October 14, 2015 - The Westend Weekly

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The Bustle North of Barwick: Atkinson Road Camp
Harold McQuaker is one of the local contractors. His company is doing landscaping.
A trench is being dug to put in the sewer and water lines.
This is done for every trailer. They also have electricity including air-conditioning.
Blake Bruyere, Assistant Camp Manager, works as part of
the management team to coordinate subcontractors and see
to the construction and management of the camp.
The dining-room has local art and the windows have flowers. It is homey and inviting.
The kitchen is kept to a very high standard of cleanliness.
One of the field generators that used to provide electricity to
the camp is now used in case of power outage.
Wade Debungee and Robyn Bob work in the kitchen. We
had to stand by the door because we didn't have hairnets.
by Charleen Gustafson
I got to go to the camp!
Yahoo! I love this job. If anyone else is as curious as I was,
here is what I know now.
Blake Bruyere, Assistant
Camp Manager and Louise
Labine, Camp Manager, gave
me 2 hours of their time.
Blake took me on a tour and
explained the operation:
The Atkinson Road Camp,
north of Barwick, is being
constructed and managed by
Onikaajigan Construction LP.
Onikaajigan Construction is
100% Aboriginal owned: 45%
by Rainy River First Nations,
45% by Naicatchewenin First
Nation and 10% by Saulteaux
Consulting and Engineering. If
I understand correctly, they
build the camp while partnering with subcontractors who
have special expertise in
things like setting up the
kitchen and dining facilities,
and with local subcontractors
who can provide plumbing etc.
There is so much more to it
than I had expected. While
Blake was explaining that they
just recently completed the
wastewater treatment plant,
the master of stupid questions
asked, “Why are they digging
a big hole beside the trailers?”
Besides now using their own
wastewater treatment plant,
they are also using their own
water treatment plant. That
means digging a well, getting
testing done and adding chlorine. Until recently they were
trucking in water. When you
think about the fact that there
is now space for 416 people,
and each trailer has washrooms and laundry facilities,
that is a lot of water. The
kitchen still trucks in water.
There are 2 VIP trailers for
visiting contractors, supervisors and managers. Each room
has a washroom.
By October there will be 460
available beds in the regular
trailers. These all have shared
washrooms and laundry
rooms. They are also air-conditioned. The camp managers
attempt to have gender-separated trailers, but accommodate couples by trying to
arrange adjoining rooms and
because of logistics, there are
mixed dorms.
Many of the people come
from Alberta or the Maritimes,
since the down-sizing of the
oil industry. There are a number of women who work at the
mine site. They would be fun
to interview, but everyone either is working or sleeping.
The shifts are 12 hours. So
day shift people get up around
5:00, eat in the dining room,
pack their lunch and are
picked up by the bus at 6:10.
When they return they have
supper, and most of the lights
Rick Perrault does dishes but was happy to come out to give
us his name.
are out by 9:00. They do that trailers side by side, that are
every day until they leave. hooked together when they are
Louise Labine, the Camp set up. They travel with boards
Manager, said that rarely are covering their open sides then
there lights on at 10:00 when are put in place. Once the elecnoise reduction is enforced. tricity and essentials are in
These people are here to work, place, Onikaajigan sends in
and, she continued, most really people to make it look homey.
like the camp life because it I loved the local art on the
simplifies their daily routine. walls. All of this is done for a
Their breakfast is made and two year contract. It is not
lunch provided as soon as they known if the camp will conare up, and there is no need to tinue after the construction
drive. The more I think about phase is complete.
Besides constructing the
it, the more appealing it is.
The camp now has electricity camp, Onikaajigan Construcfrom Ontario Hydro. Before tion manages the daily routines.
that the whole camp operated Peter Snow from New
on diesel field generators Brunswick is the Housekeeping
which were noisy and expen- Manger. He oversees the staff,
all local people, who clean and
sive.
About two weeks ago the organize the living spaces.
Blake was a great tour guide.
Rec Centre was completed. It
took one day to bring in and When we were finished, we
set up three trailers, then an- went to the office in time to
other week or so to set up the meet Louise Labine, the Camp
plumbing, electricity, details Manger until a few days ago.
etc. It has lots of training and Louise has had extensive expeexercise equipment, places for rience at managing construcquiet study and a movie room. tion camps. Several people had
The kitchen and dining hall mentioned her to me with such
were impressive. There is an respect and admiration that I
entrance area, a place where was eager to meet her. She is
all outside boots and clothes now taking on added responsimust be taken off. All people bilities at the mine site so it was
are requested to only enter great luck to have a chance to
with clean clothes on. All talk to her.
Immediately upon meeting
kitchen staff wear hairnets and
no one without a hairnet is al- Louise you recognize a no-nonlowed in the kitchen area, ever. sense woman with a ready
The place was spotless! There laugh. We sat down in her ofis great attention to safety in fice for what became almost an
food preparation. Everything hour of talking and conversation. I am very grateful to her
is stainless steel.
The dining hall consists of 12 for the time she allowed. I
Raylene Smith was preparing the coffee. "This is a different
experience. It is good. I like the team atmosphere."
Louise Labine, Camp Manager: "Here, our objective is to
make this camp a home away from home. I want the people
to be treated with care."
asked her what her new title grade school. She says she
would be. She shrugged and learns by watching, and her
said she didn’t know. Obvi- Dad did all the repairs and
ously doing the job is much maintenance in the bowling
more important to her than a alley while she watched, taking
title. She will be looking into in the information. She atnew contracts and partners for tended Cambrian College the
the new jobs that are beginning first time they offered Business
at the mine site. I used some Administration in French. This
jargon and she explained that was before the opening of Colsince French is her first lan- lège Boréal. Upon graduation
guage she is not accustomed to she worked for a commercial
fire alarm business, owned her
some words.
So, how did a girl brought up own company offering specialin the French area of Ontario ized security systems and ran a
northeast of Sudbury, come to restaurant among other things.
“I had many jobs. One job I
be a Camp Manager? Her family owned and operated a bowl- was on, I was offered lots of
ing alley at which she worked money but in the end he didn’t
as a child. She recounted help- pay me. It didn’t really matter
ing an employee learn to count because I learned lots and at the
money when she was still in
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I am writing this update as I
wind down from a great three
days at home! It is hard to
complain about the drizzle we
are receiving today when Sunday was absolutely amazing!
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think there have been too
many Thanksgivings you can
do that! The company and
food were awesome. Our family sat down on Monday but it
was just us - the boring old
people since Maddie & Marlee
were off to a Taylor Swift concert with their Aunt & Uncle
from Dryden. Despite missing
our girls - we had a lot to be
thankful for! The manure is
hauled, the new buildings are
built, the bulls are all home
and not even fighting much,
the calves are quiet and likely
ready to leave the corral - and
the list can go on and on!
It is looking like this week
we will be ready to launch
our Crowd Funding Site /
Video promoting our Abattoir
and Local Food Markets.
Many of you likely have heard
us talking about this but
maybe are still unsure of what
we are doing. It is no surprise
that the Abattoir is struggling
despite the fact the numbers
are steadily increasing. Our
expenses are just eating up our
growth. We are happy to report that we have someone
working for us currently – that
is exploring some new ventures and partnerships. Some
of you may have met Jennifer
MacDonald who is working
on our Local Food Fund Project. Jennifer is not a local girl
and her “outside of the box”
thinking is progressing quite
nicely.
