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See page 16 ONLINE AT Living with Cancer: 5 years later Denise Czop’s impact on her children and their grandparents, lives on after her death Read the full story on pages 10 and 11 Ron Pietroniro / Metroland OSHAWA — Denise Czop, a 40-year-old mother of two from Oshawa was the subject of Living with Cancer, a monthly feature series launched by Metroland Media Group’s Durham Region Division in October 2011. Five years after Czop’s death, her children Brittni and Courtney, above, and their grandparents Rosemary and Don Doucett recalled the impact she left on their lives. 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 2 AP B a c k t o t h e G r i n d ?K e e p Sm i li n g ! Ca ll t o d a y t o bo o k yo u r n e x t d e n t a l a p p o i n t m e n t Personalized Care Efficient and Effective Dental Care Modern and Comfortable Facility AJAX905-428-2111 255 Salem Rd.,Unit 7 (South of the 401) HIGHLAND CREEK416-284-8282 371 Old Kingston Rd. 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A female staff member intervened and sustained minor injuries for which she was treated at the scene, Tudos said. That woman was a member of the school administration, Durham District School Board spokesperson Terry Simzer con- firmed. A 16-year-old girl has been taken into custody and is being questioned, Tudos said. Police haven’t revealed what charg- es may be laid. The incident occurred in an open area near the school entrance. No lock- down was imposed. “We had someone in custody pretty quickly,” said Tudos. “There’s no threat to the other students at the school.” Clarification A Dec. 22 story concerning Pickering Village United Church in Ajax receiving federal funding contained unclear infor- mation. MP Mark Holland’s press release failed to specify the church was only receiving a portion of the $90,000 being awarded to Ajax through the New Hori- zons program and not the full amount. 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To add your event, go to durhamregion.com/durhamre- gion-events. sentencing hearing begins for convicted murderer Keenan Corner who shot shabir niazi to death almost four years ago Jeff Mitchell jmitchell@durhamregion.com DURHAM — The death of Shabir Niazi — gunned down by his best friend for reasons that remain unclear — has left a legacy of grief and loss for the young victim’s family, a judge heard Monday. Relatives of the 22-year-old Niazi, who was shot to death almost four years ago in Ajax, described the impact of the crime as a sentencing hearing began for Keenan Cor- ner, who has been convicted of second- degree murder in the killing. “My son was taken from me,” Niazi’s mother Sadia Niazi said in a statement read into the record by prosecutor Lara Crawford. “He was robbed of his life by someone he considered a friend.” The shock of Corner’s involvement in the shooting was compounded by the fact that in the days after the killing he spread a false narrative that Niazi died in a drug robbery, even going to the Niazi home to provide details, court heard. “He came into our house the following day, looked straight into our eyes and lied,” Sadia Niazi wrote. Corner, who was convicted by a jury last November of second-degree murder, faces an automatic life sentence. Superior Court Justice Michael McKelvey will set Corner’s date for parole eligibility after hearing sub- missions from lawyers in the case. The Crown is seeking a term of at least 16 years before Corner can apply for release. As part of his deliberations the judge will consider the nature of the killing. During his trial Corner — who initially told police Niazi, his longtime friend and partner in a marijuana-selling enterprise, was shot when unknown bandits arrived to steal their stash — changed his story and said he’d shot Niazi in self-defence. He said Niazi, enraged that Corner didn’t have his share of the payment for more dope, pulled the gun on him. Corner said he gained control of the pis- tol after a struggle and only fired at his friend after Niazi picked up a baseball bat and began swinging it. Following the shooting, which took place in a cluttered garage at his home, Corner rushed to a wooded area about half a kilo- metre away and hid the gun and ammuni- tion in snow. He then called 911 and gave police his phoney story. A few days later Corner placed a call to Crime Stoppers, giving evidence that sup- ported the robbery story, in an effort to mis- lead police. He was arrested a couple of weeks after the killing. Jurors were given two routes to arrive at a guilty verdict: either they rejected Corner’s self-defence story outright, or accepted that there was a struggle and found Corner react- ed with excessive force. But when the verdict was announced their rationale for it was not revealed. In a ruling released Monday Justice McK- elvey agreed with the Crown theory that there was no assault by Niazi prior to the shooting. The judge based his finding on physical evidence that contradicted Corner’s version of events, including the trajectory of bullets that struck Niazi, as well as Corner’s lack of credibility as a witness. “I have concluded it is dangerous to accept Mr. Corner’s evidence in the absence of some corroboration,” he wrote. “Mr. Cor- ner’s evidence is not credible or reliable.” In the end, Justice McKelvey wrote, the reason for the killing of Shabir Niazi by his longtime friend Keenan Corner remains unknown. “The circumstances leading up to the shooting are known only to Mr. Corner and Mr. Niazi. Mr. Niazi is no longer alive and … Mr. Corner’s account of the events in the garage is not credible. “I am left only with speculation as to what might have been the trigger for this deadly shooting,” the judge wrote. Family of Ajax murder victim describes shock,pain of young man’s killing by best friend Submitted photo OSHAWA -- Relatives of Shabir Niazi described the impact of his murder at the hands of Keenan Corner. ‘He was robbed of his life by someone he considered a friend,” said Niazi’s mother, Sadia, at the sentencing hearing on Jan. 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 4 AP 172 Harwood A Suite 101,Ajax (located in the Ajax Plaza) 905-683-1391 •Dental Treatments for the whole family. •Digital X-Rays,Intra Oral Camera •Cosmetic Dentistry,Wisdom Teeth,Surgery, Dental Implants •Flexible Payment Options •TV’s in all rooms DentAl CAre for ADultS,KiDS AnD GreAt BiG BABieS. Celebrating 20 Years In Our Community! 