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MEET INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS MAKING A DIFFERENCE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH DURHAMREGION.COM/INDIGENOUSLOCAL The Durham District SchoolBoard has become ground zero for a bitter battle over policies aimed at increasing inclusionand supporting diversity. The board recently moved toa strictly virtual format for meet-ings on May 23 and 24 after sever- al raucous Public Question Peri- ods caused disturbances."It feels a bit like we're going back in time," said Barry Bed-ford, an executive board memberfor PFLAG Durham Region, of the meetings. "It's not like a pie," he said. "It'snot like if one group gets rights, you don't — the pie stays thesame. All LGBTQ+ kids are ask-ing for is the same rights straightpeople have." Recent meetings have seencontroversial questions on issues LGBTQ POLICIES UNDER FIRE AT DDSB See ‘SOME’,page 20 MOYA DILLON mdillon@durhamregion.com Durham Region Freedom Fighters protested support for transgender students while a counter-rally in support of LGBTQ students was organized by the ETFO at the Durham District School Board on March 20. Jason Liebregts/Metroland 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 , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 | 4 The songs and stories that celebrate a Canadian icon. JUN9–JUL2,2023 CAPITOLTHEATRE.COM |905.885.1071 Sharing Stories. Creating Memories. Making Connections. 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"I'm proud to say that thismakes Pickering the first municipality, east of Toron-to and west of Kingston, tooffer the convenience ofhigh-speed chargingthrough its two Level 3 char-gers, located at the ChestnutHill Developments Recre- ation Complex (CHDRC),"Mayor Kevin Ashe said.By providing the fastesttype of charging technolo- gy on the market, in manycases, a user can chargetheir EV's battery to 80 per cent in 30 minutes with theLevel 3 charger, as opposed to receiving a full charge infour hours or more withthe Level 2. PUBLIC CHARGING STATION LOCATIONS • CHDRC (1867 ValleyFarm Rd.) — six charging stations • Pickering OperationsCentre (1955 Clements Rd.)— six charging stations The city has also electri-fied a number of its ownfleet vehicles, with inten- tions to expand. CITY LAUNCHES ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS Pickering's first publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging station is at Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex. City of Pickering employee Andrew Mullins demonstrates how the charging station works. Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland NEWS A GoFundMe has been launched to support a hy-dro worker injured on thejob in Ajax.On May 19, a worker was injured while trying to re-store power after an outagein Ajax and taken to hospi-tal for treatment for an "electrical injury.""On the evening of May19, Ryan Brown fell victim to a terrible electrical con-tact injury while restoringpower that has left himhospitalized, fighting for his life," said a GoFundMelaunched to supportBrown and his family, in- cluding his girlfriend andfive-month old daughter."Everyone who knows Ryan knows he's the type of guy who would give you theshirt off his back," contin-ued the statement by orga- nizers Jennifer Quinlanand Jordan Quade."He's a hard worker,whether it be picking up extra on-call shifts, helpingothers, his many projectsaround their home and be-ing a loving and supportive new dad. The love he hasfor his family and his girls,Jordan and Riley, is huge beyond measure and he isan amazing lineman anddamn proud of it."The campaign will pro- vide for the family's imme-diate financial needs as theysupport Brown through what is expected to be a longrecovery. As of May 29, thecampaign had raised more than $80,000, past its origi-nal $60,000 goal."We want to be able to provide Jordan and Rileystability over the nextmany months with all theunknowns and Ryan's long journey of recovery aheadof him," the descriptioncontinued. A Ministry of Labour in-vestigation into the inci-dent is ongoing. GOFUNDME LAUNCHED FOR MAN ELECTROCUTED IN AJAX MOYA DILLON mdillon@durhamregion.com A GoFundMe has been launched for Ryan Brown after the hydro worker was injured while attempting to restore power following an outage in Ajax earlier this month. GoFundMe family 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 , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 | 6 ABOUT USThis newspaper, published everyThursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., awholly-owned subsidiary of TorstarCorporation. The Metroland familyof newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publica-tions across Ontario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council.Complainants are urged to bringtheir concerns to the attention of the newspaper and, if not satis- fied, write The National NewsMedia Council, Suite 200, 890Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2. Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham WHO WE ARE Publisher andChief Executive OfficerNeil OliverVice President, Editorial Lee Ann Waterman Metroland Editor-in-ChiefPaul BertonManaging Editor Mike Lacey Director of AdvertisingTanya PachecoDirector Distribution Jason ChristieDirector Creative Services Paul Gostlin CONTACT US Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser Phone: 905- 579-4407Newsroom: 905-215-0462Sales: 905-215-0424 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-579-2238Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 320 words and include your name andtelephone number for verificationpurposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Published letters will appear inprint and/or online atdurhamregion.com Delivery For all delivery inquiries, pleasecall 905-683-5117. OPINION TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM LETTERS & COMMENTARY Did you ever in your life see so many shrubs and trees in full bloom? Flowers so thick on crabapples, li- lacs, chokecherry, service berry, wild plums? On maples, mountain ash, horse chestnuts and birch trees? Red oaks in my neck of the woods were loaded with their tasselled green blossoms, signalling a huge crop of acorns comefall, if conditions are right. That's what all the flowers are about, of course: seed production to carry on thespecies. Conifers are in the act as well — spruce, cedars andbalsam fir covered with their own unique cone- shaped blossoms. I brushed against a small, whitespruce at a tree farm and shook loose a cloud of pol- len, surprised that someyoung evergreens could be already eager to reproduce. Even white pines, Ontario's provincial tree, are in syncwith this seed-bearing bo- nanza. It takes two seasons for their cones to ripen, and last year they were the only evergreens to produce them, somehow knowing ahead of time to get in stepfor this major mast year. That's what farmers and scientists call it, the oneseason out of four or five when every species of woody plant puts most of their energy toward repro- duction instead of growth. The record of mast years is written in a tree's annualrings, always thinner than the others. No matter if their flowers are wind-pol- linated, like evergreens,maples and willows, or as- sisted by bats, birds, bees and other insects, as all theshowy petalled blossoms are, trees manage to co-op- erate in a great outpouring of fecundity.Why it benefits trees to put out bumper crops to- gether has to do with popu-lation control of animals eager to feast on their nu- tritious, fat-rich nuts and berries. Squirrels, mice,voles and other rodents have much smaller fami- lies in lean years, so forests hold back their bounty, then suddenly produce such a great abundance of food their predators can'tpossibly eat it all. How millions of trees covering vast regions of Earth communicate so well is a mystery and a marvel. Even forests in Southeast Asia containing hundredsof different tree species all mast together, every two to 12 years. Their roots are all connected by an intricateweb of fungi, and scientists have discovered some trees use chemical signalling,giving off pheromones that are picked up and sensed by their neighbours. But who decides when the time itright? How they agree on a year and then all manage to co-operate for their mutual good should be a lesson and an inspiration for us hu- mans. Nature queries: mcar- ney1490@gmail.com or 905- 725-2116. Metroland columnistMargaret Carney finds so much to discover and mar-vel at when exploring thegreat outdoors. IT'S A SEEDY SEASON HOW MILLIONS OFTREES COVERINGVAST REGIONS OF EARTHCOMMUNICATE SOWELL IS A MYSTERYAND A MARVEL,WRITES MARGARETCARNEY MARGARET CARNEY Column A mast year is one season out of four or five when every species of woody plant puts most of its energy toward reproduction instead of growth. Lois Gillette photo BLOSSOMS ON A BRANCH OSHAWA SIGN IDEA 'PREPOSTEROUS' To the editor: Re: "'Why not Oshawa?'"Really? Does the city re-ally think we need an Osha- wa sign?Has this preposterousidea been presented to theOshawa citizens for opin- ion? No.Do the taxpayers of Osh-awa think this is a good use of their hard-earned cash?No.