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TORONTO - Ontario residents younger than 25 can now get free prescription medications.

This and several other regulatory changes in the province take effect on January 1.

Youth pharmacare means that anyone under 25 in Ontario will have free access to more than 4,400 prescription medications with no co-pay or deductible.

Some of the now publicly funded prescriptions include depression and anxiety medications, insulin and diabetic test strips, antibiotics, asthma inhalers and birth control pills.

Coverage will be automatic for children and youth with an OHIP

card and a valid prescription. There will be no upfront costs, no co-pays and no strings attached.

Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins said, ”Cost should never be a barrier that prevents our young people from receiving the health care they need. We are protecting the health and lives of all children and youth in Ontario, 24 years of age and younger, by providing easy access to prescription medication at no cost that will also lift the financial burden off parents who are without coverage. We will not give up on our vision of a universal pharmacare system, so that one day all Ontarians will have access to free drug coverage to keep them healthy and strong."

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Bfd. Police seeking stabbing witnesses BRANTFORD — Brantford Police are seeking witnesses to a stabbing which occurred on Saturday, December 23, 2017 between approximately 8:30 p.m. and 8:50 p.m. in the area of the Brantford and District Labour Centre.

Police say two males became involved in a physical altercation and

one of them suffered two stab wounds.

The victim, a 33-yearold male was transported to Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The altercation may have been broken up by an unknown female and investigators would like to speak to anybody with any information.

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BRANTFORD — One person is dead following a shooting in Brantford on Monday.

It happened near the Brantford General Hospital, which was locked down at about 5:45 p.m.

The Brant Community Healthcare System issued a statement saying the shooting victim was taken to the hospital's emergency room but later

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The lockdown, which the hospital said was imposed ``in the interest of patient and staff safety,'' was lifted at about 7:10 p.m.

The victim's name and age have not been released, nor was there any immediate information about a suspect or suspects.

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scribed as a white male, 5’10”, 220 pounds, with an auburn goatee. The suspect was driving a grey car with a large dent on the hood.

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Growing up on the Glebe

By Jim Windle

EAGLES NEST - (Brantford) A number of years ago, on June 28th of 2000, Six Nations elder Ron Jamieson did an interview with the late Catherine Verrall, a retired teacher and activist. Although we are not sure form what purpose it was written, it would be right to assume that it was pay of her research into the Glebe lands during a time when Brantford was assuming Six Nations was going to sell the Glebe land so the city could further develop the east end of Brantford, but the bigger plan was to use Six Nations land to allow for the footprint of the proposed Brantford Southern Access Route.

Ms. Verrall was solidly against the transaction, and felt Six Nations was getting the raw end of the deal.

Jamieson was reminiscing about his life growing up on the Glebe lands and is a wonderful snap shot of the area before the dump,

before 1900. Ron’s real name was “Rulon” Jamieson and was baptized into the Mormon Church in the early to mid 1900’s.

The Morman Elder who baptized Jamieson’s mother, was Rulon Jepson. He was named after that elder, but preferred being called Ron. Pour yourself a coffee, put your feet up and take a trip into the not-so-distant past with Mr. Jamieson:

“I am talking about the southeast corner of Brantford. I don’t recall anyone making too many remarks on it. I am going back to the year I was born, 1923, the year my mom and dad left the reservation, moved into town and my dad got a job at the old Canada Starch Works, later to become Canada Abrasives.

The factory owned four cottages down there and we moved into one of them. That’s where I was born. I grew up there so I figure I’m the most knowledgeable one left to relate these stories.

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Ontario First Nations will go forward on hydro purchase

By Nahnda Garlow

Artistic rendition of the old Mohawk Lake.

The Tow Path that ran along the south shore of Mohawk Lake, When I was a boy, that’s all it was ... a tow path. It was only 8’ to 10’ wide and it took only one horse to tow the barges up and down. It looked not wide enough for a team of horses. The underlay was shale stone and it was probably brought from the Hamilton mountain area.

The drinking water was piped in from the Glebe property. The pipes ran under the canal and came up in a watershed. It ran winter and summer ... very good water. I also assume, judging from the little harbour that was cross from

the canal the barges used pull in there and stock up on water to make the return trip back to Buffalo. After the ages and the boats stopped they took the liberty of using that spring water, running it under the canal.

That was the only water we had at the cottages. I remember many a time taking my wagon and bringing home a pail or two of that water.

The wild life that used to be prevalent in that area: pheasants, fireflies, turtles, fish, butterflies, muskrats, dragonflies, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

SIX NATIONS – While an official announcement has not been made, the Ontario First Nations Hydro One purchase may be happening.

While Six Nations Elected Council has yet to announce if they will be participating in the deal — Elected Chief Ava Hill confirmed via email that 129 First Nations out of a possible 133 have signed so the deal will proceed whether or not Six Nations accepted the offer or not.

The sale of shares to First Nations across the province was introduced

by Premiere Kathleen Wynne after Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day objected to First Nations being excluded from Wynne’s 2015 announcement to partially privatize Hydro One — offering 60 per cent ownership to

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A 2.5 per cent slice of that 60 per cent was opened up collectively to Ontario’s First Nations communities in 2016 when the Chiefs of Ontario announced an agreement-in-principle with Hydro One. Regional Chief Isadore Day called the deal a “modern political accord”. Day said, “Having meaningful equity participation in Hydro One is a unique long-term wealth creation opportunity for our collective First Nations. More significantly, we now have the opportunity to secure our rightful place not only in the energy sector but in the economy as a whole.”

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Growing up on the Glebe continued from 3 frogs, and the list could go on and on. The pheasants have since disappeared, but in those days they were in flocks of anywhere from perhaps 5, 10, 20 pheasants in one flock. We’d be walking across a field and one or two would get up and we’d say “Oh ….did you see how close that PMS Black C was? We nearly stepped on that one!” We’d take a PMS few more steps and 186 half a dozen more would come.

And we’d go a bit more and a big flock would come up 10 ore 20 more. We were always amazed at how many pheasants were in a flock.

The fireflies … there was no end to those in the summer time. Fish … you could catch any kind of fish in that lake. And the

butterflies… there were so many different varieties and they were so beautiful and now they have disappeared. There were so many frogs up and down that lake that the people used to catch for their legs which today is regarded as a delicacy and I have enjoyed myself.

The Lake itself: The older boys from the Mohawk Institution would come down over the bank right in front of our house with a very large bobsled and a team of horses. They’d make sure the ice was strong enough and they’d go right onto Mohawk Lake and cut out large cubes of ice and load up that sled with cubes of ice and cart them back into the Institution. I understand

they’d be buried in straw in the barn. That would be their refrigeration unit for the summer. It always amazed me how dextrous they were, running that bobsled back up off of the canal because there wasn’t a road there. The bank was quite steep but the horses could make it and the sled followed and I never saw an accident there regarding the taking of that ice.