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Jennifer Henderson, a teacher at Henry Street High School in Whitby, and Jada Temple, a teacher at J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate in Ajax, recently teamed up to create a Grade 11 English class made up entirely of works by Indigenous authors and artists. The pilot course, which is being offered in part- nership with the Durham District School Board’s (DDSB’s) Indigenous education department, is a first for the school board. “Most of my students had not had much back- ground information about the treatment of Indig- enous people,” Henderson says. “The goal, I think, is to get to the truth of what’s happened in Cana- da with Indigenous populations, and then to build mutual respect. We are performing small acts of reconciliation on a daily basis in our class.” The course includes novels, short stories, docu- mentaries, poetry, art and other media reflecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives. Students have had the chance to meet multi- media artist Jay Soule, also known as Chippewar, and to have a Skype discussion with author Tracey Lindberg. Temple says she was motivated to “kick out the dead old white guys,” as she affectionately calls authors like Shakespeare, and start highlighting authors whose voices are relevant to major discus- sions happening in Canada today. “We wanted them to leave our classrooms and want to make change,” she says. Temple acknowledges that at first, there was “a bit of push back,” especially because students didn’t sign up for the class knowing it would focus on Indigenous work. “Some of them wanted to do Shakespeare, because it’s what they know,” Temple says. “But now, they are so happy, they feel so much better informed … and some are angry because they feel like a lot of history has been hidden.” Both teachers say the work that had the biggest impact on their students is Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson. The book, which is the first English language novel to be published by a Haisla writer, is set in the Kitamaat settlement on the coast of Brit- ish Columbia and is told from the viewpoint of a young woman coping with the disappearance of her brother. “I have never had a group react to a novel the way they did,” Temple says. In addition to studying various works by Indig- Two Durham teachers create Indigenous literature course enous artists and writers, the pilot project course includes discussion on current Indigenous issues and background- ers on key concepts like treaties. Henderson says her students have been so affected by the information that one of them now takes a knee when the national anthem is played. One of Temple’s students approached a stranger wearing a Chicago Blackhawks jer- sey and initiated a conversation about it. While the pilot project is a first for the DDSB, other school boards in Ontario are also looking at home to incorporate Indigenous courses. The Lambton Kent District School Board first intro- duced an Indigenous literature course in 2000 and made it compulsory for Grade 11 students starting this school year, while the Greater Essex County District School Board offers an optional Indigenous English course and the Niagara Catholic District School Board offers a Grade 9 and Grade 10 Aboriginal arts course and a Contemporary Aboriginal Voices Grade 11 English course. The province has also announced plans to revise the Ontario curriculum to include more Indigenous content in courses such as history, social studies and geography. Revisions started this school year and will be fully implemented by fall 2018. Henderson and Temple say they both hope to teach the Indigenous literature course again, and would like to see it expand to other DDSB schools. 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But then again they’ll be paying tax on their income. Nothing like getting a big ‘buzz’ for your ‘buck’. Jerry Newton Oshawa Police officers are called upon daily to deal with bad situations. More often than not they are able to resolve the incidents. Sometimes warnings will be issued, other times fines or arrests will be made. Every situation is differ- ent. Increasingly though officers are confront- ed with more complicated issues dealing with mental health crises that put both the pub- lic and officers’ safety at risk. Such was the case when Ajax resident Michael MacIsaac was fatally shot by police five years ago. The 47-year-old man was shot and killed by Const. Brian Taylor while MacIsaac was naked on an Ajax street in December 2013. Police said he was advancing with a table leg. MacIsaac’s family believes he was suffering from the effects of an epileptic seizure earlier that day. Out of this tragic event non-binding jury recommendations were put forward stem- ming from the coroner’s inquest last year into MacIsaac’s death. On Monday Durham Regional Police Service said the force intends to establish a standing committee on mental health. Durham police spokesperson Dave Selby said the committee would include repre- sentatives from the mental health commu- nity, including experts and people with lived experiences of mental health issues, and would advise police on policies and training. A senior officer will be assigned to the group. MacIsaac’s sister Joanne MacIsaac said she wants to be on the standing committee once it’s set up. Considering what the MacIsaac family has been through we’re sure she fits the ‘lived experiences’ criteria. The 25 jury recommendations directed at the police board and police service, included training officers “in strategies to disarm sub- jects possessing weapons of opportunity” and emphasizing “the need to create time and space during police interactions with individ- uals in crisis.” In response to the inquest recommen- dations a partnership was formed last year with several universities and other agencies “to look at frameworks and ways to improve enhancing education and training methods for police officers.” While inquest recommendations are non- binding it’s good to see Durham Regional Police Service has acted in a responsible way and is trying to be better when it comes to dealing with people in mental health crises. This will not only help people in distress but will aid in the safety of our officers called upon to deal