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Urban campging for the Canada Day weekend has not taken off in Ottawa. The city pitched the idea of camping at city sites and facilities during the big Canada 150 weekend, but there wasn’t a rush of people seeking sites a significant distance from the city core. Urban camping has been cancelled at six of the proposed sites, three of which are in Orléans. Between the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex, the Cumberland Village Heritage Museum, the Ray Friel Recreation Complex, the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, the Kanata Leisure Centre and Wave Pool and the Nepean Sportsplex, there were only two bookings. So the city decided to cut urban camping, and instead focus on sites
where there were more – or any – bookings. As of May 24, there were 79 bookings in total, with the most at the Tom Brown Arena in Mechanicsville, near the Bayview O-Train station – 30 tent sites and four RV bookings. In a report by Dan Chenier, the city’s general manager of recreation, cultural and facility services, staff estimates there will be 100 total bookings when registration closes on June 15. That’s only 13.5 per cent of what was available. Staff said the city will reduce camping sites, keeping the five sites that had more bookings to focus resources on the remaining sites and to make sure operating costs are covered. Urban camping is open from June 29 to July 4, and ranges in cost from $220.50 for three nights in a tent, to $1,130 for five nights for a long RV.
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There are more than 150 reasons to check out Doors Open Ottawa this year. The annual city-run event is a free architectural event that celebrates the city’s built heritage. On June 3-4, there will be 162 buildings with its doors open from Carp to Cumberland for visitors to explore. “It was not hard to find 150 buildings,” said Amy Kudrinko, co-ordinator of Doors Open Ottawa. “Being that its Canada’s 150th we felt the interest. Everyone wanted to be involved.” Of the 162 buildings this year, Kudrinko said 75 per cent of the buildings are past building participants, however she said they are always on the lookout for new interesting buildings that fit into the mandate of the event. This year, thanks to Algonquin College students in the mobile application design and development course — there is a free app to help figure out which buildings visitors should check out. Gerry Hurdle, the program coordinator for mobile application design and development course, said the app developed by the college can work as a key to figuring out which buildings to check out. Hurdle said he was approached by the city in the summer of last year. “I didn’t initially think it was an appropriate project for the students because of the timing,” Hurdle said of the app for Doors Open Ottawa — which happens June 3 and 4. The course is a two-year program and is largely project based. “I don’t do exams, I do projects, just like in real life,” Hurdle said.
Hurdle did think developing the app was a good learning opportunity, so he had students put together a showcase in December — at the close of the fall courses — and show their ideas to the city. After that, he put together a team of students to work on the project. The app — which will go live on the Apple and Google Play stores before the end of May, will show residents things like whether or not a building has accessible parking, or where to park your bike. It will also have the opening hours for the tours and a map feature that can point to sites that are near your location. Kudrinko said she was happy to work with the students and Hurdle.
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Wallis House is a new building for Doors Open Ottawa this year. A former Carleton County Protestent General Hospital built in 1873, it was converted into 47 high-end condominiums in 1996.
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New Edinburgh, Christ Church Bells Corners Chapel and Cemetery at 3861 Old Richmond Rd. which was built in 1879, the Global Centre for Pluralism at 330 Sussex Dr., the brand new station, Ottawa Fire Services Station 47, Hazeldean Masonic Lodge, one of the few remaining heritage structures in Kanata and Wallis House a former Carleton County Protestant General Hospital built in 1873 that was converted into 47 high-end condominiums in 1996. “The nice thing about Ottawa is that its such a wide area with so many different types of buildings you can visit,” Kudrinko said, adding that if visitors want to try and see it all, they can use the list and the app to get a good feeling of the types of buildings available and which ones are their must see. The full list of buildings is available by visiting the Ottawa.ca/ en/residents/ arts-heritage-and-culture/museumsand-historic-sites/doors-open-ottawa.
Doors Open Ottawa continues to be the second-largest Doors Open architectural event in North America. Since it began in 2002, over 920,000 visitors have discovered some of the city’s most prestigious buildings including Earnscliffe: Official Residence of the British High Commissioner, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Embassy of the United States, and the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. Kudrinko said she’s lucky, as part of her job is to tour the buildings before the event, however, this year, with so many buildings participating, even the co-ordinator is looking forward to checking out some of the new additions, including the Ottawa Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgical Suites and the Embassy of Hungary. All in all, there are 39 new buildings to check out this year, including St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in
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Overbrook musical receives a funding boost BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com
A grant of $10,000 is music to organizers’ ears in Overbrook. The community is currently trying to put together a musical that depicts the history of Overbrook over the last century. The aim is to have the show ready by November, and organizers Wendy Dennys and Diewke de Haen have been working hard since the beginning of the year to accomplish the task, including trying to figure out how to fund the project. They believe they will need a total of around $40,000 — so the recent news of the community grant from the city has the two dancing. “It's very exciting news," de Haen said. Fundraising for the project was well underway, with some funding already donated by Spark, a United Way Ottawa community action
