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PICKERINGNews Adver tiser durhamregion.com FEBRUARY 4, 2016 HOME! foryourSavemore Subject to additional terms and conditions found at saveonenergy.ca. saveONenergy is powered by the Independent Electricity System Operator and brought to you by Veridian Connections Inc. OMOfficial Mark of the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator. Used under licence. Download coupons for energy efficient products at veridian.on.ca/COUPONS www.ajaxmazda.com Experience t h e D i f f e r e n c e Experience t h e D i f f e r e n c e Must present coupon at write up. Expires Feb. 29/16. 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The Crown is seeking a sentence of 10 years for Daryn Leung, while his attor- ney proposed a sentence of two years less a day, which when combined with the time Mr. Leung has served prior to his trial would amount to almost five years. In addition to human trafficking, in December Mr. Leung was found guilty on 15 other charges, including sexu- al assault, uttering threats and assault causing bodily harm. He was charged in March of 2014 after an 18-year-old woman reported she had been assaulted and forced into prostitu- tion. He was found guilty after a trial in December. During a sentencing hearing in front of Justice Edward Minden at the provincial courthouse in Oshawa on Friday, Jan. 29, Crown Ken Polley said, “That is what Mr. Leung is. He’s a pimp, plain and sim- ple. He’s despicable and parasitic.” He noted when the victim, now in her early 20s, refused to hand over money, Mr. Leung beat her. Mr. Polley referred to a victim impact statement written by the woman, where she noted she remains traumatized by what happened to her. “This has impacted her a great deal -- psychologically, socially and physi- cally. There’s not a single day when she doesn’t wake up and not feel hopeless. She’s had suicidal thoughts as a result of this. She suffers from depression,” Mr. Polley said. “Not only was she hat- ing everything and everyone around her, she came to hate herself and blame her- self.” Mr. Leung’s lawyer, Ariel Herscovitch, argued for two years less a day, along with three years probation after he’s released. “He’s 26 years old and he does have a good chance at rehabilitation,” Mr. Her- scovitch said. Probation would “keep Mr. Leung under the supervision of the courts for another three years.” Mr. Herscovitch admitted Mr. Leung has breached probation in the past, but “if he does it again, he would be in front of the courts and he understands what that means.” Mr. Leung looked to be crying when Mr. Herscovitch read a letter from Mr. Leung’s mother, in which she said “he has the opportunity to do good for both society and himself.” ‘Despicable, parasitic pimp’ should serve 10 years in jail for human trafficking: Crown This has impacted her a great deal -- psychologically, socially and physically. -- Crown attorney Ken Polley, speaking about the teen victim “ Corrections The Jan. 28 article ‘Durham child obesity num- bers drop’ contained an error. According to Regional statistics, in 2012, 11,500, or 20 per cent, of Durham Region students in Grades 7 to 12 were overweight or obese. We regret the error. ••• The Jan. 27 article ‘Back on City council’ contained an error. Fraud-related charges against Maurice Brenner were dismissed in 2007. The News Adver- tiser regrets the error. newsdurhamnewsdurhamnewsdurham du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 3 AP This spring Ontario Hyundai will be awarding another 10 scholarships to graduating Grade 12 students from Durham Region. The scholarships are $1000.00 per student per year and are renewable each year for up to four years. “The Ontario Hyundai Scholarships’ main mission is to help financially assist Durham Region students. For over 30 years Ontario Hyundai has supported many causes and charities in Durham Region. The establishment of The Ontario Hyundai Scholarships is a natural progression for us and one we felt was important. We believe we have to promote the value of education to our youth. Education is their passport to the future and without it they may be left behind. We are proud and honoured to offer our support to the exemplary young men and women of Durham Region”. - Greg Mason, Founder, The Ontario Hyundai Scholarships The Ontario Hyundai Scholarships For more information on applying for one of the Ontario Hyundai Scholarships please visit our web site at www.ontariohyundaischolarships.ca Jeff Dunlop and James Bates were sledding on Go Home Lake Shane MacDonald smacdonald@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- A Pickering resident and his cousin who died as a result of their injuries “grew up on sleds,” says a relative. Jeff Dunlop, 22, of Pickering, and his cousin James Bates, 25, known as Greer, from Erin, Ontario, were airlifted to a Parry Sound hospital and pronounced dead after a snowmobile accident on Go Home Lake on Saturday, Jan. 30, around 1 a.m. The lake is in the Township of Georgian Bay, west of Hwy. 400. Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Bates were described as adventurous, forthright and full of life by the family member, who asked not to be named. “They spent their whole lives around each other; they were cousins but also best friends,” he said. The deceased men’s families have cot- tages on the lake, where the pair were spending the weekend. The relative said the men grew up on the lake, spent most of their childhood sum- mers there together and spent as much time as they could snowmobiling, boating and hunting. “They grew up on sleds,” the relative said. “These kids were experienced motor vehicle operators.” Bracebridge OPP was called about a sin- gle snowmobile crash on the north end of the lake. The Canadian Armed Forces Joint Res- cue Coordination Centre was called to help due to the remote location and unstable ice, and sent a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and search-and-res- cue personnel to the scene. Rescuers found two men and airlifted them to West Parry Sound hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The relative said Mr. Dunlop was doing an apprenticeship to become a plumber and Mr. Bates was a master electrician. “They were well loved,” he said. “They had a real positive effect on everyone they knew.” A third person was killed this weekend in a snowmobiling accident in southern Ontario. Haliburton Highlands OPP were called to Pusey Lake in Highlands East Township around 11:30 p.m. Friday after a report that two snowmobiles carrying four peo- ple had fallen through the ice. Three peo- ple from the water, and the OPP Underwa- ter Search and Recovery Unit was called to help locate the fourth. The USRU found the body of Highlands East man Thomas Rivers, 53, around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. 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I’m glad that I grew up when I did. As in love with technology as I am -- I marvel at the huge scope of the Internet, I adore the ease and speed of e-mail, in fact, I’m still spellbound by Etch-a- Sketch -- in spite of all that magic, I am still very happy my formative years were spent largely unplugged. Growing up in a time that afforded only two or three serviceable television channels, when ‘i’ was still just a pro- noun and not a precursor to ‘pod’, ‘pad’ or ‘phone’ and when even the most por- table stereo had to be carried by at least two people, we ended up with a lot of empty time on our hands. But that was okay. Because, like nature, kids abhor a vacuum. Given enough free time, boredom and par- ents who happily kicked us out of the house, we had to find things to do. And we did. We played a lot of hide and seek. We played army and the now forbidden ‘guns’ and when we grew out of that, we played road hockey until we wore those plastic blades down to needle sharp toothpicks. On days when noth- ing seemed entertaining. we rode our bikes. We just rode them around, talk- ing, laughing and being bored together. And that was just fine. We were still kids, still blue-skying, still using our brains and our words. At those times when there was really absolutely nothing to do ... we did noth- ing. Our brains got a rest and we learned to be still. That was okay, even neces- sary. When I got a little older and girls entered the picture, if I wanted to meet someone ... I actually had to meet them. If I liked someone, I had to actually tell her ... not just click on ‘like’. If I wanted to ask a girl out or break up with a girl, I had to screw up my courage and speak to her ... in person. Every one of those interactions, pleasant or not, made me more human, not less. I live in a neighborhood with lots of children but I can’t remember the last time I had to slow my car down to inter- rupt a road hockey game. I rarely see kids out riding their bikes. I see empty ball diamonds, vacant playgrounds and trees with no climbers. I see inviting forests, meadows, woodlots and creeks that kids have been told to stay away from. I feel badly for kids today. They have the world at their fingertips, but the weight of it on their backs. -- Durham resident Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer, saves some of his best lines for this column. our opinion neil crone Enter Laughing Tim Whittaker - Publisher twhittaker@durhamregion.com Fred Eismont - Director of Advertising feismont@durhamregion.com Joanne Burghardt - Editor-in-Chief jburghardt@durhamregion.com Mike Johnston - Managing Editor mjohnston@durhamregion.com Deb Macdonald - Sales Manager dmacdonald@durhamregion.com Abe Fakhourie - Director of Distribution afakhourie@durhamregion.com Cheryl Haines - Composing Manager chaines@durhamregion.com News Advertiser 865 Farewell St., Oshawa ON L1H 6N8 www.durhamregion.com ADVERTISING 905-215-0472 CLASSIFIEDS 905-215-0442 DISTRIBUTION 905-683-5117 GENERAL FAX 905-576-2238 NEWSROOM 905-215-0481 LETTERS: We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and day phone number for verification. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and com- munity standards. Member of the Canadian Circulations Audit Board, Ontario Community Newspaper Association, Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Local Media Association and the National News Council. Content is protected by copyright. Publication Sales Agreement #40052657 According to the Region of Dur- ham every morning 30 per cent of our local workforce wakes up at the crack of dawn to hit the highway or catch the GO Train for their long trips into work. Their average commute time is 65 minutes if they work in Toronto, 44 minutes if they work in York Region and 93 minutes if they work in Peel Region. And that’s only if there’s no traffic delays or broken signals on the GO Train. Translation, it’s taking them a long time to get into work and probably longer to get home. Welcome to suburbia. For the fortunate people who are able to live and work in Durham Region, they’ve got it good. Their average commute to work is 14 min- utes. The strain of commuting is hard on everyone. Financially the cost of gas- oline, despite prices dropping con- siderably over the past six months, is high. Factor in the cost of upkeep and repair and costs are even higher. For those taking public transit, fares go up annually. The cost too to our environment is considerable. With that many cars on the highways the air quality in Dur- ham Region takes a hit. Smog days in the summertime are not just a prob- lem in Toronto as Durham Region has its fair share as well. So what can be done to alleviate the number of commuters in Dur- ham Region? To start, the Region and its individual municipalities, must attract more businesses here — not an easy task. These businesses also have to pay comparable wages as that’s a major reason why many workers trav- el outside Durham to work. Lisa Hausz, the manager of business development and marketing for Ajax said her department tries to build relationships with businesses in an effort to attract them here. They also rely greatly on workforce data. Workforce information is “probably the number-one question” prospec- tive employers ask, she noted. Municipalities also try to make it attractive for prospective employers. A big factor includes our tax rates. There’s much to do to curb the trend of commuters leaving this commu- nity to work in other regions. But it’s something the Region and its munici- palities must work at in order to bring about change. When asked, many councillors hear “I moved here, I love it here, I just wish I could work here.” That may seem like a dream to many but it’s time it became more of a real- ity in Durham. This should be a place where more people can live, work and play. -- Metroland Media Group Ltd., Durham Region Division Agree? Disagree? Send us a letter to the editor, max. 200 words. newsroom@durhamregion.com Much work needs to be done to curb the number of Durham commuters du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 7 P Previously in the Pickering Town Center, we have now relocated across the street into The LiverPooL PLaza (beside Mac’s Convenience Store). SAME GREAT SERVICES,SAME GREAT STAFF!! • Free Prescription Delivery • Senior Specials • Blister Packaging • In depth Medication Reviews • Short Wait Times • Smiles- FREE! 1298 Kingston Rd, Unit 2, Pickering, ON, L1V 3M9905-420-8868 Now Open! FaMiLY-oWNeD PharMaCY **Helping you live Healthy and Happy!** • Are your children’s inhalers full? (Free inhaler sleeve for backpacks!) • Are their epi-pens expired? • Are their food allergies well documented? (Allergy bracelets) MILAN TAM(PHARMACIST)MILIEN TING(PHARMACIST) PICKERING -- The Pickering Museum Village is seeking artifacts to display in an exhibit. In 2015, Oddfellows Hall at the muse- um underwent a relocation and refur- bishment project. From June 4 to Aug. 28, the museum will feature an exhibit focusing on the varied history of the building, as well as the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Lodge No. 155, which used it as a meet- ing hall for more than 70 years. Originally located on Altona Road, Oddfellows Hall, built in 1869, was donated to the museum by Leonard Cooper and his wife in 1966. The museum is currently seeking pho- tographs, documents, regalia and other items relating to the hall’s history, and the Oddfellows in general, to include in the exhibit. Items may either be loaned to the museum for the duration of the exhibit, or they could be considered for a perma- nent donation if the donor wishes. Contact conservator Ellen Tayles at etayles@pickering.ca for more informa- tion, or to provide artifacts. Pickering Museum Village hunting for artifacts from Oddfellows Hall Pickering seeks accessibility committee member Those interested should submit application form by March 18 PICKERING -- The City’s Accessibility Advisory Committee is accepting applica- tions to fill a vacancy. The committee provides advice to Pickering council about the requirements and implementation of accessibility stan- dards, and reviews reports, drawings and site plans with respect to accessibility. Candidates with or without disabilities may apply. Those interested should submit an application form by March 18, setting out a brief description of any job or community- related experience. Visit www.pickering.ca for an applica- tion. Call 905-420-4660, ext. 2928 or e-mail lroberts@pickering.ca for more informa- tion. Pickering reminds public ice bikes, ATV’s and off-road vehicles prohibited on Frenchman’s Bay PICKERING -- The City of Pickering is reminding the public that ice bikes, ATV’s and off-road vehicles are not allowed on Frenchman’s Bay. It’s prohibited to use these vehicles south of the Gatineau Line Hydro Corridor, and within City parks or property, including Toronto and Region Conservation Author- ity lands. Pickering bylaw officers are partnering with Durham Regional Police to investi- gate. The public can report related concerns to the City by calling 905-683-7575, send- ing an e-mail to customercare@pickering. ca or by calling police at 905-579-1520. 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For 10 minutes Ann watched as the big raptor dined on whatever it had carried there, possibly a fresh-caught fish, or car- rion washed up on the nearby Lake Ontar- io shore. Eagles are part of nature’s clean- up crew, feeding on carcasses and roadkill. Though they mostly hang out along large lakes and rivers, winter and summer, they’ll happily take lunch wherever they find it. I heard a report of five bald eagles and five ravens sharing a dead deer at a golf course near Uxbridge this week, far from open water. They were all juvenile eagles, accord- ing to Durham Bird Hotline compiler Ray- field Pye. So Ann’s eagle makes at least six he knows about hanging out in the region dur- ing the last week. Just as lakes were icing over up north, early in the New Year, Dianne Phillips e-mailed me pictures of three bald eagles in a tree on her property near Newtonville. Distant though the birds were, the white head of one indicated it was at least in its third year. Bald eagles get their famous all-white heads and tails in their fourth year, and become interested in finding a lifelong mate and good nesting territory, preferably in a remote forested area near a prime fishing spot. Until then juvenile birds wander far and wide across their native North Ameri- ca, exploring new habitat and honing their hunting skills, which include stealing fish from ospreys, otters and even pelicans. Ben- jamin Franklin argued against choosing the bald eagle as the national bird of the USA because of its “bad moral character.” Though First Nations people revered eagles, European settlers considered them varmint, and went to work reducing an esti- mated half a million bald eagles in the 1700s to a slim fraction of that by the mid-1900s. DDT further slashed eagle numbers, until the pesticide was banned in the ‘70s and other measures taken to protect this endan- gered species. Populations have been slowly recovering. “Seeing a bald eagle in the wild was on my bucket list,” wrote Sarah Graham, sending me a picture of one she’d spotted in a tree near Tyrone a week or two ago. “He was so big and beautiful, and I was so excited.” Nature queries: mcarney@interlinks.net or 905-725-2116. -- Durham outdoors writer Margaret Carney has more than 3,500 species on her life list of birds, seen in far- flung corners of the planet. The Great Outdoors Margaret Carney du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 9 AP 1955 Valley Farm Road, Pickering, L1V 3R6 Phone: 905-831-2641 www.orchardvillaretirement.ca For Details and to Book Your Personalized Tour Call 905-831-2641 Suites Available SHORT STAYS STARTING AT $90 PER DAY SHORT STAYS STARTING AT $90 PER DAY COURTESY CARS AVAILABLE 963 brock rd s., pickering li v e r p o o l 401 bayly ch u r c h br o c K r D . S . 