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It didn’t take long for the meeting of South Frontenac Council held Tuesday, Nov. 7 to get down to business.

The fi rst item on the agenda was an open house to hear public input on three different rezoning proposals – but it was the proposed rezoning of a waterfront lot with on Inverary Lake that brought about a dozen people into council chambers that evening.

It wasn’t the fi rst time the open house on the matter was to come before council. An open house for public input on the issue was previously scheduled for Tuesday, Sept.

19. However, prior to that meeting Hundreds of community members gathered at the cenotaph in Sydenham for the annual Remembrance township staff and council members Day ceremony. The service included prayers, a reading of the names of local lives lost in the First and Sec- received a letter from the Inverary ond World Wars and the Korean War, a reading of In Flanders Fields, a performance of the Last Post and twoLake Residents Association (ILRA) minutes of silence. Following the formal ceremony, community members and organization laid wreaths at claiming the open house had not the Cenotaph to pay their respects. See more photos on Page 4. been properly advertised.

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In fact, at that meeting, council decided, based on the fact that signage had been posted with an incorrect date for the meeting, to postpone and re-advertise the open house in order to give members of the public the required notice of the meeting.

The lot in question is a 52.8-acre parcel between Round Lake Road and Inverary Road. The property owner has proposed to sever the lot into two sections: a new 15 acre lot with frontage on Round Lake Road, on which the already-existing dwelling stands, and a retained 37.8 acre parcel of vacant land, which has 434 meters of shoreline. The retained lot is accessible by Sweetfern Lane, a private access lane. Currently, the entire lot is zoned ‘Special Rural Zone,’ which requires a 40 metre setback from the waterfront for any development on the property. The proposed rezone would make the new parcel zoned as ‘Rural,’ and staff are suggesting the retained parcel be zoned as ‘Special Limited Service Residential Waterfront’ – ‘Limited Service Residential Waterfront’ because the lot is only accessible via Sweetfern lane, and ‘Special’ in order to retain the waterfront setback.

Seven members of the public spoke to council about the issue, six of them

members of the ILRA, and one of them the owner of the property in question.

All members of the ILRA expressed similar concerns about the rezoning, primarily dealing with the quality of the lake.

Detailed studies on the conditions of Inverary Lake and of the Collins Creek Watershed, which Inverary Lake feeds into, were presented to Council. Members of the ILRA stated that the lake is already saturated with phosphates, and is nearly ‘eutrophic,’ meaning the phosphates have stimulated plant growth to the point where the lake is depleted of oxygen. Their fear is that the ‘retained lot’ could be developed in a way that would add to this issue.

“All the locals called it Mud Lake,” Jeff Peters stated in his address to council, explaining that construction of Moreland Dixon Road in the 1960s was a catalyst in the declining conditions of the lake. Peters, like many of the ILRA members, said that South Frontenac’s Official Plan is aimed at preserving and enhancing the area’s natural environment, and indicated further development on Inverary Lake would go against that mandate.

After hearing from six members of the ILRA, Council heard from Jerry Beech, the owner of the property in question.

He argued that the phosphate levels in Inverary Lake are actually caused by livestock on lots that front the lake, and even stated he has photos of Peters’ cattle in

the lake, which he would like to provide to council. This caused some commotion in the gallery as Peters spoke out against the claim, but Mayor Ron Vandewal was quick to restore order. Beech was the last person to speak on the issue, and all of those who spoke remained throughout the meeting until council voted on the proposed bylaw amendment at the very end.

At that point, Councillor Alan Revill said that, although he could appreciate the concerns raised by the ILRA members, he felt council was obligated to allow the severance and rezoning. However, Councillor Ross Sutherland then Kristine Geary’s

brought forth a motion to defer the decision in light of all of the information that had been brought to before council earlier in the night. The motion deferred to allow the planning department to address some of the concerns raised, review the studies submitted, and allow Beech to submit the photos he had referred to.

In the end, council voted in favour to defer (with Councillors Barr, McDougall, Revill and Mayor Vandewal voting against it).

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Remembrance Day in Sydenham Hundreds of community members gathered at the cenotaph in Sydenham for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. The service included prayers, a reading of the names of local lives lost in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, a reading of In Flanders Fields, a performance of the Last Post and two minutes of silence. Following the formal ceremony, community members and organization laid wreaths at the Cenotaph to pay their respects.

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Maddocks will add more responsibilities to her portfolio, including municipal elections, council policy and procedural development, tstaff ord@metroland.com processing Freedom of Information requests, Members of the newly formed South Fron- and management of records, website, social tenac Heritage Committee were announced at media and communications.

Lindsay Mills, who currently serves as the the township’s council meeting held Tuesday, township planner and deputy clerk will conNov. 7.

Council began hearing from members of tinue in his existing roll, with clerking responthe public about the idea of forming a heri- sibilities limited to planning matters.

Council also received the draft 2018 budtage committee early this year. The idea was brought forward by Councillor Brad Barbeau, get at the Nov. 7 meeting, but no members who cited both the area’s rich history and the of Council raised any questions or concerns inability of citizens to apply for provincial – perhaps because they have a full day ahead grants as reasons South Frontenac should scheduled to be dedicated to the matter. While have a heritage committee at the time. Council Mayor Vandewal pointed to a few budget elected to form the committee in September, items he felt could be reduced or omitted, the and put out an open call for applications from real debate will take place on Saturday, Nov. 18, when the committee of the whole will mull those who would like to join the committee.