The video we are planning to
launch this week is our attempt
to get us through this next hurdle. Thankfully we have
crossed so many but we are
not ready to back down yet.
Whether or not you use the
Abattoir, agree with it or not;
it is an essential piece of infrastructure that adds value to
each and every farm in our
District.
noun: crowd-funding
1. the practice of funding a
project or venture by raising
many small amounts of money
from a large number of people,
typically via the Internet.
So that is the definition of
Crowd Funding you will find
if you Google it. The long
and short of it – we are posting
a video on-line and we are
looking for people to donate to
it. Our neighbours in Dryden
were successful in raising
funds this way to build a beautiful Community Green-House
if you are looking for a local
story that we can relate to.
I am really counting on our
community and friends and
family near and far to see us
through this next hurdle. I do
hear the negative comments –
but I know we have a lot of
good people out there that will
get us past this next stumbling
block.
If 500 of my friends would
all donate $100 each – it
would be wonderful – but the
truth is – we will be happy
with any and all donations.
Watch for my launch email
and please pass it along to all
your contacts – this is the only
way we will make this happen.
Our next Cattle Sale is October 24th - once again, get in
touch with James Gibson if
you have any questions or
would like to book cattle. His
cell # is 807-271-2005.
The Rainy River Federation
of Agriculture is hosting their
Annual Meeting and Entertainment Night on Saturday
November 7th with Happy
Hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. at
the Emo Legion. Hoping we
can all get together for a good
night of visiting and laughs!
Michael Joseph Meunier
It is with great heartache that
the family of Michael Joseph
Meunier announces his sudden
passing on Thursday, October
1, 2015 at his home.
Michael was born on November 4, 1924 in Winnipeg,
he was raised by his grandparents in Rainy River. As a
young man he joined the
Canadian Army and served
overseas in World War II.
After returning he settled in
Atikokan working at the Steep
Rock Iron Mine. He spent a
few years in Atikokan returning to Rainy River where he
met and married Audrey Locking on April 30, 1955. He
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Auxiliary meeting on October
6,2015 when President Joyce
called our meeting to order
and read us a delightful poem
about Autumn.The minutes
were read and Bev told us that
the La Verendrye Auxiliary
had a successful Fall Gala,
also that the Emo Auxiliary
plans to take some of their residents out for lunch soon and
that the Foundation is giving
bursaries to 2 staff members
who are going to further their
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The Long Term Care Coordinator in Rainy River is planning a Halloween Party for the
residents. Two Auxiliary
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the residents.
Unfortunately, no local Auxiliary member is able to attend
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which is being held at the
Royal York hotel on November 2nd and 3rd where Martin
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worked with volunteer ambulance service, served as Chief
of the Fire Department as well
as caretaker for the local
school. Michael was a jack of
all trades, fixing bikes, sharpening skates, tinkering with
anything that came his way.
He was a member of the
Lions, serving as President
and a member of the Royal
Canadian Legion Major
Hughes Branch. He loved
being outdoors fishing, hunting and gardening. He and
Audrey had a cabin on Lake of
the Woods and spent many
happy days there together.
He was predeceased by his
mother Mary; parents Louis
and Rose Meunier and wife
Audrey on May 26, 2014.
Michael will be greatly
missed by his children Rhonda
(Brian)
Lange,
Donna
(Dwight) Moen, Sharon Selman,
Roger
Meunier,
Lawrence (Claudette) Meunier
and Janet Meunier; grandchildren Mark and Aaron Lange,
Christopher Lange, Travis
Moen, Kyle Selman, Danielle
Meunier, Ashley and Drew
Seeger, Brady Meunier, Pascal
and Mary-Claude Fortier and
Stephane Fortier; great grandchildren Tanner Lange, Dylan
Lange, Melody Fortier, Aurora
Seeger and Lexi Moen.
A memorial service was held
on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at
11 a.m. at the Rainy River
United Church in Rainy River.
Reverend Frances Flook officiated with interment in the
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The honourary pallbearers
were Michael’s grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
If friends so desire in memoriam donations may be made
to the Rainy River United
Church or the Rainy River
Health Centre.
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It's no surprise Alaska
doesn't trust BC
Community refugee
sponsorship needs
committee members
by Melissa Friesen
If you've been keeping an
eye on the news at all, you're
familiar with the refugee crisis
happening in the Middle East.
Families are on the run with no
real place to call home. Fleeing all they know with a very
real and present war at their
backsides, some have been
graciously received, others deceased or desperate.
It's the kind of news no one
wants to hear because it implies necessary action. It's
heart breaking, stomach
churning and mind racing kind
of news. But isn't it easier to
just hope that the bad news
goes away or to pray quietly
before bed for peace? And yet,
if you aren't fast enough to
change the channel there is always an unsettling thought
that consumes you: what if it
happened to my family?
That's the way Kathy
Mueller felt for months. She
was plagued by the images she
saw on her television, and
hoped someone might
do
something about it. One night
while she sat on her deck
overlooking the Rainy Lake
with supper cooking in the
kitchen behind her, she realized that someone was her.
She couldn't wait any longer;
she had to take action.
Now she's hoping to bring a
refugee family to our commu-
nity, and she needs everyone's
help. She's done some preliminary research to determine
what it would take to sponsor
a refugee family.
"There are rules and regulations for admitting refugees
into our country, but if those
laws are adhered to, there is
the possibility of giving renewed hope and a future to at
least a few. There are already
families who have been approved for refugee status who
are waiting for sponsorship. I
would like to believe that the
good people of our community
in Fort Frances will respond
with charity and compassion
as they so often do."
It's a huge undertaking, but
oh so doable when we work
together. It's why Kathy has
dubbed this endeavour Families For Families. The hope is
that people from across the
district will gather their families (whether co-workers,
church congregations, sports
teams, nuclear families,
cousins, or otherwise) and
pool together their resources.
Since families are supposed to
be a safe place in this chaotic
world, who better than to provide shelter for refugees?
The Diocesan Organization
of Refugees reported that there
is a government approved
Iraqi family waiting in Beirut
for sponsorship to come to
Canada with relatives already
living in Thunder Bay. The
cost to bring them is approximately $35,000.00
or
$7,000.00 per family member
and ensures that they are cared
for for one year in the country
(housing, furniture, clothes,
food, etc.). During that year
they are expected to find jobs
and integrate themselves into
their new communities as
much as possible.
Of course it's more than just
financial sponsorship. The
transition into a new culture
(and climate, etc.) means the
family would need people to
help them find jobs, adjust to
new schools, learn to drive in
Canada, and improve their
English skills, among other
tasks.
Before any fundraising can
happen, a committee of five
persons is necessary to support
the application to sponsor any
family. If anyone in the district
is interested in being a part of
the committee, please attend
the meeting at the Fort Frances
Public Library & Technology
Centre on Thursday, October
15 at 6:30 pm. If there is anyone who has prior experience
organizing or being a part of
such a committee, please don't
hesitate to come out. For more
information Kathy Mueller
can be reached at 274-0583.
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proved. That project will have
a massive 239-metre-high earth
dam to hold back toxic tailings.
Subsequently, the Red Chris
mine, close to the Stikine River
and owned by Imperial Metals
- the same company that owns
the Mount Polley mine - was
given the go-ahead with a tailings dam similar to Mount Polley's despite a recommendation
from a government panel to
stop using such dams.
