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It has been said that one of the few constants in life is change, and health and safety issues in the work place are changing as well. The Workers Health and Safety Centre and Orangeville District Labour Council Health and Safety Volunteer Activists Appreciation Dinner was held recently at the Train Station Restaurant. Guest speaker Leah Casselman, former presi- dent of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), was the guest speaker and brought up safety concerns in today’s workplace that extend beyond the potential haz- ards of the plant floor. “It’s no longer just the ‘canary in the coal mine’,” said Ms. Casselman. “We are now talking about modern workplaces where the work space is also a living space and has to be treated as such.” Ms. Casselman feels that employers should take steps to ensure employees are also pro- tected in the workplace’s social environment. For example, issues such as bullying need to be addressed, she says. As well, Ms. Casselman brought up an extreme case where a nurse in Windsor was stalked and murdered by a doctor. She says the stance of the hospital where the incident occurred was that there was little the institu- tion could do since the doctor was, in its opinion, an independent contractor and not under its control. Ms. Casselman argues that legislative moves be made to address these types of situation. Meanwhile, the dinner was held to honour work- ers in Orangeville who have made substantial contributions to their workplace’s health and safety. This year’s recipient was Sharon Whitford, a lab technician at Headwaters Health Care Centre. “This award is for the individuals who show excellence in the work- place,” said Patrick Williams of the Workers Health and Safety Centre in Brampton. “Those who make a difference and make it safer for the com- munity.” There was also a poster and essay contest that was won by Emily Roome, 14, a Grade 9 student at Orangeville District Secondary School. “A lot of young people think safety is an impor- tant issue,” says Ms. Roome. “It may not be the first thing on their minds, but they know it’s impor- tant.” home again. Many were not so lucky. From Ottawa, the train kept adding coaches and personnel as it steamed west. “By the time we got to the mountains, it had four engines,” he said. It was a joyful trip across the Canadian West for soldiers who had been seconded to Royal Rifles of Canada and Winnipeg Grenadiers from units in Quebec and from, Les recalls, the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. It might not have been so joyful when, at sea, the soldiers learned they might have to fight their way off the ships at Hong Kong. Les, who’s a former clerk-treasurer of Grand Valley, has retained vivid memories of Hong Kong and of the comradeships. He doesn’t speak about the 17 days of fierce fighting to hold the island against the onslaught of seasoned and well-equipped Japanese. He does speak about his luck. Shortly after the armistice on Christmas Day 1941, he was walking with three comrades in what might have been a bid to escape. Japanese troops opened fire on the quartet, Les was struck in shoulder and collapsed under the body of one of his friends. Thus he was spared. Before long, a Chinese “looter” who spoke fluent English freed him, and he returned to his quarters. Les was not among the troops sent to Japan, where hundreds died of starva- tion and other causes. At some point, he was told he had to learn to speak Japanese. Why? “They said it was because they were going to take over North America, and every- one would have to speak Japanese.” “I told them they weren’t man enough to take over North America. I was lucky I didn’t get shot, but I did get beat up pretty bad,” he said. The occupying Japanese forces weren’t as we know the Japanese today. Edwin Palmer Hoyt, an Asian war correspondent and a news editor for the U.S. Office of War Information, has researched all of Japan’s wars from 1853 onwards. Japanese troops on Christmas Day 1941 “entered St. Stephen’s College and systematically bayoneted to death all the wounded prisoners in the beds.,” he wrote. “Any officers or nurses who tried to stop them were also bayoneted. Corpses were carried outside (and burned). The nurses...were taken out one by one and raped. The raping went on all Christmas Day and Christmas night,” Mr. Hoyt writes in “Japan’s War, the Greatest Pacific Conflict. Such was the condition of the Hong Kong that Les Canivet served in. He feels he was lucky to have survived. It seems his luck has held. Clerk of Grand Valley during the 1985 killer tornado, he now likes to attend casinos from time to time, and usu- ally wins a jackpot of some kind. A4 November 8, 2007 Orangeville Citizen/Free Press and Economist Caressant Care ARTHUR NURSING & RETIREMENT HOME “Caring Families – Yours and Ours Together” Rooms are Now Available • Caring staff • Enjoyable activities • Low, all inclusive rates 215 Eliza St., Arthur 519-848-3795 For other Caressant Care Homes, call 1-800-792-3803 or visit our website www.caressantcare.com 247090 Sideroad #5 ~ 2 ½ Kms E on Hockley Rd. 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TRINITY UNITED CHURCH, 200 Owen Sound St. Shelburne Refreshments, No Charge for Admission BookLore Location: From the Kitchen to the Table, 125 Broadway Reservations: Phone BookLore 519-942-3830 (limited seating) CHOICE MENUS will help those who are trying to lose weight & control their diabetes BookLore and From the Kitchen to the Table are pleased to present an evening with Marjorie Hollands & Margaret Howard authors of CHOICE MENUS The #1 recommended book of diabetes educators in Canada Wednesday, November 14, 7 p.m. Future Shop CORRECTION NOTICE WHIRLPOOL GU930PWSS Stainless Steel Standard Built-In Dishwasher 10086477. On page 22 of the November 2nd flyer we advertised this item as energy star qualified when in fact it is not. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers. Beauty Supply Wholesale and OPEN to PUBLIC Styling Essentials 80 Broadway, Orangeville 519-942-9314 GREAT GIFTS KAMELYAN 165 Broadway, Orangeville 519.941.7860 Paint with MANOR HALL • From page A2 Dufferin has a Hong Kong vet Photo/KATHEY STANTON FILL THE FRIDGE: The Sears outlet in the Orangeville Mall is encouraging peo- ple to fill a refrigerator outside the store with food that will be donated to the Orangeville Food Bank. When donations are made, the donor’s name goes into a draw and the winner gets the fridge. Entries are limited to one per family, or indi- vidual, per day. Dinner honours goals of health, safety By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter The Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning Orangeville Campus will be holding an ‘Experience Humber’ Open House on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its temporary cam- pus location in the Alder Recreation Complex, 275 Alder Street. The event is billed as the perfect opportunity for future Humber students, parents, and families to come out and speak to fac- ulty, staff, and students of the new Humber Orange- ville Campus. Program representatives from the current program menu; Business Administration, Business Management, and Police Foundations along with the newly announced ECE (Early Childhood Education) program will be available. Also on hand will be staff from the Registrars’ Office, Humber’s Student Federation, and Student Services including a ses- sion ‘Higher Education’ Financial Planning. Campus tours will take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. For more informa- tion contact Joe Andrews, director, Orangeville Campus, at 1-877-675- 3111, ext 5904, or e-mail: joe.andrews @humber.ca Humber plans campus open house
Transcript of A4 November 8, 2007 Orangeville Citizen/Free Press and … · Hardwood Flooring 7:30 pm @...
It has been said that oneof the few constants in lifeis change, and health andsafety issues in the workplace are changing aswell.
The Workers Healthand Safety Centre andOrangeville DistrictLabour Council Healthand Safety VolunteerActivists AppreciationDinner was held recentlyat the Train StationRestaurant.
Guest speaker LeahCasselman, former presi-dent of the Ontario PublicService Employees Union(OPSEU), was the guestspeaker and brought up
safety concerns in today’sworkplace that extendbeyond the potential haz-ards of the plant floor.
“It’s no longer just the‘canary in the coal mine’,”said Ms. Casselman. “Weare now talking aboutmodern workplaces wherethe work space is also aliving space and has to betreated as such.”
Ms. Casselman feelsthat employers shouldtake steps to ensureemployees are also pro-tected in the workplace’ssocial environment. Forexample, issues such asbullying need to beaddressed, she says.
As well, Ms. Casselmanbrought up an extremecase where a nurse in
Windsor was stalked andmurdered by a doctor.
She says the stance ofthe hospital where theincident occurred was thatthere was little the institu-tion could do since thedoctor was, in its opinion,an independent contractorand not under its control.
Ms. Casselman arguesthat legislative moves bemade to address thesetypes of situation.
Meanwhile, the dinnerwas held to honour work-
ers in Orangeville whohave made substantialcontributions to theirworkplace’s health andsafety.
This year’s recipientwas Sharon Whitford, alab technician atHeadwaters Health CareCentre. “This award is forthe individuals who showexcellence in the work-place,” said PatrickWilliams of the WorkersHealth and Safety Centrein Brampton. “Those who
make a difference andmake it safer for the com-munity.”
There was also a posterand essay contest that waswon by Emily Roome, 14,a Grade 9 student atOrangeville DistrictSecondary School.
“A lot of young peoplethink safety is an impor-tant issue,” says Ms.Roome. “It may not be thefirst thing on their minds,but they know it’s impor-tant.”
home again. Many werenot so lucky.
From Ottawa, the trainkept adding coaches andpersonnel as it steamedwest. “By the time we gotto the mountains, it hadfour engines,” he said.
It was a joyful tripacross the Canadian Westfor soldiers who had beenseconded to Royal Riflesof Canada and WinnipegGrenadiers from units inQuebec and from, Lesrecalls, the PrincessPatricia Canadian LightInfantry.
It might not have beenso joyful when, at sea, thesoldiers learned they mighthave to fight their way offthe ships at Hong Kong.
Les, who’s a formerclerk-treasurer of GrandValley, has retained vivid
memories of Hong Kongand of the comradeships.He doesn’t speak about the17 days of fierce fightingto hold the island againstthe onslaught of seasonedand well-equippedJapanese.
He does speak about hisluck. Shortly after thearmistice on ChristmasDay 1941, he was walkingwith three comrades inwhat might have been abid to escape. Japanesetroops opened fire on thequartet, Les was struck inshoulder and collapsedunder the body of one ofhis friends. Thus he wasspared. Before long, aChinese “looter” whospoke fluent English freedhim, and he returned to hisquarters.
Les was not among thetroops sent to Japan, wherehundreds died of starva-
tion and other causes. Atsome point, he was told hehad to learn to speakJapanese. Why? “Theysaid it was because theywere going to take overNorth America, and every-one would have to speakJapanese.”
