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Kick-Start program to provide soccer balls, cleats to children in need Ottawa South United soccer club has teamed up with the Ottawa Police Service and the Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) to make a beautiful gesture that will help children from needy families play the beautiful game. Through their partnership, the three organizations formally launched the Kick-Start Program last week. As part of the program, OSU has donated in excess of 250 soccer balls and 200 pairs of donated cleats from its families to children in need. The CCI has coordinated the effort by connecting with new families to Canada who have children with a keen interest in soccer. The Ottawa Police Service will be handling the logistics of distributing the items to the family homes directly through their uniformed officers.
The Kick-Start program, through its trio of partners, will be supporting children’s accessibility and engagement in sport, making a lasting impact in the community. Future plans include the addition of inperson training, directly in the community once it is feasible to do so. “Supporting children across the greater Ottawa area is a key objective for our club and is a part of OSU’s new ESG strategy. We know the important role that sport can play for youth and are grateful for the support of our families and the utilization of our Help the Kids Play Fund to launch this initiative,” noted OSU President, Bill Michalopulos. The Ottawa Police service sees Kick-Start as a valuable program that they are happy to be a partner in. “We are excited about
this initiative because it involves our Frontline and Neighbourhood officers partnering with trusted agencies to help people give back to our community. Thank you, Ottawa residents for your generosity,” said Ottawa Police A/ Staff Sergeant Fernando Vieira. The Catholic Centre for Immigrants is excited about the program. Sports, particularly at the youth level, unifies families and cultures no matter what background they are from. “Nelson Mandela said, ‘Sport has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.’ At the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, we believe sports play a major role in helping immigrant families, youth and children integrate into their new home. This part-
Ottawa South United soccer club, in partnership with the Ottawa Police Service and Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI), formally launched the Kick-Start program last week. The program will provide soccer balls and cleats to children from families in need.
nership with one of the biggest soccer clubs in the city and the Ottawa Police Service sends a strong mes-
sage to our newcomers’ community that they are not alone, they have access to the sport they love, and
that they are welcome,” reflected Catholic Centre for Immigrants Staff, Zaid AlShorafat.
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St. Joseph Grade 7 students raising money for Meals on Wheels Here we are halfway through May and we are still living under a “stay at home” order. I am sure you are just as sick of it as I am. I yearn for the day the word COVID won’t be part of every single conversation. I am sure you do as well. One thing I surely know is that when we manage our way through this I intend to grab every speck of happy I can as well as not taking for granted any aspect of life particularly with my family, how about you? Find out what is happening in your Barrhaven & City of Ottawa communities through my weekly email blast. To sign up for my email blast please email mark.bouwman@ottawa.ca. In need of more community promotion? Send an email with what you would like to get promoted and see it in my email blast!
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The Log Farm Barrhaven
As some of you were aware, the Log Farm not able to open the farm for their traditional spring Sugarbush visits. They were not comfortable because spring always brings lineups and they just could not find a way to do it safely. They did have the farm open for a couple weekends with very limited number of visitors, to try and offer an outdoor area for families to enjoy themselves as safely as possible. Of course, with the latest regulations and the COVID numbers so high they have once again closed the farm until further notice.
Like last year, the Log Farm was not able to allow guests to visit their sugarbush but they did make syrup. Although not as plentiful as last year, this year’s syrup is ready and it is very good. They are once again this year offering local free contactless home delivery of their Maple syrup. All the details are at www.thelogfarm.com.
