Barrhaven Independent September 1, 2023

The sweet sounds of Gypsy River Trio filled the air at the annual Barrhaven Classic Car Show held August 20 at Clarke Fields. More than 100 classic cars were set up, and there was a free BBQ with donations to CHEO hosted by Bart’s Catering. For the full story and photos see page 10.

SAVE THE DATE: Free community BBQ Sept. 9 at Richmond Fairgrounds

It has been a while since I have been able to host my annual community BBQ. With COVID-19 restrictions behind us, we are now able to celebrate the community, meet new friends, greet old friends, and enjoy some great food and festivities.

The BBQ takes place Sat., Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Volunteer firefighters from Richmond will be manning the grill and cooking up hamburgers and hot dogs, while we will also be serving up cobs of corn and vegetable samosas.

The most entertaining and multi-talented man in all of Carleton, Dr. Kaboom, will be joining us. We will also have a bouncy castle, face painting, and entertainment and activities that will be announced closer to the date. We have also confirmed the Ottawa Redblacks mascot Big Joe

will be at the event.

I also want to emphasize that this is a non-partisan, non-political event. This is an event to celebrate Carleton, and to celebrate our best summer in years.

I hope to see you there!

Capital Fair

The fair season for the summer and fall of 2023 got underway in the Carleton riding as the Capital Fair took place on the grounds of the Rideau Carleton Casino Future Hard Rock.

From its beginning in 1975 as the four-day, Gloucester Festival of Friends at the Earl Armstrong Arena, the Cap-

ital Fair has continually grown and evolved. In 1984, Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food Dennis Timbrell granted the event Ontario Agricultural status, creating the Gloucester Fair.

As the fair outgrew its original location, it was moved to the Rideau Carleton Raceway in 1998. This year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fair being hosted in the Carleton riding.

The Ontario Government understands the importance of fall fairs and other activities and organizations that contribute to our province’s rural landscape. Since 2018, the Ontario Government has provided approximately $10 million to agricultural and horticultural societies through the agricultural and horticultural annual grant program and its association COVID program.

Ontario Providing Free Training for Construction Workers

The Ontario government is investing $3.6 million to support three innovative projects to help over 2,200 women and young people across Ontario prepare for meaningful and well-paying careers in the construction trades. Led by the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario (PBCTCO), these free programs will focus on increasing female participation in the industry, providing online training tools and exclusive employment opportunities to jobseekers, and giving grade 12 students a firsthand look at life-changing careers in construction.

Women make up less than five per cent of Ontario’s construction workforce, meaning many are missing out on a lucra-

tive and in-demand sector. That is why the first PBCTO project will help 700 tradeswomen gain the leadership, communications, health and safety training, and networking opportunities they need to start and advance rewarding careers in the industry. It will also include the development of a speaker’s bureau to partner tradeswomen with speaking opportunities with schools, employment agencies, trade shows and other events across the province to mentor and attract more women into the skilled trades.

The second project will provide 1,500 people with access to online resources and training tools where they can explore the skilled trades, build core skills and find apprenticeship opportunities in their profession of choice, connecting them directly with local employ-

ers. People interested in learning more about unionized career opportunities in the skilled trades can visit www.ctaontario.ca/explore for more information.

Additionally, PBCTCO’s Tomorrow’s Trades program is returning to provide 60 grade 12 students in London and Ottawa with hands-on learning opportunities, behind-the-scenes access to high-profile construction projects and training so they can prepare for life-changing jobs in the industry.

These projects are funded through the government’s Skills Development Fund, an over $700 million initiative, which supports ground-breaking programs that connect jobseekers with the skills and training they need to find well-paying careers close to home.

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Quick Facts

- Tradeswomen interested in PBCTCO’s programs can apply on www.OBCTradeswomen.com.

- For more information on the Tomorrow’s trades program, visit https://www. tomorrowstrades.ca/.

- New this year, the Tomorrow’s Trades program is also responding to the current and future needs of the industry by developing a forecasting program to project the number of skilled trades workers needed for all major construction and maintenance projects across Ontario. It will improve the program’s ability to stream young people into high-demand skilled trades opportunities by region.

- Through its first three funding rounds, the Skills Development Fund has supported 596 projects, aiming to help almost 522,000 people around the province take the next step in their careers.

- The Ontario govern-

ment launched the new $224 million capital stream for the Skills Development Fund on June 30 to support the building of new training centres and the renovation or expansion of existing ones.

- Ontario’s Skills Development Fund is supported through labour market transfer agreements between the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

- To help deliver the province’s ambitious infrastructure plans, including building 1.5 million homes, Ontario will need over 100,000 new skilled trades workers this decade.

