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Friends of Frontenac Park to celebrate 25 years Continued from page 1
But the Friends’ work is certainly not limited to mapping. “Over the 25 years, we’ve done quite a bit,” Smith said with a humble laugh. “It’s all been in an effort of augmenting and supporting the Park.” A classic symbiotic relationship, Friends of Frontenac Park and those working at Frontenac Park on behalf of Ontario Parks find that they work better together, both Smith and Chabot expressed. From creating additional skills programs to complement those programs offered by Park staff, to organizing volunteer efforts to clean up and maintain trails, the Friends and Park staff work cooperatively to help others enjoy everything the Park has to offer. The Friends of Frontenac Park are behind the wildly popular Winter Camping Skills program, and offer specialized instruction to visitors, as well as trips and training programs to help visitors “enjoy outdoor adventure,” Smith said. Volunteers from the Friends walk trails in the Park on a daily basis, cleaning up and litter or debris, and reporting back to Park staff if there are any larger issues, such as downed trees or flooding due to beaver activity. The Friends have also initiated research into the natural history of Frontenac Park, documenting species and changes, and even discovering an orchid that was unknown to exist in the area, the largest Ontarian expanse of which exists within the park. “That was unknown before some of our people went out there and started looking,” said Smith. Maintaining a membership of about 250 individuals year after year, the Friends of Frontenac Park have a strik-
ingly high percentage of volunteers who augment the work that needs to take place in the park. From maintaining trail markers and checking up on signage, turning out in spades to support clean up efforts following Ice Storm ’98 (something Smith refers to as a “defining moment” for the Friends), the group’s volunteers even go so far as to plan ahead and bring rolls of toilet paper to restock Park toilets as they hike though the Park in the winter. “The Friends do things like that, which a lot of people wouldn’t notice, but it makes a big difference,” said Chabot, noting that, while many Ontario Parks have Friends organizations, it is the active and passionate volunteers with Friends of Frontenac Park that truly makes the group unique. “One of the reasons we have such an excellent trail network here is because of our partnership with the Friends,” he said. “We don’t have the resources to walk the trails every day… they are the eyes and the ears on the trails for us, and they report back to Park staff any issues we need to deal with, and we are then able to make the best use of our times.” It’s efforts like that which make the Friends of Frontenac invaluable to both those that work at and those that enjoy time in Frontenac Provincial Park. But Smith is quick to point out that the Friends, too, find enjoyment in their work at the Park. “Sometimes, we have people in the park office on busy weekends in the summer, too, so that, when the staff are involved in orientating people and getting their camping organized and that kind of thing, we can talk to what are often the first time visitors who don’t
know much about the park,” Smith said, noting how often he’s heard from visitors who live in the area that they had no idea Frontenac Park was right there in the own backyard. “But that’s great! We can help to show them maps of the Park and orientate them,” he said. “If we can help more people discover
and enjoy the park, we’re happy to do so.” The Friends of Frontenac Park will host a 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, June 17 in the Park Office and meeting centre at Frontenac Provincial Park. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., the day will start with formal commemoration and continue on with a barbecue
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May 28 to June 3 was Paramedic Services Week, and to celebrate, members of the Frontenac Paramedic Service team took to Market Square to get to know community members a bit better. “We are putting ourselves out in the community and really inviting people to get to know us more,” explained paramedic Tina Price-O’Dea in Market Square on May 31. Members of the paramedic service parked numerous vehicles in the square for the day,
and they invited people to take a look and ask questions. “We have a new stretcher that is brand new to us, and we also have our mass disaster vehicle on display, and then we also have our training vehicle here,” explained paramedic Angie Janczyszyn. “Community members don’t often have an opportunity to see inside our vehicles, and we don’t often get to chat with the community, so it is a win-win.” Over the course of the day, the group saw a steady stream of community members stopping by, and many of them were offer-
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dium against the Durham Dolphins on May 27. The Juniors got off to a slow start and had some containment issues, which resulted in a 37-10 deficit by the third quarter. Kingston rebounded strongly in the fourth and brought the game within seven points by the end. The final score was 45-38 for the Dolphins. The Grenadiers return to Richardson Stadium June 10.
