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Local business helps seniors with retirement living journey By Maureen McEwan If you’ve ever started a retirement living search, you know how daunting it can be. There’s a lot of information to process, new terminology to learn, all while you manage many emotions about a potential move. For years, a local company has been helping seniors and their families navigate it all — the good and the bad

— along their retirement living journey. Tea & Toast was created by Amy Friesen, founder and CEO, in May 2014 after she had worked in the industry for nearly a decade. “I really just saw a need to have somebody help advocate, have somebody help navigate and guide people and families through the transition,” said Friesen. “It’s always been my opinion that retirement living

search and navigation doesn’t need to be as hard as it is — it tends to be quite hard for families but shouldn’t have to be.” “What we can do is bring some clarity to it,” she added. Friesen started up the business on her own but there’s now three consultants and an administrative staff member who work with her. The team works with over 150 clients per year — some for weeks or months — to find the right space or level of care. “Our most popular service provides you with a thorough search of senior housing in Ottawa. A trustworthy and caring Tea and Toast advisor will get to know your needs, wants, budget, and location preferences, and present

you with three options, schedule tours (in person or virtually) with those residences, and accompany you on each in-person tour,” the company website states. Friesen said individuals tend to stay in their homes for as long as possible. When they move to retirement living, it can be for the socialization aspect (which they encourage), or for access to care. The industry levels of care exist in the same “ecosphere” but they operate very differently from home to home, company to company, Friesen said, adding that it isn’t like booking a hotel where the rooms and prices are standardized. Continues on page 23

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Meet Don Butler “I always had an ambition from a young age to become a fiction writer. In fact, when I went to journalism school, I did that many years ago because I thought, ‘That’s the thing I can do to improve my writing and further my ambition to write fiction.’ I spent pretty much my entire working career at the Ottawa Citizen. I got hired right out of journalism school and I worked there for over 40 years. I was a reporter; I wrote editorials; at one point I was the executive editor of the paper; and in the last decade or so I was there, I did a lot of feature writing. I wrote my novel 'A Life of Bliss' when I was still at the Ottawa Citizen, but I did not really pursue it. When I retired in 2016, that’s where I put my attention and it’s been the major thing I’ve been working on in the last few years. I was born in Montreal, and then my family moved to the Toronto area until I was in my mid-teens. When I was about 14 or so, my parents moved to Ottawa and I went to high school and university here. Basically, for the rest of my life I’ve lived here, other than a brief period when I was at a fellowship in Toronto, and another time when I was stationed in Toronto by the Ottawa Citizen to cover provincial politics for two or three years. I have lived in the Kitchissippi community for about 40 years, and, for the past 25 or so years, I’ve owned a house in the Byron and Island Park area. [It’s] a great community to stimulate your mental juices if you are a writer. It’s got art galleries; restaurants where you can sit and chat with someone over a fine meal; and it’s got some great places to walk. We get out daily to have a walk; often we go and walk along the river or other parts of the community, and I find that’s a really great activity just to start

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I hope that all is well in your worlds. I’ll begin in an obvious place: the cover story. Earlier this summer, Ottawa city council voted in favour of renaming the former Prince of Wales Bridge to Chief William Commanda Bridge. Commanda served as chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation from 1951 to 1970, and was a well-known Algonquin elder for many years. The bridge, an interprovincial crossing, will see a $22.5 million revitalization as well. But enough from me: Check out Charlie Senack’s coverage of the story. A general note: I can almost guarantee more Kitchissippi Times stories like this one as we continue to reckon with our histories and as our city’s reconciliation efforts unfold. So stay tuned. Here’s what else is happening in the August edition: Capital Pride is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the We Demand Rally that took place at parliament on Aug. 28, 1971. The theme of Capital Pride 2021 is “We Still Demand.” Bradley Turcotte spoke with Executive Director Osmel B. Guerra Maynes and Chairperson Geneviève Colverson about this year’s Pride events and the work that still needs to be done in the community. The Westboro Beach Community Association (WBCA) is concerned that the maples planted for Canada 150 are dying. Charlie Senack caught up with the WBCA and the City of Ottawa to learn more about the trees.

At the start of July, the Feline Café Foundation made a financial call for help on social media, and community generosity prevailed. The local rescue was able to stay afloat and continue to help cats and kittens. Read Matt Horwood’s interview with Katherine Clements from the Feline Café Foundation to learn more. Alvin Tsang spoke with Heather Lacey, executive director of ABLE2, about the upcoming fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) Awareness Walk and fundraising the organization did during the pandemic. Don Butler spoke with Charlie Senack for this month’s Humans of Kitchissippi feature. The longtime journalist tells us about his fiction novel and what he enjoys about Kitchissippi. This spring, Laundry Land announced it would be closing its doors permanently in Westboro. In Early Days, Dave Allston looks at the 121-year history of the Churchill Avenue building and its time as a church, gem store, laundromat and more. At the end of June, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna announced that she would not be running again in Ottawa Centre in the next election. I encourage you to read this month’s Federal Update to learn more about the MP’s decision. Finally, the Retirement Living section is back! Read the latest news from the Churchill Seniors Centre and a feature story on local business Tea & Toast. And that’s all the news that’s fit to print.

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The funding announcement for the bridge on July 26. From left to right: Tobi Nussbaum, chief executive officer, National Capital Commission; Greg Fergus, Member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer; Catherine McKenna, Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre; Jim Watson, Ottawa mayor; Jeff Leiper, Kitchissippi Ward councillor; Grand Chief John Boudrias, Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation; Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, Gatineau mayor; and Chief Dylan Whiteduck, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA.

