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Candidates debate climate change, trade, rural broadband at meeting in Minto

By Patrick Raftis MINTO – Climate change, international trade and rural broadband all figured prominently in discussion at a Perth-Wellington federal allcandidates meeting at Pike Lake Golf Centre on Oct. 9.

The topics were addressed in candidate responses to questions directed by moderator Murray Calder at the debate, which was sponsored by the Minto and Mount Forest Chambers of Commerce and hosted by 88.7 The River.

Candidates from all six parties were present: Collan Simmons (Green Party), Geoff Krauter (NDP), Irma Devries (Christian Heritage Party), Roger Fuhr (People’s Party of Canada), Piri Mitchell (Liberal) and incumbent John Nater (Conservative).

During opening statements, Simmons said he decided to step into politics because of his personal concern for the environment. “I looked at the numbers for climate change and

Election debate - Perth-Wellington federal candidates at a debate in Minto on Oct. 9 included, from left: Collan Simmons (Green), Geoff Krauter (NDP), Irma DeVries (CHP), Roger Fuhr (PPC), John Nater (Conservative) and Piri Mitchell (Liberal).

Photo by Patrick Raftis they’re risky. We’re in trouble and we need to change what we’re doing,� said Simmons. “I’m not the problem.

We’re not the problem.

Change needs to happen at the highest level of this country to rein in the oil and gas industry and make things easier for us to make the right choice.�

Simmons added, “We need to take subsidies away from the oil and gas companies and put them into renewable energy so that when we make

a choice the cheapest choice is the best one for the environment.�

Krauter noted that as “a person with cerebral palsy� he knows “what it its to confront inequity and what it is to succeed.� “I’m running in this election to fight for real and measurable climate action, protect and expand our universal health care and to fight for those people in this community who are struggling with the cost of living.�

Devries said she and her husband have lived in the area for 40 years. “We raised our four children and now we have 11 grand kids. Life is great - except for the increasing bureaucracy imposed on any business in Ontario or Canada,� said Devries.

She added she has studied the issue and, “Commerce and government is all about contracts. Every four years we contract for the person who will represent us in par-

liament. Will they? Or will they represent the party?�

Devries stated, “the abortion industry contracts for profit, kills not-yet-born innocent babies,� and “Climate change industry contracts for their profit, smart leaders, 5G and a carbon tax. You pay.�

Fuhr said his party’s goal is “to provide a platform that will put Canadians first, not other people. Canadians must come first. “We know that we can’t please everybody, nor will we try to because we recognize that when you take that approach you end up not pleasing anybody.�

Fuhr said the PPC will promote, “Smaller government in Ottawa that will respect the taxpayers and the constitution,� while ending corporate welfare and substantially lowering the number of immigrants allowed entry to Canada.

Nater said the Conservative Party of Canada would fight for digital infrastructure including rural broadband.

“In 2019 there is absolutely no reason why people in our community don’t have access to high speed internet. We need to take action,�

Nater stated.

He also said, “We need to stand up for our small businesses and our farm families. “Unfortunately, for the past four years we’ve seen changes implemented by this Liberal government that have made it more difficult both for farm families and small business to get ahead,� added Nater, who also pledged to work with municipalities and community groups to “address the chronic labour shortage� across the riding. “I reflect the general ideals of the Liberal Party,� said Mitchell. “We care about our neighbours, we care about the state of the world’s climate and we care about the people who occupy the middle and the lower end of the economic scale. There needs to be a balance of our economic goals and the fighting of climate challenges that we face.�

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Council concerned over amendments Township prepares for water, wastewater fee increases

By Aryn Strickland to comprehensive zoning bylaw MAPLETON - Proposed amendments to the comprehensive zoning bylaw affecting all lands in the township have some councillors and residents concerned about high density housing and overcrowding.

Among the list of more than 12 housekeeping amendments brought to a public meeting on Oct. 8, those that drew concern included: reductions in minimum lot area, frontage and interior side yard setbacks in residential zones, and minimum distances between townhouses and apartments.

According to county planning manager Linda Redmond, the amendments help meet a need for affordable housing opportunities and achieve some provincial growth plan targets by offering different lot sizes.

Amendments affecting residential lots include: - R1B low density residential buildings - reducing the minimum lot area to 5,005 square feet from 7,000ft2 and lot frontage to 50ft from 66ft;

- R1C low density buildings - reducing minimum lot area to 4,000ft2 from 5,005ft2, and lot frontage to 40ft from 50ft; - R2 medium density residential buildings - reducing the lot area to 4,000ft2 from 5,005ft2 and lot frontage to 40ft from 50ft; - reducing the minimum distance between apart-

mum distance between sides of townhouse blocks to 10ft.

Redmond pointed out Mapleton has not seen many, if any, cluster townhouse development proposals. “It applies to only those developments where you have a block, and you’re creating like a condo-type of scenario,� said Redmond.

Conversely, instead of

‘What if we don’t want to become the next Waterloo, with tiny little lots?’ - Mapleton councillor Michael Martin ment building faces to 40ft; a minimum of 20ft between a face and a side of apartment buildings and a minimum of 10ft between sides of apartment buildings; and - reducing to 40ft the minimum distance between townhouse block faces; reducing the minimum distance between any face of a townhouse block and the side of the same or another block to 20ft and reducing the mini-

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placing a maximum building height on medium residential buildings, the proposed amendment would place a minimum height requirement of 20ft “to encourage more than one storey,� the report states.

Councillor Michael Martin asked if the new minimums were suggestions or mandated by the province. “What if we don’t want SEE ZONING Âť 4

MAPLETON - Council here has approved a plan to increase water and wastewater fees if its request for proposals (RFP) for companies to take over the systems renewal project is ultimately unsuccessful.

In April, council announced its plan to invite companies with applicable experience to invest in and propose solutions for, the township’s water and wastewater systems renewal.

Since then council has issued RFPs to six groups of companies. “The plan at this point would be to increase the fees and the plan then would be to borrow money from capital reserve, and fund some of the infrastructure at a very generous interest rate,� said director of finance John Morrison.

