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A local mask-maker has made her sixth donation since the pandemic started to local food banks, totalling $3300.

Debbie Amirault started the Mask2Mask Project last spring as a way to keep busy and give back to the local community. The idea was to not only provide affordable masks to the community, but also support the local food banks who have seen an

increase in clients due to the pandemic. Last Wednesday, she presented the House of Lazarus in South Mountain with a $500 cheque to support their food bank.

Debbie uses mostly donated fabric to create three styles of masks that she sells for $4 each. Every mask is 100% cotton and is made of three layers of fabric, including medical grade filter fabric. Masks are made to order so people have the chance to pick the style, co-

lour and pattern that they like best. Debbie says she has lots of women's fabric but would gladly take donations of men's and children's fabric, as well as solids.

Debbie has really enjoyed making masks for the past few months and being able to use all the proceeds to give back to the House of Lazarus and the Salvation Army Food Bank. The Mouth2Mouth Project has really taken off with Debbie receiving orders from as far away as

Brockville and Montreal. She estimates that she has made around 1500 masks to date.

"It's allowing me to give back to the community and that's the whole purpose of the project," she says.

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Unique online art auction benefits Winchester District Memorial Hospital

Carrie A. Keller (O’Neill) is a well-known local artist who has a unique idea to support the WDMH Foundation and help make our homes more beautiful at the same time. She is organizing a Facebook Art Auction, with proceeds going to the WDMH Foundation.

Carrie lives in Winchester and is a prolific painter. She

great opportunity and I hope it will be fun too.”

The online Facebook auction will take place throughout the month of April. Each day, a new painting will be posted, and viewers can begin bidding. Bidding will close each night at midnight. The next morning, Carrie will announce the winner and post a new painting.

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Gardening: What does this even mean?

by Joselyn Morley I was one of those kids who had no idea where or how a tomato grew! I have a great deal of sympathy for someone picking up a seed package who has no experience growing anything. People grow food and flowers for a lot of reasons.

It's nice to know where your food comes from, and freshgrown food tastes better and is better for you. Growing food helps us focus on seasonal eating. Flowers help the pollinators, are pretty, and some are edible.

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It's still too early to be planting anything outside but cool crops can be direct sowed as soon as the ground can be worked. Direct sowing is when you plant the seed directly in the ground, without starting it inside or buying a plant from a nursery.

Cool crops you can direct sow include spinach, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces, peas. When exactly the soil is workable varies. It depends on the drainage of your land, and which way your garden faces.

Higher ground in the sun will be workable earlier than lower ground in the shade. Make sure you are not planting seeds in puddles. Cool crops

growing peppers and tomatoes. Most root vegetables such as carrots or beets can withstand cool weather and a bit of frost.

Warm crops cannot handle frost at all. Some can't even tolerate low temperatures above freezing. These crops include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, which all need a jump on our growing season by starting them inside. Vines like cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and beans are also warm crops. Warm crops will wither and die at the first frost, whereas the peas and turnips will still live.

Cold will slow the growth rate down of even the most frost tolerant plant though.

Some plants that can't handle cold and frost, that have long growing seasons, don't like being transplanted, so you have to be extra careful.

Squash, pumpkins, or melons, for example, would benefit from a head start inside, but sometimes the shock of transplant will set them back, so that you're no further ahead.

Make sure you harden off your seedlings. You do this by exposing the young plants to the outdoors in gradual increments. Start them outside in the shade

can tolerate a bit of frost, and cold temperatures. They also grow best in cooler temperatures. Spinach or lettuce hate the high heat of July. It will bolt, which means it goes to seed and tastes very bitter.

That's why some people will start their kales and cabbage inside in March so that they can be planted outside once the ground is workable, and a good harvest can be had before the really hot days.

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for an hour or so, gradually increasing their time outside.

A fan beside your seedlings throughout their time indoors helps strengthen them, and also can help prevent some fungus problems. Most seedlings from stores are already hardened off, but ask to be sure!

Often your seed package will give you timelines for starting inside or direct sowing outside. When it says "after all danger of frost has passed", you know you're dealing with a plant that will shrivel and die if the mercury plummets. When it says "as soon as the ground can be worked" in spring, you know the plant will tolerate cold.

Climate change is making the weather more volatile, so we can get earlier or later frosts, and some oddly-timed super cold or extremely hot days.

We are in Zone 5 A or 5 B here, depending on where exactly you are, and on the micro-climates of your gardening space. The average last frost day is just that, an average! Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) gives our average last frost date here as May 11. That means that "50% of the time there will be

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no frost after that date." Last spring we had a hard freeze of minus 9 Celsius for a couple of nights in mid May! The package will tell you how close to sow the seeds, how deep to sow them, and how much you need to thin them for optimal growth.

Some seeds need to be soaked to germinate, and some need light. It is important to read the package for any special instructions.

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Eastern Ontario Regional Network awards

SDG Library branches $152-m contract for to Rogers for cell expansion reopen for short stays, The Eastern Ontario Re- with new services activated ville, County of Lennox and of up to 10 Mbps download. browsing gional Network (EORN) is as groups of towers are com- Addington, United Counties Since its inception, the spearheading a public-private partnership with Rogers Communications to improve cell service across the region.

Rogers was selected through a competitive bidding process to find a partner that would deliver the most coverage and improved capacity at the best value. Rogers is investing more than $150 million to improve cell services in the region.

This project is valued at more than $300 million and involves the construction of more than 300 new telecommunications sites and the upgrade of more than 300 existing sites over the next four to five years. Work is to be completed by 2025,

pleted. Construction plans are still being finalized.

Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $71 million each.

All municipal members of the Easter Ontario Warden’s Caucus (EOWC) and most of the Eastern Ontario Mayors’ Caucus (EOMC) have committed to the $10 million municipal share of funding.

Rogers Communications’ investments bring the total value of the project to more than $300 million. Rogers was selected through a competitive bidding process.

Some of the communities expected to benefit from this improvement are United Counties of Leeds and Gren-

of Prescott and Russell, and United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

The EORN is a non-profit created by the EOWC and works with governments and community organizations to improve and leverage cellular and broadband access.

From 2010 to 2014, EORN helped to improve broadband access to nearly 90 per cent of eastern Ontario through a $175 million public-private partnership.

The network was funded by federal, provincial and municipal governments and private sector service providers. As a result of the project, 423,000 homes and businesses are now able to access services

Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) has worked to support and advocate on behalf of the 750,000 property taxpayers across rural eastern Ontario. The EOWC covers an area of 45,000 square kilometres from Cobourg to the Quebec border, and includes 13 upper-tier and single-tier municipalities as well as 90 local municipalities. The EOMC is made up of the Mayors of the 11 urban municipalities (separated, single tier) of Eastern Ontario. The committee meets quarterly as a group with the municipal CAOs in attendance to discuss common issues relevant to municipalities in eastern Ontario.

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry launch branding campaign for the area

The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry are rolling out a new branding campaign that seeks to capitalize on our unique identity in eastern Ontario.

On Tuesday, March 30 the Counties launched‘We Are The Area’ – a social mediabased branding campaign that seeks to add identity to ‘the area’ as it relates to searchable online content specific to living and working in SDG.

The branding exercise will include the use of internally-produced graphics for use on the Counties’ social media channels (Twitter, Facebook). With input from economic development and tourism, the graphics will be issued once a week and cover County facts, agriculture, businesses, living, and tourism.

“When searching online for ‘Cornwall and area’ re-

sults focus on housing, real estate and business in our region,” said Warden Frank Prevost. “Our goal with this campaign is to create content that leverages this opportunity by telling short stories about ‘the area’ and the positive aspects of visiting, living and working in our region.”

The hashtag #whereontariobegan will be included on each of the graphics.

“There is a natural link

between our moniker ‘Where Ontario Began’ and this campaign,” said SDG Manager of Economic Development and Tourism Tara Kirkpatrick. “‘We Are The Area… #whereontariobegan’ This social media branding will link the two, helping to add to successes already being undertaken in SDG.”

