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Press Release Archive
February 2004
Posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 by ggower
A local used car dealer was fined and penalized
more than $79,000 after the court determined that his company evaded paying
provincial sales taxes for almost four years.
A Ministry of Finance investigation found that 938961 Ontario Inc., which
operated Murphy's Garage 1995 at 1201 Bank Street, failed to report and remit
$87,477.16 in provincial sales tax (PST) between April 1995 and February 1999.
David Haines, the company's president, was sentenced Feb. 19, 2004 after
pleading guilty to a charge of directing or participating in the company's
evasion of PST.
Justice of the Peace Darrell Bartraw of the Ontario Court of Justice
granted Haines 90 days to pay his $66,000 fine, and gave the corporation a
suspended sentence. Haines must also pay a surcharge of $13,200 to the Ontario
Victims' Justice Fund, bringing the total court-imposed penalties to $79,200.
In addition to fines and surcharges, businesses convicted of tax evasion
must repay the full amount of the tax owing, plus civil penalties and
interest. Corporate directors may also be held personally liable for unpaid
corporate taxes.
The Ministry of Finance operates a Voluntary Disclosure Program.
Corporations and individuals may come forward and voluntarily report past
violations of provincial tax laws, and pay amounts owing. Prosecution and
imposition of civil penalties for negligence are waived in such cases. To
qualify for immunity from prosecution and civil penalties a disclosure must be
voluntary - it cannot be prompted by a request for access to a taxpayer's
business records or other ministry action.
Disponible en français
For more information visit www.gov.on.ca/fin Go to top of page
Posted Friday, February 27, 2004 by ggower
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX
PRESENTS...
2nd Annual
Voices united in the fight against AIDS
An Ottawa Benefit for
If we don't do it...who will?
3 days - March 19, 20, 21/ 2004
(Doors 8pm)
March 19
SAWDOGS
+ guests
March 20
AS THE POETS AFFIRM
+ THE WAKING EYES
March 21
THE JEZEBELS
punXercise
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX, 27 York Street, Ottawa, Canada.
Age 19+/ General Admission
Tickets: $6 (March 19, 20), $3 (March 21) only at the door.
Alicia Keys on
Keep A Child Alive:
"I ask that you feel the importance of this project and really recognize how it affects all of us.
Please, look into your hearts and find compassion. Look into your minds and do what is right.
Help Keep a Child Alive save these lives because we can and we should!
Phil Collins on
One World Beat:
"There are no barriers in music - the color of skin or the choice of religion should be of no interest
to us in how we judge each other."
One World Beat Global Music Festival is a live 3-day around-the-world music festival providing a platform for musicians of all genres to unite and convey a message of hope through their music, all to benefit the victims of AIDS. Last year's inaugural event saw more than 500 musicians of all styles and levels performing in 50 events in 16 countries. John Lennon once said "Imagine all the people." and that is precisely what you may want to do now. Imagine all the people around the world who have attended and performed in a One World Beat event making a difference through music-donating their time and talents.
One World Beat has chosen the AIDS organization Keep A Child Alive as official beneficiary of the 2004 edition of the global music festival. We are delighted to support this new initiative to provide children and families with desperately-needed ARV medicines. Musicians from around the world will join to make a difference through their music and raise funds and awareness to Keep A Child Alive.
"The idea of giving musicians the possibility to be part of a humanitarian project in a direct way was a natural one to me," says Andy Treichler, founder of One World Beat. "After all, so much music is about changing the world, about making it better. I see One World Beat as a way to allow musicians like myself to do something more than just sing about making a difference. Now, we have an opportunity to actually do it."
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Keep A Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving medicine to children and families with HIV/AIDS. Keep A Child Alive offers you the opportunity to sponsor this treatment, and save a life now.
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ONE WORLD BEAT's web site - http://www.oneworldbeat.org
KEEP A CHILD ALIVE's web site - http://www.keepachildalive.org
AS THE POETS AFFIRM's web site - http://www.asthepoetsaffirm.com
Information:
ONE WORLD BEAT - Andy Treichler P.O. Box 41, 1073 Savigny/ Lausanne,Switzerland.
++41 78 829 0106 andyt@oneworldbeat.org
KEEP A CHILD ALIVE - (718) 965-1111 info@keepachildalive.org
AS THE POETS AFFIRM - ryanpatterson@rogers.com
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX - Eugene Haslam (613) 237-5301 zaphods_ottawa@hotmail.com http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com Go to top of page
Posted Friday, February 27, 2004 by ggower
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX & HERITAGE BREWERY
PRESENT...
CD Release - "History"
From Toronto - Paperbag Recording Artists
CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER
+ PAPERJACK
Saturday, March 13 (Doors 8pm)
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX, 27 York Street, Ottawa, Canada.
Age 19+/ General Admission
Tickets: $6 only at the door.
controller.controller's sound is an energetic, rhythmic post-punk rock, taking a cue from late 70's/early 80's bands like P.I.L., The Slits and Joy Division, but departing significantly from there. It's about tension and opposition, juxtaposing discordant and jagged rhythms with disarmingly pretty melody and counter-melody. They wed propulsive, angular rock structures with minimalist death-disco accents and grooves that seductively embrace sometimes sweet and sometimes barking vocals.
Their propensity for playing low-key sets in off-the-radar locales, a dark red backlight practically shielding them from view, lends them a quiet confidence. Audiences choose to participate. Think about it. It's hard to be a voyeur when you have to squint your eyes and thrust your whole body forward just to get a better view.
Strictly off those live shows, the band captured features in Toronto street weeklies EYE and NOW, critics' picks during their hometown's massive NXNE music festival and several mentions in the The Globe and Mail newspaper. In a cross-Canada survey, Calgary weekly FastForward named controller.controller one of the country's "best unsigned bands." And then there was Paper Bag Records...
Kind of like that first show on that late winter night, controller.controller has quietly signed with upstart indie label Paper Bag Records and will release their first album, HISTORY, on February 24, 2004. Paper Bag has been the launch pad for the likes of Broken Social Scene, Stars and Matthew Barber.
Not much of a mystery, only History now.
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CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER web site - http://www.paperbagrecords.com
Information:
CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER - Amanda Newman (416) 817-5212 amanda@paperbagrecords.com
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX - Eugene Haslam (613) 237-5301 zaphods_ottawa@hotmail.com http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com Go to top of page
Posted Friday, February 27, 2004 by ggower
The upcoming federal election is one of the most important ones in our history.
It isn't just about "throwing the rascals out", punishing a government that has misused our tax dollars, abused the mandate Canadians gave them or eroded public confidence.
It is about decency, fiscal responsibility and frugal management of public funds.
I work very hard for my daily bread at two jobs. I have always worked hard and I have always lived within the parameters of a personal budget.
I know I have a contribution to make.
Someone once said that "good" is often the enemy of "the best". Canadians deserve "the best" and I pledge to make sure they get "the best" and that their tax dollars are not frittered away by unscrupulous politicians and programs or patronage handouts to friends of the government.
The voters of Ottawa South can take that promise to the bank.
If you cannot open the attached literature (pdf file), please email votekilrea@yahoo.ca
Terry Kilrea
votekilrea@yahoo.ca
226-4059 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa 67's announced today that tickets for the 2004 Ontario Hockey League Playoffs will go on sale to the general public at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 1st, 2004 at the Ottawa 67's Store and at all Ticketmaster locations, including online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
This year's playoff ticket prices will once again be one of the lowest in the OHL, and they will stay that way throughout the playoffs as the Ottawa 67's will not implement any ticket price increases in any round!
Whether it is the first game of Round 1 or the seventh game of the OHL Championship Series, Ottawa 67's playoff tickets will remain at $15.00 for adults, $13.00 for Students and Seniors and only $10.00 for children 12 years and under!
Dates, times and opponents for the first round of the playoffs have not yet been determined as there are still many possible scenarios with most teams having eight or nine games remaining in the regular season and only five points separating fifth place and eighth place.
For further details, please contact Jason O'Connor at 232-6767 ext. 230.
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Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Grade 9 and 10 students at St. Joseph High School have donated more than
400 sweaters for distribution to the needy in Ottawa.
The school's Student Services Department coordinated the sweater drive,
challenging each of the students to donated one sweater for the needy. The
sweater drive was started as a result of a challenge issued by David
Milne, of Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa (CAYFO). Distribution of
sweaters to the needy in Ottawa is one of CAYFO's projects.
An assembly will be held at the school, at which time Mr. Milne will
collect the sweaters, and thank the students for their hard work. The
assembly will be held on:
Friday, February 27, 2004
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
St. Joseph Catholic High School
3333 Greenbank Road
Nepean, Ontario
The school will be holding draws for donated Ottawa Senators and Ottawa
67's jerseys. There will also be a prize for the class that brought in the
most sweaters - the Student Services Department will cook them a class
breakfast!
The media is invited to attend this very special event.
For more information: Terry Shaw, Communications Officer, 224-4455,
extension 2326 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
RE-SIGNED import defensive lineman Keaton CROMARTIE (Tulane) to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season.
SIGNED non-import free agent defensive back Dave DONALDSON (Manitoba) to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season.
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For more information, please contact:
Barre Campbell
Director, Media Relations & Communications
Ottawa Renegades Football Club
(613) 231-5608 ext. 236 (office)
(613) 913-7719 (cell)
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Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The "Double D" Show is coming to Ottawa.
Defensive back Dave Donaldson, who will begin his 8th season in the Canadian Football League in 2004, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Ottawa Renegades with a club option for the 2005 season.
The 31-year-old native of Winnipeg and a graduate of the University of Manitoba brings plethora of playing experience to the Renegades, including playoff time. Donaldson has appeared in 10 playoff games during his career, including his only appearance in the Grey Cup Game in 2001 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He has never missed the playoffs during seven CFL seasons (three with the B.C. Lions and four with the Bombers).
During the upcoming season, he will rank second on the Renegades roster among players with CFL playoff experience. Only offensive lineman Mike Sutherland (an ex-teammate of Donaldson's in Winnipeg) has more playoff experience (11 games).
Last season, Donaldson ranked 13th on the Bombers with 20 defensive tackles. On August 12 at CanadInns Stadium against the Renegades, he scored the only touchdown of his CFL career by returning a fumble by Kerry Joseph 63 yards to the end zone.
Donaldson began his career with the B.C. Lions as a non-drafted free agent in 1997. He spent time as a receiver and a kick returner along with duties in the defensive secondary in Vancouver and occasionally continued the double-duty as a member of the Blue Bombers.
On August 4, 2000, Donaldson started at receiver for Winnipeg and also started as a defensive back, becoming the first Bombers player to start on both offence and defence in decades.
DAVE DONALDSON
Position: Defensive Back
Nationality: Canadian
Height, Weight: 5-10, 180
University: Manitoba
Birthdate (Opening Day Age) Birthplace: December 9, 1972 (31) Winnipeg
Acquired: Free agent; February 26, 2004
CFL Years / Renegades Years: 8th / 1st
CFL Games / Renegades Games: 118 / 0
Playoff Games: 9
Grey Cup Games (Team and Year): 1 (Winnipeg 2001)
Other CFL Teams: BC (1997-1999); Winnipeg (2000-2002)
Draft: Non-drafted free agent (BC) 1997 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa Renegades are pleased to announce that defensive lineman Keaton Cromartie has agreed to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season.
