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It is estimated that more than 2 million people took part in similar marches over the course of the day around the world and for local organizer Amber Potter, the turnout in Kingston was more than she ever could have hoped for.

"I expected around 320 people from the Facebook event who said they were coming, but sometimes people say they are coming just to support an event and we really had no idea what to expect," she said following the rally in Market Square. "The turnout was just phenomenal."

It is estimated that close to 2000 community members came out to the march in Kingston, which began at Skeleton Park and peacefully moved down Princess Street before ending in the amphitheater at Market Square. Upon arriving in the square, those in attendance heard from numerous local speakers about the importance of the day including members of Idle No More, Kingston TransFamily, the Sexual Assault Centre, the Ban Righ organization, Queen's Women's and Cultural Studies and more.

The messages relayed from the speakers were ones of inspiration, hope and in some cases anger, but all agreed that the day was about more than just Trump.

"It is bigger than Trump and I think that is what a lot of the speakers were trying to get at," said Potter. "He is only one person, but it is the support that he has that is scary and the people that agree with him that are scary. A lot of the speakers mentioned the fact that a lot of these issues were happening before Trump and this is just the breaking point that is now bringing people out of their homes and together."

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Mayor back from China trip with another business coming

BY BILL HUTCHINS

News - The first Kingston mayor to make an international trip in over 30 years didn't come home empty-handed.

Mayor Bryan Paterson led a municipal delegation on a weeklong visit to China to tour the facilities owned by Feihe International, a Chinese company that recently announced a

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$225 million investment in Kingston.

"Together we met with company officials to enhance our relationship with Feihe and made important business and political connections," said Mayor Paterson upon his return.

Paterson revealed that another company will be moving to Kingston to do business with Feihe, though he won't disclose the name of the company or the nature of its business until a future date. However, he says it won't be on the same scale as the Feihe investment.

The mayor also says the trip could spawn other investments.

"Our business connections and positive relationship with Feihe has already sparked interest from other companies interested in expanding to the Canadian market."

Feihe is currently ramping up to build a massive infant formula manufacturing plant and research and development facility in the city's Cataraqui Estates Business Park. The site will employ over 200 people, mainly drawn from the local workforce.

The mayor says the trip cost local taxpayers thousands of dollars, but insisted it was worth every penny. He released the list of his tax-funded expenses to drum up new business opportunities.

He says Feihe covered the cost of all ground travel and meals while in China, leaving taxpayers to pay the cost of his airfare and hotels totalling $4,391. The expenses include $2,557 for the international flight plus travel to Toronto, $1,426 for hotels, $323 for a Chinese Visa application fee and $84 in meals.

"The trip expenses will come out of the

travel and conference line of the mayor's office budget," he explained, adding the trip was also necessary to show Kingston's support for Feihe and its big investment.

The trip was at Feihe's invitation, and was discussed when company executives came to Kingston last December to announce the multimillion dollar local investment.

In addition to the mayor, the delegation also included Utilities Kingston president Jim Keech and four members of the city's economic development office including interim president Donna Gillespie and board chair Judith Pineault, plus other officials from the province,

Frontenac County and Queen's University.

The local delegation spent most of the week touring Feihe's plants and the dairy farms that supply the operations.

Kingston's large-scale dairy processing operation, scheduled to open in early 2019, will make infant formula primarily for export to the Chinese market. It will be built on 18 hectares of land at 1316 Centennial Drive in the city's northwest area. The sprawling facility will range from 28 metres to 44 metres in height, with nearly 200 on-site parking spaces.

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Housing redevelopment planned around historic Portsmouth church

BY BILL HUTCHINS

Big plans are in the works for property surrounding Kingston's second-oldest church.

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation wants to redevelop 735743 King St. W. in Portsmouth Village, site of the former Church of the Good Thief, to allow the construction of private housing on the grounds.

"The applicant is proposing to rezone the lands and reconfigure it into six new lots, with one containing the existing church building and five for residential purposes," said a report by IBI

Group, acting on behalf of the church.

The church, built in 1894 from limestone quarried by inmates at nearby Kingston Penitentiary, has sat vacant for several years.

"The Church enjoyed many successful years, however like many churches across Canada, a dwindling congregation, increasingly costly upkeep, and declining numbers in the priesthood led to the Church being closed in November of 2013," said the consultant.

The Catholic archdiocese is proposing to designate the church as a museum, and to rezone the land around it from institutional to resi-

dential. The adjacent parish rectory house and parish hall would each be retained for residential uses.

"All three existing structures, Church, Parish Rectory and Parish Hall are to be retained in their existing form," says a report by city planning director Paige Agnew.

The remaining lands on the halfhectare property would be divided into three individual lots and sold for the construction of single family homes.

Consultants say the housing redevelopment stems from a study of future uses for the property, adding that proceeds from the sale of each land

parcel would be used to repair and maintain the historic stone church.

"Following the closure of the church, a working group began exploring redevelopment opportunities for the site. It was agreed that the church would be retained, however funds would need to be raised to enable the necessary structural repairs to be made to the church," said IBI. Even though the diocese wants to transform the church into a museum and archive, there are no plans to open it to regular public tours. This will allow the museum to offer six parking spaces, instead of the nine spaces required for a standard museum attraction," said IBI's report.

"Through consultation with the church it was determined that the proposed facility will be limited to written archives of church records and that the facility will

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In addition, a traffic study found ample street parking along Baiden Street and McDonald Avenue, toward the back of the property, to accommodate any extra demand from new residential development.

A heritage impact study (HIS) stressed the diocese does not plan to alter the church exterior.

"The HIS concludes the proposed development is a good example of an adaptive reuse of a surplus church building and a continuing use of its related buildings and property. The proposed interventions will have no negative impact on the identified heritage attributes of the former church and presbytery."

The rezoning application, which includes an exemption to the number of required parking spaces, plus reduction of minimum lot area and front yard setbacks, was the focus of a public meeting at city hall Jan. 19. City planners have not yet made a recommendation on the application.

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Thousands join Women’s March Continued from page 1

Potter started organizing the Kingston Women's March as a concerned mother of three teenagers.

She wanted to show her kids that the behavior that is being presented is not okay.

"I didn't want to be apathetic and I didn't want it to be okay that my daughter and sons grow up in a world thinking that these actions are okay," she said. "Me doing this was just to get it out there and show that I wasn't going to stand there and just accept it and today showed me that so many others feel the same way."

It is estimated that more than 250 marches, similar to the one in Kingston, occurred all around the world over the course of the day on Jan. 21, but Potter hopes that the sentiments expressed at the marches extend beyond just one day.

