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NEW Tuesday, February 4, 2014 ¦¦¦ Zke Sttyputa, StoH&jÙHtic General Practitionw Treatment of tidal wrinkles Botox, Radiesse, Teosyal, Sculptra, Juvederm, Esthélis Treatment of varicose veins Laser Hair Removal NdYag and Alexandrite for all skin types RF treatments for skin rejuvenation Treatment of neck and tidal peels Spots, blotchiness mélasm àrt\ 'vj'» jwwvr Centre LuxArtre 450 243.0005 xn, chemin Knowltoo, Knowlton TBL 2014 budget holds taxes firm By Kathryn Lexow The 2014 budget and three-year capital expenditures program was presented at a special sitting of council held on January 27.Council froze taxation rates for 2014.As reported in the January minutes of council: “We expect to finish the year COWANSVILLE ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦» TOYOTA Jean-François Levesque Sales Manager 165 rue de Salaberry 450 263-8888 Cell: 450 777-6323 ventescowansvill€.toyota.ca Direct 450-263-6855 ext.244 J Boil water advisory remains 2013 with a surplus of $933,000.This surplus is attributable to the following factors: • Provincial grant for water purchase in 2012: $182,000 • Purchase of water: $250,000 • Purchase of gravel: $150,000 • Interest expenses - unrealised projects: $111,000 • Unrealised projects: $240,000 • Severance pay: $170,000 • Other operations: $170,000 “ As a priority for 2014, a strategic plan is to be developed by council and $20,000 has been allocated for this Cont’d on page 8 m René-Claude Gagnon 310, chemin Knowlton Knowlton 450 243-5700 Monday - Friday Saturday: Sunday: 9:00 a m.to 6:00 p.m 9:00 a m.to 5:00 p.m 11:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m TBL special council meeting on the 2104 budget.TBL Chamber of Commerce president’s call to action KATHRYN LEXOW I hk • ni r /'I#I «N KIAde ^i^COWANSVILLE -ov Achetons ' chez nous Tim Dubois Sales Representative New and used vehicles 403 rue de la Riviere 450 263-6000 Cell: 450 578-1148 www.kiacowansville.com , tduboi5@Kiacowansville.conu/r Buy Local f'b E J_4I Thinking of selling.Please call for a free evaluation.450.242.1515 Let me list it.Let me sell it.Let's you move on.—*s Kg Peter Marsh COURTESY TBL Chamber of Commerce President Stewart Bacon.By Lise Champagne I ver wonder how many residents actually shop in the Town of Brome (Lake?“Not enough,” according to recently re-appointed chamber of commerce President Stewart Bacon who says, “There are 5,000 residents in the Town of Brome Lake and half of them do not shop here.” Bacon is a resident of Knowlton Village and comes with a full curriculum vitae, having been a business owner and CEO of Canada Post.He now also serves as chairman of Purolator’s board.Qualified and freshly mandated, he is putting forward a series of initiatives on behalf of the chamber designed to increase visibility and improve the business climate.He wants the chamber to be a catalyst that gets simple things done without spending lots of money and he has set the modest goal of get- ting 10 percent of residents to shop locally again.What he is not clear on is why so many residents are leaving town for their purchasing needs in the first place.Nor is he clear on how the chamber can measure success.Such preoccupations will be of first order as initiatives gain momentum.Bacon realizes that getting everybody on board and working together is the challenge.He cites examples such as “Imaginaction” and “La Fondation Rues Principales” as past efforts that were less action oriented, were well intended, but are now gathering dust at town hall.Less study and more action is what he wants.Current timing is good, however, because there is a new municipal administration recently elected on a mandate of greater collaboration and change.Collaboration is a moot point if the Cont’d on page 9 DING'S W.A A.McKELt AR 4M243-M» Fax: (450) 243-6731 V 510 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton, QC JOE 1V0 17th Anniversary! March I»1 is our 17th Anniversary and date of our very last mortgage payment.Woohoo! We will be hosting a Cocktail Party at the new Odd Fellows Hall in Knowlton at 7 p.m.on March 1,2014.We would like to invite our clients, family and friends to come and help us celebrate.10% discount in March for our valued clients as a thank you for your patronage over the last 17 years.17éme anniversaire! 1 mars est notre 17ème anniversaire et la date de notre dernier paiement de l'hypothèque.Woohoo! Nous organiserons un cocktail à la nouvelle Odd Fellows Hail à Knowlton à 19 heures le 1er Mars 2014.Nous aimerions inviter nos clients, famille et amis à venir célébrer avec nous.10% de réduction en Mars pour nos précieux clients en guise de remerciement pour votre soutien au cours des 17 dernières années. 2 Tuesday, February 4, 2014 7~) ^ , T\ T Brome Lounty JN ews Brome County Community Bulletin Board February 6,20 Travel the world with free community cooking classes at Knowlton Academy (Thursday 3 - 4:30 p.m.or 7 - 8:30 p.m.) February 6: India; coconut and lentil soup.February 20: England; healthy fish and chips.Call to reserve.Space is limited.450-243-6187.February 8 The Mental Health & Well-Being Support Group.Please note: The next meeting will be February 8.Please phone Linda: 450-243-0928 or pleasantvalley@s3nnpatic0.ca for the location of the meeting.Join us for an opportunity to share experiences in a safe environment and receive support, information, encouragement and acceptance.Having support makes all the difference! February 9 All you can eat brunch will be hosted at the Sutton Legion.Eggs your way (omelettes are our specialty).Donation of $8 for adults, children 6 to 8 yrs $4, little ones are always free.10 a.m.to 1 p.m.Everyone welcome.2 Curly St Sutton Qc.Info: 450 538-2210.February 5 and 12 Bingo every Wednesday at the Sutton Legion 2 Curley St., Sutton.Jackpot of $200 or more.Starts at 6.30 p.m.Bring /our friends and lucky charms.Info: 450-338-2864.Also social night every Friday it the Sutton Legion.Come and play :ribbage, darts, and 500.Donation of $2.Come and have fun.77, 77 Lewis St., Waterloo, Saturday, February 16, 8 p.m.to midnight.