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DECEMBER 17TH 2020 T O JANUARY 6TH 2021 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 4 ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publica- tions across Ontario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. Complainants are urged to bring their concerns to the attention of the news- paper and, if not satisfied, write The National NewsMedia Council,Suite 200, 890 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2. Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham WHO WE ARE Vice President Dana Robbins General Manager Anne Beswick Director of Content Joanne Burghardt Managing Editor Mike Lacey Director Distribution Jason Christie Director Creative Services Katherine Porcheron CONTACT US Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser 865 Farewell Street Oshawa, ON L1H 6N8 Phone: 905- 579-4407 Newsroom: 905-215-0481 Sales: 905-215-0424 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-579-2238 Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 320 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Published letters will appear in print and/or online at durhamregion.com Delivery For all delivery inquiries, please call 905-683-5117. OPINION TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM You know what they say about wild places. That something deep within us needs to know they're out there, even if we never get to visit. Places beyond the reach of cars, trucks and cell phones, where nature is in beautiful balance and ancient ecosystems are still whole and complete. Where "peace comes drop- ping slow," as W. B. Yeats so poignantly expressed it in his famous poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'. Someone should write a poem like that about Algon- quin Park. There it is, just north of us, 7,653 square ki- lometres of rocks, forests and lakes with just one road cutting across it. Canadian shield -- granitic bedrock -- pushed skyward and hold- ing the headwaters of nine rivers, a main reason the ar- ea was protected in the first place. The York, the Gull, the Petawawa. The Musko- ka, Magnetawan, Madawas- ka. The Barron, the Bon- nechere, the Amable du Fond -- their names read like poetry, and evoke images of many a paddler in ages past, many a flickering campfire along their shores. I've ca- noed bits and pieces of six of those rivers over the de- cades and couldn't tell you which one I love most. And wow, the wildlife you can come across, each in its season! Mammals as small as flying squirrels and as big as moose. Rare drag- onflies and damselflies and dazzling butterflies. A whole symphony of song- birds in spring, loons call- ing at night all summer long and, in fall, the lonely howl of wolves. Algonquin links the deciduous woods of southern Ontario with the conifers of the north. It's a peninsula of highlands sup- porting many boreal spe- cies far south of their usual range, given the pockets of bog and black spruce habi- tat that flourish there. Birds like spruce grouse, boreal chickadees and Canada jays, prized sightings by vis- itors to the park even in the dead of winter. And winter is a great time to go, as you'll have many trails, lookouts and landscapes all to yourself, compared to the crowds jamming Hwy. 60 at the peak of autumn colour and filling up the campgrounds all summer. I love to end the old year or start a new one with a long walk in Al- gonquin, immersed in that pristine, restorative world of ice, clean air and quiet. It's almost an imperative, and I'd recommend it to anyone. Like Yeats, "I will arise and go now, for al- ways night and day, I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore... I hear it in the deep heart's core." Happy New Year! May you spend lots of it in na- ture. Durham nature writer Margaret Carney has more than 4,500 species on her life list of birds, many seen in far-flung corners of our beautiful planet. ALGONQUIN PARK, THE WILD WORD IN GENERAL, IS POETRY MARGARET CARNEY RHAPSODIZES ABOUT THE PARK'S BEAUTY PICKERING NEEDS NEW LEADERS To the editor: The United Nations re- cently challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its "war on nature." Unfortunately, that message missed Durham Region by a country mile. Yet again, we see Picker- ing, led by build-baby-build Mayor Dave Ryan, pushing for more destruction – this time for the lowest value commodity – warehouses, on some of the highest-value nature – a wetland. The Durham Live pro- ject is just the latest exam- ple of how the leadership in this region is proving itself incapable of understand- ing that the best interests of the development indus- try are not, in fact, the same as the best interests of the people of Pickering or Durham. We need lead- ers in this region who have vision beyond the demands of their campaign funders. We need people who realize that warehouses are not the future – but temporary employers, where automa- tion will replace workers the minute robotics be- come cheaper than low- paid labour. We need people who ac- tually care about our beau- tiful Durham -- who don't celebrate the arrival of poor-quality employers like Amazon. Leaders who don't think a cargo airport in the greenbelt is a good idea. Leaders, who are not obsessed with consigning our region into the future as a third-rate logistics hub for the GTA. These latest actions of our local government, on behalf of Durham Live, to override all existing regu- lations without due pro- cess is abusive to residents, our quality of life and our environment. It's beyond time that we need new lead- ership. DAVID LE ROY PICKERING WALKERS NEED TO BE SEEN BY DRIVERS To the editor: With COVID, work from home and some sports ac- tivities on hold, more peo- ple are walking than ever before. We need to remind ev- eryone to walk safely in the late afternoon/evening and wear clothing that can help drivers see them bet- ter, either some reflective colours or light colours. Too many people are wearing black and are making it virtually impos- sible see them in the dark. Pedestrians are killed every week in the GTA. Be safe. TONY GRICE WHITBY LETTERS & COMMENTARY MARGARET CARNEY Column MARGARET CARNEY Column 5 | 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m A special thank you to our emergency responders, healthcare heroes, and frontline workers for protecting and serving our community in our most vulnerable time. You make us #PickeringProud. - Mayor Ryan and Members of Council Please email any Community concerns to: lisalynnerobinson@gmail.com Please email any Community concerns to: lisalynner