Speaking of Mohawk Lake, I recall the skaters coming there when the ice was just right for the purpose of skating and I have seen perhaps 3 or 4 hundred skaters with every colour of the rainbow, both men and women, boys and girls, enjoying a leisurely skate on Mohawk Lake and that continued until

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the outdoor rinks were built throughout the city of Brantford. There was also canoeing that went on to quite an extent. The Biggs family had a boathouse right up beside the Murray Street Bridge and they kept a good many canoes in there and they would rent them. We used to watch the canoes go by.

I remember one guy taking his girlfriend and he had a Victrola in the canoe.

It was one of those handcranked Victrola’s with the old 78’s and it was quite the idea he had.

The Glebe property was part of our playground.

The whole area was really, but the Glebe property was special to us. We knew it was native land. We used to find artifacts there. I picked up one piece of peculiar looking flint and I was going to throw it away but I didn’t. That was a good thing because later on a friend of mine looked at it and said “Ron, you’ve got one of the best skin scrapers I’ve ever seen.”

He showed me where the thumb fit into the thing.

It was made perfect. I still have that artifact. We also came across a burial site on the Glebe property.

They had taken an extensive amount of gravel out of a certain area and it left a steep wall. Heavy rain and thunderstorm had come along and chewed at the bank and exposed a burial site of at least one person.

At that point there was an archaeologist stationed on the Glebe. His purpose was to hold back the BSAR from travelling across the Glebe property and after reading the article in the newspaper I couldn’t resist approaching him and bringing him the proof and also the things I had found in that gravesite. He was very glad to receive those and with that it was apparently enough to stop the BSAR from going through.

I’m not sure. Bill, I think was his first name. He was connected with the Confederation because they had a set-up where he was

staying right on the Glebe.

When I returned the artifacts to him, the Confederacy vehicle was there and maybe 7 or 8 of them and I made the suggestion to them that they were welcome to keep those but once having examined them, it was my wish that they would be reburied at the place that I showed them. I presume it was done.

Going back to about 1935 that year CKPC put up their transmission poles right behind the old parsonage which I believe was already torn down, about 1932. They lasted quite a while but are no longer there. Where Pauline Johnson School is now and towards the Catholic school. When the soldiers had got through the day some of us would go out there and try to duplicate this difficult course.

I want to point something which was unfortunate, the garbage disposal.

I already spoke of the south side of the tow path. It was during the 1940s that they extended the road on past the sandpaper factory and they took it on down to just about the way you see it now only a lot more narrow. Once they put in that road, they decided to fill in the low part with city waste and it was through those fields where we used to scare up all the pheasants. So they filled that up and they went on further and began to fill up the low spot by the old locks and back in where the old electric company was beside the glue factory. So when they filled that up, they started to fill in where they are now. That was the other area where the pheasants used to choose to live. Also it is no longer a low spot.

The factory waste used to also be dumped. The factory waste from the M Foundry in the 1940s, the war was on and I guess they figured “anything goes.” They lined up by the Verity Factory there. They put as much as they could

along the canal bank. Then they took it across the wooden foot bridge which was near Proctor’s meat packers. It was mostly slag and ash from their foundry. It was found to be dangerous and unhealthy so they were forced to quit.

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When I was just a boy they had a garbage disposal right behind the Albert St. Arena. I’d be 7 or 8 years old and that became full. There was no protection from seeping into Charlie Ward Creek. There were old-timers around who used to speak about the fine trout fishing that used to be in that creek almost up to the Arctic Arena where the creek source is. Now that disposal site behind the Albert St. Arena and its ability to seep into the creek and from there into the canal. It’s no wonder that when they tried to scoop out most of the rubbish and garbage from the canal, it really didn’t accomplish very much because the original sources of contamination and seepage are still there and they will be.

They come from 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 different locations.

And it’s a shame what it has done to Mohawk Lake which used to be so clean you could eat the fish that came from there. They used to even stock the lake. I remember seeing the truck come down there and take out big milk cans full of minnows and dump them in the lake. And sure enough a couple years later you could catch those fish. That is a shame. What has come to pass if nothing else, maybe this story will bring to the attention of enough people that they continue to try to correct the severe damage to the ecology. The disappearance of all those fine species that used to exist in the area I grew up in.

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Play the winter blues away EDITORIAL

How about those temperatures? Last Saturday morning was a crisp and sunny -25 celsius. For the older genera-tion out there that's -13 farenheit. For the scientists out there that's 248.15 Kelvin.

And the cold has been relentless.

The Two Row Times did a small survey and found that many gas stations along the outskirts of the reserve such as Highway #54 have attendants who regularly receive cash tips. One attendant interviewed said 85% of gas cus-tomers will tip especially during these freezing winter months. She also stated that when she pumped gas in the "interior" of the reserve she didn't receive hardly any tips at all, even in winter.

Almost every fuel station is full service in Six Nations.

For 2018 let's start tipping our gas attendants who are out there battling the cold.

Winter is inherently a lonely time and after the holiday craze wears off everyone resumes their sense of nor-mality and life goes on.

Growing up on reserve children battle isolation on a daily basis, especially in the winter. You can only play outside in the sub-zero temperatures for so long before your face freezes off. And your kinda' in a remote location and need vehicle transport to get anywhere or see anyone.

Some young people fought against that by getting really competitive with video games.

In the 90s video games

were viewed with suspicion by society but now it has become a worldwide industry valued at 100 billion dollars per year.

Today in 2018 it seems like every home has a PS4 or an XBOX and a few have even ascended to the PC for ultra-graphics settings.

Internet speeds are rising on Six Nations, Video games are the new normal and as VR slowly creeps into our lives digital entertainment and social media will be integrated into a single immersive experience.

People are just indoors on digital media every day.

So let's embrace it. Let's create a day when we relax and play video games together. Every one of all ages can meet for a few hours at the Community Hall this Saturday and maybe meet a few new friends.

Our plan is to link eight Nintendo Switches together for an Ultimate Mario Race Party. There may be a Smash Bro's set up again like last year. Whatever we can have set up that's what we will do.

But our goal is to foster some time together indoors as a safe space to interact and have fun.

Showcase your skills. See the poster on page 9.

The forecast says that this Saturday will only be -17C and it will be sunny again just like last week!

And make sure you tip your gas attendant on your way there.

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Six Nations needs to protect those renting space on reserve

By Nahnda Garlow A number of years ago my husband and our then two children were scrambling to quickly try to rent a home on Six Nations.

We were living in a rented home on the borderline between Six Nations and New Credit and suddenly found ourselves homeless.

A letter was sent to us by the New Credit Band Council, giving us 14 days to leave the home we were renting because we were not band members. We were threatened with fines and jail time if we did not comply in time.

