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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. climbed as high as 200."I have never in all my years of rescue seen any-thing like this," Geer says.What is happening? Res- cuers say it's a "perfectstorm" of factors. Durham doesn't have apermanent, sustainable option for low-cost spayingand neutering of cats, mak-ing it difficult to control the cat population. When the pandemic hit,rescuers began to seethings escalate. People found it more challengingto access veterinary careduring lockdowns so didn'thave their cats spayed or neutered — or, people'sjobs and incomes were im-pacted by the pandemic and they couldn't afford vetcosts.The pandemic also sawaspike in people acquiring new pets — in some cases,those animals were aban-doned or surrendered once people went back to workin-person, or faced clim- bing vet costs due to infla-tion. "All of this has causedan explosion of cats and kit- tens outside," says Jen Ed-wards, founder of EdwardsAnimal Sanctuary, a cat rescue based in Uxbridge. At any given time, Ed-wards has 140 to 150 catsand kittens in her care through a network of vol-unteer foster homes.She says a lot of the work falls to volunteer rescuers,because municipal shel-ters often won't take sick orinjured cats, feral cats, cats with special needs — orshelters close to intakewhen they reach capacityor have illness outbreaks. "The money that wespend is astronomical; itshouldn't fall to private res- cuers," Edwards says. There are some initia-tives in place in Durham tohelp manage cat popula- tions, but people on thefront lines say it's notenough. For example, the Hu-mane Society of Durham Region provides vouchersfor cat spay or neuter — butthey are available only tolow-income residents who can provide proof of gov-ernment assistance, whilethe City of Oshawa has a Trap Neuter Return Man-age Program aimed at con-trolling the feral cat popu-lation. For decades, advocateshave been calling for a well-funded, sustainable low- cost spay and neuter clinicin Durham, as well as mu-nicipal trap/neuter/re-lease programs through- out the region. Without those things inplace, Linda Power, a long-time animal activist in Oshawa, says volunteersstruggle to tackle thisdaunting and expensive problem. And it's burningthem out."Rescue groups are run-ning up huge, impossible to pay vet bills. Some of themare closing, they can't car-ry on and that means we're going to be left with an evenbigger mess," Power says. Cat rescuers across Dur-ham say the same thingwhen they're asked whatneeds to be done to address this crisis."We should have beendoing trap, neuter, release 20 or 30 years ago and thenwe wouldn't be dealingwith this, but that was nev-er a priority," says Nicola Ransom-Brown founder ofUxbridge Cat Rescue. "Wewere already strugglingprior to the pandemic ... Ididn't think cat rescuecould get any worse, but itcertainly did." Melinda Diebel is thefounder of Uxbridge Scu-gog Pet Food Bank — whichfeeds about 700 animals a week — as well as a mem-ber of the Oshawa AnimalCare Advisory Committee and a longtime animal res-cuer who has worked inmany roles. She agrees the core of the solution is having fewercats, which can only beachieved by spaying and neutering. "If we can't get spay neu- ter sorted out we can never ever get ahead of it," shesays.Diebel says it can be an uphill battle to get politi-cians and the public to careabout stray, abandonedand feral cats — "some- times people don't connectwith these cats, they seethem as different from their cat at home" she says,stressing that no cats aremeant to be living outside."What we're doing right now, this is triage — we'rejust trying to save as manyas we can," she says. "Wecan't change the tide untilwe figure out a way to re-duce the number of ani-mals in need." A fundraiser is under-way to raise money for alow cost spay and neuterclinic in Durham, click here to donate. STORY BEHIND THE STORY: For decades, ani-mal advocates in Durhamhave been seeking a low-cost, permanent, sustain- able spay and neuter clinicin the region. Front-linecat rescuers say things have become dramaticallyworse since the pandemic. 