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Smart Commute could
extend to businesses,
organizations
By Carly Foster
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Shuttle buses from
GO trains to offices, GTA-wide ride
matching and in-Durham carpool-
ing may soon be a reality if Smart
Commute is launched here.
The initiative, already in place in
Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham
and north Toronto, gets people out
of their cars and onto transit and
carpools.
“It’s anything to get people out
of the automobile and into an al-
ternative mode of transportation,
especially during the peak hours,”
said Jeff Brooks, a senior planner
with the Durham planning depart-
ment and co-chairman of the GTA
and Hamilton Smart Commute
steering committee.
By the fall of this year, a free,
Internet-based system will be
launched that will offer Durham-
ites the ability to log in and find
people in their area who drive to a
similarly located office.
“To some degree, out here, that
will be a challenge,” Mr. Brooks
said. Because so many residents
work outside the region, it could be
hard to match them — but it’s still a
start.
But the big part of Smart Com-
mute is working with individual
offices, said Ryan Lanyon, deputy
executive director of the Smart
Commute Association, which is
launching the program.
“They (employers) get an under-
standing of how their employees
are getting to work,” he said. “Most
employers don’t know if their em-
ployees are driving or taking tran-
sit.”
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HELPING HAND
Claremont firefighter
goes to Grenada
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POWER PLAY
Hydro union members
prepared to strike
Page 3
TIME TRAVEL
Trip to Holland a
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Police say no danger
posed to public
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING — A suspicious
package found Friday afternoon
at the Pickering Nuclear Gener-
ating Station has been ruled an
imitation pipe bomb.
Durham Regional Police were
called to Ontario Power Gen-
eration shortly after noon to
investigate what plant officials
called an unrecognizable piece
of equipment. The equipment
was discovered by an employee
on the Pickering ‘A’ side of the
station, which has no reactors
operational at this time. OPG
spokeswoman Jacquie McInnes
said it was found on the conven-
tional, not the nuclear side.
It was shortly after 7:30 p.m.
that police ruled it was a “false
device”. The investigation into
how it got there will continue.
“Now we have to make a de-
termination as to how it came
to be there and go through the
process of eliminating who may
have brought it in and for what
reason,” said Sergeant Paul Mc-
Curbin, police spokesman.
Both the tactical and explo-
sive disposal units were sent out
as part of “normal precautionary
procedures,” he said. Police said
there was never any danger to
the nuclear site, employees or
the public.
Pickering Ward 1 Regional
Councillor Maurice Brenner,
who is serving as acting mayor,
said the City received written
notification from Ontario Power
Generation at 2:30 p.m. Despite
the assertion that there was no
danger, Coun. Brenner said the
City was on stand-by.
“We’re operating in a state
of readiness as our emergency
plan indicates,” he said.
“Our senior staff were asked
to standby, administration is on
standby and transit people are
on standby, in case there is a
situation that requires evacua-
tion.”
Coun. Brenner was not
pleased with the process, shar-
ing that OPG notified the City
by leaving a message for Mayor
A.J. Groen/ News Advertiser photo
Pickering nuclear plant security and Durham Regional Police stop traffic at the entrance to the Pickering Nuclear
Generating Station entrance.
Fake pipe bomb at nuclear plant
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PICKERING — Pickering’s clean com-
muters are getting a special early morn-
ing treat Wednesday.
Pickering GO Station commuters are
going to be greeted with music, free
coffee and cookies, and other goodies
to thank them for their contribution
to a cleaner environment. The day is
planned by GO Transit, Ajax-Pickering
Transit Authority, the City of Pickering
and Ontario Power Generation.
June 8 is Clean Air Day, a national
campaign to help raise awareness about
clean air and climate change issues.
There are to be events across the coun-
try to encourage people to get out of
their cars and walk, bike or ride public
transit as the first step in a commitment
to a more sustainable lifestyle.
The event at the Pickering Station,
1322 Bayly St., runs from 6 to 9 a.m.
Clean Air Day is a national partner-
ship of government and not-for-profit
groups, including the Canadian Urban
Transit Association, Environment
Canada, Transport Canada, Natural
Resources Canada, Federation of Cana-
dian Municipalities, Go for Green and
Via Rail Canada.
