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he popular Westboro Beach will be closed to the public this summer season.

On March 18, the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission (NCC) announced that the local beach will be modernised in a redevelopment project.

Valérie Dufour, senior manager of strategic communications at the NCC, told Kitchissippi Times that the final design of the beach will be voted on April 7 by the NCC Board of Directors.

“The Westboro Beach will be closed for the summer of 2022 as we launch this exciting renewal project and begin the construction of a new pavilion that will be a highly sustainable, zero-carbon building to serve the public year-round,” Dufour said.

The design plans include a new modern restaurant and community space, historic interpretation of the site, river lookouts, children’s play areas, outdoor showers and gender-neutral and fully accessible washrooms.

“We are so pleased to begin this important step to implement the NCC’s Ottawa River South Shore Riverfront Park,” Dufour said.

The Ottawa River South Shore Riverfront Park will be a continuous riverfront park that connects communities to the nine kilometres of riverfront lands between LeBreton Flats and Mud Lake Conservation Area.

“Westboro Beach is a key hub on the Ottawa side of the historic Ottawa River, and we will create a more vibrant, active space that will improve the quality of life of residents and the experience of visitors,” Dufour said.

The beach is the main attraction of the Westboro site, with a tall grassy hill next

Above: The pathway is closed off as of Wednesday, March 23. Top right and right: The NCC Board of Directors will vote on a new design for the project April 7. to it well-known for tobogganing in the winter. Both the beach and the hill will be left as they are in the upcoming design.

The current parking lot of Westboro Beach has 65 parking spaces. In the new design, this parking lot will be removed to make space for fun new park amenities, such as the lookouts, a picnic area and possibly some volleyball courts.

Over the years at Westboro Beach, there have been reports of collisions between cyclists and pedestrians on the multi-use pathway. The new design will improve foot traffic, separating cyclists from pedestrians and ensuring that they do not cross paths with vehicles.

Dan Chenier, project leader and general manager of recreation, cultural and facilities services for the City of Ottawa, said in a statement that they recognize the importance of beach access for residents. The statement explained that

the team did explore several possibilities to keep the beach open, but, ultimately, decided against it as it couldn’t be safely accommodated with ongoing construction.

“Due to the significant staging area required by the contractor and safety considerations, Westboro Beach will be closed for the 2022 season,” Chenier said.

The city’s main involvement in the project is managing beach operations

while the NCC leads the construction.

“Construction work will take place on and around the site, and various detours will be in place to help the public navigate through the area and help direct traffic as necessary,” Chenier said.

There is no set date on when construction begins, but certain areas at Westboro Beach are already gated off from the public.

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Dear readers, As this month’s cover shows, the April edition has a clear focus: Ukraine. We connected with individuals and organizations from across Kitchissippi for their perspectives on the global conflict and efforts being made locally to help Ukraine.

Halyna Beznaczuk, director of communications for the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall, spoke with us about the strong support the organization has seen over the last few weeks—with donations, volunteering and beyond.

Orange Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition called Free Ukraine, featuring 30 pieces by 20 artists. Gallery owner Ingrid Hollander tells us more about the event and her own experience as a military engineer.

Hintonburg artist Daniel Martelock painted Stand With Ukraine now on display in Parkdale Park (and on the cover).

Martelock collaborated with the Wellington West BIA to bring the idea to fruition, with the goal being to show visual support for the Ukrainian community.

And World of Maps has seen a high demand for Ukrainian products—flags, maps and more—and the business recently donated $2,500 to the Red Cross for Ukraine. Owners Brad Green and Petra Thoms share more on the story.

In other community news, Westboro Beach will be closed for the summer. The City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission (NCC) announced in March

that the local spot will be modernized in a redevelopment project. We hear from both organizations about next steps.

We caught up with Lisa Weagle, Westboro’s own Olympic curler. This winter, Weagle travelled to Beijing, China, for her second Olympic Games. She tells us about her journey, including her days at the Granite Curling Club growing up.

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Rick Prashaw chatted with us for this month’s Humans of Kitchissippi feature. Prashaw is a local author who’s had different roles throughout his life, including journalist, priest, husband and dad.

The Westboro Beach Community Association wrote a Letter to the Community on the Garden Sharing Network project they are running. With garden sharing, two people—a land owner and a gardener—agree to share a portion of the owner’s property in order to grow things, fruits, vegetables and more. The initiative hopes to connect people locally.

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estboro’s own Lisa Weagle is back from Beijing, China.

The 2022 Winter Games was the second Olympic run for the local 37-year-old curler. And while no medals were won, the experience was one to remember for a lifetime.

Weagle was a part of team Jennifer Jones, and they ultimately finished 5th in the Women's Round Robin event. She said just making it to the games is a major accomplishment itself.

“We played really well, we had a few losses, we were really close to the playoffs but didn’t make it,” the Westboro native said. “Unfortunately, that’s the way sport is sometimes. There are a lot of good teams at the Olympics and everyone is bringing their best game. There are only three medals to be won. I feel like we all did what we could to bring forward our best performance.”

Weagle competed at the PyeongChang Games in 2018, where “she led all leads in the round robin by shooting 86 per cent,” according to the Canadian Olympic Committee website.

Weagle felt disappointment after not winning an Olympic medal in 2018 under team Homan, which she served on from 2010 until 2020. But going into the 2022 Games with a new team, she wanted to savour every moment.

“It was interesting to get a redo at an Olympics experience,” Weagle said. “In 2018, we didn't win a medal and that was really disappointing, so going into this Olympics, my mindset was a little different.

Of course we wanted to win a medal, but for me it was also [about] really enjoying the experience and soaking it all in.”

Weagle was able to walk in both the opening and closing ceremonies, moments she will never forget.

Above: Lisa Weagle stands at the rings in Beijing, China, during her second Olympic Games. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA WEAGLE. Right: Lisa Weagle. PHOTO BY BRITTANY GAWLEY. “When I was a kid, when I used to watch the Olympics—even before I started curling—I loved watching the opening and closing ceremonies,” she stated. “I thought it would be the coolest thing to walk and represent your country. Now, to have done it twice, it’s just mind-blowing to me.”

The 2022 Winter Games were run differently than most years—like the Tokyo Summer Games—as they were held in the midst of a global health pandemic. But it was an opportunity to bring athletes from across the globe together to unite in sport, despite the distance created by COVID-19.

“Waiting to walk out with all this anticipation, I saw these giant Olympic Rings in front of me, and I started to tear up because I was thinking of the journey it took to get there and all the people that were a part of it,” Weagle recounted. “It was a really emotional experience for me,

which I wasn’t really expecting.”

A pandemic Olympics also meant friends and family weren’t allowed in the stands to cheer their loved ones on, and athletes could not leave the secure Olympic Village.

Weagle has visited three times prior, so not seeing the sites wasn’t a huge disappointment for her. She stayed in touch with friends and family over email and phone, and tried to post on social media more to stay connected.

Weagle’s mom, local author Brenda Chapman, said she was cheering her daughter on from here at home and was reeling with pride seeing her Olympic accomplishments unfold.

“Ted and I are extremely proud of Lisa and all that she has accomplished both on and off the ice," said Chapman. “Not only is Lisa a two-time Olympian and

world champion curler, but she also gives back to the community by mentoring young curlers and fundraising for various causes, especially the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. We've watched her grow into an amazing, compassionate woman who has worked hard and sacrificed a lot to achieve her dreams."

Weagle credits her sports career to her family: she was always involved in athletic activities with her sister Julia Weagle, who is a now retired professional curler.

“I always loved sports, and it was something that was always really important in my family,” Weagle said.

“My sister and I always needed to have a summer sport and a winter sport at a minimum. We played tee-ball and softball in the summers. My parents signed me up for the Little Rock program at the Granite Curling Club and I just really fell in love

with the sport. I loved the team work, learning new skills, the strategy, and just being out on the ice spending Saturday mornings there.”

It was a hobby that was never expected to transform into an Olympic career: Weagle said her younger self could never have imagined what the future held.

