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HE Council aims to
limit cannabis sites
Huron East Council has become
the second municipality in Huron
County to attempt to mitigate the
effects of cannabis production
facilities in their communities.
Council addressed the issue at its
June 18 meeting on the advice of
Huron County Senior Planner
Denise Van Amersfoort. She brought
forward a proposed housekeeping
bylaw similar to that presented to
Central Huron Council the night
before by fellow planner Monica
Walker-Bolton.
Like Walker-Bolton, Van
Amersfoort proposed two options to
council. The first would be to pass
an interim control bylaw, one of the
most powerful tools in the planning
toolbox, she said, that would stop
any further cannabis productions
sites in their tracks. However, Van
Amersfoort said she would
recommend the second option, a
housekeeping bylaw to address
cannabis production and where
these sites could be allowed.
The issue of cannabis production
has been discussed by council
already, with numerous Vanastra
residents concerned about a site
located in their hamlet. That site,
said Chief Administrative Officer
Brad Knight, is home to four private
licences and not for sale. He also
told council that the site appears to
be completely legal.
Van Amersfoort said that while
any planning direction taken by
council would affect future
developments, neither of the
measures would force change for the
existing sites.
A housekeeping bylaw, Van
Amersfoort said, would permit
cannabis production facilities in
agricultural zones (AG1, AG2 and
AG3) and industrial zones only. It
would also establish a setback of
150 metres for a site with air
treatment control from any dwelling,
school, place of worship or day care
nursery for facilities and 300 metres
for sites without air treatment
control.
Mayor Bernie MacLellan was
concerned about the potential for
provincial interference if council
was to pass that bylaw. Van
Amersfoort, however, said that is
very rare and that the provincial
government rarely involves itself in
the passing of municipal bylaws.
Councillor Ray Chartrand
commended Norfolk County, the
first region to establish legislation to
limit cannabis production in its
communities, for having the
“backbone” to stand up and do
something about cannabis
production in residential areas.
Council directed Van Amersfoort
to proceed with a housekeeping
bylaw that would address cannabis
production sites to be presented to
council at its July 16 meeting.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Summer days
School is out which means summer vacation is in and local pools are open. Above, Blyth’s Pat
and Marie Bolen cool off in the Brussels Community Pool over the weekend. At the Brussels
pool, parent and tot swims begin this week and continue throughout the summer on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. (Mark Nonkes photo)
Justin Shortreed, son of Val and
Jim Shortreed of the Walton area,
has made his impact on the world of
skilled trades, winning the Skills
Ontario Competition for his
masterwork in carpentry, and then
coming in fifth in the country at the
national level.
Earlier this year, Shortreed, a
soon-to-be-graduate of Fanshawe
College, traveled to the Skills
Ontario Competition in Toronto
before, travelling to Halifax for the
national competition last month.
The competitions are open to
amateur skilled trades workers, or
people who haven’t yet been
licensed. Shortreed, who is finishing
up his final tests before becoming a
licensed carpenter, was in his last
year competing at the event. Last
year, he placed second in the
province.
Shortreed’s win came from
crafting a dog house, a project he
had seven hours to complete.
“It was a good project,” he said in
an interview with The Citizen.
“Basically, we had to lay it out the
same as building a house, but it was
a smaller model.”
He said the competition requires
all the same kinds of work as a full-
size build, including proper
construction methods, using the
right design skills and figuring out
how everything will go together.
“You have to know how to cut and
measure and figure things out
mathematically, which is the best
and quickest way to do it,” he said.
“It was a challenge, and we had one
work day, or seven hours, to
complete it.”
Shortreed walked away with the
win and then travelled to Halifax for
a bigger, more intense project.
“It was more of a playhouse-type
structure,” he said. “It had a bigger
roof and incorporated a lot more
technical details like a railing, an
octagon window and stairs. The roof
was more complex as well.”
He said he had only 12 hours to
complete the project.
“That may seem like a lot of time,
but when you’re building it, it’s a
tight schedule,” he said. “You have
to know exactly what you’re doing
and you have to go quick.”
Shortreed said he is looking
forward to becoming a licensed
carpenter, saying it’s something he’s
wanted to do since he was a child.
Once he finishes his final tests and
completes his paperwork he plans to
start his own business.
Shortreed competes at national skills event
He will go on sinning and suffering forever!
(Jared Waterbury, 1840)
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he
also reap. For the one who sows to the flesh, will from the flesh reap
corruption; but the one who sows to the Spirit, will from the Spirit reap eternal
life.” Galatians 6:7-8
“He who is unjust--let him be unjust still;
he who is filthy--let him be filthy still.
He who is righteous--let him be righteous still;
he who is holy--let him be holy still.” Revelation 22:11
How solemn is the thought that at death not only will the soul meet its final
destiny--but that destiny will be irreversible. Then we must appear before our
holy and righteous Judge without disguise. He who has “sowed to the flesh”--
will then reap his dread reward of eternal condemnation. The one who sows to
the Spirit, will reap eternal life.
The holy will exult in the approach of their inflexibly holy Judge. The wicked,
trembling with horror, will “call upon the rocks and the mountains to fall upon
them!”
Yes, the true believer will rejoice that his full redemption from sin is drawing
near. Weak as may have been the principle of holiness within him--he is sure
that when his Saviour comes, it will be both increased and perpetuated. All will
then be purity. No clouds will come between him and his adorable Redeemer.
What child of God can look at the happiness and holiness of Heaven, and not
long to experience them? What but sin embitters his life, and makes his
pilgrimage a weary way? Should he not then rejoice when this hateful and
polluting thing shall be gone forever?
But while the godly man has reason to rejoice--the wicked may well be
alarmed. O, what an appalling prospect! Filthy, and still more filthy, through
eternity! His eternity must not only be wretched--but increasingly wretched.
He will go on sinning and suffering forever!In Hell there will be no change
but from bad to worse, and from suffering to still deeper anguish.
“They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who
had control over these plagues--but they refused to repent and glorify Him.
Revelation 16:9
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Tough competition
Justin Shortreed recently earned fifth place at a national
event focused on skilled trades for which Shortreed had to
build a playhouse. To earn the berth at that competition, he
took first place in the provincial event with a dog house,
shown above. (Photo submitted)
BUY? SELL? TRY CLASSIFIED
By Denny Scott
The Citizen