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EMC news – The down-town core wasn’t the only part of Ottawa getting in on the zombie action on Satur-day, Oct. 27.

Westboro claimed owner-ship of its own legion of am-bling “undead” with its sec-ond annual Family Zombie Walk, part of the Westboro Village Business Improve-ment Area’s Wickedly West-boro event.

The zombie walk got un-derway at the Real Cana-dian Superstore, shuffl ing

and groaning its way down Richmond Road towards All Saints Church.

The family-friendly event brought out skillfully cos-tumed adults and children alike.

A community-wide scav-enger hunt organized by 15 BIA merchants added to the day’s fun, with prizes donat-ed by local merchants.

If dressing like the walking undead wasn’t your kind of fun, the last weekend of the community’s farmers mar-ket was open in the park at Richmond Road and Golden Avenue, offering a variety of

fresh, late-season produce.What tempts people to join

a zombie walk? The reasons are many, but all who par-ticipate will agree it’s just a “bloody” good time.

“I think in a way it is so-cially subversive,” said Ja-son Chalmers of Free Trade Ottawa, who, along with a group of his colleagues, was dressed as a zombie banana.

Together, the individual ba-nanas formed a bunch, adding some much-needed colour to a dark, drizzly morning.

“It’s also fun,” said Adri-enne Harding, also of Free Trade Ottawa.

The Family Zombie Walk was sponsored by the CIBC Banking Centre at 103 Rich-mond Rd., where staff hap-pily decked themselves out in true Halloween fashion.

“It’s our fi rst time doing this, so it’s pretty exciting,” said branch manager Jennifer Holmes.

Later that day a collec-tion of nearly 2,000 zombies – possible containing some from the Westboro walk – slowly made their way through the streets of down-town Ottawa for the increas-ingly popular annual Ottawa Zombie Walk.

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EMC news – The City of Ottawa’s “stay the course” draft budget means the aver-age homeowner in the urban area would pay an extra $67 on the municipal portion of their tax bill next year.

It’s the smallest tax in-crease in six years and at 2.09 per cent, it falls below city council’s commitment to keep tax hikes at 2.5 per cent each year.

As the mayor indicated be-fore the budget was released, it’s a plan that mostly sees city services maintained and the continuation of existing projects, but not a lot of new spending.

“There are many items contained in budget 2013 that will assist citizens in each and every ward and each and every neighbourhood right across this wonderful city,” Mayor Jim Watson said dur-ing his lengthy speech to council before tabling the budget.

Community design plans promised for areas around future light rail stations would be funded to the tune of $300,000.

Two new city plans ap-proved last year – the Older Adult Plan and the Arts, Her-itage and Culture Plan – will get $500,000 and $1 million respectively towards their implementation.

The city plans to boost funding to fi ght the emerald ash borer by $975,000, bring-ing annual funding for pesti-cide treatments and replant-ing to $1.8 million.

There is also money for 16 new school crossing guards.

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“These are all critical business areas, especially for an energy utility delivering an essential service to the nation’s capital,” said Bryce Conrad, Hydro Ottawa’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Hydro Ottawa’s accomplishments include strong financial results, with net income and dividends consistently exceeding expectations, and shareholder value increasing by $135 million over the past four years. During this time, Hydro Ottawa’s electricity distribution rates have been stable and among the most affordable in the province. At the same time, Hydro Ottawa has been one of the top performers in the industry in delivering supply reliability.

These results have contributed to solid customer satisfaction scores recognized by the Electricity Distributors Association and most recently by Chartwell Inc. at its Customer Experience Conference in California, where finalists included major U.S. utilities Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric, PPL Electric and NIPSCO.

“Consistently improving the customer relationship is a very strong focus for us. In addition to affordability and reliability, it is imperative that we also provide customers with ever-increasing value,” added Mr. Conrad.

During his acceptance speech, Mr. Conrad acknowledged Hydro Ottawa’s employees as a major reason for the company’s continuing success.

“They are highly skilled, dedicated, experienced, and engaged in achieving our goals. They are also community focused, generous with their charitable donations and quick to volunteer when we participate in community events,” he said.

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Diabetes support program gets boostMichelle [email protected]

EMC news - The Cen-tretown Community Health Centre has received a boost in funding for its diabetes care programs.

The health centre announced on Oct. 20 it will receive $774,686 in funding from the Champlain Local Health Integration Network and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for its diabetes care programming. The centre has addressed diabetes prevention, education and care as a prior-

ity, and was pleased with the fi nancial support.

“When we can detect issues early, people receive timely ap-propriate care and can prevent complications,” said Simone Thibault, executive director of the Centretown Community Health Centre.

This funding is in addition to money the centre has re-ceived over the past two years from the health network and the provincial government for diabetes programming.

The Centretown Commu-nity Health Centre has been working to improve health care

for people living with diabetes as part of the Ontario diabetes strategy. The program focuses on prevention and education, and helps reduce health-care costs related to living with dia-betes and diabetes-related ill-nesses. The funding is said to add more support from nurses, dieticians, chiropodists and outreach workers.

Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi attended the event on behalf of the Ontario govern-ment.

“The Champlain Diabe-tes Regional Coordination Centre and the Community

Diabetes Education team at the Centretown Community Health Centre are having a positive impact on the health of our community by allowing residents to get the right care when and where they need it, and helping those with diabe-tes...live healthy, active lives.” Naqvi said.

The announcement took place during the launch of the Champlain Diabetes SCREEN project, a program which pro-vides screening of diabetes and related diabetes illnesses to high-risk immigrant com-munities.


EMC news - With win-ter on its way, the Lakeside Players think laughter just might be the best way to stay warm.

The non-profi t community theatre troupe is currently wrapping up rehearsals on its 20th year of pantomime per-formance, with curtains set to raise starting on Nov. 8.

As a fi tting way of mark-ing two decades of staging traditional British pantos, the players have chosen an ap-propriate play, the classic tale of Puss in Boots. With a cast of 29 adults and 14 youths, the panto incorporates all of the elements that have made these plays popular for cen-turies.

“A panto is a slapstick, pie-in-the-face-type take on a fairy tale,” said Lakeside Players president Harrold Swaffi eld. “In traditional British panto the male lead is typically played by a woman, with a man playing the fe-male lead.”

Mix cross-dressing with cheeky innuendo, jokes, a fast pace and a clear sense of who’s good and who’s bad, panto has all the ingre-dients for an experience that involves a good dose of audi-ence participation. Many of these elements may appear familiar to fans of the classic

Monty Python TV and fi lm series.

While the Lakeside Play-ers have been performing since 990, it wasn’t until a few years later that they staged their fi rst panto. The reason was simple – no one was doing it in Ottawa.

“We decided this was a genre we should start giving to the people,” said Swaf-fi eld, adding it was a genre that incorporated youth of all ages into the cast.

“Typically there is a cast of 20 to 30 youth, ages fi ve to 13 or 14.”

The players have always encouraged participation by local youth and a panto al-lows for many more children to take part as compared to a typical stage play. Many youth involved in past pro-ductions have gone on to study acting and theatre as a result of their involvement.

This fast-paced panto promises to keep all actors on their toes.

Puss in Boots takes place in a foreign land called Mar-maladia, with the story re-volving around the characters of King Marmaduke (played

by Swaffi eld) and his wife, Queen Marmadutchess. To better engage the audience, references to certain places and things will be changed to refl ect the panto’s Ottawa surroundings.

Given that a panto holds appeal for both young and mature audiences, Swaffi eld has high hopes for the suc-cess of Puss in Boots, which runs from Nov. 8-11. The cast has been rehearsing since the second week of September and past pantos have been well-received by audiences at the players’ Ron Kolbus

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The house the community built in Morrison GardensSteph [email protected]

EMC news – Every com-munity needs a focal point, a building or other public space where residents can gather to talk, host events and get to know their neighbours.

Thanks to the efforts of resi-dents and community partners -- not to mention lots of elbow grease -- Morrison Gardens now boasts a fully refurbished community house. Located on the edge of Lisa Park in the Morrison Gardens neighbour-hood, the structure serving the Ottawa Community Housing community was in dire need of improvements in order to continue serving its intended function.

That problem is now in the past, as Saturday, Oct. 27, marked the offi cial opening of the heavily refurbished build-ing.

In the space of just more than a month, residents, community housing staff, volunteers and a program manager from Volun-teer Canada stripped the for-mer portable to its core and put it back together in better form then it ever was.

Building materials donated by Home Depot and commu-nity housing were bolstered by fi nancial donations from a number of individuals and lo-cal organizations.

“This has been an absolute miracle and success story,” said Jo-Ann Poirier, chief ex-ecutive of Ottawa Community Housing, who thanked the nu-merous volunteers and con-tributors who showed up for

the grand opening event and community meal.

College Coun. Rick Chi-arelli told residents he was impressed, not just with the hard work that went into the community house, but with the community’s work in drasti-cally reducing crime in the area.

“Six years ago this area was the centre of crime in the west end and today we’ve seen a 76 per cent reduction in crime. This is all because of people taking back their neighbour-hood.”

Chiarelli said that same can-do spirit went into the rebuild-

ing of the community house, something all Morrison Gar-dens residents should be proud of.

While the project was em-powering for those residents involved, it also forged new ties with several organizations, while strengthening older ones.

Paul Howes of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre knew the state of the building’s condition all too well -- he serves as the community house coordinator and the building is his work space. Howes initiated the re-building with a letter-writing

campaign asking for the nec-essary funds.

Things quickly “started roll-ing,” he said, adding the build-ing is a testament to team-work.

“This is all about partner-ships …we could not have done it alone,” said Howes. “This is the best example of what partnerships can do.”

