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[" Refugee tour Page 4 -T U 17\t__ RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Meet the makers of First Frost Page 7 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682\tMonday, January 25, 2016 Celebrating 2015 Baby Townshippers GORDON LAMBIE ,UVE The communities of Richmond, Melbourne and Cleveland came together on Sunday afternoon to celebrate their new arrivals over the course of 2015.A total of 33 babies and their families turned out for the event.See the full story inside on page 3.Is Pen-Y-Bryn Golf Club in jeopardy?By Matthew McCully Bury The future is uncertain for Pen-Y-Bryn, one of the oldest golf courses in North America, according to Bury Mayor Walter Dougherty.\u201cThere are changes coming, one way or another,\u201d he said, in a phone interview on Sunday afternoon.\u201cWe\u2019ll have more news within a month.\u201d The Record contacted Dougherty after rumours of the town\u2019s intention to close the historic golf club began circulating recently.Dougherty, tight lipped about the details because the town is currently in negotiations with the unionized employees of the course, admitted that while closing Pen-Y-Bryn is an option, it is not what the town wants.\u201cWe made it evident that if we can\u2019t do what we\u2019re thinking of doing, the last resort would be to close it,\u201d Dougherty said, \u201cBut that\u2019s not our intention.\u201d Dougherty was surprised to learn that the issue had reached beyond the small circle of town councilors and union reps discussing the future of the course.\u201cIt\u2019s really early to announce anything,\u201d Dougherty said.Ultimately the problem, according to Dougherty, is that the course, which was donated to the municipality by the Pope family, is suffering significant financial losses annually.Originally built in 1869 as a private golf course for the Pope residence, it was donated to the town, along with a number of other properties, in 1964.Dougherty said that looking at the financial reports from the past 22 years the course had been profitable some Cont\u2019d on Page 3 INFORMATION EVENING IN SHERBROOKE! Monday, February 8 at 6 p.m.at the Grand Times Hotel Register and join us: www.uOttawa.ca/events / \u2022 wKi M u Ottawa Page 2 Monday, January 25, 2016 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 fall 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.Visit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.Click e-edition.3.Complete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather TODAY: MIX OF SUN & CLOUD HIGH OF -4 LOW OF -8 TUESDAY: FLURRIES/ RAIN SHOWERS HIGH OF 3 LOW OF-1 WEDNESDAY: PERIODS OF SNOW HIGH OF -2 LOW OF-15 THURSDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF -7 LOW OF-16 FRIDAY: CLOUDY HIGH OF -5 LOW OF-10 1 Vi Townships Trivia: Sherbrooke By Matthew Farfan Special to the Record 1)\tWhat was the Abenaki name for the place later known as Sherbrooke?a)\tKtinékétolékouac (meaning \"big forks\") b)\tKtouchibouguic (meaning \"big place\") c)\tKtilcetkineketouakic (meaning \"big place to party\") 2)\tIn whose honour is Bishop's University in Lennoxville named?a)\tBilly Bishop, the famous World War I fighting ace b)\tGeorge J.Mountain, the 3rd Angli can Bishop of Quebec c)\tJohn J.Bishop, a pioneer educator 3)\tWhat magnificent building, now Sherbrooke City Hall, was inaugurated in 1904?a)\tThe Eastern Townships Bank Head Office b)\tThe Court House c)\tThe Grand Trunk Railway building 4)\tWhat was the \"Lone Pine\"?a)\tAn ancient solitary pine tree that grew on a teeny-weeny island in the St.Francis River b)\tThe country home of Jean Charest's great-grandfather c)\tAn Abenaki chief 5)\tWhich of the following rivers does NOT flow through Greater Sherbrooke?a)\tThe Magog River b)\tThe Masawippi River c)\tThe Tomifobia River 6)\tRock Forest residents, now residents of greater Sherbrooke, are known as: a)\tLes Forestiers b)\tLes Forestois c)\tLes Roclcettes 7)\tWhich of the following NHL hockey players was NOT born in Sherbrooke?a)\tJ.-C.Tremblay b)\tReggie Lemelin c)\tYanic Perreault 8)\tPlace the following institutions in the order of the date they were founded:Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke; Université de Sher broolce; La Tribune.a)\tLa Tribune; Orchestre sym phonique de Sherbrooke; Université de Sherbrooke b)\tUniversité de Sherbrooke; La Tri bune; Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke c)\tOrchestre symphonique de Sher broolce; La Tribune; Université de Sherbrooke 9)\tWho was Alexander Galt?a)\tThe first mayor of Lennoxville b)\tA politician and railway promoter c)\tA convicted counterfeiter 10)\tThe first mills in the Sherbrooke area were built by whom?a)\tGeorge Ascott b)\tGilbert Hyatt c)\tAbraham Channell ANSWERS 1) a; 2) b; 3) b; 4) a; 5) c; 6) b; 7) a; 8) a La Tribune (1910); Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke (1939); Université de Sherbrooke (1954); 9) b; 10) b Matthew Farfan is the Executive Director for the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN).Canadian Tire announces recall of more than 87,000 booster seats The Canadian Press Toronto More than 87,000 child booster car seats sold at Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A) stores are being recalled because they fail to meet safety regulations.The retailer says four models of booster seats made by Transtek Trading Co.Ltd.and sold under the brand names Kukuxumusu and Apramo are being recalled.The Kukuxumusu units have a manufacture date between February 2013 and September 2015, while the Apramo seats have a manufacture date between September 2013 and September 2015.All units were sold at Canadian Tire stores across Canada.The company says there have been no reports of any injuries associated with the seats.However, it says the recall is being issued out of \" an abundance of caution.