Glebe Report October 2023

Serving the Glebe community since 1973 October 13, 2023 www.glebereport.ca TFI@glebereport ISSN 0702-7796 Vol. 51 No. 8 Issue no. 558

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Lansdowne 2.0 update $419M cost, $300M in new taxpayer debt

By Carolyn Mackenzie Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, like his predecessor Jim Watson, is eager to highlight successes at Lansdowne. He’s right that Ottawa residents have enjoyed great events and enjoyable moments – at least those who managed to get there despite the transportation challenges.

However, is this enough to ask taxpayers to inject another $419 million into Lansdowne and take on another $300 million in new debt? Are the benefits of Lansdowne 2.0 enough to outweigh these considerable costs?

To be clear, Lansdowne 2.0 is not on the table because Lansdowne 1.0 has been a great success; quite the opposite, the first go was a financial failure, losing about $10 million every year.

On the Friday afternoon before Thanksgiving weekend, the City released a staff report of over 200 pages, making some changes to the proposal and recommending approval.

In the updated proposal, the City abandoned its long-held assertion that this project will be “revenue-neutral.”

So, what will City Council decide next, given the conditional approval in principle last June was contingent on the project being free? Unfortunately, the City has indicated no plans for public consultations or avenues for clarifications before Council’s decision.

Here are the key elements of the proposal: • two high-rise towers of 40 and 25 storeys. A third tower has been removed.

• 10 per cent of units will no longer be affordable housing; instead, the City will get a $3.9-million contribution to build affordable housing elsewhere.

Artist’s rendering of the revised Lansdowne 2.0 plan on the city website

• $145 million for new north-side stands, with no roof.

• $210 million for a new 5,500-seat arena which will displace the berm/toboggan hill and part of the Great Lawn.

• Adding about half the public space lost to the arena where the third tower was to go.

• 50,000 sq. ft. of new retail space

rather than 100,000 proposed earlier.

The proposal does not include new transportation solutions, even though trouble getting to and from Lansdowne has been a significant barrier to its financial success. There is little mention of the expected seven-plus years of major construction on the site.

On social media, some supporters

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ABBOTSFORD.....................................13 BIKES.................................................. 17 BIRDS.................................................35 BOOKS..........................................22, 23 BUSINESS.......................................3, 20 CAPITAL PARK...................................... 7 EDITORIAL............................................4 ENVIRONMENT...................................16 FILM........................................24, 25, 32 FOOD................................................... 21 GLEBOUS & COMICUS ����������������������33 HEALTH...............................................36 HOMES & TREASURES ���������������������34 LANSDOWNE....................................1, 2 LETTERS............................................... 5 MUSIC........................................... 26-28 POETRY QUARTER.......................18, 19 REMEMBERING.................................. 31 REPS & ORGS....................... 6, 9-13, 29 SCHOOLS..............................................8 SCOUTS.............................................. 37 SENIORS.............................................14 SPOTLIGHT.........................................20

MYSTIC CARNIVALE, ABBOTSFORD FUNDRAISER........................ OCT. 12 6 P.M., HORTICULTURAL BUILDING IMOO FESTIVAL........................................................OCT 13-15 7 P.M., GLEBE-ST. JAMES CHURCH WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THIS OLD HOUSE?....................... OCT. 14 9 A.M.- 4:30 P.M., HERITAGE OTTAWA DOMS NOON-HOUR CONCERTS...............................................OCT. 18, 25 12 P.M., SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, SEVENTEEN VOYCES............. OCT. 20-21 7:30 P.M., ST. MATHEWS GCA MONTHLY MEETING................................................................ OCT. 24 7 P.M., ONLINE LUKE WELCH, LIVE FROM THE GLEBE........................................... OCT. 28 10 A.M. & 3 P.M., GLEBE-ST. JAMES CHURCH LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL................................................... OCT. 28 11 A.M., BYTOWNE CINEMA HALLOWEEN PARTIES.................................................................... OCT. 29 2:30 & 6 P.M., GCC SABOTAGE..........................................................................................NOV. 9.

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of the project blamed the removal of one tower and downsizing of another to 25 storeys on pressure on the City from NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) in the Glebe who oppose so much new development. The Glebe Community Association recognizes there is a housing crisis and supports the Article continued on page 2

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LANSDOWNE

Lansdowne 2.0 Continued from page 1 City’s housing objectives, including affordable housing and the addition of some residential additions at Lansdowne. But it has also expressed concerns about overcrowding and reduction of greenspace which could make Lansdowne less appealing to the

visitors whose spending is needed to make it a financial success. Those concerns are not unique to the Glebe; they were expressed even more strongly by the City’s Urban Design Review Panel (UDRP) in July. It recommended getting rid of one tower and scaling back

Artist’s overview of the revised Lansdowne 2.0 plan

another. However, the staff report did not mention the UDRP recommendations, allowing some to conclude the decision was driven more by local opposition than by the City’s own expert panel. That silence is not helpful to informed discussion given the significance of this change to the plan.

Taxpayers could bear the burden of hundreds of millions in new debt if this new plan fails. It will cost an estimated $16.4 million annually to pay interest on that debt for the next 40 years. The staff report also acknowledges the City is likely to encounter timing issues in getting its share of cash flows from the so-called “waterfall,” the proceeds from its partnership with OSEG. This is because significant returns aren’t expected until the latter half of the next 40 years. This mirrors the situation with the initial Lansdowne redevelopment.

So, the big question: How will the City manage the financial burden over the next 20 years, especially with so many other budgetary pressures?

In a report to City Council last May, staff suggested, “The risk of revenue neutrality being impacted is very low,

as long as the business plan and funding strategy as proposed in this report are implemented.” Isn’t that like saying, “Everything will go as planned, as long as everything goes as planned”? It is crucial that we demand more critical analysis and a more credible solution that strikes the right balance between updating Lansdowne’s sports facilities and addressing other pressing needs in Ottawa. We need a plan that continues to offer fun and enjoyment while remaining financially sustainable.

The City’s Planning and Finance Committees will vote on this plan on November 2, with full Council expected to hold a final vote on November 10. I urge you to reach out to Mayor Sutcliffe and Councillor Shawn Menard immediately and encourage residents from other parts of the city to contact the mayor and their own councillor. We are all taxpayers, and it is our money.

Let us insist on having a say in how it is spent.

Carolyn Mackenzie chairs the Glebe Community Association planning committee.

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BUSINESS

Acting and pilates classes come to reborn Avalon Theatre

By Joey Walsh The Glebe’s Avalon Theatre, steeped in history and memories, has a new lease on artistic life as it welcomes the arrival of the new Ottawa Acting Studio and The Mat Lab by Glebe Pilates.

The Avalon was built in 1928 for live theatre, then evolved into the Glebe Theatre to show movies. It sat at the corner of Second Avenue and Bank, but it is barely recognizable as an old theatre now because of the businesses that took over at street level. The new occupants will move in upstairs, over Feleena’s and Home Hardware.

Acting classes aren’t just for actors!

John Muggleton, acting director of the Ottawa Acting Studio, is excited about the new location.

“There’s an undeniable magic in this historic space that has inspired generations of actors,” he said. “We can’t wait to ignite the imaginations of our students here.”

Muggleton has been an actor, director and acting instructor for over 30 years. He is also an award-winning playwright, whose plays have been produced worldwide. Two years ago, he opened the Kanata Acting Studio and, after it proved successful, he decided to expand with a second location in the Glebe, a neighbourhood where he is no stranger. For the past five years, Muggleton has been GNAG’s manager of adult programming. Though he’s stepping down from that role, he and his team will be working closely with GNAG to offer new programming for all ages.

John Muggleton and wife Dana Truelove in the new Ottawa Acting Studio in the Avalon Theatre PHOTO: JANEY MUGGLETON

Ottawa Acting Studio will offer afterschool, evening and weekend acting classes for young children, youth, teens and adults, including the very popular afternoon classes for those 55 and over. You don’t need to be an aspiring actor to sign up.

“People take acting classes for many reasons, not just to train as actors,” Muggleton explains. “Taking an acting class is a sure-fire way to become more self-aware, more confident, more spontaneous and even more fun. These classes are also a great way to meet people. At the very least, you’ll kill at your next office social!”

The studio officially opens October 30, but registration is open now for the exciting lineup of acting classes for November and December. For more information, please visit www. actottawa.ca.

Wellness takes centre stage

Next door, on the other side of the second floor of the old Avalon, another venture has taken shape where

The Mat Lab by Glebe Pilates opened on October 2.

wellness takes centre stage. Opened on October 2, The Mat Lab by Glebe Pilates is making the most of the historic theatre’s architectural charm for yoga and mat pilates classes. With super high ceilings and exposed brick walls reminiscent of New York loft-style buildings, this space is a haven of tranquility and wellness.

Amy Kowalik, the heart behind the studio, describes their new home as “the perfect hangout – a cozy retreat nestled in the heart of the Glebe. When you step inside, the collective reaction is just ‘wow.’ It’s that perfect mix of charm and character, creating an atmosphere where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. It truly is the dream space.”

Offerings are carefully curated to cater to a diverse spectrum of fitness levels and wellness goals. In the pilates classes, you’ll discover a fusion of strength-building exercises emphasizing core stability and body alignment.

From beginner-friendly mat workouts to advanced sessions, the certified instructors guide you through a pilates experience tailored to your abilities.

A Career Worthy of a Celebration In March of 1975 a young Lori (Delmer) Killeen from Second Avenue in the Glebe decided to turn her part-time job into a full-time career. And the rest, as they say, is history. Davidson's Jewellers has been fortunate to have Lori on staff for nearly 50 years. She has helped countless members of her community celebrate birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, births and so many other special occasions.

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On the yoga front, the studio provides a sanctuary for both seasoned practitioners and beginners alike.

Immerse yourself in the art of yoga with their skilled instructors who lead classes ranging from dynamic Vinyasa flows to restorative Yin sessions. Here you can explore mindfulness, enhance your flexibility and find inner peace amidst the tranquil ambiance.

They will be introducing an eclectic variety of workshops in the new year.

Stay tuned.

Visit www.glebepilates.ca for more info.

A shared entranceway, a journey through time

The shared entranceway of the new businesses has received a tasteful revamp, preserving the nostalgia of the theatre’s glory days. Art deco tiles have been added, and the walls are adorned with vintage posters that hark back to the golden age of the cinema.

Joey Walsh is an actor, writer and stand-up comedian who can be seen regularly at comedy clubs across Ottawa.

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EDITORIAL

Images of the Glebe

Business

Buzz

Goody Mart now open at 593 Bank Street. Vintage clothing store.

Kintsugi Laundry Therapy now open downstairs at 779 Bank Street, former home of Hillary’s Cleaners. www. laundrytherapy.ca The Mat Lab by Glebe Pilates is now open in the Avalon Theatre, 738 Bank Street. “Your new home for pilates and yoga where you can connect, energize and unwind.” 613-869-0317.

Ottawa Acting Studio, 738A Bank Street “practical and supportive acting classes . . . taught by some of Ottawa’s most experienced acting instructors, our studio provides performing arts classes for all ages, levels and areas of interest.” actottawa.ca.

Koyman Galleries Pop-Up is the new occupant of 796 Bank Street, formerly Rag & Carbon. Rag & Carbon is available online at ragandcarbon.com.

Home Hardware’s crumbling roofline being fixed and now is as good as new!

PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN

Priorities? What priorities?

Children who grew up in the Glebe and started school at First Avenue, Mutchmor, Corpus Christi and Glashan, then went off to Glebe Collegiate, Immaculata, Canterbury or Lisgar have deep roots in this neighbourhood. They know it from the inside out. They biked its streets, hung out in its parks after dark. Went to GNAG after-school programs. All their childhood and teen memories are here, for good or ill. When they think of home, we’re it.

And yet, they cannot live here.

Houses in the Glebe are now beyond anyone’s reach except for the independently wealthy or well-established lawyers, executives and entrepreneurs. With simple, ordinary houses well into the million-dollar-plus range and with interest rates

now boosted to untenable heights, even those who live here would not be able to afford their own house if they didn’t already own it. We see for ourselves that more and more people on the edge in this city are being tipped into homelessness, including children.

There’s something wrong with this picture. No, it’s not a unique Glebe problem – the same thing is happening throughout central Ottawa. But it’s especially acute in the Glebe.

At the same time, the City of Ottawa and City Council are seriously contemplating an almost half-billion-dollar expenditure on the (yet again) redevelopment of Lansdowne, doubling down on the sports venues and high-rise condos owned by billionaires and shaving more off the

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Browns Crafthouse is now open at 640 Bank Street, former home of Boston Pizza. www.brownscrafthouse. com 613-695-6580. “Locally focused casual restaurant.”

Kumon Math and Reading Centre is open at 591A Bank Street. “Afterschool academic enrichment program.”

little-remaining green space. (Digression: Lansdowne used to be a public space with potential – now it’s a soulless enclave of chain restaurants, dead retail and high-rise buildings overshadowing the two remaining heritage buildings.)

Where are our priorities? As citizens of Ottawa, can’t we do better? Could that very large tax expenditure go towards, say, real affordable housing?

Perhaps that’s a naïve thought, I don’t know – but at some point, surely real values must come into play. We know in our hearts what’s important. Shelter is one of the “necessaries of life.”

And if those tax dollars were spent on real housing for real people, would we not feel a lot better about ourselves?

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LETTERS / EVENTS

Our Volunteer Carriers

At long last!

The Percy Street bridge on Highway 417 will be replaced between October 19 and 24, according to the contractor Kiewit Dufferin Midtown Partnership. Highway 417 will be closed from October 19 evening to October 24 morning. Chamberlain will be closed from Bronson to Percy from October 15 to November 1. Percy Street, closed for many months, is expected to reopen to pedestrians and cyclists on November 6.

Biking not a one-size-fits-all panacea Editor, Glebe Report Re: “Biking a win-win-win,” Glebe Report, September 2023.

I would like to take issue with Tom Trottier regarding his letter to the editor, “Biking a win-win-win” (September 2023).

Yes, it’s a great idea to bike everywhere, for those who are fit enough to do it. But what about the infirm, those who have health issues and the elderly? Not everyone is able to “bike, skate or walk downtown,” as he puts it, or anywhere else.

This has to be taken into account when one is enthusiastically promoting bike riding as a panacea for good health, speediness and a strong economy.

Sadly, this attitude caters only to the fittest and excludes a whole section of the population whose need to get about is just as important. Surely, a much more inclusive attitude is appropriate. It starts by realizing that there is no “one size fits all” solution to this problem.

Wendy Davies

Doors Open for Music at Southminster Noon-hour concerts every Wednesday at Southminster United Church on the corner of Bank and Aylmer Avenue. Free will offering.

October 18 Across the Waves Pianist Stephen Runge performs barcarolles and other works from the last two centuries inspired by waves, water and the ocean.

October 25 Lyric Living The Resonance Ensemble, led by Peter Woods, grooves and swings effortlessly and joyously, looking for the unexpected and finding the lyrical quality in every moment.

Autumn In the Glebe

By Josh Rachlis | SparkTheGenius.com

After two years of virtual tours, the 2023 CAPITAL REGION MODEL RAILWAY TOUR (CRMRT) returns as an in-person event. We have lined up over a dozen layouts in Ottawa and Gatineau that illustrate some of the best model railroading in the region.

Save the date: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2023.

No inflation here! Admission is still only $10 for the day, and persons 15 years old and younger can see the trains for free.

Because the Tour requires entering layout owners’ private homes, we must ask everyone who wishes to visit the layouts to register with the Tour first.

For more information about Tour registration, please visit our website at capitaltrains.ca We hope you will join us on the 2023 in-person Tour.

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GACA

10th

ANNIVERSARY EDITION

GACA’s Party in the Park Playing parachute with Monkey Rock singer Jennifer PHOTOS: GABRIELLE DALLAPORTA

Sharing stories and a meal at the benches

Neil and Gabrielle at the crepe table, waiting for their next customers PHOTO: AVERY STEINBERG

By Sue Stefko The Glebe Annex Community Association (GACA) somehow picked a perfect day to host our 2023 Party in the Park. In a summer marred by smoke, heat waves and thunderstorms, September 9 was amazing – clear, sunny and “juuust right,” not too hot and not too cold.

