25th annual Trade show a huge success

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WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2014 - Vol. 69 No. 29
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ARTHUR BLACK . . . . . . . . . . 3
OPINION PAGE . . . . . . . . . . 4
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25th annual Trade show a huge success
On May 2nd and 3rd the
Geraldton District Chamber of Commerce held its
25th annual trade show,
and it was one of the
largest trade shows in over
a decade. The trade show,
held yearly two weeks
after Easter, is the largest
event the Chamber puts
on and takes months of
planning and many partners to pull off. This years
trades show co-ordinator
Pam LeBlanc did a fantastic job as always in securing exhibitors for the show.
The show was actually
over sold this year, and exhibitors were placed in the
lobby of the Geraldton
Community Centre (a practice that has not done in
years). The Curling rink surface also boasted the
highest amount of booths
on the ice surface in years.
Exhibitors and the 840
adults who attended the
show over the weekend all
seemed to be impressed
at the turn out, and excited
to feel a buzz in the air
and the end of winter
which is what this trade
show seems to always represent.
Eric K. Pietsch
Past President - Geraldton
Chamber of Commerce
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BEARDMORE • CARAMAT • GERALDTON • JELLICOE • LONGLAC • NAKINA
news
Tbaytel Announces Chair of
Municipal Service Board and
Presents Annual Report to the
Community
CARAMAT MOURNS THE LOSs OF TWO PIONEERS.
The small town of Caramat
lost two long time residents,
within a week. This was a
very difficult time for both,
the families, and friends.
Emmanuel Poulin (April
10th, 2014) and Owen Furlotte (April 17th, 2014) both
passed away peacefully
with family by their side,
Owen at home and Emmanuel in the Geraldton
hospital.
Both families held a celebration of life at the Caramat Recreation Centre.
Families and friends shared
the memories of two great
individuals who would do
anything to help their com-
munity. Both had made it
quite clear that families
came first, and they both
would go to great lengths
to make life better for them.
Both had many other loves
in their lives, and their community was among them.
Emmanuel was our repair
man, although most residents were unaware of this,
Emmanuel kept the community club’s machinery
operational, although he
sometimes had a few
choices (concerned) words
for the operators. He did all
this work for next to nothing
in return. He would some-
time work very late in the
evening so that the machine was ready for work
the next day. The only time
that it would be difficult to
get him to fix things is when
his favorite wrestling show
was on TV.
Owen, on the other hand
had another love in his life,
and this was music, he had
a favorite guitar (Gibson)
that he played. Owen
would entertain people
with his friends (FOG) and
would not expect to be
paid for his services. Owen
would be happy just knowing that his music made
someone happy. Owens’s
love for music goes back
many years, Owen once
played lead guitar for a famous singer by the name
of Bobby Curtola.
In closing, I can say that this
community is in a state of
sorrows for the lost of two
dear friends that loved their
community and wanted to
help in any way they could,
although, sometime that
work remained unseen or
unheard of. We as a community will miss them very
much, but we will also cherish the wonderful memories that both have left us
with.
Emmanuel and Owen
Goodbye, may you rest in
peace.
“We love you”
Your community, Caramat
Ontario
Written
by:
Armand
Giguere
President Caramat
Community Club Inc.
Thunder Bay City Council has named Mr. Jack Jamieson,
HB Comm. LL. B., as the newest Chair of Tbaytel’s Municipal Service Board, effective May 1, 2014. Mr. Jamieson
has served on the Board in various capacities since 2008
including as Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee
and the Governance and Nominating Committee.
“With close to 30 years of experience practicing primarily
in corporate and commercial law in Thunder Bay, Jack’s
working knowledge of the business landscape of Northern Ontario is unparalleled,” says Dan Topatigh, Tbaytel’s
president and CEO. “Having worked closely with Jack for
a number of years through his previous involvement with
Tbaytel’s Municipal Service Board, I am pleased to now
welcome him as he begins his new role as Board Chair.”
Mr. Jamieson has practiced with CARREL+Partners LLP
since 1979, when he was first called to the bar. He is a
life-long resident of Thunder Bay, a graduate of Lakehead
University and the University of Western Ontario and has
professional affiliations with the Law Society of Upper
Canada, the Thunder Bay Law Association and the Institute of Municipal Assessors of Ontario. Mr. Jamieson has
been counsel to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation since 1986 and he also represents the Thunder
Bay International Airports Authority.
Mr. Jamieson will lead Municipal Service Board members
as they continue to build upon Tbaytel’s four core guiding
principles of financial stability, employment creation, regional economic development and technological innovation. Mr. Jamieson assumes the role held previously by
former Board Chair Michael Power who served in the position since 2008.
“On behalf of Municipal Service Board members, Tbaytel’s executive management and management teams,
and our entire employee base, I would like to thank
Michael for his contributions and continued commitment
during the course of his tenure as Chair of the Board,”
says Topatigh. “The knowledge, experience and insight
he provided was invaluable and came at a period in
Tbaytel’s history where we were able to move forward,
grow and expand to confidently position the company as
the leading telecommunications provider in Northern Ontario.”
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NEED A PASSWORD?
TAKE MINE
By Arthur Black
Dear Cyberthieves Out
There:
The first thing I want
you to know is that you
don't scare me.
Your latest scam – this
'Heartbleed' computer
bug that's got security
experts going apebleep? Advising us to
“change all your passwords for everything”, as
one nervous nerd advised?
Forget it. I'm not doing
that. Not because I'm
computer savvy (hah!)
or feeling devilishly defiant – the fact is, I've already used all the
passwords I can handle.
My mental password
floppy disc is full. I've
used
my
mother's
maiden name, my father's middle name, my
high school nickname,
the name of my first
dog, last cat and only
parrot. I've combined
them with my birthdate,
my wedding anniversary, the square root of
my childhood street address, my telephone
number
(backwards)
plus a series of capital
letters, not to mention
#,$,@,%, & and*'s inserted randomly, followed by the married
name of the third male
cousin on my wife's side.
Want to hear my last
p a s s w o r d ?
BowSer52!!Minnie5805
//(yrplaceormine)198FO
UR.
Take it. Run with it. Fill
your cyberboots.
That's just my latest
password, you understand. Obedient little cybersucker that I am, I've
been changing them
every six months. When
that became too mentally
challenging,
I
started rotating them
regularly, so that last
month's Facebook password
became
this
month's LinkedIn password which would be
relegated
to
next
month's Gmail account
and...
Yeah, well. That, too,
became cumbersome,
so I invented this new
system where I wrote
out all my passwords in
ballpoint and Scotch
taped the list to the wall
beside my computer.
Perfect! I had them all in
one place where I could
find them when I
needed them. I showed
off my new system to
the
Resident
Critic.
“How's that for handy
and
innovative?”
I
crowed. She rolled her
eyes and remarked, “So
now anyone who wants
your passwords just has
to walk into your office
and steal this list?”
After pointing out to
Resident Critic that sarcasm is not an attractive
character attribute I fell
to musing about her observation.
And that's when the
scales fell from my eyes.
Why, I asked myself,
do I have all these stupid passwords? Why do
I have any passwords at
all? I'm not a CSIS agent
or a dope dealer. I'm
not a secret porn troller
or a pedophile.
On-line banking? I
don't indulge. I subscribe to this antedeluvian habit of actually
going to my bank and
interacting
with
a
human (we used to call
them 'tellers'). We banter, I get a free smile,
sometimes two – and
she has to do the math.
It's a great system, and I
don't have to remember
an eight-digit, purposely
randomized cryptic and
confusing
Open
Sesame code.
I just
have to remember what
street the bank is on.
So I guess this column
is an open letter to
everyone in cyberspace.
Please don't send me
anything if it requires a
password. I'm not playing that game anymore.
The only 'password' I'm
retaining is my email
handle and that's easy:
[email protected].
Feel free to use that,
copy it or sell it to that
guy in Nigeria who's
keen to send me thirtysix million dollars.
You’d rather do faceto-face? That's easy too.
You can find me in the
bank lineup most Monday mornings.
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From Nakina ...
COMMENTARY BY BOB ROTZ
What A Week!
Especially if you're from
up here in the bush and
even remotely interested
in the Ring Of Fire....which
"From Nakina certainly is!
Mon April 28th MNDM
Mike
Gravelle
announced the provincial
Liberals were making
One Billion Dollars available for RoF transportation
corridor
infrastructure, while encouraging the Harper
feds to do the same thing.
This was a BIG part of the
new Liberal budget that
was tabled Thursday May
1st. Of course Timmy
Hudak's immediate response was to condemn
it. No surprise. But alas,
Andrea decided to wait
until the next day so she
and her NDP would have
ALL the microphones in
place and the spotlights
would all be on HER. It
made me think of the scenario for the famous
Charlie Brown baseball
cartoon, that was sort of
facing
Ms.
Horwath,
where Chuck would
emerge as either 'The
Hero or The Goat'. Of
course, Sharles Schultz's
famous pen made Charlie the Goat. And Andrea?