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Students at W.J. Holsgrove Public School received a quick lesson about fire safety on May 31, as part of the Swing into Summer Safety campaign. The campaign is aimed at improving public safety in Ontario by educating and raising awareness with schoolchildren and their families about fire safety. “The young kids now are starting to engage in more activities around the home, like cooking — and that is the No. 1 cause of fires in homes,” explained Paul Patry, chief fire prevention officer with Kingston Fire and Rescue. “Our hope is that if we start to instil the message of never leaving cooking unattended, it will have a
positive impact and protect them as they progress through life.” Numerous Grade 4 and Grade 5 students took part in the lesson, which included videos, a visit from Sparky the dog, a tour of a fire truck, and some fun and games with local firefighters. “It is good to build a rapport with the students, and hopefully pass along some fundamental rules and ideas that will serve them well for the rest of their lives,” said Patry. The firefighters also took the visit as an opportunity to talk about smoke alarms, evacuation plans and carbon monoxide detectors. “Perhaps maybe they can become advocates in the home, and lead the charge about testing smoke alarms monthly and ensuring they are in
working order,” said Patry. “We still have a huge issue in this province with people disabling smoke alarms and the growth of fire is quick, and if you don’t have that early warning, that short period of time that you have to evacuate safely goes very
quickly.” The safety campaign was also sponsored by the Toronto Blue Jays and will continue in other schools across the province as kids head into summer. Patry hopes that the messages stick with the kids and they
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It is hard to believe, but Korey and I will be celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary on June 8th. We’re not really big on the anniversary celebrations, but we will likely go out for a nice dinner and maybe take a day trip somewhere, but nothing over the top. We also don’t really do anniversary gifts. We’d rather spend money on a nice night out and be done with it, but last week I was curious about what the traditional and modern gifts were for a fourth anniversary so I looked them up. If you don’t know what I am talking about, there is a traditional and modern wedding gift for each year of marriage. I’m not really sure who came up with them or how long they have been around, but they exist and our parents inevitably reference
them each year. I was surprised to learn that a traditional fourth anniversary gift is fruit or flowers‌ yes, really. And the modern gift is appliances‌ again, yes, really. I can’t imagine giving or receiving these gifts for an anniversary, let alone a fourth anniversary. I understand flowers, but aren’t those just a standard gift for any year? Is it simply because four years isn’t exactly a milestone and they had to come up with something? I was also a bit taken aback about the appliances as a ‘modern’ gift. At this time, Korey and I are nowhere near purchasing our own appliances, unless you count a new coffee maker, and if I was to receive a coffee maker for an anniversary I would be offended. It also makes me think of that scene in the movie Father of the Bride where she receives a blender and they fight about it – I completely agreed with her and I would too – but even then, that was a pre-wedding gift! I don’t think that this response is uncommon. I think many peo-
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Planet Earth gets Trumped In a stunning abdication of U.S. leadership, President Donald Trump announced on June 1 that United States will exit the Paris Agreement on combating climate change, already ratified by nearly 200 countries. In doing so, the U.S. joins Nicaragua and Syria as the globe's only countries to not sign on. Actually, that's not being fair to Nicaragua: Ortega said he did not sign because the agreement did not go far enough in reducing global emissions. That puts in the United States in the company of only Bashar Al-Assad, the man gassing his country's children in Syria; he and Trump are the only two world leaders not to sign on because the agreement’s commitments were too onerous. According to Trump, the reason for the exit was quite simple: the world was “laughing at� the United States. The U.S. federal government was paying too much into the agreement, and did not extract sufficient concessions from other countries - it was, he said simply, “a bad deal.� This withdrawal, he stated, was the reassertion of U.S. sovereignty. If you've followed Donald Trump's statements on climate change, you would have known that this decision was pretty much inevitable. Indeed, he once referred to global warming as Chinese-made hoax designed to hinder U.S. competitiveness. After the announcement, none of his aids would answer questions regarding whether President Trump even believed in the underlying science of climate change. If he does not, that would imply that he viewed the Paris Agreement strictly as an exercise in power: one in which the world's other nations were winning and the United States was losing. Sad! Thankfully, the United States cannot simply just withdraw from the accords at any time. The process takes years, and will not be finalized until Nov. 4, 2020 - they day after the next Presidential election. In the meantime, dozens of mayors and governors across the U.S. are standing up and declaring that their cities and states have every intention of honouring and even exceeding the commitments of the Paris Agreement. Some states are forming partnerships across the border with Canada, and across Pacific Ocean with Asia in carbon trading schemes that can further incentivize reductions in carbon. On the other side, the European Union may even consider imposing carbon tariffs on exports from the United States. In the end, the dilution of the powers of the office of the presidency, and collapse in public esteem that the office once held may end up being the single greatly legacy of the Trump presidency. Citizens working together with local and state governments at the grass roots level can overcome any Whitehouse madness. And that discovery of personal empowerment may not be a bad thing – for the U.S. and the world.
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Wolfe Island event to celebrate the ‘marriage of culture and agriculture’ BY TORI STAFFORD tstafford@metroland.com
The largest of the 1000 Islands, Wolfe Island, is rich in many ways: its natural beauty and incredible shorelines; its strong and bountiful agricultural roots; its unique magnetism and support for artists and musicians; and its warm, welcoming community. And it is precisely those things that organizers aim to celebrate and foster with the upcoming first annual Wolfe Island Garden Party, taking place from Thursday, June 15 to Saturday, June 17. Presented by Wolfe Island Records and Wolfe Island Spring Craft Brewery, the event will feature a huge variety of live music throughout the weekend, but that’s just the start. The public will have the opportunity to tour the island, as local farms open their doors to the public offering a unique opportunity to see first-hand where some of the best local foods come from. Music workshops, a discussion panel on opportunities and challenges for local food and agriculture on the island, and a barbecue featuring locally sourced menu items round out the weekend of events, all of which will serve as a fundraiser for the Wolfe Island Community Gardens. “We’re looking to expand to into a new space at the Community Medical Clinic,” said Janette Haase, organizer of the Wolfe Island Garden Party and facilitator for the Community Gardens. Haase works with students in Grades 5, 6 and 7 at Marysville Public School, who plant, tend and cultivate vegetables, greens, herbs and fruits at the current Community Gardens site. The yield from the gardens is used in the school’s hot lunch program, and sometimes taken home
