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[" Local economy looking up: Conference Board ¦ THE» RECORD Page 3 The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 TOP SOIL FOR LAWN/GARDEN 14 yard3 Local delivery.$240.Home: 819-562-0803 (leave message) 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Thursday, July 23, 2015 CP Rail to seek leave to appeal ruling tied to Lac Megantic settlement fund By Giuseppe Valiante The Canadian Press Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.has filed for permission to appeal a judge\u2019s ruling in relation to the $430-million settlement fund for victims and creditors of the Lac-Megantic train derailment, according to court documents.And Jeff Orenstein, a lawyer for victims of the deadly 2013 train disaster, said he has been notified by counsel for Canadian Pacific to expect a second appeal.Permission to appeal must be granted by a judge, but if CP is successful the distribution of the millions in the fund could be suspended by at least several months.Earlier this month, Quebec Superior Court Justice Gaétan Dumas approved the $430-million settlement package offered to victims and creditors by companies accused of responsibility in the derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown Lac-Megantic, Que.CP is the only company out of roughly 25 accused in the tragedy to not participate in the offer.It maintains it bears no responsibility in the disaster.The settlement offer is tied to the bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and Canada of Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd.(MMA), the now-insolvent railroad company that owned and operated the train that derailed.In approving the fund, Dumas rejected three CP motions: one seeking access to privileged documents; another to have the fund cancelled; and a third to have the proceedings moved to Federal Court.Cont\u2019d on Page 5 The monks are coming again! Buddhists to visit Stanstead V \t\t\t \tM\t\t MATTHEW MCCULLY Gérard Bolduc of Stanstead is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the monks on August 7-9 for a weekend of peaceful meditation.By Matthew McCully The Border Report Stanstead For the second time in six years, Stanstead will welcome a group of Buddhist monks to town.Over the weekend of August 7-9, the monks will work on a mandala made in meticulous detail with coloured grains of sand.They will also perform a concert of chant, and offer workshops.Gérard Bolduc, of Stanstead, will host the monks.\u201cMeditation is the greatest gift you can give yourself,\u201d Bolduc said, anxious for the monks to return to Stanstead.Bolduc has been practicing medita- tion himself for over 30 years and works as a massage and reiki therapist in the area.He explained that it was in 1996, while a group of women from Quebec City was on a retreat in India, that Lama Samten was first invited to come for a visit and share his teachings in Quebec.He accepted the invitation.\u201cThe first place he went was Abitibi,\u201d Bolduc said.\u201cAll those big black flies, I\u2019m sure it was very hard to meditate outside,\u201d he laughed.Lama Samten eventually started a small temple in the home of a follower in Cap Rouge, where his following continued to grow.A Stanstead resident began inviting monks from Quebec City for private visits.For four or five years, Bolduc said the monks came discretely, offering workshops and meditation exercises to small groups.In 2009, Bolduc and other members of the community worked together to set up a formal event.The monks led meditations daily, performed a concert of chant and worked on a mandala over the weekend.The event was more popular than organizers had imagined, according to Bolduc.He expects this year\u2019s event to have a similar turnout.Cont\u2019d on Page 7 -\t\"THE »\t- RECORD The Record online is new and improved It is more up to date and compatible with the new modern devices To subscribe, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com, click on e-dition and follow the simple instructions.For information or assistance call 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com SPECIAL OFFER for Record print subscribers: Receive a full year\u2019s subscription to the online edition for only $5 with every new 12 month print subscription or renewal.Contact the office directly to take advantage of this offer. Page 2 Thursday, July 23, 2015 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record The Record e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.Access the full edition of The Sherbrooke Record as well as special editions and archives.Renew or take a new 12-month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $82.21.Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) 1 year print: $155.91 6 month print: $81.85 3 month print: $41.57 12 month web only: $82.21 1 month web only: $7.46 Web subscribers have access to the daily Record as well as archives and special editions.Subscribing is as easy as 1,2,3; go to: www.sherbrookerecord.com Click e-edition.Complete form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather TODAY: AFTERNOON THUNDER HIGH 20 SUNRISE: 5:21 SUNSET: 8:26 FRIDAY: 70% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 20 LOW 11 SATURDAY: MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD HIGH 24 LOW 14 / l.J|\t\t ÔL\tUt\t \t\t\\ Ô 7\tÜA-\tj SUNDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN HIGH 22 LOW 14 MONDAY: 60% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 26 LOW 14 I\u2019d sooner not be a consumer Ross Murray When it comes to consumerism, my wife and I are outliers.What\u2019s a consumer outlier?Someone who would rather leave an old bunk bed out lying by the curb labelled \u201cTake Me\u201d than try to make a couple of bucks selling it.Or say I\u2019m at a store and there\u2019s a sale on shorts.I\u2019ll say to myself, \u201cBut I already own a pair of shorts.\u201d Later, I\u2019ll come across a photo and realize I was wearing those same shorts 10 years ago, and I\u2019ll think to myself, \u201cClassic!\u201d When I do buy things, I never haggle.I waggle, straggle, finagle and gargle; at breakfast I bagel, but I rarely haggle.Whatever\u2019s on the sticker, I pay or walk away.Pay or walk away, that\u2019s my motto.Actually, my motto is \u201cI Used To Be Fun,\u201d but the other thing works too.I know people who can negotiate bargains like they\u2019re in a diplomatic corps specializing in cheap hotel rooms.There are people who live to make retailers sweat, who capitalize on human error and who will work the system until it begs for mercy.Deb and I, on the other hand, walk into a car dealership, point and say, \u201cWe\u2019ll take that one.\u201d But we\u2019re not pushovers.We won\u2019t be taken advantage of, and if there\u2019s an error, we\u2019ll mention it.That goes both ways.\u201cExcuse me,\u201d my wife said to a waitress recently.\u201cYou forgot to charge us for the small pizza.\u201d Most people, if they saw an error in their favour, would say, \u201cRun!\u201d What it comes down to is a general distaste for the buyer-seller relationship.It\u2019s a realization that the retailer and its representatives \u2014 the clerks and cashiers \u2014 don\u2019t really like you.The reason it\u2019s called \u201ccustomer service\u201d instead of simply \u201cservice\u201d is because it\u2019s a qualified kind of good will, something they\u2019re obliged to offer you in exchange for getting you to part with your cash.My preference is to limit this awkward inter-impersonal transaction so that I can do us both a favour and get out of their lives as quickly as possible.Which brings me to birthday shopping.Last weekend, I bought an apple tree for my wife.I went to the nearest garden centre, pointed and said, \u201cI\u2019ll take that one.\u201d But you can\u2019t wrap a tree, so I decided to pick up a few small items to put in a gift bag, and the simplest way to do this was to go to Walmart.Walmart: I don't want to talk about it.It\u2019s too depressing.Instead, let\u2019s talk about the aisle display of travel-size toiletries, because nothing says \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d like hand-sanitizer.And, of course, an apple tree.The display announced that everything was $2.00.I grabbed a bottle of hand lotion so my wife\u2019s hands will be nice and soft for those luxurious back rubs she'll surely give me someday.After I paid, though, I looked at my receipt to discover that the cashier had charged me $4.28 instead of $2.00.I stood there in Walmart limbo.I could go back to the cashier and point out her mistake.Some people would revel in the blood sport of making a cashier cry.But I'd have to get back in line, and the young woman had given me a friendly smile - and at my age, retail smiles from young women are the only ones I can count on.The other option was the Customer Service counter.It was right in front of me.Two women were manning the station.One was dealing with a customer, grudgingly it seemed.The other was channelling her aggressions through a stapler and refusing to make eye contact.That was when I asked myself: is it worth it?As much as I could use $2.28 to buy other things - a travel rain poncho, for instance - is it worth it to explain to a frazzled employee who has probably been yelled at by three out of five customers, and who (you\u2019ll recall) doesn\u2019t even like me, that I was overcharged?The sighing, the transacting, the violent stapling.when instead I could be out of this horrible, soul-sucking store in less than 15 seconds and driving away - just me and my apple tree.Besides, surely my wife deserves $4.28 hand cream.