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December 11, 2015

Glebe parking garage a wonder

By Liz McKeen with information from Doug Robertson

The new parking garage at 170 Second Avenue in the Glebe is now open.

Its design, described by Councillor Chernushenko as a “mobility hub,” features space for 141 motor vehicles – nearly three times the capacity of the parking lot it replaced – and covered bike parking, two electric vehicle charging stations and a bike repair station with (free) air. It has been certified with Green Garages certification for environmentally friendly preferred parking. Solar panels on the roof

City workers put up artist Christopher Griffin’s concrete sculptures at dusk.

will generate electricity to power the garage and also to feed into the grid to generate revenue for the City. A dynamic energy display will indicate when energy is being used or generated. Heated entrances will reduce the need for snow clearing, and there is ample natural light and special energy-efficient lighting.

The bottom two levels are reserved for short-term parking up to two hours.

The unique feature of this garage is its original art, created by Glebe artist Christopher Griffin. He has been creating murals and sculptures for many years. His images of birds, fish and animals are inspired by ancient artworks found on cave Continued on page 2

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

WHAT’S INSIDE

Nov. 30 to Jan. 3.... Lights in the City art show, GCC Gallery (see pg. 25)

Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

GCA/GACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–13

Dec. 11 to Jan. 3.... Lights in the City art show, Life of Pie (see pg. 25)

Business, BIA, Bank St. . . 18–20

Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–31

Dec. 13................... 2015 Snowflake Special, GCC, Sunday 1–4 p.m.

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Lansdowne . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–24

Dec. 16................... Tis the Season, Southminster Church, noon.

Cartoons, Art . . . . . . . . . 8, 25–26

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Dec. 19, 20............. A Merrie Noyse, Southminster Church, 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MPP Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

................................ Ashbury College, Sunday 3:30 p.m. (see pg. 10)

Climate Change . . . . . . . . . 14, 38

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 17

Dec. 21–23, 28–30..GNAG Holiday Break Camp, Glebe Community Centre

Community . . . . . . . . . . 7, 11, 16

Parking, Planning . . . . . . 1–2, 21

................................ (see pg. 34)

Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . . . 32

Education, Trustee . . . . . . 36–37

Dec. 31................... Hogmanay, Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne

Film/Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40–41

................................ 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. (see pg. 9)

GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Jan. 21.................... Taste in the Glebe, GCC, 6-8:30 p.m.

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walls. Other local examples of his creations include the raccoons at the Glebe Community Centre and peregrine falcons on the Bronson underpass.

Funds for this public art project were allocated from the construction of the garage. The commission budget included all costs required to design, fabricate and install the artwork. The City of Ottawa initiated a public art competition for the Glebe Parking Garage in 2013. Thirteen proposals were received and reviewed by a peer assessment committee. The public was invited to review and submit comments about five shortlisted proposals in November 2014. The art selection committee chose Christopher Griffin’s proposal based on evaluation criteria that included artistic excellence, experience of the artist, integration of the artwork with the building design and

comments received during the public consultation process.

His art has been installed on each floor of the garage. He created the drawings by hand, etching the images directly into wet concrete. Each drawing represents the wildlife that can be found in the bodies of water that surround the Glebe: Dow’s Lake, Brown’s Inlet, Patterson’s Creek and the Rideau Canal. Griffin has transformed structural elements and has given them new interest and meaning by adding designs to interior walls and columns. The artist would like to thank the Museum of Nature for assistance in providing research on local wildlife species.

Glebe Garage quick facts

Where is it?

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Alternatively, you can send the information and colour photo by regular mail to Glebe Report, 175 Third Avenue, Ottawa K1S 2K2.

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How many spaces?

There are 146 spots in the garage including two electric-vehicle charging stations and accessible and motorcycle parking. Bicycle parking is also available.

Photo: Courtesy of City of Ottawa

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Why was it built? What demand is it expected to fill?

The Glebe Garage was built in response to concerns raised by the community about the need for additional parking for local businesses and to help ease congestion due to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park.

Council directed staff in June 2010 to commence an RFP process for “new parking spots” at the 170 Second Ave site and approved construction of the garage in April 2013. The garage will provide a supply of affordable, secure, accessible, convenient and apealing public parking consistent with the Municipal Parking Management Strategy that provides short-term parking services that support local businesses, institutions and tourism.

Local artist Christopher Griffin’s concrete etching on the Glebe Garage

every day between 8 a.m. and midnight, with a daily maximum of $14 on levels three and four. There is a twohour maximum time limit on levels one and two. Parking is free between midnight and 8 a.m.

How much did it cost to build?

The overall budget was $9.5 million.

Whose art graces the building?

Christopher Griffin created the concrete etchings and concrete birds on the roof.

How much does parking cost?

Parking fees are $1.25 per half hour

Doug Robertson is manager of Parking Services for the City of Ottawa.

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When did it open?

The first, second and third floors opened on October 31, and the remainder opened in November. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held November 25.

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Ribbon-cutting at the opening of the Glebe Garage on November 25. From left: Andrew Peck (Glebe BIA), Doug Robertson, Councillor David Chernushenko, Christopher Griffin (artist), Bob Brocklebank, Mayor Jim Watson, Rebecca McKeen (McKeen Metro), Jim McKeen, Gilbert Russell (Brio)

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At the Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild show at the Glebe Community Centre November 8

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Images of the Glebe

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Glebe comings and goings

Lansdowne sculpture “Moving Surfaces” by artist Jill Anholt

Lansdowne and the Glebe Three articles by Brian Mitchell and Ken Slemko in this December issue lay out the results of the recent survey done to gauge the impact of the new Lansdowne on the communities surrounding it. More than 1,000 surveys were completed, an astonishingly high response rate considering the size of the communities involved, primarily the Glebe and Old Ottawa South.

Equally interesting is the positivity of the comments that survey respondents made. I have to admit that, given a certain air of negativity surrounding Lansdowne, I was surprised, especially as I recently heard Lansdowne referred to as “this pig that people are determined to put lipstick on.”

I don’t want to minimize the important criticisms, er, construct-

ive suggestions for improvement that many respondents had. Major problems exist in particular in the socalled Lansdowne sector that includes the streets immediately around Lansdowne as far west as Ralph and as far north as Fifth. Residents there have suffered enormous construction disruption for years and are now suffering major parking and traffic woes and noise and light pollution.

And, losses of parking and increased traffic are real concerns in the surrounding communities. There is a lot of scope for improvement in pedestrian and bike safety, greenery, and the choice of shops within Lansdowne itself. And there is a suspicion, given the spate of business closings on Bank Street, that Lansdowne is having a business impact as well.

But most people had positive things to say about Lansdowne according to the survey. Sixty two per cent of responses were deemed to be “positive” or “very positive” and a further 29 per cent were “neutral.” More than two thirds of respondents said they use Lansdowne at least two or three times a month.

My notion is that Glebe residents are bound to Lansdowne with strong historical, emotional, and perhaps inexplicable ties. We care about it, and we care a lot, even those of us who don’t much like it at the moment.

And history is a long time, and emotional roots run deep. I don’t think we’ll stop caring about Lansdowne any time soon.

–Liz McKeen

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NEW TO THE GLEBE Aroma Espressso Bar coming soon to Lansdowne at 200 Marché Way, unit 109. “Aroma espresso bar Canada opened its first location in 2007 in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood, and has expanded to nearly 30 cafés across the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario. The nutritious Mediterranean-inspired menu features made-to-order salads and sandwiches prepared with fresh ingredients, bread and pastries baked fresh in-store… and hot and cold beverages carefully prepared by expertly-trained baristas.”

(Facebook) Crust & Crate Public House, 325 Marché Way, unit 105, opened at the end of August. “Your new favourite little pizza pub will be serving up swanky Al Forno style pizzas and gastropub fare in a colourful, cocktail inspired, beer loving environment.”

(Facebook) CHANGES AFOOT Corner of Bank & Fifth. Media reports are that George Helal and Sam Bellama, owners of the building that burned down April 9 due to arson, hope to begin construction in February of a mixed-use building with six commercial spaces to include Mac’s Convenience, Pizza Hut, a hair salon and Encino Taco restaurant.

Kettleman’s Bagel Co. renovations are almost complete. “We are working on a 6-foot high sign that’s 25 foot long on top of the roof.” (Twitter, October 27) GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Bank Street Framing, 728 Bank Street. Custom picture framers, installers and art gallery that has artful objects. Owners are Natalie Szabo and Greg Best. Said Best, “I want to thank clients for the last 30-some years. We’re taking a breather...but we may resurface in the new year in another location.”

Pom Pom Boutique, 732 Bank Street. A lovely shop in praise of bolder women. “This will probably be Pom Pom’s last week in the Glebe, and Bank Street Framing’s. Greg and I want to thank you all for all of your visits and if you enjoyed our windows, we thank you again. We lost the retail battle…” (Facebook, November 22).

SEEN OUT AND ABOUT Second Avenue Sweets was temporarily closed on Dec. 1 to 10. “The reason for this closure is so that we, as a family, may travel to Hong Kong to honour the memory of a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, who did not return from serving our country there during World War II. It is an opportunity for us to show our respect three generations strong. Please refer to the inside noted story and the www. hkvca.ca website for more information on the battle of Hong Kong. Thank you.” Ellen Harris and family.

Contributors this issue Leanne Azimov Nicole Bayes-Fleming Bhat Boy Micheline Boyle Margret Brady Nankivell Ashley Chapman David Chernushenko Julie Cook Don Cummer Lawrence Cumming John Dance Lenore Fahrig Adelle Farrelly Isabelle Flannigan Paul Green Trevor Greenway Bena Gwozdecky John Haysom Julie Ireton Laura Joyce Kids: Ben, Eva, Ruby, Molly, Adriana Carolyn Mackenzie

Michael Markov Jessica Martin Christine McAllister Kate McGregor Liz McKeen Shawn Menard Doug Milne Nicole Milne Brian Mitchell Yasir Naqvi Rafal Pomian Doug Robertson Clyde Sanger Erika Shaker Lois Siegel Ken Slemko Zenah Surani Mary Tsai Susan Townley Joshua VanNoppen Becca Wallace Anne Woolley Zeus

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Labour intensive signage placement and removal for each and every Lansdowne event!

City of Ottawa signage is very confusing.

This Patterson’s Creek tree, marked for removal for over a year, had a large branch crash down in an October windstorm.

A Stitch in time would’ve saved nine (or more) Editor, Glebe Report

Towing in progress, Sunday, November 22

Signage fiasco for small business Editor, Glebe Report [I am] not only writing as a perturbed business owner, but relaying angry complaints from customers shopping in our wonderful neighbourhood! This past Sunday yet again the City slapped up their No Stopping/No Parking signs all over our neighbourhood with, yet again, very negative results!

Not sure when they changed the signage wording, but clearly there’s been (yet another) poor decision in the signage fiasco. When will all this end? When all the small businesses have left the neighbourhood?

Has anyone added up the funds spent every time the army of city employees spends the day putting up the “No Stopping/No Parking” signs and then again spends another day taking them all down? Surely if taxpayers knew the dollar amount, we would be aghast

and this ridiculousness would be terminated immediately. What a waste of funds. Oh the insanity!

Regarding the speeding (that worsens each time a business closes!), will we wait until someone is hit and killed from the speeding traffic along Bank Street (and Bronson) before addressing the speeding issue? Someone was already killed on Bronson.

Has anything changed?

My family and I have lived and worked in the Glebe for many decades and the demise of the neighbourhood is very saddening, but no one seems to be addressing these important issues.

Is this because no one knows what to do to alleviate the problems?

Please, let’s do something about these issues. Let’s “Save the Glebe!!”

Anne Woolley and Bena Gwozdecky Owners of CATS R US

Caution on climate change Editor, Glebe Report I too join the Glebe Report (November 13) in wishing new MP Catherine McKenna best wishes in her new job as an MP and as the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. It is a formidable double duty to say the least.

A word of caution: please do not let your enthusiasm for tackling climate change blind you to a prudent approach to implementing carbon reduction.

The climate is changing, but there is a considerable range of opinion regarding how much of this change is due to human activity. Natural causes such as volcano eruptions and forest fires account for far more greenhouse gasses than all the vehicles in the world combined. A bad eruption of a single volcano can cause dramatic climate change. That is not to say that we should not strive to control pollution produced by vehicles, especially in the cities, because it’s in the air we breathe. However, pollution is a separate issue from climate change, a fact often confused by climate change activists. Pockets of very polluted air and water can have serious health effects locally, but have a negligible effect on global climate.

I am neither a denier nor a proponent of the idea that human activity has

a significant effect on climate change.

I think there is a distinct possibility that natural causes are the main driving forces affecting climate change. At any rate I believe we should not go all out and eliminate fossil fuels like oil.

In spite of all the rhetoric, oil is vital to the Canadian economy. Oil and gas are still our main sources of energy and will remain so for at least another 10 to 15 years pending availability of other economically viable sources.

For Canada, an insignificant greenhouse gas producer, it means that we have to make the best use of tar sands oil, a domestic source of energy. The alternative is to import oil from foreign markets at greater cost to our economy. Also I suspect that oil produced elsewhere and transported over great distances ends up producing as much greenhouse gas as domestically produced oil.

To sum up, my argument is for a prudent approach to Canadian energy policy. By all means control pollution where it affects human wellbeing. However, please do not belittle the severe economic consequences that would result from the curtailment of domestic oil and gas production.

Rafal Pomian Glebe resident

This tree, which was split in half and crashed into Patterson’s Creek in a big windstorm on October 29, has sported a red cross (indicating that it is to be taken down) for more than a year. A major branch fell off in the summer of 2014 and is still there, being enjoyed by the fish and the ducks. Another major branch came down this past summer. A City crew came to clean it up and acknowledged the danger the tree poses and the need to take it down very soon.

Yet, at the end of October when a big wind came along, it was still there, and came crashing down near a bench (which is visible in the photo) and crunched the steel fence around the creek, which will now be repaired using our tax dollars.

Is the City going to wait for another windstorm to do its work?

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Quarter", will be curated by JC

Sulzenko, Glebe poet, author and Poems should be: neighbourhood and educator.

• surrounding Original and unpublished in any We are interested in receiving submissions of poetry from: medium; areas adults, teens 14 to 17 (high school • No more than 30 lines each, students), or children 9 to 13 (about grades 4 to 8). We are open including stanza breaks and title; broadly to submissions from poets whobounds live, work, study or volunteer • On any subject within the in the Glebe or its close of public discourse; neighbouring communities.

• Poets of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade at school); • The poem or poet must have a connection to the Glebe or close neighbouring community, i.e. the poem must be about the Glebe or the poet must live, work, study or volunteer in the Glebe (or close neighbouring community).

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Glebe Report monthly Open call for poetry The community newspaper will begin publishing a number of poems as submissions a regular feature, four times a year, beginning in the fall 2015. The Welcome to feature, to be called "Poetry Amanda & Erin Frank Quarter", will be curated by JC Poets in the Glebe Sulzenko, Glebe poet, author and neighbourhood and educator.

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Another story told After decades working as a pathologist, then a coroner, Bill McLeish was well acquainted with writing reports. Now retired, he’s adapting his writing style to pen his own memoirs and he’s getting help from a class at Abbotsford.

The Glebe Centre Community Programs at Abbotsford now offer both beginner and intermediate memoir-writing classes and it plans to introduce a new writing circle in the New Year.

The memoir writing class is lead by Anne Le Dressay, a writer, instructor and published poet. “She’s a wonderful teacher and we hear a lot of interesting stories,” said McLeish about the weekly class at the senior’s centre across from Lansdowne Park.

“And it may give us an opportunity to make a potential contribution to future generations through our writing.”

McLeish said the budding authors are compiling stories on a wide range of topics, from mental health problems, to foreign travel, to smoking marijuana. He is concentrating on family and early history and an intriguing career.

“I worked as a coroner and spent time in a mental institution when I was in medical school,” said McLeish, who said much of his work is handwritten, but he’s starting to put some of his writing into digital form. “It’s not anything approaching a book yet, but I’m learning to do that.”

He said he’s learning how to create suspense, write with greater detail

Photo: Pat Goyeche

By Julie Ireton

Anne Le Dressay and Bill McLeish discuss McLeish’s memoir of his early life and career as a coroner.

and revise his work. McLeish said the group reads their works aloud and helps each other out, providing constructive criticism.

In the New Year, instructor Anne Le Dressay will guide amateur writers in a writers’ circle that will include any kind of creative pursuits, including fiction, drama or poetry. The class will be open to anyone who wants some assistance with their work.