When I started writing a 10part series on these transboundary tensions for online news
magazine DeSmog Canada, I
expected to be chronicling differences between environmental regulations in Canada and
the U.S. I didn't expect to stumble upon a vast difference in the
treatment of media requests.
Over the past four months,
I've submitted four requests for
interviews with Bennett. Not a
single request was granted. Instead, I was provided with prepared statements to be
attributed to a ministry
"spokesperson."
Reporters in B.C. are so commonly left trying to untangle
this kind of government
mumbo-jumbo that we've almost stopped complaining
about it - which is what made
the response I received from
Alaskan officials all the more
refreshing.
Phone calls to the Alaska government were met with the
offer of an interview with Lt.Gov. Byron Mallott who is in
charge of the transboundary
mining file. The face-to-face
interview was chatty and unscripted, giving useful insights
into how the problem was
viewed by the state, and the
probable direction of the
Alaskan government.
A cold call to Alaska Department of Natural Resources was
immediately transferred to a
senior manager who answered
all questions, including those
on finances, and unlike B.C.
civil servants, could be named
in the story.
B.C.'s response to media requests is perplexing given the
increased importance of resource projects obtaining social
licence.
Bennett initially visited
Alaska in November and provoked outrage by meeting only
with the Alaska Miners Association.
His return visit was an effort
to placate critics by proposing
an agreement between B.C. and
Alaska to give Alaskans more
say in the mine-approval
process. But many remain unconvinced, and there is a continued push for a referral to the
International Joint Commission
and for up-front bonds to cover
compensation if Alaskan interests are harmed.
Marcello Veiga, a mining professor at the University of B.C.,
says if mining companies are
serious about avoiding conflict,
then they must establish a relationship with surrounding communities and then build trust to
reassure neighbours they are
not at risk.
If trust is the key to satisfying
community concerns about
mining projects, then providing
timely, accurate information
and ministerial access would be
a good place to start.
Judith Lavoie is a freelance
journalist and former Victoria
Times Colonist reporter.
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By Judith Lavoie
Energy and Mines Minister
Bill Bennett visited southeast
Alaska this summer, trying to
calm critics of the province's
aggressive push to build at least
10 mines close to the Alaska
border.
"I understand why people feel
so strongly about protecting
what they have," Bennett said
at a news conference in Juneau.
"There's a way of life here that
has tremendous value and the
people here don't want to lose
it. I get that."
Bennett's conciliatory tone
was in response to an unprecedented outpouring of concern
from a powerful alliance of
Alaskan politicians, tribes, fishing organizations and environmental
groups.
They're
perturbed by the modern-day
gold rush alongside vital transboundary salmon rivers such as
the Unuk, Taku and Stikine.
Indeed, long-held perceptions
of Canada as a country with
strict environmental standards
and B.C. as a province that values natural beauty have taken a
beating in southeast Alaska.
Many now regard Canadians as
bad neighbours who unilaterally make decisions that could
threaten the region's two major
economic drivers - tourism and
fishing.
Alaskans say they are not
against resource extraction,
provided there are adequate environmental and financial safeguards. But they believe
Canada's record - most recently
illustrated by the Mount Polley
mine tailings-dam collapse demonstrate that B.C.'s regulations are not strong enough to
protect downstream communities.
It's little wonder Alaskans
have difficulty trusting B.C.
when it's known that in the
years leading up to the Mount
Polley incident the provincial
government permitted substantial increases in mining, beyond
the design capacity of the tailings facility. Furthermore, in
2010, the government was told
about cracks across the front of
the retaining wall. When
Alaskans asked for a panel review of Seabridge Gold's KSM
mine, there was no response
from B.C. and the mine was ap-
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APHA )for sale, 2 homozygous tobiano, 1
tovero,
approx.
15
months old. Good temperament and good looking. Ph. 852-1149.
28
Large Dog Carrier (holds
adult Golden Retriever)
very good condition $15.
Call Fred at 274-5199 to
leave a message.
28
TO GIVE AWAY
Give away scrap metal
must take all stuff call
271-2758
28
Siamese kittens to give
away to good homes,
cute, friendly, good
mousers, wormed and
weaned, approx. 2 mo.
old. Ph. 852-1149. 28
Metal boat lift frame.
Measures 9 feet wide by
13 feet long and is 12 feet
high. Boat lift is located
in Bear Pass area. Call
218-283-9031 or email
[email protected].
The first letter in the
email address is ‘l’ as in
‘like’.
28
LOOKING FOR CAR
spinners, custom orders, ket seal on door $250.00
29
ph. 852-3669.
s ph. 488-5562.
Ladies' Asham curling
shoes plus gripper. A
small size 8-1/2. $35.
PH: 274-0295.
28
Reconditioned
washer/dryer with parts
installed for years of
laundry
performance,
white, $300 for both, call
8523655 Rainy River.
28
3 300K and 350K Modine electronic gas furnaces ideal for shop or
greenhouse $500 each.
ph. 275-9238.
28
Good used storage shed.
Measures 8 feet deep by
10 feet wide and is a little
over 7 feet high. It is partially disassembled for
easier
transportation.
$150.00 Canadian. Shed
is located in the Bear Pass
area. Call 218-283-9031
or email [email protected]. The first letter
in the email address is ‘l’
as in ‘like’.
28
headache rack came off a
95 Chevrolet truck $150
Yamaha 175 two stoke
3wheeler runs and drives
but motor smokes needs a
little TLC comes with lots
2010 Gibson sg guitar. of parts $325.00 swede
mint cond. black in saws $20 each call. 27128
colour, p90 pickups. 2758 or 274-7499
hardshell case. 100 watt
fender pro roc amp. both Youth Bicycle, 5 speed
for $1200 or best offer. $10 in good condition and
will sell separate. ph. 274 a Youth Scooter $5 in
7143.
29 good condition. Call Fred
at 274-5199 to leave a
28
1941, .303 British Rifle, message.
Farm fresh pork, Birkshire pasture pork available, sold by whole or
half hanging wt. ph. 2764088.
28
Reebok Hockey pants
$35,, Bauer X40 elbow
pads $25, New Bauer
shoulder pads Jr30-34
chest $35, Reebok shin
pads 15inch $30,. Sydney
Crosby jersey Reebok
$40 this equipment is
nearly new fits boys/girls
sz. 10 - 13 274-5151. 29
FOR SALE: 812 Armit
Avenue, Fort Frances,
older 3 bedroom home.
Asking $84,900. Call/text
28
275-7442.
Beautiful River Ave. lot
for sale in Rainy River,
serviced, double lot
120’x120’ 509 River Ave.
s
E. ph. 275-7051.
Savage AccuStock stainless 30-06 with scope for
sale. For more info call
807-275-8490.
28
Frigidaire
Husqvarna 272 chain saw Front-load
matching
$250.00 486-3887. 28 Affinity
washer/dryer set, white,
reconditioned,
For Sale - pumpkins and totally
squash, potatoes, red or clean/excellent condition,
Yukon Gold $18.50 for can be made stackable if
50 lb bag or $50 for 3 lacking laundry space,
Call 8523655
bags, also beets and car- $425,
28
rots ph. 274-7453.
28 Rainy River.
iron & peep sights, good
condition $150 ph. 4872226.
29
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE OR RENT
& MOBILE HOMES
WANTED
Want to buy an adult
trycicle. ph. 482 - 2654.
