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Quebec AM with
Tim Belford visited and
broadcasted live from
Rouyn-Noranda on
February 24, 2006!
What a wonderful
event! What a great
turnout!
How important can
a radio show be? Judg-
ing by the welcome
host Tim Belford re-
ceived when he visited
us, it would seem that
Quebec A.M. is an in-
dispensable part of the
morning for many
English-speaking Que-
becers, inc luding
Rouyn-Noranda. Over
75 people in total
turned out to meet the
team and witness a
live radio show.
Tim Belford and his
team (Nick Gamache,
Suzanne Campbell and
Karl Vincent) high-
lighted local English
speaking people over
the 3 hour period.
Some interesting inter-
views were done with
Mr & Mrs Marion,
Shannon Lacroix –
President of the Stu-
dent Council of No-
randa School, the
Charchuk brothers –
co-owners of the
Rouyn-Noranda
H u s k i e s , M i t c h
Lariviere – Chairperson
Neighbours, and Gina
Kingsbury – Olympic
Gold Medalist, just to
name a few!
Taped interviews
included different
classes and students
from Noranda School
and Anria Hamel from
our local CEDEC, these
interviews will be run-
ning throughout the
coming weeks.
A warm atmos-
phere prevailed in the
room. A light breakfast
was provided. Quiz’s
on Rouyn-Noranda
were done by Nick –
congrats to our win-
ners Emily Crepeau
and Bri Martin for
knowing that the word
Noranda comes from
North Canada and that
Mike Ribeiro and Pierre
Dagenais both played
for the Huskies and
are now part of the
Montreal Canadiens
Hockey Team!
Ne ighbours i s
pleased to have been
able to provide the
local English Commu-
nity with this experi-
ence and would
like to thank eve-
ryone for partici-
pated in such great
numbers!
CBC in Rouyn-Noranda
Editor’s Notes:
This edition is full of fun items
and pictures!
Happy Reading!
For comments and suggestions please
contact the newsletter
committee through our office
762-0882
Chair Report & CC Report 2
Health Committee Report 3
A child’s pride in her country—Writing Contest 4
In Pictures 4-5
Health Day 6
Health Care 8—9
News 10—11
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Volume 3, Issue 3
March 2006
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V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 3 Page 2
Community Coordinator Report
It’s that time of year that
many of us find ourselves less than
energetic about a number of things.
After all, no matter how much some
of us (myself included) might love
winter, no matter how much we are
all used to the snow, the ice and those
wintry blasts of artic wind, no matter
how tough and how Canadian we all
my be – face it, winter seems to feel
terribly long by this time of year!!
But Neighbours is doing its
part to keep you busy and not wallow-
ing in the winter blues!
As you will read in this news-
letter we are very active at this time
of year! Courses, Information Days,
hosting CBC, and providing Live En-
tertainment are just some of the ac-
tivities we are involved with.
On a provincial note we are
also quite active. Elsie Sullivan and
myself attended the CHSSN Health
Conference (see related article) which
gave us an extra opportunity to net-
work with other organizations. On a
personal note I was able to meet
Megan Switzer, Neighbours Program
Director from Canadian Heritage.
Mi tch Lariviere, Pam
Belanger and myself have been at-
tending Strategic and Operational
Planning Workshops in Quebec City.
Many of you partook in this by volun-
teering to spend some of your valu-
able time taking an over the phone
interview with Kevin Saville to help
guide us along.
At the end of March I will be
attending Consultative meetings with
the QCGN and the Federal Privy
Council. I look forward to hearing
how our new Federal Government
feels about Community Groups. Fol-
lowing the consultations the QCGN
will be having their Annual Winter
Meeting – Mitch, myself and Ron
Howard will be attending those meet-
ings and bringing back I am sure
some interesting information and
prospects for us locally.
So don’t let the winter blues
get you down. Come out and enjoy
one of the many events that
Neighbours is hosting!!!
Sharleen Sullivan
Holiday Social with Santa
Last December Neighbours hosted a Holiday Strawberry Social for our members and the English-
speaking community. A great time was had by all and we were even lucky enough to have a visit from
Santa!!
Everyone has a Christmas wish ...
