Vol. 10 No. 38
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
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Scugog airport project raising traffic concerns in Uxbridge DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
turbans, burkas, hijabs and “large” crosses by civil servants. However, Lakeridge Health CEO Kevin Empey stated the ad was not a commentary on what’s happening in Quebec, rather a recruitment tool as Lakeridge Health - which operates hospitals in Port Perry, Bowmanville, Whitby and Oshawa - continues an aggressive hiring campaign.
UXBRIDGE: The issue of truck traffic through the hamlet of Goodwood once again rolled into council’s meeting on the morning of Monday, Sept. 16. Council was inundated with correspondence from area residents as part of their agenda, detailing concerns over safety, noise and dust from the hundreds of heavy trucks that pass through the hamlet each day. Mayor Gerri Lynn O’Connor moved that the municipality forward the letters from local residents to Durham Region’s Works Department. As well, the township will be asking the Region to perform traffic counts over a three-day period along with noise and air quality studies. The mayor added that she had engaged in discussions with Uxbridge’s Public Works Director Ben Kester regarding a possible truck by-pass. According to the mayor, the endeavour would cost $50 million to expropriate the land to build a new road. “I don’t understand people suggesting this if they haven’t done their homework. We can’t move the road, because, if we move it to Wagg Rd. or Webb Rd., we are going to have those people coming in,” explained Mayor O’Connor. “I don’t know where we could build it. And if you take away farmland to build a new road, it’ll have to have no entrances on it, or we’ll be right back where we started.” However, not all councillors were on board with the recommendations, and wondered what true impact the studies would ultimately have on reducing truck traffic.
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COLLISION CLOSES HWY 12: On Monday morning (Sept. 16) at approximately 11:30 a.m., Durham police and Scugog firefighters responded to this three-vehicle collision involving two cars and a transport truck on Hwy. 12, just north of Regional Rd. 21. One occupant was extricated from one of the vehicles and transported to hospital. The highway was closed temporarily as a result of the crash. As of press time, no further details had been released by police. BLAKE WOLFE The Standard
Lakeridge Health ad turns heads in Quebec DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard
NORTH DURHAM: Lakeridge Health found itself in the national spotlight last week, on the heels of a new recruitment ad targeted at Quebec residents possibly affected by that province’s controversial Values Charter. The ad, which features a woman in a headscarf and states, “We don’t
care what’s on your head. We care what’s in it,” drew national attention when it went viral last week. The Quebec Values Charter, which was recently announced by the Parti Québécois government, includes a provision that would prohibit employees in the public sector from wearing obvious religious symbols while on the job, including the wearing of kippas,