with the students who grew them. And getting the students out of the classroom and into the gardens offers them a learning experience that’s both fun and educational, Haase explained. “I think we’ve planted a lot of seeds, inspired a lot of kids,” she said, noting that the students seem eager to work in the gardens, and have taken on related projects, such as gardening blogs and transplant sales, which have been very successful. “To me, if we are going to have any chance for sustainability, kids need to know where food comes from.” The expansion of the Wolfe Island Community Gardens will see that project continue at a new site in front of the seniors’ apartment buildings currently being constructed. There, a large vegetable garden, raised beds, a green
house, trees and a flower garden will serve both as a community garden, and as a beautiful addition to the newly-developed area, Haase explained. But the primary function of the gardens’ expansion will be to allow the students to do more hands-on work throughout the school year. “Right now, we just don’t have the room to have 20 kids working here,” she said, gesturing around the existing Community Garden. “But I’d definitely like to be able to have all 20 kids working at once.” Haase said she hopes to see the expansion include bringing more community groups and students into the gardens, and further the community’s engagement with food literacy. Continued on page 11
Janette Haase, facilitator for the Wolfe Island Community Gardens and organizer of the first annual Wolfe Island Garden Party, sits overlooking the beds at the current Community Garden site. Tori Stafford/Metroland
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Wolfe Island event to celebrate the ‘marriage of culture and agriculture’ Continued from page 9
When Haase approached musician Hugh Christopher Brown, owner of The Post Office Studio on Wolfe Island, to see if he would consider performing for a fundraising garden party, neither she nor Brown knew the way the concept would grow. The first annual Wolfe Island Garden Party will also act as the official launch for Brown’s Wolfe Island Records, as well as for Wolfe Island Spring Craft Brewery, co-owned by owner of The Wolfe Island Grill, Casey Fisher. For Brown, launching Wolfe Island Records as part of the Garden Party was “a natural fit” – the accomplished songwriter and producer is known for his work in social justice, and specifically for his support of local agriculture and “the marriage of culture and agriculture,” he said. “The record label was happening naturally, we just kind of needed to put a name to it,” Brown said of launching Wolfe Island Records. He has been recording and pro-
ducing albums at The Post Office for about a decade already, and a collective of local and international musicians alike continue to use the studio, which will now produce albums officially under the label. A huge roster of the artists in that collective will provide the soundtrack for the Garden Party, with favourites like Jenny Whitely, Luther Wright and the Wrongs and, of course, Brown himself playing at venues around the village over the three-day event. For Fisher, the Garden Party came at the perfect time, as over five years of planning has led to this point: Wolfe Island Spring Craft Brewery beers are currently on tap at the Wolfe Island Grill, and the collection of beers will soon be expanding from three to seven. “I’ve wanted to start a brewery on Wolfe Island for years, ever since I opened the Grill,” Fisher said, explaining he’d learned the island is home to a few artesian springs he was hoping to source water from. After discovering two of those springs
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are located at the old Kraft factory, it didn’t take long for Fisher to establish Wolfe Island Spring Craft Brewery at the site – a venture he hopes will create up to 40 jobs and breathe new life into the former factory, which employed about the same number of people at one point. Beyond that, Fisher said the brewery has already reached out to local farmers, who are already growing the hops the brewery will be able to use in two years, as well as the barley. Eventually, Fisher wants to be able to brew a beer that’s made from 100 per cent Wolfe Island-sourced ingredients, with each beer they create offering a nod to local history through their names, labels, and even in the brewing, he explained. Instead of using the traditional heated limestone to prompt fermentation in the beer, their Cannonball Steinbier uses something even more
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Final prison vision unveiled to much praise, but development concerns remain BY BILL HUTCHINS
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Final Tax Notice for Residential, Managed Forest and Farmland tax bills were issued the week of June 5, 2017. If you have not received your Final Tax Notice by June 15, 2017 you need to contact the tax department. It is important that you retain your tax bill until September in order to make the second instalment payment. No further bills/reminders will be issued. For those properties that have a Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Residential or a combination of Commercial/Industrial/Multi-Residential and Residential and/or Farmland, these will be billed in August 2017. For further information please email taxes@township.southfrontenac.on.ca or contact us at 613-376-3027 Ext 2200.
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The deadline for applications for the 2017 Private Lane Assistance Program is June 9, 2017. Application forms and details available on the Township website – see Living Here/ Road and Parking/Public Road/Private Lane Standards.
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Council Meeting – Tues, June 20, 2017 • Committee of the Whole – Tues, June 13, 2017 • Committee of Adjustment – Thursday, June 8, 2017
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Council is hosting a public open house on June 22, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00pm in the Council Chambers. This is an opportunity to hear from anyone interested in discussing the formation of a Heritage Committee.
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Registration is now open online and in person. Visit recreation.southfrontenac.net. For information on the programs contact the Camp Coordinator at 613-376-3027 Ext 2231. Dates have been scheduled for in person registration for programming at The Point in Sydenham and Gilmour Point in Battersea. Gilmour Point – June 1, 2017 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and June 10, 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at Storrington Centre, 3910 Battersea Rd. The Point – June 13, 2017 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm and June 17, 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Community Room at the Sydenham Library.