BACKYARD ASTRONOMY

When Dinosaurs roamed

by Gary Boyle The Backyard Astronomer Turn back time to 230 million years ago when dinosaurs began roaming the earth. Some only relied on a plant-based diet while others were meat-eaters. For a long period, they ruled the lands beneath their feet, never knowing a different world displayed above their heads we call the cosmos. Imagine how dark the starry sky must have looked back then with the only light-pollution being an active volcano. It was March 31, 2021

during the Mesozoic era about 66 million years ago when the dinosaur’s last perfect day came to an end.

On that fateful day, a blinding light lit the sky as a ten-kilometre wide asteroid traveling close to 20km per second, collided with the earth. This event is a popular theory on what killed the dinosaur and 75% to 80% of all life on earth. Museums around the world proudly exhibit the fossilized remains of these once-mighty creatures. You might think this is

the only way to travel back to their time period but you would be wrong.

According to Einstein, the speed of light is the fastest thing there is. But even with a mind-boggling speed of 300,000 KM per second or seven and a half times around the earth in one second, it takes time for the photons of light to reach our eyes from great distances. The closest star other than the sun is Proxima Centauri which is about 4.2 light-years from us.

The bright star Sirius located to the lower left of Orion is 8.6 light-years away. Keep in mind that a light-year is about ten trillion kilometres.

In contrast, our moon is an average distance of 386,000 kilometres from us (1.3 lightseconds away, the sun is 150 million kilometres (8.3 lightminutes away). Even the light from Saturn takes 90 lightminutes to travel from its farthest point from us at about

1.6 billion kilometres away.

These pale in comparison to the remote galaxies like our Milky Way which individually hold 200 billion to 400 billion stars or more. Today’s amateur telescopes help reveal these distant islands of stars residing tens to hundreds of millions of light-years away. Over my observing career, I have seen many of these faint objects whose light left the time dinosaurs were running around. Viewing vast objects such as these and knowing how long their light has taken to reach us cannot be put into words. The farthest galaxy I have seen with my telescope is catalogue number IC4617. It is located in the constellation Hercules and resides an astonishing 500 million light-years from us. The light left this galaxy after the Cambrian Explosion occurred on earth which saw a burst of life in the oceans some 550 million years ago.

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The SDG Library has reopened for short stays and browsing collections.

Six Library branches, including Alexandria, Crysler, Ingleside, Lancaster, Morrisburg, and Winchester are included as part of this announcement.

The MakerLab in Finch is available for access by appointment. Curbside pick-up services will continue at all other branches.

Additional hours have been added at the Chesterville, Iroquois, and South Mountain branches.

The SDG Library continues to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 in our region and up-to-date information on the services available and hours of operation can be found at sdglibrary.ca/limited-branch-access.

Patrons should continue to contact their local branch to find out the process for picking up items or accessing services.

Supporting teens mental health

by Jamie Wilson, North Dundas High School In March, Spirit Week replaced what would have been March Break in a typical year. On some of the days, we saw participation numbers higher than we have seen so far this year.

The staff here at North Dundas is truly a force to be reckoned with. They turned out the highest participation. The only grade that was able to beat the staff was the grade 12s on twin day!

Of the students, the grade 11s managed to have the highest participation for three of the five days, also having the highest overall student participation of the week. It was wonderful to see students having fun with the days. Photos from the spirit days can be found on the school’s Facebook page.

On March 26, North Dundas was wearing Plaid for suicide awareness. The turbulent teen years are packed full of changes and stressors that would be hard on anyone, let alone the vulnerable, developing brain of a teenager. Teenagers are admitted to the hospital for suicide attempts more than any other age group. This number has tripled during the Covid-19 pandemic, making now more than ever an important time to focus on this issue. It is estimated that two thirds of those who die from suicide never received any mental health services.

This is why it is imperative to bring awareness to this issue.

The goal is to create an environment at school and in the world where teenagers feel safe and are provided with the mental health resources they require. The first step to achieving this goal is raising awareness and showing our support for all those who have lost a loved one to suicide, or who have attempted suicide themselves. You are not alone; your North Dundas family stands with you.

Even the Pleiades star cluster (the heart of Taurus the Bull) is thought to have formed during the Cretaceous period, a mere 100 million years ago.

Some distant stars may have already exploded long ago to which we are looking at their ghosts. So the next time you gaze up at night, imagine what events were occurring here on earth during that period.

Till next time, clear skies.

Known as “The Backyard Astronomer”, Gary Boyle is an astronomy educator, guest speaker and monthly columnist for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

He has been interviewed on more than 50 Canadian radio stations and local Ottawa TV. In recognition of his public outreach in astronomy, the

International Astronomical Union has honoured him with the naming of Asteroid (22406) Garyboyle. Follow him on Twitter: @astroeducator or his website: www. wondersofastronomy.com

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Gratitude may be the key to sustainability

by Lorraine Rekmans Last week, researchers were thrilled to be discussing a piece of leather from an 800-year-old moccasin found in a Utah cave. This piece of history is keeping researchers busy retracing the ancient steps of the Dene people. This story is a crossroads of where science meets Indigenous oral history, as many of the Indigenous stories support scientific research on tracing the route of the Dene people.

This news comes at a time while I am in the midst of reading Braiding Sweetgrass, by botanist,

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, What is wrong with this township? We have a weak council and a Mayor without a back bone. 500 acres of land was sold this winter south of Inkerman. It has 25 acres of bush in the center, and it is being cleared now. 170 acres just sold north of Inkerman, with 45 acres of bush probably to be cleared. A year ago, when my wife asked the Mayor what the township could do to protect the tree cover we have in the township, he replied with something to the effect, “We have a policy, we just haven’t implemented it yet”. Greed and credit have driven up the price of farmland. Now at a level way beyond a profit level, so only people with old money or net worth can purchase. Then

Robin Wall Kimmerer. I am always struck by the fact that Indigenous peoples have occupied this land known to some as “Turtle Island,” and to others, “Canada”, for thousands of years.

Thought is emerging constantly about sustainability, and what it actually means, and how we can practice it in our daily lives.

As we recognize the growing stressors on our lands, waters, and environments, the question becomes more and more prevalent. As we moved into this pandemic, for the first time since the Great Depression, (aside from the energy crisis of the 1970s) we were concerned about shortages.

How many times did we see the shelves looking bare at the supermarket? It was unsettling. It makes the work of achieving sustainability more urgent.

Some say, we do not inherit this land from our ancestors, but that we bor-

row it from our children.

In Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, she talks about reciprocity with the land that sustains us. She explains that Indigenous land based cultures practiced in traditional law, reciprocity.

The merits of a people living on a land base for thousands of years, sustaining themselves, their languages and cultures and using the resources available to them is something that is capturing the interest of researchers who are looking into sustainable resource use practices.

In forest management in particular, there is much local traditional ecological knowledge amongst Indigenous peoples who live in the various forested regions of Canada, because many of these communities are longstanding and able to recount the longest histories of a particular region.

What Kimmerer talks about in her book is not so much what people did with

local resources, or how they used them, but it was the manner in which they did it that was significant.

Most traditional practices in Indigenous cultures are based on what is often called, the original set of instructions. Based on creation stories, the world was essentially created and filled with other species before human beings arrived. Human beings were known as the “Younger Brothers of Creation.” As a result, they understood that the teachers of how to live in this place would be the other species who came before. They learned that in order to flourish, there was a need for reciprocity with the land, there had to be give and take. They looked to the earth as a Mother, that provided everything they needed from Berries, to Fish, to Cedar and plant medicines.

In the Haudenosaunee tradition, there is a protocol to greet each day, that

Ontario supporting Hospitals with they want even the bushland funding during COVID-19 to go into production. We complain about the deforestation in South America but do nothing about Eastern Ontario. It is all around us: South Dundas, Grenville, and Stormont. For 10 years we have planted trees on this farm trying to fill in our fence rows. The trees will slow the wind and erosion, hold the moisture and a home for bugs and birds. The 50 Million Tree Program is not going to be able to keep pace with this destruction. Come on people we voted these people in and their job is to work for us.

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must step up and support them. We need to ensure that our hospitals remain viable and are there for people long after COVID-19 has been beaten."