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“I think that there are lots of ways to get to the Olympics. I don’t know if necessarily being an athlete is going to be the way for me the next time,” she said. “We will see what the next four years have in store for me. I’m going to keep playing mixed doubles for sure and I really enjoy that. If I quit curling today I could look back and feel really satisfied with my career, but there's still more in me, I think.”

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here's been a steady stream of volunteers at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall, which has been helping with relief efforts for Ukraine for a month now.

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and there’s no end in sight. Thousands are dead, with thousands more injured, as a whole country faces attack.

As soon as war broke out, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress went into full operation mode to collect donations of all kinds to send over immediately.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall, located at 1000 Byron Ave., has become a command centre for locals looking to help in any way possible. On March 5, the hall began to collect items and, within hours, was filled to the rafters.

Halyna Beznaczuk, director of communications for the church, said they collected everything from medical supplies, protective gear, toys and personal hygiene items, among others.

The response was so strong, they had to stop collecting after a day.

“Everything had to be sorted into

categories, packed, and then shipped to Toronto, from where it was then shipped to Poland first,” she said. “From there, it went by vehicle to Ukraine. They shipped over 80,000 pounds in just a few days.”

While select items are still being collected, priority now is raising funds that can go to humanitarian efforts selected by the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.

The Orthodox Church recently decided to make and sell perogies—a Ukrainian food staple—with proceeds being donated to the cause. Over 650 dozen bags were made, with volunteers peeling 500 pounds of potatoes and 150 pounds of onions.

“Within a day and a half, we had orders for over 750 dozen, so we had to cut off sales,” said Beznaczuk. “We couldn’t keep up anymore.”

It’s a common fundraising tactic for the church, known for their delicious pierogi-making skills. The decades-old tradition has always been popular, but demand this time was unprecedented.

Bags sold for $12 each, and Beznaczuk expects they have raised at least $10,000 to date. But, because all focus is being geared towards fundraising, they haven’t

been able to come up with a proper tally.

The church has also organized Ukrainian Easter egg-making workshops, which sold out almost instantly. They are now also selling do-it-yourself kits on their website.

With Easter now just weeks away, an in-person Easter Market will be held in the hall on April 16, where perogies, cabbage rolls and other Ukrainian dishes will be sold.

Beznaczuk says the support from Ottawa residents has been overwhelming, with people from all walks of life wanting to help the people of Ukraine.

“There is a huge need to help,” she said. “When people see men, women, children in need—and such dire need—it pains them not to do anything; you think of how good we have it.”

Beznaczuk is a first-generation Canadian; her parents immigrated to this country from Ukraine after World War ll.

Growing up in Montreal, she was brought up in rich Ukrainian culture—going to choirs, youth groups, dances and Ukrainian language school.

The director of communication says while a trip to Ukraine hasn’t taken place

for a few decades, she still remains in regular contact with family members who remain there. They live in a region currently out of direct danger from the war, but they are still bearing witness to the tragedy around them. ‘’They are in part of the cities where displaced Ukrainians from the eastern part fled and then transited through to get into Poland and Hungary,” Beznaczuk

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Clockwise from previous page: A view of the stacks of supplies donated by the community. Some of the toys that were donated to the cause. The tradition of pierogi making has been used as a fundraising activity the last weeks.

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and bordering countries who fled who need help, but there are [also] Ukrainians arriving in Canada now,” said Beznaczuk.

“These people will continue to need help here with accommodations, jobs, and schooling. All that help will continue until they decide to go back to Ukraine or integrate into our community.”

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said. “Their cities were overrun with people; there was just no room. They were housed in university school gyms.

It’s unlike anything they have ever seen.”

Watching the scenes unfold from a world away in Ottawa, Beznaczuk said it’s easy to feel helpless.

“It’s difficult to hear them talk about it, but when I video chat with them, they are very brave-faced,” she said. “I started to cry, but they said ‘You have to be strong, we are going to get through this.’

Ukraine [has] a very religious culture and they believe in the power of prayer. They keep saying to just pray and God will protect us.”

The Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall plans to continue being a shining light in the darkness for as long as needed, both for the community abroad and locally.

“We feel it will go on for months because there are the people in Ukraine

COMMUNITY NEWS Orange Art Gallery to fundraise for Ukrainian refugees

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he local art gallery is hosting a three-week exhibition to show support for Ukraine.

From March 30—April 17, over 30 art pieces painted by 20 artists will be featured in the show Free Ukraine.

Ingrid Hollander, owner of the Orange Art Gallery, was a military engineer for three years.

“I watch the news every night, and what’s going on in Ukraine breaks my heart,” Hollander said. “I never went overseas during my time in the military, but I did help in some of the other disasters, like the big Manitoba flooding and the Ottawa ice storm of 1998.”

Hollander and the 20 painters coming together for Free Ukraine are all local artists who care deeply about the bigger cause. The idea behind the art show is to do something good, to support Ukraine and to encourage the rest of the world to help out too.

“Watching the images on TV now, and anything involving soldiers and what they’re going through, is really moving to me. I have a personal understanding of how terrible war is, and it’s heartbreaking,” Hollander said.

Throughout the three weeks, 20 per cent of all sales at the gallery will be donated to efforts to support Ukrainian refugees coming to Canada.

“Half of the 20 per cent is from the gallery, and the other half is from the artists themselves, so it’s a split effort,” Hollander said. “With that said, everything else in the gallery, upstairs and downstairs, even if it’s not a part

“The Power of Yellow and Blue” by Lorena Ziraldo. PHOTO COURTESY OF ORANGE ART GALLERY.

of the main show, will be doing the 20 per cent proceeds as well.”

The Free Ukraine exhibition will consist of works of relevance and significance—either by colour or by subject matter.

One of the main centrepieces is called The Power of Yellow and Blue by Lorena Ziraldo.

“Heart-wrenching photos of men and boys forced to war, at borders turning away from families, are what inspired me to complete this painting,” Ziraldo said. “Yet, they go with hope and pride.”

Another main centrepiece is the Rise of the Oligarch by Pamela CockcroftLasserre.

“If you look closely at the clouds in the painting, they suggest the chore de ballet, possibly the Bolshoi,” Cockcroft-Lasserre said. “The Oligarch in the flimsy lawn chair with his Sotheby’s shopping bag—indicative of his London connections—will ultimately fall. All his influence, wealth and possessions, like the chair, will be unable to save him from coming down to earth with a mighty thump.”

Hintonburg artist paints Stand With Ukraine for Parkdale Park

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D An opening reception took place on Thursday, March 31, from 6-10 p.m. to kick off the three-week event.

Hollander spoke to Kitchissippi Times in advance of the big premiere night.

“We’re going to play Ukrainian music, have a few special cocktails —everything’s going to be Ukrainian— and I’m going to encourage people to wear blue and yellow when attending the reception. We’ve set up blue and yellow lights around the front entrance, and we’re dressing up the gallery, inside and out, and doing what we can to show support for Ukraine.”

All profits from the bar on opening night are to be donated as well.

For more information about Orange Art Gallery and the Free Ukraine exhibition, please visit orangeartgallery.ca

aniel Martelock’s latest public artwork is easy to spot.

The painting adorning the side of the Parkdale Park fieldhouse is bright blue and yellow, with a recognizable flag.

“People in our community are from Ukraine and they are probably going through [a] difficult time right now with family there and what not,” Martelock said.

“I was trying to find a way to show support visually for them.”

“Nobody here wants war. Nobody here likes war. Nobody likes war anywhere,” he added. “And I know most Canadians are very against what’s going on there right now so I wanted to express myself in that way and just show them that the community does care.”

Following Russia’s invasion in late February, Martelock reached out to the Wellington West Business Improvement Area (BIA) with an idea for a public artwork.

The BIA agreed to the collaboration, providing the canvas, and, after a week of hard work, Martelock’s piece Stand With Ukraine was created.

At first, the Hintonburg artist was going to paint a simple flag but the BIA suggested that he add his own touch.

“They came up with the idea of doing it but maybe adding my own art to it,

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each other in order to survive.”

Martelock decided to take the bird army element from his other works and include it: the featured bird wears a helmet with the Ukraine emblem.

