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AVIS DE CIRCULATION – LE LONG DU SENTIER DU CANAL RIDEAU
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NCCN-10-03-02-TA
Le 5 mars 2010
AVIS DE CIRCULATION
TRAVAUX DE RÉFECTION LE LONG DU SENTIER RÉCRÉATIF DU CANAL RIDEAU
Région de la capitale du Canada — La Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN), en collaboration avec Parcs Canada, souhaite aviser le public des travaux de réfection le long du sentier récréatif du canal Rideau, du côté de la promenade Colonel-By, à l’ouest du pont de la rue Bank. Ces travaux débuteront le lundi 8 mars et se poursuivront jusqu’à la fin avril 2010.
Les travaux n’affecteront pas la circulation automobile.
Le sentier récréatif situé le long de cette portion du canal sera fermé aux usagers du sentier sur une longueur approximative de 150 mètres. Des panneaux de signalisation seront installés le long du sentier pour aviser les usagers de la fermeture de cette portion du sentier.
Les travaux incluent la réparation des murs du canal, la reconstruction du sentier, ainsi que le remplacement des garde-fous et des lampadaires.
La CCN demande aux usagers du sentier de faire preuve de prudence, de respecter la signalisation et d’emprunter des trajets alternatifs, tels que le sentier récréatif de la promenade Reine-Élizabeth, pendant la durée des travaux.
Pour de plus amples renseignements, le public peut communiquer avec la CCN au 613-239-5000, au 1 800-465-1867, au 613-239-5090 (ATS) ou au 1-866-661-3530 (ATS sans frais) ou consulter le site Web de la CCN au www.capitaleducanada.gc.ca.
Cédric Pelletier
Agent des relations avec les médias / Media Relations Officer
Expérience de la capitale, communications et marketing /
Capital Experience, Communications and Marketing
Commission de la capitale nationale / National Capital Commission
Téléphone / Phone : 613-239-5709
Courriel / Email : CPelleti@ncc-ccn.ca
Traffic Advisory – Rehabilitation Work Along Rideau Canal Pathway
NCCN-10-03-02-TA
March 5, 2010
TRAFFIC ADVISORY
REHABILITATION WORK ALONG THE RIDEAU CANAL RECREATIONAL PATHWAY
Canada’s Capital Region — The National Capital Commission (NCC), in collaboration with Parks Canada, wishes to advise the public of rehabilitation work along the Rideau Canal recreational pathway, on the Colonel By Drive side, west of Bank Street Bridge. This work will begin Monday, March 8, and run until end of April 2010.
This work will not affect motor vehicle traffic.
The recreational pathway located along this portion of the Canal will be closed to pathway users over a length of approximately 150 metres. Signage will be put in place along the pathway to notify users of the pathway closure along this portion of the Canal.
Work includes repairs to the Canal walls, pathway reconstruction, as well as replacement of railings and lampposts.
The NCC asks that pathway users exercise caution, obey the signs and use alternate routes, such as the Queen Elizabeth Driveway recreational pathway, during the work period.
For more information, the public may contact the NCC at 613-239-5000, 1-800-465-1867, 613-239-5090 (TTY) or 1-866-661-3530 (toll-free TTY) or visit the NCC’s website at www.canadascapital.gc.ca.
Media Information:
Cédric Pelletier
Agent des relations avec les médias / Media Relations Officer
Expérience de la capitale, communications et marketing /
Capital Experience, Communications and Marketing
Commission de la capitale nationale / National Capital Commission
Téléphone / Phone : 613-239-5709
Courriel / Email : CPelleti@ncc-ccn.ca
Mike Burns at NAC 4th Stage with A Thousand Welcomes: Stories of Ireland
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Mike Burns, as Ottawa StoryTellers presents A Thousand Welcomes: Stories of Ireland at the NAC’s FOURTH STAGE on Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00.)
Tickets are $15, $12 for seniors & students and are available at the NAC box office or Ticketmaster.ca – 613.755.1111.
With the stories he heard as a child and has polished over decades of telling, Mike Burns will bring you to the place that still haunts him though he has been more than twenty years in Canada. It is a land of fogs and rugged cliffs, farming and fishing, evenings warmed by whiskey and turf and stories. You will know the glimmer of the embers in the hearth, and the old stories that have lived in the place names and in the minds and hearts of the people of the wild western coast of Ireland – the next parish to America, as it is sometimes called. These are stories of love, lust, and lies; bright blue spears and little folk; magic and mayhem; wise men and cruel kings; havoc and hunting; laughter and tears.
