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Latest data gives reason to be optimistic

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star

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Despite all the doom and gloom we are being fed by the 24-hour news cycle, there is reason to be optimistic heading into the next few weeks of the pandemic.

Ontario Public Health data shows that the number of active cases in the province has likely peaked and in many areas is slowly dropping.

Here in Ottawa, the number of active cases has been decreasing since Jan. 4 when they peaked at 11,654. By Friday, the number had dropped by more than half to 5,103. That number may increase slightly due to a lag in testing results, but it won’t change significantly.

The decrease in active cases locally is also reflected in the wastewater samples being tested

by Ottawa Public Health.

Provincially, the number of active cases peaked on Monday, Jan. 10 at 140,523. By Thursday the number had dropped to 111,496.

Unfortunately, the decrease in active cases both provincially and locally has not yet been mirrored by a decrease in hospitalizations which tend to lag behind the active case trend by about 10 days to two weeks.

Hospitalizations have been on a steady rise since Christmas, about two weeks after the number of active cases began to spike. On Dec. 25, there were only 14 people in Ottawa’s hospitals with COVID. By Jan. 1, that number had more than quadrupled to 57. A week later it had risen to 90 and eventually 94 as of Sunday, Jan. 9. Since then, it has slowly been dropping.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Fête Frissons winter festival still on...for now ORLÉANS – Organizers of this year’s Fête Frissons winter festival at the Shenkman Arts Centre are keeping their fingers crossed that the event will go ahead as scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 12. That will all depend, however, on the trajectory of the current wave of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus which is expected to abate some time within the next few weeks. The Shenkman Arts Centre has been closed since Jan. 5 due to restrictions announced by the provincial government on Jan. 3. The Fête Frissons is a free event showcasing talented local artists. The event features live performances, art making, workshops, storytelling, dancing and of course, outdoor fun in the snow. The event had to be canceled last year due to COVID restrictions. Organizers and fans of the event – not to mention the performers – are hoping it doesn’t end up being canceled again this year. Members of the public are being asked to check the Shenkman Arts Centre website for updates.

Sienna Senior Living to host heart and brain health webinar for seniors ORLÉANS – Seniors and those who love seniors are being invited to take part in a heart and brain health webinar on Jan. 27 hosted by Sienna Senior Living. This free webinar will feature speakers from Heart and Stroke Foundation. You’ll learn about the signs of heart attack and stroke in women, key emergency steps you need to take and how you can stay healthy. In addition, everyone who registers will receive a recording of the previous Heart and Stroke Foundation webinar as well as a recording of this webinar at no cost! Don’t miss out, register today at https://hubs.la/Q012057c0.

Calling all young writers!

ORLÉANS – The Orléans Star wants to hear from young writers in Orléans. The idea is to run a special feature showcasing the talent of young writers in and around Orléans.

Submissions can either be an opinion piece, or a feature story on a topic of the author’s choosing. The only requirement is that the submissions be limited to 300-350 words.

They can be e-mailed to editor@orleansstar.ca. The best of the submissions will be published in the Star in subsequent editions. The initiative is meant to provide an outlet for young writers to have their work published for general circulation. So get writing!

Clarification Jan. 6 edition The Jan. 6 edition of the Orléans Star featured a front page story entitled “Students return to class amid Omicron threat”. The story was based on a provincial decision to return students to class on Jan. 5. The announcement was made on Dec. 30. It was subsequently rescinded on Jan. 3 which made the story out of date. Unfortunately this was a result of having four-day lag between printing the paper and when the paper is delivered. When publishing a paper you sometimes have to print stories based on the best information you have at the time. In preparing the Jan. 6 paper, we felt that the story was of sufficient importance that we should go ahead and run it based on the provincial government’s announcement on Dec. 30. It was an unfortunate occurrence that government ultimately changed it’s mind after the paper had already been printed. We were able to change the story in the electronic version of the paper and on our website, but it was too late to do anything about the printed version. We will endeavour to try and print this from happening in future editions.

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Hospitalization and ICU rates much lower than previous waves Continued from page 1 On Jan. 10, Ottawa Public Health was reporting there were 88 people in Ottawa’s hospitals with COVID. Four days later, they were reporting there 69 people with COVID in Ottawa’s hospitals. But the numbers are fluid and constantly changing from day to day. The reason is because not everyone in hospital with COVID were admitted because of it. Some may have been admitted for other causes only to find out they have COVID. Others may have caught the virus while they were in hospital.

