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Download This Issue In INNER CITY REC AND WELLNESS 5 AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC LESSONS AT ST. TERESA 8 I TRIED: AERIAL FITNESS 11 WINTER IN LITTLE ITALY 16 @BMCVIEWS @BMCNEWS FB.COM/BMCNEWS CirCulation 5500 • February 2020 BMCNEWS.ORG free VOL. 41 NO. 1 PUBLISHED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1979 Câhcacêp Art & Teahouse Opens in McCauley On December 13th, 2019 the building at 11051 97th Street was officially renamed Mihcêtohtâwin – The place where things happen. It was also the grand opening for the Câhcacêp Art & Teahouse, featuring tea and treats, the launch of the new book I Feel Great by Lana Whiskeyjack, and amazing art by Dawn Marie Marchand. In addition to the teahouse, the building now also houses the offices for the Dreamspeakers Film Festival. At the building, there will be bow Artist Dawn Marie Marchand with one of her pieces of artwork. making classes, drum making, Cree language instruction, art sales, and film screenings (outside in the summer). The building is the former site of the Blue Cross Animal Hospital, and now houses Hopkins Law. PHOTOS BY PAULA E. KIRMAN Copies of I Feel Great by Lana Whiskeyjack on display. Items for sale. MCL SAFER BSCL UPDATE Dining Out UPDATE MCCAULEY We entered VEGGIE GARDEN The skate shack These small “2020 in a season of at the McCauley breakthroughs change, and we need RESTAURANT NEEDS Community“ League are“ overdue. more hands on deck Rink has to go. PAGE 3 to make our great OUR HELP PAGE 3 community better. PAGE 4 PAGE 14 2 Boyle McCauley News FEBRUARY 2020 EDITor’s NOTES You can also help support the paper Letting Go Leads to Growth by volunteering with us. We have like to hold on to, and which ones Welcome to our February 2020 several Block Carrier routes up for I need to let go. issue. We’re back after a short grabs. See page seven for more in- holiday break with community formation. If you are inclined to In fact, it’s really ll about letting news, event coverage, and more write or take photos, get in touch go. In the physical realm, this in- from our local writers and pho- with me to discuss possibilities to volves ridding ourselves of materi- tographers. contribute to the print issue, web- al possessions that no longer fit us, Paula E. Kirman • BMC News Staff site, and social media. If you use both physically and mentally. What’s new this year? Well, I Facebook or Twitter, we’re on there MCCAULEY MUSINGS am glad you asked! We are still as @bmcnews and on Instagram But clothing isn’t the only thing (at the time I am writing this) in we’re @bmcviews. Give us a follow I’ve been spending a few weeks that may no longer fit. In our lives, the process of getting things to- and help us build our online pres- dealing with clutter. For some there often come times when we gether for our next raffle. If you ence. reason, while I tend to be highly have to take stock of the people would like a chance to win a trip motivated in most regards, when around us, the places we go, and to Italy and help support Boyle Speaking of which, later this year it comes to downsizing and orga- the things we do. We have to make McCauley News, stay tuned. We we will be launching an updated nizing a physical living space, I decisions about letting go of rela- will post details on our website version of our website, with a new, am a terrible procrastinator. tionships and life choices that no and social media as soon as we modern design. In the meantime, longer suit us. have our license, and will also in- check us out at bmcnews.org. Hap- However, sorting through a clude details in our print edition. py reading! couple of decades’ worth of pho- Though a physically daunting task, tographs, notebooks, clothing, the space around me is becoming LETTERS TO THE EDITOR keepsakes, and more has been bigger, brighter, and more inspiring. OUR NEXT ISSUE. rather enlightening, albeit requir- The effort is paying off. Likewise, Volume 41, Issue 2 will be Do you want to respond to ing a great deal of physical and walking away from friendships, published March 15, 2020. something that you read in these mental energy. groups, and activities that are not Articles and photos concerning pages or that is going on in the adding anything to our lives any- community news, events, and community? Share your thoughts I’m seeing glimpses of the person more can be really scary. Yet doing opinions are welcome. We also with a Letter to the Editor. Send I was, as well as the one who I so will provide the room necessary accept submissions of poetry and your letters to editor@bmcnews. have become. I’m making deci- for new relationships and experi- cartoons. Deadline: February org. Letters should be no longer sions as to what memories I would ences that make us grow as people. 