At their most recent meeting, South Fron- over the budget planning for 2018 all day, betenac Council passed a bylaw naming the new ginning at 8 a.m. committee's members. Barbeau and Councillor Pat Barr will sit on the Committee, Barbeau as a member of council, and Barr solely as a member. All members will serve a full year term. The fi ve members of the Heritage Committee are: Linda Caird, Michael Gemmell, David Jefferies, Wilma Kenny and Mark Millar.

At the same meeting, current executive assistant Angela Maddocks was appointed as the new deputy clerk for South Frontenac. The announcement was met with applause and congratulations around the horseshoe, as Maddocks looked on with a smile. “I think it’s a good promotion,� said Mayor Ron Vandewal, noting just how active Maddocks has been in her current role dealing with council and committees. “This change is in full recognition of the role that Angela has fulfi lled and will expand her involvement to include increased responsibility and accountability for supporting all council/ committee meetings,� the report to council from CAO Wayne Orr read.

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A 35-year-old man whom Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) searched for in Frontenac County is currently in custody at Quinte Regional Detention Centre.

John Joseph MacDonald, who has connections to the South Frontenac area, was the subject of at least one OPP search op-

eration in Sydenham in September of this year. MacDonald was wanted on a number of charges at the time. In the Frontenac area, he was facing charges for assault with a weapon, and in the Napanee area, he was wanted for two counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and one count of mischief over $5,000.

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In the end, MacDonald is now facing nine charges, according to Const. Juliane Porritt of the Napanee OPP detachment. Those charges are: Three counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 (Napanee) Driving while disqualified, as he has been criminally charged with something that no longer allows him to drive (Napanee) Adult mischief over $5,000 (Napanee) Assault with a weapon (Frontenac) Failing to comply with probation (Frontenac) Adult sexual assault on a person under the age of 16 “Right now, he’s in front of the courts for all of that,” Porritt said.

MacDonald has already appeared in court once on Tuesday, Nov. 7, and will return to court in Napanee at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday,John Joseph MacDonald, 35, is currently in the custody of the OPP and being held at Quinte Regional Nov. 21.

Detention Centre. MacDonald was the subject of an

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According to county council’s direction, Frontenac Paramedic Services staffed 265 days in 2016, 315 days tstaff ord@metroland.com in 2017, and then finally 365 days per Despite a lot of discussion both year beginning on January 1, 2018. on the island and the mainland, the The paramedics cover 24 hours a day, fact that Wolfe Island will have 24/7 but it is important that people underambulance service 365 days a year stand what that really means, Charbeginning January of 2018 is “old bonneau underlined.

“People have to understand that news.”

“This decision was made by [when] we say staffed 24 hours, that [County] Council in the fall of 2015, it is eight hours on site, and 16 hours so this is not new,” said Paul Char- on call,” he said.

“That makes a difference to the rebonneau, chief of Frontenac Paramedic Services, which took over the sponse time.”

Charbonneau said that Frontenac formerly volunteer-run ambulance service on Wolfe Island beginning in Paramedics face “an unusual situation” when it comes to staffing para2016.

“There’s been a lot of uproar on medics for Wolfe Island shifts. No the island lately about the fact that members of the Frontenac Paramedtheir ambulance is not staffed all the ics live on Wolfe Island, so the County had to build ‘The Cottage,’ a twotime,” Charbonneau continued.

“Well, I’m sorry. Council made a bedroom apartment in the building direction, and I follow council’s di- behind the Wolfe Island Fire/Ambulance Station. That way, a Paramedic rection.”

That direction was the result of from “off-island” accepts a whole the decision made in late 2015 to shift and gets paid salary for eight have Frontenac Paramedic Services hours of a day. For the remaining 16 take over Wolfe Island’s volunteer hours, the paramedic is on ‘standby’ ambulance service, which began op- (or ‘on call’) in The Cottage, Charerating in 1947. Due to the financial bonneau explained, and, should that implications associated with chang- paramedic get called out, they receive ing Wolfe Island’s ambulance ser- four hours of pay at time and a half.

“That’s the staffi ng model,” he vices over to Frontenac Paramedic Services, Frontenac County Council said.

“Our on-site response time is two elected to ‘phase in’ the take over of ambulance services on the island at minutes or less, and our on-call response time is 10 minutes or less.” the time, Charbonneau explained.

So, although nothing has actu“The cost of doing this… was in the neighbourhood of $180,000, so ally changed in terms of the plan for Council decided to phase it in over paramedic staffi ng on Wolfe Island, three years,” he said, explaining that it is true that the island will have an the approximate $55,000 for the final on staff Frontenac paramedic all stage of the phase in is already in the day, every day – either on site or on county’s budget for next year, which standby – beginning on January 1 of will be finalized in the coming weeks. next year.

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Please be aware that a building permit is now required for all new Outdoor Solid Fuel Burning Appliances as per By-law 2017-50. Give the Building Department a call at 613-376-3027 for further information and see the Township website for the application.

FALL HOUR CHANGES

Winter hours are now in place for the Green Bay Disposal Site - Fridays ONLY- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. It will NOT be open on Sunday mornings.This site is for tagged household garbage and recycling only.

WINTER HOURS, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT

The depot will be open on November 23rd from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Open dates will be published monthly in this banner. Please remember that accepted items are hazardous materials, small electronics and bale wrap only. A full listing of accepted materials may be found on our website under Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling/ Household Hazardous Waste.