$7 per person.Come on out, have a dance and socialize with us! Info: 450-539-3436.February 14,15, 20, 21, 22, 27 and March 1 Dinner theatre! Tickets go on sale for Knowlton Players’ new dinner theatre show, The Revival, on January 28.The show dates are February 14,15, 21, 22, 28 and March 1 at 7 pm.Show and three-course meal: $43.Call the pub to reserve: 450-242-6862.CHURCH SERVICES CREEK/WATERLOO PASTORAL CHARGE Sunday, February 9 - Worship and music: Creek United, 278 Brill Rd„ West Bolton service and Sunday school at 9 a.m.; St.Paul’s United, 4929 Foster, Waterloo, service at 10:30 a.m.Reverend Dave Lambie, minister.For information or to leave a message call: 450-539-2129.ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.www.stpaulsbog.wordpress.com.St.Paul’s - a d3mamic, diverse community pursuing and serving Jesus in the Eastern Townships.8 a.m.Said Book of Common Prayer Worship.10 a.m.User-friendly “blended” service with traditional, contemporary and modern music and format.Sunday school.For information call: Rev.Tim Wiebe.450-242-2885.February 11 Open til 8 Cooking Class: “Cooking vith wines,” with Liz Grevatt , 6 p.m., mggested donation $2.Avante Women’s Centre, 15 rue du Pont, Bedford 450-248-1530, avantegayl@bellnet.ca.February 13 Valentine soup and dessert luncheon ind food sale at All Saints Anglican Ihurch Hall, 3829 Principale, Dunham, ic.on Thursday, February 13 at noon.Preceded by Food Sale at 11:30 a.m.) Dotation: $8.Cards to be played immedi-tely following.Remember - “Always resh - never frozen.” Reservations: 450-95-2349 or 450-263-3329.February 15 Valentine dance with music by Gary Jarling at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br.KNOWLTON-MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL CHARGE Serving the regions of Knowlton, Bolton Centre, Mansonville and Vale Perkins.Worship service: Knowlton United Church, 234 Knowlton Road (450-243-6078) at 11 a.m.The Rev.Ryk Allen, officiating.A warm welcome is extended to all.Handicapped access available.EMMANUAL UNITED CHURCH A thinking faith, a joyful sense of justice, and a God who loves every living thing! Our worship service is at 203 rue Principale, Cowansville at 10:30 a.m.Everyone is welcome.For pastoral emergencies only, please contact Rev.Ryk Allen at 450-242-1971.All other messages may be left with the church office phone answering service, 450-263-0204.Worship leader: Rev.Tom Edmonds.Website: emmanuelcowansville.ca.JOLY1 RIBNDSAU & DUKE Financial statements, Audit, Bookkeepi ng.Taxation, Corporations, Individuals, Estate planning and settlement.Farm and business transfers, re-organizations Cowansville, 127 Principale,Suite 105, T:(450) 263-4123 Sherbrooke, 3490 Galt West, T:(819) 566-2575 www.jolyriendeau.com E;mail: bill.duke@jolyriendeau.com geof One fl?vebeoor ovf of fwo doc/, not hav'c- a will.And no\i?\±/ Un héritage à partager LEAVE A LEGACY” www.legacy-qaebec.orR 1 888 304-8834 ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH -DUNHAM Sunday services and Sunday school at 10 a.m.- all welcome! The Rev.Sinpoh Han.Information: 450-295-2045.ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME First Sunday of the month service will be at Holy Trinity, Iron Hill, second Sunday of the month will be at St.John the Evangelist in Brome, third Sunday of the month will be in West Brome at Church of the Ascension, fourth Sunday of the month: St.Aidan’s, Sutton Junction.All services are at 10 a.m.Monthly healing service fourth Sunday of each month at St.Aidan’s at 7 p.m.All welcome.Rev.Allan Gault.450-538-4178.ÉGLISE CATHOLIQUE ST.ÉDOUARD CATHOLIC CHURCH 366 Knowlton Road, Knowlton.You are invited to participate in a bilingual Mass Sundays at 10:30 a.m.Christian meditation is now on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 p.m.to 3:30 p.m.(side door) except in July and August.The group is now bilingual and has been formed to introduce meditation to newcomers.We welcome beginners and experienced meditators.Regular attendance not required.Information call Clare at 450-243-5590.TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH The Church with a “Heart” 409 South St., Cowansville.All Sunday services are at 10:30 a.m.Come and join us as we endeavor to learn and practice God’s loving will.We’d love to welcome you.Reverend George Campbell and the Reverend.John Serjeantson.Info: 450-955-3325 (leave message).SUTTON - DUNHAM UNITED CHURCH PASTORAL CHARGE A warm welcome awaits you at our Sunday worship services led by Rev.Gayle Chouinard in Dunham at the Martins’ home at 9:15 a.m.and in Sutton at Grace Anglican Church (Calvary United’s new home) at 11:30 a.m.Information: 450-295-3251 (Dunham) or 450-538-0530 (Sutton).BEDFORD PASTORAL CHARGE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Gathered round Christ, we are a community that searches out God’s story in daily life.We worship together as follows: First Sunday service in Bedford, second Sunday service in Stanbridge East, third Sunday service in Bedford, fourth Sunday service in Mystic, fifth Sunday service is in Philipsburg.All services are at 10 a.m.For information call 450-248-3044.GRANBY UNITED CHURCH Where God Unites all Children.Be a part of the family.Down-to-earth spirituality.Spiritual development for all ages, at 101 rue Principale, Granby.Please call 450-372-1417 for information and to confirm time of our services.GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, 52 Principale sud, Sutton, welcomes everyone for Sunday services at 10 a.m.All welcome.Canon Tim Smart, rector.Info: 450-538-8108 or visit our website at www.gracechurchsutton.org.CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF BEDFORD We warmly welcome everyone to come and worship with us every Sunday at 10 a.m.and Friday at 7 p.m.We are located at 6 Massicotte, Bedford.Information: Pastor Paul Gibson: 1-514-667-2292 or 450-29&4135.ST.GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 130 Principale, Granby, welcomes everyone for Sunday service at 11 a.m.All welcome.Bienvenue a tous.Canon Wm.Terry Blizzard, rector.Information: 450-372-2197.COWANSVILLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH Cowansville Community Baptist Church meets Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 112 John Street, Cowansville.Everyone is welcome.Search for lost puppy called off A 10-day citizens’ search for a stray three- to four-month-old black Lab puppy, last seen in Knowlton January 23, has ended as the trail has grown cold.The offered reward has expired.Brome Lake citizens can be proud of concern shown by their town hall, the assistance of SPA Des Cantons.