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Kars bicentennial celebrates 200 years of the village on the Rideau

By Manotick Messenger Staff The year was 1822.

The nearby town of Richmond was still in its infancy.

Lyman Clothier and his family had just opened a sawmill, a blacksmith shop and a carding machine for weaving down the river in Oxfordon-Rideau, which would be renamed Kemptville after Upper Canada Governor Sir James Kempt, who is said to have camped along the banks of the Rideau in the area.

Osgoode would be founded in 1927. Township C, which was founded in 1792, had been named the Township of North Gower. It was just being settled by United Empire Loyalists. It would be a generation before the Village of North Gower came into existence, and even later than that

came Manotick and Bytown, which would be renamed Ottawa.

North Gower Township was named after Admiral John Leveson-Gower, Lord of the Admiralty from 1783 to 1789. In the early 1800s, there was also a South Gower Township.

The Village of Kars will be celebrating its 200th anniversary this weekend. There is a complete day of activities planned for Sat., July 16 at the Kars RA Centre. The day includes activities such as a pancake breakfast, a craft and farmers’ market, a softball tournament, a bouncy castle, face painting, a historic walk of the village, a car show, and historic and military displays.

Both Trinity Church and St. Andrew’s Church will also be holding events, including cemetery tours, a barbecue

and live music, and a ringing of the bell at Trinity at 11.

A rich history

Through its 200 years, Kars was not always known as Kars. Wellington Village was the original name of Kars. However, there was also a Wellington Village in Prince Edward County.

Mail intended for Wellington (Kars) ended up in Wellington (Prince Edward County) and vice versa. In 1857, Wellington Village changed its name to Kars.

The name Kars was chosen to commemorate the Canadian-born General William Fenwick Williams, who had undertaken the siege of the town of Kars for the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire during the Crimean War of the 1850s.

Kars was a city in northeast Turkey, and it was the capital city of the Kars Province.

By the 1860s, Kars was a bustling community and shipping centre. Not only was the village on the Rideau, conveniently located between Ottawa and Kemptville, and just south of Manotick, but it was only a mile west of the Ottawa and Prescott Railway.

Kars had a sawmill that had capacity of producing three million feet of sawed lumber per year. A.J. Eastman and Co. owned a brewery in Kars that produced 40 barrels of beer per week. There were four general stores, two churches, two wagon shops, a tannery, a school, a cooperage, and a hotel.

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The Village of Kars will be celebrating its 200th anniversary on Sat., July 16. For more information on the events planned by the Kars Community Recreation Association, visit www.kars.ca.

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Celebrating the history of Kars on the heels of a great Canada Day One of the things I love the most about the Carleton riding is the rich history here, especially in the rural villages and communities.

Manotick celebrated its 150th anniversary back in 2009 with celebrations downtown and at Watson’s Mill, highlighted by a 150th anniversary weekend. In 2018, the Village of Richmond celebrated its 200th anniversary with a large celebration and parade. That celebration took place less than two weeks after I was first elected as the MPP for Carleton.

This weekend, we have yet another big anniversary celebration in Carleton.

The Village of Kars celebrates its 200th anniversary Saturday, and it is an event that I have been looking forward to.

It’s a great opportunity for residents of the area and visitors to celebrate, while

also learning about the rich history of the area. You might recognize the names of Roger Stevens, the Burritt family, the Merrick family, the Lindsay family and some of the other early settlers of the area. Most were American Empire Loyalists from Connecticut who came north to our area during the American Revolutionary War. Over the years, local historian Cora Lindsay, who passed away in 2014, did some outstanding work in detailing the history of the area and bringing the names of the past to life.

Cora worked closely with the Kars Women’s Institute and the Rideau Township

Archives, and was also very active at Dickinson House in Manotick. It is unfortunate that Cora did not live to see this this year’s celebration, but the work that she passionately dedicated her life to has certainly provided a wonderful link between the early days of Kars, when it was known as Wellington, to the beautiful village of Kars today.

I also want to give some recognition to the tireless work of Pam Little, Ally Little and the team of volunteers with the Kars Community Recreation Association. An event like the Kars 200th anniversary celebration does not just happen.

It takes a lot of work from a lot of dedicated workers behind the scenes. Because of their hard work, we will all get to take part in the celebration.

My staff and I will be at the event, so please stop by

to say hello and join us!

For more information on the event, please visit www. kars.ca, or visit the Kars Community Recreation Association Facebook page.

Canada Day in Carleton!

Each year, Canada Day is probably the busiest day of the year for me, and for our staff, as we visit communities in the riding to take part in their Canada Day celebrations.

Not only did we get to take part in the annual Osgoode Canada Day Parade, but I was also honoured to be asked to be a judge in the Osgoode Canada Day bike decorating contest, which took place at Vibrations Studio in Osgoode before the parade started.

From there, we visited North Gower for their annual kids’ bike parade through the village, ending

up at the Alf Taylor Community Centre. There were activities for the kids, and of course, the singing of O Canada.

The Canada Day road trip continued throughout the day, as there were Canada Day events in the riding in Stittsville, Riverside South, Greely, Metcalfe and Vernon.