The next two weeks were a flurry of activity. Our children were seven and nine months old at the time of our eviction and with no advance warning and no savings we were facing homelessness.

Brantford’s Native Housing was not able to offer immediate help and told me there was a 10-year waiting list. The lone home for rent on Six Nations that month was a mouse infested trailer that had no heat and they were asking $1200 for rent.

Thankfully we were able to move in with family. For the next year and a half our family of four shared a 13’ x 20’ bedroom in

my father-in-law’s home.

Sadly, this is not the worstcase scenario for housing on Six. Residents are all too familiar with multiple families bunking in together — often sharing a space far too small for their needs.

When homes are available for rent the standards are not the same as off reserve. This leaves renters like myself and our family open to facing homelessness in a very short period of time with little to no recourse available to protect our families.

Six Nations needs bylaws that protect our people. And our people need a reasonable body that will govern and enforce those bylaws to keep community members safe.

While the federal and provincial governments keep reaching further and further in to govern on-reserve activities — do we really want that? As of now

the application of the Residential Tenancies Act on reserve is questionable. On the flip side, no one wants to be facing radicalized evictions to the extreme that Kahnawake’s council has taken. Something that has pulled the community’s band council and sovereign right into federal courts for violating band members human rights.

Perhaps it would also do the community well to see regulations — prohibiting non-band members from renting commercial space on reserve as well.

We need on-reserve housing that is clean, well-cared for and safe. But further to that — we need housing regulations that will protect renters in the community from being overcharged by landlords and under protected by those who wish to lord over the rest of us.

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Higher minimum wage results in a widened gap of inequality

By Megan Behn Megan is a first year Social Welfare student at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford.

An increase in minimum wage will only result in an increasing gap between the rich and poor.

Income inequality is a large and complex issue that cannot be reduced by simply adjusting the minimum wage.

New legislation has been made in regards to minimum wage, according to the Ontario provincial government, invoking an increase in pay of $3.60 an hour to reach $15 starting January 1, 2019. Although seemingly a positive change, there remain issues that suggest a more negative side to this concern. Reduced employment, pressure on smaller businesses, and inflation will likely result as part of such rise in minimum wage.

As a child, I did not have a very good understanding of the financial position my family was in at the time. My understanding today only comes from what my parents have told me as I

have aged. My family acts as a prime example as to how fluctuation in minimum wage dramatically affects the lives of many.

As reported by Statistics Canada, the minimum wage in Ontario increased from $7.60 an hour to $8.00 between 2005 and 2007. To some this may not seem like a lot, but this did in fact disrupt the rate of inflation at the time, causing much of the working population to become unemployed. This is the exact situation that my parents were placed in, while simultaneously having to raise and fend for three children. As a result, my family’s income plainly reflected that of the disadvantaged population.

While some may suggest that increasing the minimum wage will result in better living conditions, this is most certainly not the case for everyone. Such action causes employers, especially those of small businesses, to fire current employees in order to maintain a profit. This leaves current employees without any source of income and possibly leading them to a hard life in

poverty. In some cases, smaller businesses will even go out of business due to competing economies and high inflation rates.

A more current example of this type of inflation is the price change in Tim Hortons coffee. As inflation rates begin to take over our provincial economy furthermore, Tim Hortons has begun to prepare itself by increasing the price of their medium — now $1.77, large — now $1.98, and extra-large — now $2.19 coffee. There has even been some talk about another increase in Tim Horton pricing as the minimum wage adjustments come into play in 2019. This is essentially how we can see inflation taking effect in our everyday lives and how it will presumably play out in the future.

It is also notable that the wage gap between the rich and poor has widened over time. Conditions and changes to our economy will only continue to affect this gap as it is apparent after examining my family’s former financial situation.

The rich will experience

very little (if any) challenges as inflation takes over, whereas the poor will continue to struggle with the everyday costs of living. This will therefore negatively impact and most likely worsen the general living standards of this already disadvantaged population.

The provincial government has set out this new legislation in attempt to alleviate the poor from their struggles and hardship that come from such an impoverished lifestyle.

However, the only one gaining anything within this situation is the government itself. Taxes, deductions, and other personal credits will only continue to rise as a consequence of accelerating wages, thereby forcing the general working population to face even more payments than currently.

Generally, there will tend to be families, such as my own, where both parents work to support their families on minimum wage as their sole income. Living under such pay can feel nearly impossible at times and rising inflation will only make matters worse. Yet, although this is the hard

truth within our current society, this is not the way things should, nor have to be. We must conduct new mechanisms of addressing the increasing wage gap in order to pull those in poverty out of their difficult lifestyles.

It is crucial that we understand the effects that increases in minimum wage and inflation have on all members of our society as it is often easy to overlook certain issues that do not affect us personally. Even if we do not believe so now,

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Draws will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 154 located on Caithness St. East in

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The anti-black racism strategy, released Thursday, sets out how the provincial government will try to address disparities for black Ontarians in the child welfare, education and justice systems.

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YouTuber under fire for “suicide clickbait”

By Chezney Martin

INTERNET – The content of one of YouTuber Logan Paul’s first vlogs of 2018 has received a lot of concern and backlash on social media — people are claiming and hoping for the end of his career on YouTube.

His video centred around the Aokigahara, the Sea of Trees, or “Suicide Forest” in Japan, at the base of Mount Fuji, which sparked incredible backlash for the inappropriate and disrespectful nature of the content.

In the video, Paul, 22, and the group he travelled with are seen in close up shots with an apparent body of a suicide victim they found early on into their filming and continued to film just inches away from the body, even commenting on the body’s purple skin colour.

Then edited the video and

posted it online.

The forest is wellknown in Japan as a place where thousands of people go to commit suicide each year. Going into this forest at any time it is very likely a victim of suicide would be sighted.

“This was supposed to be a fun vlog,” said Paul in the video. “This was all going to be a joke, why did it become so real?”

Rather than turning the cameras off after spotting the body, the group filmed their own reactions to the discovery and continued to film due to the “promise” Paul made to his viewers to put out videos every day and to entertain his audience. He even mentions that this is just the life of a daily vlogger.

Although the video did show a disclaimer at the beginning warning of disturbing content, many viewers still weren't hap-

YouTube star Logan Paul. py. "@LoganPaul You’re an idiot. You’re not raising awareness. You’re mocking. I can’t believe how self-praising your “apology” is. You don’t deserve the success (views) you have. I pray to God you never have to expe-

rience anything like that man did,” posted Sophie Turner, an actress mostknown for her roles as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones and Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse.

“Did someone forget to tell Logan Paul that raising awareness for some-

Fraud incident Road Rage leads

Arrest in Brantford

BRANTFORD – On Saturday December 30, 2017 the Brantford Police Service received a 9-1-1 call from the TD Bank located on Market Street.

