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The City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Firefighters Association have reached an agreement to stage a series of scaled-down Santa Claus parades in Kanata, Ottawa and Orléans on Dec. 4. FILE PHOTO

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By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Organizers of Santa’s Parade of Lights and the Help Santa Toy Parade have worked out an arrangement with the City of Ottawa that will see a scaled-down version of the parades held in Kanata, Ottawa and Orléans on Saturday, Dec. 4.

“It’s going to be called the Help Santa Parade of Lights,” said Bob Rainboth, chairman of Santa’s Parade of Lights. “It’s going to start in the afternoon on Dec. 4 with a small parade in Kanata, followed by the exact same parade downtown and then moving the same parade to Orléans in the evening. By doing so, we start with a day parade and it’s going to transition into a night parade, and therefore it meets all the wonderful elements that we have with both our parades.”

There was concern that the Help Santa Toy Parade and Santa’s Parade of Lights would be canceled for the second year in a row due to COVID-19 restrictions, but on Oct. 25, the provincial government released a new set of regulations further opening up indoor and outdoor settings allowing for greater capacity at organized public events such as Santa Claus parades. That announcement touched off negotiations between the parade organizers – the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association – and the City of Ottawa.

The negotiations were helped when Ottawa’s associate medical officer of health, Dr. Brent Moloughney, said the parade was still a possibility. “Stay tuned, give us a chance to take a look at it, and we will get back to you.”

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Celebrated fabric artist to make three-day appearance at Cumberland gallery ORLÉANS – Celebrated fabric artist Deborah Lyall will be dropping by the Da Artisti Studio and Gallery in Cumberland Village this weekend where she will be selling her various creations and meeting members of the public. Lyall is noted for her use of colourful graphics in making everything from handbags to scarves, skirts and leggings. She also makes mixed media hanging art and items called “Gallery Bees” which come with a key and a special message to the recipient that they are loved.

The “Bees”, which start at $25, make a terrific gift or stocking stuffer. Lyall will be at the gallery on Nov. 26, 27 and 28.

Scaled-down Santa Parade to be held on December 4 Continued from page 1 Details regarding the parade routes and COVID guidelines were to be announced this week.

“We’re just finalizing the routes and distances with a big aim on keeping people socially distanced so they can see and participate,” Rainboth explained in an interview with the CBC last Friday.

“The community is contacting us every single day. They want us to be out in the community, and we want to be there for the community, and the end result is we’re able to raise toys for children.”

The Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association is encouraging people to either drop off toy donations at their local fire station in a clear plastic bag, or make a monetary donation on the Help Santa Toy Parade website at toyparade.ca.

While the traditional Parade of Lights was canceled last year, organizers did manage to stage a static display in the Place d’Orléans park and ride lot allowing people to see the various floats while staying in their cars.

At the centre of the display was an Ottawa Fire Service ladder truck holding up a 75foot electric display Christmas tree.

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Gems of Innes Awards honour community’s best

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star To be a great community, you need to have great residents, great organizations and great local businesses.

For the past two weeks, Innes Ward councillor Laura Dudas has been criss-crossing the ward, handing out Gems of Innes Awards to 11 of those organizations and local businesses.

One of the first places she visited was the Hamlet Veterinary Hospital on Innes Road where she presented Dr. Annie Séguin with the Favourite Frontline Worker Award.

The soft-spoken vet accepted the award with humility while heaping praise on her husband and business partner Dr. Bernard Vincelette and the entire staff for making the award possible.

The Hamlet Veterinary Hospital is a godsend for pet owners in

Blackburn Hamlet and the surrounding community.

The staff at the hospital go above and beyond merely treating their furry patients. They are dedicated to educating owners about the care of their pets and how they treat various illnesses. They pride themselves on providing compassionate care, especially for aging cats and dogs.

Desjardins Insurance agent Lisa Cruickshank picked up a Gems award in the category of Best Professional Service Business Working with her head office, Lisa nominated many Orléans businesses for grant money to be awarded by Desjardins Insurance. She worked tirelessly to put together rock-solid submissions that resulted in $80,000 in grants being awarded to eight Orléans businesses. These funds have helped businesses stay afloat during the

pandemic, serve their clients and contribute to the local community.

The Garlic King received a Gems Award for Favourite Frontline Business The restaurant gave away 100 family meal certificates to the local food bank to help families in need and provided countless meals to first responders over several months during the pandemic.

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OCCRC Christmas program provides gift cards for kids STAR STAFF – The Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre (OCCRC) needs your help. In years past, the Resource Centre collected toys donated by local residents and gave them out to families facing financial hardship during the holiday season.