with these types of situations. We are also encouraged by the formation of its standing committee on mental health and believe following the jury’s recommenda- tions on mental health education and training is the right way to go. OUR VIEW DRPS taking positive steps in dealing with mental health crises cOLUmn I may be in the market for a new set of wheels soon. And, while the sheer num- ber of different makes and models is stag- gering, what really raises my eyebrows are the names. Automobile marketing departments spend countless hours and millions of dollars com- ing up with the names of new vehicles. A job that, I am certain, as time goes on, becomes more and more difficult. After all, most of the really good names for cars were taken years ago. Everyone remembers Mustangs, Cor- vettes and Chargers. But, years from now, when people hear the word Paseo or Alero, they’re going to wonder if you’re talking about a foreign currency or some weird childhood disease. “How are things, Madge?” “Oh, the kids have got Paseo … they’re scratching like chickens.” Naming new vehicles is a tough gig. So I guess we shouldn’t exactly be surprised when we sometimes see these folks reaching a bit. Who, for instance, thought ‘Avalanche’ was a hot property? What could possibly compel you to name a vehicle, something you’d trans- port your children in, after a natural disaster? Would you buy a Chevy Mudslide? A Ford Flashflood? How about a Dodge Ebola? With that kind of brilliant thinking, I don’t think it’s beyond the realm that we almost saw the Hyundai Hiroshima and the Chrysler Titanic on the showroom floor. And of course, the Probe is in a whole other category by itself. Makes you wonder what the runner-up names were that year? The Digital? The Spinal Tap? The Chevy Smear? It’s nuts. Sometimes you’d swear they were simply making the names up. Just slamming consonants and vowels together and seeing if folks bought it. How else to explain such zing- ers as the ‘Lagonda’, ‘Mulsanne’ and even the ‘Prius’? What the heck is a Prius anyway? It looks like a typo. In fact, that may as well be a new car name. The Toyota Typo. Carmakers, you’ll notice, look to the natu- ral world very often when naming vehicles. But more often than not they go with ridicu- lously macho names; Grizzly, Bronco and Ram. What’s wrong with the Chevy Chip- munk? Those little guys never stop moving. Or the Mercury Cockroach? There’s nothing tougher than a cockroach. I’d drive a roach. Those things can survive a nuclear holocaust. Of course, maybe we in North America should count ourselves lucky when it comes to weird handles for cars. The rest of the world has some real beauties. In Europe and Asia, Nissan and Mazda both have pickups called, respectively, the Light Dump and the Titan Dump. 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JAN. 27 th OPINION Cooper’s hawks out and about looking for their next meal The Great Outdoors Margaret Carney So swift you can blink and miss them as they flash by. A Cooper’s hawk fly- ing on target for its dinner is poetry in motion, and like all good hunters, its tactic is surprise. Surprise for any hapless pigeon or mourning dove that may be in its sights, and for any human who happens to be glancing out the window. “My backyard was visited by a Cooper’s hawk just after New Year’s,” Lorraine Buckingham of Whitby told me in an email. “He sat on the fence for more than half an hour eating the remains of a black bird. I was able to get lots of photos while he ate every speck of it.” Lorraine sent me one of the pic- tures of the magnificent bird “man- tling” its prey, slate grey wings arched, finely barred rust-and- white chest feathers fluffed up, yellow feet clutching the remains of the European starling it had captured. You could see its white undertail coverts and banded tail, and even its red eye — all field marks of an adult Cooper’s hawk. Several readers have told me about raptors they’ve noticed cruising by their feeders since winter settled in. Graham Rob- ertson reported seeing three dif- ferent sized hawks at his place in Clarington. For sure, the medium, crow-sized one would be Cooper’s hawk, probably the most common throughout Durham in winter. That wasn’t always the case. Some farmers in years past would try to shoot any hawk on sight, fearing it was after their chickens. Cooper’s hawks go for prey smaller than they are, so they weren’t the culprits but were largely wiped out anyway. Ironically, they weren’t named after the naturalist who first described the species, but by the man who collected — IE, shot — the specimen, in 1828. Laws to protect migratory birds in the last century and the banning of the pesticide DDT have allowed Cooper’s hawks populations to rebound in their traditional range, from south- ern Canada to Mexico. And in the past 10 to 20 years they’ve been expanding from forests and woodland edges into urban areas, proving smart enough and resilient enough to adapt to massive changes humans are making in the land and the environment. Cooper’s hawks usually fly with a few stiff wingbeats, then a glide. Their broad, rounded wings and long tail have evolved from dashing through dense woodland vegetation after fleeing birds. Their binocular vision is four times sharp- er than ours, and like all hunters, their eyes face forward on their head, so they can focus as they dive after their prey. Nature queries: mcarney@interlinks.net or (905) 725-2116. — Margaret Carney is a nature-appreciation columnist for Metroland Durham newspapers. 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During the one-week safety blitz, In the Zone, police took a zero-tolerance approach around schools and community safety zones. From Jan. 8 to Jan. 12, police issued 1,144 tick- ets, including 667 speeding tickets and eight distracted driving tickets. Durham police issue more than 1,100 tickets during safety blitz It’s Coming... 