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Speed cameras may have been coming to a street near you
CONNOR LUCZKA
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Speed cameras may be coming to Stratford – though recent provincial posturing suggests the project will end before it even starts. André Morin, chief administrative officer with the City of Stratford, informed the Times that a 24-month pilot project was being discussed. The number of cameras and where they would be located are not known as of yet, though Morin suggested community safety zones, areas around schools, parks or hospitals, are where staff would look to install them. However, the Province of Ontario announced on Sept. 25 that it intends to ban municipal speed cameras. To improve road safety, the province will establish a new fund to implement safety measures such as speed bumps, roundabouts, raised crosswalks and curb extensions. “At a time when governments at all levels should be doing everything they can to lower costs and make life more affordable, too many municipalities are using speed cameras as a cash grab,” said Premier Doug Ford in a media release. “Enough is enough. Instead of making life more expensive by sending speeding tickets to drivers weeks after the fact, we’re supporting road-safety measures that will prevent speeding in the CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
Patsy-Anne Day, an Indigenous educator and storyteller from the Oneida Nation and Tur- (AMANDA MODARAGAMAGE PHOTO) tle Clan, places sage into the fire during a Sunrise Ceremony held Sept. 30 for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honoured with Sunrise Ceremony
AMANDA MODARAGAMAGE Times Reporter
Patsy-Anne Day, Indigenous educator, storyteller and member of the Oneida Nation and Turtle Clan, led a Sunrise Ceremony, giving thanks and offerings to the Creator and Mother Earth on Sept. 30 during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at the Falstaff Family Centre. She described the Haudenosaunee teachings of the four sacred medicines: tobacco, sweetgrass, sage and cedar. “We're thanking, acknowledging and giving thanks to everything that our Mother Earth gives us,” Day said at
the opening of the ceremony. “We start every day with thanks,” she said. “Saying thank you is the most important thing that we can do. It connects our minds and our hearts together, to our honour.” Around the fire, participants listened as Day spoke about the offerings, starting in the east, where the sun rises. This direction represents both the morning and spring. Tobacco was placed there as an offering, symbolizing the beginning of a new day. “The east represents the time of the year; springtime,” CONTINUED TO PAGE 2