A female customer had attended the branch and was attempting to cash a fraudulent check. Community Patrol Officers attended and located the female suspect inside the branch. Investigation revealed that the check had been stolen and was never issued to the female.

Further investigation revealed that the female was currently wanted on outstanding warrants.

Alicia Bowen a 29-yearold Brantford Women is charged with Utter Forged Documents, Possession of Stolen Property under $5000 and Attempt Fraud Under $5000. The accused was held for a bail hearing.

BRANTFORD – On Monday January 1, 2018 at around 10:30 a.m. Brantford Police Service investigated a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Park Ave. and East Ave. During the investigation, it was discovered that one of the drivers was bound by a court order and that he was currently in contravention of that order. The accused was arrested for Failing to Comply with Recognizance Order. Further investigation revealed that the accused was in possession of 22.9 grams of marihuana, 1.4 grams of cocaine, scales and a large amount of currency. A 30-year-old Toronto male is charged with Failing to Comply with Recognizance Order and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under the Criminal Code and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (marihuana and cocaine) x2.

The accused was held for a bail hearing.

thing isn’t just showing people the thing. It’s like if I wanted to raise awareness for global warming by sitting and watching some ice melt for a week,” posted Bertie Gilbert.

Other social media celebrities such as Liza Koshy and Chrissy Teigan were also quick to post their responses, both being on opposite ends of the spectrum.

Paul's video gained twice as many more views than his last vlog did and his video is being dubbed click bait as it follows the base lines of being “content posted with the sole purpose of attracting attention and to encourage viewers to click on a particular web page or video.”

With Paul having 15 million YouTube followers, including youth as young as 12 years old, backlash was imminent.

He later posted a written

and a video apology.

“This is a first for me,” he wrote. “I've never faced criticism like this before, because I've never made a mistake like this before.”

“I didn't do it for views.

I get views. I did it because I thought I could make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity.”

He also added that he “intended to raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention” by uploading the video under the title "We saw a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest" with a thumbnail of the body slightly blurred. His video apology showed more remorse as he advised fans that were justifying his actions online to discontinue, and that he is “ashamed” of himself. He also apologized to the victim and the family of the victim.

Brantford Police Blotter Inmate dies

By TRT staff

Disturbance at A & W restaurant BRANTFORD – On Saturday December 30, 2017 shortly after 12:30 p.m. Brantford Police Service received a call from employees at the A & W Restaurant on Lynden Road. An unknown male was going in and out of the restaurant yelling and screaming and causing problems for staff and customers.

Community Patrol Officers attended and located the male inside. The male was disrupting the restaurant and causing a disturbance for both the patrons and staff. Upon investigation, it was discovered the male was also bound by a court order. A 46-year-old Brantford male is charged with Causing a Disturbance and Breach of Probation.

The accused was held for a bail hearing.

to assault

BRANTFORD – On Sunday December 31, 2017 just before 4:00 p.m.

Brantford Police Service received a 9-1-1 call about a road rage incident and that two females were engaged in a verbal altercation that had turned physical.

Community Patrol Officers attended to the area and located both parties. Investigation revealed that the two females were involved in a road rage incident that started as a verbal argument but had turned physical. The females involved in the incident received non-life-threatening injuries. As a result of the investigation a 68-year-old Brantford women is charged with Assault cause bodily harm and a 50-year-old Mt. Pleasant woman is charged with Assault.

Both parties were released with future court dates.

in London jail LONDON — Police say a man was found dead in his cell at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre on Boxing Day. A 29-year-old inmate was found without vital signs at about noon on

Tuesday.

Emergency crews arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead.

The London Police Service major crime section and the coroner are investigating.

Polar bear dip cancelled due to extreme cold TORONTO — The cold snap gripping much of Canada is even keeping the polar bear dippers out of the water.

The Toronto Polar Bear Club has cancelled its New Year's Day polar bear dip for the first time in 13 years.

The club says participant safety and ice conditions at Toronto's Sunnyside Beach led to the decision to cancel.

Other events carried on despite the cold, including the yearly dip at Port Dover beach.

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Immunity From Seizure: Interpreting Section 89(1)

By Julie D’Auteuil and Angeline Therrien-Lapointe: Gowling WLG On June 19, 2017, the Québec Superior Court ("the Court") handed down a decision on the immunity from seizure granted by the Indian Act ("the Act").

The defendant, Mr. Robertson, an Indian within the meaning of the Act, objected to three judgments issued against him by the Court of Québec and the Superior Court ordering a seizure of his income and his movable assets located on the Mashteuiatsh Reserve, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

The convictions totalled an amount of more than $265,000, including interest and costs. In the view of the Court, the defendant party, i.e. Corporation de développement économique montagnaise ("CDEM"), could not be considered an Indian or an Indian band within the meaning of the Act. In March 2015, an en-

forcement notice was filed by the CDEM to seize Mr. Robertson's assets, and enforcement was carried out in April 2015. At the same time, the CDEM also proceeded with a seizure by garnishment order against Mr. Robertson's employer, Société de développement économique iInu. Mr. Robertson objected to both seizure orders on the grounds that they were irregular, unlawful and void under section 89(1) of the Act, which states that property situated on a reserve is protected from seizure. For its part, the CDEM did not challenge the objection to the garnishment order, but argued that by effecting a movable hypothec on the universality of his business assets, he waived the rights conferred on him by section 89(1) of the Act. At issue was whether a registered Indian can waive the immunity from seizure provided by section 89(1). In 1995, Jus-

tice Paul Vézina stated in Sioui,3 without closing the door on an express waiver, that immunity cannot be waived when waiver is tacit. In 2006, in McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v.

God's Lake First Nation,4 Chief Justice McLachlin held that Parliament, through section 89(1), did not seek to exempt Indian property in a broad sense, thus implying that in some cases, particularly in matters of credit, enforcement would be possible by a creditor against the property of an Indian.

In this case, the Court determined that there was no clear, unequivocal waiver by Mr. Robertson of the immunity from seizure granted by the Act. That being the case, the movable hypothec on the universality of assets was insufficient for constituting a waiver, since it did not contain an express waiver. The objections to both seizure orders were therefore upheld by the Court.

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Indigenous tourism helping keep stories alive as international interest grows The Canadian Press

SIKSIKA, AB — Dion Red Gun has met and overcome a daunting series of obstacles in his efforts to preserve and share his culture.

The 56-year-old member of the Siksika Reserve southeast of Calgary is deeply connected to the land. He has struggled with natural disasters, debilitating arthritis and the many

challenges First Nations across Canada face in trying to start a business on the road to building his River Ranche tourism outfit.