For instance, on Wednesday, Jan 12, OPH were reporting that there were 61 hospitalizations on Jan. 10. The next day that number was changed to 72 and two days later it was changed again to 88.

Provincially, the number of hospitalizations continued on a steady trajectory last week, starting out at 2,467 on Monday, Jan. 10 and ending up at 3,957 by Saturday, Jan. 15, reflecting again the increase in active cases between Dec. 20 and Jan. 4.

With that in mind, hospitalizations should begin to plateau this week.

On a bright note, the rate of hospitalization and the rate of acute illness and death

with the Omicron variant is a fraction of what it was during the Delta wave last April.

At that time, the rate of hospitalizations as a factor of active cases was between five and six per cent, both provincially an locally. During the current wave, the rate of hospitalizations has been between two and three per cent provincially and less than one per cent locally.

Even more significant is the rate of acute illness and death. Back last April, the combined number of ICU patients and COVID-related deaths stood at nearly 30 per cent of hospitalizations. Last week, it was around 14 per cent both provincially and locally.

The difference is a combination of more people being vaccinated between last April and today, especially with a booster shot, and recent findings that show that the Omicron variant is less severe in terms of illness than the previous Delta variant.

All of which spells good news for those hoping to get back to the pre-Omicron days of fewer restrictions, which may happen sooner than later given the most recent data being reported here and elsewhere in Canada.

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Holiday display fundraising effort raises over $18,000

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star An effort to raise money during the holiday season has turned into a windfall for local charities.

Tony Sullivan began accepting dona-tions from motorists passing by his Sugar Creek Way Christmas light display in exchange for candy canes and pieces chocolate in early December.

He had visited the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre the week before hoping to volunteer his services as a driver, or in some other capacity, but because of the pandemic and the Resource Centre’s lengthy vetting process, it was impossible for Tony to do anything before the holidays.

Still wanting to do something for the Resource Centre, Tony came up with the idea to accept donations for the OrléansCumberland food bank.

On the first night, Tony and his wife Jocelyne gave away more than 800 individually wrapped chocolates and candy canes while collecting more than $1,800.

The response was so great that Tony enlisted the help of some friends and neighbours,

including Bob Presland, who volunteered to play his guitar for the sightseers. The others were Glen Fitzpatrick, Mike Chartrand, Bev Ekland and Marc Phillips. They called themselves the Saltwater Santa Cowboys after the song “Saltwater Cowboys” about Newfoundlanders who work on the oil fields in Alberta.

Sullivan hails from Calvert, Nfld., south of St. John’s. He moved to Ottawa 32 years ago, after playing in a Canada Post hockey tournament. “I fell in love with the place,” says Sullivan with a thick Newfoundland accent.

After their successful first night, the Sullivans went bought more chocolates from Costco and candy canes from Shoppers Drug Mart and Metro. On the second night they took in a whopping $3,400.

“Once they saw what we were doing, some people would drive to an ATM, withdraw money and come back. It was unbelievable,” says Sullivan. “Some people were giving us $20, $40 and even $100.”

By Boxing Day, the Saltwater Santa Cowboys had raised over $15,000 and gone through more than 9,000 chocolates and

candy canes. They eventually raised over $18,000 by the time they started taking the display down on Jan. 9.

In the end, they gave $3,000 to the Orléans-Cumberland food bank; $6,000 to the Ottawa Food Bank; $2,500 to the Shepherd’s of Good Hope; a second donation of $1,100 to the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre; $2,000 to the Ottawa Mission; $1500 to CHEO to help the Albertini family on Elderberry Terrace reach their fundraising goal; $1,000 to the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre; and $1,000 to the Ottawa Heart and Stroke in memory of Susan Abercrombie who passed away last year.

Susan and Peter Abercrombie started the Christmas light display on Taffy Lane. Their residence is one of the first ones on the street with the massive wooden cutout of Frosty the Snowman in the front yard.

This year’s effort was so successful, that Sullivan plans to do it all again next year, if for no other reason then to use it as an example to their five-year-old granddaughter Olivia, who was the inspiration for the initiative in the first place.

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A death knell

When history looks back on the COVID-19 pandemic, it will look extremely unfavourably on a number of our institutions, but none as much as the media industry and in particular the mainstream media which will never be the same again.