Ontario Expanding Access to Midwifery Services

The Ontario government is investing $8.27 million for new and expanded midwifery services across the province that will connect thousands of families to faster care in their own community. This funding

includes $4.82 million to expand midwifery services in community health centres, hospitals, family health teams and existing midwifery practices, as well as $3.45 million to support future initiatives put forward by health care providers to expand midwifery services in their community.

Services are being expanded in every region of the province and will:

- increase access to lowrisk pregnancy and newborn care in both hospital and at home;

- build better integration between midwifery, newborn care and primary care to improve transition through every stage of care; and

- connect people to more culturally appropriate health care options – including traditional Indigenous health services – and improve outcomes.

Starting today, health care providers can also submit proposals to receive

funding to expand access to midwifery service in hospitals or through primary health, team-based comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care. Up to $3.45 million is available, including $1.45 million for the province’s Indigenous Midwifery Program, which includes Indigenous Midwives working within interprofessional primary health care teams to expand Indigenous-led midwifery services in urban, rural, northern and on-reserve Indigenous communities.

Through the Your Health Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, Ontario continues to deliver convenient care where people need it most, right in their own communities.

Quick Facts

- The $4.82 million in new and one-time funding is available immediately, supporting midwifery services and Indigenous midwifery programs across the province.

- The $3.45 million, available through the new call for proposals, will continue to support expansion of midwifery services in Ontario, providing more low-risk expectant families with access to midwifery care.

- A call for proposals launched today will provide $2 million for Expanded Midwifery Care Models for community-based midwifery services in hospitals and in primary care team-based settings and $1.45 million

to support the Indigenous Midwifery Program models. Applications are available for distribution starting Thursday, August 10, 2023. Please send an email to midwifery@ontario.ca and indicate in the subject line which application you are requesting.

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Back to school brings attention to Barrhaven’s need for crossing guards

By Wilson lo, Barrhaven east CounCillor

Cooler temperatures can only mean one thing: back to school is here.

With the start of a new school year upon us, crosswalks near most Barrhaven schools are gearing up to fill-up with students on their way to and from school.

They’re not the only ones gearing up: Crossing Guards are back at it, too.

You might see familiar faces from last year, but you will also see fresh faces out there. Either way, they’ll be out in full force and continue to play a key role in keeping students safe.

These individuals help parents take comfort in knowing that they’re looking out for their kids as they safely make their way towards the school’s front door, and back home again.

Their job goes beyond “just” directing traffic –For students, they become a familiar face and trusted adult.

It is obvious, but I’ll say it anyways, they’re an important part of the return.

It’s no surprise when I tell you that school zones are chaotic – they’re busy areas to begin with, filled with a combination of regular traffic and sometimes frustrated and distracted drivers... Not

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to mention, buses come and go, parents drop off and pick up their kids.

But that’s just par for the course on a regular school day.

After talking to residents in the area, speeding around schools emerged as a big concern. While it may not be the entire answer, working with the Ottawa Safety Council (OSC) is part of the solution to work towards reaching safer school zones.

We’ve been chatting with the OSC and, like years past, there’s a need for Crossing Guards in Barrhaven (and beyond). Crossing Guards cover over 260 intersections, with more than 40 intersections located in Barrhaven alone.

To steal a line from their website “Not all heroes wear capes... some wear high visibility vests!”

If you’ve ever been out before 9 a.m. near a school, which I’m betting you have, you’ve seen these highvisibility vests and, whether you’re aware of it or not, felt the impact of their job in the community.

Rain, shine, snow, or sun, they’re out there to guide

kids safely across streets as they make their way to their destination.

Crossing Guards hold an especially critical position here and in any community where they are located.

That’s where you could come in: Being a School

Crossing Guard can provide an opportunity for meaningful work and is a reliable source of extra income for people looking to fill the beginning and end of their day.

With training and mentoring, Crossing Guards get

in-depth classroom preparation and pair-up with experienced Guards to shadow until they are comfortable taking on an intersection of their own.

These sometimes-unsung heroes are there to keep Barrhaven kids safe on their

way to/from school, and I highly encourage you to contact the Ottawa Safety Council if it’s a role you’d like to get into.

To our Crossing Guards, in case you haven’t heard it today: Thank you for all that you do.

Rosa Bucci is a longtime Barrhaven crossing guard.

MacLeod Hosts OMA President To Discuss Dr. Shortage In Community

Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod met with Ontario Medial Association President Dr. Andrew Park Thursday, Aug. 17 to discuss issues facing her Nepean riding as well as the Province of Ontario.