In the last issue of the Manotick Messenger, I wrote in this column about what a special day Canada Day is for so many people who have personal or family stories about coming to Canada or how much Canada means to them.

We often overlook the passion that children have for their home country.

On Canada Day, it was wonderful to see the hard work and creativity that the children put into Canada Day and their bike decorations. It’s a direct reflection

that the children in Carleton are part of a proud generation of young Canadians.

Congratulations grads!

Last month, students of all ages celebrated the end of another school year.

In most cases, graduation ceremonies were held for the first time in three years.

At the college and university level, Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Carleton University all held convocation ceremonies for graduates from the Classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The students from colleges and universities, as well as local high schools, had an unparalleled experience of learning in a non-traditional setting due to the historic COVID-19 pandemic.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER goldie continues from page 2 The graduating students missed out on some of the traditional experiences of high school, college and university life. Classroom learning, social experiences, clubs and extra-curricular activities like sports, theatre and bands, and just the ability to gather and forge strong friendships are things that have always been taken for granted in our school system.

Due to the pandemic, classes were moved online.

For some graduates who attended their ceremonies to receive their degrees or diplomas, it was their first time on campus in more than two years. Some students who were in classes that met virtually were excited to meet their classmates in person for the first time at their ceremonies.

The high school experience was also different for graduating students. Graduates did not get the traditional four years of high school, and they missed out on some learning opportunities in the classroom, as well as some

of the relationship building with both peers and teachers that last for generations.

But for everything that this year’s graduating class has missed out on, they also move on to the next chapter of their lives with an experience and a level of resiliency that none of us have ever had.

The word that we heard over and over again during the pandemic was pivot, and this year’s graduates were able to pivot and be successful as they endured an unconventional learning experience that caught the education by surprise.

This resilience and ability to adapt will only benefit our graduating classes of 2022.

It could not have been easy for anyone to face the challenges they faced in school over the past two years. Because they had to adapt and learn virtually, they will leave school with skills and abilities that are unprecedented. There is no doubt that this year’s graduates will use these skills to become future

Carleton Progressive Conservative MPP was the judge at the Canada Day Bike Decorating Contest in Osgoode before the Canada Day Parade.

leaders.

I would also like to extend congratulations to the dedicated teachers and administrators at our local schools in the public, Catholic and French school boards that serve the riding.

We tend to focus on the

graduates this time of year, and sometimes the dedication and personal investments made by teachers and staff members at schools can be overlooked. The students had to learn and succeed in an environment that was very different from anything

we have ever seen in Ontario.

The hard work of the teachers and their ability to keep students focused and engaged while learning in an alternate setting was invaluable.

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kars continues from page 1 The person most responsible for keeping the history of Kars alive for generations to learn and enjoy was the late Coral Lindsay of the Rideau Township Historical Society. An avid local historian, Lindsay wrote a book in 1972, entitled ‘Kars on the Rideau.’ The book is available at Manotick Office Pro. In 2009, during Manotick’s 150th anniversary, Lindsay chatted with the Manotick Messenger after an event at Dickinson House.

Lindsay spoke that day about the earliest settlers in the area. Before the War of 1812, there were only a few families that had settled in Carleton County. The first was Roger Stevens, an American Empire Loyalist from Vermont, who settled the area in 1793.

During the American Revolutionary War, Stevens refused to join the army of the colonies. He was impris-

oned in Connecticut, and was ordered to “lay in irons” throughout the duration of the war. Stevens escaped and headed north to Quebec, where he joined the army of British General John Burgoyne. The army fought two battles near Saratoga, NY, losing them both. It was considered the turning point of the war, and Burgoyne surrendered his entire army of 6,200 men. The Americans were being supplied weapons and supplies by France.

Burgoyne, who had been a Member of Parliament and a prominent playwright before the war, returned to England.

Stevens and his brother, Abel, were prisoners of war.

Once again, he escaped. He joined the Loyalists and acted as a guide on missions, as well as a secret agent.

After the war, Stevens wanted land in Quebec, but was denied. Stevens was to receive 2,000 acres of land,

but was only given 400. With the land, he became the first settler of the area. Stevens built a sawmill in the area.

Stevens was one of three settlers in the area. Stephen Burritt, another former soldier, was married to Stevens’ daughter, Martha. They lived about a mile east of the Stevens homestead. Burritt, who was a colonel in the military, had become a fur trader.

He founded the settlement known as Burritt’s Rapids.

A year after Burritt built his home, Stevens’ cousin, William Merrick arrived. He settled along the river and was a millwright from Massachusetts.

One of the favourite stories of Lindsay’s was about Stevens’ tragic but strange death, which she said forever linked him to the Village of Kars.

She explained that in 1844, Stevens and Merrick traveled by canoe to

the mouth of the Gatineau in search of a site to build a new mill. On the way home, the two men detoured onto a creek.

Lindsay said that Merrick’s version of the story was that Stevens stood up in the canoe to shoot at some ducks. The recoil of the musket knocked him out of the boat, and Stevens drowned.

Martha Burritt did not believe the story. Lindsay said that Martha Burritt knew that her father, an experienced outdoorsman, would never stand up in a canoe to shoot his musket.

