" Canadian Forces Road Hammers Tech changes to keep Country meets rock at **''*^.^ the military up to date the Horseshoe p.l3 p.l6 Humb™ et Cetera November 10, 2005 http://etcetera.humberc.on.ca V. 36 *^ 8 ph<iii>s bv .inilrcw dcMiuzii Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mayor David Miller addressed the public at the Driftwood Community Centre in the Jane and Finch area yesterday. Toronto gets $ 1 M to fight guns comes out with initiatives the said he is confident his administra- We're going to take illegal hand- vfcith a barrage of questions rang- Community money doesn't trickle down. There tion can use the federal money to guns out of our communities and ing from the possibility of a are no jobs ... we don't have the solve community problems. we're going to help you take back Christmas election to Aboriginal leader skeptical tools to help our youth," said Martin addressed an audience your kids," Martin seiid. issues. Cassandra Carnegie Douglas, pres- The funding pledge comes days "I'm not going to play politics federal funds ident of the Jamaican-Canadian after NDP leader Jack Layton's here, all of us want to govern," he ''Gangs are taking refusal to continue to prop up the said. "We have a very ambitious will ease crime Association. Douglas was responding to the our kids and Liberal minority government. The and extensive agenda which einnouncement made yesterday by House of Commons resumes on requires completion and can be in the GTA Martin and Toronto Mayor David hand-guns are Tuesday with the po.ssibility that completed within the next couple Miller at the Driftwood Martin's Liberals will face a non- of months and, as far as I'm con- by andrew desouza taking their lives. Community Centre in the Jane and confidence vote. cerned, I'm going to govern." SPECIAL TO THE ETCETERA Finch area. This year, Toronto has - Paul Martin Meirtin appeared unfazed by Prime Minister Paul Martin's seen 66 murders, 46 of them gun- questions about the timing of his $ 1 -million pledge to fight violence related. announcement in Toronto was met with scepticism The $1 -million pledge is in of community members and gov- "I'm not announcing intent to Layton's bid for with his to make promise, I'm announcing from a community leader who said addition to a $50-million national ernment officials pledge a Feb. election government money often doesn't Gun Violence and Gang fight gim violence \n the city. money that is there and that is on 3 reach the people who need it Prevention program that Martin "Gangs are taking our kids and the table," he said. > News p. "Kach time the government also announced ytstcrday. Miller hand-guns are taking their lives. I'he Prime Minister was met iJJ DepoProvera Warning', p. 11 |^ Ethical Investing, p. 15 ^^ Women's V-Rall Wins p.22 November 10, 2005 news ^ Thousands of people attended a ceremony in Thailand yesterday for the wedding of the country's only two resident giant pandas. - Canadian Press Committee prepares for fowl flu Nursing by gina jashewski Gionet said unlike other col- Humber should do if something work in close contact with birds. SENIOR REPORTER leges in the area, Humber is being like avian flu was to break in "The fear is that eventually this students proactive, working with a commit- Canada. virus will change and mutate and it Plans for a pandemic are tee for the past six months to cre- "Hand washing, signs in wash- will go from human to human," underway as Humber prepares to ate strategies to deal with the pos- rooms to get people in the habit of Gionet said. protect students and staff from a sibility of an epidemic. washing their hands regularly and "We've never been exposed to promote possible flu outbreak. John Davies, vice-president of an increase in flu shots would be avian flu, so there won't be a vac- "They say that every 30 to 40 academics and pandemic commit- our best defence against an out- cine available when a pandemic years there is a flu pandemic and tee chair, said they have developed break," Davies said. breaks out. It would take about six so tfie world is due for one," said plans to deal with the current Recently, 33 wild ducks in months to develop a vaccine," she vaccines Carole Gionet, Health Centre man- threat of human influenza, but will Canada were found to be carrying said. ager continue to meet to discuss what the H5 subtype (avian) virus. Gionet SEiid while the current Officials were quick to vacdne will not protect you from by maryann simson dismiss the severity of avian flu, it is still important to get LIFE REPORTER the strain, saying it is because it is 85 per cent effective not unusual for birds to against this year's flu. Third-year nursing students carry the flu virus and She also said the flu virus is eas- will hold flu vacdnation clinics no human cases have ily spread, especially on college at both the North and been reported. campuses. Lakeshore Campuses this In contrast, accord- "People tend to come to school month. ing to the World Health or work when they're sick, and The students, who will be Organization (WHO) they really shouldn't because running the dinics, have been website, the vims con- they're just spreading the virus working hard all semester to tinues to spread rapidly around," she said.. dispel myths about the flu vac- through Asia and parts In the meantime, Gionet said cine, sudi as the one that sug- of Europe with over students and staff should leain to gests it can make you sici. 100 reported human recognize the difference between They are encouraging cases. the common cold and the flu number's student body to pro- Gionet said some because they have common symp- tect themselves and their loved students and staff are toms but are two different things. ones by getting immunized. confused about the dif- Gionet said a cold makes you Anne-Marie Shin, a clinical ference between the feel sick for a couple days, but you nursing instructor, said because regular human llu and can still walk around and do Humber has such a large popu- avian flu things. lation, a student's chemce of She said avian flu "With tlie flu, you're sick m bed picking up the flu virus or cold infects birds and cannot with high temperatures. You're bug here is very good. be transferred from achy all over and you have other She said it is important for person to person, so symptoms like a runny nose and students to get the shot to pre- Despite misconceptions, there is no evidence that eating poultry has those infected with the sore throat and nausea. It's like vent the flu. ever infected anyone with the Avian Flu, according to the WHO website. virus are people who getting hit by a truck," she said. "All the needles are single- use, sterilized needles. Once they are used, tliey are dis- posed of. Also, all the nurses will be using gloves and swab- Cash not a quick fix to reserve water woes bing the area with alcohol to clean it first," she said. She said once students are aware of sterile safe by ashley house tion with clilorine in the water human rights coalition KAIROS, ment needs to empower aborigi- how and SENIOR REPORTER treatment plant. The reserve had said money is not enough nals. the process is, those who are been on a boil water advisory for "You can give them money so Because of the remote locations wary of needles may even Aboriginal Peoples will need to two years. that the problem can be fixed in of most reserves. First Nations face come to the climes. look elsewhere to get basic needs The federal government evacu- terms of clean water, but if you challenges in terms of providing Shin can think of very few like clean water instead of relying ated almost 1,000 residents off the don't give them the tools to run water and health care. Falling good reasons why people on the federal government's reserve to receive treatment for their own affairs then tliey are under federal jurisdiction, the gov- should not be immunized. money, according to one Humber rashes, skin disease and illness. always going to be dependent and ernment has special obligations to "If you are actively sick, if student. "The living conditions were at the mercy of whatever handouts honour treaties and make sure you have a fever or anything "There comes a time when our horrible and disgraceful. It's like anyone is able to give," he said. aboriginals have the necessities tlie like that, you can't get the flu First Nations leadership needs to that in a lot of First Nations com- The government's most recent rest of Canada takes for granted. shot at that time." step up to the plate and begin to munities," Wesley said. "1 never handouts to Kashechewan includ- "Continually trying to inject Humber is also working with to help combat put a lot more political pressure on drink the water when I visit any ed a 10-tonne purification plant money into the problem is not the Residence flu the government," said Brent reserve." that can produce 50,000 litres of going to solve it. It has to be dealt this year's by having a com- Wesley, who is enrolled in Tlte Canadian Press reported clean water a day.