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by David Shanahan A significant event in the development of North Grenville, and the entire Province of Ontario, took place at the Ferguson Forest Centre [FFC] last week. To make a new partnership between private industry and not-forprofit initiatives on the environment, Canopy Growth, one of the major forces in the cannabis industry in Canada, donated $100,000 to Forest Ontario and the FFC as part of the campaign to plant millions of trees in the province following the cancellation by the government of the 50 Million Tree Program. And

a particularly positive aspect of this new arrangement is that it was our local M.P.P., and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark, who brought the parties together.

Attending a cheque presentation ceremony at the FFC, Canopy Growth CEO Mark Zekulin thanked Steve for his initiative, and commented on how happy he was to work with Forests Ontario and the FFC. “I am blown away by what Forests Ontario has been able to accomplish since 2008. The progress they have made towards planting 50 million trees across the province is truly astounding”, he

said. “We definitely connect with Forest Ontario’s mission and the way they look beyond the number of trees to the greater good they do to this province and across Canada.”

He pointed out that Canopy Growth and their new partners had a lot in common, because both parties know a lot about growing, and how complex a process it was to grow from seed on such a large scale.

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The North Grenville Times continued from front page the need to plant a trillion trees to protect the planet, he said. Trees sequester carbon, clean the air and water, provide habitat for wildlife, and raw material for wood products. They are a vital part of our economic and environmental health.

Steve Clark thanked

Canopy for “demonstrating what tremendous corporate citizens can do”. He noted the company has provided an incredible economic boost to the region and has been an outstanding community partner. He repeated what he has said on many occasions, that the FFC is a hidden jewel

in our region.

“The Nursery and the Forest Centre are truly enhancing the quality of life for residents in NG”, he said, reminding those present that it is named after G. Howard Ferguson, native son of Kemptville and Premier of Ontario.

“I wanted to foster partnerships that would enable the sustainability of our beloved FFC. Partnerships that would help us address climate change by planting millions of trees in eastern Ontario, and I am so pleased that those partnerships have borne fruit.”

visiting Big Sky. She is in the office, answering questions and phones. She is also the talented individual who sends me animal bios so that I can write the stories so many of you enjoy).

“If you’ve never been smooched by an enormous Holstein bullock that stands over six feet tall at the shoulder, then you are missing something special! Holsteins are the white and black cows that are the most common in Canada for dairy production. They can be seen on hillsides and in pastures all over Ontario. The backbone of Canada’s dairy industry.

Jacomo is a real lover who, until recently, had never met another cow. He was rescued by a kind woman

All Candidates Environment Debate According to recent public polling, climate change is one of the top three issues of concern heading into the Fall Federal Election. Individual citizens, businesses and municipalities in the Leeds-Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes riding are acting to help address environmental issues; however, federal government leadership is required to address complex multi-jurisdiction environmental challenges.

That’s why, on October 2, 2019, three local community organizations - Transition Brockville, Sustainable North Grenville, and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada - are organizing a non-partisan all-candidates debate on the environment. It is part of a national effort in 100 ridings to host such debates, and to ask our candidates to put their best policy ideas forward.

MPs often recall issues and questions that arise at allcandidates debates, even years after their election. This, in turn, can drive government decision-making and mandates post-election. Debates are consistently considered potential turning points during a writ period, and the importance of these events is evident in the significant amount of time that campaigns spend to prepare for them.

Transition Brockville is working to secure a venue in the Brockville area to host the panel debate. This debate is part of 100 Debates on the Environment that are happening across the country the week of October 2.

For more information, contact: Sarah Tuck, 613-266-4644, sarahetuck@gmail.com.

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by Pam Owen Summer is indeed here, and Big Sky Ranch is welcoming many returning visitors and a whole new batch of friends. For most, only one visit is never enough. Some visitors become volunteers and are then frequent visitors.

They get to know the animals they look after and will often ask to work with their favourite ones. Guests and volunteers are not the only ones arriving through the inviting gates of the Sanctuary.

A most recent addition to Big Sky’s animal population is Jacomo. The bio sent to me

by Pauline was so good, and I enjoyed it so much, that I wanted to put it in as it was.

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Jacomo is very innocent, and trusting of people. He likes everyone and often comes to the gate to see if there are any snuggles to be had. (Must be the barn cat influence showing). He might also be the first bilingual bovine we have met, because he knows the words “I love you” and “Je t’aime” too! If you are lucky, he will give you a big kiss” So, if you are looking for a nice visit, please drop in and visit the Sanctuary and all the animals. Please check the website for hours of operation, how to volunteer, and how to help the animals.

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when he was a very young calf, and his friends were the barn cats who adored him because of his calm character.

When she was no longer able to care for him, he needed a safe place to come; and one beautiful warm June afternoon, Jacomo arrived from Sherbrooke, Quebec!

The herd was astonished when they saw how big he was, but the younger bullocks (Sparky and Maximus) immediately wanted to play, and they chased each other back and forth until the oldest cow, named Helen, came over to investigate. She accepted him right away (he is clearly a big goofball, who towers over most) and, for the first time in his life, Jacomo had friends of his own kind.

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For more information, please contact the EarlyON Child and Family Centre Leeds and Grenville at (613) 341-9044 x 2374.

The Children Services Department of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is holding its sixth annual TOUCH A TRUCK event on Friday, August 23, at the St. Lawrence College parking lot located at 2288 Parkedale Ave., Brockville.

Parents, grandparents and caregivers are invited to attend this FREE event with their children from 10 am to 2 pm. Touch, climb into, and explore a variety of vehicles, such as garbage and construction trucks, emergency vehicles, city bus, army vehicles, race cars, and many more. As well, Brockville Home Hardware Building Centre and The Butcher Shop will be hosting a BBQ at the event with the proceeds going to Girls Inc. New this year, we are offering a low-sensory time from 1:30-2:00 pm., where there will be no horns, no sirens and/or no lights.

Free parking will be available in the east parking lot of St. Lawrence College at 2288 Parkdale Avenue as well as at Memorial Centre Parking lot.

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by Elizabeth Rubli Do you like to sing? If you have always wanted to join your voice with others in choral singing, consider joining the North Grenville Concert Choir. We have a wonderfully talented Musical Director, Phillip Konopka, who brings us to new heights every performance and who makes rehearsals most enjoyable. We will be preparing “Christmas Classics” starting in September, with performances planned for December 13, 14, 15.

We meet every Monday from 7 to 9 pm at St. John’s United Church in Kemptville.

If you are not sure if this is for you, come and try out at the first rehearsal on September 9, and you can then decide if you would like to join.

Singing with others is a wonderful experience, good for your health and well-being … and a lot of fun! For more information, feel free to call 613258-1281, or email ngconcertchoir@gmail.com, or visit www.ngcc.net.