\u201cFraggle it,\u201d I muttered under my breath, or words to that effect, and left, having spent $2.28 too much.And that\u2019s why I\u2019ll never be rich.News from America Bison tosses woman posing for selfie at Yellowstone National Park The Associated Press Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.Yellowstone National Park officials are warning tourists to keep their distance from bison after one flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast.The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in between tourists and buffalo at the park this year.Park officials say the 43-year-old Mississippi woman turned her back on the animal Tuesday evening to get a photo with it on a trail near Old Faithful.She and her daughter were about 5.5 metres away when it came at them and tossed her with its head.The woman\u2019s family drove her to a nearby clinic where she was treated and released.Yellowstone prohibits people from getting within 23 metres of bison.PHOTO AT RIGHT BY EMILY SPARTZ WEERHEIM/ THE ARGUS LEADER VIA AP Bisons, like this one shown in an April 30, 2013 file photo from Minnesota, are increasingly becoming the first line of defence against selfies in Yellowstone National Park.There have been five tourist-buffalo encounters this year at the park.These have gener-ally not ended well for the tourists involved.Ben by Daniel Shelton THIS IS TERRIS/OUR GARPEN CLUB HAS STRICT GUI PEU NES AGAINST USINC [CHEMICALS IN OIJR -A PICTURE LIKE THIS WILL MAKE PEOPLE THINK X USETHEM-NO ONE WILL VOTE FORME FORCLOS FRESIPENT' EUT 'rOU ONLYPICKEP UP THAT BOTTLE BT ACClPENT-SURElYTOU \\G4N EXPLAIN' , THETRUTH poesnt MATTER ClfONLY MATTERS WHAT PEOPLE &EUEYE' X BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE- THINK The Record newsr oom@sherbrooker ecor d.com Thursday, July 23, 2015 Page 3 \u201cThere are some interesting things happening in Sherbrooke\u201d Sherbrooke economy looking up for 2015-16, according to Conference Board By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke The Conference Board of Canada released its economic forecast for Canada\u2019s medium sized metropolitan areas on Wednesday predicting, among other things, \u201cmodest improvement\u201d in the province of Quebec.More specifically, the report suggests that there will be positive growth in Sherbrooke thanks to the city\u2019s manufacturing and information and computer technology (ICT) sectors.\u201cThere are some interesting things happening in Sherbrooke,\u201d said Pedro Antunes, the Board\u2019s executive director of economic outlooks and analysis and deputy chief economist.\u201cWe think there\u2019s a fair bit of potential there.\u201d Antunes explained that the lower Canadian dollar and increased stability and development in the United States is regenerating demand from south of the border that has been absent for some time.That demand, particularly in the area of construction materials, will have a positive impact on the manufacturing exports that make up a significant component of Sherbrooke\u2019s marketplace.This comes as a relief, he added, to local economy that has been propped up by the domestic market in recent years.According to the report, Sherbrooke gained 4,650 jobs last year.Though that result is seen as exceptional, it goes on to predict the creation of another 720 in 2015.Antunes also complimented the work being done at the University of Sherbrooke to monetize and commercialize their high-tech research, pointing out that ICT and related fields continue to be a successful economic engine in the region.The area, he said, is likely to see positive results in the professional, sciences and technology sectors in general.As compared to other metropolitan areas, Antunes said that Sherbrooke falls roughly in the middle of the pack, but went on to say that based on current forecasts it would not be a surprise to see the city rise to third place in the next three to four years.Though the outlook for Sherbrooke was generally positive, Antunes warned that the city is not without storms to weather in the coming year.The budget balancing efforts of the provincial government, he said, will have a negative impact on the universities and CEGEPs that drive a large part of the city\u2019s economy.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very tight,\u201d Antunes said, speaking of the provincial government\u2019s decision to limit growth in education spending to 0.2 per cent in 2015-16.Record Staff Sherbrooke T|he Quebec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change us asking the public to do more to protect the region\u2019s bodies of water by focusing on best practices to counter the proliferation of blue-green algae, an ever present problem.Between 2007 and 2014, the Fight presence of blue-green algae blooms has been verified in 38 bodies of water in the Estrie administrative region.The major lakes affected are Lake Lovering (Magog, Stanstead), Lake Magog (Magog, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Sherbrooke), Lake Mas-sawippi (Ayer\u2019s Cliff, Hatley, North Hatley, Sainte-Catherine-de Hatley), Lake