Contract 400119680 ESTABLISHED • MAY 1975 VOLUME 45 / NO 21, MAY 29, 2019 $1.50 (Tax included) Two cooperatives associate with Bryan Powers to develop New Carlisle sawmill

Gilles Gagné NEW CARLISLE: – Two Bay of Chaleur area coopera- tives, Maria’s Coopérative forestière de la Gaspésie and SARGIM, the New Rich- mond based tree producer, are associating with Bryan Powers, the owner of Vimy Cedar sawmill in order to de- velop new products and max- imize the facility’s potential. The transaction was con- cluded recently and the part- nership will lead to the creation of a new company. Some details remain to be fi- nalized but the deal is offi- cial. “The idea is to create a new company. Let’s call it Company C, with our coop, The New Carlisle sawmill is renowned for the quality of its products. Bryan and SARGIM. The new company will rent the develop added value prod- He is sending some products to acquire the plant and we wanted to diversify and here equipment of Company B, ucts. We don’t necessarily to the Magdalen Islands and wanted to get closer to the is a good opportunity,” ex- Bryan’s equipment in New want to buy large quantities to Nova Scotia, for example. forest. We produce trees but plains Denis Bujold, director Carlisle. Company C will of wood. We mainly want to He has no succession ready we sell them. Somehow, we general of SARGIM. look for the acquisition of add value, like taking rough wood, process it and find wood and making moldings,” markets for those “added- emphasizes René Babin. value” products. The name of The New Carlisle sawmill the new company will be employs approximately 10 Bois Powers Wood,” explains people. “It will be upgraded René Babin, director general in the medium to long term,” of the Coopérative forestière he adds. de la Gaspésie. Since merging with other Bryan Powers will be a forestry coops of the region minority shareholder in the in 2013, the revenues of the new company and will retain Coopérative forestière de la control of his sawmill for Gaspésie have increased now. The agreement has pro- from $5 million to $13 mil- visions for the eventual ac- lion annually. The number of quisition of the New Carlisle members is 130. sawmill by the new company, SARGIM has annual rev- once Mr. Powers is ready to enues of $1 million and has retire. 50 members. It also owns “Bryan has experienced Paspebiac’s Pépinière Baie- difficulties because of the fire des-Chaleurs, but the latter is that damaged the sawmill a not a cooperative. It is an in- couple of years ago but his corporated company owned products are good and we by SARGIM. Pépinière Baie- need him as much as he des-Chaleurs has annual rev- needs us. Through investing enues of $1.5 million. Both in the partnership, we are as- entities employ 65 people suring the future of a com- during the spring, the peak pany,” adds René Babin, who period for them. says that Bryan Powers has “We are protecting jobs by developed a solid reputation partnering with Bryan and we in cedar products over the are saving expertise. There years. aren’t many companies in the The sun is finally shining on the Gaspé Coast after a long, hard “We want to buy many Gaspé Peninsula achieving a winter. 19-month old Charlotte Major from Hope Town couldn’t be species of wood, preferably degree of added value for any happier to finally be able to play at the park. already roughly sawed and wood like Bryan’s business. News The Liberals aren’t listening briefs says Dominique Anglade

Nelson Sergerie Enough is enough! GASPÉ: - The Liberals have Thierry Haroun not been listening enough to GASPÉ PENINSULA: - “Enough consultations, now is the time their activists. This is the for action,” says Danis Prudhomme, Executive Director of analysis being made by Lib- FADOQ (Québec’s most prominent seniors’ group). Reached by eral Member of the National Spec, Mr. Prudhomme mentioned that over the past five years, no Assembly for Saint-Henri- less than four consultations were organized concerning objectives Sainte-Anne and advocate for and priorities related to the the province’s CHSLDs (long-term the Gaspé Peninsula, Do- health establishments, such as Villa Pabos in Chandler). “Now is minique Anglade, almost eight the time for action! The government has all the information to months after the stinging de- go-ahead and invest in many priorities that have been proposed by feat in the October election. us and other players. Priorities such as hiring more personnel, to Ms. Anglade visited offer more training to the personnel, etc. Currently, across the Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, province there are 2,387 seniors that are on a waiting list. The top Gaspé, Percé, Bonaventure priority is to make sure that we find new units for these patients. and Carleton-sur-Mer on May Now, if the government insists on organizing another consulta- 21 and 22 to meet supporters tion, we’ll participate, of course, to make sure that our voice is and reconnect the Liberal heard,” he concluded. Party with the regions. “It’s important for us to meet peo- ple, talk to them and see where each of their priorities Dominique Anglade visited the LM Wind Power plant in Gaspé in January of 2017. Adapting the school calendar is after October 1. What Photo: N. Sergerie to the tourism season should we look at? What are the regional issues? This is an ready. We are in the opposi- Thierry Haroun opportunity to reconnect with A development plan tion. It is now that we must GASPÉ PENINSULA: - Adapting the school calendar (cegep and the regions,” says Dominique speak of a development plan. university) to the tourism season is a major subject that no gov- Anglade. Ms. Anglade believes that Now is the time to get people ernment has really taken seriously despite that for the past fifteen a regional development plan involved to have an interest- The reasons years the tourism industry has been putting pressure on the Que- should have been presented ing proposal for the next elec- behind the defeat bec government to find a solution to this problem. The latest de- to the electorate. “An eco- tion,” she says, noting that bate on the question occurred at the Parliament in Quebec City “We really did not know nomic development plan for work is starting now. between Gaspé PQ Member of the National Assembly, Méganne enough to listen to our ac- the Gaspé, I do not remember Perry-Mélançon and Quebec Tourism Minister, Caroline Proulx. tivists. From what was hap- having seen one recently. The party In fact, for the past fifteen years, this issue has been debated pening in the area, understand Something coordinated, leadership race publicly. The problem is the following: August 15 students usually the impact of the policies that where there are the concerns have to leave their summer jobs to start cégep or university. In the have been put forward. I say of the Gaspesians in a plan In a bid to lead the Lib- Gaspé, most of the students have to leave the region to study, so it often: politics is at least approved by a government eral Party, Anglade says she they have to leave their summer job (mainly in the tourism indus- 60% listening. That's what we where there is money to con- came to Gaspé Peninsula try) and, consequently, employers find themselves with too fewer missed,” admits the Liberal tinue development. I think it first as a promoter of the re- employees. There are cases where restaurants have to close sec- politician. is something significant.” gion, but it is clear that she is tions and some even have to close their doors earlier than expected. Several initiatives have to The latest plan of this kind taking the opportunity to test This situations has be made in commerical fish- dates back to the Parti Québé- the ground with the party economic conse- eries. Labour issues and revi- cois government of Pauline supporters. “Of course peo- quences for our re- talizing the Haute-Gaspésie Marois between 2012 and ple ask the question. This is gion and a solution were highlighted in particular 2014, headed by the former something that is of interest has to be found as to the member. When she is Member of Parliament for to me and making proposals soon as possible and reminded of the conse- Gaspé and Minister Delegate that are off the beaten path. that means adapting, quences of the austerity or of Regions, Gaétan Lelièvre. The Liberal Party has always in other words post- Haroun Photo: T. budgetary rigor of the Couil- The table of prefects had tried been the party that modern- poning the begin- lard government at the begin- to make a version 2.0 with the ized Quebec. It's a huge ini- ning of the school year to September. That will enable students to ning of her term, Ms. Liberals of Philippe Couil- tiative. If I nominate myself, make more money and employers to run their businesses to their Anglade avoids the issue by lard, without success. “We I will come up with some- potential during the high tourist season. That’s the main message bringing up the completion of must recognize that there was thing that will lead to a con- that Méganne Perry-Mélançon expressed during a Parliamentary the Port-Daniel cement plant no general listening. A plan is crete platform.” Credit Commission. and the expansion of the LM Wind Power plant in Gaspé. Disappointed, but not discouraged

