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PICKERING - Claremont resi- dents opposed to an application to build on the Oak Ridges Mo- raine fear what a ruling in fa- vour of the developer could mean for the future of the pro- tected land. Geranium Homes is appeal- ing to the Ontario Municipal Board to build about 70 detached homes in the northeast section of Claremont, on a property known as Ward Farm. The property has a long histo- ry of development proposals. Original developer Toko Invest- ments applied for rezoning and filed a draft plan of subdivision to build 27 homes on a portion of Caen Mulveney, Jennifer Laffier, Shelagh Mulveney and Kirby Moore are members of the Claremont community opposed to a townhouse development proposal for land on the Oak Ridges Moraine in north Pickering. 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The suspect stole electronics and fled the store to his vehicle, last seen driving toward Taunton Road. The employee sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene. About 10 minutes later police received another robbery call at a Subway store on Brock Road in Pickering. Police say while the employee was closing up, the suspect smashed the front glass and when the employee came to the front, he saw the suspect armed with a hammer and taking the till from the reg- ister. The suspect fled the store, got into his vehicle and drove off. The store employee was not physically injured. Uniform officers searched the immediate area with no re- sults. The suspect is described as male, about five-feet-eight-inch- es tall, 18 to 20 years old, his face was covered to conceal his iden- tity. He was driving an older ve- hicle similar to a Honda Civic, dark in colour, with tinted win- dows. Anyone with new informa- tion about this investigation is asked to contact the major crime - robbery unit at 1-888-579- 1520 ext. 5355. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477 (TIPS) or on the website at www.durhamregionalcrimes- toppers.ca and tipsters are eligi- ble for a cash reward of up to $2,000. CRIME Ajax, Pickering Subway restaurants robbed WHITBY - A teacher and c oach at Robert Munsch Public School in Whitby is facing sev- eral charges after police say he was involved in inappropriate relationships with students. T homas Grieve, 39, of Scu- gog Township, who teaches at the elementary school on No- rista Street, has been charged w ith eight counts of sexual as- s ault and sexual interference. Police say all of the incidents i nvolved youth under the age of 16 and add some occurred dur- i ng school hours. He was held for a bail hearing. Grieve served as a coach for s ports teams at the school and also coached the Female Under 18 team for the Durham Rebels Volleyball Club. He previously taught at E.A. Fairman Public School in Whitby and various s chools as a supply teacher. He has also taught night school and summer school at numer- ous secondary schools. B randon Khan is the co- president of the rebels volley- ball club. He coached the under 18 girls' team with Grieve and said he never noticed anything out of the ordinary. Khan said Grieve ap- proached him before March B reak to tell him there had been allegations against him. T he club removed him as coach r ight away, said Khan, who not- e d Grieve had also been away f rom the school for a while. "I have known him for a long t ime. This is crazy," said Khan who noted Grieve had been a coach with the Rebels for years but couldn't say exactly for how long. In a press release late Mon- day afternoon, the public school board said it has co-op- e rated with the Durham Chil- dren's Aid Society and police in t he investigation. The board sent a letter home to parents and guardians to provide an update. In the letter, principal Mi- chelle MacDonald noted noth- ing is more important that the safety of students. "It is be- cause there continues to be an a ctive police investigation that we cannot share additional in- formation at this time," the let- ter stated. Students and parents with information have been direct- ed to call police. A followup email noted the teacher is currently on leave. "The Board is gathering infor- mation and will determine n ext steps at the conclusion of that process," it stated. I nvestigators want to ensure there are no other victims. A nyone with new information is asked to contact Detective Constable Briese of the DRPS Child Abuse Sexual Assault U nit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5323. 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Babar Ali, 30, of Toron- to is facing 337 firearms- related charges and pos- session for the purpose of trafficking of a schedule I substance (carfentanil). He was returned to Dur- ham Region and was held for a bail hearing. In September, 2017 po- lice arrested and charged Maisum Ansari, 33, of Oshawa with possession for the purpose of traffick- ing a schedule 1 substance (carfentanil). Anyone with informa- tion about this investiga- tion is asked to call the drug enforcement unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5802. Anonymous tips can be made to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.durhamregional- crimestoppers.ca and tip- sters may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000. CRIME PICKERING -- Investigators have charged a second suspect after police seized 33 guns and carfentanil from a Pickering residence in September 2017. Durham Regional Police Service Police arrest second man in 2017 gun seizure the land (referred to as Phase 1) in 1990, but plans never went beyond a public information meeting, when Toko opted not to proceed. The city also received a rezoning application for more lands (Phase 2) on the property, but no draft plan of subdivision. "Back then, Claremont was gov- erned by the Hamlet of Claremont Development Plan," said Pickering's chief planner Catherine Rose. The Oak Ridges Moraine Act was implemented in 2001, and Claremont be- came part of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP). Geranium Homes has since purchased the proper- ty. Since the original plans for subdivision in 1990, the policy framework regard- ing these lands, specifically with regards to establish- ing firm hamlet boundar- ies, changed with the adop- tion of the City of Pickering Official Plan, the approval of the ORMCP, and the city's Oak Ridges Moraine con- formity amendment. Policies state only limit- ed development can occur within the hamlet boundar- ies. In 2012, Geranium reacti- vated the lands and submit- ted another rezoning appli- cation and a draft plan of subdivision for 27 detached homes. Again, the application didn't go fur- ther than a public information meet- ing. Geranium Homes is appealing all three of its applications, on the grounds that Pickering exceeded the time limit to make a decision on the proposals. Although the city only received the draft subdivision plans for the 1990 and 2012 27-lot applications, Ge- ranium Homes is asking the OMB to consider the other portion as well. The OMB is expected to decide whether it will invoke the 'clergy principle,' which states that, gener- ally, land use planning applications must be judged on the basis of the law and policy in place on the date of the original ap- plication. A grandfather clause in the ORMCP allows development ap- plications sub- mitted before Nov. 16, 2001, to go forward. "Challenging the Oak Ridges Moraine is very concerning as the ministry spent years in consulta- tion to develop this," said Clare- mont resident Jennifer Laffier. "This current ap- plication cites that they origi- nally put in a pro- posal in 1990 is problematic. This would be the first case challenging the Oak Ridges Moraine based on an old application and could be precedent setting. How many applications from the 70s, 80s and 90s could come forward to build on the Oak Ridges Moraine, slowly chipping away at it so that there is nothing left for the future genera- tions we had protected for?" Geranium Homes did not provide comment by press time. A pre-hearing is taking place at Pickering City Hall on