$500,000 — do you knowwhat you could do with that much money?Let me see: clean up theparks, help the homeless sleeping on the streets ofdowntown Oshawa, fix theroads and sidewalks ...Clean and remove the windrows of snow in thewinter for half that cost?Great idea.Do we need a sign thatsays "Oshawa"?If you don't realize youare in Oshawa by the time you arrive at Centre and King Street, you are reallylost. Let's not lose our headstrying to mimic the Toron-to sign. There are many moreimportant issues that needto be addressed within ourcity.LAUREL HARRIETHAOSHAWA READER UNIMPRESSED WITH CLINIC CHANGES I am a regular blood do- nor; I have donated 187times now. I live in Ajax but sinceCOVID have made my do- nations at the permanentCanadian Blood Services(CBS) clinic, 1300 HarmonyRd. N., Oshawa. During thepast six months, opera-tions were temporarilymoved across the road to a vacant store while an ex-pansion and refurbish-ment of the permanentclinic was made. Today (May 6) was myfirst visit back at 1300 Har- mony and I was appalled bythe changes. The clinic, as before, can still only ser-vice six donors at a time,while the changes made speak loudly of wastedspace, wasted time andwasted money — all fundedby taxpayers' dollars. But what really got myblood boiling was when thephlebotomist, (the one who is trained to perform blooddraws), told me she hadbeen driven into work thatday by taxi from Bloor and Christie streets, Toronto,at a cost of $160, all paid byCBS. It must be nice to havean employer who will do that. Sad to say, this can onlybe bad PR for a need that is so great!STEPHEN CORNISHAJAX SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM 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 , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m @cityofpickering Weekly Community Page June 8 Customer Care Centre 905.683.7575 (24-hour line) customercare@pickering.capickering.ca Adventures with Anne $41.00/group | July 29 - 30 Calling all kindred spirits, lovers of literature, and Anne enthusiasts! Learn all about our community’s connections to Anne and author Lucy Maud Montgomery. pickeringmuseumvillage.ca Date Meeting/Location Time June14 CommitteeofAdjustmentMeeting Forlocationandmeetingdetailscheck: calendar.pickering.ca/council 7:00pm Upcoming Public Meetings Meetingdetailsaresubjecttochange.PleasevisittheCitywebsite orcall905.683.7575fordetails. ForServicedisruptionnotificationcall1.866.278.9993. Join us for some Fire Safety Fun! Pickering Fire Services Headquarters and Station No. 1 Grand Opening Sunday, June 11 | 10:15 am - 2:00 pm 1700 Zents Drive pickering.ca/events Vist pickering.ca/active to register! June is Seniors’ Month! Bingo in the Park 55+ Get out your dabbers and join us again some fresh air and fun at George Ashe LCC! Wednesday, June 21 10:30 am - 11:30 am Code: 46508 Cost: $10.00 Wednesday, June 28 10:30 am - 11:30 am Code: 46509 Cost: $10.00 Paint Day 55+ Create a masterpiece with the guidance of an experienced local artist leading the way. East Shore CC Friday, June 30 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Code: 46497 Cost: $25.00 Register for activities using codes provided. Pet Bowl Workshops 55+ Design, create, and glaze a bowl to donate to the Animal Shelter. A portion of the fees will be donated to Pickering Animal Services. CHD Rec Complex Sunday, June 25 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Code: 45217 Cost: $30.00 Tuesday, June 27 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Code: 45219 Cost: $30.00 Tails of Hope Short Story Contest pickering.ca/storycontest 905.683.7575 Presented by: Pickering Public Library & HiFive Kids Dental & Braces 3rd Annual Contest closes June 16 at 5:00 pm. Scan to register. Do you have a tale to share about a rescued dog, cat, hamster or friendly neighbourhood squirrel that you want to share with the world? Pickering Animal Services and the Pickering Public Library invite you to write a story about your furry friends! Select stories will be professionally published to share with the community. 