Spec reached the Gaspé MNA at her office in Quebec to sum up the situation with her. “I’m really disappointed with the answers that the minister gave me on my presentation related to this im- portant issue for our region. She said that it was very complex to implement because it involves unions, schools, school boards, par- ents and others and she gave me the example of a pilot-project in a region where the school calendar was changed and the result was that the students decided to take a few days off once they had made their money before going to school. I sincerely don’t think that it’s the case here in the Gaspé where our students work hard and once they leave it’s to study, not to take vacations. Now, I will continue to sensitize this government of the importance of changing the school calendar because there is a crisis in terms of lack of per- sonnel in the tourist sector. Everywhere I go, the players of our industry continuously talk about this problem.” Page 2, May 29, 2019 - Spec HEMODIALYSIS: A third chair at Maria hospital Police report

Nelson Sergerie For the second consecutive year, the long weekend of May went MARIA: - A third hemodialy- without a fatal accident on the Gaspé Peninsula, the Magdalen sis chair will be added at Islands and the Lower Saint Lawrence regions, according to Maria hospital. “It's in our numbers released on May 22 by the Sûreté du Québec. More- plans in the next month. We over, the number of accidents causing injuries went down, from have permission. It’s just that 15 in 2018 to 10 in 2019. we have to look at logistics at the local level, to make sure it Up to 650 infraction tickets were handed out during the three is safe. We have to tie in with days by police officers. This is fewer than the 726 tickets of 2018. the technical services, com- Of those, 475 infractions were speeding tickets, five were linked puter science, so that in the to the fact that drivers were not using their seat belts, and seven next month it will be done,” people were driving while using their cellular phone. says the director of quality, evaluation, performance and Sûreté du Québec officers held 43 operations to control various ethics at the Gaspé Peninsula Photo: N. Sergerie infractions during the weekend. Twenty drivers were asked to test Integrated Health and Social for drinking and driving, as well as four people were required to Services Centre (CISSS), A third dialysis chair will be added at Maria hospital test for drug use at the wheel. Six people failed one of the two Jean-Luc Gendron. This addi- drivers will eventually be charged with impaired driving. tion is really short term: two Member of the National as- ble to reorganize renal re- people from Maria need the sembly for Bonaventure, Syl- placement services in the re- service now, according to the vain Roy, had called for an gion to better meet the needs CISSS Bas-Saint-Laurent investigation into the use of of the patient. This is a very which is responsible for the hemodialysis services at the good example of our collec- service from Rimouski. CISSS in the Gaspé Penin- tive efforts to bring users' “We must look, in collab- sula. services closer together, in a oration with Rimouski, since The elected official criti- concrete way, while remain- this is where the references cized the fact that an elderly ing attentive to the reality of are in nephrology at the kid- citizen of Maria, who was in each community.” In March ney level and with the min- poor health, had to travel 2017, former Liberal Health istry to assess the needs of the 1700 kilometres per week to Minister Gaétan Barrette population in the coming receive care at the Rimouski added six seats to bring the Romance, suspense, children’s books months and years.” At the Regional Hospital Centre be- total to 12 in Gaspésie. Cur- and even recipe books in stock CISSS Bas-Saint-Laurent, Dr. cause the service was at full rently 14 seats are available in Jean-Christophe Carvalho capacity in Maria. the territory. points out that at least five “I am very happy for the identified people will need residents of Bay of Chaleur PUBLIC NOTICE service in the Gaspé Penin- and Gaspé Peninsula who will TABLE OF DISTRIBUTION sula in the near future. not need to go abroad for OF HEMODIALYSIS treatment,” says Sylvain Roy. CHAIRS ON THE GASPÉ URBANISM PENINSULA A quick announcement On April 18, the Minister of Health, Danielle McCann, Minor exemption: confirmed the addition of the Chandler: 6 286, montée de Wakeham: permit the construction of a single The events moved along third hemodialysis chair by Sainte-Anne-des-Monts: 4 Maria: 2 family residence with a rear setback of 4,52 m and a sum of the quickly. Before coming up press release. “I am very Gaspé: 2 lateral setback of 4,72 m. with an announcement, the pleased that it has been possi- 39, montée de Sandy-Beach: permit the installation of a sup- plementary sign on the left lateral wall. VILLE DE GASPÉ: 167, rue de la Reine: permit the installation of a sign with an A surplus of $1.8 million area of 32 m2.