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piled into a work-only database, where
employees can find co-workers who live
near them, Mr. Lanyon said. Research
has shown carpooling works best when
it’s among people from the same office,
he added.
Bringing that to Durham is still in its
infancy, Mr. Brooks said. The Region is
in the process of polling residents on
their attitudes toward transportation,
how they are travelling now and what
options they may consider.
The next step will be gauging public
and private interests. Are there compa-
nies, such as General Motors, Ontario
Power Generation, chambers of com-
merce or hospitals that would be inter-
ested in an in-house program?
Mr. Brooks hopes so.
“There are business partners you re-
ally want to get in so you can give them
opportunities beneficial to them and
the environment,” he said. Organiza-
tions will then form a group to bring the
concept to Durham.
With the launch of region-wide transit
in 2006, there’s a lot of focus on transit,
Mr. Brooks said. But Smart Commute
and the Region’s transportation master
plan is all about travel choices: cycling,
walking, carpooling and buses.
For more information on Smart Com-
mute, or to get involved, call Mr. Brooks
at 905-728-7731, ext. 3251, or visit www.
smartcommute.ca.
Clean air day Wednesday in Pickering
Office carpooling encouraged
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Hydro One vows to keep lights on in Pickering
1,000 union members
poised to strike Monday
By Jillian Follert
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Hydro One is as-
suring customers that the lights
will stay on in Durham and across
the province in the event of a
strike by the utility’s 1,000 energy
professionals next week.
Engineers, scientists and other
members of the Society of Energy
Professionals union employed by
Hydro One have threatened to
walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. June
6, unless an ongoing contract dis-
pute is resolved.
Hydro One distributes elec-
tricity to parts of Pickering, Ajax,
Clarington, Scugog and Uxbridge,
and supplies electricity to local
distributors Whitby Hydro and
the Oshawa Power and Utilities
Corporation (PUC).
As of Friday afternoon, talks
had not resumed and union of-
ficials said a Monday strike was
likely.
Saying he was not aware of any
planned strike activity in Durham
Region, Hydro One spokesman
Peter Gregg stressed that local cus-
tomers should not be concerned
about power interruptions.
“We are absolutely confident
that we will be able to maintain
the integrity of the system if there
is a strike,” he stressed. “We’ve
already had employees striking at
the general grid control centre in
Barrie for a couple of days now,
and everything has been fine.”
Union spokesman Brian Robin-
son was quick to disagree, point-
ing to what he called a “significant
outage” on May 27. He said 2,000
megawatts were lost at the cen-
tral control centre, as the result of
poor supervision.
“This is the kind of thing that
can happen any time that our
members aren’t on the job,” he ex-
plained. “When this recent power
outage happened, Hamilton’s
water system was knocked out
and Toronto’s traffic lights were
out. This is something that should
be a concern.”
More than 3,000 Hydro One em-
ployees from other unions would
remain on the job in the event of a
strike, including system operators
and line maintenance workers.
Mr. Gregg said that is more than
enough people to keep the system
up and running.
Hydro One’s energy profession-
als have been without a contract
since the end of March, after vot-
ing against an earlier deal that
would pay new workers less than
existing ones.
Volunteers needed
for Community Care
Durham programs
DURHAM — Community Care
Durham is looking for people to be
local heroes through three different
programs in need of volunteers.
Community Care’s friendly vis-
iting program has 26 people on a
waiting list who would like some
company. Through just one or
two hours per week, volunteers
provide comfort to a lonely senior.
For more information on the pro-
gram, call Sharon Alipanopoulos
at 905-837-0017 ext. 227.
Individuals are also needed to
deliver or pack meals one day a
week, for one to two hours. Meals
are delivered Monday to Friday
between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in
both Ajax and Pickering.
There are also opportunities
for once-a-month volunteers.
For more information, call Nancy
Reid at 905-837-0017 ext. 231.
In Community Care’s transpor-
tation program, volunteers are
needed for two or three hours a
week to assist seniors to medical
appointments or grocery shop-
ping. For more information call
Diane Browett at 905-837-0017
ext. 227.
Volunteers require a police re-
cord check, and the cost is fully
reimbursed upon completion of
three hours of volunteering. Full
training is provided.
