Liberal MPP for Kingston and the Islands John Gerretsen (left) won the riding with 48.8 per cent of the vote last night. New Democratic Party candidate Mary Rita Holland (centre) came in second and Progressive Conservative candidate Rodger James finished third.
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Gerretsen claims fifth-straight election B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor On Oct. 6, Liberal incumbent John Gerretsen won Kingston and the Islands, securing 48.8 per cent of the popular vote. New Democratic
Party candidate Mary Rita Holland finished second with 23.7 per cent of the vote. “It’s kind of appropriate that we’re right here at Portsmouth Harbour at the Harbour restaurant,” Gerretsen said to his supporters on Thursday night. “This is just where
we started when my family and I first came over ... it’s been almost 40 years since I was first elected as a counselor, then as mayor and it started right here.” With Ontario remaining a Liberal foothold, with a minority government, Gerretsen’s
crowd of 100 supporters remained enthusiastic. The 16 year veteran MPP said in this election he faced tougher competition than ever before in this election. “It was kind of interesting,” he said to the crowd. “The last debate
that we had we all had something nice to say about one another.” Runner-up Mary Rita Holland said she felt inspired by the poll results. “It was our goal to be a strong second,” she said in her address to See Losing on page 5
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Recycling pilot project comes to Queen’s B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor Alyssa Chin said although she wants to be environmentally friendly, her recycling habits are very limited on Queen’s campus. “I feel the only places I’ve ever really seen a recycling bin is … in the food area of Mac-Corry and Lazy [Scholar],” Chin, ArtSci ’12, said. “I find it hard to even try to recycle on campus.” As a citizen of Toronto and an off-campus employee, Chin said she’s used to having adequate access to recycling bins. Queen’s, she said, needs to catch up. Chin takes the bus to work and said she’s noticed the bus stop where she gets on has a large bin with separate compartments for recycling. “Maybe Queen’s is shifting to that, but they are behind the times,” she said. Recycling on campus will now expand to include the 1.1 million coffee cups and 13 metric tonnes of polystyrene previously sent to landfills each year. The initiative was launched Oct. 1. Materials including coffee cups, lids and Styrofoam can now be put in bins designated on campus for cans, glass and plastics. Materials like food wrappers, food-stained cardboard and detergent or chemical containers cannot be recycled. Adam DiSimine, AMS commissioner of the environment and sustainability, said the waste management situation at Queen’s isn’t perfect yet. “There is room for improvement. There’s an
unfortunate situation where, if there’s ever cross-contamination, then recycling becomes a little impossible,” DiSimine, ArtSci ’11, said. “Working to address that issue would probably be the next step.” Recycling is easy, but it’s a matter of making it accessible for students, DiSimine said.
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Laval’s secret Laval Rouge et Or’s private sponsorship and recruiting tactics produce championships B y G ilbert C oyle Sports Editor
most valuable asset — has been the Vanier Cup champion four times Photo by timothy hutama in the past eight seasons. They’re Every year, Queen’s manages 13 metric tonnes of The Laval Rouge et Or’s $5 million currently the country’s top-ranked polystyrene materials and 1.1 million coffee cups. These are now recyclable. operating budget and superior football team. There are two reasons for the recruiting model will be on display when their men’s and women’s program’s success. The Rouge volleyball teams visit Queen’s for et Or have the highest operating budget in Canadian University exhibition games this weekend. Features Infocus Barring 2008, both volleyball Sport and they attract top An inside look at students Journal photographers teams have been to every national francophone athletes through who stay in Kingston for the capture election night. championship since 1998 and their links with Quebec’s CEGEP Thanksgiving. Page 8 finished last season ranked first and program — the province’s college page 3 system that students attend fourth, respectively, in Canada. Sports Laval Athletics consistently before university. Queen’s kicker Dan Village produces national champions. The Rouge et Or’s 13 varsity dialogue has broken 14 Gaels records. Their men’s soccer team has teams are treated as individual clubs An examinination of a competed at nationals six years in that operate as autonomous units page 12 culture of control at Queen’s. a row and won the championships within the Athletics framework. page 7 in 2009. Though the 13 clubs have a The cross country ski team and combined operating budget of arts postscript the golf team were both national about $5 million, only $500,000 New exhibit explores the Turkey-free Thanksgiving champions last season. The comes from the Athletics negative effects recipes use local women’s rugby team is currently department. Each club has its own of technology. ingredients. ranked third in the country. And president, board of directors and page 9 page 16 the football team — the program’s See Sound on page 12
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