We Salute our Frontline Workers and essential businesses who have shown this community so much support through a challenging year. The pandemic has cre- ated champions, people who have gone out of their way to help the greater good. One such champion is Tracy Paterson, the CEO of the Ajax Pickering Hos- pital Foundation. Her foundation, along with the Lakeridge, the Port Perry Hospital and the Bowmanville founda- tions, banded together at the start of the pandemic to come up with a strategy to raise funds and equip- ment for the four sites. "Right away, the four of us got together and a col- lective voice is more pow- erful than an individual voice across the commu- nities. So, we created the COVID-19 Relief Fund," Paterson said. The foundations set a goal of raising $1 million. They blew by that target and ended up with about $1.95 million. Donors could contrib- ute to the fund or directly to their local hospital, she added. "Some were just want- ing to give money across the board," she noted. "And, some were donating product. At the begin- ning, we had quite a big push to get PPE. Another big thing was iPads, be- cause we were starting virtual connections. Visi- tors could talk to patients with the patient restric- tions." In the early days, with so many people working from home, it was hard to acquire the iPads, she added. "We had quite a project across the region of peo- ple donating iPads. A lot of hockey teams, I guess they use them for score keeping, stepped up. All these people decided to donate their equipment. The university, the li- brary, companies. It was really a tremendous out- pouring. We have seen all manner of donations from this pandemic. From cookies to hamburgers to plants to PPE to cleaning equipment," Paterson stated. They have also re- ceived donations of adult diapers. "And, a lot of money," she said. "I was surprised. I was surprised at how quickly everybody moved into action. Everything seemed to transpire in the blink of an eye. From go- ing into lockdown, which was a shock. How quickly the community rallied to doing things. Without asking, people just took to the Internet to make do- nations. It's not as if we were doing a lot of big ad- vertising campaigns or anything. People just hopped on on their own." People and businesses have been so generous, the foundations have a mi- nor dilemma. "I don't think we are ev- er going to to be able to properly credit all of the gifts. There were just so many. Things flooded into the hospital we weren't even aware of. People de- livering food to the nurs- es. How do you say thank you for all that," she said. "The thing is the strength of Durham Re- gion as a whole was very strong. These poor little companies, the restau- rants having their busi- nesses closed. You'd think they'd just go hide under the sheets, but no, they said 'hey, we're going to do something for the front line. Let's cook, let's give back food to front-line workers. It was just tre- mendous." It's an example of peo- ple supporting local busi- nesses, she noted. "Support local, be- cause they support you. That's who was stepping up in the pandemic," she said. Paterson is the presi- dent of the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade for 2020, a title she held in the past. She's also involved with the Charles H. Best Diabe- tes Centre in Whitby. Her kind nature also came through when she added a third cat to her household, even though she's allergic to cats. Duke, a 22-pounder, had belonged to a couple who worked in the food indus- try and lost their jobs in the pandemic. Surprisingly, Pater- son's two cats — Elsa (yes, of Frozen fame) and Alfie —get along with Duke. AJAX PICKERING FOUNDATION CEO RECALLS THE CREATION OF COVID RELIEF FUND KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@durham r egion.com NEWS 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 6 Comingupnextyearat PickeringMuseumVillage! Roaring1920sDrive-ThruTour|April17toMay23 1920sProhibitionEscapeRoom|June2toAugust27 TheAnneExperience|June3-Sept12 Ticketsanddetailsatpickeringmuseumvillage.ca Followus @PickeringMuse Upcoming Public Meetings Date Meeting/Location Time January4 ExecutiveCommittee Forlocationandmeetingdetailscheck: https://calendar.pickering.ca/council 2:00pm January4 Planning&DevelopmentCommittee Forlocationandmeetingdetailscheck: https://calendar.pickering.ca/council 7:00pm DuetoCOVID-19andthePremier’sEmergencyOrderstolimit gatheringsandmaintainphysicaldistancing,meetingdetailsare subjecttochange.PleasevisittheCitywebsiteorcall905.420.2222 fordetails.ForServicedisruptionnotificationcall1.866.278.999. COVID-19CityResponse Visitpickering.ca/COVID19foralistofopenfacilities,limited servicesavailableforin-personappointments,andhealth andsafetyexpectationswhenvisitingaCityfacility. Fordetails,connectwithusat905.683.7575or customercare@pickering.ca. Weekly Community Page December 31 Customer Care Centre 905.683.7575 (24 hour line) customercare@pickering.ca@cityofpickering pickering.ca 2020 Civic Awards Celebrating Extraordinary People in Pickering! TheCityofPickeringwillbepresentingCivicAwardsto membersofthecommunitywhohavemadeasignificant contributiontotheCityofPickeringduring2020. Weinviteandencourageyoutosubmitnominations forindividuals,groups,andbusinesseswhoyoufeelare deservingofrecognition. Awardcategoriesinclude: SpecialCitationAward Bravery/HeroismAward LifetimeAchievementAward IndividualVolunteerAward ServiceGroupAward CommunityGroupAward AmateurSportsAward YouthVolunteerAward YouthLeadershipAward SustainabilityAward ArtsAward CulturalDiversityAward HeritageAward UrbanDesignAward LocalBusinessAward EnvironmentAward EconomicDevelopmentAward AccessibilityAward New!SenioroftheYearAward NominationFormsareavailableinCityfacilitiesoronline at pickering.ca/civicawards Nominationformsmustbereceivedby Thursday,February11,2021at4:00pm. Formoreinformation,pleasecontactCustomerCareat: 905.683.7575customercare@pickering.ca Notice of Passing of Development Charge By-law TAKENOTICEthattheCouncilofTheCorporationoftheCityofPickeringpassedDevelopment ChargeBy-lawNo.7802/20toamendBy-lawNo.7595/17,asamendedbyBy-lawNo.7727/19, onDecember14,2020undersection2(1)ofthe DevelopmentChargesAct,1997,S.O.,1997c.27, asamended;and, TAKENOTICEthatanypersonororganizationmayappealtotheLocalPlanningAppealTribunal (LPAT)underSection14ofthe Act,inrespectoftheDevelopmentChargeBy-law,byfilingwith theClerkoftheCityofPickeringanoticeofappealsettingouttheobjectiontotheby-lawand thereasonssupportingtheobjection.Thelastdayforappealingtheby-lawisJanuary25,2021. TheNoticeofAppealmustsetoutthereasonsfortheappeal,andmustbeaccompaniedbythe $300.00feerequiredbyLPAT.Chequesmustbemadepayabletothe“MinisterofFinance.” Theschedulesofdevelopmentchargesimposedbythisby-lawareasfollows: Table1:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges–SeatonLands PerResidentialDwellingUnit EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service Single orSemi- Detached Apt.Dwellings with2ormore Bedrooms Apt.Dwellings withlessthan2 Bedrooms Other Multiples OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway $483 $306 $216 $391 ProtectionServices 983 621 440 795 ParksandRecreationServices 7,488 4,730 3,352 6,044 LibraryServices 1,237 782 554 999 AdministrationStudies 328 207 147 266 StormwaterManagement 316 200 142 256 Transportation1 --- - Total 10,835 6,846 4,851 8,751 Table2:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges–OutsideofSeatonLands PerResidentialDwellingUnit EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service Singleor Semi- Detached Apt.Dwellings with2ormore Bedrooms Apt.Dwellings withlessthan2 Bedrooms Other Multiples OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway $483 $306 $216 $391 ProtectionServices 983 621 440 795 ParksandRecreationServices 7,488 4,730 3,352 6,044 LibraryServices 1,237 782 554 999 AdministrationStudies 328 207 147 266 StormwaterManagement 316 200 142 256 Transportation1 10,200 6,444 4,565 8,235 Total $21,035 13,290 9,416 16,986 1SubjecttoaseparateagreementoutsideoftheDevelopmentChargesActconcerningprovisionofTransportation requirementsinadditiontootherfundingcontributions.2DoesnotapplytoprestigeemploymentlandinSeaton Table3:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges-Non-Residential EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service (Persq.ftof TotalFloorArea)2 (PerNetHaofPrestige EmploymentLandinSeaton) MunicipalWideServices: OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway 0.17 5,983 ProtectionServices 0.36 12,647 ParksandRecreationServices 0.58 19,633 LibraryServices 0.09 2,956 AdministrationStudies 0.12 4,222 StormwaterManagement 0.11 3,846 TotalMunicipalWideServices 1.43 49,287 OutsideofSeatonLands Transportation 2.87 - TotalServicesOutsideofSeatonLands 2.87 - Seaton 1.43 49,287 RestofPickering 4.30 Fire Safety Thehustleandbustleoftheholidayseasonisuponus,and it’sasimportantasevertostayalert,andnotgetcarried awaywithaddeddistractions. Keepyourfamilysafe,andkeepthefollowingholidaysafety tipstopofmind: • Stayinthekitchenwhencooking. • Drinkresponsibly. • Ifyousmoke,smokeoutsideanddiscardthecigarette buttinadesignatedashtray,neverinaplantpot. • Installandtestsmokeandcarbonmonoxidealarms, andpracticeyourhomefireescapeplanwithallfamily members. OnbehalfofPickeringFireServices, wewouldliketowishyouandyourloved onesasafeandhappyholidayseason! DevelopmentChargesareleviedagainst newdevelopment,andareaprimary sourceoffundinggrowth-relatedcapital expenditures.Thisby-lawappliestoall landswithintheboundaryoftheCityof PickeringincludingSeaton.Akeymap outliningtheapplicableareaisattached tothisnotice. DuetoCOVID-19andtheProvince’s Orderstolimitgatheringsandmaintain physicaldistancing,currentlytheCity Hallisclosedtothepublic. AcopyofthecompleteDevelopment ChargeBy-law,includingthedetailed schedulesofchargescanbeemailed uponrequest,andareavailablefor inspectionontheCity’swebsiteat www.pickering.ca/dc. WhenitispermissiblefortheCityHall tobeopenedtothepublic,acopyofthe completeDevelopmentCharge By-law,includingthedetailedschedulesofcharges,areavailableforexaminationintheoffice oftheCityClerkattheCityofPickering,MunicipalOffice,locatedonthe2ndfloor,OneThe Esplanadeduringregularofficehours. FurtherinformationregardingthismattermaybeobtainedbycontactingtheCity’sFinance Departmentat905.420.4634. DatedattheCityofPickeringthis15th dayofDecember,2020. SusanCassel clerks@pickering.ca CityClerk CityofPickering,OneTheEsplanade,Pickering,ONL1V6K7 Are you a full-time student looking for a summer job? TheCityofPickeringiscurrentlyrecruitingfor2021student positions.Opportunitiesincludethefollowing: PositionsAvailable Parks,Roads,& Engineering Infrastructure (May–August) StudentLabourer,Roads StudentLabourer,Parks&Property Student,MunicipalInfrastructure *SummerOnly Priortoapplying,candidatesare strongly encouragedto reviewourSeasonalHiringinformationat pickering.ca/seasonal forrequiredqualifications. Qualifiedapplicantsmustcompletetheonlineapplication form,orsubmitaresumedetailingtheposition(s)being appliedforandtheirqualifications,onorbefore Friday, January29,2021by4:30pm. DropofforMailto: HumanResourcesDepartment Online:pickering.ca CityofPickering Email:hr@pickering.ca OneTheEsplanade Fax:905.420.4638 Pickering,ON L1V6K7 Alternateformatsavailableuponrequestat905.683.7575 We’reCelebratingOnline! pickering.ca/greatevents @pickeringevents FamilyNewYear’sEveOnline Tonight!December31at8:00pm Featuring:Splash’NBoots,GlowPartywithPickeringFitand FamilyTriviawithPickeringPublicLibrary OnlineMayor’sLevee January1,2021at2:00pm Featuring:AlexWhorms,ArtsUnleashed,andTorontoAll-Star BigBand 7 | 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 6 Comingupnextyearat PickeringMuseumVillage! 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Formoreinformation,pleasecontactCustomerCareat: 905.683.7575customercare@pickering.ca Notice of Passing of Development Charge By-law TAKENOTICEthattheCouncilofTheCorporationoftheCityofPickeringpassedDevelopment ChargeBy-lawNo.7802/20toamendBy-lawNo.7595/17,asamendedbyBy-lawNo.7727/19, onDecember14,2020undersection2(1)ofthe DevelopmentChargesAct,1997,S.O.,1997c.27, asamended;and, TAKENOTICEthatanypersonororganizationmayappealtotheLocalPlanningAppealTribunal (LPAT)underSection14ofthe Act,inrespectoftheDevelopmentChargeBy-law,byfilingwith theClerkoftheCityofPickeringanoticeofappealsettingouttheobjectiontotheby-lawand thereasonssupportingtheobjection.Thelastdayforappealingtheby-lawisJanuary25,2021. TheNoticeofAppealmustsetoutthereasonsfortheappeal,andmustbeaccompaniedbythe $300.00feerequiredbyLPAT.Chequesmustbemadepayabletothe“MinisterofFinance.” Theschedulesofdevelopmentchargesimposedbythisby-lawareasfollows: Table1:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges–SeatonLands PerResidentialDwellingUnit EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service Single orSemi- Detached Apt.Dwellings with2ormore Bedrooms Apt.Dwellings withlessthan2 Bedrooms Other Multiples OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway $483 $306 $216 $391 ProtectionServices 983 621 440 795 ParksandRecreationServices 7,488 4,730 3,352 6,044 LibraryServices 1,237 782 554 999 AdministrationStudies 328 207 147 