20, 2020. Send submissions to: than 300 words, and may be edited [email protected]. Articles for length or clarity. Publication should be 400 words or less and is not guaranteed. The deadline accompanied by photographs (JPG, for letters for our next issue is in high resolution) when possible. November 22. Boyle McCauley News is a non-profit newspaper published eight times yearly by the Boyle Street McCauley Community Newspaper Society. The Society is made up of the people who live 174 and work in the Boyle Street and McCauley neighbourhoods. Opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of the Board of Directors. Any submissions may be subject to editing for length and suitability. Advertisements from political parties and politicians are paid for. Boyle McCauley News does not support or endorse any political party or viewpoint. BOYLE STREET Circulation 5500 • Since 1979 • www.bmcnews.org Vol. 41 No. 1 • february 2020 AND MCCAULEY Suite B1, 10826 – 95 Street, Edmonton AB, T5H 2E3 P: (780) 425-3475 E: [email protected] CRIME AND SAFETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Megan Elizabeth, John Gee, Anita Jenkins, Karen Matthews, Alan Schietzsch, Mike Siek NUMBERS THE BOARD MAY BE CONTACTED AT [email protected] OFFICE STAFF BLOCK CARRIERS EDITOR • Paula E. Kirman Sandra Barnes, Brockman Family, Sara Report “john” activity & license plate numbers • (780) 421-2656 [email protected] Coumantarakis & Gary Garrison, Michelle VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS • Cumming, Barry Daniels, Richard Farr, Mary Report Problem Properties & Derelict Houses • Call 311 Colleen Chapman & Paula E. Kirman Gallivan, John Gee, Rosalie Gelderman, Rich [email protected] Gossen & Anne Fitzpatrick, Ann-Marie LAYOUT AND DESIGN • Vikki Wiercinski Johnson, Layna Johnson, Kuipers-Glugosh Report Gang Activity • (780) 414-4567 [email protected] Family, Bob McKeon, Phil O’Hara, Jesse ADVERTISING • Vikki Wiercinski Orjasaeter, Antonio Pagnotta, Kate Quinn, EPS General Crime/Complaints • (780) 423-4567 [email protected] Mike Siek, Adam Snider, Marta Travnik & PROOFREADERS • Jakob Kolaric, Heather Van Boom, John- EPS website • edmontonpolice.ca Karen Simons West Family. Rosalie Gelderman - click on Crime Prevention Colleen Chapman DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Mike Siek ACCOUNTING • Rosalie Gelderman THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! Crisis Diversion Team • Call 211 and press 3 Our goal is to report issues fairly and WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS provide a variety of perspectives on Manon Aubry, Lindsay Brommeland, Shayne issues affecting this community. The Crime Stoppers • 1-800-222-8477 Brommeland, Mark Davis, Leif Gregersen, opinions expressed in Boyle McCauley 1-800-222-TIPS Anita Jenkins, Rebecca Kaiser, Rylan Kafara, News are those of the people named as Paula E. Kirman, Greg Lane, Jonathan Lawrence, Yovella M., Sharon Pasula, Kathryn the authors of the articles, and do not Rambow, Joelle Reiniger, Leah Rempel, Alan necessarily reflect those of the Board, Schietzsch, Mike Siek, Ian Young. staff, or Editorial Committee of the paper. Boyle McCauley News FEBRUARY 2020 3 MCCAULEY CoMMUNITY LEAGUE UPDATE What Does it Take to Build a Shack? GREG LANE of Community Leagues, should the committee has: back so we can find out what the MCL fade into the ether, the process community wants and desires from The skate shack at the McCauley for building a structure has proven • Refined and presented to the the project. And before you say, “We Community League Rink has to go. to be a complex and time-consum- League a Terms of Reference did that before!” - yes, I know. But It was never intended to be there ing beast to say the least. We’re for- which was approved to guide the we need to do it again, and there’s as long as it has. It is a temporary tunate to have a team of committed work going forward. no harm in that. Measure twice, cut structure, and the City deems that residents and members who have • Collected demographic informa- once as the saying goes. it is not appropriate for long-term helped to move the ball forward tion to understand the commu- use. If you have a closer look and with respect to tackling this moun- nity make-up. So, you will see lots of posters and think of all the use it’s seen over the tain of required documentation. • Developed a project description. notices about the survey. We en- years, it seems hard to debate its • Prepared an organizational pro- courage all McCauley residents value – even if it is just a worksite While the process is too lengthy file. (rink users and everyone in gener- trailer turned into a skate shack. and, quite frankly, too boring to de- • Considered the context and alter- al) to contribute.
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