"These types of events create great energy and movement, but what do people do with that energy after?" she said. "I want those who came out today to stay connected to these

issues and I hope they have a drive to do something more. The intention, with the speakers we had, was to share causes locally in our community that people can now direct their energy into helping and supporting."

Potter also hopes that many people continue to remain positive when coming together to discuss issues like sexual assault and indigenous rights and that people continue to stand together.

"Change needs to happen and we need to keep moving forward in a progressive fashion and we need to stay

together in order for things to happen," she said. "We can do all the negative talk we want about how terrible things are, but if you want to go out and do something about it you have to do it in a proactive way and if you are doing something positive, people will want to join you."

Thousands of Kingstonians gathered on Jan. 21 in support of the Women’s March.

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How long should it take to plow your street?

BY BILL HUTCHINS

News - While Kingstonians faced unusually mild weather in mid-January, the city's public works department wants residents to know about its response times during ice and snow storms.

The department has come out with a revised level of service policy to handle winter events.

It states: "The Public Works department will strive, as is reasonably practical, to provide safe and passable winter road and sidewalk conditions for vehicular and pedestrian traffic within the City of Kingston."

Kingston currently maintains approximately

1,954 lane kilometres of roadway and over 520 kilometres of sidewalks and walkways. Based on expected growth patterns, seven kilometres of sidewalks and eight lane kilometres of new roads are added to plowing routes every year.

Staff say they monitor forecasted weather and radar maps at least three times a day, while crews go on patrol to monitor road conditions at least twice a day. "When there is a substantial probability of snow accumulation or ice formation on the roadways and sidewalks, the patrol frequency may increase," according to the policy.

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The city also makes no apologies for plowing snow across freshly-shoveled driveways to the chagrin of homeowners. "It is inevitable that the city's snowplows will create a row of snow across driveways in the normal course of plowing."

Icy road conditions have their own category.

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Sidewalks are also identified in the revised response manual.

"Typically during a winter event, sidewalks will be maintained with available staff not assigned to roadways, until such a time as road and weather conditions allow for additional staff to be diverted from roadway to sidewalk operations."

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Sidewalks and walkways adjacent to highvolume roads or those with high pedestrian volumes get top priority for clearing within 24 hours after a snow event, while other sidewalks that can be cleared with mechanized plow equipment may take up to 48 hours for clearing, and it can be a 72-hour wait for sidewalks that require a blower or hand shovelling to clear.

The time to clear bus shelters following a typical snowfall is supposed to range from 24 to 48 hours, with stops on express routes getting first priority.

When it comes to hauling away mountains of snowbanks that reduce the width of sidewalks and roads, the policy states the downtown area is the first to be cleared as soon as crews are free from plowing duties. The snow removal operations usually happen during the evening and overnight hours on weeknights.

The city has boosted the number of public works staff and equipment in response to growing neighbourhoods and slower-than-expected clearing of sidewalks in past winters. This stemmed from a recent analysis that found public works needs 40 staff for each day and night shift to handle the initial response to a winter storm, but that it was difficult to consistently meet the staffing level due to illness and other factors.

In response, city council agreed to hire three extra staff in 2016 and three more in 2017.

The winter control budget is about $6.6 million this year, almost one-third of the entire public works budget.

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Former Nortel plant ready to become large 1,000-unit subdivision

BY BILL HUTCHINS

News - Kingston's newest subdivision with more than 1,000 homes will soon be ready for construction.

After several modifications and three public meetings, city planners are recommending the necessary rezoning and Official Plan changes to allow Taggart Corporation to start building on the former Nortel industrial site at 700 Gardiners Road, located behind the RioCan Centre.

The final subdivision applications went to the planning committee Jan. 19 for approval, and could be finalized at a subsequent council meeting.

"Staff have been working with the applicant throughout the processing of these applications to achieve greater density and a mix of land uses for this proposed development," according to a report by planning director Paige Agnew.

Here's what Taggart is proposing to build on the sprawling 40.5-hectare property: - Approximately 1,045 residential units including 214 single family homes, 231 row house units, 450 apartment units in three apartment buildings, and 150 senior apartment units, - Five-hectare commercial area to allow uses such as a grocery store, convenience store, post office, bank, restaurant and daycare centre, - 4.9-hectare area dedicated for a potential school, - Two public parks.

Converting the former factory lands into residential uses became a major issue during the lengthy study phase, but Taggarthired consultants concluded the loss of so-called employment lands will have no negative impact on the city's long-term industrial land supply. The study is supported by municipal planners.

"The proposal will provide a variety of different dwelling unit types and represents intensification through the redevelopment of a brownfield site, within close proximity to existing public service facilities," said Agnew's final report.

Council had earlier designated 700 Gardiners Road as a candidate for brownfield cleanup grants and other municipal tax incentives in advance of the final subdivision approvals.

The 500,000-square-foot Nortel factory sat empty for a decade and there was no interest in purchasing it for ongoing industrial uses. The factory has since been demolished, Taggart has stated.

Low-density residential uses will primarily be located in the southeast area of the property adjacent to existing established neighbourhoods. Medium- and high-density uses will then transition to the west toward the existing RioCan Centre and the proposed district commercial uses toward the northern por-

tion of the site, staff explained.

The subdivision has been reviewed in detail to ensure connectivity within the development and with adjacent developed areas, and it will provide better pedestrian routes through the neighbourhood and improve access to transit locations. The addition of a commercial area within the subdivision will also help serve the needs of future residents who live there, staff added.

Taggart, through its residential arm Tamarack, plans to develop the new subdivision in phases based on market demand.

The land set aside for a new school - located roughly in the centre of the proposed subdivision - is contingent on a school board making a decision to develop the site within five years, otherwise it could be rezoned for additional residential uses, according to the draft plan of subdivision.

Increased traffic is another concern that the developer addressed in studies, noting the vast subdivision will have several new road connections to Taylor Kidd Blvd., Bexley Gate, Wheathill Street, Swanfield Street, and through upgraded roads connected to the adjacent RioCan shopping centre.

"The road network has been designed to limit the ability for cut-through traffic from local roads," said Agnew.

In addition, the city says it has addressed public concerns to control the width of driveways and the location of garages so the streetscape is not dominated by these features. The streets will be 20 metres wide, instead of the original plan for 18 metres, to better accommodate parked cars, snow clearing and tree planting.

And, all construction vehicles will have to

access the site off Taylor-Kidd Blvd. and not area residential streets, said city officials.

The Nortel plant, formerly Northern Telecom, opened in 1971. The plant was one of Kingston's largest private sector employers until the once-mighty telecommunications giant went bankrupt in 1999. The plant was shuttered in 2003.