Chief William Commanda Bridge: Interprovincial crossing renamed for Indigenous leader BY CHARLIE SENACK

fter decades of sitting vacant and unused, the former Prince of Wales Bridge has a new name and vision. On July 7, Ottawa city council voted nearly unanimously in support of renaming the interprovincial crossing to Chief William Commanda Bridge, and to invest $14 million into fixing the 141-year-old bridge. The

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In an interview, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who long campaigned on bringing forward a plan for the bridge, said he was pleased to receive almost all of council's support on the decision. “This is going to be a great connection

between Ottawa and Gatineau for people who want the experience and enjoyment of our many multi-use pathways,” he said. “It was a strong vote of support to honour an Algonquin leader.” Watson said renaming the bridge after an Indigenous individual is part of the city’s ongoing reconciliation efforts. William Commanda served as chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation from 1951 to 1970, and was a well-known Algonquin

elder in the Ottawa region for many years. His granddaughter Claudette Commanda, who is an elder in the Algonquin First Nations community, told Kitchissippi Times she was pleased to see the city do the right thing and hopes this type of action continues. “It is [reconciliation] because it is giving recognition to an Algonquin person, because the bridge is on Algonquin land,” Commanda said. “It is a kind gesture and the right action to do. Prince of Wales what attachment does he have to us as Algonquin people? This is our land. Start naming streets, businesses and bridges after the first peoples of the land.” Commanda also noted it’s a sign of respect. “It’s respect and recognition for my grandfather and he’s deserved all the titles, awards and recognition he has received because of who he was,” she added. Commanda also said it was fitting that

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Under the new plan for the bridge, pedestrians and cyclists will be able to cross from Ottawa to Gatineau by foot or on bike in the summer, and by cross-country skis and snowshoes in the winter. It will also act as an extension to the Sir John A. Macdonald Winter Trail (which will also receive a new name this fall). Work on the bridge is expected to start later this year; the bridge is slated to open to the public sometime in 2022. The 1.3-kilometre bridge, which the city bought from Canadian Pacific Railway in 2005, will have a price tag of $22.5 million. Approximately $12.1 million will go towards the wooden path itself and for upgrading railings and LED lighting, and adding a few benches. And another $10.4 million will go towards restoring the piers holding up the bridge. “I’m really excited about this. For several years since I’ve been elected, I’ve heard the desire from residents to see this

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bridge converted to pedestrian and cycling use,” said Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper. “This is a treasure in the neighbourhood; connecting Ottawa to Gatineau in a safe, segregated way, is going to open up all sorts of commuting routes for the hundreds of people who go back and forth between the provinces every day.” Leiper also said that given the views of Ottawa seen from the bridge, he believes it will become a tourist attraction. “Getting to take in those views of Ottawa is going to become a popular activity,” Leiper said. “It’s going to also be a really popular vantage point to take in the July 1st fireworks.” The mayor said when the bridge opens to the public as a multi-use pathway late next year, he hopes the large groups of people flocking to Chief William Commanda Bridge will act as a deterrent for those who want to jump in. In July 2020, a 14-year-old boy died after jumping off the former Prince of Wales Bridge when he was out with friends. This June, a 26-year-old man died after jumping off the bridge. Since then, stronger metal walls have been erected at its entrances to prevent people from breaking in. One of the families has sued the city, saying they could have done more to prevent these types of incidents from happening again. “We are going to do whatever we can to make sure it’s as safe as possible,” Watson said. “At the end of the day, unless you put barbed wire and fencing all the way up to the top of the bridge, there are going to keep being people who are going to try and jump over the fencing. But, just to remind everyone, two people have lost their lives; it’s not safe to jump off at any part of the bridge.” Over the last decade and a half, the bridge has seen a number of plans for different uses. Not long ago, it was thought that trains would return to the bridge as part of the city’s LRT line connecting Ottawa to Gatineau. Watson says that’s still a possibility for decades from now, primarily because Gatineau wants its future tram to cross the Ottawa River using the nearby Portage Bridge.

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a bridge will now bear her grandfather's name. She says Chief William Commanda was a bridge builder who connected communities together and taught Canadians about the traditions, languages and importance of the first peoples of Canada. She noted that in the late 1960s, William Commanda brought First Nations people and tribes from across North America together for a multiday gathering called “The Circle of All Nations.” “We had political meetings, social meetings, celebrations of our cultures: it was absolutely beautiful,” she said. “It brought people together to show the Canadian and American governments — and the world at large — that this is our land; we are the first peoples and we have rights; and that governments have to live up to their own laws.” Indigenous artwork will be displayed in the bridge, and whichever construction company wins the bid will have to reach out to the local Indigenous communities about employment opportunities.

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ifty years ago, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and trans (2SLGBTQ+) Canadians staged a protest on Parliament Hill seeking equity and the end of discriminatory government policies. The goals of the We Demand Rally of Aug. 28, 1971 have come to fruition, including removing a ban on gay men immigrating to Canada, and allowing 2SLGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military. Canadians identifying along the queer spectrum continue to face challenges, including the blood donation waiting period for men who have sex with men, the lack of a national ban on conversion therapy, and access to trans-affirmative health care. For 2SLGBTQ+ people with intersecting identities, recent events such as the discovery of mass graves at former residential school sites, and anti-Muslim attacks in Ontario increase their sense of oppression. The theme of Capital Pride 2021 is "We Still Demand." We have come a long way since 1971, Capital Pride Chairperson Geneviève Colverson says, but in terms of inclusivity, the 2SLGBTQ+ community has work to do to become truly united. “There is this divide and a lot of times the intersecting identities within the 2SLGBTQ+ sphere are not reconciled,” Colverson observes.

“There is still a lot of work to be done around identity, gender markers and name changes, marginalized queer folks, newcomers, language barriers, folks with disabilities — there is a still a lot of work,” Colverson says. “A lot of the laws that have been enacted in the last 50 years that are meant to protect and respect queer folks were created with a very colonized view: they have been created for very privileged queer folks. There is still a lot of work to be done to create the space for an intersectional approach to LGBT rights and their place in society.” Capital Pride Executive Director Osmel B. Guerra Maynes agrees with Colverson and says the community is working to educate around the issue. “Of course the community has a problem with racism, as does every other group out there,” he says. “At CP, we are doing many things to address this.” Born in the Dominican Republic, Maynes is Capital Pride’s first executive director. A Carleton University political science grad, he has worked for the most prolific queer organizations in the country, including Toronto’s The 519 and Qmunity in Vancouver. “I first came to Canada in 2003. I have a Latin American background, from DR, where we are not free to express ourselves. By free, I mean living as our truth as part

The “We Demand” mural in downtown Ottawa commemorating the demonstration at parliament on Aug. 28, 2971 for LGBTQ+ rights. PHOTO BY MAUREEN MCEWAN. of the LGBTQ2S spectrum,” Maynes says. “For me, I wanted to make sure that when I came here, I was able to live my life to the fullest.” “I’ve always wanted to provide space for folks who look like me,” he adds. Capital Pride’s Educate series of programming strives to amplify not only the voices of people of colour, but other marginalized identities including people living with disabilities, Maynes says. Yet it is up to community members to listen and actively participate in reshaping what it means to be 2SLGBTQ+, he continues. Acknowledging and addressing the exclusionary attitudes within the 2SLGBTQ+ community is crucial for progress as a minority group, Colverson adds. But as we emerge from a global pandemic and celebrate Pride, the community is stronger and hopeful, she says.