Memphrema-gog (Austin, Magog, Ogden, Pot-ton, St-Benoit-du-Lac, Stanstead) and the Petit Lac Saint-François ng blue-green (Saint-François-Xavier-de- Brompton).Depending on the lake and the year, these blooms of blue-green algae have varied in intensity, with some only affecting a specific area while others have spread throughout the lake.Depending on circumstances, blooming episodes lasted from a few hours to several days.Each year, new waterways are affected.These findings have con- algae vinced the Ministry that it is essential to act preventively and that to fight the appearance of blooms or to minimize their importance we must reduce phosphorus inputs into our lakes and rivers.To do this, the Ministry suggests planting trees or shrubs in \u2018buffer strips\u2019 near shorelines as plants retain phosphorus; and to use soaps and cleaning products without phosphates; Water side residents should also ensure that septic systems comply with environmental regulations and that they are maintained regularly.Obsolete systems should be replaced.It is also strongly recommended to avoid using chemical fertilizers or compost that contains phosphorus, especially on lawns near bodies of water.For more information on ways to help protect water bodies, visit the www.nosplans-deau.com website.Loonie at lowest point in more than a decade as oil and gold under pressure The Canadian Press Toronto The\tCanadian dollar dropped to levels Wednesday not seen in more than a decade as the price of oil and gold both came under pressure.The loonie was down 0.53 of a cent to 76.70 cents US.That\u2019s the lowest level since Sept.1, 2004.The dollar has been on a downward slide since last sum- mer, when the price of oil started to weaken.Oil prices dropped below the US$50 mark in trading Wednesday, settling at US$49.19, while gold lost US$12 to fall to $1,091.50 an ounce.Compounding the loonie weakness was a decision by the Bank of Canada to cut its key interest rate last week.The central bank\u2019s overnight rate target stands at 0.5 per cent.CANADIAN PRESS/JONATHAN HAYWARD Do you see this dollar?It used to be worth more than $1 US, but now it has fallen to 76.70 cents, its lowest level in 10 years.Follow The Sherbrooke Record on Facebook and Twitter! | sherbrookerecord Q ® recordnewspaper Local film production looking for extras Record Staff Sherbrooke Casting Quarters, in collaboration with the Sherbrooke film and television bureau, is casting paid positions for a American television series produced by ABC/Disney that will be shot in Sherbrooke this fall.The producers are looking for extras that have flexible schedules and are available for the duration of the filming, which will take place from July to December 2015.Extras must meet one of the following two profiles: 1: Men 5-9 to 6-2 or women 5-5 to 5-9, aged 23-35 in excellent physical condition (athletes are welcome) for the positions of FBI agents in training, trainers and analysts.2: Men or women aged 35-50 to be bystanders, spectators,\tpolice\tand business-people Those who are interested must go to the the Sherbrooke Exhibition Centre (1600 Plateau Saint-Joseph Boulevard) today from 4 to 8 p.m.Brome-Missisquoi waste sorting campaign underway Record Staff Sherbrooke The\tBrome-Missisquoi \u201cWhat to put in your recycling bin?\u201d public awareness campaign is now in progress with nearly 30,000 envelopes mailed to homes throughout the regional county municipality.The initiative aims to improve the sorting of recyclables in the 21 municipalities of the RCM, because too much garbage is still being sent to landfills.The envelopes contain a cover letter, a sticker and a checklist \u2014 tools that will help improve sorting in order to properly use the recycling bin.The sticker should be placed on the lid of the recycling bin and the checklist serves as a reminder inside of the house.\u201cCitizens have an essential role to play in the success of sorting materials put into their recycling bins,\u201d said Brome-Missisquoi environment co-ordinator Valérie Nantais-Martin.\u201cThrough better sorting, collection and recycling will be more efficient and profitable.\u201d In Quebec, the 2010 waste recovery rate was about 65 per cent.Government targets for recyclable materials is 70 per cent for 2015 requiring an extra effort get there by the end of the year, press release from the RCM said.Michel Puval Advertising Consultant Sf Serving the entire Eastern Townships with three publications RECORD Townships Outlet Brome County One number 819 569-9525 mduval@sherbrookerecord.com Page 4 Thursday, July 23, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Foundations for Farming Canada Three Sisters: By Mary Hill T.f.nnoxvtt.t.f.I have been reading a great deal about gardening in North America, and I am intrigued by the Three Sisters, being one of three sisters myself.I am the youngest, with two wonderful, talented and loving older sisters, besides