STRATFORD VOLUME 3 « ISSUE 23 JULY 26, 2024 Kal G PLUMBING J 519-274-0160 Berger Plumbing is a full service company for all your plumbing, Fully licensed and insured plumbers and gas fitters on staff. UINVLALOAEULATLAY ROYAL LePAGE Sania Crlay sete VENUE ~ - - Real Estate Broker email: sherrieroulston@royallepage.ca Ee Respectful workplace policy remains in place, but will be reviewed CONNOR LUCZKA Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Stratford’s respectful workplace pol- icy will be reviewed, but it will not be suspended ~ despite one councillor’s push to do so. Coun. Cody Sebben put forward a motion at the council meeting on July 22 to suspend policy num- ber H.1.36, the respectful workplace policy, and to direct staff to provide options for a future review. Sebben made that motion after three Stratford res- idents were suspended from city-owned property over alleged infractions to the respectful workplace policy during a February council meeting. For three-months Barb Shaughnessy, Mike Sul- livan, and Ken Wood were not allowed in council chambers and had to communicate with city staff through the city’s solicitor. After Shaughnessy and Sullivan challenged the banning through David Donnelly of Donnelly Law, Public discourse cir- culated around if such an action from the city was justified, with representatives from the city often saying it was an “operational” matter and an inves- tigation found the three of them had acted against the policy. That suspension was lifted on July 2. Ultimately, councillors largely found that the poli- cy was integral to the work the city does, with some, like Coun. Larry McCabe, acknowledging that it had recently gone “awry. CONTINUED TO PAGE2 SCOOPS UP Ruth and Richard Kneider of Simple Dreams CONNOR LUCZKA Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With a forecasted high of 23 degrees Celsius, July 19 was a warm day for some cool ice cream for Stratford General Hospital staff. Simple Dreams Ministries, a local organization that has hosted a number of events for the’ Community over the years, parked its Big Scoop ice-cream trailer in the hospital’s park- ing lot and served up free ice cream for staff that day. Richard Kneider, who runs Simple Dreams with his wife, on ALL PIZZAS ar REGULAR MENU PRICE UNTIL AUGUST 1 1s PROMO ¢ Direct: 519-272-3578 ies serve up ice cream for Stratford General Hospital staff on July 19. The Kneiders said that this was just one way they pt give back to people that have helped not just them, but the whole community. Simple Dreams scoops up ice cream for Stratford General Hospital Staff Si ee (CONNOR LUCZKA PHOTO) Ruth Kneider, explained that after being in Stratford Gen- eral Hospital numerous times over the years, he once took a tub of ice cream for the nurses and the staff that helped him. Speaking with physician Dr. Shanil Narayan, the idea of expansion came to mind. “The thought had come to mind some time ago that it would be exciting if we ne provide that for the entire staff at the hospital,” he s: “We just really appreciate the service we have access to,” Ruth Kneider added. “This is a way for us to give back.” CONTINUED TOPAGE2 1060 Ontario St., Stratford 226-779-4235 www.papajohns.ca