“As we move forward into 2021 and beyond, at this junction of the anniversary of the 1971 protest, we are starting to ask for a sense of belonging within the community and elsewhere,” Colverson says. “It’s not enough to slap a rainbow sticker on it and call it ‘gay.’ You’ve got to go further than that in terms of commitment to the community.” The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic pushed last year’s festival to be completely virtual, but the 2021 schedule will see programming that is a hybrid of in-person and online. The year’s events include familyfocused and age-appropriate activities for children, and several events featuring the city’s drag performers. Trans star of the FX series Pose, Dominique Jackson, is scheduled to appear. For a full list of this year’s programming and events visit capitalpride.ca

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anniversary of the 1971 protest, we are starting to ask for a sense of belonging within the community and elsewhere” – Geneviève Colverson

BIZ ROUNDUP Hello and welcome back to the Biz Roundup! As always, we’ve checked in with our local BIAs to get the latest business headlines. Here’s what’s been happening around Kitchissippi this summer.

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rees that were planted in a park near Westboro Beach for Canada 150 appear to be dying, and some community members are saying they should have never been planted there in the first place. Now they are looking to save what they can and plan for the future. The 150 maple trees that were planted in 2017 have been growing in a park located at the corner of Churchill Avenue North and Selby Avenue (the “Canada 150 Maple Grove”) for four years. As the trees were planted on National Capital Commission-owned land by the City of Ottawa, the city was tasked with maintaining and watering the trees. But after three years that has stopped, leaving the plants to rely on Mother Nature for hydration. In a statement provided to Kitchissippi Times by Tracey Schwets, program manager for the City of Ottawa’s Forest Management Branch, she said standard procedures were followed.

“All the sites involved in the project were watered weekly by the City of Ottawa from May to September for the first three years,” she said. “As per industry best practice for newly planted trees, watering did not continue this year at the area noted above, as the trees are in their fourth year and an examination this spring found that the trees had leafed out and were doing well.” But some members of the Westboro Beach Community Association are questioning what planning went into the Canada 150 initiative. Nancy Mooney, a member of the association, says about 60, or one third, of the trees are now dead or dying. She feels the trees should have never been planted there given the area's terrain. “I do not think they should plant new trees because it is just not sustainable, because the ecology of that plain is gravel with very little soil,” said Mooney. “But I do think they should plant things that will be sustainable because there are lots of things that will grow down there.” Mari Wellman, Westboro Beach Community Association co-president, also

Schwets said these conditions are what the City of Ottawa’s Forest Management Branch believes made the trees die. “Forestry staff now speculate that the sudden decline of the trees this year may have been due to a dramatic change in soil moisture from very dry conditions this spring,” she stated. After signs this summer the trees weren’t thriving, city staff returned to Westboro Beach to begin watering efforts again.

Schwets says they want to see if some of the dying trees are able to recover, and will reassess the situation in the fall and come up with a plan for next spring. She says that could include replacing the trees which did not survive. A report titled “Westboro Beach Area Stewardship Project: Re-naturalization of the Atlantis Woods and Selby Plains Area” was produced by students from the Institute for Environmental Science at Carleton University in December 2017 — months after the trees were planted. The extensive 127-page report examined existing vegetation of both areas and made specific recommendations regarding the control and elimination of non-native and invasive species and replanting with appropriate native species selected on the basis of the natural conditions of both distinct areas. Among its conclusions, the report specifically identified maples

as not having potential for planting on Selby Plains. The report was produced in collaboration with community partners Westboro Beach Community Association and the Ottawa Stewardship Council. Mooney says she hopes a variety of new plants can be planted on the site next spring, ones which will thrive and attract birds and pollinators to the beach. “The bird population has drastically increased at Westboro Beach in the last five years, so they should plant stuff that encourages birds and pollinators to come,” she said. “We need to work with what’s there, and work to save what we can with the trees that are still alive.” The community association plans to have meetings with the city to discuss next steps for the site. The city says the ward councillor will also be brought in for discussions, alongside other community members.

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wonders how the site got chosen. Wellman said the area where the trees are located frequently floods in the spring and is dry in the summer. After record-breaking floods in 2017, she said the site turned into a pond, becoming a watering hole for ducks and a place for children to paddle around. But come the warmer months it would dry out, and parts of the rock substrate would be exposed. “We thought then, maybe the trees will survive, but it will require a lot of ongoing care and maintenance. Not a very sustainable situation,” said Wellman. “We had wanted to engage the community to grow more milkweeds to provide a food source for monarch butterflies, to grow pollinator-friendly native plants,” she added. “We even looked into the possibility of having bee hives. The plans got relocated when the maples were planted.”

COMMUNITY NEWS Generosity saves Feline Café Foundation after call for help while staff find them their “purrfect” home. With the café's income and additional fundraising, they are able to pay for housing, vet care, food and supplies for them. Katherine Clements said at any given time there are approximately ten cats in the lounge for customers to interact with. “We want to make sure they're happy, they're thriving and this is a good temporary home for them,” she said.

eline Café Foundation on Wellington Street West has continued operating throughout the pandemic thanks to the “generosity” of the Ottawa community. Local business Feline Café offers patrons the opportunity to hang out with rescue cats while enjoying beverages. The café’s business model is designed to provide cats with a temporary residence

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Clements was initially hired as a manager of the café in the spring of 2018. She now runs the café's Feline Café Foundation which has operated for over a year. The non-profit foundation houses and cares for rescue cats in hopes of finding them forever homes. She said when the first COVID-19 lockdowns happened, the café “basically just lost everything overnight.” “We had the option to either reinvent ourselves and take the opportunity to go for what we really wanted, or to give up. So we chose the first one,” Clements said. The café had to close down their dining space, so they pivoted, instead becoming a “mini-grocery.” Feline Café sustained itself through the spring by selling food, art, supplies, toys and accessories online and using curbside pickup. They also continued to fundraise through virtual meet-and-greet events and trivia nights.

