Barrhaven Independent October 30, 2020

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Council approves levy, plan to save Stonebridge Golf Course

By Barrhaven Independent Staff Ottawa Council has approved a levy that will pay for the city’s purchase of the Stonebridge Golf Course.

The levy, which will be administered by the Deputy City Treasurer, Revenue and the Deputy City Treasurer, Corporate Finance from 2021-2029, will collect a total of $7 million from residents of the Stonebridge Community.

The levy will enable the city’s purchase of the golf course from Mattamy Homes.

Stonebridge Golf Course is a 5,944-metre (6,500 yards) championship golf course meandering through the residential community of Stonebridge in the southern part of Barrhaven.

The course is owned by Mattamy (Monarch) Limited who has recently indicated a desire to develop a portion of the course with an additional 183 residential units. This will require an application for a Plan of Subdivision and a Zoning By-law amendment.

After the announcement of Mattamy’s intentions in June 2018, a working group of community residents from the Stonebridge Community Association (SCA) organized the Stonebridge Working Group (SWG) to present an alternative to this development. The focus of the opposition is a desire to preserve the Open Space / Green Space in the present form, as a golf course, or as passive parkland for residents to enjoy.

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Barrhaven’s wards should be divided by Greenbank Road Last week, Councillor Carol Anne Meehan and I interviewed with the consultants for the Ward Boundary Review. We like #6 option which gives Barrhaven two councillors who individually represent Barrhaven’s communities. Take Stonebridge.

This community will be represented by the Councillor for Barrhaven East! Half Moon Bay will have The Barrhaven West Councillor as the rep.

What you say? Barrhaven’s wards should be called Barrhaven East and West with Greenbank Road as the divider.

Let us know if you agree.

Site Plan Application for 3831 Cambrian Road

Please be advised that the City of Ottawa received a Site Plan application for 3831 Cambrian Rd. The site is located on south side of Cambrian Rd at the planned intersection with future Greenbank Rd (southeast corner). The applicant is proposing to develop a retail food store (Metro Ontario Inc.) and an attached retail store.

CHEO offers vital care with new drive-up Mental Health Vitals Clinic

COVID-19 has caused many services to pause or stop but doing so can be detrimental when it comes to the mental health and well-being of children and youth. To safely meet the needs of children and youth who are accessing CHEO mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, CHEO has transformed its Montreal Road location into a drive-up clinic for monitoring vital signs — a necessary in-person service needed to provide the best care possible.

It supplements our ongoing virtual care and is designed to keep everyone as safe as possible with masking, physical distancing and limited time indoors.

The new drive-up clinic complements the 94% of CHEO’s outpatient mental health visits currently being

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done virtually.

Pre-pandemic, this would have been done during a full, in-person visit. These checkups assess height, weight, heart rate and blood pressure, and allow our care team to see how a child or youth is adjusting to a new medication, monitor for any negative side-effects, order bloodwork if necessary, and detect potential problems early.

With the launch of the new drive-up Mental Health Vitals Clinic, children and youth are able to quickly and easily have this important vital-sign checkin. The drive-up clinic is by appointment only, for children and youth referred by our Mental Health team.

On the day of their appointment, families fill out CHEO’s online self-screening and then go to our Montreal Road location. Once there, they call a designated number and go into a room that has direct access from the outside. Only one child or youth and their parent or caregiver goes into that room for an appointment at a time. The waiting room is reserved for anyone arriving by transit.

Barrhaven Community Messaging

Barrhaven Legion’s 2020 Poppy Campaign and Remembrance Ceremony COVID-19 has been very trying for all our branches, but we must continue or work to support veterans and their families.

Given the restrictions this year surrounding our Poppy Campaign Branch 554 has started an initiative that we hope you will all embrace.

What better way to recognize our fallen veterans on November 11 but to show that we will never forget them and this year we are offering 2-sided lawn signs for sale complete

withstand. Each sign is 18” x 24”. The cost is $20 each HST included. Shipping and Handling to be arranged or signs can be picked up in Rockland.

If you wish to receive a sign simply send an email to jonicm73@gmail.com.

Half Moon Bay Community Association Halloween Event Register your Spooktacular home on the platform to showcase your creativity in the neighbourhood and help us facilitate a safe Halloween activity for everyone to enjoy.

You’ll be put into a draw for a prize for participating. For more information, please visit: https://hmbc.ca/halloween2020

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Stoneway Drive “Light it Up” Festival

Residents of Stoneway Drive, let your creativity illuminate the front of your homes, trees, and lawns with spectacular light display. This event will happen from 6pm – 10pm from November 14th – January 15th. For more information find Barrhaven East Community Association on Facebook.