Mike Burns has been telling stories for over 40 years now and says he “has the feeling I may yet come good at it.” He got a lazy start, not having to leave the fireplace in his father’s house to hear stories and “seanchas”. He is a Gaelic speaker and has a repertoire of several hundred traditional stories from the lore of Iveragh (South Kerry). He gives concerts regularly at festivals across Canada and abroad. He has created a book-CD of stories (in French) and a CD of stories in English as well as being included in anthologies of Canadian storytellers in both French and English. He is a co-founder of Regroupement Du Conte au Québec (RCQ) and has been awarded the Girouette Cuivrée prize for services as a storyteller.
For more information or to arrange an interview, contact:
Caitlyn Paxson, Managing Artistic Director, Ottawa StoryTellers
MAD@ottawastorytellers.ca or info@ottawastorytellers.ca (tel: 613.322.8336)
Patrick Holloway
Coordinator of Publicity and Marketing
Chair, 2010 Festival Committee
Ottawa StoryTellers
PR@ottawastorytellers.ca
patrick.holloway@sympatico.ca
Ph.: 613-731-1047
Le gouvernement fédéral pourrait investir dans l’innovation auprès des artistes en arts visuels
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Le gouvernement fédéral pourrait investir dans l’innovation auprès des artistes en arts visuels
Ottawa, jeudi, 4 mars 2010 – Les artistes en arts visuels sont encouragés de voir que le budget fédéral 2010-2011 maintient l’appui gouvernemental au Conseil des arts du Canada ; par contre, ils sont inquiets devant l’éventualité de réductions budgétaires appliquées au ministère du Patrimoine canadien. Compte tenu de la capacité du secteur culturel à attirer des talents et des investissements, et ce, à faibles coûts, les industries culturelles devraient jouer un rôle important dans le plan du gouvernement fédéral visant à favoriser l’innovation et la croissance économique dans les années à venir.
Selon un rapport datant de 2008 du Conference Board of Canada, « les Arts et les industries culturelles ont un fort pouvoir attractif sur les talents ». Et suivant les théories économiques actuelles, les nations industrielles avancées sont en train de se transformer en économies fondées sur le savoir et la créativité. La réussite économique dépend donc de la capacité à produire des modèles d’affaires innovants ainsi qu’à augmenter la productivité. Or, c’est la créativité qui est source d’innovation.
« Financer le Conseil des arts est un bon moyen pour le gouvernement de maximiser les retombées de ses investissements », a dit April Britski, Directrice en chef de l’association qui représente les artistes à l’échelle nationale (CARFAC).
« Il revient presque dix fois moins cher de créer des emplois dans le secteur de la culture que dans certains des autres secteurs où le gouvernement investit actuellement. Par ailleurs, il est intéressant de constater que l’on insiste sur l’accès des Canadiens aux marchés d’exportation un an et demi après avoir annulé les programmes qui jouaient précisément ce rôle pour le secteur des arts. »
CARFAC a fait les recommandations suivantes au Comité permanent des finances de la chambre des communes :
Augmenter le budget du Conseil des arts du Canada à 300 millions de dollars
Augmenter le budget du Conseil des arts permettrait à celui-ci d’augmenter à son tour le financement consenti aux artistes. Augmenter le niveau d’investissement permettrait au Conseil des arts d’appuyer des projets de haut calibre qui sont actuellement rejetés faute de fonds.
Permettre aux artistes de payer leurs impôts en fonction de leur revenu moyen sur cinq années
Le revenu d’un artiste en arts visuels peut fluctuer très fortement d’une année sur l’autre. Il est fréquent que les expositions et les occasions de ventes se produisent de façon très rapprochée, à un moment où l’artiste vient de terminer un projet qui a suscité de l’intérêt. Or, une bonne année de ventes peut être suivie par plusieurs années durant lesquelles l’artiste, en production, touche très peu de revenus, voire aucun.
Ainsi, les artistes sont désavantagés par le système fiscal : ils paient un taux élevé d’impôt dans les bonnes années, alors que le revenu élevé obtenu à court terme est destiné à les faire vivre durant les années subséquentes. Permettre aux artistes de payer leurs impôts en fonction d’un revenu étalé sur plusieurs années corrigerait une telle iniquité et soulagerait la pression qu’ils subissent sur le plan financier.
Libérer entièrement de l’impôt les prix et les subventions
De nombreux artistes vivent de subventions attribuées par des conseils des arts municipaux ou provinciaux, outre les fonds fournis par les organismes fédéraux tel le Conseil des arts. Recevoir une subvention est une marque de réussite qui souligne la valeur de l’artiste et le succès de son travail.