grant, the Community Development Fund and Ottawa Community Housing. The Overbrook Community Association has also committed to helping fund and fundraise for the project, and Dennys added they are also filling out grant applications to fill in the remaining gaps. De Haen said they figure they will have to try to raise another $15,000 before showtime. The musical is the neighbourhood’s own way to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, by celebrating everything about their home turf. So far, the ladies have already accomplished a few hurdles — hiring a director and scriptwriter, and announcing casting was complete — with a diverse group of children to 70-year-olds ready to rock come November. The script and songs are the next task at hand. Dennys said they will begin songwriting workshops in the
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Overbrook the musical has been cast - 30 community members from 10 to 70 years old will be singing and dancing about the neighbourhood come this November. summer. Dennys and de Haen encourage anyone who has a tune in their heart about Overbrook to come out and participate. If a particular song is used, the writers will get a small honorarium. Rehearsals are set to begin in
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Monday, June 5, 2017 Kanata Recreation Complex, Hall A, 100 Charlie Rogers Place, K2V 1A2 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.) OC Transpo routes: 92, 96, 167, 118 Parking is available The City of Ottawa has initiated this Planning and Environmental Assessment (EA) study to develop a Recommended Plan to extend Light Rail Transit (LRT) from Moodie Drive to Kanata. This Planning and EA Study will define a corridor for the future expansion of the City’s LRT network to Kanata. Extending LRT to Kanata is identified in the Ultimate Network in the City’s 2013 Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The study will examine LRT corridor options for a broader area to the north and south of Highway 417. The outcome will be a Recommended Plan that identifies the LRT corridor, station locations, and supporting facilities, and determines an implementation strategy based on ridership and affordability. The EA portion of the study will be undertaken in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects. The City must consider alternative corridors and designs for the project, undertake public and agency consultation, assess the potential environmental effects of the Recommended Plan and identify measures to mitigate any such impacts. Information on the Kanata LRT Planning and EA Study is available at ottawa.ca/ KanataLRT or Ottawa.ca/kanatatlr. Comments received will be collected under TPAP, and with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call or email the project manager below before the event. For further information or to provide comments, please contact: Angela Taylor, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer Transportation Planning Transportation Services Department City of Ottawa Tel: 613-580-2424, 15210 Email: Angela.Taylor@ottawa.ca 2017-507-S_Kanata LRT_25052017 6 Ottawa East News - Thursday, June 1, 2017
late August or early fall. Those interested in donating — money, time or skills — can contact Dennys and de Haen by email at info@overbrook.ca or by calling the Overbrook Community Centre, 613742-5147, and leave a message for Dennys or de Haen. And when the curtain falls, the two say the chorus can continue, in another community. In an effort to share their experi-
ence with the rest of Ottawa — who are all invited to learn about Overbrook in November — the group will also be producing a manual, basically a “how-to” on how to create a musical for your community that will be available for other neighbourhoods to pick up at the end of the year. “The end result is we want people to copy us,” de Haen said. “Copy us and improve on what we did.”
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t’s likely that many Ontarians breathed a sigh of relief when the provincial government announced its plan to scrap the Ontario Municipal Board. The OMB has often been perceived as too friendly to property developers. To many people, the board was quick to grab its rubber stamp and approve developments that didn’t fit with existing neighbourhoods. In theory, up until now, the City of Ottawa and other municipalities in Ontario decide what gets built within their borders. But decisions by city and town councils could be appealed to the OMB. Change is never easy to deal with – especially close to home – but appeals to the board have often seemed like bad movie sequels: predictable, but with unhappy endings. The running theme has been developers who ask for unappealing elements – think of massive towers and postage-stamp parks – and then settle for slightly less height and slightly larger greenspaces. Cynics have to ask if the developer asked for the moon in order to get approval for their
preferred design because it was slightly less awful than the original request. And in the background, the threat of an expensive OMB appeal kept city and town councils – and community groups – wary of holding back large-scale developments. A new, less-powerful Local Planning Appeal Tribunal will take the place of the OMB. It’s not clear how the tribunal will work, or what kind of teeth it may have. Will municipalities really be able to control their own growth? And what happens if a city or town council votes to stop all growth, or a council is filled with councillors who want highrises on every street? The face of Ontario cities and towns could be stunted (along with construction jobs) or rebuilt ad nauseam depending on the tribunal’s decisions. It’s clear there should be an appeal process if a property owner thinks a council has been unreasonable, but every case is different. Some development is OK, some doesn’t fit in. Who has the last word? We don’t know just yet.
Sens are winners even if nation does not embrace them
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ur town is under attack from across the nation. Foolishly, we had dreams of our Senators becoming Canada’s Team, after other Canadian-based hockey teams such as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell by the wayside early. But we should have known. An Ottawa team could never be Canada’s team. Ottawa is the capital, for heaven’s sake. Bad things happens in capitals, according to those who don’t live in them, and even according to some who do. If you live elsewhere and you see “Ottawa” in a headline, it doesn’t mean our safe and beautiful city. It means the federal government. The odds are that at any given moment, about half of the people, if not more, don’t like the federal government and the word “Ottawa” is not likely to make them feel positive, even if it refers to a hockey team.
