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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

Sutcliffe enters mayoral race, council hopefuls jockey for position

By Charlie Senack The provincial election is over and now Ottawa is getting set to see one of its biggest municipal elections in decades.

At least six current councillors have announced they aren’t seeking re-election, two new wards are being created, and the Mayor’s race is open after Jim Watson announced he isn’t seeking another term.

With many new fresh faces around the council table, Barrhaven and surrounding communities will have new representation.

Barrhaven councillor Jan Harder has said she won’t be running after over two and a half decades at city hall. In neighbouring Rideau Goulbourn, Scott Moffatt won’t be seeking a fourth term.

And in Knoxdale-Merivale, Keith Egli has said he’s

leaving politics.

In the Mayor’s race former Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli, a longtime Barrhaven resident, is looking to return to his former job.

He will be up against journalist Mark Sutcliffe, who recently hosted a radio show on 1310 News, and is founder of the Ottawa Business Journal and Kitchissippi Times. He’s hosted many all candidates debates on Rogers TV and has been a regular on CPAC television. As a frontrunner in the race, he will also be up against current Sommerset ward councillor Catherine McKenney, who picked up support after passionately speaking out against the illegal trucker convoy. Mike McGuire, who ran for the job before and came in second place against Mayor Jim Watson with 18 per cent of the vote, is also eyeing the top city

position.

The ward boundaries in Barrhaven are also changing, meaning many community members will be voting in a different district this fall. Barrhaven West will consist of the area from Fallowfield to Greenbank and Strandherd. It also includes Half Moon Bay and Stonebridge.

The current ward of Gloucester-South Nepean will be divided into two, with the newly created ward of Barrhaven East consisting of the area from Greenbank to the Rideau River, beginning at Fallowfield and ending between the Jock River and Longfields. Hearts Desire and Chapman Mills are included within the new Ward 24 boundaries. Riverside South-Findlay Creek will become its own ward on the opposite side of the Rideau River.

Barrhaven West Candidates With incumbent Jan Harder not running again, the race is wide open in Barrhaven. Harder served as a city councillor in the former city of Nepean for one term, and has been councillor in Ottawa for six terms. During her time in municipal politics, she served under four Mayors.

Harder has won every election by a landslide, coming in with 74 per cent of the vote in 2018.

At the time of publication, three candidates have registered to run in the ward.

David Hill, who was the first to say he was running in the ward, has served in the Canadian Military since 1997, and has a key focus on safety this election campaign. He’s picked up wide support after launching a petition to fast track the

Greenbank Road realignment.

Other issues Hill is passionate about include bettering the public transit system in Barrhaven, and ensuring the community has more police resources to combat rising crime.

Taayo Simmonds, who runs a law firm downtown, will also have his name on the ballot this October. Simmonds is frustrated by the infighting seen at city hall over the past four years, and is concerned about rising property taxes.

Improving public transit, fixing the light rail transit system, and investing in roads are also priorities for Simmonds.

Sadaf Ebrahim, who won the Order of Ottawa last fall, and owns a UPS store in the east end, has also launched her campaign. Ebrahim has been active with the Nepean

Liberals and is involved with the local Pakistani community.

Ebrahim said road traffic and safety is her biggest concern.

While not officially registered yet, Jay Chadha has said he plans to file later this month. Born in India, he’s called the community home for many years.

Chadha has worked for the City of Ottawa for close to two decades and wants to see proper infrastructure to keep up with development. He’s previously said transit needs to be properly planned out to better serve the community.

Barrhaven East Candidates In Barrhaven East, Gloucester-South Nepean incumbent Carol Anne Meehan has registered to run there.

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Meehan is best known for her 27 years as anchor of CTV Ottawa News. After being laid off in cutbacks, she briefly hosted a radio show on 1310 News before running for council. Meehan has been outspoken over the handling of Ottawa’s light rail transit system, and has advocated for better safety and infrastructure in the ward.

In 2018, Meehan won with 42.5 per cent of the vote, beating incumbent Michael Qaqish.

She is up against Wilson Lo, a former OC Transpo bus driver, who now works in a communications role with the company. Lo is passionate about bringing fiscal responsibility back to city hall.

Lo said he wants to address long-standing traffic concerns in the ward, with 13,000 new residents expected in Barrhaven over the next 10 years. He also wants to improve the local

transit system, bringing his experience of working at OC Transpo to the table.

Dominik Janelle will also be running in newly created Ward 24. Janelle is passionate about bringing light rail transit out to Barrhaven, advocate for responsible development to the South Merivale Business Park, and ensure the city has affordable property tax rates.

Kathleen Caught has also put her name forward.

She wants to see better access and resources when it comes to mental health, lower taxes, better public safety, and a council which works together.

In the new Riverside South-Findlay Creek ward, former city councillor Steve Desroches is looking to make his political comeback. He served as the representative for GloucesterSouth Nepean for two terms from 2006 to 2014. Desroches says infrastructure, such as a new community

centre which has been in the works for over a decade, needs to finally be moved along.

At the time of publication the only other person to put their name forward in the ward is Em McLellan, however no information about her could be found online.

Barrhaven will be the focal point for many key city issues in the next term of council. With the possibility of light rail transit coming out this way within a decade, there is debate over if plans should change.

Ridership levels still remain drastically down following the COVID-19 pandemic and the existing transit way works well when there are enough buses. Candidates tell the Barrhaven Independent focus needs to instead be put on connecting routes to the transit way.

Then there is the Greenbank Road realignment which has been in the works

for close to two decades.

It’s an issue of passion for Half Moon Bay residents who have long complained about traffic entering and exiting their neighborhood.