\" Allan MacDonald, chief operating officer at Canadian Tires retail, says the company regularly tests all of its products to ensure they meet or exceed qual- ity and safety standards.\u201cBecause of the regular testing program that we conduct along with Transport Canada, we recently determined that booster seats that once met safety requirements no longer meet regulations,\u201d he said.Customers who have purchased the recalled products can return them to any Canadian Tire store for a refund.A posting on the Transport Canada website says 87,230 units are affected.Quebec Heritage News Quebec\u2019s English-language heritage e magazine.Popular history \u2022 Profiles of remarkable people and events \u2022 Contemporary issues in heritage conservation \u2022 Book reviews \u2022 Insightful commentary \u2022 and much more.Subscribe Now! To pay by cheque, please mail payment to: QAHN, 400-257 rue Queen, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 1K7 or pay by Paypal to: home@qahn.org.For more information, call (819) 564-9595 \u2022 Toll free: 1-877-964-0409.Ben by Daniel Shelton -MICHAEL'S BRINGING MORE SHOW.WEN HEH.LOOK, C&AMPA! ITS A SNOWMAN _ onou/ rr NOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU! y THAT POES LOOK LIKE ITS NOT FINISHEP v YET- , The Record newsr oom@sherbrooker ecor d.com Monday, January 25, 2016 Page 3 L \u201cWe want to keep these families here,\u201d Herbers said, \u201cthat\u2019s the challenge.\u201d Oh Baby! Local communities celebrate life\u2019s little gifts By Gordon Lambie Richmond The annual \u201cFete des nouveau né(e)s\u201d event took place at the Richmond community centre on Sunday afternoon, bringing together young families from across three different municipalities to celebrate new lives in the community.There were 33 babies and their families present in total for the event this year, alongside representatives from the municipal, provincial and federal governments.\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to show our appreciation for the young families living in our municipalities,\u201d said Cleveland Mayor Herman Herbers.\u201cWe\u2019re happy that the population is going to grow.\u201d 2016 marks the seventh year that the three communities have come together for this celebration, which serves not just as a way of celebrating new babies but also as a means of connecting young families with the resources and support available to them in the region.\u201cWe want to keep these families here,\u201d Herbers said, \u201cthat\u2019s the challenge.\u201d The celebration combined an official ceremony with a sort of community organization fair and social hour.While the main attraction of the day might have been the gift bag that each registered newborn got to take home, the gathering also provided parents the opportunity to see who else has babies close to the same age in the neighbour- hood and help develop the sense of belonging that so many communities strive to foster in their populations.\u201cThe purpose of the whole thing is to make our region more livable for the people that work here, so they feel part of the community,\u201d shared Melbourne Municipal Councillor Simon Langeveld, who was at the event as deputy mayor of the municipality.Herbers and Langeveld both pointed out that the \u201cFete des nouveau né(e)s\u201d is just one of several such collaborations over the course of the year including the family festival in the spring, Santa\u2019s visit in December, and the new \u201cPlaisirs d\u2019hiver\u201d event coming up next week.The gifts that each family received were nothing to scoff at, either.The bags handed out to each family inclided a $100 cheque from the family\u2019s municipality, a savings account in the child\u2019s name from Desjardins, a free book (in French or English depending on the child\u2019s mother tongue), a gift certificate for a local hair salon, and information pamphlets on a number of local services and organizations, among other special surprises.Each family also received a certificate of welcome from local MP Alain Reyes , handed out by his representative Antoine Tardif.Richmond MNA Karine Val-lieres also made an appearance at the celebration, although she left partway through to attend a similar ceremony happening up the river in Windsor at the same time.Golf Cont\u2019d from Page 1 years, reporting minor losses for others, averaging a $4,000 loss per year.\u201cTo me, that\u2019s negligible,\u201d Dougherty said, pointing out that losses have been significantly higher in the past 10 years.He added that under the previous council, in power between 2005-2009, a tumultuous time for the town, Pen-Y-Bryn had annual shortfalls as high as $75,000.Dougherty said efforts in recent years have improved the situation, but the course is still a significant financial burden on the town.