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More green space, taller buildings, and preserving Alcatraz North. Those are some of the key themes to emerge in the “recommended vision” to redevelop Kingston Penitentiary and Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (POH). “We heard loud and clear that people, whether it be community members or sailing groups like CORK, had importance in preserving community space for public use,” said James Cox, director of (Ontario) real estate for Canada Lands Company. Canada Lands, the federal government’s real estate arm, has partnered with the city to come up with a vision to redevelop 20 hectares encompassing the mothballed prison and outdated harbour lands. After a year of public meetings and refinements, a blueprint for the prime, under-used land was unveiled to open houses June 1. “This is so unique to Canada. The prison buildings go back to the 1830s. They’re great on their own. Then there’s the harbour site legacy of CORK and the Olympics. We’re hoping this vision really protects that,” Cox explained. The vision eliminates earlier plans to construct a series of low-rise buildings around the horseshoe-shaped harbour and, instead, leaves most of it as green space. The aging POH building would be demolished and replaced with a sixstorey building with public space and sailing offices on the main level and residential units on the upper floors. But while most housing is removed from the west side of the harbour lands, there’s now greater housing density on the waterside portion of the prison; including two or three high-rises proposed
for the southwest corner of the prison lands. “We’re talking two buildings up to 25 storeys tall by the water with the potential for a third one toward the centre of the prison site. They would be slender buildings to protect views to the water,” said Cox. A push to make Kingston the ‘Alcatraz North’ prison tourism destination would also be cemented in this proposal. The revised map preserves the entire front half of the former penitentiary for tourism and heritage uses while maintaining the King Street and partial side section of the looming walls. “We envision keeping the walls up as part of the tourism experience to encapsulate what it would be like in prison. On the south part, we would want to open up the site and take down some of the walls,” said Cox. The 178-year-old maximum security penitentiary was shuttered by the former Conservative government due to the high cost of running it. The last inmates were moved out in September 2013. The community discussion over what to do with the waterfront real estate has resulted in this latest vision, which is expected to go to council for approval this summer. It generated some praise from several residents who attended the unveiling. Many highlighted the preservation of POH green space, continuous waterfront pathway, rebuilt boat docks, and preserving a large chunk of historic Kingston Pen as a tourist attraction as hallmarks of the vision. Continued on page 15
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NEWS AND PUBLIC NOTICES FIRE DEPARTMENT – SUPERIOR TANKER SHUTTLE SERVICE
Volunteer Firefighters will be conducting water shuttle training on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am in Inverary/Perth Road area and from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Harrowsmith/Road 38 corridor. This exercise is conducted to achieve accreditation from the Fire Protection Survey Services. If you reside within 8 kilometres of a South Frontenac Firehall you may be eligible for a reduction in your home insurance rates.
NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSING – BETWEEN LOTS 18 & 19, CONCESSION I; STORRINGTON
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac proposes to pass a by-law to stop up, close and transfer ownership of part of a Townshipowned road allowance. This matter will come before council on July 4, 2017 at 7:00 pm. For more information see our website under“News and Public Notices”or contact Lindsay Mills, Planner at Ext 2221.
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All development (residential, commercial and institutional) in South Frontenac have a septic system which is designed to treat wastewater which goes down the drain (toilets, showers, dishwashers, washing machines, etc) A septic system includes a septic tank and a leaching bed - both hidden below the soil. It is critical to your health, the health of neighbours, the health of the ecosystem and your property investment that your septic system is working properly. It is your responsibility to make sure your septic system is in good working order. See our website for more details – Living Here/Building/Septic Systems.
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Local student’s prestigious scholarship ‘well deserved’ BY TORI STAFFORD tstafford@metroland.com
News – Sitting down and speaking with William Sanderson, it becomes immediately apparent why he was awarded a 2017 TD Scholarship for Community Leadership. Intelligent, well-spoken and an incredibly dedicated Sydenham High School student, Sanderson discusses the community outreach events and organizations he’s been a part of with one underlying message that ties nearly everything he’s done together: the things one learns are worth far more shared with others than kept to oneself. “I was part of a group called Sydenham Without Borders, a little club in the school that we started this year, and a big focus was the idea of education as a pathway towards empathy,” Sanderson said,
explaining that the club held an event which saw a number of local indigenous elders come into the high school to teach students about their personal interests and areas of expertise. “The event was not to be in a way that said ‘this is something you need to care about,’ but in a way of
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reach projects he was behind which helped to make him an ideal recipient for a 2017 TD Scholarship for Community Leadership. Sanderson, a confident but unassuming 17-year-old, has amassed a long list of incredible experiences and achievements, not the least of which landed him on the short list for those 20 young Canadians awarded the scholarship. On that list: serving as a student trustee for the Limestone District School Board; creating a mental health awareness group at Sydenham High School; presenting the knowledge he gained through a trip to Antarctica, where he studied the effects of climate change and global warming. Sanderson spoke with students at local elementary schools and presented at a number of confer-
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William Sanderson, 17, is finishing his high school career at Sydenham High School and his term as co-student trustee for the Limestone District Board of Education. Sanderson was recently awarded a TD Scholarship for Community Leadership thanks to his hard work in community outreach and social projects within the school and area.