^ Joon Rperrja/I 5o/0€/Jcvy.‘ ^ 1 800 567-ACDM Until there's a cure, there’s us. Tuesday, February 4, 2014 page 3 Brome County N A picture says a thousand words Jane Patrick exhibits her photos at the Potton Municipal Library The Scoop Mable Hastings Starting on February 11, the Potton Municipal Library will feature a variety of photos captured by longtime Potton resident Jane Patrick, who now makes her home in Sutton.Jane started taking photo courses in 1991 when her husband, musician Stan Patrick, was very sick and encouraged her to pursue her photography interest as something positive for her to do.He died that year and Jane left the city to move back to the area in 1992 as it was the place where she had always felt most “at home.” She continued working in Montreal and commuted until her retirement in 1997.“1 have a photo of my late husband playing his last concert in May 1991,” shared Jane.“It was an assignment for my first black and white photo course that I took at Dawson and it is very special to me, it will be in my show in February.” Following her retirement, Jane started volunteering at the Potton Learn- ing Centre where she later taught a small photography course.She also worked as a staff photographer for Tempo for a few years.She did a summer day camp photo workshop one year for kids and later a session with the Mis-sisquoi North Youth Centre teens at the Horizon Hotel in Sutton.“I love taking pictures of people,” said Jane, “And, there is always something interesting going on in Mansonville, so many of my photos were testament to an area and group of people that I enjoyed capturing through my lens.” From the festivals, and the Big Brome Fair, to people’s gardens and the beautiful Potton countryside, Jane found many special opportunities to snap shots of the picturesque landscapes and people from the area.With a variety of photos of people from Potton’s past and buildings that are now but a memory, Jane Hamilton’s photo vernissage is sure to stir something inside of those who stop by for a look.Photos are a perfect way to wake up old memories of times gone by and to remember the faces and smiles of people who are no longer with us but who still remain in our hearts.For more information about this exhibit or any of the many others that take place at the Potton Library, call 450-292-3948 or visit the Potton website at www.potton.ca As for Jane Patrick, she’s looking forward to seeing familiar faces and old friends as she shares her creative passion for photography.PHOTO BY MABLE HASTINGS Jane Patrick is doing a photography exhibit at the Potton Municipal Library starting February 11.Please see page 7 for a colour photograph by Jane Patrick, MM ¦ - Space for rent Office, Clinic and/or Retail Beautiful space for rent from 500 to 2,500 sq.ft.Ideally located on main street in the HEART of the village (Path Knowlton).Suitable for any type of business such as: Medical Clinic and/or Alternative Clinic Telecommunications Corporation Any other type of office/retail space Offer to grasp, available now! For more information or to schedule a visit, please do not hesitate to contact Raphael Lallouz Chartered Real Estate Broker 514.804.6682 rl@novahorizons.com VA HORIZONS Agence Immobilière page 4 Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Brome County News Letter Honesty Dear Editor: y * •T+Lere has honesty gone?It is in \/\/great need but nowhere in V V sight.It is never mentioned on TV.And I never read about it.The daily revelations by the Charbonneau Commission show us the trend in which society is going.With corruption, money laundering and deviating public money into private pockets.Is honesty just an inconvenience?People we looked up to for leadership, guidance and direction have become a liability.It is an urgent need to bring back and introduce honesty in public life.We need to emphasize, suggest and apply it in advertising, labeling, marketing, sports and politics a.s.a.p.From the highest administration, the Senate down to the municipal office, honesty should be in the forefront.Greed destroys the financial and moral value of honesty.It is important to introduce to the public, that honesty is a way of life.From kindergarten to university honesty should be introduced as a subject.Is 2014 the year to bring back honesty?Fred Eichenberger West Bolton Faithful still Rev.Gayle Chouinard Minister of the Sutton - Dunham Pastoral Charge Recently the United Church congregations in Sutton and Dunham have had to sell their church buildings.Both congregations are small and decided they no longer had the people nor the funds to maintain their respective buildings.The funds from the sales will help to continue the ministry in both communities.The final service held in the Dunham United Church took place on Jan.5,2014, postponed from Dec.22, due to the weather.The “Christmas after Christmas” service led by the Rev.Gayle Chouinard included the Rev.David Lam-bie, a former minister, special candle lighting readings by Anne Lipowski, with Faith Pickens singing “0 Holy Night," Ben Martin played the saxophone, accompanying Lucie Langlois, our regular organist.The service was “visited” by a bat between the candle of Peace and the candle of Joy, during which there may have PHOTOS BY REV.TIM SMART .• , s mm -.gif!! The service at Calvary United Church held on Jan 26, 2014.Brume County NEWS S-b Victoria St., Knowiton, Quebec, JOE 1 VO Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax:(450)243-5155 Established May 1991 Published weekly by RECORD 1195 Galt E., Sherbrooke.Quebec, JIG 1Y7 fax: (819) 569-3945 E-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com website: www.shepbPookerecord.com Sharon McClilly Publisher .(819) 5696345 Stephen Blake EomoR .(819)5696345 Diana Simpson Secretary.(450) 242-1188 Jesse Bryant Advertising.