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Page 7, The Westend Weekly, January 29, 2014
Hope and the City
Marisa Payne received her complimentary glass of champagne from Karlee Angus.
Diane Gibson checked out the lovely lockets on display at
South Hill Designs where consultant, Casey Marchant explained how they are designed and crafted.
Candy Ginter and Becky Olson, Independent Distributors of
Young Living Essential Oils.
Tanikka Norman and Raylene Johnson got their fashion
photo taken by at the “Chick with a Camera” photo booth.
Char Bliss modeled sporty
fashions from Mark’s Work
Wearhouse.
By: Teresa Hazel
It was a girl’s night out! A
night to be fabulous and have
fun with friends!
From the moment of arrival
where guests were treated to a
complimentary glass of champagne served at the door by
staff members of La Place
Rendezvous to the decorations
provided by Diane Gibson of
Gibson Design, women came
in their finest designer dresses
to enjoy an evening of fun.
Hope and the City is a
fundraiser for the Canadian
Cancer Society with proceeds
supporting women’s cancer’s
including breast, cervical,
ovarian and uterine. Held
Missy Andrusco added some
dazzle to the fashion show.
across Canada every year, this
is the local chapter’s second
year hosting the event.
With a small committee,
made up of some of the same
committee who helps organize
the annual Relay for Life, they
worked hard to ensure the
evening was glamorous and
glitzy for the ninety women
who attended.
There was a fashion show
with women modeling fashions from Mark’s Work Wearhouse and Curvy Chick and
also featured accessories from
the vendors who were set up to
sell or showcase their wares,
including Once Upon a Spoon,
South Hill Designs, evolve,
Meet the Muskie’s
Jessica Coran #26
Jessica Coran is a second
year Muskie forward who
wears #26. She in grade 11 this
year and is a hard-working,
fast skating, and goal scoring
player.
She has come up through the
ranks of the Fort Frances Girls
Lorelei Locker
OPTOMETRIST
314 Scott Street, Fort Frances
274-0510
and Women’s Hockey Association, playing for competitive
teams including AAA summer
hockey.
She agrees with her teammates that the bus crash was a
scary memory so far in her
Muskie career.
Her dedication and fondness
for the game of hockey is apparent. “Hockey is the only
sport I play, and I play it because I love it”.
Come out and watch the
Muskie Girls hockey team and
support their drive for NorWOSSA Gold this year!!! They
will be in Keewatin tonight
with a game scheduled against
the Beaver Brae Broncos. Their
next home game is scheduled
for Thursday, January 30th at
7:15 against the Sioux Lookout
Warriors at the Ice for Kids
arena.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Please call for meeting time and location
Ph. 852-1560, 852-1986,
852-3788
24 hour access number 274-1944
Last Tuesday of month open to public
Morson AA Group - meets every Monday
at 8:00 at the Morson Bible Fellowship,
last meeting of the month is open to the
public
Custom Blind Sale
All Blinds
60% Off
Except
55% Off
Shearweave
Basic Roller
Shades Price 1
50% Off
Stan’s
500 Scott St., Fort Frances
Phone 274-9249
Robin McCormick helped herself to a lovely assortment of
hors d’oeuvres.
Gillons’ Insurance, Gibson Design, La Place Rendezvous,
Sight and Sounds, Mark’s
Work Wearhouse, Betty’s, McTaggart’s, Thunder Bay Victoria Inn and Pampered Chef as
well as all the vendors who
were there. They also acknowledged Jessica from Bombshell
who did the make-up for the
fashion show models and Jon
Glueheisen was the emcee for
the evening.
One group of women who
were out to have fun was the
“Splurge Group”. They are a
group of twenty friends who
get together monthly. Each
friend gives twenty dollars and
two ‘hosts’ receive two hundred dollars each to spend on
themselves. The hosts for this
month decided to give their
splurge money to the Hope and
the City fundraiser.
The Pampered Chef model
Michelle Kane and Nicole
was a hit during the fashion
Thompson donated cupcakes
show.
from their “Doubly Delicious”
Thirty-One,
Mary
Kay, business that were being sold
Scentsy, Young Living Essen- for two dollars each as part of
the fundraising.
tial Oils and Pampered Chef.
As I left, I could hear the
The women were also treated
to a surprise male model sport- sounds of laughter and the
ing an apron and accessories sound of women having fun,
which I guess really is the best
from Pampered Chef.
Swag bags were available to medicine.
For women who are battling
purchase for twenty dollars,
with eight of them promising cancer, or have battled cancer,
really, really good prizes and the evening was a tribute to
one with a grand prize that fea- you, to the fabulousness of
tured pearls from Brockie’s you!
