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Mayor brings back good news from AMO
Leamington Mayor John Paterson was one of about 1,600 delegates at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s (AMO) 2013 Conference held in Ottawa from August 18 to 21. “Communities: Inspiring & Aspiring” was this year’s conference theme. The conference featured 50 sessions and workshops, and more than 60 speakers, reflecting the broad scope of municipal responsibilities. Economic development and financial concerns were top priorities, with sessions focusing on the rising costs for policing, insurance coverage and MPAC property value assessment. The Ontario Government is preparing to introduce a new Waste Reduction Act, raising questions about who should pay for waste management costs. Other sessions examined infrastructure investment, aggregate recycling, water use, energy management and conservation. Best practices were explored relating to locally grown food, community development and accessibility. On Tuesday August 20, Mayor Paterson met with the Minister of Energy to discuss the need for Hydro One to construct a new 230 kV Transmission Line from Highway 401 south to a new Leamington transfer station. Mayor Paterson notes that frequent power outages are not acceptable and Leamington requires a reliable source of power that is sustainable and will service (Continued on Page 3)
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CFTV-34 Leamington goes digital and multiplex this September By Sheila McBrayne If you’ve had problems finding your local television channel – CFTV-34 – it’s not off the air, it’s just in transition. It’s been just over a year since Leamington’s own CFTV-34 received approval from the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) to amend its broadcasting license to a digital multiplex transmitter. Southshore Broadcasting Inc., the operator of CFTV-TV, is one of seven independent, nonprofit, community-oriented, LPTV’s and the first to be granted a multiplex license for four stations over the air, in Canada. “It’s huge for us; it’s huge for the area… all eyes are on us in the industry as we go through this process,” said Southshore Broadcasting Inc. Chief Administrative Officer Tony Vidal. The station’s new multiplex licensing allows the station to operate four separate programming services from the one channel. Channel 34 will now be CFTV-DT1, CFTV-DT2, CFTV-DT3 and CFTV-DT4 – all located at channel 34. The main channel will be 34.1 with 34.2 featuring all French and Spanish programming; 34.3 will have First Nations features and health programming; and 34.4 will be the local government channel featuring Council meetings from Leamington, Essex, Kingsville and Essex
CFTV is owned and operated by a local non-profit consortium known as Southshore Broadcasting. CFTV is available on Cogeco digital cable channel 100, Bell ExpressVu channel 586, and Gosfield North IPTV 34. Station Manager Troy-Ann Massad is pictured here editing footage from the Leamington Tomato Festival Pageant. (SUN Photo)
County Council. For those on Bell, the channel is 586, but Bell is only obligated to run the one main channel. “Now we have to change from analog to digital. By doing that our station is down over the air and on cable, but you can still pick us up on Bell Express Vu,” said Troy-Ann Massad, CFTV34 Station Manager. He explained that the new channels will not be in place until about mid September. “We hate to have the inconvenience for our viewers – it’s just growing pains - but, it will be worth it. We’ll have better service when we’re up and running – better than ever before,” said Vidal. CFTV-34 is also available on Cogeco Cable channel 100, but is not available until mid September. “We were hoping for cable to
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get on board, but that hasn’t happened yet. Customers should call Cogeco and let them know that they want their local channel,” said Vidal. The channel will be available on cable channel 100, but it isn’t clear how they will broadcast it. “Customers need to contact Cogeco and voice their concern,” said Massad. Vidal and Masaad have been busy over the past few months developing
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