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Vol. 17 No. 35                                                                 TheCosmos.ca                                                      Thursday, September 9, 2021

                                            How and where to vote • 100 holes of golf • Volunteers wanted

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TROOP SALUTE! - Last Thursday evening, four members of the 1st Uxbridge Scout Group received the highest honour a Scout can receive, the Chief Scout’s Award.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  304 Toronto Street South
Group Commissioner Craig Marlatt (in red) presented, from left: Connor Mills, Liam Mills, Ryan Webster, and James Marlatt with plaques, certificates and letters of commendation                       905-852-9700
from various levels of government. Scouts can earn the Chief Scout’s Award by completing at least 18 outdoor adventure skill levels, 30 hours of community service, participating                    axischiropractic.ca
in personal progression reviews, leading activities, and completing a capstone project that benefits the community.                                           Photo by John Cavers

Farm fresh produce helps DFRFR help farmers
by Justyne Edgell                                           DFRFR child care programs for rural families                 childcare, fundraisers and farm safety pro-
                                                            in the community. With each produce bag pur-                 grams. DFRFR normally raises funds in the au-
A local farm has partnered with a group that                chase, Forsythe Farms is also giving free admis-             tumn months through its Duffle Bag Theatre
helps local farms and farmers, hoping to raise              sion to enjoy a day on the farm.                             fundraiser, but the COVID pandemic stifled
funds to help more farmers!                                                                                              those plans.
  Durham Farm and Rural Family Resources                                                                                   DFRFR and Forsythe Farms are additionally
(DFRFR) has teamed up with Forsythe Family                                                                               looking for some extra hands to help out. High
Farms, in Greenbank, for a “Fall Harvest Ham-                                                                            school students looking for volunteer hours,
per” fundraiser.                                                                                                         and other community members interested in
  “We were looking for a fundraiser that we                                                                              lending a hand, can email office@durhamfam-
could do during the pandemic, that didn’t have                                                                           ilyresources.org to get involved.
people coming together in large groups, and                                                                                Orders for the seasonal produce bags can be
that could be done safely outdoors. Our former                                                                           made until September 24. Bags can be picked
president, Janelle Francis, brainstormed with                                                                            up at Forsythe Family Farms, located at 1025
Forsythe Farms, who we’ve partnered with in                                                                              Cragg Rd., Greenbank, on October 2, between
the past, to come up with the produce bag                                                                                10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
idea,” says Jessica Manthorpe, current DFRFR                                                                               To order, scan the QR code, located here, with
president.                                                                                                               a smartphone camera or visit durhamfamilyre-
 The local produce bags are $25 each, with 50                                                                            s o u rc e s . o r g / e ve n t s / 2 0 2 1 - f a l l - h a r ve s t -
per cent of proceeds going to the farm and the               For decades, DFRFR has been supporting the                  fundraiser/ for a link to the digital order form.
other half going directly to help with the                  rural, farming families of North Durham, with

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The Uxbridge Cosmos                                                                                                            2                                                              Thursday, September 9, 2021
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 National Truth and Reconciliation Day –
               September 20

                 Closures
• Lane restrictions on Brock Street East from
Nelkydd Lane to Regional Highway 47 will be
in effect until mid-September, 2021 as the
Region installs underground services.
• Closure of the Toronto Street sidewalk
adjacent to the Uxbridge Public Library will be
in effect from August 23 through to mid-
October for clock tower restoration work.
• Victoria Street will be closed each Sunday
(7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) from Brock St. W. to
King St. W., from May to October due to the
Farmer’s Market.

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The Uxbridge Cosmos                                                                        3                   Thursday, September 9, 2021

How and where to vote in Uxbridge
by Roger Varley                       Sept. 13.                             Party on hand. e meeting was
                                       To vote by mail, electors should     held at the arena with no audi-
Uxbridge residents who want to        visit an Elections Canada office        ence but residents could watch
cast their ballots in person in the   or go to the Elections Canada         the proceedings on a live-stream
Sept. 20 federal election can do      website to fill out an application    on YouTube and Facebook. A re-
so at Poll 033 at the Uxbridge        for a mail-in ballot. Deadlines       port on the meeting will be pub-
arena on Brock Street West. Vot-      apply. Visit Voting by mail –         lished in next week's edition of
ing hours run from 9:30 a.m. to       Elections Canada for details.         the Cosmos. A recording of the
9:30 p.m.                               Last night (Wednesday) was the      video is available on the Cosmos
 For those wanting to vote in the     first and only all-candidates         website, thecosmos.ca, and on
advance poll, Poll 603 will be        meeting in Uxbridge, hosted by        the Cosmos’s YouTube channel,
open at the Uxbridge Senior           the Uxbridge Cosmos, with repre-      Cosmos Uxbridge.
Centre on Marietta Street from 9      sentatives of the Liberals, Con-
a.m. to 9 p.m. from Sept. 10 to       servatives, NDP and People's