Nelson Sergerie plus has returned to a level Supported projects LEGAL SERVICES AND CITY CLERK’S OFFICE that I would call central and These surpluses enable GASPÉ: - The Town of it allows us to manage un- the Town to financially sup- Enactment of By-laws: Gaspé has achieved a budget foreseen things,” says Mr. port various projects. Of By-law 1393-19: «Décrétant le pouvoir au directeur général por- surplus of $1.8 million for Côté. these, more than $600,000 tant sur la réception et l’examen des plaintes suivant la Loi sur the 2018 fiscal year. Several small savings and was allocated to the pool l’autorité des marchés publics». “We are exactly in the additional income explain renovation project at the comfort zone recommended this surplus. For example, the Gaspé Cegep. A sum of By-law 1390-19: «décrétant une dépense d’une somme de 2 by the accountants. The ac- tax on real estate transfer $125,000 will be used to 000 000 $ et un emprunt de 2 000 000 $ pour la réalisation de countants tell us that an area generated an additional in- cover the unexpected cost travaux de rapiéçage mécanisé sur diverses rues de la Ville de of 8 to 10% of our annual come of $100,000: “As the increase of the Sûreté du Gaspé». budget is the surplus comfort economy is vigorous, there is Québec. $60,000 will be By-law 1156-11-38: « amendant le règlement de zonage 1156- zone that a city should have. a revival of the real estate used to support the arrival of 11 en ajoutant un vingt-septième point à l’article 19.2 LISTE DES In our case, we are around market,” says the mayor. the Social Pediatrics Clinic CONSTRUCTIONS* ET USAGES*, en remplaçant l’article 9.6 7%, so we are in our zone,” Savings of $500,000 were and $125,000 will go to- ANTENNE DE RADIO AMATEUR et en remplaçant le tableau explains Gaspé Mayor made in human resources: wards the 25-unit project of de l’article 9.1 NECESSITE DE L’USAGE PRINCIPAL ». Daniel Côté. “It's not that there have been the Gaspé Healing, Reinte- GIVEN at Gaspé, May 29, 2019. Gaspé found a “normal” job cuts. This is because po- gration and Intervention surplus after having some sitions have not been filled in Centre for vulnerable people Isabelle Vézina, difficult years. “When we the last year.” Savings of in a precarious financial sit- Director of legal services and town clerk fell into a period of austerity $100,000 for the preparation uation. “If the city was not with the start of the Couil- of the assessment roll and the there to support them, the In accordance with the by-law concerning the publication of lard government, we found equivalent revenues for the projects would not be real- public notices, the city of Gaspé informs you that you will find ourselves very tight in terms sale of land also helped ized.” The non-allocated sur- all of these notices on the website of the city of Gaspé at the following address: ville.gaspe.qc.ca in the section of public of certain budgets. The sur- achieve this performance. plus is $5.9 million. notices.

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what, so as to speak. It was another way of ignoring associating with the success of the company, more Commentary what the population of the regions had to say during than the company needing the government to go Gilles Gagné four-and-a-half years. This is the message she ahead. heard, not always in those terms, in her meetings The slowness showed by the Couillard govern- with Liberal supporters in Gaspé, Sainte-Anne-des- ment in the upgrading work of the Matapedia to Monts, Percé, Bonaventure and Carleton. Gaspé railway can be in part attributed to Do- A former president of Coalition avenir Québec, minique Anglade’s department, despite the fact that Dominique Anglade, left that party in the summer of the file is mainly driven by Transports Québec. Reconnecting 2013 after an electoral defeat in September 2012 Other ministers should have understood that the and because she couldn’t accept the CAQ program railway refurbishment could have moved forward with rural regions regarding identity and immigration issues. Her fa- much quicker. Understandably, she didn’t talk much One of the main reasons behind the Liberal Party of ther is of Haitian descent and she has kept strong about the railway during her visit, except to answer Quebec’s demise at the October 1 election was its ties with Haiti. She is an engineer by trade and has questions on that stake. dismal results in the province’s so-called rural re- a masters degree in business administration. She Overall, Dominique Anglade must be taken seri- gions. worked for Montreal International between Septem- ously as a possible winner of the Liberal Party race. Only two seats were won outside the Montreal ber 2013 and the fall of 2015. The leadership race will not take place before mid- area, one of them by Sébastien Proulx in downtown She then joined the Liberal party ranks and was 2020 and at 45 years of age, counting on various Quebec City, which is not rural at all and the second elected on November 9, 2015, in a by-election. At professional mandates, she appears in the lead one, Philippe Couillard’s Roberval seat in Lac Saint- the time, the austerity measures of the Liberal Party among the candidates that are currently elected at Jean, a rural area as well, however, it was left up for were hitting Quebec full blast, more particularly the the National Assembly. grabs when the former premier resigned three days rural regions, where they were applied more deeply, There is a lot of work ahead though, and pa- after the election. In the by-election that followed, proportionately speaking. tience will be required by the party’s high brass be- the Liberal Party was ousted by a Coalition avenir She became Minister of Economy, Science and cause current premier François Legault could be Québec candidate, Nancy Guillemette. Innovation on January 28, 2016. In a way, she can- re-elected in 2022. However, the Liberal Party is re- So, nowadays, the Liberal Party has no Member not be made responsible for all the cuts in regions bounding strongly and Mr. Legault would make a of the National Assembly coming from outside Mon- like the Gaspé Peninsula because when she joined mistake in forgetting that. treal. Reconnecting with Quebec’s regions will be a the cabinet, the decisions, notably to abolish a set major task. That is one explanation for the presence of regional development organizations, were al- of Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne riding Member of the ready in effect. National Assembly Dominique Anglade in the She defends her record by saying that she was Classic Gaspé Peninsula on May 21 and 22. part of the decision-making process that led to the Ms. Anglade, the former Minister of Economy in completion of Port Daniel’s cement plant, despite a Memorials Philippe Couillard’s government, is now responsible $444 million cost overrun, and the expansion of the Four Generations for the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands for LM Wind Power blade manufacturing plant in the Liberal Party. So, she has to stay in touch with Gaspé. of Monument what is going on in the region. Secondly, she is in- She is right, however, the team in place before Craftsmen terested in the leadership of the party. For that rea- her could have kept a closer eye on McInnis Ce- HIGHEST QUALITY - BEST PRICES son, she has to try and understand what happened ment’s project to avoid a cost overrun that repre- since 2014 in order to explain the disaster that hit MONUMENTS, MARKERS, CEMETERY LETTERING, sented close to 40% of the facility’s initial projected LASER DESIGNS AND PORTRAITS her party. tab. She cannot be held responsible for that She admits that the Liberal Party didn’t listen mishap. She mainly picked up the pieces once the SALES REPS: enough to the messages coming from the damage was done. Albert Burton - 418-392-4598 province’s regions during the 2014-2018 term. As for LM Wind Power, her government con- New Richmond, Cascapedia and St. Jules She also admits that the party tried to apply the tributed $5.7 million, mainly loans, of a $13 million Steven Imhoff - 418-752-6041 same measures in rural areas that were working in expansion that would have occurred without Que- New Carlisle urban areas, across the board measures, no matter bec’s contribution. It was essentially the government