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Heroes rise to House of Lazarus challenge

Winchester BMR has constructed a utility/garden shed for House of Lazarus’ Handyman Hero Shed-Building Challenge. The local business has donated the structure for HOL’s online auction. The utility shed can be viewed in person at BMR at 12235 County Road 38 in Winchester.

Having accepted the HOL Handyman Hero Shed-Building Challenge, RONA Kemptville Building Centre has donated a playhouse for the non-profit’s online fundraiser. The playhouse can be viewed in person at House of Lazarus at 2245 Simms Street in Mountain.

With two structures donated in the first House of Lazarus (HOL) Shed-Building Challenge, an online auction to raise money for Handyman Heroes has begun.

The Handyman Hero Shed-Building Challenge was created to raise funds for its namesake, the Handyman Heroes initiative. Handyman Heroes helps at-risk families with home repair or vehicle maintenance and repair. Licensed tradespeople volunteer their time and labour, while HOL provides the

sheds cost more than $3,000 in materials to build.

The online auction began Saturday, August 10, and will continue until Friday, August 30 at 3 pm. To place a bid, visit the House of Lazarus Facebook page. For those without Facebook, a bid can be placed by phoning HOL at 613-989-3830. The sheds are also available for viewing at House of Lazarus (playhouse) and Winchester BMR (utility/garden shed).

“It’s amazing that these two community-minded businesses have donated

such wonderful sheds,” HOL Executive Director, Cathy Ashby, said. “To date, we have completed six projects through our Handyman Heroes program. We have two new projects underway. The money raised from the sale of these two sheds will allow us to help even more families.”

For more information, or to register a team, please contact Cathy at cashby@ houseoflazarus.com, or by phone at 613-989-3830.

of the city, and the city gets a taste of the country!

The 2019 line-up features a diverse range of acts: Sean Oliver, Graven, Jumpin’ Joel Flash, Church of Trees, RedFox, and She Wears Black.

Barnstorm is a small annual music festival featuring alternative country, rock, folks, ambient, instrumental, metal, and other types of music not heard in mainstream world.

Once a year, usually the first Saturday before Labour Day weekend, our 200-yearold barn the “Odditorium”, located at “The Sanctuary” in Finch, Ontario, comes to life with friends, locals, and music lovers at Barnstorm.

Six live bands of various genres, along with a DJ in the “Chill Zone” spinning tunes, makes Barnstorm an event you won’t want to miss.

It’s also an annual gathering of CKCU-FM announcers who have a wealth of musical knowledge. Come and rub shoulders with some of your favourite “DJ’s” and finest musicians Ottawa has to offer.

Since 1992, the Odditorium has been in an almost constant state of evolution.

With his own hands, “tic” has converted this 200-yearold barn into a rustic, rejuvenating venue in which to see live music. You can see before-and-after pictures on our website at www.barnstorm.ca.

Camping and Parking: There are two VIP camping areas (for musicians), and a large four-acre grass field for general parking and camping.

Several fire pits are available, and there are walking paths around the 20-acre site.

As the sun sets, the site transforms itself with video projections and laser beams projecting across the forest canopy. Watching the stars takes on a whole new feeling.

Our Sponsors for Barnstorm 2019 are CKCU, Waterloo Brewing, Ottawa Special Events, Dave’s Drum Shop, Spaceman Music, Georges Laoun Opticiens, Country Lane Fine Wood Products, Red Leaf Music, The Record Centre, and Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa.

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The challenge was issued in May, 2019, with both amateur and professional contractors being asked to build a shed-like structure according to a set of guidelines, and then donate that structure to House of Lazarus to be used in an online auction.

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The 20th edition of Barnstorm, a one-day all inclusive music festival, is taking place on Saturday, August 24, in Finch. Gates open at noon, doors open at 3:00 p.m., and bands start at August 21, 2019

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by David Shanahan Some weeks are worse than others. This past week or so brought some complications to my life that I thought I would share with you, just for your information. I’ve always believed that open communication is everything: when something becomes an issue, everything should be put out on the table, all the facts, information, context, everything.

That way, all parties can evaluate, consider, discuss, and reach a firm and acceptable conclusion.

But what do you do when the communications are, to say the least, dubious, possibly unreliable in content, and definitely controversial in nature? Newspapers, like politicians, receive a lot of communications: e-mails, social media posts, even good old hand-written letters. Some are laudatory, others critical, and many

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simply containing things the writers want a wider audience to know and appreciate. We discuss issues and offer opinions, and generally engage with each other in open dialogue. The recent exchanges on climate change, for example, were valuable and worthwhile.

But then, there are other kinds of communications, ones which leave you wondering whether they should ever see the light of day. I’m not talking about the scurrilous, the hate-filled, the racist or bigoted ones: they are a separate matter. No, the ones I’m thinking of are the ones that either spread innuendo, misrepresent the facts, or else spread accusations about an “identifiable individual”, as the police might say. These present a conundrum for media.

Do they deserve to be published? Does the media have the right to decide who should, and who should not, be given space? Of course,

we do make those decisions all the time, and, usually, there are accepted criteria for making those decisions.

But what about when a letter or e-mail contains things we happen to know are untrue, or unlikely, or even questionable? Should we allow them to go ahead and see where it leads? Do we react, respond to them by publishing what we know as fact? There is the approach which says that the oxygen of publicity should be denied them, just as we would hate speech, the names of terrorists looking for publicity, or in the case of those who are deliberately looking to spread accusations against a possibly innocent party.

Let me give you an example: We had a visitor to the office recently, who wanted to know why we hadn’t printed a rant of his against the LGBTQ community. He wanted to know why I would not let him condemn “f—s”. He was told, quite clearly, that his language was not acceptable

and his writings would not be printed by us. I should note that he was in the habit of e-mailing me regularly to tell me that God was speaking through him and did not appreciate some things I was writing.

Anyway, he then wrote an e-mail declaring his innocence of any offence, and claiming that we were censoring him because of his beliefs. This he sent to Steve Clark, Andrew Scheer, and all the ministers in North Grenville. (None to Liberals, I noticed). Now, should I write to correct his misrepresentation of the case, or do I rely on the good sense of the recipients (and their previous acquaintance with the sender) to deal with it? Would replying simply give credibility to the complainant?

Another, more potentially serious, e-mail was sent out his week also, demanding an investigation of a person in a position of responsibility in the community. In fact, the

content basically just said: “My feelings have been hurt and I don’t like being told what to do!”, but the question it raised was: Is this an accurate description of the situation, or not? Publishing it would throw mud, some of which would inevitably stick, hurting a reputation that might not deserve it.

