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[" Sherbrooke Pride Festival on Saturday Page 3 »THE»\t- RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Football Gaiters getting ready for 2015 Sports - Page 7 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Local theatre company to light up the night in September By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke The Theatre des Petites Lanternes, a Sherbrooke-based theatre company known around the world for its work on the community-inspired, collectively-written Great Harvest of Words projects, is planning a bold new project that is looking to take the storytelling skills of its creators from the stage to the great outdoors.This coming September, the company will be presenting an outdoor theatre project called, River of Lights, at the Rendez-vous d\u2019Howard festival in Sherbrooke\u2019s Old North Ward.\u201cUltimately what we want to do is create a new modern-day fairy tale for Sherbrooke.\u201d explained Kristelle Holliday, executive director of the theatre company, \u201cThat\u2019s the long-term vision, this year and working with a premade play because they didn\u2019t get the funding in time to launch the full vision in 2015.\u201d The project, according to Holliday, operates on a similar basis to the company\u2019s word harvest projects in that, over the coming year, a series of workshops will be held throughout Sherbrooke to help determine the framework of the city\u2019s modern-day fairy tale.By speaking with the people of the city\u2019s various communities, the company hopes to get a sense of who are the heroes and villains of Sherbrooke today as well as what challenges might face the city moving forward in order to create a living allegory of what it means to live in Sherbrooke today.Once completed, the community will then be invited to walk through the resulting story, living out the fairy tale alongside actors in an hour-long outdoor performance.ConTd on Page 5 New \u2018Student Village' sign in Lennoxville raises questions A, ' itmmmm ULtJe u*«mm mb iMttinMt \u2022jéÈ, H HMi mmm GORDON LAMBIE Village étudiant Student's Village SMrooke Thanks to the City of Sherbrooke, a new sign marking a \u201cStudent\u2019s Village\" has risen like a colossus on College Street in Lennoxville, at the corner of Conley, presumably for the benefit of those who may have been unaware that many students live in the area.By Gordon Lambie Lennoxville Anyone driving down College Street in Lennoxville this week is likely to have noticed some work being done at the corner of Conley Street, next to the train tracks.City workers are out trimming trees and, most notably, installing a new sign that reads \u201cStudent\u2019s Village.\u201d The sign points east toward the Bishop\u2019s Bridge, leaving a blank navy-blue space facing the borough\u2019s Downtown.\u201cI\u2019ve already gotten a few calls about that sign,\u201d said Lennoxville Borough President David Price.\u201cPeople feel like it\u2019s facing the wrong way.\u201d Price explained that the orientation of the sign has everything to do with the fact that the City of Sherbrooke wanted to charge the Borough $10,000 to remove the concrete base it had originally installed for the electronic sign that is now located closer to the Bishop\u2019s campus.Given that those funds would have to come out of the budget that the borough has been setting aside for beautification projects, council decided to re-use the base in its existing configuration.The sign, as-is, cost the borough nothing because it is part of the city budget to place signs in city parks.\u201cConley is really going to become the face of the Student Village,\u201d the borough president said.\u201cPeople coming off campus are going to be turning onto Conley and the sign is right there.\u201d According to Price there was also one call expressing concern over the placement of the apostrophe on the sign, but he added that the plan is for the district to be called the \u201cStudent Village\u201d meaning that the apostrophe and s need to be removed from the sign \u2014 regardless of concerns over correct grammar.Aside from that adjustment, the sign is also to be framed with red brick from the buildings at Bishop\u2019s College School over the course of the next two weeks.Cont\u2019d on Page 3 FAIR ok \u2022 ugust 27 to August 30, 2015 4 day pass $35.Midway Truck pulls Youth Talent Contest Harness Racing\t\u2014\u2014TTmoreM Children\u2019s games\t\u2014\u2014 RODEO DRIVE www.expostanstead.com Page 2 Wednesday, August 26, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.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 30 days of archives.Renew or order 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: 1.\tVisit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.\tClick e-edition.3.