Governor General's office announces newest to receive Order Of Canada

Rideau Hall in Ottawa to honour 113 Canadians in 2016

Medals to be bestowed upon athletes, business people, artists, actors and other prominent Canadians

  

By Mark Schadenberg

Canada’s 149th birthday is July 1 and it should be quite a party in 2017.

Annually, Canada marks its anniversary of Confederation by recognizing Canadians with significant accomplishments in their field of endeavours – business, the arts, science, athletics, medicine, volunteerism and certainly also education.

The names to be added to the prestigious Order of Canada list by the Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall were announced today and the list includes 113 from various backgrounds.

The London Free Press was quick to report on the four inductees from the London area, including Howard Rundle who was president of Fanshawe College from 1995 – 2013. Famed London composer and music director Gerald Fagan will also receive an Order Of Canada medal.

I will delve into three others in particular.

CASSIE CAMPBELL-PASCALL

To me, Cassie Campbell is among a group of 10 or so women hockey players who stand (or skate) above the crowd. My list of legends or pioneers are Campbell, who is now 42, and by looking at several early-years rosters for Team Canada she along with Hailey Wickenheiser, Geraldine Heaney, Vicky Sunohara, Danielle Goyette, Jennifer Botterill, Cheryl Pounder, Becky Kellar, Jayna Hefford, Caroline Ouellette, Therese Brisson and goalie Kim St-Pierre

Campbell was captain of Team Canada when they won back-to-back Gold medals in 2002 (Salt Lake City) and 2006 (Turin, Italy). Her resume includes competing in the IIHF women’s championship seven times, winning six between 1994 and 2004

Campbell has also been a broadcaster for several years on Hockey Night In Canada (CBC and Sportsnet) and on TSN, and was an analyst at both the 2010 and 2014 Olympics for women’s hockey.

She was inducted into the Canada Sports Hall of fame back in 2007. Her charitable work includes many foundations along with Ronald McDonald House nationally.

SHARON CARSTAIRS

The 74-year-old retired politician is a former Senator, and former executive member of the national Liberal party.

I remember Carstairs as a Liberal leader in Manitoba (1984-93) and I believe in the late 1980s as the first ever women to be Official Leader of the Opposition in any province.

In the Senate she held the top post as Leader of the Senate from 2001-03, and even though not owning a seat in the House of Commons, she was in Jean Chretien’s cabinet. She was also chair of the special Senate committee studying aging.

Somewhat outside of politics, Carstairs has dedicated herself to many projects surrounding palliative care in Canada. As someone on the federal committee to study aging, Carstairs was key to having palliative care added to the medical school curriculum.  

PIERS HANDLING

The Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) might be the most important venue in North America to debut a film every September. A good result at TIFF could lead to an Oscar nomination.

The TIFF has grown exponentially in recent years with the guidance of Piers Handling, who will receive the Order Of Canada.

Beginning in 1976, now 40 years later more than 300 movies are introduced at TIFF, and it’s considered the second most important movie multi-day movie festival outside of Cannes.

Handling is the director and CEO of TIFF, joining the film festival administration back in 1982. According to the company’s website, Handling was named Canadian CEO of the year in 2003 by the Canadian Public Relations Society.

In 2012, at the provincial level, he was also awarded a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee medal, and has also received an Order of Ontario.

THE ORDER OF CANADA

It was at Canada’s Centennial celebration in 1867 when the Order Of Canada process was first announced, and the Governor General’s office does receive nominations from the public.

LINKS:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/06/30/the-113-newest-members-of-the-order-of-canada-the-full-list.html

https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14940

www.cassie77.com

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/06/30/what-the-order-of-canada-means-i-feel-extremely-privileged-to-receive-this-honour.html

http://www.lfpress.com/2016/06/29/four-londoners-named-to-order

www.tiff.net

www.sharoncarstairs.ca

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Royal LePage Triland Realty

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Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll to feature David Clayton-Thomas

It's the 17th year for the 3-day music festival - July 8 - 10

Strict policy on recycling and reusing is very important part of Ingersoll event 

By Mark Schadenberg

David Clayton-Thomas will be the headline act at the 17^th Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll this year, but the 3-day music event organizing committee continues to makes headlines in other areas as well, including remarkable recycling efforts.

The Clayton-Thomas name will be added to among the many Canadian recording stars who have appeared at the Ingersoll festival over the years.

Canterbury this year is Friday, July 8 to Sunday, July 10, and Clayton-Thomas will be on the main stage on the Sunday at about 3 p.m. to wrap up the FREE festival.