point, because nobody hates Winnipeg, even if few visit it. Winnipeg has to get a better team, though, for it to be Canada’s. We have had that better team in Funny Town Ottawa, but have not received the intense gratitude that we feel is our due. In addition to all the other negative Mind you, it might be that nobody stereotypes, we have had to fight the perception, gleefully fostered by our in this country of strong regional loyalties and rivalries could really be enemies, that we who live in the city don’t care about our team, don’t care Canada’s team. Provinces and cities are jealous of each other, have always about the Senators. Attendance figures have been been. cited in support of this argument. Given this, who could be CanA couple of Senators home playoff ada’s team. Toronto? Perhaps not. games were not sold out, and people Montreal? Not as long as there are Torontonians. Vancouver? Maybe if couldn’t wait to make much of that. Some plausible explanations have it showed some interest in Canada. been presented, mostly by Ottawans. Edmonton couldn’t be Calgary’s They have to do with the local team and Calgary couldn’t be Edeconomy, the location of the arena, monton’s. That leaves Winnipeg, which could competing events (hey, a big professional soccer game the same night as possibly be Canada’s team at some
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Game 6), jacked-up prices (even for parking!) and antagonism on the part of some directed at the owner. But our enemies are not convinced. This wouldn’t happen in any other NHL city, they say, with no evidence presented to back that up. And then the old Ottawa stereotypes are trotted out. We are boring (and play boring hockey, say the folks from the cities that either didn’t make the playoffs or departed earlier). We are not a real hockey town (like, say, Phoenix). Worst of all, we are a government town, a designation that implies all manner of apathy and inertia, if not outright evil. All this because a few hundred people didn’t fight the traffic on a couple of nights. It is a mug’s game to get drawn into that argument. To fight the accusation of apathy, you could cite the thousands who show up on race EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS EDITOR
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weekend, both to race and to support the racers. That would only be used as evidence that we are insufficiently devoted to hockey. So who wants to be Canada’s team, anyway? Being a winner is pretty good.
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OCH purchases land for mixed-use development in Little Italy in real estate development and attractions management. The land, located on Gladstone Avenue beside Preston Hardware, was previously owned by the federal government and was occupied by the Oak Street Complex that was demolished in 2014. Dubbed Gladstone Village, the project will include mixed residential opportunities — with market and subsidized rent — retail and commercial opportunities and green spaces. It will also be developed in
tandem with the future Gladstone light-rail transit station that bumps up against the site. “We believe this project is that next great An empty lot sandwiched between Presneighbourhood in the city of Ottawa,” said ton Street and the O-Trail line in Little Italy Mayor Jim Watson at the announcement. will become a multimillion-dollar mixed-use “This is going to be a really exciting projcommunity with a French public school and ect.” affordable housing. He emphasized the need to build comOn May 24, Ottawa Community Housing plete, integrated neighbourhoods. announced it purchased the almost threeOttawa Community Housing provides hectare parcel for $7 million from Canada about 15,000 homes to more than 32,000 Lands, a Crown corporation that specializes tenants across the city. It’s the city’s largest social housing provider, which manages two-thirds of the city’s social housing portfolio. There are currently more than 10,000 households on the waiting list for affordable housing, and wait times can be more than five years. “This is an opportunity for renewal, this is an opportunity to create a cycle to make sure our current needs are fulfilled and our future needs are addressed,” said Stéphane Giguère, chief executive officer of Ottawa Community Housing. “This is an opportunity for us to really showcase a new Gladstone Village and a new way for Ottawa Community homes going forward.” Some of OCH’s properties are 100 years old and the average age is more than 45 years old. Giguère said the development represents a significant step in the renewal of OCH’s Ottawa Community Housing/Submitted property portfolio and that the goal of the Ottawa Community Housing has purchased about three hectares of land for development will be to increase OCH’s futhe future Gladstone Village – a transit-oriented, mixed-use development with ture capacity. Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, greenspace, a French school, retail and commercial opportunities. who chairs the OCH board, said the develBY MELISSA MURRAY
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his week, mayors and city councillors from across Canada will be gathering in Ottawa for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) annual trade show and conference. Although it may sound like a yawn to those outside the inner circle, it’s an important opportunity for Canada’s local leaders to connect and try to tackle some of the biggest issues that impact us as a nation. “It’s like speed dating for best practices,” says Windsor city councillor Irek Kusmierczyk, who is attending the four-day event at the Shaw Centre. Canada, like the rest of the world, is facing many challenges of urbanization. Within the next 20 years, it’s expected that 60 per cent of the world’s population will reside in cities, putting extra pressure on municipal leaders to answer the big questions about infrastructure, innovation and housing, things they’ve always dealt with – but also global issues like climate change that, in the past, have been left to other jurisdictions of government. “Cities are responsible for 70 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases (GHGs), so will be on the frontlines to mitigate emissions,” wrote Ottawa city councillor, Tobi Nussbaum, in the Huffington Post last October. “At the same time, located close to major water bodies as most are, cities are vulnerable to flooding and rising sea levels, requiring climate adaptation investments.” In his column, Nussbaum outlined a number of areas where cities need to focus their energies, ranging from the promotion of local food production and commitment to affordable housing in population dense areas, to dedicated transit corridors and cycling infrastructure. Nussbaum isn’t blowing hot air. In 2015, his proposal to transform St Laurent Avenue North from a four-lane roadway to a two-way traffic zone with dedicated bike lanes was initially deemed too expensive. But he’s not the kind of guy to sit around and wait for money to fall in his lap. He managed to get the job done overnight using black paint to cover
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse existing lane lines and white paint to designate new dedicated bike zoning. He later applied this to certain areas of Beechwood and Hemlock Aves. The result has been a moderate slowdown of automobile traffic at peak times in these residential neighbourhoods east of downtown, and a much safer, greener pedestrian commuting corridor. Although participants at the FCM conference will tackle issues like opioids, innovation and job creation, greener cities is certainly top of mind for many at this conference, particularly given recent events in the National Capital Region. Windsor’s Kusmierczyk says the flooding in Ottawa, Gatineau and elsewhere gives municipal leaders a timely opportunity to talk about their integral role in mitigating the effects of climate change at the local level. Last September, Windsor was slammed with massive flooding due to rainfall. “Our ward got hit with what was described as back-to-back 100 year storms,” says Kusmierczyk, who went door-to-door for 12 straight hours to talk one-on-one with his constituents. “They were devastated,” he says, noting it puts the onus on him and others he’ll meet this weekend to look at municipal development and zoning, even converting parks to serve dual roles as retention basins as colleagues in Toronto have done since the floods there in 2013. “We need to get real about flooding and severe weather patterns that are the norm,” says Kusmierczyk. “It’s the great challenge for Canadian cities.”