\u201cAll golf courses are in a tough spot,\u201d Dougherty added.Not wanting to suggest golf is a sport in decline, he said there are so many other activities available that people are exploring less expensive recreational options.He used the example of parents who find the cost of hockey prohibitive, switching their children to soccer, which has less expensive equipment requirements.Green fees at Pen-Y-Bryn cost between $10-$18 per round, not including equipment or a cart.Dougherty said revamping the clubhouse helped somewhat, as did a further remodeling of the lcitchen/restaurant area, but not enough to bring the club into the black.When asked if the town had explored the idea of having the course declared a heritage site, Dougherty said they haven\u2019t talked about it, but added marketing the heritage aspects was part of discussions.\u201cIt would be part of the re-launch if all of this can work out,\u201d Dougherty said, \u201cThe way golf used to be,\u201d he said, referring to a more intimate golf experience with smaller greens.\u201cWe\u2019re trying to turn it around and still be a golf course without being a drain on public finances,\u201d Dougherty said.When asked if he had considered holding a public consultation to involve town residents in the decision making process, Dougherty said no.\u201cI don\u2019t see why you would need a public consultation,\u201d he said, insisting that council members are focusing on the structural workings of the business, not the historical significance or the desire to keep the course open, issues on which the town and residents are likely in full agreement.\u201cAre taxpayers willing to put the $100 per year into it?\u201d Dougherty asked.\u201cWe\u2019re trying to figure out a route to go.\u201d Joel Barter, vice-president of the Bury Historical Society, was one of the concerned citizens looking for answers after hearing rumours about Pen-Y-Bryn closing.He was approached by a number of locals hoping the historical society would enter into the discussion with the town and relay its significance to the council.\u201cIt would be a shame,\u201d Barter said, if the course were to close.\u201cMy point was just to bring it up so people could make suggestions.\u201d After posting the rumour on the Faceboolc page \u2018Bury, Quebec.News, History, Past and Present\u2019, a long discussion followed.Everything from questioning the validity of the rumour to inviting Prime Minister Trudeau to play a round on one of North America\u2019s oldest golf courses was discussed.\u201cI was just going off what was said; I put a public notice to get more information,\u201d Barter said, obviously touch- CLASSIFIEDS WORK! (819) 569-9525 RECORD Classifieds ing on a subject residents feel passionately about.Estimating the town has invested roughly $200,000 in the golf course in recent years, Barter suggested the closure would leave taxpayers holding the bag.\u201cThat\u2019s a lot of money for a small town,\u201d he said.When questioned about the town\u2019s investment in the club, including the clubhouse revamp and a new well dug specifically for the course, Dougherty said the work on the clubhouse would basically have been paid off by now.Regarding the well, council was receiving pressure to economize on the town\u2019s drinking water supply.The digging of the well now used to irrigate the course was paid for by a grant.While Dougherty said that grant could have provided more gravel for roads or refurbish a building in town, at least the money for the well did not come directly from the pockets of taxpayers.\u201cIt\u2019s not our intention to close the golf course,\u201d Dougherty repeated, unable to share more details while still in the planning and negotiations phase.RECORD Serving the entire Eastern Townships with three publications 'Jo-Arm Hovey Advertising Consultant Townships Outlet Bronte County One number 819 569-9525 jhovey@sherbrookerecord.com \t6th annual BENEFIT DANCE for RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM BRAVEHEARTS\t% \tSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 at 9 p.m.at the A.NA.F.\u201cHut\u201d 300 St.Francis, Lennoxville\t y\tMusic by Slightly Haggard Tickets: $10., available at the door\tf ) FOR LIFE\tPI ®\tCanadian\tSo ^\tCancer\tcai ^\tSociety\tdu\tourlavie\tInfo: 819-837-2363 janet@macelreavy.com\tÀ \t\t Page 4 Monday, January 25, 2016 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record Refugee tour talks up Coaticook By Gordon Lambie Coaticook Compton-Stanstead MP Marie-Claude Bibeau and St-Francois MNA Guy Hardy took the bus to Coaticook on Friday morning, but they didn\u2019t go just for fun.Following up interest expressed by representatives of the Coaticook area, the two politicians travelled along with 26 immigrants and refugees to see what jobs and services local businesses have to offer.\u201cOver the course of my electoral campaign I had the opportunity to meet with many businesses in the Coaticook area who shared that there is a lack of manual labourers,\u201d Bibeau explained.\u201cAt the same time I work on the refugee welcome committee and we are very conscious of the fact that the key to success in integration comes through work.