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BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com

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Elmwood School’s Aurella Overtveld makes the first cut of eight inches of hair during the school’s second annual hair drive on March 29. Overtveld and eight of her schoolmates as well as two teachers participated in the school’s second annual Hair Drive. York Street Spa stylists donated their time and talent to the cause. For the story and more photos see page 4.

Right Bike is on the move.

Since 2012, the bike shop has operated in Hintonburg but starting this spring, the business is moving east to 366 Rideau St. “I hope this popup works well, and gain new customers, and to keep going The organization will be operating out of Envirocentre’s Welcome Zone, a storefront on Rideau Street.

The shop will open its doors the week of April 6 and operate out of the space for this year’s biking season.

Benoit said he is excited to be partnering with Envirocentre for the year, and added that next year, they might try another part of the city.

Right Bike is a community-owned and operated bike sharing service that got started in Westboro, Hintonburgh and Wellington West Village.

It’s refurbished purple bicycles residents or visitors the opportunity to borrow a bike or get a tune-up.

A social enterprise operating under the umbrella of Causeway Work Centre, the primary mission of Right Bike is to provide supportive employment and training to members of the community with mental health issues and other barriers to employment.

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The enterprise will remain a part of the Causeway Work Centre.

Over the years, the organization has received grants to help operate, as well as expand to training programs and offer bikes in various neighbourhoods in APRIL 3 the city. Now, in an attempt to rely less BYELECTION on public funding and more on their COVERAGE business model, Benoit said they needed to move to a more affordable space.

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One year later, residents living on Jasmine Crescent are not going to forget.

When two men were killed on the street within a year of each other, the question about safety and community took front and centre for Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, who reached out to community leaders, organizations and schools in the neighbourhood in April 2016 to discuss the best way to get the com-

munity engaged.

The answer was creating a safety committee.

The first thing they did was organize a walk — the point was to get residents from the neighbourhood to come together and say their neighbourhood was safe.

One year later, the safety committee, now affectionately renamed Vision Jasmine, will hold its second community walk on April 9.

This time around it will be more about what this community is all about and less about

proving it’s safe.

Because, according to residents, that has never been a question. “I was aware of some of the things that had happened with Jasmine, but didn’t deter me from coming here,� said Jasmine Crescent resident Zoey Nippard. “It’s not about the things that happened, it's about how the community deals with it, and my expectations were exceeded coming here.�

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Residents held up signs in support of Jasmine Crescent just prior to a walk down the troubled east end street on April 10. was starting to feel uncomfortable about who her 11and nine-year-old children were playing with.

Now, she says she always knows where they are, and thanks to the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, which has taken charge on organizing and hosting activities in the community, Nippard’s children are occupied with good after-school activities. “I know where they are, when they go out to play, because they are either with me, or doing a structured activity,� Nippard said. “And I can see them starting to develop good relationships.�

Nippard’s kids participated in an “I love hockey� program and will soon start taking guitar lessons through the resource centre.

Both activities were low-

cost to Nippard, which the mom said was a huge benefit. “Having these types of programs, the ability to have access to these things, and low cost access, too, makes it possible,� Nippard said. “Sports is always something that the kids enjoy, and I never thought they would be able to play hockey because it was one of the most expensive sports, and now I have a video of him playing that I will cherish forever.�

Nippard said she would sign her son up again next year.

And it’s not just Nippard’s children who have been benefiting from the community engagement.

Nippard has joined Vision Jasmine’s steering committee, saying it has been a really nice way for her to become a part

of the community.

And the walk, Nippard said, is all about bringing more of her neighbours together. “The walk last year, I know was about making the community safer. This time, I see it as this is what the community can do for you,� Nippard said.

The walk is only half of the event scheduled for April 9.

For the organizers, it’s not about the walk, but rather where the walk takes participants.

Tierney said the walk is all about celebrating the work that has been happening in the community and promoting activities.

Tierney said there will be booths set up to showcase art programs, sports programs and after-school initiatives.

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Activites geared towards engaging 15-19 year-olds Continued from page 2

Eastern Ottawa Resource worker Michelle Lemieux said that much like last time, the walk is just the beginning and will result in another community consultation.

“We have done a lot of groundwork, but we are still in the stages of seeking more resident engagement,” Lemieux said. “For us it is to remind the community that we are still here, that it is still a priority that we are responding ... and listening to the residents.”