2023 Final Property Tax Bill is due June 27, 2023 PleasecontactusifyouhavenotreceivedyourTaxNotice.Failure toreceiveaTaxNoticedoesnotreduceyourresponsibilityforthe paymentoftaxesandpenalty. Paymentscanbemadethroughonlinebanking(seebelow), telephonebanking,in-personbanking,orbydebitorchequeat CityHall.Pleasecontactusifyourequireassistance. Didyouknowthatyoucanpayyourpropertytaxesonline? Thisissetupthroughyourbankinginstitution.Searchfor “PickeringTaxes”asthepayeeanduseyour19digitrollnumber astheaccountnumber.Onmostbanksites,wearelistedas “PickeringTaxes”orsomethingsimilar.Pleasecontactyour financialinstitutionforassistance. Late paymentfee Alatepaymentfeeof1.25%isaddedtoanyunpaidtaxesonthe firstdayofdefaultandonthefirstdayofeachmonth,aslongas thetaxesremainunpaid.Thepenaltyandinterestratesaresetby CityBy-laws,pursuanttothe OntarioMunicipalAct.TheCitydoes nothavetheauthoritytowaivepenaltyandinterestcharges. SupplementaryTaxBillInformation Ifyouhaverecentlypurchasedorbuiltanewhome,orhave madechangestoyourproperty,yourcurrenttaxbillmay notincludeyourstructureorimprovementstotheproperty. Thissupplementarytaxbillmayberetroactivetoyourdateof closingorhousecompletionandmayincludemultipleyearsif applicable.Thiscanamounttothousandsofdollars.Therefore,it isagoodideatoplanforthisandputmoneyasidetopaythebill whenitcomesdue.Youmayonlyhave21daysfromthebilling datetopaythissupplementarytaxbill.Ageneralruleofthumb forcalculatingpropertytaxistomultiplyyourhomepurchase pricebythecurrenttaxrate.Forexample,ifyoupaid$500,000 foryourhouse,yourtaxeswouldbe:$500,000x2023TaxRate (0.01160605)=$5,803.03 TaxAdjustments Propertyownersmayapplytoadjusttaxestoreflectasignificant changeintheirpropertyassessment(i.e.demolitionorfire). TheCitymustreceiveapplicationsbyFebruary28thoftheyear followingthechangeevent. Any questionsregardingyourassessmentshouldbedirectedto MPACat1.866.296.6722.Forquestionsregardingyourtaxes, pleasecontacttheTaxSectionat905.420.4614orTollFree 1.866.683.2760. 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The 20-year sentence iscomparable to that given tothe main player in the gun and drug operation, BabarAli, who was sentenced to23 years and fined $1 mil-lion after pleading guilty in February of 2022. TheCrown has described thedrug seizure as the largest of its kind in Canada.Ansari intends to ap-peal his conviction, courtheard Monday. Ansari and Ali were ar-rested after firefighters re-sponding to an alarm en-tered the basement apart- ment of the home in Sep-tember 2017 and discoveredwhat appeared to be traysof drugs on the premises. A family with young chil-dren were renting the up-per floor of the house at the time, unaware of activityin the basement, courtheard.Ansari, who lived in Oshawa at the time of hisarrest, pleaded not guiltyto all charges and testified in his own defence, claim-ing to have no knowledgeor control of the guns anddrugs kept in the house. He said that shortly afteremergency crews respond-ed to the home, he had a meeting with Ali, who toldhim to "keep his mouthshut," the judge noted inhis ruling. Ansari claimed he felt alarmed and threat-ened by Ali's comments.Court heard Ansari ad-vanced to police a lie that a fictional person was the re-al occupant of the apart-ment, something he said hedid out of fear of Ali. But O'Connell rejected thatand other testimony by An-sari, noting he found as- pects of Ansari's story"passing strange."The trial began inMarch 2021 and evidence appeared to be complete af-ter the Crown's case con-cluded. But the trial was reopened when Ansari de-cided to testify. Judgmentwas set for September 2022,but was adjourned several times before a verdict wasdelivered in early Febru-ary of this year. Defence lawyer LeoraShemesh immediatelyfiled an application to havethe charges stayed, argu- ing Ansari's Charter rightto a timely trial had beenbreached. That motion wasdismissed in March. 