No demolition for Rockcliffe Park house BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH
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Rockcliffe Park residents lined the hall leading into council chambers on May 18 shouting “protect heritage,” and say no to demolition.” The residents were there to protect a house at 270 Buchan Rd. The issue stymied the city’s planning committee - with a tie vote defeating the staff recommendation to refuse the application and resulted in a motion by vice chair Tim Tierney that would have approved the demolition to make way for a larger house. The motion was defeated with a slim margin of 13-10. A replacement motion by Mayor Jim Watson refused the demolition application by
Richcraft. While Richcraft owns the home in question, the firm has also appealed the heritage conservation plan for Rockcliffe at the Ontario Municipal Board. The plan was approved by council last year. The legal challenge to the conservation plan resulted in staff scoring the house with both the old 90’s conservation plan metrics and the more recent one. But the initial scoring had some errors with respect to who lived in the home and the landscaping - calling into question the decision to label the property at the highest heritage grade. Grade one properties can only be demolished in exceptional circumstances and staff
looked at the design for the new build and said they would have approved it. But heritage planner Sally Coutts stayed firm on the recommendation to refuse the application to demolish. Tierney said he didn’t want to have an “I told you so moment,” at the OMB. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum said the conservation plan is very important to the character of Rockcliffe Park, but added it doesn’t “freeze” the neighbourhood or make it impossible to develop. Tim Marc, who serves as legal counsel for the planning department, said he thought the city has a 50/50 chance of being successful should Richcraft challenge the refusal at the OMB.
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Vanier is about to go virtual. This June the Quartier Vanier Merchants Association is launching its latest venture for patrons and businesses — a virtual reality tour of the neighbourhood. “This will increase traffic for businesses both online and in their stores,” said Jamie Kwong, executive director of the business improvement area. “This year we are trying to make is as easy as possible to set up a business in Vanier.” Thanks to a partnership with PrototypeD and MadeMill the BIA has made it possible for businesses to get virtual tours done of their shops, spaces and more. Using a 3D camera, the cameraman scans the space, creating a Google Streetview-style tour of inside a business or building. The 3D scans will be available for the business to share on their website, as well as on the BIA’s. Kwong said she will compile all of the scans to create a tool kit for prospective Vanier buyers and entrepreneurs. Justin Holness, the digital media director for Prototype D, said this technology, which typically is used by Realtors, will give the BIA’s busi-
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Until September 4 This aesthetic artistic installation of sea containers has been transformed into an ephemeral entertainment locale featuring free special exhibits and performing arts events, all summer long. Daily activities and programming in the ByWard Market
June 23 – 24 Professional dance-theatre creation celebrating our shared diversity. Directed by Renata Soutter and performed by Propeller Dance Company and invited guest artists. Part of the Arts, Culture & Heritage Program. Free
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This event will be a weekend with five contrasting concerts featuring The Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Capital Chamber Choir, Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, Ottawa Children’s Choir and a Guest Choir and many more local musicians. Part of the Arts, Culture & Heritage Program. $
Renowned photographer, Rip Hopkins, made multiple visits to Canada, connecting with and photographing a variety of people and activities in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. Presented at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Free
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New book for radio’s Lowell Green BY JOHN CURRY
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Radio personality and author Lowell Green holds a copy of his new book, “Amazing But True! 150 Fascinating Stories About Canada.”
A book celebrating Canada’s 150th. Interesting. A book containing 150 stories about Canada. Intriguing. A book telling true stories about the country and its amazing people that have probably never been heard before, thanks to unique research by the author. Certainly a must-read for every Canadian. The author who has researched and written this 314-page book is none other than radio personality Lowell Green. But Green doesn’t just tell the stories — he tells each one from a unique perspective. For instance, he tells about the death and destruction in Toronto in 1954 caused by hurricane Hazel. It was the worst natural disaster
in the history of Toronto. But Green zeroes in on what happened on Raymore Drive, a residential street beside the Humber River where flood waters swept away entire houses within minutes, ultimately killing 35 people. It was all because a small footbridge across the Humber River was not totally swept away and remained to direct the raging river onto the nearby street. He tells the story of the development of the Red Fife strain of wheat, which allowed Canada’s west to become vast wheat fields. It’s not a story not of laboratory research, but of a few grains of wheat trapped under the hatband of a Scottish man and a friend of David Fife, a farmer near Peterborough. These “hatband” grains eventually produce five stalks of top quality wheat for Fife, but a cow eats them — all except for one stalk. Fife uses the grains from this one
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stalk to eventually develop the best, hardiest early maturing wheat in the world. And so it goes for all 150 stories in this book. They are stories either told from a unique perspective or stories that are relatively unknown to Canadians. Green even includes his own four personal stories involving Prime Minister John Diefenbaker with whom he had, in his own words, a “love/hate relationship” over the years. All of the stories are brief, usually just two pages in the book. All of them are written to be read in two minutes or less, with the reader able to read them in whatever order strikes their fancy. This book had its genesis when Green was visiting Lunenburg in Nova Scotia two summers ago. He was recognized there by a person who told him about Mona Parsons of Wolfville, N.S., who had an unbelievable experience in the Second World War and has a statue honouring her erected in Wolfville. Green looked into the Mona Parsons story, which is his self-proclaimed favourite story in the book, entitled From Chorus Girl to Hero. But, the story got him thinking that there are probably a lot of stories involving Canadians that people do not know about. His wife then suggested that he compile 150 of these stories and publish them in time for Canada’s 150th birthday. It took Green a year and a half to research and write the stories that are now found in this book, which is entitled Amazing But True!: 150 Fascinating Stories About Canada. Green, who is now retired from his full-time radio job, still does a 15-minute segment on CFRA Radio each weekday morning. While researching and writing this book, he would do this segment, have breakfast, and then spend the rest of the day doing research and writing for the book. The book has been released for a couple of weeks now, and Green — an author of 10 other books which have all been top sellers — feels that this new book will be his most successful ever. He says that it is more than just a book, but rather is “a keepsake” for Canada’s 150th birthday. He believes that readers will not only learn about Canada by reading the book, but they will come to realize that Canada’s history is far from bland, and as shown in these 150 stories, it’s really exciting. The artwork in the book, including the front cover artwork and the artwork which accompanies many of the stories, was done by his son, Jeremy Milbank. The book, which sells for $26.95, is available at Chapters as well as various independent outlets around the area. The book, which has been published by Spruce Ridge Publishing, Green’s own publishing company, is also available at the website https://lgreen.ca.