Lemieux said the biggest challenge right now is reaching out to 15- to 19-year-olds.

To address this, Lemieux said they have scheduled a number of different activities in April, including a pizza party on April 4, the walk,

a following Vision Jasmine meeting on April 12, April 18 guitar lessons for youth, and an Urban House of Paint in Jasmine Park on June 3.

“If we could increase the youth engagement, that would be a success,” she said. “Having them participate in afterschool, connect with their parents and families — have them all realize that the centre is there for them.”

Lemieux said other measures of success for the team would be for neighbours to continue to claim back their community and get more neighbours to talk to one another.

For Nippard, she said she is excited about what’s next for her neighbourhood.

“Residents will be able to see that the community has come a long way.”

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A few students at Elmwood School had a little less to worry about this week.

Elmwood School held its second annual Hair Drive on March 29, to support the cancer wig program Pantene Beautiful Lengths.

Nine students and two teachers offered up at least eight inches of their hair for the event, which was cut by stylists from York Street Spa. The drive kicked off an assembly at the school, with each participant getting their turn of losing their locks to the cause, before heading into another room in the school to have their remaining hair styled.

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Benoit said this year they will be offering less of those community bike rack spots and concentrating more on the business from the shop at 366 Rideau St. “It’s not a big part of our business moving forward,” he said. “Really we had to focus on our mission – to provide training and jobs for people who have barriers.”

EnviroCentre’s executive director Michael Murr said the organization was thrilled to be able to bring affordable bike sales, rentals and repairs to Rideau Street.

“We are long-time supporters of Right Bike’s work and have collaborated on many projects in the past,” Murr said. “This is a much-needed service for the neighbouring community.”

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Benoit said despite the lack of space, he is looking forward to the new location.

“We might loose some of our customers, but the beautiful thing about 366 Rideau, is that there is a gap in bike shops, and we are getting right in the middle of that.”

Benoit added he is confident that they will maintain many of

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The move is bitter sweet, Benoit said, having been set up in Hintonburg for the past six years.

“I’m definitely going to miss Hintonburg,” Benoit said. “We want to thank the neighbourhood for the support they have received, and they have supported us from the beginning and have continued to over the years.”

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Don’t ask, don’t tell: Sanctuary city advocates

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Social workers and advocates who work with immigrants told the community and protective services committee on March 30, that Ottawa needs to declare itself a sanctuary city.

“Their journey is never easy and when they get here, their struggles aren’t over,” said Siffan Ramadan, with the Somerset West Community Health Centre.

Ramadan said roughly seven per cent of their clientele is comprised of undocumented immigrants. The number is based on information from The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study.

“We take pride in welcoming anyone who comes through our doors,” Ramadan said.

Clients have trouble securing employment and housing, they face discrimination, and many are afraid to try and access services, like health care, she added.

At the outset of the meeting, there was some bickering between councillors and committee chair Diane Deans, who wanted to hold off on questions to staff until after the more than two dozen delegations spoke.

But Knoxdale-Merivale Coun.

Keith Egli said it would benefit the committee to have a concrete motion on the table so that they know what they’re voting on.

The report, put forward by Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, is being tabled with no recommendation.

It does include wording that suggests there will be a motion forthcoming.

Many committee members had questions about the direction of the report, and whether the city could actually do anything to improve the situation of undocumented immigrants by declaring Ottawa a sanctuary city.

“We need to know what Coun.

McKenney proposes to do,” Egli said.

“It would be helpful.”

Osgoode Coun. George Darouze said without input from staff, councillors are faced with a solution to a problem they aren’t sure exists.

“We are here today to hear from people on the front lines, whose opinion may differ from city staff,” Deans said.

McKenney said the report today was for information, and any actions forthcoming, will be a result of information from the speakers.

McKenney said the concept has two important components; Don’t ask, and don’t tell.

A lot of undocumented people languish in immigration limbo, through no fault of their own, said Leighann Burns, from Harmony House, who helps women escape domestic violence.

Other cities like Toronto and Vancouver have already adopted similar policies, but there has been some push back from councillors here in Ottawa.

Burns said it’s the job of advocates to speak for the clients and shine a light on the problem.

“The women we work with cannot be out in the streets with placards,” she said. “That’s why I am here to advocate.”

Burns told stories of two women.

The first came to Canada to marry a man who abused her child. When she reported him, he pulled his sponsorship.

