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Traffic at the MemorialSports Centre remained fairlysteady Friday and Saturdayduring the 23rd-annual Home& Leisure Show, sponsored bythe Fort Frances Chamber of

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By Peggy RevellStaff writer

New Democrats werent the onlyones celebrating in Thunder Bay-Rainy River on Monday night aslocal Conservatives heralded in amuch sought after majority gov-ernment under Stephen Harper.

More than two dozen partysupporters came out to Maureen(Moe) Comuzzi-Stehmanns cam-

paign office at the Arthur Street Marketplace in Thunder Bay towatch the election results roll infrom across the country.

Cheers erupted as the Conser-vatives surpassed the 155 seatsneeded to secure a majority.

And applause followed whenConservative candidates were con-firmed to be heading to Ottawa,including Greg Rickford in Kenoraridingone of the few blue seats ina sea of NDP orange across

LocalToriescheer majority

Dressed up for the occasion, Olive Eisen- hauer, right, offered her husband, Irvin (Ike),another biscuit during Friday afternoonsRoyal Tea at the Fort Frances Pubic Li-

brary Technology Centre. About 100 people

got dressed in style to attend the event andcelebrate the marriage of Prince William toCatherine Middleton. The tea was put on bythe Friends of the Library.

Duane Hicks photo

Royal tea

By Duane HicksStaff writer

Two third-year students from theNorthern Ontario School of Medi-cine wrapped up their comprehen-sive community clerkships (CCC)

here last month after spendingabout 30 weeks learning on the

job from local physicians and other health-care professionals.

The fourth set of medical stu-dents who have come through heresince 2007, Jacqueline Edwardsand Brienne Lowey-Bodkin spent the 30-week period working with

physicians at La Verendrye Hospi-tal and the Fort Frances Commu-nity Clinic.

They also observed specialistsand various local allied health-care

professionals (i.e., chiropractors,dentists, speech pathologists, phar-macists, home care workers, etc.)thanks to an affiliation agreement

between the NOSM and RiversideHealth Care Facilities, Inc. that allows students to gain valuable

hands-on practical experience inthe Fort Frances area.

In terms of clinical learning, youreally cant top the way CCC is or-ganized, said Edwards, who hailsfrom Thunder Bay.

Having the chance to work inthe ER, OR, follow patients in hos-

pital, and work in the clinic makesfor excellent learning.

All of the family physicians, gen-eral surgeons, visiting specialists,and nurse practitioners are excel-lent teachers and I am grateful to

have worked with each and everyone, Edwards added.

It makes for a busy year as wealso have a school curriculum tocover, but it was still an excep-tional year in my opinion, sheremarked.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time inFort Frances. We had great physi-cians, nurse practitioners, nurses,and allied health-care professionalsto work with.

I would definitely recommendFort Frances to other NOSM stu-dents, Edwards stressed.

The experience exceeded herexpectations, noted Lowey-Bodkin,who also hails from Thunder Bay

but has local roots, being related

to Donna and Blair Lowey (heraunt and uncle) and Chris and JimLowey (her grandparents) here inRainy River District.

The last 30 weeks has been a phenomenal learning experience,she enthused. The physicians wereextremely supportive in helping meto meet my learning objectives.

The hospital and clinic staff wasalways welcoming, and definitely

helped to make my experience a positive one.

The hospital is small enoughthat you dont feel overwhelmed,

but you are able get diverse

Medicalstudentsenjoyedtime here

By Heather LatterStaff writer

The local Celebrating DiversityCommittee is moving forward with

plans to implement a Respect Campaign hereand now is look-ing for people to vote for their

cause in the Pepsi Refresh Project.Were hoping that through

spreading the word throughout thedistrict, and our friends beyondthe district, that we can get enoughvotes to do two things, noted com-mittee chair Trudy McCormick.

One, it would be wonderfulto get the funding to help us get the campaign off the ground, shesaid.

The other is to raise awarenessof what were doing.

The Respect Campaign will be comprised of a number of pro-grams and strategies meant to raiseawareness of how people should

treat one another.The committee plans to provide

training to district businesses andorganizations on respect. These, inturn, will be given visible identi-fiers (i.e., buttons, lanyards, post-ers, and door signs) so that anyonegoing into these organizations im-mediately will know that they canexpect to be treated with respect.