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The May Court Club will host a different type of of fundraiser this time around, a 50-kilometre bike ride on June 3. Organizing the event for the club are (back row from left) Christine Beelen and Karine Langley and (front row from left) Dorothy Scorsone and Gill Puxty.
May Court Club hosts bike ride fundraiser BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER
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After many years of hosting ballroom dances the May Court Club of Ottawa is taking a spin in a different direction. The club located in Old Ottawa South has provided volunteer services and financial assistance for community organizations in need for more than 100 years in the city. To do this, the ladies of the club would host galas, sometimes tea fundraisers. Fast-forward to 2017 and the ladies have decided to host a different kind of fundraiser. The Life Cycle Ride will take place on June 3 at the May Court Club, 114A Cameron Ave. The 50-kilometre ride departs at 10 a.m. and starts and ends at the club. “We don’t do balls anymore,” Dorothy Scorsone, vice president of the club said. “Now we are going to do a bike ride. We have to evolve with the times.” The idea came from nonclub member, Karine Langley, who approached the club after her husband died in hospice. “I thought let’s have a fun ride that celebrates life,” Langley said.
Langley, who has organized bike rides in the past, felt this was a perfect idea for the club, because it was a different way to fundraise. After the ride, there will be a meal and beer from Beau’s Brewery’s available for participants. Langley encourages everyone who has a bike to come out. “It will be very easy, no hills, great for first time riders,” Langley said. Scorsone and Langley have been working around the clock with two other club members to get this inaugural ride out of the gates on June 3. Christine Beelen and Gill Puxty round out the group. Beelen said this fundraiser is definitely outside of the club’s comfort zone, but added that is why it’s important to host it. “We are always looking for new members to join the club,” Beelen said, adding she hopes this ride will attract younger ladies to the club. “We have a lot of fun here,” Beelen said. The club is best known because it donates its space to the May Court Hospice — which is also one of the main organizations the club fundraises for, but as Beelen said, the club is so
much more than that. “We have scholarships, a library at the Civic hospital, so much more than just the hospice,” Beelen said. The club operates the May Court Bargain Box at 228 Laurier, hosts monthly receptions for new Canadians following their swearing in ceremony, members volunteer at the Women’s Breast Health Centre, the ladies knit and donate 250 Blankets for Babies to CHEO and gives tuques for Kids to Rogers House and Hats for Ladies as well as blankets for cancer patients. The ladies also run the School Literacy Program, where volunteers read to kindergarten children and also offer other support within the elementary schools. Registration is $144 per cyclist — and the organizers say that cost will go directly toward its fundraising efforts. Riders are encouraged to try and raise more than the required $144 — but anything above that Scorsone said is a bonus. Registration will be accepted up until the start of the ride. More information about the ride or the club visit maycourt.org.
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council will support the designation. The park, created in 1914, was designed by landscape architect Fredrick Todd, as part of a commitment to beautify the city. The designs included three built structures, but only one stands to day – known as the summer house, the hexagonal gazebo sits on top of a small hill, offering direct views of Parliament Hill. Prior to being a park, the land was used as a cemetery in 1845-73. The cemetery closed, according to its poor state, removing the remains to Beechwood Cemetery and Notre-Dame Cemetery. The land was transferred to the city in 1909, with the intent to turn it into a park. According to heritage planner Ashley Kotarba’s report, the park met all the criteria for designation – design, historical and contextual value. “Macdonald Gardens Park is a good example of Ottawa’s plan for beautification of the city,” the report reads. “Designed by landscape architect Frederick G. Todd, this park was intended for passive recreation with winding pathways, trees and large open spaces.”