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As an organization, theRegion of Durham is un-dergoing digital transfor- mation and leading theway in innovation, withinitiatives such as the Re-gional Broadband Project, CityStudio Durham, theCanada Learning Bondoutreach project, and themyDurham 311 Smart Home Device Voice Serviceproject. Durham also of-fers a strong network of digital support for smallbusinesses and entrepre-neurs, with collaborativeinitiatives to connect busi- nesses directly to custom-ers, like the Downtowns ofDurham and the Shop in Durham online market-place.Durham's thriving inno- vation community is madeup of top talent and innova-tive partners that translate research and developmentassets into jobs and invest-ment. Durham Region's top intelligent community rec-ognition is thanks to localsuccess stories from theDurham Entrepreneur- ship Ecosystem Forum, theDurham Economic TaskForce, Access IO, DurhamCollege, Ontario Tech Uni- versity, Trent UniversityDurham GTA, Spark Cen-tre, OPG X-Lab, Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustain-ability, 360Insights, Dur-ham Region Transit, Mobi-leXCo, Oshawa Senior Community Centres,Building Youth Capacityand others. Check out the #IntelligentDurham hash-tag on Facebook, Twitterand LinkedIn to see Dur- ham's innovation commu-nity in action. Here in Durham Region,we're not just innovating;we're innovating to solvebig problems. We are proud to be recognized alongsideother world-class munici-palities as a top intelligentcommunity for 2022, andwe're confident our inno-vative community will con-tinue to shine on the world stage. To learn more aboutinitiatives currently un-derway in Durham Region,visit durham.ca/Intelli- gentCommunities. Elaine Baxter-Trahair is the Chief AdministrativeOfficer for The RegionalMunicipality of Durham.Visit durham.ca/news- room for the latest newsfrom the Region, and visitdurham.ca/Newsletters to subscribe to newslettersand view the latest councilhighlights. DURHAM NAMED ONE OF WORLD'S SMARTEST COMMUNITIES OPINION ELAINE BAXTER-TRAHAIR CITES INITIATIVES SUCH AS REGIONAL BROADBAND PROJECT ELAINE BAXTER-TRAHAIR Column 7 | Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 8 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m @cityofpickering Weekly Community Page December 8 Customer Care Centre 905.683.7575 (24 hour line) customercare@pickering.capickering.ca Seasonal Job Opportunities Areyouafull-timestudentorrecentgraduate lookingforasummerjob?TheCityofPickering iscurrentlyrecruitingfor2023studentpositions. Opportunitiesincludethefollowing: Camps MarchBreak Mar13–17 Summer July4–Sept1 *Summeronly Back-upCampCounsellor CampCounsellor InclusionCounsellors* AssistantCampDirector CampDirector Coordinator,Inclusion,Busing& Volunteers* PickeringMuseum Village April1–30 May1–Aug27 Aug28–Dec31 MuseumGuide PublicWorks May1–Aug27 StudentLabourer,Parks&Property StudentLabourer,Roads MunicipalInfrastructureStudent EngineeringInfrastructureStudent StudentClerk,PublicWorks CorporateServices May1–Aug27 May1–Oct1** AnimalShelterSummerStudent AnimalServicesSummerStudent SummerEnforcementOfficer** CulturalServices May1–Aug27 AssistantEventCoordinator EventSupport Priortoapplying,candidatesare strongly encouragedto reviewourSeasonalHiringinformationat pickering.ca/seasonal forrequiredqualificationsand mandatorytrainingdates. Qualifiedapplicantsmustcompletetheonlineapplication formonorbefore Sunday,January8,2023. Ifyourequireassistance,ourcontactinformationis: HumanResourcesDepartment Online:pickering.ca OneTheEsplanade Email:hr@pickering.ca Pickering,ON L1V6K7 Fax:905.420.4638 Alternateformatsavailableuponrequestat905.683.7575 letstalkpickering.ca/neighbourhoodlights Show UsYour Lights Pickering! December 1 - December 18 Submit an outdoor photo of your decorated home or business for a chance to win a prize! Vote for your favourite display! Voting is ongoing until December 19. Residents have the opportunity to vote for their favourite display.Winners will be announced the week of December 19. Visit the website to participate, and vote! TelephoneTownHall with MayorAshe Thursday,December8 at7:00pm ListeninoraskMayorAshe anyPickering-relatedquestions. Toreceiveaphoneinvitation, pleaseemailyournameand phonenumberto mayor@pickering.ca Let's Talk 2023 User Fees. User Fees help cover the costs of running important City programs and services. View the City's draft 2023 User Fee Schedule at pickering.ca/Budget Provide feedback: LetsTalkPickering.ca/Budget The draft 2023 User Fee Schedule will be presented to Council at the January 23, 2023 Council Meeting. New Year’s Day Mayor’s Levee Sunday,January1 2:00-4:00pm CityHall pickering.ca/festivalsandevents Gift cards can be purchased at CHD Recreation Complex Front Desk. Looking for the perfect gift this holiday? Gift cards can be given in any amount you choose, and can be used for any recreation activity, program or service. Gift card purchasers will be entered into a draw for a giftt basket of goodies including your own $150 Recreation gift card, $150 Wellness Spa gift card, gym bag, yoga mat, and more! RecreationGiftCardsAvailable! pickering.ca/fit 905.683.6582 5–12yrsWinterBreakCamp Holidaysarearoundthecornerandweareplanninga blizzardoffun!1dayand4daysessionsavailable. 