The 6-foot-2, 245-pound native of Bradenton, Florida, returns for a third season with the Renegades and his fifth season in the Canadian Football League.
Cromartie, 27, shared the team lead with Fred Perry with seven sacks during the 2003 season. He set a franchise record on August 17 in Regina against the Saskatchewan Roughriders by recording the club's first three-sack game.
Cromartie ranked sixth on the Renegades in 2003 with 39 total tackles (30 defensive, nine special teams).
KEATON CROMARTIE
Defensive End
American
6-2, 245
Tulane
April 19, 1976, (28) Bradenton, FL
2003 Highlights
Shared club lead in sacks (with Fred Perry) with seven . Tied for second on club with two fumble recoveries (Derrick Ford, Crance Clemons) . Ranked sixth on club with 39 total tackles (30 defensive, nine special teams) . Tied for eighth on club with 30 defensive tackles . Had only forced fumble of season June 20 @ Hamilton . Had first sack of 2003 season July 1 @ Calgary against Kevin Feterik . Recorded first professional interception July 18 vs BC against Dave Dickenson (first quarter), a turnover that led to an Ottawa field goal . Recorded first special-teams tackles of season July 31 vs Edmonton . Played an outstanding game Aug. 17 @ Saskatchewan, recording the first three-sack game in franchise history. Also registered four tackles . Set personal season best with three special-teams tackles Sept. 6 vs Hamilton . Tackled Calgary QB Kevin Feterik for a sack on final play of first half Sept. 26 vs Calgary . Did not play Oct. 4 @ TOR due to back injury suffered during practice . Had personal season best with six tackles Oct. 13 vs Toronto.
Professional
1998: Signed as a free agent by the NFL's Green Bay Packers on April 24 . Released by the Packers on Aug. 19 . 1999: Played two games, compiling two tackles and two assisted tackles, with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe . Member of the Calgary Stampeders practice roster .Signed as a free agent by Hamilton on September 24 . Played first CFL game vs. Montreal on Sept. 25 . Played two games and recorded two defensive tackles .2000: Appeared in four games for the Tiger-Cats. Had three special teams tackles before being released on Aug. 2 . 2002: Returned to the CFL with Ottawa. Ranked third on Renegades with five sacks . Recorded 24 defensive tackles . Made season-high four defensive tackles vs. Toronto on Sept. 7.
High School / University
1993: Member of the Southeast High School football team in Bradenton, Florida, which went 15-0, won the Class 4A state title . Named an All-District linebacker as a senior at Southeast High School . 1994-1997: Played 42 games (starting 10) with Tulane . Had 103 career tackles (62 solo), nine sacks, 15 tackles for losses, one interception and two blocked kicks . Played first three years at Tulane as a linebacker before switching to the defensive end in 1997 . 1997: Totaled a team-record six sacks, as well as one blocked field goal attempt, and one forced fumble, vs. Memphis on Nov. 8, an effort that earned him Defensive Player of the Week honour in Conference USA.
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For more information, please contact:
Barre Campbell
Director, Media Relations & Communications
Ottawa Renegades Football Club
(613) 231-5608 ext. 236 (office)
(613) 913-7719 (cell) Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa Raiders will be hosting both the Montréal Axion and the Avalanche du Québec for the final regular season weekend in NWHL action.
The Avalanche du Québec will be in town for two games. The first will be taking place at the Winchester Community Centre on Friday, February 27. They will then finish off the weekend on Sunday, February 29 at the Raiders home arena, Barbara Ann Scott.
Saturday, February 28 will feature a playoff preview when the Montréal Axion comes to town. Both these teams have geared up for the playoffs over the last two weeks and are ready to make a statement on the road to the championship.
Weekend Games
Friday, February 27 vs. Avalanche du Québec 4pm @ Winchester Arena
Saturday, February 28 vs. Montréal Axion 6pm @ Barbara Ann Scott
Sunday, February 29 vs. Avalanche du Québec 4pm @ Barbara Ann Scott
Ticket Prices:
Adults: 5$
Students: 3$
Children (Under 8): Free
For more information please contact:
Jason Perrier (613) 599-9165 or perrierj@sympatico.ca
Barry Madigan (613) 591-1021 or bmadigan1021@rogers.com
Visit our web site at www.ottawaraiders.com or www.nwhlhockey.com
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Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
13 year old Kristopher Knowles needs a liver transplant.
"I have a wish. I want to accomplish a 200 city/town walking tour across
Canada to help save every man, woman and child that also need organ
transplants." Kris Knowles
In co-operation with Immaculata Catholic High School and the
Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board, join us and meet this courageous
and determined young boy
As he arrives in OTTAWA
February 27 2004
DAY 51
1st Stop - PRESS CONFERENCE
Parliament Hill - 11:30 A.M.
WALK WITH KRIS - PARLIAMENT HILL to IMMACULATA H.S. - 12:30 P.M.
2nd Stop - ASSEMBLY/PRESS CONFERENCE
Immaculata Catholic High School -140 Main St. - 1:30 P.M.
HELP MAKE KRIS'S WISH A REALITY
VISIT OUR WEB SITE [ http://WWW.KRISTOPHERSWISH.CA ]WWW.KRISTOPHERSWISH.CA
Contact - STEP BY STEP - George Marcello 416-540-7872 [
mailto:gmarcello@rogers.com ]gmarcello@rogers.com Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The Office of the Medical Officer of Health is hosting a two-day,
multidisciplinary, inter-agency pandemic outbreak workshop beginning
tomorrow. The workshop will engage key decision-makers and opinion leaders
in health and emergency services to develop a comprehensive pandemic
preparedness and response plan for Ottawa.
Media is invited to attend the presentations of the opening keynote speakers
including:
* Dr. Ron St. John, Executive Director of the Centre for
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Canada;
* Dr. James Young, Ontario's Commissioner for Public Safety
Date: Friday, February 27, 2004
Time: 8:30 to 10 a.m. (opening and
keynote speeches)
Location: Champlain Room, City Hall
110 Laurier Avenue West
Dr. Robert Cushman, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health will give the opening
remarks. The keynote speakers will be available to the media at 10 a.m.
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Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Bayview Public School will receive a special visit from Ottawa
Senators forward Jason Spezza and team mascot Spartacat on Friday, February
27 at 1:30 p.m.
Jennifer Taylor's Grade 4 class will receive their guests as part of their
successful participation in two of the Senators literacy programs - "Read to
Succeed" and "Spelling with Spezza".
Student Chelsea Moffat was one of 39 students in the Ottawa-Gatineau region
to have won a poster and a pair of tickets to an upcoming Senators game,
courtesy of Spezza, while her fellow classmates will also receive a pair of
tickets and a Sparty Party as part of "Read to Succeed".
WHAT: Sparty Party and visit by Jason Spezza
WHO: Jason Spezza and Spartacat
Jennifer Taylor's Grade 4 Class at Bayview Public School
WHEN: Friday, February 27 at 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Bayview Public School
3017 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
DIRECTIONS: From 417, exit at Riverside Drive
Left on Mooney's Bay Drive
Immediate right
Telephone Number 733-4726
Media are asked to sign in at main office
ABOUT THE SCOTIABANK "READ TO SUCCEED" LITERACY PROGRAM
Each month, six classes win a Sparty Party with one also winning a Senators
player appearance and a pair of Senators tickets for each child in the
class. Sparty Parties feature Spartacat visiting winning classrooms to
deliver two tickets to be used as a fund-raising opportunity, pizza for the
entire class supplied by Pizza Pizza, juice supplied by Coca-Cola and books
supplied by Mrs. Tiggy Winkles.
ABOUT "SPELLING WITH SPEZZA"
Part of the "Read to Succeed" program, "Spelling with Spezza" is a free
program for all elementary schools in Ottawa-Gatineau and is designed to
motivate students to excel in writing. The program will reward participation
by providing students with the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to a
Senators hockey game and also receive a Jason Spezza poster. Each month,
students who have excelled in writing, dictation or spelling will be entered
into a draw in which the Senators will randomly choose '39' winners. Each
winner will receive a pair of Senators tickets, courtesy of Jason Spezza,
and a horizontal Jason Spezza poster for their bedroom.
For more information, please contact:
Steve Keogh, (613) 599-0326
Tim Pattyson, (613) 599-0239 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
City to partner with Energy Ottawa to establish landfill gas cogeneration
facility, reduce greenhouse gases
The City will partner with Energy Ottawa to establish an electrical
cogeneration facility using gas from the Nepean and Trail Road landfill
sites. The landfills, which can produce about 3,500 cubic feet of landfill
gas per minute, have the potential to generate enough energy to serve 4,000
to 5,000 homes.
The proposed 5 Mega Watt plant will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
City's landfills by 547,000 to 1.3 million tonnes per year, which represents
5.2% to 12% of Ottawa's total greenhouse gas emissions. An additional 63,200
tonnes of carbon dioxide will be reduced through this project as a result of
displaced coal-generated electricity.
In addition to its environmental benefits, the partnership with Energy
Ottawa allows the City to avoid spending up to $2 million on repairs to its
gas collection system, and to save about $200,000 in operating and
maintenance costs. Energy Ottawa will pay the City about $143,000 per year
to use the landfill gas, generating additional revenue for the City and its
property taxpayers, and contributing to a cleaner, greener planet.
Other items of interest
* Council approves due dates for property tax payments
As the Municipal Act requires, Council today approved the due dates for
payment of property taxes for
2004. Residents will have until March 18 to pay their interim tax
bill and until June 17 to pay their final bill. The interim tax bill
represents 50% of property owners' 2003 adjusted annualized taxes, while the
final bill contains the balance of taxes due in 2004.
* Sale of Fire Pumper Truck to Algonquin College approved
Today Council approved the sale of a used Fire Pumper Truck to the
Algonquin College Pre-Service Fire Fighter Education and Training Program.
The truck, which the College will purchase for about $3,600, will be used
for training purposes, providing students with valuable hands-on experience
that can be applied in the community after graduation.
* Federal government urged to play a role in urban forestry
Council has given City staff the go-ahead to forward a request to
the federal government, through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities,
to consider the urban forest as one of its priorities under the National
Forest Strategy. The request will also ask that the government establish an
urban forestry program that will promote the research and sustainable
management of urban forests. Vital to the lives and health of city dwellers
- now almost 80% of Canada's population - the urban forest has proven to:
conserve energy through cooling and shading buildings in the summer, and
wind reduction in the winter; increase air quality; reduce ambient traffic
and industrial noise; provide wildlife habitat; increase property values;
and improve aesthetics.
