The Orleans Star June 24, 2021

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Local businesses anxious for next stage of reopening

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star

Servers Sam and Kat are looking forward to serving Canada Day patrons on the patio at the Clocktower Brew Pub in Orléans next week. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

Local businesses in Orléans are anxiously waiting for Premier Doug Ford to announce the next stage of the province’s reopening plan.

Under Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan, personal care services including hair salons, spas and barbershops will be allowed to reopen and non-essential businesses will be allowed to expand from 15 per cent capacity to 25 per cent.

Personal care services have been closed since April 8 when the Premier implemented his third stay-at-home order. That was nearly three months ago.

The province was expected to move into Stage 2 on July 2, 21 days after Stage 1 was implemented, but the Premier said last week that he wanted to move into Stage 2 a few days earlier given the fact that the province had already reached its Stage 2 vaccination targets.

A decision on whether they would enter the next stage before the Canada Day long weekend was expected sometime this week.

The restrictions couldn’t be lifted soon enough for personal care service businesses.

Area restaurants, however, will have to wait another month before they can allow customers to eat inside.

Although many restaurants were able to open their patios on June 11, there are a number of local restaurants like the Mumbai Masala Grill and Little Turkish Village which aren’t able to have outdoor dining because of their location or lease agreement. They’ve been hit by a double whammy over the past three weeks. Not only do they have to rely on continued takeout sales, but those sales have fallen off considerably as diners opt to eat at restaurants that have a patio.

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ORLÉANS – The Cumberland Heritage Village Museum is now offering self-guided outdoor tours starting June 16. Visitors can enjoy the colours and fragrances in the museum garden, see a few small farm animals up close, enjoy a live outdoor demonstration of a saw and shingle mill and look through an open door to see how a rural printshop worked in the 1920s and ’30s. Pre-registration is required through the city’s website at ottawa.ca/recreation and admission fees can be paid on-site. Elsewhere, the Billings Estate Museum is expected to reopen under Stage 2 of the provincial reopening plan. For now, residents can enjoy strolling on the grounds or you can take advantage of their phone-ahead takeout tea service, which you can enjoy on-site or back at home. The number to order tea service is 613-580-2088 ext. 35250, from Wednesday to Sunday, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Payment can be made on-site at time of pick-up.

OC Transpo summer service now in effect

ORLÉANS – OC Transpo’s summer service began on Sunday, June 20, with service improvements, seasonal adjustments and COVID-19 service changes. OC Transpo is making COVID-19 service changes to balance connectivity and capacity with the needs of customers while ridership remains low. For full details, visit octranspo.com and use the Travel Planner to find out how your trips will change. Impacted the Orléans routes include Route 32 (weekday trips will be extended to end at Chapel Hill Station to increase connections to the Innes Road corridor and introduce some midday service to areas around Mer Bleue) and Route 33 (midday weekday service will increase to every 30 minutes, with trips starting and ending at Place d’Orléans Station). In addition, several peak period routes have been suspended, including Routes 225, 233 and 235.

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Ottawa residents continue to get vaccinated in large numbers

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star

Ottawa is well on it’s way to reaching the provincial target to enter Phase 2 of the provincial reopening plan with over 75 per cent of adults over the age of 18 having received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as of last Friday and 17 per cent having received their second dose.

Province-wide 74 per cent of residents over the age of 12 have received at least one dose and 17.5 per cent are fully vaccinated .The provincial target to enter Stage 2 is 70 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively.

More than 90,000 people were vaccinated last week with most of them receiving their second dose.

The City is expected to continue ramping up vaccinations this week after recently receiving an additional 27,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine last Friday. Another 25,000 doses were delivered to area pharmacies, while another 38,500 doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were expected to be delivered this week.

The infusion of additional doses means the city can once again ramp up vaccinations. As of Monday, June 21, anyone 18 and over who received their first dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines on or before May 9 can now book an appointment to get their second dose. In addition, individuals who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine are also eligible to receive a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at an interval of eight

to 12 weeks, with informed consent. This can include an mRNA (Moderna or Pfizer) vaccine or a second dose of AstraZeneca.

