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Raphael Bariyagwiza, Anuarite Manyoha, Leah Shandwe, Blandine Kavira and Jonathan Shandwe, playing the piano, perform during Congo Craze, held at Bells Corners United Church on Feb. 25. The performers are part of Hope Group and the performance was part of a Hope for Orphans – Congo fundraiser. The fundraiser was held to raise money to build a shed for goats and for school fees and supplies. For more information about the fundraiser, visit www.hopefororphans-congo.com.
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Matt Caplan has gone through seven cars in 15 years. It’s not that he’s hard on them, and he’s not a rich man. He’s just found a way to enjoy something he loves while empowering youth and supporting Ottawa hospitals. Every two years, Caplan — an OC Transpo bus driver who lives in Barrhaven — either sources the parts to build a replica sports car from the frame up, or finds a fixer-upper to work on, and recruits young people to help him. It takes a year for Caplan and his team to build or restore each car, and another year to display and raffle it.
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A message has rung out loud and true for years, and it appears the Westboro Community Association has finally taken it to heart. “Hands off the Nepean bell,” said Rick Chiarelli, councillor for College Ward and former councillor in the City of Nepean. Now, after years of being told “no,” the association is looking at other options. “We are sort of resigned to the fact that that bell is not going to come back into that belfry,” said Gary Ludington, the association’s chairman. Since 1998, the group has been pushing to move the Nepean bell, which currently sits outside Ben Franklin Place, back to its origi-
nal home. The bell was originally installed in 1896 at 345 Richmond Rd., what’s now known as the old Town Hall. But Westboro’s annexation by the City of Ottawa in 1950 meant the bell’s days in the neighbourhood were numbered. In 1966, according to the Nepean Museum, “the Fire Chief, the Chief Building Inspector and the Township Clerk teamed up to move the bell using a fire truck and an old pickup,” all the way out to 3825 Richmond Rd. in Bells Corners. Chiarelli said he suspects certain administrative procedures were ignored at the time, “but it’s not stealing, because we owned it.” “It’s a valuable symbol of the
former City of Nepean,” he said. “It was the logo on the stationary, it was the feature on the flag, it was on all the municipal build-
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ings.” For a time, the bell’s silhouette even looked a bit like the bat symbol on the sides of Nepean police cruisers.
“That made us pretty cool,” Chiarelli said. The Westboro Community Association had hoped to get Canada 150 funding to return the bell to the old Town Hall. Now, resigned as they are to likelihood that the old bell is staying where it is, the group is looking into crowdfunding and other options to locate, purchase and install a new bell in the empty belfry. Ludington said. Chiarelli said he could look into whether the city has any replicas of the bell that might suit the project. One replica currently stands at a fire station in Barrhaven. But, Chiarelli warned, “if the bell ever got taken again, I’ve heard several people assure me that it would be returned.”
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Nepean man charged with child pornography BY Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com
A 59-year-old man was arrested on Feb. 23 for child pornography offenses after police raided his Trend-Arlington area home. Police searched the home on Banner Road and found digital devices with images of children, from the age of a toddler to prepubescent, being sexually abused. The investigation into the man, who used the online username “bi daddy”, started when police investigated a publicly-available chat room that’s well-known for offenders to meet vulnerable children for a sexual purpose. In late January 2017, the police received a report from Google that showed a person using the same email address that was used in the chat room had uploaded child pornography images. The man has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, one count of luring a child, two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of making sexually explicit material available to a child. He was scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 24. Police believe he’s been online for some time attempting to lure children, and ask anyone with information to contact Sgt. Maureen Bryden of the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5466.
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Muscle car will be raffled off in September with proceeds going to the Royal Continued from page 1
Sir Guy Carleton students, from left, Sharda Auger, from Greely; Curtis Blackmore, from North Gower; Emily Vanderburg; Kathryn Gore, from Overbrook; Ali Krayan, from Bayshore; Jamie Bettencourt, from Nepean; Alex Holley, from Bells Corners and Destily Albert, from Rockland, worked with Matthew Caplan (front left) and teacher Luc Levasseur (far right) to build a 1967 Shelby Cobra replica that will be raffled off in September. Proceeds from the raffle will go to the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health.
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Matt Caplan, 12 students from Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School and their shop class teachers Myles Zarzoza and Luc Levasseur built a 1967 Shelby Cobra replica that will be raffled off in September. Proceeds from the raffle will go to the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health. deal with the kids.” In previous years, Caplan has worked with Rideau Street Youth Enterprises to employ over 20 youth experiencing barriers to employment to help build the cars. “That organization basically works to employ street-involved youth, or people that are out there homeless or bouncing from place to place,” said Caplan, who served as president of Rideau Street Youth Enterprises from 2011 to 2012. “So for a few of the cars we actually employed six to eight kids for the six months or seven months to build the cars, get a little bit of experience and also hook them up with jobs after that.” For Caplan’s most recent batch of apprentices, building the Cobra throughout 2016 meant a unique opportunity to test the waters of a skilled trade. For Sharda Auger, a Greely student earning her last high school credits and completing a specialist high skills major at the school, working with Caplan was a natural fit.
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Shad Qadri, chair of the Ottawa Board of Health, said during the Feb. 13 meeting that an initiative aimed at improving access to fresh produce has been successful. The city started a pilot project that would improve access to healthy food and produce in lowincome neighbourhoods. The project included two stores in Ottawa west: Food Frenz at 2910 Carling Ave. and Preston
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Osgoode Coun. George Darouze, (left) Anthony Di Monte, manager of the city’s emergency and protective services department (second from right), and Brent Winchcombe, deputy chief of Ottawa Paramedic Services, present an automatic external defibrillator to Linda Wyman, president of the Greely and District branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Feb. 14.
