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Huron East watches webcast of seniors' website
launch by Tourism Minister in Saugeen Shores
Jeff Heuchert
Gathered inside Huron East town
hall to watch a live webcast, Mayor
Joe Seili, Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan and Linda Finkbeiner
were on -hand last Friday for the
launch of a new seniors' website.
Provincial Minister of Tourism
and Minister responsible for seniors
Jim Bradley, was in Saugeen Shores
to launch the site, which is geared
towards providing seniors with
quick access to information on ser-
vices in their areas.
The launch, which was also
attended by Huron -Bruce MPP
Carol Mitchell, was broadcast via
webcast to each of the 21 communi-
ties that will be featured on the new
website, including Huron East in
the near future.
The website can now be accessed
at seniorsinfo.ca
"I am pleased to be launching this
website," said Minister Bradley.
"I'm delighted how it makes so
much information accessible - a one-
stop, so to speak, for
needs."
With each community
listed on the website,
users can search
through a list of ser-
vices available in that
area, including care
facilities, finances and
pension, housing and
safety and security. In
all, the website has 21
searchable areas.
The website is the
result of a collaborative
effort between all three
levels of government,
said Bradley, adding
that it comes at a time
when senior population
in Ontario is continu-
Canada's seniors - and that number.
all your is expected
to double by 2028.
Roughly 17 per cent
of those 1.5 million
seniors currently live
in Huron County.
And, according to
Bradley, the website is
also launching at a
time when seniors are
becoming more com-
fortable using the
internet.
"Seniors are the
fastest growing num-
ber on the internet -
they are becoming
more tech -savvy and
using the internet
more and more," he
said.
Bradley explained
that the Canadian
Services Partnership
was formed five years
ago to examine how
d better access informa-
the fastest
growh g
number on the
Internet - they
are becoming
Imre tech -
savvy and
using the
internet more
and more,'•--
ing to grow. Tourism Minister.
According to govern- Jim Bradley
ment statistics, Ontario
is home to nearly 1.5
million seniors - 40 per cent of seniors coul
tion. From these discussions came
the seniors portal website in 2003.
Bradley described . the newly
launched website as a "much
enhanced" version of its 2003 prede-
cessor.
"There is no such service that is
just three clicks away," he said.
Huron East is one of less than 20
municipalities that received a
$5,000 grant by the Ministry of
Social Services' Seniors' Directorate
to join the Senior's Info web page.
Finkbeiner, who has assisted in
gathering information to be used on
the website, said in an interview
after the webcast she expects Huron.
East will be added to the website's
database by the mid-September.
She adds that although the web-
site will only list Huron East, she is
adding services from all across
Huron County and government
agencies.
"I probably have around 1000 con-
tacts already," she estimated.
Finkbeiner added that for those
without a computer, the
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idea of
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-ding, would we be
heading home that
night in a stinky cloud
of skunk spray?
Luckily, he veered off
again and headed out
into the night.
During our stay at
the campground, we
got used to the almost
tame skunks and
avoiding them during
their nightly rambles.
But, I hope I never
come nose to nose with
one ever again.