The Log Farm

We are very pleased to announce that we will be hosting, for the first time, two Christmas Markets Saturday, November 21st and Saturday, November 28th. These will be a completely outdoor market and we will provide the same large space with vendors well spread out throughout the treed area at the farm. Along with most of our regular vendors, we will be adding and several local artisans. This is going to be a very unique experience and will offer the customer a great opportunity to shop in a great safe environment with lots of open space, lots of great vendors and lots and lots of fresh air. As we finalize our complete vendor lineup, we will be providing more information.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT Golf continues from page 1 An independent consultant was engaged by the City’s Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development (PIED) department to act as facilitator to find a mutually agreeable solution for both parties. This group has been working since April 2019 toward reaching a resolution.

An agreement in principle was reached which entailed two components: the purchase of the golf course lands and a means to fund this purchase.

The details of the agreement in principle were shared with the community through inperson and live streamed public meetings, multiple open houses as well as the SCA website, social media channels and newsletters. Feedback from the community was received through a survey conducted by the SWG between July 30, 2019 and August 20, 2019. Based on the feedback, the SWG recommended a community wide ballot be held to determine support for a financial levy added to the individual residents’ annual property tax bill to purchase the golf course lands.

The community wide ballot to vote on the levy was held between October 10, 2019 and November

9, 2019. There were 3,385 eligible (property) votes based on the residences in the levy area shown on the map, attached as Document 2. The result of the vote was that 1,470 voted YES, 741 voted NO, and there were six spoiled ballots. The total voter turnout was 65 per cent of those eligible.

The levy is based on a total of 7 million dollars of which 6 million dollars is for the direct purchase of the golf course land, and the remaining 1 million dollars is reserved for legal fees, land transfer tax, appraisal costs, environmental due diligence and other expenses associated with the future real estate transaction.

The levy is estimated to be $48 per $100,000 of 2019 residential assessed value and will be based on the assessed value of the property as determined by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.

Residents can expect a range from approximately $166 to $460 on their tax bill. This levy will impact 3,431 households and one commercial property.

In exchange for $6,000,000, payable upon closing (October 30, 2029), the City will acquire the Stonebridge golf course, less the approximate 9.5 hectares (23.5

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acres) Mattamy intends to develop as Phase 16 of their residential development plan. The remaining lands are comprised of approximately 77 hectares (190 acres) inclusive of the Maintenance Facility and the Clubhouse.

The PSA states that Mattamy will continue to operate the golf course “as an 18-hole Golf Course (minimum Par 70, no less than 5,486 metres (6,000 yards)) and also to maintain it to its high historical standards including Audubon International Certification, until at least October 30, 2029.”

Operation of the golf course would be at the cost of the SCA. The details of the future arrangement between the City and the SCA will be the subject of a future report to Committee and Council prior to acquisition of the subject lands.

If any part of the golf course land ceases to be used as either a golf course or open space / green space (passive parkland), Mattamy Homes will have the option to repurchase the entire property for 6 million dollars.

In the event that the lands revert to public open space / green space, the Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Department (RCFS) would

Stonebridge Golf Course will be owned by the City of Ottawa.

prepare and implement a park naturalization and pathway plan for the former golf course lands following a natural regeneration and managed old field succession process to transform the manicured golf course

landscape over time, into a forested public open space network with an informal, non-illuminated pedestrian pathway system. The cost of capital improvements would be identified at the time of acceptance of lands and

would be brought forward to Council as part of the annual budget process.

Revenue Services will administer the collection of the levy starting in 2021 for the purpose of funding disbursements for this acquisition.

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Four new schools to be built in Barrhaven, Riverside South

By Charlie Senack

Barrhaven and Riverside South communities will be getting four new schools, according to a recent announcement by the Ford provincial government.

On Wednesday, October 21, Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod announced two new elementary schools will be built in Barrhaven South — one with the French public education board and the other with the Ottawa Catholic School Board.

The day before, Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari announced a new high school will be built in Riverside South. In July, the government also announced a new elementary school will be built in Half Moon Bay. “These are really import-

ant investments and I really think they are going to make a difference,” said Lecce.

The new high school in Riverside South will cost $42 million to build and will house roughly 1,500 students and 40 licensed childcare spaces once it opens.

Shovels are expected to be in the ground sometime soon with the land at Spratt and Earl Armstrong already secured.

“This is a win at the end of the day for families within Riverside South, stated Lecce. “The fast-growing community has not seen a school built in a decade; this is going to make a difference.”