For the most part, the mainstream media has parroted whatever information it has been fed by public health officials whose only agenda has been to scare the masses into compliance. And while that hasn’t been true in every case – there has been the odd columnist and editorial writer who has taken the public health officials and elected officials to task for their questionable decisions – it has been true for most daily newspapers and cable news networks.

And when they try to step out of the box by reporting on information fed to them by a pharmaceutical insider, or from a scientific study of questionable origin that hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet, they usually get burned without feeling the need, or responsibility to correct their misstep.

As a result of both of the above points, the industry’s credibility has seriously eroded over the past two years. It’s no wonder then that more and more people are turning away from mainstream media and toward social media to get their “news” and information.

It’s laughable if not downright depressing to read stories in the same mainstream media bemoaning the fact that they are losing readers and viewers to Google, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. They created the problem in the first place.

It reminds me of the early 2000s, when the first exodus from mainstream newspapers began. While it was happening, the very same newspapers were running headlines like “More and more advertisers are turning to social media”, and “Social media platforms becoming the primary news source for Canadians”. It turned out to be self-fulfilling prophecy. But it wasn’t nearly as damaging as what is happening today.

Back then the exodus wasn’t over credibility. It was over the desire for quick, fast and simple. And a lot of people made the switch from newspapers to 24-hour, 30-second sound bite news channels.

Today, even those same news channels are being rejected by the masses. And it’s not so much that listeners and viewers are turning their radios and TVs off, or that readers are refusing to buy newspapers, it’s just that they don’t believe what they hear, see and read anymore.

I shudder to think what’s going to happen when the next massive crisis occurs and the facts – even if they are properly reported – aren’t going to matter anymore because nobody believes them.

These are dark days indeed for a number of reasons and none more so than the death of mainstream media. Let them not ask for whom the bell is tolling. It tolls for them.

Ford government needs to get moving on AEDs in public places

Fredrick C. Sherwin, Editor & Publisher fsherwin@orleansstar.ca

As a survivor of a sudden cardiac arrest, I am helped save lives. We have seen a young woman out calling on the Ford Government to stop dithering on for a run in the park, a man playing baseball on the the expansion of Automated External Defibrillators field, a teenager playing basketball, and a man playing (AED) in public places. hockey, all have their lives saved by Nearly two years after passing AEDs in the vicinity. There Queen’s public Bill 141, Defibrillator Registration are countless other cases similar Park and Public Access Act, 2020, the to these in Ottawa and across the government has still not proclaimed province.

Corner the legislation or approved any of Quick response is critical to the regulations to put it into force. saving someone in cardiac arrest.

Stephen Blais This Bill would increase public By implementing AEDs in desigaccess to life saving automated external defibrillators nated and public premises, we can ensure that the and help to save thousands of lives in our province. chances of survival for those suffering from a sudden According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, as cardiac arrest are as high as possible. many as 40,000 Canadians suffer cardiac arrest every Bill 141, the Defibrillator Registration and Public year. This is one person every 12 minutes and over Access Act, 2020 received royal assent on June 18, 100 people per day. Combined with CPR, the use 2020, but only comes into force when it is proclaimed of an AED may increase the likelihood of survival by the Lieutenant Governor and this has still not by 75 per cent or more. For every one-minute delay happened. in defibrillation, the survival rate of a cardiac arrest We have the opportunity and the technology to help victim decreases by 7 to 10 per cent. After more than save lives. We have a law that Ontario’s representatives 12 minutes of ventricular fibrillation, the survival rate have passed to ensure it is available in more public is less than five per cent. locations. It is time for the government to act, to put There are countless examples from our own this Bill into force and ensure AEDs are available in community here in Ottawa where public AEDs have more public locations across Ottawa and Ontario.

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Getting to the bottom of COVID data is no easy feat For most people, including mainstream media, the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic boils down to just two sets of numbers – total cases and total deaths. They roll across the television screen every day like ticker tape and are echoed just as often in newspaper headlines.

Public health officials and politicians use them, rather effectively as it turns out, to raise the level of fear and anxiety in people to get them to follow the latest restrictions.

But as the old saying goes, “There are three types of lies – fibs, damned lies, and statistics.”