“Getting physicians into our community and to ensure that people die with dignity at home are two of the topics we discussed today,” MacLeod said in a video posted to the X platform.

The shortage of family practitioners has been an issue that extends far beyond Barrhaven, as cities and communities throughout Ontario and Canada have been dealing with similar problems.

Dr. Park, who is also an emergency room doctor, represents 44,000 physicians as the President of the OMA.

“We’re really here to advocate and to ensure that patients across the province have the best access to health care,” he said. “A lot of that starts with family medicine.”

MacLeod thanked Park for the advocacy work he and his members have been doing. She also thanked him for “the work you are doing with our government to ensure that we do have more family physicians in our communities.” Mac-

Leod added that “we are releasing your burden of red tape and that we are able to help more elderly patients across province get care at home.”

Last month, the Ontario government announced it was creating new pathways to connect more people to care across the province, both for now and for future generations. As part of Your

Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the government is launching three new programs that will break down barriers for internationally educated physicians to work in Ontario, retain more health care workers with mentorship opportunities and explore innovative ways that health care workers can deliver convenient care to people in their own communities.

“Our government is growing our health care workforce to make it easier for people to connect to the care they need for years to come,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “These new initiatives will allow international physicians to work sooner, support experienced nurses to share their skills and knowledge, and explore innovative ways to

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grow our workforce for future generations.”

The “As of Right” rules make Ontario the first province to allow highlytrained physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and medical laboratory technologists already registered or licensed in another Canadian jurisdiction to start work immediately when they arrive without having to first register with one of Ontario’s health regulatory colleges. These changes will help health care workers overcome bureaucratic delays that have made it difficult to practice in Ontario.

Since 2018, 63,000 new nurses and nearly 8,000 new doctors have registered to work in Ontario. Last year, over 15,000 new nurses registered to work and care for people in Ontario – a new record in the province – and another 27,000

nurses are studying at a college or university, ensuring there is a pipeline of talent for the future.

Dr. Andrew Park, President of the Ontario Medical Association, was in Nepean last week to discuss medical issues with Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod.

A citizen-led movement key to protecting property rights

The precarious state of property rights in Canada has been thrust into the spotlight, and it’s a subject that should concern us all. Canadians must become active at the local and provincial level if they want their property rights to be respected by governments.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s Canadian Property Rights Index highlights a disturbing reality: our property rights are often at the mercy of political whims. This challenges our deep-seated assumptions about ownership, bringing the nature of our property rights into question. We, as Canadians, need to understand the stakes and take an active role at both the local and provincial levels.

It’s vital to recognize that the current system, rooted in British common law and feudal inheritance, where the Crown retains underlying title to all land and we are only given conditional rights and interests in that land, means that the government can, theoretically, seize the land beneath our feet. Even though we might think we “own” it, the government could seek that title if specific processes are followed.

Our politicians continually seek to limit property rights, especially regarding compensation when local regulations diminish property value. So how can we make them understand the importance of these rights?

Looking to the United States might provide inspiration. Both Canada and the U.S. share a common British sense of rights and a similar system of expropriation. The crucial difference lies in the U.S. Constitution, where property rights are explicitly defined. Yet, the American experience, especially the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, where the court ruled that eminent domain could be used to transfer land from one private landowner to another in the name of economic development without violating the Fifth Amendment. This ruling shows that even constitutional protections can be reinterpreted in ways that limit those rights.

Tom Flanagan, a prominent Canadian political scientist, is skeptical about constitutionalizing property rights in Canada, fearing judges might interpret rights in limiting ways. Once in the constitution, he said, these things are beyond fixing.

Before we even contemplate the inclusion of property rights in our constitution, what Canadians really need is a well-funded, citizen-led movement. This movement should aim to guard rights at the local and provincial levels, pushing against the fragility of our current situation and striving to ensure that our property rights are not just theoretical but practical and respected by our government.

Only then will we truly “own” the land under our feet. The time to act is now.

Let’s not leave our rights to the whims of politicians and policymakers. Let’s take control of our property rights, for ourselves and future generations of Canadians.

I stood there at the Toronto Convention Centre back in 2007, chatting with Bobby Baun while he nursed a drink. It was a 40th anniversary reunion dinner for the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs – the last Leafs team to win a Stanley Cup.

They were all there. Well, most were there. Terry Sawchuk and Tim Horton had passed away, and Dave Keon refused to attend.

“Tim was, pound for pound, one of the strongest men I had ever seen,” said Baun. “People today seem to forget about Tim Horton the hockey player. They know him for coffee and doughnuts.”

In the 1960s, Horton talked to his teammate about his idea for launching a chain of doughnut shops. Baun loaned him $10,000 for the venture, and eventually became the owner of three locations.

