Issue 44 2022 November 10 NG Times

On November 11, the traditional Parade will take

place in Kemptville. Participants in the Parade should arrive at the Legion no later than 1015hrs. The parade will form up and march to the Cenotaph starting at 1030hrs. The service will begin at 1045hrs and should be concluded by 1130hrs. The parade will then march back to the Legion to be dismissed. Chili will be served at the Legion following the service, cooked by Ways and Means Chair, Carolyn Bellingham.

Children attending school will participate in their own private ceremonies on school property. Whether these ceremonies are open to the public changes from year-to-year and from school-to-school. Some schools allow only parents or other family members of enrolled students to attend. It is best to check with the school principal to confirm.

Remembrance Day is a tradition going back over 100 years. Originally called Armistice Day, the first commemoration occurred on November 11, 1919, exactly one year after the signing of the agreement which ended World War I at 11 am on November 11, 1918 - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The name was changed to Remembrance Day on November 11, 1931. The day is used to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave men and women who have served in the military over the years. In Canada’s his-

Day events to take part in locally. On November 6, a very special project was put in motion - Roy Brown spearheaded an initiative to permanently designate the portion of Prescott Street, between Clothier Street East

to the north, and Van Buren Street to the south, as Remembrance Way. This day also marked the launch of the 2023 Honour Our Veterans Banner Program.

United for Ukraine fundraiser on November 17

ground, and connection with close friends. Many lost a parent or a family member. It's impossible to help them all, but we believe that whoever supports one life, supports the world entire.

tory, 2.3 million have served, and of those, about 118,000 have been killed in action.

Maple Hope Foundation, CEO and Co-Founder

I recently moved to Kemptville from Vancouver. I was born and raised in Ukraine and immigrated to Canada in 2005. My entire professional career has been built in the area of post-secondary education, and I have always been an active member of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada. When Russia started its war against Ukraine in 2014, I became the co-founder of the community-based and volunteer-run not-for-profit organisation, Maple Hope Foundation, a member organisation of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Canada.

The focus of our organisation is to help Ukrainians, affected by war in three main areas: the provision of medical support, support for women and children, and non-lethal suppliers for the front-line defenders (food, protection equipment, communication devices, clothes).

February 24, 2022 has affected all Ukrainians, both in Ukraine and abroad. Over 7.5 million have been forced to flee the country in search of safety. Among them are my five family members. The photo is of my niece and her daughters. They live with us in our house in Kemptville, go to school, and daycare, and are safe. But millions of Ukrainian children lost their homes, schools, a favorite play-

On November 17, Maple Hope Foundation is organising "United for Ukraine" - a gala dinner fundraiser with live music by Ukrainian violinist-virtuoso Vasyl Popadiuk to benefit "Project Lisa" - a stable financial support program for children who remain in Ukraine. This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference in Ukrainian children's lives, connect with other members of the community, and enjoy Ukrainian food and culture.

We would be delighted to see you on November 17 at the eQuinelle Golf and Resident Club. I am very impressed with how the North Grenville community responded to the crisis in Ukraine and welcomed temporarily displaced Ukrainians into their homes.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite.

For more information on Maple Hope Foundation, go to www.maplehopefoundation.org

While most communities have their own Remembrance Day ceremony each year, there is also a national ceremony held annually at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Among those in attendance at the national ceremony each year are the Governor General, who presides over the ceremony, and the Prime Minister.

Remembrance Day is a federal statutory holiday, and a provincial statutory holiday in six provinces and three territories. Ontario is one of only four provinces that does not recognize the day as a statutory holiday. This is in part to allow school children to learn about what Remembrance Day means, and to take part in a formal ceremony at school.

This month, don’t forget to buy and wear a poppy. Poppies are sold by the Legion for the price of a monetary donation. Funds raised by poppy sales are used to support Canada’s veterans, and wearing a poppy is used as a show of support. This year, let’s make sure we continue to honour those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom.

submitted by Dr. Svitlana Kominko, Ph.D.

Roy Brown

Locals heading to Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

by Ashley Sloan

The 100th Anniversary of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair takes place this week, November 4-13, at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Why is this exciting news for us? There is a team of youth from our area that will be representing their 4H clubs. This year’s team members were selected based on their former showings and results, and were selected by the county as the best showperson and partnered with the best calves to represent the club. The 2022 Grenville TD Classic Dairy Team includes Isobela Brown with her calf Jade Ashlee Contender, Bentley Sloan with his very own Bent-

viewhaven Achieve, Abigail Smail with Lolan Unix Marigold, Kerryanna Manneck with calf Kirlea Rocky Ashes, Kaylee Parsons with Kirlea Big Admire and Cameron Stewart as Herdsman. These youth will be among 300 others from across Canada.

Cameron Stewart is currently a grade twelve student and has future plans to be involved in agriculture and trades. He is also an accomplished Grenville County member who has competed in a multitude of clubs. He brings to the team some excellent skill sets, work ethic and the best dedication any member possibly could have. He was selected

as a Herdsperson for these credentials, as well as his responsible and reliable nature. Cameron has been showing dairy since he started as a Cloverbud and says: "I am very excited to have this opportunity, it has been something I have been wanting to do since I started 4-H and with any luck, plus lots of hard work, I hope to be there showing next year!"

Abigail Smail is 16 years old and has been enthusiastic about 4H since she began in Cloverbuds where she practiced with a special red and white calf named Cherry Blossom. She spent a lot of time walking and training that calf, dreaming of one day attending the Royal.

When she wasn't training calves, she was watching videos on YouTube of the TD Classic hoping to make it there. Fast forward 10 years later and here is this farm girl living out one of her dreams...heading for Toronto.

Senior teammate Isobela (Bella) Brown. This is her second year showing and is well composed and accomplished in the show ring. Though she is relatively new to the Dairy club, she has been a longstanding Member of Grenville 4H in a variety of clubs.

Bella says: "It's an amazing opportunity to showcase my skills with the best of the best in the country and share

our knowledge and experience with each other." She also continues to encourage everyone to take part if they get a chance.

Kerryanna Manneck is a Junior Show person who has participated in a broad range of livestock competitions and numerous disciplines. She has been the proud owner of livestock that interests her since a young age, including owning and exhibiting her own purebred Holsteins under her junior prefix Longshot. Kerryanna’s future goals include going abroad for equine studies. “I've been in 4-H for 5 years, and it has been a goal of mine to be able to have the opportunity

to show in the TD Classic”, she says.

Kaylee Parsons is 15 and started showing at age 3. She has always loved cows and the cattle business and started working as a farmhand roughly a year and a half ago. Since she started 4-H, she has been pushed to shine and do well in the ring, and the ribbons she has on her wall proves she works hard for what she wants. When she was 9, she found out about the Royal and that has been a goal of hers ever since. She will be going with a few of her friends to represent the Grenville Dairy team this year and is beyond excited for this opportunity.

BIA Annual General Meeting

The Old Town Kemptville Business Improvement Area (BIA) wants to advise BIA members and the community of their upcoming Annual General Meeting and General Election to be held at the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Suite B at 7 pm on Monday November 21.

Due to the recent municipal election, the Board of Management of the Old Town Kemptville BIA has been dissolved and an election must take place for the purposes of electing a new Board of Management to oversee the operation of the BIA for the next four years.

Anyone who owns a commercial property or operates a business in the geographic footprint of the Old Town Kemptville BIA is considered a member of the BIA and is eligible to participate in the election.

The BIA's 2022 Annual Report will also be presented including both a Financial and Marketing & Programming update.

To register to attend this meeting, please email bia@ northgrenville.on.ca by Friday, November 18 at 5 pm.

For further information regarding this meeting or the BIA, please contact:

Deron Johnston Executive Director

Old Town Kemptville BIA bia@northgrenville.on.ca

Hospital fundraiser at B&H Your Community Grocer

The Kemptville Hospital Auxiliary is looking for your support during a fundraiser taking place at the B&H grocery store, 301 Rideau Street in Kemptville. When you go to the cash at B&H, you will be offered an opportunity to donate $2.00, which will go to the Kemptville Hospital for purchase of much-needed equipment. With each donation, a Thank You slip will be posted in the window and we're hoping to fill the window to

overflowing. With your support we can achieve our goals and support an important part of our community. Thank you!

“New Van Turken” causes humorous trouble

while we are outside with them,” said Katie. “They return to their run for safety in the afternoon. Elizabeth was in the run but escaped when I opened the gate to go check for eggs.”

Asked if she had made the connection between Elizabeth and Van Turken, Katie said she had not. “I do know of Van Turken, and it didn’t really cross my mind as I was worried about Elizabeth being out for days. The cold nights and predators in the area were a great concern for her well being.”

home. In early 2020, Van Turken – a runaway turkey – made its mark on Kemptville. The turkey was perhaps most famous for standing in the middle of busy streets, including the local roundabouts, holding up traffic without a care in the world. Van Turken had an online following, including a social media group with thousands of followers. The turkey’s presence in town spurred Letters to the Editor and even an article from Mayor Nancy Peckford, who celebrated the community’s

care for a wild bird as a show of North Grenville’s good heart and hospitality. Named by townspeople by way of an online survey, Van Turken was eventually re-located outside of town, leaving many residents missing their beloved feathery mascot. Elizabeth’s brief taste of freedom may now be over, but not before leaving a lasting legacy in a tight knit community. Stay safe, New Van Turken!