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Right Choice{ } Car Place Price dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 8 , 2 0 2 2 | 10 'Tis the season when receiving a park-ing ticket is a little more bearable than oth-er times of the year.Those who receive one in Pickering can pay for it with food and toy donations tohelp people in need this holiday.As part of the City of Pickering's Toys 4Tickets and Food 4 Fines holiday program,the city will be accepting toy and food do-nations in lieu of payment for parking tick-ets issued from Nov. 28 to Dec. 21. Toy donations must be new and un-wrapped, and all food donations must benon-perishable. The value of the donationmust be equal to, or greater than, the speci- fied fine on the ticket. Receipts are re-quired for all donations being made in lieu of payment.Tickets issued for illegal parking in ac- cessible spaces are not eligible for the pro-gram. Donations unrelated to tickets willbe gladly accepted.Donations will be accepted from Nov. 28to Dec. 21, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. on the second floor of PickeringCity Hall, 1 The Esplanade. All donations will be distributed to theDurham Regional Police Food and ToyDrive, and the Pickering Fire ServicesFood and Toy Drive. Visit pickering.ca/Toys4Tickets tolearn more. PAY PARKING TICKETS WITH TOYS OR FOOD IN PICKERING People who receive a parking ticket in Pickering can pay for it with toy and food donations. Donations will go to local drives, including the Durham Regional Police's annual Food and Toy Drive. Const. Stefanie Puckrin is pictured in 2009. Ryan Pfeiffer/Torstar NEWS ANNUAL INITIATIVE TO HELPLOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED The City of Pickering is celebrating theiconic Canadian author Lucy Maud Mont-gomery and her many connections to the Durham region with two new pieces ofpublic artwork.The murals have been installed on thesouth wall of the Pickering Civic Complex, One The Esplanade, featuring original de-signs by artist Meegan Lim, celebratingthe famous "Anne of Green Gables" au-thor. The project was funded through theGovernment of Canada's Tourism ReliefFund. The mural illustrations reflect theAnne and Maud tourism route programsinspired by "Anne of Green Gables" fea-tured at Pickering Museum Village and highlight literature and novels available atPickering Libraries. They also commemo- rate the museum village as the filming lo-cation for many movies and televisionshows about the "Anne of Green Gables" books.Lim is an illustrator and emerging artsfacilitator based in Brampton and Toron-to. 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Investigators recovered19 stolen vehicles wortharound $1.4-million andidentified an additional 50vehicles with their vehicleidentification number al- tered worth more than $5-million. Police believe some ofthese vehicles with altered VINs have been resold tounsuspecting buyers. Led by YRP, the multi- jurisdictional task-force al-so included Toronto PoliceService, Durham Regional Police Service, Halton Re-gional Police Service, PeelRegional Police and Onta-rio Provincial Police. Fund- ing was provided by theCriminal Intelligence Ser-vice Ontario, which went toward supporting investi-gative resources to co-ordi-nate investigations acrossjurisdictional boundaries. Police released a videoto their YouTube channelhighlighting the operation. Anyone with informa- tion about York Region oc-currences is asked to con-tact the York Regional Po- lice Hold-Up Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 6631, or callCrime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or leave an anony- mous tip online atwww.1800222tips.com. 116 CHARGES LAID IN PROBE INTO 'VIOLENT' CARJACKINGS ACROSS GTA AILEEN ZANGOUEI azangouei@yrmg.com CRIME YORK REGIONALPOLICE LEDJOINT-FORCESOPERATION WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SUBMIT YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR TODAY! 17 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 8 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m © 2 0 2 2 P a n d o r a J e w e l r y , L L C • A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d More than a gift SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE 300 Borough Drive, Scarborough, ON M1P 4P5 (416) 296-9932 PICKERING TOWN CENTRE 1355 Kingston Road, Pickering, ON, L1V 1B8 (905) 492-7263 Pickering 1101 Kingston Rd, Unit 120 905 839-3000 Scarborough 3224 Eglinton Ave E 416 261-9954905 839-3000 15% OFF! 