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Home My WebLink AboutNA2022_11_17THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 | 2 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022 A perfect storm of a lack ofchildren's medication and an out-break of various respiratory ill- nesses has childhood visits toDurham emergency rooms sky-rocketing 300 per cent over the past month.During the week of Sept. 28 toOct. 3, Lakeridge Health's fouremergency rooms in Ajax-Pick- ering, Oshawa, Bowmanville andPort Perry saw 62 visits from pa-tients under 18. That number jumped to 248during the week of Oct. 30 to Nov.5 and could well keep rising, saidDr. Michael Howlett, regional medical director and chief of theDepartment of Emergency Medi-cine at Lakeridge Health."The number of children that are admitted to hospital lately istwo to three times more than we ERS SEE 300% INCREASE IN CHILD ADMISSIONS IN 1 MONTH TIM KELLY tkelly@durhamregion.com See 'THEY’, page 12 Heather Windsor Rennie and daughter Nova, 22 months, before Nova came down with RSV late in October and had to be taken to Lakeridge Health Oshawa's emergency department. The Whitby child had an ear infection and needed two days of IV antibiotics before she was released. 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We reserve the right toedit, condense or reject letters.Published letters will appear in printand/or online at durhamregion.com DeliveryFor all delivery inquiries, please call905-683-5117. OPINION TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM There are two kinds of people in the world, I've de- cided. Ones who tense upwhenever they see a gull, convinced they won't be able to identify it no matterhow much they want to. That would be me. And others who smile happily and start rattlingoff details they notice re- garding mantle, wing tips, primaries, coverts, age, eye colour and other bewil- dering intricacies. Don't get me wrong — I love gulls. Especially easy-to-identify ones like silver gulls in Australia, with their unmistakable red bills and legs. Yellow-foot- ed gulls down the Baja Pen- insula, the only ones there. I love great black-backedgulls, the biggest in the world, and little gulls, the smallest. And I definitely appreci-ate any dark-headed gull in adult plumage in breeding season, such as black-head-ed gulls in Ireland, Frank- lin's gulls on the Canadian prairies and Bonaparte's gulls fluttering acrossLake Ontario in May, on their way to the boreal for- est, the only gulls to nest in trees. But put masses of gulls in winter or juvenile plum- age together — differentspecies take three or four years to mature and look different every time they moult — and I can't help it; my eyes tend to glaze over. Even when they're roost- ing on a nearby pier, beachor rock, as they do along shorelines here in Dur- ham, all year round. But gulls are fascinat- ing, not to mention smart,resilient and successful, and of the 50 species in the world, some 20 might be seen right here in Ontario,rarities mixed in among the thousands of ring- billed and herring gulls,our commoners. Best time to see them is November, and best place is the Niagara River, an Im-portant Bird Area with Global Significance pre- cisely because so many gulls gather there to feed and shelter, some migrat- ing from the High Arctic, Greenland, Europe or eventhe Pacific. Several stops along the Niagara Parkway provide great overlooks of gull con- centrations, from the rap- ids upstream, Horseshoe Falls and the gorge below,the Adam Beck Power Plant and Niagara-on-the- Lake, where concentra- tions of Bonaparte's gulls fly past before dusk. It's worth visiting Niag- ara to appreciate their verypresence, far outnumber- ing human tourists also drawn to that dramatic lo- cale.For a fun and friendly introduction to gull watch- ing, consider joining theDurham Region Field Nat- uralists on their outing to Niagara on Sunday, Nov. 27, a popular annual clubevent. They'll be meeting at 10 a.m. at Dufferin Islands just above the falls and wel- come newcomers. The best way to learn about birds is to watch them with people just as in-terested as you are. For information con- tact: drfn.ca/events. Metroland columnistMargaret Carney finds so much to discover and mar-vel at when exploring thegreat outdoors. THERE ARE 50 