January 13, 2023

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Staff speak out about guest home living conditions

by Trina Berlo

Facing food shortages, staff at Huronia Guest Home in Stayner went public last week with their concerns about the living and working conditions.

In desperation, staff began posting to social media, saying 13 loaves of bread and four packages of bologna was all they had to feed the unlicensed, privately-owned assisted living facility’s 27 residents for the week.

Members of the community began sharing the Facebook posts in an effort to raise awareness, with at least one person referring to it as “Stayner’s dirty little secret.”

The home's cook, Candice Moncreiff, posted to Facebook, “I work at Huronia Guest Home. I have now, on and off for the last four years. I keep coming back because of the residents, they hold a special place in all of our hearts. But now the owners do not want to buy food nor do they want to pay us. The staff we have not been paid in over a month. And the only food they have bought is bread and bologna. They, and we, deserve better.”

Staff said they have not been paid since mid-December.

Moncreiff told The Echo she was expecting backlash but the working conditions have deteriorated further

After public outcry from staff facing food shortages, the owner of Huronia Guest Home says the facility will close and they are helping with the relocation of residents.

since the staff went public with their concerns and she doesn’t know what to do. She said she is worried about being able to pay her own rent, and doesn’t want to walk away from her job out of concerns for the residents, and without receiving compensation.

Mayor Doug Measures addressed the concerns during Monday’s council meeting, saying the municipality has limited authority.

“I can confirm our fire services have

been very much engaged all through 2021 and 2022 with the facility,” he said, adding there have been inspections, noncompliance orders, and repairs ordered.

Measures said the facility passed its 2022 fire code inspections but property standards violations are still outstanding.

He said the province of Ontario is aware and the County of Simcoe is also engaged.

Measures said the situation illustrates “a real hole in the legislation.”

“There are some really obvious areas of administrative and legislative responsibility that's missing between provincial legislation and municipal legislation and frankly, human dignity issues, so it’s a really frustrating thing,” he said.

Measures commends the community response to support the residents, including the Stayner Lions Club for delivering food and the Busby Centre for providing staff.

“There has been significant media coverage and I know that our staff is working diligently to deal with this crisis.”

The social media campaign resulted in donations from the community, and exposed a bed bug infestation that goes back as far as 2017, or longer.

Huronia Guest Home is for sale and has since announced it will close its doors, leaving residents with few options for housing, and unable to take their belongings with them due to the infestation.

Representing the facility’s owner, lawyer Nadine Schweishelm said, ”I confirm that the facility will be shut down and that ownership is working with a number of different agencies to help with relocation.”

Police warn of potentially fatal strain of opioids in the region

Police are alerting the public to a highly potent and potentially fatal strain of illicit opioids that may be circulating in the Simcoe/Muskoka after four people lost their lives from a suspected opioid overdose.

On Jan. 3, Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers responded to a report of two females in their early 20s located deceased as a result of a suspected opioid overdose at a residence in Tay. Three days later, on Jan. 6, Bracebridge OPP officers responded to a report of a male in his mid-40s and a female in her mid-30s who also died as a result of a suspected opioid overdose inside

of a motel unit in Gravenhurst.

Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine and up to 40-50 times more potent than heroin. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl. The prevalence of illicit opioids distributed through drug trafficking networks continues to increase. Trafficking in opioids is a very serious offence. Drug dealers are knowingly distributing products that cause harm and could kill.

Fentanyl can be lethal in very small quantities. If someone’s drug of choice

is mixed with or contains fentanyl, it can potentially kill them. Opioid users have a higher risk of harm due to fentanyl potency, especially when the fentanyl is illicit and not sourced from a pharmaceutical company. It is impossible for a user to determine the quantity of fentanyl they may be using because you can’t see, smell or taste it.

Symptoms of fentanyl/opioid exposure can include: Difficulty walking, talking or staying awake; blue lips or nails; very small pupils; cold and clammy skin; dizziness and confusion; extreme drowsiness; choking, gurgling or snoring sounds; the inability to wake

up, even when shaken or shouted at; and slow or weakened breath.

Members of the public who may be at risk of experiencing an overdose, or know someone who is, are encouraged to acquire a naloxone kit available free of charge at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Community Health Centres, and many pharmacies across the region.