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The Pickering parcel is the Duffins Rou-ge Agricultural Preserve(DRAP), which is 4,950 acres.Ajax council unani-mously approved a motionon Tuesday, Nov. 29, asking the provincial governmentto engage in meaningful dis-cussion with municipalitiesand adopt amendments to Bill 23 that will mitigate"unintended consequences"of the bill "including finan- cial burdens and negativeenvironmental impacts."Ajax staff believe the an-ticipated financial impact on development chargesduring a 10-year periodwould be a reduction of ap- proximately $19.3 million.Mayor Shaun Colliersaid this is in line with the same recommendationsfrom Ontario Big City'sMayors. "We are all on the same page," Collier said.Pickering Mayor KevinAshe wants the province to"sit down with municipali- ties so we can figure outhow to increase housingsupply while also ensuring there will be the necessaryinfrastructure in place tosupport it."He acknowledged that, increasing supply will havethe greatest impact towardlowering prices, but Picker- ing has "serious concernswith Bill 23's changes to theDevelopment Charges Act,which will freeze and re- duce development fees thatmunicipalities can chargedevelopers." "Development chargesare needed to help pay forgrowth, and go toward crit-ical infrastructure such as roads, transit, water andsewer infrastructure, com-munity centres and fire sta-tions," Ashe said. The Association of Mu-nicipalities of Ontario fore-casts these changes could cost Ontario municipalitiesupwards of $5 billion. "Municipalities can't ab-sorb these shortfalls, which would result in taxpayersfooting the bill eitherthrough higher property taxes or significant cuts toservice," Ashe said.A Pickering staff report states what is being pro-posed by the province couldresult in a loss of approxi- mately $12.3 million for thefour-year phase-in of themaximum developmentcharge rates. But despite heavy oppo-sition from the community,Ashe agrees with the prov- ince on another matter:opening up the DRAP fordevelopment. In a report foraspecial meeting on Mon- day, Dec. 5, staff also statesit supports removing thisparcel of land from the Greenbelt."This will allow the im-plementation of an urbanarea boundary expansion on these lands," the reportsays. The land removal is con-sistent with requests fromPickering council in 2016,the former mayor in 2019and 2022, and Ashe on Nov. 16.While Ajax supports ad-dressing the housing crisis,it has taken steps to address the issue locally, focusingon redeveloping land ratherthan expanding into green- field. "I understand there's acrisis in housing, we all seethat," said Ajax Ward 3 re- gional Coun. Joanne Dies.But added, "the gap reallyexists in affordability." Visit durhamregion.comfor the results of the Dec. 5meeting. MAYORS FEAR FINANCIAL LOSS FROM BILL 23 CHANGES KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com Several protests have taken place against Bill 23, including this one in Pickering in November. 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She noted that her fami-ly's life was devastated about 10 years ago after her sister was killed by an im-paired driver."I was in a car crashwith my eight-month-old daughter and my sister,who was seven monthspregnant. One moment we were talking about what todo for dinner and the nextmoment, I was waking upin a hospital in an incred- ible amount of pain," DosajMakarov said.Her brother told her she had been in a crash and hersister and unborn childdidn't make it."Our car was T-boned by a drunk driver. My preg-nant, 31-year-old sister'sbody took the brunt of thatimpact and neither she nor her baby survived," DosajMakarov added.She and her daughter were injured, but survived."We were forever changed and there is forev- er a hole in our hearts. Mysister and niece are gone,but never forgotten, andtheir legacy will live on through my efforts withMADD," she said.Durham Regional Po- lice Chief Todd Rollauersaid, "As the holiday sea-son begins, social gather-ings increase. Our Festive RIDE team will be out en-suring our roadways in theDurham Region are safe. Our message is clear — im-paired driving will not betolerated."In the campaign last year, almost 7,000 vehicleswere stopped and the cam-paign resulted in 65 im-paired drivers being taken off the road and 104 crimi-nal charges being laid."He urged anyone who knows of a suspecteddrunk driver to call 911. 