There was also a table of inJewellers, a purse from McTaggart’s and a gift certificate formation about cancer prevention, the importance of early
from Betty’s.
A delicious assortment of ap- detection and services provided
petizers were served and by the Canadian Cancer Socimusic and dancing was also ety. For more information
about the Canadian Cancer Sopart of the evening’s lineup.
The committee thanked their ciety, go to their website at
sponsors, which included B93, www.cancer.ca.
Heather Bridgeman, Angela DeGagne and Ashlee Grimard
are part of a “Splurge Group” that get together monthly for
a girl’s night out. This month, they decided to support Hope
and the City.
Stephanie Robar tried her luck at getting the Swag Bag with
the grand prize.
OPP report thousands of
crashes across the
province
Ontario Provincial Police
(OPP) officers across the
Province have been kept busy
responding to calls for service
as a result of the latest storm
that has blanketed the
Province.
Since Friday evening OPP
officers have responded to
over 1,600 crashes across Ontario including three fatal and
numerous personal injury collisions. During the course of
these investigations eight OPP
cruisers were struck by passing motorists resulting in
minor injuries to two police
officers.
To date OPP officers have ordered more than sixty road and
highway closures across the
province as well as assisted
over 400 stranded motorists
seek shelter from the storm.
Poor visibility and strong
winds continue to make driving hazardous across Ontario.
The OPP reminds motorists to
watch for emergency responders and to move to the left
when safe to do so.
The joy of winning
Not your grandmother's civil disobedience
Alphonse LaRoche and Dino Morelli sell five dollar raffle tickets at Safeway for the Knights
of Columbus Ontario Charities Raffle.
cart.
bus.
By: Teresa Hazel
“Only for three months, then
The draw will be held on
Alphonse LaRoche and Dino
we got a truck”, he notes.
May 14, 2014 at the Squires
Morelli, District Deputy of the
He did that for thirty six Annual
Conference
in
Knights of Columbus for the
years before retiring.
Toronto, Ontario.
Rainy River District and
The Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus
Atikokan were at Safeway on
are lucky to have this energetic have fraternal organizations in
Saturday selling tickets for
brother as part of their organi- Rainy River, Fort Frances and
their Province-wide raffle
zation.
Atikokan, supporting Our
where over 1,000 prizes are
“He never refuses to volun- Lady of Lourdes Church on
available to win including cash
teer and is always the first one Couchiching First Nation, St.
prizes from ten thousand dolto offer”, said an appreciative Mary’s Parish in Fort Frances,
lars to the grand prize of two
Morelli.
Pinewood Catholic Church
hundred and fifty thousand
Mr. LaRoche was born in St. and St. Patrick’s Roman
dollars. Tickets are only five
Pierre, Manitoba. He raised Catholic Church in Atikokan.
dollars each.
five children, has 19 grandThe Knights was formed to
Interestingly, as I chatted
children and 32 great-grand- give financial aid to members
with Mr. LaRoche, who is 96
children. He easily lists his and their families. Mutual aid
years old and has been infour daughters and one son and assistance are offered to
volved with the Knights of
along with their ages. I ask sick, disabled and needy memColumbus for almost sixty
about his memory.
bers and their families. Social
years making him an Hon“So far so good”, he says. “I
and intellectual fellowship is
orary Life Member, he tells me
don’t miss too much. I hope it promoted among members
that he still drives, travels to
stays that way but you never and their families through edsee his children and grandchilknow”.
ucational, charitable, religious,
dren and continues to do
The Knights of Columbus social welfare, war relief and
woodworking, making clocks
Ontario Charities Raffle sup- public relief works.
and benches.
ports the Arthritis Society as
For more information about
What is the secret to aging
well as other local causes in- the Knights of Columbus go to
well?
cluding food banks, homes for their website at www.kofc.org
“Take it easy but keep on
the aged, hospitals and youth .
doing something”, he says as
programs such as 4H clubs
To purchase tickets for the
he recollects when he first
and the Columbian Squires, raffle, contact Dino Morelli,
began his career in Fort
which is the youth organiza- Regional Raffle Chair at
Frances as the milk delivery
tion for the Knights of Colum- 807.274.7851.
man in 1947 using a horse and
By Mark Milke
and Ken Green
The Fraser Institute
Activists in British Columbia
have responded to the National Energy Board's approval
of the Northern Gateway oil
pipeline with threats of illegal
activism reminiscent of the
1990s. Greenpeace spokesman
Mike Hudema, for example,
said his group will "do what it
takes" to ensure the pipeline is
never built (and he specifically
mentioned civil disobedience).