\u201d Stating that these two factors presented a \u201cperfect match\u201d in the Coaticook area, Bibeau had her office coordinate a tour of the community alongside the team of St.Francois MNA Guy Hardy and the Prefect of the Coaticook regional county municipality, Jacques Madore.Meeting at the Siboire microbrewry on depot street in Downtown Sherbrooke early Friday morning, the dignitaries joined their invited group of 26 immigrants and refugees in climbing on board the daily Coaticook acti-bus and making the trip out to the community.Upon arrival, the group split in two, ASK THE EXPERTS.ASK THE EXPERTS.ASK THE EXPERTS.ASK THE EXPERTS.REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE 49 Warren, Lennoxville Sunday, January 31: 2-4 p.m Come and see this lovely 3 bedroom home, finished basement, 2.5 bathrooms, large open concept living/dining area.Hardwood floors.Large deck at rear.Helen Labrecque, Real Estate Broker Cell: 819-572-1070 hlabrecque@sutton.com 819-820-0777 SUTTON Groupe Sutton-immobilier Estrie ASK THE EXPERTS BUSINESS DIRECTORY NOTARY Lamoureux Leonard sencrl Notaries & Solicitors Mire Timothy Leonard \u2022 Trust Wills \u2022 Mandates \u2022 Corporate Law \u2022 Estate Settlement \u2022 Protection of Assets 520 Bowen St.S., Sherbrooke (next to Hôtel-Dieu Hospital) 563-0500 \u2022\tINVESTMENTS \u2022\tLODGING \u2022\tNOTARY \u2022\tOPTOMETRISTS \u2022\tPAINTING \u2022\tREAL ESTATE \u2022\tTREE SERVICE TREE SERVICE ArboExcellence Stephen Goddard, prop.ISA Certified Arborist QU-0103A Professional Tree Service » Pruning \u2022\tTree removal \u2022\tStump grinding \u2022\tChipping \u2022\tCabling & bracing ?\tHedge trimming ?\tPlanting ?\tLot clearing ?\tForestry » Consulting Over 25 years experience Fully insured Free estimate www.a rboexcel lence.ca Cell: 819-821-0425 Tel./Fax: 819-562-1642 LODGING E rTTpla^c e me n't Qui etilTOTcat loTT rT-i?arTcru 11 lejau LTeniioxvllle Ge n t iiëTvT 11 e L^JÜjÜLCiYJJ 94 Queen, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville) Québec, Canada JIM 1J4 To place an ad on this page, call 819- 569- 9525 PAINTING Nortcliffe Painting Professional Painting and Wallpapering Serving the Townships for 15 years Dedicated to excellence! 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Cont\u2019d on Page 5 The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Monday, January 25, 2016 Page 5 Debate over pipelines anything but 'drama free' as Energy East debate heats up By Lauren Krugel The Canadian Press Calgary Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has said she wants the discussion over pipelines to be \u201cdrama free,\u201d but this week it was anything but.A coalition of Montreal-area mayors came out against the $15.7-billion Energy East Pipeline on Thursday, setting off a bout of cross-Canada sniping between municipal and provincial politicians over a matter that falls within federal jurisdiction.Notley said it was \u201cshort-sighted\u201d for the Montreal Metropolitan Community to oppose Energy East on the grounds its risks outweigh its economic benefit.Other Western politicians had harsher words.\u201cI trust Montreal-area mayors will politely return their share of $10B in equalization supported by West,\u201d Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall tweeted.Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre retorted with the respective populations of metropolitan Montreal versus Saskatchewan: four million compared to 1.13 million.Meanwhile, Brian Jean, head of Alberta's Opposition Wildrose party, blasted Coderre for allowing raw sewage to be dumped into the St.Lawrence River, but opposing Energy East on environmental grounds.Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi made a similar point at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: \u201cI could make a joke about how well Montreal protects that particular waterway over the last several months, but I won't.\u201d \u201cI've got a lot of respect for Mayor Coderre.On this, however, he's wrong,\u201d said Nenshi.\u201cCertainly he needs to hold out for a better deal for himself.that's what mayors tend to do.But the deal has to be within reach.\u201d The tone between Notley and her Ontario counterpart was much more congenial at a news conference Friday.Premier Kathleen Wynne praised the climate change initiatives of Alberta's NDP government, saying those efforts are making \u201cthe national conversation about climate targets and pipelines easier.\u201d Many of Ontario's conditions for supporting the pipeline are starting to be addressed, Wynne added.Energy East, proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada Corp.(TSX:TRP), would take up to 1.1 million barrels a day of Alberta crude as far east as an Irving Oil refinery and export terminal in Saint John, N.B.In Davos, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged everyone to work together.\u201cI'm very much in the camp of both premiers Wynne and Notley, who demonstrated that Canada can and should work together on eco issues for all of us.That's the focus that I've always taken - collaborating, respectful, working together to solve the challenges that are facing all Canadians.\u201d Trevor McLeod, director of the centre for natural resources policy at the Canada West Foundation, said the subnational pipeline spat is frustrating to watch when there are bigger issues to deal with - like the U.S.going from Canada's biggest customer to its biggest competitor.\u201cThere's big stuff going on right now and we're playing this parochial game in Canada about who gets what\u201d he said.\u201cAre we a country or not?If you can't get product through the other provinces to global markets, I don't think we can sustain this notion that we're going to be a trading nation.\u201d The debate over pipelines has become the \u201ctrickiest national unity issue in Canada\u201d over the past five years or so, said Sean Kheraj, a York University historian focused on Canada's approach to energy and the environment.Similar East-versus-West quarrels have erupted in the past.But the lines of division have flipped.Amid the 1970s oil shocks, Ottawa wanted a pipeline to send western crude east to ensure a steady supply of crude and offered subsidies to Interprovincial Pipe Lines, the forerunner of Enbridge Inc.