The Christmas Program has existed for more than 32 years, providing groceries and gifts for families in need during the holiday season. Last year, due to COVID, they had to reinvent the program and instead of collecting toys, they took monetary donations and used the money to buy gift cards which the recipients then used to buy toys and other gifts for their children. More than 1,050 individuals benefited from the program, which included 293 families and 447 children under the age of 16.

The program was a huge success because it allowed parents to be more specific in choosing to get gifts for their kids rather than the more random process of getting whatever toys they were given.

Donations are being accepted in $50

increments, with each family getting two $25 gift certificates per child. The parents have a choice of gift cards from either Giant Tiger, Walmart or Amazon.

According to OCCRC executive director Luc Ouellette, the pandemic has deepened the challenge for many families in the area to make it through the holiday season. The Christmas program, along with seasonal items being collected and distributed by the

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Resource Centre’s food bank, helps ease the stress and anxiety faced by many parents during these challenging times.

“It is difficult for many of these families and parents, especially going through this a second time,” says Ouellette. “But thanks to the generosity of those people who are able to donate to the Christmas program, we can help them provide a gift for their kids.”

You can sponsor a family or make a

donation by visiting crcoc.ca and clicking on the Christmas program banner. The link will take you to a page where you can either download a fillable registration form or make a direct donation. Funds are also being collected by the food bank to help stock the shelves for the busy holiday season.

Parents facing financial hardship who wish to register for the Christmas program can do so by calling 613-830-4357.

Navan’s first doctor was a pillar of the community

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star (The following is the third installment of a four-part series on the east end’s medical pioneers.)

Previously in this series, we wrote about the exploits of Cumberland’s first resident medical practitioner, Dr. James Ferguson, who served the community from 1865 until he passed away in 1921, and Eva Kennedy the registered nurse who succeeded him and served as the village’s chief medical practitioner until she retired in 1961.

During most of that same period, Dr. David Irwin was serving the medical needs of residents in and around the village of Navan.

Dr. Irwin was born in England 1881. His family emigrated to Canada and settled in Ottawa in the late 1890s.

He earned his medical degree from Queen’s University in 1912 and completed his internship at New York General Hospital the next year.

After completing his internship, Dr. Irwin returned to Canada and established a

practice in Cumberland. He would become professional colleagues with Dr. Ferguson and Eva Kennedy, who was serving as Ferguson’s assistant at the time.

Dr. Irwin encouraged Eva to travel to New York City to earn her nursing diploma at the New York Metropolitan Hospital Training School. During this the same period he began courting Eva’s sister Stella and the couple would eventually marry in 1919.

In the previous year, he bought the house which currently stands at the northwest corner of Trim and Smith Road and opened a new practice serving the residents in and around Navan.

After Dr. Ferguson died in 1921, Dr. Irwin became the only medical doctor in the township with Eva often acting as his assistant.

From his home in Navan, he would travel on house calls throughout the countryside. Some of his patients struggled just to survive during these hard times. As a result, Doc Irwin would often be paid with produce – including eggs or even whole

chickens – especially during the depression years in the 1930s.

In the late ’30s, Dr. Irwin became the Medical Officer of Health in the county and presided over the coroner’s inquest into the death of OPP Cst. Harald Dent at the hands of John Miki on June 20, 1940.

In fact, Dr. Irwin was one of the first people to arrive at the Navan train station when Dent was shot, but he was unable to save the OPP constable.

Dr. Irwin himself would die less than four years later when his car was struck by a train at a level crossing on Jan. 7, 1944.

Tragically, his son David L. Irwin was killed later that year while serving in RCAF Bomber Command during the Normandy invasion.

Besides serving the community as a doctor for nearly 31 years, Irwin also served on Cumberland town council for several years.

Dr. Irwin delivered countless babies as the resident doctor in Navan, including Eve Kennedy’s second child Farmer, who would go on to become a decorated fighter

Dr. David Irwin plot during the Second World War and Cumberland’s chief medical practitioner in 1961.

In 2018, Dr. David Irwin was inducted into Navan’s Community Builders Wall.

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A fine mess And so the saga continues. The O-Train may finally be back on the track, but the story of what went wrong is only just beginning.

Mayor Jim Watson may have dodged a bullet when city council voted against holding a judicial inquiry into the city’s light rail transit system in favour of an Auditor General’s investigation, but he couldn’t dodge Ontario premier Doug Ford and the Conservative government ,which jumped at the opportunity to launch their own investigation to “get to the bottom” of the mess that is the LRT fiasco.

The scope of the provincial inquiry is supposed to be laid out sometime this week. In a statement released last Thursday, Watson said that he welcomed the inquiry and hoped that it would get to the bottom of the missteps made by the Rideau Transit Group (RTG) and Alstom in failing to “deliver the transit service the residents of Ottawa deserve”. His words, not mine.