By the summertime, the café was able to reopen their dining space. Things are different now, with customers booking slots in the cat lounge for $10. Clements said the rescue, the Feline Café Foundation, has a “very unique opportunity” of being in partnership with a business, but it’s still difficult to stay afloat, especially with restrictions on how many people can visit each hour. Clements said the most considerable expenses the café faces are vet bills: the foundation will typically spend between $600 and $1,000 to get a cat’s vet work done, which includes several vaccines, dental care and treating for any illnesses or injuries. One can never know when unexpected vet bills will arrive, according to Clements. She said that in late 2020 a pregnant cat arrived at the café. The feline, appropriately named “Dash,” got spooked and decided to

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café received from the community was greater than anticipated. “I cried, I was so overwhelmed with gratitude by their generosity. And it was nice too because it wasn't only monetary support, it was people giving donations and trying to get the word out,” she said. Clements says financial donations are always much appreciated, and the café is always in need of items like cat litter, cleaning products, hand sanitizer, cat food and pet carriers. “The community got us through a really rocky time, and to know how much our community supports us and wants us to keep doing our work is very inspirational.” The Feline Café is open Thursday and Friday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations can be made through their website, or e-transfers can be sent to felinecafefoundation@gmail.com

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hide in the dashboard of a truck. It took her 12 hours to coax her out. The cat went on to give birth via a C-section to several premature kittens that required special care from several volunteers. Clements said it was “amazing” to take care of kittens so tiny they could fit into the palm of her hand, but the overall expenses numbered $4,000. In the last few months, the Feline Café Foundation took in three pregnant cats that gave birth to 14 kittens, which used up most of their financial resources. Unable to fundraise as normal and with several vet visits booked for the kittens, the café was in trouble. In early July, the Feline Café Foundation put out a call for help on their Facebook and Instagram pages. “That was a hard post to write,” Clements said. “It's really hard to admit when you need help and to say, ‘we are struggling right now.’” Thankfully, Clements said, the help the

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BLE2, the ‘small but powerful’ charitable organization that supports people across the disability spectrum, is preparing for this year’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Walk. The event will take place on Sept. 11, aligning with International FASD Awareness Day on Sept. 9 — the ninth day of the ninth month to represent the nine months of pregnancy. It will be a 0.9 km walk beginning in the ByWard Market and ending at City Hall. The popular Ottawa sign in the ByWard Market will be lit up to match the ABLE2 colours.

The awareness that Heather Lacey, executive director of ABLE2, wants to raise is the focus on people’s abilities, not their disabilities. “We want people to take away the message that people with FASD have the ability to accomplish anything — their hopes and dreams and aspirations — and as a community, if we learn about this, we can empower people with FASD to live the life they choose,” Lacey said. Four per cent of Canadians live with FASD, which amounts to approximately 1.5 million Canadians. “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to describe impacts on the brain and body

Last year’s FASD Awareness Walk. PHOTO COURTESY OF ABLE2. of individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. FASD is a lifelong disability,” ABLE2’s website states. The awareness walk will celebrate all who have lived experience with FASD. “It’s about creating community awareness,” Lacey said. “FASD is a pressing issue, and there is a pressing need to get the information out there.” The event will be limited on the number of participants, depending on

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Whether it’s a family gettogether, a sporting event, dinner out, a wedding or dare I say, even a funeral, the topic of real estate inevitably comes up. As a real estate advisor, the subject of real estate is near the top of every conversation with anyone I meet. I’m always being asked things like, “How’s real estate, Dean? Still a seller’s market?” And there’s always the most popular questions: “What do you think my house is worth?” and “What did my neighbour’s place sell for?” As for the question, “Are we still in a sellers market?”, the answer is yes. As of July, there is still a shortage of housing inventory for sale and plenty of buyers, so the market has not yet balanced out between buyers and sellers. Having said that, there are still homes that don’t sell right away. Yes, some homes actually take longer than a week to sell! In fact, many properties can take a month or more to sell. Many factors can contribute to a longer sale such as price, location, condition of the home and even the time of year.

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to the south half of the property (just a few feet from the streetcar tracks), enlarged substantially, and altered into a commercial space. Harold Leech, who had grown up in Westboro since 1908 just a block south of the building, indicated that when he purchased the building in the 1940s, it was the original church (or at least part of it would have been), confirming that indeed the church must have been moved about 30 feet to the south, and thus some elements of Laundry Land today are pieces of the original Hornerite church. In 1923, Abel Whitehorne opened the first commercial business in the future Laundry Land building, a grocery store. Then, in 1929, it briefly became the first home of Abraham Borts’ Nepean Outfitters Ltd. (which would later find its home in the Lululemon building for the next two decades). It was the offices of the John Ages ice dealership (1930-1932); a homeopathic pill factory for Wait Remedies (1932-1940); Craincraft Ltd. (opened by Hiram A. Crain in 1941); and a cabinet-making business which soon changed to producing war instruments, but was destroyed by fire in 1944. Continues on page 18

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began receiving large crowds in villages such as Richmond, North Gower, Carleton Place, Kemptville, Merrickville and his hometown of Shawville. He also acquired Mission Hall at Bronson and MacLaren in central Ottawa for downtown services, while producing his newspaper “The Holiness Era” from his bookstore at the corner of Bank and Sparks. Over the next decade, the Hornerites grew in popularity, and Horner had built or acquired churches in towns across Canada, and even in Belfast, China and Egypt. Training schools were also established in Ottawa. The group was noted at the time for having female preachers. By the fall of 1900, the Westboro congregation had outgrown the old schoolhouse, and Horner acquired from the Cole family the vacant lot at the top of the hill, alongside the new electric streetcar line (note: where Byron Avenue continues west past Churchill today was until the summer of 1960 only for streetcars; it was only after the tracks were pulled out that Byron was extended to Roosevelt for vehicles). In November of 1900, it was reported that members were at work on its construction. The church was built in what is today the parking lot of Laundry Land. It was painted white and had a steeple. It was reported that, “on a warm summer night when doors and windows were open, Main Street would reverberate to the sound of these prayers and many a curious passerby would pause to ascertain the cause of the hubbub.” The Hornerite Church survived in Westboro until the First World War, and it was vacated sometime around 1918. Horner passed away in 1921, with most of the 118 places of worship and many more congregations he created breaking off and reforming elsewhere. Local real estate investor Allan Grierson acquired the property in 1918 and converted the church into a house, where painter and decorator Charles H. Thomas and his family resided for a few years. In 1922, Grierson sold the property back to Cole, and it was at this time that a substantial change occurred. Records indicate that in 1922, the church was moved