Thursday, March 22 at 10 a.m. The pre-hearing allows people who wish to weigh in on the matter as either participants or a party to register. The city has never taken a posi- tion on the proposals. "No council with the City of Pick- ering has made a decision or put a position forward on these applica- tions," said Rose. Debbe Crandall, policy adviser to Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition noted the ORMCP has recently been through a rigorous consultation process and revised with new policies. The prov- ince "very strongly sets out targets and objectives that sprawl will no longer be on the provincial agenda." A portion of the property is with- in the Claremont hamlet boundary. "There's really not much of a case here," she said. "It's really clear that that (hamlet) boundary is not to be moved and that's what we'll be pre- senting at the board hearing," said Crandall. Ward 3 regional Coun. David Pickles said he and Ward 3 city Coun. Shaheen Butt have asked Geranium Homes to hold an information meet- ing for residents to hear accurate in- formation and get answers to their questions, to which it's agreed. "Otherwise, residents would have to wait much longer, travel to city hall and be in a more formal setting," Pickles said. "We think sharing in- formation early and in the communi- ty would be helpful. This will also help address rumours and inaccu- rate information that is otherwise spread." NEWS l Continued from page 3 Claremont community digs in to fight potential development on moraine "How many applications from the 70s, 80s and 90s could come forward to build on the Oak Ridges Moraine, slowly chipping away at it so that there is nothing left for the future generations we had protected for?" - Jennifer Laffier, Claremont resident What are youcrowdfunding for? fuellocal.com is an online platform to raise money through crowdfunding: an opportunity for a collection of individuals to make donations in support of a cause. Create your fundraising campaign or help fund local initiatives at fuellocal.com Start your campaign now!.com dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | W e d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 | 6 PICKERING - The com- pletion date for the Palmer Bridge reconstruction is delayed by four months, Pickering's director of en- gineering updated staff. Ward 3 city Coun. Sha- heen Butt said residents are concerned and have been asking about the sta- tus of the construction. Richard Holborn ex- plained the city's contrac- tor has faced numerous is- sues such as ground water levels in West Duffins Creek. "They have come across some very difficult condi- tions, it has put them be- hind schedule by approxi- mately four months, which is significant, I understand that," he said. While the bridge itself should be completed by Ju- ly, the entire job which in- cludes the sidewalk is now scheduled to be finished in October. COMMUNITY Pickering's Palmer Bridge faces delays PICKERING - A council- lor expressed concerns about Pickering's online voting system, after facing barriers when he tried to vote in the leadership race for the Ontario PC party on the weekend. In 2017, council approved plans to hold online voting in the 2018 municipal elec- tion, while keeping some voting stations open. Ward 2 city Coun. Ian Cumming asked staff at the March 12 council meeting to review, and explain the sys- tem, as well as how Picker- ing wouldn't fall to the same pitfalls that he faced on the weekend when he tried nu- merous times to get a pin number and was never able to participate in the vote for the PC leadership. "I know in a perfect world we won't (fall to the same pit- falls) but I think we've found in the past week it's not al- ways a perfect world," he said. City clerk Debbie Shields said although the city is us- ing the same online voting provider as the one used for the PC leadership vote, "you cannot run a proper election in 30 days." She said that election was not government-run, but PC party-run, and their own guidelines and require- ments are different from what municipalities are re- quired to follow. Shields said she would explain the system to coun- cillors in-depth and answer any questions they might have about online voting. NEWS Pickering councillor questions online voting PICKERING - When Adrian Liu was four months pregnant with her first child and it was time for an ultra- sound, she received news that no mother wants to hear. She and her husband were told there was something wrong with their baby. "All I felt was disbelief and I was so worried," Liu recalled at an event at Walmart Pickering on March 15. The couple met with a pediatric cardiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and learned their baby had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, hypoplastic left heart syndrome. A number of structures on the left side of the ba- by's heart were not fully formed, ob- structing normal blood flow through the heart. Essentially, the left side of her heart wasn't working. The baby would need three open-heart surger- ies to make her heart work properly. "We were both crushed," Liu said. "We were both crying because it sounded so scary." After the initial depression, fear and disbelief, the parents slowly came to realize their child's condition could be managed by the team at Sick- Kids. Their daughter, Olivia Chan, was born on July 6, 2011, and was immedi- ately transferred to SickKids. "She had her first surgery at one week old," Liu said. Her parents were able to take their daughter home for the first time when she was one month old. Olivia returned to SickKids for her second open-heart surgery when she was six months old, and completed the third of her planned surgeries at three and- a-half. Each time was difficult, but the staff and special activities for chil- dren made the stay more comfort- able. "Now, she's a happy, healthy six year-old," said Liu, adding people are generally shocked when they hear about Olivia's experience, because she seems just like any other kid. At the March 15 event, Olivia, a Pickering resident, was named the 2018 Children's Miracle Network Champion Child presented by Wal- mart Canada. "SickKids fixed my heart when I was a baby," Olivia said to her sup- porters. Walmart is a partner of the Chil- dren's Miracle Network, which raises awareness and funds for SickKids and other children's' hospitals. As the 2018 Children's Miracle Net- work Champion Child, Olivia and 11 other patients will represent the Ca- nadian hospital at which they were treated. The Champions program cel- ebrates the life-saving work done an- nually at children's hospitals across the country. The Pickering Walmart faithfully fundraises for SickKids, providing regular opportunities for staff and customers to donate to the hospital. "A lot of our campaigns start off at our registers," explained Sebastian Vella, Pickering Walmart store man- ager. Bake sales, baseball tournaments and online fundraisers are some of the ways the store raises money. "I haven't had to use SickKids but just knowing they're there is a great feeling," said Vella, also a father. Olivia was delighted with a Fro- zen-themed celebration, coming off a Disney high, having just travelled to Orlando with her family to visit Dis- ney World. Liu has a message for expectant parents who get news similar to what she and her husband were told before Olivia was born. "I say, don't lose heart," she said. "We have great hospitals here, great doctors." SickKids is currently raising funds to rebuild the hospital. "We really just need to bring the hospital into a new era," said Heather Mills, associate director of cause mar- keting. Visit sickkidsfoundation.com for more information. ONTARIO SickKids patient Olivia Chan was named the 2018 Children's Miracle Network Champion Child presented by Walmart Canada. She made her debut at Walmart's Pickering store with a Frozen-themed celebration on March 15. Olivia became a SickKids kid before she was born as she was diagnosed in-utero with a congenital heart defect that required a series of three open-heart surgeries to re-route her heart and make it function properly. Olivia was joined by Frozen characters Anna and Elsa. 