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10 octobre / October 10
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Boucher Forest builds coalition and community
Susan Anderson
Families, environmental youth groups, students, business and the newly formed Boucher Forest Foundation, worked together the last two weekends of September to continue the restoration, reforestation and preservation of Aylmer’s Boucher Forest. Nearly 100 people planted 15,000 trees of five species, supplied by Caisse Populaire St. Joseph, and managed by three youth groups: Groupe Human-y-terre, Eco-edu-action, and Commission jeunesse de Gatineau.Caisse Populaire St. Joseph decided to compensate the environment for all of their employees that drive their cars to work. An environmental study showed that the number of cars used by employees getting to and from work required 15,000 trees to replace the oxygen used, and the tree sponsorship was born.
Vincent Talbot, father of one youth, sees the project as a real community builder. “Families came out, students came out, a father showed up with his 5 small children, one young child came out with his little red shovel in tow. People, groups, youth, families are looking for projects like this,” he commented.
The efforts complement those taken last year, when Boucher Forest saw the hauling away of two tons of waste, metals and assorted car parts. Mr. Talbot added a plea to Aylmer families: “Parents, talk to your kids, let them know the forest is here to enjoy, but ask them not to smash beer bottles, and to remember to take their litter out. This place is a treasure.”
Bounded by Vanier Road north, the new boulevard Allumetières, and Wilfrid-Lavigne north, Boucher Forest is a 700-acre parcel of land that is owned by the Ministry of Transportation and the City, plus multiple private interests and homeowners. Photo: David McColl
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Aylmer ennuyant? Et puis après?
La lettre publiée par Mme Endicott dernièrement m’a fait réagir. Et j’ai été ravie de constater que je ne suis pas seule, à voir les commentaires que ses doléances ont suscités cette semaine!
À mon avis, Mme Endicott n’a tout simplement pas choisi le bon secteur. Pas de Winners à Aylmer? Tant mieux! Pourquoi pas un IKEA ou un Leon, ou un deuxième Star Cité tant qu’à y être! J’ attends de pied ferme le promoteur qui voudra y construire son Costco ou un huitième Wal-Mart! Elle se plaint qu’il n’y a pas de magasins de meubles à Aylmer, et puis après? Combien de fois par année achète-t-on des meubles?
La raison pour laquelle je suis venue m’établir à Aylmer il y a cinq ans, c’est justement pour avoir la paix et jouir d’un peu de tranquillité, moi qui travaille dans le brouhaha du centre-ville d’Ottawa. Aylmer était jadis une ville dortoir. Elle l’est moins maintenant, mais j’espère seulement que notre magnifique secteur ne deviendra pas un deuxième Gatineau avec ses quatre ou cinq « super centres »!
Encourageons nos petits commerçants!
Julie Tremblay
Aylmer
En désaccord avec APICA
En réponse à l’article paru dans le Bulletin d’Aylmer le 26 septembre 2007 <
Nous sommes en désaccord avec le président de l’APICA, Jean-Pierre Sylvestre, les conseillers Alain Riel et Frank Thérien pour l’utilisation de la rue du Patrimoine comme sens unique pour le retour direction est.
La rue du patrimoine est bordée que de résidences et en utilisant cette rue pour le retour vous augmenterez la circulation de tout genres de véhicules. La sécurité de nos enfants et la tranquilité du quartier vont en subir un coup.
Nous proposons l’utilisation de la rue Front comme retour. De cette façon les commerces qui sont en grand nombre sur cette rue bénéficieront d’uneplus grande visibilité et d’achalandage...
Robert Barette
Claudette Glandon
Aylmer
Piscine d’Aylmer: manque de personnel?
Comme plusieurs autres citoyens, j’ai été très déçue d’apprendre que le cours d’aqua-forme était annulé. Le directeur des services sportifs me répond qu’il y a une pénurie de moniteurs et de sauveteurs. Il est vrai qu’une grande partie des moniteurs sont également étudiants et que former des horaires peut représenter un défi. Mais alors, comment expliquer qu’une monitrice expérimentée, ayant déjà donné des cours à la piscine d’Aylmer et travaillant au Club Santé de l’hôtel Sheraton Cartier n’a pas été contactée par la ville pour donner des cours? Il aurait au moins fallu prendre la peine de téléphoner à tous les moniteurs ayant déjà des cours à la piscine!