a beloved brother.But the three sisters to which I refer are, in fact, three vegetables, which were staples of many First Nations\u2019 diets, before plow animals and large scale farming came with the European wave.They were winter squash, climbing beans and maize (corn), and modern science has confirmed what the native North Americans could have told us, namely that they make up a complete and balanced diet.At Foundations for Farming, all three of these crops are grown, each in their beds or rows, with great results.The First Nations used a method of companion planting, using unique features of all three to complement the others.Maize was planted first in a mound, and allowed to grow to a certain height before the other two were planted at the base.The maize provided a structure for the beans to climb, the beans provided nitrogen for the soil, and the squash spread at the base, its big leaves creating a micro-climate which trapped moisture, and deterred weeds, like living mulch.I absolutely love this little allegory of how we are all to live in a society.St.Paul used a fair bit of ink in the Bible emphasizing that all people are differ- I am Squash ent and unique, made so by God, and each person has a different gift or strength to contribute to the whole.It is an error to elevate a gift such as strength or intelligence above a gift such as, say, hospitality, or mercy, or administration, because all are necessary for the smooth running of a community.He uses a body analogy, saying that all parts of the human body are necessary for the whole to run.The noble heart is all very well and good, but the strongest heart in the world won\u2019t be of much use if the humble kidney decides to pack it in.We need our brain, but we also need our lymphatics, a system which I bet you have not even thought about for a week or more.Likewise, we are to value and celebrate the unique gifts of every person, and we will thrive as a community as a result.Our modern tendency toward individuality and self-reliance is actually quite a toxic philosophy, and not at all biblical.Of course being one of three sisters, I cannot resist taking the analogy further.I think that my next oldest sister, Jean, is maize.She is tall and straight, very strong, with a glorious tassel of red hair on top.Kathleen, the artist, is definitely the climbing bean, fresh and green and crisp, sending out curious tendrils to sample the world.Just as I suspected, I am squash: a prickly sprawl, prone to fatten up and harden when mature.Happily, I overwinter well.Editor\u2019s Note: this article was scheduled to appear in yesterday\u2019s Record, however it was omitted due to an error in the editing process.Gwen Barry follows her roots: Townships expat spent two decades tracing local heritage By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke Sherbrooke-born Gwen Rawlings Barry has a particular interest in history and genealogy.While taking a look into one\u2019s ancestry is a habit and a hobby that some enjoy or dabble in on occasion, the 73-year-old resident of Lower Sackville, N.S., has devoted the last 20 years of her life to the writing of 14 different history books inspired by the history of Megantic County in the Eastern Townships.\u201cMy mother came from Inverness Township, Megantic County, and she, like everyone else up there, liked to tell stories,\u201d Barry said, \u201csome of the stories I thought outlandish and not possible, so I went looking and found out that she didn\u2019t tell me half of the stories.\u201d Though many can tell stories their parents or grandparents shared about walking to school uphill both ways in bare feet, Barry said that looking into the matter for her first book in 1979, she found that because of the geography, her mother Dorothy Marshall did exactly that.Inspired by the history behind what she had previously seen as her mother\u2019s silly stories, Barry caught the genealogy bug.\u201cMy first book was in 1979 when I was still working for the Canadian Weather Service,\u201d the Sackville native recalled.\u201cThen I just focused on my family and my career.By the time I retired in 1996 I had so many books in my head that I didn\u2019t have time to go to work.\u201d Between 1996 and 2012, Barry wrote 13 texts that branch out from her initial interest in the six families she is related to from Megantic County, to the history of migration into, within, and out of Ireland from the year 1169 to 1850.\u201cWhen I retired in 1996,1 went back to university and took courses in history and how to write history to give myself a grounding in that field,\u201d Barry explained, stating that while she was originally just interested in the Marshall, b».COURTESY Gwen Barry has written 14 different books about historical Megantic County in the Eastern Townships.Hogg, Davidson, Aldrich, Little and Henderson families, her interests have broadened significantly and taken her all across the globe.