SPECIES OF GULLS MARGARET CARNEY Column Columnist Margaret Carney notes Bonaparte's gulls cross Lake Ontario in May, headed for the boreal forest. It is the only gull, she says, that nests in trees. Join the Durham Region Field Naturalists on a trip to Niagara on Sunday, Nov. 27 to see gulls. Mike McEvoy photo HARDY GULL ‘IRONIC’ THAT PREMIER REFUSES TO TESTIFY To the editor: Upon hearing the feder-al court ruling that statedPremier Ford and former solicitor general SylviaJones do not have to appearin Ottawa at the occupationinquiry, since they can in- voke parliamentary privi-lege to refuse, I was struckby an irony. The Star article stated: "... lawyers for Ford andJones argued that compel-ling them to appear would do "irreparable harm" tothe independence of legis-latures." We may not like it, butwe accept the ruling as it isa considered decision, is le-gal and above board. Contrast that rulingwith the recent Ontariogovernment bill, which re-scinds the right to strike,and think about how it con-travenes the charter. I sub-mit that passing such legis- lation will do much greater "irreparable damage" tothe integrity and sustaina- bility of our charter if thegovernment, on a whim,can forbid citizens the right to strike and can tear up ne-gotiated contracts. Unbe-lievable. What then is theuse of the charter if it can be assailed, abused, over-ridden and ignored so easi-ly? What a fool I have beenin thinking that our char-ter was built on solid rock ...and not on shifting sand. JONATHAN O'MARAWHITBY RESIDENT CALLS FOR TAX FREEZE OR REDUCTION To the editor:I would like all citizensof Pickering to contacttheir councillors and re-quest a reduction or freeze on property taxes for a peri-od of time.Pickering can well af-ford it with the proceeds they have received from thecasino. And what are they doing with all this money?MARJORIE SEYMOURPICKERING CITY VOTERS NEED TO 'BROADEN THEIR PERSPECTIVE' To the editor:In order to better reflect and represent the makeupof their communities, mu-nicipal councils and legis-latures across Canada are becoming more diverse.In Oshawa, however,election results show that virtually no young persons,persons of colour, LGBTQmembers, non-Christians,or (with one exception) women were elected.Unless Oshawa votersbroaden their perspectiveOshawa council is in dan- ger of becoming a bastion(retirement home?) for el-derly white Christian men. 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Swee- ney was seriously injured— he later lost a leg, thejudge noted — but man- aged to call 911.Coates drove almostfour kilometres from thescene of the crash until his badly damaged NissanSUV broke down and wasarrested at the side of theroad by York Regional Po- lice.During the trial courtheard evidence that Coates had been participating in aslo-pitch baseball tourna-ment in Markham duringthe day with his team, dubbed M.L.D. — "MajorLeague Drinkers" — arriv- ing shortly after noon and leaving around 7 p.m. Dur-ing that time, he drank rum mixed with Gatorade and beer, but did not showsigns of impairment, ac- cording to witnesses.Data retrieved fromCoates's vehicle indicatedhe was travelling in excess of the speed limit and usinga phone prior to the crash,the ruling notes. 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Call to register, it’s FREE! are seeing at this time ofyear, according to our pedi-atric head and our infec- tious disease head," saidHowlett."They are running out of pediatric beds and weare seeing an uptick in re-spiratory illnesses," hesaid. Howlett said that "lastweek there were 30 peoplewaiting in one of our hospi-tals and half of them werechildren."The largest increase inadmissions over the five- week period was at Lake-ridge Health Bowmanville,which saw a 538 per cent in-crease, from eight to 51 pa- tients under 18. The increas-es at Lakeridge Health PortPerry were 400 per cent (from six to 30 patients), 320per cent at LakeridgeHealth Ajax Pickering (15 to63 patients) and 215 per cent at Lakeridge Health Osha-wa (33 to 104 patients).Howlett points to a sig- nificant increase in the lat-ter part of October in thenumber of COVID-19 cases,as well as a rise in influen- za A, a rise in RSV (respira-tory syncytial virus) andother respiratory viruses that are increasing rightnow.One of those bringing her child to Lakeridge Health Oshawa's ER onOct. 