National Day of Mourning for Workers

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ONTARIO-WIDE EVENTS DAY 2017OF MOURNING

South Central Fort Erie, 11:00 a.m. Monument located at Fort Erie City Hall, 1 Municipal Centre Drive along & District Labour Council Hwy #3 Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:00 p.m. , 12:30 p.m. Fordview Park, Brantford Monument located in HH Knoll Park on Sugarloaf Street beside the Speaker: Jeff Van Wyk, BDLC President, Mayor Chris Friel, hospital Pastor Kevin Weeks Contact: Roxanne Bond, (519) 209-2154 or , 1:30 p.m. [email protected] Monument located beside the canal in Merritt Park, 151 King Street Port Robinson, 2:30 p.m. & District Labour Council In memory of Robyn Lafleur. Esquire Canada explosion site (1999), 125 Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:00 p.m. South Street North Meet at City Hall 5:00 pm; March to Goldie Mill Park, Service at Goldie St. Catharines, 3:30 p.m. Mill Park 5:30 pm Monument located at St. Catharines City Hall, 50 Church Street Guest Speakers: From Labour and the Community Contact: Terry O’Connor, (519) 994-2474 Niagara Region, 5:00 p.m. Monument located at the Region of Niagara Headquarters, 1815 Sir Hamilton & District Labour Council Isaac Brock Way Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:30 p.m. City Hall Chambers Contact: Guylaine Tremblay, [email protected] Guest Speaker: Erin Harrison, CLC Contact: Tom Atterton, (905) 547-2944, [email protected] Oakville & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Niagara Regional Labour Council Memorial at Centennial Square, 120 Navy Street, Oakville Friday, April 28, 2017 Contact: Timothy Batke, 1st Vice President, ODLC, (905) 844-9451

St. Catharines, 8:00 a.m. Waterloo Regional Labour Council Monument dedicated to four fallen workers – under the St. Catharines Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Skyway. Located on the Welland Canal Parkway, west side of the canal Workers’ Monument, Waterloo City Hall, 100 Regina Street under the bridge. Guest Speakers: From Labour and the Community Niagara-on-the-Lake, 9:00 a.m. Contact: Dave Eales, (519) 590-6516 Monument located at the Centennial Arena, 1557 Four Mile Creek Road in Virgil Niagara Falls, 10:00 a.m. Monument located at Niagara Falls City Hall, 4310 Queen Street

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www.whsc.on.ca • 1-888-869-7950 1 cope:343 Mar/17 Eastern Ontario Owen Sound, 11:00 a.m. City Hall, 808 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound Cornwall & District Labour Council Guest Speakers: Local Community and Labour Speakers Friday, April 28, 2017 Contact: Dave Trumble, [email protected], (519) 905-1061 Hawkesbury, 10:15 a.m. 10:15 am – USW Hall, 250 Main St, Rm 212 Huron District Labour Council 10:45 am – Walk with flags to Place des Pionniers Sunday, April 30, 2017, 1:00 p.m. 11:00 am – Ceremony Workers Monument, Top of North Harbour Road, Goderich Lunch following Ceremony Across from the Historic Gaol Contact: Please notify Erie Fournier, [email protected], if attending Guest Speakers: Local Community and Labour Speakers the lunch. Contact: Jim Vance (226) 421-2296 Cornwall, 11:45 a.m. Oxford Regional Labour Council Day of Mourning Monument Site, Lamoureux Park (west of Clock Friday, April 28, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Tower) Dewan Park Memorial, Ingersoll Lunch following Ceremony Contact: Linda Leyten, [email protected] Contact: Elaine MacDonald, (613) 938-7763 or Diane Besner, (613) 363-2515 & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Lanark District Labour Council Clifford Hansen Fire Hall, 240 East Street North, Sarnia Friday, April 28, 2017 Guest Speakers: John Millholland, Health & Safety Rep Perth, 12:30 p.m. Sandi Kinart, VOCV, Mayor Mike Bradley, Crystal Palace (across from the library) Bob Bailey, MPP, Smiths Falls, 7:00 p.m. Representatives from EMS and Fire Chief Memorial Park (Cenotaph) Contact: Arlene Patterson, [email protected] Guest Speaker: Donald LaFleur, CLC Contact: Danny Whitmore, (613) 283-4834 St. Thomas & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:15 p.m. Pinafore Park Memorial Garden Monument, Elm Street, St. Thomas & District Labour Council and Everyone welcome, especially students. Canadian Labour Congress Contact: David Kerr, President, (519) 368-3861 Friday, April 28, 2017, 12:30 p.m. Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa (Entrance on Heron Road off Riverside Dr) Stratford & District Labour Council Contact: ODLC (613) 233-7820 Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Day of Mourning Monument, Upper Queens Park, Queens Park Drive, Renfrew & District Labour Council Stratford Friday, April 28, 2017 Guest Speakers: Mayor Dan Mathieson Renfrew, 12:15 p.m. Local Community and Labour Speakers O’Brien Park Contact: Kim Kent, [email protected] Pembroke, 6:15 p.m. Pembroke Marina Windsor & District Labour Council Contact: Marian Fraser, (613) 432-6528 Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:00 p.m. St. Augustine’s Church (Wyandotte at Westminster) South Western Ontario Walk to the monument at 6:00 p.m., Reception to follow: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12, 2090 Brant Street, Windsor Contact: Tracie Edward, (519) 257-9942 Chatham-Kent Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 4:30 p.m. DOM monument on Grand Ave., across from Canadian Tire in Chatham North Eastern Ontario Reception to follow at United Way, 425 McNaughton Ave. Contact: Bill Steep, (519) 627-5234 & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:00 a.m. Grey-Bruce Labour Council Miner’s Memorial Monument, Hwy 108 Friday, April 28, 2017 Contact: Sue Girard, (705) 261-0099 Kincardine, 10:00 a.m. North Bay & District Labour Council Bruce Power Corporate Centre, Building B10, Lobby Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Guest Speakers: Local Community, Labour and Business Speakers City Hall, 200 McIntrye Street East, North Bay Contact: Sue MacLeod, (519) 361-5636 or Followed by coffee at OPSEU, 150 First Avenue West [email protected] Guest Speaker: Ahmad Gaied, Executive Vice-President, OFL Hanover, 11:00 a.m. Contact: Henri Giroux, (705) 471-7746 Heritage Square, Hanover Guest Speakers: Local Community and Labour Speakers Contact: Hazel Pratt-Paige (519) 363-3176 cont’d ...

