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PICKERING -- A new shelter, Forgotten Ones Cat Rescues, has opened in the Pickering area. The organization is hosting an open house
Jan. 30 and 31. Angie, one of the shelter’s cats, poses with Sharon Carss from the rescue group.
BY KRISTEN CALIS
kcalis@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- Sally, Sue, Mike, Radish and
Ebony are some of the very lucky cats in
the care of a loving veterinary technician in
north Pickering.
But while Sharon Carss has become
attached to the homeless felines, she hopes
to find them forever homes during this week-
end’s open house and adopt-a-thon at the
new shelter she’s running, Cat Town, in the
Pickering hamlet of Green River.
There are currently 17 cats and kittens in
the shelter. Since she doesn’t want to over-
crowd the shelter, finding new homes for the
orphaned cats will make room for the oth-
ers she and other volunteers hope to rescue
from high-kill shelters.
“If people come and adopt them we’ll be
able to take more from the shelter,” she said,
adding there are many more they hope to
save.
Cat Town is a new shelter that’s part of the
Richmond Hill-based not-for-profit orga-
nization, Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue and
Adoption Inc., which rescues cats and kit-
tens slated for euthanasia at high-kill shel-
Pickering purr-fect for Cat Town
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OPG reports
good performance
at aging plant
BY REKA SZEKELY
rszekely@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- Ontario Power Generation
reported a good year in 2009 at its Pickering
B plant, but there’s still no word on wheth-
er the four reactors will be refurbished or
mothballed.
The Pickering B units are nearing the end
of their service lives and OPG is consider-
ing refurbishing the four units to extend
them into 2050 to 2060. A decision from
OPG’s board was expected in 2009.
At last week’s Pickering Community Advi-
sory Council, Pickering B senior vice-presi-
dent Paul Pasquet addressed the issue.
“No decision, no announcement, I don’t
have a precise time line for when that may
occur,” he said, adding that though no deci-
sion had been made, OPG is continuing the
work necessary to make a refurbishment
possible.
In January 2009, the Canadian Nucle-
ar Safety Commission announced it had
accepted the environmental assessment
for the refurbishment and concluded the
plant’s continued operation would not
cause significant adverse environmental
effects. Then in September, OPG completed
the Integrated Safety Report for Pickering
B, determining the more than 25-year-old
plant has a high level of compliance with
modern building codes and standards.
Now, it is up to the OPG board to deter-
mine whether it has a good business case
for the refurbishment.
Though he couldn’t comment on the
future, Mr. Pasquet said Pickering B per-
formed well financially in 2009, with the
cost to produce energy being the best in
half a decade. Costs for the year came in $1
million under budget, he added.
Some of the other successes highlighted
include a reduction in the maintenance
backlog. The planned two-month outage
for Unit 6 in Pickering B was completed
two days ahead of schedule and on bud-
get.
And 5.5 million hours were worked with-
out a lost-time accident. Mr. Pasquet said
although that’s a good number, he thinks
the plant can do better.
“There are some facilities in North Amer-
ica that have gotten better than 5.5 mil-
lion.”
Areas for improvement are centred on
human performance and making sure
every job gets done right the first time, said
Mr. Pasquet.
That’s going to be especially important in
2010 with the scheduled vacuum building
outage which will require all six reactors at
Pickering A and B to go offline. The proj-
ect will require 1,900 additional employ-
ees in Pickering and will include more than
40,000 tasks. The preparation for the proj-
ect has been underway for years.
“The best way to perform these outages
successfully is through meticulous plan-
ning,” said Mr. Pasquet.
ENERGY
No decision yet on Pickering nuclear refurbishment
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PICKERING -- There’s still no word from the Ontario Power Generation board as to
whether the aging Pickering Nuclear Generating Station’s ‘B’ units will be refurbished
or mothballed.
The best way to
perform these outages successfully
is through meticulous planning. Paul
Pasquet, OPG
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Dan McTeague hosts
131st town hall gathering
BY KRISTEN CALIS
kaclis@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- Discussions on the ‘Big
Pipe’ dominated a public meeting held
by Pickering-Scarborough East MP Dan
McTeague last week.
Mr. McTeague held his 131st town hall
meeting Jan. 19 at Pickering City Hall, one of
his most well-attended meetings to date.
“There was some good commentary there,”
Mr. McTeague said after the meeting.
Rick Nicolussi of Stop the Stink, a group
opposed to an odour control facility being
put on the Pickering-Scarborough border,
was one of many members in attendance
asking Mr. McTeague how he can help fight
the plans.
The provincial government is currently
reviewing the environmental assessment on
plans to expand the pipe that takes sewage
from York Region to a Pickering water treat-
ment plant before going into Lake Ontario.
Mr. McTeague said the actual pipe is mostly
in Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland’s riding,
who has taken the lead on the topic at the fed-
eral level. But the reality, Mr. McTeague said,
is the matter is now in the Province’s hands,
and the federal government doesn’t have a
say on it until the damage has been done.
“We’re sort of the poor cousins in this and
I wish we weren’t,” he said.
If the sewage was to change the quality
of Lake Ontario’s water, the issue could
be dealt with through the Great Lakes
Commission, which would involve
Canada and the United States, he
said.
“Federal power is almost useless until dam-
age takes place,” he said.
Jim Robb, executive director of the Friends
of the Rouge Watershed, challenged Mr.
McTeague on the topic, saying federal juris-
diction trumps provincial jurisdiction. Mr.
McTeague disagreed, but feels there must
be change in the legislation that will allow
the federal government to act proactively on
such an issue.