\u201cI followed one branch of my own family, the Hendersons, from 1847 when they first went west and played their fiddle on the pacific ocean, bought up big tracts of land in Iowa, and then gave mortgages to the rest of the family in Mégantic county to go west when the first trains went through,\u201d the historian said.\u201cThere were more people on that one train out of Mégantic County than there were on the Mayflower.\u201d Eventually Barry created a website, www.booksbygwen.ca, from which she sells her books and also hosts a genealogical database for all of the family information she has collected over the decades of research.The author said that since setting up the site she has gotten book orders and contact requests from Megantic descendants all over the world, from Alaska to Australia.\u201cMost of those families have moved out of Inverness,\u201d said Megantic County Historical Society President Sheila Allan, \u201cbut we enjoy her histories because of the time she has taken to find out all these things.\u201d Allan said that the historical society has been given copies of several of Barry\u2019s books and considers them to be great resources for the local community, even if many of those it relates to most directly have either moved away or died.\u201cEvery year for about 10 or 15 years I went to the 12th of July picnic in Inverness.\u201d Barry said \u201cI set up a stall and sold my books there and gave a percentage of the proceeds to the lodge in Mégantic which helped to defray the cost of the picnic.\u201d Though still passionate about history, Barry said that she has stepped back from her writing and from curating the genealogical database in the last few years as interest in the project seems to have decreased.\u201cThe generation that was interested in genealogy, the older clan, have either got the book or they\u2019re dead,\u201d Barry said, \u201cThat or they didn\u2019t want it.\u201d Barry is now preparing to hand her work and website over to her daughter.Glaucoma Eyedrops Interrupting Your Daily Life?Do you feel like your eyedrops disrupt your routine?Participate in a study to advance research in dropless therapy.Do you have glaucoma or high eye pressure in both eyes and: \u2022\tAre at least 18 years old?\u2022\tHave not had surgery for glaucoma?If so, you may be eligible for ARTEMIS, a research study of a current glaucoma therapy being studied in an investigational dropless way.All participants in the study will receive active treatment in both eyes and be closely monitored by study doctors.Study-related medication, eye exams, and care for your high eye pressure will be provided at no cost to you.Plus, you may receive additional compensation.Your participation in the ARTEMIS study could help advance the future of research in dropless glaucoma therapy.Call 1-877-647-1899 or visit www.EyeCareStudy.com to see if you qualify.ARTEMIS Effective October 22, 2014 142705 The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, July 23, 2015 Page 5 Big Internet providers must open fibre networks to competitors; CRTC By Terry Pedwell The Canadian Press Gatineau, Que.Canada\u2019s small Internet service providers are promising \u201cfaster speeds, better service, affordable pricing\u201d following a decision by the country\u2019s communications regulator that will force the big telecom firms to open their fibre optic networks to competitors.The new requirement, announced Wednesday by the Canadian Radio-tele-vision and Telecommunications Commission, will give independent ISPs access to much higher speed networks.The move should also foster greater competition in the broadband Internet market, the CRTC said in releasing the decision.\u201cLarge incumbent companies will now have to make their fibre facilities available to their competitors,\u201d the regulator said in a statement.\u201cThis measure will ensure that Canadians have more choice for high-speed Internet services.\u201d The big telecom companies, including Bell, Rogers, Telus and Shaw, have so far made fibre optic services available to about three million homes across the country.But they have limited smaller ISPs to access of their slower networks, through cable or copper wire connections.During hearings into Canada\u2019s wholesale wireline services conducted last fall, the big players warned that allowing competitors access to their fibre optic networks would deter investments in equipment needed to deliver better service and faster speeds to Canadian homes and businesses.But smaller ISPs dismissed the warn- CPR Cont\u2019d from Page 1 Court documents recently filed by CP state the company is asking the court for permission to appeal the ruling barring it access to details of the fund.Orenstein says CP wants to know the exact amount each company is offering victims.Moreover, CP has signalled it intends to file a second appeal within several days on one of the two other motions rejected by Dumas, Orenstein said.