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Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland DURHAM’S FIRST RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE Fundraising campaign launched for Oak Ridges Hospice of Durham opening March 2019 Page 10 newsroom@durhamregion.com www.facebook/newsdurham @newsdurham newsdurham WHAT’S ON SPORTS Quidditch anyone? The Quidditch regional championships are being held in Oshawa on Nov. 11 and 12 at the Oshawa Recreation Complex. See Sports page 30 Colourful artist Ajax artist Charles ‘Chas’ Burke paints landscapes, traditional still lifes and abstracts, with colour being the unifying factor. See page 36 ONLINE AT du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 2 P Experienced Trial Lawyers Serving Oshawa, Pickering and Whitby SWLawyers.ca 13 John Street WestOshawa289.634.1680 PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PA Day Camp coming up in Pickering Numerous activities planned for kids on Nov. 17 PICKERING — Parents are invited to send their children to join Pickering staff at the George Ashe Library and Com- munity Centre to enjoy various activities on the upcoming PA Day. Activities at the one-day camp on Friday, Nov. 17 will include foosball, pool, indoor/ outdoor games, outdoor bas- ketball, pickle ball, mini-putt, video games, arts/crafts and board games. PA Day Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost for the day is $39 and extended hours are available for an additional fee. Parents can register their children in advance by calling 905-420-4621 to reserve a spot, or at the door. PICKERING -- A local man with concerns regarding Airb- nb hosting in Pickering has some suggestions for council. Tony Harold spoke before councillors at a recent execu- tive committee meeting, sharing his concerns regarding the online marketplace that allows people to rent their houses, apartments and rooms out for short-term lodging. Harold also shared ways he feels the City could regulate the use of Airbnb. His first concern is fire and life safety, and others included the lack of revenue for the city if it isn't regulated, and the lack of regulations governing the number of renters per property. “We don’t want Airbnb properties to become rooming houses,” he said. Harold called Pickering’s council progressive and said it could take the lead and adopt some sort of regulations regarding this matter. “I think it would be beneficial to any municipality in the province and even the country,” he said. Harold shared recommendations for staff to consider regarding implementing regulations. “I totally agree with your thoughts and your concerns here,” said Ward 2 Regional Coun. Bill McLean Staff will look into putting forward some regulations regarding Airbnb in Pickering for council's consideration in the future. Resident wants regulations on Airbnb rentals in Pickering Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland A photo shoot on the Pickering waterfront PICKERING -- Linta Noor photographed her friend, who did not wish to be identified, along the Pickering water- front recently. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 3 AP Fresh CutFish & Chips Daily SERVINGGLUTEN-FREE MENU ITEMS SINCE 2011 SchoonerFISH & CHIPSEST. SINCE 1970 1337 King St. E. 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Fall baCk Remember to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed sat- urday night as daylight sav- ings Time ends at 2 a.m. sunday. enjoy that extra hour of sleep! annual event recognizes business excellence among 650 members Kristen Calis KCalis@durhamregion.com PICKERING — Pat Doyle has a secret weapon that’s a little unusual when com- ing up with the latest and greatest ideas for his business of promoting products. “I have teenage daughters,” he said. “Keeping current with them is important to knowing what the next trends are going to be.” But that isn’t what made his business in the first place. “I’ve been in the industry for 25 years,” he explained. Doyle, president of Proforma Promo- tional Products of Canada, was named Business Person of the Year at the recent Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade’s Business Excellence Awards. Local APBOT member businesses were nominated by their peers in six categories, and a panel of seven external judges eval- uated their submissions. Established in 1955, the 650 members represent an array of business sectors and small to large orga- nizations “It was a very humbling thing,” Doyle said. “I’m very grateful to the community.” Doyle won a Business of Excellence Award when he was a new entrepreneur about a decade ago. Before then, he had been part of a part- nership that dissolved and he branched off onto his own. He has a degree in political science, and originally went to Toronto looking for a job when he stumbled upon an opportunity promoting products. He found his knack and stuck with it. “We brand products with corporate logos to get across a marketing message or marketing objective,” he said of his Picker- ing-based company. His business has done everything from designing sides of airplanes, to game- day promotions for professional sports teams. Global automotive supplier Magna recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and Doyle’s company sent a party in a box for each of the 150 offices, varying in size based on the amount of people at each workplace. In 2017, Doyle expanded, creating the largest promotional products showroom in Durham Region. “Every day is a different day," he said. "You never know and being an entrepre- neur, you’re always challenged with the next and the best and the greatest, what’s new, business loyalties, all that fun." For those looking to start up their own business, being organized is paramount. “Time is the only thing you get once, and make use of it well,” he said. The following are the winners of the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade’s 2017 Busi- ness Excellence Awards: • 1-9 Employees: The Staff Room • 10-39 Employees: Symposium Cafe — Ajax • 40-plus Employees: John McLellan Con- tracting Inc. • Not-for-Profit/Charity: Scientists in School • Sustainability: Town of Ajax • Business Person of the Year: Patrick Doyle Jason Liebregts / Metroland PICKERING — Ajax resident Pat Doyle is the president of Pat Doyle’s Proforma Promotional Products of Canada, which is based in Pickering. On Oct. 19, he was named Business Person of the Year at the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade 2017 Business Excellence Awards gala. 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Glasses for theWholeFamIly! Fo l l o w u s o n T w i t t e r @ n e w s d u r h a m Some UOIT faculty could be on strike by next week Jillian Follert jfollert@durhamregion.com DURHAM — The University of Ontario Institute of Technology could be facing its first-ever faculty strike as early as Nov. 7. The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Faculty Association rep- resents two groups of faculty — about 60 teaching faculty members, and about 175 tenured and tenure-track faculty. The teaching faculty members recently held a strike mandate vote, with 85.7 per cent voting to strike if necessary. “The biggest issue for them is workload, they’ve been overworked for quite a long time,” says Mikael Eklund, president of the UOIT Faculty Association. “Right now, they have the highest workload for teaching inten- sive faculty in Ontario.” The 60 teaching faculty members facing a possible strike typically teach about four courses each, per term. Eklund says compensation for UOIT’s teaching faculty is “at or very near the bottom compared to other universities.” “Some of us teach a thousand students or more each year in classrooms, tutorials and laboratories. We are not only educators, but also mentors, supervisors and advisers,” reads a letter the faculty association sent to the uni- versity earlier this fall. “Yet, teaching faculty at UOIT are treated like second-class citizens with no job security, an unreasonable work- load and less pay than our colleagues.” The faculty association’s bargaining team is focusing on three main issues — workload, compensation, and “equal respect” for all fac- ulty members. For example, they’re looking for a “rea- sonable” cap on the number of courses each teaching faculty member is required to teach; compensation increases that are in line with those earned by other faculty on campus; and a “well-resourced, equitable workplace” with appropriate office space, benefits and job security. “Because of my workload, I do not have a lot of hours for students to drop by and get extra help or go over assess- ments that may have caused them difficulty,” says Ruth Simpson, who teaches with the fac- ulty of health sciences at UOIT. “This year, I have decided to do three, 12-hour days so that I can free up office hours so students can get help.” UOIT issued a statement saying it is “opti- mistic” an agreement will be reached. An agreement between UOIT and the teaching faculty members expired June 30, and the two sides have been negotiating since April. 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The town is holding the meetings Wednes- day, Nov. 15, between 7 and 8 p.m. Among the topics are downtown rede- velopment, current and new developments, Town services and programs, and the 2014- 18 Community Action Plan. There will be a question-and-answer session during the meeting. Residents can take part by preregistering at ajax.ca/VTH by noon on Nov. 14. For those unable to take part, the meet- ing will be recorded and posted on the town's YouTube channel -- youtube.com/thetowno- fajax — in the days following the event. For more information, visit www.ajax.ca. Ajax hosting virtual town hall meeting Nov. 15 du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 7 AP Celebrate what makes your community great.Celebrate what makes your community great. Sponsoredby: The Ontario Junior Citizen Awards celebrate incredible youth. Do you know someone who is involved in worthwhile community service,is contributing while living with a limitation,has performed a heroic act,demonstrates individual excellence,or is going above and beyond to help others?If so,nominate them today! Nominations are open until November 30,2017.Forms and information are available from this newspaper,and from the Ontario Community Newspapers Association at ocna.org/juniorcitizen. NominateaJuniorCitizen. ONTARIOJUNIORCITIZENAWARDS Nadine Carter Stouffville,ON 2016 Ontario Junior Citizen Nadine’s efforts to lobby for a forgotten WW1 hero resulted in a weekend- long celebration, historic plaques being placed in his honour,and a new marker being placed on Captain Brown’s previously unmarked grave. Outside of Verona is a region that reigns supreme for its fine wine Verona is an amazing city full of charm, culture and life. Locat- ed in north-eastern Italy on the Adige River, it's a mix steeped in Roman, medieval and modern history, such as its ancient Roman amphitheatre centrally located and mixing with newer additions past and present. It also with- in wine country. Just outside the city is a region that reigns supreme for its fine wine and sce- nic splendour. Valpolicella is a challeng- er to the title of Italy’s finest wine region. From a high strategic point in one of its communes one can see the "five-fin- gered valleys" which make up this area. It is a large viticultural area. The part called Classico is reputed to make higher quality wine than regular Valpolicella. The term Superiore denotes a wine made under more stringent guidelines than similar wine. Valpolicella wine can range from a basic Beaujolais style to that of a