EARLY DAYS Continues from page 17 During the housing shortage of the depression and then the Second World War, a residential unit was added on in the mid-1930s, tenanted by Nepean Fire Chief Harry Snider and his wife Edna. A second unit was later added as well. Following the 1944 fire, the building was renovated and Harold Leech then opened his Costume Jewellery Manufacturing business (later known as Fleming-Leech Ltd.) — which offered fashionable, decorative jewellery produced at a costeffective price. At first, Leech was a tenant, but he

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when someone brought in gasoline-soaked clothes to wash, causing an explosion. In 1970, Leech was forced into retirement due to declining health and sold the business and the property. Though ownership changed hands a few times, it was in the early 1980s that the name became Laundry Land (then a small chain of as many as seven locations in Ottawa), and was, notably, operated by Phi Ho and his wife Muoi Lam. They had come to Canada as Vietnamese refugees and built up the Westboro Laundry Land business (Ho passed away from cancer in 2006 at the too-young age of 50). In May of 2021, it was announced that owners Tuyen and Thi Dao Tran were joining several other Ottawa laundromat colleagues in closing down their business due to COVID-19. The sudden loss of commercial contracts with hotels, which provided most of their revenue, and a 95

per cent drop in dry-cleaning business left them no choice but to close Laundry Land’s doors. Some rent breaks were given but it was not enough. The couple had been counting on selling the business to help with their retirement, but that was no longer possible and the business sat unsold on the market for a year. The equipment was recently sold to provide some funds, but, ultimately, it was a sad ending for the family. Laundry Land has been a fixture of Westboro, serving three generations of families. It will be missed not only by local residents who relied on its services, but by the entire neighbourhood for its familiar location at the corner of Byron and Churchill. Meanwhile, the building sits vacant, and one wonders what the future holds for this piece of property which has seen a lot of history over the last 121 years.

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purchased the property in 1949. He removed the residential units and took over the entire building for his business, featuring an office and factory on the main floor and three work rooms upstairs. He also bricked over the old wood-frame structure. A massive fire on a cold February evening in 1955 destroyed the interior and the entirety of the second floor, leaving only a first-floor shell. Leech renovated again but kept the building to just the one storey (as it is today). He rented space at the rear to various businesses in the late 1950s (including an engineering firm and the Ottawa Valley Gem Store). It was in 1961 that Leech and his wife Beryl opened the Westboro Laundrette, a coin-operated laundromat, adding dry-cleaning services a year later. The Laundrette also suffered a fire in 1964

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Located at the corner of Parkdale Avenue and Wellington Street West (1166 Wellington St. W.), Signature Retirement Living is ecstatic to finally be welcoming its residents and their families into their brand new space! The Wellington West Retirement Community (WWRC) is expected to open up its front doors officially at the end of this month. “The Wellington West Retirement Community presents an intimate, boutique-style community designed to create meaningful relationships not only between residents, but with family and team members,” says Linda Meek, WWRC Executive Director. “Our community offers independence and empowerment in decision-making, peace of mind, a worry-free lifestyle, and a sense of place – not only for those who choose to reside with us but also for their families,” adds Meek. “It is important that each individual who lives with us feels a part of our family. Our intimate setting allows team members to truly get

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Zumba, barre, TRX, weight classes, yoga and pilates. For those who prefer variety and flexibility, the Dovercourt Fit Pass offers group fitness, aquafit and spinning classes with a monthly pass that is easy to start and stop. Pre-book your class online up to seven days ahead. Dovercourt is grateful for the clients who have participated in programs offered during the pandemic and who have patiently endured the lockdowns. But this fall, staff are hoping to welcome back the larger community that may not have participated since the first shutdown. Fall registration is already open and more programs are being added daily. Come see your friends!

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Do you feel as though you are emerging from a COVID-19 fog? With cautious optimism, many are beginning to reengage with social activities that have been interrupted or on hold since March 2020. The pandemic has kept people apart and less active than before since regular activities were halted. Unfortunately, a lack of exercise can lead to anxiety and depression. For older adults, even a short pause can lead to a decline in their physical condition, making ADLs (activities of daily living) more challenging, with a loss of strength, mobility, agility, balance and even confidence. This fall, Dovercourt is offering many daytime and evening activities for adults that will get you moving and feeling better, stronger and more confident. Friendly participants and instructors — including Gigi, Teri and Stacey, just to name a few! — are a hallmark of Dovercourt classes! Registered fitness classes in aquafitness and specialty fitness include aqua arthritis, aqua

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What sets the Unitarian House apart from other retirement residences? Susan: We are quite small — we never grow to more than 130-ish residents at any given time, so we get to know everybody on a first-name basis. Many of the members of our community are also our main volunteers. They’re running activities, driving their neighbours to appointments, running our front desk. It really gives that sense

Why do folks choose Unitarian House? Susan: It’s the fact that you still have [your] freedom and independence. You have the caring and supportive community to back you, not just amongst your neighbours, but [also] our wonderful nursing, administrative and maintenance staff. You have lots of programs available, including some for financial assistance. Susan: We have a Rent-Geared-to-Income program, and our Retirement Living Unit Assistance funds. We never want anyone to feel like they have to leave their home because maybe their bank account isn’t what it used to be. Residents can renovate their own spaces, too. Susan: Members of our community — should they have the financial resources to do so — have the ability to really make their apartments or their units their own. [That’s] not just paint color — if they wish to install new kitchen cupboards, new flooring, or even remove walls — if it can be done [while keeping their] unit structurally sound — they have the freedom to do that.

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It really [gives] a sense of pride and ownership, because it’s their space. It’s also a wonderful contribution to our community, because they’re helping us maintain and beautify our building for future generations. Unitarian House hosts lots of events! What’s coming up next? Susan: We’ve teamed up with a wonderful not-for-profit, Blue Sea Foundation, [for] the Grand Parade: a walk-a-thon in support of senior charities. It’s been taking place Canada-wide for a few years, and Unitarian House is going to be one of Ottawa’s first locations for this event on Saturday, September 18. We’re hoping to raise $20,000 for the Retirement Living Unit Assistance Fund and would love the communities support! To learn more about the Unitarian House of Ottawa, visit their website or reach out to Susan Faith at retire@unitarianhouse.ca.

