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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

Meet the challengers: Q and A with candidates Brian Double, Tyler Watt The next provincial election is now just days away, with candidates rushing to knock on as many doors as possible.

In 2018, Progressive Conservative candidate Lisa MacLeod won with a little over 45 per cent of the vote, with the New Democrats coming in second place, and the Liberals coming in third.

This election will have six names on the ballot for Nepean: Lisa MacLeod is running as the Progressive Conservative candidate; Tyler Watt is running for as the Liberal candidate; Brian Double is running for as the New Democratic Party candidate; Kathleen Corriveau is running as the New Blue Party candidate; Kaitlyn Tremblay is running as the Green Party candidate; and Ken O’Regan is running as the candidate for the None of the Above Party.

The riding of Nepean which includes all of Barrhaven, has a population of 132,769 resi-

main party candidates for a question and answer article.

PC incumbent Lisa MacLeod did not respond to repeated requests for an interview with the Barrhaven Independent, but the local NDP and Liberal candidates did.

Brian Double NDP candidate

Federal employee Brian Double is the NDP candidate for Nepean in the upcoming provincial election.

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dents as of 2021, and is 774 square kilometres in size.

The Barrhaven Independent reached out to the three

Q: You are also a new name in politics. Why have you decided to run for the Nepean NDP? A: I have been a federal public servant for the last 20 years, making differences in the lives of Canadians through public service, and I decided for this election, I wanted to try myself at politics. What I’ve been hearing is affordability is really important.

My daughter is about the age where she’d like to move out, but she can’t afford to get a home. The NDP in their platform has support for first time home buyers, a 10 per cent aid with the down pay-

ment of the home. I’m really excited the NDP would bring in $10 a day childcare. I also firmly believe that dental care and mental health care should be included in the government funded healthcare. That will make a difference in the pocketbooks of Nepeanites.

Q: Despite us all wishing it was fully gone, COVID-19 is still around; we are still in a pandemic. What would you like to see done from here to ensure Ontarians stay safe with whatever could come next?

A: It’s important to realize that 12,000 people died during the pandemic in Ontario, 4,000 of them in long term care. What the pandemic showed is we have not been investing in our social safety net, and indeed we were actually cutting. What I’d like to see moving forward is investing in health care, in long term care, and in education. I also think it would be important to learn what went wrong;

There should be a public inquiry.

Q: Barrhaven has seen its fair share of overcrowding in schools. Portable classrooms are constantly being added, and new schools are being funded regularly. What should be done to help this?

A: I think it’s really important to invest in education, and the NDP is planning to do that. We want to hire 20,000 more teachers and educational assistants.

Another important area is investing in repairs of schools, because there is currently a backlog of repairs. We also need to invest in an Indiginous curriculum. My day job has been working for the Federal Government at Indiginous Services Canada. I’m really excited by the platform commitment to increase Indiginous curriculum at Ontario High Schools.

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This Month’s Do’s & Don’ts

For several years now, May has brought Hearing Health to the National forefront. You now know untreated hearing loss is linked to an increase of dementia, depression, anxiety, falls, social isolation and more! Early intervention of even the slightest hearing loss is crucial to your overall health. You are now motivated to pursue your own hearing health…but where do you go from here?

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They are regulated by the College of Audiologists and SpeechLanguage Pathologists of Ontario. Consequently, they are quality assured and accountable. They are the most qualified to assess your hearing abilities and discuss what the next step should be, whether that is treatment through medical intervention or rehabilitation through the use of hearing devices.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT q&a continues from page 2 Tyler Watt Liberal Party candidate

Q: This is your first time running for office, you are 31-years-old, why do you want to be Nepean next MPP? A: I am a registered nurse working here in Nepean. I was born and raised here in Barrhaven and I remember when it was all farmland and we had the one McDonalds on Strandherd. I love how much Nepean has grown and changed over the last few decades. We are so diverse, multicultural, and it has become huge. People Are eager for change, someone with a young and progressive

vision. I think how more than ever we need a nurses lens in government, someone who actually understands what is going on in the front lines.

Q: COVID-19 is obviously a huge election issue, it’s something no candidate could have prepared for in 2018. How do you rate the government’s handling of the pandemic and is there anything you would have liked to see done differently?

