BABIES OF 2020 Serving the Glebe community since 1973 January/February 2021 www.glebereport.ca TFI@glebereport ISSN 0702-7796 Vol. 49 No. 1 Issue no. 531 FREE See page 20, 21 The Good Cannabis Company: the first in the Glebe

By Gabrielle Huston envisions events or open houses at the and Roger Smith store where the public can ask ques- tions about cannabis. He compares his When Simon Anisman was a baby, his excitement at running the store to get- mom took him to her store, Mrs. Tiggy ting to “plan your own birthday party.” Winkle’s, and put him in a basket under While cannabis stores seem to have the counter while she sold toys. Forty- popped up everywhere since legaliza- three years later, he is now behind the tion, Anisman is trying to differentiate counter in that same location selling The Good Cannabis Company with cannabis. unique décor and great customer ser- Anisman is the new owner of The vice. Despite some modern touches, Good Cannabis Company, the first can- like tablets to shop on, he prefers the nabis store in the Glebe, at 809 Bank aesthetic of “a simpler time” rather Street in the former Tiggy Winkle’s than the minimalist, modern design store that closed last April. of most stores. That’s why he’s decor- “I’m just happy I got to do something ated the store with vintage accessories I loved back then,” says Anisman, who gathered in his travels, including stash worked for Tiggy’s and its offshoot, Lost boxes, ashtrays and more. Marbles, for about 20 years, “and I’m He also rejects fears that up to four happy I’m getting to do something I cannabis stores in the Glebe is too love now.” many. “We’re going to get a lot of stores Anisman acknowledges some that open. I look at them like bars: you’d local backlash over a cannabis store never balk at having replacing an iconic toy store. “In three bars in one some peoples’ eyes, the way the optics neighbourhood.” looked, it’s almost as if we closed one It wasn’t long to open the other. That’s not how it ago that canna- The universe happened.” bis was widely has a lot more to do He says his family did everything pos- condemned as a sible to keep the toy store open, even as “gateway drug” with this than I ever competition from online shopping and that led users big box stores cut into the bottom line. to more danger- could have Before it closed, he had been eyeing ous substances. the fledgling cannabis business and Anisman hopes his decided to apply for a licence when the store will help end the lin- empty storefront in the building owned gering stigma. “I would hope that by his family gave him a location. people who are afraid of this won’t be “It’s just serendipitous the way it afraid to come in and learn,” he says, worked out. The universe has a lot more noting he’s a father of two and under- Simon Anisman, owner of the newly opened The Good Cannabis Company to do with this than I ever could have.” stands the fears of some parents. While COURTESY OF H. ANISMAN Anisman has modelled The Good pointing out that regulations are “ten- Cannabis Company after a ’70s surf fold” greater for cannabis than for shop. He was inspired by surf-shop alcohol, he admits there’s no room to The Good Cannabis Company opened owners who spent their days talking get it wrong. “To destigmatize some- on December 23 with curbside pickup to customers about different kinds of thing, you can’t have any mistakes. You and local delivery, at 809 Bank Street, former home of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s waves and what boards work best, then can’t have kids getting into these stores owned by Simon Anisman’s family. spent their time off surfing to test what in any capacity. Cannabis is the new kid they sold. He does the same with the on the block, and the eyes of the nation PHOTO: GABRIELLE HUSTON cannabis he sells, getting input from are on us. It has to be done properly, customers and sampling himself. “I’m carefully and safely. And if we can do in the process of trying out everything all that – which I believe we can – then on the menu,” he says, insisting that the stigma will be gone very shortly.” What’s Inside will allow him to give better advice to And his mom, Maida, who owned future customers. “You get one chance and ran Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s for 43 years POETRY to establish trust. If you don’t, you – what does she think about the pivot QUARTER won’t go far in any business.” from toys to weed? “My mom is just so The store opened December 23, happy that we found something that only two days before the post-Christ- has a future.” It could mas COVID-19 crackdown limited it to online sales, curbside pickup and local Gabrielle Huston is a student of happen to deliveries. journalism and humanities at Born and raised in the Glebe, . She writes about you! Anisman loves the community; he human interest, local news, mental and his wife, Halima, who works with health, video games and popular Glebite awarded Order of Canada �������������Page 14 Poetry Quarter...... Page 24 him, want to be “good neighbours” in culture. (theyavril.wixsite.com/ the Glebe and to continue to contrib- inimitablyhuman). Roger Smith is a NEXT ISSUE: Friday, March 19, 2021 EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Monday, March 1, 2021 ute as his family did with the toy store. retired journalist and the copy editor ADVERTISING ARTWORK DEADLINE*: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Once the pandemic is over, Anisman at the Glebe Report. *Book ads well in advance to ensure space availability.

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BEFORE AFTER By Susan Kirkpatrick

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days, they experienced only mild to in daily teleconferences with Lawrence The Glebe Centre: medium symptoms and, with a couple Grant. After 10 months, they were a of exceptions, returned to work to con- well-honed team, providing sound tinue their duties. In total, 23 residents advice and encouragement which was and 19 staff tested positive. much appreciated. the story of a COVID-19 outbreak Our medical director Dr. Ben Robert, A daily briefing was held to review along with nurse practitioner Kathryn the ever-changing situation on resi- By Barbara Duggan wouldn’t lose any to fear because we May, executive director Lawrence Grant dent and staff numbers, supply needs, absolutely needed all hands on deck at and director of care Kate Cholewa, took training requirements, meal and dining It was Sunday, October 25 when the this critical juncture. charge. We enjoyed strong support from changes and most-responsible per- fax machine delivered the news that Early in March, staff had been our colleagues at the Perley and Rideau sons (MRPs) for the various tasks – all we had been evading for the previous restricted to working for only one Veterans’ Health Centre Care and per- of it changing on the fly as the level of eight months – COVID-19 had hit the employer even before a government sonnel from Public Health urgency grew. Glebe Centre. directive made that a rule. This left us visited daily. Daily communication with families Before then, our long-term care with a significant number of vacancies and residents was initiated to ensure home enjoyed favour from the gods. which we struggled to make up for by complete transparency. This took the No COVID-19 had entered our doors, offering overtime, double time, double form of emails and webpage posts. though life at the Glebe Centre had chocolate – anything to cajole and con- Very sadly, one resident passed away, changed considerably since March. We vince staff to stay and work longer. then another. The loss and disappoint- became a closed fortress with one goal Recruitment of personal support ment were palpable, yet the virus was – keep our residents safe. While many workers (PSWs) has long been a strug- still spreading like wildfire. We couldn’t long-term care homes around us were gle and the dearth of them available stop to grieve. The few residents who in a panic and the litany of human loss for hire was a serious complication. tested negative were moved to private was on everybody’s lips, we nervously Former PSW staff gracefully accepted rooms or shared a room with each counted our lucky stars. Yes, we had redeployment from other departments other. Staff was isolated on the unit, taken safety measures early. Is that why to nursing. Administrative staff jumped eating meals and taking breaks on the we were safe? in to assist where they could. infected floor. Residents were restricted September loomed large amid the We now had COVID-19 in our home to their rooms. A small and efficient frenzy and fear of the expected second and the fear and worry were real. army of housekeeping staff disinfected wave. We tested staff weekly with Imagine the courage of our frontline all high- and low-touch areas multiple nasal and throat swabs. Our nursing staff who came in every day, delivered times each day. staff and administration team became the care as best they could, then went The spread stopped at the door of a well-oiled testing machine and the home to change in the garage, shower that one floor. After several days with- invasion of our noses and throats was and be with their families. out further positive results, Ottawa completely tolerable. Medical masks All residents and staff were retested Public Health declared us out of out- and shields were ubiquitous. on Sunday and Monday. By Tuesday, break on December 5. We emerged as But on that Sunday in October, reality resident results started coming in exhausted as fire fighters after battling hit us with hard numbers. Two staff had positive. First two, then five, then an Annalise Duval (left) and Senait a blaze. We were humbled by the vor- tested positive for COVID-19 after being additional eight until 23 out of 28 resi- Teklehiwot in full PPE (personal acity of the virus and dismayed by the tested two days before. Quickly, we dents on one floor tested positive over protective equipment) during a recent price it extracted. All staff recovered COVID outbreak in the Glebe Centre deployed our prepared Outbreak Plan. the next few weeks. That all cases were and so did 19 residents. We lost four Signs went up outside the building restricted to that one floor was a small PHOTOS: BRUCE HILL residents to COVID-19. denying entry to all but the most essen- mercy. At the same time, PSW staff tial of staff and contractors. Elevators on that floor began to display symp- Regional partners from Ottawa Public Barbara Duggan is director of quality were restricted to two people at a time. toms; one by one, they tested positive. Health, Ontario Health and the Ontario management at The Glebe Centre long- Staff was informed, and we prayed we During their required quarantine of 14 Ministry of Long-Term Care participated term care home.

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Glebe Physiotherapy and Sport Medicine (formerly Glebe Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic at Fifth Avenue Court) opened December 14 at its new location, 200 Marché Way, Unit 106 at Lansdowne.

Blyth Academy The Glebe, a pri- vate high school for grades 9 to 12, will open a two-storey campus at 983 Bank Street, the former loca- tion of PetSmart, at Lansdowne. The anticipated opening is spring 2021. (Blytheducation.com)

Amica The Glebe Presentation Centre opened at 117 Glebe Avenue.

The Good Cannabis Company, 809 Bank Street, former home of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s, is “now open for delivery or click & collect.” “Good buds & good vibes.” 613-233-4663 Fifteen-foot snowperson that emerged in mid-January on Queen Elizabeth Drive PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN (shopthegood.ca)