MacLeod, who has advocated for a school in the community since she was an education critique nine years ago, said the Riverside South community is seeing

Police respond to anti-Asian racism incident at local Pho Restaurant

By Charlie Senack

Two episodes of apparent anti-Asian racism have taken place in Ottawa over the last week, including one incident which took place in Barrhaven.

The first incident took place in the evening of Thursday, October 8, outside of the Vietnamese Pho House located at 4235 Strandherd Dr, near the Barrhaven Costco.

As two individuals were just finishing up their meal they noticed a male spitting repeatedly over the driver side window of their car. When one of them confronted the male who is believed to be in his 50’s or 60’s, he ignored the situation and continued to play on his phone, according to a report from the Ottawa Citizen.

“I saw him playing on his phone, an older guy, a white man maybe 50 to 60.

He didn’t even look up at me from his phone,” said Perry So, who’s car was spit on. “I

guess he didn’t expect me to see him do it, and now he’s just straight-up ignoring me.”

So says he took photos and videos of the man who spit on his car and the “slimy mess” that was left behind.

He also called Police but was told it was not a priority call.

The man later left the parking lot, says So, who adds he filed a Police report online when he got home.

Within a few days, Police followed up on the incident.

“Rest assured, I have gone through the necessary steps and the Ottawa Police Service has been in contact now and will be dealing with the matter,” said So in response to the Barrhaven Independent’s coverage.” I just want to say thank you again, as I did this article out of providing awareness for not just the Asian community but everyone in general - who cannot stand up or protect themselves, that this type of behaviour is not acceptable.”

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exponential growth. With 10,000 homes already built in the community, that number is expected to double in the next 10 years. Because of that, the community will see light rail transit before most parts of the city.

The Riverside South high school is expected to help with overcrowding in Barrhaven schools. Currently high school ahead students who live in Riverside South are being bused to Merivale High School in Nepean, or to South Carleton High School in Richmond. Others choose to switch to the Ottawa Catholic School Board, with St. Francis Xavier already built in the community.

“Part of the issue with needing a high school in Riverside South helps with the overcrowding issue, because it will ease with the Vimy Memorial Bridge and the ability for people to go back and forth,” MacLeod told the Barrhaven In-

dependent in a new conference Wednesday.

“There is (also) at the moment a high school being built at the moment (in Barrhaven) and it should be ready quite soon,” MacLeod added. “We are building a French public secondary school right now and is under construction just off Strandherd.

Lecce added this recent news proves the government is committed to investing in Ottawa, saying the announcement was fast tracked due to new needs forced upon by COVID-19 and the support from the community.

“Normally in the province we will announce a list of projects posed for renovations or new schools, historically in the spring — in the send half of the fiscal year,” he said. “I think what we demonstrate as a government is that is that we are going to make sure that the

Ottawa region receives the finding and equity they deserve.”

Ghamari, who has made getting a public high school built in Riverside South her number one issue since being elected two years ago, says she’s “still in disbelief” that the school is finally being built after years of advocating.

“These are not just investments in bricks and mortar, our government is investing in the future of our children by creating a better learning environment,” said the Carleton MPP in a statement. “By building these schools we are providing students in Riverside South, Stittsville and across Ottawa with access to modern classroom settings and the latest technology which will lead to new opportunities and lifelong success.”

This is all part of a $550 million investment in schools in the province

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MacLeod says $84 million of that will be invested in Nepean, benefiting over 2,100 students. The money is being used on projects which include: an expansion to St. Joseph High School and renovations to Mary Honeywell, Jockvale and Knoxdale public elementary schools.

Some schools will see their doors opening soon, with all expected to be completed by 2022. The locations for the two new elementary schools in Barrhaven are still being worked out.

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INDEPENDENT Editorial

What is wrong with people?

All of us who are parents have been watching closely to see what the COVID-19 situations have been like in local schools.

In our last issue, we reported positive cases at St. Luke Elementary School in Barrhaven. However, our inbox and our Facebook page message inbox were bombarded with e-mails to point out that the St. Luke school that had positive COVID tests was not the St. Luke school in Barrhaven, but a school in another part of Ottawa.

We apologize for the error and the miscommunication. xxxxxxx We don’t want to sound like Judge Judy here, but, really. What is wrong with people?

It’s disheartening to hear about the racial incident outside the Vietnamese Pho restaurant in West Barrhaven by Costco. Back in April, we wrote an editorial about the escalation of anti-Chinese racism in our community after the pandemic started.

This is not a complicated issue. Yes, the Chinese Communist government holds a lot of blame for the virus and the pandemic, from the fact that they were allowing wet markets to their initial handling of the outbreak.

