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5 EDITOR’S MESSAGE

6 BRCA FARMERS’ MARKET

8 BRINGING BEAUTY TO BRIDGELAND

9 WOMEN’S CENTRE OPEN EXTENDED HOURS SOON!

10 THE PARKS OF BRIDGELAND-RIVERSIDE

13 BEACON ORIGINAL ART

14 MP LEN WEBBER’S REPORT

14 MLA KATHLEEN GANLEY’S REPORT

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4 OCTOBER 2020 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities EDITOR’S MESSAGE by Alex MacWiliam As the seasons change in this unprecedented and un- forgettable year, it is good to look for and take note of positive activities in our neighbourhood. Bridgeland Riverside was recently ranked #5 in Avenue Magazine’s annual survey of Calgary’s Best Neighbourhoods, a data Crime and safety are often topics of conversation in driven assessment of 208 areas in the city. While the both Bridgeland-Riverside and Calgary in general, es- pandemic has taken its toll on our local businesses, with pecially with the impacts of the opioid crisis affecting some having to close their doors permanently, new us locally. The community started the “Bridgeland- businesses have opened, and others will be starting up Riverside Eyes on the Street” Facebook group, which in the months to come. The construction projects un- has been a great way to communicate with each other derway in The Bridges area will bring hundreds of new and keep our community safe. Several arrests have residents to our community, provide more customers been made, as well as stolen goods returned to owners for local businesses and more “eyes on the street”. Con- through the use of this page. We are looking for some- struction of Flyover Park is well underway and promises one to head up Safety initiatives in the community. If to provide an innovative and exciting gathering place you are interested, please email planning@brcacalgary. for all ages. The old grey concrete “bunker” in General org. We also have several resources on our website at Plaza has been transformed into an eye-catching piece https://www.brcacalgary.org/blockwatch. We would of public art, thanks to the talents of local artist Sergey like to get the Blockwatch leaders for each zone up and Ryutin (aka @bravotoner). running, but have not had the volunteer capacity to get Many of these positive changes are the result of initia- this organized. If you can help, please contact us! tives spearheaded by volunteers, fellow residents of our community. Other Bridgelanders contribute their time to cleaning up litter and repairing wayfinding signage such as the big “Ls”. Another volunteer organization, The Farmers’ Market adjusted its operations in response to the pandemic and managed to keep its vendors busy and its patrons supplied with great produce and crafts. There are numerous opportunities to get involved, meet your neighbours and make positive contributions to our neighbourhood. The Bridgeland Riverside Community Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on November 18 and BRCA is looking for people to join the Board of Directors or any of its committees (see details in this newsletter).

The 1978 horror film Halloween can be easily recognized by its mask-wearing antagonist, Michael Myers. The film had a modest budget, and in order to make the most of their funds, the crew used a $2 William Shatner-era Star Trek Captain Kirk mask, which was then spray painted and reshaped to create the creepy figure we know today.

BRIDGELAND • RIVERSIDE I OCTOBER 2020 5 FARMERS’ MARKET You may be aware that in lieu of running our regular market this summer, we have decided to support our vendors by pre-selling a monthly farmers’ market box. While it is impossible to capture the essence of our community market in a box, our aim is to provide a robust as- sortment of fresh locally produced foods that can be made into several different meal combinations. We also include at least one non-food item that is made by a local artisan, to remind you of all the beautiful hand-made things you would find at our market. Thank you to everyone who purchased our monthly pre-order farmers’ market box these past few months. It has been an unusual and stressful time for everyone especially small businesses and we know that your support means a lot to Some of Bridgeland’s Beautiful Heritage Homes our vendors. October Farmer’s Market Box $125 per box - limited quantity Order By: October 12 by 8:00 pm (Thanksgiving holiday) Pick Up Date: October 15, between 4:00 to 7:00 pm, at the Bridgeland Commu- nity Association Hall Please follow us on social media for the most up-to-date information and for ways that you can continue to support your favorite local vendors.

6 OCTOBER 2020 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities 917 Centre Avenue NE BRCA Hall Rentals FARMERS’ MARKET Calgary AB T2E 06C Phone: 403-263-5755 www.brcacalgary.org Inquiries: 403-263-5755 Newsletter Submissions: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