A: My experience as a frontline nurse during this pandemic is unique, I have that lens of being on the front lines, and there is a lot that I would have changed: Implementing 10 paid sick days is one

because there’s a lot of people who have to go to work because they can’t miss one day; Things like making sure everyone has access to PCR testing, we still don’t have that.

Q: Education seems to be a big part of the Liberal party platform. Barrhaven has close to 30 schools, and more are always needing to be built.

How would you want to improve the education system here?

A: One of the things I hear most at the doors apart from healthcare is our education system.

Parents want to know that their kids are going to school safely, and are getting a quality educa-

tion. The platform that we are running on is going to address that, it’s going to make sure that education workers and teachers have a safe and healthy work environment so they can provide that quality education for future generations. And with proper class sizes we can ensure physical distancing in class. The pandemic is still going on and we all want our students to stay in class.

For a longer version of the Q and A with the Nepean candidates, and for latest local updates on the provincial lection, head to barrhavenindependent. ca

Nepean Liberal candidate Tyler Watt is a registered nurse who was born and raised in Barrhaven.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

OCDSB trustees vote to keep police officers out of public schools

By Charlie Senack A police presence won’t be coming back to Ottawa Carleton District Schools after a motion on the issue was deferred indefinitely.

In June 2021 the OCDSB voted to end their long-standing student resource officer program with Ottawa Police, after some students and parents claimed the program caused harm to the BIPOC and gender-oppressed communities.

That motion passed with all but one trustee in support, and the board issued a formal apology to anyone who felt harmed.

But now a year later, Barrhaven-KnoxdaleMerivale Trustee Donna Blackburn, the only one who was in favour of keeping the SRO program intact, said the issue needed to be re-addressed. Blackburn’s motion aimed to engage the public board in discussions with Ottawa police, in order to create a better standard of practice for when calls need to be dealt with.

“Despite what people have said tonight about various things, I’ve heard the concerns of the community; I’ve heard them loud and clear,” Blackburn told her trustee colleagues. “I have not, and I am not asking for a return to the school resource officer program… The way things stand right now

as a result of the decision this board made, we have basically put our administrators in a position where all they can do is call 911.”

The OCDSB Director of Education, Camille Williams-Taylor, seemed to hint she wasn’t in support of the motion, saying much of what Blackburn is asking for is already being done.

“We don’t require a board motion to have those kinds of conversations because we have been having those conversations,” said Williams-Taylor. “Just as a number of trustees have raised, we do have a whole number of responsibilities pertaining not only to the safety of our students, but the safety and security of our buildings, and emerging issues that might happen during the school day, or after the school day.”

Williams-Taylor said the motion wasn’t relevant, but Blackburn fought back asking her why those comments weren’t raised during their earlier discussions.

“What the principals are telling me is all they can do is call 911,” the Barrhaven Trustee said.

“I spoke to an administrator, they were on hold on the police line for three hours because they had a non-emergency situation, a situation that had to be dealt with. It wasn’t a minor situation, it could have ended up in a 911

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call, and had there been an SRO it would have been dealt with.”

Williams-Taylor did admit the removal of the SRO program has resulted in “significant” delays, with people such as principals unsure as to who they should call when issues come up.

She said conversations do need to take place, which could include finding a point-person to help field calls.

When the school resource officer program was in effect, their primary job was to speak with students, work with administrators, assess any possible threatening situations, and link families and students to services in the community.

They would also respond to any criminal or emergency matters when they arose.

Meeting gets tense

A number of delegates pleaded with the board to not pass this motion, saying police making a comeback in schools would only trigger those who have felt discriminated against from the system.

Delegate Sam Hersh asked trustees to think back to last summer’s vote, and remember what they were told.

“Remember the stories you heard from racialized students who shared their trauma with you,” he said. “Remember those experiences and let those

again guide your decision today.”

Asilu Collective, a group that was started to end the SRO program in Ottawa, urged people to speak as delegates at the meeting. The organization was represented at Tuesday’s board meeting by Hailey Dash, who took issue to wording in the motion regarding the safety of students and staff by police.

At one point the meeting got heated when Mae Maeson got interrupted

by Blackburn, who was asking the delegate if she called her a racist.

Delegates had to be interrupted by Chair Keith Penny multiple times, who requested they don’t call any trustees out by name, and asked Maeson not to respond to Blackburn’s question. Penny later had to apologize after calling Maeson by their wrong pronouns.