Proposed user fees would be broken into two parts: a fixed charge or base charge based on meter size, and a variable charge based on volumetric use.

The monthly base charge recovers a fixed fee from each resident regardless of the

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amount of water and sewer service used and would only vary by meter size. The fixed charge would recover the township’s administrative costs.

Volume-based user fees depend on the volume of water being used, determined by subdividing residents into size blocks and charging block rates.

An example provided

by Morrison in the report outlines a first block which encompasses “the largest amount that a customer in a single-family dwelling might use,� and a second block is set at the consumption limit for most commercial uses.

The volumetric charge would then “decrease in steps as usage increases,� the report read. The volumebased charge would recover the township’s operating costs.

The breakdown between the two types of charges, based on the proposal, are: - 65 per cent of the user fee would derive from the fixed fee and amount to a revenue of $913,483; and - 62% variable amounting to a revenue of $482,221. “The proposed rate struc-

ture would increase the average residential bill by $21.04 per month – a 16.23% increase,� read the report. “The proposed rates would increase the average residential homeowner’s (bill) to $150.66 per month or $1,807.88 per year,� a 16% increase from the current average of $129.62 per month or $1,555.40 per year. “The rates for the years 2021 through to 2023 would increase by 2% per year,� the report also read.

The amendments would take effect by April 1, 2020 if the township has not received and accepted an RFP by then. ‘Plan B’ “This is plan B, if things don’t go well with our proponents of the RFP,� Mayor Gregg Davidson said.

Councillor Paul Douglas asked why council would not wait until the window of opportunity on the RFP was closed. “My thought process was that I’m aware that the proponents may have their own ideas with respect to pricing and I would be enabling them at that time to come forward with their own proposals,� explained Morrison.

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Drayton downs Floradale 5-2 COMMUNITY 4 LISTOWEL 1 Listowel claimed the only goal of the first period off a hard wrist shot by Braeden Gingerich, assisted by Phil and Josh Shantz.

But that was the end of their scoring as Community scored the tying goal in the second and added three more unanswered goals in the third. Ryco Martin scored the tying goal off the set up passes of Graham Wideman and Jeff Horst.

Jeff Horst scored the goahead goal. Kevin Gingrich added an insurance marker and Joe Gerbe an empty-net tally in the final minute.

BETHEL 3 MISSIONARY 2 After the first period of play the game remained tied

1-1. Laverne Metzger scored an unassisted goal for Bethel; while Tyson Robous scored for Missionary, assisted by Jamie Hoelscher.

Hoelscher went on to score the go-ahead for Missionary in the second period, but a screened shot by Maynard Brubacher tied the game for Bethel in the third, assisted

by Metzger.

Kyle Martin sealed the win for Bethel in the final minute of the game on a breakaway rush, sending the puck into the short side corner.

DRAYTON 5 FLORADALE 2 Despite being short handed for much of the opening period, Drayton still built up a 2-0 lead. Each team

scored once in the second.

But Drayton added two more in the third, while Floradale added only one.

Drayton’s Cam Mohle completed his hat trick and added an assist for a fourpoint night. Rob DeWeerd scored one and assisted on another.

Darrin Mohle scored the other Drayton goal.

Other assists were awarded to Aaron Keunan, Colton Hoekstra, and Brent Mulder.

Corey Wideman blasted a goal for Floradale with a slap shot from the point, and Greg Martin found the back of the net with a wrist shot, assists went to Ryan Weber, Ryan Martin and Kendrick Frey.

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Halloween costume swap Oct. 19 Just – HARRISTON in time for Halloween, the Minto Youth Action Council (MYAC) is hosting a costume swap.

The MYAC Halloween Costume Swap will run from

9am to noon on Oct. 19 at LaunchIt Minto, One Elora Street N. Unit 4 in Harriston.

Participants are invited to bring a costume for the exchange and take one home.

For information contact

youth@town.minto.on.ca.

MYAC consists of young people age 13 to 19. The group meets every first and third Wednesday from 5 to 6:30pm at the youth space in LaunchIt Minto.

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North Wellington Youth Spotlight

Mount Forest youth in business selling his woodworking creations North Wellington Youth Spotlight focuses on positive stories about young people in local communities. The features are provided by Erin Raftis, municipal youth intern for Minto, Mapleton, and Wellington North – #positivityFromYouthForYouth.

WELLINGTON NORTH - Jacob Seddon, 11, from Mount Forest, is another Northern Wellington youth the alongside working Saugeen Student Start-Up Program (SSUP) to try his hand at entrepreneurship this summer.

Seddon loves woodworking, and chose to expand on his hobby by creating his own business “Jacob’s Wooden Ladder” through which he creates woodworking projects, stone art, candle holders, planters, and other wood decorations. The youth decided to pursue this business as he “always liked building things with wood and [wanted] to earn some money.”

This experience has greatly benefitted the youth as he is learning how to run his own business, including learning both “money skills and people skills.”

The young entrepreneur

Wooden art - Jacob Seddon of Mount Forest has started his own business Jacob’s Wooden Ladder. The youth expanded on his hobby, woodworking, to supply the venture.

Submitted photo can be seen around the community, and has already been the North-Wellington to Co-op and Farmer’s Market to sell his work. He notes that since he’s “a new vendor at the Farmers’ market...it gives people something different.” He continues to mention that “people are encouraging and supportive of [his] business.”

Seddon’s business will

continue into the fall, making different products. Keep your eyes out for his work at upcoming local Christmas craft shows.

If you are looking for wood decorations, including custom orders, please contact Jacob at jacobswoodor enladder@gmail.com through his Facebook page @Jacob’sWoodenLadder or by calling 519-323-1049.

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Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 & 24 Oct 25

7:00am – 11:00am, Firemans Pancake Breakfast at Moorefield Community Center 7:00am – 2:00pm, Harvest Festival at Moorefield Community Center 6:30pm 7:50pm, Public Skating 2:00pm, Atom R vs Minto Mad Dogs 3:15pm, Major Novice LL vs West Grey Warriors 6:30pm, Pee Wee R vs Listowel Cyclones AE 9:00pm, Midget R vs BCH Ice Dogs AE 11:00am – 12:00pm, Parent and Tot Skating 12:00pm – 1:00pm, Adult Skating 8:00pm, Bantam LL vs Mitchell

Ladies Pick Up Hockey, Sunday Morning 8:00am – 8:50am for more info contact wendy.culpwing@gmail.com

The Basement Cafe with Emily Burgess and The Emburys, opening - Tiff Frost presented by the Minto Arts. Harriston Library Basement, 88 Mill St. 8pm. Coffee, Tea and desserts avail.

