Inside this week Construction of new Listuguj’s chief councillor New sensory room at Gaspé community centre underway suspended Elementary School Contract 400119680 VOLUME 43 / NO 46 / NOVEMBER 22, 2017 $1.50 (Tax included) PASPEBIAC CLSC: Doctor shortage Gilles Gagné patients in their clinic or at the hospital, she says. PASPEBIAC: – The Paspe- Normally, a CLSC like biac CLSC is experiencing a Paspebiac’s should be able to shortage of general practition- count on eight doctors to deal ers, a situation that has left the with the weekly emergency CLSC emergency without a workload, adds Ms. Cloutier. doctor for 28 shifts since June “A new general practi- 1. tioner is expected to arrive Three more shifts are left over the spring and with the to fill in November and 20 return of the (three) absentees, more in December but the situation should be cor- Geneviève Cloutier, rected. One maternity leave spokesperson for the Regional will end on February 1, 2018 Health Agency, emphasizes and one in September 2018. that some of those unfilled Some steps have also been- shifts will be resolved. taken to keep recruiting,” ex- Photo: T. Haroun “The team is always active plains Geneviève Cloutier. and pursuing its search in A regular shift at the order to reduce the number of Paspebiac CLSC lasts eight unfilled shifts and therefore hours. When there is no gen- Close to 80 illegal avoid gaps in the emergency eral practitioner, a nurse is service,” says Ms. Cloutier. available to take care of light Since June, the Regional cases. Health Agency has had to fill Some people have spent hunting camps burned 51 monthly shifts at the Paspe- significant periods of time in Thierry Haroun that Ministry to burn up to 70 occupants decided to disman- biac CLSC emergency. The the waiting room in Paspebiac illegal camps in 2017 located tle their site in respect to the pinch hit general practitioners before being told that there GASPÉ PENINSULA: on crown land. The numbers eviction notice. Now, in usually come from outside the was no doctor on duty for a Québec Natural Resources we obtained show that the terms of duty and responsi- Gaspé Peninsula. certain number of hours. has burned no less than 79 il- MERN burned 52 camps in bility that the MERN must re- According to Geneviève “The Regional Health legal hunting camps over the 2017, proceeded to dismantle spect once it has burned a Cloutier, the regular staff at Agency informs the public of past two years on the Gaspé 3 and 189 illegal camp own- site, it must “clean the site, that CLSC can usually count unfilled shifts through an- Peninsula. ers have dismantled their own residues and ashes alike and on seven general practitioners nouncements made on the air During the past year, cases camps following an eviction transport them to a waste site. but two of them are currently of CHNC and CIEU (the two of illegal hunting camps notice by the MERN. “In the The Environment Ministry on maternity leave and one Bay of Chaleur radio stations). were covered by the media in latter case, the occupants does not impose a deadline to more is absent due to an acci- “We are trying to find a way to the region. They are consid- have in other words taken all do so. In the event that a citi- dent. In addition to the emer- inform our Anglophone clien- ered illegal by law when they their objects, clothes and so zen has witnessed residues gency shifts, those doctors tele,” points out Geneviève are permanent or when the forth themselves therefore re- left behind, they are asked to must also take the time to see Cloutier. owner has no permit. specting the deadline of evic- report it. Afterwords the Min- Spec looked more closely tion that our representatives istry will take measures to into this issue and gathered posted on the notice,” ex- remedy the situation,” the numbers through the Access plains, Nicolas Bégin, MENV told Spec in an email. to Information Act and Que- spokesperson for the MERN. Finally, Nicolas Bégin bec Natural Resources was unable to tell us the num- (MERN). We also gathered More ber of sites that have been Do your information stemming from numbers cleaned by his Ministry up the Quebec Environment until now, but he did confirm Christmas Ministry (MENV). In addition, we also that the clean up of the We learned that the learned that the MERN burned sites is underway and shopping at MENV granted a permit to burned 27 illegal hunting it will continue until late De- the MERN which allowed camps in 2016 and 73 other cember. www.thegaspespec.com News briefs Culture summit a success Thierry Haroun L’ANSE-AU-GRIFFON: - The Côte-de-Gaspé Culture Sum- mit was a success, confirms its coordinator, Julie Pineault. Close to 40 participants gathered (artists and other experts of the field) at the L’Anse-au-Griffon Cultural Center. The event, the sixth edition, was held on November 2. Seminars and conferences were on the program concerning different themes such as cre- ativity, development, communication and citizen implication. “Over the years we realize the relevance of these events. We also realize that we don’t know each other that well. Moreover, new players are added. So the forum is a unique opportunity to get to know each other better and build bridges. We’re happy with Cornélius-Brotherton Foundation rewards the turn out,” confirms Ms. Pineault. young Gaspesians and Magdalen Islanders who decided to pursue their studies in their region Cornelius Brotherton Foundation, Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles GASPÉ: – The Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles Foundation is carrying on its mission by attribut- ing its entrance bursaries for a ninth consecutive year. In all, $11,000 – 22 bursaries – were awarded to secondary school graduates newly admitted to their first year at one of the four Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles campuses. Fate smiled on 19 students from throughout the territory whose names were drawn as recipients of $500 welcome bursaries. Even though the fund attribution program provides one bursary for each high school or adult education centre from its territory, some schools or centres are not present on the recipients list due to a lack of applicants. One $500 French Immersion bursary was attributed to Louis Gabriel Sutton whereas the Eng- lish Immersion bursary was handed out to Juliette Keith. Charlie Rioux, a student at the Carleton Campus, was rewarded for her leadership with a $500 scholarship for her remarkable involvement in her community. Entrance bursary program – Welcome: These bursaries are exclusively for graduates from each of the secondary schools or Adult Education Centres located on the Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine administrative region or from ESSB territory who choose to enrol in a training program at one of the four campuses of the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles. One bursary is awarded following a ran- dom draw for eligible students in each of the high schools or Adult Ed. Centre. These $500 bursaries encourage young people to remain in the region. Entrance bursary program – Immersion: This bursary is for students who undertake their col- lege studies in total or partial immersion at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles. It is valued as an in- Photo: T. Haroun centive for students to become proficient in a second language. Entrance bursary program – Leadership: This is the only component of the fund attribution A major benefit concert program that is not awarded by means of a draw. It rewards a student for his or her exceptional in- soon to be held in Chandler volvement in extracurricular or community activities. Thierry Haroun Winners from Eastern Shores School Board: CHANDLER: - A benefit concert will take place at the Salle de Laura Leblanc-Poirier - New Richmond High School Spectacles Thomas-Morissey in Chandler on December 15. The Brandon Lequesne - Gaspé Polyvalent School money raised will go to the Fondation Élie Gauthier-Naud. Élie, Éléanne Langlois - New Carlisle High School who studied at the Chandler Polyvalent, died in September 2016 Emily Laing – Métis Beach School of bone cancer at the age of 17. He was a musician and painter. Louis-Gabriel Sutton - Evergreen His parents have decided to create a foundation in his memory Jacob Cain-Ste-Croix - Evergreen (for l'ÉPAQ in Grand-River) which is devoted to financing art projects for those aged under 25 living in the Rocher-Percé MRC. We ll known artist, Normand Brathwaite and his girlfriend are the honorary couple. Mr. Brath- waite will give a concert with his band that will be preceded by a ALL PARTS ARE signer, Miosa (who has a beautiful voice) and a Gaspésian rock GUARANTEED band, The Gaspé Project. Two hundred tickets have already been sold of a possible 420. “For example , the foun dation co uld fi- nance music courses or buy co ncert t ickets. 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