“Some writers have a hard time working without feedback,” said Le Dressay. “With the writers’ circle they can work away on whatever they’re writing on, get some helpful feedback, work on it some more, then bring it

back again for new suggestions.”

Le Dressay’s memoir writing class is offered twice a week and is now into its third year. “People keep coming back and that’s a good sign,” said Le Dressay.

Abbotsford’s Learn & Explore Speaker’s Series will highlight memoir writers in the New Year. Students from the class will be reading their stories on January 13 and March 30.

The winter program guide, with a full list of programs, lectures and services, will be available in early December at The Glebe Centre.

Abbotsford is your community support centre for adults 55+. We are the

community programs of The Glebe Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit, organization that includes a 254-bed, long-term care home. Find out more about our services by dropping by 950 Bank Street (the old stone house) Mon to Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., telephoning 613-230-5730 or by checking out all of The Glebe Centre facilities and community programs on our website www.glebecentre.ca.

Julie Ireton is a broadcast journalist, writer, educator and long-time supporter of community journalism, who writes regularly about Abbotsford for the Glebe Report.

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Everyone can dance the Latin beat

By Michael Markov

Photo: Lorrie Loewen

I firmly believe that the only way people will keep their exercise regimen long-term is if they are having fun doing it. Just thinking of potential benefits for the body only works in the short term. However, if people are having fun at every class and truly enjoying it, they keep coming back for more. I have adopted this theory in my dance classes at the Glebe Community Centre, offered through the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG), and even though I work my students pretty hard, they always come out with a smile. When I see that, it makes my work very rewarding.

Latin Line Dance

No previous dance experience and no partner are required. We learn salsa, merengue, samba, chacha-cha, rumba, jive and tango. It’s an excellent cardio workout while having a party at the same time. Classes have been well received by participants. Each element and step is taught separately with attention to individual needs. I put together routines allowing the students to show off their skills on any dance floor in any setting. This class also very much incorporates mental focus and memory training, as students need to remember the steps, routines and techniques associated with each dance. It’s a fantastic workout for both mind and body.

Party Hearty

This combination aerobics for seniors is a funfilled new class of aerobic dancing, balancing, toning, core exercises, and stretching, all done to Latin music, making each class fun and exciting and keeping up the party atmosphere while working all major muscle groups and joints.

Chair Dance Aerobics for seniors and those with limited mobility

Originally, this class was geared mostly to individ-

Latin dancing at the Glebe Community Centre with teacher Michael Markov

uals with either mobility or balance issues; however, it is so much fun that individuals without any issues really enjoy this class. People using walkers, wheelchairs, canes or any other mobility aids are welcome.

Even though the dancing is done sitting in a chair, the rock’n’roll and Latin music make this class a lot of fun. The class incorporates work for all muscle groups – legs, arms, abdominal, spine, neck and shoulders – and is excellent for balance and overall well-being. Even students who are skeptical at the beginning leave elated and asking for more. This class is deceivingly easy. The actual workout is at a fairly moderate level and, after about 30 minutes, the students begin to feel the impact. This class is a blast and students are always raving about it.

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who are unable to keep up or are too intimidated to join a regular dance class. This class would be fairly low impact and gentle on joints, thus allowing individuals with weight issues to be active, fit and, most importantly, have fun. They wouldn’t need to sit out half of the class because they can’t keep up or because their joints hurt so much that they can’t move. Instead, this class would focus on the positive and on how much they are accomplishing, with lots of encouragement and praise. The fun component of the class along with upbeat Latin music would encourage these individuals to keep coming back for more.

Michael Markov is the instructor for GNAG Latin dance classes offered at the Glebe Community Centre. He is a certified fitness instructor with specialization in choreography and more than 30 years of Latin dance experience, including five years teaching dance to seniors.

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Hogmanay – it’s New Year’s, it’s Scottish and it’s free!

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Hogmanay celebrations ringing in 2015 at the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne

Photos: Roman Romanovich

Hogmanay is returning to Aberdeen Pavilion for New Year’s Eve. Once again, the celebration will feature singers, pipe bands, scotch tasting, food kiosks and lots of entertainment for all ages. And the admission price is one that will warm the heart: it’s free.

A special family-friendly feature of the evening will be the countdown to New Year’s Eve in Scotland. That means that the confetti will fly, the balloons descend, and everyone can link hands to sing Auld Lang Syne at 7 p.m. Ottawa time.

That leaves lots of time for families with young children who want to participate in a New Year’s Eve party to get back home and tuck into bed before the Ottawa-time-zone festivities begin. The countdown starts all over again for the fireworks at midnight.

In Scotland, Hogmanay highlights the festive season. Its many traditions vary from region to region, but often they involve “first footing,” or the hospitality that is shown to the first person to cross your home’s threshold in the New Year. Another tradition involves the singing of Auld Lang Syne, the song written by Robbie Burns that has

become a standard for bringing in the New Year around the world.

The lineup of entertainers on stage at the Aberdeen Pavilion was still being finalized as of the Glebe Report’s deadline. Last year’s headliners were the rock band Glass Tiger, but one of the most popular acts of the evening was local musician Bobby Watt and his band Écosse. Bobby will be on hand again this year.

Each year the Hogmanay party gets bigger. It quickly outgrew the facilities at City Hall, where the first celebration was held to ring in 2013. Last year, some 10,000 people came through the doors at Aberdeen Pavilion during the course of an evening that stretched from 5 p.m. to the fireworks at midnight.

There’s still lots of room to grow.

This year the Scottish Society of Ottawa plans to expand activities to the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park.

The Ottawa festivities still have some way to go to match the numbers that gather in Scotland. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Hogmanay celebration in Edinburgh to bring in 1997 as the biggest New Year’s party in history, with some 400,000 revelers!

We hope to see you at Aberdeen Pavilion on New Year’s Eve! For further details, check out http:// www.thescottishsocietyofottawa.com.

Don Cummer is an Old Ottawa South resident who enjoys all things Scottish and has been known to sport a kilt for a breezy skate on the Canal.

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Seventeen Voices

Seventeen Voyces’s A Merrie Noyse is a joyful journey

By Margret Brady Nankivell

Seventeen Voyces, Ottawa’s premier chamber choir, opens its season with A Merrie Noyse, a lyrical world tour of some of the best Christmas music written.

The concert, which will feature many a cappella songs, will be performed at Southminster United Church on Sat. Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. It will also be sung in the intimate chapel at Ashbury College on Sun. Dec. 20, at 3:30 p.m.

A Merrie Noyse includes gems such as Sweelinck’s Hodie Christus natus est (Dutch), Tchaikovsky’s The Crown of Roses (Russian) and Franz Gruber’s beloved Stille Nacht (Austrian).

Music director Kevin Reeves has selected stirring works from Canada, Germany, Hungary, Ireland,

Latvia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the U.S.A., some of which are seldom heard.

Earlier works include Michael Praetorius’ delicate Psallite, unigenito, Thomas Ravenscroft’s Remember, O thou man, and Richard Dering’s Quem vidistis, pastores. The chamber choir, which has a large repertoire of Baroque and Renaissance music, is well suited to mastering the subtleties demanded by these pieces.

Particularly moving and challenging will be the haunting Irish Gaelic Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil that will contrast nicely with traditional Spanish carol Riu riu chiu that celebrates the Virgin Mary. A Canadian selection is The Angel Gabriel written by Ottawa composer Andrew Ager. The choir has premiered Ager’s work before, most notably his opera

Casanova and his memorial to the First World War, The Unknown Soldier.

The choir’s subscription series of three concerts beginning with the Christmas concert makes a lovely and affordable Christmas gift. The series includes a co-presentation of the silent film classic Ben-Hur (March 4, 5) with the Ottawa Choral Society. Reeves is known for his skill in matching films of the silent era with unusual music. In this case, he has selected music from Carl Orff’s stunning Carmina Burana.

Ben-Hur is a hugely over-budget epic from 1925 starring the emotive Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman. The film’s spectacular and terrifying chariot scene, enhanced by dramatic drumming, is worth the price of admission alone. With the added heft of the Ottawa Choral Society, this presentation will be epic indeed.

Guest soloists for this remarkable evening are countertenor Daniel Taylor, soprano Susan Elizabeth Brown and baritone Bradley Christensen. The performances are Fri. March 4 and 5 at Dominion Chalmers United Church.

And what better way to welcome summer than an evening featuring Shakespeare’s words set by some of the world’s greatest composers with superb stage and screen actor Peter James Haworth playing the bard? Additionally, jazz vocalist Diane Nalini, who has written a captivating album of music highlighting Shakespeare’s texts, will sing some of her arrangements. She will be accompanied by acclaimed jazz bassist and jazz bandleader Adrian Cho. The Shakespeare evening will be Friday June 3, at Southminster Church.

Subscriptions are only $35 for students and $70 for adults. Patron packages are $125, which includes a subscription with reserved seating and a tax receipt of $55. Single ticket sales are also available online or at Compact Music, 206 & 785 Bank St.; Book Bazaar, 417 Bank St.; Leading Note, 370 Elgin St.; and Herb & Spice, 1310 Wellington St. W. http:// www.seventeenvoyces.ca.

Margret Brady Nankivell is a music lover and frequent contributor to the Glebe Report on musical events.

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Glebe Report December 11, 2015

Knitting for the north The Warm Hands Network is a community partnership providing hand-knitted hats, blankets, mittens and socks to families in Canada’s north. But executive director Anita Barewal admits the work of volunteers often surpasses her own knitting abilities. “They’re university-level knitters, and I’m, like, grade-two level,” she joked.

The network relies on the generosity of volunteers from around the world, who Barewal says put all of their passion and talent towards creating items for those who need them most.

“The people who do this work, they’re artisans,” Barewal explained.

“I look at the things they bring in, and they could easily sell them for money.

But that’s not what they want to do; they want to have them on the head of a child.”

Barewal and Amy Bell, friends for the past 30 years, started the network using Bell’s contacts in northern Labrador. The plan was to get a few items together and ship them to those in need.

“We were expecting to do it once and had a target of 50 items, and we got something like 300,” Barewal explained. “Without us doing a whole lot, it just kept snowballing.”

Barewal promoted the network on www.Ravelry.com, a website she calls “Facebook for knitters.” It now sees contributions from the United States, countries in Europe, and even Japan.

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expanded to communities in Nunavut and northern Ontario. Barewal says the network is able to distribute its items through partnerships with clinics, schools, daycares and shelters.

In 2015, the network shipped several times to towns including Whale’s Cove, Iqaluit, Cape Dorset and Igloolik.

Barewal says Igloolik was a unique experience for the network as it was the first time it shipped furs and knitwear. While fur has largely gone out of fashion in the south, it’s still highly coveted in the north for its warmth, as remote communities are plunged into darkness during the winter. “I was thrilled by the number of people that responded and said, ‘You know, I have my mom’s fur and she’s passed away, and she’d be very happy to know that it went somewhere and it’s being used,’” Barewal said.

According to Barewal, sending furs also gives young people in the north a chance to learn the local craft of their community and make boots, mittens or parka linings for themselves. She

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said the network often sends beads, sewing supplies and other crafting materials for this purpose.

However, sending items up north isn’t as easy as it may sound. Packing nights take place at Barewal’s house, where volunteers vacuum seal all items to get everything down to half its size because shipping can be expensive. To send 40 pounds of clothing costs around $200.

To complicate things further, some communities the network serves are so remote they aren’t located on the usual flight paths, and it can often take weeks for the packages to arrive. Barewal credits Canadian North airline for solving many of those dilemmas.

She explains the airline has made a commitment to sponsor much of the network’s shipping, covering the cost and making trips to places other airlines don’t usually fly.

The Network also partners with local yarn stores such as Yarn Forward & Sew-On on Bank Street.

Barewal, who was raised in Ottawa and works as a chartered accountant,

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said she will often hear back from people the network has helped and those communications mean more to her than anything else.

“You can have a tough day at the office, and it seems to be that day that someone will send you an email and say, ‘Thank you for this, I got this,’” she said.

Barewal credits the ease of social media for the success of the Warm Hands Network, now in its eighth year.

“If I could communicate anything it’s that anybody can do it,” Barewal said. “The way that technology is, all you have to do is have an idea and have a little bit of a spark.”

To read more about the Warm Hands Network, check out their blog at www.warmhandsnetwork.blogspot. ca, their website at www.warmhandsnetwork.org or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WarmHandsNetwork/.

Nicole Bayes-Fleming is a journalism student at Carleton University and a regular contributor to the Glebe Report.

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No meeting, but the work continues Holiday lights and decorations are starti ng to g r a c e t he neighbourhood but still no snow! Not that I’m complaining, but I am looking forward to skiing in the Gatineaus. This time of year also reminds me that there is no GCA Board meeting in the month of December, though still lots of activity – read on...

spectives on the need for any changes to be made here, but no consensus on the proposals developed by the City, some of which included closing one or both lanes on Craig Street. Without a consensus, the GCA did not endorse Christine McAllister any of the options prowww.glebeca.ca posed by the City, but we are asking that pedestrian and cyclist safety is kept top of mind for any Engagement in your community changes considered for the intersecThere has been an overwhelmtion. Many thanks go to the residents ing amount of participation in GCA who attended the City-hosted consulactivities of late. We’ve had two broad tations, contributed their comments community consultations in which and perspectives, wrote to the GCA many Glebe residents participated. and attended the last board meeting and social hour following the meeting.

First, our Traffic Committee, along with the Ottawa South Community Other traffic issues Association, undertook a survey of Our Traffic Committee has been traffic-related impacts now that the Lansdowne Park development is comworking overtime of late. In addition pleted. Over 1,000 people responded! to items noted in previous paragraphs, Many respondents have a positive committee members have been studyview of Lansdowne and are using it, ing the City’s proposals for minimum but a few challenges remain. As anticiparking requirements in developments pated, major impacts are felt on the across the city, some traffic-calming nearest streets to Lansdowne, includmeasures on Bronson at Fifth Avenue ing less available on-street parking and proposed by the Dow’s Lake Residents increased traffic. Another interesting Association and the issue of transit item to note is that while many people passes for low-income riders. If any left their cars at home in the first seaof these transportation issues interest son of Lansdowne, fewer chose to do you, we are always on the lookout for so this year. As a result, we found new committee members! more traffic and a bigger crunch on local parking than before. There is a Skating rink in the Glebe lot of detail in the data which readers We recently struck a small commitmight be interested in and can find on tee with members from our Health our website. and Social Services and Parks comSecond, our Planning Commitmittees and some interested residents to find a replacement location for the tee has been leading ImagineGlebe, skating rink that was on the Mutchenvisioning future development on Bank Street. Well over 1,000 people mor field for many, many years and have participated in this exercise, then at Glebe St. James Tennis court for the last two years. While there are either by stopping in at the pop-up a number of locations in parks and location on Bank Street or completother areas that would be big enough, ing the online survey. While results most lack a water supply for reguwill be shared shortly, one constant refrain we heard was the importance lar flooding. We are hoping that with of our local Bank Street merchants to some creative investigation with City our community. With that in mind, I staff we will be able to find a suitable encourage readers to consider doing location. And it seems that with the warmer weather this year we will have their holiday shopping here in the neighbourhood! Thanks to all of you a bit more time to find a solution. If who contributed your time, energy you’re interested in joining, we would and ideas to these issues. love to have new committee members.

We encourage anyone interested in Crossing Fifth Avenue between the issue to contact Councillor David Craig and Percy Chernushenko. Special thanks go to Another issue that called for parGNAG for their research and advocacy. ticipation from residents was the That’s it for this year! On behalf City’s proposals for reconfiguring of the GCA, I wish you all the best the Craig-Percy-Fifth intersection.

Readers may recall that this intersecfor health and happiness in 2016, and tion was being considered as part of look forward to welcoming you to our the Glebe Neighbourhood Bikeway. next meeting on January 26, the fourth There were a number of different perTuesday of the month.

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The new GACA executive: Sylvia Milne, Darlene Charron, Scott Blurton, Chris McCann, Brenda Quinlan, Ron Poirier, Peggy Kampouris , Maeve McMahon (absent)

Glebe Annex report

By Doug Milne

The newly elected executive of the Glebe Annex Community Association (GACA) met on November 18 and the first order of business was the election of officers for 2016.

Sylvia Milne, founder and president for the last three years, passed the leadership role to Scott Blurton. Scott has worked diligently with the group for more than a year and has represented GACA at the Federation of Citizens’ Associations (FCA) where he met with other community leaders of the City to consider planning issues, environmental concerns, housing opportunities across the city, and much more.