“The drive thru was my idea,” he said coyly. “I kept telling him that he had to have drive thrus to make it work. His restaurant investors didn’t think it was a good idea, but I pushed for it.”

I first met Bobby Baun with my father at Queen’s University after a football game. Regardless of how many future CFLers played in that game, it surprised no one that Bobby’s son, Greg, was the toughest man on the field.

Through the years, as I worked with various companies involved in producing NHL products and memorabilia, I ran into Bobby Baun a number of times. He always had a warm smile, a handshake that would send you to physio, and more stories about his days in hockey. He was one of the most positive people you could ever meet.

As I chatted with him at the dinner, countless people came up to get his autograph. All of them asked about “the goal.” I don’t know how many times he has told the story of the famous goal that happened on April 23, 1964. But he seemed eager to share it.

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The Leafs trailed Detroit 3-2 in games in the 1964 Stanley Cup finals. Bobby blocked a hard shot from Gordie Howe, and he crumpled to the ice. He was carried away in a stretcher with a suspected broken leg. Baun refused treatment and demanded that he would be taped up, get an injection to freeze the leg, and get back on the ice.

On the first shift of overtime, Larry Hillman was about to go onto the ice with Carl Brewer, Baun’s defence partner that year, when Baun called him back. Seconds later, the puck rolled on its edge back to Baun. He took a slapshot and the puck fluttered toward the net. It deflected off the stick of Red Wing star Bill Gadsby, and handcuffed Sawchuk, who was with Detroit at the time. Bobby Baun had scored the overtime winner on a broken

leg!

Two nights later, Baun would play in Game 7.

“I sat at a friend’s farm and iced the leg for two days,” he told me. “They taped the leg as tight as they could, but they left enough room for Novocaine injections.”

Baun played well enough to earn one of the game’s three stars, and the Leafs won 4-0 and hoisted the Stanley Cup on home ice at Maple Leaf Gardens. After the game, Baun had his leg x-rayed, and it revealed that the Leaf defencemen had, indeed, played on a fractured fibula.

Since then, the only other time the Leafs would win the Stanley Cup was in 1967, which was being celebrated at that dinner.

While Bobby Baun will always be remembered for that heroic goal, that moment is only a snippet of what was a remarkable and inspirational life.

Bobby Baun was, in every sense of the word, a self-made man. He was driving a Cadillac by the time he dropped out of high school to focus full time on hockey. He was a sharp business man off the ice. In 1967, he and a few other Leafs were so focused on the stock market that they nearly missed winning the Cup. While the players’ salaries were around $12,000 at the time, the players made for than $30,000 each on Bay Street based on Baun’s guidance.

Baun told the story of how they met President Richard Nixon during an airline flight delay. As it turned out, Nixon was a big hockey fan and knew who the players were. “So Eddie Shack shakes his hand and turns to me and says, who the f--- is this guy again?”

He loved to tell the story of how he went in for surgery and secretly set up a stocked bar in his hospital room and had lobster delivered to his room.

After a broken neck finally ended his career, he owned a 2000-acre farm with 600 head of cattle, but a bad year bankrupted him. He coached in the WHA and then was hired by a condo developer to sign autographs for customers at a showing. He ended up being hired as a salesman and made $120,000 in commission that year.

Bobby Baun’s goal was just one piece of one man’s incredible journey through life.

Sadly, Bobby Baun passed away last week. The world will miss his enthusiasm, his passion, and the story he couldn’t stop telling about scoring the Stanley Cupwinning goal.

The next time you are at the Tim’s drive-thru, raise your double-double for a toast to a man whose legacy extends far beyond that fluttering slapshot in Detroit.

Joseph Quesnel is a senior research associate with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. He is the author of the newly revised Canadian Property Rights Index. © Troy Media

Raise a double-double at Tim’s to toast Bobby Baun

The Editor, As tributes are written about Gus as we sadly mourn the passing of this truly remarkable person, I wanted to mention another aspect of Gus’s life that needs highlighting. He was one of the founders of Scouting in Barrhaven. Along with the late George Kennedy and others, they created a Scouting movement in this community that

(Barrhaven) Scouts. I know of this because in September of 1978 I met Gus at Barrhaven Public School for the first time. Attempting to enroll my son as a Beaver in this young and growing community, I had my first encounter with Gus. He assertively and politely suggested I should volunteer as a leader and lead a new Beaver Colony if I wished my son to

Scouts. And it happened, just as he knew it would. This was my first-time volunteering, 45 years ago, and I have never missed a year since.