Tickets: $20pp, call 519-338-2497.

Oct 18

Palmerston Curling Club Open House. 520 Cavan St. Palmerston., 7-9pm. Come out and try curling for the first time with members on hand to give you some basic lessons.

Oct 18

Euchre at the Drayton Legion. 7:30pm. $5. Light lunch to follow. Everyone welcome.

Oct 19

Hot Ham Supper at Alma Community Centre.

Sponsored by St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 5-7pm. Adults: $15, Children: $7.

Oct 19

Trees for Mapleton Community tree plant for the Paul Day Memorial Forest, 57 Wellington St N, Drayton at Riverside Park, 9:30am. Looking for 30 volunteers or more to plant 450 trees.

Sign up: 519-669-9209. Come make a difference.

Oct 19

The Torchmen, in Concert. One of Canada’s best-loved male quartets with country-flavoured melodies & gospel lyrics. Clifford United Church, 8pm. Free-will Offering.

Oct 20

Schnitzel Dinner, 5:30 to 7pm at the Drayton Legion. Adults: $13, 12 & under: free. Takeout avail.

Oct 20

Allison Lupton Celtic Quartet in Concert. 2pm, St. James Lutheran Church, Elmira. Tickets available online through Eventbrite.

Oct 23

Palmerston United Church's Famous Turkey Supper, 5-6:30pm, 215 James St, Palmerston. Buffet-style sittings: 5 & 6:30pm. Adults: $15: , Kids 6-12: $7 & under 5: free. Tickets: Call church 519-343-3620 for eat-in, 519-343-2783 for take-out tickets.

Oct 25

Harriston Halloween Haunt. Dress up in your favourite costume and hike downtown, parade starts in Tannery Park, 6:30pm, prizes for top 3 costumes. More fun at legion afterwards. Free Haunted House, 44 Arthur St., 6:30-8:30pm.

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LOVERS OF THE

BIRDS Summer Tanager

(not Tananger)

This September Gary made an impressive sighting, an all-red bird. He was at our favourite vantage point—the glider beside a picture window. We narrowed it down to the only possibility, a Summer Tanager. Previously this bird was found south of the province. But it has been slowly expanding in range northward.

ID: brilliant, tree-top bird of the U.S.A. Male: solid, rosy-red overall; darker red wings and tail; pale yellow bill. Female: pale, olive-green above; dull yellow below, possible orange/ red wash. Beak: thickish and long. Immature plumage kept for one year. They are difficult to detect when bird is hidden behind dense foliage. Be patient for it to come into direct sunlight.

Size: 18-19cm/7-8”, thrush-sized or smaller than robin. Status: rare spring and fall visitor. Habitat: mixed, open woodlands, esp. oak, pine, willow, Eastern Cottonwood, hickory, along streams.

Feeding: hover-gleans or hawks wide variety of insects, such as beetles, spiders, worms, esp. wasps and bees. Will raid their nests. Eats berries such as blackberry, red mulberry and small fruits. Sometimes comes to feeders for fruit, crumbs and peanut butter mixes. Voice: Described as chattering and musical. Song: series of clear, varied, whistled phrases, lasting 2-3 seconds with 10 second pause. The best time to hear is at dawn, when a different song is sung. However, identification any time of the day is more successful than using visuals. Sound is similar to robin, but softer and sweeter. Call: low, rapid, descending, rattling pit, pit a tuck. Nesting: not confirmed yet. Range: USA, coast to coast, expanding. Migration: Winters in southern Mexico. Conservation Status: low concern, but overall declining.

Correction on last month’s column on Eastern Towhees.

Conservation status contradictory, but low concern, overall it appears to be declining. Resources: Birds on Ontario, Peterson, Golden, Stokes, Audubon, Songs of Wild Birds by L. Elliott and Audubon Bird Garden.

Until next month, Susan Warren

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Journey for Jasper donation Palmerston Fair junior ambassador Ebbony Moroz raised over $700 to support the Journey for Jasper run and the effort to find a cure for MPS. The funds include $50 Moroz received as the winner of the Jordan Lynn Fawcett Award at the 2019-20 Ontario Mid West pageant. She presented a cheque to Jasper More and his family at the annual Journey for Jasper run in Palmerston on Sept. 28.

Front, Jasper More; back from left, Clayton More, Pam More, Daphne More, Ebbony Moroz and Ontario Miss Midwest little miss princess Shayla Glazema. The 5th annual run raised over $40,000.

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Charity golf in Minto - Proceeds of the ninth annual Minto Mayor’s Charity Golf Tournament were distributed at the Oct. 1 council meeting. Each benefitting local organization received $3,500. From left: Mayor George Bridge, tournament co-ordinators Janet Klemp and Tawyna Robertson, and recipient representatives Joy Murray of Harriston Preschool, Jessica Dettman of Minto Mental Health, Wayne Martin of the U14 Palmerston Marlins and Minto Minor Ball, and Jackie Hymers of Minto United Soccer Club. Since its inception, the tournament has raised over $100,000 for 35 local organizations.

Photo by Patrick Raftis

Climate change, trade, rural broadband discussed at all-candidates meeting » FROM PAGE 1

Mitchell told the audience “I do not believe in ‘gotcha’ politics. I do not believe in half truths. I do not believe in politicians giving us half the information and concealing the rest in order to get re-elected.”

He also indicated he would not be bound by party line politics.

“If I need to disagree with my party on a particular issue, I will do so,” Mitchell stated.

Climate change The first question asked was, “What policy or policy will your party use to change our economy from a carbonbased economy to a carbonneutral economy to meet the Paris Accord in 2030?”