However, the thousands of Chinese immigrants and second and third generation Chinese Canadians had nothing to do with this virus. In fact, most are here for a better life and to get away from an oppressive regime that has very little regard for human rights.

Incidents like this are happening throughout the city.

Another racially-motivated incident took place outside of the Rideau Centre on Friday, October 9, when well-known photojournalist Justin Tang was entering the mall.

On a post to Twitter, Tang said he just got his first COVID related death threat, adding “I guess it only took eight months for that to happen.

“Me and another woman put on our masks and walked up to the doors,” Tang said on Twitter. “A white man held it open for us, and I thanked him. As I passed, he told me how being forced to wear a mask (he wasn’t wearing one) makes him ‘want to kill Asians.’”

When Tang mentioned that was an unkind thing to say, the man responded by saying “yeah, but war is war, and then repeated his wish to kill Asians,” said Tang.

“I’m okay but obviously shaken up,” Tang later said on Twitter after many people commented words of disgust as to what happened. “The guy didn’t follow me or threaten me beyond his words and demeanour. I’m sharing this because I want there to be no mistake that hate is alive and well, and here. We all gotta do what we can to stand up against it.”

Again, what is wrong with people?

Did we not learn anything about systemic racism this year?

Barrhaven is an exemplary community when it comes to multiculturalism. We all have to do our part to keep it that way.

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Trump wouldn’t fake COVID, would he?

I have never had any time whatsoever for “the caddies got so used to seeing him kick Michael Moore. his ball back onto the fairway they came up On most things, we aren’t on the same with a nickname for him: ‘Pele.’” page. We aren’t in the same book. In fact, People were waiting for Trump to get the we aren’t even on the same floor in the li- virus, for no other reason that it may show brary. him how real and how Until now. harsh it can be. The fact Michael Moore came that it barely knocked him out and said exactly what FROM THE OTHER off his feet, at his age and I was thinking last week. in his health, really makes (No, he didn’t come out you wonder. and say, ‘Boy, I really Moore, in his FaceJeffrey Morris could go for a Coke Zero book rant, says Trump is Sugar with Stevia right a liar when it comes to his now’. But if he did, that would make two health. things we agree on.)

“His longtime New York doctor, Dr. When The Donald came out and pro- Bornstein, admitted a few years ago that claimed that he had “the China Virus” in Trump dictated his perfect “doctor’s letter” his blunt, racist and recklessly irreverent during the 2016 campaign,” Moore wrote. fashion, did you have a hard time believing “Then there was the White House doctor it? I did. In fact, my first thought was that who said Trump could live “200 years!”

COUNCIL Trump was playing this card at exactly this What about his lying about that emergency CORNER time to look like a victim and gain sympathy trip to Walter Reed “to complete his physicfrom the swing vote, and also to Mayor continue al?” Trump also has a history of lying about Suzanne Dodge to brand China as a villain that has caused his opponents’ health (like when Hillary fell world chaos and mayhem, one bowl of con- ill at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony, or taminated wet market bat soup at a time. what he’s now been saying about Biden’s Or, perhaps the diagnosis was a ploy to health).” postpone the election.

Trump has mismanaged the response Moore went on a rant on his Facebook to the virus more than anyone not running page upon hearing the news that President THE NOTthe SOcountry of Brazil. He acted like it was Trump tested positive for COVID-19.NEW GUY a hoax. So why would he come down with “There is one absolute truth about Trump. a virus he did not take seriously? Or was Tim Ruhnke He is a consistent, absolute, unrelenting, his sudden diagnosis with its minimal imfearless, and professional liar. A serial liar. pact on him done just to rebrand himself as A factually proven liar. How many lies now indestructible. has the Washington Post proven in these “Democrats, liberals, the media and four years? 25,000? A lie at least twice every others have always been wrong to simply waking hour? Think of all the bad people treat him as a buffoon and a dummy and a you’ve known in your life. Even the worst jackass,” added Moore. “Yes, he is all those ones you couldn’t say that about,” he wrote. things. But he’s also canny. He’s clever. He WALKER HOUSE Of course, there are things floating outfoxed Comey. He outfoxed Mueller. He around on social media about Trump that outfoxed 20 Republicans in the GOP priare fake. USA Today has proven that posts mary and then did the same to the Demoattributed to Trump claiming he says heSusan is Vallom crats, winning the White House despite reimmune to the coronavirus and that he has ceiving fewer votes than his opponent. He’s “USA, not DNA” were fake posts not made an evil genius and I raise the possibility of by the President. him lying about having COVID-19 to preSo, you can’t really believe everything pare us and counteract his game. He knows you read. being sick tends to gain one sympathy. He’s But, as Moore asks in his rant, why wouldBLAKE’S not above weaponizing this.”