(450)242-1188 Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.CIRCULATION Distributed to all Record subscribers every Tuesday as an insert, and to households and businesses in Abercom, Bedford, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, Hast Farnham, Foster, Fulford, Knowiton (Brome Lake), Sutton, Bolton Centre, West Brome.The Record was founded on February 7.1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est-.1879) in 4905-and the Sherbrooke Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA The Charter of Values: An Ecumenical Response The Ecumenical Committee of Sutton The Sutton Ecumenical Committee (SEC), which consists of Christians of the Baptist, United, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, has some concerns with the climate of division which the proposed Charter of Values seems to have created in Quebec.The SEC notes that the opposition which appears bears principally on the practical definition of secularism rather than the values themselves.The SEC considers that in a context of multicultur-alism, secularism well understood should guarantee the respect of the values of diverse cultures without favouring one to the detriment of others.The SEC realizes that every religion has its own set of values.and counter values.The committee recognizes the right of various religions to err and also the right to freedom.However, it rejects aggressive proselytism which does not respect the values of others.In particular, the SEC wishes to express serious reservations regarding any text or attitude which aims to promote an imposed uniformity of thought or to develop a rejection of all religions, as long as those religions respect the human rights of their members and the right of others to differ.These rights are already protected by existing legislation.It suffices to have the political will to enforce these laws rather than to create new laws.The SEC considers that joy, love and the pursuit of peace are profoundly Christian values and traditional Quebec values which deserve to be preserved at all costs.The committee invites all believers to pray to God to help the entire Quebec people to find the way to unity by living these values every day and by helping to spread them.To attain this goal, is it really necessary to have another charter?The law written in our hearts is more important than any law passed in Parliament, even in the rare case of unanimity.been a few shrieks until he was persuaded to leave the sanctuary, then the building.After the service there was a reception during which greetings from former parishioners and ministers were shared.The Dunham congregation will continue to meet, as it does, every year from Christmas to Easter in the living room of the Martin farm and is actively seeking a place to hold worship services after Easter.Jan.26, 2014 was the last Sunday that the Sutton congregation met in the Calvary United Church.The congregations from the Dunham United Church and from Grace Anglican Church in Sutton joined the Calvary congregation, as did friends from Knowiton and Cowansville, to mark the occasion.Music was the highlight of the service with past choir members Laura Kerr Barr, Debbie Roy, and Linda Carey joining with Calvary’s own choir, with special musicians from Dunham: Ben Martin and Janna Ketchum Martin.John Salisbury sang several well loved songs as well as one of his own written to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence.” From the first hymn “Praise the Lord” to BCN RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Fridays.A pre-paid fee of $8 is required per publication, or SPECIAL RATE of $14 for 2 insertions: 1 BCN & 1 in Friday Record “What's On” section.Please forward notices to 5-b Victoria St., Knowiton, QC JOE 1V0, email: bcnnews@qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.The Sutton United Church “Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore,” we sang and prayed and gave thanks for many people over the many years who ensured that the Sutton Methodist Church, which in 1925 became Calvary United Church, was a place of welcome in the Sutton community.A luncheon was held after the service where the fellowship and the music continued.The Calvary congregation will begin worshipping from Feb.2, 2014 onward in Grace Anglican Church.The Anglicans and Rev.Tim Smart have been very welcoming and hopefully our sharing of space with a joint coffee time between the two services will bring us even closer as brothers and sisters in Christ. Tuesday, February 4, 2014 page 5 Brome County N Quebec provincial police raise death toll in seniors’ home fire to 28 The Canadian Press o ou ing £^rir uebec provincial police | say they are not ruling out anything — including a^Fiminal cause — in their investigation of a fire at a seniors’ home in L’lsle-Verte.Lt.Guy Lapointe confirmed on Monday that 28 people died when fire roared through the Residence du Havre.Four other people remain missing and are presumed dead.Provincial police said Monday they have ended recovery operations on the site of the disastrous blaze that struck the seniors’ home in the early hours of Jan.23 and plunged the tiny town into grief.For more than a week, police.firefighters and coroner’s office workers have delicately combed through the debris looking for bodies and evidence to help them determine the cause of the fire.“The search for both victims and any elements that might allow us to advance the investigation has been concluded,” Lapointe said, adding that the TD estimates home prices 10 per cent overvalued based on rate expectations The Canadian Press Canadian home prices are likely about 10 per cent overvalued given the expectations for rising interest rates, TD Bank said in a report Monday.However, the bank also noted that the overvaluation in markets like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Otrawa is likely more significant than in others across the country.“These markets will likely feel the pinch from modestly higher interest rates over the next two years more so than others,” TD economist Diana Petramala wrote in the report.She noted that Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa have been flooded with an overhang of inventory of unsold condos.