Chris McCann continues as treasurer and Brenda Quinlan will carry on the important role of coordinating and promoting membership to individuals and corporations in the Glebe Annex.

Darlene Charron and Peggy Kampouris will jointly handle the secretarial duties.

Maeve McMahon and Ron Poirier will act as members at large, as they have recently, and will continue to work on

special projects and campaigns.

Sylvia Milne will assume the role of past president and continue working on planning and development committees at City Hall and with other associations. Sylvia received a standing ovation of appreciation from all those present, thanking her for her hard work and leadership.

Membership

Brenda reported that our main membership campaign has been shifted to spring and will tie into other functions to canvas the whole area. Her current effort is to find block or apartment representatives to help spread our message and gain buy-in on our projects.

Parks

Our parks committee will miss the input of Sue Stefko, who is off on an assignment on behalf of our country.

Your association continues to work with the City and other associations in an effort to bring our playground equipment up to standard and enhance our one and only park.

Social

Already there are plans afoot to

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bring the community together in a Meet Your Neighbour event in 2016.

We have many university students living in our part of the city, often for two or three years. Many students are away from home for long periods and might appreciate knowing someone on the street or having someone to chat with if needed. Here is another opportunity for your community association to reach out.

Planning

Sylvia reported that the private application to close Arthur Lane at 468 Cambridge Street South has been approved by the City’s Planning Committee.

An application for development of an existing property at 303 Bell Street has been received. Please check our website for details. Please contact us at info@glebeannex.ca if you have comments or concerns, or you may contact the City of Ottawa Planning Department directly.

Future Plans

There has been background work going on for some time to procure some land for either a garden plot, dog park, or both. We received a letter on this topic (see box), and would like to hear from Glebe Annex residents as to whether they concur with the letter writer.

The next meeting of the GACA will be held at the Glebe Community Centre on January 20, 2016. Please visit our website at www.glebeannex.ca for updates or to comment.

Doug Milne keeps Glebe Report readers informed on the activities of the Glebe Annex Community Association.

Photo: I. Wood

B. Quinlan

Glebe Report December 11, 2015

Wolf walks his human two or three times a day in the Glebe Annex.

Dear Glebe Annex Community Association, I am writing to you today (using my human’s typing box) to talk to you about something important. Every day I take my human walking in a place he calls Glebe Annex. The other humans are friendly, the air is clean and there’s always lots of…SQUIRREL! Sorry, just the moving picture box.

Glebe Annex doesn’t have a dog park. It has a human park but no dog park. When I walk my human, I lead him past a green space at the corner of what he calls Carling and Bell. Flat, full of grass, looks out over the park – it would be an amazing dog park. But there is a large metal fence around it and…FIRE HYDRANT! Sorry – moving picture box again.

Anyway, according to my human, the City can’t make it a dog park because it’s owned

by PWGSC and run by SNC-Lavalin. The government would have to sell the land to the City or transfer it to another human by the name of NCC. He says GACA is trying to turn that green space into a dog park.

I’m writing to you today to put my support behind this. Please help my human and his friends make this a dog park that all of us can enjoy.

Sincerely, Wulph

climate change

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St. Matthew’s leads Ottawa Anglicans on climate change A group of parishioners and clergy at St. Matthew’s church were the original proponents of recent historic decisions by Ottawa-area Anglicans at their annual Synod meeting on October 31. The Diocese of Ottawa, representing 114 Anglican churches in eastern Ontario and western Québec, voted almost unanimously to sell off (divest) its oil and gas stocks and to request that the Anglican Church of Canada do the same. The Diocese also voted to develop a climate change education program and to chart a course for complete decarbonisation of all of the church buildings in the Diocese.

The divestment campaign was initiated just over a year ago, following a presentation I gave in St. Matthew’s “Chapel Chat” lecture and discussion series. I emphasized the urgency of climate change, and the moral imperative to act. We are already seeing increasing droughts, floods, and hurricanes around the world, with the biggest impacts on the poor. It is simply wrong to maintain a fossil fuel-based economy when we can switch to other energy sources and avoid climate catastrophe. The goal of divestment is to send a strong message to policy-makers that the time has come to stop burning fossil fuels.

Bishop John Chapman supported the divestment decision, stating, “When a

Photo: Mary Glen

By Lenore Fahrig

Members of the St. Matthew’s climate change team, from left: Rick Trites, Lenore Fahrig, Walt Draper, Canon Pat Johnston, Peter Rider, Canon Allen Box

person is being baptised into the Anglican Church, they promise that they ‘will live to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the earth.’ I think our obligations are quite clear.”

In divesting fossil fuel stocks, Ottawa-area Anglicans join more than 450 organizations worldwide, with total investments in excess of $2.6 trillion, who have committed to fossil fuel divestment. The Ottawa Diocese’s total investments are $30 million, about a million of which is currently in oil and gas companies. Other organizations committing to divest include universities such as the University of Hawaii and the University of Glasgow– and closer to home, the University of Ottawa, cities such as Victoria and San Francisco, foundations such as the Rockefeller Fund and the David Suzuki Foundation, and medical organizations including the Canadian Medical

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The St. Matthew’s team was helped by members of other Anglican churches – All Saints Westboro and Trinity Ottawa South – and by staff at the Diocese office. The group worked for over a year educating Ottawaarea Anglicans about climate change before finally presenting the motions at the annual Synod meeting. Canon Allen Box, retired priest and honorary assistant at St. Matthew’s, called the campaign “an outstanding example of grass-roots Christianity at work, a real illustration of practical faith.”

The team was thrilled by the overwhelming support for the climate change motions. “It is really very gratifying,” said St. Matthew’s

parishioner and historian Peter Rider.

“It shows that faith blended with informed scholarship can be a very powerful combination.”

Ottawa-area Anglicans also voted to request that the Anglican Church of Canada divest its holdings in fossil fuels, including those in the nationally managed clergy pension fund. Delegates from 30 dioceses across Canada will consider this request at the General Synod meeting next summer.

A group of retired Ottawa-area Anglican clergy are adding weight to the request. “Eleven of us have agreed to divest any monies we have personally invested in fossil fuels, and we have requested the Pension Board of the Anglican Church do the same,” said retired Bishop Eric Bays. “We see divestment as a moral decision. It is wrong for us to make money from investing in the production and distribution of fossil fuels if the end result of such investments leads to the destruction of our environment. We have an urgent need to encourage the transition to other ways of producing, storing, and sharing energy sources in our world.”

The Diocese also voted to develop climate change education, and to chart a course for complete decarbonisation of all its church buildings. “In addition to divesting, we also commit to learning more about climate change, and we are taking concrete steps to reduce our own dependence on fossil fuels. Our church has taken a stand that complements our faith promise to be responsible stewards of the earth,” said Canon Pat Johnston, rector of St. Matthew’s.

Lenore Fahrig is an ecologist, professor of biology at Carleton University, and a St. Matthew’s parishioner.

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In the land of Glebe

A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe

In The Language Garden Going rogue

By Adelle Farrelly

Letter to Santa: prizuns & pihss dere senta pegg: pleze git meE lOtz uv gefts.

REEMIMBAR TOO SIND LOTZ UV STUF! LOTZ, LOTZ, LOTZ OV PRIZUNS! Elso, pleeze mayk wintar goe ahwaye. And mayke pihss ivrywar on arth! Wee neede pihss ivrywar on arth! Spred pihss on arth! Butt doant fourgit I wint lotz of prizuns, lyke littus, karattz, PARZLY!! End upples. Lotz of upples.

Thenks. End harry upp. Pleze.

Pukk, thu pegg.

Puck is a two-year old boy whose letter won him Piglet of the Month (PM) at the Glebe Guinea Garderie (GGG) held at Patterson Park (weather permitting).

Glebe Musings by Laurie Maclean

It occurred to me recently that there are a lot of “rog” words in English.

I thought of interrogate, prerogative, prorogue, derogatory, abrogate and rogue. Might there be a connection between them? I won’t keep you in suspense. Despite having such widely differing meanings, they are indeed related words.

I knew from studying Latin that rogare means to ask and suspected that this was the common element (it is), but couldn’t for the life of me figure out anything more than that without looking up etymologies online. Other than “interrogate,” it is not immediately obvious what many of the words have to do with asking.

Take rogue and prorogue. Political jokes aside, what could these words have in common? In the case of rogue: one who asks is a beggar, some beggars have historically been considered nuisances, and to call someone a rogue, or vagrant beggar, became a general term of abuse. The idea of the vagrant who goes his or

her own way came to the forefront at some point and the word can now even mean something like “free-thinker,” thus the idea of going rogue. It is also sometimes used as an old-timey term for a scoundrel or villain.

In the case of prorogue, pro means “in front of” or “publicly.” So, to prorogue at its heart is to ask publicly.

It now means to prolong or extend, usually in reference to a legislative body. Even the Online Etymology Dictionary concedes that the leap from asking publicly to prolonging is a little mysterious. Their guess is that it originally meant “to ask for public assent to extending someone’s term in office,” which seems reasonable. I encourage you to have some fun digging into some other unusual “asking” words. You never know what you’ll turn up.

Adelle Farrelly delights in bringing us her insights into the meaning and origin of words. She never abrogates her responsibility nor squanders her prerogative to interrogate her dictionary for rogue usages.

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Youth shelter comes to Fourth Avenue Baptist Thursday nights are about to get a lot warmer and safer for homeless and under-housed youth in Ottawa. This month marks the start of a Thursday night youth shelter in the basement of Fourth Avenue Baptist Church in the Glebe.

Haven Youth Shelter is run by Restoring Hope Ministries and has been providing beds and a supportive community for youth since 2013. It all began when Rev. Jason Pino, a former full-time youth outreach worker, realized there simply weren’t enough shelter beds for youth in Ottawa.

“I was only able to get a youth into a shelter three times in my three-anda-half years as an outreach worker,” he said. “The rest of the times when I called, the shelters were always full.

So I would have to watch the youth walk away with nowhere to sleep and I would tell myself, ‘There is nothing I can do.’”

There were only two shelters for youth before Haven, one for guys and one for girls with 10 beds each, and they were constantly full. The teens also had access to the adult shelters, but they often didn’t feel safe there and so rarely accessed them. The frustration finally boiled over for Pino one cold night in 2008.

“I was sitting downtown with a youth who was still panhandling

around midnight. They said they were tired and got up to leave, so I asked where they were planning to go,” explained Pino. “The youth looked at me and said, ‘I am going to go hang out in front of the strip club. Sometimes when people come out and see me sitting on the ground they offer to take me home with them.’ It was like a bomb went off in my heart.”

Pino and some friends finally opened an overnight emergency shelter in a downtown church several years later and after a long battle with City by-laws. They offered a warm meal, 15 beds and enough floor space for anyone under 25 who wanted to stay one night a week.

After a couple of years, the success of the shelter convinced the City to let them expand to being open Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Later, Restoring Hope received special permission from the City to run a shelter at any “place of faith” in Ottawa. Considering the fact that their downtown church wasn’t able to host any more evenings, and that their long-term goal was to operate seven nights a week, this news was monumental.

Enter Rev. Cheryle Hanna and the congregation of Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Hanna had already helped catalyze an eight-week food drive for Centretown Food Bank, a live music series in the church courtyard and an increase in giving to missions since arriving at the church. But she still felt

December 10. Haven 2 is still looking for volunteers who can commit to one Thursday per month. Needed roles include cooks, grocery shoppers, shelter laundry workers, overnight supervisors and drop-in hosts willing to befriend and mentor the youth who attend.

The shelter is also still accepting donations of supplies, including single-sized bed sheets, pillowcases and blankets in good condition and board and video games that will be fun for the teens. There’s also a continuing need for new socks, underwear, toiletries and clean winter clothing, backpacks and shoes.

Finally, several local churches have already donated money, but there is still a need for one-time and monthly donations to cover the cost of providing meals every week. Cheques can be made out to Restoring Hope Ministries and dropped off anytime at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, and donations are accepted online through www.RestoringHope.ca.

Photo: Jason Pino

By Joshua VanNoppen and Ashley Chapman

Beds ready for under-housed youth at the current Haven location

like there was something missing.

“It wasn’t ‘connected’ enough for me,” said Hanna. “I asked the leaders to explore out-of-the-cold ministry.

They agreed. I looked for Jason Pino to discuss the work Restoring Hope was doing.”

The congregation eagerly offered the kitchen and gym in its building’s basement when they heard about the Haven Youth Shelter and its need for a new location. It was soon decided that Haven 2 would provide a space for youth to sleep on Thursday nights, bringing the shelter’s total nights per week to four.

Twenty beds have already been donated, and a small group of volunteers is assembling from the Glebe and across the city. Currently, Haven 2 plans to open for its first night on

Joshua VanNoppen delivers the Glebe Report with his wife and is the Haven 2 site supervisor. If you would like to assist with the shelter in any way, you can contact him at jbvannoppen@ gmail.com.

Ashley Chapman is an outreach volunteer and a writer and editor in the Glebe.

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Tis the season: final 2015 noonhour concert at Southminster Musicians Elise Letourneau (vocal, piano and flute) and Tim Bedner (seven-string guitar) will bring the 2015 fall Wednesday noon series Doors Open for Music at Southminster (DOFMS) season to a close. The final concert before Christmas will be at Southminster United Church on Wednesday, December 16. These artists performed together at Southminster to great audience acclaim at the same time last year.

The program will include some well known and “off the beaten track” Christmas songs. Letourneau and Bedner will weave a variety of contemporary styles together – including jazz, blues, rock and pop – into what has been described as a “groovy take on Christmas,” all with a most pleasing result. They return this year by popular demand.

This concert will be the last opportunity in 2015 to take in a concert and donate to the Ottawa South Committee for Refugee Sponsorship’s Syrian Refugee Project with which the concert series has been associated this season (ottawasouthrefugees.ca).

Audience members have contributed roughly $4,000 to the refugee project since September.

The DOFMS Wednesday concerts have been a great hit since their inception in 2012, typically attracting audiences averaging around 150.

The program is rich and varied, and includes classical, jazz and other musical forms and features the piano, choirs, the church’s fine Casavant organ, vocalists and small ensembles performing in several styles. The list of artists includes both the well established and the up-and-comingbut-hoping-to-become-better-known.

The common thread is the high qual-

Photo: Courtesy of elise letourneau

By Lawrence Cumming

Elise Letourneau (vocal, piano and flute performer, and composer and arranger) and Tim Bedner (seven-string guitar) will perform December 16 at the Doors Open for Music at Southminster noon-hour concert, the last for 2015.

ity of performance.

The Southminster space has become known for its grace, beauty and fine acoustical properties. Audiences speak of the pleasure and inspiration they derive from both the setting and music offered. Overlooking the Rideau Canal, Southminster Church has been a prominent feature of the Old Ottawa South neighbourhood since ca. 1930. The church serves as a place of worship and offers many outreach services to the surrounding community, among them fine musical offerings.

The post-Christmas Doors Open for Music at Southminster concerts will start again on January 13 and continue through the spring. You can find details after Christmas at www.southminsterunitedchurch.com.

Southminster United Church is located at Bank Street and Aylmer Avenue, just south of the Bank Street Bridge. Concerts begin at 12:00 noon and typically run for about 45 minutes.

Although entrance to the Wednesday concerts is without charge, donations are strongly encouraged.

Lawrence Cumming is a lover of fine music and a regular attendee at the Southminster noon-hour concerts.

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High School is growing at Lansdowne!

Temo Hernandez and his wife Andrea operate Cantina Sur on Bronson Avenue, offering real Mexican cuisine.

Cantina Sur – a taste of Mexico in the Glebe

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“I love to cook. I love to give good service. I love to have customers who are willing to try something Mexican.”

When Temo Hernandez talks about Cantina Sur, it is with the enthusiasm and pride of a chef and first-time restaurant owner. He and his business partner Ramon Canales have created a warm and inviting destination at the corner of Bronson and Renfrew avenues.

Diners who step through the front door of the 90-seat restaurant are transported to another world. The interior walls are flame red; colourful flags hang from the ceilings; skeletons and “sugar skulls,” symbols of the Mexican Day of the Dead, appear everywhere you turn; two pool tables and television screens beckon everyone to linger. The ambiance speaks of good times over food, drinks and music.

The name “cantina” means bar in Spanish, and “sur” means southern.