The Yvonne Mott Memorial Park is your desired destination – a park very close to Ingersoll’s downtown and amenities – and easy to find if you’re arriving via the 401.

Admission is FREE.

Clayton-Thomas, 74, became a music legend in the late 1960’s and well into the 1970’s on both sides of the border with Blood, Sweat & Tears. The band kept its fans very happy with hits like Spinning Wheel, Lisa Listen To Me, You're The One, Hi-De-Ho, And When I Die, Ride Captain Ride, and You’ve Made Me So Very Happy. While some of their radio regular tunes were written by outsiders from Motown, Laura Nyro or even Carole King, much of their library was written by Clayton-Thomas and his pals.

The Blood, Sweat & Tears style or genre could be in the same category as early Chicago hits as the group combined a huge influence on a horn section to their music. I’ve never considered the jazz / rock melding as a specific sound, but I also enjoy Steely Dan from that particular ‘sound’.

Clayton-Thomas, who was given a well-deserved Canadian Walk Of Fame accolade in 2010 and was inducted into the Juno Awards Hall of Fame back in 1996, has performed and toured as a mostly solo artist (with a 9-person backup band) for many years and with more than 10 albums.

He is also not unique in the fact that Clayton-Thomas is an immigrant to Canada as he is originally from England. I think of Johnny Reid (Scotland), Alan Frew (Scotland) of Glass Tiger, and Beverley Mahood (Ireland) in this placement.

MORE PERFORMERS
The Canterbury Festival website must be checked out if you plan on attending as it notes the approximate stage time of each singer / band.

Some of the other names to watch for (listen to) include: The Mudmen, Tia McGraff, Corduroy Road, Graham Wardrop, Safe As Milk (Excellent local band with Bob Breen and his buddies), Linda Simpson-Taylor (from Magna Carta fame), Jay Semko (Remember the Northern Pikes), and New Cumberland. 

A fun aspect of Canterbury is the entertainment between the performers on Saturday as singer / comedian / storyteller / class clown Magoo grabs your attention while a stage crew might be busy with a sound check or placing a hi-hat in its designated spot in the kit.

Keep in mind one of the reasons this event is free is thanks to a large amount of sponsorship (Some listed: Bell-Camp Manufacturing, ERTH Corporation, Your Independent Grocer, TD Canada Trust, Heart FM, Elmhurst Inn, Anderson’s Appliances and the local Kiwanis Club), but also a volunteer committee which includes my pal Teresa Scherle, along with Brenda Boswell, Ian and Paulette Robertson, Cathy Mott, Scott Gillies (Ingersoll museum curator), Carolin French, and Mayor Ted Comiskey. The Ingersoll mayor, by the way, is also a performer.

Picture of Tia McGraff and Ted Comiskey as posted on Tia's website

Besides the music, the food court and a beer garden, the Canterbury festival also includes a giant fundraising penny sale, music workshops on the Saturday, youth dance performers on the Saturday, arts and crafts all weekend, and a pig roast on the Friday at 5 p.m. (Tickets are just $12 for the swine and wine fest)

For a full lineup of all performers and the volunteer committee and sponsors, see: www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca

By the way, the event’s past performers include an alumni roster of Garth Hudson (2015), Ian Thomas, Valdy, Marc Jordan, Murray McLaughlin, Natalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac, and Gary Fjelgaard,    

Reduce, Reuse, Recycling

The Canterbury festival is unique as it strives to a goal of zero garbage (Nothing directed to a landfill) and the key was to putting together a system in place of volunteers that wash all the utensils and plates from the food court so they can be used again and again.

I have always felt uneasy at large people-gathering places as it almost becomes impossible to properly separate plastics, pop cans and paper products. I fully understand that if you have a small piece of cardboard lathered with gravy from a poutine that you can’t really recycle that at a park. At the Canada Day fireworks in Woodstock, the Lions Club will surprisingly recycle quite a quantity at our beer garden.

At the Canterbury Folk Festival, they must be applauded for their strict adherence to their own policy about recycling. This plan truly coincides with Mayor Ted Comiskey’s effort to keep the metro Toronto dump out of Oxford County in the Centreville / Southwest Oxford area in the former Carmeuse lime mining pit.

With the theme of ‘transition to less waste’ with more details at www.ttlw.org, the organizing committee deserves a standing ovation, as you clap for the performers too.