iB Accounting & Tax has opened a location at 889 Bank Street. “Ottawa’s Life lessons full-service tax & accounting firm” 613-800-9838 ibtax.ca Shall we call COVID-19 a monster? But is there another way to scale, 9/11 made a tremendous psych- Assign it a personality? An evil guest, look at it? ological dent in our collective psyche Yummy Mediterranean at 858 Bank visiting disease and death upon us? A How about: We are the cohort of but pales in comparison to COVID Street (just south of Fifth Avenue) character with a mind of its own that citizens of the world who, whether and its effects. has closed. is racing to outwit us, cutting us off we want it or not, get to experience Is the universe trying to tell us at every pass? Indeed, a trickster that a pandemic. The last really big one something? Is it, for example, tell- BGGO Boutique at 751 Bank Street changes shape at will, all the better to was in 1918, a century ago. Many ing us that we do not in fact rule the has now closed. give us grief. Or a snake in the grass people have come and gone since world, contrary to common opinion? with slimy subterfuges and obstacles then and never experienced what That the forces of nature, when they The New Art Festival, held annually that trip us up at every opportun- we are experiencing now. We are gather, can annihilate whole popula- in June in Central Park in the Glebe, ity. A miasma of unseen evil that sur- brought to our knees by a force of tions at the flick of a finger. That we will not be held in 2021. “This deci- rounds us and chokes off our lives, nature more powerful than anything ignore them at our peril? sion was incredibly difficult to make.” literally and metaphorically. A tsu- we have known – with the possible I think we’d better get on that cli- (newartfestival.ca) nami of sickness that washes over us, exception of the slo-mo (but speed- mate change thing. And while we’re drowning all in its path. Any number ing up) calamity of climate change. at it, take much better care of our CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH of metaphors apply. A volcanic eruption, a wildfire or an older citizens. Micheline Boyle Paige Raymond Korvach Sure, we can do that if it makes earthquake does not have the sheer Michelle Brooke Colin Learn us feel better. Anything to make us reach and worldwide scope of COVID. —Liz McKeen Susan Buller Tilly Lofthouse feel better. And on the human-made disaster Ben Campbell-Rosser Crystal Maitland Vivian Croll Christine Maki Gabrielle Dallaporta Catherine McKenna Anne Donovan Patricia McLaughlin glebe report TFI@glebereport Barbara Duggan Shawn Menard Katie Fice Jenny Mitchell www.glebereport.ca CONTACT US Robin Gallagher Tim O’Connor 175 Third Avenue Nino Gaultieri Anneka Dallin O’Grady Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2 Stewart Geen Molly Perkins not-for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,500 copies. It is delivered free to 613-236-4955 Sarah Good Johanna Persohn Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all its Pat Goyeche William Price costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. 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Where’s the A Mayor’s salute OUR VOLUNTEER CARRIERS party? to Jane Jide Afolabi, Mary Ahearn, Jennie Aliman, Tyler, Luke & Claire Allan, Julie Allard, Editor, Glebe Report Editor, Glebe Report Lawrence Ambler, James Attwood, Aubry family, Michelle and Ron Barton, Andre That was an interesting person adver- Allow me to offer my sincere thanks Beauregard, Adrian Becklumb, Beckman tising herself in the December issue and congratulations to GNAG’s family, Joanne Benoit, Inez Berg, Naéma of the Glebe Report as my member in Jane Wilson on her retirement after and Raphaëlle Bergevin Hemsing, Carolyn Best, Carrie Bolton, Daisy & Nettie Bonsall, the federal parliament. But nowhere 36 years of service at the Glebe Robert & Heidi Boraks, Martha Bowers, did I see what political party she Community Centre. Bowie family, Adélaïde and Éléonore Bridgett, belongs to. The red background to I had the honour of presenting Bob Brocklebank, Ben Campbell-Rosser, the photograph caused me to wonder the Whitton Award to Jane back in Alice Cardozo, Bill Congdon, Marina Caro, for a moment if she represented the 1995. This was a small gesture to let It was always my pleasure to see Tony Carricato, Ava & Olivia Carpenter, Ryan & Charlotte Cartwright, Tillie Chiu, Sarah Communists. I recall how in univer- her know how much the community Jane’s smile when I was at the centre Chown, Sebastian, Cameron & Anna Cino, sity days we used to belt out “ban- respected Jane and her always-posi- for a meeting or rally or Taste of Avery & Darcy Cole, John Connor, Denis diera rossa, trionfera” as we thumped tive attitude while on the job. the Glebe. Cusson, Denys Cooper, Sammy & Teddy on the beer tables. But a Communist Jane was a key member of the Enjoy a very well-deserved retire- Cormier, June Creelman, Marni Crossley, association is not likely; the mystery GNAG team that has provided literally ment, Jane! Georgia Davidson, Richard DesRochers, Davies Family, Marilyn Deschamps, member looked too well dressed. thousands of residents, both young Diekmeyer-Bastianon family, Dingle family, But maybe she is a missionary emi- and old, with first-rate programs and Jim Watson Aileen Duncan, Delia Elkin, Nicholas, grée from one of the red states to the services. Mayor of Ottawa Reuben, Dave & Sandra Elgersma, Thomas south. That, however, would hardly and William Fairhead, Amanda & Erin Frank, be likely, given her win in the Glebe. Judy Field, Federico Family, Florencia Glebe Report seeks Glebe Report seeks Furbatto, Liane Gallop, Joann Garbig, So the mystery remains – to what Madeleine Gomery, de Groot family, Hannah party does she belong? 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of community residents, the move- maintaining and expanding its annual ment to return the rink to Mutchmor rink on Brown’s Inlet. It already has an was effectively dead in the water and ice base in the winter, is locally main- was being pushed at official levels only tained and presents no risk of flooding half-heartedly and at the margins. In to or interference with adjoining prop- fact, during discussions with Menard erties. Presumably, it could be flooded in his previous role as school trustee, with water beneath the ice, as is the he advised that “the OCDSB staff is canal. Why was this suggestion rejected? not supportive of this and I person- ally find their reasoning to be sound.” Keep the community in the loop Later, as a councillor in 2018, he indi- And why was the community cated that because the school board excluded from consultation or notifi- opposed reinstalling the rink, it was cation in respect of the closure of the likely that nothing could be done. So Mutchmor rink and the consideration much for “working hard to see a return of alternatives, when it had so clearly of the rink.” It was only through con- expressed its interest in the issue in the tinued pressure from the community past? Participatory democracy requires that the rink was eventually returned to that all interests be considered and all Mutchmor. To claim credit for the rink’s parties consulted, not just political and return while failing to give credit to the bureaucratic ones. PHOTO: ROGER SMITH grassroots community that was the real OP-ED motivating factor is a slap in the com- Next year? munity’s face. And finally, with respect to the Mutchmor rink in future years, “speak- Brown’s Inlet an alternative? ing with city staff, the parent council Mutchmor rink – stayin’ alive With respect to alternate rink loca- and principal to ensure this boarded tions, the city has indicated it has been rink returns for next year” falls well By Richard Webb staff to ensure its return and mitigate “exploring possibilities” since at least short of the guarantee requested by issues raised. 2015. The bare assertion that other the community that the rink will con- A Glebe resident recently wrote to local “I inquired with staff this year to see sites were considered and rejected tinue to be installed on a yearly basis. councillor Shawn Menard to ask about about an alternate, given the situation is far from satisfactory. What other possible alternatives to the closure of with the school, and none could be sites? Why were they rejected? What Richard Webb is a former Mutchmor the Mutchmor rink this year. The resi- found that were suitable. improvements that might have made School parent who has spearheaded dent has shared the following response “We have spoken with city staff, the them acceptable were considered? In the Glebe community’s efforts to have from Menard: parent council and principal to ensure particular, a suggestion was made that the Mutchmor rink returned to the “Last year my office, the GCA, GNAG, this boarded rink returns for next year.” the city assist the local community in community. the school board and Mutchmor school It is amazing what can get done when worked hard to see a return of a boarded no one cares who gets the credit. But to hockey rink to the Glebe at a central laud Mutchmor and the school board as location. those who worked hard to ensure the “After reviewing more than 10 return of the rink is both inaccurate and sites in the vicinity it was found that disingenuous. Not only were they not Mutchmor was the only one that supportive, they were actively opposed. worked (for example, there are missing infrastructure elements at most other Credit where it’s due sites, such as power, a water source, Despite what Menard says, prior to etc). We worked closely with OCDSB the involvement of an ad hoc group

PHOTO: PAUL KEEN. Cherished store Glebe Video in survival mode

By Paul Keen Without our direct help, our friends will not be able to stay in business and stay As we sit at home during this second around for us to visit when this ordeal lockdown, many of us have been enjoy- is over. ing the chance to watch movies together We’re inspired by our sense of how more than ever. For many of us, that much our communities lose when these means renting DVDs from a local small sorts of unique and cherished stores, business, Glebe Video International. many of which have been with us for Film lovers in Ottawa know that Glebe decades, are forced to close. You can Video is an irreplaceable gem, a place read more about this community treas- where one can find thousands of films ure in the Glebe Report’s August 2019 from around the world and through the issue (glebereport.ca/in-support-of- decades, films that no streaming ser- glebe-international-video). vice offers. Help us support Glebe Video during Like many small stores in our neigh- this very difficult time! For example, David & Marianne Bournes, Realtors® bourhood, Glebe Video is struggling consider donating to the GoFundMe to survive the economic impact of the campaign at ca.gofundme.com/f/ 613.867.3772 Direct pandemic, which has become even support-glebe-video-international. [email protected] more dire with the current lockdown. Many stores that need help the most Paul Keen is an author, an English www.bournesCAPITALgroup.com do not qualify for government sup- professor at Carleton and a co-founder port because they are too small, which of the Shakespeare youth theatre is exactly what makes them such troupe The Company of Adventurers. irreplaceable parts of our community. He lives in Old Ottawa South. LEISURE Glebe Report February 12, 2021 7 PANDEMIC PLAYWRITING A HOOT! By Elspeth Tory

I first heard about Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group’s “Short Play Showcase” class a few years ago during a GNAG board meeting. It would be taught by the director of adult programming, John Muggleton, who has an extensive acting and playwriting back- ground, including writing two award-winning plays. “You should sign up – John’s a great teacher!” encour- aged Mary Tsai, GNAG’s executive director. I was somewhat skeptical because Mary’s enthusiasm for any and all programming knows no bounds: “We’ve also added water polo, you should check it out!” Participants in a GNAG class on playwriting each create a 10-minute play and showcase it online for friends and Playwriting seemed a lot more appealing. family. Discovering your inner thespian can be exhilarating! PHOTO: ELSPETH TORY The course description stated that by the end of class, everyone’s 10-minute play would be read by John emphasizes keeping dialogue quick, avoid- featured Don as a bumbling assassin having some HR fellow classmates in a small showcase. The last time ing exposition (over-explaining) and writing what issues at work. She is also a whizz with accents, put- I’d written fiction was in high school and it was you know. With that in mind, I decided that my first ting on a cockney twang in Don’s excellent play done cringeworthy. The thought of a room full of people play would be about an exhausted mother whose only entirely in rhyming slang a few years ago. experiencing 10 minutes of my inner thoughts was daily excitement was talking to her cat, arguing with The pandemic has made the showcase element of utterly terrifying. But after a few glasses of wine and her Alexa device and flirting with the cable guy. I’d the class slightly more challenging but not as much a couple of texts from Mary, I signed up. Fast forward never experienced someone else reading lines that as you’d expect. GNAG has seamlessly pivoted most three years, and I’m now enrolled in my sixth play- I’d written, but when my 85-year-old classmate Don of its programming to online, allowing us to continue writing class with the added twist that we’re now Westwood, with his deep British accent, took on the to connect while staying at home. The classes them- doing it over Zoom during the pandemic. voice of my obnoxious, overly critical cat, I was com- selves haven’t really changed, except that you can The 10-minute play – initially viewed with some pletely won over. show up in your pyjamas and John teaches from his skepticism – is now widely accepted and highly popu- Don’s been in almost every class I’ve taken since, home in Kanata. One benefit of the final showcase lar with audiences. If you’ve ever been to a two-hour including the current one on Zoom. “It turns on the cre- being on Zoom is that friends and relatives from across play and known 10 minutes in that it wasn’t for you, ative juices; it’s also the most important contact I have the country and anywhere in the world can join in and you’ll understand the appeal of a series of short per- outside of my ‘bubble,’” said Don. His plays are often enjoy the virtual performances. formances that allow you to enjoy lots of stories in tied to his personal history and that of his relatives; As we’ve headed into another long lockdown with one sitting. I was surprised to discover that one of they’re not only entertaining but also heartwarming. no clear end in sight, these classes have provided so today’s most popular television series, Fleabag, was A few courses in, I recruited my new neighbour, many of us with a much-needed social, creative and first launched as a 10-minute play at a comedy festival. Pascale Pergant. She had just moved to Ottawa and emotional outlet. Which reminds me, I need to get Short plays are also much less intimidating to write, was looking for a creative outlet. “I wasn’t expecting back to writing my play about a crazy woman with giving newbies like me a taste of the excitement of to enjoy writing dialogue as much as I do, creating multiple personalities who is losing her grip on reality playwriting without the intimidation of producing a world through conversation,” says Pascale. “And (maybe she’s just finished a month of homeschool- a full script. “The course provides an environment the class has made me hyper aware of all the con- ing). Write what you know, right? where laughter, discussion and creativity allow some- versations happening around me, of how people one with little or no writing experience to bring to life interact and how catching the tail end of a sentence Elspeth Tory is a Glebe mother of two who is active in a story filled with interesting characters and situa- as someone walks by might spark an idea for a new Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG) and tions,” said our teacher, John Muggleton. play.” Pascale is now in her fifth class; her latest effort the Glebe Community Association. 8 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 COMMUNITY Buy Nothing The Glebe – what’s up with the banana?

By Vivian Croll people setting up their first apartment. It really helps people who are struggling with the loss of employ- I am new to this Buy Nothing group on social media ment during the pandemic. The group is so generous and so thankful I found it. It has opened up a whole in sharing food, warm clothing, household items and new world of discovery, especially during this pan- so much more. demic quiet time. I’m trying to figure why I am so I almost feel guilty getting something for free and slow to claim an item by clicking on “Yes I am inter- finding value in it, knowing someone else could have ested in this item” – I’ve missed a few things by being used it. I tell myself it’s okay as long as I do not claim too late to respond. But Buy Nothing works the other too much! Even though I have everything I need, I still way too, as I can offer things that others might want. find it fun to scan posts and find that special some- Let me explain a little more about Buy Nothing for thing. I balance it by offering household items and those who are unaware of it. It is a community group clothes I no longer need. I have family to “shop” for with about 450 members in the Glebe that facilitates and can be on the lookout for them too – perhaps they free exchanges of items. What’s with the pot and the can use a pair of skates or a desk for home school- banana in the accompanying photo? The pot was one ing. Before discovering Buy Nothing, I was always a of my first acquisitions. The banana is a common tool fan of thrift shops, bazaars and garage sales. I have a used by members to illustrate the size of an offering. soft spot for vintage dishes. The pandemic is the per- The banana puts everything into perspective. fect time for Buy Nothing. After finding something When a Buy Nothing group grows to between you need or want, you send a message to the donor. That’s a nice pot someone’s giving away, but I 1,000 and 2,000 members, it is divided into two or They give you an address and you have a new route to don’t really need the banana… more smaller groups. The goal is to connect people walk to collect your new treasure. Because of health PHOTO: BUY NOTHING THE GLEBE with others close by. For instance, Buy Nothing in restrictions, the item is simply left on the porch to be Centretown is divided into four groups: East with collected. I look forward to the end of the pandemic 1,000 members, West with 828, North with 385 and when I can meet my generous neighbours in person. South with 480. There are a total of 25,000 members Walking home one day after collecting a beauti- in more than 150 groups in four countries – Canada, ful dish, I spotted the last full moon of 2020. It was the United States, Britain and Australia. Wikipedia a breath-taking sight – the moon hung low and big says the Buy Nothing project is a global network on the horizon and the sky was a beautiful shade of of community-based groups, founded in the U.S. light purple. I would never have seen the sky had it in 2013, that encourages giving of consumer goods not been for the dish I found on the Buy Nothing site. and services as an alternative to conventional com- Nor would I have met the young parents proudly hold- merce. Purpose: recycling. Motto: Give, share, build ing their little girl. She was wearing a beautiful red hat community. with pompoms on each side. When I remarked how I can really embrace the recycling concept. I often adorable she was, the couple proudly told me it was see still-useful items put out as garbage. Why throw her first birthday. “Happy birthday,” I told her, “it is it out when someone else can use it? If less goes into mine in a couple of days.” I hope many of you get the our landfill, if unwanted items find a new home, it is chance to meet others as you recycle, give and share. The last full moon of 2020, one of a win-win situation. I am at the point in my life when Happy shopping for free, neighbours, and stay safe! the rewards of a Glebe walkabout my children are adults and I have most of what I need. for a Buy Nothing porch pickup. But I still find it fun to give and take. Buy Nothing is Vivian Croll is retired from The Ottawa Hospital and PHOTO: VIVIAN CROLL especially useful for young families and for young loves uncovering the joys of the Glebe.