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Page 4 - May 29, 2019 - Spec An excellent year for Bay of Chaleur lobster fishermen

Gilles Gagné

PORT DANIEL: – Since the start of the lobster season those involved in the fishery on the Gaspé Peninsula have heard that the catches are clearly on a record path, or close to it. As far as Bay of Chaleur fishermen are con- cerned, things are going very well. There are smiles on the wharves. With three full weeks of catches completed, Port Daniel based fisherman Kirby Journeau hesitates before call- ing 2019 a record year for a couple of reasons, one being there are still seven weeks to Vincent McRae, on the right, is smiling like most people in the Kirby Journeau is happy with the pace of his daily catches. go. lobster business this year. His helpers are Terry McRae, on His boat is the Violet Joy. “I wouldn’t say it is a the left, and Scott Walker, in the middle. record year. There are 19 li- cences in Port Daniel and we catches will likely slow down In Saint-Godefroi, Vincent Day. When we extract meat, hampered by zone closures are all doing well. I can say a bit with June in sight. “It is McRae is not talking about a the price paid (to the fisher- during the last three weeks of that considering the last five or not going to get better but record year yet but everybody men) is not as high,” says Jan- the season for 64 of the Gaspé six years, we are doing a lot hopefully, it will stay good,” is smiling on his boat, the ick Aubut, owner of Produits Peninsula’s 163 lobster fisher- better than we ever did. We see he points out. Cindy Steeve. “We caught marins Saint-Godefroi. She men. The record of landings the same results as last year for He remembers that 15 1,000 pounds for the first time buys the catches of 11 lobster would otherwise have been sure but 19 fishermen are a lot years ago and before, the and it happened to be on fishermen. broken, according to most for the Port Daniel area. That’s catches on the New Brunswick Mother’s Day. The catch was In the Gaspé Peninsula, the buyers, had the pace of 2017 why it is hard to talk about a side of the Bay of Chaleur the same the following day,” overall revenue record in lob- been maintained for the corre- record but we are probably in “were very low but they have he says. ster fishing was set in 2017 sponding period in 2018. The the golden age of it and we are been super fantastic for 15 By and large, prices are with $38.3 million. The peak price declined slightly last getting a fair price at the same years. I hope that our days comparable to those of 2018. in catches was also reached the year, compared to 2017. time,” says Mr. Journeau. ahead will be super for fishing “It was $7.50 per pound on same year, with 2,486 metric A decade ago, a standard He delivers his catches to as well.” week 1, then $7.07 on week 2 tonnes. Last year, revenues year for the Gaspé Peninsula Crustacés Gervais Roussy in The weather has been co- and $6.60 over week 3. The stood at $33.1 million while lobster fishermen was between Port Daniel, a company operating this year. “We only catches are good everywhere. total catches reached 2,301 800 and 1,000 metric tonnes, bought by Unipêche MDM in missed one day,” concludes The market for live products metric tonnes. for total revenues of $10 mil- October 2017. The pace of Kirby Journeau. has fallen a bit after Mother’s The end of the season was lion, or a bit less.