* Council okays contribution of Allan Higdon's 2000 campaign surplus
to charity
Council today approved the charitable donation of $8,092.38 in
surplus funds from former City of Ottawa Councillor Allan Higdon's 2000
municipal election campaign. Mr. Higdon requested that his campaign funds be
divided between the Canterbury Arts Centre Development Association and the
Ottawa Public Library. The funds, which had been held in trust by the City
Clerk, became the City's property when
Mr. Higdon did not register for last November's election.
For more information:
Communications et Marketing
(613) 580-2450 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board has cancelled its Regular
Meeting that had been scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, 2004.
The next Regular Meeting of the Board will be held on Tuesday, March 9,
2004 at 8 p.m. at the Catholic Education Centre, 570 West Hunt Club Road,
Nepean, Ontario.
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For more information: Terry Shaw, Communications Officer, 224-4455,
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Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Come celebrate FREEDOM TO READ week on Parliament Hill, with readings from challenged and banned books by local authors, Members of Parliament and celebrities. This event is hosted by Wendy Lill, MP, the NDP Arts and Culture critic and Governor-General's Award nominee for her plays Corker and The Glace Bay Miners' Museum. Admission is free. Readers include Suki Lee, Kim Barry Brunhuber, Elizabeth Hay, kateri akiwenzie-damm, Brian Doyle, Ed Broadbent, and Wendy Lill (MP Dartmouth and playwright).
When: Thursday February 26, 2004
Where: Commonwealth Room (238-S), Centre Block, Parliament Hill
Time: 12:30 pm - 2 pm
BIOS OF PRESENTERS
Wendy Lill, MP (Dartmouth) was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Dartmouth on June 2, 1997 and re-elected on November 27, 2000. She is the federal New Democratic Party spokesperson for Canadian Heritage; Media, Communications, Culture and the Arts; Persons with Disabilities; Children and Youth. Over the past twelve years, Wendy has been nominated four times for the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama for her plays The Occupation of Heather Rose, All Fall Down, The Glace Bay Miner's Museum, and Corker. Her website is www.wendylill.com
Ed Broadbent was a Member of Parliament for 21 years, and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada from 1975 to 1989. Throughout his period of leadership of the NDP, he was known for his work for an equitable tax system, equality for women, and the constitutional entrenchment of aboriginal rights. He has also been active in international human rights as the President of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, an International judge on the Tribunal on Violations of Women's Human Rights at the United Nations Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 1993, and a member of panel of experts on the International Tribunal on Rights in Haiti. Ed was made a member of the Privy Council in 1982, and Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993 and a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2002.
Megan Davis Williams is the National Director for the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA), the largest and oldest arts advocacy organization in Canada, with members in all of the provinces, major arts disciplines and cultural industries, including writing, publishing, and the visual and media arts. As a national non-profit arts service organization group, the CCA represents approximately 200,000 artists and cultural workers, and among its organizational membership are some 400 arts organizations from every artistic discipline and cultural industry. The CCA believes that Bill C-12 (formerly C-20), an Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act that will soon go to Third Reading in Parliament, endangers Canadians' fundamental rights to free expression. In October 2003 the CCA initiated an on-going public advocacy campaign, in which Canadian visual and media artists such as John Greyson, Richard Fung, Luis Jacob, Penny McCann, Ian Murray, Andrew James Paterson and others spoke out against the draft legislation in letters addressed to Members of Parliament. News stories on the CCA's concerns with Bill C-12 have appeared in sources as varied as the CBC, the Sun newspaper chain and Xtra, and our opinions were also taken up in February 2004 editorials by the Globe and Mail and the Ottawa Citizen.
Suki Lee was born in Montreal, and has lived in Vancouver, Peterborough, the United Kingdom, and Korea. Lee has traveled extensively in 20 countries across four continents. She writes the column Sapphic Traffic for Capital Xtra, Ottawa's gay and lesbian newspaper. Conundrum Press published her first short story collection, Sapphic Traffic, in 2003. She has a Master's degree from Concordia University's Creative Writing and English Literature program, and also attended Trent University and University of Wales Swansea. Lee is currently working on several writing projects. Her website is www.sukilee.com.
Kim Barry Brunhuber is a novelist, televison reporter, and documentary filmmaker who lives in Ottawa. His news stories have been broadcast around the globe, and his articles have appeared in newspapers across Canada. He also hosts a nationally distributed book review segment. His first novel, Kameleon Man, has received rave reviews. Born in Montreal, he has a bachelor and master of journalism from Carleton University. His website is www.kimbrunhuber.com.
Elizabeth Hay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. Her novel Small Change was a finalist for the Governor General's Award, the Trillium Award, and the Rogers Communication Writer's Trust Fiction Prize. She is the author of one other collection of stories, Crossing the Snow Line (1989), two works of nonfiction, The Only Snow in Havana (1992) and Captivity Tales: Canadians in New York (1993), and most recently of the novel A Student of Weather, which was published by Counterpoint in the U.S. in February 2001. Hay lives in Ottawa, Canada, where she is at work on her next novel.
kateri akiwenzie-damm is an Anishnaabe writer of mixed blood from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. kateri's writing has been published in various anthologies, journals, and magazines in Canada, the U.S., Aotearoa, Australia, and Germany. She has given readings at events and venues across Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Aotearoa and on national radio in Canada and Aotearoa. Readings have been broadcast nationally in Canada on WTN. Spoken word pieces of her poetry have been recorded and distributed on various audio-cassette compilations. Solo and collaborative pieces of her work have been shown in exhibits at art galleries in British Columbia.
Brian Doyle was a finalist for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award ("the little Nobel") in 1998. His books have received many Canadian awards, including the CLA Book of the Year for Children and the Mr. Christie's Book Award. Brian's American honours include an ABA "Pick of the Lists," a Horn Book Fanfare selection, an NYPL Best Book for the Teenage selection, two BCCB Blue Ribbons and a YALSA Popular Paperback selection. His body of work is considered a major contribution to Canadian literature. Five of Brian's classic novels of the Ottawa Valley are available in an omnibus called The Low Life: Five Great Tales from Up and Down the River. His latest is Mary Ann Alice. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.
For more information contact Sheila Jain or Calinda Brown at 995-9378 or lillw@parl.gc.ca.
For more on Freedom to Read week, please visit www.freedomtoread.ca.
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Oneness-World Communications
Ottawa International Writers Festival
www.writersfest.com
(613) 562-1243
298 Dalhousie Street, Box 52066
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E0 Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Cellist Kaori Yamagami, 2001 winner of First Prize at the
CBC Radio National Competition for Young Performers as well as $15,000 from
the CBC/Canada Council for the Arts in the same competition, performs on the
National Arts Centre and CBC Radio Two Debut Series on Tuesday, March 2 at
12:00 noon in the NAC Studio. Accompanied by Ottawa pianist Jean Desmarais,
Yamagami will perform Schumann's Adagio and Allegro; Beethoven's Sonata No.
5; Elegy by Canadian composer Leslie Mann, and Grand Tango by Astor
Piazzolla.
The recital will also give the audience a chance to see the most valuable
instrument in the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank, the
ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello, valued at approximately $4.5 million US.
Kaori Yamagami was awarded a three-year loan of the cello as the top winner
in the Instrument Bank's national cello competition. Yamagami also retains
the use of the ca. 1850 Shaw-Adam cello bow, which she originally won in the
Instrument Bank's September 2000 cello competition.
These hour-long recitals, co-presented by the NAC and CBC Radio Two, give
young Canadian musicians the opportunity to perform at the National Arts
Centre and to have their recitals recorded and broadcast nationally on CBC
Radio Two. Admission is $2.00 with all proceeds going to the NAC Orchestra
Bursary Trust Fund. Additional donations to the Fund are greatly
appreciated.
Originally from Maple, Ontario, Ms. Yamagami began studying the cello in
1985 at the age of 3, making her first public appearance by age 6 at the
Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She has won first prize in numerous
competitions including the Philadelphia Orchestra Competition, the
Kingsville International Competition, both the Junior and Senior divisions
at the Montreal Symphony Competition, the JAA Music Awards in New York, and
was named the "Most Promising Candidate" in the Rostropovitch International
Competition.
Kaori Yamagami enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music at age 13 under the
direction of Orlando Cole and has also studied with Mihai Tetel, Vladimir
Orloff, Daniel Domb, Paul Katz and Mario Brunello.
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For more information please contact:
Jane Morris, Communications Officer, National Arts Centre Orchestra
(613) 947-7000, ext. 335 jmorris@nac-cna.ca
Jill LaForty, CBC Radio
(613) 562-8571 lafortyj@ottawa.cbc.ca Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Eddie May Mysteries is staging a series of special 20th anniversary performances at the Marble Works Steak House, 14 Waller Street, beginning Friday, May 5.
Noel Counsil, producer/director of Eddie May Mysteries, cordially invites you and a guest to the 20th anniversary performance of your choosing. Eddie May will pick up the tab for your dinner, show, and food taxes.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, March 5, 6, and March 12, 13. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 7 p.m. Saturdays. Doors open for seating one half hour before curtain. (Instructions have been left at the box office to set aside blocks of six seats for each night.) Reservations are available on a first come, first served basis. Please, call 850-9700 to RSVP.
The festivities will culminate on Saturday, March 13. On that night, we will honour special guests who have been integral to the ongoing success of Eddie May Mysteries such as: Mark Monahan, Walter Krepski, and Alfie Friedman. We will also honour our 200,000th public customer with all kinds of free goodies; gift certificates, mystery novels donated by Shirley Leishman and Prime Crime, wine baskets, et cetera. Jon Dore (our former Eddie May, now with Canadian Idol) is tentatively expected to co-host the event.
"You'll have the Crime of Your Life!"
Best regards,
André J. Sauvé
(613) 247-1188 ext. 229
ajsauve@ottawa-bluesfest.ca Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Galerie SAW Gallery is proud to announce the 150 nominations put forward by the public for Les Prix Golden Cherry Awards, to be held on Saturday, March 6 starting at 8PM at Galerie SAW Gallery. This biggest arts award night in Ottawa history will pay homage to your favourite artists working in visual and media art, dance, theatre, music and literature. With 4 DJs, 5 bands and 7 emcees, the celebrations will continue until 2AM. The awards will be announced starting at 10PM. From 8PM to 10PM, the public will be able to vote for the top nominees in each category, with red stickers provided with admission.
Originally planned as a gala to celebrate local excellence in the arts, Les Prix Golden Cherry Awards are now doubling up as a protest against the 100% cuts to the arts proposed by the City of Ottawa. The message will be loud and clear: if there are any cuts to the already low per capita funding for the arts, Ottawa's most celebrated artists will have no choice but to leave the city for good - some already have. Let's give an award show for city councillors that will knock their socks off (and force them to stop the cuts).
Admission: $10 - advance tickets available at the Arts Court information desk at 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa
Location: Galerie SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
For more information: (613) 236-6181
Dress code: Trashy or Glam
Sponsors The Ottawa Citizen, The New RO, Stella Artois, Arts Court, CKCU, SAW Video, Artguise and Artspeak. Special thanks to artist Juan Carlos Noria for exhibition design. Go to top of page
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2004 by ggower
Ottawa baroque chamber music ensemble Seventeen Voyces, under the direction of Kevin Reeves, present the World Premiere of An Evening with Hector Berlioz, Sunday February 29th,7:30 pm, at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 130 Glebe Avenue in Ottawa.
