Glebe Report March 2014

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The Veil, a work-in-progress

ISSN 0702-7796 Issue no. 457 FREE

Vol. 42 No. 3

Photo: julie houle cezer

‘The Veil’ a breath of fresh air

In purely quantitative terms, you might find the sheer volume and diversity of construction projects on the site of the former Lansdowne Park to be impressive, albeit overwhelming and intimidating. However, thinking of design quality, you are unlikely to conclude that the proliferation and massing of the box-like buildings qualify as anything other than utilitarian and unimaginative. These edifices make for a visual assault of verticality on any pedestrian walking at street level. They also collectively dwarf the heritage buildings that are reminders of the site’s special historical significance in the development of both the Glebe and Ottawa in the late 19th and early 20th century. Furthermore, neither the buildings nor the tenants signed thus far seem to meet the promise of uniqueness in the businesses, much less in the provision of “services, shops and

opportunities for arts, culture, and environmental awareness.” A commercial mall? Yes; A cultural mecca? No. So if you were looking for an inviting design, you will have to bypass the mall and offices to the north and walk south to the Rideau Canal to get a breath of fresh air. There you will see the Veil, the work-in-progress depicted in the photo above. Created by Cannon Designs, and under construction since October 2013, this welcome sight is shaping up to be a curvilinear curtain covering the south side of the stadium with some 1,800 wooden ribs supported by 24 wooden spines. Serving as a walkway and access to the stadium, it also creates a more appealing visual linkage with the berms and the urban park planned for the eastern sector. Here’s to a breath of fresh air.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

March 19

March 24

March 24 March 26–29 March 27 March 29 March 30

April 5 April 4 April 7

WestEnd Voices concert St. François d’Assise Church, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa Food Policy Council, with Michael Pollan Dominion-Chalmers Church, 7 p.m.

GCA meeting, GCC, 7 p.m.

GNAG’s Family in a Box community theatre, GCC, 7:30 p.m.

Blue & Gold Auction, Glebe Collegiate Institute, 5:30 p.m.

Jiggs 65 Gala Dinner, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 6 p.m.

Five Centuries of English Cathedral Music concert, St. Matthews Church, 3 p.m.

Rummage sale, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 9 a.m.

RBC Bluesfest “Be in the Band” pub night, GCC, 7 p.m.

Seeking Right Relationship lecture, Gabrielle Fayant (Odawa Native Friendship Centre), Southminster United Church, 7 p.m.

Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Art, Music . . . . . . 3, 22, 23, 27 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 35 Community . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19 Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . 12 Culturescape . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26 GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Glebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11 GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Health, Exercise . . . . . 4, 5, 16 Grandparents . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Glebous & Comicus . . . . . . . 32 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MPP’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Planning, Traffic . . . . . . . 9, 15 Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Streetcars . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Going forward into retirement The beauty of spending your entire career helping nurture a seniors’ centre is that you know exactly how fulfilling retirement can be.

This spring, Janice Bridgewater, Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre’s director of community programs, will retire. She was first introduced to Abbotsford House in 1975. Barely out of high school, she took on a clerical role, collecting rent cheques from the elderly residents. “I fell in love with the people and the organization. After a while I decided to go to university. But I came back and worked in recreation programs,” said Bridgewater. And she never left.

Over the years, Bridgewater helped develop the kind of recreation and community programs that are now so appreciated by Abbotsford members. “It’s been a thrill to be involved in shaping how it’s played out.”

One of the programs that Bridgewater is most proud of is the Alzheimer’s Day Program, which she and her team started from scratch. “Hopes, dreams, plans, reviews, partnerships and trying to make something very good, better in one way or another,” said Dianne Breton of Bridgewater’s leadership. Breton and Bridgewater worked together on several fundraising campaigns. “The start of the Day-Away program was a good idea that became great,” she added.

Glebe Centre executive director Lawrence Grant says Bridgewater served the Glebe Centre with dedication and professionalism over her 39-year career.

“Through her strong leadership and relentless efforts as our first director of community programs, she built the Abbotsford programs into the best in the city,” said Grant.

As Bridgewater moves on to retirement herself, she is concerned that in the future, more seniors will

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By Julie Ireton

Janice Bridgewater is soon retiring as director of Abbotsford after 39 years of leading and nurturing community programs.

“‘Through her strong leadership and relentless efforts as our first director of community programs, she built the Abbotsford programs into the best in the city.’”

–Lawrence Grant, Glebe Centre executive director

have trouble covering the modest fees that centres like Abbotsford must charge program participants.

“That will be a challenge,” she said. But she says she has faith in a generous community and in volunteers

who are getting more creative and collaborative all the time. She feels she’s leaving the organization in very capable hands.

“It’s sad in a way. But that said, I have tons of plans,” said Bridgewater. “I’ve been getting certified as a fitness instructor and teaching at Abbotsford.

I’m excited about that.” So while she may be moving out of the administrative office, she’ll still be hanging around in the multi-purpose exercise room, visiting and chatting over a coffee after class.

Janice Bridgewater’s career and retirement will be properly celebrated at a party at Abbotsford at the end of March. Congratulations Janice!

Glebe resident Julie Ireton is a journalist who regularly reports on programs and events at Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre.

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“Snow Sculptures” designed by the Creative Arts Afterschool Kindergarten class.

“Jolly Snowman” collages inspired by the book Sadie and the Snowman by Allen Morgan and Brenda Clark, created by the children in our Creative Arts Storyscape program.

Winter’s creative offerings Good Morning Creative Arts Preschool’s second annual vernissage

By Sandy Bulchak

Everyone loves the first snowflakes of the season – the perfectly crafted bits of December magic that float down from the sky like precious diamonds. But let’s face it – some of us are happier still delivering the long wave goodbye to the white stuff. By March, snow seems to be more of a hassle than a joy. That said, its abundance this season has definitely been enjoyed by the students at Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool. So while winter may indeed be wearing out its welcome, the staff and students at Good Morning would like to take this opportunity to be thankful for all its inspiring offerings, and share with you some of this season’s fabulous frosty creations.

So, as we say our last farewell to winter and prepare to welcome spring, we also welcome all of you to our second annual vernissage. Pop in and see all that captures the imaginations of our creative kids. On display will be a sampling of art from each child in all our programs. Hope you can join us!

Thursday April 24 Second Annual Vernissage Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool 174 First Avenue and Bank Sandy Bulchak is a long time Old Ottawa South resident and a creative art teacher at Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool.

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Hypertension

by Sharin Mithani

CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS

Upon diagnosis of hypertension, an attempt is made to identify the cause. For the most common form of hypertension, primary (or essential) hypertension, the exact cause is unknown. However, multiple risk factors have been identified. A few of these factors include: a family history of hypertension in at least one parent, a high-sodium diet, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. If an exact cause for hypertension is identified, the condition is termed secondary hypertension. Secondary hypertension can be brought on by disorders such as: kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, various

endocrine disorders and even certain medications (Staessen et al, 2003).

EFFECTS ON THE ORGANS

Whether hypertension is primary or secondary in nature, it has the potential to affect many organs in the body, including (but not limited to) the heart, the brain, both kidneys and the eyes. Starting with the heart, hypertension is one of the most significant risk factors for developing early cardiovascular disease and even having a heart attack (also known as myocardial infarction). The heart is a muscle and is similar in some respects to other muscles in our body such as biceps. When we lift heavier weights, our biceps grow larger to compensate for the greater physical demand. Similarly, growth occurs with the heart muscle when it works chronically harder to pump blood to a higher level of blood pressure within

Illustration: Mikael Häggström / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain

High Blood Pressure

Don’t let it sneak up on you…

Though there is some natural variability in the population, normal blood pressure is classically defined as levels of less than 120/80 – the top number being systolic (maximum pressure, when the heart contracts), and the bottom number, diastolic (minimum pressure, when the heart is at rest).

Your family physician is best able to discern if an elevation from your normal may be classified as high blood pressure, or hypertension. Generally, diagnosis of hypertension requires elevated pressure readings, averaged over three to six visits, of systolic levels greater than 140 or diastolic levels greater than 90 (Chobanian et al, 2003).

and memory, among other functions (Thrift et al, 1996).

Main complications of persistant

the body. Typically, it is the left side of the heart that grows larger as it is the side that pumps oxygenated blood to the body; this chronic condition is called left ventricular hypertrophy.

Over time, the heart can eventually tire out, resulting in heart failure.

Hypertension can also lead to stroke, kidney disease, dementia and eye disease (Lorell and Carabello, 2000).

THE SILENT KILLER

Uncontrolled hypertension is sometimes referred to as the silent killer because, while often it does not cause any symptoms, it slowly damages blood vessels, which can eventually lead to organ damage. High pressure can cause stretching and injury to the inner endothelial lining of arteries (vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body). An injured inner lining attracts bad LDL cholesterol that can lead to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. These fatty plaques can eventually rupture and attract blood cells that form a clot or blockage within the vessel and ultimately lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, erectile dysfunction or kidney disease, among others.

When arteries leading to the kidneys are subjected to chronically elevated pressures, they may become damaged, resulting in less blood flow to the kidneys. This can result in two things: an even higher blood pressure, as the kidneys are responsible for eliminating excess blood volume into urine; and waste build-up in the blood, as the kidneys are one of the body’s filtration systems (Hsu et al, 2005). Finally, uncontrolled hypertension is the most significant risk factor for stroke. Stroke occurs when a blood vessel that leads to the brain either bursts or becomes blocked by a blood clot, resulting in damage to the brain. This, in turn, can lead to damage to body function, vision, speech

LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS

To prevent excessive damage to the body, various oral medications can quickly and effectively reduce blood pressure to normal levels (Law, Morris, and Wald, 2009). That being said, everyone diagnosed with hypertension should consider lifestyle modifications as advised by a family physician. This may include reducing sodium intake to less than 1,500 mg per day, reducing alcohol intake, maintaining a healthy weight, adopting the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, increasing physical activity with daily aerobic exercise, adequate potassium intake, and smoking cessation (Elmer et al, 2006). The DASH diet and weight reduction are very effective in reducing blood pressure.

The DASH diet is high in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat.

Ask your physician about these adjunct methods of controlling blood pressure. Due to the sneaky nature of hypertension, it is important to work with your family physician on an ongoing basis to find the right treatment plan for this controllable disease.

For more detailed information, please visit the following websites: http://mayocl.in/1o1ePvs www.heartandstroke.com Sharin Mithani is a resident in family medicine at the University of Ottawa and practises at The Ottawa Hospital and Elisabeth Bruyere Hospital.

References:

Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR et al. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report.

JAMA 2003; 289:2560.

Staessen JA, Wang J, Bianchi G, Birkenhäger WH. Essential hypertension. Lancet 2003; 361:1629.

Lorell BH, Carabello BA. Left ventricular hypertrophy: pathogenesis, detection, and prognosis. Circulation 2000; 102:470.

Hsu CY, McCulloch CE, Darbinian J et al. Elevated blood pressure and risk of end-stage renal disease in subjects without baseline kidney disease. Arch Intern Med 2005; 165:923.

Thrift AG, McNeil JJ, Forbes A, Donnan GA. Risk factors for cerebral hemorrhage in the era of well-controlled hypertension. Melbourne Risk Factor Study (MERFS) Group. Stroke 1996; 27:2020.

Law MR, Morris JK, Wald NJ. Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies. BMJ 2009; 338:b1665.

Elmer PJ, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM et al.

Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on diet, weight, physical fitness, and blood pressure control: 18-month results of a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2006; 144:485.

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Ottawa Food Policy Council

By Christina Marchant

The food system in Ottawa needs fixing. That’s why, for the past four years, over 300 volunteers have worked around kitchen tables, coffee shops, and boardrooms to create proposals and policy recommendations for action by the new Ottawa Food Policy Council (OFPC).

The OFPC was officially launched in October 2013. The group is working towards a food system in Ottawa that emphasizes social and economic viability and environmental sustainability through the entire food cycle. The vision is a food system in which food is celebrated and enjoyed everywhere, by everyone.

The OFPC is following the path of other local and regional municipalities in Canada, including Toronto and Vancouver. All are working to improve the food system using a mix of municipal policies, programs, and civil-society interventions. Ottawa’s Food Policy Council is a collaboration among citizens, organizations and different levels of government, with the ultimate goal of making policy recommendations on how the local food system can be improved.

The Council is independent and separate from any existing organization. Its members are volunteers, including farmers, restaurateurs, chefs, anti-poverty advocates, community gardeners, dietitians, health specialists, educators, analysts, researchers, city councillors and more.

For those not familiar with its development, OFPC was established as a result of the Food For All project: a collaborative, community-based food research and action project spanning the years from 2009 to 2012. Food for All was led by Just Food and the University of Ottawa and made possible by three years of funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Food for All provided the struc-

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ture, supports and resources, linkages to academic researchers, community partners and organizations and a forum to explore food issues together. Overseen by a steering committee, the process included representatives from community organizations and academic institutions. Over 300 community members participated in workshops, research and policy writing teams. The teams directed their own process, set the policy priorities based on evidence from academic research and other communities’ experiences and ultimately developed a set of food action plan proposals. For many volunteers, this was the first time they had engaged in the policy process (www.ofpc.ca).

Now, the OFPC is springing into action. Here are some of the things we are working on: • Inviting neighbourhoods and communities to name food security as an essential element of a livable community; • Advocating to improve access to both healthy whole food and locally-produced food through supportive planning and zoning; • Working to increase access to healthy food by people living in poverty, with particular focus on those living in “food deserts;” • Supporting healthy school food environments; • Supporting a breastfeeding-friendly city.

You can get involved. Come to our public meeting on March 24 at Dominion Chalmers Church, corner of O’Connor and Cooper in downtown Ottawa. Check out our website at www.ofpc-cpao.ca.

Become involved in a working group. Invite someone from the council to speak to your neighbours or your community association. Community participation is key to our success!

Christina Marchant is director of the Community Health Promotion & Early Years at the Centretown Community Health Centre.

“The vision is a food system in which food is celebrated and enjoyed everywhere, by everyone.”

Food in Ottawa: the facts •

Ottawa has more agricultural land within its boundaries than any other city in Canada.

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The farm population is aging – the average age of a farmer is over 55.

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Gross farm receipts within the city of Ottawa are $165.7 million (significantly more than Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal and Winnipeg combined).

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There is a resurgence of small-lot agriculture in the Ottawa region.

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Farmers’ markets are increasingly popular, as people look for local food and want to know who grows it.

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As many as 10,000 jobs in Ottawa are directly and indirectly related to agriculture – more food establishments are serving the high-quality foodstuffs produced right here, thanks to Savour Ottawa, a partnership between the City, Ottawa Tourism and Just Food.

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Hunger and lack of access to affordable and healthy foods persist for a substantial number of Ottawa residents. In 2011, 5.5 per cent, or 42,600 Ottawans, had some level of food insecurity (www. ofpc.ca).

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Taking time for a family skate on the canal and a late-season BeaverTail

Change and challenge

Glebe springs forward The March 8-9 weekend was not only a late winter opportunity to skate or walk on the Rideau Canal with friends and family but a chance, with the advent of daylight saving time, to welcome more light into our working day. In addition to ushering in a sense of awakening, opening and hopefulness, this changing of the clocks (and losing sleep) can also serve a practical purpose. The annual ritual of “springing forward” can easily be expanded to include a practical reminder that can affect our health and safety.