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Asking price: $339,900 Selling price: $335,000 Days on the market: 13 Lot size: 29.52 x 114.82 feet Taxes: $3,346.39 for 2014 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 This three-bedroom, three-bath, two- storey home sold for $335,000. It is spa- cious, has an open concept, is well kept and a bright family home. The upper- level family room has a high ceiling and fireplace. It has a family-size kitchen with pantry and eat-in area, track lights and backsplash. The home has a fenced backyard with shed, stone patio, access to the garage, cold room and a long driveway. It features newer carpet and pot lights in the basement. It is close to amenities, school, bus and park. The property is linked underground. Jeff Medcalf, sales representative, Royal Ser- vice Real Estate Inc. Office number, 905- 697-1900, direct line 905-644-8537. Municipality: Oshawa Address: 197 Northlawn Ave. Asking price: $439,900 Selling price: $450,000 Days on the market: 1 Lot size: 60 x 131.13 feet Taxes: $4,917.64, 2015 Bedrooms: 3+1 Bathrooms: 3 This 3+1 bedroom home sold for $450,000. Thousands were spent on upgrades. This bright and spacious home is in a highly sought-after location of north Oshawa. It has a wood-burning fireplace in the main floor family room with a walkout to a huge, fully fenced, private backyard. There are no neigh- bors behind the home. It has gleaming hardwood floors throughout. The master bedroom offers a large five-piece semi ensuite with double vanity and make- up station. The home has a well-sized rec room, 4th bedroom, above-grade windows and a three-piece bath on the lower level. Jeff Medcalf, sales representative, Royal Ser- vice Real Estate Inc. Office number, 905- 697-1900, direct line 905-644-8537. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 10 AP Carolyn Moore of Oshawa knows all about commuting. For the past six years, she’s driven to her job as an assembly techni- cian at Phoenix Geophysics Ltd. in the Victoria Park and Steeles avenues area in Scarborough. Her travel time varies, depending on the weather. “Typically, it’s 45 minutes. If it snows, it’s three hours. On a long weekend Friday, it’s a good two hours,” Ms. Moore said. A job in Durham would be ideal, she noted. “It takes more time away from other things. It’s two hours of driving instead of being at home. It’s one hour of extra sleep,” she added. About 30 per cent of Durham workers commute into Toronto each day and the average travel time to get to work is 65 min- utes. According to the Region, about 56 per cent of Durham residents work within Dur- ham and they have an average commute time of 14 minutes. Ten per cent work in York Region and it takes them on average 44 minutes to get to work. Two per cent work in Peel Region and they travel about 93 minutes to get to work. With all those people leaving Durham to work, a familiar refrain councillors from all communities hear is ‘I moved here, I live here, I love it here, I just wish I could work here.” Ajax Councillor Pat Brown said she hears it a lot, especially when she’s campaigning. Municipalities try to make it as easy as possible for a prospective employer to move into their community, Coun. Brown said. “We invite industry here. We make it easi- er to work through our planning and devel- opment department. We do all we can do to make them locate here,” Coun. Brown noted. Lisa Hausz, the manager of business development and marketing for Ajax, said the Town, like other Durham municipali- ties, tries to attract more business so that people can work closer to home. “We definitely try. We know people want to work closer to home and we try to help,” she said. “We know we have a great workforce. We have to get out and promote that. We’ve been touting the work of our workforce for quite a while,” Ms. Hausz noted. “We know people here, a lot work downtown. We have to prove it to employers.” Workforce information is “probably the No. 1 question” prospective employers ask, she pointed out. “Anyone looking for location, they can get on the Internet and find the data. They can’t find information on worker data.” Ajax works with the Durham Economic Development Partnership, which covers the Region and all eight Durham munici- palities. Not being able to work closer to home is “because of the nature of where we are. We like to be Toronto’s backyard. It’s a bless- ing, but there’s commute times and the number of commuters has grown. It’s not just geographic location.” When the economy bottomed out in 2009, the department changed its focus to “keeping what we had and not losing any,” Ms. Hausz noted. She added the department tries to build relationships with businesses, help them to promote themselves and provide sup- port. “We don’t go out for giant manufacturers. There’s 36,000 municipalities in Canada doing that.” To get on the short list of a company looking for a new location, “we need all the data. We work together, the Durham Eco- nomic Development Partnership. It takes a lot of effort and money.” Ajax attracted Lifetime Fitness, but Ms. Hausz said that was aided by Ajax being ‘CompetitiveReady.’ “We had all the data they required quick- ly.” CompetitiveReady is a designation by site selectors to judge a community. Ajax is the first Canadian community to earn the designation. She noted there are “challenges -- lon- gevity someone has worked, their salary and benefits.” One study that hasn’t been done is to find out if people would move if they were given the opportunity, she said. HOW THIS IMPACTS YOU • With almost half of Durham residents working outside the Region, commuting is part of life. However, commuting times are getting longer and that means less time at home with family or being involved in the community. • As one would suspect, the vast majority of people drive their cars to work. The total is 94 per cent within Durham, while three per cent either walk or ride a bike, while two per cent use public transit. Of those head- ing into Toronto, 74 per cent use public transit and only 26 per cent drive. Of those heading somewhere else, 96 per cent drive and four per cent use public transit. 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If you’re in the mood for something warmer, you can find the perfect winter shopping experiences, or even a cozy win- ter getaway. Visit the Winter in Durham website for more information on all of these exciting winter adventures in Dur- ham Region at www.winterindurham.ca . Be sure to keep an eye out for the all- new 2016 Discovery Guide. This guide provides Durham Region residents and visitors with an in-depth look at our many exciting and unique tourism offerings. The guide will be available online and as a brochure, and will feature a calendar of events, as well as information on din- ing, arts and culture, heritage, shopping, outdoor adventures, accommodations and many more! To order your copy, visit https://www.durhamtourism.ca/forms/ travelguides.aspx . If you’re looking to stay connected with the winter fishing updates and informa- tion, then be sure to visit our Fishing Por- tal. Thankfully for fishing enthusiasts, Durham Region is an angler’s paradise all winter long. Enjoy the great outdoors and experience world-class ice-fishing on lakes Simcoe and Scugog. Bundle up the entire family or join a group of friends and get out on the frozen lake for an enjoyable and unique Canadian experience. Before you head out on the ice, be sure to call your local marina or ice-hut rental facility in advance to verify weather and conditions, as well as any fishing restric- tions. Visit the Durham Tourism Fishing Portal at www.durhamtourism.ca/fish- ingportal for more information on your next ice-fishing adventure. As you can see, there are plenty of things to do in Durham Region this Febru- ary. For a full listing of events happening near you, check out the Durham Tourism events calendar at www.durhamtourism. ca . Sign up for our e-newsletter, connect with us on Twitter at @DurhamTourism, or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/durhamtourism . -- Kristyn Chambers is tourism co-ordinator with the Region of Durham’s planning and economic development department. 