LINKS:

www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca

www.davidclaytonthomas.com

http://www.ingersolltimes.com/2016/04/15/volunteer-based-group-transition-to-less-waste-has-set-of-a-goal-of-zero-garbage-for-the-festival-this-july

http://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-news/canterbury-folk-festival-goes-100-waste-free/

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/02/keep-your-own-trash-ingersoll-mayor-tells-toronto.html

www.ingersoll.ca

www.mudmen.ca
www.tiamcgraff.com

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NHL grows to 31 teams by adding Las Vegas

Quebec City must wait to re-join league

Vegas team to be built partly through an expansion draft of non-protected players

By Mark Schadenberg

Expansion in the NHL is a good idea, but the question persists that it seems to be about who has the largest cheque book and not really about where is the correct market.

The National Hockey League is expanding to 31 teams by adding Las Vegas.

The news was made officially official Wednesday as the league gathered in Vegas to hand outs its hardware (year-end trophies) and announce they had made the hard decision of selecting Las Vegas over Quebec City (and in essence other destinations).

I’m not sure how much of the $500 million entry fee will go to the individual clubs versus staying in the coffers of the NHL head office, but I do believe the time had arrived to add teams. My thinking has always been that if you looked at AHL rosters, the amount of talent exists. There would also be more jobs for sports stars from Sweden, Russia and other overseas ports.

The players’ association also wants more top-league jobs and they have gained 23 at least. The collective bargaining agreement includes almost a 50 / 50 dollar-flow split between teams and players, but it’s how the teams divide their cash that could be analyzed to permit smaller markets to be stronger and to find a spot for Quebec City.

If the current member teams do not think certain clubs carry their share of the revenue weight, move the team. I think the math is simple, with some obvious complexities revolving around the utilization of a quick tug on a rug which someone is standing on.

The new Vegas Vipers (or whatever their moniker will be) will debut in time for the 2017-18 season. I would think this announcement should have been made a few months ago so the Vegas Vagabonds could participate in this weekend’s draft. Maybe not the first or second round, but be given the opportunity to begin stockpiling prospects in rounds 3 through 7. None of those players would be ready for 16-17 anyway and would all play junior or college (NCAA) this season.

Quebec City Has A Brand New Rink

QUEBEC CITY

Quebec City has an arena already built (Videotron Centre), which replaced the Colisee, but the Quebec capital does not have a NHL team. I checked out their website at www.lecentrevideotron.ca and noticed they have many top-level events booked like concerts by Bryan Adams, Celine Dion (five days in August), Simple Plan, Maroon 5, and Def Leppard (with REO Speedwagon), plus a pre-tournament game in the World Cup of Hockey (North America vs Europe), and even a WBC world championship boxing card.

However, no team in the NHL standings yet.

Blame the standing of the Canadian dollar and its current level of hovering around 78 cents.

"There is no doubt as to the passion for hockey, particularly NHL hockey, in Quebec City," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a www.nhl.com story. "There is no doubt as to the suitability of Videotron Centre as a home arena for a team. And there is no doubt regarding the ownership credentials or the eagerness to own an NHL team of Quebecor, which has been an outstanding league partner. These components, the ones within the control of the Quebec City applicant, are first-rate. The decision to defer, however, were based on elements over which Quebec City and the Quebec City group had no control whatsoever."

LAS VEGAS

The owner of the Las Vegas club is Bill Foley and he’s already submitted a hefty cheque simply to be part of the application process.

In a story on the NHL website, Foley suggested Black Knights would be a good name for his squad. Foley believes Las Vegas is a sports city and large enough (2.3 million population) for a major sports franchise in hockey.

"Our great sports town now has a major league franchise, the NHL," Foley said to Dan Rosen of www.nhl.com. "It's the best of the leagues. It's a legendary league. Las Vegas is my home along with 2.3 million other people. We want everyone to be a fan. We're dedicated to it. We'll leave no stone unturned in our dedication and our pursuit of hockey here in Las Vegas, not just for our team, but for the community."

The process of building a team will be fun to watch as the team must select a general manager and scouting crew, and likely before the 2017 draft hire a coaching staff.

The team will recruit players through a dispersal draft of the current 30 teams, so Vegas will have 30 players (Must pick at least 14 forwards, 9 defencemen and 3 goalies, and at least 20 players with signed contracts for that upcoming 17-18 season) from a list not protected by the current member teams. The formula is interesting and may force some teams to fudge and fidget with their numbers this season as players to be made available will be based on games played and other factors.

With Vegas in the fold, there will now be 15 teams in the West conference and 16 in the East. If the league wants to eliminate this non-balance completely they will have to expand next to Seattle, Portland or perhaps Houston or Salt Lake City.