Another woman was sold into the sex trade. She came to Canada because her abuser had no ties here.

“Sanctuary cities are safer cities,” said Aditya Rao, with the Sanctuary City Network, adding the fear that illegal immigration will increase as a result of a sanctuary city mandate is unfounded.

He said being an illegal immigrant does not inherently mean that person is breaking the law.

“Immigration legislation is very complex,” he said.

Delegations continued to hammer at an at-times obscure concept, while members of the committee searched for concrete measures or examples.

One example used by Andrea Balfour, from the City for All Women’s Initiative, was documents required by the food bank to access help.

Food banks often require proof of income and residence before clients are served.

“Are you suggesting that people should be able to walk into the food bank and simply say, ‘I need food,’” Egli asked.

Balfour said the city needs to listen to people on the front line and “step up to the plate.”

Rev. Anthony Bailey from Parkdale United Church shared a story of a parishioner he helped access a women’s shelter after discovering she was abused.

“One of our biggest concerns are those trapped in situations of domestic violence,” Bailey said.

Bailey, who at one point sang to the committee, said we wants to elevate the

discussions to include Ottawa as part of the “wonderful world.”

Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper, who was arguably the biggest advocate aside from McKenney, said he takes Bailey for his word.

“I trust you,” he said to Bailey. “If you say there’s a problem to be solved, I believe you.”

The only speaker in a marathonlength list of delegations to speak against the concept, was 17-year-old

Woodroffe High School student Angelo Spezzano, who called the idea of turning Ottawa into a sanctuary city “shameful.”

Spezzano told the story of his grandfather, who came to Canada in 1968.

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There’s Ottawa as a sanctuary city, the legalization of marijuana, the fentanyl drug crisis, the flood of refugees, the value of naloxone kits or the plethora of potholes in our roads this year. Lots of serious matters for a person to ponder, to comment on and to argue about.

And then there’s Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the upcoming Tulip Festival, the Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup run and even the Masters golf tournament, if you want lighter matters in which to engage with friends or even strangers on the elevator.

From a patriotic perspective, there are the upcoming Vimy Ridge celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of that milestone battle in Canadian history, an event generally acknowledged as being one of the foundational moments in the creation of the Canadian identity. Imagine the thrill of being there, as many Canadian students will be.

So, lots to talk about for sure.

But the topic that seems to be at the top of any chat list these days is, what else, the weather. And these discussions are universally similar — like, just when is this ongoing, up and down winter, going to end. It has been like the Energizer bunny — it just keeps going and going and going!

A couple of weeks ago, we moved the clocks ahead. Remember that adage: “Spring ahead, fall back.” Well, we may have sprung ahead but it wasn’t to spring but just to more of the same old, same old — cold winds and snow, with a tantalizing day of springlike sunshine perhaps thrown in, just to tease us.

So, where are those April showers? Where are those warm early spring days that rejuvenate you after a long snowy, cold winter and make you look forward to the days to come. Instead, more snow, more cold, more winter.

It is getting, we think, to be maple syrup time. This happens as spring breaks and winter is no more. Indeed, there is a reason why maple syrup is sweet — because spring itself is so sweet. But where, oh where, is it this year?

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Canadian that the awards are being given — Funny Town availability of free or cheap content stars — Anne Murray comes to that there is excellence to celebrate mind — emerged overnight and new on the Internet and the tendency of — is what matters.

The Juno Awards, which celebrate percentage of music played on radio ones have been emerging ever since, potential attendees to stay home and watch Netflix. helped by the CRTC policy that so Canadian music, have been around stations be Canadian.

Government funding of the arts, many people opposed. for less than 50 years. And that is There was a lot of criticism of Some of those people now argue while it is improving, is nowhere largely because Canadian music, that ruling, and you can understand near where it should be. Canadians that those Canadian stars would in all its forms, has only been in it. Music is supposed to be univerthe Canadian consciousness for a sal, not national, and people should have emerged anyway, but a look at tend to look at the American model, the Canadian film industry will give where government funding is unimrelatively brief time. For most of our not forced to listen to one form or portant, rather than the European you an idea what the music indushistory, whatever Canadian music another. But those objections preone, where government support is there was blurred into the identity supposed that a free market existed try might have looked like without substantial. What we overlook in of North American music. And the in music. It didn’t. Powerful market the Canadian-content regulations. rejecting the European model for bulk of Canadian recordings went forces, particularly in the pop music Many excellent Canadian movies are being made and hardly anyone is the American one is that Americans largely unheard. field, caused a virtual monopoly have large and generous foundations seeing them. Cities large enough to That changed in 1971 when the of airplay by music from the U.S. and wealthy and generous patrons, CRTC introduced content regulaRadio stations could argue they were have independent cinemas may get two things that we mostly lack. a look, but you don’t find much in tions that required that a certain only playing the music Canadians