4
B-A-A-A-A-A! She did it all
on her own. And from
what I'm hearing, which is
obvious as the nose on
your face, she had no intention of backing the
budget right from the getgo. Now her party is
going to do a crash and
burn because of her decision. Anyway, thanks a
heap Andrea, from all of
us people (Matawa First
Nations included) who
had thought/hoped that
maybe the Ring Of Fire
was finally gonna get
rolling. You took what
was surely the first ever
''PRO NORTHERN ONTARIO'' budget that this
guy has seen....at least
since I've been filling this
space...and tossed it in the
shredder. (I was gonna
say 'sh--ter' but that
wouldn't be polite) Anyway, in a matter of a few
hours after The Andrea
Show, Premier Kathleen
immediately
decided
(very wisely it says here)
that rather than wait on
the two opposition parties
to call a Non-Confidence
Motion, she'd fone Ont LtGov David Onley, and ask
him to dissolve parliament. Done. As you've
heard, June 12th is the
Ontario
Community
Newspapers
Association
date. And the good news
is if/when the Liberals are
returned to power....perhaps with a majority?....the
Pro Northern Ontario
Budget will still be there.
In Spite of Andrea Horwath. B-A-A-A-A-A!!
Sports Shorts And Torts
The new Vancouver
Canucks head of hockey
Trevor Linden didn't take
long to lower the boom
on coach John Tortorella
as the Canucks failed to
make the playoffs this
year. Canned.....after the
FIRST year of a FIVEyear/ten million dollar
contract. Hey, don't shed
too many tears for Torts
though, as Vancouver still
owes him roughly $8 Million, so they'll not be holding a Tag Day for the
bombastic
outgoing
coach any tyme soon.
Damn....I wish yours truly
could earn $2 Million a
year for sitting on my ass.
Interestingly, Torts last
team, the Rangers, are in
the second round vs the
Penguins, and methinks
are now coached by former Vancouver coach
Alain Vigneault. Sort of
like 'musical coaches'? Ya
gotta love pro sports, eh?
As for Tortorella, some
owner, somewhere will
be dumb enough to offer
him yet another fat contract....wait and see. Hey
Torts, don't sweat it,
there's lots more bridges
to burn out there.
How dumb is dumb?
We had a brand new
"F/N" 2014 Jerk Of The
Year (JOTY) candidate
emerge from out of the
blue last week. NBA LA
Clippers 80 yr old owner
Donald Sterling. Well, he
doesn't really 'own' the
team anymore, at least
from where NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stands.
He fined Sterling some
$2.5 Million dollars for
some very nasty racist
stuff that made the
rounds, I believe worldwide on Facebook *(TM).
A very rude comment he
made....but was dumb
enough not to at least
deny....to his 'girlfriend', a
31-yr old black woman
named V. Stiviano. Yes, it's
''V". I wonder what the 'V'
stands for? And, it seems
Donald's people are saying ''V'' and Sterling are
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NOT 'romantically linked',
stating that this nonbimbo is actually Sterling's ''archivist''. No, that's
not a typo. No doubt lots
of multi-millionaires have
''archivists'' right? Not sure
that Sterling's wife of 50
years agrees with that, as
she went after Miss 'V' in
court in March for $1.8
Million....something about
an apartment, expensive
cars, clothes....you know,
the usual. Hey an
''archivist'' DOES need to
keep up appearances,
does she not? This is another famous sports figure that won't need a Tag
Day
either.
Donald
bought the Cllippers in
1981 for $12 Million.
They are now worth some
$575 Million....or more!
Any bets on how much
Miss V might get out of
this deal? Bottom line is
how can an NBA team
owner....who apparently ''
(fairly closely quoted)
''does not want blacks
coming
into
my
arena''....run a team for
THAT long in a league
whose players are approximately 75% (or
more) black athletes?
Black and white NBA players from past and present....from Kareem Abdul
Jabbar
to
Steve
Nash....are speaking out
on this thing, but Sterling
is still gonna walk away
loaded. Minus Miss V's
portion of course. And
Mrs Sterling....his loving
wife of 50 years....will be
waiting at the bank I'm
sure.
Odds And Ends
Another "F/N" JOTY candidate was back on the
front
page
last
week....again. Rob Ford.
Misbehaving yet another
tyme. But, he seemingly is
actually going to meet his
self-admitted
alcohol
problem head-on this
tyme and has gone
somewhere into re-hab.
And as of Sunday last, we
don't know if it's the Betty
Ford Centre or not. Doesn't really matter, does it?
Hey, I know "F/N" has
done our share of Fordbashing the last year or
so, but if last week's news
is correct, it would be very
nice to see the T.O. media
back off and leave him
the hell alone. Late nite
US talk shows will lose interest in Ford soon as he
stops becoming 'interesting' if you know what I
mean. And if Fats truly
wants to get clean,
whether he ever runs for
mayor again is not in the
least important at this
point. Unless the media
make it that way.
File this baby under
'Predictions Gone Wrong'.
WAY
wrong.
It's
1939....The Great Depression is nearly over and
WW II has just officially
begun....and The New
York Times has just announced that ''TELEVISION
will fail''. Don't know the
filing reporter's name but
it said "People won't have
tyme to stop and stare at
a screen''. That's just
about 40 years or so after
somebody else claimed
''the automobile will
NEVER replace the horse''.
Are you 'expecting' or
'with child' by any
chance? You and your
spouse want to come up
with
a
new/different/catchy
name for your bundle of
joy? Well, "F/N" Research
Dept learned last week
that there's a trend to
come up with odd-sounding monickers by todays
new parents. Initially it
was a CFNO FM item but
we also did some digging
on The Net. Anyway, at
present the 'oddest baby
name in the USA' (I expect
it likely includes Canada
too) is ''Zzyzx''. I've heard
it pronounced ZAY-zix or
ZEE-zix, yet I'm not sure
what gender it applies to?
Either I'm sure. (*I'm trying
to imagine being called
Zzyzx Rotz. Whoah...doesn't work! Buy a vowel,
please!) By the bye, Zzyzx
is the name of a road and
a town in california....so
that sort of explains it, eh?
*Thought
Of
The
Day..."Ridin high in April,
shot down in May''.....(lyrics
from Frank Sinatra's 'That's
Life'...seemingly applicable to either Ontario's derailed budget or NBA
racist owner Donald Sterling *see above)
"From Nakina"...until next
tyme.
Clergy Speaks
LIFESTYLe
Letter to the Editor
Revivalist Pastor James A. Kennedy
THE THOUGHTS OF GOD
“The LORD has been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
He will bless those who fear the LORD,
Both small and great.
May the LORD give you increase more and more,”
Ps 115:12-14
Ever wonder what God is thinking about? Consider
this; while running the entire universe and ruling over
the affairs of all creation, He still has time to sit on His
throne and think. But what does He think about? What
does the supreme God of all gods think about deep
within His heart? The above verse gives us some
glimpse into the thoughts of the Most High. He’s thinking
about us! Yup, us! The above verse says that He (God)
is mindful of us, and what is on His mind you may ask?
It is increase! Yes increase for you and I. Increase and
blessings.
Now I’m quite sure that if you would meditate on this
it will give you peace and comfort. What a comforting
thought to know that God is mindful of us and that He
wants us to be increased in all areas of our lives. Increased blessings, increased favor, increased finances,
increased relationships, increased health, increased
happiness, increased joy, increased love, increased
peace, increased kindness, increased everything. Yes
God has increase on His mind!
The next time worrying or fretting creeps in, think the
thoughts of God, because He is in heaven and is thinking of increase. Increase to you and yours.
Until He returns, God Bless!
Roy Davies
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Dear editor,
After a career of railing against the Senate, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper now says that we’re “stuck with the status
quo”. Canadians don’t have to settle for this defeatism—
there is a practical plan left to fix our broken Senate.
Mr. Harper was reacting to a unanimous Supreme Court
ruling that his proposed reforms would require constitutional amendments approved by at least seven provinces
representing 50% of the population. Abolishing it would
require the unanimous consent of all ten provinces.
Canadians don’t want to open up the constitution for a
long, rancorous debate with the provinces that would distract from solving their problems.
Yet the problem is worse today than when Mr. Harper
started eight years ago. He has turned the Senate into a
hyper-political, hyper-partisan chamber, which he personally stocked with the likes of Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and
Patrick Brazeau.
Fortunately there is a better way. Liberal Leader Justin
Trudeau has a plan to remove partisanship and patronage from the Senate, and to restore the original purpose
of the Fathers of Confederation: a chamber of sober, second thought.
Under a Trudeau government, all Senators would be appointed through an open, transparent and non-partisan
appointment process. Senators would be selected on
quality and good judgment, picking the best of the best
from each province. Parties and partisanship would become a thing of the past. No constitutional battles required.
To get started, Justin removed all Senators from the Liberal
caucus. In one morning, he achieved more Senate reform
than Mr. Harper had in his entire career.
Real change to the status quo is within reach. We just need
the leadership to get it done!
Yours sincerely,
Scott Simms, MP
Liberal Party of Canada Critic for Democratic Reform
Northerners pay the price for
government-approved hydro and
gas hikes
NDP House Leader and Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson says the government is failing hard working Ontarians
who can’t afford to pay outrageous price increases for gas
and hydro.