DIRECTORS President and Chair Brian Beck [email protected] MEMBERSHIP FORM Treasurer Joe Belland New and returning members, please apply online at brcacalgary.org/ [email protected] membership or use this form and mail or drop off along with cheque Vice Chair Jil MacDonald made out to: Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association [email protected] 917 Centre Ave. N.E. Membership Linda Poetz Calgary AB T2E 0C6 Planning Ali McMillan Membership type: (please check one) [email protected] Individual $10 ___ Secretary Susan Mulholland Family $20 ___ [email protected] Senior $5 ___ Communications Ana Hoepfner Member information: (please print clearly, attach additional family Communications@ member names) brcacalgary.org Last name: ______Heritage Deb Lee First name: [email protected] Address: ______Newsletter Alex MacWilliam Postal code: ______Director at Large Joshua Delannoy Email: ______Or, please feel free to communicate with us about community Phone number: ______events at [email protected]

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BRIDGELAND • RIVERSIDE I OCTOBER 2020 7 Bridgeland Bringing Beauty Litter Sweep to Bridgeland by Linda Poetz A member of the BRCA Beautification Committee was walking to Blush Lane and Luke’s Drugs and “They create pure joy for people”. Graeme Robinson is noticed that litter was way out of control. A group describing the showy sunflowers in front of his Bridge- of volunteers was organized and gathered on the land home. The blooms are well known in the neigh- evening of September 1 for a few hours to clean bourhood with people going out of their way to walk by up parts of Edmonton Trail, 1st Avenue, and the and admire them or to take selfies. Graeme started his neighbouring streets. A big “thank you” goes out sunflower garden in the mid-1990s, first as a small plot, to this group of 12 Bridgelanders for taking this on then as two gardens in front of his house. In 2004, he and for doing a great job cleaning up part of our was notified by the City bylaw office that the sunflow- neighbourhood. ers created a safety issue and needed to be cut down. To add insult to injury, Graeme would have to pay the City A big “thank you” is also owed to the Bridgelanders to cut down his flowers! He did not agree with the City’s who regularly pick up litter around Memorial Drive assessment and launched a PR campaign through the and 9th Street, and at McDougall Road and 6th Av- main media outlets. The story got good coverage and enue. people were also encouraged to contact their Council- The BRCA Beautification Committee is organizing a lors to protest the decision. Soon after, the City reconsid- few more mass litter clean up events in the coming ered and thankfully decided the sunflowers could stay. weeks. Watch for details on the Bridgeland Riverside Even though the season is now over, you can still look Facebook page and join us if you can. Meet your forward to admiring Graeme’s sunflowers again next neighbours and help to keep Bridgeland a beautiful year. place to live! What passersby cannot see from the street is an eclec- tic backyard decorated with vintage items that Graeme and his wife Deb Smeaton have collected. With items sourced from garage sales or salvaged from neighbours William Shakespeare was known for his who were moving or renovating, the collection is a cross plays and sonnets that contained an between a backyard museum and a funky, whimsical extensive vocabulary of 31,534 unique yard. Every item has an interesting backstory to tell. words. One word that you’ll never find in And in the alley is a sizeable vegetable garden which one of his works is ‘October’. The autumn Graeme concedes provides more than his household month is never mentioned in a can use; he is known to share some of his crop with his single one of his writings but there neighbours. For him it is all about the love of gardening, seems to be no specific reason as to which is also a rich part of Bridgeland’s history where why that is. yards were often filled with vegetable plots.

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Throughout the duration of the pandemic, we are routinely inundated with messages to help vulnerable seniors. Yes, the words ‘seniors’ and ‘vulnerable’ often go hand in hand, quite unfortunately. Try googling, ‘How Seniors Can Help During the Pandemic’ and nothing comes up. Again, sad because that is so far from reality. Women’s Centre Open Seniors are routinely overlooked as a population group that can contribute to society or as community assets. A paradigm shift in how we regard seniors is long overdue Extended Hours Soon! and the sooner we do that, the sooner society will reap As of Tuesday, September 8, we will be open extended its benefits. hours for appointments: Monday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, Tuesday to Thursday, 9:30 am to 8:30 pm. We will also Let’s consider the facts on why seniors matter: offer some workshops in-person and continue some • Seniors are consumers of goods and services. They online. keep the economy humming. • Seniors pay taxes like everyone else. We continue to be open for in-person services by ap- • Apart from high-income folks, seniors are the biggest pointment, Monday through Thursday, from 9:30 am donors to charities. to 3:30 pm. We can provide support for personal care • Seniors are a dependable and growing source of vol- items, legal advice, and some referrals, like the Food unteers. Many organizations will stop functioning Bank and Dress for Success. During the appointment without them. time, women can also use the computer, phone, or sit • Seniors play an essential child-minding role. In fact, if and have coffee. Women are also now encouraged to all seniors stop childminding tomorrow, the economy bring a friend to the Centre if you like. We will con- will be adversely affected. tinue to ask the COVID-19 screening questions at the • Seniors are the largest providers of spousal care. In door and request everyone please wear a mask while Canada, more than 1 million caregivers are over the at the Centre. age of 65. The economic value of this contribution is somewhere in the region of $25 billion! (Statistics For more details, please contact us at 403-264-1155 Canada) or www.womenscentrecalgary.org. Last, people in general are living longer and healthier lives. The senior population is only going to get larger. This means we have a growing pool of valuable resources that remains untapped, underappreciated, and over- WOULD YOU LIKE SOME looked. It’s time we pay attention. CHICKEN FEED? While MPC believes that aging is to be celebrated, we are Candy Corn is a staple during the hustle and bustle also concerned about seniors’ mental health. We would of Halloween. This was not the original name of the candy, however. Created in the 1880s by like to see seniors living a fruitful life, having a sense George Renninger, the candy, which resembles of control and continuing to learn and be social. Start- kernels of corn, was originally named Chicken ing from August, we will post articles on Seniors’ men- Feed, as corn was what was used to feed chickens. tal health on our website www.mpcfdn.ca. Please stay tuned and help our seniors to be emotionally healthy.