He said he fought to stop Hwy. 407 and
Seaton, but that was “as useless as wings on a
chicken.”
He added it’s difficult to address the issue
on a federal level when the House of Com-
mons isn’t even in session due to the prorog-
ment of parliament.
Overall Mr. McTeague agreed that York
Region should treat its sewage in its own
region and vowed to fight on behalf of the
residents alongside Mr. Holland if the matter
reaches the federal level.
Resident Erin Kann said after the meeting
that although she found Mr. McTeague’s
meeting a good opportunity to generate dis-
cussion, it was overall lukewarm since he
seemed to push his responsibilities off on
other levels of government and politicians.
Mr. McTeague replied by saying he doesn’t
want to mislead the residents and give false
promises that cannot be followed through on
an issue in which his hands are tied.
Other issues raised included the lack of jobs
available in Durham, the need for a charis-
matic leader for the Liberal Party of Canada
and stronger support for the military.
Mr. McTeague said one of his biggest issues
is ensuring better pensions for wounded sol-
diers returning from Afghanistan.
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Big Pipe a huge concern at Pickering meeting
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PICKERING -- Pickering-
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McTeague hosted a town hall
meeting at City Hall recently.
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Helping Hands Daycare coffee and muffin sale. Close to $1,000 has been raised among the Helping Hands Daycare locations and 150
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Police allege man posed as
psychologist in family court
BY JEFF MITCHELL
jmitchell@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- Durham’s Children’s Aid Soci-
ety is undertaking an extensive review of
cases involving Greg Carter, the Whitby man
accused of falsely claiming he is a clinical psy-
chologist.
“We’re pulling all of our documents and fol-
lowing up on our files,” CAS executive director
Wanda Secord said Thursday.
“We will be looking at files he’s been involved
in and the role he’s played in them,” Ms. Sec-
ord said. “We’re really concerned about the
allegations and the charges. We’re taking this
matter very seriously.”
Mr. Carter, 63, was charged Jan. 25 with
fraud, obstructing justice and perjury. Durham
police allege Mr. Carter falsely identified him-
self as a psychologist in family court proceed-
ings, identifying himself as a doctor. Some of
those hearings resulted in parents losing bids
for custody of their children, police said.
Mr. Carter is registered with the Ontario
College of Psychologists as a psychological
associate; limitations on his practice prevent
him from making independent diagnoses. Mr.
Carter did not respond to messages left at his
Whitby home and office and the allegations
haven’t been proven in court.
Mr. Carter worked with the CAS on a con-
tract basis from 2003 to 2009. The majority
of the work he conducted for the agency was
assessments of children in care. The contract
was terminated in 2009 after complaints about
Mr. Carter were made to the College of Psy-
chologists.
But he also carried
out parenting capac-
ity assessments, mea-
suring the suitability of
people to care for chil-
dren. Ms. Secord noted
that in cases where Mr.
Carter carried out such
assessments, all parties
involved had reviewed
his qualifications and
agreed to his participa-
tion.
Allegations that Mr.
Carter falsified his qual-
ifications have given rise to questions about
the validity of rulings rendered in cases he
took part in.
“There could be a potential impact on chil-
dren and families,” Ms. Secord acknowledged.
One Clarington man, who lost a custody bat-
tle for his granddaughter after Mr. Carter rec-
ommended the girl be in the sole custody of
her birth father, said every decision based on
his testimony must be questioned.
“None of the people connected to the courts
have done their due diligence over the years to
check his credentials,” said Mr. B., who can’t
be named to protect the child’s identity. “Every
case that Carter’s been involved in is subject to
review.”
Anyone who feels their court case was
adversely affected can apply to have the ruling
reviewed, said Brendan Crawley, a spokesman
for the Ontario Attorney General’s ministry.
Such a review won’t be initiated by the Prov-
ince, he said.
“Family custody and access cases typically
only involve private parties and, unlike crimi-
nal cases, the Crown is not a party to the pro-
ceedings,” Mr. Crawley said in an e-mail reply
to questions. “In cases such as this, any party
to a case can ask the court to review a custody
order involving him if they have concerns.”
Mr. Carter was one of a number of contrac-
tors who provided psychological services to
the CAS, Ms. Secord said. A check of his cre-
dentials was conducted, she said.
“We did check with the college with regard to
Greg Carter and he was registered as a mem-
ber in good standing,” she said.
The college’s website indicates Mr. Carter
was registered as a psychological associate
in 2001. It also provides details on two com-
plaints against Mr. Carter that have been sent
to the college’s disciplinary panel.
Mr. Carter is scheduled to appear in court in
March.
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Durham CAS reviews files
in wake of perjury arrest
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but facility still safe: staff
BY KEITH GILLIGAN
kgilligan@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- The incinerator proposed for
Clarington would be a “major polluter”
and Durham Region would be getting “the
worst of the worst.”
That’s the position of Wendy Bracken, an
opponent of the energy-from-waste facil-
ity, who told Regional Council on Wednes-
day the environmental assessment filed
in late July to the Ministry of the Environ-
ment, has been changed or amended, and
there are gaps in the document.
“Public health will be at risk from the
incinerator. I firmly believe that risk exists,”
Ms. Bracken said, as she outlined how pol-
lutants would get into the environment.
“You have a major problem here,” Ms.
Bracken said, noting dioxins, furans and
heavy metals would attach to particulate
matter (extremely small particles) and be
emitted into the air.
“There’s something very wrong here and
you have to do something about it,” she
said. “I don’t think you can depend on the
Ministry of the Environment to do it.”
At one time, Regional Chairman Roger
Anderson said the EFW would be “the best
of the best.”