“We know that the Ontario Energy Board approved an application of Union Gas for a 28% increase,” said Bisson
during question period. “[And] we see coming down the
pipe a 44% increase on hydro costs as a result of what
[the government has] put forward.”
Bisson says that while many northerners are willing to
swallow additional costs associated with the long, cold
winter, it doesn’t make sense for the price increases to be
permanent.
“People cannot afford to pay, and they expect to see their
government being there to assist them and not to stand
on the sidelines,” explained Bisson.
Bisson urged the Liberal government to take action to help
Ontarians.
“Can you tell me why the government is standing on the
sidelines while the OAB rubber stamps these huge rate increases?” asked Bisson. “Will the minister take action and
stand with the people of Ontario, and not necessarily just
these gas companies?”
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Rick Mikesh, Pastor
Sunday a.m. Service 11:00
Kid's Sunday School 11:00 (ages 5grade 6) Good News Club 6:30 Wed
(ages 5-grade 6) Youth Group 7:30
Wed (grades 7-12)
cbcbeardmore.com 875.1332
ALL are Welcome!
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LONGLAC PENTECOSTAL
ASSEMBLY
92 Skinner Ave. - Longlac
Pastor Ken Desmarais
Sunday Service 11:00am
Kids’ Club on Thursday from
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bible Study, Youth and Women’s
group also available
Call for more details
876-4619
All are welcome.
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GREENSTONE CHRISTIAN CENTRE
98 Indian Rd. Longlac
Pastor Mario Miousse
Phone 876-9830
Services:
Sunday Morning Worship
Service 11:00 am
Sunday School Ages 4 - 12
Sunday Evening 6:30 pm
All are Welcome
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FAITH CITY CHURCH
Pastors Glen & Bev Wesley
310 Main Street
Celebration Service:
Sunday 10:30 am
Wednesday 7:00 pm
Children’s Adventures in Faith
(6-12 yrs)
call for more information
Tele: Church: 854-1051
Call: 853-0485
Email:
[email protected]
www.faithcitychurchgeraldton.com
Non-denomonational
Everyone Welcome
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Regional news
GREENSTONE MARKET
It may seem laughable or
incomprehensible,
but
there was a time in our history when people actually
made things. The younger
generation most likely assumes that there were always machines, computers
and robots in existence
and that they have always
provided us with whatever
we wished for or needed,
but some of us can still remember the days when
peoples' hands were more
accustomed to tools than
keyboards. There was a
time when most of the
items at the grocery store
only had one ingredient,
when most clothing had
no labels or brand names,
and when possessing anything plastic was a cause
of embarrassment. Even
though it may seem that
craftsmanship is a quaint,
fading remnant of our distant past, there are people
in your community who
are steadfastly maintaining, developing and sharing skill sets that produce
handmade clothing, foods,
jewelry and much more.
Sporadic gatherings of
these artisans in the past
have provided opportunities for them to sell their
wares to the public and to
promote the virtues of their
respective endeavours. A
newly invigorated group of
them have now embarked
on an effort to establish a
more regular and frequent
schedule of these gatherings and to encourage
more regional craftspeople to take part. Since we
live in an age when even
pets have their own websites, it seems only reasonable to have one created
for local artisans. The goal
of this website is to showcase regional creations, to
encourage creativity and
craftsmanship, and to nurture a growing trade in locally-sourced
products.
The next monthly Greenstone Market will be held
at the Geraldton Legion
on May 17, 2014 from
12pm-3pm with Free Admission to the public. Contact the Legion 854-0901
to reserve a table. For
Market information, visit
www.greenstonemarket.co
m.
The Friends of CBC
Thunder Bay
The Friends of CBC Thunder Bay is fighting back against
deep cuts to programming in northwestern Ontario.
Recently, CBC announced cuts that will have a huge
impact across the corporation, including here in northwestern Ontario. Our regional afternoon program, Voyage North, is slated for cancellation. This will mean the
loss of two jobs at the Thunder Bay station, and the loss
of nearly HALF of our regional air-time. Voyage North
is the ONLY drive-time radio program in Canada to be
cancelled as part of this round of cuts.
Voyage North is a show dedicated to reflecting our
communities, our voices, our people, passions, struggles and celebrations. Unless we convince management to reverse the decision, the program will be
replaced with an afternoon show based in Sudbury, a
city 13 hours away by car. Listeners in Kenora can drive
to Calgary as quickly as they can travel to Sudbury.
We know times are tough financially for CBC. Without
stable and predictable federal funding, management
must now make hard decisions. But, managers still
have leeway in how they choose to make cuts. It’s time
to stand up and tell the decision-makers to leave Voyage North alone.
The Friends of CBC Thunder Bay is asking people
across the region to join us in a show of support. A letter campaign is already underway, directed at members of parliament, and CBC management. Please help
us let them know that public broadcasting matters in
northwestern Ontario.
For more information, or to find out how to organize a
day of action in your community, please contact us. We
can always use more friends!
Jean-Paul De Roover, spokesperson, Friends of CBC
Thunder Bay
807-251-3376
[email protected]
Twitter: @SaveCBCTbay
facebook.com/saveCBCtbay
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Cadet Drill Competition
The Northwestern Ontario
Drill Competition was held
this weekend 3-4 May
2014 at the Thunder Bay
Armoury. One hundred
and fifty cadets from teams
across Northwestern Ontario participated in this
event. The teams were
made up of cadets from
army, sea, and air cadet
units from across Northwestern Ontario including
cadets from Kenora, Fort
Frances, Dryden, Nipigon,
and Thunder Bay.
The competition was tight
with 84 Royal Canadian
Air Cadet Squadron from
Thunder Bay taking the trophies for Top Drill Team
with Arms and Drill Without
Arms.
Top Drill Commander for Drill without
Arms went to Sgt Branden
Wodell of 84 RCACS Astra
and Top Drill Team Commander for Drill with Arms
was a tie between Sgt
Branden Wodell of 84
RCACS Astra and CPO2
Connor Kraft from 42
RCSCC Vindictive.
The
Golden Boot Award for the
Best Dressed Team went to
the Combined Army Team
lead by LCpl Jordan
Wodell of 2294 Army.
Drill in the cadet program
promotes the acquisition
of knowledge and skill
through repetitive practice
by enhancing precision,
memory, discipline, and
coordination. The Canadian Cadet Program is
funded federally and provides amazing opportunities to all youth between
12-18 years. All cadets
have inclusive opportunities for leadership development, fitness, various
trades and transferable
skills, travel, and citizenship
development all with the
goal of developing Canadians for the future of our
country.
Cadets standing at attention during the opening of the Northwestern Ontario
Drill Competitionheld in Thunder Bay at the Thunder Bay Armoury
OSSTF – District 6B Educational
Support Staff Appreciation Day
Wednesday, May 7th, the
Ontario Secondary School
Teachers’ Federation of
District 6B and the Superior
Greenstone District School
Board, joins with others
across Ontario to celebrate the contribution of
educational support staff
workers to the education
of students as part of Education Week, said Sandra
Corrigan, President of
OSSTF - District 6B’s Educational Support Staff.
“OSSTF founded the first
Education Week in Ontario
in 1930 to celebrate the
excellence of public education. It is natural, that as
part of that week, we acknowledge the contribution of educational support
staff.”
Classrooms are much
more than four walls with
students in desks and
teachers at the front of the
room. It takes a complete
education team to educate students today and
provide them with the
skills, resources and supports they need to be successful.
It is the hard work of these
education
teams
in
schools, board offices and
universities that ensures a
safe, clean, welcoming environment for learning.
Secretaries,
custodians,
technicians, and plant support personnel, to name a
few, all contribute to the
well-being of our students.
Educational assistants, social workers, attendance
counsellors, psychologists
and speech language
pathologists and other
members of the team provide the necessary support
for our special needs students.
It is fitting that we recognize that the whole school
or university is a classroom
and that it takes the efforts
of many individuals to ensure that students’ needs
are met within our educational system. We ask that
all Ontarians, especially
students and parents, help
us celebrate Support Staff
Appreciation Day by expressing their gratitude to
educational support staff
for the roles they play in inspiring confidence in our
students and helping them
build their futures,” concluded Sandra Corrigan,
District 6B - Educational
Support Staff President.
OSSTF/FEESO, founded in
1919, has 60,000 members across Ontario. They
include public high school
teachers,
occasional
teachers, educational assistants, continuing education
teachers
and
instructors, psychologists,
secretaries, speech-language pathologists, social
workers, plant support personnel, attendance counsellors, and many others in
education.
regional news
Geraldton Curling club wind-up
The Geraldton Curling Club
held their annual windup
on Saturday, May 3, 2013
at the club.
Members,
guests and sponsors enjoyed a delicious buffet dinner followed by the annual
awards presentations and
a dance. President Karen
Saarimaki took the opportunity to thank all of the executive, staff, volunteers
(members and non-members) as well as sponsors
who helped make the
evening as well as the season, another great success.