28
Does someone have
Royal Albert Fine Bone
china dishes that you
would like to get rid of
(sell)? Ph. 483-1322.
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NOTICES
Looking for women of all
ages, who would be interested in dressing up, Vintage style and meeting 1x
a month for dinner. Just a
fun night out with the
girls, to dress to the 9's
and have a blast with
other women who appreciate Vintage clothing,
jewelry, hats, etc. No
Commitments! "Ladies
night out", But with a
Vintage twist! Give me a
call..... Melinda @ 27428
9315.
Pioneer Museum, 55
Tyrell St., Emo is having
a Chili Luncheon on
Thursday, Oct. 29 from
11 to 2pm. Homemade
Chili, bun, dessert, beverage $9.00 plus bake sale
table with homemade
goodies. Proceeds to RR
Dist. Women’s Institute
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Museum.
Bible Talks each Sunday
3:30-4:30 pm until Nov.
22 at Sturgeon Creek
School. The teachings of
Christ simply and sincerely shared using only
the Bible as text. For info
28
call 487-2607.
POOLING
19 yr old in pinewood
looking to ride with
someone to Fort Frances
for work. Will pay gas
money. 483-1326.
28
HELP WANTED
GARAGE &
YARD SALES
Moving/Garage Sale, 217
Fifth St. (Wilson’s) Rainy
River, Wed., Thurs., Fri.,
& Sat., Oct. 14, 15, 16, 17
from 10am to 4pm. 28
Garage Sale by Ladies
Legion Auxiliary, Oct. 17
from 9am to 12 noon at
the Rainy River Legion
Hall.
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MISC. FOR SALE
Eliminate high heating
bills while doing something good for the environment. Central Boiler
E-Classic OUTDOOR
WOOD FURNACE.
Call today: Emo Feed
Service Ltd., Canning
Lane, Emo, ON, 4822017.
28
Calvin Klein black
leather jacket sz. small
hip length very soft glove
leather made in Italy new
cond. $75. 274-5151. 29
vintage mangle iron rite
model 85 $40 old 16 foot
Fiberglass boat needs
some TLC has hydraulic
steering $60 Honda
3wheeler parts call 2747499.
29
vintage swede saws $20
each Kawasaki 200c
3wheeler for parts $100
Yamaha 3wheeler runs
but needs some TLC
$250 headache rack $100
parts was tub $70 parts
for a 72 scorpion 340cc
stinger snowmobile call
274-7499.
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WANTED : minimum of
15 acres of dry and level
grass field suitable for the
home of the new soccer
club: 1.Fussball Club Fort
Frances ( 1.FC FORT
FRANCES) to buy. As
close to center of Fort
Frances as reasonable. Up
to 2500$ per acre for the
ideal land. Ideal location
would be somewhere on
Mc Irvine Rd. For more
info please go to www.vgm.de/nlrsl. Offers please
mail
to
:
[email protected] or
leave
message
at
2182068815.
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Firearms in any condition.
Need not be complete or
working. Also interested
in parts, scopes, ammunition, reloading compo5 HP Gas powered nents and any related
Bolens Chipper / Shred- items. Fair prices paid.
48
der—$ 275.00; 10 “ 274-0472 .
Craftsman Radial Arm
Saw – no stand – $ Wanted unwanted broken
down snowblowers; also
250.00 Call 276-8412.
unwanted broken down
28
snowmobiles 1965 to
Wood heater, brick lined, 1980, call 274-7499. 29
with glass door, new gas-
Jigs! Glow jigs & spinners, Disco jigs, other
coloured jigs, red/green
RECREATIONAL
ITEMS
Gulfstream Seahawk 30’,
5th-wheel camper. Features fiberglass exterior,
lg. single slideout, lg patio
awning, rear roof ladder,
full kitchen/free standing
dinette, audio sys., a/c,
exc. cond in and out, ready
to go camping, $9,800,
can be seen in Fort
Frances ph. 275-7051.29
2012 Rhino, 700 cc fuelinjection UTV. Camo,
steel top, full windshield,
rear curtain, front and rear
bumpers, side flares, deepgrip tires, 4000 lb. Warn
winch. Very low mileage,
very good condition. Utility trailer and 4 ft. plow
blade included in price.
Asking $ 12000.00. For
further info call (807) 4842564 or (807) 275-8008.
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“If it cuts we can sharpen it!”
We do it all...Woodworking tools, Veterinary & Hairdressing needs as well
as sewing.
Drop off locations at:
Great Bear, Busch’s Auto and Tompkins Hardware plus pickup and delivery on large orders.
The UPS Store®
Wide Format Printing
• Banners & Posters
• Blue Prints & Maps
• Photographs
theupsstore.ca/369
274-5444
If your water doesn’t drain...
Ease the strain! Call
Romyn
Pumping
Waste Water Service
483-5339
is pleased to announce a
NEW diagnostic software
package they have to
accomodate your needs!
Come to Carr’s Repair and
let them repair your
Computer and Emission
problems today!
Phone 487-2548
or see our website at:
www.carrsrepairvintageparts.com
No Sunday calls please
I WANT YOUR
DR. THOMAS COUSINEAU
- OPTOMETRIST -
Unwanted or broken
gold & silver jewelry.
808 Scott St., Fort Frances
Come on in and see Rob today!
274-8551
emphill
Heating
283-4701 324 3rd St., Int’l Falls
Vance Hemphill
Natural Gas & Propane Appliances
Sales, Services & Installation
Professional Duct Cleaning
Celebrating 30Years!
home, commercial & cottage
maintenance available
LIDKEA
Optometry Services
807-271-3516
[email protected]
Carr’s Repair
is pleased to announce they
are a distributor for
National Tire
Distributors
We also have new tire
changing and balancing
equipment for installation.
Please call Carr's Repair
for all your tire needs.
PH 807-487-2548
No Sunday calls.
www.carrsrepairvintageparts.com
Dr. Robert E. Lidkea
Dr. Bruce A. Lidkea
221 Scott Street
Fort Frances, Ontario
(807)
274-6655
Lorelei Locker
OPTOMETRIST
314 Scott Street, Fort Frances
274-0510
Your outdoor
furnace dealer!
Honda Big Red 250 and
Honda ATC 200 For Sale
also various Honda trike
parts call for details ask for
John 486-1633.
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Carr’s Repair
Ken Kreger, Emo
807-275-6722
[email protected]
1994 Cadillac, white,
100,000 miles, good condition, $4,000 ph. 8523650.
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Contractors!
Truckers!
Farmers!
Skid steer tractor attachments,
trailer repair and parts.
If it moves, we can fix it!
807-707-0750 or 807-481-9980
PLANES, BIKES &
AUTOMOBILES
1997 FORD F150 4x4,
Extended Cab for sale in
Fort Frances. Oversized
Cooper Tires, excellent engine, immaculate interior,
many new and replaced
parts, being sold AS IS.
Asking $2,800.00. Call
4166661160, or email
[email protected].
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Licenced Heavy
Duty Repairs
Your local H&L Motors rep
See us for your farm
equipment needs!