In reality, it’s not the statistics that are lies, but how they are used, or conveyed to the public. Truth be told, lying is not the appropriate definition of how public health officials are using the statistics, or data, about the current pandemic. They can, however, be incredibly misleading, which is frustrating for someone like myself who likes to deal in facts.

One of the biggest problems is that every jurisdiction reports the data differently.

Take something as simple as case counts.

The only relevant number in that regard is active cases. But very few COVID dashboards display the number of current active cases in a way that is readily accessible.

Up Front Fred Sherwin The Ottawa Public Health COVID dashboard is one of the few dashboards that readily shows the number of active cases on it’s landing page along with the current number of hospitalizations and ICU patients, but it’s not in any context. You have to go to the “Time Trends” tab to see the current data in relation to past information. There, you can see the trends on multi-coloured graphs.

For instance, the number of active cases has been trending downward since Jan. 7. But you have to search for a mighty long time before you will see that trend reflected in any reports in the mainstream media. It’s one of the reasons why I wrote this week’s front page story.

But by far the biggest culprit of misinformation is the province of Ontario. A quick visit to the provincial COVID dashboard is enough to make anyone’s head spin.

Like a lot of other government dashboards, it gives the daily count of the number of new cases, without any context. It’s one of the numbers that the mainstream media parrots most often. But publishing the number of new cases without publishing the change in active cases, which is a combination of the number of new cases and the number of resolved cases, is dishonest.

If you report the number of new cases day in and day out every day, you can give the false impression that things are going pretty badly, but if the resolved cases are out-pacing the new cases, then things don’t look quite so bad.

The other numbers you tend see a lot are seven-day averages – seven-day average of new cases – seven-day average of hospitalizations etc. But neither number paints a picture in real time.

The most relevant numbers at this moment are the trend in active cases, which is going down in Ottawa and plateauing across the province, and the number of hospitalizations from one day to the next, which are lagging behind the active cases by 10-14 days.

As I wrote earlier, it is fairly easy to find those numbers on the Ottawa Public Health dashboard.

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The provincial numbers are not so easy to find. You have to go to the main page at covid-19.ontario.ca, click on the data tab at the top of the page. Once the data page opens, you then have to click on “Hospitalizations” on the left-hand navigation bar to get to the next page where you must click on “Active and hospitalized cases”. You then must scroll down a couple of screens to get to the actual active and hospitalized case data and graphs. Easy, peasy.

You can then configure the graphs to show a 7-day trend, a 30-day trend, a 90-day trend, or the trending from ground zero. The latter lets you compare the current Omicron wave to the Delta wave back in April, which is especially useful when comparing hospitalization and ICU rates, both of which clearly indicate that the severity of the current wave is not nearly as bad as the Delta wave.

Now, as difficult as that data was to extract from the provincial dashboard, it’s not nearly as difficult as trying to extract the same data on COVID dashboards in other countries, or even on the Government of Canada dashboard, which I was still trying to navigate at the time I was writing this column on Sunday. Thankfully, I was blessed with a stubborn streak a mile long.

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Mental health support available for those struggling to cope As this is my first column of 2022, I At the best of times, January can be an want to wish everyone a happy new year! I isolating and difficult month, so I’d like hope you were all able to enjoy the holiday to remind you that there are resources season. available to support your That said, the year is mental health. off to a difficult start.

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It’s time to stop treating the COVID pandemic as merely a health crisis

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It is time for the province to take a more thoughtful approach to COVID-19 and two years of closing, reopening, closing again.

Restaurants, gyms and schools have been the main targets, leaving entrepreneurs and parents bewildered, stressed, and on the business side, close to, if not in, financial ruin.

The mental health of children and adults are suffering, and even if Omicron is the last wave, the damage is done and will be felt for years to come.

This pandemic has highlighted some egregious structural problems we have been slapping band-aids on for years. We have a chronically underfunded healthcare system that cannot handle anything more than a good day. Healthcare workers are exhausted, and hospitals lack capacity to deal with the dayto-day while responding to the pandemic.

Our ambulances are stuck waiting for hours for nurses to offload patients, leaving our city with inadequate coverage. Make no mistake, the paramedic service and the hospitals have done their part to reduce these impacts by adding beds and posting paramedics to the

hospitals to help, but Ford’s promise to “end hallway medicine” remains unfulfilled, and the situation is critical.