Ms. Bracken said it would be “the worst
of the worst.”
Whitby Councillor Joe Drumm said,
“I’ve never heard you before say it would
be major polluter and public health is at
stake.”
Ms. Bracken said she doesn’t think the EA
was “done properly in a number of places.
“Even if it was done properly, the evi-
dence shows you this is a major polluter
and public health is at risk,” she added.
Oshawa Councillor Joe Kolodzie asked if
the facility would be a major polluter, “why
wouldn’t the MOE not come up to the
same conclusion?”
“I hope they do,” Ms. Bracken replied.
Also on Wednesday, Mirka Januszkie-
wicz, the director of waste management
services for the Region, said the EA has
been amended twice since being filed, but
those changes didn’t affect the conclusions
that the incinerator would be safe.
“With all due respect, I don’t believe
that,” Oshawa Councillor Brian Nicholson
said.
“Staff wouldn’t stand up and lie. If you
don’t believe it, that’s your problem,”
Regional Chairman Roger Anderson said.
Ms. Januszkiewicz said after the EA was
filed, public comments were filed, so the
EA was amended to incorporate those
comments.
The conclusions in the original EA didn’t
change after the public comments were
included, she added.
The MOE will release a report in mid-
February on the amended EA and there
will be a five-week period for the public to
review and comment, Ms. Januszkiewicz
stated.
Those comments would go directly to the
MOE and not through the project team,
she added.
When the report is released in mid-Feb-
ruary, “our involvement will have ended,”
Ms. Januszkiewicz noted.
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Longtime blood donor
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him
To the editor:
For 30 years I have donated blood at the
regular Ajax donor clinics. I have made 130
donations. I have seen many changes from
the clinic locations, from Red Cross to Cana-
dian Blood Services, and improved equip-
ment, policies and procedures.
What has not changed are the amazing
volunteer workers and the simple need for
blood. Recently, I was diagnosed with cancer.
My personal outlook is very good.
After checking with Blood Services I was
informed that, no matter what type of cancer,
no matter what the results, no matter if I make
a complete recovery, I can no longer donate
blood. I obviously accept this fact but it hurts.
Please step up and replace me.
Gerry Lalonde
Ajax
ROAD RULES
Obey the law when
emergency vehicles
are en route
To the editor:
On Jan. 19 around 3:35 p.m., I had to yield
the right-of-way to four Ajax fire trucks
after I departed the Shell Station at Har-
wood Avenue and Rossland Road in Ajax.
The trucks arrived at different times, so I
was forced to stop three times.
All three times, the driver of a grey Dodge
Caravan honked at me to get going. On
the third occasion, near Westney Road,
he pulled out in front of one of the trucks
to get around me and then proceeded to
stop right in front of it. The truck almost hit
him. By law, you must pull over to the right,
stop, and you must stay a minimum of 150
metres behind a responding emergency
vehicle.
Gord Tewnion
Ajax
Young drivers more of a
menace than elderly drivers
To the editor:
Re: Keep an eye on elderly drivers, Heather
Iviney letter, Jan. 18.
Why is the author of this letter choosing
to lay all the blame on elderly drivers? Does
she not know that young drivers, especially
males under the age of 25, are the ones cho-
sen by the underwriters of insurance as the
group most often involved in accidents? I
for one, can’t recall ever seeing a “senior”
talking away on a cellphone, or even tex-
ting, while operating a 2000-pound mis-
sile, but I have seen many younger driv-
ers doing this, at least until the provincial
government finally outlawed that practice
recently. Bad drivers cross all demograph-
ics.
Russ Horner
Oshawa
HUMANITARIAN AID
Donate to Haiti and help
work of local volunteers
To the editor:
I wanted to thank you very much for pub-
lishing my recent letter. I have had many
friends and family members contact me to
find out if there is anything they can do to
help support Dr. Paul Puckrin and others in
the quest to help the people of Haiti. People
interested can log onto www.ftccanada.ca.
Until Feb. 12, the Government of Canada will
match the contributions of individual Cana-
dians to eligible Canadian charitable orga-
nizations in support of humanitarian and
recovery efforts in response to the earthquake
in Haiti. They are doing great work out there.
Let’s support them whatever way we can. We
do not need to feel helpless. Together, we can
all help make a difference. Thanks again.
Denise Cochrane
Newcastle
Durham residents volunteer, donate to Haiti relief
Some go to island
nation while others work
tirelessly to gather cash,
materials
In times of trouble, when people real-
ly need help, it seems Durham’s residents
simply can’t do enough.
That has been the case with the disas-
ter in Haiti. Since the Jan. 12 earthquake
which devastated the capital city of Port
Au Prince, leaving thousands dead and bil-
lions in damages, the world has opened its
heart and its wallets to do what it can.
Beyond donations of money and materi-
als, some Durham residents have packed
their bags to go and help in Haiti.
Port Perry doctors Anthony Brown and
Paul Puckin reacted within days to the
disaster, packing medical supplies and
heading to the hurting Caribbean nation.
They couldn’t get there fast enough to offer
any assistance they possibly could.
All over Durham Region, we’ve heard
from ordinary people desperate to offer
assistance. Paramedic Blaine Bates, whose
mother Linda has been doing relief work in
Haiti for five years, packed up all the medi-
cal supplies he could. The Bowmanville-
based paramedic is eager to offer assis-
tance and will keep doing so over the next
year, he said. Donations of medicine, ban-
dages, gloves, oxygen equipment -- any-
thing is welcome and they can be dropped
off at any of Durham’s 10 EMS stations.