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For four years, Linda Wyman has tried and failed to equip her community hub with a lifesaving device. That recently changed on Valentine’s Day when the president of the Greely and District branch 627 of the Royal Canadian Legion was presented with an automatic external defibrillator, a device that delivers a shock via electrical current and which can restart the heart to about 80 per cent efficiency. The branch is one of 14 across the city, and one of eight that is not equipped with the heart-restarting devices. Because of that gap, the city is now planning to install an AED in each, and provide free half-day CPR and AED training for Legion and community members. The price tag for each $1,600 device will be covered by the city. “This is the perfect population,” said Anthony Di Monte, who recently became general manager of the city’s emergency and protective services department. He most recently was the chief of Ottawa Paramedic Services, and also serves as an honourary military colonel with a local field hospital unit. “They’re retired members of the Forces,” he said of Legion members. “They’re in those ages that cardiac arrest is a distinct possibility.” AEDs can buy paramedics valuable minutes, particularly if a Legion branch is in a rural location not easily accessible, where distance may be a factor, and made worse by traffic issues and weather problems. “This population is very vulnerable,” said Osgoode Coun. George Darouze. “It’s in the middle of nowhere.” The closest AED is at the Greely Community Centre, about one-and-a-half kilometres away. “Every minute counts,” Darouze said. “In rural Ottawa, let’s be realistic, we have a delay of ambulances and every minute we can save a life that’s perfect for us.” “These apparatus save lives in the first minutes and allow us the time to arrive at scene and continue the more advanced skills that we do, like drugs and medi-
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cation,” said Di Monte said, adding that if the AED shock can be delivered within the first four to six minutes of the cardiac arrest, the patient’s chances of survival skyrocket. In 2001, the City of Ottawa began installing more than 1,000 defibrillators in public spaces, such as recreation centres, pools, arenas and libraries. In that time, more than 40,000 residents, plus city staff, have been trained in AED and CPR. The emergence of advanced-care paramedics, who can deliver care that otherwise can only be provided by a provincially certified physician, has also helped. “It’s one of the highest-percapita ratios in Canada and our cardiac arrest survival in Ottawa … we’re in the top five of North America right now because of this entire program,” Di Monte said, noting that before this program, the city had fallen “way
behind.” It was Darouze who alerted city staff about the lack of AED equipment in Legion branches. He said he was shocked when Wyman told him she’d been trying to secure one for four years. And last November he learned that the Osgoode branch also didn’t have one, a situation that has since been reversed. “This was really an awakening for me,” said Darouze, who is also a member of the Greely Legion. He recently learned from Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod that a man suffered a heart attack at the Barrhaven Legion branch two years ago. “This small device … it saved his life,” Darouze said during the recent announcement. “Two years after he is still here with us.” Wyman, who tried for years to acquire an AED through various organizations and levels of
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A truly Canadian voice silenced Stuart McLean of CBC radio’s Vinyl Café was a Canadian superstar. And what did he do? He simply told stories. Yes, famous and beloved across the country, Stuart gained his fame by telling us stories about Dave, owner of a second-hand record store, his wife Morley and their children, Sam and Stephanie. It was a combination of Stuart’s unique storytelling technique combined with the universal appeal of the stories themselves that led to his success. You only had to hear his voice to know you were in for a treat. He had a mischievous twinkle in this voice at times, a sound that made you nervously laugh in anticipation of what was coming. His stories would hold his audience spellbound over the airwaves, with listeners embracing every word. Who can ever forget the Christmas turkey story or the snowy trip to Cape Breton or changing the location of an outlet in the kitchen and oh, so many more. How many times did each of us foresee what was going to happen, wonder why Dave did not
anticipate it and then chuckle at the outcome? History is littered with great storytellers — Shakespeare, Dickens, Jane Austen and the more modern J.K. Rowling. The American humourist and folksy raconteur Will Rogers was one who perhaps foreshadowed Stuart in some respects. And don’t forget the Ottawa Valley’s own Mary Cook among our engaging storytellers. But Stuart seemed to take storytelling to a new level. It was not hard to identify with those who sang his praises following his unexpected death from cancer. His stories spoke to people. They taught us the importance of the unimportant. They showed us that the world is a good place. All this was true and all were reasons for his popularity and success. Yes, Stuart, we will miss you and your stories. We will miss your humanity, your impeccable timing and the way you could hold our attention, waiting for that next thought to drop. You are Canada’s story, Stuart — quiet, unassuming, observant, funny, but most of all, human. Goodbye, Vinyl Café.
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he horror of drug overdoses has moved out of the alleys of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and into the living rooms of Kanata. That has jolted a lot of people into the conversation who weren’t there before. But the conversation so far is incomplete: How to talk to kids about drugs? How to make sure that drugs to counteract overdoses are available? Most of the discussion has focused on those two points. Less discussed is another question: How do we stop the drugs from getting to the kids? That may be the most important question, in the long run, but we’ve almost stopped talking, as a society, about the law enforcement side of the drug issue. Perhaps this is an unintended consequence of the so-called “War on Drugs” — a term that dates back to the Nixon presidency in the U.S. Over
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town the years, the phrase has come War on drugs has battleto symbolize the ineffectiveness of approaching drugs as primarily a law enforcement issue. Critics of the War on Drugs say that it has fostered the growth of huge illegal drug empires, while at the same time failing to stem the flow of illegal drugs. Further, the emphasis on punishment gave criminal records to people who were guilty only of possessing illegal substances. In recent years, the War on Drugs approach has been the object of mockery and there has been a backing away from it, especially concerning
so-called soft drugs. Marijuana will soon be legal in Canada. It already is in several U.S. states. But it’s hard to see how a similar approach can be effective in dealing with the opioid crisis that has already taken so many lives. Marijuana has its drawbacks, and there is evidence that it can do long-run harm to young people. But it doesn’t kill them almost instantly, the way overdoses of opioids can. The potency of some synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, is truly terrifying. We can talk to the kids as intelligently as we are capable. But some of them are going to want to experiment. They may be troubled, unhappy, lonely or simply curious. We can talk to them, offer whatever guidance we can, but as a society we have to keep the pills out of their hands. And it doesn’t look like we can do
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Council approved an exemption to the noise bylaw on Feb. 22 to allow for external announcing of bus stops. Metroland file photo
OC Transpo buses to announce stops externally BY Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
OC Transpo is implementing external speakers to help signalize arrival to visually impaired riders. The feature is part the city’s accessibility plan, which was approved last year. Council had to approve the noise bylaw exemption on Feb. 22. Everyone was on board with the plan, but some councillors expressed concern over the volume of the stop announcements. The speakers will announce the route and direction of the oncoming bus. G l o u c e s t e r - S o u t h g at e Coun. Diane Deans asked if the system had been tested on residential streets. “It’s an important initiative,
but we don’t want a flood of complaints,” she said. Pat Scrimgeour, assistant general manager of customer systems and planning for OC Transpo, said the system had been tested in parts of Old Ottawa South and along the Rideau Canal, but didn’t have specific street names. Based on technology, the system will be able to distinguish between an area with high ambient noise like Rideau Street or a residential area and adjust the volume of the announcements accordingly. Scrimgeour said in practical terms this means those waiting for the bus will be able to hear the announcements, but it will be quiet for people further away. “They may not hear it at all,” he said. Alta Vista Coun. Jean
Cloutier asked if it may be possible to turn the announcements off in areas where there is only one route. Scrimgeour said he wouldn’t want to see the system turned off, but operators can decrease the volume if there are complaints. “We want people to get the same level of service throughout the city,” Scrimgeour said. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson stood behind the system and said it will be a valuable service for many of her residents who have trouble getting home from downtown. “I think if you can reduce the sound levels at (residential stops) it’s probably not any worse than the sound of a bus going through in the first place, because that does make a certain amount of noise,” she said.