As part of a wave of Indigenous tourism growth

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across the country, he's pushing ahead in part to try and preserve the stories and traditions by sharing them with those outside the community. ``That's why I'm very determined to lead a good path forward, and hopefully I'll lead a good path for the grandchildren; share the same stories that were passed down to me as close as I can to how I'm connected to the land,'' said Red Gun, seated next to the fireplace in his recently rebuilt lodge.

He had to rebuild because the previous lodge, built on an island in the Bow River that made it an ideal base for fly fishing and guiding, was washed away by the devastating 2013 flood.

The destruction of his business came at a difficult time. Red Gun had only just learned to walk again at the time, after undergoing surgery to address the arthritis that had confined him to a wheelchair.

He was also focused on finishing his business degree, which was made all the more difficult because his severely arthritic hands made him unable to even hold a pen. ``That was tough, tough to take. Lot of struggles.''

Determined to reopen the lodge, and with help from his family, business partners, flood recovery programs and classmates

at Mount Royal University, he did rebuild. ``It was a challenge, and for every door I went in, there was [someone] trying to close the door. But I had my foot in there.''

The lodge is now perched on a hilltop high above the Bow River with sweeping views of the river valley, and is able to capitalize on the growing international interest in Indigenous tourism. ``As far as survival mode, right now it's global travellers coming into the neighbourhood. At Siksika, we're now able to share our own stories through tourism.''

Interest is up, especially from the U.S., Japan, China, the U.K., France, and Germany, but overall has come up against a lack of capacity, said Keith Henry, CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association Canada. ``We're really seeing a huge growing interest internationally?but we don't have enough market-ready products, so we're feeling compression right now.''

The association's five year plan is to create a minimum of 50 new export-ready businesses, as well as add more than 7,000 new jobs by 2021 to the 33,000 already there, which is up from around 12,000 people in the sector in 2002.

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crease indigenous tourism revenue by $300 million from the roughly $1.4 billion it currently has.

Indigenous tourism is also becoming a more significant part of marketing Canada as a whole, said David Goldstein, CEO of Destination Canada. ``Once they know this culture and this experience exists, it's a great differentiator, that's the business side.'' ``There's a softer side to this, which is the important role tourism plays as a people to people connector.

And I don't think you can truly understand Canada unless you have lived some of these experiences.''

He said that in the past, Indigenous tourism has been either seasonal or very special interest, but that sophisticated, internationally-viable travel options have emerged in Canada over the past ten years.

There is still resistance and skepticism from some in the community about commodifying their culture and history, but Chief Lee Crowchild, chief of the Tsuut'ina Nation southwest of Calgary, said perspectives are changing. ``We talk about tourism, about the economic benefits behind it. But more importantly, we talk about what it means for us to move our identity forward.'' ``We're saying this is our land, we're still here, we're not invisible. We're not the showcase Indians of the '60s and '50s, we're the real people of the land. We have lots of things to show you.

And more importantly, we have a lot of things to teach you.''

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January 3rd, 2018

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Why Japanese animation is superior

By Chezney Martin

A ton of 90's babies can recall shows such as Sailor Moon, Card captors, Transformers, InuYasha, Dragon Ball and many more. But what they might not recall is that they were having their first tastes of anime.

The word “anime” is the shortened version of the Japanese word animēshon which means just as it sounds; animation. The word was shortened to anime in the 80's and in Japan the term is used to describe all formats of animation around the world, while when used in a Western setting it is specifically tied to Japanese animation.

The first production of anime was called Instant History, also known as the Otogi Manga Calendar. The black and white series aired from 1961 – 1964 and featured 3 minute shorts that comprised of film footage, animation and stills taken from the research archives of Mainichi Shinbun. Within the same time period Astro Boy, or the Mighty Atom as the original Japanese title, was also aired

and became the first widely popular anime.

However, when bringing up the idea of watching an anime series many people tend to think that anime is just cartoons for kids. But the likes of Archer and Family Guy on American television both prove that animated series can be designed for adult audiences.

With visually stunning art work, low threat of cancellation, online viewing being generally free and story lines filled to the rim with intense and emotional plots and char-

acter schemes; anime is something that can be enjoyed by anyone.

You might also vaguely remember movies too such as Princess Mononoke, Howls Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away and so many more as each are credited to Studio Ghibli.

The studio itself became an entity outside of Hollywood as an incredibly successful production company. Their biggest success was tied to the production of Spirited Away in 2001, as the

feature written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki became the highest grossing film ever to be released in Japan by raking in $200 million before opening in the USA. It was also the only anime film ever to win an Academy Award for best Animated Feature, and the only non-English language film ever to win it. Just to add another tidbit of information; Miyazaki created the plot without a story line as he works without finishing any of the story lines for all of his films.

Although this method is partially unique to Studio Ghhibli, creating an interesting plot with interesting characters can be seen in nearly all anime.

Within American television and animation the story is nearly always the same; a protagonist defeats an antagonist and rescues a damsel in distress to find love by the end of the story. But within anime series such as One Punch Man, Cross Ange and Attack on Titan – that type of plot structure just doesn't compare. Not even an American soap opera could touch the surface of the complexity tied into some of the longer running an-

ime like Naruto.

Another misconception about anime is that everything looks the same; characters are drawn with big eyes and long limbs, and might have funky coloured hair.

But the concept of giving anime characters their large eyes has nothing to do with American beauty standards differing from Japanese ones, but more that the eyes are capable of displaying emotion much clearer than facial expression alone. Many times within the Naruto series, viewers are greeted by the interactions between Sasuke and Sakura – many times Susukes eyes will appear in shadow, which is a known method that anime characters use to conceal emotion. If the eyes weren't so important to emotional expression, they wouldn't hide them.

As well, on the long or short journey of watching an anime series it is very easy to become attached to the characters in an emotional way. The characters tend to live normally and do everyday things with everyday nuances whether they are heroes with super natural abilities or not. Just as enjoying a cup of cof-

fee for Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul was satisfying just by simply knowing that ghouls too, enjoy their taste buds. To add to that, when watching anime characters it is very easy to get lost in their lives because they are as generic as they are unique.

When watching films with big Hollywood stars, it never leaves your mind that you're aware that you're watching a Hollywood star acting. But when watching an anime series, the characters could be anyone and thus become easier to relate to and connect with because the idea that they are acting is nonexistent. The characters become their own entities and within anime it is very easy for their stories to coincide with other characters but also be a part of the unknown.

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Some of the top favourites include: Death Note for psychological thriller fans, Sword Art Online for gamers, Vampire Knight for romance lovers, Blue Exorcist for fantasy freaks, and Blood C or Attack on Titan for R-rated gore fans for starters.

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Indigenous filmmaking set to rise in Canada in 2018 and beyond The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin never thought she would see this in her lifetime.