As it happens, in this case, I have my own sources that indicate the wrong party has been blamed, and there is clear doubt about the author of the e-mail and the motivation behind it. We at the Times have been attacked in a similar way, again without foundation, although we did print those ones, since they came from the municipality and council of the day. But let’s not revisit old times.

I suppose that, in every situation, the attitude should be: Approach with caution.

Things are not always what they seem, and there is always a temptation to go with something that seems inter-

esting and possibly “big” in terms of news. That’s usually a mistake. People write things for so many reasons, not by any means are all of them worthwhile. There can be a lack of integrity in communicators that we need to remember and of which to be wary.

So, there you have it.

The postman may bring all kinds of communications, in all formats. There is a duty to provide a forum for free expression, and also a responsibility to protect innocent parties against malicious accusations. Deciding not to publish may be seen as taking sides. On the other hand, deciding to publish can contribute to destroying credibility and reputations as part of the agenda of petty minded and destructive people. Life is just never simple, is it?

Dear Editor, This subject is getting rather beaten to death, but it could also be crucial to the future of our planet.

In Saturday’s edition of the “Citizen”, on the Editorial page, there is an article written by three doctors. It states: “Several mainstream national health organisations, including the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the Canadian Nurses Association, have already called on all federal political parties to consider climate change ‘as the greatest health threat of the 21st Century’.

Meanwhile, the Ontario Public Health Association has launched makeitbetterOntario.ca, an on-line tool kit for parents on mitigating climate change’s daily impacts on children’s health”.

It goes on to say Air Quality and its effects, asthma in particular, also infectious diseases, such as Lyme Disease. Extreme weather events and mental health. Beyond death and injury, losing one’s home, possessions or income, is devastating to any child or adult and is known to exacerbate depression, anxiety, and

poor mental health.

Northern health and food security is another big concern affected by the change of climate. Ice Roads are affected for transportation of goods. Changing migration patterns affect their hunting patterns. The thinning of sea ice also affects their daily living concerns.

These doctors state that they have been trained to treat their patients with “evidencebased medicine”, and they continue that evidence from multiple jurisdictions has already shown carbon pricing to be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions without impeding economic growth!

In closing, they state: “As physicians, we therefore urge all the federal political parties to recognise unequivocally that evidence based climate action is health action”.

Drs. Daniel Bierstone and Josh Penslar are pediatric resident physicians in Ottawa, and Dr. Curtis Lavoie is a pediatric emergency room physician in Ottawa.

Sincerely, Kath L. Piché P.S. In this week’s NG

Times, a letter by Harmen Boersma says that I “stated unequivocally her [my] fear of skating on a rink at a church property”.

I did not say I was afraid to skate on a rink at a church property. I said I do not believe tax payers dollars should go to pay for a rink on church property. Why should they? Here is no fear, Mr. Boersma, at least not on my part.

or another, I worked with both provincial and federal governments, and have some personal knowledge about how things are done when it comes to procurement and deciding how to spend taxpayer money.

The Federal Government, on behalf of the Department of National Defense [DND], is going through another kibosh with the supposed refurbishment of the Griffon Helicopter, otherwise known as the Bell Helicopter B412 FAA, which is certified as a commercial helicopter and can be sold on the commercial market.

Again, DND is spending money on a lost cause, remember the S61 replacement (almost as old as the DC-3)?

I was personally involved with DND in the replacement of the original B212 (military), and one Colonel, at a meeting to decide on the replacement, said there was a company in Winnipeg that was willing to convert them to FAA-approved B212 and sell them for $1M each.

I advised the Colonel that we did not actually own the B212, as they were on loan

from the US State Department and could only be sold to another Allied country approved by the State Department. The fact that the Colonel did not know this basic fact is significant. We paid $400,000 per B212, and received the same in return, once they were returned to the US. Bell Helicopter is taking a modified Vietnam-era airframe to make another modified B412 FAA Griffon, which has not been proven, even with modifications, to serve the purpose of DND. But who cares, its ONLY TAXPAYER MONEY. There are Helicopters on the market right now that can outdo anything that Bell can produce to replace the Griffon. What is wrong with DND requesting what they actually need, including performance specification to ten thousand feet? DND musthave specifications should be provided to Bell to carry out the modifications.

There are modern helicopters available to carry out any conceivable mission that

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I was surprised Craig Stevenson had the temerity to elaborate on the specific roles of newly formed advisory committees. How pretentious to note their work must be balanced against that of more knowledgeable interests and individuals.

How does he know that some of us are not authoritative experts in our respective fields? Personally, I am sure he is ignorant of my schooling, education, and publishing record.

Note the arrogance with which he shows his ignorance of how committees work; committees which will consult the requisite specialists as required. One would think he believes the municipal government of North Grenville is incapable of making rational, intelligent decisions in the selection of a competent board for the Kemptville Campus.

I assume his hectoring to be directed at the readers of the North Grenville Times, who he considers needful of his unsolicited, supercilious instruction.

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When Doug Ford was elected, he asked the people of Ontario to help him reduce the annual budget and I believed him, and sent an outline of what could be done to reduce the budget by approximately one hundred million dollars. I had originally tried to contact my local Ontario MPP to avail the Premier of this and actually never heard back from either one of them. At one time

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Ontario tackling plastic waste and improving recycling Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark says Ontario is moving to improve recycling across the province to address the serious problem of litter and plastic pollution as part of our Made-inOntario Environment Plan.

MPP Clark, in his capacity as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, joined Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Jeff Yurek, at Canada Fibers to announce the next steps to transition the costs of the Blue Box Program away from municipal taxpayers and make the producers of products and packaging fully responsible.

“Our government is supporting municipalities by moving to put accountability for recycling where it belongs – on the companies who make the products,” he said. “Municipalities are the closest level of government to the people and we will take the time to get it right by supporting our municipal partners to make sure future policy reflects local needs and concerns.”

“Transitioning the Blue Box Program to full producer responsibility will promote innovation and increase Ontario’s recycling rates while saving taxpayers money,”

said Minister Jeff Yurek.

“This shift is a big step towards diverting waste, addressing plastic pollution and creating a new recycling economy that everyone can be proud of in Ontario.”

The Ontario government has issued direction to Stewardship Ontario outlining the next steps and timelines to transition the program to producer responsibility starting in 2023. Over the coming year, Ontario will develop and consult on regulations to support the new producer responsibility framework for the Blue Box Program.

Once producer responsibility is fully in place, recycling across the province will be more consistent, with a standard list of materials that can be recycled.

“We know that communities in Leeds-GrenvilleThousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and throughout Ontario have been doing their part to reduce and divert waste from landfills and keep our province clean and free of litter,” said Minister Clark. “We also know that this transition is needed to improve our province’s overall waste diversion rate and reduce waste going to landfills.”