Trustee Christine Boothby tabled a motion to defer Blackburn’s motion indefinitely, which passed easily. Blackburn said going into the meeting, she spoke with some of her trustee colleagues who informed her they would support the motion.

Blackburn, who is running for re-election this fall, said she plans to bring the motion back to the table after this year’s municipal election. She said students’ safety should be the first priority.

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Big year for Barrhaven Independent at provincial newspaper awards gala Special to the Independent

The Barrhaven Independent and its sister publication, the Manotick Messenger, were recognized with provincial awards at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s virtual awards gala held April 29.

The Barrhaven Independent won a first place award for the Best Feature Series in the province. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the Independent ran a series of features written by Jeff Morris called “30 Years, 30 People,” which featured 30 people who helped build and shape the community between 1990 and 2020.

The series gave the Independent an opportunity to profile some of the people who have built Barrhaven at a social and volunteer level, as well as people who have inspired people in the community.

“We didn’t want to have elected officials or representatives in this series,”

Morris said. “We wanted it to be about people like Treehouse Mike, who was an inspiration to so many young people in the community. We wanted to profile Rey Desjardins, who was the founder of the Barrhaven Legion; Steve Dean, who has been the face of youth football in the community for generations. We wanted to profile some of the young people we have lost who have left such a strong impression on all of us – from Jennifer Teague and how her spirit brought us together as a community, to Rowan Stringer, whose name will forever be connected to concussion awareness in youth sports, to the Otto family and how they turned the tragedy of losing their daughter into a legacy that has raised more than a million dollars for Roger Neilson House.”

The Barry’s Bay Valley Gazette placed second in the category, while the Listowel Banner was third.

“Feature writing is about detail and storytell-

ing,” said judge K-J Millar of the Prince Rupert BC Northern View. “It draws the reader into the piece.

It makes one ‘feel’ and became part of the story.

This series was everything feature writing is about. I smiled and I cried. I felt part of these pieces.”

A story that ran in the Barrhaven Independent on local protests about farming legislation in India won second place for the Best Rural Story. The story, written by Jeff Morris, focused on how the

legislation was financially devastating farmers in India, and how the many Indo-Canadian residents in the areas had family members that were directly affected by the new laws, which have since been overturned.

“Very interesting take on an international story with lots of local interest,” said judge Wendy Elliott of the Valley Journal Advertiser in Annapolis Valley, NS. “Not an easy piece to prepare – well done.”

Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Lake Report took first place in the category, while the Aylmer Express was third.

The Independent just missed another award, as it was an honourable mention in the Education Writing category.

In the category for best Arts and Entertainment Storey, the Messenger placed third for its feature story on the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Miss World Pageant, which was

won by longtime Manotick resident Jennifer Hosten. Representing her home country of Grenada, Hosten became the first Black woman to ever win the pageant.

The feature included Hosten’s memories of the controversial pageant and how it impacted her life.

It also coincided with the release of the movie Miss Behaviour, which is based on the pageant. The movie stars Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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INDEPENDENT Editorial

Trustees once again put politics ahead of student safety Donna Blackburn thought she was doing the right thing.

She was.

She also thought that some of the other Ottawa Carleton District School Board trustees, as well as the board’s Director of Education, were on board with what she wanted to do.

Unfortunately, Blackburn was blindsided. It wasn’t just a little blindside, either. This was the school board equivalent of Queen Sandra being taken out by Denise during Survivor’s Edge of Extinction: Winner’s at War season.

Give the Gang of Eleven some credit. They were extremely organized in the spring when they pulled together a group of students who made a presentation about how they were made to feel threatened by the presence of student resource officers at their schools. Their presentation was solid and impactful.

However, only one side of the story was presented.

The merry band of socialists on the board also knew that the sheep at the table would side with them rather than face the horrifying optics of siding with Blackburn, who has been isolated as a villain by other trustees more than once.

Earlier this year, an incident at Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary School made it to the media. A student at the school was attacked and stabbed. The incident immediately made Barrhaven residents question the school board’s decision to eliminate the SRO program.

After the incident, a police officer told the Independent off the record that there have been several incidents of violence at schools throughout the city this school year. All the schools can do, he said, was call 9-1-1.