“I told them theyweren’t man enough totake over North America. Iwas lucky I didn’t get shot,but I did get beat up prettybad,” he said.
The occupying Japaneseforces weren’t as we knowthe Japanese today.
Edwin Palmer Hoyt, anAsian war correspondentand a news editor for theU.S. Office of WarInformation, hasresearched all of Japan’swars from 1853 onwards.
Japanese troops onChristmas Day 1941“entered St. Stephen’sCollege and systematicallybayoneted to death all thewounded prisoners in thebeds.,” he wrote. “Anyofficers or nurses whotried to stop them werealso bayoneted.
Corpses were carriedoutside (and burned). Thenurses...were taken outone by one and raped. Theraping went on allChristmas Day andChristmas night,” Mr.Hoyt writes in “Japan’sWar, the Greatest PacificConflict.
Such was the conditionof the Hong Kong that LesCanivet served in.
He feels he was lucky tohave survived. It seems hisluck has held. Clerk ofGrand Valley during the1985 killer tornado, henow likes to attend casinosfrom time to time, and usu-ally wins a jackpot ofsome kind.
A4 November 8, 2007 Orangeville Citizen/Free Press and Economist
Caressant Care ARTHUR NURSING &RETIREMENT HOME
“Caring Families – Yours and Ours Together”Rooms are Now Available
• Caring staff • Enjoyable activities • Low, all inclusive rates215 Eliza St., Arthur 519-848-3795
For other Caressant Care Homes, call 1-800-792-3803or visit our website www.caressantcare.com
247090 Sideroad #5 ~ 2 ½ Kms E on Hockley Rd. From Hwy. 10
1-866-823-1107
Tuesday, Nov. 13th
OAK ~ CHERRY ~ MAPLE ~ WALNUT ~ EXOTICS ~ KEMPAS
Auctioneer: Dan Bailey
Terms
Cash, Visa,MasterCard, Interac
15% Buyer’s Premium
PreFinished ~ 3/4 Thick ~ 3 ½ & Wider ~ Premium Grade
www.BaileyAuctions.com
Bring Your Van, Truck or TrailerAll Product Must Go Sale Day!
Viewing from Noon Tuesday
AUCTIONHardwood Flooring
7:30 pm
@ Orangeville Fairgrounds
You are invited to a special screening of
GANDHI…examining an alternative to war
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 7:00 P.M.TRINITY UNITED CHURCH, 200 Owen Sound St. Shelburne
Refreshments, No Charge for Admission
BookLore
Location: From the Kitchen to the Table, 125 BroadwayReservations: Phone BookLore 519-942-3830 (limited seating)CHOICE MENUS will help those who are trying to lose weight &
control their diabetes
BookLore and
From the Kitchen to the Tableare pleased to present
an evening with
Marjorie Hollands & Margaret Howard
authors of CHOICE MENUS
The #1 recommended book of diabetes educators in Canada
Wednesday, November 14, 7 p.m.
Future ShopCORRECTION NOTICEWHIRLPOOL GU930PWSSStainless Steel StandardBuilt-In Dishwasher 10086477.On page 22 of theNovember 2nd flyer weadvertised this item asenergy star qualified whenin fact it is not. We sincerelyapologize for anyinconvenience this mayhave caused our valuedcustomers.
BeautySupplyWholesale and
OPEN to PUBLICStyling Essentials
80 Broadway, Orangeville
519-942-9314
GREAT
GIFTS
KAMELYAN
165 Broadway, Orangeville
519.941.7860
Paint withMANOR HALL
• From page A2
Dufferin has a Hong Kong vet Photo/KATHEY STANTONFILL THE FRIDGE: The Sears outlet in the Orangeville Mall is encouraging peo-ple to fill a refrigerator outside the store with food that will be donated to theOrangeville Food Bank. When donations are made, the donor’s name goes into adraw and the winner gets the fridge. Entries are limited to one per family, or indi-vidual, per day.
Dinner honours goals of health, safetyBy DAN PELTON
Staff Reporter
The Humber Institute ofTechnology & AdvancedLearning OrangevilleCampus will be holding an‘Experience Humber’Open House on Saturday,Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. at its temporary cam-pus location in the AlderRecreation Complex, 275Alder Street.
The event is billed asthe perfect opportunity forfuture Humber students,parents, and families tocome out and speak to fac-ulty, staff, and students ofthe new Humber Orange-ville Campus.
Program representativesfrom the current programmenu; Business
Administration, BusinessManagement, and PoliceFoundations along withthe newly announced ECE(Early ChildhoodEducation) program willbe available.
Also on hand will bestaff from the Registrars’Office, Humber’s StudentFederation, and StudentServices including a ses-sion ‘Higher Education’Financial Planning.
Campus tours will takeplace at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and2 p.m. For more informa-tion contact Joe Andrews,director, OrangevilleCampus, at 1-877-675-3111, ext 5904, or e-mail:joe.andrews @humber.ca
Humber plans campus open house
