Grandmothers should be ruling the world. They see the future in a way others do not. As the world of the flesh, decays, the life of the spirit, flowers. Grandmothers see a field of wildly blooming exquisite and riotous flowers.
Joy Kogawa. author and ethnic activist. Order of Canada
AMELIA RISING SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE
Women are welcome to drop by, enjoy a coffee or tea and chat with other women who attend. Drop in is held every Thursday from 1:00pm-3:00pm and every woman is welcome to attend.
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Next meeting is 12pm, April 12th at the Best Western. 700 Lakeshore Dr. North Bay. For more information, please visit us at www.nipissingwomeninbusiness.com
NIPISSING UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CENTRE
is hosting a juried art show that aims to break down the barriers of marginalized identities
through collaborating images that celebrate queer positivity.
Showtime is April 2 at FARM on Main street (evening reception)
THE HERITAGE GARDENERS
will be celebrating fourteen years of success at our Fourteenth Annual Heritage Gardeners Symposium Sunday, April 3, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Best Western Hotel & Conference Centre. 700 Lakeshore Drive. North Bay
Guest Speaker is Sean James. Sean will be speaking on the popular topic of Xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is an environmental design of the land to reduce water usage.
This event also features a garden market, door prizes, certificate presentations to long term volunteers and to our Honorary Heritage Gardener by City of North Bay Mayor Al McDonald. The celebration will be completed with a lovely buffet lunch.
Please contact Monica at 705-472-4006 or heritage.gardeners@heritagenorthbay to reserve your ticket.
THE NORTH BAY AND AREA SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL
in partnership with the Poverty Reduction Working Group and the Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) presents WHY POVERY MUST MOVE FROM POVERTY REDUCTION TO POVERTY ERADICATION. 7pm, Tues April 5th at St. Andrew’s United Church. Presenters will include National speaker Marvyn Novick, founder of CAMPAIGN 2000 and policy contributor to the SPNO & Peter Clutterbuck, Community Planning Coordinator, SPNO.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RECYCLING PROGRAM
-North Bay Mall (Every Sat morning from 10 to 12)
-Alterna Savings (107 Shirreff)
-Grand & Toy (480 Cassells St)
-Salvation Army
We live in an era in which we depend on antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines to treat conditions that decades ago or even a few years ago in the case of HIV/AIDS, would have proved fatal. When antimicrobial resistance - also known as drug resistance - occurs, it renders these medicines ineffective. For World Health Day 2011, WHO will be calling for intensified global commitment to safeguard these medicines for future generations. Antimicrobial resistance - the theme of World Health Day 2011 - and its global spread, threatens the continued effectiveness of many medicines used today to treat infectious diseases.
Facts on antimicrobial resistance.
About 440,000 new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis emerge annually, causing at least 150,000 deaths. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been reported in 64 countries to date.
Resistance to earlier generation antimalarial medicines such as chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is widespread in most malaria-endemic countries. Falciparum malaria parasites resistant to artemisinins are emerging in South-East Asia; infections show delayed clearance after the start of treatment (indicating resistance).
A high percentage of hospital-acquired infections are caused by highly resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
Resistance is an emerging concern for treatment of HIV infection, following the rapid expansion in access to antiretroviral medicines in recent years. National surveys are underway to detect and monitor resistance.
Ciprofloxacin is the only antibiotic currently recommended by WHO for the management of bloody diarrhoea due to Shigella organisms, now that widespread resistance has developed to other previously effective antibiotics. But rapidly increasing prevalence of resistance to ciprofloxacin is reducing the options for safe and efficacious treatment of shigellosis, particularly for children. New antibiotics suitable for oral use are badly needed.
AMR has become a serious problem for treatment of gonorrhoea involving even “last-line” oral cephalosporins and is increasing in prevalence worldwide. Untreatable gonococcal infections would result in increased rates of illness and death, thus reversing the gains made in the control of this sexually transmitted infection.
New resistance mechanisms, such as the beta-lactamase have emerged among several gram-negative bacilli. This can render powerful antibiotics, which are often the last defense against multi-resistant strains of bacteria, ineffective.
Source: www.who.int
If you have winter tires, it’s finally time to store them. If you don’t have winter tires, it’s equally important to have all season tires rotated. Driving in the winter weather can be hard on tires. Rotating tires regularly extends their life and will give you better braking and handling. This is especially important when you’re driving on wet roads that are typical during spring.
Wiper blades check – Your wipers work hard all winter wiping away dirt and debris on your windshield. It is a good idea to replace them in the spring to be prepared for April showers.
The suffrage movement in Canada was established in 1878. Dr Emily Stowe launched an aggressive campaign seeking the same provincial and federal electoral rights as men.
Women in early Canada fought long and hard in seeking equal voting rights. A tireless campaign spearheaded by Dr. Emily Stowe crossed over four decades before Manitoba passed legislation allowing women to vote. It took twenty-four more years before all women across Canada had the right to vote both federally and provincially.
Voting was not always a right, not even for men. After Confederation, the provinces maintained authority as to who was entitled to vote. Each province had its own criteria. The federal government took over this power in 1885, yet returned it to the provinces in 1898. Women property owners had the right to vote prior to Confederation but thereafter were excluded.