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A situation involving a runaway hen last week is likely to be “déjà vu” for many North Grenville locals. A beautiful little hen named Elizabeth ran away from home in the last few days of October, gaining a following amongst locals before most even knew her name. Given the similarities to another situation that occurred years ago in Kemptville, it may be appropriate to give Elizabeth the title of “The New Van Turken”, named after the elusive tur-

key that toyed with motorists and homeowners in early 2020.

This New Van Turken belongs to local resident Katie. “We’ve had chickens for 5 years,” Katie told the Times. “We initially bought chickens for fresh eggs and have continued to raise chickens because they are a fun and loving part of our family. Our children really enjoy spending time with them.”

The question of how Elizabeth managed to escape and wander all over town is not much of a mystery after all. “The chickens do spend the mornings roaming freely

Catching Elizabeth proved to be more difficult than Katie originally anticipated. “I had tried using her favourite treats of dried meal worms to get her to come to me but she refused,” said Katie. “Last night my eldest child asked to try to help. With it being a busy road, I was hesitant before. Elizabeth has a special bond with my children. She was happy to run up to my child for the treats being thrown, so I was able to sneak up behind her to pick her up and carry her home.”

Many local social media users celebrated the news of Elizabeth’s safe return

santa Claus parade

60+ Vendors

(Many Different Vendors Each Day)

Santa & Friends

Art Show & Sale By The North Grenville Art Guild Brunch By Catered Affairs (Sunday Only)

Christmas on Campus November 12th & 13th 11am-4pm Outdo M ket

Free Parking, Free EntranceDonation to the Food Bank Appreciated www.mylocalmarkets.ca/

Watch for walking participants collecting to support needs in our community: NG Fire Service collecting cash donations for Kemptville Army Food Bank. Rotary Club collecting non-perishable donations for local food banks (Alternate drop-off location: Rotary Park).

Royal Lepage Realty collecting toy donations for local families (Alternate drop-off location: Royal Lepage Office, 139 Prescott Street).

Visit the “North Pole” at the North Grenville Public Library (1-3 pm).

Take your photo with Santa Claus and enjoy Christmas themed activities!

Letters to Santa bring to the Library or to Howard Wilson Motors on Parade Day.

Club of Kemptville

“Imagine” a world without poverty and hunger, a world of peace and love...

Runaway hen Elizabeth, who was finally caught by her owner after a few days of freedom

by Brandon Mayer

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Tea Cups n’ Wicks and the Diners’ Club at SCS

The kitchen is called the heart of the home for good reason. It is where soups simmer while little legs swing from chairs and warm bread sits on table tops. It is and a place where one hand balances your chin, while the other holds a strong cup of coffee. It is a place where conversations are laced both with irreverence, and seriousness. It is where you begin and end your day.

The kitchen at SCS is a busy place. Five days a week volunteers prepare Meals on Wheels for delivery; heating lunches and packing frozen meals for the thousands of meals that go out every year. Over the last six months over 3700 meals were delivered by volunteers to homes all over North Grenville. Each week the kitchen welcomes one of the Diners’ Club lead cooks who begin

to prepare the weekly luncheon that is served every Wednesday to 20 clients. From a Newfoundland Jiggs dinner to a Halloween themed meal, the Diners’ Club is a full house.

“I live alone and not much of a cook. My meals come from boxes and cans. Every Wednesday I look forward to a homecooked meal, and great conversations with friends.”

The Diners’ Club had to stop during the height of the pandemic, and when Shoeless Joe’s heard that this important gathering was stalled, they stepped in. Owners Jeff Underhill and Lucky Silva know the importance of reducing social isolation and were called into action. Each week they made twenty homemade meals that were delivered to the centre then door to door by our

Susan (Susie) Provost

Susan (Susie) Provost passed away peacefully at her home on October 28/22, at age 61. Being a chic dresser, lover of all things pink, Sue loved reading, music, animals, shopping, Shemar Moore and Justin Bieber. Sue had a quickwitted sense of humour, fierce determination and a generous spirit. She was an amazing woman who lived her life with zest, the biggest smile and her trademark laugh. Sue was predeceased by her sister Linda and will be missed by her nieces, nephew, great nieces and nephews, long-time good friends, housemates, CLNG staff, and those who knew her at Rideau Regional. Many thanks to Nurse Debbie and Nurse Lisa for your dedicated care given to Sue.

All are invited to wear pink or bright colours to Sue’s Celebration of Life on Monday November 14, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at The Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, Kemptville. Luncheon, visitation, internment to follow. Donations in Sue's memory can be made to Big Sky Ranch and CHEO

incredible volunteers. These meals served as a reminder of the caring community that recognizes the importance of supporting those aging in place.

This year the Wick Witch Apothecary in Merrickville partnered with SCS, and filled vintage tea cups with their signature soy wax for a fundraiser to support the Diners’ Club. Tea cups were donated by Susie M’s Hidden Treasures and local individuals in support of this unique fundraiser in support of the Diners’ Club. They are a perfect hostess or holiday gift, and a lovely addition to any table. SCS has a limited number of these cups left and we hope to sell out before the holidays.

With Giving Tuesday on the horizon this November 29th, we thank you for thinking of SCS, and supporting the programs and services that encourage independence and wellness for hundreds of seniors and adults with

physical disabilities in your community.

You can find all the details on our website at www.seniorscs.ca, email jill.woodley@seniorscs. ca or pop into the centre at 215 Sanders St to choose your very own. We look forward to welcoming you!

The right to be wrong

by Brandon Mayer

There is much to say on Remembrance Day that could be considered “cliché”. I am talking about phrases such as “lest we forget”, or reminders that we should thank those who have served, and honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. These common cliches are a perfectly uncomplicated show of the type of humbled respect we must give to those who have served our country over the span of many decades. There is an important lesson behind all that we teach present and future generations on Remembrance Day, which is that we see the fruits of these sacrifices every day in the form of freedom. Another way to put it is, that veterans have given us the “right to be wrong”.

When I think of freedom, particularly the types of freedom that we have in Canada, I realize that we are lucky to have the right to be wrong, because some countries don’t even afford their citizens the

right to be right. There are places in other parts of the world where human rights are violated routinely, and standing up to these human rights violations can lead to harsh consequences, the most severe of which is death. In other words, simply being right – simply doing right by others and positioning oneself on the side of kindness and peace – is not a citizen’s right in these places.

When I say that we have the right to be wrong in Canada, I don’t mean always. There are certainly things that society deems wrong in all instances, such as murder and assault. We don’t have the “right” to commit these wrongs, and nor should we. But a fundamental right that we do have, is the right to challenge the legitimacy of our laws, including criminal laws. For example, theft is generally accepted as wrong, but what about the age old debate that asks people if they would steal food to feed their families? This is one example of a polarizing topic that is bound to have strong

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I was glad to see the editorial written last week titled “Let it Be” ... it was well written and very timely. I would however like to raise a concern that you might not agree with. Will the tone of this election discourage good future candidates from running ? For example if someone reads the article where Jim McManaman said that he considered candidate Chris Wilson “unsuitable” to be a councillor, would that be enough for them to reconsider a bid for mayor or council in 4 years? I sure hope not but I guess time will tell.

Thanks, Paul Calder

Dear Editor,

Open Letter To: The Cabal of Conservative Criminals:

Well men, it looks like

the plan backfired. According to the CBC this morning the court of public opinion is laying the blame for the present strike by the lowest paid education workers, clearly, at the feet of the 'Ford Government'...by the way, it's not 'Ford's' government...it is ours – the people of the province.

Mr. Clarke: your handling of the prison in North Grenville has been shameful...a disgrace. If you had any integrity left, you'd step down. You stopped representing the people of this riding when you supported the provincial party... you have the Party's best interests in mind, with every decision that you make – not the people of your riding. For that you should resign.

Mr. Lecce...what the hell do you know about the public education system? Did you go through it? Do

arguments on both sides. The freedom to disagree with our criminal laws is a right that we have, and one that should never be taken for granted. Not everyone on Earth has this right, and our veterans fought for us to keep such rights, some of them ultimately giving their lives for it.

In some cases, disagreeing with the laws helps governments decide to change them. This was the case with public opinion regarding recreational cannabis, which was ultimately legalized in Canada in 2018. Elected governments gradually realized over the span of many years, and on the advice and lobbying of regular citizens, that recreational cannabis was similar to alcohol in the way people use it. Having it illegal to possess, sell, and use therefore caused more harm than good in many situations. Taxpayers were on the hook for the bill each time we locked up a cannabis offender, despite such an offender rarely being a danger to society. Criminal gangs

were formed which primarily focused on selling and distributing cannabis illegally, with such criminal organizations often leading to other forms of criminal behaviour behind the scenes. Raids and car chases undoubtedly added a certain level of danger for the public as well. All in all, we realized that we were wrong. Legalizing cannabis was a decision that came about from our right to challenge our laws.

There are certain things that we shouldn’t be proud to be wrong about. It is a person’s right in this country to oppose gay marriage, just as it is (thankfully) a right for gay people to get married. This “right to be wrong” may not be something to be proud of, but having such a right certainly is. This is because those who are wrong rarely think they are wrong. Ethics refers to competing notions of right from wrong. To think that we can neatly categorize, with any sense of finality, what is right and what is wrong, with an “in-group” who conforms and an “outgroup” who

disagrees, sounds like a loose definition of a dictatorship to me.