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everal months ago when my eldest son was 11, he got into some trouble with a supply teacher. The teacher had asked how many people in the class would give money to a homeless person. My son was one of three out of the 26 students who didn’t raise their hands. Asked to defend himself, he replied, “I’d rather give money through the church or an organization because I wouldn’t be sure the person wouldn’t use the money to buy fentanyl.” An innocent, but wellreasoned answer. I’m sure he was haughty about it. In any event, he was asked to sit outside the class. I credit his limited understanding of fentanyl to his regular reading of Maclean’s magazine, something I’ve tried to discourage as his little mind develops. What he missed, of course, is that fentanyl isn’t merely a problem “on the streets.”
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse Last year, hundreds of people in Western Canada died of opioid or fentanyl overdose, a tragic pattern that has the potential to repeat itself across the country. Unlike typical street drugs, fentanyl has its roots in the pharmaceutical world, a powerful painkiller that’s been prescribed for post-surgical patients for nearly two decades. The drug has found its way underground, with many illegal dealers lacing other drugs with the deadly opioid. In many cases, however, those who get high or overdose on fentanyl aren’t even aware they’re taking the drug. They may even believe they’re taking something legal. It’s horrifying to think of the complexities of potential
exposure to this drug. But parents cannot stick their heads in the sand. Anyone who’s ever been a teenager, is a parent to a teenager or has encountered one knows that adolescents don’t like being told what to do. It’s just one of the reasons why it’s important to incorporate the subject of drugs into family discussions before the kids are likely to be exposed. Lecturing kids or frightening them into understanding that all drugs are bad and to be avoided is a no-go, especially with fentanyl, which doesn’t seem to fall into any black and white category of good versus bad. I took my chance when my younger son, now 10, was asking if he could take some Advil for a minor back strain he was feeling after a rigorous gym class. There he was, climbing on the kitchen counter, to reach the high shelf where we keep vitamins and other seemingly harmless
over-the-counter drugs, when I stopped him in his tracks. “You need to let me get that for you,” I said bluntly. “It’s important that you don’t help yourself to medicine, not even vitamins.” That was my opener. Were they aware that two young girls had died in Ottawa this week? Not knowing the full circumstances surrounding the drug deaths, I explained that sometimes kids are taking things from friends or others that they believe to be relatively harmless pain killers or even candy, not realizing they are laced with a deadly drug. I turned the conversation to them. Had they heard
anything about this? Did they have any feelings about drugs? “Some kids in my class can’t eat peanuts or eggs because they will break out in rash or they can’t breathe,” said my younger son. It was a decent metaphor. “That’s right,” I said. “For the same reasons their parents warn them not to eat foods unless they know the contents, you should avoid taking any medicines or small candies from friends or strangers. It’s important, even as you get older, that you don’t take these things without checking with us.” I wanted them to know that I love them a lot. I wanted them to know that there will
be many times in their adolescent years that people will try to pressure them in different ways and they have to try to be strong in their convictions and trust in their decisions. I walked away from the discussion feeling unsure. Did I tell them enough? Too much? At the end of the day, however, this is the beginning of a decade-long conversation about drugs. The real challenge will be the tricky pushpull of eventually parenting teenagers and hoping, praying that I’ve given them enough grounding in the early years to help them navigate the peer pressure that is so omnipotent in the adolescent years. Only time will tell.
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While the mayor’s vote is often on the winning side, the number of times he decides a contentious vote has dipped, according to the council tracker report released on Feb. 22. The report looks at voting trends of the city’s councils and other themes such as time spent in camera and contentious vote success. “It’s unrealistic to expect every resident to go through each council vote,” said Peter McCaffrey, director of research for the Manning Centre. “In the provincial legislature residents can reasonably guess how their representatives will vote based on their party affiliation, but that’s not the case at the local level.” The report looked at votes between November 2014 and June 2016.
The previous analysis was on votes between 2010 and 2014. The report suggests that Watson’s still part of a core coalition, but his win rate dropped significantly from 94.1 per cent to 80.4 per cent. “That’s still a lot better than other mayors, but suggests there’s more discussion and dissent,” McCaffrey said. Along the same vein, contentious votes are more likely to pass than be defeated – at a rate of 66 per cent to 34 per cent. During the term in the last report, it was the opposite. Contentious issues were more likely to be passed this term, up to 66 per cent from 44 per cent in the last study period. And while council is very open – with only one per cent of the meeting time being spent in camera – the meetings are short. The average council meeting has gone from two hours 10 minutes to one hour and 45 minutes. “That suggests there’s consensus building behind the scenes,” McCaffrey said.