But getting to the bottom of the RTG’s failures will only tell half the story. The inquiry needs to find out what Watson, city manager Steve Kanellakos, and former transit boss John Manconi knew and when did they know it. According to a CBC report, there were emails sent back and forth that show that Manconi was worried about the reliability of the trains and potential maintenance issues long before the LRT system was launched in September 2019. At the time, there was a ton of pressure being placed on Manconi and RTG to get the trains rolling. The system had already been delayed by nearly a year and the public was getting restless.

It’s obvious from the emails that Manconi didn’t think the LRT system was ready to be launched. So why did the city push forward with a September 14 launch date anyway?

The inquiry is going to be held in a municipal election year which could be problematic for Watson. At the very least, it is bound to be the focus of attention during the mayoralty race.

One of the biggest questions the provincial inquiry needs to examine is how in the world did we end up in a situation where the City had no plan B for the possibility of an extended shutdown, especially considering Manconi’s concerns?

Unfortunately, the one area the provincial inquiry won’t cover is the future of the LRT system should ridership fail to bounce back to prepandemic levels, or pre-pandemic forecasts of future ridership.

If a large chunk of government workers are permitted to continue working from home, there’s no way LRT ridership will hit those forecasts.

The end result being that property ratepayers will end up subsidizing the LRT to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars year after year after year, funneling money away from other worth projects. A fine mess indeed.

– Fred Sherwin, editor

Fredrick C. Sherwin, Editor & Publisher fsherwin@orleansstar.ca The Orléans Star is a bi-weekly publication distributed to 44,000 residences in Blackburn Hamlet, Orléans and Navan. The newspaper is locally owned and operated by Sherwin Publishing Inc., 745 Farmbrook Cres., Orléans, ON. Inquiries and delivery issues should be sent to info@orleansstar.ca.

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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now available for kids 5-12 years old On Friday, Health Canada authorized the use done so for themselves earlier this year. Three of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for additional community vaccine clinic locations will children aged 5-11 years of age. This is a critical also be opening in Ottawa to accommodate for the milestone for our fight against COVID-19, as it is increased demand for vaccines now that this age the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in group has been approved. this age group.

Additionally, Ottawa Public All vaccines approved by Health will be opening after-hours Queen’s school pop-up vaccine clinics at Health Canada are safe and effective for use. different schools over a span of Park As a parent, I understand how four weeks.

Corner difficult this school year has been Please know that Ottawa Public with children under the age of Health has clearly stated that no Stephen Blais 12 not being vaccinated while in child will be vaccinated without school all day. the consent of their parent or The City of Ottawa has seen a rise of COVID-19 caregiver. cases in schools which has led to disruption in If parents or caregivers have any questions or are learning. To protect our children, parents, and hesitant to get their child vaccinated, Ottawa Public education workers, I strongly encourage all parents Health encourages parents to visit their website for to get their children aged 5-11 vaccinated as soon as up-to-date information on COVID-19 vaccinations it is possible to book appointments. for children.

There will be several ways that children in Ottawa For any advancements or further details, residents can get vaccinated. of Orléans and Ottawa should stay up to date with Parents and caregivers will be able to book Ottawa Public Health. appointments for their children through the Let’s get our children aged 5-11 vaccinated as provincial vaccine portal just as they would have quickly as possible!

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Local businesses need our support now more than ever I know you’ve heard this message before, but it’s more important than ever as local store and restaurant owners try to recover after being fully or partially closed for the past 18 months.

To say it’s been a rough year and a half for small business owners is a massive under-statement.

Thus far they’ve been able to weather the pandemic thanks to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) which provided small- and medium-sized businesses with loans of up to $60,000.

The federal government has been clawing back both the CERS and the CEWS for the past six months to the point where they were ended altogether on Oct. 31.

In their place, the federal government has instituted a business recovery program for those businesses that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. The only problem is that a business must have suffered a near catastrophic revenue loss in order to qualify.

In other words, must business don’t qualify, even though they are still suffering

Up Front Fred Sherwin an ongoing month-to-month loss in revenue.

In fact, most small business are still not back to where they were revenue-wise before the pandemic began even though they are now fully open.

In the meantime, dozens of local businesses that took advantage of the CEBA program to help cover their rent and other operating costs are trying to figure out how on earth they are going to pay the money back. The program allows for businesses to pay back two-thirds of the loan by next December. If they do, then the other third will be forgiven. If they don’t, then they have to pay the full $60,000 back over a five-year term at market rates.