In a recent interview, Retired Lt. Col. David Redmond says the mission should be to minimize the impact of this pandemic on Ontario, but that the current mission is to minimize the impact on the medical system. He postulates that we are aiming at the wrong target because the province failed to engage Emergency Management Ontario, and has treated the pandemic as a health crisis, when it is obviously a crisis that affects nearly every sector in the province. Essentially, there are voices, viewpoints and expertise missing from the decision-making table.

We have the opportunity now to change course. It is time for the Province to engage EMO, to properly fund healthcare, including mental healthcare, and to make rapid tests widely available to everyone. And it is time to allow adults to make decisions based on the best information available and their own level of risk tolerance.

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“It’s probably the most rewarding part of the job,” says Mike Pilon, who sold fireplaces in Cornwall for 31 years before moving to Orléans in 2009. “When someone says, ‘Oh, so-and-so told me I should come here,’ you know you’re doing things right, especially when you think a fireplace should last a lifetime. We don’t get a lot of repeat customers, unless they move to another house and want another fireplace.”

Mike and Jason Pilon The biggest advantage to buying your next fireplace at Romantic, besides their selection of quality natural gas, propane, pellet, wood fireplaces, and wood stoves is the fact that they do their own installation, including mantles and hearths. There are no sub-contractors involved.

Their after-sale service is also second to none. In fact, Mike and Jason make it a point to check in with their customers from time to time to make sure everything is working to their standards...and the customer’s satisfaction.

The first step to buying a new fireplace at Romantic is to visit their showroom located in the Canotek Business Park. You can drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Since the owners are the salespeople, you will be greeted by either Mike or Jason, who will be happy to explain the pros and cons of the different types of fireplaces in meeting your needs and your budget. In most cases they will give you three options – good, better and best. The decision is then up to you. Mike can also help you design an enclosure for your new fireplace to fit into your existing decor or your new home.

After the initial consultation, either Mike or Jason will visit your home to see the room the fireplace is going in for themselves to further ensure that you are making the right purchase and to give you an accurate final quote. Once the fireplace is installed, you can enjoy it for as long as you remain in your home.

Romantic Fireplaces is located at 5380 Canotek Rd. Unit 8. To get to the Canotek Business Park exit Hwy. 174 at Montreal Road. You can also visit their website at www.romanticfireplaces.com.

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Providing all your print Building a practice one and graphic design needs relationship at a time In the age of big box stores and mega Internet suppliers, it’s nice to know there are still locally owned, family-run businesses in the community where you’re on a firstname basis with the owner and customer satisfaction is their number one priority.

SURE Print & Graphics is a full-service print shop that can meet all your print and graphic design needs including business cards, flyers and posters, business stationery, (including envelopes and labels), promotional items, signage and apparel.

During the ongoing pandemic, it is recommended that clients initially contact them by email to get a quote. For most print orders you will need to provide them with the size and quantity of your order. If your order is print-ready, you can upload your files directly on their website at Monica Alongi sureprint.ca. If necessary, Monica and her team will be happy to provide their expert advice to ensure your complete customer satisfaction.

Monica Alongi moved to Orléans from the west coast with her family in 1992 as a 17-year-old. Her father wanted to open a Sure Copy franchise and picked Orléans as the ideal location. Over the years, the business has grown from just 300 sq. ft., occupying the same St. Joseph Blvd. location they occupy today, to eventually taking over the entire building. Since taking over as principle owner, Monica has maintained the same commitment to the community her parents instilled in her. She is a former director of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce and a former co-chair of the Heart of Orléans BIA. SURE Print & Graphics is located at 2507 St-Joseph Blvd., just east of Orléans Blvd.

You can reach them by email at info@sureprint.ca, or call 613-830-8678.

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The roots of the Orléans-based law firm Grandmaitre Virgo Evans Lawyers/ Avocats go back a long way – more than four decades in fact. Founder Gerry Dust began the practice in 1979 with former partner Les McDonald. In the early 1990s, he teamed up with Brad Evans and together the firm became Dust Evans.

Over the next 20 years, the two men turned the firm into one of the most pre-eminent law practices in Orléans, specializing, at the time, in Real Estate Law, Will and Estate Law and Corporate Law. In 2011, Phil Grandmaitre’s name was added to the shingle. He began working at the firm as a student in 2003 and was called to the Bar in 2006.

