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News The trend at all levels of government in recent decades has been to peg tax hikes to the rate of inflation or lower.

The prevalent view is that governments are too big and spend revenue inefficiently. Even in McNab-Braeside the municipality is perceived to be flush with cash bulging from hidden reserves.

And yet they meaning staff during the recent draft budget presentations want to raise taxes by 5.3 per cent. For what? Most of the increase is for OPP and service agreements.

However, another important area is in building maintenance. The average age of the townships 30 structures including the township office, roads garage, three fire halls, and a number of recreation buildings is 25.

Some will be repaired. Some will need to be replaced. Some will be repurposed depending on other decisions.

Past councils have not been able to set aside sufficient funds to deal with the problem.

They didnt have to. But now the provincial government ex-pects municipalities to account for the lifecycle of their assets. That means setting aside substantial sums of money in reserves for each. Not doing so will cost the municipality potential grant money.

So township treasurer Angela Lochtie is pressing council four of five whom have never been elected before to start build-ing up these reserves. For example, she recommends setting aside $40,450 this year for non-routine repairs/replacements (under $5,000). Last year just $7,200 was budgeted.

See M-B COUNCIL Page 3


News No issue beyond park-ing fees took more discussion time thus far during budget deliberations in McNab-Braeside. But it is finally settled.

The $3 Burnstown Beach parking fee was eliminated at the Feb. 2 meet-ing. The bylaw enforcement hours will be reduced in summer but main-tained at its current level in winter.

The boat launch fee at all three parks Burnstown, Claybank, and Red Pine Bay will jump from $5 to $10. Payboxes will be at each loca-tion, even though the Red Pine Bay one was severely vandalized on two occasions last year. Boaters are en-couraged to purchase a $50 yearly pass ($75 for non-residents)

Kayak and canoe rentals will also be offered at the Burnstown beach this year for the first time. And the canteen will be run by the municipal-ity this summer, with a student work-ing the concession, rentals, keeping the beach and washrooms clean, and

doing boat launch fee enforcement. It took considerable effort to arrive

at those decisions. Staff was opposed to dropping the parking fee, which generated $11,800 last year. But cam-paign commitments were to be kept and the new council wants to increase recreation usage.

FIRST DISCUSSION

At the Jan. 26 draft budget meeting, Deputy Mayor Brian Armsden, and to a lesser extent Coun. Heather Lang, were leaning toward doing away with the fee. Coun. Mark MacKenzie, and to a lesser extent Coun. Scott Brum, were, if not in favour of keeping it, at least wanting to postpone a decision until the budget is presented in full.

Opponents of the fee system ar-gued that residents should be encour-aged to use recreation facilities; that they already pay taxes so shouldnt be dinged again at the gate; and that Arnprior doesnt charge for parking at Robert Simpson Park.

See NEED Page 3

Beach fee dropped, launch fee upped

McNab-Braesidescrumbling buildingsput pressure on budget

Township to offer canoe, kayaking rentals this summer

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Thats a stretchRory Taillefer makes friends with the giraffe recently painted by Dan Cazabon on the wall at the Arnprior Early Years Centre. For more on Cazabons gift to the centre, see Page 31.

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Continued from frontProponents, which include town-

ship staff, said the user fee covers direct costs; that at $3 it is nominal; that it brings in outside dollars (no statistics are kept on non-resident us-ers); and that township students are provided with summer jobs.

Armsden brainstormed about splitting the students duties with Red Pine Bay, especially if plans to get that park a gazebo, bandstand and more come about. It would require the student provide transportation and be reimbursed for mileage.

He also expressed frustration at the inconsistencies among various parks. For instance, parking is free at the Braeside RA Centre; and it is free to fish and swim from river banks.

MacKenzie agreed that consis-tency is important. But Burnstown has more amenities than Claybank and Red Pine, namely a canteen and washroom facilities.

On that basis I see it as consis-tent, he said.

MacKenzie preferred a system that didnt charge residents but did charge non-residents. He advocated holding off on making drastic changes in their first year on council.

Brum said it will be difficult to find the revenue elsewhere, and that

he hasnt heard anyone complain about paying $3.

Mayor Tom Peckett, searching in vain for consensus among council-lors, mused about bumping up the boat launch fee to $10 and doing away with parking fees at all three locations. Armsden said he was fine with that idea.

Staff conceded that not having a box to leave fees at Claybank last year probably resulted in less rev-enue. Winter parking rules in the township would not change.

SECOND DISCUSSION

At the Feb. 2 meeting, after coun-cils first look at the entire budget, the issue resurfaced. Recreation director Geoff Patterson said there are defi-nitely justifiable hours at Burnstown Beach for a student. Along with other duties, their presence likely prevents vandalism.