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IN THE HEART OF THE glEbE Shawn Menard Councillor, Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling & Mediation) “You are your dreams...limited only by your fears.” 613-580-2487 [email protected] T @capitalward [email protected] www.shawnmenard.ca • Individual, Couple and Family Counselling • Comprehensive Family Mediation (with or without lawyers) • Hypnotherapy • Life Coaching Improving our city Bank St. at the canal email: [email protected] continues in tough times 234-5678 (by appointment) www.ottawacounselling.com The past year has been tough and this of the bridge has failed vulnerable road year will continue to pose more chal- users and we are very happy that we lenges for residents of our city. At the have been able to collaborate with staff time of writing, the province has imple- and the community to make improve- mented new COVID-19 restrictions. ments to this key transportation link. And while we continue to fight the pandemic, the work at City Hall con- 30-48 Chamberlain Avenue: tinues. There are both neighbourhood Public Consultation and citywide issues that will be of inter- There is a new proposal for a 16-storey est to residents of the Glebe. development at 30-48 Chamberlain Avenue. The height of this proposal New Tree Bylaw concerns our office as well as city plan- On January 1, city staff began imple- ners. We do not believe this height is menting the new tree-protection bylaw. appropriate for the location, but we’d There have been many important chan- also like to hear what you think. ges made to protect trees, including: Our office will be hosting a public hiring a new infill forester in the plan- consultation on this proposal on ning department to focus on trees at the Tuesday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m. over earliest phases of development; requir- Zoom. If you wish to attend or would ing tree information to be submitted like more information, please visit our through the committee of adjustment website at shawnmenard.ca/public_ process; better integration of tree infor- consultation_30_48_chamberlain. mation through the building permit This is an important issue for the process; a reduction of distinctive tree neighbourhood. Over the past few size; ability to levy fines for inadequate years, we have been working with city tree protection; and clear linkages with and community representatives on Thank you! new infill zoning requirements for soft a new secondary plan for the neigh- landscaping which will work to help in bourhood. The plan has not passed both tree retention and tree planting, city council yet, but when it does, it Flipper’s and Von’s would like to thank depending on the site. will limit the height that can be built Look out for a more in-depth piece on on Chamberlain. It’s a good plan, and all our amazing customers for their loyal our website focusing on compensation the city should stick to it. support during the past 11 months and requirements for private trees. As the proposal continues through the planning process, we will keep the com- still ongoing! Bank Street Bridge Update munity informed through social media Last summer, we worked successfully and our newsletter, which you can sign with city traffic planners to come up up for at shawnmenard.ca/join. Without all of you, we never would have with a new design for the Bank Street made it! Not only the take-out part, but the Bridge to increase safety and serve the Official Plan needs of road users, pedestrians, bicyc- The city is currently updating genuine concern and caring that has kept lists and drivers. our Official Plan. This is the master us strong (I often had to fight back tears)! After much work and consultation, planning document that guides city- we settled on a design that would building efforts, from development to reduce the number of automobile transportation to housing. Late last I would also like to thank my staff, of lanes to three (including two north- year, the city released a draft version bound lanes in order to accommodate of the new Official Plan, as well as an course, that have been with Flipper’s and bus service during RedBlacks games). assortment of one-pager documents Von’s for a long time. This design was then approved unani- explaining various aspects of it. mously by both the transportation The city has proposed a new approach committee and city council. to planning and development. The Believe it or not, I would also like to thank From this design, staff are currently intent is to split the city into five dif- working on detailed designs. These ferent transects. Transects are different J.P. Armand and Scott Barrett who represent will be finalized by spring and the new geographical areas within the city. The Minto for being a supportive landlord (they design will be implemented during the five transects are: Downtown Core, upcoming construction season. We con- Inner Urban, Outer Urban, Suburban still will get their money later). tinue to have discussions with staff to and Greenbelt and Rural. City planning find more improvements for the bridge, will now be tailored to each transect. Let’s hope we can put this difficult year including a way to provide proper sep- You can review these documents aration between pedestrians, bicyclists and provide feedback by visiting the behind us soon and look forward to a and motor vehicles. city’s website, engage.ottawa.ca/ The final detailed designs will be the-new-official-plan. brighter future. developed with consultation from Thank you for reading this and local stakeholders, including the city’s take care, Thank you, accessibility advisory committee, the Shawn Glebe BIA, local community associa- Caren von Merveldt tions and others. Shawn Menard is City Councillor for This is an exciting project for our Capital Ward. He can be reached ward and the city. The current design directly at [email protected].

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GCA on the go! A UNIQUE PROCESS TO SAVE I have had the pleasure over the past newsletter here: glebeca.ca) YOU MONEY. FIND OUT HOW. few weeks of speaking with a few Carleton journalism students. As part Lansdowne of an assignment, they wanted to You may remember some changes to RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PROJECTS discuss adjustments that the Glebe Aberdeen Square that were proposed Community Association had made in last fall. We have suggested that the ZINNRICHARDSON.COM 613-809-5089 light of public health restrictions. As plans be revised to include, among I reflected on how we’ve adapted our other things, more seating, more shade work – meetings by video conference, and thriving trees. OSEG and Lac Leamy a virtual Great Glebe Garage Sale and Casino are considering these ideas. virtual membership drive last year – The Community Pop-Up Art Gallery I was pleasantly reminded of all the at Lansdowne was a wonderful suc- ways we have continued to advocate cess in December. We are working with for a liveable, sustainable and diverse OSEG and the artists to re open when COMPUTER HELP IN YOUR HOME urban neighbourhood despite current the province has lifted the stay-at-home challenges. order, possibly in March and April. WE COME TO YOU TO fIx Our committees in particular have so The Pop-Up Gallery is accepting appli- much on the go. You can read reports of cations from artists from the Glebe, COMPUTER PRObLEMs. their work in our monthly board meet- Glebe Annex, Dow’s Lake, Old Ottawa Compu-Home is a highly ing agendas on our website (glebeca. South and who have regarded family business located ca). January reports included: a connection to the Glebe. Organizers • the Lansdowne Committee’s work are seeking high-quality, original art- right near you. Service is honest, on supporting the Community work from painters, potters, sculptors reliable, affordable and prompt. 613-731-5954 Pop-Up Art Gallery and engaging or photographers, either established with OSEG about the renewal of or emerging. The deadline for applica- HOW CaN WE HELP YOU? Aberdeen Square; tions is February 20. For information • Computer slowdowns • the Transportation Committee’s and an application form please contact • Problems with Internet connections discussions about safety on [email protected]. • Spam, spyware and security programs Bronson and the need for sound • Setting up and maintaining home and office networks barriers along the 417; and Discussions about • Printer problems • the Environment Committee’s our neighbourhood work on everything from trees to The board discussed two topics that • Helping plan, purchase and use new computer equipment anti-idling to zero-waste. were brought to our attention recently • Transferring and backing up data Here are some of the items that were – the number of cannabis store appli- • Using new digital cameras on the agenda at our January board cations in the neighbourhood and • Coaching meeting. a proposal from the Centretown Community Association that the Queen 613-731-5954 Guest speakers Elizabeth Driveway be closed to traffic [email protected] Councillor Shawn Menard attends and opened to active transportation Malcolm and John Harding almost all our meetings to provide (pedestrians, cyclists, etc.) perma- an update on what’s happening at nently. We had good discussions on City Hall and to answer questions. In both of these, and two GCA committees January, Menard reported that the new (Health, Housing and Social Services GMSElemAdGR19BW.pdf 3 2019-10-18 3:52 PM Tree Protection Bylaw is in effect, and and Transportation, respectively) will he thanked members of the GCA for continue to consider them. their work on this. He also provided an update on plans for COVID-19 vac- Fire on Powell Avenue cines in Ottawa and upcoming work at On December 20, there was fire at A Montessori the Bank Street bridge. a Powell Avenue home. A neighbour, We were also pleased to welcome LA Cassandra Church, collected in-kind classroom Palamar, a community relations direc- donations for the residents and started tor with Amica. She spoke about her a GoFundMe campaign that has already is where role and plans for Amica the Glebe. raised more than $13,000. The GCA the joy board voted to make a donation to the In planning news... campaign, and we will continue to be of learning In November, the city released a new in touch with Church and with coun- draft Official Plan ( engage.ottawa.ca/ cillor Menard to see if there will beC comes the-new-official-plan). The GCA is put- other ways to support our neighboursM ting together our comments and will in future. If you would like to make naturally Y meet during the week of February 15 to a donation, visit gofundme.com and discuss. You are very welcome to attend search for Watford House. CM Toddler, and participate. MY Preschool & Elementary There has been an application Bottleworks CY Grades 1-6 Bilingual Education to develop a 16-storey building on Working with Operation Come Home,CMY Chamberlain, between Bank and Lyon. we had some great bottle-donation This height goes beyond the limits days at Kunstadt last year. The JanuaryK specified in the Bank Street Height pick up day was cancelled due to the and Character Study that we and the provincial state of emergency, but we’re city have been developing over the hopeful that Operation Come Home will past few years. There will be a com- be back in action on February 27. Save 650 Lyon St. South munity consultation during the week your empties to support local youth. Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3Z7 of February 15, and we would encour- Our next board meeting is February age you to attend. 23 at 7 p.m., and you are welcome to Please contact us at: We will provide more details about join us. Please send a note to the board (613) 237-3824 both of these meetings via our email secretary, Sheryl (secretary@glebeca. newsletter once they have been con- ca), to receive the information to par- www.glebemontessori.com firmed. (You can sign up for our ticipate over Zoom. 12 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 ABBOTSFORD

Keeping connected and The calls help beat the busy through boredom that’s come with Abbotsford being in a lockdown for so House much of the winter

By Julie Ireton something to do four days a week.” Haunton, who is recovering from hip At 100 years old, Joan Norvid, always Marion Haunton peeps out from behind her “work in progress” created during her surgery earlier this winter, says the looks forward to seeing her friends on Abbotsford House art classes. PHOTO: PAT GOYECHE classes have kept her busy at a time Tuesdays at Abbotsford House’s lunch- when her choice of activities has been eon club. very limited. While she looks forward Before the pandemic, she would well-known tune before signing off. and dance classes also seem to have to getting back to her travels when the be picked up by a minibus and deliv- “I always sing Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet struck a particular chord with mem- pandemic is over, Haunton says she’s ered to the seniors’ centre across from Again’,” said Joan. bers this winter. so pleased with the selection of classes Lansdowne Park to see the friends For Barb Neilson, the calls help beat Meditation, memoir writing, yoga, she’s found at the seniors’ centre. she first met there in person. Since the boredom that’s come with being in book club and several art classes are “It’s a very nice recreational thing to last spring, the club has been meet- a lockdown for so much of the winter. also offered online with new eight-week do and Abbotsford does a wonderful ing instead via teleconference. While “When I get with people, I talk and sessions opening up for March and job,” she said. it’s not quite the same, Joan still enjoys talk and talk,” said Neilson. “I love the April. Registration will be mid-Febru- Abbotsford is your community sup- catching up with her luncheon pals. conference call and enjoy the people. ary, with classes open to all members port centre for adults 55+. We are the “They’re a nice bunch of people. I There are about 10 or 12 of us, includ- of Abbotsford House. It is the perfect community programs of The Glebe wouldn’t want to give it up,” said Joan, ing two men but they don’t have too time to join as the membership runs on Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit, who still lives in her own home with the much to say.” a calendar year. organization that includes a 254-bed help of family living nearby. This telephone connection is just one Marion Haunton usually travels the long-term care home. Find out more Joan’s daughter, Nicole Norvid, visits of the programs that Abbotsford at the world every winter, but since that’s not about our services by telephoning us: and helps her mother daily. The lunch- Glebe Centre has adapted throughout an option this year, she’s trying out pro- Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 613-230-5730 eon club, even if it’s over the phone, gives the pandemic. grams at Abbotsford for the first time; or by checking out all of The Glebe Nicole, the caregiver, a bit of respite. This winter, 27 programs were offered in fact, she has a packed schedule. Centre facilities and Abbotsford com- “They maintain a connection, it’s to the general membership and 13 “I’m taking four art classes per munity programs on our website at a tight knit group,” said Nicole. “It’s sold out. Realizing that both inclem- week: watercolour, sketching, collage glebecentre.ca. nice to know every Tuesday we have ent weather and the lockdown have and mixed media, and one on colour,” that call.” made it difficult for seniors to exer- said Haunton. “It’s very well organ- Julie Ireton is a journalist who Every week, at the end of the tele- cise, the centre has offered several ized and very flexible when it comes contributes regularly to the Glebe conference, Joan sings her friends a fitness classes via Zoom. Art, language to the materials you use. I like to have Report on issues affecting Abbotsford.