highly concentrated, cherry flavoured and long lasting one of style and grace. At its best it delivers powerful dark fruit flavours as does, to a lesser extent, Ripasso wine. Generally speaking Amarone wine is made from grapes that have been dried under controlled conditions for a period of 90 days or more. The wine is then fermented dry and placed in oak barrels. Fermentation that is stopped early results in a sweet wine called Recioto Della Valpolicella. The resulting debris or 'must' of Ama- rone wine is kept to make Ripasso wine by refermenting Valpolicella wine over it, thus giving the resulting wine more body and complexity. Grapes used in the making of Valpo- licella wine were generally made from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara. Molinara was deregulated some years ago and for the most part has been replaced by other species, such as the indigenous Oseleta and similar grapes which add more backbone to the wine than the Molinara. Dr. Daniele Accordini is furthering the research of indigenous species at his base at the Cantina Valpolicella di Negrar. His work has resulted in new indig- enous varieties being found. A recent find after 14 years of research is Spigam- onti. Masi, Tommasi, Bolla, Tedeschi and Zenato make up some of the great Val- policella wine houses producing Valpo- licella wines. Food-Wine Pairings Ripasso can be enjoyed with pizza, but steak, venison and mushroom risot- to is better. Amarone is made for game, truf- fle rice risotto, oxtail, duck and strong cheese. Try these suggestions. Villa Annaberta Ripasso Classico Superiore, LCBO #378091, $18.05 Monte Zovo Sa’Solin Ripasso Vintag- es #650713 $18.95 Villa Annaberta Amarone LCBO #433961 $38.95 — Chuck Byers is a member of Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He has written three books on wine/food. He is a producer for several TV series on wine, food and travel. You can contact him via email at CABYERS- VQA@hotmail.com. They make uniquewine in Valpolicella Wine With Chuck Byers Request a story email an editor newsroom@durhamregion.com AJAX — A fundraising campaign to replace the flagpole rope at the Ajax legion has ended successfully. The Ajax Federal Liberal Association launched the campaign to raise $800 so the rope can be replaced prior to the Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony. The rope was damaged in the 2014 ice storm. The association praised businesses and residents for stepping up and donating funds. Ajax MP Mark Holland stopped by the Ajax Royal Canadian Legion Branch 322 on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 12:30 p.m. to congratu- late those who helped. 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Email: newsroom@durhamregion.comMember of the Canadian Circulations Audit Board, Ontario Community Newspaper Association, Canadian Commu-nity Newspaper Association, Local Media Association and the National News Council. Content is protected by copy-right. Publication Sales Agreement #40052657 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Water meter upgrades will cost everyone more To the editor: The Region of Durham is current- ly sending out notices telling us that our water meters must be upgraded. If memory serves me correctly, it was not very long ago that a similar program was initiated to replace the meters in place at that time. Why is this “upgrade” neces- sary so soon after these installations? The region says that there will be “no additional charge for this service.” This does not ring true to me. Unless the installation company is providing the equipment and installation service for no charge, then there will certainly be an additional cost to consumers. Also, it would seem that a new department will need to be created to collect the readings as we will no longer be phoning them in. Water is now more expensive than hydro in this region. Just under $40 of electricity costs roughly $75 after all fees are included. Just over $10 of water usage comes in at over $100 after additional charges. Aren’t we paying enough?Tom Kelly Oshawa Funny how you get attached to some people really quickly. Our neigh- bours up here, George and Lynne, are both almost 90 and you would think, given the almost 40 years difference in our ages, that we might not click all that quickly with them. They could’ve been crotchety or private or even privately crotch- ety. Who knows? As Forrest Gump so wise- ly said: “Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.” What George and Lynne are, at least from our perspective, is delightful. Yes, they’re old. But they’re the kind of old that I like. The kind of old that likes to tell stories and share wisdom. I could listen to people like that all day. They’re family people. In conversation, they never refer to one another by their given names but instead by Mom or Dad. “Oh, Dad … tell Neil and Kathryn about the time you and Hans put the snowmobile through the ice!” “They don’t want to hear about that, Mom. But I will tell you about the time the OPP almost caught us cutting firewood on Crown land.” Decades after their children left their home, they still define themselves by their favourite roles … parents. I find that remark- ably endearing. They’re also entertaining as hell. Deaf from birth, George speaks very softly and carefully, whereas Lynne compen- sates by being loud and brassy. And they’ve been together so long that they enjoy that peculiar shorthand of speech common to long time co-habitors, finishing each other’s sentences and stories, correcting or chas- tising one another with a pregnant look or smirk. There’s always so much more going on than merely what we’re talking about. Both Kathryn and I feel enormously pro- tective of the two of them and it occurred to us last night as we made our way back to our place after a visit and a birthday glass of beer with Lynne, that there was a very real possi- bility that we might not see one or even both of them again. They were heading back to their home the next morning and probably wouldn’t be back up, if indeed they were able to come back up, until next summer. Let’s face it: when you’re almost 90, you just never know. I popped in this morning to say goodbye to them and when I said: “Good morning! How are you?” Lynne smartly replied: “Well, we’re still here!” Not a bad attitude, when you think about it. That’s the kind of presence and wisdom, not to mention good humour, that only comes after many years. “We’re still here.” I think I might begin starting my mornings with those words. “I’m still here … phew! Thank goodness.” -- Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer, saves some of his best lines for this column Wisdom and humour learned from dear friends cOLumn du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 8 AP Carnage and death involving transport trucks on Ontario highways has reached a critical mass. They’re happening with a fre- quency that can only be described as alarm- ing. The drivers of these behemoths of the roadway have caused far too much grief and anguish for the innocent people left behind to pick up the pieces. Sadly and tragically, these truths came home to roost last Thursday during an OPP press conference in which charges were laid against transport drivers in three collisions this summer described as ‘horrific’ in which six people lost their lives. Two were killed in each of these collisions — two on Hwy. 401, one near Port Hope on Aug. 3, and another in Chatham-Kent on July 30. The other occurred on Hwy. 48 in Geor- gina on July 27. Earlier in May, four occupants driving in a vehicle died in Kingston when a transport truck slammed into their vehicle in a con- struction zone. Charges had previously been laid in that collision. In all these instances, it’s alleged a trans- port crashed into traffic that had stopped or slowed down due to construction or a colli- sion. “This series of horrific collisions is driver inattention at its worst,” said OPP Commis- sioner Vince Hawkes at the press conference. The OPP statistics related to these crashes involving transport trucks on OPP-patrolled highways really do speak for themselves, and they’re sobering and also maddening for so much carelessness and preventable loss of life. • In 2015 and 2016, the OPP responded to a total of 13,668 collisions that involved trans- port trucks in which 155 people were killed • From Jan. 1 to Oct. 15 this year, there have been more than 5,000 transport truck-relat- ed collisions, with 67 deaths in 56 of the col- lisions If there’s any positive to take away from all this grimness, it is this: The OPP, through its commissioner, has vowed the police force will be ‘putting drivers on notice’ to pursue every investigative avenue to hold at-fault drivers accountable. Hold these rogue truck drivers to account, yes, but even more needs to be done. The province needs to redouble its efforts to ensure proper training of these drivers of big rigs has occurred. Ontarians have a right to safe roads and right now there are too many inattentive driv- ers behind the wheels of transport trucks causing way too many accidents. We implore these drivers to slow down, drive with care and safety in mind, and pay attention. Lives depend on it. 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The multitude of colours, shapes and varieties of mushrooms you can find on a walk in a forest these days can be fascinating. I stopped to play with a small puff- ball on a fallen maple in the sugar bush last week, watching tiny puffs of "smoke" pour from the hole on top each time I gently squeezed it. The same moss-cov- ered log was hosting at least two types of bracket fungi, an orange-coloured jelly and a parade of creamy "umbrella" mushrooms marching up a damp, punky hollow in its side. They were all doing what fungi do best: feeding on the sug- ars stored in the wood and slowly help- ing to dismantle this great giant tree in the endless cycle of rebirth in a healthy forest. But fungi aren’t just recyclers. Sci- entists have discovered that they play a huge, essential role in the growth and health of all living trees, providing a valuable communication network. The "mushrooms" we see, so many and so varied, are just a tiny part of the fungus itself. These mysterious organ- isms, neither plant nor animal, are com- posed of masses of microscopic threads that lace the earth. “Their thin filaments penetrate the ground, weaving through it in an almost unbelievable density. One teaspoon of forest soil contains many miles,” wrote arborist Peter Wohlleben in his New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees. “Over centuries, a single fungus can cover many square miles and network a whole forest.” Of the estimated million species of fungi worldwide — yes, a million! — many specialize in entering the growing tips of tree roots and forming a partner- ship with their host, receiving a share of the sugars produced by the tree’s pho- tosynthesis in exchange for providing access to the "wood-wide web" of fungal strands passing information, via chemi- cal compounds and electrical impuls- es, about pests, diseases and drought attacking other trees. Warning their host to start churning out defensive tannins or acids, or taking other measures to protect itself. Fungi, the internet for trees — who knew? Nature queries: mcarney@interlinks. net or 905-725-2116. Margaret Carney is a nature-appreciation columnist for Metroland Durham newspapers. She likes to write all about her different bird sightings, most times spotted right from her own backyard. The Great Outdoors Margaret CarneyProvincial and federal Liberals operate from the same finan- cial playbook — give the public the necessary