BRIDGELAND • RIVERSIDE I OCTOBER 2020 9 will be added by 2022. Using typical stats for occupancy, this could translate into 1500 additional people who will call our community home.

The BRCA Beautification Committee recogniz- es that our current park assets will not be suf- ficient in the years to come if all our residents are to get the full benefits from the outdoor spaces in our community. A project group has undertaken an assessment of many of our park spaces and what they offer, and has tried to imagine what other possibilities would make them more interesting and usable by more people. We are also considering naming the parks, recognizing that we must also follow City of Calgary naming policy.

We Want to Know What You Think! Perhaps you live close to one of these parks and it has special meaning to you. Perhaps you’re a new resident or someone who sees how a park space could be used for some- thing totally different that could be of inter- est to nearby residents. Or maybe the park just needs a place for people to sit. We have collaborated with ‘Bridgeland Walks’ on a self- guided walk to twelve of our park spaces. We invite you to visit the BRCA website (https:// The Parks of bit.ly/33qK2pA) and download the directions and map. Plan to complete the “Parks Walk” or ride your bike between different park set- Bridgeland- tings. Have a good look at each park and consider what would invite you to spend time in this park space. We ask that you complete the Riverside survey on the pages after the map. There will by Deb Lee be prizes! During these COVID-19 days, our parks and green spaces have Submit your survey entry by email to been especially important places to spend time. Most of us know [email protected] or by paper about our largest park – Murdoch Park, at Centre Avenue between copy - use the mail slot on the north door of 7a and 9 Streets, where the soccer field and playground attract the BRCA hall - no later than October 31. participants as well as onlookers. But did you know there are a We appreciate your feedback and will draw range of other parklets, green spaces and natural areas in all cor- for a number of prizes – gift certificates to lo- ners of our community? Most of these places do not have formal cal businesses. We’ll announce the winners in names and many people don’t know about them, so they are of- the December Bridges. ten underutilized. Thank you in advance for contributing to our Currently there are over 6500 residents in Bridgeland - Riverside. Parks Project in Bridgeland Riverside. We know that with completion of the residential developments currently under construction, 1000 new multi-family living units Your BRCA Beautification committee

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Anyone walking or riding past Delta West Academy on 11A We last reported that an initiative is underway to Street on a Tuesday (and the odd Monday) evening this sum- develop a more comprehensive commemoration of mer may have noticed some unusual activity. The football the Calgary General Hospital’s 88-year presence in pitch has been adopted by the “Calgary Cult of Cycle Polo” as our community. The commemorative brick wall was a site for “bike polo”. built shortly after the hospital was imploded in 1998, but more is needed to describe the significance of Bike polo has been around about as long as there have been the hospital’s history here. After being awarded the bicycles. The first match was played in 1891 in Ireland. Bike Calgary Foundation’s Stella Grant, we hired the Dialog polo was even an Olympic demonstration sport in 1908. Architect firm to work with us to develop conceptual These days, India is the world power in this sport. drawings. After that we will start raising the funds There are two versions of bike polo, Grass court and Hard- needed to complete the project. We are now gather- court, and both are played in Calgary. The Hardcourt play- ing stories about people’s experiences with the Hos- ers use the Inglewood skating rink with Ramsay as a backup pital. If you have memories you would like to share, and usually play Wednesday nights. Due to the smaller field contact us at [email protected]. of play, they are typically limited to games involving teams of three players each. Grass court bike polo can be played on any size field as the goals are laid out so that the courts can accommodate “3 on 3” or “4 on 4” play. “5 on 5” play gets a little chaotic with all those bikes, not to mention having to remember who your teammates are when you shuffle teams. Bike polo is a non-contact sport, though you can check mallet on mallet. LOCAL MORTGAGE BROKER

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Starting October 1, remember to tag your extra garbage bags Starting October 1, if you have an extra bag of garbage that won’t fit in your City black cart, you’ll need to buy a garbage tag. Tags are $3 each and available at partici- pating convenience and grocery stores or online. See the full list at calgary.ca/garbagetag.