Temo is from Acapulco, Mexico, and his wife Andrea comes from Colombia. The couple juggle operating the restaurant with raising their young family, an eight-year old son and fiveyear old daughter who attend French school in Gatineau. Andrea does the accounting in addition to helping Temo in the kitchen and on the floor.

Hernandez’s passion for the restaurant business started in Mexico where he worked as an employee and business owner. At one time, he even managed a large restaurant that seats 900.

The family decided in April 2013 to make Ottawa its home and Hernandez began to think about opening a restaurant in the Glebe. This was a neighbourhood he felt would support a Mexican-born chef who offered real Mexican cuisine rather than Tex-Mex, that fusion of American and Mexican cuisines that is popular in many local eateries.

Hernandez secured the location in August 2014. Three months of intensive interior renovations ensued.

Outside, there is a wheelchair ramp and parking for six cars in addition to adjacent street parking.

When you drop into Cantina Sur for lunch or dinner, don’t expect to find hard-shelled tacos on the menu. Those Taco Bell style creations are not found in Mexico. Instead, Hernandez features fresh food made from scratch: soft corn and wheat tortillas made by a local Mexican cook and guacamole prepared from small, dark and creamy Mexican avocados that have more oils and more flavour than the

larger, smooth-skinned variety. Marinating the meat in smoked chillies, orange juice, garlic, apple cider and onions makes pork adobo, one of the restaurant’s popular signature dishes.

Also popular are yucas fritas with chipotle mayo, a snack dish found all over Latin America. The menu also features burritos, fajitas, enchiladas, quesadillas and nachos.

Like other Latin grocers in Ottawa, Hernandez buys 80 percent of his supplies from Montreal, including beans, flour, chillies, spices, corn and powders. His pork comes from Navan, Ontario, and he shops for other meats and vegetables in Ottawa.

Word of mouth and regular Facebook postings help draw a crowd to Cantina Sur. Students from Glebe Collegiate drop in for the $3.50 lunchtime main course and drink special.

Families, neighbours, Carleton University students and the Latin community also come for the food and Mexican specialty drinks like margaritas and tequila shots.

Theme evenings are a draw, with taco Tuesdays and open jam sessions on Wednesday evenings, which showcase anyone who wants to share their music.

Weekends, Hernandez might place seven to eight servers on the floor to accommodate patrons who come for the live Latin music, right up to closing time at 2 a.m. While there is no designated dance floor, diners often get up to move to the beat. The restaurant also caters private parties, including children’s piñata celebrations, where guests take turns striking a decorated papier-mâché container filled with small toys or candy.

Cantina Sur continues to hit just the right chord with diners who love homemade Mexican food delivered with just the right side dish of ambiance, warmth and fun under the enthusiastic watch of Hernandez and Canales.

Stay tuned. Hernandez is already thinking about offering Sunday brunch with a Latin theme.

Cantina Sur 665 Bronson Ave. 613-567-7373 www.cantinasur.com Tuesday – Thursday 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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Snowmania set to invade the Glebe for Winterlude

By Trevor Greenway

Legend has it that snowmen once ruled the world during the last ice age. Yet still they gather each year in the dead of winter to plot their return.

Help us build a brigade of friendly snow people to thwart their plans and save all of humanity.

That’s the concept behind a new partnership between the Glebe BIA and Cracking up the Capital comedy festival that will see the installation of snow people along Bank Street and throughout the Glebe during Winterlude. We can build enough snowmen with the help of the entire community to become the snowman capital of the world.

It’s called Snowmania and it’s the perfect lead up to the popular snowman-building contest at TD Place, where Ottawa will again try to take back the Guinness Book of World Records title for most snowmen built in an hour.

“The world record is currently held

by Japan and Japan is known for snow, right? No, come on, Ottawa needs to be the snow capital of the world, not Japan,” quipped Cracking up the Capital executive director John Helmkay with a laugh. The festival has raised over $175,000 for mental health in Ottawa since its inaugural year in 2003.

“It’s a great way to bring the entire community and whole families to an

event that they can participate in. Not a lot of events are completely family oriented, whereas this one is,” said Helmkay.

The idea behind Snowmania is to bring the community together through one of Canada’s favourite past times, snowman building. Encourage your neighbours to build their best snowman on their front lawn and share pictures of it online using the hashtag #Snowmania. It won’t be long before the Glebe starts getting a reputation as the snowman capital of the world, a coveted moniker we desperately want back after losing it to Japan last year.

Snowmania is an official Winterlude event and we are hoping the community comes together to get everything ready for the week leading up to the big winter festival.

Glebe BIA executive director Andrew Peck said the event is another organic, simple event, much like Marvest and the Great Glebe Garage Sale, events that have taken on lives of their own and that will only continue to grow with time. Peck says Snowmania is an opportunity to tie the neighbourhood together through fun and festive programming that connects businesses, residents, the City and visitors to Winterlude.

“We are extremely excited about this new initiative that is fun and exciting for the whole family,” said Andrew Peck. “We’re hoping that Snowmania

creates the same level of excitement as the Great Glebe Garage Sale. When people take down their Christmas tree, they put up their snowman and everyone joins in on the fun. It will take on a life of its own and will belong to everybody.”

It won’t only be a sea of snowmen to take in during Winterlude, but a slew of bustling activities throughout the Glebe with busker performances and comedy shows courtesy of Cracking up the Capital. “We are also doing free programming here in the Glebe with some busker-type entertainment.

We are hoping to do an indoor show

at Fifth Avenue Court and an outdoor one at Aberdeen Square,” added Helmkay.

Cracking up the Capital launches with the world record attempt January 31 and runs through to February 6 with the festival’s Comedy Night in Canada featuring Big Daddy Tazz, Harry Doupe, Tim Steeves and Jessica Holmes.

Help us save humanity and become the snowman capital of the world.

Trevor Greenway is responsible for communications for the Glebe BIA (Business Improvement Area).

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On Friday, November 6, ImagineGlebe opened its doors to the 10-day “Pop Up” consultation space on Bank Street. We hosted the official project launch in the storefront space generously donated by MODA Development Corporation. Many thanks go to The Clocktower Brew Pub and Bronson Consulting Group for providing Friday evening refreshments for an enthusiastic crowd. The event kicked off an engaging conversation among people who live, work or play on Bank Street about a future vision for our traditional main street.

Joining us to lend support to the project and participate in the exchange of views were Mayor Jim Watson, our own Councillor David Chernushenko, and councillors Jan Harder and Jeff Leiper (Chair and member of the City’s Planning Committee, respectively), and MPP Yasir Naqvi.

The Glebe does not have a Community Design Plan, a planning document that “translates the principles and policies of the Official Plan to the community scale,” because it is not recognized by the City as an area with significant development potential.

But as Mayor Watson indicated in his remarks, this visioning project should be a good tool for residents, merchants and visitors to “dream smart” when it comes to how they would like to see this traditional main street evolve and develop in the future.

We asked. More than 875 people answered!

Well over 875 people have already shared their vision for Bank Street through our online survey. Significantly, non-Glebe residents completed almost 30 percent of surveys. This will be very helpful in generating ideas that will continue to make Bank Street in the Glebe a destination for visitors.

We also welcomed (encouraged!) hundreds into the consultation space itself over 10 days to view images and maps, and post comments on the wall alongside those of others.

Questions…. and lots of ideas!

Initially, visitors to the Pop Up had lots of questions: What is the project all about? [A vision for Bank Street in the Glebe]. Are we an anti-development group? [No]. Did we not realize that Bank Street had just been reconstructed a few years ago? [Yes]. Why do we need a vision or plan? [I think the best answer to this last question lies in the words of the late Yogi Berra: “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.”]

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Preliminary analysis of the survey input suggests that there is strong consensus among residents, business owners and employees, people from other urban and suburban areas, and respondents of all ages for the following elements of a vision for Bank Street. It should be: • a vibrant, bustling and safe place, • a place for people to gather, not just a shopping district, • a street with a variety of smaller buildings and businesses that add to its attractiveness, and

Photos: carolyn mackenzie

By Carolyn Mackenzie

From left, Andrew Peck, Executive Director of the Glebe BIA, Mary Tsai, Executive Director of the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG) and Tim Lamothe, Program Coordinator at GNAG

From left, Christine McAllister, Andy Joyce and Yasir Naqvi at the launch of the ImagineGlebe pop-up consultation on the future of Bank Street in the Glebe November 6

• a street where buildings are designed to reflect its nature as a historic traditional main street.

Respondents believe that visual variety, small to medium storefront widths, pedestrian-scale buildings, and buildings with historical elements are important to the street.

More significant building stepbacks are important where greater height is contemplated [N.B. a stepback is the setting back of the upper storeys of a base building or of a tower from the face of a base building]. Trees, green spaces, more seating and various forms of art are all seen as highly desirable. Many ideas for new businesses and services that would be integral to the vision also surfaced and are being forwarded to the Glebe BIA. The questions posed and images presented in the survey were intended to provoke thought and discussion about all of these and other issues.

The ImagineGlebe committee will make full results available in December on the ImagineGlebe website (www.imagineglebe.com) and the Glebe Community Association website (www.glebeca.ca).

Next steps in the project will be to identify and refine vision elements.

We will engage stakeholders in the New Year to develop practical recommendations and action items that meet the aspirations of the community and the objectives of the City.

Email us at imagineglebe@gmail. com, go to www.imagineglebe.com, like us on Facebook ImagineGlebe, or Twitter @ImagineGlebe for future project updates.

Carolyn Mackenzie is chair of the Glebe Community Association’s ImagineGlebe Committee.

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City budget supports new crossing of the Driveway After many years of community lobbying, a safe pedestrian crossing of Queen Elizabeth Driveway beside the Bank Street Bridge will be designed if the recently released draft City budget gets approved. And the budget also may provide funding for a variety of other infrastructure improvements in the Glebe.

The budget will fund the design of a safe crossing of Queen Elizabeth at Commissioners Park beside Dow’s Lake in addition to funding the design of the Queen Elizabeth Place crossing.

The Glebe Community Association continued to recommend a crossing by the Bank Street Bridge with the revitalization of Lansdowne Park and its increased traffic; something originally opposed by the National Capital Commission but should now be realized. A safe crossing of Queen Elizabeth at Fifth was constructed last year and it has greatly contributed to the safety and ease of pedestrians and cyclists crossing between the canal pathway and Fifth Avenue.

The draft capital budget proposes funding over the next three years for: integrated road, sewer, and water infrastructure for Renfrew Avenue and Lakeview Terrace; road resurfacing of Chamberlain Avenue from Kent to Bank Street; and phase one

Photo: John Dance

By John Dance

Jim Melanson of Old Ottawa South says a safe crossing of Queen Elizabeth Drive by the Bank Street bridge will be “terrific.”

of the O’Connor bikeway running through Centretown and the Glebe.

Also, each ward will receive $40,000 per year for “temporary traffic calming measures.”

“By far and away the top concern for residents is traffic speeds and behaviour,” says Councillor David Chernushenko. “Although the $40,000 allotted to each ward will only make

a dent and must be assigned based on documented speed problems, I will continue to look for low-cost measures such as flex-stake bollards that can make a difference where speed humps are outside the funds available.”

Funding will be provided elsewhere in Capital Ward for public consultation on the future of Brewer Park and

its aging facilities, the continuing reconstruction of Main Street, and design and construction of a portion of the Rideau River Western Pathway running through Old Ottawa South and East.

John Dance is an Old Ottawa East resident and occasional contributor to the Glebe Report.

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Lansdowne impact survey: we’re using and learning but fixes are needed

By Brian Mitchell

When it comes to Lansdowne, Glebe residents have no shortage of things to say. That was demonstrated again in October when the GCA conducted a survey to gauge feedback on the impact of Lansdowne now that it has been open for over a year, particularly from a traffic perspective. Participation in the survey, undertaken jointly with the Old Ottawa South Community Association, was impressive, with over a thousand respondents, 51 per cent of whom reside in the Glebe or Dow’s Lake. Some 90 per cent of streets in our community had at least one respondent and 80 per cent of the streets near Lansdowne had five or more households providing feedback, including many from the new townhomes and condos on Holmwood.

Minimal traffic impact for those not living near Lansdowne

Apart from those living within the “Lansdowne sector” (bounded by Ralph, Fifth and the Canal), survey respondents from the Glebe described the traffic impact of Lansdowne as “workable.”

Over 75 per cent reported the traffic and parking impact of Lansdowne on their street as a result of day-to-day activities at Lansdowne as minimal, and two thirds indicated that even the traffic and parking generated by Redblacks games

was “manageable.”

And Bank Street congestion due to Lansdowne appears to be less of a problem than first anticipated as only 40 per cent of Glebe respondents to the survey described it as a “major inconvenience.”

Several commented that Bank Street has always been bad, so it’s hard to say it’s any worse, while others observed that the detour onto Bank due to Main Street construction was contributing as much if not more traffic to Bank than Lansdowne.

Day-to-day Impact of Lansdowne (% reporting it as a “Major Inconvenience”)

Getting Lansdowne patrons onto the bus

That is not to say there aren’t problems or improvements needed. The survey results reveal strong support for additional measures to increase use of public transit as the primary means for accessing Lansdowne from afar. Over 85 per cent endorsed an earlier GCA recommendation for a no-fare zone (a technique used in many North American cities to encourage transit use within the city core) on Bank Street from Wellington to Billings Bridge during weekends and possibly some evenings. Many, though, felt the cost (thought to be modest) of such an initiative should be borne by the businesses through OSEG or

the BIA. As well, 67 per cent of survey respondents indicated support for a link between Lansdowne and the light rail system when it opens in 2018, such as a shuttle service from the Carleton or Carling O-Train stations. Many also commented that more should be done to encourage transit use by Lansdowne event-goers (including smaller events such as Fury and 67s games), many of whom still seem unaware that their event ticket includes free use of OC Transpo before and after the game.

Walking and cycling in Lansdowne needs to be safer

Pedestrian and cycling concerns were also notable in the survey results.

Almost half of respondents felt that further improvements are needed within the Lansdowne site to prevent conflicts between cars and pedestrians, perhaps by installing green barriers (e.g. planters) rather than more lines and signs.

Several recommended converting most of Lansdowne to a car-free pedestrian zone. And the Bank Street Bridge featured prominently in survey responses as an unresolved issue due to its narrow sidewalks, driver speed, and challenges with the un-signaled intersection at Wilton, which together make for an uncomfortable and unsafe experience for pedestrians and cyclists alike. Many advocated reducing the bridge to three lanes to allow for wider sidewalks and cycling lanes.

Major parking woes for those living near Lansdowne

The greatest challenge with Lansdowne traffic, based on survey results, is that experienced by those living in the immediate vicinity of the development. Over 54 per cent find the traffic impact and 73 per cent find the parking

impact of Lansdowne on their street to be a “major inconvenience.” Most residents living near Lansdowne on the west side of Bank, it seems (over 78 per cent based on survey results), now want a reduction in parking duration (to one hour instead of three) together with guest permit parking, similar to that on Holmwood, Adelaide and O’Connor, next to Lansdowne. Finally, the City has agreed that some changes are warranted, so they have set up a working group of residents and GCA representatives to examine options and bring recommendations forward to affected residents. That working group will include representatives from the Glebe Centre and Abbotsford House to ensure their parking requirements for volunteers and visitors can also be accommodated.

The range of views expressed through the October survey was remarkably diverse, and there certainly is no one common Glebe opinion when it comes to Lansdowne, or on how to (or even if we need to) mitigate the impact of the traffic it generates. But the survey does reveal a community that is using and managing to live with the new Lansdowne, notwithstanding the sense that it is still a work in progress and there remain issues to work out, particularly within and in the immediate vicinity of the development.

A full summary of the Lansdowne Impact survey results and the City of Ottawa’s Lansdowne Traffic Monitoring data from October has been posted on the GCA website www.glebeca.ca.

Brian Mitchell is a member of the Glebe Community Association’s (GCA) Traffic Committee and represents the GCA on the Lansdowne Transportation Monitoring Operations Committee.

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Lansdowne traffic monitoring shows parking and traffic issues

By Brian Mitchell

Glebe residents may have felt spied upon in late October as the City installed temporary cameras near several intersections in the neighbourhood. The spying though was on traffic and parking as part of the City’s commitment to an “effective and sustained monitoring program” made when in 2012 City Council approved the Lansdowne redevelopment project.

Now that Lansdowne has been more or less fully operational for several months, this monitoring data should help reveal the actual traffic impact of Lansdowne within our community. The City examined traffic and parking data during a Redblacks game and also on a non-event day. It’s the latter that is of particular interest in assessing the traffic impact of Lansdowne during the 350+ days of the year when no major stadium event is taking place.

