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Some call it tradition for Canadian kids to rise early and head out onto the ice for a game, and their parents typically watch from the stands with a cup of coffee. It’s no different at the Granite Club in Westboro, but if you’re picturing a hockey rink, think again.
Little Rocks has been raising
curlers in Ottawa for decades. On February 21, the Granite Club will host a bonspiel for the kids, aged six to 12, to test their new skills. For director Gary Findley, the bon-spiel represents important aspects of the program.
“It’s one of those big things for them, that at this age, they learn how to compete in a healthy way,” he says.
Organizers do keep score at the bonspiel. Findley says that while it’s not always about winning, kids should always know how they can improve.
“It’s a nice sport. I’m fairly good at it, as well,” says Luka Cule. He sounds sure of himself, and you wouldn’t doubt his confidence if you saw his form as a skip. Cule is
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in his final year of the Little Rocks program and will move to the bantam league next year. Although he is getting older, his attraction to curling isn’t changing.
“Apparently, once you get to high school, sched-ules get more bunched up. There’s much more stuff that you need to get done. But I hope I keep doing curling.”
For Jennifer Hanna, curling never stopped. Two Newswest articles hang in the Granite Club from 1978 and 1988, pic-
turing Hanna with her Little Rocks team. Now a coach for the program with a daughter learning the game, she’s hoping to pass on a few lessons.
“I’ve attributed my ability to work in a team to curling. I’ve attributed my leadership skills to curling. There aren’t many sports you can play on teams that are small teams. You get the team dynamics, but it’s in a small space so it’s differ-ent,” she says.
Once a month, a celeb-rity curler will also come in to help inspire the curl-
ers. Jean-Michel Ménard, the first Quebecois win-ner of the Tim Hortons Brier, visited the club this month. With a daughter of his own, he believes this is the time to give back to curling.
“It’s my time to pro-mote the sport. There’s a lot of new curlers, and the older guys are going away. So programs like these are the perfect sce-nario to get people into the game,” says Ménard.
Hanna says that get-ting kids started in curl-ing early can have lasting effects.
“It’s become, in my eyes, a sport that you can play right from this age to all the way up to when you’re 90 years old. You can play as competitive as you want and as recre-ationally as you want. I think that appeals to so many people.”
The Granite Club bon-spiel will begin Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and it’s open to the public. Families interested in curling may want to stop by to see what the Little Rocks community has to offer. The Granite Club is located at 2026 Scott St. More information is available online at ottawagranite.com.
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Rylee Boswell, 10, shows her stuff on the ice. Photo by Kate Settle
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This “distribution” centre for children has gone through several incarnations
The tale of St. George’s
Q: I know that St. George’s Home for Boys has been closed for a while, since young boys are not being sent from the U.K. anymore. I would like to know what the house is being used for now. If it is not being used, could it be turned into a hostel or house for some street people in the neighbourhood?
Arthur Chartrand
A: Thank you for your question Arthur. I too have wondered what’s going on with this building, which is located across the street from the Salvation Army Grace Manor on Wellington.
For those who haven’t read the plaque out front, I thought it’d be interesting to share a bit about its history. This building used to be a “distribution centre” for Home Children, which was the term given to British children (sometimes orphans, mostly not) who were sent to Canada to work as cheap labour in farms and as domestic help between 1896 and 1935. Thousands of children passed through these doors.
I asked Dave Allston, a local historian, to see what else he could dig up about this building and find out what it’s being used for today.
There are actually three parts to this building. The oldest is the central portion, which started out as a grand 2 1/2-storey wood-framed home that dates back to at least the 1870s. In 1895, it was acquired by Lord Archibald Douglas, who had been arranging for the emigration and placement of Catholic children from England to Canada since 1882. Douglas hired a well-known Ottawa real estate agent T.W. McDermott to be the first superintendent of the home, which he called “New Orpington Lodge.” McDermott was the agent responsible for the lease and eventual sale of the home to Douglas.
The first group of 30 children arrived in May of 1896. Sometime between 1904 and 1905 the building was renamed St. George’s Home. A report issued by G. Bogue Smart in 1904 described it in this way: “The accommodation at this Home, I regret to say, is not what it should be. The boys’ sleeping quarters consists of one large room in the attic. This room is
unfurnished, unplastered, and access to it is had only through a narrow attic stairway. There were some camp beds with mattresses and blankets sufficient to accommodate half a dozen boys, and the balance of the party are obliged to sleep on the floor...”
The home closed in 1935, and it was mostly vacant until 1940 when it was leased to the Navy. It was used primarily for storage during this time, but after the war ended a newspaper reported it was the site of some “highly hush-hush” experiments. Today, the on-site historian says those secret experiments were only water testing, and tells a story of a local Hintonburgian who joined the Navy to see the world but got posted two blocks from his home to guard a water tank on Wellington Street.
St. George’s was also considered a possible site for a “wartime nursery” (in other words, a daycare) because of the increased need for women to join the workforce. Although many women did gain employment outside the home, the building never housed childcare facilities.
In September of 1946, a permit was issued to convert the building to a church. In May of 1947, the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish opened in the building. “Father Phil” Harris acquired a bell, an acquisition which was worthy of a mention in the local paper at the time. As it turns out, the bell was too heavy for the roof and they were never able to install it.
Today, the building continues to operate as the Holy Rosary Parish. The chapel is at the rear (fronting onto Grant) and the rectory and offices are in the middle. The part along Wellington is used as a residence for young missionaries as part of the NET Ministries of Canada program (National Evangelization Teams). Allston has been inside, and says the entire building is definitely being put to good use.