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The planned realignment of the Queensway Bronson off-ramp with Chamberlain Avenue SOURCE: REPORT BY WSP FOR THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

By Sue Stefko lighting, utility relocations and chan- ges to the existing traffic lights. The Glebe and the Glebe Annex can A new five-metre-high noise bar- expect some new traffic challenges rier will replace the existing one from over the next few years as the province Booth to the Bronson off-ramp. Where begins replacing 10 bridges in five spots possible, the barrier will be made of along the Queensway. composite concrete panels; where the As part of the Ministry of noise barrier needs to be mounted on a Transportation’s Midtown Bridges pro- structure, such as at the Bronson over- ject, the Rochester and Booth bridges pass and on the retaining wall from Bell will be replaced in 2022, the Bronson and Street South to Arthur Lane South, a Percy bridges in 2023 and the Preston thinner and lighter material, acrylite, bridge in 2024. But work is expected to will be used instead. start this year, and that will mean road closures and detours as part of the sta- GACA comments The Bronson eastbound off-ramp today PHOTO: GABRIELLE DALLAPORTA. ging and construction activities. The Glebe Annex Community Most imminently for the Glebe Association (GACA) is pleased with Annex, sections of Orangeville Street some aspects of the plan, such as the Full Service Real Estate will be closed to create a staging area replacement of noise barriers and the at some point in 2021. It will remain realignment of Chamberlain Avenue closed between Rochester and Booth for motorists coming off the Bronson as well as between Booth and Lebreton exit. In the interest of safety, we would Barry Humphrey Sales Representative Street South for the entire construction have preferred to see all traffic use the period. Traffic will still be able to use realigned Chamberlain, to stop south- Booth, and there will still be access to bound motorists from having to turn PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Listing the Natural Resources Canada park- left across Bronson (without the benefit DOESN’T HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE! ing lot on Orangeville. Other closures of a traffic light) to access Chamberlain. Full Service Includes: include the Bronson eastbound off- We are also concerned for pedestrians ramp, which is expected to close for at the off-ramp who will have to cross ✔ Local MLS® and Realtor.ca Websites ✔ ✔ Commission% 10 months starting this year to enable an additional lane of traffic. 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However, motor- mitigate where possible. We also hope ists who are turning onto Chamberlain to keep hearing about the challenges [email protected] from Bronson cannot use the newly and frustrations you face, so we can View My Website: realigned section – they must still turn represent the community’s concerns. 855.728.9846 613.296.6060 Direct www.BarryHumphrey.ca at the existing jog so as not to back up traffic at the Bronson/Catherine inter- Sue Stefko is president of the Glebe Over 30 Years of Experience and Knowledge section. Other changes include updated Annex Community Association. Not intended to solicit Sellers or Buyers on contract. *Savings based on paying a hypothetical 5% commission. 14 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 PROFILE Glebite Waubageshig (Harvey McCue) awarded Order of Canada

By Pat Steenberg for many years,” said Harvey. “It is ground breaking, the first curriculum of its kind in the country. Among the new members appointed to the Order of “We have been remiss to trust our curriculum to Canada last November was long-time Glebe resident, provincial and federal officials, with bad results. The Harvey McCue. An Anishinabe from the Georgina Long Lake curriculum is only a start. What we need Island First Nation in Ontario, Harvey McCue – is an Indigenous epistemology, so that our kids can Waubageshig – is one of Canada’s leading experts learn in an educational environment that reflects their on Indigenous education. own history and experience. Moreover, I expect that “I still find it all a bit of a marvel,” says Harvey. “It indigenous epistemology to be given the same weight has certainly been an unlikely road I have travelled as those of other cultures.” from Georgina Island to Rideau Hall.” I asked Waubageshig for his thoughts as he reflected From his first job after graduation, Harvey has on the work he had accomplished over the course of relentlessly pursued one overarching goal: the imple- his career. mentation of an education curriculum, with the “I would have to say that my work in James Bay associated funding and infrastructure, that serves and was probably the most truly enjoyable. We were build- speaks directly to the interests, needs and potential of ing a whole new system of education from ground up Indigenous youth and their communities. Glebe resident Waubageshig, otherwise known as and it was incredibly exciting. Probably the work I In 1969, aged 25 and just graduated with his BA in Harvey McCue, was awarded the Order of Canada am proudest of is the development of the Long Lake sociology from Trent University, Harvey was asked by “for his contributions to the health and well-being of history curriculum – the first of its kind in Canada. Indigenous youth in Canada and for his influential Trent’s founding president, Dr. Tom Symons, to create leadership in education.” PHOTO: APTN Finally, the work with the greatest long-term impact a new Indian Eskimo studies program, making Trent would, without doubt, be the Indigenous Studies the first Canadian university and the second in North Nova Scotia and federal governments, he worked to Department at Trent. It became a model for univer- America to establish an academic department dedi- return exclusive jurisdiction of on-reserve education sities across the country, and today it would be hard cated to the study of Indigenous people. to First Nations – work that led, ultimately, to the 1999 to find a Canadian university or college without an In 1983, after 14 years on the Trent faculty, Harvey Mi’kmaq Education Act. Indigenous Studies program.” moved to James Bay as director of education services Since retiring in 1995, Harvey has involved himself in Again, recalling his own teenage years, what did for the Cree School Board, the first native-controlled a wide range of Aboriginal youth issues with his most he think his 15-year-old self would make of the life provincial school board in Canada. recent project being one very close to his heart. In 2019, he’s lived? During Harvey’s five years as director, the Cree School Harvey was approached by Claire Onabigon, education “Truthfully, I think he would be most impressed Board created a credible infrastructure, trained per- director for Long Lake 58 First Nation, to develop a K-12 by the fact that I live in a house with central heating, sonnel and got its basic curriculum working. Work on history curriculum for the students in her two schools. secure roofing and three bathrooms. We lived on an orthography standardization resulted in the produc- Onabigon’s memories of time spent with her great island in Lake Simcoe, in a house whose roof leaked tion of a dictionary, various teacher support materials grandmother, learning about her family’s deep connec- and without indoor plumbing or electricity, and every and a great deal of language awareness on the part of tions to the land and water and people, inspired her to morning I had to be rowed across to the mainland to go local teachers and curriculum support professionals. develop the new history curriculum for her Long Lake to school. But I have been blessed over my lifetime with From James Bay, Harvey relocated to Ottawa, as dir- students, one that would include lessons about their many, many people who have supported and believed ector of policy and research in what was then Indian families and their community. “To ensure our kids a in me, from my high-school teacher, to Dr. Symons, to, and Northern Affairs. He subsequently became the brighter future,” she said, “we need them to know who most importantly, my family – my wife Sharon, son federal government’s first First Nations director gen- they are and where they come from.” Duncan and grandchildren Samantha and Cas. And eral of native education. Onabigon found an enthusiastic collaborator in for these blessings, I am truly grateful.” In the early 1990s, Harvey took up the position of Waubageshig. executive director and director of education of the Nova “I nearly hit the ceiling when she asked me to develop Pat Steenberg is a friend of the McCues and a long- Scotia Mi’kmaq Education Authority. Together with the this, because it’s something I’ve been advocating for, time resident of the Glebe.

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As a frequent walker who enjoys the pleasures of strolling for leisure and for doing errands, I tend to notice many things that are difficult to evade or ignore. Among them is motor vehicle idling, where drivers needlessly run their engines when they are not moving. An anti-idling sign at the Experimental This occurs at schools, drive-throughs, Farm PHOTO: JENNIFER HUMPHRIES parking lots, malls, construction sites and in residential areas, and it is espe- (27 per cent) and diesel (11 per cent), cially prevalent during the winter, even according to Andrea Flowers, senior when the weather is mild and warm- project manager in engineering sys- ing up a car isn’t essential. While the tems with the City of Ottawa. impacts of idling may seem minimal There are many ways to improve air to one idler, the cumulative impact of quality, such as driving less, switch- idling on our air quality, environment, ing to electric vehicles, planting trees wallets and the health and well-being and idling less. According to Natural of our community should be a concern Resources Canada, “if Canadian drivers for everyone. of light-duty vehicles avoided unneces- Recent preliminary studies during sary idling for just three minutes every the COVID-19 pandemic have found day of the year, we would collectively a correlation between respiratory ill- save 630 million litres of fuel, worth nesses triggered by poor air quality $630 million (assuming a fuel cost of and susceptibility to the virus. While $1 per litre)! Just as important, over Ottawa’s air quality is good compared the period of a year, we would prevent to many other cities, a 2020 report 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 from entering published by Ecology Ottawa identi- the atmosphere. That’s the equivalent fied pollution hotspots across the city of taking 320,000 cars off of the road!” (look for Breathe Easy Report at ecol- Although the city adopted an Idling ogyottawa.ca). The hotspots included Control Bylaw in 2007, it has been schools and retirement homes such ineffective due to its many exceptions, as Villagia in the Glebe, where nitro- the challenges of enforcement (it is only gen dioxide and ozone levels were investigated in response to a complaint, found to be significantly higher than and the idler is usually gone before an what is acceptable under World Health officer arrives), lack of anti-idling sign- Organization guidelines. This should age and a lack of public education to raise concern, given that nitrogen raise awareness. dioxide has been linked to a range of As a Sustainable Development Goals negative health effects, including pre- ambassador with the United Nations mature deaths, development of asthma Association in Canada, I began to among children, lung inflammation collaborate on an initiative with the and increased hospital admissions. In Glebe Community Association to raise 2018, roughly 44 per cent of Ottawa’s awareness of the impacts of idling. We greenhouse gas emissions came from engaged with the local community, transportation, primarily from gasoline speaking with enthusiastic parents from school councils in the Glebe, including Corpus Christi and Glebe Kids’ health: Collegiate, and the city’s Safer Roads program. They offered many great ideas the air they breathe and suggestions to reduce idling in the city. We are now considering ways to Smog is air pollution you can see, origi- implement some of these ideas, such nally named for the mixture of smoke and as a contest to design anti-idling signs, fog in the air. But most air pollutants are making signs widely available for resi- invisible, and invisible air pollutants are dents and schools, raising awareness among the most dangerous to our health. on social media, pledge forms, decals Here’s what Ottawa Public Health says and more. about children and smog. Everyone has the power to help build • Children are more likely to experience a cleaner and healthier future for neigh- respiratory effects of smog such as bours and families. If you are interested wheezing, coughing, and shortness of in getting involved, please stay tuned breath because: for our upcoming anti-idling initiative. • Children breathe in more air than adults. They also breathe faster than Iman Sattar is a recent graduate of adults, especially during strenuous the University of Ottawa, a member of activity and play. the GCA Environment Committee and • Children tend to breathe through their a UNAC Ambassador. For information mouths and by-pass the natural filter- on the Glebe Community Association’s ing system in the nose. This allows work to curb idling, email us at large amounts of polluted air to get [email protected]. directly into their lungs. • Children spend more time outside than adults. • Smog increases a child’s risk of getting sick. Children are more susceptible to infections than adults, and smog reduces the respiratory system’s ability to fight infection and remove foreign particles. • Smog can make the symptoms of childhood asthma and allergies worse. A Glebe lawn sign PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN ©2021 Engel & Völkers Ottawa Central, Brokerage. Each brokerage independently owned & operated. Dominique Milne, Broker. 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TWIGS (Those Who Initiate Greener Spaces)

at Glebe Collegiate Co-heads of Glebe Collegiate’s TWIGS (Those Who Initiate Greener Spaces), from left, Isobel Watson, Anna Roper and Freddie Lofthouse, are working on many fronts to effect positive change for the planet. PHOTO: TILLY LOFTHOUSE

By Katie Fice through a variety of activities and reminded me not to underestimate the The co-heads indicated they have a events throughout the year. During a impact our youth can have on bringing few upcoming events in the works, so As the COVID-19 pandemic alters our traditional school year, members are about positive change for people and keep an eye out on what these resolute lives in so many ways, a group of stu- responsible for the school’s recycling the planet. youth are up to by following them on dents is boldly working to raise aware- program, participate in a bi-annual The club has gained many new mem- Instagram @glebe.ci.twigs. They wel- ness about environmental steward- Clean-Up the Capital event and organ- bers over the last couple of months, come anyone who shares their mission ship and waste reduction. The Zero ize an e-waste drive during the Great which has allowed them to organize to get involved in their projects and are Waste Committee of the Environment Glebe Garage Sale “which is always a number of initiatives during COVID. always looking for ways to collaborate Committee of the GCA is inspired by a hugely successful event with many They held a virtual event called “Merry with members of the community. If and commends the efforts of the TWIGS members of the school and the Glebe Mask-Making” to encourage people to anyone is interested in working with (Those Who Initiate Greener Spaces) neighbourhood community involved.” make their own reusable masks instead them on one of their initiatives, please club at Glebe Collegiate. In recent years, they have planted some of using single-use masks. They also contact them via email (green4glebe@ The co-heads of TWIGS – Anna Roper, trees and a vegetable garden in the organized a successful online raffle, gmail.com) or reach out to them on Freddie Lofthouse and Isobel Watson – front yard of Glebe Collegiate. They which raised over $250 for CPAWS Instagram. recently took some time to explain to are now trying to get compost bins (Canadian Parks and Wilderness me more about what they do, and I was installed throughout the school. Society). Generous raffle prizes were Conscious of her own waste footprint, impressed by their ambition. They said They also explained a larger and donated by numerous Ottawa busi- Katie Fice joined the GCA Zero Waste that their mission is to raise awareness longer-term project for their campus nesses. Finally, they created a holiday Committee (a subcommittee of the about the importance of environmental – to design and create an outdoor gift guide on their Instagram page, Environment Committee) to learn more protection and make Glebe Collegiate classroom. “We hope to have it up and featuring 15 small, eco-friendly busi- about waste reduction and to help and the community that surrounds it a running for Glebe Collegiate’s upcom- nesses. This project aimed to highlight raise awareness of simple changes in greener space. ing 100th anniversary in the 2022-23 the importance of shopping locally and our daily living that can have a big TWIGS promotes waste reduction school year.” Their determination reducing shipping packaging. impact on the environment.

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The sad demise of my 75-year- old Norway We still have a sense maple of humour at Villagia in The Glebe! The tree in its glory in November 2020 PHOTO: ROCHELLE HANDELMAN

By Rochelle Handelman I enjoyed the tree since moving into my house in 1982, and neighbour Barb, Even with our safety procedures and protocols in place, I am sad to report that my 75-year-old who is in her seventies and has lived in staff and residents still share a personal connection Norway maple tree had to be removed her home since childhood, remembers last fall in the midst of the pandemic’s the tree from early days. We will both while protecting everyone as much as possible. second wave. The tree was large and miss the tree and its shade in summer provided wonderful shade in summer – but I know our houses are now safe. for me and my neighbour Barbara over With a wide range of extra care in a safe environment, the years. Rochelle Handelman is a long-time The tree had required trimming Glebite, active in needlework and a we’re here to help when you or your family have trouble and cabling to keep our houses safe member of the board of directors of the during these challenging times. Whether you need from falling branches. Then last year, Glebe Community Association. irreparable damage was found in one assistance after a hospital discharge or can’t manage of its scaffold or main branches, mean- ing the tree had to be removed. The city in the current situation, we’re ready to welcome you! forester confirmed the need. In North America, the average life expectancy of Norway maples is about 60 years, so my tree had surpassed its useful life. To help protect our community, we offer The process of removal was sur- prisingly onerous. I had to do a lot of appointments by phone and virtual tours. paperwork, obtain permission from the city and my neighbour and also get Contact Sue at (613) 617-7888 permission from my neighbour to put a crane on her property. This all took a flurry of emails over several weeks. COVID-19 also slowed the process. The crane operator tested positive the day before the scheduled removal, hence a further two-week wait. Removal day finally arrived. The crane operator, a team of arborists and many neighbours were present to observe.

