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Donation to help people
'hurting and struggling';
it's an issue that 'has touched
. . . my extended family'
ONTARIO AUTO DEALER RYAN FINCH
has donated $5 million to St. Joseph's Health
Care London to support research into
improving access to mental health services.
Finch is president of Finch Auto Group,
which has eight dealerships in the London,
Ont., area. He told the London Free Press
that the pervasive nature of mental illness
spurred him to act.
" It has touched mine and my extended
family, " he said in a story published June
15, adding that he also noticed the issue at
work. " I could see that there was a number
of our staff who were hurting and struggling.
It needed somebody to step up and put
some oomph behind this cause. "
The money will create a research chair
in mental health system transformation at
the Lawson Health Research Institute, the
research institute of London Health Sciences
Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London.
" This is someone who is going to help us
reboot the [mental health care] system and
look at what is a new and better way that we
can offer services in the community, " Jodi
Younger, vice-president of patient care and
quality at St. Joseph's, told the Free Press.
- ANC
Toyota has
offered a
ride to six
athletes to
help them
on the road
to the Paris
Olympics and
Paralympics.
PHOTO: TOYOTA
LETTING LOOSE
A BIT ON THE
WONDERFUL WORLD
OF AUTOMOTIVE
A $5M gift from the heart for matters of the mind
Dealer Ryan
Finch has
noticed
mental health
impacts at
work. The
cause needed
" somebody to
step up. "
PHOTO:
ST. JOSEPH'S
HEALTH CARE
LONDON
The art is a dream,
but the prize is real
A young
Canadian
depicts the
car as a 'safe
space of joy
for families
and kids'
IM POSSIBILITIES
POSSIBILITIES
The Start Your
The Start Your
Impossible
campaign is
nearing reality
FOR SIX CANADIAN
athletes, the road to the 2024
Olympics and Paralympics
in Paris runs through Toyota
Canada headquarters in
Scarborough, Ont.
Toyota announced the
members of Team Toyota as
'
'
Bryan
SAY WHAT?
This is the
first time that
I've been optimistic in the last
three years that we're getting
to the point that we're going to
see some positive change
[on auto theft].
investigative services division at the
Équité Association, an insurance and
fraud industry organization.
Gast, vice-president of the
SEE STORY/P23
part of the company's global
campaign called Start Your
Impossible: para-basketball
veteran Cindy Ouellet, 2020
Tokyo decathlon champion
Damian Warner, para-cyclist
Keely Shaw, boxer
Tammara Thibeault, paralympic
track athlete Marissa
Papaconstantinou, and Philip
Kim, who will compete in the
new Olympic sport of breaking,
or break dancing.
The Start Your Impossible
campaign launched before
the 2018 Olympics and
Paralympics in South Korea.
Each of the six athletes
overcame significant obstacles
to earn Olympic berths.
For instance, Ouellet had bone
cancer at age 12 and Shaw was
injured while horse riding.
Toyota Canada said the athletes
are provided the Toyota
vehicle of their choice as well
as additional but unspecified
support.
The Paris Olympics run
from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024,
and the Paralympics take
place Aug. 28 to Sept. 8. - ANC
THIS NUMBER
The number of auto brands
still reporting monthly sales
that posted declines in July
and August compared with a
year ago. This positive news
suggests that new-vehicle
inventory - impacted since
mid-2020 by the COVID-19
pandemic - is finally
returning to normal levels.
SEE STORY/P3
CLAIRE KIM, 11, OF
Calgary has been
named a world finalist
in the annual
Toyota Dream Car
Art Contest, and in
the process earned
US $3,000 (about Cdn
$4,000).
Claire's art, titled
" Happy Family Dream
Car, " put her among 20
world finalists out of
782,852 contributions
from 90 countries.
The painting depicts
a vehicle designed to
" create a safe space
of joy for families and
kids to shield them
from the negativities
living outside of it. "
Prior to being
named a world finalist,
Claire, was among
Claire Kim's Toyota Dream Car Art Contest
entry made her dream come true as one of
20 world finalists. SUPPLIED PHOTO
nine children selected as Canadian winners by a
panel of judges: Bonnie Schmidt, president, Let's
Talk Science, which encourages STEM development
in children and youth; Larry Hutchinson,
CEO of Toyota Canada; and Regina Chan, a
Vancouver-based automotive journalist and
managing director of AutoNerve Media.
" We have many talented young artists across
Canada, " Chan said of the submissions. " Their
creativity and vision range from innovative
ideas to address social issues to wild ideas
beyond our imagination. "
Three world grand prize winners - from
Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Poland - each earned
US $5,000 ($6,600) for their entries and US $10,000
($13,200) donated to their schools. Prize money
for all is intended to help further their educations.
- ANC
Fast Freeland fined $273
For this trip, she was
behind the wheel
instead of being
chauffeured
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Chrystia Freeland, who recently
bragged about not owning a
car, confirmed that she received
a $273 speeding ticket in northern
Alberta in August.
According to a ctvnews.ca story
Aug. 23, Freeland admitted to the
violation. " I was driving too fast,
and I won't do it again. "
According to the Alberta government's
website, a $273 ticket
equates to 32 km/h over the posted
limit. CTV News reported that
Freeland was clocked at 132 km/h.
In July, Freeland
was criticized by
the Conservative
Party over her
comments that she
still does not own
a car, relative to
the rising cost of
gasoline and the
Liberal government's
carbon
taxes, without
mentioning her
frequent use of a
government-supplied
car and driver.
Freeland is
also the finance
minister.
She told CTV
News that the
ticket has been
paid. - ANC
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Chrystia
Freeland
has said she
doesn't own
a car, but
she appears
to know
where the
accelerator
pedal is.
FILE PHOTO
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http://www.ctvnews.ca
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