Sounds like a good deal if they can pay the $40,000 back by next December.

The only problem is that most businesses burned through the $60,000 months ago trying to make up for the revenue they lost while they were forced to close their stores indefinitely and provide curbside.

Restaurants were limited to takeout only for most of last winter. And while they could open their patios early last spring, the sales that followed didn’t come close to pre-pandemic levels. Even when they could finally open their dining rooms to 50 per cent capacity, they still had to pay 100 per cent of their rent.

Now they are fully open and they need to fill each table as often as they possible in order to A) catch up on their rent assuming their landlord gave them the chance to defer it, and B) they still need to pay back those government loans.

Most small business owners and restauranteurs I’ve talked to in Orléans say they will need to have their best year ever in 2022 to even have a chance of paying those loans back by next December.

Add into the mix the threat of inflation and the impact rising prices will have on the cost of inventory, as well as the provincially mandated minimum wage hike which comes into effect on

Jan. 1, and you have a bad situation that is about to get a whole lot worse.

Which is where you, me and everyone reading this column comes in. Just because businesses have been allowed to fully open doesn’t mean they are out of the woods yet for the reasons I’ve already mentioned.

Most local businesses have survived so far thanks to the support of their customers, but I’ve been hearing a common theme that business has been slowing down since they’ve been allowed to fully reopen. The fear is that people are buying into the idea that everything is back to normal. It might be for them, but it certainly isn’t for the small business or restaurant owner, which is why we need to continue to buy, eat and shop locally.

Despite what the federal government is saying about employment being back to pre-pandemic levels and Canada being on the road back to economic recovery, it’s still an extremely rocky road ahead for many small business owners.

Now’s not the time to ease up. If you’ve been fortunate enough to come out of the pandemic relatively unscathed financially, keep supporting local business in any way you can. They need it now more than ever.

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Provincial Light Rail inquiry LRT returns to service after trumps need for judicial probe passing independent review Let’s talk about the LRT. It is no exaggeration to say that its performance in its first year in operation has been abysmal.

Ottawa residents deserve answers and a system that is dependable and safe. This has been my push the entire time: better communication, accountability, and reliability.

I voted in favour of having our Auditor General look into the procurement and operation because I believe in our AG’s independence and ability to get us answers quickly and in a fiscally responsible manner.

A judicial inquiry and those who supported it presuppose malfeasance and corruption in the process – something that we have no evidence of, nor have any proponents of a judicial inquiry been able to provide other than to say that they don’t like Jim Watson and there must be some sort of cover up.

The issues are in plain sight in the frustrating and angering performance as well through documents revealed through access to information requests. RTM/RTG have failed to provide the appropriate staff and

expertise and lack proper process to address deficiencies as they arise.

Let’s take the politics out of this and get down to brass tacks – something I believe our AG will be able to do. To be perfectly clear: I have not been against an inquiry, I just wanted to see the initial analysis from our AG before signing over a blank cheque funded by your property taxes to a judge to start a multi-year process to uncover something that may not even exist.

The province has decided to impose a public inquiry. I welcome this. Between this, the AG report, TSB reports, MottMacDonald Reports and the TRA reports, there will be no shortage of information available to council and residents about both the procurement and early operation of the system. I am hopeful this information will restore confidence in the system, but this is only achievable if the LRT is actually functioning properly. Let’s get the darn thing running at full capacity and the answers we all deserve.

An extended Cumberland Community has sound engineering, design, layout, and Update can be found on page 10, but I would customer-facing features. They recognized like to use this column to address the LRT. that, quite obviously, certain aspects are not A partial return to service began on Nov. 12 performing as well as required, but I was following an independent encouraged to hear from review conducted by transit experts outside the Transit Resource Catherine of our organization Associates (TRA). The that “there is no aspect Kitts TRA confirmed that the of it that is inherently root causes of the two defective or deficient”. recent derailments have TRA asserts that the Cumberland Ward 19 been identified, and needed improvements are corrective action has been taken. These issues in maintenance processes and quality control. included an axle bearing failure as well as “Nothing that can’t be fixed.” process and quality failures in maintenance.

At the time of writing, we’re still learning A reinspection of all critical connections about the provincial public inquiry. I am (“from roof to wheels”) has been completed, pleased to hear that the province is initiating reviewed and audited. A revamped quality an inquiry with an expedited timeline, as the assurance and quality control process for primary issue I saw with the judicial inquiry maintenance contractors has also been put council debated was that it would take several in place. The TRA has observed testing and years to complete. inspection of vehicles, tracks, switches, and While the audits and inquiries that are signaling, and will continue to monitor main- underway will be important to increase tenance and operations activities. transparency and accountability, and recomAt last week’s transit commission meeting, mendations will refine the City’s processes TRA was asked whether, in their professional going forward, I believe there is only one way opinion, the City procured a “lemon”. TRA’s to restore public trust in the system: for the experts shared that in their view the system train to function well and function reliably.