McCormick said the committeegot the idea and basis of the cam-

paign from a very successful proj-ect which Confederation College

had started back in 2006.It started with the realization

that something was needed to in-

form people, and educate people,about respect and everything that goes with it, explained Anne Re-naud, manager of the local Confed-eration College campus.

Weve had a lot of success withit, and its really helped both staff and students understand what re-spect means and how it can beused in everyday life, she noted,adding they were happy to sharetheir information with the Cel-ebrating Diversity Committee.

One of the things ConfederationCollege did that was so successfulwas a lot of branding of their cam-

paign, McCormick said.

When you go into a classroomand you see the respect logo, hope-fully it brings to mind some of theideals and qualities of the respect

project, she reasoned.Renaud, meanwhile, thinks its

great that the Celebrating DiversityCommittee is interested in expand-ing the campaign into the general

public.Respect means respect no mat-

ter what, she stressed. Its some-thing that impacts every person,

business, and organization.The committee is developing its

own campaign so that when people

Respect Campaign being developed here

Jessica Whalen, playing Dorothy, enacted a scene from Fort Frances High Schools rendition of the Wizard of Oz during dressrehearsal Monday night at the Townshend Theatre. The musicalopens tonight and runs through Saturday, with the curtain rising at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which cost $10 for adults and $7 for studentsand seniors, are available in advance at Northwoods Gallery &Gifts. See story on A5. Heather Latter photo

Over the rainbow

By Peggy RevellStaff writer

Incumbent NDP MP John Raf-ferty said hes ready to hit theground running after voters inThunder Bay-Rainy River returned

him to Parliament in Mondays fed-eral election.

Im humbled that the peopleof Thunder Bay-Rainy River haveconfidence in me to move forwardand to continue the work that Ive

been doing for the last two-and-a- half years, Rafferty remarked assupporters savoured his victory at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay.

With 18,039 of the votes, Raf-ferty leapt ahead in the polls thistime aroundup from the 14,478votes which sent him to Ottawa forthe first time in 2008.

Conservative candidate MaureenComuzzi-Stehmann came secondwith 10,096 votes, followed byformer Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff (8,066) and Green Party hopefulEd Shields (909).

Raffertys win came along withthe historic NDP orange wavewhich saw the party claim OfficialOpposition status for the first timein its 50-year with 105 seats acrossthe country.

I dont know if 36, 37 days agowe would have imagined that thiswould happen, but its not a totalsurprise I have to say, Rafferty

noted about this upswing in NDPsupport.

But its the same message that weve had for a long time, headded. Its all about affordabilityand retirement security and healthcare, and the issues that weve al-ways fought for.

I suppose if theres a sadnesstonight, its that there is a [Con-servative] majority government,Rafferty said.

I think well continue doing acouple of things that weve always been doing, noted Rafferty, refer-ring to the approach hell be takingin Ottawa now that hes facing amajority government.

The first is to continue work-ing with anyone willing to workwith him to further the agendaof Canadian families, Rafferty re-marked, noting hell continue towork with MPs from all the par-ties.

He pledged to hit the groundrunning to get his private mem-

bers bills on pension security andseverance pay that died with theelection call, and get ready to tablethem again in Parliament.

Theyre good bills and theyrewhat needs to be done for Cana-da, he reasoned.

And Im hoping that that sort of co-operation that Ive fosteredover the last two-and-a-half years

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Local Liberal candidate KenBoshcoffs chance to reclaim hisold seat in the House of Commonswas doused by separate waves of support for the NDP and Conser-vative Party on Monday night.The former two-term MP fin-ished a distant third in ThunderBay-Rainy River behind incum-

bent John Rafferty and Tory hope-ful Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi-Ste-

hmann.Its been decades since a Con-

servative came in second [locally],noted Boshcoff.

That tells you also, with themajority government, that therewas a lot of support [in this rid-ing] for the national Conservative

platform, too, he added.Boshcoff said one of the difficul-

ties for any politician who expectsto represent Thunder Bay-RainyRiver is the vast distance the rid-ing covers, which includes 16 mu-nicipalities and 11 First Nationscommunitiesand an understand-ably diverse set of interests.

Boshcoff attributed his loss tonational, more than regional, poli-tics.

I think definitely the issuecame down to leadership betweenMr. Layton and Mr. Ignatieff, heremarked.

Certainly my message in termsof the platform about economicopportunities was well-received,

he noted. But when they [vot-ers] went to the ballot box, it wasleader.

When he was elected MP fora second term in 2006, Bosh-coff edged Rafferty by only 658votes.

