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HEADLINES | Neighbours, Curling, and a Rooster’s Wake-Up Call · Neighbourly: Real Stories of Care and Community

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  These headlines point us back to what really matters. Ordinary
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  neighbors showing extraordinary care. I'm Johan
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  Heinrichs and this is Neighbourly Headlines. Real stories of
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  kindness, community and faith in action across Canada.
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  Let's take a look at what's been happening close to home.
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  Most days, headlines rush past us full of noise.
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  But tucked inside are some stories that remind us of
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  kindness and faith at work in ordinary places. Today
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  we're celebrating the quiet, everyday ways Canadians are turning their
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  neighborhoods into places of real support. From mutual aid
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  check ins to community rinks and community hubs that keep the lights on long
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  after the holiday decorations come down. Lets get right into our
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  headlines.
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  Ontario's everyday mutual aid. Across three
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  Ontario neighbourhoods, the building resilient neighbourhoods pilot
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  trained everyday folks to offer simple practical support.
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  Things like walking a new mother's baby so that she can take a nap. Or
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  tying a daily ribbon to an elderly neighbor's door so they know someone is
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  checking in. Over two years these small
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  gestures have reduced loneliness, strengthened trust and
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  helped people age safely in their own homes.
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  It's neighborliness distilled to its clearest form.
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  Ordinary people showing up again and again with
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  whatever they have. What I love here is how care can become
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  contagious. One trained neighbor inspires three more
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  and suddenly a whole block is holding each other gently.
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  To me, this is loving your neighbor made beautifully concrete.
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  Curling volunteers keeping B.C. communities alive
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  in the small British Columbia towns of Kimberley and Kelowna,
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  curling volunteers like Denise and Warren are the reason the ice
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  stays swept, tournaments run smoothly and newcomers
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  always feel welcome. They juggle coaching, rank
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  maintenance, event planning and even food bank shifts. All
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  to make sure that the curling club remains a vibrant gathering place for every
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  generation. Their passion has turned the winter sport into a
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  year round community glue, drawing visitors and keeping small
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  town hearts beating strong. It's proof that when you pour
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  love into something you love, the whole neighborhood gets swept
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  along in the joy. And as the church. Why don't we use this as a
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  good example of how to use our spaces well to
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  become the heart of a community and the source of vibrancy of
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  people coming together. Just a little food for thought.
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  Before we get into our last story. It's time for Neighborhood Watch where we
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  peek at the real complaints Canadians bring to their cities.
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  Because community life is nothing if not creative.
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  Salt Spring Island, British Columbia A full on chicken
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  war is headed to court as a rooster owner challenges a noise bylaw
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  over her bird Orion, who has allegedly been waking the neighbors
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  far too early for their taste. On Salt Spring island,
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  one neighbor claims the rooster next door is loud and it must be hooked up
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  to an amplifier. The owner insists he's no louder
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  than nearby ferry traffic and and says Oregon is essential
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  for protecting her flock. Bylaw officers have taken decibel
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  readings, issued tickets and offered rooster curfew solutions like
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  automatic coop doors. Now the whole debate rule
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  rights, noise rules and what counts as a real farm
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  is landing in provincial court. And yes, there is a petition with
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  hundreds of signatures supporting the rooster.
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  I've encountered some odd bold birds with but if your
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  neighbor's rooster sounds amplified, that's less of a poultry
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  problem and more of an acoustics phenomenon. Jump into our
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  Carrier Impact podcast group on Facebook and vote. Would you call
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  this one in? Would you talk to your neighbor? Would you do
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  something to the rooster? Or would you let it go quietly and invest
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  in noise canceling headphones? Whatever your stance is,
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  every neighborhood's got its quirks. Now onto our
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  final story. Winnipeg's Chalmers Hub turns
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  holidays into year round care. Now this one's personal because
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  I grew up going to that community club. I played for the soccer team
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  and we went undefeated two years in a row. And last I checked,
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  a few years ago, our team picture was still hanging on that
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  wall. Anyway, on with the story. At the Chalmers
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  Neighborhood Renewal Hub on Poplar Avenue in Winnipeg, volunteers
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  recently hosted two heartfelt December fundraisers,
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  complete with shared meals, laughter and neighbors
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  pitching in side by side to support family programs,
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  senior activities and active living initiatives year round.
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  In the middle of a Manitoba winter, people showed up with food,
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  time and donations to make sure their community hub stays warm,
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  open and deeply welcoming, its holiday
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  spirit transformed into tangible, lasting care
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  for an entire block. This one makes me smile because it
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  shows how a potluck or a bake sale can
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  quietly become the heartbeat of a sustained neighborly love.
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  These headlines remind us that good news is still all around us
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  if we take the time to notice. Do you have a story of
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  care happening in your neighborhood? Share it at NeighborlyPodcast
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  CA or join our Care Impact podcast group on Facebook.
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  Neighbourly is an initiative of Care Impact, a Canadian charity
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  equipping churches, agencies and communities with tech and training
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  to care better together. Learn more@careimpact
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  CA. I'm Johan Heinrichs and this has been Neighborly
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  Headlines because every story of care deserves to
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  be seen and shared. Turning over
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  tables tearing down walls.
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  Up. The bridges between the stones
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  of these Turning over tables
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  Breaking off chains When I see you
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  in a stranger.