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The slaying of an Ajax woman and two of her three children, al- legedly at the hands of a jilted boy- friend last spring, brought re- newed fear and painful memories back to the surface for Karrie Lynn Dymond. Threats from her ex-boyfriend returned at about the same time as SURVIVING DOMESTIC ABUSE: DURHAM WOMAN TELLS HER STORY AL RIVETT ARivett@durhamregion.com See DURHAM,page 12 Three years after surviving an abusive relationship, Karrie Lynn Dymond is resuming her music career in addition to working in the insurance industry. Here, she performed with her band Catching Grace at the Rockin' For The Cure live music event, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society in Ajax, last April. 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Serving as chair is John Henry, a two-term Oshawa mayor who sought the top job following the death of longtime chair Roger An- derson and the retirement of Gerri Lynn O'Connor. She was appointed to the position in the spring. She had already announced she wasn't going to run for re-election. In his inaugural ad- dress, Henry noted there's a "right balance" of profes- sional and elected skills. Also, 14 of the 28 council- lors are new to the region. Most had served as a local councillor before running regional in the Oct. 22 elec- tion. Oshawa councillors Brian Nicholson and Tito- Dante Marimpietri are re- turning to regional coun- cil after an eight-year and four-year hiatus respec- tively. Henry and the council- lors were sworn-in by Jus- tice Donald J. Halikowski, who said, "We're very for- tunate to live in a country where you can as a citizen freely elect those repre- sentatives without fear of state tyranny." In his inaugural ad- dress, Henry said, "This morning, council and I have taken an oath to truthfully, impartially ex- ercise our office to the best of our abilities. We made a promise to Durham resi- dents we will work on their behalf and do what is best for our people, businesses and communities." Henry also thanked O'Connor for her "dedica- tion to Durham Region. I also want to take a mo- ment to remember our friend Roger Anderson. Roger, you were a champi- on for Durham Region." Anderson became chair in 1997 and died of cancer on Saturday, March 24. Henry said the oath councillors recited is "symbolic of the public trust placed with me and my colleagues. Each one of us will work to uphold that trust. "A month ago, voters spoke loudly and clearly. They voted for respect, ac- countability, transparen- cy and a new way of doing things. Our people want regional government to hear them. Ladies and gen- tlemen, I'm confident this new council will deliver the change and respect for the taxpayers," he added. "I believe we have a council that's built for work everyday and be ac- countable and fiscally re- sponsible and provide new vision and leadership this region deserves. I'm proud to be serving with this group of people. I know new elected councillors have the energy and talent to provide fresh ideas. I know at the region they will be supported by the knowledge and experience of returning councillors." He noted one of his re- sponsibilities is to enforce the council code of con- duct. "I expect each council- lor, new and returned, to live up to the code each and every day," Henry added. "Voters told us their new council must work in har- mony. Everyone here, my- self included, will have to check their egos at the door." Issues facing the region include the opioid crisis, mental health, homeless- ness, domestic violence, taxes, infrastructure, eco- nomic development and attracting jobs, he said, adding many of these issue were interconnected. The recent announce- ment by General Motors that it was closing the Osh- awa assembly plant has "put a dark cloud over ev- erything in the region. It's the end of thousands of jobs and the end of a chap- ter in our region," Henry stated. "It's hard to imag- ine how we will move for- ward from this, but we will." Despite the recent GM announcement, Henry said, "People and invest- ment are flowing into Dur- ham Region with renewed confidence. Durham Re- gion is filled with heart, spirit and hope. "So, as you begin your duties, let's seize this unique opportunity to transform our region by working together. Your ac- tions will determine the region's future over the next 10 to 20 years," he con- cluded. Councillors start meet- ing in committee form on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The next council meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 19. NEW DURHAM COUNCIL SWORN IN KEITH GILLIGAN KGilligan@durham region.com COUNCIL John Henry was officially sworn in as the new Durham Regional Chair during the inaugural meeting of Durham Regional council on Dec. 5. 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Visit us online at durhamregion.com DURHAM - Two more people have been charged following a lengthy investigation by the Dur- ham regional police human traf- ficking unit.ficking unit.f A woman was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 4, bringing the num- ber of people charged to three, po- lice report. Delaney Stubbs, 23, of Preston Street in Toronto, has been charged with advertising sexual services, trafficking in persons by exercising control and procuring. She was held for a bail hearing. Jo- wan Lewis-Thompson, 24, of Rock- away Street in Oshawa, was arrest-away Street in Oshawa, was arrest-a ed in November and charged with assault, engaging in conduct to im- pede the administration of justice and failing to comply with a proba- tion order. He was released on a promise to appear. The investigation began in Oc- tober when the unit began looking at a suspect. It's alleged the suspect was advertising on behalf of the victim for sexual acts and taking a percentage of the profits. The sus- pect may have also assaulted the victim in a previous incident in Oshawa. Lenford Richards, 24, of Light- wood Drive in Toronto, was arrest- ed and charged with several pros- titution-related charges. 2 MORE CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN DURHAM CRIME 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 | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 | 12 the triple killing on the quiet Ajax street. Dymond onceAjax street. Dymond onceA again feared for her own life, three years after leaving an abusive relationship for good in 2015 and moving back to Durham Region from southwestern Ontariofrom southwestern Ontariof in the spring of that year. "The day that (slaying of Krassimira Pejcinovski and children Roy and Venallia on March 14) happened is the day I thought (my for- mer boyfriend) was coming for me. I flew out to Calgaryfor me. I flew out to Calgaryf because (he) got acquitted and he had messaged my mom and said that he was coming for me," said Dy- mond of the threats made by her former boyfriend. Dur- ing their five-year relation- ship, he faced 10 domestic as- sault charges. He was con- victed only once. Dymond is a survivor who, through sheer force of will and help from what she terms as an "army" of family and friends, defied the odds of becoming another statis- tic of a woman dying at the hands of an abusive partner. "I try to live with my chin up and feet forward every day," said Dymond, who works in the