Helping to organize volun-teers from within the Morri-son Gardens community was resident Penny Knox, whom Howes describes as “the life-blood” of the community. Knox took the reins on that aspect of the project and was

clearly thrilled at the results.“We have so many terrifi c

people in this community … and we all worked together on this,” said Knox. “There was a lot of commitment, a lot of co-operation and a lot of fun had along the way.”

In a surprise gesture, a rep-resentative from United Way Ottawa presented Knox with a Community Builder Award for her deep involvement in the project.

“I’m blown away,” said Knox after receiving the award. “This has been such a phenomenal experience.”

Mayor Jim Watson thanked

Knox and all of the volunteers who “put their heart and soul into the project,” adding the city does not turn its back on any community.

He thanked Poirier and her team at Ottawa Community Housing. That group includes community development man-ager Steve Clay, who was also involved in the project.

The contribution of Danny Gariepy, the project’s program manager, was also given a to-ken of appreciation on behalf of the community’s tenant as-sociation and an appropriate one at that – an original paint-ing composed on a circular saw blade.

Gariepy approached Home Depot through his position at Volunteer Canada and asked that one of their two “mar-quee” volunteer events take place in Ottawa.

“I grew up in community housing in the Heatherington community,” said Gariepy.

“I reached out to OCH and they provided me with a list of communities where a project could take place. The (com-munity building) idea came up with help from Steve Clay.”

Figuring that seed money from Home Depot wouldn’t cover their complete vision for the building, Gariepy and Clay found the volunteers needed and helped raise the funds and materials necessary to com-plete the project.

“Working with this com-munity, you can tell the heart is here,” said Gariepy af-ter receiving his gift. “What residents plan to do with this structure is incredible.”


Ottawa Community Housing CEO Jo-Ann Poirier, left, joins College Coun. Rick Chiarelli, Ottawa mayor Jim Watson and some young Morrison Gardens residents to offi cially open the neighbourhood’s refurbished community building.

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EMC news - Ottawa’s most creative literary talents gath-ered at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Oct. 24 to hand out the 2012 awards for the city’s best books.

The 2012 Ottawa Book Awards were given for English fi ction, English non-fi ction and French fi ction.

There was no non-fi ction French award given this year.

The event was MC-ed by Charlotte Gray, an Ottawa bi-ographer and historian, and Martin Vanasse from Radio-Canada.

Mayor Jim Watson and Coun. Shad Qadri presented the awards.

“Tonight we shine the spot-light on a vibrant, bilingual, literary community,” Watson said. “We don’t have to look far to fi nd world-class talent.”

The English fi ction award was presented to Centretown author Jamison Findlay for his book The Summer of Perma-nent Wants.

The book is about an 11-year-old girl who loses her voice and sets off with her grandmother on a trip down the Rideau Canal in a boat, which is also a bookstore.

“When I consider the roster

of talent, I was totally over-whelmed,” Findlay said. “It feels really good to be recog-nized.”

The award for French fi ction went to an author from Bea-con Hill, Estelle Beauchamp. Beauchamp was honoured for her book Un souffl é venu de loin, which has also won a pro-vincial Trillium Book Award.

For English non-fi ction, the list of authors and their creden-tials was impressive, ranging from Robert E. Fowler, who was foreign policy adviser to prime ministers Trudeau, Turner and Mulroney, to Craig Oliver, the chief parliamentary correspondent for CTV.

The 2012 English non-fi c-tion Book Award went to Ruth B. Phillips for Museum Pieces: Toward the Indigenization of Canadian Museums.

“(This is) owed to a great ex-tent, to me living for 40 years in this city,” she said. “This is a museum city; it has a remark-able combination.”

The Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry was also pre-sented by Chris Jennings from the Arc Poetry Society to Mi-chael Blouin for Wore Down Trust.

The winners were chosen by a group of three jurors for each category and each fi nalist received a cash prize.

“They bring words to life for the residents of Ottawa and worldwide,” Watson said.

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After public consultations, city council is set to approve the budget on Nov. 28.

TRANSPORTATION

Of course, the major trans-portation project in 2013 will be the start of construction on the fi rst section of the city’s $2.1-billion light-rail transit system, including a tunnel un-der the downtown.

The city is proposing to sprinkle $4.9 million worth of traffi c-signal changes around the city. There will be some new signals and alterations to existing signals, and additional audible signals for the vision impaired.

Capital Coun. David Cher-nushenko was very pleased to see design money for a pro-posed pedestrian and cycling bridge spanning the Rideau Canal from Fifth Avenue in the Glebe to Clegg Avenue in Old Ottawa East. That money wasn’t a given, and it’s ex-tremely important to the trans-portation plans for Lansdowne, Chernushenko said.

The timing is tight, but in-cluding design work in the 2013 budget means the link could be open around the time the Lansdowne redevelopment project is completed. Cher-nushenko sees the bridge as a key transportation component of the massive Lansdowne project, especially because it will connect Lansdowne clos-er to the rapid transit station at Lees.