ences in the area upon his return to Frontenac County; coaching both football and basketball clubs for local youth; and inviting Syrian refugees to come and talk at his high school in an attempt to dispel any misconceptions that might be circulating during a time that the Syrian refugee crisis saw many Syrians settling in Kingston and the area. “A lot of that stemmed from my own curiosity, I think,” Sanderson said of that event, noting that when terms like ‘terrorism’ and ‘job security’ began to circulate, he felt the best way to find out about what Syrian refugees are really like was to speak to them directly. Continued on page 14
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“When I talked to them a little bit, I was like ‘We should really have every body listen to this, or as many people as we can, at least.’” It is precisely that kind thinking and acting that make Sanderson the kind of student that naturally “stands out,” said Paul Roantree, vice principal at Sydenham High School. “That came from a personal curiosity, wanting to know more. And then, what really separates Will from most students, is where he realizes the information is worth sharing and helping to facilitate that. That’s not something your average 17-year-old does.” Furthermore, Sanderson’s selfless way of working to create and execute events and projects points to his unique desire to help his community grow and learn together, Roantree expressed. “There is nothing in that for Will Sanderson, that’s for everybody else,” he said of Sanderson’s behind-the-scenes work. “He thinks outside of his own personal experiences just a lot more than anybody else, and more than any student I’ve met before.” Those same qualities are what made those with TD Scholarships for Community Leadership choose Sanderson to receive one of their 2017 scholarships. While many students are able to climb the staircases of academia or personal achievement, it is students like Sanderson who see a need in their community and build their own staircases to
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climb in order to meet that need that these scholarships are designed for, said Dr. Jane Thompson, executive director of TD Scholarships for Community Leadership. “When he saw what was happening with Syrian refugees coming into CFB Kingston, and maybe not everybody really understood what was going on, there was an opportunity there,” Thompson said. “There was no staircase from where the school was to a state of understanding. He saw the need, and he figured out how to build that staircase, how to get everybody there, and then he went ahead and made it happen.” The scholarship will award Sanderson up to $70,000 over four years for tuition and other post-secondary school expenses, as well as offering him employment over the summer with TD or their affiliate non-profit partners, and networking opportunities with the nearly 400 alumni of the scholarship program. And the significance of the doors the scholarship will open to Sanderson is certainly not lost on him. “It’s been really surreal. More than anything, the scholarship gives me a little bit more freedom going into university,” said Sanderson, whose twin brother, Isaac, will also be attending university next year. With Sanderson taking a five-year double-degree program at Western University that will see him graduate with an engineering degree in the field of his choice, and with a business administration degree from Western’s Ivey Business School, the scholarship will take a lot of the financial pressure off of Sanderson throughout his post-secondary studies, he expressed. “It means I don’t have to have a job during the year, and I can use some of that time to experience more and try more things… join different clubs and volunteer in the community,” Sanderson said. “It allows me to explore more of the things I am interested in and explore options I might have hesitated to try otherwise.”
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Final prison vision unveiled to much praise, but development concerns remain Continued from page 12 “It’ll work. I imagine it’s going to take a while,” said resident Gerard Nolan. Chris West, chair of the Marine Museum, now located in POH, says keeping a green belt on the harbour’s west side is a smart move. “That’s a big concession to the boating and sailing community. I think the community at large and people who live down here will be pleased with the removal of housing from the western harbour lands.” West also expressed interest in moving into part of the former penitentiary site to be designated for tourism and heritage uses. But there are still some community concerns — namely, the plan to build low-rise housing flanking the east and west walls of the prison, and focusing a cluster of high-rises near the waterside. “We are still seeing challenges around residential development, some concerns around traffic. We need to take another look at how to address that,” explained Lanie Hurdle, the city’s community services commissioner. While city and federal officials say they’re committed to working together on a common vision, the federal government ultimately retains final say over how to develop its former prison and a portion of the waterfront properties. But, the city does have development control in other areas.
“Council doesn’t have the ability to change that (federal lands) vision. Through Official Plan amendments and zoning, that’s where the city would have more control, as well as the heritage designation bylaw,” Hurdle added. The redevelopment plan, along with all of the public input and feedback, is expected to go to council for approval as early as July 11, although Hurdle says more fine-tuning may be needed. The proposed OP changes would trigger another public process, starting as early as this summer, if the vision is endorsed by council. Cox says Canada Lands made several “tradeoffs” to preserve green space, tourism, and heritage while still allowing for some residential density. This will make the eventual business plan more attractive to potential buyers. But he also stressed the government’s goal is to place more emphasis on community value than profit. “There’s a desire by the federal government, Canada Lands, and City of Kingston to try to make something work. I don’t think we’re looking at this a real profit-making site.” Canada Lands must still acquire the federal properties from Corrections Canada and Fisheries and Oceans before selling it. Cox added: “Whether the site could be disposed to one future builder or whether it might be sold off in parcels is work that still needs to be done.”