(TSX:ENB), to get it done.Alberta opposed the move because producers could sell oil for a higher price to the Americans than domestically.The prime minister at the time, Pierre Trudeau, the father of the current prime minister, took a much more hands-on approach to energy issues, said Kheraj.\u201cThat's the irony.In the 1970s, Interprovincial got dragged kicking and screaming into building this pipeline to Montreal and today we've got TransCanada, Kinder Morgan and Enbridge banging down the door trying to get these pipelines built.\u201d Mount Royal University political scientist Keith Brownsey said Ottawa has the power to declare Energy East a \u201cnational project\u201d and approve it over local objections.But whether the Liberal government chooses to do so is another matter.\u201cI think there will be a reluctance on the part of Mr.Trudeau - as there was on the part of Mr.Harper - to make those decisions.\u201d Smart cars Cont\u2019d from Page 4 Vehicles recognize drivers and adjust settings for them.Infotainment systems allow voice and data communications.\u201cWith connectivity, cars are becoming highly efficient data harvesting machines,\u201d says a 2015 study by the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.Customer data generated by the connected car is now seen as a major new source of revenue for marketers and advertisers, the study found.Some insurance companies are offering coverage that sets premiums based on driving patterns.When tracked, combined or linked with other available data, the information can reveal intensely private details of a person's life, making it vulnerable to abuse by thieves, stalkers and others with malicious intent, the study says.It argues automakers have failed to comply with their obligations under Canadian privacy law when it comes to giving customers adequate information and choice about how their data is collected and used.The study recommends creation of data-protection regulations for the connected car and insurance industries, as well as involvement of privacy experts in the design stage of wired-vehicle research projects.The federal privacy commissioner's office, which financially supported the B.C.study, is ' ' actively following\" the issues and has held discussions with industry players and provincial regulators, said Valerie Lawton, a spokeswoman for the commissioner.The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association, which represents the country's largest car-makers, initiated a meeting with the federal commissioner's office last June, say notes disclosed under the Access to Information Act.Federal privacy officials saw it as an opportunity to get a better sense of the information collected by intelligent cars, what might be coming, and whether manufacturers were fully aware of their obligations, the notes indicate.Legal and regulatory requirements are considered whenever car-makers look at introducing new technologies with privacy implications, said Mark Nantais, manufacturers association president.\u201cWe're fully compliant - and intend to be fully compliant - with the laws that are applicable,\" he said in an interview.As for insurance-related data, that's a relationship between the driver and their insurance company that goes beyond the automaker, Nantais said.The internal notes from the privacy commissioner paint a futuristic scenario involving in-car advertising _ for instance, a near-empty gas-tank sensor could project an advisory on the windshield offering the driver a discount at a nearby filling station.Nantais, however, played down the notion wired cars produce a bounty of valuable information.\u201cIs it myth or reality that the data actually exists?That's a valid question,\u201d he said.\u201cSome people think that everything under the sun is available, and I don't think that's the case.\u201d As vehicles become increasingly reliant on technology, security will be paramount, Nantais added.\u201cWe want to make sure that those vehicles cannot be hacked and that they remain safe,\u201d he said.\u201cAnd there's a lot of work going on in the industry relative to cyber security of vehicles, primarily from a safety perspective.\u201d Wednesday, Jan 27 7:00 pm, Centennial Theatre, Bishop\u2019s University Free Admission.No tickets required.Seating on a first come, first served basis.DONALD LECTURE SERIES NAOMI KLEIN Journalist, Author This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs.the Climate Page 6 Monday, January 25, 2016 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \t\t \tEditorial\t\u201cI thought in 100 years we'd be further along than we are.\u201d \t\t A century ago, a savvy political campaign won women the right to vote By Jennifer Ditchburn The Canadian Press Ottawa \u201cWe were young and vigorous and full of ambition.We would rewrite our history.We would copy no other country.We would be ourselves, and proud of it.