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Niagara-On-The-Lake's Smart New Transit System Lakereport.ca / Niagaranow.com The Hyper-local news for Niagara-on-the-Lake Lake Report Vince Pillitteri honoured| Page 14 Vol. 3, Issue 48 Niagara-on-the-Lake’s first independent newspaper December 3, 2020 Golf pros run for men’s health Run through snowstorm caps phenomenal Movember fundraiser Santa in NOTL’s 2018 Christmas Parade. FILE PHOTO Santa is coming to your neighbourhood Staff Santa Around the Town is The Lake Report a “targeted local event” only for Niagara-on-the-Lake Santa Claus is coming to residents, the town said. town, after all. The jolly old fellow won’t Santa Around the Town, be able to hit every street the alternative to Niagara- but a map of his route is on-the-Lake’s traditional available online at notl.com/ Christmas parade, will bring Christmas. St. Nicholas to all five Niaga- The town asks that resi- ra-on-the-Lake communities dents stay within their com- on Saturday, Dec. 12. munity and, if you need to Santa will begin his jour- drive to get to the nearest ney at 9:30 a.m. and residents route, avoid gathering by can find out when he will waving to Santa from within reach their area by following your vehicle. Club champion James Grigjanis-Meusel, left, and associate pro Ricky Watson hit the finish line on the ninth hole as pro his progress via the town’s “Thank you to the Christ- Billy Simkin clocks them in at 1 hour and 47 minutes. KEVIN MACLEAN Facebook page. mas parade committee “We worked hard to create members for thinking outside Kevin MacLean and Billy Simkin, and club “Our goal was $2,000 and about after the PGA of On- an experience that people can the box this year to keep Managing Editor champion James Grigjanis- to get over $7,000 is incred- tario encouraged golf pros enjoy safely, while maintain- the Christmas spirit alive in Meusel, a greenskeeper at ible,” Watson said after across the province to take ing social distance, yet one Niagara-on-the-Lake,” said It started as a simple chal- the NOTL club, sloshed the run. As of Wednesday part in a collective team that will still fill our com- Lord Mayor Betty Disero. lenge to help raise money their way through the sleet afternoon, the total stood at fundraising effort, Simkin munity with holiday spirit,” “We are thrilled to have for men’s health and ended as they ran from the Floral $7,150. told The Lake Report. said Kevin Turcotte, acting Santa travel around the town in the snow and rain Tues- Clock high up in Queenston “The support from “While sitting in our of- director of operations and giving our residents a special day morning in the middle all the way to Old Town. our community and club fice, I said to Ricky, ‘If you a member of the Christmas personal holiday greeting!” of the first winter storm of Their 18-kilometre jour- members has been over- grow the moustache, I will parade committee. The town thanked Sentin- the season. ney, which finished with a whelming. The members run five yards for every dol- “We encourage all Niaga- eal Carriages for donating And it was a runaway lap of the nine-hole lakeside and community deserve so lar raised,’” Simkin said. ra-on-the-Lake residents to Santa’s sleigh. success. golf course, raised more than much recognition and credit Watson immediately said step outside for some Christ- In case of rain, Santa’s Niagara-on-the-Lake $7,000 for the Movember for this.” mas cheer,” Turcotte said in a journey around town will golf pros Ricky Watson campaign for men’s health. The fundraiser came Continued on Page 12 town announcement. happen on Sunday, Dec. 13. NOTL councillor pushes debunked claims about 5G health effects Richard Harley unscientific claims about 5G open discussion and share week,” she said. The Lake Report during a council meeting a little bit of information” “Health Canada to this on Nov. 25, claiming that about 5G, which refers to point, apparently, is using Niagara-on-the-Lake town because it operates at a the fifth generation of wire- 1920s data in order to assess councillor Wendy Cheropita higher frequency than other less communications. the implications of 5G and has some concerns about networks, the signals can “Number one, 5G is at a there are serious, serious the safety of 5G cellular be harmful to children and much higher frequency than concerns that have been networks, but they ap- pregnant mothers. any other cell frequency. It identified,” she claimed. pear to be based on widely These claims have been requires also significantly Health Canada says oth- debunked, fringe conspiracy widely debunked, includ- more antennas than any erwise. theories. ing in a New York Times other form before it, includ- “And there’s some re- And last week she came investigation into where the ing places like light posts, ally smart people working within one vote of getting