“Like a bird community, we’re here to help; we’re here to stick together; we’re here to somehow unify,” he said.

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something a little bit more than a Ukrainian flag,” he said.

“I paint ‘bird army’ a lot—it's a bird with an army helmet,” he added. “Basically, it represents the strength and agility of birds, how they stick together as a group.

Whenever you see smaller birds, they always hang out together in groups, and they help each other and they work with

is a sunflower. Martelock has been using flowers in his work recently so he decided to include one alongside the bird. The nature elements help signify strength and sustainability, he said, making a “perfect little combo” with the flag.

The sunflower and different birds are also meaningful symbols in Ukraine.

“I [needed] to make it simple and I [wanted] it to be more profound, more eyecatching— something that people look at and just get,” he said.

Martelock has collaborated with the BIA for several years on projects around the neighbourhood, like the mural wall in Parkdale Park.

As a full-time artist, he creates different works and curates shows and spaces, including the art at Beyond the Pale Brewing Company.

This spring, the local brewing company is bringing back its annual skateboard deck art show and auction “All Hands On Deck,”

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Top and inset: Over the last month, World of Maps has seen a high demand for Ukrainian flags, maps and other products. Above: Brad Green and Petra Thoms stand in front of a map of Europe at their business.

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ince the events began unfolding in Ukraine, Kitchissippi’s World of Maps has seen a demand for Ukrainian flags and maps.

“We’re accustomed to a sudden interest in both maps and flags when there’s a humanitarian crisis, a war, a famine, or an earthquake. That causes an uptick in sales and interest in the country that’s affected,” said Brad Green, one of the owners of World of Maps.

“At the very beginning, when this happened, we quickly ran out of flags and made up for that shortfall by printing the flag on a plastic material,” he added.

The plastic material the flags have been printed on is the same material the company uses for their maps.

In February and March, World of Maps printed 155 Ukrainian flags, which is the highest number of a single country’s flag they’ve ever sold, excluding Canada flags on Canada Day or flags for sporting events.

“The number of flags sold in the past two months has far exceeded the normal amount by 10 times as many,” said Green.

“They’re potent symbols of the country itself. Just having a Ukraine flag—that says something,” he added.

Green and his wife, Petra Thoms, the other owner of World of Maps, have also donated to the Red Cross, which was actually suggested to them by their customers.

“We immediately put a donation thing at the front cash, collected a pile of money, and a few days ago, we went online and contributed $2,500 to the Red Cross,” said Green.

Green and Thoms have also travelled around Europe and Asia, according to the World of Maps website. While they haven’t been to Ukraine, they have travelled across Russia.

“We travelled on the Trans-Siberian Railway. We started in Europe, started right in the Netherlands, at the North Sea, and we travelled right across Russia to China,” said Green.

“The end of the trip was arriving in Ottawa, and we decided to start our business,” he added.

Like many businesses, World of Maps was affected when COVID-19 hit in March 2020, but they weren’t affected for long. They laid off their employees for a brief period of time until they were able to hire them back when restrictions became less strict.

“Everyone was back to work and it was online orders and curbside pickup and shipping out,” said Green.

They did end up having to return most of their travel books for credit so they could buy other products.

“We were able to increase sales of other books—books that people could read at home, fiction and nonfiction, books about nature, and exploration, and all kinds of other topics,” said Green.

“We’ve become an independent bookstore with a strong travel component. The business name is World of Maps, but when you walk in the business, you see the bookshelves are filled with books and tables are filled with books and also puzzles,” he added.

World of Maps also heavily relied on their e-commerce website through COVID-19 so they could fulfill people’s orders too.

With COVID-19 restrictions lifting more now, World of Maps is emerging strong in the economy.

On March 24, Green noticed that the store earned more money in the sale of flags than they did on books and maps combined.

“We’ve emerged from COVID stronger than ever. We just hired a new girl, she’s a university student, so we’ve got more staff. Our sales for the month of March are just as strong as March 2018, and that’s very encouraging,” said Green.

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This conservatory by OakWood offers an indoor-outdoor connection for its homeowners. Read more from All Things Home about updating your outdoor spaces this season. PAGES 14-16

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Making the most of our outdoor living spaces As we begin to emerge outdoors again after a long winter, ongoing pandemic uncertainty is likely to continue to keep us close to home. That makes it the perfect opportunity to give more thought to our outdoor spaces, staycationing and making the most of our properties so we can get maximum enjoyment.

“Having outdoor spaces is important, and they don’t always need to be huge areas,” says Steve Ardington of Ardington + Associates Design. “If properly designed, sometimes all it takes is a small patio or screened room to feel like you have a refuge from the everyday chaos.”

He’s not the only one who’s seeing growing interest in our outdoor spaces since the pandemic began.

“People are looking at this space differently now and I think they really love the outdoors and the feeling of being surrounded and closer to nature,” says Cosimo Zacconi of Canterra Design + Build.

Besides, a sunroom or other enclosed indoor/outdoor space helps extend Ottawa’s short summer, says Kim Pijselman of Cedarstone Homes, who often adds a sunroom to the homes he builds. “A sunroom extends the usable season by a month in the spring and a month in the fall.”

And a screened-in area lets us enjoy the outdoors minus the bugs, notes Herb Lagois of Lagois Design-Build-Renovate.

“We encourage our clients to think about

not only their interior living but their exterior living as well.”

He also finds homeowners are optimizing their home as a cottage. “I’m a good example. We entertained (the idea of) getting a cottage (but) we love our home, love our outdoor space, and I’m too busy as it is. I can’t imagine taking care of another property.”

Whether you’re thinking of a sunroom, a lanai, an outdoor kitchen or even just a dedicated lounging area, you can expect to recoup at least half of the cost of updating an outdoor space. For instance, adding a deck will return about 65 per cent of the cost, according to the Cost vs. Value report prepared annually by Remodelling Magazine.

“Imagine a wonderful outdoor space that we can gravitate to and enjoy without just being trapped indoors,” says Lagois.

“For me to simply watch the birds in our backyard allows me to let go of all the stresses for a while.”

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Gardening By Design used a series of composite fence panels to allow for privacy and delineation of this corner lot. The fencing is complemented with ornamental grasses and thin cedars to make the space feel more open, but still intimate. “Textured and unique plant varieties were used to juxtapose the hard lines of the stone patio,” says Gardening By Design’s Engelina Schmitz. Photo by Merge 9

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Extending the roofline created a comfortable covered outdoor space for this home, linking together dining, lounging and cooking. Lagois Design-Build-Renovate also added skylights for a bright entertaining space.

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This four-season sunroom addition is a multipurpose space, offering a combined mudroom, dining room, sitting area and main-floor laundry.

Designer Natalie Cox of CPI Interiors opted for a comfortable, texture-filled and family friendly look for a warm, relaxed, cottage-y feel.

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If yard space is at a premium, consider going up.

This backyard oasis by Amsted Design-Build creates both a sunroom and deck at the top of the home, offering plenty of indoor-outdoor space without compromising the yard.

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Curb appeal is a huge factor in deciding to buy a home. Sellers often forget that showing a usable outdoor space is just as important as staging the inside.

2. Declutter and remove personal belongings.

Anything personal should be packed away before you show the house. When potential buyers view the home, they should picture themselves living there.

Box up all your books, knick-knacks and counter items. Anything used on a daily basis should go in a closet when not in use.

Removing some furniture also helps. A bright, airy space gives the impression that the house is open and welcoming for new homeowners to move in.

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Pay extra attention to lighting. The windows should let in as much light as possible, glass and light fixtures should be crystal clear.

Scrub the countertops and make sure mirrors sparkle, they make the space look larger.

Floors should be spotless no matter the material. Hard surfaces should be mopped at the end of every day and carpets should be steam-cleaned, with any stains spot-treated.

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4. Minor repairs.

Paint the walls and trim in high-traffic areas (front entrance, hallways, stairwells) to remove gashes and marks. Replace old or rusty fixtures such as lights, switch and outlet plates, doorknobs and other hardware.

