The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-09-23, Page 9Bruce Power signs collaboration agreement
with Ontario Building and Construction Trades
Submitted by Bruce Power
Bruce Power and the Ontario
Building and Construction Trades
are joining forces through a new
collaboration agreement signaling a
shared commitment to the ongoing
role of Bruce Power nuclear in the
province and recognizing the strate-
gic importance of the company to
thousands of tradespeople.
"A strong role for clean, affordable,
reliable nuclear power will help sus-
tain a highly -trained workforce and a
robust, diversified economy, which
is important to communities across
Ontario and around the Bruce Power
site in particular," said Patrick Dillon,
Business Manager and Secretary
Treasurer of the Provincial Building
and Construction Trades Council of
Ontario. "The Bruce Power site is a
source of thousands of jobs for our
members but our relationship goes
beyond that as we both share a num-
ber of similar strategic goals."
Bruce Power and Ontario's
Building and Construction Trades
formally signed the Collaboration
Agreement in Hamilton today with
special guest the Honourable Kevin
Flynn, Minister of Labour. "This
agreement is a good example of
what we can all achieve by working
together," said Flynn. `Achieving
these shared goals allows Bruce
Power to continue to play an
important role in Ontario and
strengthen our economy and
trades throughout the province!'
The Bruce site is home to a num-
ber of building and construction
trades including Boilermakers, Car-
penters, Electricians, Insulators,
Ironworkers and Rodmen, Labour-
ers, Millwrights, Operating Engi-
neers, Painters, Pipefitters/Plumb-
ers, Sheet Metal and Roofers and
Teamsters. Over the last 14 years,
Bruce Power developed a strong
working relationship with these
trades, including the Provincial
Building and Construction Trades
Council of Ontario, with millions of
hours of tradesperson work being
carried -out on the Bruce site.
"In order to maintain eight units of
operation that currently provide over
30 per cent of Ontario's electricity at
30 per cent below the average cost of
electricity, we will need to continue
to work closely together to carry out
millions of hours of trades work,"
said Duncan Hawthorne, President
and CEO of Bruce Power. "This
agreement will help lay the ground-
work for a successful future for all of
us but more importantly builds on
the very progressive relationship we
have had over the last 14 years and
outlines a number of key goals we
look forward to achieving together:'
The Collaboration Agreement
focuses on the following areas:
Continuing to deliver strong
safety performance through the
shared value of `Safety First'
Submitted Photo
Bruce Power and the Ontario Building and Construction Trades entered into a
collaboration agreement during a ceremony in Hamilton on September 9, 2015.
Pictured here, Patrick Dillon, Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of the
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario watches Duncan
Hawthorne, Bruce Power President and CEO sign the collaboration agreement
he has just signed. Approximately 15 union representatives from across the
region also signed the agreement.
Ensure the necessary availability
of skilled trades in the short-,
medium- and long term by pro-
moting recruitment, training and
apprenticeships.
Work together collaboratively to
ensure the successful execution of
projects on the site.
Increase the diversity within the
trades with a particular focus on
Aboriginal people, women and vis-
ible minorities.
Create opportunities for former
military service members to find
careers within the skilled trades.
Ensure nuclear power continues
to play an important role as part of
a reliable, clean, affordable and
balanced supply mix in the
province.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 • Lucknow Sentinel 9
Submitted Photo
Wawanosh 4-H Proud Pollinators held the Achievement at the Cambridge
Butterfly Conservatory on September 12, 2015. A group photo was taken in
the Butterfly Garden. Front from left: Kayla Drennan, Justin Morrison, Amanda
Morrison. Back from left: Marita Oudshoorn, Gayle Mcllhargey, Jaxson Curran,
Mary Ellen Foran.
Proud Pollinators visit Cambridge
Butterfly Conservatory
Wawanosh 4-H
Achievement
Loretta Higgins
Achievement of the Wawanosh
Proud Pollinator was held on Sat-
urday September 12 at the Cam-
bridge Butterfly Conservatory.
Members were given tours on The
Inside Scoop of the Conservatory,
Butterfly and pollinator Gardening,
Once upon a Time: Bruce County Memories
Lost in the Woods
Annie Barber (Banbridge)
Submitted by Bruce County Historical
Society
Shortly after coming to Arran in
1853, a young mother, Ann Han -
bridge, lost her way while picking
wild raspberries in the woods. She
walked a couple of miles in the
wrong direction. Coming to Snake
Creek she became aware of her
mistake and safely redirected her
course back home.
A few years later when they
owned a cow and some hens, she
used to walk to Paisley, a distance
of about eight miles, with butter
and eggs in her basket. In exchange
for her produce, she would always
return later that same day with a
few staple items of groceries.
On one of these occasions, dark-
ness fell before she could reach their
cabin. It became too difficult to see
the forest floor and thus avoid tree
roots and fallen logs. She noted a
huge elm tree with an opening on
one side. The location is now known
as Ebenezer corner. She decided to
spend the night in the hollow of this
tree. As night fell, her husband
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became perturbed that she might
be lost. Climbing up on the roof of
their log cabin he began to bang on
a rafter with his axe, hoping the
sound would ring through the
woods and direct her back home.
The sound did carry quite
clearly to the lonely girl and
eagerly she started in the direction
of the beckoning ring. But the
darkness was so dense and the
walking conditions so poor, Ann
became fearful and returned to
the comparative safety of her elm
tree perch. The hoot of an owl and
the cry of a wandering fox added
to the weirdness of a long night. As
and Bee-ing Bees. During the tours
the members learned lots of infor-
mation about different pollinators
and insects. Some members even
held some of them. After the tours
members could see the conservatory
on their own, if they were interested.
To close the achievement, mem-
bers enjoyed cookies provided by
Mary Ellen from the recipe used in
meeting 5.
morning dawned, Ann then had
little difficulty finding the way
home—to find her husband
organizing a search party.
When she appeared unharmed
out of the woods, one of the search
party fired his gun in the air and
shouted: "The dead is alive; the lost
is found."
Adapted from an article origi-
nally written by Mrs. A. Barber
(Annie Hanbridge) formerly of
Arran Township, for the 1982 Year
Book of the Bruce County Histori-
cal Society. Yearbooks can be pur-
chased from the Museum or bor-
rowed from County libraries.
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