The province plans to further expand access to a second to dose to all adults on June 28.

Besides the existing community clinics, the city has expanded vaccination locations to the Canadian Tire Centre; the Minto Sports Complex at the University of Ottawa; the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park; the Canterbury Recreation Complex at 2185 Arch St.; and the Nepean Sportsplex.

When you make your vaccination appointment you maybe be given the option to receive your vaccination at any one of these locations. In addition, over 200 pharmacies in Ottawa are booking appointments for eligible residents ahead of time and some allow walk-ins. Residents can visit Ontario.ca/bookvaccine to access the provincial booking system or call the provincial vaccine booking line at 1-833943-3900 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., seven days a week.

As these new clinics prepare to open and more vaccine

supply flows into the city, it is important to reiterate some of the information shared by Ottawa Public Health regarding the interchanging of mRNA vaccines. Specifically, residents may receive one mRNA vaccine for their first dose and a different mRNA vaccine for their second dose in updated recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

In addition, on June 17, NACI stated that an mRNA vaccine is now preferred as the second dose for individuals who received a first dose of AstraZeneca.

According to the NACI, interchanging vaccines is safe and effective and is not a new practice. The priority is to receive two doses of a vaccine to complete the series and be fully protected.

Both the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines are made the same way and have very similar effectiveness and side effects. The best vaccine residents can get is the first one that is available to them and a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is needed for the best protection against COVID-19 and its more transmissible variants.

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A reason to celebrate While Canadians must once again celebrate Canada Day under the pale of a pandemic, there is much more to celebrate this year than last. Last year at this time, the public health experts were warning of a second wave and vaccines were still months away. Outbreaks were still occurring at senior care facilities at an alarming rate and most of us couldn’t see our elderly parents and grandparents for fear of unknowingly passing the virus on to them.

This year all that has changed, especially if you’ve been vaccinated.

You can spend Canada Day with your elderly parents and grandparents.

You can go to a local patio and enjoy your favourite beverage and you can enjoy many of our outdoor amenities like Petrie Island, Millennium Park and the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.

Unfortunately, we can’t do it all together, but at least we can do so each in our own way. Hopefully, by the time you read this column, Doug Ford will have moved Stage 2 of the provincial reopening up to June 30 so that we can at least gather in groups of up to 25 people.

Over the coming weeks and months, Ontario and the rest of Canada will slowly get back to normal. Theatres will reopen. Indoor dining will be allowed and we will finally be able to enjoy live entertainment.

Probably the best way you can celebrate Canada Day this year is to book your vaccination appointment. By the time this editorial is printed, more than 70 per cent of Canadians over the age of 12 will have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 9.1 per cent will have received two doses and are now fully vaccinated. Here in Ontario, more than 76 per cent of adults 18 and over have received at least one dose and more than 21 per cent are now fully vaccinated.

Canada currently ranks second in the world in terms of the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine among countries with a population of more than two million people. Only the United Kingdom ranks higher. Unfortunately, we are lot further down the list when it comes to the percentage of people who have been fully vaccinated. In fact, we are 43rd, so we still have a long way to go.

But the important thing is that we are getting there. We have turned the proverbial corner and there’s a bright light at the end of the tunnel (pardon the double cliché).

Yes, we need to stay vigilant against potential variants including the Delta variant that has been making a lot of headlines lately, but the best way to protect yourself against the variant and to prevent a fifth wave of the pandemic is to get fully vaccinated.

In the meantime, enjoy your Canada Day weekend and think about how much fun it’s going to be when we can once again gather on Petrie Island, or Parliament Hill to celebrate en masse next year.

Fred Sherwin, editor

Fredrick C. Sherwin, Editor & Publisher fsherwin@orleansstar.ca The Orléans Star is a bi-weekly publication distributed to 44,000 residences in Blackburn Hamlet, Orléans and Navan. The newspaper is locally owned and operated by Sherwin Publishing Inc., 745 Farmbrook Cres., Orléans, ON. Inquiries and delivery issues should be sent to info@orleansstar.ca.