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Ifound, after doing some re- search, that about 30 percent of Canadians live in arented property and with rents increasing — alongwith property prices jump-ing up — it is understand-able that people are looking to invest in real estate, rath-er than other investments.Canadians invest for many reasons — to buildequity for retirement, tobuild equity for their chil-dren's university and to create cash flow allowingthemselves to invest fur-ther, or to offset their cur-rent cost of living. However, this surveydiscovered that some peo-ple in high numbers enter- ing the investment marketare ones we have not seenbefore. One of the newgroups are young people prioritizing investing inrental property over own-ing principal residence. Eighteen to 34-year-oldsare adding to their finan-cial futures by investing in real estate. In fact, 44 percent of this age group owntwo or more rental proper- ties, surpassing their oldercounterparts. I purchased my firstrental property when I was24 and like many of theyounger folk today, I rentedthat property. At the same time, I was living in a small,one-bedroom, rental apart-ment. My goal was to investfor the long term and to set up some generationalwealth. This approach isone that is being followed by most Canadians who in-vest in real estate. There isno question, some inves-tors are interested in "flip- ping" properties for quickreturns, however I feelmost are looking for long- term.In retrospect, if an inves-tor bought a detachedhome in Oshawa 10 years ago, they would have paidon average of $317,000 andtoday that property would be worth around $925,000.Over the 10-year period, theowner would have paid$65,000 off the mortgage bringing the total return oninvestment to $675,000.These are approximatesand not true to the dollar, but they indicate how, byholding real estate long-term, the returns can be ex- cellent. Over the next decade, my intuition and experi- ence leads me to believethat the returns on invest-ing in real estate will besimilar to the past decade. We are in a housing crisis,have immigration targetsthat are bringing about 1,000,000 people into ourprovince, including migra-tion, and we have a seriouslack of rental properties to meet the demands of ten-ants. People new to invest-ing are viewing rentalproperties with lower pric- es than a year ago, highermortgage carrying costsand rents that have in- creased to offset the in-creased payments. Rentalrates have increased bymore than 20 per cent over the past two years, with theaverage rent for a two-bed-room unit in Oshawa cur- rently at $2,110. Housing starts are slowto bring new product tomarket and many are com- manding high prices, lead-ing investors to purchaseresale properties for rent- als. One of the most popu-lar investments are bunga-lows with legal basementapartments. It is not un- common for a three-bed-room home with a one-bed-room basement apartment to rent for a total of $3,500/month.Young people have fig-ured out that real estate is their best way to createwealth. Lindsay Smith is with Keller Williams Energyand has been a Durhamreal estate broker for 37 years. He can be reached atlindsay@buyselllove.ca ARE GEN ZS THE NEW REAL ESTATE INVESTORS? OPINION YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PRIORITIZING INVESTING IN RENTAL PROPERTY OVER OWNING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, WRITES LINDSAY SMITH LINDSAY SMITH Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM 17 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Book your personalized tour! Chartwell.com It’s freedom, plus convenience and peace of mind Chartwell offers 5 residences in Durham, find your nearest today. 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It's stallion the earlyconstruction phases, but alot of action is taking placeat the New Grandview Kids site in Ajax.And construction is wellunder way, according to the latest newsletter.The Grandview Chil-dren's Treatment CentreRedevelopment Project (the New Grandview Kids)will be an open, welcomingand inclusive community-based pediatric facilitysupporting an integratedmix of rehabilitation, med-ical and clinical services, as well as education and re-search activities.The new Harwood RoadNorth location is sched- uled to open in the fall of2024.Once complete, Grand- view Kids will consolidateits existing main site inOshawa and multiple satel-lite locations into the new purpose-built facility lo-cated on 5.06 acres of land,donated by the Town of Ajax. Grandview Kids willmaintain three satellite lo-cations, in Clarington, PortPerry and Oshawa, and its partnership with the Whit-by Abilities Centre. HERE'S THE LATEST The project is in Phase 2,which involves building the substructure and thebuilding enclosure. InMarch 2023, the crane waserected, enabling heavier materials to be brought on-site, such