Trump state telling the truth now?

I think even those of us who suspecting TAKES He claims he had the virus. He also Trump of faking COVID-19 actually think claimed a couple months ago that he usually he really is faking it. It’s a theory, and given Blake McKim shot in the low 70s at Winged Foot, home his history, it has merit. of the US Open. That would mean he is a But would the President of the United stroke or two off the pace of Tiger Woods, States really do something as morally bankPhil Mickelson and the rest of the pro tour. rupt as fake a deadly virus just to cling to My favourite writer of all time, Rick Reilly, power? Even the former high school drama wrote a book that came out in 2019 called teacher running our country couldn’t pull ‘Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains that one off.

Donald Trump’. The book details stories It’s a shame Trump can’t just prorogue about Trump’s cheating and dishonesty on the House of Representatives and the Senate the golf course. He says in the book that when he does something ethically sketchy.

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City can’t afford business-as-usual approach to transit One can’t help but wonder how it makes sense for OC Transpo to keep servicing routes with few customers.

Transit ridership is down 70 percent during the pandemic; empty buses rumbling along roads in Barrhaven are common.

Most of us are working from home, with no immediate plan to go back downtown.

This spring, when pressed about why service was not being scaled back, OC Transpo boss John Manconi said it was too early and would be too costly because of union contracts. Here we are, almost eight months into the pandemic, and it’s still service as usual on too many routes with just a handful of riders. Ottawa can’t afford this.

City Councillors are be-

ing asked to find savings as we begin the 2021 budget deliberations. One of the costliest items is transit, which at $615 million consumes 16.3 percent of our operating budget.

Due to the pandemic, the service is facing a revenue shortfall of $117.5 million. The draft budget is proposing the transit levy be increased by 4.6 percent.

That’s more than the 3 percent cap on other city services.

How can we consider increasing the transit levy and fares when we have made no move to stem the pandemic’s

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financial fallout on transit?

Consider the pandemic of 1918 lasted 22 months. It’s more than a good bet Ottawa will still be feeling the effects of this virus until some time next year, and transit will continue to be impacted.

We won’t need as many commuter buses to take people downtown to government jobs. We will probably need more local bussing to move residents around their communities.

If OC Transpo is working on reducing costly runs and implementing more efficient local routes, they’re keeping it under wraps.

The pandemic won’t last forever, but its effects on how we live and work will be around for a long time. And I haven’t even mentioned the LRT, our problem-plagued stage one system, and even costlier Stage Two, now

under construction. There are so many questions swirling about its future use.

No one has a crystal ball, but providing the same costly transit service until this pandemic is over can’t be an

option.

Now is the time to seriously consider changes to our transit system, stem the flow of red ink and improve efficiency that reflects today’s reality. Get a plan in

place and cost it out.

That’s not going to happen before we’re asked to vote on next year’s budget.

I’m telling you now that it will be a huge problem for me.

calling the novel coronavirus pandemic the “China Virus”, a reference Vice President Mike Pence used during last week’s Vice Presidential Debate, and a saying President Donald Trump has also used in numerous campaign rallies.

Two weeks ago in Ottawa, two anti-maskers also entered the Kowloon Market in the city’s China Town neighborhood. When staff at the grocery store asked the men to leave, they refused. Bylaw offi-

cers were called and let the two men go with a warning.

“The Ottawa Police are aware of similar incidents in other jurisdictions,” said Ottawa Police in a media release. “I’m partnership with the community, the Service takes these incidents very seriously and they will be fully investigated. We encourage anyone who has experienced or witnessed similar hateful behaviour to report these incidents to Police.”

racism continues from page 4 So says he feels it was a racially motivated incident because it took place outside of an Asian restaurant.

It was near closing time, he says, adding the parking lot was almost empty.

Racially motivated hate speech against members of the Asian community have been on the rise in recent months as COVID-19 continues to grip the headlines.

Members of the Asian community say America’s political administration is making matters worse by

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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 641 Barrhaven

The Poppy has been widely recognized as a symbol of Remembrance since it was first adopted in 1921. By wearing the Poppy, we demonstrate our gratitude to those who gave their lives for the freedom we enjoy. Legion Remembrance programs commemorate the men and women who died in the military service of Canada during war and peace.

The 2020 Poppy Campaign commences October 30 and ends on November 10. It is through the generosity of the community that Branch 641 is able to provide this kind of support.