As development continues to rapidly increase on that side of the Jock River, many want to see plans fast tracked. Construction currently isn’t expected until 2030, and then won’t be completed for two more years.

The future of Barrhaven Downtown also hangs in the balance with Councillor Harder being a longtime supporter of the project. In April all three levels of government committed a total of $38 million to fund the project, which includes a performing arts facility, cultural hub, and new library.

The municipal election is scheduled for October 24. Candidates have until August 19 to change or withdraw their nomination forms.

Mark Sutcliffe has entered the race to replace outgoing Jim Watson as Ottawa’s Mayor.

What is your child doing this summer?

So, school’s out for summer and your child’s seasonal fun begins! Time to squeeze in the favourite summer camps, have giggles around the cottage campfire, eat yummy bbq foods, swim and spend relaxing times with friends, cousins, and grandparents. Come August though, the attention slowly shifts back to school as all get ready to return to classrooms and classmates. In preparation, parents stampede the stores for backpacks, pencils, and clothes. One of the most important tools for learning in school however is often overlooked or forgotten … the child’s hearing ability.

Much like proper vision, adequate hearing is essential to a child’s learning and to their positive school experience. Most children undergo an infant hearing screening shortly after birth, but few undertake the recommended rechecks every five years. This is unfortunate because it is expected that 2-in-3 children will suffer at least one episode of ear problems, and 1-in-6 will have 6 or more episodes. Due to the illusiveness of hearing loss, many go unnoticed. The loss, even if mild or one-sided, makes it difficult for a child to navigate their little world. And even when temporary, the difficulties can have long term impacts because they can lead to frustrations and eventual disengagement, needlessly impacting a child’s ability to thrive. In addition to academic struggles, children with hearing loss can also experience trouble socially because communication, which requires both verbal and auditory skills, is vital to social interactions and peer relationships.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

Outages continue as Barrhaven power grid remains unstable after derecho

By Charlie Senack If your power goes off suddenly after a storm, Hydro Ottawa says it’s not unexpected.

Two months after a devastating and rare Derecho storm ripped through the capital, cleanup efforts are continuing. Many pieces of fallen trees still line the roads waiting to be picked up, and some homes in worst hit areas like Pine Glen remain uninhabitable, either because their roof was blown off or because a large century-old tree crashed through it.

But while the full electrical grid was back up and running after 10 days, Hydro Ottawa says it remains “relatively unstable” as work continues.

Last week, about 2,600 Hydro Ottawa Customers in Barrhaven were left without power after a normal rainstorm. Power was restored about an hour or so later. A few weeks prior, 15,000 customers in various parts of Ottawa, including those who live along parts of Greenbank, saw their electricity shut off after a loss of supply from the provincial grid.

“Every time there is a good wind gust or a good windstorm there will be more trees and branches, some of them are already weakened, they’ll just come down,” Hydro Ottawa President and CEO Bryce Conrad told Ottawa city council. “It’s going to be a few weeks of heavy winds before we get that out

of our system.”

After the May 21st storm, 180,000 homes and businesses across Ottawa were left in the dark A portion of Barrhaven was thankfully spared from the outages all together, whereas the other end of the community took a few days to fully restore. For those who live near Merivale and Fallowfield, they were without electricity for about a week, due to fallen lines near Leiken.

It’s the worst storm Hydro Ottawa has ever seen, and saw more damage than from the ice storm of 1998 or the tornadoes which touched down in 2019. Not a single part of their territory was untouched with damage, and crews had to be brought in from the United States, Toronto, Kingston and New Brunswick to help restore the grid.

Roughly 400 hydro poles were either knocked over or damaged because of the windstorm, including on Woodroffe, Merivale, and Greenbank — three main arteries which supply power to Barrhaven and surrounding communities. The cost of damage currently sits anywhere between $25 and 30 million, a tab which will be picked up by the province.

Calls to bury power lines In the aftermath of the storm, there have been calls to bury power lines to avoid a repeat of what happened.

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in-a -century storms are now happening once in a decade, and in the case of the May long-weekend storm, wind gusts topped 180 kilometres an hour, equivalent to an EF2 tornado.

While Hydro Ottawa says they are looking to better protect their system for future storms, the idea of burying all hydro lines is out of the question. It would take decades — 90 years actually — and would come with the price tag of $10 billion. It would never be approved by the Ontario Energy Board, they said.

“I’m not opposed to

burying the lines, I just can’t afford to bury the lines,” noted Conrad, who added they will look for ways to bury lines in new build areas.

“When there’s major infrastructure work done, we bury the lines at the same time,” added former Ottawa Mayor Jim Durrell, who sits as the Hydro Ottawa board chair. “Burying lines is enormously expensive. In new neighbourhoods, of course, it is built into the cost of the homes and the development.”

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Following the storm, many gas stations in Ottawa, including Barrhaven, ran out of gas because so many were closed due to having no power. Long lines were reported, with some people waiting over an hour to fill up their gas tank.

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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also says the city is planning to look at ways to make generators mandatory for certain settings, such as in high rise buildings where elevators don’t work after the power goes out.

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Help bridge the accessibility gap at Chapman Mills Conservation Area Chapman Mills Conservation Area needs a new, state-of-the-art accessible pedestrian bridge – and they are hoping its many visitors will help make it happen.

The current wooden bridge near the northern trailhead of Barrhaven’s most beloved boardwalk has reached the end of its life cycle and must be replaced. Over the years, the busy span has helped hundreds of thousands of visitors access the beautiful Rideau River from Chapman’s popular free-ofcharge trail.

But the bridge has also presented several accessibility issues: it’s not wide enough for two people with wheelchairs or strollers to pass, for example, leaving one person to back up beside the path’s steep shorelines.