The City took measurements throughout the day on Thursday, October 29. The traffic volumes obtained that day are compared (in the graph above) with weekday measurements taken by the City in April, and also with those from 2010 (2009 for Wilton), before City Council’s initial approval of the Lansdowne redevelopment. The figures reveal a 30 per cent increase in northbound traffic on Bank since 2009/2010. However, it’s not clear how much of this is attributable to Lansdowne, particularly since a large portion of the additional traffic on Bank Street

since April this year, a 16 per cent increase, is likely a result of the detour onto Bank Street of traffic from Main Street northbound, which began in May. Also, when the October 2015 traffic volumes are compared to the projections made for the City in its 2010 traffic impact assessment of Lansdowne, the total volume of traffic at Bank and Wilton, Holmwood and Fifth is actually less by 3 to 13 per cent.

Of some note and possible concern, however, is the significant increase in residential cross-street traffic, particularly on Fifth Avenue east of Bank Street, since the increases there are higher than those on Bank Street, up 32 per cent since 2009/2010 and up 25 per cent since April of this year.

On-Street Parking Utilization (8:00pm)

PM Peak Hour Comparison (total intersection traffic)

The City also examined parking on that same October day on a sample of streets throughout the Glebe and all of the streets within the immediate vicinity of Lansdowne (east of Ralph, south of Fifth, inclusive). Parking was 71 per cent at 8 p.m. across the streets examined in the Glebe.

This is up significantly from 51 per cent in April and much higher than the 38 per cent baseline parking use found in the City’s June 2010 Lansdowne traffic impact assessment. But it’s still well below the 85 per cent level that is considered by the City as “practical capacity.” A different story plays out, however, on the streets within two or three blocks of Lansdowne where average occupancy in October was at capacity (85 per cent), and up sharply from 62 per cent in April. The City’s data shows that the parking situation is particularly acute on the streets near Lansdowne just west of Bank Street, especially on Melgund, Monk, Oakland, Thornton,

Wilton and Woodlawn where parking was measured as 101 per cent (i.e. fully parked, including some illegally parked cars). Indeed, those six streets were also at 100 per cent occupancy at all other times of the day when measurements were taken (10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.).

While this monitoring data is useful, it will also be very important to understand the weekend day-today traffic and parking impact of Lansdowne. The City will be conducting monitoring for this purpose in December. Once available, that data will also be published on the Glebe Community Association website at www.glebeca.ca.

A full summary of the Lansdowne Impact survey results and the City of Ottawa’s Lansdowne Traffic Monitoring data from October has been posted on the GCA website www.glebeca.ca.

Brian Mitchell is a member of the Glebe Community Association’s (GCA) Traffic Committee and represents the GCA on the Lansdowne Transportation Monitoring Operations Committee.

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What the Glebe residents think of Lansdowne

By Ken Slemko

Spoiler: We like the park, shops and restaurants, but want less noise and more trees.

Glebe residents who filled out the Glebe Community Association survey on the impact of Lansdowne were, in general, positive about what they have found at the new Lansdowne and many are using it frequently. At the same time, a key irritant is noise, particularly for those living near the site, and a view was expressed that the concrete jungle could benefit from more greenery and trees.

What I like about Lansdowne

What you liked

While over a quarter of Glebe residents liked the park space at Lansdowne, many others also took advantage of the shops and restaurants. And, 15 per cent welcomed the return of the Farmer’s Market to Lansdowne.

Interestingly, Glebe respondents liked music and other events (e.g.

CityFolk) more than sporting events.

Even so, with the local enthusiasm for the Fury and Redblacks teams over the past few weeks, the sports events might have gained a few points if the survey were taken today.

F

What I would like to see more of at Lansdowne

Lansdowne Usage by Glebe Respondents to Survey

park after events or a night at the bars was also a problem, particularly for those living near the park.

Non-traffic issues at Lansdowne

What you would like to see more of

Many Glebe residents would like to see more and better stores at Lansdowne. And, when exiting those new stores, residents would also like to see more trees and plants. As one resident said, “How about the lack of trees or high end landscaping in this concrete maze of bars that is Lansdowne.”

A significant number stressed the need to improve the on-site traffic situation. One person noted, “It will be a disaster in the winter when the painted lines are not visible.”

What are the biggest issues with Lansdowne?

Residents also raised concerns about the issues the Farmer’s Market is facing as it adapts to its relocation to the park. As one resident noted, “I am very concerned that the Farmers’ Market is being driven out.”

Glebe residents are big users of the park despite the issues that some saw with the new Lansdowne with over 70 per cent of those responding to the survey saying that they use Lans-

downe either regularly or frequently.

Now if some of the issues like making the park more green, expanding the shopping, fixing the on-site traffic issues and toning down the noise coming from the bars and patios can be solved, more residents might agree with the comments from one respondent who said, “It’s vibrant and exciting.

I really like the amenities. Good selection of restaurants and entertainment activities.” Let’s see what OSEG and the City can do to get us there.

Ken Slemko is chair of the Glebe Community Association’s Lansdowne Committee.

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Noise was the issue that the largest number of residents (21 per cent) cited as a problem at Lansdowne. And while a few saw the noise from events as an issue, many more complained about the noise coming from the restaurants and patios. As noted by one resident, “I find the loud noise coming from the restaurant patios annoying. It is noise pollution.”

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Lights in the City

By Bhat Boy

Lights in the City at the Glebe Community Centre Gallery, November 30 to January 3, features night paintings of locations around the city painted by my Tuesday afternoon painting class at the GCC. Being part of a group is an important part of learning to paint. The encouragement of others around you is one of the keys to success and many members of the class are friends. Everyone has tea and cookies together in class while painting and has a wild time on Tuesday afternoons. Having an art show is a great excuse to have a party at the end of the term and showcase some of our local talent.

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There is a second Lights in the City exhibition by my students at the Life of Pie on Bank Street in Old Ottawa South opening on Friday, December 11, with a vernissage on Thursday, December 17, from 7 till 9 p.m.

Come meet the artists, and see what your neighbour paints.

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Glebe artist steps into the spotlight

By Jessica Martin

Wood – Polycolor pencil crayon on Arches paper LEFT: Self Portrait – Prismacolor pencil crayon on canson paper

I felt li ke it wa s a b o u t time I got my work into the public’s eye. For a few years I’ve worked mainly on commissions for different friends and family, but didn’t know what kind of series to start. I got so used to everyone telling me what to draw that I forgot what it felt like to create.

That’s why I needed to start with subjects like rocks, wood, brick and leather. The human mind is very interesting, and I want to capture the overwhelming detail it can take in.

I’ve completed two drawings so far and tried to draw every little crack, dent and shadow I observed. Each one takes about two weeks to a month to make. It’s been a dream come true to have the freedom to finally do this.

I won’t stop there because there’s so much more to see.

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Grandparents and Brandy – Prismacolor pencil crayon on canson paper

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It wasn’t until recently that coloured pencils gained more respect in the art world. My favourite medium also happens to be the one that frustrates me the most. I start with a light sketch in pencil, and then build layers of different colours until it looks right. Then, I get out the most important colour ever: white. A light layer over top gently blends everything together nicely.

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Holiday picture books

By Susan Townley

Celebrate the holiday season with your young readers with some new Christmas picture books available at your local library.

For fans of the popular Click, Clack, Moo series by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin comes Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! The familiar farm characters, headlined

by Duck, are all ready for Christmas when in his usual fashion Duck manages to get stuck in the chimney right before Santa’s arrival! Cronin has written a Christmas story that uses physical humour, an original idea and a short, funny text that effectively uses repeated phrases. Lewin’s fun watercolour illustrations with bold outlines are magical with outdoor settings, midnight blue skies, dots of white snow and a hazy full moon that shows off Santa and his reindeer. This is a story that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including preschoolers, new readers and older fans of the Click Clack Moo series.

A constant question heard in many homes of young children is echoed in the picture book, How Many Sleeps ’til Christmas by Mark Sperring. It features the charming father-child bear duo of Daddy Grizzle and Little Pip. Despite the bears not hibernating in this story, the truth of the father child relationship shines through. Little Pip wakes up Daddy Grizzle each morning sure that the special day has arrived. Daddy Grizzle reminds his little one that there are still a few more “sleeps” left before Christmas and they use the days to find a Christmas tree, send cards, wrap presents, and build snowmen. Sperring creates a realistic father-child relationship, with Daddy getting a little frustrated with all the questions but never losing his temper. The illustrations are colourful and warm and the satisfying ending makes this a fun read while waiting

for the big day.

Another question that sometimes crosses the minds of young readers is answered in When Santa Was a Baby. Prolific Canadian children’s author Linda Bailey answers all the questions anyone could have about Santa’s babyhood. From the time he was born, Santa was a bit of a special child. With a booming laugh and a love of red and cold weather, he definitely wasn’t a regular baby. But his parents adored him and knew that he would be something amazing when he grew up, maybe a fireman given his love of red! Geneviève Godbout’s soft pencil and pastel artwork gives the book the feel of a classic, while adding some quirky moments such as a young Santa standing naked in front of an open fridge trying to cool down.

A Puffin Playing by the Sea: The Twelve Days of Christmas in Newfoundland and Labrador is a new Canadian rewrite of the classic Christmas song, by first time author Gina Noordhof. A sing-along picture book that features the provincial bird of Newfoundland, the puffin, sporting a tartan scarf, who introduces the reader to plenty of traditional symbols, from mummers and fiddle playing to Innu tea dolls and seas. This is a charming Canadian addition to any Christmas picture book collection.

Finally a festive treasure trove of original Beatrix Potter stories, letters

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

AUTHOR

Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King

All the Light We Cannot See2

Anthony Doerr

The Innocent Traveller3

Ethel Wilson

H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

Birdie5

Tracey Lindberg

1

4

Titles from the 2015 Giller Prize Shortlist6

Various Authors

The Gathering

Anne Enright

7

Let the Great World Spin8

Colum McCann

The Collini Case

Ferdinand von Schirach

Us10

David Nicholls

Americanah11

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

TITLE (for children)

AUTHOR

Tom Gates, c’est moi!12

Liz Pichon

A Snicker of Magic

Natalie Lloyd

Number the Stars14

Lois Lowry

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13

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6.

7.

Abbotsford Book Club Broadway Book Club Can’ Litterers Helen’s Book Club Seriously No-Name Book Club The Book Club Sunnyside Adult Book Club

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

Sunnyside European Book Club Sunnyside Mystery Book Club Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club The Topless Book Club Sunnyside Club de lecture en français pour les enfants Sunnyside Mighty Girls Book Club Sunnyside Readers Wanted Book Club

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

and illustrations is created in Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Collection. This treasury is perfect for Beatrix Potter fans of all ages, including adults. It presents little-known material from the famous artist illustrator, including beautiful Christmas cards, letters and previously unpublished stories.

These books and so many more recent holiday reads are available at your local public library.

Sue Townley is Children’s Programming and Public Services Assistant at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

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At the flicks with Lois and Paul

Steve Jobs

Directed by Danny Boyle Written by Aaron Sorkin (screenplay) (USA, 2015)

By Lois Siegel

Stories about Steve Jobs range from respect for his personal computer creations to hating him for his inability to “play nicely with the other kids.”

Whichever way you look at him, it can’t be denied that he changed the world we live in today.

From the days he and Steve Wozniak assembled the first Apple 1 personal computers in his garage, to Job’s eventual disassociation with Wozniak, this history has been documented in many forms. But what we hadn’t seen before was a “close-up and personal” view into the nastiness and cold-blooded control he had over his employees and family. “My way or the highway” comes to mind. Michael Fassbender plays him brilliantly.

Steve Jobs is not a film for everyone.

Locations are limited to the auditoriums during three launches of new products and backstage confrontations with everyone. But if you want a better understanding of how Jobs dealt with people, this is a film you should see.

Kate Winslet sensitively plays Joanna Hoffman, a marketing executive and “right-hand assistant” to Jobs. The real Hoffman won the satirical award

at Apple as “the person who did the best job of standing up to” Jobs. The Hoffman and Jobs relationship is fascinating because she truly seems to care about him despite everything he does, and she puts up with his frustrating behaviour.

A behind-the-scenes look at Jobs is the focus of the film, ending in 1988 with the unveiling of the Macintosh (Mac) computer. Steve Jobs will make a lasting impression on anyone who has any illusions about the world of cutthroat high tech. Jobs is an extremely demanding person. He only cares about results, and he’s very neurotic about what he wants.

“Fix it” is his favourite command. He doesn’t want to hear excuses, and he’s obsessed with control over everyone and every aspect of his creations.

On another level, his relationship with his daughter Lisa is often frightening and sometimes touching. He seems to care about her, but is awkward in expressing this. He names a computer LISA (Local Integrated Systems Architecture), but he claims to her that there is no correlation. We have a glimpse into her life from the age of five years to 19.

Jobs argues endlessly with Lisa’s mot her, K at her i ne Waterston (Chrisann Brennan). There are flashbacks to previous disagreements years before. She has to fight for child support. Jobs gives money to build a new wing at a school so that Lisa can be entered in a class for gifted kids.

Money talks.

Essentially, the film is shouting and arguing talking heads. He’s consumed by the desire to have everything done his way. He doesn’t like people to disagree with him and he constantly makes everyone around him miserable.

Job’s iMac was successful. It was the fastest-selling personal computer in history with projections of 90 million selling in the first 90 days. Steve Jobs revolutionized mobile computing with handheld devices – iPad, iPhone, iPod – and the music industry with iTunes. Indeed, the personal computer became the new medium of communicating just as he predicted.

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi

Directed by Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2015)

By Paul Green

Films about people riding in taxis are an interesting subgenre; Martin Scorsese’s gritty American classic Taxi Driver and Jim Jarmusch’s independent auteur film Night on Earth come quickly to mind.

In Iran itself, Abbas Kiarostami might be said to have pioneered the genre with his 2002 film Ten in which a woman drives a car around Tehran over a period of several days conversing with ten passengers from all walks of life.

What was particularly innovative about Ten was the notion of the automobile as a public/private venue for conversations that shed light on the social and political landscape.

In Taxi, Panahi, who is banned from making films in Iran has, in a sense, gone underground to make this film about a filmmaker – himself – now reduced to driving a cab in Tehran.

A security camera mounted on the dashboard films him and his passengers, who apparently are a mix of friends and non-professional actors.

Panahi talks to his fares and the lat-

ter talk or argue about a wide range of topics including social justice issues close to the director’s heart. All of this is in keeping with Panahi’s avocation of democracy activist.

The overall approach is delightfully subversive, with the faux intimacy of a cab ride giving passengers a chance to broach themes they might otherwise steer clear of in more public spaces. In one instance, a dodgy character in the front seat is going on about the need to apply full sharia law to thieves. What’s one or two more executions, he asks in a querulous voice.

A woman sitting in the back, who is a teacher, takes exception to this, arguing that no one is born a thief and root causes of crime must be taken into account. On a more political note, and this is very brave of Panahi, she points out that Iran is second only to China in the number of executions carried out each year. The dodgy character questions her sanity and becomes evasive when asked what he does for a living.

Another fare seems to know the director/cabbie and is selling pirated videos out of a gym bag. Later, a woman lawyer friend of Panahi’s, and like him disbarred, gets in and they discuss the case of a woman arrested for attending a male sporting event.

This is a nod to the earlier Panahi film Offside.

For my part, the film’s highlight finds the director picking up his pretty young niece at school. Precocious beyond her years, the girl is carrying a camera with which she was instructed by her teacher to make a short film that is “screenable” and avoids “sordid realism.” This is an ironic touch, for it is more or less the same situation in which Iranian filmmakers find themselves.

The viewer is afforded a revealing look at contemporary Iranian society as Panahi’s taxi glides through the avenues and thoroughfares of Tehran and with it, a more nuanced perspective than is to be found in most western media.

Taxi features a light and humorous approach to some rather serious issues.

The truth is, Panahi is a much better filmmaker than he is a taxi driver. He often gets lost and frequently lets his fares off without paying. And, as a woman patron remarked upon leaving the theatre, “if that young girl [the niece] represents the future of Iran, than there’s hope.” (Or words to that effect!)

Taxi is well worth the ride.

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By Nicole Milne

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This holiday season, the Glebe community plays a starring role in a theatre production about Lowertown.

