374 Jerseyville Rd. W, Ancaster, ON November 2019 Issue #TeamTrees Challenge The Royal Using the power of the Internet for good! pg 5 . Don Cherry’s Gazette Firing Your school. Your newspaper. What does Ancaster High think? pg 6 The Im ment Inquiry: How the newest crisis the American president is facing might just be his last page 11 page 1 | Top Stories This Month’s Get the most important news right away. Here are Top Stories some of the top stories of November. HAMILTON Addressing Bullying Within HWDSB Schools Above: Manny Figueiredo, director of education for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board says a PA day on Nov. 29 will focus training to address bullying. (Dan Taekema/CBC) After the death of 14- ugh. year-old Devan Bracci-Selvey last month at Sir Winston Churchill Lindsay Harms, a parent They're not always High School, HWDSB is of a child who was bullied at an undertaking several new HWDSB school, says “It's all lip positive initiatives to combat bullying service but no real action is “conversations as across the board’s schools. being taken.” The bully of her you can imagine, Bracci-Selvey’s death is not the child was only suspended for 1 but we all have to first to do with bullying at Sir day. Winston Churchill either - 8 have them. years ago, a 17-year-old boy by "Don't wait for the school Manny Figueiredo, the name of Christopher Howell board to take action. Because director of education for commited suicide after being the they won't,” she says. HWDSB victim of similar harassment. But the school board is From November 18-22, ready to change that. Amongst “They're not always Ancaster High observed some of these aims include positive conversations as you can Anti-Bullying Week, where universal installation of the imagine, but we all have to have homeroom teachers led their “HWDSB Helps” app on all board them,” says Figueiredo about classes in various activities to iPads, a PA day on November 29 these discussions. further their students’ where teachers will gather to understanding of bullying and its work on how to address bullying Meanwhile, board chair impacts. Although all Ontario in their schools, and education Alex Johnstone claims that she is schools are mandated by law to packages distributed to families “absolutely” committed to implement anti- bullying with information on how to implementing all of the policies policies, some parents still say report and deal with bullying. that will arise from this panel. that it is not eno- page 2 | Top Stories CANADA Jason Kenney @jkenney Albertans have been rightfully frustrated by the unfair deal we are getting in the Federation going as far as to even express support for separation. I don’t want to let @JustinTrudeau push us out of our country. I’d rather focus on separating him from the Prime Minister’s office. The “Wexit” Movement 9:11 AM - 3 Aug 2019 Above: Hundreds of people rallied in Edmonton, Alta. on ❤ 2K ↻ 649 Saturday in support of the western provinces separating from Canada. (Gabriel Brown/CBC) In the footsteps of the tern Canada were known to with the movement, as some European Union’s current frequently clash over many have noticed, is that much of “Brexit” movement, the “Wexit” issues. Separatist movements in these provinces’ prairie land is party has begun to gain traction the west are far from new either, protected under treaties and is in Canada’s western provinces. with some dating back to the owned by various Indigenous “Wexit”, which stands for 1930s. What’s more, the climate groups. Thus, separation “Western Canada” and “exit”, crisis has even further becomes complicated since this describes a separatist party that exacerbated this vendetta. If land doesn’t belong to the aims to make western Canada a western Canada stops building western provinces at all. country of its own. pipelines, or continues fracking out of concern for the In an attempt to quell The animosity between environment for example, this separatist sentiment, Prime western and eastern Canada was means job losses in Alberta, Minister Justin Trudeau only made more severe by the northeastern B.C., and addressed Wexit in his election recent Canadian election. As Saskatchewan. speech. “To Canadians in Alberta Alberta and Saskatchewan are and Saskatchewan, know that you provinces whose economies The idea of Wexit has are an essential part of our great primarily revolve around the oil begun to win over many country. I’ve heard your industry and who tend to lean disappointed Albertans who feel frustration and I want to be there more conservatively, compared that their province is to support you,” he said. to more liberal urban eastern underrepresented. Peter provinces, this disagreement Downing, the founder of “Wexit,” Following Trudeau’s win only seems natural. Albertans says that “the Alberta public is however, support in Wexit were further dissatisfied by rising willing to see what the separatist skyrocketed. The movement’s carbon taxes and opposition to movement has to offer them in Facebook page went from just pipelines, which leaves many of terms of Alberta-first advocacy 4,000 members to more than them out of jobs in the oil-centric and Alberta-first solutions”. 