Todd Duckworth stars as Hector Berlioz - the great French Romantic composer of the 19th century who celebrated his 200th birthday this past December. While writing his famous Memoirs by candlelight, Berlioz will reminisce about his love interests; friends and enemies; struggles with authorities; and his music. A giant video screen behind the composer will conjure up characters such as Liszt, Mendelssohn, Paganini, officious bureaucrats and critics to add a kind of "This is your life, Hector Berlioz" to the proceedings.
Director Kevin Reeves is an award-winning film producer and director as well as the founding music director of Ottawa's chamber ensemble, Seventeen Voyces. Recently, he conducted a CBC television premiere of a 17th century work - Marc-Antoine Charpentier's 'Pastorale' with Seventeen Voyces and Baroque instruments. He was also one of the conductors for 'Easter Sunrise' - broadcast live from the National Gallery on national CBC television.
In a few short years, Seventeen Voyces has risen to national prominence as one of the country's finest vocal ensembles. The chamber choir has performed at the National Gallery; Parliament Hill; for the European Union; and for national CBC radio and television. Last spring, Seventeen Voyces was proud to make its debut with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Handel's 'Theodora', with Trevor Pinnock conducting.
Todd Duckworth has played principal roles in theatre, film and television for more than two decades. He was most recently seen as five different characters in the National Arts Centre production of Hamlet, directed by Marti Maraden. Selected guest appearances on television shows include Bordertown, MacGyver, Twilight Zone, and The Beachcombers.
Matthew Larkin, pianist and organist.
Tickets are available at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 130 Glebe Avenue . Adults $20 Students/Seniors $15
Seventeen Voyces a Rare Joy - Seventeen Voyces has been one of the best sounding choirs in Ottawa for almost three seasons now. If one might fault them for anything, it would probably be that we don't hear enough of them.
-Richard Todd, Ottawa Citizen March 28, 2001
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For more information contact:
Kevin Reeves
kevinreeves58@hotmail.com
234-2532
www.seventeenvoyces.ca Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
I will be playing a solo, early show at Rasputin's in Ottawa (with special guest Justin Rutledge (Shady Lane Records)), on Saturday February 28th at 8pm. I hope you will be able to make it. If you don't plan on being in Ottawa that night, but you know people who do, please do feel free to forward this email to them with a charming little message from yourself at the top saying that they should go to this show. If you don't know anyone in Ottawa, please consider getting to know someone from there -- they're nice folk, after all.
Tickets for this show are 8 dollars, and you can reserve some for yourself by going to www.rasputins.ca .
Friday, February 28th
Harmony Trowbridge
plays
The Rasputin's Folk Cafe
696 Bronson Ave - Ottawa, ON
with special guest Justin Rutledge
show starts at
8o'clock!! Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
CBC RADIO'S Third Annual Poetry Face-Off comes to the National Arts
Centre Fourth Stage on Monday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m.
Poetic punches will fly during CBC Radio's third annual national POETRY
FACE-OFF, the Canada-wide competition that brings together 70 poets in
14 cities stretching from Victoria to Whitehorse to St. John's, with a
stop in Ottawa on Monday, March 8.
Alan Neal of ONTARIO TODAY hosts this fierce contest at the National
Arts Centre Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St., with the poetic talents of Segun
Akinlolu, John Akpata, Sylvie Hill, Wanda O'Connor and Garmamie Sideau.
The five poets will each expound on this year's theme of "belonging."
After an audience vote, one poet will emerge triumphant and represent
Ottawa in the national competition on CBC Radio.
Nu-jazz and house music artist Rise Ashen will provide the evening's
groove.
The winning poet's performance will air on OTTAWA MORNING the following
day, with the other four airing throughout the week on OTTAWA MORNING
and ALL IN A DAY.
The show starts at 7:30 sharp, with doors open at 7 p.m. Last year's
Poetry Face-Off played to a full house, so fans and friends are urged to
come early. Admission is $5, with all proceeds going to English Language
Tutoring for the Ottawa Community (ELTOC). There is no advance ticketing
for this event.
April is National Poetry Month; the final round of this poetic
competition will air April 19-22 on CBC Radio One's SOUNDS LIKE CANADA
(weekdays 10 a.m. to noon). Listeners across the country will have a
chance to hear all 14 finalists, and vote for their favourite
performance by calling a toll-free telephone number (to be announced) or
by logging onto our website. The grand champion will be announced April
30 on SOUNDS LIKE CANADA.
CBC-TV's ARTSPOTS is back for a second year as a partner in the
national POETRY FACE-OFF. Each regional winner will be featured in their
own short film, courtesy of ARTSPOTS.
Listeners are invited to visit www.cbc.ca/poetryfaceoff for detailed
information about each of the regional poetry face-offs, including
interviews with the participants as the events unfold.
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For further information, contact:
Kylee Mackay
CBC Radio Communications
(613) 562-8471
kylee_mackay@cbc.ca Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
RE-SIGNED non-import linebacker Jason KRALT (Carleton) to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season.
RE-SIGNED non-import long snapper / linebacker Steve GLENN (Ottawa) to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season.
SIGNED non-import placekicker Ian HEWITT (Minot State) to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2005 season. Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa Renegades are pleased to announce the signing of veteran linebacker Jason Kralt, veteran linebacker / long snapper Steve Glenn and placekicker Ian Hewitt. All players signed one-year contacts with a club option for a second season.
Kralt, 30, begins his sixth season in the CFL in 2004 and his third with the Renegades. The 6-foot-1, 241-pound graduate of Carleton University had 24 defensive tackles and five special teams tackles during the 2003 season.
Glenn, 32, will compete in his ninth CFL season and his third with the Renegades. Regarded as one of the best long snappers in the league, Glenn appeared in all 18 Renegades games during the 2003 campaign and did not botch a single snap on punts, field goals
and convert attempts. The 6-foot-3 245-pounder from the University of Ottawa and a resident of Orleans has played 111 CFL regular-season games.
Hewitt, 27, joins the Renegades and will compete for the placekicking duties vacated by Lawrence Tynes who signed a contract with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. The Montreal Alouettes signed Hewitt to the practice roster during the 2000 season. He has also attended training camp with the Toronto Argonauts and the B.C. Lions.
The 5-foot-8, 164-pound native of Calgary attended Minot State University in North Dakota and was named to the first-team North Dakota Central Athletic Conference all-star squad during his first two seasons. Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
The Canadian Football League released today the 2004 schedule, which will culminate with the playing of the 92nd Grey Cup Game at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa on Sunday, November 21.
The Ottawa Renegades, beginning the club's third season of hard-hitting CFL action, have an outstanding home schedule for its fans during the 2004 season. All home games will be played on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
The 2004 home schedule begins on Thursday, June 24 against the Toronto Argonauts. Kickoff at Frank Clair Stadium is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The 2004 Renegades home schedule also features a contest on Friday, July 2 (7 p.m.) against the Edmonton Eskimos in one of two CFL games being billed as a Canada Day Bash event.
The Renegades end the regular season at home on Saturday, October 30 with a game at 3 p.m. against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Ottawa's fan-friendly home schedule includes three games that fall on a Thursday, three on Fridays and three on Saturdays.
The Renegades begin the 2004 regular-season on Thursday, June 17 in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers.
The Renegades play two pre-season games against the Montreal Alouettes. The home game is set for Thursday, June 3 at Frank Clair Stadium (7:30 p.m.).
The full 2004 Ottawa Renegades schedule is available at: http://ottawastart.com/sports.php Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
HANDY AWARDS 2004
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You can now vote for the 25th W.C. Handy nominees.
Here's what you do (it only takes a few minutes):
1. Visit http://www.blues.org and click "ENTER SITE".
2. You should then see a pop-up window saying "Click here to VOTE for the 25th W. C. Handy Awards".
3. You simply REGISTER with your email address, and you will be sent a Registration Code within seconds.
4. Enter the code when prompted and you''ll be taken to your very own BALLOT.
5. Enter your choices.
6. Follow the remaining prompts, finalize your choices, and YOU'RE DONE!
The Handy Awards will be presented at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis TN on April 29, 2004.
Become a member of the Blues Foundation ... support the blues all year long!
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HEADS UP! ... COMING NEXT WEEKEND
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Les Grandes Dames du Blues
The Capital City Music Hall, 200 Rideau Street
Saturday, March 6, 7:30-10:30 pm (followed by house band and DJ)
tickets $15 advance; $20 at the door
Hosted by The Dawn Tyler Watson Blues Project
Already an accomplished performer and a force on the Canadian Blues scene, Dawn Tyler Watson is a singer/songwriter whose style incorporates her many influences into a fresh new sound.
http://www.dawntylerwatson.com
Featuring Roxanne Potvin
Ottawa's newest blues voice, Roxanne Potvin has been described as, "powerful, sweet and sultry, all in one," and-influenced by Dinah Washington-is equally talented singing blues, gospel or jazz. At just 21 years old, Roxanne is another of Ottawa's talented young guitarists. A Blues Guitar Riff-Off finalist, her influences range from Junior Watson and T-Bone Walker to Little Charlie Baty and Rusty Zinn. Her guitar work is versatile and tasteful; she plays everything from west coast swing to Chicago blues and covers a lot of ground in between.
http://www.roxannepotvin.com/
With special guest (and we mean special) Alberta Adams
The grand dame of Detroit blues, Alberta Adams has performed with Duke Ellington, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, and T-Bone Walker as well as with many premier jazz, R&B, and blues groups in Detroit. Adams admits to no single influence on her singing styles, although Big Joe Turner holds a special place in her heart. "Big Joe Turner was it," she says, "and Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and LaVern Baker, those were my girls. But nobody taught me nothin' about singing. I taught myself." Like the singers she admires, Adams has a strong, rich voice with a tone and expressive quality that grabs a listener by the heart and won't let go.
Les Grandes Dames du Blues is an annual event that coincides with International Women's Day (March 8) and focuses on raising funds for charitable causes that positively affect women. 'Les Grandes Dames du Blues' was initiated in Québec a few years ago and made its first Ottawa appearance last year.
For ticket outlets and more info -
http://www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca/special_events/upcoming_events/grandes_dames.htm
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Double Bill Blues
with Shakedown Blues and Wicked Grin
Bayou Blues & Jazz Club, 1077 Bank Street
Friday, March 5
March 5 marks a special night at the Bayou. To raise awareness about the Bayou, two great blues bands, Shakedown Blues and Wicked Grin will be performing a double bill; the third set will feature a jam with special guest musicians.
The Bayou is an important club in the city as they have long been promoters of local musicians and have brought in many great jazz and blues acts from out of town for local fans' enjoyment. In addition to providing great musical entertainment, the Bayou has recently opened their kitchen and is now serving pub style food on weekends.
To encourage attendance and raise awareness of this great club, the bands have agreed to keep the price of admission low. For this special double bill event the cover at the door is only $6 ($5 for Mississippi Blues Society and Ottawa Blues Society members).
