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The Pickering 32 PAGES ✦ Pressrun 46,600 ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2005 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 FRIENDS COUNT DOWN DOG HOUSE New relationship School is just around the Cujo and Storr bridges distance corner, teachers are ready come to town Page 2 Page 9 Page 12 Public board’s Pickering CELEBRATING 100 YEARS half-billion WITH A SPECIAL YOUNG FRIEND budget passed plugged into Offers more teachers, energy alliance smaller classes By Crystal Crimi Staff Writer Coalition intends power in Ontario and other fac- DURHAM — Public school tors mean the province risks los- board trustees passed a half-bil- to raise awareness ing its place as the leader of the lion-dollar budget Wednesday, of growing problem Canadian economy, he says. Since which includes money for 200 new the process of building a nuclear teachers, but it wasn’t a unani- power station, for example, takes mous decision. By Mike Ruta many years, Mr. Marceau says the Brock-Uxbridge trustee Gord Staff Writer time to begin acting is right away. Baxter and Pickering trustee Paul DURHAM — Ontarians need to He says the impact on society as Crawford voted against Durham think of the future of energy and we know it in as little as 20 years District School Board’s $525.08 plan for more capacity now, before would be profound if new supplies million operating and $33.8 mil- it’s too late. of power are not brought online lion capital budgets during a spe- That’s the message of a coalition before the problem becomes a cri- cial board meeting Aug. 24. It fea- of Durham business, government sis. tures almost 300 new staff and a and university officials who on “Quality of life will go down,” he variety of maintenance projects. Wednesday launched the Durham says. “A lot of companies will move “It’s not a bad-news budget,” Strategic Energy Alliance (DSEA). out and a lot of companies won’t said Trustee Baxter after the meet- “We believe that there’s a tre- locate in Ontario. Ontario could ing. mendous energy challenge,” said lose its automotive industry.” “The budget is on the right DSEA board member Richard Mr. Marceau says the problem is track, it’s just I would like further Marceau, provost at the University exacerbated because the histori- information and time to have gone of Ontario Institute of Technol- cal reliance on fossil fuels cannot through the budget to have the ogy. “We believe that some people continue forever, predicting their answers to some of the questions I ought to be doing something about demise in 100 years or less. How have,” said Mr. Baxter. it.” they will be replaced is an open During a finance meeting prior Skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, book at this point. to the budget’s passing, Mr. Baxter increasing demand from grow- fought for and lost requests for the ing economies, the need for more ✦ See DSEA, Page 4 board to pay for regular volun- teer criminal background checks Blaisdale and for window screens at Brock High School. He also asked for MONTESSORI last year’s final spending figures 35.2//-3s7).$/73s2//&).' School Manufacturer of Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo not included in the budget pack- NEW WHITBY CAMPUS PICKERING — Eva Kidd celebrated her 100th birthday at Bay age and for more money in school SUNROOMS OPENING THIS SEPTEMBER!!! Ridges Long Term Care Centre this week. Emma David, her great- block budgets. & WINDOWS OPENING THIS SEPTEMBER!!! granddaughter, along with many other friends and family from far The block budget request was 200 Byron St. S, Whitby (Whitby Campus) and wide, was there to help mark the special occasion. Ms. Kidd deferred to a committee meeting Visit our showroom NEW PRE-TODDLER PROGRAM (12 mo.-18 mo.) has lived in and out of Durham Region throughout her life, including in November so trustees could re- SPACES AVAILABLE IN AJAX & PICKERING 239 Station St., Ajax a time in Ajax. view the process. Call Head Office 905-509-5005 12 mths - grade 8 www.blaisdale.com 905-686-2445 5 Campuses in Durham ✦ See Repairs, Page 4 A/P PAGE 2 THE NEWS ADVERTISER, AUGUST 28, 2005 durhamregion.com Friendship PART 8: DURHAM TEENS EXPERIENCE IT ALL, FROM BISON TO QAMATIKS common-law for a time, even have a child the real north. tually we had a bison roast the other night,” or more, and then perhaps decide to get “It’s great,” Ajax student Mike Harrison the Pickering student said. “They told us it married. Sunderland resident Justin