The narrow width also led to temporary park clos-

ures in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic because adequate physical distancing couldn’t be maintained – leaving many local residents without their go-to nature escape just when they needed it most.

Taking advantage of the required replacement, the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) has launched a new fundraising campaign to ensure the new bridge is also built to the gold standard of accessibility standards – not just to legislated minimums.

“We believe strongly in building inclusive outdoor spaces that welcome the entire community, and we hope residents will support the project to help us get there,” said Diane Downey, executive director of the RVCF. With help from renowned accessibility consultant Marnie Peters, staff from the

The Chapman Mills Conservation Area is hoping for help in funding a new state-of-the-art pedestrian bridge.

Rideau Valley Conservation Authority have applied a metric of the world’s top outdoor accessibility policies to the new bridge design. This includes a wider deck, more

gradual slopes, accessible sight lines and longer ramps.

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INDEPENDENT Editorial

Each Canadian owes $56,000 in government debt Fifty-six thousand dollars. That’s the average amount each Canadian will owe in provincial and federal government debt by the end of the year.

Much of this debt will likely be shovelled onto the backs of Canadians’ kids and grandkids. But the debt isn’t just a problem for tomorrow; it’s impacting Canadians right now.

Despite promising not to tax his way out of his deficits, the Trudeau government recently increased the carbon tax, booze and payroll taxes. If you’re making more than $40,000 then your federal tax bill will increase this year.

Trudeau’s two pandemic budgets also contain a raft of new taxes such as luxury goods taxes, a tax on foreigners that own vacant homes, an anti-flipping tax and higher taxes on banks and insurance companies that push up fees. If the Trudeau government wasn’t borrowing so much money, it would have more room to lower taxes to ease the rising cost of living.

A report from the Ministry of the Environment includes a recommendation for a new tax on trucks that could cost between $1,000 and $4,000 per vehicle. The government spent hundreds of thousands on a study that recommends a new home equity tax, while Trudeau’s staff met twice with the group that received federal funding to study the tax.

Taxpayers also need to worry about the agreement between the federal Liberals and the New Democrats. The NDP promised to raise nearly every tax under the sun during the last election, including hiking income taxes, business taxes, and capital gains taxes, along with imposing a wealth tax, excess profits tax, luxury tax and a tax on foreign home buyers.

Government debt also directly fuels inflation when the feds use the printing press to finance deficits. That’s because the more dollars the central bank prints, the less your dollars buy. During the pandemic, the central bank printed more than $300 billion out of thin air largely by purchasing federal government debt.

More borrowing also means more money wasted on interest charges. This year, interest charges on federal and provincial government debt will cost each Canadian more than $1,000.

When politicians aren’t forced to balance the budget, they are less likely to put every penny of spending under the microscope. From $11 million spent renovating the prime minister’s country retreat to spending $8,800 on a sex toy show in Germany, $80,000 on airplane food during a week-long trip and giving $295 million to the Ford Motor Company, the feds are wasting a lot of money that would be better spent by the Canadians who are being overtaxed.

Canadians don’t have tens of thousands of dollars lying around to pay their politicians’ credit card bills. Politicians need to find savings before taxpayers get clobbered.

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The last story of the Titanic Every now and then, you read a story Dean did not know she was a Titanic in the newspaper or you see something in survivor until she was eight years old, but from the news, and you never forget it. It sticks knew the story of her family’s survival the other with you, like over-cooked spaghetti and her father’s heroics that ensured that noodles tossed against the his family got on a lifefridge. boat. She enjoyed telling In 2008, I read a story the story of her survival. in the newspaper while sit“I like it, because ting in the hotel lobby, and everyone makes such a the story glued itself to my fuss of me,” she told the memory. It was the story of BBC. “And I have travMillvina Dean, who, at the elled to so many places time, was the last survivor of because of it, meeting all the Titanic. She was selling off anything the people. Oh I wouldn’t get tired of it. and everything from the Titanic in an auc- I’m not the type.” tion to pay her nursing home bills.

Dean was not a fan, however, of divEvery time I see a clip from the Titanic ers going down to explore the wreckage movie or hear that Celine Dion song from of the ship some 3,000 metres below the the soundtrack, I find myself thinking sea after it was discovered. She called it about that story. I think about the reality “morbid” and “horrible.” and irony of her life, and then contrast it Although she loved to talk about the to the romanticized and fictional storyline story of her family’s survival, she refused in the blockbuster movie. Jack Dawson to read books or watch various films of touched us all in the movie, but he wasn’t the Titanic disaster. She also refused to real. Millvina Dean was. watch the 1998 James Cameron Titanic Millvina Dean was two months old movie. She thought it would be too upsetwhen the Titanic left the port of South- ting to watch. ampton. She was with her family were International Titanic Society President steerage passengers emigrating to start Charles Haas met Dean on numerous octheir new lives in America. They were casions and described her as an “efferdestined for Kansas City, Missouri. vescent person with a wonderful sense of Four days later, after the unsinkable humour”. ship hit an iceberg and was on its way to “It is truly the end of an era,” he said the bottom of the ocean, Millvina Dean after her passing. “She was a truly rewas wrapped in a sack and lowered into a markable woman. She had a marvellous lifeboat, along with her mother and two- approach to life. It is almost as if God year-old brother. Her father would go gave her the gift and she really took addown with the ship. vantage of it.”

The Dean family, freezing in the chilled On one of her trips back to the United Atlantic air, would be picked up by the States, she visited the home in Kansas steamship Carpathia and brought to New City where she would have lived her life.

York. Each of the survivors were given It was still owned by her relatives. wicker suitcases full of clothes donated “If it hadn’t been for the ship going

by New Yorkers before being sent off to down, I’d be an American,” she often rebuild their lives. The Deans returned to said.