“Home prices have weakened in the second half of 2013 as a result and we expect that softness to persist in 2014,” Petramala said.“Toronto is poised to follow their lead, as the number of new condos scheduled to be completed in 2014 and 2015 is elevated relative to _______ history.” The Canadian housing market and worries about a real estate bubble have been key concerns for policymakers for several years.Recent indicators have suggested the market may be headed for a soft landing instead of a bubble bursting, but concerns have persisted.“Our forecast is consistent with this imbalance unwinding gradually over the next few years through a combination of moderate income growth and a modest home price correction," Petramala wrote.“While 2014 is likely to see stable prices on average, prices are expected to edge down by two per cent in 2015-16 as the over-building challenge increasingly weighs on the market and as borrowing costs grind higher.” The Canadian Real Estate Association reported last month that sales through its multiple listings service totalled 457,893 homes for 2013, up eight-tenths of a per cent from 2012.The national average price for homes sold in December was $389,119, up 10.4 per cent from the end of 2012.Excluding Greater Vancouver and the Toronto region, the year-over-year increase was 4.6 per cent.The TD report noted that overvaluation can be measured in several different ways with vastly different results.“The home price-to-rent ratio points to an overvaluation of 60 per cent.However, this measure is skewed by rent controls.It is difficult to know whether prices are too high, or if its rents that are too low,” TD said.Another indicator, the home price-to-income ratio suggested overvaluation as high as 30 per cent, but TD said that depends on how income is defined and what is included.“Our preferred index of assessing housing overvaluation is affordability — the per cent of income an average household would have to devote to mortgage payments if they purchased an average priced home and took out a conventional CONT’D ON PAGE 9 Aluminium Knowlton R.B.Q.: 8000-4880-10 551 ch.Knowlton, Knowlton JOE 1V0 Tel.: 450.242.1680 www.aluminiumknowlton.com Special Liquidation on PVC Patio Doors investigation is continuing.“Right now what we’re doing is we’re still cross-referencing eyewitness accounts, results (of analysis) of items that may have been seized at the scene.” He said police have not ruled out a criminal act.“It is one of the hypotheses that we’re looking at right now but it’s not the only one,” he said.“We’re going to wait until we get the results of the analysis before we know which direction the investigation will be taking.” Lapointe said police had enlisted the aid of a chemist and an electrician in the examination of the evidence at the scene.He $1100.+ taxes standard installation included would not be specific on what the evidence is for the moment.Genevieve Guilbault, a spokeswoman for the Quebec coroner’s office, said efforts will also continue to identify the remains that have been recovered.She says the provincial crime laboratory, which is separate from the provincial police, will be aiding in the analysis of the remains, which do not always comprise intact bodies.“The number of 28 .is not definitive and the number of victims recovered may increase following the result of expertise that is carried out,” she said.So far 10 people have been identified.ENTREPOSAGE MENAGE HOUSEHOLD STORAGE 58, Principale Nord, Sutton Chauffé, climatisé / Heated, Air Conditioned de 50 pi2 à 175 pi2 de 60$ à 135$ /mois 1 mois, minimum (Taxes en sus) /1 month minimum (Taxes not inciuded) 450-538-0094 rELNPLFIST February 2014 month Aluminium Knowlton R.B.Q,: 8000-4880-10 ’ 551 ch.Knowlton, Knowlton JOE 1V0 Tel.: 450.242.1680 — www.alumjniumknowlton.com page 6 BROME COUNTY NEWS Tuesday, February 4, 2014 1 ' BCN : HEALTH EDITION National Non Smoking Week offers support for butting out for good By Sheryl Ubelacker THE CANADIAN PRESS For smokers who made a New Year’s resolution to butt out for good but somehow saw that Jan.1 deadline come and go, a week in January, — Na- tional Non-Smoking Week and its Weedless Wednesday — offered an encouraging reminder that it’s never too late to quit.Addiction experts and non-smoking advocates are well aware that overcoming the dependency on tobacco is no easy task, especially for long-time smokers.But they say there are numerous aids that increase the odds of making that forever break from cigarettes a reality.Understanding the enemy — and its physical and psychological holds — is the first step towards success, suggests Dr.Peter Selby, chief of the addictions program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto.Not only are smokers addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes, but also to the physical act of smoking.“The action of taking the hand to the mouth has been repeated so many times that it becomes overlearned,” says Selby.“The habit part is so difficult to stop, because that gets triggered at different times of the day, with different cues, like drinking alcohol or having a meal or taking a break.“So the biology interacts with the psychology.And if you’re put in environments where you’re seeing people smoking, having access to cigarettes, that’s why it becomes so hard for the person to stop and stay stopped.” An addiction to any drug, including nicotine, warps a person’s thinking processes, he says.“They feel that they cannot function or survive without that drug." Smokers will often personalize their relationship with cigarettes, considering them like a best friend that has been with them through good times and bad, Selby says.