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New Dr. Farooq Khan & Associates 62 Harwood Ave., South, Unit 2, Ajax Plaza 905.426.1434 1360 Kingston Road, Pickering 905.831.6870 REGISTERNOW&ENTERTOWINFREETUITION:TRENTU.CA/OPENHOUSE UNDERGRAD UNIVERSITY INONTARIO SAT,MAR9 DURHAMGTA FRI,MAR15 PETERBOROUGH DISCOVERTRENTUNIVERSITY ATMARCHBREAKOPENHOUSE Visit DurhamRegion.com to keep your local news alive! READ MORE @ DURHAMREGION.COM Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter tackles GM closure as he rallies local business community in annual address Another fire breaks out at Gerdau steel mill in Whitby Courtice country singer's set list for cancer surgery Town to host 8 large-scale events in Whitby in 2019 Thief struggles with clerk, grabs cash during Bowmanville store robbery Looking for more online? Check out these stories... service providers have proposed opening a safe injection site in Oshawa. But the plan can't proceed without approval from Oshawa council. DURHAM - In response to a growing opioid crisis in Durham Region, a group of local health Proponents of the plan include Lakeridge Health, the Durham health department and the John Howard Society of Durham Re- gion. It's a response to a massive in- crease in both opioid deaths and visits to emergency rooms due to overdoses. Between 2013 and 2017, opioid deaths jumped by 222 per Paul McGary, director of Mental Health and Addictions with Lakeridge Health, led a team making a presentation to Oshawa council Feb. 21 regarding a proposed safe injection site. Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland LAKERIDGE HEALTH, DURHAM HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAKE THE CASE FOR DURHAM'S FIRST SAFE INJECTION SITE IN OSHAWA See DURHAM, page 12 REKA SZEKELY rszekely@durhamregion.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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 4 TARYN UP THE PARK Taryn Ghazarian came from Pickering to walk her dog Sophie, a Boxer mix, at the Greenwood Conservation Area off-leash dog park on Feb. 21. Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland COMMUNITY PICKERING - A lone suspect is being sought af- ter someone armed with a handgun robbed a Subway Sunday night. At about 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 24, Durham Regional Police were called to a Sub- way outlet on Kingston Road after a suspect en- tered the store armed with a gun. The suspect made his way to the cash regis- ter and grabbed the cash drawer, police report. The suspect then walked out the front door and fled on foot. Officers searched the area but couldn't locate the sus- pect. No physical injuries were reported. The suspect is de- scribed as black man, five- foot-nine to five-foot-ten.foot-nine to five-foot-ten.f He was wearing black pants, black jacket, grey- hooded sweater, black shoes, black backpack and had a black face mask. He was armed with a gun. Anyone with new infor- mation about this investi- gation is asked to contact major crime-robbery unit at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5355. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or on the website at www.durham- regionalcrimestoppers.ca. CRIME SUSPECT SOUGHT AFTER PICKERING SUBWAY ROBBED DURHAM - An investi- gation into a street-level robbery in Whitby has led to the arrests of two teen- aged suspects, according to police. The teenaged victims were walking in the area of Twin Streams and Co- chrane Street around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22 when they were accosted by two sus- pects - one of whom had a knife - and robbed of their cellphones, Durham police said. The suspects fled on foot, and no injuries were reported. Police have now charged two Ajax males, aged 14 and 15, with rob- bery and other offences. TWO AJAX TEENS CHARGED IN STREET-LEVEL ROBBERY IN WHITBY Check out our range of social media channels serving up content from durhamregion.comMORE ONLINE 7 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m PLUS PAY NO HST*!! 900 Champlain Ave., Oshawa •905-723-4561 Hours: Mon. - Wed. 10-6, Thurs. - Fri. 10-9, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5 *Credit equal to the value of the HST. Not valid on floor model clearance and best value items. www.furnituregalleries.caOSHAWA OSHAWA UP TO 50% OFF 9 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m UNSOLVED COLD CASES Visit DurhamRegion.com/coldcase to join us as we investigate unsolved crimes across Ontario. When my husband came in the kitchen door the other day and told me he'd just heard a robin chirping, I couldn't help smiling. Having a robin in the yard any time of year is a cheerful thing, but es- pecially in dreary Febru- ary, when it feels like win- ter's never going to end. Not to mention I knew ex- actly what I wanted to write about this week: robin reports. About a week ago I got an excited call from Bar- bara McArdle of north Whitby, who'd just count- ed 40 robins high in the trees behind her home. Forty robins! She'd told her husband, and phoned the neighbours to go look, and then just had to share the news with someone else. Lucky for me, she found my number and passed on the wave of de- light she was clearly feel- ing, leaving me smiling all afternoon. Then on Friday I got an email from Val Foster, re- porting a flock of robins in her yard. The tone was more serious, but I could tell from the contents that she was just as enrap- tured. "Since everything is covered in snow and ice, I would like to help them find food. What would be the best thing to put out? I tried blueberries, but the squirrels got into them." Anyone willing to sacri- fice a precious stash of blueberries midwinter would have to love robins! Of course all three sightings were likely of robins that have been wintering in nearby creek valleys, feeding on wild apples, buckthorn berries or multiflora rose, and perhaps an earthworm or two at the stream's muddy edge. When they've cleaned out the local lar- der, usually mid-Febru- ary, they often move up into view, searching for crabapples or mountain ash berries in people's yards. Compared to tiny birds that have to eat ev- ery day to survive, these big, enterprising thrush- es often have enough mus- cle mass to get them through a blizzard or ice storm. They must be do- ing something right, liv- ing alongside humans, since the species is one of the least threatened in North America. When the true harbin- gers of spring return a few weeks from now, migrat- ing up from the south, they'll be running across the lawn searching for earthworms, and singing their hearts out from atop our mulberry tree. Nature queries: mcar- ney@interlinks.net or 905-725-2116 . Durham outdoors writ- er Margaret Carney has more than 4,000 species on her life list of birds, many seen in far-flung corners of our beautiful planet. SPRING IS ON THE WAY, SAY THE ROBINS OPINION NATURE WRITER MARGARET CARNEY NOTES ROBINS WINTER IN RAVINES, VALLEYS MARGARET CARNEY Column DURHAM - The Dur- ham Catholic District School Board is increasing the rates for community use of schools. The new rates will be ef- fective Sept. 1. Example of the higher rates include the "youth not-for-profit" rate for a single gym, increasing from $5.50 per hour to $11 per hour for a single gym, and $22 per hour for a dou- ble gym. The "youth not-for-prof- it' rate for classrooms will increase from $1 per hour to $6 per hour, as well as $6 per hour for non-profit community groups for adults. After the September 2019 increase, the DCDSB's rates will be changed annu- ally based on the rate of in- crease in the Canadian Consumer Price Index. Trustees approved the rate increase at the board's Feb. 19 meeting. DURHAM CATHOLIC BOARD INCREASES RATES FOR COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOLS COUNCIL NEW RATES EFFECTIVE SEPT. 1 READ MORE ONLINE AT DURHAMREGION.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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 10 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS OF ENBRIDGE GAS INC. (FORMERLY ENBRIDGE GAS DISTRIBUTION INC.AND UNION GAS LIMITED) Enbridge Gas Inc.has applied to raise its natural gas rates effective April 1,2019 to recover costs associated with the Federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. Learn more.Have your say. The Ontario Energy Board approved the amalgamation of Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.and Union Gas Limited in August 2018.The companies have amalgamated to form Enbridge Gas Inc.(Enbridge Gas). Enbridge Gas has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to increase rates to recover costs associated with meeting its obligations under the Federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Act).The Act establishes a carbon pricing program under which Enbridge Gas is required to pay a carbon charge to the federal government for volumes of natural gas that Enbridge Gas delivers to customers starting April 1,2019. The Act also imposes other obligations on Enbridge Gas related to emissions from the operation of its natural gas distribution system starting January 1,2019. If the application is approved as filed,the bill of a typical residential customer within the former Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.and Union Gas Limited rate zones will increase by the following amounts per year: Rate Zone Residential Annual Bill Increase Enbridge Gas $93.93 Union South $86.21 Union North $86.18 Other customers,including small businesses,would also be affected. THE ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD IS HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING The Ontario Energy Board (OEB)will hold a public hearing to consider Enbridge Gas’request.We will also hear questions and arguments from individual customers and from groups that represent Enbridge Gas’customers.At the end of this hearing,the OEB will decide what rate change will be allowed. The OEB is an independent and impartial public agency.We make decisions that serve the public interest.Our goal is to promote a financially viable and efficient energy sector that provides you with reliable energy services at a reasonable cost. BE INFORMED AND HAVE YOUR SAY You have the right to information regarding this application and to be involved in the process. •You can review Enbridge Gas’application on the OEB’s website now. •You can file a letter with your comments,which will be considered during the hearing. •You can become an active participant (called an intervenor).Apply by March 13,2019 or the hearing will go ahead without you and you will not receive any further notice of the proceeding. •At the end of the process,you can review the OEB’s decision and its reasons on our website. LEARN MORE Our file number for this case is EB-2018-0205.To learn more about this hearing,find instructions on how to file letters or become an intervenor,or to access any document related to this case, please enter the file number EB-2018-0205 on the OEB website:www.oeb.ca/notice.You can also phone our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727 with any questions. ORAL VS.WRITTEN HEARINGS There are two types of OEB hearings –oral and written.The OEB will determine at a later date whether to proceed by way of a written or oral hearing.If you think an oral hearing is needed,you can write to the OEB to explain why by March 13,2019. PRIVACY If you write a letter of comment,your name and the content of your letter will be put on the public record and the OEB website.However,your personal telephone number,home address and email address will be removed.If you are a business,all your information will remain public.If you apply to become an intervenor,all information will be public. This rate hearing will be held under section 36 of the Ontario Energy Board Act,1998,S.O.1998, c.15 (Schedule B). Ontario Energy Board Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario AJAX - Thousands of Ajax res- idents were aided by funding that the Town provides to the Durham Community Foundation. In 2018, $30,551 in flow-through funds were distributed through the Ajax Community Fund; an- other $10,066 was handed out from the Ajax fund's permanent endowment. The town established the Ajax fund in 2006 to help local charities and causes - the fund started with $100,000, but as of Dec. 31, it now has $433,522. Scott Collins, the chair of the foundation, said that it was founded 25 years ago and it has $4 million in endowments and an- other $4 million in bequests, or commitments to the foundation. Since it was