Be a local hero for a few hours a week
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Chill out
PICKERING — Spring Fest volunteer Samantha Doner serves up a Sno-Cone
at the Claremont Public School event. Money raised at School Community
Council events goes toward improvements, such as a new school sign.
Big Brothers and Sisters
hand out annual awards
to humble volunteers
By David Stell
News Editor
DURHAM — Joe Marks stood at the
front of the room with tussled hair, look-
ing humble and shy at the same time,
like he didn’t know what all the fuss was
about.
He didn’t even go up for his 25-year
award from the Big Brothers and Big
Sisters right away, but was coaxed for-
ward by the man who introduced him.
Before he reached the front of the room
a standing ovation greeted him. Marc
Verner, clearly choked up by the mo-
ment, introduced the 25-year Big Broth-
er, his own Big Brother years ago, and
told everyone gathered for the Ajax and
Pickering organization’s annual general
meeting about the impact Mr. Marks’
has made on his life.
“He makes such a difference, he’s al-
ways been there for me,” Mr. Verner said.
“I don’t remember him ever cancelling a
weekend.”
The emotional moment between the
two men, with Mr. Verner now a Big
Brother himself, was just one of many
such moments as volunteers were rec-
ognized for their contributions to the or-
ganization. He added Mr. Marks taught
him how to play many sports and de-
scribed him as the nicest guy, a commit-
ted person, to his family, the community
and his dog.
Mr. Marks didn’t even offer a word
as he accepted the award. Later he said
what he got back from being a Big Broth-
er over the years is enough of a reward.
“All the Little Brothers I’ve had were
just tremendous, they were never trou-
ble,” he said. “It’s a good feeling being
able to make a difference in their lives.”
That’s part of why he’s stayed involved
as a Big Brother through the years. Now
an in-school mentor, he’s always got-
ten back more than he puts into it. He
doesn’t have children of his own and
explained he has fun and learned about
a lot of things from his Little Brothers,
such as the Internet from Mr. Verner.
“I was really pleased when I heard
he’s involved now,” Mr. Marks said. “He
was great, he never complained about
the bad movies I used to take him to.
“I try to keep in touch with all of my
Little Brothers still.”
He wasn’t alone in looking uncom-
fortable with the attention. Ken Booker
is this year’s Big Brother of the Year
and he wore a big smile but only had a
few words to say about the honour. He
looked right at home talking to one of
his two little brothers, Carley, but was
brief when accepting the award.
“I get as much out of it as I put into
it,” he said. “I just hope they get as much
out of it as I do.”
Carley, having only recently joined
the ranks of the Little Brothers, talked
about meeting Mr. Booker for the first
time and how much fun he has. As well,
his guidance is important.
“When I need a father figure, I call
him or my mother calls him, to talk to
me about what I’m doing wrong,” Carley
said.
Mr. Booker’s other Little Brother is
Rajiev, who couldn’t be there, but his
mother had much to say about the im-
pact the Big Brother has had on her son:
his increased self-confidence over the
years and how he’s been there whenever
they’ve needed him.
Other awards handed out on the night
included in-school mentors of the year,
with Grace Belmonte and Andrea Reid
sharing the honour, nominated by the
brother-sister team of Ryan and Taylor
Munro, who they spend an hour with
each week in school.
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Dave Ryan on his cellphone.
Mayor Ryan is in Newfoundland
at the Federation of Canadian Mu-
nicipalities conference and never re-
ceived the message.
“I don’t feel the communication
was what we would have expected it
to be,” Coun. Brenner said.
He is going to ask for a full review
into what he called, “the breakdown
in communication.”
Ms. McInnes said OPG would be
happy to sit down with City officials
Monday and review the situation.
“We did fully inform City officials
as we received accurate information,”
she said. “We do regret the acting
mayor didn’t feel he was notified
quickly enough, but we did follow all
protocols in this situation.”
Anyone with information about the
incident is asked to call the Ajax/
Pickering Community Police Office’s
criminal investigations bureau at 905-
683-9100 ext. 2524.
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‘Breakdown in
communication’
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A brotherhood of firefighters
Claremont man goes
to Grenada to help
rebuild fire hall
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING — As a Toronto
firefighter, Rodney Johnston’s
average day could include he-
roic actions.