The Curling Club is very fortunate to have the support
of both local and out-oftown businesses, as well as
the community, in keeping
the club viable when so
many others in Northern
Ontario are struggling to
stay open. A special presentation was made on behalf of the club by Karen to
Dave Barker, Brian Aaltonen, Ron Melhuish and Kurt
Pristanski, who will be representing Northern Ontario
and the Geraldton Curling
Club at the 2014 National
Travelers Curling Club
Championship to be held
in Halifax in November.
The following is a list of
award winners from each
of the regular leagues:
MEN’S LEAGUE
Tuesday Night
First Event- Errington Home
Hardware
1. Cory Nephin, Bill Arnott,
Jamie Armstrong, Alain
Pelletier
2. Dave Barker, Brian Aaltonen, Ron Melhuish, Ray
Blanchard
Second Event – MacIver’s
Auto
1. Dave Barker, Brian Aaltonen, Ron Melhuish, Ray
Blanchard
Jamie Armstrong, Alain
Pelletier
Thursday Night
First Event – Herb Pile Memorial
1. Bill Assad, Dave Houston, Sheldon Assad, Rob
Kurish
2. Claude Beaulieu, Ernie
Michon, Andre Poulin
Second Event – Daneff’s
Food Market
Martin Lafrance, Dominique Lafrance
2. Kurt Pristanski, Gerard
Dufour, Alain Pelletier,
Stephane Leblanc
LADIES LEAGUE
First Event - Gay Muree
Ladies Wear
1. Colleen Lemieux, Julie
Valley, Bev Sivic, Lisa
Slomke
2. Karen
Saarimaki,
Heather Dyke, Tara Evoy,
Sylvie Fortier
Second Event – RBC Royal
Bank
1. Karen
Saarimaki,
Sylvie Fortier
2. Colleen Lemieux, Julie
Slomke
Club Championship – Club
1. Karen
Saarimaki,
Sylvie Fortier
2.Colleen Lemieux, Julie
Slomke
MIXED LEAGUE
Blank End Contest –
Canada Brokerlink
1. Andrew Hackner, BrandiJo Fortier, Mitch Shallow,
Serena Davis
Four End Contest – Times
Star/Mikige C/O Pietsch
Group Inc.
1. Ron Melhuish, Lana Letourneau,
Stephane
Leblanc, Marilyn Melhuish
First Event – Dominion Motors
1.Cory
Nephin,
Amie
Nephin, Jamie Armstrong,
Tara Evoy, Bill Arnott,
Diane Tanguay
2.Al Luomala, Pina Luomala, Suzanne Lafrance,
Erica Cotton, Kevin Clark
Second Event – Stedmans
1.Cory
Nephin,
Amie
Nephin, Jamie Armstrong,
Tara Evoy, Bill Arnott,
Diane Tanguay
2.Steve Anderson, Sylvie
Fortier, Beth Anderson,
Edgar Carreira
Cory Nephin rink (accepted by his wife Amie)
Dave Barker rink
Melhuish rink
Colleen Lemieux rink
Nancy
Kyro
25 Years of Service
NOSM Seeks High School
Students for Summer
Health Sciences Camps
The Northern Ontario
School
of
Medicine
(NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote,
Francophone and Aboriginal youth about health careers.
Health Sciences
Summer Camps at NOSM
provide students with a
unique opportunity to
learn about professions in
the health-care sector.
These week-long programs take place within
the modern, technologically advanced settings of
the medical laboratories
on NOSM's West Campus
located at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and
the East Campus located
at Laurentian University in
Sudbury. The Camps provide students with an opportunity
to
explore
health-care careers, obtain
hands-on experience, and
find a mentor.
Camp activities include:
learning to put on and remove casts; DNA analysis
and techniques used by
Crime Scene Investigators;
physiology and functions
of the human body; cultural awareness; and,
preparing for health ca-
reers such as medicine,
nursing, and emergency
care.
NOSM is currently looking for interested high
school students who will
be attending Grade 10
and 11 in September
2014. The camps are free,
and are held in Thunder
Bay and Sudbury on July
7-11, 2014.
Students interested in
participating in the camps
are encouraged to contact
Véronique Poirier toll free
at 1-800-461-8777 ext.
7198 or by email at
[email protected].
in Greenstone
office 854-0800
cell 854-7614
www.royallepagethunderbay.com
[email protected]
101 Tractor Tire Rd.
620 First St. E.
3 Popowich Dr.
207 Second Ave. SW
108 Second Ave. NE
300 First St. E
GREENSTONE’S ONLY MVA
CERTIFIED APPRAISER
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Regional NEWs
Record-Breaking Bid at Elekta Bachelors for Hope Charity Auction
Event’s 16 Year Total Nears the $1-million Mark
A 15 minute back-andforth bidding war for the
Alaskan Cruise package at
the 16th annual Elekta
Bachelors for Hope Charity
Auction resulted in the
largest winning bid in the
event’s history. The cruise
prize package, valued at
$4,150, was won with a
whopping $10,700 bid!
The Thunder Bay Regional
Health Sciences Foundation would like to thank all
471 women who attended
the sold-out event for their
energy, generosity and
commitment to supporting
exceptional cancer care
here in Northwestern Ontario.
The evening featured a
gourmet meal and the
auction of Thunder Bay’s
most eligible bachelors
complete with fabulous
date packages. There was
also a Bling Blitz where
370 of the guests bought
little silver boxes, one of
which contained a $1,000
diamond necklace.
Of course, without Bachelors, the event simply
wouldn’t happen. This
year’s Bachelors included
Ian Kehoe, John Lingner,
Mike Smit, Manuel Cabrera, John Charry, Don Harris, Claudio Coppola,
Damian Norman and Taylor Harris. Each of the
Bachelors volunteers their
time and individually collects donations to be part
of the event – many for
very personal reasons.
Bachelor Manuel Cabrera
shared that he had just finished up chemo treatments
for
Stage
3
Hodgkins Lymphoma, and
Bachelor Damian Norman
has a lifelong friend who
was treated for breast cancer and has now fully recovered.
THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF GREENSTONE
NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality of Greenstone has,
by Resolution of Council, declared the following lands
to be surplus to the needs and requirements of the Municipality of Greenstone and that the Municipality intends to dispose of these lands, as directed under the
Ontario Municipal Act.
GERALDTON WARD
ROLL NO. 740.006.21101
TB 12210 PT 56R731 PART 3
GREENSTONE
131 EAST STREET, Geraldton Ward
(vacant property)
Any person or corporation interested in purchasing the
above noted land is requested to submit their offer or
proposal in writing to the undersigned by 3:00 pm Friday, May 28, 2014. This offer or proposal must include
a detailed description of the intended development for
the lands. Please be advised that that any offer or proposal accepted by Council will be subject to all legal
fees and other standard and/or specified conditions
and that a survey and registration of an easement shall
be the responsibility of the purchaser as a condition of
sale.
The 2014 Elekta Bachelors for Hope Charity Auction raised $88,462, bringing
the event’s 16 year fundraising total to $939,589 in support of exceptional
detection, diagnosis, treatment and research of breast cancer for the women of
Northwestern Ontario.
Overall, this year’s event
raised $88,462 in support
of the fight against breast
cancer in Northwestern
Ontario
through
the
Health Sciences Foundation’s Exceptional Cancer
Care Campaign, bringing
the 16-year total to
$939,589!
Northwestern
Ontario
have access to the latest
equipment to detect, diagnose, treat and research
breast cancer. Exceptional
close-to-home cancer care
is paramount and we’re
very grateful to everyone
who joined us and supported the Exceptional
Cancer Care Campaign.”
“I’m absolutely amazed,”
said Athena Kreiner, Manager, Annual Giving at the
Health Sciences Foundation. “I think it speaks to the
importance of our cause –
ensuring that women in
“This event just keeps getting bigger and better,”
said Laurie Clarke, Committee Member. “It’s an honour to work with such a
committed
organizing
committee,
volunteer
100% of the funds raised
by the Elekta Bachelors for
Hope Charity Auction remain in Northwestern Ontario to increase breast
cancer awareness through
education, increase access
to breast cancer screening,
improve breast cancer
treatment, and support
world-class cancer research.
GREENSTONE
HARVEST
CENTRE
807-854-3663
401 E Main Street (side)
All offers or proposals to purchase will be reviewed by
the Planning Department with recommendations being
forwarded to Council no sooner than the regular public
meeting on Monday, June 9, 2014.
Open the second and
fourth Thursday of
the month, with the
exception of July and
August. Drivers
needed to deliver
hampers to various
communities.
Call the above if
interested
The Municipality of Greenstone is under no obligation
to accept any offer or proposal.
Acceptance of an offer or proposal does not guarantee
the approval of any required planning or development
applications.
Please address all offers/proposals to:
Ad sponsored by Times Star
Stephen Mykulak
Director – Protective & Planning Services
Municipality of Greenstone
PO Box 70 Geraldton
Greenstone, Ontario
Tel: 807-854-1100
Fax: 807-854-1947
Email: [email protected]
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Bachelors, sponsors and
volunteers to ensure we
continue to raise funds
that will directly impact the
breast cancer care women
receive in our region.”
REGIONAL News
End of Season Karate News
Longlac Martial Arts congratulates all students who competed in the Hachi-O-Kai tournament in Geraldton Saturday April 26th
An end of season grading took place Monday April 28th and we are very proud of each student's achievement, dedication and hard work.