Public debates took place among members of the Toronto Women’s Literary Club (founded in 1876 by Dr. Stowe). The group was a screen for suffrage activities. In 1883, this group became The Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association. Shortly after, campaigns started across Canada to educate women on importance to advocate for their right to vote. Many educated and articulate women rose to the forefront of this historical movement. They were referred to as being “suffragettes” pejoratively, but grew into this label with pride.
Dr. Emily Stowe passed away in 1903 but her daughter, Augusta, continued in the political trenches fighting for change.
Dates When Women Gained the Right to Vote
January 28, 1916 Manitoba
March 14, 1916 Saskatchewan
April 19, 1916 Alberta
April 5, 1917 British Columbia
April 12, 1917 Ontario
April 26, 1918 Nova Scotia
May 24, 1918 Canada
April 17, 1919 New Brunswick
May 20, 1919 Yukon
May 3, 1922 Prince Edward Island
April 3, 1925 Newfoundland and Labrador
April 25, 1940 Quebec
June 12, 1951 Northwest Territories
EASTER BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
Ingredients
1 pound bacon
1/4 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced green bell pepper
3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 (16 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 7×11 inch casserole dish.
Fry the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Crumble.
In a large bowl beat together eggs and milk. Mix in cheese, bacon, onion and green pepper. Stir in the thawed hash browns. Pour mixture into prepared casserole.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 30 minutes until eggs have set.
EASTER GRASS SLAW
Ingredients
6 cups coleslaw mix
2 large carrots, shredded
1 medium yellow pepper, chopped
1 large apple, chopped
3 green onions, sliced
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Pour over the cabbage mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until serving
PERFECT BOILED EGGS
Place eggs in a pot; pour enough water over the eggs to cover. Cover and turn stove to high; bring to a boil; turn off heat and place pot on a cool burner. Let the pot sit with the cover on for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, fill a large bowl halfway with cold water; transfer the eggs from the pot to the cold water. Replace the water with cold water as needed to keep cold until the eggs are completely cooled. Chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours before peeling
~The first naked man women see is ‘Ken’
~The average number of items in a typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
~According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.
~Depression is the most common cause of disability in women and approximately 25% of all women will experience severe depression at some point in their lives.
Victoria’s Read is FIVE years old!!
I am seldom asked to explain how Victoria’s Read came to be so I though that I would start the birthday celebrations by telling you my story.
North Bay is my home town. My older brother, James and I were born and raised here. Our parents, Ralph and Theresa Bernard owned and operated a successful automotive garage.
In grade school, I was the pudgy kid with glasses and a lisp. I had trouble saying certain words but it didn’t seem to stop me from making many life-long friends.
By the time I reached high school, I had developed the ability to express myself through words and I was hungry to learn all there was to know about the english language.
My first job was decorating donuts at a donut shop. It was a good job and it taught me how to communicate with the public. From there, I worked at a day care where I discovered that I loved children and wanted to have some of my own some day.
When I was just 17, my knight in shining armour came riding into my life on the wheels of his shiny black Chevy truck. I guess I was his princess because he asked me to marry him the very next day and just one month later, we were engaged. That was 27 years ago and Frank and I are still very much in love to this day.
Our son, Randy was born one year after we married and our daughter, Laurie followed her devoted brother, two years after.
By this time, my writing had taken a back seat for many years. I was committed to giving my husband and children all of my love and attention but I was soon to discover that your talents never really leave you.
I was working evenings and weekends at a department store to help pay the household bills. I hated it because I didn’t see my family very much but working these hours meant that we didn’t need to pay for a baby-sitter.
My mom called me one day, informing me that the local seniors paper, “The Near North Senior” was looking for a writer. I hadn’t written anything in years but the excitement of writing again kept building inside me. The owner, Claude told me that I could set my own hours. This meant that I could help with the household bills through my work as a writer and spend more time with my family again. How’s that for fate.
About a year later, I then heard that “The Nipissing Reader” was looking for a writer/graphic artist. I didn’t know anything about the graphic arts but was anxious to learn that aspect of producing a newspaper. In between writing articles about local businesses for The Nipissing Reader, my mentor and the papers graphic designer, John taught me everything I know about publishing a successful paper but things don’t always work out as expected.
While talking with my father about my gloomy job situation one day, he simply asked why I didn’t just start up my own publication? I stared at him, dumbfounded. It made perfect sense! I asked myself. “Why not?” I didn’t have an answer. My dad is a such a smart man!
With a lot of assistance and brain storming from Canadore student, Sarah, Victoria’s Read was conceived just two short months later. She’s had a few fashion changes over the years but thanks to Christina, Victoria’s Read is now pretty in pink.
Looking back on the years, I can’t help but be so grateful to my supporters, readers and advertisers. Because of your continuous support, I am where I was always meant to be. Thank you.
Myself and two of the most important women and supporters in my life, my mother, Theresa and my mother-in-law Phyllis will be at the 2011 Spring Into Luxury Business Show. The Small Business Show Powered by Women, takes place Sunday May 1st, from 11 am to 4 pm at the Clarion Resort Pinewood Park. Come out and help us celebrate our fifth birthday by entering the draw to win wonderful prizes from my gracious advertisers. All funds raised from the ticket sales will be distributed between the local not-for profit women organizations displayed at our booth.
We’d love to meet you. Victoria Reed