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CONTACT US Publisher Tim Whittaker | twhittaker@durhamregion.com Director of Advertising Fred Eismont | feismont@durhamregion.com Regional Managing Editor Mike Johnston | mjohnston@durhamregion.com Director of Distribution Abe Fahkourie | afakhourie@durhamregion.com Composing Manager Cheryl Haines | chaines@durhamregion.com WHO WE ARE •LETTERS & COMMENTARY • I'm a fan of horror films. My sister must share the gene, as she and I try to make it a regular habit to go out, snarf some popcorn and get the pants scared off of ourselves. And just like any other genre of film, some are good and some are stinkers. My litmus test for a truly scary movie is if I find myself, on the drive home, repeatedly checking my rear view mirror for somebody hid- ing in the back seat. I'm not kidding . I've actually done that. I'm just as happy to stay at home and get creeped out, but I simply can't en- tice Kathryn to join in the dark fun. She can barely get through an episode of Scooby-Doo without cover- ing her face. There have been some great Canadian horror films, of course. Black Christmas, Pontypool and even Cube come to mind but I don't think filmmak- ers have yet to produce the quintessentially Canadi- an horror flick. Canadi- ans are a very special kind of people and we have a very particular set of but- tons that need to be pushed to really raise the hair on the backs of our necks. This is why, in the future, I'm sure we'll see titles like these on Canadi- an marquees: "The man who wouldn't say excuse me," "The day the earth ran out of road salt," "Hockey Night of the Liv- ing Dead," "Zombie Zam- boni," "The Group of Sev- en Deadly Sins" and '"The Toque of Frankenstein." A lot of horror is re- gion-specific if you think about it. Because every culture has its own buga- boos; dark secrets that it doesn't want to admit to it- self. My ultimate list of American horror films, for instance, would have to include these titles: "We were wrong," "The day the earth ran out of ammo," "It came from Washington!" and "No Lives Matter!" The Brits, of course have a morbid fear of any- thing to do with dentistry and any decent French hor- ror film involves a sauce going off and a wine that hasn't been paired proper- ly. Ew. Finally, the Swiss and German populations can be found screaming in the- atres watching such offer- ings as "Disorder!", "The thing that was late" and "Charlie destroys the Choc- olate Factory." To each his own, I guess. –Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer, saves some of his best lines for this column Canadian horror films Columnist Neil Crone is a big fan of scary flicks NEIL CRONE Column Pensions and OAS should be updated says reader To the editor: Re: 'Nobody has any- thing to say about the plight of seniors,' letters, Feb. 22 The only leadership candidate for the Ontario PC party that I have seen come out directly and said she supports the seniors is Christine Elliott of Whit- by. The other four candi- dates have said nothing that I have seen about wanting to look after us. And the other parties haven't offered either. Pensions and Old Age Security need to be revisit- ed and a sizeable income should be forthcoming to get us back on track with the cost of living. My OAS also went up about $1 from December to January like yours. The pension went up somewhat more but it is still tight living just on the pension we paid into. As you said, though, the CPP and OAS are both federally controlled. Justin Trudeau made an election promise saying he would look after pen- sioners but in the two years he has been in pow- er, he hasn't thought once about us. Andrew Scheer, leader of the federal Con- servative Party of Canada has said he will look after and support seniors and hopefully that means he will revisit CPP and OAS. "Canada's Conserva- tives will always put peo- ple before government," Andrew Scheer said in Sarnia on Feb. 22. Ian Wilson Bowmanville The scandalous gouging of consumers To the editor: After over pricing bread for a number of years at our expense, the major gro- cery stores are not only raising prices to cover the cost of the new minimum wage, but are cutting hours of the more experienced cashiers and using some experienced cashiers to train consumers to cash- out and pack their own gro- ceries. Meanwhile, if this person is successful, he/ she could likely lose their job. Consumers who strongly object to this tac- tic are in lineups at one or two cashiers for 15 minutes or more. They have such gall. This tactic is now also being used in pharmacies. So greed is spreading, en- hancing the profit of the one per cent upper class while the middle class gets the middle finger, strug- gling to make ends meet. What is most troubling is that they do not even offer the consumer any incen- tive - not even a 10 per cent discount for packing their own groceries/pharmacy items. Shame on all of you. Aline Revoy Pickering Letters See what our readers are saying about the issues that matter to them durhamregion.com/letters OPINION 9 | New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m AJAX - Two suspects are being sought after an Ajax grocery sto- ry was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday. Late on the night of March 15, two suspects, one armed with a gun, assaulted a store employee when they entered by the rear door of Sal's Grocery Store in the Ajax Plaza, on Harwood Avenue south of Hwy. 401, Durham re- gional police report. The suspects tied up two em- ployees and then stole cash from a safe. The victims were able to free themselves and call police. The suspects fled and drove off in a silver vehicle. Police were called at about 11:15 p.m. The employees suffered minor injuries. The first suspect is described as a man wearing a grey sweater, grey track pants and a black toque. He was armed with a hand- gun. The second suspect is de- scribed as a man, wearing all black and carrying a black bag. Anyone with more informa- tion is asked to contact the major crime - robbery unit at 1-888-579- 1520. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477 or on the website at www.durhamregionalcrimes- toppers.ca. PICKERING - No one was in- jured after a Pickering conve- nience store was robbed at gun- point early Saturday morning. Police said three men - one with a gun - robbed a store at 1298 Kingston Rd. in Pickering, near Liverpool Road, at about 3 a.m. March 17. The suspects fled, police weren't immediately able to pro- vide a description of them. Pickering convenience store robbed at gunpoint DURHAM - A majority of Dur- ham police officers have expressed a lack of confidence in their senior leadership, with more than half of them saying Police Chief Paul Martin ought to be replaced, ac- cording to a membership survey. Just 11 per cent of the officers who took part in the survey feel se- nior management at the Durham Regional Police Service is doing a good job, according to the survey, conducted for the Durham Region- al Police Association (DRPA) by the polling firm Pollara. The results are a stark assess- ment of the membership's low mo- rale and lack of faith in their lead- ership, said association president Randy Henning. "The numbers speak for them- selves," Henning said Wednesday, March 14. "The status quo at the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is not sustainable." In a statement March 15, Chief Martin said he's taking the survey results seriously. "I respect the issues and con- cerns that have been brought for- ward in the survey and will work with my leadership team over the next few weeks to analyze the re- sults in greater detail," Martin said. "We need to better under- stand some of the root causes of the dissatisfaction and clear up any misunderstandings about the work being done." Martin promised to "reach out" to association leaders in an at- tempt to address the issues identi- fied in the survey. The online survey was conduct- ed between Feb. 5 and 