Then in 2008, he lost to Raffer-ty by a little under 3,000 votes.This time, however, he was left far behindgarnering just 8,066votes to Raffertys 18,039 and10,096 for Comuzzi-Stehmann.

Boshcoff spent election night with supporters at the Slovak Le-gion in Thunder Bay, where he sat with anxious family and friendsas the Conservatives rolled to amajority win early in the evening.

The Liberals ended up finishingthird behind the NDP, losing 43seats across Canada to wind upwith just 34 heading into the next Parliament.

[In Canada], its kind of the richagainst the poor now and the Lib-erals have become the middle, soits kind of weird, Lorna Suther-land, president of the ThunderBay and Area Womens LiberalClub, said Monday night.

I think, because a lot of peopleare hurting in the country andthat we want to eradicate thingslike poverty, that people are iden-tifying with that [NDP] end of thespectrum, which is lower wagesand unionized ideas, she rea-soned.

Not that its bad for the coun-try, might even be good, but its

not what I thought people wouldwant, Sutherland added.

Boshcoff, meanwhile, wishedRafferty good luck in Ottawa.I think we all have to get be-

hind the elected member of Parlia-ment and support him because weneed a voice in Ottawa and the

[MP] should be supported by the people, he stressed.

Mr. Rafferty won the electionfair and square and it was verycivil campaign, so I congratulate

him, Boshcoff added.

By Peggy RevellStaff writer

A fourth-place finish here inThunder Bay-Rainy River didnt damper Ed Shields spirits Mondaynight as history was made withthe election of Green Party leaderElizabeth May to the House of Commons.

[With] Elizabeth in, I think wecan regain our footing very rapidly

because our partys just wonder-ful, said the political rookie, re-ferring to May becoming the first elected Green MP in Canadian his-tory by winning the British Colum-

bia riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.Her win over Conservative cabi-net minister Gary Lunn was offset,

however, by a drop in Green sup- port across the countryfrom 6.8 percent of the vote garnered in the

2008 election to just 3.91 percent this time around.

The Green vote also droppedlocallyfalling to 909 from 1,377two-and-a-half years ago.

The surge in support for theNDP, as well as vote-splitting, did

hurt the Green Party across thecountry, noted Shields.

He felt people that vote Con-servative are hard to move whileother voters can vary between theLiberals, NDP, and Greens de-

pending on the situation.But while Shields is happy the

NDP did well Monday night, onething hes not too happy about isthe Conservative majority.

Im shocked to be perfectly can-did with you, he remarked. I just cant believe, with all the problemsthe Conservatives have had, that somany people voted for them.

To me, I just cant explain it. Asa scientist, I just cant explain it.

Despite the loss of votes for theGreens, Shields tossed his support

behind incumbent NDP MP JohnRaffertyeven paying a visit to hisvictory party Monday night to offer

his congratulations.John Rafferty is a great guy

and hell do a wonderful job as hedid the last time, said Shields, re-maining optimistic about both thefuture of the riding and his experi-ence running for the first time.

But at 66 years of age, he hasnt thought yet whether or not hell betossing his hat into the ring for thenext election four years down the

road.It was a wonderful experienceand I met some terrific people, sofor me its been a great experienceand Ive learned a lot, Shields re-

marked.I hope that I pushed the Green

Party a bit so we can get some people to understand what wereafter, and thats really what myobjective was.

And having May in Parliament will change everything for the

party, he added.Just like the NDP, they were a

non-entity for many, many yearsand all of a sudden theyve comealong, he explained.

And I think the Green Party cando the same thing. I think we willcome with the future, he added,feeling that people will take noticewith the rise of global warming

and realize that this is the type of thing his party has been talkingabout for years.

I think our time will come.

Staff

Local students re-elected NDPcandidate John Rafferty as part of mock elections held in conjunctionwith Mondays vote.

The ballots were cast by partici- pating schools last week as part of the Student Vote initiative, whichaims to encourage youth involve-ment and interest in politics.

For the 2011 election here inThunder Bay-Rainy River, Raffertygarnered 612 votes from students,followed by Liberal candidate KenBoshcoff at 317.

In a squeaker, Green candidateEd Shields came in third placewith 215 votes while Conservative

hopeful Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi-Stehmann garnered 214.

Three schools in Rainy RiverDistrict participated in this yearsStudent Vote.

A small contingent at Mine Cen-tre school gave Rafferty eight votes,Shields seven, Comuzzi-Stehmannthree, and Boshcoff one.