27 was Heather Wind-sor Rennie of Whitby, whobrought in 22-month-old daughter Nova."My daughter was ad-mitted (to the ER) for two days mainly for an ear in-fection, but she still had acough, and deep chestybreathing that sounded like croup," Windsor Ren-nie said.Nova was swabbed andcame back positive for RSV, which is a major cause ofrespiratory illness inyoung children. The virus infects the lungs andbreathing passages andcan cause breathing prob-lems. Rennie Windsor saiddoctors gave Nora intrave-nous antibiotics for two days "trying to flush asmuch out of her system asthey could."Though Nora felt better for a few days, RennieWindsor said she got sickagain right after she fin- ished the antibiotics."She's just miserable andcoughing and has feveragain. It started again with my son Knox (who got sickthree days into the schoolyear back in September), my husband, her and thenme. It's been awful; we're soexhausted. It's been nine weeks of this. I worry about what the rest of the winter'sgoing to be like if we're justin November at this point."Illness is showing up in the wider community,where school absenceshave shot way beyond nor- mal lately.At the Durham DistrictSchool Board on Wednes-day, Nov. 9, there were 7,402 students reported absentfrom school. That com-pares with 1,688 absencesat the school board on Sept. 12. Pierre Elliott TrudeauPublic School in Oshawahad the highest number of absences, with 130 studentsNov. 9, and the highest per-centage at 16.6 per cent ofall students absent. At the Durham CatholicDistrict School Board, theoverall average rate of school absence was report-ed at 13.68 per cent acrosselementary and secondaryschools combined on Nov. 9. That's a jump from therecorded rate of 10.26 percent on Nov. 8. The latest informationfrom the Durham RegionHealth flu tracker indi-cates 57 of 120 recorded cases of influenza A in Dur-ham region are childrenbetween zero and nineyears of age. A further 25cases are from the 11 to 24years of age group. The re- gion's health department says the assessment of fluactivity is high.The COVID-19 positivityrate is edging up as well, from 8.5 per cent on Sept. 11to 10.6 per cent on Oct. 30.Another major issue forparents is the lack or eventotal absence of children'spain medication on phar-macy shelves. Supply chain issues are receiving alarge part of the blame butthe lack of medication hasexisted for months. Lakeridge Health hasindicated some local phar-macists will "compound" children's medication, if re-quested. Some pharma-cists may require a doctor'sprescription to do the com- pounding, so parents arerequested to call aheadfirst. Windsor Rennie hadsome children's Tylenolwhen her kids first got sickbut quickly ran out. "We were fortunate wehad family in the U.S. com-ing up and they were able to bring Tylenol up fromthe States. We had friendsin Toronto going to differ-ent pharmacies because we weren't having any luckaround here. We ran out ofAdvil last week, and we hadsomeone in the States pickus up some as well."Others aren't so lucky. They've faced empty store shelves, asked forhelp from friends and rela-tives and scrambled to findwhatever they can to ease their child's pain.Relief could be on theway.Reports indicate one ofthe reasons children's painmedications may not beavailable is the require- ment by Health Canadathat they include bilinguallabelling.Health Canada has indi- cated it will waive bilinguallabelling rules to allow im-portation of children's pain medication from the U.S.and Australia to hospitalsfirst. The hope is enoughmedication will find its way to local pharmacies beforethe flu, RSV and COVID-19season gets worse. So what can parents doin the meantime?The advice from doctorsmay sound familiar after two-and-a-half years of CO-VID-19 pandemic life, but itstill rings true for profes- sionals trusted with keep-ing people safe.Dr. Rose Zacharias,president of the Ontario Medical Association,which represents Ontario's43,000 physicians, said in anews conference on Nov. 8:"Ontario's doctors are urg-ing the public to get vacci- nated for the flu and to also get their COVID-19 boostershots. We are already see-ing an early start to the fluseason and a resurgence of viral disease in children."Dr. Vinita Dubey, Toron-to's associate medical offi-cer of health, added: "Re-spiratory viruses canspread very easily. Thingswe can do to prevent infec- tion include getting vacci-nated, wearing a mask es-pecially in indoor settings,especially in poor ventila- tion. Masks can protect usand others from the spreadof respiratory viruses. Stay home if you are sick. Stayoutdoors as much as wecan, wash hands often andkeep surfaces clean." As to whether a full pub-lic or school mask mandatewill return, that's up to the province. Durham Region'shealth department said it'sdeferring to "provincial di-rection regarding any mask mandates inschools." STORY BEHIND THESTORY: With school ab-sences spiking and child-hood ER visits in Durham skyrocketing, we wanted tofind out what was trigger-ing the sudden rise in ill-ness among young peoplein Durham Region over thepast month. NEWS Continued from page 3 'THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF PEDIATRIC BEDS AND WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES' 13 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m warehouse sale huge savings on • cookies • chocolates • candies • gift baskets factoRY oUtlet 680 gRanite coURt pickeRing 416-750-8807 www.waterbridge.net open 7 days a week until christmas! Mon - sat 9 - 5 sUn 10 - 4 RETAIL PRICE! UP TO 70 %OFF 416-750-8807 ext.252 www.waterbridge.net Open 7 Days A Week Until Christmas! Lakeridge Health says itwill "reduce" the numberof elective in-patient sur- geries through to Dec. 10.The hospital system hasbeen hit with a wave of re-spiratory illnesses, partic- ularly among young peo-ple, in the past month.A triple-demic of influ- enza A, RSV, and COVID-19cases has seen EmergencyDepartments hit hard. La-keridge Health's four emer- gency departments haveseen an increase in admis-sions of 300 per cent aloneamong those under 18 be-tween Sept. 27 and Nov. 5."As a result of the in-crease of respiratory ill- nesses impacting manyyoung people, hospitalsacross Ontario, includingLakeridge Health, contin- ue to see a high volume ofpediatric patients," a state- ment from LakeridgeHealth said Thursday, Nov.10. "To ensure the safest en-vironment for patients,while balancing critical staffing resources and in-crease patient volumesduring this challengingtime, we have had to make the difficult decision to re-duce the number of elec-tive in-patient surgeries for an interim period be-ginning today (Nov. 10)through to Dec. 10. This ini-tiative will further enable our hospital teams to bet-ter support acute pediatricpatient access and respondto urgent needs in Durham Region."Meanwhile, a reportfrom Critical Care Services Ontario's daily censusshows 122 pediatric ICU pa-tients in Ontario hospitalbeds, up from 111 the day before. Ontario only has 112pediatric ICU beds. The decision to reduce elective surgeries alsocomes when Ontario's hos-pital emergency depart- ments are overrun and hitby staffing shortages.Just last month, Dur-ham's paramedics and La- keridge Health released ajoint statement that emer-gency departments "con- tinue to experience criticalstaffing shortages andhigh patient volumes." Alist of urgent care options is available on the Lake-ridge Health website,which also features a new tracker that provides ap-proximate wait times to seeadoctor."We understand how difficult this decision canbe for patients and theirfamilies. The decision to doso was not taken lightly. Our teams continue towork with families to re-schedule all deferred sur- gical procedures. At thistime, all urgent and priori-ty pediatric surgeries arecontinuing across Lake- ridge Health," concludedthe statement. 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Commercial/residential property in Central Toronto $1,299 , 9 0 0 METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED Spacious Home with Inground Pool $1,289 , 0 0 0 END UNIT 2 Bed, 2 Bath With Walkout To Finished Basement Backing Onto Green Space $699,9 9 9 15 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 | 16 SERVING DURHAM REGION & SURROUNDING AREAS Jo Rucinski* Anna Stinson* Judy Stacee- Cleaver Broker of Record, FRI, ABR, ASA Sign up for our monthly newsletter and learn about home prices and market conditions, right from your in box! “We look forward to serving you!” Call us at 905-428-4557 or 1-877-234-0578*Sales Representative WWW.JudysTEAM.ca MinCom New Choice Realty Ltd., Brokerage