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Cumberland offers unique one-of-a-kind gift items Cumberlandstudio studio offers unique one-of-a-kind gifts STARSTAFF STAFF – Looking for someSTAR – Looking for a unique item for thatunique specialfor person your person Christmas thing that on special on list? there list? is a store yourWell, Christmas Well, just there10isminutes a store from Orléans thatfrom offersOrléans one-of-a-kind gift just 10-minutes that offers items made by local artists and artisans in unique one-of-a-kind items made by local nearly every price range. artists and artisans in nearly every price What is the name of this magical place you range. ask? It is the Da Artisti Studio and Gallery What is the name of this magical place located just east of Orléans in Cumberland you ask? It is the Da Artisti Studio and Village.

Gallery located in Cumberland Village, The studio specializes in fused glasswork just a 10-minute drive east of Orléans. made by owner Wendy Canci along with The studio specializes fused glasswork unique jewelry, printed inscarves, framed made by the Wendy Canci, unique paintings and owner sculptures, and natural unscented andscarves, lotions framed

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y t i n u m m o C ’ Update While we may be facing colder temperatures outside, things are heating up at the City. The City of Ottawa’s Budget Draft 2022 has been tabled, and with it comes important investments in Cumberland Ward. After taking every opportunity to advocate for attention to Ward 19’s crumbling road infrastructure, I’m happy to report that the Draft Budget 2022 will include significant investment in road resurfacing. These new funds will complement the recently completed resurfacing of Navan Road (with paved shoulders!) and a dire section of Frank Kenney south of Russell Road – two projects I fought to accelerate.

Budget 2022 also includes investments and upgrades in parks across the ward, including a new district park in Cardinal Creek Village, and progress continues for a new library south of Innes. These ward-specific highlights, and others, complement city-wide investments in affordable housing, social services, affordability for small businesses, pedestrian and cycling connections, electric busses, emergency services and the City’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following Council approval of the New Official Plan, and with the kind of growth our Ward is experiencing, we are revisiting how people, vehicles and goods move through our city. Later this month, we will be seeking your feedback on the proposed Active Transportation projects for Cumberland Ward. The City will be presenting to the public the proposed pedestrian and cycling projects for implementation and will also include a set of proposed paved shoulders that would be considered at the time of resurfacing— of long-awaited interest for our rural community.

I am extending my congratulations to the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Order of Ottawa who were celebrated recently in ceremonies at City Hall. I had the honour of helping present Donald “Ross” Bradley with this distinction. Ross has been a diligent public servant, community organizer and a dedicated representative of multiple organizations. The Bradley family is a household name in Navan, and it meant a lot to me to share in this special occasion with them. Congratulations also to other east-end recipients, including former Orléans Ward Councillor Bob Monette, business community advocate Ian Faris, restaurant owner and philanthropist Joe Thottungal, CEO of United Way East Ontario Michael Allen, and the winner of the 2020 Brian Kilrea Award of Excellence Jean-Sorphia Guillaume (Go Tigers!). Thank you all for your contributions to the east end and to the city!

There are many reasons for celebration in the ward. I am pleased to announce some good news on behalf of the Queenswood Heights community and Orleans Little League Baseball Inc. Thanks to the City’s Community Partnership Minor Capital Program, the baseball diamond at Yves Richer Park has been approved for a grant of $5,000! Maintaining our parks and recreational amenities is key to making sure our youth can stay active while having a sports ground that is improved and maintained. A new picnic shelter is currently under construction at Millennium Park, and I have made an investment into a new heated, rink shack for the well-used Vista Park outdoor rink after consultation with the Greater Avalon Community Association. The shack is anticipated to be ready for use this winter season!

Good news for parents in the east-end, a new COVID-19 Care Clinic for children has recently opened in Cumberland Ward, located at 4289 Innes Road (second floor of the Ottawa Medical Group clinic). This clinic is a convenient, local alternative to visiting CHEO’s busy emergency department. Children and youth aged two-months to 17 years with acute illnesses (including fever, cough, or runny nose) can have in-person assessments and receive a COVID swab.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and Saturday to Sunday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM by appointment only.

While the fall has been a busy time at City Hall and in the Ward, I have been continuing to meet with residents inperson and virtually, hosting community meetings, holding office hours and attending community events safely. I am committed to continuing to engage with you on matters of importance and celebrating the great work in our community.