Elsewhere, residents are donating tip
money, allowance cash and are holding
running events, church collections and
charity concerts to contribute to the cause.
An incredible outpouring of support has
been generated at area schools where stu-
dents are eager to do what they can.
With a rebuilding bill that is expected to
top over $10 billion, every little bit helps.
The federal government’s pledge to
match individual donations dollar for dol-
lar continues until Feb. 12. Initially, the
pledge was for donations up to $50 million,
but the feds have lifted that cap after real-
izing Canadians were going to donate far
more. The sky’s the limit as people realize
the need for help and continue to give at
a steady clip cresting over $100 million in
donations by Wednesday evening. Of that
amount, the feds will match with another
$82.5 million.
In addition, Canada has 1,400 members
of the Canadian Forces on the ground in
Haiti where they have delivered nearly one
million pounds of relief supplies and treat-
ed more than 700 patients.
The entire effort from individuals, organi-
zations and government agencies is heart-
warming in a tragic situation. It shows the
people of Haiti they are not alone with help
from their Canadian friends.
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drinking and not driving
BY KRISTEN CALIS
kcalis@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- A Pickering resident is
upset her house guest received a parking
ticket recently after choosing to spend the
night instead of drinking and driving.
“I insisted he stay over because he lives
in Richmond Hill,” Marilyn Robello said
in a phone interview, adding she’s lost a
family member to drunk driving and has
strict rules against it.
Since she knows there’s no parking on
the street in Pickering from 2 to 5 a.m.
between Dec. 1 and March 31 for snow
clearing purposes, she tried to see if her
neighbour could take an extra car in their
driveway since Ms. Robello had no room.
When no one came to the door, she chose
to leave her friend’s car on the street since
she felt it unsafe that he drive home after
a couple glasses of wine.
The next morning, a $30 ticket was on
her guest’s windshield. “I felt like ‘oh my
God, I did something wrong by telling
him he wasn’t supposed to go home and
drink and drive,’” she said.
She contacted the City to see what it
could do to help the situation. After all,
she felt she’d done a good deed by ask-
ing her friend to stay instead of driving
home.
Bylaw officials commended her friend’s
choice to not drink and drive in an e-mail,
but said since the bylaw was broken, they
couldn’t cancel the ticket, but offered to
reduce the charge to $15. They also out-
lined how to arrange for an exception
in advance if residents expect guests to
spend the night. That would require e-
mailing manager of bylaw services, Kim
Thompson, at kthompson@cityofpickeri
ng.com and including the vehicle’s make,
model, colour, licence plate number and
the reason for the request.
But Ms. Robello pointed out not all vis-
its are planned. “What does someone do
in a case like that?” she said.
Although the City prefers arrangements
be made in advance, Ms. Thompson
said in an e-mail, there is an after-hours
number to call in the case of last-minute
requests. As long as snow-clearing oper-
ations are not required, cars should be
fine parked overnight in this case. They
should e-mail by-law@cityofpickering.
com or call 905-683-7575.
Ms. Robello ended up paying the fine in
full since the ordeal wasn’t about getting
a reduced ticket, she said, but the princi-
ple of the matter.
For more information:
VISIT www.cityofpickering.com
I insisted he stay
over because he lives in Richmond
Hill. Marilyn Robello, resident
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PICKERING -- Pickering library members have
an opportunity to get a free consultation with an
accomplished human resources professional
Tuesday.
Lesley Bradshaw, owner of The Change
Agents, will provide 30-minute consultations
regarding human resources for small businesses
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the Pickering
Central Library, One The Esplanade. An appoint-
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Attendees are welcome to take existing HR materi-
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Durham Region
offers divorce workshop
DURHAM -- The Regional Municipality of Dur-
ham Social Services Department is offering a
workshop for parents.
The workshop, Helping Children Cope With
Separation and Divorce, will be held Feb. 25,
from 6 to 8 p.m., at Durham Region Headquar-
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separation and divorce, and strategies on how
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DURHAM -- Durham girls, ages 13 to 19, are
being invited to a one-of-a-kind event.
Girls Incorporated is teaming up with Power
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aimed at inspiring young women to light up the
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Corrections
AJAX -- In an article on the Town of Ajax’s
Zumba fitness fundraiser for Haiti on Jan. 31, an
incorrect phone number for registration was pub-
lished. The correct number is 905-428-7711. We
regret the error.
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PICKERING -- A Jan. 15 article, ‘Food group
grows out of Pickering’ contained incorrect contact
information. The e-mail address for the Durham
Culinary Association is durhamculinaryassociation
@live.ca. The News Advertiser regrets the error.
DURHAM -- Durham businesswomen are
being invited out to lunch.
Let’s Do Lunch, an organization where
business women from all over Durham
help shape the business community, is
inviting members and non-members alike
to join them Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., for lunch at Cullen Central Park, 300
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doned by their owners for reasons such as a move or
allergies; others are kittens the shelter doesn’t have
room for.
“A healthy animal being euthanized just because
there’s no room I think is wrong,” Ms. Carss said,
adding it’s often because people don’t get their cats
spayed or neutered that they’re even in the situa-
tion.
Forgotten Ones volunteers put the cats into foster
care and the felines are posted on the organization’s
adoption page online. Last year, the rescue adopted
out 258 cats.
Ms. Carss, a longtime volunteer with Forgotten
Ones, decided to open the shelter in Pickering to
house some of
the rescued
cats and make
them available
for Durham
residents inter-
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Ms. Carss’s mother, who owns Old Favourites Book
Shop in Green River, suggested her daughter turn
the empty apartment above the shop into a shelter.