Simmons said the Green Party has a 20-point plan called “mission possible” to deal with the issue.

“The first thing we will do is declare a climate emergency as that actually brings funds available for use. We will have an all-party inner cabinet similar to wartime in World War II, which removes partisan politics out of the plan,” said Simmons.

He added his party would remove subsidies from the oil and gas industry and instead invest in green energy.

The party would also cancel the Trans Mount Pipeline and expansion, promote building retrofits to lower energy use, “make new cars all electric by 2030” and expand public transit.

DeVries responded, “There is no clear evidence that the monies collected through a carbon tax will do anything to reduce climate change or improve the environment. They will absolutely, however, increase the cost to every Canadian and all the goods and services. There is no climate emergency.”

However, she added, “We

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Candidates address agriculture, electoral reform, broadband, gun control at Moorefield meeting

By Aryn Strickland

91Run benefits mental health

Emergency run Participants braved cooler weather on Oct. 5 and took off for the Emergency 91Run from the Palmerston fire hall. The run is organized by Minto Fire, with all proceeds donated to mental health initiatives. ABOVE: Participants begin the 5km 91Run race. LEFT: Among the participants were, from left, Lincoln and Bethany Dirksen of Harriston and Lincoln’s cousin, Caleb Furtney of Walkerton.

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MOOREFIELD - PerthWellington federal candidates went head to head on policies at the Maryborough Community Centre during an all-candidates meeting on Oct. 3.

Six candidates are running to represent the riding.

Conservative John Nater is seeking his second term, having been first elected in 2015.

Farmer and small business owner Irma DeVries is running for the Christian Heritage Party (CHP), retired business owner Roger Fuhr for People’s Party of Canada (PPC), former radio show host and current Rotaract board member Geoff Krauter for the New Democratic Party (NDP), United Church minister Pirie Mitchell for the Liberal Party and chief of anesthesia at Stratford General Hospital and Western University adjunct professor Collan Simmons for the Green Party.

About 70 people were at the meeting hosted by the Wellington Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and Mapleton Chamber of Commerce.

The debate focused on the

agricultural industry, with questions about trade compensation following U.S. tariffs, protecting supply management and building infrastructure for transporting agricultural goods. But the meeting also included questions on electoral reform, rural high speed internet and firearm regulations.

In opening remarks Simmons said, “I want to get something out of the way right away. The Green Party is not against farmers.

We want to look at farming through the long lens of climate change and think about where we need to be in 20 years.”

He said the effects of climate change would decrease the amount of arable land elsewhere in the world much sooner, so Canadian farmers needed to be ready to “feed the world.”

In his opening remarks Fuhr explained the PPC, formed a year ago, focuses its platform on four principles - freedom, respect, fairness and personal responsibility - while its goal is “to provide a platform that will put Canadians first, not other people. Canadians must come first,” said Fuhr.

When asked about provid-

ing Canadian farmers with full offset trade compensation, DeVries in turn asked, “what’s in the contract?

What’s that going to cost us?”

DeVries said she believes Canada needs tariffs “to regulate and keep a positive peace between our two countries,” adding the CHP is advocating a re-examination of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Fuhr stated that the PPC would decrease income tax to 10 per cent for farmers “along with corporate companies as well.”

Krauter said the NDP would protect supply management and added governments should take a “consultative approach with Canadians” to making trade deals like the Canada-United StatesMexico Agreement (CUSMA) and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) “instead of negotiating these agreements in secret.”

Mitchell cited the “Canadian supply management,” system as the way to counteract U.S. farmers and foreign competitors’ tax advantages.

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Fourplex in Clifford approved after modifications to plan MINTO – A revised rezoning application for a residential fourplex in Clifford was approved after the developers agreed to make some changes to the proposal.

Property owner Jordan Taylor, whose construction company will build the development, was seeking to rezone a 0.25 acre (0.1 hectare) property at Lot 161 on Elora Street from R1 to R2 residential.

The original amendment included a site-specific exception to allow the construction of a fourplex dwelling with a reduced rear yard setback and to permit the required parking in front of the main building with no landscaped area in the front yard.

At a Sept. 17 public meeting, neighbouring property owners raised concerns regarding buffering, density, compatibility, potential

for use as low-cost housing, grading, aesthetics and the out-front parking plan.

Council deferred a decision on the application and directed staff to work with the applicant to see if the concerns could be addressed.

At the Oct. 1 council meeting chief building official Terry Kuipers reported town staff met with county planners to discuss possible solu-

tions and also met with the applicants and discussed a compromise with the development.

Kuipers explained the applicant agreed to address the concerns in the following manner: - buffering: the building is to be centered on the lot, increasing the side yard setback (at the rear of the units) from 10 to 18 feet.

The applicants also agreed to construct a six-foot privacy fence along the side of the building at the northerly property line; - density: the applicant will be maintaining the fourunit proposal, which may be of a higher density than the Official Plan, but complies with the density required in the Provincial Policy Statement;

- compatibility: though there is no multi-residential units adjacent to the property, there is a multi-residential property within the same block, as well as others in the area; - grading: the property is subject to site plan control which requires applicants to have an engineer design a site grading plan to accept off-site flows onto the prop-

erty, control and discharge them appropriately, while not allowing any additional flows off site. This process will also ensure the installation of all fencing/buffering/landscaping and lighting requirements; - aesthetics: the design of the building will be a conventional style, compatible to area building styles; and SEE FOURPLEX » 5

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Homicide investigation continues in case of man reported missing from Harriston

By Patrick Raftis GUELPH - Police continue to investigate the March 2019 death of a man reported missing from Harriston as a homicide.

Wellington OPP responded to a report of a missing person at a location on Jessie Street in Harriston on March 12 at around 6:30pm. Police identified the missing individual as Jason John Brown, 43, of Kitchener.

On March 13 the OPP was noti-

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fied by Durham Regional Police that Brown’s body was located on Stevenson Road North in Oshawa.

A post-mortem was completed on March 15 and an OPP press release stated the death was being treated as a homicide.

At the Sept. 26 Wellington County council meeting, a report from Wellington County OPP detachment commander Scott Lawson indicated investigators from the OPP and Durham Regional Police Service are

continuing to work together to solve the crime under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigations Branch.