The event celebrated GACA’s 10th anniversary. We were lucky to welcome every president since our founding in 2013, each of them saying a few words about what the community and association mean to them. That portion of the event culminated in our founding president Sylvia Milne leading a group of youngsters in bashing a piñata, a piñata she made herself! There was also a GACA trivia game, with

skill-testing questions about the association and the neighbourhood, and a cake-cutting ceremony to pay tribute to our first decade as an association.

The highlight of the party was the children’s band Monkey Rock, which was a big hit, especially with the younger crowd. The children listened to music, sang songs and played a parachute game as part of the festivities.

Dalhousie South Park was an ideal location to accommodate the various ages and interests of partygoers.

Many adults enjoyed chats at the park benches, older children played on the park equipment and the younger children gathered at the sandbox to enjoy Monkey Rock.

The party featured some favourites from last year’s party, such as Gabrielle and Neil’s home-made crepes made fresh on site. Our trusty barbecue team of Richard, Avery and David were back as well, grilling hot dogs for the hungry crowd. The party also included some grassroots community participation, with Heidi, a Butterflyway Ranger with the David Suzuki Foundation, handing out native seeds and plants with detailed instructions

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As a rather optimistic bunch, we assessed the crowd as the biggest ever at a Party in the Park. It’s an assertion we seem to make every year, but it could well be true this time! We estimate that about 100 people flowed through, which is encouraging for such a small community. We were especially pleased to see so many students join us this year, possibly because we held the party after Labour Day. This is something we will consider for future parties.

Both during and after the Party in the Park, we received some terrific feedback from appreciative neighbours. GACA works hard for the neighbourhood by trying to improve local development projects, promote safety and traffic-calming, and provide information on issues that impact the neighbourhood. However, what many people seem to appreciate most is when we bring people together at our events, and the feeling of community and inclusiveness they inspire. Our parties are occasions where we can connect with neighbours, share stories and discover what we have in common.

Buoyed by this success, we are

Neighbours excited to try the crepes

already planning our next event. While it’s expected to be a bit more modest, we plan to hand out candy at Halloween, also at Dalhousie South Park, which seems to be the hub of our small but close-knit community.

Sue Stefko is vice-president of the Glebe Annex Community Association.

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COMMUNITY

Echoes of Irish hospitality in the Glebe

Capital Park was the scene in September of a lively, musicfilled and well-fed neighbourhood party attended by some 500 people (left). Jaason, Ariane and Éloïse Geerts (above).

Capital Village Party

By Jaason Geerts

rooms, who can blame them. However, we struggled to find a pub (or living room) that could accommodate a fleet of Cozy Coupes and Master Chef Marc’s massive grill.

Venue-wise, the park it would have to be, we decided, and fortunately, unlike the perpetual drizzle that keeps the fields lush and the events indoors on the Emerald Isle, the weather gods shone favourably upon us.

In response to the open invitation, it seems word did indeed spread, and estimates of the number who gathered reached towards 500.

Four classic hospitality features likely account for the record-setting turnout.

First, the giant bouncy castle. Instead of the waves of Viking and English invaders that Irish castles attracted, the party version, partially sponsored by Dominique Milne (Engel & Völkers), summoned children of all ages, as well as a dozen or so overzealous parents, the true test of its structural integrity.

Second, ample food and drink. What we lacked in the signature boiled potatoes and vegetables, we made up for in hot dogs, thanks to a generous donation by Rebecca McKeen and McKeen Metro, sausages and a medley of other grillables that guests brought to share.

“I have to say,” confessed a father from our daughter’s daycare, “we’ve lived in a neighbourhood not far from here for seven years now and we’ve never really felt a sense of community there. But this. . .” His eyes swept across the motley horde of party goers peppered across Capital Park, basking in the late afternoon sun on a September day, while the band played Dylan’s version of “Forever Young,” and he concluded, “This is amazing”.

Idyllic as it was, I couldn’t help but agree. That’s why we love it here.

And though I couldn’t perfectly pinpoint the impetus, in that moment, I was reminded of the many years I spent in Ireland.

The Irish have a deep-seated tradition of hospitality that begins with welcoming old friends and visitors alike. The hosts of the second annual Capital Village Neighbours Party – Marge McIsaac, local celebrity D’Arcy McGuire, Ariane, Éloïse and me – attempted to extend this tradition, inviting local residents and friends, including members of the Buy Nothing community, assuring everyone that all were welcome.

In Ireland, hospitality normally happens in the local pub – and given the size of many Irish living

Third, the music. As the national symbol (the harp) suggests, no Irish gathering is complete without some bonny tunes. All afternoon and into the evening, the sweet sound of saxophones, drums, guitars and vocals filled the air. Performers included Dan Mooney, Joe Brounrigg, Jeff Rixx, The Dirty Sheep, Sally Oubine, Chris Brietner, Mike Walkins, Mark Vukas, Mike Hamer, Mark Peters, Gerry Yamensky and D’Arcy, Chris, Molly and Erin McGuire. With three father/daughter combinations included, it showed how music gets passed down among generations.

Fourth, the company. The atmosphere felt like a whole party of welcoming hosts dedicated to ensuring that everyone who turned up was included (and fed).

This is a defining character of our neighbourhood which gives it that village feel in the middle of the city and inspired us to plan the party in the first place.

Thanks to all who attended, to our sponsors McKeen Metro and Domique Milne, to our musical guests, to grill master Marc and to all those who contributed to the party’s success and reminded me of the best of Irish hospitality. Until next year!

Jaason Geerts is a relative newcomer to the Glebe and one of the instigators of the party held in Capital Park bordered by Ella, Craig and Newton streets.

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With the school year now in full swing, students have settled into their classes, and one of the Glebe’s newest educational institutions, Blyth Academy, has settled into its third year at its new campus.

Blyth Academy The Glebe is a private school located in Lansdowne Park on Bank Street, beside the west entrance to TD Place. The school moved to the Glebe after starting out in Westboro.

“We started in Westboro, and we just grew out of our place,” says Chris Masson, a teacher and marketing coordinator at the school. After reaching a point where classes were being run in two different buildings, the school decided to move somewhere that could accommodate a growing student body, and its new location in the Glebe fit the bill.

The school serves students from around the Ottawa area in grades 8 to 12, teaching the curriculum set out by the Ontario Ministry of Education, with students ultimately working towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

With a student population around 80 and an average class size of 12, Blyth Academy’s calling card is its individualized learning experience for students. Students can construct a unique academic plan that fits their learning style and interests. Also helping to deliver an individualized experience is the school’s emphasis on flexibility.

“We provide an array of different learning opportunities and platforms,” says Masson. “Some of our students will be taking classes here in school and taking online classes.”

Online classes are delivered in a selfpaced format through Blyth Academy Online or in a live, teacher-led format

through Blyth Academy Orbit. For Blyth Academy Online courses, students have access to regular office hours and teacher support via tutoring and are given 365 days to complete the course. For Blyth Academy Orbit and traditional in-person classes on campus, flexibility is further achieved by employing the “quadmester” structure, which splits the school year into four terms and gives students the opportunity to register at the start of any term.

The school is a part of the larger Blyth Academy network, “the largest network of private schools in Canada,” according to the school’s website. Established in 1977 by Canadian entrepreneur Sam Blyth, Blyth’s early days were rooted at the intersection of education and travel, offering bike tours and later a variety of educational travel experiences. In 2002, it opened its first high school in Canada in downtown Toronto and has since grown to include eight campuses throughout Ontario, with Blyth Academy The Glebe being the most recent addition to the network. Blyth Academy also has schools in Washington, D.C., Florence and Doha, Qatar.

Blyth Academy’s ethos of experiential education comes into play at the Glebe campus in a number of ways.

One is through the school’s Launchpad program where students in grades 8, 9 and 10 learn critical school and life skills. Everything from effective note-taking to building a budget to changing a tire to the basics of 3-D printing is covered in a program that is part of the daily school schedule, just like any other class.

“It’s a really positive program that gets students outside of the mandatory credits they have to achieve,” says Masson, who has been a teacher at the school since its days at the Westboro campus.

Masson notes that the school embraces a philosophy of “the community is campus.” There is no better manifestation of that than the annual graduation ceremony held on the field at TD Place. “Parents can see their kids up on the big screen when they graduate, and it really makes for a special day for everyone.”

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Glebe House Tour a sellout!

We’ve all done it. On a nice evening walk, you happen to walk past a home with a big window and can’t help but peek. Then you think to yourself, “Wow, I love how they have their TV mounted! And look at that amazing piece of art. If only I could get a closer look!”

You take mental notes and try to recreate it at your own place but wish you had more inspiration. Well, the Glebe House Tour fed all our design desires and so much more. It was my first House Tour, and it was an amazing experience. The event sold out with 400 guests on the tour!

To the owners of the five gorgeous homes, thank you for donating your houses for the day. This event would not have been possible without your generosity.

We extend heartfelt gratitude to those who made our event a resounding success. Committee members deserve applause for unwavering dedication and hard work. Special kudos to co-chairs Suzanne McCarthy and Basia Vanderveen for their outstanding leadership and tireless efforts in steering the ship.

Our house leaders – Katrin Trost, Wendi Cibula, Mel Vaz, Julie Lafrance and Suzanne McCarthy – were

caring and informative, ensuring that every guest had a memorable experience. We couldn’t have asked for a better team.

A big shoutout goes to Cindy Scott, our sponsorship representative, whose exceptional efforts helped us raise more funds than we ever imagined possible. Cindy, you’re a fundraising wizard!

Our tea ladies Cindy MacDonald and Jane Graham added a touch of warmth and charm that was simply delightful – pinky fingers up!

Finally, to the volunteers, one of whom was my mom, who told me it was the highlight of her fall, thank you. We rely on your time and kindness to make this event possible; your volunteerism makes such an impact on GNAG. A heartfelt thank you also goes out to our generous sponsors who played a crucial role in making our event a tremendous success. To our Titanium Sponsor, Faulkner Real Estate and our Platinum Sponsors, Amica: Senior Lifestyles and Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, your unwavering support and commitment are deeply appreciated.

Our Gold Sponsors – Roxborough Bus Lines, Basia Vanderveen Royal Lepage, The Unrefined Olive, West of Main Design, Sven Pavey, Decorators Choice, Amsted Design Build, Wall Space Gallery & Framing – as well as our Community Sponsor, Champagne

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Special thanks also to our Tea Sponsor, McKeen Metro Glebe; to our Shuttle Bus Sponsor, Amica Senior Lifestyles; to our partners for flowers, Bloomfields: for reusable bags, Amsted: Art by Nicole Allen: and Il Negozio Nicastro. Your support made all the difference, and we are truly grateful for your generosity and partnership.

Funds from this year’s event are being channeled directly into our Integration Program, which is currently in a pilot phase with the aim of becoming a year-round program. This is truly due to the sponsors, homeowners, committee members, volunteers, staff and all who purchased tickets. Here’s to many more successful endeavors together.

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Youth dances are back!

Dust off those dancing shoes! We are thrilled to announce the return of youth dances for grade 5 to 8 students.

These nights are filled with dancing, prizes, canteen snacks (cash only) and fun. Dances provide a safe place for youth to make great memories with their friends, and they are the stuff of legends – if you don’t believe us, just ask the kids who rocked the house at our Back-2-School Bash in September.

We hope kids will join us for the Glow in the Dark dance on October 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets go on sale two weeks prior to the event.

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Lansdowne is not “just” a Glebe issue I had an interesting conversation the other day with the president of another community association.

When I mentioned the coming raid on taxpayers’ money to support the Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment, he commented that his community couldn’t get fired up about it because of other more pressing issues, like no community centre and a lack of other city amenities. He said Lansdowne “is seen as a Glebe issue.”

It was a good reminder of inequities across the city and how some communities lack the things we take for granted. At the same time, Lansdowne and the potential half-billion dollars that the city could ultimately sink into it should be a concern for everyone. The fact that people everywhere in the city aren’t up in arms about the possibility of unsustainable municipal debt and higher property taxes is telling.

But just as the rapid transit mess is the result of bad and opaque decision-making by the city, so too is Lansdowne. When the rights to develop the site were handed to a private sector group without competition a decade ago, we were told not to worry because there would be a “waterfall” of revenue that would more than cover the cost to taxpayers.

That didn’t happen. In fact, the whole enterprise has spectacularly failed to generate profits. So, the “solution” is more of the same. More tax dollars to staunch the red ink and then things will be fine. Or so we are told. In effect we are being told to place our faith in yet another roll of the financial dice. This opaque process is the opposite of what we should expect. If tax dollars are involved, taxpayers deserve to see the assumptions and the numbers behind the proposal. This will now come very late in the game.

By the time you read this, city staff will have released a report outlining their case, and the GCA and other community players will have held a public meeting in the Horticulture Building on the proposal. It will be the first time the public has had a chance to weigh in on this costly proposition.

The goal of the “Let’s Talk Lansdowne” public meeting was to show this is not “just” a Glebe issue, it should be a citywide concern.

We shouldn’t have to repeat our demands that big projects like this get the spotlight treatment. Despite pledges on transparency made by the mayor during the election and the sense of a new beginning when council came in nearly a year ago, not much has changed.

The City of Ottawa faces three crises

that need immediate attention: the lack of affordable housing, inefficient and unreliable public transportation and the effects of climate change.

Lansdowne is not a crisis, but making the wrong decisions and throwing good money after bad will help it become one.

A motion at the last board meeting makes the GCA’s position clear: we will oppose Lansdowne 2.0 until we are confident that the redevelopment is in the public interest.

Worth repeating

You still have a chance to get your views in on Lansdowne before the first committee meeting now scheduled for November 3. Join our campaign and write the mayor and city council to demand a new approach to revitalize Lansdowne – one that will not lead to unsustainable municipal debt or increased property taxes for all Ottawans. Write mark.sutcliffe@ ottawa.ca and shawn.menard@ ottawa.ca. Most important, share your views with friends in other parts of the city – ask them to write or call their own councillor and the mayor to express their views.

Traffic issues on two fronts

Last month I reported that the GCA had not succeeded in getting the city and the National Capital Commission into the same room to discuss the effects of the closure of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway. The city has released data that showed a marked increase in traffic on O’Connor due to the closure at Fifth Avenue. We want to see what the NCC has gathered, and we want all the parties in the room at the same time. We will keep pushing. Meanwhile, a recent Nanos poll commissioned by the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association confirmed there is no consensus on this issue (https://surveys.nanosresearch. com/634846?lang=en).

Another traffic issue that could use a meeting of minds is the Chamberlain Avenue detour caused by delayed Queensway bridge construction at Percy Street. The road was closed for more than a month, and people on nearby streets reported a massive increase in traffic as commuters were rerouted into nearby residential streets. The GCA Traffic Committee’s advocacy and resident support succeeded in getting Chamberlain re-opened to cars, reducing impacts on adjacent streets.

The next Glebe Community Association meeting will be held online Tuesday, October 24. Login details to follow.

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COUNCILLOR'S REPORT

President Glebe Community Association

Shawn Menard Councillor, Capital Ward

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Percy bridge replacement and Lansdowne 2.0 Percy rapid bridge replacement

The Percy rapid bridge replacement has been causing significant problems, with increased traffic, speeding and inaccessible pathways under the 417. This provincial project is out of our municipal jurisdiction, but letters from residents underscore legitimate concerns. As of this writing, our office has been working with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), city staff and Joel Harden’s office, and some lanes on Chamberlain and the underpass for walking/biking were to be open again temporarily as of October 3. We have been told the bridge replacement could not go forward (twice) because of engineering issues. My office is continuing to work with MTO to mitigate detours and resulting traffic problems.

Lansdowne 2.0 vote

In November, City Council will vote on the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal, a plan to redevelop Lansdowne Park again that would require the city to incur new debt to build new north stands, residential towers and a new arena. Alternatively, the city could choose to make lifecycle upgrades to the current stadium complex. With regular maintenance, the stadium and arena should last for another three decades.

The original plan was developed more than a year and a half ago and, aside from the original sticker price of over $330 million dollars, which has no doubt increased since then, the proposal needs numerous changes.