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t wouldn’t be long. The school year would soon be over, and I was always amazed at how the entire school changed those last few weeks before the exams started, when we would know if we would be passed into the next grade. It was almost as if we were in church. Everyone was on his or her very best behaviour, as if our actions had as much to do with passing as doing well on our exams. Cecil gave up crunching his toes in his gum-rubbers, and moving his ears up and down on the side of his head. But Cecil was as smart as a whip, and there was no doubt he would pass into the next grade with flying colours. But he wasn’t taking any chances. Even bad Marguirite wasn’t floating around the classroom like a crazed bird. Yes, the whole school had settled down and every effort was made to have Miss
out, so that in itself added another level of fear. Everyone, including Miss Crosby, held the inspector in great awe. Weeks before exams started, Miss Crosby went over every last bit of teaching she had done in the entire year. We were drilled on spelling until the words danced in my head long after the exercise, and we even had an exam in penmanship. Crosby look on us kindly, in school work. So, to have us practise, The only thing I liked the hope it would convince and using a rack with taut her we deserved to be passed, about the pads was the regardless how poorly we did colour. And the sheets inside wires across two pieces of thin wood, the teacher would were lined on one side, and on our exams. blank on the other, and they draw straight lines across the Long before the exams were smooth – not like some blackboard, and one by one, started, a scary reminder each of us was ordered to of the scribblers we used that they were looming the front of the class for penevery day for our lessons. before us sat right there on The only good thing about manship. For me, that meant the corner of Miss Crosby’s printing, and trying desperthe pink foolscap pads was desk. A stack of foolscap ately to stay within the lines pads with bright pink covers, that we didn’t have to buy one for everyone of us at the them. Certainly Miss Crosby Miss Crosby had drawn. Sometimes she would couldn’t afford them either Northcote School was piled on her paltry salary. So they write one word at the start of neatly waiting for the day. had to have been provided by the line, and whoever she orThey were much longer and dered to the blackboard had the school board, and that’s thinner than the notebooks to write the same word over where the inspector held we usually used for our
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So there sat the pink foolscap pads. They were more than a gentle reminder what was in store for us in a few weeks. As well as trying to remember everything we had been taught for the past year, those pads told us we better toe the mark, or we would
A stack of foolscap pads with bright pink covers, one for everyone of us at the Northcote School was piled neatly waiting for the day final exams. Miss Crosby drilled us on arithmetic and history, and of course, we had to know the name of every township in Renfrew County! So all of this was reviewed long before exams and heaven forbid that we mixed up and put our township in Lanark County by mistake!
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I am pleased to announce that the Shefford Dog Park will be open to the public on June 18th!
Setting up soccer training apparatus on the TD Place field on the hottest day of spring so far, Canada’s most storied soccer player is getting ready to work a training session as the Ottawa Fury get ready for two important games over the next week. Canadian men’s soccer legend Julian de Guzman is one of coach Paul Dalglish’s assistants this season following an incredible 17-year professional career. Not just an assistant coach, but the assistant general manager as well. No other Canadian has as many international caps as De Guzman, the 2008 Canadian Player of the Year. He represented the nation 89 times in 15 years of international tournament play. He was the captain of the team in 2013, covering 25 matches. He competed in four cycles of FIFA World Cup qualifiers and six CONCACAF Gold Cups. He was the tournament MVP in the 2007 edition of the latter, and has been named a tournament allstar in 2007, 2009, and 2013. He knows a thing or two about football in Canada. “It’s been really good,” De Guzman, 36, told Metroland
Opening this park has been a priority for me for quite some time as I know how important it is for residents to have a place that is close to home where they can go to walk their dogs off leash. A very special thank you goes out to the Blair Animal Hospital for providing free drinking water for all dogs enjoying the new park. Please note: although we are all very excited and the park appears to look great right now, our parks experts have informed us that the ground is not quite ready for use. Please do not enter the park until the designated opening date! Celebrate Summer Fair! Our annual festival behind the Earl Armstrong Arena is back next month and it is bigger and better than ever, with tons of activities, a free pancake breakfast and hotdog lunch, live music and, of course, the midway. Thank you to the great work of the Celebrate Summer committee that make this fair possible. The Celebrate Summer Committee is currently selling day passes (bracelets) for the midway.
Media just before a Fury training session Wednesday, May 17. “Very intense, but very positive.” He calls his 20 years of playing “my education of the game. Now I’m learning how to apply it to coaching. The transformation is going well. I’m familiar with the guys, it’s a good group, and it’s my way of giving back to the game. It’s great to see there’s a future for football in the game.” The midfielder had a very successful professional career, playing in France, Germany, Spain, the United States, and Greece before ending his playing career last year in Ottawa after two seasons of playing for the Fury. Fury FC Coach and General Manager Dalglish also thinks De Guzman’s transformation from player to coach is going well too. “It’s been a really seamless transition from playing to coaching,” he said. “He’s taken to it fantastically well. We love having him. We have a fantastic coaching staff. We’re all different but we all work really, really well together. De Guzman was the first Canadian to play in Spain’s La Liga, starring as a midfielder for Deportivo La Coruña. In 2009, he played for Toronto FC and came one win shy of a 2009 playoff berth and three consecu-
tive Canadian Championships from 2010 to 2012. He came to Fury FC in 2015 and helped the team win the NASL Fall Season Championship and earn a berth in the Soccer Bowl. He was named the Fury’s second captain in club history before retiring on Jan. 30, 2016. It’s almost ironic when he says what wisdom he is trying to impart on the 2017 Fury FC. “It’s a short-lived career,” he said. “It’s important to maximize your time. This is the greatest career in the world.” He says he experienced it and he’s seen it. “From the time you start professionally to when you turn 30, you’re in a dormant stage,” De Guzman said. “Time is going by and you don’t really even notice it. Some players here are reaching their prime and others are in it. It’s important to maximize that.” Shortly before he retired, he knew he wanted to continue a career in football. “At that time, I didn’t know if it was as an agent, a general manager, or a coach, I just knew I wanted to give back,” De Guzman said. “And I’m thrilled to be back.” But right now, he’s focused. The Fury FC have an important USL road game coming
up against the New York Red Bulls II on May 20 before hosting Toronto FC for the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal on Tuesday, May 23. The Fury sit in 14th spot in USL play, five points behind their opponent. They have been playing well lately, including the two victories against FC Edmonton to move on in the Canadian Championship. Because of the win, Ottawa soccer fans will get the unique opportunity to see MLS leaders Toronto FC play in Ottawa. It will be a tough test for Ottawa, but they can look back to their win over the MLS outfit Vancouver Whitecaps last year during the 2016 Amway Canadian Championship. De Guzman says fan interest in the Canadian Championship — more than 9,000 attended last year’s home semifinal — is great for the sport, but also for him personally and Canadian soccer players that come after him. “My experience in Ottawa has been amazing,” De Guzman said. “The stage has been laid out in Canada professionally. It allows players like myself to share our experience with the up-andcoming Canadians. There’s a future in the sport, in Canada, for players who want to continue in the sport after their playing career.”