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We’ve all heard the phrase “home is where the heart is”— and for the residents of the Unitarian House of Ottawa, the saying holds true. With its tree-lined, red-brick exterior, Unitarian House is a five-storey Retirement Residence & Senior Apartment building at the edge of Westboro, overlooking the picturesque Ottawa River. Boasting a courtyard, many gardens and elegant interior design — including two libraries and a large-screen movie room — the non-profit is home to a spirited community of residents, volunteers and staff. Susan Faith, Unitarian House’s Admin and Marketing Manager, shared more about what makes the residence unique.

of home to the people who live here, because you’re not just another face in the crowd. And, of course, our location: we are truly blessed to have such a beautiful area that we live in. Very soon, we’ll have the light rail right on our doorstep, so it’ll be extra convenient for the members of our community!

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recumbent bike and the Nu-Step machine. “It’s difficult to be told to stay home and simply go for a walk to stay fit,” Findlay said. “If you have a bad hip, bad knee or bad balance post-stroke, you can’t do that. So we’ve remained open to be able to offer something to our clients.” As for the reopening, Aug. 3 is also the date other classes resume at the centre. There are 10 different fitness classes, a teddy bear club and an arts program that is aimed to return in late August. The teddy bear club will run on Thursday mornings and will have a nominal fee of two dollars per class. It will be a small sewing circle for seniors to get together and socialize. “We’re not limiting it to any group,” Findlay said. “If you don’t sew, that’s okay! If you knit instead, bring your knitting and get out of the four walls of your home. Come here to socialize with us and see some faces.” Continues on page 28

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Anita Findlay, program coordinator at the Churchill Seniors Centre (CSC), believes in a safe reopening and is happy to announce Aug. 3 as the launch date for some of the centre's returning programs. “There was so much laughter today coming from our fitness room,” Findlay said. “The laughter just fills your heart, and it’s that connection with people that we appreciate. Everybody is feeling the need to be connected again, and I’m hoping everybody will recognize that the Churchill Seniors Centre is here for them.” The CSC is designated a hub within the City of Ottawa and has remained open to provide rehabilitation programs to adults over 50. It’s one of very few such hubs that does not operate out of a hospital, and its main use during the lockdowns was a weight and cardio room with equipment specific for people who have mobility issues — like the

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Churchill Seniors Centre Continues from page 27 Art programs are coming back. The centre will have an active group of people who paint and organize town halls to showcase the art. The hope is to offer artist-led workshops by the end of August. “We’re doing what we call a ‘soft opening’ just because we recognize from the city’s perspective, they don’t want to open too quickly,” Findlay said. “That would be hard on everybody if we had to close again.” The CSC’s reopening strategy is to start small in August and keep adding new classes and programs over the coming weeks and months. A full list and schedule of available programs can be found at join. ottawa.ca/seniors/facs/churchill

Pour paintings from the art program. (Far right) Art from a printmaking workshop. All photos courtesy of the Churchill Seniors Centre.

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EMPATHY AND SERVICE: The foundation of GEM Health Care Services GEM Health Care Services has been serving its community since 1994, making home care easy for its clients and families. When Gaye Moffett founded GEM, she was a professional nurse with over 20 years of experience, a single mother of two teenagers and newly unemployed. But she wasn’t the kind of person to stay down. On the drive home from being told she’d lost a job, Gaye was struck with an epiphany: “Why don’t I just do this myself?” So drawing on her outgoing personality, industry contacts and her years of real world experience, Gaye followed her family’s encouragement to “go for it.” GEM was built on the foundation of empathy and service to their clients. “It’s the family approach, that caring approach that we take with every person that we work with, we’re really high on the empathy score around here,” says Gaye. “I really get

to know the clients and take a personal approach to find out what their true needs are and learn how I can provide the levels of services that they need.” Family very much comes first at GEM, and that can be seen first hand in the relationship between Gaye and her son Gavin, who has worked alongside his Mom for 22 years and has grown into the role of Chief Operating Officer at the company.

GEM is proud to be ISO Certified 9001 for Healthcare, the most recognized international quality standard for patient satisfaction. The services that GEM provides allow individuals to remain in their home and live their best quality of life. “Home is where people want to be,” says Gaye. And GEM facilitates this by offering a wide ranging scope of services, everything from simple meal preparation, house cleaning and assistance with personal care, foot care and wound care by nurses, up to daily complex nursing care. Most families will find that government services will not meet all of their loved one’s needs for home care, and that’s where family retained services come in. Gavin says that in most situations, clients will find that family retained home care works out to a very similar, or even cheaper, price than sending their relative to a live-in nursing home. Gaye invites anyone who is curious about home care services to pick up the phone and give her a call: she’s more than happy to chat about all of the services that GEM Health Care Services make available. To learn more, visit gemhealthcare.com or contact the head office at 613-761-7474.

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Patios, Patios, Patios! It is exciting to be in Step 3 of reopening this summer. Richmond Road is becoming animated with people out enjoying ice cream in Winston Square, familiar faces popping into local shops, and colourful patios lining the street. Businesses are delighted to welcome our neighbours back to enjoy everything Westboro Village has to offer. With the addition of many new patios this year there are great choices for those who still feel more comfortable dining outside. From fine dining to quick service or just grabbing your coffee and a sweet treat, peek at the directory we have created for you to enjoy all those offerings outside and safely distanced. Summer is on and we invite you into Westboro Village to enjoy a coffee, a drink, a dessert, or the favourite bite you have been craving for.

Looking for the perfect place for your morning coffee? There are great choices to sit outside and enjoy a latte, flat white, and maybe a bite to eat.

Bridgehead • bridgehead.ca (1) - Golden • 440 Richmond Rd. - McRae • 317 McRae Ave. (at Scott St.) Cloud Forest Coffee • 339 Richmond Rd. - cloudforestcoffee.ca (2) Equator • 412 Churchill Ave N - equator.ca (3) Happy Goat | Mavericks • 307a Richmond Rd. happygoatcoffee.com | mavericksdonuts.com (4)

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Mamie Clafoutis • 400 Richmond Rd. - mamieclafoutis.com (1) Quelque Chose Pâtisserie • 379 Richmond Rd. - quelque-chose.ca (2) Strawberry Blonde Bakery • 111 Richmond Rd. - strawberryblondebakery.com (3) Cupcake Lounge • 324 Richmond Rd. - thecupcakelounge.com (4)

Café seating is offered by a number of quick meal eateries. Grab it to go and sit outside.