The day of the accident, Merrick sent a letter to Governor Haldimand, informing him of Stevens;’ death. Because of the debt Stevens owed to Merrick, Merrick demanded that the Burritt mill and surrounding land be transferred to him. The land is now known as Merrickville.

Kars has had a long history of being home to the school serving the area. Kars on the Rideau Public School was built on the grounds of the old Kars Public School, and it also hosts the community’s cenotaph.

Stevens Creek was named after Roger Stevens, as was the road that runs from Kars, through North Gower,

to Merrickville and Smiths Falls.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER kars continues from page 4 School days

Many families whose names are recognizable to local residents settled the area in the 1820s and 1830s.

The Craigs, Grahams, Moffatts, Kerrs, O’Neils, Coles, Phelans, Potters, Johnstons, Doyles, Kellys, Clingins, Youngs, Jamiesons, pollocks, Callanders, Wallaces and Scobies joined the Eastmans, MacEwens, Christies, O’Callaghans, Thomsons and other original families in the new community. The O’Callaghans were the first family from Ireland to settle in Kars. Cornelius O’Callaghan and his wife, Ellen, were from Cork. They sailed to Canada in 1828 with their eight children. One of their children, John, became a key figure in the growth and development of Kars in the first half of the 19th century.

Although the Common School Act for Upper Canada was passed in 1816, families were more focused on surviving in the bush than educating their children.

In her book, Lindsay de-

tailed that the first schoolhouse built in the area was a log structure that was about 18 feet by 18 feet. The school was built in 1832, though Reverend Peter Jones of the Methodist Church was teaching students in his home through the 1820s. Children from the Eastman, Garlick, Lindsay, O’Callahan and O’Connor families.

In 1861, there were two teachers in Kars. Margaret Drew, 21, was the granddaughter of Paul Drew, an early settler on the Prescott Road.

Horner Farrer, a 22-year-old Englishman, was the other teacher. He boarded with the Eastman family.

During that school year, there were 63 children who attended school in Kars. Ida Eastman, 5, was the youngest student. The oldest was Eliza Russell, 19.

In her book, Lindsay recounted a story from an incident that was in the Ottawa Citizen: In this school there were the usual number of pupils who required punishment.

On one occasion, a boy of eighteen, an athletic lad, when called up to get a strapping, tried to get out of the door and away. The teacher ran to the door and headed him off. The boy then made a dash for the rear wall, jumped for the trap door (the ceiling was low), caught it and swung himself up. Mr. Farrar tried to follow but the boy, seizing a piece of wood, threatened to brain the teacher if he came up. This incident occurred in the morning and the teacher ate his lunch in the school room so the lad was forced to stay in the attic. At closing time, Mr. Farrar politely invited the boy to come down and take his licking, but the boy refused. The teacher then locked the school and waited outside. Before long, the boy climbed down, quickly opened a window and escaped!

In 1875, the school in Kars burned down. The school trustees hired Solomon Mussell to build a new one-room school out of brick. The design called for a bell tower and a bell. John Kerr was hired as

the teacher. He had about 60 students. The school was wellrun, and by the 1880s, a wing for senior students had to be added.

In 1905, the main room of the school was divided into two, with the rear wing used as a continuation school. Lindsay said that some recalled having more than 100 students in the school at that time. Because of the number of students, some classes were held in a vacant house at the corner of Nelson and Wellington Streets. Students from Osgoode came to Kars for the continuation, and they also participated in social activities, as well as the hockey and softball games.

Fire destroyed the school in 1945. Lindsay included an article from the Ottawa Citizen on the fire in her book: Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Kars Continuation and Public School and all its equipment early this morning.

The loss was estimated by J. Lawson Greer, chairman of the school board, as $12,000 and was covered by insurance.

Robert Bryan, caretaker,

discovered the blaze when he arrived at 5:30 a.m. to find the two-storey concrete block building filled with smoke. He closed up the school and ran one hundred and fifty yards to the home of Mr. Greer who sent out an alarm to neighbours and to the volunteer fire brigade of Osgoode, North Gower and Gloucester through the telephone operator.

Early this morning Mr. Greer and other school trustees Clifford Todd, Gordon Butler, and William Drew were making arrangements for Mrs. Grace Kyer and Miss Laura Hill, principal and assistant of the Continuation School and for Miss Dorothy Clingin and Mrs. Erma Templeton, principal and assistant of the Public School, to finish out the school term. It is planned to accommodate the 75 pupils in the Women’s Institute Hall and the Orange Hall.

The bell crashed to the ground, but it was saved by Wesley Crawford of Kars. The bell had survived two school fires and rebuilds. Mr. Crawford gave it to his wife, who

painted it white to use in her garden as a flower pot. Mrs. Crawford eventually donated the bell to the Kars Women’s Institute.

Today, Kars on the Rideau Public School stands where the old Kars Public School was. The site also includes the Kars Cenotaph, used annually for Remembrance Day. Kars has changed over the years, and also over the last generation. The Kars Fair, complete with its popular demolition derby, disappeared a decade ago. The Kars Dog Show kept going on the fairgrounds site until the pandemic happened. Recreationally, the Kars Aces remain one of the premier Fastpitch softball teams in Eastern Ontario.

