Category Archives: News, Information & Events

This is the place to look for happenings here in Port Loring and surrounding areas. Also any news, events, pictures and things that you folks send me will be put in this category along with what ever I come up with.

Bill C-428. Is One Bill That Should Never Happen

Now here is something us older folks should be taking a look at.  For myself I think it shouldn’t be made law as I believe our old age pension has to be earned not just given away.  Just crazy thinking in my eyes.  My opinion only.

Dear Ms. Consul:

I am pleased to respond to your electronic message, which was forwarded to me by the Office of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, regarding private member’s Bill C-428.

As you know, Bill C-428 proposes to amend the Old Age Security Act to reduce the residence requirement for entitlement to a monthly pension
from ten years to three years. This private member’s bill was introduced in the House of Commons by M..P. Ruby Dhalla, a Liberal Opposition
Member.

As the Minister responsible, I have been very clear that when this Bill
comes forward we will strongly oppose it.

The Old Age Security (OAS) pension is paid to seniors in recognition of the contribution that they have made to Canadian society, the economy,
and their community. The OAS program is non-contributory and is based solely on age and residence in Canada after the age of 18. The ten-year
residence rule is consistent with many other countries that have residence or contribution requirements associated with their national
pensions to ensure that benefits are given in proportion to years of residence or affiliation with their pension programs. With this in mind,
it is felt that the current ten-year residence requirement represents a balance between a reasonable contribution to Canadian society and the
right to receive a lifelong pension.

It is estimated that reducing the ten-year eligibility requirement to three years would cost over $700 million annually in additional OAS and
Guaranteed Income Supplement benefits. Given that the OAS program is funded entirely from general tax revenues, this would be costly and place
an additional burden on the Canadian taxpayer..
Yours sincerely,
The Hon. Diane Finley, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development

809 Area Code Scam

Kind of interesting of how folks like to make an extra dollar these days.  Take A Look.  Kind of makes you want to be a touch more on the ball before doing things that others ask of you.


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This long distance phone scam causes consumers to inadvertently incur high charges on their phone bills. Consumers usually receive a message telling them to call a phone number with an 809, 284, 649, or 876 area code in order to collect a prize, find out information about a sick relative, etc. The caller assumes the number is a typical three-digit U.S. area code; however, the caller is actually connected to a phone number outside the United States, often in Canada or the Caribbean, and charged international call rates. Unfortunately, consumers don’t find out that they have been charged higher international call rates until they receive their bill.  The Amounts are quite high one should remember, more than what most can really afford.

AT&T recommends the following tips to help avoid the 809 area code scam:

  • Return calls to familiar numbers only. As a general rule, return calls from numbers that contain familiar or recognizable area codes. You may call your directory assistance or long distance operator to check the area code location.
  • Carefully read your telephone bill. Make sure that you only receive charges from your provider of choice. Ensure you thoroughly understand charges listed on your phone bill, have chosen to do business with all of the listed providers billing for those charges and have authorized additional fees invoiced. If your local service provider has changed, you will receive a final bill from the former provider and a notice of service disconnection.

If you believe that you have been scammed:

  • Contact the carrier with whom the charge originated, whose name and toll-free telephone number should be printed on the same bill page as the charge in question. Often, the problem can be resolved with a single phone call.
  • If the carrier with whom the charge originated does not agree to resolve the problem, contact AT&T. AT&T will work with you and the carrier to help remove fraudulent charges from the phone bill.

Warning For Bad Soup

Might not hurt to check your cupboards in case you have a jar or two stuck away.  For us my wife does all ours up fresh from our garden.  One way of making sure what you are eating is safe to eat.  With Precautions of course.  Just another reason that come spring you get to planning out a good size vegetable garden.  I have a spot around forty feet by thirty feet and it supplies all our needs and then some.

OTTAWA—The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded a warning about a number of Barrie Bros. vegetable soups.
The agency says they may contaminated with a bacteria that could cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.
These Barrie Bros. Local Food Company 1892 vegetable soup products, sold in a 744 mL Mason glass jar with a metal lid, are affected by this alert.
These products do not have a lot code or a Best Before date.
Fresh asparagus soup, fresh cauliflower soup, butternut squash soup sweet potato and red pepper soup and potato and leek soup.
The list also includes Jeff Suddaby’s gourmet pumpkin and sweet potato soup and gourmet vegetable barley soup.
There have been no reported illnesses linked to these productsm which have been distributed in Ontario.
Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled.