Due to COVID-19, Barrhaven Legion

members will not be distributing poppies in person at stores in the community as we have in past years. However, poppy boxes will be available at stores and businesses in Barrhaven, including nine stores using the Legion’s new electronic “Tap-to-Pay” boxes: both LCBO stores, The Beer Store, Costco, Loblaws, Ross’ Independent, Metro, Shoppers Drug Mart (3151 Strandherd Drive) and FreshCo. We will have a reduced Remembrance Ceremony this year, to be held at a new location, Capital Funeral Home and Cemetery, 3700 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa K2C 3H1, beginning at 11 a.m. Missing this year will be the parade of military, cadets, scouts and other local groups. Instead, the Barrhaven Legion

will host a Colour Party at the ceremony site called “Veterans’ Wall,” which we plan to live stream on our Facebook page and our website. Attendance at

the ceremony will be extended to members of the Barrhaven Legion; members of the public who wish to attend will do so at their own risk. Masks will

be required and social distancing will be maintained. Wreaths will be pre-positioned at the memorial monument (instead of each wreath being placed

at the memorial) and individuals and businesses that purchase wreaths will be announced at the ceremony and through various media.

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in Flanders Fields

Forget

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw

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If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Lest we forget our fallen mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters.

May we forever remember the sense of duty, and the many sacrifices these great Canadians gave for a world in turmoil.

May we together say, “Never Again.”

‘In Flander’s Fields’ was written by a Canadian, John McCrae, a doctor and teacher who served in both the South African War and the First World War. He died from pneumonia on January 28, 1918.

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It is important to remember that the basic purpose of funds raised during the Poppy Campaign is to enable Branches of the Royal Canadian Legion to provide immediate assistance to ex-servicemen and women in need. This includes providing food, shelter and medical attention for them or their families when necessary. Poppy funds also allow the Legion to “give back” to the local community in the form of bursaries to local schools, support of cadet corps, donations to local hospitals and other vital support programs.

During the past year, Branch 641 donated funds to community organizations including the Ottawa Heart institute, Rideau Perley Veterans Health Centre, Queensway Carleton Hospital, five (Army, Navy and Air) Cadet Corps, Military Family Resource Centre, Operation: Leave the Streets Behind, Bursaries to local students as well as providing monetary prizes for poster and literary contests for youth attending local schools.

For more information about the Barrhaven Legion, please go to our website, www.rcl641.ca, our Facebook page “Barrhaven Legion 641” or call us at 613-843-8691

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Trooper Brian Good of Barrhaven was killed in Afghanistan in January, 2009.

In 2009, the City of Ottawa honoured Brian Good by naming a street in Riverside South in his honour. Front row: Ms. Jessica Good, Ms. Sandra Good, Ms. Kayla Good , Ms. Jeanne Pusztai, and Ms. Geraldine Legault. Back row: Mr. Steve Good, Mr. James Good, Mr. Mark Pusztai, Ms. Linda Good, and former Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien.

Barrhaven Independent 30 years, 30 people: Brian Good

As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, the Barrhaven Independent will be featuring 30 people who have played a prominent role in building and shaping our community from the time we were a sleepy little suburb in 1990 to the thriving city of more than 100,000 we are now.

In this issue, we are featuring Brian Good. In 2009, Trooper Good was lost in service in Afghanistan. With Remembrance Day approaching, it is important for us to remember and honour a lifelong Barrhaven resident who lost his life serving our country. Trooper Good is believed to be the first Barrhaven solider killed in action.

Trooper Good enlisted in the Canadian Forces on October 21st, 2005 at the age of 39. He served as a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons based out of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa and was as-

signed to Joint Task Force (JTF) Afghanistan - Infantry Brigade at Kandahar, Afghanistan as a Gunner on September 29, 2008.

Trooper Good’s assignment abruptly came to an end on January 7, 2009 when he was killed by a roadside bomb in the Shah Wali Kot District of Afghanistan. Trooper Good was only 43 years old when he was killed.

Trooper Good was in an armoured vehicle that was struck by the blast of an improvised explosive device (IED). Three other soldiers were injured in the blast. The Shah Wali Kot district is about 35 miles north of Kandahar

City.

Trooper Good’s death was the first Canadian Forces tragedy in 2009.

In December, 2008, there were nine soldiers killed

by IEDs, which at the time were becoming the weapon of choice for Taliban fighters operating in the area.

Col. Jamie Cade remembered Trooper Good at a news conference following Good’s passing.

Cade said Good had a distinctive laugh, was easy going, and would do anything for anyone.

Trooper Good is survived by his wife Sandra and their two teenage daughters, Jessica and Kayla. The Good’s have been lifelong residents of the Barrhaven community.

Riverside South Development Corporation, a partnership between Urbandale Incorporated and Richcraft Homes, has agreed to include “Brian Good Avenue” within Phase 9 of their Riverside South development.