Gr. 7 students at the Virtual Academy
Help support a fantastic student business venture for a local charity from one of the virtual grade 7 classes from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Barrhaven. The class chose to work with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal of HUNGER. They chose to have Meals on Wheels Ottawa as their
charity and have produced an amazing digital cookbook and are selling it here: https://bakingadifference.myshopify.com/. Enjoy some new recipes and delicious food, along with some lovely dinner music. These students have worked really hard and added a ton of creativity. Let’s support their efforts to help this important charity in need!! These students adventure stems from the ‘The Social Entrepreneurs Program’. The Social Entrepreneurs Program pairs educators with volunteer business mentors, such that the students build a business venture (in this case virtually), with all profits donated to a charity. For more information click the link provided below: https://sites.google.com/ ocsb.ca/ocsbsocialentrepreneurs
Relay for Life Committee at the Ottawa Carleton Virtual Secondary School Message
OCDSB schools are making a difference for Canadians living with cancer by hosting a Relay for Life event in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Relay for Life is a community based fundraising event run by many schools that raises money to fund game-changing research in all cancers. On May 28th, our team will be hosting a Relay For Life event with several schools across the Ottawa Carleton District School Board from 2-4pm. Relay For Life is important to us because we want to fund Canada’s most promising and ground-breaking research against all cancers, as well as make a difference in our community. Our
event is helping those living with cancer get to life-saving treatment appointments and providing access to other key support programs. We are asking you for any kind donations to support our event. Your donation and support will go a long way to help us to achieve our fundraising goal of $10,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society. We would appreciate any sort of donation, for example, gift cards or items as could be given away as incentives to attend our event. With your help, we can make this goal a reality, as we work together to create a world where no Canadian fears cancer. Message Kelly Pham at kpham1@ocdsb.ca for more information. uOttawa Medical Students GoFundMe Initiative to support Ottawa’s ICU staff
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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT Harder continues from page 2 “At the University of Ottawa Medical School, we have organized a local fundraising initiative to raise money for the purchase and distribution of PPE for healthcare professionals in Ottawa and surrounding areas...The supplier we are using is a new supplier who received CDC certification for N95 production. Unfortunately, at this time the supplier is only able to give us masks and gloves...This is not a supplier that would otherwise supply to hospitals. He is not taking new clients, so our fundraiser is a way for these PPE resources to be diverted to the TOH hospital. All donations made to our campaign go towards purchasing and distributing PPE to those healthcare professionals with the greatest need. Funds are being collected through our GoFundMe page (gf.me/u/xsggwh). Since hearing about this campaign, other medical schools
in Ontario have joined our initiative to protect our healthcare workers across the province by fundraising in their local communities as well. “ - University of Ottawa Medical Students.
Committee hears about Civic Campus plans from The Ottawa Hospital
The City’s Finance and Economic Development Committee received a presentation from the Ottawa Hospital outlining development plans for its new Civic Campus. The Ottawa Hospital has completed the next stage of planning for the campus and plans to open in 2028 as one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in Canada. The facility will serve Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec and Nunavut. The Ottawa Hospital has submitted stage two of the Capital Planning Process
to the Ontario Ministry of Health for development of the new campus. As part of the follow-up to that submission, The Ottawa Hospital presented to the Committee today, sharing the proposed design. The Ottawa Hospital will also organize consultations in the coming months to give the public opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback on the proposal. The new campus will house the most advanced trauma centre in Ottawa. The main hospital building, including the emergency department and the inpatient and outpatient clinics, will sit atop the escarpment across from Dow’s Lake. Additional clinic space, medical offices, research and education buildings and a parking garage will be located on the lower portion of the site, connected to nearby Dow’s Lake Station. The project is estimated to cost $2.8 billion. Construc-
tion of the project will help drive the regional economy, creating an estimated 20,000 jobs along with research and training opportunities and health investments. Once open, it will offer world class health care in Eastern Ontario that will attract health care providers, researchers and students from around the world.
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Jagtar Gill murder trial wraps up, verdict expected in summer The verdict in the trial of the murder of Jagtar Gill is expected to be delivered sometime in the summer. Ms. Gill’s husband, Bhupinderpal Gill, and his former lover, Gurpreet Ronald, are both charged with first degree murder in the Jan. 29, 2014 slaying of Ms. Gill. The 43-year-old woman was at home alone recovering from surgery when she was beaten and stabbed to death in the family room of her home. Closing arguments in the trial wrapped up Monday. In 2016, a jury found Mr. Gill and Ms. Ronald guilty of first degree murder. Three years later, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for Gill and Ronald after determining that the verdict was tainted by a legal error made by the trial judge. The judge
did not present the jury with an option to convict Gill of second degree murder. The court found that this error hindered Gill’s full defence, which was that Ronald acted alone in planning the murder of Jagtar Gill. In December, 2019, it was determined by the Ontario Court of Appeal that the judge did not present the jury with an option to convict Gill of second degree murder. The court found that this error hindered Gill’s full defence, which was that Ronald acted alone in planning the murder of Jagtar Gill. The court found that because of the omission, Gill and Ronald should be retried. The ruling nullified the 2016 convictions, and they were once again tried for first degree murder.