171,000 overnight. “People are job market. Surveys show that about 30% of heartbroken,” Downing said in Albertans support Wexit. response. “The concept of Even before Canada has died in a lot of Confederation, western and eas- One of the main issues people’s hearts.” page 3 | Top Stories WORLD New Evidence in the Epstein Case Above: The Metropolitan correctional center, where Jeffrey Epstein was being held. (Vanessa Carvalho/ Shutterstock) Jeffrey Epstein’s death in when it was discovered that he widely criticized, coming 6 August has remained mostly had ties to many other important weeks after his arrest. shrouded in mystery for the past political figures, such as Prince Meanwhile, in the wake of his 3 months, but it seems that a Andrew and Bill Clinton. Some death, men such as Prince little more of the case has come speculate that his suicide was Andrew are taking the brunt of to light. There have been new actually an assassination, or the public outrage and being revelations about the 2 guards perhaps faked entirely, although scrutinized for their alleged assigned to watch him while he these claims are currently involvement within his schemes. was being held at the baseless. Metropolitan Correctional Center The individual who (MCC). Epstein was awaiting trial disclosed this information on various sex trafficking claimed that they saw security According to an charges, accused of having footage which showed that those anonymous informant, these 2 abused girls as young as 14 years guards had not been making the guards, who were assigned to old. The billionaire was found checks they were supposed to. check on Epstein every 30 dead in his jail cell on August 10, minutes, were in reality falsifying 2019, and was formally ruled to Meanwhile, Donald their log entries. The absence of have commited suicide by the Trump has shown to be highly guards and surveillance footage New York City's chief medical supportive of an investigation at the exact moment of Epstein’s examiner. His private island on into the circumstances around death has made many people the Caribbean was raided 2 days Epstein’s death, saying “I want a suspicious about the validity of afterwards by the FBI, though full investigation, and that’s what his alleged suicide - especially their late response was I absolutely am demanding. That’s what our attorney general, our great attorney gener- al, is doing.” The 2020 Grammy nominations brought some well-deserved recognition to a number of the year’s most iconic musicians, including well-known faces like Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Lil And In Pop Nas X, and Canadian favourites such as Drake, Shawn Mendes, and Michael Bublé. The award Culture… ceremony, hosted by singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, will take place on January 26, 2020. page 4 | International News ENVIRONMENT mingly by small actions. A few examples involve campfires left California’s Annual unattended, the burning of debris, equipment malfunctions, Fires Rage On or discarding cigarettes. The role of climate change cannot be by Rose He – Writer overstated, in relation to influencing the quantity and intensity of these wildfires. This year’s annual burn will be tough to combat, California’s climate has gotten and it may only grow worse in the future. drier and hotter, which leads to less moisture for vegetation. This condition has made it easier for massive wildfires to ignite and Wildfire season runs from August to December. California wildfires will continue to be a “dangerous ongoing disaster if the world does not spring to action and take a stand. immediately burn through parched vegetation, particularly after the dry summer. Furthermore, incredibly high wind conditions can affect the sizes of California wildfires Above: A home destroyed by the Woolsey Fire. (Hans Gutknecht/ because smaller fires meet due to Digital First Media/Los Angeles Daily News) winds, and then merge into more extensive fires. This can appear The California wildfires structures until the wildfire was when gusts pick up embers and will continue to challenge fully restrained. The area which transfer them to different scientists. It is currently beyond was burned was more than twice locations, sparking new blazes. their abilities to foretell all of the the size of San Francisco. Despite Powerful winds can also generate potential environmental the above, by comparing it to its a problem for preventing air ramifications that will be caused past years, the 2019 California support, such as water-dropping by climate change.