The average attendance is pretty high at 97.7 per cent. Some of the councillors at the lower end (94.1 per cent) include Mark Taylor, Watson, Riley Brockington, Tobi Nussbaum and Jodi Mitic. Mitic however, has the highest win rate – at 91 per cent. Some of the councillors that sat around the table 100 per cent of the time include Stephen Blais, Jan Harder, Allan Hubley, Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney, Bob Monette, Shad Qadri, Michael Qaqish, Marianne Wilkinson and George Darouze. Darouze also happens to side with the mayor the most – 82 per cent of the time. Hubley, who represents Kanata South, voted no most often. The study looked at 982 votes. He voted no 28 times – edging ahead of colleagues Leiper and Rick Chiarelli who voted no 27 times each. Leiper did take the lead in dissenting votes with 15. McKenney, who represents Somerset Ward, brought forward the most motions over-
all, with 24 as a mover and 30 as a seconder. The author of the study does note however, that she tends to vote against the majority.
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City United Way campaign raises $328,705 for 2016 BY Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
Thanks to city employees and local initiatives, the United Way will be able to help 1,000 people this year. Mayor Jim Watson announced the 2016 total before the start of the Feb. 22 council meeting. The total was $328,705 for 2016 — which brings the amount raised since the city selected the United Way as their charity of choice, in 2001, to just under $7 million, Watson said. The 2016 campaign launched Oct. 26, 2016 and ran until Dec. 9. The money was raised through pledge form donations and a number of employee-led initiatives and special events. Watson said the money stays local when donated to the United Way. “The connection between
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Nature museum gets $4 million for science research Cryogenic facility to be built with funds BY Michelle Nash Baker michelle.nash@metroland.com
Thanks to a multimillion dollar donation, natural science research in Canada just got a major boost. The Canadian Museum of Nature announced it received the $4 million gift from the Vancouver-based Ross Beaty family on Feb. 23 at the museum. “This is a game changer,” said Meg Beckel, the museum’s president. The largest-ever donation, the museum said the money will support three research initiatives at the museum: • $2 million will fund the
creation of a national cryogenic facility to curate tissue samples and genetic material. The facility is expected to open next summer. • $1 million will create the Beaty post-doctoral fellowship on species at risk, the fellowship is expected to begin in the spring of 2018. • $1 million will support a program to digitize the museum’s extensive collection of Arctic specimens. All three initiatives will be based out of the museum’s national research and collections facility, the Natural Heritage Campus, in Gatineau, Que. Mark Graham, the mu-
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Ross Beaty talks science at the Canadian Museum of Nature on Feb. 23. Ross, a geologist and mining entrepreneur, and his wife Trisha, a physician, donated $4 million to the museum for its research and collections efforts. seum’s vice-president of research and collections said the creation of a cryogenic fa-
cility is a very big deal to the scientists. “It will be the first of its kind in Canada,” he said. The facility will include an examination room and large supercooled vats filled with liquid nitrogen to house tissue samples and genetic material. Graham added this facility would put the museum on par with other world-renowned museum and research facil-
ity’s such as the Smithsonian. Beckel said the post-doctoral funding will allow for the museum to mentor the next generation of scientists and that by being able to digitize the arctic specimens, researchers from all over the world will be able to study the collection all by simply going online. Ross and Trisha Beaty were on hand for the announce-
ment. “This donation is an investment,” Ross said. “Biodiversity is the essence of life on earth. It nourishes us physically and nourishes us mentally.” Ross, a geologist and entrepreneur and his wife Trisha, a physician first visited the museum in 1998 with their five children. Over the years, Ross said when he returns to the city he always makes a point to stop by. “This is something the Ottawa community should be proud of,” Ross said. As a thank you, the museum presented Ross and his family with a framed photograph of a new species of beetle, known as the weevil. New to science, the museum’s entomologist Bob Anderson named the new species Sicoderus beatyi in the family’s honour. Ross said he was ecstatic about having a weevil named after him. “This is very cool and as fun a gift you could get,” Ross said.
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What does International Women’s Day mean to you? Celebrate at city hall Mayor Jim Watson is hosting his breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on March 8 at city hall with guest speakers Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women and Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Seating is limited and RSVP is required.
Laura Dudas, president of the Blackburn Community Association and Girl Guide leader
“As a mom, it’s also an opportunity to teach my children, in particular my daughter, that there are no limitations on what women can do and that when they are faced with instances of gender inequality, they must speak up and take action.”
Wen Jean L. Ho, 58, founder, Kanata Chinese Seniors Support Centre and Barrhaven resident
“It reminds me of when I was still a student in school; back then we usually attended ceremonies to listen (to) extraordinary stories from the women who make a difference in their life and communities. Those stories inspired me as I grew old into my adult life.”
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“The fight for equal rights for women is far from over and I believe education is the key to change. We are fortunate to live in Canada, a country where there is tremendous opportunites for women not only to work as equals, but also to take on leadership roles.”
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While the first International Women’s Day was celebrated by the United Nations in 1975, the event goes back even further – to the early 1900s when in 1908 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights,
according to its website. The day also highlights the need for gender parity; a goal that according to some counts will take another 170 years. Visit OttawaCommunityNews.com for more local women’s views.
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An anonymously donated $6-million gift will allow the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre to attract five of the world’s brightest research minds to discover new detection and treatment breakthroughs for those struggling with mental illness. “Today’s announcement keeps The Royal’s momentum going as we continue from mental-health treatment as usual to treatment as it should be, where research is a driving force,” said Nancy Stanton, acting president and chief executive of the Royal’s Foundation. She shared her vision after eight people entered the hospital’s second-floor atrium on Feb. 23 toting large blue boxes, flipping them over to reveal the grand total of the largest donation in the hospital’s history. The unprecedented contribution is allowing The Royal Institute of Mental Health Research to establish Emerging Researchers in Mental Health, or e-RIMh, the first program of
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Dr. Zul Merali, president and chief executive of The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, unveils his vision for the future of mental health on Feb. 23. its kind in Canada. The hope is that it will lead to breakthroughs, perhaps even uncover a cure, allowing mental-health research to catch up to advancements made in medicine in recent decades, such as for cancer, heart disease and diabetes. “People often get cured or at least survive these illnesses for a much longer period than ever before,” Dr. Zul Merali, president and chief executive of The Royal Institute of Mental Health Research. “But noth-
ing much has changed when it comes to treating mental illness.” Patients with mental illness are still diagnosed based on their symptoms. And while treatment options “offer glimmers of hope,” more than 60 per cent of people with mental illness don’t respond well to available treatments, Merali said. “It’s not getting them to their fullest potential.” The e-RIMh program will serve as a “new research incubator,” where researchers who are
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Without philanthropy, this level of research would not be possible.