266 StormwaterManagement 316 200 142 256 Transportation1 --- - Total 10,835 6,846 4,851 8,751 Table2:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges–OutsideofSeatonLands PerResidentialDwellingUnit EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service Singleor Semi- Detached Apt.Dwellings with2ormore Bedrooms Apt.Dwellings withlessthan2 Bedrooms Other Multiples OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway $483 $306 $216 $391 ProtectionServices 983 621 440 795 ParksandRecreationServices 7,488 4,730 3,352 6,044 LibraryServices 1,237 782 554 999 AdministrationStudies 328 207 147 266 StormwaterManagement 316 200 142 256 Transportation1 10,200 6,444 4,565 8,235 Total $21,035 13,290 9,416 16,986 1SubjecttoaseparateagreementoutsideoftheDevelopmentChargesActconcerningprovisionofTransportation requirementsinadditiontootherfundingcontributions.2DoesnotapplytoprestigeemploymentlandinSeaton Table3:CityofPickeringDevelopmentCharges-Non-Residential EffectiveJanuary1,2018(2020dollars) Service (Persq.ftof TotalFloorArea)2 (PerNetHaofPrestige EmploymentLandinSeaton) MunicipalWideServices: OtherServicesRelatedtoaHighway 0.17 5,983 ProtectionServices 0.36 12,647 ParksandRecreationServices 0.58 19,633 LibraryServices 0.09 2,956 AdministrationStudies 0.12 4,222 StormwaterManagement 0.11 3,846 TotalMunicipalWideServices 1.43 49,287 OutsideofSeatonLands Transportation 2.87 - TotalServicesOutsideofSeatonLands 2.87 - Seaton 1.43 49,287 RestofPickering 4.30 Fire Safety Thehustleandbustleoftheholidayseasonisuponus,and it’sasimportantasevertostayalert,andnotgetcarried awaywithaddeddistractions. Keepyourfamilysafe,andkeepthefollowingholidaysafety tipstopofmind: • Stayinthekitchenwhencooking. • Drinkresponsibly. • Ifyousmoke,smokeoutsideanddiscardthecigarette buttinadesignatedashtray,neverinaplantpot. • Installandtestsmokeandcarbonmonoxidealarms, andpracticeyourhomefireescapeplanwithallfamily members. OnbehalfofPickeringFireServices, wewouldliketowishyouandyourloved onesasafeandhappyholidayseason! DevelopmentChargesareleviedagainst newdevelopment,andareaprimary sourceoffundinggrowth-relatedcapital expenditures.Thisby-lawappliestoall landswithintheboundaryoftheCityof PickeringincludingSeaton.Akeymap outliningtheapplicableareaisattached tothisnotice. DuetoCOVID-19andtheProvince’s Orderstolimitgatheringsandmaintain physicaldistancing,currentlytheCity Hallisclosedtothepublic. AcopyofthecompleteDevelopment ChargeBy-law,includingthedetailed schedulesofchargescanbeemailed uponrequest,andareavailablefor inspectionontheCity’swebsiteat www.pickering.ca/dc. WhenitispermissiblefortheCityHall tobeopenedtothepublic,acopyofthe completeDevelopmentCharge By-law,includingthedetailedschedulesofcharges,areavailableforexaminationintheoffice oftheCityClerkattheCityofPickering,MunicipalOffice,locatedonthe2ndfloor,OneThe Esplanadeduringregularofficehours. FurtherinformationregardingthismattermaybeobtainedbycontactingtheCity’sFinance Departmentat905.420.4634. DatedattheCityofPickeringthis15th dayofDecember,2020. SusanCassel clerks@pickering.ca CityClerk CityofPickering,OneTheEsplanade,Pickering,ONL1V6K7 Are you a full-time student looking for a summer job? TheCityofPickeringiscurrentlyrecruitingfor2021student positions.Opportunitiesincludethefollowing: PositionsAvailable Parks,Roads,& Engineering Infrastructure (May–August) StudentLabourer,Roads StudentLabourer,Parks&Property Student,MunicipalInfrastructure *SummerOnly Priortoapplying,candidatesarestronglyencouragedto reviewourSeasonalHiringinformationat pickering.ca/seasonalforrequiredqualifications. Qualifiedapplicantsmustcompletetheonlineapplication form,orsubmitaresumedetailingtheposition(s)being appliedforandtheirqualifications,onorbeforeFriday, January29,2021by4:30pm. DropofforMailto: HumanResourcesDepartmentOnline:pickering.ca CityofPickeringEmail:hr@pickering.ca OneTheEsplanadeFax:905.420.4638 Pickering,ON L1V6K7 Alternateformatsavailableuponrequestat905.683.7575 We’reCelebratingOnline! pickering.ca/greatevents @pickeringevents FamilyNewYear’sEveOnline Tonight!December31at8:00pm Featuring:Splash’NBoots,GlowPartywithPickeringFitand FamilyTriviawithPickeringPublicLibrary OnlineMayor’sLevee January1,2021at2:00pm Featuring:AlexWhorms,ArtsUnleashed,andTorontoAll-Star BigBand 7 | 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m 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 , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 8 In the midst of the unde- niable tragedy of the CO- VID-19 pandemic, at least one bright light has shone through: the hundreds of volunteers who have stepped forward to help out with Durham Care Mon- gers. They are the selfless lo- cal people who mask up and drive to pharmacies, grocery stores and other lo- cations to help out vulner- able citizens who need products in Ajax, Picker- ing and Whitby and who have done so since March. According to Whitby or- ganizer Niki Lundquist, a core group of about 100 vol- unteers out of an army of 2,500 has done the heavy lifting of mostly driving and getting things done for those who can't get out and do what's needed for them- selves. "The beauty of care- mongering is you can step in and help where you are able and step back if you need to — there is no pres- sure at all. She said the work con- tinues as it has for nine months and believes that Care Mongers "is likely go- ing to extend beyond the end of the pandemic. "We continue to gro- cery shop, deliver food bank parcels, supplement them if necessary and pro- vide emergency personal- care needs including med- icines and other products. "Our core mission re- mains: to make sure every member in our community has their immediate needs met as best we can. "We have filled multiple food banks, paid for the building of a community garden, done a coat drive with 600 coats being redis- tributed and raised thou- sands of dollars for food se- curity initiatives. Every goal set is surpassed." Emma Cunningham, who is the organizer in the Ajax and Pickering section of Care Mongers, tells a similar story. She said the Ajax and Pickering branch has driv- ers come in and out all the time, but about 50 drivers since March are pretty con- sistent. The age mix of Ajax and Pickering Care Mongers has ranged from teens out on flyering campaigns to retirees who have time to shop. Cunningham does ad- mit it has been harder to find volunteers in Decem- ber than it was in March. "Pandemic fatigue is re- al. We're actively looking for more people to do driv- ers' runs and things seem to be picking up a bit," Cun- ningham said. "The majority of people who call our line are