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Snowman-building competition “Challenge your neighbours, friends or a part Winterlude’s family and see who has what it takes to be this Virtual festival this year year’s champion,” says Glebe BIA programming By Trevor Greenway and events officer Chloe Park. “And be sure to There are a few Canadian pastimes that can’t be beat check out what’s hap- during a cold, isolating winter – skating, playing pening for the virtual hockey, skiing, snowboarding and, of course, build- Winterlude – from vir- ing things out of snow. tual shows to admiring If you’re like eight-year-old Maya Devlen, you’re a the work of sculptors big fan of the latter, and you’ve been using all this across the country, time to practise for this year’s Snowphy Trophy Canadian Heritage is Challenge to build the Glebe’s best snow creation putting on a great vir- during Winterlude this year. tual festival.” “I had a lot of fun building my snow princess because The 43rd edition of I got to design it and I like princesses,” says the young Winterlude kicks off vir- Glebe resident who won last year’s contest for her first- tually on February 5 at ever snow princess during Snowmania, the Glebe’s 7 p.m. on the Canadian official Winterlude event. “It was very Russian-themed, Heritage YouTube chan- with a long braid, and my mom is Russian.” nel. This year’s festival Maya always wanted to build a snow princess, boasts virtual perform- but there was never enough snow in her hometown ances by artists Ariane in western Turkey. When her family immigrated to Last year’s Snowphy Trophy winner Maya Devlen graciously says it would be nice Moffatt, William Prince, Canada in 2018, the first thing she did when there for someone else to win this year. PHOTO: TREVOR GREENWAY the NAC Orchestra, was enough snow was roll up three big balls to make Canadian figure skater a snowman. Last year, she turned the snow into her Snowphy Trophy. All you need to do is build the best Elladj Baldé and more. Download the official Winterlude magical snow princess. The creation wowed judges snowman, woman, animal or creation and enter via app on your smartphone and take in the whole festival. at the Glebe BIA, and Maya was awarded a rock star social media by tagging @intheglebe and using the Join the conversation online as well using the hashtags prize pack from Kunstadt Sports, Lindt Chocolate and hashtag #snowphytrophy. Submissions can also be #Winterlude and #BaldeNeige on social media. Cineplex. Her mom Lena says it’s something the family entered via email to [email protected]. You’ll also have a chance to vote in the Winterlude will never forget. Not only will you be crowned champion and hold National Ice-Carving Competition as professional “We went to Cineplex just before the first lock- bragging rights for the entire year, you will also receive Canadian ice sculptors compete simultaneously in down,” says Lena. “So, it was extra memorable.” a cool prize box from Winterlude and your choice of seven cities across the country. Check out the cre- Maya has built three snow people in her backyard a Glebe-branded hoodie or tee shirt. ations online on February 5 and vote for your top three this year, but she says she won’t enter any of them in With Winterlude going virtual this year because favourites. Voting closes February 21 at noon. the 2021 contest because “it would be nice for some- Ottawa is under a stay-at-home order until at least one else to win this year.” mid-February, the Snowphy Trophy Challenge is the Trevor Greenway is responsible for communications With the defending champion bowing out, this is perfect family activity to get everyone off the couch and membership at the Glebe BIA (Business your chance to get your name engraved on our coveted and outside for some winter fun in the Glebe. Improvement Area).

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Harrison James McKeen-Ouellette August 2020 Vigo Messier June 2020 Evangeline Francesca Miller March 2020 Parents: Rebecca McKeen and Mike Ouellette Parents: Jean-Francois Messier and Marie-France Rancourt Parents: Geoff and Marina Miller

Luke Jacobson Szabo May 2020 Abby Tanz April 2020 Mason Asher Wexler-Layton September 2020 Parents: Sarah Yakobowski and Steve Szabo Parents: Jeff Tanz and Jessica DeLoache Parents: Avi and Joanna Wexler-Layton 22 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 FOOD

Spicy Applesauce Cake

Ingredients: ½ cup butter ¾ cup sugar 1 egg ½ cup applesauce ½ tsp vanilla 1¼ cups flour ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon Food ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp cloves (or allspice) ½ cup chopped walnuts is love ½ cup raisins or dried (Zante) currants Cream butter, sugar and egg. Add applesauce and vanilla. Mix flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves in the time (or allspice) and add to the batter. Add nuts and raisins. Spread in an 8-inch square pan and bake of pandemic 35-40 minutes at 350°F. This heart-shaped apple spice cake says love on Valentine’s Day. PHOTO: MARISA ROMANO

By Marisa Romano measures. Data collected from the parents’ story during one of our long their face masks to exchange a tender Spanish flu and the following pan- phone conversations. On her daily kiss. “Love in the time of pandemic,” December marked the end of a year demics of 1957 (Asian flu), 1968 (Hong walk, she had noticed a young couple said my aunt. “It is another sign that dominated by the surge of COVID-19; Kong flu) and 2009 (H1N1) are the basis sitting on a bench; the two chuckling all will pass”. 2021 has begun with hopes of seeing it of forecasting that helps public health very close to each other, then lowering After a miraculous recovery, my recede. These are unusual times, unset- officers to plan the strategy to control grandmother married her young cap- tling and sad. They are times of discon- the current pandemic. At a time when tain, my grandfather, two years after nection, isolation and loneliness, wor- the world’s population was about 1.7 that desperate kiss when life was ries and frustrations, but this is not billion, the Spanish flu killed 20 to 50 slowly picking up again. In the faded truly unprecedented. In fact, pandem- million people, mainly the very old marriage photo that I have, my grand- ics have ravaged the world in the past, and the very young. Survivors of the flu mother’s hair has grown back and the changing cultures and the course of (about 600 million) celebrated a kind two spouses hold hands while facing history. of rebirth. the camera, their faces showing signs The Spanish flu, for example, was the My grandmother was among the sur- of hard years left behind. My father – greatest and most devastating infec- vivors. She caught the disease in 1918 the first of four children – was born the tious disease of the last century. While while rooming with her aunt in a small following year. The Roaring Twenties its source has never been indisputably city in northern Italy, close to the war were underway. proven, one theory holds that it origin- front. The infection was so severe that My grandmother was not a passion- ated in the United States, crossed the she lost consciousness for four days ate cook. Her craft was sewing. In fact, ocean with American troops bound while her long and lush hair fell out in she was enrolled in a tailoring school for Europe to fight the Great War and clumps. Death seemed certain. when she fell ill. My aunt does not crave spread around the world as the conflict At that time, she was dating a young the meals of her childhood, and I do not spread. The fight against the deadly dis- captain posted in the military barracks remember anything remarkable from ease forced the closure of schools and down the street from her aunt’s house. my grandmother’s dinner table. movie theatres and the suspension of At the news of her imminent death, the This is the recipe for a spice cake that public events; people were told to stay officer went for a last visit, evading all welcomed me on a Valentine’s morning home, respect social distance and wear restrictions, and kissed his loved one The author’s grandparents, Carlo and years ago. It was found by my husband face masks. Sound familiar? while the rest of the family watched Carmela Romano, married in 1920 when searching the messy family recipe That pandemic dissipated in 1920, over her from a distance. after a bout of Spanish flu in 1918 that box for something special to bake for threatened Carmela’s life. after two years and four deadly waves “I was thinking about them the other the occasion. The rumpled piece of triggered by relaxation of distancing day,” said my aunt after recounting her PHOTO: COURTESY OF M. ROMANO paper was hidden at the bottom of the box, the unfamiliar writing faded and almost illegible. I do not remem- Free full estimates ber seeing it before then. The fragrant, until March 31, 2021. heart-shaped cake has become our Valentine’s special, and it will bring joy and love again this Valentine’s in Renovating the time of pandemic. the Glebe Marisa Romano is a foodie and former demands scientist with a sense of adventure who appreciates interesting and respect for nutritious foods that bring people together, especially in these times. heritage and passion for timely living. We check both boxes.

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By Tim O’Connor

Your sourdough starter starts with a name. I chose Penelope because it’s fierce. The kids on my team know not to mess up Penelope, lest Penelope get mad at them. A sourdough starter is alive, and that intimidates people. Penelope must be fed regularly so she will grow. It’s like growing a seedling with strong roots, even if it’s not so pretty as a plant. Penelope is in a big and ugly jar, like she’s been on the farm for many years. That’s because the jar is full of good bacteria. At home, you can use a Mason jar – just leave it on your counter and bac- teria will grow and create yeast. Flora Hall buys plenty of yeast, as it’s essen- tial to making beer, but all the yeast in the kitchen comes from Penelope. It goes in all our breads – hot dog buns, flatbreads, pizza dough – though some Sourdough bread and its magical starter, a live thing that must be fed. Here’s how to start your starter and get more, depending on how much bake your bread. PHOTO: TIM O’CONNOR funk I want in the flavour. With your own starter, you choose Tim’s Starter Starter Sourdough Bread how you want your bread to taste. Feed her more often to mellow the sourness Wrap a half-pound of rinsed grapes in 7 cups all-purpose flour or less often to boost the funk. Penelope cheesecloth. Mix 1 1/2 cups flour with 2 1/2 cups water at 85°F is a funky girl and as time passes, she’ll 2 cups lukewarm water 78-86 °F. Put in 1 1/2 cups starter develop even more distinct charac- a jar with room for the starter to grow, teristics. She could live forever. If fed submerge wrapped grapes into mix Mix to a dough, wrap and rest for 20-40 minutes regularly, she could grow to fill a swim- until covered. Add 1 1/2 tbsp salt, 1/4 cup of olive oil ming pool, so don’t be surprised if I give On day 4 (bubbles may appear), add Mix until dough is smooth and internal temperature of 75°F you a bit of Penelope as a birthday gift. a mix of 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup luke- Roll into a ball, put in dry container with room for dough to double in size. My starter’s start was extravagant. I warm water. Allow 2 to 4 hours for dough to double in size (the longer the better, flavour-wise). added grapes at the beginning so their On day 10, remove grapes and pour Portion into bread rolls (YouTube can show you how.) natural sugars and yeasts could help half the starter into a new jar with room Leave in fridge overnight, then leave on counter for two hours, until internal develop the flavour. Normally a starter for it to double in size. Dispose of the temperature is 75°F takes three to five days, but mine took other half. Bake at 450°F for 35 minutes on a baking sheet or in cast-iron pan. Remove 14 because I let the grapes sit before For the next 5 days feed twice daily, when bread is at internal temperature of 180°F. Allow to rest 20 minutes. I removed them and started to feed morning and night, 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 Penelope. cup lukewarm water. Throw out about I feed Penelope twice a day, one part 1/2 cup of starter before each feeding. flour to one part water. You can feed Your starter is ready. Give it a suitable more or less often and use more water. name and feed it between five and 12 I like my starter thick, like the home- hours before use – the shorter the wait, made glue you used to make paper the funkier the taste. E maché in grade school, because I find L that the thicker the starter, the better A the bread. If you don’t want to feed your S starter every day, you can store it in the R fridge and feed it every week or two. But FO that’s not for Penelope. Did I mention she’s fierce?

Tim O’Connor was born and raised in the Glebe and is head chef at Flora Hall Brewing.

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Hiatus Patricia McLaughlin Maureen Korp An aperture in time For my Valentine Skip Skype A gap between vowels An endless interval I love you All this great long distance A woeful refrain I will always love you pulses without name, voices Our life together has been my All trafficked in the static. . . A patient soul My Everything plosive patterns, diodes tumbling, For another lifetime every sound is laughter, A perennial query I fear that I am skating on the lake of dementia yes. I. Love. You. For an unknown reply COVID is melting the ice Yes. Marry. Yes. Crackling lines are appearing be. . . there. A fragmented edge A deprived creation Sadness fills my soul when I A faulty heart ask the same question A copious faith don’t remember the answer lose my word A suspicious longing Of recollection I reach out to hold you A grim interruption to grasp our joyous years Paige Raymond Kovach Of fulfillment to regain the memories

When I am old Love’s synonym I feel powerless When I am old like I’m going under and sleeping on a rubber-covered I am afraid of not mattress Colin Learn drowning I will replay memories of long kisses with lovers Grocery list My sons’ eyelashes How my husband held me when Chips we danced Olives The smell of pouch tobacco Love Rob Thomas In a clear cut first daffodils Birds of Paradise Laughing with you Here I am on my knees Betty Warrington wearing my brand new ‘get lucky’ boxers fumbling screws through fastener rings Ah, These Many Potential Lovers ! praying I won’t break this dishwasher further.

Why is it, the other men say, Half-whispered curses and the female with your lover so far away of the species listens closely. Susan Buller you keep your very self for him? This is a tricky dance will I win her How can you be sure, again they say, displeasure or approval? Fragments sure as sunrise every day, you are not just his passing whim? If all goes well in a few hours Entwined torsos on a disheveled bed, You dance with us, you talk, we’ll lock hands beneath a downy blanket Love-slick thighs on love-stained sheets, you run, or ride with us, or walk, and watch a documentary Wine stained lips on kiss-bruised mouths, but ever sleep alone. about the bird of paradise. And whispers in the dark You smile with us, and laugh, you raise your glass and quaff, Its courtship is more elaborate than ours. Dried rose petals turned to dust, still, best company remains your own. Old love letters and a photograph We have tried, they claim at length, I didn’t get you anything for our anniversary, In an empty chocolate box. to earn your love, but oh, what strength she whispers me either, I reply (with relief) Memories of you. this other has that’s well beyond ours. What mighty bond is there so tied We don’t need fireworks They sting my eyes and That other men have sorely tried or iridescent tail feathers. Are ashes in my throat, And found it easier to fray in wars. We’ve enjoyed 15 years of marriage These fragments. Thus our ways must part, they sadly state. It’s enough we got lucky. Our tortured hearts bear too much weight To try again, yet always in vain. We shake our heads and see with sorrow there is no morrow for cast-off grain.