To ensure Ontario's hospitals remain on stable financial footing at a critical time, $696.6 million in funding will be allocated to help cover historic working funds deficits for qualifying public hospitals, with a focus on small, medium as well as specialty and rehabilitation hospitals that carry a large fiscal strain due to their unique situations and historical funding challenges.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all hospitals have felt financial challenges not only through direct costs, but also through the loss of other forms of revenue such as co-payments for private rooms and the reduction of retail services, all of which contribute to patient care and support clinical services. In order

MPP Jim McDonell Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry The Ontario government is providing more than $1.2 billion to help Ontario's public hospitals recover from financial pressures created and worsened by COVID-19.

This investment will ensure hospitals can continue to provide the high-quality patient care Ontarians need and deserve.

The funding was announced by Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board.

"Hospitals have been at the centre of the pandemic from day one providing excellent care for our sick and vulnerable, and responding to the various outbreaks without hesitation," said Premier Ford. "Clearly, this additional care comes at a cost, so as a government we

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is based on a very long thanksgiving address that is called the “Words That Come Before All Else.” It is a statement of gratitude directed to everything in the world that shares its gifts. It includes, wind, rain, sun, moon, water, plants, rocks, etc... It is a thank you for all things in creation. It is based in gratitude and a sense of belonging in creation with all other species.

As science continues its research and continues to explore Indigenous cultural traditions and practices, we will become more informed on best practices in living sustainably. When we look to developing sustainable systems in using the natural resources around us, gratitude for what the earth provides, may just be the key to ensuring what we borrowed from our children, can be returned to our grandchildren for generations to come.

to help address these fiscal challenges the province is setting aside $572.3 million to reimburse qualifying portions of these losses.

The pandemic has put pressure on the health care sector and amplified preexisting problems.

Ontario currently spends more on Ontario's public hospitals than it receives in federal funding.

The Ontario government will continue to work in collaboration with the federal government, and with other provinces and territories to ensure the Canada Health Transfer is increased and Ontarians get the quality health care they deserve.

"Our priority since the start of the pandemic has been clear - protecting people's health. That means ensuring hospitals and the health care system have the capacity they need to care for people," said Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance and President of the

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“We need to support our hard-working health and medical professionals as they continue to provide high-quality care to all Ontarians, ensuring that we maintain our quality of life,” said Jim McDonell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. “Healthy people are essential for a healthy economy.”

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The Honourable Andrew Broder Parliamentary Representative for Dundas County

10, 1918), his focus was to "bettering agricultural Conditions" in Dundas County.

We also know that his life was not all politics. On March 11, 1884, he married Caroline Summers of Winchester Township and on June 1, 1885, his son Harry was born. On March 13, 1888, their son Fred arrived, followed by William Broder in Morrisburg on April 29, 1893.

On the first of May 1895, their daughter Carrie was born.

Sadly, his wife Caroline died the next day, likely from complications of the birth. We do know that from 1892 to 1896 he was living in Morrisburg and acted as the Collector of Customs for the Federal Government.

We have no idea why he was motivated to enter the political arena again, but in 1896 he resigned from his Customs Collector Post and ran for the Federal House of Commons.

He held his Conservative seat in the Canadian Parliament from 1896 until he retired in 1917. In 1916, he became a member of the Privy Council.

In his obituaries in the Winchester Press and the Chesterville Record, both on January 10, 1918, he is referred to as the "Abe Lincoln" of Canada, because he said he governed for the common man. He also shared Lincoln's mission to be honest and true to his cause.

One report stated that: "his natural humor, genial disposition and cheery manner endeared him to a very wide circle of friends". One such friend was fellow Dundas County resident Sir James Whitney, the Premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914. The Ontario Archives has quite a collection of correspondence between the two men. He died of heart failure according to his death certificate. He is buried in Mariatown beside his wife Caroline.

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by Susan Peters, with a new baby born every Dundas County Archives Andrew Broder is one of couple of years, Andrew bethose men in history who has ing the eldest child. Not much generated such a level of re- is known about his life in spect that municipalities have Quebec. We do know that named streets (and an island according to the STORY in the St Lawrence) after him, OF DUNDAS, he left home and yet the current population at age 17 to engage in farm generally has no idea who he work in Massachusetts near was. Andrew, or Andy, as his Boston. After this he studfriends called him, embraced ied in Huntington, Quebec all of Dundas County. He and then later at the Malone was born of Irish immigrants Academy in New York. He in Franklin County Quebec. was also serving the militia They had emigrated from in the Fenian Raids of 1866.

Northern Ireland to forge In 1868, he had moved to their way in the world. It is West Winchester and had not known when they left established himself as a merIreland, or why, but they were chant, as well as a farmer. in Canada East, or Quebec, by Unfortunately, newspapers of April 16, 1845, when Andrew this early era are pretty rare for these dates, so I was not was born there.

There was a steady flow able to locate any ads for his of immigration from impov- business. While it is known erished Ireland to Canada that he was a merchant, it is during the early 1800s. Many not known what he sold.

In 1875, Andrew Broder came to this area in the 1820s to work on building the ca- decided to become a politinal system. While the Irish cian. His motivations toward Potato Famine brought the this are totally speculative. largest level of immigration, In any case, he was elected this did not really begin until to represent Dundas County 1845. This was caused by in the Ontario Legislature a fungus that attacked the as a Conservative Member. potato crop. The problem A report on his history with with this was that it was the the Legislative Assembly main food source of the poor of Ontario indicates that he tenant farmers. The fungus served Dundas County becould wipe out entire fields tween January 18, 1875 and of potatoes in a very short November 15, 1886. During time, and it spread throughout this time, he served on a numIreland between 1845 and ber of Committees including 1852. By 1847, it wiped out Municipal Law and Printing. the majority of the diet of the According to his obituary in tenant farmers. Potatoes were the Winchester Press (January not only the major aspect of their diet, they were also how they paid their rent to the land owners. Many of these tenant Excellent quality pure farmers were struggling long maple syrup and maple products before the potato famine.

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The Scoop on Equine ‘Therapy’: Mental Health and horses, know what you’re getting, and what you’re not

By Heather Sansom With the attention on mental health these days, rural areas like this one offer many nature related resources for wellbeing, including horses.

Therapeutic benefits of activity with horses are supported by research. Yet, the field is actually not well regulated.

Equine therapies include three distinct areas: equine assisted learning (EAL), equine assisted therapy (EAT), and ‘therapeutic riding’.

It is becoming trendy for equine services to market to mental health, especially trauma and autism. Most trust that the service provider has the right professional credentials. However, they may not.

Because of lack of controls in the equine and wellness industries, service providers may be working outside of scope, not knowing ‘what they don’t know.’ A conscientious service provider is well aware of the limits of their scope of practice.

In therapeutic riding, participants usually have physical or cognitive disabilities, and do actually ride on the horse. The activity leaders in Ontario are usually trained through the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association (CanTRA) specifically to teach riding to people with cognitive and physical issues.

Equine learning (EAL) and equine therapy (EAT) facilitators by contrast, have no training through those credentials for mental health, disability, or for teaching riding.

EAL is not therapy. Although covered by some health insurances as an alternative therapy, it is not technically therapy. Service providers entering into therapy conversations are open to legal liability and put service users at risk since the provider is not trained in mental health. Facilitators are not trained, authorized, or insured for providing mental health service. EAL training is used as therapy only if there is a credentialed mental health professional involved in person.

EAL training consists of a few days or weeks of professional development. There is no consistent quality control because there is no governing body for credentialing or training in it. Anyone with a good marketing plan can create a program and ‘certificate’. The training has few pre-requisites, so people obtaining certificates may have no prior formal training in facilitating learning, working with horses, or instructing people to safely work with a horse. The training is not a credential in professional

system in Canada unless they learned it through other professional development.

Services users should not enter into mental health symptom or therapy type conversations with a non-trained service provider. With no governing body, EAL providers cannot be accountable for what mental health or equestrian coaching bodies would consider ‘mental health malpractice’. Even if covered by insurance, it would not be considered therapy in a liability case.

It is illegal in Ontario to provide mental health therapy without the appropriate credentialing. In addition to mental health credentials, professionals require training in the specific therapy methods used.

In Ontario, several professional designations may legally offer mental health/ psychotherapy. Psychologist and Registered Psychotherapist designations imply extensive formal training built into their degree programs.

