turn to page 10 turn to page 8 turn to page 2 Walkerville’s Phantom of the Opera opens Windsor Spitfires beat Brampton Battalion 5-2 Roll up the Rim back at local Tim Hortons Volume Vii i SSue Xii www .ConVergedCitizen .Com marCh 7, 2012 e h t CONVt Elair oRllege Gtudent EournaDliSm ubCliCationITIZEN a S . C C S J p City debates fluoridation VIA Adam El-Baba derailment Citizen Staff Reporter Courtney Turnbull Citizen Staff Reporter Windsor Utilities Commission and city council Five passengers remain in members had a special meet - hospital following a train ing Feb. 29 addressing the derailment Feb. 26. After days amount of fluoride in of investigating the black box, Windsor’s water. speed was determined to be The primary concern is the the cause of the VIA Rail amount of hydrofluosilicic derailment east of the acid in Windsor’s water. Aldershot, Ont. train station. According to WUC’s report, In February, 2008 a freight Fluoridation of Windsor’s train with 19 cars and tankers Water Supply, it can negative - derailed in the same location. ly affect the health of According to VIA Rail’s web - Windsorites -- mainly infants -- site, rail accidents dropped and can cause dental fluorosis, from 1,076 to 1,023 in 2010. tooth decay and osteoporosis. VIA Rail Train 92 was carry - Eleven delegates spoke about Photo by Adam El-Baba ing 75 passengers and five both sides of the matter, Dr. Allen Heimann speaks at a special meeting at city council Feb.29 addressing the amount of crew members, three of whom including three doctors, repre - fluoride in Windsor`s water. Heimann said community water fluoridation is a public health meas - were killed by the derailment and 42 others were wounded. sentatives from Fluoride Free ure that is safe, effective, equitable and economical. Windsor. The Council of Currently there are still five Canadians Windsor-Essex specifically lists the use of WUC chairman Bill Marra Great Lakes environment and passengers in Hamilton, and Chapter and the International hydrofluosilicic acid for fluor - seconded the motion and does not follow the safe water Mississauga, Ont. hospitals. Medical Geology Association idation purposes. wants to see the issue dis - mandate. The safe water man - Since the accident, VIA Rail Canadian Chapter, and parents “Fluoridated water is not a cussed in more detail and date is to deliver an abundance has been collaborating with concerned about the health of source of hydrofluosilicic when full council is present. of clean, reliable and safe the Transportation Safety themselves and their families. acid,” said Heimann. “I rec - The motion was passed and water that enhances the quali - Board of Canada and deter - Dr. Allen Heimann, medical ommend the continuation of council will meet on March 8. ty of of Windsor residences mined the cause of the derail - offices of health for the the addition of fluoride to the “After 59 years, any policy and businesses. ment was due to the high Windsor-Essex County Health Windsor community drinking needs a review,” said Marra. “Shame on me for not giving speed of the locomotive. Unit, said community water water system.” According to a poll by the it a whole lot of thought,” said The train was traveling at 108 fluoridation is a public health Coun. Drew Dilkens raised a Windsor Star, 81.29 per cent Dilkens. “I am disturbed of km/h while approaching the measure that is safe, effective, motion to recommend city suveyed want to see fluoride what I hear, that the primary crossover. equitable and economical. council remove fluoride from removed from Windsor`s sources of fluoride are phos - Engineers passed two signals According to WUC’s report the water system and direct drinking water. Fluoride Free phate fertilization of the warning them to slow down to from the National Sanitation the savings to oral health and Windsor representative Kim United States that’s being 24 km/h. Foundation, the Windsor nutrition education in Windsor Deyong said artificial water dumped in our drinking The Transportation Safety Drinking Water Licence and Essex for five years. fluoridation damages the water.” Board of Canada said that they still do not know and may never learn which engineer Exotic animal bylaw concerns residents was in control of the train at Joel Boyce Brent Robinson, 38, has the time of the derailment. Citizen Staff Reporter owned the Vivarium Reptiles Malcom Andrews, the senior and Exotics store in LaSalle manager of corporate commu - Many exotic pet owners are since May 2009. Windsorites nications at VIA Rail, said not aware that it is illegal to may have difficulties purchas - “exhaustive measures” will be have their animals in the city ing exotic animals inside the taking place to retrain employ - of Windsor. city, but