On November 13, I was happy to attend the Grand Opening of the expanded Les Serres Robert Plante Greenhouses, where I had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon alongside Mayor Watson. It has been a difficult two years for small businesses, and it was incredible to celebrate the resiliency and success of the Plante family. Their new greenhouses are now open 7 days a week for the holiday season!

I would also like to show heartfelt appreciation and congratulations to the organizers of the Cumberland Village and Navan farmer’s markets. These events saw tremendous attendance and were well-run, respecting all COVID-19 protocols throughout. I encourage everyone to support local as we move into the holiday season as Cumberland Ward has some incredible local businesses.

Finally, my gratitude to all of YOU. Thank you for the support throughout my first year in office. It is the honour of my lifetime to be your elected representative, and I am grateful for the opportunity to work together.

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Were You Incarcerated in an Ontario Youth Justice Facility Between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018?

Were You Placed in Secure Isolation (Segregation)?

You May Be Entitled to Money in a Class Action Settlement You are entitled to make a claim for damages if all of the items on the following list apply to you: 1. You were placed alone in a designated room or area at any one of more of the following Youth Justice Facilities: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.

Bluewater Youth Centre; Brookside Youth Centre; Cecil Facer Youth Centre; Donald Doucet Youth Centre; Invictus Youth Centre; Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre; Roy McMurtry Youth Centre; Sprucedale Youth Centre; or Toronto Youth Assessment Centre;

2. Your placement lasted at least 6 consecutive hours; 3. You were not released at the earliest possible time; 4. Your placement took place when you were 17 years old or younger; and 5. Your placement took place between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018.

You could be entitled to between $1000 and $40,000 per placement, depending on the length of time and the circumstances surrounding your placement.

Please note that the following placements are not included in this class action: 1. Segregation by reason of a lock-down at a Youth Justice Facility; and 2. The routine locking in your room overnight at a Youth Justice Facility.

To learn more about the settlement and how to make a claim, go to www.youthsegregationclassaction.ca, call toll-free 1-833-430-7538 (TTY: 1-877-627-7027) or write to Epiq Class Action Services Canada Inc., Attention: Ontario Youth Segregation Class Action Administrator, PO Box 507 STN B, Ottawa ON K1P 5P6, or by email at: info@youthsegregationclassaction.ca.

The lawyers representing the Class Members are Koskie Minsky LLP and Strosberg Sasso Sutts LLP. You may also contact these lawyers at 1-844-819-8501 or 1-866-229-5323, ext. 296.

You must submit your claim no later than August 26, 2022. If you do not submit your claim before August 26, 2022, you will lose your right to compensation.

Former Panther QB makes history in Penn State debut

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Former Cumberland Panthers quarterback Christian Veilleux made history last weekend by becoming the first Canadian QB in 21 years to play for a Power Five Division I team.

Veilleux not only got to play for Penn State in their game against Rutgers University, but managed to lead them to a 28-0 victory, throwing for three touchdowns after coming into the game late in the second quarter to replace starter Sean Clifford who was forced to the sideline thanks to a bad case of the flu which had sidelined more than 20 players before the game began.

After coming into the contest, Veilleux completed 15-of-24 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns, while not committing a turnover. He also carried the ball 10 times for 36 yards on the ground.

Veilleux teamed up with fellow Canadian Malick Meiga from St. Jerome, Quebec for a 67-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter marking a rare Canadian to Canadian scoring play at the highest level of U.S. college

football.

Veilleux is a true freshman, having signed a full scholarship with the Nittany Lions after spending time playing at a pair of prep schools in Buffalo and Maryland.

The last Canadian quarterback to play for a Power Five Christian Veilleux school was Ottawa native Jesse Palmer who started for the University of Florida in 2000.

Former North Gloucester Giant Jonathan Sutherland also had a standout performance against Rutgers. The senior safety and cocaptain hauled in his first interception of his college career in the fourth quarter.

In signing with Penn State, Veilleux followed in the footsteps of former Orléans Bengal quarterback Michael O’Connor, who transferred to the University of British Columbia before the start of his freshman year due to a personality clash with former Penn State head coach James Franklin.

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Area residents encouraged to take part in reforestation survey

By Pierre Leblanc Special to the Orléans Star We need more trees now!!

We have reached the point now where few people dare challenge the fact that is global warming is a reality. Note that I use the words “global warming” instead of climate change.

Yes, the climate is changing in many ways.

The problem is not that it is getting colder, quite the opposite. So, let us call a spade a spade.

Many of us have by now personally experienced the effect of a warmer world.

The weather is less predictable. The extremes of weather are becoming more significant and damaging. Hundreds of people died this year in British Columbia as a result of a prolonged heat wave that set new records and more recently they have had to deal with heavy rains and flash flooding.

