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In Sep- tember, he'll begin his tour of the eastern provinces."One of the things that I hope people take away is that they don'thave to continue carrying around Pickering resident and motivational speaker Sam Demma is embarking on a cross-country journey to talk to youth about "emptying their backpacks." He has also released his first book, "Empty Your Backpack." Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland MOTIVATIONAL YOUTH SPEAKER TAKING MESSAGE ACROSS CANADA See ‘IF’,page 10 KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS YOU CAN USE DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX BY 7 A.M. 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DURHAMREGION.COM/EVENTS 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 | 4 LEADERSIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FLAT-OU T DELICIOUS! 699 ea 390-430 g SAVE $2.00ea Sale price in effect Dec. 29,2022-Jan. 4, 2023. Serve as a simple & delicious appetizer on New Year’s Eve! Our flatbreads have a thin, crispy crust topped with the finest ingredients. All you have to do is bake to enjoy a gourmet taste experience! Choose from a variety of unique flavours! For the past 35 years, the Durham WoodworkingClub has been a place forpeople to meet new friendsand share in a common hobby. But it's also a club thatgives back to the communi- ty in many, many ways —something its 100-plusmembers take great joy in.Club members have made and donated morethan 500 wig stands for can-cer patients; taught Cubsand Scouts how to buildwooden cars; built benchesfor community gardens;and constructed turtle basking platforms and nestprotection boxes for theCentral Lake Ontario Con-servation Authority (CLO- CA).They've fashionednewspaper boxes for se- niors' complexes andshelves for the Back DoorMission and made hun-dreds of wooden pens for health-care workers dur-ing the pandemic. Thoseare just some examples. "We're very community-minded," says Doug Rick- etts, club secretary and a member for about 10 years.To keep giving back, theclub is in need of a new home for its machine shop. The current space in thebasement of Simcoe StreetUnited Church in Oshawa, creates challenges with in-surance. The club is reach-ing out to the community for help finding an afford-able, accessible rentalspace that measures 1,500to 2,500 square feet and has parking.Ricketts says anothergoal is to increase publicawareness of the Durham Woodworking Club and en-courage new members ofall ages and backgrounds to join. "We really want to diver-sify our membership," hesays. "The problem is, a lot of people don't know aboutus."Members gathered at the club's Dec. 5 meetingsaid they love the camara-derie, meeting new people,the community projects and the chance to learnnew things through cours-es, seminars and each oth- er's expertise.Don McFarland, a mem- ber for about 14 years, has been doing woodworkingfor as long as he can re-member. "All my life," he says."My dad was a woodwork-er, he had me doing it whenI was really young, I learned from him."McFarland's current fo-cus is scroll work and he's eager to help others buildthat skill.Hans Rempel joinedabout four years ago after learning about the clubfrom a friend. Now he'slearning a bit of every-thing — and jokes that ev- eryone in his family will begetting handmade gifts forChristmas. "It's been the best thingfor me so far in my retire-ment," he says.Visit durhamwoodwor- kingclub.com for more in-formation or to connectabout membership. DURHAM WOODWORKING CLUB LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS AND A NEW HOME JILLIAN FOLLERT jfollert@durhamregion.com COMMUNITY SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM 5 | 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Find what you’re looking for, in the location you want, for the price you want to pay! Catch a Great Deal! 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Right Choice{ } Car Place Price 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 | 6 ABOUT USThis newspaper, published everyThursday, is a division of the Met-roland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corpora-tion. The Metroland family of news-papers is comprised of more than 70community publications acrossOntario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. Com- plainants are urged to bring their concerns to the attention of the newspaper and, if not satisfied, write The National News Media Council, Suite 200, 890 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2. Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham WHO WE ARE Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Neil Oliver Vice President, Content, Community and Operations Dana Robbins Director of Content Lee Ann Waterman Managing Editor Mike Lacey Director of Advertising Tanya Pacheco Director Distribution Jason Christie Director Creative Services Paul Gostlin Durham Advisory Council Dan Carter; Esther Enyolu; Jake Farr; Dr. Vidal Chavannes; Cynthia Davis; Elaine Popp/Don Lovisa; John Henry; Sue McGovern; Kerri King; Steve Yamada; Kelly LaRocca; Peter Bethlenfalvy; Dr. Steven Murphy; Norah Marsh; Tracy Paterson; Chris Darling; Christina Curry CONTACT US Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser Phone: 905- 579-4407 Newsroom: 905-215-0462 Sales: 905-215-0424 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-579-2238 Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editorAll letters must be fewer than 320words and include your name andtelephone number for verificationpurposes. 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 With the massive pres- sure our booming popula-tion is putting on the natu- ral world, it's often hard to be optimistic about the fu- ture. But we have to be! We have to carry on, with fiery hope in our hearts, andfind meaningful ways to protect all the precious eco- systems left on our beauti- ful planet. Let's make it ourNew Year's resolution. Every little bit helps, starting with having a heart-to-heart with your government reps to ex- plain how deeply you care about maintaining and en-hancing our green spaces. All that isolating during the pandemic made it crys- tal clear how vital getting outdoors into nature is for our physical and mental health, and how pricelessour conservation areas, trails, wetlands and woods, our greenbelts and farmlands are for our-selves and the wildlife that live there. Sending a donation togroups dedicated to pro- tecting wildlife habitat is another good way to help out. Sweeping changesmade by the latest provin- cial government, removing long-standing checks and balances on urban sprawl, prove yet again that the on- ly sure way to preserve a natural area is to buy it.Ontario's many land trusts know that, as does the Na- ture Conservancy of Cana- da. I was deeply moved by an appeal from the Interna- tional Conservation Fundof Canada (ICFC), which pours 100 per cent of its do- nations into securing crit- ical parcels of habitat around the globe. "Our small, dedicated staff and our numerous local field partners are working tire-lessly to save what we can of the natural world while we still have the chance. Conserving nature andavoiding extinctions is not just the right thing to do, it's also in the interest ofhumanity. During this giving sea- son, please consider help- ing us give nature a fight-ing chance." Date your check for Dec. 31 and you'll get a charitable tax receipt for this year. One more thing to think about is ecotourism — yes, something fun! It's truethat flying anywhere con- tributes to global warm- ing, given CO2 emissions of the ever-growing airline in- dustry. But tourist dollars flow- ing into a remote villagegive lots of financial incen- tive for people to protect lo- cal "islands of green" in- stead of carving them up to run cattle or plant oil palms. Enterprising driv- ers, guides, cooks andlodge keepers all benefit when visitors come by, cu- rious to view sunbirds, tro- gons, condors, elephants,orangutans — whatever lives there. And travellers benefitby having their horizons, and their love of the planet, expanded. Plus, it affirms their conviction that suchunique, pristine places must be preserved and treasured for all time. So let's do it, together! Protect 30 per cent of Plan- et Earth by 2030. It's up to you and me.Visit ICFCanada.org or contact HQ@ICFCana- da.org. Metroland columnistMargaret Carney finds so much to discover and mar-vel at when exploring thegreat outdoors. LET'S RESOLVE TO PRESERVE NATURAL SPACES IN 2023 Whitby's Lynde House,Durham region's oldest home, is a wonderful exam-ple of Georgian architec-ture, originally located on a200-acre farm beside Lynde Creek, on Dundas Street.Jabez Lynde (1773-1856) andhis wife Clarissa (1774-1830) immigrated from Massa-chusetts in 1803 and wereamong Whitby's first set-tlers. They raised eight chil- dren here and still have de-scendants in the area. Theiryoungest daughter, Elmina, lived in the house until 1893. Jabez Lynde was a Loy-alist and served in the War of 1812. The Lyndes openedtheir home during that time as an inn, tavern and supplydepot, where British sol-diers could secure freshhorses, ammunition and a hearty meal on the way tobattle in Niagara. One well-known visitor from thistime was General IsaacBrock. Lynde House is per-haps best known for its twomoves through Whitby. First to Cullen Gardens in1986 and then in 2013 to itspermanent home at 900Brock St. S. Today, the Whitby His-torical Society operates theLynde House Museum, open for tours by appoint-ment five days a week, andoffers a year-round calen-dar of events, including spe- cial displays, classes, work-shops, the Tea and HistorySpeaker Series, Art in the Garden and History in thePark exhibitions. The War-ren