The case is the only homicide listed in 2019 crime statistics provided by the OPP to the Wellington County Police Services Board.

Other crimes under investigation by the Wellington County detachment’s Major Crimes Unit include two death investigations involving the use of illicit drugs or opioids and a death by firearm investigation.

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want to protect Canada’s soil, water and air and we have our policies for that.”

Simmons replied, “Climate charge is real and carbon is responsible.

Carbon taxes are shown to make an effective change in people’s behavior.”

Krauter stated Canada produces more greenhouse gases per capita then any other G7 country.

“The first thing NDP will do is cancel fossil fuel subsidies and the Trans Mountain Pipeline,” he said.

“The Liberal carbon tax lets the biggest emitters off the hook. They’re not paying and you are. And the Conservatives, of course, their plan was written by the fossil fuel industry.”

Fuhr asked Krauter if he or his party had ever researched Patrick Moore, a former Greenpeace president (he left the organization in 1986) “who’s in total disagreement with the climate emergency.”

Krauter responded, “There are many climate deniers” who “love to deride” any predicted negative climate impacts that don’t occur on schedule.

“Let’s take a climate change pause and let’s look around,” DeVries suggested.

“Carbon is not pollution.

It’s a beneficial natural gas needed by all and carbon taxes are just a tax grab.”

DeVries claimed there are many “scientists who are called deniers by other parties,” and “their research is being squelched both by the media and by other people.

“There is climate change but let’s not be alarmed about it. Climate always changes,” she concluded.

Nater said the Conservatives would take action to reduce emissions by targeting major emitters, who would be required to

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The crime unit also investigated numerous sexual assaults, a child abuse case and a fraud investigation.

One of the sexual assault investigations resulted in a search warrant being completed for the collection of evidence.

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“We would work with key stakeholders to reduce emissions and protect our natural environment, our lakes, rivers and streams … We would stop the raw dumping of sewage in lakes and streams and we would also work with farmers and farm families to use best practices.”

Nater also stated, “We must take action on the world stage … We need to use our Canadian technology, export it worldwide and ensure we take action internationally as well.”

Simmons said, “Climate change plans don’t work unless you actually reduce emissions. By getting rid of the carbon tax and instead going after large emissions you’re just giving someone with more money permission to emit more.”

Regarding protection of lakes and rivers, Simmons stated it was the past Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper that “removed all the protections and the Liberal government just put it back.”

Simmons agreed with exporting Canadian technology, “but it should be wind and solar, not unproven carbon capture technology.”

Nater responded that “picking and choosing what kind of technology we export does no one any good.”

Fuhr stated that “due to the fact there is no scientific consensus that our carbonbased economy is accelerating climate change and that plants require carbon to exist, we do not intend to acquire your tax dollars to change our prosperous Canadian society.”

He said the PPC “firmly believe(s) in a cleaner environment,” but it is up to individuals to tailor their lifestyles to work toward that

goal.

He also said the PPC would abolish the Liberal’s carbon tax and stated, “Fear mongering climate alarmists will not be allowed to ruin our prosperous nation.”

Simmons responded that “alarmism is appropriate and the longer it takes to get started the harder it’s going to be” to reduce carbon emissions to necessary levels.

“There isn’t enough evidence to back up your position,” Fuhr told Simmons.

“I lived through the ‘70s when they said the ice age was going to come back again and that didn’t happen and I lived through the ‘80s when they had acid rain and we were all going to die from that, and that didn’t happen.

And I lived through the ‘90s when we had the ozone layer and that didn’t happen. Need I go on?” the PPC candidate continued.

Mitchell said, “I think there’s enough evidence that we’re undergoing a climate change and it’s caused by carbon. But which party has the best plan? That’s the key.”

Mitchell cited a report issued by Canadian researchers who issued grades to some of the parties on their climate plans.

“The Green Party gets an A for ambition, an A plus, but a C for feasibility. They’ve got a good plan but it won’t work in today’s economy,” he said. “The NDP get an A for ambition, a D for feasibility, because it doesn’t work.

The Conservative party, well they just don’t have a plan, or at least they don’t have much of a plan, and they get a D for ambition and an F for feasibility.

“The Liberal party gets a B for ambition and an A for feasibility because we’ve been working on it for the last four years.”

“Why does the Liberal plan exempt major emitters?” asked Nater.

Mitchell responded the Liberal plan does not exempt major emitters.

“There’s cap and trade in eight of our 10 provinces that include them and they are included down the road as a second step and third step … You know that. You’re in the House of Commons. Why do you leave that stuff out at a meeting where we’re supposed to be honest with folks and tell them the truth?”

Trade deals Candidates were asked for their impression of recently negotiated trade deals, including the North America Free Trade Agreement.

“The Liberals and Conservatives have built the ... free trade agenda of Canada around the rights of investors and not on the principle of reciprocity, which is what Canadians expect from trade negotiations,” said Krauter.

“There is no consensus for this approach and the NDP would stand up against any efforts to allow large corporations to sue the Canadian government to influence government policy.”

DeVries stated the CHP supports the concept of free markets and free trade.

“And it’s important to balance these ideals against the protection of our processes from market forces and foreign competition that could drive them out of business,” she said. “If you think of the milk and the chickens and the eggs, one U.S. farm could pretty well take care of all of Canada in that respect.”

DeVries added, “We want to support supply management and we need a bold negotiator at the table. We should send that Chinese executive (Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou) back to China. We need to tell the United States

that they have five days before we’re going to send her back and then we need to do it. We should not be held hostage by the USA.” Mitchell said, “Look we have a negotiator in Canada (Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland) who the U.S. president absolutely hates and fears,” said Mitchell. “That says a lot to me about her negotiation skills. Secondly … when you negotiate with China you have to remember some basic principles. If you go and say to them, ‘You do this or we’re going to do that, they won’t take it.”

“Mr. Trump is a fantastic negotiator when it comes to contracts. I think Freeland is out of her league,” replied DeVries.

