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June 27, 2018

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PM Trudeau coming to Leamington!

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not plan to celebrate Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill this year, but will be making a stop in Leamington! The prime minister will be on the road, celebrating Canada’s 151st birthday in three cities, in three different provinces. Trudeau is scheduled to visit Leamington, Regina, SK and Dawson City, YT — all on July 1. The PM plans to address Canadians at Parliament Hill via a video feed from Leamington. A spokesman for Trudeau says the PM wants to spend Canada Day with Canadians and their families in areas of the country he doesn’t often get a chance to visit. Trudeau will meet steelworkers in Regina, who’ve been hard-hit by US President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. In Leamington, he’ll be meeting workers at Highbury Canco, the factory that produces the tomato paste used in French’s ketchup. Ketchup and other tomato sauces are among the many U. S. goods the Trudeau government intends to apply $16.6 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs, starting on July 1. A celebration is planned for Leamington with possible street closures that day. As of Tuesday morning, the only other details of the PM’s visit to Leamington included a Facebook post from Jody Raffoul’s Fan Page stating: “I am very pleased to announce that the Jody Raffoul Band will be performing this Sunday, July 1st in the town of Leamington at Highbury Canco (formerly Heinz).” Few details were known at press time, but be sure to check our website www.southpointsun.ca or www.leamington.ca

By Bryan Jessop A new government boat built by Hike Metal has passed its self-righting test with flying colours. The Wheatley-based shipbuilder sent one of the six Canadian Coast Guard vessels it built under a federal government contract to the docks immediately west of the Leamington Municipal Marina. With the MV Jiimaan departed for Pelee Island, the newly dubbed McIntyre Bay was towed into its space Wednesday, June 20 to determine if it could turn itself right side up after being flipped over by a nearby 22- ton crane. The test drew a large crowd of Canadian Coast Guard representatives, Hike Metal staff and from the walkway between the marina and Pelee Island ferry terminal, a crowd of curious onlookers. After a cable emitting from the crane’s boom was attached to the vessel with a pair of straps, the McIntyre Bay was sent about 50 feet out from the docking area for the test to begin. The crane slowly pulled the straps upward, gradually tipping the boat onto its starboard (right) side. The vessel had been turned more than 90 degrees after about 10 minutes, then after being sent upside down, quickly flipped itself upright to complete the 360 degree roll. “It was great to see it come right back up as planned,” said Canadian Coast Guard director general of major projects Robert Wight, who made a trip from the CCG head office in Ottawa to witness the test. “Everything went exactly according to plan.” Wight noted that a combined sum of 20 new A-class lifeboats will soon make their way to Canadian waters across east and west coast ports. Currently, Hike Metal is building six of those boats while a shipbuilder in Gaspe, Que. — Chantier Naval Forillon Inc. — is building another six. Each builder has to test one of its vessels, each of which is named after a Canadian bay. (Continued on Page A-3)

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