Wishing you all a great summer and looking forward to seeing you back in the fall.
Sensei Sean, Danielle and Denis.
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GREENSTONE
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A BY-LAW
TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 42(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Greenstone,
at a Regular Meeting held on April 28, 2014, passed By-law 14-32, being a By-law to authorize Voting By Telephone/Internet for the 2014 Municipal Election. Section 42(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 provides that a municipal council may pass a by-law authorizing an alternative voting method that does not require electors to attend a voting place in order to vote;
AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT copies of By-law 14-32, which includes Schedule ‘A’ - Telephone/Internet Voting Election Policies and Procedures, are available at any Ward Office of the Municipality of Greenstone, and can be accessed on the Municipality’s website:
www.greenstone.ca under Local Government. By-law 14-32 states:
1. THAT the alternative voting method of “Voting by Telephone/Internet” is hereby authorized for the Municipal Election to be held in 2014.
2. THAT a Voter Information Letter be provided to every person who qualifies to be an elector. The Letter will be mailed “first class” or will be
directly provided to each qualified elector.
The Voter Information Letter shall consist of:
• A sealed envelope containing a Personal Identification Number (PIN)
• A telephone access number and internet address for voting
• A Greenstone Voter Help Line number for assistance
• Locations of Greenstone Voter Help Centers
• A list of candidates for office
• Such other necessary material as the Clerk/Returning Officer determines.
3. THAT Voter Help Centers be established at locations throughout Greenstone designated by the Clerk to assist electors with the Voting by
Telephone/Internet process, to make additions, deletions and corrections to the Voters’ List and to assist with other general election inquiries.
AND THAT Voter Help Centers be established and located as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Greenstone Administration Office /Geraldton Ward Office, 1800 Main Street, Geraldton, ON
Beardmore Ward Office, 285 Main Street, Beardmore, ON
Longlac Ward Office, 105 Hamel Avenue, Longlac, ON
Nakina Ward Office, 200 Center Avenue, Nakina, ON
Superior Greenstone Association for Community Living, Geraldton, ON
Geraldton District Hospital, Geraldton, ON
5. THAT every elector has the responsibility of completing the ballots in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, and the procedures
authorized by this By-law before 8:00 p.m. on Voting Day.
6. THAT this By-law applies to Section 43 (advance votes) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.
7. THAT this By-law does not apply to Section 44 (voting proxies) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (i.e. Proxy voting will not be permitted.)
8. THAT the Clerk/Returning Officer shall prepare policies and procedures for the Voting by Telephone/Internet municipal election which shall
be attached to and form part of this By-law as Schedule ‘A’.
9. THAT the Clerk/Returning Officer shall provide a copy of this By-law to each Candidate, to each School Board and to each resident upon
request.
10. THAT any person, corporation or trade union guilty of corrupt practices or contravening the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996
or the policies and procedures as established in this By-law may be prosecuted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act,
1996.
11. THAT the Clerk/Returning Officer shall give the electors notice of the passage of this By-law and the manner in which electors may use this
alternative voting method.
12. THAT Voting by Telephone/Internet shall apply to all voting in the 2014 municipal election in the Municipality of Greenstone.
This alternative voting method replaces the traditional polling or voting location method.
Each qualified voter is eligible to vote only once in the Municipality of Greenstone election.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Clerk/Returning Officer at the Greenstone Administration Office in
Geraldton at 854-1100 or toll free at 1-866-462-2064.
Elizabeth (Lisa) Slomke
Clerk/Returning Officer
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
SUPPORT
GROUPS
RESOURCE
PROGRAMS
RESOURCE
PROGRAMS
BOARD
MEETINGS
GROUP
ACTIVITIES
Geraldton Hospice Northwest Palliative Care Support Services - For
more information, call Brenda
Abraham at 854-1862 ext. 138.
----------------------- • ---------------------Do you, a family member or friend
suffer from depression, manic depression, panic attacks, schizophrenia or other mental illness? To
find out how we can help, please
call the Mental Illness Support Network at 854-2649.
----------------------- • ---------------------DEPRESSION SUPPORT SELF-HELP
GROUP
Tuesdays afternoons
2:00pm to 3:30pm The Mental Illness Support Network, 310 Main
St. 854-2649. Let’s work together
to help each other.
----------------------- • ---------------------If someone you love has a drinking problem, we care. Alanon
meets Mondays, 7:00 pm, Greenstone Family Health Team Boardroom, Northern Horizons Health
Centre.
----------------------- • ---------------------- Area AA Meetings Sunday • Open Door Group,
Longlac Pentacostal Assembly, 92
Skinner Ave., Longlac, 7:00 pm.
Tuesday: • Starting Over Group,
Thunderbird Friendship Centre,
301 Beamish Ave. W, Geraldton,
7:00 pm.
Thursday: • Open Door Group,
Longlac Pentacostal Assembly, 92
Skinner Ave., Longlac, 8:30 pm.
Contact 854-0201, 876-2877 or
853-1036 for more information.
----------------------- • ---------------------TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Weight Loss Support Group meets
Tues., Longlac Senior's Centre.
Weigh-in begins 4:30pm, meeting
5:00pm. Everyone is welcome.
Geraldton meets on Thursdays at
the Northern Horizons Health Centre - West Entrance 510 Hogarth
Ave. W.
Weigh in time 6:30pm
Meeting at 7:00
----------------------- • ---------------------Diabetes Support Group
October 7, 2013 and will run the
first Monday of every Month
Time: 6:30 to 7:30
Place: Greenstone Family Health
Team Board Room Everyone Welcome For further information
please contact Michelle Brunet,
Health Educator, 854-0051 Ext
242
----------------------- • ---------------------Caregivers Support Group
September 26, 2013 and will run
the fourth Thursday of every month
Time: 1:45 to 3:30
Place: Greenstone Family Health
Team Board Room
Everyone Welcome
For further information please
contact Michelle Brunet, Health
Educator, 854-0051 Ext 242
GERALDTON
NAKINA
2013
SUPERIOR-GREENSTONE
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD meets
the 3rd Monday of each month at
6:30 p.m. Public access to the
meetings is provided by videoconference from the Geraldton Composite
High
School
Videoconference Room.
----------------------- • ---------------------Geraldton District Hospital Board
meetings are the first Tuesday of the
month, 5:30 pm in the Hospital
Board Room. Public welcome.
----------------------- • ---------------------Greenstone Public Library Board
meets once a month. Please contact the CEO at 854-2421 for date
and time. Public welcome.
----------------------- • ---------------------St. Theresa’s Catholic Women's
League meetings are on the 3rd
Tues. of the month, 7:30 pm in the
rectory. Members and non members are invited to attend.
----------------------- • ---------------------Nakina Fish & Game Club - Meet on
the third Wednesday of Jan., March,
May, July, Sept. and Nov. at the Heritage Building at 7:00 pm.
----------------------- • ---------------------Geraldton Search & Rescue meets
the 2nd Thursday of the month, 7
pm at the Geraldton Legion Hall.
New members welcome!
----------------------- • ---------------------Caramat District School Area
Board’s monthly meeting are the
second Tues. of the month. The
public is welcomed to attend.
----------------------- • ---------------------Geraldton Kinsmen meet every
Wednesday at the Kinsmen Hall located at 406 1st Street East at 8 pm.
All men welcome.
----------------------- • ---------------------Greenstone Family Health Team
Board meetings are the second
Wednesday of the month at
4:30pm in the Greenstone Family
Health Team Board Room. Exceptions - no meetings in July & August . Public Welcome.
----------------------- • ---------------------Geraldton District Chamber of
Commerce meets the second
Thursday of the month at 6:30
pm in the meeting room at the
Elsie Dugard Public Library.
Members are invited to attend.
----------------------- • ---------------------Longlac Chamber of Commerce
meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each
month at 7:30pm in the Longlac
Tourist Information Centre. All members invited
----------------------- • ----------------------The Geraldton District Hospital
Auxiliary’s meetings are now held
on the 2nd Monday of each
month at 6:30pm in the
GD Hospital Board Room.
Exceptions: June and December
No meetings in July or August
----------------------- • ---------------------St. John the Baptist CWL meetings
are the first Wednesday of the
month at 7:00 pm at the church.
New members are welcome!
Prenatal Classes in Geraldton and
Longlac. To register call 854-0454
Thunder Bay Health Unit
----------------------- • ---------------------Clothing Exchange for Infants at
Thunderbird Friendship Centre. Any
infants clothing (0-36 mos.) you are
willing to donate, or free to take what
you need. For more info call 8541060.
----------------------- • ---------------------Centre de Ressources du Club
Canadien Français de Geraldton:
Est maintenant ouvert du lundi au
merredi, de 13h à 17h et le jeudi
de 13h à 16h. Lucille Dumais (Coordonnatrice) 854-1170.
----------------------- • ---------------------#227 Squadron Air Cadets Wednesday nights at G.C.H.S. Starts
at 6:15pm Contact: Lt. LeBlanc
854-1996.
