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LEAMINGTON – Playing net was nothing new for Corbin Watson. He donned the equipment and guarded the net for several Kingsville Kings teams growing up. But life as he knew it changed following a car accident on November 16, 2006. Following nine surgeries, Watson was told his leg couldn’t be saved. While many might give up on their athletic dreams, Watson’s began to take on a whole new shape thanks to Ray Grassi. Grassi, a Windsor-based sledge hockey Paralympian, spotted Watson at a wheelchair relay in 2008 and believed he had the potential to become a teammate on his Ice Bullets sledge hockey team. “Especially once he found out I had been a goalie,” laughed Watson. Since that initial meeting, Watson has gone on to not only represent his country, but bring home silver and bronze medals, a World Championship and several other tournament titles. On Friday, January 12, Watson took to the ice with members of Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School’s Hockey Skills Academy at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. He suited up and participated in the morning’s drills, letting the students take aim at him in net, including Brody Daigneau. The 14-year-old Grade 9 Cardinal Carter student was thrilled to see Watson in action and hopes to one day follow in his footsteps. Daigneau, who suffers from a mild form of cerebral palsy, also plays his hockey on a sled as a member of the Windsor Ice Bullets. For the veteran player, who has been playing the game since he was six, sharing the ice with Watson served as a truly inspirational experience. Brody, too, would eventually like to earn the opportunity to wear the Maple Leaf in international competition. And it’s athletes like Watson, a Cardinal Carter alumnus, who help make that dream seem a little more attainable to Team Canada prospects like Brody. For Brody, whose ultimate goal is the Canadian Paralymic Sledge Hockey Team, Watson is the motivation that helps keep him working toward that goal. For academy instructor and Cardinal Carter vice-principal Ryan Coristine, if Brody manages to crack the lineup, it would be just one more incredible success story for his former students, which includes Watson and 31-yearold, three-time Olympic gold medal and silver medalist Meghan Agosta. Learning from students who walked the same halls they now walk, said Coristine, provides a whole new level of motivation. Coristine said this visit from Watson was especially meaningful, since Brody’s goal is one a former Carter Cardinal student has already managed to achieve.

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Kingsville Council opts in for retail cannabis stores By Pat Bailey

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It was a little fatherly advice that convinced Kingsville Councillor Tony Gaffan to vote in favour of opting in when it comes to allowing cannabis retail outlets in town. With this decision weighing heavily on his mind, Gaffan turned to his dad, former Mayor Jim Gaffan, for a little advice. The advice – ‘listen to your residents’ – made Gaffan turn to social media to hear what the residents had to say. In a Facebook post, Gaffan asked residents their feelings on the subject. Gaffan said of the more than 200 responses, the overwhelming majority recommended Kingsville opt in. And in a democ-

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racy, Gaffan said, the majority rules. It was not only a majority, but a unanimous vote that resulted in the town of Kingsville following the lead of Leamington to opt in. Other councillors also admitted to changing their minds when it came to cannabis sales locally. Like Gaffan, they too followed the lead of those who voted them in. And when a recent online survey, put out by the town, came back with 63 per cent in favour of opting in, the councillors listened. Councillor Larry Patterson admitted he was afraid when the idea of cannabis retail outlets in town was first broached. Since then though, Patterson said he has done his homework and

changed his mind on the subject. “We allow greenhouses in the municipality to grow marijuana,” said Patterson. Although Kingsville doesn’t meet the government’s current requirements when it comes to population for the licensing of 25 retail locations for April 1, Council agreed it will give them time to watch and learn. Essex, too, unanimously opted in, joining Leamington, Kingsville, Pelee Island and Chatham-Kent as potential homes to cannabis retail outlets, while Tecumseh, Lakeshore and LaSalle voted to opt out. Amherstburg and Windsor will vote on Jan. 21 – the night before the Jan. 22 deadline.

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