“I think a lot of these negotiations typically go rather poorly,” said Fuhr. “And I think one of the issues is that a lot of the people doing these negotiations are career politicians or career civil servants; they haven’t got a lot of real life experience.

“That’s one of the things that I’m excited about with our People’s Party is a lot of our candidates across the nation are entrepreneurs and people that have had real life experience and not career politicians. So I really think this could be a huge factor in assisting future deals … to just have a fresh perspective in dealing with someone like a Trump.”

“We need trade with the United States. They are by far our largest trading partner,” said Nater, who stated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “backed down to Trump on dairy, on pharmaceuticals, on autos and we got nothing in return.

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to become the next Waterloo with tiny little lots?” Martin asked.

“I understand the argument for intensification ... but some people move out here ... because of the larger lot sizes, the small-town feel.”

Redmond said the county official plan contains a development density target of six units per acre.

“So when we get a plan of subdivision, we have to ensure that that density is being managed ... that can happen by providing huge single family residential lots and apartment buildings, or townhouse blocks and smaller lots. There’s many ways to accommodate that density,” Redmond said.

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“If it requires smaller houses for some people to be able to live in Mapleton, then I am going to support that,” Ottens said.

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Redmond explained the townhouses identified in the letters are street townhouses, not clusters.

“They have different criteria, and there’s different requirements attached to them,” Redmond said.

Mapleton does not currently have cluster townhouses.

“The cluster development is when you have, a lot of people will call a content development. It doesn’t have to be a condo, but it’s where you drive into it, it’s a private road, and you have units within that,” Redmond said.

Councillor Paul Douglas said the concerned residents could have cluster townhouses built behind them, and asked how closely they would be allowed to be built.

“The rear yard setback kicks in at that point. So ... it would be 20 feet from the property line to the building,” said Redmond. “That’s not changing; those are set.”

Accessory structures A proposed amendment to increase accessory structure floor area or lot coverage also drew discussion.

The proposed increase is to permit a 2,000ft2 building with increments of 450ft2 up from the current 1,000ft2 with additional increments of 450ft2 per acre.

Council approved receiving the proposed amendments for information, with the bylaw to be passed at a later date.

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Although this column represents a last chance to make a federal election prediction, we won’t be lighting up the crystal ball this time around. Even if this election hadn’t been deemed “too close to call” as of this writing by most pundits and pollsters, I’d be avoiding any pre-ballot pronouncements having sworn off such prognostication after failing to predict Americans would elect a candidate with neither prior experience with, nor any sign of interest in, public service to their highest office. A couple of years ago, I would have thought Harrison Ford about as likely to become Ontario’s premier as Doug Ford.

So instead I’ll focus this column closer to home, on the excellent all-candidates debate sponsored by the Minto and Mount Forest Chambers of Commerce at Pike Lake last week.

The format of the meeting means the term “debate” is actually accurate to describe it, unlike most such gatherings, where candidates are confined to responding one at a time to a series of pre-selected questions. While the questions at this gathering of Perth-Wellington hopefuls were pre-vetted and posed by a moderator, some did come from members of the audience that night and others were the result of a locally-conducted survey.

All candidates had a chance to respond to each question posed, as is typical. However in this case, candidates were offered a chance for rebuttal of each answer, with the moderator selecting who got to join the debate. It made for some interesting back and forth on several issues and allowed the audience to watch the candidates think on their feet, not just to deliver rehearsed remarks. Discussion was also well controlled and never devolved into the sort of unintelligible shouting matches, with candidates attempting to talk over each other, that marred the Oct. 10 English language federal leaders debate.

You might think allowing the candidates to engage in this fashion would have an impact on the pace, but moderator Murray Calder kept things moving briskly and took the candidates through nine questions during the two-hour session.

All-candidate meetings for all levels of politics have become generally banal affairs in recent years, as organizers have moved away from the time-honoured practice of setting up a microphone and allowing live questions from the audience, in a case of democracy losing ground to civility. Kudos to the organizers of this one for finding a way to bring debate back into local politics.

Now if we could just come up with a better way of forecasting the outcome.

notice via mail or email, and public notices were published in the Wellington Advertiser and Community News in September.

Council received three letters against the amendments but no one at the public meeting spoke to the issue.

Martin asked whether there would be further public consultation on the matter, to which Redmond explained council was only required to hold one public meeting.

Ottens asked that the three letters submitted to council be read aloud.

Drayton residents June and David Ebertt wrote that they “object” to the reduction to the minimum distances between cluster townhouses.

“It would devalue our home and seems to be a situation that you and everyone on council or on a planning committee would object to as well if you lived here and invested everything you had,” the Ebertts wrote.

“I’d say it’s time to rethink this before Drayton is ruined like so many other towns.”

Ridgeview Drive residents Dahl Atin and Donna and Peter Fulcher also voiced concerns as townhouse owners.

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detaining two Canadian citizens illegally … that’s unacceptable. We need to withdraw our $250 million from the Asian Infrastructure Bank which we are currently giving to a China-led bank to build infrastructure in Asia.

We need to take China to the WTO and we need to explore targeted sanctions.”

“Negotiations, John, is the way to go, not a punch in the nose,” replied Mitchell.

“We don’t deal with our neutrals and our enemies or our friends that way. If you want to get anything done you deal with collective wisdom and collective energy.”

“Canada is currently experiencing expensive trade disruptions with China,” said Nater. “We have two Canadian citizens that are being held illegally in China and you want to play nice with that situation?”

Mitchell pointed out that when the first NAFTA deal was negotiated “there was a huge hue and cry from everybody … Every time you negotiate you give and you take … in this particular case Mr. Trump did not like or appreciate our supply management system and he attacked it. What he went in with was to get rid of it

completely what he got was a reduction or an allowance to allow more produce from the United States to come into Canada. We kept our supply management. Our dairy farms are protected. What we’re facing now is imports of a product that isn’t really up to Canadian standard.”

Simmons said, “These trade deals are free trade agreement between unequal markets. We are very small country compared to all of Europe and the United States and what we need to do is have measures in place to protect our local producers or we will not have any here.”

“I think Piri’s correct.

There was give and take in these negotiations. But I think I we gave too much and didn’t get enough,” Simmons added.