FREE Home Market Evaluation NORTH OSHAWA - JUST LISTED *Stunning Custom Classic Brand Kitchen/ Quartz, Marble, Pot lights *Beautifully Updated 3 Bdrm TH, New Flooring *Backs Onto Private Treed Open Space *Walk/out to Patio, Garage Access $629,900 124 KEARNEY DRIVE, AJAX * Pickering Village- 2440 sq. Ft. John Boddy ‘Kings Gate’ Model *Amazing Elevated Family Room w/ Vaulted Ceiling & Gas F/P *Formal Dining Room - Hardwood Floors *Garage Access From Main Floor Laundry $1,150,000 OPEN HOUS E SUN N O V 2 0 TH,2-4PM Just one year after beingdropped by the Conserva- tive Party of Canada whenshe was running for officein the 2021 federal election,a controversial Pickering candidate will soon starther new job on council.In September 2021, whenshe was a candidate in theBeaches—East York rid- ing, Pickering resident Li-sa Robinson was told tostep down by the Conserva-tive party after alleged rac- ist tweets from her past re-surfaced.Fast forward 13 months, Robinson's successful cam-paign for Pickering Ward 1city councillor has beenmet with some criticism on social media and hasprompted readers to emailDurhamregion.com, shar- ing their distaste with thenews. Durhamregion.comasked Robinson if resi-dents can feel assured their elected representative willtreat them fairly."I do not have a racistbone in my body," she said.In a race with eight can- didates, Robinson received 21.87 per cent of the vote inthe Oct. 24 municipal elec-tion.In September 2021, Rob- inson's opponent, Beach- es—East York MP Nathan-iel Erskine-Smith, postedscreenshots of tweets dat-ing back to 2017. Robinson claimed some-one had created a false ac-count. She still maintains a false account was createdfor some of her tweets, butsaid that some of her wordswere simply taken out of context. One quote said, "Mus-lims go home if our Canadi- an heritage offends you somuch!!!!"Robinson said in the in-terview that at the time, she was afraid Sharia law— a body of religious lawthat forms part of the Is-lamic tradition — was go- ing to come to Canada. "I am completelyagainst a man being able tobeat his wife and treatinghis mom like a second- class citizen," Robinsonsaid in the interview."I would say that to any- body. If you don't like thelaws in Canada, then go towhere you're comfortable,"she said. Robinson said she hasfriends who are Muslimand donates to Muslim charities.She said she faced ha-rassment at the time, andreported the fake account to police."This was all just a polit-ical stunt," she said.Robinson said she just wants to help people, and that is why she has run a number of times for publicoffice."It doesn't matter your race, your colour, your reli-gion," she said. "Thatdoesn't matter to me. Whatmatters to me is everyone is treated fairly, humanely,and as a dignified humanbeing." Robinson will attendher first council meetingon Monday, Nov. 21, andwanted to share a message with Pickering residents. "Much has changedsince 2018," she said. "I have learned much and I am notthat person and I apologizeto anyone I have or mayhave offended. I look for- ward to representing all ofour diverse communitiesin Pickering and being astrong voice for each and every one of you." NEW PICKERING COUNCILLOR SETS RECORD STRAIGHT KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS LISA ROBINSON WONWARD 1 CITYCOUNCILLOR RACEIN RECENTMUNICIPAL ELECTION LISA ROBINSON Lisa Robinson photo Land currently protect-ed under the Greenbelt inAjax, Pickering and Cla-rington could be swapped out by the provincial gov-ernment in an effort tobuild more homes. On Friday, Nov. 4, SteveClark, minister of Munici-pal Affairs and Housing, is-sued a statement regarding the launch of a 30-day con-sultation to facilitate thebuilding of more homes while adding to the Green-belt, but taking other piec-es away. Last week, the govern-ment introduced the MoreHomes Built Faster Act to address Ontario's housingsupply crisis by building 1.5million homes over thenext 10 years. "Today, we are takingfurther action to supportthis goal by launching a consultation on proposedchanges to the Greenbelt,"Clark said. "These propos-als will support our munic- ipal partners' plans for re-sponsible growth and helpbuild at least 50,000 new homes, while leading to anoverall expansion of theGreenbelt." To accommodate growthand immigration targets,the