WikiLeaks ‘Revenge’

You know this WikiLeaks has gotten a lot of attention lately and in my mind it has a lot of merit to it.  Myself I can see a lot of good things about this fellow portraying the truth,  more so it out weighs the bad.  One has to remember that this fellow is just posting what is really happening in our Governments, companies and places like that. Information being handed to him by some pretty high uppers. All that this fellow is doing is presenting them to you as they unfold.   Myself, in my mind, I have always figured these things were happening, just didn’t have any real hard proof, this fellow does and is letting everyone see it for themselves.  I figure it this way, one should always stand up for what’s right, and speak ones mind.  Don’t be afraid of going against the grain if you feel your right in things, as it is your life and you are entitled to say or do what you believe in, or what you do not believe in, whether it be Religion, Politics or what ever. Today though most are afraid to speak their feelings, or what they know to be true, as they are afraid of repercussions, from the Powers That Be, Family Members and so on.  Why is that?  Well my view is, we have had our minds clogged up with other folks thinking and now today can’t fend for ourselves.  I I also believe that this just didn’t happen on its own and was slowly worked into our every day life.  My opinion Only.+

Do You Want To Save Your Internet In Canada????

The only way this is going to really help is if we as a whole start standing up for ourselves and let these so called Powers That Be know that we run the country not them.  What should be done is the Government should step in and stop this.  Will they?   I doubt it but, hey, you never know.  Click Link at the bottom of the page which will take you to a place where you can sign the petition, also leave a note to go along with it, can’t hurt that’s for sure.  Don’t let them scare you neither, your the only ones that can save our Internet.  Stand up for what’s right.  My Opinion Only hoping to make it yours too.

The CRTC just decided to let your Internet Service Provider put a meter on your Internet!Stop the Meter

Bell Canada and other big telecom companies can now freely impose usage-based billing on independent Internet Service Providers (indie ISPs) and YOU. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.

This means we’re looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay more for less Internet.

This will crush innovative services, Canada’s digital competitiveness, and your wallet.

We need to stand up for the Internet.

Sign the Stop The Meter petition click link below.

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/779/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=874

The Hulk Makes A Come Back

Here is old Cole dressed up for his first Halloween as the Hulk.   I guess he decided to have a snooze before he headed out to collect candy. Well that is what his Grandpa would do.   LOL  Click Picture To Enlarge.

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Trash & Treasures Port Loring Ontario

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What a small community can do when everyone pulls together. Well that is exactly what has happened here in Port Loring. In 1975 our first Trash & Treasures came to being, a store filled with items donated for the sole purpose of raising money for the Argyle Fire Department. With the way things are being done these days, especially in small communities like ours, getting funding for new Fire trucks is almost impossible. With our trucks slowly deteriorating and no funding available, the community took it upon themselves to see what they could do.

Later on the Fire Department applied for a grant to build the new Trash & Treasures in the middle of Port Loring, as the old Steel’s store was just to crowded to display the goods, along with being to deteriorated to safely work in. Luckily the grant came through. Purchasing a new Firetruck though was another story.

Over the years an into today Trash & Treasures has been operated entirely by volunteer help. This team of over 40 some volunteers, coordinated by Doris Lampman, has to be commended, as with out them our Fire Department would be in dire need. The new Fire Truck you see in the picture was totally purchased with proceeds coming solely from Trash & Treasures. A ticket price of $199,000.00.

Amazing isn’t it, what can happen when a community as small as ours puts all their efforts into achieving something like this. Endless hours, in all kinds of weather, these volunteers have worked and will continue to work so that the folks in our small community can rest in bed at nights knowing that our Fire Department is at the very least agile enough to keep them safe.

I would also like to thank all the rest that help make this possible, the public for your donations and also all the customers.

A success story yes, but lots more has to be done, as with all small communities it seems we get left by the way side and when surviving means, working together.  Click Picture To Enlarge !!   Great Picture For sure but then……….hey I took it.  LOL

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Restoule & Region Lions Club Event

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING Port Loring

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Newest Reason Why Our Honeybees Are Dying

Here is the newest info on what is killing off your honey bees.

The sudden and mysterious disappearance of honeybees in the United States over the past year may be due to a virus, according to a new research paper by an international team of scientists.

The pathogen, called Israeli acute paralysis virus, was detected in almost all bee hives tested during a survey of hives afflicted by what has become known as colony collapse disorder. The pathogen is rarely found in healthy hives.

The discovery will likely help put to rest rampant speculation about the source of the strange collapse in U.S. bee populations.

Beekeepers in the United States began noticing slight declines in bee numbers in 2004. The scale of deaths increased dramatically in the past year, with some apiaries losing up to 90 per cent of their hives. The workers in colonies of the highly social insects would disappear without a trace.