Local history buffs who would like to learn more about Home Children should go to canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com. There’s a section about St. George’s too.
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This building is familiar part of the streetscape in Kitchissippi, but do you know what it used to be? And what it is today? Photo by Andrea Tomkins
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Dear Editor,My name is Daeva Miles and I am a grade 8 student at Broadview Avenue Public School. My friend, Stephanie Lee, and I saw other people at our school organizing cool things for the students and we wanted to do something as well. We wanted to involve the students and raise money for a charity. We decided to sell “Candygrams” to the grade 7 and 8 students. Candygrams are small bags of candy that students could buy for their friends, teachers or even someone they admire. We chose to sell Candygrams because it gives kids a chance to appreciate each other and their teachers for all they’ve done. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
After we proposed our idea to the principal, Ms. Deschambault, we got approval to go ahead and
sell the Candygrams for $2 each. Students could fill out a heart card with the name of the person they wanted to send it to and sign it with their name, or they could send it anonymously. The students really enjoyed buying the Candygrams for each other and we sold almost 200
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Stephanie and I really enjoyed selling the Candygrams, assembling the bags and delivering them class to class for the students. Everyone appreciated receiving their surprise. It was amusing to watch my fellow students eagerly trading with others for their favourite candy.
We would like to challenge other students to come up with their own idea for a fundraising event at their school and raise some money for a charity! It’s a lot of fun and it feels great to make a difference!
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Woodroffe Park carnival brings neighbours togetherWarm hands, warm heartsBy Kayla Rain
Despite freezing tempera-tures, Kitchissippi residents and members of the Carlingwood and Woodroffe North Community Association made time to play at Woodroffe Park on Feb. 8.
The snowy scene was dotted with colored ice blocks, giant inflatable bowling pins, and the vol-unteer-maintained rink all set for games. Steamy cups of hot chocolate and coffee were provided by Rogers to combat the cold. “We even have some fire pits to keep everyone warm when they’re feeling a bit frosty, which I was much more worried about at eight this morning when I came to put the pylons out for the horse trolley,” laughs Tricia Ross, one of the several coordinators of this event.
“If we don’t go out and celebrate winter we’ll all be hibernating inside, we’d never see any of our neigh-bors,” says Mayor Jim Watson, who was also in attendance. “This is a com-munity with great spirit.”
It was the first winter carnival jointly run by the
two communities. “It started off
when an old neighbor asked about a trolley for their neighbor-hood party,” says Julie Findlay, one of the event coordina-tors. “I suggested we combine neighbor-hoods since we’re close together and all of our husbands take care of the rink.”
It’s something the two neighbourhoods are doing more fre-quently.
“It gets us all on the same page,” says CJ Angel, as his four-year old son, Jack, plays around the rink with other children. “It’s a young neighbor-hood, and we all aspire towards the same kind of goal, which is to keep the place safe.”
Sophie Smith, who par-
ticipated in the carnival with her two young daugh-ters, adds, “I think it gives parents the chance to meet other people who are in the same boat with kids about the same age.”
It wasn’t only the feeling of togetherness that ran the carnival, but also the spirit of giving. The organizers also collected donations of gently-used winter gear for St. Joseph’s Women’s Centre and Supper Table. “We were realizing how cold it was and how every-body outgrows their mitts and hats,” says Findlay. “We wanted to find the right place for it all to go.”
St. Joe’s is located at 151 Laurier Ave. and hosts pro-grams to help homeless mothers and children. The donation box will be kept inside the field house at Woodroffe Park until Feb. 26.
Despite the cold, CJ Angel and his four-year old son, Jack, had a great time at the winter carnival at Woodroffe Park. Photo by Andrea Tomkins
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S.T.E.A.M. Camps are a new and rapidly growing learning model that integrates science, technology, engineering and math into one cohesive unit. Académie de la Capitale offers two summer camp programs: AcadeCamp and AcadeCoders. AcadeCamp is an innovative bilingual summer program for kids aged three to nine, incorporating all the elements of S.T.E.A.M. allowing children to explore hands-on science and technology activities, experiment, and get messy. AcadeCoders, for ages six to 14, is a series of challenging summer camps for
techy kids, including Minecraft, coding and robotics. Each week campers will explore concepts, acquire new skills, work on projects and progress through more complex adventures. K-2 Martial Arts keeps things well-rounded! This summer let your children express their inner creative minds!
Altitude Gym’s summer camps are a great way for your child to learn about the sport of rock climbing. In our amazing location, just 15 minutes from downtown Ottawa, the camp team will teach your child the basics of rock
We know. It doesn’t feel much like summer’s coming right now.
It is on the way of course (however slowly), and we at The Kitchis-
sippi Times are here once again to help you and your kids get a
jump on summer camp plans.
As you’ll see in the following pages, your neighbourhood has
an amazingly diverse selection of camp experiences to suit most
every kid, be they athlete, artist or techie. There’s something
unique and cool about every camp presented here; about the
only thing they have in common is that they’re all safe, stimulat-
ing places for your kids to learn, grow and forge long-lasting
friendships. Beautiful summer memories start here.
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climbing in a safe and fun environment. We also offer a Clip ‘N Climb theme park, bouldering, top roping, weekly outings and lots more! Parks and pools nearby ensure that campers get to enjoy some sunshine in between climbing lessons. More experienced climbers are invited to sign up for the Climbing 101 camp, which dedicates more time per day to learning advanced climbing skills. Open to children aged six to 13, this is Altitude Gym’s fifth year of camps and they are excited to get
started! Please note that this is a French-language camp. We speak French first, but all our counselors are bilingual and will be happy to translate all instructions and guidelines.