I’m of the opinion they should also add a team in Quebec City and continue to iron out some sort of revenue sharing based on market sizes, TV revenue, the Canuck loonie, population of markets, and the overall financial feasibility for a franchise in various markets. In other words, maybe it’s time to move the Scouts out of Kansas City, the Thrashers out of Atlanta, the Barons out of Cleveland, and the Panthers out of Miami.

Let’s give the Las Vegas market an opportunity here as they have money commitments from 14,000 season ticket holders.

The Las Vegas ice box was built by a group of investors including the MGM Grand and Anschutz Entertainment (Part of the ownership group of the Los Angeles Kings), and boasts 17,500 seats along with private boxes. The arena will also attract many one-time only concerts and other sports events in this tourist destination to make it a well-funded feasible facility.

New NHL rivalries will begin, including Los Angeles, Anaheim and Dallas.

“I think the potential is great here,” Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said Tuesday in Vegas, where the league held its board meeting and hand out the annual player awards. “It’s time for our league to expand. I think our game’s going in the right direction. We’ve got labour peace, the salary cap’s working well. All the positives are there for a chance for our game to grow.”

LINKS:

www.nhl.com

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expands-to-las-vegas/c-281010682?tid=281011650

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhls-move-to-las-vegas-is-smart-business-decision/c-281013062?tid=281011650

https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2016/06/22/nhl-set-to-bet-on-a-team-in-sin-city-las-vegas.html

www.vegaswantshockey.com

http://www.t-mobilearena.com/events/vegas-wants-hockey
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/five-potential-gm-candidates-for-the-las-vegas-expansion-team/
www.lecentrevideotron.ca

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Royal LePage Triland Realty

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805 John Street: An artist's home with character and style

1-5-storey listing is unique in many ways, including stained glass and dining room's painted ceiling

Quiet street, but just 1 block from YMCA & 2 blocks from Food Basics

By Mark Schadenberg

Patience, creativity, unlimited talent and a steady hand can create a masterpiece of art. Some talented painters can take a unique self-dedicated project and once completed will have inspired artwork for all to admire.

However, what happens when the art is inside a house – literally attached to a ceiling.

My new listing at 805 John Street in Woodstock is a 1.5-storey (Ontario cottage style) house which requires updates, but anyone viewing the home will be astonished by the efforts it would have taken to create the painted stenciled ceiling and crown molding in the dining room. I asked a neighbor if perhaps it wasn’t stenciled, but painted free hand. It truly is remarkable.

The owner of 805 John was a painter – with the ability to capture the essence of facial expression in her photo-like painting works, but then exuded her own expression with the ceiling mural in her own home.

Dining Room Ceiling

Lots of character exists here, including stained-glass in the kitchen cupboards. The tall wood trim throughout and stunning swing doors between the dining and living rooms have never been painted and are in terrific condition. These rooms do have laminate flooring though.

The home’s exterior also has character with a stone chimney, and stone support pillars at both the front and side porches. There is also an abundance of cedar siding.

There are 3 bedrooms, with the one on the second floor including its dormers and a landing area which could be a computer corner. One bedroom on the main floor has a faux fireplace and built-in shelving.

The front bedroom on main floor has ceramic tile and stained-glass half moon above the window.

The second bedroom includes patio doors to another porch. The side wood deck also leads to an above-ground pool, which will be included in ‘as is’ condition, but was opened and used often last year. This room also features more stained glass.

Living Room

Stained-Glass Window & Faux Fireplace

Located in Same Main-Floor Bedroom

The heating system is hot water gas with a boiler system. There is supplemental electric heat in second floor for those chilly nights.

In the world of disclosure by a Realtor, it can be added that this home does include knob-and-tube wiring and some galvanized plumbing, and requires a bathroom renovation project, but its potential is astounding and limitless.

The attached garage still has its original swing-open double doors.

I also love the neighbourhood as the house is situated on a quiet street, but is also just one block away from the YMCA and Dundas Street. Therefore, Food Basics is nearby, and so is Richardson Park (James Street) with its tennis courts, many restaurants, the Giant Tiger plaza, Len’s Mill Store, Bartley’s Ice Cream, and the fairgrounds. The school zone is Winchester for K-8 public.

Living Room

Dining Room (Not depicting ceiling)

For someone searching for a fun project to bring a home’s mechanicals up to today, 805 John Street would be a great purchase.

It’s most certainly an attractive house.  

Call me for your viewing today !

LINKS:

www.realtor.ca

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/17088551/805-JOHN-Street-WOODSTOCK-Ontario-N4S1R1

www.markroyallepage.blogspot.com

www.royallepagetriland.com

www.cityofwoodstock.ca

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