Council agreed to spend $3,800 on canoes, kayaks and equipment such as lifejackets.

MacKenzie and Brum agreed that no parking fee will likely drive up usage. That will add to canteen rev-enue.

Patterson downplayed the poten-tial.

It is very difficult to make mon-ey, he said, paraphrasing the Ottawa businessman who ran the canteen for the past two years. Were not going to be bringing in thousands and thou-sands of dollars.

Lang reminded him that council wants to showcase the township as a place with many amenities.

Peckett was against the rentals idea for this year, preferring to see how the canteen works out. But with it in place, it was decided that the rec-reation committee will set the dates and hours of operation.

Lang added that the committee should develop a 10-year plan or a vision exercise and bring ideas to council.

The nearby Rowing Clubs partner-ship with the township will remain; it rents waterfront property beside the beach for $1 year, and pays $500 for parking. That will change to $500 for maintenance.

Patterson said the township easily does that amount of work in grass-cutting and other work.

Im really hoping it works; that its the start of a broader program across the township, Armsden said. If it gains traction, we can look at expanding into other programs at that beach.

Need for beach parking fee debated

Continued from front However, the immediate dilemma is what to do with

existing buildings such as the 45-year-old Braeside RA Centre. Most who live in the village and use the facilities would agree that it should be razed and replaced. That would cost over $442,000; a complete fix up would cost $322,000.

There have been stopgap measures: fresh coat of paint in the dressing rooms; new chairs and tables for upstairs; even a plan to replace the rink boards this year with $74,000 portable ones.

But it remains out of compliance with the provinces accessibility act.

The 50-year-old municipal office is in fair condition, but is not accessible and will soon be too small. It would cost over $1 million to replace.

The roads garage is in poor shape, and would cost nearly as much to replace. The fire department is short three garage bays, but with the replacement of two older trucks by one newer will help solve the problem.

The buildings in parks in White Lake, Braeside and at the McNab Centre are all in poor condition, and would cost another $811,000 to replace.

There is money for smaller repair work, some $270,000 in reserves. And other levels of government would hand over another $300,000, but most of that is pegged to the construction of new buildings. To replace all the town-ships buildings would cost more than $9 million.

The last council saw the looming crisis. It hired a con-sultant to help develop a long-term plan for 14 major

buildings, not including the newer canteens in Burnstown and Dochart parks. The recommendation was to spend about $1.4 million over the next 10 years for maintenance (not to extend the life of, or replace).

The good news is that the municipality is debt free. With historically low interest rates, and the need to invest in prolonging the life of assets, Lochtie recommends bor-rowing $4.5 million.

She points to the $6.7 million in reserves (destined for the 10-year capital plan) as the indicator for a repayment limit.

The ability to pay back that amount would represent a moderate level of challenge, Lochtie said.

NEXT STEPS

Council is due to discuss buildings at length during next Monday in the latest of a series of four special bud-get meetings.

Lochtie set the stage by saying at least four buildings must be replaced: RA Centre, McNab Parks, the town-ship offices, and the salt and sand shed.

Mayor Tom Peckett recently toured the latter and was less than impressed.

It is critical. It needs to be done before something hap-pens, he said.

It was also suggested that the White Lake rink building should be replaced.

Council is also being challenged by the need to main-tain township roads (see story page 4)/.

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News McNab-Braeside hasnt been spending nearly enough on roads, and it will cost the municipality dearly in the future.

If the new council continued investing at the previous councils rate, between $490,000 and $550,000 last year, road conditions would steadily deteriorate below acceptable levels, reads a report by township treasurer Angela Lochtie.

During draft budget presentations council learned that a consul-tant recommended the township spend $6.8 million a year on roads. That includes repairs that prolong life and replacement costs, typi-cally called a life-cycle approach.

But the draft budget suggests spending just $1.7 million. Lochtie said the consultants recommendation isnt expected to be achieved, but to make a point.

We are definitely not in a position to do that. Our entire budget is $6 million, Lochtie said.

Staff didnt want to further overburden taxpayers; theyve sug-gested a 5.3 per cent rate increase already, which is about $23 per average home. Adding another $5.1 million would prove unten-able.

Instead, staff put together a 10-year roads plan that would in-clude funding for a reserve.

If council opts to maintain the status quo, staff and the consul-tant determined that by 2025 the number of roads in poor con-dition will hit 67 per cent; reconstruction (which is much costlier than properly maintaining roads) of 38 per cent of roads will be required.

If the plan is put in place, by the end of the 10 years 35 per cent of roads will be in poor condition and just 5 per cent will need reconstruction.