TOWN HALL UPCOMING MEETINGS

• Council – November 21, 2017 • Committee of the Whole – November 28, 2017 • Committee of the Whole (Budget)– November 18, 2017 at 8:00 am

POLICE SERVICES BOARD

The South Frontenac Police Services Board Annual Public Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 7:00 pm Council Chambers, 4432 George St, Sydenham.

This is your opportunity to meet the members of your Police Services Board and to discuss policing priorities for the year 2018.

CAREERS – BUILDING INSPECTOR

For details on the Building Inspector position, please visit our website under Town Hall/Careers. Deadline for applications is Friday, November 17, 2017 at 4:00 pm.

CAREERS – CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL

For details on the Chief Building Official position, please visit our website under Town Hall/Careers. Deadline for applications is Friday, November 17, 2017 at 4:00 pm.

THINGS TO DO EVENTS CALENDAR

Check out the events calendar on the home page of our website for community events happening in South Frontenac.

PUBLIC SKATING AT FRONTENAC COMMUNITY ARENA

Invite a friend and come out to the Frontenac Community Arena and enjoy a leisurely skate every Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00 am (The Arena now allows the use of strollers during the Parent and Pre-School Skate on Wednesdays) and Sundays from 1:00 pm to 2:20 pm The cost is $2.00 per person and a CSA approved helmet with screen is recommended. For more information see their website www.frontenacarena.com.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Attention Harrowsmith Residents: For details on financial assistance to improve building conditions and land use, see the website - Open for Business/ Planning and Development/Community Improvement Plan. This includes façade improvement such as cladding materials, windows and doors, reports to masonry and brickwork, façade restoration, painting and cleaning, signage.

NEWS AND PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PROCEDURAL BY-LAW

Council is proposing changes to the procedural by-law, specifically the number of meetings per month and the provision for delegation status in addition to changes required until Bill 68. The document will be presented at the November 14 Committee of the Whole meeting. For details on the proposed changes visit the website under “News and Public Notices”. Members of the public are encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by presenting to Council on Tuesday, November 28, contact the Clerk’s office at Extension 2222 to be placed on the agenda. Alternatively, written submissions may be forwarded to the Clerk’s Office via admin@southfrontenac.net.

Requests to present to Council and/or written submissions must be received by noon on Thursday, November 23rd, 2017.

MARKING CANADA 150, ONTARIO 150 WITH COMMUNITY TIME CAPSULE PROJECT- ITEMS WANTED

As a way to commemorate this historic year in Canadian history, the Township of South Frontenac is putting together a time capsule to be buried at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. The time capsule will be opened in 50 years on Canada’s bicentennial. Residents of South Frontenac are invited to submit items to be included in the time capsule. Items should be significant to this year in South Frontenac and be around the size of an average adult’s fist. Residents are encouraged to get creative and reflect on highlights of the year. Items like USB sticks will be accepted, although be mindful that in 50 years, that technology maybe obsolete. Photographs, newspaper clippings, local sports memorabilia, diaries, favorite recipes, ticket stubs and similar items are encouraged. Anything organic or that can erode, rubber, metal paper clips, staples and anything with an internal battery that cannot be removed is discouraged. The items need to meet some requirements for preservations purposes and will be returned to the sender if they do not fit the requirements.

Items will be collected from now until December 21st and can be dropped off at Town Hall in Sydenham in the Recreation Department.

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In Our Opinion

Children’s books: The good, the bad and the insufferable

After five and a half years of being a mom, I consider myself something of an expert when it comes to children’s books. Every night before bed, I read Summer at least two books, and I’ve found that some are decidedly better than others.

Virtually all of the children’s picture books I enjoy share most or all of the following qualities: -They’re short -There are rhymes and/or repetitive sections -The illustrations are colourful and interesting -The storyline is relatable to a child, with familiar, everyday kid challenges, but also drifts into the realm of makebelieve at some point(s) -The story doesn’t have a “moral� to it so much as a general feeling, that leaves the child (and the parent) laughing or smiling or glowing on the inside, marvelling at the magic of literature.

(Ok, ok, I know.)

Thankfully, many of the books Summer likes fall into these categories. Some of our mutual favourites are by Phoebe Gilman (Jillian Jiggs, Red is Best) and Robert Munsch (they’re all so great, but especially Something Good, Stephanie’s Ponytail, The Paper Bag Princess, I'll Love You Forever). Lately we’ve also been loving Big Sister, Little Monster

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and River Rose and the Magical Lullaby, which was written by Kelly Clarkson (the singer).

There are books that neither of us loves but that we mutually agree to tolerate when we need a change, such as the Berenstain Bears series. I find most of these books are too long and didactic, but they remind me of my own childhood and are okay in small doses.

There are the books I love but Summer isn’t crazy about – specifically The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, and any of the chapter books I’ve tried to read to her but she’s not yet ready for (Harry Potter, Charlotte’s Web, Ramona Quimby, Age 8). She pretends to like them because she’s agreeable and wants to please me, but I can tell she misses having pictures on every page.

Then there are the books Summer likes but I’m not crazy about. About a year ago, I told her I would not be reading any more stories about either Clifford the Big Red Dog or Curious George. “Those books are for babies, and you’re a big girl now�, I told her, which was code for “if mommy has to read one more of these tedious and uninspired storylines she is going to scream.�

I will say, though, that Clifford and Curious George are a (tiny) step above the tomes of Disney spinoff stories, of which our family owns three and which she often wants to read. At least Clifford and Curious George are short(ish).

The Disney spinoffs are each about 20 pages long, with lots of boring sentences on each page that meld into something that I suppose sort of resembles a story. Some examples of the plotlines: Cinderella loses her ring and the mice have to help her find it. Where could it be? Is it here? Here? Here? Oh look, there it is!