How to use garbage tags:

1. Fill your black cart first.

2. Place extra garbage in a bag and wrap a tag around the knot on top of the bag.

3. On collection day, set the bag 0.5 metres (2 feet) from your black cart.

We encourage everyone to look at what you are buying and throwing away to find ways to reduce waste. Sorting materials correctly helps maximize the use of all three carts (blue, green, black).

Learn more at calgary.ca/garbagetag.

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BRIDGELAND • RIVERSIDE I OCTOBER 2020 1 3 Calgary Confederation MLA Calgary-Mountain View Len Webber, MP Kathleen Ganley 2020 10 St NW, T2M3M2 723 14 St NW T2N 2A4 403-220-0888 403-216-5445 [email protected] [email protected]

Pandemic Fraud Albertans continue to experience uncertainty as many ad- COVID-19 has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and ditional shared spaces reopen this fall and COVID-19 trans- stress. Unfortunately, fraudsters and scammers are exploit- mission continues to pose a risk to our health. Numerous ing the ongoing pandemic to facilitate fraud, scams, and workplaces are implementing plans for employees to re- cybercrime as they look to profit off people’s fears, uncer- turn, based on public health guidelines. In-person classes tainties, and misinformation. resume for K-12 students, with little new government From March 6 to August 10, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre spending to keep schools safe. received 3,210 reports of COVID-19 fraud. Of those, 2,144 were fraud victims with the average loss being $2,565.30 In late August, the UCP government provided a fiscal up- per victim. date announcing a $24 billion dollar deficit for this year, along with a $12 billion deficit for 2019-2020 that doubled It’s important to be on guard for potential scams and fraud- the deficit of the previous NDP government. ulent activity such as unsolicited calls, emails and texts re- questing urgent action or payment and/or offering medical Even before the pandemic, Alberta’s economy was strug- advice, financial relief, or government assistance and com- gling with the loss of 50,000 jobs since the government pensation. introduced its $4.7 billion corporate tax giveaway to prof- Fraudsters have been reported to be posing as financial itable corporations. And in order to pay for this handout, institutions and government agencies. When receiving un- meaningful investments that Albertans had hoped to see – solicited and suspicious emails, texts, or phone calls that in childcare, a true back-to-school plan, and inclusive com- appear to be from financial institutions or government munity programs – have not materialized. agencies, always exercise due diligence and caution. More than 300,000 Albertans are now unemployed follow- A list of reported COVID-19 scams can be found at https:// ing the impacts of the pandemic, with the unemployment www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/features- rate at 12.8 percent – the second highest in the country. vedette/2020/covid-19-eng. Rather than spending government funds on improving ordinary people’s lives, Premier Kenney has overseen cuts Government agencies will never contact you via text mes- to health, education, and diversification. These cuts have sage, demand immediate payment, threaten to arrest, or made our economy weaker during a time that we need to ask for financial information via email/link. If you are ever rebuild and reimagine a robust, post-COVID society. in doubt of the legitimacy of a phone call from an apparent government agency, it is always best to hang up and call The government’s response to COVID has had a negative the official number of that agency directly. impact on women in the workforce. Many parents are navi- Financial institutions will never ask for personal informa- gating limited childcare and schooling options, and women tion, login credentials or account information by email or have taken on increased household burdens. My colleague text message. Never open links or attachments that come Rakhi Pancholi, NDP Children’s Services Critic, has said “If we with them. If you are ever unsure of information you have want to give Albertans the ability to re-enter the workforce, received, contact your financial institution before taking we need to be investing in child care and safe school re- any action or handing over any information. opening. Child care must be a central pillar of our economy.” If you didn’t initiate contact with a person, business, or fi- The NDP Official Opposition will keep standing up for Al- nancial institution, you don’t know who is at the other end bertans in our communities and in the Legislature. Work- of that email, text or phone call that you received, then it is ers, families, and marginalized people must be certain that likely a scam. their needs are the government’s priority – especially when If you suspect that you might be a victim of fraud or a scam, everyone’s health and safety is on the line. information on what you can do can be found at https:// As always, I’m happy to hear from you. Please keep in touch www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/scams-fraudes/ through my constituency office: Calgary.MountainView@ victim-victime-eng. assembly.ab.ca or 403-216-5445.

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