England. The wicker suitcase was among There was a second auction to raise the prizes for Titanic memorabilia hunters money for her in 2009, and in May of that as Millvina’s personal history was sold year, she would pass away. Among the off to pay her nursing home fees. items sold off in the second auction were She lived her life rather quietly and the canvas bag that she was saved in. peacefully. She never married or had Her brother had passed away on April children. She stayed in Southampton and 14, 1992, 80 years to the day of the disworked for an engineering firm, as well as aster. for the government. During World War II, After her passing, the ashes of Millvina she was a mapmaker for the government. Dean’s cremated remains were scattered She got her first taste of real publicity at the docks of Southampton, where the in 1985 when the wreckage of the Titanic Titanic began its maiden voyage. Barwas finally discovered. She did not want bara Joyce Dainton, who was 11 months the Titanic raised, and she said publicly old when the Titanic went down, was the that the other victims’ families would not other baby who survived the shipwreck. want the Titanic raised, either. After it She passed away in 2007, leaving Dean as was discovered that she was the young- the last survivor. est survivor of the Titanic, she became a Columnists are trained to see every celebrity. person as a resource for a story. It could “I think sometimes they look on me be a story of hardship or joy, or perhaps as if I am the Titanic!” she told the BBC one of passion or perseverance. after a visit to a Titanic convention in the There were 2,200 stories aboard the TiU.S. “Honestly, some of them are quite tanic. And of the 2,200 stories that need to weird about it.” be told, MJillvina Dean’s is the last.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

There is a story behind every kilometre of the Rideau River

These lazy days of summer afford us wonderful opportunities to explore our own backyard. As someone who walks along the Rideau River regularly, I’m reminded that it wasn’t always as peaceful and calm as it is now.

Once upon a time, this same river we use to cool down and paddle on was a primary route between the Ottawa and St Lawrence Rivers – think of it as the original highway. In those days, it wasn’t products ordered online that were delivered, it was much needed supplies to start setting up communities.

But let’s back up... After the War of 1812, the hunt began to find a safe alternate route for access from Montreal to the Great Lakes. If only it was that easy; the route they decided on needed a few adjustments to cre-

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ate a wide enough space for ships to pass through... and so began the undertaking of the Rideau Canal.

Lieutenant-Colonel John By, a name you might recognize from history class, led the process and did it in record time. Can you believe it only took five years?

Nowadays, we have projects that have been waiting much longer than that to complete.

That said, no initiative of this size could be completed without challenges.

A malaria pandemic swept through the communities and thousands of workers got sick, many of whom

died. While the debate still lingers as to how malaria reached the area, it’s believed that malaria-carrying mosquitoes were already buzzing around.

During the construction of the canal from 18261831, about 60% of the workers in the southern area of the project contracted malaria each year. If you dig into the records, you’ll unearth that about 1,000 people died of malaria, a significant number given the population at the time.

Despite all this, the Rideau Canal project was completed and has earned many accolades: In 1925, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada and by 2007, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognizing it as a work of human creative genius.

In the century that followed its completion, a new

The Vimy Bridge above the Rideau has become a picturesque landmark.

role for the Rideau Canal emerged as residents, like me, started taking in the natural beauty of the area.

The Rideau River, as we see it today, took shape by the 1950s. Lined with cot-

tages, homes, and docks, you’ll see many residents on their boats or throwing in a lure hoping for the next big catch.

So, when you’re out walking or kayaking, re-

member that for every kilometer of water you see there is a story waiting to be told.

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City has contracted new water meters and repairs in Barrhaven The City of Ottawa has contracted Neptune Technology Group to replace 85,000 aging small water meters with new high-resolution meters.

The three-year replacement project began, in August 2021, starting with wards in the downtown core and will slowly spread outward to the suburban wards as the project progresses.

Neptune Technology will begin replacing 6,236 meters in ward 3. The City will send an introductory letter explaining the program to all affected residents.

Water meters are the property of the City of Ottawa and require replacing after their lifecycle – which can be up to 25 years. As a condition of service, the City will be replacing these aging water meters to effectively support the delivery of drinking water to households and businesses.

Your new water meter will ensure continued accurate billing and enable enhanced online features through MyServiceOttawa.ca, including the ability to: • View usage data right down to the litre – which can help detect even the smallest leaks • Sign up for advanced leak and usage alerts Visit Ottawa.ca/meters to read more about the program, how to view your usage online and subscribe for leak alerts.

West Barrhaven Community Association Adopt Moloughney Park

The West Barrhaven Community Association is looking for people or a group to adopt Moloughney Park on Wessex to help keep it clean.

Please contact the West Barrhaven Community Association for further information.

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Stonebridge Community Association

The Stonebridge Community Association would like to remind residents that they are recruiting volunteers to sit on the Board of Directors. Visit: www.stonebridgeca.com/

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BARRHAVEN

by Jan Harder

Slow Down Signs

If you are a Barrhaven resident, send an email to mark.bouwman@ottawa.ca with your contact information to order one or more ‘Slow Down For Us!’ signs for your front yard and we will schedule a pick-up time at the ward office (located at the Walter Baker Sports Centre - 100 Malvern Dr.).

Hockey Eastern Ontario Bursary Winner

Congratulations to Matt Cosgrove, this year’s winner of the Councillor Harder Educational Bursary. Matt spent this season playing for the Nepean Raiders U18 B team. He will be attending the Mobile App Design and Development program at Algonquin College this fall. Congrats Matt!