Other transportation proj-ects include:

• Final design work for the Donald/Somerset bridge over the Rideau River from Sandy Hill to Overbrook.

• Construction of a pedes-trian/cycling corridor along the O-Train west of Preston Street.

• Design work for the Hick-ory Street O-Train crossing

between Carling Avenue and Beech Street connecting to an existing multi-use pathway to the east at Adeline Street.

• Construction of a new parking lot on city land in the Glebe at 170 Second Ave.

• Road rebuilds in Old Ot-tawa South, including Aylmer and Rosedale, and on First Av-enue between O’Connor and Bronson.

• The second phase of the Bronson reconstruction proj-ect to the canal.

• The southbound ramp off Bronson at Heron will get a sidewalk.

• The McIlraith Bridge re-habilitation project, part of Ot-tawa on the Move.

• A new traffi c signal at Churchill and Scott.

• Audible traffi c signals would be added at Rideau Street and the William Street Mall, Elgin at MacLaren, Parkdale at Scott, Island Park Drive at Scott, McArthur at the Vanier Parkway, St. Laurent just south of Donald, Waller and the Transitway at Nicho-las and Bank Street, north of Cahill.

• Pedestrian countdown sig-nals would be added at Percy and Chamberlain, Beechwood at Springfi eld, King Edward atOsgoode, Montreal Road at North River Road, Blair at Oglivie, Carling at Sherwood and Holland at Spencer.

SOCIAL SERVICES

The city has to grapple with a “dark cloud on the horizon” when it comes to social ser-vices, the mayor said. That’s because the provincial govern-ment is clawing back $7.15 million for discretionary ben-efi ts and the Community Start Up fund.

That money goes towards a number of services for the most vulnerable residents of the city, including glasses and funerals for people on dis-ability or fi nancial assistance

and emergency hydro and rent payments to prevent people from becoming homeless.

“I’m concerned and I’m also not happy about it,” Wat-son said.

While the city did receive an additional $5 million from the provincial government this year thanks to ongoing “up-loading” payment to reclaim the costs of social programs at the provincial level, that money basically had to be redirected to make up for the discretionary funding short-fall, Watson said.

SAVINGS

A lot of budget savings will continue to come from the Service Ottawa project, which aims to consolidate city ser-vices. In 2013, that will mean $8.8 million in savings from putting more services online, such as permit applications.

City treasurer Marian Simu-lik applauded the city’s ability to slash another 139 full-time positions from its payroll, but later clarifi ed that only 42 of the city’s 14,489 jobs were cut this year. The rest were elimi-nated previously, but were tracked in terms of dollars, meaning the jobs themselves remained on the books. Still, the last two years have marked the fi rst time since 2002 that the city actually eliminated jobs to save money – $3.5 million this year. Many of those jobs were at the Nepean Equestrian Park, which the city decided to close in 2012.

Offi ce expenses for the mayor and councillors will continue to be frozen.

DEBT

The city’s debt level is now sitting at $1.4 billion and the mayor said that fi gure won’t be increasing this year.

The debt represents around 10 per cent of the cost of the city’s $15 billion worth of cap-ital assets. The city borrows money to build that kind of in-frastructure in order to spread the cost over the asset’s life-time to ensure the people who are using it also pay for it.

Servicing the city’s debt ac-counts for about fi ve per cent of the city portion of a indi-vidual’s tax bill, the city trea-surer said. Ottawa’s debt is the second lowest per capita debt ($1,537) compared to Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmon-ton and Vancouver, the mayor said.



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EMC news - Ottawa’s pop-ulation is growing, but the size of its police service won’t be for the next two years.

The police service has no plans to add new offi cer or ci-vilian positions until 2015 as the Ottawa Police Service tries to hold the line on increasing costs and corresponding tax hikes.

As it stands this year, an average homeowner can ex-pect to pay an additional $13 a year on their tax bill for police services. The police budget is going up by $9.5 million: $4 million from tax assessment growth from new homes and businesses, and $5.5 million paid by existing taxes. That amount represents the 2.5 per cent increase set by city coun-cil.

The city’s population con-tinues to rise, but the number of police offi cers isn’t increas-

ing in step, said Chief Charles Bordeleau. That ratio will start to catch up with us in 2015 and 2016, when the service plans to add 23 new members (both sworn and civilian) in each year.

The police service is able to hire offi cers to make up for those retiring by fi nding cost savings elsewhere. A major one announced last month was the new collision report-ing centre, which will open in 2013 and bring $600,000 in new revenue that year. That will rise to $800,000 in 2014.

But most of the $2 million in savings the police found this year would come from a re-duction in a stepped-up train-ing program that was needed after amalgamation, when around 50 offi cers were retir-ing each year. The Just in Time program was started to ensure that new offi cers were ready to hit the ground as soon as of-fi cers retired, but that number has now dropped to 30 offi cers

retiring each year. As a result, the police service plans spend $1.1 million less on that train-ing program in 2013.