Freshening up the caulk and grout in the bathroom is also a good idea.

In particular, look over the kitchen and bathrooms for other things you can clean or change out for new. These are the most desirable areas of the home and it is crucial that they show well.

Once your home has been prepared for sale, the most important job is finding the right real estate agent to represent you. At the Chell Team, we have knowledge of the market, a strong marketing plan, and years of experience qualifying buyers and negotiating offers.

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• Repair and repaint the front door, add a welcome mat where appropriate • Mow the lawn, trim the hedges and plant flowers • Touch up the exterior paint • Straighten the mailbox and address numbers • Make sure all lights having working bulbs, both inside and out

Now it’s time for a deep clean, and we mean a deep clean—this is a “scrub the walls and baseboards” kind of clean. You can do it yourself or hire a service, either way your home should look ready to move into.

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BUSINESS Hardy Mattress continues family legacy

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By Kassia Skorzewska Hardy Mattress Feather & Upholstery Inc. has called Westboro home for almost 30 years but the company was established back in 1905.

“They were making mattresses and sleeping bags for the army. In the 30s, they moved to Bank Street where they were making mattresses, pillows and duvets, as well as selling foam,” said Tony LePage, owner of Hardy Mattress.

“In 1993, I bought it and moved to 295 Richmond Road, just across the street, and there, we started making upholstery,” he added.“And then in 1999, we bought the building at 278 and that’s where we are now.”

Tony’s wife, Sylvie Malette, works at Hardy Mattress and has been the accountant since 1993.

Tony has been working at Hardy Mattress since 1977, back when his brother-in-law, Gaston LePage, was the owner.

“He needed employees, so I started working for him and I loved it. I’m a good worker; he really liked me, and I really liked to work with him,” said Tony.

Within about a month of moving to Richmond Road from Bank Street, Tony noticed business picking up.

“I really think when I moved from Thurston to here, business doubled every year and [we’ve had] more and more employees,” he said.

Currently, Hardy Mattress sells and makes mattresses, pillows, duvets and foam for cushions. They also sell almost every type of pillow.

“We make all of them: synthetic, down,

mixture, foam—all the products they have on the market. We also have latex pillows,” said Tony.

Everything made for sale in the store is made on site, and for mattresses it takes about one to two weeks to complete. The company also specializes in reupholstering furniture.

When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, a challenge the family business faced was getting fabric in.

“Money wise, it didn’t affect the business, because we were making a lot of mattresses for Ottawa housing for the women’s shelters, The Ottawa Mission and Shepherds of Good Hope,” said Tony.

“When COVID hit, they started ordering by the hundreds,” he added.

As owner, another challenge Tony faced during COVID-19 was having to let go of his staff, which left him as the only employee. Now that restrictions have been lifted, Tony has been able to bring his employees back.

“I like it because I don’t have to do everything by myself,” he said.

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On April 1, Tony will be stepping down as owner of Hardy Mattress, when his nephew, Denis, takes over.

“I just want to retire; I’ve done what I’ve had to do here. And if they need me for repairs or if he’s got a lot of mattresses to do, he can call me up and I’ll come and help. [Or] if he wants to go on holiday, I’ll come and serve the customers,” said Tony.

“I still love my job, but, for me, I think it’s time to take a break,” he added.

The owner is looking forward to travelling, relaxing and spending time with his wife as he looks ahead to the future.

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L.A. Sicoli Masonry offers that much more extra Luciano Sicoli respects, values and appreciates his customers. He takes the time to educate the customer about different materials, different options that are available to the customer and the process that will be used to complete the work. You meet the boss, the boss is the one that comes to discuss your issues and the boss will be the one that comes to do the work. We do not sub-contract out our work to anyone. Our reputation is too important. I have heard customers say that people have come, given them a price and just left them with their business card and many times have other people come to do the work.

Luciano’s teacher, Antonio Sicoli, his 82-year-old father, who still comes with him to different job sites, has provided him with a simple formula for longevity: be honest with your customers, make sure you provide them with an excellent job and make sure that your prices are fair and you will have many telephone calls, along with many satisfied customers.

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Others may not always do this part. An example of this is when bricks get installed on the front of a home, on a chimney or elsewhere, there may be mortar on the face of those bricks. We mix a special muriatic acid solution and wash the bricks upon completion of a job to clean them.

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what it is we’re all going to be doing and we listen carefully to the responses—we set the stage for the whole project,” says Catherine. “Then we have the contractor and the designer go in for a site meeting with the clients, and that’s when we would get all of the measurements, photos and ask more questions so that everyone’s on the same page and the client is feeling comfortable.”

CPI Interiors also makes use of digital tools like AutoCAD to present 3D mock ups of a client’s home and help them to visualize the size and proportions of various additions and furniture.

By taking control of the project, CPI Interiors ensures that their customers are always in the know and up to date on the progress at their home.

“That’s probably the biggest thing that most of our clients say, is that we take the stress off of them,” says Catherine. “They know exactly what’s going to be going into each job, as well as they know the timeline that everything is going to follow, and advise them of that up front, the timelines are really important to us.”

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entire process of a project,” says Catherine.

“We work through the whole process with them to establish all of the different things going into that project. They know the total costs upfront and they know exactly what we are doing so that there are no surprises.”

Most people can name a friend or family member who suffered through an out-ofcontrol renovation that included hidden costs and unreliable timelines. CPI Interiors uses a proactive method to begin the process with an in-home consultation and inspection process to first understand the real costs and challenges presented by the design.

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1. Set your priorities and know what is important to you.

3. Be sure to set a budget!

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5. Determine the type of drawers/cabinets and the styles you want.

7. Consider what kind of lighting will work best.

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9. Select a colour that pulls your finishes together.

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2. Determine what in your kitchen is being changed or updated.

INFILL DEVELOPMENT Intensification in Ottawa: Q&A with advocate Rosaline Hill Intensification in Ottawa has been a hot topic for several years and is integral to the Official Plan, which was updated last year.

The latest plan guides the city’s growth and development over the next 25 years, during which Ottawa is expected to grow by 400,000 people and 195,000 homes.

A key way the city expects to deal with this growth is through intensification of existing neighbourhoods, making them denser rather than simply expanding development in the suburbs.

Intensification has often been seen as a bad thing, disrupting mature neighbourhoods where small, quaint homes are razed and replaced with bulky buildings that do not stick to approved zoning heights.

But architect Rosaline Hill, who specializes in infill development, sees it as an opportunity. She has studied intensification for three years and hopes to see density in urban neighbourhoods happen in a smart way, so they become walkable communities where residents don’t need a car to access amenities necessary for a healthy, happy lifestyle.

Hill is the founder of Walkable Ottawa, an award-winning architect, original member of the Urban Infill Council at the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association, and a long-time urban advocate.

Interviewed after being named designer of the year at the 2021 Housing Design Awards, Hill shared her vision for urban neighbourhoods. (This is an edited excerpt).

Q: You’ve said good infill has to do with intensification. In what sense?

A: The way neighbourhoods evolve has a lot to do with their intensification and their infill.

If they’re able to intensify and evolve in a way that takes us from car-dependent lifestyles to neighbourhoods in which a walking lifestyle is a lovely possibility, that’s really big.

If a neighbourhood is on a trajectory towards that, it needs to receive a lot more intensification, enough to populate small shops that you can walk to. That kind of neighbourhood is very desirable. And those neighbourhoods fundamentally are wildly more ecologically responsible than the neighbourhoods we have now.

Q: How do you get past the NIMBY (not in my backyard) attitude?

A: I hope we get past it by showing we’re

Q: Does Ottawa have any good walkable neighbourhoods?

A: It’s pretty thin. Hintonburg in summer, spring and fall functions well as a walkable neighbourhood. They lack tree canopy, park space and they’re short on recreation

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moving to a better place, because I think the people who are feeling really NIMBY about their neighbourhood are feeling that way for very valid reasons; they see infill in their neighbourhood that doesn’t have any logic or purpose behind it. Their neighbourhood is worse than it was before and nobody seems to be driving the ship.