It’s a timely prompt to do a safety check around the home, replace batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, create or re-stock emergency supply kits for both the home and car and finally to inspect home, garage or shed for hazardous materials or expired goods. Think of this last task as an early spring cleaning that will motivate you to take a look at all the unused “stuff” that you are hankering to recycle and move on to other owners in May’s Great Glebe Garage Sale. Unburdened of clutter, you will feel lighter and more ready for change and challenge.

And change and challenge are the name of the game in the Glebe, whether you are a resident, a worker or a business owner. One of the challenges facing interested

citizens is that, while change is coming fast and furious to the Glebe, changes with respect to Lansdowne’s impact on day-to-day parking, traffic and alternative modes of transport that residents have thoroughly researched, presented, and requested of the City, have largely been met with a non-committal “wait-and-see” response. In addition, it is unclear whether even large-event strategic planning on the part of the Lansdowne partnership will be successful in transporting large numbers of fans to and from the site.

Can they really overcome the basic disadvantage of the site – location, location, location – with the plans they have in place? Finally, it would be worthwhile for the public to know who will be making the programming decisions for the Aberdeen Pavilion, the Horticulture Building and the urban park, and what criteria they will be using. Will this really become an accessible public park or will it be effectively privatized to benefit the bottom line? There are still a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of skepticism.

Keep this in mind when you ponder your election choices in the fall.

Julie Houle Cezer

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Contributors this issue Kathy Ablett Myrtle Blinn Micheline Boyle Bob Brocklebank Sandy Bulchak Katherine Carter Lee Carter Elsa Cattelan Julie Houle Cezer David Chernushenko Barbara Coyle Jean Currie Frank Dimech Adelle Farrelly Mike Francis Bobby Galbreath Katrina Geary Pat Goyeche Emily Grant Paul Green Ron Greene Marilyn Hamilton Julie Ireton Bob Irvine Will E. Jessup Erin Bender Kerbel

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Good Samaritan’s Fundraiser to ‘keep cancer kindness saves treatments coming’ winter holiday Editor, Glebe Report is a very loved part of our community.

When Sue was diagnosed with canA belated and most heartfelt thank you to the Good Samaritan who came immediately to my rescue when I fell backwards on black ice outside the post office on Third Avenue on December 30. You called 9-1-1, kept talking to and reassuring me, helped me sit up, put your coat around me when I said I was cold, stayed with me until I was safely inside the ambulance on a stretcher, then shook my hand and wished me a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

I also want you to know that I was released from the hospital only two hours after arrival, was able to leave for my winter holiday three days later and am still out of the country far away from ice and snow, but still warmed by the memory of your most helpful attention and kindness.

Dinah Showman Glebe resident

Did you know that provincial health care pays for drugs administered in hospital but not (most of the time) for those that are administered at home? As a cancer patient, I’ve been extremely fortunate that most of my drugs were covered by OHIP or my private insurance plan. My friend Sue hasn’t been that lucky. The chemotherapy drugs she needs for her lymphoma are best administered at home. As Sue points out, this is less expensive than treatment in hospital but she has been forced to pay for this life-saving treatment herself. Sue is one of the kindest, most generous people I have ever known. For many years, she worked in a local pet supply store, where she provided advice and support to countless people and their pets. She has personally rescued more than 500 dogs. I’ve never met anyone like her.

Not long ago, the store she worked for was sold to a chain and the new owners decided to lay off the senior staff. On Sue’s last day, hundreds streamed through to deliver presents, wish her well and give her hugs. She

cer, she was still without the benefits she lost when she was laid off. There are programs that help with the costs of drugs but they required that she must first drain her bank account of the money she’d received as severance pay and an inheritance from her mother. So far, she has spent $50,000 of her own money. She will soon have burned through all her savings and her inheritance. She will qualify for provincial support but will not have money to pay her rent and continue treatment during the waiting period. A fundraiser has been set up to “keep the cancer treatments coming.” You can donate online: http://www.youcaring. com/medical-fundraiser/keep-thecancer-treatments-coming/133253.

Sue’s story could have been mine.

This could happen to someone you know and love. We need to change this arbitrary line drawn by OHIP. But in the short term, let’s help Sue, who has given so much help to so many people.

Laurie Kingston Glebe resident

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It’s hard to believe it is March already! Didn’t 2014 just start? Then again, I know for some people, the snow has made for a long winter. With spring around the corner, activity is gearing up for the GCA on a number of fronts, which I am happy to tell you about.

Lansdowne Park

A few Glebe Community Association (GCA) Board members had a sneak peak “inside Lansdowne” on a tour of the site with Bernie Ashe, CEO of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), at this month’s GCA meeting with OSEG. It certainly is an impressive undertaking! The buildings throughout the site are progressing well and recently, OSEG announced a list of confirmed tenants, including Cineplex theatres (see the media section of www.oseg.ca). I think there was a sigh of relief that a tenant for the theatre building has been found.

That said, we are mindful of residents’ concerns about theatre-goers parking on Holmwood or nearby streets as well as noise following the late show. A sitewide liquor license has been applied for to cover alcohol served at the stadium and the beer garden within the stadium, and we anticipate more as restaurants begin interior development. Special thanks to Bernie for the personalized tour and his willingness in sharing information and engaging with us.

The GCA, accompanied by Old Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA) and Ottawa East Community Association (OECA) also met with the mayor to discuss Lansdowne-related traffic concerns. We were impressed that the mayor met with us for one and a half hours (we were scheduled for an hour). We presented our perspective – that greater planning and ahead-of-opening changes are needed, based on the extensive consultations conducted within our collective communities (see Brian Mitchell’s article on page 15 for more information).

Although we were disappointed (but not surprised) by the City’s continued commitment to “waiting-and-seeing,” which officials believe is the most prudent approach, the mayor did commit to a number of actions, including: • If there is resident support on Holmwood, piloting a “buffer zone” by reducing parking from three hours to one hour and implementing a guest parking permit system for those residents; • Reducing the speed limit from 50 km to 40 km on Bank Street between Riverdale and Chamberlain avenues, to make cycling over Bank Street bridge safer; • Providing a timeline to advance Glebe cycling plan elements, to encourage cycling to the site; • Implementing a Pedestrian Safety Evaluation Program for Bank/Sunnyside and contiguous areas, to improve pedestrian safety; • Working with the NCC to fast-track a signalized crossing at Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Fifth Avenue.

There are other cost-free actions we believe would be prudent to implement before Lansdowne opens rather than “waiting-and-seeing.” That said, we appreciate the advancement on these items, as well as the time the mayor took to meet with us.

Canada Post

We are also working on a few other things. With Canada Post’s plans to eliminate door-to-door mail delivery, GCA members have early concerns related to where they plan to put the “super-mailboxes” from which we are expected to retrieve our mail. Looking around our neighbourhood, we don’t see many potential locations for Glebe households, except maybe our parks. Needless to say, we are gathering information and will be developing a community-based position on the topic. I can’t imagine anyone would be willing to give up our precious green space for mailboxes!

Welcome Aboard

I was pleased to meet with Andrew Peck recently. The new executive director of the Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) sees a strong role for our local businesses in community building. We all know how important our Bank Street retailers are to our neighbourhood and so I think Andrew will be a great addition to our community team. Welcome to the Glebe!

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Based on the numerous discussions I have had with residents (and the number of comments I get about my column), I know many readers are especially interested in and committed to our neighbourhood. My interest in leading the GCA is to increase its role as a community-gathering organization, a place where residents can express their concerns and find other interested people to work with in taking care of our community. We have a lot of other issues on the go, and are evaluating activities for next year (such as a Community Design Plan). Our annual membership campaign is also around the corner. If you are interested in becoming involved, we have a place for you – whether that is a small task or something bigger – and we need your help. Drop me a line at gca@glebeca.ca so we can chat. I’ll even buy the coffee!

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Glebe Report March 14, 2014

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Keeping track of building changes in the Glebe

By Bobby Galbreath

Ottawa is constantly changing. Its population is expected to grow by up to 30 per cent in the next 25 years.

Further, the number of people in each household is expected to decline, increasing the demand for housing units, albeit more than likely smaller units. To meet the increasing need, the Ottawa Official Plan has identified “intensification” as an objective in order to guide the continuing growth.

To accommodate that ever-changing need, the rules governing building and development must also undergo modifications. It should not be surprising then that our zoning bylaws are due for a substantial revision this spring.

ZONING

Zoning bylaws govern the type of use permitted, the allowable building height and distances to property lines.

The zoning for the residential portions of the Glebe is fundamentally categorized as R3 and R4: single, multi-unit and low-rise apartments.

When the zoning bylaws change for an existing community, owners are permitted to continue with their current use as long as it was deemed legal when it was first instituted. However, because the new laws are overlaid on an existing community, subsequent changes are likely to result in conflicts

with the new regulations. To deal with those changes, mechanisms are set up at both the municipal and provincial levels of government, while locally within the Glebe neighbourhood, the responsibility of the Planning Committee of the Glebe Community Association (GCA) is to try to keep up with those changes so that a community voice can also guide the inevitable changes that occur in our neighbourhood.

12-STEP DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS

There is a 12-step Development Application Review Process that governs detailed building and site plan requirements, as well as the subsequent notification, assessment and approval process. Nearby residents and the community association are notified if any part of the development request falls outside of what is permissible according to the zoning bylaws.

It is when relief from the existing

bylaws is requested that the proposal is forwarded and presented to the Committee of Adjustment for a ruling to determine what will be permitted for that property development. This presentation is the point in the process that provides community members with an opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns.

Ideally, the community association should be brought into the assessment process early in the project. The GCA organizes meetings for residents to meet developers to discuss the possible impacts of the proposal and to provide an opportunity for a discussion among interested parties.

Next, the proposal proceeds to the Committee of Adjustment for assessment. Subsequently, there is an opportunity for appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board should one of the parties object to the decision rendered by the Committee of Adjustment. The appeal process is a rather lengthy one but usually takes less than a year.

So, in all of this, the GCA Planning Committee helps by facilitating communication among all the concerned parties and demystifying the complex planning rules as they affect Glebe residents. The GCA Planning Committee is about seven members strong and is dedicated to being a resource to the community related to zoning and planning issues. Every project is reviewed separately and community input is sought in a way that is appropriate to each proposal.

The committee also becomes involved in other activities that relate more generally to the issue of planning in the Glebe. Sometimes, for example, there is a need to represent the Glebe at meetings of other community associations or to provide input directly to the City of Ottawa within the context of ongoing development of planning practices and procedures.

We meet once a month at the Glebe Community Centre on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. and all are welcome.

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By Doug Milne

Despite our bone chilling winter weather, the Glebe Annex Community Association (GACA) elected team is out in the evenings and weekends attending to our neighbourhood concerns.

OMB news

The most eye-catching news recently has been the announcement from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) suggesting that our city councillors and the planning committee may have overstepped their authority with regard to a major development in Westboro. For details, see a February 21 Ottawa Citizen article, “OMB kills Westboro highrises; blasts city for approving ‘f lawed’ plan.” It could come to pass that, by finally coming out on the side of the residents (with good reason), the OMB may have created a heavier workload for themselves – communities across the province that have thought themselves treated unfairly might be asking the OMB members to review decisions made on specific cases.

We residents of the Glebe Annex are watching these developments closely and still remember the unpopular Council decision on Taggart’s application for the development of 265 Carling Avenue. Perhaps we can take heart that other missteps by this Council could be corrected or reconsidered. The OMB is showing its willingness to take into consideration the opinions of concerned

residents in the appeal process.

Rest assured GACA and neighbouring communities are watching, waiting and talking about this, especially as municipal elections approach. How can one think of spring without being reminded that the electioneering process is already beginning? Candidates for next year’s council will be going to the polls in the fall. In the meantime, they will be looking to gain your attention in any way possible. We encourage our residents to meet the candidates, review their positions, share your concerns and take the time to form a learned opinion on who should represent us at city hall in the next term. The GACA is not a political body but an association formed to mirror the needs, aspirations and opinions of our residents.

PARKS COMMITTEE

Our Parks Committee has had positive input as a result of January’s article in the Glebe Report on the state of our only park. Perhaps our children will not have to play on broken and outdated equipment after all. Appropriation of funds for parks is high on our agenda and we hope to have a positive report shortly.

Another positive development is that GACA has been approved to “adopt” the Dalhousie South Park. Once this approval is formally signed by City officials, we will henceforth oversee the maintenance and care of our little bit of green. GACA is investigating the possibility of opening a skating

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Glebe Annex Community Association tends to neighbourhood concerns

The Parks Committee is hoping to make improvements to the Dalhousie South Park, soon to be “adopted” by the Glebe Annex Community Association.

rink in the park for 2015. As soon as the snow clears, plans are also in place to begin small improvements to the park. The committee is actively seeking residents to assist in making our community safe, beautiful and user-friendly.

NARROW STREETS

Like many other communities, the Glebe Annex has a number of narrow streets. During winter months this creates some access and visibility issues for both drivers and pedestrians. The GACA is participating in the program operated by the City of Ottawa to identify these narrow streets.

BRONSON AVENUE REDESIGN

Also of note, the City will begin its consultation on the Bronson Avenue redesign this spring. The Bronson

approval pending

Avenue redesign is a priority for the GACA and the board will be seeking significant community input.

We strongly encourage community involvement in this process.

We look forward to hearing from you with any ideas or feedback about issues facing the Glebe Annex community, which will be provided through our website at http://glebeannex.ca/. Please take time to read our current postings on topics of interest to us all. To obtain more information or to express your concerns, contact GACA at info@ glebeannex.ca.

Doug Milne, a resident of the Glebe Annex, appreciates the assistance of Iain Wood, acting president of the Glebe Annex Community Association, in preparing this article.

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A funny thing happened at a recent www.capitalward.ca Council meeting. A developer’s rezoning application – supported at the previous Planning Committee meeting by all but one dissenting councillor – became a target for councillors who seemed to want to demonstrate that they won’t simply rubber-stamp any development proposal that comes before them. That this agenda item garnered eight votes against it (but still 16 in favour) should not be a surprise. But it was.

How did the state of planning and development in Ottawa reach this point?

A reasonable person might expect a pretty standard level of scrutiny for any application for rezoning or for additional “variances” (height, reduced setbacks from lot lines, removal of significant trees, addition or removal of on-site parking and more), first by City staff, then the councillor’s office, a local community association and maybe at a public meeting. Finally, if required, it might be reviewed by Planning Committee and Council or, in certain circumstances, the Committee of Adjustment.

The same reasonable person might expect City staff, ultimately supported

by Planning Committee/Council, to inform developers that their requests will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. This should be true whether it’s a large company seeking rezoning or a resident who wants a variance to build an addition.

One might expect changes to be approved only if a strong case can be made that neighbourhood character will be maintained (e.g. height, on-site parking, front porches), that compensatory measures will be taken (e.g. planting of replacement trees of a similar type), and that the project is compatible with the Official Plan and/or a Community Design Plan.

To some degree, this is happening. And yet it appears to most reasonable people that the norm is to approve almost anything developers ask for. In the rare instance when an application is rejected, the ultimate indignity is to then see the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) side with the developer.