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A ComPounDing PHARmACy ExpEriEncEd policE officErs Durham Regional Police Service is Accepting Applications Experienced Officers apply online at www.drps.ca by February 19, 2016 News tip? newsroom@durhamregion.com du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 14 AP Durham profiles in recovery Meet Brad Hogg, an Oshawa resi- dent who has struggled with schizophrenia. He shares his story here. Name: Bradley Hogg Age: 48 City: Oshawa Occupation: Currently between jobs Diagnosis: Schizophrenia Being in the hospital for years and being discharged and then coming into a relatively normal life was very elating for me. I was in and out of the hospital for years. To give you an idea about how long I was in the hospital, my last day was in 2001 after staying in hospi- tal for six years. So when I did have a chance to get dis- charged and come back into the communi- ty, the transition from the hospital to a group home and then to my own place was just an incredible feeling. You think I didn’t have a typical life but I do think that it’s more typical than what people think. I say that because one in four people have mental health issues some time in their life. I think a lot of people have when they don’t have problems such as I had, I think they take for granted that they are healthy. People say that health is the number one thing you can have. I feel that includes men- tal health as well. If you don’t have mental health, you might not have a meaningful life. You may think that, but what’s actually true is that we can all have meaningful lives. Viktor Frankl, who was in concentra- tion camps during the Second World War, he believed that meaning is what we are all aspiring towards. He’s talking about love in your work and through courageous times. I think that when you are in hospital, you need that courage to be able to get through the problems you have and then move on. Everybody has different ideas of what a meaningful life is. I don’t have a job or a wife and kids right now, but I can say I’m symp- tom-free and to be symptom-free is just a wonderful feeling. When you’re in the hospital, you can have faith and hope in order to get through the problems that you have. I think you have to try to accept what you have and make the best of it. What I look forward to most today is being symptom-free. It’s really difficult for some- one to understand how you feel when you have a mental illness, but to be symptom free and know that you have so many opportuni- ties in life, that’s really uplifting and gratify- ing for me. See the video of Mr. Hogg online at durhamregion.com. First Person schizophrenia. He shares his story here. Intense supports needed to help some clients succeed in community once out of the hospital Jennifer O’Meara jomeara@durhamregion.com After the breakdown, after the arrest, after the court assessment, after admission to a mental health hos- pital and possibly years of treat- ment -- what then? When someone is on the road to recovery and ready to take that first big step out of the hospital, they need a specialized kind of sup- port to succeed. The transitional rehabilitative housing program, or TRHP, is designed to do that. It is designed to guide people who have been found Not Criminally Responsible due to mental illness back into the community. The specialized program was launched as a pilot partnership between two of the largest men- tal health services in the region, the Canadi- an Mental Health Association Durham and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sci- ences. “There are real barriers to having them transfer out of hospital and into the com- munity and safe, secure housing,” said Lisa Matheson, TRHP team lead at Canadian Mental Health Association Durham. The transitional housing gives people leaving the hospital a subsidized, furnished apartment, with intense support -- up to three visits a day, seven days a week, from mental health experts. The program targets people who are mentally ready but would otherwise find it impossible to move back into the community. “People who have been in the hospital for a long time. People who haven’t lived in the community. Some folks never have lived independently and really didn’t have the skills to move into an apartment and be on their own,” said Kim Stewart, a registered social worker with the forensic outpatient service with Ontario Shores. The first six clients of the program, who had been in the Whitby facility for 10 years or lon- ger, were moved from Ontario Shores into the transitional housing in 2010. TRHP staff drive newly-released clients to psychiatric and medical appointments, oversee medi- cations, help with budgeting, meal planning and grocery shopping and support the client getting back to school or work. TRHP staff is in almost daily contact with Ontario Shores about the mental health of the clients and whether they are meeting the conditions of release from the hospital. “They maintain all ties to the hospi- tal. These people are monitored,” said Ms. Matheson. “The intensity flexes based on how the person is doing.” Since its launch, the program has been expanded to eight clients at a time. A couple of clients have had to be re-admitted to hos- pital from the rehabilitation housing, but that help comes sooner and the hospitalizations are briefer than they would be without the intense monitoring, explained Ms. Stewart. Without the transitional housing supports, a stressful life event could mean a client being re-hospitalized for a long time, losing their subsidized apartment and being put back on the wait list. Only one TRHP client has been re-hospi- talized for breaching the release conditions. For the clients who have graduated from transitional housing and moved on to alter- nate community supports on their way to an absolute discharge, there have been no re- admissions to hospital. “Nine clients have transitioned through TRHP project. They moved into traditional mental health resources in the communi- ty,” said Ms. Matheson. “Our guys have gone back to work, back to school, volunteered. If TRHP wasn’t there most of these guys would have remained in hospital.” Ontario Shores has approximately 165 Not Criminally Responsible clients at a time. Once the Ontario Review Board has deter- mined a client is well enough to return to the community with conditions, most of those clients are able to either live independently or return to living with their spouses, chil- dren or parents. However there are some clients who are mentally ready but who need the extra sup- port of the TRHP program. Moving out of the hospital allows them to gradually increase their independence. It also frees up hospi- tal beds at Ontario Shores and saves money. The TRHP program saved approximately 2,000 hospital days in 2013, which means more than $1.5 million saved that year alone. The program works with most people for a year to 18 months, depending on how they are doing. Once the client is discharged, they are transferred to other CMHA departments, gradually increasing their independence while keeping a support system in place. They maintain an apartment and don’t have to move as they graduate from the system. It’s designed to be seamless, and help the per- son maintain their connections to the com- munity. “We’re really lucky here it’s a one-step. In other communities it’s a lot more piece- meal,” said Ms. Stewart. “It’s working very well.” In the last decade the Ontario government has moved to try to keep people with seri- ous mental illness out of the criminal justice and corrections systems by investing in court support programs, intensive case manage- ment, supportive housing and safe beds. Across the province, transitional rehabilita- tion housing programs for forensic patients are all different. According to the local agen- cies, the Durham program is fortunate because CMHA Durham has access to hous- ing, which can be a challenge elsewhere. “I think we hope for it to expand, given the resources. We’ve definitely seen signs of success in many of our folks who have gone through the program,” added Ms. Matheson. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland OSHAWA -- Duztin Leonard, left, and Andrew Paton, case managers with the Transitional Rehabilitative Housing Program, in one of the eight units their clients are transferred to after being patients at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. Part 4 Welcome home: Helping Not Criminally Responsible Durham patients find recovery du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 15 APDurham profiles in recovery Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • First PersonMentally ill in Durham Region remain in criminal justice system longer Experts speak out against stereotype of blaming mental health as easy way out Moya Dillon mdillon@durhamregion.com The path through the criminal justice system can be long for those who are declared not criminally responsible for their actions. During a symposium designed to raise awareness of the forensic mental health sys- tem, Dr. Karen DeFreitas, medical director of the forensic program at Ontario Shores Cen- tre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, outlined the process as it unfolds for some- one suffering from mental illness who is charged with a crime. “People who have committed some act and been charged for that, but who don’t understand the court system well enough to navigate it, they would come to the hospital and we would attempt to treat them until they are fit to stand trial,” she explained, noting the process is different for those who are deemed Not Criminally Respon- sible (NCR) for their actions. “If you’re charged with an offence and you com- mitted that offence but because of an illness that person didn’t under- stand what they were doing or that what they were doing was wrong, they would be sent to our facility for treatment.” Ms. DeFreitas said members of the pub- lic may have a very dif- ferent perception of the forensic system than the reality, noting she is often shocked at the comments posted on media stories regarding those who have been deemed NCR. “It’s quite shocking what your fellow human beings will say,” she said, noting there is a stark contrast between the forensic system and the traditional criminal justice system. “NCR verdicts are very rare; they only account for about one in 1,000 cases in Ontario. On top of that the time in the foren- sic system versus time in the correctional system is often much longer, usually two to three years in our system compared to days, weeks or even time served in the correction- al system.” Once in the forensic system it is a long road to rehabilitation, with an individual’s fate decided by the Ontario Review Board (ORB), which operates independently of the crimi- nal system and is given great deference. Any appeal of an ORB decision goes straight to the Court of Appeal. “It’s not quite like a court because a court is adversarial. The ORB is meant to be more collaborative and it can be more inquisito- rial,” Ms. DeFreitas said of the six-person board, which includes two lawyers, one psy- chiatrist, either another psychiatrist or a psy- chologist, and one public member. Ms. DeF- reitas is an ORB member. “We can ask questions and ask for evi- dence just like a court, but the board also has a bit more flexibility to ask for what it needs to make a decision,” she said, noting while the board makes decisions based on an indi- vidual’s well-being, its number one mandate is to prevent potential harm to the public. “It’s not fair if someone is mentally ill and really doesn’t understand what they’ve done,” she explained. “You can’t punish someone if they don’t know what they’re doing.” Whitby lawyer Anthony Balka has exten- sive experience with the forensic system. Currently all of his clients have diagnosed psychiatric disorders, and his entire caseload involves representing clients before the ORB. “People often say to me, ‘how can you stand representing these people, aren’t you worried people are faking it?’ So I tell them to go home, look in the mirror, and pretend for five minutes that they have a psychiatric disorder,” he said. “Now imagine doing that for 30 days on a ward surrounded by people who are very good at what they do and whose job it is to find out what’s going on in your head. Not to mention all the other patients who truly do have a disorder. It’s not an easy way out by any stretch, it can be a long, long road. It can take years and years to get out from under an NCR. I have many clients who want out of the system and wish they had never gone the NCR route but just served their time in the criminal system.” However, Mr. Balka also noted that the forensic system “works very well” for some clients, with the outcome largely dependent on an individual’s perspective and attitude. Ms. DeFreitas also defended the system, noting media is quick to point fingers when a forensic patient goes on unauthorized leave from a hospital, referred to by staff as “elop- ing,” which is usually accompanied by public warnings and a police search. “These patients are not escaping. The term escape implies broken windows and stuff like that,” Ms. DeFreitas explained. “Often we let them out on a pass and they don’t come back, which garners a lot of attention in the media, but in reality elopements are very low.” At Ontario Shores there were 51 unauthorized leaves of absence by patients from 2014 to 2015, the majority of which occurred in the civil program rather than the forensic program. Ms. DeFreitas said a total of 0.4 per cent of all inpatient days at the hospital were spent on unauthor- ized leave. While she recognizes that the phenomenon is unfortunate, she also points out that patients are given passes for a reason. “If we were to set the bar so high that no one eloped, first of all we couldn’t do that, secondly it would solve the elopement prob- lem but it doesn’t solve the issue of reintegration,” she said. “If we never let people out they would just sit in the ward and that would really ham- per their progress, not to mention the hos- pital would fill and there would be no room for new people coming in. On one hand we don’t want anyone to elope, but on the other hand people need to understand we can’t be perfect, we have a mandate to reintegrate.” She also points to statistics that show the successes of the program, mainly a 10 per cent reoffender rate compared to 40 per cent in the correctional system, and an even high- er 70 per cent for individuals with mental ill- nesses who go through the correctional sys- tem. “The ORB works hard to minimize the risk to the public and at present it does that very well,” Mr. Balka said. “The problem is the public wants perfec- tion from the ORB, and perfection is not to be had. We are dealing with human beings here.” Jason Liebregts / Metroland WHITBY -- Dr. Karen DeFreitas, clinical director, spoke during a Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences event to bring greater awareness and understanding of forensic mental health and to reduce stigma. This event was put on for those in the health, justice and social services sector as well as the general public. Meet Mark Henick, A Toronto resident who spends much of his time talking about mental illness to raise awareness and reduce stigma as a program manager for Mental Health Works. Name: Mark Henick Age: 28 Residence: Toronto Occupation: Program manager for Mental Health Works Diagnosis: Depression and anxiety My diagnosis is depression and anxi- ety, although I noticed I identify less with that now than I used to. When I was diag- nosed with anxiety and depression when I was a teenager I noticed that that diagnosis became me and I became that diagnosis. Over time what I learned was that in fact I am a lot more than that, that I do a lot more than that. So today many years after that I find that use my stories, my experience my struggles to try to help others so in fact I’ve found that my mental health problems have become an asset to me, that I use my advo- cacy as my recovery in many ways. Honestly, I don’t know where I would be without my struggles because they’re really what led to my successes. Today I’m looking forward to a mental health system, especially in Canada, that changes because of the stories that people tell. When we can promote mental health and let people know that it’s OK to talk, that that’ll sink in for people, it will start to change policy, it will start to change funding and help people in their workplaces, their families, and in every aspect in their lives. So, we have a lot of work to do on mental health in Canada and I think we’re well on the way to doing it. See the video of Mr. Henick at durhamregion.com. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 16 AP WH A T ’ S O N Magicians ready for battle Mike Ruta mruta@durhamregion.com DURHAM -- Richard Forget and fellow magician Ray Anderson have known each other for around 20 years. But the former says they’ve never worked together -- until now. Forget, a Whitby resident, and Toron- to’s Anderson match skills in The Bat- tle of Magicians on Feb. 12 at Oshawa’s Regent Theatre. “It’s a battle of wits between two com- peting performers,” Forget says. “It’s kind of, anything you can do I can do better.” The evening is broken up into rounds and a winner is declared at the end. Forget says the interesting part is that the two come from different ends of the magic spectrum: he’s a traditional musician while Anderson is one of the newer breed, a “comedy magician.” “It’s finding ways to mesh our charac- ters together,” Forget says of the show. “There are some parts where we per- form separately and other parts where we come together.” Becoming a magician was all For- get wanted to do when he was a kid. A shy boy growing up in a large family, he says his cousins were his friends and his first audiences. Maybe he knew magic would help him break out of his shell, or maybe he wanted the attention, he speculates. Whatever the reason, and despite some “lean years,” Forget has reached the pinnacle of his profession. He won the International Brotherhood of Magicians’ Stage Magician of the Year in 2004 and 2009 making him, by his estimation, the only person to win the title for two separate acts. In 2011, he was named Canadian Magician of the Year by the Canadian Association of Magicians. Forget and Anderson are also compet- ing to raise funds for the Princess Mar- garet Cancer Foundation. It’s a cause that’s especially near and dear to his assistant, Jennifer Huggins, through her website, www.fighttoendcancer.com. A portion of the ticket proceeds goes to the charity and you can also sponsor one of the magicians on the site. A “spectacular finish” to the magi- cians’ battle is promised but, as you might expect, Forget isn’t giving much away. “It’s an illusion, I’ll put it that way,” he says. The show is at 8 p.m. and the theatre is at 50 King St. E. For tickets, visit regent- theatre.ca or call the box office at 905- 721-3399, ext. 2. 