The donor behind the $6-million gift has declined public recognition. Royal executives aren’t revealing whether the money came from a lone donor or a group, or if they are from Ottawa or elsewhere in Canada. “They quietly, yet very powerfully, want to enable bright, energetic young scientists to find cures for those battling mental illness,” Merali said. “How very Canadian this is.” Calling the gift an inspiration, Stanton shared the donor’s message before the large crowd. “Curiosity is a driver of innovation and mental health needs more of it,” Stanton shared. “For us, supporting early-career researchers is an obvious investment in our collective future.” As it embarks on the creation
of the e-RIMh program, The Royal is especially interested in research related to depression, the brain-heart connection, stress and trauma, brain stimulation and multimodal brain imaging. However, other innovative ideas are also welcome, Merali said. Beyond the next five years, there is hope the program can continue if other donors come forward. “This is only the beginning step,” said Merali, adding that five researchers are not enough. “But that is a good starting point.” Researchers have until April 30 to apply. They will be chosen by an internationally renowned panel of scientists, and their addition to The Royal’s team will be announced this fall.
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Round Two: mayor getting back on the saddle Mayor to get a few safety pointers before taking to the trails two years after snowmobile crash BY Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is ready to ride. Two years after he fractured his pelvis while crashing into a city councillor’s snowmobile in an accident that sidelined him for several weeks, he’s preparing to head out on the trails for a Feb. 26 event billed as Mayor Watson’s Snowmobile Extravaganza. “People are always asking me, ‘Are you ever going to go snowmobiling again?” Watson told Metroland Media. “And I said, ‘Well, it’s like when you get knocked off a horse, you’ve got to get back up and on it.'” It’ll be two years since his last snowmobile jaunt. The time off was based on advice from Watson’s doctor, who
cautioned that it takes two years for a pelvis to fully heal. The mayor now has success in his sights — and a game plan — as he prepares to helm a snowmobile for only the second time in his life. Before his mishap, the last time he was on a snowmobile was as a kid riding on the back of his uncle’s machine. “I’m going to go slower and pay more attention to the difference between the gas and the brake,” he said, referencing the cause of his 2015 crash when he was out for a ride in Osgoode Ward with councillors George Darouze, Michael Qaqish and Mathieu Fleury. As Watson looped around in an open field and went to stop, he punched the gas instead of the brake, causing him to crash into Darouze’s
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Osgoode Coun. George Darouze (right) presents Mayor Jim Watson with a plaque in May 2016 made with the broken windshield of the snowmobile the mayor crashed in February 2015, resulting in a fractured pelvis. After a two-year hiatus, the pair will hit the trails together again on Feb. 26. house in Greely at 1 p.m., then ride about eight kilometres to Osgoode, where they will drop by the second annual celebrity road hockey game at the Osgoode Youth Association Centre, located at 5479 Osgoode Main St. Darouze, Watson and Poilievre will play ball hockey with the kids before heading back to the clubhouse for hot beverages and light snacks around 2:30 or 3 p.m. The Osgoode Ward councillor has every confidence the event will go off
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COUNCILLOR’S COLUMN KEITH EGLI
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Ottawa 2021 Canada Summer Games Bid: Ottawa’s bid to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games will only succeed with the help of our community. Please go to Ottawa2021.ca to show your support by registering online. Upcoming Meetings at City Hall: I would like to make you all aware of the upcoming Council and Committee meetings at City Hall over the next few weeks: Finance and Economic Development Committee March 7th at 9:30 a.m., Ottawa Public Library Board March 7th at 5:00 p.m. and City Council March 8th at 10:00 a.m. Spring Open House: I invite you all to attend our Spring Open house on Thursday, April 20th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. located at the Nepean Sportsplex, Halls C & D. We will be having presentations from OPS about tax fraud, MPAC and OPS about the New Policing Model that was just released. Look forward to seeing you there. Circulating 150 Box: Keep your eyes out for our 150 Box that will be circulating to various events from now until Canada Day. We are putting together a list of what the residents of Ward 9 like best about Ottawa. We will reveal the Top 10 list at Manordale’s Canada Day celebrations this year. Band together for Nelson House Fundraiser: Come out and support Nelson House on Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. located at 10 Blackburn Ave. You can purchase tickets online here. Enjoy a night filled with music, drinks, food, silent auction and more. I would like to wish you all a great March Break that is coming up. Until next time, Keith Your feedback is important. Contact me: Tel: 613.580.2479 Email: ward9@ottawa.ca Website: www.keithegli.ca 22 Nepean-Barrhaven News - Thursday, March 2, 2017
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t was certainly something to think about. And it was the talk of the Northcote School. Of course, we younger girls were never included in the whispering that went on with those in the senior grades. But we certainly knew something was going on, because the older girls stood off to one side, whispering, with heads bent, and a look on their faces that would scare a saint. We knew it had something to do with Cora. She hadn’t been to school for weeks. Her desk stood empty, and Miss Crosby never once said why Cora was absent. The senior girls certainly knew, but their lips were sealed. Except among themselves. Velma said even her older sisters wouldn’t talk about it. All Iva said was “poor Cora,” which made us all wonder if she had come down with some terrible disease. Well, bad Marguerite, with more faults than enough, said she knew exactly what had happened to Cora, but she wasn’t about to talk about it to us! Velma, smarter by far, told Marguerite she was sure she didn’t know any more than we did. Well, that tore it! Marguerite told Velma if she gave her one of her ginger snap cookies, she’d tell us the whole story. Velma’s mother made the best gingersnap cookies in the entire
MARY COOK Memories county, winning all the prizes at the Renfrew fair. It was Joyce who talked Velma into making the deal. We met in the farthest corner of the schoolyard, which is where Marguerite told us to be at recess, even though it was bitterly cold, and we would much rather have stayed in the school. But finding out about Cora was more important to us than freezing to death on a winter’s day. You could barely see Marguerite’s slit eyes under her fur hat. Why she wanted us to stand in a certain order was beyond me, but then I thought it had more to do with being in charge than anything else. Finally, after Velma handed over the gingersnap, Marguerite said Cora had gone off to what was called the Home for Wayward Girls. “Liar, liar, pants on fire,” Joyce yelled at her. “You have to be very bad to go there, and we all know how polite Cora is, and never does anything bad in