Fifty years after starting her distinguished career amid major funding roadblocks, the Quebec-raised 85-year-old is elated to see Indigenous filmmaking finally at an “exciting” place heading into 2018, with new initiatives including an Indigenous Screen Office in Canada.

“Any Indigenous person who wants to make a film ... if ever there was a possible time — this is it,” the acclaimed Abenaki documentary maker says from Montreal, where she's editing her 51st feature-length project.

“I feel that we're really going someplace where we've never gone before.

I know that Canadians are really listening now and want to know the truth.”

After decades of misrepresentation and under-representation of Indigenous culture in Canada's screen industry, the community is experiencing a boost.

One of the biggest game-changers is the Indigenous Screen Office, a collaboration between the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, the CBC, the Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Media Producers Association, and the National Film Board of Canada.

Announced in June, the office aims to develop a long-term strategy to help support the development, production and marketing of content in the Canadian Indigenous screen-based industry.

“I think that's a huge, huge step forward for Canada and something that's been needed, and something that's been advocated for, for many

Taika Waititi, the Indigenous filmmaker from New Zealand behind the 2017 superhero hit "Thor: Ragnarok." years,” says Jesse Wente, Toronto-based Indigenous activist and film critic who recently curated the CBC Arts series “Keep Calm And Decolonize.”

“I think the screen office will help facilitate development of Indigenous talent to be able to take on those projects, a development of stories from an Indigenous perspective, and Indigenous-led crews and viewpoints that I think ... has been tough for the industry and the community to always navigate.”

Wente hopes the office will be similar to Screen Australia's Indigenous department and create projects in an authentic way “that has a deeply involved community and nurtures Indigenous talent to grow as filmmakers to where they're at a really high level of production and skill.”

“The hope is that we'll get to a point with the screen office where it's Indigenous people who are greenlighting Indigenous-led projects, which currently does not exist and has never existed, at places like Telefilm or the CMF,” says Jason Ryle,

artistic director of the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.

“We're looking for this work; there's an audience for this work.”

Meanwhile, the NFB is working on a three-year plan to “redefine its relationship with Indigenous Peoples.”

Announced in June, the plan includes immediately ensuring that 15 per cent of production spending is on Indigenous-directed projects.

“It's been a conversation that's been going on for a very long time but now there's actual momentum, and organizations like the film board are making commitments and the conversation is shifting,” says Michelle van Beusekom, executive director of programming and production in the NFB's English Program.

The past year also saw a spotlight on Indigenous filmmaking during various celebrations for Canada's 150th birthday, and Telefilm vowed to provide increased support for Indigenous filmmakers.

“It does look very bright,” says Ryle.

“We've never been in

this position before. The conversations we're having now, even a year ago they were very different; two years ago, they were completely different.”

One of the biggest drivers of such change has been the recommendations and awareness from Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, say many.

Accessible filmmaking tools like smartphones, and streaming services like Netflix, are also democratizing the system.

Such stories are being told in many different forms — from short films to fiction features and virtual reality _ and in a variety of languages and genres.

Among the homegrown Indigenous films on the horizon is “Indian Horse,” which is based on Richard Wagamese's novel about a residential school survivor. Clint Eastwood is executive producer of the drama, which is full of Indigenous talent and is slated to hit theatres April 13.

“Angelique's Isle” by Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau is based on a novella by

James R. Stevens and is set during the copper rush of 1845. It's also expected to be released next year.

And the short “Nuuca” by Michelle Latimer, about the oil boom in North Dakota, will have its international premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Other Indigenous filmmakers making waves in Canada these days include Marie Clements, Danis Goulet, Lisa Jackson, and Shane Belcourt — to name but a few.

“It's exciting to see all these new opportunities arise and then movies like this that put native people first,” says Ojibwe “Indian Horse” star Ajuawak Kapashesit, who was born in Moose Factory, Ont. “It gives an opportunity for a native student to walk into a theatre and see somebody that looks like them on the big screen — not just as background, not just as an extra or something, but as an actual, fullfledged character, as a lead character.

“That's something that I think is important for kids to see if they want to potentially go down that road in the future and say, 'Hey, this is something we can actually do.'”

And it's not just traditional community-based, issues-driven stories being created.

Wente says some filmmakers are looking to futuristic and fantasy stories.

“I think you're really seeing a lot of Indigenous futurism ... a lot of post-apocalyptic ideas, a lot of notions around what an Indigenous future would look like,” says Wente.

Adds Ryle: “I think that speaks to the real health and vibrancy not just of the industry but I think of Indigenous communi-

ties themselves.

“If one can dream an Indigenous future, regardless of what shape that takes, I think that speaks really strongly of where those people are in the present.”

Such visionaries include Jeff Barnaby, who grew up on the Mi'gmaq reserve in Listuguj, Que. He's currently working on “Blood Quantum,” a zombie movie set outside the isolated Mi'gMaq reserve of Red Crow.

“His sensibility is entirely contemporary,” says Wente. “He's a director as steeped in Indigenous cinema as he is in 'Blade Runner' and George A. Romero.

“I think that very much is the contemporary Indigenous filmmaker, and I think there's lots of folks that could be directing a horror movie in the next 10 years from our community.”

Wente and Ryle also point to Taika Waititi, the Indigenous filmmaker from New Zealand behind the 2017 superhero hit “Thor: Ragnarok.”

“The success of 'Thor: Ragnarok,' that's been such a profound thing and I think there's a lot of excitement and momentum to see what happens with his career and where he goes to next,” says Ryle.

For Obomsawin, all of this is a stark contrast to the start of her career, when she had an “awful” time trying to get funding for documentaries including “Mother of Many Children” and “Incident at Restigouche.”

“I think it's easier now,” she says. “There's more money available at a lot of the institutions for Indigenous people to do their work, whether it's in film or as an artist, painters, writers.

“It's like a bomb everywhere — it's so exciting.”

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Brandon Montour’s 2017 report card

By Jim Windle with files ANAHEIM — For a defenseman in the NHL, points don’t generally look impressive when compared to the statistics of forwards, but there are other stats that can mean opening up a passing lane for the higher priced talent.

Or sliding in off the blue

line to inside the face-off circle pulling a defenseman away from the play.

Defensive highlights don’t usually make the sports replay shows but can win a game just as surely with a blocked shot or a poke check.

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in games where he may not appear of the scoresheet.

Montour and the Anaheim Ducks closed out 2017 with a mediocre December, consisting of six wins, six losses and two overtime losses worth a point each. During that same time spread, Montour chalked up six as-

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In Memoriam It's Been 1 yr; Dec 22nd, Since He Left, In Loving Memory of Allan Wayne Hill.

He was a man of great examples, When he gave his word, he kept it, When he took on a job, he stuck to it, till it was done and done right, And he done it all in a strong, quiet kind of way that made people look up to him and think, He was a great man.