With increasing the levy by approximately $50,000 per year, the revised 10-year plan reduces the number of reconstruction-lev-

el roads, reads Lochties report. This will ultimately reduce the overall costs of road projects, allowing the township to do more roads for the same dollars.

The plan lists every road in the township according to need and traffic levels. It lists what work needs to be done and the year it should be accomplished.

Many will be worked on in groups to save money on geographic convenience.

First up are Lochwinnoch, Golf Club and Young roads this year. Next year it will be Duncan, Division and Goshen. Included in 2016 are Scheel, Kippen, Maple Bend, Deerfield, Mill Ridge and Lorlei roads. McLachlan Road would be reconstructed in 2017.

RHODDYS BAY

Not on the to-do list anytime soon is Mast Road in Rhoddys Bay. A resident from the area, Lenard Lesner, recently spoke to council about the roads poor condition.

Mayor Tom Peckett toured the area with him. It remains to be seen if Mast Road and others in the community will crack the top 20 anytime soon.

Peckett didnt seem keen on politicizing the priority list, know-ing it will make the overall cost much higher. But he left a small window for folks in Rhoddys Bay, saying the list will be revisited every year after spring inspections. And that road crews have been asked to take extra care cleaning the area after winter. Dust from winter maintenance is a major complaint.

If council so wishes to change any of the roads, well have to add more money to reprioritize, Peckett said.

The 10-year plan will get us back to fair level, and thats a little optimistic. But if council desires to change something, thats your choice.

The list may change after Braeside roads are added. It will then be posted on the website and called a draft list.


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News - McNab-Braeside Deputy Mayor Brian Armsden wanted to bring back sidewalk clearing, pri-marily to Braeside.

Its been identifi ed as a need by the residents and I tend to agree with them, he said.

A discussion at the Feb. 2 meet-ing explored the diffi culties of get-ting equipment behind hydropoles and other logistical challenges.

Agreements with the county would have to be put in place, large-ly to do with timing.

Liability comes into play. Snow must be removed since plowing onto private residences is no longer doable.

All sidewalks in the township would have to be done.

Once you start one, you are go-ing to get requests for them all, warned Mayor Tom Peckett.

Councillors Heather Lang, Scott Brum and Mark MacKenzie decided to defer the issue until next year.

It seems bizarrely diffi cult to make this happen, said Armsden, a rookie on council.

Things in the municipal world are not as simple as they should be, said Peckett, who served on council in Arnprior in the past.

I guess well have to fi gure out a way to do it next year, conceded Armsden. We have sidewalks in summer. We should have sidewalks in winter.

Sidewalk clearing deferred

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News - Renfrew County council has delayed a decision on whether to reiterate support for continuing the four-laning of Highway 17 up the Ottawa Valley as originally planned.

At its Jan. 28 meeting, council tabled a mo-tion by its operation committee that would re-ject an effort to have the focus of the four-lan-ing skip up to the Petawawa-Pembroke area before more southerly sections are complete.

The motion would have reaffi rmed council support that the next phase be four-laning the section from Scheel Drive to Bruce Street on the north side of Renfrew.

The tabling was in response to an appeal by Petawawa Mayor Bob Sweet to give more time for county councillors to review argu-ments that the four-laning priority should be shifted north. Laurentian Hills, Pembroke and Deep River have offi cially supported a resolu-tion by Petawawa urging the province to make the four-laning of a stretch from Meath Hill

south of Pembroke to Deep River the priority.However, it appears the alliance, realizing

it will likely be outvoted at the County council table is altering its stand to argue that the gov-ernment should be lobbied to fund four-laning in both the Petawawa and Renfrew areas at the same time.

That is worrisome to some councillors, who fear it will give the province an excuse not to fund any part of the project for some time, once the current four-laning construc-tion is complete to Scheel Drive.

Petawawa argues that the traffi c bottleneck in its area will only get worse as Garrison Petawawa expands and the future of Cana-dian Nuclear Laboratories in Chalk River is secured. It raises safety as another major fac-tor, as there have been at least 25 motorists killed on the highway between Cobden and the northern end of the county in the past four years.

Sweet suggests the County is justifi ed in asking for an acceleration in the four-laning

work as its been 65 years since it fi rst started westwards from Ottawa. It should have been completed years ago, he says.

Sweet says that another reason an early start to four-laning in his area makes sense is that much of the land required for expansion has already been secured between Meath Hill and Chalk River.

Some County councillors, including Arn-prior Reeve and former operations commit-tee chair Walter Stack, have noted that the project might get bogged down when it gets to Haley Station by residents fi ghting the pro-posed relocation of the route to the east side of Jeffreys and Muskrat lakes. If that happens, there would be merit is skipping the project north, they suggest.