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Beach season is just around the corner, but in some parts of Ontario, beaches and waterfronts are being threatened by a fast invading plant that has the potential to take over the valuable waterfront areas. Phragmites are a perennial that typically grow in wetland areas. The plant looks like a common reed, and in most cases the native species is harmless, but a new more invasive spe-
cies of phragmite is quickly spreading across the province. According to Erling Armson, head of land securement, invasive and northern programs at Ducks Unlimited Canada, the species is now making its way into eastern Ontario. “The plant came to North America about a century ago and it has gradually worked its way across the continent from east to west,” he explained. “It has really spread and invaded wet and even dry areas where it can live. Now it covers millions of acres across the continental
United States and Canada.” The plant can be easily found in ditches or areas with lower water levels, but according to Armson, it has been popping up more and more over the past few decades along water-
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Continued from page 17 “It creates these dense areas and it pushes out the native vegetation and reduces the biodiversity in areas and particularly impacts habitats for wetland species like water fowl or turtles,” said Armson. “The Ministry of Natural Resources indicated that 25 per cent of the species at risk in Ontario are being negatively impacted by invasive phragmites and that is a real concern.” The tall reeds of phragmites not only grow very tall, approximately 15 to 20 feet, but they also grow in dense packs with about 200 stems per square metre. The plant can also have a root bed that grows three metres deep and it spreads through both its roots and the seeds that come off the reed plume. It also tends to thrive when disturbed. “In the past 10 to 20 years, it has really taken off and primarily because of more disturbance and more people inadvertently transporting it around,” said Armson. On the shores of Lake Erie, phragmites take up large sections of the shoreline and wetlands already and it is estimated that the plant has spread
by almost 30 per cent between 2010 and 2017 with over 5,000 hectares (around 6,000 Canadian football fields) of strongly established colonies of the weed in the province. Armson isn’t aware of large areas of phragmites in the Kingston area as of right now, but he is encouraging residents to familiarize themselves with the plant and be on the lookout for it. “It is not a good thing to have around, it can plug up ditches and create problems for drainage, it can increase the risk of fires and really decrease the values of properties. If it gets into shorelines, it can block the view for cottage owners or homeowners and they can’t see the water anymore,” he said. If community members do find phragmites on their property Armson cautions them about trying to remove it. “It is really hard to remove,” he said. “If it is a plant here or there you can remove it by hand, but it can have a three metre deep root system and with the seeds and the roots, you have to get the whole plant. If it is of any size, hand pulling is not going to do anything and it really isn’t feasible.”
Some groups across Ontario have been trying to control and remove phragmites over the past few years, but the problem is that the plant thrives in wetlands. “The only way to really combat it is by using a registered herbicide for that type of plant and people have been trying that, but there is no registered herbicide for use in wetland areas,” said Armson. “We are working on getting a herbicide that can be approved for wetlands.” For now, Armson and Ducks Unlimited are just trying to track the plant and locate areas where it is popping up. He encourages residents to contact them if they find it or want to learn more about the plant. “We are trying to conserve and restore wetland habitat and this is part of that,” he said. “We are trying to take a lead in helping to deal with invasive plants that impact our wetlands and hopefully in five years there will be less phragmites than there are currently.” If you want to learn more about phragmites and how to identify and report them, visit the Ducks Unlimited Canada website at http://www.ducks.ca/
The matter of life and death
I want to live life fully. But what does that mean? I have trouble following one path. It’s not that I don’t respect the creators of the path, be it Jesus or Buddha; it’s simply that I think there are so many paths that we should not waste time focusing on one right way. It may seem like I’m referring to spirituality here, but it is true in many other areas as well, especially in the realm of medicine. Years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer and given six months to live. I was told that there were promising new treatments that offered hope. Obviously, I chose treatment (an ugly regimen of chemotherapy and radiation). What I am about to say is only a vague statement of reality. I am dying. No, I haven’t been given a diagnosis that reveals a limited time frame. In fact, aside from certain quirks that result in chronic pain, I am in great health. But, we all head toward death on the day we are born. We know what the endpoint is: we all die.
This impending death catalyzes an urgency to create and a need to share expressions of life, especially in the artistic realm, which is the world in which my soul—however one defines it—dwells. I came close to death once. After my cancer diagnosis, one of my tests was a lymphangiogram, where a chainsaw (I’m exaggerating, it just felt that way when the local anaesthetic wore off) was taken to the top of my foot, and openings were created for contrast dye to be inserted into and throughout my body to determine how far the cancer (Hodgkins) has spread in my lymph system. One problem. Turned out I was deathly allergic to the contrast dye. My heart stopped beating. I left my body (I really had that experience), and I hovered above myself and heard the medical emergency beeps screaming. I had flat-lined. As I hovered above my body, I watched at least 10 medical professionals successfully attempt to bring me back to life. Suddenly, I felt myself sucked back into my body and realized I could feel my heart beating again. I also heard some cheers and relief chatter around me when they realized I was back. It was a wild ride from diagnosis until the end of treatment. After completing endless months of medical procedures, I asked my oncologist — a beautiful, brilliant, and funny man named Dr. Raymond Bush — what he thought my odds were.