Crown attorney Jason Neubauer contends that Mr. Gill and Ms. Ronald had a plan to kill Ms. Gill, and that Ms. Ronald executed the plan when she knew Ms. Gill was alone at home. During the trial, Neubauer said Mr. Gill “hated his wife” and “didn’t view divorce as an option.” He added that a consultant was hired by the two former OC Transpo employees in 2012 to see how they could be together because Mr. Gill “would do anything to get rid of his wife.” The Crown alleged that the two lovers made the decision together to kill Ms. Gill, saying the pair spoke with each other more than 250 times in the 28 days before the murder, totalling than 48 hours of phone conversation. When Ms. Gill was killed,
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It was also found on a torn piece of a blue latex glove that was found near Ms. Gill’s body. She said her blood was at the scene because she cut her finger washing the knife. The Crown also says while under police surveillance, they saw Ms. Ronald drive from Gill’s temporary home to an NCC trail park of lot where she got out of the vehicle and walked a distance, some of what was out of view of the officers who were monitoring her. An NCC employee found the knife, which had traces of Ms. Gill’s blood on it. While the original trial had a jury, the retrial did not. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein heard the case, and is expected to announce her verdict in the summer.
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City must improve infrastructure and manage suburban growth When I decided to run for City Council back in 2018, one of the primary reasons came from my frustration with how our City was growing. Suburb upon suburb was being built, but all lacked the new roads and infrastructure needed to accommodate all the cars and trucks. Naively, I thought we could plan better, and as a city councillor, I would have some influence. Despite having successfully convinced city bureaucrats in 2019 to spend $57 million in federal gas tax money on our poorly maintained roads and infrastructure, nothing has changed. That said, what we currently spend is still nowhere near what we need. All of this ties into a proposal to amend the zoning on the Merivale Business Parklands to accommodate a warehouse and truck terminal. This site is surrounded by mainly two-lane roads that have not been upgraded to meet current traffic demands. The Business Park was established 30 years ago by the former City of Nepean, has sat under-developed for decades, but that’s changing. Novatech, the company hired by the applicant to provide the traffic study, assures me there are no imminent plans to build. This zoning amendment application is coming forward to add a warehouse and truck depot as a primary use to improve the property’s appeal for businesses. The site is already zoned for a warehouse as a secondary purpose. Speculation is that whatever company moves to the site,
it will provide services to the ever-growing e-commerce sector, which needs new locations to receive packages shipped from manufacturers around the globe, which are then trucked to local customers. The business park, bounded by Merivale Road, Prince of Wales, Longfields to Woodroffe and Fallowfield, is situated between the Ottawa Airport and the new Amazon Centre in Barrhaven. On paper, the site may look ideal, but I see two big problems. The area around the location is now built up. It’s home to thousands of residents who worry about the impact of truck traffic on their communities. Let me say that trucks are not permitted on residential streets. Residents need to know that. But as the councillor for the area, I am committed to finding ways to mitigate valid noise, pollution and safety concerns. Problem number two relates to infrastructure - specifically the old roads used by traffic into and out of the Business Park. There are currently no plans to expand Merivale Road, Prince of Wales, from Hunt Club to Merivale won’t be widened until 2026-2031. The same can be said about the other surrounding roads, including Fallowfield.
Before the pandemic, all these roads were gridlocked during the daily commute. What happens when we add transports and other trucks? When I asked that question to city staff, the answer I got is that we need the jobs, and we cannot penalize a new company just because we have two-lane roads that are falling apart and can barely handle current traffic. Don’t get me wrong. I am not against economic growth and new jobs. The south end of Ottawa is hot with new business growth. We don’t want to lose opportunities, so let’s work on building roads that can accommodate growth and not penalize residents. We must start with changing how we allocate money to upgrading infrastructure. In Barrhaven and Riverside South, the City collects millions of dollars from new projects. Consider the new Amazon warehouse paid the City $32 million in development charges. Instead of being spent on infrastructure to benefit the south end, that money went into a pot to be spent on projects across the City. That makes no sense, especially now. Ottawa has terrible roads and infrastructure. Let’s change how Ottawa upgrades our infrastructure to properly manage the City’s growth while improving our local economy. My office is hosting an information session on Thursday, May 13th. Please contact my office if you would like to receive the virtual link. Carolanne. meehan@ottawa.ca
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Barrhaven’s Indian community helplessly watches in horror Here is a question for everyone in Barrhaven. Do you care? Of course you do. I do. You do. We do. But look deep inside yourself. Do we really? We want to be the best people we can be. The footprint George Floyd left on all of us is that we are now conscious of systemic racism. We knew about racism, but now, we have gone next level in our efforts to be more responsible citizens who are focused on equity and inclusion. In our community, attacking systemic racism has to go far beyond the treatment of Black people by police officers. It has to also include our attitudes toward our many neighbours from India and China. Months ago, we featured the protests by members of the local Indian community who were showing solidarity for the farmers in their home country. Measures passed by the Indian government was devastating to farming families, which make up more than 50 per cent of that county’s population. The levels of poverty these families live in is unimaginable to the average Canadian. We did get some reaction to the story. What was missing was compassion. We got emails and comments criticizing our story. They asked why we would cover this, or why anyone in Barrhaven should care about this story. But when thousands of people in Barrhaven have families directly affected by this, don’t you think it matters in our community? We have all had a good chance to witness systemic racism in our community at Costco or the grocery store. Just watch people subtly distance themselves from people of Chinese or Indian descent. Maybe if you are not looking for it, you won’t see it. But if people are distancing themselves from people of certain colour for fear of catching COVID-19, is that not systemic racism at its purist form? Now, in India, we are witnessing one of the most horrific situations in human history. On average, 1.2 million people in India are being infected with COVID-19 every three days. More than 3,000 people a day are dying. Hospitals are full. People are dying in the streets. The death toll there could hit 300,000 by the end of May. By that time, they may also hit 30 million cases of COVID-19. Last week, the Ontario government announced it will donate 3,000 ventilators to the Indian Red Cross. A press release from the province stated that “We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of India during these difficult times.” We hope that everyone in Barrhaven can show compassion to our Indo-Canadian neighbours who spend every day terrified about the fates of loved ones. Social media is being overrun with hatred and negativity everywhere. It’s about time we all replaced those feelings with empathy. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has not built our character. In too many cases, it has revealed it.