1/2 PRICE DAY • SAT. JAN. 27 th ne w s d u r h a m ne w s d u r h a m ne w s d u r h a m 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 10 AP Parvaneh Pessian ppessian@durhamregion.com Denise Czop, a 40-year-old mother of two from Oshawa was the subject of Living with Cancer, a monthly feature series launched by Metroland Media Group’s Dur- ham Region Division in October 2011. Her strength and positive attitude during a long battle with cancer inspired many readers and resulted in the publication of an ebook, 86,400 Seconds, in 2013. Five years after Czop’s death, her children, Brittni and Courtney Czop, and their grandparents, Rosemary and Don Doucett, recall the impact she had on their lives. Rosemary and Don Doucett have been through more “firsts” than the average parents. In 2013, decades after raising their own children to adulthood, the Oshawa couple embarked on a new, yet familiar chapter when their 41-year-old daughter, Denise died following a long bat- tle with cancer. Already in their senior years by then, the Doucetts stepped in as guardians of their teenaged granddaughters, Brittni and Courtney. Over the past five years, they say they’ve experienced many mile- stones they thought were long behind them — from watching the girls graduate high school and helping them choose post-second- ary paths, to meeting their poten- tial love interests and even cringing at their first tattoos. “It’s like re-living. It was a natu- ral progression when you had your own children — this was life and you progressed through it. But the second time around, it just seems so different and so kind of foreign that they should be doing this and that they’re growing up,” says Rose- mary, scrunched up on a couch with “Britt,” who just turned 21 and “Court,” who will be 20 soon. “Nans, let’s be honest, it makes you feel old,” pipes up Brittni, still the more chatty of the two, in her trademark matter-of-fact tone. Rosemary and Don exchange smiles as Courtney nudges her sister gently. Some things never change. In October 2011, Denise Czop was a single mother working as a supply education assistant in Dur- ham schools when she agreed to be the subject of Living with Cancer, a feature series about one woman’s experience living each day in can- cer’s ominous shadow. Initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, Czop had undergone various treatments, including a mastecto- my (surgery to remove the breast), chemotherapy and radiation, and come out on the other side stron- ger than ever. In 2009, her worst fear came true when she learned that the cancer had returned and this time, it had spread to other organs, rendering it inoperable and incurable. Despite her grim reality, Czop decided not to wallow in self-pity and instead poured all her ener- gy into making the most of her remaining days, while at the same time striving to inspire others to do the same. During the course of the monthly series, readers were given a glimpse into different facets of her routine, including hospital vis- its to manage the illness, crossing items off her bucket list, and final- ly, coming to terms with her fate by planning her own funeral. She died on Jan. 19, 2013. Hundreds of peo- ple packed into St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Oshawa five days later to celebrate her life. “It doesn’t seem possible it’s been five years,” says Rosemary, glancing over at the two young women who she says remind her of her daughter every day. “They’ve done so much, and they’ve experienced a lot in their lives — probably more than a lot of older people.” Between school, placements, jobs and boyfriends, these days their house is like a revolving door, she says. Both girls are currently enrolled in the School of Health and Community Services at Dur- ham College — Brittni is in her last year in the developmental service worker program, and Courtney is working her way through the social service worker program. Brittni has three jobs and also volunteers with Sunrise Youth Group, a non-profit organization that provides recreational and life skills programming to people with special needs. Eventually, she says she “would love to work with chil- dren.” Courtney is completing a placement at a shelter for abused women, she has run a harm reduction program through the Aids Committee of Durham, and dreams of becoming a police offi- cer to “make a difference,” she says. “I think it’s wonderful. The careers they’ve chosen are so in touch with who Denise was,” says Rosemary, who herself volun- teers three times a week at Feed the Need in Durham — a cause near and dear to Denise’s heart. “That was her go-to place. It was her opportunity to give back to the community because people had been so good to her.” The family says they still feel Denise’s presence “big time” around the house. Don, who’s had health issues in the past and has been warned not to overexert him- self, says the horn on their family van started honking suddenly one day while he was shovelling snow in front of their home. “Nobody was in the van; the keys were in the house and I was outside. I looked up at the van and all I heard (in my head) was Denise’s voice saying, ‘You dumbass father, you know you’re not supposed to shovel snow,’” he laughs. That’s what Denise would jokingly call anyone — including herself — who felt sorry for them- selves. “She’d say, ‘Suck it up, move on with your life’,” says Brittni, admit- ting she often adopts the same tough love approach. The girls say that their mother’s positive example has helped them over- come personal issues but it’s not always easy, especially without her around. Rosemary says she recent- ly took Courtney to the hospital because she wasn’t feeling well and she fainted shortly after having blood drawn. “Court passed out in the wash- room on the floor, and I finally get in there and she looks at me and all she says is, ‘I want my mommy.’ Living with CancerDenise Czop’s family carries on her legacy to ‘live like you were dying’ See story next page Ron Pietroniro / Metroland DURHAM -- Denise Czop, 41, of Oshawa, died peacefully on Jan. 19, 2013 surrounded by her family and friends. Ron Pietroniro / Metroland file photo OSHAWA -- Denise Czop received a long tearful hug from her daughter Courtney as the Oshawa moth- er of two celebrated her 40th birthday with family and friends on Oct. 1, 2011. More than 80 friends and family helped to celebrate her 40th birthday with a potluck in the basement of St. Peter’s Anglican Church. Denise Czop, 41, of Oshawa, died peacefully on Jan. 19, 2013 surrounded by her family and friends. Ms. Czop was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2009. 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 11 AP CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF RECOGNIZING IMMIGRANT ACHIEVERS Do you know an inspiring immigrant who has made a positive impact in Canada? Recognize and celebrate their achievements by nominating them for this coveted national award by Feb 27, 2018. 