The reason why we need the right to be wrong even though the wrong is often ugly, is simply because we sometimes get it wrong when it comes to what is right. Think of that same topic of gay marriage – our laws now agree that gay marriage is right and is therefore a freedom that we enjoy in this country, but this was not always the case. Decades ago, Canada’s citizens could be jailed simply for entering into a homosexual relationship. Those who were “wrong” back then, were those who supported the right to marry for love. Thank goodness for the right to be wrong, or who knows where we would be?

A significant portion of the veterans who served in World Wars I & II likely did not believe in gay marriage or any other number of human rights that we enjoy now. This is due in large part to the fact that these were the prevailing views at the time. Around

that same time in history, it was also common to treat people differently based solely on the colour of their skin, with little to no fear of consequences or even disagreement for such views. These facts do not make us honour our fallen soldiers any less. Those who serve in Canada’s armed forces do not do so to preserve the status quo; they do so to protect the freedom that allows us to do what is right for generations to come.

Regardless of changing opinions throughout the years, and ever changing notions of right from wrong, fundamental freedom has always been and will always be what our beloved service men and women fight for. The best protection for a well functioning, happy society is not protection from any specific harm which may or may not change year to year or decade to decade. Rather, the most important thing to fight for in a society that has already attained true, sweet freedom for its citizens, is the fundamental right to be wrong.

OPP Report

you have children in it? When was the last time you went into a school for reasons other than to show the children what a spewer of government propaganda says and does? 'No' to all of these? You are way out of your depth. Do something honourable...yeah... it's spelled that way...resign.

Mr. Ford...where to begin with you? Removing Conservation Authorities + acting as a force against green energy initiatives + reduced funding to parks and protected lands...just a few examples of how your 'enlightened' approach has erased many of the gains made in my lifetime of 75 years. You – you should be hauled off to court and sentenced for crimes against the welfare of the province.

Who was the genius that thought that the 'Notwithstanding Clause' should be

used against the weakest, poorest-paid group in the education sector? You don't need a sledgehammer to drive in a tack. You are all liars. You have not negotiated in good faith since the beginning of this round of talks. You wanted to get here. You wanted to show how you could crush unions. Well, when you are done here, you will have every union in Ontario and Canada ready to rip you apart and tear you down.

I want a good seat to watch this happen. You deserve it.

Shame...Shame...Shame

Peter Johnson (Oxford

Mills)

On October 26, 2022 at 11:45 am, Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a report of a break in at a property on County Road 44, Edwardsburgh Township. Upon police arrival, three people were located at the storage location and were arrested.

A female, aged 33 from North Grenville, a male aged 40 and a male aged 34, both from South Dundas, were charged under the Criminal Code (CC) with:

-Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 CC sec. 354(1)(a)

-Break, enter a place with intent to commit indictable offence CC sec. 348(1)(a)

-Possession of a schedule I substance - Methamphetamine - Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) sec. 4(1)

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Thank you for your Trust

This holds true for any highly functional team. Commitment to respect, honesty and working together must be present in each and every member of the council for the good of the community.

apologize, honouring those who taught us, and following the Golden Rule.

MUNICIPAL OFFICE HOURS

submitted by Doreen O’Sullivan

Two weeks ago, the voters of North Grenville elected me to be your Municipal Councillor for another term.

I am honoured, I am proud, and I am humbled.

Four years ago I stood for council with no political experience and limited knowledge of how the municipality functioned. I promised to serve with integrity, enthusiasm and commitment. I promised to learn and to serve the people to the best of my ability.

I believe that I have done this and I am committed to continue to do so.

As a health care professional, I always work as part of a team. Trust and communication are the absolute basic requirements of safe health care.

Op-ed

The 28th Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, wrote a book titled “Trust – Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country”. This book was given to me by a local resident shortly after I was elected in 2018. It has guided my approach to being a part of the council which has accomplished a great deal and faced unprecedented challenges.

There are three main themes in his book. First, Make yourself worthy of trust. Second, Build trust around you. And third, Create a trustworthy and trusted community.

Some of the ways to accomplish these themes include listening, consistency, showing up not showing off, acting in the first person plural, being true to yourself, knowing there is more than one right way, depending on those around you, recognizing a peril, knowing how to

Health and education

submitted by Steve Gabell

An educated and healthy population are the basic requirements for a healthy economy and strong civic society. We all rely on our public education and healthcare systems, yet the Ford government seems intent on gutting them. Our healthcare system is in crisis, with multiple emergency departments across the province having to reduce their opening hours or even needing to close altogether at times due to staffing shortages. The ED at Kemptville District Hospital was closed for six nights over the Labour Day long weekend and our MPP did not even acknowledge this. Those EDs that are open are under ever increasing pressure, with patients waiting hours for assessment by a doctor and a shortage of beds, meaning many are treated in hallways. Paediatric EDs are being overwhelmed, with CHEO often reporting patients waiting over 12 hours to see a doctor for an initial assessment. Ambulances are also being affected, with delays in handing patients over having a knockon effect on the availability of ambulances to respond to

emergency calls. Even major cities, including Ottawa, have reported situations where no ambulances have been available to respond to calls.

One of the root causes of the crisis engulfing our hospitals is the decision by Ford to implement Bill 124 in 2019, which limited nurses and many other healthcare workers to 1% annual pay rises. Imagine spending the last two and half years working through an unprecedented pandemic and being rewarded with a miserly 1% increase at a time when inflation is running closer to double digits. Is it any wonder nurses do not want to work in Ontario EDs and are looking for alternative options? Fiona Jager, professor of nursing at St Lawrence College, reports that the current situation is even causing nursing students to reconsider their decisions.

Our education system is dependent on the vital work of many people. Teachers are important, but we also need librarians, custodians, early childhood educators, educational assistants, and many others to ensure our schools are safe spaces for our children and to support

That is the kind of person I strive to be. I believe that this re-elected council will continue to work together as a team with respect and always aiming to improve. The engagement of residents, along with the expertise and skills of our municipal staff, all contribute to the success of our Council.

I congratulate all my council colleagues, Mayor Nancy Peckford and Councillors John Barclay, Deb Wilson and Kristin Strackerjan on their re-election. I applaud the other candidates who put themselves forward in the election. It was good to see so many willing to serve the community and good to get to know them better during the campaign.

I appreciated all the prayers and well wishes when I was ill. I am happy to report that I am feeling well and it was not too serious. These gestures are what make NG the community I love and why I serve.

Thank you again for putting your trust in me.

The Municipal office is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Visit our events calendar to find out what’s happening in the community: www.northgrenville.ca/events-calendar

REMEMBRANCE DAY

The Municipal Office will be CLOSED on Friday, November 11, 2022 to recognize Remembrance Day. The Public Library hours and the Waste and Recycling Collection Schedule will NOT be affected.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

COUNCIL

MEETINGS

Council meetings will be held in Council Chambers and will be live streamed on YouTube at: youtube.com/user/NorthGrenville/featured and on the Municipality’s website at: northgrenville. ca/govern/governance/agendas-and-minutes.

To make a deputation in relation to an item on the agenda, please provide your comments no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting to clerk@northgrenville.on.ca. Council agendas are available at: northgrenville.ca/govern/governance/agendas-and-minutes.

• Council Meeting (Open) – Council Chambers – Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

VOLUNTEER AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill the following positions. Please visit northgrenville.ca/careers for updates on volunteer and employment opportunities and to apply.

Executive Assistant to the Mayor

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill a full-time position of Executive Assistant to the Mayor. Interested applicants may submit a cover letter and resume outlining qualification in confidence to Human Resources by Thursday, November 10, 2022, no later than 4:00 p.m.

Engineering Technologist

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill the position of an Engineering Technologist in its Public Works Department (Development focused). Interested applicants may submit a cover letter and resume outlining qualification in confidence to Human Resources by Monday, November 14, 2022 no later than 4:00 p.m.

Public Library Board

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking applications from individuals interested in being appointed to the Public Library Board. The Public Library Board shall be composed of at least five members appointed by the Municipal Council. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, Canadian Citizen, North Grenville resident and not employed by the Municipality or County. Visit www.northgrenville.ca for details and to apply

Accessibility Advisory Committee

teachers too. These workers are woefully underpaid, earning an average of $39k a year according to their union, CUPE. Many must take on extra jobs to keep their heads above water and, in a fall 2021 survey, over 25% reported having to cut back on food. CUPE members have seen their wages eroded over the years and were seeking an above inflation raise. Ford's response was to offer another miserly increase of 1.5 to 2%, which was marginally improved following CUPE's announcement that they were in a legal strike position. The right to strike was hard won by unions and the labour movement and is the last resort in bargaining with an employer. It's hardly surprising that CUPE members opted for strike action when they were offered a significant real terms pay cut. The province then decided to take a chainsaw to the Charter rights of education workers by taking the nuclear option of invoking the “notwithstanding clause”clause to implement a legislated contract and to ban CUPE members from striking – before they had even been on strike for a single day! This

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is an outrageous attack on the Constitutional rights of CUPE members and sets a dangerous precedent for negotiations with other unions. Unsurprisingly, unions, civil rights organizations, and opposition parties are up in arms at the casual way Ford has tried to strip workers of fundamental constitutional rights.