“One of the things we have to help them think about is it’s more like an abusive lover.In the short term, it does great things for them, but in the long term it’s killing them and they have to break up with that relationship,” he says.Unlike using heroin or cocaine, whose downsides are more quickly evident, the adverse health effects from cigarettes are more akin to a slow burn, often CONT’D ON PAGE 9 CENTRE DENTAIRE Caillé & Tremblay Dre Julie Tremblay.D.M.D Dentiste Dre Danielle Caillé, D.M.D Dentiste New Patients are Welcome 485, ch Knowlton Knowlton Qc JOE 1V0 T.450-243-5591 753, rue Principale Cowansville Qc J2K 1J8 T.450-266-2429 F.450-266-1830 CSSS La Pommeraie www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/lapommeraie MONTHLY COLUMN ' Access service for clients without a family doctor Are you looking for a family doctor in the Brome-Missisquoi region?Would you like to look just once and have your name on one waiting list only?As mentioned in our September column, the CSSS La Pommeraie is increasing its services in this regard with the expanded access service for clients without a family doctor The access service was created in March 2009 for clients at risk (people with chronic disease or over 70 years old and pregnant women), to ensure rapid medical care.With the access service’s strong performance, which has distinguished itself in the Montérégie region,, it is now being expanded to sen/e all people without a family doctor who live within the CSSS La Pommeraies territory.1 After several conclusive years, we are now able to receive a higher volume of service requests.The primary goal of the access service is to give clients in our jurisdiction the opportunity to receive priority service from our physicians.This accompaniment service enables people to register on a centralized waiting list for the entire region.According to medical availability in the community, it will provide medical care for registered users.You can register electronically or by mail: 1 - By Internet: The preferred simple and fast method Complete the electronic form available on the CSSS La Pommeraie’s Web site 2- By mail Print the electronic form and mail it to: CSSS La Pommeraie Guichet d’accès pour la clientèle sans médecin de famille (access service for clients without a family doctor) 950 Principale Cowansville.Quebec J2K 1K3 We will acknowledge receipt of your form by e-mail.Eventually, an access nurse or employee of the clinic you will be referred to will call you to make an appointment with a family doctor.Please note.The access service is a privileged way to be connected with a family physician.However, you may also take your own steps to find one.One approach does not exclude the other.All information in your registration foim will be treated confidentially and will become part of your medical file.If your health requires a medical checkup in the short term, please visit a walk-in clinic oi call the Info-Santé health infoimation line at 811 For more information, see the pamphlet for clients without a family doctor, which is available in all medical clinics and your CLSC, or visit our Web site at: www.santemontereqie.qc.ca/lapommeraie ’Municipalities served by the CSSS La Pom morale Abercorn, Bedford Township, Bedford.West Bolton, Brigham, Brome Village, Cowansville, Dunham, East Farnham, Farnham.Frelighsburg, Lac-Brome, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge.Saint-Armand, Saint-lgnace-de-Stanbridge, Pike River, Sainte-Sabine, Stan-bridge-Station, Stanbridge East, Sutton.Saint-Brigide -d’ Iberville.Ange Gardien.LA PERSONNE AU CŒUR DES SERVICES Supporting our community k ¦ mmm http://www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/lapommeraie/services/besoin-medecin.fr.html#.UuFyqtJxxok BROME COUNTY NEWS Tuesday, February 4, 2014 • page 7 Jane Patrick photography Jane Patrick’s photo of a bee on a flower.CLASSIFIEDS WORK! 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For all categories Taxes included | Indudinpscbooi brebis.GET INTO A ’ #% A .iAÀ.- •¦••• f *?THE WINTER VIBE ' C ^3A%// \ ''' , , ,, , ." 1SOC 363-33^2 i mulsheod.com page 8 Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Brome County News Environmental health risks of Alberta oilsands probably underestimated: study : '' -V: > ." .-L, ¦ mmm r - ¦ ¦ ÊÊÊÊê THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-SUNCOR)GE The MacKay River road following the GE-Suncor Dust Suppression Treatment is shown in this undated handout photo.Canada’s largest energy company enlisted the help of General Electric to get its dust problem under control using a glue of sorts to bind the particles together.By John Cotter THE CANADIAN PRESS Anew study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta’s Athabasca region have probably been underestimated.Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done be fore approving some projects did not include evaporation from tailings ponds or other sources, such as dust from mining sites.The , study, by the University of Toronto’s environmental chemistry research group, looked at reported levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) — chemicals which can be released into the air, water and soil when bitumen-rich oilsands are mined and processed.“Our study shows that emissions of PAH estimated in environmental impact assessments conducted to approve developments in the Athabasca oilsands region are likely too low,” reads the study published Monday in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.“The potential therefore exists that estimation of future risk to humans and wildlife because of surface mining in the Athabasca oilsands region has been underestimated.” Professor Frank Wania, one of the study’s authors, said the results highlight the need for improved accounting of PAH emissions from oilsands operations, especially when more projects are being built or planned in the region.Using computer models, researchers studied emissions estimates from environmental reports to predict chemical concentrations from direct oilsands industrial activity such as mining, processing and vehicle traffic.They found the levels were lower than actually measured levels of chemicals in the air recorded in other scientific studies.Researchers then modified the computer model to factor in estimates of evaporation from oilsands tailing ponds.Predicted concentrations were then much closer to the recorded levels.They used a third model using concentrations of PAH levels measured by Environment Canada in the region between November 2010 and February 2011.The results suggest emissions may be two to three times higher than the estimates recorded in project environmental reviews.Wania said some chemicals pose a potential cancer risk, but nothing imminent.The concentrations that have been measured in the air in the oilsands region are comparable to a big city such as Toronto.