Here’s what we want to see fixed.

Staff have proposed three towers be built where the north-side stands and retail stores currently sit; the towers could be up to 35 or 40 storeys.

To maintain the heritage elements of Lansdowne and help traffic to and from the site, we need to eliminate the third tower at the east end of the stadium, as it would encroach on the Aberdeen Pavilion and much-needed greenspace.

The potential loss of greenspace is a significant concern. We are looking at upwards of 50,000 square feet of the great lawn being lost to a new arena. We cannot add hundreds or thousands of people to this site while also reducing the amount of greenspace, with no new cash-in-lieu funding from the developer to make up the shortfall.

In fact, we must be looking for ways

to enhance, not reduce, public amenities at the park. The original proposal commits less than 5 per cent of total funding to improving the public areas of the park, and it proposes to spread that money over a decade or more. Public realm enhancements must come at the beginning of this project, so that as more people come to Lansdowne, we have the necessary amenities for them.

Affordable housing is also a concern – we cannot rely on “market-affordability,” a pricing system that has already made housing unattainable for so many. Lansdowne 2.0 must provide non-market housing units, either on site or close by – we should stick to our own rules when selling public land (i.e., that 25 per cent of the sale be directed to affordable housing).

Of course, if we are to bring more people to Lansdowne, then we need to know how they’re going to get to and from the park, and how they move through the park.

As part of the proposal, the City identified a host of potential improvements to transportation but they didn’t propose a plan on how we’d get it done. That’s what we need: a proper transportation plan that honestly reckons with the traffic problems we’re already seeing at and around Lansdowne.

We need better transit: ideally, a permanent free or inexpensive shuttle on Bank Street; better support for efficient alternative modes of transportation; proper and safe access to the canal pathways; and an end to cutthrough traffic in Aberdeen Square.

The financing for this plan will rely on “Property Tax Uplift” – taking property taxes from new units to finance part of the redevelopment and relying on returns from the so-called financial waterfall, something that has not yet materialized as promised at Lansdowne.

We want to see Lansdowne succeed, and we have been working consistently with city staff and local communities on a plan. If I don’t see significant changes in the final Lansdowne 2.0 proposal, I will be voting against it.

The proposal will be considered by a joint Finance and Planning committee meeting on November 2 with a final vote at full special council meeting on November 10.

If you would wish to speak at the committee meeting, contact committee coordinator Eric Pelot at (613) 580-2424, ext. 22953 or at eric.pelot@ ottawa.ca.

On any issue, please feel free to reach out to my office at CapitalWard@ottawa.ca.

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The original Lansdowne 2.0 concept rendering

Lansdowne 2.0 city staff report October 6, 2023 The Lansdowne 2.0 proposal is heading to the joint committee meeting of the Ottawa Planning and Housing Committee, and the Finance and Corporate Services Committee on November 3. Capital Ward Councillor Shawn Menard, where Lansdowne is located, has the following takeaways from the city staff report.

(Edited for length; for the full version, go to betterlansdowne.ca.)

Key Takeaways from the Report: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Good · Staff have moved away from misleadingly framing Lansdowne 2.0 as “revenue neutral;” · The high-rise tower closest to the historic Aberdeen Pavilion has been removed, and in its place, some new accessible green space is being proposed; · One of the remaining two towers is now being proposed to have a relatively more modest height of 25 storeys; · The report suggests that through traffic may be removed from Aberdeen Square, though falls short of committing to it; · The report proposes to increase the trivial annual rent charged to the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) for their use and operation of Lansdowne Park, raising it from $1 to $500,000; and · The number of additional parking stalls has come down significantly with the removal of the third tower, from 739 to 336 parking stalls.

The Bad · The cost has risen to $419 million for taxpayers. · Despite moving away from talk of revenue neutrality, “property tax uplift” is still being used as a way to finance, in part, the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal; · One of the two towers is still a luxury skyscraper at 40 storeys with zero affordable housing; · Too many additional parking stalls remain, bringing hundreds of additional cars; · There is no new transportation plan, and no commitments to make needed improvements to our transit and transportation system to resolve longstanding problems; · The proposed investments for public realm enhancements is the bare minimum proposed in the 2022 report ($10 million), and there is no advanced timeline to

implement them; · The proposal assumes that other levels of government will contribute $20 million, without which, Ottawa taxpayers will pay more; · On sports/entertainment: no green space from which to enjoy a game as the hill will be replaced by an arena with no green roof; fewer seats in the new arena and stadium; ticket prices to increase; no roof for the north side stands; no new transportation solutions for suburban and rural commuters, such as park-and-rides or permanent free shuttle; and the proposed music hall has been removed.

The Ugly · The green roof initially proposed for the new event centre—that we campaigned on making accessible— has been jettisoned entirely; · The initial inadequate commitment for 10 per cent market affordable housing units has been abandoned entirely; · Worse, the report calls for council to waive the 25 per cent affordable housing budget requirements of our Affordable Housing Land and Funding Policy, replacing it with a 10 per cent requirement instead. This means property tax dollars and revenues earmarked for affordable housing will instead pay for Lansdowne 2.0; · Small retail, GoodLife Fitness and all of the “J-block” built in 2014 is to be demolished with construction to replace it expected to take 7-10 years; · The city will keep a large loan for the roof of the Civic Centre that is to be demolished; · The city will incur $18.6 million of debt to build 140 parking spaces for the new residential towers (under the new North side stands). Debt servicing to cost the city $600,000 annually; · substantially more risk for the city as the debt repayment relies, in part, on waterfall returns, which so far have produced $0; · The retail podium land would be sold to a developer ($39 million) and then repurchased at market rates by the city (estimated at over $34 million) once that retail is built, with a renegotiated retail loan that OSEG is to secure. The scheme seems to be absent from the $419 million total cost; and · The city has identified a risk that OSEG could leave the deal, but there has been zero risk mitigation or alternative planning. An identified risk without planning to mitigate it may indicate that the risk is being used to pressure councillors and the public to accept the plan.

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TRUSTEE'S REPORT

Much to fix in schools – we are in this together As a physician, I ask my young patients at this time of year how their first month of the school year has gone, whether they’ve made new friends, how they are enjoying their classes, what extracurricular activities they enjoy, whether they have a part-time job. I query about bullying, changes in appetite or sleep.

Sometimes I’ll be told about a child who refuses to go to school. I ask the parent or guardian about educational and mental health supports, if the student has an individual education plan for learning disabilities or neurodiversity. This is a conversation that is repeated between family doctors, paediatricians or nurse practitioners and families from the time children enter kindergarten until they graduate high school. In my little clinic in the Glebe, I’ve known many students since infancy; in most cases I also take care of their siblings, parents, even grandparents. So all is well and good, right?

No, it isn’t.

Sadly, 80,000 people in the Ottawa area do not have primary care. This is main element of the “healthcare crisis.” Some families can afford to pay for private care. That takes physicians, nurses and staff out of public care and exacerbates the problem.

Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth OCDSB Trustee, Zone 9

Emergency departments are overwhelmed, overrun, understaffed and ill-equipped to manage the psychosocial issues that we address in primary care. If a child is struggling, seeking mental health care or psycho-educational support depends on deep pockets or private insurance.

And can we even “fix” the issues that we’re presented with? It is much easier to treat an ear infection than it is to help a five-year-old who cannot afford a psych ed assessment or a 12-year-old whose dysregulation has left their family and educators exhausted.

Healthcare is not the only issue I’m hearing about an Ottawa Carleton District School Board trustee. There are pleas to fix the school bus shortages. Students enrolled in programs, including at Glebe Collegiate, cannot get to school. That is an ongoing, complex issue.

Families also worry because their children are (re)infected with COVID19 and want to know why we aren’t doing more to mitigate spread of disease in our schools. We are facing the triple threat of influenza, RSV and COVID-19. My motion to evaluate air quality and commit to improvements

in ventilation was approved by the board in September, but that is a longterm strategy. We need to address ventilation immediately – think HEPA filters, open windows, monitoring C02 levels. Ottawa Public Health has asked people to mask indoors, to get flu shots (available in early October) and the new COVID-19 vaccine when it is available – everyone six months and older will be eligible.

There is frustration, too, about dysregulation in classrooms, shortage of educational assistants, student and staff absences and classroom reorganization due to changes in enrolment.

Again, these issues stem from decades of systemic provincial underfunding.

It will take political will and financial commitment to address them.

Finally, patients and constituents are upset by the rise in bigotry in Ottawa and across Canada. Some children and youth who identify as transgender, non-binary or two-spirit have supportive families at home. Others don’t. It is an honour to care for many 2SLGBTQIA patients. It is disconcerting each time we see people marching in the streets in opposition to 2SLGBTQIA rights. We know that many students rely on school as a safe

space. Just as a physician must practise patient-centred care and respect the gender identity of our patients, teachers’ unions have unequivocally asserted that 2SLGBTQIA students must feel safe and supported in educational settings. Fortunately, the OCDSB, Mayor Sutcliffe, MPPs, MPs and our prime minister reiterate that message. The “No Space for Hate” message was loud and clear across our country on September 20.

Some critics feel the OCDSB has lost its focus, that we should concentrate solely on math and language literacy, the “basics” of education. If all were well in the world, if it were that simple, our jobs would be easy. We cannot and must not forget that for students and their families to thrive, they must be supported, their physical health must be safeguarded, their psychosocial safety must be ensured – their ability to access school and to thrive is paramount.

So, one month into school, all is not well. As a physician and trustee, I will continue to do the work I undertook for you. The community, however, has homework of its own: Advocate for our province to support public, not private healthcare. Advocate for access to primary care. Advocate for publicly funded mental health services. Advocate for our province to increase funding and commitment to public school boards. Continue to stand up as allies to 2SLGBTQIA students, families and educators.

As always, we are in this together.

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Luka Luketic-Buyers OCSB Trustee, Zone 9

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Ottawa Catholic School Board news Introducing the new Zone 9 Trustee I would like to introduce myself as the new Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) trustee for Zone 9.

My name is Luka Luketic-Buyers. I immigrated to Canada in 2017 with my wife and three children from Zagreb, Croatia. For any new immigrant to Canada arriving with young children, one of the first and most pressing issues is to find a good school where your children can get quickly integrated into the community and obtain the best possible education.

It was very important to me that my children attend a school that fosters excellence in academics and also strives to instill the good values of being a responsible citizen. My wife and I have been very fortunate that both the OCSB schools our children attended have been excellent in providing a wide array of academic opportunities as well as fostering an

open and inviting atmosphere. This has been especially important for us as our youngest daughter is a special needs child who requires special attention and extra support at school.

After settling down somewhat, I felt obliged to contribute and give back to the country and community that had become our new home. That is why I decided to try and become a school board trustee. I am very happy that I managed to ultimately gain the support required to become trustee and hope to continue developing and improving the educational experience for all children.

I invite you to reach out to me with any concerns or suggestions for improvement regarding our Zone 9 schools, which I will be more than happy to advocate for.

To conclude, I wish all our children and parents an excellent school year!

come, to the sun-soaked slope of a maple stand and listen, listen to the chorus come now, as March’s Sugarmoon slides through a waning night sky and the warm solar rays of longer days rouse the sleeping maples cradled in each other’s arms their musical scores stored safely in the slender limbs of their crowns come closer, attend the mother tree her welcome mat, once a delightful, deciduous melody of reds, oranges, and yellows now parched and winter withered beneath a melting mantle of snow the sap below stirring in her slanted slope runners, and deep heart roots as the lush ice mush thaws come, lean into the long, smooth grey ridges of her buffeting bark hear the soaring swoosh and whishing swish of her sweet, spirited sap rushing to birth fresh buds feel her free form composition, ascending and descending admire her harmonious disposition to the fickle exposition of warm day breezes and cold night freezes come together, encircle this sacred stand join in their ancient song applaud their celebration of life sit at their transient table taste their sweet offering after this long, hard winter Maple’s Sweetwater Serenade sung to the open window of spring Bernadette van Duyvendyk For more poems on the theme of trees, see pages 18 and 19.

PHOTO: ALAIN BONNARDEAUX / UNSPLASH

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ABBOTSFORD

Meeting & greeting at Abbotsford Seniors Centre Since 1975, Abbotsford has been providing people 55 years of age and older with fitness, recreation and artistic programming and clubs as well as lectures and social events

By Pat Goyeche

Programming for seniors

Abbotsford Seniors Centre is in full swing this fall with more than 100 new members joining for the first time in August and early September. The centre is filled with laughter and activity as people regroup and settle into fall routines.

We have more in-person classes than ever with keen members keeping fit, exploring their artistic talents and joining in activities of interest. With growing demand, we’ve added a second Tai Chi beginner class and a third Tai Chi club so members can expand their physical and mental acuity. Another popular course this fall is Beginner Bridge which in turn leads to more members joining in the bridge clubs on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

If you play bridge and are looking to join a group, come try out a club.

It isn’t too late to become a member for 2023 and join in classes that aren’t fully subscribed. Check out our list of activities in the fall guide under Current Guide in the drop-down menu, Abbotsford Seniors Centre on the Glebe Centre website: www.glebecentre.ca and give us a call or better yet, drop in.

Biking around the Glebe

What a wonderful summer it was to experience and enjoy a ride in our three-wheeled trishaw AMI. Our volunteer pilots provided rides to seniors through Lansdowne and along the canal. There was nothing but positive comments and glowing smiles as we weaved our way through the Glebe. We

The Abbotsford bridge instructor Rafal teaches beginner bridge in the dining room.

PHOTO: PAT GOYECHE

have wrapped up the first year of our Cycling Without Age program this year.

See you next spring on AMI!

Snow Go & Snow Go Assist

It is that time of year again when we start thinking about the white stuff accumulating on our driveway and sidewalks! The City of Ottawa, in conjunction with the Community Support agencies, help you to find the help you need.

Snow Go: Screened snow contractors who are insured and have undergone a police reference check.

Snow Go Assist: People 60 and over or with a disability and with low income as defined by the City of Ottawa

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($36,075 gross income for an individual; $40,160 gross income for a household) are able to apply for a rebate of up to 50 per cent on the cost of snow removal, up to a maximum of $250. Applications are available from Abbotsford Community Support Services. Proof of income as well as a signed contract from a snow contractor must be provided. Telephone 613-230-5730 or contact Kirsten at kobrien@glebecentre.ca.

Abbotsford Holiday Craft Fair

Saturday, November 25 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. · Home-made crafts, ornaments, baby clothes, knit wear and other clever and creative gift ideas.

· Handmade teddy bears and other delightful comfort creatures. · Home-baked goodies including frozen apple pies to go. · Hand-made pottery from our potters. · Tea Room where you can restore, chat and enjoy the comfort of food and friends.

This event will be open to the public on the ground floor of Abbotsford Seniors Centre. All items are individually priced. Our volunteers have been working hard to create brand new, beautiful items for you and your families. You won’t want to miss this day!

Abbotsford Seniors Centre of The Glebe Centre Inc. is a charitable, notfor-profit, organization which includes a 254-bed long term care home. Find out more about our services and programming at glebecentre.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2023/08/Fall-Guide-2023. pdf, drop by 950 Bank Street (the old stone house) Mon.–Fri. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., call 613-230-5730 or check out all The Glebe Centre facilities and seniors services on our website www.glebecentre.ca Pat Goyeche is coordinator of community programs at Abbotsford at The Glebe Centre.

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SENIORS

Was that sushi – or SWOOS-SHIH – in the park?

By Terrance Hunsley Huh? Oh, yes, it means the Senior Watch Old Ottawa South (SWOOS) hosted a Windsor Park evening event on August 23 to introduce exciting plans for a Seniors Health Innovations Hub (SHIH).

Leaders of the SWOOS working groups brought a crowd of about 85 interested people up to date on the work of their teams. The work was coordinated at first by SWOOS but now involves people from several neighbouring communities. Present were representatives of community associations in Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, Glebe, Glebe Annex, Heron Park and Alta Vista. When the SHIH is incorporated later this year or early 2024, it will be guided by a board representative of the larger area.

So Where are We Now?

A key component of the SHIH will (we hope) be a nurse-practitioner-led clinic to provide primary care to older adults.