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NMHA suspends programming, outbreaks spike in team sports

BY CHARLIE SENACK AND JEFF MORRIS COVID-19 has worked its way into local arenas and has thrown a wrench into already modified minor hockey programs and other organized sports programs.

On Wednesday, October 21, Ottawa’s top Doctor, Vera Etches confirmed organized sports were a cause of a recent spike of new daily cases in the city. Five team outbreaks have been confirmed with another nine under investigation.

At least 28 positive cases of the novel coronavirus have already been linked to team sports, a total that is expected to grow as contact tracing and testing continues.

Most of the cases appear to be in hockey, with football appearing to be a close second.

The Carleton Ravens and Ot-

tawa Gee-Gees are the only active football teams in the city, and are limited to modified practices and training sessions. The Gee-Gees had an outbreak with five players testing positive last week.

The virus is being transmitted through carpooling and gatherings before and after a game, says Etches. It’s now being transmitted among players, their parents and others who are connected.

“I also want to stress that COVID-19 doesn’t stay isolated to just players and coaches,” she said in a news conference last Wednesday. “We are also seeing the transmission subsequently occur to family members, friends, classmates and work colleagues. It shows again how easily COVID-19 can spread.”

Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, who is also the Minister

of Tourism, Culture and Sport, said there are no plans to revisit guidelines around sports. She also used new evidence to back up the controversial modified stage two plan, saying Ottawa Public Health has shown her data which shows COVID-19 outbreaks in at least three Ottawa restaurants and bars.

“A number of leagues have already made the decision to pause their seasons,” MacLeod said. “I know my daughter’s hockey team for example had a good two week run but that has been set back. We as a government recognize the need for physical fitness and the requirement for us to support children with some of the social issues they are facing right now in terms of mental health and we are continuing to maintain that.

“At this point there has been no discussion about fu-

ture restrictions with response to sport,” she added. Dance studios were however allowed to reopen this week at reduced capacity.

On Thurs., Oct. 15, the Nepean Minor Hockey Association suspended its programming.

“The NMHA is pausing all of its programming for the

duration of the emergency order that was issued last week by the Province,” said a notice from the NMHA. “If and when programming resumes, we anticipate the current format will continue where we left off.”

The association’s board said it needs time to assess the financial impact and will provide further communication

about this topic at a later date.

“We know this is very disheartening news for many of our members and kindly ask for your patience and understanding as we actively navigate the next steps,” the NMHA statement read. “We look forward to welcoming the players back on the ice as soon as it is safe and feasible.”

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Covid puts dreams on hold for world class Irish dancer

Name: Ainsley Smith Age: 17 Address: Barrhaven School: St. Joseph High Grade: 12 Parents: Shannon and Gordon Smith Brothers: Jackson (20), fulltime 3rd year at Carleton University in Computer Software Engineering Program, graduated from St. Joseph High (Class of 2018), works at Starbucks as a Shift Supervisor Pet: 11 year old yellow lab female, named Treasure Pet Peeve: “I’m pretty easy going, but it really bugs me when people walk slow, or walk down/up the wrong way on stairs.”

Part-time Work: “I usually work at SFH Irish Dance Studio as a Teacher Assistant. I’m responsible for helping to teach beginner dancers in Irish Dance, as young as 4 and up to adults. I absolutely love to dance, having caught the teaching bug from my dance coaches. I started helping the studio when I was around 13 by volunteering at dance camps and at competitions.”

Favourite Subjects: “I did a ‘reach ahead course’ this summer in the hopes that I would have a couple of spares to help balance my school course load with my usual dance schedule and commitment, Things look different now because of the pandemic. This year I was hoping to focus on classes/ courses that helped with organized sports, and encour-

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aging people to participate in activities, such as the Recreation Leadership. This is a course where the student becomes the organizer, and like a coach for intramural sports. You are also in charge of leading assemblies for student life.

Unfortunately, this year a lot of our leadership, sport, and social gatherings and group activities had to change. I’ve had to re-look at what courses I had chosen in the spring, and now choose a different path. I’m studying social science courses, a law course, math, and fitness.”

What do you enjoy reading for pleasure? “Truthfully, I enjoy reading quick articles about the Irish Dance community and dancers from around the world. I have always been drawn to reading about real life situations, or past situations that have happened around the world.

I loved the novel The Boy in Striped Pyjamas that dealt with WWII, and We All Fall Down about 9-11. I prefer to read real life information texts.”

What is your greatest accomplishment?

“My greatest accomplishments has to do with my traditional Irish Dance career. (If you are wondering what it

looks like, think Riverdance/ Lord of the Dance.) I’ve been dancing since I was 5 years old, and began competing when I was 6 years old.