Playing the games
Mrs Ladds gives Santa a hard time!
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V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 3
Sharleen Sullivan (Neighbours CC)
and Elsie Sullivan, chairperson for the Health and Social Services dossier with Neighbours
and member of the Regional English Advi-sory Board attended the CHSSN 6th Pro-vincial Conference on Accessibility of
Health and Social Services in the Eng-lish Language. The conference was held on
Feb 23rd and Feb 24, 2006 in Montreal.
The conference theme was Building Links: strategies and models to promote the
health and well-being of English-speaking communities within the new reality of the
Quebec’s health and social services network.
A pre-conference research symposium on Wednesday morning presented highlights of new research and evaluation initiatives
related to the Vitality of English-speaking
communities and their access to services.
We as a group have some valid ques-tions on the results of the CROP survey. Out of 5313 English speaking persons in Abitibi-
Temiscamingue ONLY 30 were contacted for the survey. Neighbours will be questioning
the results on this basis. “Some of the re-sults put forth are dangerously inadequate and I honestly do not believe are reflective
of our region,” stated Sharleen Sullivan Community Coordinator for Neighbours, “let
me ask you; do you believe that Abitibians have no trouble at all getting services in
English from our Health Institutions?”
According to the survey Abitibi-Temiscamingue ranked most satisfied (86%) with availability of service in English in the
province. (even higher than Montreal
West!!!) Neighbours will be looking into this
issue in great detail and will keep you posted
on the matter.
On a different note from the confer-
ence it was noted that provincially, including Rouyn-Noranda, English speaking persons
are not using the INFO-SANTE LINE. Ques-tions were put forth on why this is an issue across the province. Is it because Anglo-
phones do not believe than can get service in English over the phone? “According to our
local Regie, you are guaranteed services in English on the INFO-SANTE Line,” stated Elsie Sullivan, “when you place your call, if
the attending nurse does not speak English themselves, they are mandated to transfer
your call to another CLSC center that does have an English speaking nurse working at
that time.”
If you have used the Info-Sante line in the past – Neighbours would be interested
in hearing about your experiences.
The Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) is a network of
57 community organizations, resources, and public institutions (including Neighbours) aiming to ensure access to health and social
services in English for Quebec's English-
speaking communities.
Info-santé
Info santé a Telephone service Line which is
open 24 hours a day to answer your Health
Questions!
762-8144
Page 3
Health Committee Report - CHSSN CONFERENCE
Winter Office hours:
Monday to Friday
10:00 am —12:00 pm
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Volunteering is a great way to teach children compassion.
It develops character, leadership, self esteem and a sense
of community!
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Mommy was happy to receive
that letter from her friend. The address
she read to me had her name, our box
number, Malartic, Quebec, with some
letters and numbers, and Canada.
I knew her name; it’s my mid-
dle name. The box number looked the
same as the one on the little door she
opened at the post office. The letters
and numbers, I wasn’t in the least cu-
rious about what they were…. Though
I found out later that’s what she called
our postal code. (“Whatever that
was….?)
Now Malartic, Quebec, Can-
ada was what I wanted to know about.
What were they?
Mommy said, “Malartic’s our
town.” I knew what’s a town, we
walked there almost everyday when I
came home from morning kindergar-
ten.
“Quebec’s our province,” she
said. “Hmmm…. I don’t think that I
know what that is …?” was something
to the effect of what I was thinking.
“And Canada’s our country!”
Blink, blink…..blank.
At the time, we had just
bought this new atlas of the world
(which I still have to this day). I was
really happy to have a reason to be the
first one to use it. We took it out,
plopped it on the table and had a
mother-daughter geography lesson.
She showed me the speck that
represented Malartic. I couldn’t be-
lieve that all those buildings in town
could fit in that ….dot! There were
dots in different spots and in different
coloured drawings.
“That’s our dot! Our dot’s in
the green drawing, mom!”
“That’s Quebec! Our prov-
ince,” she said.
That green drawing took up
most of the right page (the side
Mommy didn’t wear her wedding
ring).
She was naming the different
coloured drawings. “Provinces,” she
corrected. They all had names!
Since I had just learned my
ABC’s, B.C. and P.E.I. were the easi-
est to remember. I pointed to both.