County Warden Peter Emon said the county will continue to press for federal involvement in the project, as Highway 17 is the TransCan-ada Highway. The matter will likely be raised with provincial offi cials at the annual Good Roads convention Feb. 22-25.

Debate continues on where four-laning should go next


News - Renfrew County council has passed a 2015 budget that includes a less than $20 property tax increase on an average home.

The $38.6-million budget was offi cially ap-proved at councils Jan. 28 meeting.

Among the major expenditures are $9 million for roads and another $1 million for bridge work. That makes up the majority of the countys $15 million in capital projects this year.

Taxpayers will provide 3.45 per cent more tax money, or about $540,000, for county op-erations this year, but with increased and new assessment, the tax rate will dip. When factor-ing in the average assessment growth of 1.45 per cent, the county taxes on a $200,000 home will rise from about $710 to $724.

Finance and administration committee chairman Walter Stack said the focus now moves to creating a long-term fi nancial plan

this spring to determine how the county will deal with a $13 million shortfall in capital funding over the next 10 years.

The plan will go hand-in-hand with the countys asset management planning that will prioritize capital projects to ensure spending is done wisely to minimize future repair and maintain municipal assets in a way that future councils arent hit large expenditures all at once.

County passes $38.6-million budget

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Community For those yearning for the days when the trains chugged through town, the annual meeting of the Arnprior and McNab-Braeside Archives is for you.

Archives board is inviting every-one to the annual meeting on Satur-day, Feb. 14 beginning at 1 p.m. at the Arnprior Public Library. Admis-sion is free.

After a short business meeting, guest speaker Brian Gilhuly will make a presentation entitled The Lumber Barons and The Railway King: Arnprior in the Railway Age.

Gilhuly, who has lived in Arnprior since 1993, has a vast knowledge of local railway history.

A native of Perth, he had a 40-year career as a federal public servant, developing and managing heritage programs including Young Canada Works and Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage.

He retired in 2011 from the De-partment of Canadian Heritage as a director-general.

Since his retirement Gilhuly has pursued a lifelong interest in the his-tory and social impact of Canadas railways.

He is a volunteer with the Arn-prior and District Museum and a re-search assistant at the Arnprior and McNab-Braeside Archives.

The meeting will conclude with refreshments, an open house and displays.

Archives meeting to feature expert on railways

Arts - With many anniversaries and commemorations of both the First and Second World Wars happening all over the world, Arnprior and area residents will have an opportunity to pay tribute to local veterans and war heroes this spring.

Charlotte Leitch has written her second play, titled Meet Me at the Mayfair to be performed on the sec-ond weekend of May.

Leitch wrote a play called Arnpri-ors History on Stage, which was per-formed to the publics delight on the weekend of the Towns 150th anniver-sary celebrations. In the 150th play, as well as this play, Leitch intertwines the stories of local families while add-ing just enough fi ction to make for an entertaining story.

The play will be performed at the Carlton Reid Memorial Hall in Arnprior. The opening night will be

Friday, May 8, exactly 70 years to the date that the Second World War ended.

Leitch has formed a team of stage hand, make-up, costume and produc-tion experts. However, young actors are still needed, aged about 17 to 30 years old (male and female).

An audition will be held at the Carlton Reid Memorial Hall, 287 Har-rington St. this Saturday, Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon and again on Monday evening, Feb. 9 from 7-8 p.m.

The play runs about one hour long and each part is not too big, says Leitch. This is an excellent oppor-tunity for people who have always wanted to act, but never got the op-portunity.

For more information, call 613-864-6910. More information will be available in the coming weeks con-cerning ticket purchases.

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SUBMITTEDCharlotte Leitch is seeking young actors to perform in Meet Me at the Mayfair this spring. The play was written by Leitch as a tribute to local veterans. Auditions are being held on Saturday, Feb. 7 and Monday, Feb. 9.



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much more. He can go shopping, visit family, and even get some extra sleep. He is able to do things for himself that he hasnt been able to do in years. With this break in the day, Ben is now able to enjoy the time that he does get with his wife. The experience has drastically improved their relationship.Ben says that without the help of the supportive staff and volunteers at the Grove, he wouldnt be able to function and that he wouldnt be able to go on. This program allows the couple to continue living together in their home, and that is the greatest gift that they could ask for.

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Community The faces in the black-and-white photographs show young lads who went overseas to serve their country in the Second World War.

The seven soldiers from Renfrew County communities never came home and they are buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

After six months of searching, Kurt John-son of Burnstown has accumulated fi ve photo-graphs of these soldiers in their army uniforms, but he has so far found only boyhood pictures of two others.

Few people, even in later generations of family, know what these men looked like - the

white gravestones in rows upon rows tell us their names, regiments, ranks and ages at the date of their deaths.