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Congratulations to the thousands of graduating students in Orléans To all the fathers in Orléans, I hope you had a lovely Father’s Day, surrounded by your loved ones. Thank you for being amazing dads – you truly deserve to be applauded for your efforts and devotion.

This is my last column before Canada Day, and I take this opportunity to wish you all safe and festive celebrations. It is now the second 1st of July that we are unable to gather like we used to, but I am confident that Orléans will find innovative ways to highlight the occasion. On Canada Day, let’s celebrate our resilience and our community spirit!

Graduations are being marked in a somewhat different way again this year. Nonetheless, I am extremely proud of our 1,722 graduates, from our 10 high schools. They have accomplished so much already – including successfully completing more than a year of online learning – and I know their future will be filled with success and fulfillment. I had the privilege of sharing my best wishes on this milestone with them through personally signed congratulatory certificates. Congratulations Class of 2021!

Parliament rose on June 23rd and we are now transitioning into the summer months. The past parliamentary session has been filled with great announcements, notably with the presentation of Budget 2021. Many great initiatives were brought forward through it, and I encourage you to visit budget.gc.ca if you wish to get more information.

Last week was marked by a historic moment for the protection of official language minorities. My colleague, Minister Mélanie Joly, tabled a modernized Official Languages Act. As Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Development and Official Languages, I was very excited to see this Bill as it will further protect the constitutional rights of official language minorities across our country, including English-speaking Quebecers.

In Orléans, we are fortunate to have some amazing outdoor markets. Locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables are available at the Orléans Farmers Market held every Thursday at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex; the Orléans Fruit Farm, where you can pick up your own strawberries this time of the year; the Just Food Community Farm, open every Sunday starting July 11; and at the Navan Little Market on Navan Road. All are open throughout the summer, so don’t forget to buy local and encourage our precious small businesses. The pandemic has not been easy for them. Now more than ever, they need our continued support.

As always, you can count on mine should you have any question or concern on federal matters. You can reach out to my team and I via email at Marie-France.

Lalonde@parl.gc.ca or call 613-834-1800.

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The month of June is both Pride Inaugural Gems of Innes Award Month and graduation season nominations extended to July 2 It’s the end of the school year, and we We use this time to commemorate know what that means – graduation! and acknowledge the trials, adversities, I’d like to wish all of this year’s graduates achievements and success of the a most hearty and sincere congratulations LGBTQ2S+ community and its activists. for a job well done!

I hope we continue This has been a to show allyship and challenging year for advocacy, in hopes of Tim many students and your creating a safer and more Tierney equal world for all. families, with virtual learning becoming the I anticipate a bigger, norm… but you pushed better, and brighter Pride Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward 11 through to the end. month celebration next I know this is not the graduation year! season that we had hoped for, but I hope On the vaccination front, starting the that these extraordinary circumstances week of June 28, all Ontarians over the age do not take away from the celebration of 18 who received their first dose of mRNA of your achievements. You have shown COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible to book great strength and resilience this year and their appointments for their second doses. you should be proud of yourselves. I look The scheduling of that appointment will forward to seeing how you bring your be at least 28 days after you received your strength and determination into the future first dose, as per the recommended intervals. with you. May you all have a restful summer In closing, I hope you’ve been able break… you’ve certainly earned it! to safely enjoy some great outdoor patio June is also Pride Month! Throughout dining at some of your favourite restaurants. this month, we celebrate, advocate, and The city, and particularly the east end, educate with diverse LGBTQ2S+ commun- has some incredible dining options no ities. matter what cravings you have. Enjoy!

Thank you to everyone who has already - Best Retail Business – Food (including nominated a local business as a Gem of take-out) Innes, keep them coming!