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Sunday evenings with my dad and Andy Rooney I found myself streaming my way down me a chore, usually in another room, and he a rabbit hole this week. would go pour a drink. We all have things that distract us. It The funny thing about Rooney is that might be Tik Tok videos, it might be some- you probably don’t remember an entire thing Kardashiany on Instagram. By the segment with him, but some of the quotes way, if Kardashiany is not an official ad- and sayings that he dropped on us remain jective, it should be. Maybe you get drawn timeless. into reality shows, baking shows or cook“Computers make it easier to do a lot of ing shows. things, but most of the things they make it For me, I get locked easier to do don’t need to into classic sports. I be done.” got caught up in an “The 50-50-90 rule: old football game last Anytime you have a 50weekend. I guess I was FROM THE OTHER 50 chance of getting looking for something something right, there’s that would take me a 90% probability you’ll back a few yesterdays. get it wrong. “ Jeffrey Morris Okay, maybe I wanted “The average dog is to go back ten or twenty a nicer person than the thousand yesterdays. average person.” It was the unlikeliest thing that took me “Vegetarian - that’s an old Indian word back there. It was a simple sentence uttered meaning lousy hunter. “ by CBS broadcaster Pat Summerall. “When those waiters ask me if I want “60 Minutes will be seen in its entirety some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they after the game.” have any aged pepper.” Suddenly, my eyes welled up, I had a “Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb COUNCILpeople do it because they can’t think of lump in my throat, and I missed my dad. I spent Sundays watching NFLCORNER football what they want to say and they’re frustratwith him. Pat Summerall would repeat that Dodge ed. A lot of smart people do it to pretend Mayor Suzanne phrase every Sunday. It meant the game was they aren’t very smart - want to be just one almost over, I should get my math books of the boys.” out, and we would watch Andy Rooney. “Computers may save time but they sure Sundays began with Reverend Fred Payne waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of at St. John’s Anglican Church – complete everything printed out by a computer is disclosure here that my father was usually garbage that no one ever reads.” in no shape to sit through a church service “Making duplicate copies and computer THE NOT SO the next morning. But he was always co- printouts of things no one wanted even one NEW herent enough to peel his eyelids open and GUY of in the first place is giving America a new Tim Ruhnke send me off on my bike with an envelope sense of purpose. “ for the collection plate. “I don’t like food that’s too carefully arBy the late afternoon, my father would ranged; it makes me think that the chef is join me watching football. We would watch spending too much time arranging and not his beloved Dallas Cowboys at 4 p.m. The enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture day ended with 60 Minutes and our favour- I’d buy a painting.” ite, Andy Rooney. His humour and insights “I hope all of you are going to fill out provided such an emotional bridge between your census form when it comes in the mail my father and myself. next month. If you don’t return the form the WALKER HOUSE Andy Rooney’s oral essays at the end area you live in might get less government of 60 Minutes became part of our weekly money and you wouldn’t want that to hapSusan Vallom routine at home. He had a soft and grandpen, would you.” fatherly delivery but he tapped into a level “People will generally accept facts as of common sense that seemed so obvious truth only if the facts agree with what they but so far away. He was Seinfeld before Se- already believe.” infeld was a thing. Sometimes I wonder if my dad got to I remember I used to annoy the heck out meet Andy Rooney in Heaven. They would of my dad when I would bust into Andy share a laugh and I think they would enjoy Rooney mode. “Dad, have you ever noticedBLAKE’S each others’ company. I wonder, if you are TAKES the stuff on the top of the ketchup bottle a celebrity, if there would be a lot of people doesn’t have a name? Have you ever wonin Heaven waiting for you and wanting to Blake McKim dered why? We have names for everything meet you. else. Some things have five or six names. In one of his most famous quotes, Andy But why not the stuff on the ketchup bot- Rooney downplayed his influenced on our tle? We all know what it is and it annoys culture. us all. But whose job would it be to give “Most of us end up with no more than it a name? Is there a naming division in five or six people who remember us. Teachthe government? Does the person there not ers have thousands of people who rememeat ketchup and doesn’t realize it needs a ber them for the rest of their lives.” word?” Maybe Andy Rooney wasn’t a teacher, That’s about when my dad would give but he was to my father and me.