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Ontario’s existing mathematics curriculum is failing our kids

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he renewed vision for mathematics education in Ontario cannot come soon enough. In response to glaring evidence that Ontario elementary school students are falling behind in basic math skills, the provincial government announced a $60 million “renewed math strategy” almost one year ago.

This after it was discovered that around half of Ontario’s 6th graders are not meeting the curriculum standard.

Within the new provincial strategy, students will have 60 minutes per day of protected math instruction. Teachers will undergo training, and new resources have already been made available to parents and instructors to help introduce math concepts at the youngest ages and encourage a positive attitude toward math.

Parents can show kids that numbers are everywhere, teaching fractions while slicing up the dessert pie or helping older kids work out sales tax.

There are a number of great things that exist in the curriculum currently. New math has been designed to help kids think outside the box — beyond a singular means of coming to an answer, to ideally develop a more complex understanding of math, so they can transpose concepts from one formula to another. That’s all great and I’m sure my Grade 6 son can run circles around me when it comes to breakout math, where numbers are grouped into tens, one hundreds, one thousands, to do a sum.

But there’s something missing — rote learning.

Think back to those early days of primary school when you felt it was sheer torture to com-

mendation from the expert who did the test was to introduce rote learning at home.

They failed the test for two essential reasons. First, they had never seen the basic formulas that are used in laboratories around the world. For Capital Muse example, they didn’t know what to do in an addition question where two or more numbers were stacked on top of one another. The universal symbol mit sums, then multiplication tables to memory. for division might as well have been Over and over, we penetrated our brains — 1 a sandwich. They didn’t have a clue. times 1 is 1, 2 times 2 is 4, all the way up to 12 So while it’s fine to teach new ways times 12 is 144. In my day we started every math to divide or add numbers, we should lesson with the teacher pointing out the equaprobably be including at least a hint of tions on a huge piece of poster board, as kids methods that are recognized beyond chanted together and shifted uncomfortably in our parochial country’s borders. their seats.

The second reason they flunked is These numbers became so habit forming that also important, however — their brains they are ingrained in my brain. This is not the couldn’t work fast enough. They can’t case for my kids, who do a stop and stare when multiply simple equations in their I ask them to quickly work out 13 per cent on heads because they’ve never learned the dollar. multiplication tables. They can’t divide My kids get good grades in math. They test numbers quickly because they never high in many academic areas, including complex committed multiplication to memory. math and reasoning. But after five and six years There is no automaticity. in primary school, they are failing basic math acSome would argue rote learning is cording to international standards. In fact, they old fashioned. Certainly that’s been the are performing well below grade level, despite approach taken in language curriculum receiving straight As in school. for a number of years. Gone are the I have the test scores to prove it. We recently days when we memorized components had them tested in a number of subject areas by of a sentence (verbs, nouns, dangling a private educational psychologist. The recom- modifiers); long gone are the days of

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It’s the same thing in math. I want my children to learn all kinds of concepts and understand math better than I ever did, so they can manipulate the robots when the time comes. To get there, however, they need a solid grasp of the basics — that means rote learning must be part of the new math curriculum.

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turned the feather mattresses.

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not like the wool on the sheep when they were full grown. And I would think it was the smell of new birth ... the smell of spring.

Even the Northcote school began to smell differently. The boys big rubber boots were exchanged for high top running shoes, so the smell of wet socks was no longer there, and the school took on a ‘cleaner’ smell, enhanced because Miss Crosby would have started leaving the door open for a spell when morning classes began.

Sap boiling on the Findlay Oval, filling the kitchen with the sweet smell of spring, even when all the snow had yet to melt in the back yard.

And one day I made the mistake of scooping up a small handful of mud at the back door and Emerson saw me. He ran right into Mother to tell her I was eating it. Which was a barefaced lie. All I wanted to do was put it to my nose. To breathe deeply its musty scent.