Ruth E. Dickinson Library

Summer Opening Hours: • The Ottawa Public Library continues to offer modified hours of operation at library branches, InfoService, and the Bookmobile • Please review our hours of operation at the Ruth E. Dickinson Branch before your visit Driving in Ontario: Test Preparation Workshop for Newcomers Are you a newcomer to Canada? Are you interested in getting an Ontario driver’s licence? This workshop will focus on the most frequently asked questions and mistakes that drivers face during testing. Join us on Saturday July 23, 2022 at 1:00 pm at the Ruth E. Dickinson Branch.

Registration recommended.

Summer Reading Club

Get your summer read on with the TD Summer Reading Club (SRC)! Visit us in branch to collect your child’s reading kit (or report how many books they’ve read!) and register for some amazing programs!

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Here are a few of our favourites coming up: • Kids Camping Adventure: Thursday July 28 at 2:00 pm - Join us as we embark on a camping adventure for kids with Parks Canada! Discover camping and the wonders of nature in this interactive workshop for kids and families!

• Under a Spell: Monday August 8 at 10:15 am - Is it science or is it magic? Join us for some spellbinding stories, crafts and activities! For ages 4-6.

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provincial park (capacity permitting)! You can find them with OPL’s other Access Passes that provide free general admission to museums, parks, and other sites of interest in the Ottawa area.

To provide equitable access, access passes are Express items and cannot be put on hold. You can check out one pass at a time for up to seven days

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Fiddles on the Rideau flotilla returns to the Rideau River Sat., July 23 The Rideau River will come alive with music as the Fiddles on the Rideau Flotilla takes place Sat., July 23 from 1-3 p.m.

The flotilla will be at Mahogany Harbour from 1-1:45 p.m., and at Long Island Locks from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

The event originated during the COVID pandemic and is intended to promote and preserve Canadian fiddle music while also raising awareness and financial aid for local mental health organizations. Proceeds will be donated to Serenity Renewal for Families.

This organization was founded by Ottawa-area-musicianeducator-composer Sherryl Fitzpatrick in May 2021. The events are part of a larger vision to bring a major fiddle festival to our Nation’s Capital in 2023. Fitzpatrick says

the perfect venue is in Manotick along the banks of the Rideau River.

The flotilla events run Saturday, July 23rd and August 27th with live performances on board pontoon boats from 1:00-3:30 pm.

The flotilla will feature local prominent musicians, Toronto production “Come from Away” fiddler, Anna Ludlow, fiddler and step dancer, Chad Wolfe, pianists - Mark Allen and Patric Hamelin, fiddler and pianist, Sherryl Fitzpatrick along with fiddlers from local music clubs.

“Music is incredibly special and important to human life. It is meant to lift the spirits of musicians and bystanders alike,” said Fitzpatrick.

To make a donation and/or more information, www.fiddlesontherideau.com.

Area musician Sheryl Fitzpatrick hopes the Fiddles on the Rideau Flotilla grows into a major fiddle festival.

gram recommendations of the Infrastructure Master Plan (IMP).

The IMP is a strategic document that sets growthrelated goals, objectives, and priorities for municipal infrastructure re-

lated to water distribution, wastewater collection, and stormwater management, supporting the City’s New Official Plan project.

The draft preliminary policies and program recommendations include de-

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The City of Ottawa is seeking resident and stakeholder feedback on the preliminary policies and pro-

tailed infrastructure-related policies that support the New Official Plan and provide clarification on City expectations related to infrastructure planning, approvals, and implementation. It also includes new program

recommendations to support intensification.

Feedback from residents and stakeholders is important to the City of Ottawa and will be considered as the City prepares the draft final IMP for consideration

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The fireworks show was one of the best ever for local residents. Charlie Senack photos

The carrousel was a crowd favourite at Clarke Fields.

Organizer says 2022 Barrhaven Canada Day was best one ever

By Charlie Senack Canada Day made a big comeback in Barrhaven after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The annual event, which finally got to celebrate its 40th anniversary, began with its midway at Clarke Fields on June 30 and ran until July 3. The bulk of the events took place on July 1, with a full day of activities.

“Canada Day this year was probably the best one we have ever had,” said organizer Darrell Bartraw. “Finally the weather cooperated with us and we had beautiful weather the whole weekend.

Our guests had a great time, everything went according to plan, there were no issues.

It was just perfect and I’m glad we got to have Canada Day again because we have missed it for so many years.”

The day began with a family and seniors breakfast.

Acts began on the multicultural stage late that morning, and many youth enjoyed activities in the free kids zone.

New this year, Canada Day activities in Barrhaven included a strong Indiginous component.

“Our ceremony this year featured an elder who did a land acknowledgment and a blessing,” said Bartraw. “We had our national anthem sung in three different languages: English, French, and Anishinaabemowin. We also had a

Councillor Jan Harder and Mayor Jim Watson declared July 1, 2022 as Darrel Bartraw Day in Barrhaven.

A healthy crowd turned out to watch the Canada Day ceremonies followed by entertainment on the stage.

wonderful 45-minute show of some Indiginous people doing traditional dances, throat singers which was really outstanding, and they ended with doing a circle dance in the crowd which hundreds of people took part in this year.”

That afternoon following the parade of flags, Bartraw was recognized in a big way

by Mayor Jim Watson and Barrhaven councillor Jan Harder. He received a plaque stating July 1, 2022 to be known as Darrell Bartraw Day in Barrhaven. The plaque said Bartraw was commemorated “in recognition of the one person who embodies civic pride, philanthropy, and charity without ever seeking recognition.” He’s served the community in various volunteer capacities for over three decades.

In the evening, musical performances began with “Monkey Rock Music”, an

The Barrhaven Canada Day Midway was alive with activity for four straight evenings.

interactive group which got the youth up and dancing.