25. Accord- ing to Pollara, 418 of 1,150 eligible police union members took part, which the firm characterized as "a very good, above average response rate for a membership survey", roughly equal to the rate of partici- pation in elections for police union executive members. A few of the key findings in- clude: .52 per cent of respondents feel Chief Paul Martin should be re- moved as soon as possible, with the majority of them saying his con- tract should not be renewed when it expires in May of 2019 .80 per cent of the members sur- veyed feel chief administrative of- ficer (CAO) Stan MacLellan should be removed and replaced with a new CAO as soon as possible .Two-thirds of respondents ex- pressed dissatisfaction with the police services board, the civilian panel that provides governance for the service .While 60 per cent of the officers surveyed expressed satisfaction with their careers, 43 per cent indi- cated their dissatisfaction with the Durham service Among concerns expressed by respondents are the impression that promotion is based more on favouritism than merit, and that complaints of workplace bullying and harassment are not dealt with effectively by management. Henning has forwarded the Pol- lara report to police management and the police services board; the association is calling for an imme- diate meeting of the board to ad- dress concerns raised by the poll. The board issued a statement March 15: "The board takes seri- ously the issues raised by the asso- ciation and will review the find- ings of the survey at its next meet- ing on April 9, 2018," it said. "The board continues to support the leadership of Chief Martin and looks forward to ongoing dialogue with all members and the DRPA to ensure the DRPS remains an effec- tive, productive, safe and healthy organization." The survey was conducted af- ter a meeting in late January at which association members sup- ported a vote of non-confidence in the chief. "We've been saying to senior management for some time that morale is low," Henning said. "It would seem it's fallen on deaf ears." 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The suspect fled the area in a taxi, and after arriving in Scar- borough, fled the taxi without pay- ing. He was later located by Toronto police in a residential backyard in the Meadowvale Avenue and Elles- mere Road area and arrested. The blaze caused more than $500,000 in damages. Several em- ployees were inside getting ready to open the store at the time of the blaze, but no one was injured during the incident. Paul Nicholas of no fixed address (Oshawa) is charged with: arson causing damage to property; fraud- ulently obtaining transportation; arson with disregard for human life; breaking and entering with intent - business; possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace; and pos- session of incendiary material. He was held for a bail hearing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Const. Azzano or Det. Hawkes of West Division Criminal Investiga- tions Bureau at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2526/2528. Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 and tip- sters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward. NEWS Oshawa man charged with arson after Ajax Canadian Tire fire The Ajax Canadian Tire store at Salem and Kingston roads in Ajax caught fire on Wednesday, March 14 shortly after 8 a.m. Debbie Nemethy photo DURHAM - Durham po- lice are reminding resi- dents to be cautious when meeting people they've en- countered online after a Pickering man was as- saulted and robbed in his home on Tuesday after- noon. After arranging a meet- ing through a web-based service, two men visited the home of a 66-year-old Pickering man just before 3 p.m. on March 13. Officers were called to the home, in the Valley Farm Road and Finch Avenue area, after the men allegedly assault- ed the senior and left the home with some of the vic- tim's property, say police. Both men were located by police a short time later and arrested. Two men, 22 and 24, have been charged with robbery, mischief under $5,000, possession of prop- erty obtained by crime and probation-related charges. They were held for bail hearings. The identities of the sus- pects have been withheld to protect the identity of the victim, police say. If meeting someone on- line, police recommend set- ting up an initial meeting in a public place and bring- ing a friend along if possi- ble. Anyone with informa- tion about this incident is asked to contact Det. Const. Stewart at 905-579- 1520, extension 1929. 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OPG’s current licence, which expires on August 31, 2018, allows OPG to operate the Pickering NGS, which consists of eight nuclear power reactor units and their associated equipment. Six of the units are operational and two units have been placed in safe storage. OPG has indicated its intent to cease all commercial operation at the Pickering NGS on December 31, 2024. After the reactor units have been permanently shut down, the station will undergo activities for approximately three to four years as it transitions to a safe storage state. Date (Part 1): April 4, 2018 Place: CNSC public hearing room 14th floor, 280 Slater Street Ottawa, ON Time: As set by the agenda published prior to the hearing date Date (Part 2): June 26–28, 2018 Place: Hope Fellowship Church 1685 Bloor Street Courtice, ON Time: As set by the agenda published prior to the hearing date The hearing dates and locations may change. Check our website for the latest details. The hearing will be webcast live and archived online for 90 days. Members of the public who have an interest or expertise in this matter, or information that may be useful to the Commission, are invited to comment on OPG’s application during Part 2 of the hearing. Requests to intervene must be filed with the Commission Secretariat by May 7, 2018 using the online request form at http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/the-commission/intervention or the contact information below. The request must include a written submission, a statement setting out whether the requester wishes to do an oral presentation, and the requester’s contact information. Details on requirements for these requests are available online or by contacting the Secretariat. OPG’s submission and CNSC staff’s recommendations are available on request to the Secretariat. Find out more about the hearing process at nuclearsafety.gc.ca. Information: Secretariat 280 Slater Street, P.O. 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Young scientists in grades 4 to 12 who live in Durham are invited to en- ter a project, home- schooled students are also welcome to participate. It isn't necessary to have participated in a previous science fair - projects done at school or at home can be entered. "It is a wonderful oppor- tunity for students to share their passion and enthusi- asm for science with judg- es, teachers, family and the public and to meet 'real' sci- entists from the UOIT com- munity," says DRSF co-or- dinator Mary Olaveson. Projects on topics in sci- ence, technology, engineer- ing, math, environmental science and sustainability are all eligible. Set up and judging takes place the morning of April 7, and the science fair will be open to the public from 1 to 2:30 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony. Two students in grades 7 to 12 will win an opportuni- ty to compete at the Cana- da-Wide Science Fair in Ot- tawa in May. The registration dead- line for the Durham Re- gional Science Fair is April 4. Visit www.durhamsci- encefair.ca or email mary.olaveson@durham- sciencefair.ca for more in- formation. Registration for Durham science fair open DURHAM - Durham College is going geothermal to heat and cool one of its largest buildings. At an event on March 12, Durham MPP Granville Anderson announced $14.7 million in funding from the prov- ince's Greenhouse Gas Campus Retro- fits Program - $9.1 million of which will fund a new geothermal field on campus. The field will be located on the site of the current