false claims about 5G are which could be in residen- behind the scenes, including NOTL council to explore coming from. tial areas, near schools, and the World Health Organi- those theories. Still, Cheropita told coun- they are obviously operating Cheropita began spouting cil she wanted to “have an 24 hours a day, seven days a Continued on Page 2 Coun. Wendy Cheropita. SUPPLIED Page 2 Shop from the comfort of home December 3, 2020 www.simpsonspharmacy.store Pharmacy: 905.468.2121 In-store and curbside pick-up or free delivery Apothecary: 905.468.8400 Christmas gifts and confectionary now available ! NEWS We will do everything we can to support you. Councillor makes false claims about effects of 5G Continued from Front Page with at least some specific evidence so that we can zation, a former CAO of open up some discussions,” Microsoft,” Cheropita said. she said. “And what they have Her motion was narrowly discovered in hundreds of defeated, with Couns. Gary scientific studies is that 5G Burroughs, Norm Arsenault, will suppress the immune O’Connor and Cheropita system of human beings. voting to explore the un- It has a negative effect on founded claims of 5G health pregnant women and chil- concerns. dren, it can cause physical The federal government system changes, as well as website recommends a num- cognitive changes, and cell ber of studies on its 5G page damage affecting the cellu- and clarifies a bit about the lar processes that play a role scientific process. in cancer development.” “There are criteria that There is no evidence to scientists use in order to support any of those claims establish scientific evidence and 5G is widely considered for the existence of an safe by the science com- adverse health effect. The munity. evidence needs to be repro- While it is true 5G does Left: Coun. Wendy Cheropita. Right: An infographic on the government of Canada’s website. FILE/SUPPLIED ducible to ensure the results operate at a higher radio- were not random or due to frequency (RF) and that comprehensive review” However, fiber optic is motions forwarded from “(She) beat me to it. She other factors. The evidence effects can be harmful at of 5G health implications a form of cable and 5G is the City of Niagara Falls re- articulated all my com- needs to be consistent high exposures, there are and “transparency of the a wireless network. Cell- garding 5G, which sparked ments and my views clearly. across studies; for example, established exposure limits potential health effects phones cannot run on fibre the discussion, were about Until we have the medical the evidence is stronger if in Canada, “with a safety and to investigate and have optic alone and use net- the height of the towers, professionals coming to talk different types of studies margin of at least 50-fold Health Canada report on works like 5G to connect to asking the federal govern- to us, I think we should be (epidemiology and labora- from the threshold for pos- the specific health concerns the fiber backbone. ment to be involved in as- very careful in what we’re tory) point to the same sible adverse health effects,” that have already been Cheropita was under the sessing health concerns, and doing here. So I can’t sup- conclusion. The evidence according to available identified.” impression that additional asking city staff to provide port this,” he said. needs to be evaluated in its government information on However, Health Canada 5G towers would be placed a report on liability if there Cheropita continued to totality, meaning that both radiofrequency. has already said it has no in NOTL by Telus, saying is a 5G health claim on the try to convince council positive and negative results According to Health concerns with the radio fre- she got the information city’s insurance. there are health concerns are evaluated on their own Canada, “5G will operate quency associated with 5G. from a story in the Niagara However, Coun. Clare with 5G. merit and then evaluated using both the frequencies “Another frequent con- Advance. Cameron fired back in “Given that there’s obvi- as a whole. Finally, the used by current mobile cern is the potential for Interim chief administra- defence of science. ously not a consensus as to evidence needs to be gener- devices (e.g., 3G and 4G) as radiofrequency EMF to tor Sheldon Randall clari- “Not quite sure how to how people feel about 5G, ally accepted by the broader well as frequencies above increase risks of cancer. fied that as far as he was put this except to say that and there are many, many, scientific community.” 6GHz, also known as mil- The scientific evidence does aware, there are no plans I do not share any of these many scientific journals that Despite Cheropita’s limetre waves.” not support a link between for additional 5G towers in health concerns,” she said.
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