A midwife service soon in the Gaspé

Thierry Haroun VILLAGE GASPÉ PENINSULA: - Real Estate Agency If everything goes as Suzanne Landry planned, a midwife service CERTIFIED REAL ESTATE BROKER AEO should be available in the 418-752-0792 Bay of Chaleur area next [email protected] month. That’s what www.suzannelandry.ca Marie-Josée Racine, Friendly bilingual service spokesperson for Accès from Matapedia to Port Daniel Sage-Femme Baie-des- 19 years experience Chaleurs, told Spec over the phone. Her organi- zation has been working on this project since 2009. “A midwife has been hired last Septem- ber. That person has

since been working on Photo: Accès Sages-Femmes BDC the implementation of this serv- ice in the Bay of Chaleur area. She intends to hire two midwives to help her and in the long-run the service should be available across the peninsula.” This service will be the responsibility of the CISSS de la Gaspésie and is financed by the Régie de l'Assurance-Maladie du Québec. To become a midwife, one must study four years at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, a program that includes 1,200 hours of internship. There are currently 200 midwives in the province and this profession is supervised by l’Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec. RENEW ONLINE AT THEGASPESPEC.COM

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Gilles Gagné MacWhirter. The development of a NEW CARLISLE: – Year Munchkin Mansion Play- 2018-2019 proved “to be school program in Shigawake successful on many levels has been a goal for Family with an abundance of activi- Ties for years but hurdles in ties and quality program- the form of funding always ming offered,” emphasized prevented Family Ties from Family Ties executive direc- being able to offer it. tor Heather MacWhirter at “This year, with financial the May 15 annual general support from the Anchor meeting of the organization Adult Education Centre, we in New Carlisle. were finally able to offer The number of highlights “Munchkin Mansion Play- reaches an impressive level school Hits The Road” and at Family Ties, whose roots our early years coordinator go back to 1994, when vari- has travelled to Shigawake- ous stakeholders acted to fill a need to support New Carlisle fami- lies in diffi- culty. Ms. Jacob McConnell and Maria Chatterton

MacWhirter Photos: G. Gagné pinpointed a few highlights in her report. need for the restructuring the current year stands at The start in project and the positive effect $310,920 for now, he re- October of the it will have on our community marked. He expects a slight “Our Commu- and programming. I will con- increase because Family nity, our Her- tinue to prioritize this initia- Ties constantly applies to get itage” project tive next year,” explained Ms. money from various pro- was one of MacWhirter. grams, which makes its them. The Financially, Family Ties budget a moving object. “I project led to ended year 2018 with a small suspect that it will be at the hiring of surplus of $3,287, from rev- more than $340,000,” said Brittany Flow- enues of $344,000. Mr. Legrand. ers to put up a “The goal for a not-for- Family Ties took the oc- series of panels profit organization is to break casion provided by the an- describing im- even. Our surplus represents nual general meeting to hand portant events less than 1% of our total out its “Volunteer of the or periods in the budget,” pointed out book- year” awards. history of New keeper Johnny Legrand. Jacob McConnell is the Carlisle. The Last year, Family Ties re- youth volunteer of the year initiative implies ceived $23,000 more than the for his “patient, respectful, the involvement previous year from the vari- funny and genuine” engage- of 72 partici- ous funding supporting the ment with the children. The pants who sup- organization’s multiple proj- adult volunteer of the year is plied valuable ects. “We have 20 pockets of Freddy Boudreau for a set of information money to administer, consid- reasons ranging from pa- about historical ering the number of programs tience, kindness, knowledge, milestones of the we have,” added Mr. Legrand. astute guidance and a posi- community. Ms. Maria Chatterton and Freddy Boudreau The prevision budget for tive attitude. Flowers holds a bachelor’s degree in history. Port Daniel School every Sat- project this year.” The appli- Continuous training is urday morning since February cation sent to the Federal Around the World part of Family Ties’ success to model this successful pro- Government’s Accessibility at Family Ties and training sessions were gram. Participating families Program was refused in Feb- numerous in 2018-2019. were able to create social net- ruary. Heather MacWhirter men- works, partake in group activ- “Two other projects to tioned a particular involve- ities and ease the transition supplement the required fund- Seniors, come fly around the world with us! into school,” says Heather ment in the mental health ing were accepted, the This month we will be vising: task force that provided the MacWhirter. Caisses Desjardins and the The Philippines with Marissa McWhirter staff with an opportunity to She also explained that MRC of Bonaventure’s Fonds be trained as gatekeepers for “despite intense effort to ac- de développement des terri- Join us for an interacve presentaon and to suicide prevention. quire funding to restructure toires. Over the year, I met taste typical food from this country. She also underlined an the Family Ties building, we with several government rep- activity held by the BUDS were unable to complete the resentatives concerning the Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 program during which fa- 1:00­3:00 PM thers and sons travelled to- Family Ties Kitchen gether to see a Bathurst Titans hockey game in Please RSVP to Melissa at Family Ties, Bathurst. “The outing was 418­752­7265 by Tuesday, June 4th, 2019. made possible by members of the community who spon- sored the tickets, travel ex- This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program penses and lunch,” said Ms.