The police presence issue in schools is much more complex than members of the LGBTQ2+ and BIPOC communities who are justifiably intimidated by the police. The SRO program was an opportunity for the Ottawa Police Service to mend and re-establish relationships with those students.

At downtown Ottawa schools, many children who are the parents of newcomers to Canada come from places where police brutality is a way of life. The SRO program was a great opportunity to show them that Canadian police officers are not the type of policemen that exist in many other parts of the world.

And then there is the city vs. suburbs vs. rural dynamic. Maybe people downtown want less police presence. In Barrhaven, many have been crying for more police presence because of swarmings at strip malls and RioCan, break-ins, frequent retail robberies and street racing on Woodroffe and Strandherd.

But that is Barrhaven. In a Huxleyan world, we are the Savage Reservation, far removed from Ottawa’s Central Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.

Unfortunately, what the school board trustees have once again done is teach students and their parents that they absolutely should be afraid of and intimidated by all Ottawa Police Service officers.

That’s not why any of them were elected.

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BARRHAVEN INDEPENDENT

OCDSB approves plan to deal with Vimy Ridge PS overcrowding

By Charlie Senack

The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has approved a new plan to deal with overcrowding at Vimy Ridge Public School in Findlay Creek.

The board has unanimously approved a motion to transition any new elementary school students moving into the community to Robert Bateman Public School for Kindergarten to Grade 6, and Roberta Bondar Public School for Grades 7 and 8. The changes take effect January 1, 2023.

“It’s straight up Bank Street, it’s about seven kilometres away, so it’s a doeable bus ride,” said Karyn Carty-Ostafichuk, manager of planning at the OCDSB. “We couldn’t look at Roberta Bondar alone because it does

have a full grade compliment from kindergarten to grade eight. They are approaching 100 per cent utilization, so adding all of the students that we see growing in the Findlay Creek community to one of the two schools would probably be overwhelming for it. Robert Bateman does have some excess capacity which could be used for this purpose.”

Initial plans were to move grade seven and eight students to Steve MacLean Public School in Riverside South —roughly 10 kilometres away.

The students would move over beginning this fall, and over the span of two years. But that plan presented its own challenges.

A working group created to find an alternative option strongly opposed the idea, and the moving

of students would require a bell change at Steve MacLean, according to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority.

The Summer Hill community in Riverside South also expressed concerns because their children need to be bused to Farley Mowat Public School in Barrhaven, roughly three to four kilometres away.

They’d like to see their kids attend Steve MacLean before welcoming any Findlay Creek students.

“When there is an interim measure it’s always disruptive and it’s always less than optimal, but we do consider the good things and bad scenarios,” said Carty-Ostafichuk.

The Ottawa Carleton District School Board manager of planning said while a transition to Steve

MacLean would be easy for them in the sense of planning, its level of disruption would be too high.

“We know exactly how many students would be moved in, we know how much it would elevate pressure, and what that means in the school,” she said. “The bad aspects of it is that Steve MacLean is already above capacity, it’s not as bad as it’s been in the past, but it’s still high. It also means the separation of some siblings, with some remaining at Vimy ridge, and older siblings going to Steve MacLean.”

Under the new plan any current Vimy Ridge Public School students would be grandfathered and not moved. That would also apply to any current residents of Findlay Creek who already live in the

community, and for those with siblings already at the school.

Carty-Ostafichuk said from examining enrollment, they anticipate about 75 to 100 new students attending Vimy Ridge yearly, and that’s taking into account those who would be grandfathered.

If measures to combat the overcrowding weren’t taken, Vimy Ridge, which opened only five years ago, would have been at 181 per cent capacity by the 2022-2023 school year, and 203 per cent capacity by the 2023-2024 school year. The school currently has around 1,081 students, and with 17 portable classrooms brought in to serve the demand.

Jennifer Jennekens, the OCDSB Trustee for Gloucester-South Nepean/

Osgoode, said while it was challenging to come up with a plan, she’s impressed with what’s been tabled.

“The current challenge, until the new elementary school is built, is that the present population growth in Findlay Creek is not sustainable resulting in the need for interim measures,” she told the Barrhaven Independent.

“Interim measures displacing children from their home schools is always challenging for families and complex to find the right balance,” Jennekens added. “As the School Trustee representing this community, I am delighted that a new elementary school will now be funded, and I look forward to working with this community to ensure a speedy timeline for opening day.”