Thats why Dutch and Canadian researchers are working on the international A Face For Every Name project to collect personal pho-tographs and write biographies for every one of the 1,355 Canadian soldiers interred in the large Holten cemetery.

The Dutch people never forgot the sacrifi ces of Canadians killed in action in 1945 to defeat the Nazi troops; they want to tell the life stories of each soldier, especially in this year with the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe and the Liberation of Holland.

Relatives from Arnprior and the outlying areas have been eager to help identify the sol-diers, said Johnson.

People are proud of their family members who enlisted to fi ght in the war. They more than anyone know the tragedy of losing these men - a farmers son, a big brother or a young husband.

Thanks to many helpful persons, Johnson was able to send off suitable photographs to the Holten project, which involves displaying photo posters at gravestones.

Pictures were found for Frank Biernaski, 32, of Barrys Bay; Walter Brydges, 21, of Black Donald Minesite; Corkery Farrell, 32, of Pak-enham; Hubert Popkey, 26, of Combermere; and Harvey Smith, 26, of Stewartville.

He is still trying to obtain adult pictures for Wilfrid Good, 21, of Arnprior and Robert Sto-rie May, 36, of Arnprior.

A lady in her 90s who went to school with Willy Good was able to give me his young im-age from the 1939-1940 class photo of Arnprior District High School while a relative uncovered a yellowed print of Storie May and his twin brother, Stuart, in their Sunday best clothes, said Johnson.

The next phase of the A Face For every Name project is writing short biographical profi les on the soldiers from Renfrew County. Genealogical searches and conversations with relatives have yielded excellent information, Johnson said.

Anyone with information is invited to con-tact Kurt Johnson at 613-433-3389 or email at [email protected].

This photograph of Willy Good (in the stripped sweater) from a 1939-1940 Arn-prior District High School class photo was provided by a woman in her 90s. Kurt Johnson is looking for a photo of Good, who was killed in the Second World War, as a solider or adult for the A Face For Every Name project.

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KURT JOHNSON/SUBMITTEDA relative found this photo of Robert Sto-rie May and his twin brother, Stuart, in their Sunday best clothes for A Face For Every Name researcher Kurt Johnson. He is still seeking an adult photo of Robert, an Arnprior solider who was killed in the Second World War.


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To the editor:Dont you feel sorry for the

politicians of today?At every level - federal, pro-

vincial or municipal - the more they spend our tax dollars to try to do good for us, the more degrees of separation comes between us. Let me give you some examples.

Our local MP Cheryl Gal-lant at a New Years function in Cobden claimed that mili-

tary veterans were receiving the proper attention they de-serve from the federal govern-ment, stating they are receiv-ing exemplary care, but then added, Its not always timely as wed all like.

Well I guess not, especially if youre a veteran that needs help but have to wait eight months to get help.

The facts are the Feds closed eight military treatment

centre offi ces across Canada to save dollars and then turn around and give those same millions in savings to an auto parts maker - $50 million and $4.2 million to a southern On-tario barbecue maker.

The politician says one thing while the facts reveal the opposite. And besides, if the Conservatives were doing such a great job, why did they fi re the Minister of Veterans

Politicians at all levels spend our money in ridiculous waysAffairs, Mr. Julian Fantino two days after Gallants public comments?

Premier Kathleen Wynne

was re-elected with a ma-jority promising to imple-ment the defi cit budget of $12,500,000,000, which

brought the government down last May. She has free rein to overspend for four years.

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After nearly two years it is becoming increasingly diffi cult to understand how Premier Kathleen Wynne in-tends to reinvigorate this moribund province.

She assumed offi ce on Feb. 11, 2013 and won re-election on June 12, 2014 in the Ontario general election. During that time, the province has seen marginal improvement in such indices of well-being like the unemployment rate, but so has the rest of the country. Marginal im-provement isnt really the reason voters handed Wynne and her party a majority though, is it?

Its not as though the provincial government has been idle. It has banned smoking in parks across the province; it has tightened regulations on child care and given those working in the industry a raise; it has boosted the minimum wage and has pledged to conduct a thorough review of the Beer Store monopoly.

For the most part, these efforts fall short of moving Ontario away from its current have-not status in Canada. Ontario still has a signifi cant budget defi cit, and with the recent economic headwinds stirred up by the falling price of oil, the prospect of growing the economy out of its present hole are dim in the short term.

Yes, Ontarians are paying less at the pump, but that may be short lived as Wynne has mused about introducing a carbon tax. Those

savings on gas are also offset by a falling dollar (raising the price of imports) and the skyrocket-ing price of electricity (projected to climb by 42 per cent from 2013-18).