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Talented Overbrook residents wanted

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The talent search in Overbrook has begun.

Plans for Overbrook’s musical are well underway with organizers sending a call-out for Overbrookers who have a little swing in their step, a song in their throat, or simply the desire to take over the stage and sing about their community.

The auditions will be held on April 23 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Overbrook Community Centre.

Planned as a workshopstyle audition, interested residents are asked to register by April 9.

The day’s events will include a meet and greet from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. where any residents, even those who are more comfortable behind the scenes, can learn about the project and ways

to get involved.

The community decided to come together this year to write, produce and perform a musical about the neighbourhood.

Part of their own way of celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, organizers say it will specifically showcase Overbrook over the last 100 or so years.

The aim is to have the show ready by November 2017, but as organizers Wendy Dennys and Diewke de Haen point out, there is plenty to do before the curtain rises.

“The journey is our goal, it’s all about the process and rallying the people in this community around it,” de Haen said.

The musical is directed by well-known local theatre director Eleanor Crowder and written by theatre arts student Clémence Roy-Darisse using Overbrook stories,

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Diewke de Haen and Wendy Dennys are organizers with the upcoming Ovebrook musical about the neighbourhood. Part of the community’s own way of celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, the musical will specifically showcase Overbrook over the last 100 or so years. which the organization are compiling from old, new and current residents.

No experience is necessary, but performers must be 13 to 99 years old and a performer at heart. For more information, email info@ overbrook.ca or call 613742-5147.

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his month marks the 100th anniversary of one of our country’s pivotal moments – the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

It was on April 9, 1917 that four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force joined together in an effort to overtake the Germans who had succeeded in securing and defending the strategic ridge, located in the north of France near the town of Arras. The Canadians would pay a huge price for victory but in overtaking the enemy, once thought to be unbeatable, they accomplished something the Allies had failed to do on several previous occasions during the First World War. This battle represented a coming of age for the country. Still so closely tied to Great Britain, Canada distinguished itself for the bravery of its troops, its training and determination.

NEVER FORGET AND NEVER AGAIN The sacrifice of 3,598 Canadians and the war resistance that resulted are important reminders to commemorate the lives lost and an enduring desire for peace.

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Vimy memorial restoration took years to complete

icole Chénier looks at two faded photographs and wonders what the two men in the black-and-white copy were like.

She never met Olivier or Wilfrid Chénier. If the First World War – and the Battle of Vimy Ridge – had never taken place, she would likely have known her two cousins very well.

Olivier and Wilfrid were brothers, growing up on a farm in nearby Buckingham, Que. They enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regiment the same day. They served together, and then died together the same day at Vimy at age 26 (Olivier) and 27 (Wilfrid). Today they are buried side by side, beneath the French soil.

Nicole, who today lives in the South Keys area, says her father often told stories, but never had much to say about her cousins Olivier and Wilfrid.

“I think my dad was too young,” says Nicole. “He didn’t know a lot about them. I think for some reason (the family) never talked about it.”

Nicole has an elaborate package of research about the Chéniers (at one time spelled Chené) and the family’s centuries in Canada. The family dates back to the 1600s in France.

Despite the 100 years since Vimy Ridge took the lives of more than 3,000 Canadian soldiers, there are still holes in families – and family histories. Those who died are still remembered, even as the decades pass.

If they had survived the war, Nicole is sure Olivier and Wilfrid would have returned to work on the family’s farm. She would have been much younger than them, but is sure they would have spent time together.

“I think the family would have been really proud of them,” she said. “I’m sure they would have been heroes in the family.”

– by Nevil Hunt, Metroland

THEY SERVED TOGETHER, AND DIED TOGETHER THE SAME DAY AT VIMY

Olivier or Wilfrid Chénier died on April 9, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

They are buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, near Souchez, France.

Nicole Chénier never got to meet her cousins Olivier and Wilfrid Chénier. Both died the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

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The battle of Vimy Ridge was a defining moment in Canada’s history. We will never forget.

“In memory of those who so valiantly fought and who made the ultimate sacrifice.”

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he memorial on the top of Vimy Ridge in France serves as a reminder to never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War. This year, April 9 marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

A grateful France granted Canada the land where the Canadian National Vimy Memorial rests.