'IMPAIRED DRIVING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED' KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@ durhamregion.com NEWS 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 , D e c e m b e r 8 , 2 0 2 2 | 20 Availablepaperroutes inyourneighborhood! Earnyourownmoney Calloremailusnow tostartdelivering 1-855-853-5613OR customersupport@metroland.com The Ontario government has released a plan for add-ing 1.5 million new homesprovincewide by 2031 in abid to address housing af- fordability. The plan includes 84,000new homes for Durham Re- gion.What are the housingtargets for Durham?Oshawa — 23,000 Ajax — 17,000Whitby — 18,000Pickering — 13,000 Clarington — 13,000How were the housingtargets set?According to the prov- ince, the targets were setbased on population sizeand growth. Each munici-pality will be required to de- velop pledges explaininghow they will kick-start de- velopment to meet the tar-get. What's changing forhomeowners?Homes with three units per building per residentiallot will be allowed "as ofright," meaning that no fur-ther bylaw amendments would be required. Thatcould mean subdividing ahome into two or three units or having a garden or lane-way unit. A FOCUS ON DENSITY NEARTRANSIT Major transit hubs willbe the focus for more densi-ty with planned minimumdensity targets near sta- tions and reduced approvaltimes for new projects.Once the Ontario housing minister approves key de-velopment policies, munici-palities would have one yearto comply. 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REKA SZEKELY rszekely@durham region.com NEWS TheDarlingtonNewNuclearProject Public Information Session Ontario Power Generation has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for a Licence to Construct (LTC) a small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington Nuclear site. To learn more about the project and the LTC application, please visit opg.com/newnuclear and register for the virtual information session. Upcoming Virtual Information Session: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. opg.com/newnuclear 21 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 8 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m KING, Patricia Irene ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, November 21, 2022, in her 78th year. Predeceased by her parents Edith and Frank Richardson. Loving wife of Wayne King. Dear mother to Tanya (Chris) Robinson and Jason (Melissa Angrist) King. Cherished grandmother to Jason Jr., Samantha and Ryan. Patricia is survived by her brothers, sister and many nieces and nephews. As per Patricia's wishes cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. at # 158 Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 212 Market St East, Port Dover. SERENITY BURIAL & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 361 Main Street, Port Dover (226) 290-9093. For those wishing to make a memorial donation in Patricia's memory they are asked to consider South Coast Community Caring for Cancer, P. O. Box 939, Port Dover, Ontario N0A 1N0. Online condolences can be left at www.serenityburialand cremation.com PEARCE, Germaine Lucienne (nee Raymond) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Passed away on Wednesday, November 30th at Lakeridge Health Ajax at the age of 96. Germaine was born in Ansonville, Ontario on October 24, 1926 and grew up in Timmins, Ontario where she met her beloved husband of 65 years, Leslie Arthur Pearce (sadly Les passed in 2014). Predeceased by her parents Peter and Lucy, her sisters Louise and Jeannette and her brothers Ray and Louis. Germaine is survived by her brother Peter and sisters Evelyn and Annette. Germaine was the loving mother of four children, James (Vicki), Ray (Lyn), Susan and Elaine (Richard), grandmother (Nanny) of Lesley, Rachel, Jeffrey, Stephen, Aaron, Heather, Anne, Will and Sophie and great-grandmother of Max, Nicholas, Abby, Alex, David, Oliver, Andrew, Henry and Kate. As the eldest of eight children, Germaine often joked that she started her nursing career at a very young age. In her early twenties she graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Timmins, married Les, and worked as a pediatric nurse until she started a family of her own. Les and Germaine settled in Ajax over 70 years ago. When her children were old enough, Germaine returned to nursing for 20 years, where she cared tirelessly for her patients. Germaine gave generously of her time to the community, with involvement in the Canadian Red Cross, The VON Friendly Visitors and the Ajax Lioness Club. She was a long time parishioner of St. Bernadette's Catholic Church and