Also in 2011, Josée Virgo was named as a partner. She began her career at the firm in 2002 and after spending several years in the Ottawa office of a national law firm, she re-joined the Dust Evans Grandmaitre family in 2011.

Today, the firm specializes in Real Estate Law, Will and Estate Law, Corporate Law and Family Law. As business leaders in the community, Brad, Phil and Josée are committed to supporting the community in any way they can, following a tradition first started

by Gerry Dust who was one of the founding directors of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce and retired in 2015.

Brad Evans is a past-chair of the Ottawa Mission and the Heart of Orléans BIA, and a former Board Member of Arts Ottawa East. Josée Virgo is a past director of the Ottawa Sport Council, the Orléans Chamber of Commerce for which she also served as secretary and the board of directors of the Ottawa TFC soccer club.

Phil Grandmaitre is a past president of the Navan Community Association and Le Business Club d’Orléans. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Montfort Hospital Foundation and continues to be a member of the Navan Community Association and Business Club d’Orléans.

The firm is proud of its past and on-going contributions to Orléans and its surrounding areas. It is committed to continuing the tradition of supporting the community that has supported it for over 40 years.

Whether you are buying or selling a property, getting started in business, need estate planning or need advice regarding family law matters, Grandmaitre Virgo Evans Lawyers/Avocats has the expertise to make the process as stress-free as possible. You can reach them by calling 613-837-1010 or you can visit their website at gvelaw.ca.

Keeping Orléans Take the first step toward pain-free feet motorists on the road If you suffer from corns and calluses, bunions, Morton’s Neuroma, plantar fasciitis and flat feet, Athlete’s Foot, heel spurs, ingrown toenails or planter warts, then you should book an appointment at the Orléans Foot Clinic today.

Orléans residents are truly fortunate to have the premier foot care clinic in the entire Ottawa region right here in their midst. Led by Mélissa Clouthier-Chatel, who has a Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine, and chiropodist Anna Grynechko, the team of foot care specialists at the clinic can help you find the relief you are looking for to enjoy the quality of life you deserve.

With foot and back pain, many people make an incorrect self-diagnosis which often leads to the situation worsening. Be kind to yourself and see a specialist for an evaluation. It is best to address an issue before it worsens or becomes chronic.

The foot care specialists at the Orléans Foot Care Clinic will perform a thorough examination using the latest technology available to provide a diagnosis and recommend the appropriate treatment which is often covered by your health insurance.

In most cases, orthotics, custom made to your feet, will often solve the problem and provide the relief you are so desperately looking for. A properly made orthotic allows for the foot’s natural range of motion but limits bad tendencies in movement, returning the foot to its optimal position and functioning. The Orléans Foot Care Clinic uses CryoVizion technology to perform a non-invasive examination of your lower body and feet. Through 3D imaging they can then create an optimized fit for your orthotics which can make all the difference in the world.

You shouldn’t have to spend the rest of your life walking in pain. Healthier feet means happier days. Put a hop back in your step and call the Orléans Foot Care Clinic today.

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According to Environment Canada, Ottawa will soon be in the grips of a Polar Vortex with daytime temperatures expected to plunge below -10 degrees. This can spell trouble for vehicles with problems potentially waiting under the hood. Nothing can ruin your day more than losing a drive belt or blowing a hose in the middle of nowhere during the dead of winter. Not only is it inconvenient, but it can potentially cost you an expensive towing bill.

With 10 bays, four licensed technicians and two apprentice technicians, Precision Automotive is the largest service centre in Orléans. It’s also the perfect place to give your car a mid-winter check up.

The trained technicians at Precision can check all your fluid conditions and levels, the condition of your tires and tire pressure, as well as all of your drive belts and hoses. They can also inspect your brakes, suspension, exhaust and even your heating system. All these things can potentially cause major problems, especially during the winter.

Providing peace of mind for you and your family is what Precision Automotive is all about. Owner Rob Brouwer and his staff have been providing peace of mind, along with honest service and honest value for over 25 years. They offer an industry-leading 2-year/40,000km warranty on most newly installed parts and labour. Why not take advantage of their expertise and have your vehicle checked out today to avoid the chance of a possible headache tomorrow? You can either drop your car off personally, or you can take advantage of their contact-free pick up and drop off service*.