Placing her hand on mine she said,
“Everything between our hands is
Canada! All two pages of it.”
“Wow!... Wow!” I was awed.
Since the atlas was new, we
sat flipping pages and pages and
pages. I was getting bored. Leaning on
the table with my head in my hand,
she showed me different countries on
a map of the world. That’s when she
pointed out Canada again. Most were-
n’t as big as Canada.
Sitting up, I exclaimed, “And
we’re in Canada!”
I can just picture myself sit-
ting next to my mom, round little face
with chubby cheeks, smiling away.
“Mom, I’m so proud to be in
one of the biggest countries in the
world.”
That’s when the pride I have
for my country, Canada, was born.
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A Child’s Pride in Her Country
Memoir Maggie Richmond $50.00 winner
Five facts about the great horned owl
• The great horned owl is one of Canada’s most common large birds
of prey, recognizable by its ear tufts or “horns.”
• These owls are found in almost all forested and semi-forested re-
gions of Canada.
• They are year-round residents and never move far from where
they were born.
• Great horned owls eat a wide range of prey including hares, ducks
and geese.
• They swallow small prey whole, regurgitating “pellets” of indi-
gestible teeth and bones.
To find out more about the great horned owl, visit
www.hww.ca.
Great Horned Owl
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CBC in PICTURES!!
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Some brave souls who came out so early in the morning! (5H30—8H30 am) Ernie Chartrand—ex-correspondent for CBC
Shannon Lacroix—Student Presi-
dent giving her report ! The Team:
Tim Belford, Nick Gamache, Suz-
anne Campbell and Karl Vincent
Elsie Sullivan and Time Belford More of the crowd!
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Neighbours
Health Day
March 19, 2006
Centre des Congres
10:00am to 5:00pm
Speakers
Information Flyers
We ask you to register prior—as lunch will be served!! Please call the office 762-0882
or a Health Committee Member
Page 6 NE I GHB OU RS NEW SLET TE R
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V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 3
Forget Generation X and say
hello to Generation Why. Are you
drawn to the shiny surface of pop
culture? Have you ever tried to be
different but yet sung along with a
commercial, bought designer train-
ers, drunk Coca-Cola or hummed
chart music? If you have, you're one
of us. In a world in which all that is
'alternative' is sold as soon as it ap-
pears, where any innovation or sub-
version is immediately adopted by
un-radical, faceless corporations,
gradually, tentatively, a new - our -
generation is beginning to fight con-
sumerism with its own best weap-
ons; and the first skirmishes in this
war are what this abrasively intelli-
gent book documents brilliantly.
This is culture jamming.
'I've always been drawn to
the shiny surface of pop culture.
When I was a kid I was mesmer-
ized by the 3-D moulded plastic
of franchise signs. I would stare
at them as our station wagon sped
past: Shell, McDonald's, Texaco,
Burger King. If I could climb up
and touch them it would be like
touching something from the
world of TV; smooth, flawless,
cartoon-like. I did once - some-
body gave me a Shell key chain
with its very own bright yellow
plastic shell. I was so disap-
pointed. It was just a piece of
junk.'
Page 7
An Interesting Read….
Computer Courses!!
Limited space is available.
Please register with the office for the courses you are interested in!
$2.00 per course you register to take!
Date Time Course
Thursday March 9 7:00 – 9:00 pm Beginners / Refresher Course
Friday March 10 2:00 – 4:00 pm Beginners / Refresher (if needed)
at Neighbours Office
Friday March 10 7:00 – 9:00 pm Word
Saturday March 11 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Internet search / Virus protection
Saturday March 11 1:30 – 4:00 Email / Caring for your computer (managing files, clean-
ing up hard drive, back up etc.)
No Logo
By: Naomi Klein
* this book has been recom-
mended by COCo; one of
our organizational partners
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Does private health care exist in Canada today?
It’s a crucial part of the system. Canada spent approximately $130 billion on health care in 2004. Of that, just over $90 billion was spent by governments delivering public health care. Almost $40 billion was spent on private health care.
What is public health care?