participated in their euchre club and craft group. Germaine and Les travelled the world on their "vacations" and spent many "holidays" camping and spending time with their children and grandchildren. Germaine will be dearly missed by her family, friends and neighbours. Friends are invited to join Germaine's family in celebrating her life. Visitation will be held at MCEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Old Kingston Road, Pickering on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Visitation is at 1:00 p.m., followed by a service at 2:00 p.m. and a reception from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Online condolences may be offered at www.mceachniefuneral.ca WOODS, Merilyn Jean (nee Hudson) March 9, 1944 - December 1, 2022 "Life is Good" ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Merilyn, after a short battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, December 1st, at Oak Ridges Hospice in Port Perry. Devoted wife of 58 years to John, mother to Leanne (Douglas), Lisa (Scott), grandmother to Kirsten (Nicholas), Lindsay (Josh), Roland and Claire, great- grandmother to Anthony, Audalina, Ethan and Emmett, devoted sister to Shelagh (Brian) aunt to Kathleen, and great-aunt to Aidan. Born in Yorkshire, England, daughter of Roland and Evaleen Hudson, Merilyn immigrated to Canada in 1952 with her family, settling in Uxbridge where her father was a teacher and vice- principal for many years. She attended elementary and high school there, graduating in 1961. In that same year she met John, who would become the love of her life, marrying at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Uxbridge on May the 2nd, 1964. She attended Shaw Business College, which led to her lifetime career in the travel industry. Two years after their marriage, John was transferred to Regina, where Leanne was born in 1967. After a short stay, they moved to Winnipeg and then on to Ottawa, where Lisa was born in 1970, and where they spent 15 wonderful years, meeting many of their close lifelong friends. It was in Ottawa where Merilyn's passion for travel was kindled, and she was employed in various capacities in the industry. In 1984, John was again transferred for the final time back to Toronto, settling in Pickering and where they live to this day. Merilyn was employed for more than a decade by American Express Platinum Travel, which gave Merilyn and John the opportunity to continue traveling the world. She retired in 1999, but her passion for travel did not cease. She and John continued to explore the world and she was very proud of the fact that she had visited over 140 countries. Volunteering was another passion of Merilyn's, and she spent more than 20 years dedicating her time to Canadian Blood Services and Community Care Meals on Wheels. She was particularly proud of her more than 180 blood donations. Merilyn enjoyed playing bridge, scrabble, sudoku, reading, gardening, and cooking, and needless to say, planning their next trip. Above all, she was happiest when she was spending time with her family, when she was often heard to use her favourite expression, "Life is good". Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation at Low and Low Funeral Home in Uxbridge on Friday, December 9th from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., and a funeral service at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Uxbridge on Saturday, December 10th at 11 a.m., to be followed by a reception at the church. 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He was a doting grandfather of five - Brandon, Brent, Bryan, Cameron and Spencer - and delighted great- grandad to Gregory. Willie was the oldest child of Stephen and Dolly (of Rathkeale, Ireland) and big brother to Marie, Patrick and Kathleen. To provide for his family, they emigrated from the UK to Canada where Bill worked tirelessly at Ontario Hydro for 25 years. He enjoyed his retirement to the fullest and will be much missed by the residents of Ashley Manor and Forest Park. A private interment has taken place and a celebration of life will be held in April. Rememberingyourlovedones thisHolidaySeason PUBLISHING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2022 25% DISCoUNT wITH CoUPoN INMEM2022 Call our Classified department at 1-800-263-6480 classifieds@metroland.com Notices must be received by noon Thursday, December 15th ECKEL, Gerald "Gerry" ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, November 27, 2022, in his 89th year, alongside his loving family members. 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