looking for someone to go to a grocery store, pick up something for them and drop off something at their home. We do have people as well who need some finan- cial support. That is not something we do ongoing, but we help a time or two." The other vital service Ajax and Pickering Care Mongers serves is to act as a connection with other so- cial services agencies like food banks, ODSP case workers, and others. "There are so many so- cial services out there. Peo- ple don't know where to call to get the help, but making a call to get grocer- ies is a really low bar to en- try." Cunningham and Lund- quist want to get the word out that they are still avail- able to help those who need it. All deliveries are con- tactless and anyone in Ajax, Pickering and Whit- by can connect to Durham Care Mongers by calling 1- 888-573-0982. DURHAM CARE MONGERS CAME TO HELP AS PANDEMIC STRUCK Niki Lundquist places a flower for each person who was helped. Niki is one of the organizers of Durham Care Mongers, an organization of caregivers and helpers who got together to assist the vulnerable as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland NEWS TIM KELLY tkelly@durhamregion.com ANYONE IN AJAX, PICKERING AND WHITBY CAN CONNECT TO DURHAM CARE MONGERS BY CALLING 1-888-573-0982. Stay Inside. Stay Informed. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, we will be making some changes to our website and newsletter. In regards to Canada’s federal government advising against all unnecessary travel, we will not be promoting any flights, travel deals and travel packages until further notice. But, just because our travel deals have been put on hold, our team is dedicated to providing YOU, our amazing subscribers, with inspiring and informative blog content during this time! If you haven’t done so yet, please sign up for our weekly newsletter so we can keep you up to date! 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Wha t does a typical day in your life look like?“I wake up at 6 a.m. and as I’m updating social media, I am marching on the spot. By 8 o’clock, I have posted 12,500 steps. I then have a healthy breakfast and get ready for my day, and then head out for my walk outside—lots of hills!” What were your lowest and proudest moments on this journey?“My lowest moment was discovering a lump in my breast, which turned out to be breast cancer caused by morbid obesity. My proudest is battling through and restarting my weight loss to make my goal and be declared cancer free!” How have you stuck to your plan amid the pandemic? “COVID has challenged me because I’ve been unable to continue with my fitness groups and in-person WW meetings. Online classes have been my lifeline—I can dance and do yoga with friends on Zoom. 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LOCAL AUTHOR Along with the CO- VID-19 pandemic, this year saw shortages — some temporary, some persis- tent — of personal protec- tive equipment, cleaning supplies, household appli- ances, pressure-treated wood, home improvement materials and even some snacks in Ontario. The causes for these shortages range from lim- ited manufacturing capac- ity to retailers making ed- ucated guesses about un- predictable consumer be- haviour to the limitations of food and lumber produc- tion. In each case, consum- er demand has also risen. We know 2021 will bring widespread COVID-19 vac- cination in Ontario, which has started on a small scale already, but what will the new year have in store for the supply chain Ontarians learned this year is so fragile? Charles Fallon, presi- dent of LIDD Supply Chain Intelligence, believes the supply and demand curves are more likely to self-ad- just in 2021 than to be fixed through any boost in man- ufacturing and production capacity. More specifical- ly, he predicts Ontarians will ride out the coming months with the price in- creases on anything used or consumed in the home. "There is no easy an- swer, and that means pric- es will go up and consum- ers will figure out their own alternatives when they get priced out of a cer- tain commodity," he said. "Because we have this physical limit on what we can supply, the value of what we're supplying is go- ing to go up." Demand for goods used in the home — like paper towel, home improvement supplies, appliances and home gym equipment has risen as Ontarians have kept more to their houses and apartments. To meet that demand, Fallon said, the physical infrastruc- ture of North America's supply chain would need to change to increase pro- duction capacity, for ex- ample, through the con- struction of new factories or the clearing of land for farming purposes. Fallon doesn't believe this is likely to happen on a scale large enough to keep in-demand items in stock, especially with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine bring- ing an end to the pandemic in distant view. "With the Pfizer vac- cine, now it's not worth it. It's too short a time frame to be making massive changes to the facilities and the production lines and the farmlands, it doesn't make any sense," he said. "The idea that for the short term we're going to ride out with price in- creases, as much as it might sound unpleasant, it's actually good news." In 2021, he said, Ontari- ans will most likely pay more for groceries and "hard" home goods, inclu- ding furniture, applianc- es, tools and electronics. The price of "soft" goods, such as apparel and bed- ding, will likely remain the same. Besides rising prices and ongoing shortages of certain home items, Mike Croza, managing partner at Supply Chain Alliance, believes 2021 will bring lasting change to the way Ontarians receive goods, as small and medium- sized businesses increas- ingly turn to e-commerce to get their inventory to market. "The biggest take-away that's come out of this is the move to e-commerce and, for consumers, buy- ing online," he said. "Re- tailers have been dramati- cally affected by COVID and not having the capa- bility to conduct a good on- line experience." Even with the arrival of a vaccine, Croza said, buy- online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) retail is likely here to stay. "I think the pattern of buying online versus go- ing to a store will contin- ue," he said. "And if you're going to be in business to- day, you have no option than to provide a better customer experience from order to delivery." 