\tComplete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather TODAY: 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 23 SUNRISE: 6:01 SUNSET: 7:37 THURSDAY: CLOUDY HIGH 21 LOW 10 * FRIDAY: MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD HIGH 23 LOW 14 SATURDAY: 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 23 LOW 15 SUNDAY: 60% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 22 LOW 11 Keeping in Touch ToW^/hipper/ Students, Win Prizes For Your Coolest Townships Themed Artwork Hey students, summer isn\u2019t over yet and there is still time to submit your artistic entry to the \u201cI Art the Townships\u201d contest.Draw, digitize, paint or sculpt for a chance to win! Townshippers\u2019 Association\u2019s Make Way for YOUth project and the Eaton Valley Community Learning Centre invite all elementary and high school students in the Eastern Townships English-speaking community to display their love of the region by creating their coolest visual artwork.All entries will be part of an exhibition at the Bury Art Show on Saturday, Sept.12, and select entries in the high school level will win prizes totalling up to $150.Participation prizes to be won for elementary school students.Submissions are accepted until Thursday, Sept.10, at either of Townshippers\u2019 Association\u2019s offices - 257 Queen, Sherbrooke or 584 Knowlton Road, Lac-Brome.Artwork may also be handed in to Ms.Gandy at Alexander Galt Regional High School and/or Kim Fessenden at Pope Memorial Elementary School.Digital artwork can be emailed to Jenny Ménard, Make Way for YOUth migration agent, at mwfy@township-pers.org.For full details visit the Youth section at Townshippers.org or contact Jenny and Kim through the Facebook page www.facebook.com/iARTtheTownships Richmond Family Recreational Fair Discover activities, services and volunteer work opportunities at the free Richmond Family Recreational Fair this Saturday, Aug.29, from 9:30 a.m.to noon, at the Community Centre, 820 Gouin Street, Richmond.Swing by and say \u201chi\u201d to the Town-shippers\u2019 Association team and meet TOWNSHIPPERS\u2019 ASSOCIATION Elementary and high school students, bring the Townships to life with your coolest artwork, get exhibited and have a chance of winning prizes by entering the I Art the Townships contest.But hurry, the contest closes on September 10.with other great local organizations.Animations will take place throughout the day starting with a presentation about River Security at 9:40 am, Ballet Choreography at 10, story and puppets at 10:20, WIXX at 10:40, and a presentation from Isabelle Gosselin at 11.Also on hand, a smoothie bike, crafts and reading corner! Don\u2019t miss this chance to connect with what\u2019s available for YOU in Richmond.For more information contact Julie Corriveau Wilson, Richmond and Region Community Learning Center, at 819-826-3702 ext.24026 or email rich-mondclc@etsb.qc.ca Last Call: Health and Social Services Student Bursaries, Category 1 Health and social services students, this is your last chance to submit your application for Category 1 of the McGill Health and Social Services Community Leadership Bursary Program.The deadline to apply is Aug.31, 2015 This bursary from Townshippers\u2019 Association and McGill University aims to address the need for professionals with English and French language skills in health and social services in selected Quebec regions.The program is divided into two categories.This final call for applications is for Category 1, which provides financial incentive to students from the Estrie and Montérégie-East who are studying outside their region.Bursary amounts vary for full-time students with up to $10,000 to university level and up to $5,000 for CEGEP/col-lege and secondary school vocational training.Students who are awarded bursaries must commit to staying in Quebec region following the successful completion of their studies to work for a minimum of one year in a public health and social services institution or related organization.Students who are studying within their region are invited to apply for Category 2, with awards up to $5,000 for University Level, and up to $2,500 for CEGEP/college and secondary school vocational training, by September 11, 2015.For details and criteria visit toppor-tunity.ca/student-bursaries/ or for information contact Evelina Smith, Community Information Co-ordinator, info@townshippers.org, 819-566-2182, toll free: 1-877-566-2182.For more information on Townshippers\u2019 Association and our activities, keep reading this weekly Keeping in Touch column in The Record and visit us on Twitter @Townshippers, Facebook and our website www.Townshippers.org.Connect with Townshippers\u2019 offices in Sherbrooke at 100 - 257 Queen St.819-566-5717, toll free: 1-866-566-5717 or Lac-Brome at 3-584 Knowlton Rd, 450-242-4421, toll free: 1-877-242-4421.Ben by Daniel Shelton ANP NICHOLAS MAPS A CARP FOR YOU AS WELL' AREN'T YOU LUCKY MA?Your brothers ape GIVING' YOU SARJUPAY GIFTS! I PONT KNOW.ASCOT .A HALF-EATEN COOKIE FROM MICHAEL AW A CHIP FROM ALEC- ITS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.X REALLY LI KEP THAT COOKIE' The Record newsroom@sherbrooke record.com Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Page 3 \tr\ti\tAT\t\t\u201cPeople don\u2019t want a big show, they just want a chance to get together.