The history of Kars has been well preserved by Coral Lindsay, who was named the Manotick Messenger Person of the Year for her work in preserving local history 15 years ago.

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MESSENGER Editorial

Canadians desperately need help to combat food inflation

It’s never good to keep score in a relationship

Last week, I came downstairs and the The thing with scoring every game I Diva was not in a good mood. watch, though, is testing her limits of paShe was on hold with Bell, and I could tience. For me, it’s a personal bucket list from tell she was about to blow a gasket and rip challenge that goes back to my childhood.

Page 6, Manotick Messenger, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 the poor soul on the other end a new one in When I was a kid in Prescott, long bethe other It wasn’t a good week if you’re a consumer on a tight budget – and that means most of a call that would surely be monitored for fore the Blue Jays existed, we got a lot of us. Consumers are under attack.

New York Yankees games We’ve just learned that Canada’s food inflation rate was at a record 9.7 per cent in May. quality assurance.

“What’s wrong, babes?” on WWNY from Watertown.

What’s hitting Canada is a global phenomenon; food prices aren’t coming down anytime O ur COmmunity “Our Bell bill is way too I always scored the games soon. The world will see a shortfall in commodity production this fall, which could push high,” she said in a terse tone. when I watched. It was a dark prices even higher worldwide. Supply chain issues, coupled with a new inflationary cycle Messenger “I’m not happy about this.” chasm in Yankees’ history – triggered by the Ukrainian conflict,Editorial are impacting the food industry’s ability to fill shelves.

I figured now was probthe era after Mickey Mantle The macroeconomic picture is one thing. But some policies in Canada are just making ably the right time to tell her. and before Reggie Jackson.

Are you more Canadian things worse.

“Um, honey,” I said sheepThurman Munson was my faThe Canadian Dairya Commission (CDC), a Crown corporation, believed a second milk than fifth grader? vourite player, which is why I wore numprice increase was necessary for dairy farmers. Last week, we learned that milk prices paid ishly.

With Canada Day approaching next week, it is a good time for us all to “What?” ber 15. Bobby Murcer was another favourto farmers will rise again by 2.5 per cent, after a record increase of 8.4 per cent in February. reflect on what it means to be Canadian.

“Um, I, like, ordered, um, the Fibe TV ite. Beyond that, my boyhood heroes like Do we takeincrease being Canadian Last winter’s wasforsogranted? severe that most dairy alternatives are now priced the same Better yet, how do new Canadians feel about being Canadian? Some of us baseball package.”

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“I ordered the of time as legendary Yankees. But to me, requested another mid-year increase due to “exceptional circumstances” without telling us Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre at Mother Teresa High School in Barrhaven last baseball package.

They had a really great it didn’t matter. They were my American month, you can see the excitement and the thankfulness in the eyes of every where the data is coming from. new Canadian. deal on.

I get every single game for less League team. The Expos were my National

By They fall, understand, this new increase will price perhaps better than all ofthe us, dairy what itsection means toatbethe grocery store out of the marCanadian. than $200 for the year!”

League team. ket for many consumers.

So how can the rest of us have that feeling?

Bev McRae Actually, she was already aphoto little bit anBefore COVID, I was at Olympia Sports Ultimately, we stand to lose more dairy farms as their Atsales decline.

The Conservative government has amany solid idea. the school’s 50th Anniversary Party, Manotick Co-operative Nursery School honoured its longest-servJason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism noyed with me long before the phone call in Ogdensburg and noticed the big display The federal government is also coming forward with new labelling rules for ing teacher/volunteer with asaturated memorial garden bench, which will be installed with a plaque in the school’s and Andrew Cohen, President of the Historica-Dominion Institute, are chalplayground.

Left to right, MCNS Director Sandy Erler and June Hodge celebrate June’s 29 years as a supto Bell. of baseball scorebooks.

A voice drove me lenging middle high school students to take thefront-of-package citizenship test. fats, sodium andand sugar.

Health Canada’s labelling was long overdue, and ply teacher, teacher and volunteer.

The Canadian Citizenship Challenge, funded in part by CIC and run by the It all started one rainy Saturday after- to buy them. All of them. It wasn’t the usual it willHistorica-Dominion make our food healthier.

But the new policy also aims at a key single-ingredient Institute, will see students study Discover Canada: the noon in April when she walked down the voice inside my head. That voice is an idiot.

Rights andmany Responsibilities of Citizenship then takemeat. a mock citizenship product that Canadians enjoy:and ground test.

Sometimes it’s best just to say nil This one was different. It was the whispery The“This federal is the consumer’s right now. It needs to think stairs. will begovernment a fun way for students to learn about Canadaworst and feelenemy proud I’m finding myself at one of those bizarre crosswonder about things like how come “underneath” is I was sitting there, geeked out, with a voice that came from the cornfield in Iowa of our shared history and accomplishments,” said Minister Kenney.