How does this happen and what can we do about it? It’s easy to list examples of projects getting full “official” support over the vocal objections of a majority of residents. It’s harder to explain why and harder still to redress the balance. Councillor Diane Holmes, in a recent scathing community paper column, put much of the blame on a system that has compromised the judgment and integrity of the City’s Planning and Growth Management Department.

I see no clear evidence of unprofessional conduct, but it appears to most observers that a sort of Stockholm Syndrome has crept into the planning and development process. That may be an exaggeration, but if City planning review staff know that Planning Committee is likely to approve all but the most glaringly inappropriate proposals, and that Council will likely rubberstamp the decision of Planning Committee, and that the OMB will ultimately side with a developer on appeal, is it any wonder that even the most professional person might be disinclined to give too much weight to neighbourhood character or apply too strict an interpretation of the Official Plan?

The solution? First, staff and Council must complete the work they have been doing this term to more definitively and precisely identify the attributes of neighbourhood character that should be protected and promoted. Second, we must approve this work when it comes before Council this spring. Third, Council must give staff a good reason to be firm and consistent in the application of those tools we have created (or have always had), by conscientiously supporting the citizens who elected us.

Developers admit they will find a way to make a profit under any set of rules, but uncertainty is the biggest waste of everyone’s time and money.

I will keep working towards improving the certainty that community interests will be given top priority.

Safer crossings QED at Fifth

There’s good news for anyone who has ever risked his or her life to walk, sprint, cycle or herd children safely across Queen Elizabeth or Colonel By drives. The NCC and the City of Ottawa will collaborate to ensure that a new, signalized crossing is constructed at Fifth Avenue and QED this summer. The NCC further promises to add a crossing at Clegg and Colonel By as soon as funds are available. Though we’d also like to see the Canal footbridge built sooner than later, this is a good start.

Elgin/QED/Pretoria

Changes to the triangular intersection at Elgin, Isabella, Pretoria and Queen Elizabeth Drive (in the northeast corner of the Glebe) are meant to make it safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. I’ve been hearing that while initial changes have made east-west travel safer, they’ve resulted in more and faster vehicle traffic turning onto Pretoria from Queen Elizabeth, thus making it less safe for anyone crossing on foot. In consultation with the Glebe Community Association and local residents, City staff will soon be proposing modifications aimed at reducing traffic speed and improving visibility.

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This new rate reflects the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last increase in 2010 and is part of the provincial government’s commitment to fairness. Increasing the minimum wage will help improve the standard of living for hard-working Ontarians across the province, while ensuring that businesses have the predictability necessary to plan for the future. We are helping people in their everyday lives, while at the same time supporting a dynamic and innovative business environment throughout our province.

Our government will also introduce legislation that would tie future minimum wage increases to the CPI. This will ensure the minimum wage keeps up with the cost of living and that increases are predictable for businesses and families.

Under the proposed legislation, increases would be announced annually by April 1 and come into effect on October 1. The proposed legislation would act on the recommendations of Ontario’s Minimum Wage Advisory Panel, which included business, labour, youth and anti-poverty representatives. The panel held 10 public consultations across the province, including one in Ottawa in November 2013, and received more than 400 submissions from businesses, labour groups, workers, anti-poverty advocates, academics and individual Ontarians.

Our government is raising the minimum wage in Ontario because we believe that having a fair minimum wage is important and we are also ensuring that moving forward, minimum wage in Ontario keeps pace with the cost of living.

It is important to note that increasing minimum wage is one part of our focus on investing in people, which includes important programs like the Ontario Child Benefit, the Trillium Grant and the introduction of Full-Day Kindergarten. At $11 an hour, a single person or a single mom working full-time will now be living above the poverty line after taxes. We believe that $11 an hour is a good, fair minimum wage and by making sure that it keeps pace with the cost of living, Ontario will now have the highest minimum wage in Canada. We are very proud that we are leading in ensuring that hard-working Ontarians who work at minimum wage are getting a decent wage.

Our government is focused on helping hard-working Ontarians by ensuring fairness for people living on minimum wage and predictability for business. By establishing a transparent, fair and responsible method of setting minimum wage in the future, we are taking politics out of how minimum wage is determined.

This will provide fairness for Ontario workers and their families and predictability and transparency for our businesses to remain competitive and to succeed.

This is part of the Ontario government’s economic plan to invest in people, build modern infrastructure and support a dynamic and innovative business climate.

Read the Minimum Wage Advisory Panel’s Report and Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000.

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Your city listens – or pretends to...

By Bob Brocklebank

Residents of Ottawa are regularly invited to attend meetings or send comments to the City. Both city officials and ordinary citizens have started to ask how effective such initiatives are. Some residents have said that consultation is meaningless – that the decisions are all taken in advance and residents’ comments are ignored.

“Engagement” is the current buzzword used in discussing the way citizens and their government interact. As far back as December 2010 at the very first meeting of the present Ottawa City Council, a motion was adopted calling on city staff to “conduct an in-depth review of public engagement and report back through the Governance Renewal Sub-Committee, with a target date of the end of Q2 2011.”

Some seven years earlier, in October of 2003, the council of that day

had adopted a policy on public participation. The concept was that “community feedback is valued and used to further develop and deliver programs, services and policies in the City.” According to the 2003 decision, a list of principles was to govern how the city and its citizens would work together. A roundtable on public engagement was to be established to guide the implementation of the principles in the city’s activities.

Somehow the 2003 decision got lost in the flood of other responsibilities that faced the municipality. As a result, development of a pool of best practices for engaging citizens was never implemented and funding for the roundtable on public engagement was never secured.

Thus, many observers of the 2010 municipal scene were pleased to see that public engagement, having been left aside for seven years, was attracting interest from members of the new council. However, time seems

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to have to flown by and the Governance Renewal Sub-Committee has “Some residents have met only occasionally. (To be fair, said that consultation is that sub-committee did deal with the introduction of the lobbyist registry, meaningless – that the so it can take credit for some achievements.) Although Council’s motion decisions are all taken in called for a report by June 2011, it was only in 2013 that any sign of activadvance and residents’ ity could be detected. An outsider can only guess at the cause of the delay, comments are ignored.” but one possibility is that the “hot potato” was passed around in the city bureaucracy for two years because no one wanted to touch it.

Nonetheless, in the spring of 2013, of Citizens’ Associations (FCA), the meetings were held around the city, city-wide umbrella group for comat which citizens were asked to share munity associations) were concerned about the report and spoke up at the good and bad examples of interaction with the City. The City staff took notes FEDCO meeting. They were pleased and the press began to refer to this that a report had come forward at last process as “consultations on consulbut had expected much more. Some tation.” In this initial phase, it became Councillors on FEDCO indicated clear that the project was only to deal their surprise that their role in reprewith the relationship between citizens senting the public did not figure in the and members of City staff. Discussion report, but the only change they introof citizens’ engagement with elected duced was to require that public input officials or of the relationship of City be conveyed in its raw form, unedited, staff to members of Council was to elected officials. At full Council, clearly beyond the scope of the study. the report was adopted without debate.

Finally a report calling for a public The FCA has decided to monitor the engagement “strategy” was delivered implementation of the public engagefor consideration at the Decemment “strategy” closely, to assess ber 3 meeting of FEDCO (Council’s whether implementation is proceeding Finance and Economic Development as promised and whether the City’s Committee). The report made referengagement practices have improved. ence to the experience of other cities, For many activists, an initiative that but cited nothing specific that could began in 2013 with promise ended the be adopted in Ottawa. It indicated that year under a shadow of cynicism. guidelines and a toolkit for employees How well do you think City offiwould be developed, but little detail cials or Councillors listen to public was provided. concerns? Should anything be done Complaints heard in spring conto improve matters? Could this topic become an issue in the autumn munisultations were duly reported, but cipal election campaign? Readers of ironically had no impact on the way the Glebe Report are invited to share this report was handled. One comtheir opinions on improving public plaint was that information was participation in civic issues. Send in provided to the public with insuffiyour letters to the editor or, if many cient time to allow for a thoughtful response. For this report, as for most are interested, we could incorporate reports to Council, the public (and your views in a subsequent article. probably Councillors as well) was granted access to the report only six Bob Brocklebank is an engaged memdays prior to the meeting in question. ber of the Glebe community and is Groups already active in engaging currently the GCA representative on with the GMSElemAdGR14.pdf City (such as the1 Federation the FCA. 12/16/13 2:27 PM

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Preparing for Lansdowne traffic Some progress but also setbacks

By Brian Mitchell

Traffic signals in the Glebe are a little more pedestrian-friendly. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., you no longer have to press a button to get a walk signal to cross Bank Street. After two years of asking, the City has finally restored the signals to how they worked before the Bank Street reconstruction. They now change automatically – when a car gets a green light to cross Bank Street, so do the pedestrians. Huzzah!

This is, however, only one of three priority recommendations that the City has agreed to implement before Lansdowne reopens. These recommendations, put forward by the GCA last year following extensive community consultations, are contained in the Lansdowne Traffic Monitoring Plan that the City tabled on March 5. Most of the GCA’s recommendations were placed in a “wait-and-see” category by City staff for possible implementation one to two years after Lansdowne opens, based on the results of a monitoring program. Some recommendations, such as improved cycling routes through the Glebe to access Lansdowne, will be implemented over the next few years, but not in time for the opening of Lansdowne. The Fifth-Clegg pedestrian/ cycling bridge will not be constructed until 2020 at the earliest!

The frustration of Glebe residents with this wait-and-see approach was evident in a town hall meeting organized by Councillor Chernushenko in December; it was conveyed to Mayor Watson in a meeting he hosted with community representatives on March

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Traffic problems in the Glebe abound. One such trouble area is at the north end of the Bank Street Bridge at the corner of Wilton Crescent. On March 7, although traffic volume was low, an accident did occur at that corner immediately before the photographer arrived. This junction seems confusing and dangerous. Left lane northbound traffic turns left across the fast-flowing southbound lane of traffic while other cars and trucks are simultaneously trying to turn right onto the bridge from Wilton Crescent. (the two photos above were taken within two minutes of each other).

3rd, and then to Council’s Transportation Committee on March 5th. These forums, combined with a year and a half of monthly Lansdowne Transportation Advisory Committee meetings, have provided ample opportunities for Glebe residents to be heard. And nearly 1,000 residents had a direct say in the messaging to city hall through online and door-to-door surveys and workshops conducted by the GCA last year. Despite all this “hearing,” the willingness of the City to take proactive action on transportation issues associated with Lansdowne has not budged – if anything their “wait-andsee” position has only hardened in recent weeks.

At the end of February, the City announced a change in its position regarding on-street parking restrictions in the Glebe. Initially, City staff had indicated that residents could (like residents anywhere in the city) change parking restrictions on their street through a petition process. During the GCA’s community consultations, most residents living close to Lansdowne stated a strong preference for restricting parking on their streets to just one hour and extending these restrictions into the evening (e.g. to 11 p.m.). The rationale is to discourage visitors to the new 10-screen Cineplex or the new “destination stores” from using residential streets as a Lansdowne parking lot to avoid the inconvenience and cost of the new

underground paid parking garage.

Parking on those streets is already near-capacity, so no monitoring is required to know that there is a problem. The reason given by City officials for this change in position is that those on-street parking spaces are needed for parking during football games! So, with the possible exception of a “pilot” initiative on Holmwood adjacent to Lansdowne, they will not allow residents to change parking restrictions on evenings or weekends.

There are some silver linings to what has otherwise been a very frustrating experience in trying to work with the City to make sure Lansdowne is a success for residents and not just its operators. Besides the restored pedestrian signals, the City has agreed to implement a no-stopping zone on the south and east sides of Holmwood and O’Connor in the vicinity of Lansdowne. And it has agreed to place signs on city streets and the 417 (pending provincial approval) to direct cars to use the QED as a preferred access

route to Lansdowne (instead of Bank).

And the NCC is going ahead this year with construction of a safe crossing of the QED at Fifth Avenue.

Perhaps the greatest source of hope comes from recent meetings the GCA has had with OSEG. In February, OSEG representatives participated in a GCA Traffic Committee meeting and stressed their desire to work with the community and that being a “good neighbour” was critical if Lansdowne is to be successful. It appears they will be supporting several of the recommendations put forward by the GCA, including one directly under their control: validated parking. Shoppers at Whole Foods and movie-goers at the Cineplex will not have to pay to park at Lansdowne.

More is hoped for from OSEG in the lead-up to opening day on July 18th.

But it’s a good start.

Brian Mitchell is chair of the Traffic Committee of the Glebe Community Association.

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Spring into cross-training

Swimming

According to Steve Papai, recreation

supervisor for Brewer Pool, swimming is a great cardio workout that’s also generous on the joints. “Swimming improves fitness levels because it uses breath control. You’re more buoyant in the water so it is easy on joints,” he says.

Swimming is also great for overall toning, as it works your body from neck to toe. Aside from the fitness benefits of swimming, Papai says a lot of people enjoy the social benefits of having a pool membership.

Chinese boxing

Chinese boxing is Chinese martial arts without the trendy North American name. Sinisa Gajic, owner of Practical Chinese Boxing on Fifth Avenue, says martial arts take the balanced approach to fitness over the fast one, resulting in less disappointment and injury.“ Martial arts are no boot camp. We are not looking for maximum fitness. We lead people to gradual fitness and skill development over time,” says Gajic.

Photo: Julie Houle Cezer

Walking

Walking is the most common physical activity but, according to Statistics Canada, we don’t do enough of it. Forty-one per cent of Canadians walk less than one hour per week, but the Canadian Community Health Survey advises that to keep moderately active, one should do at least 30 minutes to an hour of walking per day.

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety recommends more walking to help improve mental health, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, ease back pain and reduce risk of heart disease and stroke. Also, adding on at least an extra 30 minutes of walking per day will help you lose about five kilograms of fat per year.

(The writer of this story lost and kept off 20 pounds last year by simply walking more!)

Braving the elements to run by the Rideau Canal in winter

Coach Sinisa Gajic demonstrating relaxed and embodied intention that underpins effective execution of Chinese Boxing

Martial arts can be practised at any age or skill level. To get fit, Gajic says people should be prepared to dedicate about an hour per day toward focused exercise with proper form, no distractions and a goal in mind. The first lesson Gajic teaches his clients is how to use breath as a means of relaxing and increasing energy. “People are often already stressed. Pushing yourself to your limits all the time is counterproductive,” he says. “Many people look for activities that increase tension on their body. I think we are already tense because of all the stress in our daily lives. So you want to relax when you train.”

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“Fencing is a super technical sport but people don’t often get injured while doing it,” says Paul ApSimon, fencing coach for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. Fencing is a dynamic sport. It’s also a plyometric exercise (jump training), with many stops and bounding directions.

“Fencing has a lot of fitness benefits.

One of the things people lose later in life is stability,” says ApSimon. “Fencing is always done in seated stance, or a half squat. We also use a ton of core work, which on its own has a lot of benefits for stability and balance.”

ApSimon says that before their first fight, people need to condition themselves by developing power, speed and balance. Otherwise, you’re look-

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Yes, it’s been a long and cold winter. For some (including this writer), the temptation to sit inside, eat chips and stream online TV shows is still overwhelming. But whether you kept active or turned into a couch potato, the Glebe Report has collected a few suggestions of enjoyable activities that will help get you moving again. You do not necessarily have to brave the winter run to get ready for more activity in spring.