created, the foun- dation has handed out $1.8 mil- lion in grants to more than 100 charities, Collins said to Ajax council on Monday, Feb. 25. He added that there's "annual flow through funding to further better the residents of Ajax. The funds support your goals." Among the areas the Ajax fund helps are arts and culture, capac- ity building in the nonprofit sector, education, the environment, health, social development and youth development, he added. Money for the Ajax fund comes from slots revenue. Vivian Curl, the foundation's executive director, said that last year money from the Ajax fund helped 2,500 residents directly and another 7,100 indirectly. Among the grants were $5,000 to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-West Durham to expand the Go Girls! Mentorship Pro- gram for young girls. Another $5,000 went to Girls Inc. Durham Region Chapter, to offer more lunchtime literacy programs for girls from kinder- garten to Grade 3. Luke's Place Support and Re- source Centre for Women and Children also received $5,000, to help mothers and their children navigate through the legal sys- tem. In all, 9,600 residents benefited from the grants, Curl said. Representatives from many of the organizations receiving grants were at the council meet- ing. Mayor Shaun Collier said, "It's good to see the representatives at council, so we can see what good we're doing." AJAX FUNDING HELPS CHARITIES, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@durhamregion.com COUNCIL AJAX - A meeting for resi- dents living in Ward 3 is being held on Feb. 28. The meeting is a chance for residents to ask questions on lo- cal or regional matters. The ward is represented by regional Coun. Joanne Dies and local Coun. Lisa Bower. The meeting is being held in the council chambers of town hall, 65 Harwood Ave. S. It runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more in- formation, visit ajax.ca/ward. MEETING FOR RESIDENTS IN WARD 3 IN AJAX Please keep our community clean! 11 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com. The face of femicide hit home with Riya Rajkumar - the 11-year-old girl who was allegedly killed by her now deceased father. After the Amber Alert, like many of you, I sought out the report to hear what had happened only to be shocked by the awful news. The alert was quickly called off but not with a happy ending. Femicide - the murder of a woman - had a new face. It was the face of a child - in- nocent and beautiful. That's the face that likely looked back at her father just before he allegedly killed her. That's the face her mother saw before Riya left to be with her father on the remainder of her Val- entine's Day birthday. She's the one that trig- gered the Amber Alert that some were so annoyed by they called police to com- plain. While we were sleep- ing, she was dying, and now she's gone. According to the inaugu- ral report by the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability published in January, "one woman or girl is killed every other day, on average, some- where in our country. About once a week, a woman is killed by her male partner in Canada." "The context in which women and girls are killed is vastly different because they're most often killed by people they know, and that's in contrast to men, who are most often killed by acquaintances and strangers," said lead au- thor Myrna Dawson, the observatory's director. Riya not only knew her assailant, she trusted him, and, to some degree, her mother, Priya Ramdin, did too. But there can be no mistaking the evil intend- ed against this whole fami- ly - man, woman and child - since it was not only Riya's birthday but her mother's as well. If women are most likely to be killed by men they know, then who we relate to and are intimate with can never be a light matter. Roopesh Rajkumar - Riya's father - died in hospital of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the same day as his daughter's funeral. While men are most likely to be killed by an acquain- tance or stranger, accord- ing to Statistics Canada, they are three times more likely than women to kill themselves. This story has too many doubles to be ignored - dou- ble birthdays and double deaths - and double always means pay attention. Per- haps it's a reminder to pay attention to that woman in your life who is in a questionable relationship or that man who seems fix- ated on some woman or his pain or what love is and isn't. Renae Jarrett lives in Durham, loves Canada and is passionate about truth in current affairs. She can be reached at: asrjseesit@gmail.com THE DOUBLE FACE OF FEMICIDE OPINION COLUMNIST RENAE JARRETT SHEDS LIGHT ON SERIOUS PROBLEM RENAE JARRETT Column WORKING ON THE TRACKS Crews worked on some train tracks in north Ajax Feb. 21. A CP rail train derailed at the site on Jan. 23. Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland DURHAM - A new re- port says Durham's Cath- olic school students are reporting verbal bullying at about the same rate as two years ago. A report that went to trustees at the Durham Catholic District School Board's Feb. 19 board meeting includes some highlights from the most recent school climate sur- vey. It says verbal bullying continues to be the most prevalent type - 39 per cent of students in grades four to six reported expe- riencing this form of bul- lying, as well as 34 per cent of students in grades sev- en to 12. The results for 2016 were 37 per cent and 35 per cent respectively. The Durham Catholic District School Board's school climate survey was completed by staff and students during Bullying Prevention Week in No- vember 2018. Results of the surveys were provided to schools in January. School board staff will be working with school principals in the coming months to go through their individual school re- sults. COUNCIL VERBAL BULLYING STILL MOST COMMON TYPE AT DURHAM'S CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM Please keep our community clean! 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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 12 cent in Durham from 18 deaths in 2013 to 58 in 2017. Overdose-related ER visits jumped 124 per cent to 389 in 2017. The group doesn't use the term safe injection site, preferring to the term con- sumption treatment servic- es (CTS) site, which they say goes beyond giving peo- ple a place to use drugs. "This service is a wrap- around model that also of- fers primary care through nursing, infectious disease testing, wound care, foot care and then here are a range of mental health and addictions counselling ser- vices that will be available," explained Paul McGary, di- rector of mental health and Pinewood Centre for Lake- ridge Health. Staff at the CTS site would include nurses, nurse practitioners, addic- tion counsellors, outreach workers and peer support workers. Drug consump- tion would be supervised with overdose support in- cluding Naloxone, a drug that blocks the effects of opioids during overdose. Harm-reduction supplies would include safe injec- tion supplies, take-home Naloxone kits and fentanyl test strips. Public health data shows that as deaths spiked so did findings of the pres- ence of fentanyl at death compared to other opiates like heroine and oxyco- done. The distribution of fentanyl testing kits is al- ready part of harm-reduc- tion services in Durham in addition to the distribution of Naloxone, a needle ex- change program and the implementation of rapid access addictions medicine clinics which provide ac- cess to treatment for opioid, alcohol and other drug us- ers. The goal of a CTS site is to reduce opioid-related overdoses and deaths, re- duce the spread of diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs, increase addiction treatment for people who otherwise would not seek help and reduce risk to the community, including re- ducing the number of nee- dles discarded in public that could lead to a needle stick injury. McGary said he would like to see the site operate seven days a week for 12 hours per day. He said pro- ponents of the CTS site chose Oshawa because data from Durham Paramedic Services show the vast ma- jority of overdose calls orig- inate in Oshawa, which has the sixth highest rate of ER overdose visits in Ontario. Durham Paramedic Ser- vices reports there were 267 opiate overdose calls in Oshawa in 2018, accounting for 65 per cent of calls in Durham. Whitby was sec- ond with 54 calls. McGary said the CTS site would have to be locat- ed close to the downtown. "If you put this, for ex- ample at the corner of Har- mony Road and Taunton Road, it's not going to be used for the most part," he said, adding that the ideal location would be within two kilometres of down- town Oshawa. Lakeridge Health demo- graphic data on people who overdose shows the opioid crisis impacts a broad cross-section of people. Men account for 60 per cent of overdoses versus 40 per cent for women. It's not a youth issue, with people aged 25 to 44 accounting for 56 per cent of overdoses fol- lowed by the 45 to 64 age group at 23 per cent. The 65 plus group and the 15 to 24 group both are at 10 per cent. There is no data on ex- actly how many opioid us- ers there are in Durham Re- gion, but last year the John Howard Society distributed 618,791 needles through Project X-Change during 8,977 visits by clients. The organization does not track names, so it does not have data on how many clients visited more than once. In a delegation to Osha- wa council on Feb. 21, McGary explained CTS site proponents want to submit an application to the prov- ince for an Oshawa site by the end of March. A suc- cessful application re- quires community support via a council endorsement. Council was not pre- pared to endorse the pro- ject and asked the propo- nents to return with the re- sults of a public consulta- tion as well as details on the location for the site. The CTS site proponents have launched a public sur- vey which can be complet- ed online at durham.ca and plans are in the works for an in-person consultation as well, said McGary. The deadline to complete the survey is March 8. Councillors expressing support for a CTS site in- cluded Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter. "I think we have to do ev- erything we possibly can to deal with this health crisis and that's what I've been calling it for a long period of time, so I'm willing to try- ing anything that will help save lives and hopefully be able to help people create different pathways either in their addiction or their recovery," said Carter fol- lowing the council meeting. "The public may not see the value in this, but what we heard quite clearly is that people are finding needles, they're seeing people using on the streets and it's quite clear they want to see that change." He said the best way to address that is to use the health-care system to pro- vide services. "I think it's still going to be a difficult decision, I don't know if the public is going to support it," said the mayor. "But I think there's a willingness with council to say this is a health crisis, we have to do something. What is that something, how is it going to operate, who's going to operate it, I think are all questions that have to be asked and answered." Carter added that coun- cil position from the begin- ning was that the public needed to have a voice on the issue. McGary said he appreci- ates that the CTS service is new to Ontario and said proponents want to work with the public to address concerns. "I fully appreciate the fact some people will not agree with providing drug users with a place to contin- ue their behaviour, it's im- portant to listen to people's concerns and what is be- hind those concerns and al- so to be able to educate," he said. He said he's expecting both positive and negative comments. "I would expect that a full range of views will be transparent in those re- sults because this is a charged issue. We are liv- ing amidst an opioid crisis there are people dying ev- ery single day." Council got a taste of the diversity of views from members of the public who spoke at the council meet- ing. All speakers acknowl- edged the challenges caused by the opioid crisis but some had concerns about a CTS site and cited what they considered to be a negative impact of metha- done clinics downtown. One business owner questioned the impact on property values. "Are people going to want to buy property in an area with an injection site or any kind of drug rehab facility, methadone clinic or whatever?" he asked. Others said they didn't believe supporting addicts in their behaviour was the right way to address the opioid crisis. Mary Krohnert, owner of the Living Room Art Stu- dio, said as a small business in the downtown area it has been a difficult summer with finding needles dis- carded on her property. Her fear is that she will come in to work and find someone dead outside her studio. She supports a CTS site. "I'm scared about what happens if we don't do any- thing as a community, be- cause it's easy to say not in my backyard, not in my neighbourhood, not on my street ... it's not going to go away and this summer I've seen it, unfortunately, get worse." NEWS DURHAM EXPERIENCING MASSIVE SPIKE IN OPIOID DEATHS Last year, the John Howard Society distributed 619,000 needles through its needle exchange program, Project X-Change. The organization is partnering with Lakeridge Health and the Region of Durham on a proposal for a consumption and treatment site with a goal of reducing opioid overdoses and deaths. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland file Photo STORY BEHIND THE STORY Oshawa has the sixth highest rate of opioid overdoses in the province and to address that public health officials are proposing a consumption and treatment site in response to the opioid crisis. But the plan can't proceed without an endorsement from Oshawa council. Local journalism makes a difference. Support us by registering at durhamregion.com THE ISSUE: A PROPOSED SAFE INJECTION SITE FOR OSHAWA LOCAL IMPACT: THERE HAS BEEN A 222 PER CENT SPIKE OPIOID DEATHS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND A CONSUMPTION AND TREATMENT SITE AIMS TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT OVERDOSES Continued from page 3 Yvonne Corvers /Metroland graphic 13 | Pi c k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m WINTER AUTO SERVICE SPECIALS Expires March 7, 2019 LIMITED TIME OFFER! when you spend $200 or more storewide EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS when you spend $200 or more storewide 12 NO FEE NO INTEREST FINANCING * APPLY TODAY! 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Multicultural night runs begins at 6 p.m., with performances start- ing at 7 p.m. St. Mary Catholic Secondary School is located at 1918 Whites Rd. in Pickering. COMMUNITY INVITED TO MULTICULTURAL NIGHT AT PICKERING SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT WILL FEATURE FOOD, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES PICKERING - The cre- ation of a strategy to strengthen neighbour- hood safety is underway in Pickering, in response to both provincial direc- tion and statistics on gun- related crime. "It's like creating a strategic plan on commu- nity safety," says Ward 1 city Coun. Maurice Bren- ner, who's taking the lead on the project at the re- quest of Mayor Dave Ryan. "It has to involve the community." The City of Pickering will work with the Town of Ajax to create a steering committee, made up of municipal staff, councillors, community members and representa- tives from Durham re- gional police. The steering committee will be tasked with developing a model and implement- ing a plan with measur- able criteria, and is asked to report back to Picker- ing council by the end of September. "How do we get our eyes back on the ground again?" says Brenner, who notes the Town of Ajax has already created a good consultation model on community safety. The initiative could include programs already in place, such as Neighbour- hood Watch and Road Watch, suggests Brenner, and look at a broad range of other ideas, such as the role municipal bylaw offi- cers can play in keeping waterfront areas and parks safe. The idea is to build a model that will strengthen community safety "from the street to the top," he says. Since the Durham re- gional police West Divi- sion serves both Ajax and Pickering, "It makes sense to work together," adds Brenner. During Monday's coun- cil meeting, politicians got an update on Durham Regional Police Services's (DRPS) four-year strate- gic plan from Brad Carter, the DRPS acting manager of strategic planning, who said Durham Region is a safe community in com- parison to other large mu- nicipalities in Ontario. Police Insp. Jeff Haskins also attended the council meeting. Durham police are cur- rently conducting sur- veys and meetings with stakeholders, businesses, community members and local councils to get input on policing priorities, Carter said. While recent reports from Durham police indi- cate more than 50 per cent of all gun-related crimes in Durham Region have taken place in Ajax and Pickering, Ward 3 region- al Coun. David Pickles said the No. 1 concern he hears about is speeding on neighbourhood streets. He asked if police are supportive of technol- ogy such as red-light cam- eras. "We have to be open to technology," said Carter, who added police look at published research on technology. "They're not a panacea, they don't fix ev- erything." Earlier in the day, councillors received an emailed letter from Sylvia Jones, Ontario minister of community safety and correctional services, re- minding them that mu- nicipalities are required to prepare and adopt com- munity safety plans by Jan. 1, 2021, under chang- es to the Police Services Act. "It meshed together nicely" with the timing of Pickering's community safety plan, said Brenner, who noted during the meeting that Haskins has been doing "great work" on community outreach initiatives. NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY STRATEGY PLAN LAUNCHED IN PICKERING JUDI BOBBITT judibobbitt@gmail.com COUNCIL SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 14 Offering independent, assisted, secured living & respite services! 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The coaches are de- ployed to schools two or three times a week to sup- port teachers; on Fridays, all six elementary or sec- ondary coaches descend on a single school for "Coaches Corner," an in- tensive full day of support. "We have literacy coaches, we have numera- cy coaches and it's great to have technology coaches as well," said George O'Toole, one of the DDSB's secondary innovative edu- cation coaches. The new positions tie into a huge technology rollout at the DDSB. The school board has distributed close to 32,000 Chromebook laptops - all Grade 7, 8, 10 and 11 stu- dents now have one issued to them - as well as stu- dents in all grades at G.L. Roberts CVI, Brock High School and Henry Street High School. About 2,400 iPads have also been rolled out to kin- dergarten and Grade 1 classrooms. "The same way we are improving our students' literacy and numeracy, we are improving their digi- tal literacy," said DDSB Superintendent Jamila Maliha. "It's global compe- tencies that we are really working towards, so that they are able to function and be very productive members of society once they graduate." The technology coach- es are helping teachers get comfortable with the de- vices, as well as software and apps that O'Toole says can "transform" the way they teach. It's more than just swapping out paper as- signments for digital ones. Examples might look like using Google Sites to help students create on- line portfolios that can be shared with colleges and universities, or taking an English class to the next level by using Google Earth to zoom in on neigh- bourhoods mentioned in the book. The learning curve can be steep - but officials say that the support for teach- ers and students makes it possible. O'Toole says that he en- counters teachers who are "really nervous" about learning to use new tech- nology, or are embar- rassed about their lack of tech skills. "I say to every one of them ... it doesn't matter where you feel you are," he explained. "Wherever you are right now, we'll take you from point A to point B, and we'll go at the speed that you're comfortable with." NOT TECH-SAVVY? DURHAM SCHOOL BOARD HAS A COACH FOR THAT JILLIAN FOLLERT jfollert@durhamregion.com COMMUNITY DDSB ADDS 12 'INNOVATIVE EDUCATION COACHES' TO SUPPORT TEACHERS Chris Rourke and Sarah Munshi, Grade 12 students at Henry Street High School, learned some new software in their physics class on Feb. 14. The Durham District School Board has been doing a massive technology rollout -- 31,862 Chromebook laptops have been distributed to students so far. 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CALL TODAY! DURHAM - The region is looking for volunteers to be a member of the Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change. It's open to Durham resi- dents interested in the region's climate change initiatives. The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday, March 15. A decision will be made by re- gional council on Wednesday, April 24. Interested individuals are asked to submit a brief biogra- phy and statement of interest by email to climate- change@durham.ca or by mail to: Sustainability Manager The Regional Municipality of Durham 605 Rossland Rd. E., P.O. Box 623 Whitby, Ont. L1N 6A3. Appointed members are ex- pected to attend a Friday after- noon meeting, bimonthly, at the regional headquarters, 605 Rossland Rd. E. in Whitby. The Durham Region Round- table on Climate Change (DRRCC) is a volunteer adviso- ry committee that provides ad- vice to the region on climate change matters and is involved in climate change awareness and outreach activities. DRRCC is composed of 14 to 19 members, including the re- gional chair and CEO, four re- gional councillors, eight to 13 citizen members, and the chief administrative officer of the Re- gion of Durham. Additional information re- g arding the Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change is available at durham.ca/ DRRCC or by contacting the of- fice of the chief administrative officer at climatechange@dur- ham.ca. COUNCIL DURHAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE Please keep our community clean! IT’S MARCH BREAK It’s time for family March break is fast approaching and you hate the idea of seeing your children spending every day glued to the computer, video game console, or smart phone. So why not make a deal with them, whereby they have to earn every hour in front of a screen. How do they do this? By spending an hour doing an “ofﬂ ine” activity. The idea is simple. As soon as March break begins, ask them to hand over their electronic devices and explain the rules that will be in force over the next seven days. Of course, they’re sure to object, but you’ve prepared the ground carefully and can suggest activities that they’ll ﬁ nd hard to turn down. There’s certainly no lack of possibilities. While some are expensive, others are free or involve little expense. Here are a few examples: a day of skiing or snowboarding, an afternoon of skating or hockey, a trip to the movies, a collective cooking workshop followed by supper with their friends, an evening of improv, visiting a museum, and going for a hike on a nature trail. Don’t forget to leave them some free time to get together with friends — but not by chatting online! Then, if they spend a couple of hours at the skat- ing rink, they can spend the same amount of time glued to their favourite screen, and so on. As parents we need to think about new ways of ﬁ lling this long-awaited break from the school routine. Once you’ve got the ball rolling you’ll see that your children can quickly put their imagina- tions to work and, who knows, they may ﬁ nally realize that “real” life is much more fun than what they do onscreen. 