Golf marathon to raise needed funds for local charity
A big yellow bus is coming for        makes an enormous impact on           dren's Charity” says Kim Carri-
Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s          the families that come to us for      gan, e Yellow Bus Founda-
Charity.                              help. COVID-19 continues to           tion manager.
  More to the point, the Yellow       affect our JACC children and             “If you enjoy golf and helping
Bus Foundation will be holding        families, and this support from       seriously ill children in your
its 25th Annual 100 Hole Golf         the Foundation means that we          community, come and join us
Marathon on Friday, September         don’t have to say “no” when           for this fun packed, one-of-a-
17, and Jennifer Ashleigh Chil-       families reach out to us.”            kind experience next year. is
dren’s Charity (JACC) is one of           Approximately 40 golfers,         year’s is extremely important as
the benefactors of the                along with their supporters,          we focus on raising funds in
marathon.                             each raise a minimum of $3,500        support of our charity partners
    An annual event, the golf         in pledges to participate. e         hit particularly hard by the
marathon, which will be held at       day includes 12 hours of golf,        COVID-19 pandemic.”
the Glen Eagle Golf Course in         and, according to a press release      To play in this year’s 100 Hole
Bolton, has raised $8.5 million       from the Yellow Bus Founda-           Golf Marathon, visit yellowbus-
in support of children with life-     tion, a “good group of partici-       foundation.com for more infor-
threatening illnesses, as well as     pants, heartfelt testimonials         mation.”
disadvantaged youth living in         throughout the day and the
communities throughout On-            chance to win some great
tario. Jennifer Ashleigh Chil-        prizes.”
dren’s Charity was one of the            e golf marathon aims to
charities selected by e Yellow       raise over $500,000 each year.
Bus Foundation again this year.       e Yellow Bus Foundation re-
  Each charity that the founda-       ports that last year it distributed
tion selects helps children who       more than $500,000 and
deal with serious illnesses every     helped more than 300 Cana-
day by increasing their access to     dian children and young people
programs and support that will        in need.
help them reach their full po-            “We are pleased to partner
tential. e mission of the            with the Jennifer Ashleigh Chil-
JACC is “to improve the quality
of life for seriously ill children
and their families…when love is
not enough.” e JACC acts as
a safety net for sick children and
their families when they have
nowhere else to turn, helping
                                              905-487-8363
them access the medical care
                                                Toll-free
and treatment they need. JACC                 888-982-8343
receives no government or
United Way funding.                         budgetblinds.com
  “We are so grateful to e Yel-
low Bus Foundation for this in-
credible opportunity, and for
the dedication of the partici-
pants of the marathon and those
who sponsor them” said Mary-
Anne Herrema, JACC’s execu-
tive director. “e support that
we receive from e Yellow Bus
Foundation through this event
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The Uxbridge Cosmos                                                                            4                                                          Thursday, September 9, 2021