Rural broadband Candidates were asked how they would enhance broadband internet service in rural areas, particularly for farmers.

“We’ve made it a priority that were going to expand and implement wireless broadband service in every community in Canada without delay,” said Krauter.

“I have to compliment Mr. Nater for raising the issue

in the house. The Liberals are talking tough to Bell and Rogers and the other big telecommunications companies, but the fact is, they met with telecom lobbyists hundreds of times. We pay some of the highest prices in the world for internet and cell phone service; that has to stop.

We’d implement a price cap and require unlimited data plans,” Krauter added.

DeVries said, “The CBC no longer provides balanced news coverage. Nor do they provide largely Canadian content. Nor are most Canadians getting their news from newspapers and television. We would defund the CBC and use the one and a half billion dollars to update broadband access nationwide.”

Fuhr said, “We are absolutely on board with bringing enhanced broadband and also microfibre services to Perth-Wellington. Failing to do so puts rural residents at a serious competitive disadvantage.”

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Fuhr said a PPC government would also stop sending money to other countries to reduce CO2 emissions.

“When parties talk about cutting foreign aid it’s really a distraction because we have 86 families in Canada that have as much wealth as 60 per cent of Canadians combined. It’s a massive level of inequality,” Krauter replied.

Nater said, “The Liberal action on wireless broadband services is slower than dialup. We have three local internet services providers who have been waiting since November, 2016 to hear back from the government on the Connect to Innovate program. They have submitted their applications. They were in order. They have never heard back.”

Nater said a Conservative

government would redirect funds from larger urban centres “specifically” for rural internet. “Any wireless applications in the future would be subdivided so the rural area is specifically included,” Nater added.

Mitchell pointed out the 2019 federal budget projects 95 per cent of Canadian homes will have access to internet speeds of at least 50/10 mps by 2026 and 100 per cent will reach the standard by 2030.

“I think the key here is to not pick the city versus the rural areas,” said Simmons.

“The rural areas need to be brought up to speed in rural broadband and wireless is the way to go so you don’t have to lay cable to every house.”

Simmons said tech giants Rogers, Bell and Telus should be limited by the CRTC “in

what they’re allowed to do until they level out the broadband service.”

“I’m concerned about the electromagnetic fields that are flying around and in the rural areas; we are only able to get wireless and these fields do affect the health of certain individuals and I do wonder what else is it affecting? If it affects human health is it affecting the pollinators’ health?” said DeVries, adding she would prefer to see rural areas connected via cable.

Simmons repled “All the reliable studies have shown that electromagnetic fields in the telecommunications band are safe. If someone personally has problem with it, I would suggest they get a tinfoil hat.”

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Preferably with special food and in plentiful amounts hopefully turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and vegetables that were a joy to eat.

And pie - no PIES - of various persuasions with ice cream or whip cream as necessary.

I come from a family tradition that believes earnestly in the efficacy of plentiful and celebrative food at Thanksgiving (actually at Christmas and Easter also). Not to encourage gluttony but with the hope that special foods served in abundance would

be a reminder and a symbol of the abundant blessings we are given in life. Hence I love to cook big at Thanksgiving, hoping that my kids and grandkids will, as I did, learn the profound yet simple joys of gratitude.

I ran across some interesting comments about Thanksgiving by a writer named Calum Marsh in the National Post: “Thanksgiving is the rare occasion when all of us can celebrate in earnest — besides which, we don’t even have to buy each other gifts.”

By “all of us can celebrate in earnest” he means this holiday is one where people of all religious perspectives can come together in a givingthanks celebration of life.

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One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was in 1993. My Dad died suddenly on the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend. We siblings headed ‘home’ to Leamington to be with our Mom and to plan the funeral instead of (or so we thought) celebrate Thanksgiving. Mom had already stockpiled the turkey and all the ‘fixins’ for Thanksgiving dinner, but when Sunday came there was a steady stream of family and friends dropping by to visit her. So I got things rolling in the kitchen and ended up with the gift of several hours of cooking alone time to reflect on how blessed I had been to have my Dad as my dad. And our Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be a more than usual heartfelt and poignant expression of gratitude for the gifts of life and family.

One of the ironies of this Thanksgiving weekend was that we are in the midst of

an election campaign. And what do our politicians specialize in telling us during an election campaign? Of course - how terrible life has been under the ruling party, or under the provincial government of a different party, so you better elect us and life will become much more good and prosperous. This is not a helpful message for we Canadians who live in one of the most prosperous societies in all of history, and who are the envy of many, many people in the world. Yes, there is lots of room for our politicians to improve on their governing, but it is important for us to not let political negativisms poison our willingness to recognize the immense blessings we enjoy.

Indeed, in the midst of all the doom and gloom on the international scene, it is important to listen to the researchers who point out that never in the history of the world has life been so good for so many people: with less poverty, fewer deaths by natural disasters, fewer

famines, longer life-spans, etc. For sure there is still way too much human suffering and there are formidable challenges for us going forward, but our ability to meet these challenges will only be strengthened by our expressions of gratitude for the immense positive progress that has been accomplished.

I once visited a fairly young man who was dying from cancer, weakened to the point of being bed-ridden most of the time. Remarkably he wanted mostly to talk about how blessed he had been in his life, and how even now he was way better off than many people. It was obvious that as his illness progressed this man had been much pondering his life and had chosen to understand it from a position of gratitude.

I have also visited people on the other end of the spectrum who mostly complain about the many hurts and disappointments of their lives.

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Thanksgiving weekend gives us the opportunity to recommit ourselves to living out of thanksgiving rather than regret or complaining.

As the Thanksgiving weekend again fades into our rear-view mirrors might I suggest a way to hang onto the sense of joy, plenty, and peace that most of us relish around our family tables.

As with all good habits that become positive character traits, gratitude doesn’t magically happen all by itself. It takes commitment and practice. An easy way to deepen your gratitude is every night when your head hits the pillow, to reflect for a moment on the day past and name several things for which you are particularly thankful. And become deliberate in verbally expressing thanks for people who do things you are appreciative of. And regularly give thanks to the Creator of life and all things, even if you’re not sure who he/she is.

