area Family Resource Centre, of which four years she served as Chair. Tara has been part of the North Grenville community since the late 1970s.

Dana Farcasiu holds a Bachelor Engineering degree in Civil Engineering and has over 20 years of experience in the building and energy efficiency industries. She also brings 10 years of experience volunteering in the community. Dana is a first-generation immigrant and is very proud to call Canada and North Grenville her home.

Dr. Tim Rennie obtained a PhD in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University.

From 2007 to 2015, Tim was a professor at the Kemptville Campus. He is currently a policy analyst at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Tim

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Dana Farcasiu is originally from a dairy farm in southwestern Quebec.

Katherine Parker is a seasoned federal government Executive who brings a wealth of experience from public, private and non-profit sectors, including Human Resources, and Organizational Development. Katherine has a degree in psychology and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Brian McKee hails from Belfast Ireland. Brian has lived in the National Capital Region for almost 40 years, and worked as an Executive in the Federal Public Service at DND and Canadian Heritage. Currently, Brian is a Board member of the North Grenville Historical Society and sits on the Patient and Family Advisory Committee for the Kemptville and District Hospital.

Complete bios and more information may be found on the Campus website, https:// www.kemptvillecampus.ca/ about Kemptville Campus Education and Community Centre is an educational and multiuse facility serving the community of North Grenville and surrounding area. The Campus includes 630 acres and 17 main buildings, as well as woodlands, cropland, wetland, greenspace, green houses, an agroforestry centre and maple bush, trails, and other buildings - sports facilities, residence, and catering facilities. A recent Master Plan was completed with significant community input, and can be found at https://www. kemptvillecampus.ca/regen

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Baldwin's Birds

Good day readers, Welcome to June and the first rain for over a month!

Hopefully this doesn't dampen anyone's spirits, but adds a bit more color to our everyday scenery. I should think that our birds, who are nesting, will welcome the damper change too. The

last week of May was a little quieter, in terms of bird activity, but still very interesting.

I caught a brief glimpse of a bird on the head of our waterfall statue, but have had great difficulty deciding what it is.

My choice would be that it is a female Eastern Kingbird, or an Eastern Phoebe, the latter

of which we don't tend to get in the garden, but we do get the Kingbirds occasionally.

They are both very similar looking "Flycatchers", but without hearing their individual songs, or seeing them in flight, it makes it a very difficult choice. The Phoebe has a very definite call that sounds like its name being repeated over and over. I didn't get to hear it sing, so can only guess!

Another unusual sighting at one of our feeders was a pair of House Finches who paid us a brief visit. Other garden bird sightings have been of both the Red-Breasted and White-Breasted Nuthatches, American Goldfinches, Eastern Bluebird, Cardinals, Red-wing Blackbirds, and

the Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. The Ruby Throated Hummingbirds have not been too evident during the latter days of the month, but will probably be seen more once their young have fledged.

Let's hope so! The Bluebirds continue to tease us with their lack of commitment to using at least one of my nesting boxes! They will sit on top of one of them for a very long time and even take a look inside, but then nothing! However, one of them was spotted yesterday picking up some small twigs and then disappearing into a nesting box with them, so there is still hope! Their nesting box competing Tree Swallows have not been seen for a few days now, so they are prob-

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ably well established somewhere else. Our House Wren is still singing his little heart out, but although at first very interested in a nesting box, he seems to have been a bit overwhelmed by the bigger birds and is trying somewhere else close by, but we haven't spotted where yet. Enjoy your own birds and stay safe and well. Cheers!

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