But this week, the Claremont
resident has taken things up a
notch by travelling to Grenada
and volunteering his time to
rebuild a fire hall destroyed last
September by Hurricane Ivan.
“It’s a really good opportuni-
ty to help out other firefighters
and that’s what firefighters like
to do, is help people — espe-
cially their own,” said the 15-
year veteran of the Toronto Fire
Department.
Mr. Johnston and 14 others
from the department left May
30 for a week and are the first
crew on the four-week proj-
ect. The project may need to
be extended to finish the work
and Mr. Johnston said he might
be interested in volunteering
again.
An announcement went out
in fire halls in Toronto about the
project and he said he decided
a month ago to volunteer.
“Immediately I wanted to
help,” he said. “It was a deci-
sion we made as a family. (My
wife and I) both thought it was
a good thing to do.”
He couldn’t make the contri-
bution without the help of his
wife, who will be at home with
their two young children.
Those interested in volun-
teering had to submit a resume
with what other skills they had,
such as carpentry, plumping,
etc.
“We built our own house in
Claremont,” Mr. Johnston ex-
plained as his qualification.
The volunteers have a tight
schedule to make some prog-
ress on the fire hall, which in
the pictures Mr. Johnston has
seen, experienced “complete
devastation.” The fire depart-
ment down there has had to
work out of army barracks.
In five days, the group
planned to rebuild the kitchen,
dorm room, locker room and
roofs of two adjacent buildings.
Donated supplies — plywood,
drywall, wiring — were to be
waiting when the group arrived.
The airfare was also donated.
Mr. Johnston, who has vol-
unteered for Habitat for Hu-
manity and done charity work,
was looking forward to getting
down there.
“I can’t wait to get going,” he
said.
Celia Klemenz/ News Advertiser photo
Claremont resident Rodney Johnston, a firefighter with the Toronto Fire Department,
is in Grenada to assist in rebuilding a fire hall destroyed by hurricane last year.
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EDITORIAL
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Province takes aim
to make all butt out
Slowly but surely, government is forcing smokers to butt
out in public.
Now that individual regions around Ontario have adopted
anti-smoking bylaws, the Province is poised to enact its own leg-
islation, which will take precedence over local laws and bring all
jurisdictions under the same rules. No longer will Toronto bars
be able to offer designated smoking rooms, while proprietors
here are forbidden to do so.
The exemptions to Durham Region’s current smoking bylaw
will also be wiped out. No one will be lighting up in Legion halls
or bingo parlours come May 31, 2006, when the provincial ban
on designated smoking rooms is expected to become law. But
the anti-smoking movement is still generating controversy.
Durham nursing homes will still be able to offer smoking rooms
if provincial legislation is adopted as currently drafted and the
Great Blue Heron Casino on Scugog Island will be exempt.
The Ontario law does not apply when a First Nation has ad-
opted conflicting regulations with the approval of Indian Affairs
Canada, said Brian Daly, lawyer for the Mississaugas of Scugog
Island, during a recent public meeting. But that’s not sitting
well with 400 casino employees, who’ve signed a petition and
question why the casino is accountable under other provincial
laws, such as those of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corpo-
ration, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Labour
Relations Act. The casino, like all gambling facilities, should be
expected to comply with provincial smoking legislation. The
federal and provincial governments need to revisit the issue.
But when it comes to the senior citizens living in Durham
Region’s 19 long-term care facilities, one must remember these
facilities are their homes. Some seniors, many of whom have
long-time smoking habits, have nowhere else to smoke and
should not be told they can’t light up in their own homes.
Employees of those facilities also have rights. In Ontario,
employees have the right to refuse unsafe working conditions;
anyone wanting to avoid second-hand smoke in the workplace
should not be forced to endure it.
Ironically, while the provincial government has pledged $50
million this year toward its ‘Smoke-Free Ontario Campaign,’ it’s
unlikely Ontario will ever truly become smoke-free. To do that,
government would have to shut down the tobacco industry,
declare cigarettes illegal, and forfeit a huge taxation revenue.
Don’t hold your breath.
Stronach poll results a cause to weep
To the editor:
Re: The News Advertiser Internet poll on Belinda Stronach,
June 1.
I was distressed to see the results of your poll. Even if the
results are skewed by Liberal plants, it is alarming to think that
there are people who believe she could be right, even Liberals.