Angel Square, on stage at Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) from December 3 to 20, is set in 1945, the first Christmas after the Second World War. This beloved holiday mystery is about friendship, family, community and a young boy’s fierce determination for justice. What’s also interesting to note is, while the play’s characters race through familiar stores, streets, parks and playgrounds in other parts of the city, the storytellers themselves, in every incarnation, are deeply connected to the Glebe.

GCTC’s production of Angel Square is based on the novel of the same name written by Brian Doyle, a famous Ottawa writer and former English teacher at Glebe Collegiate.

This adaptation (the novel has been adapted twice before, in addition to an opera) is by renowned director and dramaturge Janet Irwin, a longtime collaborator of Doyle’s and proud Glebe resident.

The cast of Angel Square includes Ottawa actors Bruce Spinney and Robert Marinier, and two Glebe Collegiate graduates Mary Ellis and Kristina Watt. What’s fascinating to note is that while Ellis and Watt attended Glebe in different decades, both actors were taught by Brian Doyle and credit him as one of the main reasons they decided to pursue

acting professionally in the first place.

Doyle’s influence on Ellis and Watt began with performing in his early plays at the high school, which were presented and produced by the school’s teaching triumvirate known as Doyle (writer and director), Clark (original compositions) and Parry (producer). “It’s without question that the plays Mr. Doyle had us working on back then acted as a springboard for me,” said Kristina Watt, who graduated in the 80s and has since enjoyed a rewarding career acting and studying, nationally and internationally.

“He greatly influenced my decision to study acting abroad.”

While reminiscing about the impact her high school English teacher had on her early stage career, Watt delighted in sharing that one year, one of the roles she played in a Doyle high school production was actually a caricature of the author himself, which he created specifically for her to play – a real honour for her.

“It was because of Brian’s shows that I decided to study acting after high school,” said Mary Ellis, who is a 13-year Glebe resident and second generation Glebe Collegiate graduate, whose own daughter is in her final year at the school. “I remember that every second year the students would look forward to performing one of Brian’s plays.”

The experience marked a fundamental shift at an influential time in Mary’s life, and by the time graduation came around, she knew she

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Heartwarming seasonal classic has strong links to the Glebe

Brian Doyle, once a teacher at Glebe Collegiate, is the author of Angel Square, the book on which the play is based.

Angel Square, a theatre production by the GCTC, runs from December 3 to 20.

wanted to pursue acting as a full-time career. To our great benefit, Mary has performed in countless shows around the city, and is a longstanding favourite on the GCTC stage. She also shares her knowledge by teaching weekly adult recreational acting classes at the Acting Company on Bank Street.

Mary was fortunate enough to be part of an earlier adaptation of Angel Square, presented at Canada’s National Arts Centre as part of its 2002/2003 season. That production, also directed by Janet Irwin, included more than 20 actors. This revised version is more compact in size, and as a result, will undoubtedly evoke a different sort of connection with the actors and the audience.

Director Janet Irwin said, “I’ve enjoyed the challenge of adapting a story that has usually been presented with a large cast, using only four actors on stage. Interestingly, perhaps even surprisingly, I think that

this production is more focused, more intimate and more immediate in terms of storytelling. I’m excited to see how audiences respond!”

While this classic story will appeal to all ages, it will deeply resonate with anyone who remembers growing up in the 40s in Ottawa. The story is full of colourful autobiographical details from the time: curling up in front of the radio and listening to crime fighting heroes, running through Union Station, fighting at Angel Square and shopping on Rideau Street in Woolworths at Christmastime. “Perfume and candy and squeaky wooden floors.”

Come down to Hintonburg this holiday season, celebrate Lowertown’s history and the indelible mark the Glebe community has left on this production.

Nicole Milne is responsible for artist and community liaison for the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC).

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A dietitian’s tips to avoid holiday weight gain

water throughout the day can help you manage your weight.

Practice mindful eating

It is very easy to rush through meals and snacks without even noticing with the days getting shorter and our to-do lists getting longer. Just by tuning in and savoring the delicious foods on our plates we can get in touch with our satiety signals, which in turn will prevent us from overeating.

By Leanne Azimov

With the holiday season around the corner, a common question I am asked is, “How can I avoid gaining weight during the holidays?”

The following six tips I find most helpful in keeping those unwanted pounds off in the holiday season.

Keep alcohol consumption moderate

Get enough sleep

An extremely important and often overlooked factor in food cravings is lack of sleep. Studies consistently show that when we don’t get enough sleep (i.e. 6-8 hours of deep, restful sleep each night) we start craving junk foods. Our bodies intuitively know that by consuming sugar (i.e. carbohydrates) in junk foods such as chocolate, candy, energy bars and chips we will get a quick spike in energy. Unfortunately, as many of us know that spike in energy doesn’t last very long and a couple hours later we find ourselves craving more. The best way to avoid this vicious cycle is to make sleep a priority.

Get enough vegetables and fruit

We all know that eating vegetables and fruits is good for us for a whole host of reasons, but sometimes we forget that they also contain essential vitamins and minerals that help sup-

port our metabolisms. Fresh fruits and vegetables are abundant and in-season in the summer months and we gladly enjoy them with meals and as snacks.

We need to make a conscious effort to continue to nourish our bodies with vegetables and fruit in the colder months. Don’t worry, frozen vegetables are just as nutritious as fresh and taste great steamed and seasoned, and in soups, stir-fries, casseroles.

Get enough exercise

It is easy to make excuses and stay curled up on the couch instead of being physically active when the weather gets cold. We need to be active all year around to maintain a healthy weight.

Try getting into a routine and committing to going to a gym, pool or activity class a few times per week. If joining

a gym isn’t for you, try making small changes like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or getting off the bus a few stops early. I assure you these small changes will add up fast!

Stay hydrated

It’s so easy to overlook the importance of staying hydrated as the weather cools down. However, our bodies still need the same amount of fluid. Men should be aiming to consume roughly 3 litres of total beverages each day and women should be aiming for about 2.2 litres each day.

Not only is staying hydrated important for our overall health and wellbeing, but also our bodies often confuse hunger for thirst causing us to overeat. Simply drinking a glass of water before each meal and sipping tea and

As many of us know, alcoholic beverages are full of “empty calories.”

Empty calories are essentially foods and beverages that provide no nutritional benefit and tend to hinder our efforts to maintain a healthy body weight. Remember to consume alcohol in moderation to keep your health and weight in check this holiday season. This means that men should consume no more than three drinks per day or 15 drinks per week and women no more than two drinks per day or 10 drinks per week. A drink is considered: 142 mL (5 oz.) glass of 12 per cent wine or 341 mL (12 oz.) bottle of 5 per cent beer, or 43 mL (1 ½ oz.) shot of 40 per cent spirits.

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Staying healthy while travelling

By Zenah Surani

Many Glebe residents travel abroad around this time of year, either for the holiday season or even for the entire winter. Here are some tips on staying healthy during your trip.

Learning more about your destination before travelling will determine if you’ll need to get any medications or vaccinations. The website www.travel. gc.ca is a good place to start. It’s ideal to begin looking into this information about six weeks before travel, since some medications need to be started well in advance of your trip. Some of the medications discussed in this article are available over the counter but may not be suitable for everyone as some have contraindications. Speak to your pharmacist for more information.

Traveller’s diarrhea

Traveller’s diarrhea is by far the most common ailment that I get questions about. Factors that can contribute to traveller’s diarrhea include: poor sanitation and hygiene in certain countries, different types of foods that are introduced into the diet that one may not be used to, and drinking or indirectly ingesting unclean water (e.g. eating fruit washed with unclean water). Avoiding tap water (even when brushing teeth in a less developed country), peeled fruits, salads, fruit juices and ice, and frequent hand sanitizing, can help prevent traveller’s diarrhea.

Taking a precautionary chewable tablet or two of bismuth subsalicylate before eating can help if risky food cannot be avoided, just as long as this

is NOT done on a regular basis during the trip. Another good preventive option is probiotics as there are certain brands recommended for travellers that can be taken daily as a preventive measure against stomach upset and traveller’s diarrhea.

Over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medications can help (e.g. loperamide) if traveller’s diarrhea is mild, with two or three loose stools in a day without any accompanying symptoms such as fever or feeling unwell. However, when the loose stools are experienced along with fever, and blood or mucus in the stool, it’s recommended to start a course of antibiotics.

Many travellers get antibiotics prior to their trip, just in case, as the availability and quality of medication in the destination country could be variable. Many travellers choose to use Dukoral, which is recommended for those travellers visiting places known to have high rates of E.Coli-induced diarrhea, and is available over the counter. This vaccine needs to be taken at least a week before the trip.

Mosquito-borne illness

You may be exposed to serious mosquito-borne illnesses such as malaria, Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever in some countries. Although taking precautions such as limiting bare skin exposure, using mosquito netting and using insect repellent are all very important, vaccinations or prophylactic medication are usually necessary.

When doing research about the region you are visiting, find out if you’ll be travelling to areas where malaria is endemic. Different medications

will be more appropriate than others depending on the area. For instance, in some parts of the world, mosquitos are resistant to one type of malaria medication but not another. Your travel doctor will have more information and will know the appropriate medication for you.

Motion sickness

Avoiding reading while in motion, choosing a room in the centre of the ship if on a cruise, and using controlled breathing techniques can help.

However, if they don’t quite cut it, there are oral medications that can be used. Anti-nausea medications such as dimenhydrinate are quite effective but cause drowsiness, which is not always ideal. Ginger capsules are a natural alternative, but not as effective.

Scopolomine, available in patch form, is a popular choice for cruisegoers as it is a small disc that sticks behind the ear and lasts for 72 hours.

It’s non-drowsy, but it may not be as

effective as an oral anti-nausea medication. Finally, applying pressure on pressure points on the inside of the wrist is said to help for motion sickness. Pressure point wristbands are commercially available.

Deep-vein thrombosis

Walking around during a long flight, stretching, doing leg exercises (e.g. pointing and flexing the feet against the floor) while seated, or using compression stockings can help to decrease the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVTs), which are blood clots that can occur when circulation is impaired because of immobility for extended periods. Some people are at higher risk of DVTs, namely those with a history of blood clots, smokers, obese individuals, pregnant women and those over 50.

Source: Canadian Pharmacists’ Letter

Zenah Surani is the pharmacist/owner of the Glebe Apothecary.

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Budgeting for a city cycling, sidewalks), the Rideau River Westof nearly one million ern Pathway (detailed people is complex.

Doing it in as transpardesign and some initial ent and consultative a construction north of fashion as possible is a Clegg Avenue), road greater challenge. resurfacing throughCity staff prepares out the ward, some the draft budget based safer crossings of on extensive input Queen Elizabeth Councillor from elected councilD r iveway (desig n David Chernushenko work), construction of lors and the mayor. www.capitalward.ca the Glebe section of We in turn base our the O’Connor Street recommendations on what we have heard from constituents, Bikeway, and public consultation on on the priorities we have identified the future of Brewer Park and its aging facilities. during our time living in and representing our wards, and on new trends, • Citywide, affordable housing and challenges and opportunities. Again homelessness programs will see a $2 million increase, while funding for this year, I sought input from Capcommunity resource and health cenital Ward residents well in advance.

I invite you to visit www.capitalward. tres will rise by 1.5 percent to $11.2 ca/budget2016 to see a summary of million. Ottawa is also hiring 25 new what I heard. police officers.

City Council then embarks on a • The City is planning to save money in the long term by investing in LED detailed examination of the tabled street lights; reviewing planned purdraft budget, with each committee, chases of trucks and other fleet commission and board holding a specific meeting for this purpose. Full vehicles; and reducing spending Council will debate and vote on the on advertising, media monitoring, final budget on December 9. printing and postage, among other What is notable in this year’s measures.

Budget?

• The residential property tax hike New winter overnight parking rules has been held at two per cent, which represents an increase of about $72 Overnight parking restrictions from per year, to $3,477, for an urban home November 15 to April 1 take effect assessed at $375,300. A rural property whenever Environment Canada foreassessed at the same value will see an casts seven cm or more of snowfall, increase of $56 to $2,887. although the City may, in extenuating • Capping tax increases at two per circumstances, impose restrictions cent every year is starting to take its or issue exemptions regardless of the toll on our city. Although no major forecast. You may not park on the services have been cut outright, we are street between 1 and 7 a.m. when a beginning to notice reduced staffing ban is in place unless you have an levels and shorter hours of operation on-street parking permit. Offendin many areas. We are also facing siging vehicles are ticketed and may be nificant rate and user fee increases, towed. including for recreation programs and But now, there’s some good news for facility rentals, and both fare hikes anyone who has overnight visitors and and service cuts for OC Transpo users has to move their car to let a contractor at a time when we should be trying to clear the driveway or laneway during the night: The City is offering free encourage ridership.

• Major infrastructure renewal access to covered, municipal parking requires a large share of tax revenue. garages, including the new one behind Significant new and ongoing proMcKeen Metro in the Glebe, west of jects comprise the bulk of the City’s Bank Street between Second and spending: continuing construction of Third avenues, during winter overthe O-Train Confederation Line and night parking bans. renewing other transit infrastructure; However, parking overnight at any breaking ground on the combined other type of municipal facility, such sewage and storm water storage tunas a community centre or recreational nel, the largest part of the Ottawa complex, remains illegal.

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Our community is making an impact across Ontario As the Member of Provincial Parliament for Escaping Domestic Violence Act Ottawa Centre since Another example 2007, I have seen firstof our community’s hand how active and engaged our community impact is reflected in is on issues that matter recently introduced to us. I am proud to have legislat ion by t he worked with organOntario government that would help build a izations, community MPP province where everygroups and individuals Yasir Naqvi one is free from the to create solutions, yasirnaqvi.onmpp.ca threat of sexual viopromote change, and implement policies that lence and harassment, not only benefit residents in our comand would strengthen support for surmunity, but those across the province. vivors. The new legislation would help Over the years we have worked deliver on commitments in “It’s Never together to identify issues and collabOkay,” the government’s groundoratively develop community-based breaking action plan to stop sexual violence and harassment. solutions. Through your support, I have been able to advocate for these If passed, the Sexual Violence and initiatives that benefit our community Harassment Action Plan Act would and the entire province. make workplaces, campuses and Most recently, the Ontario governcommunities safer and more responment adopted two such policy ideas. sive to the needs of survivors and to complaints about sexual violence and Protection of Public harassment. wParticipation Act The bill includes a Private MemI am very proud that on October ber’s Bill, the Escaping Domestic 28, the Ontario Legislative Assembly Violence Act that I introduced in passed Bill 52, Protection of Public 2011. It was inspired by a victim of domestic violence who faced challenParticipation Act, 2015. This legisges in fleeing an abusive relationship lation will allow courts to quickly identify and deal with strategic lawexasperated by the terms of the lease. suits, minimizing the emotional and If passed, the bill would shorten the financial strain on defendants, and the time it takes to end a tenancy agreewasting of court resources. ment for people experiencing sexual In our community, I have heard or domestic violence, making it easier about the need to preserve and protect for survivors to flee abuse. I am proud public participation for many years. that this legislation, informed by activAs such, I had committed to bring this ists in our community, is now a part of issue forward. This lead to the introOntario’s Sexual Violence and Harassduction of my Private Member’s Bill, ment Action Plan.

Ontario is supporting these priorthe Protection of Public Participation ities through a broad-based action plan Act (Bill 132) in October 2012.

I was very pleased when last that includes increased and stabilized December our government built on the funding to community-based sexual work we did through extensive public assault centres and hospital-based consultations here in Ottawa Censexual assault and domestic violence tre and across the province, adopted treatment centres. The government is Bill 132 by introducing Bill 52 to help also running a province-wide public allow courts to quickly identify and education campaign to promote a shift in attitudes and behaviours. deal with strategic lawsuits that are The plan strengthens supports for commonly referred to as SLAPPs survivors and makes the safety of (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). women in Ottawa and around the The Protection of Public Participaprovince a priority. For more infortion Act provides a “made in Ontario” mation, please visit ontario.ca/ approach to addressing the issue of itsneverokay.

I want to thank our community for strategic lawsuits. The legislation strikes a balance that will help ensure your advocacy on these issues. If ever you encounter an issue in our comabusive litigation is stopped but legitimate actions can continue. Anyone munity, or have an idea that could who has a legitimate claim of libel or improve the quality of life in our province, I strongly encourage you to slander should not be discouraged by contact me at my Community Office this legislation. The law is an important step forward in protecting public at ynaqvi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org or participation and strengthening com613-722-6414. I look forward to hearmunity engagement. ing from you.