Meanwhile, J.W. Walker alsowent NDP orange, with 29 votes

for Rafferty, 10 for Comuzzi-Ste- hmann, six for Boshcoff, and fourfor Shields.

Finally, 144 votes went to Raffer-ty at Fort High, followed by Shieldswith 69, Comuzzi-Stehmann at 45,and Boshcoff with 37.

While Conservatives captureda majority government Mondaynight, they only were handed aminority government by students,

with the NDP as the Official Op- position.The Conservatives were voted in

with 128 seats this time aroundup from 102 in 2008and 30.8

percent of the vote.For the third-straight time, the

NDP were voted in as the OfficialOpposition, winning 113 seats with25.9 percent of the popular vote.

The Liberals won 48 seats with19.9 percent of the vote.

The Greens saw a huge loss, win-ning only five seatsdown fromthe 41 they had won in 2008.

Also hit hard was the Bloc Que- becois, who won a total of fiveseats compared to the 28 studentsgave them last time around.

Mike Kuckkahn and Tim Kreisen hammed it up in heels beforestarting out on the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes trek last Thursdayover in International Falls as a way to get men to speak out inthe battle to end violence against women. Carrying placards, morethan 50 peopleyoung, old, men and women and from both sidesof the bordercame out for the march. Peggy Revell photo

Ready to walk

Hopeful smiles eventually faded into sombre grimaces atthe Liberal camp on Monday night where former ThunderBay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff watched the electionresults with eager supporters. Boshcoff ended up nish-ing third behind incumbent John Rafferty and Conservativecandidate Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi-Stehmann while theGrits were reduced to just 34 seats nationally.

Zoey Duncan photo

District studentsre-elect Rafferty

Green candidate buoyed by election of May

Boshcoff blaming national politics for

third-place finish

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More from A1Northwestern Ontario.

We did terrific, Comuzzi-Steh-mann said about her hard-workingcampaign team and district voterswho bumped her into a second-

place finish behind NDP incum- bent John Raffertyup from past elections where the Conservatives

have finished in third locally.[Our supporters] deserve a

round of applause, she stressed.We ran hard and obviously werenipping at the heels, and Im very

proud of them.Im very proud of the whole

team.Most importantly, our leader,

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, got what he deservedhe got his ma-

jority, Comuzzi-Stehmann added.Hes a proven leader with a proven record, and Canadiansshould feel safe with Mr. Harper

behind them, she remarked.While she wont be heading to

Ottawa this time around, Comuzzi-Stehmann vowed that the riding

has not seen the last of herwith

her eyes already set on this seat when the next election rolls aroundin four years.

More from A1go into businesses and organiza-tions, they then recognize it is onethat values respect.

McCormick noted the definitionof diversity is very broad, andincludes gender, socio-economicstatus, sexual orientation, religion,

people with disabilities, peoplewith mental illness, race, age, etc.

The Respect Campaign weredeveloping is basically to respect differences, she remarked.

Its a feel-good idea, she added.When you tell people about it,they say thats the kind of thingthey want to be involved in, thatsthe kind of business they want toshop in, thats the kind of organiza-tion they want to work for.

The committee also plans towork with the local school boardsand officially launch the campaignin September.

Their idea to spread the Respect Campaign throughout Rainy RiverDistrict is in the $10,000 categoryof the Pepsi Refresh Project, whichaims to support ideas that will havea positive impact on communities.

The top three ideas in the cat-egory will receive funding.

The local Respect Campaigninitiative currently is sitting in 35th

place, with online voting continu-ing until the end of June.

People can vote every day, oncea day, with each e-mail addressthey have, McCormick explained.

Even if we dont succeed [withthe funding], if people know about us because they voted, then its asuccess, she reasoned.

The Celebrating Diversity Com-mittee focuses on working to-gether to create communities that celebrate diversity by actively

practicing and promoting dignity,

respect, and inclusiveness.To vote for its idea, visit www.

refresheverything.ca/respect Meanwhile, two other ideas in

the district also are competing forfunds through the Pepsi RefreshProject.

The Township of Emo is seeking$25,000 to plan and implement arecycling strategy there.

As well, the Rainy River District School Board is interested in creat-ing green spaces at every school inthe district if it receives $25,000.

