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Winnipeg Free Press
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Elbows up this Canada Day
Canadian pride and thoughts of reconciliation hung in the air Tuesday as musicians and dancers helped ring in Canada Day at The Forks. With U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and threats of annexation still fresh in people's minds, the flags seemed to fly a little higher and the energy buzzed a little more as the country celebrated its 158th birthday. 'I've seen a lot of 'elbows up' today,' Paul Hartwick, visiting from Burlington, Ont., said. 'I can tell people are now a little more protective of Canada.' Hartwick, a Maple Leaf Foods employee, said he rarely noticed Canadian flags around his Ontario home until about six months ago, when Trump was sworn in. Now, he sees multiple flags flying full-time. He's not the only one to notice a change. 'It's definitely more celebratory that Canada is sovereign and unique,' said Norm Beltrame, a former investment planner. 'We have something to be proud of, it's way more pronounced.' Hartwick said Canadians have usually been quieter and a little unassuming when it comes to being patriotic, and that it's nice to see people showing more support for their country by attending events like these. 'Maybe we took everything for granted a bit, and now seeing some of the things the guy south is saying about taking us over and stuff, they're becoming a little more prideful and thankful for how this country is versus the U.S.' While Canada Day celebrations the past few years have been tempered by anger over the discovery of potential unmarked graves of Indigenous children at residential schools and the previous Tory government's steadfast refusal to search landfills for the remains of three of four victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, that anger seems to be softening. Or at least redirected into a path forward to reconciliation. The Forks has celebrated Indigenous Peoples from all different backgrounds for 11 days straight as part of its 'Many Nations, One Heartbeat' theme for 2025, which began on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21. Sarah Greco, a musician who was on the fence about performing on Canada Day at The Forks, recognizes it's a step in the right direction, but thinks more still needs to be done. She also pointed to education being the key and credited former Canadian senator and Indigenous advocate Murray Sinclair. 'Education got us into this mess, and that's what's going to get us out,' said Greco, a singer in the 'Sassy Mellows' band. 'Learning more about history and educating myself has really made me realize that there's a lot more that was hidden from us and we didn't know, so I'm just trying to advocate for that as best as I can in certain ways.' Greco is Métis, Cree, and Blackfoot and said she knows people who've been to residential schools. She uses entertainment and music as a platform to help spread the word about what Indigenous Peoples have suffered through in their past and are still experiencing now. 'It starts at home. If you can start with yourself and then maybe work outside of your community and offer help where you can, we will start seeing less division in the community,' she said. 'What we all need is community. We need people to come together and to progressively try and move forward.' Jerry Tom, an Indigenous man, almost didn't come. 'I had some mixed feelings about being here,' said Tom, 62, outside of The Forks Market. 'It's tricky because of what Canada has done to the Indigenous peoples with residential schools.' Tuesdays A weekly look at politics close to home and around the world. Tom believes the country should put more of its attention on reconciliation. He referenced the unmarked grave sites discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., a few years ago and hopes that educating others will help create a more unified country. 'These issues are difficult to discuss, but they need to happen,' Tom said. 'It's a matter of education to make things better for everybody down the road.' Tom said he still hears racist comments from people and remembered the time someone referred to him as a 'dirty Indian' while walking down the city's streets. 'In those moments I always think, 'I feel sorry for your kids because you will pass that behaviour on to your children,'' he said.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Hartwick College celebrates commencement