Or, les prix et les subventions sont actuellement soumis à des déductions fiscales. Dans la plupart des cas, les montants accordés sont déjà peu élevés ; ainsi, toute déduction fait une grande différence. Si les bourses et les subventions étaient totalement exonérés d’impôt, cet argent pourrait être réinvesti directement dans le travail de l’artiste.
CARFAC (The Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens) est l’association canadienne regroupant les artistes visuels et médiatiques professionnels. CARFAC défend les droits des artistes et promeut leur développement professionnel ; l’organisme publie également un barème de tarifs largement reconnu en tant que norme à l’échelle nationale. La Loi sur le statut de l’artiste autorise CARFAC à mener des négociations avec des organismes nationaux au nom de l’ensemble des artistes en arts visuels du Canada.
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Pour en savoir davantage, communiquez avec
Melissa Gruber
Coordinatrice des communications
CARFAC National
communications@carfac.ca
613 233-6161
Pour des contacts médias effectués en dehors des heures de bureau, appelez au 613 791-6411.
Federal government could invest in innovation through visual artists
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News release
Federal government could invest in innovation through visual artists
Ottawa, Thursday, March 4th, 2010 – Visual artists are encouraged to see that the 2010 federal budget will maintain support for the Canada Council for the Arts but are concerned about cuts to the Department of Canadian Heritage. Given the ability of the cultural sector to attract talent and investment at a low cost, the cultural industries should be an important part of the federal government’s plan to foster innovation and economic growth going forward.
According to a 2008 report from the Conference Board of Canada, “Arts and culture industries are magnets for talent.” Current economic theories suggest that advanced industrial nations are transforming to knowledge-based and creative economies. Economic success depends on the capacity to generate innovated business models and increase productivity. Creativity is the source of innovation.
“Investing in the Canada Council for the Arts is a good way for government to maximize the impact of their investments,” said April Britski, Executive Director of the national association of visual artists (CARFAC). “Creating jobs in the culture sector is nearly ten times cheaper than some sectors they are focussing investments on. It’s also interesting to see a focus on giving Canadians access to foreign markets only a year and a half after cancelling programs that did just that for the arts.”
CARFAC made the following recommendations to the House of Commons Finance Committee. The full budget submission is available on CARFAC’s website.
Bring the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts to $300 million
Increasing the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts would allow them to increase funding to individual artists. There is a capacity for artists to create value that is being wasted because the level of investment is too low. Every year there are projects put forward by visual artists that are highly recommended by Canada Council juries that are turned away because of a lack of funds. Increasing the level of investment would allow the Canada Council to support high quality projects that are currently being turned away.
Allow artists to pay tax based on their average income over five years
The income of a self-employed visual artist can fluctuate widely from year-to-year. Exhibition and sale opportunities often occur in clusters as artists complete a project or series of works and it generates interest. A good sales year can be followed by several years of little to no income as the artist works on new projects.
Artists are, therefore, at a tax disadvantage – paying tax at a higher rate in a good year, even though that income will support them in following years. Allowing artists to pay tax based on the average income they bring in over several years would rectify this unfairness and help to ease the financial pressure on visual artists.
Assign a zero tax rate to income from grants and awards
Many artists’ incomes are supplemented by grants from municipal and provincial arts councils, in addition to federal funding bodies such as the Canada Council for the Arts. Receiving a grant is a mark of success and demonstrates that an artists’ work is valuable and successful.
Grant and awards are currently subject to tax deductions. In most cases, the amounts awarded are already minimal, and any deduction makes a big difference. If grants and awards were not subject to tax, it is money that would otherwise be invested back into the artist’s work.
CARFAC (The Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des artists canadiens) is the national association of Canada’s professional visual and media artists. CARFAC defends artists’ rights through advocacy and professional development and produces a schedule of artists’ fees that is widely recognized as the national standard. The Status of the Artist Act empowers CARFAC to negotiate with national organizations on behalf of all visual artists in Canada.
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For more information contact:
Melissa Gruber
Communications Coordinator
CARFAC National
communications@carfac.ca
613-233-6161
For media inquiries outside business hours, call 613-791-6411.
AVIS DE SÉCURITÉ – DRAINAGE DU CANAL RIDEAU VENDREDI, LE 5 MARS
Région de la capitale du Canada — La Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN) tient à rappeler au public que la patinoire du canal Rideau est fermée pour la saison, et qu’il est dangereux de s’aventurer sur la surface de glace.