Other professionals are allowed to offer counselling and psychotherapy, provided they have the appropriate training beyond their standard degree. These include medical doctors (including psychiatrists), nurses, occupational therapists, and social

horsemanship, or mental health.

Neither EAL nor EAT should involve riding unless a qualified person is present physically in the session, trained and insured to provide riding instruction, usually through Equestrian Canada (EC), CanTRA, Centered Riding, Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), and Pony Club. Rider level certificates from EC or other bodies are the equivalent of swim badges, and not equestrian instruction credentials.

Conversely, riding instructors are not qualified or insured for mental health (EAT) or EAL, unless they have the relevant equine activity training and therapy qualifications. The public does not generally know that unlike many sports, credentialing in equestrian coaching is not mandatory, creating inconsistency in sport instruction and use of safety protocols. If a riding coach is credentialed, their website will usually say so.

The traditional route to becoming a riding coach was the informal mentoring system, and it created many excellent horsemen and women.

However, those taking this route do not typically get the pedagogical, safety, or sport development training more on par with the general sport

workers. Short of asking the provider to show you their credentials, you can tell if a program is run by a mental health professional based on the marketing and service fee structure. Mental health professionals are not allowed to take prepayment, offer discounts, wear two service hats (ie. therapy, and pony party for your family), or connect socially with clients (including social media ‘friending’).

To summarize, the following clarifies some local area equine services offering EAL, EAT, or therapeutic riding, based on their formal training and credentialing.

Fawg Forest: Offers EAT. Mental health nurse. Equine/ animal training unknown.

Tranquil Acres: Offers EAL, EAT, riding. Registered Psychotherapist. No riding coaching or therapeutic riding credentials.

Ottawa Neurofeedback Centre: Offers EAT. Psychologists and mental health therapists in partnership with a riding school. Not clear if therapists physically present at sessions. Riding school does not have formal riding coach credentials. No EAL, EAT, or therapeutic riding credentials known.

Move Your Mind: Offers EAT, EAL, Riding. Formal credentials for all three (EC

coaching, EAL training, Registered Psychotherapist) Healing Minis: Offers EAT. Mental health designation: Social worker (MSW).

No formal equestrian professional training. No EAL training known.

TROTT Lanark County Therapeutic Riding: CanTRA credentialed for therapeutic riding. Not mental health therapy. Not EAL Royale Equestrian: Offers therapeutic riding marketed to trauma and autism. Riding instruction training is through informal mentoring. Not certified coach. No known EAL/ EAT, mental health, autism, or therapeutic riding training or credentialing known.

Heather Sansom, PhD, is a Kemptville area Registered Psychotherapist, certified riding coach, recreation therapist, and outdoor leader with EAL training. Her PhD research was in equine based learning and mental health.

She formerly directed the national rider and coach training programs for Equestrian Canada, and has presented on the equine industry, equestrian instruction, mental health, and EAL at national and international conferences.

Supreme Court of Canada rules Carbon Pricing Law constitutional: Intervenors for rights of women and girls welcome the decision

The Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment declaring the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act constitutional is a victory for women and girls.

Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta went to court over the Act arguing that it was unconstitutional because Ottawa was stepping into provincial jurisdiction. The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) and Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE) intervened in the case to encourage the court to uphold the Act because climate change negatively impacts women’s equality rights and the Act is central to Canada’s efforts to reduce its GHG emissions.

Legislation requiring a minimum national level of carbon pricing across the country ensures that all governments in Canada are acting within their capacity to mitigate climate change and curb the resulting negative impacts on women and girls. This decision upholds one of the central March 31, 2021

policies needed for the federal government to meet Canada’s international targets under the Paris Agreement and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

NAWL and FOE are pleased to see the Supreme Court affirm that the federal government has the constitutional authority as part of its Peace Order and Good Government power to enact a national minimum standard to ensure the country’s GHG emissions are reduced. The Supreme Court recognized that “climate change is real... and it poses a grave threat to humanity’s future” and recognized that these matters are of national concern when there are grave extra-provincial consequences. The SCC noted that the impacts of climate change will be borne disproportionately by vulnerable communities and regions in Canada, which justify the limited constitutional impact on provincial jurisdiction.

The SCC recognized that

carbon pricing is a critical measure for the reduction of GHG emissions, and critical to our response to an existential threat to human life in Canada and around the world.

Carbon pricing generates revenues that, after rebates to taxpayers, can support equality-advancing government programs that will benefit women, girls, and other equality-seeking groups.

“The climate crisis will impact everyone, but individuals and groups that already face systemic inequality will be disproportionately impacted, since climate change can exacerbate existing inequalities and create new forms of discrimination,” says Nathalie Chalifour, Co-Counsel for NAWL and FOE. “Women have unique vulnerabilities to some climate change-related health impacts, like heat stress, but they are also disproportionately impacted by climate change due to gendered social and family roles,

lower average incomes, and existing discriminatory policies and cultural attitudes.”

“Women are also at risk of experiencing an increased strain and workload caring for sick or injured family members in the context of climate-related extreme weather events,” says CoCounsel, Anne Levesque.

“This increased strain can translate to less participation by women in the workforce, a trend Canada has already seen in the fallout of COVID. As well, violence against women often flares up in the aftermath of natural disasters, the frequency and severity of which will be greater as a result of climate change.”

“Today's decision is important. It's a victory for women and girls and all Canadians.

It ushers in an era of climate legislation and regulation unimpeded by the fossil fuel industry and its political surrogates", said Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the

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Earth Canada. “We congratulate the Government of Canada and thank our co-counsels and all those who intervened on behalf of climate justice."

“Today’s decision marks the end of a partisan battle which has diverted time and resources away from the important work of fighting climate change”, says Tiffany Butler, Executive Director of NAWL. “Now it is time to ensure all governments focus on working collaboratively to address the threat of climate change in a way that upholds the rights of women and girls.”

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Sustainability: How exactly do I rewild a patch of my lawn or garden anyway?

by Joselyn Morley There's a lot of interest right now in rewilding. It's a pretty complex subject, and can mean a lot of things, from dismantling dams to allow fish and wildlife to travel the river, to providing a hospitable environment for a reintroduced species. It's easy to get bogged down in discussion because there's a lot of biologists and scientists talking about it. But

if I'm just an ordinary person with a bit of a lawn or garden, and I want to attract some butterflies, or help out some bees and other pollinators, how do I go about doing that?

Gradually, people are realizing that maintaining a short, monoculture crop of non-native grass out in front of their house is not ideal.

Monoculture does not support life. It does not provide a place for native insects and

animals, requires a lot of water, pesticides, and herbicides, and takes a lot of time that could be spent doing fun stuff! But, if you just stop mowing a lawn, chances are you will get some nasty looks from your neighbours, and possibly a ticket from bylaw.

No one is suggesting that you abandon your lawn to a future of wild parsnip and burdock.

One of the best things you can do to begin to shift from

high-maintenance grass is to begin to add some clover.

The Dutch White or the mini purple clover both work well.

Dutch White Clover will stay green while a lawn of grass becomes brown in the dry heat of July. Clover takes less water, and needs little to no mowing. It only grows between 2 to 5 inches. Many people mow it in mid-summer to deadhead it, and keep it looking tidy. When you do mow it, you do not have to bag it. Use the mulch blade on your mower if you have one, but even without a mulch blade, it will still look good.

Clover is a nitrogen-fixing legume. Essentially, it creates its own fertiliser, and stays green. Furthermore, if it's planted into existing grass, it keeps the grass healthier and greener. It never needs herbicides. It is robust, and will usually keep out "weeds."

It attracts beneficial insects, both pollinators, and parasitic wasps. Parasitic wasps are tiny and harmless to humans.

They feed on un-beneficial bugs like aphids. They also decimate insects like the tomato hornworm by laying its eggs in the hornworm.

If you have a taste for the gruesome, google it! Clover grows well in poor soil, and doesn't go brown when a dogs visit your lawn. Clover is the ideal ground cover for people who would like to help out the pollinators and butterflies, but still want the look of a more traditional lawn. Clover is great on a budget, for the seeds are cheap, and it doesn't

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Dandelions are the first food for pollinators, so leave them if you can. You can eat their tender leaves in the spring too. Try to choose native plants for ground cover, or for your wildflowers. Once you start growing some wildflowers, add a birdbath, or some bird houses. A lot of people feed the birds in winter, but there are a lot of native birds who need insects to survive; insects that are harmless to us, and that live in wild-flowers.