As SWOOS co-chairs Anna Cuylits and I explained, at last count the number of central Ottawa seniors “uncertainly attached” to primary care was 7,700 and the number is rising. The SHIH, in partnership with the Centretown Community Health Centre and Perley Health, has submitted a proposal to Ontario Health to establish the clinic with two nurse-practitioners (NPs) and a registered nurse (RN). The clinic could eventually employ up to six NPs. Why nurse practitioners? Because family doctors are retiring, and younger ones are going into other specialties.

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We think it may take some time to convince the province to fund this, but if we get broad community support it can happen. A Community Foundation of Ottawa grant, financially administrated for us by the Southminster United Church, is permitting us to contract with two NPs and an epidemiologist to develop a business case analysis and evaluation framework for the clinic.

Our home care team is just completing, with help from a New Horizons grant being administered by Old Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA), a Guide to Healthy Aging in Your Community. It will comprise an expanded and improved online guide hosted on the OSCA website, as well as some 20,000 booklets to be distributed in central communities. Carolyn Inch and Maura Giuliani have been spearheading this effort, with help from volunteers in surrounding communities and from local service organizations.

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Angela Davis talked of the community consultations that were carried out by the spin-off housing group, Abbeyfield Riverside Inc. The project has enjoyed strong support from Abbotsford House and aims to develop an Abbeyfield Home to permit some seniors to live communally. Pat Eakins, who has helped to coordinate all the teams, led the discussion period at the end.

Our local councillor Shawn Menard was very encouraging of our work and also announced that the City has recently responded positively to suggestions that they create a Council Liaison for Older Adults.

We were also pleased to have participation of several organizations including the South East Ottawa Community Health Centre, the Ottawa Funeral Cooperative, Carefor, Abbotsford Active Seniors Centre and KDS Village.

The SHIH is at this point still a virtual organization and hopes to find a

Senior Watch Old Ottawa South (SWOOS) hosted a Windsor Park evening on August 23 to introduce exciting plans for a Seniors Health Innovations Hub (SHIH).

PHOTO: ANNA CUYLITS

physical location in the next year. (All offers gratefully considered.) But our work is advancing, and we are optimistic that we will have a dynamic organization, guided by and serving central Ottawa communities in the near future.

All aboard!

We welcome anyone who would like to help with this work, whether as a board or project team member, as a volunteer taking on a particular role, such as website development and maintenance, research, proposal writing, communications. If your organization can provide some support, we are also grateful for that. Please contact us at https:// tiny.url.com/TheSHIH or by email at swoosadmin@oldottawasouth.ca.

Terrance Hunsley is co-chair of Seniors Watch Old Ottawa South, and an OSCA board member.

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ENVIRONMENT

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The TransAlta cogeneration gas plant on the Ottawa Hospital campus off Smyth Road PHOTO: DAVID WILSON

By Cecile Wilson CO2 for 24th September 2023: 418.01 ppm

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A stroll around the Glebe reveals that many residents have taken steps to transition to low-carbon energy practices. Several homes have solar panels on their roofs. Heat pumps might be a little harder to identify, but they too are in evidence. The number of green license plates indicating fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars has multiplied over the past few years. And of course, Glebites often walk or bike to their destinations – two of the lowest carbon ways to get around.

Electrification of heating, cooling and transportation is significant because buildings and transportation are the top two sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the city and the two largest energy consumers. However, for electrification to be most effective at lowering emissions and reducing impacts on climate, it is crucial that the electricity is generated from a clean power source.

Electricity is only as clean as its source

Currently, most electric power in Ontario comes from nuclear and hydro, which are both considered clean sources because of their relatively low carbon emissions. According to data from Hydro One, in 2022 nuclear energy accounted for 51 per cent of Ontario’s electricity, hydro 25.1 per cent, natural gas 10.2 per cent, wind 9.9 per cent, solar 2.5 per cent, non-contracted fuel (i.e., a variety of fuel types that are unidentified by local distribution companies) 0.9 per cent and bioenergy 0.4 per cent.

Doug Ford’s government, however, wants to increase the amount of gasfired electricity in the mix by 500 per cent by 2035 through the construction of new gas plants and the expansion of existing ones. As Ottawa has a gas plant, we are on the list as a potential site for an expansion.

The Ottawa gas plant was commissioned in 1992 and is located not far from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario on the Ring Road surrounding the General Hospital complex. The facility is a cogeneration plant, which means that in addition to generating electricity from natural gas, it also captures the heat generated when the electricity is produced. This type of system is also referred to as Combined Heat and Power (CHP). The plant produces 74 megawatts of power and is owned fifty-fifty by TransAlta and Canadian Power Holdings Inc. According to the TransAlta web page

on the plant, the facility supplies steam and hot water as well as cold water to a number of institutions on the hospital campus. The plant also supplies electricity to the grid under contract with the Ontario Power Authority. The most recent contract extends until 2034.

In 2009, TransAlta installed a gas turbine at the plant. The turbine lowered the emissions intensity by six per cent. This means that the amount of CO2 produced per unit of energy produced decreased by six per cent. However, production increased by nine per cent, resulting in a small rise in total emissions.

Persistent problems

Although cogeneration is more efficient than standard gas-fired electricity operations because it makes use of the heat produced as a by-product, there are still problems with expanding a cogeneration plant. First, expanded operations would burn more gas, which would increase emissions.

Second, “natural” gas is essentially methane, which is at least 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas during its first 20 years in the atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. This would deliver a double whammy to climate stability – more potent emissions and more of them.

Third, there are other pollutants produced by gas plants. In addition to methane and carbon dioxide, these pollutants include nitrous and sulfur dioxides, particulate matter and small amounts of mercury. These substances can contribute to smog and to the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory problems.

To add insult to injury, two recent reports have concluded that these extra gas plants are not needed. One, the Dunsky report commissioned by the Independent Electricity System Operator, stated that we could meet our electricity needs by boosting rooftop solar, shifting demand from peak to off-peak periods, making more use of battery storage and allowing bi-directional chargers for electric vehicles so that they could return power to the grid during peak demand times.

While many Glebe residents are taking measures to slow the types of climate disasters we have witnessed this summer, we need to ensure we have clean electricity in Ontario to make the most progress.

For more information on gas plants in Ontario, check out the Ontario Clean Air Alliance and the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign.

Cecile Wilson has lived in the Glebe for 22 years and is fond of walking.

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BIKES

Kidical Mass comes to the Glebe On September 24, kids, parents and grandparents showed up at Sylvia Holden Park to decorate their bikes and ride together along Queen Elizabeth Drive, which was closed to cars, to Confederation Park, where they played and had a picnic. And made a point about bikes!

Kidical Mass is an international movement inspired by “Critical Mass,” where people ride their bikes en masse to show the strength of the bicycle-riding community and to demand improved bike infrastructure.

Kidical Mass expands on that idea with a focus on children and families.

Kidical Mass celebrates the joy of biking while underlining a need to create streets that are safe for kids and for everyone else. It is based on the belief that children should be able to travel safely and independently to school, parks, sports and other destinations. With climate change already impacting the lives of children, safe streets for kids also means seriously addressing the climate emergency.

PHOTOS: EMILY MAKI

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POETRY QUARTER

The Poetry of trees Trees – the theme of this Poetry Quarter – proved to be a popular one, and we thank all the poets who shared their inspiring words with us. Enjoy these homages to trees – our great protectors, saviours of the environment, ubiquitous masters of the forest and cities – which stand majestic and allow us to commune with nature. an

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I planted a tree in your memory shortly after you died;

plan of action A Birch Wood the flamelike colours

A birch wood with a pink sunset peeping through just beyond.

the yellows reds oranges the impressive annual grand finale

It hung on your wall above the sofa patterned in flowers.

in the seasonal lives of leaf-bearing trees may call to mind again a summer of wildfires

With feet sinking into the soft lawn of carpet I drank in the scene as gauzy curtains rippled like clouds in the open window.

careening crematoriums to evacuating residents pyromaniacal predators to fleeing wilderness fauna smothering fogs of choking ash to folks in major cities warning what can happen to what we take for granted

Where did you go?

Maybe you took a walk through the birch trees and now live close to the sun.

the one source of our most crucially essential sustenance i’ll try to disregard such images if they reignite as they might

“which tree is it?” a friend asked, as we looked out over the yard. “the one in the middle,” I replied. “why that one?” “because it’s like he’s surrounded by all of his friends.”

It’s been six years now since the tree was planted, six years since you’ve been ripped from my life…

Scraggly and bare at first, the tree is flourishing now, growing strong on memories of love, turning tears into new life.

Louise Chivers

at the sight of tamer flames flames that cling to autumn trees

Ruth Latta

flames that flicker intermittently with the whims of wind or breeze i will see my way as well let’s say to my favourite tree for blossoms

An Environmental Apology

exquisitely scented splashy dollops of creamy-white late spring flower

In the face of our disgrace, I wondered, “Would you blaze?”

each cluster a puzzle for the eyes no telling which may well surprise

Oh, thank you trees, you please, You did not tease.

the long stretch of a coastal city you’ve seen in a nasa night view a poodle’s face in a frame of the mane of an alpha male lion a set of near butterfly wings appears vaguely familiar outlines of much bigger twins we carry within

“Pardon our savagery, despair, and bloom beyond compare.”

movers of air if you like of another sort which you may use to draw in deep the anodyne of fragrance allow its wellness to allay this fear a world of hellness with its atmosphere of smoky forest ruin

All-Around historically linear

Ruth Latta

with strength and evidence

evergreens refrain from the twist and bend evergreen

ever-ageing; you and I Renee Thompson

Chris Cardrell Evergreen Winter from the Train

Tr Your leaves did not cornflake, forsake, from green to brown and then fall down. but blossomed crimson, scarlet, peach, so I beseech:

Tree senses

Skinny beige grasses poke their bouquets Through the shadowed white eiderdown of snow Like stubble on a chin.

Clumps of snow Velcro themselves To the topside of evergreen branches On trees clustered in Christmas card formation.

Shaggy ponies nibble at blocks of hay Centred in a square of white.

A large blue snowman flush with food coloring dye Waves his branch At my window As the train speeds by.

Even frozen trees have a scent.

Fill your lungs with the pungent scent of pine and cedar.

Follow the ridges of a willow’s bark, pure aspirin.

Marvel at the fine lenticel pattern of white birch, tough enough to shoot the rapids.

White pine needles gently touching your cheek like your lover’s caress.

Fine magnolia blossoms heralding spring.

Snap the skin of a MacIntosh apple fit for pie.

Stately Sitka spruce branches reaching into the fog.

Douglas fir standing tall beside you.

Even Arbutus trees, their waxy leaves, slick with rain, bark like dried blood, and wood as hard as My love.

Louise Rachlis

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POETRY QUARTER Dove's egg has a crack.

Plantations rows of cotton, rows of trees, rows of people working mechanically, rows upon rows Maureen Korp

The Coincidental silence of birds caught me off guard.

The Collective Agreement in the Pursuit of Silence Perhaps they sense what I longed for, a sort of understanding.

All absorbed in your shelter, I long to be too.

Sat underneath, your song of a tree Perhaps this is not coincidental.

Loss of my ability to see or hear anything.

Not that I seem to have a voice one capable of being heard Accused of not hearing

Under the Best Tree Patterson Creek picnickers on a big blue blanket Under the giant willow.

The Glebe version of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The wind in your leaves is all I need Held in silence for mercy Renee Thompson

The willow’s long, hairy branches Hover over them like sun-dappled sheepdogs.

Like Parisians on the banks of the River Seine, they sip their Bistro Cappuccinos And watch the kayakers Pull up at the dock Until the shadows shift And it’s time to pack up The basket and the dog And head reluctantly Back across the grass.

Three Trees There were three trees my father planted in a perfect line in our backyard on Pine Street… mere saplings at first, my sister and I would take turns and jump over each one, the last one our favourite, so tiny was it that we just stepped over it easily.

The trees eventually grew, stretching skywards, as did we, no longer interested in jumping over trees, even the tiny one was tiny no longer, reaching high, like its brothers beside it, and we couldn’t have cleared it even if we had felt inclined to try.

POETRY QUARTER The Dead of Winter Winter is approaching rapidly.

If we are to judge the seasons as the cycle of life itself, then the dead of winter – the coldest days of the year – is a time of reckoning, a time for reflection on what has come before and what is yet to come. And how better than through the lens of poetry? From the coziness of home, we look out on winter, frigid in its most still moment. We call on poets to share their ruminations of the mind and heart, as they turn inward and acknowledge what the year has wrought.

As usual, poems should be: • Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); • No more than 30 lines each; • On any aspect of the theme within the bounds of public discourse; • Submitted on or before Monday, January 22, 2024.

Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade and school). Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to editor@glebereport.ca. Remember to send us your contact information and your grade and school if you are in school.

Deadline: Monday, January 22, 2024

ees!

Louise Rachlis

Discarding our youth in the backyard, my sister and I left that little house years ago, forging our way and building our lives, our parents are long gone as well, everything that was us now long forgotten, the house sold and now reborn into strangers’ hands.

The Sling-Shot Tree

My life began on the edge of Lake Calabogie a seedling deposited and coaxed to grow

And that I did First my trunk about two feet up, it opened into 2 branches like a tuning fork like a two-finger peace sign like conjoined twins

each continuing to expand

growing more branches and needles

I passed by the house the last time I was in town; there were no trees extending beyond its peak, each one razed to the ground, probably years ago, and I find myself feeling wistful for long lost childhood days, and the trees that filled my memory with hope and breath and a lifetime of dreams.

Louise Chivers

Currently, I stand at 40 feet two trees sprouting from the same trunk

I survived the tornado in 2018 a sentinel, majestic with sunset colours blazing behind me little red squirrels and chipmunks scurrying among my limbs a spot of shade in the summer heat a piney aroma lingering in the air Pat McLaughlin

Bird Call

up there. . . somewhere. .. birdies, calling one . . . to one. . , a'twirling, a'branching, needing… call. backs.

Maureen Korp

HOSPICE BED for Robert Look ! outside ! from this bed, through this window, I can see the trees, outside Maureen Korp

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SPOTLIGHT

Beandigen Café co-owner reflects on being an Indigenous business owner

and I must do that every day.

By Alexa MacKie Beandigen Café is an Anishinaabe-owned space in Lansdowne Park that offers drinks and baked goods, hosts events and sells Indigenous artwork. I sat down with co-owner Jayde Naponse on September 29, a day before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. She reflected on her experience as an Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibway woman) business owner.

The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

What motivated you to open Beandigen Café?

A lot of things. I worked in cafés a lot in Ottawa. Once the opportunity presented itself, I thought it would be a good idea to make a storefront for Indigenous art, as well as a café, seeing as I already had the skills.

It came from wanting to have an Indigenous presence in Ottawa and an Indigenous gathering space where people can hang out with people they know and love.

What’s something new that Beandigen Café brings to the Ottawa community?

There are very few Indigenous-owned businesses in Ottawa, so that’s obviously something novel. I think Beandigen also has a good combination of being an Indigenous gathering space while also being a place where non-Indigenous people can learn a new perspective. The café is something non-Indigenous people are comfortable with, but to bring

something new to the table we have Indigenous learning and art that everyone can enjoy.

How would you describe your experience as an Anishinaabe kwe business owner?

Crazy. It can be overwhelming.

Being one of the Indigenous businesses in Ottawa, lots of people want us at their event. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a busy day in terms of people wanting to support Indigenous businesses.

It can even be a little tokenizing, specifically for days like National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it can be stressful and put a lot of emotional labour on us. We’re here 365 days, so it’s not just on those kinds of days that we want support.

Amidst all that stress, do you still find the experience rewarding?

Oh yes. It’s a lot, but I host a beading circle every Sunday for Indigenous people to come and learn how to bead.

Seeing them appreciate the space that I created is really heartwarming and makes it all rewarding.

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Indigenous women artists, how are you personally empowered by Indigenous women?

I grew up going to vendor fairs with my mom who would sell her creations.

I grew up inspired by her.

Once we had the opportunity to open this location, it was a no brainer to invite local artists and offer them an opportunity to sell their work. It’s very inspiring to see what they’re doing next. That helps push us to continue to do what we do and give back to all those people that show up for us.