2018 NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN Visit canadianimmigrant.ca/rbctop25 Title sponsor:Presented by:Media sponsors: That was a hard one,” she recalls. “Those are the times she’d be there for them,” says Don. Last May, the girls spent two weeks backpacking in Europe, bouncing from one adventure to the next, including skydiving in Switzerland. Brittni describes it as “the scariest thing” in her whole life. “Our mom had wanted to do it,” adds Courtney. Denise decided against it after the chemo caused fluid to build up in her legs because she was worried about what might happen if there was a bad landing. For Rosemary, the best part was hearing that Brittni had the title of the Tim McGraw song, Live Like You Were Dying, written on her hands when she jumped. “That was Denise’s favourite song,” she says. Further following in their mother’s footsteps, the girls got matching tattoos on their arms that read “I love you more” in Denise’s handwriting, taken from letters she wrote to them short- ly before she died. Denise had a breast cancer angel tattooed on her shoulder the day before she was re-diagnosed. They have so many fond mem- ories with their mother to get them through rough patches, says Rosemary, as well as a strong support system. “We needed them and they needed us, so it just worked out perfectly,” she says, adding that Denise’s message to always live life to the fullest still resonates. “She’s left them a wonderful legacy and we’re so fortunate that they’re carrying it on.” Read the Living with Cancer series online: visit www.durhamregion.com Living with Cancer From page 10 Denise is forever held in both her daughters’ hearts Ron Pietroniro / Metroland OsHAWA — Denise Czop, a 40-year-old mother of two from Oshawa was the subject of Living with Cancer, a monthly feature series launched by Metroland Media Group’s Durham Region Division in October 2011. Five years after Czop’s death, her children Brittni and Courtney and their grandparents Rosemary and Don Doucett recalled the impact she left on their lives. I think it’s wonderful. 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Jan 06/19 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 13 P Notice of Public Engagement Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is upgrading its commuter rail system into Regional Express Rail. The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is now home to nearly seven million people and heading towards 10 million by 2041. To address the urgent transit needs of the GTHA, the Province of Ontario committed to implement Regional Express Rail and make other improvements to the GO system. By 2025, electrified trains will be running every 15 minutes or better, all day and in both directions, within the most heavily travelled sections of the GO network. The Project On November 30, 2017 Metrolinx initiated the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Project to evaluate the proposed addition of tracks at the existing Lincolnville Layover and GO Station site. The existing layover tracks will be used with the proposed tracks to maintain and store trains when they are not in service. As part of the Project, Metrolinx will: • review the potential effects of the Project on the existing natural, physical, social, and cultural environments; • present mitigation measures to manage the potential effects during construction of the project as well as during postconstruction operations; and, • consider the need for upgrades and possible relocation of the existing GO Station passenger facilities currently located at the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station site. This Project is being undertaken in support of the improved service on the Stouffville Rail Corridor. Project Location The Lincolnville Layover and GO Station site is located at 6840 Bethesda Road and 13190 York-Durham Line, in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The Process Metrolinx is assessing the environmental impacts of the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Project in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act). As part of the TPAP, an Environmental Project Report (EPR) is being prepared and will be filed documenting any potential environmental effects and mitigation requirements of the Project. Viewing locations for the agency and public review of the EPR will be published in the Notice of Completion. All information produced as part of this project is available at Metrolinx.com/Lincolnville Consultation We thank everyone for their feedback to date. Metrolinx is hosting an online survey for the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Project to provide you with an opportunity to offer further feedback. A copy of the draft environmental studies, and a presentation summarizing the project, environmental effects, and proposed mitigation measures is available at Metrolinx.com/Lincolnville, for review prior to completing the survey. Online engagement will be open from Thursday January 18 to Friday February 2, 2018. In addition, we continue to encourage our neighbours, agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested persons to actively participate in the TPAP by visiting metrolinx.com/Lincolnville and contacting staff directly with comments or questions at lincolnville@metrolinx.com. If you have any project-related questions, would like to be added to the Project’s electronic mailing list or would like to provide input at any time, please contact: Metrolinx c/o Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Project 20 Bay Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 tel: 416-869-3600 | email:lincolnville@metrolinx.com | website:metrolinx.com/lincolnville Comments and information regarding this project are being collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.All personal information included in a submission—such as name, address, telephone number, email address, and property location—is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. 