I would hope that if we get to the point where we can collectively plan a better way, we can overcome the NIMBY-ism. (If) infill is done differently, with a real focus on intensification and neighbourhood renewal and transition, then it would happen.

But we’re right now heading off wildly in the wrong direction. We’re taking down little houses and putting up a very big house, which for the family who lives in it is great, but we’re in a housing crisis. A similar building could contain often three or four dwelling units and that building could look the same (as a single home).

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space, but generally speaking you can walk to things, you can live without a car there quite happily, except in winter, when you find yourself walking down the middle of the road and having to climb into a snowbank when a car comes.

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many people who want a 3,000-square-foot house, but there’s an awful lot of people who are looking for a two-bedroom apartment and our housing market is constrained and not allowed to meet that demand.

Q: A lot of what we hear about intensification and densification comes across as really negative, yet you are in favour of it.

A: Yes, but not just intensification for the sake

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Q: Can you do that without having to take up more of a footprint? If you don’t go up, do you not have to go out?

A: It’s just allowing developers the thinkinside-the-box solution. If, on a certain piece of property, they’re permitted to build a 3,000-square-foot amount of space plus a basement, that’s 4,000 square feet. In 4,000 square feet you can fit a lot of smaller units.

If you look demographically at the size of our households, there actually aren’t that

of intensification. It’s not a question of how can we pack in new people. People don’t often appreciate that their neighbourhoods are generally much lower density than they used to be.

A neighbourhood built in the ’50s would have had an average household size of eight. Those buildings now have less than half that, so that neighbourhood is a third of the population it used to be. Tripling the population of that neighbourhood now is not intensification, that’s just getting us back where we were.

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Q: What is your vision of the evolution of the city?

A: Towards walkable neighbourhoods, for sure, because it’s the single most significant thing we can do to reduce our emissions.

It’s also a key to tackling our housing affordability problem, because lifestyles are so much more affordable in a walkable neighbourhood. Right now, we build the most expensive kind of urban places — single-family housing and apartment buildings.

The sweet spot for affordably housing ourselves is walkable neighbourhoods and small multi-unit buildings that are built out of wood frame, 3.5-storey max. So, let’s just do it.

When people get upset about change in their neighbourhood, often they’re getting upset about height increases. We can meet very significant intensification targets without increasing the height.

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Randall’s: Ottawa’s favourite home improvement and decorating store for over 70 years Since 1948, Randall’s has been Ottawa’s go-to spot for all things home décor. A family-run business, the store offers topshelf products, unparalleled customer service, and a tenured team with years of experience.

“We’ve been doing it for 74 years, and there’s a reason for that,” says owner Marc Pilon.

Randall’s is well recognized for its paint and stain expertise. It’s the only store in Ottawa offering custom colour-matching for paints and stains, ensuring a uniform look for all interior and exterior wood, metal and cement surfaces. According to Marc, “paint is one of the easiest, most impactful and cost effective ways to give your home a decorating lift.”

One of the store’s most popular services is its free window treatment consultations, where specialists come directly to a client’s home or office. Bringing

along fabric samples, the team will take measurements and offer advice on which custom-made products work best for the space. Customers can choose from a broad selection of name brand shades, blinds, shutters, sheers, side panels and drapes with options at every price point and motorized operating systems that can integrate with your smart home.

Once a client places an order, Randall’s manages the installation and guarantees the fit.

“We always make sure we have the best people and the best products,” Pilon says.

“You can’t have one without the other.”

As well, the store offers interior decorating consultations. No project is too big or too small, from choosing colours for a quick refresh, to decorating an entire home.

During these consultations, a Randall’s decorator will come to a client’s home or office, bringing colour swatches and samples. They work with clients to select

paint colours, wallpaper, lighting and even custom furniture. What’s more, when clients book an interior decorating consultation, they’ll get a significant discount off all paints and sundries.

Randall’s clients range from first-time home owners to people looking to update or downsize their home to commercial businesses. Often, these are repeatcustomers who came to Randall’s 15 or 20 years ago.

“They have raised their family, and now they’re coming back to Randall’s to update it or when they are downsizing,” Pilon says.

Located on Bank Street, Randall’s regularly welcomes clients from across Ottawa.

“We’re very lucky to have such customer loyalty from around the city,” Pilon says, with folks coming from as far as Nepean and Orléans.

It’s easy to see why customers return to Randall’s time and again: as well as a commitment to quality customer service, Randall’s offers exclusive products, including a line of luxury paints and stains, floor and tabletop epoxies, premiumquality custom-made window treatments, custom furniture, designer fabrics, quartz and granite countertops, kitchen/bath knobs and pulls and probably the widest wallpaper selection in town.

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I quickly realized that I had pre-judged or used “ageism”. I made the assumption it was time for apartment condo living. It’s not to say condo living is only for seniors; at any age, condo living offers a different lifestyle than a single home. If and when you decide to make that change, you will know it’s time and not because of your age.

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But where did this night soil end up?

Believe it or not, back in the mid-1800s, the solution was simple—it was simply deposited into the Ottawa River, Rideau River or the Rideau Canal! And in the wintertime? It was simply piled on the ice surface, until the ice broke in the spring.

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one who was the “hole man” who went into the space to scoop the waste into a bucket or pail; a “rope man” who hauled the bucket up; and then two “tub men” who carried the bucket to the wagon.

Homeowners would pay a fee to have their privy emptied, and collection would typically occur throughout the winter (it was likely easier to remove when frozen?).

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This wasn’t anyone’s dream job, but it paid well and was not overly demanding (if you could stand the sights and smells).

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Prior to the elaborate sewage systems that modern cities now have, there existed elaborate, largely archaic, contentious and definitely unhealthy systems for dealing with human waste. This was the era of the “night soil.”

Locally, this era wasn’t too long ago when you consider that in many parts of Kitchissippi, sewer systems have been in place only 70 years or less. Prior to sewers, most houses had outhouses in the backyard. For tenement houses or multiunit apartments, the outhouse was shared by many families. Once full, it required cleaning out or was simply covered with dirt and the outhouse moved.

Cleaning out was critical—just no one wanted to discuss it or see it. What was

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Continues from page 25 Water distribution arrived in Ottawa in 1874, powered by the hydraulic energy of the Chaudière Falls, and sewer systems came soon after. But it was a very slow and gradual process: it would take decades to get to some areas.

Ottawa would continuously struggle with methods of how to collect, transport and dispose of its night soil. In 1879, the city acquired an “odourless excavator” that worked between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., which made many uncomfortable seeing the carts travelling over city streets in the daytime. Purchase of an incinerator—as Montreal had built—was seriously explored in the late 1880s but deemed too costly.

The onus was on individual citizens to manage their night soil. Those who could afford it would hire night soil men.

Others would come up with their own methods of disposal. The city lacked the foresight to install a system to remove all waste, not just for those willing to pay for it. Thus, the city’s waste began appearing on farms, or on the roadside leading into the city.

Hintonburg and areas west in Kitchissippi were a long ways away from sewers, and, aside from the issues of disposal of waste of its own residents, Kitchissippi found itself as the primary dumping ground of Ottawa’s waste during its transition to sewers in the 1870s to 1890s.

The night soil men of Ottawa often came west to areas just outside of the city limits to discard the waste.

Mechanicsville was a favourite dumping spot.

In September 1871, it was reported that, in the swamp behind Judge Armstrong’s residence (still standing today at Armstrong and Garland), “the mortal remains of some old horses and half a dozen barrels of night soil or so, are fertilizing the locality, and making

the atmosphere all round smell anything but sweet.”

Throughout Kitchissippi ran a major creek system known as Cave Creek, which flowed in multiple branches to the Ottawa River from south of Carling Avenue. Those living alongside it built outhouses along or even overtop the creek, allowing waste to enter directly into it. Anyone living at the north end of the creek would have been subject to some terrible sights and smells. Later, when the typhoid epidemic hit Ottawa in 1911, Cave Creek was cited as one of the main reasons, referred to as “a sewer of the crudest and most dangerous type.”