As usual, poems should be: Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages • Original and unpublished in any medium welcome (school-age poets, please indicate POETRY Come, spring! (no poems submitted elsewhere, your grade and school). Please send your A season of beginnings, daylight and warmth, leaves in please); entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) QUARTER bud, birdsong, crocuses! Thaws, rain and floods, too. • No more than 30 lines each; to [email protected]. Remember to send How does release from winter’s grasp feel after a year • On any aspect of the theme within the us your contact information and your grade MAY 2021 with the pandemic? Send us your poems of relief – bounds of public discourse; and and school if you are in school. deliverance – asylum— your place of hope and safety. • Submitted on or before Monday, April Or if you see a darker side, send us that poem too. 26, 2021. Deadline: Monday, April 26, 2021 BOOKS Glebe Report February 12, 2021 25

Falling in love with winter with every book By Robin Gallagher You might know that each snow- flake is unique, but did you know that The advice I got when I first moved to the water content and temperature of Ottawa was: Don’t try to avoid winter a cloud are responsible for each snow- – embrace it. I laughed, then realized flake’s uniqueness? This book is full of how true it was. This year, when we are fascinating facts and amazing up-close embracing outdoor winter activities photographs of snowflakes. It mixes with as much verve as we can muster, narrative and informative text and, as this statement is truer than ever. Here an added bonus, the back of the book are some winter reads to help you and includes instructions on catching these your child fall in love with winter all delicate marvels. over again – even in the month of February! Ten Ways to Hear Snow By Cathy Camper, A Day So Gray illustrated by Kenard Pak. one of the first signs of springs. But lots snow, anyway? Follow a young child By Marie Lamba, A gentle exploration of empathy, of birds stay – cardinals, chickadees, and her father as they ski through the illustrated by Alea Marley. mindfulness and what we can hear juncos, woodpeckers. This book is a woods, discovering which animals are “This day is so gray.” when the world gets muffled, this book poetic homage to the avian companions above and under the snow. The beauti- “No, it isn’t… It’s deep soft brown, draws the reader into all the sounds who battle through the winter along- ful illustrations cast a gentle spell, and shining blue, and silver splashes that snow makes as we follow along side us. Seventeen intrepid bird species and the end of the book includes some on bright yellow.” Winter can feel long, with Lina as she walks to her grand- each get a poem, and the accompany- facts about various animals during dull and colourless. But allow this book mother’s house to make warak enab. ing detailed illustrations are a gorgeous the winter. to show you all the beautiful hues of the encouragement to get outside and try to season, then pop on some boots and Snow Birds spot some winter birds yourself. My Winter City head outside to find them yourself. By Kristen Hall, By James Gladstone, illustrated by Jenni Desmond. Over and Under the Snow illustrated by Gary Clement. The Story of Snow: Lots of birds head south for the By Kate Messner, This book provides a child’s view of The Science of Winter’s Wonder winter, and we watch them go wist- illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal. the fun and bustle of winter in the city. By Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson fully, eagerly awaiting their return as What goes on underneath all that It perfectly captures the odd mixture of busy-ness and stillness that winter life in the city can be. It will be familiar to any child growing up in the heart of Ottawa. The text and the illustrations What Your complement each other, each filling in Neighbours are what the other only hints at. Snow Friends By Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. Reading Another joyful read, this is the story Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: of two dogs, Oscar and Daisy, who entice their young owners out for a TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR BOOK CLUB romp in the snow. Hillenbrand’s illus- trations are charming and the dogs’ Faceless Killers Henning Mankell The 15 Book Club enthusiasm for snow is infectious. Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver American Dirt Jeanine Cummins The 35 Book Club Some Snow Is . . . By Ellen Yeomans, Small Game Hunting at the Local Cowards Club Megan Gail Coles illustrated by Andrea Offermann. All the Light We Cannot See A. Doerr Abbotsford Book Club on Zoom How many kinds of snow are there? The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire Stephen R. Bown There is first snow, sleet snow, fluff snow, snowball snow, tracking snow, Lampedusa Stephen Price Broadway Book Club sledding snow. Follow these three chil- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Robert Dugoni dren through all the types of snow and all the myriad opportunities for play Small Game Hunting at the Local Cowards Club Megan Gail Coles Can Litterers that they provide. Follow them, in fact, Frying Plantain Zalika Reid-Benta right into spring. Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton Helen’s Book Club Robin Gallagher is a librarian at the A Child’s Christmas in Wales Dylan Thomas Seriously No-Name Book Club Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public [Any book by Paul Theroux] Paul Theroux Library, where she works primarily The Prison Book Club Ann Walmsley The Book Club with children and teens. When Robin is not working, you can find her reading The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larsen (to herself or to her kids), walking her The Company We Keep Frances Itani Topless Book Club dog (while maintaining social distance or sewing (face masks). If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at [email protected] 26 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 BOOKS

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will make Ottawa for 40 years, 32 of them in an old LeapTurkey…and fixer-upper on exquisite Brown’s Inlet in the Glebe and for the past eight years you smile, Other Stories and counting on beautiful tree-lined Avenue Road in Old Ottawa South. by Ken Shipley If you’ve read this far, you still don’t maybe even know the main reason for reading Review by Stewart Geen LeapTurkey. In these days of COVID- 19, you need to spend time with a How much suspense does a story need? book that will make you smile, even laugh out Just enough to keep you reading. Ken make you laugh out loud. Ken Shipley Shipley knows how to do that. Whether has a gift for finding the pleasurable, it’s a page and a half about herding the humorous and the hilarious in his loud turkeys, or three pages about count- eventful life. ing crocodile eggs while crocodiles And he’s a croquet player. I don’t are in the neighbourhood, or just two remember that. There were hardships? know what to think about that, except paragraphs about a bear wanting your Wonderful! Wouldn’t do it again, but it we can be grateful that it was Ken’s urge breakfast, Ken’s stories hold you. was great at the time. to write a book about croquet that got The stories are all short. That’s On the other hand, there are Ken’s him started and led to the book we now another good thing about them. experiences camping and canoeing in have. The croquet stories are pretty LeapTurkey is a big book, but it’s easy Canada, his two years in Africa with funny too. And by the way, it was a bril- to read because each item is so brief. CUSO, his subsequent travels through liant editorial decision that placed the Read a few pages, put the book aside, various African countries, South croquet section at the end rather than go back to it again after a few days. You America and the Caribbean, then back at the beginning. could take months to read LeapTurkey, in Ottawa renovating an old house – I must add I think it’s a bit unfair that finding it fresh and engaging every time I myself would avoid all of that. For with all Ken’s various talents (he can you open it and be sorry when you example, I would never undertake do plumbing, be an administrator for come to the last page. a DIY that required a ladder. In fact, CUSO, ride a horse, sing, win the heart There are at least two kinds of pleas- I’d avoid one even if it didn’t require of a pretty girl), he can also write really ure available to the reader: recognizing a ladder. I wouldn’t travel up the east well – as if writing was all he ever did. something familiar and being exposed coast of Africa myself, let alone with Yes, it’s not quite fair. to something different. Speaking per- wife and kids. But I’ll read about it, sonally, I enjoyed reading about Ken’s wondering what dreadful thing will Stewart Geen is the author’s cousin Ken Shipley, author of LeapTurkey … life on a farm in the 1930s and 1940s. happen next. by marriage. He’s a former English and Other Stories There aren’t many of us left who Ken and his wife Carol have lived in teacher who lives in Paris, Ontario.

LeapTurkey…and Other Stories, by Ken Shipley, is available from [email protected] TFI@glebereport or 613-234-1862 and from Octopus Books, 116 Third Avenue.

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While he has sworn to that one would lar, then this. revenge himself on his Gestapo tor- have to know how Veber: “By now you should menter, von Haake (Charles Laughton to play chess to be tough. in an unsubtle performance), Ravic is enjoy this series. Ravic: “One is never tough, but one shocked to see him in civilian dress I was incorrect. The Queen’s Gambit can get used to a lot of things. (not his black SS tunic) outside a café has become the most-watched mini- Veber: “That’s what I mean. near the Arc de Triomphe. It is an series on Netflix. A story full of sus- Ravic: “But with some interesting subplot that might have pense, surprises and dark moments, things, never.” done with a little more development. it could be called a “chess thriller.” I could not resist this snippet of dia- The many café scenes are well Chess was and may still be con- around her struggle with addictions logue between two doctors washing done, and Ravic, sometimes accom- sidered a man’s game. This is the fic- to drugs and alcohol. up after a failed attempt to save the panied by Joan, looks quite at home, tional story of a young female orphan The Queen’s Gambit is the most- life of a 21-year-old woman doomed sipping brandy and coffee, read- who became a champion chess player watched miniseries on Netflix. It by a botched abortion. The scene ing Paris-Soir. These scenes are ably at a time when few women played has fuelled an upsurge of inter- comes near the beginning of Lewis assisted by Boris Morisov (played chess competitively in the U.S. or any- est in playing the game. Cambridge, Milestone’s film adaptation of the by Louis Calhern), once a col- where in the world. Ontario was the site of principal pho- 1945 novel of the same name by the onel in the Tsar’s Guards and now Elizabeth (Beth) Harmon (played tography starting in August 2019. German writer Erich Maria Remarque. a gaily bedecked doorman at the by Anya Taylor-Joy) is placed in the Location shooting also included Las Ravic, a brilliant but stateless sur- International. A first-rate charac- Methuen orphanage for girls after her Vegas, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Mexico geon, works illegally under the ter actor, Calhern is perfectly cast as mother dies. She is nine years old. City, Moscow, Berlin and Paris. Anya protection of his colleague Veber and Morisov. He plays chess with Ravic The residents sleep on cots in one Taylor-Joy, the actress, was not a is played by Charles Boyer in what is and keeps him grounded with tren- huge room, and children are sedated chess player; she had to learn the possibly his finest role. The film’s nar- chant philosophical observations and to make them compliant. She meets game and chess theory so she would rator refers to Paris – it is the winter sound advice. “God bless your eyes,” Jolene, who becomes her friend and look convincing in the film. of 1938 – as “an island of light” in he is always saying to Ravic. advises her: surround yourself with The film is based on the 1983 book the mounting darkness of Europe. He Our star-crossed lovers carry on good people. The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis. introduces us to the new European as best they can, even managing a At the home, she is given the job of It is a great read. Tevis first became citizen, the refugee; some, like Ravic, trip to Antibes on the Côte d’Azur. cleaning the classroom erasers in the famous for his book The Hustler in are fleeing from the Nazis while Back in Paris, Ravic stops to help basement where she comes upon Mr. 1959. His other novels include The others, like Ingrid Bergman’s Joan an accident victim and attracts the Shaibel, the janitor, who is sitting at a Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, Madou, are refugees from life itself. unwelcome attention of a policeman table moving strange objects around Steps of the Sun and The Color A few critics have compared Arch who suspects he is German. He has on a board. Beth watches, curious as of Money.” of Triumph with Michael Curtiz’s 1942 just a moment to telephone Boris who to what this game is. Shaibel tells her Tevis died from lung cancer at the film Casablanca. While the goings- must break the news to Joan. And she he is playing chess. Beth asks him age of 56 in 1984. His wife, Jamie on at Rick’s Café Américain are not must not get involved. Ravic is to be to teach her how to play this game. Griggs Tevis, wrote the book My Life without interest, I would argue that deported, not for the first time. He gives her a book: Modern Chess With the Hustler in 2003 – it conveys author Remarque, who also wrote In the late summer of 1939, Ravic Openings. interesting details about Tevis’ life. All Quiet On The Western Front, is has returned and is still pursuing Beth eventually leaves the orphan- I was a student in two of Walter painting on a much broader canvas, his Nazi nemesis as the war edges age, adopted by a man and his wife. Tevis’ English classes at Ohio that of the human condition. The closer. He has also reconnected with Her new mother, Mrs. Wheatley, is University in Athens, Ohio: litera- writer’s ambition is on full display Joan, but it is no good. In his absence, kind and caring. Her father is not. He ture and creative writing. I had to get here, and the classic themes are all she has become “une femme entret- ignores her. Beth starts to follow the special permission to attend the cre- present – war and peace, doomed enue”; she won’t let Ravic quit her chess tournament circuit with her ative writing class, which was a small love, exile, loss, injustice, torment but is quite unable to break with her adoptive mother, mostly winning, but seminar. Tevis had some sort of con- and vengeance. They are set against wealthy benefactor. They are at a also losing, with devastating results. dition that made him drool in class. a backdrop of dimly lit rainy nights standoff, and Ravic still has things he By 1966, Beth is an upcoming star He apologized a lot. He had an ulcer. in Paris and scenes of tender aban- must do. and starts to play against the best. In I remember one day when he mixed donment in elegant cafés filled with While the cast is excellent and 1968 in Moscow, Beth finally gets to up the chalk and his cigarette and desperate people who have nowhere the chemistry between Bergman go to the most important tournament started puffing on the chalk. to go and all the time in the world to and Boyer is very convincing, it is in her life. The top four players are I was the only girl in my high get there. chiefly the world-weary philosoph- Russians. A CIA agent goes with her. school chess club in Akron, Ohio. We It is in this maelstrom that Ravic ical dialogue in pre-war Paris that She wears a black and white dress, once played at an all-boys school. My spots Joan Madou one rain-soaked makes this film the minor master- looking very chic. She has grown up. school coach said I had to walk home night on a bridge looking down at piece it so clearly is, at least in the Beth beats the former world cham- if I didn’t win. I did win, and the boy the Seine. Is she thinking of jump- view of this columnist. Lastly, the pion, Luchenko, a mop-haired old I beat invited me to have dinner at his ing? Apparently not, but she refuses theme of the refugee, these stateless Russian. She is 20 years old. Her next parent’s house on the weekend. My to go home so he puts her up in his people who “have lost their member- opponent resigns after four hours. uncle Melvin taught me how to play hotel room before heading off to work ship in the human race”, is still with Then she faces Borgov and plays “the chess when I was quite young. He at the hospital. Next morning, Ravic us. Meanwhile, as Ravic observes at Queen’s Gambit.” was a chess champion in Milwaukee, learns why Joan won’t go home, and the end when war has been declared, It should be noted that chess play- Wisconsin. now he must get her out of a jam or “Well Boris, this is the end of our ers write down their moves each time. Rotten Tomatoes gave The Queen’s he’ll be in trouble himself. waiting.” In reality, players make their moves Gambit a 99-per-cent approval rating. Poor Ingrid Bergman scarcely quite slowly; in the movie, to avoid resembles the glamorous wife of a In English. long pauses, the chess pieces move Available: Amazon, Indigo, Penguin noble resistance hero that she played Running time: 114 minutes more quickly. Random House Canada, Netflix in Casablanca. She is still radiant, Available on VHS only at Glebe Video But the story is not just about Beth’s Running time: 393 minutes but more like one of Fitzgerald’s “lost Also available for purchase online in success on the board; it also weaves (series of seven episodes) generation,” a lost soul who has been Blu-Ray format. 30 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 HEALTH