insurance in- dustry and is also a talented singer who's working hard at her dream of becoming a recording artist in the coun- try music realm. She said the tragic event that unfolded in Ajax was the impetus she needed to open up and speak out about domestic abuse in an at- tempt to remove the stigma it carries. She's determined to find a way to help other survivors of domestic abuse to tell their story and to break the taboo of talking openly about domestic abuse and to seek help through her Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself domestic assault initiative that she's currently spearheading. "I want to do more public speaking as much as I possi- bly can about my story and about what happened to me. I'm going to speak up about a cause that people don't speak out about. Stop telling people to be quiet. The prob- lem with abuse is that peo- ple are told to shut up about things. I want to be the per- son that makes change," she said. Domestic abuse contin- ues unabated in Durham Region and across Canada.Region and across Canada.R Within just the first eightWithin just the first eightW months of 2018, 106 women and girls were killed in Can- ada, primarily by men, ac- cording to a report produced by the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA). The CFOJA reports that al- most half of the female vic- tims in 2018 were killed in their homes. "This means that women are at greatest risk where they should feel safest," stat- ed the CFOJA. The 106 wom- en and girls killed from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31 range in age from two years old to 94, with an average age of 42.average age of 42.a Bonnie Porter, co-ordi- nator of the Violence Pre- vention Coordinating Coun- cil of Durham, told Ajax council, as the town pro- claimed November as Do- mestic Violence Awareness, that "Violence against wom- en and children is an epi- demic in Ontario." She said that every six days a woman in Ontario is murdered by her intimate partner. And, about a quarter of all police calls in Ontario are related to domestic violence. Porter added those num- bers are based on women who report being abused. "Many don't," she said. Dymond's story is like so many other victims of do- mestic abuse: there was ly- ing to family members, friends and police about herfriends and police about herf abusive situation during the five-year relationship, not tofive-year relationship, not tof mention making up stories about the nature of her inju- ries and bruises to prevent friends and family fromfriends and family fromf knowing the truth. There was also the leaving and get- ting back together, the living in fear, the calls to 911, but, most importantly, there were multiple physical as- saults. "I lied and I lied. I was scared. I didn't want to die. You know, I'm fortunate thatYou know, I'm fortunate thatY I'm resilient like crazy," said Dymond, who works and re- sides in Durham (for safety reasons, she won't divulge her town of residence). She said she's fortunate to have survived the relationship with a man who she de- scribes as possessive, had become increasingly men- tally unstable during their five years together, and be-five years together, and be-f came addicted to street drugs. "My ex runs the streets right now, and he's an in- sane crystal-meth addict that steals cars. That same guy has no problem messag- ing my mom and threaten- ing her still, to this day. And the cops don't do anything about it because they don't know what to do. They're frustrated. Until he doesfrustrated. Until he doesf something and gets in front of me again, there's nothing I can do," said Dymond of her ex-boyfriend who also re- sides in Durham Region. Dymond believes she couldn't escape the cycle of abuse on her own. She cred- its friends and family for pulling her out of it. She's saddened by the fact that many victims of domestic abuse are without that vital link to help them escape from the grip of the abuse.from the grip of the abuse.f "They don't have people in their lives who know them better than that. I did. That's why I'm here talking to you today. I had people in my life who said, 'No, no, no, this isn't Karrie. Something is wrong here. This is not her at all.' They intervened, but I had to drink the water first. I had to walk to the wa-first. I had to walk to the wa-f ter and drink it. They weren't going to make me do it. And they can't," said Dy- mond of how she climbed out of the dark hole of do- mestic abuse. Dymond knows exactly when her life started to un- ravel. It was on Feb. 22, 2007 - the day her son Kyle died of a brain aneurysm. In the years after her son's death and in the midst of dealing with overwhelming grief and depression, she began two relationships, including one with a Durham man she had known previously. It marked the beginning of her descent into a nightmare that would lead to numerous instances of domestic abuse. "I was just vulnerable, I guess is the word. I was so lost. I had got into a relation- ship before him that was mentally abusive. That quickly ended, and I ran into (him). I had known (him). I met him in '94 or '93. We started talking, and it wasn't long after Kyle died. I was hanging out with him and I fell in love with him com-fell in love with him com-f pletely. He made me feel beautiful. He was showing that he wanted good things COMMUNITYDURHAM WOMAN MOVING ON FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE Continued from page 3 Karrie Lynn Dymond has been a victim of domestic abuse and she is speaking out so she can get her life back and help others in similar situations. Sabrina Byrnes/Metroland Metroland graphic See –page 13 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: DOMESTIC ABUSE – THE VICTIMS AND THE ROLES POLICE AND SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE TO PLAY IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE PointTalking Have your say on this local story at What should we write about next?newsroom@durhamregion.comTalkto Us 13 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m in life and wanted to do good things in life, and I wanted to help him with that. I knew he was a bad boy and I knew he had a past with drugs, and I thought he was doing OK. We ended up moving in together in 2010. We lived in Oshawa. Things were OK. He wasn't abusive or any- thing like that," said Dy- mond. It wasn't too long after that her boyfriend was charged and convicted on charges of driving while prohibited and stolen prop- erty over $5,000. He would eventually serve a two-year sentence in an eastern Onta- rio penitentiary. She subsequently moved to Napanee, where Dymond completed a college course and was working at a radio station. After her boy- friend's release from prison,friend's release from prison,f and looking for a fresh start, the couple relocated to Port Elgin in southwestern Onta- rio and later moved to Pais- ley, Ont. That was where her boyfriend's drug use be- came heavier. It was also when the physical assaults began. "That's where it all start- ed," she recalled. "The drugs started then. He convinced me to do it a bit. He was start- ing to get possessive, he yelled and got in my face a couple of times, and the po- lice needed to be called. "The threats had started, and I started to become scared. That's when things started getting really bad. He started