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$1.25 GST included Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, April 4, 2019
Volume 35 No. 14
CANCER - Pg. 10
Ansleys detail daughter
Mikayla’s cancer journey
FAIR - Pg. 19
Bryn McInnes crowned
School Fair Ambassador
KENNEDY - Pg. 2
Former hockey star discusses
abuse at Goderich event
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INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
Mayberry impresses officers at Brussels meeting
Over 400 locals
on ‘Sunshine List’
As part of the Municipal Officers’
Association meeting recently held in
Brussels last month, former Warden
of Oxford County David Mayberry
detailed how his county is tackling
some impressive initiatives on
behalf of its constituents.
While invited to talk about Oxford
County’s pledge to use 100 per cent
renewable energy by 2050,
Mayberry also highlighted some
other pledges that the county has
made in terms of social
responsibility.
In 2015, the second year of his
four years as warden, Mayberry said
Oxford committed to 100 per cent
renewable energy. In 2016, the
county made a similar commitment
to eventually reach zero waste and,
in 2017, Oxford County made a zero
per cent poverty pledge.
He started his presentation saying
that, whether people want to admit it
or not, climate change is real.
“It is in fact mostly caused by
human activity,” he said. “It’s
the result of two things: first,
global population has increased
eight-fold in the past hundred-plus
years.”
He said that, since 1910, when the
world’s population hit one billion,
global population has grown in leaps
and bounds, and in 2023 and 2024,
the world will be home to eight
billion people.
The second cause, he said, is the
increased rate of energy and
resource consumption.
“Climate change is not the legacy
any sane or decent human being
wants to leave to future generations,”
he said. “[Oxford County Council]
wants to do something about
greenhouse gases right now.”
Unfortunately, as far as
government involvement is
concerned, Mayberry said, Oxford
County is the odd man out.
“Until climate change becomes a
populous issue, it won’t be moved
on by top-tier governments,” he said.
“Movement on climate change
continues to be a privately- or
municipally-driven effort. You need
to do the work.”
Less reliance on fossil fuels
and nuclear fuel will allow
municipalities to keep income in-
house and help save the
environment, he said.
“Oxford County spends half a
billion dollars importing energy for
Late last month, the provincial
“Sunshine List” was released,
detailing those who made over
$100,000 in the province’s public
sector in 2018
Topping the list by a wide margin
is Ontario Power Generation’s
President and Chief Executive
Officer Jeffery Lyash, who earned
$1,746,824.96. Following Lyash is
University of Toronto’s President
and Chief Investment Officer Daren
Smith who earned $989,308 and
Ontario Power Generation’s Nuclear
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Glenn Jager, who earned
$962,749.44.
Local organizations have over 400
entries on the list, some of which are
detailed below.
The Municipality of Bluewater’s
Chief Administrative Officer Kyle
Pratt was Bluewater’s only entry,
making $132,125.
The Municipality of Huron East
had one entry: Chief Administration
Officer/Clerk Brad Knight who
earned $122,544.
Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer of
the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh Mark Becker was the
township’s only entry at
$118,032.50.
After dipping from seven entries
to six, from 2016 to 2017, North
Huron has increased to nine, led by
Police Sergeant Murray Foxton,
who earned $228,452.11. Foxton
was followed by Constable Mark
Kirkby, who earned $148,879.57
and Constable Wade Smith, who
earned $131,961.34.
Non-police officers on the list
include Chief Administrative Officer
Dwayne Evans, who earned
$111,071.53, Director of Public
Works Sean McGhee, who earned
$106,881 and Operations Supervisor
Stuart Moffat, who earned
$100,910.32.
The Municipality of South Huron
had one entry: Chief Administrative
Officer Daniel Best, who earned
$141,613.31.
Central Huron Chief
Administrative Officer Steven
Doherty was the municipality’s only
entrant, making $117,987.21 in
2018.
The Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry once again had two
entries on the list: Administrator
Clerk-Treasurer Nancy Michie, who
earned $132,526.95 and Chief
Building Official Kirk Livingston,
who earned $110,448.18.
The Town of Goderich had three
entries: Chief Administrative Officer
Larry McCabe, who earned
$166,539, Treasurer Deanna Hastie,
who earned $123,081.95 and
Director of Operations Clarence
Wilson, who earned $107,070.60.
The County of Huron has 29
entries on the list, led by Chief
Administrative Officer Meighan
Wark at $166,993.21. Following
Wark are Treasurer and Director of
Corporate Services Michael
Blumhagen at $140,198 and
Director of Operations Steven Lund
at $140,194.66.
Huron County released it’s own
“Sunshine List”. For full coverage
of the list, read the Feb. 28 issue of
The Citizen or find the story online
at northhuron.on.ca
The Huron-Perth Children’s Aid
The development on the northwest
corner of County Roads 4 and 86 in
Wingham will soon be home to a gas
bar, convenience store and
McDonald’s restaurant and drive-
through according to documents
presented to North Huron Council
on Monday night.
Council approved a site plan
control agreement with the
numbered company developing the
site, which has seen the low-lying
area slowly being built up over the
past several months.
In the planning documents
provided to council, the purpose of
the site was unveiled, along with
drawings showing where the site
would be, which raised concerns
with some councillors.
Councillor Kevin Falconer said he
was worried about traffic congestion
at the site, as the proposed entrance
for the new development was
directly across County Road
4/Josephine Street from the southern
exit to the plaza on the east side of
the street, which contains Tim
Horton’s, Dean’s Valu-Mart and
several other businesses.
He said he could see “quite a few
cross-traffic issues” caused by the
development, citing people going to
businesses on both sides of the road,
creating a new intersection just
metres away from the existing
intersection of County Roads 4 and
86.
He said there are already concerns
with people not stopping when they
exit the existing plaza in Wingham
Princesses for a day
Giddy Up ‘N Go Ponies of Auburn hosted a special Princess Party at the Seaforth and District
Community Centre on Saturday, bringing together all prospective princesses for a day of
luxury that only the world of royalty can afford. There was nail-painting, visits with real-life
princesses and plenty of welcoming barnyard animals for the children to see and pet. Among
those opting for the royal treatment that day were, from left: Tilly, Shay and Phoeby Cronin,
who were on the waiting list for some princess nail-painting. (Hannah Dickie photo)
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McDonald’s set for Wingham