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This hands-on program, focuses on how you can help your child learn early literacy skills with five simple practices: Talking, reading, Singing, Writing and Playing. Par- ent/caregiver participation is required. reg- istration is required, please register online, in-person or give us a call. younger siblings welcome. Free Meetings Monday, January 22 PICkerInG Powerhouse toastmasters 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Pickering Central Library auditorium, 1 The Espanade, Pickering. Want to learn how to strengthen your speaking and leadership skills? Come visit us at Pickering Powerhouse Toastmas- ters. Weekly meetings on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the library’s auditorium. We meet every Monday except for statutory hol- idays. Guests are always welcome. Free Sporting Events Friday, January 19 PICkerInG Panthers vs. Buffalo Jr. Sabres 7:30 p.m. Pickering recreation Complex, 1867 Valley Farm rd, Pickering. ontario Junior Hockey League game. up to $10 Support Groups Monday, January 22 PICkerInG english Conversation Circle 3 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Pickering Welcome Centre immigrant Ser- vices, 1400 Bayly St., Pickering. newcomers practice English in a welcom- ing environment, expand social networks and learn about the community. Free www. cdcd.org H.O.P.e. Family Support Group 7 p.m. 9 p.m. amberlea Church, 1820 Whites rd., Pickering. H.o.P.E. is a new peer support group, offered on the second and fourth Monday of the month, for family members to address their concerns and challenges living with or supporting a loved one living with mental health issues. Laurie Laframboise, a men- tal health case manager in Toronto, will be facilitating the group. Free WEdnESday, January 24 PICkerInG Caregiver Support Group 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. orchard Villa retirement residence, 1955 Valley Farm rd, Pickering. drop-ins welcome. Held by alzheimer Soci- ety of durham. Held monthly. Call Victoria at 905-576-2567 for more information. Free www.alzheimer.ca/durham Things To Do SaTurday, January 20 HOOt and Howl @ Claremont nature Centre 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Claremont Field Centre, 4290 Westney road north, Pickering. Enjoy a short indoor presentation on owls and coyotes followed by a trip into the woods. Together we will call out to these wild creatures in hopes they will hoot or howl back. Free trca.ca/event/hoot-and- howl-6/?instance_id=2874 THurSday, January 25 yOutH Drop In (13 to 19 years) 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Pickering Public Library, 1 The Esplanade S, Pickering. Visit our new teen area for music, snacks, and maybe a few competitive games. Free Q: How do I submit my event to the newspaper? A: When you input your Event information at durhamregion.com it can be seen by as many as 500,000 unique visitors every month so it’s a great way for you to spread the word about your event. A selection of those events are reverse pub- lished to appear in our print editions every week. (Whitby This Week, Oshawa This Week, Clarington This Week, Ajax & Pickering News Advertiser, Uxbridge Times-Journal, Port Perry Star, Brooklin Citizen, Clarington East Citizen, Durham Parent) Here’s how you get set up to start entering events: 1. Visit durhamregion.com 2. Click on the black REGISTER link near the top of the page, on the right 3. Create a free account by entering the infor- mation in the fields and clicking on CREATE ACCOUNT 4. You will receive an e-mail; click on the link in it to confirm your account. 5. You can now access the events calendar by clicking on the EVENTS link (near the top of our home page) and then scrolling down to POST YOUR EVENT 6. When entering event information, note that you are required to indicate if the event is free or not 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 16 AP WH A T ’ S O N Six things to do this weekend DURHAM — Brides, birds and a cele- bration of Bill Lishman’s life this week- end in Durham Region.1Metroland Media Group’s Durham Region division holds its Bridal Event and Fashion Show on Jan. 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club, 160 Alexandra St., Oshawa. Lots to see and enjoy, includ- ing a 1 p.m. wine tasting and high tea at 3 p.m. Admission is $15 and there are two admission packages. Visit www. durhambridalshow.ca for more infor- mation and tickets. 2Durham College holds its Winter Open House on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the college, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa. Email aaron.schoenmak- er@durhamcollege.ca or call 905-721- 2000 to learn more.3Bill Lishman was a unique person, an artist, an inventor and an ultralight aircraft pioneer. The Scugog resident died on Dec. 30, and on Jan. 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., a celebration of life will be held at the Robert McLaughlin Gal- lery, 72 Queen St., Oshawa.4Jan. 19 is a PA Day and one option is a free movie at the Ajax Public Library’s Main Branch, 55 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax. At 10 a.m., catch The LEGO Nin- jago Movie, rated PG. For information, call 905-683-4000, ext. 8808, or email devon.ward@ajaxlibrary.ca.5Also at the main Ajax library Main Branch, in the Rotary Room, the Rotary Club of Ajax is collecting used hockey equipment for First Nations’ commu- nities in northern Ontario on Jan. 20 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Donations of any size and any piece of equipment, for all genders, are accepted. Gently- used backpacks and outdoor winter clothing also welcome. For more infor- mation, contact Donna Bright at 289- 404-3832 or by email through the Ajax Rotary website, www.ajaxrotary.org.6Join North Durham Nature presi- dent Derek Connelly on a Jan. 20 drive to visit bird feeders in north Durham. It’s a chance to see how people set up their feeders and what birds come to them. If you are interested in taking part, either as a host or for the tour, con- tact Connelly at 905-852-5432 or ndna- ture7@gmail.com to preregister. The tour is from 8 a.m. to noon and partici- pants will carpool from the Uxbridge Secondary School parking lot, 127 Planks Ln., Uxbridge, to a few feeders. The plan is to focus on the south part of north Durham. See more events at www.durhamregion-events DURHAM — International opera star Maija Kovalevska is making her Cana- dian debut at Oshawa’s Regent Theatre. Kovalevska is the special guest at the Ontario Philharmonic’s (OP) Jan. 27 concert and will be featured in the