school, like someone else we all know,” she said, never taking her eyes off bad Marguerite. “Well, you wanted to know, and I told you. That’s where she is.” We had no idea where this home was. We certainly knew it wasn’t in Douglas or Eganville. But it didn’t matter a whit where it was, Cora certainly wasn’t in any Home for Wayward girls! Not Cora! All we knew about the place was that you had to be very, very bad. Using a swear word could get you there. Certainly stealing, or telling a big lie as opposed to a little fib, could certainly send you off. But Cora never missed church, was polite to Miss Crosby, and never cheated at Jack’s or Parcheesi. And then one Sunday, long after Cora had suddenly stopped coming to school, she appeared at church. There she was the same as always, smiling and singing the hymns like she
had never been away from the Northcote School. As always, after church, people stood at the back and got caught up on all the news, and there stood Cora among everyone talking about the new job she got in the city of Ottawa. Velma and I took in every word. She said she was doing housework at a home for young girls and not once did she mention the Home For Wayward Girls, but we knew without a doubt that’s where Cora was. We couldn’t wait to get to school on Monday to tell Marguerite that Cora had done nothing wrong, other than being in Senior Fourth where often the young girls were taken out to go into Renfrew, or in this case, the city, and do housework to help pay the bills at home. And I wondered why the older pupils at the Northcote school were so secretive about it, and then I knew it was because that each one of them knew that one day each could face the same fate. And I said a silent prayer that my sister Audrey, in Senior Fourth, wouldn’t be one of them. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for ebook purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@ sympatico.ca.
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While councillors were around the table discussing the city’s climate change policy on Feb. 21, Ottawa 2017 promotional guru Guy Laflamme was filling up the gas tanks of 150 cars in Montreal as part of a publicity stunt to get Montrealers to head to the capital this summer. Mayor Jim Watson defended the move and said representatives of Montreal have marketed the city’s 375 anniversary celebrations here — so why shouldn’t we do the same? When asked about the timing of the stunt, Watson said the Ottawa 2017 Bureau acts independently and that it shouldn’t be seen as at odds with Ottawa’s environmental policy. “We aren’t anti-car here in the city of Ottawa,” Watson said. “Some people think cars should
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The promotion gave away gas to 150 cars in Montreal to encourage people to head to Ottawa. be banned, but people still drive cars and they still drive long distances to get to tourist and vacation destinations. I think we have to have a holistic approach.” Watson said the money for the gas wasn’t taxpayer funded, and likely came from sponsorship dollars. Watson said the city is working with VIA and OC Transpo on getting people to the capital, but added we can’t ignore cars. Executive director of the Ottawa 2017 Bureau Guy Laflamme
said he was offended by the assumption that he’s somehow antienvironment. He said the bureau is independent of the city and half the budget is from sponsors or self generated. “We don’t know the schedules of any given city committee,” he said. That being said, Laflamme doesn’t think the stunt had any carbon footprint, because people would have been filling their tanks anyway. Footing the bill for 150 cars just fostered some good-
will toward Ottawa. Laflamme said he considers himself a friend of the environment and drives a scooter in the winter months to reduce his own carbon footprint. Ottawa 2017 bought somewhere between $5,000 and $6,000 in gas, but easily tripled that in value of the editorial coverage they received, he said, adding since Ottawa will be the hub of the 150 celebrations, we have to be creative about how we get people to come to the capital. It’s not possible to do that with traditional advertising methods or social media. “It would be very expensive to rely on traditional advertising,” he said. Laflamme will be visiting 10 Canadian cities, so far the visits have been west, but he will be heading eastward to do other publicity stunts in order to get editorial coverage. “It would be a shame for people to not come and take part in events because they didn’t know they were happening,” he said. - With files from Michelle Nash
Barrhaven Seniors’ Council Spring Excursion The Barrhaven Seniors’ Council are hosting – “A Taste of Prince Edward County” on April 13th 2017. It will be a chance to discover a taste of old Ontario in the heart of beautiful Prince Edward County. The cost will be $138 per person and it includes Transportation, Lunch and the Waupoos Estate Winery Tour and Tasting. Lunch will be at the historical “Waring House” an elegant farmstead dating back to the 1860s. For reservations please contact Ottawa Valley Tours at 613-723-5701 and make sure to let them know you are a part of the Barrhaven Seniors group. If you would like more information on the Barrhaven Seniors’ Council please contact barrhavenseniors@gmail.com. Theft from Vehicles There have been reports of cars being broken into throughout Ward 22 and I recently spoke to the Police about this issue. They were able to give us some tips on how to avoid this happening to you. Remove valuables such as electronic devices, loose change and shopping bags from view. Never Leave your vehicle running and unattended and always close windows all the way and lock the doors. They also recommend removing any personal identification, your vehicle registration and insurance certificates from your car. In the event that your vehicle has been stolen or broken into report the theft directly to police by calling 613-236-1222 ext 7300 or reporting online at ottawapolice.ca 20th Annual Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards The Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards are known for shining the spotlight on Ottawa’s unsung heroes - young people who have made a difference in the lives of their peers and who have used their talents and creativity to tackle some of our community’s most pressing challenges, having overcome adversity and shown remarkable courage. There will be two winners in each of the following categories, Academic Perseverance, Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Service and Caring, Strength through Diversity Take a Stand and the Max Keeping Personal Courage Award. The winners will be honoured on June 5th in Jean Piggott Place, City Hall. For more information please visit spiritawards.ca. Ottawa’s Bid for the Canada Summer Games in 2021
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The Canada Games are the largest multi-sport event in the country for young athletes, and a premium nation building event that enriches Canadian culture and creates lasting legacies. The games attract athletes from every province and territory in the country to compete in 20 different individual and team sports. Ottawa’s bid to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games will only succeed if the local community demonstrates it support. To show your support please register at Ottawa2021.ca and help bring the Canada Games to Ottawa! Crime Prevention Ottawa Speakers Series – A Focus on Family Violence in Canada On Friday March 10th from 9:30am – 12:00pm, Dr. Theresa Tam, Interim Chief Public Health Officer will be presenting “Public Health in Canada 2016: A Focus on Family Violence in Canada”. This report outlines the important health consequences of all aspects of violence in the family including partner assault, child abuse and elder abuse. The keynote speaker will be followed by some examples of local programming that are reaching out to prevent violence. This presentation will take place at City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave West in Andrew S. Haydon Hall. If you are interested in attending or looking for more information please contact cpo@ottawa.ca.