- Best New Business As we all know, the pandemic has been - Best Community Support Organization especially hard on our - Best Personal Service local small business Business (gym, salon, etc.) owners. Many have - Best Arts/Culture Laura worked to expand their Business/Organization Dudas takeout, curbside pickIn addition, in light up or online delivery of the pandemic, I also services in an effort to want to include awards Innes Ward 2 stay open and continue to recognizing our comserve the community. munity’s: Favourite Frontline Business; This year will now mark the first of the Favourite Frontline Worker; and COVID-19 annual Gems of Innes Awards. These awards Community HERO! will help to celebrate and highlight the great To nominate a business or community businesses and community organizations organization for a 2021 Gem of Innes in the east end that make our community Award, visit LauraDudas.ca/Gems or send sparkle! The awards are open to any business me an email at Laura.Dudas@ottawa.ca. or organization that serves residents of Innes Due to the overwhelming response so Ward and Orléans. far, I have also extended the deadline for The Gems of Innes Awards are in the nominations to July 2. following categories: Thank you for helping me to recognize - Best Restaurant/Café and celebrate the amazing businesses, - Best Professional Service Business community organizations, and local heroes (medical, legal, real estate, etc.) that make Innes Ward and the east end so - Best Retail Business – Merchandise incredible.

Happy Canada Day, Orléans!

On this year’s 1st of July, let’s celebrate our beautiful country, our resilience, our community spirit and our successes.

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Bonne fête du Canada, Orléans!

Marie-France LALONDE MP/Députée Orléans (613) 834-1800 MFLalondeMP.ca

En ce 1er juillet, célébrons notre beau pays, notre résilience, notre esprit communautaire et nos réussites.

Public health’s role during pandemic deserving of further scrutiny At some point in time when this pandemic is finally in our rearview mirror, the powers that be will form a commission to look into how they handled things and what they could do better the next time a viral outbreak reaches our shores.

When they do, the first thing they should look into is the role Ontario Public Health and the province’s regional health units have played in the response to the pandemic and the role they seem to have played in the decision-making process.

In short, they should have no input whatsoever in setting policy. Rather they should be limited to implementing policy and educating the public. Policy decisions should be left up to our elected political leaders in consultation with the scientists.

Public health officials are not scientists.

Most aren’t even epidemiologists. They may have taken a few science courses in university or did their undergraduate studies in science, but that doesn’t make them scientists, just like going to a conference on epidemiology doesn’t make you an epidemiologist.

Their specialty is in community and public health. Their job is to seek out and implement best practices having to do with health care prevention.

Up Front Fred Sherwin The role they’ve taken on during the pandemic has been to push a specific agenda aimed at preventing people from catching the virus by any means possible, including through fear and keeping the province shut down for as long as possible .

It was Ontario’s outgoing chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams who recommended just last week that the province should remain in Stage 1 of the province’s reopening plan until the end of the 21-day waiting period stipulated by Premier Doug Ford when he first announced the three-stage reopening process earlier this month.

Again, Dr. Williams is not a scientist or an epidemiologist. Dr. Isaac Bogoch is. In fact, he holds a Masters degree in clinical epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Dr. Bogoch is a member of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force. When asked if Ontario should move into Stage 2 of the reopening plan sooner than the 21-day period, he reasoned there should be flexibility within the reopening plan depending on public health trends.

“Those dates should not be set in stone,” Bogoch said. “There should be some flexibility with those dates and we have to be able to pivot.”

You would never hear a public health officer say that. Such a statement runs counter to their campaign of fear which is still deeply ingrained in a vast number of people. You know their campaign has been extremely effective when you see people driving around with a mask on, or rush across the street to avoid walking past someone on the sidewalk when all the scientific research has shown that it is virtually impossible to catch COVID-19 outdoors unless you are in a group setting.

But the biggest beef I have with public health officials is the role they’ve played in recommending who should get the vaccine first, and who should be administering the vaccines. We are one of the few countries in the world that doesn’t allow family physicians to give the vaccine to their

patients. I’ve searched and searched to try and find out why that is and the only reasons I have heard from the few family doctors I’ve talked to are cost and their belief that public health officials don’t want them to, which is ridiculous.