As always, the top cop cost is staff compensation; it com-prises 83 per cent of the police budget. The city will have to spend $9.5 million more on its civilian and sworn employees in 2013. After public consulta-tions, city council is set to vote on the budget on Nov. 28.

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A new police station near Carleton Lodge long-term care facility is on the horizon.

When it was fi rst announced in 2010, the city expected to fi nish building the station by the end of this year. It was pushed back, but there is $30 million set aside to get that project underway in 2014. The whole project is expected to cost $50.3 million.

The city also plans to put $5 million towards upgrading communications centres and adding a second centre, which will temporarily be located at the Elgin Street police head-quarters.


EMC news – A 2.5 per cent cap on OC Transpo fare hikes wouldn’t apply to fares for the city’s most vulnerable citi-zens.

Community pass holders are set to pay 9.4 per cent more for their passes.

Ticket prices would also go up to $3. That’s not listed as a fare increase in the proposed 2013 budget because it was approved last year, but the fare hike was put on hold due to delays in rolling out the Presto smart-card payment system. A regular trip using tickets cur-rently costs $2.70.

For Para Transpo users who have a community pass, those two increases combined will really add up for people like her, said Catherine Gardner, a former member of the defunct city advisory committee on ac-cessibility issues. Gardner said she personally thinks the com-munity pass increase is justi-fi ed because it hasn’t gone up for a few years, but combined with pricier tickets, which are needed to top up the fare for a Para Transpo trip, it’s a hefty increase for people on limited incomes, Gardner said.

Otherwise, the draft transit budget mostly holds the line. Ridership is projected to re-main steady at 102.4 million

trips over a 12-month period.Riders experienced change

last year with the “route op-timization” exercise that will save OC Transpo $20 million a year, and more changes are on the horizon as construction of the light-rail line is set to get underway next year, so transit isn’t looking at big changes this year, said OC Transpo general manager John Manconi.

The transit agency will see the full benefi t of $8.9 million in annual savings thanks to the addition of 75 double-decker buses that started rolling out this year.

After public consultations, city council is set to vote on the budget on Nov. 28.

No new police offi cers proposed for two yearsForce to be reined in for remainder of current city council’s term

Most fare hikes capped at 2.5% in OC Transpo draft budget

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City manager Kent Kirkpatrick, Mayor Jim Watson and city treasurer Marian Simulik ap-pear at a media briefi ng after presenting the city’s draft 2013 budget on Oct. 24.

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EMC news - The 2012 na-tional poppy campaign is offi -cially underway.

The poppy, a symbol of re-membrance for more than 90 years now, launched the 2012 National Poppy Campaign on Oct. 24 at Rideau Hall. Gov. Gen. David Johnson and his wife Sharon were joined by the Royal Canadian Legion’s grand president Larry Murray and the dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Gordon Moore.

“I fi nd it hard to imagine a more appropriate cause,” John-son said.

Pinned with the fi rst poppy of the drive, Johnson said the campaign renews the solemn bond with veterans, past and present.

“This small scarlet fl ower speaks volumes about the sac-rifi ces of Canadian soldiers and veterans, and it starkly reminds us of the tragedy of war,” John-son said.

Murray, who thanked the Governor General for his on-going support for the Cana-

dian Forces and his personal engagement in the campaign, noted the importance of wear-ing a single poppy over one’s heart.

“Whether World War One, World War Two, Korea, the many peace-support opera-tions since, including the war in Afghanistan and the recent confl ict in Libya, survivors and fallen heroes alike may take comfort in our efforts to remember,” Murray said.

The event welcomed vet-erans from the Second World War and the Korean and Af-ghanistan wars.

“That the First World War wasn’t, in fact, the last war speaks to the fact that our vet-erans and their loved ones have continued to make sacrifi ces in the decades since,” he said.

“In war and in peacetime,

members of the Canadian Forces have been steadfast in their service to our country.”

Johnson personally wel-comed and handed out poppies to some of the Second World War veterans in attendance, taking the time to speak to each person individually.

The governor general also encouraged everyone to visit the national honours exhibit, located at 90 Wellington St. The exhibit, From Far and Wide: Honouring Great Ca-nadians opened in May and showcases Canada’s national honours and the contributions of Canadians.

Sharon, Murray and Moore all received a poppy at the launch, with poppies becom-ing available to the public be-ginning on Oct. 26. The sym-bol of the poppy recognizes the 117, 000 Canadian men and women who gave their lives during wars around the world.


EMC news - The Oct. 18 death of Krista Johnson on Bronson Avenue has prompted calls for new measures to re-duce the dangers to cyclists on Ottawa streets.

In the wake of the Carleton University student’s death in the southbound lanes of Bron-son north of the canal bridge – a notorious danger zone for cyclists – cycling advocate and Capital Coun. David Cher-nushenko has fl oated some possible solutions, making it clear, however, that such mea-sures would be a stop-gap so-lution until a permanent fi x can be implemented.

