Soul of the Bay ALGONQUIN WOLF Threatened Iconic Ojibway Club Recollections Goalie Legend of Terry Sawchuck $3.55 + tax Fall 2018 ELECT WHAT’S INSIDE Issue 122 PETER Algonquin Fall 2018 PUBLISHER 6 Wolf Bird Room Press 5 Little Ave Pushed to Toronto ON, M9N 1K3 the brink MANAGER/EDITORS Peter Wood & Sherry Giddings [email protected] KFOOER M ATY OSIERR [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORS Peter Cooper Township of Georgian Bay Tom Martin A better future for the Township of Georgian Bay The Nares Inlet/Toronto Steven Duff 14 Ojibway Club Parry Sound • All of our communities working together • Every voice heard and respected GRAPHICS Letter from a Penny Barr • Planning decisions that are well informed and consider the long term grandfather Editorial cartoonist • Better value and use of our taxes Colin Wood Web administrator • Our environment - land and water - preserved and protected Marianne Dawson • Sustainable development and healthy growth for all Graphic designer WRITERS Steven Duff ‘Goalie’ Parry Sound • 50 year Seasonal Resident 22 From book to Cathy Cooper • A key player in the "Save Our School", Eye on the Bay Honey Harbour group – 2016-2017 silver screen David Sweetnam • Soon to be retired senior executive Georgian Bay Forever with Barrie manufacturer – 29 years Monika Lukacena-Russo • Member, Committee of Adjustment, Olea Health Wasaga Beach Township of Georgian Bay – four years David M. Dupuis • Director, Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve Penetanguishene – two years, one as Treasurer REGULAR FEATURES Charolotte Stein • Director, Georgian Bay Land Trust Parry Sound Books – six years, five as Treasurer Georgian Bay Healthy Living: Forever: Monika Lukacena-Russo PRODUCTION • Director, Georgian Bay Association 10 David Sweetnam 12 Smellies Design & Print Shop – four years, past year on the Executive Committee Bracebridge • Director, Honey Harbour Association Books Small Craft PRINTING – six years, five as President McLaren Press Graphics on the Bay: Delights: Gravenhurst 28 Charlotte Stein 31 Tom Martin ISSN 0849-5696 BN 121730009 RT0001 Sept. 17, 2018 COVER PHOTO: Let’s move forward together. Wesley Liikane, www.cowboywithacamera.com, [email protected] 2 GEORGIAN BAY TODAYWW W . P ETER K OE T SIER. CA FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 3 The concept of ‘fake news’ is an oxymoron, that is, the is antithetical to doctrine, does not falsify truth; it immunizes FROM THE EDITOR terms in the conjunction contradict one another. The word believers, across the political spectrum, against truth. ‘news’ means ‘rigorously checked for validity’; it is the opposite of ‘fake.’ If ‘fake news’ is a legitimate descriptive phrase, then, In order for people to be deceived en masse, it is also The truth about ‘fake news’ can we also infer that the corollary ‘true lies’ is also true? necessary that there be a prevalent ‘climate of belief ’. In the Unlike the listening audience in 1938, we are empowered to early part of the 20th C, a new art form called Science Fiction On October 8, 1938, dangerous. There is no requirement or even expectation to be check the validity of any report on social media. was gaining widespread popularity through the works of H.G. 23 year old Orson Welles truthful on social media. Wells and Jules Verne. ‘Sci-Fi’ was influencing thought and caused mass panic by Are we vulnerable to false information today? causing people to look to the skies with a sense of wonder, broadcasting a radio The phenomenon of ‘fake news’ has not gone unnoticed We may prefer to believe that in 2018 we are more and fear. Listeners to the War of the Worlds were primed drama of H.G.Wells by Pope Francis who recently warned against fake news and sophisticated than those poor gullible souls who abandoned for mass hysteria. The ‘climate of belief ’ today is even more ‘War of Worlds’ on likened it to the “crafty serpent in the Book of Genesis, dating their homes because of a radio broadcast in 1938, but are we? fertile and more accessible. We are burdened with many fears Mercury Theatre. back to biblical times.” In his view, “It is a sign of intolerant It may be argued that we are more susceptible to persuasion. and divisions that make us vulnerable to ‘viral’ infections. Thousands of people and hypersensitive attitudes and leads only to the spread fled their homes of arrogance and hatred.” The response from the Vatican Peter, by Carole Freeman Carole by Peter, First of all, the Internet and the social media are powerful The ‘good’ news is th believing that Martians has been to dedicate September 29 , every year, as World persuaders: more potent than the radio. Fortunately, we are not all as thoughtless and easily swayed had touched down in Communication Day to, “promote professional journalism, as the purveyors of ‘fake news of social media’ hope us to be. New Jersey at