Photo: Julie Houle Cezer

By Neil McKinnon

Fencing is always done in a seated stance.

ing at being exhausted after only a few minutes of work. “You really get into (fencing),” says ApSimon. “After a while of having someone with a weapon in front of you, you step back and realize how much work you’ve done.”

For more information about Paul ApSimon’s fencing classes, contact him at paul@ottawafencing.ca or 613852-3832.

For more infor mation about Sinisa Gajic’s martial arts classes, contact him at 613-233-9878 or practicalchineseboxing.com.

For more information about Brewer Pool and Arena, call 613-247-4938.

Neil McKinnon is a freelance contributor to the Glebe Report and an exercise enthusiast.

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Remember Family Day?

Some people spent February 17 on the Rideau Canal and the Glebe Report caught some of that gloriously crisp winter day on camera. How did you spend Family Day? If you are a Glebe student send us a very short story (100 to 400 words) that captures the essence of that day for you. Send your text with a photo to editor@glebereport.ca for publication. By the way, how did it compare with March Break?

Photos: Julie Houle Cezer

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GNAG Soccer, a fun league open to boys and girls, welcomes over 300 children each year, with every player receiving equal attention and playing time and a chance to play in games between GNAG-only soccer teams. We emphasize fun, a winning effort and fair play, keeping score during games but not over the season. This league is coached by parent volunteers so please sign up to help your child’s team. This is the best way to kick off your soccer season.

FRIDAY APRIL 4 IS PUB NIGHT

Four groups from the RBC Bluesfest “Be in the Band” program will entertain at our annual Pub Night and showcase. Some young Ottawa musicians could end up performing at this year’s RBC Bluesfest. For a good time and to cheer on RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band artists, step up to the Glebe Community Centre on April 4 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Cash bar for adults; light snacks and refreshments are provided.

Many thanks to Bluesfest executive director Mark Monahan who, with the help of artists Todd Snelgrove and Keith McCuaig (Ottawa Folklore Centre), launched RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band, assisted by GNAG’s Jacob Monson, Liam Meagher and Jordan Davies. This is a remarkable opportunity for the youth in our community.

GNAG / St. James Outdoor Rink ends the season with a skating party to remember!

Picture it! A crisp winter day, -11 C, and perfect ice conditions at the GNAG/ St. James community rink for our end-of-season party. Over 120 kids, parents and youth with rosy cheeks, hot-chocolate moustaches and smiling faces marked the first annual GNAG / St. James Outdoor Rink celebration on Saturday March 1. It “was the best party ever!” to quote 8-year-old Nate Wightman.

Some of the highlights included: Curling – Players big and small launched mini curling rocks (provided by the Rideau Curling Club) down a mini sheet that was “built” for the day. Thank you to Rick Collins from the Rideau Curling Club Mini Rocks program.

Tennis – Even when St James is covered in ice, John Wins-Purdy can still find a way to play tennis. He challenged St. James members to a round of tennis on skates, playing doubles in a friendly competition.

He shoots! He scores! – Ottawa police officers Andrew Moore and George Monsour came by the rink to run the “hardest slapshot competition,” won by Willem Grant with a 117 km/h puck shot.

Figure skaters and Glebe kids MacKenzie Cain (GNAG after-school alumna) and Analisa Love-Tedjoutomo, a three-time competitor in the National Champion skating competition, gave inspiring skating demos.

This year’s rink project was a huge success. It could not have happened without the commitment and enthusiasm of our staff, volunteers, friends and neighbours.

On behalf of GNAG, the City of Ottawa and St. James Tennis Club, we offer everyone a heartfelt thank you!

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Tennis on Ice, celebrating first season By julie houle cezer

Photo: cristine mcallister

The Tennis on Ice Rink Party that took place on Saturday, March 1 was a great mash-up of tennis and icesport sensibilities. Numbers grew steadily throughout the afternoon, making this a smashing celebration of St James/GNAG Community Rink’s first season on ice. Despite the chilly reminders of the polar vortex still hanging over us, in the beginning of March no less, spirits were high. The shinny hockey was energetic, tennis balls flew over the junior-sized nets and periodic ice scrapings became a co-operative effort. Skaters and observers alike were rewarded with an impressive figure-skating demonstration by Mackenzie Cain and Analisa Love-Tedjoutomo. Curling practice at the north end of the rink seemed to bring out the competitive intensity in GNAG staffers (bonspiels in the Glebe anyone?). Occasionally taking refuge from the cold in the clubhouse brought welcome warmth and holding cups of coffee and hot chocolate took the frosty edge off, soothing the windy bite to fingers. To visit or revisit the day, ponder the images.

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Reflections on Ottawa’s streetcars

by Clyde Sanger, with Ron Greene

What started as a review of Ottawa’s Streetcars, a unique reference book on Ottawa history, has rather quickly morphed into a conversation about life in early Ottawa and the role of streetcars in the development of the city, more specifically in the development of the Glebe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Starting in 1891, streetcars ruled the streets of Ottawa for some 68 years, pushing aside the valiant horses that had pulled the first effort at a street railway system since Confederation. Were the streetcars just a footnote in this city’s history? A newcomer arriving here a full decade after their demise in 1959 could easily come to that conclusion. And as just such a newcomer, I wondered whether they really played a significant part in the Glebe being developed and in houses being built there east of Bank Street.

My Ottawa-born colleague and streetcar aficionado, Ron Greene, was keen

to convince me of their importance as we perused Ottawa Streetcars together.

Reading another Glebe history classic, John Leaning’s The Story of the Glebe, it becomes quite clear that the streetcar did, in fact, play a very significant role in opening up the Glebe to visitors and residential building, albeit with some delay.

Despite Ottawa becoming the capital of Canada in 1867, economic recession in the 1870s and 1880s effectively restrained demand for land and by 1888, there were still only 43 homes in the Glebe. According to Leaning, the Glebe, located at the very edge of Ottawa, attracted attention and expansion in the 1870s and 1880s primarily for sports and entertainment.

In fact, it was not until the more prosperous years of the 1890s that any substantial steps were taken to divide land into residential lots. However, by 1891, the founders of the Ottawa Electric Railway Company (OER), Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper, embracing all things modern and elec-

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1929 - Glebe sections of Bank Street and Bronson Avenue routes

tric, managed to open a track along Bank Street. That meant that electric streetcar passengers, like those able to afford a private automobile, could travel easily to just beyond the main gate of the Lansdowne fairgrounds.

This expanded access to the park as well as to the Glebe and facilitated a period of intense development in and around Lansdowne Park as former “glebe” lands became available.

The rudimentary streetcar network continued to be extended for several decades, serving populations as far east as Rockcliffe, residents and visitors in Britannia to the west and the inhabitants of Old Ottawa South and beyond, until the streetcars were finally replaced by buses. Initially, the route ran the length of Rideau Street and down Bank as far as the Rideau Canal. Ahearn later added a loop from Holmwood around Monk Street to the exhibition grounds. No traffic problems then around Lansdowne.

The streetcar helped the process of the Glebe being surveyed and settled.

Another arm eventually reached as far as the Bronson swing-bridge over the Canal. The OER extended special lines to the Experimental Farm, the Civic Hospital… a loop past Beechwood cemetery… and for Ottawa’s version of “seaside” outings, to Britannia-onthe-Bay as early as 1900. It is thus that the OER and its successor, the Ottawa Transportation Commission, provided not only public transportation but a shared history over generations and a wellspring of personal stories associated with the streetcar.

So it is, then, that my colleague and contributor to this article, Ron Greene, was thrilled to have a chance to read in depth, Ottawa’s Streetcars, a handsomely illustrated and detailed history.

Reminiscing, Greene recounts living on Springfield Road at age eight in the early 1950s, wearing a motorman’s cap and make-believe “driving” a streetcar – using his mother’s bread-

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Emerging from under the CNR bridge going south on Bank Street

1942 - Car 832 on the Bronson Rte (E) in the storm

making pail as a handy substitute for the speed controller and a pair of saucepans, one set inside the other, for the air-brake and door-opener.

Outside, he’d wait patiently for the Lindenlea-line car to come racing down the hill from the woods up near Maple Lane. In wintertime, he’d scavenge the bamboo broomsticks shed by the snow-sweeper cars. A year later, all grown up at age nine, he was tasked with the mission of manhandling a large burlap bag carrying the family’s ailing – and loudly complaining – cat onto the tram, and delivering it uptown to the vet’s Rideau Street clinic. He gained his youthful passion (and the cap!) from his immigrant grandfather, George Page, who found work as a motorman (as many immigrants drive taxis today.) The passion endures; to Greene, such a book is a treasure.

Certainly, Ottawa’s Streetcars author Bill McKeown kept his own passion aflame through 40 years as a teacher in Japan. Amazingly he compiled this book at such a distance, and crammed every conceivable detail into its 258 pages and copious photographs. A frightful recounting of the Great Ottawa Blizzard of 1942-43 and how it stranded streetcars all over the city – along with some striking photos –make our current winter seem almost lightweight by comparison! He devotes almost half the book to a dozen appendices, the largest being a roster of every single streetcar. You can learn when steel-sided cars began to replace wooden ones (in 1924), and note how the Depression marked the end of the

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1958 - Car 819 going south on Bank Street Bridge at Lansdowne

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ories as well. “In my childhood I was obsessed first with streetcars, then the entire rolling stock of the OTC. I could rhyme off the class numbers of electric rail vehicles and of buses, and recite the details of when and where each was made. So, while Ottawa’s Streetcars presents a meticulous history from civic politics down to the machine-shop floor, one appendix enthralled me more than others – the one by Bruce Dudley entitled Remembering the OTC. “Dudley tells how he (and his other callow apprentice-drivers) grappled with learning to manoeuver these 20-ton steel behemoths, slowly advancing the controller this way, the air-brake that… and not least, learning to cope with the practical jokers (usually adolescents) who, after disembarking and out of the driver’s sight, would tug the trolley-pole tension rope just enough to pull the roller wheel off the overhead wire, thus rendering the car completely dead. That is, until the irate motorman would be forced to leave his warm perch in the car, clamber to the rear outside and gingerly stickhandle the pole (via the rope) back to its sacred spot on the high-voltage wire above.

“Dudley also recalls one night on the Britannia run, when the high speed and side-to-side motion of the old 600-series car lulled him into slumber – yet unwittingly, maintaining his hand on the “dead-man’s” control! – only to awaken in a panic after careening through several stops and level-crossings along the Byron Avenue right-of-way. Just in the nick of time, too, as the McKellar loop switch was only a stop or two away!”

Says Greene of his own lifelong fascination with streetcars, “Well, I now suspect this enduring fascination with the workings of these lowly beasts of transport was a seed planted, quite literally, in my head at the age of five, when my

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1950 - Car 650 near the east end of gantlet* track on Powell Avenue/Bronson Avenue

two-man (motorman and conductor) car. And the common question: why no series or individual streetcars had ‘7’ in their numbering? The legend persists that long ago a child was killed on the corner of Albert and Kent by car number 27, and the stricken mother persuaded Thomas Ahearn, who ran the OER, to leave out that unlucky digit on future cars.

The book is full of human stories.

The best are told over a dozen pages by Bruce Dudley, whose two grandparents and father were operators before him.

Tales of gung-ho apprentices… devilish pranksters… a frightening accident… and near misses! Also in the appendices is another delightful personal story.

“A Recollection….” tells a heart-warming, (if slightly embarrassing!) tale of the author and her older sister, when the younger was all of seven years old. The two girls were struggling against the frightful winter elements in the deep snow along the Britannia right-of-way, near the McKellar loop (past Westboro), desperately trying to get home in the storm in time for dinner. In an act of unexpected kindness, a keen-eyed motorman stopped his streetcar midblock, insisted they board and sped them on their way to deliver them home and out of their misery.

For 17 years the OER used three rebuilt, light horse-cars to deliver the mail on contract with the Post Office, and gave free rides to letter-carriers.

But the service ended after complaints that the cars (which had right-of-way) were being driven at reckless speeds, and after Ahearn wanted $15,000 a year to continue the service.

Not long afterward, automobiles were everywhere, and OER tracks were being removed even before the City and the Ottawa Transportation Commission (OTC) took over in 1949 and made short work of abandoning the rest.

Drawing on streetcar history, Ron Greene has many personal mem-

Bronson “E” Route - Bronson Avenue loop just west of Bronson Avenue one block north of the Rideau Canal

grandfather, about to retire after years of OTC service, bestowed upon my head – to my great delight! – his motorman’s braided visor cap. The old man knew exactly what he was up to! ”

(Railfare DC Books, 2006)

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*gantlet - double streetcar tracks that fold into one another

See “Ottawa Streetcars Removed Fifty Years Ago” by Carlington Enews on YouTube: http://www. youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ detailpage&v=GbqoBnhiak4

Ottawa’s Streetcars: An Illustrated History of Electric Railway Transit in Canada’s Capital City

by Bill McKeown

Glebe resident Clyde Sanger is a longtime contributor to the Glebe Report.

Ron Greene is an Ottawa-born transit aficionado with a sharp memory.

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Annual Glebe Fine Arts Group exhibit Until March 30 Linda Loder

Linda Loder combines her love of travel and photography by painting the scenes photographed on her many travels. Her landscapes, reflecting her love of the English countryside, focus on architectural elements reminiscent of England – stone bridges and walls, castles and village scenes. She shows regularly at Ottawa Little Theatre, Manotick Art Show, St. Mark’s Art Show and the Glebe Fine Art Show.

Anne Remmer Thompson

Artist Anne Remmer Thompson’s paintings in both watercolour and acrylic reflect a dramatic realism style.

Having studied at Carleton University and the Ottawa School of Art, she has received wide recognition among her peers and the public in Ottawa and eastern Ontario. Her work has been represented in numerous local exhibits and permanent collections in Canada and abroad.

Margaret Chwialkowska

Landscape pa inter Ma rga ret Chwialkowska captures in her oil paintings the splendour of the everchanging Ottawa River and the fantastical colours and dramatic textures of the Gatineau Hills. Combining pigments on canvas with a palette knife permits a spontaneous style as she aims to crystallize the magical beauty of a landscape. Well represented in art galleries and private collections at home and abroad, she is also a loyal supporter of the Ottawa Riverkeeper.

“Frigiliana, Costa Del Sol” by Anne Remmer Thompson

John Shea

Watercolourist John Shea, born and raised in Montreal, is now settled in the country north of Kingston. After studies in Montreal and Syracuse University, Shea taught visual art for 25 years in Perth, Ontario. His work now focuses on the 19th century stone architecture of Eastern Ontario. Shea exhibits throughout Ontario, including the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg.

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Eryn O’Neil working in her studio

Eryn O’Neill is living her dream

By Erin Bender Kerbel

Eryn O’Neill knew she wanted to be an artist at the age of seven. One art degree, two studios and several showings later she is living that dream, working as a successful visual artist in the Glebe.

Born and raised in Ottawa, O’Neill started taking visual art classes at the Ottawa School of Art when she was in elementary school. She continued classes all the way through high school, and eventually moved to Halifax to study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD).

At NSCAD she was exposed to many different art forms including printmaking, sculpture, and jewellery making, but has always taken to painting as her form of choice.

