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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Review.ca 6 L’Orignal-based choir performing with Marie Mai in Hawkesbury The L’Orignal-based choir La Chorale Canadienne Sensation will be performing with well-known francophone singer Marie-Mai in Hawkesbury on Saturday, April 23. SUBMITTED PHOTO HAWKESBURY – Members of L’Orignal-based choir La Chorale Canadienne Sensation are looking forward to performing in Hawkesbury next Saturday, April 23, alongside well-known francophone singer Marie-Mai. e concert, being organized by Turpin Au- tos and Productions Mariette Lafrance, is a fun- draiser for this year’s Relay for Life in Maxville. La Chorale Canadienne Sensation has been together in L’Orignal for about 4 years and ac- cording to organizer Mariette Lafrance, the BY JUSTIN BROMBERG [email protected] name is becoming more and more well-known. “It’s a great opportunity to participate in this event,” Lafrance told e Review. “A choir has never before been selected for Marie-Mai’s new Version 3.0 performance.” e choir group will perform the same song as it did during the St-Jean-Baptiste festivities in Quebec City last year, only now with the ad- dition of choreography. “e choir has really come up in the last two years,” she said, explaining the group has opened for Les Cowboys Frignants and has at- tracted the interest of Gregory Charles. “Eve- rything has really come together in these last two years. We’ve even been chosen as one of the ,000 best choirs in the world. “It’s a real inspiration and it shows that, de- spite your age or your status, if you have the pas- sion to sing and dance, then just do it.” ough the group’s members initially came from L’Orignal, Vankleek Hill and Hawkes- bury, Lafrance said people from Casselman, St- Albert, Hull, Montreal and Cornwall are now contacting her to sign up. “It’s all happening at once,” she beamed. “For us, it’s very flattering. We practice in a small gymnasium, we come from a small town and that people are now approaching us makes us very happy.” e group’s 65 members currently practice every Wednesday night at L’école St-Jean-Bap- tiste in L’Orignal. ose interested in joining should call Lafrance at 54-928-9463. As for the Marie-Mai concert, 35 members of the choir will be participating that evening. e event takes place at the Robert Hartley Sports Complex in Hawkesbury on Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call -800-465-590 or visit Turpin Autos in Hawkesbury. Visions of Africa are on display now at the Lachute Mall LACHUTE – Standing five-feet away from a gi- raffe and snapping images of roaring lions and roaming gazelles, local photographer Jean-Fran- cois Beaudry had the opportunity to experience the trip of a lifetime this spring, when he and his wife went on a 0-day photo safari in Tan- zania, Africa. “e size of everything was amazing. You don’t see the end,” said Beaudry. “We spent all day driving through the Ser- engeti National Park in a jeep and we got with- in five feet of the ani- mals.” BY TARA KIRKPATRICK [email protected] City of Ottawa on board to widen its portion of Highway 174 OTTAWA – After three years of refusing to take part in the much-needed widening of County Road 7/74, the City of Ottawa has now agreed to come on board with the project. On Wednesday, April 6, the city’s transporta- tion committee voted in favour of a motion ta- bled by Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais to go ahead with an environmental assessment for widening County Road 74, east of Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard to the city’s eastern border. e $5 million already committed by the pro- vincial government to the city will be used to foot the bill for the assessment. New infrastructure money was committed to Ontario municipalities in the provincial budg- et, and it is expected that funds will be coming forward to widen Highway 47 from Nicholas to the split with 74. Blais said the road needs to be “widened des- perately” to the municipal boundary near Rock- land, especially since traffic slows down to 40 kilometres an hour during daily commutes. In 2009, a study done by the City of Ottawa reported that there have been 270 collisions be- tween 2003 and 2007, including five fatal colli- sions, on the busy stretch of road. Provincial officials made it clear they wouldn’t repeat an offer that was rejected by the city two years ago to fund a study including the city’s portion of the road, which combined $80 million from the federal and provincial govern- ments to cover most of