“As we through some of these ill-timed policies that will make food even more expensive. roads where everything I love about sports is about a word but no one ever says “overneath” when the learn about our past and the people and events that made Canada what it is scorebook in my hand, charting every at that made Kevin Costner’s character turn Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s so-called anti-inflation plan presented recently to collide with a large swatch of the population work- discussion pulled me back into soccer. today, we become more proud to be Canadian. We are inspired to see how we diligently to grate my nerves. is learning sothe muchNew by watching the Yankees bat as“Chelsea I watched York his farm into a baseball diamond. You aldefend our for rightsCanadians and live up toatour responsibilities and we Many feel muchof using won’tcan do much the grocery store. hoped for tax breaks, anyIt’s this whole World Cup thing. Don’t you find World Cup,” said the mom wearing Crocs. “We are more strongly how valuable it is to be a citizen of Canada.” take on the Baltimore Orioles. ways have to listen to that voice. that people are just a little into it? studying each country before the game. She has thing to“Our ease our need fiscal burden, as young manypeople countries have done in recent months.

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Citizenship is not only about new Canadians, it’s about all Now that it is June, I have two months me with this of look optedCanadians, to makeyoung a ‘microwave’ announcement, basically reheating programs already in place soccer fan moms at Your even wants us to go there on our and old,” said Andrew Cohen. “The Canadian Citizenship of Yankees games scored. of disbelief and exasperation coated with a Independent Grocer the other day. vacation next year.

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Canadian and then put that knowledge to the test.”

“Why are you even doing that, anyglaze of fed-up-with-me-ness.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently said the war in Ukraine could last THE mental world in the checkout line, That caught my attention.

Starting this summer, the Historica-Dominion Institute will be encouraging way?” she said.

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director the agri-food lab soand professor $525,171 in this 32 month project which promotes civic of memory, civic pride analytics Chelsea’s games,” said the mom who was wearing “First In an effort to keep she my blood pressure down, I take that and integration. takes me back to the Prescott Amity Lodge of all,” said, “Don’t © Troy Media in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University. Crocs. looked out the big window at the big parking lot Tyke All-Stars and the road trips we went toneand with “Oh, I know,” said the one wearing Birkenstocks. scopedme.” it out, looking for a puppy or a bird or “Zachary has a tournament next weekend and it She anything that would pryamylot. mind out of the shack- of a joke on as we made it to the Ontario finals. It says that It’s kind would have been so in the spirit of the World Cup to les that these two soccer moms had put me in with us. I’m not sure if this time it was, takes me back to sleeping in my uniform have all of us blowing our vuvuzela horns. Theybetween lost their conversation. two-nil and then three-nil. They need all of the though. supA busload of seniors from a nearby retirement in the tent and using my glove as a pillow. port they can get.” home had pulled up and passengers were getting It takes me back to having the radio on and Atoff.that I my think she alllogged Nil? Who says nil? Really.

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“Myabout cousin lives in Australia, and he was devasof post how the Mayor of Loserville you don’t know who he was, he was the The Manotick Messenger is published every Wednesday in Manotick, Ontario. The Manotick I wanted to jump in and say something, but I tated when Germany beat them 4-nil,” said the Messenger is mailed to bona fide subscribers in Rideau and Osgoode Townships for $36. The was mom actually scoring the baseball game baseball announcer in Meat Loaf’s Pararefrained. I couldn’t do it. wearing Crocs. publication is available by carrier for $36 or at newsstands for $1.00 per copy. Letters will be edited for length, clarity and libellous statements. Display, National and Classified rates are available on If you are unfamiliar with the vuvuzela horn, with then At this point, I couldn’t take it anymore. Mount a scorebook.

I wasn’t concerned. I dise by the Dashboard Light. As James request. The Manotick Messenger is not responsible for the loss of Main unsolicited manuscripts, photos or Boxyou 5567 Manotick St., P.O. 567, have not tuned into CBC over the past two Patience erupted and out came sarcasm lava. other material used for publication purposes. was locked in, glued to believe the game on the Earl Jones said in Field of Dreams, “Baseweeks. If you stumble across a World Cup soccer “I saw that match,” I said. “I can’t AusManotick, Ontario K4M 1A5 game on CBC, you will hear what sounds 75” like TRY-lier looked so insipid against Deutschland.”the day beball is part of our past. It reminds us of screen – the one I bought Publisher: Jeffrey Morris 50,000 bees swarming the field. They are not bees.

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Managing Jeffrey Morrismanotickmessenger@gmail.com News andEditor: Editorial: The Manotick Messenger all that was once good, and that could be fore the Super Bowl.

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Letters to the editor welcome — email newsfile@bellnet. ca or fax 692-3758

by Phill Potter

Grade: 12

lem solving. Since the concepts are not broad, and there isn’t much interpretation to be done, it’s more Sisters: April (20), OTHS, just problem solving, which UNB Fredericton. Violet is what makes me enjoy (20), Canterbury Manager responsible (vocals), for the mation he hadthe tomost.” members those classes Carleton University.

Ivy of Council. Activities/Interests: Name: Melita Wyche LRT office.

We found out “Bothusinside andto outside Mark, Algonquin This takes backGreatest City that(22), JohnSt.Manconi, General What is your of school, I enjoy particiAge: 17 FOCUS ON College.of Transportation Manager Steve Kanellakos Manager Accomplishment?