In the years since Nortel closed, the area around the plant has been transformed into the RioCan Centre to the west and south, while more homes have sprouted up along the site's eastern boundary, leaving the industrial site orphaned in the middle.

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Editorial It’s time to take winter water/ice safety seriously I know that it is winter and I know that we live in Canada, but that does not mean it is safe to venture out on to any waterway that looks like it is frozen.

Personally, I am not a fan of winter sports. I tried skiing once and it frightened me and I have no desire to go out on a snowmobile to fully feel the winter wind chill.

But I understand that many people, especially Canadians, enjoy these activities and others too like skating outdoors, ice fishing, playing hockey or even cross country skiing. I also understand that there is a limited amount of time for people to enjoy these activities, but that doesn’t mean that it is okay to journey out on icy surfaces when they aren’t safe According to the Canadian Red Cross, nearly 200 people die each year due to cold immersion deaths and more than half of these deaths occur during recreational activities.

In the past few weeks we have seen several instances, thankfully none that were fatal, occur in our area. In one case, a man journeyed

out on his own and fell through the ice on a snowmobile. Luckily, someone heard him crying out and called emergency services, but who knows what could have happened to him if nobody heard.

To prevent accidents, there are many factors to consider before travelling onto frozen lakes for activities like ice fishing, snowmobiling or even cross country skiing, but the most important is thickness of the ice.

Lake size, currents, tides, chemicals (including salt), fluctuations in water levels, logs, rocks and even the changing air temperature can all impact the thickness of ice and should all be things that are considered before engaging in activities on the ice.

The colour of ice can also be an indicator of thickness; ice that is grey is considered unsafe and indicates the presence of water, white or snow ice is considered safer, but ice that is clear blue is considered strongest.

Ice thickness and safety level also varies depending on activity: for walking or skating alone, ice

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should be 15 centimetres thick, for skating with groups or playing games, ice should be 20 centimetres thick and for snowmobiles, ice should be at least 25 centimetres thick. If you are unsure of the conditions, you can always call local authorities to check on ice thickness before engaging in activities and remember that life jackets and flotation devices are also important in the winter.

If emergency situations do occur, the Canadian Red Cross recommends calling for help immediately and if you do need to rescue someone, do it from shore with a pole, rope or even a tree branch.

If you do need to go on the ice, lie down to evenly distribute your weight and ask the person in the water to kick as you pull them out.

Unfortunately, for some, this January has been milder and a bit unpredictable. The temperatures have not been consistently cold so ice safety should be even more of a concern for individuals who want to venture out. Please be safe and responsible.

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Tips for safe winter driving We’ve all seen how drastically weather can change during the winter over the past few weeks, and the season’s far from over. Squalls, flurries, hail, sleet, high winds and storms that seem to come out of nowhere are all common this time of year, causing treacherous and unpredictable driving conditions. Kingston: Partners for a Safe Community and Kingston Police have released a list of helpful tips for winter driving as part of the Ministry of Transportation’s winter driving campaign. Please have a read through the following tips and keep them in mind to help keep us all safe: Speed limit is based on ideal road conditions, not the hazardous conditions common in the winter. Slow down and drive according to the weather and current road conditions.

Clean off your vehicle completely. That means making sure all windows, lights, mirrors and your roof are cleared. This helps ensure you can see as best and as much as possible, and that other drivers aren’t affected by ice and snow flying off your vehicle.

In poor weather, use your vehicle’s full headlights, as opposed to running lights, for optimal visibility, but use low beams in times of fog or heavy snow.

Do not use cruise control. If your vehicle skids, cruise control can cause the car to speed up, making it harder to maintain control. If you find yourself skidding (while not using cruise control), release the breaks and steer in the direction you want to go, being careful not to over-steer.

Slow down before crossing bridges, overpasses and shaded areas.

These areas can be more slippery as they freeze faster and remain icy longer.

Stay back from, and never pass, a working snowplow. It is unsafe for you and for the plow driver.

Keep the vehicle’s fuel level at least half full. This helps reduce moisture in the fuel system and add weight to the car.

Cold weather can bring down tire pressure, and low tire pressure increases wear on the tire. Worn and damaged tires impair safe driving, so check your tires regularly for wear and pressure.

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Busing kids to school is an easy fix, but it also comes with a great cost Jeff Scott THE COUNTRYSIDE VIEW Anyone trying to get to work on time in Kingston should not be surprised when a school bus slows down, puts out its stop arm and makes it a sure thing that you are going to be late.

Kingston has far more school buses than other cities. Like the rest of Ontario, we have a public and a Catholic school system and because of this, a student could have a school right next-door but be bused across the city because it teaches with a Catholic perspective, not a secular one.

Since Kingston also has a military base with French speaking soldiers, we have ended up with a complete duplication of the public and Catholic system taught in French. These French boards draw from the whole city and their school buses are everywhere. French is also taught in the English school system and students are bused from far and wide to attend all day French immersion classes in English speaking schools.

There are also other programs that

require busing students; Calvin Park public school offers the leap program for students interested in the arts and the challenge program for those students who want a more advanced academic environment.

The Limestone District School Board has dramatically increased the number of school buses on the road by deciding that they would not close Sinclair P.S., Collins Bay P.S. and Amherstview P.S. These schools have had declining enrollments for years, but instead of deciding to close them and build a new school to serve Waterloo Village, Cataraqui North and Meadowbrook, they opted to bus the students from these neighbourhoods across the city to fill schools in other neighbourhoods.

Politically, it is easier to deny new residents the school they need than it is to take away a school from those who no longer do. Henderson Public School has also been filled with bused in students; the school now has six hundred students even though there is only room for 400 in its gymnasium.

Parents aren't much help either.

There are thousands of families living out on the lakes north of the city all of which have children who are bused to school. Even though they decide to live at the end of a private lane twenty ki-

lometres away from school they still expect their child to get bused to school. I know of a high school student who has an hour and forty-five minute bus ride home from school at night.

This over reliance on school busing has serious flaws that are seldom taken into account when making decisions about schools. Our communities are based around our local elementary schools. They are meeting places as well as schools. They give our communities an identity and children a sense of belonging. Busing these students to the other end of the city deprives them of a sense of community. Instead of playing and being active with their neighbours, they are spending time on a school bus.

In fact, if there were a local school, they would be walking instead of busing which is a much healthier activity.

The school busing program in the Kingston area does not come cheap either. The hundreds of buses driving around every day costs the tax payers more than $25 million per year. A lot of this money would be far better spent on fixing up schools and on education rather than on diesel fuel.