What have you learned from opening your own business?

So many different things. Perseverance is one of the bigger ones. The first January we opened was one of the last COVID-19 shutdowns. There were days where not a single person came into the store. It was a lesson in perseverance where you must show up every day and put in the work.

People will come – that’s something that stuck with me as a lesson. I must be responsible for my store’s success,

What advice do you have for young Indigenous girls who want to start their own business?

Do it. Start. I think a lot of people have apprehensions where they think that they’re not good enough, but it’s important to just make it happen.

Start one thing every day and commit.

There’s no better time than now. If you have a vision and something you think the community needs, you need to give it time and energy, and it will come back to you.

What does the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation mean to you?

It’s a mixed bag. On one hand, it’s important to commemorate residential school survivors and hear their stories. My grandmother is a survivor, so I see the impact of those institutions in my own community. I think it’s important for the public to commemorate the day. But on the other hand, Indigenous communities have commemorated survivors for decades.

I’m glad the public is catching up, but there’s a lot of catching up to do.

I think there needs more “truth” to it. A lot of people want to focus on reconciliation, without starting from an awareness. Not only an awareness about residential schools, but also the ongoing effects of colonialism. Those are more ingrained in society, and a lot of people don’t have that awareness of how they affect Indigenous people every day. I think that “truth” needs to be focused on just a little bit more, but we’re on the right path.

Alexa MacKie is a journalism and law student at Carleton University, and a Glebe Collegiate alumna.

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FOOD

The Caesar born of a mistake

By Tim O’Connor If you want a salad that is delicious and healthy, this is not the column for you. If want a salad that is delicious and that we pretend is healthy, you’re in luck.

The Caesar is my favourite salad, and let’s admit the lettuce is only there to hold the not-so-healthy bits. Honestly, I’d be happy to lose the lettuce and eat the rest with a soup spoon, but keeping the lettuce maintains the pretense that the Caesar is not the extravagance it really is – those baked croutons, bacon bits, anchovies and tons of the most umami cheese there is, parmesan. We all know we’re cheating when we eat a Caesar salad, but we accept it. The Caesar is the Bill Belichick of salads.

Today I’m mixing things up with a Caesar that’s vegan.

I won’t claim it’s healthier, even though we replace the anchovies with kelp and the parm with nutritional yeast and make “bacon” from kohlrabi. We add capers and mustard and emulsify it in a blender while pouring in oil for that creamy consistency. It does a good job of mimicking a traditional Caesar.

I make cauliflower croutons with white flour, rye flour, yeast and water. And this vegan Caesar uses broccoli instead of romaine. I cut the broccoli into long florets and char them on a grill or in the oven.

I developed the recipe when I hosted a dinner party and realized I hadn’t gotten salad ingredients, so I used what I had. I had three heads of broccoli because I can’t resist a sale.

My dinner guests loved it and I thought, this is something I can put on our menu at Flora Hall. It’s been there all summer and everyone who has it says, “Oh my gosh, that’s so fun and fantastic and smart.”

I say, “It was a mistake, I was just trying to get rid of too much broccoli.” And that’s how my boastful, beautiful, (pretend) healthy Caesar was born.

Tim O’Connor was raised in the Glebe and is head chef at Flora Hall Brewing.

Caesar Salad 1/4 cup chopped capers Juice of 5 lemons Zest of 1 lemon 1 tbsp cider vinegar 1 tbsp cracked pepper 2 tbsp chopped garlic 3 cup canola oil 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1 sheet of nori, blitzed in spice grinder 2 tbsp nutritional yeast Combine ingredients except oil in blender.

Blitz and slowly drizzle in oil.

Cauliflower Croutons 2 cups flour 1 cup rye flour 1 cup riced cauliflower 1 tbsp olive oil 11/2 cups warm water 1 tbsp yeast 1 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt

This faux-healthy Caesar salad is vegan, so it can’t be that decadent, can it?

Mix flours, salt and cauliflower and blitz.

Mix warm water, oil, yeast and sugar, then combine with blitzed mixture and form a dough.

Allow to double in size, then roll into a ball.

Preheat oven to 425°F. Heat a cast iron pan or sheet pan for 15 minutes. Place dough ball on hot cast iron pan or sheet pan and bake in oven 45 minutes.

Kohlrabi Bacon Marinade 1/4 cup tahini 1/4 cup canola oil 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/8 cup tamari 2 tbsp smoked paprika Combine ingredients and whisk until blended.

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By Candice Blackwood

When The Last of Us, the story of a pandemic caused by a mutant fungal infection, started airing in January, the book world was quickly flooded with lists and recommendations of “Sporror” (spore + horror) novels to satiate cravings for more content between weekly episodes. It reminded me there’s often a great reading recommendation based on your television and movie interests.

Now, for better or for worse, during the writers’ strike, our screens have been inundated with reality television. I’ve heard some people call it the next golden age of reality TV. So, in the spirit of embracing this new golden age, I’ve picked some books based on your favourite reality show.

If you like to watch The Great British Baking Show The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell Cozy baking show meets a light mystery in The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. A large cast of characters descends on Betsy’s family estate for Bake Week, a week-long reality baking show where each day focuses on a different type of baking and contestants are eliminated until one wins the golden spoon trophy. But with bakes mysteriously going awry and an unexplained death, this season of Bake Week quickly proves to be anything but cozy.

Jessa Maxwell’s debut it not your typical mystery, and you do not need to be a mystery reader to enjoy this title. It isn’t until about halfway through that we get to the real mystery.

Everything leading up to that point is set up, character exploration and a lot of delectable descriptions of baked goods.

The Golden Spoon is available in print and as an ebook.

If you like to watch The Bachelor The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun The Charm Offensive is utterly charming. Dev is one of the handlers on a highly rated reality dating show. While Dev’s own love life is in shambles, he is a believer in true love and the show’s ability to create an environment to help people find their soul mate. But after suddenly becoming the handler for the show’s star rather than for a contestant, Dev realizes he has his work cut out for him. The star, Charlie, is so

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awkward and uncomfortable in front of the camera and the women that he can’t make it through the taping of the arrivals.

But as Dev starts getting to know Charlie, he starts to fall for him.

He tries to keep his feelings in check – after all Charlie is trying to marry one of the women on the show – but it feels like Charlie might be falling for him as well.

The Charm Offensive is available in print, e-book or downloadable audiobook.

If you like to watch The Real Housewives Blitzed by Alexa Martin As soon as you’ve finished the latest season of whichever reality wives and girlfriend show you’re currently enjoying, pick up Blitzed for more drama. After making a huge mistake and terrible first impression, football player Maxwell is determined to prove himself and make it up to Brynn. Brynn is a bar owner and doesn’t stand for any nonsense, including giving Maxwell a second chance. While Maxwell is trying to win Brynn over, the cameras are rolling. A new reality show is being filmed featuring the wives and girlfriends of the other players on Maxwell’s team. Readers will enjoy Brynn’s charming sense of humor and her interactions with the wives and girlfriends. You’ll root for her to fall for Maxwell.

Blitzed is available in print and as an eBook.

If reality adventure and survival shows are more your speed The Last One by Alexandra Olivia Twelve people sign up for a reality survival show. They’re dropped into the woods to test their endurance. They expect it to be hard but ultimately safe. No one is going to die. But this TV production quickly becomes too real when a disease-born apocalypse takes place. The problem is the contestants don’t know what’s real and what’s been set up as part of the show. The main character, Zoo, who thankfully has some know-how (she works at a wildlife sanctuary and rehabilitation centre), is on a solo mission when she starts to encounter the bodies of the mysterious pathogen. What happened? How many are gone? What or who was behind it?

The author does a fantastic job of creating fully realized characters. The plotting and writing are also so well done.

The Last One is available in print and downloadable audiobook.

Candice works at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. She enjoys reading fantasy novels for any age that are full of magic, dangerous creatures and the women who fight them.

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

AUTHOR

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The Book of Hope

Jane Goodall

15 Book Club

Run Towards the Danger Sarah Polley

35 Book Club

Indians on Vacation

Thomas King

Abbotsford Book Club

Ducks

Kate Beaton

Broadway Book Club

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M. Benedict and V. C. Murray

The Mosquito

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The Sleeping Car Porter

Suzette Mayr

Sunnyside Adult Book Club

The Last Doctor

Jean Marmoreo

Sunnyside Second Friday Book Club

Midnight at Malabar House

Vaseem Khan

Sunnyside Mystery Book Club

Seriously No-Name Book Club

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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Children’s book evokes wonder of magical Earth A Tale of Two Planets,

by Mary Trudeau Review by Alivia Vanin “Leaves are like vitamin pills for plants – carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and lots of other things with really really big names. It doesn’t matter what they are called . . . we call them magic.”

Imagine a world unlike ours. A world where the residents need to fill up their oceans by hand. The people spend hours upon hours after a storm carrying buckets from shore to shore. This is done to ensure that their oceans do not dry out. Everyone must gather together and work as one to keep their planet running. Without the residents of this planet, it would crumble. Their planet is not self-sufficient. Their world is entirely man-made. Living a difficult life like that causes them to find solace in the place of their dreams, a faraway world completely different than their own. This place has become the mystical subject of their nightly stories.

This magical place is nowhere other than a beautiful place called Earth.

This is the reality of the Wooshidooz living on the planet Retha.

The Wooshidooz admire Earth in a way most humans do not. They see how incredible it is that bees carry pollen from plant to plant. On the planet Reatha, the citizens are responsible for populating all forms of vegetation themselves. They work countless hours and still there is always more work to be done.

Old Ottawa East’s Dr. Mary Trudeau

Instead, Trudeau takes our world’s scientific truth and reminds not only children but also adults how incredible our planet truly is. It is important to appreciate what we have. Not because of climate change and our impending doom but because Earth is in fact magical.

Trudeau explained why she chose to write her book for children and not adults: “Children don’t need to be taught wonder; they have wonder.”

The story shows a unique take on a current issue that affects us all.

Trudeau’s creative efforts Mary Trudeau, author of A Tale of Two Planets, a children’s book that evokes wonder at the marvels of Earth as a way to encourage positive action on climate change. tackle the problem of climate change in an encouraging manner. She wants is the creator of this fictional planet.

She shared that she wrote letters to people to be just as amazed as she is by Retha is the main setting of her book, former prime minister Paul Martin the planet we all call home.

A Tale of Two Planets. Published in May regarding climate change to seek govA Tale of Two Planets can be found 2023, this is the first book written by ernment recognition on this issue. Mary at independent bookstores Octopus Trudeau. With the help of Friesen Press Trudeau wanted to share her admiraBooks at 116 Third Avenue in the Glebe, Books, she was able to turn her 10-year tion for Earth in a way not seen before.

Perfect Books at 258 Elgin Street and project into a paperback.

“It’s not a warning about Earth,” she Singing Pebble Books at 206 Main Aside from writing this children’s said. Her story was meant to inspire Street. book, Dr. Mary Trudeau is an incredibly its readers. “We need to be inspired to The paperback and hardcover ediaccomplished woman, with a plethora get out of our environmental crisis, not tions can also be found online at of degrees and a long career working horrified.” the Friesenpress Bookstore and on in hydraulics and civil engineering.

With the help of illustrations from Amazon. An e-book copy can be purTrudeau has also taught at Carleton artist Nicholas Donovan Mueller, A chased at these online stores as well.

University and has been teaching the Tale of Two Planets changes the way winter term at the University of Ottawa its readers think of Earth. Unlike many Alivia Vanin is a Carleton student for a couple years. tales about our planet, this story does in the English and Creative Writing Trudeau has a passion for our planet. not use facts to scare people into caring. program.

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Classic American horror film to play at the Mayfair The Exorcist (US, 1973) Directed by William Friedkin Review by Angus Luff The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin.

The film follows Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), as she watches her daughter Regan (Linda Blair) undergo extreme changes in her personality. When doctors fail to determine what the issue is, MacNeil turns to priest Damien Karras (Jason Miller) in hopes an exorcism will flush out whatever or whoever is inside Regan.

The Exorcist has been historically labelled as the scariest film ever made.

With that title comes a lot of expectation and, naturally, disappointment.

Anyone seeing The Exorcist for the first time today would, I imagine, be pretty bored by what the movie offers as a horror. There are no cheap jump scares or gratuitous gore scenes just intended to be gross. Instead, the film is a realistic portrait of a mother and daughter living their life as an unnatural and unimaginably sinister force invades their lives. The film simply asks the question, “What if a normal little girl was suddenly possessed by a demon?”

We see Chris MacNeil take her daughter to every doctor and test she can, draining more hope and sanity each time as she can’t find out what’s wrong.

We empathize with her because the thought of a loved one being sick but not knowing why is a horrifying yet easily understandable position. It’s such simple yet effective horror, and

because the film is shot and performed so realistically, it drives home the supernatural aspects later in the film.

People talk over each other, mumble and stumble through sentences – from the dialogue alone, you really believe these are real people, a tribute to the acting of both Burstyn and Blair. The film is simply engaging on a base emotional level, and that’s to its advantage once things get really serious.

The film is a masterclass in slow burn. There is not a lot of music or fancy camerawork; there is just a mood, backed by the excellent performances, as the dread slowly builds to its boiling point, when Regan’s demon essentially bursts out. It speaks to William Friedkin’s directing skills, as he knows how to get the audience to slowly feel more anxious without resorting to cheap tactics.

In addition to its engaging story and characters, the film will be remembered for its shocking portrayal of corruption and loss of innocence, in the form of the possession of Regan. While

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Good Omens TV show (UK / US, 2019-2023)

Review by Iva Apostolova Both oh-so-short seasons of Good Omens follow faithfully the narrative of the eponymous book written by the two titans of the fantasy genre, the late Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Yes, yes, for the super-fans and the sticklers for accuracy out there, the full title of the book is, indeed, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. The story follows the lives of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley throughout millennia of mischief in their favourite playground, Earth. Aziraphale is played by a platinum-bleached and doe-eyed Michael Sheen, while the demonic role is claimed by David Tennant. Obviously! There is no actor on this planet who can fit, literally and figuratively, in the black leather outfit and rock the blood-red do other than Doctor Who himself (Tennant reprised the cult role for 52 episodes, from 2005 to 2022). And to top it all off, Jon Hamm plays archangel Gabriel while Frances McDormand is the voice of God. I mean, it really doesn’t get any better than that!

Those familiar with Terry Pratchett’s whimsical humour know that irony, sarcasm and surrealism always take centre stage in his books. The screen version of Good Omens is no different. I would say it is a cross between the brilliant, kooky, comedy style of Monty Python (especially The Life of Brian), the warm and fuzzy feeling one gets from (re-) watching Love Actually and the uber-British, uber-dry humour of The Office (the version with Ricky

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It’s not a film that constantly lunges at you with its scares but slowly washes over you until it lunges. The film gets more intense as it goes on, until the climactic confrontation and chilling resolution. I encourage everyone who has labelled The Exorcist as boring or tame to rewatch the film with an open mind, to try to see it from a new perspective. It’s an excellent film, full stop.

If you want to relive this classic, the Mayfair Theatre will be showing The Exorcist alongside Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining on October 30 and by itself on October 29 and November 1.

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the iconic makeup is excellent, the sound design used to further distort and twist the image of the little girl is truly ahead of its time, and it’s chilling. I cannot think of any other film from that time that has a more menacing character than Regan. The effect is enhanced by the distorted voices overplayed on top of each other, implying there’s more than one force inside her; the way she plays games with her victims; the way she uses Father Karras’ insecurities against him. Friedkin successfully makes the distortion and mutilation of this girl both believable and shocking, even decades later.

The Exorcist is worthy of praise and celebration, though it is impossible for it to meet expectations from a modern horror-film perspective. The film is scary because of how real it feels and shows how something so appalling

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There are no sacred cows in the show: everything and everyone is made fun of, from the glowing heavens to the stinky hell. It is absolutely enough if you watch the show for its clever dialogue and punchy one-liners. But if you want more, the show offers an unusual love story between two polar opposites (I mean, one is supposed to represent perfect benevolence while the other, irrevocable evil) and everything in between. And if you ever wondered how some of them Biblical miracles were performed, this is certainly the show for you!