\u201d -Nellie McClung.It was the kind of savvy political strategy that politicians and lobbyists attempt to craft today: Stitch together a coalition of supporters from diverse communities, secure financial backers, mount a successful ad campaign, and earn some positive media coverage.A group of women in Manitoba used it to win the right to vote a century ago.The province was the first place in Canada to bring in women's suffrage, on Jan.28, 1916.That triggered a wave of changes - first in Western Canada and finally at the federal level in 1919.Indigenous people, it should be noted, did not get the vote federally until 1960.The Manitoba movement was complex.There were people who supported temperance, and the havoc they believed alcohol was wreaking on families.There were many journalists - members of the Canadian Women's Press Club.Some unions supported women's suffrage, as did powerful farmers' groups.Members of the Political Equality League, which included such notable members as Nellie McClung, Cora Hind and Lillian Beynon Thomas, as well as male supporters, helped recruit and rally those disparate voices with speeches, meetings and articles in the papers.They had paid organizers, and launched a major publicity blitz at the Winnipeg Stampede in 1913.\u201cI've always said that if (Beynon Thomas) had been running things today, she would have been running a strategy group that planned elections, because she was the plotter of the whole thing,\" said Linda McDowell, a retired Manitoba history teacher and expert on women's suffrage.Businesswoman Martha Jane Hample, who would go on to become a member of the provincial legislature, helped bankroll the activities of the league.Outside Winnipeg, there were other hives of suffragist activity in Gimli and in the Roaring River district.\u201cRural women in Manitoba by 1916 had telephones, good train service and good mail service, and people like Nellie McClung .travelled to all these places; every little town had an auditorium or an opera house,\u201d said McDowell.\u201cReally, there was a big network, and they had a lot of support.\u201d Social media and viral videos didn't exist, of course, but in 1914 the women created major buzz with a provocative play at the Walker Theatre in Winnipeg.Their mock Parliament parodied the intransigence of Manitoba Premier Rodmond Roblin, and imagined a parallel world where women were in power.\u201cPolitics unsettles men and unsettled men means unsettled bills, broken furniture, broken vows and divorce.Man's place is on the farm,\u201d McClung told the crowd, playing the role of Roblin.Roblin's government fell the following year amid scandal, and the new Liberal government finally extended the vote to women in 1916.Today, 29 per cent of the Manitoba legislature is composed of women lawmakers.Of the 14 MPs from the province, three are women.\u201cI thought in 100 years we'd be further along than we are, whether it's women in politics, women on boards, women running big companies,\u201d lamented Myrna Driedger, founder of the Nellie McClung Foundation and a Conservative member of the Manitoba legislature.Still, Driedger said she's felt in recent years that there is a 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the province of Ontario, while Lower Canada became Quebec.In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly of the New York World returned home, completing an around-the-world journey in 72 days, six hours and 11 minutes.That beat the fictional 80-day trip of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg.In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated transcontinental telephone service in North America - more than 40 years after developing the invention in Brantford, Ont.The call was from New York to San Francisco.In 1924, the first Winter Olympics began in Chamonix, France.(Hockey and figure skating competitions had been staged in conjunction with previous Summer Olympics.) In 1932, the Trans-Canada telephone system was inaugurated as the Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough, spoke to the lieutenant governor of each of the nine provinces.In 1955, the Soviet Union formally ended its state of war with Germany.In 1959, American Airlines began jet flights between New York and Los Angeles on the Boeing 707.In 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed 27 new cardinals, including Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec.In 1977, in his first major international speech since becoming Quebec's premier late the previous year, Rene Levesque told the Economic Club of New York that Quebec independence was inevitable.In 1979, the report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity was released.It said Quebec should have the power to maintain its culture and language, and that federal powers should be reduced.In 1999, Quebec Superior Court Justice Robert Flahiff was convicted of laundering $1.7 million in drug money when he was a lawyer.Flahiff was sentenced to three years in prison for the most serious conviction ever delivered against a higher court judge in Canada. The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Monday, January 25, 2016 Page 7 Meet Your Neighbours Local folk musicians Alex Kehler and Nicholas Williams warm up the Townships with their new cd First Frost By Serafin Lariviere Special to the Record Folk music holds a special place in the artistic heart of Quebec.Its infectious blend of rhythms and storytelling are the true hallmark of a rich cultural history, and a tradition that continues to thrive throughout the province.Of course, Québécois folk music grew out of several influences, including French and Celtic, but it\u2019s met perhaps its most unusual pairing yet courtesy of local musicians Alex Kehler and Nicholas Williams.