Precision Automotive is located at 385 Vantage Dr. behind the McDonald’s restaurant at Innes and Tenth Line. You can also check out their web site at precisionautomotive.ca or call them at 613-841-5550. Happy motoring!

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Providing a positive Deep community roots the foundation dental experience of Ottawa law firm At the Blackburn Shoppes Dental Centre, Dr. Chantal Plant and her team have a wellearned reputation for providing the very best dental care with the utmost sensitivity to their patients’ needs no matter their age.

When it comes to young patients, Dr. Plant pays special attention to a child’s behaviours and feelings so that they feel unique and respected. To do this, she uses a variety of approaches such as the adaptation of dental jargon into kid-friendly words and the “show-and-tell” technique explaining each procedure in language they understand.

Dr. Plant is also sensitive to the anxiety many people fear when visiting the dentist.

Getting to know her patients and their dental fears helps her decide what tools and techniques to use to help them relax as much as possible. One of the most effective ways Dr. Plant does this is to allow her patients to communicate with her during their procedure using various techniques such as raising their hand to signal her to stop and give them a short break. Informing her patients step by step as to what she is doing also goes a long way in reducing their level of anxiety. Offering nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) is another method used to relax a nervous patient.

The Blackburn Shoppes Dental Centre recently acquired a digital scanner which allows them to do digital impressions of your teeth. Digital impressions are less messy and more pleasant than the goopy traditional mold material. Patients with a severe gag reflex or sensitive teeth can enjoy a more comfortable experience while a dentist takes the digital impression.

Another benefit of digital impressions is the accuracy of the scan. Since the dentist can see the completed scan immediately on the monitor, they know if there are any inaccuracies in the image and can re-do it while the patient is still in the chair.

So no matter what your age, you can count on having a positive, stress-free experience when visiting the Blackburn Shoppes Dental Centre for all your oral health needs.

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The law firm of Richardson Hall LLP might have its offices in downtown Ottawa, but there is no denying its roots are planted firmly in Orléans.

Partners Jonathan Richardson and Amanda Hall both went to high school in Orléans, where they currently live and they raise their children with their respective spouses.

Having worked together since 2012, Jon and Amanda partnered to launch their own firm in January of 2021.

A native of Orléans, Jon has been practicing law for the past 15 years. His specialty is in the areas of family law and civil litigation with a particular focus on construction law.

Hailing from Newfoundland, Amanda moved to Orléans with her family in 1982. With over 20 years’ experience in the area of family law, she is highly proficient in representing clients in parenting matters, as well as property division, Jonathan Richardson spousal support and child support claims.

Jon and Amanda, along with their associates Alison Southern, Victoria Boddy, Sarah Giamberardino, Angela Livingstone, and Camille Ligier pride themselves on working to meet their clients’ needs as efficiently as possible. Kayleigh Pink will also be joining the firm in the spring as the newest associate lawyer after her successful year of articling ends.

The Richardson Hall team has embraced technological efficiencies and is entirely cloud-based with team members able to work remotely as necessary to assist their clients.

Amanda Hall A team of litigators, Richardson Hall is willing to go to court but embraces alternative dispute resolution when it is appropriate. The team is dedicated to helping clients protect their rights and will negotiate agreements or proceed to mediation when it will benefit their clients. Should litigation be necessary, Richardson Hall has experienced staff to work with clients to keep costs down and matters progressing in a timely manner.

“Being a small litigation firm with deep connections to the community gives us a great deal of flexibility,” Jon says. “We can work individually with every client to meet their needs, but also to bring a flexible and cost-effective team approach.”

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Young entrepreneur launches own apparel brand

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Nathan MonPremier didn’t let a little thing like a global pandemic or the fact that he was just starting business classes at Algonquin College stop him from launching his own business in the spring of 2020.

The 18-year-old Béatrice-Desloges grad had an idea to start an promotional apparel business and he had a name to go along with it – “Hope is Famous”.

The name sprung from how MonPremier was feeling during the first few months of the pandemic.

“I was fixated on creating something due to all the spare time I had at the beginning of the pandemic. Then I started thinking that the one thing we did have was hope and from there came the name, ‘Hope is Famous’,” explains MonPremier, who was 16 at the time.

“And so I started thinking about what would be the best way to share that message so I put it on a T-shirt and posted it on Instagram and it took off from there.”

Today, MonPremier’s Instagram account has 9,000 followers. His biggest supporters are his parents and grandparents.