6 things to do this weekend DURHAM -- So, who do you like in Super Bowl 50, Denver or Carolina?1Watch the game and enjoy a Super Bowl Tailgate party on Feb. 7 at Bol- locks Pub and Kitchen, 736 Kingston Rd., Pickering, from 1 p.m. to close. Games, prizes and live music starting at 2 p.m. Call 905-492-5088.2Before the big game, catch the Oshawa-based Nuance Vocal Ensem- ble as it performs a Warm up to Win- ter concert on Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Ascension, 266 North St., Port Perry. Tickets are $15 and pro- ceeds go to the church’s music pro- gram. Call 905-985-7278.3On Feb. 6 Polar Plunge Port Perry will see 50-plus brave souls jump into icy Lake Scugog at 2 p.m. at Palmer Park, 175 Water St. It’s a fundraiser as organizers are on a mission to raise $350,000, but not all of it today, to donate to the Port Perry hospital’s Your Hospital -- Your Future campaign. Individuals are asked to raise at least $200. Groups of four or more may enter with a minimum pledge of $100 per person. Pledges can be made online to The Auxiliary to Lakeridge Health Port Perry at www.canadahelps.org. E-mail auxiliary.polarplunge@gmail.com for more information.4Port Perry seems to be the place to be this weekend as on Feb. 6 and 7 the Port Perry Antique and Nostalgia Show and Sale runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Scugog Community Recre- ation Centre, 1655 Reach St. More than 25 dealers will be there and the event is sponsored by the Lake Scugog Histori- cal Society, with all proceeds to com- munity projects.5And on Feb. 7 at the Nonquon Envi- ronmental Education Centre, Pheas- ant Pen, 19745 Old Simcoe Rd., Scu- gog, North Durham Nature members James Kamstra and Cara Gregory lead a snowshoeing and winter botany adventure at 10 a.m. Look for animal tracks, plants and feed chickadees in this free, all-ages event. If there’s no snow, no worries, there will still be a hike. Visit www.northdurhamnature. com, e-mail ndnature7@gmail.com or call 905-852-5432.6Back in south Durham, enjoy an End of Winter Bazaar on Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Whitby legion, 117 Byron St. S. There will be baked goods, barbecued hot dogs and more in this Milestones Miracle Project fundraiser. See more events at www.durhamregion.com-events Supplied photo OSHAWA -- Whitby magician Richard Forget, left, is set to tussle with his friend and fellow magician Ray Anderson of Toronto on Feb. 12. Wine With Chuck Byers The real purpose of collecting wine A paragraph I read in a book called The Winemasters by Nicholas Faith quot- ed the late Elie de Rothschild of Cha- teau Lafite Rothschild saying, “The day I saw in Time Magazine a photograph of a bank vault with a bottle of Lafite in it, I assembled my staff and told them, the crisis has started. Indeed from the moment when you start to think of wine as an investment and not as something to be drunk, that’s the end.” There are certain advantages to col- lecting wine as an investment. Certain- ly, if one chooses the right wine, the rewards for doing so can be quite high. Wines purchased a number of years ago can appreciate to insanely high sums. However, wine as an art form reaches its summit when it assumes its purpose of being consumed. Its sole purpose from its very beginnings in the vineyard to the vinification process and final bot- tling is to be enjoyed in a wine glass. A painting such as the Mona Lisa, for example, pleases the eye. It has existed for centuries and has the opportunity to please for centuries more. Unlike other forms of art, wine is actually a ‘living’ thing. It is born, reaches maturity, gets old and finally dies, regardless of its lin- eage. Unlike antiques, photos and paint- ings, wine is not generally known to last hundreds of years. It is the human element that affects the price of wine. The demand for a wine with a certain reputation affects the amount that is available for sale and thus the price goes up. I certainly have taken advantage of the ‘financial appreciation’ of certain wines but first and foremost, I have enjoyed them. There is certain sadness when one realizes that the sole fate of an ultra expensive bottle of Bordeaux is destined more for the ‘vault’ rather than the glass. The general purpose of ‘collecting’ age-able wine for a cellar is to see how the wine improves. Usually a minimum of six bottles are purchased and con- sumed over several years. The improve- ment varies from wine to wine, bottle to bottle as does its value. These days there are many imme- diately drinkable wines of great qual- ity whose appreciation value may not merit long keeping and/or appreciation. 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Opened in late 2015, features a retail and tasting bar as well as tours and specializes in flavourful, colourful ales. 3. Manantler Craft Brewing Company, Bowmanville. Opened in 2015, features retail and tasting bar and its offerings include The Citra Situa- tion and Roberta Blondar. 4. All or Nothing Brewhouse, Oshawa. Opened in 2014, available at the LCBO, The Beer Store and various restaurants. Makers of “a beer that is complex yet approachable, refreshing yet bold and always delicious.” 5. Practically Irish Brewing Company, Pickering. Opened in 2014, their beer is available at a number of Toronto establishments and its brews include the Practically Irish Blonde ale, which has “a slight citrusy flavour.” 6. 5 Paddles Brewing Company, Whitby. Opened in 2013, features retail and tasting bar as well as tours. Makers of Brother Ian’s Belgian 8 and The Phantom. 7. Brock Street Brewing Company, Whitby. Opened in 2015, features retail and tasting bar. Brews include Light Blonde, Traditional Red and Porter. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland Future star? WHITBY -- Desmond Barry from Ajax chatted with talent agent Pat Jarosz during an open call for children and teenagers inter- ested in working in TV commercials, series and films, at the meeting room at Residence Inn by Marriott on Jan. 23. WHAT’S ON Singer/songwriter setting the table for Fourth Horizon DURHAM -- Quinn Mills has a Feb. 6 gig opening for Durham band, Fourth Hori- zon. The Ajax singer-songwriter, 16, plays Sham Rock’s Pub and Grill, 1100 Dundas St E., Whitby, taking the stage at 9 p.m. “I’m really excited to play, it is going to be an exuberant experience,” Mills said in a press release. Mills is playing a set of original music. He released his first solo record, Some- thing Real, when he was 14 and has been performing since he was 10. 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E-mail your photos or a 15-word review to newsroom@durhamregion.com Jo i n u s o n F a c e b o o k / Jo i n u s o n F a c e b o o k / Jo i n u s o n F a c e b o o k / ne w s d u r h a m ne w s d u r h a m ne w s d u r h a m Durham Community Choir welcoming new members DURHAM -- A local choir wants your voice. The Durham Community Choir invites new members as it rehears- es for its Spring Concert on April 24. Jump right in by registering at a rehearsal and then joining the choir for a practice. The choir meets on Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Durham College Main Cam- pus, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, in Room C113 of the Gordon Willey Building. New members are welcome to drop by, sign up and rehearse on Feb. 8 or 15. You can also register online. The DCC is a non-auditioned choir and anyone 16 years of age or older who loves and wants to sing is invited to be a part of the group. It is especially looking for male singers. 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Free tHurSday, February 11 OntarIO health Study: Pickering 9 a.m. 8 p.m. royal Canadian Legion branch 606, 1555 bayly St., Pickering. residents age 30 to 74 can participate in the Ontario Health Study, providing a blood sample and completing a questionnaire. each participant will receive a blood analy- sis report on their personal health and the info from the study will be used for long-term health research. book an appointment at www.ontariohealthstudy.ca/durham. Free FrIday, February 12 OntarIO health Study: Pickering 9 a.m. 6 p.m. royal Canadian Legion branch 606, 1555 bayly St., Pickering. residents age 30 to 74 can participate in the Ontario Health Study, providing a blood sample and completing a questionnaire. each participant will receive a blood analy- sis report on their personal health and the info from the study will be used for long-term health research. book an appointment at www.ontariohealthstudy.ca/durham. Free Kids stuff FrIday, February 5 PIckerIng after school drop-in 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Petticoat Creek Community Centre, 470 Kingston rd., Pickering. For Pickering kids aged seven to 10, the after-school program will feature foosball, air hockey, PS4 and more. the room will be open Monday to Friday, with staff supervi- sion.It’s located in the youth room at the Petticoat Creek Community Centre.. $4 MOnday, February 8 PIckerIng after school drop-in 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Petticoat Creek Community Centre, 470 Kingston rd., Pickering. For Pickering kids aged seven to 10, the after-school program will feature foosball, air hockey, PS4 and more. the room will be open Monday to Friday, with staff supervi- sion.It’s located in the youth room at the Petticoat Creek Community Centre.. $4 tueSday, February 9 PIckerIng after school drop-in 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Petticoat Creek Community Centre, 470 Kingston rd., Pickering. For Pickering kids aged seven to 10, the after-school program will feature foosball, air hockey, PS4 and more. the room will be open Monday to Friday, with staff supervi- sion.It’s located in the youth room at the Petticoat Creek Community Centre.. $4 WedneSday, February 10 PIckerIng after school drop-in 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Petticoat Creek Community Centre, 470 Kingston rd., Pickering. For Pickering kids aged seven to 10, the after-school program will feature foosball, air hockey, PS4 and more. the room will be open Monday to Friday, with staff supervi- sion.It’s located in the youth room at the Petticoat Creek Community Centre.. $4 Library Programs tueSday, February 9 WInter spa-tacular 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Pickering Public Library, One the espla- nade, Pickering. ages 10 to 16. Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the library is so delightful. relax with friends and beat the winter blues. Learn to make body, foot and face scrubs to take home. enjoy a dIy nail station and hot chocolate bar. also at the Petticoat Creek branch:Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.registration is required and begins January 5. 