Each year the country has regional competitions that has dancers in your age in that region compete against each other in hopes of placing in the top 10 of their region. If you place, you then get to compete against all of North America.

At the age of 10, dancers who place top (the ratio depends on how many compete) will qualify to compete at the World Irish Dance Championships. (Remember, only a small percentage of the group gets to qualify.)

For me, I have placed top each year since I was 10.

I have competed in the World Irish Dance Championships in Ireland, Scotland, Montreal, and England.

This past year, cancelled because of Covid, would have been my seventh championship. This past year (February 2020) I placed 25th against dancers around the world at the All Ireland’s Dance Championships, and came 9th in our North American Championships.

Because of the pandemic, my whole dance career has been left hanging, as the city and Ottawa Public Health tries to figure out how we can get classes back.

All our competitions, especially the majors, are all on hold since we cannot travel or train as we did before.

None of these accom-

plishments would have happened without my two dance coaches – Sue and Jennifer Healy. They own the SFH Irish Dance Studio and have really pushed me to be the best I can be.

My parents have also sacrificed a lot to ensure that I reach my goals, by spending countless hours driving me to training, doctors for injuries, and providing the funds to travel.

St. Joe’s also supported me in achieving my goals.

Mrs. White, along with other resource teachers would talk with my subject teachers and work with me after I’d return. My schedule while competing and traveling and training left little room for school work, so I’d have to pause school then catch up when I’d return.

Without their support of my sport, and of me, I would Barrhaven’s Ainsley Smith has competed in six World Irish not have been able to be as Dance Championships. successful as I am today.”

School Activities: train six days a week. When to watch and learn about the “This year looks so differ- the studio was open, I would community I am staying in.” ent from years past, because do four days in studio, then Career Goals: of how school is operating. I train with a fitness trainer “I am planning on apam in a cohort and can only another day, and on my own plying to both university see people in my two classes. the last date. Because of and college, as I am not set St. Joe’s is trying to keep these commitments, I can on my career path yet. Beschool spirit up by provid- only participate in activities fore Covid I had planned ing virtual clubs and virtual that happen during school to audition for Irish Dance meetings after school. hours. troops that preform, but all Years past, my fondest Outside of dance, I have that is on hold now that the memories are participating in always been interested in pandemic is affecting every our annual school fundraiser fashion. I like to follow the country around the world.

JagJog, and going to ‘buy trends and see what new Teaching and coaching outs’.” styles come out each year. comes easily for me, so I Other I really love to travel. I got will be applying to proActivities/Interests: that bug early, since I quali- grams that will help me “In order to maintain my fied for the championships potentially do that in the skills, fitness, and training, I so young. When I go, I love future.”

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UPDATE MIDTERM REPORT

COVID-19 RESPONSE •

Working collaboratively with Dr. Etches and her team at Ottawa Public Health, local hospitals, and our federal and provincial partners

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Working to improve access to COVID-19 testing

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Creation of an Economic Partners Task Force to provide the City with “on the ground” feedback from the business community as the pandemic evolves

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Implementation of a Property Tax Hardship Deferral Program and creation of a Business Reopening Toolkit

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Opening self-isolation centres for our most vulnerable residents

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION

PUBLIC SAFETY

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Progress on construction of Stage 2 LRT

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Extending no-charge OC Transpo service for seniors to include Sundays in addition to Wednesdays

Hiring new paramedics to improve response times in all areas

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$80-million investment to improve the state of roads across the city

Hiring additional community-based police officers

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Increasing cycling tourism opportunities in rural villages

Launching the Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) pilot project, seeing 8 cameras installed in Community Safety Zones to encourage safer driving behaviours near schools

Keep life in Ottawa affordable while investing in essential services with a cap on taxes

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Continuing to attract major events, sporting championships and film productions to Ottawa

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Breaking ground on the new Central Library

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Supporting job-creating projects like the Advanced Building Innovation Centre

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Partnering with Multifaith Housing to build 40 housing units for veterans at the new Wateridge Village

Investing $3 million per year in energy retrofits to City facilities, with a seven to ten-year payback through energy savings, for a total investment of $12 million this term of Council

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Growing the city’s urban tree canopy through partnership opportunities that will see an additional 500,000 trees planted over the term, with an initial focus on areas impacted by the recent tornadoes

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Protecting Ottawa’s water environment for future generations through the Ottawa River Action Plan (ORAP) and the Combined Sewage and Storage Tunnel (CSST), now fully operational

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Increasing the amount of City land available for affordable housing along transit corridors

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