Family physicians can identify their patients who are at a higher risk of ending up in hospital should they get infected, and they are better able to give advice to patients who are vaccine hesitant.

Public health officials have also failed to make obese and highly overweight people a priority for vaccination even though several studies have shown that people who are severely overweight are much more likely to end up in hospital or the ICU unit.

Public health officials have also misrepresented active cases, new infections and the positivity rate in order to scare people into staying at home and they’re behind the current three stage reopening plan that’s primarily based on vaccination numbers rather than the actual science.

The provincial government needs to take advice from the scientists who know what they’re talking about and not public health officials bent on never-ending lockdowns regardless of how much collateral damage it causes.

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End of pandemic brings new and welcome questions/challenges Summer 2021 is officially here, vaccinations are well ahead of my earlier (and yes, wrong) prognostications, and it appears as though our ‘next’ normal is taking shape.

This good news brings with it a host of new challenges, welcome as they are.

Your less-than-humble scribe has an ambitious list of friends and colleagues to reconnect with over safe patio coffees or lunches from now until Thanksgiving.

Bye-bye two-dimensional, Brady Bunch Zoom calls and hello three-dimensional, in the flesh, my you are a lot greyer, thinner, or well-fed than I remember you. Will we shake hands again or just fist bump? Is the double-air kiss or hug acceptable if we are both fully vaccinated? Best advice if you are unsure, ask in advance before you meet.

The same goes for line-up etiquette as I am noticing the standard two-metre spread shrinking at the Farmer’s Market and some grocery store line-ups. Personally, I hope the extra spacing survives on a more permanent basis. However, it is time to give up this wipe down the counter and conveyor belt charade after every transaction since we know that most COVID-19 transmission is via inhalation and proximity, not physical surface contact.

As for some of the plexiglass partitions

Walter Robinson Guest Column and in-store, in-building, in-office oneway signage indicators, the future is very uncertain. For medical and repeated customer service interactions, I can see some businesses keeping these protections in place for the safety or comfort of their employees and customers alike … time will tell.

Now, please allow me to get a perturbing peeve off my chest. Orléans is home to many roundabouts but over 50% of you do not know to properly drive through or from them. Just like an intersection or lane change, it is the law that you must signal when making a right out of the roundabout, unless it is a dedicated and separate right and right only lane. Ditto for the left-hand lane where you have the option of continuing straight or arcing left, you must signal your intention so other drivers know what you are going to do! Thank you, I feel better.

Keeping with the theme of travel, especially continental and longer international flights, I predict that mask wearing – a staple for many travelers across Asia for almost two decades – will be a more common occurrence around the rest of the world, long after the pandemic has receded.

The big wildcard in all of this is the Delta variant. Make no mistake, we will experience a fourth wave of infections, the duration and severity of this is in our hands. If Ottawa, Ontario, and Canada can keep up our steady pace of vaccinations and supply remains stable, experts are pointing to the end of August or early September for reaching full vaccination rates of 75 per cent to 80 per cent for all Canadians over 12 years of age.

This is an important objective to achieve with laser-like focus. Fall 2021 could mark a return to full indoor and outdoor activities, in-class learning, returning to work a few times a week to conduct in-person meetings, organized sports, community events, charitable fundraisers and so many other daily pleasures that we never knew were so important until they were cancelled.

On the other hand, our next normal should be different and better. Hybrid working should remain for many who have the

technology at home to avoid long commutes and employers seem to be figuring this out.

And the concept of core working hours, say nine to two, or ten to three, may finally gather steam. Indeed, leading writers on productivity and leadership are coalescing around a body of evidence that says we are, at best, only uber productive for four to five hours a day. The rest of the time we are toiling away on questionable email volume, unnecessary meetings, or other frivolous distractions.