They were followed by “The Rockphiles” from Barrhaven, and ended with Montrealbased “Alter Ego.” “Alter Ego goes all across North America and they do an amazing show,” said Bartraw.

“We are already planning to bring one of their sister shows to Barrhaven for Canada Day next year. We have also booked ‘Monkey Rock Music’ for next year as well.”

The evening ended with a firework display which was lit over the new Strandherd Bridge. The show lasted about 12 minutes and featured a couple thousand dollars worth of additional fireworks, supplied by the company to commemorate Canada Day in Barrhaven’s 40th anniversary.

Because of the new bridge, Bartraw said some of the lower fireworks were hard to

see. They are looking to make modifications for next year.

“We are looking at after the construction is done, adjusting the display a little bit for next year so people can see the lower fireworks in addition to the higher fireworks,” he said.

Canada Day in Barrhaven is one of the first annual events to make a return to Barrhafen following the

COVID-19 pandemic. For the last two years, drive by car shows were held instead for seniors and families in the community.

On August 14, the Classic Car Show will return to Clarke Fields drawing thousands of car lovers. Bartraw says there will be live music, a small kids zone, and about 200 cars from the past.

Elsewhere in Barrhaven

on Canada Day, the Barrhaven Legion was able to bring back their annual birthday celebrations, with a packed hall of members who were able to socialize in a big way.

Bartraw says plans for next year’s Canada Day celebrations are already underway. Another midway will return to Clarke Fields over the August long weekend.

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Fall fair time is just around the corner in rural South Ottawa I believe that the country fair is a cornerstone of Canadian culture! It is a magical event that must be experienced by everyone at least once. Just the sweet smell of cotton floss or the sound of the merry-goround can stir up childhood memories of the country fair. It may take you back to a time when life was simpler, when there was an appreciation for things created by hand or nurtured in earth by the sweat of the brow. For many fair goers, the grandstand shows are the highlight of the fair, and people plan their holi-

days around this event. If you are into really loud noise then you’ll already know that “this fair” is on the Demolition Derby circuit.

The first destination for many entering the fairgrounds may be the building that displays artists, crafters, experts in culinary arts that challenge

judges. One display may be an array of colorful handmade quilts that have taken many hours to create stitch by stitch. After being displayed some move on to national competitions.

The organizers work hard to add new and exciting events every year to keep the show fresh.

Visit the stables in the crisp air of a fall morning and watch as owners meticulously groom majestic horses, readying them for many equine events.

Maybe next-door roosters crow, and rabbits, ducks, geese and fluffy chicks

program for youth will be held at the Charlie Conacher Community Building located at 30 Wessex Road.

A similar event was held on July 14. The partnership between NROCRC and the City of Ottawa aims to get youth to share their creative side.

Then beginning on July 20, and taking place every Wednesday for four weeks, a ‘skills and drills’ basketball program will be happening at the same location.

NROCRC, which has been looking to expand its presence in Barrhaven, said when surveying youth in the com-

munity, much of their interests revolves around basketball.

“We believe that Barrhaven is such a fast growing area and there are a ton of youth here that are clearly struggling with mental health and trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Madison Awender, a program coordinator at NROCRC. “The crime rates are going up in Barrhaven and we are trying to focus on that because the youth of Barrhaven have nothing to do.”

A recent report released

by Ottawa Police showed crime was up 20.7 per cent

THis week,

THIS MONTH

by Larry Ellis

nestle in the straw of their cages, also on display for visitors to critique are the fruits, vegetables, flowers, grain crops and harvest crops. Many dollars in prize money are given out for pickles, pastry, carvings, and other things – First Place Prize Winner ribbons are a treasure to the contestant!

Fall Fairs in this area include - opening dates – Navan August 4 - Richmond September 15– Carp September 22 – Metcalfe September 29 – Russell August 11 - South Mountain August 15 – Spencer-

ville September 12.

Visit a fall fair, there really is nothing like them,

you will be glad you did!

For the majority it is time to visit again!

NROCRC bringing more youth activities to Barrhaven

By Charlie Senack A handful of activities for youth in Barrhaven are coming to the neighborhood in hopes of keeping the younger community engaged.

The events, put on by the Nepean Rideau Osgoode Community Resource Centre, will take place over the next few weeks. They began with a barbecue and basketball tournament held at Moloughney Park on July 7.

A few dozen local youth participated, and the Barrhaven West Community Association also got involved.

On August 17, an art

One of the highlights of the NROCRC event was a basketball tournament at Moloughney Park.

Darrel Bartraw, left, manned the barbecue at the NROCRC event.

in Barrhaven ward last year.

In the neighbouring ward of Gloucester-South Nepean, which includes the other half of Barrhaven, crime was up 17.4 per cent in 2021.

In June 2021 the Barrhaven Independent Newspaper broke the story of a swarming which took place outside the Greenbank Road Farm Boy. It left a 16-year-old with what police described as “serious injuries.” The young teen suffered a concussion and a broken nose.

Then in early March 2022 Longfields Davidson Heights High School was forced into secure school mode after a stabbing took place in the building. The

teen was left with serious injuries, but it was deemed non life-threatening.

It’s issues like these which led NROCRC to Barrhaven.

In the fall they focused their efforts near the skate park on Berrigan, where many local youth like to hang out. They hosted a local barbecue and spoke with teens to find out what they want to see in the community.

Many of the youth surveyed said the community lacks activities for the younger population to do and are looking for more space for sports activities, especially in the winter months when it’s too cold to play outside. Indoor gym

space is in high demand with local schools’ gyms already being booked out for private activities.

Awender says they want to bring more programming to Barrhaven and this is just the beginning of hopefully something bigger.