General Store, located next door and named in ho-nour of Whitby's first store,provides a unique localshopping experience. Gardens offer a glimpseinto the past by reflectingthe society in which they were created, and ClarissaLynde's Heritage KitchenGarden is no exception. Lo-cated behind Lynde House, it features items whichwould have been grown bylocal 1800's families, includ-ing medicinal plants, herbs,vegetables, the Three Sis-ters (corn, beans andsquash), espalier fruit trees and flowers for dye making.Produce is harvested by ourvolunteers and used for ed-ucational purposes. Lynde House Museum isa cultural anchor in thecommunity, demonstrating how the past shapes ourtown's character. Visit ourwebsite, lyndehousemu-seum.com, to learn more. Julie Ditta is presidentof the Whitby Historical Society. Contact the societyat info@lyndehousemu-seum.com. LYNDE HOUSE MUSEUM 'A CULTURAL ANCHOR IN THE COMMUNITY' JULIE DITTA Column Columnist Margaret Carney urges readers to do what they can to save the planet's reamining wild spaces -- and the creatures that inhabit them. A photo of a blue-naped chlorophonia, taken on Carney's recent trip to Colombia with friends. Larry Hubble photo BLUE-NAPED CHLOROPHONIA MARGARET CARNEY 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m @cityofpickering Weekly Community Page December 29 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 New Year’s Day Mayor’s Levee pickering.ca/festivalsandevents MayorAshe&Council inviteyoutojoinusfora NewYear’sDay Celebration!Enjoy70s, 80s,and90shitsperformed byKim&CompanyBandandvisittheRockstar puppetstationfacilitatedbyArtsUnleashed.Stay untiltheendforachancetowinexcitingdoorprizes! Sunday,January1,2023 2:00-4:00pm CityHall ormed HappyHealthyNewYear! 3-dayFreeTrial* PickitupJanuary2-28. Includescardio&weightrooms,groupfitness classes,swimming,racquetball&squash. A$10cardpurchaseisrequiredtoaccessmemberschange rooms,sauna,steamroom&whirlpool(18+). NewMembershipDiscount AvailableJanuary2-31. Geta10%discount whenyoupayinfullforanynewannual health,fitnessorracquetsportmembership. Geta5%discount ifusingourmonthlypaymentplanoption. 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Winterprogramswillbestartingsoon. pickering.ca/active NewYear’sEveNewYear’sEve FreeSkate&SwimFreeSkate&Swim Saturday,December31 12:00pm-4:00pm ChestnutHillDevelopmentsRecreationComplex 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 | 8 COLE Carrier HAYLEY Carrier Braving wind, rain, snow and ice, our newspaper carriers ensure your community news and inserts are delivered to your home. We would like to acknowledge the important work that they do and thank them for their service and dedication to our readers. Please take a moment to appreciate these hard-working individuals and please clear ice and snow whenever possible to ensure the safety of our team. THANK YOU 9 | 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land Form 2 Expropriations Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 363 In the matter of an application by The Regional Municipality of Durham for approval to expropriate land being the lands described in the chart below for the purposes of construction of Bus Rapid Transit Project along Highway 2 (Kingston Road), in the City of Pickering and the Town of Ajax, from Regional Road 38 (Whites Road) to Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road), in the Regional Municipality of Durham, and all related construction activities as ancillary to the construction. Notice is hereby given that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land described as follows: Municipal Address Legal Description Interest 400 Kingston Road, Pickering Part of Lots 168, 169 & 170,RCP 816,City of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, described further as Parts 3 and 4 on 40R-31272 (Part of PIN 26304-0061 (LT)). All estate, right, title and interest 503 Kingston Rd, Pickering Part of Lot 30, Range 3, Broken Front Concession, City of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, and described further as Part 7 on 40R-31396 (Part of PIN 26308-0143 (LT)) All estate, right, title and interest for the purposes of construction of Bus Rapid Transit Project along Highway 2 (Kingston Road), in the City of Pickering and the Town of Ajax, from Regional Road 38 (Whites Road) to Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road), in the Regional Municipality of Durham, and all related construction activities as ancillary to the construction. Any owner of land in respect of which notice is given who desires a hearing into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is The Council of The Regional Municipality of Durham 605 Rossland Road East Whitby, ON L1N 6A3 Attention: Regional Clerk Tel:1-800-372-1102 Email:clerks@durham.ca The expropriating authority is The Regional Municipality of Durham “John