----------------------- • ---------------------Geraldton Karate Club - Contact:
Lynnea Zuefle (854-0015), Tuesday and Thursday 6:00pm to
7:00pm for the Junior Belts and
7:15pm to 8:15pm for the Senior
Belts/Adult Class, G.C.H.S.
----------------------- • ---------------------Longlac Martial Arts Club (Karate)
- Contact: Sean Berard 876-4774
or 876-9572. Chateau Jeuness
Gym, Mon & Wed. 6:30pm9:00pm.
----------------------- • ---------------------Tsuruoka Karate Club classes,
downstairs at Longlac Seniors Centre, Monday, Wednesday not fridays. 6:45 - 9:00. Person to
contact- Andre Courtemanche @
876-4404
----------------------- • ---------------------Girl Guides of Canada, Geraldton:
Contact Liz Brown, 854-0708.
Adult volunteers welcomed.
----------------------- • ---------------------Workshops/On-line Training
MTW Employment Services offers a
variety workshops, free of charge,
available Mon – Fri every week of
every month. Computers and enrollment assistance are available
for online training certification.
Please call or visit the location
nearest you. 876-4222 or 8541234
----------------------- • ---------------------The Greenstone Family Health
Team: To see Nurse Practitioner Ingrid Aubry please call 807-8540051 Ext. 221
COMING
EVENTS
Services for
St. James Memorial Church
Sunday April 20th (Easter)
Holy Eucharist 11.a.m. St.
James Anglican
Sunday April 27th 11 a.m. service @
St. Andrews Presbyterian
Sunday May 4th 11 a.m. service @
Sunday May 11th - 11 a.m.
service @ St. James Anglican
Sunday May 18th 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist
St. James Anglican
Sunday May 25th 11 a.m. service @
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“A great place for you and your
child/children to spend time.”
Playgroup is held Monday to Friday, every morning from 10:00 11:30
French playgroup is held on
Tuesday’ and Friday’.
Workshop: Healthy Home
Environment for Kids
Date:
Thursday, April 24
Time:
10:30 a.m.
Presenter: Melissa Wilson
Public Health Nurse
Place:
Geraldton Day Care
Centre
Children spend more than 80%
of their time indoors.
They breathe, eat and drink more
than adults, increasing
Their exposure to harmful chemicals.
No cost.
Gym Activities for children up to
6 years old.
Held Monday evenings from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St Joseph
School.
Parents must be in attendance
and participate with their
child/ren.
NO COST.
For more info, please call 854 –
1747.
LONGLAC
NORWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTRES – LONGLAC SITE
Spring Programs 2014. Please
call 876-2271 or drop in for
more info. All programs free of
charge, with the exception of
Community Kitchen (where participants share the cost of purchased food).
LAB: Every Monday & Wednesday from 8:00 to 12:00.
WALK-IN
CLINIC:
evenings 4:30-7:00.
Tuesday
FOOT CARE: Call 876-2271 for
an appointment or for more info.
NAKINA PARENTS & TOTS /
parents et bambins: Nakina Kids N’
Us/Petit Chez Nous in Nakina at
301 Algoma Street. Tues. and Thurs.
morning from 9:30am - 11:30am at
the EDDC.
Nakina Kids N'US / Petite Chez
Nous - Childcare for ages 0-12
years, open 7-5 on a daily basis, but
if care is need before 7 or after 5
can be opened as early as 6 and as
late as 6. Call Cassie at 329-8592.
RECREATION
NOTES
RECREATION OFFICE HOURS:
Monday to Friday
from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Call 854-1100 ext 2011
----------------------- • ---------------------INSTRUCTORS WANTED! – We do all
the advertising and setting up, and
you will be paid $25/hour to share
your talents/skills with a group of
people – call the Rec office today!
GERALDTON
Monday 7:30 -10pm Mixed Badminton at GCHS
Friday 7-10pm Mixed Volleyball at
GCHS
Walk n Talk @ GCHS Mon-Fri 6-9pm
----------------------- • ---------------------KUNDALINI YOGA
starting March 25
every Tuesday & Thursday
6 - 730 pm
at BA Parker Public school library.
To register call the Municipal Office
----------------------- • ---------------------CARDMAKING WITH KAREN
next session will be held
in February 2014
COMING
EVENTS
Hike for Hospice
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Starting 3pm at the
Geraldton Waterfront
Contact Myrna (854-0313)
BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: Every
Wednesday from 9 to 4; no appointment necessary.
SENIORS’ BLOOD PRESSURE
CLINIC: Second Tuesday of every
month, at 1:30. At the Seniors’
Club in Longlac; no appointment
necessary.
HEALTHY AGING EXERCISES:
Thursdays 10:00-11:00 at the
Seniors’ Club, through the month
of April. All ages welcome.
TAI CHI: Promote better balance,
increase circulation and joint
flexibility. Tuesdays 10:00-11:00
at the Seniors’ Club, through the
month of April. Open to everyone.
COMMUNITY KITCHEN: Once a
month we meet to cook nutritious, low-cost meals. Ideas are
shared for recipes; cooking takes
place the following week at the
Health Centre. You then bring
home your meals and surplus to
freeze. Small fee, to cover cost of
groceries purchased.
DIABETES EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUP: first Wednesday of
the month, at 7:00pm.
PLAYGROUP: Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:30.
POLE-WALKING
PROGRAM:
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
from 11:00 to 11:30, for the
month of May; at the track of the
French High School (poles provided).
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COMMERCIAL PRINTING
LARGE FORMAT SCANNING & PRINTING
VINYL SIGNS & VEHICLE DECALS
EMBROIDERY & clothing
PASSPORT PHOTOS
full colour signs & banners
stationery supplies
PHONE: (807) 854-1919 FAX: (807) 854-1682
[email protected]
SENIORS
CORNER
PUBLIC BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC
- the third Thursday every month.
at 1:15 pm.
----------------------- • ---------------------SENIORS ACTIVITIES IN NAKINA:
111 Kingsland Street, Tues - Carpet Bowling 2 pm; Wed - Bingo
doors open @ 6 pm, Bingo starts
@ 7 pm; Thurs - Cribbage 7 pm.
Everyone welcome.
----------------------- • ---------------------QUILTING
&
CRAFTING:
Wednesday mornings at 9:00am
and Sunday afternoons at
12:00pm at the Longlac Seniors
Centre
----------------------- • ---------------------QUILTING & CRAFTS have now
started, Tuesday Mornings at
9:00am. 55 Plus room in the
complex
----------------------- • ---------------------The Mun. of Greenstone's Aging
at Home Medical Transportation
Program provides transportation
for ambulatory Seniors in Greenstone to medical and health related appointments. This service
is available for both local appointments and appointments in
the City of Thunder Bay on a firstcome, first-served basis. Third
party assignment of an eligible
Northern Health Travel Grant is
required. For more info please
call the Community Services
Dept. of the Municipality of
Greenstone at 854-1100.
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ADVERTISE
FOR ONLY
$6.00 + Tax
(UP TO 21 WORDS)
pet corner
4 PAWS DOG GROOMING - professionally done by Manon
Hardy. For an appointment call,
854-0214.
DOG SUPPLIES NOW AVAILABLE
Collars, toys, shampoos, leashes
and more.
----------------------- • ----------------------
classifieds
MASSAGE
THERAPY SERVICES
854-1554
15 YEARS OF MASSAGE
THERAPY EXPERIENCE
Relaxation and injury orientated
services or for overall well being, hot
stone, and reiki.
Flexible hours and schedule
Appointments available in
Geraldton, Longlac,
Beardmore and Nakina
MIND & BODY
ESTHETICS
----------------------- • ----------------------
By: Shelley Cormier
merchandise
Thank you
Longlac Pizzeria
HOUSE FOR SALE: 192 Centennial, 4 bdrm house, forced air
heat with air conditioning. Ensuite bedroom off master bedroom. All ceramic floors. Fridge,
stove, washer/dryer included.
Freshly painted white. 2 car
heated garage. Call 854-8206
for more info. No renovations required
TFN
----------------------- • ---------------------HOUSE FOR SALE:
201 2nd
Street East Geraldton. 3 bedroom bugalow home, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, double
garage. Corner lot, well-maintained home. Centrally located,
close to downtown and schools.
Private sale, serious inquiries only.
Call 854-1156 after 5:00pm
FOR SALE: 98 yamaha 650 V-star
with windsheild, bags, 9500 km
asking $2500. INFO call 8764574
29P
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR SALE: Travel Trailer 26BH fully
equipped with add a room,
sleeps 7. Campsite paid until
May 2015. Includes shed, deck,
BBQ, trimmer and much more.
Call 807-854-2225
29P
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR SALE: 2010 Dodge Grand
Caravan. 55,000 KM Full stow
and go. One owner, Full warranty to 100 KM or Aug. 2015.PS,
PB, Auto, AM/FM/CD, PW, pwr
seat, dual A/C, rear A/C and heat,
remote start 15,900 OBO 807344-8812 TH.BAY,
[email protected]
29C
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR SALE: 2001 Chevrolet Impala, new struts, battery, as is,
176000km Call or text 1-807854-8960. $1400 obo
29P
SINCÈRES REMERCIENTS
Nous tenons a remercier du plus
profond de notre coeur tous nos
parents et amis qui nous ont entourés lors du décès de Raymond
Forget le 30 mars 2014.