Ontario Greens fully support CUPE members in their negotiations for a fair pay settlement and their right to strike. No-one wants to see

more disruption to children's education, but this shouldn't be achieved on the backs of the lowest paid members of staff. Doug Ford claims he is "for the workers", but he has forced miserly pay rises on nurses and is stripping education workers of their rights and will continue to take this approach with other public service unions. Ontario is a rich province in a rich country. Ford has no problem finding money for his pet projects, like highway 413, or new

prisons across the province, or the removal and refund of licence plate fees.

Mike Schreiner and the Ontario Greens are continuing to call on Ford and Minister Lecce to return to the bargaining table with CUPE and to negotiate a fair settlement.

We are also calling for electoral reform so that we never again have the situation where a government can be elected with the support of only 18% of the electorate.

Statement from Mayor Nancy Peckford on Remembrance Day

United Nations’ peacekeeping operations and most recently, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan.

We honour all those who risked their lives for our freedom and those we lost in service of their country.

On behalf of the Municipality of North Grenville and Members of Council, we join with residents to mark the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day.

Each year on this day, we

pause to remember the brave Canadians in uniform who served, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country during the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, members of the

As well, we extend eternal gratitude to the service men and women who returned from armed conflict and peacekeeping missions, some with physical and emotional scars. We also honour their families who have borne the burden for many of those scars, and sacrificed time with their loved ones in the name of our country.

Earlier this week, the Municipality lowered its

Honouring all who served

flags for Indigenous Veterans Day, to honour the contributions and sacrifices made by First Nations, Inuit and Metis in service to Canada, service which has gone unmarked and uncelebrated by most Canadians for far too long.

For so many of us in North Grenville, we have had the great fortune to have never experienced war firsthand. Yet, there are people who have fled war in their homelands for the promise of a better life for their families and have found peace in our nation and our community, including those from Ukraine. Let us ensure we take the time to welcome all refugees and provide the

support they need during a difficult transition as they seek to live a life free of conflict and war.

On the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour, residents across Canada gather together to remember those who gave their lives in service of their country.

The Municipality of North Grenville has joined others within our community in placing a wreath at the Cenotaph in Old Town Kemptville as a symbol of respect and remembrance. Municipal flags will also fly at half-mast.

At 11 am on November 11, I encourage everyone to observe one minute of

silence, and take the time to remember those who have fought for us and our country. Let us pay our respects and express our gratitude for helping to make Canada the prosperous, free, and secure country we enjoy.

Lest We Forget.

LEST WE FORGET

On behalf of North Grenville’s Council

Remembering 1917

by David Shanahan

In November, 1917, Canada was at war, and had been for more than three long and tragic years. The First World War involved Canada in a conflict the likes of which had never been seen before. The new technologies of industrialised nations were brought to bear on the battlefield, and machine guns, poison gas, tanks and barbed wire took a heavy toll on all the warring nations.

In 1916, more than 24,000 Canadians had been killed on the Somme, and 1917 brought no relief from the mud and blood and death. If anything, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Lens, and Passchendaele brought the war more immediately into the daily lives of the people in this region.

But there was so much more in 1917 that made it such a time of death and division, even within Canada. After fifty years, the nation was almost torn apart by the

Conscription Crisis which dominated the second half of the year and pitted Ontario against the West, and, most especially, against Quebec. As the article on the Crisis in this issue shows, Canada barely survived its anniversary year, and if the war had not ended in1918, the strains on our national unity might have proved too great to survive. It really was that serious.

It was not just to Canada that the year brought traumatic and far-reaching changes. In 1917, the United States entered the war, and the Russian Empire departed it. The Bolshevik Revolution had brought an end to the ruling Czars and the new regime made its own peace with the Kaiser’s Germany, leaving the latter free to transfer its divisions to the Western Front. There were mutinies in the French army and the German navy.

After 105 years, we can look back in relative peace

and gain some perspective on the past. Have we learned from it? Do we fully appreciate the country we have today, in spite of those days of bloodshed and the loss of more than 60,000 Canadians between 1914 and 1918? The War to End War only led to a Second World War, an even more bloody conflict that helped to make the Twentieth Century one of the most savage in historic records.

This year, we should remember the bravery and the deeds of those who lived through those awful days of 1917, and promise to do everything we can to never repeat the horror and the destruction that all wars bring to all sides. That is why we remember them on November 11 each year: so that we are not among those who, by forgetting their history, are doomed to repeat it.

Kemptville and the Conscription Crisis

The fact that Canada was nearly torn apart through the Conscription Crisis in 1917 can, at least, partly, be traced back to Kemptville! Although Conscription was opposed in the West by Labour leaders, as well as by those who were against the war itself, most of the focus of opposition lay in Quebec. And while it was stated repeatedly at the time, and ever since, that this was an anti-war attitude on the part of French Canadians, the situation was not nearly as clear-cut as that.

Many French Canadians saw the war as a European Imperialist conflict, with which Canada should have nothing to do. But there was one issue in particular which had soured Francophones on joining in any British venture, particularly one that was heavily supported by Orange Ontario: Regulation 17. The regulation prohibited primary schools from using French as a language of instruction or communication beyond grade 2 and capped the amount of time primary school students could receive instruction in French as a subject to one hour per day. Schools that ignored the regulations would lose their funding, and teachers would lose their certification.

Regulation 17 owed a great deal of its force and

controversy to G. Howard Ferguson, native of Kemptville and prime mover in the Conservative Government of measures to curtail French language services in education in Ontario. Ferguson served on the village council and was Reeve from 1900 to 1902. He constantly linked the dangers of bilingual education in Canada to threats to its British character.

“This is a British country and we must maintain it as such if we are to maintain the high destiny that Providence intended for Canada... If Ontario can demonstrate that the bilingual system is unnecessary, she has won a great victory for British citizenship”.

The leader of Quebec Nationalists, Henri Bourassa, had explicitly linked Regulation 17 to the war in Europe when he declared: “Why go and get killed by Prussians in Europe when we are being persecuted right here by the Prussians in Ontario?” When the leader of the Liberal Party, Wilfrid Laurier, was invited by the Prime Minister, Robert Borden, to join a Union Government to introduce conscription and prosecute the war in 1917, Laurier refused, knowing how strongly conscription would be resisted in Quebec. Borden had promised, at the start of the war, that conscrip-

tion would never be used. Breaking this promise, it was felt, insulted the incredible sacrifices and achievements of the Royal 22e Régiment, known as the Van Doos, which suffered around 4,000 casualties during the war, earning two Victoria Crosses on the way.

In addition, a special fundraising effort for the Patriotic Fund in February, 1917, had been very successful. People in Quebec donated one day’s pay to the Fund, and both Francophone newspapers provided free space for the initiative. Almost two-thirds of the donors were French Canadians. Conscription seemed like a betrayal, and emotions were to reach fever pitch in early 1918, when machine guns were used against protestors in Quebec City, killing four men. As can be seen in the local newspaper at the time, racist attitudes dominated in many Ontario communities, labelling Quebeckers as proGerman and a direct threat to Canada. Confederation was faced with a serious danger in its 50th year. Howard Ferguson’s rhetoric and legislation was reaping an unfortunate harvest.

Lestweforget.

Conscription crisis, 1917

After the Canadian Corps victory at Vimy in April, 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden visited the front and met with military and political leaders in London and France. He noted at the time that there were fewer Canadian soldiers engaged in the war than those from other parts of the British Empire, such as Australia. He also noted the fact that recruitment in Canada was not keeping up with the number of casualties in France. In April, for example, only 5,500 men had volunteered to enlist, but at Vimy almost twice that number had been killed and wounded in the three days the battle lasted.

On his return to Canada, Borden announced that he would introduce conscription, meaning that every eligible male would be liable to be called up and sent to war. He formed a Union Government, including members of the Opposition Liberal Party, though most of the Quebec members, as well as their Party leader, Wilfrid Laurier, refused to be part of the administration.

The ensuing campaign to pass legislation in the Canadian Parliament, and the election rhetoric leading up to the vote in December, became so polarising that there was a genuine fear that the country would be irretrievably divided along ethnic and ideological lines.

In the end, conscription never met the goals set by Borden and all of the trauma and division was for nothing. Call-ups began in January of 1918, but out of the more than 400,000 that were eligible to be drafted, more than 380,000 appealed their call-up. A total of 124,588 were actually enlisted, and by the end of the war, only 24,000 extra soldiers made it to France.

Canadian volunteers

Between the beginning of the war in 1914, and June 30, 1917 when conscription was being debated in the House of Commons, 42,456 Canadians had volunteered to enlist. Of that number, around 320,000 had actually gone overseas. The total of these that had been killed, were missing, died of other causes, and captured was 32,000. In July, 1917, casualties had totalled 3,637 and the number of new recruits enlisted that month was just 4,257.

The Home Front

One of the major consequences of the war on the home front in North Grenville was a scarcity of fuel. On October 18, 1917, the following appeared in the Weekly Advance: Fuel Scarce

The fuel situation in Kemptville and vicinity still remains acute, neither dealer having received any coal for a month. Anderson & Langstaff received a couple of cars this week, mostly for their own use, what they did cell brought eleven dollars a ton. At Oxford Mills no coal at all has arrived the season. Would it is scarce owing to the deep snow in the woods last winter but little was cut, and those who have it for sale won’t part with it yet for fear they may sell it for less than they could get should they hold it. Should the coming winter be a severe one the outlook for hardship and suffering is to be expected.