The on-screen chemistry between Sheen and Tennant is reflective of their real-life bromance which led to the unique collab project Staged. Staged is a pandemic-born (2020-2023) show in a Zoom format about two actors who are trying to rehearse for a play that’s been cancelled because of COVID. The jibber-jabber is nothing short of genius, much like Good Omens actually, where the angel and the demon end up really, really, really liking each other.

2 seasons, 6 episodes per season Running time per episode: 55 mins.

Available on Amazon Prime Iva Apostolova is associate professor and vice-rector, research and academic, at Saint Paul University and a regular Glebe Report contributor on films and TV.

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Love in the Time of Fentanyl

By Paul Durber, with Jane Gurr A free screening of the award-winning Canadian documentary film, Love in the Time of Fentanyl, will take place at the ByTowne Cinema on Saturday, October 28 at 11 a.m. – the first Ottawa screening of the film, open to everyone.

As many of us are aware, a growing number of people in our neighbourhoods use drugs and suffer the increasing dangers of drug contamination that tragically include death.

Ottawa Public Health records show a 117-per-cent increase in opioid deaths in Ottawa between 2019 and 2022.

But what isn’t seen or understood is the human face of this tragedy. Who are the people that we see on streets even here in the Glebe? Why is this happening to them? What can and should we be doing to help them? Can we do more to support the frontline workers who care for them?

Directed by Colin Askey and filmed in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, Love in the Time of Fentanyl offers an unflinching view of the daily lives of drug users and the people who work to keep them alive. Released in 2022, the film follows several clients and staff of Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, as they struggle with addiction and the monumental challenges it presents, remarkably still lightened by some fun.

In an interview for the May 2022 edition of POV Magazine, Askey summed the film: “I think the best way to combat something like that is to just allow an

audience to walk beside, in a space that is rarely seen. Some of these sites are seen in news clips but there’s never really been a film that’s a day-in-thelife-inside-an-injection-site before.”

Characters in the film had a trust with Askey, allowing him to capture their most vulnerable moments, including their drug use, telling their personal stories, and revealing their profound humanity. We witness harm reduction workers, with few resources doing their best to prevent isolation and death among community members. The toll of the countless lives lost affects them deeply.

The screening is organized by Soul Space Ottawa (www.soulspaceottawa), a non-profit organization within First United Church that works to support the spiritual care needs of street health, harm reduction, community and social service workers in Ottawa.

After the screening, at 1 p.m., everyone is welcome to the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre to talk about the film, to enjoy refreshment and food and to celebrate frontline workers.

Come and learn about drug addiction, from users themselves, and to make a human connection and understand what we can do to help.

Paul Durber is a member of the Soul Space Steering Committee. He lives in the Glebe and is deeply concerned about the opioid crisis in his community. Jane Gurr is a Soul Space volunteer.

Love in the Time of Fentanyl 1h 22 min running time Saturday, October 28, 11 a.m.

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Seventeen Voyces meets The Phantom

By Clare Jackson Ottawa’s premier chamber choir, Seventeen Voyces, will continue its two-decade-long tradition of screening silent films alongside exhilarating choral and organ music on October 20 and 21 with a presentation of the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera.

Just in time for Halloween, this horror film classic will be projected onto a large screen while the choir, conducted by founder and director Kevin Reeves, along with organist Matthew Larkin, will bring the scenes to life with a perfectly timed selection of classical and modern music. Choral works will include the searing “Messe solennelle”

by Jean Langlais, as well as pieces by fellow French composers Berlioz, Ravel and Poulenc. Selections from Gounod’s Faust – an opera that plays a pivotal role in the plot of the film – and from Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio will also be featured. Larkin, a marvel at improvisation and a fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, will provide incidental music throughout the film, offering seamless transitions between choral pieces.

The Phantom of the Opera is set in 19th-century Paris in the Palais Garnier Opera House. It tells the story of a mysterious “Opera Ghost,” a musical genius who will do anything to assure the stardom of his beloved protégé, the budding opera singer Christine Daaé.

The film is based on Gaston Leroux’s

novel of the same name that was originally published in serialized form in newspapers before being released as a book in 1910. Some elements of the novel’s gothic plotline were inspired by actual events at the Paris opera house, including rumours that the Palais Garnier was haunted.

The enormous underground “lake” beneath the opera house, which features prominently in both the novel and film and acts as the Phantom’s sinister lair, is in fact a huge reservoir that does sit beneath the Palais Garnier. The dramatic scene in which a huge chandelier crashes into the opera house’s audience during a performance was inspired by a similar accident when a fire in the roof melted a wire that held a counterbalance for a chandelier, resulting in the tragic crash that killed one person and injured several others.

The Phantom of the Opera has been adapted many times, including the 1986 mega-musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The 1925 film to be shown at the Seventeen Voyces screening stars Lon Chaney in perhaps his most famous performance. Chaney’s ability to transform his face and body through makeup and physical appliances earned him the famous moniker “The Man of a Thousand Faces.” His makeup artistry was so effective that in some films he was able to play two different characters because the audience didn’t recognize him.

Chaney’s two most successful

Still photo from the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera. Lon Chaney as “The Phantom”. Seventeen Voyces will present the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera with live choral music. PHOTO: KEVIN REEVES

dramatic roles both involved skillful and inventive makeup design. In the 1924 silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Chaney closely followed novelist Victor Hugo’s description of his tragic main character – he wore a 32-kilogram rubber hump that was attached to his back by a leather harness that prevented him from standing upright.

For his role as the menacing Phantom of the Opera, Chaney focused his makeup artistry on achieving a simulation of a “death’s head.” He did this with a combination of grease paint, a built-up head piece and taped-back ears, wires to create the uptilted nose and a jagged denture appliance. When the film originally premiered, there are reports that audiences screamed and fainted when Chaney’s skull-like face was finally revealed to a horrified

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This film and concert will be presented on Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church (217 First Avenue).

Tickets are $30 each, $20 for students.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.seventeenvoyces.ca or at the door (cash, credit and debit accepted).

Audiences can also mark their calendars for Seventeen Voyces’ Christmas concert, which will be held on Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church and Sunday, December 17 at 4 p.m. at St. Bartholomew’s Church (125 MacKay Street).

The concert will feature Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with Lucile Hildesheim on the harp.

Clare Jackson is a long-time member of the Seventeen Voyces choir.

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Glebe St James Church will launch an eclectic music and musical education program this fall, with events for the broad community and special programs for high school students. PHOTO: KAREN WALKER

Music and music education at Glebe-St. James

By Karen Walker Glebe-St. James Church has a long history of supporting music education.

Frances MacPhail, the organist and choir director from 1955 to 1990, was passionate about it. In addition to conducting the Senior Choir, she conducted the Junior Choir, the Sunshine Choir (Grades 1 to 3) and, at times, an orchestra. By all accounts, the orchestra was comprised of instruments you don’t often hear together and if there was no part in the score for an accordion, for example, she would compose one. As you can imagine, it was hard to keep the members of the Sunshine Choir focused at rehearsals, but the deal was that if they paid attention for 20 minutes, they would get a treat – something she had baked herself!

When Frances retired in 1990, the church established the Frances MacPhail Scholarship Fund to encourage and support young and promising musicians. Scholarships have been awarded over the years. Now the fund will be used to finance a Choral Scholar program that the church is launching this fall. The program is modelled on programs of English cathedral choirs and is a way of supporting students in their studies and exposing them to sacred choral music, both classical and modern. Choral scholarships will be awarded to talented singers who wish to develop their choral singing through participation in the Senior Choir.

In addition to the Choral Scholar program, Glebe-St. James will be incorporating educational and cultural elements into arts events planned for this fall. On October 13 and 14, we are co-sponsoring the Improvising Musicians of Ottawa & Outwards (IMOO) festival (www.improvisedmoo.com), presenting more than 30 Canadian and international musicians in concert over the two evenings. And on the Sunday afternoon, Jesse Stewart, an acclaimed Ottawa percussionist, Carleton professor and long-time Glebe-St. James member, will host an audience-participation ludophone workshop, free of charge and open to all.

On Saturday, October 28, Live from the Glebe will present Luke Welch, an award-winning Canadian pianist from Toronto. At 10 a.m., Luke will host a presentation called “Chasing the Dream: The Power of Determination” about the pressures of performance,

repetitive strain injuries common to pianists, recovery and self-care. He will speak from personal experience about how the pursuit of excellence can mean pushing your mind and body to extremes and about the patience and strength of character required to overcome injuries.

At 3 p.m., Luke will present a concert of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Frédéric Chopin. Coleridge-Taylor was a British-Sierra Leonean composer, conductor and political activist of the early 20th century who sought to draw from traditional African music and integrate it into the classical tradition. Luke’s latest album Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Works was recently featured as CBC Radio’s In Concert Album of the Week.

On Saturday, November 18, Ottawa artists Mark Wilkinson and Jenna Richards will present a day-long celebration of singing and learning for Ottawa high school students. The New Voice Major will invite six emerging singers from Canterbury and De La Salle to sing in a masterclass for their peers. The masterclass will explore the truths and myths about singing, often known only to professionals, by opening younger singers’ hearts and minds to the realities of a career as a singing actor. Whether you are a hopeful voice major after high school or a current high school student studying voice or you attend a school without a dedicated singing program, all high school students who aspire to be singers are welcome to attend.

Mark and Jenna will take the six singers through intermediate to advanced techniques in breathing, vocalization, resonance, diction, musicianship, collaboration and performance preparation while others observe.

That evening, Mark and Jenna will present a professional recital for the Ottawa voice community and broader public. The New Voice Major recital will take a journey from the most traditional repertoire to the new and diverse repertoire expected from professional singing actors. With art song, oratorio, opera, musical theatre, jazz, pop and much more, both high school students and the wider audience will discover the versatility required to sustain a singing career in the 21st century.

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TEEN MUSICIAN RELEASES TRIBUTE TO OLDER SISTER

By Alexa MacKie

Sally Park recording “Hailey” while on vacation in South Korea (above) PHOTO: SALLY PARK

The Collective performing at the Vegans Who Snack Festival at the Parkdale Market. (right) PHOTO: HYUNJUNG IM

Sally Park celebrated her older sister’s 18 birthday in the best way she could – through music.

On September 14, the Ottawa-based, 16-year-old singer and songwriter, known professionally as Sally Eunbine, released her first official single “Hailey – Radio Edit” on streaming platforms. The song is a tribute to her older sister Hailey.

“Hailey – Radio Edit” is available on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. Eleven days after the song’s release, Sally had accumulated 74 monthly listeners and 511 streams on Spotify.

Sally worked on the song for just over a year. Though she did not intend to write a song specifically about her sister, the songwriting process took her there naturally.

“I was just kind of joking around and started singing, ‘Hailey when I’m feeling sorrow, you’re the one that I need the most in my life’,” said Sally, singing a line from the song. “I started to unconsciously write the lyrics, then came the instrumentals and production.”

Sally explained that Hailey is “very special” to her, and the two are very close.

“She’s always been there for me since I was very little,” said Sally.

“Hailey is the one that comforted me and wanted me to become a better person every day and night. She always used to hug me, hold my hand and make me happy.”

Hailey, who just started her first

year at the University of British Columbia, explained how her feelings towards the song changed over time.

“At first, I was really confused,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t like it, I felt like she was just teasing me.”

She didn’t take her sister’s tribute seriously until Sally paid money to publish the song and started posting snippets on social media. “I’m excited about it now,” said Hailey.

Music plays an important part in the sisters’ relationship.

“During COVID and after the pandemic, we mainly bonded playing instruments, jamming, and having performances,” said Hailey, who plays the keyboard and bass guitar.

“Sally’s main interest is music.”

Despite her youth, Sally already knows she wants to continue making music.

“This is my dream that I want to pursue, and now here I am,” she said.

She is the principal percussionist in

the Ottawa Concert Youth Orchestra and plays in the Jazz Band and the Senior Concert Band at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

Sally also plays guitar and sings for The Collective, an Ottawa-based band that started playing together in August.

“Sally is an extremely talented musician. She’s very dedicated to learning her instruments and writing music,” said Simon van Wesenbeeck, who plays saxophone and keyboard in The Collective. “I hope that Sally continues to keep writing and playing music, touching on all genres that she can.”

Sally plans to continue performing with The Collective, as well as release more solo music by the beginning of next year.

Alexa MacKie, a Glebe Collegiate alumna, is a journalism and law student at Carleton University.

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Building more rental housing, providing We need climate relief to small business owners and action, not driving down the cost of groceries climate opinions The rising cost of living has made it difficult for many young Canadians and families to make ends meet.

That’s why our federal government is continuing to deliver real results that make life more affordable and give people a real and fair chance of success. This fall, my colleagues and I are back in the House of Commons to build on the measures we have put in place, to make life more affordable for Ottawa Centre residents and all Canadians.

To support students across the country, we permanently eliminated interest on Canada Student and Apprentice Loans, we doubled Canada Student Grants, and we have worked tirelessly to make it easier for young Canadians to access new training and work opportunities. This year alone, our Canada Summer Jobs program filled more than 70,000 positions across Canada – including 335 jobs in Ottawa Centre! These jobs with small businesses, non-profits and local governments provide hands-on work experience for young people, helping them put money in their pockets and gain new skills that can lead to fulltime jobs in the future.

This summer, parents in nearly half of Canadian provinces and territories are already benefiting from $10a-day childcare – three years ahead of schedule. In all other jurisdictions, childcare fees have been cut by at least 50 per cent. And we are creating an additional 250,000 childcare spaces across the country.

Most recently, on September 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a suite of new measures to support the middle class and people working hard to join it. This includes action to build more rental housing, provide relief to small business owners and drive down the cost of groceries.

To continue taking urgent action to drive down the cost of housing across the country, including for renters, the federal government: • will incentivize the construction of much-needed rental homes by introducing legislation to remove

the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the construction of new apartment buildings for renters.

• is calling on provinces that currently apply provincial sales taxes or the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) to rental housing to join us by matching our rebate for new rental housing.

• will require local governments to end exclusionary zoning and encourage building apartments near public transit in order to have their Housing Accelerator Fund applications approved.

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• To address this, the leaders of the largest grocery chains in Canada have been called to an immediate meeting in Ottawa to begin discussions toward this goal.

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Friday, September 15 was the global climate strike, led by the Fridays for Future movement, and I joined hundreds of neighbours on Parliament Hill to make our voices heard on climate action.

I faced tough questions from local students about the inaction of our elected officials. I don’t blame them for their frustrations, Like them, I’m tired of politicians saying “they get it” on climate change, only to rebuff attempts at serious action. Seth Klein calls this the “new climate denialism” – it’s a way of noting an emergency while committing to nothing of substance. That’s our problem in Ontario.

The unfolding Greenbelt fiasco is a fitting case in point.

Much has been said about Premier Ford’s “madcap” plan – I am citing words used by Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner – to remove 7,400 acres from the Greenbelt so powerful developers with ties to his government can earn over $8.3 billion in profits. But many forget this is also a plan to build huge homes on sensitive ecosystems made worse by climate inaction.

Mirroring the Greenbelt fiasco, the premier is likely aware of this but choosing to ignore the problem. Just as his government’s own housing task force told him that building homes on the Greenbelt was unnecessary, he has been sitting on a report for eight months that details how Ontario is

suffering from rising temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions. You may have read this far, only to yell: “OK Joel, I get it, this stinks. But what can be done?”

That’s a worthy question, and I hear you. I’m also proud to say I remain a climate optimist if we focus our energies in the right place. Holding the government to account isn’t enough.

Five years of service as an MPP has confirmed for me that our microphones are frequently pointed in the wrong direction. Politicians get all the attention when we should be listening to folks at a community level.

That’s why I’m biking to Toronto for Ontario’s first-ever #SafetyRide, and I can’t wait to hear from people along the way about dangers faced by vulnerable road users. We will be talking about Bill 40, The Moving Ontarians Safely Act, and listening to local concerns.

While training for this event, I’ve seen many interesting things by the side of the road.

For example, a few weeks ago I was in Kitchener for a meeting with my MPP colleagues in the Official Opposition. On a morning ride before our discussions, I saw a sandwich board outside a small business with these words: “The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho.