We did several annual yellow bus trips from Barrhaven to Government House at Rideau Hall for Beaverees. As leaders, we ran many community fund raisers from apple days with Beavers and with Cubs,

at Opemikon, the area Scout Camp.

A few years later, I agreed to Chair the National Boards of Scouts Canada as well as its Foundation. One of the first persons to extend his Scouts’ left hand of friendship and congratulations was Scouter Gus.

Gus inspired myself and so many others to make more of themselves through volunteer-

dividual. To myself, he served as a wonderful mentor, as I attempted new ventures with varying degrees of trepidation. A kinder, more compassionate person one could ever wish to call a friend. We have lost a dear human being who can never be replaced. However, we can follow his example and honor his memory by volunteering and encouraging others

to do so for years to come, just as Gus did by example until his death in his 92nd year.

I was inspired to write this tribute after seeing the front page photo of the Barrhaven Independent, of Friday, August 18, 2023 when I saw myself following Gus’s lead, as we laid wreaths on Remembrance Day.

Rest in peace Scouter Gus, knowing your legacy will live on through all who choose to

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Barrhaven woman battling cancer and pneumonia contracts COVID-19 in hospital

By Charlie SenaCk

Hospitals are supposed to be a place to go and get better; a place to heal the sick.

Unfortunately that was not the case for my mom Glenda Senack, a stage 3 lung cancer survivor, who contracted COVID-19 while being treated in hospital for an aggressive infection.

The ordeal began on Aug. 7, when she was transported to the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital after dealing with a nasty cough and shortness of breath for about two weeks. Scans revealed aggressive pneumonia in the lungs. Doctors believe she had radiation pneumonitis, a rare infection that can attack five per cent of cancer patients who receive radia-

tion to the chest. It comes in three stages — the third being most severe. Antibiotics were ordered and she was sent home. That lasted only eight hours.

At 3:30 a.m. the following morning, an ambulance was again at our Barrhaven home as she struggled to breathe. Just walking five feet was like running a marathon; she was more sick than she was during her 30 rounds of radiation and nine rounds of chemotherapy.

After nearly a day in the emergency department of two hospitals, my 65-yearold mom was hooked up to antibiotics through IV and was administered heavy doses of steroids to fight off the infection which had

been running through her body for weeks. She was in a semi-private room with only one person, but a few days later was moved to a four-person room. That’s where she was exposed to COVID-19.

On Aug. 15, we were notified one of her roommates tested positive. The following day, my mom also received a positive test. The symptoms started off as flulike but progressed as the days went on.

The news was shocking and disappointing. How could an immunocompromised patient with two lungrelated illnesses be exposed to COVID — a virus that likes to attack the lungs?

Barrhaven journalist Charlie Senack recounts the shocking and disappointing ordeal that his mother endured, reminding us that COVID has not yet gone away

Glenda Senack of Barrhaven is a cancer patient who recently caught COVID-19 at the Ottawa Hospital. (C H a rl I e SenaC k p H OtO S )

Glenda Senack’s ordeal at the Ottawa Hospital made it to the mainstream media. Here, she is interviewed by CBC news.

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I went searching for answers. In a letter sent to me by Cameron Love, president and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, he said a review with the Infection Prevention and Control team found that all protocols were followed.

“I can tell you that the testing and movement of patients were done in alignment with existing protocols, and patients were placed on appropriate precautions,” Love wrote, noting that he didn’t want to “minimize the impact” it had on my mother and family.

While a response was appreciated, his statement is simply not true and fails to provide any sort of accountability.

After being exposed to a virus which has killed over 6,955,000 globally according to the world health agency, my mom was left in the room with the infected individual for hours. After my mom tested positive for COVID, an elderly patient who was negative remained in the room for half a day

before being separated. During that time, she had a visitor who entered unmasked, ignoring the clear signage which said full PPE had to be worn. Even after repeated asks, the woman continued to refuse to follow the rules. Does any of this sound like protocol was followed?

But that’s not all. In a statement sent to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, a spokesperson for the General Hospital said masks are still mandatory in outbreak units, patients rooms, and in the emergency department of the hospital. While true on paper, it’s not being enforced. During our time up at the hospital we saw many visitors seeing patients unmasked, and over 25 per cent of those in the ER were either unmasked or had them hanging from their chins.

Where is the accountability in all of this? Health experts are predicting a surge in COVID cases this fall and trends are already heading upwards. Hospitalizations

due to the virus rose 11 per cent in the province of Ontario last week and wastewater has hit viral levels not seen since the spring. It’s a clear indication of what is to come.

Hospitals are a setting where the most vulnerable patients go to get better. It should be a place where people can feel safe. Wearing a mask in these settings is not a hardship; it’s about saving lives.