Meanwhile, Gloucester and Nepean townships began to fight back against the dumping of the waste into the vacant fields of the townships.

In 1886, a deal was struck with the federal government to allow the Experimental Farm to be used for depositing. Trenches were constructed and the city’s waste that winter was transported to the Farm. However, by May 1887, the feds had changed their minds, and cancelled the deal.

Instead, the city looked back to…

Kitchissippi! Andrew Holland had just a month prior acquired the Hinton farm but had little interest in farming. He was more interested in the long-term real estate value of the land. So he had no problem making a deal with Ottawa’s Medical Health Officer to allow the city to use the south end of the farm as the new dumping ground.

And so it began in the summer 1887, at the appropriately-called “rear end” of Holland’s farm, that the city’s waste began to arrive. While teams were out collecting the night soil, one man worked the fields making trenches in order to deposit it. Once filled, the pits were covered over and “intelligently treated” to prevent odours. Today’s homeowners at the south end of lot 35

(the area between Harmer and Parkdale just north of Carling, around Ruskin and Kenilworth) who have particularly fertile gardens now perhaps know part of the reason why!

The new system was not without fault. Hintonburg residents complained that the carting of the waste was being done carelessly along Richmond Road through the village, and the wagons and barrels were not deodorized property (as was required). Residents also complained that the night soil was being “scattered broadcast over the fields” and draining to the adjoining Cave Creek, which ran throughout the community.

At one point, Holland himself was even charged with creating a nuisance for allowing the city waste to come to Hintonburg.

This process continued into 1889, at which time Nepean Township toughened up, passing a bylaw limiting the transportation and disposal of night soil and banning dumping on the Holland farm.

After Hintonburg became an independent village in 1893, politics were at play. After Nepean hesitated to allow Hintonburg to dump their night soil in the township fields, Hintonburg refused to allow Nepean to cart Mechanicsville’s waste through Hintonburg to get to Richmond Road. So, Nepean dumped Mechanicsville’s waste into the Ottawa River. It was a messy battle.

In 1898, farmers along Richmond Road west of Hintonburg had received approval from the Nepean Board of Health to obtain night soil from Mechanicsville and Hintonburg and spread it on their farms for fertilization purposes. However, homeowners in Hintonburg and Westboro complained of the odours and, more concerningly, the sudden appearance of diphtheria in the villages, which threatened an epidemic.

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1950s that most of Westboro and McKellar Park were finally connected.

For many years, Nepean dumped its night soil in a large permanent cesspool near Copeland Park, between Baseline and the Queensway. One of the last areas to receive plumbing in the west end was in the Bell Town neighbourhood, which still had outhouses (and septic tanks were forbidden) until the late 1960s.

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another closet had a sink and tub added.

Some older houses in our neighbourhood still have these interesting features.

The toilet and sewer technology introduced in the 1920s is still largely the system we use today, and we can appreciate it all the more when remembering back to the headaches of night soil and its disposal in the early days of Kitchissippi!

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Meanwhile, in Ottawa, the role of the collector began to diminish. There were still 1,600 homes not connected to sewers in 1913, but just 40 by 1928.

Older homes were updated to accommodate the new sewer and water services. Small closets were converted to bathrooms (hence where the name “water closets” is derived). Often, one small closet was converted to just a toilet room, and

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Following the opening of the Britannia streetcar line in 1900, cottage communities such as Champlain Park, Westboro and Woodroffe began to grow due to their proximity to the River.

Of course, all suffered from the same problems that plagued early Ottawa, with privys and cesspools being dumped in the river. Thorough testing of the raw River water in 1912 from Hintonburg to Woodroffe was shown to have “extreme contamination.”

Nepean continued to employ a night soil man into the early 1950s. Dougal Mackenzie, who lived on Royal Avenue, was Nepean’s “honey wagon” driver from 1910 until the early 1950s. He not only emptied privys, but also septic tanks and pails used in temporary indoor toilets.

The logistics and costs of getting the neighbourhoods connected to sewers was a massive one, and it was not until the

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We are heading into the new season, with the beginning of April change is all around – skis are being tucked away and bikes and scooters are tuned up. Soon the street sweepers will be out, and patio season will be in full swing.

Businesses in Westboro Village are preparing for the new season with optimism and new challenges.

Many of the businesses are looking to add team members, while others are getting ready to open their doors for the first time. A number of new businesses have opened in the recent months, and there will be more to come in the months ahead.

Whether you are looking for a delicious pastry, a new item for home, or a fresh new look for spring, we are looking forward to seeing you in the Village.

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Parent Skills Group is a 6 week group for parents of youth 10-20 years of age.

Parents will learn concrete strategies to support their young people with their emotions and stressors, while strengthening connection with them.

Parents learn how to be their youth’s support person.

Youth Skills Group is an 8 week group for youth 12-18 years of age.

Youth learn specific, DBT informed strategies to help youth manage stress and complex emotions. Youth learn how to decrease anxiety and build self confidence in themselves and within relationships.

Young Adult Group is an 8 week group for young adults over 18 years of age. Participants learn DBT informed strategies to help them feel less overwhelmed, stressed and anxious in their daily lives, while building self confidence to manage and motivation.

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Spring Bands line-up Popular Friday night dances return on April 15 with Doug & Pam Champagne followed by Snap, Crackle, Pop on April 29.

The following month it’s Albert & the Collection (May 13) and The Rick King Band (May 27). We’re open to the public, so our friends and neighbours are welcome to join us for live music every second Friday from 7-11 p.m. The cost: members $2 – non-members $5.

LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY Michael Laughton gardening with the Garden Sharing Network - Westboro.

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ith increasing intensification and our community becoming a mix of apartments, condos, high-rises and older single-family homes with yards, the environment is right for people without land to pair up with people with land to build vibrant, sustainable and green communities.

Such is the essence of garden sharing: two people—an owner of the land and a gardener (who doesn’t own land)—agree to share a portion of the owner’s property. The garden partners can tailor their agreement to fit their mutual needs. Anything can be grown in these gardens, but, often, vegetables and fruits are planted.

Now is the key time to establish a garden sharing partnership and plan a garden, so that when the snow melts, everything is in place and the seeds can go in the ground.

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Someone may engage in garden sharing because they: • Have no land and want access to land; • Have land and desire but no time/no energy/no skill; • Desire hyper-local fresh produce; • Enjoy the therapeutic act of gardening and appreciate all things that grow; • Wish to strengthen our pollinator habitat; and, • Desire community.

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BIZ ROUNDUP Hello and welcome back to the Biz Roundup!

Here are the latest business headlines:

New in town

Holly's Hot Chicken now calls Hintonburg home! The fried chicken sandwich shop at 45 Armstrong St. also sells donuts and fritters, according to the company’s Facebook page. Stop by hollyshotchicken.ca to check out the menu.

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Hintonburg Kids —”Ottawa's original natural parenting shop” —has also moved down the street. “After almost 15 years at this location, today marks our last day of business at 1131 Wellington Street West.

While the business may look very different

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In cycling news, Repair and Run will be opening soon at 369 Richmond Rd. “Repair And Run Westboro is the place to go to get your bike repaired in Ottawa. We offer instore repairs for Bikes, E-Bikes, Cargo Bikes

and E-Scooters,” according to the company’s website. Visit repairandrun.ca/pages/stores for more information.

Wake up and smell the COBS Bread: The international company is opening a local bakery spot on 416 Richmond Rd. soon. So what are you waiting for? Visit cobsbread. com/local-bakery/westboro-ottawa to learn more about the location and products.

Kana Leaf Westboro is set to open at 418 Richmond Rd. soon. “Welcome to Kana Leaf Cannabis, a family owned and operated dispensary from Nipissing First Nations.

Established on February 29, 2020 and was the very first legal dispensary operating on aboriginal territory in Ontario,” the company’s website states. Want to learn more? Stop by the Kana Leaf website at kanaleaf.ca/pages/kana-leaf-store-locations And there’s more cannabis retailer news!

Tokyo Smoke is opening at 297 Richmond Rd. This is the business’ second storefront in Kitchissippi, with the other located at 1000 Wellington St. W. Unit #101.