This brings us to Wynnes recent speech at the Canada 2020. During her talk, she raised the idea of a nationwide infrastructure partner-ship, calling on the federal government to take the lead by signifi cantly boosting spending on things like bridges, highways and mass transit systems.

These things might very well lead to increased economic growth, but is that the best Wynne can do? Does her best plan to get Ontarios house in order simply involve asking others for money?

Ontario needs to get its act together, starting with better ideas from the person charged with leading us. She would be wise, for instance, to implement measures against the widening income gap. The increasing wealth among Canadas one per cent - destined to grow with the federal Conservatives income splitting plan - is an issue beginning to alarm Ontarians. Couple this with loopholes that allow the rich to avoid paying taxes, and it becomes clear that government is losing out on too much revenue.

Boosting the corporate tax rate while ending grants to profi table companies is another area Wynne could score a victory for herself and us.

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Opinion - Back in November, the Ontario government signaled its intention to reduce the use of neonic pesticides on corn and soy seed by 80 per cent by 2017.

A prime motivator for the proposal was a new analysis from the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides - a group of 29 independent scien-tists from around the world - who examined 800 scientific papers and concluded neonics pose a serious risk of harm to honeybees and other pollinators such as butterflies

A second motivator was a survey from the Canadian Association of Professional Api-culturists showing nearly 6 out of 10 Ontario honeybee colonies did not survive the winter of 2013/2014.

The issue may seem obscure - apiculture is not always discussed at cocktail parties - but the extraordinary thing is just how many Ontarians care about pollinators and want government to take action to protect them. Research done by Oraclepoll Research Lim-ited in December, following the release of the governments proposals, shows a remarkable consensus emerging: irrespective of whether theyre male or female, urbanites or rural folks,

social democrats or conservatives, the vast ma-jority of residents feel Ontario is on the right track with its plan to limit neonic use.

For example, Oraclepoll found the proposed neonic cuts are supported by 81 per cent of those living in Toronto. Given the citys reputa-tion for environmental concern that comes as no surprise, but support is at 77 per cent in con-servative eastern Ontario and at 85 per cent in the mostly rural southwest.

Overall, support among city and country people is virtually identical at 78.7 per cent and 78.4 per cent, respectively.

As might be expected, the proposed policy is backed by young people, with 78 per cent of those aged 18 to 34 endorsing it. But almost ex-actly the same number in the 35 to 54 cohort support it. And even among Ontarians 55 and older, who might be more resistant to change, support for neonic cuts is at 76 per cent. One-hundred per cent of those planning to vote Green endorse the pesticide restric-tions - no news there - but so do 85 per cent of Liberals, 81 per cent of Progressive Con-servatives and 80 per cent of New Democrats. Seldom does one find a policy that enjoys such extensive public support. What explains this?

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ontarians know bees are vital to a healthy environment. But they also know their loss threatens human nu-trition. these insects pollinate about a third of our food.

Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, a lead author of the task Force report men-tioned above, has written: Far from protecting food production the use of neonics is threatening the very infra-structure which enables it, imperiling

the pollinators, habitat engineers and natural pest controllers at the heart of a functioning ecosystem.

the necessity of safeguarding our food supply - by phasing out bee-killing chemicals - is something we can all agree on.

Perhaps, as well, we now view bees as an iconic species - as impor-tant and vulnerable in southern Can-ada as the Polar Bear is in the north.

If these creatures are in jeopardy, so too is a part of our identity. thats

enough to unite folks right across the province, irrespective of their politi-cal persuasion, age, or place of resi-dence.

People know that if we lose our bees, we lose a part of ourselves as Canadians.

Gideon Forman is executive di-rector of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (www.cape.ca). Beatrice Olivastri

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Lifestyle - After looking at birds for many years, one de-velops an ability to identify certain species in flight even from great distances.

A huge bird with flopping wing beats, long legs stretch-ing out behind its tail, and a partly folded neck protruding forward is a Great Blue Heron. A tiny bird zipping from flow-er to flower, pausing to hover only for a few seconds at a time is a hummingbird.

The overall impression that a bird initially provides you with is called its gestalt or jizz.

Now, one might think that identifying a flying owl by its jizz would be problematic. Most species fly at night when a flashlight is needed to view them. And when an owl flies, it silently flaps and glides its way through the woods.

That certainly holds true for most species, but fortunately there is one species that owns

a distinctive flight style. And it flies in the afternoon, well be-fore the sun slips out of sight.

That species is the Short-eared Owl.

Short-eared Owls are poorly named birds. While their close relatives, Long-eared Owls possess two distinctive feather adornments on their head, Short-eared Owls ears are rarely visible.

Ive seen them only a few

times, usually when near one of their nests, which are on the ground. Most of the time the name-giving feathers lie flat against their head.