Simcoe Building, which will be torn down this summer. Three hundred boreholes will be drilled into the ground and connected to a piping network and heat pump plant. Once completed early in the spring of 2019, the geothermal field will look like a regular green space. Initially it will be used to heat and cool the Gordon Willey Building, there are plans to include other campus build- ings later on as funding becomes avail- able. "This takes our dependency off of oth- er fuels," explains Durham College pres- ident Don Lovisa. "It reduces our green- houses gases and it saves money for the college. The closer we get to net-zero buildings, where we're not emitting any greenhouse gasses, the better we are en- vironmentally." In addition to the environmental ben- efits, the geothermal field and heat pump plant will provide real-life learning op- portunities for Durham College students studying green energy. Anderson says the announcement comes at a time when climate change and environmental sustainability are on many people's minds. "We have had flooding in Bowmanville and in other areas locally . climate change is having a real impact on our community," he says. Another $1.45 million of the funding announced March 12 will be used to com- plete upgrades of existing Durham Col- lege facilities such as LED lighting and high-efficiency HVAC systems, while $4.1 million will take the form of an interest- free loan, uses for which are still being exposed. Lovisa says this builds on Durham College's ongoing green accomplish- ments, which include being named one of Canada's Greenest Employers and re- ceiving a silver rating from the sustain- ability tracking assessment and rating system of the Association for Advance- ment of Sustainability in Higher Educa- tion. EDUCATION Going geothermal at Durham College JILLIAN FOLLERT jfollert@durhamregion.com On March 12, Durham MPP Granville Anderson announced $14.7 million in funding for Durham College through the Greenhouse Gas Campus Retrofits Program. Durham College photo dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 | 16 AJAX - With the help of about 50 school students, Ajax unveiled the book "Protect Carruthers Creek Headwaters." The book, which includes let- ters and artwork, lays out the town's case for protecting the headwaters of Carruthers Creek. The students, Grades 7 and 8 pupils from Applecroft Public School, contributed to the book. The book is being forwarded to Bill Mauro, the provincial minis- ter of municipal affairs. The province is conducting a review of the Greenbelt and Wednesday, March 7, was the deadline for submissions. Speaking to the students in the council chambers, Mayor Steve Parish said, "It's very important to protect and preserve the headwa- ters of Carruthers Creek." Without protecting the head- waters, there's a concern about flooding further downstream in southeast Ajax. The headwaters are in north- east Pickering, but are not includ- ed in the green belt. The City of Pickering favours allowing devel- opment in the area. The headwaters are "the most sensitive part" of Carruthers Creek and need to be protected, Parish added. "It's the most sensitive area not protected," he said. "Major storms don't happen every 10 years. They happen every year." The town is asking "the prov- ince to do what is right," Parish said. Abel, a Grade 7 student, said all the students contributed. "I learned a lot of things. Car- ruthers Creek should be in the green belt for protection," Abel added. Jenna, a Grade 8 student, said she went online to say the creek should be protected. Mikayla, Grade 8 student, said, "I made word art online. It's a bunch of words formed into a pic- ture." Muntaha, a Grade 8 student, al- so did word art. "Yeah, it was fun. I learned how there's an algae issue and Carruth- ers Creek has to be protected." A report by David Crombie found the headwaters are signifi- cantly important and need to be protected. Crombie is chair of the Plan- ning for Health, Prosperity and Growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Advisory Panel. In a letter to the province that's includ- ed in the Ajax book, he wrote, "The headwaters of Carruthers Creek cradles a 2,300-hectare area of prime agricultural land complete- ly surrounded by the green belt." Parish said, "The natural envi- ronment is so important to main- tain." Council supports maintaining the natural environment, he not- ed. "This affects an old guy like me, but it really affects young people like you. If the environment is not sustainable and protected, you are the ones who will pay the price," he said. Allison Symonds Abbott, the Grade 7 and 8 science teacher, said the students were "learning about local issues that will allow the stu- dents to connect and learn. The students learned a lot about the waterway." "It's a great thing the town has rallied around," she said. "We hope our voice is heard and we are able to protect that water." Letters and art work by the stu- dents have been included in the book. NEWS Ajax book pushes watershed protection support - with the help of students KEITH GILLIGAN KGilligan@durhamregion.com Ajax Mayor Steve Parish was joined by Grade 7 and 8 students from Applecroft Public School during the unveiling of the book Protect Carruthers Creek Headwaters at Ajax Town Hall on March 6. Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland FOCUS ON FAMILYFOCUSON SENIORS FOCUS ON HEALTH FOCUS ON FOOD & WINE Vince Talotta / Toronto Star Cancer survivor Jim Beattie found life after colon cancer difficult and he struggled with depression. Then Beattie learned of Wellspring, a network of community-based support centres that offer free programs to cancer patients. Today, seen here at the Wellspring Westerkirk House at Sunnybrook, he says he has turned a corner. By Isabel Teotonio A few months after being diagnosed with colon cancer and undergoing surgery to remove part of his bowel, Jim Beattie slipped into a “black hole” of depression. He was living with chronic pain, fatigue and in fear of cancer returning. And, he had stopped buying flower seeds — a worrisome sign for this avid gardener who loved tending the yard of his Leaside home. “I was feeling hopeless, bereft,” recalls the 69-year-old retired technology consultant. “I felt very, very sorry for myself. I didn’t have any clear vision that there was a future.” He’s not alone. The emotional and physical challenges that cancer patients experience after treatment is highlighted in a recent report by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. It includes findings from a first-of-its-kind survey of 13,000 Canadian adults on their experience, within the last three years, of transitioning between oncology care to the broader health care system. Among those surveyed, 80 per cent reported physical challenges, with increased fatigue and changes in sexual function and fertility as their biggest concerns; 70 per cent struggled emotionally with depression, changes in sexual intimacy and fear of cancer returning; and 40 per cent had practical difficulties, such as returning to school or work, and financial woes like paying health care bills. Despite this, 51 per cent did not seek help for physical issues, and 34 per cent didn’t seek emotional support, because they were told that what they were going through was normal. And nearly a quarter sought no assistance for practical challenges because they didn’t want to ask. The report serves as a wake-up call, says Esther Green, director of Person-Centred Perspective at the Partnership who helped write it. “I don’t think the heath care system understands what the issues are and what cancer survivors face after treatment is over. And I think the general public thinks, ‘You’re better now, move on, get back to your life.’ “There is no normal they can go back to. It’s a whole different experience as they move forward,” she says, noting some suffer from debilitating symptoms such as anxiety and depression. Green says more needs to be done to help patients manage post-treatment, noting more than one million Canadians are currently living beyond cancer treatment — a figure that will only increase as treatment improves and the population ages. Across the country there’s a patchwork of care, she says, with urban centres better serviced, while some in rural or remote communities are “suffering in silence.” To fix these gaps, she suggests more online support groups and ensuring that health care providers are aware of existing resources so they can refer patients. And there are places that can help, she says. For example, the Canadian Cancer Society has peer support volunteers, Cancer Chat Canada runs online support groups and Wellspring, Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto and Hearth Place are support centres offering various programs. “If you’re told nothing can be done, you just shrug your shoulder and walk away,” she says. “The reality is that some things can be done. The challenge is how can we help survivors use their voice to say, ‘No, it’s not OK to be told it’s normal. There must be something else that can be done. Where can you refer me?’” After Beattie’s surgery in 2011 — doctors successfully removed the cancer but surgical complications required followup procedures — he needed coping strategies, but says health care providers didn’t point him in the right direction. “Cancer patients are treated for the physical problems, but not the emotional problems and psychological impacts.” And the scourge of cancer can be unrelenting. “I couldn’t get away from the medical machine,” says Beattie, who underwent regular checkups for five years to see if the cancer had spread or returned. “It was a fairly traumatic time.” His wife Mary was his source of support, but she knew he needed more. He turned to his family doctor, who recommended a psychiatrist. “(The psychiatrist) didn’t seem to have any interest in (the cancer) or think that was much of an issue,” recalls Beattie. 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Pickering Town Centre www.kleinfootcare.ca FOCUS ON FAMILYFOCUSON SENIORS FOCUS ON HEALTH FOCUS ON FOOD & WINE A prescription for a good night’s sleep Dr. Jessica Ross suggests meditation, good sleep hygiene, supplements for a restful night’s slumber Few things beat waking up in the morning, refreshed and ready for a productive and focused day. Sleep boosts mood and energy, physical and cognitive performance; but did you know insomnia is also a risk factor for heart attack and stroke? The bottom line: sleep is necessary for your well-being and you need to clock a minimum of six hours nightly for optimum heart health. Good news: there’s now evidence to support safe, sustainable options to help you sleep, without resorting to pharmaceuticals. From MD to you, here are some tips for sleeping bliss. Be Mindful. A research-backed technique (and my personal favourite), mindfulness meditation can improve aspects of sleep, such as time to fall asleep and sleep quality. Free audio downloads are available for guided sessions — simply plug in, tuck into bed and let mellow voices guide you into slumber. My top prescriptions include The Chopra Center’s Dream Meditation, UCLA’s Body Scan for Sleep and Michael Sealey’s Mindfulness Meditation for Deep Sleep. Practice good sleep hygiene. Keep consistent sleep and wake times, avoid caffeine after midday, exercise regularly, cool and darken your room and employ “white noise” (great free apps are available). Limit your screen time in the two hours before bed as blue light emitted from devices suppresses melatonin and wreaks havoc on your brain and body’s ability to settle. If that’s not possible, consider a filter to block blue light. And turn your phone to “do not disturb”: it can all wait for morning. Supplement. Melatonin, which is produced by our bodies, can be useful to help balance circadian rhythm for shift workers or anyone travelling across time zones. Valerian is an herb that can be steeped into a lovely tea or taken as a capsule or tincture and used before bed as a natural sleep aid. Prior to supplementing, consult your doctor or naturopath, especially if you take other medications or suffer medical conditions. Snoring? Frequent waking? Cramping or restlessness? A sleep study may be warranted. Otherwise, practice these measures for a restful sleep and good health. Sweet dreams. — Dr. Jessica Ross practises medicine in Port Perry, Ontario. Visit www. drjessicaross.com or follow her on Facebook @DoctorJessicaRoss. Questions welcome. Dr. Jessica Ross Guest columnist sounded crazy.” Through a chance encounter with a neighbour, Beattie learned of Wellspring, a network of community-based support centres that offer free programs to cancer patients and their caregivers to help with emotional, social and practical needs. Programs include financial advice, cooking lessons and exercise classes. After a year of grappling without support — apart from his wife — Beattie joined Wellspring and signed up for meditation, yoga and relaxation classes. Eventually, he “turned a corner.” “I found myself looking at a packet of seeds, and going, ‘Hmm, I should think of planting these.’ That’s when I realized I’d gotten my future back.” Barb Riley, the manager of Wellspring Westerkirk House, located on the campus of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, says the end of treatment is “not the end of the road” for patients. “It can be lonely and isolating and they don’t know how to move forward. Often what I’ve heard from members is that the loved ones around them say ‘You’re finished treatment. You’re fine now. Get back on your feet and keep going.’ And for many people it’s not that simple.” Some, she says, have stopped going to work or school and are stuck at home, lonely and isolated, with nothing to do. And some are still dealing with physical side effects from treatment. For Beattie, Wellspring continues to be a safe place. In addition to being a member he’s also a peer support volunteer. “I’m making plans to do all kinds of things in the garden. One of my big problems is I’ve planted trees in all the wrong places and now I need to take them down.” Wellspring is a safe place for cancer survivor WELLSPRING from page 17 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 | 18 Join the Carea Board of Directors Carea Community Health Centre is currently recruiting individuals with strong governance leadership to join our Board. Carea Community Health Centre is a recognized leader in redefining the experience of community based health and wellness services in Durham Region. We provide access to high quality holistic and inclusive care that is responsive to the needs of the community and empowers individuals to enhance their own well-being. We hold these values equally: (1) Person Centered; (2) Inclusive; (3) Compassion; (4) Teamwork & Collaboration; and (5) Accountability & Reliability. These five core values embody who we are, how we work, and are fundamental to our culture. Carea continues to focus on building its capacity to provide a full range of health and wellness services to clients of all-ages across Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. We are looking for skilled individuals to support the governance mandate of our organization. Experience and knowledge in one of the following areas would be a preferred asset: • Governance in a unionized environment • Community and provincial health care services • Legal We need individuals who want to help our organization develop and grow to meet the needs of our expanding community and who are aligned with our mission and values. Board members need to have strong communication and strategic critical thinking skills, and have a vested interest in the communities we serve: Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. The Carea CHC Board of Directors meet monthly, as do subcommittees of the Board. A minimum of 6 hours commitment per month is required. It is anticipated that members will also participate in agency events. As a Board member, there are many benefits: • The opportunity to make an impact in your community. • The chance to work with an open, transparent and progressive organization