On that note, these school buses use a lot of diesel which produces a lot of carbon dioxide which is steadily increasing in the environment caus-

School bus and diesel pump ing global warming. The busing of a child to school generates on average a ton of carbon per year, which means that there are 32,000 tons of carbon created within the TriBoard area each year. This is about 3.3 per cent of the

areas CO2 output.

The school boards and the taxpayers are going to have to consider the costs of school busing when they make decisions from now on. Busing is an easy fix but it also comes with a great cost.

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No sweets for my sweetie It’s hard to be healthy if you aren’t putting the right things in the human engine. Eating in a manner that’s beneficial to the body isn’t that difficult, but it often requires breaking lifelong habits.

For a start, I don’t want to be feeding myself or my loved ones sugar.

In an effort to lose weight, many people obsessively search for foods labeled fat-free. These foods marketed as healthy may be as bad or worse than what a person is trying to avoid.

Fat-free doesn’t mean sugar-free.

Sugar-free doesn’t mean healthy.

You’re just changing your poisons.

Since sugar isn’t acutely toxic, it’s not about to soon be regulated in any way.

I’m not an “everything in moderation” kind of person. I tend to pas-

sionately go full tilt over the edge for activities that interest me, whether it’s flying a plane or dance and theatre photography. But when it comes to food, I tend to be cautious. I’m always searching for the best sources with raw ingredients that help provide my body with energy and self-healing abilities.

I’ve discovered that sugar gives a quick high, but soon after drags my energy down to a depression level. I explored why this happens. I found that sugar is one of the more toxic foods on the planet, and it’s everywhere you look.

What does eating healthy mean? If you go by the Canada Food Guide you are trusting a special interest (the food industry) group’s influence. Millions of lobbying dollars are spent influencing government decisions. This influence is not based on what makes us healthy; it’s based on what can bring in the highest profit for the corporations that control the food industry.

The end result is that to sweeten food, most companies use the cheapest sweeteners available. High-fructose

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Try going without any processed sugar in your food intake for a month.

For the first 72 hours, you’ll be highly stressed, typical of drug withdrawal.

It really is everywhere and in everything. Probably the worst ingredient in salt is sugar. What? Sugar in salt? Go read the ingredients on your salt container. Many salt companies add sugar to salt. It helps maintain the addiction.

Gary Taubes’ “Sweet and Vicious, the case against sugar,” an April 2011 report in New York Times Magazine, did a lot more than just hint at the problems that sugar in our diet causes.

The article came close to declaring war on sugar. It was a cautionary tale.

Since then numerous reports in respected medical journals have increasingly condemned sugar in our diets.

The idea that sugar may not be good for us is not new.

In fact, almost 100 years ago in the 1920s, Nobel Prize-winning Frederick Banting, who discovered insulin, suspected that high sugar intake causes diabetes. He saw that diabetes is rare in populations that don’t use refined sugar and the rates are high in populations that do consume refined sugar.

We now know that sugar intake causes the development of fat. The evidence points directly to the con-

sumption of added sugars as the cause of metabolic syndrome.

We also know that metabolic syndrome has a high predictive rate for heart disease.

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Healthier food is made from scratch “If you have metabolic syndrome or any of its components, aggressive lifestyle changes can delay or even prevent the development of serious health problems,” notes mayoclinic.org.

But the situation is complicated. Metabolic syndrome is also linked to insulin resistance.

Again, from the Mayo Clinic: “In people with insulin resistance, cells don’t respond normally to insulin, and glucose can’t enter the cells as easily. As a result, glucose levels in your blood rise despite your body’s attempt to control the glucose by churning out more and more insulin.”

What can you do about this? For a start, two simple—but not easy—things. Cut your sugar intake and start exercising.

Cutting sugar is tough because, as mentioned, it’s everywhere in every imaginable form of prepared foods.

Even your salt container. And it hides in insidious ways and goes by many different names on your food labels.

This past week, I checked several labels in the “health food” sections of local grocery stores and healthy alternative shops. I found sugar in at least four forms in each of these “health” foods. So, although it may have looked like “sugar” was just one small ingredient, when you add in things like “high-fructose corn syrup” and the many other names of sugar, it often formed one the most abundant ingredients in the food you are purchasing. This is particularly evident in things like granola.

It’s amazing how many ways the food industry has found to disguise sugar in “health foods” like granola or granola bars.

Many (most?) granola bars are just glorified sugar factories. Toss the words “healthy” or “all natural” on the label and people will gobble it up. They could just as easily be buying high-sugar candy bars, because there’s no difference aside from some oats thrown in for window-dressing.

For years I’ve been trying to perfect a granola that I actually like. I finally succeeded this year. It’s sweetened with a fairly small amount of dark honey and dark maple syrup. By volume the first ingredient is the oats, followed by equal amounts (in other words, 4 cups of oats and 4 cups of nuts) of nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashews and pecans. Throw in a handful of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, along with a few raisins, cut up dates and some goji berries, mix in some coconut oil along with the honey and maple syrup and the juice from a fresh-squeezed lemon and you’ve got a healthy snack or meal. I tend to eat this for breakfast daily and often as a snack.

I’ve concluded that what it takes to eat in a healthy manner is complete self-preparation. Nothing from packages, not even granola. If you, the consumer, control the ingredients in your food, you have the best method for assuring quality control.

Sadly, those things parents are using to try to feed their children healthy foods— whole-grain cereals and packaged oatmeal—are all just pretty disguises for sugar intake. Unless you’re making it yourself, you’re fooling yourself.

Feeding your kids those little packages of oatmeal for breakfast? You may as well give them something labelled Super Sugar Pops. Those little packages that you just add boiling water to have large amounts of sugar in them.

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Better to simply boil up some oats and add things like fresh (or frozen) berries.

In February, 2013, writer Mark Bittman, writing in the New York Times concluded that “it isn’t simply overeating that can make you sick; it’s overeating sugar. We finally have the proof we need for a verdict: sugar is toxic.”

In a more recent New York Times report (September 2016), itself quoting the JAMA Internal Medicine: “In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to publish a study blaming fat and cholesterol for coronary heart disease while largely exculpating sugar. This study, published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine in 1967, helped set the agenda for decades of public health policy designed to steer Americans into low-fat foods, increased carbohydrate consumption and exacerbated our obesity epidemic.”

How powerful is the sugar industry? According to The Miami Herald, the sugar industry contributed $57 million to Florida elections in the last 22 years. ‘Nuff said.

It’s a simple equation: to get healthy, cut processed sugar from your food intake.

For fast approaching Valentine’s Day, no sweets for your beloved, unless you’re intent on killing them slowly.