Given the nature of the
NEB's process, such civil disobedience would be inappropriate, and detrimental to
society. It would overturn the
assumption that people are
free to engage in lawful commerce if they obey the rules,
without an endless process of
protests, lawsuits, and smear
campaigns.
Others, however, disagree.
One Vancouver writer has argued that potential civil disobedience against the oil
pipeline is akin to historical
protests in favour of female
suffrage, slavery, indentured
servitude, and against clearcutting forests.
Civil disobedience has an honourable history; the question
is whether a particular group
on a particular matter is justified in such actions. Such
steps are, after all, violations
of the law, whether property
rights, trespassing, and so on.
Where people's rights are
systematically violated, where
they are denied recourse to the
courts, or to their elected representatives, the case for civil
disobedience is clear.
But the Northern Gateway
Pipeline proposal does not represent such a violation, and
there has already been a rather
extensive process of discussion and consultation.
The consultation and regulatory process conducted by the
National
Energy
Board
spanned four years, cost some
$500 million, involved 180
days of hearings, worked
through 9,400 submitted letters and took oral testimony
from nearly 1,200 people. That
process may not have been
perfect but even perfection
would not have satisfied those
opposing the pipeline. They
are not interested in whether
Northern Gateway is safe or
not, or economically helpful to
Canada; they oppose it, period.
Threatened civil disobedience over Northern Gateway
rather trivializes the idea of
civil disobedience. Another
pipeline is hardly an existential threat to Canada's (or
B.C.'s) environment, much
less anyone's civil rights. Already, 825,000 kilometers of
pipelines criss-cross Canada,
with about 40,000 km in
British Columbia (as of 2011).
Another 1,200 km is hardly
earth-shattering.
Then there is another other
argument made by some activists: that civil disobedience
in the early 1990s against the
forest industry did not collapse
B.C.'s, so neither will it this
time. But economies need not
collapse to harm some people
and kill off opportunities for
others.
Consider one example, the
1990s-era decision to ban mining in the Tatshenshini-Alsek
region of northern B.C. - the
Windy Craggy deposit, a claim
owned by Geddes Resources.
The mine potential (in 1992
estimates) of $15 billion in
copper, silver and gold extraction was at stake, with 500 direct jobs then valued at
$78,000 each annually, along
with another 1,500 indirect
jobs.
Rather than accept a mine
proposal that amounted to
1,100 square km out of
958,000 square km in total barely more than one-tenth of
1 per cent of the TatshenshiniAlsek region - a 1993 decision
by the provincial government
killed off the potential mine.
Tourism jobs could have co-
existed with mining jobs in the
Tatshenshini; instead, the current tourism potential in a remote corner of the province
has not and never will match
the high-paying jobs of the
long-scuttled $15 billion mine
($22 billion in current dollars).
This absolutist positioning is
an ongoing problem in
Canada. In his 2000 book on
the conflict in B.C.'s forests in
the 1990s, then-UBC Professor William Stanbury noted
the vandalism, sabotage, ignored court injunctions, and
international boycott campaigns organized by some
green activists. As Stanbury
wrote, "one of the more disturbing issues raised in the
course of this study is that
there appears to be declining
respect for rationality in making major public decisions in
B.C. relating to environmental
issues."
Indeed. And we see a replay
of the irrational, absolutist
problem now with violent
protests over pipelines and violent protests over hydraulic
fracturing. We will probably
see more such protests should
Northern Gateway receive
federal approval.
Threatened protests over
Northern Gateway are not
your grandmother's civil disobedience, where great injustices were challenged by brave
people willing to suffer jail, violence, and more to right those
wrongs that afflicted the daily
lives of millions.
The current and predicted
protests are, instead, the reflex
action of absolutists who
would destroy opportunities
for others regardless of how
one of the world's better-functioning democracies allows for
companies to engage in lawful
commerce. There is nothing
noble about such "resistance."
Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.
Kenneth P. Green is Senior Director, Natural Resource Studies, at the Fraser Institute.
The Northwest Catholic District School Board
is holding
Full Day – Every Day
Junior and Senior Kindergarten Registration
From Monday, February 6
to Friday, February 10, 2012
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. & 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day
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Our Catholic
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OUR LADY OF THE WAY SCHOOL
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Frances, Ontario
child’s experience
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To be eligibleFort
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Telephone:
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274-9232
following requirements:
belonging, and encouragement.