After marrying her prince, Snow White likes to sneaks back to the seven dwarfs’ cabin to clean up. She sweeps the floor. She fluffs the pillows.

Then she leaves before the dwarfs get home and they wonder who cleaned up.

All the toys in Toy Story have a campout in the backyard. They come to life and make shadow puppets on the tent wall when the little girl goes in for supper. The toys have fun at the backyard campout.

I find giving Summer opportunities to discover new books through regular trips to the library can make her temporarily forget about the Disney spinoffs, but sometimes we get lazy.

Mostly, though, I’m glad that she enjoys our time reading. I’m not sure if books will be quite the obsession for her that they’ve always been for me, but the interest is there.

I suppose we’ll go through it all again with Everly in the near future. Hopefully Summer’s own reading is strong enough by then that I can delegate the inevitable Clifford and Curious George readings to her.

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Last month, Liberal MPP Yvan Baker presented a private member’s bill aimed at combating distracted walkers in the province – that’s right, not distracted drivers, but distracted walkers.

The Phones Down, Heads Up At – or zombie bill, as it is being called – would impose fines for anyone caught using a cell phone or electronic device while crossing the street. But we have to wonder, is this really necessary?

According to research done to support the bill, in the first nine months of this year, 25 pedestrians died on Toronto streets and last year, 43 pedestrians were hit and killed on city streets.

According to Ontario’s chief coroner, 11 out of 95 pedestrian deaths in 2010 involved people distracted by a cellphone or electronic device and a 2015 Toronto Public Health report found inattentive pedestrians were 40 per cent more likely to be struck.

So yes, this is a concern, but it still feels like something that is insignificant in the grand scheme of distracted activities related to electronic devices.

It seems that this isn’t only a concern in Ontario though; rising pedestrian deaths have prompted other jurisdictions to pass laws targeting distracted walking. Last month, Honolulu became the first U.S. city to ban people from texting or using digital devices while crossing roads and last February, the city of Montreal also called on the Quebec government to make it illegal for pedestrians to text while crossing intersections.

We understand that this is a concern for many people, but it also seems that this type of law would be incredibly difficult to enforce.

It is hard enough to enforce a distracted driving law and this bill seems to be asking police to man every intersection to enforce it.

Furthermore, distracted drivers are putting multiple people at risk with their carelessness, while pedestrians crossing the street distractedly seem to be just putting themselves at risk. And shouldn’t being potentially hit by a car be more of an incentive to stop that type of behaviour than a $50 fine?

It is clear that a lot more needs to be considered before this bill goes any further and we can’t see a ‘zombie law’ coming into effect anytime soon.

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As I write this, a ladybug is crawling across my computer screen. This is the time of year when ladybugs try to find a warm place to spend the winter. They like to hibernate in groups.

As a farmer, I rely on ladybugs.

They are tiny but voracious predators of aphids and other garden pests. We encourage ladybugs whenever possible.

We also know that many of the beneficial insects that farmers depend on—like ladybugs, bumble bees, and various pollinators—are in trouble. The plight of bees and the problem of colony collapse disorder has been widely reported on.

But a three-decade study of 63 nature reserves in Germany has found that the problem is even more serious—and more widespread— than we previously thought.

Researchers from Raboud University and the Krefeld Entomological Society spent 27 years trapping flying insects of many species in mesh funnels called “malaise traps”. While they examined individual insects, they also weighed the insects collectively to measure their total biomass.

Their results—published a few weeks ago—are genuinely starting.

They found that over 27 years, insect populations dropped by 75 per cent.

During mid-summer, when insects are usually most numerous, the decline was even worse: a whopping 82 per cent loss over three de-

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They also found that the number of species caught had decreased; biodiversity was becoming diminished.

Because the study happened in 63 different nature preserves, the problem isn’t a single area of habitat loss. Nor can weather explain the long-term trend. Researchers speculate that the major cause could be intensive agriculture around the nature areas, and especially the use of new and more powerful pesticides like neonicotinoids. We also know that the proliferation of genetically modified crops has led to the use of more pesticide, rather than less.

We have reason to believe insect populations are falling all around the world. And that’s alarming, because our ecosystems depend on insects. Insects break down waste and build soil, they are food for songbirds and fish, they pollinate both our food crops and wild plants.

Damage to the insects at the base of an ecosystem will be passed all the way up the food chain. Our entire biosphere would collapse without insects. And yet, global insect populations are being decimated in ways that most of us aren’t even aware of.

Insects are rarely a centerpiece of environmental campaigns. People love to look at pictures of polar bears, or whales, or baby seals. But how many people will march in the streets to protect dung beetles or termites? Those creatures, though unpopular, are crucial contributors to their respective habitats.

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What does the insect population crash mean for us?

wouldn’t mind if the world had fewer insects in it, consider this: the loss of habitat for wild insects is actually encouraging the insects who cause the most pain and suffering for humans.

Insects like bedbugs and cockroaches adapt to the pesticides used to kill them. And new subspecies of mosquitoes have developed in in subway tunnels in cities like London; they reproduce more easily and breed all year round instead of going dormant in the winter.

We’re not going to live in a world without insects; but we could very well live in a world that favours the most unpleasant insects.

When facing global ecological collapse, it’s easy to get caught in a “malaise trap” of our own. But there are things we can do to take action on wild insect protection— the easiest step is to reduce the amount of pesticides used in agriculture.

The use of neonicotinoid pes- Kids learn about ladybugs at Rad Kids Farm Camp.

