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Spring clean-up for Earth Day
Members of the Lakeview Terrace Residents Association during the April 20 cleanup and bicycle parade at Lakeview Park, held in honour of Earth Day. From left, Alain Riel, Michelle Smalders, Sylvain Ouellette, Josée Soucie and Christine Burnside.
La Terrasse Lakeview célèbre le Jour de la Terre
Les membres de l’Association des résidents de la Terrasse Lakeview durant le nettoyage et la parade de bicyclettes au Parc Lakeview le 20 avril en l’honneur du Jour de la Terre. À partir de la gauche : le conseiller Alain Riel, Michelle Smalders, Sylvain Ouellette, Josée Soucie et Christine Burnside.
Photo: Julie Murray
Toujours prêts … pour l’environnement
Depuis plus d’une décennie, le groupe scout 6e St-Paul D’Aylmer, composé d’Éclaireurs et de Pionniers, est respon sable de deux points de contrôle au Marathon Canadien de Ski. L’évènement qui se déroule entre Lachute et Buckingham à chaque année, s’est déroulé cette année du 8 au 10 février. Malgré une fin de semaine très chargée, les scouts se sont lancé un défi additionnel : rendre leurs postes de contrôle plus écologique !
Les scouts on trié toutes les matières recyclables possibles; boîtes en carton, verres de carton, bidons d’eau en plastique et contenants de soupe vides.
Le 6e St-Paul se sont mérité la mention “Groupe Bénévole de l’année 2008“ au gala de reconnaissance du Marathon. Ils ont aussi fait un don au W.W.F. (World Wildlife Fund of Canada - Fonds mondial pour la nature Canada) afin d’adopter symboliquement un panda. L’argent contribuera à préserver l’habitat naturel des espèces en voie de disparition.
Pour leurs efforts, les scouts ont reçu leur badge Panda; brevet mondial de protection de la nature qu’ils porteront fièrement sur leurs uniformes.
De gauche à droite : arrière Sylvie Renaud, Gabriel Dornier, Patrice Charette, Andrée Sirois, Mathilde Dornier, Carole Mongeon ; avant: Claude Laflamme, Émilie Tousignant-Laliberté, Christina Laliberté-Baril, Caroline Bertrand-Godin et Amélie Fortin. Absents : Jean Gravel, Francine Lacroix, Aimy Cardinal, James Cockrell et Natalie Clermont.
Photo : Claude Laflamme
South Hull gets refurbished computers
Julie Murray
The School Computer Technology Centre at Relance Outaouais, an organization that helps people find employment and reintegrate into the workplace, donated fifty reconditioned computers to South Hull elementary school, April 17; thirty of the computers will go to the children’s computer lab and twenty will go to the teachers.
Also, in a first, the organization also exchanged some old computers it plans to recondition. “About ten or fifteen years ago, when we started, we only donated computers to schools,” explains Jacques Bertrand, Relance Outaouais’ general director. “Now, we’re at the point where we can replace the computers and do something with the ones we pick up.” He notes that one goal of the program is to protect the environment. “When you look at a computer screen, there are three to four pounds of lead in that glass.”
Danielle Gilbert, South Hull’s principal, told The Bulletin that the computer donation “program helps us with our budget. Without it, it would be impossible to have so many computers. That’s life on a school budget.”
From left, Grade Five student Jordan Brennan, Grade Two student Jordan Bossé and her sister, Kindergarten student Sydney Bossé, work on the computers donated by Relance Outaouais, April 17. “I like using the computer,” says Sydney. “We get to go on the Internet and play games. I like Barbie.com.”
Photo: Julie Murray
Autism awareness through literacy
Monica Renner
April is Autism Awareness month, but 12 year old Christopher Peloquin teaches Eardley School students every day that children with differences have a great deal to offer.
Persons with Autism are challenged in the areas of communication, social interaction, and creativity.
Chris, who lives within the Autism Spectrum, communicates with the Eardley School community through remarkable projects that include photography, personalized calendars, and book publications based on his life experiences. Christopher’s tour of the local fire station with firefighter Jeff Renaud inspired the book, “My Life as a Fireman”. Mr. Renaud accompanied Christopher to Mrs. Devine’s grade three class for a personalized reading.
Christopher’s next book, “Brothers”, is based on his real life experiences of learning sign language in order to communicate with his hearing impaired younger brother.