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A new, overhauled city council will inherit a mess left by current council

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The weather is cooler lately, but things are heating-up at City Hall. In five months, Ottawa residents will elect a new City Council, with many fresh faces around the Council table. Mayor Watson and at least eight Councillors have announced they will not seek re-election.

There are many who feel a new City Council can’t take over soon enough; There’s been animosity and divisiveness that has led to full scale meltdowns. Not to mention, the major issues we’ve handled have, for the most part, had poor outcomes.

Remember the Mayor’s slogan on the LRT: “On Time and On Budget?” I think “We Bought a Lemon” would be more fitting. A judicial inquiry into Phase One of the LRT is currently underway and public hearings are scheduled from June 13 to July 8.

Lansdowne Live, under our current partnership with the Ottawa Sports

and Entertainment Group, has been a commercial and financial failure.

The new super library is $100,000,000 over budget, but hey, don’t worry, we’ll just add it to the debt.

OC Transpo is bleeding red ink and has been for years, but no one at the top has the guts to cut runs not carrying passengers. I tried but I was told that it would strand some people.

The bus union also had a fit: Fewer runs and routes could lead to job cuts. So, we continue to run empty buses, despite the costly price tag.

Meanwhile, suburban Councillors like me are told that it will be years before we get the muchneeded infrastructure like paved roads instead of just poorly patched ones.

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We’re leaving a mess for the new Council – There’s no other way to say it. Ottawa is $3B in debt, and I know many will say the pandemic is to blame. Yes, it has had a negative impact, but at the heart of Ottawa’s problems are poorly planned and executed projects that end up costing us dearly.

If that legacy isn’t enough, this Council, is being pushed to deal with two especially important and expensive issues before the end of the term: Phase Two of Lansdowne has a price tag of $330,000,000, and the Ottawa Hospital has requested $151,000,000 as the city’s contribution for the new facility. Staff and the Mayor assure everyone these won’t cost taxpayers.

Want to bet on that?

At the Council meeting of May 11th, the Mayor said dealing with big projects and money issues

for Nepean

should not be considered inappropriate, that Councils govern for four years.

But here’s the problem with pushing forward now, even if the Council elected after October 24th is not bound by our decisions: By giving staff directions to work on funding options for Lansdowne and the Ottawa Hospital, we are in fact signaling approval, which could prove challenging for the new Council if it wants to change course.

So, on top of our current $3B debt, they’ll be forced to approve two plans that together will cost another half billion.

Our city has been good at down-playing debt, and anyone on Council who questions price tags and worries about where the money will come from, is vilified as not being a “community builder.”

I want to be a community builder. I want to see our capital city boast new and exciting projects. I

want it to show off its new state of the art hospital.

Many on the current Council want to tie the hands of the next Council, just to be able to claim they pushed them through. It’s not in the best interest of Ottawa and taxpayers, but then again, it never is with the

majority who run this current Council.

I hope you had a great long weekend and lots of time and fun with family and friends.

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Great Barrhaven Yard Sale planned as a massive one-day event June 4 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.).

Barrhaven’s Community Yard, Artisan, & Vendor Sale

Inviting all Barrhaveniens to declutter and sell their no longer loved household items in a one-day massive neighborhood sale on June 4th! Check out the detail on Facebook: The Great Barrhaven Yard Sale.

Cases for Camp

The Barrhaven Lions Club is inviting everyone to drop off their empty beer and alcohol bottles/cans at the Barrhaven Crossing, 3500 Fallowfield Road, Nepean, on Saturday, June 4, 2022 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Diabetes Canada to help send local children to the diabetes camp.

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Announcement of the construction of the Barrhaven Town Centre in Nepean

At the end of last month, Chandra Arya, Member of Parliament for Nepean, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; and Jan Harder, Councillor for Ward 3 Barrhaven, on behalf of His Worship, Jim Watson, Mayor of the City of Ottawa announced joint funding for 12 community and recreation infrastructure projects across Ontario.

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ada is investing more than $20.8 million in these projects through the Community, Culture, and Recreation Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The Government of Ontario is providing over $17.3 million, while recipients and partners are contributing over $13.8 million in total.