Darlene Fejos Rousseau, Principal
Brendan Hyatt, Principal
x Junior Kindergarten—attain the age of 4
We welcome
all
new
families
and
years
December
2014
Our Lady of the Way School invites all parents to bring their child
(ren) before
to visit the
school and31,
join
us for a
Pizza Lunch
at 11:45
February
8, 2012.
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Kindergarten—attain
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look forward to collaborating
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There will be a tour of the school, a visit to the kindergarten
classroom,
lunch,
and
free
gifts.
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Please
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*To be eligible to register, pupils must meet
the bring
following
requirements:
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Mary-Catherine Kelly
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baptismal
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Junior Kindergarten – attain the age of 4 years
before December
31, 2012
record
of December
immunization
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before
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Please bring proof of age in the form of a birth or baptismal certiﬁcate and
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It is not necessary for Junior Kindergarten students now attending
Our Lady of the Way School and St. Michael’s School to register for Senior Kindergarten.
If you are unable to register your child on the above dates,
you are welcome to visit our schools and register at any time.
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Board Chair
St. Michael’s School
820 Fifth Street East, Fort Frances, ON
Telephone: 274-9232 Darlene Fejos Rousseau, Principal
Our Lady of the Way School
Boucherville Road, Stratton, ON
Telephone: 483-5477 Brendan Hyatt, Principal
Rick Boisvert, Director of Education
Anne-Marie Fitzgerald, Chair of Board
The Bookworm Sez by Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Reset: How to Beat the Job-Loss Blues and
Get Ready for Your Next Act” by Dwain Schenck
You haven’t had to hit the alarm
for quite a few months now.
You haven’t had a whole lot of
reason to look presentable, either;
sweats and tees are just fine.
You’re not even sure your office
attire fits anymore.
Retired? You wish it were that
simple. No, you’ve been downsized, laid off, fired, let go, and
it’s starting to wear on you. But
after you’ve read “Reset: How to
Beat the Job-Loss Blues and Get
Ready for Your Next Act” by
Dwain Schenck, you might be inspired to hit the streets again.
Dwain Schenck was part of an
inherited staff.
(You know where this is going.)
He’d been hired for a job he
loved by a man for whom he truly
enjoyed working. When that guy
left, the woman who took over
was amazing. She let Schenck interview the man who would eventually become his third boss, the
guy who made Schenck uncomfortable and who ultimately let
him go.
At first, Schenck was filled with
“fake bliss.” He was “too good
for [that] company anyhow” and
he figured it wouldn’t take him
long to find a job. He had a few
months’ severance, great ideas,
and tons of experience. He’d be
fine.
But as the weeks passed, it became apparent that the search
wouldn’t be easy at all. Schenck
went on interviews that seemed to
go well, only to end in silence. He
endured “courtesy interviews” set
up by former colleagues and contacts, in which it quickly became
apparent that there was no job to
be had. He obsessively searched
online and even applied for positions for which he was extremely
overqualified. The lack of jobhunting success made Schenck
depressed and his family life suffered.
Through this experience,
though, Schenck learned several
things, and he shares the advice
he discovered: Upgrade your resume and “make sure [it] doesn’t
read like an obituary…” then utilize the internet (including
LinkedIn) by tweaking it to max-
imize search engines. Become a
“networking machine.” Be “transparent” about your age and experience, have a strategy for all
interviews, and practice what
you’ll say before you leave the
house. Send thank-you notes following interviews. Be resilient.
And finally, “Don’t go it alone,”
says Schenck. That’s the worst
mistake you can make.
At the risk of being a spoiler, I
should tell you that “Reset” ends
on a nice up-note… but wow, is it
harrowing to get to that point.
Author Dwain Schenck gives
readers his story, warts and all.
We’re privy to the embarrassments, the aggravations, the outrageousness, the highs, and the
bottom-of-the-barrel moments including envy and consuming bitterness. The ferocity of the latter
is quite disquieting, but not without reason; Schenck’s experiences as a job-hunter were often
soul-crushing and, sadly, common – and on that note alone, his
book offers lessons and tips all
around.
Definitely, this is a book for jobseekers but there’s plenty here for
upper management, CEOs, and
anyone along the job spectrum
who knows that, well, you never
know. If that’s you, then “Reset”
is a book to hit.
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Ontario Brokers urge
caution on frozen lakes
Over the last few weeks the
Canadian media has been broadcasting stories of people injured
or killed due to falling through
the ice on the country’s frozen
lakes, ponds and rivers. The Insurance Brokers Association of
Ontario (IBAO) urges Ontarians
to proceed with winter activities
on the ice with caution.