province is proposing to remove 15 areas of land to-talling approximately 7,400acres from the edge of theGreenbelt area. This includes land lo-cated in Ajax at 765 Kings-ton Road E. and 775 Kings- ton Road E., and land inPickering, south of Hwy.407, west of West DuffinsCreek and north of the CP Belleville rail line.Should these lands beremoved from the Green- belt, the landowners willbe expected to develop de-tailed plans to build hous- ing quickly. The govern-ment expects new homeconstruction to begin on these lands by no later than2025, and that significantprogress on approvals andimplementation must be achieved by the end of 2023.If these conditions are notmet, the government will return these properties tothe Greenbelt.The government pro-poses adding an additional 9,400 acres to the Green-belt, including parts of theParis Galt Moraine. The government is also lookingto "redesignate lands in theOak Ridges Moraine Con- servation Plan Area thatcould be suitable for resi-dential development in the near term."The comment period isopen until Monday Dec. 5. LOCAL GREENBELT PARCELS COULD BE DEVELOPED KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com The provincial government could realign the Greenbelt, which includes swapping out areas in Ajax and Pickering. Chris Tanouye/Metroland file photo 17 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m ON NOW AT THE BRICK!ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE For more details shop instore or online at thebrick.com The Town of Ajax is setto become the first Durham municipality to pay its ad-visory committee mem-bers to attend meetings. For the 2022 to 2026 com-mittee and board term, thetown will provide honorar-iums to the members of its advisory committees.Staff recently conduct-ed a comprehensive review of honorarium rates pro-vided to members of com-mittees and boards by com-parable municipalities, said Sarah Moore, thetown's legislative special-ist."The tiered honorariaschedule for the town's committee and board structure, which will in-clude our advisory com-mittees, sets an equitableremuneration framework for committees and boardsbased on the scope of re-sponsibility for each body and works to eliminate bar-riers to participation andengagement," she said.Previously, the town has provided honorariums toits three quasi-judicialboards — the committee of adjustment, the propertystandards/animal servicesappeals committee, and thejoint municipal election compliance audit commit-tee — as well as the AjaxAnti-Black Racism TaskForce. Now, members of the ac- cessibility advisory com- mittee and the heritage ad-visory committee will re-ceive $37.50 per meeting,and Ajax Public Library board members will get $75per meeting. Details of appointment opportunities will be madeavailable in early January,through the town's websiteand social media channels. "We value our advisorycommittees as much as ourboards, as they provide council and staff with addi-tional and personal insightinto the concerns and am-bitions that Ajax residents have for their town," saidMayor Shaun Collier.Collier encourages oth-er municipalities to follow suit. COUNCIL AJAX TO PAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com A man charged in con-nection with a hit-and-run collision in Oshawa thatleft a teenager seriouslyhurt has been sentenced to seven months in jail.John Bungaro will alsobe on probation for two years and is prohibitedfrom driving for threeyears, according to the sen- tence handed down Mon-day, Nov. 7, by SuperiorCourt Judge Laura Bird. NEWS JAIL TERM FOR DRIVER IN HIT AND RUN THAT INJURED TEEN JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@ durhamregion.com Bungaro, of Pickering,was 53 when he was charged in February of 2020 with of-fences including failing toremain at the scene of an ac- cident causing bodily harm.The arrest came more thanaweek after a 14-year-oldboy was struck by a vehicle while riding a dirt bike onStevenson Road near ConlinRoad. The teen was airlifted tohospital with serious inju-ries. *Call for details, offers cannot be combined, O.A.C. 