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Naloxone kits available for free at pharmacies ‘We want to get as much naloxone out there as possible’: OPH BY Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com
Naloxone is a medication that can temporarily reverse the effects of a drug overdose due to opioids such as fentanyl and Ottawa Public Health is urging recreational drug users to pick up a kit. Naloxone kits are available for free at a number of participating pharmacies throughout the city; all people need is a valid Ontario health card. “With the counterfeit drugs and with drugs possibly laced with fentanyl, we want to get as much naloxone out there as possible,” said Andrew Hendriks, manager of clinical programs at Ottawa Public Health. “Anybody who thinks that they’re at risk or they have family or friends or loved ones who are at risk of an overdose should be carrying naloxone with them.” If a person overdoses or is suspected of overdosing, the most important thing to do is call 911 then administer the naloxone, said Hendriks. “It’s really like an Epipen
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Naloxone is a medication that can temporarily reverse the effects of a drug overdose due to opioids such as fentanyl and Ottawa Public Health is urging recreational drug users, and their family and friends, to pick up a kit. The medication is available for free from pharmacies with an OHIP card. where it buys time for paramedics to show up to the scene,” he said. “And every minute counts in the event of an overdose.” The medication works temporarily, for about 30 to 60 minutes, according to public health. Naloxone is injected into the arm or leg and can help prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen. “People need to know that
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even though you might have given a dose of naloxone or if you're not sure if someone’s overdosing you should call 911, it’s a medical emergency,” said Hendriks. “We want paramedics to be there in the event of an overdose.” REAL DANGER
Naloxone only works on opioid-related overdoses. Opioids can include prescription drugs like Oxycodone and Percocet and illicit drugs such as heroin. Fentanyl, a highly potent opioid — around 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine, according to public health — can sometimes be found laced in other pills made to look like prescription drugs. It can be fatal in very small amounts. “The real danger is that you never really know what’s in those counterfeit pills,” said Hendriks. “They look like any other medication that you could get through a pharmacist or through your health-care provider. There's no different taste to them, there's no different smell to them.” Fentanyl increases the risk of accidental overdose, particularly when made illegally. According to public health, “illicit fentanyl is often made as a powder and mixed with other drugs (like heroin, cocaine or crack). It is also being pressed into pills and sold as things like ‘oxycodone’ (OxyContin, oxys, eighties) or other pills including speed and ecstasy/ MDMA.” In 2015, 48 Ottawa residents died from an unintentional overdose. “We know that approxi-
mately two-thirds of those are from opioids,” said Hendriks. Ottawa Public Health and Ottawa police issued a joint alert on Feb. 13 to warn residents that counterfeit prescription medications had been found in the city and were suspected “in recent life-threatening overdoses.” Chloe Kotval, a 14-year-old from Kanata, died on Feb. 14 two days after she was found unresponsive after “taking a pharmaceutical drug of unknown origin,” according to her parents Shannon Edwards and Neville Kotval. Ottawa police are investigating her death. In a statement, Chloe’s parents said they were “concerned about the epidemic nature of the use of high grade pharmaceuticals amongst young people and their lack of knowledge about them — the consequences of using them are real and terrible.” Kanata father Sean O’Leary published an open letter where he said he knows of at least three Kanata teens who died of a drug overdose and eight more who overdosed in the past two months. “Sadly the deaths that have occurred are only the beginning,” he wrote. “If you look at statistics from any other communities where the kids started getting hooked on counterfeit opioids, the prognosis for our community and our children does not look promising.” For more information on counterfeit pills, naloxone and overdoses, visit stopoverdose ottawa.ca.
Big city mayor’s caucus to discuss opioid crisis with federal ministers BY Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
The Canada’s big city mayor’s caucus put together a task force on fentanyl overdoses earlier this month, Mayor Jim Watson said Feb. 22. Watson and other members of the caucus will hold a telephone conference this week with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Health Minister Jane Philpott. “It’s an issue that’s not just facing our city, but the whole country,” Watson said of the recent spate of overdoses. Ottawa Public Health joined forces with other health-care professionals in November to make naloxone – a medication that helps stop opioid-based FOR SALE
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Raise a teacup for CHEO mental health supports Wonderland Tea Party sets sights on raising $30,000 BY Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com
The second annual Wonderland Tea Party will continue to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) mental health supports while offering attendees an afternoon of food, music and fun. Wendy Hubley set her goal for this year’s event at $30,000 — doubling the funds raised at last year’s inaugural tea party — and 150 attendees. The tea party takes place March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre. The goal is doable, she said, with donations already surpassing the $10,000 mark. Donations for CHEO will be ac-
cepted until the end of March, she said. Hubley, married to Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, started raising funds for CHEO after her son Jamie died by suicide in 2011. The money raised at the event will go toward CHEO’s mental health programs for those 12 and under. “If we could get to the children and really help them at a younger age, we could hopefully help prevent that youth crisis we’re in the middle of. It’s going earlier and earlier to prevent that,” said Shona Fleming, co-organizer of the event.
from your day,” said Fleming. Among this year’s guest speakers are Dr. Kathleen Pajer, chief of psychiatry at CHEO and the party’s honourary Alice, and 22-year-old Dustin Garron, who was in the hospital at the same time as Jamie. “(He) has come to quite a success story,” said Fleming.
