The voice of the community for more than 60 years • March 2018 • Vol. 69, No. 4 Manor Park resident to be Green Party candidate for Ottawa-Vanier Sheilagh McLean is a federal government retiree, yoga teach- er and active volunteer who has lived in Manor Park for 22 years. She was recently nominated as Green Party of Ontario (GPO) candidate for the June 2018 pro- vincial election. Sheilagh first became in- volved in politics in the 2015 fed- eral campaign, as a volunteer for the Ottawa-Vanier Greens. Since then she’s been a key player in two riding by-elections and has received the 2017 GPO “rising star” award. “I’m inspired by GPO Leader Manor Park cross-country skier takes bronze, twice. Manor Park resident and cross-country skier, Thomas Trudel (left), took a bronze medal Mike Schreiner’s leadership and out of 82 skiers in the 5-km Skate Ski race and a second bronze medal out of 81 skiers in the 6-km Classic Ski race during the Canadian Eastern Cham- the quality of team-work, clarity pionships at the Nakkertok Ski Club facilities in Gatineau, Quebec in February. Thomas competes with the Chelsea Nordic Ski Club. More than 870 and effectiveness of those work- skiers from across Canada competed in the event. Photo submitted by Pierre and Christine Trudel ing at our GPO headquarters. I’m running because I want to encour- age Greens in our community to connect with each other and act on issues of shared concern; to en- Taking stock of our built heritage gage and support younger people in working together effectively The City of Ottawa is under- The goal of the Heritage for the project includes pho- shall and Amber Knowles at and in having a political voice; taking a major project iden- Inventory Project is to cre- tographing, describing archi- [email protected] and to re-engage retirees.” She tifying buildings, structures ate certainty around Ottawa’s tectural characteristics and or say hello if you see us in meets regularly with groups of and other built resources of heritage resources. Properties evaluating thousands of built the neighbourhood. neighbours at kitchen tables and cultural heritage value. The identified through the project resources throughout the city. More information about in living rooms to hear what issues ‘Heritage Inventory Project’ will not be designated under As we’re moving into the the Heritage Inventory Proj- are most important in our commu- is a city-wide initiative. City the Ontario Heritage Act; Manor Park area, we’re asking ect is available at ottawa.ca/ nity. staff are surveying and evalu- rather they will be added to readers to share information heritageinventory. One issue she is much con- ating Ottawa’s built heritage the City’s Heritage Regis- about your properties or other cerned about is protecting the Ot- resources, from the modest ter. A rigorous update to the buildings or structures in your The City of Ottawa Heritage tawa River from toxic and nuclear worker’s houses of Low- City’s Heritage Register will neighbourhood. We would Inventory Project uses a GIS waste. “Many people in Ottawa ertown, to the fine Arts and be beneficial for property love to know who designed software tool to collect heri- are not aware of the proposals Crafts homes in Brantwood owners, developers, heritage your home or the original use tage data on neighbourhood for the Chalk River Near Surface Place, to the modernist houses advocates, elected officials, of a particular building. buildings. Readers are invit- Disposal Facility (NSDF) mega- of Glabar Park and even the planning staff, community Please connect with the ed to get in touch with the au- dump or the plan to entomb the numerous bridges that span groups and all concerned res- City of Ottawa’s built heri- thors and share information retired Rolphton Nuclear Reactor our city’s many waterways. idents. The research method tage researchers: Avery Mar- about your house. >>SEE PHOTOS ON PAGE 30 Manor Park Community Council INSIDE Annual General Meeting Columns Business Buzz 12 Etiquette Matters 32 Wednesday, March 28 at 7 p.m. Canine Chronicles 31 Meet Your Neighbour 18 Manor Park Community Centre 100 Thornwood Road Community Bulletin Board 40 MPCC Programs 19 Everyone is welcome! Dogs in the ’Hood 35 Chronicle Essay 2 Providing recreational programs in Manor Park for more than 35 years! Page 2 • Manor Park Chronicle March 2018 CHRONICLE ESSAY This three-dog night season felt like two winters By Douglas Cornish ners this year. And — there was snow — light, but plenty of it. Indigenous Australians, on cold Yes the weather was unpre- nights, would customarily sleep dictable, but that may be what’s in a hole in the ground while called the ‘new normal’. In re- embracing a dingo (wild dog). ality, though, there’s no longer On colder nights they would a ‘weather normal’ — new or sleep with two dogs and, if otherwise. There was, once the night was freezing, it was upon a time, but those days are a “three-dog night”. That’s gone. Welcome the terminator probably where the American — winter. rock band, Three Dog Night, In spite of all the fluff and acquired its name. This win- bluff and hot air and hullaba- ter was definitely a three-dog loo (not exactly winter terms, night season (or more), in fact, are they!), I really don’t mind it probably wasn’t just one win- winter. If I didn’t like win- ter. It felt like two. ter I wouldn’t live here — it’s We had everything this that simple. I like the change winter. The usual spring greet- of the seasons (yes, they do ing is: ‘How was your winter?’ change eventually). I like the Or: “How did you find the win- challenge of winter. I like get- ter this year?” (I don’t think that ting to spring (whenever that you actually ‘find’ winter — it is). I feel like I’ve actually ac- finds you). The conversation complished something at this might even venture into: “You time of year — I weathered go away for the winter, normal- (no pun intended) another win- ly, don’t you?’ In this last case didn’t always get it right this weather bombs and polar vor- attention grabbing is every- ter. I made it through. I did it. the winter probably wasn’t bad winter. A few centimetres, or texes. It was thunder snow and thing. If places (warm places) I’m still alive! Exaggeration — because people went south, or flurries — they said. Then … bomb cyclones. It was snow experience unusual winter ef- perhaps — but, don’t we live went ‘Med’, or went ‘Island’. 19 or so centimetres later …. eaters. Arctic blasts, and so on, fects — then that’s newswor- in an overblown world where This year it was probably: We’re in for a cold snap, they and of course that ol’ favou- thy, for sure, but in a place like there’s much aggrandizement ‘How were your winters (with a said. Two weeks or more of rite — freezing rain. Akin to Ottawa, Canada, winters are a and loads of hype. Things are capital “S”, folks)?’ There was brutal no letting up frigid tem- most things today, hyperbole given, are they not? embellished and embroidered definitely more than one winter peratures later …. It’s going up and exaggeration dominates. Yes it was cold for longer to the point where the subject this year. With global warm- to 12 degrees tomorrow (this is The weather now is a ‘show’, this year. Even the diehard ski- is no longer merely the subject ing, climate changes, La Niña, in January), but they forgot to a spectacle, even an ‘event’. ers couldn’t ski at times — it — it’s something else — some- etcetera, many factors were to tell you that then it’ll drop 20 Some people only watch the was too darn cold. The Canal thing bigger. blame. You name it, we had it. or more degrees overnight; the Weather Channel on TV — skaters — sometimes also too One thing is for certain, If you didn’t want it, you got it resulting ice will probably re- nothing else? The TV weather cold to skate. The infamous though, they have yet to come anyway. Winter is both a threat main as a frustrating foundation presenters are dressed to the (and expensive) Parliament Hill up with another word for win- and a promise. You don’t make for the rest of the season. If you nines (both genders). You’d ice rink had its challenges — ter. They curse it. They drama- an appointment with winter missed clearing your driveway think they were going out on so cold it was cracking! Even tize it. They overstate it. In the — it knocks on your door, un- one day, you were stuck with a a Saturday night, or that they the local neighbourhood rinks end, though, and yes, Virginia, expectedly! It’s the boss, you layer of ice that wouldn’t melt. were talking about World War seemed sparsely populated at there is an end — it’s just win- aren’t. It holds all the cards. Even the weather vernac- Three, or even the end of the times. Probably the Winterlude ter. Just get over it. Hopefully Even the so-called experts ular was spectacular. It was world. In a 24/7-media world ice sculptures were the win- — we will! 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