\u201d J\u2014\tLocal J\tLa\tEWS\t Sherbrooke Pride Festival on tap this Saturday By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke In 2013, a small group of student organizations banded together to start Sherbrooke\u2019s first sexual diversity festival at Jacques Cartier Park.Named \u201cFière la Fête,\u201d a play on the French \u201cfaire la fête,\u201d meaning to have a party, and fière, the French word for \u201cproud,\u201d the festival drew a crowd of 300 that year and was able to build on that success for a turnout of 500 in 2014.The third edition is set to take place at Sherbrooke\u2019s Marché de la Gare this coming weekend, with organizers hoping that as many, if not more, people to turn up.Marie-Pier Boisvert, who is co-ordinating the event this year, shared that due to cutbacks in the budgets of the stu- dent organizations that plan \u201cFière la Fête,\u201d the event is going to be a little bit more low-key this year than in years past.\u201cWe want the event to be a showcase for all the organizations and groups that offer services to the community,\u201d Boisvert said, putting an emphasis on visibility of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) groups in the region.\u201cWe\u2019re still going to party, though.\u201d From 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.this coming Saturday, Aug.29, the Festival will host a kind of information fair for organizations working with LGBTQ communities at the GRIS Estrie, CALACS, the three student movements organizing the festival, and the LGBT Families coalition.According to the co-ordinator, the event has a history of at- tracting a broad spectrum of different participants at a variety of stages of life, and the organizers have worked to try to be as welcoming as possible.\u201cIt\u2019s really multigenera-tional,\u201d Boisvert said, \u201cwe see people of all ages, and families with young children.\u201d At 3 p.m.a dance party is scheduled that will lead into a brand new event for \u201cFière la Fête;\u201d a festive parade down King Street to the corner of Jacques Cartier.Unlike with Pride parades in larger cities, Boisvert said that an effort has been made to try to keep the focus of the event on the communities celebrating and not on large corporate sponsors.\u201cBig names and big banks are very present in other parades, but we really want this to be something that comes from the people,\u201d the co-ordinator said.\u201cPeople don\u2019t want a big show, they just want a chance to get together.\u201d Boisvert said she is very excited about the new addition and said that anyone is welcome to join in on the fun provided that they come in bright clothes and a mood to celebrate.The parade ends at the Jacques-Cartier location of the Siboire brewery with a \u201c5 à 7\u201d event animated by Montreal-based organization Lez Spread the Word to close out the day.Asked about how open a city Sherbrooke is to the local LGBTQ communities, Boisvert said that while she has heard stories of discrimination in the area, she feels that the region has a generally positive attitude.\u201cMaybe I\u2019ve just been lucky,\u201d the organizer said, \u201cThat\u2019s just my experience.Boisvert said that the launch of the GRIS-Estrie education and advocacy group has been extremely positive in the area, particularly as a rallying point for younger people, and added that when questions were raised about whether or not a third edition of the festival was needed, the response was such a resounding yes that things had to move forward, even with a reduced budget.\u201cVisibility is very important,\u201d Boisvert said, sharing that part of the inspiration for the original festival was a University of Sherbrooke awareness campaign on gender and sexual identity.\u201cPeople need to see that we\u2019re here.\u201d More information about \u201cFière la Fête,\u201d is available in French on the festival website: http://fierelafete.ca/ City fined for failing to protect abused deputy director Record Staff Sherbrooke The City of Sherbrooke has been ordered to pay former police director Johanne Mercier almost $90,000 for having failed to take \u201creasonable measures\u201d to put an end to an ongoing harassment campaign by members of the Sherbrooke Police Association.Because the executive committee of the association placed itself \u201cabove the law,\u201d the City has been found liable by the Labour Relations Board for not having taken all reasonable steps to stop Mercier\u2019s psycho- logical harassment at work.Mercier will receive $81,342 in compensation for the abuse and an additional $5,000 for \u201cmoral damages\u201d for events which took place between May and June 2012 during a period of strained labour relations.