It’s too late for my mom to not contract COVID-19 in the hospital, but it’s not too late to ensure other people don’t experience what she went through. My mom is fortunate to have lived to tell the tale; others might not be so lucky.

While her lungs were for the most part spared during her COVID-19 diagnosis, it was still an exhausting and unwanted ordeal which had her bedridden for days.

It’s been a tough year for my family and I; a year of change and adapting. It’s been most tough on my

mom, a true fighter who has tackled each challenge head on. The pneumonia is now cleared up, symptoms from COVID are starting to heal, and scans show no signs of cancer. We are optimistic that circumstances can only go up from here.

While our problem is with the system, it’s not with the doctors and nurses who have been phenomenal throughout the entire journey. They work in an environment that is underappreciated, understaffed, and underfunded. A special thanks goes out to Dr. Graham Cook, Dr. Reena Goindi, and nurses Aiden and Sophia from the sixth floor.

It’s up to all of us to protect our loved ones. Mask up in hospitals, do your part to not spread infection, and remember that while COVID might not have the same impact on most of us as it did in March 2020, for some it can still be fatal. Thanks to everyone for their well wishes and support over such a grueling time.

things to say about the doctors, nurses and staff at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus.

Charlie Senack is a freelance journalist in Ottawa and editor of the Kitchissippi Times. His work has appeared in the Barrhaven

Independent and the Manotick Messenger for the past seven years. He is a journalism student at Carleton University.

Despite her ordeal, Glenda Senack has had nothing but great

Fifth annual Barrhaven Classic Car Show a big success

The sun was shining, the smells of barbecue filled the air, and everyone was having a great time at the fifth annual Barrhaven Classic Car Show Sun., Aug. 20.

More than 100 cars took part in the annual show, held at Clarke Fields at a fee of $10 each, with all proceeds going to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

“There was a great turnout of cars, and of people who just love coming to the show,” said co-organizer Darrell Bartraw. “There were five or six different classic shows in Ottawa on the same day, so we are happy with the turnout we got for this year’s event.”

Bartraw also held a free barbecue with hot dogs and hamburgers available for free with an optional donation to CHEO. By the day’s end, the event raised $2205 for CHEO.

Music was provided for the event by Gypsy River Trio.

“They were fantastic,” Bartraw said. “Everyone loved them. We are hoping to have them back for our Barrhaven Canada Day celebrations next year.”

The classic car show has become a popular event in the community. Some were joking during the event that the cars were older than most of Barrhaven. “Old Barrhaven” was established in the 1960s with many of the neighbourhoods coming decades later.

The people’s choice award

went to Tom Egan for his 1950 Pontiac Fleetleder. Julie Mckenzie was second for her 1967 Volkswagon. Stephen Heney’s 1931 Ford Model A was third.

“We would like to thank everyone who came to the car show this year, especially all the proud car owners,” said co-organizer Keith Goebel.

“As well, a huge thank you is extended to the many spectators who attended the event. We had a total of 130 cars attending.”

Goebel also had praise for the people who helped make the event happen.

“We are very appreciative of all the volunteers who helped out this year. We would like to extend a sincere thank you for all your help in making the car show a big hit.

We have had a lot of positive comments about the show and its location.”

Several changes for Barrhaven as OC Transpo fall service begins

OC Transpo fall service began Sunday, August 27, with adjustments for service reliability, seasonal ridership, and construction, as well as the return of school service. Before heading out, use the Travel Planner on octranspo.com to plan your trip.

Service adjustment highlights

The Shuttle Express service that began on August 15, 2023 will continue to operate during peak periods as an alternative to O-Train Line 1. Shuttle Express, also known as E1, operates every 10 minutes, providing service from Tunney’s Pasture and Blair stations to Downtown in the morning, and from

Downtown to Tunney’s Pasture and Blair stations in the afternoon.

Line 2: Frequency of Line 2 replacement buses serving Carleton University will be increased to accommodate the seasonal return of higher ridership. Additional trips will operate at major class times where needed to increase capacity.

Route 7: On weekdays, a new trip will be added in the evening from Carleton University to Rideau Station, to increase capacity and better accommodate current ridership levels.

Route 51: On weekdays, westbound morning trips will be adjusted to follow the regular routing via Lincoln Heights instead of remaining on

Croydon Avenue.

Route 61: On weekends, select trips will be extended between Terry Fox Station and CARDELREC Recreation Complex Goulbourn on Shea Road to improve transit connectivity to employment areas near Stittsville Main Street.

Route 74: Will be extended from Nepean Woods Station to Riverview Station.