The other part of the equation, getting exercise, is up to you. You can cut your sugar intake, and that is the important first step, but to maximize your health, you also have to start moving that temple called your body.

So, indeed, cutting sweets while shaking your booty will actually make you healthier (and happier).

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Howe Island author releases final novel in ‘Upcountry’ series

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News – When R.M. Doyon completed Thou Torturest Me, the sequel to his first novel, Upcountry, he know that there was more story to be told.

The two novels are part of what Doyon calls his “Upcountry Series,” which chronicles the lives of the Schumacher family and their friends, whom endure violence, family estrangement, spousal abuse, prejudice and bigotry. In his recently released third and final novel in the series, The Beginning Game, the characters now face revenge, intimidation, cruelty and crime.

“I know I wasn’t finished with the completion of the second novel,” the Howe Island author said.

“In the new one, I’ve reintroduced a character I brought to the fore in Thou Torturest Me. I liked him because he was a bit of a psychopath.”

That psychopath is Nicholas ‘Nicky Nick’ Wells, a character Doyon describes as “shrewd and intelligent.’

Those who’ve followed the series will know that Wells ended up in prison in Thou Torturest Me, and The Beginning Game sees him re-

leased from Attica Correctional Facility. Now well-mannered, respectful, and a martial arts expert, Wells seems a reformed man, but lingering just below the surface is a disturbed, vindictive 27-year-old.

“He’s hell bent on revenge to those who he feels have wronged him,” said Doyon.

“So he sets himself out onto a mission to rectify that.”

Thus ensures a series of mysterious fixations and ruses, leaving other characters puzzled by his actions. As Wells targets a terminally ill old man, the neighbourhood becomes rife with unsolved crimes, with storylines that weave together in an attempt to bring closure to the Schumachers and their friends, Doyon expressed.

“I bring back a number of the characters that I liked in the second book, as well, and they become central to the story as the story wraps up,” he said, noting that the Schumacher patriarch and the series’ trusty sheriff play integral parts in The Beginning Game.

“The novels are standalone novels… but it’s more fun if you read them in order.”

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“I like the whole idea of creation… Nonfiction writers have to be meticulous in their research. Everything has to be checked and double-checked. With the novel, I can just sit down and, wherever my imagination takes me, that’s where it goes!” he said.

“Hopefully, I can put the words down onto a page that a reader will like… because I always say the first obligation of a writer is to be read.”

The Beginning Game is available at Novel Idea and Beggars Banquet in Gananoque, and is also available online through Amazon and Barnes & Nobel, as well as in e-book format through Kindle, iBooks, Kobo and more.

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Doyon has spent a lot of time in Morristown over the last decade or so visiting family, and calls the area “quite fascinating, really.”

With this being the final novel in the series, Doyon said he’s not quite certain what fans can expect from him in the future, though he has a number of ideas brewing and some prospective work lined up, he explained.

“Well, that’s the big question!” he said with a laugh, noting that he will likely do some work in biographical non-fiction before returning to his primary love of novel-writing The newly rebuilt and state-of-the-art Richardson Stadium is where The Grenadiers will – while Doyon has worked as a journalist, play all home games for the 2017 season. speech writer and public relations executive, Photo: Greg Black

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News – The coming year will bring a lot of change for the Kingston Grenadiers Football Club, including being part of a new league, and playing all home games at the state-ofthe-art Richardson Stadium.

The Grenadiers finalized a deal with Queen’s Athletics and Recreation in December, which will see the club take to the new turf at Richardson as they take

on teams from across Ontario throughout 2017. It’s a partnership that was a natural fit, both Queen’s and the Grenadiers expressed, and one they’re both happy to be embarking on.

“We’re very excited,” said Alexandra Reyes-Walsh, executive director for the Grenadiers.

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At the same time, the Grenadiers have moved from the Ontario Varsity Football League (OVFL) to the Ontario Provincial Football League (OPFL), Reyes-Walsh explained, and being able to play their home games at the new Richardson Stadium only adds to the excitement of a new league, she expressed.

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Grenadiers to play 2017 season at Richardson Stadium Continued from page13

“The Grenadiers will continue to be the elite football team in our region, but we’re also going to have the possibility of having a tier two or AA franchise if we have enough kids come out,” ReyesWalsh said of the decision to move into the OPFL. “In the past, we’ve had so many kids come out and we can only carry so many on a team, so that kind of closed the doors for other boys who wanted to play… So now we’re going to have an option where we could potentially have a AA team in Kingston, as well as a AAA.” Jeff Downie, director of business development and operations for athletics and recreation at Queen’s University said the University is pleased to offer their stadium to the Grena-

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“To be honest, I think it was a mutual coming together,” Downie said of the partnership, noting that, until the grand opening of the new Richardson Stadium in September of 2016, it was difficult for Queen’s to build relationships with the clubs and teams in Kingston that require a field. Similar to the way Queen’s opened up the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) to the local basketball and volleyball community, the University wanted to do the same for the local soccer and football community, but were unable to do so with the former Richardson Stadium on its “last legs,” he explained.

“These are always relationships and partnership and community engagement pieces that we’ve always wanted to have, we could just never do that with our soccer and football communities, just because of the stadium condition,” he said, noting

that the Limestone District School Board, Kingston Area Secondary Schools Athletic Association (KASSAA) and the Kingston Clippers Soccer Club will also be using Richardson Stadium.

“Everybody is excited to come in and make it their home. And we’re excited to have them.”

Downie said Queen’s will be working with the Grenadiers moving forward, and looks forward to helping the club to host major tournaments in the future.

As the major stepping stone for football players looking to move into the pros, the Grenadiers Football Club is poised to help get local players there, now more than every before. Beyond that, the Club helps to shape young players and prepare them for the road ahead, Reyes-Walsh expressed.

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“With all of these changes, it’s really exciting. It’s going to be a great year.”

Online registration for the Grenadiers’ 2017 season is now for players and coaches. Training and tryouts for all age levels begin on Saturday, Feb. 25. The club will kick off the season with its AAA senior and junior teams, and reintroduce a bantam team, on Saturday, May 13 at McMaster University when they go up against the Niagara Spears. The Grenadiers’ home opener against the Durham Dolphins at Richardson Stadium takes place Saturday, May 27. For more information, go to www.gmen.ca

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News – As Jamal Saeed was ushered into an awaiting bus after landing at Pearson International Airport, he turned to his friend, Ray Argyle, whom he’d met just moments before.

“Thank you for this gift,” Saeed said, referring to Canada, the country he and his family can now call home.

“We’re the ones receiving the gift,” Argyle responded.