“Painting has just been the way I’ve best been able to express myself,” she said. “I use my paintings to express what I can’t always express in other ways.”

O’Neill is known for taking underappreciated, everyday spaces and bringing them to life through her paintings. She makes you reconsider spaces that are usually considered ugly or mundane by painting them from interesting and unique perspectives.

She’ll take an ordinary, functional structure like the Bank Street Bridge and paint it at night, using the reflection of the streetlights in the water to give it a new dimension.

O’Neill is also known for bringing interest to windows and other reflective surfaces through her use of reflective light, literally making her paintings glow. Her use of architectural images and meticulous attention to detail, along with her talent and ability to successfully create images of reflective light, results in visually interesting and captivating paintings.

Her inspiration for the idea of using art to re-create ordinary, industrial spaces came to her when she was living as a student in Nova Scotia and came across an oil refinery in Dartmouth. “I had never seen an oil refinery before, and I was drawn to it. I went over and started photographing it from the outside,” she said. “I then started using it for inspiration in different art classes I was taking, like printmaking, drawing and painting. That was what got me into working with the more urban spaces.”

In her work, she makes a point of removing all human action from the settings, allowing for a greater appre-

ciation of the spaces themselves. “By eliminating people from my paintings, I enjoy that the viewers can place themselves in it,” she said. “You would expect to see people in the environments that I paint. It’s leaving people out of the places that are usually activated by people that I find interesting.”

As for the creation of her paintings, O’Neill has developed a unique working process that involves a mix of photography, sketches, and oil paints.

“All of my paintings are inspired by photographs I have taken,” she said. “I use the photos to help generate ideas for my paintings, then I sketch a layout onto my canvas. Next, I do an underpainting that helps me see the full image. Then I layer up the oil paint.

I’m now working on learning how to put finishing coats and glazes on. As an artist, I’m constantly learning.”

Working in Ottawa and in the Glebe has been a great experience for O’Neill. Her first art studio, on Muriel Street in the Above Ground Studios, provided a great artistic environment that allowed her many valuable networking and showing opportunities.

Upon entering her new studio at 949a Gladstone Avenue, one sees huge canvases standing on easels and hung on the walls, displaying easily recognizable scenes from Ottawa.

She has used local Ottawa and Glebe scenes as inspiration for many of her paintings, including pieces based on Fratelli’s storefront, Magpie’s storefront, the Rideau Centre mall, and the intersection at Bank Street and Fifth Avenue. She even listed a local Ottawa piece as her personal favourite.

“I’m particularly proud of my painting based on the Main Street overpass of the Queensway. It’s very different from my other pieces. People have described it as really haunting and really inviting all at the same time.

It’s one of those pieces that just came together really well,” she said.

O’Neill couldn’t be happier with her experience in the Glebe art community and is excited to keep on creating in such a great surrounding environment.

One of her pieces, “The Approaching Storm,” is depicted on the cover of this issue of the Glebe Report.

Check out her work and find out about upcoming gallery showings on her website at eofineart.com.

Erin Bender Kerbel grew up in the Glebe and is now studying journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.

“She’ll take an ordinary, functional structure like the Bank Street Bridge and paint it at night, using the reflection of the streetlights in the water to give it a new dimension.”

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The new sanctuary and theatre venue in the Glebe St-James United Church

New theatre action in the Glebe

By Tom Tanner

Professional theatre in our community is something to enjoy and to celebrate.

Third Wall Theatre has announced its 2014 season and almost every performance will be in the Glebe. Two of its Empty Space productions will be at Glebe-St. James United Church and a 10-day run of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter will take place in the Avalon Studio space of The Acting Company at Bank and Second. In partnership with 100 Watt Productions, The Dumb Waiter will feature Mary Ellis and Kristina Watt, directed

by Todd Duckworth. It is a dark comedy, designed to make you laugh and keep you on the edge of your seat. The old Avalon Theatre stage, now refur-

bished by The Acting Company, has the right atmosphere for this Pinter classic. In such an intimate space, the audience is not passively watching, but caught up in the words and actions.

Third Wall’s Empty Space series celebrates the spoken word and the gift of storytelling. In October, November and December 2013 there were three Empty Space productions in Glebe-St. James. These were vivid dramatic readings of “Tolstoy’s Treasures,” French humour (“All Gall”) and “Christmas Classics.”

Each of these performances included Kristina Watt, who is artistic director of 100 Watt Productions and a teacher at the Ottawa Acting Company which has established a theatre school in the former Avalon cinema

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building at Bank and Second.

This season’s Empty Space series will begin on April 9. The title will be announced soon. On May 14, a special co-production with the Ottawa International Writers Festival will feature “Classic Ottawa” writing. In 2013, “Classic Ottawa” was a true delight and included excerpts from stories

by Ian McKercher and Brian Doyle, names very familiar in our community. Glebe-St. James United Church at Lyon and First provides a comfortable and beautiful setting for these memorable evenings. The third Empty Space performance will feature readings from Henry Beissel’s Seasons of the Blood, gripping verse that engages mind and emotion. This will be held in a smaller venue.

Third Wall Theatre has done outstanding work over the last 13 years.

This year, not only can you join the audience for exciting productions, but you can give the theatre scene in the Glebe a boost by attending the March 29 Third Wall fundraiser, the Jiggs 65 gala dinner at St. Giles Church at Bank and First Avenue. The occasion will celebrate the 65th anniversary of Newfoundland’s entry into the Canadian federation. James Richardson, founder of Third Wall Theatre, was born in St. John’s and came to Ottawa when his family moved here in 1985.

He renewed his Newfoundland connection at Memorial University in Corner Brook where he studied drama.

This helps explain the Newfoundland theme for the Jiggs 65 gala dinner.

Newfoundlander Max Keeping will be

MC of the event and Petit Bill’s Bistro, which also has roots in The Rock, will prepare the traditional fare. The evening will include a silent auction for opportunities such as tickets to the Stratford Festival. Gala dinner tickets are $100, with a charitable tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount.

All proceeds go to support Third Wall Theatre. Jiggs 65 will help keep this remarkable company “on stage” in Ottawa and promises to be a memorable festivity for mainlanders and islanders alike.

To purchase tickets for The Dumb Waiter or for the Jiggs 65 gala dinner, contact www.thirdwall.com or call 613-236-1425.

Glebe resident and audience member Tom Tanner continues to enjoy memorable evenings at local Third Wall Theatre productions. He also remembers when his primary school classroom (in London, ON) had large cutout letters on the back wall that said: “And now we are ten – Newfoundland our 10th province.”

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At the flicks with Lois and Paul The Human Scale

Documentary directed by Andreas Dalsgaard (Denmark, Bangladesh, China, New Zealand, U.S.A., 2012)

by Lois Siegel

The Human Scale considers the consequences of poor city planning and the truth of the statement: “We shape our cities – they shape us.”

Planning cities is an important undertaking. Some governments focus on making money as opposed to concentrating on the human side of life. If good design is ignored, the consequences can be destructive. For example, urban towers isolate people. Architects have learned from experience that human social interaction creates happiness. Megacities cause serious problems. Our populations are growing and people are fleeing the countryside, moving into the urban landscape. Gigacities are predicted for the future.

In the past, people lived in tribes, clans and big family groups. Now our households are smaller – often consisting of two or three people. Our lives have changed. We commute to city centres from the suburbs. We travel on crowded buses. Highrises are springing up everywhere. Small neighbourhoods, where everyone knows their neighbours, are disappearing. Once, there were shops nearby and you didn’t have to travel long distances to buy food.

Look at China, the fastest growing economy in the world. Their physical landscape is constantly changing.

Now there are shopping malls, cars and traffic jams, whereas previously, people rode bikes to commute. Now the distances from home to work are too far, so more people drive cars.

Today, cities are designed around a car culture. The Human Scale showcases improvements created in various cities around the world to make life better for their inhabitants.

For instance, Copenhagen has 350 kilometres of bike lanes.

The overall question posed by The Human Scale is: “Are we creating chaos?” Dhaka, Bangladesh is a perfect example. This megacity’s population is more than 15 million strong. It’s the fastest growing city, with half a million people moving from the countryside to the city every year.

The streets are not planned, parking is a nightmare and cars are everywhere.

The traffic looks like someone’s bad dream. Besides trucks and other vehicles, there are 400,000 cycle-rickshaws on its streets every day. It’s also in an earthquake zone.

In 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand experienced an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale and another in 2011 with magnitude 6.3. Given that most of the casualties were in high-rise buildings, they have had to tear down 1,500 buildings before rebuilding. When asked, people said they preferred lowrise structures, and they wanted a lively public centre, but the government had investment concerns.

The Human Scale warns of disaster if cities don’t face their problems now. The Danish architect and professor, Jan Gehl, has for 40 years studied human behaviour in cities. We see the increase in suicides in China, where it is said that every two minutes, a Chinese person takes his own life.

Today, 50 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this will increase to 80 per cent. The decisions we make now will affect everyone in the future.

Gloria

Directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile, 2013)

by Paul Green

Filmgoers who came out to see Gloria were well rewarded for their effort, if only because, apart from all else, we see too few films from Latin America.

And there was more to recommend this film than mere provenance.

While many movies about middle-age romance founder on the shoals of clichéd performances set to the strains of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” director Lelio steers clear of these, aided in large part by a solid performance from Paulina García.

Gloria, a middle-class divorcée living comfortably in a downtown Santiago apartment, has a good job and keeps in touch with her children. However, something is missing, a point driven home both by periodic ranting from her neighbour, who is experiencing some undefined crisis, and by the unwelcome visits of the latter’s hairless cat who seeks refuge in Gloria’s apartment.

What endears us to Gloria is that, although she might wish to find a partner, she doesn’t seem desperate or needy. At 58, she is self-composed with solid good looks and sports large round glasses that lend her an intellectual air. So one is a little surprised to find her cruising what appear to be singles bars for people of a certain age. Enter Rodolfo, a respectable middle-aged chap for whom the word avuncular might have been invented. Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández) is evidently a man of means and, as the owner of a recreational facility, he introduces Gloria to the dubious joys of paint-gun battles and bungee-jumping. (An aside here: an uncharitable observer might note that Rodolfo gives every appearance of a fellow who prospered under the Pinochet régime, but perhaps I stretch a point.) Rodolfo and Gloria’s romance proceeds apace and their intimate scenes are played with a naturalness that is a credit to both the cinematographer and the actors who register nary a hint of self-consciousness.

A word about Gloria: although something of a sybarite, she seems oddly disinclined to intellectual pursuits. One never sees her reading and we see no books in her apartment. This is puzzling because Gloria seems to have a set of intellectual friends; in one of the film’s more memorable scenes, she spends an agreeable evening in a book-lined apartment with a group of these friends, sipping wine and singing songs. There is even a discussion about the high cost of education in Chile, a point underscored later when Gloria witnesses students demonstrating against the privatization of education.

However, back to my knitting, Gloria and Rodolfo are doomed. We know this because his cellphone rings at inopportune moments, suggesting he is not as separated as he has led Gloria to believe. Too many ties to the past . . . the ancien régime perhaps? (Sorry, I can’t help it.) Gloria stumbles, hits bottom, picks herself up and carries on. And as she has reached the age where she does not suffer fools gladly, she does what a woman has to do. It is the resilience of her character and the strength of García’s performance – she is in virtually every scene – that carries this film. Think of Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman, or better yet, Giulietta Masina in Fellini’s The Nights of Cabiria; Paulina García and Sebastián Lelio are in good company.

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Two members of the five piece band, Eleven Past One

Saying ‘yes’ to a film festival at Glebe Collegiate Institute

By Elsa Cattelan

Yes, the lobby was packed at Glebe Collegiate Institute as students lined up – or rather crowded around – to buy their last-minute film festival tickets. Yes, at $5 a ticket, and all profits going to Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, no one wanted to be left out. Yes, organizers were nearly overwhelmed by the last-minute surge of buyers at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 20. Yes, it was Glebe Collegiate’s

second annual film festival and there was hype for the event. In fact, it had been building over the previous month.

Posters did their job and film-festival day brought in about 600 students … and a couple of dirty looks when the crowd blocked the office doors!

Organized and sponsored by students, the Glebe Film Festival featured short films – anywhere from 60 seconds to just under half an hour – made by the students at Glebe Collegiate. As a plus, the throng was

treated to a stand-up act by former student Louis Muthathi and to a performance by the band Eleven Past One. The band opened the show, rousing the students from their slightly sleepy states and sending a buzz around the auditorium. By the time the band left the stage, students were standing up, singing along or dancing as part of the crowd that had collected around the stage. Student-designated crowd regulators even had to pull one over-enthusiastic fan off the stage!

The band followed their opener “Light Me Up” with their all-too appropriately titled song “Wake Up,” “Tonight’s The Night,” and a cover of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up.” Cell-phone flashlight apps stood in for lighters, and a slow-dancing couple surfaced as Eleven Past One played more of their original songs, including “Heart Screams,” and finally finishing with their hit single, “The World is Ours.”

The band was a huge hit both onstage and off, taking pictures and giving autographs after the show. “It was fun to ‘fangirl’ them, ” commented one Grade 9 girl attending the film festival for the first time. Between shows, returning comedian and Glebe graduate Muthathi preformed his sureto-be-annual tradition of movie genre stand-up.

As for the films themselves, the genres varied widely. Thirteen movies were presented in total, with the audience filling out ballots to vote for their favourites. Each and every movie was written, directed and in most cases performed by students going to Glebe.

The end results were amazing. “The films were a lot higher quality this year,” says Sanjay Dhawan, in Grade 11 at Glebe. and film festival creator and coordinator. “Everyone who sub-

mitted a video worked really hard, and they came out really well.”

When all the footage had been shown and the ballots counted, the winners were: First Place : The Invited by Sanjay Dhawan is a seven-and-a -half minute horror film showing what happens when the uninvited kid snaps.

Second Place: Experiment 467

by Dylan Hunt-Weeks, written and directed by a Glebe student, was filmed in the famed Diefenbunker with characters played by professional actors. The plot follows an overworked scientist who, on yet another all-nighter, is watching cells in a petri dish grow when the world starts shaking and (like the film) ends with an unexpected twist.

Third Place : That Thing In My Wardrobe by Adara Dillabaugh, a four-minute clip, features one of the many teens who should have cleaned out his closet long ago.

“All in all, this year went way better than the last,” says Dhawan. “Things ran smoother, everything played when it should, the event itself was better … there was a lot more pre and post buzz – we even got an interview on Rogers TV – and we got some great positive student reviews.” With the help of about 10 students, the assistance of Glebe’s communication technology teacher, Ms. Rosenbloom, and of course the event’s creators, Mithun Jothiravi and Sanjay Dhawan, this year’s film festival was a success, raising $800 for CHEO. All films submitted this year and last can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/ user/GlebeFilmFestival.

Elsa Cattelan is a Grade 11 student at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

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Glebe Report March 14, 2014

St. Maththew’s Men and Boys Women and Girls Choirs

Five centuries of English cathedral music

By Margret Brady Nankivell

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St. Matthew’s concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, will be a journey over five centuries of English cathedral music. Kirkland Adsett, who selected the wide-ranging program, will direct the men and boys’ and women and girls’ choirs. St. Barnabas’s Wesley Warren will play accompaniment and an organ solo.