Visit tokyosmoke.com to see the latest on both locations.

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Hey plant parents, Wild Willy’s is now down the street. The local flower and plant shop has moved into a new space at 1112 Somerset St. W. Visit wildwillysplantsandflowers.ca to learn more for all your growing and greenery needs!

Hintonburg Kids has moved! You can now find the local shop at 1097 Wellington St. W.

than the one I started 20 years ago, it has been fun to watch it evolve,” the company wrote on Facebook Feb. 26. The local shop has re-opened its doors at 1097 Wellington St. W. Visit hintonburgkids.com to learn more!

Farewell to Legend Records! The independent record store has closed its Westboro Village location and will reopen in Nepean later this spring. “We’re moving to the corner of Merivale/Baseline into 1440 Merivale Rd. This spot and [its] size is exactly what we feel we need to present our selection as best as possible. One huge open room. We’re so excited for this change, but also sad to be leaving Westboro and the friends we’ve made down there,” the company wrote on Facebook March 2. Visit legendrecords.ca for more information.

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pring has truly sprung in Kitchissippi, and it’s wonderful to see everyone out enjoying the mild temperatures! Read on for more information about what’s happening in your ward and city this month.

On March 21, many of the masking mandates in the province expired, making masks no longer mandatory in several indoor settings. At the City level, masks are no longer required in City-owned recreation facilities, theatres, event and meeting spaces, public libraries, art galleries, and customer services centres. In OPL branches, staff have announced that they will continue to wear masks and practice

physical distancing until further notice.

I’m not sure right now what the plan is for staff in City settings, but I will note that the announcement states that masking requirements have been dropped for the public. As always, you can get the latest information on Ottawa’s COVID-19 cases, vaccination rates, and more on the Ottawa Public Health website.

By now, I’m sure everyone has read that the NCC will be closing Westboro Beach for this season while they renovate the facilities there. Obviously, this is a blow to residents who were counting on getting outside and enjoying the beach this summer, and I’m very sorry about the disruption. Once the renovations are done, the new pavilion at Westboro Beach will be a first-class facility,

and I’m excited to see it finished.

Engagement Series 2 for the Solid Waste Master Plan is still ongoing. The engagement team is hosting several public meetings and discussion groups throughout April and early May; all residents are welcome to register to join these sessions and share their feedback on the solid waste plan options. If any of these sessions interest you, please register to participate or subscribe for email updates by visiting engage.ottawa.ca/ solid-waste-master-plan.

With April comes the return of the City's concentrated street sweeping operation.

Concentrated street sweeping requires

street parking to be banned for a period to allow the street to be thoroughly swept in one pass. Concentrated street sweeping doesn’t happen everywhere; a few years ago, the City crafted a new contract with vendors that enabled concentrated street sweeping to be expanded beyond just the downtown core for a better price.

Several areas in the eastern end of our ward have benefitted from that expansion. I understand a lot of folks want to see this operation extended even further, but that would depend on council agreeing to higher funding and contract re-negotiation. In the meantime, if you find your street hasn’t been properly cleaned, give 311 a call to let them know and they’ll send a team over as soon as they can.

If you want to stay up to date on my pop-up office hour schedule, please email me at jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca and my team will sign you up for my weekly email newsletter. I look forward to chatting with you, Kitchissippi!

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arlier this week, I helped a Peterborough family defy a trespass order.

Diane Tamblyn had been issued a notice of trespass from St. Joseph’s at Fleming long-term care home. The home alleged Diane had “harassed staff,” and would be limited in how and when she accessed the home where John (her father) lives.

Prior to this week, Diane had made several reasonable complaints about her father’s living conditions. She saw staff working unmasked in her dad’s room, and she had video recordings of staff stepping

over her father after he fell in his room, making no effort to help him up. Diane began noticing John had many bruises and was frequently refused baths.

When she raised her concerns with St. Joseph’s management, no serious action was taken. Diane also attended the Family Council at St. Joseph’s, but she was refused an opportunity to speak. The trespass order forbade Diane from attending any future Family Council meetings.

I met Diane through advocates we had worked with to unanimously pass Voula’s Law in March 2021 at the Ontario legislature, which stated that trespass orders should not be used when family members make reasonable complaints

about the living conditions of loved said “the Family Council meeting had ones. At Diane’s request, Maria been canceled.”

Sardelis—the Ottawa resident The families were irate. whose story inspired Voula’s “You were given 30 Law—and I accompanied days’ notice to attend this her to the Family Council meeting,” they said, “and meeting this week in now you back out at the last defiance of the trespass minute?” office is here for y order.

Bemused,Our the management We entered the home and representative turned on her heel Monthly Town Halls signed in with COVID-19 protocols, and and left. Discussion continued, and I Canvasses were taken by staff to the Family Council heard disturbing stories of harassment, Community Organizin meeting room. After some discussion, a assault and disrespect in this home.

Help Accessing Gover management representative appeared and Advocating for a loved one is not a asked “if we needed anything.” crime. Folks worked hard to establish Family caregivers responded by saying Voula’s Law in Ontario and we are not 109 Catherine St. / rue Catherine “we need you and staff representatives going backwards. We Ottawa, will holdON thisK2P 0P4 MPPin / Député provincial, Ottawaground.

Centre this meeting!”

The management representative That is what Diane Tamblyn did this refused, claiming she was meeting with week, and that is what we must do in the “Health Ministry officials” upstairs. She weeks, months and years ahead.

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international reserve assets to finance its invasion of Ukraine. We are also banning Russian crude oil imports into Canada and Canadian airspace is now closed to all Russian aircraft operators.

In addition to the previous three shipments of military equipment, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada is sending additional military equipment to Ukraine in response to Russia’s invasion.

Canada stands ready to send another $50 million in specialized equipment, including Canadian-made cameras for surveillance drones, to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion.

Our government has taken tough and immediate action to support Ukraine from the beginning. Through economic and political sanctions, investments in humanitarian and development aid in Ukraine, our government stands united with our allies and partners to end this aggression. Our Ottawa Centre community will be there to support the Ukrainian community. My office remains available to assist with any individual cases related to the situation in Ukraine and can provide further information on the new measures if needed.

Additionally, following the unlawful demonstrations that took place in downtown Ottawa, Greg Fergus, MP for Hull-Aylmer and I wrote a joint letter to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to request a review of the Parliamentary Precinct, with a view to expand it. This will protect the safety of our downtown residents and businesses, bring peace to our communities and ensure that MPs and their staff members can continue their work free from harassment and intimidation. These preventive measures will ensure that the unlawful occupation of downtown never happens again.

Also, I am pleased to be appointed to be a member of the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency. As a member, I will ensure that this is a procedurally fair process and that the perspectives of our community are heard.

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ver the last few weeks, we have seen the situation deteriorate in Ukraine.

Nonetheless, Canada’s support for Ukraine, for democracy and for human rights remains unwavering. Our government proudly stands with our allies and partners to support Ukraine.

Already, the federal government has committed more than $150 million in humanitarian and development aid to Ukraine, including support for emergency health services, water, food and shelter.

We also committed to match up to $30 million in individual Canadians' donations to the Canadian Red Cross for its Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

To help Ukrainians get to safety, we are also creating two new immigration streams for those fleeing the war who want to come to Canada temporarily or permanently. There will be no limit to how many Canada is willing to accept.

We are urgently issuing travel documents to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are currently in Ukraine, and their immediate family members.

We are also prioritizing immigration applications for Ukrainians who want to come to Canada.

To deter Russia and help cease the illegal invasion of Ukraine, we have imposed economic sanctions on hundreds of Russian and Belarussian individuals and entities involved in this unjustifiable aggression, including Vladimir Putin, his inner circle, Russian oligarchs and critical Russian industries. Our government is also committed to the removal of Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, paralyzing Russia's ability to use its

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Maggie Vandenberg is one of the founders of the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) club.

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How the Women in STEM Club promotes inclusivity in science

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aggie Vandenberg is a Grade 12 student at Nepean High School (NHS) and a founding member of the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) club. She is passionate about math and sciences and plans to earn a degree in biomedical engineering after high school.