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The contract is for the period of Dec. 7, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021. However, concerns were raised by Ward 1 city Coun. Maurice Brenner and Ward 2 re- gional Coun. Bill McLean, after residents got wind that work had already be- gun on the site. Kyle Bentley, Picker- ing's director of city devel- opment and chief building official, explained the city has in place with the com- pany a permission to enter agreement, which has al- lowed the company to be- gin some initial work. The production compa- ny is planning to create a small-town streetscape, a parking pad, and a tempo- rary internal access road. Everything will be com- pleted at the sole expense of the production company. The agreement gives the production company ex- clusive use of the site for filming uses for the term of the contract, at a lease rate of $15,000 per month plus HST, for a total of $150,000 plus HST. The proposed schedule for construction of the backlot is aggressive, with the production com- pany intent on completing all works by the end of the 2020 fiscal year, to be ready for filming in early spring of 2021. Bentley explained the rigorous timeline is why the permission to enter agreement was struck be- fore council was able to ap- prove the lease agreement. He explained staff attempt- ed to get the agreement be- fore council, but there wasn't enough time. "We brought it as soon as we were able to which is why we didn't wait until the December council meeting that was regularly sched- uled," he said. 'JACK REACHER' TV SHOW WILL BE FILMED IN PICKERING KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com 17 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m “Where Customers Send Their Friends” 469 KingSTon Rd PiCKeRing www.carpettowne.com 905-831-2111 1-800-236-8533 SeRVing dURHAM Region SinCe 1978 To All Our Frontline Workers… We See You And We Appreciate Everything You DO! Thank You To All Our Employees, Installation Crews and Customers! W As the calendar flips to 2021, most of us will be more than happy to see the year 2020 fade in the rear-view mirror. Without question, 2020 was challenging for every- one. From health-care work- ers, to business owners, to educators and beyond, we all felt the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of us now recognize the pan- demic has forced us to re- think many assumptions and aspects of our way of life, and of what the future holds. We know we're not the first generation to navigate immense societal upheaval, and we won't be the last. His- tory will judge us on how we answered the call to adjust our lives, how we handled the consequences, and how we found the resilience need- ed to uncover solutions to make our world a better place. At times like these, we lean on creative visionaries for inspiration. We look to in- novators and their capacity for discovery to develop new processes and implement new ideas. Ontario Tech Uni- versity is a critical catalyst for research and innovation where activities and collabo- rations with industry and community partners can evolve to meet the judg- ments of history about the societal upheavals that CO- VID-19 has wrought. Ontario Tech University is centred on a powerful team of researchers and edu- cators from around the world who are poised to nim- bly adapt to new challenges and advance technology with a conscience. Our cam- pus effortlessly pivoted the university's teaching and curriculum to an online e- learning mode at the outset of the pandemic to ensure the success and well-being of our students and staff. Si- multaneously, our research experts have been develop- ing countless solutions to help meet society's COVID-19 challenges. Examples of the remark- able innovative work at the university during the pan- demic include: •Wastewater surveil- lance testing in collabora- tion with the Region of Dur- ham Department of Health to support early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks. •Creating advanced man- ufacturing microproduction to meet the need for rapid de- velopment of personal pro- tective equipment, and criti- cal health-care supply dona- tions. •Graduating our nursing students early, so they could immediately join the front- lines of health-care delivery. •Demonstrating how ro- botics can help better disin- fect high-traffic public spac- es. •Piloting with industry partners on how far-wave- length ultraviolet C light can safely stop transmission of coronavirus in public spac- es. •Better equipping Onta- rio teachers to deliver online learning through Faculty of Education expert work- shops. •Exploring with Ontario Tech students how munici- palities can prepare their programs and services for futures crises through the City Idea Lab collaboration with the City of Oshawa. •Contributing impactful research in diverse areas of social innovation, including helping parents navigate COVID-19 with their chil- dren, understanding the health crisis impact on sur- vivors of sex trafficking, and mental-wellness research collaboration with the Onta- rio Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. These are but a handful of ways that our university has contributed and continues to contribute to economic de- velopment and social inno- vation in the communities it serves. Ontario Tech University has shown tremendous resil- ience and leadership in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. We're stronger for the expe- riences we've gone though and ready to tackle future challenges and opportuni- ties through our tireless commitment to innovation and research excellence. Bring on 2021. Dr. Les Jacobs is Vice- President, Research and Innovation at Ontario Tech University. ONTARIO TECH REFLECTIONS ON HOW WE RESPONDED TO THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19 OPINION LES JACOBS Column dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 18 Thousands of people in Dur- ham have made a difference dur- ing the pandemic - here are five who are working behind the scenes to pull the community through this unprecedented time. LISA WHITTLE As a clerk receptionist for the Durham Region Health Depart- ment, Lisa Whittle is often the first voice people hear when they call. Lately, she fields 150 to 200 calls a day, and many of them are about COVID-19 - from where to get test- ed to how to find test results. "There is a high volume of calls, of course with questions, but there is stress involved as well," Whittle says. "I'm finding, for example, you have a loved one who is calling because their mom is palliative and they need to get their test re- sults in order to get in to see mom. Not through a window, but to hold her hand before she passes." The health department's other programs and services are still up and running too, so