These ideas, which currently aresitting in 55th and 51st place,respectively, are in a separate cate-gory from the Respect Campaignidea, so Renaud is encouraging

people to vote for each of them.Vote for the latter two ideas at

www.refresheverything.ca/emore-cycling and www.refreshevery-thing.ca/greenspace

Respect Campaign being developed here

More from A1is going to continue, he added,noting his bills were supported bya number of Conservative MPs.

The second is to ensure that we dont let [Conservatives] off the hook, he stressed. Four yearsfrom now is going to be a longtime, and Canadians are goingto have a really good look at Mr.Harper.

And I hope that we can tempersome of the things that we know

he wants to do that we dont think

are good for Canada.Part of this centres around the

proposed $11 billion in cuts theConservatives had put forward at

the beginning of this campaign,which remain unexplained.Where are those $11 billion in

cut? They still didnt say? Raffertycharged, wondering if theyll comeat the expense of families, jobs,seniors, or public services.

We dont know yet, he warned.Well have to stay aware and well

have to keep on the Conservatives

to ensure that Canadian familiesdont fall behind.

But will the Conservative major-ity listen?

We havent had a look at [Harp-ers] agenda yet so we dont know,Rafferty admitted.

Well know when we hear thespeech from the throne. Well knowwhen we see the first budget.

And well have to just make surethat we keep in our sights what wethink are important, he added.

Rafferty to keep working for Canadians

NDP incumbent John Rafferty spoke with long-time supporter Marguerite Kerr after thank-ing volunteers on election night at his victory party in Thunder Bay. Zoey Duncan photo

More from A1exposure to the emergency room,operating room, clinic, in-patient care and obstetrics, she reasoned.

Lowey-Bodkin said everyone shemet in the Fort Frances was so wel-coming and always made her feelat home.

I have to mention all the pa-tients that I had the opportunity tointeract with and thank them forallowing me to participate in theircare, she continued.

It is an important part of learn-ing medicine that we always takefor granted, and Fort Frances cantake pride that they are helping to

train and grow the future physi-cians of Northern Ontario.For that we are extremely grate-

ful.Lowey-Bodkin also said she

would absolutely recommendthat other NOSM students come toFort Frances.

Fort Frances has a lot to offermedical students, she noted. Wewere extremely fortunate that be-cause there was only two students

placed in Fort Frances, we got farmore exposure than other studentsin communities that had up to eight students.

As for highlights, Edwards saidthats a tough one.

I had some pretty interestingdays while in Fort Frances, sherecalled. The last month or so sawsome rare and unusual cases comethrough the hospital and thosewere certainly highlights for me.

In terms of allied health profes-sionals, its a toss-up between myride-along with paramedics, Kristiand Mel, and my time with the twonurse practitioners [Marlyss Thies-sen and Cathy Bock] and the Fam-ily Health Team, Edwards noted.

There are too many highlightsto pick just a selected one, rea-soned Lowey-Bodkin. However, I

have an interest in obstetrics and I

was able to participate in numerousdeliveries during my time here.Aside from work, Edwards called

her stay here a great experience.I made a couple of good friends

and enjoyed my time, she re-marked. I love the outdoors, ingeneral, so the area in and of itself is really nice for me.

I played a lot of hockey at theoutdoor rinks when the weatherwas reasonable, and biked daily inthe fall and spring.

Any meal out was a h ighlight forme; the local medical professionalsare very good cooks, Edwardsadded.

Lowey-Bodkin said she also en-

joyed her time off the job duringthe eight months spent in Fort Frances.

In my spare time, I would go toEnergy Fitness and found myself at the library studying, she noted.

I participated in the Freeze YerGizzard Run in International Fallsin January. It was cold but a great event, added Lowey-Bodkin.

When asked whether they wouldconsider coming back to work heredown the road, or just to visit, Ed-wards replied, I have consideredcoming back to work.

I will be in Fort Frances forthree weeks over the summer for

another placement, she noted.I would definitely consider com-ing back to Fort Frances to work inthe future, echoed Lowey-Bodkin.

My experience was extremely positive and I enjoyed workingwith all the physicians, clinic, and

hospital staff.Fort Frances is a great place to

work and live, she enthused.I have family in Fort Frances,

so I will be back to visit. However,next time I come back to visit, it will be in the summer so I can en-

joy some time on the lake!Edwards and Lowey-Bodkin

were given a farewell barbecue onApril 14.

Medical students enjoyed time here

Tories

cheer majority

Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi-Stehmann gave an upbeat speechto her supporters in Thunder Bay as the results, which toldof a Conservative majority, rolled in on election night.

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