Ottawa-area forest schools get a boost from Ottawa-born pop star and his mother.

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The Ottawa pop star Talk is working on a new album, but he’s taking a break from the studio to help his mother with a cause that’s close to her heart. Article content

Cindy Beauchamp, a former Ottawa school principal, has recruited both of her showbiz sons in a mission to raise money for three forest schools in the region. Talk, whose real name is Nick Durocher, broke through with a hit single, Run Away to Mars, during the pandemic, while his brother, Ben Durocher, is an Emmy-winning puppet wrangler and costume designer. Article content Article content

Why forest schools ? When Beauchamp retired, she promised herself that she would give back to students, and was keen to enrich the li

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