Bite This • 181 Richmond Rd. - bitethis.info (5) Fiazza • 205 Richmond Rd. - fiazza.ca (6) Freshii • 342 Richmond Rd. order.freshii.com/ca/en-ca/342richmond (7) Pi Co • 236 Richmond Rd. - pi-co.ca (8) Wedel Touch of Europe • 300 Richmond Rd. wedelonline.ca (9)

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WESTBORO VILLAGER Whether breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner the restaurants of Westboro have patios in all shapes and sizes and are looking forward to serving you al fresco. As we move through the various stages of opening, each restaurant is adapting. Be sure to give them a call to see if they take reservations or if it's first-come, first-served.

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Baker Street Café • 385 Richmond Rd. - m.Facebook.Com/baker-street-cafe-130384773658973 (1) Barley Mow • 399 Richmond Rd. - barleymow.com/locations/westboro (2) Brassica • 309 Richmond Rd. - brassicaottawa.com (3) Churchills • 356 Richmond Rd. - churchillsottawa.com (4) Clocktower Brew Pub • 418 Richmond Rd. - clocktower.ca (5) Fratelli Westboro • 273 Richmond Rd. - westboro.fratelli.ca (6) 2 Gezellig • 337 Richmond Rd. - gezelligdining.ca (7) Lexington Smoke House • 344 Richmond Rd. - lexingtonottawa.com (8) Pure Kitchen • 357 Richmond Rd. - purekitchenottawa.com (9) The Newboro • 295 Richmond Rd. - the-newboro.business.site (10) The Savoy Brasserie • 334 Richmond Rd. - savoybrasserie.com (11) The Works • 326 Richmond Rd. - worksburger.com (12) Trio Bistro & Lounge • 307d Richmond Rd. - triowestboro.com (13) Whispers Pub • 249 Richmond Rd. - whisperspubottawa.ca (14)

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A critical year for climate action SUBMITTED BY CATHERINE MCKENNA, MP FOR OTTAWA CENTRE Dear residents, hen I got into politics eight years ago, I made two simple promises to myself: always fight for what I believe in, and leave when I had done what I got into politics to do. I hope when people look at the record I’ve built over the better part of a decade, they’ll see that I kept my promises. Recently, I announced that I won’t be seeking re-election as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre whenever the election happens. It was a difficult decision, but it’s the right one for me and my family, and the right time to make it. Like many Canadians, living through

— whether that’s supporting federal investments in active transportation like the Flora Footbridge, or investing in net-zero buildings like Ottawa’s new super library. Or supporting $400 million in federal funding to electrify Ottawa’s entire bus fleet, investing in affordable housing through Ottawa Community Housing to improve and extend the lifespan of 11,000 community housing units, or investing $4 million for a new clubhouse for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. I will be forever grateful that you took a chance on me years ago. Being the first woman elected to represent Ottawa Centre has been the honour of my life. I love our community and the people in it. Now let’s

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COVID-19 made me step back and reflect on what matters to me most. And it’s two things: my kids and climate change. When I first asked the people of our community to support me, my kids were four, six and eight. Now my youngest is 12 and my eldest is off to university soon. I don’t have many years left with them at home and I want to spend more time with them — they’re pretty awesome. And while, thankfully, we will get out of the pandemic, we still have the climate crisis to fight. This is a critical year for climate action in the most important decade that will decide whether we can save the only planet that we have. I want to spend my working hours helping to make sure that we do. I hope my community here knows that I’ve done everything I could to fight for them

make sure Ottawa becomes the greenest capital in the world! I say this to my team and to the many kind people who’ve reached out about the political environment; I say it especially to the young girls out there who are thinking about politics and whether it’s for them: Do it. And when you do it, don’t be afraid to run like a girl. I’ll be there cheering you on. I’m looking forward to the summer: lots of time with my kids and all the McKennas, lots of swimming in the Great Lakes, lots of writing and lots of thinking about my next chapter. I can tell you one thing for sure: it will be 100 per cent focused on climate change. I’m proud of what we’ve done here in Canada, but there’s so much more to do. I look forward to contributing to the efforts as a mom, private citizen and a Canadian.

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This is another case of arbitrary planning. The decision to put the new Civic Hospital in Dow’s Lake went against the wishes of a ur city is buzzing with debate over 200-page report prepared by the National the site of the new Civic Hospital. Capital Commission, and over 7,000 Sadly, it’s not about the quality of community members who contributed to facility, or the way in which the hospital that process. The consensus was to locate will position Ottawa as a leader in health the hospital at Tunney’s Pasture, but that care. It’s about cars, and parking — tons of didn’t sit well with local developers who parking. wanted to build high-priced condos. Please wear a mask anda massive, stay safe!So after that botched process, we are now It’s about a proposal to locate above-ground parking garage across being told to accept a massive parking the street from the hospital in garage in the middle of urban what is now Queen Juliana greenspace. Reflecting on that, Park, and the city parking I thought immediately of the lot adjacent to the park, great Joni Mitchell, and her P, Ottawa Centre comparable in size to the timeless song Big Yellow Taxi: arden.ca parking lot at the Ottawa Don’t it always seem to go atherine St. a, ON. K2P 2M8 Airport. That you don’t know what you The original plan was to put got ‘til it’s gone arden-CO@ndp.on.ca -722-6414 this parking lot underground, for They paved paradise, and put up a good reason. This is next to a UNESCO parking lot. World Heritage Site — Dow’s Lake and the I’ve met with leadership from the Ottawa Rideau Canal — and an important part of Hospital, and insisted that plans to build Ottawa’s urban tree canopy. this above-ground parking garage should Instead, we now learn that over 600 be changed. I fully support our friends at trees will be uprooted for a sprawling city council who are calling for the same above-ground parking facility. And thing. developers are promising a green space If you’d like to share your thoughts on will be plopped on the roof of the parking this project, please send us an email at garage to compensate. People are not jharden-co@ndp.on.ca We must work amused. together to preserve urban greenspace. SUBMITTED BY JOEL HARDEN, MPP FOR OTTAWA CENTRE

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e’re fast approaching the dog days of summer, but I know those won’t last long. When council resumes this fall, we’ll have an extraordinarily important agenda to work through in the last quarter of the term. Top-of-mind for everyone will be the new Official Plan (OP) that we expect to pass in the early autumn. The OP is a critical document that describes how Ottawa will grow to its projected population levels while respecting the principles for growth handed down by Queen’s Park to Ontario municipalities.