as rebar, pipesand forming the founda- tions.Prior to this, the follow-ing work had to take placebefore the new building was able to take shape: SITE PREPARATIONThis included clearing and grubbing and dewater-ing. These activities in-cluded safely removing ex-cess soil and water from the site and safely relocat-ing it. MANAGING WATER LEVELS Workers removedaround 355,000 litres of wa-ter from the site, equiva-lent to 177,500 two-litre so- da bottles. For this project,the excess water wentthrough quality and quan- tity treatment before it isdischarged into a nearbystormwater pond. REMOVING EXCESS SOILTo prepare for the foun-dation, around 33,000 cubicmetres of soil were trans- ported to a local companycalled Lafarge. Thisamount of soil is equivalent to 45 cargo airplanes filledwith soil. It was classifiedas land rehabilitation andwill be used to fill in a mined-out gravel pit. REDUCING OR DIVERTING CONSTRUCTION WASTE For the development ofthe New Grandview Kids,4.45 tonnes of waste will bediverted, which specifical- ly addresses the wastemanagement goal of "re-duce and reuse." Phase 3 will include in-terior finishes; mechani-cal, plumbing an electricalinstallations; and a securi- ty system installation. Thiswill be followed by anotherthree phases before thebuilding opens up.Learn about what's nextat grandviewkids.ca. NEW GRANDVIEW KIDS IN AJAX GETTING CLOSER TO OPENING KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com The new Grandview Children's Centre headquarters is scheduled to open in the fall of 2024. Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland 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 , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 | 18 Kick start your morning with helpful news and information to plan your day. Visit durhamregion.com/newsletters TO SIGN UP WakeUpWithUs! Local news, crime, opinion, what’s on –our news team serves up daily updates to accompany your morning coffee. Get it delivered right to your inbox weekdays by 7 a.m. Racing through the hot sands of the Sahara Desert,while battling extreme heat,during a six-day race is notfor the average person. Marathon des Sablesheld its 37th event in south-ern Morocco, where Pick- ering resident Daryll Nai-du conquered a new jour-ney. The marathon is a high- endurance race held annu-ally in the Sahara Desert.The course covers morethan 250 kilometres of land,with a diverse range ofcompetitors seeking a chal-lenge over the seven-day competition. Runners are required tobe over 18 years old with acleared medical certificate. They must carry food,sleeping gear, water andother necessities. This year, the marathonbegan on April 21 and end-ed on May 1 with a 30 percent dropout rate. Naidu completed thefoot race and came backwith a story to tell. "It's not only about phys-ical ability, it's about emo-tional toughness as well.Anyone can go out and run, but once your mind givesup, your body will give uptoo," says Naidu. Naidu is a passionatetrail runner. He has astrong background of run-ning in marathons and found his love for trail run-ning during the COVID-19pandemic. He was born in South Africa and moved to Cana-da in 2001 for new opportu-nities. Short after, Naidu met his partner in Torontoand ventured on a summertour across Canada in aminivan. The couple reached Vancouver and de-cided to make it their homefor 10 years. Naidu and his wife soonsold their home and head-ed on a new journey on their motorcycles andbiked through differentcountries. After many adventures,Naidu made his move toPickering in 2012.He started his 10k runs 10 years ago and participat-ed in multiple marathonsaround the world, includ- ing in Berlin, Chicago, Lon-don and Paris. Although he attendedmany marathons, Naidu says he enjoys trail run-ning. "When I shifted to trail running, it was more aboutthe distances than how fastI could go. I liked the factthat I was out in nature in these conservation areasand running slower and go-ing for longer," says Naidu.During a trail race in2021, Naidu met an individ-ual who had completed theMarathon des Sables seven times. He knew this was hisnext challenge and com-mitted to building his en-durance. "It piqued my interest ina sense that I wanted topush my levels. I completed a 50-mile race, I always hadthis at the back of my mind,but I needed to build up myconfidence in increasing my distances," says Naidu. Naidu prepares with anintense