Chris continues to read his books to children and reach out to the community.
Firefighter Jeff Renaud with Chris Peloquin.
Photo: Monica Renner
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Compostage à la maison : bacs à rabais et ateliers
Pour favoriser la pratique du compostage domestique, la Ville offre un programme de remboursement sur l’achat d’un bac de compostage ainsi que des ateliers de formation.
Des remboursements
Pour se prévaloir du programme de remboursement qui couvre jusqu’à 50 % du prix du bac de compostage (maximum : 30 $), il suffit de remplir le formulaire disponible à cet effet dans le www.gatineau.ca et dans les centres de services municipaux. Le formulaire dûment rempli doit parvenir au Service de l’environnement accompagné de la facture originale d’achat et d’une preuve de résidence (photocopie d’un permis de conduire ou de la carte Accès Gatineau).
Les centres de la petite enfance, les garderies ainsi que les établissements d’enseignement de Gatineau peuvent également se prévaloir de ce programme.
Ateliers de compostage
Le compostage domestique est une méthode simple en soi, mais pour augmenter ses chances de succès, la Ville offre gratuitement des ateliers de formation par l’entremise de l’organisme La Ressourcerie de l’Outaouais. Ces ateliers seront offerts dans les cinq secteurs, les mercredis, du 30 avril au 28 mai 2008, de 19 h à 20 h 15.
Pour connaître les lieux où se tiennent les ateliers et pour s’inscrire, il suffit de visiter le www.gatineau.ca ou de communiquer avec l’un des centres de services municipaux. La carte Accès Gatineau est obligatoire pour l’inscription.
Ces ateliers seront de nouveau offerts à l’automne. Ils seront annoncés dans le site Web et le programme Culture et loisirs de l’automne 2008.
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Fluoridate the water! says public health doctor
Julie Murray & Fred Ryan
During an April 16 press conference held in honour of Dental Health Month, Dr Lucie Lemieux, director of the Outaouais Public Health Agency, said that Gatineau should add fluoride to its water; the city’s Healthy Cities Committee is currently studying the issue and will present city council with a recommendation. “We’ve had discussions with the city of Gatineau for over two years” she said. “The results recorded in cities that use fluoride in their water show clearly that people have 30% to 40% fewer cavities than people living in cities without fluoridated water. Ottawa has had fluoridated water for 40 years and they have 30% fewer cavities than Gatineau’s residents. Most cities have had it, and have not had problems, except where there are natural fluorides, which is very rare. “
“We also know that there’s no negative impact on health or on the environment,” she said. “Half of the population of Quebec is to have access to fluoridated water by 2012.” She says that Quebec’s 2001 Public Health Act gave the mandate to the municipalities. She adds that European moves to stop adding the chemical are “controversial within the scientific community”.
She says that strict studies have shown there are no environmental risks because the level of fluoridation is so low; this, she adds, is also the case with tooth stains. “Discolouration would require 10 ml per litre whereas the city will be added 0.7 ml, a much smaller amount.” Claims that it affects growing males, “did not exclude other causes,” she says.
The chair of the Order of Quebec Dentists, Diane Legault, adds, “There are links between oral disease and respiratory problems and diabetes.” Better teeth means better health in general, she insists.
Dr Lemieux points out that for years kindergarten pupils have had their teeth inspected and individually treated, when necessary, and then followed for several years. “But there’s a plateau here in terms of benefits, and there is room for more benefits by putting it in the water, and no possibility of harm, given the trace amounts used.”
Dr Lemieux adds that there is no substitute for three meals a day and avoiding snacks, sweets, and soft drinks which cause cavities. plus brushing after every meal. “This is the same information we use to fight obesity, and what we can do against one problem will help the other.”
Mr Gibb says the Green Party members in the riding of Hull will decide shortly if they need to hold a nominating convention.
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Les Voiliers d’Aylmer — provincial champs!
April 4 to 6 were the Provincial Inter-Regional Championships at Beloeil, outside Montreal, with teams representing each region in the province. Outaoauis was represented by Aylmer’s Peewee A team Les Voiliers.
In the first game, Friday, Aylmer fought the Abitibi’s “Sharks Blanc de Val d’or” to a 3-3 draw which went into overtime, finally giving the White Sharks a 4-3 win in the shootout.