The 1917 Election propaganda

The election campaign of December revealed deep divisions in Canadian society. Quebec was portrayed in newspapers in Ontario, and very clearly in the local newspapers in this area, as a traitorous community, determined to rule all of Canada. The clipping here comes from the Weekly Advance of December 13, 1917. The headline says much: “Is a United Quebec to Rule All Canada?”

The issue of conscription is called: “the most tremendous question in Canada’s history”, and warns that “Canada is in real danger”. The article claims that Quebec wanted to withdraw Canada from the war, impose “bilingual schools everywhere”, and take political control of Canada. The issue at the heart of the election, it says, is simple:

“Canada must decide whether she will become a deserter and quit with Russia, or fight to the end for liberty with Belgium. This decision must not be dictated by the only Province which has shirked its obligations throughout the war. All Canada knows that Germany has been working through agents, spies and bribes in every country in the world...Do we Canadians think the Kaiser has overlooked Canada?”

The scars left by the 1917 Election are still visible today, as this kind of propaganda did not lose its effects after the votes were cast. The emphasis on Anglo-Saxon, British Canada in danger from what another article referred to as “Quebec and the Germans, and other enemies of Britain”, underlined how the war had been seen from the beginning: a British Imperial crusade of the righteous against evil. And all of Quebec was now labelled as being the latter.

Major Horace Hutchins

Lisgar Rifles.

Horace Hutchins was born on January 28, 1868 in Kemptville, Ontario. His grandfather had arrived in Oxford-on-Rideau Township from Ireland around 1820 and the family had farmed in the area since then. Horace attended the Kemptville Union Public and High School on Oxford Street, and then became a farmer and businessman, an agent for Frost and Wood farm implements company. He was Reeve of Kemptville in 1912. On August 3, 1915, he enlisted with the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion, a unit of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force (CEF). He had served eight years with the 56th Regiment in Kemptville and had been Captain in the local militia company, the 56th

To get to the front, Major Hutchins accepted a reduction to the rank of Lieutenant. However, he was promoted to Captain and then back to the rank of Major in early 1916. While serving with the 190th Battalion, Horace was struck and killed on April 9, 1917, as he led his men across No Man's Land during an attack on Vimy Ridge.

His wife, Mary Jane, died in October, 1918 of the Spanish Flu, one of the earliest victims of the pandemic that swept the world in 1918-1919. They had no children of their own, but had adopted a nephew, Helman Duey Hutchins, who was 19 when Horace was killed. He seems to have left before that time, however, as it was Horace’s brother who was identified as next-of-kin after Mary’s death the following year.

This letter was sent to Horace’s widow after he died:

A Co., 124th Am. Corps. France, April 18, 1917.

My Dear Mrs. Hutchins: On behalf of the boys who were in the

company in the 109th battalion, which was commanded by your late husband, I beg to offer our sincere sympathy to you on account of his loss.

He was honoured by all who knew him, both officers and men, and I’m sure all will hear of his being killed in action with deep feeling.

I have been able to get some details as to his death and will give them to you as best I can. He led his company across No Man’s land and while near the centre was hit with a bullet in the left arm. He immediately had a bandage put on and continued going forward. His death came quickly and without pain, for on reaching the enemy’s frontline he was hit in both breasts with a machine gun and died instantly. When found by a former 109th boy he was taken for having gone to sleep, but the worst was soon discovered.

As our own position has since been moved I think I may state that he has very likely been buried in one of the too numerous cemeteries near

Mt. St. Eloy, which is not far from Arras.

As company sergeantmajor of your late husband’s former company, I beg you to accept the sincere sympathy of myself and all the others who were in the Company at any time.

I remain, yours sincerely, Leslie G. Hathaway, Cpl.

“The sad and unexpected news that arrived here last Friday afternoon of the passing away of Mrs. Horace Hutchins while on a visit to her cousin, Mr. W. J. Corbett, Montréal, has caused nothing but profound sadness among her friends here. Mrs. Hutchins had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Corbett for about a month and while preparing to return home was

stricken with influenza which later developed into pneumonia and after about a week’s illness she passed away. Mrs. Hutchins maiden name was Minnie J. Martin. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Martin, photographer of Kemptville. She was born here and lived practically all her life in the village. She was married to the late Major Hutchins, who so

Weekly Advance, October 31st, 1918.

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The Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville

We haven't talked about breakfast for a while. At the farm, and particularly on weekends, we love to have a large breakfast before heading outside to do chores or walk the property or whatever. A favourite is the traditional sausage and eggs, hash browns, toast and homemade jam, along with a ton of coffee. However, waffles are also a favourite. This Savory Waffle and Egg Breakfast is a tasty treat and for a bit of a production in the kitchen with the family gathered round.

Savory Waffle and Egg Breakfast

Ingredients

1 cup of flour

½ cup of cornmeal ¼ cup of cornstarch

1 teaspoon of baking powder

½ teaspoon of baking soda

2 cups of buttermilk

2 large eggs for the waffle batter

½ cup of old cheddar cheese, grated ¼ cup melted butter

1 slice of Canadian back bacon per waffle

1 large egg per waffle

Preparation

1. Preheat your oven to 200F

2. Mix the flour, cornmeal, cornstarch, baking powder and soda in bowl

3 In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and buttermilk

4. Pour the wet into the dry mixture and mix gently till incorporated

5. Pour in the melted butter, then incorporate the grated cheese

6. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let sit for 10 minutes while pre-heating your waffle iron

7. Cook your waffles as usual; place them on a cookie sheet in the oven to keep them warm

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8. Fry up your back bacon and eggs

9. For each person, place a waffle on a plate and cover with a slice of back bacon and the egg

10. Sprinkle with just a bit of parsley leaves and serve If you wish, you can also scramble the eggs with more cheese and use them as the topper. This recipe is a lot of fun to make and even better to eat. We would usually use Beth's Chili relish as an accompaniment, but you can substitute any low-sweet relish (maybe something you made yourself) or a salsa that isn't overly spiced. Also, please keep in mind that you may need more than one waffle per person (that's because they are so good). All the very best from Paul at pcormier@ranaprocess.com..

Province’s response to CUPE labour dispute is shameful

by Brandon Mayer

“If you are arrested, your first call should be to your local president who will in turn contact your National Representative.” These words hit hard. These words were included in an email sent to all members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 5678, in anticipation of strike action beginning on November 4. I am one of those CUPE 5678 members, and I still struggle to process what Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce have done. This is shameful.

I shouldn’t even have to discuss the things that the union is fighting for, or the merit of these things, in order to express why it is wrong to legislate against fair collective bargaining, or to force ordinary low paid workers to go to work against their will under threat of being issued a fine or being arrested. Nevertheless, I will.

I am going to throw out some numbers, and I can only hope that by the time you are reading this, a better deal has been reached, and these numbers will no

longer be relevant. But given the Ford-Lecce attitude, I have my doubts. By now, most people ought to know that it is not teachers who are members of CUPE, but rather school support staff. Contrary to popular belief, these are not well-paid workers. A starting custodian makes just $19.79 hourly. An Educational Assistant (EA) makes just $21.72 hourly, and a Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) can expect a starting pay of just $22.34 per hour. These wages increase yearly in very small increments until a CUPE employee’s fifth year, when they cap out at an average of about $2 above the starting wage. Keep in mind that many of these positions have working hours that are below what would be considered full time employment.

Why does it matter? Why don’t CUPE workers simply get a different job if they don’t like the pay? Surely there are others who would appreciate these jobs? Wrong! So very wrong! What happens when too many of these CUPE workers call your bluff? A

typical RECE position at a childcare centre will pay a starting wage of at least $23 hourly, often more. I know this because, well, I run one. We all know with the current economy, that we can work at McDonalds for $16.50 per hour. The gap between minimum wage workers and the professionals who care for and help educate your kids is closing very quickly. Area factories pay much more than what CUPE members make. The Lactalis plant in Winchester has paid much more generous wages for years. A factory in Cornwall has just increased its labourers’ wages to an average of $23 hourly. I worked at that same factory less than a decade ago for $12.55 per hour. The world is clearly changing, and school support staff are being left behind.

This matters for the simple reason that workers are leaving school support staff positions in droves. Who are these mystical workers who are waiting to swoop in and take these positions if CUPE members don’t appreciate them? There are none. If CUPE workers keep leaving for better paying jobs, it

won’t be a strike that keeps your kids out of school, it will be a permanent lack of staff that necessitates switching everything online for the foreseeable future. That is when the nay-sayers will have no one left to complain about. That is when they will see that you need to pay people what they are worth.

Imagine holding onto your job out of dedication, out of a love for children who aren’t your own, and a commitment to making their learning experience as amazing as possible. Then imagine, that not only are you totally disrespected when asking for a fair wage, but you also get threatened with criminal punishment if you exercise your constitutionally protected right to strike. Maybe Minister Lecce, who didn’t even attend public school as a child and now makes $165,000 per year, should find a new job. After all, the government that was supposed to protect the average worker is now a long way off from doing its job.

Adapting to a Future of Disturbances

submitted by Ralph C. Martin

From our quiet, grade eight classroom, we were accustomed to seeing familiar patterns on the rural road, through the window. One fall afternoon, a house on a long flatbed trailer crawled into range. The rolling edifice, complete with flashing lights and escorts, was tracked by every student, except Clayton, who must have been more studious than the rest of us. By the time he glanced at the window, the view was nothing but house. He jumped up and shouted, "a house, a house!"