Don’t be bored – come to camp! Make friends, learn from great role models and discover new adventures daily at City of Ottawa camps. No matter what the weather, summer camps are busy places, with creativity and energy flowing, because the value of play to a child’s growth is the foundation of our camp services.
Win a week of Camp!By registering for a summer camp before June 1, your reg-istrations will automatically be part of a draw, where 50
lucky campers will win back their regis-tered week of camp, with a value of up to $250. Remember, the more you regis-ter, the more chances to win!With an excellent reputation, and lead-ers chosen for their experience, abilities and dedication, the City of Ottawa has everything you need for the best sum-mer yet . . . skills development and learning – with an Emphasis on Fun! Excitement guaranteed! Leaders you can trust!
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The Elmdale Tennis Club 2015 Summer Camps:
Located in Wellington Village184 Holland Ave. 613-729-3644
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Every summer at Dovercourt brings exciting, new opportunities and 2015 is no exception. There are white water rafting or aviation camps for your young adventurers. Any burgeoning rock stars in the house? Send them to Rock U, where they’ll get the chance to form a band and perform at CityFolk, Ottawa’s world-renowned folk festival. Dovercourt not only has the most amazing variety of Summer Day Camp programs in the Ottawa area but a communal atmosphere means it’s also a place to make friends. Campers start and end the day together, and many counsellors are Dovercourt camp alumni who couldn’t get enough.
For over 75 years Elmdale Tennis Club has been a staple in the Kitchissippi community. Their camp program is designed for children aged six to 12. Elmdale campers get three hours of tennis instruction on high-quality clay courts, learning the basics of the game and an array of tennis skills. Along with playing tennis, campers will get to use the new Fisher Park, complete with an updated play structure and splash pad. Camps will also take out-trips to the many parks and outdoor pools that are close by, and the week culminates in a tennis tournament and lunch-time barbecue. Last year the camps sold out, so if your children are looking to improve their game in a comfortable, safe and fun atmosphere, make sure to register early!
There is something for everyone at the JCC of Ottawa Summer Camps 2015. With camps for children from ages two to 15, the wide variety makes the JCC of Ottawa a one-stop shop for campers this summer. Day Camp offers exciting weekly themes, including Water Works, Animal Planets, and Treasure Island, to name a few. Campers in the Travelling Sports Camp will take a different trip every day, experiencing exciting activities from Wind Surfing, Tubing, Tennis and Rock Climbing to Zip Lining. State-of-the-art pre-school facilities and ECE-certified staff provide a safe, engaging environment. There are 17 one week Specialty Camps being offered including Music Video Camp, Band Camp, Lego Camp Spy Kids Espionage Camp and many more, ensuring new and returning campers stay busy and entertained all summer long! An experienced Senior Management Team runs all of the JCC’s youth programs throughout the year, so parents can expect a comfortable atmosphere where quality and continuity of service is the number one priority.
The National Tennis School has been teaching tennis in Ottawa since 1985 and has seen a whopping 100,000 people attend their lessons and camps. This husband and wife duo leverage their experience to run camps out of multiple locations across the city, allowing parents to pick the best locations for them. The NTS offers much more than tennis camps. Survivor and Mountain Bike camps bring campers by bus to Camp Fortune every day to let them explore their adventurous side on the mountain’s trails and other facilities. Sail and Serve camps head over to Britannia Yacht Club, where they play tennis and receive expert sailing lessons. Be sure to check out their camps for kids of all ages. Sorry parents, NTS programs are for kids only!
Make it an active, sporty and fun summer at the Ottawa Athletic Club. The club’s fully air-conditioned facility houses indoor and outdoor tennis courts, squash courts, indoor golf, indoor and outdoor salt-water swimming pools, along with beach volleyball and basketball courts in our fun Camp Zone. Sports Camp (ages 4 - 12) is a great way for kids to learn new skills in a variety of sports such as tennis, golf, squash, basketball and more, not to
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Tennis Camps 6-14 years March Break and Summer CampsThe Best and Oldest Tennis Camp in the city! Excellent for all levels of young tennis players. Includes other activities; visit website for details on our 6 tennis club locations.
Sail and Serve Camp 8-14 years Summer CampThis Premier Tennis and Sailing Camp includes 5 hours of introductory sailing lessons per week (weather permitting) and 3-4 hours of tennis instruction; all from Certified Tennis and Sailing Instructors.Location: Britannia Yacht Club
Mountain Bike 8-14 years Summer CampEach fun-filled day the group will ride trails, use maps, and explore the area’s trail system. Along the way stops may be made for hiking, snacks, looking for frogs and more. Instruc-tors will teach safe riding technique, balance, ascending/de-cending, braking and bunny hoping. Campers are grouped by age and ability and receive plenty of individual attention from coaches. Note: bike rentals are available. Two locations: Camp Fortune (transportation included) and Kanata Lakes.
Survivor Camps 8-14 years March Break and Summer CampThis fun-filled week will be full of physical and mental challenges, food challenges, immunity challenges, outdoor adventures, Tribal Council cooperative games, theme days, arts and crafts and plenty of team building activities that will bring “SURVIVOR” to our campers. Summer activities include Aerial Park Hiking, Archery, Orienteering, Beach Volleyball, Swimming at Meech Lake and much, much more.Location: Camp Fortune. Transportation included.