In Eastern Canada, the combination of sea rise and more powerful storms are damaging an infrastructure not designed for those conditions.

In Central Canada, the railway to the port of Churchill will be closed for two years to do repairs caused by melting permafrost.

There are thousands of such examples.

The International Panel on Climate Change has issued a Code Red alert this

year. It appears that the proclamations made during the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference will not do enough.

Young people from across the world protested at the COP26 conference in Glasgow. It is their future which is at risk because governments are not doing enough.

Despite all the promises of successive governing parties, Canada has not been able to meet any of the low targets they have set for itself. Nice words are not enough. We need action.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Trudeau government has increased emissions in 2017, 2018 and 2019 instead of reducing them. We should not hold our breath that they have gone down in 2020, or will go down for 2021. What a shame.

If we are going to win the battle with global warming, we will need to take bold actions as individuals and as a nation. We need to stop wasting energy such as that of patio warmers where most of the heat goes up along with the CO2. We need to invest on alternative and eco-friendly alternatives on our way to zero emissions and we need to plant more trees among other initiatives.

We are blessed in Ottawa with how green our city is. Many capitals envy our Greenbelt, but we still have many open spaces that could

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One of the ways to do that was designed by a Japanese arborist. It is called the Miyawaki forest. It is very simple: all you need to do is plant a number of trees even in small areas and then let Mother Nature do the rest.

In Orléans, we have many open spaces that could be reforested. One of them is the open space between Voyageur Drive in Convent Glen North and the Ottawa River pathway.

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find out how best to do that. If you believe in trees as carbon sinks, or providing shade for passersby, or providing a valuable habitat for wildlife, you should make you voice count by completing that short survey at: https:// engage.ottawa.ca/ottawa-river-pathway/ survey_tools/potential-future-reforestationalong-the-ottawa-river-pathway.

You’ll be doing your part to help combat global warming by helping to make Orléans an even greener community.

Orléans-based group busy knitting items for veterans, other seniors

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star The name says it all. Busy Fingers has been “busy” knitting shawls, afghans and mittens for military veterans and other seniors for over 10 years now.

Led by their founder Eileen McCaughey, the group has knitted more than 10,000 items over the years, including the 2,000plus items they gave out to more than 30 organizations last year. Veterans’ House in Ottawa received more than 220 items alone including afghans, mittens, toques and scarves.

Eileen, who is 87 years young, was in the middle of knitting an afghan in 2010 when her husband passed away just four days before Christmas. At the time, her son-inlaw, who is a policeman, noticed what she was knitting the afghan and suggested she donate it to the Elder Abuse Section which could use it as a way to build trust with victims. Soon afterwards, Eileen made other afghans for seniors who had suffered from elder abuse.

When word spread about her pet project, other seniors offered their services to help knit the afghans. They soon began to run out of wool. When word spread once again that they were running out of wool, Eileen began to receive donations of dozens of balls of wool which soon turned into hundreds and things snowballed from there.

Eileen now leads a team of more than 100 volunteers which hails from all over Ontario and Québec, including such far flung places as Tamiskaming, Québec City and Petawawa.

Many of the knitters and crocheters are either widows or empty-nesters who have a lot of free time on their hands.

“When I started this I was alone, then it started snowballing from one to the other.

Since then it has gone to over 100 knitters, all by word of mouth,” says Eileen. “Never in my lifetime did I ever think it would grow so big.”

The core group of 20-30 knitters meet at Eileen’s South Fallingbrook home the first and third Monday of every month to chat, have coffee and knit.

“It’s a way for them to keep busy and feel like they are doing something useful.

It’s very therapeutic,” says Eileen. “And the neat thing is they never know who they’re knitting for. They just know that it’s going to a good home.”

The reaction of the veterans and other seniors who receive the group’s items is truly heart-warming.

“Some of them cry because they’ve never received anything like that in their lives and they are just so thankful,” says Eileen. “It makes me so happy to be doing that. It keeps me busy and it makes me feel great. It like to help people. It’s what keeps me going.”

Busy Fingers founder Eileen McCaughey stands among some of the items made by the more than 100 members of her knitting and crocheting group. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO With so many knitters working on so many items, the group has been able to expand their scope beyond veterans to victims of crimes and fires, women’s shelters, longterm care centres and hospices. All of the items are given out by Christmas.

“By Christmas whatever I have has to go out because it is not warming anyone in my basement,” says Eileen.

Because of the pandemic, yarn donations are down this year compared to years past.

Eileen is hoping that by getting the word

out, donations will pick up. Anyone with wool to donate, or who would like to join the group, can call Eileen at 613-841-3641.