Pour remédier à la situation, le directeur veut, pour la prochaine session, offrir moins de cours pour créer une liste d’attente qui, une fois suffisante, pourra servir à former un autre groupe. J’aimerais si possible faire une autre suggestion : offrir de la formation en aqua-forme aux sauveteurs travaillant déjà à la piscine. Il semble que ce soit la solution qu’a adoptée la gestion de la piscine à Gatineau Comme d’autres citoyens, l’idée de me retrouver sur une liste d’attente est loin d’être réjouissante!
À mon avis, la ville devrait se réjouir de constater que ses citoyens désirent faire du sport pour se maintenir en santé. On m’a dit que la gestion n’avait pas prévu un tel enthousiasme des citoyens à utiliser leur nouvelle piscine. Je ne crois pas que de diminuer le nombre de cours ou les heures de baignade soit la bonne décision. Avant d’évoquer la pénurie ou le manque de relève, il faudrait peut-être s’assurer de pouvoir répondre aux besoins en formant les jeunes qui sont déjà sur place. De cette façon, cette belle piscine pourra être uti lisée à pleine capacité!
Danielle Levasseur
Aylmer
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Immigrants have made Canada great
It is thanks to The Bulletin that we find out what other Aylmerites are thinking.
It is not the French - English issue anymore that bothers us, because we have learned to respect our differences.
It now seems that some people think Pierre Trudeau’s multicultural society was a great mistake. Come on! It is the immigrants, from whatever country they came from or whatever skin colour they might have, who have helped make Canada the prosperous, great country it is now.
And as for religion? There is only one God. May he have mercy on our self-righteousness.
Margot Lorbeer
Aylmer
Local kids and violence
On the evening of September 30, I noticed five teenage boys with a rottweiler puppy and a small animal on a well-lit tennis court. To my surprise they had a domestic rabbit and were encouraging the dog to attack it. The rabbit was trapped within the fence. The boy with the dog was throwing the rabbit to injure it so the dog would finish it off. After this the boy took the rabbit by the legs and smashed its head against the pavement. The rabbit was convulsing on the ground. As soon as I yelled, the boys fled. I went to the tennis court and picked up the near dead rabbit and carried it home. I contacted the police. They were unable to do anything because the boys were underage. The boys were spoken to, and that was the end of it. The problem I have with the police is another topic of conversation.
What is wrong with these boys? Not one of them had the decency to disagree or stop what was happening. They were treating a helpless creature with no human decency. I cannot believe what I saw, nor do I want to accept that this is typical for young men who are “bored”. Where were their parents?
This was not the first violence I have observed. This spring on the street corner I noticed three young men standing. “Strange,” I thought. Then a car comes barreling down the street and comes to a screeching halt. A boy jumps out with a baseball bat and starts chasing them! I quickly called the police. These boys were also underage and the police were limited.
Do I have a solution for the perverse minds of these boys? When are we going to start holding young men, or women, accountable for their actions? As long as young people can get away with violent acts then they will commit them because there are little or no consequences. This is a big issue which I believe needs to be addressed.
I have lived in Aylmer my entire life and I have seen things change drastically in the past few years with our young people. There are many good kids (but) I do not want to see things continue to spiral downward indefinitely. Something has got to give.
S. Paquette
Aylmer
Open letter to Mayor Bureau
I was one of the seniors who supported you, went to your campaign dinner, and voted for you on election day. We have a beautiful hall which was promised to be painted during the summer when it was closed. It was painted, but not the colour which was promised. The small hall is beautiful with the green, but they put on the same depressing yellow and blue which was there before. Surely the city has enough money to buy the paint that was promised. Please, Mr Mayor, how about doing something nice for your seniors?
Frances Leon
Aylmer
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