The club boasts a great sound system, maintained and run by one of the club's owners, Bruce Blair. There is ample seating with great sightlines to the stage and a separate room with pool table.
Come out March 5th and enjoy a night of great music and atmosphere and the opportunity to meet other blues-minded fans and musicians.
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Fundraiser for Ottawa Carleton Association
for Persons with Developmental Difficulties
with The Maria Hawkins Band
Rainbow, 76 Murray Street
Friday, March 5
Advance tickets $10 ... contact Debbie Blasutti dblasutti@ocapdd.on.ca
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
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Tinsley Ellis
Tucson's, 2440 Bank Street
Thursday, February 26
Fiery guitarist Tinsley Ellis makes a rare Ottawa appearance.
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WORKSHOP ... coming in March
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Microphone Workshop For Voice
Rasputin's Folk Café, 696 Bronson Avenue
Sunday, March 7, 1-3 pm, fee $25
A hands-on workshop looking at the practical aspects of using a microphone for live performances: How to communicate with the sound technician, how to talk while looking at the audience, and most importantly, how to feel comfortable around the technology.
Workshop is limited to ten participants.
Apple cider, tea and coffee will be served.
For more info - http://www.rasputins.ca/microphone_workshop.htm
To register, contact dean.verger@rasputins.ca
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WEEKLY EVENTS ON THE SMALL SCREEN
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ALWAYS check local listings to confirm.
On Bravo - Ottawa Cable Channel 40
http://www.bravo.ca/programlistings/
Monday, March 1 @ 7:30 am
Talkin' Blues: Sweet Baby James (2003)
A profile of Australian blues guitarist Sweet Baby James Meston; a conversation with the legendary Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; an excerpt from a documentary by Suzie Kidnap.
On PBS - Ottawa Cable Channel 64
http://www.wpbstv.org/Whats-On.htm
Sunday, February 29 @ 2 pm
The Hines Farm Blues Club
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Hines Farm - in a rural community outside of Toledo, Ohio - was the location of one of the premier blues clubs in the United States, featuring musicians such as John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and B.B. King. The club featured a who's who of blues and jazz entertainers, and served as a cultural nexus for local African-Americans. THE HINES FARM BLUES CLUB is a tribute to this legendary blues mecca and a sentimental journey through the African-American music scene of the era. Focusing on the history of the Hines Farm Blues Club, the documentary accentuates the relationship between Hines Farm and the booming Toledo-area music scene of the 50s and 60s. Viewers experience how the area inspired the rise of the Toledo blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues scene.
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ON THE RADIO
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In A Mellow Tone
with Ron Sweetman
CKCU - FM 93.1 Carleton U Community radio
Wednesday, February 25, 9-11 pm
This week host Ron Sweetman features two hours with Ida Cox on her birthday ... "This great classic blues singer was born on February 25, 1896" ... and hear her recordings from 1923 to 1961.
http://ckcufm.com/programs/inamellowtone.html
Window of Opportunity
with Laurie-Ann Copple
CKCU - FM 93.1 Carleton U Community radio
Friday, February 27, 3-4 pm
Special guest Ric Denis says, "Just want to let you know about my upcoming little media blitz for my NAC 4th Stage show on the 28th".
http://www.ncf.ca/~eh202/window.html
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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Art Attack! - L'Art passe à l'attaque!
Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward, in the Market area (side door, upstairs)
Wednesday, February 25, 7-10 pm
Oh My Gosh, We're Having an ART ATTACK! It's a funky fundraiser and rabble rouser. On Wednesday, February 25, come to the Mercury Lounge to show you care about the Arts and Culture in Ottawa! We - artists and art lovers - are throwing a party to raise funds and awareness in our fight against the City of Ottawa's 2004 Draft Budget.
Cuts to the Arts and Culture in this budget would decimate our City's cultural scene, bankrupting theatres, galleries, festivals and community organizations, and permanently closing the doors of many of our museums. These cuts would bring a grave loss not only to artists but to all residents of Ottawa, whose lives are brightened and enriched by the arts and culture every day. The City proposed by this Draft Budget is not the City we want to live in.
ART ATTACK! is a fundraiser for a City-wide sign campaign. Monies raised this evening will pay for the production of thousands of election-style posters that will be distributed to every neighborhood in our city, blanketing lawns and street-corners. These signs will alert all residents (including politicians) to the presence of artists in our communities and to the importance of arts and culture in Ottawa. They will raise awareness of the cutting of support for Arts and Culture as an issue of great importance.
Donation at the door, sign in your hands! PLUS: Enter a raffle to win an original work of art by Pat Durr, Jennifer Dickson, Eliza Griffith, Michèle Provost, Adrian Göllner, Lorraine Gilbert or Justin Wonnacott!
Music generously provided by DJ Bear Thomas.
Energy provided by YOU!
For more information, contact Justin Wonnacott at editor@artlog.ca or 613.725 2680; Adrian Göllner at adrian@adriangollner.ca; or Artlist at artengine@artengine.ca.
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CKCU's Folk Festival in Black and White
Photos by Randy MacNeil
with musical guest The Johnny Russell Band
Irene's Pub, 885 Bank Street
Thursday, February 26, starting at 6 pm
This event is the second of a series of three photo exhibits by Randy MacNeil. Known by many musicians in Ottawas blues music community, Randy is also one of the featured photographers at the CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival as well as the Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest. Shot in black and white and without flash, this collection of photographs brings out the energy of each artist and their respective performances. Come and see the beauty they hold.
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REGULAR EVENTS THIS MONTH
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Mondays: Maria Hawkins @ the Rainbow
Tuesdays: Rainbow Open Jam with the Smacks @ 9:30 pm
Wednesdays: Open stage with Shakedown Blues @ the Bayou
Thursdays: Dinner & acoustic blues @ Tucson's
Thursdays: Blues Jam with Johnny Russell & Mike Ktenas @ Irene's
Fridays: Amaryllis @ the Rainbow ... early show 5-7 pm
Saturday afternoons: Blues jam @ the Rainbow
Sunday afternoons: Guy del Villano & guests @ Royal Oak, Bank St.
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LOCALS THIS WEEK
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Friday, February 27
JW-Jones Blues Band @ Tucson's
Saturday, February 28
Roxanne Potvin @ Tucson's
Saturday, February 28
JW-Jones Blues Band @ Royal Oak, Wellington Street
Saturday, February 28
Ric Denis CD release @ NAC 4th Stage, 53 Elgin Street, 8 pm
Saturday, February 28
Blue Pearl @ Daniel O'Connell Pub Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
The National Arts Centre Orchestra and
Opera Lyra Ottawa are proud to announce that the Black & White Opera Soirée
fundraising concert on Saturday, February 21, has raised over $250,000 to
benefit both organizations.
Starring mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and baritone James Westman, with actor
Albert Millaire as host, the Black & White Opera Soirée was presented for
the seventh consecutive year by Bell Canada. James Judd conducted the
National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Opera Lyra Ottawa Chorus was prepared
by Laurence Ewashko.
The 12-member fundraising committee was chaired by Guy J. Pratte of Borden
Ladner Gervais LLP. The proceeds from this joint fundraiser will help
maintain and further develop the artistic excellence of the National Arts
Centre Orchestra and Opera Lyra Ottawa.
Guy Pratte said: "I'm sure I speak for everyone who had the privilege of
being in the audience when I say what a fantastic concert we heard. I can't
thank all the artists enough. They have added to the spectacular ongoing
success of the Black & White Opera Soirée which has raised an amazing $1.5
million over the past seven years. What an exceptional gift that represents
from this community to the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Opera Lyra
Ottawa."
The evening was presented by Bell Canada in association with Enbridge Gas
Distribution and Scotiabank. Special thanks go to Ernst & Young, Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt, Nortel Networks Limited, Audi /Mark Motors of Ottawa
Ltd., Petro-Canada, Telus, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Alcatel, CIBC, The
Ottawa Citizen, Le Droit, CBC/Radio-Canada, B!ddle McGillvray Advertising,
The Lowe-Martin Group and The Westin Ottawa. Denyce Graves' visit was
supported by the United States Government CultureConnect Program. Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
Beginning in May 2005, the City of Ottawa will have a Junior 'A' box lacrosse franchise to call its own. The Ontario Lacrosse Association's Jr. 'A' Council and commissioner Dean McLeod voted in favour of a bid to bring the Ottawa Titans into the league and are excited about the opportunity.
Local organizers believe the decision will help the game to continue to develop in Eastern Ontario. Minor registration alone has increased by 46 per cent in the region between 1998 and 2002.
The Titans will begin play in May 2005. The squad will draw on player bases from Eastern Ontario including the Gloucester Griffins and the Nepean Knights organizations. Both Gloucester and Nepean currently field Junior B teams.
Titans president Rad Joseph said the objective is to provide local lacrosse players can with the top calibre of lacrosse in their hometown.
"It is with tremendous pleasure that we are here today to announce that Ottawa has been granted a franchise to play in the Ontario Junior 'A' League," Joseph said. "The best non-professional lacrosse in the world has arrived to the nation's capital."
"It's exciting to be a part of this which is a historical development in lacrosse in Ottawa," said Titans' General Manager Andy Mutch. "The lacrosse minds in Ottawa made a very strong collective effort to make Junior 'A' a reality. now we are offering sponsorship opportunities as part of our effort to build ties with the Ottawa community.
Ottawa is the 12th Junior 'A' club in the province and will play out of Earl Armstrong Arena. Decisions on the coaching staff will be made in the fall with player selection beginning early in 2005. The OLA's Junior 'A' league features 11 teams including Peterborough, Whitby, St. Catharines and Six Nations.
The last expansion in 1997 featured one new team, the Orillia Rama Kings. The top eight teams in the league qualify for playoffs, with the provincial champion representing Ontario in the Minto Cup national championship. Last year, the St. Catharines Athletics won the Minto Cup and were the Ontario champions.
For more information or an interview, please contact:
Rad Joseph, President: Work: 951-6830; Home: 722-4088
Andy Mutch, General Manager: Work: 520-2600 ext. 1221; Home: 836-0333
For media inquiries please contact:
Andy Watson: Work: 520-2600 ext. 8718, Cell: 868-2411
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Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
Attention Rush Fans!
Limelight, Ottawa's premier tribute to Rush, will be
performing at the Bayou on Saturday, February 28th,
2004.
The Bayou is located at 1077 Bank Street (corner of
Bank and Sunnyside), and can be reached at (613)
738-1709. Showtime is set for 9:30PM and there is a
$6
cover charge. The special guest for the evening is
The Inertia Project.
Limelight features Scott Bailey on vocals, Kevin
Daoust on guitars, Dave Schneider on drums, and Dave
Schroeder on bass and keyboards. The group presents
an accurate and authentic performance of Rush's
material, playing songs ranging from 1975's "Fly By
Night" album, all the way to the latest CD "Vapor
Trails".
Opening the evening will be The Inertia Project.
Based in Ottawa, the Inertia Project is a 5-piece Jazz
Fusion combo featuring Brian Asselin on sax, Jeff
Asselin on drums, Kevin Daoust on guitar, David
Atkinson on keyboards, and Dave Schroeder on bass.