Just weeks earlier, Saeed had received word he and his family had been approved to immigrate to Canada as refugees – but they had to be in Canada by December 30 in order for that approval to remain. The family, sponsored by the Kingston Writers’ Refugee Committee, had mere days to tie up any loose ends in Dubai, and the Committee had the same little time to secure flights for the whole family of four and get everything set up for them here in Kingston. The Committee booked the last four seats on an Air Emirates flight scheduled to land in Toronto on Dec. 28. Although Saeed, his wife, Rufaida al Khabbaz, and their two sons, Ghamr, 16, and Taim, 14, would have liked more time to close bank accounts, package any personal belongings and say goodbye to the friends they’d made in the two years they’d spent in Dubai after fleeing Syria, the whole family was excited to finally be making their way to their new home and the people who’d spent the past year trying to get them to Canada.

Both Saeed and al Khabbaz worked in literature and language in Syria, a commonality shared with the members of the Committee sponsoring them here in Kingston.

Saeed obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Damascus University where he studied English literature following his release from prison. A poet and writer, he published a collection of short stories in 1992 and also translated a number of books from English to Arabic, worked in edit-

ing, book design, translating and publishing.

Having studied English at a private linguistics institute in Damascus, al Khabbaz also received her Bachelor of Arts through the English Department at Damascus University. She, too, built a career in poetry and translating, with her poetry published in many Arabic journals and newspapers. The couple both worked as translators for a logistics company once they arrived in Dubai.

It’s those impressive careers in the written word that brought Saeed and al Khassaz to meeting Argyle, who serves as the chair of the Kingston Writers’ Refugee Committee.

The Committee, made up of a number of notable local writers, began working last February to sponsor a Syrian refugee family.

A member of the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters (FACL), Argyle approached the foundation a year ago to see what he could do to help. The Committee was granted $40,000 to sponsor a refugee family, with one condition: That money had to involve bringing a refugee writer to Canada.

The connection between the family and that mandate is obvious, and only strengthened by the fact that both Ghamr and Taim seem to have inherited their parents’ talents. While still in Syria, Ghamr won first place in a children’s poetry competition in 2009, and, while in Dubai, Taim won first prize in a short story competition through Oxford University.

Finally landing in Toronto just days before the end of 2016, and with the drive to Kingston ahead of them, the end of a tumultuous journey was closer than ever before. In reality, a three-hour drive along Highway 401 is like peaceful slumber is to a nightmare when compared to more than 14,000 km the family has traveled over two and a half years. And that’s before one even considers the oppression and fear that marked The Saeed family, (L to R) Taim, Rufaida, Ghamr their lives prior to their decision to leave their homeland.

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Syrian family welcomed to Kingston Continued from page 17

Originally from Syria, the family felt forced to flee in 2014 after a failed kidnapping attempt on Rufaida and the boys. It wasn’t the family’s first brush with the widespread desolation and uncertainty plaguing their country, either.

In 1977, government intelligence agents raided Saeed’s family home.

Just 18 years old at the time, Saeed managed to escape, and he lived underground for the next three years.

Then, in 1980, Saeed was arrested for his membership in the Syrian Labour League and for expressing opposition to the government. He spent nearly 12 years imprisoned under the former al-Assad regime.

As the current war in Syria continued to leave much of the country in devastation and uncertainty, the family felt threatened by militias of both the current al-Assad regime and opposing Islamic groups, and lived under constant surveillance.

While they lived in an area of Damascus under control of the regime in “better circumstances than many other people,” daily life was a fearful struggle, Rufaida expressed.

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besieged, we lived fear… we lived all kinds of fear: Fear about our relatives, our friends,” she said.

“We lived [with] lack of everyday needs, like electricity, water, bread… sometimes, we ran out of bread.”

The roads leading up to the their mountainside home were cut off by checkpoints, so the family had to climb the steep terrain by foot to reach their door. But that paled in comparison to the constant fear and agony that came with living in a warzone.

“War. Death. Anger… so much anger. We didn’t feel angry, but the others…” Saeed said, his voice trailing off in thought.

“It was a kind of hell.”

And with two young men as their children, the fear the couple lived through was compounded by the fear of their sons being conscripted into one of the militias, or harmed during their daily commutes.

“I [swore] many times ‘this is the last time that I allow [the] boys to go to school,’ because of bombing and shouting and anger,” Saeed expressed, noting that he and al Khabbaz faced difficult decisions daily when their sons wanted to go to school or the gym they trained at.

“I don’t know what’s the right thing – to keep them indoors, or to allow them to go.”

Now, in Canada, in the apartment the Committee has set up for them, the couple is happy to see their boys going out and exploring the city. Both Ghamr and Taim, who studied English while in Dubai thanks to the foresight and financial sacrifice of their parents, are currently students at LCVI, and they’ve already gone out to take in some of the activities available to them here, such as exploring Kingston City Hall and taking in a Frontenacs hockey game.

The youngest Saeed, arriving back to the apartment with some basic supplies like soap and hooks to hang some pictures, said there are some major differences to adjust to, like the weather and the number of people, he’s settling in well.

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The people are lovely!’ And everyone is really kind,” Taim said.

Looking to the future, Saeed and al Khabbaz are working with KEYS to expand their vocabulary and language skills and hoping to find work as soon as possible. The boys are looking forward to getting involved with sports, and getting to know their classmates.

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(L to R) Rufaida al Khabbaz, Taim Saeed, and Jamal Saeed sit in their new apartment here in Kingston after arriving in Canada just days before the end of 2016. The family, originally from Syria, were sponsored by the Kingston Writers’ Refugee Committee.

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Job # MFG00005377 Our Belleville manufacturing site is seeking highly motivated, reliable and flexible individuals with a commitment to safety and total quality to be a part of our diverse operating teams.

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Job # MFG00005375 Our Belleville manufacturing site is seeking highly motivated, reliable and flexible individuals with a commitment to safety and total quality to be part of our diverse operating teams. Technicians are required to learn how to operate, adjust, changeover and maintain high-speed equipment on a rotating shift schedule. These entry-level positions require strong trouble-shooting skills, the ability to solve complex problems and analyze data using information technology systems.

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Community Care for Central Hastings is a non-profit organization looking for a committed, dynamic and multi-task orientated person for the following position: Regional Care Coordinator/ICART Team Assistant. This is a 4 day a week position (28 hours) based out of Kingston.

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Qualifications and Experience: Minimum Social Service Worker Diploma, Social Service Worker-Gerontology Diploma, or equivalent post-secondary education with experience working with seniors. Knowledge of Community Support Services throughout the SE LHIN region, including CSS Home Support Agencies, SMILE, and Community Care Access Centre. Requires excellent computer skills including Word and Excel and knowledge of privacy and security acts.