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BONAVENTURE: – Anglo- Cut the Cord phone students participating in the Building My Region Modern day use of screens, including televisions, Challenge on May 18 ranked iPads, iPhones and computers is way out of control. well. This year 37 young en- trepreneurs or entrepreneurial Studies tell us that kids and teens aged eight to eighteen teams from five high schools spend an average of more than seven hours a day look- and 32 elementary schools ing at a screen. The average for some adults is greater participated. than that. The negative effects of prolonged use of The event consists of a screens are many. Obviously, anybody spending so much contest and exhibition where time on a screen device is not active. Kids do not play participants showcase their Isabelle Bourque from the Bonaventure MRC, presented outside when they are glued to the iPad. Less social in- People’s Choice Award and a $250 bursary to Arianna Flowers ideas. (NCHS), for her Allergy Free Cookbook. She was accompanied by teraction, poorer eating habits, strained vision, dry eyes Of the anglophone partici- Lily-Rose Leblanc, who helped her. and headaches affect those who overuse screens. It’s up pants two of the winning to the adults to take charge of this for the good of our projects were from New children. Carlisle High School and one The Canadian Pediatric Society suggests that parents from New Richmond High consider the following: Does anyone in the family use School. screens during mealtimes? Is watching TV a shared fam- With her project Allergy ily activity? Do you leave screens on even though nobody Free Cookbook, Arianna is watching them? Do you know how much screen time Flowers, from New Carlisle your child gets at day care or school? Do you have any High School, won the Peo- rules about screen use? ple’s Choice Award at the el- The alternative? Well, getting outside for fresh air and ementary level and a $250 activity is a terrific solution. Another way to cut down on bursary for the development all the screen time is board games, yes, the games in a box of the project. that can be played as a family. There are so many great From the same school, reasons to try this. You say you don’t like board games Lacey Flowers, with Lacey’s Geneviève Béchard, president of and that they are, well, boring? You have not found the Sugar Scrubs, was tied for the Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi, presented the right game yet. Jury’s Choice Award. with a Stroke of Brilliance Award to Kade MacWhirter. Besides cutting down on the screen time, there are a cookbook and cartoons for number of great reasons to play board games. First of children project coming from all, it is fun! Most importantly, it is fun. Be ready to talk, Saint-Alphonse’s École aux laugh and interact with your family or friends. Mille-Ressources. Lacey and William Bourque, of Saint- Other reasons to choose board games are it teaches Alphonse, also shared a $250 younger children to wait for their turn. It can develop bursary. strategy and problem solving. It helps improve math With his Bay Beards / skills. It can facilitate making choices and working as a Barbes de la Baie ecological team. Board games can help sharpen a child’s memory. shaving products, Kade So, what game should you choose? The old favourites MacWhirter, of New Rich- still have lots of appeal. Check for suggested ages for the mond High School, won the game you choose. There is no need to frustrate a child Lacey Flowers, on the left, headed Lacey’s Sugar Scrubs Stroke of Brilliance Award at project, tied for the Jury’s Choice. with a game that is too difficult. There are games for all the secondary level. He also She shared the $250 bursary with William Bourque. ages. These include classics such as Scrabble, Scrabble Jr., won a $500 bursary. Catherine Gauthier was on hand to present the award. Monopoly, Risk, Clue, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Oth- Overall, $4,500 in bur- Lacey was accompanied by two helpers. ello, Backgammon and even Checkers and Chess. For the saries were shared by the younger folk try Operation, Hungry Hippo, Soggy winners of the Building My Lévesque.” supported the students in their Doggy, ForageSnakes and Ladders, Moreau Jenga, Beat Inc. the Parents, Cha- Region Challenge. New Rich- She also emphasized the endeavours, including the rades for Kids418-392-9501 and Pie Face. If your child is a reluctant mond’s École Bois-vivant importance of the English parents, teachers and a num- reader, do not frustrate his/her, try a game such as Se- won four of the 10 awards. schools’ participation. “It is ber of volunteers from the quence. The organizer of the event, the second participation for community. There are so many board games available. Look on- Véronique Saint-Pierre, New Carlisle High School Up to 500 people attended line or in a store. Borrow a game from a friend and try it praised the contribution of the and the first one for New the three-hour event that pre- out. If you love it then purchase it and build up a collec- event’s main partner. “It Richmond High School. We ceded the award presentation. tion of great board games. Cut the cord and try for less would have been impossible are really happy to have you Attendees were able to see screen time. Make it a family tradition. Don’t forget the to offer that venture without this year,” pointed out Ms. the amount of work put in to snacks. the collaboration of Commis- Saint-Pierre. the projects and they left the sion scolaire René- She thanked those who exhibition quite impressed.

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RENOUF: Mariah Anne Kathleen Reflections 1919 - 2019 Sheryl Hayes and Troy Renouf of Shigawake, A hundred years, how can that be? Quebec, are proud to announce the birth of their Does that really apply to me? daughter Mariah Anne Kathleen Renouf. Mariah was By God’s grace, I know that it’s true. born on April 13, 2019, weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz., and Time slipped by as if it just flew. measuring 19 inches in length. Mommy, Daddy, and Sweet and simple were days of childhood. big brother Joseph are overjoyed to be welcoming this To a country girl, it seemed very good. precious baby girl home! With God-fearing parents in times of need, Persevering trials that made hearts bleed. Epidemics, depression, hardship and war, Obituary Rampant in those years, both near and far. Forward! Time brought to me blessings galore, Wife and mother, who could ask for more? So many happy and precious years, But there always had to be some tears. The family of the late Frances Riffou Kilbride But time has healing in its wings, would like to inform the public of her funeral And fills our hearts with lovely things. arrangements which will be held in Gaspé on Now I find joy in living everyday. Friday, June 7, 2019. Family and friends all make it that way, Visitation will be at the Salon Funeraire Not forgetting to thank my Jesus, my friend, Valère Fortin, 86 Rue Jacques Cartier, Gaspé, Who will walk with me to the very end. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The funeral mass Love, your family. will be at 1:30 p.m. at Christ the King Catheral, Gaspé. Following the mass and burial, a Celebration of Life will be held at the Royal Canadian Le- thegaspespec.com gion, 197 Rue Jacques Cartier, Gaspé. Should you wish to share any special memories, there will be an open mic. 110th Anniversary Special