hitting me at that point. I remember going away to visit friends in Na- panee, and I came back, and my face was black and blue. I lied to everybody and said I got into a fight with the neighbour because the girl was really mean. I was real- ly beaten up. There were daily beatings after that. I tried to escape a couple of times, actually." Despite attempts to end the rocky relationship, he lured her back through the use of threats, including the threat of destroying some of her late son's precious pos- sessions that were her touchstones to his life. "The first time I left with the clothes on my back and the car, he actually passed out, I actually pushed his truck out of the driveway so I could get my car out. We were in Paisley at that point." There were other at- tempts to end the relation- ship, said Dymond. His threatening behaviour con- tinued and, because she be- lieved he would carry through on his threats, she returned to him. "One time he was out in front of my girlfriend'sfront of my girlfriend'sf house in a stolen truck, and he phoned and said, 'I know you're in there,' and I got on the phone, and he said he was going to drive through the house. She had a brand new baby and another little girl, so I called 911 and I walked out to the truck, and I could hear the sirens com- ing. I told him I called 911, so he took off. A couple of days later he found me at an En Route. He obviously was fol- lowing me, so I called 911 again. And he bit my hand, and I threw the phone in the ditch. Then he took off again. "He kept finding me. I kept going back because he threatened to kill my family and threatened to kill my friends, and he would showfriends, and he would showf up at their houses, so I be- lieved it to be true. I think, in his state, because he was on crystal meth, I had no doubt that he would try. So I would go back a few times." Dymond said she took him for a specialist's ap- pointment in Kingston in February 2015. The day ended in a par- ticularly brutal physical as- sault. She was hospitalized; she said he was charged and later convicted of assault. "On Feb. 14, 2015, I had to go to the hospital because I had two cracks in my skull. And he stole my car. I had to run away," she said. After convalescing at a friend's place, she made herfriend's place, she made herf move back to Durham Re- gion in March of that year, finally putting distance be-finally putting distance be-f tween herself and her ex- boyfriend. Three years removed from the relationship, Dy-from the relationship, Dy-f mond said she continues to fear him, so she takes pre-fear him, so she takes pre-f cautions to prevent becom- ing a victim. She has a net- work of friends who know her whereabouts at any giv- en time, or whom she can call on for a safe haven, if needed. "I don't put myself in cer- tain areas at night; I tend to run through parking lots. I had to get rid of my yellow car. I had a cute little yellow sports car a couple of months ago. Everybody was like, 'You've got to get rid of the car.' There was nothing wrong with it. I had to buy a new car, brand new plates and everything. I'm very smart; I have a safety plan at all times. I understand where certain people live. I know where all the police stations are, and friends of mine who are police are easy to get a hold of. And if you press this button (on an iPhone) six times you get 911. That's why I always have an iPhone." Dymond said her life is slowly returning to normal, but she still sees a counsel- lor regularly. She said it's hard to believe she's the same person from three years ago who endured soul- crushing physical abuse. "I am completely differ- ent. I look back and I cannot believe that was me. I was a strong, confident, popular person in my community, and it all fell apart. I regret a lot, actually, that I didn't have the courage to leave sooner. "I always knew I was bet- ter than what was happen- ing. I guess, in the end, that's what got me through. I also appreciate people, time and life, more now than ever be- fore, because I could havefore, because I could havef been killed and it came so close so many times. I look back now and thank God I am still alive." COMMUNITY Continued from page 12 Karrie Lynn Dymond appeared bruised and battered in a photo after a physical altercation with her ex-boyfriend. Dymond is speaking out about domestic abuse and has started an organization 'Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself' in an attempt to help people get out of and move on from abusive relationships. Karrie Lynn Dymond photos KEEP YOUR HANDS 2 YOURSELF As a domestic abuse survivor, Karrie Lynn Dymond hopes to make a difference for those currently going through domestic abuse, through her Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself initiative. Started this past summer and launched with a fundraising concert and daylong seminar in Oshawa in September, Dymond said the fledgling organization's goals are three-pronged: to raise awareness of domestic violence, to speak up and speak out about domestic abuse, in an attempt to break the stigma surrounding the issue. The organization's biggest goal is to eventually open an emergency 24-hour safe house for men and women. Dymond noted her Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself organization hopes to fill a void that currently exists in helping victims to extricate themselves from a violent situation and get them to a safe place in the early stages following an incident of domestic violence. "So you tell us your situation, and we figure out a proper plan to get you out of there. To get you to a safe place, which is what I call the grey area right now. And that safe place has to be a 24- to 72-hour window; we get you properly medically assessed, mentally assessed, decide if we are going to deal with authorities or not - because that's their decision - and then make a plan, moving forward, of where we go from here." Dymond said not only do police have their hands full with domestic abuse, but they're ill-equipped to deal with the needs of the victims. As for women's shelters, most don't have the resources to help women through the early stages of a domestic assault. "We have shelters here - Denise House, Luke's Place, Bethesda House - they're all great places, but it's a process to get in them," said Dymond. "You can't call them at 3 a.m. and say, 'Come and get me. I'm being beaten right now.' You can't do that. Or you can't call them and say, 'I just need somewhere to go right now.' It doesn't work like that." Dymond said Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself is a labour of love as she believes it takes someone who's been through domestic abuse to truly know what someone else is going through. "People can't escape abuse on their own. It's not happening. This is why people are ending up dead today. It takes somebody who's been through it to deal with it. If you walk a mile in someone's shoes, you understand it. If you don't, you won't. To make change, it takes people who've been through it and who have passion and have got this anger, like I do. Maybe 'anger' is the wrong word. I'm hungry and I want to make change. I'm mad, and I don't want anyone else to die." You can read more about the organization on Facebook, at Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself. Local journalism makes a difference. 