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MOOREFIELD - PerthWellington federal candidates went head to head on policies at the Maryborough Community Centre during an all-candidates meeting on Oct. 3.

Six candidates are running to represent the riding.

Conservative John Nater is seeking his second term, having been first elected in 2015.

Farmer and small business owner Irma DeVries is running for the Christian Heritage Party (CHP), retired business owner Roger Fuhr for People’s Party of Canada (PPC), former radio show host and current Rotaract board member Geoff Krauter for the New Democratic Party (NDP), United Church minister Pirie Mitchell for the Liberal Party and chief of anesthesia at Stratford General Hospital and Western University adjunct professor Collan Simmons for the Green Party.

About 70 people were at the meeting hosted by the Wellington Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and Mapleton Chamber of Commerce.

The debate focused on the

agricultural industry, with questions about trade compensation following U.S. tariffs, protecting supply management and building infrastructure for transporting agricultural goods. But the meeting also included questions on electoral reform, rural high speed internet and firearm regulations.

In opening remarks Simmons said, “I want to get something out of the way right away. The Green Party is not against farmers.

We want to look at farming through the long lens of climate change and think about where we need to be in 20 years.”

He said the effects of climate change would decrease the amount of arable land elsewhere in the world much sooner, so Canadian farmers needed to be ready to “feed the world.”

In his opening remarks Fuhr explained the PPC, formed a year ago, focuses its platform on four principles - freedom, respect, fairness and personal responsibility - while its goal is “to provide a platform that will put Canadians first, not other people. Canadians must come first,” said Fuhr.

When asked about provid-

ing Canadian farmers with full offset trade compensation, DeVries in turn asked, “what’s in the contract?

What’s that going to cost us?”

DeVries said she believes Canada needs tariffs “to regulate and keep a positive peace between our two countries,” adding the CHP is advocating a re-examination of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Fuhr stated that the PPC would decrease income tax to 10 per cent for farmers “along with corporate companies as well.”

Krauter said the NDP would protect supply management and added governments should take a “consultative approach with Canadians” to making trade deals like the Canada-United StatesMexico Agreement (CUSMA) and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) “instead of negotiating these agreements in secret.”

Mitchell cited the “Canadian supply management,” system as the way to counteract U.S. farmers and foreign competitors’ tax advantages.

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Fourplex in Clifford approved after modifications to plan

By Patrick Raftis MINTO – A revised rezoning application for a residential fourplex in Clifford was approved after the developers agreed to make some changes to the proposal.

Property owner Jordan Taylor, whose construction company will build the development, was seeking to rezone a 0.25 acre (0.1 hectare) property at Lot 161 on Elora Street from R1 to R2 residential.

The original amendment included a site-specific exception to allow the construction of a fourplex dwelling with a reduced rear yard setback and to permit the required parking in front of the main building with no landscaped area in the front yard.

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Council deferred a decision on the application and directed staff to work with the applicant to see if the concerns could be addressed.

At the Oct. 1 council meeting chief building official Terry Kuipers reported town staff met with county planners to discuss possible solu-

The applicants also agreed to construct a six-foot privacy fence along the side of the building at the northerly property line; - density: the applicant will be maintaining the fourunit proposal, which may be of a higher density than the Official Plan, but complies with the density required in the Provincial Policy Statement;

- compatibility: though there is no multi-residential units adjacent to the property, there is a multi-residential property within the same block, as well as others in the area; - grading: the property is subject to site plan control which requires applicants to have an engineer design a site grading plan to accept off-site flows onto the prop-

erty, control and discharge them appropriately, while not allowing any additional flows off site. This process will also ensure the installation of all fencing/buffering/landscaping and lighting requirements; - aesthetics: the design of the building will be a conventional style, compatible to area building styles; and SEE FOURPLEX » 5

Homicide investigation continues in case of man reported missing from Harriston

By Patrick Raftis GUELPH - Police continue to investigate the March 2019 death of a man reported missing from Harriston as a homicide.

Wellington OPP responded to a report of a missing person at a location on Jessie Street in Harriston on March 12 at around 6:30pm. Police identified the missing individual as Jason John Brown, 43, of Kitchener.

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Kuipers explained the applicant agreed to address the concerns in the following manner: - buffering: the building is to be centered on the lot, increasing the side yard setback (at the rear of the units) from 10 to 18 feet.

fied by Durham Regional Police that Brown’s body was located on Stevenson Road North in Oshawa.

A post-mortem was completed on March 15 and an OPP press release stated the death was being treated as a homicide.

At the Sept. 26 Wellington County council meeting, a report from Wellington County OPP detachment commander Scott Lawson indicated investigators from the OPP and Durham Regional Police Service are

continuing to work together to solve the crime under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigations Branch.

The case is the only homicide listed in 2019 crime statistics provided by the OPP to the Wellington County Police Services Board.

Other crimes under investigation by the Wellington County detachment’s Major Crimes Unit include two death investigations involving the use of illicit drugs or opioids and a death by firearm investigation.

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By Bonnie Whitehead Wesley CLIFFORD Bates participated in Minto Culture Days on Sept. 27 in Clifford. He welcomed everyone to his print shop, West Meadow Press, located at 15 Elora Street North in Clifford.

Bates’ website notes, “Wood engravings, paintings in oils, acrylic and gouache, drawings, etchings, glass engravings, handmade books and letterpress work are what you will find when you visit the Wesley Bates’ gallery, studio, and printery.”

Bates is an artist and wood engraver. His engravings have been featured in books, magazines, and newspapers, and many are printed to create note cards.

In 2016, three of his paintings were featured on note cards for the International Plowing Match – a dapple grey horse, a ruling rooster, and a red barn.

Bates’ craft requires patience and an extremely steady hand when carving with his knives and chisels on the wooden block. He has a varied clientele and many of his pieces of art are displayed all over the world or kept in private collections.

There are stories behind each drawing and his reasons for depicting a person, animal, or object in a particular way. A nurse’s cap, performing elephant, football helmet, or woman kneeling amidst a bouquet of blossoms are among the images he has captured.

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