\u201cWhat I love about musical traditions is that they\u2019re all kind of related,\u201d says Williams.\u201cLike a Scottish tune that was brought over here, playing in an area of Quebec or maybe taught to some Québécois by some Scots, then adapted into the Québécois repertoire.Scandinavian folk music actually has a lot in common with the Celtic folk traditions.\u201d That\u2019s right, Scandinavia.And while talk of this Nordic region may conjure images of busty ski instructors or angry Vikings, it turns out the region\u2019s traditional music is a beautiful fit for our own.Kehler and Williams explore this unexpected melange with their new CD First Frost, which weaves tunes and songs from Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands with the more familiar Celtic-based sound to impressive - and frequently complex results.\u201cThere are tonalities and rhythms that are completely different,\u201d says Williams.\u201cThey can sound kind of unusual to our ear.There\u2019s some approaches to scales that don\u2019t quite fit on our keyboard scale and approaches to rhythm that are really connected to Scandinavian dances, the polskas.\u201d \u201cThere also less of a divide between Scandinavian folk and classical music.You\u2019ll find traditional music programs in universities there, and it\u2019s enabled a level of classical technique and sophistication that\u2019s interesting.\u201d First Frost certainly highlights Kehler and Williams\u2019 own technical expertise.Both men are multi-instrumentalists, with Williams playing assorted flutes, piano, and accordion while Kehler does double duty on the Nordic version of the mandolin called a lâtmandola, as well as the nyckelharpa, a traditional Swedish keyed fiddle.The resulting effort has all the joie-de-vivre of Québécois folk music, with a classical virtuosity that is frequently breathtaking.Williams and Kehler first discovered their shared admiration for this Nordic cultural expression while teaching together at Jeunes Musiciens du Monde, a non-profit Sherbrooke music school aimed at young people with at-risk backgrounds.\u201cWe have a social mission to make free music lessons available for kids from families that have less income,\u201d says Kehler, who became involved with the school after relocating to the Townships from Montreal a few years ago.\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily to make students play with virtuosity.It\u2019s to get them to play together, to give a common language for all the kids to interact with.\u201d The Sherbrooke branch of Jeunes Musiciens du Monde was launched by Williams and Christine Fortin in 2011.There are centres in Quebec City, Montreal and the Algonquin community of Kitcisakik, but the first school was actually founded in India by Quebeckers Mathieu Fortier, Blaise Fortier and Agathe Meurisse-Fortier along with Us tad Khan and cally ized Hameed for socio economi-marginal-youth.Given the organization\u2019s clients, teaching a musical instrument is just one part of thejob.\u201cI like that it challenges me as a teacher to realize that there\u2019s more to teaching music than just making sure my students play well,\u201d Kehler says.\u201cYou have to not just be a music teachers, but also interested in social work.> Kehler «\"Williams First Frost Alex Kehler and Nicholas Williams\u2019 recent album, released in October of 2015.\u201cI certainly had teachers growing up that were focused on my performance and lived vicariously through that, but missed the point that music can have another function in a person\u2019s life.For me it\u2019s about the cohesion that it brings to kids and building a community around that.\u201d It\u2019s this community focus that first inspired Williams to co-found the Sherbrooke chapter of Jeunes Musiciens du Monde.He and his wife had moved to Waterville from Montreal in search of a homier place to raise their family, and a music school for kids in need seemed the perfect fit.\u201cIt really taps into my perspective or belief that music is an incredible social tool,\u201d he says.\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing way to get people connected and provide some meaning to their lives - especially traditional music.\u201cI could tell you anecdotes for hours about how this program has changes some kids\u2019 lives and outlook.Maybe school isn\u2019t going great, or there\u2019s some problems at home.Or perhaps some kid of prejudices against other groups of people.But when you\u2019re on a dancefloor, playing music together, you don\u2019t think about all those things.That\u2019s what music can do.\u201d First Frost is available at www.kehler-williams.bandcamp.com.For more information on Jeunes Musiciens du Monde, including how to donate, see www.jeunesmusiciensdumonde.org New project targets anglophone seniors\u2019 access to health and social services The Scoop Mable Hastings People in Potton and surrounding areas may recognize Debra Harding as the long time proprietor alongside her husband, Dave Burnham, of the \u201cJardins de la Montagne\u201d garden center that was in operation for over twenty years in Potton.The Center closed a couple of years ago and the Missisquoi North Volunteer Centre (CAB) in Potton is happy to announce the hiring of Debra as the Project Manager of the CHSSN (Community Health and Social Services Network) project aims to meet the needs of Anglophone seniors by matching them with a volunteer.