Henry” __________________________________ John Henry, Regional Chair and CEO “Alexander Harras” __________________________________ Alexander Harras, Regional Clerk Plans showing the affected lands are available for review by contacting Corporate Real Estate at works-real-estate-services@durham.ca. This notice first published on the 15th day of December, 2022. Never miss a deal with your shopping list on Save.ca. Selected items are sorted by store, making your day-to-day shopping experience a real money saver. Shopping locally is the best way to support our communities. And saving locally makes it even better! Find big deals close to home with save.ca. We made it easier than ever to find the deals you’re looking for. Save.ca’s bountiful search results let you comparison shop to get the best buy. A lot of little things can add up to big things. It all adds up. Start saving today at: That’s the thinking behind the new save.ca. Never miss a deal with your shopping list on Save.ca. Selected items are sorted by store, making your day-to-day shopping experience a real money saver. Shopping locally is the best way to support our communities. And saving locally makes it even better! Find big deals close to home with save.ca. We made it easier than ever to find the deals you’re looking for. Save.ca’s bountiful search results let you comparison shop to get the best buy. A lot of little things can add up to big things. It all adds up. Start saving today at: That’s the thinking behind the new save.ca. Never miss a deal with your shopping list on Save.ca. Selected items are sorted by store, making your day-to-day shopping experience a real money saver. Shopping locally is the best way to support our communities. And saving locally makes it even better! Find big deals close to home with save.ca. We made it easier than ever to find the deals you’re looking for. Save.ca’s bountiful search results let you comparison shop to get the best buy. A lot of little things can add up to big things. It all adds up. Start saving today at: That’s the thinking behind the new save.ca. 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 | 10 negative thoughts or believ-ing negative thoughts or ex- pectations that society (putson) them," he said."They take root in our minds like weeds over-throwing the garden and ifwe don't take the time to letthose things go, we really start believing in them," headds.He wants to help onemillion young people "emp-ty their backpack."Demma also recently re-leased his book, "Empty Your Backpack," in whichhe explains that dreamsare within reach, and thatthe beliefs you carry and the actions you take deter- mine whether you willachieve them.Demma had to changedirection when his dreams of becoming a professionalsoccer player were dashedin high school after an inju- ry. An inspiring teacherencouraged him to consid-er other things he was pas-sionate about. The litter he was collecting daily on hiswalk home from schoolmotivated him and hisfriend Dillon Mendez to create a movement to en-courage others to keepPickering's streets clean, called PickWaste. With a strong ability toconnect to others, Demmawas soon asked to speak at dozens of schools, and after about 40 presentations, aprincipal paid him. He wastaken aback but realizedthis could be a career path. At age 19, he made thedecision to set aside hisplans for post-secondary school and take on this newjourney."I wouldn't change athing," Demma said. He got the idea for thisnew project following anInstagram Live — a videoand chat on his Instagram page.When a Grade 10 stu-dent said one of his biggest goals in life was to have50,000 followers on socialmedia, Demma asked himwhy that was so important to him. "He said, 'If I had 50,000followers, kids at schoolwould stop bullying me,'"Demma recalled. Demma — who hasstayed in contact with theteen and said he's doing OK — couldn't stop thinkingabout how this person whocould have a great futurewas carrying around the negativity of just a few peo-ple.Inspired by a rappernamed Russ, Demma sat down and wrote a poemcalled "Letting Go.""My thought was, if you're carrying aroundthese thoughts, you proba-bly have a really big back-pack," he said. So he purchased a giant red backpack he found on-line that is about the size ofhimself."That backpack sat be- side my bed for about eightmonths and every day Iwould wake up and look at it," he said.Demma had been writ-ing a book already, but ittook a new direction and came out with the book,"Empty Your Backpack.""The thing that breaksmy heart is there are defi- nitely millions of studentsthinking the same way heis," Demma said.On the tour, he'll ask students to write down thethings they would like to letgo of themselves and he'll put them in the giant back-pack that he will carryalong the journey.Visit emptyyourback- pack.ca to nominate aschool for the tour, formore information or to buya copy of Demma's book. NEWS Continued from page 1 ‘IF YOU'RE CARRYING AROUND THESE THOUGHTS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A REALLY BIG BACKPACK’ SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM We are always open at HomeFinder.ca, visit us online and view virtual tours without even stepping inside a home! 