She has treated with contempt and disenfranchised her con-
stituents who voted for a Conservative MP. If this is right, why
even bother to have elections?
The Liberals gave her a cabinet post for her vote, to which
they have no electoral right to have. In other words, the current
government is now illegitimate.
If she was so unhappy with her party she should have re-
signed her seat, then stood for election as a Liberal in the next
election. That way she might have preserved her own integrity
and reputation.
Oh Canada, we weep for thee. Are these types of actions now
OK? If so, then we, the public, are worse than the politicians.
A nation that behaves like sheep will surely be governed by a
snarling pack of wolves.
Alex Hunter,
Pickering
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G ays and lesbians and those of
us who support them can now
breathe a (tentative) sigh of
relief.
Decades of emotion-fraught court,
moral and societal battles could have
crumbled last month had Stephen
Harper’s mostly homophobic Conser-
vatives toppled the government. The
historic same-sex marriage bill would
have died right along with the federal
body.
Bill C-38 will fall in line with provin-
cial court orders across Canada to give
all people in love the right to make the
walk down the aisle, utter sacred vows
and party the night away — legally.
Some have compared the same-sex
marriage fight to that of women in
the 1920s battling to be recognized
as people. Tying the knot is part of all
cultures, a step along the path of life. A
right, if one so chooses. Some people
can’t wait to do it and others can’t be
bothered.
Therein lies the point: if you’re gay,
you have no choice.
The majority of the Conservatives
would like to keep it that way. Mr.
Harper has repeatedly said he wants
to give same-sex couples the same
rights as male-female marriages, but
just not the title.
What is it about the one word that
so threatens the day-to-day life of peo-
ple? Will a married Sandra and Jane
down the road from you completely
shatter your world? None of the de-
bates have given a logical answer to
this.
Luckily, even with a shaky minority
government, the second reading re-
cently passed 163 to 138. It will now be
studied before coming back for final
approval.
The two successful readings and the
squashing of Mr. Harper’s attempts to
kill the bill back in April are optimistic
signs.
We know there is majority support
on Parliament Hill, with free votes
even allowing members of the Con-
servatives and Bloc Quebecois to vote
for the legislation and Liberals against
the bill.
See: choice.
Let’s hope Mr. Harper keeps the
promise he made recently to allow
business to go on if he lost the budget
vote. For all people in love.
Carly Foster’s column ap-
pears every third Sunday. E-mail
cfoster@durhamregion.com.
With uncertainty over, let’s hope
same-sex marriage bill can pass
Carly
Foster
staff writer
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ForeverForever
Liberating Holland
still fresh in the
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By Lesley Bovie
Staff Writer
DURHAM — It was almost a
lifetime ago, but Don White can
still remember the day his unit
liberated the Dutch town of Leeu-
warden.
“It was 10 a.m. and there was
nothing around. We got in without
any fighting to what looked like
a vacated town,” he recalls. “The
next moment you couldn’t see the
streets for people. They just came
out and surrounded us. From
nothing, you looked around and
there were more Dutch flags and
orange streamers hanging from
windows than you could imag-
ine.”
Mr. White still has the orange
streamer a young Dutch girl gave
him that day, carefully folded
along with his other memories
of his active duty in the Second
Wo rld War.
The Oshawa resident recently
returned from his third trip back
to Holland, this time for the 60th
anniversary of its liberation. He
and his wife Christine took their
two daughters Heather and Holly.
“I think it was good for them to
get a little insight as to what we,
the Canadians did, and how much
the Dutch appreciate what we did.
Unless you experience it, it’s hard
to describe,” says Mr. White.
His active service began in Italy,
where, as a teenaged trooper, he
was brought in as a reinforcement
with the Royal Canadian Dragoons
in March of 1944. After almost a
year of slugging it out in the moun-
tains against elite German units,
the Dragoons were moved out of
Italy to make their way through
France, and Belgium.
By April 1, 1945, they had
reached Holland, where the Ger-
man army had begun its retreat.
As a reconnaissance force, the
Dragoons had the distinction of
being the first soldiers in a lot of
Dutch towns. In some areas, Ger-
man resistance was strong, says
Mr. White, who points to the Hol-
ten Cemetery in Holland, where
12 of his “buddies” are buried.