Whittle might also take calls about things like vaccines, newborn screening or postpartum depression. It may seem like a stressful role, but Whittle doesn't see it that way. "I thrive on being able to assist. I thrive on being able to get the an- swers that people require or at least redirect them," she says. "Sometimes people just need an ear or that extra encouragement that they're doing everything right." JULIE GOLDSTEIN, DR. DAN RICCIUTO, DR. KARIM SOLIMAN This three-person team has overseen the COVID-19 response at Lakeridge Health since the spring. They each bring a unique skill set to the table, which helps them make recommendations on everything from personal protec- tive equipment and testing proto- cols to tough decisions around hospital visitors. For example, early on in the pandemic, the team made a rec- ommendation to senior hospital officials that every staff person caring for patients should wear a face shield in addition to a mask. "Looking back now, it sounds like a small thing. But a lot of thinking and analysis went into that. Would we have enough? Would we get compliance from our team members?" explains Goldstein. "A lot of problem-solv- ing goes into that type of on-the- ground decision-making." The team says March and April were extremely stressful months, because cases were emerging in Durham while so much about CO- VID-19 was still unknown and there wasn't a lot of clear coordi- nation from the province. "It was literally non-stop, seven days a week, all waking hours," Ricciuto says. Now that infrastructure and protocols are in place, things are less nerve-racking for this trio, but incredibly busy as the second wave unfolds. "It's still a seven-day-a-week job and many more hours than a usu- al work day," he says. DR. JOEL KENNEDY As the division lead for hospi- talist medicine at Lakeridge Health, Kennedy has worn many hats during the pandemic. Early on in the first wave, he helped cre- ate the organization's plan for hos- pital beds during COVID-19 and worked on getting Durham's as- sessment centres up and running - there are now six. Kennedy was also on the ground at Orchard Villa Long- Term Care Home in Pickering, the site of Durham's worst COVID-19 outbreak. In the early days of the outbreak, he was part of the team that supported Orchard Villa staff with how to use PPE and how to treat patients. Later he filled in for two weeks as one of the main doctors on-site. "I looked after three quarters of the buildings for two weeks," Ken- nedy says. "Sometimes that meant calling families, sometimes it was speaking through a window to family members." Kennedy describes the past nine months as both "rewarding and frustrating," noting that a constant flow of new information and changing protocols has been challenging - sometimes health of- ficials find out new information at the same time as the public. He says seeing the public em- brace COVID-19 measures is grat- ifying for those working behind the scenes. "All the work that we are doing to try and protect the community, when the community responds and they're all wearing masks and they're trying to socially distance, that part is rewarding," Kennedy says. "Because you know that your work is not being done for noth- ing." JILLIAN FOLLERT jfollert@durhamregion.com NEWSFIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE TO DURHAM DURING THE PANDEMIC Dr. Karim Soliman, Dr. Dan Ricciuto and registered nurse Julie Goldstein are the team that has led the COVID-19 response at Lakeridge Health since April. Lakeridge Health photo LISA WHITTLE IS OFTEN THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END WHEN LOCAL RESIDENTS CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT Dr. Joel Kennedy spent two weeks looking after residents at Orchard Villa during a devastating outbreak. 19 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Are You Looking for Energy Savings? 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He said there was an ini- tial concern that touch was a factor in becoming infected with the virus, but there is no clinical evidence that sug- gests that to be the case. "We believe it is much less likely so, clinically speaking, when we know how people have gotten infected," he said. "We know that it's through shared contact through air, rather than touch." As well, Furness said, CO- VID-19 is not as contagious as was initially thought. Specif- ic conditions must be created for the virus to spread. Therefore, while it is near- ly impossible to get the virus from passing someone on the street or in the supermarket, prolonged contact with a number of people while not wearing masks can cause the virus to spread. Furness said that while medical experts have been calling COVID-19 a respirato- ry virus for months it is more correct to refer to it as a vas- cular virus that enters through the lungs. "It goes into your blood stream, it affects the lining of your blood vessels, it goes in- to your brain and your heart. It wreaks havoc all over your body," he said. "We shouldn't talk about this as a respirato- ry virus that might kill you — it's a vascular disease that will cause horrible damage to you if it gets in there." AEROSOLS AND MASKS Furness said another crit- ical factor about the spread of COVID-19 is that aerosols play a significant role. "Up until now, we thought that respiratory viruses are not generally oriented to in- fecting people through aero- sols," he said. "But they're just infective enough that if you have enough people shar- ing air, poor ventilation and no masks, then you've got a risky situation for an infec- tion." He continued that this is one of the reasons masks work really well —they dis- rupt droplets and aerosols — a large oversight in the med- ical community at the begin- ning of the pandemic. IMMUNITY Furness said another as- pect about the virus that has been learned throughout the year is that the population does have some immunity to COVID-19, as many have been exposed to human coro- naviruses in the past. He said that is why so many cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic, but that it's important to remem- ber that the virus still spreads asymptomatically. VULNERABILITY Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, said it be- came clear very quickly this year that the virus dispropor- tionately affects specific groups of people. In congregate settings, in- cluding shelters and develop- mental services, child-care centres, health care, long- term-care retirement homes, the repercussions have been devastating, Mehra added. As well, the virus has shown