“It is not that I am raising the red flag here, that we should be very concerned, because we live with these concentrations day in and day out,” he said.“All we are saying is that the basis for the human health risk assessment is flawed.” Environment Canada officials were not immediately available for comment.Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, an environmental policy think-tank, said the study raises questions about tailings ponds and oilsands monitoring.He said industry has never demonstrated that it is able to effectively deal with tailings waste and the government is not enforcing existing cleanup rules.“This study provides further evidence that rules need to be enforced and the growth of tailings waste halted,” he wrote in an email.Dyer said governments and regulators need to take the study’s findings into account when determining if it is appropriate to approve new projects.He also said oilsands monitoring needs to be expanded.Wania said the team’s research was funded by the university.He said Environment Canada is now providing money for more research to follow up on the findings.A report published last year in the same journal found that oilsands development is polluting surrounding lakes in northern Alberta.The federally funded research by some of Canada’s top scientists found levels of toxic hydrocarbons in six lakes between 2 1/2 and 23 times what they were before the mines were built.The paper said while overall toxin levels remain low, trends aren’t good and some lakes are already approaching warning levels.It said the timing of the contamination and its chemical makeup point to industrial sources.TBL budget Cont’d from page 1 process.During question period resident Peter Wnite emphasized the interest and importance of public involvement for the success of such a plan.General directions of the 2014 budget and the next triennial capital expenditure program are reported to include the required sums to complete major projects such as the Blackwood Dam study and restoration as a low-capacity dam and the West-Brome mobile home park’s water and sewer systems repair, for which the town is eligible for a grant of a minimum of 66 per cent of the costs.The town figures are based on a grant of some 70 per cent of $2,800,000 or $1,960,000 for the installation of such a water and sewer system.The Blackwood Dam and Coldbrook Park repairs are now scheduled for 2015, as only the studies and planning for the low-capacity dam restoration will be conducted in 2014.The town announced that this should reduce the cost of the actual restoration to an estimated $1,500,000: It was also announced that the required sums are to be allocated towards the repair and reconstruction of our infrastructures: roads; sidewalks; and the municipal water system.A table of items, based on the 2012 budget and 2014 budget, provides a four-year review of projects in order to compare planned expenditures.Deferred until 2016 is the replacement of the water and sewer system under part of Knowlton Road at a cost of some $3 million while the Lakeside Road section between Victoria and Knowdton Road is scheduled in 2015, for some $600,000.The budget also provides for $2 mil- lion to install the Foster sector sewer system.Other environmental issues are to be addressed to deal with water runoff management, especially in the Douglass Beach and Conference Road areas.A sum of $100,000 is allocated for this work.Mayor Richard Bur-combe stated that the town will work in collaboration with Renaissance Lac-Brome to improve water runoff management strategies.The boil water advisory for TBL continues to be in effect and water sampling still needs to be done to meet the requirements of the Ministry of the environment (MDDEFP) before the ban will be ended.A break in the water main on Bondville Road some two to three weeks ago resulted in a significant drop in the level of the Spring Hill reservoir.However, the Jolibourg well still remains closed as the reservoir was replenishing its volume, once the main break was repaired on the day after the leak was discovered.The budget includes the chlorination equipment and installation at Jolibourg, but this work cannot be conducted until the spring.It is unclear how much longer the boil water advisory will continue.Brome County NEWS Jesse Bryant Advertising Consultant Let our readers know about vour products & services Tel.: 450-242-11ÔÔ Fax: 450-243-5155 email: jbryant@sherbrookerecord.com Brome County News Tuesday, February 4, 2014 page 9 NDP Commons motion to keep vets office open easily defeated by Tory majority By Murray Brewster An opposition motion calling on the Conservative government to keep Veterans Affairs district offices open went down to defeat Monday in the House of Commons, but the fight over the treatment of ex-soldiers appeared far from over.TBL Chamber Cont’d from page 1 fundamental issues inherited by this administration are not dealt with quickly.Bacon refers to the water problem as an example of an impediment to growth of both the population and tax bases.“At least three developers have plans to build a total of more than 100 residences in the Town of Brome Lake but until the water problem is addressed, they are kept waiting.” He also refers to sidewalks as a project that was approved previously but has lost traction.Aside from facilitating circulation and access to shops, sidewalks are a potential pride point for residents.Assuming the new town administration gets on with its priorities, Bacon is confident that the chamber’s plan.The Conservatives used their majority in the House to defeat the New Democrat motion by a margin of 146-117.The motion was introduced in response to the closure last week of eight regional offices, a move that triggered a controversial and often emotional debate fuelled by public concern about a recent series of military suicides.of Commerce which includes a two-pronged program called “Buy Local,” will achieve results.This approach focuses on getting residents to at least first consider buying goods and services locally; and, to encourage business owners to be more assertive in courting new customers.He would also like the chamber and the town to work on tarting up Knowlton Village with such things as quaint signs pointing to shops and businesses.Other possible directions for the chamber include making Knowlton village a cycling hub in the region, among other tourist oriented initiatives.The chamber of commerce under Bacon would like to restore “pride and lustre” to the Town of Brome Lake.Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fan-tino voted against the motion, which also called for additional mental health staff at National Defence and urged the government to complete some 75 outstanding suicide investigations.The vote is unlikely to quell what has been for the Conservatives a bruising public debate about how veterans _ particularly those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — are treated in Canada.Veterans advocate Barry Westholm was so outraged by long-time MP Cheryl Gallant's comments during last week’s debate on the issue that he gave up his membership in the Conservative party.Westholm, a former sergeant major, said he was dismayed when he heard Gallant say that ex-soldiers with post traumatic stress have to overcome the Cont’d from page 5 mortgage,” the report said.“While interest rates are not likely to return to their historical norms, the cur- “stigma within themselves” and seek treatment.A spokesman for Gallant told Westholm the longtime Ontario MP’s remarks were taken out of context by the media, but Westholm said he attended the debate in person and heard the remarks himself.He described Gallant as shirking responsibility for the crisis, saying her words carried “a certain callousness I find alarming.” New Democrat veterans critic Peter Staffer said he was also appalled by what he heard and asked in the Commons on Monday if “the stigma'” was within the Conservatives themselves.Fantino, who faced calls for his resignation last week, said a public-sector union has been mounting a campaign to try to prevent the shutdowns, which went ahead as scheduled on Friday.rent low level of interest rates is also not sustainable.Looking forward, we expect a modest increase in interest rates.” Home prices -v Support for butting out Cont’d from page 6 lulling smokers into a false sense of security.“This one’s like guerilla warfare, it’s embedding in your body.When you have a cigarette you’re getting 4,000 chemicals, you’re getting 60 cancer-causing chemicals, and those things accumulate and they’re slowly working away and causing you harm.” Besides contributing to many health conditions, among them high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, 30 per cent of all cancer deaths in Canada directly result from tobacco use, says John Atkinson, director of tobacco control and cancer prevention at the Canadian Cancer Society’s Ontario division.Smoking is behind 80 per cent of lung cancer deaths.“It still remains the No.1 preventable cause of disease and death,” says Atkinson.“We know the No.1 thing an individual can do to lower their risk of cancer is quit smoking.” At a CAMH clinic that tries to help smokers butt out for good, participants are advised to come up with a comprehensive plan that includes a firm quit date, tips on getting through the physical and psychological aspects of dependency, and counselling on the pitfalls to avoid and what to do if one slips and lights up.“So we talk about the things you need to pay attention to, like environment — where you’re working, living, playing — that could be modified so you’re not triggered to smoke,” said Selby.“Make sure you pick your date right and you optimize it.Get a plan.If you get a craving, ask ‘What can I do.What do I have on hand,”’ he says, pointing to rescue medications like nicotine gum, spray or lozenges.Indeed, CAMH experts believe combining such over-the-counter products as the patch or oral nicotine replacements with either the prescription medication Zyban or Champix offers the best chance for successfully crushing the cigarette habit.“Generally, quitting is a process and not an event,” says Selby, noting that this double-barrelled approach has been shown to roughly double or triple the odds of succeeding over the long term.“Current research suggests combining two forms of treatment works better than either one alone.” While some smokers can quit cold turkey, using willpower alone, that strategy can wear thin for many people, says Selby, advising them to seek support through self-help booklets, calling a quit line, seeing a health practitioner or getting into a specialist clinic.“All of those things should be brought in because you’re learning to undo something that has been so ingrained in your brain.It’s not a miracle; you need to work at it to make it happen.” Atkinson says the Canadian Cancer Society offers a printed self-help guide to quitting and a national toll-free smokers helpline — 1-877-513-5333 — that serves most of Canada, providing “quit coaches” to help callers trying to butt out for good.B.C., Alberta, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador have separate quit lines.There is also the society’s online program — www.smokershelpline.ca — that offers advice, quit coaches and an online community where smokers in the process of quashing their addic- tion can connect.“There is no magic bullet, unfortunately, for quitting smoking,” agrees Atkinson.“It does still take, on average, five to seven times for people to be successful in quitting.” For those who have quit for six months, research shows there is a five per cent risk of starting to smoke again, and after a year of being tobacco-free, the chances of starting to light up again are another five per cent — usually because of stress, says Selby.“The problem is most people end up relapsing within the first three weeks of making that quit attempt and they give up 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