Based on recommendations from Special Advisor David Lindsay’s reporton

province.

Ontario’s recycling rates have been stalled for 15 years, and up to 30% of what is put into the Blue Box is sent to landfill. There are over 240 municipal Blue Box programs that have their own separate lists of accepted recyclable materials, which affects cost savings and contamination.

In June, Ontario engaged David Lindsay as a Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste to help address plastic litter and improve recycling in the province.

For six weeks, Mr. Lindsay held mediation sessions with municipal and industry stakeholders, and in July delivered his report on how Ontario can better manage recycling and plastic waste.

Stewardship Ontario, which manages the current Blue Box Program, will submit a plan to the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority by June 30, 2020.

The Blue Box Program will begin preparing for transition once the Resource Recovery and Productivity Authority approves the plan, no later than December 31, 2020.

Recycling and Plastic Waste, the Blue Box Program will transition to producer responsibility in phases over a threeyear period. This approach will provide time to consult with the public, stakeholders and Indigenous communities, while providing certainty for municipalities and adequate time for producers to engage service providers.

The first group of municipalities will transfer responsibility of their programs to producers starting January 1, 2023. By December 31, 2025, producers will be fully responsible for providing Blue Box services province-wide.

Starting this Fall, Ontario will begin early engagement with a broad range of stakeholders, including the municipal and industry stakeholder working group that took part in Mr. Lindsay’s previous consultation session, to continue thorough consultations and facilitate the Blue Box Program’s transition to producer responsibility.

Residents who currently receive municipal blue box services will continue to receive the same services throughout the transition period. Once producers are fully responsible for the program, Ontarians will experience the same or improved access to Blue Box services across the

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UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. (Please note that the Council Meeting of August 20 has been rescheduled to August 27) COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Tuesday, September 3 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE & PUBLIC MEETINGS Special Committee of the Whole – Tuesday, August 27 at 2:30 pm at the Municipal Centre **NOTE: Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are live streamed and archived on the Municipal website. Agendas for upcoming meetings are published on the Friday prior to the meeting and minutes are posted after they are approved. Visit www.northgrenville.ca and click on Agendas, Minutes & Video in the Govern tab.

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Letters Continued DND wants, using the same airframe and totally lowering maintenance and manpower.

DND should send out an RFQ, now, with their known requirements for the end of 2020, and Bell Helicopters should state the actual cost for the modification to the Griffons, including FAA approvals.

I have seen too many examples of unthinking and pointless procurements made by the various government departments, particularly DND, to feel hopeful about their ability to acquire the right replacement helicopters.

Regards, Donald J McDougall

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Open letter to Steve Clark, MPP for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes

August 12, 2019 In the August 8, 2019 edition of the Recorder and Times and in your letter addressed to me of August 7, 2019, I note your concern about the impact of the Board’s recent budget cuts.

It is good that you are finally concerned. Yet it is immediately clear to us that your recommendation for addressing the financial challenges that the Upper Canada District School Board faces as it delivers on its core mandate to support our student learning and their well-being, is an unfortunate approach, since it does little to assist us at a time of unprecedented financial difficulty.

It is important for us to remember that I specifically raised these difficulties at a meeting at your office on February 15, 2019 in an effort to solicit your assistance seeking mitigation from the oppressive impact of a disastrous arbitration judgment for our Board, rendered in August 2018. I met again with you on May 31 and, on numerous occasions with your Executive Assistant, highlighting these matters.

Let me restate what is clear to those of us who care to know the facts: the Board has found itself facing serious budget pressures for 2019/ 2020, similar to most Boards in the province, due mainly to the provincial government reducing grants in a number of functional areas. We appreciate that the government is dealing at their own level with a very large

deficit, which it is trying to address effectively. This reduction in grants for the Upper Canada District School Board resulted in an initial budget shortfall of $11.7M. The Ministry of Education indicated quite clearly that school boards were to balance their budgets despite any reduction in the annual legislative grants.

As you know from the detailed information that I shared with you and your office on June 28th, the Board took additional steps during its own Spring 2019 budget deliberations to use prudently the entire amount of the $364M in funding it has received from the Ministry of Education with the best interest of our students and the operating of our local schools in mind.

Further to my detailed correspondence to your office on June 28th, you will have noted how it was essential for us to proceed with reductions in staff in order to align our expenses with the adjusted level of resources being allocated by the government to our Board. The impacts of declining enrolment, increasing costs, and reduction in some grants, when all factored in, meant that the Board was required to reduce expenditures for next year to match revenues.

Members of the local community already know these details relating to our challenging budget deliberations at the Board table, as attentively reported through the media. These reports

highlighted the unprecedented steps that the Board of Trustees was obliged to follow to achieve a balanced budget for 2019/2020.

It is puzzling why your letter on August 7th fails to acknowledge what the media and what our community already understands about our Board’s fiscal and operational realities, given the lengthy and very transparent budget deliberation process this Spring. If there were uncertainties or a lack of clarity on your part, then it is even more puzzling why you did not pursue my offer to meet (also part of my correspondence to your office on June 28th). Instead, my offer for us to meet was left unanswered and more than a month after my communication to you, have you chosen to advise that you are concerned.

Beyond this, both the Board and I have used a multi-channel approach to keep you and other local area MPPs, as well as officials at the Ministry of Education and the Minister of Education’s office dually informed about the progress and challenges of the Upper Canada District School Board. This includes extensive information about cost-pressures in student transportation which, again, the public knows all too well from the extensive dialogue at the Board table and as reported in the local media. I would conclude that we were certainly in touch with our provincial representatives, yet your letter suggests a distance between your office

and our realities. How can this be so?

Now, you suggest that the UCDSB take advantage of the new “Audit and Accountability Fund” through which school boards can request a third party to conduct “a line by line review of operations and service delivery”. We find this recommendation to be strange, as the Board’s books are open, and we already have in place an extensive audit by external auditors annually. As you can imagine, we will be highlighting our recent fiscal challenges and the actions around the 2019/2020 budget when we engage our external auditors in the future. As well, let’s not overlook the fact that the Upper Canada District School Board – just like all school boards - are required to have their own Audit Committees. Since these committees are regarded as “an expert committee in that their members need to have sufficient knowledge of accounting principles and related management processes in order to evaluate the information associated with activities under their purview” we have the utmost confidence that the Board already receives sound advice about financial management throughout the year.

To be candid, the UCDSB needs more than your concern; rather, we need your support. As a local Member of Provincial Parliament and Minister of the Crown, we need you to seek relentlessly financial relief and

Canada invests in Habitat for Humanity Canada Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. That is why, in May 2018, the Government launched the National Housing Co-Investment Fund (NHCF), the largest program of its kind in Canadian history.