905-831-6265. Free http://www. picnet.org tHurSday, February 11 afrIcan history: global Identity 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Pickering Public Library, One the espla- nade, Pickering. Presented by Marilyn Sinclair, founder of Cross Cultural tapestry, this workshop will explore the diversity, connections and con- tributions of people of african descent from africa, the diaspora, Canada and our local context.registration is required and begins January 5. 905-831-6265. Free http://www. picnet.org Meetings MOnday, February 8 PIckerIng executive committee meeting 2 p.m. Pickering City Hall, One the esplanade, Pickering. the executive committee is made up of council members and meets once a month. agendas are available at www.pickering.ca .. Free PIckerIng toastmasters weekly meet- ings 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Pickering Public Library, One the espla- nade, Pickering. Pickering Powerhouse toastmasters will hold weekly meetings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pickering Central Library in the audito- rium. Learn how to strengthen your speaking and leadership skills. Guests are always wel- come. Visit http://6809.toastmastersclubs. org for more info.. Free tueSday, February 9 PIckerIng horticultural Society Meeting 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Pickering recreation Complex, 1867 Valley Farm rd. S., Pickering. Monthly meetings are held in O’brien room. doors open at 7 p.m. for social and refresh- ment time. Flower show and guest speaker each month. Visitors welcome.this month topic is “ What’s great in a photograph?”. Free www.pickeringhorticulturalsociety.com Things To Do Saturday, February 6 grandfrIend day 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Petticoat Creek Community Centre, 470 Kingston rd., Pickering. Grandfriend day invites seniors and teens to participate in a free event, which includes euchre, darts, carpet bowling, mazes, board games, crafts and baking. Pickering teens aged 13 to 19 and residents 55 and older wishing to attend should call to register 905- 420-4660 x 6103. Free Q: How do I submit my event to the newspaper? A: When you input your Event information at durhamregion.com it can be seen by as many as 500,000 unique visitors every month so it’s a great way for you to spread the word about your event. A selection of those events are reverse pub- lished to appear in our print editions every week. (Whitby This Week, Oshawa This Week, Clarington This Week, Ajax & Pickering News Advertiser, Uxbridge Times-Journal, Port Perry Star, Brooklin Citizen, Clarington East Citizen, Durham Parent) Here’s how you get set up: 1. Visit durhamregion.com 2. Click on the black SIGNUP link near the top of the page, on the right 3. Create a free account by entering the information in the fields and click on SUBMIT 4. You will receive an e-mail; click on the link in it to confirm your account. 5. You can now access the events calendar by clicking on EVENTS - SUBMIT NOW (near the top of our home page on the left) 6. On the events page, click on Publish Your Event HERE! to enter your event information. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 20 AP SP O R T S More changes swirl around Pickering Panthers Jr. A club The week that was... Ontario Junior Hockey League •Newmarket 5, Pickering Panthers 1 (Tiger McDonald) •Pickering Panthers 8 (Tomas Azzano, Owen Scuralli, Kyle Gentles, John Hud- gin, Austin Veleke, Kyler Challis, Mitchell Waldron, Davis Kuksis), Orangeville 2 •Trenton 2, Pickering Panthers 1 (Challis) •Stouffville 6, Whitby Fury 3 (Ryan Heeps, Zack Fisher, Scott Kirton) •Kingston 6, Whitby Fury 4 (Ryan Tay- lor 2, Kennedy Duguid, Kirton) Provincial Women’s Hockey League •Durham West Lightning 3 (Jaden Head, Charlea Pedersen, Alexandra Maw), London 3 Ontario Hockey League •Barrie 6, Oshawa Generals 3 (Mitchell Vande Sompel, Anthony Cirelli, Kenny Huether) •Oshawa Generals 2 (Domenic Com- misso, Alexandre Renaud), Hamilton Bulldogs 1 •Ottawa 67’s 5, Oshawa Generals 4 (Joe Manchurek, Huether, Riley Stillman, Vande Sompel) (SO) Allan Cup Hockey •Whitby Dunlops 7 (Kyle Ventura 3, Adam Maccarone, Mike Pain, Connor Shingler, Shane Terry), Hamilton 2 •Whitby Dunlops 4 (Darren Doherty, Matthew Baxter, Brett McConnachie, Will Jones), Hamilton 3 Central Ontario Jr. C Hockey League •Clarington Eagles 7 (Brodie Myers 3, Brent Hambly, Kevin Smith, Cody Kean, Justin Holiad), Port Perry MoJacks 1 (Ben Sheremeta) •Clarington Eagles 2 (William Lamou- reux, Hambly), Uxbridge Bruins 2 (Jor- dan Nesbitt, Coby Gardner) Greater Metro Hockey League •Orangeville 10, Oshawa RiverK- ings 7 (Ryan Nichols 2, Kyle Powell 2, Josh Cameron, Dalton White, Quinn Chevers) •Bradford Bulls 5, Oshawa RiverKings 2 (John St. John, Cameron Potter) Coming up ... Ontario Junior Hockey League •Stouffville at Pickering Panthers, Fri- day, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m. •Pickering Panthers at Aurora, Satur- day, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m. Ontario Hockey League •Oshawa Generals at Barrie, Thursday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. •Oshawa Generals at Kingston, Friday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. •Sault Ste. Marie at Oshawa Generals, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2:05 p.m. Allan Cup Hockey •Brantford at Whitby Dunlops, Satur- day, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m. Provincial Women’s Hockey League •Durham West Lightning at Nepean, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2:15 p.m. •Durham West Lightning at Ottawa, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2 p.m. •Leaside at Durham West Lightning, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 8:10 p.m., Ajax CC Steve Sardellis replaces Matt Carroll as coach with new ownership pending Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamrergion.com PICKERING — The Pickering Panthers have a fifth head coach in place since the start of the 2014-15 season, with a sixth not far behind. Steve Sardellis replaced Matt Carroll for the Panthers’ Jan. 22 game, but as the new director of hockey operations for the club, he says its on an interim basis and expects to have a new person behind the bench for the start of the next Ontario Junior Hockey League season. The change was precipitated by a new ownership structure, which has yet to be finalized or approved. “Nothing is official right now, but whatever will transpire will be to the benefit of the organization,” said Steve Tuchner, who bought the team from Rob Stein in 2012. Sardellis, head coach of the high- ly ranked North York Rangers bantam AAA team, said he was brought in by the pending ownership in mid-December, and told Carroll and his staff at that time they would be under evaluation for the remainder of the season. After about a month of that arrange- ment, it was mutually decided that Car- roll and his staff would step aside. “I think it’s the best thing for the group moving forward,” said Carroll. “I’ve been on a lot of teams and I know when it’s time and when change is needed.” The Panthers had a period of coach- ing stability immediately after Tuchner bought the team and brought back Mike Galati, who had been fired by Stein. But early in his third season as coach, and with the Panthers in first place in their division, Galati was fired and replaced by Matt Muir. Muir didn’t last long, however, and was succeeded by Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Paul Coffey, who finished out the season and failed to lead them into the playoffs. Carroll took over at the start of this sea- son and had guided the team to a 13-24- 1-4 record. “Matt Carroll and his staff did a tre- mendous job here this year,” said Sardel- lis. “They’re good, young coaches and very, very well respected here. It was mutually agreed and we have no ani- mosity towards the coaches. It’s just a new direction.” Sardellis has spent the past 18 years coaching minor hockey at the AAA level, but has experience coaching at this level, as well as in university hockey and the Ontario Hockey League, where he has been an assistant. Although from Toronto, he said the goal of the organization will be to keep the Panthers as local as possible. “Our team will be very much Ajax, Pickering heavy in terms of player per- sonnel, so it will have a lot of local talent on it, and we will continue our great rela- tionship with the Pickering Minor Hock- ey Association,” he said. “It’s going to be a new feel and we’re very excited with all the new plans we have for this team moving forward.” Sardellis said changes will include a rebranding of the logo and uniform, with a colour scheme closer to the blue, crim- son and white of the original 1972 team. He said the organization would be inclu- sive of the entire community and seek excellence right from the ticket-taker through to the head coach and all parts in between. “It’s going to be a new feel and we’re very excited with all the new plans we have for this team moving forward and all the things that the City of Pickering has stepped up to do with the arena,” he said, referring to renovations coming to the Pickering Recreation Complex. Sardellis did not wish to discuss the new ownership structure until its approval by the league, which he expect- ed to come within a month. Coffey, who had an ownership stake with Tuchner, had a son playing on the team for the past two seasons, but Blake Coffey was dealt to the Newmarket Hur- ricanes before Christmas. The Panthers are well outside of play- off range this season, but Sardellis said the remaining games will be important for the current players to show him they belong. “We want to build a very, very highly skilled team,” he said. “We want to be a fast team and we want to play hockey the right way. We want to move players on to their next destination.” Carroll, who said he would like to get back into the league at some point, leaves with no hard feelings and wishing only the best for the players. “Next year, this team is going to have great success and whoever it is that’s the coach is going to be in a great spot to have great success because the team is not far off from putting a good run together,” he said. “It’s a good group of kids there and there’s a lot of pieces to work with.” The Panthers lost the first two games under Sardellis, 6-3 and 5-1 to Newmar- ket, but exploded for an 8-2 win over Orangeville Friday, Jan. 29 in Pickering. They then dropped a tough 2-1 deci- sion at home to league-leading Trenton Sunday. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland PICKERING -- Pickering Panthers’ Mathew Woroniuk made a save against the Orangeville Flyers during their Ontario Junior Hockey League game at the Pickering Recreation Complex Friday. The Panthers beat the Flyers 8-2. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 21 AP ���� � � � ��� sruoloc & sezis ,sepahs lla ni sngised fo sderdnuH slavirra wen ruo ta kool a ekat dna moorwohs ruo tisiV � �� ��� SPORTS PICKERING — The Pickering Athletic Cen- tre had three athletes representing Ontario at the Arizona Grand Invitational in Phoe- nix, Arizona Jan. 22-24. The meet was hosted by Gold Medal Gymnastics, which is owned by 1996 USA Olympic team gold medalist Amanda Bor- den. There were 31 gym clubs representing 13 provinces and states. Team Ontario won the team competition in levels 6, 7 and 8, while the level-9 team was third and the level-10 team fourth. Pickering Athletic Centre had athletes on the level 6 and level 8 teams. Chloe Scheel, level 8, competed in the senior division and won the all-around title. She won gold on bars, beam and floor and placed fifth on vault. Claire Platnar, level 8, competed in the senior division and won the silver medal all around. She won the silver medal on vault, bronze on beam, and was fourth on both bars and floor. Amy DeSousa, level 6, competed in the senior B division and placed third all around. She won the gold medal on beam, silver on vault, was fourth on bars, and fifth on floor. Pickering Athletic Centre’s coach Deb- bie Siemon was the Ontario team coach for the level 8 team and Sarah Moore coaches Amy DeSousa on the level 6 team. uReportPickering gymnasts shine in Phoenix Submitted photo PHOENIX — Pickering Athletic Centre gymnasts, from left, Chloe Scheel, Claire Platnar and Amy DeSousa represented Ontario and brought home medals from the Arizona Grand Invitational in Arizona. Readers are encouraged to send submitted photos and information to us at www.durhamregion.com/ureport. uReportReader-submitted What is uReport? uReport enables our readers to submit photographs and videos from local events, written reports on things hap- pening around Durham Region, letters to the editor and event listings. Submissions, made through durham- region.com, are reviewed by an editor before being published on our website. Select submissions will appear in the newspaper. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 23 AP Transit Project Assessment Process GO Rail Network Electrification – Public Meetings Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is helping to transform the way the region moves by building a seamless, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). As part of this project, we are expanding GO Transit to enable 15-minute service on most corridors with electrified trains, which will enable faster and more frequent service. Together, these infrastructure improvements will change how people move around Toronto and the region with four times the current number of GO train trips, service on evenings and weekends, and twice the number of trips during peak periods. Building on the GO Electrification Study completed in 2010, which looked at the electrification of the GO Transit rail system network, Metrolinx is currently undertaking environmental studies under the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08,to examine the conversion of several rail corridors from a diesel to an electric-based system. The project will include design and implementation of a traction power supply system (i.e. traction power substations and high voltage connections to Hydro One’s existing grid), as well as power distribution components (i.e. electrical power distribution facilities) located in the vicinity of the rail corridors. The Study Area (see map) includes six GO rail corridors, including potential locations for the electrical power supply and distribution facilities: •Union Station Rail Corridor •Lakeshore West Corridor – Strachan Avenue to Burlington •Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea •Lakeshore East Corridor –Don River to Oshawa GO Station •Barrie Corridor –Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station •Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station A series of public meetings are being held as part of the TPAP process to provide information about the scope of the project,environmental studies, design and engineering components, preliminary locations for traction power supply/distribution facilities, project timelines and next steps. Interested persons are encouraged to attend: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School 959 Midland Avenue Scarborough, ON M1K 4G4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2016 St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School 278 Wellington Street East Aurora, ON L4G 1J5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, February 22, 2016 Unionville High School 201 Town Centre Blvd. Unionville, ON L3R 8G5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Nantyr Shores Secondary School 1146 Anna Maria Avenue Innisfil, ON L9S 4X5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building, Room 203 255 Front Street West Toronto, ON M5V 2W6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 Abilities Centre 55 Gordon Street Whitby, ON L1N 0J2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, February 29, 2016 Oakville Trafalgar High School 1460 Devon Road Oakville, ON L6J 3L6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School 115 Glenvale Blvd. Brampton, ON L6S 3J7 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Stouffville District Secondary School 801 Hoover Park Drive Stouffville, ON L4A 0A4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016 Holly Community Centre 171 Mapleton Avenue Barrie, ON L4N 8T6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2016 St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School 1 St. Joan of Arc Avenue Maple, ON L6A 1W9 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Robert Bateman High School 5151 New Street Burlington, ON L7L 1V3 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Lakeshore Collegiate Institute 350 Kipling Avenue Etobicoke, ON M8V 3L1 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2016 Glengrove Public School 1934 Glengrove Road Pickering, ON L1V 1X2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Nelson Mandela Park Public School 440 Shuter Street Toronto, ON M5A 1X6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For additional information about this project, please visit gotransit.com/electrification. Consultation with the public, review agencies and Aboriginal communities is a key component of the GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process. Comments and information regarding this study will be collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act,and may be included in study documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. If you have a comment or question, or to receive additional information related to the project, please contact the project team: electrification@metrolinx.com or via telephone 416-869-3200. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez composer le 416-869-3200 ou le 1 888 GET-ON-GO (438-6646). 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The final game was also a close contest, with The Right Step overcoming a one-point half-time deficit for a 48-41 win over North Alliance Press. Guard Billy Jack dominated with 26 points for the winners. What is uReport? uReport enables our readers to submit photo- graphs and videos from local events, written reports on things happening around Durham Region, letters to the editor and event listings. Submissions, made through durhamregion. com, are reviewed by an editor before being published on our website. Select submissions will appear in the newspaper.Bring your bike in for a tune-up du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 6 24 AP Call: 1-866-496-4031 Visit: triOSdurham.com Campus: 200 John St. W. (Midtown Mall) PARALEGAL $3,000 Bursary Available to New Students! Come and visit the campus to see if you qualify. 0116 ENROLL NOW! 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