For many of you, especially if you are of my vintage, or heaven forbid, as old as Fred Sherwin, the next six months also includes scheduling that long overdue visit to your healthcare provider, attending a few celebration of life gatherings, booking some sort of vacation (near or far) to try and decompress, and working through the aftermath of two years of upheaval and longer-term mental health impacts on your kids, your parents and yourself.

The end of this pandemic – at least for Canada – is now clearly in sight. But lies beyond the finish line is less clear. As I have written for the last fifteen months, the best way to discover this new future, this next normal, this back half of 2021 is to remain, #InThisTogether.

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Orléans residents invited to take part in Terry Fox Ride of Hope STAR STAFF – Orléans residents are being invited to take part in the Terry Fox Ride of Hope taking place on Saturday, July 3.

The Terry Fox Foundation is excited to offer the 2021 edition of the Terry Fox Ride of Hope to help raise money for much-

needed cancer research.

Last year, the Foundation’s goal was to try and achieve a cumulative goal of 40,000km while raising over $200,000 for cancer research. This year the Foundation is hoping to go even further by encouraging

participants to ride any distance from a few kilometres to up to 24 hours straight.

There is no minimum age requirement, no minimum donation and no registration fee.

Participants can take part from anywhere – all you need is a bike, helmet and the perseverance to go the extra mile to save lives. Call up your friends and families, or your weekend warrior buddies and set up

your fundraising page today. There is no set distance, each individual participants can decide where and how far they would like to go, or they can take part as a team.

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Memories of Canada Days past

Clockwise from upper right: A volunteer has fun spraying people from the top of the dunk tank in 2018; First Nation dancers perform on the stage in 2017; heavy rain filled the centre bowl area on Petrie Island, also in 2017; a couple displays the Canadian flag in 2018; area dignitaries join in cutting the giant birthday cake in 2019; and a proud father holds his infant son appropriately attired in a Canada onesy and matching hat. The Kiwanis East Ottawa Est is looking forward to once again hosting their Canada Day Celebration on Petrie Island in 2022. FILE PHOTOS

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Canada Day 2021 Canada Day activities curtailed by COVID pandemic STAR STAFF – For the second year in a row, Canada Day celebrations in the nation’s capital will be limited to back-yard gatherings, neighborhood patios and the odd rogue fireworks display.

At the time of printing, the provincial government had yet to decide whether Ontario would move into Stage 2 of its reopening plan before Canada Day or after.

Under the current guidelines, Ontario was expected to enter Stage 2 on July 2 so long as 70 per cent of residents over the age of 18 received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 20 per cent were fully vaccinated. According to the provincial vaccination dashboard, the province reached those benchmarks last Friday when 76 per cent of adults had received at least one dose of an approved vaccine and 21 per cent had received two

doses. The only question that remained was the timing of Stage 2.

Under the Stage 2 guidelines outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people are permitted.

Under the Stage 1 guidelines, outdoor gatherings are limited to just 10 people.

Indoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to five people is also permitted in Stage 2 and up to six people can be accommodated at a table on an outdoor patio. Currently you can only have four people at a table.

Despite the pandemic there are still a number of ways you can celebrate Canada’s birthday from holding a pool party complete with the prerequisite Canada Day paraphernalia, to setting off a few fireworks at the cottage, or enjoying the day at Petrie Island. If you have neither a pool or a cottage, you can mark the occasion by

hosting a BBQ with a few small fireworks and sparklers, or simply singing O Canada together.

If you don’t feel like cooking at home on Canada Day, a number of local restaurants are more than happy to accommodate you on their patios. These include Royal Oak Orléans, Clocktower Brew Pub, Taproom 260, Jonny Canuck’s, and the Orléans Brewing Co. to name just a few.

If you plan on spending part of your Canada Day on Petrie Island, remember to respect physical distancing of at least two metres. Also, the marina on the island has been open for several weeks offering canoe, kayak and paddleboard rentals.

However way you choose to celebrate Canada Day this year, the most important thing is to stay healthy and safe. Have a happy Canada Day everyone!