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I had the immense plea- sure of working with the Ontario Volleyball Associ- ation (OVA) and ParaSport Ontario to help develop the game of sitting volleyball. The program gained prominence because of the Parapan American Games and the Invictus Games, but there were no teams in Ontario. Enter Alishia Li- dums and Kerish Maharaj, from the OVA, with a chal- lenge to create four teams by the February event. The first to accept the challenge was Sinclair High School's Darrin Lee, a multi-sport high perfor- mance coach and teacher. Second was Karen Natho with the Niagara Pen- guins, then Kristen En- glish at Holland Bloorview Children's Hospital, then Grandview Kids and final- ly Pickering High School, thanks to great enthusi- asm by vice-principal Hoi Leung and coach-teacher Chris Holmes. The OVA also arranged for a team of competitive beach volleyball players to get involved. So we exceed- ed our goal and had six teams competing for pro- vincial honours. It was amazing to see these teams come togeth- er. Grandview Kids had support from the top down, literally: CEO Lor- raine Sunstrum-Mann at- tended the events and proudly tweeted the pho- tos and stories from their great athletes. I was nervous at first because this project was outside of the usual scope of a children's rehab cen- tre. From the first meeting with Cathy Kelly and Nata- lyn Hibbs, it was obvious they fully supported the idea and the culture of em- bracing opportunities. There was always a contin- gent of highly qualified staff at practices, and their spirit was contagious as they quickly became a most enthusiastic team. That being said, it is al- ways the athletes who put their skills on the line, and this group quickly demon- strated they wanted to win and were willing to work to get there. On one of the worst- weather nights of January, I got to the Abilities Centre thinking that no one would get to the practice. By 4:30 p.m., we had the full team on the floor practising their serves, volleys, blocks and spikes. The OVA's Maharahj in- troduced me to the "hidden game" - a term used to de- scribe impact beyond the court, transference of leadership skills from coaches, administrators and officials to athletes. I strongly suspect that the next chapter will in- clude the leaders, parents and athletes from these sit- ting-volleyball teams - who certainly got it right. Joe Millage is a master course instructor with the OMHA, chair of ParaSport Ontario and an advocate for lifelong activity. Email: emtjoe@rogers.com PARASPORT GAMES SHED LIGHT ON THE 'HIDDEN GAME' OPINION COLUMNIST JOE MILLAGE IMPRESSED WITH IMPACT MADE ON AND OFF VOLLEYBALL COURT JOE MILLAGE Column WHITBY - Brianna Brooks is among those who deal with disappointment the proper way - by putting her nose to the grindstone and moving forward. For Brooks, a 16-year- old Whitby resident, the disappointment came just before Christmas, when she learned she would not be part of the Canadian un- der-18 women's team that would ultimately win a world championship gold medal in Japan. But, rather than fret for too long, Brooks continued to play a leading role for her Durham West Jr. Light- ning team - and was re- warded by being named to the Ontario team compet- ing at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer Feb. 24 to March 3. "I'm so excited," she said before leaving for Alberta Feb. 23. "It's an unbeliev- able opportunity and expe- rience." Brooks admitted to be- ing upset at not making the national team, which fea- tured two of her Lightning teammates, Daniella Cala- brese and Maggie Ma- cEachern. But being a year younger than both - only four 2002-born players made the team - Brooks will certainly be back in the mix for next year's team. "Of course I was disap- pointed, but I totally under- stood. I was like, 'OK, now I just have to work harder and next year is my year,'" she explained. "That's obvi- ously one of my ultimate goals. I'd love to play at the national level and hopeful- ly one day represent Cana- da." MacEachern, a defence- man, is also in Red Deer, while Calabrese, a for- ward, was initially named to the Ontario team, but is unable to compete due to an injury. Brooks, a centre who leads the Lightning and is second in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with 18-29-47 stats in 35 games, is excited about playing alongside MacEachern. "Maggie is honestly an awesome person, the cap- tain on my team, a great teammate and a great play- er," she said. "She's defi- nitely someone I look up to and aspire to be." A Grade 11 student at All Saints Catholic Secondary School, Brooks has been coached most of her career by her father, Paul, first in the Whitby Wolves associa- tion and now with the Lightning. Although Paul Brooks admitted it can sometimes be challenging coaching a daughter, he said he wouldn't change it for the world. "It's one of those things you'll cherish for the rest of your life - not everyone gets to coach their own kid, and especially at this kind of level," he explained. "I'm very proud of her. She's done it herself. She's worked very hard and she's determined. The fact that she's getting recognized by Hockey Canada or to re- present Team Ontario, that is completely all on her." The Lightning have re- bounded nicely following a rare down season a year ago, and are hoping to take a run at a medal once the roster is back intact for the playoffs. Brooks, who has a schol- arship lined up at the Uni- versity of New Hampshire for 2020, is in her second year with the team and has nothing but praise for how it has helped her develop. "I wouldn't be where I am today without my sup- port group - my team- mates, my linemates, my coaches," she said. "We've really just come together as a team and I feel like I've been able to build from this and use it to my advantage and work my hardest to be where I am today." BROOKS WORKS HER WAY TO WINTER GAMES BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com SPORTS DURHAM WEST LIGHTNING TEAMMATE MAGGIE MACEACHERN ALSO OFF TO RED DEER Durham West Lightning's Brianna Brooks is playing for Team Ontario at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer. Jason Liebregts / Metroland 27 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m PLAYOFF HEARTBREAK FOR PANTHERS Defenceman Michael Cimini scored twice for the Pickering Panthers, but it wasn't enough as the Georgetown Raiders prevailed 5-4 in overtime to take the final playoff spot in the Ontario Junior Hockey League this season. The Panthers finished fourth in the North Division, but needed a play-in game to reach the post-season because Georgetown, fifth in the West, finished with a better record. Nathan Gooch tied the game 8:04 into the third period for the Panthers, but Matt McJannet, from Courtice, scored the winner in OT, his second of the game at the Pickering Recreation Complex Sunday. The Panthers ended up with a record of 23-29-0-3 and seven points fewer than last season. Photo by Ray MacAloney/OJHL Images PANTHERS OSHAWA - It appears more and more likely the third seed in the Ontario Hockey League's Eastern Conference - which amounts to avoiding the Ottawa 67's in the playoffs for as long as possible - will come down to two games left to be played between the Oshawa Generals and the Sudbury Wolves. The Niagara IceDogs are also very much in the mix, but with a much easi- er schedule remaining, they should be able to hold on to the second seed. As it stands now, Ottawa is running away with first place in the conference at 44-10-3-2, 12 points ahead of Niagara (37-15-7-0), 13 up on Oshawa (38-18-4-0) and 14 ahead of Sudbury (37-17- 3-2). The Generals could still finish with the second most points, but with the top two seeds guaranteed to divi- sion winners, third is the best they can realistically hope for. Oshawa has eight games remaining on the season, while both Niagara and Sudbury have nine, includ- ing seven for the IceDogs against sub-. 500 teams. The Generals and Wolves both have difficult schedules remaining, in- cluding head-to-head in Sudbury this Saturday, March 2, and in Oshawa to close out the regular sea- son Sunday, March 17. All four front-runners have been hot since the trade deadline, which for the Generals has translat- ed to a 15-3-2-0 mark, in- cluding a 10-0-2-0 run through February. The Generals appeared headed for their first and only regulation loss of the month on Sunday at the Tribute Communities Cen- tre, but staged a dramatic comeback before 5,633 fans at the Tribute Communi- ties Centre and ended up getting a point from a 5-4 overtime loss. A sloppy defensive ef- fort saw the Generals trail- ing 4-1 heading into the third period, and the score stayed that way until An- thony Salinitri started the ball rolling with 7:33 re- maining, his 27th goal in 35 games with the Oshawa and 41st overall this sea- son. The Generals then scored twice with an extra attacker, Danil Antropov, on a nice shot with 1:22 left in regulation and Allan McShane with just under 10 seconds to go, scoring in- to a yawning cage after a scramble in front of goalie Ivan Prosvetov. The Spirit, third in the Western Conference at 39- 15-2-3, left with the victory when Whitby's Cole Perfet- ti buried a shot high past Kyle Keyser with Salinitri draped all over him just 29 seconds into OT. Perfetti, a linemate of Generals rookie Tyler Tul- lio with the Vaughan Kings last season, now has 30 goals and 62 points in 54 games, tops among rookies in both categories. Keyser, the victim of several defensive miscues, made 36 saves in the game and 33 two nights earlier in Oshawa, in a 5-3 win over the Mississauga Steel- heads. He now has a 28-7- 3-0 record this season with 2.75 goals-against average and .915 save percentage. Serron Noel scored twice against Mississauga, while Nando Eggenberger, Matthieu Franche and Ni- colas Mattinen added sin- gles. Cole Resnick had Osh- awa's first goal against Sag- inaw, cutting into a 2-0 def- icit early in the second period. Brandon Saigeon, ac- quired from the Hamilton Bulldogs at the trade dead- line, remains Oshawa's top point producer with 85 points this season, but he has cooled off of late with just one goal and three points in the past six games. GENS FIGHTING WITH WOLVES, 'DOGS FOR POSITIONING BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com OSHAWA GENERALS WHITBY - Brad MacAr- thur and the Brooklin Red- men have kept busy in the Major Series Lacrosse off- season, but the team's gen- eral manager says he won't have a better sense of the makeup of the 2019 team until at least late-March. The Redmen, who lost a tough seven-game playoff series to eventual Mann Cup champion Peterbor- ough last season, have add- ed players through junior protection, the MSL draft and, on Feb. 21, a trade with the same Lakers team that left them broken-hearted last August. But, as for the veteran star players currently ply- ing their trade in the Na- tional Lacrosse League (NLL), MacArthur says he rarely even broaches the topic until they're done. "Honestly, there's al- most no sense in reaching out to them at this point. It's a waste of time, it doesn't pan out," he explained. "I talk to some of these guys regularly as it is, but if they're in their NLL sea- son, I try not to bring it up. If they're not coming back, usually they tell me." Goalie Mike Poulin has already indicated he likely won't return to the summer game, part of the reason MacArthur selected Riley Hutchcraft, a graduate of the Mimico Mountaineers Jr. A team, with the third overall pick of the draft. But as for other NLL vet- erans such as Mark Mat- thews, Shayne Jackson, Chris Corbeil and Kyle Ru- bisch, MacArthur says he will take a wait-and-see ap- proach. In the deal with the Lak- ers, the Redmen cut ties with 29-year-old Kyle Ma- tisz, another NLL star, who hasn't played for the team since 2016. In exchange, the team has added Tyler Gaul- ton, 23, and Jake Fox, 22, both little-used players in Peterborough last season. "At some point we had to move on from that and see some return on an idle player," MacArthur said of Matisz on the Redmen web- site. "We think this trade accomplishes that, provid- ing us with two excellent young players." Prior to the draft, the Redmen protected two ju- nior graduates from the Whitby Warriors, Dawson Theede and Anthony Drouin. Theede played for the Warriors from 2015-17, and had 75 points in 2017, but missed last season after suffering an injury. Drouin is a six-foot-five, stay-at- home defenceman who has commuted from Oakville to play in Whitby the past two seasons. In the draft, MacArthur also added Jeff Wittig from St. Catharines with the fifth overall pick, Pickering native Justin Robinson from Brampton in the sec- ond round, Jackson Sub- och and Josh Toguri from Mimico, and Noah Bush- nell from Windsor Jr. B. But it was Hutchcraft that was the most neces- sary addition, especially if Poulin does indeed pack it in. The backup goalie for the NLL's Toronto Rock, Hutchcraft will likely fill the same role with the Red- men, behind Zach Higgins. "Whether that (Poulin's retirement) unfolds or not is tough to say right now, but Riley is a good, solid goalie and he's a good, solid kid," said MacArthur, who coached Hutchraft in 2013 with gold-medal winning Team Ontario. "When you have an opportunity to get to know some of these kids as I have, then you can make a little bit better of a judgment call of who you're bringing in to the team." The Redmen also re- cently released their 2019 schedule, which begins in Cobourg on June 2 and in- cludes 18 games all told, two more than last season. The first of nine Wednes- day home dates is June 5, also against Cobourg, at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. REDMEN KEEPING BUSY IN LACROSSE OFF-SEASON BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com SPORTS 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 | T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 28 Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. Start saving with the free app Cut out paying more Your only destination for more coupons, more flyers,more savings. #SavingWithSave Save $1.00! Get your coupon at save.ca/coupons A WALK IN THE PARK Bobby Thomson walked his dog, Carmen, an American Ori Pei, along the waterfront trail through Beachfront Park in Pickering recently. Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland PICKERING - Hockey players will be lacing up their skates over the warm- er months in Pickering, as the city offers summer ice for the first ever time. The new summer ice program is in response to the impending April clo- sure of Art Thompson Are- na at 1474 Bayly St., the fu- ture site of residential con- dos by Chestnut Hill Devel- opments. Pickering expects reve- nue of $180,000 from offering summer ice this year, city councillors heard during a budget meeting Thursday, when council's executive committee approved the 2019 capital and operating budgets, setting this year's residential property tax hike at 2.47 per cent. Director of community services Marisa Carpino said running the summer ice program will cost the city between $70,000 and $100,000, with hydro being the biggest expenditure. "We'll break even, at least," she said in an inter- view, explaining exact cost figures will be known at the end of the first season. Currently, 25 permit- holders have booked sum- mer ice, to be offered at Don Beer Arena at 940 Dil- lingham Rd., and at the O'Brien rink at the Picker- ing Recreation Complex on Valley Farm Road. The summer ice season will run from May 6 to Sept. 1, with the recreation com- plex hosting ice users for the first three months, and Don Beer Arena open for the final month. Next year, the city will look at offering both ice pads concurrently in summer, said Carpino. The upcoming closure of Art Thompson Arena displaced groups that en- joyed year-round league play, said Carpino, and the permit-holders include hockey schools, camps and other groups. She told councillors ice time during July and Au- gust is sold-out, with every weeknight in May and June booked. Ice users are looking at Saturday and Sunday nights, she added. "I'm glad we responded to that need," said Ward 1 regional Coun. Kevin Ashe. "We're actually going to make money, which is fantastic." Ward 1 city Coun. Mau- rice Brenner thanked staff for working quickly to ad- dress the needs of ice users affected by the loss of Art Thompson Arena. "When the shock wave hit, the re- sponse back came very quickly." PICKERING TO OFFER SUMMER ICE PROGRAM DUE TO CLOSURE OF ART THOMPSON ARENA JUDI BOBBITT COUNCIL 29 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m BOWMANVILLE - Ja- son Campbell's long-sim- mering idea to transform ordinary arena change rooms into pro-style dress- ing rooms seems to finally be taking off - with help from the Dragons' Den. Campbell, a 49-year-old Bowmanville resident, had his LockerBox pitch aired on the CBC business show on Jan. 24, and came away with $90,000 in return for 50 per cent ownership. He says he's since been inundated with requests for the product - a folding shelf that fits into a hockey bag and can be attached to existing hooks in change rooms to offer more space for equipment and jerseys - and is currently working with "dragon" Vincenzo Guzzo to get it to market. "It's never been about the money for me," he ex- plains. "I had an idea and people seem to like and I just want to see it come to fruition. I want to see peo- ple buy it and kids use it." Campbell played house league hockey growing up in Oshawa, still plays pick- up when time permits and also has two sons who went through the Clarington To- ros system, where he has served various roles. He developed the con- cept for LockerBox over the years as a remedy to the clutter seen in sports dressing rooms, and to give the participants a more professional environment. In addition to the shelf and hooks, a plate can be at- tached to include the play- er's name and number. Campbell, who works for the municipality of Cla- rington, made the proto- type around 2014, he re- calls, when he was looking for a distraction from the stress of a divorce. A few emails resulted in a response of interest from Brad Hallwood, a vice- president at Treliving Management Services Ltd. "From there, it just kind of progressed and prog- ressed, and one thing led to another, and I got a little braver, talking to people," Campbell recalls. He has sought out plen- ty of advice over the years, and once boldly walked in- to the Oshawa Generals' dressing room area to speak to the team's long- time equipment manager, Bryan Boyes. While liking the concept, Boyes suggest- ed it needed to be lighter and pointed out it would be of little use to visiting teams in most Ontario Hockey League rinks. "Having a guy like that saying it was a good idea just added fuel to the fire," says Campbell. He has experimented with different designs and building materials, and has put close to $30,000 into pa- tents already. On Dragons' Den, he had two young ath- letes demonstrate the product, one using hockey gear and the other lacrosse equipment. While Treliving said he liked idea, he didn't make an offer, but Guzzo and Lane Merrifield ultimately partnered, offered the $90,000 for a 50 per cent stake. Campbell envisions the final product being made of a light plastic material and priced in the $50 range. "I don't want to price out families or kids," he ex- plains. "I'm not looking to make a killing. If I do, great. It's like a hit record; if it happens, it happens. It's been fun." DURHAM HOCKEY DAD MAKES SUCCESSFUL PITCH TO 'DRAGONS' DEN' Jason Campbell, Bowmanville resident and former coach, has a hockey product that turns any arena change room into a pro-style dressing room in seconds. He appeared on Dragon's Den on Jan. 24. Sabrina Byrnes/Metroland BRIAN MCNAIR bmcnair@durham region.com BUSINESS DURHAM - A strike at UOIT has been averted by an eleventh-hour deal. Faculty at the Universi- ty of Ontario Institute of Technology were in a legal strike position as of mid- night on Saturday, Feb. 23. However, the UOIT Fac- ulty Association (UOITFA) tweeted at 12:27 a.m. on Feb. 23 that a tentative deal has been reached. "Details of the agree- ment will remain confiden- tial until both parties have conducted their ratifica- tion processes, after which further details will be available," the tweet notes. The faculty association says all classes and activi- ties at the university will proceed as scheduled. The threat of a strike loomed large this week - on Friday, the faculty associa- tion tweeted that "strike preparations are in full swing" and said a picket schedule had been sent out to members. UOITFA represents 280 faculty members including tenure-track and tenured faculty, teaching faculty and academic associates. Collective bargaining has been underway since October. UOITFA said ma- jor issues included pension and benefits, workload, and job security. Faculty members held a strike vote in January - 86 per cent voted in favour of a strike and 79 per cent of members participated. NO STRIKE AT UOIT, TENTATIVE DEAL REACHED AT LAST MINUTE NEWS FACULTY ASSOCIATION RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PENSION, BENEFITS, JOB SECURITY, WORKLOAD A strike at UOIT has been narrowly averted, a tentative deal was reached just after midnight on Feb. 23. Kalvin Taylor/UOIT.ca Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit 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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 30 FUEL Y O UR FA M ILY ROAD TRIP! 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Members of the gun and gang unit were backed up by the tactical support unit when they searched a resi- dence on Centre Street South on Friday, Feb. 22, Durham police said. Seized during the operation were a .22-calibre Mossberg rifle and a replica firearm. Facing charges, includ- ing careless storage of a firearm and possessing a firearm knowing its serial number had been tam- pered with, are Jonathan Miller, 34, of Centre Street South, Oshawa; Tony Coo- per, 26, of Simcoe Street, Oshawa; Brandy Labrec- que, 43, of Colborne Street, Oshawa; Taylor Calde- rone, 20, of Glen Street, Oshawa; and Dean Tache, 41, of no fixed address. Five people are facing charges after police seized a Mossberg rifle at an Oshawa residence Feb. 22. DRPS Photo FIVE CHARGED AS POLICE SEIZE RIFLE IN DURHAM RAID CRIME DURHAM - Weather conditions in north Dur- ham on Monday lead to some additional last-min- ute school bus cancella- tions - an unusual situation the Durham District School Board called "less than ide- al." School bus cancellations in Durham are generally announced by 6 a.m. How- ever, on Feb. 24, additional cancellations were made by bus operators in Scugog and Uxbridge, after that time. In a statement on Mon- day, the Durham District School Board (DDSB) attri- buted the situation to "rapid changes in both the weath- er conditions and the Envi- ronment Canada forecast" and apologized for any con- fusion or inconvenience. Some parents took to so- cial media to question how the morning played out with one saying the school board "needs to take a long hard look at their decision- making this morning," and another calling it "terrible service to the families in the region who depend on school bus transportation." The DDSB said phone calls were made directly to affected parents after the additional cancellations were made. On days where bad weather is expected, staff from the DDSB and Dur- ham Student Transporta- tion Services (DSTS) check weather reports, road con- ditions and road clearing progress as early as 4 a.m. - decisions are then made in conjunction with the Dur- ham Catholic District School Board. "Should weather condi- tions rapidly deteriorate and Environment Canada forecasts are significantly altered after the time of the initial decision, input from drivers/operators is a cru- cial safeguard," the DDSB said in a statement. Parents are also encour- aged to check the DSTS website for the latest up- dates - "especially in such adverse and rapidly chang- ing weather conditions," the DDSB notes. LAST MINUTE-BUS CANCELLATIONS IN NORTH DURHAM ON MONDAY RESULT IN CONFUSION, APOLOGIES NEWS DDSB SAYS 'RAPID CHANGES' IN WEATHER PROMPTED ADDITIONAL CANCELLATIONS 31 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Notice of Addendum Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Metrolinx,an agency of the Province of Ontario,is upgrading its commuter rail system to bring more transit connections to communities within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)through the GO Expansion program.The GTHA is now home to nearly seven million people and heading towards 10 million by 2041.To address the urgent transit needs of the GTHA,the Province of Ontario committed to implement GO Expansion and make other improvements to the GO system.By 2025,electrified trains will be running every 15 minutes or better,all day and in both directions,within the most heavily travelled sections of the GO network.To support GO Expansion, improvements to the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station facility are required The Project Metrolinx has completed an Addendum to the Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Environmental Project Report (EPR)in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP)described in Ontario Regulation 231/08.The purpose of the Addendum is to address the requirement for a relocated GO Station to accommodate projected passenger growth and allow for full build-out of the layover improvements identified as part of the original EPR.The site for the proposed relocated Lincolnville GO Station is 12902 and 12958 Tenth Line in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville,south of the existing station and layover site,on the Stouffville Rail Corridor. The relocated GO Station will include the following general components: •A new parking facility,accessible parking areas and dedicated motorcycle/scooter parking •A canopy-covered passenger platform with new enclosed waiting areas •A Passenger Pick-up/Drop-off area •A separated bus loop •Bicycle paths and a bicycle storage rack •Additional supporting infrastructure for the facility Since the relocated GO Station is an additional component that was not assessed in the original EPR,an Addendum is required to address this change to the project. The Process This EPR Addendum has been prepared to document the findings of the existing environmental conditions,potential effects assessments,associated mitigation and monitoring requirements,stakeholder and public consultation, and commitments to future work associated with the development of the relocated GO Station,including required permits and approvals. Since Metrolinx has determined that the relocated GO Station is a significant change from the original EPR,public consultation is also required,and is provided through publication of this Notice of Addendum,and making the EPR Addendum available for review and comment for a 30-day period. 