There is currently a Canada 150 ticket promotion underway, where the first 150 bracelets sold will only cost $20. When all 150 are sold, advanced bracelets will be sold for $27.50. Day-of bracelets will also be available for purchase at the festival for $37.50.
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There is a group in the Ottawa region that has taken a one-two step into the past to celebrate Canada’s 150th. The Folk Association of Outaouais wanted to do something special this year as part of Canada’s birthday celebrations and in their opinion what is better than dancing and music? That’s where Vanier resident and longtime dancer and choreographer Marguerite Beaulieu stepped in. “Someone in the association came up with wanting to do a special project for Canada’s 150th,” Beaulieu said. “They formed a dance troupe and that is who I have been working with.” Beaulieu began working on the project last September.
“Balls were the thing to do, they were very popular with the military,” Beaulieu said. “It was the social activity to do.” Beaulieu said she spent a lot of time on research, calling the job a big research project. But one, she adds, she loved to do. “For me this was a really fun project,” Beaulieu said. The dance is based on what urban life was like in Canada in the late 1800s; about the time Canada became a country. Beaulieu said in some ways the research was incredibly difficult, because there were very few written documents on what the dances were, or the colours of the clothes people wore. In Toronto, Beaulieu found a small book writ-
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The Folk Association of Outaouais formed a dance troupe to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. The group is available to perform at 150th events across the region this year. did,” she said. “They performed so well.” The result is a show that can last either five minutes or and hour, depicting a slice of Canada’s society at play, 150 years ago. The dancers swirl to the
sounds of 19th-century songs from folk musicians in the association. The gentlemen and soldiers guide their partners with ease around the floor. Now the troupe offers shows where the public can
join them. To hire the group, or to find out more about them, contact Michel Mailhoit at aqlfoutaouais@gmail. com or Beaulieu at mbeau. mglau@gmail.com or call her at 613-742-0176.
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More money for pothole repair resurfacing. It could be the age of the lie said staff plan to use the extra cash to road, the amount of traffic that uses that attack areas where there are clusters of particular roadway, weather, and a num- potholes. “We will get crews to grind the area A motion by Mayor Jim Watson will ber of other things that necessitate the out and lay hot asphalt, it should be a provide a much-needed top-up for the road need for repairs. Manager of road services Kevin Wy- more permanent solution,” he said. services budget this year, as record snowfalls, multiple freeze-thaw cycles, and other wacky weather patterns have created potholes everywhere. The motion was approval by council on May 24 and will see a $2.5-million infusion for road repair and another $400,000 added for pothole repair. Chair of the city’s transportation committee Coun. Keith Egli said there have been 148,000 potholes filled already this season. The money will come from the city’s one-time unforeseen circumstance budget, Watson said. River Coun. Riley Brockington acknowledged the poor weather, but said he didn’t think it was totally to blame for the poor road conditions. “Do we do an audit on the quality of David Johnston asphalt?” he asked city staff. Wacky weather this past winter resulted in more potholes on city of Ottawa Planning manager Stephen Willis said roads than in the recent past. The city is adding more money for pothole there are a lot of factors that come into play when talking about a road that needs repair as well as additional funds for road repair. BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH
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Changes to the city’s noise bylaw that will measure low frequency noise such as bass were approved by council on May 24. The changes were a result of public consultation, with the city hosting four open houses. Thousands of residents also submitted their opinion online. River Coun. Riley Brockington was concerned about how bylaw officers would measure bass noise. Bylaw services manager Roger Chapman said vibrations are measurable and the city would be working with the Ottawa Festival Network concerning the changes. Chapman told the community and protective services committee on May 18 that he didn’t
think venues and festivals have much to be concerned about. He said roughly 94 per cent of calls concerning bass were music in a private residence. For some, the review didn’t go far enough. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum tried to pass a motion at committee to delay the start time of construction from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Before the motion was even tabled, several councillors went to bat for the construction industry. Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney said that she gets calls from residents almost daily concerning construction noise. McKenney said some residents are in tears when they call. “Especially in the case of last summer,” she said. “Jackhammers for months on end can be tough to take.”
