Cornwall - Dec. 2, 2011 - In the photo above Helene Paquin and Gary Samler are standing beside Cornwall and District Labour Council President Elaine MacDonald. Paquin and Samler were awarded the CDLC Community Activist of the Year Award.

They both sit on the SD&G Coalition for Social Justice and volunteer for the Social Development Council of Cornwall. Jean Patenaude won the award for Union Activist of the Year, Leo Durocher won the WHSC Health & Safety Activist Award, and Stephen Judd won the Disability Rights Advocates Award. The keynote guest speaker at the dinner Thursday night was MP for Sackville-East Shore Peter Stoffer.