30-day Public Review Period The EPR Addendum is now available at http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/ lincolnville-layover.aspx and the following locations for a 30-day public review period starting February 21,2019 and ending March 25,2019: Metrolinx Head office 97 Front Street –2nd Floor Reception Toronto,ON M5J 1E6 Tel:416-874-5900 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Ministry of the Environment,Conservation and Parks Central Region Office Metro Toronto District Office 5775 Yonge Street,8th Floor North York,ON M2M 4J1 Tel:416-326-6700 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Ministry of the Environment,Conservation and Parks Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch 135 St.Clair Avenue West,1st Floor Toronto,ON M4V 1P4 Tel:416-314-8001 /toll-free:1-800-461-6290 Monday to Friday:8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pickering Public Library –Claremount Branch Dr.Nelson F.Tomlinson Community Centre 4941 Old Brock Road Claremont,ON Tel:905-649-3341 Tuesday 3:00 –8:00 p.m. Thursday 9:30 a.m.-5:30 a.m. Saturday 1:00 –5:00 p.m. Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library 175 Mostar Street Whitchurch-Stouffville,ON Tel:905-642-7323 Monday to Thursday 10:00 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 –5:00 p.m. Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville 111 Sandiford Drive Whitchurch-Stouffville,ON Tel:905-640-1900 Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Township of Uxbridge 51 Toronto Street South Uxbridge,ON Tel:905-852-9182 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.Interested persons are encouraged to review this document and provide comments by March 25,2019 to: Metrolinx c/o Lincolnville Layover and GO Station Improvements Project 20 Bay Street,6th Floor,Toronto,ON M5J 2W3 Tel:416-869-3600 |email:lincolnville@metrolinx.com website:www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/ lincolnville-layover.aspx There are circumstances where the Ministry of the Environment,Conservation and Parks has the authority to require further consideration of the proposed changes to the transit project or impose conditions on them.These include if the Minister is of the opinion that: •The proposed changes to the transit project may have a negative impact on a matter of provincial importance that relates to the natural environment or has cultural heritage value or interest;or, •The proposed changes to the transit project may have negative impact on a constitutionally protected Aboriginal or treaty right. Before exercising the authority referred to above,the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the proposed changes to the transit project that are received within 30 days after the Notice of Addendum to the Environmental Project Report is first published. If you have discussed your issues with Metrolinx and you object to the proposed changes to this transit Project,you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment,Conservation and Parks. It is recommended that you submit your objection no later than Monday,March 25,2019 to the address provided below.All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/ cultural environment)or indigenous rights.Objections must be received by the Minister within 30 days after the Notice of Addendum to the EPR is first published. Ministry of the Environmental,Conservation and Parks Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch Attention:Devon Wills,Project Officer 135 St.Clair Avenue West,1st Floor,Toronto ON M4V 1P4 Tel:416-314-8001 /1-800-461-6290 Fax:416-314-8452 E-mail:EAABGen@ontario.ca All personal information included in a submission –such as name,address,telephone number,email address,and property location –is collected,maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment,Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available for the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information,please contact Metrolinx (contact information above)or the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434. The Notice was first issued on February 21,2019. Si vous désirez des renseignements en français,veuillez composer le 416 869-3200 ou le 1 888 GET-ON-GO (438-6646). 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Ajax-Pickering Christian Wom- en's Connection WHEN: 9:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m WHERE: Ajax Royal Canadian Legion #322, 111 Hunt Street, Ajax CONTACT: Mrs.Susan Walk- ington, 905-409-8401, apcwc2018@gmail.com COST: At the door $9.00 1st time guest$7.00 Please join us for a continental break- fas.t Our Speaker: Mary Legge will tell of the difficul- ty and the 'Free- dom in Chains' in her life. Victoria McWilliams will be our singer. Linda from The Body Shop will help with winter skin care Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Hand class WHEN: 9:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m WHERE: West Durham Family Health Team, 1105E Kingston Road, Building E, Suite 200B, Pickering CONTACT: Registration Required-Space Limit- ed-1.800.321.1433 ext 3381, 800-321-1433 COST: Registration Required-Space Limited-1.800.321.1433 ext 3381 Entrepreneurs Referral Net- working Meeting WHEN: 10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m WHERE: OpenStudio Art Cafe, 617 Liverpool Road, Pickering CONTACT: Michele, 905 420- 2233, draw@openstudioart- cafe.com, https://www.mee- tup.com/Pickering-Small-Busi- ness-Meetup/events/ dsjbqqyzdblc/COST: Tell us about you and your busi- ness, your ideal client. Each of you will have a couple of minutes to introduce your business and what you do. Describe the ideal client you are looking for. Then ask the group for help, input and/or referrals. Board of trade luncheon WHEN: 11:30 a.m - 2:00 p.m WHERE: Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility, 2700 Audley Rd N., Ajax CONTACT: 905-686-0883, ad- min@apboardof- trade.com COST: The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade holds its annual Regional Chairman's Lun- cheon Address. It's a chance to hear new Chairman John Henry's visions and plans. Open house WHEN: 6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m WHERE: Hartrick House, 120 Roberson Dr., Ajax CONTACT: Ranil Fernando, 905-619-2529, ranil.fernando@ajax.ca COST: Ajax is holding an open house to discuss the widening of Rossland Road from Church Street to Westney Road and to install a watermain. The watermain would be installed in the summer of 2019 and the widening would be done in 2020. Art School is Worth It! (9-12) WHEN: 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m WHERE: Pickering Public Library, 1 The Esplanade S, Pickering CONTACT: Brandi Harron, 905- 831-6265, brandiharron@pic- net.org, http://www.picnet.org/ programs/COST: Have you ever wondered how some of the most famous art in the world was made? Explore a new artist each week and try your hand at their medium. Atten- dance for all six weeks is encour- aged. Fundraising dinner theatre WHEN: 6:00 p.m WHERE: Her- ongate Barn Theatre, 2885 Altona Rd., Pickering CONTACT: 905- 472-3085 COST: $75, includes dinner, theatre Land Over Landings is hosting a dinner theatre fundraiser at Herongate Barn Theatre. Ward meeting WHEN: 7:00 p.m - 8:30 p.m WHERE: Ajax Town hall, 65 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax CONTACT: 905-683-4550 COST: A community discussion meeting for residents living in Ward 3 in Ajax. New Kid in Town (Eagles Tribute) at The Edge Lounge WHEN: 8:30 p.m WHERE: The Edge Lounge, 252 Bayly Street West, Ajax CONTACT: 905-426-9692 COST: $15 in advance; $20 at the door Join host Al Joynes at the Edge Lounge for the return of 'New Kid in Town' and their tribute to The Eagles. Tickets are $15 (advance) or $20 (door) and can be purchased online at www.tick- etscene.ca until 6 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 1 Walk the Dome - Friday WHEN: 9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m WHERE: Pickering Soccer Centre, 1975 Clements Rd., Pickering CONTACT: Tammy Lyle-Gravlev, 905-831-9803, communitypro- grams@pickeringsoccer.ca, http://www.pickeringsoccer.ca/ programs/community-programs/ COST: $3.00 Drop In Fee/ $25.00, 10 Pass Come join us on Monday and Friday mornings for Walk the Dome at the Pickering Soccer Centre. The Centre is fully accessible, with a soft turf indoor surface and ample parking. Enjoy some light music, use our Nordic Walking Poles. Strollers welcome! SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Durham Spring Home Decor, Wellness and Craft Show WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Pickering Recreation Complex, 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering CONTACT: Sandy Gabri- ele, barecanvasevents@gmail.com COST: Come visit us at the Durham Spring Home Decor, Wellness and Craft Show and shop with our amazing vendors selling every- thing from Personal Care Items to Home Decor Ideas and Unique Original Artisan Creations. Annual Science Fair 2019 WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Ajax Public Library - Main Branch, 55 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax CONTACT: libraryin- fo@ajaxlibrary.ca, 905-683-4000, Lauren.Wagner@Ajaxlibrary.ca, http://bit.ly/2QlsMJy COST: Explore your inner scientist and put together an award winning experiment you can showcase at the Science Fair! Students from Grades 3-8 are eligible.Primary (Gr 3-4) Junior (Gr 5-6) and Intermediate (Gr 7-8).Registration closes Fri Feb 15. Maple Ridge Tennis Club Regis- tration WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m WHERE: Pickering Recreation Centre, 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering CONTACT: Susan, 905 434 8747 COST: Maple Ridge Tennis Club has 2 outdoor courts. Registration is open to new and returning mem- bers. March 2 2019 at the Pickering Rec Complex upstairs meeting room #4. Amberlea Tennis Club Registration WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m WHERE: Pickering Recreation Com- plex, 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering CONTACT: sue, 905 839 1571, sueamberleaten- nis@gmail.com, http://www.am- berleatennis.ca COST: Amberlea is an outdoor tennis club. We welcome new and returning members. Registration will be at the Pickering Recreation Complex upstairs meeting room #4 . 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Member- ship fees apply. SUNDAY, MARCH 3 St. Paul's United Church - 69th Anniversa- ry and Caribbean Mass WHEN: 10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m WHERE: St. Paul's United Church, 65 King's Crescent, Ajax CON- TACT: Catharine Ottaway, 905- 683-4740, office@stpaulsa- jax.org, https://stpaulsajax.org/ mc-events/sunday-worship-69th- anniversary-celebration-and- caribbean-mass-2/COST: Please join us as St. Paul's United Church celebrates its 69th anni- versary with a special presenta- tion of Donald Patriquin's A Caribbean Mass during Sunday worship. We will be joined by Joy Lapps on the steel drums and Zuzanna Zacharova on the flute. Quaker House opening WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Quaker Meeting House, 457 Kingston Rd. W., Ajax CON- TACT: 905-683-4550 COST: The Quaker Meeting House Com- munity Opening will include a ribbon cutting, tours, light refresh- ments and displays by the Reli- gious Society of Friends (Quak- ers). MONDAY, MARCH 4 Emotional Regulation Group Using DBT Skills WHEN: 3:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m WHERE: Carea Community Health Centre, 1450 Kingston Road, Pickering, ON , Pickering CON- TACT: mstrickland@careachc.ca, 9054281212, mstrickland@ca- reachc.ca, http://careachc.ca This 12-week program will provide teens aged 15 to 18 with practical skills to manage and cope with overwhelming emotions. You will learn how to tolerate distress, reduce difficult emotions, navi- gate challenging interpersonal situations, mindfulness. Le Club Francais WHEN: 6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m WHERE: Ajax Public Library - Main Branch, 55 Har- wood Avenue South, Ajax CONTACT: libraryin- fo@ajaxlibrary.ca, 905- 683-4000 Readers from age 6 to 12 (Grades 1 to 8), attending French immersion or French schools, read with high school volunteers. Register at ajaxlibrary.ca/events. January registration starts Dec 15. March registration starts Feb 15. Budget meeting WHEN: 7:00 p.m WHERE: Ajax Town Hall, 65 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax CONTACT: 905-683-4550 Ajax council will review the Town's 2019 operating budget. There will be time for the public to offer input on the document. It's in the council chamber of Town hall. EVENTS Visit durhamregion.com/events for featured online events. Things to do with the kids during March Break goes live on March 1. Further ahead, we’ll be featuring Things to do on Earth Day. Visit durhamregion.com/events and hit the POST YOUR EVENT button to submit these or any other community events! 