Designed in the 1920s

by Toronto sculptor Walter Allward, the monument, which commemorates Canada’s contribution to the Great War, took 11 years to build.

It encompassed in excess of 15,000 tons production of final drawings and the of concrete and reinforcing steel, as well tendering process. as 6,000 tons of Seget limestone from So much went into this renovation Croatia. project, including demanding physical King Edward VIII unveiled the effort, delicate artistic labour, etc.

Canadian National Vimy Memorial on There were a number of technical July 26, 1936. It is inscribed with the challenges too. names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who Mother Canada, for instance, carved were listed as missing, presumed dead. from a single piece of stone, is the In 2001 the departments of Veterans largest piece on the monument.

Affairs and Public Works announced “We had to leave her in place but prop a $30 million program her up,” Smith said. to restore Canada’s “The memorial’s 13 First World War base was taken apart monuments in Europe. and the stairs were Decades of wind and removed and reset rain had eroded many with waterproofing of the names inscribed underneath them,” on the monument and Smith said. left its walls cracked Following the and crumbling. The restoration, Queen key problems: water Elizabeth II repenetration (limestone dedicated the is porous) and thermal Canadian National expansion.

Vimy Memorial on “This was really a monument falling April 9, 2007. Smith was in attendance. apart in front of our eyes,” said Julian An estimated 750,000 people visit the Smith, and “losing those names meant site each year. losing the only records of people who – by Tara Gesner, Metroland gave their life in the war.”

Back then, “concrete was seen as magic material that would last forever, which is not true,” he continued.

Smith was the coordinating architect for the restoration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

The restoration began in 2004, taking about two-and-a-half years.

Jeff Maguire/Submitted Prior to this, there The Canadian National Vimy Memorial stands overlooking the Douai Plain near the city of Arras in northwest France. was historic research,

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Montfort Hospital launches new knowledge institute

BY Victoria St. Michael Victoria.StMichael@metroland.com

Although it has been in

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Montfort, its knowledge institute, on March 24 at Montfort.

The event included a chance to meet Steve, one of the ISM’s breathing, blinking and medically challenged simulation mannequins.

Dr. Bernard Leduc, president and CEO of Montfort, said the ISM is a unique institution in Ontario.

“It’s an institution that actually combines the research enterprise — generating new knowledge, with teaching,” said Leduc.

“But the researchers are also very close with the clinicians, so we get the questions coming up from the clinical practices and make sure that they do the research to help solve a significant or relevant problem.”

The ISM will support the training of over 1,300 students and residents at Montfort Hospital.

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“The ISM allows us to develop a one-stop-shop service that brings together knowledge management services, from producing knowledge to transferring it to staff or even training future generations,” said Clement, alternating between French and English.

The ISM also boasts a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory, where students can work with lifelike mannequins like Steve to learn how to deal with real emergencies.

Sophie Guevin, a fourthyear nursing student at the

tute at the end of 2008, but the idea of creating the ISM is now two or three years in the making.

“Today, we present the institute to the world,” Leduc said.

The ISM benefits from financing generated by the Montfort Hospital Foundation.

During her speech, Montfort Hospital Foundation CEO Christine Sigouin highlighted the importance of the partnership between the institute and the foundation.

“While the ISM will benefit from the Montfort Foundation’s fundraising expertise and knowledge, the foundation, along with the ISM, will expand their horizons by developing collaborative partnerships together with a whole new array of stakeholders,” Sigouin said in French.

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University of Ottawa, recently finished her placement at Montfort and was happy to have had the chance to work at the ISM. “It was really nice to have a simulation in a hospital setting with licensed nurses, doctors and other health-care providers,” said Guevin.

“To use that more advanced setting with the mannequins, to be able to practise critical events before we did it on a real patient, was a good opportunity.”

Those who attended the event — including Leduc — had the opportunity to perform CPR on Steve the mannequin.

Sophie Audet, a clinical educator with the ISM, says Steve is able to breathe and blink. He even has a pulse and his pupils can dilate.

Students can also give Steve needles and IV injections, and if they give him the wrong one his body will react accordingly.

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Roche, who no longer has a practice address listed, was indicated as an OrlĂŠans doctor on the discipline committee schedule. No known OrlĂŠans address could be found for her. Online directories and comments indicate that she had an office on Cooper Street in downtown Ottawa.