training routine from Tuesday through toSunday, with a rest day onMonday. Naidu began trainingfor the race in fall of 2022and continued throughout winter. He attempted to repli-cate the race conditions,such as wearing a sauna suit for intense heat, train-ing with a 20-pound back-pack and running along beaches and snow. Naidu's training part-ner and friend of 10 years,Kelly Gauss, says Naidu is always trying to seek a newlevel of challenge."I think he came home even stronger. His abilityto strategize and preparefor long-term goals, it's fan-tastic. He is a planner and achiever," says Gauss."Pure grit is what this guyhas with his character. Heis so strong." Naidu says he learned toaccomplish anything hesets his mind to. "You go through timeswhere you have negativethoughts. I started ques-tioning why I'm here and what I'm doing. It's beingpositive and trying to pushyourself to go day by day, one check point at a time,"says Naidu.He completed the Mara-thon des Sables race in 54 hours, 5 minutes and 3 sec-onds. Naidu hopes to push himself with more chal-lenges and test his abilitiesas a runner. RUNNER COMPLETES GRUELLING RACE IN THE SAHARA DESERT Daryll Naidu reaches the finish line at the Marathon des Sables and is greeted by founder Patrick Bauer, who presents him with a finishers medal. 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SAVING YOU MORE For more details shop instore or online at thebrick.com ranging from gender andsexual identity educationto dress codes to explicit reading material and thecelebration of PrideMonth, with parents ques-tioning the flying of the Pride flag and requestingthat students be allowed toopt out of Pride activities."Our concerns are withpolicies and proceduresput forth by the govern-ment and our local school board regarding erotica forminors, the current poli-cies regarding washroomand change room uses, the push on children to choosea sexual orientation or gen-der before going through puberty and the divisiveteachings to our children,"the group DDSB Con-cerned Parents said in a statement following theMay 15 meeting. "We be-lieve that children should be taught that they all arespecial and wonderful no matter who they are. Webelieve that the school sys- tem needs less activismand more academics. Webelieve that funding should not be motivated bypolitical views but, rather,academic requirements."Members of the group were among the spectatorscleared from the meetinggallery on May 15 after acommotion broke out fol- lowing a string of contro-versial questions that in-cluded concerns with the teaching of critical racetheory, which was labelledas "Marxist ideology,"mental health impacts caused by gender identityeducation and the flying ofthe Pride flag. The incident prompted the move to vir-tual for the next two meet-ings and was addressed byDDSB director of educa- tion Camille Williams-Tay-lor."Some of these com- ments were homophobic,transphobic and hateful. Other comments and beha-viours were intimidating and harmful by tone orcontent. To be clear, theDDSB firmly rejects and condemns this behaviour,"Williams-Taylor said in aMay 19 update."We have a responsibili- ty to the safety of all partic-ipants in our learning andworking spaces, of whichour boardroom is one, both virtually and in-person.On Monday, staff, studentsand members of the public were made to feel unsafe asa result of the behavioursof some members of the au-dience. These behaviours exemplified hatred, intol-erance, bullying and ha-rassment, and so, the pub- lic gallery was closed."DDSB Concerned Par-ents issued a public re-sponse to the statement, calling it defamatory anddenying any hateful com-ments were made. "DDSB Concerned Par-ents is a grass-roots move- ment of concerned parents within the Region of Dur-ham. We will not toleratehate toward any group ofpeople and/or individu- als," the statement said.The group also protest-ed the decision to move the meeting to online, sayingthey were being silencedby the board. "We feel that shutting out parents is wrong. Par-ents should have a voice intheir child's education," a representative explainedin a statement to www.dur-hamregion.com. "We also believe that the board should not be cen-soring questions. We wantlive question periods withactual responses. Many don't understand that ifthey ask the board to readthe question for them, there is no opportunity toask a supplemental ques-tion. Supplemental