We need diversity in both plants and animals. Even a little re-wilded area helps.

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The Township of North Dundas wishes to thank all applicants who apply, however, only those being selected for an interview will be contacted. We will accommodate the needs of qualified applicants in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act during the hiring process.

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Natural magnesium from the sea

Isak Dinesen, author of the great book “Out of Africa”, wrote, “The cure for anything is sea water.” Human physiological and environmental circumstances today suggest merit in Dinesen’s advice to look to the sea for replenishment of key minerals. Magnesium is one of the most important minerals that too many people are neglecting, and a good place to source it – whether in diet or supplement – is from the sea.

Mineral deficiencies can sometimes cause minor problems. But they can also become lethal. Studies show that magnesium deficiency can range from 33% in young people to 60% in adults. This is the result of depletion in the amount of magnesium in the soil, as well as an increase in consumption of processed foods.

Magnesium is required for over 300 metabolic reactions in the body. It’s also nature’s dilator, helping to

keep arteries open. This fights hypertension and spasm of coronary arteries. It also has a vital function in maintaining the heart’s normal rhythm.

By making platelets more slippery, and therefore less susceptible to blood clotting, the chance of heart attack and stroke decreases.

Each beat of the heart depends on a complex electrical system that must be in sync for survival. Low blood magnesium tosses a monkey wrench into the process causing an irregular heart rate (atrial fibrillation). Adding magnesium often restores the normal beat. Today, a worldwide epidemic of diabetes creates a huge health problem. Studies show that since magnesium helps to control blood sugar, patients with low magnesium have an increased risk of this disease.

And it is a critical mineral for maintaining bone health.

Since magnesium is involved in several hundred metabolic reactions, it’s not surprising

than magnesium oxide. And since it contained 33 percent of elemental magnesium, more potent than the chloride version.

The recommended dietary allowance of magnesium varies, generally increasing with age. For typical adults, if supplementing, a good approach is to take 250 mg with food daily or whenever this key mineral is not being regularly consumed at recommended levels. Some people may benefit from higher doses, but the dose should be split up during the day. Magnesium can have a relaxing effect, so sounder sleep may result from a second dose at dinnertime.

Magnesium at these low doses rarely results in diarrhea.

But it can help those who are constipated. If diarrhea does occur, decrease the dose.

Isak Dinesen was right.

The sea helps to sustain life and is the source of minerals that can improve our health.

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that deficiency is associated with muscle weakness and twitching, sleep issues, fatigue and confusion.

But what makes seasourced magnesium the perfect magnesium? Sea water has an amazing similarity to the plasma portion of human blood. Although we cannot drink sea water because of its salt content, it does contain the entire range of minerals needed by humans.

This led an Irish company to develop a method of extracting these minerals from clean sea water to make the multi-mineral complex called Aquamin Mg that is low in sodium.

Then Aquamin Mg was compared to other forms of magnesium. For example, magnesium oxide is the most potent, but not well absorbed.

Magnesium chloride is well absorbed but low in magnesium content. Aquamin Mg was found to offer the best of both. It was several times more soluble and absorbable

Baldwin’s Birds

Hello Readers, I hope all of you are fit and well and enjoying the first warming rays of the beautiful spring sunshine. It makes all the difference to our perspective of life, in general, and certainly has an effect on our wildlife, especially the ones who migrate, twice a year.

Many of our winter visitors are no longer evident, such as the Redpolls who have disappeared in the main, but a few stragglers are still feeding this morning. They haven't been replaced yet by the Gold Finches, or Hummingbirds, but a few returning Redwing Blackbirds have been skittishly flitting into the feeders and about in the adjacent Pine trees. Our resident birds are

still very much in evidence, such as Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Grey Juncos, Chickadees, Rock Pigeons and two types of Nuthatch and Woodpeckers, so all is not lost from a bird viewing perspective. The overhead honking of the northward bound geese adds to the wonder of life, as it goes on each year, at this time, for us all to step back and ponder,-- how do they and all those other types of birds and butterflies, travel all those kilometers/ miles in their quest for either food, or a place to breed!?

Stay safe and well.

Cheers, John Baldwin

ND Council meeting report

Ride For Dad fundraiser the municipality controls.

New rules for SNCA

by South Nation Conservaby Joselyn Morley winner gets African Jackie said that many muBill Smirle, Past Chair tion, is the first one in Ontario nicipal councils have Agricul- and current Public Represen- involving two municipaliMotorcycle Trip The Council of the Town- tural Advisory Committees, tative for Stormont Dundas ties. It is considered by the ship of North Dundas held its and there is already a formal Glengarry, South Nation Con- province to be an example to of a Lifetime regular meeting on March 23. process for striking a com- servation Authority, presented be followed going forward.

Jackie Pemberton, Director of Zone 11, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) and Ryan DeVries, newly elected president of Dundas Federation of Agriculture (DFA), presented to Council remotely due to the pandemic.

The Council Chambers provide plenty of room for distancing for Mayor, council, staff, and press, but two out of three delegations on Tuesday evening were presented remotely.

Farmers ask for Committee of Council Jackie Pemberton spoke about the role of the OFA as working for landowners, but also as working for rural municipalities. The population of rural and agricultural areas is older, and declining.

Agriculture isn't necessarily represented at municipal tables, as there are fewer people involved in agriculture now.

Jackie encouraged the Council to engage with farmers early and often because they are affected by much of what March 31, 2021

mittee should this Council wish to do this. She reminded Council that the request that Council establish an Agricultural Advisory Committee was made in March of 2016.

Many decisions made by Council affect the farmers of North Dundas. She would like to see regular communication between the OFA, the DFA, and the Council.

There is an expected shortage of 47K agricultural workers by 2025. The Foreign Workers Program started in the 1960s was never intended to be permanent. Jackie introduced two new online resources: Feeding Your Future website, focusing on connecting people to jobs in the agri-food industry, and Always in Season project which presents a tool kit intended to help market local food.

She reminded Council that OFA is there to help council, including in obtaining provincial funding for rural or agricultural infrastructure development.

his report in person. The Ontario government made some arbitrary changes to the Conservation Act, which stipulate that the majority of the local representatives on the Boards of the Conservation Authorities must be elected representatives. Up until now, the Council has been allowed to appoint representatives from their residents. This often meant that the person going to represent the area was well versed in conservation issues, which not all municipal councillors necessarily are. One or two representatives who are appointed by a Council are still allowed, but a letter must be written to the Minister, and specific permission obtained, to allow someone knowledgeable such as Bill Smirle, to continue serving as representative on the South Nation Conservation Authority's Board.

The Natural Heritage Study currently being developed as a joint project with SD & G and Prescott Russell,

The study is identifying and mapping core natural heritage areas and wildlife corridors. Chesterville Dam is the largest such structure on the South Nation River. This year a planned $80K project to replace and update the log lifters is being undertaken.

2.1% decrease in taxes The 2021 Budget was passed. There will be a 2.1% decrease in taxes this year for the residents of North Dundas. This will be shown in the municipal portion of the tax bill. A homeowner with a $400K home will see a decrease of $34 on their municipal tax bill. Property values are currently skyrocketing. The next MPAC assessments will most likely reflect this dramatic increase, which will subsequently translate into higher assessed values, which will mean a higher tax bill.

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Ride For Dad Canada is pleased to announce that Vince Zandbelt of Winchester, Ontario is the winner of its 2020 fundraising contest. Vince has won a 14-day African motorcycle adventure trip courtesy of Renedian Adventures Global Motorcycle Expeditions. Vince was one of the top fundraisers in Canada, raising over $17,000 through the Ottawa Motorcycle Ride For Dad Chapter.

"Volunteer fundraisers have been the lifeblood of the Ride For Dad fight against prostate cancer for over 20 years. We are humbled by the incredible efforts undertaken by Vince and hundreds of volunteers across Canada during these very challenging times. Prostate cancer didn't stop for COVID-19 and neither did the Ride for Dad fight," stated Rob Taylor, Executive Director of Ride For Dad Canada.