per- formance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G major. “It is a true pleasure and honour to be presenting my great colleague Maija and her fantastic vocal artistry to a Canadian audience for the first time,” says OP music director Marco Parisot- to of Ajax. “She possesses a grand and rare talent. She is someone with whom I have worked on several occasions on the operatic stage and I am thrilled to be sharing performances with her here in Canada.” Kovalevska says she is eager to per- form here. “I am excited and looking forward very much to performing in Canada for the first time with Ontario Philhar- monic and Marco Parisotto,” she says. “I cannot describe in words how happy I am about our fruitful collaboration. Mahler’s Celestial Symphony leads us to another dimension.” Born in Riga, Latvia, Kovalevska became known around the world in 2006 after winning the Operalia singing competition. Also on the Jan. 27 program are works by Massenet and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $45 or $56, available online at regenttheatre.ca, in person at the box office, 50 King St. E. or by calling 905- 721-3399, ext. 2. Maija, Marco and Mahler Jan. 27 in Oshawa Supplied photo DURHAM -- International opera star Maija Kovalevska makes her Canadian debut with the Ontario Philharmonic on Jan. 27 at Oshawa’s Regent Theatre. DURHAM — Popular act Absolute Journey Tribute is coming to Ajax to deliver beloved songs such as Who’s Cryin’ Now and Don’t Stop Believin’. The Journey tribute band features vocalist Riccardo Curzi, Paul Mulley on guitar, Adrian Ellis on bass, Jeff Vidov on keyboard and Derek Babanin on drums. “Formed in Toronto in early 2014, the quintet proposes a faithful reproduction of the Steve Perry era of the San Francis- co act, enriched with audience interac- tivity, projections, backdrops and true- to-the-original costume changes,” it says on the band’s website. “Absolute Jour- ney Tribute doesn’t aim to be a plain carbon copy of the real thing: every effort on stage, from singing and playing to the moves, is so natural and heartfelt that it captivates even the most skeptical critic. Seeing is believing.” The show is on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 and available at the St. Francis Centre Box Office at 78 Church St. S., the Ajax and McLean community centres, the Audley Recreation Centre or online at stfranciscentre.ca. For more information, call 905-619- 2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS). Absolute Journey Tribute to rock Ajax absolutejourneytribute.com MICHIGAN -- Absolute Journey Tribute members Adrian Ellis, left, and Riccardo Curzi play a 2015 show in Bay City, Michigan. The band performs at Ajax’s St. Francis Centre on Jan. 27. 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 • Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 17 AP Register for Kindergarten You are invited to register your child for Kindergarten at one of the Durham Catholic schools across the region. Your child must be turning 4 years of age by December 31, 2018 in order to enrol. Step 1:Visit dcdsb.ca between January 15-19, 2018 to initiate the online registration process. For questions, email admissions@dcdsb.ca Step 2:Call your local Catholic school to make an appointment to complete your registration in person during the week of January 22 to 26, 2018. Make your child care arrangements now! We offer a variety of child care services at our schools. For information on child care programs, call 905-576-6150 ext. 22172 or email: childcare@dcdsb.ca WHAT’S ON Durham Shoestring Performers presents second play of season DURHAM — An Oshawa’s theatre group’s second production of the season is a con- temporary drama. Durham Shoestring Performers (DSP) presents Sharr White’s The Other Place at the Arts Resource Centre from Jan. 19 to 27. “Juliana Smithton is a successful scien- tist whose life should be soaring as a new drug she has developed is ready for pub- lic release, but suddenly things take a bad turn,” says DSP artistic director Car- olyn Wilson. “Juliana becomes sure that her husband, Ian, is filing for divorce, her research assistant has run off with her daughter and, to top it off, she has brain cancer ... possibly. Or is everything not quite as clear as she thinks? Juliana tries to navigate through shards of memory in a brave attempt to maintain the sense of self she knows is slipping away, but in the end she can’t escape the truth that is far more challenging than she suspected. As Ian and Juliana come to understand, reality proves both less and more kind than they could ever have imagined.” The Other Place features Nancy Gleed of Whitby as Juliana Smithton, Ross Libbey of Courtice as Ian, and Lyndsay Hamilton (Oshawa) and Jesse Korneiew (Courtice) play various characters in Juliana’s life. The play runs Jan. 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. at the Arts Resource Centre, 45 Queen St. (behind Oshawa City Hall), Oshawa. Tickets are $15 each and can be reserved by email through www.durhamshoestring. org or by calling 905-725-9256. Durham Shoestring Performers presents The Other Place Jason Liebregts / Metroland OSHAWA — Durham Shoestring Performers’ Ross Libbey and Nancy Gleed rehearsed The Other Place, running at the Arts Resource Centre on Jan. 19, 20, 24 to 27. Ajax, Whitby artists showing in west Durham DURHAM — The PineRidge Arts Coun- cil’s Art in Public Places program has a new lineup for January and February. The program sees Durham artists showing in a variety of unconventional venues. In Ajax, Nesrin Blair of Whitby is show- ing work at Debbie’s Boutique Cafe, 94 Harwood Ave. S. Born in Istanbul, Blair has exhibited her jewelry and fine art for most of her life. In Pickering, Ajax artist Charles Burke’s art is on display at Reed’s Florists in the Pickering Town Centre, 1355 Kings- ton Rd. Burke, who works in a variety of styles, is also a musician who has devel- oped a colour theory matching notes with colours. Also in Pickering, former Oshawa and current Ajax resident Sharon Steinhaus’s art is on display at the Ontario Power Generation Information Centre, 1675 Montgomery Park Rd. Steinhaus works in a variety of media and of late has been capturing local landscapes. Finally, Toronto artist Katalin Rohn’s work can be seen at Dentistry on Liv- erpool, 927 Liverpool Rd., Pickering. 