Alcoholics Anonymous
Rainy River AA
Please call for meeting time and location
Ph. 1-807-276-1074
NORTHERN SPORTS
& MACHINE
Randy Orton • 651 Cty Rd 1
SW, Baudette
3/4 mile S. of Baudette Motel
ATVs & Snowmobiles
• We service & repair all
makes & models
• Complete Automotive &
Diesel Machine Shop
• Complete line of Sled
Bed Trailers
(218)
634-1089
Polaris ATVs may not be ridden by anyone under 16
and all riders should take a safety course. For safety
and training information see your dealer or call Polaris
at 1-800-342-2764. ATVs can be hazardous to operate.
For your safety always wear a helmet, eye protection,
protective clothing and never carry passengers. ©1998
Polaris Industries Inc.
•Stoves
•Parts
•Accessories
•Installation
McCormick, Landini,
Hesston, Valtra, Kuhn,
MacDon and Farm
King
Check out the website:
www.hlmotors.ca
Mallard Creek Mechanical
[email protected] - Daryl Meck
691 Barwick Road, Phone 487-1395 or 1-807-271-2201
NORTH AUTO for used parts!
North Auto is your local recycler for used parts.
We can also find new after market parts at reasonable prices.
We are now scrapping for parts the following vehicles:
2001 Aztek
2006 Grand Cherokee
2008 Uplander
2010 ML 350
2005 Freestar
2008 Civic
2009 Cobalt
2012 Fusion
2006 Ford F250SD
2008 Fusion
2010 Chevy Silverado
2013 Caravan
Need used parts? Call or stop at
NORTH
AUTO
on the highway, west of Fort Frances
New Gold and its contractors are actively working in the area of the Rainy River
Project, including New Gold’s Project Lands designated for the construction of
the 230kV power line (map below).
Rainy River District
Women’s Shelter of Hope
If you are a woman who has
experienced violence or abuse,
staff at the Atikokan Crisis Centre
are available 24 hours a day to
listen and provide support to you.
Call
1-800-465-3348
R & R Renovations & Construction
Home Renovations ~ New Construction ~ Lake Work
* Windows * Doors * Decks * Docks * Drywall
* Kitchens * Baths and more!
Barging Service Available
Call Rick or Randy @ 807-275-8346 or 807-276-0263
Curtis Denture Clinic
Denture Specialist Shannon Curtis DD
Work in this area is on-going through 2016.
Losing
Please be advised that there will be workers in the area and use extreme caution
when travelling and enjoying recreational activities in this vicinity.
TAKE THIS TEST:
your grip? Are your dentures...
• Loose?
• Cracked or worn?
• Over 5 years old?
• In your pocket?
• Missing teeth?
• Sore gums?
Call today for an appointment 807-274-6519
241A Second Street, East
Fort Frances, ON P9A 1M7
The safety of our workers, our neighbors and the surrounding communities is
our first priority. We appreciate your cooperation.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
Telephone: (807) 622-8111
or
E-mail: [email protected]
274-7243
Page 5, The Westend Weekly, October 14, 2015
Pilot project to give library access to district Dr. Jenks runs Marathon
early years to grade 12 students
for local health care
The public is invited to a celebration. Join us at the Fort
Frances Library and Technology Centre on Monday, October 19th, at 10:00 a.m.. The
Rainy River District School
Board, Northwest Catholic
District School Board, Seven
Generations Education Institute and the Rainy River District Library Cooperative will
announce a pilot project that
provides full library access to
all Early Years (EY) to Grade
12 students of the Rainy River
District. If you live in an area
that normally has to pay to use
your library, your child can get
a student membership at no
cost.
Participating libraries of the
Rainy River District Library
Cooperative include the
Atikokan Public Library, Emo
Public Library, Fort Frances
Public Library Technology
Centre and Rainy River Public
Library. EY-12 schools include students of the Rainy
River District School Board,
Northwest Catholic District
School Board, and Seven Generations Education Institute.
The project is a result of the
Rainy River District School
Board’s school library reinvestment by trustees, which
included $30,000 for ebooks.
After many months of planning, the District Library Co-
operative was formed to partner with District school
boards. There was a common
goal, to enrich the lives of
young people. The libraries
combined their ebook resources and received funding
from the school boards and education institute. As a result,
students are now able to access
a vast and varied collection of
ebooks. The ebooks and all
other library resources are
available for classroom learning and for use at home. All
EY-12 students are invited and
encouraged to explore the libraries’ collections for information, research or fun.
The Bookworm Sez by Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Frank & Ava: In Love and War” by John Brady
Whatever does she see in
him?
That may be something you
wonder while glancing at the
tabloids at the grocery store.
What is it about him that she
likes, or vice versa? Either way,
the answer eludes you but, as in
the new book “Frank & Ava”
by John Brady, full explanations could be an impossible
dream.
When eighteen-year-old Ava
Gardner stepped off the Manhattan-to-Los-Angeles train
one summer day in 1941, she
was green as spring grass: her
entire knowledge of Hollywood had come from fanmags. She didn’t even smoke
or drink; she was just a good
girl from North Carolina, a
beauty whose new career was
launched by a portrait in a pho-
“I Do.” Still, when his career
briefly faltered, she supported
him and paid the bills.
Years later, long after a semiamicable split, he returned the
favor by paying for her funeral.
Can’t live with him, can’t live
without him? No doubt, you’ve
heard that before so keep it in
mind as you read “Frank &
Ava” because nothing has ever
been more apt.
This is a love story, but not always. A tale of scandal, but
more. Author John Brady allows just enough cattiness to
make this bio humorous, but
yet - I also saw resigned sadness in these pages, and that
was a surprise.
The other eyebrow-raiser,
even in these tell-all times, was
the long, overly-long list of
sleep-arounds that Brady offers, which lends this story a
feel of sameness from page to
page. That sometimes made me
lose focus; the oft-occurring
gossipy tidbits he dropped kept
me coming back for more.
While I ultimately got a lot
out of it, I think “Frank & Ava”
will resonate best with older
readers or major fans of Old
Hollywood. If that’s you, and
you don’t mind a little repetition, then it’s a book you
should see yourself reading.
c.2015, Thomas Dunne Books
$26.99 / $31.50 Canada
292 pages
tography-studio window.
Before she left New York for
Hollywood, Gardner had
“playfully” said she was going
to marry the “biggest movie
star in the world” and, unbelievably, six months later, she
became Mrs. Mickey Rooney.
That marriage lasted less than a
year, as did her second marriage to bandleader Artie Shaw.
When Frank Sinatra arrived
in California in 1943, his star
had been shining for quite
some time: the singer “was
everywhere,” and was the
“highest-paid concert performer in the country,” having
become famous with Tommy
Dorsey, and then solo. He’d
also acted in some “modestly
successful films” but that summer, Hollywood shouted so he
moved his wife and family
west.
It was an innocent time and
Tinseltown still had a smalltown feel; Sinatra worked at
RKO at first, but Gardner ran
into him on the MGM lot (and
elsewhere) now and again and
again, and by early 1947,
they’d kindled something and
were “dating” one another. He
was still married. She continued to sleep around, as did he,
while he worked to gain a divorce so he could marry Gardner in late 1951.
They fought on the way to the
altar; the battle continued after
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totherapy and it speeds the release of the bilirubin so that
they get better faster and go
home sooner."
As medical emergencies go,
they've had to unexpectedly
loan out the blanket during infant transfers in the past.
"We've had a couple times
where we've had to transfer
babies say to Winnipeg for exchange transfusion, which is
what you have to do if the phototherapy isn't working.