incentives to stay in their back pocket. We are those peo- ple because we’ve been entrusted with the outcome of our democracy unless of course we’ve been bought. Remember the 25-per-cent discount from our hydro bills? Ontario’s auditor general has deemed the accounting prac- tices that made that discount possible as crooked. In her recent report on the Fair Hydro Plan, Bonnie Lysyk indicated that Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals cooked the books in order to hide the fact that their plan will actually cost taxpayers up to $4 billion extra down the road. "The government created a needlessly complex accounting/financing structure for the electricity rate reduction in order to avoid showing a deficit or an increase in net debt," writes Lysyk. "The government's proposal is to treat that loss as an asset. That's like you treating your credit card debt as an asset in your books.” As for the federal Liberals, they just announced both an enhancement to the child benefit payment for families and the working income tax benefit for low-income Canadians. These gifts come after the tax rate brouhaha for small business owners when the government reversed an election promise to cut tax rates. They then did an about face after the backlash, reversing the reversal. Of course, during this time it was discovered Finance Minister Bill Morneau never put his business holdings in a blind trust, which means his company may have benefitted from some of the policies he has instituted as finance minister. As obvious as it is that both these sce- narios at the provincial and federal levels are wrong, there will be no public outcry because these matters touch our person- al affairs. We’re the accomplice. It takes a great deal of integrity to say no to some- thing you benefit from, and we don’t have that. If the opposition leaders are ever going to get in the driver’s seat, it won’t be enough to catch the governing parties doing wrong or to be a charismatic leader. The mind of the electorate will also have to change. Otherwise, with money as our guide, we will hear, see and speak no evil, making any higher principles the perfect pawns. — Renae Jarrett lives in Durham, loves Canada and is passionate about truth in current affairs. She can be reached at: asrjseesit@gmail.com Renae Jarrett Guest Columnist Fungus is the internet for treesBought by the Liberals Keith Gilligan KGilligan@durhamregion.com AJAX — The town has received anoth- er $1.9 million for hosting the OLG Slots at Ajax Downs. Ajax received $1,904,286 for hosting the slots in the second quarter (July to September) in 2017. The town has a program for using the slots revenue, spending the money on infrastructure maintenance and reha- bilitation, replacing vehicles and equip- ment, building new infrastructure and debt reduction. Since the slots opened in February 2006, Ajax has received more than $73.5 million in nontax gaming revenue. In 2016, the town received $7,624,000. Ajax gets another $1.9 million in quarterly revenue from slots du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 10 AP Oak Ridges Hospice fundraising campaign seeks $6.6 million Chris Hall CHall@durhamregion.com SCUGOG — A former Port Perry elementary school will be transformed into Durham’s first-ever residential hospice centre, providing free support for residents through their end-of-life journey. Earlier this year, Oak Ridges Hospice of Durham Ltd. announced it had secured the former Immaculate Concep- tion Catholic School property in Scugog and now plans to repurpose the school into a palliative care centre that will provide a much-needed alternative to institutional care facil- ities and home care. “I’m excited about what this means for the community and I look forward to working with the community for years to come,” said Dr. Steve Russell, a Port Perry physician and chairman of the Oak Ridges Hospice board of directors. “I think this will be a great thing for this town.” The idea of creating a residential hospice in the region has been tossed around since 2007, but never really got off the ground until 2015 when Dr. Russell crossed paths with Kevin Morgan and David Sidhu, two Durham businessmen who expressed support for a hospice facility and a commitment to helping their home community. Morgan and Sidhu both made matching major donations to kick-start the project and have since become integral parts of the effort — Morgan as the vice-chairman of the board, Sidhu a director. “They made this an exciting reality,” said Dr. Russell of the men’s contributions. Morgan, a Pickering resident who owns a metal recycling operation in that city, said he was talking with a friend about slowing down over the next five years and about his desire to give back to his community when the idea of a Durham hos- pice was floated. “With the demographics we have now, it seemed like a really good idea,” explained Morgan. His research into palliative care and end-of-life facilities led him to Dr. Russell, a fellow graduate of Western Univer- sity. “He was passionate about hospice and has an abundance of common sense,” said Morgan. “I had a strong feeling this guy was the guy.” For his part, Sidhu knows first-hand how valuable a hos- pice facility can be to Durham residents. Five years ago, Sidhu spent countless hours at home while his wife passed away and then recently lost his twin brother. “I’ve had the same experiences as most people, I’ve seen my loved ones suffering,” said Sidhu, an Ajax resident who owns a fabrication and machinery company in Scarborough. “Their end is not the greatest.” His desire to get behind the Oak Ridges Hospice, said Sidhu, is a combination of giving back and the pain of loss. “It’s a nice way to share,” said Sidhu of his donation and involvement in the creation of a residential hospice. “I lost one brother but gained another,” added Sidhu, offering a beaming smile to Morgan. Dr. Russell has been offering palliative care to his patients for more than 20 years, but it was his own experience in 2003 with his dying father that really drove home the need for a hospice. “As a family, it made us realize the significant effort it takes to look after a loved one at home,” said Dr. Russell. “It made me really appreciate the services that a hospice can provide.” The effort to bring Durham’s first residential hospice cen- tre to Scugog was officially announced in April 2016 and the Oak Ridges Hospice board now hopes to have the facility open and operational by March 31, 2019. While the design of the facility is still being firmed up — most, if not all, of the former school will be demolished to make way for the hospice — the board is hoping to secure site-plan approval by mid-2018 and then start construction that fall. The goal is to create a tranquil, homelike setting where people with a terminal illness can live their final days with dig- nity and comfort while receiving the highest-quality compas- sionate care. The facility will feature a private room includ- ing an ensuite bathroom, electric bed, homelike furnishings, phone, television and internet access for each patient. Resi- dent rooms will also offer plenty of space for friends and fam- ily to sit, visit and even spend the night. The 12,000-square-foot residential hospice will also boast a family-style kitchen, several quiet sitting areas, an outdoor patio with gardens, trees and green space and also a meeting space for outreach programs and training. It’ll be staffed by a registered nurse 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will also be assisted by personal support workers. The hospice will be open to all adult residents of Durham Region with a life-threatening illness who are in the last weeks to months of their lives and who are unable to receive the necessary care in their own home. On Oct. 24, the Oak Ridges Hospice officially launched its "Building For Compassionate Care" campaign, which aims to raise about $6.6 million. So far, the effort has secured about $4 million, with various community groups and organiza- tions offering their support, said Anne Wright, the campaign chair. “Most people want to know what they can do to help,” she said. “I feel very positive, I feel very positive that we’ll meet our goal and have money to build the place and sustain it.” The hospice board has also received a commitment from the province to provide operational funding for five beds and they’re including in their plans the potential to expand another five beds when the need arises. Also chipping in to help are community organizations like the Rotary Club of Port Perry, which has pledged $150,000 to the project and has already handed over $100,000. “Everybody was so enthused because it’s so needed in this community,” said club past-president Jim Brady of the Scu- gog Rotarians’ unanimous decision to support the hospice project. Events such as the club’s annual ribfest and spring gala provide the funds for the donation. The former Durham Hospice group, which had hoped to create an end-of-life facility in the region, has also earmarked $150,000 to the project. And, Saint Elizabeth, a nonprofit charitable organization, has agreed to provide nearly $750,000 over the next three years to the Oak Ridges Hospice. Those funds include seed money to build the facility as well as cash to help cover opera- tional costs for the first two years. “Through these partnerships and social innovation change, we want to change the way we die and give all Cana- dians access to good palliative end-of-life care,” said Nancy Lefebre, Saint Elizabeth’s chief clinical executive senior vice- president, knowledge and practice. For more information, visit www.oakridgeshospice.com or email info@oakridgeshospice.com. Donations can be mailed to PO Box 182, Port Perry, ON, L9L 1A3. Submitted photo DURHAM -- The former Immaculate Conception Catholic School property in Port Perry will be transformed into the Oak Ridges Hospice of Durham. It’s expected to open on March 31, 2019. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.oakridgeshospice.com. Support sought for Durham’s first-ever residential hospice I’ve had the same experiences as most people, I’ve seen my loved ones suffering. Their end is not the greatest. -- David Sidhu, Oak Ridges Hospice of Durham co-founder and major donor “ Reader gives shout out to Pickfair Family Dental To the editor: I want to take this opportunity “pre- sumptuously” on behalf of the many Dur- ham residents to say a big “thank you” to Pickfair Family Dental and the City of Pickering for putting on the Movies in the Park series in July and August. It was a great venture that gave residents the opportuni- ty to come out and enjoy our community. Thank you, and we hope it will continue next year. Andrea Thomas Pickering Canadians, rich or poor, should pay for the benefits we all enjoy To the editor: Re: Tax loopholes Very few people would like to pay more tax, despite the fact that taxes are the “price we pay for civilization.” So, it is no surprise that the upper-mid- dle class incorporated few have launched a major offensive against Finance Minis- ter Bill Morneau’s initiative to make our tax system fairer. The ones who will be affected — doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc. — are quite able to make themselves be heard. Strangely, there seems to be a deafen- ing silence on the part of the 95 per cent of the taxpaying public who are totally unaf- fected by the federal government’s moves to close certain legal loopholes which were made available to those dentists, agri- businessmen and such — not really mid- dle class people — who have been able to incorporate, and thus, to pay less in taxes than the rest of us who pay according to the tax guide sent to us in the mail. If you are sympathizing with these peo- ple in any way, let me just say that if they don’t pay, either we — the silent majority — will have to cover for their reduced tax bill or services will be cut. And no, Canadian Taxpayers Federa- tion, it isn’t right that a person making $300,000 per year should pay less than one, who isn’t incorporated and who makes just $90,000. One complaint we have heard is, “We don’t have a pension plan or a dental plan.” So? Neither do most people, like the server at your local Tim Hortons or the mechanic at Speedy Muffler. And if after you have maxed out your RRSPs and your TFSAs, you can’t find a few dollars out of the $10,000 you clear a month for a sav- ings plan, then you should sign up for my course — relatively cheap, naturally — on tax planning. Complaining about taxes has become de rigueur; but, that does not make it right. We enjoy a wonderful country here, north of the 49th, thanks in large part to our mutual understanding that we should all pay for the benefits, each according to his or her ability to pay. Let’s not destroy it by refusing to pay our fair share. Dirk van der Werf Oshawa No excuse is good enough to not support Legion poppy boxes To the editor: Each year that I help deliver poppies to Ajax establishments, I am astonished at the number of them that won’t participate in the Legion Poppy fund. Yes, the freedom to do this is what our service people fought and stand for, but is it too much to ask for support for just two weeks? They are not liable for the money collected. They just have to make a place for the box. The boxes are now being delivered. I urge everyone who supports our veterans to voice their concern to business owners who don’t have poppy boxes. In my opin- ion, no excuse is good enough, especial- ly if they say their American head office doesn’t approve. Linda Halsey Ajax Columnist pens a refreshing perspective of our health care professionals To the editor: Re: ‘Hospital stint: Back from the other side’, column, Oct. 19 Kudos to Renae Jarrett for her column regarding her hospital stint. It was refresh- ing to read such a positive attitude toward her own crisis and recognition of the peo- ple who were there to help her. So often we hear criticism of our health care system when the fact remains we are greatly blessed to have dedicated people in place when an emergency strikes. The first responders and hospital staff are human too. They get tired and yet are required to keep on giving their skills, energy and compassion. A word of appreciation for them, as Renae’s column has shown and her witness to her own personal source of inner strength is a great encouragement Thank you Renae. Gladys CardyWhitby Robotic autonomous trucks needed on Hwy. 401 between Oshawa and Kingston To the editor: So much news recently about the development of robotic autonomous transport trucks. They would be a god- send for motorists on Hwy. 401 between Oshawa and Kingston. Here’s the chance to program transport trucks to be less anti-social, less of a bully, and less dolt- ish. Behavioural modification. The robot must be programmed to understand that: 1. Slower vehicles stay right signs mean just that. If you are governed to 105 km/hour, you are a slower vehicle when the de facto Highway 401 speed is 117 km/hour. Get out of the centre and pass- ing lanes. Stay in the right-hand lane. 2. To pass another vehicle you have to be going faster than it is. If you are doing 105 km/h and are trying to pass another transport doing 105 km/h, it will take a lot of time and distance. All the time slowing drivers behind you who drive by consen- sus. Look at the westbound Wooler Road interchange hill on the 401 near Trenton. Truck-hell. 3. If it can’t see the licence plate of the car it is nudging then maybe, just maybe, that’s called tailgating. Back off. You keep telling us you can’t stop as quickly as a car. 4. It isn’t a right to use Highway 401 as a JIT warehouse. And if the robots’ own- ers don’t like this new socially-sensitive regimen they can always put their con- tainers on a CP or CN freight train. But there is a fly in the ointment. Right now there are a thousand pro-truck lob- byists in Queen’s Park whose job is to minimize the number of socializing rules and diminish the rigour of such behav- ioural modifications. Use those resources to research: How to rein in the transport truck lobby. Douglas Higgins, Grafton du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 11 AP Letters to the editor Health officials looking for anyone who may have been in contact with it Keith Gilligan KGilligan@durhamregion.com DURHAM — Health officials are looking for anyone who came in con- tact with a bat that has tested positive for rabies. The ill/injured bat was found near a home in the Bloor Street East and Grandview Drive area of Oshawa on Oct. 21. A positive test was reported to the Durham Region Health Depart- ment on Oct. 26. A person who found the bat tried to pick it up and was bitten. The per- son went to a local hospital and is cur- rently receiving post-exposure anti- rabies treatment, the health depart- ment reports. “We’re not sure how long the bat may have been in the area or if it may have also been in other locations around the neighbourhood. There- fore, health department staff would like to speak with anyone who may have had any type of contact with the bat. All individuals will be assessed to determine if there is a need for followup treatment. If treatment is required, it will be done by a health care provider,” said Ross MacEach- ern, manager, environmental health. “It’s important for residents to remember that rabies can be found in the community and that everyone needs to be cautious when encoun- tering bats or other wildlife. People also need to ensure that their pet dogs and/or cats are up-to-date on their rabies vaccination,” MacEach- ern added. Anyone who believes they may have been exposed to this bat is urged to call the health department at 905- 723-3818 or 1-888-777-9613. If calling after 4:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday or on weekends, call 1-800-372-1104. For more information on rabies awareness, please call Durham Region Health Department’s Envi- ronmental Help Line at 905-723-3818 or 1-888-777-9613. Information is also available at durham.ca/rabies. Rabid bat found in Durham du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 12 AP September Digital Snapshot WE CAN GROW YOUR BUSINESS DIGITALLY! Digital Snapshot Monthly Page Views Newspage Unique Visitors Mobile Geo-Fencing Impressions Web Design Content Homepage 433,627 1,492,845 206,325 895,510 SEO Views Views Visit 43 Wendy Jennings wjennings@metroland.com •905.215.0523 Sarah Casey scasey@durhamregion.com •905.215.0512 10%off your first digital order for ALL new customers! Limited time offer until December 31,2017. Jeff Mitchell jmitchell@durhamregion.com DURHAM — Faced with a distraught man standing at the edge of a rooftop with a rope looped around his neck, a Durham cop quickly came up with the most effective way to calm the situation: talk to him. “The best weapon we have is communica- tion,” said Durham police Sgt. Rob Stoddart, who was honoured during the annual Police Appreciation Dinner and Awards Night Thursday, Oct. 26 in Ajax. Stoddart, a 19-year veteran, was among the officers who responded to a call about a man atop Lakeridge Health Oshawa in November of 2016. Fearing the man intend- ed to jump, officers scrambled to find a way through a labyrinth of stairwells and hallways to gain access to the roof. Stoddart teamed up with a security guard who led him to the roof. “We tried several accesses to the rooftop until we found him,” Stoddart said. The man stood by at the edge of the roof- top, 130 feet of nothingness between him and the pavement below. Stoddart called out to the man. “F--- off,” said the man, who had secured the rope around his neck to a cable on the roof. Stoddart tried again. “I just asked him what was wrong,” he said. “I asked how we could help him.” The agitated man began talking about his mounting problems, among them his inabil- ity to see his daughter. “We started talking about our daughters,” Stoddart said. The man was conversing, but Stod- dart remained convinced he was intent on jumping. At one point, when the man brief- ly turned away, Stoddart saw his chance: he tackled the man, pinning him to the rooftop. The security guard helped the cop ensure the man could be taken safely into custody for a mental health assessment. “The security guard deserves a lot of cred- it, too,” said Stoddart. Other officers who commented on Stod- dart’s actions used words like “heroism” and “courage.” Stoddart just shrugged. “There’s a lot of people that do extraordi- nary things,” he said. “We’re doing our job, and trying to help people. That’s all.” This year’s awards night, held at Deer Creek Golf and Convention Centre, was the 15th edition of the event. Also honoured dur- ing the evening were: • Constables Giovanni Amicone and Saina Saedi-Kendelati, who rushed into an Oshawa apartment after being alerted to a fire in the building. The officers found three disoriented men in the apartment and ushered them to safety, then evacuated residents from neigh- bouring apartments. • The public safety unit, whose members were called in after an 11-year-old Oshawa girl went missing in December of 2016. As darkness fell both on and off-duty members of the unit conducted an intensive search. The child was found, cold and crying, in a thick brush after having been outdoors all day. • A team of Durham police officers and civilian employees who brought about the arrest of a gang of violent jewelry thieves after an armed robbery at an Oshawa jewelry shop. An officer spotted a suspect vehicle and with assistance from communications staff numerous police cruisers, backed by OPP and Durham’s Tactical Support Unit, closed in on the car as it entered Hwy. 401. The cops boxed in the vehicle and arrested five suspects. Watch the video story @ durhamregion.com Durham cop honoured for ‘heroism’ during situation with distraught man Jeff Mitchell / Metroland aJaX — Durham Regional Police Sergeant Rob Stoddart was among those honoured for heroism and dedication to the community thursday, Oct. 26 when the annual Police appreciation Dinner and awards Night was held in ajax. he is seen here with event co-chair Moe Pringle. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 13 AP Savings for all offers are off our regular prices, unless otherwise specified.HUDSON’SBAYSUPERSAVINGSCREDITOFFER:20%discountexcludes cosmeticsandfragrances,furniture, mattresses,floorcare,majorappliances,barbecues, toys andDyson. 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The Durham District School Board (DDSB) recently pilot- ed a new program designed to “change the pathway” for Grade 8 students who initially chose applied math for Grade 9, but have the potential to succeed in the academic stream. The Reach Ahead Math Pro- gram (RAMP) was offered for four weeks this past summer at Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa and Pickering High School in Ajax. About 40 students participat- ed. The program was aimed at filling in gaps from Grade 8 math and arming students with the skills to be successful in Grade 9 academic. Organizers said they aimed to create a “fun and engaging” atmosphere with games, inspirational videos and dis- cussions. A school board report says RAMP addresses equity, because data shows mar- ginalized and racialized students are over represented in applied level courses. All students who participated in RAMP this summer have now been placed in either a mixed level or academic level math course for Grade 9. The DDSB plans to track the students to see what impact the program has on their academic outcomes. Participating students also received a school credit before even starting Grade 9 — the program provided a “guidance and learning strategies” credit. Dickson will represent Liberals in Ajax in provincial election AJAX — Joe Dickson will be seeking to keep his job in the next provincial election. Dickson was nominated to carry the Liberal party flag in the June 2018 election. He's been the MPP for Ajax- Pickering since 2007. For the 2018 election, the riding bound- aries have changed and Dickson will be running in Ajax riding. Todd McCarthy has been selected to run for the Progres- sive Conservative party. Prior to election as an MPP, Dickson was a longtime Ajax councillor. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 14 AP 1097 Kingston Rd. 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Ontario Centre for FamilyMediation and Legal Services 50 Commercial Ave #205, Ajax 905-424-9910 www.familymediationlegal.com Follow us on TwitterFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Twitter @newsdurham @newsdurham @newsdurhamFollow us on Twitter @newsdurhamFollow us on TwitterFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Twitter @newsdurhamFollow us on Twitter @newsdurhamFollow us on Twitter @newsdurhamFollow us on TwitterFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Twitter @newsdurhamFollow us on Twitter All too often, elderly people are the victims of illicit activity. Many possess a life’s worth of savings and other ﬁ nancial beneﬁ ts, which make them prime targets for fraud. Ad- ditionally, con artists take advantage of seniors’ trusting character and life situation (many of them live alone) to scam them. Possible solutions In or der to prevent ﬁ nancial exploitation, you must tread lightly whenever faced with an unusual situation. For example, if a vendor seems too insistent and asks for personal information, don’t hesitate to say that you’re not interested. Most importantly, never make spur-of-the- moment decisions, and always ask a third party for their opinion when in doubt. For more information on National Senior Safety Week, visit www.canadasafetycouncil.org. November 6 to 12, 2017 SeniorNational Week Safety Tips for preventing falls at home Did you know that falls are one of the primary causes of injury for people aged 65 and over? According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, approximately 85% of injury-related hospitalizations AD V E R T I S I N G F E A T U R E among seniors are caused by falls, and at least half of those incidents happen at home. 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All names will also appear on a memorial plaque located next to the tree. Donations to the “Angels’ Tree of Light” will assist Bereaved Families of Ontario, a charitable organization, in providing ongoing support through a variety of servic- es and public education to families throughout Durham. The memorial service will take place on Thursday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at 400 Taunton Rd. E., Whitby. To obtain an angel for the event or for more information, call 905-579-4293 or send an e-mail to bfodurham@bellnet. ca. Remember lovedones at Angels’ Tree of Light ceremony in Durham Nov. 23 du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 27 AP Trust the experts at Crystal Bath with your kitchen, bathroom &overall renovations It’s tIme to renovate Consumer feature 416-261-6199 2839KingstonRd.Scarborough,ON www.crystalbath.ca Readers choice winner from 2005-2017 • NO HST on FULL renovations booked by November 30th • Specializing in bathroom and kitchen renovations • Full plumbing services by a licensed plumber • Licensed, insured and take pride in all of our quality services • All name-brand products • Serving the GTA and Durham With its ever-expanding renovation services, Crystal Bath is holding the mantra of keeping it close to home. Crystal Bath employees work on the renovations from start to finish. From the design to the build all the way to the finishing touches, they work with the customers to ensure the customers’satisfaction. Since 1995, Crystal Bath has garnered a reputation for relaxing, efficient and quality home renovations. Most of the business is done by referral customers and word-of-mouth. “We’re expanding again because we’re trying to keep up with customer’s demands,” says Ann. And the demands keep coming in. For a free consultation or for more information about Crystal Bath, visit www.crystalbath.ca or call 416-261-6199. Known for its tried and true bathroom and kitchen renovations, Crystal Bath, is undergoing its own improvements. Crystal Bath will now be expanding their services to the Durham Region, including basement renovations and new builds. Home renovations are typically a stressful and tiring ordeal for a family. As a family business, Crystal Bath understands this better than most, so they go to great lengths to ensure that renovations are done smoothly and stress free. Crystal Bath is the epitome of a family-run business.Itbeganin1995withhusbandandwife, MarioandAnn.MarioisatilerbytradeandAnnis asaleswoman,sostartingabathroomrenovation company was the perfect combination of their skills. Inthelate1990s,CrystalBathstrictlyrenovated bathrooms. As the business grew, they added kitchenrenovationstotheirrepertoire.Soontheir son,Chris,joinedthefamilybusinessandbecame a licensed plumber. Once again, the business expanded to include full plumbing services and construction, but still kept that family feel. Crystal Bath does not subcontract out to others, a common tactic in home renovations, but one that often makes renovations a stressful crowd of people flowing in and out of the house. “With us, you don’t have to shop around,”says Ann. “We provide everything for you. We don’t farm it out to strangers.” Crystal Bath wants to make sure everything is as smooth as possible during the renovations. One customer said redoing the bathrooms and kitchen in her house was actually fun and not at allstressful.Theyonlyusetheirownemployeesto ensure quality and efficient work. Mario and Ann understand that undertaking a renovation is personal, and so they take the utmost care to ensure that the work is done on time and on budget. The process begins with a free consultation. The owners and the customer chat about what renovations are to be done, and what the final design will look like. In the showroom, the customer can choose from a wide variety of products for the renovation from tiles to cabinets to fixtures to countertops. Crystal Bath can create a room for every taste, from traditional to contemporary, and everything in between. 2839Kingst Readers choice winner from Back to the G rind ?Kee p Smi ling ! 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On Saturday, October 21, Bowmanville Creek hosted a special school reunion that included previous students of many ages. Bowmanville High School opened on December 12, 1890 and became Bowmanville Senior Public School in 1975. While the era of education on that site ended with the school closure in 2007, an exciting new chapter in the property’s history began when Bowmanville Creek Retirement Community opened its doors on July 1, 2017. The “Happy Days—A Blast from Our Past”was a reunion celebrating school life in Bowmanville. It included residents, former students, faculty, family and friends who gathered for a joyful afternoon of music, food, friendship and reminiscing. Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the afternoon. We had a wonderful day and look forward to welcoming you back for many future events. Happy Days Didn’t make the reunion? No problem!If you’d like to see Bowmanville Creek for yourself, Call Fiona at 905-623-8228 to book your personal tour –and stay as our guest for lunch. Follow up on Facebook Follow Bowmanville Creek on Facebook to learn about our upcoming events at Facebook.com/bowmanvillecreekseniors 105 Queen Street, Bowmanville 905-623-8228 BowmanvilleCreek.ca du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 29 AP SP O R T S Dr. Douglas Smith Guest columnist The mind is a powerful thing Research has found that the best athletes differ from their competitors on a number of mindset factors. To begin with, elite athletes are bet- ter at focusing on task-relevant factors, such as pre-performance routines that direct the mind to make constructive decisions and actions. Secondly, they have much more belief in their abilities and skills than their rivals. Thirdly, great athletes are generally calmer, cooler, more relaxed, less tense and more emotionally solid than some with equal physical skill level. Top athletes have more motivation, drive and commitment to practice, train and overcome obstacles. They are more willing to explore creative ways to use their mind. The greatest athletes are leaders, down-to-earth and are not afraid to be different from their peers. Most athletes at the top levels of sport have equal physical abilities and skills. What separates the best from the rest is the power of their minds. When athletes perform their mind must be pristine. If individuals or teams have doubts and question their ability, they are not going to be a match for competitors who believe they are the masters and run the show. It is a fact that any weak- ness in the mind automatically and inevitably weakens the body regardless of talent and skill level. Even though there may be one or two superstars are on a team, it is important to understand that if they are granted special privileges, then team chemistry suffers. The only way such a team can be rehabilitated is if everyone respects the other’s contribution and all players are treated equally and fairly. We have observed dozens of ath- letes and teams who were more physi- cally imposing and oozing talent. How- ever, they were frequently undermined by much smaller and less talented ath- letes who had more self-belief, deter- mination and possessed greater team cohesion. The bottom line is that those players, coaches and teams who have worked diligently at developing a powerful mindset are frequently going to defeat competitors who have ignored master- ing the mind game of sport. Dr. Douglas Smith is a licensed psychologist in Ontario specializing in sport psychology since 1985. Contact him at 905-430-3538 or drdoug@ promind.ca; website www.promind.ca. Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com PETERBOROUGH — The Durham College men’s soccer team ended a 20-year championship drought by win- ning the Ontario Colleges Athletic Asso- ciation gold medal with a thrilling 2-1 win over Algonquin College on Saturday. Kevin Thibodeau scored the winning goal in injury time and goalkeeper Dylan Yeo made a diving save just before the final whistle blew, as the Lords claimed their first medal since 1999 and first title since 1997. It was the culmination of a remarkable run for the Lords, who finished the OCAA regular season with a record of 6-3-1 and not ranked among the top 15 teams in the country heading into the playoffs — and thus behind at least four other Ontario teams in Humber (first), Fanshawe (fifth), Algonquin (12th) and Niagara (15th). The Lords had to travel to Windsor to face St. Clair in a cross-over game merely to make the championship tournament, overcoming a 1-0 first-half deficit for a 3-1 win to advance. At Fleming College for the OCAA championships, the Lords knocked off Fanshawe 2-1 on Thursday and Niagara 1-0 on Friday before facing Algonquin in the final. “For us, the path kept opening against teams that we matched up well against, and in matching up well against a team, you’ve always got a chance,” said head coach Dave Ashfield. “I just kept saying, ‘Go out and compete, go out and have fun and the rest will come.’ “They gave their all,” he added. “I couldn’t be prouder as a coach.” The Lords managed to avoid defend- ing provincial and national champion Humber in the final, after an exhaust- ing semifinal that saw Algonquin survive a scoreless 120 minutes and prevail 7-6 after 11 rounds of penalty kicks. But, Durham College had its own chal- lenges with fatigue and injury in the final, losing captain and tournament MVP Bruce Cullen, of Pickering, to a back inju- ry near the end of the first half. “The biggest thing for us is we’re an organized team,” said Ashfield, who had to deal with an injury to Cullen earlier in the season as well. “We play as a team. We may not have the talent level of some of the other top squads like Humber, George Brown and that, but as a group, I think we were the most organized team. We play the way we play, and we play the way we play well, and that was the most impor- tant thing for us.” Durham and Algonquin will both advance to the Canadian Colleges Ath- letic Association (CCAA) championships in Nanaimo, B.C., from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11. Cullen, who was also named an all-Cana- dian this season, is expected to play. Defending champs face Guelph in Saturday semifinal at Civic Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com OSHAWA — Peyvand Mossavat’s vision for the University of Ontario Insti- tute of Technology women’s soccer team is coming closer to reality even more quickly than he imagined when he inter- viewed for the head coaching job six years ago. Mossavat will lead the Ridgebacks into the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) final four championship tournament this weekend at the Civic Recreation Com- plex in Oshawa as the No. 2-ranked team in Canada with an unbeaten regular sea- son record of 14-0-2. As host, the Ridgebacks will have an opportunity to fulfil part of what Mossa- vat spoke about in the closing remarks of the interview process. “I said I hope that we have a vision to want to win a championship here at home, with local players, with communi- ty out watching and supporting, and it’s coming to that,” Mossavat recalled. Mossavat’s ultimate vision is even grander: to win a national champion- ship, and not only at home, but specifi- cally on campus, but he realizes work needs to be done to bring the facilities up to that level. In the meantime, he hopes the com- munity will come out to the Civic and support the team, which boasts plenty of Durham Region talent and has surprised even him with the success this season. “I never would’ve imagined in my wildest dreams that there would be an undefeated season,” he said. “What’s special about this team, I think, is they’re absolutely a fighting team.” Mossavat has already guided the team to historic heights, winning the universi- ty’s first provincial championship a year ago and its first national medal, a bronze at the U Sport championships in Nova Scotia. Considering he lost five starting play- ers from that team, including stars Kylie Bordeleau and Katherine Koehler-Gras- sau and goalkeeper Helen Frampton, Mossavat thought the Ridgebacks might take a small step back this season before surging forward again. But Victoria Savage has “been just absolutely amazing” in goal and plen- ty of other players successfully stepped into more prominent roles, Mossavat explained. “That’s a testament to the group,” he praised. “What they’ve done is they’ve fought their way into where they are. There have been plenty of games where we’ve been behind and came back.” The Ridgebacks advanced to the final four tournament with a 2-0 quarter-final win over the Laurentian Voyageurs on Sunday (Oct. 29) at the Civic. Rachel Matthews and Taijah Hen- derson, both of Ajax, scored the goals while Savage earned her 10th shutout after posting nine during the regular season. Henderson led the University of Ontario Institute of Technology with 10 goals during the regular season, fol- lowed by Pickering’s Cassandra Sribny with nine. The Ridgebacks will play in Saturday’s first semifinal at 1 p.m., against the the Guelph Gryphons, who shut out Lauri- er 5-0 Sunday afternoon after finishing in second place in the western confer- ence with a 10-4-2 record. Western (14-1- 1) and Queen’s (12-3-1) will meet in the other semifinal at 4 p.m. “If I want to be honest, playoffs are a different animal,” said Mossavat, who expects a difficult time getting past Guelph let alone repeating as champion. “Yes, we’re ranked second and all that stuff, but there’s no next game.” The medal games are Sunday, at 1 p.m. for bronze and 4 p.m. for gold. Both semifinal winners will advance to the national championships at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. 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For a chance to win visit:TravelAlerts.ca/NCContest Looking Glass Falls,North Carolina SportS Game made famous by Harry Potter series has real-life version, including Nov. 11-12 regional championship Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com OSHAWA — If you drop by the Civic Rec- reation Complex on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, you may end up slack-jawed watching beaters using bludgers to disrupt their opponents; chasers tossing the quaffle in an attempt to score on keepers; and seekers hunting down the snitch, trying to finish the game off. You’ll even see broomsticks tucked between the players’ legs, although being mere Muggles — without magic blood — they will not be taking flight on a Nimbus 2000 or a Firebolt. Quidditch, a fictitious game made famous by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series, will come to life in Oshawa as the eastern regional championship draws 14 teams to the region. The real-life version of the game was first played in Virginia in 2005, and has since stayed impressively true to the fictional game — but, of course, without wizards, witches and snitches flying through the air. Instead, people fill those roles, running with broomsticks or the equivalent between their legs, in the case for all expect the snitch, which is a tennis ball attached as a tail to an impartial — and very elusive — third-party athlete. Those involved come from a variety of backgrounds and aren’t necessarily Harry Potter fanatics, although that is typically what draws people in, especially spectators. “That did not bring me out to the team, but it does bring out some folks,” explains Ittaana Krow, the game play co-ordinator for Quidditch Canada and also head coach for Valhalla, the top-ranked team heading into the tournament in Oshawa. “It does do a great job of attracting spectators, and then they get to see the sport and how different it is. I think the Harry Potter aspect is always going to stick around with the sport.” Valhalla is a Toronto-based club team, but draws players from throughout the prov- ince — most of whom began playing at uni- versity. They tend to be in their mid-20s and with some kind of athletic background, but given the diverse nature of quidditch, skills are transferable from just about every other sport. What they have in common, mostly, is a love for the community that they’ve devel- oped — one that has now grown to include 20 teams in Canada, over 200 in the U.S. and 30 national governing bodies worldwide. “It’s a real cool community that has sort of spread out over the past 12 years to be this global phenomenon, but it’s something that we still have really intimately attached to each other,” says Erin McCrady, 23, who came from Ottawa to attend a recent prac- tice in Whitby. “It’s a really unique sport, but what’s nice about it is people with pret- ty much any background, or no sports back- ground at all, have skills that are going to transfer on the field.” It’s a full contact, mixed-gender sport, with tackles similar to those in rugby, but limited to the use of one arm. Playing on a grass or turf pitch similar in size to a hockey rink, games begin with six players per side, which grows to seven once the seekers join the game at the 18-min- ute mark — one minute after the snitch is released. The point system is similar to the Harry Potter books, with the same 10 points scored each time the quaffle (a slightly deflated volleyball) is put through one of the three opposing hoops, but only 30 awarded — as opposed to 150 — once the snitch is caught, which also marks the end of the game. To prevent points, chasers and keepers are able to tackle opposing players, while beaters can temporarily disable players by hitting them with bludgers (dodgeballs). “The sport definitely requires athleti- cism,” says Michael Howard, a 23-year-old from Oakville, who played hockey and soc- cer growing up and also ran cross country, but fell hard for quidditch while at the Uni- versity of Ottawa. “I love the team aspect. I love how it brings people together from a whole bunch of different backgrounds.” Nina Patti, a 24-year-old from Toron- to, started playing at McGill University seven years ago and slowly warmed up to it. Although she came in with little athletic background and is only five-foot-two inches and 110 pounds, she has developed her fit- ness level and understanding of the game greatly over the years. “I’ve taken down guys twice my size and that is the most exhilarating thing possible,” she says with a wide grin. “You can be as ath- letic as you want, but if you don’t understand the strategy behind it, you’re just going to get run over all day.” Tyson Worrall, a 25-year-old Bowmanville resident, is one of four players from Durham Region on the team. He looks forward to family and friends finally getting a chance to see him play locally at the regionals. A soccer and hockey player growing up, he picked quidditch up at Carleton Universi- ty and experienced a unique sense of bond- ing. “They’re so inviting; so ready to accept anyone and everyone,” he explains. “It’s just a great feeling. You feel really a part of it, which makes you more invested in it and you just want to keep coming back.” Quidditch seeks to catch on in Durham Jason Liebregts / Metroland WHITBY — Tyson Worrall, of Bowmanvile, jumped to avoid a bludger thrown by Sarah Basciano as the Toronto-based Valhalla quidditch team practised in Whitby to prepare for the Eastern Regional Championships coming to the Civic Recreation Complex in Oshawa in Nov. 11-12. The fictitious sport made famous by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series now has a real-life version. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 31 AP REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAMNOTICEOFPUBLICINFORMATIONSESSIONREGARDINGVACANTPROPERTYTAXPOLICY The Region of Durham will hold a public information session on the new flexibility providedbytheProvinceofOntarioforupperandsingletiermunicipalitiestoalteroreliminatethecurrentvacantunitrebateprogramand/or the vacant/excess land discounts currentlyavailabletocommercialandindustrialpropertiesinDurhamRegion. All interested parties are invited to attend this public information session and providefeedbackontheRegion’s review of vacant property tax policy.The preliminary report on this review is posted on the Regional website at www.durham.ca.The meeting is to be held: Wednesday,November 29,2017 -7:00 p.m.Regional Headquarters -Lower Level Conference Room (LLC)605 Rossland Road EastWhitby,Ontario,L1N 6A3 Interested persons may express their comments at the public information session and/or inwriting(no later than November 30,2017)to: Nicole Pincombe,Director,Business Planning,Budgets and Risk ManagementRegionalMunicipalityofDurhamFinanceDepartment605RosslandRoadEast,P.O.Box 623WhitbyOntarioL1N6A3Nicole.Pincombe@durham.ca All submissions received in writing,as well as those opinions expressed at the publicinformationsession,will be considered prior to Regional Council’s decision.It is anticipatedthatstaffrecommendationsonthefuturedirectionofthesepolicieswillbesubmittedtoRegionCouncilinthe2018StrategicPropertyTaxStudy,which is scheduled to be presented to Regional Council at their February 14,2018 meeting. Further information may be obtained by contacting Nicole Pincombe,Director BusinessPlanning,Budgets and Risk Management,Regional Finance Department at 905-668-4113(ext.2302)or Nicole.Pincombe@durham.ca. Want to know what’s happening in Ajax? Check page 8 &9 in Wednesday’s paper each week for the Ajax Community Page for complete details. BE INFORMED! Check page 4 &5 in Wednesday’s paper each week for the Ajax Community Page for complete details. SportS Swapped players Reilly Smith, Steven Elliott still not playing DURHAM — The Pickering Panthers took three points from a busy weekend in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, while the Whitby Fury came up empty-handed in their three most recent games. The Panthers split a home-and-home series with the Trenton Golden Hawks, winning 4-1 at home and losing 3-2 on the road before closing out the weekend with a 4-3 overtime loss to the surging Wellington Dukes on Sunday (Oct. 29) in Pickering. The Fury dropped a pair at home, 4-2 to the Toronto Jr. Canadiens on Friday (Oct. 27) and 6-1 to the Oakville Blades Sunday before taking it on the chin in Cobourg Monday (Oct. 30) in an 8-1 loss to the Cougars. When all was said and done, the Panthers improved their record to 6-8-1-1, good for fourth place in the North Division and eighth in the conference, and the Fury dipped to 3-11-2-1, last place in the East Division and 10th in the conference. Defenceman Mitchell Doyle scored with an extra attacker in the final minute to help the Panthers earn a point against the first- place Dukes Sunday, but Wellington had the only three shots in overtime and managed to beat Adam Wisco on its 40th overall to win it. Josh Battistella opened the scoring for the Fury in Cobourg, but the Cougars scored the next eight to win handily. After the game, however, the Cougars parted ways with head coach John Druce, who led them to an RBC national championship on home ice last sea- son. The Panthers and Fury continue to play without key players acquired from the other in a recent trade, as former Fury captain Reil- ly Smith has not reported to Pickering, nor has forward Steven Elliott to Whitby. The Fury remained active in the trade market nevertheless, dealing defenceman Mason Snell to Wellington for forward Rory Milne and defencemen Nick Durajlilja and Mark Kennedy. The Panthers are in Newmarket (9-5-3- 0) on Thursday and Lindsay (3-13-0-0) Fri- day before hosting Kingston (8-7-1-0) at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Pickering Recreation Complex. The Fury are in Wellington (14-3-1-4) on Friday and at home against Trenton (9-9-1- 0) on Saturday, a 12:30 p.m. start at the Iro- quois Park Sports Centre. Panthers pick up points while Fury struggle photo by ray MacAloney / oJHL Images PICKERING -- Pickering Panthers defenceman Mitchell Doyle scored a late goal to force overtime against the Wellington Dukes in Ontario Junior Hockey League play Sunday, Oct. 29. The first-place Dukes still won the game 4-3. OSHAWA — The Durham Lords gave it a good run, but fell just shy of advancing to the final game of the Canadian Colleg- es Baseball Championship held in Oshawa over the weekend. Painfully, the potential tying run was thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Fanshawe Fal- cons edged the Lords 4-3 in the semifinal at Kinsmen Stadium. Matthew Dobson pinch ran for Logan Stewart with Durham down a run in the bottom of the seventh, but was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first follow- ing a hit up the middle by Ryan Bothwell and a Fanshawe throwing error. Bothwell and Stewart had two hits apiece in defeat, while Alec Brown suffered the loss on the mound, allowing four runs (two unearned) in a complete game. The five-time defending OCAA cham- pion St. Clair Saints won the tournament with a 3-2 win over Fanshawe, avenging a 2-1 loss in the final of last year’s inaugural tournament in Oshawa. The Lords reached the semifinals on the strength of a 3-0 record, winning by scores of 12-2 over Seneca, 3-0 over St. Clair and 9-4 over Holland College from Charlotte- town. Lords fall short in national baseball semifinal Steady Brewer off to B.C. for U17 tourney Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com OSHAWA — Shadowed somewhat by the impressive start to Nick Wong’s Ontario Hockey League career with the Oshawa Gen- erals is the fact the person drafted ahead of him, defenceman Mitchell Brewer, has also made a nice transition to junior hockey. Brewer, who was taken by Oshawa with the 15th overall pick of the 2017 draft, hasn’t been nearly as prolific as Wong — who scored seven goals in his first five games — but the six-foot, 200-pound blueliner has been consistently steady. While Wong, the team’s second round pick, has managed only one more goal in the past 10 games, Brewer has managed to net a pair, which unfortunately both came in a 12-6 road loss to the Owen Sound Attack. It was nevertheless a nice moment for the 16-year-old Waterdown native. “It was obviously a bunch of weight off my back,” said Brewer, whose point shot made its way through a crowd and past Attack goal- ie Zack Bowman. “It was good to get the first one. Obviously, the game didn’t game go like we wanted, but it still felt pretty good.” Brewer somehow managed to come out of that game a +2 and currently sits tied for second on the team in that category at +7. He’s been a minus in just one game, -1 in a 3-2 loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs. “We’ve been very impressed with Mitch- ell so far,” said coach Greg Nemisz, praising Brewer for his maturity as a player and a per- son. “He’s come in as a 16 year old, especially as a defenceman, it’s really difficult to do at this level, and he hasn’t looked out of place in any of these games. “He moves pucks well, he sees plays, he’s got a good shot. I think his offensive game is going to develop for sure,” Nemisz added. “Right now, his defensive game is really impressive, and that’s going to become even better. He’s going to be a really, really com- plete defenceman by the time he leaves Oshawa and we think he’s got a bright future in pro too.” The Generals have tightened up consider- ably of late, and now sit at 8-5-2-0 after three straight wins, which has moved them up to third place in the East Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference. “As far as this year goes, I think we could do something pretty good, and then down the road I feel like there’s something special in this room,” Brewer said. “As me, Wong and the younger guys develop, I think we can do something.” Brewer, who won an Ontario Junior Hock- ey League championship with the George- town Raiders after finishing his minor midg- et season with the Halton Hurricanes last season, said making the jump to the OHL has been challenging both on and off the ice, but that he’s growing more accustom to it by the day. “The first couple of weeks were a little shaky, a little different for me, but my billets are great and the Generals make sure I’m happy,” he said of moving away from home. “I thought it was a pretty big jump,” he added, referring to the level of play. “It’s obvi- ously faster, kids are bigger, stronger, but the guys on the team are great and they’ve helped me a lot.” Brewer and Wong will miss the next four games as they represent Canada at the World Under 17 Hockey Challenge in British Columbia Nov. 5 to 11. GENERALLY SPEAKING: After a 4-3 shootout win on the road over the Niagara IceDogs Thursday, the Generals returned home and posted victories of 4-1 over the Peterborough Petes Friday and 4-3 over the Ottawa 67’s Sunday. They have now picked up 11 points in seven games since the lop- sided loss in Owen Sound … Kyle Keyser has started and finished all seven games since getting pulled early in Owen Sound. He’s now 7-3-1-0 with a 3.00 goals-against average and .893 save percentage … After allowing more than 30 shots in five of their first eight games, the Generals have done so only once in the past seven, and that only because of overtime. They opposition has managed 24 shots per game in that span … Serron Noel returned Friday after missing four games with an upper body injury, scor- ing twice against the Petes and once against the 67’s. He now leads the team with 10 goals … Ian Blacker scored his first OHL goal Sun- day in his first game of the season after miss- ing the first 14 recovering from off-season shoulder surgery … Allan McShane had five assists in the two home games and now leads the team with 18 points … With the return of Sean Allen from suspension Friday, over- age defenceman Alex Di Carlo has been scratched the past two games in favour of OA forwards Kenny Huether, Hayden McCool and Mason Kohn. Each team can dress only three OAs and must soon pare down to three on the roster … The Generals are in Erie (7-6-1-1) Friday and Hamilton (6-4-1-3) Sat- urday before hosting Kingston (6-5-1-2) at 6:05 p.m. Sunday. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 32 AP Learn more at Save.ca/mobile Print coupons instantly or receive by mail -free!Redeem coupons at any major retailer in Canada. Shop Smart Get coupons for products you use and love flyers.coupons.shopping lists. 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Plus there’s a White Elephant room, a silent auction and you can take a break in the tea room.2Pickering Village United Church, 300 Church St. N., Ajax, holds its Snowflake Christmas Market on Nov. 4 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The mar- ket features 21 vendors and home- made baked goods, preserves, jams, pickles and more. Attendees are asked to use the side door off the south park- ing lot. Trafalgar Castle School, 401 Reynolds St., Whitby, holds an open house on Nov. 4 between 10 and 11 a.m. Learn more about the school for girls from students, parents and faculty.3A 55-plus Active Adults Informa- tion and Active Living Fair is on Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Courtice Community Complex, 2950 Courtice Rd., Courtice. The free event features interactive displays, door prizes, com- plimentary snacks and refreshments, plus presentations on reflexology and more. To learn more, email alamont@ clarington.net or call 905-404-1525.4King Street Community Church, 611 King St. W., Oshawa, hosts the Second Annual Durham Food, Health and Wellness Forum on Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. See Rachel Parent and Dr. Shiv Chopra as they present infor- mation about Canada’s food supply and your daily products in the morn- ing. The afternoon features work- shops and there will be vendor tables with free samples, prizes and take- away bags. The cost is $5. Register by Nov. 3. Contact diane@welcometow- ellness.ca or 905-665-0123.5In the north, Dagmar Ski Resort hosts the Annual Open House and Ski Swap on Nov. 4 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1220 Lake Ridge Rd., Uxbridge. Free to attend, Kawartha Ski Patrol holds the event, where you can buy and/or sell equipment. Choose from a wide variety of new and used stuff. A por- tion of all