According to the discipline committee, Roche crossed the boundary in a doctor-patient relationship with “Patient A,� who was treated by Roche for more than 20 years, and was also a retired nurse.

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She continued to be verbally aggressive in their scheduled therapy sessions and refused to pay Patient A any more money for her nursing services.

Patient A decided to not book another appointment and Roche left her a voice mail advising Patient A not to attend any more group therapy sessions until Patient A provided Roche more individual therapy sessions.

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The committee found it wasn’t the only time Roche blurred the lines with patients, asking other patients to do errands such as picking up medication and groceries for her.

A psychiatrist hired by the College of Physicians and Surgeons said hiring Patient A, “demonstrated a lack of skill and judgment� and asking patients to run errands was taking advantage of the therapist-patient relationship for personal gain.

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Group looking for Ottawa-Vanier voters to send a message

BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com

There is a group in Ottawa-Vanier knocking on doors trying to fight for what is fair.

Fair Vote Canada spent March 25 handing out flyers to residents in the riding, who voted on April 3.

According to Réal Lavergne, one of the organizers, the point is to make the Liberal government’s promise of electoral reform a reality.

“The promise to make every vote count and to make 2015 the last election under first past the post represented a historic opportunity to remedy the failings of our electoral system,” Lavergne said. “One's vote can matter a lot if one lives in a swing riding and votes for one of the two main contending parties in that riding.”

Lavergne added that for

many, elections are basically a waste of time, because votes are of little consequence to the result.

“Elections are won or lost by a small minority of voters. The current government holds 54 per cent of the seats in the House and enjoys the virtually unlimited power that comes with that, but only 39.5 per cent of voters cast their votes for the Liberal Party in 2015,” he said.

Having advocated for proportional representation for almost 20 years, the organization was not pleased with the recent news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had backed away from his party’s promise to create electoral change.

In response, Fair Vote Canada launched a campaign asking Ottawa-Vanier voters to not vote Liberal on April 3.

To get their message across, Lavergne and a number of volunteers took to the streets with more than 15,000 flyers and began hand-

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Fair Vote Canada volunteers took to the streets in OttawaVanier on March 25-26 with more than 15,000 flyers that are encourage people to send a message to Trudeau for breaking his election promise, and not vote liberal on April 3. ing them out at homes in the riding to encourage people to send a message to Trudeau for breaking his election promise.

The postcards are addressed to Trudeau and have a message to him reminding him of his promise and tell-

ing him that they, (the voters) did not vote Liberal as an indication of their displeasure with his promise-breaking.

Of the 200 polls in the riding, the group of more than 50 volunteers spent their time in New Edinburgh, Vanier, Lowertown and Sandy Hill.

The campaign continued the week of March 27th.

“A lot of people are upset about the broken promise.”

Lavergne said, adding that at a recent debate with the Ottawa-Vanier candidates on March 26 he asked a question on electoral reform and the response from the audience was loud applause from everywhere in the room.

A similar question was asked by someone else at the Rockcliffe Park debate on March 21.

Lavergne said the government’s lack of commitment on electoral reform has touched a nerve with Canadians.

“Trudeau had promised a new way of doing politics and to do what was right for Canadians,” he said. “Many people supported his party for this reason, only to be let down. Many voted strategically for the Liberal Party, even though their first choice might have been another party, because our system made it necessary to do that in order to ensure the defeat of the Harper government.”

He added that the reasons for not following through with the promise, in his opinion, are not credible.

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Lavergne said the byelection, which is also taking place in the ridings of Calgary Midnapore, MarkhamThornhill, Calgary Heritage and Saint-Laurent, is an opportunity for voters to send a message to the government that they see this broken promise as a betrayal.

“Our campaign gives people a reason to vote and an opportunity to further make their vote count by sending a postcard to the PM after having voted. We believe that this is one of the reasons that our campaign is likely to succeed.”

After this byelection, Fair Vote Canada will continue to push the government.

“We feel we are on the 'right side of history' on this issue will persist in our mission until we achieve our goal,” Lavergne said.

“Trudeau's broken promise has only delayed the inevitable, and robbed this government of the opportunity to leave a legacy of electoral reform as a 150th birthday present for our country.”

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Special Hockey Heroes wait for a bus to take them to Watertown, N. Y. on March 19. The team and their families travelled to Watertown, courtesy of the Watertown Wolves to help introduce special hockey to the Rochester Ice Cats.