Our two cents
Zombies on parade
On March 19, 2020, one week after Ontario first shut down because
of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cosmos columnist Roger Varley wrote
about the restrictions that had recently been put in place and ended
his column “Am I Wrong?” with the paragraph: "It seems to me that
all this caution needs to be mixed with a good dose of common sense
before we watch society turn into the real-life version of zombie apoc-
alypse."
  Obviously, Varley was using a little tongue-in-cheek when he wrote
those words, but after 18 months of shutdowns and restrictions, it
appears he was not far off the mark. In the last number of weeks, a
large segment of the population has been acting very much like the
brain-eaters in popular zombie movies.
  On the campaign trail, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been sub-
jected to both verbal and physical attacks, mainly from large numbers
of anti-vaxxers who are not so restricted that they can't follow him
around the country. Health-care workers and hospitals have been
subjected to mass protests and verbal abuse by those opposed to
COVID-19 vaccinations and mask-wearing. Flight attendants now
fully expect to be attacked by irate passengers who don't agree with
in-flight protocols. Anti-vaxxers have even been caught screaming ob-
scenities at children because they were wearing masks. Protesters have
attempted to close down restaurants and other places of business be-          Time to put a filling in truth decay
cause those establishments had COVID-19 protocols in place. On
                                                                             Guest editorial, written by Jamie Irv-   likely to encounter or engage with.”    from going through, Google an-
the local front, Mayor Dave Barton told us he was recently called
                                                                             ing, Chair, and Paul Deegan, Presi-        We wholeheartedly agree with          nounced its “News Showcase” plan
"Hitler" by someone who doesn't agree with how the township has              dent and CEO of News Media               their conclusion that Truth Decay       in Australia. For its part, Facebook
handled the pandemic.                                                        Canada. Used with permission.            has damaging consequences, includ-      threatened to walk away with their
  All this in a society where, not so long ago, people would say "I'm                                                 ing, “The erosion of civil discourse;   marbles and leave Australia alto-
sorry" at the drop of a hat. One might wonder how this turn of               It’s increasingly rare that Canada’s     political paralysis; alienation and     gether. However, neither tactic suc-
events could occur so quickly. One might also wonder how so many             major political parties agree on any-    disengagement of individuals from       ceeded. The government went
people can believe the promises being made by political leaders dur-         thing, especially during the heat of     political and civic institutions; and   ahead and enacted the bill. It re-
ing an election campaign and yet refuse to believe what medical ex-          a federal election campaign. Yet, all    policy uncertainty.”                    ceived royal assent in March 2021.
perts and scientists are telling them about the coronavirus.                 agree that we should look toward           Which brings us to the question,        The results have been a stunning
  As is the case with COVID-19, all this anger is not going to sud-          Australia to ensure the long-term        what can we, as Canadians, to do        success for local news media in Aus-
denly disappear. The fourth wave is upon us and predictions are that         commercial viability of Canada’s         about it?                               tralia. To avoid binding arbitration,
it will be just as tough, if not tougher, than the first three. It doesn't   news publishing business. Why is a         One solution is investing in inves-   both platforms have negotiated con-
                                                                             strong news publishing business im-      tigative journalism, which is a for-    tracts with the news media that pro-
take a genius to figure out that restrictions and protocols will remain
                                                                             portant to Canadians? Simply put,        midable public check on the             vide meaningful remuneration.
with us for quite a while if large segments of the population continue
                                                                             journalism is vital to our democ-        powerful, including governments         Although the actual terms are confi-
to resist vaccinations. The latest estimate we can find is that over five    racy.                                    and corporations. Investigative jour-   dential, and some of contracts are
million eligible Canadians still have not received even one jab. As            In their 2018 book Truth Decay,        nalism serves the public interest and   still being negotiated, we under-
long as they move freely among us, the virus will continue to spread         Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D.                                                 stand that the two companies, on a
and shutdowns will continue.                                                 Rich of the RAND Corporation                                                     combined basis, are paying in the
  When the Toronto Blue Jays played the Oakland Athletics on the             argue that there is an “increasing                                               range of 30 per cent of the cost of
weekend, the stands were crowded with unmasked spectators, the               disagreement about facts and ana-                                                each full-time journalist. Clearly,
players hugged and embraced each other every time a run was scored           lytical interpretations of fact and                                              the threat of baseball-style, final
and, of course, there was a lot of spitting going on in the dugout. It       data; a blurring of the line between                                             offer arbitration is leading to real
would not be stretch to predict a large number of new cases will re-         opinion and fact; an increasing rela-                                            dollars for Australia’s news publish-
sult.                                                                        tive volume, and resulting influ-                                                ers – both large and small – to in-
  All of which indicates to us that those protesters are directing their     ence, of opinion and personal                                                    vest in real journalists, who produce
                                                                             experience over fact; and a declining                                            real content.
anger at the wrong people. They should be angry with themselves for
                                                                             trust in formerly respected sources      often drives administrative, legisla-     That is far better than the divide
making the problem worse.                                                    of factual information.”                 tive, and regulatory reforms and        and conquer approach employed by
                                                                               Digging a little deeper, the authors   better behaviors. Investigative jour-   Big Tech, which lacks transparency,
                                                                             note that, in the past, newspapers       nalism takes an investment in time,     allows the platforms to play titles
                                                                             and news channels mediated infor-        talent, and hard dollars. Today, with   off against each other with inade-
                                                                             mation. As ‘gatekeeper’ institutions,    advertising dollars being syphoned      quate compensation offers com-
                                                                             publishers and broadcasters were         off by Big Tech, dollars are scarce,    pared to what binding arbitration
                                                                             and remain accountable because           and newsrooms are both stretched        would provide, and leaves smaller
                                                                             they can be sued for defamation,         and stressed. Investigative journal-    titles out in the cold.
                                                                             and they are subject to certain stan-    ism can only flourish in a healthy        On behalf of Canada’s news media
                                                                             dards and regulations. Not so with       media ecosystem.                        publishers from coast-to-coast-to-
                                                                             the social media and internet plat-        The Australians have figured this     coast, representing over 1,000 com-
                                                                             form companies, who go unchecked         out. In 2019, the Australian Com-       munities and employing over
                                                                             and remain unaccountable. The au-        petition & Consumer proposed a          two-thirds of Canada’s journalists,
                                                                             thors argue that “The filters and al-    mandatory code and arbitration          News Media Canada is heartened to
                                                                             gorithms embedded in social media        regime to level the playing field be-   see that all major political parties in
                                                                             platforms and search engines, such       tween the country’s news publishers     Canada support this approach and
                                                                             as Google, contribute to Truth           and Google and Facebook, which          recognize the urgency of the situa-
                                                                             Decay – and particularly to increas-     was opposed by both companies.          tion. We have produced a draft
                                                                             ing disagreement and the blurring        That fierce opposition continued        Digital Platforms Act, that can be
                                                                             of the distinction between opinion       after the government introduced its     introduced on Day One of the next
                                                                             and fact – by inserting bias into the    bill. In February 2021, in a last-
                                                                             types of information a person is         minute effort to stop the legislation                 ...continued on page 6
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The Uxbridge Cosmos                                                                                     5                                                            Thursday, September 9, 2021

                         A Blonde Moment                                                                                             The Barris Beat
                         column by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove                                                                             column by Ted Barris