Go-Girl 8-13 years (Girls only) March Break and Summer CampsCampers will learn to love their mind, body and spirit. This exciting program helps girls develop to their full potential through leadership, service and wellness.
Amazing Race 8-14 yearsCamp includes a series of challenges with a geographical 5 days, 5 countries, 5 adventures. Its main purpose is to encourage diversity, education and understanding.
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mention daily Red Cross swim lessons. OAC Tennis Camps (ages 6-13/9-15) are designed for a range of skill levels, from first-time to advanced players, and are led by full-time certified teaching professionals. OAC Golf Camp (ages 5-13) offers professional instruction for beginner and intermediate golfers. Campers at the OAC Karate Camp receive professional instruction and build character in a fun and safe way. Campers in the Tennis, Karate, and Golf camps also enjoy a daily swim under the supervision of our CPR and First Aid certified counselors and swim instructors!
Established in 1879, the Ottawa School of Art has always maintained its mission to deliver top-quality arts education, making it the ideal summer camp for your children. Children aged six to 15 will embark on an exciting, hands-on exploration of a variety of artistic mediums, themes and styles including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture and clay. Our camps, which are taught by professional artists, provide students with access to a variety of art
materials included in the costs of the camps. Individual lessons focus on different elements of art: colour, line, form, perspective, composition, etc. Camps for teens encourage students to focus their attention and develop patience using a narrower range of techniques while having fun.
We often think of video games as something kids spend too much time with, but Real Programming 4 Kids summer camps offer a truly nourishing experience to young Ontario gamers that emphasizes the science (and math) behind game design. The courses are designed for kids aged seven to 17 and tailored to skill levels from beginner to advanced. Campers will learn industry standard languages like Java and C#, unlike the “drag and drop” tools used by some other programming camps. Real Programming 4 Kids has been nurturing emerging Ontario talent for over a decade. Jacob Jackson, a recent first place winner in the Canadian Computing Competition, is an alumnus.
Salamander Theatre for Young Audiences has offered aspiring student actors entertaining, intensive theatre summer training since 1993! It’s Ottawa’s only outdoor theatre summer camp for youth ages 10 to 18. Both A Midsummer Night’s Dream (July) and a
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musical in August — either Legally Blonde, where brains trump beauty, OR Curtains, a comic theatrical murder mystery — will give fledgling performers the opportunity to act, sing, dance, fight (stage fight, that is!) and work within an ensemble to bring two bright and fun-filled plays to life! Both camps culminate in a beautiful outdoor performance at our home base: the picturesque Billings Estate Museum. To ensure a quality experience, space is limited to 20 participants per camp; be sure to register early!
Turnbull Summer Learning program offers your child a unique combination of academic and recreational activities. Experienced teachers lead the morning sessions, which are dedicated to academic skill booster programs on a variety of subjects for various ages. From English to research communication skills, children have an opportunity to catch up or get ahead in a unique, hands-on, small class experience. After the learning is done, campers can select from a variety of afternoon activities led by Turnbull partners. Dovercourt Recreation Centre’s highly trained staff lead day camps; multi-sport camps are led by a mix of experienced phys-ed teachers and coaches; badminton camp is led by certified coaches; and the computer programming camp is led by trained computer programmers. Turnbull’s
mixture of learning and fun is designed to ensure your child gets an academic boost while enjoying all the benefits of summer camp.
The Camp Otterdale community encourages children to be independent. Campers individually choose their activities each day with the exception of swim lessons. With impressive land and water-based programs, there are options for all. Campers are grouped by age (8-10 per cabin), have two or three amazing counsellors and live in rustic cabins situated in the centre of camp. Each session at Otterdale has a different theme (Space, Elections, Time Travelers) so that returning and new campers alike will have new challenges and experiences. Otterdale is a ton of fun as we develop lifelong skills. Join us and be part of the Otterdale community this summer.
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By Paulette Dozois A couple of months back retired Hintonburg resident Wayne Rodney, who some call Hintonburg’s mayor, was look-ing at an Ottawa website dealing with local history. He found a fascinating photo of Somerset Square between the wars which he then showed to Hintonburg’s unofficial historian Linda Hoad, and to myself, and the search for the back story of this photograph began.
All three of course thought it to be a tank – but no, being un-schooled in First World War ar-maments, we were wrong. After consulting military archivist Alex Comber at Library and Archives Canada, we learned it was a howitzer, a tank-like ‘big gun’.
This is not just any howitzer though – it is a German siege howitzer. Archivist Comber tells us it is a 21 cm. Model 1916 Mörser, with wheel shoes fitted to keep it from getting bogged down in mud.
Unfortunately our howitzer is missing its gun shield, though Comber tells us many were like this. Today there is an exact du-plicate of the Hintonburg Howitzer in the Quebec Citadel.
Lucky for us in Ottawa, there is also a Mörser 1910 version at the Canadian War Museum, just a stone’s throw away from where ours was located. A close-up photo of the War Museum’s gun can be seen on line at www.f l i c k r . c o m / p h o t o s /edk7/13066157285/
Also, for those who saw the Spielberg movie “War Horse”, there is a scene in which the poor
horses pull a similar howitzer up a hill.
Now why would a howitzer be on what today is called Somerset Square? The answer can be found Canada’s history of War Trophies.
During the First World War the Canadian Corps captured lit-erally thousands of War Trophies. These were machine guns, artil-lery pieces and other material gathered up throughout the war.
These war trophies – gathered by a team headed by then Dominion Archivist Arthur G. Doughty – were distributed around the country and placed in community squares.