“St Matthew’s combined choirs and I look forward to presenting some of the finest examples of the English cathedral choral tradition,” says Adsett, St. Matthew’s musical director and organist. “The program will be extremely varied, offering works by as many as 20 of the best-known composers representing every time period of this almost 500-year-old musical tradition.”

The concert will open with “If Ye Love Me” by Thomas Tallis (15051585), considered one of England’s greatest choral composers. Tallis, who composed works for Henry VIII and his children, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, is one of several composers associated with the Chapel Royal.

And, like fellow composer William Byrd (1540-1623), whose moving “Civitas Sancti Tui” will also be sung at this concert, Tallis was an “unreformed Roman Catholic” who managed to survive the religious turmoil of the Tudor period.

Amazingly, Tallis and Byrd were granted a 21-year monopoly for printing and publishing “polyphonic music” (music with two or more lines of independent melody) by the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I – one of the first such arrangements in England.

Byrd, whose Catholicism put him at considerable risk because of links with known seditionists, was much admired by Elizabeth, a music lover and keyboard player. Byrd helped keep the tradition of Latin music alive in England and was known for his compositions of English songs including psalms, sonnets, elegies and pastorals.

He also wrote keyboard pieces, some of which were recorded by Glenn Gould, the notable Canadian pianist. Gould’s favourite composer was Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), whose “Hosanna to the Son of David” is also on the St. Matthew’s concert program.

The program includes “Nolo Mortem Peccatoris” by Byrd’s pupil, Thomas Morley (1557-1602), a member of the English Madrigal School and the most famous composer of

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secular music in Elizabethan England.

O t h e r C h a p el Roya l mu sicians whose works will be sung at the concert include Richard Farrant (1525-1580), Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and Thomas Attwood (1765-1838). Purcell, considered one of the greatest English composers of all time, was remarkably versatile and prolific. A prodigy, he may have begun composing at age nine but his earliest known piece was an ode written for the King’s birthday in 1670. “Thou Knowest, Lord,” which will be sung at this concert, has been sung at British state funerals since Purcell’s death. Purcell influenced 20th century composer Benjamin Britten (1913-76) and guitarist-songwriter Peter Townsend (1945- ) of The Who. The choir will also sing works by G.F. Handel, John Stainer, Charles Stanford and Edward Elgar.

The 20th century will be well represented with sacred pieces by Britten, John Tavener (1944-2013) and John Rutter (1945- ). Tavener’s choral interpretation of William Blake’s poem “The Lamb,” which will be sung by the choir, was included in the soundtrack of La Grande Bellezza, an Italian film nominated this year for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film. The last piece will be by Rutter, who was commissioned to write works for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee as well as Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.

Contributions through freewill offering. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, 130 Glebe Avenue near Bank Street (www.stmatthewsanglican.ca).

Margret Brady Nankivell is chair of the concert committee at St. Matthew’s.

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Living carless in Ottawa

By Adelle Farrelly

In 2011, about a year before I moved to Ottawa, I visited for a friend’s wedding. Making small talk with another guest, we found ourselves discussing driving. I confessed that I had never learned, and having made it to my mid-20s and lived in several different cities (admittedly Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver) without a license, I didn’t see any reason to go through the cost and bother of getting one now. My fellow conversationalist was appalled. “Maybe in Toronto,” she said. “But in a place like Ottawa, it’s absolutely essential. You wouldn’t survive without a car. It’s unheard of.”

I didn’t push the issue. After all, my conception of Ottawa at the time was of a quiet government town dominated by its suburbs and highways; for all I knew, she was right.

When the time came to move here, it was with some nervousness about how I was going to get around. Still, I knew from both personal experiences and countless editorials that I was not alone in having reached adulthood

sans car. Very few of my friends drove, even if they had a licence. My three sisters don’t drive, nor does my husband.

His sister does, but doesn’t own a car.

Instead, she relies on community carshare services. From the editorials I’d read, I knew that car companies have been quite bothered by this and have been attempting, for a few years now and with limited success, to woo those of us reluctant to get behind the wheel.

That conversation from a year previous remained with me, however. Maybe Ottawa was different and I would feel isolated and stranded.

Having lived here for two and a half years, I still don’t drive nor feel any particular need to start, even with a child on the way. Every now and then, I still encounter attitudes like that one from the wedding. I’ve even been called “brave” for taking the bus, and had to laugh at an article I read marvelling at an Ottawa family who blogs about not owning a car. I see people from all walks of life on the bus all the time, including families.

I can only conclude that for many in Ottawa, their image of the city has not

“‘But in a place like Ottawa, it’s absolutely essential.

You wouldn’t survive without a car.’”

–Ottawa resident caught up with their neighbours’ lived realities.

Statistics Canada backs my theory.

Their most recent data, from their 2011 Household Survey, suggests that Ottawa is far from the car-dependent city many believe it to be. Like my fellow wedding guest intuited, Toronto, at 23.3 per cent, does have the country’s highest rate of those who use public transit to commute. OttawaGatineau, however, is not far behind at 20.1 per cent, and we have two fewer transit options than Toronto does; we lack subways and streetcars. That we have a higher percentage of transit users than green, eco-conscious Vancouver (19.7 per cent) suggests that the way a city is perceived is not necessarily its reality. For example: Montreal has a wonderful reputation as a cyc-

ling paradise, but did you know that Ottawa-Gatineau has the highest percentage of commuting cyclists after Kelowna? Or that at 2.2 per cent it is nearly double the national percentage of 1.3 per cent?

It is a shame that our transit habits are not celebrated. Until they are, it is hard to imagine improvements in user experience. For a city with such high usage, we pay exorbitantly. Currently, Ottawa has the highest public transit cash fare in Canada. OC Transpo justifies this by pointing to falling ridership rates, but when one can either wait for a bus that is 10 minutes late and pay through the nose for a 10 minute ride, who wouldn’t choose the 20 minute walk up Bank Street instead (yes, this is from personal experience)? It is time for everyone to realize that although those living without a car in Ottawa are still the minority, it is a much larger minority than they might think.

Writer, editor and blogger Adelle Farrelly, in her essays on contemporary urban life, aims to capture the lived experience of her peers.

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By Barbara Coyle

When your daughter or son calls with the good news that you are going to be a grandmother, there’s a heartstopping moment when you just can’t believe your good fortune. To the delight and surprise of my daughter, I burst into joyful tears! Even friends who got this news from teenagers tell me it was a matter of seconds before they engaged as grandmothers, searching their hearts for confidence and wisdom in the new role.

For the most part, grandmothers in Canada expect a bright future for their grandchildren: health care for the birth; pre-school programming by experts in early learning and child care; community supports for special needs; age-appropriate curricula in a public education system for all; public libraries; sports activities; music education as gifts from the family or maybe with the help of local organizations.

And for themselves, grannies reach for an equally bright future. This knowledge may keep them working a few extra years, nudge them to the gym to work out, prod them to stay current with technology, may even help them endure chemo treatments, kidney dialysis, heart surgeries and stroke rehab.

High expectations and a sense of urgency ground much of the work being done by older women. Why shouldn’t every Canadian child have enough to eat, a warm snowsuit, affordable housing, access to quality child care, protection from harm and neglect? Meet a raging granny on Parliament Hill and it’s like coming home to your high-school reunion. When did we get so angry about injustice? When did we get so tired of election promises? When did we get so skilled at speaking up and fundraising?

A realization of our own good luck, coupled with our ability and will to make a difference, has propelled a movement of Canadian grannies to

stand in solidarity with grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa. It seems that the more we want for our own grandchildren, the more we also want for children everywhere. Now in its eighth year, the Grandmothers to Grandmothers (G2G) campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation has raised over $19 million. This money goes to support grandmothers who have not only lost their own children to HIV/ AIDS, but who are now raising their orphan grandchildren and others in the community with a daring we can only imagine from our comfortable lives here in Canada. Stephen Lewis calls the African grandmothers the “unsung heroes of the pandemic.”

Through exchanges between the African and Canadian grannies, both groups have learned more about each other and have grown closer as a result. We feel honoured to be friends and continue to celebrate the importance of what we are doing together.

Quite simply, we inspire each other. There are now over 240 granny groups of Canadian grandmothers and “grand-others” who are eagerly working on the G2G campaign, standing in solidarity for grassroots activities that support programs like grief counselling and health clinics. Our emails are alive with courageous conversations about this international issue.

A powerful network of more than 3,000 members, we’ve learned how to tweet, how to text and how to talk with respect about this complex and confounding issue. Our African counterparts report that by our vowing to stand with them until they can rest, by sending money from our bake sales, concerts, walks, cycles and card parties, we have inspired them as community leaders. They say, with you standing in solidarity with us, we won’t give up.

Last September at a “People’s Tribunal” in Vancouver attended by grannies from Canada and Africa, the African grannies sent out a clarion call for change: the time has come,

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Continents apart, grandmothers inspire each other

A sampling of the 25 granny groups in the Ottawa region working proudly for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign.

they said, for their rights to be promoted, protected and respected. The grandmothers gave powerful testimony that illuminated the human rights violations they’ve experienced.

And the tribunal judges, in their decisions, established that the changes the grannies are demanding are a matter of justice, not of benevolence or charity.

The African grandmothers must no longer be left to struggle alone for the survival of their communities. It is the human rights obligation of their governments, the international community and donors to ensure their protection from violence, dispossession and extreme poverty; to provide adequate health care; to ensure food and housing security; to guarantee the children’s education; and to empower the grandmothers to take a leading role in the development of policies and programs to turn the tide of AIDS in Africa.

As a result of the tribunal, granny groups are redoubling their efforts to stay the course with fund- and awareness-raising. We thank you for coming out to our concert last spring, our lunch-

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‘Putting students first’ The new semester in schools in the Trustee Ottawa Catholic School Board is well Kathy underway for those in the secondary Ablett panel. It is now time to reflect on the OCSB past semester, review priorities, and make the necessary adjustments for the remaining few months of the school year. Take the opportunity to connect with teachers and peers to help understand new curriculum. This will pave the way to a successful year!

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Students at Corpus Christi looked forward to Ash Wednesday mass at Blessed Sacrament on March 5. Easter mass will be celebrated on April 30 at 9:30 a.m.

Corpus Christi is pleased to announce that it has received a Green Apple grant for $1,000 from Metro for their sandwich program. Every year Grade 6 students make sandwiches once a month for the Shepherds of Good Hope. This is a great Corpus Christi tradition and the school is very grateful for Metro’s support.

Speaking of support – through the generous support of Kaleidoscope Books, the school recently raised $350 for the library and now has their very own Corpus Christi Rewards Program! Please support the school library by mentioning Corpus Christi when you shop at Kaleidoscope. A portion of your purchase will go toward new books for the school’s Learning Commons.

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Students at Immaculata are back into the swing of things with second semester well underway. Students, parents and staff are gearing up for the Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction hosted by the Parent Council. This event will be held during Education Week in May. The fundraiser will help to enhance student technology needed at the school. Should anyone in the community wish to donate an item or service for the silent auction, it would be appreciated if he or she would contact the main office at 613-237-2001. Many activities of this kind will be held during Education Week, which falls May 5 to 9. Please watch your school newsletter for more details of this annual celebration of Catholic education.

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Student athletes represent a cross-section of senior Gryphon students who have excelled in the athletics program.

Blue & Gold Auction to benefit Glebe Collegiate athletes “The Athletic Council is extremely proud to welcome back Glebe alumnus and Sochi Olympian, Cody Sorensen, who will be speaking.”

By Emily Grant

Glebe Collegiate Institute’s Athletic Council is hosting an exciting new event this year – the first annual Blue & Gold Auction. The event, which is open to the public, will take place at the school on March 27 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Athletic Council is extremely proud to welcome back Glebe alumnus and Sochi Olympian, Cody Sorensen, who will be speaking. There will be door prizes, a silent auction and a live auction.

Local businesses have been extremely generous, donating a wide variety of auction items including gift certificates to restaurants, stays at hotels, gym memberships, massage packages, jerseys and rounds of golf at presti-

gious local golf courses, to name just a few. Proceeds from the event will go to support Glebe’s outstanding athletic programs and help fund a bursary to support Glebe athletes in future post-secondary pursuits. Alumni, community members, parents and students are encouraged to come out for a great evening in support of Glebe’s student-athletes as they “strive for the heights.”

Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

For inquiries, contact Dave Malowski (david.malowski@ocdsb.ca) or Emily Grant (emily.grant@ocdsb.ca).

Emily Grant is a teacher-advisor for the Glebe Athletic Council (as is David Malowski).

WestEnd Voices and the power of music When WestEnd Voices appears in concert on March 19 to raise money for school programs at home and abroad, Glebe Collegiate students will be playing – or rather singing – their parts. And this fifth anniversary WestEnd Voices concert will be the biggest yet!

The choirs of Glebe Collegiate Institute, Nepean High School and Bell High School will combine to create a choir of more than 250 voices. They will be accompanied by musicians from Lisgar High School’s string program, as well as by students from the University of Ottawa Music Department. That will be almost 300 of Ottawa’s youth, all working together to use the power of music to care for those in need.

On the program is the Ottawa debut of Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass and the

2012 Juno Award winning Sepia Fragments by Canadian composer Derek Charke. This fundraising event has sold out for the past four years, raising over $9,500 for two school programs in Kenya and local high school music programs. Donations of canned food are also accepted during the evening to support the Ottawa Food Bank.

Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 in advance from any of the participating secondary schools. For further information please contact teacher Lee Carter at lee.carter@ocdsb.ca or OCDSB Communications at 613-7211820.

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Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

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WestEnd Voices performing in 2013 at Southminster United Church. This year, the combined choirs from Bell and Nepean high schools will be joined by 110 singers from Glebe Collegiate Institute.

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The Glebe according to Zeus

In the land of Glebe

A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe

In The Language Garden the turning of the season

By Adelle Farrelly

Zeus forges surprising partnership!

Interview by Zeus

Zeus: Good morning, Dr. Young and Dr. Morgan. Tell my readers about the new GiddyPigs-Pretoria Pet Hospital partnership and the Nonko Fund.

Dr. Young : Thank you, Mr. Zeus.

I’m – I’m just – it’s just such an honour to meet you in person!! I – I – Dr. Morgan: If I may interject, King Zeus? The Nonko Fund was established by a client many years ago to memorialize her beloved pet – Zeus: Don’t you mean “roommate”?

Dr. Morgan: Oh yes! I mean roommate. My apologies! I read your treatise on the master-pet dialectic, and I wholeheartedly support the fight against the tyranny of the owner class!

Zeus: Scratch my chin and we shall dwell no more upon your egregious memory lapse.

[Enter Drs. Kia Nielson, Karlee Craig, and Michael Mossop.]

Zeus: Ah good, just in time to clip my nails.

Dr. Mossop: Yes, Mr. Zeus. Right away!!

Zeus: Mossop, don’t forget to polish after you clip! I shall just have to finish the interview myself so you can concentrate! Now, the Nonko Fund helps quadr upeds

obtain medical treatment when they face financial challenges. This year, with the help of the GiddyPigs donation of $3.28, the fund raised over $1,500 through donations and calendar sales. We discuss each case in depth and then a decision is made regarding treatment. To be clear, we do not discriminate – even stinky cats are accepted. And last month we even saved a rude dog!