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The idea behind the tea party was to offer a lighter event — as opposed to a gala — where attendees (ages teens and up) could dress up and spend times with friends while enjoying a bite to eat and hearing from those who work in the mental health field and those who have sought help. “It’s meant to be a break
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From left, Lise Beaubien, Jo-Anne Trenholm and Roxana Alexa attend last year’s Wonderland Tea Party in support of CHEO’s mental health programs. This year’s event takes place March 5.
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dress up and wear fascinators (which can also be purchased at the event) and little hats to be automatically entered into a prize draw. Tickets for the tea party are $45 each (with a $10 tax receipt) and people are encouraged to order early and submit their seating requests. Tickets will also be available at the door.
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There will be a performance by GleeCeptional, a singing club for children and young adults with special needs, food aplenty — including little sandwiches, scones, scores of sweets and, of course, tea — as well as a photo booth area, people in costume, a silent auction and door prizes. Attendees are encouraged to
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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: nepean@metroland.com
March 2
The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary welcomes new members to help raise money to support the animals. Join us at our monthly business meeting from 1:303 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, 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 at 613-8236770 or go to facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
March 2-3
Nearly new shop and used clothing half-price sale at the Julian of Norwich Anglican Church, 8 Withrow Ave., Nepean. March 2 and 3 from 1-3:30 p.m. Clothing includes: women’s blouses, slacks, dresses, coats, shoes, handbags, sleepwear, jeans and more. Childrens and babies clothing. Some mens shirts, pants, coats, suits, shoes and jeans. Some small housewares, linens, curtains.
March 3
Join us at the Barrhaven Legion Branch 641 at 3500 Fallowfield Rd. for a western-themed dinner with pork tenderloin, roast potatoes, veggies, baked beans, soup and salad served from
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dress up in your best western boots and clothes, and be ready to dance the night away to the music of Derringers starting at 7:30 p.m. Members pay $20 and non-members pay $25; includes tax and gratuities. Reserve your seats by Thursday, March 2 at 3 p.m. through the bartender, or by calling the legion during open hours at 613-8438691. Public welcome.
Through March 5
“Black and White,” a group show presented by the Foyer Gallery artists. An exciting collection of paintings, photography, fiber works, ceramics and glass works by local talent. Foyer Gallery is a non-profit artist run gallery located in the Nepean Sportsplex, Entrance 1, 1701 Woodroffe Ave. For information, call 613-5802424, ext. 42226 or visit www.foyergallery.com.
March 8
Ottawa Central Women’s Connection invites you and your friends to Dancing With The Irish Performance by the talented Celtic Dancers. Ruth Fifield shares her Faith Story “An Amazing Knitting Project,” and wonderful music by Karen Chow. $8 at the door and
first timers $2, Dessert party. New website & name: rsvpministries.com. 1-3pm, Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale Road RSVP: Kay 613-5916326 or Lois 613-421-2773. All women welcome. Designing a small garden: Join Mary Anne Schmidt from Artistic Landscape to learn creative ways to make the most of your garden space by understanding the nature of the space. Barrhaven Garden Club, Wednesday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. Larkin House, 76 Larkin Drive, Guests $3.00. Info: 613 825-4257, barrhavengardenclub.ca.
March 10
Tonight, the Barrhaven Legion at 3500 Fallowfield Rd. will be serving its famous barbecue steak dinner including a steak, baked potato, veggie, salad and dessert. Then, join Nostalgia for great dancing music. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and music at 7:30 p.m. Members pay $20 and nonmembers pay $25; includes tax and gratuities. Reserve your seats by Thursday, March 9, at 3 p.m. through the bartender, or by calling the legion during open hours at 613-843-8691. Public welcome.
March 13
Join the students from the Algonquin College Paramedic program for a free Wellness Clinic hosted at Robertson House Retirement Residence (1 Mill Hill Rd., Nepean) Monday March 13th from 1-3pm. For all the details please call Rebekah at 613 608 4749.
March 13-17
March Break, from March 13 to 17, is just around the corner and the Ottawa Public Library is offering fun, educational, and free programs throughout the city for children ages 4 to 12! This year’s theme is “Storytelling through Images and Words.” Explore the science and craft of storytelling through books, animation, film, puppetry, visual arts, and more! Parents can find March Break programs in branches across the city. Registration is required and now open. For more information, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca, call 613-580-2940 or email InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca.
March 14
Ottawa West Women’s Connection invites you to join us, Tuesday, March 14th, at 9:15 a.m. for speaker
Cynthia Pohran on “Reflections in The Mirror”, singer Stephani Fukumoto and special feature Presenter Tyler Ring from Ritchie Feed & Seed Inc. At Arlington Woods Hall, 225 McClelland Ave. Included in $5 and first timers $2. Fun, food, door prizes & childcare. For reservations call: 613-7211257. Sponsored by RSVP Ministries.
Mondays
Looking to improve your public speaking skills in a supportive and friendly environment? The Carlingwood Toastmasters Club invites you to join us in our weekly meetings at 6:30 p.m. at 2120 Prince Charles Rd. Gain valuable public speaking and leadership experience. More information at carlingwoodtoastmasters.org.
Tuesdays
Positive birth and natural parenting meetings on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Peer-to-peer support, empower yourself and meet like-minded women and build community. To RSVP and for address, please contact Leslie amagicalbirth@ hotmail.com or call 613829-8511.
Wednesdays
In Bells Corners, the Lynwood Village Community Association welcomes local adults to the Wednesday Socials, 1 to 4 p.m. in the Lynwood Park building, 7 Sycamore Dr. Dates: March 15 & 22. In April it will resume weekly. Short & easy exercise, cards, crafts, singing, speakers, theme days, and much more according to the wishes of the participants. More info call Marilyn, 613-726-1700.
THURSDAYS
Context Toastmasters meets every Thursday at the Bells Corners Legion (downstairs) 4026 Richmond Old Richmond Road. 6:45pm Meet and Greet. Meeting 7pm. All are Welcome. Just drop in and join us. Meeting is free for guests.
Ongoing
Hospice Care Ottawa offers day hospice programs at the Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice, located at 110 McCurdy Dr. These programs are open to individuals living with a lifelimiting illness. Other programs are available to support caregivers and those who are bereaved. Our nurses will provide assessment. All programs and services are provided at no charge. Call 613-591-6002, ext. 23 for more information.
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