Anyone with any information about drug trafficking in the community is asked to report it to the police by calling 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.

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THE WAY WE WERE

Tragedies highlight housing crisis

In this region there is a serious lack of attainable rental housing options. This is nothing new, but the housing gap continues to widen, escalating the problem.

Two recent events have shone a light on the extreme housing crisis in our area.

A community has a serious problem when there are no options for people who lose their apartments, as proven by the December fire that displaced tenants in Creemore. It has been next to impossible for people to find replacement housing and impossible to find anything in Creemore and at a comparable price.

This week, tenants at Huronia Guest Home in Stayner are in the process of being relocated. We expect the residents will likely have to relocate to another community to access comparable housing that is affordable and with the necessary level of assistance.

When people don’t have stable housing, or are paying a disproportionate amount of their income towards housing, everything else in life becomes precarious.

The threat of losing housing, even if it is not ideal, makes people afraid to “rock the boat” leaving them vulnerable to substandard conditions and rent hikes. That goes for people with precarious employment as well. They are more likely to take abuse and turn a blind eye to their rights for fear that they will lose their job and not be able to pay their rent.

We are an affluent community but this is our problem, all of us.

We have allowed, and even welcomed gentrification. But the scales have tipped and we are in need of housing options for the people who work in this community, servers and shop clerks who don’t make a living wage (calculated at just under $21 in Simcoe County).

Add on the stress of not being able to afford groceries and pay utilities because a disproportionate amount of income is going to housing, and most definitely a person’s mental and physical health will begin to fail.

This is a heartbreaking reality that leaves us feeling absolutely helpless. How do people who are barely making ends meet help those who can’t make ends meet? How do we support people who can’t find housing?

The problem feels huge and solutions are long-term. We are at the mercy of government and developers to create housing, which they continually demonstrate is not a priority. There are many barriers – although admittedly fewer than before – to creating secondary suites and apartments in single family dwellings. How do we encourage the creation of units, and reduce rents, even just a little?

Small communities benefit from a mix of residents so it is obvious that a mix of housing is needed. We are losing young people, lower income workers, and seniors. Unless they are well established in housing with rents set a decade ago, they are unlikely to find options in this community or any of the surrounding ones. That is our loss.

LETTER

Jet funds better spent on healthcare

Editor:

Having spent the last 10-plus years as the wife of a patient undergoing medical treatment, I have complete respect and admiration for our doctors, nurses and frontline EMS workers. They do amazing work even though they have been underfunded for years.

Just this week a tragedy occurred wherein a 37-year-old mother-of-three died at hospital while trying to access medical care. In the same week an

announcement was made that the federal government has decided to spend billions of dollars on F35 fighter jets.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to use that money to expand and improve our medical system? Timely intakes and surgeries at hospital would probably save more Canadian lives, dollar for dollar, in the long run. Karin Jordan, Mulmur.

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“Dedicated group of people who really care about the people of Clearview”

by Trina Berlo

Clearview council has received a Master Fire Plan completed by Rick Monkman , of Emergency Management and Training Inc.

“You have a very dedicated group of people who really care about the people of Clearview. They want to do a good job and they want to be trained, but they really do care about their community and they want to provide a good service. I was quite impressed by the loyalty and the favourable comments from the firefighters, especially toward council support,” he told council members on Jan. 10. “You have been very good in supporting the fire department when it comes to apparatus.”

“We believe you are in good shape but with any fire department there is always room for improvement and I think you are well on your way,” said Monkman.

The Master Fire Plan contains 40 recommendations, a number of which have been completed or are in progress. Some recommendations can be implemented at council’s discretion and as funding allows.

The objective of the plan is to examine, research

and review all aspects of fire department operations, planning, fire prevention, public education, training, communications, apparatus, equipment, maintenance, human resources, station locations, budget, and largescale emergency preparedness.

The fire department is made up of 90 dedicated and professional 'volunteer' firefighters operating out of five stations with a total of 17 pieces of rolling stock, states the report. The department’s annual call volume is about 750-800 calls per year, with half being medical calls. Monkman found response times are good and the fire stations are well located.

Included in the recommendations is the acquisition of an aerial device with a height of at least 75 feet, and that the purchase of a used device be explored. Monkman said the costs of apparatuses are only increasing and becoming harder to acquire.