“Earnpating in several different sports.

These include socSchool: Osgoode Township who, despite a Counclear Services Department, re- YOUTH ing the title ofhaving Student cer, futsal, volleyball, coed High Pets: for TwoOCdogs, Ewok understanding of how munisponsible Transpo cil President at my school. volleyball, and touch footby Phill Potter andthe a cat. that cipal isnot supposand LRTandbelieves The government process wasenjoy easy, ball. I also traveling Grade: 12Pixie, and learning aboutmade different edbut tocontestified that itit giving Councillors too I work, persevered and lemmuch solving. Since the locations and cultures.

I’ve Parents: Heather and Den- cepts are not is broad, Part-time Work: “Cheerhis and choice when he gives information brings on too through, even though there nis Wyche isn’t much interpreta- travelled to many places leading and tumbling information so long many questions.

This,there atcoach the Council the and I find along it very intertion to be done, were it’s more setbacks at Kemptville insolving, esting howbeen every culture Sisters: April asway. he stays within his amansame time(20), heOTHS, wasInfinity sharing It has also very just problem which has unique traditions and UNB Fredericton.onViolet is what makesdate me enjoy Kemptville.) under the Delegated information a WhatsApp rewarding accomplishment, subcultures. My favourite (20), Canterbury (vocals), those classes the most.”

By-law andbecause that chat group with Mayor Wat- Authority as I’ve gained many opplace is so Norway, Carleton University.

Ivy Favourite Subjects: is to such beautiful heportunities, reportsthereout Council son, the Mayor’s theis your (22), St. Mark, Algonquin staff, and gotten to What Greatest places all overmandate the country College.

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I once that delegated City Manager, Councilnetwork with other youth ing theprobtitle of Student Coun- and amazing hiking. The enjoy doing labs and islike over. lorPets: Hubley – Chair the myself.” next location I wish to travTwo dogs, Ewok cilofPresident at my school. el to is Iceland, it’s liesbecause in the Transit but was notThe and Pixie, andCommission, a cat.

The process easy,problem a very open country, with but I persevered and made it behind these beliefs not with other members of attitude Part-time Work: “Cheer- through, even though there very kind citizens, and lots and actions. The prevailing Council.

In his testimony leading and tumbling coach were the setbacks along the to see.”

Mayor stated that inhis way. style is also attitude at Kemptville Infinity It has been a very is, when we want Why didand you get inKemptville.) rewarding your questions your to over communicate, de-accomplishment, as I’ve gained so many op- volved in what you do? opinions, we’ll give them to spite the fact the evidence Favourite Subjects: portunities, and gotten to “I got involved in Student you.youth WhatCouncil as emerged shows he was not communibecause I from saw it “Math and Chemistry.

I network with other opportunity make enjoy doing and prob- likeinformyself.” testimony asinanthe secondto half cating thelabssignificant Parents: Heather and Dennis Wyche

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volleyball, and touch foot- due to concussions, so I ball. I also enjoy traveling turned to coaching. It has and learning about different given me an opportunity to locations and cultures. I’ve continue in the sport, even7 MANOTICK MESSENGER FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 Page travelled to many places though I can no longer parand I find it very inter- ticipate in it.” esting how every culture has unique traditions and Career Goals: “After subcultures.

Myis that favourite school I hope go toof of the hearings staff, high Council have the toduty place Norway, because a at difference in my school, the is highest levels, don’t university oversight. somewhere We are the near overand to get Councillors. a is different per- beautiful there such eastofcoast; hopefully in trust I was the seers the public purse. spective on all aspects of places all over the country kinesiology.

My top choice going to add ‘or by extenWe are ultimately responthe school. I was a cheerandforthe amazing The schools of leader 10 residents years, buthiking.

I who elect sion sible forare theUniversity entire system. could longer nextnolocation I wish to travinonly St. John, them’, but continue that would be New And Brunswick Council can make due to concussions, so I el toto iscoaching. because false.

ItIceland, would be false it’s be- and goodDalhousie decisionsinif Halifax. we have turned It has a very open country, with I hope to pursue given me anthe opportunity to cause bureaucracy has After good that, information.

And continue the sport, even very inkind citizens, and in lotsa apurposefully career in either forgotten that we live and athletic wilfully though I can no longer parto see.” or education.” democracy.

Staff answer therapy, withholding information ticipate in it.” to Council not because it’s from members of Council Career “After WhyGoals: didnot you getexerin- should never happen from convenient, as an high school I hope to go to suffering volved in what you do? After cise insomewhere show and a bureaucrat in numerous the City of university near tell, or in concussions, Melita Wyche “I got involved in Student a east pretence of accountability Ottawa.” the coast; hopefully in kinesiology.

Mybecause top choice IStaff to coaching.

Council saw anit turned and transparency.

Democracy has gone off schools are University of POTTER asBrunswick antoopportunity to make track atPHILL swer Council the City of PHOTO Ottawa.

New in St. John,because the members Council answer If we don’t have democracy and Dalhousie of in Halifax.