                         Thank you for the music                                                                                     A summer for women
A strange and wonderful thing happened to         high as it was possible to go learning RCM                A week ago Tuesday, I joined my daughter for       her appeal to the court of arbitration for sport
me last Thursday afternoon, something that I      History, Harmony and Counterpoint (then it                an event to remember. Canada’s women’s             to box for Canada. The court ruled that the
didn’t figure would happen in my lifetime, or     was Grade 5, but that was, ahem, a few years              hockey team faced its arch rival – the Ameri-      IOC had to accommodate women, such as
anyone else’s lifetime, for that matter.          ago). I have studied music from all over the              cans – in a three-on-three overtime period in      flyweight boxer Bujold, who were pregnant or
  Swedish pop supergroup ABBA announced           world, and thus have a very broad musical                 Calgary for the International Ice Hockey Fed-      postpartum during the qualifying period.
that they have reunited to release a new          taste. I love old jazz, classical of all eras, pop,       eration world championship. Just over seven          “What a rightful decision,” said Roy Halpin
album, and teased fans with two brand new         some rock - basically the only genres that re-            minutes into sudden death, team captain            with Boxing Canada, “for all … female ath-
songs, the first in 40 years.                     ally don’t do it for me are heavy metal and               Marie-Philip Poulin broke in on the U.S. goal      letes.”
  Many of you will now roll your eyes and         country. And even then, I have a few select               and put a wrist shot off the crossbar down           Away from athletics, American women have
                                                                                                            into the net for the victory. The Toronto Star     suddenly faced challenges to what some feel
move on to Ted’s column because you don’t         country artists in my CD collection. I’ve al-
                                                                                                            interviewed former Leafs goalie coach Steve        are their rights to abortions in Texas; they’ve
give a rat’s patootie about ABBA. Others may      ways maintained that I like the piece, rather
                                                                                                            McKichan after the game.                           demonstrated daily – in the face of violent
simply say “Oh, that’s nice,” and indulge me      than the artist. But if I were put on a deserted            “That’s the Hall of Fame bardown shot in         taunts and threats – against new anti-abortion
by reading on. And some will say “I know,         island and could only take one band’s music               women’s hockey,” and he went on to say in          laws overturning the 1973 ruling legalizing
isn’t that exciting!?” and genuinely mean it.     with me, ABBA would be my choice. (Cana-                  the history of greatest Canadian hockey goals,     abortion (Roe v Wade), calling them “sex dis-
But before you give up on this column, let        dian songstress Loreena McKennitt would be                “it was top-five.”                                 crimination at its worst.” And in the wake of
me warn you that I’m not going to expound         my solo artist choice).                                     I’m old enough to remember seeing the            the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, women
on all the various merits I feel ABBA has (be-      So, I’ve always loved ABBA. Big deal, right?            Toronto Star’s photo of Bill Barilko’s Stanley     in Kabul bravely took to the streets to de-
cause I feel they have many!). Rather, I’m        Why, then, did last week’s news have me fan-              Cup winning goal in April 1951 … watched           mand the new hardline regime maintain the
going to share why I think last Thursday’s        girling like a teeny-bopper? I wept. Not sobs,            from the basement of a University of               gains women have made in education, gover-
news affected me so profoundly.                   I just got a little teary, but there was water            Saskatchewan AV building as Paul Henderson         nance and expression in their country over
  I was first introduced to ABBA in, I believe,   flowing. And I couldn’t get enough of the                 scored the game winner in Moscow to win            the past 20 years.
grade 5. My teacher, Miss Sandford, played a      news on what led to this new album and its                the 1972 Canada-Soviet Summit Hockey Se-             I notice too that Amanda Gorman, the
track off the ABBA Greatest Hits Vol. 1 album     accompanying concert show (yes, I’m saving                ries … and actually covered (for CBC Radio)        young poet who recited her iconic piece The
every morning, to which we did our opening        to take a trip to London, now!). I was physi-             Wayne Gretzky’s 50th goal in 39 games at the       Hill We Climb at Joe Biden’s presidential inau-
exercises while standing beside our desks.        cally affected by three words: “ABBA is back.”            Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton in 1981.           guration, has also stepped up. After turning
“Nina Ballerina” was a catchy little tune, and      I pondered this all weekend, as I listened to           All great goals. But McKickan’s right –            down a reported $17 million in promotional
somehow I became interested in what else          the two new songs on a continuous loop.                   Poulin’s goal is up there.                         opportunities, she has become the face for
this band with the neat name had to offer.        Why was I reacting so viscerally to this news               Her stellar play in that series – through in-    Estée Lauder to promote literacy among girls
                                                                                                            jury and criticism – to then come back in          and women, and to campaign for equity and
  Soon I was saving my meagre allowance,          which, while fun and upbeat in a world that
                                                                                                            sudden death overtime to score the winner,         social change for oppressed women. Next
and one special Saturday my family and I          is anything but at the moment, qualifies as a
                                                                                                            has put an exclamation point on a summer           week, she co-hosts the gala fundraiser at the
trotted off to a record store in Markham,         bit of fluff, in the giant scheme of things.              like no other. Because they have excelled,         Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “I
where I bought the very same album my cool        And I came to realize that music in every                 stood out and stood up, over the past few          realize this is my moment to tell the world
teacher had. My first vinyl.                      form, from early Gregorian chant (which I                 months, women have led the way in just             what it needs to get done,” she told the New
  I quickly fell in love with the music, and      taught to a men’s choir, once - not easy) to              about every endeavour, in sport and other-         York Times.
had the lyrics by heart in no time at all. Now,   today’s latest, runs right through my veins               wise. It’s been the summer for women.                I believe Canada’s world hockey champi-
at about the same time, a family moved in         alongside my blood. If I were made to choose                It began with the incredible performances by     onship victory last Tuesday, is among those
just around the corner and down the road          between losing my sight or my hearing, I’d                Canadian women at the Tokyo Olympics. Of           “Where were you when…?” moments. When
from our house, and I became fast friends         choose my sight. I could never live without               course, swimmers Penny Oleksiak and Mag-           Marie-Philip Poulin took that pass from Bri-
with the older of the two daughters, Linda. I     hearing music.                                            gie MacNeil led the way at the pool, while         anne Jenner at centre ice in Calgary, and ri-
can’t recall us having much in common, other        During my ruminations, I remembered that                Maude Charron’s weightlifting gold brought         fled the puck into the pigeon-hole-sized top
than a shared love for ABBA. We would sit in      I also fan-girled over Mozart right after the             perhaps the most genuine tears of joy. I’ll per-   right-hand corner for the victory, I was seated
her room and listen to song after song, for       movie Amadeus came out, in 1984. That led                 sonally remember for a long time the women’s       next to my adult daughter, watching the game
hours on end. By the time Linda and her           me to have regular birthday parties for long-             eight rowing crew winning Olympic gold (the        on TV. We both love hockey – watching and
family moved away, I had most of the ABBA         dead composers - weird, yes, but a great asset            first time in 29 years) and coxswain Kristen       playing it. We both were elated by the win.
collection.                                       when studying music history...                            Kit climbing all over her teammates to hug           My daughter told me afterward she’s going
  The group’s call of a “hiatus” in 1982 didn’t      I need music in my life like I need food,              them in victory.                                   to start calling the NHL, “the Men’s National
really affect my 12-year-old life much. I just    water and shelter. And I think ABBA’s news                  As important, among Canada’s Tokyo               Hockey League,” because the world insists on
                                                                                                            Olympic wins, I think, were the victories reg-     calling the game Poulin and her teammates
kept listening to the music I loved. I went on    hit me hard because their music has been
                                                                                                            istered by Canadian Olympians Kim Gaucher          play, “Women’s World Hockey.” Someday in
to discover other music and artists, as any       such a huge, positive, part of my life. Their
                                                                                                            and Mandy Bujold. Gaucher, on the national         the future as a journalist I hope I won’t have
teenager does, and developed acoustic love af-    music is part of my being.                                basketball team, was originally told safety        to write a column celebrating women’s
fairs with whoever caught my ears’ fancy at         Please don’t bother sending me emails                   protocols meant she couldn’t bring her infant      achievements. I hope, on that day, I can just
the time.                                         telling me I’m off my nut, that ABBA sucks,               daughter with her to Tokyo. She claimed the        acknowledge their achievements for what they
  I am a musician. I began playing piano          that my taste in music stinks, etc. That’s just           International Olympic Committee was forc-          are (without a gender qualifier) as greatness!
when I was three. I taught music lessons for      spreading negativity, and ain’t nobody got                ing her to choose between “being a breast-
22 years. I have my Grade 10 piano from the       time for that, especially me. I’ll just tune you          feeding mom and an Olympic athlete.” The              For more Barris Beat columns,
Royal Conservatory of Music, and went as          out, and go listen to their new music, instead.           IOC reversed its decision. And Bujold won               go to www.tedbarris.com