Emer- said. “So far this part has been the best, was roast beef and afterwards they told us it son, who billeted with the Okpik family, was going on the land trip, riding snowmobiles was bison. It was good.” asked the question by their son Keith. is great and all the mountains and the scen- He was having a great time but said while “Before I was born!” an incredulous Justin ery.” he would visit, he couldn’t see himself living The Metroland Durham Region Media Group, responded. Mike said he was surprised at how many in Iqaluit. in partnership with Ontario Power Generation, recently visited Nunavut to learn more about Kathy Okpik says her son and Justin got white people there are in Iqaluit. And the “I don’t like the cold too much,” Jason Canada’s newest territory. Today’s installment along well and plan to keep in touch. In fact, weather wasn’t as bad as he expected. said. “Plus, it’s a small town.” is the last of a summer-long series by reporter Keith might make a trip to visit this summer. “I thought it would be much colder, -20 C Niall, dubbed ‘farm boy’ by his team- Mike Ruta and photographer Walter Passarella As in other billet homes, she received gifts and stuff,” he said. “It’s only the wind chill mates, said the cold didn’t bother him much retelling the stories they’ve heard and the things from Justin, including pure maple syrup, de- that’s bad.” because he was used to it, living on a farm they’ve seen. scribing him as “polite and well-mannered. Mike said he could see himself living in near Zephyr. He even fearlessly bit into a By Mike Ruta “It was great to find out how much they the north, if only to give it a try, and that he slice of the raw caribou the guides provid- Staff Writer have in common. They’re both into sports, enjoyed the soccer tournament. ed. playing games, staying up late.” The students, on a junior and senior Dur- “It’s a good experience; it’s a lot differ- IQALUIT — Niall Stocking almost didn’t Keith says they spent a lot of their time ham team for the tourney, had barely ar- ent from Ontario, Pickering, Ajax, Uxbridge, make it out of Iqaluit. hanging out and watching movies. For his rived in Iqaluit when it was game time. around there,” he said. “All this. No trees. The Uxbridge youth made such a good part, Justin was surprised Keith knew so Five Iqaluit squads, two junior and three Lots of snow still. It’d be interesting to live impression when he billeted with a local much English, as he expected conversation senior, opposed them. Three hours after up here for a couple of years just to get used family that the mom wanted to adopt him to be more difficult. touching down, the juniors cruised to a to it. It’d be fun. I’d definitely do it. — by force, if necessary. The students’ highlight will likely be a win in their opening game at Inuksuk High “He’s mine now,” Pat Angnakak joked at a three-hour trip by snowmobile, with Inuit School. They would go on to win gold two newsdurhamregion.com farewell dinner held to thank the residents guides, out of town, across the frozen Koojes- days later. The seniors had a tougher trip to searchkeyword:nunavut2005 who took in 15 Durham soccer players, aged se Inlet and onto the hilly, snow-covered the finals, punctuated by an exciting contest 14 to 17, in town for a May soccer tourna- rocky shoreline. The students rode in sleds, against a fast and talented Iqaluit team in PHOTOS: Top from left, teenage boys from ment. qamatiks, pulled by the snow machines. At a very noisy gym full of fans cheering for the north, Keith Okpak, and the south, Michael “It’s been really a lot of fun,” she says. the lunch stop, they had an opportunity to the home squad. Down and apparently out Harrison, say goodbye in ‘teen’ language. Visi- “They see things differently from us. We take take a short spin on a snowmobile and crazy late in the championship game, trailing 6-2, tors from Durham Region, Daniel O’Connor it for granted. For example, the question carpet down a big hill. After bagged sand- the Durham squad launched a remarkable and Justin Hawken, try out the Arctic game, here might be, ‘how old were you when your wich lunches were produced, the guides comeback, tying the game with a minute the ‘head pull’. In the first match-up between Iqaluit and Pickering under-16 teams, Iqaluit’s parents got married’?” surprised by bringing out a leg of caribou, or two left, only to lose on penalty kicks in Chris Lloyd aims a kick on goal which Ajax- That question might offend in the south, raw and frozen, for the students to sample.