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As usual, we were all sitting around the table after the kitchen had been redded up. For once, Emerson wasn't drawing glass buildings. He was just sitting there, arms folded in front of him, deep in thought. His question was, "Could I be half Catholic and half Lutheran?"

Mother paused before answering. "I'd have to think about that." The talk had Father's complete attention now. "You're Lutheran...100 per cent, and that's what you'll stay." Mother, always interested in her children's questions, asked Emerson why he wanted to be part Catholic.

He said it all had to do with Felix at the Northcote School.

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streamed off a list of benefits such as being the only boy from Northcote picked to play on the Renfrew hockey team, getting a horse of his own from Santa, and finding a whole dollar on the street in front of the O'Brien Theatre. He told Emerson he gave credit to carrying his Rosary in his pocket. Emerson wondered if he found his Rosary like the ones Aunt Vanetta had given us five children, and if he put it in his pocket, would that mean he was half Catholic? He was willing to try anything to have the luck Felix seemed to have at every turn.

Well, back then Father wasn't happy about the five Rosaries Aunt Vanetta had doled out, even though Mother, once a Catholic herself, said it was a lovely gesture. Mother tried to tell Emerson, she doubted the Rosary in Felix's pocket had anything to do with his good fortune, but he wasn't buying it. And he immediately went upstairs to plow through his drawer in the dresser the three brothers shared to see if he could find his. He came downstairs with one clutched in his hand. Earl said that one was his. His was the only one with blue beads. Everett said, "Ya, Emerson, I remember Earl's had blue beads." It was very doubtful Everett could remember the colour of any of the Rosaries, since it was so long ago that Aunt Vanetta had handed then out.

Earl tried to grab them from Emerson, Everett got into the fray too. They

were hard at it, and Mother went back to writing in her diaries, my sister Audrey took my hand and led me to the stove saying she thought she'd make a cup of hot chocolate, and Father went back to reading the Ottawa Farm Journal. The three brothers were hot into it! The Rosary went flying out of Emerson's hand, Mother caught it before it landed on the table, put it in her apron pocket, and sent the three boys off to bed.

That should have been the end of it.

But Felix, a few days later at the Northcote School, showed everyone within spitting distance a crisp new $5 bill. He won a contest in the Family Herald and Weekly Star for writing a poem. Emerson was sure it was because the Rosary was never out of his pocket. Audrey said it probably was because his Mother had more than a little to do with it. She was a teacher and wrote poems and stories for the Renfrew Mercury. And as far as Emerson being half Catholic and half Lutheran? Well, that was never going to happen. Father would see to that! Emerson would just have to find another way to have good luck and good fortune come his way.

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That space is called The Box, and its intended purpose is to “nurture the artistic growth and development of artists facing barriers and community organizations serving people facing barriers.” One way The Box supports that mandate is by bringing together groups of those with physical disabilities to study and practice in the performing arts. And H’art’s most recent project aims to do exactly that.

Thanks to a grant through the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area, H’art Centre is currently calling on any blind or visually impaired men and women in the community who would like to join a new choir. Beginning Monday, Jan. 23, the choir will rehearse weekly on Mondays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. under the direction of Eric Voice. An Algonquin artist and vocalist, Voice also works professionally as a deaf/blind intervener, helping those with various levels of deafness and blindness to acclimatize to their environments and carry out their day-to-day activities.

As a musician who blends rock music with aboriginal vision and story, Voice has been featured on CBC TV’s MusicWorks, APTN, MuchMusic and at various festivals throughout Ontario. He has also been nominated for four Canadian and American Native Music Award nominee. All of this, combined with Voice’s comfort in the H’art Centre (he has previously worked on a deaf theatre collective that incorporated indigenous artists and voices in The Box) and his philosophy on music and singing make him a great fit to head up H’art’s first ever choir for those with blindness or low vision.

“I truly believe that music transcends all barriers and all boarders,” said Voice, explaining that the choir is open to all blind and visually impaired people, regardless of their vocal abilities.

“The most important thing about the choir will be learning to express yourself, using your natural abilities and working on your voice, and being able to come together with others and have fun.”

Katherine Porter, founder and executive director of H’art Centre, underlined the fact that the choir is meant to be inclusive – if someone would like to join the choir, but wants to bring an assistant or a family member for support, all are welcome, she said. And the staff and volunteers at the Centre are there to help make accessing and using The Box for weekly choir rehearsals as easy as possible, she expressed, noting that those wanting to join should call ahead to book as space and to let the staff know if there is any help they need in accessing the centre.

“Be comfortable, don’t feel intimidated, and just come join us, even if just want to see what it’s all about,” she said.

“We’re all about accommodating anybody who has a challenge to use The Box… There are no challenges we can’t overcome!”

As someone who works with those living with low-vision and blindness, Voice said he knows how easily people with visual impairments can become isolated. Getting around town and joining in social events can be difficult, he explained, which is precisely what he hopes to address through the choir.

Beyond that, singing is something Voice feels anyone can do and can learn to do better, and that experience should be one that’s enjoyable, he said.

“I don’t know about you, but I can’t really sing anything without having a little expression of relief,” he said, noting that even humming or singing along with the radio in the car can be a good release that makes the singer feel good.

“I think music can really help ease you, too. I mean, look at that late-night show that has segment with people singing in cars!” he said with a laugh, referring to the Late Late Show with James Corden and the Carpool Karaoke segment.

“People love that! Millions of people are watching a show just to see that segment of the show.

Why? Because they’re singing, they’re expressing themselves, and it’s really all about fun – It’s really all about just getting out of your shell. That’s what I hope we can do here.”

The new choir is open to adults of any age who are blind or visually impaired. Participants are Aboriginal singer and deaf/blind intervener Eric Voice will act as direcwelcome to join at any rehearsal, but asked to call tor the new choir for the blind and visually impaired at The Box in H’art ahead to ensure there is still space available. The Centre.

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Can Frontenac Islands become a waste-free society?

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Since the closure of the landfill site on Wolfe Island, for years known simply as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dumpâ&#x20AC;?, and for some time before, the Township of Frontenac Islands has taken a firm stand on improving how waste of all kinds is dealt. It was through recycling, whether paper glass or electronics at a what is now the townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wolfe Island Transfer site, and Howe Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waste and Recycling Centre in accord with Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waste management requirements.