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Heavy traffic and racing cars ruin ambience of our neighbourhoods The Editor, My wife and I moved to Barrhaven last December and are looking forward to using the amenities and natural beauty that the area has to offer. While we fully realize that living in
a growing community, we will encounter such things as construction and traffic noise. We did not expect to have our outside activities such as sitting on our terrace or balcony for a quiet read on a sunny day
continually interrupted by very loud exhaust noise from vehicles as they race away from the traffic lights or when they gear down for a red light. We live in the area of Longfields Drive, which
is mostly residential with a large school and note that the speed limit is also very high for this type of area and racing seems to take place between traffic lights in order to make the next green light.
At the moment even with Covid restrictions in place there is a large volume of traffic at any time and it is not uncommon to have 10 to 15 loud exhaust vehicles interrupting our peace and quiet every hour.
Our question is what is the city prepared to do to in order to give us and others relief from this stealing of our quality of life by an inconsiderate few? Bruce Cordick Barrhaven
Government handling of second dose questions transparency, credibility The Editor, Ontario faces the most aggressive surge of contagions by Covid-19 and a large part of the citizenship makes it full of great uncertainty and distrust, product of the inconsistent and contradictory management of information. One of the most serious contradictions is the one that exists between the
way the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is applied and what the official website of the Government of Canada (Canada. CA) as the Pfizer portal say in that regard. The official website Canada.com says that for the vaccine to work best, you need to get two doses: a single dose and then a second dose 21 days later,
fully coinciding with what is indicated by Pfizer. However, what happens in reality contradicts both since the second dose is being applied 112 days after the first. Given that incongruity, it is worth asking: have clinical trials been carried out for evaluate the effect that the greatest period of time, between the first and the second
dose, could have in the effectiveness of the vaccine? If so, what have been the results of such clinical tests? Is the effectiveness of the vaccine and the alleged protection, during the additional days of waiting for the second dose, maintained? Does the vaccine maintain the same effectiveness after a second dose that is applied 91 days later than
recommended? Has there been any pronouncement by Pfizer-BioNTech about the effectiveness of the vaccine when the second dose is applied 112 days after the first one? If answers to such questions are not disseminated, people will continue questioning decisions transparency such as increasing time lapse between the first and
second dose of the PfizerBioNTech vaccine. It is not a secret that the success of any process involving the acceptance and participation of society goes through a transparent management of all information, as a single mechanism to have confidence, support and credibility in institutions that handle such processes. Dirimo Marin
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Athlete and musician heading to Queen’s to study Engineering Physics Name: Isabelle Ngo Age: 17 Address: Barrhaven School: Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary Grade:12 Parents: Kimberly Loi and Quang Ngo Brother: Allan (23) at UBC, pursuing a MSc in Finance Pet: Dog named Sunny Pet Peeves: “Hypocrites, and stubborn people who can’t admit when they’re in the wrong.” Part-time Work: Teaching trombone lessons Favourite Subjects: “Physics is my absolute favourite. However, I love all subjects! This year, I’m taking Physics, English, Accounting, Advanced Functions, Music, French, Calculus, and Chemistry.” What do you enjoy reading for pleasure? “I enjoy reading news articles about space exploration and reading the classics. I just finished 1984 and Brave New World.”