After to pursue who elect to that, the I hope residents at our most basic level of a career in either athletic them in a democratic pro- government – municipal therapy, or education.” cess. government – then does it As my colleague Coun- exist at all?

After suffering numerous cillor Diane Deans stated Carol Anne Meehan concussions, Melita Wyche turned coaching. in to her testimony to the Councillor Gloucester PHILL POTTER PHOTO Commission, “Members of South-Nepean

The MessengerFOCUS ON YOUTH The Derailment of Municipal Democracy at the City of Ottawa Being OTHS Student Council President a rewarding experience

The second half of the hearings by the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Public Inquiry, under Commissioner, Justice Hourigan, into the Stage 1 LRT, have been an eye opener into the derailment of democracy at City Hall.

At the start of his testimony at the hearings, on July 4th, City Manager Steve Kanellakos, said: “Well, the way municipal government works is that all authority stems from Council ultimately. My authority is granted to me by delegation

by Council. And Council has the ability to give me broad delegate authority, restrict it, rescind it, amend it. They are supreme in terms of ultimate decision making. And it’s

clear from this document in 2012 that they gave the City Manager a broad delegation of authority with respect to the Project Agreement (for the LRT Stage 1).”

In the preceding ten days, the Commission heard how Brian Guest and Boxfish received consulting contracts with the City’s LRT Office while his sister worked for then City Manager Kent Kirkpatrick, and while her husband was the chief of staff to the then Deputy City

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LeBreton resigns from Carleton Conservative riding association board

By Charlie Senack

Longtime Manotick resident and former Government Leader of the Senate, Marjory LeBreton, has resigned from the Carleton Conservative riding board after Pierre Poilievre’s support for the Freedom Convoy.

Poilievre, who has been Carleton’s MP since 2004, is

now running in the Conservative Party leadership race, and is a frontrunner to be their next leader.

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

them coffee.

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

LeBreton told the Manotick Messenger she has concerns the divide is becoming too deep.

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

LeBreton, who said it brings her no joy to speak out against behaviour she’s seeing in the party, says her breaking point came in the midst of the freedom convoy. Poilievre was one

of many Conservative MP’s to openly support their efforts, despite the blockade causing so much unrest.

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

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

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

LeBreton can’t wrap her head around how the Conservative Party would support such a movement, which broke

countless laws and disrupted the lives of many people.

“When I resigned, I said that I really had a problem because one of the main cornerstones of Conservatism is law and order,” said LeBreton. “I just felt that we were taking a sledgehammer to one of the main cornerstones of Conservatism. One of the reasons why

I am a Conservative is because I have tremendous respect for the law, so I felt that I could no longer in all good conscience remain on the board.”

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

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MANOTICK MESSENGER lebreton continues from page 8 “The responsibility of all this grievance and unhappiness should have been laid at the feet of the Prime Minister for using a health issue in order to win an election,” she said.

“He divided people and basically insulted people who didn’t support the vaccine. It was all so unnecessary. 80-90 per cent of Canadians were vaccinated.

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

The former Government Leader of the Senate also questioned how Poilievre could support a blockade in Downtown Ottawa, when his tone was different during a rail blockade in early 2020. Back then, the Carleton MP openly bashed an Indiginous blockade which was causing disruption in Western Canada.

At the time, Poilievre said in a CBC interview: “When Indigenous People protest and blockade it is wrong and the

government has laws and tools in place to deal with it. These blockaders are taking away the freedom of other people to move their goods and themselves.”

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

“An illegal blockade should be dealt with through the full force of the law.”

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

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

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

“There was a lot of excitement in his campaign, we won by 16 points in the election less than a year ago, but there was a main street poll the other day that had his lead at four percentage points,” said LeBreton. “So I have to ask myself,

and we should ask ourselves, and Pierre should ask himself, why is this happening? And when you look at that poll it’s very much tied to his support of the so-called freedom convoy which was an illegal blockade.”

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

“In the riding after Pierre’s very out-front support of the convoy, I had people who supported him all of a sudden saying they were so disappointed.

Before I resigned, I suggested to the riding president as a result of this that we better do a poll in Carleton,” said LeBreton. “Business people thought that Pierre walked away from them during the protests. It was his constituents that were losing their minimum wage jobs in the Rideau Centre. It was his constituents who had small businesses they couldn’t

open, losing thousands of dollars. He completely abandoned them.”

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

“It’s important for the party to really think about who can lead us and win support and become electable in the whole country,” she said. “By that I mean we have to acknowledge that the country has changed and we have to work really hard to win over people who live especially in the suburbs, and we have to present ourselves in a way where people can see themselves in us. I’m afraid that at the moment they are not seeing themselves in us.”

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

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

their communities.

“We are trying to foster debate for people who are in the centre, no matter who they vote for,” stated LeBreton.

“We are encountering a lot of blue liberals who just can’t buy the policies of the Trudeau Government. I hate to even think about what’s going on in the United States filtering into Canada. I really think we are different in Canada, I’m hopeful that will not happen,” The Conservative Party is now “completely foreign”

to LeBreton, who adds she is starting to feel like she no longer has a home in the party.

Her message to Poilievre and all Conservative voters is to bring ideas forward that will unite Canadians, not cause an even bigger divide. She says all candidates have good ideas, including Poilievre.

