Pelham News, January 5, 2017

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,2017
On target at the
River Lions game
JUUE JOCSAK/POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Isabella Brenzil takes part In a shoot-
off, which she won, during a break at
the Niagara River Lions home opener
against the Kitchener Titans at the
Meridian Centre in downtown St.
Catharines on Tuesday, December 27.
The team played last night in London
for their season opener and won
107-106.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,2017 ■ PELHAM NEWS
Province says it can’t audit NPCA
EDUARDO UMt /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Kathryn McGarry, Minister
of Natural Resources and
PELHAM NEWS ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
Published by PelhamNEWS, Postmedia Corp.
COMMENT
POSTMEDIA
Plan ahead and don’t drink and drive
T
he holiday season is a celebra¬ head at the end of the night, or have a lot different than what they’re used to. drunk driving, including possibly your
tion of consumption, never more designated driver. Spending a few days in some of Niagara’s
so than with New Year’s Eve. If you’re depending on a local taxi then smaller municipalities, such as Niagara- too, without any physical injury involved.
Some of the seasonal treats taste like you’re either very new to the area or have on-the-Lake or Fort Erie, can put every¬ This occurs when someone decides to
peppermint or are covered in chocolate never experienced the horrific reality that thing at risk. take the risk of driving home because
— but that’s not the type of stuff we need You may find yourself standing outside getting a cab, which seems like such a
to worry about going through our systems is needed the most. in sub-zero temperatures, trying to figure simple task, was impossible during the fes¬
as we attend various functions and parties They are readily available on a Wednes¬ out how to get home after an entertaining tive season, after a graduation party, or
during the holidays and beyond. day afternoon for your grandma’s weekly evening out. It’s already 2:30 a.m. and the after a night out playing cards when you
Not that there’s anything wrong with trip to the supermarket, and that’s great. taxi dispatcher says all their cars are busy know you have had one too many.
tipping an adult beverage back with your What about the group of childhood and it will be at least a three-hour wait. So, be prepared throughout this coming
friends, family and favourite co-workers friends who only get together as one unit Meanwhile, you see your own vehicle year: sleep on a couch, have a designated
for a few more days. Just make sure you do once a year for a special celebration? parked 50 feet away and know you can driver lined up, stay home, or visit a local
it wisely. The ones who have careers, families and make it to your destination a few blocks watering hole in your neighbourhood.
When you enjoy some libations locally, everything going for them and always play Drinking and driving means risking a
best do it at a location within walking it safe by calling a cab when celebrating in Aside from all the horrific tragedies life, ora future, and it’s not worth it
distance from where you plan to rest your the respective cities they moved to — it’s a where innocent people lose their lives to — Special to Postmedia Network
Fentanyl crisis demands bold shift in treating drug addiction
LARRY CAMPBELL depend on interdiction and law enforcement.
Special to Postmedia Network All levels of government need to support
It is time to face reality. We must actively suboxone, methadone, and stronger drugs
seek new soludons to address the fentanyl like hydromorphone (dilaudid) and diacetyl-
crisis and be more proactive on an emergent morphine (heroin). Replacement therapies
treat withdrawal symptoms with opiates that
The existing strategies to treat the disease
called drug addiction are not working — We know that supervised injection sites
more than 800 people will die in B.C. this work to prevent death and address the issues
relating to public disorder — we should
We expect this number to continue to grow also be offering opiate-replacement therapy
as more and varied compounds are intro¬ through supervised injection sites.
duced both domestically and from overseas. People suffering from addictions should be
Think of the steps that were implemented seen by a doctor. The doctor can then make
immediately to prevent and treat SAKS and decisions on what therapy would work best.
the Zika virus. Prescriptions would be issued that can only
And yet we refuse to move quickly and be filled at a supervised injection site or other
similar medical facility. The medicine would
public health emergency. be administered at the site, with no drugs
Why has this not been declared a public
health emergency in the rest of Canada? We as citizens must hold our politicians to
Last week, the federal government intro¬
duced Bill C-37. This will undo the draconian Do we have to wait until this public health
measures of the previous government, which emergency reaches Ontario and Quebec
were based on fear, not science. before the federal government reacts? How
Within this bill are measures to allow for many more people have to die? How many
borders agents to open letter mail that is families need to suffer?
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All of these measures certainly will assist
in keeping fentanyl and other opiates from Drugs will continue to enter and be made always be other drugs manufactured and sold - Larry Campbell is a Canadian senator
coming into the country. But we need to be in this country. on the street. We need to treat the disease and former mayor of Vancouver.
Even if we could stop fentanyl, there will of drug addiction rather than continuing to
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,2017 ■ PELHAM NEWS
Slushy start to day includes upside-down vehicle
While there was a "flurry of It's uncertain whether slick with drivers taking precautions
calls" between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. roads contributed to an early on the slick roads.
Willard said things had "calmed morning collision in Niagara "It's not out of control."
Police and emergency vehi¬ right down" by 10 a.m. Many of Falls that left a vehicle upside
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said staff weren't overly busy was accompanied by temper¬ and some signs, then flipped say their call volumes were
responding to roadside assist¬ atures in the 1°C to 3°C range. over at Pinewood Plaza.
ance calls. Had it dropped below the freez¬ The vehicle sustained "exten¬
"It's been normal, really, it's ing point, the morning drive sive" damage, said Sgt. Nilan
been a light morning," said Bill would have been much more
Willard, vice-president of auto¬ The driver was uninjured, but
motive service. ‘We didn't have “It would have been a differ¬ charged with careless driving.
the temperatures that turned ent story if that temperature had Dave said Thursday morning
dove down, for sure." crashes weren't "off the charts,"
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Boxer remembered after body found
ALLAN BENNER Long after his own tenure in “The coaches and myself and Main Street about a decade ago. firmed Thursday that the body
Postmedia Network the ring had ended, Mercuri con¬ a couple of the boxers all stayed But he was also known as a kind found earlier this week in the rec¬
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