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                                                                                                                  Foster in 2022. e Foster has            Truth decay, from page 4
Goodwood News with Bev Northeast                                                                                  joined the Leaskdale loop, which is
                                                                                                                  held once a month at several differ-
e kids are going back to school     It has been a very interesting and   and we will continue to do so be-       ent businesses in the Leaskdale area.    Parliament. It addresses the need
and hopefully COVID-19 stays       trying time for most of us, but we     cause we are Canadians and we re-       To find out more, check out the          for an exemption from section
away so classes can continue for   have to admit, Canada has weath-       spect each other. And you have to       business cards of the members at         45 of the Competition Act,
them this time around!             ered this COVID storm very well,       respect COVID.                          the chip truck in Leaskdale.             which currently precludes collec-
                                                                           Not much happening at our com-           ere are bargains for everyone,        tive bargaining.
                                                                          munity centre, but I do hear that       and remember - not only are these          The Google and Facebook plat-
                                                                          things might be opening up by the       businesses unique, they are local.       forms have combined annual
                                                                          end of September, providing               With food prices going up, don’t       revenue in Canada of over $9
                                                                          COVID is under control.                 forget to assist the Loaves and Fishes   billion. Only through the threat
                                                                            We have our speed camera, and I       Food Bank and Salvation Army in          of arbitration will meaningful re-
                                                                          guess we can say it’s working because   their goal of helping others.            muneration be provided by those
                                                                          some fool decided to knock it over.      Finally, please obey the speed limit
                                                                                                                                                           platforms to all Canadian news
                                                                             A lot interest being shown in        while driving through Goodwood,
                                                                                                                                                           media. News Media Canada
                                                                          omas Foster Memorial, and we           and you won’t be on our candid
                                                                          will be opening up Fridays at the       “traffic speed” camera.                    stands ready to assist in collective
                                                                                                                                                           negotiation for titles – large and
                                                                                                                                                           small.
                                                                                                                                                             All major Canadian political
                                                                                                                                                           parties agree: the Australian
                                                                                                                                                           model is a simple, fair, and
                                                                                                                                                           proven solution that is working
                                                                                                                                                           in that country. It does not re-
                                                                                                                                                           quire taxpayer funds, new taxes,
                                                                                                                                                           or user fees. Its use of collective
                                                                                                                                                           negotiation, backed up baseball-
                                                                                                                                                           style arbitration, is the best way
                                                                                                                                                           to redress the current power im-
                                                                                                                                                           balance between the web giants
                                                                                                                                                           and Canada’s local news media.
                                                                                                                                                           It will ensure that we can con-
                                                                                                                                                           tinue to invest in excellence in
                                                                                                                                                           Canadian journalism — both
                                                                                                                                                           today and over the long-term –
                                                                                                                                                           and it will help fill the Truth
                                                                                                                                                           Decay that is infecting our
                                                                                                                                                           democracy.
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Cancer thriver walks her way to health, invites others to join her
by Justyne Edgell                   Murray says, “the university’s   the summer months when              their experiences.                      obic workout group.
                                  study is on the effect of being     Murray would be away fre-            “It’s a nice way to connect with         “It’s not about speed walking
Inspired by a research study      outside, in nature, on people      quently.                            others in our community and to          or walking fast, in fact, it’s more
done by the University of the     who have had cancer, and their      “e data collection is over but    share something really positive         of the opposite. Walking at the
Fraser Valley, Annabelle Murray   healing.”                          I think it would still be a won-    and healthy,” says Murray.              pace of the slowest walker.”
is starting a walking group for     Originally, Murray was going     derful thing to have a walking        Walkers can meet up at the            Murray says the goal is more
who she calls Uxbridge “cancer    to lead a walking group to be      group in Uxbridge, in all our       Countryside Preserve, as the            about enjoying nature and less
thrivers,” beginning on Septem-   part of the study; however, they   beautiful trails.”                  trails are well kept and quite ac-      about getting in a workout.
ber 21.                           conducted the research through       Murray says that, while she,      cessible even through the winter          ose who wish to join the
                                                                     herself had cancer in 2018, she     months.                                 cancer thrivers trail walking
                                                                     doesn't actually know many lo-        Murray wants to emphasize             group can call Annabelle Mur-
                                                                     cals who were also touched by       that while this is a walking            ray at 705-738-7015 for further
                                                                     the disease. She hopes that this    group, it is by no means an aer-        details.
                                                                     walking group will allow a safe
                                                                     social gathering place for cancer
                                                                     thrivers in Uxbridge to connect,
                                                                     support each other and share