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The Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF) has received a fundingboost to increase its programming andmarketing.A nonrepayable contribution of $62,740 from Central Counties Tourism is aimed athelping DRIFF recover from the pandemicand attract new visitors to Durham. The funding is part of the Governmentof Canada's Tourism Relief Fund, which isdelivered by the Federal Economic Devel-opment Agency for Southern Ontario. Central Counties Tourism received $8.65million to help local tourism organizationsand businesses safely welcome back visi- tors, recover from the impacts of the pan-demic and prepare for future growth."Our ability to increase cultural en-gagement in the area through our signa- ture three-day festival, an afternoon pro-gram of short films and improved market-ing opportunities has been made possiblethrough this program," says DRIFF chairGreg Murphy.DRIFF program offerings have includ-ed an annual film festival, monthly "DRIFF in a Jiff" shorts programs and out-door drive-in film screenings. DRIFF alsocollaborates with local high schools tobring an exclusive program of films ca- tered to students. Chuck Thibeault, executive director of Central Counties Tourism, says the visitoreconomy is important to creating thriving communities and that this funding canmean the difference between businessesstaying solvent or being forced to close. "Central Counties Tourism applauds the government of Canada for recognizingthe importance of growing our collectivecapacity to welcome and entertain visi- tors. Its investment in tourism is helpingmunicipalities and individual businessesbuild compelling destinations that will at-tract visitors and residents alike," he says. "The economic impact from the TourismRelief Fund will be felt for years." DURHAM FILM FESTIVAL GETS FUNDING BOOST WHAT'S ON The Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF) has received a funding boost to increase its programming and marketing. A DRIFF drive-in film screening is pictured here. Sai Kit Chu photo 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 | 16 DURHAMCOLLEGE.CA/ PROGRAM-INFO YOUBELONGATDC LET US SHOW YOU AT OUR PROGRAM INFO NIGHTS JANUARY 17 & 18 FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. There are no easy or quick fixes for the familydoctor shortage, an issueplaguing the health-caresystem. It's estimated that 1.8million people in Ontariodon't have a family doctorand 1.7 million people havea family doctor over the ageof 65.In March, the Ministry of Health announced thecreation of 295 new medicalresidency positions in On-tario over the next five years. 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Thetraditional medical train- ing model is people do fouryears of medical school andthen they do two years of family medicine residenceand then they can go onand do another year of oth-er different training," he said."In this program, what'sgoing to happen is appli- cants are going to be apply-ing for a six-year program,where it's a combined med-ical school and residency," said Stone.Dr. Natalie Leahy hasbeen a family doctor inOshawa for 15 years and isnot currently taking pa-tients, like many otherfamily doctors. "It's (the family doctorshortage) definitely unfor-tunate. I do work at an ur-gent care clinic at the Osha- wa Clinic and at least 50 percent of the people you see nowadays don't have a fam-ily doctor. I'm constantlygetting asked if I'm takingnew patients. The only pa- tients I'm taking are thoseborn into my practice,"said Leahy. She said that unfortu-nately, "there really isn't agood mechanism in placeto acquire a new family doctor."Leahy points to HealthCare Connect, the Ministry of Ontario website that at-tempts to locate a familydoctor for those who don'tcurrently have one. However, she said,"from my experience, peo-ple have to keep callingaround or they have to have a connection."As a preceptor who hasprovided supervision dur- ing clinical practice formedical students for thelast seven or eight years atQueen's University School of Medicine, Leahy saidshe's concerned not enough students are takingup family practice."It's definitely a trend I'm seeing in the residentsI'm mentoring over the lastfive to six years. The major-ity of them are not choos- ing to enter into familypractice right after resi- dency," she said.Leahy said many resi-dents explore options in terms of locuming (replac-ing a regular family doc-tor) or are choosing "to spe-cialize, do an extra year or two of training and dosomething like palliative