More than 220 Hartwick College students walked across the stage during the college's 93rd commencement ceremony Saturday, May 17 in a tent on Elmore Field on the college campus. According to a news release from the college, Chelsea Kotey, a 2025 graduate, a biochemistry major and president of the Student Government Association, "offered a powerful reminder that life's unexpected turns often lead to the most meaningful destinations." "Let's embrace uncertainty; after all, uncertainty defines the human experience," Kotey said. "Remember that the path forward rarely unfolds exactly as planned, and that's okay. ... some of life's most gratifying opportunities arise from what we discover while taking unexpected detours. We newly face the unknown; we've learned at Hartwick to lean into what's unfamiliar with curiosity rather than with fear." Several recognitions were presented along with degrees. Roselyn DuMerville was awarded the Abraham L. Kellogg Oratorical Prize for her speech, "Guided by Henry," which she originally delivered during the college's honors convocation April 30. Laurel Bongiorno, vice president for academic affairs and provost, presented the Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching to Associate Professor of Psychology and Department Chair William Kowalczyk, who was also named the 2025 Teacher-Scholar during the honors convocation. Elizabeth "Betty" Powell, a 1982 Hartwick graduate, received the President's Medal for Extraordinary and Exemplary Loyalty to the College. Powell has served in Hartwick's Department of Athletics since 1969 and was recently honored for 55 years of service at the Quinquennial Awards Celebration, the release stated. Patricia Spears Jones, an award-winning poet, educator and cultural activist; and Richard Ekman, a nationally recognized leader in higher education, received honorary degrees and served as commencement speakers. Jones encouraged graduates to honor their accomplishments and shape their future with intention. "Your degree is a testament to your discipline, passion, interests and determination," Jones said. "You are now at that moment where your future and how you make your life become a testament to your character, your values, your desires." Ekman encouraged graduates to move forward with confidence. "No matter what field you majored in, you have acquired skills, and knowledge and values that go well beyond your major," he said. "You can and should be bold as you make choices over the next few years about your next steps in life. Steps about where you will work, where you will live, what sort of spouse or parent you will be and what leadership roles as citizen and community member you're willing to take on. You're very likely to succeed in life's many dimensions because you've already obtained during the past few years the excellent foundation that Hartwick has given to you." Public health major Amanda Wilbur reflected on the friendships she formed during her time at Hartwick. "When I came here, I never thought I would make such lifelong friends — but when I go to the Rockefeller School of Public Affairs and Policy, I'll be rooming with someone I met here." For some, Hartwick's natural spaces also "played a central role in life balance," the release stated. Economics and global studies major Robert Noury spoke of one of the college's assets. "I got the opportunity to live at Pine Lake, and every student should take the opportunity to get out there," he said. "Sitting around the fire or playing board games, it was just so inspiring being in the woods with my friends." As the ceremony drew to a close, President Jim Mullen delivered a farewell to the Class of 2025. "You are remarkable young people. I know the world will be better because of you," he said. "So, my final thank you is deeply personal — it is for what you have meant to this place and what you have meant to me. I am forever grateful to each of you and I love you very much." Among the Class of 2025 were 40 summa cum laude, 41 magna cum laude, and 52 cum laude graduates. The class also included 111 departmental distinctions, 22 college honors students, 21 who completed their degrees in three years, and 27 legacy students, according to the release.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Irresponsible government': County close to losing $400k in taxpayer dollars after colleague botched multi-million dollar project, commissioners say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are potentially squandered after Dauphin County Commissioners voted not to move forward with a multi-million dollar project. In 2024, $10.4 million was allocated to turn a large building on Tecport Drive in Swatara Township into a 'one-stop shop' for county human services. That December, $400,000 was made as a down payment to get the building up and running, but since then, no progress has been made, according to Democratic Commissioner Justin Douglas. 'This is not political spin,' Douglas said at the weekly commissioners meeting in Harrisburg Wednesday. 'It's been 147 days since we acted.' Douglas pinned most of the blame on fellow Democratic Commissioner George Hartwick, who recently returned to the weekly meetings after a month-long hiatus—he was participating in an alcohol rehabilitation program after a police report showed he crashed his county vehicle while intoxicated. Douglas claimed Hartwick missed an important meeting to discuss the project with a stakeholder on Monday. Hartwick said he was in a different meeting and had another county official attend on his behalf. 'I certainly did not neglect it,' Hartwick said. 'I fulfilled one commitment and attempted to try to balance another.' Because no plans have been finalized for the so-called 'Techport' building, Hartwick requested an additional 60 days to put forth an agenda. In a 2-1 vote, that extension was shot down, with Douglas claiming it would have cost the county an additional $300,000. Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Apple TV devices Dauphin County has until the end of May to put together a plan and vote on moving forward with the project. If that does not happen, the $400,000 will be lost. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Boil Water Advisory for Town of Hartwick