They've used the Bili blanket
to help them get treatment
while they're being transferred
and then they brought it back."
Currently the hospital is
down to one unit. If two babies
needed continual phototherapy
one might have to be sent to
another hospital.
The Foundation is grateful
for Dr. Jenks desire to run on
their behalf and hopes that
this might inspire and encourage other staff or community
members to consider partnering with them in the future.
The Riverside Foundation
for Health Care would like to
purchase a unit that is roughly
$11,000.00. If people wish to
donate they can make their
cheque out to "Riverside
Foundation for Health Care"
and write "Bili blanket" in the
memo line. If they wish to donate another way, make sure to
write a note that states the
funds are for the Bili blanket.
Cheques can be mailed to:
Riverside Foundation for
Health Care
110 Victoria Avenue Fort
Frances, ON P9A 2B7
October is child abuse
prevention month
Did you know that a phone
call to Children’s Aid can prevent abuse?
October is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and this year
Children’s Aid Societies
(CAS) across Ontario will
highlight how calls from the
community play a vital role in
keeping children safe. In the
past year, Kenora-Rainy River
Districts Child and Family
Services (KRRDCFS) received over 2,000 calls and reports regarding the safety of
children.
Executive Director Bill
Leonard believes that there
needs to be more education
about what a referral to Children’s Aid means, because
many people feel guilty about
making a call. “There is a
public misperception about
what child welfare services
do,” states Leonard. “People
are concerned that children
will be immediately taken into
care. They do not realize that
calling Child and Family Services means getting access to a
wide range of programs that
can help families obtain the
services they need, such as
parenting or treatment programs for problems such as
addictions, mental health and
anger management.”
Across Ontario in 2013, children remained with their families in 97% of CAS
investigations, a statistic that
comes as a surprise to many
people. “The focus is on inhome, early intervention services,” states Carmen Marginet,
Director of Protection and
Family Services. Marginet
further reports that the
Agency’s Family Support Program is seeing much success
in keeping children in the
home when families are struggling. Marginet adds that,
“The approach of this program
is based on the recognition that
early intervention can reduce
the need for more intrusive
services later, and that children
flourish in a caring family setting.”
Police make the highest
number of referrals to KRRDCFS, accounting for 20 percent of all reports made in the
past year. Teachers and other
school personnel make up another 7 percent of referrals in
the past year. Marginet adds,
“This is why the focus of our
Agency’s campaign this year
is to increase awareness of a
professional’s duty to report
suspected child abuse and neglect.” Presentations are being
provided across the district to
local schools and police services.
Tips for closing cottages
SALE GOOD OCTOBER 17TH - OCTOBER 23RD
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Dr. Jenks on a previous
Marathon
by Melissa Friesen
Dr. Lorena Jenks is running
in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October
18th on behalf of the Riverside
Foundation for Health Care.
Since spring she'd been planning on running a marathon in
the fall and has been hard at
work training ever since. But
when? If Dr. Jenks is working
at both the hospital and the
clinic when might she manage
to find the time to run for 3
hours? "I get up early," she
says.
She says it's common for
doctors to enjoy long distance
running. "Most programs are
16 or 18 week training programs. . . They expect that you
already run 13 miles at your
long run before you start the
16 weeks." So she's been running steadily over the summer,
usually getting an early start
before it got too hot. She's also
been adding cycling and
swimming into her training
routine. This will be her sixth
marathon. Her personal goal is
to run close to the same time
as her last marathon.
After running her last one
she decided that she wanted to
run for a charity of some sort,
but wasn't sure how to choose.
"I couldn't decide and then my
friend Karla Rogozinski (who
is a nurse at the hospital) said,
'Why don't you run for the Bili
blanket?'" Just like that, a decision was made. The BiliSoft LED Phototherapy
System is a blanket that provides a treatment of indirect
hyperbilirubinemia for babies
born with jaundice. The BiliSoft allows the phototherapy
to treat the baby from two directions instead of just from
overhead. That means more
bilirubin can be changed into
the kind that the baby can excrete by their kidneys. "We
had one but it's obsolete. . .and
it couldn't be fixed so we
[have] to get a new one."
"We use this pretty often,"
says Dr. Jenks, noting that its
format makes it easier to administer
treatment. While
many other infant treatment
technologies prohibit parentinfant bonding, this system allows for a baby to be swaddled
and nursed. "There's more
contact with mom and more
continuous time with pho-
As the air becomes crisp and
leaves fall to the ground, there
are several things for cottagers
to remember when closing up
for the winter season.
To ensure a smoother, safer
start-up when re-opening come
spring, Hydro One has some
important things to check off
your list this fall.
• Turn off all major appliances, your water heater, and
electrical room heaters before
you turn off the main switch.
If you decide to leave your
electricity on to operate a security system or lighting, you
should:
• Turn off the power supply to
your major appliances at the
main panel.
• Turn off the power supply to
any space heaters. Otherwise,
they may turn on during cold
weather.
Here are some other helpful
tips to follow before locking up
for the season:
• Drain the plumbing system
to prevent your pipes from
freezing and bursting.
• Drain your water tank. Remember to turn off the power
supply to the water heater before draining the tank to avoid
damage to the heating element.
• Clean out the fridge and
leave the door ajar to keep it
smelling fresh.
• Make sure your fireplace
damper is shut tightly to prevent
animals from getting in.
If you are trimming tree
branches, don't come close to or
touch power lines yourself or
with equipment. Touching or
even going near a hydro wire
with equipment could cause serious injury or death. Even
touching the equipment that
contacts a line could be tragically harmful. Also make sure
that branches won’t fall onto a
lower power line. Tree contact
with power lines accounts for
30 per cent of power outages in
Ontario.
For more information on how
to stay safe, visit www.hydroone.com/MyHome/StaySafe/
Pages/StayingSafe.
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Page 6, The Westend Weekly, October 14, 2015
Extreme weather events
hit most vulnerable
By Jino Distasio
Just off a bustling urban
street, in the heart of a middle
class Canadian community, I
came upon an elderly man wilting in the low lying shrubs,
mere feet from heavy traffic
and visibility. He appeared unconscious, perhaps brought on
by the searing summer temperatures that had pushed the mercury above 30 degrees Celsius.
Judging by his appearance and
nearby possessions, I made the
assumption that he was homeless.
As I waited for emergency
personnel to be dispatched, I
did my best to describe his appearance and condition, which
seemed dire. As we know,
being homeless presents many
socioeconomic
hardships.
Homelessness also increases
vulnerability to extreme heat
events that can exacerbate
health issues brought on by
heat exposure, including cardiac events, dehydration and
respiratory illnesses.
Most often Canadians tend to
think of the impact of cold
weather in our cities during the
winter months when vulnerable
persons have too often frozen
to death. However, heat is also
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weather events - not only today,
but also as our climate changes
and brings forth more volatile
weather patterns.
This past winter several tragic
events occurred in Toronto
where deaths related to cold
weather hit the homeless community hard. During that same
frigid period, on the other side
of the world, the Australian city
of Melbourne was grappling
with a pending heat wave. The
city issued a series of measures
to support its local vulnerable
population with cooling stations. In addition, Melbourne
also adopted a strategy to deal
with
increasing
extreme
weather.
Such government strategies
will become even more important as climate volatility is expected to worsen, especially
with respect to the frequency
and duration of hot days exceeding 30 degrees. To put this
in perspective, Environment
Canada defines a heatwave in
Ontario as three consecutive
days of 32 degrees along with
high humidity.