But the vet says returning to
see the appreciation of the Dutch
people, even some three and four
generations later, has helped him
put to rest any questions he could
have had about his decision to
Returning to the scene of freedom
✦ See White, Page 11
Lesley Bovie/ News Advertiser photo
Don White holds a picture of himself as a 19-year-old Canadian soldier and the
orange streamer he was given by a Dutch girl when his unit liberated the city
of Leeuwarden in 1945. He and his family recently returned from the 60th an-
niversary of victory celebrations in Holland.
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sign up for the war effort 60
years ago.
“It makes you feel as if what
you put up with was certainly
worthwhile,” says Mr. White,
who while marching on parade
in Apeldoorn, was given flow-
ers from school children. One
note tucked inside a bouquet
read, “Thanks to you we know
what freedom is”.
Mr. White, who still reports
to duty each day at his family’s
business, White’s Home Hard-
ware, and turns 81 this August,
says he’d like to return to Hol-
land in 2010 for the 65th cel-
ebration. But much will depend
on his health.
“I’m realistic enough to know
this could be my last trip,” he
says. “Our numbers are getting
fewer and fewer each year.”
Community news online at durhamregion.comPlease save and then recycle this paperA badge of honour
AJAX — The 13th Ajax Beavers visited Ballycliffe Lodge in Ajax recently to give veter-
ans ‘Thank You’ crests and hear stories about the war. Veteran George Newport re-
ceived a badge from Beaver John-Graham Hughes, age 7, and leader Bianca Yurkoski.
✦ White from page 10
White hopes to make
return trip for 65th
Don White at 19 years old.
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Society is planning its annual
garden tour of Pickering for
Sunday, July 3 and needs sug-
gestions of gardens suitable for
the tour. All interested people
should call Christine at 905-
420-4095.
In addition, the society’s next
meeting is Tuesday, June 7, and
the topic is groundcover plants.
Guest speaker is Sandy Spear-
ing and the meeting begins at 8
p.m. in the O’Brien Room at the
Pickering Recreation Complex,
1867 Valley Farm Rd.
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The Commuter
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June 5 - June 11, 2005
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The Commuter Challenge
is a weeklong, friendly
competition between
Canadian cities to see
which one can cut its air
pollution the most by us-
ing active and/or sustain-
able modes of transporta-
tion. All you have to do is
make a commitment to
walk, jog, cycle or in-line
skate (active transporta-
tion) and/or bus, carpool
or telework (sustainable
transportation) during En-
vironment Week.
FAST FACTS
Health Facts
•Seventy-fi ve per cent of Canadians feel that air
pollution is affecting their health
•One in fi ve Canadians have some form of respiratory
problems
•Two-thirds of Canadians are not physically active
enough to attain optimal health benefi ts
Environmental Facts
•The average car emits four tons of pollutants each
year
•The transportation sector is the leading source of
greenhouse gas emissions (32 per cent of total)
•Cars emit almost four times the amount of pollutants
per passenger-kilometre than buses
•Over the next 25 years fossil fuel consumption is
expected to rise 40 per cent
Economic Facts
•The average cost to keep a car on the road in 2002
was $7,733.40 per year (based on traveling 12,000km/
year)
•Public transit costs between $500 and $1,000 per
year
•The average North American works 27 hours per
month to keep their car on the road
•Seventy-three per cent of Canadians believe they
benefi t from public transit even if they don’t use it
•Total direct health care costs of physical inactivity
conservatively amount to $2.1 billion for 1997
Congestion Facts
• Globally, a new car hits the streets every second
•One 40-foot bus replaces between 40 and 50 cars
from the road a single light rail track replaces 15 lanes
of highway
•During the morning rush hour, GO Trains move
as many people into downtown Toronto as eight
congested highways.
The Commuter
Challenge
By Spencer McCormack
Special to the News Advertiser
DURHAM — Long have the tales
of the need for skilled-trades work-
ers been told. It seems, for some
trades, they are now no longer just
the stuff of legend.
“There are some industries, right
now, that are just crying for peo-
ple,” said Kevin McLellan, project
leader of tradeability.ca, a govern-
ment-funded initiative with a goal
of meeting the current and future
demand for skilled trades people in
Durham Region.