Ride For Dad fundraisers received one entry into the contest draw for every $100 raised in pledges during the fundraising season that concluded on October 31, 2020. The pledges were received and processed and a winner was drawn randomly. Based on his fundraising total, Vince had over 170 entries in the draw.

Ride For Dad Canada is extremely grateful for Renedian Adventures' generosity in donating the contest grand prize in 2018 and again in 2020. Founder Rene Cormier has become a true partner in the fight against prostate cancer.

Registration is now open for the 2021 Ride For Dad Fundraising Season, with events starting in May with the Ride Alone Together 2021 self directed ride program. Check out www.ridefordad.ca to register and donate.

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OFA aims to enhance tools and resources for Francophone members

Last year, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) announced a new project aimed at enhancing tools and resources for Francophone farmers – Our Agriculture: Cultivating Opportunities for Ontario's Francophone Farm Families.

Through funding from the Government of Ontario, OFA took the opportunity to translate a variety of resources and information to better support our French-speaking members across the province.

Earlier this year, OFA officially launched the new Francophone online resource hub, which contains translated copies of our fact sheets, issues pages, guides and additional resources. OFA members now have the ability to

visit our website and click on the ‘Français’ button located in the top right-hand corner to access the new resource hub.

Since its initial launch, OFA has uploaded more than 55 resources to the hub, including content and information on our most recent advocacy efforts, farm safety fact sheets, mental health resources and our position on key issues and priorities impacting Ontario agriculture.

By the end of the month, the goal is to have a total of 75 resources accessible for the Francophone community.

In 2020, nearly 650 OFA members identified French as their primary language, with nine regions across Ontario having five or more Frenchspeaking members. As our

Francophone membership continues to grow, this is the perfect opportunity to strive for inclusivity and utilize valuable content and resources to better support and reach our diverse community members.

A lack of accessible information and resources has been an ongoing issue for OFA’s French-speaking community. Many of the farmers in my community speak English as a second language and have struggled to access our resources due to the language barrier. In the past, this has made it difficult for our French farm families to know what resources are available to them. As a French-speaking farmer, I am happy to see that OFA is progressively in-

corporating both of Canada’s official languages to better suit the needs of our bilingual producers.

Our French farm families are strong advocates in their communities. We hope this online hub will enhance communication and provide access to resources and information necessary to stay up-to-date with OFA business, activities, campaigns and advocacy on current issues and priorities impacting our 38,000 farm business members.

In my experience, many French-speaking members remain unaware of the tremendous amount of advocacy work OFA is involved in to ensure our farms and rural communities can operate ef-

ficiently and effectively. If we as an organization take strides and seek new ways to reach Francophone members, we can work together to create a stronger, united industry.

OFA recognizes and acknowledges the Government of Ontario through the Francophone Community Grants Program for funding this project. We are also grateful for the work and partnership with l'Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens (UCFO), who supported OFA in the translation of resources.

To measure the success of this project, OFA has created a survey to better understand the needs of our Francophone communities and gauge the effectiveness of the resource hub. We encourage members

Ontario releases 2020 Public Sector Salary Disclosure Hospitals, Public Health and Schools Account for Majority of Growth Treasury Board Secretariat The Ontario government today released the salaries of Ontario Public Service and Broader Public Sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2020, in accordance with The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Growth in this year's Public Sector Salary Disclosure list was driven largely by increases in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health and School Boards sectors.

"We know that Ontarians are relying on their government now, more than ever, during this pandemic to keep them safe and deliver the crit-

ical services they rely on, like health care and education," said Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

"Our government remains committed to ensuring that Ontarians have sustainable public services now and for future generations."

Almost 75% of the growth of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure is due to increases in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health and School Boards sectors. Registered Nurses contributed to approximately 60% of the increase in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector this year. Additionally, teachers contributed to 97% of the increase in the School Boards

sector.

Compensation as captured in the disclosure list can reflect overtime payments, as well as growth or natural progression through salary ranges, promotions, severance payments, one-time performance-based payments and payments required on retirement.

The pandemic created significant demands on many parts of the public service to support Ontarians. Staff in many sectors, notably health care, worked extraordinary hours to help keep Ontario safe. Pandemic-related payments, such as significant overtime hours and pandemic pay, resulted in higher incomes year-over-year for

some employees, including the potential to surpass the $100,000 threshold.

As part of the government's commitment to transparency, The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

The act applies to the provincial government, Crown agencies and corporations, Ontario Power Generation and subsidiaries, publicly funded organizations such as hospitals, municipalities,

school boards, universities and colleges, and not-forprofit organizations that receive $1 million or more, or receive between $120,000 and $1 million if the provincial government funding they receive is 10% or more of their gross revenues.

"Our government's top priority is ensuring the health and well-being of all Ontarians," said Bethlenfalvy.

"We are also delivering on our promise to the people of Ontario to be transparent and accountable; respecting their tax dollars in order to deliver critical frontline services."

The 2020 data is available in a downloadable, machinereadable, sortable, searchable table format on Ontario.ca/

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Quick Facts • The growth in size of this year’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure list is mainly attributed to increases in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector (59% increase since 2019) and School Boards sector (55% increase since 2019).

• The average reported salary decreased slightly to $125,871 in 2020 from $127,396 in 2019.

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South Nation Conservation Authority

Water Conditions Statement: Flood Outlook — Lower Ottawa River A Flood Outlook Statement is being issued for areas along the Lower Ottawa River.

Based on current snow cover and weather forecast, it is anticipated that levels and flows along the main stem of the river from Arnprior to Hawkesbury are expected to begin to rise over the next few days but will remain within the normal range of fluctuations associated with the spring freshet period.

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lating Committee indicates that with the current weather forecast, flooding in lowlying areas is not expected to occur over the next few days.

Levels are currently expected to remain below flood thresholds. While it is not possible to completely rule out the occurrence of a large spring freshet, the factors that are known at this time, namely below average snow water content in all locations and an early spring start, are positive indicators of a year without excessive flooding along the Ottawa River.

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The Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley, and South Nation Conservation Authorities monitor water levels and weather forecasts with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry as part of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Program. Updates are provided as conditions change.

The Ottawa River Regulating Committee will be reassessing forecast conditions and providing hydrological condition updates on its website daily at ottawariver.ca/ forecasts/.

To view current flood warnings across Ontario, visit: www.ontario.ca/lawand-safety/flood-forecastingand-warning-program.

This FLOOD OUTLOOK STATEMENT is in effect until April 16, 2021 at 5 pm.

Throughout the freshet period, the combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt may result in rapid increases in water levels and flows on the main stem of the Ottawa River from Mattawa down to the Montreal Region.

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Mr. & Mrs. Barry Holmes proudly announce the Graduation of their son, Brent Keith Holmes, from Carleton University on Feb. 26/21 with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Biology, with a concentration in Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour. Brent is on the Dean’s list, and plans to continue his education to complete his Master’s Program.

Congratulations Brent!

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Pandemic costs contribute to forecasted deficits in Ontario’s Annual Budget

by Lorraine Rekmans This past week, the Government of Ontario released its budget plan that projects budget deficits for the foreseeable future. This year a $33.1 billion deficit is planned, which is $5 billion less than last year’s deficit.

According to Steve Clark MPP for LeedsGrenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, “Ontario is projecting a $38.5 billion deficit in 2020–21. Over the medium term, the government projects steadily declining deficits of $33.1 billion in 2021–22, $27.7 billion in 2022–23 and $20.2 billion in 2023–24. In order to provide transparency about the high degree of economic uncertainty, the 2021 Budget includes Faster Growth and Slower Growth scenarios that the economy could take over the next several years and illustrates the possible impacts on Ontario’s finances.”

The budget contains $186.1 billion in spending, with $6.7 billion, which is a little less than last year, earmarked for pandemic-related measures. There will be $166.3 billion in overall program spending.

Some of the highlights of this budget are in health care, with expanded spending including, $1.8 billion on hospital services this year; that will include $760 million for hospital beds and $300 million to clear the backlog of procedures that has built up during pandemicrelated shutdowns. The vaccine rollout plan will cost $1 billion, and there will be $2.3 billion for expanded COVID-19 testing; $933 million will go to expanding Long Term Care spaces.