the ensuing road con- struction costs. e United Counties of Prescott-Russell agreed to take the lead on the two-year study, which will focus on 8.4 kilometres of Coun- ty Road 7, east of Canaan Road. e assess- ment will not include the 2.4-kilometre stretch to the west where it widens into the four-lane Queensway at Trim Road. UCPR public works director Marc Clermont said the counties “is very pleased” with the City of Ottawa’s decision to proceed. “Obviously we’re very happy to see they are coming on board,” he commented. “It would be nice if this could be one project, if every- one could work together, but we’ll have to wait and see. I think there are talks going on right now, so we’ll have to wait and see what comes of that.” On Monday, April 4, Glengarry-Prescott- Russell MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde met with media in Plantagenet to discuss the provincial budget and remained tight-lipped about wheth- er or not the area would receive funding to pro- ceed with plans to widen County Road 7. “I am hoping to have news for you very shortly,” was the only comment he made about the project, which he has called “a major prior- ity for me.” In May 200, Lalonde announced the prov- ince’s commitment of $4 million to the UCPR to begin the environmental assessment phase of the project. Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne joined Lalonde in Rockland for the an- nouncement. BY LIANNE LAHAIE [email protected] “Obviously, we are very happy to see they are coming on board. It would be nice is this could become one project [...] we’ll have to wait and see.” – Marc Clermont, UCPR public works Enraptured by the beauty of the African plains and the count- less animals he saw, Beaudry captured over 2,000 images during his safari adventure. e raw beauty of these images will be on display at the Car- refour Argenteuil Mall between Tuesday, April 9 and Saturday, April 23, allowing visitors to experience the savage- ry of an aging lion sa- vouring his fresh kill, the comedy of mon- keys, the smiles of the Maasai people and much more. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAUDRY Visit our website, www. thereview.ca for multimedia coverage and photos from close to home!
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BY JUSTIN BROMBERG as it did during the St-Jean-Baptiste festivities in Quebec City last year, only now with the ad- dition of choreography. “The choir has really come up in the last two years,” she said, explaining the group has opened for Les Cowboys Frignants and has at- BY LIANNE LAHAIE The L’Orignal-based choir La Chorale Canadienne Sensation will be performing with well-known francophone singer Marie-Mai in Hawkesbury on Saturday, April 23. SUBMITTED PHOTO BY TARA KIRKPATRICK
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Review.ca6
L’Orignal-based choir performing with Marie Mai in Hawkesbury
The L’Orignal-based choir La Chorale Canadienne Sensation will be performing with well-known francophone singer Marie-Mai in Hawkesbury on Saturday, April 23. SUBMITTED PHOTO
HAWKESBURY – Members of L’Orignal-based choir La Chorale Canadienne Sensation are looking forward to performing in Hawkesbury next Saturday, April 23, alongside well-known francophone singer Marie-Mai.
The concert, being organized by Turpin Au-tos and Productions Mariette Lafrance, is a fun-draiser for this year’s Relay for Life in Maxville.
La Chorale Canadienne Sensation has been together in L’Orignal for about 4 years and ac-cording to organizer Mariette Lafrance, the
BY JUSTIN [email protected]
name is becoming more and more well-known.“It’s a great opportunity to participate in this
event,” Lafrance told The Review. “A choir has never before been selected for Marie-Mai’s new Version 3.0 performance.”
The choir group will perform the same song
as it did during the St-Jean-Baptiste festivities in Quebec City last year, only now with the ad-dition of choreography.
“The choir has really come up in the last two years,” she said, explaining the group has opened for Les Cowboys Frignants and has at-
tracted the interest of Gregory Charles. “Eve-rything has really come together in these last two years. We’ve even been chosen as one of the ,000 best choirs in the world.
“It’s a real inspiration and it shows that, de-spite your age or your status, if you have the pas-sion to sing and dance, then just do it.”
Though the group’s members initially came from L’Orignal, Vankleek Hill and Hawkes-bury, Lafrance said people from Casselman, St-Albert, Hull, Montreal and Cornwall are now contacting her to sign up.