www.whsc.on.ca • 1-888-869-7950 2 cope:343 Mar/17 Sault Ste. Marie & District Labour Council Kingston & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:30 a.m. Grand Gardens, 68 Dennis Street, Sault Ste. Marie 824 John Counter Boulevard (OPSEU Membership Centre) Followed by coffee at the Grand Gardens Contact: [email protected] Contact: Michele McCleave-Kennedy, SSM DLC [email protected], (705) 542-4026 Lindsay & District Labour Council Sunday, April 30, 2017, 1:00 p.m. Sudbury & District Labour Council Victoria Park, Lindsay Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:00 a.m. Contact: James Mulhern, (705) 934-0160 , Fraser Auditorium Guest Speakers: Jamie West, President, SDLC North Simcoe Muskoka & District Labour Council Dominque Giroux, President and Vice-Chancellor, Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Laurentian University Dedication/Unveiling of Workers Monument, Tudhope Park, Atherley Mayor Brian Bigger Road, France Gelinas, Nickel Belt MPP, Glenn Thibeault, Guest Speaker: Chris Buckley, President, OFL Sudbury MPP, Paul Lefebvre, Sudbury MP, Claude Contact: Doris Middleton, (705) 238-8003 Serre, Nickel Belt MP, Janice Hobbs-Martell, McIntyre Powder Project Orangeville & District Labour Council Leo Gerard, USW International President Friday, April 28, 2017, 12:15 p.m. Contact: Paul Pasanen and Nicole Beaulieu, SDLC, (705) 674-1223 Flagpole in front of Orangeville Town Hall, 87 Broadway, Orangeville Contact: Primrose Short, (519) 941-3074 Timmins & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:00 a.m. Peel Regional Labour Council Miner’s Monument, (behind the McIntyre Arena, Schumacher, ON) Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:00 a.m. 85 McIntyre Road Milestones of Labour Monument, 8870 McLaughlin Road, Guest Speaker: Gilles Bisson, MPP Timmins-James Bay Guest Speaker: Patty Coates, Secretary-Treasurer, OFL Contact: J.P. Desilets, (705) 274-3400 Contact: Jim McDowell, President, PRLC, [email protected] or (905) 696-8882 North Western Ontario Peterborough & District Labour Council Atikokan & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:30 p.m. Peterborough City Hall, 500 George Street North, Peterborough Injured Workers Monument, Burns Street, Atikokan Followed by lunch at the Black Horse Pub, 452 George St. N., Contact: Ken Brasseur, Labour Council President, (807) 597-6155 Peterborough Guest Speaker: Erin Harrison, Ontario Director, CLC Kenora & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:00 p.m. & York Region Labour Council Labour Council Monument, Lake of the Woods Cemetery – East Gate Friday, April 28, 2017 Contact: Donna Wiebe, Labour Council President, (807) 468-7203 Woodbridge, 11:00 a.m. Woodbridge Memorial Arena, 5020 Highway #7 (at Islington) & District Labour Council and the Guest Speaker: Andria Babbington, Labour Council Vice President Thunder Bay Injured Workers Support Group Toronto, 12:00 noon Friday, April 28, 2017, 5:30 p.m. Larry Sefton Park (Northeast corner of Bay and Hagerman) Labour Council DOM Monument, Bay St., Thunder Bay – Finlandia Club Guest Speaker: John Cartwright, Labour Council President Guest Speaker: Warren Thomas, President, OPSEU Contact: Labour Council, (416) 441-3663 Contact: Greg Snider, DOM Committee Chair

Central Ontario

Barrie & District Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 11:00 a.m. City Hall, Corner of Mulcaster and Collier Street Contact: Anita Johnson-Ford, BDLC President, (705) 722-2194

Durham Region Labour Council Friday, April 28, 2017, 12:00 noon City Hall, Day of Mourning Parkette Guest Speaker: Sara Labelle, OPSEU Vice-President, Region 3

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