Photo by Marie Bencze ticides was recently restricted in Ontario after concerns were raised by conservation groups and the National Farmers Union. That kind of high-level policy change is important.

We can also make changes in our own lives, by trying to eat more organic food when possible. Future generations may not care if we eat healthy food—but they’ll definitely care if we make choices to protect the insects our biosphere depends on.

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Trans Canada Pipeline cancelled for economic reasons Jeff Scott THE COUNTRYSIDE VIEW Having grown up on a TransCanada Pipeline’s natural gas compressor station in northwestern Ontario, it is not surprising that I have taken a great interest in their Energy East pipeline project. Two years ago, they proposed

to convert the oldest of their three pipelines to carry oil from the Alberta oilsands projects across 4,000 kilometres of the country to supply oil refineries in Montreal, Quebec City and Saint John. This would be a great national project to utilize an unused pipeline to transport Canadian oil to Canadian oil refineries.

The company started an environmental review of the project, but came up against opposition from environmentalists, native bands and municipal governments along the route.

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Quebec claims that they would be getting all of the risk with little benefit from the pipeline.

Alberta countered that Quebec didn’t mind getting billions of dollars’ worth of transfer payments created by this same oil. Recriminations came from all sides for the loss of a $15.7 billion dollar project that would not only keep eastern refineries open, but also would keep the Alberta oil industry going. But this is not the actual reason for the cancelling of the project.

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The lithium ion battery has changed the future of oil dramatically. The electrical storage of these batteries has increased significantly in the last decade. A car can now be expected to travel at least 300 kilometres on a charge, and that will soon be increased to 1,000 kilometres. It is very seldom that someone will be travelling farther than that in a day and in fact, most cars live a dog`s life being driven only to work and to shop. Most often, they sit in a parking space unused. The price of a battery for a car has also changed dramatically, with a decrease from $33,000 to $5,000 in just 10 years. Cars and trucks use most of the oil that comes out of the ground, and when electric cars become more prevalent, there will be far less need for oil. Why would a pipeline company want to invest in transporting oil when oil demand is going to steadily drop? An interesting comparison is the use of coal, which was the fuel of the 19th century for trains. They did not stop using coal because they ran out of it, but because it was dirty, inconvenient and expensive to operate as a fuel. Diesel fuel was far more convenient, cleaner and easier to operate than coal steam engines, therefore coal was abandoned as a vehicle fuel.

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These are the factors that are going to doom the oil industry.

China is quickly and dramatically taking to electric cars. They will be producing one million electric cars next year and they expect to be making seven million per year by 2025. They have incredible incentives to adopt electric cars. The air pollution in

Chinese cities is absolutely appalling. The best way to deal with this is to replace the internal combustion engine and the use of gasoline. China imports its oil, which means that huge amounts of money are leaving their country to buy from foreign markets. This also leaves them at the mercy of foreign powers that can easily cut off their energy supply, which makes them very vulnerable. The cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin are next to the ocean on very low flat land. Global warming from the burning of oil is increasing the ocean levels

and a rise of just two metres would wipe these cities out and displace 93 million people. They have little experience in making vehicles and as such import most of their vehicles from Europe and North America. If they develop their own home grown electric vehicles, they can effectively block foreign vehicles from their market. This is why the large car companies are now scrambling to make electric cars. China therefore has no love for oil.

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If you are looking to get a haircut in Kingston, you may want to wait until later this month. On Nov. 22, James Brett Coiffure in downtown Kingston is hosting a Cut-a-Thon and according to salon coordinator, Maeghan Callaghan, staff are hoping this event will be their most successful yet.

"Normally we raise just over $2000 and our goal this year is $2500 which is 100 haircuts," she said. "It sounds like a lot, but I think we can do it."

For the past few years the salon has been holding cut-a-thons to benefit local charities and this year they have chosen Pathways to Education, a local charity geared to helping more and more teens graduate in the area.

"One of our clients used to work for Pathways and she was telling one of our stylists about the work they do a few years ago and the stylist was so inspired they wanted to do something to help out," explained Callaghan. "The cause is very near and dear to us and a lot of us do live right here in Kingston and we like to contribute to the community and see organizations that are promoting positive change thrive."

So what exactly is a cut-a-thon?

"We pile in as many people as we can and it

is cheap haircuts for everyone," explained Callaghan. "We know that we are not the cheapest salon in Kingston and so a $25 haircut here is a pretty big deal."

At the event, cuts cost $25, blow drys and mini manicures are $20 and 100 per cent of the proceeds go to the charitable organization of choice.

"All the staff take the time off of work and they all volunteer their time to be here and then all the service profits go towards the cause," said Callaghan. "We also have an anonymous corporate donor that will match whatever we raise so it could potentially be $5000."

In the past, the salon has donated proceeds to groups like Kingston Interval House and the Humane Society and for them, the day is simply about giving back to the community that supports them.

"People come and spend their money with us and we want to give back to the community we thrive in," said Callaghan. "We all have fun because the stylists are doing what they love and doing it for a great cause and the community members are getting a cheap haircut for a good cause and everyone loves it - it is a haircut that makes you look good and feel good."

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Gananoque resident Jack Keyes has been donating to University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) for many years. He often donates to help purchase new equipment, but this year his donation has a different purpose.

“Earlier this year something happened that changed my thinking about the kind of impact I wanted my gifts to have on patients in our community,” he explained.

Keyes explained that his own daughter, Kathy, passed away in 2012 and while he was originally told that it was from cardiac arrest, he recently learned that she had been suffering from depression and chose to take her own life.