Depending on who you ask, it’s either what de-fines Canada – or it’s the greatest impediment to ensuring that Canadians get quick access to the kind of medical services they deserve. In reality, it’s probably something in between. Public health care is gov-erned by the Canada Health Act. It’s de-signed to make sure that all eligible people in the country have reasonable access to in-sured health services on a prepaid basis, without direct charges at the point of service. The act is also designed to make sure that the delivery of health care is pretty consis-tent across the country. Ottawa has found that the best way to do that is by attaching conditions to the cash it transfers to the prov-inces to cover health care. Among those conditions are that health care must be:
Portable.
Universal.
Accessible.
Free from extra charges (for insured ser-vices).
By portable, Ottawa means if you move from one province or territory to an-other, you won’t lose your coverage. This doesn’t mean you can go looking for health services in another province or country be-
cause the waiting list at home is too long for your lik-ing. It does, however, mean that your out-of-province in-laws will be covered if they suddenly fall sick while on their annual visit. Under the universality criterion, all insured resi-dents of a province or terri-tory must be entitled to the
insured health services provided by the pro-vincial or territorial health care insurance plan. Doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor. You can’t buy your way to the front of the line. By accessible, the CHA means “insured persons in a province or territory have reasonable access to insured hospital, medical and surgical-dental services on uni-form terms and conditions, unprecluded or unimpeded, either directly or indirectly, by charges [user charges or extra-billing] or other means [e.g., discrimination on the ba-sis of age, health status or financial circum-stances].”
Public vs. private health care
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V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 3 Page 9
What is private health care? Anything beyond what the public system will pay for. For instance, should you have to spend some time in the hospital, the public system will cover the cost of your bed in a ward, which usually has three other patients. If you want a private room, the ex-tra charge will come out of your pocket, unless you have extended health cover-age either through your em-ployer or through a policy you have bought yourself. Need an ambulance ride? Expect to receive a bill. If you have extended health care coverage, your insur-ance company will likely pick up the tab. Dr. Albert Schumacher, president of the Canadian Medical As-sociation estimates that 75 per cent of health-care ser-vices are delivered pri-vately, but funded publicly.
Other forms of private health care
There are a few pri-vately-run hospitals in the country, whose services
may or may not be cov-ered by health in-surance. Shouldice Hospital in Toronto
opened in 1945 – before Ca-nadians were covered by universal health care. The hospital remains private to-day. Several privately-run clinics have opened across the country as well, offering CT scans and MRI services. Most have contracts with their provincial governments. The idea was to take pres-sure off the limited re-sources of hospitals. The clinics are paid by the prov-ince to provide their ser-vices.
Several clinics opened in Ontario after the former Conservative government signed contracts with four
companies. The companies were allowed to provide 40 hours of testing per machine per week. Physicians asso-ciated with the clinics are paid on a fee-for-service ba-sis by the Ontario Health In-surance Plan to read the test results for OHIP-covered pa-tients. While the clinics are allowed to take private cus-tomers after hours, they can-not sell MRI or CT scans to anyone who walks in off the street. You have to have a doctor’s referral. The clinics operate on a for-profit basis. The Cana-dian Health Care Coalition argues that clinics like these lay the groundwork for a pri-vate, parallel for-profit health-care system in Can-ada. “The proliferation of investor-owned private, for-profit clinics and facilities acts like a viral infection in the body of Canada’s public health-care system,” the coalition said in a news re-lease following the Septem-ber 2004 First Ministers Conference on health care. “The for-profit health care virus cannot exist without feeding off and damaging public bodies.”
Public vs. private health care (Con’t)
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The Chateauguay Theatre Project presentation of Crimson Conclusion was a wonder-
ful afternoon of fun and entertainment. Over 60 people partook in the event and a
great time was had by all! Neighbours would like to thank the Department of Cana-
dian Heritage, the Petit Theatre and CVESPA for helping us provide this valuable ser-
vice in Rouyn-Noranda to the ESC!
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You Decide!!!
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Noranda School News
Crimson Conclusion—A success in Rouyn-Noranda
Which Canadian Olympic Winter Hat was better?
2006 2002
Vote by emailing the
office or calling the
office after business hours and
leaving a message
Noranda School is a very active place – besides academics our students are exposed to a wide variety of activities to stimulate them!