that residents in low- income, and racialized com- munities, are disproportion- ately affected. Mehra, who is a promi- nent advocate for seniors and health-care workers in long- term care, said that even to- day, well into the second wave, centres are experienc- ing severe outbreaks and det- rimental staffing shortages, despite the lessons learned by the provincial govern- ment earlier this year. Further she said, it is crit- ical to hold homes account- able if they are not following guidelines or upholding the protective measures neces- sary to protect residents and staff. "It's no longer the case that we don't know how coro- navirus is transmitted — we do — and we have a lot of in- formation about that... The issue is really a lack of politi- cal will to create the mea- sures that are strong enough and to make them account- able," she said. LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19 OVER THE PAST YEAR VERONICA APPIA vappia@toronto.com NEWS 'We shouldn't talk about this as a respiratory virus ... it's a vascular disease that will cause horrible damage to you' Toronto infection control expert Colin Furness dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 | 20 Puppies entering the world during COVID-19 are being showered with atten- tion, and living lives that aren't the norm for most young dogs. Longtime dog trainer and owner of Canine Coach Gillian Ridgeway warns too much attention on puppies and attachment to owners can lead to behavioural problems in the future. "The socialization part is the one that everybody's worried about," said the Ajax resident. Socializing is not a mat- ter of taking your dog down the street every day, meeting the same people and greet- ing the same dogs, she said. "The puppy needs to learn that you don't greet ev- erybody," Ridgeway said. "Teach the puppy to look back to you so you can OK them going to other dogs." Like with humans, dogs really only need two or three good friends, she said. Puppies need to safely hear noisy traffic, and go in- to stores that allow dogs in- side. "That's socializing — see and hear and feel different things," she said. Owners should let their puppy walk on pebbles and sand, take them to a forest, and to a different neigh- bourhood to walk down dif- ferent streets. "I would do that for the first year of a puppy's life," she said. "It's more conve- nient to walk down (your) street but when you are rais- ing a puppy, you need to show them lots of things." Teaching puppies how to cope if they're nervous of certain situations will give them more self-confidence to be able to cope with a vari- ety of situations in a positive manner. Also, Ridgeway believes in crate training puppies. They need routine and alone time, as well as proper sleep. "A lot of these puppies are not getting adequate sleep because there's a lot of stimulation in the home," she said. Puppies need 20 hours of proper sleep per day. Those working from home should spend some time away from their puppy throughout the day to get them used to being alone for periods of time. When the world returns to normal, and owners go back to work, separation anxiety can be- come a real problem. If people are having beha- vioural issues with their dog, Ridgeway said they should contact a trainer. If classes are not an option, training sessions can be done via phone or Zoom. Simply watching a YouTube video won't help individual situations. "If you do that it's only a one-way view," she said. All of Ridgeway's con- sulting is currently being done virtually. She helps with puppy issues, such as nipping, biting, barking, chewing and toilet and crate training. She often works with new pet parents before they bring their puppy home. Visit caninecoach.ca. PUPPIES NEED PROPER SOCIAL SKILLS: AJAX TRAINER KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS It's important to expose puppies to a variety of different environments to help them develop social skills. Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland The dogs born in the early days of COVID-19 aren't so lit- tle anymore. Since training facilities were closed in the beginning of the pandemic, puppies may not have received the proper training they needed, and could end up with beha- vioural issues. But it's still too early to tell if this will be a trend. "If it's going to happen it's going to be in the next six months or a year," said Lind- sey Narraway, supervisor of Pickering Animal Services. "Typically, when dogs have behavioural issues it's going to be between one and two. It might be a little longer before we see the long-term effects." Experts agree puppies be- ing adopted during CO- VID-19 may be missing out on one thing: proper social skills. The Animal Guardian So- ciety (TAGS), a Durham- based pet rescue, also pro- vides dog training classes — it's mandatory to take them when adopting a dog from the organization. The train- ing facility shut its doors for a short time in the spring when the province was in lockdown, but classes have since resumed outdoors. "There certainly was a lot of people coming to us looking for help because with COVID, everybody went out, got a puppy and didn't do the proper socializing for them and have issues they're dealing with," said TAGS president and founder Kathy Asling. Asling said TAGS, was lucky to have "really good weather right into Novem- ber but when it starts to get bitterly cold, we'll have to come up with a different plan." This will likely mean smaller indoor classes for TAGS. Gillian Ridgeway, who runs Canine Coach, has been a dog trainer for 45 years and is located in Ajax. She said behavioural problems do not result from a lack of training skills such as 'sit,' 'stay,' 'down' and 'come,' which are taught in typical classes. Be- havioural issues are lunging out at other dogs and fight- ing, for example. "Is that going to come sim- ply because they're not in a training class?" Ridgeway said. "I don't think so. I think it's more a matter of the so- cial aspect and that doesn't have to happen from going to a class." She said classes are bene- ficial, but with everybody be- ing home, during COVID-19, puppies are getting show- ered with attention, which can lead to separation anxi- ety in the future. Puppies al- so need to explore different areas, see new things, some daily alone time, and ade- quate sleep. See a separate article on Ridgeway's tips to combat so- cialization problems. President and founder of The Animal Guardian Society, Kathy Asling, said new dog owners are coming to the training facility for help. 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