Not on our Experimental Farm, Dr. Kitts

Any plan to relocate The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus to the Experimental Farm has been quashed by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the custodians of the federal property.

Comparing it to opening a hotel on Parliament Hill, Michel Falardeau said it’s not something the department would consider for the national historic site.

On Tuesday, Dr. Jack Kitts, the CEO and president of The Ottawa Hospital, said the Civic campus will need to relocate to maintain its position as a pre-eminent Canadian hospital. He pointed to the Experimental Farm across the street as an option – but stressed it was one of many and that the move is decades away.

McLachlan hands out grants to cash-strapped school music programs

VANCOUVER – Seven B.C.-area schools each received $10,000 Band Aid grants from MusiCan, the charitable arm of CARAS, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, at an awards ceremony at the Commodore Ballroom Wednesday morning. On hand to celebrate was eight-time Juno Award-winning artist Sarah McLachlan.

“It’s so sad that arts programs are the first to go with funding cutbacks,” says McLachlan. “Music education is such a gift; a way for expanding, exploring and connectiveness with young people.”

“It certainly saved me at a time when I wasn’t sure which direction I was going.”