The enormous scale of the destruction prompted worry that some new environmental threat might be killing useful insects. Some speculated that the missing bees might have become disoriented by the recent proliferation of radiation from cellphone towers and died while foraging for nectar. Others theorized that new genetically modified crops were poisoning the bees.

But scientists who worked on the new research, which is being published in the current issue of Science Express, now believe the most likely explanation is a new infectious agent.

“Our extensive study suggests that the Israeli acute paralysis may be a potential cause of colony collapse disorder,” said Ian Lipkin, an epidemiologist at Columbia University.

The death of bees had caused widespread alarm in the agricultural industry. Although most people associate bees with honey, the insects are far more important for their role in pollinating crops. About 90 foods, ranging from apples to cucumbers, depend on bees to ensure that fruits and vegetables develop.

Any threat to bee numbers could affect the global food supply. An estimated $2-billion worth of crops in Canada depend on honeybees for pollination, and about $15-billion in the United States, where the collapse has already led to difficulties in pollinating crops.

The researchers also found the virus on live bees imported into the United States from Australia, and in royal jelly samples from China. Royal jelly is the food bees produce for queens, but it is also sold as a health food for humans.

The discovery of the virus has raised speculation that the United States inadvertently allowed it into the country through the import of Australian bees. This was allowed in 2004, at the urging of the agricultural industry, to boost the number of hives available for pollinating high-value crops such as almonds.

The import of the bees coincided with the first reports of unusual problems in bee colonies.

All the hives infected with the virus either used Australian bees, or were stored near colonies that imported the insects.

To date, Canada has had no known cases of colony collapse disorder, said Danny Walker, president of the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association.

He said Canada doesn’t allow the importation of entire bee colonies from Australia, although it does allow apiaries to buy individual queens, which are then seeded into domestic hives.

Scientists who discovered the virus, and analyzed genes of micro-organisms found in bees, said they do not know if the pathogen itself causes colonies to die off, or whether it weakens the bees and makes them more susceptible to pesticides, poor nutrition and parasitic mites.

The virus was first described in Israel in 2004, leading to its name. Researchers there noted that infected bees – which exhibited shivering wings and paralysis – would die just outside their hives.

One perplexing finding is that bees in Australia don’t seem to be affected by colony collapse disorder. The researchers speculated the reason might be that bees there are not infected with varroa mites, which are found throughout in North America. The mites suppress the immune system of bees, making them more vulnerable to other threats.

Goham’s Bait & Tackle Port Loring

Here again is a place that everyone should visit, especially if you are in need of bait or fishing equipment.  Goham’s is family owned and operated business here in Port Loring.  The folks have worked hard  bringing to you all your wants and needs for them days out on a lake or river.  Which by the way we have lots of.   The sign also was painted by my lovely wife Ruth.   So if your in need of some fresh bait, lures or just want to chat, drop by and say hello.   Folks like these are what keeps our small towns alive along with yourselves for shopping locally.

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Gohm’s Bait & Tackle 18B Davis Dr. Port Loring, ON 705-757-2620

ST. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Has A New Sign

Here is a sign my wife Ruth painted up for the Catholic Church here in Port Loring.   Kind of thought she should get some recognition for her work as it did turn out really nice.   Not that we are a member mind ya, but we do have some good friends that does belong to it.

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Mike Clapperton For All You Boating Needs Right Here In Port Loring

My good friend Mike here in Port Loring who has a boat storage and repair shop has just put up  his second new boat storage unit. I have to say he sure did a fine job and should be commended for his work, not only with his building expertise  though, as he is one great mechanic.  I should know, as I am for ever asking him questions about my equipment and if something comes along that I can’t fix, well Mike gets the job done.  It always makes me feel good when I see a feller like Mike going ahead in a world like today.  Just goes to show you what one can do with his life when they put their all into doing what they love.   His place of residence is on the North Road about a mile in.  His place of business is the Shell station on Highway, 522  in down town Port Loring, can’t miss it.  Stop in and see Mike for all your boating needs, you will be glad you did.  Click Pictures To Enlarge.