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COAST ROUND-UP goods, handicrafts, and a white PORT DANIEL: NEW CARLISLE: adult. Children 12 years old and elephant table. Hope to see you Three Star Bible Chapel Services under $10. Welcome to all. there. Golden Age Club Sunday: Breaking of Bread for Every Tuesday: Bingo at 7 POINTE-NAVARRE: Every Wednesday: Pétanque Believers - 9:30 a.m.: night p.m. Sanctuary of YORK: from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost $3. Come service - 7 p.m.; Wednesday: Every Thursday: Dame de Pointe Navarre York WI and join the fun and learn a new Bible Study and Prayer - 7 p.m. Piques at 1 p.m. June 4: The mass of St-Pere- June 1: Rummage and bake game! “You Must Be Born Again.” Everyone is welcome to attend. grine, patron saint of the sick sale from 10 a.m. to noon at the June 1: 500 card game. Thank you for your support. suffering from cancer and long- York River Community Hall. June 7: Father’s Day BBQ. NEW RICHMOND: term diseases, will be cele- Clothes, housewares. something June 22: Military Whist. La Boutique CASCAPEDIA-ST-JULES: brated at 7 p.m. at the Shrine of for everyone. Doors will open at June 1 & 8: Garage and Bake Book Room Pointe-Navarre. 10 a.m. No early birds please. PORT DANIEL: Sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Any The book room is now closed, St. James donated objects and baked but if you call Kathleen at 392- GASPE: DOUGLASTOWN: Anglican Church items are gratefully accepted. 4896, she can set up a time to Legion Branch 59 Community Centre July 27: Annual Bazaar at the Garage sale items can be go in. Community Yard Sale Tuesdays: Zumba from 7-8 Three Star Golden Age Club. dropped off May 30 and 31 from June 1: A Community Yard Sale p.m. $10/class. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please drop off GESGAPEGIAG: will be held at the Gaspé Legion, Wednesday: Yoga for women. SHIGAWAKE: bake sale items on June 1. For Important Meeting 197 Rue Jacques Cartier, from 8 There are two groups: 5:15 Community Centre more information or if you need This is to inform the community a.m to noon. Tables available to p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. June 8: Lobster Supper from 4 pick up service, please call 418- members of Gesgapegiag and rent $10. We accept donations to 8:45 p.m. $17/class (drop in). p.m. to 6 p.m. $20 per person, 392-4508. the surrounding area that Ges- of items that can be dropped off Requires minimal experience in 1/2 BBQ chicken also available. June 14 & 15: Artisans are in- gapegiag healing lodge or we can pick them up. Con- yoga. Bring your mat. Everyone welcome. vited to bring in their hand (NNADAP) hosts AA meetings tact 418-355-8608 to pick up crafted items to be inventoried and is open to everyone. If you your items or to rent a table. MALBAY: HOPE TOWN: in preparation for season open- are interested in a lifestyle free Malbay ACW Hope Baptist Church ing. Doors are open from 9 a.m. of alcohol and substance abuse GASPE: July 27: All Saints by the Sea Hope Baptist Church welcomes to 4 p.m. and have the desire to change, St. Paul’s Tea, Crafts and Bake Sale at the you. Sunday School for all ages June 17 to September 6: La you are invited to attend meet- Anglican Church Malbay Hall from 10:30 a.m. to at 9:45 a.m. and Corporate Boutique is open from Monday ings every Monday at 7 p.m. June 8: A bake sale and rum- 2:30 p.m. Worship at 11 a.m. on Sundays. to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and mage sale will be held at St. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. GESGAPEGIAG: Paul’s Anglican Church (the yel- MALBAY: at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. 210 Boul Perron Ouest, New N.A. Meetings low church) in Gaspé beginning Malbay Festival Young Peoples for grades 7-11 Richmond. N.A. Meetings held every Tues- at 9 a.m. There will be some- June 8: Chinese and Canadian at 7 p.m. on Fridays. 305 Route day at 7 p.m. at the Mawiomi thing for everyone. All proceeds Buffet at the Barachois Royal 132 West, Hope Town, 418-752- NEW RICHMOND: Treatment Centre located at 85 from the sale will go to the Ecu- Canadain Legion starting at 5 5838. Flea Market School Street in Gesgapegiag. menical Chaplaincy Foundation p.m. Takeouts at 4:30 p.m. June 1: Annual Bake Sale from New clothing has arrived, $1 Everyone welcome! For more of Gaspé. Adults $14. Children 6-12 $10. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the New each. Hot meal at noon. Free. information, call 418-759-3522. Under 6 free. Carlisle Town Hall. All proceeds Donations accepted. To donate GASPE: go to youth ministries and to or obtain furniture, please call ROTARY CLUB WINNERS Gaspe County WI BARACHOIS: send kids to Fair Haven Bible 418-392-5161. Open on Fri- The winners for the week of Annual County Fair Legion Branch 261 Camp. Come and enjoy our days and Saturdays from 10 May 19 are: Vicky Cyr, Claire- The Gaspe County WI Annual Every Monday: The Royal freshly baked goods. a.m. to 3 p.m. at 248 Perron Hélène Rivière, Rolande Cyr, Re- County Fair is open to public ex- Canadian Legion, Branch 261, Blvd, New Richmond. naud Leblanc, Gaspésie Diesel, hibitors. If you like to cook, gar- will be having a money bingo at HOPE TOWN: Darryl Campbell and Gérald den, knit, sew, take 7 p.m. at the Legion. 18+ only. Community Centre CASCAPEDIA-ST-JULES: Ross. photographs, do crafts, etc., Every Thursday: Cards and June 8: Military Whist begin- Royal Canadian Legion then the 2019 County Fair pro- Games from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ning at 8 p.m. Br. 172 gram has something for you. If Free. For more information, The Royal Canadian Legion, you are interested in being an contact Lloyd Roussel at 418- NEW CARLISLE: Branch 172, meets monthly UNITED CHURCH exhibitor in this year's fair, 645-3700 or 418-645-2786. Heritage New Carlisle every third Saturday at the please contactForage Rhonda Stewart Moreau Inc. June 8, 15 & 22: Nature’s Legion located at 55 Gallagher Sunday, June 2 [email protected] Regis- BARACHOIS: Bounty: 3 sessions with well- St. 2 p.m. New Carlisle tration fee is $15. The fair will Recreation Centre known artist Elaine Almond. June 2: BBQ chicken leg sup- be Saturday, September 7, at June 7 & 21: The Barachois Gather treasures at the beach per at the community centre in the York River Community Hall. Recreation Centre will be hold- and make art. Take home the Cascapedia-St-Jules from 4.30- ing an 18+ money bingo at 7 products. Starts at 10 a.m. $25 6 p.m. The cost is $12 for ANGLICAN WAKEHAM: p.m. Bilingual. Over $600 in for three sessions. To register adults and $8 for children 12 CHURCH Advance Notice cash prizes. call 418-752-1334, herita- and under. Please bring a friend OF CANADA Wakeham ACW will be holding [email protected] or face- and join us. Thanks for your its annual summer sale on Sat- BARACHOIS: book. support. Sunday, June 2 urday, July 6, at the York River Mountain View New Carlisle Community Hall. There will be a Golden Age NEW CARLISLE: CASCAPEDIA-ST-JULES: 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist bake sale, handicraft table, May 31: Gift Bingo Fundraiser Royal Canadian Legion Fifty Plus Hope Town white elephant table and mys- beginning at 7 p.m., 857 Rte Saturdays: Legion opens at 1 May 31: There will be a jam 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist tery parcels. Afternoon tea will 132 East. Everyone over 18 is p.m. session open to all musicians Port Daniel be served. $5. Doors open at 2 welcome. July 1: Mini prince and and spectators at the club. 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist p.m. princess. If you would like to Doors open at 7 p.m and enter- PORT DANIEL: register your child/children, call tainment begins at 7:30. YORK: QWI Marcil Branch Laura at 418-752-6799. Age June 16: Father’s Day Brunch PARISH OF GASPÉ York ACW Advance Notice groups: 0-4, 5-9 and 10-13. from 9 a.m. to noon. $12 per Sunday, June 2 July 20: The York ACW will be July 20: Strawberry Social from St. John’s & St. Phillips holding its annual Summer Sale noon to 2 p.m. at the Three Star DEADLINE FOR THIS PAGE: THURSDAY AT 4 P.M. Sandy Beach and Afternoon Tea beginning at Golden Age Club building in Port 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist 2 p.m. at the York River Com- Daniel West. For more informa- Please send your ad to: [email protected] munity Hall. There will be baked tion, please call 418-752-8152.