Their importance, was de-scribed by Doughty who wrote, “When our tears are dried and Time has assuaged our sorrow, then shall we seek for memorials of this momentous event and re-gard them as our ancestral Heritage.”
Canada lost over 60,000 sol-diers in the First World War and the community of Hintonburg – just amalgamated by the city of Ottawa in 1907 – would have lost some of their young men at that time as well. A memorial would have been important to our forebears.
There is indeed more to this story. When did the howitzer ar-rive? Was its placement the start of Somerset Square? When and how did the it leave?
We do know that many war trophies were melted down for use in the Second World War. If you have any further informa-tion, please contact Newswest and we would be pleased to up-date what we have so far.
The ‘Hintonburg Howitzer’ photograph shows Somerset Square prior to WWII with a German siege howitzer pointing west along Wellington Street. (detail of photo identified as MIKAN #3326071 from Library and Archives Canada website).
The Hintonburg HowitzerA mystery in our history
By Anne Duggan, Coordinator, Safe Streets Working GroupEvery neighbourhood has a spot where pedes-trians have to pay extra attention to avoid an accident when crossing a busy intersection, or where there are fender benders on a regular basis.
The Safe Streets Working Group is inviting all Kitchissippi residents to send in information about these trouble spots by emailing safestreets@kitchissippiward.ca, or by phoning 613- 580-2485.
The Safe Streets Working Group was initiated by Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Jeff Leiper to document all of the dangerous spots and intersec-tions along our streets.
While issues like snow removal and conges-tion are also important, Jeff sees this working group as a way to create a complete inventory of places that can be tweaked through better street design and traffic calming measures, to make our streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
The working group will be comprised of members from all Kitchissippi community asso-ciations, interested residents and myself, Anne Duggan, Safe Streets Working Group coordina-tor.
The need for this group is clear. We invite you, the people who use our streets every day, to send us your observations by March 6, so that together, we can make all Kitchissippi streets safer
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Walkability AuditHow fit are our streets?By the 2500 Buses A Day – No Way GroupThe “2500 Buses A Day – No Way” group and the Hintonburg Community Association worked with the Ottawa Seniors Transportation Committee of the Council on Aging of Ottawa on the third All-Season Pedestrian Safety Walkability Audit on Friday February 6th.
The audit covered the south side of Scott Street (from Smirle to the O-Train) and Albert Street (from the O-Train to Empress). It assesses four areas: Pedestrian Safety; A c c e s s i b i l i t y ; Convenience and Connectedness; and Comfort and Attractiveness.
A total of about 18 peo-ple participated in the audit. The afternoon turned out to be a sunny day with no wind, so the warmth of the sun made it seem much warmer than the tempera-ture showed. The warmer day was a welcome change for those recording the notes while walking - the ink in the pen only slowed down a bit rather than freezing completely.
The same area was done in 2 previous audits – June 3rd and November 24th using the same checklist, but with different seasonal conditions. Sidewalk Hazard Forms were sub-mitted for hazards that could cause tripping or tip-ping of wheelchairs on both audits. None of these hazards has been repaired despite the first notice of them having been sent to Public Works shortly after the June 3, 2014 audit. Follow up is scheduled to see if the sidewalk hazards are fixed this year.
Ecology Ottawa will be compiling the data for a comprehensive look at the street. The overriding com-ments regarding the side-walk on Scott Street is that it does not feel safe. Cars and trucks are travelling at a high speed (some well over the 50 km posted speed) and are inches from pedestrians.
Some residents have had their elbows clipped by traffic while walking on this Scott Street sidewalk. The bus going by inches from pedestrians during the audit had quite an impact on those walking. The side-walk on most of this section
of Scott is narrower than the City standard – parts are less than 1.5m in width – in the winter it is much less than that – at times just a single footpath through the snow. Curb splash from vehicles and slushy side-walks is par for the course.
Scott Street clearly fails on all four criteria of the audit. It is an unpleasant and potentially dangerous walk now, and will be-come much worse with 2500 Buses A Day just a few feet from the curb.
The resulting hazards can be reduced with proper action on the part of the city. The citizens who use these sidewalks daily deserve the same respect and con-sideration as those people who will be zooming past on buses every day for the next two years.
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Snow Plowing StandardsThere IS a system here
By the Hintonburg Community AssociationThe Hintonburg Community Association attended a meet-ing in December, set up by Councillor Jeff Leiper, with the City supervisor in charge of snow plowing for this area.
The meeting was to reiterate some of the issues with plow-ing of streets and sidewalks last year. The supervisor en-couraged people to let the City know of issues by calling 311 and emphasized the impor-tance of asking for the Service Request Number so that if the issue was not resolved, follow-up could be done.
Residents can also call Councillor Jeff Leiper’s office at 613-580-2485. Staff there can forward the complaint or follow-up on it if the 311 call does not provide results.
The City does have a prior-ity listing of streets and side-walks which are plowed first, and they also have time frames within which streets have to be cleared.
Sometimes they plow early in a storm so that, by the end of the storm, the priority side-walk is all filled in again. They then have a required time
frame under which all side-walks have to be cleared once the storm has passed.
We hope to be able to pub-lish these time frames on the Hintonburg Community Association web site.
There is already a listing of how the streets are prioritized for plowing.
For the map of Hintonburg streets, go to: http://hinton-burg.com/map_Streets_of_
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Private contractors some-times plow snow out of a lane-way or parking lot and dump it on the street – congesting the street even more.