\u201cI am proud to be the newest member of the staff team at the CAB and a part of the CAB family of services offered in the area,\u201d shared Harding.Already, a think tank committee has been created.This committee will work with Debra to help compile the tools needed to recruit and train a volunteer base that aims to: -\tTo create a link between vulnerable Anglophone seniors (VAS) and the health and social services offered in the community and community activities.-\tTo improve the social network, the quality of life and integrate them into the community.-\tTo break isolation.-\tTo offer an individualized service and to pair them up with volunteers and/or \u201csentinels\u201d always keeping in mind their culture and values.\u201cI am looking for anyone from the Potton, Bolton, Eastman, St.Etienne, Stukely Sud areas who might be interested in the project, either as a client or as a potential volunteer,\u201d explained Harding.\u201cThe project will officially be launched shortly.\u201d If you or someone you know might benefit from or wish to volunteer, you are encouraged to contact Debra Harding at the volunteer centre in Man-sonville at 450-292-3114.Pictured on the right is Debra Harding, the Missisquoi North Volunteer Centre (CAB) Project Manager of the CHSSN (Community Health and Social Services Network), a project that aims to meet the needs of Anglophone seniors by matching them with a volunteer.MABLE HASTINGS i T mt ëâl À.3 KJ Page 8 Monday, January 25, 2016 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record ciioo P age ADS Elementary School ADS at a Glance Dany Grenon, Principal Asbestos Danville Shipton (ADS) Elementary School welcomed 113 students from Pre-Kindergarten to grade six on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year.These students come from many little towns: even as far away as Victoriaville.Our students begin school at 8:30 and the busy day ends at 3:30.During this time, we make sure to keep the students interested and motivated with many different activities.At ADS, our students are involved in helping to keep our school clean and orderly.We have various groups of students who help the younger ones to get ready to go outside, take care of the recycling bins, help with the work in the cafeteria as well as take care of the compost.During the lunch hour, the grades 3-6 have the opportunity to belong to a club.The students can choose from a sport, Lego, art, board games or sewing club.Through the clubs students are able to express themselves in an area they like and feel comfortable with.We are also working on developing new clubs to meet students\u2019 interests.In September, we had our first run Courir pour Apprendre (Run to Learn).We had three different races: 5km, 2km and 1km.Our 1km and 2km races were colour runs, where people were able to showerthe runners with colored powder.For our first edition, we welcomed 102 runners.The race began on school grounds and went through the streets of Danville as well as on the path around Burbank pond.We also had inflatable games to amuse the younger children.This run was in collaboration with the Christian Vachon Foundation and part of the funds raised were used to purchase a pedal desk for students.We are already working on our second edition, so please watch for information about our 2016 event.This year we have many special things going on in many of our classes.The grade 3-4 students have pen pals with ZigZag, a private school in Victoriaville and the grade 5 class is corresponding with students from Sherbrooke Elementary School.All of these students are getting the opportunity to meet new people with different interests.The cycle 3 students will be creating a mural that represents Danville\u2019s heritage, as well as a present day view of the town.Our students will be learning new painting techniques working with artist Denis Palmer from Sawyerville.Some of the students will be walking down to the town square to observe the buildings, taking pictures and making sketches, while other students will be looking through books and on the internet for pictures of Danville when life was much different than it is now.This project has been made possible thanks to a grant we received from ALDI (Advancing Learning in Differentiation and Inclusion, a provincial project to support English School Boards) as well as a grant from the Quebec govern- ment\u2019s Culture in the School Program.Our cycle 2 teacher was chosen for a \u201cMetro Green Apple Grant\u201d, which aims to encourage Quebec students to adopt healthy eating habits.Since healthy eating is something we have at heart at ADS, the teacher has created the project \u201cCooking Ourselves Healthy.\u201d Students will choose a healthy recipe that contains fruits and vegetables.Each team will then make their recipe as part of a cooking show.The students will film their cooking exploits andtheir classmates will get to enjoy the healthy and delicious food.As mentioned in this article, ADS is a small school that has its students at heart.Our minda are bursting with ideas, and the staff cannot wait to share with you many other projects we are working on.Check out our website in the next few weeks to learn more about our great projects at ads.etsb.qc.ca.It is now time to register for the 2016-2017 school year.If you have any questions, feel free to contact us: 819-839-2352 SI ¦ \".1, ' «I \"s ' - TSsjQ; ttiGÆLi ire?3*'.¦ ¦ m àtfff, iml A: L , Asbestos-Dan ville-Shiptoi Elementary s» \t The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Monday, January 25, 2016 Page 9 \t\t\t -\t[^/©C