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            Chances Are                                                    • Bucket & Crane Trucks
                                                                                  • Consulting
          Jewellery Sale                                                          • Fertilizing
                                                                             • Hydro Line Clearing       A self-proclaimed “kayak gal and her dog on the Scugog River,” Annabelle
                                                                                                         Murray enjoys the outdoors, and credits being in nature with helping her be-
              2 days only!
                                                                               • Stump Grinding
                                                                       • Tree Pruning and Removals       come a cancer thriver. Murray hopes to gather others who have lived with
                                                                      • Planting & Plant Health Care     cancer to join her in a weekly walking group.
  Fri., Sept. 17 and Sat., Sept. 18
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Focus on Finance with Tammy Scuralli, Edward Jones
Ranking Your Goals:                         Put “price tags” on your goals. You     you can always go with Plan B – i.e.,
                                          need to know what your goals will         the smaller home or the rental expe-
A smart move                              cost. Even if you can only make an        rience. But if your "nice to have" is
                                          estimate, it’s essential to have some     closer to a "must have" in this area as
Like most people, you may have sev-       figure in mind. As time goes by, you      well, you might want to focus less on
eral financial goals. But can you         can always revise your projected          achieving greater returns and instead
reach them all?                           costs. To arrive at these price tags,     look at ways of adjusting your
  It would be simple if you had great     you may want to work with a finan-        budget to save more.
wealth. But you’ll likely need to rank    cial professional who has the tools        Monitor your results. As you pursue
your goals in terms of their impor-       and technology to create hypotheti-       your goals, whether must have or
tance to your life and then follow ap-    cal illustrations and scenarios.          nice to have, you’ll want to check
propriate strategies to achieve them.       Follow an appropriate strategy. e      your results regularly. If you think
By doing so, you may end up getting       nature of your goals and their esti-      you’re not making enough progress
pretty close to covering each of your     mated cost will drive your invest-        toward your desired goal, you may
objectives, in one way or another.        ment strategy. So, for example, using     need to make adjustments. But don’t
     When prioritizing your               the must-have goal mentioned above        overreact to short-term swings in the
goals, consider following this                                                              financial markets or in the
process:                                                                                    value of your portfolio, or
  Identify goals as “must have”                                                             take on an inappropriate
or “nice to have.” Making sure                                                              amount of risk. When trying
you don’t outlive your re-                                                                  to reach your goals, you can
sources is a must-have goal, so                                                             alter your path, but it’s usu-
you need to be as certain as                                                                ally not a good idea to change
possible of achieving it. On                                                                directions altogether.
the other hand, a nice-to-have                                                                 e decisions involved in
goal might be something like                                                                identifying, prioritizing and
buying a vacation home. If                                                                  achieving your goals can be
you don’t attain the money                                                                  somewhat involved. But by
needed for this goal, you do                                                                following a well-designed
have room to compromise, perhaps          – the need to avoid outliving your        process, you can help yourself get to
by scaling down to a smaller home in      money – you’ll want to balance your       where you want to go.
a different area or just renting a place   growth objectives with your comfort
for a few weeks a year. Having this       with risk, as well as maintain an ap-       is column, written and published
flexibility can provide a psychological   propriate withdrawal strategy when        by Edward Jones, Member Canadian          Across                              2 Chinese dynasty
benefit, too. Since this goal doesn’t     you’re retired. However, for a nice-      Investor Protection Fund, presents gen-   1 Mice catchers                     3 Bulgarian cash
have an either-or outcome, you won’t      to-have goal, such as your vacation       eral information only. Insurance and      5 "Yay, team!"                      4 Arctic transport
have to feel that you failed if you       home, perhaps you don’t need the          annuities are offered by Edward Jones      8 Queen of the Olympian gods        5 Military training org., for short
don’t get the big vacation home – in-     same urgency – consequently, with         Insurance Agency (except in Quebec).      12 James Brown's "I ___ Good"       6 Healthy berry
stead, you can still enjoy the results    part of your portfolio, you might be       For more information, please contact     13 Andes plant                      7 Army rations
of your investment efforts, even at a      able to take more risk in hopes of        Tammy E. Scuralli, Financial Advisor      14 A bad sign                       8 Sweatshirt with a cap
more modest scale.                        greater returns. And if you fall short,   at Edward Jones, at 905-852-1244.         15 Highest level of a hotel         9 Grounded bird
                                                                                                                              17 Sack                             10 Matter, in the law
                                                                                                                              18 Determined                       11 Red army member
                                                                                                                              20 Edict of a Russian tsar          16 Scope out
                                                                                                                              23 Subarctic evergreen forests      19 Chows down
                                                                                                                              26 Kind of cross                    20 Southwest native
                                                                                                                              27 Moon holes                       21 Destiny
                                                                                                                              29 Go off track                     22 Gold
                                                                                                                              30 Gets into harmony with           24 Having the taste of a certain
                                                                                                                              31 In other words                      fruit
                                                                                                                              33 Ousted Egyptian ruler            25 Set, as a price
                                                                                                                              35 Sunday seat                      27 Alphabet derived from Greek,
                                                                                                                              36 Italian violin maker                used for Slavic languages
                                                                                                                              37 Mozart contemporary              28 Genetic letters
                                                                                                                              39 Swedish astronomer who de-       30 Fill
                                                                                                                                 vised centigrade thermometer     32 Barley beard
                                                                                                                              42 Mexican currency                 34 Streaky rashers
                                                                                                                              45 Venture involves great risk,     37 Embrace
                                                                                                                                 promises great rewards           38 Plus
                                                                                                                              49 Distinctive style                40 Going alone
                                                                                                                              50 Type                             41 Very dark
                                                                                                                              51 International money              42 Legume
                                                                                                                              52 Rock band equipment              43 Freddy Krueger's street
                                                                                                                              53 Not forthright                   44 Tree juice
                                                                                                                              54 Minor                            46 Tint of color
                                                                                                                                                                  47 Profitable rock
                                                                                                                              Down                                48 A heap
                                                                                                                              1 Not where it should be