This past May saw parts of
India hit temperatures of 48 degrees Celsius, resulting in an
estimated 2,000 deaths, many
among the poor and homeless.
Closer to home, the Chicago
extreme heat event of July
1995 resulted in an estimated
700 heat-related deaths. The
spike in mortalities took place
during a span of about 10 days
when temperatures soared past
40 degrees Celsius.
The authors of an article in
The New England Journal of
Medicine documenting the
Chicago tragedy cited social
isolation, pre-existing medical
conditions, poverty and living
conditions as among the key
predictors of mortality for such
occurrences. Not surprisingly,
they conclude that the provision of better housing, frequent
interactions with social services
and simple access to air conditioning as critical for survival.
There are no shortages of examples of how extreme
weather events have impacted
vulnerable populations on a
global scale. Many of these
events have caused policy makers to pause and consider the
need for careful planning in
order to be better prepared for
sudden extreme weather occurrences. However, what is now
emerging are a series of even
more dire predictions as a result
of modelling long-term trends
in weather.
In a recent article published in
Nature Climate Change, authors Bryan Jones and colleagues examined long-term
weather predictions in the
United States. What they contend is that the intensity of days
in excess of 35 degree Celsius
will increase dramatically over
the coming decades. The outcome could prove devastating
if climate adaption strategies
are not created to address extreme heat events, especially
for vulnerable populations.
In Canada, we need more
careful analysis of emergency
planning focused on extreme
heat events for vulnerable persons. Both Environment
Canada and Health Canada
have developed communications strategies and tools. These
resources remain important for
building awareness but more
concrete actions are needed that
have a direct impact. This includes addressing income inequality, ending homelessness
and retrofitting our aging housing stock. We must not only
build more affordable housing
but do so in a much more efficient manner to both cool and
heat buildings (while using less
energy).
Governments of all levels
across the country need to consider the mounting evidence for
increasing climate variability
and create actionable plans for
vulnerable persons to ensure
that those most likely to be adversely effected by extreme
weather events are protected
with the right supports. This
must start with ending homelessness for as many Canadians
as possible and closing the
widening income gap that
pushes far too many into poor
quality housing.
Jino Distasio is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca
and Director of the Institute of
Urban Studies, University of
Winnipeg.
The Bustle North of Barwick
Continued from page 1....................................................................................
April Perrault works in housekeeping. "It is a very fast
pace. I like it. There is always something to do and is very
busy. I meet people from all over Canada."
Roddy Featherstone and Josh Thompson work for Synterra
Security Solutions LP.
Jarrett Smith and Brett Perreault are gate attendants. This
was Brett's first day. "It is a 12 hour shift. We check people
in and out at the gate," said Jarrett.
Employment Opportunitty
Full time bartender, pull tab seller
end of the day if nothing gets
across what’s the use of money.
The experience and the knowledge I gained has since helped
me make lots of money.”
She said when people walk in
she can get a feeling about
them, whether or not they will
be easy to get along with or
whether she will have to put
her foot down.
“I try to know the names of
all the people, and right now
there are 416 beds so there are
about 600 people staying here
monthly. My mother was a
teacher. She has lots of funny
stories but she always treated
the students with respect. Me, I
am the same. We are all here to
do a job. Some work for the
mine, some run the mine. Why
be disgruntled. We are all here
for the cheque. There is no reason to treat others differently.
We all have to exist together. I
want them to feel that they are
at home and we’re here if they
need us.”
I wanted her to tell me a story
about a time when she helped
someone, or solved a difficult
problem. Louise is incapable of
bragging. This was the only
time she did not have an answer.
She talked with affection of
her home on Manitoulin Island
where she makes maple syrup
and has deer and pheasants in
her yard. “One mama deer follows me around.”
Louise personifies the attitude
of the mine: Treat the people
and the communities with respect. We all live here together.
Another example of this is
what I noticed when I began
looking on the web. A memo
from New Gold titled “Barwick
Road Traffic” is requesting that
all employees, contractors and
suppliers use the Kenora Highway, then drive on 600 west to
access the camp, for safety and
to minimize disruptions to local
people. Sturgeon Creek School
is also on the Barwick road so
that is impressive.
In fact, while reading the
PDF, “Atkinson Road Camp
Information” from the web site,
it is easy to see the emphasis on
safety and consideration at the
forefront of the directives.
Now that Louise is working at
the mine site part of the time,
Onikaajigan
Construction
needs a new Assistant Manager.
For the interim, Nichole Lowey
is filling in. She is probably the
youngest Assistant Camp Manager anywhere. She is also incredibly proficient and capable.
She conveniently left for lunch
while I was talking to Louise.
You’re next Nichole.
The area around Atkinson
Road Camp and the New Gold
mine site has the atmosphere of
a whole new community. There
is so much activity, and so
many people; it's a whole new
adventure for our area.
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Page 7, The Westend Weekly, October 14, 2015
Remove the veil from
women's issues
By Martha Muzychka
I love following politics, but
this election campaign has
been wearying.
With the longest campaign
in history, I'm not surprised
many of us are tired. Every
day there is another poll, another tracker, another analyst
examining this or that issue.
The latest is the niqab, the
face veil some Muslim
women wear. Other columnists and commentators are
more eloquent than I can be
on the issue of women's clothing and the ongoing policing
that happens. But women's issues and politics in Canada
encompass more than a face
veil.
In fact, there are far more
pressing issues we have to
deal with from a woman's
point of view than whether
some women wear a veil.
I grew up with nuns in my
schools. Veils are nothing
new or different. And given
how much we have to do as
workers, builders, creators
and nurturers in our communities, Stephen Harper's continuing waving of the veil in
our faces is nothing more than
a distraction from what truly
matters.
Let's talk about the steadily
increasing numbers of missing and murdered indigenous
women.
Let's talk about violence
against women generally,
whether indigenous, of
colour, ethnic, white, LGBTQ
and/or disabled; whether it be
partner abuse, street and
workplace harassment or
pornography.
Let's talk about gender equity, or more accurately the
lack thereof, in our pay packets.
Let's look at the repeated refusal to introduce and support
a quality-driven, national daycare program for kids in our
country.
Let's talk about how women
have to make do on 50 per
cent and in many cases, much
less, of their wages while on
maternity leave.
Let's talk about how housing
costs are rising and more than
3,300 women sleep in emergency shelters every day.
Let's talk about how the
elimination of the long form
census deprives us all, but especially women, of useful and
important data about what is
happening in our communities with work, wellness, social and economic wellbeing.
Let's talk about the elimination of funding to a myriad of
advocacy agencies that
helped us understand where
we needed to change, how to
build new ways of working
together, and what has to be
done to advance equality, not
just in name but in practice,
too.
Yes, we have made strides in
education for women, in
opening more doors to more
careers, and in establishing
and protecting rights for
women through the Charter.
But that is not enough.
Throwing a veil, literally
and figuratively, over these issues will not erase them or
disguise them. We have too
much to lose.
Martha Muzychka is a
writer and consultant living in
St. John's, Newfoundland. A
version of this article originally appeared in The St.
Johns Telegram.
There's no such thing as "free
health care" in Canada
standing.
To help inform such discussions, we used publically
available tax and health-care
expenditure data to calculate
how much different types of
families will pay for public
health-care insurance this year.