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MARIA: – Jonathan Chassé, an 11-year-old ele- mentary student living in Maria, is representing Quebec at the Canadian Geographic Challenge, a national competition that initially drew the partic- ipation of 22,500 students from 650 schools across Canada. Canadian Geographic is a publication issued by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. The vast majority of participants in the challenge are sec- ondary level students, as the challenge is designed for grade 7 to grade 11 students. Only 20 of the 22,500 participants made it to the Ottawa final, held on May 27, the day of SPEC’s deadline. Jonathan Chassé is the youngest one, and Quebec’s only participant. He found out about the existence of the contest by chance. “I was looking for maps online and I saw the website of Canadian Geographic. I then saw the contest link,” says Jonathan. “I have al- ways liked geography. I really like maps and flags, and a mix between Canadian and worldwide geog- raphy,” he adds. A day prior to the challenge final, Jonathan Chassé was doing Jonathan is home-schooled, so instead of pass- fieldwork in Ottawa’s Fletcher Wildlife Centre, a bio-diverse, ing the first round of the Canadian Geographic wildlife-friendly habitat area located in the heart of the city. Challenge qualifications in a standard school, he conducted the first exam at home, and the second does more work at home and he can learn more ge- residence. round online. His preparation for the challenge is ography that way. He is in grade 6 officially but he is The trip won by the five finalist calls for a 10- relatively simple. a little more advanced than that,” explains his mother, day Fins and Fiddles adventure cruise, Destination “I read atlases and geography books and I watch Julie Girard. Jonathan’s father Guillaume Chassé is a Canada, Canadian Signature Experience. This voy- television shows about geography,” he says. chemistry teacher at Carleton’s Cegep. age explores Canada’s east coast and includes a zo- Jonathan Chassé has already travelled quite a The top three students in the challenge will win diac ride to Sable Island and its famed wild horses. bit for an 11-year-old child, as discovering coun- $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. One Ocean Expeditions and Air Canada are the tries is also a point of interest for his parents, Julie Hundreds of other students competed to represent proud supporters of the Canadian Geographic Girard and Guillaume Chassé. Quebec, but Jonathan won out. The Canadian Geo- Challenge. The challenge is just one of the many “We have gone to various parts of Canada and graphic Challenge is in its 24th year and continues to ways that Canadian Geographic Education is help- the United States on a few occasions. Two years be one of Canada’s largest student competitions. Stu- ing to foster the geographic skills necessary to ago, we visited Switzerland, with shorter stops in dents went through classroom testing, and then each maintain Canada’s reputation as a geography pow- Italy and Germany. One month ago, we went to school champion faced off at the provincial/territor- erhouse. Japan,” he adds. ial level. Canadian Geographic Education is The Royal The top five scoring students in the Canadian In Ottawa, the top 20 students underwent two in- Canadian Geographical Society’s educational net- Geographic Challenge will be invited to travel to tense days of written testing and fieldwork, designed work, comprising more than 22,000 members from Eastern Canada. “We will visit Nova Scotia, in- to assess their geographical prowess. In the last round across the country. Canadian Geographic Educa- cluding a trip to Sable Island, and stay in the Mag- of the challenge, they were asked to answer fast- tion uses innovative programming and a wide dalen Islands and Prince Edward Island,” explains paced geography trivia questions. The final is set up range of public and private sector partners to foster Jonathan, who is bilingual. like a game show and was hosted by world-renowned geographic literacy. “We are both bilingual. We are home-schooling underwater explorer Jill Heinerth, the Royal Cana- With information provided by the Canadian Ge- BusinessJonathan because he likes learning &at home. HeProfessionaldian Geographical Society’s inaugural explorer-in- Directoryographic Challenger.

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