The provincial government is introducing new tax credits and expanding existing ones including the Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit, which is intended to encourage business investments.

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includes a new Ontario Jobs Training Tax Credit, which would provide up to $2,000 per recipient to cover half of eligible expenses, which include college and technical qualifications or training programs. The government is also offering grants to small businesses through the Ontario Small Business Support Grant. Small tourism-related businesses will be eligible for a new grant of as much as $20,000 through a new program to support businesses that have been among the hardest-hit in the pandemic.

There will be a temporary top up in the Childcare Access and Relief from Expense (CARE) tax credit to increase the amount of financial assistance available to families with large child-care expenses.

Families with children in schools will be eligible for $400 per child and $500 for people under 21 with a learning disability.

There will also be investments in broadband internet services across the province, where the government is adding $2.8 billion. There is $5 million for a study of returning rail service from Toronto to Cochrane.

MPP Steve Clark noted that the budget also contains funding for a new treatment Centre for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

“People in our community have been making sacrifices to help us reach the day when the pandemic is behind us,” said Steve Clark. “Our government will continue to be there every step of the way to protect people's health and jobs. Working together, we will unleash the economic growth that is necessary for job creation, prosperity and a stronger province."

To help the thousands of people struggling with mental health and addictions issues, Ontario is providing additional funding of $175 million in 2021–22 as part of a historic investment of $3.8 billion over 10 years, to provide more and better care for everyone who needs it. Ontario is investing an additional $400 million over the next three years in new tourism

and hospitality initiatives to support these sectors.

Highlights of Ontario’s plan to support communities: > To support faithbased and cultural organizations that are struggling due to the additional costs caused by COVID-19, Ontario will be making up to $50 million available for grants to eligible organizations. > To support Ontario’s 444 municipalities, the Province’s key partners in the fight against COVID-19, the government is providing almost $1 billion in additional financial relief in 2021 to help preserve vital public services and support economic recovery.

Quick Fact • Like economies around the world, Ontario has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The province’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have declined by 5.7 per cent in 2020.

As the economy recovers, Ontario’s real GDP and employment are both forecast to surpass their pre-pandemic levels in early 2022.

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Local man promotes outdoor fun with new winter game

by Hilary Thomson A local man has created a new winter game that is perfect for COVID-19 and beating the winter blues.

As part of an effort to get outside and active this winter, Larry Pegg of Greely invented a game called LaToss. The name is a play on Canada's national sport, Lacrosse, but it has more in common with a game called disk golf that is played in about 40 countries around the world.

LaToss uses disk golf baskets placed in a line along the ice. The idea of the game is to try and get the disk golf putters (small frisbees) into the baskets as you are skating past them. After each round, players skate further away from the baskets to make it more of a challenge to sink the disks.

Larry has always loved the feeling of tossing a frisbee

around and has been playing ultimate frisbee and disc golf since 1989. His involvement with the Ottawa Disk Golf Club and playing the sport in the winter was part of his inspiration to adapt the game to ice. "It kind of gives a lot of flexibility for those that might be intimidated by playing the long golf game and they just want something really quick and active," Larry says.

Like disk golf, LaToss is the perfect game to play during COVID-19 because it involves no physical contact.

Everyone has their own disks, and it is easy to socially distance while on the ice. It is also good for the soul as Larry says that fun and creativity is all part of the game. "Fun is encouraged," he says. "Extra points for pirouettes and horrible moves on ice. You could do stars on ice if you want.

Just have a good time."

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Larry has been inviting friends and members of the Ottawa Disk Golf Club to come play LaToss on the small lake in his back yard.

Although the season is over due to the warm weather, he was able to hold several successful games before the ice got too soft to skate. "I love skating and just being outside in the fresh air," says Ottawa Disk Golf Club member, Brenda Cox, who came out to play twice. "It's quick, like Larry said, it's a lot of fun, and he really encourages us to have fun."

Larry's goal is to motivate people to get outside, especially in the winter months.

Besides inventing LaToss, he has also created a persona called "Shadow Man" where he films his shadow while doing outdoor activities like cross country skiing, and uploads them to YouTube.

Larry says making an effort to get outside and have some fun this winter has done wonders for his mental health. "The Shadow Man series is - get out. It's beautiful. There's no ticks, there's no mosquitos, there's no black flies, there's no deer flies, there's no horse flies. Have a good time and enjoy it while it's here."

To follow Larry's Shadow Man adventures, you can find him on YouTube under Larry Pegg Shadow Man. To learn more about the Ottawa Disk Golf Club visit their website at www.ODGC.ca.

by David Shanahan The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead is at the very core of Christianity, and has been the subject of intense study and criticism by many over the millennia. From outright denial that it ever happened, to really imaginative explanations of what “really” happened that morning, people have tried to explain away the single most important event in the Christian experience. The Season of Easter is a good time to review the entire topic. The importance of this event is stated quite categorically

by Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians: “If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith...For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.” [1 Cor. 15. 13-18] That is pretty clear, isn’t it? If Jesus was not raised from the dead, then our faith is useless, because the one we have put our faith in is not who he said he was. In other words, Christianity stands or falls on the truth of the Resurrection of Jesus. That makes it very important that we know what “resurrection” means, how we can know that it really happened, and what the implications are - not just for Christians, but the whole world.

The first thing to note is that when Jesus was resurrected, he did not just come back to life. Lazarus was brought back to life

by Jesus a few days after he had died. The widow’s son was brought back to life also by Jesus, but these were not examples of Resurrection. Lazarus and the boy remained what they had been before death, they were simply restored to the life they had known before. If that had been the case with Jesus, there would not be the same unique importance placed on the event by Christians.

He would have shared in a very unusual, but not unique experience. The

New Outdoor Pod supports Rapid COVID-19 screening at Dundas Manor A new COVID-19 screening building in the parking lot at Dundas Manor is making things safer and easier for families and staff members.

And it has some neighbours asking if there’s a new chip truck in town! In fact, it is the first ‘Smart Testing Pod’ in Eastern Ontario.

Rapid Tests are being administered to all essential caregivers and staff members at the pod before they enter Dundas Manor.

This screening test can detect COVID-19 in 15 to 20 minutes, making it simpler and faster to identify potential COVID-19 positive cases that otherwise could be missed.

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visits her Mom Dorothy several times a week and says the new testing process is amazing. “It’s been life changing for me,” she says. “It is so much faster than booking appointments at the Assessment Centre, going for the test, and then waiting up to four days for the results. It’s hard when you want to see your loved one, but you can’t. Now I can go and see my Mom when I want, without all the extra planning.”

“Currently we are mandated to test staff three times a week. Essential caregivers are also tested up to three times a week, depending on how often they visit,” explains Administrator Susan Poirier.

“This new process will

keep everyone safe – including our staff members who are giving the tests and will reduce congestion inside the home.”

Residents continue to have regular COVID-19 tests as well and all infection control precautions are still in place.

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resurrection of Jesus was of a completely different nature. It also took place for a very different reason than the raising of Lazarus.

Immediately after finding the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene met the risen Lord, but for some reason, she didn’t immediately recognise him. Then he spoke her name, and she knew him, but he warned her not to touch him because he had not yet returned to the Father. Similarly, the two followers who met him on the road to Emmaus did not recognise him, even though he walked with them for some time and spoke to them at length. But when he broke bread with them in the room at Emmaus, they knew him. Then he, literally, disappeared.

He came to the group of disciples when they were in a locked room. They, rather naturally, were terrified and thought he was a ghost. But: “He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” [Luke 25.38-39] Two interesting things about this: something had changed since he had met Mary earlier, now they could touch him. In addition, he was a being of flesh and bones, a human being, real and tangible, but obviously something much more also.

At other times between his resurrection and ascension, he met with individuals, groups, even more than five hundred people at one time. He cooked breakfast for them, and ate and drank with them too. But he could come and go through space without hindrance.

He explained why he had died and been raised again, reminding them that he had told them this many times before his crucifixion, but

they had not grasped what he had told them: “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” [Luke 24.44-49] The early Christians went everywhere preaching the death and resurrection of Jesus as central to everything they believed. His death and resurrection went together in their minds: the death without the resurrection was a tragedy.