care, emergency medicine,obstetrics, sports medi-cine; there's a lot of optionsfor family medicine resi- dents. Very few of them arechoosing family medicine."She said there are a number of reasons shefeels medical studentsaren't taking up familymedicine: "The adminis- trative burdens keep pilingon. I spend a lot of timemaking referrals to spe- cialists. Each specialistmay have their own form,their own system or I sendit to one specialist and it's rejected, I send it to anoth-er specialist, it's rejected,maybe on the third orfourth try it's accepted or someone is taking patients.If there was some kind ofcentralized registry for that, it would help."There is an extremeamount of paperwork in-volved, especially com- pared to when I started 15years ago. And it's definite- ly contributing to the rea- son why interns don't wantto enter family practiceand family doctors are burning out, for sure."She also thinks "post-pandemic burnout is con-tributing at the moment. Family doctors are very in-tegral in helping the CO-VID effort. I worked at the COVID assessment centrefor 18 months; I did COVIDvaccine clinics for eightmonths on top of my other duties as a family physi-cian and urgent care physi-cian and work at OntarioShores. “A lot of us stepped upand did that kind of workand now we're kind of tired," she said. STORY BEHIND THESTORY: The lack of family doctors in Ontario andDurham Region has led toserious issues for the health-care system and aneed to try to encouragemore medical students totake up family medicine. We looked for possiblesolutions. NEWS Continued from page 16 DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO FIND A FAMILY DOCTOR Dr. Natalie Leahy is a family doctor who practices medicine out of the Oshawa Clinic. Trinity Design Photograhy/Kriste photo 19 | 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 2 9 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m A donation to The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund – a charitable program with over 100 years of giving – means 50,000 children won’t go without gifts this year. 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The incident happened onMonday, Nov. 7 at about4:20 p.m.Westbound vehicles were diverted off the high-way at Harmony Road,while the eastbound lanesmoved at a crawl.Here are the other ninestories in our top-10 list ofthe most read stories of the year.The second most popu-lar story was a sign a Whit-by resident put up on their house telling people to "GOF*** Yourself'. Reka Szeke-ly wrote the story on Mon- day, April 25, noting Whit-by bylaw staff went to thehome and told the residentthe sign would have to be removed.In third place was thestory of an Ajax woman reaching out to the policereporting that someonehad gotten into her house.Problem was the woman, using the online Live Chatprogram, reached the Dur-ham Constabulary (DC) in Durham in the UnitedKingdom.DC staff contacted theDurham police, who went to the house in the Audleyand Taunton roads area ofAjax and were able to catchthe suspect. The woman re- ceived medical attentionfor her injuries.Insp. Andrea Arthur, head of the DC controlroom, said, "This was anunusual incident and avery distressing situation for the victim, but the teamremained calm and man-aged to help our Canadian colleagues resolve the situ-ation quickly and profes-sionally." The closure of the Wal-mart outlet at King Street and Townline Road in Osh-awa came in fourth. Cus-tomers really like their Walmart stores apparent-ly.The story, written byJillian Follert on Tuesday, March 1, noted, "All associ-ates at this store are beingoffered positions at nearby stores," the company saysin a statement. In fifth place was the un-fortunate story of a 23- year-old forestry workerwho was killed in a woodchipper while working in Oshawa. The victim wasDan Vanheyst of Verona,Ontario.It happened on Wednes- day, March 16 in the Waver-ly Street and Adelaide Ave-nue area.The story noted, "Para-medics were treating hisco-workers, who were inshock." The sales of a home inWhitby came in sixth.Why? In March of this year,the real estate market was on fire, with houses sellingfor hundreds of thousandsof dollars over the asking price. The Whitby home, at329 Whitby Shores Green-way was listed at $1.3 mil-lion, but sold six days later for $2.33 million.Yan Gurevich of Toron-to was the agent selling the property and he said of thesale, "It's lightning in a bot-tle, once-in-a-blue-moon." Speaking of creatingbuzz, the seventh-place sto- ry is one that usually doesthat. The Wednesday,March 16 story was about an Oshawa vice-principalwho was charged with lur-ing.The suspect, Joel Ban- bury, 44, had been a teacherat several schools in Dur-ham prior to being appoint- ed the acting vice-principalat Coronation PublicSchool at the time of his ar-rest. He had also coached girls' teams at a Durhamvolleyball club.The