“If you talk to most companies
that do commercial and domestic
landscape design and installation,
they’ll tell you they’re turning down
work because they can’t find skilled
people.”
Mr. McLellan also offered the ma-
rine engine industry and cabinet-
making as sectors in need of skilled
help. “If a young man or woman
wanted to become a cabinetmaker
they could probably find a cabinet-
maker in the region to hire them,”
he said. “But, they wouldn’t be able
to become registered apprentices
unless they were somehow able to
travel to Kitchener or North Bay to
complete their training, because
there’s no training (for cabinetmak-
ers) in Durham Region right now.”
Conversely, the construction
trades (carpenter, electrician,
plumber, etc.) are in good shape
with no foreseeable labour shortag-
es, particularly unionized construc-
tion trades, said Mr. McLellan.
“Every kid you talk to wants to
be an electrician,” he said. “And the
unions do a very good job of as-
sessment and training, the unions
pretty much control training in the
construction trades.”
In Ontario there is a ratio of how
many apprentices a company can
employ based on the amount of
journeymen working for that com-
pany that sometimes can be a hin-
drance to small businesses.
“So, you could have a small elec-
trical or plumbing contractor who
would probably hire more appren-
tices if the ratio would allow them
to,” said Mr. McLellan.
Currently, the Ontario govern-
ment is offering a number of in-
centives for contractors willing to
train apprentices and incentives for
youths to seek a career in the trades.
For example, there is a $2,000 sign-
ing bonus for employers who hire
apprentices as well as an Appren-
ticeship Training Tax Credit for em-
ployers.
As well, the Ministry of Training,
Colleges and Universities recently
introduced 1,500 $1,000 scholar-
ships for students returning to high
school in order to pursue a career in
the trades. According to Mr. McLel-
lan, most employers in the trades
don’t know about the opportunities
available to them. And, if they do,
they don’t know all the details.
For more information, visit www.
tradeability.ca.
No more time for talk, s killed-trades workers are needed now
ALL ROUTES LE AD TO A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.
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People are being urged
to walk, bike or ride public
transit to decrease emissions
that harm air quality and cause
greenhouse gases. Clean Air
Day is a call to action: Get active
and do your part in improving
our communities!
Tr ansportation is often an
overlooked source of pollution
and greenhouse gases – but
a reduction
in emissions
is easily
accomplished
through
individual action.
Tr ansportation
is the fastest
growing source
of greenhouse
gas emissions
and one of the
single largest
sources of
air pollution
in Canada,
accounting for
two-thirds of all
smog forming
pollutants in
some areas.
Sustainable
transportation
actions and
strategies
are also key
elements to help
Canada meet its
commitments
under the
Ky oto Protocol.
It is a great
opportunity to
act locally while
addressing a
global problem.
People who
travel by public
transit create 65
per cent fewer
greenhouse gas
emissions than if
they travel by car.
Even if someone
opts for transit
just two days
out of fi ve, their
greenhouse gas
emissions will be cut by 25
per cent. Walking or cycling
are emission-free modes of
transportation. Individuals can
easily contribute to clean air and
our Kyoto reductions merely
by switching their commuting
habits.
Sustainable
Transportation Campaign
Clean Air Day Walk! Bike! Ride transit!
Or try telecommuting or carpooling – there are many
ways that you can make a difference on Clean Air Day
(the fi rst Wednesday in June). It’s easy to choose an
environmentally friendly form of transportation that
will help reduce air pollution and climate change.
And don’t forget to encourage others to explore their
transportation choices on Clean Air Day – together
we can make a difference!
The Government of Canada proclaimed Clean Air Day
in 1999 as part of Canadian Environment Week to
increase public awareness about air quality and climate
change. CAD is a celebration of environmentally
friendly activities that promote clean air and good
health.
CAD shows Canadians that we can make a difference.
On Clean Air Day, make an environmentally friendly
decision. Continue all year long to help create cleaner
and safer
communities
for today and
tomorrow.
Sustainable
Transportation Campaign
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By Derek Giberson
Special to the News Advertiser
DURHAM — From living in a
second-hand army tent by a dump
on the shore of Lake Muskoka to
being stationed around the world
as a Canadian ambassador, Lieu-
tenant-Governor of Ontario James
Bartleman has come a long way.