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                                                                             Community Care Durham looking for volunteers
                   The Nature Nut                                            by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove                 involved.
                                                                                                                       McMillan said that volunteerism at
                                                                                                                                                               available, allowing volunteers to uti-
                                                                                                                                                               lize their skillsets and various talents
                   column by Nancy Melcher                                   Are you recently retired? Are you        CCD is unique, with many volunteer       from the comforts of home.
                                                                             looking to keep busy and stay active?    opportunities and flexibility to match     “Our virtual projects promote men-
                   Roadside colour                                           Have some spare time to give? If you
                                                                             answered ‘yes” to any of these ques-
                                                                                                                      a volunteer’s schedule.
                                                                                                                         Campaign promotional material
                                                                                                                                                               tal health, provide education/online
                                                                                                                                                               activities, and offer companionship,”
                                                                             tions, you may be reading just the       promises that volunteers will have the   said McMillan.
Goldenrod are a familiar late          e seeds are a food source            right article!                           opportunity to “meet new people,           Volunteers can also assist with the
summer flowers, their brilliant for songbirds. e clumps of                    Community Care Durham (CCD)            share knowledge, develop new skills,     Adult Day Program, Luncheon Out
                                                                             launched its ‘Share Your Time with       and make a positive impact in your       activities, Lunch and Learn and
yellow crowns fuelling bees seeds have tufts of tawny                        Us’ recruitment campaign at the be-      community.”                              workshop sessions, friendly visiting,
and butterflies. However, there coloured hairs that help with                ginning of this month.                     CCD says that it needs volunteer       telephone reassurance, the Foot Care
are other na-                                            dispersal, car-       “Community Care Durham prides          drivers to help support the Meals on     Clinic, Community Food Box,
tive plants                                              rying       the     itself in being the agency of choice     Wheels and Transportation services.      COPE Mental Health Program, with
that help to                                             seeds a dis-        for volunteering. Now it’s your time     Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver       office support and dining assistance.
                                                                             to ‘Share Your Time with Us’ and         nutritious hot or frozen meals Mon-        ose who participate in the ‘Share
sustain polli-                                           tance on the        enjoy the rewarding experience of        day to Friday to clients’ homes. Driv-   Your Time with Us’ campaign and be
nators too.                                              wind. ese          giving back to the community,” said      ers pick up the meals around 11 a.m.     eligible to win prizes. CCD will enter
Sporting                                                 native plants       CCD communications specialist Ian        Deliveries take about one and a half     each new volunteer brought on
complimen-                                               are a great ad-     McMillan in a special release.           hours to complete.                       board during the campaign into a
tary colours,                                            dition to a           “Volunteers are the heart and soul       Other roles include packing the        draw to win a $100 gift card. All re-
                                                                             of the organization and play a crucial   meals and sanitizing Meals on            cruits will also receive a swag bag, in-
New Eng-                                                 sunny         or    role in keeping CCD clients living       Wheels bags. For Transportation,         cluding CCD goodies and local
land asters                                              partly shaded       independently with quality of life in    volunteers use their own vehicles to     treats as a thank you.
(or Michael-                                             garden.             their homes and their community,”        pick up clients at their homes and         To ‘Share Your Time with Us’ and
mas daisies)                                                                 added McMillan.                          drive them to medical appointments,      get involved, please contact CCD
also provide                                             Nancy Melcher is      e new campaign, which is look-        grocery shopping and other activities.   volunteer coordinators at 905-668-
                                                         e Nature Nut.      ing for volunteers from across           Volunteers are reimbursed for            6318 or 905-668-1653, send an
nectar and
pollen to feed The purple ray florets of New England your sightings or
                                                          Send details of    Durham Region, will run for three        mileage by the client, and most drive    email to volunteer@communitycare-