Un merci aux infirmiers et infirmières de Dr. Hargassner. Que
ce soit par des visites, des fleurs,
de la nouriture, des cartes, des
dons, des prières des messes.
Merci aux Benevoles qui on
passer leur nuit avec, au club de
l’âge d’or, au fille d’Isabelle, à la
chorale pour leur beau chant,
Diane pour avoir fait les lectures.
Merci au curé Jean Morin et ceux
qui on servi la messe et merci a
Stéphanie du salon funéraire
Fawcett pour son aide. Vos
gestes d’amour et de soutien en
cette épreuve difficile resteront a
jamais gravés dans nos coeurs.
Merci.
La Famille Forget
is looking for:
- part time waitres
- part time cook
APPLY WITHIN
Please drop off resume at front
Angelo’s Auto
TFN
FOR RENT: 1,800 sq/foot industrial space, lots of outside parking.
Call 807-854-7639,
CUFN
email: [email protected]
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR RENT: 2000 sq Commercial
Office Space. Main St. , Geraldton.
Wheelchair access. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. Call 854-7639 or
TFN
email:[email protected]
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR RENT: 2 Commercial spaces
for rent. Each unit is approx 900
sq. ft.. Both have 2 offices, large
meeting room, kitchenette, washrooms and storage rooms. Will
renovate to suit tennant. Call
Yvonne @ 854-1295
TFN
----------------------- • ---------------------COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE FOR
RENT:
Downtown Geraldton,
from 300 up to 4,000 square feet
available. Can be renovated to
your needs. Located in busy,
prominent multi-tenant building.
Call 854-2283 or email [email protected]
TFN
NOTICE
807-854-2366
Waxing (hair removal)
Maicure / Pedicure
Brow & Lash Tinting
Gel Nails
Shellac Manicure/ Pedicure
Sell unwanted items
for cash through the
TIMES STAR
Classifieds section.
854-1919
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Passport Photos
at
Geraldton Faith Chapel’s Daily
Vacation Bible School (DVBS)
Weird Animals
Begins -July 28
Ends - August 2nd
Ages: SK and up.
Call Marilyn 854-0161 or
RuthAnn 854-1081
----------------------- • ---------------------GCHS Yearbooks For Sale!
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28P
----------------------- • ---------------------FOR SALE: 1 Bedroom house with
large garage at 300 4th Ave SE.
201 Wardrope Ave W 2 bedroom
with small garage and large lot.
Modular hame at 209 Wardrope
Ave e. with double lot. Please call
854-0739 and ask for Stan 28P
N EED A
TOW ?
Weather Observer required
for Geraldton Airport
Permanent full-time
Must have min. Grade 12 diploma
Own vehicle to get to airport
Must complete 6 week course in Cornwall, ON
expenses paid
Wage $13.00/hr (42 hr week on average).
Both day shifts and night shifts (12 hr shifts)
e-mail resume to
[email protected] for further info
CUSTOM SAFETY
C L O T HT I N GS
CALL
AVA I L A B L E AT
IMES
TA R
S TA N D O U T I N A C R O W D
H AV E Y O U R L O G O P U T O N Y O U R S A F E T Y
CLOTHING IN REFLECTIVE
LARRY’S TOWING
AT
854-0484
Your local Imagewear
Specialist
E MBROIDERY,
AND HEAT PRESS SERVICES
AVAILABLE ON STOCK AS WELL AS
PERSONAL CLOTHING
AT
Brand-new, unused yearbooks
from the following years are
available in the GCHS Library:
1991, 1992, 1999, 2000,
2002-2003, 2005-2006
If you have lost your yearbook,
or it has been damaged, this is
your chance to replace it!
$2.00 each - Proceeds of sales
go to the GCHS Yearbook Fund
For more information,
please go to the GCHS website:
http://gchs.ca/
----------------------- • ---------------------Looking for a Companion
I’m a 53 year old man with
brown hair and eyes, in a wheelchair. Looking for a 50-60 year
old lady to spend time with.
Call Joe at 853-0050
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday & Friday
from 8:30 - 3:30
For more info call
854-1919
FRIDAY
12PM
FOR sale
FOR RENT
GLENDA BARBER
FOR ADS IS
employment
is looking for a Full Time
Class ‘A’ Mechanic
please contact Irene
807-854-1999
Thank You
HEALTH
DEADLINE
Store Manager
Long Lake #58 First Nation is seeking a “Store Manager” to oversee the operation
of their Gas Bar/Convenience Store and Subway store franchise, located on Long
Lake #58 First Nation.
Reporting to the Board of Directors and Band Council, the ideal candidate will have
a proven track record in retail management with extensive experience in a similar
establishment. The ability to meet franchisee requirements is essential and the
successful candidate will participate in training as required.
This individual has strong organizational and problem-solving skills along with excellent customer service, people management and communication abilities.
He/she has a strong work ethic and is culturally sensitive and respectful.
Applicants are invited to submit a resume with cover letter to: Long Lake #58 General Store, P.O.Box 1057, Longlac, ON P0T 2A0 Attn: M.Davey. Submissions or
requests for a detailed job description via email may be sent to:
[email protected].
The deadline for receipt of applications is May 30, 2014, at 4 p.m. Only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted and must provide a current Criminal Records check.
informative
Independent Nursing Panel
Recommends Increasing RN
Care Needed at Nipigon
District Memorial Hospital
NIPIGON—Residents
of
Nipigon will be pleased to
hear that an independent
panel of nursing experts
has recommended that
more registered nursing
(RN) hours be added to
care for patients in the
acute care unit, emergency department and
chronic unit at Nipigon District Memorial Hospital,
and that an RN be added
to act as a transport nurse.
The
recommendations
were made following a
three-day Independent Assessment Committee (IAC)
hearing called by members of the Ontario Nurses’
Association (ONA) in order
to resolve their concerns
about the safety and quality of patient care. The IAC
made 25 recommendations in five areas regarding issues that directly or
indirectly impact the workload of RNs.
“Our dedicated registered
nurses working at Nipigon
District Memorial Hospital
have persistently raised
concerns about workload
issues that impact their patients,” said ONA President
Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN.
“It should be reassuring for
this community to know
that the expert panel
found merit in their concerns and made recommendations that – if acted
on by hospital management – will improve the
safety and quality of the
care they receive.”
An IAC panel is called in
when multiple attempts to
resolve professional nursing practice issues are unsuccessful. RNs at the
hospital were concerned
that the number of patients
being assigned to RNs
were resulting in an inability to provide proper patient care.
The panel found that there
was an insufficient complement of RNs working in
Nipigon’s ER, chronic care
and acute care units to
provide proper patient
care. It recommended that
RN staffing be increased in
the ER on weekends, not
eliminate a current fulltime RN position, develop
a nursing human resources plan to build nurs-
ing capacity, better monitor the number and type of
patient transfers and type
of required staff escort,
ease some of the nonnursing duties being performed by nurses, and act
to address feelings of low
morale
and
burnout
among RNs.
The hospital must not reduce the hours of RN coverage as it has proposed
to do.
“ONA is looking forward to
working closely with Nipigon hospital management to implement these
recommendations
quickly,” said HaslamStroud. “Our nurses want
the best, safest care for
their patients and are
pleased to be able to work
collaboratively with this
employer to achieve just
that.”
ONA is the union representing 60,000 registered
nurses and allied health
professionals, as well as
more than 14,000 nursing
student affiliates providing
care in hospitals, long-term
care
facilities,
public
health, the community,
clinics and industry.
Nabbed for Shooting
Moose from Truck
A Vanastra man has been
fined $3,000 for unlawfully
hunting moose.
Wayne Riley pleaded guilty
and was fined $1,500 for
hunting moose without a
licence, $1,000 for discharging a firearm from a
vehicle and $500 for making a false statement to a
conservation officer. He is
not allowed to hunt in Ontario for one year.
The court heard that on
December 12, 2012, Ministry of Natural Resources
conservation officers responded to a complaint of
illegal hunting near Hidden Lake, southeast of Upsala. With assistance from
Ontario Provincial Police
and the ministry’s canine
unit, conservation officers
discovered that Riley shot
a cow and bull moose
from his truck. His hunting
party only had hunting validation tags for bull moose
and was not authorized to
shoot a cow moose. Riley’s
rifle and the cow moose
were seized and forfeited
to the Crown.
Justice of the Peace Marcel
Donio heard the case in
the Ontario Court of Justice, Thunder Bay, on April
2, 2014.
The
ministry
reminds
hunters it is illegal to possess a loaded firearm in a
vehicle or vessel, including
aircraft, snowmobile, allterrain vehicle or motorboat.
To report a natural resources violation, call 1877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667)
toll-free any time or contact your local ministry office
during
regular
business hours. You can
also call Crime Stoppers
anonymously at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
OFFICE: (807) 623-4455 FAX (807) 8541270
Nancy Sutherland
Sales Representative
(807) 854-5675
[email protected]
THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF GREENSTONE
NOTICE
209 Jackson Ave.
MLS 141043
921 Second St E
MSl 141041
813 First St. W
MLS 140700
1207 Main Street
MLS 141142
Council will open the sealed bids at the Regular Meeting on May 26, 2014.