“It’s all happening at once,” she beamed. “For us, it’s very flattering. We practice in a small gymnasium, we come from a small town and that people are now approaching us makes us very happy.”
The group’s 65 members currently practice every Wednesday night at L’école St-Jean-Bap-tiste in L’Orignal. Those interested in joining should call Lafrance at 54-928-9463.
As for the Marie-Mai concert, 35 members of the choir will be participating that evening. The event takes place at the Robert Hartley Sports Complex in Hawkesbury on Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call -800-465-590 or visit Turpin Autos in Hawkesbury.
Visions of Africa are on display now at the Lachute Mall
LACHUTE – Standing five-feet away from a gi-raffe and snapping images of roaring lions and roaming gazelles, local photographer Jean-Fran-cois Beaudry had the opportunity to experience the trip of a lifetime this spring, when he and his wife went on a 0-day photo safari in Tan-zania, Africa.
“The size of everything was amazing. You don’t see the end,” said Beaudry.
“We spent all day driving through the Ser-engeti National Park in a jeep and we got with-
in five feet of the ani-mals.”
BY TARA [email protected]
City of Ottawa on board to widen its portion of Highway 174
OTTAWA – After three years of refusing to take part in the much-needed widening of County Road 7/74, the City of Ottawa has now agreed to come on board with the project.
On Wednesday, April 6, the city’s transporta-tion committee voted in favour of a motion ta-bled by Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais to go ahead with an environmental assessment for widening County Road 74, east of Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard to the city’s eastern border.
The $5 million already committed by the pro-vincial government to the city will be used to foot the bill for the assessment.
New infrastructure money was committed to Ontario municipalities in the provincial budg-et, and it is expected that funds will be coming forward to widen Highway 47 from Nicholas to the split with 74.
Blais said the road needs to be “widened des-perately” to the municipal boundary near Rock-land, especially since traffic slows down to 40 kilometres an hour during daily commutes.
In 2009, a study done by the City of Ottawa reported that there have been 270 collisions be-
tween 2003 and 2007, including five fatal colli-sions, on the busy stretch of road.
Provincial officials made it clear they wouldn’t repeat an offer that was rejected by the city two years ago to fund a study including the city’s portion of the road, which combined $80 million from the federal and provincial govern-ments to cover most of the ensuing road con-struction costs.
The United Counties of Prescott-Russell agreed to take the lead on the two-year study, which will focus on 8.4 kilometres of Coun-ty Road 7, east of Canaan Road. The assess-ment will not include the 2.4-kilometre stretch to the west where it widens into the four-lane
Queensway at Trim Road.UCPR public works director Marc Clermont
said the counties “is very pleased” with the City of Ottawa’s decision to proceed.
“Obviously we’re very happy to see they are coming on board,” he commented. “It would be nice if this could be one project, if every-one could work together, but we’ll have to wait and see. I think there are talks going on right now, so we’ll have to wait and see what comes of that.”
On Monday, April 4, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde met with media in Plantagenet to discuss the provincial budget and remained tight-lipped about wheth-er or not the area would receive funding to pro-ceed with plans to widen County Road 7.
“I am hoping to have news for you very shortly,” was the only comment he made about the project, which he has called “a major prior-ity for me.”
In May 200, Lalonde announced the prov-ince’s commitment of $4 million to the UCPR to begin the environmental assessment phase of the project. Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne joined Lalonde in Rockland for the an-nouncement.
BY LIANNE [email protected]
“Obviously, we are very happy to see they are coming on board. It would be nice is this could become one project [...] we’ll have to wait and see.”
– Marc Clermont, UCPR public works
Enraptured by the beauty of the African plains and the count-less animals he saw, Beaudry captured over 2,000 images during his safari adventure.
The raw beauty of these images will be on display at the Car-refour Argenteuil Mall between Tuesday, April 9 and Saturday, April 23, allowing visitors to experience the savage-ry of an aging lion sa-vouring his fresh kill, the comedy of mon-keys, the smiles of the Maasai people and much more.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAUDRY
Visit our website, www.thereview.ca for multimedia coverage and photos from close to home!