Dr. Nielson: Yes, that’s correct, Oh Honourable Zeus!!

Zeus: Now of course, we send the guinea pigs to Zurich for treatment.

We don’t want a conflict of interest to arise, given so many GPs work in the surgery, correct?

Dr. Craig: Very true, Greatest One. Our speciality is with cats and dogs. However, in emergencies we can help guinea pigs or other smaller quadrupeds. For example, we recently administered a parsley IV drip to the Boscoe family who suffered severe dehydration after eating too many beavertails.

Zeus: Excellent. We’re finished.

Dr. Young – I shall be lunching today at Earl’s Variety on Strathcona; please call my driver.

To support the Nonko Fund, please send a cheque to Pretoria Pet Hospital, 16 Pretoria Ave, Ottawa, ON K1S 1W7, 613-565-0588, or just drop by. www.pretoriapethospital.com Not every quadruped is as wealthy as Zeus!

With winter dragging on and on as it does in this part of the world, we end up with more than a bit of specialized vocabulary. Sometimes it is silly – by now we all roll our eyes when we learn of an impending “snowmageddon.” Other terms are less alarming but, as they come up so often in connection with extreme weather, are worth thinking about. One such term is “polar vortex,” the alarmist weather mot du jour. Sometimes words become used so frequently in particular contexts that we can lose sense of their most basic meaning. In this particular case, polar is fairly straightforward: relating to the pole (for us, the North Pole).

What about vortex?

For the most part, the meaning of vortex has remained unchanged for centuries – millennia even. Its most basic meaning is tied to water: a violent whirlpool.

From this we have the destructive, swirling imagery we’ve come to associate with angry, frigid air masses. The spelling in Latin is even the same. There is a little more to this otherwise simple story, however. Vortex is a variant spelling that diverged relatively early on from “vertex,” which also has stayed with us with its spelling intact. In addition to the whirlpool meaning, vertex (from the verb vertere – to turn) eventually came to mean “the highest point,” used equally for the summit of a mountain and for the top of a head, and “the turning point,” as well as a geometric term. Vertere also gives us “versus,” interestingly enough, which in Latin meant both turned toward and turned against. For vertex, vortex, and versus, the key is turning.

With that said, here’s to the end of polar vertices and the victory of spring versus winter in the turning of the season.

Adelle Farrelly is a writer and editor who delights in digging up the dirt on words and their roots.

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Calling all poissons d’avril

Winter warming stations coming to the Glebe

By Liz McKeen

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Details to be released April 1

By Lotta Tongueincheek

Glebe residents will see innovative, eco-friendly warming stations installed across the neighbourhood in time for next winter’s cold snaps.

Using cutting-edge technology, bus shelters in the Glebe will be retrofitted to provide jets of warm air for OC Transpo riders waiting for their bus on chilly winter days. The hot air will be delivered directly to the bus shelters through special pipelines from the House of Commons and the Senate.

The Glebe was chosen to serve as the pilot for a proposed new national program. Named HarHar (Hot Air Recycled And Happily Reused), the joint federal-provincial initiative will see hot air from legislatures and municipal council chambers across the country being harnessed to warm transit riders during Canada’s harsh winters. Ottawa’s contribution will come in the form of billboard ads it will place at bus shelters. The ads will promote job creation programs that don’t exist or are scheduled to roll out five years down the road.

“Parliament Hill is an inexhaustible source of hot air. Harnessing this renewable resource is a key part of building a sustainable energy future for Canada,” stated environmentalist Noah Totarsands. Fellow

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eco-activist Wanda Gogreen shares Noah’s enthusiasm for the initiative.

While lauding the move, Gogreen expressed concern that the hot air may be accompanied by spikes in methane production – typically associated with male bovine digestion products – especially in the run-up to elections.

At the behest of Councillor David Chernushenko, the hot-air dispensers will include nozzles for bicyclists to fill their tires. Design consultants believe they have found a way to allow the hot air from Parliament Hill to cool sufficiently to prevent bike tires from bursting.

The program is inspired by sidewalk billboards in Brazil’s major cities. The signs offer cooling mists – at the push of a button – to passersby during the country’s frequent hot spells. Environmental groups argue that Ottawa could copy Brazil’s technology simply by recycling all the cold water it regularly throws on green initiatives.

The assistance of Bob Irvine in the preparation of this article is appreciated.

April Fools’ Day, or All Fools’ Day (known in French as poisson d’avril, or April fish) has ancient but obscure origins. Some believe it dates from 1582 when France adopted the Gregorian calendar and began mocking those who persisted in thinking April 1 was the beginning of the New Year, as per the old Julian calendar. But marking this time of year with merriment may date from ancient Roman times, with a festival appropriately called Hilaria, or perhaps even the ancient Hindu festival of colours called Holi – or from our general urge to break out and rejoice in spring.

Most of us remember pranks like sticking a “kick-me” sign on someone’s back, or putting a whoopee cushion on a teacher’s chair. But one of the bestknown large-scale pranks was the famous 1957 BBC “spaghetti harvest” hoax. BBC news reported that Switzerland was experiencing a bumper spaghetti harvest due to the elimination of the spaghetti weevil. The item was accompanied by photos of peasants picking ripe spaghetti strands off trees. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree, to which the reply was, “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”

In 1977, The Guardian published a seven-page supplement on the little-known republic of San Serriffe, consisting of several semi-colonshaped islands, the two largest being Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse – an elaborate typographical joke.

In 2008, the CBC Radio program As

It Happens interviewed a Royal Canadian Mint spokesman about plans to replace the Canadian five-dollar bill with a three-dollar coin they were calling a “threenie.” In 2013, the Belleville, Ontario website featured news of the imminent merger of Kingston and Belleville to form a “mega city,” and Twitter came up with this announcement on tweets: “Fitting your thoughts and descriptions of meals into 140 characters is hard. Solution: take out the vowels.”

How will you mark April Fools’ Day? Let us in on the joke. Send your best pranks to editor@glebereport.ca.

Liz McKeen is copy editor for the Glebe Report, a short-story writer and a freelance editor who relishes a well-turned phrase.

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“‘There are old mushroom hunters and bold mushroom hunters, but no old, bold

Tramping through the lowly world of mushrooms

by Frank Dimech

Mushrooms have been considered to be mysterious and magical. In many cultures, the simple fungus has been used as a food, or as a poison, or as a powerful hallucinogen. Specific types of mushrooms have been difficult to identify because, depending on the time of year, its location and what stage of its growth, any variety of this fungus can be mistaken either for an edible mushroom or a poisonous toadstool. I will provide recommended identification guidebooks on the safe selection of edible fungi for the firsttime and more-experienced mushroom collectors. Again, even with the best

mushroom hunters.’”

illustrated and photographic field guides, it can be very chancy and difficult to match a specimen in the field with its photo in the guide. It is recommended that you do your collecting with an experienced professional. As one professional remarked, “There are old mushroom hunters and bold mushroom hunters, but no old, bold mushroom hunters.”

Before I introduce the field guides, I wish to share some of the titles I enjoyed reading. Chanterelle Dreams, Amanta Nightmares by Greg A. Marley (Chelsea Pub, 2010). Marley, a professional mushroom expert, relates in his wonderful stories, how the mushroom has shaped the cultures of many societies across the world. He entertains the reader with the history, uses, abuses, pleasures and dangers of the humble mushroom. In the popular Mira Ginsberg picture book, Mush-

room in the Rain (Aladdin Books, 1990), an ant, a butterfly, a mouse, a sparrow and a rabbit magically take shelter from the rain, all fitting under the same mushroom. For older readers, The Tanglewood Terror by Kurtis Scaletti (Yearling, 2012) tells the classic nightmare story of two brothers, Eric and Brian, who stop a giant, glowing fungus threatening to eat their town, Tanglewood.

While we have books on mushrooms of the world and on North America, for practical and appropriate usage, I will focus on two exceptional books that identify species of mushrooms particular to our local collectors. The first is Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada by George L. Barron (Lone Pine Pub, 1999), a full-colour photographic field guide to over 600 mushrooms and fungi of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. This must-have reference book is really for the serious Ontario mushroom hunter.

The second book is Mushrooms of Northeastern North America by Alan Bessette (Syracuse University Press, 1997). It is essentially an academic reference field guide (582 pages!) that describes nearly 1,500 species of mushrooms arranged in major groups based on similarities in their appearances.

If you do not expect to trudge all day in the woods, besides purchasing morels at the market, you can

actually grow your own varieties at home! Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets (Ten Speed Press, 2000) shows how to start your own mushroom production, providing healthy, delicious fungi anytime you want. There is also a DVD Let’s Grow Mushrooms (RRVideo, 2007) that shows step-by-step instructions on equipment, maintenance, etc., on the pleasure of mushroom growing.

Now that you have found your fantastic mushrooms, how shall you prepare them for appetizers, snacks and meals at home? Generally the first place to look would be a vegan cookbook. Did you know you can make a nutritious, healthy, inexpensive paté from mushrooms? The mushroom hunter will appreciate looking at The Wild Table by Connie Green (Viking Studio, 2010) which features mushroom recipes. For the urbanite looking for interesting festive dishes for holiday family celebrations, I recommend Quick and Easy Vegan Celebrations

by Alicia C. Simpson (Experiment, 2010). Your guests will be pleased with your wonderful meals! The above titles are available at the Ottawa Public Library as books, e-books and DVD’s.

Frank Dimech is a librarian at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

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by Ildiko Sumegi

As parents of young children, we can sometimes find ourselves in a bedtime-story-reading rut. Old favourites no longer sparkle as they once did, and we begin looking around for something to take their place. Why not try something new – well, to be more precise, something quite old, but perhaps new to you? Fairytales or folktales have entertained children and adults across the globe for hundreds of years.

The stories themselves belong to no one person in particular, as they are passed from generation to generation, often changing along the way.

If The Cat in the Hat has worn out its welcome of late, and you are looking for something different to read to a little one tonight, here are a few books that may soon become old favourites.

They are all folktales that have withstood the repetition of generations of storytellers. Morality, strength, wonder and fear shine through these stories, the past lighting up the present.

I would consider them appropriate for children four to six years old, although older children may enjoy them as well.

Copies of each book can be found at the Ottawa Public Library.

“Fairytales or folktales have entertained children and adults across the globe for hundreds of years.The stories themselves belong to no one person in particular, as they are passed from generation to generation, often changing along the way. ”

The Boy From the Dragon Palace (Albert Whitman & Company, 2011), retold by Margaret Reid MacDonald and illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa This is a retelling of a Japanese folktale involving a snot-nosed little boy who blows his nose to magical effect! When a poor flower-seller makes an offering of flowers to the Dragon King under the sea, he is given the gift of this snotty-nosed little boy who begins granting wishes – wishes upon wishes upon wishes – until the flower-seller sees no further need for him and sends him back (without so much as a “thank you”) to the Dragon King. Obviously, this is quite the wrong thing to do when you have received a gift from the

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Dragon King, and the flowerseller finds this out, much to his dismay.

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Dial Books for Young Readers, 1981), retold by Verna Aardema and illustrated

by Beatr iz Vidal This book opens a window onto a different world – the drought-stricken Kapiti plain in Kenya. It is a retelling of a Nandi folktale using cumulative rhyming verse. The story tells of a horrible drought and how a lone cattleherd takes matters into his own hands, fashioning an arrow to shoot down the rain. Beautiful illustrations and lovely use of language convey a story of quiet heroism.

How Chipmunk Got His Stripes (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2001), retold by Joseph and James Bruchac and illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey Versions of this tale are told among the Cherokee, Abenaki, Mohawk and Seneca. It is billed as “a tale of bragging and teasing.” Bear does the bragging and Brown Squirrel the teasing, which leads to an explanation of how Brown Squirrel acquired stripes and became known as Chipmunk. This story’s appeal lies not only in the amusing storyline, but also in the opportunity to create voices for Bear and Brown Squirrel.

If you do read this book to a little one, may I suggest a booming voice for Bear and a squeaky voice for Brown Squirrel? Your audience will be thrilled.

Little Red Riding Hood (Barefoot Books, 2012), retold by Lari Don and illustrated by Célia Chauffrey As far as children’s picture books go, this one is an edge-of-your-seat thriller and certainly not for the faint of heart. Grandma really does get eaten (so does Little Red Riding Hood), and if you don’t know how it is going to end, you may be forgiven for being a little bit nervous. Although not graphic, the wolf’s fate in this version is a bit grisly, so caution is advised for sensitive listeners. Having said all that, this is a Grimm brothers classic and possibly the most exciting book my little guy has come across in a long time – an instant favourite.

Ildiko Sumegi is a Glebe resident, mother of two boys, and owner of a well-used library card.

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WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults)

AUTHOR

Man and Other Natural Disasters 1

Nerys Parry

The Building of Jalna 2

Mazo de la Roche

Hellgoing 3

Lynn Coady

Second Watch

J.A. Jance

4

Winter of the World

Ken Follett

5

Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight 6

M.E. Thomas

The Book of Secrets 7

Fiona Kidman

The Places in Between The Bone Man

Rory Stewart

8

Wolf Haas

9

A Test of Wills 10 Book of Negroes

Charles Todd Lawrence Hill

11

Are You Somebody?

The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman 12

Nuala O’Faolain

Annabel: A Novel 13

Kathleen Winter

TITLE (for teens)

AUTHOR

And Then There Were None 14 Homicidal Aliens and Other Disappointments Gregor the Overlander

Agatha Christie 15

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Brian Yansky Suzanne Collins

Junie B. Jones series 17

Barbara Park

Divergent

Veronica Roth

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Abbotsford Book Club Broadway Book Club Can’ Litterers OnLine Audio Book Club: www.DearReader.com OnLine Fiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com OnLine Nonfiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com Helen’s Book Club OPL Sunnyside Branch Adult Book Club OPL Sunnyside Branch European Book Club OPL Sunnyside Branch Mystery Book Club OPL Sunnyside Branch Second Friday Adult Book Club Seriously No-Name Book Club The Book Club Glebe Collegiate Book Club OnLine Teen Book Club: www.DearReader.com OPL Sunnyside Branch Guysread OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club 7-9 OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club 10-12

If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at grapevine @glebereport.ca

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WORSHIP SERVICES

Photo: Julie Houle Cezer

CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic)

St. Giles Presbyterian Church, corner of Bank and First, will hold its Spring Rummage Sale on Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Reduce, reuse, recycle?

Let’s say – rummage sale!

By Jean Currie

The old-fashioned church rummage sale is still a popular way to reduce our negative impact on the environment. My congregation, St. Giles Presbyterian, and several other Glebe churches have held rummage sales for many decades. We take part in the Great Glebe Garage Sale every year but our rummage sales continue as well. There is always more to sell, customers always come to buy, and we find enough volunteers to operate the sale. Obviously rummage sales fill a community need.

When you donate stuff to a rummage sale you benefit by freeing up space in your closets, garage and basement and on your bookshelves.

You can also feel good knowing that someone else will benefit from your extra stuff. It won’t go to the landfill before it’s time.