ques-tions are key as the board needs to respond withoutthe opportunity for astaged answer." Student trustee BenCameron, a Grade 10 stu-dent at Dunbarton High School, said it's been diffi- cult to sit through recentquestion periods."It's hard, especially as aqueer person, to be villai- nized and made out to bethe enemy, it's hard to seemy LGBTQ peers and the trans and non-binary com-munities continue to beerased in these peoples'minds," he said of the ques- tions posed."Some of the ideas,when they speak of gender ideology and denying trans NEWS 'SOME OF THESE COMMENTS WERE HOMOPHOBIC, TRANSPHOBIC AND HURTFUL' See –page 21 Continued from front Members of DDSB Concerned Parents protested outside of Durham District School Board headquarters on May 23 after the board banned in-person spectators following an incident at the May 15 meeting. DDSB Concerned Parents/Facebook photo 21 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m SPACE FOR RENT OR LEASE RENT/ LEASE THE WHOLE BUILDING OR ROOMS 1 McGrigor Street, Oshawa (near Gibb and Simcoe) ✓office space ✓classroom space ✓gymnasium ✓whole building We have space available in our 14,000 sq ft Community Enrichment Centre. This single storey building includes various classroom and office space, a full sized gymnasium, and bathrooms with showers. DEBRA MATTSON, Communications and Fund Development Manager (289) 928-7322 OR DM@YWCADURHAM.ORG ContaCt us CONTACT US for a tour FOR A TOUR people's existence andspeaking of pedophilia and linking that to the LGBTQcommunity, these are thekinds of comments that arehomophobic in nature, and these are the types of com-ments we're hearing atboard meetings." Cameron said studentsremain mostly unaware ofthe controversy, indicat-ing the policies being ar- gued against are succeed-ing in their main goal — tomake schools a safe space for all students."You can't deny homo-phobia and racism exist inour schools, but I think our board and staff and teach-ers do a really good job ataddressing incidents tomake sure they don't hap- pen again," said Cameron."It's an unfortunate truth,but I don't think that the kind of rhetoric that theseprotesters/parents are us-ing has taken hold in ourschools." Cameron stressed theimportance of ensuring all students, especially thosefrom traditionally margin-alized groups, feel safe in school."In order for our stu- dents to learn and be en-gaged in our classrooms,they need to feel a sense of belonging and a sense ofwell-being," he continued. "I think that is where thesecomments can have themost detrimental impact for students — in theirsense of belonging and well-being." That sense of safety isespecially important forstudents who may not find it at home."Oftentimes home is nota safe place for LGBTQkids," said Bedford. "These kids often go home to vio-lence, hatred and homo-phobia, or oftentimes they are kicked out of theirhomes. When people actthis way, when they picketoutside schools, they make schools an unsafe place,and for some kids, that'sthe only place they can be who they are for eighthours every day."Bedford said PFLAGhas seen requests for sup- port from students andfamilies triple since stu-dents have returned toclass following the end of COVID-19 measures."It's just sad that this iswhere we are, that people get so afraid about a groupof people that they will doanything to make them feelinvisible," said Bedford. "I know what it was like be-ing a kid in school and ex- periencing this type of hate, so if me standing upmakes one kid's life better,makes one kid safer, then I can deal with the hate I getfrom certain groups. Ithink if everyone stood up,if everyone called out this talk for what it is, thatwould go a long way. Par-ents that are hearing this need to take a stand, youneed to talk to your kidsabout inclusion and letthem know if they are questioning anything,that's OK, they havefriends and they have sup- port."For information or tofind supports, visitwww.pflagdurhamregion- .com. STORY BEHIND THESTORY: We spoke to par- ent groups and communitygroups about recent in-cidents at the Durham District School Boardaround board policies tosupport LGBTQ studentsand how the controversy is impacting students andresidents across Durham. NEWS Continued from page 20 A supporter waves a Pride flag during competing protests outside Durham District School Board headquarters on March 20. 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