There is a City by-law pro-hibiting this practice. Contractors have an orange snow plow licence plate simi-
lar to taxi cab licence num-bers. If you witness this, call 311 and give the orange plate number when possible. If you witness this happening and are willing to file an affidavit, the snow plow operator can be fined.
As our neighbourhoods grow and traffic increases, the safety of our winter streets becomes increasingly impor-tant too.
Street of RockYouth group sings out for SPCABy Kayren MosurinjohnYou may have seen Street of Rock perform at one of many neighbourhood venues in the past. This group of inspired musicians between the ages of 4 and 12 years, have performed regularly in area neighbour-hoods at ArtsPark, Summer Solstice, and the Hintonburg Community Centre’s Kris Kringle event among others. Now they are
working on something special for spring.Street of Rock is putting on a concert.
The senior members of the crew have been planning a fundraising concert/cabaret where the group will perform the songs they have been working on and apply the pro-ceeds of their efforts to a very worthy cause.
The concert is set for Sunday March 22 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. at the Carleton
Tavern (223 Armstrong Street at Parkdale). We will be using this concert to fundraise for the SPCA of Western Quebec.
Please book this date in your calendar and start telling your family and friends to do the same. The energy and talent of the members of Street of Rock will contribute to making this an event not to be missed. See you there!
Important ConversationsSuicide PreventionBy Paul Dewar, MP Ottawa CentreIn November, I had the pleasure of moderating a roundtable dis-cussion as part of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s 308 Conversations on Suicide Prevention.
Over the course of two hours I learned that last year more kids died by suicide than from cancer; that men die from sui-cide at a rate up to four times that of women; and that First Nations, and especially Inuit, have suicide rates higher than any other group in this country.
In discussing the weaknesses of suicide prevention in Ottawa, the list of issues is shockingly
long. Highlights include the se-vere shortage of psychiatrists in Ottawa, compounded by the tragic reality that those without medical coverage cannot afford to get help, even though they need it most.
There is little education on mental health in schools, de-spite teenagers being a high-risk group for mental illness. The waiting lists to receive treatment are atrociously long.
After discussing the weak-nesses of the current mental health system, we turned to its successes. Again, too many ex-amples were raised to list here. Of particular note were the breakthroughs Ottawa Police have made in working with
mental health professionals to connect people with the care they need, as well as improve-ments in officers’ understand-ing of mental health problems and knowledge of how to han-dle individuals with sensitivity and tolerance.
Various organizations, in-cluding Psychiatric Survivors Ottawa, community health cen-tres, and the Suicide Prevention Coalition, are increasing aware-ness of mental health and sui-cide, and enhancing dialogue with those who need help.
Following our discussion, the participants agreed on a few recommendations. First, a du-rable, national approach to sui-
cide prevention demands seri-ous and sustained funding with a greater emphasis on youth and marginalized groups.
There were many ideas on how to realize these aims, including a great deal of support for a national strategy for mental health.
If I were to summarize the main messages of this meeting, they would be the following: talk to everyone you know about mental illness so we can fight the stigma, especially those whom you know to have problems; let them know you care, and consider what you can do, on your own and as part of our community, to help prevent more deaths by suicide.
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Zen and Our TreesNewswest LettersBy Emma RobeI want to believe that there was a time when we were not so quick to destroy trees that nourished our lives, that our good times together went way, way back, when a favourite tree greeted us day by day, season by season and year by year.
Will today’s children grow to say, “I climbed in that favourite tree of mine”?
While you may feel powerless and overwhelmed to slow down develop-ment which has resulted in the loss of our precious trees, you can be part of the solution to help the healing pro-cess.
A case in point are the tender young tree saplings that the City of Ottawa planted either side of Wellington Street. I ponder in deepest winter how many of these saplings will survive. Will they survive another summer drought.?
If you live or own a business on Wellington Street you may want to contemplate a little “Zen Mindfulness” by being “Present”.
By nourishing a Human-Tree Relationship with just one tree, you will come to appreciate your life’s parallels with that one tree. You are both living beings requiring the same
basic needs. Would you want to de-stroy another living being? Of course not!
All that is required is that you re-member to water your one tree and report any tree damage to the City. Of course this may be extended to just one tree in your neighbourhood or just one tree on the street where you live.
If we are to preserve what trees are left in Hintonburg it requires that each of us take ownership and become ‘Mindful and Present’. All it takes is just one tree.
But please don’t delay. Mother Nature no longer has time on her hands. As a wise man once said, “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit”.
Newswest, Growing and ChangingIn print and on-lineBy C. Brace, Newswest WebmasterChange is growth, as the saying goes. And for some readers, Newswest appears to be both changing and growing. The most recent change is that our old postal address will end this month. Check the masthead for our new regular mail spot and new phone number.
Another change this past year is that we’re doing a lot more articles exclusively on-line. Last issue had 5 Web-extra articles exclusive to our newswest.org/easyread section. And lots of web-only images got added to some unabridged versions of ar-
ticles. Now here’s a partial recap of
topics you may have missed:• Readuponanannualshinny
tournament for all ages (3114).
• SeeamazingpicsfromNepaland read how a local annual gala supports its vulnerable (3197).
• Learn how your old bikecould go to those here in need (3680), and how Grannies party for Halloween (3600).
• Learn about door knockerfraud (3302), and discover how walkable our streets are in traffic (3181, 3501).
• Learn about how a writer
found the secret spot of Westfest (3361), and the sounds of cow bells in Mechanicsville (3358). Did you tap your toes to an infec-tious local song of protest (3530)?