Ms. Carss jumped at the chance since she’s always
had a dream to open her own shelter. She’s been a
vet tech for 10 years, and currently volunteers with
Forgotten Ones, and the Second Chance Wildlife
Sanctuary, also in Pickering. She opened Cat Town
in late 2009 and has adopted out three cats so far.
“It’s rewarding,” Ms. Carss said. “If I could win the
lottery and just do this, I would.”
Ms. Carss can’t emphasize enough the importance
of getting cats spayed or neutered. Hundreds of
thousands are put down across Canada every year
because there’s no place for them to go.
“For whatever reason people just don’t fix their
cats as they do their dogs,” she said.
The cats at Cat Town will come spayed or neutered,
as long as they’re old enough for the procedure.
They also come microchipped, and are up to date
with vaccines, de-worming and Feline immunode-
ficiency virus (FIV) testing. If they’re not, they’ll be
adopted at the lower rate. Cats at
the adopt-a-thon will range from $150 to $220. It
will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. The shelter is located at 132 Hwy. 7, five
kilometres east of the York-Durham Townline.
Ms. Carss emphasized adopting a cat is a long-
term commitment, and it’s important to be certain
potential cat owners are ready for that responsibil-
ity before adopting, especially since cats become
attached to their families.
Cats are also available for adoption on the Forgot-
ten Ones website. While most are in foster care in
Richmond Hill, the organization will make arrange-
ments to bring the cats to the Pickering location to
meet their prospective adopters from Durham. The
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solely on donations.
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Ten years and 10
great films
It was a very fine decade in
cinemas around the globe,
though we will never again
achieve the greatness of the
cinema of the 70s. The new
millennium has delivered
some of the greatest films in
movie history, not to men-
tion some of the most impor-
tant.
Watching Michael Moore’s
scathing indictment of Presi-
dent George W. Bush, Fahr-
enheit 9/11 (2004), I was
struck by the manner in
which Moore manipulates
his subjects for his own mes-
sage, yet equally impressed
with Moore’s courage. Here
was a man stating that his
country’s president was a
liar and a murderer, and the
Bush camp did not sue, per-
haps because Moore was
hitting all the right truths?
Moore’s documentary was
not the decade’s best film,
but certainly among the
most important.
Things began with Rome
being built in a few months
for Gladiator (2000) and Julia
Roberts earning credibility
and an Oscar for her perfor-
mance in Erin Brockovich
(2000). Tom Hanks seemed
headed for Oscar No. 3 in
Cast Away (2000) only to be
defeated at the last moment
by a gladiator known as Rus-
sell Crowe. In 2001, the great-
est trilogy in the history of the
cinema began -- The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring (2001), followed by
The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers (2002) and final-
ly, the best of them all, the
Academy Award-winning
The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King (2003),
which won a stunning 11
Oscars, including Best Pic-
ture and Best Director.
Martin Scorsese finally
won that elusive, long-over-
due Academy Award for
Best Director for his crime
drama The Departed (2006),
after coming close twice
in the earlier part of the
decade with Gangs of New
York (2002) and The Avia-
tor (2004). The daughter of
his good friend, Francis Ford
Coppola, young Sofia Cop-
pola, became the first Amer-
ican woman nominated for
an Oscar as Best Director
for her mesmerizing Lost
in Translation (2003) that
marked her as a major new
talent.
Mel Gibson displayed stag-
gering courage, not to men-
tion artistry, with The Pas-
sion of the Christ, (2004) a
blood-drenched film about
the last hours in the life of
Jesus Christ and his sin-
gle-minded journey to the
cross to fulfill his destiny.
An astounding work, self-
financed by the actor, that
would gross more than $600
million worldwide, silencing
Hollywood on the Bible as
subject matter.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
was dubbed the “gay west-
ern” but was actually so very
much more. The story of two
young cowboys who meet
in the 60s and realize each
is the other’s soulmate, their
problem being they are both
male. This is a film about
two human beings falling
in love. The film was quietly
astonishing with a brilliant
piece of acting from Heath
Ledger, who would die three
years later, but not before
giving the performance of a
lifetime as the Joker in The
Dark Knight (2008), winning
an Academy Award for his
bizarre performance.
Meryl Streep became a
box office queen as she
approached 60 with a string
of hits at a time in her life
when most actresses are
portraying dotty old aunts
or grandmothers. She was
nothing less than astounding
as the dope-smoking writ-
er in love with her subject
in Adaptation (2002), qui-
etly terrifying as the mother
of a vice presidential candi-
date not aware his mom is
the monster in the chilling
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004), darkly funny in The
Devil Wears Prada (2006) as
the boss from hell, light and
fun in Mamma Mia! (2008),
obsessed with exposing a
priest in Doubt (2008) and
delightful as Julia Child in
Julie and Julia (2009).
Steven Spielberg contin-
ues to amaze with his work,
namely Minority Report
(2002), Catch Me If You
Can (2002) and, best of all,
Munich (2005). He tried
to revive his hero, Indiana
Jones, last year, and though
the film was a hit and it was
something akin to visiting an
old friend, there was some-
thing sadly lacking.
Leonardo di Caprio
emerged as the greatest actor
of his generation with an
array of astounding perfor-
mances through the decade,
beginning with Catch Me If
You Can (2002), followed
by his turn as a young How-
ard Hughes in The Aviator
(2004), a conflicted mer-
cenary in Blood Diamond
(2006,) an undercover cop
in The Departed (2006) and,
best of all, a husband strug-
gling to find himself in 50s
America in Revolutionary
Road (2008).