His response: “I think that I am as likely to die of cancer as you are. And you are probably more likely to be hit by a bus than die of cancer.” Dr. Raymond Bush was the Director of the Ontario Cancer Institute/ Princess Margaret Hospital. He was also a well-rounded Renaissance man. I looked forward to our many (MANY) appointments, for they turned into times to chat about life, films and the arts. Dr. Bush was also an avid photographer and movie buff. He always seemed to set aside an hour for our appointments. He was a great healer. For all the untold demands on his time as the director of the program and hospital, he always had time for his patients. After treatment, there would be annual follow-up appointments, and I looked forward to our doctor-patient relationship for many years to come. Enter death. His words were hauntingly true. He had no sense of it at our first post-treatment appointment, but he would die of cancer about a year later. Live every moment as if it is your last. It could very well be. I’ve often read that no one on their death bed wishes they’d spent more time at work. That’s a
sad reflection of two facts: Most people don’t really like their work. Most people spend too much time at work, even though they don’t like it. I love my work, and I doubt that I’d ever have regrets at how much time I spend on my work. Provided I’m still upright and breathing, I don’t ever plan on retiring. Why stop doing what I love? But I started this column to reflect on healing. I have had two recent conversations with friends telling me about loved ones diagnosed with cancer who have turned to what are essentially quack treatments. When one receives life-threatening news, we desperately want to fight an invader like cancer. My first line of defence is science, not quackery. It is terribly unsettling that people are taken advantage of when they are in such a vulnerable position. This does not mean we should not search for the best possible treatments. When I was diagnosed with cancer, my first treatment conversation was with my family doctor, who gave me options in terms of referrals. He linked me with Dr. Raymond Bush at Princess Margaret Hospital. I am forever grateful. I also sought out numerous alter-
native treatments, but each of these served as an adjunct to my “traditional” treatment, which ended up being the hell-on-earth of chemotherapy in its fairly early stages for the kind of cancer I had. I knew the studies and I knew my chances were good. My first chemotherapy session left me violently ill, vomiting so intensely for 12 hours to the point where my throat was bleeding and I choked on my own blood. I’m told that today’s treatment has been refined considerably and isn’t nearly as gruelling. Something magical happened within a couple of weeks of starting chemotherapy. The lumps in my lymph nodes all disappeared. I knew the treatment worked.Then came the hair loss and the wig. But I ended up just wearing a headband most of the time instead. I visited a naturopathic doctor who advised me to stop all chemotherapy as it was poison. Had I been more easily influenced, I might have followed his recommendations. Fortunately, I thought he was wacked in the head, and never went back.
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STEEL BUILDING SALE ...”MEGA MADNESS SALE!” 20X23 $5,780. 25X25 $6,312. 30X31 $8,175. 33X35 $9,407. One End Wall Included. Check Out w w w. p i o n e e r s t e e l . c a f o r m o r e prices. Pioneer Steel 1-855-2127036
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Le Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE) est à la recherche de personnes intéressées à se joindre à son équipe pour poursuivre avec passion une vision commune, axée sur la collaboration et sur l'innovation en éducation. Direction d’école École élémentaire catholique Mgr-Rémi-Gaulin (KINGSTON) Concours 217/16-17 Avec 22 600 élèves fréquentant 42 écoles élémentaires, 12 écoles secondaires et son école pour adultes, le CECCE est un leader dans le domaine de l'éducation et le plus grand réseau canadien d'écoles de langue française à l'extérieur du de plus de Québec. Son territoire 35 000 km2 dans le Centre-Est de l’Ontario s'étend de Cumberland à Pembroke, jusqu’à Trenton. Les élèves du CECCE obtiennent les meilleurs résultats en province.
Pour obtenir tous les détails relatifs aux postes susmentionnés et pour soumettre votre candidature en ligne, veuillez consulter le site Web du CECCE au www.ecolecatholique.ca/emplois.
The work of a returning officer is challenging and rewarding. If you’re a leader with management experience and knowledge of your community, this may be the job for you. As a returning officer, you will plan and manage federal elections in your riding during a ten-year appointment. You will represent Elections Canada and be on the front line for electors and candidates. The hours of work vary between elections, but increase significantly in the year leading up to an election. To qualify as a returning officer, you must be a Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old, and live in the federal riding where you’re applying to work. To find out more about the role of a returning officer and how to apply, go to elections.ca and click on Employment or call 1-800-463-6868. The online application will be available from June 2 to 23, 2017.
Direction des ressources humaines Téléphone : 613 744-2555 ou sans frais : 1 888 230-5131 En vertu du paragraphe 24(1) du Code des droits de la personne de l'Ontario, le CECCE a le droit de préférer, en matière d'emploi, des candidates et candidats de langue française catholiques romains.
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REAL ESTATE AUCTION for Bill and Marie Mossip on Wed. June 21/17 @ 6 pm @ #163 McLean St., Renfrew, ON K7V 1A4 (Auction Signs)
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NOTICE THE CATARAQUI CEMETERY COMPANY CONTINUANCE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF INTERMENT RIGHTS HOLDERS Pursuant to the Act of Incorporation and the By-Laws of The Cataraqui Cemetery Company, Interment Rights Holders are hereby given notice of the continuation of the Annual General Meeting of the Interment Rights Holders. The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20th, 2017, at the Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St., Kingston Ontario. Registration begins at 6:30pm. Please contact the Cemetery at 613-546-6545 if you plan to attend, require confirmation of your status as an Interment Rights Holder, or wish for more information. Members will be asked to: t 3FWJFX UIF DPSQPSBUJPO T BVEJUFE GJOBODJBM TUBUFNFOUT BOE t $POGJSN BNFOENFOUT NBEF UP #Z -BX TFDUJPOT BOE BT UIFZ BQQMZ UP BTTJTUFE CVSJBM MPUT BOE memorialization in the Military Section, passed by the Trustees. $PQJFT PG UIF BVEJUFE GJOBODJBM TUBUFNFOUT BOE #Z -BX BSF available for review at the Cemetery office. Proxy forms must be submitted to the Cemetery office on or CFGPSF QN +VOF UI 1SPYJFT JTTVFE GPS UIF +BOVBSZ OE NFFUJOH XJMM CF WBMJE GPS UIF DPOUJOVFE NFFUJOH PO +VOF UI VOMFTT SFWPLFE 1SPYZ GPSNT BSF BWBJMBCMF BU UIF Cemetery office or at info@cataraquicemetery.ca.