“From skating to snowmobiling to a simple stroll across the
ice, these winter activities are
part of our heritage and part of
what makes living in this
province great,” said IBAO
CEO Randy Carroll. “Unfortunately, deaths occur every year
as people fall through the ice.
With common sense and a little
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preparation many of these fatalities could have been prevented.”
IBAO provides the following
tips to make your outdoor adventures safer:
• Never assume the ice you are
about to venture out on is safe
simply because of sub-zero temperatures and snow accumulation. There are many factors that
determine the thickness and
density of ice, most of which are
not visible to the eye. Water
depth, fluctuating water levels,
currents and rapidly changing
weather patterns are just a few
factors that dramatically affect
ice conditions.
• Never go out on the ice alone
– always travel with at least one
other friend.
• Visually inspect the ice conditions from shore. Look for
signs of unsafe conditions such
as open water or large pressure
cracks.
• Check with the local authorities to see what the ice conditions are like.
• Before venturing onto unknown waterways, make a hole
with an auger or an axe reasonably close to shore, to get a
clearer picture.
• Always tell someone exactly
where you are going and when
you expect to be home.
Remember no ice is 100%
safe. However, as a general
guideline the minimum ice
thickness to support an adult is
4 inches, snowmobiles require 6
inches and cars at least 12
inches. If you’re not sure, err on
the side of caution and don’t go
on the ice.
“It’s amazing how quickly accidents happen. Be aware and be
prepared to make your ice adventures safe and enjoyable,”
concluded Carroll.
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Fort Frances
482-2732
274-7751
1-800-891-8056
1-800-465-7763
www.westendmotors.ca e-mail: [email protected]
Serving the Rainy River District Since 1946
Apothic
Wine
Flip Flop
Wine
1.5
• Ice Augers $399
• Fishing Huts
• Vexilars $379.95
• Ice Fishing Rods
• Bib Pants
• FXR Clothing Sale
• FXR Kids Jackets
• Ski Doo Covers
• Snow Blowers
• Sleighs
• Honda Generators
• Injection Oil
• All Full Suits 40% Off
• Helmets: FXR, Ski Doo
Modular, & HJC
• Hats, Mitts & Gloves
10% Off
• Stihl Saws & Trimmers
• Lowrance Elite 7 GPS/
• Fish Finder 4 Only at $599
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Fort Frances
274-6311
www.badiuk.com
7
$ 97
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February 5, 2014
1907 Valley Pine Circle • Int’l Falls, MN 56649
Right next to County Market • 218-283-6163
Organic foods are not necessarily healthier
By Sylvain Charlebois
Associate Dean - College of
Management and Economics
University of Guelph
The organic movement was
served a toxic dish recently
when the media disclosed a
study conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) which suggests organic foods contain high levels
of pesticides.
The report claimed that half
of a sample of organic products
randomly tested had traces of
pesticides. To explain why results were not disseminated
when the study was completed
more than a year ago, the CFIA
told the media that none of the
test results posed a health risk
as farming practices complied
with Canadian-approved standards.
In this era of scepticism, mistrust, and scandals, it makes
one wonder why the CFIA allowed the media to unveil the
information before it did in its
role as our country's premiere
risk communicator. Basically,
the CFIA was outright undermined by a study they actually
conducted themselves, which
made the story quite surreal.
The way that these findings
were made public should be a
cause for concern for organic
farmers in Canada. Many
Canadians were surprised by
the findings and were hardpressed to find clear answers
from regulators. Some organic
products are double, even
triple, the average price of their
conventional counterparts. As
an environmentally-focused
niche market which offers an
alternative production system
for certain farmers, the findings
revealed are not consistent with
what the industry is trying to
achieve.
In a sense, the organic movement is now paying the price
for its pesticide-free campaign.
For years, studies have suggested that it is nearly impossible to find organic produce,
fruits or vegetables at retail
with zero pesticide residues unless, of course, production, distribution and retail chains
operate in complete isolation
from conventional supply
streams. Such an approach
would likely increase the prices
of products which are already
expensive enough and most organic experts would concur.
Organic production allows
the use of natural pesticides
only. From an ecological standpoint, it makes the organic case
much more compelling than
conventional farming.
However, agriculture has seen
some dramatic changes in
Canada and elsewhere in the
last decade. Farming is now
much wiser and more frugal
when using chemicals in the
field. Sound practices have led
to the elimination of many
problematic, old pesticides.
This is something we need to
recognize more often.
Nonetheless, consumers are
often oblivious of how our organic operations become certified. The certification process
for any commodity in Canada
is very comprehensive and rigorous, but our climate makes
our organic industry much less
efficient than in other countries.