• Readtheamazingtaleofhowsome local homeowners still have no storm sewers (3184), or travel back a century to read of a rainy day that for-ever changed our world (3506), and how Newswest’s anniversary cakes fared when it poured buckets last July (3491).
• Howdidaschoolchildmovea Parliamentarian (3724)?
Learn how moving hydro poles a few feet will affect local parks and more (3673).
If you knew all that, and keep abreast of changing community events from the comfy chair by your cellphone, tablet or com-puter, then you are a Newswest On-line reader. If not, maybe you should take a peek online and see what else you may have missed.
Lots of things remain the same at Newswest. Our Board contin-ues to debate and decide on where we’re going and how. A familiar past editor is now writing and volunteering in other ways. In
coming issues we will still cover the changing face of our streets and the deep roots in our com-munity. And we all look forward to seeing regular readers and old friends at any monthly meeting or in the community festivals and events we will be attending. Come over, say hi or just tell us about what’s on your mind.
To find the articles referred to above, replace the XXXX in http://newswest.org/easyread/ar-chives/XXXX with the number given above.
For example January’s web-extras (3834, 3843, 3860, 3862, 3866...) can be read at newswest.org/easyread/archives/3834.
In Rochester Park, north of Richmond Road and west
of the transitway’s Dominion Station, Ash trees are removed in
a bid to curtail the ash borer infestation. In the same park,
the LRT construction seems liable to affect what, and how many,
trees will be replaced. These changes could last a long time.
More photos are available online at newswest.org.
Photo by John Porter
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Provincial ReportCommunity Opportunity and SecurityBy Yasir Naqvi, MPP-Ottawa CentreThe Fall session of the Ontario Legislature wrapped up on December 11th. Since being re-elected in June, our government has passed legisla-tion that will make a difference in communities all across Ontario.
We have raised the minimum wage and tied it to inflation so that economic factors determine it, not politics. We improved accountabili-ty and transparency within govern-ment and passed legislation to com-bat auto insurance fraud in order to lower your rates.
Most importantly, we are helping kids get the best start in life by im-proving the safety of our daycare system and investing in education.
These are all part of our four-part plan to build Ontario up by invest-ing in people, developing new pub-lic infrastructure like the Ottawa LRT Confederation Line, maintain-ing a dynamic, supportive environ-ment where business thrives, and building a secure retirement savings plan.
With the start of another year, there are positive signs that our plan is working. Ontario now has 517,400 more jobs since the reces-sionary low in June 2009. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s first trade mis-sion to China resulted in nearly $1 billion of new investments, includ-ing $210 million in investments and
325 new jobs here in Ottawa. Our Youth Jobs Strategy is creating em-ployment opportunities in the job market. Time and time again, com-panies are making Ontario – and Ottawa – their first choice for in-vestment, creating more opportuni-ties for the people of our province.
As a result, we are also seeing positive results in Ottawa Centre. In January, I was pleased to announce increased funding to allow seniors more opportunities to stay engaged, active and healthy.
For example, the Jewish Youth Library received funding for a workshop series focused entirely on matters that are important to se-niors.
Also this month, we invested in our children by providing a wage increase ($2/hour over two years) to early childhood educators. This will help give parents in Ottawa peace of mind and help us also to recruit and retain valued caregivers.
While I am encouraged by this
progress, we are also working to ad-dress the real challenges facing Ontario communities, such as re-tirement security. Fewer than 35 per cent of workers in Ontario enjoy the security of a workplace pension plan, and a significant portion of today’s workers are not able to save enough to live comfortably in retire-ment.
Before the holiday break, our government put forward the first piece of legislation required to bring in the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), beginning in 2017. We are consulting on various fea-tures of ORPP. To learn more and to provide your views, please visit on-tario.ca/orpp.
I wish you a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2015. Should you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me at my Community Office atynaqvi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org or 613-722-6414. I look forward to hearing from you.
“In January, I was pleased to announce increased funding to allow seniors more
opportunities to stay engaged, active and healthy.”
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FEBRUARY 20 - WINTER PARTY The McKellar Park neighbours are hosting a Winter Party in McKellar Park on Friday, February 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. In addition to outdoor skating (ice conditions dependent), there will be a bonfire, music, food for purchase from onsite food trucks, free hot chocolate to the first 250 people and free popcorn. A ribbon cutting will be held at 6:30 p.m. for the new, fully accessible seating that was installed in McKellar Park in November funded by previous years’ Fall Festivals and a City of Ottawa grant. The Field House will be open.
FEBRUARY 22 – COUNTRY JAM FOR OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTEMore than 15 Ottawa Valley country enter-tainers will take to the stage for Lorne Daley’s annual ‘From the Heart, For the Heart’ fund-raiser from 1:30-7:30 p.m. at the Westboro Legion, 389 Richmond Rd. The line-up includes such well-known performers as the Ricochet Riders, Jan McCambley, Andy Clarke, Stella Gallagher, Mike Cloutier, and Fred Ducharme. Emcee: CTV’s Terry Marcotte. Advance tickets ($10) are available at the branch’s upstairs bar. At the door: $15. For information call 613-725-2778.
FEBRUARY 22 - YOGA FOR HEART Santosha Yoga (346 Richmond Rd. at Churchill Avenue) is offering classes by dona-tion every Sunday in February at 1 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Ottawa Heart Institute. For information go to santoshayoga.com.