Maggie was inspired to pursue STEM in university by her older sister, who is currently studying to become an engineer. Maggieʼs sister gave her amazing advice and shared her own experiences as a woman in a maledominated engineering program.

When asked why she started the WiSTEM club, Maggie said, “I noticed that there was an opportunity to encourage other women peers to feel supported in pursuing STEM post-secondary studies. My classmate Karina

Gruson and I decided to create the Women in STEM club at NHS to empower individuals of all demographics to pursue STEM-related education and career opportunities.”

From Marie Curieʼs pivotal research in radioactivity; to Rosalind Franklinʼs work in discovering DNA; to Grace Hopperʼs contributions to computer science, history is full of women who have made, and continue to make, enormous contributions to the STEM fields. Despite that, women are still considerably underrepresented and underpaid in STEM jobs.

According to data from the UN Scientific Education and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), fewer than 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are women, and only 30 per cent of female students select STEMrelated fields in higher education. Only 39 per cent of STEM university graduates in Canada are women, and women with STEM degrees are more likely to be unemployed and have salaries below the median in comparison to their male counterparts with STEM degrees.

Although there has been significant progress in addressing this issue, thereʼs still a lot of work to be done in bridging the gender gap within STEM fields. Maggie and her peers believe the WiSTEM club can empower women in Nepeanʼs community and help bridge that gap.

One way they accomplish this is by showcasing female scientific role models whose contributions fundamentally changed their respective fields.

“Our weekly meetings include profiling historical and present day female leaders in STEM. Karina and I—along with our teacher supervisor Ms. Gerards—have lots of fun researching the lives of female scientists and

sharing their accomplishments with others,” says Maggie.

“Some teachers go out of their way to include discussions about female scientists in their classroom, which is a great way to help improve the gender gap in STEM. One thing I have noticed is that there has been a deliberate effort to highlight historical female scientists. For example, there are posters throughout the science department at NHS of scientists like Rosalind Franklin, highlighting their contributions to STEM. These posters were not there when I was in Grade 9,” she adds.

But thereʼs room for improvement—at both the school board and provincial level.

“Our curriculum and textbooks feature many innovative scientists who have made revolutionary discoveries—however, not many of them are women,” Maggie notes.

In an exciting world of emerging technologies, Maggie hopes the club will boost STEM participation for the next generation of Canadian women.

“I hope that the club continues to inspire students to pursue a career in STEM and continue to explore and showcase the accomplishments of historical and present day women in STEM. I also hope the club maintains inclusivity and reinforces the notion that everyone can choose a career in STEM.” Maggie is one of many changemakers in our community who are working towards a more inclusive and equitable future for all Canadians. Nepeanʼs Women in STEM club is just one step in that direction, but it has already had a marvelous impact on our school, and will no doubt only continue to grow and flourish.

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MONDAYS – ABOVE AND BEYOND TOASTMASTERS Every Monday at 6:45 p.m. (except holidays) Have the jitters each time you need to present a speech? Visit us online. Learn how to communicate better in a relaxed atmosphere and hone your leadership skills. Impromptu speaking is one of our highlights. It’s fun, fun, fun! We would love to have you join us on Mondays. Contact our club at aandbtoastmasters@gmail.com to receive the link.

APRIL 20-MAY 8: ORANGE ART GALLERY EXHIBITION - JOEJENE C. SANTOS - NEW WORKS The exhibition runs April 20-May 8 at the gallery—290 City Centre Ave. Visit orangeartgallery.ca to learn more!

TUESDAYS – BYTOWN VOICES COMMUNITY CHOIR Although the choir is not able to prepare for public performances, we will be meeting online each Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. We will be learning some new music and maintaining our vocal cords in a relaxed environment, with plenty of musical and technological help. We will all be experiencing this new way of meeting and singing together and are happy to welcome new members, men and women, to join us. For more information, see our website at bytownvoices.com

APRIL 30: HINTONBURG FABRIC FLEA MARKET The annual Hintonburg Fabric Flea Market event is back at the Hintonburg Community Centre (1064 Wellington Street West.) The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 30.

Admission is $3 at the door. Over 75 vendors

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APRIL 7-30: WALL SPACE GALLERY EXHIBITION – NEW PERSPECTIVES “Join us this April as Wall Space Gallery hosts an exhibition of new works by seven of our artists. This display will bring together the diverse mediums and thematics of artists Ian Busher, Elizabeth D’Agostino, Brian Harvey, Vanessa McKernan, Brandon McVittie, Patti Normand and Manny Trinh. Working in printmaking, sculpture, and painting, each artist approaches their respective medium

APRIL 16: SPRING EGG HUNT The McKellar Park Community Association is having a Spring Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16, beginning for the kids at 10:30 a.m. The kids and parents will meet at the McKellar Park Field House, 539 Wavell Ave. This hunt will go ahead whether there is rain, snow or mud.

Parents provide 10 peanut- and nut-free eggs per child, which they hide in the park at 9:45 a.m. Coffee and cookies afterwards. For more information, please go to mckellarpark.ca

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APRIL 2: SPRING INTO EASTER CRAFT SHOW With 50 local vendors to support and shop from, with everything from beeswax candles, handmade chocolates, to wood works, and knitted goods, jewelry and soaps. Essential oils, bath bombs, pet supplies, and herbal remedies, macrame and native crafts. Baked goods, preserves, clothing, greeting cards, gemstones, stained glass, Easter gifts and so much more! There will also be live music on the stage at 12 p.m., and a Snack Attack Shack serving up some yummy delights, such as poutine, burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs and veggie dogs, gourmet grilled cheese, baked goods and refreshments! Event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Parkdale United Church, 429 Parkdale Ave. Free admission!

will be on site—find the best prices on fabric, machines, buttons, thread, cotton, knits and all things sewing related! Bargains galore! Visit Hintonburg Fabric Flea Market on Facebook to learn more.

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MARCH 30-APRIL 17: ORANGE ART GALLERY EXHIBITION - FREE UKRAINE “In light of the tragic events happening in Ukraine and to show our support, Orange Art Gallery is honoured to host a special group exhibition "Free Ukraine" Mar 30 - Apr 17, 2022… ‘Free Ukraine’ is a collection of art produced by our fine Orange Art Gallery artists and were selected on their relevance to the current situation in Ukraine,” the Orange Art Gallery website states.

The exhibition runs March 30-April 17 at the gallery—290 City Centre Ave. Visit orangeartgallery.ca to learn more, and check out the story on the exhibition in this edition of Kitchissippi Times.

APRIL 2: YOUNG STRING PERFORMERS' FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON This concert will take your breath away!

Featuring promising and talented string musicians 18 years and under. Concert suitable for all. Concert will be held at the First Unitarian Church at 30 Cleary Ave. at 7:30 p.m. on April 2. Tickets available on Eventbrite or at the door. For more info, please visit yspf.ca

with a unique voice,” the Wall Space Gallery website states.

The exhibition runs from April 7-30 at the gallery—358 Richmond Rd. Visit wallspacegallery.ca to learn more.

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MARCH 22-APRIL 3: GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY – HEARTLINES “‘Heartlines’ traces the interaction of love, art, and war as it reimagines the lives of French surrealist and avant-garde artists Lucy Schwob (a.k.a. Claude Cahune) and Suzanne Malherbe (a.k.a. Marcel Moore), who were secretly Jewish, lesbian life partners, active in the French Resistance during the Second World War,” the Great Canadian Theatre Company website states.

Heartlines by Sarah Waisvisz is scheduled to take place between March 22-April 3 at the Great Canadian Theatre Company—1233 Wellington St. W. To learn more, visit gctc.ca/ shows/heartlines

APRIL 1-MAY 7: MOTHER'S DAY SWEETS & SCONES SALE The women at Woodroffe United Church (207 Woodroffe Ave. N.) will be putting together boxes of goodies for Mother's Day on May 8.

Boxes are $15 each. Pre-orders only, which can be made online as of April 1. Please visit the website woodroffeunited.org for details.

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