The Aylmer squad was not disheartened, coming back to knock off les “Riveraims de Becaucour of the Mauricie region, 3-2, Saturday morning. This win put the Voiliers into the semis, playing for a spot in the finals against the tourna-ment’s favourites, the Richelieu’s “St. Hubert Jets”. Aylmer stunned the Jets with a 4-3 win.
The finals saw the Voilers pitted against the Bruins Delta, representing the Laval area. Playing short-handed, Aylmer outplayed the Bruins for a convincing 5-2 win, giving them the provincial title. The Voilers came home with the “Inter-Regional PeeWee A Champions of the Pronvice of Quebec 2008” banner.
Members of the 2008 championship team are H/C Laird Booth, A/C Dan Dallaire, A/C Chad Moar, A/C Andre Chaumont, G/M Bev Bridger, A/M Mark Martin, Alec McDermott, Joey Sollazzo, Deric Dallaire, Nathan Bridger, Douglas Moar, Elijah Martin, Brandon Booth, Perry Goulet-Blight, Etienne Tremblay, Connor Chartrand, Jean-Robin Mantha, Bradley Groleau, Jean Chaumont, Eric McDermott. Photo: Brian Blight
Express d’Outaouais win Quebec Provincials
The Outaouais girls breezed through the preliminary round with 3 wins 8-0, 10-0, and 8-0. The won the semi-final match against Montreal, 8-0, then met their toughest challenge against Cote Nord with a win 3-1. The team was led by Captain Cindy Laurin from Buckingham scoring 17 of the teams 37 goals.
The girls who come from Aylmer, Gatineau, Buckingham and Masson Angers, had a remarkable year with a record of 49 wins and 3 loses. Their titles consists of regular season champions, play-off champions, champions of four tournaments, (Kingston, Aylmer, Montreal, and Bucking-ham) where they competed against boys. They ended the season with the Dodge Cup, Provincial championships!
Pictured are 1st row (from left) Sarah Dubé (Aylmer) Veronica Rioux, Stephanie Gagnon, Vanessa Bergeron, Claudia Philion, Jessica Martineau, Stephanie Bouchard, and Alana Repstock (Aylmer); 2nd row: Anick Sicotte (Aylmer), Danica Cole, Marie-Pier Lamarche, and Josée Laframboise; back row: Normand Bouchard, Claude Dubuc, Patrice Paquette, Sabrina Periard, Trycia Legault, Cindy Laurin, Roxane Daley, Maude Coulombe, Veronique Paquette, Paula McEachern, and Eric Bergeron.
Photo courtesy of Paula McEachern.
City’s grants to teams cut, replaced by paperwork
Julie Murray
According to a new policy on funding for sports and service clubs, the city will cut all groups’ grants by 25% in 2009. In exchange, groups and clubs can apply for part of a $300,000 recreation fund. Previously, groups were given money, but, “They didn’t have to justify their spending. We gave money to the hockey association and to baseball, but we didn’t know why, and we didn’t know what they did with the money,” said the Recrea-tion Committee chair, Councillor Alain Pilon.
The new policy aims “to encourage youth, from zero to eighteen years, to participate in sports. Clubs can make a request; they can say, ‘We have 500 kids participating, and we will do a tournament.’ This procedure will encourage clubs to do more,” said Mr Pilon, adding that the new policy was made after consulting with groups and sports clubs. “We’re not imposing this. Sports groups and clubs wanted this new policy.”
New teams. new sports
Under the new policy, he adds, sports not receiving any money can now apply for funding. “The girls’ hockey league wasn’t getting anything,” Mr Pilon told The Bulletin. “It was the same with ringette. The inline skating club is new; so they had nothing. Now they can apply for money. We want performance, to encourage participation, to encourage young people to get outside and get some exercise.”
Coaches say this is what sports have always done, get kids moving. Some coaches and parents of athletes are concerned about the paperwork required by the new policy. “Over the next four years, they’re cutting 25% every year, but we’re supposed to apply for grants,” one source told The Bulletin. “We have to apply for each grant individually. It’s six times the paperwork to do the same thing, and there’s no guarantee we’ll get the same amount of money, even though our costs go up, every year. A lot of us have just said that we might as well forget about it (the City) and look for corporate sponsors instead.” Another source added, “This process will take a lot time and energy that would be better spent coaching the kids.”
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