He said all fire departments are facing rising costs, and “staggering prices,” so he recommends updating the township’s fee bylaw if the department wishes to consider charging for certain types of calls, or recouping costs through insurance. Increasing costs are

also associated with higher training standards and other standards set out by the The Office of the Fire Marshal.

Another recommendation is to hire a third party under a temporary contract to complete the fire inspections and public education until such time as a decision on a full-time position is made.

Regarding Station 4 in Creemore, he recommends the exhaust extraction system be replaced and upgraded because it does not function as it should. “The system should have a direct connection to the exhaust pipe of the fire apparatus, such as in the units installed in all the other fire stations in Clearview, states the report. “Replacing the system and having a direct connection will bring the department in-line with the Section 21 Guidance Note, 3-1 reducing exposure to diesel exhaust,” which is a carcinogen.

Monkman is also an advocate for residential sprinklers in new builds, especially in large homes located in remote areas. He said there has never been a fatality in a home equipped with residential sprinklers. He said builders are reluctant to promote them due to the added cost.

Health unit offering high school catch-up clinics for routine immunizations

During the pandemic, many high school students were unable to receive their routine and required immunizations. To help students get caught up, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU), in partnership with local school boards, will offer school-based clinics at high schools in Simcoe and Muskoka.

In January, letters will be mailed to students and their families to notify them if the student’s record on file at the health unit is not up to date.

Nurses will be visiting local high schools in

February and March to offer catch-up clinics. (COVID-19 and influenza vaccines will not be offered at these clinics.)

The health unit reminds parents and caregivers that vaccination against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and meningococcal disease are required immunizations under the Immunization of School Pupils Act, while hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are strongly recommended.

Parents and caregivers are advised to update their

child’s immunization record and to catch up on any outstanding routine immunizations. Students with incomplete immunization records will receive notice from the health unit that their immunization record is not up to date in 2023.

For more information about routine and mandatory vaccines given to students and the diseases they prevent, please visit smdhu.org/Grade9to12. You can also speak with a public health professional by calling Health Connection, 705-721-7520 or 1-877721-7520 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Jan. 14

• Creemore Farmers’ and Craft Market at Station on the Green. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fresh, local and unique items from our bakers, makers and growers! Stop in for breakfast by La Cucina at the Station.

Monday, Jan. 16

• Stayner Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at Centennial United Church. Speaker: OPP speaking about scams. AGM to follow with election of a new executive for 2023.

Tuesday, Jan. 17

• The Station Café is open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon at Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St. E., Creemore. $2 fee for a bottomless cup of coffee or tea. Everyone welcome.

Saturday, Jan. 21

• Creemore Farmers' Market Bread Contest Bring your loaf of yeast bread to Station on the Green by 9 a.m. for judging by the community. Categories include: White bread, other breads –rye, dark, sourdough, etc., plus gluten-free bread, pastries such as croissants, bagels, donuts, etc. but must be yeast based.

• Creemore Coyotes vs Clearview Minor Hockey exhibition game. 7 p.m. at the Creemore Arena. The booster club is open. Gather with friends and bid on silent auction items.

Saturday, Feb. 11

• Istealya Heart's Steal'n Hearts Drag Show featuring Angell Morana and Twinklet at the New Lowell Legion, 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets $20 at eventbrite.ca.

Tuesday, Feb. 14

• Creemore Legion Ladies Auxiliary annual Lasagne Take-out Dinner. $20 includes lasagne, salad, bun/butter and dessert. Call Laura at 705466-2462 or Dee at 705-441-3709 before Feb. 7.

Saturday, Feb. 18

• Winter is a Drag but the Queens are back to warm it up! Enjoy music and fun with some of Simcoe County's finest drag performers while raising money for Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society. Money raised from ticket sales will be used for the 2023 Creemore Festival of the Arts programming and other arts and history initiatives in the community. Money raised at the bar will support the Creemore Legion. Tickets $25 on sale now at www.phahs.ca.

COLLINGWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Annual General Meeting

at Stayner Centennial United Church William Street, Stayner Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023

Doors open at 6 p.m. Potluck supper starts at 6:30 PM Business meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. For additional information please call 705.444.0308 www.greatnorthernex.com

Friday, March 17

• Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Station on the Green, featuring Shipyard Kitchen Party and Strange Potatoes. 6 p.m. to midnight, doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for this fundraising event cost $35 until Jan. 25 and $40 after. Available at ticketscene.ca/events/43490. Come get your green on and support your community hall.

Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach presented a $5,000 donation to First Robotics CanadaSimcoe County on Jan. 9. The money was raised during the Rotary Club’s 21st annual Corvette Lottery in 2022. Accepting the donation on behalf of the Cybergnomes robotics team is lead mentor Andrew Bronee (centre left) and Grade 8 student Landyn (centre right) from Rotarians Carol Bateman (left) and Peter Wilson (right). Bryan Davies photo

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Ladies Team win-loss

Verstegen 2-0

Walker 1-1

Crawford 1-1 Baylis 0-1

McKay 0-1

From the Hack: Now playing for the Foodland trophy, the Ladies had a rare Thursday night game with wins by Teams Verstegen and Walker.

The newly texturized curling stones gave lots of swing, lots of curl and lots of challenge. On Monday, Jaz and her new team got their second win, in a tight steady game vs. Team Walker, where the hammer made the difference

On Sheet 2, second year skip Sandy was gaining confidence, but two big ends by Team Crawford put the win out of reach. Great curling by all!

Daytime

Team win-loss-tie

Loranger 2-0-1

Martens 2-1-0 Coulter 1-1-1 Walker 0-3-0

From the Hack: “It’s like playing a whole new game!” was voiced by

many of the curlers as they came off the ice on Monday. The ice crew recently completed the “sharpening” of the stones and the curl is now incredible - five to six feet of movement, both from the inside out and the outside in! A big difference from the minimal one to two feet of curl, previously seen.

On Monday, Team Martens played well and picked up a win over Team Walker. Team Loranger secured a tie versus Team Coulter. Wednesday had Team Martens winning against Team Coulter and Team Loranger defeated Team Walker. Thanks to Marie, Mary, Marty and Micheal for the treats this week! Good curling everyone!

Men

Team win-loss-tie-points

Cober 2-0-0-20

Fuller 2-0-0-20

John Millsap 1-1-0-10

Verstegen 1-1-0-10

Walker 1-1-0-10

Dave Millsap 1-1-0-10

Flack 0-2-0-0

Crevier 0-2-0-0

From the Hack: Winning teams this week were Team Cober, Team Walker, Team Fuller and Team John Millsap.

Creemore Curling Club's mixed league hosted a bonspiel in Creemore Jan. 7. Teams came from Collingwood, Feversham, New Market, Stroud, Creemore, Guelph, Ivy and Barrie. Congratulations to the winning Collingwood team: Christine Pierce, Kendra Pierre, Ann Murphy and Sandra McLaughlin. Thank you to the sponsors who contributed to the success of the event: Bonnie MacPherson from Sotheby’s realty, Body ‘N Balance, Ann Murphy (Cashtown Tim Hortons), Creemore Springs, Alan Austin bird houses, Stephens Potato Farms, Paul and Karen Crevier, Nutra Farms, Giffen’s Country Market, Blue Mountain Ski Resort, Stayner Physiotherapy and Massage Therapy, Grayling Lamont