Route 75: On weekdays, one trip northbound in the morning and one trip southbound in the afternoon will be extended between Barrhaven Centre Station and Cambrian (Minto Recreation Complex) to better accommodate current ridership levels.

Route 88: On week-

Back to School safety reminders for students and commuters

It’s Back to School season! With students of all ages returning to the classroom over the coming weeks, the Ottawa Police Service reminds motorists to be aware of an increased number of students on city streets.

Many students will be busing, walking and riding their bikes to their destinations for the first time in several weeks.

Please consider the following Back to School safety tips:

- Reduce speeds in school zones and be ready

to stop anytime. Children do not always notice oncoming traffic;

- Obey school bus signals;

- Watch for pedestrian crossovers, know how they work and obey them when in use;

- Walk on available sidewalks;

- Always cross at intersections, looking and listening for traffic and walk across only when the road is clear, and it’s safe to do so;

- Follow adult crossing guards, student

crossing patrols and school bus operator’s signals; and,

- Always wear a helmet when riding a bike and walk your bike across a roadway.

Drivers are responsible for stopping in both directions on a road without a median when they see a school bus stopped with its lights flashing. Fines for not obeying this law range from $400 to $2,000 and six demerit points.

For more safety tips, go to the Ottawa Police Traffic Services page.

days, new trips will be added between Baseline and Hurdman Stations, to increase capacity and better accommodate current ridership levels.

The last day for summer weekend service to the following destinations will be Labour Day, Monday, September 4:

Route 25 to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Route 139 to Petrie Island

Route 185 to the Canada Agriculture Museum

Minor service adjustments or seasonal changes are being made to Routes 18, 25, 56, 57, and 198. Visit octranspo.com for full details.

Work on Ottawa roads this fall may lead to service delays and detours

on some routes. Up-todate information on affected bus routes and stop can be found on OC Transpo’s Alerts page.

School service

School trips and school routes in the 600-series will resume.

School service is being increased at the following schools in consultation with school boards and their student transportation agencies and based on observed ridership levels:

Cedarview Middle School – New school Routes 682 and 683 will be introduced to provide service for students in the Barrhaven, Jockvale, and Half Moon Bay neighbourhoods.

St. Joseph High School

– New school Routes 677 and 679 will be introduced to provide service for students in the Old Barrhaven / Barrhaven West area.

Other changes to school service have been made based on observed ridership levels and in consultation with school boards and their student transportation agencies. Full details will be available at octranspo.com.

For more information on fall transit service and schedules, visit octranspo.com or call 613560-5000. For trip planning assistance, use OC Transpo’s Travel Planner or use the Transit app. Customers can also connect with OC Transpo through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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4. Standard electrode potential

7. Type of gibbon

8. John Joseph __: American industrialist

10. Manning and Whitney are two

12. Abrupt

13. Baroque musical instrument

14. Post-burning residue

16. When you hope to arrive

17. Sign up (Brit. Eng.)

19. Sun up in New York

20. Employee stock ownership plan

21. Where people live

25. Method to record an electrogram

26. Angry

27. No longer living

29. Simple

30. Swiss river

31. Portion of a play

32. It’s under the tree

39. Wood sorrels

41. No (Scottish)

42. Dialect of English

43. Former Steelers’ QB

44. Popular beer

45. It can make you sick

46. Tropical tree and fruit

48. Company officer

49. Contact lens term

50. Your consciousness of your own identity

51. “Ghetto Superstar” singer

52. Piece of turf

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2. Containing salt

3. Reasoning or knowledge: a __

4. Car mechanics group

5. Leave a place

6. Southern Colombian capital

8. Old English letter

9. Tide

11. Walk heavily

14. Chemical compound (abbr.)

15. Artificial openings

18. Luteinizing hormone

19. Unit of energy

20. Circular movement of water

22. A way of holding

23. Popular book of words (abbr.)

24. States’ group

27. Dashes

28. Body part

29. Electronic countermeasures

31. Consumed

32. Small bird

33. Unhappy

34. Football’s big game (abbr.)

35. Valued object offered in good faith

36. Wild goats

37. Precede in place

38. Small edible fish

39. Notice of death

40. Body cavity of a metazoan

44. Partner to cheese

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HMBCA’s Half Moon Bay Family Day biggest and best to date

The Half Moon Bay Community Association held its most successful Family Fun Day to date on Sat., Aug. 19. The day started out with a pancake breakfast put on by Darrell Bartraw and his staff from Bart’s Catering. Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod was on hand to help out with the breakfast, which was in support of the Barrhaven Food Cupboard. The event at Guiness Park in Half Moon Bay included vendors and local businesses, face painting, a bouncy castle, and lots of food and fun. Even Goopee the Clown was there to make balloon animals for the kids. Muhamad Karkari of the Half Moon Bay Community association delivered the winning 50/50 prize to Howie and his family. The crowd on hand was by far the largest in the history of the event. Congratulations to the HMBCA for hosting your best event to date!