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BY BRIER DODGE brier.dodge@metroland.com

When 15 hockey players with special needs entered Watertown, N.Y., on March 18 the Canadians received a reception well beyond Orléans coach Jeff Kelly’s expectations.

“It will be tough to dupli-

cate the experience the kids had on this 24-hour trip,” Kelly, a retired police officer who is the head coach of the team, said.

The Special Hockey Heroes players, who play out of the Minto arena in south Ottawa travelled down to play with the minor professional Watertown Wolves

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When they arrived, volunteers from the sheriff’s department met the team bus – borrowed from the Watertown Wolves – and a police escort led the players through town.

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Microchipping: Your Pet’s Way of Telling Who They Are and Where They Live Does your cat or dog have a microchip? Tiny and virtually painless to implant, this life-long form of identification may mean the difference between never seeing your lost pet again and having her returned safely to you.

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Meet Zoe, a friendly degu looking for a home with her four sisters.

Microchips will not fade or be lost over time. Owner information can be accessed electronically and immediately, ensuring the speedy return of a lost pet. While tags may be lost from time to time, tags are still important as a quick and visual way of identifying your pet.

Relative newcomers as pets, full-grown degus are about the size of a pet rat, with a long tail, large eyes and mouse-like ears. They are highly social animals and are happiest when sharing their habitat with other degus. Zoe and her sisters Zara (ID# A199503), Billie (ID# A199502), Nina (ID# A199504), and Eloise (ID# A199505) have been together their whole lives and are looking for a home together.

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April 6

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary welcomes all new members to help raise money to support the animals. Join us at our monthly business meeting 1:30 - 3 p.m on Thursday, April 6 . at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd. behind Hunt Club Nissan. A Tupperware fundraiser will be held at the end of this monthly meeting.

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Botanical Explorations in the Dolomites with speaker Anna Leggatt, Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society on April 8 at the Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Ave. 1:30 p.m. The public is welcome, Non-members $5, annual membership $20.

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out of hand causing problems if they invade natural areas.

Iola will also explain a guide “Grow Me Instead” that was created by concerned provincial agencies to address the problem and find alternatives.

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Come learn about invasive plants on April 17th at 7:30 p.m. Gloucester Horticultural Society, 4373 Generation Court. Iola Price will describe some garden thugs that can get

Friends of the Farm Annual General Meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Public is welcome, membership not required. Guest speaker is Richard Hinchcliff, whose topic is Bloomers are the Craze: Images of the Farm¹s Gardens.

Meeting and presentation at K.W. Neatby Bldg with free parking. To register for this free event call 613-230-3276 or info@friendsofthefarm.ca.

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Visit the Ottawa Orchid Society’s 36th annual show on April 22 and 23, at the RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive for a spring pick up. See hundreds of blooming orchids, orchid Ikebana, art and photographs, crafts, many orchid vendors selling plants/supplies.

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Players excited from start to finish Continued from page 25

When they arrived at the

arena, there was an honour guard set up to meet the hockey players, who have a

variety of special needs, and welcome them to the rink.

They played for 90 min-

utes with the pro players and 15 players from the Rochester Ice Cats.

The hockey program has always aimed to give the players the best experience on and off the ice, and make the kids feel as close to professional hockey players as they can, with experiences like travelling on a team bus, and having a team mascot.

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Muséoparc Vanier is looking to fill an on-going volunteer reception position. Duties and responsibilities include, serve as host for guests of the museum, assuring a presence at reception, conduct all functions related to visitors’ admission, inform visitors/respond to question the Special Hockey Heroes, both of their first ever hockey team.

“They were just so excited from start to finish,” Miller said. “It was amazing.”

Her son Jacob was especially excited when the players came out to dinner, viewing the minor professional players just like NHL players.

While many of the players are of few words, Kelly said it was obvious from the smiles on their faces that they were all having a blast being hosted by the American town.

Leighton and Jacob’s teammates were just as excited for the chance to go on a road trip, with parents

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“He’s definitely excited,” Gabe Caporale said of his son, Massimo, before the team left.

Massimo, who has never travelled to the United States, said he was looking forward to the bus ride and to having fun with his team once they get there.

Caporale said he couldn’t wait to see the smile on his son’s face once they got to the tournament.

Kelly was thankful for all the help the team got in the United States from the people who coordinated the visit, which he hopes to do again in the future.

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