Whitby Free Press, 13 May 1992, p. 13

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WHIIY FME PRE88KWEDNESDAY, MAY 1%, 1992, PAGE 1 24th annual Witby-mLongei tnning inJn DY Marieo Boucher. At least'21, Whitby residents will travel. to Longueui,, quebec on June .19 for the 24th annual twinning weekend ,between the two towns. Councillor Marcel,.,Brunelle, Whitbychair of the tw*inig 'ýpro- gramn, says there are -stili, some spaces 1avâÏlable, for, anybody interesàted, in travelling to WNVby .r'esidents -have, until thisFri"day to, contact Carolyn ,Allen ,at the -Town offfice lduing the dayor Marcel Brtinelle in the «WhitbY -has .participated Jn this twinnîng ,programn for 24, years and ýhelped keep some sense of umni ty b-etýWeenresidente here and in Quebec,» ke, says. Brunelle as1ays everybody has to make greater efforts to learn from 'each other everywhere. in Canada. «We are i 'really important times in our cduntry .with the constitution issue," he says.- Whitby Mayor'Tom Edwards says the twinning program.gives ýboth communities a chance to examine and understand some of the tensions that currentlyexist in Canada.today. "Weare contributing te a solu- tion and we understanid norý the :nature of the problemns in this country," he, says. "Imcon fident if more towns acroés Canada participated in, this, twinning progrn, things would be better in this counr,ý" he -says., The' idea for the, twinnn began in ý1967, When, a group lof Whfitby rover scouts mi-de their- wayAte-Expo 67 in Monitreai by: canoe an aentennial projeot. They were welcomed by the Mayor. of Longueuil, Mfarcel" Roidas,'who suggested the two towns8 begin- a twinnin progam because o s o f0' e to wns similarities, such as being beside a lalce or river, 'and size of population. Today, Longeu,«l is -muchbig- ger than Whtv in. part because of an amalgamation with another municipality Jacques.Cartier. In 1968, bthWhitby and LonýgueuîIltwn councils passed a resolution te begian the twanning program the following year. Over the .,years, sportin'g' groupa and stude"nt exchanges h ave'-occurred 'te .help foster > a' botter understanding of ,French a-nd, English langualges and cul- tures in each commîunity. The twinning, program la alo responsiblefor te, creation. of the Wlhitby flag te represent the town. 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