Bronson Avenue carries a large number of Carleton Uni-versity students to and from their residences to the north, but it is also is a heavily-trav-elled route for commuters heading to the suburbs.

The poor design of the road in the area where Johnson died incorporates a speed limit in-crease, a shallow turn, reduced visibility and a bike lane that crosses through an exit lane. The roadway is constrained by the distinctly different uses of the two eras it bridges – a dense, pre-war neighbourhood with narrow avenues that give way to a wide-open, high speed postwar commuter corridor.

“There is a long-standing series of problems with the pe-destrian crosswalk at Carleton and Sunnyside Avenue and the speed of vehicles approaching it,” said Chernushenko. “Bron-son has turned from a liveable street into a speedway. For both the city’s and the neigh-

bourhood’s needs, it needs to be turned back into a liveable street.”

The time is now to propose the long-term solution, he said, as the city will be recon-structing that area of Bronson (Holmwood Avenue to Carling Avenue) in the coming year. Currently, work is being com-pleted from Laurier Avenue to Catherine Street.

“The timing is right,” said Chernushenko, who said he would like to aim for smooth traffi c fl ow and enhanced safety over outright speed for motorists.

While a long-term fi x such as raised bike lanes – like the ones being installed on Churchill Avenue in the west end – and more signs could be

that solution, Chernushenko said, there remains the need to do something in the near term to protect cyclists in this area.

He said an operational safe-ty review of the area is already “informally being initiated by staff” in advance of the for-mal motion he plans to bring forward at the next transpor-tation committee. The study will document what works and what doesn’t in that area of Bronson. Cyclists departing from Carleton often take the southbound lanes north in or-der to avoid waiting at the Sun-nyside crosswalk for a signal and then having to cross back across Bronson at Holmwood further north.

Johnson was travelling north in the southbound bike

lane when a southbound ve-hicle that was merging into the turn lane collided with her.

A half-hour of observation at the accident site the follow-ing week, lasting from 7:30 to 8 p.m. on a weekday, showed more cyclists using the south-bound sidewalk to head north than those using the north-bound bike lanes and sidewalk combined. In all cases, cyclists were cautious crossing the bridge and either slowed or dismounted their bikes upon

encountering a pedestrian.Given the “exceptionally

wide” nature of the Bronson sidewalk leading north to Hol-mwood, Chernushenko said he would like to see a bike lane painted on the sidewalk to al-low cyclists access to half of that space. For pedestrian safe-ty, cyclists would have to yield to those on foot. A reduction of the posted traffi c speed from 60 kilometres per hour to 50 km/h in the area, along with a fl ashing speed board (indicat-

ing a driver’s current speed), are other short-term options.

“Safety comes above speed of someone’s commute,” said Chernushenko, who stated he would normally advocate against bikes on sidewalks. “You can have a smarter city that moves people through good design.”

In July of this year, the ad-vocacy group Citizens for Safe Cycling outlined its top fi ve choices for the most danger-ous cycling spots in Ottawa. Bronson Avenue was not on the list.

In the wake of Johnson’s death, the group’s president Hans Moor stated that mea-sures need to be taken to im-prove the condition of bike lanes, increase signage to alert drivers to the presence of bike lanes, and challenged cyclists to take ownership of their own safety.

A petition has been created at www.change.org by Car-leton graduate student Colum Grove-White, calling for a dedicated cycling bridge to be built. The petition has since collected 1,650 signatures.

On that site, commenter Pe-ter Anderson called the Bron-son bridge a “dangerous miss-ing link in Ottawa’s cycling in-frastructure,” referring to a gap between the Carleton campus and the Percy Street bike lane that runs the length of Cen-tretown and the Glebe.



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Solutions sought for Bronson cycling danger


Southbound traffi c on Bronson Avenue crosses over the bike lane where Carleton University student Krista Johnson died following a collision on Oct. 18. Cyclists have demanded that safety be increased in the perilous area near the Bronson Bridge. The ‘ghost bike’ memorial set up following Johnson’s death can be seen in the left of the photo.

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THIS WEEK’S POLL QUESTIONIs the draft city budget on the right track?

A) Yes. The property tax increase is manageable.

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D) I don’t pay attention to the budget. Just send me the bill.

PREVIOUS POLL SUMMARYWhat should the city’s top priority be as it begins the budget process?

A) Getting ahead of fi xing our aging infrastructure.

B) Expanding the amount and quality of services the city provides.

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D) Lowering property taxes. Not even a 2.5 per cent increase is acceptable in these tough times.

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The other day there was a house mov-ing down the Queensway, west to east, going slow, as houses do. That was a good thing because not much

damage was done when the top part of the house couldn’t get under an overpass.

Now, you might say: “What a foolish thing to drive a house down the Queensway without making sure about how tall it was and how high the overpasses were!”

And I might say: “Well, at least they were trying, and least they were making the effort to get from one place to another.”