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After a three-year hia-tus, the 905 Comedy Festi-val returns to the HarmonyCreek Community Centre, 15 Harmony Rd., Oshawa,for a live taping on Nov. 25at 8 p.m. "You may have knockedus down, COVID-19, butyou didn't knock us out,"Ajax comedian and festival co-founder Ian Sirota saidin an email.He started the event with Josh Haddon, a fellow Ajax comedian who foughtcancer, and joked about it,until his death in 2016.Sirota, a two-time Gemi- ni nominee, noted the tap-ing is for the hit CBC radioshow "Laugh Out Loud." "This year's show in-cludes comedy legendsMike Wilmont and GeorgeWesterholm. Crave sensa- tion Chris Robinson, "JustFor Laughs" alumnus Lau-ra Leibow, "Canada Has Talent" contestant Cathy Boyd, Cleveland ComedyFestival best comic winnerAnjelica Scannurra andMark DeBonis, a regular SiriusXM contributor.Come out and be part ofthis rare live taping in the Durham region."There will be a cash bar.Visit the festival web-site, 905comedyfest.ca. 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Provided by Newcastle Funeral Home Ltd Serving all of Southern Ontario - Family Owned & Operated 1-877–987-3964 (24 hours) Indigenous author Da- vid A. Robertson spoke toDurham District SchoolBoard students about re-presentation, reconcilia- tion and more.The author said the visitwas somewhat cathartic following the temporaryremoval of his children'snovel, "The Great Bear,"from school shelves earlier this year. The novel, whichis part of his larger "Mis-ewa Saga" series, was re-moved from school shelvesby the Durham DistrictSchool Board in April fol-lowing a complaint, but re- instated later that samemonth after an acceleratedreview process."I kind of removed that situation from my head asmuch as I could," Robert- son said of his discussions with students at UxbridgePublic School and QuakerVillage Public School on Nov. 2, and Glengrove Pub-lic School in Pickering onNov. 3."I don't know if it was ca- thartic, but it was nice to beat the place where thatbook was taken off and to now be there talking aboutit and signing books," Rob-ertson continued. "I don'tthink I would have expec- ted that to happen earlierthis year."Robertson spoke to kidsabout the importance of re- presentation in fiction aswell as the importance ofreading in general. "Books that representdiversity are important; wecan learn a lot from read-ing books about people in our community or that livenear us or people that used to occupy the lands we liveon now," he said. "A bigpart of reconciliation is be-ing able to read books that teach us things and teachus things about each other and the world we live in."Robertson said his "Mis-ewa Saga" series, which in-cludes "The Barren Grounds" and "The GreatBear," received a lot of feed- back from parents who said it instilled a love ofreading in children whohad little interest before. "That really means a lotto me," he said. "I think in-stilling a love of readingand inspiring children with good stories is the pri-mary thing." The importance of In- digenous voices in chil-dren's fiction is also impor-tant to Robertson, who willbe heading up a new im- print at Penguin RandomHouse focused on new andemerging Indigenous au- thors."I think we're seeing afocus to represent Indige-nous cultures across Cana- da and to present accurate,real history and real peo-ple and real communitieseven if it's in fictional worlds," Robertson said."That representation isvery important to me, and each book has a differentfocus in terms of differentthings I want to teach,whether it's about land or history or foster care orresidential school history. Each book offers some- thing different and if youcan get children involvedin that world and learning, that's the great thing aboutbooks."Robertson also made astop in Uxbridge to partici- pate in Blue Heron Books'Book Drunkard Festival todiscuss his new adult nov- el, "The Theory of Crows,"a story of love, loss and thebonds of family."Good stories are just as important for adults; theyneed good stories too," Rob-ertson said of his writing skills, which run from chil-dren's fiction to graphicnovels to memoirs and an-thologies and adult fiction. "I wanted to challengemyself to try differentgenres of literature for dif-ferent ages and reach a wider audience because Ifeel I have importantthings to say, but also be- cause I want to get betterand be as good of a writeras I can be, and you don't dothat by being stagnant." For more informationvisit www.darobertson.ca. 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