~ An Enduring & Endearing Home ~ This home is representative of an interesting period of wartime housing. It is a true example of quality over quantity & better space over more space. This home has been remodeled. A Trex Composite front porch welcomes you to a foyer w/ closet. Featuring an eat-in kitchen & 4 pce bath w/ vinyl tile flooring. Harwood flooring throughout main floor living room, centre hall & bedroom. Rear door to covered porch. Two 2nd storie bedrooms w/ closets & hardwood flooring. Minimal palette of fresh beige paint throughout. Large, dry, knotty-pine basement rec-room has gas fireplace included. 2 pce bath off rec-room. Several niches for storage (up & down). Service room houses 100 amps. F/A gas furnace. Owned elec. hot water heater, central air & central vac. Newer windows have dramatically improved both comfort & heating efficiency. A good steel roof (req’s re-paint only). Attached carport. Detached vinyl sided oversized garage w/ steel roof, asphalt flooring, Farmer’s airtight wood stove & power. 2 paved driveways. Lot size 50 ft x 120 ft (+/-). Yearly ’16 taxes $2,077.69 (+/-). Purchase includes 4 good appliances chest freezer, stove, washer & dryer. Sold with a very reasonable reserve bid. For private viewing, terms & conditions please call our office at 613-267-6027. The Mossips have relocated to a retirement home. Nice clean chattels. Order of auction, real estate, car & chattels. Be on time. Bring a lawnchair.
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Auctioneers & Qualified Appraiser JIM HANDS: THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Phone: (613) 267-6027 www.jimhandsauction.com
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The matter of life and death Continued from page 19 I danced a lot. It felt good. It also made me appreciate my wounded body. And when I say “a lot” I mean hours and hours and hours, which was difficult considering what chemo does to your energy level. I went through programs of relaxation training. I learned about Transcendental Meditation, which works, but not necessarily for the reasons claimed by proponents. In other words, I think most forms of meditation will have similar results; you do not have to use the trademarked TM process, although I highly recommend it. I read Wilhelm Reich incessantly. Although he was badly persecuted for his medical views, I think he was on the right track concerning energy and the human body. I played guitar a lot. I watched every Marx Brothers movie I could find. Laughter and humour brought me great relief, or at least distraction from the pain of treatment and the anxiety of death hovering nearby. I received numerous pieces of religious advance, all of which I ignored. If only I did this, God would favour me. WTF? If praying for me helps you deal with it, do whatever you need, but don’t force this on me when I’m down. I learned about Eastern medicine and shiatsu. I felt at home there, I ended up training in the process for two years. Japanese shiatsu grew from the Chinese technique of Tui Na (a combination of herbs, massage, pressure points). Not surprisingly, about three decades later, I regularly go for Tui Na treatments in Chinatown in New York City. I had to stop all martial arts training, but I was still able to use karate kata in slow motion as a meditative tool. The very last chemo session was the hardest. I dreaded it. Dr. Bush was not around that day, and a resident I’d seen several times sat with me. I told her I just could not go through an-
other round. She told me she recommended I do it, but that it was my choice. She also promised that if I chose to go ahead, she would sit with me as the drugs entered my veins (which were burned badly from past sessions and each injection felt like fire entering my arms) and promised not to leave until I told her it was OK to go. I nodded and said go ahead. She kept her word. In fact, she took my hand and held it while a nurse injected the drugs. I remember tears flowing down my cheeks from the pain. She held my hand until I told her I was OK and didn’t need her to stay any longer. My point in all this? I wanted to reach out to those with life-threatening diagnoses and encourage you to search out all the methods and treatments you can and determine what is right for yourself, but do not fall for those who either prey on the medically vulnerable or who are so blinded to the truth that they ignore the science of healing that is in front of them. Scientists and physicians have spent many years of their lives devoted to healing. Do not fall victim to the view that there is a big medical conspiracy that wants people to be ill in order to grow business for pharmaceutical companies. Don’t trust the naysayers to modern medicine. Are there greedy corporate entities? Of course; I’ll be the first skeptic. But big pharma is also the reason I am alive today. Without chemotherapy and other medical advances, I would have been dead six months after the diagnosis. Trust your instincts. Trust modern medicine. In most cases, it is your best and sometimes last hope. Do whatever else you need to in order to stare death head on. If that means praying to the true white light of lalaland, do it. All those things help your mind. But remember, it was science that saved my body. Mark Bergin on Twitter @markaidanbergin.
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what had worn the plow-point down. Father, with his hands bare, scraped the stone over and over the edge of the plowpoint, stopping only long enough to dip the whit-stone into the trough of water, trying to create a new sharp edge. I went to the pump close by and brought him a cup of cold water. He took the cup with his weather-beaten hand and swallowed it down without stopping. He handed the cup back to me, only nodding his thanks. Again, I knew there was no time for idle chatter. The north fields beckoned him, and the plow point had to be ready. As I so often did, I watched Father at work that day. I moved to the twig chair that sat on the back stoop so that I could see him, hoping he didn’t know that I was there. If he did, there was no acknowledgement. And again, in my mind’s eye, I could see him walking mile after mile behind the plow pulled by our horse, and I wondered at how he could stand the monotony of it all. The steady plodding up and down, one field after another, and to finish the job, spending untold hours sitting in the sun trying to create a new sharp edge to a plough point that had served three generations. But that’s the way it was. And the way it would always be. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for ebook purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@ sympatico.ca.
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