Which brings us, inevitably, to how little the people who run this city are trying. There was a story last week about the central library. Library planners are proposing that there be a modernization, as opposed to a renovation – not a particularly big modernization, but one that will, in the inevitable words of someone, bring the library into the 21st century.

Plans for something more ambitious were rejected, and we know why. There is next to no chance that the city will pony up the money. The same goes for the thrilling idea, widely discussed a few years ago, of building a brand-new library downtown.

You’ll remember that this was seen as an exciting opportunity not only to re-energize the downtown but also to bring the library maybe even into the 22nd century. Proponents looked longingly at such examples as the Vancouver Public Library, which is a fi ne library, a great meeting place and an adornment to its down-town. We could have that here.

Alas, no. A low bridge was glimpsed in

the distance, the bridge of tight budgets and grumpy voters. No way a new library was go-ing to get under that one. And so, as with many projects that might benefi t the city, the project never hit the road.

You may also remember that one of the sites considered for the new library was the Gov-ernment Conference Centre, the old railway station or, as the government likes to call it, Building Number 054533. Since 1966, when it ceased being a railway station, the building has mainly just sat there, playing host to the occasional event. It had a brief brush with fame in the ‘70s and ‘80s as the site for federal pro-vincial conferences, but since then, nothing.

To the federal government’s credit, it has not torn the building down and replaced it with a condo. Also to the government’s credit, has turned down proposals ranging from a sports hall of fame to an aquarium. But still, here’s a gorgeous historic building at the very heart of downtown Ottawa that simply demands to be put to some creative use and no one is doing it.

There are cities that would salivate at the op-portunity to take advantage of such a building, such a site. Ottawa is not one of them.

This is why so little has happened here in recent years. Most development has been by default – the city saying yes to one condo builder after another. We will get a casino the same way – not because anybody particularly wants one but because not enough politicians have the heart to say no.

Many will say our inertia on things such as the library is due to an absence of money. In part, perhaps, but it is also due to an absence of political gumption. Politicians at all levels are convinced they will be punished by voters for thinking big, if that means spending money and spending means not keeping taxes low.

Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. The idea hasn’t been tested for some time. Certainly people seem to be quite proud of the War Mu-seum, Ottawa city hall, the Shenkman Centre and other recent examples of thinking big. Wouldn’t it be worth a try again? The bridge may be higher than we think (measuring fi rst).

Is a new library a bridge too low?CHARLESGORDON

Funny Town

For the most part, the suburbs have gotten off relatively easy from the city’s push

for intensifi cation – a plan intended to prevent, or at least allay, urban sprawl.

So when a developer comes forward with a proposal for a large-scale commercial development – a plan that allows for high density residential buildings – it makes no sense to throw up roadblocks.

The Kanata Town Centre

lands are a perfect fi t for high-density housing, says Kanata North Coun. Mari-anne Wilkinson.

We couldn’t agree more.Urbandale Corp. is asking

the city to rezone 10 hectares of land north of Highway 417 and east of the Kanata Centrum and is looking to create roughly 111,000 square metres of commercial space as well as hundreds of housing units.

Last week, more than 80 members of the community

packed a meeting room at the Kanata Seniors Centre for the councillor’s monthly ward council meeting – many of them concerned about the Urbandale pro-posal.

We can certainly sympa-thize.

Over the past decade, communities across the city have been hit with a slew of spot rezoning requests from developers seeking permis-sion to build highrises and midrises not in keeping with

the various neighbourhoods’ character.

For instance, a current plan to build a midrise in Beaverbrook has many resi-dents up in arms, saying the building doesn’t fi t in with the community.

One of the leaders of those opposing the Beaver-brook midrise, Bill Teron, has repeatedly suggested the Kanata Town Centre lands as a perfect spot for a midrise or highrise.

That’s why the land was

set aside for future retail, offi ce and high-density de-velopment by planners with the former city of Kanata.

If not the Kanata Town Centre lands, where?

The area will eventually have two Transitway stations on its doorstep, and runs along an eight-lane highway.

If Kanata – or any other suburb – is to incorporate in-tensifi cation and large-scale commercial development, this is the way to do it.

If the city rejects propos-

als such as this it infl ates the argument that people are NIMBYs whenever they op-pose developments that don’t fi t the character of their neighbourhoods.

Development has to go somewhere.

Better it go where pipes, schools, bus routes, garbage collection and other city services already exist, so we don’t have to pay for more.

This isn’t a rubber-stamp process – the development applications must keep in line with the area’s desig-nated zoning.

But going big next to a highway and transit is smart development.

Smart development is planned development

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EMC news - The Jewish Federation of Ottawa has joined with three embassies to honour a man known for saving the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat sent to Hungary during the Second World War. This year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth.

He was detained by the Soviet authorities follow-ing the siege of Budapest in 1945 and subsequently disap-peared.

“Wallenberg single-hand-edly saved 100,000 people,” said Mina Cohn chair of the federation’s Shoah commit-tee.

“The Allies sent him to Budapest to stop the death machine.”