“Our hope is eventually having a more permanent location in Barrhaven and permanent programming because there’s nothing really there currently for the youth group of kids,” she said.

For more information on free youth programming taking place in Barrhaven, visit the Nepean Rideau Osgoode Community Resource Centre’s website.

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31. Brother or sister 33. A famous “Squad” 34. Stage actor Anthony 36. Violent seizure of property 38. Saclike cavities 40. Sound units 41. Counts on 43. Dad 44. Woman (French) 45. A digital tape recording of sound 47. Polish Baltic peninsula 48. Recipe measurement 51. Requests out

of dire need 53. Precious stone weight unit 55. The immaterial part of a person 56. Anoint 58. Golf score 59. Supernatural 60. Northwest Territories 61. Can be made suitable 64. A professor’s helper 65. Having a toothlike edge 67. Got atop a horse 69. Judged 70. Static balance between opposing forces CLUES DOWN 1. Flowing 2. Computer department 3. Lasts 4. DiFranco and Samsonyan are two 5. __ de sac 6. Merchant 7. Hosts film festival 8. State of agitation of fuss 9. A way to praise 10. Opaque gems 11. McKinley is one 12. Smallest interval in classical Western music 13. Famed designer

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LeBreton resigns from Carleton Conservative riding association board

By Charlie Senack Nepean Township native and former Government Leader of the Senate, Marjory LeBreton, has resigned from the Carleton Conservative riding board after MP Pierre Poilievre’s support for the Freedom Convoy.

Poilievre was first elected as Nepean-Carleton’s MP in 2004 and was Barrhaven’s MP for more than a decade until the riding was split into Nepean and Carleton. He is now running in the Conservative Party leadership race, and is a frontrunner to be their next leader.

LeBreton, who grew up on a farm near Barrhaven and has family roots in the community, was a longtime fixture with the NepeanCarleton Conservatives before becoming a riding association board member in Carleton.

Earlier this year, Poilievre faced backlash after supporting the so-called “freedom” trucker convoy, which shut down parts of Downtown Ottawa for well over a week. He posted many pictures with people from the movement, and even brought them coffee.

LeBreton, who’s been a well-respected Conservative all her life and has deep roots in the party, says she knew the blockade, which she describes as illegal, wouldn’t end well. LeBreton told the Barrhaven Independent she has concerns the divide is becoming too deep.

“I’ve watched the Conservative Party evolve through tough times and good times, and I am very fearful that the great accommodation reached between (then Canadian Alliance Leader) Stephen Harper and (former PC Leader) Peter McKay in the fall of 2003 is fracturing, maybe beyond repair,” she said.

LeBreton, who said it brings her no joy to speak out against behaviour she’s seeing in the party, says her breaking point came in the

midst of the freedom convoy. Poilievre was one of many Conservative MP’s to openly support their efforts, despite the blockade causing so much unrest.

The demonstrators, who participated in what authorities called an “illegal convoy occupation”, blocked access points at land crossings between Canada and the US, and disrupted the lives of downtown Ottawa residents by blaring their horns at all hours of the night.

Police and other authorities had to be brought in from across the country to end the siege, coming in on horseback with shields. It cost the city and Ottawa Police more than $36 million.

By the end of March, 230 arrests were made, with 180 of those individuals being charged with over 400 offences.

LeBreton can’t wrap her head around how the Conservative Party would support such a movement, which broke countless laws and disrupted the lives of many people.

“When I resigned, I said that I really had a problem because one of the main cornerstones of Conservatism is law and order,” said LeBreton. “I just felt that we were taking a sledgehammer to one of the main cornerstones of Conservatism. One of the reasons why I am a Conservative is because I have tremendous respect for the law, so I felt that I could no longer in all good conscience remain on the board.”

LeBreton felt Conservatives’ support of the convoy movement took attention away from the main problem at hand.

“The responsibility of all this grievance and unhappiness should have been laid at the feet of the Prime Minister for using a health issue in order to win an election,” she said. “He divided people and basically insulted people who didn’t support the vaccine. It was all so unneces-

Former Leader of the Government in the Senate, Marjory LeBreton, has resigned from the Carleton Conservative Party riding board.

Charlie Senack photo

sary. 80-90 per cent of Canadians were vaccinated. This is a one hundred per cent success story. But having said that Pierre and people who were advising him decided they were going to jump in front of this parade and I just felt like I couldn’t support that.”

The former Government Leader of the Senate also questioned how Poilievre could support a blockade in Downtown Ottawa, when his tone was different during a rail blockade in early 2020.

Back then, the Carleton MP openly bashed an Indiginous blockade which was causing disruption in Western Canada.

At the time, Poilievre said in a CBC interview: “When Indigenous People protest and blockade it is wrong and the government has laws and tools in place to deal with it.

These blockaders are taking away the freedom of other people to move their goods and themselves.”

“You can’t say it’s ok to have an illegal blockade in the City of Ottawa but it’s not ok for another group to have an illegal blockade at a railroad crossing,” noted LeBreton. “An illegal blockade should be dealt with through

the full force of the law.”

LeBreton’s resignation came on February 15, but stayed quiet not looking to paint the party in a bad light.

She has been a long time supporter of Poilievre, even answering phones during the latest election campaign.

That’s why she’s having a hard time coming to grips with the changes she’s witnessing.

“There was a lot of excitement in his campaign, we won by 16 points in the election less than a year ago, but there was a main street poll the other day that had his lead at four percentage points,” said LeBreton. “So I have to ask myself, and we should ask ourselves, and Pierre should ask himself, why is this happening? And when you look at that poll it’s very much tied to his support of the so-called freedom convoy which was an illegal blockade.”