are typically sitting, standing, lying dealing with stress, pain, sleep difficul- or walking. We then choose a focus ties, mood disorders and focus issues. (intention) such as the breath, sounds For example, research has shown a in the room or sensations in the body. decrease in sleep difficulties among We notice where our attention is and women in mid-life who have a more bring it back to our intention as often mindful attitude, and women going as needed. In fact, the bringing back through perimenopause were shown to of our attention is the practice, and have decreased mood difficulties after sometimes we have hundreds of oppor- participating in a mindfulness course. tunities in a short meditation. This is best done for a fixed amount of time. How do I start? Mindfulness is about increasing our For most people, it is helpful to estab- awareness of what is present now. That lish a formal mindfulness practice. This means that it is not necessarily relax- can help build “mindfulness muscles” ing. However, over time, the practice and make it easier to bring a mind- can help us manage stressful or pain- ful attitude to other parts of the day. ful situations with more skill. Perhaps set aside a few minutes each day to start investigating your breath- What does informal ing. Can you notice when the inhale mindfulness look like? changes to exhale? Where do you feel If we are simply doing our daily activ- your breathing? ities with a mindfulness attitude, that As an initial informal practice, is an informal practice. Mindful doing choose one short activity in your day is the practice of paying attention to and bring your full attention to it. The the present moment. This means con- opportunities for mindfulness practice necting to an activity and curiously are truly endless! noticing what is happening around It is important to realize that while and within you with your senses while mindfulness is simple, it is not easy. doing it, without judgement. It can be a Putting it into practice can make us way to practise slowing yourself down realize that we have more fatigue, pain to experience the world around you in or difficult emotions than we realized. more detail. How does an orange feel It can be hard to find the time and under your thumb as you start to peel space for it and to know what to try. it? What is the smell of the food you The research outlining positive benefits are eating? What is the texture like in is based on people who have partici- your mouth? What do the bubbles look pated in an eight-week course with like as you wiggle your fingers together a trained teacher two hours a week Bringing when washing your hands? What are while also practising at home. While the sounds like as you pull a tap on to you can begin the practice now, you start a shower? What is something you may benefit from a course that allows notice about your experience in you to ask questions and bring up the present moment while challenges. mindfulness sitting at a red light or in a waiting room – what Sarah Good is an is there to notice? occupational therapist Simply put, mindfulness has While and mindfulness three parts: What are the mindfulness teacher in the Glebe Intention: Set an intention for what benefits of who supports people to life you want to put your attention on – mindfulness? is simple, it is struggling with for example, the breath or the sounds There is significant pain, mood issues of nature as you walk or the feeling research evidence of not easy or sleep difficulties. of warm water on your hands as you the benefits of mind- (sarahgoodot.ca) By Sarah Good wash them. fulness practice for people Attention: Notice where your atten- Mindfulness is much talked about tion is. If it is not on your intention, during the pandemic, but it has these can you gently bring it back to your been around for thousands of years. intention? Mindfulness can be a formal or informal Attitude: How are you handling it practice that is woven into our day. when your attention wonders? How While it does not need to involve a quiet do you speak to yourself? Can you let sitting meditation, that can be a good go of judgements? way to get some practice. Mindfulness certainly does not require us to push What does formal away thoughts or negative feelings; in mindfulness look like? fact, it is about being aware of what is When we plan time to do a mind- happening in the moment and bring- fulness meditation, that is a formal ing awareness to our feelings, thoughts, practice. To do a mindfulness medi- sensations and environments. tation, we can be in any position. We

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Nearly a century ago, a prominent Ottawa architect – John Albert Ewart (1872-1964) – designed Glebe Collegiate. The very same year, 1922, he stepped forward to design a clubhouse for the Ottawa Tennis Club, which had only recently moved from the Glebe into Ottawa South. Ewart was a big deal in Ottawa The Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club, an architectural heritage treasure dating from 1922, is in need of restoration. during the early 20th century. The son Donations can be made on the OTLBC website at OTLBC.com/donate. of Dominion architect David Ewart, he designed many of Ottawa’s finest architectural landmark will be preserved. OTLBC has a civic buildings. In a nod to his work, vision to restore the club as a year-round facility and meet- the City of Ottawa has recognized the ing place for the whole Ottawa community, and it has clubhouse in Old Ottawa South as a made great progress. The initial goal was to raise $1 mil- designated heritage building. lion by 2020. Donors have proven very generous; the club The Ottawa Tennis and Lawn has so far raised close to $700,000. If the club reaches its Bowling Club (OTLBC) spent years in target, the first phase of the project could be launched the Glebe – from 1902 to 1922 – before this year. A second phase will depend on the club’s abil- urban development forced it to move ity to raise another $1.6 million outward into Ottawa South. Today, the The OTLBC invites all of Ottawa to come on board as club is both a municipal and national partners in the exciting work of restoring a clubhouse treasure. With the closure of two other that has local and national significance and opening it to major clubs in Ottawa in the past three new and broader kinds of use. As a tennis club and as a years, it remains the dean of local community meeting place the OTLBC is planning, work- tennis clubs, with people coming from ing and actively raising funds to ensure that it can go on all over the city to play. The club is also helping people of Ottawa to live more satisfying and con- recognized nationally for having more nected lives. Help the club to fulfil that mission. high-quality clay courts than any club To donate to the Clubhouse Restoration Project, please in the country, and it regularly hosts visit OTLBC.com/donate and click on the “Donate Here” national and provincial tournaments. button. Tax receipts can be issued. When the city awarded the build- ing a heritage designation in 2019, the Jenny Mitchell is OTLBC president and chair of its fund- The Ottawa Tennis Club in its early days PHOTOS: COURTESY OF OTLBC honour recognized the clubhouse as raising committee. an outstanding example of an old-style sporting venue and also as an import- ant cultural landmark in Ottawa. The designation underscores the importance of the club to the city’s heritage, both architectural and cul- tural. It also highlights the role of today’s club as the steward of physical heritage. In that light, the club has for several years now been planning and raising money for restoration and renewal of the clubhouse. In 2019, the OTLBC was also hon- oured by a substantial federal grant from Canadian Heritage to help restore the clubhouse and to enhance its use- fulness as a year-round facility where the community can host a variety of cultural events. The grant is for a max- imum of $375,000, depending on how much the club is able to provide in matching funds. The city stands to benefit from this restoration, not just because an Skating before the snow comes at Browns Inlet. PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN

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You’ve heard the expression “to lick CMYK someone into shape”? It all started with mama bear, or so we thought.

Borrowed Words

Figures of speech – language’s time capsules

By Michelle Brooke Another interesting figure of speech is the saying “to lick someone or some- Sometimes the best way to express a thing into shape,” meaning to use any meaning is with a figure of speech. We means necessary to improve some- use figurative expressions all the time one or something – to bring them into when we converse. They sum up the a better, fitter state. This phrase ori- meaning we want to convey, such as ginates from the belief in the Middle “straight from the horse’s mouth” or “to Ages that bear cubs were born without know the ropes.” form and that bear mothers licked their But where do these sayings come cubs into the proper bear shape. During from? The origins of these sayings can this time, it was written in an encyclo- be quite interesting, and sometimes pedia that bear cubs were “shapeless they can reveal a lot about the times white flesh, a little bigger than mice, in which they were created. In a way, with no eyes or hair… [the mothers] lick these figures of speech are like time them gradually into shape.” Although capsules in our language, dating back we now know that this is untrue, the to different eras and different ways of phrase “to lick into shape” has been life. For example, when we want some- preserved in our language. one to stop talking, we might tell them Figures of speech allow us to express to “put a sock in it.” It is thought that common ideas and experiences shared this expression originates from the between all of us, and they also provide days when gramophones were used a window to the past. for playing music. The early gramo- phones had no volume control, so to Michelle Brooke is a Carleton TFI@glebereport lower the volume, one could stuff a sock University student majoring in in the opening of the horn to muffle the linguistics and French and minoring sound. Thus the saying “put a sock in it” in German. She loves learning and to mean “quiet down” came into being. writing about language.

The Glebe according to Zeus A GUINEA PIG’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLEBE Kuscheln Kitchen delivery app boasts lower rates & more fun The Glebe guinea pigs seem to have done it again, launching Kuscheln Kitchen, a restaurant delivery app with a twist! Offering lower restau- rant rates than Uber Eats, Door Dash and Skip the Dishes, the new service uniquely includes cuddling. “Guinea pigs are an untapped resource and bring a unique service to the Glebe. They aren’t just good company, people love cuddling them,” gushed Amour, founder of Kuscheln Kitchen. In fact, “Kuscheln” means cuddle in German. But how does the delivery app work? “It starts with the squirrels – squirrels love to work and are fast and efficient. They coordinate the orders, deliv- ery times and dogs, from atop the Glebe’s myriad telephone poles. the delivery dogs. He also talks incessantly.” The dogs love to get outside and be useful, delivering for treats or Capone tells a different story, however. “Biggligher took advan- compliments. Each dinner ordered includes a mixed salad (large) for tage, plying me with parsley from Nicastro for weeks and cuddling the guinea pig, who provides three hours of conversation and cud- me against my will. I took his credit card to pay for the cuddling – dles. Everyone is happy.” and he still owes me!” Or are they? At least one Glebe customer complained that the Only time will tell whether the Kuscheln Kitchen delivery app will guinea pigs are unruly and the dogs scary. Al Biggligher stated that be a grand success or an exploitative venture. But as Valentine’s Day his companion dinner guinea pig, Capone, simply moved in. “He approaches, and Glebites feel the strain of isolation, orders have also found my credit card and has been ordering expensive imported apparently been rolling in. “We even had to hire some farm pigs to vegetables online. When I begged him to stop, he threatened me with meet demand – and we still need more,” cheered Amour. 34 Glebe Report February 12, 2021 FAITH

In a pre-pandemic December of 2019, Glebe-St. James WIG members with their gifts for Centre 507 clients PHOTO: CRYSTAL MAITLAND Glebe-St. James: a caring force in a hurting world By Bob Irvine visitation, reaches out daily by phone; At the annual fall quilting retreat, GSJ to Grandmothers Campaign of the we all report feeling supported by his women craft beautiful baby quilts for Stephen Lewis Foundation. Finally, The church family of Glebe-St. James enthusiastic conversations with us. St. Mary’s Home. This year, the retreat through contributions to the United United (GSJ) did a quick and success- Using Zoom, we share news with each was done virtually, making it even Church’s Mission and Service program, ful pivot in the face of COVID-19. True other after the service. Some people easier for quilters outside GSJ to partici- we are reaching people in Canada and to our mission, Reaching – Into Faith, think the virtual coffee hour is even pate. Fifty cozy quilts were donated to around the world who need food, hous- Out to Others, we’ve worked innova- better than when we met in person welcome new babies during COVID-19. ing and employment support. tively to support one another and the and were busy talking church busi- The Prayer Circle has a dozen mem- These are examples of how Glebe-St. wider community. Thanks to a team of ness! Every other month, our Friendly bers who make focused prayers on James United Church, located at 650 dedicated volunteers, we can view our Callers Team checks how everyone in behalf of confidentially referred indi- Lyon Street South in the Glebe, is a worship services either streamed live at our congregation is faring. If you men- viduals and families – both within vibrant and dynamic community, even 10:30 a.m. on Sundays or any time after tion to Dudleigh Coyle, founder of the and beyond our church family. Along in a pandemic. To learn more, please they are posted online. We know live- church’s monthly Men and Friends with the Mennonite Church, we raise visit our website: glebestjames.ca. streaming has made it possible to reach Dinner Group, that you like chilli, you funds for refugee housing by purchas- well beyond our usual in-person con- will soon find one of his signature ing gift cards from Ottawa food stores Bob Irvine, a frequent Glebe Report gregation. Virtual services include pray- chilli dinners at your door, complete each month. Members from four granny contributor, and his wife Karen Smith ers, readings and thoughtful reflections with sourdough bread baked by Bruce groups at our church involve us in are long-time members of Glebe-St. on scripture by our coordinating minis- Taylor, soups by Jennifer Reid and fundraising for the Grandmothers James. ter Reverend Teresa Burnett-Cole as well cookies from our best bakers! as music and songs led by choir direc- We are actively seeking to be a caring tor James Caswell, minister of music. force in a hurting world. The Women’s Until COVID ends, talented soloists are Intergenerational Group (WIG) pre- replacing our award-winning choir. pared COVID-19 kits including 150 We long to feel connected. Reverend packed tote bags for Centre 507 and George Clifford, our minister of the Odawa Native Friendship Centre.