When you buy things at a rummage sale you have the satisfaction of finding a bargain and supporting the work of the church. Our customers include all kinds of people. Students setting up a first apartment, young families looking for toys and games, low-income folk who need to stretch their budget with good-quality used clothing, book-lovers looking for a good read, and people with an eye

for collectables and antiques. There is an unexpected treasure waiting for just about everyone. I remember the delight of a customer who spotted a casserole lid. No dish, just the lid. She had broken her lid from the same brand of casserole dish just the week before! What were the chances?

After a sale, the leftover clothing is sorted and given to the Ottawa Mission, women’s shelters and the Canadian Diabetes Society. Some household items are simply left outside with a “Free” sign and generally disappear quickly.

Everyone can be part of this winwin-win endeavour. Come to our Spring Rummage Sale on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Giles is at the corner of Bank Street and First Avenue.

You can also donate gently used, clean clothing, books, toys and games, linens, and household, garden and kitchen items. Please contact the church office at 613-235-2551 or by email at office@stgilesottawa. org during the two weeks prior to the sale to set up a drop-off time.

Let the rummaging begin!

Jean Currie has lived in the Glebe for nearly 34 years and is a member of St. Giles Church.

What can you donate?

A general guideline might be: “Would I give this item to a friend or relative?”

Things we cannot take because they don’t sell •

TVs and computer parts – even if they work perfectly

•

magazines and text books – even last year’s are out-of-date

•

exercise machines and electrical appliances in need of repair

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Pastor: Fr. Galen Bank, CC

Associate Pastor: Fr. Francis Donnelly, CC

Worship: Saturdays, 4:30 p.m.

Sundays, 9:30 a.m., 11a.m., 8 p.m.

ECCLESIAX

2 Monk Street, 613-565-4343, www.ecclesiax.com

Pastor: Cameron Montgomery

Worship: Sundays, 11:07 a.m., Worship Palette

FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

Fourth at Bank Street, 613-236-1804, www.fourthavenuebaptist.ca

Minister: Rev. Cheryle Hanna

Worship: Sundays, 10:45 a.m.

GERMAN MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH

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Pastor: Friedrich Demke

Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m. (in German)

GLEBE MINYAN (Jewish Renewal Community)

612 Bank Street, 613-867-5505 Spiritual Leader: Rabbi Anna Maranta

GLEBE SHUL (Orthodox Jewish Community)

21 Nadolny Sachs Private, 613-869-8481, www.glebeshul.com

Rabbi Michael Goldstein, glebeshul@gmail.com

GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH

650 Lyon Street South, 613-236-0617, www.glebestjames.ca

Ministers: Rev. Sharon Moon & Rev. Howard Clark

Worship: Sundays, 10:30 a.m.

(Wheelchair access, FM system for people with impaired hearing)

OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH

600 Bank Street, 613-594-4571, www.ottawa-ocuc.org Minister: Rev. James Chang Worship: Sundays, 1:30 p.m., English Bible 2nd and 4th Saturday, Family worship

THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quaker)

91A Fourth Avenue, 613-232-9923, www.ottawa.quaker.ca Clerks: Jonathan Segel and Carol Dixon Worship: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship

ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Bank Street at First Avenue, 613-235-2551, www.stgilesottawa.org

Interim Moderator: Rev. Susan Clarke

Worship: Sundays, 10:30 a.m.

ST. MATTHEW’S, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE GLEBE

130 Glebe Avenue, 613-234-4024, www.stmatthewsottawa.on.ca

Rector: The Rev. Canon Pat Johnston

Worship: Sundays, 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist; 10 a.m.

Choral Eucharist For more information on the worship services with the community of your choice, consult the website provided above or call for details.

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Right relationship with First Nations

By Marilyn Hamilton

Reconciliation … right relations … land claims … residential schools … restorative justice … human rights ...

Idle No More. What does it all mean?

The outreach committees of Southminster and Glebe-St. James United Churches found that they had a common wish to know more, do some reflection and provide a setting for public discussion with some of the people who have been at the forefront of these issues, building understanding, witnessing to make sure justice is being done, engaging in a full spectrum of advocacy and working towards healing for all of us. Such focus suits the tradition of contemplation during Lent, before Easter.

Monday, March 17 will see the second of a series of discussions, alternating between Southminster and Glebe-St. James, and ending on April 7. This is a chance for residents of the Glebe, Ottawa South and others to listen, ask questions and learn.

I asked Gabrielle Fayant, one of the speakers, about her passion and about what was the most important step to be taken. “I feel the greatest need right now is for all Canadians to learn the untold history of Canada that is not taught in mainstream education. For example, the doctrine of discovery, treaties, residential schools, and current day aggressive assimilation tactics and systemic racism. …

These important historical facts and events need to be understood by all in

“‘The doctrine of discovery, treaties, residential schools, and current

Photo: Anne Whitehurst and Dawne Smith

What does it mean?

day aggressive assimilation tactics and systemic racism. …

These important historical facts and events need to be understood by all in order for us to progress together in the true essence of what treaties initially represented – peace, friendship and mutual respect.’”

–Gabrielle Fayant, vice-president of the Odawa Native Friendship Centre

order for us to progress together in the true essence of what treaties initially represented – peace, friendship and mutual respect.” Her passion comes from “wanting more for our next generations” and the answer for her was learning truth.

Here is a preview of discussions to come in the series: Monday, March 17, 7 p.m., GlebeSt. James United Church, 650 Lyon St. S. Rev. James Scott, the general council officer for residential schools for the United Church, is actively involved in the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. He will share some of his insights

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about the past and hope for the future.

Monday, March 24, 7 p. m., Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave. Ed Bianchi, program manager at KAIROS Canada, will speak about the laws and policies that govern our relationships with indigenous peoples, including the Indian Act, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Monday, March 31, 7 p. m., GlebeSt. James United Church Dr. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada, will speak about the welfare of First Nations children and the case currently before the Human Rights Tribunal dealing with this concern.

Monday, April 7, 7 p. m., Southminster United Church Gabrielle Fayant, vice-president of the Odawa Native Friendship Cen-

tre, will speak about the Idle No More movement. Her presentation is entitled: “Sit-in: Idle-No-More: The Past-The Present-The Future.” Now in her mid-twenties, Gabrielle has shared her inspiration and enthusiasm serving on local, regional and national advisory committees such as the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Youth Advisory Group, and working for a variety of national Aboriginal organizations.

There will be no admission fee for these events. Freewill donations will be gratefully accepted.

For further information: Glebe-St. James United Church: 613-236-0617 or www.glebestjames.ca.; Southminster United Church, 613-730-6874 or www.southminsterunitedchurch.com.

Marilyn Hamilton is chair of the Christian Outreach Committee at Glebe-St. James United Church.

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GRAPEVINE CALLING GLEBE ARTISTS! The GLEBE ART IN OUR GARDENS AND STUDIO TOUR 2014 will take place July 5 6. For info and an application form please send an email to: glebearttour@ hotmail.ca - Applications from Glebe artists accepted until April 30.

This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Drop off your GRAPEVINE message or COMMUNITY NOTICE at the Glebe Report office, 175 Third Avenue, including your name, address and phone number or email grapevine@glebereport.ca. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

LOG DRIVE CAFÉ AT ABBOTSFORD (950 Bank St.) with Caroline Balderston Parry & David Baril, Fri., Mar. 28, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Fri., Mar. 28, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Admission: $7 at the door (Doors open at 7 p.m.). Coffee/Tea and treats will be on sale, courtesy of the Abbotsford Members Council.

MUSICAL POTPOURRI WITH THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CONCERT BAND under the direction of Rocco Romeo.

Sun., Mar. 30, 1:30 p.m., St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 174 First Ave. Info: http://www.nccb.ca/news01.html - Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors and students (at the door).

COOKING WORKSHOPS. Want some cooking inspiration or help for your particular food tastes or needs? Gather your own small group, choose a date and let me inspire you with a customized healthy cooking workshop!

Lucette Ouellette, RHN lucette@ viatanutrition.ca - www.viatanutrition. ca - 613-261-1609.

KEVIN DODDS GALLERY AND STUDIO (www.kevindoddsart.com) - GRAND OPENING – Sat. and Sun., Mar. 29 and 30, 1 to 4 p.m., 1101 Bank St. Throughout the weekend, there will be art demos, discussions with the gallery artists and 10% discount on most artwork.

LADY EVELYN 3RD ANNUAL USED BOOK FAIR, Thurs., Apr. 10 – Sat., Apr. 12. Open to the Public: Thurs. & Fri., 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. and Sat., 9 a.m.

– 3 p.m., Main Foyer, Lady Evelyn Alternative School, 63 Evelyn Ave. Featuring the popular shopping bargain: “Buy a bag for $25 and Fill It”.

Book donations accepted Mar. 24 – Apr. 4. Please no computer manuals, Reader’s Digest, encyclopedia or magazines.

LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS’S SERIES AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St. - Mar. 26, 1 p.m. - Annelise Duval, RD/Dt.P, a Registered Clinical Dietitian will be presenting “Simply cook and enjoy! - Serving up practical advice on cooking and food skills from food and nutrition experts.” Admission is $2.

NEW OTTAWA DOLL SHOW, Apr. 5, at the Ernst and Young Centre, 4899 Uplands Dr., 10 a.m. - 4: p.m.; featuring dolls, toys, teddy bears and miniatures. Admission: a cash donation to the Ottawa Food Bank (min. $2).

OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ottawa South Community Centre, 260 Sunnyside Ave. Our Favorite Perennials is on the program for the Apr. 8 meeting. Robert Wolodarski, will discuss perennials that love the sun and those that favour shady areas.Info: O.S.C.C.: 613-247-4946 or Marilyn: 613-7300597.

OTTAWA INDEPENDENT WRITERS MARCH MEETING AND SPEAKER EVENT: COMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS AS LITERARY ART. Mar. 27, 7 p.m., a panel of experienced comic book and graphic novel artists and publishers will share their experiences in the field. Good Companions Seniors’ Centre, 670 Albert St. $10 for guests. Info: www.oiw.ca or 613425-3873.

TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., Mon., March 31 - Paul Heinbecker is a former Ambassador of Canada to Germany and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations. He will share his experiences promoting Canada and Canadian foreign policy. Refreshments served at 9:45 a.m. Talk begins at 10 a.m. sharp. Cost is $3.

USED BOOK DROP OFF, Sat., Mar. 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friends of the Farm (www.friendsofthefarm.ca) are holding a used book drop-off for a June Book Sale. No magazines, encyclopaedias, or text books. Bldg. 72, Experimental Farm, Arboretum. Info: info@friendsofthefarm.ca of 613-2303276.

VEGETABLE GROWING POSSIBILITIES IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE LECTURE, Tues., Apr. 8, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Building 72, Arboretum, Central Experimental Farm. In this first of five in the Friends of the Central Experimental Farm Garden Lecture Series, Judith Cox will give ideas and tips on making the most of your vegetable space and what to do about common pests in the vegetable patch. - Individual lectures: FCEF Members $12, Non-Members $15. - Lecture series: FCEF Members $50, Non-Members $60. To register or for information e-mail us at info@friendsofthefarm. ca or call (613)230-3276.

OTTAWA BRAHMS CHOIR (http:// w w w.t h e r e n f r ews . c o m / t h e o ttawabrahmschoir/id3.html) under direction of Denise Hawkins presents Schubert Mass in G, as well as works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms and more, on Sun., Apr. 27, 3 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle, 2345 Alta Vista Dr. Reception follows. Info: 613-749-2391 or 819-568-8169.

Y CYCLE FOR STRONG KIDS – (http://www.ymcaywca.ca/specialevents/87/) invites you to take part in Y Cycle for Strong Kids, an indoor cycling fundraiser supporting the health of children, youth and families in our community, Mar. 23, 10 a.m.

- 2 p.m., Taggart Family Y & Carlingwood Y. To participate, each person must raise $100, in addition to the $50 registration fee. To register or for more information, call 613-237-1320 ext. 515 CHILDREN’S THEATRE FESTIVAL Canterbury Drama Program, Saturday April 12. Shows from 10 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Family friendly with fun shows, magic, prizes, face painting.

Ages 4–10. Adventure, excitement, comic characters in a festival produced, directed and acted by Grade 11 drama students. Six shows - Winnie the Pooh, Wiley And The Hairy Man, Trouble Toes, Messy Princess Melody And The Problematic Pixies, A Family For All Seasons and A Pirate’s Tale. Shows are 30-40 minutes in length. Magic by the Great Gabe Roberge. Free Admission, donations welcome. INFO: contact Jeff Lawson at 613-731-1191 ex.596 or email childrenstheatre2014@gmail.com.

available HOUSE CLEANING - Experienced cleaning lady available to clean your home. I am very organized, efficient, honest, and respectful. I offer a professional service. Dusting, vacuuming, mopping floors, kitchen, bathroom (s).

For more info, phone 613-234-7960.

for sale ANTIQUE DINING ROOM TABLE AND CHAIRS. The dining room table is made of oak with a mahogany inlay. The table is 42” x 66” with three additional 1’ wide extensions.

There are six chairs, one being an armchair. Price is $895. Info: 613233-8177.

Where to find us In addition to free home delivery, you can find copies of the Glebe Report at Abbas Grocery, Acorn Nursery, Adishesha Yoga, The Arrow & the Loon, B.G.G.O., Bloomfields Flowers, Booster Juice, Brewer Arena, Brewer Pool, Bridgehead, Brittons, Brown’s Cleaners, Corner Bar and Grill, Douvris Martial Arts, Ernesto’s Barber Shop, Escape, Farm Team Cookhouse and Bar, Feleena’s, The Flag Shop, Flight Centre Travel, Forno Antico, 107 Fourth Avenue Wine Bar, Francesco’s Coffee Company, The Flour Shoppe, The French Baker, Glebe Apothecary, Glebe Community Centre, Glebe Fashion Cleaners, Glebe Meat Market, Glebe Pet Hospital, Glebe Smoke Shop, Glebe Tailoring, Glebe Trotters, Glebe Video, Hillary Cleaners, Hogan’s Food Store, Il Negozio Nicastro, Irene’s Pub, Isabella Pizza, Jericho Café, Kardish Foods, Kettleman’s Bagel Co., Kumon Centre, Kunstadt Sports, Magic Mountain, Marble Slab, Mayfair Theatre, McKeen Metro Glebe, Mister Muffler, Morala’s Café, Naji’s Lebanese Restaurant, Olga’s Deli and Catering, Pints & Quarts, The Palisades, The Pantry, Pet Valu, Queen Mother Maternity, ReadiSetGo, RBC/Royal Bank, Reflections, Roast’n Brew, 7-Eleven, Scotiabank, Second Avenue Sweets, Shafali Bazaar, Silver Scissors, Spa Royale, Subway, SushiGo, Third Avenue Spa, Von’s Bistro, Watson’s Pharmacy and Wellness Centre, The Wild Oat and Yarn Forward & Sew-On, The Works, ZaZaZa Pizza.

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Experienced teacher to work with students at any level (K-12) in Mathematics and/or Study Skills. Please call 613-234-6828.

designing new work, repairing old - 40 years experience contact Richard, 613-315-5730, alextech@magma.ca www.conscientiouscraftsmanship.ca

HOME RENOS AND REPAIR - interior/exterior painting; all types of flooring; drywall repair and installation; plumbing repairs and much more.

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