all manner of Asters contrast beautifully with inner questions about
                                                                             months, continuing until November        requests are within Durham Region.       durham.on.ca, or visit www.commu-
                                                                             30. CCD says that its focus will be to    ere are also virtual opportunities     nitycaredurham.on.ca
beneficial in- yellow disc florets.                       the     natural    “inspire and reach out to people aged
sects. ey                                                world  to: gen-    55 plus to join our team of volun-
                                Photo by Nancy Melcher eral@melcher.cx       teers,” but people of all ages are in-
come in a va-                                                                vited to share their time and get          BARTON, Margaret
riety of hues: deep purples,
pinks, and lavenders.                                                                                                   1918 - 2021
  ese hardy roadside plants
may grow over a meter in               Hansen, Lynda                                                                    Margaret passed away peacefully
height, with several strong            Elizabeth (Cleland)                                                              in her sleep on Thursday,
stems rising from the roots.                                                                                            September 2, 2021, at the grand
e flowers are daisy-like com-         It is with great sadness that the family of                                      age of 103. Loving wife to the late
posites, made up of two types          Lynda     Elizabeth Hansen (Cleland)                                             Bruce Barton and loving mother to
of florets. e outer ray florets       announces her peaceful passing in her home                                       Douglas (Dianne) and James
                                       on Sept. 3, 2021, in her 78th year.                                              (Sandra). Cherished grandmother of
have long thin petals, giving
                                       Loving wife of Don Hansen (predeceased).                                         Sarah (James), Ian (Meghan), Geoffrey
the flower its customary purple                                                                                         (Kim), Thomas (Jessica), Stephanie, Kevin (Jamie-Lyn) and
                                       Lynda will be dearly missed by her children
colour, while the inner yellow                                                                                          Wendy (Marcus). She will be dearly missed by her sister, June
                                       Grant (Carrie), Brett (Laura), Mark (Patty),
disc florets are the pollen and        Kerry (Derek). She will be fondly                                                Squires (Ken), her 11 great-grandchildren and many nieces and
nectar sources. ere can be up         remembered by her grandchildren Sarah,                                           nephews. Predeceased by her sister Doreen.
to 100 of each floret in every         Christopher (Lena), Andrew (Ashley) and Felicity. Forever remembered
flower head.                           by her sister Beverley Iding (Norm) and her long-time special friends            Visitation will be held at the Low and Low Funeral Home, 23
                                       Marg, Joan, Marilyn, Dave and her loyal fur companion Boots.                     Main Street South, Uxbridge (905-852-3073) on Saturday,
                                       Lynda lived many years with cancer but she never looked at it as a               September 11, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. A private family
                                       “battle” to be won or lost. She simply accepted that it was a nuisance                             service will be held. Margaret will be laid to rest
                                       she had to deal with as she carried on living. Lynda continued her love                                at the Foster Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of
                                       for travel and saw many places around the world and enjoyed several                                        flowers, please consider a donation to
                                       trips to Disney. She said Hawaii was by far one of the most beautiful                                         Trinity United Church or the
                                       places on Earth, but there was no place she loved to be more than at the                                        Uxbridge Hospital. For online
                                       home she and Don built together in Uxbridge over 50 years ago, where
                                                                                                                                                        condolences,      please        visit
                                       they raised their children. As the cancer eventually stopped her from
                                                                                                                                                          www.lowandlow.ca
                                       being able to travel, she never allowed it to take away her joy. She found
                                       great joy in spending time with her family and friends and always made
                                       sure she didn’t take life too seriously. She said having a good sense of
                                       humour was her best medicine.
                                       A special thank you to her nurse, Tina, and to Dr. Wilson for all their
                                       compassionate care. A celebration of life to be arranged at a later date.
                                                                                                                        To place a death
                                                        Arrangements have been entrusted to the Low & Low
                                                               Funeral Home, 23 Main Street South, Box
                                                                                                                        or in memoriam
                                                                  388, Uxbridge L9P 1M8 (905-852-3073).
                                                                      In lieu of flowers, donations can be made
                                                                                                                              notice
                                                                       to The Terry Fox Foundation. Online                       Visit: thecosmos.ca
                                                                         condolences can be made at                             Call 905-852-1900
                                                                           www.lowandlow.ca
                                                                                                                              Email: lvann@thecosmos.ca
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