Vol. 5, Issue 47
Free of Charge
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Gender balance
Through the looking glass
City police aim
to recruit more women to join male-dominant force
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ANA SERME OF the Czech Republic digs for a ball against England’s Lucy Turmel during the Simon Warder Memorial Squash Tournament at Huron Oaks Golf Club. The five-day tournament ended Saturday and featured 48 of the world’s best pros from 21 countries and another 88 amateurs playing in a 360-degree glass court. In its first six years, the squash tournament has raised $157,000 in support of local prostate health. Turmel defeated Serme 3-0. GLENN OGILVIE The Journal
Software company taking root downtown
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bout half of the fifth floor of the St. Clair Corporate Centre in downtown Sarnia has been leased to a software company with plans of further expansion. U.S-based Clear Care Inc. ar-
rived in Sarnia last year when it purchased HomeTrak, a homegrown software company and competitor located on Exmouth Street. The combined company has grown from 20 local employees to nearly 50 and moved into the 9,600-square-feet of office space this spring. “We are a lot more econom-
ical for hiring than in California,” said Moyra Miller, VP of customer success. “Clear Care approved this much space with expansion in mind.” The company, based in San Francisco, makes software used by 11,000 private duty homecare agencies providing housekeeping, maintenance and other
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services to independent-living seniors. The software allows the agencies to manage billing, payroll and scheduling in a web-browser based interface, Miller explained. “They really liked our culture, they loved our product, and the fact that we had a lot of brilliant minds,” she said. Continued on 2
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aime McCabe learned at an early age about the struggles victims can have navigating the police system. “I come from a big policing family, and I was always aware of these things, hearing stories from my dad,” said the Sarnia Police Sergeant. “I always looked at crimes like domestic violence and thought to myself — wow, if that victim has the strength to come forward with her story, then I want to be her voice.” McCabe is one of only two female Sergeants on the Sarnia Police Service — the highest rank a woman has ever reached in the organization. She heads the court services division while Sgt. Daun-Mari Price leads the forensics team. “There’s been a lack of female officers in the higher ranks,” said McCabe, who has more than 20 years policing experience, including time spent in the child abuse and sexual assault bureau with the Peel Regional Police. “These are the barriers we are trying to break down.” According to Statistics Canada, women accounted for 21% of all sworn officers across Canada in 2017, and continued to be increasingly represented in the higher ranks of police services. Continued on 3
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