Together, they spin out a blend of Jazz, Blues, Funk
and Fusion, all with a healthy dose of improvisation.
For more information, please contact Kevin Daoust at:
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Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
The organizing committee for the Bell Canada Ottawa International Hockey Festival announced today the fifth annual festival held from January 1 to 4 raised $266,000 for minor hockey and local charities.
The Festival is pleased to support Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa (CAYFO), Sledge Hockey Canada through the Ottawa Senators Alumni, St. Patrick's Home Bed Fund, the Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Roger's House, ODHA/ODMHA and local minor hockey organizations and the Max Keeping Foundation.
Accepting on behalf of the organizations are David Millen for CAYFO, Dean Delaurier and Mark Gallant of Sledge Hockey Canada, Sister Mona Martin for the St. Patrick's Home of Ottawa Foundation, David Rattray and Debbie Peterson representing the Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Dave Ready of the Ottawa Senators Foundation on behalf of Roger's House, CJOH TV's Max Keeping for the Max Keeping Foundation, Hubert Seguin, president of the ODMHA and tournament and arena coordinators on behalf of minor hockey.
Presenting the cheques to the recipient organizations are members of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa International Hockey Festival and its key sponsors; City of Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli, Gary Cameron of Bell Canada, Peter O'Leary of the Ottawa Citizen and Tournament co-chair Cyril Leeder. The Hockey Festival has now raised more than $660,000 for minor hockey and local charities in its five years of operation.
The 2004 Bell Canada Ottawa International Hockey Festival played host to 400 teams and more than 7,000 atom and peewee aged (9, 10 and 11-year-old) players with more than 800 games from Thursday, January 1 to Sunday, January 4. The games were played on 29 local ice surfaces in the City of Ottawa, with the 16 division finals at the Corel Centre. Participating teams came from across Canada and the United States as well as Finland and Hungary.
In other news, festival organizers announced that Bell Canada has agreed to continue their Presenting Sponsorship of the Festival and Title Sponsor of the hockey tournament, titled "The Bell Canada Cup". Planning has already begun for the sixth annual Festival, to be held January 5th to 9th, 2005. Next year 420 teams will participate in The Bell Canada Cup in 15 divisions, including a girls division.
Information for the 2005 festival and tournament will be available on the festival's Web Site (www.oihf.net) after May 1, 2004.
For more information, please contact:
Aaron Robinson, OIHF General Manager, (613) 599-0141
Tim Pattyson, (613) 599-0239
BELL CANADA OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FESTIVAL
SUMMARY OF MONIES RAISED
2004 FESTIVAL
DONATIONS TO LOCAL CHARITIES (Note 1) $104,500
MINOR HOCKEY CONTRIBUTIONS $161,500
TOTAL FOR 2004 FESTIVAL $266,000
MONIES DONATED FROM ALL FESTIVALS
2000 FESTIVAL $ 41,000
2001 FESTIVAL $105,000
2002 FESTIVAL $105,300
2003 FESTIVAL $146,000
2004 FESTIVAL $266,000
TOTAL DONATIONS FROM ALL FESTIVALS $663,300
Note 1 - Local charity donations for 2004 included:
Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa (CAYFO)
Ottawa Senators Alumni (Sledge Hockey Canada)
St. Patrick's Home Bed Fund
Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre
Roger's House
ODHA/ODMHA
Max Keeping Foundation Go to top of page
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by ggower
The Women's Events Network presents an
International Women's Day Celebration.
Sat. March 6, 2004
1 - 4pm.
At Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W.
Theme 2004:
Women Supporting Women:
Acknowledging the contributions of community organizations and female entrepreneurs serving the women of Ottawa.
Planned events include:
IWD rally with Emcee "Oni, The Haitian Sensation"
Speakers at the Rally: Joan Gullen, community activist; Dianne Hartling from Breast Cancer Action; and Sara Onyango
Information fair: Featuring community organizations and female entrepreneurs; interactive workshops; and a film festival
Entertainment: Melanie Noll, Evalyn Parry and Belly Dancing with Jalila!
Events take place indoors in the Jean Piggot Hall and nearby meeting rooms of Ottawa City Hall, March 6, 1-4pm.
Announcing the creation of WEN!
A dedicated core group of women in the Ottawa area have been faithfully organizing a series of women-centered events that both celebrate the achievements of women and highlight the social and political issues that affect women. This group of community workers and individuals has re-created itself as the Women's Events Network, WEN!
WEN needs your help!
WEN welcomes the participation of all women in the Ottawa area. Volunteers are needed to help make these events successful.
For more information, call 230-6700 or email wenottawa@yahoo.ca
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Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 by ggower
Eleven outstanding young members of our community were praised
today at the 6th annual 9-1-1 Children's Achievement Awards. Joining in the
tribute, Councillors honoured the boys and girls for their courage in facing
difficult situations.
In each of the eleven cases, the children thought clearly and acted
responsibly. Dispatched workers came to the rescue when Tiffany Tavares, age
11, suspected a break in at her home. Eight-year-old Brittany
Dignard-Hitsman called 9-1-1 because her diabetic mother was suffering from
a related symptom.
Councillor Herb Kreling also recognized the critical role parents play in
teaching children how to respond in an emergency. "This achievement award is
a reflection of cooperation, education and teamwork," said Councillor
Kreling, "and I commend the parents, families and schools for teaching our
young people how to think clearly in a crisis and dial 9-1-1 when they find
themselves in a critical situation."
Established in 1998, the Children's 9-1-1 Achievement Awards recognizes
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Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 by ggower
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX & CARLSBERG RED
PRESENT...
2003 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award winners
Managed by Bob Hallett of GREAT BIG SEA
From St. John's, Newfoundland
BROTHERS IN STEREO
+ THE REAL GONE DADDIES
Wednesday, March 10 (Doors 8pm)
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX, 27 York Street, Ottawa, Canada.
Age 19+/ General Admission
Tickets: $6 only at the door.
Brothers in Stereo consists of Pop/Rock siblings Chris and Andrew LeDrew. They released their debut album on June 13th, 2003, and immediately signed a major distribution deal with Maple Nationwide in Toronto. They also secured Great Big Sea's Bob Hallett as manager, as well as a deal with Wavelight Productions in St. John's to produce their first video and were on tour with Warner recording artists Crush in the Fall of 2003.
The LeDrew brothers grew up in St. John's, though they have lived and worked across the country. Chris is already familiar to many for his independent solo album Too Commercial, which garnered serious airplay and critical praise. His talents as a writer are held in high regard in song circles, and he has collaborated with heavyweights like Ron Hynes and Lennie Gallant. Andrew has been honing his chops in Halifax and Ottawa, experimenting with different bands and styles. When Andrew returned to St. John's last year, he began practicing and playing with Chris for the first time since they were kids. The brothers quickly realized that they were creating something special, and immediately began working on their debut album. Recorded using vintage gear, and played live off the floor, the songs are a testament to the power of a straightforward lyric and an unbeatable hook.
Brothers in Stereo is rounded out by cousin Barry LeDrew on drums and Dominic Sutherland on Bass. Both played the St. John's club circuit before hooking up with Chris and Andrew. They are an integral part of the rock and roll sound the Brothers create on stage. Barry's high harmony is essential to the Brothers' vocal sound while Dominic's bass playing completes the rhythm section's musical backbone.
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The Real Gone Daddies certainly give off the vibe of thoroughly enjoying what they do. The band's live shows entertain as they endeavor to harmoniously blend somewhat unrelated musical forms. Getting "Real Gone" however, is as much about fun as it is about artistic presentation.
"Real Gone" compositions play with time signatures and arrangements in ways that challenge the listener's expectations. The "Real Gone" philosophy exercises an attitiude that encourages discovery, musical and otherwise, for the Daddies as well as their audience.
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BROTHERS IN STEREO's Web Site - http://www.brothersinstereo.com
THE REAL GONE DADDIES' web site - http://www.realgonedaddies.com
Information:
BROTHERS IN STEREO - Bob Hallett Rbrucehallett@aol.com
THE REAL GONE DADDIES - Stephen Cole PR@realgonedaddies.com
ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX - Eugene Haslam (613) 237-5301 zaphods_ottawa@hotmail.com http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com Go to top of page
Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 by ggower
The Ottawa Raiders hosted three games on the weekend. One against the Quebec Avalanche and two against the TELUS Lightning.
Friday, February 20 the Quebec Avalanche came to town to try and take a playoff spot from the Raiders. The Raiders opened up the game with a goal from Erica Olson in the first period. The second period saw Ottawa open up the flood gates with three goals coming off the sticks of Erin Chassie, Andreanne Thibault and Erica Olson. After the Avalanche brought the game close with two goals before the midway point of the third period, Erica Olson topped off the game with her hat trick goal to seal the game as well secure a spot in the NWHL playoffs with the final score being 5-2.
Saturday, February 21 had TELUS Lightning in town for a two game series. The game started the wrong way for the Raiders as the Lightning opened up a 3-0 lead with two goals in the first period and one early in the second. The Raiders then responded with 6 straight goals. They got three in the second period from Alison Domenico, Susie Laska and Erin Chassie and three in the third period from Angie Collins, Andreanne Thibault and Erin Chassie with her second goal of the night. That was enough to seal a 6-3 victory. Melissa Dipetta was in nets for the Raiders for her first ever NWHL win.
Sunday, February 22 again saw the TELUS Lightning and the Raiders tee off. The game saw a different story then the previous game as the Raiders jumped out to a 4-1 by the middle of the second period. The Raiders got goals from Jessica Lebeau, Alison Domenico, and two goals from Erin Chassie. TELUS then took control of the game with two goals in the second to be only a goal behind. The third period saw two more goals from the Lightning to clinch a 5-4 victory.
The Ottawa Raiders finish of the season with three home games this coming weekend.
For more information please contact:
Jason Perrier (613) 599-9165 or perrierj@sympatico.ca
Barry Madigan (613) 591-1021 or bmadigan1021@rogers.com
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Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 by ggower
East-end residents can now take advantage of additional parking at
the Trim Road Park & Ride lot. The City of Ottawa added 85 new parking
spaces to bring the total number of spots available at Trim Road to 260 as a
means to improve commuting options.
"I am pleased the City's investment in the Trim Road Park & Ride is being
supported through provincial government funding," said Mayor, Bob Chiarelli.
The Trim Road Park & Ride lot is located on Trim Road, between Highway 174
and St. Joseph Boulevard, east of the Place d'Orléans shopping center. The
facility will accommodate a growing number of commuters opting to take
transit downtown. Expansion of the Trim Road facility will continue with
additional phases over the next several years until it reaches its maximum
capacity of 775 spaces. In addition to the new parking spots, commuters will
find a number of premium spaces for persons with disabilities, bicycle
racks, benches, a taxi stand, and a "kiss and ride" drop-off area.
The Trim Road Park & Ride offers commuters a number of unique opportunities.
Boarding a bus at Trim Road will mean commuters will be served first, and
get first choice of seats before the bus fills up farther along the route.