We estimate that the average
Canadian family (two parents,
two
children)
earning
$119,082 will pay $11,735 for
public health-care insurance in
2015. Meanwhile, a single individual earning $42,244 will
pay $4,222.
As one would expect, there's
a great deal of variation in the
amount paid for health care by
families earning different levels of income. For example,
the 10 per cent of Canadian
families with the lowest incomes will pay an average of
about $477 for public health
care, while families among the
top 10 per cent of income
earners in Canada will pay
$37,180.
And what about cost increases? Looking back over
the last decade, we estimate
that the cost of public health-
care insurance for the average
Canadian family grew 1.6
times faster than the average
income between 2005 and
2015. While increases have
been less drastic in recent
years, this suggests that we
have long been on a financially unsustainable path.
It is always important to continually assess whether or not
we receive good value for our
money from the public programs our tax dollars fund.
While Canadians routinely experience the good and bad of
our health care system, it can
be hard to measure those experiences against their annual
contributions to the system because of the murky manner in
which it is funded.
At the very least, our estimates provide us with an important reminder that Canada's
health-care system is not
"free."
Bacchus Barua is a senior
economist in the Fraser Institute's Centre for Health Policy
Studies. Milagros Palacios is
a Fraser Institute senior research economist.
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Of course, whichever way
we move forward, the child
and family should be put first
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Manitoba and Head of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba. Martin Offringa is a
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children's hospitals in more
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world.
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hospital building up a local or
provincial infrastructure to
answer one drug research
question at a time, then breaking it down; Canada would
benefit immensely from a
sustainable network, taking
on multiple questions, work-
By Terry Klassen
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since an important report was
released on ways Canada can
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The report was commissioned by Health Canada and
undertaken by the Council of
Canadian Academies, after
experts sounded alarms because there wasn't enough
knowledge on possible sideeffects of certain medications.
The truth is one that is rarely
declared publicly: Canadian
children are often treated with
drugs in the absence of evidence.
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Canada, confirmed was what
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medications given to children
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A new chapter for the Salvation Army
Lieutenant Ryan MacDonald proudly stands in front of the building that will be Salvation
Army's new base in summer 2016.
by Melissa Friesen
If you've even been on the
hunt for a cheap Christmas
sweater, ordered a food hamper for the holidays, or donated to the Salvation Army's
thrift store, you're familiar
with the space. It's kind of
dingy and dark and the stairs
make the building hard to access for many people. The
building was constructed in
1908 and is made up of many
small rooms, making for a
largely inefficient space for the
centre. But that's about to be a
thing of the past as Fort
Frances Salvation Army develops plans to move into a
space on Scott Street.
Lieutenant Ryan MacDonald
has the keys to the new building (formerly Movie Gallery)
and plans to make the new office better for the whole community. It's been a work in
progress even before he arrived here more than a year
ago. "This project has been
going on for numerous years.
It is nice to be the guy that gets
to come in and put the icing on
the cake. In that regard, I think
the head office, which is located in Toronto, sees a bright
future for Fort Frances. That
has everything to say about the
community. That makes the
impact on what we do. So it's
been a blessing and we're really looking forward to it."
An excerpt from the head office press release said: "As we
have been active in the Fort
Frances community since
1914, we are proud to mark
this chance to increase our
positive influence."
Ryan assured me that all
services would stay the same,
only the new space would give
the staff an opportunity to provide services more efficiently.
"What we have operating out
of our current building will be
transferred over to the new
one. It's just a bigger, better
space to do what we do."
A large portion of the main
floor will be dedicated to the
thrift shop, providing them
with much more square
footage than they currently
have in the building's basement. Family Services as well
as the core officer's space will
complete the rest of the main
floor layout. It's the Family
Services office that the community relies on most, Ryan
tells me. "It's busy all day,
everyday. We have clients
coming in and out." This is the
heart of the office - to help
people with nowhere else to
turn.
Of several benefits to moving into a newer facility, a
major component is accessibility. With stairs going into
the basement of the thrift store,
and outside stairs going up to
the offices, it can be a bit of a
challenge for some. It's obstacles like that that may have
swayed people from using
their services. "The stairs we
now have are terrible for people trying to get in and out.
This new building is going to
be sufficient for everybody."
He hopes the ease of entry will
bring new faces into their
space.
Another reason why the new
location will better serve the
Salvation Army is the grander
potential for people to pop into
the facility spontaneously.
"That's what we're hoping for!
That's kind of the reason we
leaned towards the purchase of
the Movie Gallery. It's located
in a prime area considering the
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consequently, build stronger
ties with the community.
Lastly, this building is somewhat of a breath of fresh air for
the local office. After feeling
cramped and out of sight,
they're ready to become one of
the friendly places on Scott
Street and support the community as much as possible. In
fact, it's an act of gratitude towards the community that is
pushing this project along. Bet-
ter facilities mean better services for everyone. "Having this
project says that we do see a future and we will be here for a
long time to come and we're
operating the best we can."
The Salvation Army hopes to
be running out of their new facility by next summer. "I just
want to thank the community
for doing what they do. It's
been a tremendous ride. I've
been here for a year and three
months and the support I've
been shown, not only myself
but when my wife came here as
well, has been tremendous.
Now that we have this big,
new, amazing project on the go,
it's going to be extremely beneficial not only for the community but for the Salvation Army
here in Fort Frances also."
Although the staff will continue to do the best work they
can in their current space, their
eyes look toward the future
with great hope. They are
grateful for the chance to say
goodbye the old building. "It's
ready to move on, if you will.
And so are we."
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by Melissa Friesen
The Fort Frances Girls and
Women Hockey Association
is looking to get creative with
their fundraising. For the first
time, they're offering Radio
Bingo to the area! The hope is
that the program will be enjoyed by the community so
much that it becomes a yearly
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Every Monday, starting October 19th at 7 pm everyone
can tune in to 93.1 The Border
to play bingo over the airwaves. The bingo games will
last for 20 weeks with 3
games every Monday. That
means 3 chances to win some
prize money every week.
Proper instructions will be announced over the airwaves but
if you're interested in how
much you could win in a night,
read on. Game 1: Four Corners for $500, Game 2: Letter
X for $500, and Game 3:
Blackout for $1000. That's a
total of $2500 every Monday
night. Folks call in to verify
their win and BINGO!- it's just
that easy.
The campaign is replicating
what is already an established
means of fundraising for the
Lake of the Woods Girls
Hockey in Kenora. Craig
Miller, treasurer for the FFGWHA is hoping to have similar results here in town. The
funds they receive will be allocated to a variety of places
within the association. There
are hopes that the fundraiser
will not only help cover initial
fees, but also implement new
programs. "Proceeds will go
towards offsetting program
costs, paying for player development - such as power skating and goalie coaching and to
establish a bursary program
for graduating players going
on to college or university,"
says Craig Miller.
People interested in purchasing bingo tickets can do so at
the
following
stores:
Windey’s Food Market, CC
Complex, Rainy Lake Sports
and
Skate
Sharpening,
Maddy’s Convenience, The
Place Fine Foods, DevLynne’s and Cloverleaf Family Foods.
Lenard Ricci
Everyone is Welcome
to join us at a Come & Go Tea celebration for our dad
at Rainy River Evangelical Covenant Church
Saturday, October 24th from 2 to 4 pm
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