sales goes to the Kawartha Ski Patrol to help with funding for the season. For information, email info@ skidagmar.com or call 905-649-2002. See more events at www.durhamregion.com-events Ajax artist and musician Charles Burke can play a tune — and paint it See his work at Ajax Creative Arts’ Fall Show and Sale Mike Ruta mruta@durhamregion.com DURHAM — Ajax artist Charles ‘Chas’ Burke paints landscapes, traditional still lifes and abstract works, but says there’s a unifying factor. “There’s one thing that ties them all together — colour,” he says. A musician as well, he has created a system where colours correspond to musical notes and vice versa. Three or four years ago, Burke says he was read- ing Leonard Shlain’s Art and Physics when he had a “revelation”: the colour yellow and the musical note C are the same. From there, he expanded on the concept to match other notes and colours, creating a 12-hue colour wheel where each corresponds to the 12 semi- tones of music. “It’s not totally done yet,” Burke says. But he hopes to publish a book on the subject and has taught his system in a six-week workshop at Station Gallery in Whitby: So You Want to Paint like Mozart. The implications are intriguing. An art- ist who chooses one colour, for example, can look at the colour wheel to deter- mine which other colours to use — and which ones to avoid — to create a har- monically sound painting. “I’m doing a series of abstract (paint- ings) in the different keys,” Burke says. “Each key will have its own character, the colours that are unique to that paint- ing. I want to cover all the keys.” Burke has travelled in Europe (“I have trouble getting out of Italy”) and studied great artists of the past. Born in Faraday Township near Ban- croft, artist David Milne also lived in the town. And while they never met, Burke says “I admired him from a distance.” More inspirational was the landscape, both there and west in the Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie areas. “I like to go out and paint on location,” he says. “I feel depressed down here because it’s not Sault Ste. Marie; it’s not Thunder Bay.” “There’s a feeling you get (in nature) ... you can’t get that off a photograph.” Burke is a clarinetist and a member of the Durham Chamber Orchestra. As a high school student, music or fine art was a tough choice and he eventually opted for the former, obtaining a bach- elor of music degree from the University of Toronto. At Western University, pur- suing a master’s degree in performance, he met the renowned clarinetist Yona Ettlinger, who invited Burke to study with him at Guild Hall in England. Ettlinger’s death at age 55 changed Burke’s plans and he opted, with encouragement from Joanne Silverman, co-ordinator of Art- work at Lakehead University, to focus more on his art. Burke has taught at different levels ranging from junior kindergarten to uni- versity. He is a busy man, practising music and painting for the six galleries which carry his work, including Norman Felix Gal- lery in Toronto and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Burke has lived in Ajax for two years, but has been an Ajax Creative Arts mem- ber for 18. See his work and that of other club members at the annual Fall Show and Sale, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Nov. 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ajax Community Centre, 75 Centen- nial Rd. Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland AJAX -- Ajax artist Charles Burke, an Ajax Creative Arts member for many years, is showing his work in the ACA’s Fall Show and Sale, Nov. 10-12 at the Ajax Community Centre. Some of the best experiences in life are found in meeting people that cre- ate an electric spark of inspiration in you. It can be simple: a great conversation, a shared appreciation or an incred- ible story. Those wonderful moments of intense connection with others, the ones that leave you feeling energized or ready to take on something new? Those are when creativity demon- strates how it is contagious. My mission has always been to con- nect and build community through arts and culture. Be it in Durham Region or beyond, I’m curious about how energetic communities can be built by innovative people. Finding the right allies to assist with a vision, or finding the experts you need to help you flesh out an idea, are absolute- ly essential experiences. It’s through CULTURE CORNER: Whitby gallery CEO says creativity is contagious at artist meetups Guest Columnist Kerri King See NEW page 38 du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • No v e m b e r 2 , 2 0 1 7 37 AP PAK-CANADIAN SOCIETY OF DURHAM (FRIENDS INDEED CANADA) Invites You To Attend music & history of canada SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2017 6:30 PM SHARP FREE: CONCERT, FOOD, QUIZ/PRIZES FOREST BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH 60 KEARNEY DR. AJAX REGISTRATION AT www.fican.ca/upcoming-events.html WHAT’S ON Jason Liebregts / Metroland Josh is the king PICKERING — Josh Diaz read over his character at Game of Crowns, the 3rd annual Murder Mystery event at the Pickering Public Library on Oct. 13. The event for teens saw participants accompany the royal families in the Castle of Westerfell for a night of food, friends and fright. New artist meetup series coming to Station Gallery these avenues that a vibrant community is envisioned and eventually built. Neighbourhood hubs like Station Gallery in Whitby, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and the Visual Arts Centre in Clarington are important meeting places. These are spaces where all members of our communities are welcome, and they also function as environments where art- ists, designers and those interested in the arts can meet face-to-face. It’s not just about networking (though that’s never a bad thing), it’s also about collaboration, learning, finding others in your tribe and seeking those electrified moments. There’s many reasons why creative meet- ups matter! Here are my top five: • Meet your newest collaborator. Inter- ested in painting a portrait? Find your next model. Dying to start a new music festival? Meet someone who is as pas- sionate as you are and can share the work. This is about more than new friends; it’s about finding co-conspirators! • Learn. These spaces create opportuni- ties for learning and learning helps expand your mind — it can literally change your brain! Seek out the new and the intriguing among peers doing the same. • Put down your phone. We’re all super- connected digitally, but it’s good to take a break and connect the “old-school” way! Enhance your existing relationships and make new ones. • Get out of your comfort zone! Feeling stuck? Change up your routine. Being cre- ative is about taking risks — big or small — that will lead to new ideas. • Build Community. Creative work can be lonely at times. Meet others who are also on the path and find connections among like-minded people. With the above spirit in mind, I will be hosting a new Artist Meetup Series at Sta- tion Gallery in Whitby. Interested? For more information visit stationgallery.ca, and while you’re online, tell me, what’s the most creative community you’ve ever visited? 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With its neurotic characters and witty dia- logue, this hilarious, yet touching comedy is one of the most successful plays in Canadi- an theatre.” Whitby Courthouse Theatre presents the work Nov. 9 to 25 at The Centennial Build- ing. “Mambo Italiano achieves its overwhelm- ing power through a perfect balance of poi- gnant drama and fast-paced comedy. Ange- lo, at the prompting of his equally repressed sister Anna, has told his very traditionally Italian immigrant parents, Maria and Gino, that he is gay. Hurt, betrayed and mortified by Angelo’s coming out, his lover Nino is not unprepared for his widowed Italian mother Lina’s reaction: a full-on operatic barrage of melodrama and hysterical excess so pro- found it gives even Angelo’s shocked parents pause for second thoughts and prompts a hilarious and touching re-examination of their own outraged response to their son. Seeing their relationship shattered by their families’ reactions of grotesquely over- played comedy and pathos, Angelo emerg- es from the drama with his new-found pride intact, while Nino retreats even further into the darkness of his bisexual closet.” Mambo Italiano features Darren Brun- ke (Angelo) and Barb Grenier (Maria) of Oshawa, Peter Mazzucco (Gino) and Gen- evieve Hebert-Carr (Anna) of Ajax, Laura McGowan (Pina) of Whitby, Mark Boyko (Nino) of Scarborough and Gerri Sefi (Lina) of Stouffville. See the play Nov. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 18 and 23, 24 and 25 at 416 Centre St. S., Whitby. Cur- tain is at 8 p.m. and there is also a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 18. Tickets are $27, available online at www. whitbytheatre.org or in person at Lafon- taine, 100 Brock St. S., Whitby. Buy four or more tickets for any show and they are $22 each. The price drops to $19 if you purchase tickets for two or all three productions. Whitby theatre season starts Nov. 9 Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland WHITBY -- Whitby Courthouse Theatre actors rehearsed their upcoming production of Mambo Italiano, running Nov. 9 to 25 at the theatre. Left to right: Peter Mazzucci as Gino, Barb Grenier as Maria, Genevieve Hebert-Carr as Anna, Laura McGowan as Pina, Darren Brunke as Angelo, Mark Boyko as Nino and Gerri Sefi as Lina. AJAX 1 Westney Rd. at Hwy #2 905-686-2182 PICKERING Pickering Town Centre Next To Sears 905-420-0271 WHITBY 1110 Dundas St. E. West of Anderson 905-668-9222 OSHAWA 534 Ritson Rd. 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The exhibition is subtitled The Gifts That Keep on Giving, an acknowledgement and thank-you as much of the RMG’s collection came from donations. “It’s a bit of everything,” Jansma says of the show. “We want to show the depth of the collection. And keep people interest- ed.” The portrait wall alone is fascinat- ing, with works ranging from the afore- mentioned Warhol to pieces by Norval Morrisseau, David Hockney, Cornelius Krieghoff, Harold Town and others. And there’s much more: works by Hans Hofmann, Robert Frank, Emily Carr, Ger- hard Richter and Group of Seven paint- ers including Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson. Many of the latter works were gifts of local artists Isabel McLaughlin and Alexandra Luke, key donors who shaped the RMG’s collection. “It really is about looking at the most important pieces we have in our collec- tion,” Jansma says of Heavy Hitters. The show closes out the RMG’s cel- ebration of its 50th anniversary, which began with Durham Reach, paying trib- ute to the artists of Durham Region. And there’s a connection to the final show as the Reach artists were asked to provide commentary on works in Heavy Hitters. Also running at the gallery to close the big anniversary year is Legacies. The show takes us back to the life and work of Luke and McLaughlin, as seen through two contemporary artists, Gwen Mac- Gregor and Teri Donovan. Legacies runs to Jan. 7. On Nov. 5 from 1 to 2 p.m. Join MacGregor, Donovan and curator Mar- garet Rodgers for an artist talk and tour of the exhibition. The RMG is at 72 Queen St., Oshawa. ‘The depth of the collection’ on display at Oshawa’s Robert McLaughlin Gallery Jason Liebregts / Metroland OSHAWA — Linda Jansma, senior curator at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, in front of the portrait wall in Heavy Hitters: The Gifts that Keep on Giving. 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