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Who is your favourite author? “My favourite author is George Orwell. I find the dystopian worlds that he wrote about in the early 20th fascinating, as I believe they have predicted how our society is today.” What is your greatest accomplishment? “My greatest achievement is winning Bronze at the RowOntario Championships in July 2019, which was my first rowing race! After struggling to learn to row earlier that season, I was so proud that my hard work and determination paid off.” School Activities: “Throughout high school, I’ve participated in a wide range of clubs and activities, including Band, Sports, Charitable Clubs, Academic Clubs, and Grad Committee. Some of the highlights have been Band, Sports Teams, and the Business Club. “Since Grade 7, I’ve been the lead trombone of my school’s Concert and Jazz
Bands. We’ve earned many gold medal standards at both regional and national music festivals. Unfortunately, band is unable to happen this year, and I am missing rehearsals and the opportunity to showcase our hard work at festivals. Luckily, we’re all staying connected as a family through Virtual Socials, Workshops, and Check-Ins. “Sports competitions are also cancelled this year, which is especially heartbreaking for me. After catching the flu in the fall of 2019, and missing my chance to qualify for OFSAA Cross Country, I was prepared to redeem myself this year. With strong teammates, the Senior Girls’ Team at my school was also hoping to be our school’s first Cross Country Team to make OFSAA. “In Grade 11, I co-founded the LDH Interact Business Club, which is tied to the Rotary Club of South Nepean, to teach students basic business skills and to help our community. Last year, we hosted charitable events, such as a local Sock Drive to collect socks for the homeless, and Bingo Night to raise money for the Shepherds of Good Hope. Furthermore, we volunteered with Rotary members at Bottle Drives and Blood Drives. This year we’ve been
learning and improving our business skills – virtually. We hope to apply them when planning our next fundraiser.” Other Activities/Interests: “Outside of school, I’m a competitive rower and runner with the Ottawa Rowing Club and Ottawa Lions Track & Field Club respectively. We’re currently doing our training at home with the occasional virtual strength training, but I’m looking forward to rowing on the water in the spring, and running with my teammates again on the track! “Last summer, my friends and I established a virtual peer tutoring organization called Auxilium, which now consists of 300+ students across Ottawa. I know that the new learning model is challenging for some students, so I thought this program would be a great resource to help students academically and socially. As an executive member and a mentor myself, I’ve seen first hand how this organization has impacted students. Mentors and mentees have mentioned gaining leadership skills and seeing an improvement in grades respectively. “I’ve also been involved in city-wide jazz bands such as the Nepean All City Jazz
Isabelle Ngo is heading to Queen’s to study Engineering Physics and compete for the Gaels rowing team. Submitted photo
Band, the Ottawa Junior Jazz Band, and the OCDSB Grade 8 All Star Jazz Band. I’ve had the opportunity to travel with my bands and play at both the Ottawa and Montreal Jazz Festivals. I am disappointed that this year’s season was cancelled, as it was my last chance to play
in a big band before heading off to university. It was especially heartbreaking that our trip to MusicFest Nationals in Calgary last year was cancelled, as we were looking forward to showcasing our hard work and visiting Banff.”
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Orr said most of last year’s vendors are back, along with several new ones. “We have everything from starter plants both veggies and flowers to beef, pork and lamb along with all kinds of baking from pies and tarts to cookies and bread,” he said. “There will also be a great compliment of hand made products to choose from. You can also pick up
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their students and want to get to know them. I’ve never been one to develop close relationships with teachers, but they’re so welcoming that it happens naturally. I want to thank all of my teachers for everything they’ve done for me, especially my music teacher and band conductor, Ms. Godfrey, who is there for all her students – like a mother hen. She has created a safe and loving environment within the Longfields music department that feels like home, and it’s one of the things I’m going to miss
most about high school. “I also admire the diversity of people, clubs, and sports at Longfields. The school offers everything, from religious clubs to sports I’ve never considered before – like Nordic Skiing. Longfields has exposed me to so many new things. “In terms of the new learning model, I’m enjoying it more than I thought. I like focusing on one class at a time, and having lots of spare time. However, I am disappointed that classes like physics and math no longer
have the extra time to go beyond the curriculum, and explore topics that challenge our thinking. Overall, I’m not as busy as usual. It’s strange having so much free time to pick up new hobbies – like baking and graphic design. “Lastly, I want to thank my parents for everything they’ve done for me. From driving me across town for practices and rehearsals, to encouraging me to pursue my passions, I am extremely grateful that they’ve supported me in all my activities.”
potter continues from page 8 Career Goals: “I have accepted my offer to Queen’s Engineering Physics and signed my letter of intent to row for the Queen’s Rowing Team. After I finish my undergrad, I hope to pursue a Ph.D. in Physics. My career goal is to become a research physicist, and hopefully discover something new!” Comment: “I’ve been at Longfields since Grade 7. It’s an amazing school! I love the community and the support that everyone provides one another. Teachers care about
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old Lindsay B read a social media post submitted by a two-mom family that changed her life. The mothers used Instagram to bemoan the fact that their daughter never saw their
Barrhaven author Lindsay B has released her first book, A Mother’s Day Surprise!