I don't know what will happen in the future. However, I expect that beyond 2022, our views and experiences will be increasingly unusual.

In Canada, we've encountered fires, floods, hurricanes and atmospheric rivers and yet livelihoods, to date, have bounced back rather quickly, contrasted with those of farmers in Pakistan who do not have business risk management programs. Zain Haq, in the National Observer, warned that "soon, Pakistan, or another country in the Global South, will reach wet-bulb

temperatures unsustainable for human life. Overnight, millions of people will die, not just be displaced." Such disturbances will devastate farming and options for survivors in those areas and evoke contrasting Canadian responses to inevitable migrations.

Some humans assume they are more equal than others. An egregious example is the Guardian news exposure of the super-rich, with intentions to maintain luxurious lifestyles through any disturbances that may arise. "Their extreme wealth and privilege makes them obsessed with insulating themselves from the very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migrations, global pandemics, nativist panic and resource depletion."

Jesus's insight is pertinent. "To whom much is given, much will be required" (Luke 12:48). Perhaps too late, the super-rich will understand ecological principles. Ultimately, their survival is also at stake. Hubris does not trump Earth system science.

While "the polluting elite", indulge in high-carbon lifestyles to fuel the

climate crisis, the V20 (20 vulnerable countries facing the worst impacts of the climate crisis) proposes to levy a windfall tax on oil and gas producers, or on frequent flyers, to raise money for a loss and damage fund. Children intuitively understand that those who have way too much should provide resources to people in the V20, rather than grabbing more.

Johan Rockström, a scientist I fully respect, has methodically laid out the scientific risks of being too slow to arrest human generated green house gas emissions and other human harms to the environment. He is now more urgent in his admonitions. "By the time a global temperature rise of 1.5C is reached … it would mean that we would be handing over to our children and to all future generations, a planet that will be sliding irreversibly towards possessing fewer and fewer places to live."

Recently, Ken Dryden opined in the Globe and Mail that "maybe, these past few years with Covid have been a good dress rehearsal to prepare us for the climate change fight ahead." Nevertheless, we've been reticent

to accept our part. Canadians act as though it is axiomatic that our lifestyles stay the same even as we carelessly ignore or interfere with the foundations of dynamic ecological stability.

Let's try to imagine what Mother Earth would type in a text to all people. "Why don't you respect the limits of physics, chemistry and biology? You have the knowledge. Listen up; especially those of you who consume the most and have power!"

I'm tempted to include an ‘or else' in her reprimand but I'm guessing she would recognize that human agency can result in a range of outcomes from ethereal creativity to deplorable horrors. How we choose and act is up to us.

We can see the approaching challenge of adapting to more disturbances. Given that humans change reluctantly, it's possible that being forced to adapt to climate and environmental crises will be the only way for us to do what is necessary for our species to survive.

Ralph C. Martin, Ph.D., Professor (retired), University of Guelph. Information on book, Food Security: From Excess to Enough at www.ralphmartin.ca

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BREAKFAST, Kemptville Legion! Every 3rd Saturday from 8-10am - $8 for adults, $6 for children 10 and under. Euchre will be held following breakfast, registration starts at 11:30 am.

BINGO, Kemptville Legion, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, doors open at noon

NEW – Artisan and Vendors’ Market

Admission Free .Monetary donation to Kemptville Salvation Army Food Bank is appreciated. eQuinelle Residents’ Club, 140 eQuinelle Dr. Kemptville, Ont. Saturday, November 26, 10am – 4 pm

Kemptville Horticultural Society November Meeting

Wednesday November 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

At the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Rd. #43, Kemptville On this evening, we will hold our Annual General Meeting with elections of officers.

The guest speaker is from The Flower Shop, Kemptville, on the subject of Christmas Decor.

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Opening of the Kemptville Legion

took place at a special banquet in the Armouries, now the Williamson Memorial Hall, on October 24, 1932, when the thirty members of the Branch were joined by representatives of the national and Ottawa branches of the Canadian Legion to mark the event.

Between 1932 and 1957, the Legion had met primarily in the Armoury building. But on Kemptville’s 100th anniversary, a new building was opened on July 6, 1957. The date was itself an anniversary of D-Day, July 6, 1944.

Kemptville Legion No. 212 received its Charter from the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, as it was called back in 1932. The branch had formed in late

1931, and gradually gathered members from the region. It was officially chartered on April 16, 1932, but it was some months later before the formal presentation of the Charter

The Charter was formally presented by Captain W. P. Grant to the President of the Branch, Walter Tuck. The newlychartered Branch held the first Poppy Day that November.

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Indigenous Veterans

by Veterans Affairs, Government of Canada

The First World War raged from 1914 to 1918 and more than 4,000 Indigenous people served in uniform during the conflict. It was a remarkable response and in some areas, one in three able-bodied men would volunteer. Indeed, some communities (such as the Head of the Lake Band in British

Columbia) saw every man between 20 and 35 years of age enlist. Indigenous recruits joined up for a variety of reasons, from seeking employment or adventure to wanting to uphold a tradition that had seen their ancestors fight alongside the British in earlier military efforts like the War of 1812 and the South African War.

Valuable skills

Many Indigenous men brought valuable skills with them when they joined the military. Patience, stealth and marksmanship were well-honed traits for those who had come from communities where hunting was a cornerstone of daily life. These attributes helped many of these soldiers become successful snipers

(military sharpshooters) and reconnaissance scouts (men who stealthily gathered information on enemy positions). Indigenous soldiers earned at least 50 decorations for bravery during the war. Henry Louis Norwest,

a Métis from Alberta and one of the most famous snipers of the entire Canadian Corps, held a divisional sniping record of 115 fatal shots and was awarded the Military Medal and bar for his courage under fire.

Francis Pegahmagabow

home. This hero had his right to vote stripped from him because he was an Indian.

these rights are not always honoured.

by David Shanahan

As Indigenous Veterans Week is marked during Remembrance Week, it is important to know more about how Indigenous veterans were treated after they had returned from serving their country. An example to remember this week is that of Francis Pegahmagabow. His story is perhaps the best example of the lessons we need to learn from our past, because it has a relevance to Canada today. Francis signed up at the very start of World War I, in August, 1914. He is the most highly decorated indigenous soldier in Canadian history. He was awarded the Military Medal, not once, but three times and was seriously wounded during his time serving in the First World War. As a scout and sniper, he was credited with 378 kills, and he single-handedly captured 300 prisoners.

Along with every other man in uniform, he was granted the vote in federal elections in 1917, and returned to his home community of Wasauksing on Parry Island celebrated as a hero and a credit to his people. Then the reality of life in Canada for native people hit

Indigenous people did not regain that right until the 1950’s. Although he was Chief of his community for many years, every attempt to improve the lives of his people was thwarted by Indian Agents who dictated every aspect of life on the Wasauksing Reserve. He, along with every other indigenous person in the country, was not allowed to send a letter of protest to the Government, they all had to go through the Agent.

Residents of Reserves were under the Indian Act, a piece of legislation that controlled their lives, refused them the right to hire a lawyer to represent them, refused the right even to leave the Reserve without written permission from the Agent. This was how Canada treated its decorated heroes.

Is this relevant? Well, we still have an Indian Act, not always as restrictive as in the past, but, nevertheless, the only piece of Canadian legislation specifically designed to deal with a single ethnic community. We still have people living on land without any economic development potential, without clean, safe water to drink, with nothing for their young or old to look forward to in life. Yes, this is relevant. There are so many myths surrounding Canada’s indigenous people and where they fit into our society. Most of them are untrue. They do not “get everything for nothing”, many do pay taxes like the rest of us, and whatever treaty rights they have are compensation for what was taken from them. Even

The First World War was fought, it was said, to protect the rights of small nations, like Belgium. Britain (and therefore Canada) entered the war to protect the neutrality of that country. It is ironic, then, that the rights of small nations, First Nations, were so blatantly ignored and degraded, in spite of legal treaties with Britain and Canada. What was fought for then, what we remember every November, is that millions of people died to safeguard basic human and civil rights from being infringed upon by bigger and stronger nations.

Canada has been doing that very thing to many smaller nations within its own borders for generations. In spite of which, around 4,000 men like Francis Pegahmagabow, that’s around one-third of all indigenous men between the ages of 18 and 45, went to war and distinguished themselves in defending this country. This is something that we, as Canadians must honour, acknowledge, and do what we can to show our gratitude. We must educate ourselves and our children about the First Nations of this country and their history. We must sort out truth from myth, and recognise the rights and status of the people who also died and served, and who were later reduced to children in the eyes of the law of Canada. Lest we forget.

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders elds.

Francis Pegahmagabow Monument. [Photo Credit: Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials]

Kemptville District Hospital Foundation welcomes two new members to the Board

the University of Toronto, where he completed his BSc in Physical Therapy. Chris worked as a Physical Therapist in the Toronto area until 1998, then relocated back to Osgoode where he and his wife raised their two children.

on raising funds for important initiatives such as the new CT scan.

Ms. Deborah Girard

Bright promise for the dark disease of Glaucoma

The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation Board of Directors has welcomed two new members, elected at its most recent Annual General Meeting on September 29, 2022.

"I am pleased to welcome Chris Lang and Deborah Girard to the Foundation Board of Directors and look forward to the vision and leadership they will bring to the Foundation," said Margret Norenberg, Board Chair. "Mr. Lang and Ms.