The resurrection put the seal of truth on everything Jesus had said, preached and promised. It is still the pivotal event: if Jesus was not raised, Christianity is nothing. However, “...if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” [Romans 8.11] “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” [Romans 10.9] “By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.” [1 Cor. 6.14] Next week: How do we know it really happened?

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Green Bin success for our neighbours

by Joselyn Morley In the first month, North Grenville's Green Bin organics waste diversion program diverted 3 tons of organic waste per day from the landfill. That's impressive!

Diverting waste from landfills is going to be a hot topic in the next couple of years! The Ontario government is implementing the Waste Free Ontario Act. The goal is to divert 50% of waste by 2030. That's nine years from now. Two other Acts form part of the plan: the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, and the Waste Diversion Transition Act. These pieces of legislation aim to ensure that producers take a larger responsibility for recycling, and that putting something in the landfill is a very last option. The focus will be on diverting as much as possible, including diverting organic materials from the landfill. The legislation dictates that producers will become entirely responsible for recycling the waste they produce. At first this sounds great, thinking that packaging, for example, will be reduced because it will become the responsibility of the producer to recycle their product. There is no clear indication of how this will be rolled out though. It may end up as just another part of the cost of doing business, and the producers could end up paying municipalities for recycling. The more sparsely a region is populated, the more it costs per capita to collect waste and recycling.

In 2018, residents of Ontario sent over 10 million

North Grenville Housing Task Force could inspire other tonnes of waste to the landfill. operates on a part-user-pay That's a record and not a good model. Taxes pay for the bulk Communities one! It’s an increase of 6.4%, or 600K tonnes, in the two years since 2016. In 2018, we sent 23% more waste to landfills than in 2008, marking a 23% increase in just ten years.

Ontario is projected to run out of landfill space by 2032.

Ontario plans to ban all organic waste from landfills by 2023. The plan is light on details, but municipalities are faced with figuring out how to make this happen. Much of the legislation implemented by the province is nevertheless applied by municipalities. Legislation concerning waste removal is no exception. Ontario will be the third province to ban organics from the landfills. Nova Scotia banned organics in 1998, and PEI in 1999.

When North Grenville was faced with the province's looming deadlines to divert organics and other recyclables, Council held a Discussion Forum in March 2019, and surveyed residents. Questions and discussion focused on the frequency of pickups, ideas for waste diversion, and the best way to implement a Green Bin organics waste diversion program.

They then hired Emterra for all their waste removal.

Emmie Leung started Emterra, then International Paper Industries, in 1976 as a onewoman business collecting paper and cardboard. Emterra claims to have diverted 122,513,662 metric tonnes of waste from landfills.

Green Bins in North Grenville are now collected every week, and garbage collection shifted to every two weeks. North Grenville

of waste collection, but there is also a bag tag cost of $2.75 per bag. There is no bag tag requirement for Green Bin collection, and the hope is that the $2.75 per bag will encourage people to recycle and use the Green Bin. Green Bin organic waste diversion programs cost more per capita in a rural area than an urban one as there are fewer residents and a lot more space to cover. The economy of scale isn't there either; even if North Dundas diverted every single organic scrap, it's still not enough to make it financially feasible.

Backyard composting is a viable option for some, but not everyone wants to compost in their backyard, and not everyone can. Furthermore, the municipal programs can accept things in their Green Bin programs that should not be composted in the backyard, such as pet waste, meat, and bones. The heat required to compost these things is beyond most backyard composters.

In the spring and summer of 2019, North Grenville offered seminars on backyard composting, presented by local experts on composting.

Subjects ranged from basic backyard composting 101, to vermiculture, to information on large-scale composting.

The seminars were free to attend, and every resident who attended a seminar got a free backyard composter. Many who do backyard composting don't need a composting bin, but those who live in the towns do.

by Joselyn Morley A review of the recommendations that came out of the 2019 Mayor's Task Force on Affordable Housing in North Grenville could inform the ongoing effort to tackle housing issues in North Dundas.

The same issues that prompted the Mayor and Council of North Grenville to undertake an examination of the state of affordable housing in their municipality, currently exist in North Dundas. Developers are flocking to North Dundas, especially since the onset of the pandemic, with people wanting to live outside the bigger cities. North Dundas is facing unprecedented demands for development. Land, house, and rent prices have skyrocketed. Going forward, we need to find some way to balance demands for larger, more expensive housing for people coming from the bigger cities, with enough options to accommodate the rest of the people including efforts to add to social housing. Currently, social housing developments are concentrated in the larger urban areas, so most often, if people in North Dundas or other parts of the United Counties of SD&G require social housing, they need to go to Cornwall.

Municipalities have the ability to create an environment that encourages developers to build more affordable options to meet the current demand in the

community for affordable housing.

Shortly after being elected in the fall of 2018, the Mayor and Council of North Grenville set up a Mayor's Task Force on Affordable Housing.

The mandate of the task force was to examine the current state of affordable housing in the Municipality of North Grenville, and make recommendations for strategies and opportunities to expand access for residents, including recommendations on how to increase access to non-profit and subsidized housing, affordable rental housing, and affordable home ownership.

The Final Report from March 2020 makes 18 recommendations. In January 2019, Council appointed nine members to the Task Force. A Community Advisory Group of an additional seven community volunteers, and three working groups was established to help the Task Force achieve their mandate. The Task force met each month.

They listened to seventeen delegations from various experts in the areas of government policy and programs, affordable housing projects, and people in need of housing. An interim report was presented in October 2019. All meetings were open to the public.

The 35 page report is available on the North Grenville Website. The Task Force was looking for concrete actions that could be taken.

They reviewed the impediments to affordability, looking at how policy and practice could change to support

Friday's OT win completes series with a 5 games to 1 victory

Hawks #9 Danny Johnson on March 19 March 31, 2021

by Joselyn Morely The Winchester Hawks played the Char-Lan Rebels on Friday, March 19 in Winchester.

The Hawks won 3 - 1. Danny Johnson and Kyle Leonard each scored a goal in the second period. Danny Johnson scored another in the third period.

On Saturday, March 20, the Hawks played Char-Lan in Williamstown. The Hawks’ goalies Lucas Devries and Xavier Dusablon shut out Char-Lan, 5 - 0. Goals were scored by: Colby Schroeder, Danny Johnson, Mackenzie White, Frederic Knight, and Tyler Melvin.

Friday, March 26 was the last game for the year. The Hawks won 4 - 3. No one scored during the first period. By the end of the second period the score was 3 - 0 for the Hawks, with goals by Mackenzie White, Frederic Knight, and Declan Campbell-Hill. Char-Lan scored three goals in the third period, tying the game in the last minute of regular play. Kyle Leonard scored for the Hawks in overtime, making the final score 4 - 3 for the Hawks.

Matthew Couvrette, EOJHL Interim Commissioner, commented that, "this season has not been ideal by any means, but we were able to provide an outlet in this difficult time, and for that I truly thank you for all your past, current and future efforts as we move forward as a league. We will be back next year, stronger, together."

The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL) is on the hunt for its next commissioner. Applications will be accepted until March 31. See the EOJHL website for information.

We look forward to seeing the Winchester Hawks back on the ice in the Fall of 2021, hopefully in person!

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smaller, more affordable options. They sought to uncover what systemic impediments could be tackled.

Recommendations were made to ensure developers could deliver on a vision to meet community needs. In North Grenville, new construction in subdivisions must have 25% of housing as affordable. The Task Force came up with a definition of affordable based on the 2014 Ontario Provincial Policy Statement. Possible surplus land was identified, existing public buildings were inventoried.

Zoning changes were recommended to allow for more townhomes, duplexes, and in-suite units. Municipalities are able to waive part of the development fees for affordable units, and some charges for developing in-suite units.

Official Plan, and Zoning By-Law amendments regarding secondary dwelling units were drafted. This was seen as the single most effective means to increase the number of affordable rental units. It can increase extended family accommodations, can provide additional income to a homeowner, and maximizes density and uses infrastructure efficiently. Zoning changes were undertaken to reduce the required dwelling size, allowing for smaller units or homes. The report sets out a clear map on how to address community housing needs in North Grenville and could be a helpful resource for development in North Dundas.

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