With Love, Barb and Family

J O B

POSITION 10 Month Library Technician Assistant Office Administration

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 90 21 Oak St Brantford 519-752-0331

Birthday Wishes Jan 1, 2004 A baby girl was born at BGH at 5:17am.

Ohh just missed the original due date of Dec 18 lol.

She was the easiest birth of all her siblings, She does everything on her own time, no matter what the rush, she was very quiet when she was born, and she still remains a quiet being - who loves to argue her point, we might call it “being mouthy” although she says “well that’s how communication happens man”. (yeah! she ends most sentences with “man” or “guy”…. just slightly rezzy) But we love her, cause there’s no one like Miss Brooklyn Maci Clara Hill, Happy 14th Birthday Kid!!

XOXO Ash, Kailyn, Marv, Oaks, Mom & Dad

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We are accepting

HALL RENTAL RESERVATIONS for your event

Buck and Doe - Birthdays - Holiday Parties Anniversaries Weddings - Family Reunions - Showers - Celebration of Life or ANY special event.

Branch 90 has been serving the Brant County area since 1927 and will be happy to ensure your visit to us is a memorable one!

We also have entertainment every Friday night and Karaoke Saturday evening.

Thank You I would like to thank my family and friends who were fearless of the storm and came to help me celebrate the big 6-0. Thanks to everyone who made CW look like the awesome party planner. Mike and Missy from Erlinds thanks for the great food and Josh Miller and Pappy Johns Band for the amazing tunes. Marlene and Alex Martin thanks for making us look great for the pictures. I know CW and our kids had lots of help and there is no way they could've pulled that party together on their own so thank you to all who helped them. The HPH came through again just one question when are we gonna start acting our age? I love you more.

Thank you to "Miles To Go" for their love and support over the past 3 years. We appreciate everything you've helped us with. Toni Martin

Health Information

Diabetes: Do I have to give up the foods that I enjoy?

Programs & Services Officer Manager of Finance & Administration Temporary Computer Analyst (Database Administrator) Integrated Mental Health Program Coordinator Proposal Writer Human Resource Manager Registered Early Childhood Educator Director for the Housing Dept.

Computer Analyst (Web Developer) Cleaners & Casual Cleaners Reconciliation Lead Cayuga & Mohawk Language Teacher Acting Director of Corporate Affairs

POSITION Foot Care Registered Practical Nurse Registered Nurse Financial Analyst Kitchen Helper Cultural Instructor Health & Safety Officer Adult Day Centre Adjuvant Kanikonrilio Advisors Registered Early Childhood Educator Indigenous Victim Services Specialist Indigenous Social Worker/ Trauma Counsellor Support Team Members (5 Positions) After Hours Support Team Members (5 Positions)

B O A R D

EMPLOYER/LOCATION Grand Erie District School Board, Brantford, On Hamilton Wentworth Chapter of Native Women Inc. Native Women’s Ctre.

Hamilton Regional Indian Friendship Ctre.

McMaster University, Hamilton, On

TERM Part Time Full Time

SALARY CLOSING DATE $22.06 Hr Jan 4, 2018 TBD Jan 5, 2018

Full Time Full Time

Grand Erie District School Board, Brantford, On

TBD Jan 5, 2018 $78,386.00 - Jan 7, 2018 $117,580.00 Yr Full Time $38.46 Hr Jan 10, 2018

Chiefs of Ontario, Toronto, On

Full Time

The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation

Full Time

TBD

$43,969.50 $62,329.50 The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Full Time TBD Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg, Hamilton, On Full Time TBD Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Full Time TBD Grand Erie District School Board, Brantford, On Full Time $38.46 Hr McMaster University, Hamilton, On Full Time/ $18.73 Part Time $18.73 Hr Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton Part Time TBD Six Nations Polytechnic, Six Nations Full Time TBD SN of the Grand River Development Corporation, Contract/Matt Leave TBD

EMPLOYER/LOCATION TERM Diabetes Education, Health Services Contract Iroquois Lodge, Health Services Full Time Finance, Central Administration Contract (Maternity) Bicentennial, Social Services Contract Child Care Services, Social Services Full Time Human Resources, Central Administration Full Time LTC/HCC Health Services Contract Administration, Social Services Full Time Child Care Services, Social Services Contract Justice Program, Central Administration Contract Justice Program, Central Administration Contract O Gwadeni:deo, Social Services O Gwadeni:deo, Social Services

Job descriptions are available at GREAT Weekdays... Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 4:30 pm 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken

Full Time Full Time (On Call)

Jan 10, 2018 Jan 11, 2018 Jan 11, 2018 Jan 11, 2018 Jan 12, 2018 Jan 18, 2018 Jan 19, 2018 Jan 19, 2018 Open until fil ed Open until fil ed

SALARY TBD TBD TBD TBD $18.00 hr TBD TBD TBD $18.00 hr TBD TBD

CLOSING DATE Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018

TBD TBD

Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018

Phone: 519.445.2222 • Fax: 519-445-4777 Toll Free: 1.888.218.8230 www.greatsn.com

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January 3RD, 3rd, 2018 JANUARY

Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries

GILBERTSON: BOB

BOMBERRY: Emily (nee Yellow)

Lottie Keye

Peacefully surrounded by loved ones on December 29, 2017 at the age of 77 years. Beloved husband of 55 years Marg (nee: Armstrong).

Cherished father of Dale & Tricia, and Shawn & Christine.

Proud grandfather of Luke & Rachel, Tyler & Becca, and Josh & Stephanie.

Great grandpa of Olivia, Ellanor, Jonah, Dane, and Hazel. Brother of George & Joan & the late Carol, Pearl & Len & the late Harry, Earla & Mike, and the late Bill. Brother in-law of Larry & Marlene and the late Don & Velma. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Bob was a member of the Hiram Lodge #319 Hagersville and will also be remembered by many for his years of coaching baseball and hockey in the Haldimand and New Credit areas. A memorial service will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 44 Main Street, South, Hagersville on Saturday January 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Kidney Foundation or the charity of your choice. www. rhbanderson.com

Surrounded by her family, Emily passed on December 31, 2017, in her 80th year. Loving wife of the late Joseph Albert Bomberry.

Cherished mom of Rosanne, Kevin, Margaret, Yvonne (Gil), Kyle and Crissy. Loving gramma to Renee, Kim, Coral, Matt (Evonne), Mark (Candyce), Randi (Jim), Rachel (Matt), Shelbi (Tsadehe), Christa, Court, Brad (Brooke), Paul, Ken, Lewis, and Trinity.