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Innovative Orléans Health Hub open for business

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star

The Orléans Health Hub, located at the corner of Mer Bleue Road and Brian Coburn Boulevard, will open it’s doors to the public for the first time this week, but without all the fanfare that usually befits such an occasion. COVID-19 restrictions have delayed an official grand opening until the fall when organizers will hopefully be able to accommodate a sizable crowd and allow for guided tours.

The Health Hub is a unique and innovative facility that combines a range of specialized community-based care under one roof in both official languages. East end residents are now able to benefit from integrated, health care programs offered in both French and English in a welcoming building inspired by nature.

The facility will actually open in two phases. During the first phase, the Health Hub will provide senior services, medical imaging, rehabilitation services, some mental health and wellness services, some specialty

clinics, care coordination, a mobility aid store and a laboratory.

In Phase 2, which will commence some time this fall, the health hub will also offer some mental health and wellness services that were not transferred in June, as well as specialty clinics currently being offered at the Montfort Hospital, as well as a coffee shop.

Family physicians in the area are now able to refer their patients to the Health Hub for whatever community and specialty services they require.

To find out more about the services that are being offered at the Health Hub, visit theorleanshealthhub.com. The website also has information on how you can volunteer at the Health Hub or become a Patient Partner.

The Monfort Hospital Foundation recently launched a fundraising campaign to help pay for additional amenities aimed at creating a warm and welcoming environment in the building.

To find out how you can make a contribution, visit hopitalmontfort.com.

The Orléans Health Hub on Mer Bleue Road opened for business this week offering limited senior services, medical imaging, rehabilitation services and some mental health and wellness services. FILE PHOTO

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Sienna Bearbrook residents express their gratitude to retail neighbours Special to the Orléans Star The residents and staff at the Bearbrook Retirement Residence in Blackburn Hamlet decided to do something special to thank their neighbours who work at the Blackburn Shoppes Plaza.

Throughout the pandemic, these essential employees have been working to ensure that medications were delivered, banking and dental services were accessible and all other essential retail items were available to the residents of the Bearbrook Retirement Residences and Blackburn Hamlet. Many of these employees work long hours and take public transit. Their commitment to their job and to the neighbourhood is commendable.

In a concerted effort, the residents and staff at Bearbrook prepared gratitude bags to give to each and every member of the retail outlets across Innes Road. The gratitude bags had individual messages, treats and a thank you sticker that was signed by the residents.

Innes Ward city councillor Laura Dudas joined Bearbrook Retirement Residences general manager David Bairos and several other Bearbrook team members in delivering the bags to employees at the Metro store, Shoppers Drug Mart, Tim Hortons, Subway, the Jumbo Restaurant, Circle K, Blackburn Shoppes Dental

Centre, Dollarama and the Bank of Montreal.

Laura Dudas was thrilled to be able to take part in this heartfelt display of gratitude.

“Throughout the pandemic, essential workers have been going into their workplace every day, enabling many of us to stay at home and limit the spread of the virus,” Coun. Dudas said. “It was such a pleasure for me to join Bearbrook Retirement residents in extending our shared appreciation for our local frontline workers in a meaningful way.”

David Bairos added, “Here at Bearbrook, we really appreciate the little things. When the idea of thanking the retail workers was suggested, we were excited to extend our thanks to our neighbours” Although it was a very gloomy and rainy day, there were smiles all around.

June is Seniors Month and Bearbrook is hosting a Drive-thru BBQ in appreciation of our seniors. Members of the community are invited to drop by on Friday, June 25 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Chef Rob and David will be at the helm of the BBQ. We are located at 2645 Innes Rd. in Blackburn Hamlet.

For rental inquiries, you can speak with Judie Wheeland 613-837-8720 or email Judie.wheeland@siennaliving.ca.

David Bairos and Laura Dudas deliver gratitude bags to the Blackburn Hamlet Metro store, above, and the local BMO branch, below. FILE PHOTOS

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Be Wise

Ontario set to move into Stage 2 Continued from page 3

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won’t happen until Stage 3 which isn’t expected to be implemented until mid- to late July.