that wants your input and ideas. • Educational opportunities to expand your knowledge of board governance and the CHC model of care. • Personal and professional growth. • Networking with like-minded individuals. • Advocating for issues that can truly make a difference in someone’s life. Please go to www.careachc.ca to learn more about us. If you are interested in being considered for a position on the Board of Directors, please submit a letter expressing your interest and a CV outlining your qualifications by email to: board_secretary@careachc.ca on or before March 31, 2018. Please note this is a volunteer position. Accessibility:Carea Community Health Centre is committed to complying with all applicable standards as set out in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). If you have accessibility needs and require alternate formats or other accommodations please contact Paula Carter, Resource Development and Communications Manager at 905-723-0036, extension 1229, or by email to info@careachc.ca Oshawa 115 Grassmere Avenue, Oshawa, ON L1H 3X7 T 905-723-0036 Ajax 360 Bayly St. Unit 5, Ajax, ON L1S 1P1 T 905-428-1212 Whitby Children Youth & Mental Health Team 1615 Dundas St. E., Whitby, ON L1N 2L1 905-723-0036 x3205 Whitby GAIN Team 3790 Brock St. N.,Whitby, ON L1R 0H2 T 905-723-0036 x1409 Charitable Registration # 119158137 RR0001 FOCUS ON FAMILYFOCUSON SENIORS FOCUS ON HEALTH FOCUS ON FOOD & WINE Lifestyle changes can reduce your risk of colorectal cancer Dr. Hugh Kendall outlines how you can reduce your risk March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Ontario and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. As the regional colorectal screening and GI endoscopy lead for the Central East Regional Cancer Program, I am often asked how people can reduce their risk of getting colorectal cancer. Some risk factors for colorectal cancer are beyond your control, for example, the risk of getting colorectal cancer increases when you enter your 50s. If you have a parent, sibling, or child who has had colorectal cancer, you are also at a higher risk of developing the disease. However, there are certain lifestyle changes you can make to help reduce your risk. I strongly encourage you to complete a cancer risk assessment and get a personalized action plan by visiting Cancer Care Ontario’s My CancerIQ website at www.mycanceriq.ca. This can help to identify your risk for colorectal and other cancers, and provides information about what you can do to lower your risk. Below are some general tips that may help lower your risk of getting colorectal cancer: • Avoid eating too much red meat and processed meat Eating 100 grams of red meat (about the size of a deck of cards) or 50 grams a day of processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer by up to 20 per cent. • Eat your fruits, veggies and whole grains The fibre found in whole grains, vegetables and some fruits, may help to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer. Fibre helps to keep the colon healthy by speeding up the elimination of stool. • Decrease your alcohol consumption People who regularly drink about two standard drinks of alcohol a day have a 20% increased risk of colorectal cancer. • Quit smoking Although we think of smoking as causing lung cancer, smoking increases the risk of many types of cancer — including colorectal cancer. If you are between 55 and 74 years of age and have smoked cigarettes daily for at least 20 years in total, you could be eligible to participate in a lung screening pilot. Talk to your doctor about the new High Risk Lung Cancer Screening Pilot now available at Lakeridge Health Oshawa • Get fit There is evidence that having more body fat may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Even people with a “normal” body mass index may be at a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer if much of their weight is in the form of fat. • Get screened The best tool available is colorectal cancer screening. We know that when colorectal cancer is caught early, nine out of 10 people can be cured. In its later stages, it can be treated, but beating it is less likely. Less than 15 per cent of people will be cured. It is recommended that men and women aged 50 to 74 be screened every two years with a take-home test kit. The test kit is free and is available from your primary health care provider or family doctor. If you have a family history of colorectal cancer, you should speak to your family doctor about the type of screening that is right for you. As March comes to a close, be sure to talk to your health care provider or family doctor about colorectal cancer. It could save your life. — Dr. Hugh Kendall is the regional colorectal screening and GI endoscopy lead for the Central East Regional Cancer Program. Dr. Hugh Kendall Guest columnist 19 | New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Advertising Feature ‘Dixie Swim Club’ testament to friendships It’s been said that a friend is someone who knows all about you but loves you just the same and that’s certainly true of the friends in ‘The Dixie Swim Club,’ a warm-hearted comedy about five Southern women whose friendship unfolds over 33 years. “It’s an all-female cast but I think men will love it just as much as women because the humour is just fabulous,” says award-winning director Eric Newton. The frequently hilarious comedy will soon hit the stage at Whitby Courthouse Theatre. “In the end, it pays homage to friendship and is a celebration of lifelong friendships, love and family.” The friends in the story set aside a long weekend every August to recharge relationships forged while members of their college swim team. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in one another’s lives. Sheree (Kelly Dewey), the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and ‘perfect’ life and remains the group’s leader. Dinah (Sophie Dajka), the wisecracking and elegant overachiever with a penchant for martinis, is a career dynamo who eschewed family for a career in law. PamperedandoutspokenLexie(RaissaChernushenko) is determined to hold onto her looks and youth as long as possible. She enjoys being married – over and over and over again. The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette (Nancy Gleed), acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life,has decided to embrace the chaos. And naïve Jeri Neal (Sharon Morari) is a nun who surprises everyone when she arrives at the cottage pregnant. Astheirlivesunfold,thesewomenoffereachotheradvice and deliver delightfully- raucous repartee to survive all-too-familiar challenges like men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging. When fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, they rally together and take this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. Carolina beach music – whichNewtondescribesas “soft soul blues music” – is an important part of the show. “It will also be interesting from a costume and set design point of view,” he says. ‘The Dixie Swim Club’ runs Thursdays through Saturdays April 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28 with the curtain rising at 8 p.m.There’s also a 2 p.m.matinee on Saturday, April 21. Tickets are $27 and can be purchased at http://whitbytheatre.ca/ or at the door at 400 Centre St. S. Whitby Courthouse Theatre actors rehearsed ‘The Dixie Swim Club’, running April 12 to 28 at the Whitby Centennial Building. Left to right: Raissa Chernushenko, Sophie Dajka, Kelley B. 