Recently, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), announced a $32.4 million financial commitment over three years (2019-2021) from the federal governAugust 21, 2019

ment to Habitat for Humanity Canada and its affiliate organizations across Canada.

With this commitment by the NHCF, a pillar initiative of the National Housing Strategy (NHS), and the work of Habitat for Humanity and its affiliate organizations, approximately 405 new homes will be created and approximately 105 units will be repaired and renewed supporting lower income families in communities in every province and territory across Canada.

These homes will meet NHCF accessibility and energy efficiency targets and will serve a range of vulnerable populations including single mothers, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and

accommodation for matters which were caused by the previous Government of the day, which resulted in higher costs in many of our programs and services areas.

We take comfort that we are already seeing some relief in some budget lines (such as student transportation for the next budget year – a development that we welcome here in Eastern Ontario).

As well, just like the provincial government itself, all school boards are trying to establish the right balance between high quality service delivery and affordability.

The Board’s recent review of our Special Education program earlier this year achieved this outcome, resulting in the passing of several Board motions which will lead to program improvements for students with special education needs. Our decision to continue to provide additional resources beyond the current allocation of funding in this program area is certainly further confirmation of the Upper Canada District School Board putting the needs of students first.

Such is our case: we know exactly where our financial pressure points are in special education and student transportation. Consequently, the suggestion of applying taxpayer money for a further audit presents to us as an unnecessary duplication and an expensive exercise. In the case of the former, we have adopted for the next school year a delivery model which will vastly improve our fi-

nancial picture; as for the latter, there has been financial relief from the province for the next budget year to deal with future costs which will significantly reduce cost pressures.

Our position has always been to maintain a cooperative and positive partnership with you, the Minister of Education, and the current Government. We feel this approach best serves our students, their schools, and our local community. The Upper Canada District School Board is hopeful that we can return to a more productive dialogue with you, as one of the four provincial representatives that have electoral ridings aligned with the vast geography of our school board.

I remain available to meet at any mutually convenient date in the hope of furthering your understanding about the school board’s budget for 2019 / 2020 and the actions that the Board of Trustees was obliged to take this past June.

As well, you can count on our reaching out to you for our annual Autumn meeting.

As you know, this is a practice that we implemented as a board a few years ago so to ensure that our provincial representatives had the key information they need to advance our shared interests about publicly funded education at Queen’s Park.

Respectfully, John McAllister, Chair Upper Canada District School Board.

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County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing an investigation after a suspected fraud occurred in North Grenville, Ontario.

Grandparents Scam: On August 8, 2019, OPP officers were advised by a resident that they had been defrauded of a substantial amount of money by someone claiming to be their grandson. The fraudster said he was in an 'at fault' collision, and now required money to pay for legal expenses. The fraudster defrauded the victim out of over $9,000.

The OPP remind residents that, if you get a call or email from someone claiming to know you and asking for help, check to confirm that it's legitimate before you send any money.

Ask some questions that would be hard for an imposter to answer correctly - the name of the person's pet, for example, or the date of their mother's birthday. Contact the person who they claim to be directly. If you can't reach the person, contact someone else - a friend or relative of the person. Don't send money unless you're sure it's the real person you know.

Impostor scams are cleverly designed to play on your fears; it's hard to avoid falling for them. If you believe that someone is posing as a fraudster, hang up. You can file a complaint through the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Mischief to Old Kemptville Public School: On August 10, 2019, shortly after 1 am, OPP officers were called to the Old Kemptville Public School building on Reuben Street. There was a report of youth being spotted in the area and the sound of glass breaking. One window had been broken, but the building was deemed secure. This is the fifth time the building has been subjected to mischief or attempt to break in this year.

Excessive Speed: On August 11, 2019, at approximately 11:30 pm, Grenville County OPP officers conducted speed measuring enforcement in North Grenville and intercepted a vehicle for traveling at an excessive speed of 176 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone. The vehicle was impounded, and the driver’s license was suspended for seven days. The driver was charged with Stunt Driving under the Highway Traffic Act. If you have any information on the above investigation or any other, please contact Kemptville OPP detachment on 1-888-310-1122, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477, or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, you don't go to court, and you could earn cash reward.

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In the first year of this NHCF commitment, funding is intended to be allocated across nine provinces and one territory in support of the creation of 135 new homes and the repair of approximately 56 existing homes.

Under this first year commitment, Habitat for Humanity Peterborough will receive up to $3,183,250 in funding for thirty-five new homes within its Leahy’s Lane project, a unique 41-unit condo building meeting universal design standards. This will be Habitat for Humanity Peterborough’s largest multiresidential build and will serve as a model that can be rolled out to other Habitats across the country.

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Available free on Google Play and the App Store, the Canadian Red Cross First Aid App is filled with safety tips, instructional videos, and more. Better yet, much of its content is pre-loaded, so it will work whether you’re in the heart of the city or in the middle of the woods without data.

Build (or buy) a First Aid Kit: There’s more than one way to fill a first aid kit, but every good kit needs these few basics: bandages, gauze, tweezers, and vinyl/sterile gloves are all essentials.

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"Spend 15 minutes before you set out and look at your first aid kit. Often, the times you need it are when you’re stressed, someone has hurt themselves, or the conditions and environment are chaotic.

Before you leave, have a look at the first aid kit and make sure you’re comfortable with it." – Even if the weather feels cooler than it did in the dregs of July, that doesn’t mean you should skimp on the sunscreen. Even the shade can’t save you from a sunburn, so opt for at least an SPF 30 – and reapply every few hours, especially if you’ve been swimming or sweating excessively.

Be Bug Ready: The mosquitoes are buzzing, and they’ve brought along a few friends: ticks, horseflies and other biting bugs are at their busiest this time of year. The easiest way to avoid getting bit is with long sleeves and pants, but we realize “covering up” and “summer” don’t

in the rain during a hike. An apple could be enough to get you through the second half of your long bike ride.

While we’re not suggesting you bring a full picnic and wardrobe change with you every where you go this summer, some snacks, extra water and spare clothes can make a world of difference without taking up too much space.

When it comes to lifejackets or Personal Flotation Devices (PFD), close by isn’t close enough. If you’re planning on being out on the water, make sure you or your children have on a Transport Canada Approved lifejacket of PFD. Summer is best spent outside, so we hope these tips will encourage you to enjoy the outdoors while also preparing you for a possible emergency. To learn more about first aid, or to sign up for a course, visit our website.

always go together. So, if you’re still in shorts, avoid heavily scented products, carry an insect repellant, and know what to do if you’re bitten. Scared of Ticks? We can help.

Know Your Surroundings: If you’re going on a hike, consider going old school: bring a map, or a compass, because your smartphone might not always have a connection. If you’re hiking in the evening, bring a flashlight or headlamp, and before you leave, inform someone of your plans so they can help should something unforeseen happen.