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This youth build partnership initiative came to fruition last summer through the hard work of GNAG’s Tim Lamothe, Youth Development and Leadership Manager, and his work with the Habitat for Humanity team. This new program encourages youth ages 16 to 24 to get involved with Habitat and make a difference in our community by participating in a Youth Build Day. The day involved working with professional and volunteer carpenters and contractors, learning to insulate, cut and hang drywall and seal windows.

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By Clyde Sanger

in Rangoon, where Murray was country director for CUSO; the Group of 78 (and more) made up of retired diplomats, journalists, academics and others who pressed Canada’s governments for peace and disarmament efforts alongside the United Nations.

He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2002.

He does it by, yes, being stubborn and single-minded, but (Sheila again) “he laughs and tells silly jokes” when meetings are faltering. He writes verses to friends that smack of Ogden Nash. Denis [sic] wrote, “If he wasn’t a pacifist, you might call him a happy warrior.” And he always seems to be seeing the positive side in any situation. Unrealistic? Never mind. Keep going.

This trait is very clear in his latest and largest endeavour. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke in 2008 of the need for a comprehensive nuclear weapons convention. Murray did a survey and launched into what became a six-year task of gathering the support of Canadians eminent enough to be appointed to the Order of Canada, and compiling this book, now just published, to keep up the momentum. It has an unwieldy title: Minutes to Midnight: Why More than 800 Order of Canada Recipients Call for a Nuclear Disarmament. It was launched recently at the Colonel By Retirement Residence in Old Ottawa South.

It’s a powerful read. Its main title picks up on the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and its main content is a compilation of 54 profiles of his remarkable wit-

The wheel of life turns full circle in later years in a strange and wondrous way for some people, and events and people appear in a new and surprising guise.

To my knowledge it has happened spectacularly to Murray Thomson, one of the group of those remarkable Canadians known as “mish kids” who were born and lived for years in China.

Murray was born in distant Honan province, where his parents Andrew and Margaret ran a Presbyterian mission in an unusual way. Starting in 1906, Andrew built roads and ran clinics in a wide parish, which he bicycled round even after the Japanese troops occupied that western province.

Early this year a Chinese doctor came to see Murray in Ottawa, told him that, inspired by Andrew Thomson’s work, he had built a hospital in Taokow, and invited him to visit. Murray thought hard, and finally decided not to go back. He is, after all, going to be 93 on December 19.

He has filled his years with as many good actions as his father, and in equally unusual ways. His only child, Sheila Quarles-Thomson, points to his stubborn resolve to make a difference and to foster friendships. I lose count of the number of peace groups he has started or co-founded, which include Project Ploughshares for research and advocacy; Peacefund Canada to help modest-sized projects in Africa and Asia; Canadian Friends of Burma to champion the Karen fleeing into Thailand from the 1988 student massacre

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Murray Thomson – still changing the world

Murray Thomson, peace activist, author, and recipient of the Order of Canada, recently launched his book, Minutes to Midnight: Why More than 800 Order of Canada Recipients Call for a Nuclear Disarmament.

nesses, each one about 700 words long. The first, Setsuko Thurlow, gives a gripping account of surviving the Hiroshima bomb as a 13-year-old schoolgirl. There follow actor Christopher Plummer, scientists and pioneers in palliative care, stem cell and Parkinson’s disease researchers, poets (e.g. Margaret Attwood and Lorna Crozier), writers, ballerinas, the astronaut Chris Hadfield, lawyers (e.g. the magnificent Gisèle Coté-Harper), the Métis leader Tony Belcourt, an oceanographer and a general.

Typically, Murray follows a section on the disastrous consequences of 219 open-air nuclear tests in the Soviet Union and the 215 American tests in space or under water with the chapter Reasons for Hope: 54 voices and Their Stories, and another 96 Voices of Support, excerpts from letters he received.

Readers should not neglect the dozen annexes that add weight to the book’s message. They include the unanimous motion that passed the Senate and Commons in 2010 after Murray’s lobbying, the warnings of 6,857 Mayors for Peace who set a 2020 deadline for disarmament, and the whole list of

839 Order of Canada recipients who endorse the call for a Nuclear Weapon Convention. And, the atomic scientists shifting the Clock to three minutes to midnight, with Murray adding, “Is it the final warning?”

The book says it all in 158 pages.

Disclosure: I worked on its editing until I was exhausted. I handed it on to Maureen Hollingworth. Murray’s mighty effort has had an echo, with 800 Order of Australia recipients making a similar appeal.

But what notice will the nine nuclear weapon states take? That’s a question Murray doesn’t take time to answer.

Just as he enlisted others to run his peace groups, now he has gathered strong supporters who can carry on.

Happy Birthday Murray.

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Clyde Sanger, journalist, author and poet, is a longtime Glebe resident and friend of Murray Thomson.

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Immerse yourself! French language options in Glebe public schools

By Erika Shaker

French Immersion programs became popular in Canadian schools in the early 70s after passage of the Official Languages Act in 1969 that encouraged bilingualism. French Immersion can be introduced at various times: Early Immersion (EFI) typically starts in kindergarten or grade one, Middle Immersion (MFI) in grade four, and Late Immersion (LFI) in grade six or seven.

Furthermore, the quality of immersion programs across Canada can also be somewhat uneven, depending on funding, location, and existing supports for students and educators. It’s important to note, however, that the driving factors behind the most of these concerns are socioeconomic inequality, classist stereotyping, and underfunding and under-resourcing of public education in general and of vulnerable kids in particular.

Benefits

The social and educational benefits of immersion have been widely publicized. Children learn another language without any negative impact on their English language ability, and other improvements, such as better memory, better grades and better English reading test scores have been noted. And, of course, the additional perks (employment and income) as a result of bilingualism are well known.

Concerns

On the less positive side, concerns have been raised about the implications of an education system increasingly divided between kids from higher-income families who are better positioned to access alternative programs like immersion, and those who are not. Results from a 2008 study commissioned by Canadian Parents for French suggested that ESL (English as a Second Language) kids and students with learning challenges were advised to “stick with Englishonly,” reinforcing the elitist image of French Immersion and the negative stereotype of English language schooling as less valuable and special needs or ESL kids as somehow less capable, which we know is simply not the case.

others benefit from a later start, after having developed more sophisticated communication skills and comprehensive proficiency in English, familiarity with the structure of the school day, and a grounding in French through core programming, which they’ve been taking since Kindergarten.

Incidentally, this means that a strong core French program is key to a successful MFI program, and to the education of kids who choose to remain in the English stream.

Multiple points of entry

Options needed

Research clearly indicates that offering a range of options reflecting the different ways in which kids choose to or are ready to learn a language makes a lot of social and pedagogical sense.

We also know that by high school, EFI and MFI kids are virtually identical in French comprehension, with only some variances in oral or written French ability.

So why choose one over the other?

The short answer is, because families have different preferences and kids have different learning needs.

We know that younger kids are generally more receptive to learning additional languages. But we also know that kids learn at different rates, particularly when they are very young. This means that while some kids are socially, developmentally and educationally ready for EFI,

Providing multiple points of entry into immersion responds to the different educational needs of more kids and more families. The option to change one’s mind upon coming to the conclusion that immersion may not be preferable when a child is five, but is the right choice when that same child is nine, is a very important option to incorporate into the programming offered by schools in a community.

In addition, there is research that suggests kids who enroll in immersion programs when they’re older are often more involved in the decision to attend this program, and therefore may feel more personally invested. This is not to suggest that kids whose parents enroll them in EFI are being educated en français against their will or that they don’t love it from day one. However, some kids as their parents can attest insist on being more involved in the educational choices that affect them, with corresponding rates of success.

There is no question that providing kids the opportunity to learn French in the manner and at a grade level best suited to their development and learning style has both short-term and long-term benefits. A system of French immersion with multiple points of

entry, and the necessary supports for students and educators to ensure success, enhances the programming provided by the schools in our community and ensures more kids can take part when and where it makes the most sense for them and their families.

The combination of EFI and MFI, in addition to English and gifted programming, has enriched the educational opportunities for many more children in the Glebe because accommodation is about more than making sure there are enough desks. It means the social and educational needs of more families are addressed too.

Erika Shaker is education director at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. She has two children in the public elementary school system.

French Immersion in the Glebe While First Avenue has offered Early French Immersion (EFI) starting in Senior Kindergarten since 1973, until quite recently catchment students who wanted Middle French Immersion (MFI) had to leave the neighbourhood for Hopewell Avenue School where MFI has been offered since 2001.

However, in 2012, Mutchmor added MFI to its existing English and Gifted programming starting in Grade 4 and expanding to Grade 5 and then 6 in each subsequent year. (The two public school populations switched in 2015 making Mutchmor an EFI school and First Avenue an English/Gifted/MFI school.) Corpus Christi offers MFI beginning in Grade 4.

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Important proposal for JK, SK and grade 1 language instruction Trustees have been ents and teachers on discussing during the this issue and after last several weeks seeing the very quick consultation process. an important change The motion was to to st udent lea r ndelay a decision by ing being proposed trustees and seek by staff. The change more consultation, would see all Junior and it passed. It was Kindergarten (JK) later amended at our and Senior Kinderboard meeting, and a garten (SK) students OCDSB Trustee decision will now be receive 50 per cent Shawn Menard made on the proposal English and 50 per shawn.menard@ocdsb.ca in January 2016. cent French instruction. It would also see I am glad that the Early French Immersion math instrucconsultation period will be extended tion move from French to English in and plan on working with parent grades one to three and would introcouncils, stakeholders, teachers and duce English as a subject in grade one. students on the issue. It is important This would have the effect of reducing that the community knows this prothe immersion program from 100 per posal would result in savings for the cent French in grade one to 60 per cent board. That is not a driving factor for French and from 80 per cent French me in this decision, but it is a considerin grades two and three to 60 per cent ation the staff has raised repeatedly.

At this point I feel that more options French instruction. More information on the proposal can be found by going need to be considered during the to www.ocdsb.ca. course of this discussion.

As always, if you have comments or You may know that the Board makes decisions first at a committee of the questions, please let me know.

As we enter December, I’d like to whole, and then at a board meeting. I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and moved a motion at committee of the whole after hearing from informed parhappy holidays.

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Some 250 children held lanterns at dusk on November 22 to form an image of the sun, a symbol of renewable energy, to raise awareness of and to urge government action on climate change.

Solar-powered youth

By Julie Cook

Approximately 250 local children and youth, with their parents, gathered near the steps on Parliament Hill as dusk fell on Sunday, November 22.

Each held a solar powered lantern and together they formed an image of the sun, a symbol of one of the most powerful forms of renewable energy.

The event was called Solar Youth Power, and the purpose of it was twofold: First, to create a compelling image that would raise awareness among the general public that a rapid transition to 100 per cent renewable energy is possible in Canada. Second, to encourage the Government of Can-

ada to listen to youth and demonstrate leadership at the United Nations climate conference in Paris, which is expected to produce a meaningful global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

After a few introductory words, youth slam poet Barâa Arar gave a lively performance of her poem Poems about People, and Cool It for the Kids board member Curtis Lavoie, who is also an emergency room physician and head of CHEO’s green team, led participants in exercises to warm up. Finally, all participants, including children, youth and their families, were invited to choose a solar lantern and stand on the chalk lines that

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were already formed in the shape of a sun. The participants turned on the lights as the sky became darker and sat down in the sun formation, singing the old tune You are my Sunshine for good measure. G.R. Martin photography took aerial photos from a building across the street. With the sun image in the foreground and the parliament buildings lit up with festive lights in the background, the final image did not disappoint.

Cool It for the Kids, the local nonprofit organization spearheading the event, is devoted to giving opportunities for children and youth in Ottawa to speak up about climate change.

“Climate change is a big problem for adults, because we are wired to focus on the short term, and climate change is still about the long term for most of us,” said Gaye Taylor, Executive Director of Cool It for the Kids. “But talk to many children and youth today, and climate change is immediately on their horizon. They know. They care. They believe that we can solve the problem of climate change. Their faith should give us all hope and inspire the determination to act.”

Meaga n Tobin-Devereaux, a

13-year-old Glebe resident, attended the event with her family and felt inspired. “Seeing all the young people that showed up made me realize how important it is to keep our planet healthy for generations to come,” said Meagan. Meagan’s mother Martha Tobin was also happy to participate.

“It was an important step in taking action on climate change and sending a message to our government that we need to move towards a greener future with the choices that we make as a country and as individuals every day. We need to continue to find ways to lighten our footprints.”

T h e Honou r a ble C a t h e r i n e McKenna, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, and MP for Ottawa Centre, also attended the event with her children. “Our government is strongly committed to advancing renewable energy to help tackle Canada’s most pressing environmental challenges,” said Minister McKenna.

“Young people have been at the forefront of social change throughout our history. So it is so important to engage youth in events like the one organized by Cool It for the Kids, as a step towards creating the environmental leaders of tomorrow.”

Minister McKenna attended the UN climate conference in Paris from November 30 to December 11. The world is anxiously watching to see the outcome, including Ottawa’s children and youth.

Julie Cook is a member of the Cool It for the Kids team that is engaging young people in discussing climate change, and an organizer of the Solar Youth Power event on Parliament Hill.

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Glebe equestrians ride to victory at Royal Winter Fair

Clovermeade Bugs Bunny’s winning round

Laura Joyce is a Glebe resident and mother of one of the young riders.

Sasha Maniaci and Clovermeade Bugs Bunny, winners of the Medium Pony Championship and Royal Grand Pony Champion, with Taylor Brooks.

photo: Jennifer Dawson

ision with great rides. Wynbrook riders Shae-Lyne Biersdorfer, Chanelle Laroche and Heather Hobbs also achieved top five finishes giving the whole team many reasons to celebrate this year’s results.

These young riders are all coached

by Taylor Brooks of Taylor Brooks Equestrian at Wynbrook Farm, located in Vars about 25 minutes east of the Glebe. An accomplished competitor and equestrian professional, Taylor has recently taken over the operation of Wynbrook Farm from her parents Joanne and Gary Brooks and continues her family’s successful riding school and competitive program.

The programs at the Brooks’ beautiful family farm are offered to riders of all levels, whether their dreams include the Royal or the simple enjoyment of quality horsemanship at a recreational level.

Competing with Canada’s best was both an honour and a thrill for these dedicated young riders. Parents with children in competitive sports know that it takes tremendous teamwork to make the dream work! Team Wynbrook is grateful for the wide network of support provided by friends, family, teachers, principals, grooms, coaches, and of course, the four-legged athletes who always give their best, expecting only treats and love in return.

photo: Giuseppe Maniaci

Two young Glebe equestrians came out winners at this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is a fun-filled Canadian tradition dating back to 1922. It takes place every November at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto. “The Royal” is the largest combined indoor agricultural fair and international equestrian competition in the world and is considered to be the most prestigious indoor horse show in Canada. Amateur equestrians compete throughout the spring, summer and fall on the national horse show circuit with the hope of qualifying for this respected event. This year, two young Glebe equestrians from Ottawa’s Wynbrook Farm earned the opportunity to compete at the 2015 edition of the Royal and came away with outstanding results.

Glashan’s grade seven student Sasha Maniaci and her Welsh pony Clovermeade Bugs Bunny won the Medium Pony Hunter Championship and Grand Hunter Pony Champion title. Sasha was also awarded the prestigious Rowfantina Collage Trophy as the top junior (under 18) hunter rider of the competition. This was Sasha’s second year competing at the Royal, and winning the championship was a dream come true for this young rider.

Glebe Collegiate’s grade 11 student Hannah Keefe and her grey Hanoverian Kadence were Reserve Champions in the Children’s Hunter division. This was Hannah’s third time competing at the Royal but the first with this young horse who was imported from Europe and was diligently trained by Hannah and Wynbrook coach Taylor Brooks.

Sasha and Hannah’s teammate Claire Goldberg, a grade seven student at Elmwood, made an impressive debut at the Royal, winning the National Large Pony Championship with her pony Cedarspring Pen Pal. Claire also rode Lululemon’s Magic to second and fifth place finishes.

Another Elmwood teammate, grade six student Charlotte McLaughlin and her pony Magic Man, placed second and third in the Medium Pony div-

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By Laura Joyce

Hannah Keefe and Kadence, winner of the Children’s Hunter Reserve Champion, with Taylor Brooks.

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Glebe Co-op Nursery School kids at playtime in the Glebe Community Centre main hall

Winter at the Glebe Co-op Nursery School The kids have been really lucky this year. November was unseasonably warm and dry, which meant they got to continue playing outside on our play structure almost every day. The kids start their day playing for 30 minutes outside, waiting for all their friends to get dropped off. And they end their day playing outside for 30 minutes while waiting for their parents or caregiver to pick them up.