Among the projects announced is the construction of the Barrhaven Town Centre in Nepean. This new cultural hub will include the construction of a 15,000 square foot cultural centre, a 3,000 square foot seniors’ space, and an over 25,000 square foot library. Once complete, this project will provide residents in Ottawa with a cultural hub that will foster social interactions and community engagement for years to come.

Ruth E. Dickinson Plant Swap

Did you start too many vegetable or flower seeds?

Do you have houseplant offshoots that you don’t know what to do with? Is there a plant that needs to be divided in your garden?

Bring your extra plants to the Ruth E. Dickinson branch’s plant swap and take something else home!

Come see us on Saturday, June 11 from 10:00 am to 5:00pm and Sunday, June 12 from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm.

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Make a report when you witness stunt driving and hear excessive noise to the Police Reporting Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 7300.

Online reporting is another way the Ottawa Police Service enhances its service to the community.

It’s easy, timely, and effective. Online reports are only reviewed during the Police Reporting Unit’s hours of operation from 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Once you submit the report, you will receive a temporary reference number until it is reviewed by an online agent (approximately 24 hours).

Once reviewed, you will be contacted with further information. Should there be any difficulty filing the report online, a member of the Police Reporting Unit will be pleased to help.

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O-Train Trillium Line to Riverside South could be delayed by a year

By Charlie Senack While maybe not unexpected, it’s still disappointing for many local transit riders. The expansion of the O-Train Trillium line could be delayed by up to a year The phase 2 project which extends the Trillium line from South Keys to Limebank Road in Riverside South, now might not launch until August 2023, roughly 12 months after its initial plan.

In December 2021 it was already announced the line would be delayed nine months due to challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time stations were only half built and tracks in some areas, including in Riverside South, weren’t laid.

The $1.6 billion Trillium line project was supposed to have keys handed over to the city by August 2022, as per the contract.

On April 29 Michael Morgan, Ottawa’s director of rail construction, told the city’s finance and economic development committee that SNC-Lavalin was hoping to have most construction done by the end of

this year, meaning testing could begin in early 2023.

“Depending on the performance of the system and the reliability of the system, we’ll be able to at that point assess what’s a realistic opening date,” he said.

The O-train line shut down in May 2020 for construction work to begin.

This added delay will mean Carleton University students will go another school year without rail transit or access to east public transit.

Ottawa’s finance and economic development committee also heard that Stage 2 of the east-west extension to the Confederation Line could be delayed by 101 days, potentially missing its targeted 2025 launch date. Builders EastWest Connectors blamed supply chain shortages and labour issues for the extension.

They also noted the delays are coming from the complex western portion and its tunnel.

“In the market right now, there’s a lot of pressure on the supply of rebar, a lot of pressure on the supply of concrete,” Morgan told the committee. “You need a lot of both of those things for

the tunnel construction.”

To make matters worse, strike action among carpenters and crane operators could delay the project even further, with a return to work date unknown.

“We are concerned about our major projects and light rail, there’s no question about it,” city manager Steve Kanellakos told council on May 11. “If this goes on too long, it is going to impede our ability to keep on schedule, and we’re already having schedule problems because of supply chain issues.”

Kanellakos said they are watching the situation closely, but their hands are tied.

The news comes at the same time dates have been set for Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit public inquiry, set to take place at Ottawa University from June 13 to July 8.

The City of Ottawa has already needed to stop work on the new central library and archives building downtown because of the strike action. That project, also behind schedule, is now slated to open in 2026.

The next update on LRT construction timelines is expected to come in July.

Log Farm Open If you and your family are looking to experience the outdoors this spring, the Log Farm is open for the season. The Log Farm is an old fashion family farm located just north of Barrhaven at 670 Cedarview Road. The historic farm was originally settled in 1854 and the home and farm buildings were built over the next few years. You can walk through the original home of the Bradley’s and take in how they lived right here over 150 years ago!! Today you will find many of the same animals on the farm as 150 years ago – pigs, chicken, ducks, sheep, goats, cows and horses and of course no farm is complete without cats. Spring always brings new life to the farm and they currently have baby goats, lambs and ducklings with more to follow over the next month. There are lots of animals to see, feed and touch, as well as hay play structures to climb and explore. The kids’ barn has some imaginary play areas and the famous corn sensory table. Take a walk in the woods, bring some snacks and enjoy the newly expanded picnic and play area. Relax and enjoy the outdoors while you explore and play down on the farm. Visit www.thelogfarm.com for complete details.