Girard will be great additions to the Foundation Board, as the Foundation plans to launch a major campaign in 2023, to raise funds to purchase a new CT scan for KDH."

The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is managed by a dedicated and compassionate group of volunteers from Kemptville and surrounding areas.

Mr. Chris Lang

Chris was raised in Oxford Mills, ON and attended

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After becoming a partner in his physiotherapy clinic and owning and operating it for 22 years, Mr. Lang sold his practice and stepped away from management responsibilities. Chris does, however, continue to practice 3 days a week. Additionally, Chris has teamed up with a good friend and they have become the new owners of the Sport Clips franchise in Kemptville.

The Kemptville Hospital has been an important place for Chris, his family, and his community in Osgoode. He looks forward to working with the Foundation Board

Deborah Girard is President and co-owner of Good Night Bed Company. Deborah and her husband Tim bring more than 10 years of experience in the mattress industry and have built a successful business here in Kemptville.

Deborah is passionate about her community and is delighted to be joining the Kemptville District Hospital Foundation.

The complete list of Foundation Board Members is available on the KDH Foundation website: Kemptville District Hospital Foundation - Board of Directors (kdhfoundation.ca)

Beware the “silent thief of sight”. Glaucoma sneaks up on people causing irreparable vision loss before diagnosis. Over 3 million North Americans have glaucoma – about half don’t know it. For society, the economic and social consequences of stolen sight is large. For sufferers, when glaucoma progresses to blindness, it is life changing. But is a cure in sight?

The field of stem cell research is moving at lighting speed.

In the search for a cure to glaucoma, adult stem cells, as opposed to the more controversial embryonic stem cells, are the focus. There are two types of adult stems cells. One type comes from tissues such as the brain, skin, or bone marrow. This type only makes more of the same. A stem cell from the liver only makes more liver cells.

Another type is called “induced pluripotent stem cells”, which are programmable. They were discovered in 2006 by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka. He collected a Nobel Prize in 2012, having been the first to achieve success in showing that these stems cells can self-renew indefinitely and change into other cell types.

We have had our first individual diagnosed with influenza (flu) in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville and there have been additional people diagnosed in our surrounding area. Flu is circulating in our region. This first flu case has been identified approximately one month earlier than the first case in a typical flu season before COVID-19, which may be an indication of a prolonged and severe flu season this year.

Influenza is a preventable illness that can be very dangerous to some individuals. Because influenza is extremely contagious and is capable of spreading rapidly from person to person, it is important for individuals to follow these steps to protect themselves as well as others in the community: Get a flu shot, wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, keep frequently touched hard surfaces clean and disinfected, cover your cough, and stay home when you are sick.

Influenza vaccination will be very important this fall with the co-circulation of COVID-19 illness, in order to protect personal health as well as mitigate impacts on our healthcare

system. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit recommends annual immunization against influenza for any persons over 6 months of age. There is a new flu vaccine produced each year to protect against the three strains of influenza most commonly circulating during the flu season. Pregnant women are recommended to receive the influenza vaccine. Children who are over the age of 6 months and under the age of nine and are getting the flu shot for the first time should get a second dose one month later.

It takes approximately two weeks for the flu vaccine to reach maximum protection, so be sure to get the vaccine as soon as it is available.

Certain individuals are at a greater risk for serious complications from the flu: Very young children, especially those 2 years of age and younger; pregnant women; people over 65; and adults and children with chronic health conditions such as diabetes, respiratory, cardiac, kidney disease or cancer.

The flu shot is the safest way to protect yourself and your family and friends from the influenza virus. The vaccine protects about

70 percent of people who get a flu shot. However, the protection rate in seniors is less, as their immune systems are weaker. You may still get the flu even though you received your flu shot but being vaccinated will help to reduce the severity of your symptoms.

You cannot get the flu from receiving a flu shot. The flu vaccine does not contain live virus so it is incapable of giving you the flu. Most people have no reaction to having a flu vaccine while some report having tenderness at the injection site for a few days. After receiving a flu shot some people may experience a mild fever, feeling tired, or having muscle aches and this is considered a normal reaction to having a vaccination. It is not the flu.

Do I need to wait to get the flu shot if I just got my COVID-19 vaccine?

No, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has recommended that there is no longer any time interval between getting your COVID-19 vaccine and any other vaccine (including your flu shot). The most important thing is to get them both as early as you can. How can you get the influenza vaccine?

The Leeds Grenville and Lanark Health Unit is NOT providing Community Clinics.

We are recommending that you get your flu shot at your local pharmacy or through your Health Care Provider. Most Pharmacy clinics will be open and available to the public 7 days a week and with evening hours. Pharmacies cannot give vaccinations to persons under 2 years of age.

Less than a decade after discovery, the first surgical implant of these cells occurred in the eye of a Japanese patient using her own reprogrammed skin cells, grown in a lab into a sheet of retina cells to fight, in this case, macular degeneration.

Dr. Yvonne Ou is a Harvard Medical School trained ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center. She notes that the use of stem cells in the treatment of glaucoma includes a variety of approaches.

Open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of this disease, where eye pressure builds gradually causing vision issues over time, not suddenly as in the other form of glaucoma that causes an urgent medical emergency.

“In primary open-angle glaucoma,” Dr. Ou explains, “the drainage system does not properly drain the fluid inside the eye, and eye pressure can increase. One idea is to take pluripotent stem cells and use them to make the cells that drain fluid out of the eye in an effort to restore the eye’s drainage system.”

Currently, eyedrops and laser treatments help glaucoma patients lower eye pressure, but there is no potential for restoration of damage, as promised by stem cells.

Stem cells may also offer hope in repairing the cells in the eyes that transmit information. These neurons create the pathway between the retina and the brain, and when they die, vision is lost. Scientists are studying the potential for adult stem cells to be transformed into these neurons, transplanted in the eye, and then encouraged to reach out and connect with the retina and the brain.

Accomplishing this goal would certainly be worthy of another Nobel Prize. The race is on, and not just in glaucoma research. Other diseases like Parkinson’s are the subject of similar studies.

Until there is a breakthrough though, prevention is still the best strategy.

But here is the alarming truth and the reason glaucoma is still the silent thief.

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It is estimated that about 3 million North Americans have glaucoma, and nearly half of them don’t know it. One survey by Prevent Blindness America found that 30% of those surveyed had never heard of glaucoma.

Vision loss from glaucoma is a tragedy, as a series of simple eye exams can detect disease early and existing treatments are effective in reducing further damage.

From early in life, and all through it, a healthy diet rich in green leafy vegetables is an excellent antidote to glaucoma too.

Susan Healey, Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

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Scary incident at local roundabout has a silver lining

congestion, particularly for those turning onto the county roads from nearby side roads, owing to the fact that roundabouts don’t usually cause “traffic gaps” for cars further up the road to turn in safely. Another issue is noise – roundabouts cause a steadier flow of traffic that can increase noise for those who live near them.

My Local Markets offers a shopping experience like no other

by Brandon Mayer

Most of us have heard the argument that roundabouts are safer than other types of intersections. This is for many reasons, including the fact that when collisions do occur at roundabouts, they are low speed, one direction collisions. At least one of these things turned out to be (almost) untrue last week, when some local drivers had quite a scare at a Kemptville roundabout.

A motorist travelling through Kemptville on Highway 43 attempted to enter the roundabout and go in the wrong direction. “I was behind the next car,” said an anonymous fellow motorist who witnessed the situation. “A lot of honking… but no accidents.” This ultimately shows a silver lining that

exists when something goes wrong at roundabouts – low speed!

The Times recently featured an article sharing the thoughts of a Highway 43 homeowner who was displeased about the announcement that the intersection of County Roads 43 and 22 will soon have a roundabout installed. Some social media users commented on the Times post agreeing with the idea that the intersection should have a set of traffic lights installed instead. However, the majority of social media users seem to support the original plan, for a roundabout.

The truth is that all traffic control measures have their ups and downs. Roundabouts are safe because they force drivers to slow to a speed of about 30 km/h. However, they can cause

Of course, roundabouts have benefits as well. In the case of the proposed roundabout at County Roads 43 and 22, drivers turning onto the very busy County Road 43 from County Road 22 – or even those simply trying to cross over to the other side – will no longer have to take their lives in their hands! And as the situation last week in Kemptville shows, even when something goes wrong at a roundabout, it doesn’t go badly wrong. A collision at 30 km/h is much less serious than one that occurs when a driver misses a red traffic light at 60 km/h (or potentially much more when speeding is a factor).

The issue of roundabouts will always cause debates in North Grenville. Let’s keep the debates healthy, and be thankful for avoided tragedies!

73’s squeeze one point after being schooled by Grads on Friday

unsuccessful PP.

Second stanza stayed scoreless with Navan hammering Kemptville 11 to 4 and the Grads having 3 unsuccessful PP to opponents 2 without results.