In fact, he started the business with a heat press his father bought to make his own promotional T-shirts.

Over the past 18 months, MonPremier

has made so many T-shirts and hoodies for his friends and followers that he will soon need a new press.

So what does “Hope Is Famous” actually mean? “It means that everyone has hope and that hope is popular,” MonPremier explains on his company website. “It’s aimed at all the dreamers out there who take action to achieve their goals.”

Since launching “Hope is Famous”, MonPremier has added another catch phrase to his clothing line – “Fueled by Hope”.

His latest creation depicts three stylized doves in purple and mauve on the back of a white hoodie. In the lower left of the design is the profile of a dove standing on its legs looking into a spherical shape. Inside the shape is another dove about to take flight.

And in the upper left is an image of the dove in full flight.

Following the success of his initial launch MonPremier wanted to do something to give to back to the community.

The first step was to pick an organization to help out. Having driven past the Salvation Army Thrift Store every day and knowing that they take clothing donations, he decided to set up a pop-up clothing drive.

With the help of some friends, he managed to collect 50 garbage bags full of gently used clothing.

The drive was so successful he decided

Hope is Famous founder Nathan MonPremier (right) with arguably his biggest fan and supporter – his grandfather Paul Brisson. STAFF PHOTO to do it again this year. Using his growing social media network to help get the word out, MonPremier was able to easily surpass last year’s total. He now plans to make it an annual event.

MonPremier’s immediate goal is to use his clothing line to encourage and motivate others to accomplish their goals on a dayto-day basis.

“I love to teach and inspire and my goal is

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His more long-term goal is to turn Hope is Famous into 6-figure business and open a physical store within the next 5-10 years.

At the rate he’s going, it won’t surprise anyone if he reaches his long-term goal sooner rather than later.

You can check out the Hope is Famous clothing line and order your original Hope is Famous creation at hopeisfamous.com.

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Rogers invites you, within 30 calendar days of the date of this notice, to provide by mail or email your comments, and / or request to be informed of the City’s position on the proposed antenna system.

Proposed Wireless Communications Installation Reference: C6416 Old Montreal Rd. & Dunning Rd. Christian Lee On behalf of Rogers Communications Inc. 337 Autumnfield St. Kanata, Ontario K2M 0J6 (613) 799-9900 christian.lee@rogers.com

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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is responsible for the approval of this antenna system and requires that we review this proposal with the local municipality. After reviewing this proposal, the City of Ottawa will provide its position to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and to Rogers.

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Orléans pair named to Canadian Olympic curling team STAR STAFF – Orléans natives

Rachel Homan and John Morris will be returning to the Olympics for a second time next month, only this time they will be playing together, having been named as Canada’s designated mixed curling team.

The Cairine Wilson Secondary School alums will represent Canada at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing which will begin on Feb. 4.

Homan competed with her regular team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea and finished out of the medals in sixth place. The entire team was hoping to redeem themselves in China, but they failed to make it out of the Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials event last month.

While competing at the same Olympics in PyeongChang, Morris won the gold medal in the mixed

doubles event with Kaitlyn Lawes.

Coincidentally enough, Morris was supposed to compete with Homan at the 2018 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials event in Portage-laPrairie, but he had to find another partner after Homan won the Roar of the Rings.

The year previous, both he and Homan finished second at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championships.

The pair were picked to represent Canada by the Canadian Curling Association after the scheduled Olympic Trials event had to be canceled last month owing to the fact that several of the players tested positive or COVID in the lead up to the event.

Homan and Morris were picked over other teams who were ranked higher than them. The first two teams in the rankings – Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant and

second-ranked Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing – were ineligible because Peterman and Jones had already qualified by winning the Roar of the Rings, as did Gallant who is on Team Gushue.

That left two other teams ranked ahead of Morris and Homan – Nancy Martin and Tyrel Griffith (No. 3) and Lisa Weagle and John Epping (No. 4).

In the end Morris and Homan’s selection was based on their international resume and their previous success in the event.

Despite the fact that there’s an 11-year age difference between the two, they actually have a lot in common. They both attended Cairine Wilson Secondary School and Rachel’s older brother Mark played lead for Morris when he won the 1997 Ontario Junior Championship and placed second at the Canadian Junior

Rachel Homan and John Morris will be representing Canada at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. FILE PHOTO Championship.

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