The WI site is one of the busiest places in town throughout the year, with ever improving collection services, and with staff encouraging recycling rather filling the costly waste bin with contents slated for a landfill site, and citizens eager to support island groups & organizations by donating bottle returns for their use. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ontario has been working on the strategy for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waste Free Ontario Act (Bill 151),â&#x20AC;? Mayor Doyle said this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was reviewed at county council recently and we will continue to do so. The strategy has two goals, an Ontario with zero waste and zero greenhouse gas emissions. Personally, I think this is an opportune time to start talking with islanders about the changes in this new Bill 151 What it means though, is that we have to have a higher rate of participation in recyclables to benefit from the changes in the bill. Currently through

a fairly complicated process we get back 50% of the cost for handling all the blue box items, the recyclables. This new bill puts 100% of the responsibility in the hands of the manufacturer of the products, their packaging, etc.. One of the benefits of the bill is to force the producers is to cut down on the packaging,â&#x20AC;? Doyle said.

The Mayor noted that it is possible that in the future there producers will have their own collection sites but, until then the responsibility will continue to fall to municipalities. â&#x20AC;&#x153; We need to encourage more recycling although we are doing better than the Ontario average on Wolfe, but are not quite there on Howe.â&#x20AC;? Doyle pointed out that by putting blue box items into a regular garbage bag, and into the waste stream, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you are throwing tax payers dollars into a landfill site. So we are going to have to open this discussion up to the community and encourage every one to participate.â&#x20AC;?

He also pointed out that the DeBruin Bio Digester on Wolfe Island receives WI organic waste and encourages its greater use by residents who do not compost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing so could reduce the number of trucks going on the ferry with waste by some 30 %, another very important consideration, as well as diverting organic waste away from land fill sites.â&#x20AC;?

Doyle pointed out that other municipalities trying to improve on poor recycling situations have gone to clear garbage bags, bag tags and only one bag a week

per household. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those scenarios would create more work and require extra staff.

We would rather that our citizens become involved and recycle so that the township can benefit from whatever Bill 151 has to offer. If that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen our taxes will have to go up . We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do that,â&#x20AC;? he concluded.

On another Issue: Mayor Doyle will meet with the Minister of Education of Ontario ,Mitzi Hunter, at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference in regard to school closures, â&#x20AC;&#x153;specifically rural school closings.. Both Minister Hunter and Mr. Raycraft, a member of our committee a former MPP and school principal, were on a Steve Pakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agenda Program to discuss the fate of several lowenrolment schools slated for closure, and the impact closures have on communities,â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Doyle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And recently, at a new school opening Minister Hunter in her dedication said a school is the heart of a community. In our community we know that to be true and within our small community we also know that without a heart, things die.. closing rural schools will rip the heart out of a community. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we will try to impress upon the minister,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Around Town: **The WIPP continues to be the go to place during this rather strange winter . lunch time and coffee breaks see many cars in Marysville, including eve-

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While many people fear retiring with small nest eggs, that fear has apparently not been enough to inspire men and women to commit to saving more money for their golden years. But retirement saving is essential, especially since life expectancies are rising. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, global life expectancies at birth are expected to rise to 76 years by the mid-21st century. That’s a far cry from the mid-20th century, when global life expectancy from birth was roughly 48 years.

Longer life expectancies mean men and women will have to find ways to make their money last throughout their retirement. The earlier adults figure out how to keep their finances in order, the more money they will have when the time comes to retire. The following are a handful of strategies men and women can employ to rein in their 2

finances in the hopes of saving more for retirement.

• Review your finances at least once per month. Hectic schedules or fear of the financial unknown make it easy for adults to ignore their finances for long stretches of time. But adults should review their financial situation at least once per month, examining how they are spending their money and if there are any ways to cut costs and redirect dollars going out into their retirement accounts. Redirecting as little as $100 per month into a retirement account can add up to a substantial amount of money over time.

• Pay monthly bills immediately.

Many adults receive monthly bills for utilities, rent/mortgage, phone, and television/Internet. If you have the money in your account, pay these bills the moment you receive them. Doing so is a great way to avoid overspending on other items, such as dining out or shopping trips, and then finding yourself scrambling to pay bills come their due dates. Once all the monthly bills have been paid and you have deposited money into your savings/ retirement accounts, then you can spend any leftover money on nights out on the town or new clothes if you feel the need.

• Buy only what you can afford.

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of NerdWallet, the average credit card debt per indebted American household in 2015 was $15,762.07.

Adults who want to get their finances in order and start saving more for retirement should put the plastic away and only make purchases with cash or debit cards that take money directly out of their bank accounts once the card is swiped.

• Downsize. Downsizing is another way to free up more money for retirement savings.

Empty nesters can save money by downsizing to a smaller home or even an apartment. Drivers who no longer need room for the whole family can downsize from SUVs or minivans to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Adults

also may be able to downsize their entertainment, switching from costly cable packages to basic plans or cutting the cord entirely and subscribing to more affordable streaming services.

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What to look for in an investment property Historically, the appreciation rate for real estate is very strong.

Even when the housing market declines, long-term investors in real estate can rest easy knowing that property values tend to rebound rather quickly, rewarding patient investors in the process.

Looking at real estate as a longterm investment is just one way approach a potential investment property. The following are a few additional considerations prospective investors should contemplate before buying an investment property.

Location Many people are familiar with the real estate industry axiom, “location, location, location!”

When buying an investment property, location is everything.

A great location should outweigh your own personal feelings about the home, especially if you do not intend to live at the property. You will likely define a great location for an investment property differently than you would a property you intend to live in, so don’t let your own desires in a home cloud your judgement when choosing an investment property. Properties in safe neighborhoods that boast good schools and offer easy access to public transportation tend to make great investment properties.

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When viewing a property, try to imagine how much it might appeal to prospective tenants.

Quirky properties typically do not appeal to as many prospective tenants as properties whose décor are similar to other homes in the area. Though you might find a tenant who prefers properties with unique interiors, a property that appeals to as many prospective tenants as possible often makes for a better investment and a lot less stress when the time comes to find tenants.

Condition The condition of the property also must be considered before buying an investment property.

Some investors want a fixerupper, while others prefer turnkey properties that won’t require any elbow grease. The former type of property likely won’t cost as much as a fully renovated property, but those cost savings might be lost when it’s time to renovate. Find a property that’s in the type of condition you’re comfortable with. If you decide to go with a fixer-upper, learn the cost of your potential projects before submitting an offer.

Cost Real estate makes a great investment, but don’t go overboard when buying an investment property. Before making an offer on a property, research rents in the area and the cost of insurance in

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that particular neighborhood. You want a property that essentially pays for itself, so make sure the rent you’re likely to collect is enough to cover your monthly

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