LeBreton says the poll is mirroring what she’s seeing in the riding. Everywhere she goes, she says she is hearing from business people, ordinary citizens, and even lifelong Conservatives that the party is beginning to swing too far to the right.

“In the riding after

Pierre’s very out-front support of the convoy, I had people who supported him all of a sudden saying they were so disappointed. Before I resigned, I suggested to the riding president as a result of this that we better do a poll in Carleton,” said LeBreton. “Business people thought that Pierre walked away from them during the protests. It was his constituents that were losing their minimum wage jobs in the Rideau Centre. It was his constituents who had small businesses they couldn’t open, losing thousands of dollars. He completely abandoned them.”

LeBreton says if the party wants a chance at winning the next election, they need to unite and vote in a leader who Canadians could see as an alternative choice.

“It’s important for the party to really think about who can lead us and win support and become electable in the whole country,” she said.

“By that I mean we have to acknowledge that the country has changed and we have to work really hard to win over people who live especially in the suburbs, and we have to present ourselves in a way where people can see

themselves in us. I’m afraid that at the moment they are not seeing themselves in us.”

As for the personal attacks and harsh words candidates are throwing around at one another, LeBreton says they need to stop.

She’s joined a group called “Centerized Conservatives”, which aims to focus on issues they care about and impact their communities.

“We are trying to foster debate for people who are in the centre, no matter who they vote for,” stated LeBreton. “We are encountering a lot of blue liberals who just can’t buy the policies of the Trudeau Government. I hate to even think about what’s going on in the United States filtering into Canada. I really think we are different in Canada, I’m hopeful that will not happen,” The Conservative Party is now “completely foreign” to LeBreton, who adds she is starting to feel like she no longer has a home in the party. Her message to Poilievre and all Conservative voters is to bring ideas forward that will unite Canadians, not cause an even bigger divide. She says all candidates have good ideas, including Poilievre.

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OFSAA badminton tournament a highlight of year for recent St. Joseph grad Name: Justin Doan Age: 18 Address: Barrhaven School: St. Joseph High Grade: Graduated grade 12 in June Parents: Mother: Cham Nguyen Father: Nhan Doan Sister: Eveline Doan (21), graduated from St. Joseph High and going into her 4th year for nursing at Ottawa University.

Pet Peeve: “The one pet peeve I have is when I’m backing out of the driveway and the previous person who used the car didn’t straighten the wheels.

It’s the little dose of anxiety I get while I’m backing out and I start turning a little that really gets to me.”

Part-time Work: “I work as a court attendant at the Barrhaven Tennis Club where I work with a variety of players, young and old, new or experienced. I’ve also worked with my school as a peer tutor, tutoring math, ranging from grade 9 math to grade 12 math.”

Favourite Subjects: “My favourite subjects are Math and Music. Math has been a subject that has always interested me, and has reasonable logic

fOCUS ON

YOUTH

by Phill Potter

to support it. Music is a hobby I’m interested in, and music class offers a variety of music to explore, away from my usual genres and into blues, soul, jazz, R&B and movie scores.”

What do you enjoy reading for pleasure? “I enjoy reading Asian comics online and web novels that are typically based on martial arts, medieval European history or a post apocalyptic modern society.”

Favourite Author: “My favourite author is Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers. I read this book in my English class where Gladwell analyzes successful people and outlines their recipe for success through their efforts, culture, upbringing, and history.”

Greatest Accomplishment: “My greatest accomplishment is qualifying for the provincial school tournament for badminton playing at the OFSAA badminton tournament at Pain Court with my mixed doubles partner Karen Jorgensen. It felt great, not just to be able to play there, but also go on my first school trip since grade 9.”

School Activities: “Similar

to my accomplishment, school sports returned from their absence in 2020, and I had the pleasure of participating in 3 city tournaments before qualifying for OFSAA. “St. Joseph also hosted a coffee house where many students were able to perform, showcasing their amazing talents including beat boxing, song covers, original songs, dancing, piano performances and even a guzheng performance.

“We also had an athletic banquet for all those who were involved in school sports, where we had a reception, a dinner, and awards for MVP’s and athletes of the year. I was honoured with the MVP award for badminton.”

Other Activities/Interests: “I play piano as a hobby, learning classical famous music like Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy and my current favourite piece Waltz in A flat Major, Op. 42 by Frederic Chopin. I also like playing video games, ranging from strategic games like Slay the Spire, a card game where you build a deck to fight enemies, to online party games with friends like Gartic Phone, similar to broken telephone but with drawings.”

Career Goals: “I’m enrolling in Carleton University’s Honours Computer Science Program with the co-op op-

tion. I intend to choose a stream of computer science after my first or second year, possibly thinking of going into software engineering or data science. After my bachelor’s degree I would like to continue my studies and pursue a master’s degree.

Comment: “It has definitely been a weird couple of years, with Covid putting life on hold and making those years feel kind of like a blur, cancelling many school activities. But, the last couple of months really made it feel normal again, with school activities coming back in full swing. Now that I have graduated, I sincerely hope that students will have a great high school experience, and I am looking forward to my university life.”

Justin Doan will be attending Carleton University for their Honorus Computer Science Program in the fall. ,

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The East Nepean Eagles won the Ontario Senior Little League District 2 championships. The Eagles headed to the provincial championship tournament, which was won by Oakville. The Junior Little League Eagles also won the District 2 title, and they are now headed to Cornwall to the Ontario championships. The Eagles will be hosting the Ontario Major Little League Championships in Barrhaven beginning July 23.

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Rooftop Terrace, Conference Room, Party Room

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Haven Towers is currently under construction.

Now accepting leases for Fall 2022 and beyond.