\u201c(CP) has not said which (other) motion they will appeal,\u201d he told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.\u201cIf I had to guess (I\u2019d say) they are definitely contesting the one about the approval (of the fund).\u201d CP\u2019s appeal request states the judge\u2019s decision to seal the details of the settlement fund are \u201cinappropriate and unjustified\u201d and not founded in law.Company spokesman Martin Cej wouldn\u2019t comment on Orenstein\u2019s claim that CP lawyers are planning on filing a second appeal.\u201cWe have not filed a motion to appeal on any of the other judgments,\u201d Cej said in an email.All sides are expected to appear in Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal on Sept.9 to hear CP\u2019s motions.ing, accusing the big players of shutting them out of fibre networks in order to protect their market share.The new rules \u201cwill have a profoundly positive impact on Canadian consumers, competition, and competitors,\u201d said William Sandiford, president of the Canadian Network Operators Consortium, which represents 37 telecommunications services providers across the country.The CRTC is also moving to a so-called disaggregated model of providing high speed access, which will require smaller ISPs to invest in equipment to access networks in different locations.\u201cWe also are telling those competitors that they\u2019re going to have to invest in the transport infrastructure,\u201d said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais.\u201cBecause the commission wants to encourage facilities-based competition.\u201d Officials say those investments could actually reduce costs for independent ISPs, which currently access the larger networks through trunk locations.The changes are to be phased in, starting in Ontario and Quebec.There are more than 500 independent ISPs operating in Canada, under names including Distributel, Telcsawy and Primus.Currently, the big telcos are mandated to offer competitors access to their networks on an \u201caggregated\u201d basis, which gives them access through just one location in each province.Moving to disaggregated means independent ISPs can access broadband networks locally, through multiple interfaces, and will have the option of building their own provincial networks, or paying to piggyback on other providers.Small players can then branch out and provide other services, such as home phone services, rather than only Internet.The CRTC is predicting that will lead to more stability within the independent ISP marketplace.One of the bigger independent ISPs, Distributel Communications, lauded the decision.\u201cFibre infrastructure is essential because it accommodates the anticipated bandwidth needs of Canadian telecom consumers of the future,\u201d said company CEO Matt Stein.\u201cFor independents to offer viable, al- ternative choices to Canadians, they too must have access to that telecom infrastructure.\u201d Distributel has already branched out beyond providing Internet service, to TV, home phone and long distance services in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.The CRTC said it is also maintaining the regulation of pricing for network access, which allows the big firms to recover the cost of providing network access, and to charge a markup that has typically ranged from 30 to 40 per cent, depending on the provider.The markup for access to fibre optic networks is expected to be determined by late next year.INTERNET THE CANADIAN PRESS/ADRIAN WYLD Lights are illuminated on a modem in Chelsea, Que., on July 11, 2011.Canada's communications regulator is forcing the country's big Internet service providers to offer competitors access to their fibre optic networks.Fondation duCHIJS Thanks to your donations Camera for Checking Medication Since the CHUS pharmacy processes nearly a million prescriptions annually, all means for accelerating and improving the process are important.The medication validation camera installed in the oncology pharmacy enabled this team to make such gains.The pharmacy technicians at the 7th-floor pharmacy prepare the treatments prescribed by physicians.Once the medication has been injected into the infusion bag, the preparation is captured on camera.The picture is automatically routed by e-mail, so that the pharmacist can quickly verify the information and the bag contents without having to be constantly on the move.The technology is a winning solution for everyone.Patients get their individual treatments more rapidly and all members of the pharmacy staff can respond to requests faster while improving the safety of the entire process.hospital CHUS Fleurimont department Pharmaceutical Care investment $ 15,000 Pharmacist Geneviève Langlois verifies the medication and doses prepared by a pharmacy technician before the treatment is sent to the care unit and administered to a patient.www.fondationchus.org