Trim Road will be served by routes 95, 22 and 221, with buses approximately
ten minutes apart during rush hour, providing a fast, convenient, efficient,
reliable, and environmentally responsible ride to their destination.
Construction of the $1.4 million facility was a sound economic decision for
the City, which benefited from an investment from Ontario's Ministry of
Transportation for one-third of the cost of the facility. The City is using
provincial funding to improve a number of municipal infrastructures. Among
these are the recently expanded Eagleson Park & Ride, and a new Transitway
Station at Terry Fox and the Queensway, scheduled to open in late 2004.
For further information on OC Transpo services, call the OC Transpo
Information Centre at (613) 741-4390 or visit the Web site at
www.octranspo.com . Commuters can also call
560-1000 plus their bus stop number to get schedule information up to one
week in advance.
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For more information:
Communications & Marketing
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Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 by ggower
It's already time to let you know about our coming concert, but mostly about the 4th version of the Capital Concerto Competition that we organize jointly with Thirteen Strings.
Because there are 13 entrants this year it has been decided to have only one round on Feb. 28th. For various reasons, such as the Ottawa Youth Orchestra tour, the entries for this year are down but there are enough very good musicians who have entered to make this an exciting competition. We will begin at 1:45 and the winners will be announced by 4:30, approximately.
Also, for the first time this year, the top two players will perform with Thirteen Strings at the Concerts Cumberland concert on March 14th.
Here are a few details about the CCC:
-first organized in 2000-2001 by the Gloucester Music Club, Concerts Cumberland and Thirteen Strings
-aimed at music students (18 and under) of the area
-former winners: Claudia Chan, piano; Thaddeus Morden, cello; Amelia Lyon, flute.
-open this year to students of winds, strings and piano
-adjudicators: Jerry Csaba, violin; Andrew Tunis, piano; and Benjamin Glossop, winds ; they will all be judges for all the players
- money prizes will be offered by the competition's sponsor Royal Bank of Canada, to the top 5 competitors
Saturday February 28
1:45 - 4:30 Come and hear the region's top young musicians compete for the Grand Prizes in the 2004 Capital Concerto Competition at Eastgate Alliance Church (Codd's Rd., north of Montreal Road)
Thursday March 11
7:00 pm Master class for the 5 finalists with maestro Jean-François Rivest (Eastgate Alliance Church)
Sunday, March 14 (more details about the concert and 2 winners to come)
7:30 pm Concert
Hear the winners in performance when Concerts Cumberland presents Thirteen Strings at Orleans United Church, 1111 Orleans Blvd.
All of these are open to the general public. Ticket prices and details for the concert will come shortly.
Should you have any questions about this competition, please ask me by e-mail or by phone at 830-5861. Thank you for promoting these special events aimed at young musicians,
Denise Beauchesne-Proulx, Concerts Cumberland Go to top of page
Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 by ggower
This week's live blues & jazz listings are now
up-to-date on the Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide.
I've changed the format to add new links. To find
out what's on, just click these links:
This Week's Special Music Links:
* W.E.N. - Week's Event News
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/thisweek.html
* W.O.W. - Web O' Week
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/weboweek.html
* V.O.W. - Venue O' Week
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/vow.html
* P.O.W. - Profile O' Week
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/prshakedown.html
* S.O.C. - Spotlight on Cool
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/xtracool.html
* F.O.W. - Feature O' Week
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/venues.html
This week's featured artists are:
Blues artist
Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo &
Al Tambay atCarleton Place Sat.
Jazz artist:
Karen Oxorn at Mother McGintey's today
Click for more on what they're doing this week:
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/weboweek.html
What's news in jazz & blues? Here's the link to use:
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/watznewz.html
Check out The Bayou, Ottawa South's only all-music club,
at its new web address www.thebayou.ca to find out what
the live music scene there is like. It's quite hot and
doesn't cost a lot. Food's back, Click here for more...
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/buabout.html#food
If you'd like to know more about or book a blues, jazz
or swing band or artist, check out this link:
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/proflist.html
You can help spread the word on the local blues and
jazz happenings in the Ottawa area. Why not pass on this
e-mail to anyone you know who'd be interested in
keeping up on what's going on in the Ottawa live music
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Posted Sunday, February 22, 2004 by ggower
March 5th marks a special night at the Bayou Blues and Jazz Club, 1077 Bank St. at Sunnyside. To raise awareness of the Bayou, two great blues bands, Shakedown Blues and Wicked Grin will be performing a double bill at the Bayou, the third set of the night will feature a jam with special guest musicians.
The Bayou is an important club in the city as they have long been promoters of local musicians and brought in many great Jazz & Blues acts from out of town for the local fans' enjoyment. In addition to providing great musical entertainment, The Bayou has recently opened their kitchen and is now serving pub style food on the weekends
To encourage attendance and raise awareness of this great club the bands have agreed to keep the price of admission low. For this special double bill event the cover at the door is only $6 and for the Ottawa Blues Society and Mississippi Blues Society members the cover will be $5.
More on the Bayou: The Bayou Jazz & Blues Club continues to encourage local musicians by featuring a Tuesday night jam featuring students from Carleton and The Ottawa Universities, a Wednesday night open jam hosted by Shakedown Blues that attracts and welcomes musicians from all styles of music, this is the place where many bands get their start! On every third Thursday there is a JazzWorks jam and the club is always full for this once a month event.
On the other Thursdays, every Friday and Saturday the club features a variety of local blues, jazz, rock or folk music as well as bringing in acts from across Canada and the U.S. The Bayou also supports local musicians with their willingness to book new bands in.
The club boasts a great sound system maintained and run by one of the club's owners Bruce Blair. There is ample seating with great viewing access to the stage and a separate pool room.
Come out March 5th and enjoy a night of great music and atmosphere take the opportunity to meet other blues minded fans and musicians.
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Posted Sunday, February 22, 2004 by ggower
lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
Sunday, February 29, 2004
2pm, mother tongue books
bios:
Louis Cabri lives in Calgary, but he used to live in Philadelphia, &
before that, Ottawa, where he ran the Experimental Writers Group, hole
magazine & the Transparency Machine event series with Rob Manery. His
first book, The Mood Embosser, poems written during the 1990s, was
published the other year by Coach House Books (http://www.chbooks.com);
it received a Book Award from the Small Press Traffic Literary Arts
Center in San Francisco. Cabri curated the events series PhillyTalks -
over thirty poets in conversation - and edited, with Nicole Markotic,
open letters to/from poets for Open Letter magazine. The PhillyTalks
newsletters & sound recordings, the poets' letters, & the documents of
a recent poets' symposium he helped organize, The Social Mark, are
available at Slought Foundation online (http://www.slought.org). He has
taught at the Alberta College of Art and Design and is currently
completing a Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Pennsylvania.
Max Middle is a writer & photographer. He returned to Ottawa early in
2003 after having spent more than four years in Edmonton. In 2002, he
completed a BA Honours degree in art history at the University of
Alberta. He organizes MediumRaw, a recently inaugurated Ottawa event
that combines poetry, performance, art & music. His poem, A Creation
Song, was recently published by above/ground press.
Mother Tongue Books, 1967 Bank Street (at Sunnyside), Ottawa.
613 730 2346.
for more information, bother rob mclennan at 613 239 0337 or
az421@freenet.carleton.ca / or check out the span-o link at
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Posted Sunday, February 22, 2004 by ggower
Celebrate International Women's Week with a bit of culture and a bit of fun! This play has received raves and accolades wherever it's gone! Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine, featuring Evalyn Parry & Anna Chatterton at the NAC's 4th stage, Friday march 5 at 8pm. Tickets $12.50 available at mother tongue books, NAC Box office, presented by the Women's Voices Festival all proceeds to benefit the festival! more info> www.womensvoices.on.ca 237-xtra or 266-3737 Go to top of page
Posted Sunday, February 22, 2004 by ggower
Montreal's Bullmoose (www.bullmoose.ca) groove rock with Torontos's
Maryjayne (www.maryjaynemusic.com) groove Brit Pop and Ottawa's
Diamondback (www.diamondbackmusic.com) rock will be playing at Cafe Dekcuf
(www.cafedekcuf.com) 221 Rideau @ Cumberland this Sat.Feb.28.
Doors 8:30pm
Cover $6 Go to top of page
Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
Despite being ranked first in North American cities for people who bike to work, the City of Ottawa plans to scrap the Cycling Promotion Program from its 2004 budget. The program provides resources, information and encouragement for those who wish to use a bicycle as transportation.
Citizens for Safe Cycling (CfSC), a non-profit group formed in 1984, has been running the Cycling Education and Cycling Promotion Programs on behalf of the former RMOC and the current City of Ottawa, for the last 10 years.
Cyclists aren't happy to see the $40,000 for the Cycling Promotion program eliminated: "Surely this program has contributed significantly to getting the commuting numbers up. No question the extensive pathway network is conducive to increased cycling, but resources such as those provided by the Cycling Promotion program also go a long way to encouraging more people to bike to work" says Melanie Ransom, CfSC President.
The Cycling Promotion program has only one paid staff member, and depends on the work of volunteers to provide cyclists with free route planning advice, road safety information, brochures, media campaigns, and Bicycle User Group startup help. Trained cycling instructors also facilitate commuting seminars at workplaces. Cutting the funding means these services will no longer be available to Ottawa cyclists.
Cycling is an important mode of transportation for many reasons - it is low cost, healthy, non-polluting, and helps to manage the ever-increasing traffic congestion on our roads. The city continues, however, to build new roads and widen existing ones. They plan to spend $35 million on widening two short stretches of Innes Road, a project supported by federal and provincial dollars. Ransom feels the City should be 'embarrassed' by this, given that the plan is to spend $3.5 million dollars per kilometre to widen roads that are already built, when it can only afford $100K to support cycling. "The sudden lack of funding for sustainable transportation risks destroying the world-class city we already have. It has been shown time and time again that when a city builds more roads - including wider roads - urban sprawl and congestion follow. I call that 'Dumb Growth' not 'Smart Growth'" said Ransom.
The commuting study, conducted by the British firm Market Opinion Research International, places Ottawa at the top of a list of North American metropolitan areas with more than 900,000 people. With nearly three per cent of Ottawa residents commuting to work by bike, the city is far ahead of second-ranking Vancouver, where slightly less than two per cent of commuters use bicycles, despite fair weather conditions allowing more cyclists to ride year round. The highest ranking U.S. city on the list was San Francisco, in fourth place, with 1.4 per cent of its commuters using bikes.
for more information contact
Melanie Ransom
President, Citizens for Safe Cycling
(613) 235-6647 h
(613) 580-2582 w
casa@storm.ca Go to top of page
Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
Environment Canada has forecast snow accumulation of 7 cm or more. As a result, the overnight parking restriction is now in effect from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. across the entire City of Ottawa.
The City's priority for snow clearing is to ensure that streets are clear and safe for motorists, public transit, winter cyclists and pedestrians.
Vehicles are restricted from parking on any City street so that crews can clear streets easily and effectively. On-street parking permit holders are exempt.