Johnny Depp arrived as
Captain Jack Sparrow, while
Hilary Swank won a sec-
ond Oscar as a tough boxer
in Million Dollar Baby.
Clint Eastwood continued
to amaze with his work as a
director. Jeff Bridges scored
a brilliant performance in
Crazy Heart (2009).
Peter Jackson’s King Kong
(2005) thundered across
the screen, one of the best
of the year, while Requiem
for a Dream (2000) became
the single greatest film ever
made about drug addiction
and its perils.
Avatar rolled onto screens
in 2009, a stunning creation
of live action and computer-
generated images and per-
formance through motion
capture that was just breath-
taking to watch and remind-
ed us all what the movies are
truly capable of.
And finally, Pixar/ Disney
came into their own with fea-
ture-length films created in
a computer. From Monsters
Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo
(2003) to the near-silent bril-
liance of WALL-E (2008) and
breathtaking beauty and
purity of Up (2009) some-
how they seemed to be cre-
ating a new art form as they
broke through the walls of
confinement within cinema.
Up was simply the most
extraordinary animated
work I have ever seen.
John Foote, director of the Toronto
Film School, is a nationally known
film historian/critic and a Port Perry
resident. Get more reviews at www.
footeonfilm.com. Contact him at
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Best of the best
“I saw around 3,000 films in the
last 10 years from countries
around the globe. The following
are the 10 best North American
movies I saw in my journey.”
1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King (2003)
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
4. The Departed (2006)
5. Sideways (2005)
6. Into the Wild (2007)
7. Away from Her (2007)
8. The Passion of the Christ
(2004)
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
10. Up (2009)
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VANCOUVER 2010
Pickering’s Brown
is Olympic bound
Feels for bobsled
teammate after
being named
BY RANDY STARKMAN
newsroom@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- When Shelley-
Ann Brown got the news she’d
made the Olympic bobsled team,
the Pickering native bawled.
They were not happy tears.
Brown was upset because she
knew it meant Jennifer Cio-
chetti, the teammate and friend
she’d competed against all win-
ter for the spot as brakeman on
pilot Helen Upperton’s sled, was
being left behind.
While battling for a coveted
Olympic berth, they’d forged a
bond that stayed strong despite
the sport’s usually cutthroat
nature. That’s what made it so
hard when Canadian head coach
Tuffy Latour delivered the team’s
decision to Ciochetti, Brown and
Upperton last week in a hotel
room in Igls, Austria.
“Shelley cried more than Jenny
did,” said Upperton.
Brown, a former track star with
a masters in educational psy-
chology, confirmed that was the
case.
“She actually comforted me,”
said Brown of Ciochetti. “How do
you celebrate for yourself when
you feel so much for the people
who deserve it just as much as
you do?
“I was just kind of overwhelmed
with the sadness that I felt for the
people who didn’t make it, Jenny
in particular. She just comforted
me and then we went back and
forth.”
The Canadian bobsled-skele-
ton team was unveiled Wednes-
day in a raucous celebration at a
gymnasium at a Calgary school.
There were 700 kids decked out
in red and white cheering for
the athletes as their names were
announced. The athletes ran a
gauntlet of students, giving low-
fives as they made their way to
the podium to get team jackets.
“I know for Helen and for me,
too, she (Ciochetti) has been
there every step of the way,” said
Brown. “We couldn’t have been
here without her. For sure, when
we slide, she’ll be sliding with
us.
“If we’re gonna get T-shirts
that say Jenny on them or some-
thing, we’re gonna do something
so she rides in the sled with us
because she’s definitely a part of
this team and always will be.”
In some ways, Upperton seems
to be dealing with survivor’s
guilt. She and Ciochetti have
been a tight unit in the four years
leading to these Games.
When Upperton’s ribs were
damaged last season, it was
Ciochetti who had to tie her
shoes and push the sled harder
than ever. Ciochetti was there
throughout the growing pains of
adjusting to a new sled, too.
But now, when it matters most,
Ciochetti won’t be beside Upper-
ton and that’s been hard for the
Calgary pilot to accept.
“I’m proud Shelley-Ann is my
teammate,” said Upperton. “You
know how some people embody
the Olympic spirit? Shelley-Ann
is one of these people.
“It’s just not what I dreamt
of. When I pictured the Games
in my mind all summer and
through most of the winter, that’s
not what I saw. It doesn’t mean
it’s not great. It just means it’s
not what was kind of the plan.”
But Upperton knows it’s the
right choice. Ciochetti was never
able to get untracked this sea-
son. It’s been the same story for
Upperton, but it’s the brakeman
that’s replaceable.
“It’s just not working this year,”
said Upperton. “There’s so many
reasons why.
“But I have the advantage of
having another race left to show
everybody what I really can do
and she doesn’t.”
Brown is regarded as one of the
strongest brakeman on the cir-
cuit. She was a 100-metre sprint-
er and 100-metre hurdler who
was all-America at Nebraska
and won a Big 12 championship.
She was a teammate there with
Olympic bronze-medal hurdler
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.
Randy Starkman is a reporter with
The Toronto Star
SABRINA BYRNES / METROLAND
Ready for the shot
WHITBY -- Pickering netminder Michelle Marquez was ready to face a shot from Whitby’s Emily Higham
during the Tween B U14 division match up in the Whitby Annual Ringette Tournament held at Iroquois
Park earlier this month.
LACROSSE
Rock pick up 11 players in
major trade with Redmen
GM expecting
more deals
BY BRAD KELLY
bkelly@durhamregion.com
AJAX -- The wheeling and deal-
ing has begun for the Ajax-
Pickering Rock.