family represented in any children’s literature—and for Lindsay, a new vocation was born. An avid reader and passionate educator, Lindsay decided to occupy her time during the first COVID-19 lockdown by seeing if she could rise to the challenge posed by the two mothers: write an inclusive book, in both English and French, that encourages diversity and shows what is often thought of as an unconventional family unit for what it is – just a family. A Mother’s Day Surprise, also published in French as Joyeuse fête des Mères!, tells the story of a young girl named Rainbow who is planning to celebrate her two moms on Mother’s Day. She needs all the help she can get from family and friends to pull off the best Mother’s Day ever. “A lot of the book was inspired by my own Mother’s Day memories from childhood,” Lindsay smiles. “Rainbow picks dandelions for her moms, which I used to do. She makes crêpes, which I did as well, although with considerably different results. No spoilers. You have to read it.” As an indie author, writing, for Lindsay, was the
easy part; the sweat and tears began when it came time to publish. Self-publishing, which has gained popularity over the last several years, demands the writer be the driving force behind the entire enterprise. It was up to Lindsay to single-handedly find an editor and illustrator, learn to use formatting software, and take on all marketing for the book. Lindsay states that the latter two were the most challenging parts of the process. Formatting demands that an author know all the different functions of the editing software. Sometimes the simplest actions, such as adding colour or rotating an image,
require the most research. Self-publishing also means learning all the terminology – bleed, margins, two-page spreads… it can quickly become overwhelming. As for marketing, social media has been the most helpful for the young author. Lindsay uses her website as well as her Facebook and Instagram pages to promote her book, and the response has been very positive. Friends and family have been sharing the news and even strangers have become “super fans”, posting about the book in different groups and asking local bookstores to stock it. For Lindsay, the most rewarding aspects of the process are knowing that
people appreciate what she’s written and feeling like she has accomplished something meaningful. The author has been focusing on A Mother’s Day Surprise, but that hasn’t stopped her from writing new stories. She hopes that through her books, all children will feel represented and eventually, communities, individuals, and families seen as “different” will finally be accepted and valued. A Mother’s Day Surprise as well as Joyeuse fête des Mères! are now available on Amazon.ca. You can also order your own signed copy by contacting Lindsay at contact@lindsayb-books. ca.
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30 years, 30 people: Gord Ley brought a piece of Cape Breton to Barrhaven
As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, the Barrhaven Independent will be featuring 30 people who have played a prominent role in building and shaping our community from the time we were a sleepy little suburb in 1990 to the thriving city of more than 100,000 we are now. In this issue, we are featuring Gord Ley. A Cape Bretoner through and through and always with a guitar in his hand, Gord Ley was a fixture at every Barrhaven community event, as well as playing a prominent role in the establishment and growth of the Barrhaven Legion. By Jeff Morris
A jam packed crowd, spilling into the parking lot, walked that fine line at the Barrhaven Legion on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gordon Ley was known to those who frequent almost every Legion between Ottawa, Kingston and Cornwall. It’s only appropriate that his funeral would be held in the Legion, particularly the one in Barrhaven, which he was very responsible for getting off the ground. Doug Champagne, another man known in most Legions in the area for writing and performing “The Legion Song” at every and any Legion in the area, stood in front of the crowd with his guitar, singing one of his favourite old songs, “Working Man.” Beside him was the Legion colour guard, sombre and poised. In front of him, the crowd let their memories live vicariously through the song’s lyrics. They sang along, but more so, they felt every word and every note.