Recently the students participated in a ski-day and bowling day, a bus safety course and the Family Literacy Day.
Upcoming activities include:
Student Dance on March 17
Daniel Bernard MNA to visit the History class also on the 17th
Jacques Messier from the CLSC speaking on Elderly Abuse (tentative March 22)
Students will take part in the preparations for Daffodil Day (March 31)
Jump Rope for Heart on April 13 – which will include a leadership development component for the Level 4 Students
Book Fair from April 24 – 28
Graduation on May 19
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"To have an
Olympic Gold Medal around your neck;
its an incredible feeling, it is ex-
traordinary!"
Kingsbury was obviously and right-fully moved during the
medal ceremonies.
"It is difficult to express what I feel
with words. This exceeds all that I was able
to imagine”
Fans of women's hockey have started
to take notice of Coach Melody Davidson's vision. Davidson has made it very clear that
it's was a time for a changing of the guard. Several veterans were replaced by younger,
faster, yet less experienced ones and Gina Kingsbury is one of seven women who made her Olympic debut at the Winter Games in
Turin.
Prior to the 2006 Olympic Gold, Gina had won five medals with the Canadian
women's team. Her debut in 2001 at the World Hockey Championship resulted in a
gold medal victory. After the disappointing cancellation of the 2003 Beijing World Cham-pionship due to the SARS outbreak, Kings-
bury and her team bounced back with an-other gold medal win in 2004, followed by a
second p lace f in i sh in 2005. Kingsbury developed much of her skill playing with the Canadian U-22 team. She
began playing with them in 1999 and contin-ued to do so until 2003, even after she be-
gan her tenure with the women's team in 2001.
Few players have
as much scoring power, speed and finesse as the
24-year-old Kingsbury. During the 2004-05 cam-paign, she led the Mont-
real Axion of the NWHL in goals with 31, total points
with 60 including three shorthanded goals. She was also a key player on
her college team, the St. Lawrence Saints. Gina
graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2004 after majoring in Psychology.
Looking to Vancouver
On the personal level, Gina would have liked to produce a little more in Turin,
but "I am nevertheless content with the way I played,” she affirmed. "I hoped to pile up
more points because I was among the five best point getters during the year, but I gained my settings with the game and I
worked well in both directions. I do not re-gret anything; because the team played well
and I did my share."
Gina Kingsbury intends to be part of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
"That will be fantastic to play in front of a very Canadian crowd,”. The feeling will be
three times stronger than here!"
On behalf of all Neighbours Members we would like to Congratulate Gina and the whole Women’s Team on their hard work and reward!!!!
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Gina Kingsbury—Olympic Golden Dream Comes True!!
Quote of the Month:
“The three Rs – reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic – are no longer enough. We must
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MISSION STATEMENT
Neighbours Regional Association of Rouyn-Noranda is a volunteer-based organiza-
tion who believe in a vital future for our community.
We serve the English-speaking population of the Rouyn Noranda area through facili-
tating information sharing, defending the right of access to service in English and
organizing social and cultural events.
We are committed to strengthening networks within the English and French speaking
population as well as encouraging community development initiatives .
Objectives:
To facilitate information sharing within the ESC of Rouyn Noranda area
To strengthen networks within English-speaking and French speaking community
To defend the rights of our members to access services in English
To organize social and cultural events
To support community development initiatives
NEIGHBOURS REGI ONAL ASSOCIAT I ON OF ROUYN
-NORANDA
Up-Coming Events
Mailing address: PO Box 2277
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
J9X 5A9
Location: 95 8th Street
Telephone: (819) 762-0882
Fax: (819) 762-0883
In partnership with:
Info-santé
Info santé a Telephone service Line
which is
open 24 hours a day to answer your Health Questions!
762-8144
Rouyn-Noranda
Reunion 2006
Ottawa, Ontario September 8, 9, 10 2006
For more information:
www.rouynnorandareunion2006.com
March 9—11
Computer Courses for
Seniors and Beginners
March 12
Board of Director Strategic Planning
Session with Kevin Saville
March 19
Health Day for all Members!!
March 23—25
QCGN Meetings in Quebec City