In fact, more than 80 per cent
of all organic food products
purchased by consumers in
Canada are imported, so certification processes are complex,
to say the least. This means reviews and access to proper data
will remain a challenge for
quite some time, particularly
when dealing with emerging
countries where regulatory
oversight is lacking.
The CFIA, in partnership with
the domestic organic industry,
should commit to expanding
the scope of their surveillance
of and compliance guidance
with our trading partners.
Consumers ought to continue
to buy organics for reasons they
feel strongly about. Consumers, though, also deserve to
have access to proper data so
they can make educated decisions in relation to their diets,
organic or not. As far as organics go, science remains inconclusive about the health
benefits of organic food products compared to conventional
offerings.
What we do know is that they
are certainly not unhealthier.
Organic products generally
have fewer pesticides on them,
full stop; therefore, the premium we pay is justified. But
the CFIA should stop allowing
the media to be the food safety
boogeyman and make their
studies readily available to the
public.
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is Associate Dean at the College of
Management and Economics at
the University of Guelph in Ontario.
Ontario homecare gives hope to PSWs
Last week, six SEIU Healthcare personal support workers
(PSWs), who work long hours
at low wages to care for people
in their own homes, met with
Premier Wynne and Minister
of Health and Long-Term Care
Deb Matthews to discuss severe problems with the homecare system.
And today, the Ontario Government publicly committed to
providing better support to
personal support workers
(PSWs) in an update on its
healthcare action plan. Minister Matthews emphasized the
growing importance of home-
care in Ontario and lamented
the low wages of PSWs.
"On behalf of thousands of
dedicated personal support
workers who are in this job despite the poverty-level wages
because they love helping people, I thank Premier Wynne
and Minister Matthews for
making a public promise to
help frontline workers. Homecare is in crisis and we need to
do something about it," said
Sharleen Stewart, president of
SEIU Healthcare, the homecare union representing the
4,500 Red Cross workers who
went on strike last month.
SEIU Healthcare is advocating for the following changes
to appear in the upcoming
provincial budget:
• Increasing minimum wage
for homecare to $16/hour as a
step toward wage parity with
personal support work in longterm care
• Investing strongly in frontline workers by improving access to benefits and pensions
• Making homecare an essential service
• Access to continuing education opportunities to meet
the evolving needs of homecare clients
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Together We Go Further
Christoph von Niebelschutz
Rose-Marie von Niebelschütz
(née Currat).
In 1959, the couple arrived in
Montreal, Quebec, where their
eldest daughter Solange and
twins Alexander and Nathalie
were born.
During those early years in
Canada, Chris continued his
university education during the
day while working nights to
support his young family. He
graduated from Sir George
Williams University in 1967
and continued his studies at
Queens
University
in
Kingston, Ontario, during the
next few summers.
In 1968, the family settled in
Fort Frances, Ontario, where
"Monsieur von Niebelschütz"
taught French to elementary
and secondary school students
until retiring in 1987.
Ever the do-it-yourselfer,
Chris then built his own retirement home in the country near
Pinewood, Ontario, where he
lived with his second wife,
Katheline Laser (née Peterson)
and her daughters Simone and
Sabine.
He later spent several years in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, before returning to Fort Frances to be
closer to his family.
He greatly enjoyed camping,
hunting and fishing in the
Canadian wilderness, accompanied by his beloved dogs
who were his faithful companions.
His other love was music –
which to him meant great compositions such as Die Winterreise by Schubert – and this
became a great solace in his
later years.
Chris had many other inter-
Christoph Alexander von
Niebelschütz passed away
peacefully at La Verendrye
General Hospital in Fort
Frances, Ontario, on Saturday,
January 25, 2014 with his three
children at his side. He was 87
years old.
His life spanned nine decades
over two continents, and he
touched the lives of many
along the way with his memorable quirks and love of knowledge, language, music and
nature.
He was born February 5,
1926 in Gleinitz, Germany to
the late Ernst von Niebelschütz
(25.09.1887 – 14.09.1961) and
Ilse "Irmingard" Klopfer
(26.11.1890 – 03.02.1981) and
spent his early years on the
country estate his family
owned from 1446 to 1945.
Chris first came to Canada in
the early 1950s, when he spent
three years in Sudbury, Ontario, working in the nickel
mines. He returned to Europe
and worked and studied in Germany, France and Switzerland,
where he met and married
ests, including gardening,
cooking, carpentry, and shopping around for the greatest
bargains.
Most of all, he enjoyed the
closeness of his grandchildren
and took great pride in their accomplishments and performances.
Education,
achievements and talents were
of great importance to him and
won his admiration.