One of the group’s members volunteers to pick up wool donations, or you can simply drop any unused wool off at the Sienna Bearbrook Retirement Residence in Blackburn Hamlet. There’s a bin just inside the main door.

Rest assured that whatever you drop off, no matter how big or small, will be put to good use.

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Take advantage of 45 years of watch and clock repair expertise

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star When it comes to repairing timepieces – whether they be a family heirloom or a watch you might have received as a graduation present or retirement gift – you can never undervalue experience.

Vantage Jeweler owner and master repairman Gamal Mansour, has been repairing watches and clocks for more than 45 years.

He learned his craft while working for his father back in his native Egypt. When his father died suddenly in 1988, Mansour took over the business at just 29 years of age.

He immigrated to Canada in 2001 in search of a better life for himself and his young family. He and his wife chose to settle in Ottawa, or more specifically Orléans, which they’ve called home for the last 20 years.

After arriving in Canada, Mansour got a job repairing watches at Eaton’s, where he remained for five years. He later worked for a high-end watch company in Ottawa until one day he slipped on some ice and broke his femur.

Although he spent a month in the hospital and wasn’t able to work for nearly a year, the accident turned out to be blessing in disguise and completely changed the course

of Mansour’s life. Because the company he had been working for had their office on the second floor, his injury prevented him from walking up the stairs.

With few options to choose from, Mansour decided to open his own watch repair business on St. Joseph Boulevard.

“It was nothing at the time, just an empty space,” explains Mansour. “I had to do all the work, making the walls and the ceiling, and I only had three showcases for the jewellery.”

The first year wasn’t easy. He didn’t have much of a budget to advertise and he didn’t have any sort of customer base. Instead, he built the business one client at a time.

What Mansour was lacking in these other areas he made for with an unparalleled work ethic. (He worked six days a week for the better part of seven years until his grandson was born last spring. Since then he’s cut down to five days a week.) He also had a wealth of experience and the desire to make sure his clients were 100 per cent satisfied – Mansour offers a one-year warranty on all his repairs, but it’s rarely ever needed.

“This is the most important thing. We don’t send anything out to get repaired by someone else. I do all the work so the buck stops with me,” says Mansour. “I am

Vantage Jewellers owner and master repairman Gamal Mansour stands outside his St. Joseph Blvd. location. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO responsible and I stand behind everything I do. If you have a problem I am here.”

Because of Mansour’s focus on customer service – along with competitive prices – the business has grown leaps and bounds, largely through repeat customers and referrals.

Mansour specializes in repairing older watches, including family heirlooms, but he can repair any make or model of watch or clock, usually in just a few days. He can also

resize jewellery and he carries a complete line of watch batteries.

If you have a watch, clock or jewellery in need of repair, then your first and last stop should be to Vantage Jewellers located at 2688 St. Joseph Blvd., beside the Service Ontario office. They are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday (closed Sunday and Monday) and there is always a free parking space in front of the store.

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Blondin, Weidemann continue to shine in lead up to Olympics

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Orléans speedskaters Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann are picking up where they left off last season, finishing on the podium in each of the last two World Cup events.

After placing second in the Mass Start event at the opening World Cup event of season in Poland earlier this month, Blondin finished second again in Stavenger, Norway last weekend. In both races, she was nipped at the finish line by her long-time rival in the event, Irene Schouten of the Netherlands.

Weidemann placed second in the 3,000 metres in Poland, and second again in the 5,000 metres in Norway.

Together, they won the Team Pursuit event in Poland with teammate Valerie Maltais.

There was no Mass Start or Team Pursuit event in Norway, however, Blondin did pick up her third silver medal of the season as part of the women’s sprint team.

All of which bodes well for Blondin and Weidemann chances at the upcoming Winter

Olympic Games in Beijing in February.

Blondin and Weidemann finished 5th and 6th respectively in the 5,000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea and 6th and 7th respectively in the 3,000 metres. They placed 4th in the Team Pursuit with Maltais, just missing out on a spot on the podium. This time around, the trio is aiming for that elusive Olympic medal, while Blondin and Weidemann hope to improve on their results in the individual events.

For Blondin, the Beijing Olympics will likely be her final opportunity to try and win a medal. At 31 years of age, she is the grande dame of Canada’s women’s team. This will be her fourth Olympics having competed in Socchi in 2014 and PyeongChang in 2018.

This will be the second Winter Olympics for the 26-year-old Weidemann.

Fellow Orléans native Vincent de Haître is also hoping to qualify for the Olympics.

After taking two years off to focus on his other love, cycling, de Haître is back on the ice trying to regain the form that brought him to the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang

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