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Both the Durham Dis- trict School Board and Dur- ham Catholic District School Board held inaugu- ral meetings on Dec. 3. The DDSB's internal elections saw Oshawa Trustee Michael Barrett re- turned to the position of board chair, and Carolyn Morton, trustee for Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock, elected vice-chair. "There will be challenges in public educa- tion and we will, along with staff, lead through these challenges to reveal oppor- tunities," Barrett said. At the Catholic board, Whitby Trustee John Rinel- la said that he is "hounored" to be voted chair. "I am com- mitted to supporting, pro- tecting and enhancing our system," he noted. DCDSB Whitby Trustee Tricia Chapman was elect- ed vice-chair. At the DDSB, newly-elected Oshawa trustee Darlene Forbes was voted vice-chair of the board's standing committee, and newly-elected Whitby Trustee Niki Lundquist will chair the education fi- nance committee. 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T he Crown contends MacDonald murdered Carmela, 39, in her Peb- blestone Crescent home on Sept. 15, 2014, then set a fire in the garage. Prose- cutors allege MacDonald was contracted to do so by Carmela's husband, Da- vid Knight, from whom she had separated just a few months earlier. David Knight has pleaded not guilty to first- degree murder, conspira- cy to commit murder and arson. His trial began in Oshawa in October. Jurors have heard that in November of 2014 an undercover officer made contact with MacDonald, who was living in a cheap hotel in Port Hope. Posing as a fence who dealt in stolen property, the cop made friends with Mac- Donald and eventually in- volved him in "plays" - scenarios involving other undercover cops that de- picted low-level criminal activity - on occasion pay- ing MacDonald for assist- ing with deals. As he grew more com- fortable with the officer MacDonald revealed he was on the radar for cops investigating the Picker- ing homicide. But it wasn't until the police took him ice fishing in January of 2015 that he ac- knowledged the level of his involvement. As part of that day's play police arranged for an officer with the South Simcoe police to pull the undercover cop's truck over near Highway 400. T he South Simcoe officer, who explained he was in- vestigating a robbery, ran the IDs of the men in the truck. MacDonald was able to hear as a dispatch- er told the Simcoe cop that MacDonald was be- ing investigated by the Durham police homicide department. The ruse appeared to unnerve MacDonald, who started talking about the Durham investigation as he and the undercover of- f icer sat in an ice fishing hut on Lake Simcoe, ju- rors heard. Jurors lis- tened to an hour-long re- cording, captured by the officer's body pack, in which MacDonald fretted about the investigation and then, bit by bit, re- vealed his role. MacDonald said he'd been promised $100,000 by Carmela's husband, but was never paid, jurors heard. "You trusted the wrong f---ing guy," the officer suggested. "Yup," said MacDon- ald. "That's what hap- pened." "Who came up with the idea?" the officer asked. "He did," MacDonald replied. "For the most part." "He said do this for me and cover up with a f---ing f ire?" the officer asked. "That was a last-min- ute thing," MacDonald confided. As the conversation went on, MacDonald ap- peared to grow uncom- fortable about providing too much information. When the officer asked if Carmela had been killed in the garage, where fire- f ighters discovered her body, MacDonald replied, "No. I don't really want to go into details. It was messy in the kitchen." When MacDonald mused about what the po- lice might have on him, the officer asked if some- one might have seen him entering the house prior to the killing. "No. Everything was worked out," MacDonald said. "I was there for a couple hours." When the officer asked MacDonald how he left the property after the killing, the suspect said he'd nearly been trapped in the garage after setting f ire to it. "F---, it was scary, man. Everything went up," he said. "I couldn't get the doors open. It was scary. I went out through a side door I didn't want to use - there's an alarm system." The officer asked if Carmela's husband had instructed MacDonald how to carry out the kill- ing. "His plan was too many variables - no guarantee," MacDonald said. "For something like this I didn't see any use for vari- ables or any mistakes. This is the kind of situa- tion where you don't want to f--- it up. "I tried to cover every- thing I do - I thought I did," MacDonald contin- ued. "I thought I did an OK job. I studied. I tried to look at everything in- volved. Obviously I did something right to get this far." The undercover offi- cer, court has heard, con- vinced MacDonald to take his problem to Uncle Dan, a crime boss - another un- dercover cop playing a role - who could help him f ix it. "I didn't expect fishing to be like this, buddy," the officer remarked. "Neither did I, buddy," MacDonald replied. The trial continues in Oshawa. JURORS IN MURDER TRIAL HEAR MAN'S CONFESSION TO UNDERCOVER COP JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durham region.com NEWS Two men have been charged with murder in the death of a Pickering women whose body was found in the remains of a house fire last fall. Police said Carmela Knight, 39, was found with "obvious signs of trauma" after firefighters responded to a report of a garage fire on Pebblestone Crescent in Pickering on Sept. 15, 2014. 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But opting out now means the city can't access provincial funding in fu- ture, said Kim Wright of Hill-Knowlton Strategies, who spoke to council on be- half of cannabis retailer Fire and Flower, which has stores in Alberta and Sas- katchewan, and licences in British Columbia. Fire and Flower has applied for 75 cannabis licences in Onta- rio and would like to come to Pickering, she said. "What you might have had as a high school experi- ence is not what we're talk- ing about," she told coun- cillors, adding the market- place includes sprays and oils. "We are in a new era." Ward 1 regional Coun. Kevin Ashe said residents are concerned there will be a "pot store on every cor- ner" or near a school. Store licenses will be granted by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, but Wright told councillors they will be able to com- ment on applications on matters of public interest, such as where retail outlets are permitted. Ward 1 city Coun. Mau- rice Brenner asked staff for a timeline in gathering community input. "This shouldn't be left out there for another year," he said. "This is important." The province has an- nounced it will provide $40 million to municipalities over the next two years to help deal with cannabis le- galization, with the first payment of $15 million coming in January, allocat- ed on a per household ba- sis. Pickering staff say the city's share of the first pay- ment will be $40,427. A sec- ond payment of $15 million, to be distributed after the Jan. 22 deadline, will be given only to municipali- ties that have opted in to cannabis storefront sales. Pickering's share would have been another $40,427, city staff say. Ashe said he doesn't agree with cannabis legal- ization, but he argued the city is now deferring a deci- sion that "will be universal in short order" and is walk- ing away from provincial funding. "This is not the way to go." But Ward 2 regional Coun. 