But we all know that winter is coming and dreary rainy days will become the norm. The Glebe Co-operative Nursery School is lucky to have access to the Glebe Community Centre’s main hall on such days. The kids get to go upstairs for the last 30 minutes of the day and run around, ride on toy cars and play with balls and toys of all kinds. And the room is huge, so it’s almost like being outside.

The kids will be back outside in their snowsuits once winter fully sets in and fluffy snow starts to fall. It’s a great way for parents to know that their little ones are getting some fresh air a few days a week.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Special guests coming in are exciting for the children. In October, Little Ray’s Reptiles came in with a whole bunch of creatures. I loved hearing all the stories that came home from that day. My kid is still talking about the frog, turtle and snakes. They got to jam with The Rhythm Room Drumming in November. We’ll have a musician with his ukulele, a dentist, and someone from the Museum of Science and Technology coming up in future months.

A REALLY BIG THANK YOU!

We are so lucky to have such great community support for our school. Our first two fundraisers were huge successes.

The Frankendance was a hit and a ton of fun for the kids! A big thank you goes to the team that put it together and to all the parents who donated their baked goods and time to the event. We also want to thank all the businesses that donated items. McKeen Metro in the Glebe donated all the veggie snacks, juice boxes and the pumpkins the kids got to paint. Bridgehead donated the coffee.

Our raffle prizes were donated from two great restaurants, Fauna and Elmdale Oyster House, and one amazing store, A Modern Space.

Our second fundraiser of the year, Shopping Night at Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s, was also a huge success. It is a great event for the parents. It allows us to socialize with each other and actually have a conversation since the kids are not there.

And best of all it lets us get our Christmas shopping done while drinking wine and eating yummy snacks.

A big thank you to Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s for hosting us and to a huge list of sponsors including, Nicastro’s, Knifewear, Glebe Tailoring, McKeen’s Metro, KV Dance Studio, Wild Oat, Bond’s Decor, Taylor’s Genuine Kitchen, Patty’s Pub, The Mud Oven, CA Paradis, Trillium Bakery, Bloomfield’s, Richcraft Homes, Stagecraft Children’s Theatre, Skin Holistic Therapy, Rinaldo’s Hair Salon, GoodLife Fitness, Glebe Trotters, Kaleidoscope Books, Third Avenue Spa, David’s Tea, Kundstadt Sports, Glebe Fitness, Magpie, JD Adam, and The Properties Group. We are so lucky to have such fantastic community support.

Becca Wallace is the communications chair for the Glebe Co-op Nursery School Board. Her son is enjoying his second year in the preschool class.

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Mutchmor principal Isabelle Flannigan and vice-principal Wereley serve coffee to parents on a cold November morning.

By Isabelle Flannigan

As extra-curricular activities resumed at Mutchmor, we began Bordenball as an intramural activity for grades four to six and eventually as a team sport to compete against other schools.

Bordenball, also known as European handball, is played in the gym at recess.

Vice-Principal Wereley and I set up a coffee station outside the school one morning in November and served coffee to parents to show our appreciation to parents for their continued support.

We picked a cool bright morning and managed to serve about 100 cups of coffee in a 20-minute window. What a great time we had!

In November, we held three assemblies hosted by Chris Ketola, managing director of the Ontario Specialized Species Centre. Students learned about various species of birds and bats. They were shown seven different animals including a hawk, two owls, various bats and a falcon. We were all very impressed when the Eurasian Eagle Owl starting squirming and opened his wings to show us a six-foot wingspan! We thank School Council for funding this activity.

We’ve been implementing more and more technology in the classrooms now that we are all settled in our new school building. It’s important that we teach students about various technology tools and their appropriate use. The possibilities are endless with Wi-Fi available throughout the school. Each classroom has access to a projector and to an Apple TV for direct wireless communication with iPads. Each class also has three to five devices for student learning.

Students and teachers use iPads in the primary grades to enhance their learning. We also have iPads in the junior division, but most of the devices in the classrooms are laptops or Chromebooks. We have a combin-

photo: Viviane Gaudreault

By Becca Wallace

A Eurasian Eagle Owl shows its six-foot wingspan to Chris Ketola, impressing Mutchmor students.

ation of both types of devices in the grade three classes to help students to make the transition to using keyboards and word processing software to write longer more complex texts.

Many teachers use their LCD projectors daily to enhance lessons. It is an exciting time to be in education as the way we teach and learn evolves continually.

Mutchmor students are getting ready for the holidays with various annual activities, including a food drive for the Centretown food bank, collecting toys for the CAS Christmas toy drive, and a Holidays sing-along and pajama day. We will also be hosting the play Une histoire de clown put on by Glashan Core French students during the last week before the break.

They will be presenting to our grades one and two students.

Mutchmor staff and students wish everyone in the community Happy Holidays!

Isabelle Flanningan is principal of Mutchmor Public School.

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The way kid’s see it

meat. Animals are a big part of the world; please do try to respect them.

To people of all ages: I would like to talk about smoking because it is killing animals.

When you throw your cigarette on the ground, animals can eat them. It is also affecting people because of the smoke that we breathe. Smokers you still have a chance to stop smoking! photo: liz mckeen

Shane Gracey, a Grade 5 teacher at Mutchmor Public School, sent us the following “letters to Canadians” written by members of his Grade 5 class.

We thought you might be interested in what’s on the minds of these young students, as expressed in their impassioned writing.

Ben, on sports

[excerpt] Dear Canadians, We all know that sports are extremely important and we’re lucky to have the privilege. But no one thinks about it. There are so many people that don’t have organized sports in their neighbourhood, or they’re too poor.

They could be people that could be superstars. But they never had time to test their talents. Instead they’ve had to mop floors to make money, so their dreams and future are never fulfilled.

To young Canadians: There are so many kids that don’t play a sport because they’re afraid or they just don’t want to. They should, you should. Sports are the games that you play at recess. Sports make you go outside, and make you stop playing video games.

It’s that thing that makes you the cool guy that plays that cool sport.

It’s that thing that makes you different. If you’re not already convinced, then maybe you need to experience playing a sport before judging.

able to choose where they sit in class.

It isn’t fair to be put at a table with NONE of your friends and it is not fun for me and kids alike. If you are doing a group project it suddenly becomes a lot of work. If your group does not cooperate well it becomes very frustrating and makes you furious.

you. It’s the thing that makes us different from other countries. All the dances, special structures, rituals and culture make me realize how great it is to be Canadian.

Dear kids: Has it ever annoyed you when teachers pair you up for work? Teachers like to pair kids that do cooperate with kids that don’t, just to make their work easier. It’s okay once but more than that becomes very aggravating. The person who does cooperate has to do almost all the work and it’s very unjust.

Molly, on the importance of animals

Dear Canadians, I hope that noone is offended by my letter, I respect your opinion but I hope you respect mine.

Sincerely, Eva Ruby, on Inuits and their traditions

Sincerely, Ben Eva, on how school should change

Dear teachers and principals: Hi my name is Eva, I’m in grade five and I have ideas for a change in school. First of all I think teachers should give kids a bit more respect.

Most of the time if you have your hand up they will not ask you, they will ask someone who does not know the answer and it gets very frustrating. Example: if you are not paying attention you will get called on and put on the spot, it’s very embarrassing.

Teachers should talk to you privately.

Teachers also tend to yell and it makes you feel very insecure.

To my teachers: I really think that kids should be

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Dear Inuits, I have decided to write to you because I think that you are the most beautiful, unique people in the world. You have unique traditions, religions and beliefs.

Stereotypes: They are very horrible and they need to change. Most of them are directed toward Inuits and First Nations.

Almost all of them are untrue.

Prettiest Place in the World: I have been to the Yukon and some parts of Alaska. To me, it’s the most amazing and prettiest place in the world. I’d like to go there again and learn more but I can’t.

Special Traditions: The most special part of Canada is our traditions. And they come from

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Dear Canadians, I am writing this letter to you because I wanted to talk about the environment and the animals that get polluted. I chose this topic because I care about other animals that eat plastic and garbage that we throw in the ocean. If you look on the Internet you will see lots of animals that got sick because of the huge amount of plastic that is in the ocean.

Animals are a part of the world, they are living things, you need them in many ways. For example on the farm you need chickens because they give you eggs. Cows because they give you milk. Pigs because they give you

Until next time, Sincerely, yours truly, Molly Adriana, on the beauty of Canada

Dear Canadians, I am writing this letter to you to remind you what a great country Canada is.

The first thing is how Canada helps people around the world. Canada helped many countries during World War I and World War II. Canada also helps many countries around the world by sending food to other countries who do not have it.

The next thing is the environment.

Canada has done so much to protect the environment. It is one of the greenest countries in the world; it is full of beautiful rivers, mountains and plants.

The last thing is Canadians in general. Canadians come from all over the world. There are many people who have come from many different [countries] to live in Canada. Some come from China. Some come from Mexico. Some come from Italy. Some come from Germany. Everybody who lives in Canada is different and unique in there own way. I am very proud to be a Canadian.

Sincerely, Adriana

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GRAPEVINE

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

community connections ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF OTTAWA - Registration for the WALK FOR ALZHEIMER’S is now open! Please join us on Sat., May 7, 2016 at Tunney’s Pasture. When you Walk for Alzheimer’s, you are not just making a big difference for someone living with dementia, you are also remembering family members, friends or neighbours, making their memories matter. Info: http://alzheimerottawa. ca/get-involved/fundraise/walk-foralzheimers/ or 613-369-5627.

SIGHT SINGING CLASS, a repeat of the popular course, conducted by Desmond Hassell at St Giles Presbyterian, 729 Bank St., corner of First. It will be held 8 Tuesday evenings starting on January 5. Learn the skills necessary to look at a song, read it and immediately sing it. The course will be interactive, so please come prepared to sing. The course is free, but donations of cash or food for the Centretown Emergency Food Centre will be gratefully received. Register at office@stgilesottawa.org or 613-2352551.

CHRISTMAS AT LOG DRIVE CAFÉ – An open stage hosted by: Ranald Thurgood, Maura & Daphne Volante who will lead the singing of traditional carols and seasonal favourites. In addition, you are invited to sing a song, tell a story or do a recitation appropriate to the season. A booklet of lyrics will be provided. Tea, coffee, cold drinks and sweet treats will also be available. Fri., Dec. 11, 7:30 9 p.m., Abbotsford House (950 Bank St., across from Lansdowne). Admission: $10 at the door. (Doors open at 7 p.m.). For more details, go to: http:// logdrivecafe.wordpress.com or call 613-230-5730.

THE GLEBE CENTRE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AT ABBOTSFORD - WINTER 2016 PROGRAM GUIDE will be available as of December 11th. Pick up your copy at Abbotsford House, 950 Bank St. or go to www. glebecentre.ca (see Programs & services / Community Programs). For more info: email us at: abbotsford@glebecentre.ca or call 613-230-5730.

HERITAGE OTTAWA FREE PUBLIC LECTURE - MacDonald Gardens: A Study in Community Heritage, Wed., Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St. (corner of Laurier Avenue W). The

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Again, as in the past 35 years, the CHRISTMAS HAMPER PROJECT, hosted by Centretown United Church will be making Christmas brighter for 175 families who have been referred

by Centretown social agencies. To pack hampers and help wrap gifts on Dec. 22nd, call 613-809-2674. To deliver hampers or drive on Dec. 23rd, contact Linda at linda.pollock@sympatico.ca or please send a cheque to: Centretown United Church, Attn: Christmas Hamper Project, 507 Bank St., Ottawa, Ont., K2P 1Z5.

TOASTMASTERS – Need to make presentations at work or at social events? Have a fear of speaking in public? The Dawn Breaker Toastmasters Club can help you overcome these fears in a friendly, non-confrontational atmosphere. Meetings are at 7 to 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings located at 269 Laurier Ave. West.

Please contact Vicky at 613-834-1562 for more information.

park at the centre of Macdonald Gardens commemorates the graveyards of four congregations from 1845 to 1873. This lecture will reveal how landscape architect Frederick Todd designed the park as part of capital landscape planning in 1912, while 1970s urban renewal reshaped the larger community. Today this evolving neighbourhood in Lowertown East remains a uniquely diverse illustration of the city’s landscape, housing and institutional history. Speakers: Susan Ross, Architect and Professor, Carleton University, Victoria Ellis, MA, Heritage Conservation, Carleton University, Nancy Miller Chenier, Co-Chair, Lowertown Community Association Heritage Committee.

Info: www.heritageottawa.org or info@heritageottawa.org or 613-2308841.

OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ottawa South Community Centre (The Firehall), 260 Sunnyside Ave. Membership is $25 per year; $40 for a family and drop in fee $7 per meeting. – Jan. 11

meeting: The Virtual Garden. In the company of Cathi and Michel Fournier, enjoy a virtual guided tour of Longwood Gardens (www. longwoodgarden.org), a one-thousand-acre, world class garden, west of Philadelphia.

OTTAWA GATHER THE WOMEN CIRCLE FORMING. Would you like to be part of a group of women who bring intention to how we engage with each other, who listen with compassion and curiosity, who ask for what we need and offer what we can? Gather the Women is a global organization whose goal is to help women to support each other. The three practices we follow are to speak with intention, to listen with attention and to tend the well-being of the circle. All women are welcome! Our next gathering is Dec. 15, 6 – 8 p.m. in The Pantry Tearoom at the Glebe Community Centre. Info: michelle.landry@bell. net or Gather the Women at www. gatherthewomen.org or peerspirit. com/the-circle-way/circle-guidelines to find out more about how the circle process works.

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W EDNESDAY NOON CONCER T SERIES AT SOUTHMINSTER with artistic director Roland Graham. Elevate and refresh your spirit during these 45-minute mid-week presentations. Freewill offerings are gratefully accepted to support the series. Dec. 16: ‘Tis the Season, a medley of contemporary styles, including jazz, blues, rock and pop, create a groovy take on Christmas. The performers will be Elise Letourneau, piano/ vocals/flute and Tim Bedner, 7-string guitar.

available FRENCH TUTOR - Dedicated, experienced teacher (B.Ed., MA), native speaker of French, can help you/your children learn French or improve speaking, reading & writing skills in a fun way and at any proficiency level.

Homework help or customized learning plan. References available. Please e-mail slowfrench@yahoo.ca or text 613-581-7351.

fOUND BOOMERANG. To the boy who lost a boomerang this summer in a Glebe park, it has been found by the woman who promised to look for it. Please come and get it.

In addition to free home delivery, you can find copies of the Glebe Report at Abbas Grocery, Acorn Nursery, Adishesha Yoga, Arrow & Loon, Bank of Montreal, B.G.G.O., Bloomfields Flowers, Booster Juice, Brewer Arena, Brewer Pool, Bridgehead, Capital Barbershop, Douvris Martial Arts, Eddy’s Diner, Ernesto’s Barber Shop, Escape, Farm Team Cookhouse and Bar, Feleena’s, The Flag Shop, Flight Centre Travel, 107 Fourth Avenue Wine Bar, The French Baker, Glebe Apothecary, Glebe Community Centre, Glebe Meat Market, Glebe Pet Hospital, Glebe Smoke Shop, Glebe Tailoring, Glebe Trotters, Glebe Video, Goodies, Hillary Cleaners, Hogan’s Food Store, Il Negozio Nicastro, Irene’s Pub, Isabella Pizza, Jericho Café, Kardish Foods, Kettleman’s Bagel Co., Kunstadt Sports, Marble Slab, Mayfair Theatre, McKeen Metro Glebe, Mister Muffler, Morala’s Café, Naji’s Lebanese Restaurant, Olga’s Deli and Catering, Pints & Quarts, The Palisades, The Pantry, Pet Valu, ReadiSetGo, RBC/Royal Bank, Reflections, 7-Eleven, Scotiabank, Second Avenue Sweets, Subway, SushiGo, TD Bank, Third Avenue Spa, Von’s Bistro, Watson’s Pharmacy and Wellness Centre, Whole Foods, The Wild Oat, Yarn Forward & Sew-On, The Works.

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Support the Ottawa Children’s Choir with their 26th Annual Berry Sale, and be fruitful!

Wild blueberries, cranberries and raspberries delivered to your door within the Glebe.

The berries are tasty, individually quick-frozen, nutritious and packaged in plastic bags. Please support the Choir through this annual fundraiser.

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