That’s a bitter pill to swallow for restaurant owners and their employees who were allowed to provide indoor dining at 50 per cent capacity under the old colour-coded reopening strategy. If you take the current data into account, Ottawa would be in the yellow zone under the old system with an incidence rate of 15.9 per 100,000.

To be in the yellow zone under the old system, you needed to have an incident rate between 10 and 25. But that was then and this is now and the rules have changed. Meanwhile, across the river, restaurants in Gatineau have been allowed to offer indoor dining for the past three weeks.

“It’s not good,” says Turkish Village owner Sunil Kurichh.

“Under the old system, my dining room would be half full.

Now it’s empty. Since I don’t have the luxury of a patio, I’m stuck depending on our takeout business to stay alive.”

So far, calls from the restaurant industry and the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses to allow indoor dining has fallen on deaf ears.

Besides Québec, limited indoor dining and personal car services currently allowed in the Atlantic provinces, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Manitoba will follow

suit on July 1 as long as 70 per cent of people 12 and over have received their first shot and 25 per cent have received two doses. That will leave Ontario as the only province in Canada were you can’t dine indoors at a restaurant.

And while many Ontarians can probably wait a few more weeks to dine indoors, getting their hair cut is another story altogether. Having “COVID hair” has become a common complaint during the pandemic.

A number of Ontarians have taken matters into their own hands by either electing to have a family member cut their hair, or making an arrangement to have a professional either come to their house, or vice versa. In fact, an entire underground service industry has been created out of the necessity for people to get their hair cut and for hair stylists to make a living.

That will soon change with the advent of Stage 2, but it will also create a new challenge – getting an appointment.

While personal care services will be allowed to reopen, they will still have to adhere to limited capacity rules.

And since most people haven’t had a haircut in over three months, demand is expected to be extremely high, making getting an appointment to see a hair stylist almost as challenging as making an appointment to get a second dose of the vaccine.

Natural habitat on Petrie Island is ‘turtle-y’ awesome

Natural habitat on Petrie Island is ‘turtle-y’ awesome

By Sherry Nigro grow to 12 cm and live almost entirely in Friends of Petrie Island the water. They are also called stinkpot snapping turtle is the largest turtles may be. Already this year,

By Sherry Nigro Sadly all freshwater The turtles in Canada turtles as they emit a skunky smell turtle with a relatively small we have seen at least one painted Friends of Petrie areIsland considered at-risk, with the loss of when disturbed. Blanding’s turtles are shell and a large beaked head. turtle that was crushed. Last week Sadly, all freshwater turtles in wetlands being a major factor. Fortunately endangered; they have a bright yellow It also has a long tail that has a a snapping turtle was injured so Canada are considered at risk, with for folks living in Orleans, Petrie Island, a throat and chin that is characteristic to the row of spikes that adds to a truly badly it needed to be transported the loss of wetlands being a major Class 1 wetland, is right in our back yard species. prehistoric appearance. Did for medical intervention. factor. Fortunately for folks living The you main threats to turtles on Petrie These and offers a great location to view turtles know snapping turtles Island can liveare to nest hits predations are totally and preventable with in Orléans, PetrieinIsland, a Class 1 road their natural habitat.

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Blanding’s. The most common is a skunky smell whenleast A turtle suns itself on a stump on Petrie Island. PHOTO one painted turtle that was crushed. called basking. Our current record is a The Friends of Petrie Island is a the painted turtle which has a dark Blanding’s turtles are endangered; Last week a snapping turtle was injured single day count of 60 basking turtles. throat volunteer organization that under- COURTESY OF FOPI shell and yellow and red stripes on they have a bright yellow The map turtle is distinguished by so badly it needed to be transported for A turtle suns itself on a stump on Petrie Island. The east end nature reserve is to the takes several activities specifically with wire to prevent predation in our tours and our children’s its face and neck. It loves to sun and chin that is characteristic a ridge running down its shell and a medical intervention. These hits are home toby several different varieties turtles.

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