The newest entry into the Major
Series Lacrosse league has pulled
off a huge deal with its geographic
counterparts in Brooklin, result-
ing in the Rock obtaining the
rights to 11 players and cash from
the Redmen in exchange for the
Rock’s first round pick in the 2010
and 2011 junior draft.
The wheeling part of the equa-
tion includes trying to flip many
of the players to other teams in
exchange for younger players,
says Rock GM Paul St. John.
“Realistically, we are going to
probably trade a lot of them,”
says St. John of the vision he has
for building his lacrosse club.
“We already have our hands in
the cookie jar and trying to make
some deals.
“That’s why we did the trade. We
have taken these 11 players and
we know a lot of them are going to
be assets off the floor because they
will never play for us. But if we can
turn them into some young bod-
ies, I’m very excited by this trade.”
The deal includes some mar-
quee names, including A.J. Shan-
non, Bob Watson and Gary Gait.
The others include Dilan Graham,
James Taylor, Phil Weatherup,
Marc Jackson, Tyler Perry, Rob
Kirkby, Troy Bonterre and Mike
McLellan. Of those 11, only Gra-
ham played for the Redmen last
season.
St. John says he is hoping to build
a competitive team for the inau-
gural season and compete for a
playoff spot. The Rock could have
kept the draft choices and picked
one player each year, but with this
trade, he is hoping to essentially
turn one player into five or six that
can play this season.
There is always the possibil-
ity that St. John could hit a home
run and convince some of the
marquee players to report to the
Rock.
“If we can get Bob Watson, A.J.
Shannon or Gary Gait to play
for us, it would be happy days. It
would be the steal of the century,”
he says.
In other news surrounding the
team, it was announced that Jim
Veltman will be the club’s head
coach. As well, the next impor-
tant date on the calendar arrives
on Sunday in Whitby when the
league holds a dispersal draft of
players on St. Regis, as well as the
junior draft.
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HOCKEY
Wakefield off to
Boston University
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- For-
mer University of New
Hampshire women’s hockey
standout Jennifer Wakefield
is transferring to Hockey
East rival Boston University,
according to a report in The
Citizen of Laconia.
Wakefield, a resident of
Pickering, played for two
seasons at UNH, each time
leading the Wildcats in scor-
ing. Her freshman year she
led Hockey East with 27
goals and was third in total
points with 46 and then as a
sophomore, she topped the
league in goal scoring, regis-
tering 32 goals and finished
second in points with 49.
Wakefield, who would
have been in her third year
this season, chose to sit out
and focus on making the
Canadian Olympic team
for the Games in Vancouver
next month. However, she
was among the final cuts.
Wakefield accomplished
quite a bit in her two sea-
sons at UNH, winning Hock-
ey East Rookie of the Year
after the 2007-08 season
and making the All-Rookie
Team. In addition, she was
a two-time Hockey East All-
Star First-Team pick.
Last year she helped New
Hampshire to the quarter-
finals of the NCAA tourna-
ment, but they were dumped
by Minnesota-Duluth, 4-1. It
was the same Minnesota-
Duluth team that eliminated
Wakefield and New Hamp-
shire from the NCAA Frozen
Four a year prior in the semi-
finals.
HOCKEY
Generals lose de Haan
BY SHAWN CAYLEY
scayley@durhamregion.com
OSHAWA -- Calvin de
Haan’s season is over.
The Oshawa Generals
defenceman is going to
undergo surgery, possi-
bly as soon as Thursday,
to repair a torn labrum in
his shoulder, which he suf-
fered during the first peri-
od of last Sunday’s game
against the Saginaw Spirit.
“I don’t know about
complete, but certainly
it is a tear of the labrum,”
Generals coach/GM Chris
DePiero said, while dis-
cussing the loss of his top
defenceman, who will be
out four to six months fol-
lowing surgery. “It’s unfor-
tunate.”
Originally, the club didn’t
believe de Haan’s injury
was of a serious nature.
The first-round pick of the
NHL’s New York Island-
ers had injured his shoul-
der in similar fashion in
November but had no lin-
gering issues from it.
“Last time it had
occurred, it settled down
and he was able to play
right away,” DePiero said.
“(After Sunday’s game) the
assumption on our part
was that it was what it was
like last time.”
However, a visit to New
York to see Islanders’ doc-
tors revealed the worst-
case scenario for both de
Haan, who had five goals
and 24 points in 34 games,
and the Generals.
The absence of de Haan,
who is in New York and
unavailable for comment
prior to deadline, leaves a
gaping hole in the club’s
blueline as he is general-
ly counted on for 25 or so
minutes a night, playing
even strength, penalty kill
and quarterbacking the
power play.
TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES
OSHAWA -- Calvin de Haan of the oshawa Generals
will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.
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CURLING
Annandale Bantam team to compete in Ontario finals
BY JIM EASSON
The Annandale team of
Ben Bevan, Carter Adair,
Jake McGhee and Corey
Gaudette with Jennifer
McGhee coaching, are
heading to the OCA Ban-
tam Provincial Champion-
ship, which goes Feb. 3-6
at the Gananoque Curling
Club.
The top three winners
advance to the Ontario
Winter Games scheduled
March 4-6 in Gravenhurst.
Bantam players must be a
maximum of 16 years of age
as of Dec. 31, 2009.
The annual Robbie
Burns Funspiel ran again
at Annandale on Saturday,
Jan. 23. It had 30 teams
entered, and since every-
body got a prize, the win-
ners got only bragging
rights. All played two, six-
end games, enjoyed a good
dinner, and danced late.