HARTWICK, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — The Hartwick Water District has issued a Boil Water Advisory for all of its users until further notice. The advisory was issued on Friday, May 9 due to positive test results of bacteria in samples of the water from Hartwick. Until further notice, all water from the system is to be boiled for at least two minutes. An alternative to boiling the water is to use bottled water certified for sale by the New York State Department of Health. The water is safe for uses other than consumption, such as laundry and bathing, if precautions are taken not to swallow it. Persons who have wounds due to surgery, are immunosuppressed due to HIV or cancer therapy or are suffering from chronic illness may consider using bottled or boiled water until the advisory is lifted. The Department of Health has said that there is no reason to suspect that the water has caused any form of illness. Any individual experiencing the following symptoms should consult their physician: severe diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, or abdominal cramps. Operators of food service businesses should take special notice of the advisory and consult with the Department of Health for special instructions regarding food preparation, cleaning and ice-making. Anyone with any questions about the advisory should contact Chris Briggs at 607-293-7742 or the Oneonta District Office of the Department of Health at 607-432-3911. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Art treasure returns to Hartwick College
A 500-year-old painting from the collection at Hartwick College's Yager Museum recently got a facelift. According to a news release for the college, The Yager Museum of Art & Culture is celebrating as it welcomes one of its Renaissance treasures back from a year's conservation treatment at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center in Massachusetts. Painted in the early 16th century by Andrea Previtali (ca. 1480-1528), "Madonna and Child in a Landscape" was acquired by the Reverend Louis van Ess, rector of Saint James Episcopal Church in Oneonta and a Hartwick College professor, in the 1950s, the release stated. When van Ess passed away in 1960, he left much of his art collection, including the Previtali, to Hartwick. "Louis van Ess had collected American impressionist art before coming to Oneonta," museum Coordinator Doug Kendall said. "But in the 1950s, he traveled to Europe several times and purchased a number of Italian Renaissance paintings. Among them were two by Previtali, who was a student of Giovanni Bellini." "Madonna and Child in a Landscape," painted in oil on a wood panel, has been on display in the van Ess Gallery at the museum for several years. A survey funded with a Conservation Assessment Program grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services found that the wood panel and a wooden cradle added in the 20th century had suffered woodworm damage, according to the release. In addition, the painting's surface had suffered some losses and showed the accumulated dirt and dust of the centuries. In late 2023, the museum received a grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network and contracted with the Williamstown Art Conservation Center to treat and preserve the painting. A partnership between the state Council on the Arts and Greater Hudson Heritage Network), the conservation grant treatment program is made possible with the support of the Office of the Governor and the state Legislature. Over the next year, Williamstown conservators Maggie Barkovic and Tatiana Shannon "painstakingly treated the painting, cleaned it, strengthened the wood panel and varnished it before returning it to the Yager Museum," the release stated. "It's great to be able to share "Madonna and Child in a Landscape" with the community once again," Kendall said. "We also acknowledge the vital support of both federal and state grants funding for the arts that made the conservation treatment possible that has ensured the preservation of this masterpiece." The museum will unveil the conserved Previtali painting at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 in the van Ess Gallery as part of the continuing exhibit, "Masterpieces of European and American Art: the Hartwick College Art Treasure Room." Visitors can also explore the museum's current exhibits, including the new exhibit "Discovering Our Place: Working, Learning, and Playing Within These Hills," curated by students in Hartwick's Museum Studies program. The museum's regular hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. when the college is in session. The museum is closed on Sundays, Mondays, college holidays and when the college is not in session. Admission is free. More information is available through the museum's Facebook page and webpage, by calling 607-431-4480 or emailing kendalld@