Left to mourn him in Canada
are his three children and four
grandchildren: Solange Busch
(Ray Spencer) in Victoria, B.C.
with daughters Sarah Busch in
Victoria, B.C. and Laura Busch
in
Yellowknife,
N.W.T.;
Nathalie von Niebelschütz
(Ken Fedoruk) with children
Peter and Greta Fedoruk in
Fort Frances; and Alexander
von Niebelschütz (Lisa Rossi)
in Toronto, Ont.
In Germany, he is survived by
his sister Gabriele von Hodenberg (née von Niebelschütz) in
Berlin, and brother Harald von
Niebelschütz in Flechtingen.
He was predeceased by his
parents, as well as his eldest
brother Hans von Niebelschütz
who died at an early age in
1944, and later by his sister
Rosmarie von Davier (née von
Niebelschütz), who passed
away in her 80s.
Out of respect for his final
wishes, there will be no service. A family celebration of life
will be held next summer at
Chris’s favourite fishing hole
on Crow Lake, Ontario.
We love you. Rest well.
Northridge Funeral Home
Ltd, entrusted with arrangements. www.northridgefuneralhome.com
MTO fines contractors for
substandard highway maintenance
The Ministry of Transportation has penalized maintenance
contractors clearing provincial
highways in Northwestern Ontario for not meeting winter
maintenance standards.
In an email to CBC News,
ministry spokesperson Annemarie Piscopo confirmed the
three area highway maintenance companies have been
fined this winter. The companies are Transfield Services in
Kenora, Carillion Canada Inc.
for Thunder Bay East and Integrated Maintenance and Oper-
ations Services (IMOS) for
Thunder Bay West.
Piscopo said the MTO can't
reveal how much the penalties
amount to, because it's a contractual matter — but she described them as "significant
financial consequences."
The fines come as no surprise
to the people who attended a recent meeting of the Rainy River
District Municipal League,
where highway maintenance
was a hot topic of discussion.
“We [had] several guest
speakers and this was probably
the most interesting of all,” said
Atikokan
mayor
Dennis
Brown.
“There's a lot of concern
about that, about the roads this
year … with the number of accidents and the casualties and
the tragedies.”
According to Brown, some of
the fines have been in the sixfigure range.
One of the highway contractors told CBC News the company is not allowed to comment
on road maintenance issues.
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concerns.
“Sometimes, combining two
good things results in something really great. Think about
peanut butter cups… way better than either peanut butter or
chocolate alone”, said Ailey,
long-time customer of both
stores. “I anticipate the union
of Cyclepath and Fresh Air Experience will be another great
example of how some things
work really well together. With
a wider variety of products and
the combined expert staff from
both stores, Thunder Bay’s
huge contingent of healthy, active, outdoor enthusiasts will
clearly benefit from this exciting new store.“
With the grand opening set to
take place in April 2014, some
of the finer details have yet to
be worked out, such as the
name. One thing for sure is the
new business will operate out
of the current Cylcepath location on May Street. Fresh Air
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Experience, official retailer of
the Canadian National CrossCountry Ski Team, will remain
open into the spring, after
which time the 45 year old location will close its doors for
the last time.
Plans are underway to take
the top performing products
and brands from both stores
and consolidate them under one
roof. Gift certificates will be
honored and any goods purchased from either store prior
to the merger that are still under
warranty will not be affected.
Equipment repairs and the
Thursday night running group
will also continue to operate as
normal.
“With the product categories,
brands and especially the expertise of staff, this should be
one of the best outdoor fitness
shops in Canada’, said Alan
Cranston, general manager of
Fresh Air Experience since
1974.
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Thunder Bay - Fresh Air Experience and Cyclepath, two of
the city’s top outdoor supply
specialists, have officially
joined forces, it was announced
Sunday at the Thunder Bay
Community Auditorium, host
venue for the Thunder Bay leg
of the Banff Mountain Film
Festival World Tour.
Jeff Pylypchuk and Pete
Tofinetti of Cyclepath and Alan
Cranston of Fresh Air Experience made the surprise announcement by way of a trade
booth bearing the words “Together We Go Further” as avid
filmgoers entered the Auditorium’s foyer for the 28th annual
Banff Film Festival.
Of the merger Jeff Pylypchuk,
owner of Cyclepath and Static
said, “We have long admired
Fresh Air Experience, its staff
and strong community involvement. This merger will allow us
to present a world class level of
customer service and product
selection in promotion of an active and healthy Northwestern
Ontario.”