Another expert tip from Don Marentette: "Be aware of where you’re going. Do your research on which animals are in the area, then you can do a quick search on what to do if there are bears, foxes, or coyotes. It’s good to know ahead of time."

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Canadian Tire and 73's gather sports equipment

Jason York at the Free Hockey Skills session he ran for Novice and Atom age kids from North Grenville. There were 30 kids at the session - boys and girls - they all came out smiling and sweaty!

by David Shanahan The initiative by Kemptville Canadian Tire, the Kemptville 73's, and the Kemptville District Minor Hockey Association to collect good used sports equipment on behalf of young people in the community who would otherwise not be able to participate in their favourite sport, has produced some great results.

Frank Hoffman, owner of out local Canadian Tire Store, had set up a hockey net in the vestibule of the store where people could drop off used hockey equipment. Frank, and the 73's, were really delighted with the response of the people of the community. The co-owners

of the Kemptville 73's, Paul Le Breux, Joe Jefferies, and Jason York, had headed the initiative, along with Frank Hoffman, and were delighted with the outcome. The equipment give-away was a success, and between 15 and 20 families were supplied with previously loved equipment for their kids. The organisers of the drop-off and giveaway plan to repeat the exercise, given the success of this first round.

“We’re going to do another give-away event at some point in September to coincide with the KDMHA hockey sort outs to hopefully give away the remaining equipment”.

The kids who received the equipment no longer have to worry about that initial cost of buying the expensive equipment needed to play the game.

Congratulations to Frank, the 73s and the KDMHA for a truly creative initiative, and

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The Mysterious Mr. Henderson Part 3: Secrets and lies in Kemptville

by David Shanahan For a few years in the 1830s, it looked as if the momentum for change lay with the Reformers. They were increasing their presence and influence in the Legislative Assembly, and men like John Henderson were hard at work promoting attractive innovations, such as the secret ballot in elections, the end of the Clergy Reserves and the power of the Anglican Church in Upper Canadian politics. It seemed all was going their way, until, that is, a new Lieutenant Governor arrived in the province and entered the fray on the side of the conservatives.

Francis Bond Head was an arrogant man of strong opinion and without any diplomatic background. Once an election was called in 1836, he quickly entered the fray by printing thousands of flyers in which he simply stated: “The people of Upper Canada detest democracy; they revere their Constitutional Charter; and are, consequently, staunch in allegiance to their King”. In his memoirs, Bond Head interpreted this statement most clearly. What he had asked the voters was: “Do you vote for the House of Assembly or for Sir Francis Head?, which amounted in plain terms to this, Are you for a republican government or are you not?

As each voter had to state aloud, in front of their employers, ministers and neighbours which way they were voting, this clarion call to reject the Reformers worked extremely well, and they found themselves in a minority in the Assembly.

This was too much for many extreme reformers, led by the

journalist-politician, William Lyon Mackenzie, and they took up arms in York (Toronto) in one brief and hopeless night of agitation. Some died, and the Reformers were seen as disloyal, American-loving republicans, opposed to the King and the country.

John Henderson, so far as we know, was not involved in Mackenzie’s sad adventure, though, as we saw in the first installment, he was soon writing from exile in Ogdensburg, seeking to join Mackenzie’s plans for invasion of Upper Canada. Was it the Rebellion that led to his departure from Kemptville, or was there some other factor involved?

We do know that there were a good number of residents of Kemptville at the time who supported Mackenzie, who visited the village on at least one or two occasions for public meetings. Henderson refers to those meetings in his letter. He says that he was not introduced to Mackenzie then, “as I was almost a stranger there at the time”.

But he went forward with Milo McCargar to guard the wagon from which Mackenzie addressed the people. By December, 1837, John Henderson was calling himself as one of “us poor refugees”.

Henderson says that his business partner, Baxter Bowman, “by devious and fraudulent transactions... extracted” the whole of his estate, amounting to around £3,000, some time around August, 1836. He was, he says, labelled “an infamous Rebell...driven from the Country by those Sainted hipocrits”.

But this happened, he says, almost six months before Mackenzie’s rebellion, so could there be another

story here? Henderson and Bowman owned 3.5 acres at what is now Curry Park, where they had a thriving, prosperous merchant store.

Then, in December, 1836, after Henderson says he was defrauded by Bowman, they sold the property to one, Albert Wallace, for £540. The very next month, Wallace sold the property back to Bowman only, for the same amount, £540. What happened to Henderson’s share?

In July, 1838, Bowman sold the property again, and again it was to Wallace, for the much greater figure of £1,000 - a very large increase in value in one year. Then something stranger happens to the property: Wallace sold it to Peter McGill in 1839, though no price is mentioned.

However, in 1842, we find Bowman selling the same land to Peter McGill, this time for £1,500. John Henderson had lost out on a very successful, albeit shady piece of real estate transactions.

But by then, the mysterious Mr. Henderson had left the stage of history, his ultimate destination unknown.

But the events in which he played such an interesting role in the little village of Kemptville had ramifications that lasted long after he was gone from the scene.

The property at Curry Park, worth so much in 1842, was mortgaged for only £150 in 1848, sold again in 1852 for just £230, and finally sold for taxes in 1893 for just $6.50. Nor did the fellowrepublicans of John Henderson all disappear with him: their legacy remains in one of Kemptville’s most historic buildings.

Next: Part 4: The legacy

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16th Annual Youth Centre Book Fair this weekend

DOWN 1. Lummox 2. Sexual assault 3. Sweeping story 4. Feudal worker 5. Staggers 6. The qualities of unselfish concern 7. Fearful people 8. Modify 9. Hate 10. Elaborateness 11. African virus 12. Exploded stars 13. Fangs 21. Church officer 25. Verse 26. Corpse 27. Curved molding 28. Diva's solo 29. Recalcitrant 34. Darkroom optical projectors 36. Two-toed sloth 37. Damp 38. Large North American deer (plural) 40. A single time 42. Not younger 45. Demesnes 48. Kingdom of the elves 51. A very proper person 52. Intended 53. Cloaked 55. Fate 58. Magma 59. Half-moon tide 60. Anagram of "Nets" 61. 57 in Roman numerals 62. Not nays

More than 20,000 books are currently being sorted and set up for our annual book fair event this weekend at the Ferguson Forestry Centre.

We are very thankful to the Ferguson Forest Centre for their continued support in providing us with not only the space to hold such a big event but also the ability to have early drop off and storage area of books leading up to the event.

We will be hosting our Exclusive invitation only Pre-Sale Event on Thursday, August 22, at the Ferguson Forestry Centre. Volunteers and sponsors are being invited to thank them for their continued support of the Kemptville Youth Centre.