Le vendredi 5 mars, Parcs Canada drainera l’eau sous la surface de glace recouvrant le canal Rideau. Cette opération annuelle consiste à enlever les poutres installées en amont des écluses d’Ottawa (près du Fairmont Château Laurier). Ces travaux déstabiliseront lentement la glace restante et la feront s’effondrer. La CCN demande au public de penser d’abord et avant tout à sa sécurité et de ne pas s’aventurer sur la surface glacée du canal Rideau.
Renseignements aux médias :
Jasmine Leduc
Relations avec les médias — CCN
613-239-5410 (bureau)
613-608-3119 (cellulaire)
jasmine.leduc@ncc-ccn.ca
Adam Burpee
Canal Rideau, Parcs Canada
613-692-2581 (bureau)
adam.burpee@pc.gc.ca
SAFETY ADVISORY – DRAINING OF RIDEAU CANAL ON FRIDAY, MAR. 5
Canada’s Capital Region — The National Capital Commission (NCC) wishes to remind the public that the Rideau Canal Skateway is closed for the season, and that it is unsafe to venture onto the ice surface.
On Friday, March 5, Parks Canada will begin draining the water under the ice surface on the Rideau Canal. This annual operation involves the removal of logs installed at the top of the Ottawa locks (beside the Fairmont Château Laurier). This work will slowly destabilize and collapse the ice that remains on the Rideau Canal. Therefore, the NCC urges the public to keep personal safety in mind and remain off the Rideau Canal’s ice surface.
Media Information:
Jasmine Leduc
NCC Media Relations
613-239-5410 (office)
613-608-3119 (cellular)
jasmine.leduc@ncc-ccn.ca
Adam Burpee
Rideau Canal, Parks Canada
613-692-2581 (office)
adam.burpee@pc.gc.ca
Report shows statistics of Ottawa’s artists
EMC Entertainment
More than one-third of Canada’s artists live in five of the largest cities, according to a report released today.
“It is critical that we create an environment here in Ottawa that keeps artists in the nation’s capital,” said Mayor Larry O’Brien. “We know that artists not only contribute to our quality of life, but also to the social and economic vitality of our city.”
“This report is invaluable as a benchmark for tracking the creative capacity of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods,” added Coun. Diane Deans, chair of the community and protective services committee. “We must work to ensure that Ottawa provides competitive per-capita support for arts and festivals as well as access to affordable studio space, inexpensive housing, galleries, rehearsal and performance spaces.
Full story available on the EMC website: Report shows statistics of Ottawa’s artists
Lansdowne Design Competition – Request for Proposals (RFP)
Maria Cook, Ottawa Citizen
The City of Ottawa has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to the five shortlisted firms for the Lansdowne Park design competition. It outlines what the City needs and wants and what the designs should include.
The types of events and activities that design proposals are expected to accommodate include but are not limited to creating a ’satellite site’ for:
- Winterlude;
- Remembrance Day ceremonies;
- Canada Day;
- Rideau Canal Festival;
- Colonel By Day;
- Parks Canada Players summer theatre program;
- Algonquin Canoe Building program;
- Jazz Festival;
- Bluesfest;
- Tulip Festival;
- National Capital marathon;
- Terry Fox Marathon;
- Other race events, charity walks, community days and cultural festivals;
- New Year’s Eve and Day celebrations;
- Winter Santa Village;
- Outdoor arts and craft shows/sales, concerts, artist day/art shows;
- Antique car shows, opening/closing ceremonies for local sports events and sports leagues; and
- The Great Glebe Garage Sale.
To accommodate larger events such as festivals and concerts, designs should include a multi-function area(s) that is durable and that can support intensive use by large numbers of people (5,000 — 10,000 people).
To read the full article, see Lansdowne design competition RFP.
Ottawa StoryTellers invites you to celebrate World Storytelling Day – Mar. 20
Ottawa StoryTellers would like to invite you to a celebration of World Storytelling Day on Saturday, March 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in the Children’s Room of the Sandy Hill Community Centre, 250 Somerset Street East. This free event will feature stories from around the world and an “after dinner potluck” of savoury snacks and desserts. Drinks will be provided, along with the potluck contributions, but no wine is allowed on the premises.
Place: Children’s Room, Sandy Hill Community Centre
RSVP to mary.wiggin@sympatico.ca to advise what you’ll be bringing for the potluck buffet (a savoury snack or dessert, please) and how many people will be coming with you.
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