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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-10-26, Page 2Wednesday, October 26, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 5 Stuart Reavie, the first mayor of Huron -Kinloss Township, has passed away Huron Kinloss Township is flying its flag at half- mast to mark the passing of a long-time local politi- cian and the municipali- ty's first mayor. Stuart Reavie passed away at the Wingham & District Hospital on Fri- day Oct. 21, 2016 at the age of 73. Born in Toronto, he was a three -time Brue County warden in 1996, 2000- 2001, and the first mayor of the amalgamated municipalities of Luc - know, Huron and Kinloss townships in 1999. He was the reeve of Lucknow form 1992-1998, and a successful local business owner and member of the service club community over the years. Reavie was also a for- mer owner of Reavie Farm Equipment, which was purchased by Mont- gomery Motors tractor division in February 1974, where he had been an employee since 1964. He sold the business in January 2006 to Roberts Farm Equipment, according to a 2008 his- tory book. Reavie sat on the Luc - know Revitalization Committee, was a mem- ber of the Lucknow Lions, and the Lucknow United Church, where he sat as a trustee from 2009-2014. The Lucknow resident will be missed by his wife Deanna, two sons, Brian and Peter, as well as three Access to HPV vaccine needs to be expanded across Canada As the adage goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the fight against HPV, however, we don't have the balance quite right. Rates of some cancers caused by the virus have increased, particularly among men. This trend won't reverse for years, high- lighting why health officials must ambitiously tackle the problem now. Almost every sexually active person will get the human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point, making it the most common sexually transmitted infection, though most varieties clear within a year or two. But between 1997 and 2012, there was an alarming increase in the inci- dence of mouth and throat cancers caused by HPV: a 56 per cent spike for men and a 17 per cent pop for women, according to a new Canadian Cancer Society report. It's not clear exactly what Hydro One says 100,000 customers saved $2.5 million and 14 million kilowatt hours in 12 months Hydro One sent more than 100,000 customers home energy reports over the course of a year that compared their home electricity use to other similar homes. Comparing these cus- tomers to each other moti- vated home owners to save $2.5 million, the company said in a media release, or the equivalent of two per cent of each participants bill. The participants in this pilot program saved enough energy to power 1,200 homes for a full year. More Ontarians will see home energy reports in their mailbox this year. "Helping families reduce their energy use and save money is our priority. We want to be a leader in providing our customers with the information and tools to help them manage their electricity costs," said Warren Lister, vice presi- dent of customer service at Hydro One. "Opower's Home Energy Report pro- gram has been tremen- dously successful in help- ing energy consumers achieve significant sav- ings and we want to see our customers realize the same benefits." The home energy report is a proven motiva- tor for electricity conservation. The report, delivered through Opower, is used by almost 100 utilities and more than 50 million cus- tomers worldwide. Collectively the pro- gram has helped custom- ers save over 10 terawatts of energy, equivalent to more than $1.4 billion in savings. PARK THEATRE nt 64,1vt GOLDEI 1.r_b 519 S24 T$I1 FOR 1MOVIE INFORMATION... www,rnawaellnks..a ..di -800,165-3436 caused this spike and gender discrepancy; it could be any- thing from changes in sexual practices to immune system differences between men and women. But considering how long it takes for HPV to cause cancer, many of these people likely contracted the virus back in the 1960s and '70s. Avaccine was first approved in Canada for females aged nine to 26 in 2006; six years later, it was approved for males in the same age range. Rates of vaccination against HPV range nationwide from 47 per cent in the Northwest Territories to 93 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador. In Ontario, the cov- erage for females (it's too soon to tabulate for males) has reached 80.2 per cent. Provinces started rolling out vaccination programs in 2007, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. By 2010, all provinces and territories had them for girls, but not all did - or yet have - for boys. In grandchildren and many other loved ones. Visitation was held at MacKenzie & McCreath Funeral Home in Luc - know on Oct. 24 and the funeral was Oct. 25, 2016. In lieu of flowers, dona- tions to the Lucknow United Church or Wing - ham Hospital Foundation are appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Ontario, the vaccine is offered to all Grade 7 students - boys as of this year, girls since 2007. There are discrepancies between what provinces offer, and what they offer each gen- der. This should change. While there is a degree of herd immu- nity given high vaccination rates among women and girls, plenty of men don't have sex with women. And the age of vaccination matters - ideally it should happen before some- one becomes sexually active. Courtesy MacKenzie & McCreath Funeral Home Stuart Reavie, a former reeve and Huron -Kinloss' first mayor, passed away on Oct. 21, 2016. Getting HPV isn't just con- tracting an STI; it increases cancer risk. Provinces should move quickly to better educate families and make vaccina- tions more widely available. The battle against many can- cers has benefitted from major public relations campaigns, but this is just starting on HPV. A concerted effort now should show, over the next few decades, important health improvements. - Post- media Network letter to the editor Deadline approaching to submit concerns on TPP agreement Dear Editor, October 30 is the last day on which Canadians can submit their concerns to the Federal Government about the Trans -Pacific Partner- ship (TPP). Whilst most Canadians understand that Canada is a trading nation, far too few Canadians understand the serious, long term, negative ramifications of the TPP. Below are just a few exam- ples of the negative effects of the TPP. A study by Tuft's Univer- sity reveals that 58,000 Canadians are likely to lose their jobs, including major job losses in the auto and agricultural sectors. Our cost of prescription drugs is guaranteed to increase, since multi- national pharmaceutical companies will be offered extended patents. 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