Jakob Chychrun partners with Future Hard Rock as community ambassador

As excitement builds for Canada’s first Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Jakob Chychrun, the 25-year-old defenseman who was traded to the Ottawa Senators on March 1st, has become Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock’s newest Community Ambassador.

As Ambassador, Chychrun will work with the Hard Rock Ottawa team to promote local initiatives, including mental health programs, which are important to Jakob and Hard Rock. He will also support ‘money can’t buy experiences’, including appearances and participation in select VIP member experiences, such as dinners, golf games and other exclusive events.

This partnership is a natural fit for Chychrun who grew up in South Florida where Hard Rock International has its global headquarters, and whose father, former NHLer Jeff Chychrun, grew up in Ottawa and played hockey for the Nepean Raiders.

“I am thrilled to partner with Hard Rock, a globally recognized entertainment brand, as they continue to

shape the future of entertainment,” said Chychrun. “It’s a real privilege to join the Hard Rock International team of star athlete partnerships.”

Chychrun joins Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock as it begins its 2-year expansion into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa.

“We are excited to welcome Jakob to the Hard Rock family, especially now as momentum builds towards the opening of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa in early 2025,” said Helen MacMillan, General Manager, Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock. “Being from Boca Raton, Jakob really understands the Hard Rock brand, and looks forward to helping us introduce this world-class hospitality brand experience to more Canadians.”

“The mutual work we are planning to undertake towards raising awareness of mental health initiatives is in perfect alignment with Hard Rock’s All is One and Love All-Serve All philosophies,” continued MacMillan. “It really is a win-win for the community.”

As his first act as Com-

munity Ambassador, Jakob joined the Rideau Carleton Casino team on Saturday night at a team member and VIP event, where he helped present a $10,000 cheque to the Alzheimer Society.

Since 2000, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has contributed approximately $95 million to the City of Ottawa for hosting Rideau Carleton Casino within the National Capital Region. An additional $1+ million per year is invested in local sponsorships and nonprofits, benefiting local communities and the people within, including a productive partnership with the Ottawa Senators organization.

“As a new member of the Ottawa Senators organization, and someone with deep ties in the region, it is very important for me to build my local relationships with the community,” concluded Chychrun. “I’m happy to have it start with Hard Rock.”

Together with its partner, OLG, Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock remains focused on promoting safe play at its casinos. Rideau Carleton Casino, Future

Labour Day is a chance for us to have one last summer celebration

Traditionally, Labour Day was an occasion to campaign for and celebrate workers’ rights with parades and picnics organized by trade unions. These still play a role in Labour Day for some Canadians, but many people see the first Monday in September as an opportunity to take a late summer trip, perhaps to their country cottage, or enjoy the company of family or friends at picnics, fairs, festivals, and fireworks displays. For students, the Labour Day weekend is the last chance to celebrate with a party or to go on a trip before school re-opens for the new academic year.

The origins of Labour Day can be traced back to April 15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organized Canada’s first

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significant demonstration for worker’s rights. The aim of the demonstration was to release the 24 leaders of the Toronto Typographical Union who were imprisoned for striking to campaign for a nine-hour working day. At this time, trade unions were still illegal and striking was seen as a criminal act to disrupt trade. Despite this, the Toronto Trades Assembly was already a significant organization and encouraged workers to form trade unions, mediated in disputes between employers and em-

Hard Rock features a PlaySmart Centre, which provides players with gambling knowledge and tools to help build and maintain positive play habits, among other responsible gaming tools available to players throughout the gaming site.

Jakob Chychrun, Community Ambassador, Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock, and defenseman for the Ottawa Senators, Helen MacMillan, General Manager, Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock.

ployees and signaled the mistreatment of workers.

There was enormous public support for the parade and the authorities could no longer deny the important role that the trade unions had to play in the emerging Canadian society. This happened and eventually led to the founding of the Canadian Labour Congress in 1883.

Post offices, banks and many businesses are closed on Labour Day in Canada. Schools and other educational establishments are also closed, as Labour Day falls at the end of the “traditional” summer holiday period.

Enjoy the weekend, drive carefully! Watch for school buses and kids in the weeks ahead!

Obey the 40 km speed areas!

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Scavenger Hunt with prizes

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1:00 pm Simmental & All Other Breeds Show

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Afternoon Entertainment Tent

Scavenger Hunt with Prizes

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