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GLEBE REPORT

Word from the Board

By Patricia Lightfoot

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Goodbyes and welcomes are the focus of this second in an occasional series of columns from the volunteer board of directors of the Glebe Report Association (GRA), which is the publisher of the Glebe Report.

We would like to thank former board members Beatrice Keleher Raffoul, John MacNab and Steve Zan, whose terms came to an end in June, for their many contributions, which included taking the lead on the paper’s 50th anniversary celebrations; installing, repairing and re-installing our beautiful newspaper boxes; managing the deliveries of the paper for a lengthy period; and participating in all the financial decision-making involved in the oversight of a lively community newspaper.

Even though she is no longer on the board, Beatrice still allows us to drop 7,500 copies of the paper on her porch for pickup by our commercial distributors and area captains each month. That is a lot of newspapers, so we remain very grateful for that.

In May, we welcomed two new board members, Steve Ball and Leslie Cole, both of whom by coincidence have backgrounds in publishing. Although he is now the president of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association, Steve has spent 30 years in the media industry, publishing magazines that will be familiar to Glebe Report readers, such as Ottawa Magazine, Where Magazine and Canadian Health to name a few. Leslie has worked as a journalist for newspapers, magazines and radio in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Ontario, as

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Leslie has lived in the Glebe since 1993, with stretches living overseas in both Denmark and Norway. She and her family have been avid readers of the Glebe Report since they arrived in Ottawa, and two of her three daughters delivered the Glebe Report when they were in public school.

As a new board member, she hopes to support the Glebe Report so it continues to be a vital source of neighbourhood news in a world of fast-disappearing local media sources.

Steve, by contrast, is a fairly new Glebe resident. He has found the community to be welcoming and appreciates the strong leadership of the Glebe Community Association, which he has also served as a board member.

Steve believes that community newspapers provide a voice to the neighbourhood they represent.

Furthermore, communication among residents is the foundation of a healthy community, and the Glebe Report serves this purpose well.

If you are interested in joining the board of directors or would like more information, please email chair@glebereport.ca. A background in publishing is not essential to the role; rather, we are always interested in enlisting thoughtful individuals who want to support a great community enterprise.

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REMEMBERING The following is part of a continuing series of profiles of servicemen from the Glebe and St. Matthew’s Anglican Church who gave their lives to Canada and the pursuit of peace in Second World War. We commemorate and remember their passing, 80 years ago.

Remembering Private Walter Gardiner

By Kevan Pipe Canada joined the war against Nazi Germany on September 10, 1939, the only country in the western hemisphere to do so, standing side by side with our European allies. Our forces began arriving in England less than 60 days later as the country began to mobilize almost immediately. Our airmen took part in the Battle of Britain, and our navy engaged in the Battle of the Atlantic. The Canadian army helped to defend the United Kingdom and formed part of the British Overseas Expeditionary Force in France in early 1940. The collapse of these forces and miraculous rescue of more than 300,000 allied soldiers from Dunkirk back to Britain in May 1940 brought that phase of the land war to a close.

The next few years for the Canadian army in the U.K. was dedicated to preventing enemy invasion and training for what lay ahead. The first major battle commitment by our soldiers was the invasion of Italy via Sicily in July 1943. Among the soldiers on that mission was Walter Douglas Gardiner, a member of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church.

Walter was born May 14, 1912, son of William and Emily. The family lived at 391 Bank Street, just north of Gladstone Avenue. He had 2 brothers, Alfred and George, and a sister, Larodeline.

By 1939, Walter and family were residing at 546 Lyon Avenue, just north of Catherine Street. Aged 27 and working as a messenger, Walter enlisted in the Canadian army on September 16 just six days after Parliament declared war on Germany. Private Gardiner (# C21122) was assigned to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, Canadian Infantry (later renamed the 1st Battalion). The regiment underwent an immediate 100 days of intensive training and was one of the first units deployed to England on December 22, 1939.

In spring of 1940, the regiment was shipped to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force, with his regiment reaching the town of Laval, located just to the west of Le Mans, about 250 kms southwest of Paris. It was at that point in mid-May, as the Germans surged forward, that the regiment was ordered to retreat to England via Dunkirk, along with 338,000 allied troops who were evacuated in Operation Dynamo between May 26 and June 4.

The next three years were focused on protecting the British Isles while training for the eventual invasion of Europe.

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment was part of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the First Canadian Division

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Private Walter Gardiner’s headstone COURTESY OF THE MAPLE LEAF LEGACY PROJECT

when it joined the allied invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. The Battle for Europe had truly begun and Gardiner was part of this effort.

Over the next 93 days, his regiment fought its way off Sicily and up the boot of Italy until it found itself in the Battle of Campobasso in central Italy from October 11 to 14. Campobasso was a priority target as it was rumoured to be the headquarters of German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.

After four days of intense fighting, Campobasso, a provincial town of 17,000 people, finally fell to the Canadians, with mopping up operations taking place for days afterwards to clean out enemy stragglers and snipers.

It was a major victory for the Canadian 1st Infantry Brigade, which was awarded battle honours. Campobasso became a major resting point for Canadian troops for the duration of the conflict and was known as Maple Leaf City.

During the mopping up operations in Campobasso, Nazi forces periodically continued to shell the town from

their artillery emplacements kilometers away. On October 17, Gardiner, by then 31 years old, was killed in action.

Gardiner is buried at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in San Donato in the Commune of Ortona. Gardiner and his regiment fought in no less than 10 separate battles from July 9 upon landing in Sicily to mid-October, earning honours for each of these battles.

At the Moro cemetery, there are 1,615 war graves, and Gardiner is buried alongside 1,374 fellow Canadians, most of whom were killed in the battles of Campobasso and later that year in Ortona. His mother, living in 1946 at 72 McLaren Street on her own after her husband passed away, received the Memorial Cross, which is given to all mothers and wives of servicemen killed in action, along with the medals awarded to her son, including The Italy Star.

Kevan Pipe is a Glebe resident and member of St. Matthew’s, the Anglican Church in the Glebe.

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FILM

Documentary tells the story of women’s resistance in Auschwitz

By Marion Silver and Roberta Goldmaker Sabotage Canadian Museum of History November 9, 7 p.m.

A documentary film based on the concentration-camp diary of a survivor who later moved to Ottawa will be featured at a November event dedicated to women’s resistance in Auschwitz.

To observe the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) will show Sabotage, the outstanding documentary by Noa Aharoni, an award-winning Israeli filmmaker.

She will be present for the screening and will participate in a special presentation about the untold story of a women’s underground operation in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Although time passes and memories fade, the lessons of the Holocaust perpetrated against Jewish people in Europe cannot be understated or overlooked, especially in today’s climate of increasing antisemitism and distortion of historical facts. Six million Jews, including 1,500,000 children, were systematically murdered by Nazis and their collaborators; others were subjected to brutal and inhumane living and working conditions in concentration camps.

Kristallnacht, on November 9, 1938, the Night of Broken Glass, marked the beginning of the downward spiral that culminated in the Holocaust. On this night, in an act of state-sponsored

Noa Aharoni, award-winning Israeli filmmaker and the director of Sabotage, a film documenting the heroism of women in Auschwitz in 1944. The film will be shown on November 9 at the Canadian Museum of History.

violence, Jewish businesses and synagogues were burned throughout Germany and Austria. As the Nazis occupied more and more territories in Europe, the Jews in conquered areas were rounded up and sent to concentration camps and death camps. The most notorious was Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

Sabotage utilizes animation, archival footage and live testimony to dramatize a heroic story of women’s courage and sisterhood that features Estucia Wajcblum, a member of the resistance

group which smuggled gunpowder to the men of the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners forced to perform various duties in the gas chambers and crematoria. During the Auschwitz uprising on October 7, 1944, mere weeks before liberation, the men used the gunpowder to blow up Crematorium IV. “I let the women in this film talk for themselves, I put them in front of the stage,” said Aharoni. “When I ask myself what attracted me to making Sabotage, my answer is unequivocal.

The female perspective on the Holocaust, or if you will, the heroism of women in the Holocaust.”

Aharoni is a director of both feature films and documentaries. In her opinion, the combination of both mediums in Sabotage is the secret to bringing the viewer to the emotional place she looks for in her films.

This important documentary film, an unforgettable account of the triumph of the human spirit, has an Ottawa connection. Anna Wajcblum Heilman, Estucia’s sister, survived the uprising and emigrated to Ottawa in 1960 with her husband and two daughters. She became a well-respected social worker and supervisor at the Ottawa Children’s Aid Society until her death in 2011. Anna was an advocate for Holocaust education and participated in March of the Living in 1994. In her later years, she campaigned heavily to have the women involved in the revolt recognized as resistance fighters.

Anna kept a diary in Auschwitz that included details of that historic and

heroic revolt. That diary, on which Sabotage is based, is now housed at Library and Archives Canada. Anna’s memoir was published in a book entitled Never Far Away and won a City of Ottawa Book Award in 2002.

Her diary will be on view at the launch event. Her daughter, Ariela Heilman, will be participating in a panel discussion following the screening of the documentary.

“Anna’s narration as she recounts her love for her sister and the courage of the young women and the stunning animation by Avi A. Katz are profoundly moving,” said Janet Kaiman, Anna’s neighbour and friend and a member of the CHES Event Committee. “I remember sitting around her kitchen table as a young girl listening to Anna’s stories about growing up in Warsaw. She told them as an adventure story, about going into the Warsaw sewers smuggling food and other items and about hiding from soldiers. As we grew older, she spoke more about the camp and the horror of what happened there.”

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by November 1 at canadahelps.org/en/ charities/Centre-for-Holocaust-Education-and-Scholarship/events/holocaust-education-month-launch-event-in-commemoration-of-kristallnacht/ The event is free but a donation to CHES will be appreciated. Please visit chesatottawa.ca for further details.

Marion Silver and Roberta Goldmaker are descendants of survivors and members of the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES).

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GLEBOUS & COMICUS

Construction shortages force employers to hire guinea pigs!

The Glebe according to Zeus

Employers have had to look to alternative labour sources as the housing shortage becomes more acute and labour cannot meet demand. “This is good news for the tradespigs, who have been offering their services for decades with little interest from construction companies,” said Fuzz Grassgrove, head of the Guinea Pig Trade Union (GPTU).

Employers are not very welcoming, however. “Look, I’ve had to hire a few, but I’m not sure they’re working out. They told me they were experienced excavators, but they showed up without even boots or hard hats!”

But Fuzz says it’s an inclusivity problem. “The responsibility is on the employer, not the pigs, to find proper-sized safety equipment for all their employees, no matter what the size.”

But others are claiming the guinea pigs don’t do anything and boss their co-workers around. “I shovelled all morning and then had to serve them lunch!” complained John, who added that he had to drive them home as well.

But what about the tradespigs? Two were interviewed on site and had a lot to say. “The worksite is so biased and hostile!” commented Petey, who said the workers even wrote “CAT” on the excavator, trying to intimidate and bully them.

According to Lizzy, a lot of work needs to be done to make the workplace inclusive. “It’s not just boots and hats, we need ramps and more frequent grazing breaks. Employers need to stop assuming everyone is human-bodied!”

The Workplace Inclusivity Network (WIN) says that employers need to see the value of difference and how it can benefit the bottom line. “Studies show that guinea pigs in the workplace reduce stress. And reduced stress will mean better quality work, retention and well-being. Now, that’s a win-win!”

John agreed that while he did do most of the work, he wasn’t stressed and did find the tradespigs charming, even if demanding.

A GUINEA PIG’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLEBE

How to read across the world?

By Sophie Shields What does it mean to read? As a teaching assistant for a course called “Read the World” this semester, I was inspired by a class activity in which students gathered idioms about reading from all the languages they spoke.

This led me to wonder – is “reading” understood similarly or differently across the world?

Let’s start at the beginning with the etymology of the verb to read. Many Latin languages derive their word for read from the Latin legere which originally meant “to gather” and, in time, came to mean “to gather with the eye” or “to read”. Legere inspired modern words such as the Italian leggere, the Spanish leer and the French lire.

English, on the other hand, took its verb from the Old English rœda, “to advise or counsel.” This original meaning is still preserved in the German raten, “to advise or guess.”

These different origins make us wonder: does the legere/rœda (gather/ advise) distinction still affect how these languages use the verb to read?

Regardless of etymology, the power of reading has inspired expressions in every language! A Korean idiom tells us just how important reading is: “halulado chaeg-eul ilgji anh-eumyeon ib-an-e gasiga dodneunda,”

meaning “if you don’t read once a day, you’ll grow thorns in your mouth.”

This is reminiscent of the Romanian ai carte, ai parte (you have a book, you have a share), which tells us that you gain power through reading. Ukrainian reminds us, however, that to fully absorb a book’s knowledge, we need to do a close reading: “ne na korist kneshku chetat, kole vershke leshe hapat,” meaning “it is not enough to read a book, when we only grab at the cream,” its surface.

Finally, other languages emphasize that reading goes beyond books, with a similar idiom to English’s “read the room” found amazingly enough all the way across the world in Japanese with “kuuki wo yomu,” meaning “to read the air.”

So next time you feel like being a ratón de bibliotheca (Spanish for library mouse) or a bookworm, why not think about how your language might influence your reading? And remember knowledge from reading is power – ai carte, ai parte.

Sophie Shields is a Carleton graduate working on her MA in Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College. She loves writing and learning languages, and she speaks French, Ukrainian and German.

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St. Matthew’s online Treasures Auction

November 9 to 19

By Margret Brady Nankivell St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe will hold its wonderfully eclectic online Treasures Auction again this year. The auction site will open for bidding on Thursday, November 9 and close on Sunday, November 19.

The catalogue can be previewed as of Monday, November 2.

The church is delighted that their major auction sponsors have renewed their support: Amica the Glebe, Capital Home Hardware in the Glebe, Davidson’s Jewellers and McKeen Metro Glebe.

Ottawa artist Donna Lynd has contributed two paintings, one of which will be used for posters and the website.

The catalogue will include works by Jill Alexander, Colette Samson, Mitch Kierstadt, Jennifer Prevost, Denise Soper, First Nations artist Clemence Wescoupe, Canadian war artist Robert Hyndman and many others.

The auction will feature several fine carpets from Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries and exotic carvings from many other lands. It also includes unusual antiques, clocks, collectible books and pieces by significant potters such as Harlan House and Martha Sturdy.

Look for fashion items such as designer purses and valuable jewellery – there are many beautiful pearls.

Some rare antique silver, crystal, art glass, fine furniture and even an apartment-sized organ will be on offer. And for collectors, check out the rather neat die-cast model cars.

Like last year, the catalogue includes certificates for accommodation at resorts in Antigua, Bermuda and Panama.

St. Matthew’s is known for its hospitality. Baked goods, meals and jams and jellies will be hot-ticket items.

A percentage of this year’s proceeds will support the restoration of St. Matthew’s stunning stained-glass windows and outreach projects.

Margret Brady Nankivell is a longtime St. Matthew’s parishioner and organizer of the online Treasures Auction.

St. Matthew’s Online Treasures Auction opens on Thursday, Nov. 9 and closes on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 4 pm. Registration will open on Friday, Oct. 13 and can be accessed through the church website (www.stmatthewsottawa.ca) or auctria.events/StMatthewOnlineAuction2023

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BIRDS

Students and neighbours work to prevent bird-window collisions

By Abby Adair Safe Wings Ottawa estimates that roughly 250,000 birds collide with glass each year in Ottawa, causing a significant impact on the local bird population. These collisions occur because birds presume that they can reach habitat or sky through windows or within reflective glass. Of the birds that collide with windows, most die on impact, but many die minutes, hours or days later as a direct result of their injuries.

A group of Carleton University students is collaborating with the Glebe Community Association (GCA), the Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) Ottawa and Safe Wings Ottawa, a local nonprofit dedicated to reducing bird mortality, to raise awareness about bird-window collisions. Students and partners have launched a survey campaign to assess community willingness to engage with the issue and encourage community members to take action to safeguard local birds.

In addition, Safe Wings Ottawa, CAFES and the participating community associations are offering a workshop on November 13 for survey respondents who indicate they would like to learn more about the issue of bird-window collisions and the application of materials on windows.