Unlike other owls that sit up high, listening for movement beneath them, Short-eared Owls hunt on the wing, flying low over open meadows.

When they hunt, these me-dium-sized owls are distinc-tive. The long, broad wings and light bodies combine to create a distinctive, buoyant flight, one not unlike that of a moth.

Recently I went looking for birds on Wolfe Island just south of Kingston. In earlier years Wolfe Island was well known as a wintering site for

hawks and owls. However, now much of its good habitat houses towering wind turbines and many people feel that

there are now fewer predatory birds present in winter.

It was late in the day and I slowly drove along quiet roads on a less developed part of the island.

I soon tallied a Red-tailed Hawk, a few Snowy Owls, and an American Kestrel.

Then over a distant field dotted with weedy plants I noticed a medium-sized bird with a light, bouncy flight. It was a Short-eared Owl!

Soon four more of these uncommon owls were flying with the first.

One of the owls flew across the road in front of me and landed on a fence post. After a few moments it took off and rejoined the others over the

field.I loudly kissed the back of

my hand to produce a squeaky sound, and one of the owls flew right at me, allowing out-standing views and a couple of photographs.

As soon as it recognized that I wasnt something ed-ible, it returned to the field, not to be fooled again.

I watched until darkness concealed the owls move-ments. I contemplated this species most unsatisfactory appellation.

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Sports - The Castleford Charity Ice Fishing Derby, set for Feb. 14, has proven popular with area anglers, especially those in the Arnprior area and Horton.

This year, being our 10th anniversary, we are going big-ger and better with the adult and kids draw prizes, said Don Storie of the organizing committee.

The adult entry draw prize is a $1,500 ultimate outdoor package. The kids entry draw prize is a $1,000 ultimate out-door package.

This years derby is set for Valentines Day, Saturday, Feb. 14 on the Family Day weekend. It runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

What better way to enjoy free family fishing weekend than outside in the fresh air, with your Valentine, family and friends, Storie said.

The Castleford Charity Ice Fishing Derby has raised more than $47,000 for local chari-ties over the first nine years, he noted.

All of this is made possible by the overwhelming support of our local businesses, volun-teers and residents of the Val-

ley who support our charity efforts.

The 2015 recipients are Community Living Renfrew County South (Arnprior and Renfrew), the Horton Commu-nity Centre Rink Roof Fund and Hospice Renfrew.

Last year the ice fishing der-by raised $7,100 for the same three recipients.

Information on the fish-ing derby can be found on the website www.castlefordice-fishingderby.com.

Entry fees are adults $10, and ages 17 and under $5.

Tickets are available at Robbins Convenience Store in Braeside, Toweys Bayt and Tackle in Arnprior.

On derby day, tickets can be purchased at Larry Rawns ga-rage at the corner of Thomson Road and the River Road.

Weigh-ins of fish will be at the same location.

Ministry of Natural Re-sources regulations apply with live release. Fishing takes place on the Ottawa River from the Chenaux Dam to Chats Falls.

As usual, there will be many prizes drawn on your

derby tickets from our pool of prizes donated by our local businesses, Storie said.

The person bringing in the largest fish receives $300 and a trophy.

There are also men, women, intermediate and junior cat-egories that win money prizes and trophies.

There is also a $100 prize and trophy for the largest wall-eye caught.

A shanty breakfast gets un-derway at 6 a.m., and supper at 5 p.m. is organized by the Horton Volunteer Firefight-ers Association at the Horton Community Centre.

Awards are at 7 p.m. The bar will be open and a DJ will be supplying music.

Should poor ice conditions result in the cancellation of the fishing portion of the derby, everything else, including the breakfast, draws, DJ, etc. will go on as planned in the Horton Community Centre.

However, Storie is confi-dent.

We have between 20 and 25 inches of ice out there now, he said.

10th annual Castleford Charity Fishing Derby on Valentines Day Community The Arnprior Fish and Game Club is once

again taking advantage of the Family Day and the Ontario free fishing day weekend by holding its annual Ice Fishing Derby.

Families are welcome to come down to Goodwins Bay at the end of McNab Street on

the Ottawa River to take part in the free derby.

Not only is there is no cost to attend the fishing derby, all holes and tackle will be pro-vided by the club. Arnprior firefighters will be on hand to help fish and game members run the derby and provide free instruction.

There will be a barbecue set up with free hot dogs and drinks. The fishing runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with prizes given out at the end.

Come try your luck and have fun outdoors with the family, urges the club. All you need to bring is your fish-ing luck.

News Could this frigid weather soon be a thing of the past?

Both the Goshen gopher and White Lake Willie saw their shadows on Monday, Ground-hog Day.