This overnight parking restriction will remain in effect until the City announces it has been lifted.
For more information, please call the City of Ottawa Snowline at 580-2460 or the City's Information Line at 580-2400.
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Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
OCDSB secondary school students and their
teachers have won provincial awards in the Marion Drysdale Awards
competition sponsored by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
(OSSTF).
Canterbury High School students Kevin Shea, Leslie-Ann Glen, Jeremy Gibbs,
Michael Moloney, Sacha Estabrooks, Suzette McCanny and their teacher
Stephen Willcock won for their video entry, Security-Peace-Freedom in the
video / audio/ animation category.
Gloucester High School student Shalini Gupta, and teacher Nicole Crichton
won the French prose/poetry category with an entry entitled Quatre Murs.
Each year OSSTF holds a writing and creative arts contest in honour of
Marion Drysdale. This year's theme was Appreciating One's Freedom. Winners
receive a cash prize and will be honoured at the Annual Meeting of the
Provincial Assembly in Toronto in March.
This writing and creative arts contest is open to public high school
students in Ontario. Students may enter in two categories - essay/poem or
creative. In the essay/poem category, there are six divisions, based on
the current or most recent English/French course taken by the student:
grade nine, French, basic, general, advanced and adult learner programs.
The creative category has three divisions open to students:
two-dimensional work, three-dimensional work and French/English
video/audio, and computer graphics/animation.
For further information, contact Canterbury HS Principal Frank Wiley at
731-1191, Gloucester HS Principal Lynn Thompson at 745-7176 or
Communications and Information Services at 596-8791. Go to top of page
Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
The following meetings are scheduled during the week of February
23, 2004, at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise
noted. Agenda items that may be of special interest to citizens and the
media have been highlighted.
Ottawa Police Services Board - Monday, February 23, 5 p.m., Champlain Room
* Public Delegations on the 2004 Budget
*
* Planning and Environment Committee - Tuesday, February 24, 9:30
a.m., Champlain Room
* Downtown Ottawa Urban Design Strategy 20/20 - Phase 1
* Official Plan Urban Design Directives: Implementation Initiatives
City Council - Wednesday, February 25, 1:30 p.m., Andrew S. Haydon Hall
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee - Thursday, February 26, 7 p.m.,
Kinburn Client Service Centre, 5670 Kinburn Road
The agenda for these meetings and related reports will be posted on the
City's Web site at ottawa.ca and will be available at the respective
meetings. Go to top of page
Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
The Factory Reading Series at Gallery 101
featuring some of the best writers
in Canada
Thursday, February 26th, 2004 at 7:30pm
readings by jwcurry (Ottawa)
& maria erskine (Toronto)
Gallery 101, 236 Nepean Street, Ottawa (1/2 block west of Bank Street)
lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
bios:
called the best visual & concrete poet in Canada, jwcurry is mainly in
Ottawa at Room 302 Books, stocking his imprint Curvd H&z, loading the
magazine for INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE & coordinating 1cent at a time & an
occasional SPUDBURN amidst the cursing in A Onion Printslop & grunting on
behalf of the unconscious membership of the Canadian Small Change
Association. Some of his work appeared recently in Groundswell: best of
above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Broken Jaw Press). he is calling his
performace at The Factory Reading Series "messagio galore."
maria erskine writes of herself, "answers to Corrupter of Words' if not to
Touchstone; carries on as if music was a major foodgroup and colours were
for getting drunk on." She lives in Toronto, where she is former grand
dame (with Maggie Helwig) of the Toronto Small Press Fair, and current
editor of WORD, the literary calendar. Some of her work also appeared
recently in Groundswell: best of above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Broken Jaw
Press).
for more information, bother rob mclennan at 613 239 0337 or
az421@freenet.carleton.ca / or check out the span-o link at
www.track0.com/rob_mclennan
span-o & The Factory Reading Series GREATFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES GALLERY 101
FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION OF THE SPACE.
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Posted Saturday, February 21, 2004 by ggower
Order of Canada Ceremony, Rideau Hall
(February 20, 2004)
As requested by The Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson
Invocation by Kadam Margot Emory
Joyful Land Buddhist Centre, Ottawa
"Three things in human life are important.
The first is to be kind;
The second is to be kind;
and the third is to be kind."
Henry James
"I'm fairly sure James wasn't a Buddhist, yet he captures so beautifully that which lies at the heart of our way of life - a strong wish and commitment not just to refrain from harming others, but to actively benefit them in every possible way," began Kadam Margot Emory.
For journalists in attendance the impact of the opening blessing, given by Kadam Margot Emory a local Buddhist teacher, was evident. Her message that we are all interconnected in a web of kindness clearly reflected the selfless actions of the Order of Canada recipients.
"Such actions deserve our gratitude and respect," explained Kadam Margot Emory. "None of us can do anything alone. In fact, if we had to give back everything that others had given us, we would have absolutely nothing left. Our sense that we are an island - an independent, self-sufficient individual - bears absolutely no relation to reality."
Kadam Margot Emory then requested everyone present to quietly contemplate the following:
"In this and all our lives, may we see ourselves as but a cell in the vast body of life - distinct, yet intimately bound up with every living being.
May we recognise all the benefits we enjoy thanks to the actions of other beings, and their generous presence in our lives.
May we humbly accept all honours, recognition and rewards, realizing that whatever we now have comes from the kindness of others.
May we dedicate all of our virtues - our good heart, our compassion, generosity, patience and effort - to the benefit of living beings everywhere.
May our minds be blessed, and may everyone be happy and at peace."
This unique approach set the stage for the celebration of the generosity, effort and commitment of the recipients of the Order of Canada.
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Love & Prayers
Kelsang Chogyan
Education Program Coordinator
Joyful Land Buddhist Centre
562 Somerset Street West
Ottawa
Ontario
K1R 5K2
1-(613)-234-4347
Email: education@meditateinottawa.com
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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2004 by ggower
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Martz Communications Group, LLC officially launched 101.5 THE FOX in Ottawa this week with new aerial, ground and internet campaigns complete with a tongue-in-cheek website www.byebyechez.com
101.5 THE FOX is Ottawa's only 100% Classic hits station, playing 100% classic hit music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. 101.5 THE FOX features the syndicated funny duo of Bob & Tom in the Morning, Skywords Ottawa traffic reports and 40 minute FOX BLOX of 100% classic hits from core artists like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Eagles, Doobies, AC/DC, Doors, STYX, U2, Boston, Who, Queen, Steve Miller Band, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Police, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith and ZZ Top.
For the next 8 weeks, 101.5 THE FOX aerial banners will be flying over Ottawa introducing the station to Ottawa listeners. Our MORNING DOMINATION busboard campaign is now on hundreds of OC Transpo buses around the capital. Listeners can reach the FOX studio and request lines by calling 750-1015 in Ottawa or toll-free 877-BYE-BYE-106 outside of Ottawa.
With 50,000 watts and line of sight from its mountain top transmitter-antenna site in northern New York, 101.5 THE FOX covers Ottawa and the entire Seaway Valley. THE FOX also streams on the web via SurferNetwork.com.
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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2004 by ggower
Available now, pick up your new City of Ottawa Spring/Summer
Recreation Guide at your neighbourhood recreation facility, Client Service
Centre, library, or participating retail outlets.
The city-wide Recreation Guide provides an impressive selection of
recreation programs for all ages at affordable prices and convenient
locations. City programs are a great way to get active, meet new people and
have fun. It's the only Recreation Guide you need!
"The Spring/Summer Guide is a must-have publication for residents to check
out the affordable, quality based programs in their neighbourhood," said
Mayor Bob Chiarelli.
Registration for aquatic programs begins February 25. Registration for all
other programs including summer day camps, commences March 3, 2004.
For a complete listing of sites where you can pick up your Recreation Guide,
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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2004 by ggower
Ottawa Senators forward Martin Havlat today announced he is donating $25,000, for the third consecutive season, to Ottawa's Ronald McDonald House through the Ottawa Senators Foundation.
"I have enjoyed my involvement with Ronald McDonald House and wanted to continue to help out young kids in our community," said Havlat. "I am in a very fortunate situation to be playing hockey and having fun every day. These children have not been as lucky, so this is a small way in which I can help them out."
Martin Havlat, honourary chair of both the 2004 Child's House of Dreams Playhouse Raffle and Ronald McDonald House of Ottawa, and fellow Senators team-mates Karel Rachunek and Antoine Vermette will sign autographs in support of the raffle from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at the St. Laurent Centre in the rotunda. CJOH TV's Max Keeping will kick-off this seventh annual fundraiser today at 11:30 a.m., also at the St. Laurent Centre.
The Child's House of Dreams playhouse raffle presents the chance to win one of six uniquely designed and built children's backyard playhouses. Each of the six whimsical backyard playhouses was designed from the heart, carefully constructed, and generously donated through the talents of award winning local builders, renovators and designers and the budding talents of the students enrolled in the technology program at Bell and Rideau High Schools.
The six specially designed playhouses will be on display at St. Laurent Centre - February 19th-29th, Place d'Orleans - March 2nd-7th, St. Laurent Centre - March 11th-21st and Lansdowne Park, Cottage and Country Homes Show - April 2nd-4th. The draw will take place on April 4th at the Cottage and Country Homes Show at 4:30 p.m..
Raffle tickets are available now and may be purchased by calling Ronald McDonald House at (613) 737-5523. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. More information on the raffle and the Ronald McDonald House is available at www.rmhottawa.com.
ABOUT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
Ronald McDonald House is a unique place offering an opportunity for families from out of town, with very ill children, to share common concerns and to provide a caring, supportive and home-like atmosphere to families in times of great stress. Ronald McDonald House of Ottawa and Eastern Ontario is a "Home-Away-From-Home" for more than 2000 parents and children annually from Northern Ontario, Kingston to Cornwall and from as far away as Newfoundland.
For more information, please contact:
Phil Legault, (613) 599-0327
Steve Keogh, (613) 599-0326
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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2004 by ggower
Time to think about getting your entries in for 2004. Please head to our new website at www.awn.com/ottawa (design by Theodore Ushev, layout by Paul Crivellari) to fill in your entry form online or download the Adobe version. The deadline is July 2, 2004.
Once again, the OIAF is facing another possible funding crisis. The City of Ottawa is considering cutting all funding to festivals and the arts. If you would like to help us fight this short-sighted budgetary decision - click here.
There are lots of exciting changes for Ottawa 04. We've expanded our New Media categories to include Internet Series, Interactive Animation and Machinima. We have also split the TV series category into Television Series for Adults and Television Series for Children. We are also adding special new showcase screenings of Canadian and International Television Animation.
Programming for Ottawa 04 will continue to be groundbreaking, provocative, and inspiring. Aside from our acclaimed Official Competitions and non-competitive Showcase series, featuring the cutting edge of contemporary image-making, we will also present an assortment of special screenings including tributes to Hayao Miyazaki, Robert Breer,
Fred Crippen, Co Hoedeman, Stephanie Maxwell,
Unsung Canadian Animators, 75 Ye |