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Lamble is sponsoring the Wine & Cheese Bar. Once completed, our Annual Book Fair will be ready for all of the community to come in and purchase their favourite books.

Held Friday, August 23 (12pm-6pm), Saturday August 24 (9am-6pm) and Sunday August 25 (9am-12pm), we are hoping to meet our goal of $20,000 to help pay for the Centre’s mortgage and building expenses.

Come by and support the Kemptville Youth centre by purchasing some great reading material at a cost of only $2 per book or 25¢ per children’s book.

We already have a long list of sponsors and supporters, which includes, The Law

Office of Connie Lamble, Grenville Mutual Insurance, Jansen Law, O’Farrell Financial, Pincott Business Finances, and the Rotary Club of Kemptville. Lunch will be provided to our volunteers

by Catered Affairs. We thank everyone who has supported us so far, especially our KYC youth, who have been sorting books to help us prepare for the sale. If you are interested in adding your business as a sponsor and get your name out to the many customers coming through the Book Fair, contact us today!

The Youth Centre is still looking for volunteers. If you are able to volunteer some time to sell books and restock shelves for any of the sale hours, or help with the massive tidy up session on August 25, from 12pm-7pm, we appreciate any time you can help! Volunteers interested in helping can email Lisha_tristram@outlook. com, or drop by to lend a hand at any time.

Your book donations, volunteer time and purchasing power will make the difference in the lives of local youth by paying for a space to play, learn and grow. For more information on the Book Fair, do not hesitate to contact KYC at any time, or visit our website at www. kyc.team.

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FOR SALE Liftmaster 1/2hp AC Chain Drive Garage Door Opener.

New $350 or bo. 613 713 3311 Covered swing 4 seats, table, mosquito net $500 firm.

613-258-0530 (35) Vintage Bar Stools Faux Leather and Chrome. Great Condition. 613 258 2272 (35) 2016-Chrysler 200 LTD. 3.6 l, 13,800 km $15,500 OBO 613 302-9463 (35) Curling equipment. Jackets: size large and children size 12 $20. each., shoes size 12 $20. , and size 10 $40., broom $20. Call 613 258 1842 (35) Decorative wood stove. Not certified. Very heavy. No delivery. 613-258-3851 (35) Hardwood for sale. Black walnut planks slabs logs jgwalnut@gmail.com. (34) FIREWOOD, HARDWOOD, 3 CORDS / LOAD, $110/CORD. CALL PETER 613-9130810 MIXED SEASON HARDWOOD$105/ CORD, 2 CORD MINIMUM DELIVERY.

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Building Lots For Sale, Tilly Lane, Oxford Mills, 613-2582100 Quality grass hay round bales for sale. Call Jon 613227-3650. (34) BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE, TILLY LANE, OXFORD MILLS, 613-258-2100 COMPLETE MECHANICS TOOL SET AND CABINET ON CASTERS 42 INCH HIGH,ELECTR.& AIR POWER WRENCH SETS 613/258-4519 (33) FREE, YOU PICK-UP AND MOVE, APARTMENT SIZE ELECTRIC YAMAHA ORGAN. EVENING 613 702-1278 CAN ALSO LEAVE MESSAGE. (33)

Solid wood furniture teak dining room set: draw leaf table, 4 chairs, buffet with cutlery drawers, glass-fronted display credenza. all in pristine condition. mahogany end table with drawer. occasional chair with white fabric seat. both excellent condition.vilas maple step table.maple cotoured coffee table with custom glass top.other: green velvet-covered swivel rocker. ge front-load washer, nearly new.call 613-258-3851 for dimensions and price Mixed seasoned firewood for sale, all hardwood, $110/3 3 cordminimum delivered, Jon 613-227-3650

HUNTER EDUCATION AND FIREARMS COURSE (ONE STOP) Starting Friday evening September 20 and all day on the 21st and 22nd in Burritts Rapids. Please contact Kerry Coleman at 613-258-7515 or kerrycoleman@xplornet.com

NEW CENTRAL AIR INSTALLED SO FOR SALE 3 AIR CONDITIONERS 613-821-6161 (33) ALUMINUM TRUCK TOOL BOX 71" X 14 " X 21". $120. 2582641. (33)

HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED Part Time Help

Multi-family garage sale 1202 French Settlement Kemptville Saturday August 17th 9AM to 4PM collectables, antique furniture, bike, something for everyone.

Tim Hortons seeking full-time team members. Days, evenings, weekends and overnights. Flexible hours, advancement opportunities, benefits, paid breaks and night premiums. Apply at th3755@hotmail.com or in person 301 Colonnade Drive, Kemptville.

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WANTED 250ml canning jars for the Eric Gutknecht Memorial Bursary Jam and Jelly Sales. The Bursary is a registered charity that has awarded $24,000 in bursaries to both North Grenville High Schools. Call Billy @ 613-258-4529 or drop off at 529 George Street East.

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Wanted experienced carpenter, capable of working unsupervised.

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Shipping & Receiving General Carpentry Help Call Kemptville Windows & Kitchen 613.258.7464 email:kwandk@bellnet.ca

FIREARMS AND HUNTING COURSES PAL; Sept. 6,7 Hunter Safety; Sept 13,14 Oxford Mills Further information: Tony Gundy 613 258 7816 or keewaytin@gmail.com

FOUND: Boys Bike, Supercycle 18 Speed, Dark Blue, Looks New 613 724-8556 ESTATE SALE Estate Sale, August 24 from 9 to 4, 405 Dumbrille Street, Kemptville.

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Rideau Glen Golf Club is looking for Clubhouse employess, full time and part time. Smart Serve Certificate required. Email your resume to therideauglen@gmail.com or drop it off at the ProShop.

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Awards and new deals for Cory M. Coons

Cory in full flight onstage.

Well-known local melodic roots rocker Cory M. Coons is no stranger to the music awards podium. His singles have earned him accolades at the Radio Music Awards and the World Songwriting Awards. His albums have been recognized at the International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA Awards), the Ottawa Sound Music Awards, The Los Angeles Music Awards and the Producer’s Choice Honors. Now, the prolific singer-songwriter has been nominated for one of independent music’s most prestigious awards, The Josie Music Awards.

Cory’s “The Long Road Home” has been nominated for Male Album of the Year at the 5th Annual Josie Music Awards. The Ron Nevison-produced collection was selected from more than 20,000 submissions in various categories. The Josie Music Awards ceremony

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will take place on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Dollywood Theme Park’s Celebrity Theater, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

I’m very honoured and excited to be among the nominees at the 2019 Josie Music Awards this September,” said Cory. “Thank you so much!”