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CORNELISSEN , Theodorus Reinier “Rene” – It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our father Theodorus Reinier “Rene” Cornelissen on Jan. 3, 2023, in his 97th year. Rene, a resident at Sunnybrook Veteran’s wing for the past five years, is the father of four, Elly, Brent (Marilyn), Mark (Tricia), and Robin (Rob). Grandfather (Opa) to 11, and great grandfather to 18. Born in Holland on Oct. 7, 1926, he served in WW2 in the Dutch Air Force and with the Australian Forces while stationed in Indonesia. Rene returned home to Holland after the war and worked at DAF (a manufacturer of automobiles and trucks) where he met his first wife, Jeannette. They were married in 1954 and emigrated to Canada that same year and settled in Scarborough until parting ways in 1971. Rene worked at General Electric, Chambers Food, Crouse Hinds Company in Scarborough as the Plant Manager, Kert Chemicals for several years before running the Baker-York Lift Truck division of Otis Elevator located in Hamilton. He then decided he would go out on his own after Otis announced the closing of Baker-York. His passion for building and creating was satisfied for over 15 years. Rene met Diane and they were married in 1980 and lived in Land’s End, England for 18 years, before coming back to Canada in 1998 and settling in Creemore where he lived a wonderful full life, a dream come true for retirement. Dad loved to bake and cook. He turned his baking passion into a small business that would see him at the Saturday market selling all the bread and marmalade he made that week. He also loved his workshop in the backyard and was always creating items out of wood while waiting for the bread to rise! After moving out of Creemore in 2018 and into the Allied Veterans Wing of Sunnybrook Hospital, he made the most of his woodworking skills in the creative arts and recreation therapy program by building bird houses, wooden Christmas trees and dabbling in ceramics. He also had the gardening gift and tended to all the greenery on his floor for a few years and in the greenhouse. Described by some as fiercely independent this trait allowed him to have 96 wonderful years. When asked about living at Sunnybrook he said, “I live in heaven and taken care of by Angels.” He loved his five years there. A huge heartfelt thank you to all the staff at Sunnybrook for their exceptional and compassionate care at the Veteran’s Wing and to the staff of the ICU and palliative care for their exemplary care and kindness during his last few weeks. Cremation has taken place under the care of Quinte Cremation and Burial Services 1-53 Wilson Avenue, Belleville, ON, K8P 1R7; a private family gathering will take place later this year. Rene will be missed by family and friends who were lucky enough to meet such a gentle, kind man. If you would like to remember Rene, donations to the Sunnybrook Foundation would be most appreciated.

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Celebrate St. Paddy's at Station kitchen party

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Trina Berlo Station on the Green is throwing a St. Patrick’s Day party with live music by Shipyard Kitchen Party and Strange Potatoes.

Strange Potatoes is a trio of multitalented Georgian Triangle musicians –Derek McLean, John Eaton and John Miller. Inspired by Celtic roots, this energetic band of musical characters promises to get people up on the dance floor.

Shipyard Kitchen Party features John Eaton (guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals), Sacha Law (bass, vocals) and Jason Murphy (bodhran, vocals).

With roots in Scotland, Newfoundland and Georgian Bay, Shipyard Kitchen Party blends traditional instrumentation with humour, artistry and history to tell Canadian stories in original ways. They say, “We’re Great Big Sea, having a dram too many with Stan Rogers. We’re Gordon Lightfoot meets Whose Line is it Anyway? We’ll make you stomp your feet and we might also make you cry.”

The event is a fundraiser for the Station on the Green, Creemore’s volunteer-run community centre. Facility manager Debbie Hill said the management board is looking ahead to costly upgrades to the kitchen and the washrooms, as well as replacing the

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A youth led Advisory Committee comprised of community-oriented volunteers, geared towards advocating on behalf of all the youth in Clearview. Volunteers work with existing youth organizations to encourage and develop new opportunities for local youth to achieve leadership and social skills, positive scholastic levels, and mental health wellness. Located at 7458 Highway 26, Stayner.

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The Economic Development Advisory Committee provides feedback, recommendations, and vision to Council to address priority Economic Development issues and opportunities in the Townships business community while maintaining focus on the five key pillars from the Clearview strategic plan.

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Season 15 of the Be The Change Film Series, presented by The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, kicks off with Scrap, a film by award-winning Canadian film director Stacey Tenenbaum

On its surface, Scrap is about what happens to things like ships, planes and trains when they reach their end of life. More than that though, it’s about how we value things and their meaning, memory and beauty.

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blinds. Rental fees cover the regular maintenance costs associated with the facility but fundraising is necessary to pay for upgrades.

The St. Patrick’s Day party starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 17. Tickets cost $35 per person before Jan. 23, and $40 after. Tickets are available online at www.ticketscene.ca/events/43490.

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Food will be available to purchase from Chez Michel and La Cucina.

This is 19+ event with a cash bar.

Scrap is showing at Simcoe Street Theatre in Collingwood at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan 25. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $7 for students. Tickets are available online at btc.watershedtrust. ca, and at the door.

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Shipyard Kitchen Party performs at Station on the Green, March 17.