With over 60 years of combined trading experience, both
stores have built up loyal customer bases. For some, news of
the merger may come as something of a shock, but Keith
Ailey, Thunder Bay resident
and long-time customer of Cyclepath and Fresh Air Experi-
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2300 Highway 53
Int’l Falls, MN 56649
218-283-3471
www.waschkegm.com
Redd’s
24 pk. cans
16
$
Apple Ale
12 pk. bottles,
tl
12 pk. cans
99 $
1299
Don’t Forget The Bar Supplies!
Borderland’s Local Liquor Store
Hwy 53 & 11th St. - M.-Sat. 8am-10pm
Limited to stock on hand.
Cold doesn't discourage Our thanks to the Legion
Cattlemen's attendance
Despite being one of the
colder nights this winter due to
the wind chill factor, a large
group turned out for the Rainy
River Cattlemens Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 23rd.
The financial report submitted
by Treasurer Leanne Mose
showed a positive report for
2013. Four cattle sales held
throughout the year resulted in
$3.8 million sales of local animals. A slight increase in expenses over 2012 was
attributed to the purchase of
equipment for internet sales and
a land parcel. Leanne also tendered her resignation as treasurer which will leave a difficult
void to fill.
Outgoing President Murray
McDonald commented on a
successful year for the Cattlemens, while also recognizing a
number of difficulties farmers
faced over the past year. Also
leaving a position open was
Philip Krahn who is resigning
as Sales Manager. An applicant
will be selected to fill that position at the Board’s February
from two speakers. Arden Schneckenburger spoke on behalf
of the Beef Farmers of Ontario(BFO), renamed from the
Ontario Cattlemens Association. He brought news and updates in the beef cattle industry
on behalf of BFO. Barry Potter, Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Affairs, spoke on the
Code of Practice for handling
beef cattle.
Elections were held for vacant
director positions in three
zones.
Zone A – Keith Caul(incumbent), Joe Sletmoen and Micah
Gerber(elected)
Zone B – Allan Teeple(incumbent), Clayton Teeple and
Mark Husser(elected)
Zone C – Scott McNabb(incumbent), Murray McDonald
and Bud McQuaker(elected)
Zone D – Corrie Govier and
Delton Martin(incumbents)
The BFO Advisory Council
representative is Kim-Jo Bliss.
The Vet committee will be
represented by Kim-Jo Bliss
and Tom Morrish.
meeting. Philip was recognized
for the contribution he has
made to the association.
A number of committee reports were made, including
Breeder and Feeder Finance,
Community Pasture, Soil and
Crop, Weighmans, Vet Committee, Agricorp and the Regional Abattoir. A constitution
change was approved, allowing
the re-election of term complete
directors, should insufficient
nominees be identified during
elections. Another accomplishment of the Cattlemens in 2013
was the purchase of the previously leased property in Rainy
River which houses the Animal
Inspection Facility. The Govier
family was recognized for their
contributions toward the maintenance of the property. The
building has always been the
property of the Cattlemens
however the lot itself had previously been leased from the
Ministry of Transportation.
Following a refreshment
break sponsored by Rainy
River Meats the crowd heard
"Librarian Jodi Budreau sets out new talking books on CD at the Rainy River Library January 22. The audiobooks were purchased thanks to a donation from the Major Hughes
Branch #54 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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Phone: 486-3329
Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Open House - 2:30-5:00 p.m.
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Phone: 488-5587
Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Donald Yo
oung School,
School Emo
J.W. Walker School,
School Fort Frances
57 Colonization Road
Phone: 482-2271
Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
475 Keating Avenue
v
Phone: 274-3616
Open House – Thursday, Feb. 6, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Mine Centre Public School,
School Mine Centre
Nestor Falls School,
School Nestor Falls
Phone: 599-2843
School Road
Wednesday, Feb. 5: – Extended Hours – 3:00
3:00-5:00
5:00 p.m.
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Tues., Feb. 4 at Red Gut Day Care 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
Phone: 484-2101
Open House – Monday, Feb. 3, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
North Star Community School, Atikokan
Riverview School,, Rainy River
209 Hawthorne Road
Phone: 597-6640
Open House – Tuesday, Feb. 4, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
528 Second Street East
11 Mill Avenue
Phone: 274-9818
Phone: 852-3561
Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Sturgeon Creek Alt. Ed. Program,
Program Emo
Sturgeon Creek School,
School Barwick
Robert Moore School,
School Fort Frances
11 School Street
Barwick Road
Phone: 482-3838
Phone: 487-2180
Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
If you are unable to join us during this celebration week,
you are also welcome to visit the school and register your child any time.
To be eligible to register, pupils must meet the following requirements:

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