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The impulse to create is what drives Vanier expressionist artist William G. Kinnis (Bill, as he’s sometimes known), now in his mid-90s. He was a hit with adults and students at two recent exhibitions held in Bromont and Dunham in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The events were facilitated by the innovative arts education program of the Val-des-cerfs School Board, where an artist is selected to inspire students within the context of a formal exhibition. Bill was an excellent choice, especially since he alternates his time between Ottawa, where he lives in Vanier, and Sutton in the Eastern Townships. The students were enraptured by what they saw, said Christine Gosselin, the Val-des-cerfs Art Teaching Advisor, at Bromont. “The students loved him,” said Gosselin, some with 'oohs!” and “aahs!” Others attempted to interpret the abstract images of Bill’s paintings, which was followed up with a classroom art activity. “It was a memorable opening, especially for young children who tried working in the Kinnis abstract method,” said Eve Sano-Galina, coordinator of the Dunham art exhibition. “The kids were in admiration, blown away by the dynamism and humanity.” William has returned to live in Ottawa with his daughter, Rosemary, now for three years. He’d first lived here in the 1940s upon graduation from the Vancouver School of Art in 1943, where his certificate was given to him by Group
of Seven icon Lawren Harris. He had worked in the NFB’s graphic arts department. He later moved to Montreal with his wife Gladys, a writer, where he established himself as one of the province’s finest painters. He gave classes at the YWCA and around the city. He later worked at the Montreal Gazette for some 30 years in art production. “But I did continue to teach art, including teaching drawing at Concordia University while exhibiting in Toronto, Windsor, and Hamilton,” he adds. Kinnis has continued exhibiting solo and in group shows since the 1950s, and keeps doing so. “My work has evolved,” he says. “Since 1984, after a session at Sayde Bronfman School, I learned to love acrylic paint, which I have been using ever since. "At the beginning of my career, I painted mostly landscapes in oil and watercolour. I rediscovered acrylic paint in the 1990s, and it allowed me to go elsewhere, into something more abstract, where I use much colour and layering," explains Kinnis. “The abstract allows a complete reliance on an inner resource that I hadn’t been using to its fullest.” Bill’s artistic fires are still burning, as he ages gracefully. The art exhibition has travelled to Granby, Cowansville, Dunham, Bedford, Waterloo, and Farnham, and finally moves to the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook (Que.) in the Eastern Townships for a solo exhibition open to the public from June 18 to Sept 17.
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Forum des transports en commun à l’Est de la rivière Rideau Tous les usagers sont invités à une discussion avec OC Transpo à propos des services de transit, incluant les changements apportés aux lignes d’autobus de l’Est de la rivière Rideau en préparation pour l’ouverture de la Ligne de la Confédération.
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June 1
The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary’s monthly business meeting 1:30 - 3 p.m., at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd., behind Hunt Club Nissan. Refreshments are served and all are welcome. For more information, call Linda 613823-6770 or go to facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary. Enjoy a chicken barbecue at St. Aidan’s Church, located at 934 Hamlet Rd. on June 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 for adults, $6 for kids ages six to 12 and free for younger children. Tickets must be reserved or purchased in advance by calling 613-733-0102 or emailing staidans@bellnet.ca.
June 2
The Emmanuel United Church hosts a concert on June 2 at 7 p.m., featuring instrumental and vocal music in support of Camp Chipembi in Zambia. For the fourth year, young adults will be helping a children’s bible-study camp in the African country, and concert proceeds will help with expenses. The event will include gospel, secular, pop and classical music. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for students and can be purchased by calling 613-7330437. Refreshments will be served. The church is at 691 Smyth Rd.
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The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling homemade baked goods, original crafts, plants, gardening magazines, jewelry, books and other treasures at its Spring Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the animal shelter 245 West Hunt Club Rd., behind Hunt Club Nissan. Admission and parking are free. For more info call 613-8236770 or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
The Curvy Girls Scoliosis Support Group of Ottawa (CGO) Sixth Annual Scoliosis Awareness Walk & Roll, Saturday, June 10, Stanley Park, 193 Stanley St., New Edinburgh. Join us for the 2 kilometre walk and other activities: face painting, hair coloring, zumba, silent auction, nordic walking. Registration is $30 at the event from 8:30am or @ www. curvygirlsottawa.ca. Contact us at 613-233-7182 or curvygirlsottawa@ gmail.com for more information. This event is held to raise awareness, educate teenagers and families and promote early diagnosis and treatment of Scoliosis which is an abnormal curvature of the spine.
Annual Carlington Yard and Plant Sale. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Harrold Place Park. Enjoy live music while you peruse perennials, yard sales and more. For information email greening@carlingtoncommunity.org or visit www.carlingtoncommunity.org. Perennial plant and bake sale hosted by the Friends of Churchill Recreation Centre. Sale is in the parking lot at 345 Richmond Rd., from
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Autism Speaks Canada Walk Ottawa, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata. It is free to register at www.ascwalk.ca. Autism Speaks Canada is a charitable organization that hosts annual fundraising initiatives like this Walk to support research, services, collaboration and awareness for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
June 10
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June 11
Friends of the Farm Tree Tour at 2 p.m. building 72. Insect Tree Tour. Tour leaders will point out evidence of insect activity on leaves, twigs and bark of various trees. They will also comment on insects that are found on or off trees. The tour will highlight the interdependence of plants, insects and birds, all providing support for the natural world. Free and open to the public, register at trees@ friendsofthefarm.ca, donations kindly accepted friendsofthefarm. ca/arboretum-tree-tours/.
June 17
The OHS Auxiliary will be hosting a garage sale to raise money for the Ottawa Humane Society animals. 9 a.m. - noon. 59 Larkin Dr., Nepean. For more information, call Linda 613-823-6770 or go to facebook. com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
June 24 and 25
Friends of the Farm Used Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free. Literally the best used book sale in Ottawa, choose from thousands of titles. It’s a two-day book sale for a reason! Bldg 72, CEF Arboretum, east exit off Prince of Wales roundabout. 613-230-3276 friendsofthefarm.ca/fcef-annual-events/.
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