Behind Doug Champagne, the flowers and decorations and pictures of Gordon Ley – one with his guitar – was the focus of everyone’s joy, sorrow and memory. When Gordon Ley passed away in March, 2013, every single Legion in Eastern Ontario lost a big piece of its heart and soul. Every Legion dart tournament will be missing a player, and every curling bonspiel will be missing a broom. Every pitcher of beer will be missing a glass to pour into, and every sense of humour will be missing one of Gord’s jokes to laugh at. As Champagne finished the song, Ley’s daughter, Janet, let a comment slip through her tears. “That’s the first time I’ve ever heard you sing that song without my father,” she said. Once again, the crowd tight roped the fine line between sadness and celebration. Ley was a military man. He lived throughout the country, but spent a lot of time in Kingston and Ottawa and all parts in between. Wherever he went, he took a spirit that made the community better. He brought a piece of Cape Breton with him –he remained a Cape Bretoner through and through. I will always remember him for his guitar – the one thing he was
rarely seen without. At the service, the Legion colour guard was piped into the back room, which was filled with family, friends, and members of the Royal Canadian Legion. Janet, Ley’s youngest of four children, shared her thoughts and memories of a man she says she grew closer to as an adult. She shared best wishes sent by a cousin, Gord Sampson, who is a singer and songwriter. Sampson expressed both pride and love for the man “who taught me my first guitar chord.” She also spoke of her son, Aaron, who has followed in his grandfather’s footsteps in both music and by joining the military, “his two favourite things.” She spoke of her daughter, Jessica, and how much she loved to hear her grandfather sing to her. “Seeing all of you,” she said to the gathering, “he was not only loved by his family. He was loved by everyone.” Janet’s sister, Evelyn, the oldest of Gord’s four children, fondly remembered her father playing his guitar. “He would always play Puff the Magic Dragon to us,” she said. “It was his favourite song. “I miss my Dad so much.” Ley’s friends continued along the theme of his love and passion for music, his friends, and the community. He left home at 16 to begin his path on becoming a soldier. Darts, curling and music provided an undertone for the stories of fun, selflessness, friendship and loyalty that were shared throughout the service. “Gord is one of the best friends you could ever have,”
With a small picture of Gordon Ley and his guitar hanging in the background, the Barrhaven Legion colour guard paid tribute to the jovial Cape Bretoner at his funeral in 2013. Jeff Morris photo
said Champagne to the gathering. “He was always proud of his roots and his family. He was a Cape Bretoner to the end.” When there was a gathering or an event, Ley was there. He played at weddings, at funerals, at parties, and he played when there was no event at all. “We all lost a great friend,” said Champagne. “It’s a fantastic tribute to our great friend.” While Ley could play almost any song anyone ever asked him to play, his favourite songs were by his sister’s next door neighbour, Rita McNeil. Watching the service, my mind drifted to the many times I had spent time with Gordon Ley. He always had a smile on his face, and he was always friendly. No matter where I ran into him, I had that feeling that I may as well be sitting at his kitchen table until the wee hours of the morning, sharing laughs and listening to him sing and play the guitar. I also started to think about why he was the way he was. Why are Cape Bretoners and Canadians from the Atlantic
so much more personable and friendly as the rest of us? What is it that they have that makes everyone else so happy to be around them? Why does community and friendship seem to be so much more important to people like Gordon Ley than it does to the rest of us? Saying good-bye to a friend, I realized how blessed
and thankful I was to have known him – a feeling that far outweighed my sadness of his passing. I’m glad he left us all with a little piece of Cape Breton. And if they have Legions in Heaven, we can only think of the singalong he is leading between games of darts at this very moment.
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New restaurant brings healthy alternatives to fast food By Charlie Senack A new restaurant has opened in Barrhaven which aims to provide healthy alternatives to fast food. Mad Radish opened its doors at 34 Highbury Park Drive just a few weeks ago and co-owners David Segal and Stephanie Howarth say they are trying to change the minds of how people look at healthy eating. The restaurant is surrounded by services that relate to a healthy and active lifestyle including: Holistic Wellness Physiotherapy, OrangeTheory Fitness and Elevate Spin. “Mad Radish is all about gourmet fast food,” says Segal. “We believe that fast food should not be bad food and should taste great, leave you feeling nourished and feeling great.” The healthy eating restaurant has three brands under one roof which reflects cul-
tures from all around the world. Mad Radish itself caters to international flavours and offers great-tasting, internationally inspired healthy food – including sandwiches, salads and a selection of warm bowls, according to its website. Luisa’s Burritos and Bowls is South American inspired and offers “hand-crafted burritos made with fresh ingredients and big, bold flavour. Revival pizza puts a modern and creative twist on the ultimate comfort food.” David Segal is also the founder of David’s Tea, the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country. He, alongside Stephanie Howarth, left the tea franchise behind because they felt Canadians deserved better quality fast food. Mad Radish also caters to all diets and has food options available for those who are carnivores, omnivores, vegan, or for those on the Keto
diet, says Segal. He adds that healthy food shouldn’t taste like medicine. As they continue to expand and grow in popularity, Mad Radish also wants to focus on giving back to the communities that support them. The location in Barrhaven donated $3,000 from their first week in business to three elementary schools in the community. “The reception we have had in Barrhaven has been phenomenal. We had high expectations already but it’s been even better than we could have ever imagined,” said Howarth, who also works on the brand and marketing at Mad Radish. Mad Radish also donated to Community Food Centres Canada, which operates out of Perth, Ontario. They are a modern-day food bank which focuses on putting humanity first — all with a stance on healthy foods.
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