It was all the experiences in be-
tween that he shared with students
and guests at Anderson CVI in Whit-
by recently and wrote of in his most
recent book, On Six Continents: Life
in Canada’s Foreign Service 1966-
2002. It was these experiences that
left their mark and helped him
shape his priorities for his mandate
as lieutenant-governor.
He is working to encourage ab-
original young people, to fight rac-
ism and discrimination, and to re-
duce the stigma of mental illness.
With an Ojibwa mother and a
white father, Lt.-Gov. Bartleman
and his siblings were often the sub-
jects of racism and discrimination
while growing up in Port Carling.
He said his Grade 2 teacher had
failed him, even though as a child
he knew how to read and his class-
mates couldn’t.
Lt.-Gov. Bartleman’s encounter
with mental illness was more re-
cent. He told students that he had
begun to slide into depression
when he left his position as Foreign
Policy Adviser to Prime Minister
Jean Chretien in 1998 to become
the High Commissioner to South
Africa. While in South Africa, he
was violently assaulted in his home,
suffering a broken nose and bruises
all over his body. His attacker tied
him up and covered his mouth,
which nearly killed him.
He fell into a deep depression
following the attack, but has since
recovered and has written and spo-
ken about the experience.
Now, as lieutenant-governor, he
has ceremonial duties but, he told
the audience, “I support causes that
go beyond government policy.”
“I was lucky,” he said in an inter-
view. “I was exposed to cultures and
conditions around the world that
I was able to compare to Canada.
Now I can use the weight of my of-
fice for good causes.”
He suggested that, instead of “liv-
ing in a cocoon,” students should
become more socially conscious,
and he finds merit in Ontario’s
mandatory 40 hours of community
service for secondary school stu-
dents, which often exposes them to
the less fortunate.
“Whether they help in a soup
kitchen, as a Big Brother or Big Sis-
ter, or with Scouts, there are lots of
good sources for them,” he said. He
adds that these opportunities will
also have a positive influence on
students’ character.
Lieutenant-governor shares personal trials with Durham students
Pickering Open House
Pickering Recreation Complex
1867 Valley Farm Road
Pickering, Ontario
Phone: 905-831-1711
Monday, June 13, 2005
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
9:00 -11:30 AM and12:30 - 4:00 PM
The NWMO has published Choosing a Way Forward,a
working draft of the recommendation the organization
proposes to make to the Government of Canada later this year
regarding the long-term management of used nuclear fuel.
The Adaptive Phased Management Approach reflects values
and objectives expressed by more than 15,000 interested
Canadians in a wide-ranging dialogue conducted over the
past two and a half years.
The NWMO encourages you to learn more about its study
and welcomes your comments.
Choosing a Way Forward can be reviewed online at
www.nwmo.ca or by calling 1-866-249-6966.Copies will also
be available from NWMO representatives at:
The Nuclear Waste
Management
Organization
invites you to
an Open House.
Choosing a Way Forward
Pickering portes ouvertes
Pickering Recreation Complex
1867 Valley Farm Road
Pickering, Ontario
Tél :905-831-1711
lundi, le 13 juin, 2005
18 30 à 2100 heures
mardi, le 14 juin, 2005
09 00 à 1130 heures et 12 30 à 1600 heures
La SGDN vient de publier Choisir une voie pour l'avenir,une
version préliminaire, pour consultation, de la récommandation qu'elle
compte présenter au gouvernement du Canada plus tard cette
année concernant la gestion du combustible nucléaire irradié.
La Méthode de gestion adaptative progressive reflète les valeurs et
objectifs mis de l'avant par plus de 15 000 citoyens canadiens
intéressés par la question au cours d'une vaste consultation tenue
pendant les deux dernières années et demi.
La SGDN vous invite à en apprendre davantage sur son étude et
sollicite vos commentaires.
Vous pouvez prendre connaissance du document Choisir une
voie pour l'avenir sur l’Internet à l'adresse www.sgdn.ca ou
en appelant le 1-866-249-6966.Vous pouvez aussi en obtenir
une copie des représentants de la SGDN à :
La Société
de gestion
des déchets
nucléaires
vous invite à
une journée
portes ouvertes.
Choisir une voie pour l’avenir
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