There is an OCA Inter-
mediates Zone playdown
scheduled for Feb. 6 at the
Oshawa Golf Club. Annan-
dale has a team entered
that is skipped by Susan-
nah Moylan, with Rhonda
Lawson, Shannon Sliva and
Heather MacDonald. Two
winning teams from the
double knockout event will
advance to the Best West-
ern Regional slated for Ban-
croft Curling Club Feb. 27.
The Dominion Senior
Men’s Ontario Champion-
ship was held Jan. 19-24
at the Orillia Curling Club.
Ajax resident Bob Turcotte,
playing out of Scarbor-
ough Golf & Country Club,
competed, and ended this
Provincial run short of the
finals with a record of 3-5.
Team Glenn Howard,
with Pickering resident
Richard Hart at vice, and
the front end of Brent Laing
and Craig Savill, com-
peted in the BDO Classic
Canadian Open in Winni-
peg, Manitoba, Jan. 20-24.
Team Howard won seven
straight games before los-
ing the final to Canada’s
2010 Olympic represen-
tatives, team Kevin Mar-
tin. They collected $17,500
overall. They next head to
the Ontario Men’s Tankard
Curling Championship in
the Strathcona Paper Cen-
tre, Napanee Feb. 1-7.
ATHLETICS
PAC hosts Trampoline event
PICKERING -- The
Pickering Athletic Cen-
tre recently hosted its first
Trampoline Invitational.
The results are as follows.
Provincial A
Riana Shaw 2nd overall
Kayla Harsch 3rd overall
Provincial B
Aislinn Gallivan 2nd over-
all
Brittany James 4th overall
Provincial C age 12 and
less Women
Sydney Gill 5th overall
Julianna Abbatangelo 10th
overall
Provincial C age 13-14
Women
Taylor Crarer 7th overall
Provincial C age 15+
Women’s
Katelyn McGill 2nd overall
Hayley Graber 3rd overall
Shivani Jogaskandan 4th
overall
Stephany Shenouda 5th
overall
Novice Interclub Women
Anita Ouellette 1st overall
Beginner Interclub Men
Nicholas Kvrgic 2nd over-
all
Beginner Interclub
Women age 12 and less
Kylie Campbell 6th overall
Kaitlyn Yu 7th overall
Alexis Gobin 9th overall
Provincial A/B Two Trick
Spectacular
Riana Shaw 1st overall
Aislinn Gallivan 2nd over-
all
Brittany James 4th overall
Kayla Harsch 6th overall
Provincial C Two Trick
Spectacular
Katelynn McGill 1st overall
Sydney Gill 2nd overall
Taylor Crarer 3rd overall
Stephany Shenouda 4th
overall
Hayley Graber 5th overall
Julianna Abbatangelo 6th
overall
Shivani Jogaskandan 7th
overall
Coach/Athlete Synchro
Anita Ouellette/Channon
Trail 1st overall
Shivani Jogaskandan/
Sarah Nicholson 2nd overall
Provincial Synchro
Brittany James/Aislinn
Gallivan 1st overall
Taylor Crarer/Hayley
Graber 5th overall
Sydney Gill/Julianna
Abbatangelo 6th overall
Riana Shaw/Kayla Harsch
7th overall
Stephany Shenouda/Kate-
lynn McGill 8th overall
Interclub Synchro
Nicholas Kvrgic/Kaitlyn Yu
7th overall
Kylie Campbell/Alexis
Gobin 10th overall
These athletes are coached
by Sarah Nicholson and
Channon Traill.
SQUASH
Pickering hosts Lee Hanebury Tournament
PICKERING -- The Pickering
Squash Club will be holding
their annual Lee Hanebury
Squash Tournament from
Jan. 29-31 at the Pickering
Recreation Complex.
The tournament includes
events for both men and
women at all levels of play.
Players are guaranteed three
matches. There is a Satur-
day night doubles exhibition
“Calcutta” as well as a social
event on Saturday evening
following the last matches.
The finals of each event are
played on Sunday.
Contact Nicole Pirko at
905-683-6582 ext. 3236 for
registration costs and infor-
mation.
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SALES REPRESENTATIVE
A Canadian manufacturer of
strapping and distributor of
shipping and packaging com-
modities is looking for a pro-
fessional Sales Representa-
tive for the Eastern GTA and
Ontario East region. The
qualifi ed candidate will be
motivated, a self-starter, pos-
sess a strong proven sales
background, an ability to
work independently, and be
well organized with excellent
communication skills. We of-
fer a base salary, competitive
commission structure base,
group insurance benefi ts,
paid expenses, as well as
product training. Experience
in selling strapping & pack-
aging products would be pre-
ferred. Qualifi ed candidates
should email their resume to:
strappingcompany@gmail.com
Hospital/Medical
/Dental
MEDICAL OFFICE ASSIST-
ANT with Phlebotomy re-
quired for very busy doctor's
offi ce. Please email resume:
lana@brooklinmedical.com
or fax to (905)655-4848.
Careers
Hospital/Medical
/Dental
DENTAL RECEPTIONIST
for Whitby offi ce, FT. Must
have completed dental re-
ceptionist course or minimum
1 year working experience.
Tracker knowledge de-
sirable. Send resumes to
Dental Futures, 1801 Dun-
das St. East, PO Box 70567,
Whitby, ON L1N 9G3 or
e-mail to dentalfutures@
sympatico.ca
LEVEL II DENTAL assistant
required FT in Whitby. Re-
ception experience welcome.
Send resumes to Dental Fu-
tures, 1801 Dundas St. East,
PO Box 70567, Whitby, ON
L1N 9G3 or e-mail to dental-
futures@sympatico.ca
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