FEBRUARY 22 - BORSHCH COOK OFF FUND-RAISERThis friendly competition for the People’s Choice “Best Borshch” is to raise funds to support the needs of the orphanage in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine. Come and enjoy borshch of all types, vote for your favorite, and take an opportunity to support the orphanage with a free-will donation. The fun begins at noon, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (1000 Byron Ave.) Do you want to test your culinary skills? Contact the committee members to enter: Fr. Ihor at stamaryuocc@sympatico.ca or 613 325-3903, Olena Stetskevych at ostetskevych@yahoo.com, or Iryna Carman at iccrph@gmail.com. You can also visit ukraini-anorthodox.info.
FEBRUARY 25 - TRACING YOUR CANADIAN ANCESTORS IN THE FIRST WORLD WARDiscover websites and databases that are use-ful in tracing your Canadian military ances-
tors and understanding the context of their experience of the Great War. This session is two hours long and will begin at 6:15 p.m., at the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Registration is required. For more information or to register, go tobiblioottawalibrary.ca.
FEBRUARY 27&28 - ELMDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKFEST One of the community’s largest book sales will have an extra literary boost this year. Award-winning author Frances Itani; Mark Sutcliffe, author of Why I Run; Bob Plamondon, author of The Truth about Trudeau; Robert McMechan, the author of Allison’s Brain; and Charles Gordon, author of At the Cottage and The Canadian Trip, will be reading selections of their work. BookFest will take place in the Elmdale Public School gymnasium (49 Iona St.) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday Feb. 27, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. More information about the author’s readings and BookFest itself, can be found online at elmdalecouncil.com, or by emailing Pete Laughton at elmdalebookfest@gmail.com. Pick up of book donations can be arranged by emailing kathclaus@sympatico.ca.
FEBRUARY 27 - TRIVIA CHALLENGE FOR CHARITYGet a team together (maximum six players) and compete for cash donations to your favourite charity at the Westboro Legion, 389 Richmond Rd. The door and bar open at 6 p.m. and the tournament begins at 7:30. Pre-game food will be available and prizes will be awarded to the winners of the contest for best team name, judged by Kitchissippi Times edi-tor Andrea Tomkins. The cost is $10 per player and all are eligible for the door prizes. For information, call 613-262-8647.
FEBRUARY 27- ARTS NIGHTResidents are invited to come by First Unitarian Church, (30 Cleary Ave.) and meet Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, literary artist; Salim Douba, photographer and Anthony Grosdev, pianist. They will all be discussing, demon-strating, or performing their art. Admission is $5. For more information call 613-725-1066
MARCH 7 - A CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK A Celebration of St. Patrick is hosted by The Catholic Women’s League of Canada, Our Lady of Fatima Parish (153 Woodroffe Ave.) and will be taking place at 6 pm. Live Irish traditional music, Irish stew, soda bread, rolls, tea coffee and dessert for $20. Advance sales
only. This fundraiser covers our current social justice programs and include women’s shelter and women in need. For information call 613-726-7583.
MARCH 7 - OTTAWA SWEETEST FUNDRAISEROn Saturday, March 7, chefs from ten popular Ottawa restaurants, bakeries, and catering companies will go up against each other to determine who makes the best chocolate des-sert in the region. Now in its 11th year, the Carefor Chocolate Competition is a family friendly fundraising event for Carefor Health & Community Services. The goal is to raise $35,000 to complete upgrades at three Carefor Adult Day Programs. The talented chefs who sign up to participate in this event make every effort to impress four expert judges and 400 attendees with their unique and delicious chocolate offerings, all to claim the top prize: Best Chocolate Dessert in the National Capital Region. Included for all attendees is a scrump-tious breakfast brunch, an endless chocolate fountain, entertainment, a silent auction, and samples of every dessert. Tickets are $75 adult/$40 child. For more information go to chocolate.carefor.ca.
MARCH 29 - A DIALOGUE WITH DEATHResidents are invited to participate in an eve-ning of informal conversation with and about death and dying; bring your questions and your curiosity. The evening is facilitated by Tara Tucker (Palliative Care Physician), Mary-Anne Bourque (Palliative Care Spiritual Counsellor) and Pam Grassau (Palliative Care Researcher/Social Worker) and will take place from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at A Thing for Chocolate (1262 Wellington St. West, Ottawa). For more information and to reserve your spot, please email dialoguewithdeath@gmail.com. Please note, space is limited, so please reserve early. Can’t make it this session? It will also be taking place on April 26 and May 31.
SOCIAL SENIORSJoin in an afternoon of cards, bridge, euchre, board games and socializing every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall, 153 Woodroffe Ave. All seniors are welcome to attend this weekly non-denominational social gathering. For more information contact Ellena 613-728-4018 or Celine 613-234-0853.
FRIDAY OPEN MIC NIGHTS Show off your musical chops and bask in the applause at the Westboro Legion! We have the
sound equipment so just bring your talent and instrument(s). For information, call the branch any afternoon: 613-725-2778.
YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSFor up-to-date news on your neighbourhood, stay in touch with your community associa-tion. Information about events, traffic chang-es, development, neighbourhood clubs, volun-teer opportunities and board meetings is available from the following Community Association websites.
Champlain Park Community Associationchamplainpark.orgCivic Hospital Neighbourhood Associationchnaottawa.ca
Hintonburg Community Associationhintonburg.com
Hampton-Iona Community Grouphamptoniona.wordpress.com
Island Park Community Associationislandpark.wordpress.com
McKellar Park Community Associationmckellarparkcommunity.wordpress.com
Mechanicsville Community Associationfacebook.com/MechanicsvilleCA
Wellington Village Community Associationwvca.ca
Westboro Beach Community Associationwww.westborobeach.ca
Westboro Community Associationlovewestboro.wordpress.com
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