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The pleas, entered in an Oshawa courtroom Mon- day, Dec. 10, resolve a case that began in January of 2017 when the company and three employees, in- cluding its president, were charged under the Envi- ronmental Protection Act with selling tetrachlo- roethylene, a potential car- cinogen, to dry cleaning outlets that lacked proper equipment to contain the substance. Monday's pleas were en- tered by lawyer Amanda Ross on behalf of the com- pany; none of the individu- als named in the original indictment were convicted of offences. In accepting the pleas and the fine - a joint sub- mission by Ross and feder- al prosecutor Daniel Lib- man - Ontario Court Jus- tice John Olver noted GFL had taken responsibility for its actions. No environ- mental damage resulted from the infractions, Olver added. "No harm was identified as having flowed from these infractions," the judge said. "GFL has acted responsibly in resolving this." The charges were laid January 2017 after inspec- tors determined that GFL had supplied tetrachlo- roethylene, also known as PERC, to nine dry cleaning operations in Toronto, Newmarket, Scarborough, Mississauga, Waterloo, London and Cambridge that had not adhered to containment measures re- quired by law. According to an indictment filed with the court at that time, in- fractions noted by enforce- ment officers included in- adequate wastewater con- tainment systems and floor drain plugs that were not resistant to PERC. The company, along with president and CEO Patrick Dovigi, vice-presi- dent of sales and marketing John Petlichkovski, and Louie Servos, identified as a GFL employee, were each charged with 16 counts un- der the Environmental Protection Act, according to the indictment. The resolution present- ed in court Monday saw GFL pleading guilty to two counts. The remaining charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. GFL was fined $150,000 for each offence; the mini- mum fine for a first-time offender is $100,000. The Canadian Environmental Protection Act allows courts to fine offenders up to a maximum of $4 million. In outlining the circum- stance of the offences Lib- man noted that GFL has no previous convictions un- der the act. The company ceased its sales of PERC in 2017, he said. Ross also pointed to the company's otherwise clean record and what she said is a commitment to observing environmental regula- tions. "GFL has never before been charged with an envi- ronmental offence," she said. "GFL has an exempla- ry safety record." GFL's operations in- clude soil remediation, handling of liquid hazard- ous waste and solid waste management, including residential recycling pick- up in Oshawa and Whitby. PICKERING COMPANY GFL ENVIRONMENTAL FINED $300,000 FOR EPA INFRACTIONS Charges have been laid against Pickering company GFL Environmental and three employees, including the President. It's alleged the company sold a controlled chemical to dry cleaning operations that weren't adequately equipped to contain the substance. GFL says it plans to fight the charges. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland NEWS JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durham region.com 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 | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 | 22 ARTS Visit durhamregion.com for more coverage DURHAM - It shook Canada and resulted in death and destruction in Quebec, but almost 50 years later many Canadi- ans are hazy in recalling the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) crisis, if they know or remember any- thing about it at all. "We tend to think there was something small about this," says D'Arcy Jenish. The Ajax author has written The Making of the October Crisis. And the subtitle is crucial: Cana- da's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ (Front de libéra- tion du Québec). Jenish notes that Cana- dians of a certain age ("I'm in my 60s now") "have some recollection of the October Crisis." However there is a tendency to equate the Oc- tober Crisis of 1970 with the FLQ crisis when they are not the same thing: The former was in fact the end, or the beginning of the end, of seven years of violent ac- tivity by Quebec separat- ists. As well, he says two gen- erations of Quebecers have been misled by accounts, "full of revisionism ... and outlandish exaggerations," written by those sympa- thetic to the separatist cause or even former FLQ terrorists, who claim Can- ada's invocation of the War Measures Act led to the Oc- tober Crisis. "My objective here is to tell this thing as truthfully and accurately as possible to counter these claims," he says. "I realized ... no one in English Canada has writ- ten an account of this." In October 1970, FLQ members kidnapped Pierre Laporte, Quebec's deputy premier, and Brit- ish diplomat James Cross. The separatist group, through acts of violence, sought a revolution and eventual Quebec indepen- dence. The kidnappings prompted prime minister Pierre Trudeau to invoke the War Measures Act, sus- pending civil liberties. The FLQ kidnappers killed La- porte and Cross was re- leased, in exchange for the kidnappers' exile to Cuba. Jenish outlines how the October Crisis was preced- ed by bombings that start- ed in early 1963. From then until October 1970, the FLQ and its affiliates bombed government and other buildings, including Mon- treal mayor Jean Dra- peau's home, robbed doz- ens of banks and stole weapons, ammunition and explosives. When it was over, Jen- ish says the tally was 83 ter- rorists and 23 sympathiz- ers. Those who were in- volved spent a total of 282 years in jail and others re- ceived 134 years in exile. Jenish in his research was helped by Robert Cote, former head of Montreal police's bomb squad, whom Jenish says defused 24 "crude, handmade bombs" with his own hands. He says factors, includ- ing a general "radicalism" in Quebec and the easy availability of dynamite at the time, also contributed to the events. Look for the book online and in Chapters locations in Ajax and Oshawa. Jenish, a former jour- nalist, is also the author of books such as Epic Wan- derer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Ca- nadian West and The Stan- ley Cup: One Hundred Years of Hockey at its Best. Visit darcyjenish.com. Ajax author D'Arcy Jenish has written 'The Making of the October Crisis', about the crisis that shook Canada in October 1970 and especially what happened in the years preceding it. Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland AJAX AUTHOR ON THE OCTOBER CRISIS AND THE YEARS PRECEDING IT MIKE RUTA mruta@durhamregion.com SIX FUN FESTIVE IDEAS IN DURHAM ON DEC. 15 AND 16 HANDMADE IN UXBRIDGE is a collection of the best Uxbridge artists have to offer for the Christmas season. Check out the arts and crafts in the back room of Blue Heron Books, 62 Brock St., Uxbridge. Visit between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. up to and in- cluding Dec. 23. Find more unique gift ideas at the LAST MINUTE GIFT SHOW AND SALE on Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Art plus Life studio, 34 Lambard Cres., Ajax. You'll find paintings and crafted gifts and decorations. For information, contact Inese at inesepogaart@gmail.com or 905-493-3143. Shop for a special gift at the 100 SMALL PAINT- INGS SHOW AND SALE, presented by the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 143 Simpson Ave., Bow- manville. One hundred per cent of the sale price goes directly to the artists. It's your last chance to see what's hanging on the walls as the event ends on Dec. 16. The gallery is open Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 14 to 16 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information contact Aine Belton at communications@vac.ca or 905-623- 5831. A Pickering church has a great idea for parents who are busy shopping or otherwise worn out. Peace Lutheran Church, 928 Liverpool Rd., presents a FREE KIDS DAY CAMP on Dec. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. Leave your JK to Grade 6 children there while you're bustling about or taking a break. At the camp, kids will enjoy a craft, games, music, drama and a snack. Register at bit.ly/2J8mNWJ. For information, contact Pastor Hilla at pastorpeacep- ickering@gmail.com or 905-839-3521. In Whitby, Durham's Espressivo Singers, featuring an all-female chorus, presents CHRISTMAS GIFTS on Dec. 15 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Westminster United Church, 1850 Rossland Rd. E. It's described as "a kaleidoscope of modern, traditional, multicul- tural and jazzy seasonal choral treasures." Tickets are $25, kids 12 and under $15. For tickets and information visit www.espressivosingers.ca or call 289-312-0488. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 632 Thornton Rd. N., Oshawa, presents AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM, featuring two choirs from the church plus the County Town Sing- ers. Plus, enjoy seeing a roomful of nativity/creche displays before and after the free concert, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. THINGS TO DO 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 | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 | 24 AJAX - Kaza Kajami- Keane will be pulling just as much for the Canadian men's basketball team dur- ing next summer's FIBA Basketball World Cup whether he's playing or not. The 24-year-old point guard from Ajax was on the court to help Canada get there, playing more than 11 minutes in a 94-67 win over Brazil Dec. 3, which clinched a spot in the world championship tournament being held in China Aug. 31 to Sept. 15. Kajami-Keane has now played in seven of the 10 matches so far during the qualification process, where Canada has man- aged an 8-2 record with two games still to be played. Canada's appearance at the World Cup will be its 14th overall and first since 2010. "It has been a long time since Canada basketball has competed in a world event like this at the senior men's level, therefore being able to be a part of the team that brought us back there means a lot to me," Keane said in an email exchange from Holland, where he is playing professionally with Landstede Zwolle. "I just truly love re- presenting my country and giving back to the country that has done wonderful things for my friends and family," he added. "It is an honour to call myself a Ca- nadian, therefore re- presenting Canada in that way and doing it at such a high level means the world to me." Most of the qualifying games have been played during the National Bas- ketball Association (NBA) season, which means the top-level players - such as Pickering point guard Cory Joseph of the Indiana Pac- ers - have not typically been available. Kajami-Keane and Whitby's Dyshawn Pierre are among those who have stepped up to help Canada reach its goal, but they may have to give way to NBA tal- ent come time for the World Cup next summer. Even if so, Kajami- Keane will be cheering loudly. "I would love to play in the World Cup if my name was called, but if it is not I will not be disappointed," he explained. "I would be sitting in front of the near- est television screen sup- porting my brothers who are called to represent the country. This opportunity is bigger than any one per- son or player but rather it is about the country and the opportunity to win a medal. "I feel as though we have an abundant amount of tal- ent coming out of Canada right now and I think the management will do a won- derful job of picking the right team to help place Canada atop the podiums in August," he added. "For me it is not about whether I am there or not, but rather it is about Canada basket- ball being successful that is most important to me." Kajami-Keane was raised in south Ajax and started playing organized basketball with the Ajax Lions, an organization founded by his father. Now six-foot-two-inches tall and 185 pounds, he also played baseball with Ajax Spar- tans and ran with the Osha- wa Legion track and field club growing up, but ex- celled most of all in basket- ball. He went to Cadarackque Public School and played two seasons of basketball at Pickering High School, before transferring to play his final two years of high school in the United States at Christian Faith Center. Kajami-Keane spent two years playing in the NCAA with Illinois State and an- other with Cleveland State before returning to Canada and finishing his collegiate career at Carleton Univer- sity in Ottawa, where he won two national champi- onships with the power- house Ravens and graduat- ed from the journalism and communication program. "I wanted to play for a legendary coach like Dave Smart," he said. "Even though I enjoyed my time in the NCAA I didn't be- lieve I was developing as a basketball player the way I wanted to. I felt as though a move to Carleton would do that. I would be able to play for some amazing coaches and alongside some amaz- ing teammates." Kajami-Keane spent his first pro season last year with the Toronto Raptors development team, where he started in seven of 43 games and averaged 4.42 assists and 6.56 points in 19.8 minutes per game. He hopes to continue develop- ing his game in Holland, while remaining always on the ready to stand on guard for his country. "I would love to continue to play this game as long as possible," he said. "I feel as though playing at the high- est level possible is a goal of mine and I continue to strive for that daily. Also playing for Canada any- time I am called is impor- tant because that is some- thing that I can truly be grateful for. It is one of the greatest feelings to wear the red and white with Can- ada across your chest." Kajami-Keane has played for Canada previ- ously at the U18 level in Brazil, for the U19 team in Prague and at the Universi- ty Summer Games in Tai- pei in 2017. He says winning back- to-back national titles with Carleton is tough to beat in terms of his most memora- ble accomplishments, but admits the most recent win in Brazil is right up there as well. "I would obviously say winning two national championships with Carleton is up top the chart of my greatest accomplish- ments, especially doing it alongside some of my best friends, but of course this qualifying for the World Cup is probably my biggest team accomplishment," he said. "I have won a ton of in- dividual awards over my years but being able to say I was a part of a team that allowed Canada Basket- ball to get back