The Manotick Messenger reached out to Poilievre’s campaign multiple times for an interview regarding his leadership race, but there was no response to our requests.

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Poilievre marches beside veteran who wants to end all COVID mandates

By Charlie Senack Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre helped lead a freedom march alongside a veteran who’s an active member of a group which wants an end to all COVID-19 mandates.

The walk, started

by James Topp, began months ago in Vancouver and landed in Ottawa last week. Locally, it started in Bells Corners on June 30, and ended in Downtown Ottawa later that day. Poilievre, who has been Carleton’s federal representative since 2004, joined in near College Square, and stayed for about 35 minutes until reaching Baseline and Clyde — walking roughly two kilometres.

In a tweet sent out Thursday afternoon, Poilievre said: “Today I walked alongside military veteran, James Topp, who has travelled the country by foot for free choice.

End all mandates. Restore

our freedoms. Let people take back control of their lives.”

At the beginning of the walk, Poilievre told Topp that freedom of choice when it comes to medical decisions is of great importance to him.

“I support freedom of choice; I always have and believe people should have the ability to decide for themselves on these matters,” Poilievre said in the conversation with Topp. “We should be free Canadians that can decide what we put in our bodies, decide what we think, decide who we are as people and restore the freedom that brought so many millions of immigrants to this country in the first place.”

Topp is protesting an end to all COVID-19 mandates and is frustrated that many Canadians have been denied access to employment and services because of their vaccination choices, resulting in lost income.

While many unvaccinated workers were either let go or put on temporary leaves of absence because they didn’t receive the jab, those rules have now changed.

As of June 20, vaccine requirements for federal public servants and transportation workers were lifted, which also applies to those who are travelling either domestic or outbound. That means you no longer need to be fully vaccinated in order to board a train, plane, or bus.

While in uniform, Topp, 28, was charged by the Department of National Defence after publicly sharing his discontent over federal vaccine requirements while on the job.

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Opinion: Where is the attention to community concerns at City Hall?

By David Brown The Public Inquiry into Ottawa’s LRT has uncovered some damning revelations about how the Mayor and senior City staff moved the goal posts to get LRT moving and how it eventually came off the rails.

Other than the substantial cost, the constant media coverage and the tendency of the LRT debacle to dominate the collective consciousness, LRT doesn’t impact our daily lives in Ottawa’s rural areas. Yet, the local issues that affect us every day have been pushed to the sideline, forgotten and often ignored.

Roads maintenance, new parks for our communities, traffic management, renovation and repairs to local community centers, recreation activities, and so many moreare always top of mind for many, yet bottom of the list for the City.

Speaking with residents over the past several weeks, it’s clear that mega-city projects are less of a concern when compared to a lack of access to a summer swim camp, a dangerous intersection that needs a traffic light or a desperately needed turning lane at a hazardous intersection, potholes that rattle and shake your car or a street light for a dark stretch of

road. These are the everyday concerns that so many have shared with me.

A particularly sore point for many when reaching out to the City to raise these issues is the, unfortunately common, response of no funding and a long list of projects in the queue as an excuse for lack of action.

Yet Council doesn’t think twice when another $60 million is needed to top up the slush fund for LRT or when $332 million is required to move forward with Lansdowne 2.0.

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communities.

Not only would spending these funds on local projects instead of big ribbon-cutting photo-ops help improve our communities and living standards, but they would also ensure the City delivers on what is most important to us.

It’s time to focus on local issues, do more to enhance our city services and finally put our tax dollars where our politician’s mouths are- in our communities. Listening to residents is one thing; following up with action is entirely another.

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polievre continues from page 12 Poilievre has faced a divided group due to his support of the freedom convoy. On one hand, supporters of the movement are glad to see a longtime MP support their cause. On the other hand, those who don’t support the convoy’s efforts are frustrated to see a member of the government endorse a group which has caused disruption.

During Thursday’s walk, Poilievre could be heard telling Topp that he wants the demonstrations not to get in the way of Canada Day festivities, which primarily took place at LeBreton Flats this year. Topp also asked his supporters to leave their flags sharing vulgar messages about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at home, however not all did.

In a statement sent to Global News, a spokesperson for Poilievre didn’t directly address why he joined in on the march, but said the Carleton representative will be spending Canada Day with his constituents.

“We encouraged Canadians to continue to protest for their

freedoms,” they added.

Ottawa Police worked with Topp to ensure any demonstrations remained peaceful, and to “safely and lawfully move from the west end of the city down to the Parliament Hill buildings,” said interim police chief Steve Bell.

Topp was met by about 1,300 people who lined the walking route to greet him upon arrival in Ottawa. He now plants to keep the movement going throughout the summer and fall, traveling as far as Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Manotick Messenger reached out to Poilievre for comment but did not hear back.

Despite a Canada Day weekend full of protests, almost all remained peaceful.

Ottawa Police say 50 criminal charges were laid over the Canada Day long weekend and 12 people were arrested. Three of those arrests were made at the National War Memorial on June 30, after they allegedly choked a police officer. The arrests were made shortly after Topp concluded his march in Ottawa.

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