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News Its not going to be an easy year for both the province and its public service workers.

Already there are signs that provincial government workers in various sectors, including ed-ucation, are not going to accept more years of wage freezes. Yet the province needs to keep a lid on the wages it pays if it is to have any hope of balancing the budget as promised by 2018.

The latest sign of unrest were a series of information pickets undertaken throughout the area in the last couple of weeks by Ontario Public Service Employ-ees Union (OPSEU) members.

In this area, the lunch hour picket over the governments refusal to bargain a fair col-lective agreement was held in front of the Service Ontario office on Jan. 20. There have also been pickets in Kingston, Cornwall, Picton and several in Ottawa.

In a news release, OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas said the government is refusing to recognize the legiti-

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Government negotiators at the bargaining table appear they would rather push the OPS into a strike than negotiate a fair deal with their employees, Thomas said. Yet this same government seems to have no problems with wasting billions of dollars on failed privatization schemes.

Thomas said the union has repeatedly told Premier Kath-leen Wynne that his members can provide the services better and cheaper than the private sector, which has been affirmed by Ontarios Auditor General. Despite this, that message is not filtering down to the bargaining table, he said.

Investing tax dollars directly into public services and public sector jobs will actually save the taxpayers money, Thomas said. If the government spent even a fraction of the money on pub-lic services and public service workers that is now wasted on

private contractors, we would have better, more reliable and more accountable services for everyone.

Thomas said that the mem-bers message to Wynne in that she needs to take action now and direct her negotiators to start bargaining a fair contract with those who provide crucial services in this province.

OPSEU represents all front-line Ministry employees who work directly for the Ontario government. The current collec-tive agreement expired Dec. 31.

Meanwhile, talks between the province and the Ontario Medical Association broke down recently week over doc-tors concerns that there is no extra money for health care. As a result, the government has an-nounced it will cut doctors fees by 2.65 per cent.

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News - A campaign has just been launched by the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) to pro-mote awareness and raise funds to save the Burnt Lands Alvar from development creep.

A property owner recently ob-tained approval from Lanark County to build a cluster lot housing de-velopment within the alvar region.

The Burnt Lands Alvar, which the naturalists treasure as a rare ecosys-tem of exceptional quality, is desig-nated an Area of Natural and Scien-tific Interest (ANSI) by the Province of Ontario because of its uniqueness

and ecological significance. The open tract of land, part of the Burnt Lands Provincial Park, sits on the northwest side of March Road, be-tween the Burnt Lands and Golden Line roads.

The Burnt Lands Alvar, how-ever, extends well beyond the park boundaries in all directions, and into Lanark County both to the north of Almonte and to the southwest of Golden Line Road.

The campaign, officially launched at the Jan. 15 meeting of MVFN, was attended by more than 120 people. MVFN president Cliff Bennett be-gan the meeting by saying, In our role of protecting nature, we are challenging this (development) at the Ontario Municipal Board.

Ken Allison, past president of MVFN, gave an engaging presenta-tion to explain what an alvar is and why it is so unique. The many rare species of plants and animals sup-ported by the ecosystem are under significant threat for reasons mostly related to humans: gravel quarrying,

illegal dumping, ATV usage and ur-ban/suburban sprawl.

Allison explained that the Burnt Lands got their name from the many fires that have occurred there over the years. Recovery from the fires is lengthy due to the thinness of the soil

over top of the limestone rock bed.The Burnt lands have always

been, and probably always will be, repeatedly disturbed, and its part of what makes it special, he said. Manmade destruction, however, is a huge concern given the current rate

of planet-wide extinctions and the global warming trend.

Theresa Peluso, chair of the MVFN environmental issues com-mittee, concluded the presentation noting: We learned that what looks like a piece of scrub land is actually a beautiful natural gem with an abun-dance of unusual plants and animals . . . a piece of land we should trea-sure.

She outlined the MVFN plan for an OMB challenge in order to pro-tect this land, explaining significant funds will need to be raised to hire a planner and lawyer for the hearing, which is expected to take place in four months.

Meeting attendees generously contributed to a collection jar at the entrance, providing a positive start to an effort that will involve several fundraising events, appeals, and so-cial networking.

To donate to the Save Burnt Lands Alvar campaign, visit the Missis-sippi Valley Field Naturalists web-site (http://mvfn.ca/) and look for the Donate Now button.

Further information about the al-var (including the slide presentation by Allison), and updates and contact information can be found on the MVFN website and Facebook page.

PAULINE DONALDSON/SUBMITTEDThe Burnt Lands Alvar Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) in the West Carleton-Almonte area is a rare ecosystem of exceptional quality: seen here on a rainy day in May, 2009 with a guided tour led by Dr. Paul Catling in progress.

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