28 Margo Lake Rd E
Longlac MLS 1409022
100 & 102 Queen St
Apt Bldg and House
The Municipality of Greenstone is under no obligation
to accept any bid or proposal.
28 Margo Lake Rd E
Longlac MLS 140922
TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality of Greenstone has,
by Resolution of Council, declared the trailer only located on Municipal property at 317 Clarke Avenue East
in the Geraldton Ward to be surplus to the needs and
requirements of the Municipality of Greenstone and
that the Municipality intends to sell the trailer only on
the condition that said trailer be removed from the lot
within 30 days of the closing of the sale.
Any person or corporation interested in purchasing the
above noted trailer is requested to submit their sealed
bid in writing to the undersigned by 4:00 pm May 22,
2014. Please be advised that any bid accepted by
Council will be subject to HST and all legal fees if applicable.
Please address all offer/bids to:
Stephen Mykulak
Director – Protective & Planning Services
Municipality of Greenstone
PO Box 70 Geraldton
Greenstone, Ontario
Tel: 807-854-1100
Fax: 807-854-1947
122 Queen
MLS 140203
202 Third Ave SW
MLS 140552
602 MAin St
MLS 133471
Ran-Dan Motel-Longlac
MLS 140896
WWW.BELLUZ.COM
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News
MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001
SALE OF LAND FOR TAX ARREARS BY PUBLIC TENDER
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF GREENSTONE
Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of lands
described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time
on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the Treasurer’s Office, Greenstone Municipal Office, 1800 Main Street, Geraldton, Ontario
P0T 1M0.
The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at
3:05 p.m. at the Treasurer’s Office, Greenstone Municipal Office, 1800 Main Street, Geraldton, Ontario P0T 1M0.
Description of Land(s):
1.
Roll No.5876.720.001.22300, PIN 62384-0369 (LT)
PCL 9442 SEC TBF; LT 257 PL M95 Nakina; Green
stone; Being all of the PIN
Assessed at 14,500 (Residential) &
20,750 (Commercial)
Street Address: 101 Highway 584N, Nakina, ON
Minimum Tender Amount: $14,627.99
2.
Roll No.5876.720.001.27500, PIN 62384-0468 (LT)
PCL 16503 SEC TBF; PT BLK 18 PL M98 Nakina
PT 1 55R827;Greenstone; Being all of the PIN
Assessed at 48,500 (Commercial)
Street Address: 104 Highway 584, Nakina, ON
3.
Roll No.5876.720.001.30943, PIN 62384-0059 (LT)
PCL 41-1 SEC M328; LT 41 PL M328 Nakina;
Greenstone, Being all of the PIN
Assessed at 34,500 (Residential)
Street Address: 100 Highland Crescent, Nakina, ON
4.
Roll No.5876.720.001.30957, PIN 62384-0073(LT)
PCL 55-1 SEC M328; LT 55 PL M328 Nakina;
s/t LT142800; Greenstone; Being all of the PIN
Street Address: 128 Highland Crescent, Nakina, ON
5.
Roll No. 5876.740.004.07000, PIN 62413-1039 (LT)
PCL 981 SEC GF; LT 9 PL M139 Ashmore SRO;
Assessed at 5,900 (Residential – Vacant Land)
Street Address: 317 Third Ave. S.E., Geraldton, ON
6.
Roll No. 5876.780.001.07300, PIN 62423-0047 (LT)
PCL 14245 SEC TBF; Location TW 68 Summers;
Street Address: 293 Tamarack St., Beardmore, ON
7.
Roll No. 5876.940.000.10900, PIN 62425-0008 (LT)
PCL 9820 SEC TBF; Location DC 10 Kilkenny situate
near The Townsite of MacDiarmid as in PPA5848;
Street Address: MacDiarmid, ON
8.
Roll No. 5876.720.001.13700, PIN 62384-0159 (LT)
PCL 13518 SEC TBF; LT 154 PL M94 Nakina;
Street Address: 108 Keefer Street, Nakina, ON
The OPA and Aboriginal Communities Work Together
To Deliver Community Energy Planning
29 Aboriginal communities to develop energy plans
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) is supporting 29
Aboriginal communities in
developing their community energy plans through
the Aboriginal Community
Energy Plan (ACEP) program.
The OPA announced today
that 22 proposals have
been approved for a total
of $2.5 million in funding
through the ACEP program. These proposals involve 29 participating
Aboriginal communities
across Ontario, including
remote, northern and
southern First Nations.
The list of communities is
available here. A map
showing the location of
these communities is available here.
The ACEP program assists
First Nations and Métis
communities to develop or
update a community energy plan, with the goal of
improving energy efficiency, reducing electricity
consumption and assessing opportunities for clean
energy generation.
Applications for the first
round of the program
were accepted from August 21 to November 29,
2013, and the review
process was overseen by
an independent fairness
monitor.
The ACEP program will
support Aboriginal participation in Ontario’s energy
sector by providing up to
$90,000 in funding to First
Nation or Métis communi-
ties for local energy planning activities, with remote
communities being eligible
for an additional $5,000.
Through this program, the
province is encouraging
the development of energy plans that identify the
unique needs and interests of each First Nation
and Métis community.
Quotes:
“The Ontario Power Authority is pleased to support
Aboriginal
communities in developing their energy plans
through the ACEP program. This is one of several
ways in which the OPA encourages Aboriginal participation in Ontario’s energy
sector and helps ensure a
sustainable energy supply
to communities across the
province.”
Colin Andersen, OPA Chief
Executive Officer
“The Aboriginal Community Energy Plan program
will support First Nation
and Métis communities in
developing plans that will
help conserve electricity
and find opportunities for
clean small-scale generation. As outlined in Ontario’s updated Long-Term
Energy Plan, community
energy plans will complement and support regional
energy plans by allowing
communities to identify
their unique community
needs and interests.”
Bob Chiarelli, Minister of
Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must
be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order
or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least
20 per cent of the tender amount.
All tenders must be in a sealed envelope with TAX SALE and a
short description of the property on the outside of the envelope and should be addressed to the name and address
below.
The Municipality makes no representation regarding the title
to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential
purchasers.
This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful
purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus
accumulated taxes and interest and the relevant land transfer
tax and HST, if applicable.
The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.
For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the
prescribed form of tender, contact:
Lise Koroscil, Office Manager
The Corporation of the Municipality of Greenstone
1800 Main Street, P. O. Box 70
Geraldton, ON P0T 1M0
Phone: (807) 854-1100 Fax: (807) 854-1947
Email: [email protected] or
visit website http:// www.greenstone.ca/landtaxsale
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Energy
“Thanks to the Aboriginal
Community Energy Plan
program, 29 Aboriginal
communities can start
planning for their energy
future. Aboriginal participation in energy sector development will help Ontario
to both encourage renewable energy and provide
sustainable economic development opportunities
for First Nations and Métis
communities across the
province.”
David Zimmer, Minister of
Aboriginal Affairs
“We’re very excited that
our tribal council will be
able to work with its five
member communities to
develop energy plans that
will complement the existing work of future connection to the provincial grid,
determining local distribution and addressing conservation. Our end goal is
to create opportunities,
and by planning now we
can help ensure a good
future for our communities.”
Margaret Kenequanash,
Executive Director, Shibogama First Nations
Council
For more information on
the Aboriginal Community
Energy Plan (ACEP) program visit: http://www.aboriginalenergy.ca/aboriginal
-community-energy-plans
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OSSTF/FEESO Celebrates Education Week May 5-9, 2014
Education Week was first celebrated in 1930, and this year, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) commemorates
Education Week's 84th anniversary with the theme Ontario: World Class.
Education Week was established by OSSTF/FEESO in the fall of 1930, during a period of waning public interest in education due to the Depression,
when a good education was no longer considered a guarantee of employment. It was hoped that by highlighting a new secondary school curriculum and celebrating public education, the citizens of Ontario would once again take an interest in their schools. In the years that followed,
Ontarians developed a renewed sense of concern for education and the government made a strong commitment to strengthening the province's
public education system.
Today, with members working in elementary and secondary schools as well as universities, OSSTF/FEESO President Paul Elliott reflects on the importance of this province's public education system, "Students are graduating into a world very different than the one many of us did. It is through
the hard work, dedication and professionalism of education workers that the students of Ontario will continue to receive a world class education
that prepares them for an evolving world where lifelong learning is a necessity."
"Our members strive to provide students with opportunities to develop and grow in a safe, nurturing environment. Education Week provides us
with an occasion to celebrate their role in the creation of a bright future for students and for Ontario. Please join OSSTF/FEESO in appreciating the
education system we have and envisioning what it will look like in the years to come, during Education Week," concluded Elliott.
OSSTF/FEESO, founded in 1919, has 60,000 members across Ontario. They include public high school teachers, occasional teachers, educational
assistants, continuing education teachers and instructors, early childhood educators, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists,
social workers, plant support personnel, university support staff, and many others in education.
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