this doesn’t stop the ees and VIA Rail will learn Since March 18, 1985, a sale of them in surrounding what they did wrong and Windsor bylaw made it illegal towns. improve safety for all passen - for anyone to own an animal “We get a lot of people who gers and crew. “not indigenous to Canada” or don`t even know there is a “There are requirements for “not commonly kept as a bylaw that exists in Windsor. employees to requalify for household pet,” such as fer - They just don`t understand,” positions. They have to pass tests so they can prove they Photo by Joel Boyce rets, rabbits, rodents, snakes, Robinson said. “We explain it Brent Robinson, 38, owner of Vivarium Reptiles and Exotics in amphibian, turtles and many to them. If they want to are completely familiar with LaSalle, holds a 7-foot woma python in his store Feb. 29. more. Continued on page 2 Continued on page 5 CONVERGED CITIZEN marCh 7, 2012 NEWS page 2 .. Roll the rim within reason REGIONAL Richard Dawes Citizen Staff Reporter NEWS BRIEFS A local scientist warns rolling up the rim too often may exceed personal caffeine tolerances, resulting in the shakes and sleeplessness. mediCal liCenSe forfeited Tim Hortons holds its annu - al month-long Roll up the Rim A local doctor forfeited her and not documenting the contest towards the end of medical license after offi - amount of drugs injected February, enticing people to cials found her guilty of were all cited as reasons buy more coffee to win prizes. misconduct. leading to Guidon`s resigna - Sarah Woodruff, a professor Dr. Noemie Guidon violat - tion. from the department of kinesi - Photo by Richard Dawes ed several professional poli - Guidon was also required ology at the University of Tim Hortons employee Meghan Wightman, 17, poses with a cies when dealing with her to practice under the guid - Windsor, said there are many stack of Roll up the Rim cups Feb. 27 at Tim Hortons on Ottawa patients, according to the ance of a supervisor. After effects someone sensitive to Street and Kildare Street. College of Physicians and the supervisor resigned Feb. caffeine could experience day, for them to have a third, 17, said work gets a lot busier Surgeons of Ontario. 23, 2011, Guidon continued from upping their intake. it’s probably not going to be when Roll up the Rim starts The college observed 27 of to see patients on several Caffeine is a mild central that big of a deal.” and it is not uncommon for Guidon`s patients and she occasions, which directly nervous system stimulant. High caffeine intake can also some customers to visit multi - failed to meet medical stan - contravenes conditions on Some short-term physical cause sleeplessness. Using it ple times a day. dards when dealing with all her certificate. effects include an increased late in the day could cause “I think it’s due to the contest of them. The college`s discipline metabolic rate, elevation of more wakefulness at night, and being able to win free Failing to maintain hand committee ordered Guidon blood pressure and increased thus starting a vicious cycle, items,” said Wightman. hygiene, personal protec - to pay $3,650 to cover the blood flow to the muscles. she said. Wightman estimates the store tion, instrument sterilization cost of the investigation. Tolerance varies greatly per - While some new to caffeine gets around double the num - son to person, Woodruff said. may have experiences like ber of customers during the eXploSiVe SubStanCeS found For some who are not used these, studies show coffee start of Roll up the Rim than to the drug in their systems, may be beneficial in some on a regular day. Investigations continue according to police. even one to two cups can aspects. One of the most popular after the arrest of a Windsor The Ontario Provincial cause side effects that would According to the Coffee orders at the Tim Hortons man and the seizing of Police UCRT unit, which be undesirable. Association of Canada’s web - where she works a medium “unknown substances” Feb. handles hazardous materials “Some people get the jitters site, a study by Johns Hopkins double-double, 14 ounce cof - 28. and urban search and rescue, and the shakes, or nervous University in Boston found fee with two creams and two According to police was called in to assist with twitches. Let’s say you have a caffeine can improve a per - sugars. reports, David Zarankin, 45, identifying the chemicals. job that requires precision son’s mood. The drug elevates The caffeine content in one has been arrested and Testing by the UCRT of manual movements. confidence, work ethic and of these coffees is 140 mil - charged with possession of the substances determined Something like that would not energy levels. ligrams, according to content explosives.