“I was devastated and all of us were heartbroken to lose her at such a young age - she was only 46,” he said. “And this was a very difficult thing to learn about my daughter. If you had known her, you would have thought of her as a happy, fun loving, energetic person. I am very sad to think that she found herself overwhelmed with depression and that I didn’t know she was struggling.”

Reflecting on the situation, Keyes decided that he wanted to help those suffering from mental illness in the Kingston community. He decided to donate $100,000 to establish an endowment fund supporting inpatient and outpatient mental health at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and on Nov. 8 he presented the funds to the hospital.

“I decided to make my 2017 gift in memory of my daughter Kathy and in honour of all the patients in our community that are battling mental illness of all kinds,” he said at the presentation.

Kathy’s daughter and Keyes’s granddaughter, Sarah Ross, was also in attendance at the cheque presentation and she explained her own struggles

with mental illness.

“After my mom died, mental health became a big part of my life. It has affected me in many ways and in ways I never imagined,” she said.

“Back in 2012 we didn’t tell anyone about how my mother died, the three of us – my brother, dad and myself – we didn’t even really know how to bring it up to each other.”

Ross explained that this led to her own experiences with depression and eventually hospitalization in Peterborough, where she attends university.

“I was there for 12 days and I was able to learn coping mechanisms to help improve my mental health,” she said. “Many like my mom and myself at first believe that we are the only ones experiencing this and being able to find people to relate to my struggle was huge to my recovery. It allowed me the courage to share my own story and help others.”

The endowment fund created by Keyes is aimed specifically at helping patients like his daughter and granddaughter recover. He explained that it will help purchase things that aren’t supplied through government funding.

“Things like Christmas decorations or art supplies to allow patients to participate in art therapy,” he said. “I won’t know which patients will benefit directly from my gift, but I know they will be someone’s daughter or brother or friend and I hope that they will feel that I have made my family care about them, that this community cares about them and that this will give them hope.”

Mike McDonald, executive vice-president of patient care and community partnerships at KHSC was also on hand at the presentation and he explained that a gift like this will make a huge impact on patients.

“Over the last four years there has been about a 30 per cent increase of patients that are presenting in the emergency department with mental health

and addiction issues,” he said. “A gift like this helps make their stay easier and relieves stress and that is invaluable.”

Keyes hopes that it will give people struggling with mental health issues at KHSC joy, and he also hopes that the fund helps make them feel less alone.

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KCVI, golf club and video store among BIA’s 2017 Christmas pewter ornaments

BY BILL HUTCHINS

Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) is making a comeback, of sorts.

The venerable Kingston high school that is set to close soon has been immortalized in pewter.

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The BIA decided to reissue the ornament, which was first distributed 20 years ago, in recognition of the school’s milestone anniversary and the fact it won’t remain a school for much longer.

“The idea behind it is that it’s celebrating 225 years and it’s closing in another year. 1997 was when we issued it originally.

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Coincidentally, council officially designated KCVI a heritage building on the same night that its namesake ornament was unveiled.

This marks the 24th year the BIA has singled out notable Kingston landmarks to hang on your Christmas tree. New to the holiday staple list this year include: — 1822 Bishop’s House, connected to the west section of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library facing Bagot Street; — Classic Video store on Clarence Street, which is marking 30 years in business; — A-One Clothing building at Princess and King streets, which is marking 70 years in business; — Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, which is celebrating 100 years in operation.

One new ornament will go on sale every Monday from Nov. 13 until Dec. 11.

They can be purchased at the Ontario Street Visitor Centre, Rogers K-Rock Centre or Grand Theatre for $10 each — upon presentation of $25 worth of purchase receipts from a downtown business, such as a restaurant, a store, a salon or even a medical clinic.

“This program continues to be extremely popular,” said Barry Keefe, who joined Macdonald in unveiling this year’s collection of holiday ornaments at city council on Nov. 7.

With five significant buildings or landmarks selected every year for 24 years, you’d think the BIA is running short of places to recognize. Not so, according to Macdonald.

“Surprisingly, no, we haven’t run out of ideas. Every year, we always have wonderful suggestions from the community and the Frontenac Heritage Foundation.”

Macdonald said the ornaments remain as popular as ever, though some never make it onto a tree. “There’s a lot of people who collect them from all over the country. People actually have them in their original packaging from day one.”

She hinted at something special to mark the pewter’s silver anniversary in 2018, by possibly reissuing some of the most popular ornaments over the years. Previous bestsellers include the Gaskin Lion, the town crier, Kingston Penitentiary, the Time sculpture and the Tragically Hip commemorative stone. All of those sold out quickly when they were first issued.

“You never know. Next year is our 25th anniversary, so maybe we’ll do something like that for our celebration.”

The BIA has never revealed how many ornaments it orders for sale each year, but said it’s “several hundred” for each one.

Aside from KCVI, the only other ornament to be reissued so far is Kingston City Hall. It was sold in the program’s inaugural year and then rereleased about 10 years later.

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the intrusion. In the end, the break and enter and theft will cost Barker well over $2,000 for the clean up, installation of a safe and beefed-up security syststaff ord@metroland.com tem (which has already been done), and the replaceAfter a day of travel and time change, Kristine ment decals and glass. But it was that last item that Barker was turning in for the night, the first three made Barker wonder if she was the only business on a much-needed weekend vacation… which, un- owner targeted by this particular thief or group of thieves. fortunately, involved very little relaxation.