in the World Cup is something that I will tell my grand- kids about." KAZA KAJAMI-KEANE OF AJAX STANDS ON GUARD FOR CANADA BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com SPORTS POINT GUARD HELPS NATIONAL TEAM LOCK UP SPOT AT 2019 FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP Kaza Kajami-Keane of Ajax grabbed the ball for Canada on Monday, Dec. 3 in Brazil, where Canada defeated the host country 94-67 to clinch a spot at next summer's FIBA Basketball World Cup. Canada Basketball photo 25 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Maintaining healthy eating habits over the holi- days can be challenging. Here are a few tips to get you through the holiday season, feeling good about your nutrition, while enjoy- ing your favourite holiday fare and maintaining your fitness routine. Plan ahead: put all of your holiday events on your calendar. Then, schedule your exercise; schedule your physical activity just like you schedule a party, and stick to your plan. Next, think about each social function and plan how you will handle it ahead of time. Is it a dinner or a snack event? Will there be alcohol? Is it a sit-down meal or an appetizer event? Be sure to eat your reg- ular meals and snacks be- fore the event. Try not to ar- rive hungry; this often re- sults in eating and drinking more than we normally would. Finally, prioritize food choices. Don't feel you need to eat everything. Choose carefully - enjoy those holi- day foods that are only served at this time of year, and consider passing over those you can get any time. Think a shortbread cookie (yum) over the bowl of potato chips (not so yum). Choose carefully and enjoy favourite foods in modera- tion. Cook and eat at home more often - as the holidays approach, we often find ourselves eating more meals and snacks at social events than we might typi- cally do. Balance these events by choosing to eat out less frequently. Plan to bring your lunch to work more often this month. Decrease trips through the drive-thru and pack healthy snacks. On those days when you do not have an event, cook and eat dinner at home. Create healthy holiday food tradi- tions; choose a new food or select a new recipe to make each week over the month. Involve family members in the choices. Rethink your drink: so- cial functions often mean an increase in drinking. Try alternating an alcohol- based beverage with an al- cohol-free beverage. If you are the host, offer sparkling water with frozen cranber- ries and a mint leaf. When consuming alcohol, sip slowly and drink in moder- ation. Think of egg nog like a dessert - enjoy it in small portions, and if it is a favou- rite, prioritize it over other, less enjoyable treats or bev- erages. When you can, prepare and bring food to an event. Offer to prepare a healthy, festive side dish or appetiz- er when going to a social event. Create a fruit or veg- gie platter in the shape of a Christmas tree; try a spiral- ized veggie salad or stuffed acorn squash. And remember to get abundant sleep, regular ac- tivity, spend time with peo- ple you love and have a shortbread for me! I wish you all the best for happy, healthy and active holidays. Andrea Miller is a con- sulting registered dietician who emphasizes that healthy eating should be good, nourishing and delicious. Contact her at 905-233-2437, email an- dream@live.ca; website www.amillerrd.ca. KEEPING A HEALTHY BALANCE OVER THE HOLIDAYS OPINION COLUMNIST ANDREA MILLER OFFERS TIPS ON PLANNING AHEAD ANDREA MILLER Column PICKERING - Frank Miller helped put the nifty in Rick Middleton's game 50 years ago, a feat that was tacitly acknowledged on Nov. 29 at TD Garden in Boston. Miller, now 83 and living in Pickering, was among the select few on the ice for Middleton's jersey retire- ment ceremony that night, as the player affectionately known as "Nifty" had his No. 16 raised to the rafters by the Boston Bruins, join- ing the likes of Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Johnny Bu- cyk, Terry O'Reilly, Ray Bourque and Cam Neely. Miller, who coached Middleton from bantam through midget in the To- ronto Hockey League in the late-1960s, had a front-row seat for the ceremony. Miller was alongside Bu- cyk, O'Reilly, Bourque and Neely, as well as hockey icon Don Cherry and Bru- ins owner Jeremy Jacobs in a group that sat opposite to Middleton's family. There's a good chance none of them would have been there if not for Miller, who helped shape Middle- ton into the player he would become - a star ju- nior with the Oshawa Gen- erals who went on to score nearly a point per game over a 1,005-game career in the NHL. "He was one of the better hockey players on the team at the time, but he wasn't certainly the best," Miller recalled of when Middleton joined his team from the Wexford Hockey Associa- tion. "His starts were slow, his ankles were not that strong." Drawing on one of his fa- vourite resources, The Hockey Handbook by Lloyd Percival, Miller em- phasized skating above all else with his teams, and Middleton fortunately took it to heart. He was commit- ted to getting better and had certainly done that by the time he reached the Generals, where he put up 103 goals and 207 points in 115 games and won the Red Tilson Trophy in 1973. Middleton was drafted 14th overall by the New York Rangers, but after two seasons was traded for Ken Hodge to the Bruins, where he amassed 402 goals and 898 points over 12 seasons. "If there was some way he was going to get there, he got there," said Miller, who was impressed most of all with Middleton's work ethic. "When he left us in midget, he was on his way." Miller nearly didn't make it to the ceremony when his flight was can- celled on the morning of the ceremony, but thank- fully he and his group - son Bobby Miller, son-in-law John Pim and grandson Stephen Pim - were able to find another flight through WestJet, and arrived in the nick of time. In addition to the on-ice ceremony, Miller celebrat- ed in a private box during the game and at a local res- taurant afterward, before finally getting to bed some 21 hours after he had wo- ken. "You're running on adrenalin," he pointed out. "It was a great night. It went all too quick." An electrician by trade, Miller coached hockey in Toronto for about 40 years, and also helped produce fu- ture NHL players Bill Root, Steve Payne, Behn Wilson, Paul Lawless and Gary Leeman. He says he was a long- time Bruins fan, recalling Jack Crawford playing in a leather helmet in the 1940s, but it was reinforced by Middleton's success. He moved to Pickering in 2002 to be closer to his daughter, Heather, and her family. PICKERING'S FRANK MILLER HAS NIFTY TIME AT RICK MIDDLETON'S JERSEY RETIREMENT BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com OSHAWA GENERALS FORMER HOCKEY COACH ON ICE FOR BRUINS' CEREMONY AT TD GARDEN IN BOSTON Former Oshawa General Rick Middleton, right, had his No. 16 retired by the Boston Bruins on Nov. 29. Among those in attendance were his former coach Rick Miller and Miller's grandson, Stephen Pim, both of Pickering. 