The OP will describe how the urban boundary is to be expanded to accommodate new residents, and where intensification is expected to occur to constrain that sprawl. It will describe where there will be tall, mid-rise, and low-rise buildings, and where commercial and industrial uses will be allowed. At a high level, it will describe how we expect people to travel from point A to point B in keeping with growth patterns and describe the principles for how the city will be economically and environmentally sustainable. The OP is (largely) not a detailed document, and there is significant work to do to turn

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the high-level policies into zoning, spending and other focused plans. We’ll develop a Transportation Master Plan that will describe the projects and spending needed to accomplish the OP’s goals. The land-use planning principles will need to be implemented through a neighbourhood-byneighbourhood review of the zoning bylaw to ensure those are in keeping with the OP. We’ll need to develop greenspace, recreation, waste and infrastructure master plans. Those plans will propose lists of projects that will determine what development charges we’ll impose on new residential units. And, where spending is required from tax dollars, the OP will guide the city’s Long Range Financial Plan that will guide taxation and borrowing. On paper, it’s all very elegant. Around the “horseshoe” it will be messy and controversial. The level of intensification needed to accommodate half of Ottawa’s population growth, and the urban boundary expansion needed to accommodate the other half, are fiercely opposed in many quarters. The shift to an emphasis on active and public transportation is a break with generations of post-WWII urban planning. There are big questions, particularly, for the implications of intensification for large swaths of suburban single-detached dwelling neighbourhoods near transit. There are several outcomes I’m seeking from the process. First and foremost, I believe we need to constrain growth of the urban boundary (the “belt” around urbanized Ottawa beyond which development isn’t

allowed). Sprawl is neither environmentally nor economically sustainable. I like to point out that the reason we’re paying a three per cent tax increase each year of this term of council instead of two per cent as in the last is because we have a large infrastructure maintenance deficit on which we have to catch up. That shortfall is the result of generations of planning sprawling, lowdensity communities that can’t financially support the maintenance of far-flung pipes and roads. Development charges pay for the building of that infrastructure, but its lifecycle costs fall on the taxpayer. I’m also very cognizant of the need to focus intensification on transit. It takes 500 trees to offset the greenhouse gases emitted by a car driven the average number of kilometres in Canada. Affording people the opportunity to drastically reduce how far they have to drive is the single biggest contribution a municipal government can make to fighting climate change, and it’s accomplished through intensification. At the same time, though, I also recognize that density brings with it challenges. In our core neighbourhoods, there is limited opportunity to increase, for example, recreational and greenspace amenities. The neighbourhoods that can be expected to be intensified most due to proximity to transit are those where land is the most expensive and opportunities to expand or build parks the most limited. Without a strong financial plan in place, I’m cynical that we can simply assume development charges will obviate those challenges. It’s going to be a busy fall.

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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 WEDNESDAYS - SHOUT SISTER! CHOIR There are 25 chapters of Shout Sister! Choir in Ontario, and we are constantly growing. Shout Sister! takes an unorthodox approach to choral singing. We learn from recorded tracks, so we require no reading of music. Our method is fresh and fun, and we are a warm and welcoming community. We use Zoom to meet virtually every Wednesday afternoon (1-3 p.m.) and Thursday evening (7-9 p.m.). Everyone is welcome. We would love to have you join us! For information on joining, please contact members@shoutsisterchoir.ca or visit shoutsisterchoir.ca

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AUG. 3-28: WALL SPACE GALLERY EXHIBITION - “CELEBRATIONS OF SUMMER” “We are very excited to have guests in the gallery once more to enjoy the beautiful work our stable of artists have produced over the last year. This collection celebrates the natural world and how it has provided solace, refuge, and comfort to us when we may not have been able to find it

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JULY 28-AUG. 15: ORANGE ART GALLERY EXHIBITION - “ON THE TABLE” “Orange Art Gallery is thrilled to host Artist Jian Zhang in his first Solo Exhibition ‘On the Table’ in Ottawa, Canada. Zhang uses modern realistic painting techniques to paint his masterpieces. They have subtle and perfect light, colour and shape. This beautiful collection of works mainly depict still life creating pure and peaceful atmosphere in a simple and concise form. Jian Zhang was born in Anhui China and was awarded his Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Art Institute of Donghua University in 2008. He came to Canada in 2019 and currently lives in Ottawa. He exhibits his work internationally including the National Arts Exhibition of China, John Moore Painting Prize(China), Shanghai Art Fair, Art Revolution Taipei and the LA Art Show,” the Orange Art Gallery website states. The gallery is open and the exhibition runs from July 28 to Aug. 15. Visit orangeartgallery.ca to learn more.

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MAY 14-AUG. 31: GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY - “NEGOTIATIONS WITH EXISTENCE” “Presented online by GCTC, ‘Negotiations with Existence’ is a series of short films featuring intimate short-story narrations and original music, about the human condition and its confrontation with the small and bigger questions of existence. The series is written, narrated, photographed and produced by OttawaToronto media producer and songwriter Timothy Trieste, Creative Director and founder of Sound of the Muse Records – Creative Media, and leader of the recording artist ensembles: The Life of Pearls and SleepWalk Plaza,” the Great Canadian Theatre Company website states.

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elsewhere throughout the pandemic. These artists explore the land through a variety of media and expressions. Simultaneously, a harmonious rhythm blossoms across the works from an attention to texture and layering. While it comes as no surprise that the landscape has always been a mainstay of inspiration for artists everywhere, this past year’s shifts in daily inertia and a global rise in attention to social justice have brought environmental preservation to the forefront of our collective lives in an unprecedented way,” the Wall Space Gallery website states. The exhibition runs from Aug. 3-28 and features work from Peter Colbert, Elizabeth D’Agostino, Erica Hawkes, Tanya Kirouac, Lori Richards, Ava Roth, Dan Ryan, and Amy Shackleton. To learn more, visit wallspacegallery.ca

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