“The person who came to install the temporary Barker, the owner and operator of Perfetta Skin Therapy and Medispa, was in California, taking pane of glass mentioned to one of our employees some time to herself away from work and day-to- that he’d replaced a number of glass doors recently, day stress. She’d hardly taken time off since open- which had been broken in a similar way – Kingsing Perfetta – in fact, before departing, Barker had ton Police determined that the culprit(s) in the inbeen planning Perfetta’s annual open house, which cident at Perfetta used a brick to break the glass in marks the anniversary of the business opening. the main door next to both sets of locks in order to This year’s event will mark the five years Perfetta gain entry.

“So, in conjunction with our crime analyst, we’re has been in business.

But as Barker was getting some sleep on her monitoring trends in the west end, and we are seefirst night away, her vacation was abruptly derailed ing an influx in the last month in similar incidents when she received a phone call at 5 a.m. local time. with the same MO – that being smashed storeHere in Kingston, it was about 8 a.m., and Barker’s fronts, commercial storefronts, where the target is landlord was calling to let her know the front door cashboxes or cash registers,” Det. Chad Parslow of of her business had been smashed in two spots. the Kingston Police confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. Thus began the rest of Barker’s non-vacation, as 8.

“We actually just had a meeting about this probshe spent hours on the phone with the landlord, Kingston Police, her alarm company, her employ- ably earlier this afternoon because we’ve been monitoring this… I think we’re at the point now, like I ees and her husband.

Over the next few hours, Barker learned that it say, because we have been hit more frequently in the wasn’t just the front door of her business that was last month, we want to get it out to the media that hit. Whoever had broken the window did so in or- if anybody can provide any kind of information by der to break into the business, where they stole a way of contacting the police directly or by way of nothing but the cash box before fleeing the scene. CrimeStoppers, it would definitely be of assistance.”

Parslow said the number of break and enters The incident appears to have been targeted, according to both Barker and Kingston Police, as it with theft from businesses in the west end of Kingsseems the person(s) responsible for the theft and ton has been on the rise for the past month. He break and enter knew exactly where the cash box pointed to a recent incident at Leading Edge Hobwas stored. It’s that part of the whole ordeal that bies on Gardiners Road as a similar instance. There, hit Barker harder than anything, including the over on Monday, Nov. 6, two persons wearing masks were caught on video surveillance at the store, $2,000 the incident will end up costing her.

“It’s just really disappointing and sad, especially where the front glass door was smashed to gain acbecause it’s someone who has been in here, as a cess to the business. Four high-end drones and one customer or someone who knows one of us... It’s radio control buggy were stolen.

“The person or persons seem to be targeting somebody we’ve probably talked to,” Barker said, noting that the thief specifically targeted the hidden areas where they have some knowledge of,” said cashbox, so they had to have known where it was Parslow.

Which is exactly what upsets Barker the most kept. A variety of other valuables and the business’ about what happened to her, and why she wants to products were seemingly untouched. share her story with other business owners so they “It’s very disheartening.”

Barker, who had recently completed renovating can be aware.

“I do take it personally, because I’m the one that and expanding Perfetta Skin Therapy and Medispa, said the alarm was not trigged due to the fact owns this business. That money is personally comone side of her building had yet to be wired with ing out of my bank account,” said Barker, who is alarm sensors. A closed door prevented motion sen- very active within the community and contributes sors on the other side of the building from sensing to countless charities and fundraisers held by her

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fellow small business owners.

“Crimes like this affect peoples’ lives… I’m very protective of my staff, and I want this to be a safe environment for my staff and for people to come.

It’s very violating when someone does something like that.”

Now, Barker is just hoping other business owners will be vigilant and aware of the recent spike in crimes. She’s already back, hard at work, and has even had to replace some money that was to be donated to Interval House’s Robin’s Hope Charity, the charity benefitting from Perfetta’s fifth anniversary open house, which will still take place on Thursday,

Nov. 16.

“Hopefully, that event will help us all bounce back a little,” Barker said.

“We can only move forward from here.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Detective Chad Parslow at 613-549-4660 ext. 6245 or via email at cparslow@kingstonpolice.ca.

You can also provide tips anonymously by calling the Kingston Police general number 613-5494660 ext. 0 and asking to be anonymous; or through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Watching Mother get the house ready for the cold blasts of winter, told me that soon the fields would be blanketed with snow as far as the eye could see, and a path would lead us to the barns and the pump in the yard.

The long underwear and navy blue fleecelined bloomers would be ready to replace the flour bag underpants we wore at other times in the year. But Mother, after coming from New York City, to a log house with no amenities, soon found out it took more than the heat from the Findlay Oval to keep the house warm during the long Renfrew county winters.

First, she took the rag bag from behind the kitchen door, cut long strips from ragged underwear no longer fit to wear, or wool sox beyond repair, and laid everything out on the kitchen table. Then with a kitchen knife, she stuffed every window frame in the kitchen, so that not a breath of air could come in, while preventing heat from going out.

When she finished, the window looked like it had been wrapped for Christmas, framed in every colour in the rainbow.

Out bed sheets would be replaced with flannelette, which I thought were more than a step up from the four flour bags sewn together to cover our feather mattresses and separate us from the tickings on top. They came from Eatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catalogue, and apart from their warmth, I loved the wide coloured strips on either end of each sheet.