Grover’s Mill. It was theatre, which always seeks the truth, and therefore a journalism of ‘Fake news of social media’ often has the appearance of We can and do know things. We have not entered a ‘post truth not news but it was a statement about the power of media and peace that promotes understanding between people.” His legitimacy. The Internet has a lethal capacity to mislead. It era’. We are reasonably certain that the sun will rise tomorrow. social psychology. It makes you wonder why people believed promise is that, “the truth will set you free.” is ubiquitous, immediate, and provides a dangerous shroud Water will continue to boil at 100C. The sky continues to be it to be true and more importantly: are we better, eighty years of anonymity to empower fakers. It is fueled by many blue and 1 + 1 continues to be 2. The truth remains true; facts later, at discerning the truth in an age of ‘fake news’? What is the legitimate news? manifestations: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube. Not are still facts. We can continue to learn and know things from Accuracy is a moral imperative for journalism.The one of them is subject to any ethical standard. reputable news agencies. We need to recognize who to trust What ‘fake news’ is NOT Ethical Journalism Network outlines the ethical principles and who to reject: rationality over ideology: truth over lies. The Welles example is fascinating but it is not ‘fake news’. of journalism as: truth, accuracy, independence, fairness, The other problem of course, is that people will believe It was a hoax: a dramatic demonstration of the power of the impartiality, humanity (do no harm) and accountability. Values what they want to believe. They will accept as ‘true’ what latest technology, radio, to prey upon the pre-disposition of an also extend to taste and decency. Codes may vary, but these are they are inclined to believe based on a range of biases. They audience. It was theatre. the basics of professionalism and responsibility in journalism. sacrifice the ability to separate knowledge from belief and opinion. Political ideology has never been more divisive. ‘Fake news’ is NOT satire. Satirists make their point In addition to ethical standards, news agencies rely on fact PoliticalPeter Cooper divisions1/2 havePage become GBT tribalad:Layout conflicts. 1 Followers8/29/18 cling 1:32 PM Page 1 Peter Wood through exaggeration, humour or irony. If you confuse it with checking. All facts are checked and events are only reported to ideology with a biblical fervour. Denial of fact because it Editor news reporting then you have missed the joke. as fact with the support of two or more witnesses. In the preamble to its code of ethics, the Society of Professional ‘Fake news’ is NOT to be confused with bias. Most (all?) Journalists states: “public enlightenment is the forerunner news outlets have political leanings and frame their stories of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of accordingly. As long as the ‘facts’ of the story are accurate, it the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth is not fake news. Readers armed with the sophistication to see and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events through political bias are immune to persuasion through bias. and issues. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a RE-ELECT journalist’s credibility.” It is NOT errors in reporting. Even journalists who practice the highest standards can make errors. As long as it We have good reason to trust agencies that adhere to is not done with malicious intent, it is simply a mistake that ethical standards and practices. If you trust the source, then needs to be corrected. you can trust the information. It is certainly NOT a news report that you disagree with. News can be both ‘offensive’ to you and ‘true’. Dismissing a Peter factual news report as fake because it offends you begs the question, “Why read at all?” ENVIRONMENT, What IS fake news? PLANNING, The first radio broadcasts occurred in 1920. Radio rapidly became the preeminent medium for the dissemination of information (and a notoriously useful tool for the spread of PRESERVATION, Nazi propaganda). Today, we have the Internet and ‘social COOPER media’ capability. Some users of social media are attempting This election presents you with an exciting opportunity AND GROWTH FOR to blur the line between the truth and lies, between reality and to elect a group of councillors who will restore a more fantasy in order to manipulate. This application of the Internet is evil and we need to stand up to it. The first step is to identify equitable and balanced council. Please get out and vote! GEORGIAN BAY. the enemy: it is the deliberate fabrication and dissemination of false information with the intention to mislead in order to gain advantage: political, economic, criminal, or otherwise.