alleged incident happened in 2016 and inves-tigators with the DurhamRegional Police started aninvestigation in February. A good old-fashionedelection story was numbereight, with a recap of whowon in which municipalityduring the October munici-pal elections.Given the last two plus years, what would a top listof stories be without a CO-VID-19 related story. OnTuesday, April 5, the story was about the number ofCOVID cases in the region.Finally, the 10th story was another real estate-re-lated story and it was aboutwhere homebuyers wereoverbidding on houses in the region. There were fiveneighbourhoods — Samacin Oshawa, Lakeside and Westney Heights in Ajax,Lynde Creek in Whitby andLiverpool in Pickering. WHAT WERE DURHAM REGION RESIDENTS READING IN 2022? Left: A Whitby home located at 329 Whitby Shores Greenway sold for $1 million over asking in early March 2022. Above: A man was killed in Oshawa on March 16 after being pulled into a wood chipper. 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She originally worked at Noranda Mines where she met her future husband, Gilbert. They moved from Noranda to the Ottawa Valley in 1962, settling in Pembroke, and later in Deep River where Pat worked at the Bank of Montreal, and Walkers Movers. Following a later move to Pickering, Pat worked part-time in several offices before beginning a full- time career at Ontario Hydro Nuclear, where she worked in the Training and Simulator Services Division performing office and administrative work. During her retirement, Patricia enjoyed travel and music with Gil, and loved meeting people and jamming with other musicians. Pat and Gil enjoyed playing piano and fiddle, and sometimes entertained at seniors' homes. Pat was very fond and proud of her family, enjoying their company and their accomplishments. In her final days, she especially en- joyed the artwork decorating her walls from her great grandchildren, Will and Clara. 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All of which said right, title, interest and equity of redemption of OLGA GREELEY, Debtor, in the said lands and tenements described above, I shall offer for sale by Public Auction subject to the conditions set out below at the Superior Court of Justice, 150 Bond Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0A2, Phone Number (905) 743-2800 ext. 7015 on Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. THE SALE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The purchaser to assume responsibility for all mortgages, charges, liens, outstanding taxes and other encumbrances. No representation is made regarding the title of the land or any other matter relating to the interest to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchaser(s). TERMS: A deposit of 10% of bid price or $1,000.00 whichever is greater. - Payable at time of sale by successful bidder; - To be applied to purchase price; and - Non-refundable - Failure of the successful bidder to comply with terms and conditions may result in a forfeit of any deposits paid at the time of the sale or any time thereafter. Ten business days from date of sale to arrange financing and pay balance in full at Superior Court of Justice, 150 Bond Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0A2. All payments in cash or by bank draft, certified cheque or money order made payable to the Minister of Finance. A Deed Poll will be provided by Sheriff only upon satisfactory payment in full of purchase price. Other conditions as announced. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION BY THE SHERIFF WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE UP TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE SALE TERMS BY A SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. 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November 28, 2022 Andrew McNabb and Zeeshan Butt Court Enforcement Officers Superior Court of Justice, 150 Bond Street East, Oshawa, Ontario, L1G 0A2 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF LANDS UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF a Writ of Execution filed with the Sheriff of the Regional Municipality of Durham, dated the 16th of August 2021, under writ file number 21-1001, the real and personal property of MICHAEL SAVIOUR aka MICHAEL JOSEPH SAVIOUR, Debtor, at the request of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, Creditor, I have seized and taken in execution all the right, title, interest and equity of redemption of MICHAEL SAVIOUR aka MICHAEL JOSEPH SAVIOUR, Debtor, in and to: UNIT 6, LEVEL 2, DURHAM CONDOMINIUM PLAN NO. 33; PTS BLKS S AND T PL M26; PT HARWOOD AV PL 481; PT LT 8 RANGE 3 BROKEN FRONT CON, P 40R2971, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE 'A' OF DECARATION LTD28180; S/T LTD32095,LTD32097 AJAX. UNIT 206, 66 FALBY CRT, AJAX, ONTARIO. 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