Mother would bring in from the summer kitchen the same four bricks that had been stacked out there since Spring, and they would be put on the back of the cook stove after supper had been cleared away so that by the time we went upstairs to bed, they would be hot...too hot to handle, so would be wrapped in newspaper and then in a towel. Just before we crawled into bed, Mother would put the hot bricks in our beds to take away the chill that never seemed to leave the upstairs of our old log house. Sometime through the night, and I could never catch her at it, my sister Audrey with whom I shared the bed, would remove the bricks when they had lost their heat, and in the morning I would see them stacked at the stair step to be taken back down to the kitchen.

And when it was obvious that winter was here to stay, the parlour, the smallest room in the house, would be closed off. A braided rug would be rolled and placed on the floor tight to the door to keep the precious heat in the kitchen.

The parlour would only be opened if it was our turn to host the Saturday night party, when hopefully enough heat from the kitchen would warm it up before neighbours moved in to play euchre.

With no foundation under the house, the floors were always cold and drafty. Aunt Bertha, our next door neighbour showed Mother how to make simple felt slippers, which were really only two pieces of felt held together with blanket-stitching, but helped a little to keep our feet warm. But when we sat around the old pine table at night, we each had our own cushion to put under our feet as well.

Father, of course, never complained about the cold house. At night he sat in the

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When the serious blasts of winter finally came to Northcote, the pine table, which at other times sat in front of the window looking out to the grape arbour, was moved out from that wall, more into the middle of the kitchen when we had our meals, or after supper when we sat around it involved in the amusements that helped us wile away the time before we climbed the stairs for bed.

The kitchen, the biggest room in the house, would be as warm as toast in the evening. I knew before he went to bed, Father would stoke the Findlay Oval, wait for it to catch so we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a flu fire, and as winter closed in around us, everything that could be done, had been done to help us through the long and bitterly cold winters of Renfrew county.

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Strong cast gives off good vibes in latest Marvel production ning through Thor: Ragnarok. It's in the music, the look and the style of the movie, and as someone who grew up on those kinds of sci-fi films, I loved it.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has had dreams about the prophesied end of Asgard, Ragnarok. So he returns home to confer with his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins). However, MARK HASKINS instead of finding his father he finds Loki (Tom Hiddleston) masquerading as Odin.

Thor drags Loki to Earth to find their father. Once they find him, Odin greets his sons with sombre news. He's dying, and with his passing their sister Hela (Cate Blanchett), the goddess of death, will be released. As Odin's life force leaves this plane a portal opens and Hela steps through.

This first meeting of siblings goes badly for Thor and Loki. They get exiled to a distant planet ruled by the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). While Loki ingratiates himself, Thor is captured by INSULATION Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and forced All Sizes From R 12 Building Centre to fight in the Grandmaster's Contest.

Meanwhile Hela is decimating the warstarting at 35¢/sq. ft. riors of Asgard. Only Heimdall (Idris FAMILY OWNED CASH & CARRY Elba) still stands trying to protect those FOR OVER who remain. If Thor is going to save his DISCOUNT home he'll need to convince the Hulk, Valkyrie and Loki to help. If Asgard falls the galaxy falls.

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An epic movie deserves an epic cast. Jeff Goldblum might actually be the Grandmaster, and Tessa Thompson has some serious swagger as Valkyrie. Idris Elba has taken Heimdall far beyond anything he was in the comic books, and Karl Urban is perfect as the Executioner.

Tom Hiddleston remains my favourite. He's everything Loki should be. He's cunning, mischievous, ruthless and yet, despite it all, he's still Thor's brother.

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Chris Hemsworth is Thor. He's mastered the role. You see it in the ease with which he handles the humour, and the strength he commands as the hero.

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When the temperature goes below freezing the left front wheel area knocks when I drive over road cracks and small holes. The colder it gets the louder it knocks. I've had it into the dealer six times and aside from replacing a small part, which didn't cure the problem, they could find nothing wrong.

I've had it happen already this fall, and as my warranty is coming to an end I wondered if you had any ideas PM Thanks for the question. The most common noise causes for this vehicle are the stabilizer bar links and they are relatively easy to diagnose and replace. In rare cases, steering column bushings and steering racks have found to be the culprits. That being said, often one of the hardest jobs any tech has to handle is a noise concern because

it’s not always obvious or easy to ‘see’ the cause of the problem. When the noise is intermittent, such as in this case, more than a few strands of hair get pulled out. There is a rather low tech piece of equipment that can be helpful in a lot of cases. It usually goes under the name ‘mechanics ears’. It’s simply a set of several microphones wired to a small pocket-sized amp with a speaker and selector switch. A tech will place the small clip-on microphones where he or she thinks the source of the noise is likely to be and then road-test the vehicle and switch to the different microphones to narrow down the guilty party.

My best advice is to work with your dealership and leave it with them overnight when the temps are expected to dip below freezing giving them a better chance of duplicating the fault the next morning.

You could always arrange to be there in the morning to road-test the car with the tech to confirm what's happening.

At this time of year a lot of vehicle owners consider rust-proofing or some similar protection package for their vehicle to help slow down the ravages of corrosion. First of all, rust-proofing is rawther a misleading term because if you drive any vehicle during our winters, no matter how much you spent on it and no

matter how good your rust treatment is, it your treatments done in early spring or late will still corrode, plain and simple. About fall to let the cooler weather reduce any the best we can do is to slow down the pro- driveway drips. Most rust-treatment facilicess in order to let our vehicle outlast its ties will make available a cleaner to remove payments (so a better way to refer to these any drips that stick to outer painted body treatments is rust-inhibitor). panels or that may get on a concrete gaThere are many different treatments rage floor and it’s a good idea to pick up a available and all have their pros and cons. bottle to keep on hand.

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