“The Long Road Home” was produced by multi-platinum veteran music producer Ron Nevison, (Heart, Bad Company, Damn Yankees, Survivor, Styx, Night Ranger), along with additional stellar guitar work by musical cohort and engineer Marc D. Muir.

The award nomination coincides with the announcement of his new physical and digital distribution deal with MTS Records, an MVD Distribution Label partner. Cory’s music will be available online and in brick and mortar stores around the world, in independent stores and chains. A physical CD release

date of October 11 has been scheduled for the re-release of “The Long Road Home,” “Share A Little Time” (EP), and “Retrospective.” The digital titles, and additional single releases, are available online now. The single, “Long Road (Dead Man’s Dream)” is being promoted to radio and streaming outlets.

Cory’s influences are a collection of various genres like melodic rock and rootsrock, blended with hints of country-rock. He is a respected freelance guitar instructor in the local area at Rock My House Music Centre in Kemptville. Cory has opened and performed alongside such treasured National Canadian artists like April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Glass Tiger and David Wilcox. More info and videos can be found at Cory’s website: www.corymcoons. com, and on Facebook and Twitter at: www.facebook. com/cmc.music; and twitter. com/CoryMCoons1.

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by Jane Adams The BMO Bank of Montreal team has just delivered their second gift of $2,500 to the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation: part of a $7,500 pledge to support health care close to home. The money is being directed to the WDMH Foundation’s General Equipment Fund.

This year, the gift will be used support the purchase of equipment, such as the three new electrosurgical generators for the Operating Rooms. These generators are not the type one might use when the power goes out – they allow surgeons to control bleeding during procedures. The machines cost about $89,000.

“Thank you to BMO

for this incredible commitment,” says Kristen Casselman, the Foundation’s Managing Director.

“There were more than 4,760 surgeries at WDMH last year, and the electrosurgical generators were used for almost every one of them. This truly is the gift that keeps on giving!”

L a s t y e a r, B M O ’s $2,500 gift was directed toward the purchase of a new echocardiogram machine for WDMH’s expanded cardiac program. More than 1,000 echocardiograms have been performed at WDMH since the new machine arrived.

“At BMO, we are committed to fulfill our purpose to Boldly Grow the Good in Business and in Life. We are more than simply bankers,

we are people first, and our purpose makes a clear connection to banking and the impact we make together with our employees, communities and customers,” sums up Teresa Pagnotta, Regional Vice President, Seaway Market at BMO. “We are extremely proud to support WDMH for the purchase of equipment like three new electrosurgical generators, and we extend our very best wishes for the campaign’s every success.”

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by Bev Illauq Arguably the most fundamental gifts Creator has given human kind is the Earth in all its fullness and the kindness that reflects Creator that is intrinsic to the human spirit. It is the Indigenous cultures I have been immersed in more or less since the age of four, that have so clearly manifested this truth in my life.

When I was four, I was privileged to see a room full of the amazing things that had been presented to the Anglican Bishop of the Arctic, Bishop Donald Ben Marsh, over the 40 years he had lived and travelled with Inuit and Dene and Cree families in Canada’s Arctic.

Polar bear skins, a walrus skull complete with tusks, a spiralling narwhal tusk, sealskin rope and caribou kamiiks bespoke the Inuit culture, while beaver pelts, moose skin beaded gloves and a mounted wolverine bore witness the gifts given

by Dene parishioners to ‘The Bishop’ who spoke their languages and helped heal their sick, and learned the ways of his dog team and snow-house building from his ‘Indigenous’ (a.k.a.

Aboriginal or Native) friends and partners. These were simple and awe-inspiring signs of gifts shared, person to person, culture to culture – Gifts of earth and spirit given and Gifts of earth and spirit received. Kindness, gratitude, appreciation, solidarity, compassion – these were the words hanging back in the shadows of the room.

My first teaching position in Schefferville, P.Q., opened the doors of Matimakosh to me, the Naskapi reserve at the end of town.

There, it was the welcome and friendship and the rich wisdom of these families of my students that I recognized as absolute gift to me, a twenty something teacher

that was not only curious but in awe. I was awe-struck by their harmony with the land -they still camped for weeks at a time on the land, harvested caribou and fish and fox, and created and used items fabricated with animal parts and wood and knowledge steeped in generations of traditional community – and their generosity in sharing it with me. Gifts of culture given, and gifts of understanding and wisdom humbly received.

Working with Inuit students and the ‘fathers of Nunavut’ and their families who were living and working in Ottawa in the late 70’s and 80’s, and later in a position as editor of Inuktitut Magazine and a DIAND Cultural Development Officer, a door was opened to the amazing intricacies and subtleties of Inuit culture and language.

As a recreation counsellor and tutor running programs out of Inuit House in Ottawa, the YMCA, and all kinds of other venues, I was often thanked by the Inuit living in Ottawa. But my appreciative gratitude was far too immense to give it voice, and my Inuktitut at that time, unfortunately, was far too little to really explore the depths of all the gifts of time, talk and treasure given to me then. Gifts were freely given and freely received, in friendship, by playing and learning, and eating and ‘surviving the city’ all together.

Because I had so patiently been given gifts of language and culture, and the beginnings of understanding of the ‘Indigenous world view’, by the Inuit in Ottawa, I was ready to ‘go north for a year’. In the end, I lived in Clyde River (Kangirtugaapik) on the east coast of Baffin Island for 19 years.

Yes, it has been 30+ years of gifts given so very generously, and gifts received, haltingly and awkwardly at

first, and now more ‘fluently’. I am still learning - now from my four Nunavut Beneficiary Inuit children, and the many, members of our extended Clyde family who ended up in Ottawa, either as patients at Larga, or as one of the more or less 4,000 Inuit residents of the city.

And I still realize that I will never be able to match the generosity, and the faithfulness to love and to truth, of the Indigenous people I continue to meet along my life’s journey.

In 2019, we are celebrating two very significant things: The 20th Anniversary of Nunavut becoming the newest Territory of Canada, and the International Year of Indigenous languages. In honour of these two events, I am offering a series of gifts, being held out to each reader of the NG Times. Let’s explore together the amazing richness of our Indigenous heritage as a country. I wonder, will we Non-Indigenous Canadians, with all of our good-heartedness, be humble and ‘good’ enough to receive these gifts of earth and spirit, so freely given?

Beverly Illauq BA, BEd. OCT, CTRTC, is a mother and grandmother in an Inuk family with First Nations family connections. Beverly and her family live in Kemptville, Ontario, and remain connected with the Ottawa Inuit community, and with their home community of Clyde River.

For more information on Inuit culture and history: Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut, www. mqup.ca/uqalurait-products-9780773523418.php.

Seven Sacred Teachings: www.btgwinnipeg.ca/ uploads/5/2/4/1/52412159/ the_seven_sacred_teachings_.pdf.

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