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one space. Start to sort “like with like.” 6. For items or collections that you documents you need for tax purposes; All china, silverware, serving sets and want to SELL, take photos and meas- file those and shred the rest. Inherited clutter glassware together. Furniture together. urements. Do not rely on family lore Congratulations. You did it! Clothing, bedding,and towels together. regarding their value but rather research Decluttering our homes involves more – reclaiming your dream Tools together. Photos (slides, greeting these items to determine what others than just freeing ourselves from those cards, etc.) together. Documents together. would currently pay. TV programs like things that are holding us back and By Martha Tobin 4. Review each item and decide which Antiques Roadshow have convinced us are weighing us down; decluttering action category it falls into. Remember our treasures are worth a great deal but is about transformation and renewal. Ellen’s dream of a basement medita- that an item that was once important the final negotiated price is often sub- As Tracy McCubbin writes in Making tion space and workout room was on to someone else does not determine its stantially less. If the time and energy Space Clutter Free, “making more room hold for years because of all the dusty importance to you. Getting rid of these it takes to sell the item is equal to or for what we want to do in life – and boxes that occupied that space. The items is not a sign that you loved that greater than the price you may receive, freeing up time and space to actually boxes contained family heirlooms person any less. In fact, keeping only consider donating the item so someone accomplish those things – always has that she had inherited after her par- a few cherished items will make those else can use and love it. a positive and inspiring outcome even ents died. The seemingly monumental treasures more meaningful, and you’ll 7. For photos, slides, cards and if the process of letting go can feel over- task of tackling these ancestral treas- be able to display them instead of documents, without spending time whelming and daunting.” ures weighed her down and made her leaving them out of sight in now doing any review, sort Creating a home where you can live dream impossible. boxes in your basement. them into their respective more fully and be the best version of Ellen’s story is not unique. As it turns Save photos, slides, boxes. Put these boxes yourself is just one way of creating out, inherited items are one of the big- cards and documents beside your favourite your “here” so that you can realize gest culprits of clutter in our homes. until last. You can’t get there chair. In the next few your dreams. And if, like Ellen, your There are a few reasons for this: 5. Take the filled, from here, but if you weeks, whenever you dream is a workout room and medita- • We are loath to part with items that labelled boxes and prepare the here, there sit down, commit to tion space, they are now possible. were beloved by someone who has bags directly to the reviewing their con- comes here passed away. trunk of your car. tents. Keep only those Martha Tobin, owner of Room2Breathe • Even though other family members Drop those off as soon (Abraham Hicks) photos, slides or cards – Organizing & Decluttering, is a Glebe don’t want these items, we don’t that truly remind you of resident passionate about making a want to break the generational the best days and place those difference in her clients’ lives. She can be chain and discard them. in a labelled box. Keep only the reached at [email protected]. • The time and effort required to determine if we should sell, donate, recycle or trash these items over- whelms us. Here are a few tips and tricks that might help: 1. Put aside at least double the time you think it’s going to take. Sorting through inherited items is emotional and takes longer than expected. as possible. Take bags for RECYCLE and 2. Have boxes and bags ready for TRASH to their locations outside your labelling with these action categor- home. Getting all of the filled bags out- ies: SELL, DONATE, RECYCLE, TRASH, side your home is key. For items that are PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE and GIVE TO being PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE in your SOMEONE ELSE. Also have a box for home, take these items to those specific PHOTOS and another for DOCUMENTS. places and find them a place to live – Inherited items are some of the biggest culprits of clutter in our homes, weighing 3. Gather all the inherited items (or put up that painting and display that us down and impeding our way forward. Conquering this clutter can clear a path to any items you’ve chosen to declutter) in figurine on a shelf. transformation and renewal. PHOTO: MARTHA TOBIN

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Glebe Coop Nursery School kids get to do amazing things with snow – and learn too! PHOTOS: COURTESY OF GCNS

Recipe for Snow Ice Cream

Ingredients 1 cup milk (any kind) 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 pinch salt 8 cups clean snow (more or less, depending on the density of the snow) GCNS embraces winter with snow adventures! optional topping: sprinkles! Instructions By Emilee Harvey a home-made volcano. The students colour mixing and added to the out- In a large bowl, whisk milk, sugar, van- gathered around head teacher Helen door learning and fun. illa and salt together until combined. Glebe Cooperative Nursery School Brydges as she mixed vinegar and The teachers had put in the extra Go scoop up some fresh (clean!) snow (GCNS) teachers welcomed students baking soda in the snow until it frothed effort the previous day to fill water and immediately stir it into the milk back to school on January 4. As a and bubbled just like a real volcano. balloons with coloured water. After mixture until you reach your desired licensed childcare provider, GCNS “The students were very interested they were left out in the playground consistency. The ice cream should be is exempt from pandemic school in the volcano and what was taking to freeze overnight, the children peeled fluffy, not runny. But it melts quickly, closures. place,” said Brydges. It was a great way off the balloons to find frozen coloured so dive in quickly. Top with sprinkles That day, the teachers decided to to incorporate learning and inspire ice orbs, which they happily pulled or other ice cream toppings if desired embrace the season (and the above imagination during outdoor play. around in sleds. and enjoy! average temperatures) with an outdoor The students also had the oppor- The children capped off the day with morning adventure. Students were tunity to take their art outdoors. They a warm mug of hot chocolate. The mild Source: gimmesomeoven.com/ greeted with a variety of special activ- painted the snow with spray bottles morning provided a rich opportunity how-to-make-snow-ice-cream-recipe/ ities: snow painting, snow blocks and and squirt bottles and used paint and for learning and fun as the class was fort making, even making ice cream paint brushes to paint large sheets able to take full advantage of the snow. Emilee Harvey is communications (see the easy recipe to try at home). hanging on the playground fences. The Here’s a recipe to try at home the next manager and a parent with a child in The highlight of the morning was snow offered a great background for time it snows. Glebe Coop Nursery School.

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[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SCHOOLS Glebe Report February 12, 2021 37 Grade 3 lessons in entrepreneurship By Molly Perkins is composed of students from three schools – Corpus Christi, St. Brigid For many students, school is very differ- and Assumption. It is taught by Samara ent this year – online learning has come Somers, who is a virtual teacher at Grade 3 students in Corpus Christi school are learning about business by launching with many challenges and changes. But Corpus Christi. She supports the stu- a start-up of their own. that hasn’t stopped a group of Grade dents and ensures they are working 3 students with curious minds from hard on developing global compe- pitches to present their ideas everything customers need learning important lessons about busi- tencies and skills for the future. The to school principals and to know about the business ness during the pandemic. The class is business coach is Betty Weil, who councils. All the schools including its story, goals, part of a new initiative by the Ottawa works with the students twice a week were impressed with purpose and product. Catholic School Board (OCSB) called to help encourage and inspire them their efforts and decided I am a first-year stu- the Social Entrepreneurship Program. during business meetings. The pro- to support their busi- dent in the Bachelor of It is designed for students, teachers gram introduces students to the world ness with start-up funds. Commerce program at the and their volunteer business mentor to of entrepreneurship and business, Once the students had suc- University of Ottawa. This create a product or service with all prof- giving them a new perspective and cessfully collected their seed year, I wanted to do some more its going to a charity of their choice. In understanding of how their community money, they began brainstorming volunteer work in my community the process, students experience real- works while introducing them to local and developing their business. They and found a perfect match with the world business concepts and challen- entrepreneurial leaders. came up with the idea of small gift bags Grade 3 virtual class. I went to some of ges such as acquiring seed money, The students learned about what containing a collection of local prod- the student business meetings and saw production, marketing, time manage- comes with being an entrepreneur ucts. They created Civitas Smile Bags firsthand how excited and passionate ment and profit margins. More import- and starting a business, as they had to with a mission to give a bag of happi- they were about this project. My role antly, the students enhance their skills overcome many challenges in devel- ness to the community. Civitas means was to capture student ideas and assist through meaningful experiential learn- oping their start-up. Like any aspiring community in Latin, and community in the design of the logos, media and ing far beyond classroom walls. business, the students had to get seed was the main pillar of their business. marketing for Civitas Smile Bags. I am The Grade 3 virtual academy class money. The Grade 3s created video Each bag contains chocolate from Cylie incredibly proud to be a part of this stu- Artisan Chocolates on Bank Street in dent-run business. It demonstrates that Old Ottawa South, a hand-made tie- there is no age limit on entrepreneur- dye mask from local maker MamaDye ial success. The students have shown Valentine’s Day from the and a shea butter lip balm from a local me how vital it is to support our com- maker Twenty20 Skin Care. The profits munity and local businesses during perspective of someone asexual from each purchase go to charity – the the pandemic. When you purchase a students chose to support The Ottawa Civitas Smile bag, you are not only sup- Everything you need to know about things wrong with this special occasion. Mission and Furry Tales Animal Rescue. porting young entrepreneurs and local what it’s like being an asexual teen The Canterbury student finds there is a The OCSB social entrepreneurship businesses, you are also supporting the during the most relationship-focused lot of pressure to be in relationships, program has partnered with Ottawa- students’ chosen charities. day of the year. which can make the day more stress- based Shopify which generously ful than fun. She also wishes there donated stores to the participating Molly Perkins is a student at the By Anneka Dallin O’Grady and Erika Jaekl was more focus on platonic relation- schools. Civitas Smile Bags Shopify University of Ottawa and associate ships and that it was more common for store can be found at civitasbags. business mentor for the Corpus Christi Valentine’s Day is celebrated around the people to celebrate their friendships. myshopify.com. The website has Grade 3 students. world and is known as the most romantic The Glebe student generally shares day of the year. For many, it is an oppor- the same opinion that Valentine’s Day tunity to cherish intimate relationships should be less oriented to romance. and to express love with gestures and They also believe Valentine’s Day is gifts. However, not everyone is inter- “way over commercialized,” putting BananaB Loaf ested in relationships, sexual or roman- pressure on those who can’t afford gifts reg 6.99 tic. About one to 10 per cent of the world’s to spend money. population is somewhere on the spec- What do you think about Valentine’s 99 trum of asexual or aromantic (ace/aro). Day being predominantly heterosexual? 5 ea To find out more about a different The consensus of our interviewees Banana Chocolate perspective on Valentine’s, we inter- was that representation matters. Our Chip Loaf reg $7.79 viewed two people who are on the Glebe student feels that especially Cheese Tortellini, Tortellini Cheese Che 9 asexual spectrum. One is a Grade 11 when Valentine’s Day comes around, 9 Ravioli, Meat Ravioli, Meat 9 7 eeaa Glebe Collegiate student who uses the advertising and television consist- 6 ea Tortellini, Gnocchi 454g 3 pronouns they and them; the other is a ently lack LGBTQ+ couples, especially student at Canterbury High School who asexual/aromantic folk. Both stu- Lavender bouquets enjoys writing in her free time. dents agree that platonic relationships Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? are drastically under-represented on $3.49 Our Canterbury student tells us Valentine’s Day. to $19.99 she does celebrate Valentine’s Day What advice would you give to other Small Lavender Soap – just not in the traditional way. She ace/aro people and anyone with ace/aro $3.49 exchanges cards with her family and friends on Valentine’s Day? Mozzarella Cheese sticks in celebrates her close friendships. On Our interviewees would both like to Lavender Sachets $5.99 Marina sauce the other hand, our Glebe student does send the same message: “Have respect Cheddar & Bacon, 9 not celebrate Valentine’s Day. Instead, for others.” If you have an ace or aro 9 Mozzarella & Jalepeno eeaa they use it as an excuse to buy an exces- partner, make sure to respect their 375g reg $5.99 4 sive amount of candy and enjoy the boundaries on Valentine’s Day. If you Valentine’s discounts. have a friend who is on the asexual What is Valentine’s Day to you? or aromantic spectrum, find a way to Both agree that Valentine’s isn’t include them in the festivities if they necessarily a big day for them. The desire. Our interviewees also wish to Canterbury student views it more as tell anyone who identifies as ace/aro a special occasion, “a nice day” when not to “let it get you down.” Love and everyone is expressing their love for affection, they say, don’t have to be one another. Our Glebe student views romantic. Finally, our Glebe student it as something else entirely – a product has one last note – make sure to give Plant based Alfredo Sauce & Rosé Sauce 500 ml $7.69 ea of capitalism and a way for compan- chocolate to your friends! Butternut Squash Ravioli 500 g $8.99 ea ies to commercialize heterosexuality. A special thank you to our interview- Vegan Beefless Tortellini, Vegan Cheese Tortellini 550g $9.69 ea But they do enjoy the Glebe tradition of ees for taking the time to educate us on watching students and teachers receive asexuality and aromanticism. Happy 754 Bank Street sonnets performed live by members of Valentine’s Day everyone! (613) 232-9466 the drama department during class. Monday to Friday 8:00am - 10:00pm Do you think there is anything wrong Anneka Dallin O’Grady and Erika Saturday 8:00am - 9:00pm with Valentine’s Day? Jaekl are students at Glebe Collegiate Sunday 9:00am - 8:00pm Both think there are definitely a few Institute. www.metroglebe.com 38 Glebe Report February 12, 2021

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