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ON L1W 1M9SouthBayly,West of Liverpool905.839.4257 •www.stmartinsanglican.ca All WelcomeAll Welcome Christmas ServicesChristmas Services Monday, December 24 th 10:30 p.m. Sung Communion chA DUNBARTON-FAIRPORT UNITED CHURCH 1066 Dunbarton Rd, Pickering |905-839-7271 Join us every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for regular worship services www.dunbartonfairport.on.ca ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P ist.eace, Joy, Love and ChrHope, P istmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Christmas Season!Join us this Chr DEC 23RD 10:30 AM 4th Sunday of Advent Service DEC 24 TH 7:00 PM Family Service "Soon a Tiny Child Will Come" DEC 24 TH 11:00 PM Communion and Candlelight Service DEC 25 TH 11:00 AM Christmas sing along at Erskine Church DEC 30 TH 10:30 AM Christmas Hymn Sing Service Safe Haven WorSHip Centre1084 Salk road,pickering (off Brock rd., just S. of 401) 905-837-8771 www.safehavenworship.com our regular church service is every Sunday morning beginning @ 10am! WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19TH @ 7PM CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-A-LONG MONDAY DECEMBER 24TH @ 6:30PM CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE PASTOR MATTHEW KRATz St.Paul's United Church The Church with Open Arms invites you to celebrate the Christmas Season with us! 65 K i n g s C r e s . , A j a x 905.6 8 3 . 4 7 4 0 www .stp a u l s a j a x . o r g Everyone Welcome December 24, 2018 7:00pm -Christmas Eve Service and Pageant 11:15pm -Candlelight Communion Service December 23, 2018 10:30am -Advent IV Worship ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 35 ChurCh St. N., AjAx 905-683-7311 email: office@standrewsajax.ca www.standrewsajax.ca The world is about to turn...come hear the news! Everyone Welcome SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16TH CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24TH CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE 6:30 P.M. CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT AND COMMUNION SERVICE 10:30 P.M. To advertise in our Section Special Publishing: ursday December 20 st Deadline: Monday December 17 th Please contact Tina 905-215-0442 or email: tellis@durhamregion.com ST. GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH www.stgeorgeschurch.ca in the Historic Church CHRISTMAS EVE 6 pm “Come to the Stable” in our fully accessible Worship Centre A Family Christmas celebration with live stable animals and a come-as-you-are pageant. Children are invited to arrive at 5:40 dressed as shepherds or angels. 11 pm Traditional Candlelight Communion in the Historic Church CHRISTMAS DAY 10 am Joyful Christmas Communion in the Historic Church EVERY SUNDAY 9 am Traditional communion in the Historic Church 10:30 am Family Service in the Worship Centre Parking available. For information call 905-683-7981 or email us at stgeorgesajax@gmail.com 77 Randall Drive at Kingston Road, Ajax We look forward to welcoming you Come Celebrate Christmas with us! 33 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 8 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Remember your loved ones at this special time of year in our special section for Publishing: Thursday, December 20th Deadline: Monday, December 17th For further information please call 905-576-9335 or 905-683-0707 Or email: tellis@durhamregion.com ChristmasTributes ChristmasTributes BLACK, Susan - Peacefully passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Toronto General Hospital at the age of 72. Dear daughter of Elizabeth Black. Loving mother to Julia (Chris Krauss), Jenny (Steve Moulton) and James (Jennifer Dick). Proud Grandma to Ethan, Abbey, Ashton and Mallory. Survived by siblings Norman Black (Pat) and Linda Ferguson (Ken). Susan's sense of humour, care and compassion for others will be fondly remembered by her family and many friends. Memorial visitation will be held at MOUNT LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 21 Garrard Road (north of Dundas St. E) on Sunday, December 16 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Memorial service will follow in the chapel at 2:30 p.m. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. Memories may be shared at www.mountlawn.ca BOURNER, George Eric - A member of the British Royal Engineers who served his country in the Korean War. Passed away peacefully at Lakeridge Health Oshawa on Monday, December 10, 2018 at the age of 83. Beloved husband of Enid for 61 years. Father of David Bourner and Allison Scanlon. Beloved grandad of Jodi and Eric Scanlon. A special thank you to the nursing staff in the C.C. U for all their care and compassion. Friends and family will be received on Friday, December 14th, 2018 from 6 - 9 pm at the ACCETTONE FUNERAL HOME, 384 Finley Avenue, Ajax. A Royal Canadian Legion Ceremony will be held at 7 pm and the Funeral Service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at St. Martin's Anglican Church, 1203 Saint Martins Dr. Pickering. GARDNER, Joyce Marie - Our family released sweet Joyce Marie Gardner (born May 18th, 1932) on December 10th, 2018 at the age of 86. She is survived by her daughter and son- in-law Marilyn and Eon Sinclair Sr., and her grandchildren Eon Sinclair Jr. and Matthew Sinclair who were all nearby as she passed peacefully at Centenary Hospital in Scarborough. A Celebration of Life will be held for Joyce, on Saturday December 15th, at St. Paul's on-the-Hill Anglican Church; Visitation from 12-1 p.m; Service at 1:00 p.m; Internment at Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1757 Church St. North, Ajax; Reception to follow at a nearby location. LAWRENCE, Marjorie (March 13, 1922 - December 6, 2018) - In her 97th year, Marjorie, our loving and dearly loved Mum, Grannie, Great Gran, Auntie and Friend left this life peacefully with family by her side. Born in Portsmouth, England to Edith and Jack Lawrence, she was the second child in a happy family of six children. She was pre- deceased by all her siblings Jack, Kathleen, Eric, Jean and Brian. Marjorie was a war veteran. She was a sergeant in the Auxiliary Territorial Service of the British Army. Beloved mother of her only child Rosemary Barnard nee Roberts (Keith Chandler), she was pre-deceased by her dear son-in-law Frank Barnard. Marjorie was a very involved and devoted Grandmother to Janet (Cyrus David), Margaret (Mark Dipple), Alison (Cesar Moncada) and Matthew and a truly "Great" Grandmother to Willow and Liam David, Indigo Dipple and Julio Moncada. Marjorie immigrated to Canada in 1954 and settled in Ajax in 1957. Always a proud Ajacian, she worked for several years as secretary in the Ajax Police Department. Later she enjoyed many years as receptionist for Dr. Doug Groff, and to "Mrs R", the Groffs became her second family. Following a bucket -list retirement trip backpacking solo around Australia, Marjorie began volunteering at the Ajax Hospital Auxiliary. She found this work most gratifying and was proud to be Auxiliary President when the new West Wing opened. Marjorie is also survived by her dear friends Nan Fallon of Ajax, and Joyce Sutton of Plymouth, England. She will be missed terribly and remembered fondly by all who knew her. We will be forever grateful to the Ballycliffe staff who eased Mum's final days with such sensitivity and gentle care. A Celebration of Marjorie's Life will be held on Monday December 17 at ACCETTONE FUNERAL HOME, 384 Finley Ave, Ajax: Visitation (11:00 am - 1:00 pm) and Service (1:00 pm). 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