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LOCAL SERVICES BOARD OF LORING, PORT LORING AND DISTRICT NOTICE OF 2nd ELECTION MEETING

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PO Box 148, Port Loring, Ontario P0H 1Y0
Phone: 705-757-1316
Email: [email protected]
LOCAL SERVICES BOARD OF LORING, PORT LORING AND DISTRICT
NOTICE OF 2nd
ELECTION MEETING
At the LION’S COMMUNITY CENTRE in
Arnstein, Ontario
Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
Take notice that an ELECTION MEETING will be held for the
following purposes:
1.    To nominate and elect one (1) member to serve on the Board for the twelve
month period of October 1st, 2010 to September 30th, 2011.
2.    Adjournment by the Chairperson.
Bylaw 1997-03: To be eligible to vote on any matters of the Board, you must be an
inhabitant as defined below:
An Inhabitant of a Board area is defined as a permanent resident or a property owner in the
Board area, who is a Canadian Citizen and at least eighteen (18) years of age. An individual
who is a Canadian Citizen and who owns property within the Board area but resides outside
the Board area is considered an inhabitant. A person who rents rather than owns a residence
is usually a permanent resident and is therefore also an inhabitant.
Nancy Wice
Secretary-Treasurer

When Elvis Was King, Right Here In Port Loring October 9 & 10

n 2009, Wayne was a three time People’s Choice Elvis Tribute artist Champion (Montreal and Oshawa) and a 2010 Finalist at the Images of the King tournament in Memphis Tennessee.  Wayne is a dedicated Elvis fanatic and will take you back to a time when Elvis was “King”  Click Picture To Enlarge and don’t forget to add October 9 & 10th to your Calendar.

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Port Lorings First Time Event

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Columnist Lois Sinclair Of Marten River

Would like to thank Lois for the nice write up she put in the paper about myself and family.  Great Lady for sure.  Click Picture To Enlarge.

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New Page On George Walters Blog

Hi folks just wanted to let you know not to forget to check out my New Page On The Top Of The Blog.  Says….. Friends & Business’s.  There you will find all kinds of info and all you have to do is just click on what ever interests you.  More will be added daily and if you have a site that you feel will be of interest to others let me know and I will take a look.  If acceptable…… I will add them to the page.

New Wine Cooler For Casino Niagara Falls Ontario

Here is a few pictures of a wine cooler my son Craig Designed for his place of employment at the Niagara Falls Casino.  Figured he should be commended on a job well done.   Click Pictures To Enlarge.

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Ten Reasons The Long Gun Registry Should Be Eliminated

Claim No. 1: Access to a gun increases the risk of murder.

False: Canadian gun owners are less likely than other Canadians to commit homicide.

Claim No. 2: Rifles and shotguns are the weapons most likely to be used in domestic homicides.

False: The problem is the murder of family members, not the means of killing. Rifles and shotguns are not the weapons most likely to be used in domestic homicides. Knives are.

Claim No. 3: Spousal murders with guns have fallen threefold since the law passed, while spousal murders without guns have remained the same.

False: Spousal murders have slowly been declining since the mid-1970s. There is no empirical support for the claim that the long-gun registry has reduced spousal murders. The long-gun registry was not begun until 2001.

Claim No. 4: Stronger gun laws have helped reduce gun violence.

False: The rate of homicides committed with a firearm generally declined from the mid-1970s to 2002. This steady, long-term decline has been driven by economic and demographic changes. However, the use of firearms in homicide has increased since 2002.

Claim No. 5: Firearms stolen from legal owners are a significant source of crime guns. Registration is essential to prevent dangerous individuals from getting guns.

False: All studies of crime guns agree that stolen registered firearms are infrequently involved. It is the criminal record check, which is part of licensing, and certainly not registration, that stops criminals from getting guns legally. Bill C-391 will not change the current provisions for obtaining a firearms licence. Registration simply refers to the firearm, not the owner.

Claim No. 6: Firearms pose more problems in smaller cities where there are more gun owners.

False: Homicide is a particularly acute problem in large cities where ironically there are fewer legal gun owners.

Claim No. 7: The registry is an essential tool for police when taking preventative action and when enforcing prohibition orders to remove firearms from dangerous individuals.

False: The long-gun registry does not contain information on a gun’s location. The registry only contains descriptive information about the registered guns.

In approaching dangerous situations, the police must assume there is a weapon.

Claim No. 8: The gun registry is consulted by police 10,000 times a day and provides important information.

False: Almost all of the “inquiries” are routinely generated by traffic stops or firearm sales and are not specifically requested, nor do police often find them useful. Almost all of these inquiries involve licensing, not the long-gun registry.

Claim No. 9: Polls show Canadians believe the gun registry should not be dismantled.

False: Two recent polls show that the public does not support the long-gun registry. This is consistent with at least 11 earlier polls, all of which have clearly demonstrated that the Canadian public has no faith in the long-gun registry or its ability to increase public safety.

Claim No. 10: Stronger gun laws have helped reduce gun-related death, injury, violence and suicide.

False. No properly designed study has been able to show that gun laws have been responsible for reducing criminal violence rates or suicide rates in any country in the world.

In sum, the test of any governmental program should be whether it meets its goals. In this case, the long-gun registry has failed.