Great gramma to 21 great grandchildren. Step mother to Sylvia, Bossy, Carolyn (Joe), Nancy, Ron (Maureen), late Dave, their 20 children, 35 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Survived by her sisters Natalie (late Charlie) and Lucille, her brothers Manny (Effie), Rob (late Nancy) and Snook, and by many nieces, nephews, cousins, and special niece Roberta (Sis) Smith. Predeceased by her daddy, Asa Yellow, her mother Myrtle Powless (nee John), her brother David, sisters Wally (Audrey) and Edie (Charlotte). Emily will be resting at Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken on Wednesday after 4 pm. where Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 1 pm. Cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson.com

It is with deep sadness the family announces the passing of our dear Mother, Sister, Auntie and friend, Lottie Keye. Lottie enjoyed several professional careers beginning as a nurse and working in this field for over 20 years.

She then went to the Six Nations Day care and finally returned to university to achieve her Ontario Teachers certificate. She dedicated the rest of her professional career to language revitalization and preservation in the Cayuga language.

Other notable accomplishments include coauthoring the first Cayuga Language dictionary and first written text of the Gaihwi:yo. She was the first Cayuga Language teacher of the Gawinehii:yo immersion school system. Lottie also sat on many board of directors over the years including Six Nations Polytech, Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council, and Six Nations Birthing Centre. She also was proud of her work with the Elders Soup meetings and with McMaster University. Lottie is predeceased by her parents Reta and Amos Sr., and by brothers Austin and David. As well as special friends Nora Carrier and Eileen Johnson. She is survived by her loving daughter Diane and son in law Paul. Brothers Alfred and Amos Jr. and sister Margaret (Bill) . Nephews Desmond, Lance, Travis (Diana), Collin, Jason and Mike ( Avis) and niece Nicole . Special great Auntie to Selina, Lexie, Dezlin, Hudson and Gawedrageho. Special medicine friend of Laurie Powless, Elva Jamieson , Sadie Buck and Harry Henhawk Jr.. Lottie will be resting at her home at 17 Moccasin Trail in Ohsweken on Tuesday December 26th after 4pm. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday December 27th at 11 am at Seneca Longhouse, 5th Line, Six Nations. Lottie was dedicated to all her students and family whom she referred to as her children. She was most proud of the fact that she was able to hear many of her former students lead the ceremonies of the Longhouse. www.rhbanderson.com

HEALING NATIONS

Naturally...

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Walter Marvin Hess March 12, 1978 – December 24, 2017 Passed away suddenly December 24, 2017. He will be sadly missed by wife Bernice Stephanie Charles and daughters Isabelle, Danielle. Son of the late Robert Hess and missed by mother Patsy Hess and sister Teresa (Dave), Genny (Sal) and brother Robert, and missed by many nieces, and nephews, friends. He will be cremated and we will have a service to pay respects at further notice.

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HENRY: Andrea Mae (nee Martin) At her request she passed away at home with her family on January 1, 2018 in her 74th year. Loving mother of Debbie (Marty), Tony, Cindy, Sharon (George), Sherman Jr., Kim (Barry), Stephanie (John), Arnold General Jr., and Angel. Predeceased by father Andrew C. Martin, and granddaughter Kayla Dawn. Grandmother and great grandmother to 59. Best friends to Ruby Hill and Fred Bomberry. Resting at her home 1870 5th Line Rd on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 after 5 pm. until Thursday morning. Cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson.com

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January JANUARY 3rd, 3RD, 2018 2018

CLUES ACROSS 1. Put within 6. Learned person 12. Resistance 16. Female title 17. Logical basis for a belief 18. Of I 19. Indicates position 20. Article 21. Insignificant organizational member 22. __ route 23. Expression of disapproval 24. Microelectromechanical systems 26. Ponds 28. Satisfy 30. Dad 31. Spanish soldier “El __” 32. Pouch-like structure 34. Obscure unit of measurement 35. Okinawa prefecture capital 37. Platforms 39. Jazz singer Irene 40. Benefits 41. Hellenistic governors 43. Brownish-green fruit 44. Needed to see 45. Political action committee 47. Fast plane 48. Bahrain dinar 50. Urgent request 52. Raccoon genus 54. Millisecond 56. Atlanta rapper 57. Rural delivery 59. Intrauterine device 60. The Wolverine State 61. Free agent 62. For instance 63. Reduces 66. Lincoln’s state 67. Quit 70. Midsections 71. Bullfighting maneuvers CLUES DOWN 1. The arch of the foot 2. Canadian peninsula 3. Koran chapters 4. Abba __, Israeli politician

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Expressing yourself authentically is proving difficult, Aries. But this will pass shortly. Eventually, your persistence will pay off, and others will see that your intentions are genuine.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 If your dreams are within reason, there is no reason why they can’t come to fruition, Taurus. You just may need a few friends in your corner to help make things happen.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, don’t obsess about a specific approach to working through a problem. Seek feedback from a number of people and explore all of your options.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, it may take an intense effort to concentrate on your work this week because your thoughts keep drifting elsewhere. You must rein in your wandering mind.

5. Youngster 6. Burns 7. Comedienne Gasteyer 8. Valley 9. Belongs to sun god 10. Nickel 11. Great in salads 12. Leader 13. Forced through a sieve 14. Entryway 15. Support pillars 25. Aquatic mammal 26. __ Farrow, actress 27. Unhappy 29. Holds molecules 31. Thrifty 33. French dynasty 36. Scottish port

Answers for January 3, 2018 Crossword Puzzle

38. Irish militant organization 39. Dawn 41. Musical group of seven 42. Used to fry things 43. Carrot’s companion 46. Rough stone landmarks 47. Fourth son of Jacob and Leah 49. Goes against 51. Passion 53. Hard white animal fat 54. Soybean pastes 55. Beckon 58. Mountain and morning are two 60. Self-referential 64. Data executive 65. Retirement plan 68. Star Trek character Laren 69. You and I

SUDOKU

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 It may be challenging to separate your fantasies from reality right now, Leo. Even though things are vivid in your mind, others may help clarify things for you.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Surprising news leaves you a little bit frazzled, Virgo. However, once you work your way through the surprise, you’ll see that this news bodes well for you.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, others feel like you have everything figured out this week and are as sensible as can be. But there’s a fun side of you that is just waiting to pop out.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Something in your life is causing you undue stress, Scorpio. Find a way to let it all go by focusing on thoughts and things that bring you happiness.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it may seem like your time in the spotlight has come and gone, but that isn’t the case. You have plenty of time to show what you can accomplish.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, your vision of the future may be set right now, but there is always room for some modifications. Embrace some of the uncertainty that can lead to greatness.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, no career goal is out of reach right now.

Therefore, if you’ve been thinking of a career move, now is a great time to put those plans in motion.

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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 The search for the truth could lead you on a bit of a wild adventure, Pisces. Eventually, you can get to the bottom of the situation.

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