Page 6 Thursday, July 23, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \t\t J-\tEditorial\tAnd what about the Triathlon?.I\u2019m never sure if the participants should be lauded for their efforts or committed until they regain their sanity.Pan Am fever: vaulting into greatness?Tim Belford I\u2019ve been watching quite a bit of the Pan Am Games recently.A lot of the events don\u2019t really interest me, for instance the floor gymnastics with all the ribbons and the balls, but it is fun just to see the look of determination and the glow of victory on so many young faces.Athletics has come a long way since the last time I hit the track.Even the names of the events are no longer the same, that is if the event is still being contested.How many of you remember the Standing Broad Jump?Even apart from the snickering of every 16-year-old boy when the event was announced, looking back it seems a pretty lame contest.When the Standing Broad Jump thankfully disappeared, having a second event called the Running Broad Jump -again the tittering - seemed silly.It was duly renamed the Long Jump.Same event but no adolescent laughter.Another event that has gone through the name change mill is the Triple Jump.Originally called the Hop, Skip and Jump it became the Hop, Step and Jump before ending up with its present designation.And the name isn\u2019t the only thing that has changed.Today\u2019s athlete\u2019s \u201chop\u201d is about as far as my hop, skip, step, jump and collapse in the pit were, combined.There are so many new events as well.Beach Volleyball, a faster, sexier version of the original, seems to have an ever increasing fan base, although I think it would be a little more true to itself if the athletes were required to drink a beer after every 10 points.And what about the Triathlon?Watching this event I\u2019m never sure if the participants should be lauded for their efforts or committed until they regain their sanity.Records in every event come and go with a regularity that defies logic.Just when we think no human being can run one hundred metres any faster along comes someone like Usain Bolt.Swimmers have benefited from everything from shaving body hair to modern synthetic outfits in an ongoing effort to become faster in the pool.Surely the next step can only be the development of artificial fins.The longest lasting record in track and field is that of the High Jump set by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba.It was back in 1993 that Sotomayor soared an incredible 8 feet % inch (2.45 metres).In track and field years, 1993 is akin to the Paleolithic age.When they started keeping records back in 1912 the winning mark was 6 feet 7 inches (2 metres).It took 81 years to move the bar up 17 K inches (45 centimetres) and it\u2019s been stalled there for 22 years.That particular figure of 8 feet % inch is of special interest for me.As a young man who wasn\u2019t all that fast over 100 yards and who demonstrated little aptitude for running anything farther, my options were limited.Swimming was merely staying alive in the water and pommel horses and high bars looked far too difficult.In what was, I thought at the time, a brilliant decision, I chose the Pole Vault.What could be simpler.A short run not requiring excessive speed, a sturdy pole and a bit of upper body strength.I would like to say it all worked out but even I can\u2019t put a rosy view on what happened.On television it\u2019s hard to make out but directly in front of the landing pit -\tiTHEw RECORD 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIG 1Y7 Fax: 819-821-3179 e-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Website : www.sherbrookerecord.com Sharon McCully Publisher .John Edwards News Editor .Stephen Blake Corresp.Editor Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman (819) 569-9511 .(819) 569-6345 .(819) 569-6345 (819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .Advertising Circulation Newsroom .(819) 569-9511 .(819) 569-9525 .(819) 569-9528 .(819) 569-6345 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place the end of the pole.This keeps the pole from sliding out of position and stops its forward progress.In my case, however, there was a snag.Unnoticed by the officials or myself the front lip of the metal box had been bent upward.The result was that as I thundered down the runway for my second vault and attempted to slide my pole into the box it caught the lip.This brought the pole and the vaulter\u2019s run to a sudden stop.My body, however, surged forward as my hands slid down the pole and my knees buckled.The result was a rather unsightly gash along my shin from ankle to knee, profuse quantities of blood and an end to my career.I did, however, finish in second place being one of only two contestants to make the qualify height - 8 feet.One-half inch short of Sotomayor\u2019s High Jump record.Picture of the Day MATT STAMEY/THE GAINESVILLE SUN VIA AP