This project is part of the Foundations of Community Engagement course at Carleton University taught by Professor Deborah E. Conners. It teaches students about community engagement through lectures and hands-on experience conducting a campaign in a local community.

The Carleton project team raising awareness about bird-window collisions. From left, back row Alex Ross, Joan Freeman (GCA), Tara Beauchamp (GCA); front row Dr. Deborah Conners (Carleton), Dr. Rachel Buxton (Carleton), Arleth Lugo Ruiz, Angela Keller-Herzog (GCA and CAFES), Mubasshira Nawsin.

“I’m very excited to be teaching this course,” said Dr. Conners. “I’m able to bring to students the foundational knowledge for how to engage with community and also to give them the experience of that.”

“We are doing a project that has real consequences in the world, real benefits,” said Dr. Conners. “It’s very fulfilling to me to be part of that and to be the conductor of this organized chaotic orchestra that is happening over the course of the term and doing a project that has the potential to make a difference.”

In addition to the Glebe Community Association, students in Dr. Conners’ class are working with representatives from the Westboro, Hintonburg and Fisher Heights areas to promote citywide participation in the survey. The goal is to provide greater insight into

where birds are hitting windows and assess the willingness of communities to take action. Survey findings will be analyzed by Dr. Conners and Dr. Rachel Buxton of the Carleton University Institute of Environment Sciences and shared with Safe Wings Ottawa and the community associations.

Free samples of Feather Friendly window markers will be offered to survey respondents who indicate an interest in acting. These adhesive dots applied to the exterior of windows are proven to make glass more visible to birds, preventing deadly collisions while remaining unobstructive to humans.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for residents in the community to collaborate with students,” said Angela Keller-Herzog, a GCA representative and executive director of CAFES, which is

partnering with students on the project.

“We all love birds!”

To promote the survey, a group of students will collaborate with the GCA to design and execute an engagement campaign, including social media outreach and face-to-face interaction with community members to spread the word. Students are optimistic that conducting this research for Carleton University and their partners will help organizations support residents in efforts to prevent collisions and reduce bird mortality.

“I feel guilty that I didn’t know about this before,” said Mubasshira Nawsin, a student working on the project. “Now I feel like we are responsible as students and as a future generation. I feel like we need to make an impact.”

To participate in the survey, scan the QR code below or use the following link: carletonu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/ form/SV_2hj2SeDwjiiKCuW or carleton.ca/socanth/news-events/ Anyone living in Ottawa can respond.

For more information on bird-window collisions and solutions, check out the Safe Wings Ottawa website at safewings.ca.

Abby Adair is a student at Carleton University living in the Glebe.

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Ankle sprains

By Sue Reive September means back to school and the start of many sports like football, running and soccer. Unfortunately, some people will suffer a sports injury.

Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries; they comprise 14 per cent of all sports-related injuries and 50 per cent of soccer injuries. Early treatment ensures a better outcome. Indeed,

physiotherapy helps guide the healing process to facilitate a better recovery and prevent re-injury.

The most common mechanism of injury is rolling over on the outside of the ankle which sprains the lateral ligament complex. Athletes will often sprain the ligament when landing from a jump, especially when landing on another players’ foot.

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sprain. Patients with a grade one sprain have micro-tearing of the lateral ligament and will usually be able to weight bear after the injury. Grade two ligament sprains are accompanied by more swelling and visible bruising as the ligament fibers are more torn and there is definite instability. Weight bearing is painful, and patients will usually hop off the field or court. They may require crutches for a few days. Grade three tears are significant with marked instability. The patient cannot weight bear and requires crutches. Initially, ankle mobility is greatly reduced due to pain. An X-ray should be taken if there is marked pain and the patient cannot walk four steps immediately following the injury. With some ankle sprains, the torn ligament can pull a small chip of bone off its attachment; this is known as an avulsion fracture and will usually appear on an X-ray.

Treatment varies depending on the grade of sprain and the stage of healing.

In the acute inflammatory phase, the RICE method (rest, ice, compression and elevation) is employed. Taping and bracing are important to provide stability and prevent re-injury. Grade three sprains and severe grade two sprains require an air cast to immobilize and allow healing of the torn ligament. Moreover, crutches are used for protective weight bearing. People often ask if they should be walking on a sprained ankle. I advise people to listen to their body; if it hurts to fully weight bear then use crutches or a cane to reduce the load on the injured ankle.

Specific active movement starts in the first week and progresses to resisted

strengthening exercises. Weight bearing progresses as able. Eventually, balance drills, hopping and running are given, usually around the fourth week for grade two sprains. Return to sport should be gradual and use of a brace is recommended.

Grade one ankle sprains resolve fairly quickly, usually in one to three weeks. Grade two sprains take four to six weeks and grade three sprains require a few months. The body has stages of healing which dictate our recovery. Scar tissue only starts to be laid down in the second week after an injury and is not strong until four to six weeks post injury.

The goal of physiotherapy is to produce strong yet extensible scar tissue, regain normal strength and balance and ultimately allow a resumption of sporting activities without pain or dysfunction.

Susan Reive is a physiotherapist at the Ottawa Physiotherapy and Sports Clinic in the Glebe.

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SCOUTS

36th Ottawa Scouts and Venturers Venturers on a winter’s hike

Cubs at spring camp

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Scouting in the Glebe

Beavers learning to build shelters

A TR ADITION SINCE 1936

By Paul Mayer Hello from the 36th Ottawa Scouting Group! My name is Paul Mayer, and I am the group commissioner of the Glebe’s 36th. Together with our sponsor, Glebe-St. James United Church, we have served the Glebe area for 87 years.

We bring high-quality, co-ed youth programming focusing on outdoor skills, the environment, stewardship and leadership. Here are some examples of what we have been up to lately.

Beavers (ages 5-7). Beavers were able to attend an overnight camp in a cabin at Camp Opemikon in 2022 where they learned about shelter building and identified trees and plants by their leaves. They took part in a variety of winter activities, museum nights and, of course, the ever-popular Beaver Buggies.

Cubs (ages 8-10). Our Cub Pack continues to “do their best” in their program. Last year’s highlights included dog sledding, two camps (fall and spring), the return of the annual area Kub Kar Rally and a biking adventure.

Our senior cubs carried out a food drive in the spring for the Ottawa Food Bank.

Scouts (ages 11-14). Scouts participate in skills camps (learning the right way to handle axes, knives, stoves and fire) and participate in an area-wide Klondike challenge and an annual canoe camp to name just a few of their many activities. This past year they were introduced to coding and robotics, so the breadth of activities is very wide.

Venturers (ages 15-17). Our Vents are more independent and focus on planning their own adventures.

This year the highlight looks to be a weekend winter camping hike in the Adirondacks!

Storage needed! To give the youth their outdoor experiences, the group supports a wide range of gear: tents, canopies, stoves, cooking supplies, axes, water jugs, etc., together with Klondike sleds (think dog sleds), Cub Chuckwagons and three canoes. As you can imagine, it can be a challenge storing all of this in an accessible location.

We have been blessed with the use of a former Scouter’s garage for many years, but that arrangement will be coming to an end and we are actively searching for a new spot(s). If you think

you could help, contact me and we can start a conversation!

Volunteers needed! The backbone of the scouting movement is our volunteers. Nothing could happen without the selfless adults who take on the challenge of mentoring our youth in their respective sections. We are always on the lookout for new volunteers willing to make the commitment to the program.

For youth safety, there are a number of screenings and training sessions that take place before a volunteer can interact with the youth. A short

summary video of these requirements can be found at youtu.be/bW1aAbuKRm4, and interested (or potentially interested) individuals can contact me at pmmayer111@gmail.com. I am always happy to talk about the roles we have in the group. Chances are there is a way for everyone to participate given the time they have available.

Paul Mayer, a Glebe resident, is commissioner of the Glebe’s 36th Ottawa Scouting Group. When not scouting, he is a professor of chemistry at the University of Ottawa.

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Messages without complete information will not be accepted. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ABBOTSFORD SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTRE (950 Bank St., Tel.: 613-230-5730) Learn & Explore Speaker’s Series, Wednesdays, 1:00 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18: Paul McAllister, SRES, Real Estate Broker will be presenting Decluttering, Downsizing & Finding a New Home. To sell a family home; declutter; downsize; find a new dwelling; and move is a daunting task. Paul will ‘feed us’ the best practices in manageable bite sizes! It will be held LIVE and on ZOOM simultaneously. Oct. 25: Renu Pillay is the owner and Pharmacist of Whole Health Pharmacy Glebe. He has been invited to present on what a Compounding Pharmacy is and how this service helps individuals meet their specific needs. He will also touch on the importance, usage of and the variety of compression stocking available in this, our local Compound Pharmacy...looking and feeling good! This will be held LIVE and on ZOOM simultaneously. Nov. 1: What is the difference between Long Term Care and Retirement Residence Living? A representative from Amica the Glebe Retirement Residence and Garry J. Armstrong Long Term Care deliver a session on the different supports, services, health care and pricing that you can expect in both long-term care and retirement living. We’ll answer questions that are on people’s minds when looking into options for themselves and their loved ones. LIVE only.

Nov. 8: Join author Ainalem Tebje, who will be presenting her two novels My Love Story in Broken English and its sequel, The Refugee. The first tells the story of a bride who stands up against cultural traditions, the second her realities as a refugee. Ainalem’s experience as a refugee, journalist, reporter, and editor brings life to her extraordinary tales. This will be held LIVE and on ZOOM simultaneously. Nov. 15: Marc St-Onge is Senior Emeritus Scientist for the Geological Survey of Canada. Marc is back by popular demand to present on the History of Canada and its Geological Survey. Bring pen and paper and be prepared for an engaging and enlightening hour. This will be held LIVE and on ZOOM simultaneously. N.B.: The lectures are free but one must register in advance for a seat or ZOOM link.

Tea/Coffee and treats available for purchase in dining room courtesy of your Members Council.

ABBOTSFORD SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTRE (950 Bank St., Tel.: 613-230-5730) HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR, Sat., Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Home made crafts, ornaments, baby clothes, knit wear, teddy bears & other delightful comfort creatures, pottery and clever gift ideas, home baked goodies including frozen apple pies to go… and a Tea Room to restore, chat and enjoy the comfort of food and friends… All to support the Centre!

CAPITAL REGION MODEL RAILWAY TOUR 2023, Sat., Oct. 21. We have lined up over a dozen layouts in Ottawa and Gatineau that illustrate some of the best model railroading in the region. No inflation here! Admission is still only $10 for the day, and persons 15 years old and younger can see the trains for free. Because the Tour requires entering layout owners’ private homes, we must ask everyone who wishes to visit the layouts to register with the Tour first.

For more information about Tour registration, please visit our website at capitaltrains.ca - We hope you will join us on the 2023 in-person Tour.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE of Susan Virginia “Ginny” Grimshaw (May 16, 1950 - January 17, 2023), Saturday October 21st, 2023 from 1- 3 p.m. at Hulse, Playfair & McGarry’s central chapel at 315 McLeod Street in Ottawa. Much loved daughter of Ollie and Barb Mabee (predeceased), cherished wife of Bill Grimshaw (predeceased), Ginny was treasured by her son, Tobin and daughter, Jennifer (Emma, Raegan). Ginny loved her community and gave back through volunteering (Heart and Stroke Foundation, Glebe Report, Mutchmor). Her signature blonde hair and “side pony” made her easy to spot around the Glebe.

COFFEE TO COCKTAILS debut feature film from local Ottawa filmmaker Andrew Brannen will be shown at the Mayfair Theatre on Saturday, November 11th, from 2 to 5 pm. Coffee to Cocktails follows a revolving door of conversations at a single café table as the afternoon slips away and the drink of choice goes from coffee to cocktails. Director Andrew Brannen will attend a post-screening Q&A session and raffle.

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In addition to free home delivery and at newspaper boxes on Bank Street, you can find copies of the Glebe Report at:

Abbas Grocery Abbotsford House Black Squirrel Bloomfields Flowers Bridgehead 1117 Bank St. Capital Home Hardware Clocktower Pub Douvris Martial Arts Ernesto’s Barber Shop Escape Clothing Feleena’s Mexican Café Fourth Avenue Wine Bar Glebe Apothecary Glebe Central Pub Glebe Community Centre Advance tickets available online on the Mayfair Theatre’s website at https://mayfairtheatre.ca.

FRIENDS OF THE FARM USED BOOK SALE, Oct. 21-22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Friends of the Farm, Building 72, Arboretum (east of the Prince of Wales roundabout). For more details, go to friendsofthefarm.ca/event/2023-used-book-sale/ GLEBE ST. JAMES CHURCH BAZAAR, Sat., Nov 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 650 Lyon St. The annual bazaar has many tables and once again a “wool room” and “Fish Pond”. And this year a silent auction. Come for 10 a.m. and stay for lunch. All is good.

HERITAGE OTTAWA, Who Can Help Me with This Old House? Workshop, an introductory workshop explicitly for owners and prospective owners of older homes in Ottawa. This full-day workshop will provide guidance and resources for homeowners from those knowledgeable in their field.

Topics at the introductory workshop include: • Understanding Your Older Home: Its history, local context and evolution • The Exterior Environment: Creating an appropriate setting for your home • Heritage Properties and Maintenance: How the City of Ottawa can help!

• Financing and Insuring an Older Home • Best Sustainability Practices: Tackling conservation issues in your older home • A Guide to Seeking Professional Renovation Services Date: October 14, 2023, 9 am to 4:30 pm, Bayview Yards Innovation Centre, 7 Bayview Station Road, or join us via Zoom, registration: heritageottawa.org/heritage-ottawa-workshops Contact Heritage Ottawa at info@heritageottawa.org or call 613-230-8841.

KNOX CHURCH ANNUAL HARVEST BAZAAR, corner of Lisgar and Elgin, Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. - Come for the delicious home baking and deli goods and stay to view the quality collectibles, jewellery and accessories.

Find just what you’ve been looking for in attic treasures, visit the crafts table, and browse our book room for fiction and non-fiction. Take a break in our cafe for a chili lunch or a sweet and coffee, and visit our beautiful Sanctuary.

Everyone is welcome! Parking for just $2 is available at City Hall, just across the street.

LIVE FROM THE GLEBE presents two events featuring concert pianist, Luke Welch, on Oct. 28 at Glebe-St. James United Church. At 10 a.m., Luke shares a masterclass called, “Chasing the Dream: The Power of Determination”, an opportunity to hear about the pressures of performance, repetitive strain injuries common to pianists, and a discussion about recovery and self-care. At 3 p.m., Luke performs selections from his new, award-winning album, “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Works”. Cost for each event: pay what you can (suggested amount $25).

OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB MEETING, Old Ottawa South Community Centre (The Firehall), 260 Sunnyside Ave., Tues., Nov. 14, 7 p.m.: Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library – Mélanie Ouellette, founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library (www.wildflowerseedlibrary.ca), will provide a presentation on how and why the library promotes gardening with native plants.

Concepts will be introduced that include “habitat corridors” and the three pillars of the organization. Photographs of native wildflowers and gardens will be included. Membership: $25 per year, $40 for a family, drop-in fee $7 per meeting.

Info: info@oldottawasouth.ca or 613-247-4946.

PROBUS Ottawa is welcoming new members from the Glebe and environs. Join your fellow retirees, near retirees and want-to-be retirees for interesting speakers and discussions, not to mention relaxed socializing. See our website: www.probusoav.ca for more detailed information about the club and its activities as well as contact points, membership information, and meeting location. We will be meeting on Wed., 25 Oct. for a presentation about Canadian Casualty Identification Project.

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PUZZLE AND BOOK SALE, First Avenue Public School, 73 First Ave., Fri., Oct. 27, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Annual UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS MARKET on Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ukrainian Banquet Hall at 1000 Byron. Purchase delicious homemade Ukrainian food – perogies, cabbage rolls, borshch, delicious baked goods and other sweet treats!

Shop for unique Christmas gifts – one-of-a-kind items, local & imported Ukrainian arts and crafts, beautifully embroidered blouses that Ukraine is known for and lots more! For more information or vendor tables, call 613-728-0856.

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