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David Bursik played Jesus in the production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Barrhaven United Church last month.

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By Charlie Senack One of the first events to start up in Barrhaven after the pandemic has raised a large sum of funds for brain research.

On April 22 and 23, over 1,000 people attended a Jesus Christ Superstar Tribute Concert at Barrhaven United Church, with all proceeds raised going to support the Bruyère Hospital’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia

programs, along with Brain Research.

The concert was put on by the Music Friends of Ottawa, a group started in 2020. The fundraising event was supposed to be held that year, but was delayed by COVID-19.

After the curtain was raised on the final show, a cheque was presented to Bruyère for $46,000, one of the hospital’s most successful third party events to date.

“It was a really pleasant surprise. The group of individuals involved in this were all volunteers, and that is pretty incredible in itself when you see 23 musicians and vocalists working tirelessly over two years to put this on,” said Kim Curran, Vice President of the Bruyère Hospital Foundation.

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months after the birth of daughter Elizabeth. From 1864 to 1866 Dickinson was the Mayor of Ottawa. In 1867 Dickinson built the fine old home, directly across from the Mill in Manotick. The building served as general store and the first post office in the new town, then in 1870 he moved his family into it to be closer to the milling business.

The year 1882 was a busy one in the Dickinson household. The Dickinson house was the campaign headquarters for the election of Sir John A. MacDonald.

Moss was elected to represent the riding of Russel. Dickinson House The Dickinson house was again the headquarters for the election in 1887. Moss did not run in this election.

By 1896 Moss’ health was failing and he was rarely seen around the Mill.

His son George took over the Mill operations. On July 19th , 1897, Moss Kent Dickinson died in the house he had built in the town he had named. He is buried in Ottawa’s Beechwood Cemetery beside his wife Elizabeth.

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Swans welcome Footy players from Quebec, Nova Scotia for annual tourney The Ottawa Swans Australian Football club welcomed footy players from Montreal, Cape Breton, and Halifax to the Manotick Polo Club at 416 and Bankfield, just south of Barrhaven, for the Annual Pony Platter Championship.

Traditionally held between the Ottawa Swans and the Quebec Saints, this year’s tournament was the first to include the Nova Scotia Lions.

A hot and humid Saturday afternoon was packed with footy. On the Men’s side, the Saints got out to an early lead over the Lions, withstanding strong tackling pressure to take the first match of the day.

Following an umpiring and rules clinic led by AFL Canada Head Umpire Derek Govier, the Swans emerged victorious over the Saints in a low scoring, back and forth match.

Next up, it was the women’s turn to take the field. Representing a growing women’s program, two

Nova Scotia players also joined the contest between the Swans and Saints.

With a team filled with rookies playing their first game, the Swans could not match the skill and experience of the Saints, who took the trophy back to Montreal in commanding fashion.

Finally, needing a win to clinch the championship, the Swans men picked up where they left off with a hard-fought victory over the Lions.

“It was an incredible day for footy in Eastern Canada,” said Swans Men’s Coach Greg Bridges.

“We’re extremely grateful to the players who travelled to Manotick to take part, and we’re already looking forward to next year’s event.”

Swans players from both the men’s and women’s side also took part in Team Canada National Camps held over the long weekend in Ottawa and Toronto, as the National High Performance programs prepare for

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the return of international matches this summer.

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Members of the John McCrae Bulldogs junior girls soccer team (blue) battle a South Carleton Storm player during their National Capital Secondary School Athletics Association league game at South Carleton last Wednesday. The Bulldogs earned their first win of the season, beating the Storm 4-1. On Thursday, the Longfields Davidson Heights Ravens junior girls defeated All Saints 3-1 in Kanata. In senior girls action last week, the St. Mother Teresa Titans won their semi-final with a 3-2 win over Glebe Collegiate on Friday, while Longfields Davidson Heights, who shut out John McCrae 2-0 on Thursday, were eliminated after losing to St. Peter at Millenium Field in Cumberland. St. Mother Teresa earned the right to play St. Peter in the final at the Nepean Sportsplex Minto Field on Woodroffe Ave. May 25, with the winner earning a trip to the OFSAA provincial championships.

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