\u201cThe Association and the Steering Committee members went well beyond the limit, and did so in full knowledge and despite numerous warnings from the City,\u201d said Labour Board commissioner Pierre Flageole.According to the complaint, a schedule was posted on the union bulletin board to count down the days until Mercier\u2019s retirement on 74 occasions between May 2 and June 1, 2014.\u201cWhere the Association went wrong was when it decided to attack the complainant by displaying the calendar with the words \u2018Bye Bye Johanne\u2019 and \u2018Good riddance\u2019 \u201cShe was no longer on the inside track to close out a labor dispute and it degenerated into a downright personal attack,\u201d Flageole said.He added, \u201cThe Commission is of the view that they chose deliberately and maliciously to depreciate the complainant rather than seeking another way to resolve the dispute be- tween them and the City.They placed themselves \u2018above the law\u2019, which is particularly inappropriate for the police.\u201d Commissioner Flageole also rejected the argument of free speech invoked by the Police Association.\u201cFreedom of expression does not include the right to do vexatious things undermining the dignity of the complainant and causing a harmful work environment.This freedom stops where the human rights of the complainant begin.\u201d Flageole says.The decision states that the City of Sherbrooke failed to act when Mercier mentioned that she would not tolerate the situation and criticizes the City for not having started disciplinary procedures from the first APPS refusal to remove the calendar, and that it therefore failed to take reasonable actions to put a stop to the harassment.\u201cThe complainant has held numerous jobs in the City and was responsible for important issues, including the development of the new police station.She deserved to be remembered for her achievements and not by having her retirement treated as \u2018Good Riddance\u2019 and to leave as a \u2018pariah.\u2019\u201d Two groups aim to help students balance work with their studies Record Staff Sherbrooke The Eastern Townships inter-level education consultation panel and the Partners for Educational Success Estrie, known as Projet PRÉE, have launched a regional Work-Study Balance program to remind both workers and employers of giving priority to schooling.From Aug.23 to Sept.6, the campaign will feature an- Amisplaced apostrophe appeared on yesterday\u2019s Page 1 (Citizen\u2019s group asks court to put brakes on Sutton bylaws), leaving the impression that the Sutton citizens\u2019 group nouncements on local radio, on STS buses, and in high schools.The end of the summer and the return to school mark an important moment in the schooling of students and it is essential that students adopt strategies to reconcile their studies and their work at the beginning of the school year.This is why the PRÉE project has chosen this time of year to send a clear message to employers and students that studies have to be the priority.Clarification mentioned in the article belonged to one person.As there are 24 plaintiffs listed, that is not the case.The Record apologizes for its failure to adequately control its \u201cRecent data (from the [Quebec statistics institute]) show that high school, college, and university students are working more than ever in Quebec,\u201d said PRÉE project co-ordinator Josiane Bergeron.\u201c43 per cent of young people have a job while pursuing their studies in high school.The implementation of management measures facilitating the reconciliation between work and study is essential to ensure the educational success of our apostrophes in this case and sends its commiserations to the City of Sherbrooke sign department (see Page 1), who appear to have been the victims of a similar apostrophe catastrophe.young students,\u201d she added in a statement.In the Eastern Townships, more than 500 employers in more than 650 workplaces provide conditions promoting student retention and success.The Estrie Work-Study Reconciliation program encour- ages student retention by educating employers and students on the importance of balancing school and work.Having a job when at school can have advantages, but there has to be balance between education, leisure and work, the group says.Signs Cont\u2019d from Page 1 \u201cIt\u2019s the wrong time for the work,\u201d the borough president said, noting that the small corner park is set to be landscaped just as the university students return to the community.\u201cWe would have preferred the middle of the summer.\u201d Price said that the plan for the space was for a space that is welcoming and nice to look at, but also attuned to the realities of student life.\u201cWhatever we put there will be solid,\u201d he explained.Asked if he was concerned about vandalism on the new sign, Price said that he is not concerned, but would be very disappointed to see it happen.\u201cI think that Bishop\u2019s would be very disappointed as well.\u201d Page 4 Wednesday, August 26, 2015 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record