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When Darlene and her husband Peter found out they were having twins, they along with their two children Brody and Tori, were “over the moon excited.” However, Darlene Lomax’s pregnancy came with complications, which can be the scary part of having twins. The twin boys, Michael and Marcus, were born premature at 31 weeks old and had to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). At 17 months old, Michael was diagnosed with spastic dysplasia cerebral palsy. Now, not only were the Lomax’s juggling twins, but they were also learning about and adapting to Michael’s diagnosis. “Having one twin with needs has both its pros and cons,” says Darlene. “In the early years, my heart broke a little worrying that Michael would get left behind because he wasn’t always able to keep up to his brother. However, the opposite happened, he tried so hard and Marcus always waited. This was so heartwarming to witness. Marcus enjoys being a part of Michael’s therapy […] and gets so excited to see him reach a milestone.” Darlene says that one of the biggest cons of having twins is the comparing that inevitably occurs. “You are told not to compare and you try not to, but it is so difficult not to. When Marcus first started to walk, we realized how far behind Michael was when he was crawling around and still had difficulty sitting. This did get easier over time, but it was very challenging in the beginning,” says Darlene. “No matter how much you try, your twin with needs always gets more attention than the other. We try to make it equal, but sometimes it just can’t be. Marcus needed to be independent from the beginning, from getting dressed, to brushing his teeth and doing up his coat. We had to do all of these things for Michael.” Darlene says that Marcus has always been supportive of his brother’s needs. “They are the best of friends. They have this incredible bond that is so beautiful to watch,” says Darlene. Michael became a Grandview kid at Grandview Children’s Centre in 2012. This is where he received his diagnosis, physical therapy, occupational therapy and attended Campbell Children’s School (Grandview’s co-located educational partner). “When Michael was first diagnosed at Grandview in September 2012, he could only roll over. Every single milestone he has hit since then has been something we have all been proud of. From sitting, standing, using a walker, canes, writing his name and using scissors independently,” says Darlene. “Grandview has supported our hope and given us all confidence. We have always believed in the boys and what they can do. Grandview has helped with their confidence as well.” Now, at six-years-old, the twins are inseparable. When asked what the best part of having a twin was, the two boys had amazing things to say. “I get to have a brother! We don’t fight about our birthday. When I’m scared, Marcus crawls over to my bed,” says Michael. “It’s special and makes me happy because not everyone has a twin, it’s exciting. We share the same bedroom and we pushed our beds together. We protect each other,” says Marcus. — Molly Kett is a member of the communications and marketing team at Grandview Kids. In our issues, Durham Parent wants to highlight the triumphs and challenges of Grandview Kids. Grandview Children’s Centre is the only children’s treatment centre in Durham Region, providing pediatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services to children and youth with special needs. The centre treats more than 6,000 children with a waiting list of more than 3,000. To learn more about Grandview Children’s Centre, or to donate, visit www.grandviewkids.ca. 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Showcase it across Durham Region Call Classifieds Ajax at 683-0707 Please read your classified ad on the first day of publication as we cannot be responsible for more than one insertion in the event of an error. dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | We d n e s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 | 22 Our Annual Spring Farm Machinery Sale of Tractors, Equipment, Classic Cars & Vehicles, Tools TOYS FOR BOYS AUCTION Saturday April 14 2018 - 10:00 AM Uxbridge Sales Arena 720 Davis Drive, Uxbridge CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME Consign Early to take Advantage of all of our Services Subject to additions & deletions Terms: Cash, Debit, Approved Cheque, Visa & Mastercard. 3% Charge for Visa M/C 3 Auction Rings GARY HILL AUCTIONS 905-852-9538 - 1 800 654 4647 - 416-518-6401 garyhillauctions.ca garyhauctions@sympatico.ca KELLETT AUCTIONS Selling contents from Bowmanville, Scugog Island homes & others at Kellett Sale Barn, 13200 Old Scugog Rd.(1/2 mile south of Blackstock)SAT., MARCH 24 at 10:30am***No Buyer's Premium***Old cast iron paper cutter • Coke collection • Old butter churn • Old stainless steel surge milker • Push mower • Milk bottles and more!AUCTIONEER: Bruce Kellett 705-328-2185 or 905-986-4447 www.kellettauctions.com KELLETT AUCTIONS Selling Real Estate, machines, tools, household Property of Todd McKee 2341 MANITOBA ST. N., BRACEBRIDGESAT., APRIL 14 at 10:30am Real Estate selling at 12 noonOpen house: Sat. March 31, 12pm-3pmReserve, No Buyer's Premium AUCTIONEER: Bruce Kellett 705-328-2185 or 905-986-4447www.kellettauctions.com LAVERTY, Dermot (Jim) - On March 12, 2018, Dermot, loving and devoted husband of the Late Marion. Beloved Father of Mike (Sylvia), Theresa (Thomas), Colleen, Lois (Bob), Janet (Lorenzo) and the Late Mary Jane. Cherished Grandfather of 17 and Great Grandfather of 14. A Funeral Mass was held on March 20, 2018 at St. Bernadette's Roman Church. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society. MAXAM, Keith Alexander (September 25, 1959 - March 15, 2018) - After a brief illness, a bright light, cool dude, and awesome rock n roller has found peace and zoomed off to another dimension, with bass in hand listening to Jimmy Buffet, while soaring the horizon on his Harley for a breezy easy ride. Keith Alexander Maxam, loving husband and best friend to Velika, fur-dad to Ginger and Bear, loyal sib to Susan (Clyde Lindsay), Linda (William McQueen), Neil (Susan White), cherished by nieces, nephews and loads of friends. He joins mum Mary, dad Don, Nana, Papa, and Max and Niko. A childhood in Pickering spent riding motocross, hockey games on a frozen Frenchman's Bay, playing in a band. After dad's passing, a deep bond was formed with Lloyd Heacock who stepped in as a father. Great success was found early on as a Property Manager, including overseeing the redevelopment of The Distillery District. Velika was the girl next door (literally), and love was forged with frequent walks through Pinafore Park in St. Thomas, before they married in 2003. Cremation and service have taken place. Donations in lieu of flowers to the animal welfare charity of your choice. Online condolences at www.arbormemorial.ca/en/mceachnie WHITEWAY, Maureen (O'Hanlon) - Passed away peacefully on March 17, 2018, with family by her side, at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Born in Liverpool, England and raised in St. John's Newfoundland, she is predeceased by her mother Mary O'Hanlon, father Charles O'Hanlon and sister Ann Hearn. Maureen is survived by: sons Jim Whiteway, Stephen Whiteway (Sue Murphy) and daughter Debbie Whiteway (Neil Willard); grandchildren Evan and Mitchell as well as other family and special friends. Special thanks to the doctors and staff at Lakeridge Health for the excellent care provided. Visitation Friday March 23, 2018, 10 am - 11 am at McEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax followed by Catholic Mass at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, 1148 Finch Ave., Pickering at 11:30 am. Flowers gratefully accepted or memorial donations may be made to Lakeridge Health Palliative Care or charity of your choice. On- line condolences may be placed at www.mceachniefuneral.ca WEDNESDAY, March 28th: 4:30 PM A U C T I O N S A L E Auction Sale of Furniture, Antiques & Collectables for an Uxbridge Estate, selling at Neil Bacon Auctions Ltd., 1 km west of Utica. To Include: Bedroom suite, walnut hi- boy, wing chair, antique chests, curio cabinet, parlour tables, bar stool, arrow back chairs, antique telephone, copper boiler, iron pots, crocks, quilts, 40 pieces of antique cranberry glass including opalescent jugs, hobnail pitcher, cruet, banquet lamps, floor lamp, vases, 40 pieces of cornflower glass, large quantity of china, cups and saucers, gold jewellery, watches, plus many other interesting and quality items. 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