“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” – Dolly Parton the needs from our vendors has decreased significantly,” said Darlene. “Moving through this holiday season, we are focusing on gift baskets made with local and Ontario made products. What does the new year hold? We just don't know.” Darlene loves to think about the success of past markets. “In past years the community has come out in droves for the outdoor market,” she said. “The joy and happiness were contagious. It still makes me smile, just thinking of it. They were very much needed events. We hope this year will be even better with the addition of the Art Show & Sunday Brunch. Those interested in attending brunch should make advance reservations

My Local Markets is a great example of a business that is constantly adapting. My Local Markets opened in April 2020 as a way to help small businesses affected by the pandemic. “We wanted to help get them online, and connecting with the local community as quickly as possible,” said Darlene Collin, the creator of My Local Markets. “At the time we thought this would be a temporary project, for a temporary time, and something to keep our little family busy while the world was on pause.” What began with 13 vendors and one location offering curbside pickup and delivery evolved to over 200 vendors with seasonal markets and a warehouse. The operation is now gearing down and pivoting once again.

My Local Markets offers 1000's of products from a wide range of farmers, makers and other small businesses. The products are all sourced locally. The operation is constantly adjusting to changing markets. “The support for local has decreased significantly since the world has opened up, and

by the sportsguy

Here we are, another Friday evening, with “beer in the barn”, draught on tap and Fat Les for your convenience as the Navan Grads battled back to take a 5 - 4 win. Initial frame was fast and furious, with end to end action with both clubs having opportunities to break it open. Kemptville struck first with Brazier penetrating the zone to find Chase Lammi on the doorstep to beat Braedyn McIntosh at 12:48. Navan counted when DiChiara threw it to Michael Urgo to drive it into a crowd

top shelf over screened Jacob Biron at 15:57 for a tie. Tiebreaker came as Ty Whyte’s aggressive attack knocked down a clearing attempt to catch the Grads flat-footed to pull the trigger at 17:05. Lammi reversed to Haughian pinching the line, onto the tape of Emile Trottier to rifle it home at 18:13 to give Kemptville a two goal separation. 73’s D failed to control a rebound as Mark MacPhee, with helpers from Paone and Crete, brought Navan within one at 19:04. Navan outshooting Kemptville 11 - 9 and one

Last twenty, the 73’s came out hot with Brazier going hard to the net to be stoned and repel the rebound back to Matthew Yakubowski gliding through the slot to make it 4 - 2 advantage at 2:28. Navan reassessed their game plan as Blake Hall assisted from Butler with Faust at 6:52 to move within one. Failing to clean the stoppers stoop allowed Tio D’Addario with helpers from Bennett and Ianniello at 18:21 for tie to force OT. 73’s took their foot off the gas to get peppered 20 to 12, with the Grads missing a PP.

A very short OT as Kemptville miscue as Parsons stretched one to D’Addario so Nicholas Paone could bury the rubber over the down and out Jacob

Biron at 1:30. The “PK” was killer for both teams as they shutdown a total of seven attacks.

Road trip to Rockland to meet the Nationals for a Sunday matinee excursion with their opponent seeking payback after a loss in Kemptville.

Scoreless for the first twenty minutes, with Kemptville outgunning Rockland by 12 to 11.

Rockland came out strong with three unanswered markers, forcing Kemptville to play catch up. Zach Power powered one by Conor Blackwood for a solo snipe at 1:51. Second goal at 7:52 from Nicholas White with helpers from Leblanc and Lanthier. Kellen Dostaler with assists from Leblanc and Swyer at 18:53. The Nationals out mustered the 73’s by 10 to 7 with Kemptville unsuccessful on PP.

Last twenty miler with

with Catered Affairs.”

On November 12 and 13 from 11am-4pm at 75 Campus Drive, My Local Markets will be hosting Christmas on Campus. With around 50 days left until Christmas, this outdoor market will be a great opportunity to check some names off the list and support local businesses at the same time. There will be over 60 vendors on site, an art show and sale hosted by The North Grenville Art Guild and a brunch hosted by Catered Affairs (Sunday only). Keep an eye out for Santa and some special friends who will also be attending the event. Parking and Admission are free. Donations to the local food bank will be joyfully accepted.

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Nickname: Logie or Slim Born: Ottawa, ON. Position: Centre

Previous Hockey Club: Kemptville 73’s

Hockey Hero: Bobby Ryan

Most Inspiring Person: My Mother

Favourite TV Show: Prison Break

Favourite Movie: Wolf of Wall Street

Favourite Food: Wings Favourite Hockey Moment: Scoring in overtime in the finals as a kid Life as a Jr. A Player: Always on the go, grind never stops!!

man advantage for Kemptville as Yakubowski and Merrett pinching the line to find Chase Lammi PPG on the doorstep to spoil Hadyn Gould’s SO attempt at 11:28. At 15:45, Cousineau with Locas to setup Adriano Lombardo - Tullo to put Rockland ahead by three. Nicholas White on a single effort posted his second of the game at 17:13. Too little too late as Logue to McDonald caught Tyler Kelly to try and dig themselves out of a hole at 18:31. Kemptville managed 11 SOG to

Rockland 6 and capitalized on one PP.

The 73’s ran into a hot hand of Hadyn Gould focussed on extracting revenge after Rockland suffered a 5 to 2 defeat.

Your 73’s will host back to back home challenges this Tuesday and Friday evening with the Pembroke Lumber Kings. Hockey with EDGE…see you around the wall.

Tremendous terror on track…Chase Lammi combined with Patrick Haughian to spring Emile Trottier on the move to put it over sprawling stopper for Kemptville’s 3rd marker that fell short as they lost their Friday evening battle in OT to Navan 5 - 4

Claude’s Gardening and Landscaping Forum

By Cole Seabrook Financial Advisor, O’Farrell Wealth & Estate Planning | Assante Capital Management Ltd.

Insurance Advisor, Assante Estate & Insurance Services Inc.

It may seem too soon to start thinking about life insurance in your 20’s and 30’s, but you could benefit over the long term by obtaining coverage early on in your life. Both your age and health are determining factors when it comes to the overall cost for coverage. When you are younger and in better health, it is likely that you will pay less. You should definitely consider putting coverage in place on yourself at a young age.

Before exploring the benefits of getting life insurance at a young age, it’s important to know the different types of life insurance coverage available. The two most common types of life insurance are Term and Permanent insurance.

Term insurance provides temporary coverage at a lower cost with fixed monthly payments over the course of the term. At the end of the term there is the option to renew or convert to permanent insurance. Permanent insurance provides individuals with guaranteed lifetime coverage with the opportunity to build cash value inside the policy. Typically, Permanent insurance has higher cost, but is an asset that grows over the course

of time. Both Term and Permanent insurance benefits payout tax free in the event an individual passes away to a named beneficiary. Even a small amount of insurance could help pay for your funeral expenses and/or pay any debt the individual has including student loans, personal loans etc.

Now that you have a better understanding of the most common types of life insurance, lets look at the benefits of getting coverage at a young age. The cost of your life insurance is based on your age, gender at birth, lifestyle, medical history, and current health. The longer you wait to obtain coverage the more you are going to be paying solely based on your age. If you experience health complications along the way this may increase the amount you will have to pay and, in extreme cases, you may be ineligible to qualify for coverage all together. In addition to lower cost while you are younger, insurance provides individuals with financial protection if the unexpected happens and secures the insureds ability to get insurance if they develop any health conditions later in life.

There are many life events that trigger individuals to think about life insurance such as, buying a home, marriage, becoming a parent etc. In the event an individual passes away they wouldn’t want to leave their family with these debts or

By Claude Smith

Dear Claude, My Pencil Cactus seems, since I brought it in, to be dropping branches. Should I be concerned? From Cactus Mom.

This is a common occurrence with many plants when bringing them in from being outside during the summer. The change in temperature, light and humidity are all

headaches. Insurance can take care of this.

Everyone’s insurance needs are different and dependant on their financial situation, short-term and long-term goals. Now that you have a better understanding of the importance of obtaining life insurance if you are young or single, what’s next? Speak with your Financial Advisor to determine; the type of coverage you need (Term or Permanent), how much coverage you need and to see how life insurance fits into your financial plan.

If you would like to learn more about the benefits of getting life insurance, feel free to reach out and we would be more than happy to educate you further.

Cole Seabrook is a Financial Advisor with Assante Capital Management Ltd. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of Assante Capital Management Ltd. Please contact him at 613.258.1997 or visit ofarrellwealth.com to discuss your circumstances prior to acting on the information above. Assante Capital Management Ltd. is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. Insurance products and services are provided through Assante Estate and Insurance Services Inc.

contributing factors in the dropping of leaves. Nothing to worry about as long as the cactus gets plenty of light, preferably in a south facing window, and reduced watering to once a month during the winter. When watering your cactus, allow the water to drain completely out of the pot and ensure that it is not sitting in water. This also applies to all your plants during the winter as they will require less watering than during the summer.

Dear Claude, I only have sun coming in from the back end of my house, so my living room is devoid of sun but I would like to have greenery (preferably non plastic) around that

space. What could you recommend? From A Brown Thumb.

Depending on the space you have and the size of the plant, the following would be my suggestions for the easiest plants to care for:

Small - English ivy (Hedera helix) a vine that requires little light.

Medium - Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) a variegated green and white plant that can be used in a hanging basket and one of the best air purifying plants OR Snake plant (Sansavieria trifasciata) a spike shaped succulent requiring very little attention.

Large - Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa)

the shape of the leaves is what makes this plant a favourite of mine.

Hope this helps with your selection!

Thanks for your questions and looking forward to more of your gardening and landscaping questions!

Questions for Claude can be submitted to editor@ ngtimes.ca

Is there a benefit to getting life insurance if you’re single or young?

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