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Still doing it: I am so blessed with the opportunity to go out everyday and do things right, treat people right and hopefully leave this place and the peo- ple who I have the privilege of serving in a better place. I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I have always learned that if you want or need to get something done then now is a good time to start. So, here is my challenge to parents: starting right now, if you truly want to help your child be successful in any- thing, resolve to stay behind the fence. Let the coaches do the coaching. This means during games, practices, training sessions, car rides, dinner time — you name it — your only job is to be your child’s biggest supporter. Drive them, feed them and cheer. No matter what, tell them how proud of them you are and never teach, coach or criticize. Your main job is to develop self- esteem and self-confidence in your child. Probably the single biggest dif- ferentiator that I see in all of my best athletes is an extremely well developed and honest sense of self. Here is a link for “66 positive things to say to your child” to help you get started: www.foragingforflavor.com/66- positive-things-to-say-to-your-child/. Until next time, remember, “you can’t fake strong”. Peter Renzetti is a lecturer, mentor, performance life coach and a strength and conditioning coach. He can be reached at razor_1@sympatico.ca Jason Liebregts / Metroland WHITBY — Whitby Fury’s Dylan Latty and Pickering Panthers’ Mitchell Doyle battled for the puck in Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. The Fury won 4-2. Fury tie series 2-2 WHITBY — The Whitby Fury kept alive their hopes of both earning a play- off spot in the Ontario Junior Hock- ey League (OJHL) and winning the Bollocks Cup after a 4-2 win over the Pickering Panthers in a rare Tuesday afternoon game Jan. 16 at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. In fact, with one will go the other. The two Durham Region rivals cre- ated a new challenge this season, spon- sored by the Bollocks pubs in Whitby and Pickering, whereby the winner of the four-game regular season series would be awarded a trophy. With each team having now won twice, it’s been determined that which- ever team earns the eighth and final playoff spot in the OJHL’s North East Conference will also claim the Cup. The Fury (14-23-4-1) have made up some ground of late in that regard and now sit only two points back of the eighth-place Panthers (16-21-1-2), who do, however, have two games still in hand thanks to a pair of recent post- poned games. Patrick Demaio assisted on all four goals for the Fury, who jumped out to a 3-1 first-period lead and put the game away with an empty-net goal in the final minute. “It was really a four-point game against the Pickering Panthers and I thought we played very well,” said Fury head coach Rob Pearson. “I thought it was great that we could bounce back and we tied the Bollocks Cup 2-2, so now it’s a fight for the playoffs.” Shane Bull finished off a three-point game with the empty-netter, while Amedeo Mastrangeli, Liam Robertson and captain Matt Latin also scored for Whitby. Joseph Franzin and Andrew Hughes replied for Pickering, the latter coming with 2:04 remaining to set up an inter- esting finish. Alex Horawski made 24 saves for his first win in four games with the Fury. He had played previously this season with Pembroke of the Central Canada Hockey League and Surrey of the British Columbia Hockey League. Ethan Langevin, who’s from Brook- lin, stopped 25 of 28 in net for the Pan- thers. Pickering has 14 left to play, includ- ing home dates Friday against Buffalo (23-15-0-2) and Saturday against Milton (2-36-0-2), both at 7:30 p.m. DURHAM — Durham Region’s Olympic contingent is growing for the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Canadian men’s hockey team was officially announced Thursday, Jan. 11, and included Bowmanville’s Chris Kelly and former Oshawa Generals forward Christian Thomas among the players, as well as Whitby’s Bryan Boyes and Adam Foote on the staff. A day earlier, Oshawa’s Ben Donnel- ly was selected to compete in long track speed skating, joining Pickering’s Jenni- fer Wakefield, who was earlier chosen to play again for the women’s hockey team. Another local hockey player, former Generals captain Eric Regan of Whitby, is also expected to play for the host Korean team. The 29-year-old defence- man has been playing in Asia since 2013 and is one of several Canadians to have attained dual citizenship in order to play. 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He is now the head coach of his youngest son’s team, the nov- ice AA Knights, who carried a 13-9-1 Lake- shore League record into the new year. “Coach Ray is fantastic with the kids, he's able to push them to work very hard while always finding the way to joke with them and make them smile,” nomination com- ments read on the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) website. “With tre- mendous patience and countless hours of positive reinforcement, he's developing young athletes who love the game of hockey as much as each other's company. “On Ray's team, no one is above anyone else and teamwork always receives more praise than individual plays,” it continues. “Ray's team is a family, where siblings are welcome to join practices and never for- gotten during team parties. While always very humble, coach Ray is making a big impact in his community and I feel very fortunate to have my eight-year-old son playing on his team.” Nieminen credited his team's coaching, administrative staff and team manager for helping lead to his team's success on the ice. Asked what makes a good coach on the OMHA website, Nieminen replied: “You have to listen to everybody. I go to coach- es clinics. You always have to keep learn- ing. The game is changing. You can’t stand in front of the net anymore for two and a half minutes. It’s more of a speed game, short shifts. Definitely learning from a lot of other people. “I’m a lot different of a coach now than I was 15 years ago,” he added. “I kind of fine-tune how I think the game should be played, in my mind. There’s no right or wrong way. Every coach has their way, and it’s my job to motivate my kids to play my way. I’m not saying it’s the best way, it’s just that’s all I know and what I think works the best. 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