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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 34 ARTS Visit durhamregion.com for more coverage DURHAM - Classical music masters and special guests are on the program at a March 2 concert. The Durham Youth Or- chestra presents its 2019 Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army Temple, 570 Thornton Rd. N., Oshawa. The night's guest soloist is Ally Jiang, winner of the 2018 DYO Concert Competi- tion. A Grade 6 student at Julie Payette Public School in Whitby, Ally is featured in the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12. Guests are the Trafal- gar Castle School Girls' Choir, who will perform with the DYO strings. The Trafalgar Castle's Chinese Instrument Ensemble are also playing at the concert. Also at the event, listen for Holst's Mars, Bringer of War from The Planets, El- gar's Nimrod from Enigma Variations and Tchaikov- sky's Marche Slav. Tickets are $20 for adults and students in Grade 8 and under are ad- mitted for free. For more information and tickets visit www.dyo- music.com. Tickets are al- so available at the door. Note that DYO auditions are held throughout the school year with music di- rector John Beaton and a member of the DYO board of directors. Musicians 21 years old and under are in- vited to try out. For more information, or to arrange an audition, contact Beaton at jbea- ton@dyomusic.com or 905- 579-2401. AJAX -- Grace Constable rehearsed with the Durham Youth Orchestra ahead of a 2014 concert. The DYO welcomes guests Ally Jiang and the Trafalgar Castle School Girls' Choir and Chinese Instrument Ensemble to its March 2 concert at the Salvation Army Temple in Oshawa. Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland MOZART, MENDELSSOHN AND ALLY JIANG IN OSHAWA 6 IDEAS IN DURHAM REGION ON MARCH 2 AND 3 DUELLING MAGICIANS comes to Ajax's St. Francis Centre on March 2 at 7 p.m. Magician and mental- ist Mike D'Urzo and illusionist and street magician Ray Chance challenge one another and while dazzling the audience. Tickets are $35, available at the St. Francis Centre Box Office, the Ajax and McLean community centres, the Audley Recreation Centre or online at stfranciscentre.ca. For more information call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS). Bereaved Families of Ontario, a non-profit organiza- tion that provides support services to families who have lost children, holds its annual WALK TO RE- MEMBER on March 3 from 9:15 to 11 a.m. at the Whitby Mall. It's a gathering of families and friends to commemorate their children in a supportive environment. To learn more about the major fund- raiser for the Durham Region chapter, contact Jane at 905-579-4293 or bfodurham@bellnet.ca. How does your food to get to your plate? Find out at a BEFORE THE PLATE film screening on March 2 at 3:30 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre, 46 Brock St. W., Uxbridge. Learn about the journey and modern agriculture in Canada. The documentary screening benefits Durham Farm Connections and the Ux- bridge Loaves and Fishes Food Bank. After the screening there is a networking/question-and- answer event with local farmers and the film pro- ducer at Uxbridge's Second Wedge Brewing Co. Tickets are $5 plus tax. Call 1-705-341-7919 for more information. THE 115TH BIRTHDAY OF DR. SEUSS, Theodor Seuss Geisel, behind children's classics such as Green Eggs and Ham, is celebrated at the Oshawa Public Library's McLaughlin Branch, 65 Bagot St., Oshawa, on March 2 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. A free family program in the auditorium. To learn more about the all-ages event contact ask@oshawa- library.on.ca or 905-579-6111. Also in Oshawa, check out emerging artist AFRAA ALAM'S DOODLE DOUGHNUTS CO. ART EXHIBIT AND SALE, opening March 2 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Living Room Community Art Studio. 149 Sim- coe St. S., Oshawa. Hand-painted clothing, acces- sories, stickers and art prints. Finally, look ahead to warmer and longer days at the DURHAM SPRING HOME DECOR, WELLNESS AND CRAFT SHOW on March 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pickering Recreation Complex, 1867 Valley Farm Rd., Pickering. Peruse vendors selling everything from personal care items to home decor ideas to original art. Free admission. WHAT'S ON SCUGOG - Angie Little- field will share some little- known tidbits about the life of Tom Thomson at the Scu- gog museum's March edition of its "Sunday Speaker Se- ries." Littlefield will highlight her research for Tom Thom- son's Fine Kettle of Friends: Biography, History, Art and Food, as well as the research for her upcoming book on the women in Thomson's life. She'll also briefly dis- cuss Rody Kenny Courtice of Port Perry, a friend to the fe- male artists Thomson knew in his lifetime. As well, she'll explore the life of Thomas Henry Oake Marten, who visited the Lake Scugog area with Tom Thomson. The focus of the Sunday, March 17 session will be on all of the things people do not know about Thomson, Cana- da's most famous artist. The discussion will begin at 1 p.m. in the schoolhouse at the Scugog Shores Museum Village, 16210 Island Rd. Admission is $5 per per- son. For more information about Littlefield, visit www.angielittlefield.com. For more information about the Sunday Speaker Series, visit www.scugog- .ca, email museum@scu- gog.ca or call 905-985-8698, ext. 103. THINGS TO DO AUTHOR TO SHARE TOM THOMSON TIDBITS 35 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m BALMORAL FISH & CHIPS 250 BAYLY STREETW.UNIT 8AJAX HALIBUT FISH & CHIPS -$12.45 WHITE FISH & CHIPS -$4.75 TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY - 11.30 - 7:30 THURSDAY - 11.30 - 8:00,FRIDAY - 11.30 - 9:00 SATURDAY - 12:00 -8:00 CLOSED SUNDAY & MONDAY •Dine in •Take ouT -905-427-9123WE S T N E Y R D MO N A R C H A V E BAYLY STREET HA R W O O D A V E * . ServingAjax for over 50 years! • Dine in •Take ouT -905-427-9123 Timeline 1916 - Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia; eventually moves to Toronto. 1933 - McLean is accept- ed into a Russian music conservatory, an unbeliev- able achievement at a time of racial distress. 1937 - Forms his first band and supports himself as a messenger. Over time, he develops a reputation as a pianist, which helps bring in additional income. Simultaneously, McLean assembles musicians for what becomes Canada's first black band, serving as its leader. 1940 - Tours and studies at the Hamburg Conserva- tory, where some of the world's top classical musi- cians congregated: McLean trained many Ca- nadian jazz musicians over the years. 1944 - Joins the Canadi- an Musicians' Union, an- other first in McLean's mu- sical career. 1947 - The tireless McLean makes more histo- ry as a result of assembling and leading the Rhythm Rompers, the first all-black group to successfully play throughout Ontario. McLean's band is the first to open the famous Colo- nial Tavern in Toronto, an important landmark jazz venue; noteworthy, consid- ering black artists were not allowed on stage at the time. Many jazz greats played the Colonial, in- cluding Miles Davis, Thelo- nious Monk, Duke Elling- ton and Oscar Peterson. 1962 - McLean calls the Warwick Hotel home, be- fore the establishment earns a reputation as a strip joint. 1963 - McLean's only son, Keith, is the only black student at Northview Heights Secondary School in North York, which has roughly 1,200 students at the time. 1974 - Keith dies in a car crash at age 31. 1975 - Mark McLean, a great-nephew to Cy McLean, is born. He is a Canadian musician, drum- mer and composer. His main influence is his fa- ther's record collection, which contains a wide ar- ray of musical genres. 1986 - McLean dies in virtual obscurity at age 70. Present: All is not lost, as Mark McLean carries on the family tradition as a top-notch jazz performer in his own right. Another stay-in-Cana- da exception: Frank Mot- ley (Dec. 30, 1923 - May 31, 1998). The rhythm and blues/jazz American trumpet player worked in Canada most of his time, starting in 1952. He mar- ried and for the most part stayed in Toronto. His big- gest success developed when he backed-up Jackie Shane on "Any Other Way" (1963), a top 10 seller in Can- ada originally recorded by William Bell (1962). When listening to both versions, it is easy to conclude that Shane's is a stronger rendi- tion. As for Motley, his sup- porting instrumentation mix is equally as great - one without the other would not have worked. Motley, who learned how to play the trumpet from Dizzy Gillespie, performed regu- larly at the Zanzibar and Sapphire clubs; additional- ly, he learned how to mas- ter two trumpets at the same time. Rather unwit- tingly, he became a pioneer of our early Canadian rock 'n' roll history. His most memorable platter as a so- loist is the rocking, sax- blasting Honkin' At Mid- night (1960). -with thanks to Tom Al- lan and Chuck Lomer for their input. Andrew Merey is a Whitby resident who's interested in music and movie history. He has con- tributed articles to This Week since 2003. You can reach him at amerey@rog- ers.com. CONTRIBUTED WHITBY COLUMNIST ANDY MEREY ON CYRIL G. 'CY' MCLEAN HIS BAND OPENED TORONTO'S COLONIAL TAVERN ANDY MEREY Column DURHAM -- Toronto jazz pianist Cy McLean, who in the late 1930s formed and became the leader of Canada's first black band. Toronto Star file photo ISLANDERS' JAM Members of The Islanders Jam Group, including Marsha Jones Dooley, Anne Cochrane, Kevin Turner, and Margaret Gardner (LEFT) performed at the Ajax Royal Canadian Legion, 111 Hunt St., on Feb. 17. The group gets together every Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. to perform Irish, Scottish and East Coast music. Everybody 19 years and over is welcome and there is no cover charge. Jason Liebregts/Metroland 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 , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 | 36 See our flyer in today’S paper or viSit Save.ca DURHAM - Tributes to Elvis, Johnny Cash and oth- ers plus classical music from Kolio are booked for Dur- ham. Here's a look at events scheduled at Oshawa's Re- gent Theatre and Tribute Communities Centre to the end of March 2019. The Regent Theatre •March 2: Bold Beautiful Bach - Ontario Philharmon- ic ($45, $56) .March 3: Jeremy Hotz ($53) •March 7: Classic Movie Night - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ($5) •March 8: Classic Al- bums Live - The Beatles, Help ($37.50) •March 9: Strange Magic - The ELO Experience ($40) •March 12: UOIT Com- munity Movie Night - Ralph Breaks the Internet (free) •March 15: American Icons - tributes to Elvis, Ray Charles and more ($42) •March 17: Cash - The Johnny Cash Experience ($35) •March 22-24: Potted Pot- ter - The Unauthorized Har- ry Experience ($39.50, $69.50, $99.50) •March 29: Kolio, classi- cal guitar ($35) •March 30 - Brass Transit 2019 ($45) The Regent Theatre is at 50 King St. E. For tickets, go online to regenttheatre.ca, call the box office at 905-721-3399, ext. 2, or visit the box office in person. Tribute Communities Centre •March 5, 6: Blue Man Group ($45, $65, $79, $94, $99) •March 9: The Pink Floyd Experience ($49.50, $55) •March 11: Marianas Trench ($35, $49.50, $69.50) •March 29: Luke Combs ($22, $35, $45, $60) The Tribute Communi- ties Centre is at 99 Athol St. E. For tickets, visit www.tri- butecommunitiescentre- .com or call 1-877-436-8811. BLUE MAN GROUP, LUKE COMBS ON DURHAM STAGES IN MARCH HAMILTON - Blue Man Group, seen performing in Hamilton, are at Oshawa's Tribute Communities Centre on March 5 and 6. Metroland file photo WHAT'S ON SCUGOG - The Kent Farndale Gallery is among the galleries chosen to showcase the colourful works of renowned painter and former Scugog resi- dent Michael Reeves. The Michael Reeves Ret- rospective exhibit will run from March 2 to April 4 at the Kent Farndale Gallery, which is located within the Scugog Memorial Public Library in Port Perry. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 2 p.m. Reeves is arguably one of the last neo-romantic painters. His peers and mentors have been direc- tors and trustees of the Tate and national galleries in England. Reeves came to Canada with the hopes of making his name as a painter and he and his wife Norma found their place in paradise on Lake Scugog in 1984. In 1996, the eminent Joan Murray considered him "one of the major painters of his generation" and his works "a triumph of individualism." The Reeves family is planning a multi-gallery show of Michael's works through the spring and summer of 2019 as a cele- bration of his life; he passed away on March 19, 2015. Each gallery show will feature different pieces and will showcase a large cross-section of his paint- ings and drawings. The gallery shows will not only include Reeve's more contemporary works, but also some of his works from the 1950s, none of which have ever been shown before. For more information on the other exhibitions and venues, visit www.mi- chaelreeves.ca. The Scugog library is lo- cated at 231 Water St. in Port Perry. The Kent Farndale Gal- lery is open seven days a week during library hours. For more information, call 905-985-7686 or visit www.scugoglibrary.ca. WORKS OF PAINTER MICHAEL REEVES SHOWCASED WHAT'S ON DURHAM - Read a Dur- ham resident's story in a new Chicken Soup book. Oshawa resident A.L Thompkins's story is in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages From Heaven and Other Miracles. "Messages from heaven and miracles come to us in a variety of surprising and comforting ways," states a press release. "They come to us in dreams or in signs, from people we know and love, and from perfect strangers. “And sometimes we're even visited by an angel. However we receive these messages, or experience these miracles, we are re- minded that love never dies. “These true, personal stories will amaze, inspire and comfort you because you'll read about ordinary people who have had ex- traordinary experiences, and you'll see that miracles do happen to good people." You can get the book on- line and at retailers such as Chapters/Indigo. AUTHOR'S STORY IN 'CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL' Please keep our community clean. Don’t be a LitterBug! 37 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m DELIVERY ROUTES AJAX/PICKERING PB081 601-700 Beckworth Sq. 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We at Phoenix are looking to expand our customer service family, and would love to see if YOU are the right fit! Required skill set includes: • Ability to handle the customer experience from beginning to end, ensuring satisfaction and smiling faces on all fronts. • Being fluent (both written and spoken) in French and English. • Readiness to be part of a team where every member is energetic, dynamic, and appreciated. • Ability to be trained on all our programs and policies. Preferred assets include: • Post-secondary education • Experience in customer service and/or call centres www.phoenixamd.com Looking for more? At VHA Home HealthCare, more is not just our commitment to clients, but to our incredible team of Nurses & PSWs. Join one of our new Integrated Palliative Care Teams — one supporting clients and families in Scarborough and the other in Durham. By providing seamless care focusing on what matters most to our clients and their families, the interdisciplinary teams will enhance the quality of care of palliative clients, with an emphasis on effective symptom and pain management, to improve overall quality of life. If you are looking for more in a career — fl exible hours, growth opportunities, competitive benefi ts, compensation and meaningful relationships with clients and families — then you belong at VHA! We are currently hiring RNs, RPNs, PSWs and Palliative Care Best Practice Supervisor in the Scarborough and Durham Regions who have a desire to work with palliative care clients and families. Palliative Care Best Practice Supervisor Qualifi cations — Undergraduate degree in Nursing/Science in Nursing and current certifi cate of competency (licensure) from the College of Nurses of Ontario; progressive experience in nursing including supervisory experience or advanced practice role in end-of-life care; Valid driver’s license and use of a car on the job required. RN and RPN Qualifi cations — Current certifi cate of competency (licensure) from the College of Nurses of Ontario; current BCLS certifi cate (RN); diploma (RPN). Ideal candidates will have “Fundamentals of Palliative Care” (MoH). In addition they will have, CNA certifi cation in Hospice Palliative Care Nursing OR are actively pursuing Enhanced Fundamentals and the Comprehensive Palliative Education Program (CAPCE). PSW Qualifi cations — Personal Support Worker Certifi cate; First Aid/CPR; Certifi cate in Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care (MOH). RNs, RPNs and PWSs Required — Experience working in community setting with palliative care clients. Must be fl exible to work weekdays and weekends. Valid driver’s license and access to a car (for those working in the Durham area) to travel between clients. Interested applicants may apply online at www.vha.ca VHA Home HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. VHA is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. If you require an accommodation, let us know in advance. Accredited with Exemplary Status by Accreditation Canada An RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designate and; A founding member agency of United Way Toronto Looking for more? At VHA Home HealthCare, more is not just our commitment to clients, but to our incredible team of Nurses & PSWs. Join one of our new Integrated Palliative Care Teams — one supporting clients and families in Scarborough and the other in Durham. By providing seamless care focusing on what matters most to our clients and their families, the interdisciplinary teams will enhance the quality of care of palliative clients, with an emphasis on effective symptom and pain management, to improve overall quality of life. If you are looking for more in a career — fl exible hours, growth opportunities, competitive benefi ts, compensation and meaningful relationships with clients and families — then you belong at VHA! We are currently hiring RNs, RPNs, PSWs and Palliative Care Best Practice Supervisor in the Scarborough and Durham Regions who have a desire to work with palliative care clients and families. Palliative Care Best Practice Supervisor Qualifi cations — Undergraduate degree in Nursing/Science in Nursing and current certifi cate of competency (licensure) from the College of Nurses of Ontario; progressive experience in nursing including supervisory experience or advanced practice role in end-of-life care; Valid driver’s license and use of a car on the job required. RN and RPN Qualifi cations — Current certifi cate of competency (licensure) from the College of Nurses of Ontario; current BCLS certifi cate (RN); diploma (RPN). Ideal candidates will have “Fundamentals of Palliative Care” (MoH). In addition they will have, CNA certifi cation in Hospice Palliative Care Nursing OR are actively pursuing Enhanced Fundamentals and the Comprehensive Palliative Education Program (CAPCE). PSW Qualifi cations — Personal Support Worker Certifi cate; First Aid/CPR; Certifi cate in Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care (MOH). RNs, RPNs and PWSs Required — Experience working in community setting with palliative care clients. Must be fl exible to work weekdays and weekends. Valid driver’s license and access to a car (for those working in the Durham area) to travel between clients. Interested applicants may apply online at www.vha.ca VHA Home HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. VHA is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. If you require an accommodation, let us know in advance. Accredited with Exemplary Status by Accreditation Canada An RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designate and; A founding member agency of United Way Toronto Join one of our Integrated Care Teams - one supporting clients and families in Scarborough and the other in Durham. By providing seamless care focusing on what matters most to our clients and their families. The interdisciplinary teams will enhance the quality of care for our clients with an emphasis to improve overall quality of life. If you are looking for more in a career - flexible hours, growth opportunities, competitive benefits, compensation and meaningful relationships with clients and families - then you belong at VHA! We are currently hiring RNs, RPNs and PSWs in the Scarborough and Durham Regions who have a desire to work in the community. PSW Qualifications - PSW Certificate; DSW Certificate; Health Care Aide Certificate; Personal Care Attendance Certificate; First Aid/CPR RN and RPN Qualifications - Current certificate of competency (licensure) from the College of Nurses of Ontario; current BCLS certificate (RN); diploma (RPN). RNs, RPNs and PSWs Require - Experience working in community setting. Must be flexible to work week days and weekends. Valid driver’s license and access to a car (for those working in the Durham area) to travel between clients by car. At VHA Home HealthCare, more is not just our commitment to our clients, but to our incredible team of Nurses & PSWs. BERGANT, Randy, May 29, 1958 - February 23, 2019 - Passed away at home on February 23rd, 2019 at the age of 60. Beloved son of Klara (nee Gauweiler) and Ivan Bergant. Dear brother of Dorothy (nee Bergant) and her husband Peter, Pete Bergant and the late Achim Bergant. Much loved uncle of Paul, Ruth (Doug), Karen (Allister), Danielle (Roger) and Jesse (Jen). Adored great-uncle of Hannah, Tessa, Kaia, Mateo, Zoé and Louna. Will be missed by his step children Jamie and Daniel. Visitation will be held at THE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL CENTRE, 1057 Brock Road, Pickering (905-686-5589) on Sunday, March 3rd from 12 pm until time of Memorial Service in the Chapel at 1 pm. Reception to follow. BUCKNAM, Florence Winnifred "Cookie" (nee Turner) 1942 - 2019. Passed away at Ajax Pickering Hospital with family by her side on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Cookie lived a full life and was her feisty self until the end. She leaves behind her daughter Dawn Bucknam (Barry Turner) and son Dan Bucknam (Margaret Bucknam) and her grandchildren, Chris (Ian), Alex and Samantha. Cookie also leaves behind her beloved dog Jackson who has been her loyal companion for the past 10 years. A private family service will be held at The Simple Alternative. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Society would be greatly appreciated. Condolences may be made at mountpleasantgroup.com SANDERSON MONUMENT COMPANY LIMITED SERVICING Local Cemeteries Including Duffin Meadows, Pine Ridge Memorial, Erskine and Catholic Cemeteries OPEN Mon. to Fri. 9-5 Evening and Sat Appointments Avail 905-427-4366 sanderson.ajax@bellnet.ca 32 Old Kingston Rd, Ajax SHANNON, Walter - On February 17, 2019 at the Ajax Pickering Hospital with his family by his side. Walter, loving and devoted husband of Catherine. Dear Father of Heather (David), Gayle, and the Late Mark. Cherished Grandfather of Brandon (Lina), Brett (Michelle) and Breanne. Great Grandfather of Jack and Charlie. Dear Brother of Carol Gray. Walter will be dearly missed by his many family members, nieces and nephews and friends. Special Thank you to all the wonderful Doctors and Nurses who took such good care of Walter. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Bernadette's Roman Catholic Church, 21 Bayly Street East, Ajax, Ontario, on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Arrangements are being taken care of by ACCETTONE FUNERAL HOME LTD. 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