Every November the Sho-ah or Holocaust committee organizes Holocaust Educa-tion Month to remember the lives of those who were lost and educate people to prevent something similar from hap-pening.

Cohn said she thought this year, on the anniversary of Wallenberg’s birth, it was im-portant to commemorate his work.

“The goal is to educate,” Cohn said.

The series of events was to be kicked off on Oct. 30 with a lecture by historian Karen Polak at the Agudath Israel congregation on Coldrey Av-enue.

Polak works with the Anne Frank House and was to give a lecture entitled Remember-ing, Refl ecting and Respond-ing – Young People’s War-time Diaries.

On Nov. 9 a tree planting ceremony will take place at Raoul Wallenberg Park on Viewmount Drive in hon-

our of Kristallnacht, a series of attacks on Jews and their businesses and synagogues throughout Austria and Ger-many in 1938. Mayor Jim Watson and Swedish Am-bassador Teppo Tauriainen will be on hand to mark the event.

The offi cial launch will be held at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Nal-dony Sachs Private on Nov. 10. Robert Rozett, director of the Yad Vashem Libraries in Israel will be the keynote speaker.

Throughout the month there will be workshops for teachers to give them mate-rials to teach students about Wallenberg and the Holo-caust.

Cohn said the training could be the background for a museum exhibit set to be unveiled in mid-November.

The Swedish embassy will provide an exhibit called To me there’s no other choice – Raoul Wallenberg 1912-2012 at the Canadian War Museum.

The exhibit is free to the public and also has some ma-terial provided by the Hun-garian Embassy.

Hungarian Ambassador László Pordány said the whole year is a commemora-

tion in Hungary. “Every school child in

Hungary knows the name of Wallenberg,” he said.

In addition to the mate-rial provided for the exhibit, Aron Manthé, head of House of Terror Museum in Hunga-ry will be one of the speakers at a international academic panel on Dec. 6 at the War Museum.

David Lunderquist of the Swedish Embassy said the exhibit was produced in col-laboration with the Swedish Institute and the Living His-tory Forum.

The exhibit opened at the National Museum in Buda-pest, Hungary, in January 2012 and an English version is currently touring the world – with planned Canadian stops in both Toronto and Ot-tawa.

“It’s basically the life and work of Wallenberg,” Lun-derquist said.

“Today more than ever it’s important to show examples of people standing up for what is right.”

The exhibit is set to open on Nov. 21.

Yosi Aviram, of the Israeli Embassy, said the series of events this month is the result of a partnership between the embassies, the federation and

the Shoah committee. He said the embassies

have come together to offer students in Ottawa a chance to win a trip to Washington D.C. to see the Holocaust

museum.“I think it’s important for

children to learn about civil courage and the difference one person can make,” Avi-ram said.

For an entire list of events, or to register for one of the workshops, please contact Sarah Beutel at 613-798-4696, ext. 253 or email [email protected]



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If you’ll forgive me, I haven’t slept much in the past few weeks. My three-month-old,

like her siblings before her, is consistently sleeping in 10-hour stretches. My six-year-old, on the other hand, is suffering night terrors – a condition that affects approximately six per cent of kids in his age group, thought to be caused by stress and fatigue.

When he’s thrashing about uncontrollably in the dark, he’s screaming, “I’m not doing the homework. No! No! No!”

Now, I don’t know if this is the only thing that’s play-ing on his little unconscious brain. Six-year-olds have a lot on their minds these days. But certainly, the daily battles over his one hour of Grade 1 homework is having some negative impact. Last week, I wrote about some of the creative ways we were

going to tackle homework. We have failed. We’re as stressed and frustrated as ever about homework. And apparently, we’re not the only ones.

The value of homework has been widely debated in the media these past few weeks, in the wake of French President Francois Hollande’s call for a nation-wide ban on the practice. The head of the French Parents Association, Jean-Jacques Hazon, summed it up well in a clip interpreted on CBC’s The Current on Oct. 18:

“Forcing (children) to read the same page over and

over is useless and it puts inherently fragile children under enormous pressure. It stresses kids out, turning them against school forever, and they bring all that stress home.”

A 2008 study out of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the Univer-sity of Toronto appears to affi rm these assertions.

The authors of Homework Realities: A Canadian Study of Parental Opinions and Attitudes surveyed more than 1,000 caregivers of 2,072 children across the province. The majority of parents surveyed said they believe

homework puts undue stress on children and families, takes away from family time and forces kids to be sitting still when they should be out running around. Moreover, the study found that the more homework children are exposed to in the early years of school, the less likely they are to approach it with enthu-siasm in later grades.

To its credit, in the wake of the study and another similar study of teachers’ opinions on homework, The Toronto District School Board all but banned home-work for primary school children, excepting special projects and daily reading. Other school boards have mandated what is widely known in education circles as “the 10-minute rule” – take the grade level of the child and multiply it by 10.

But timing out the home-work may not be the only answer. One of the problems

with the 10-minute rule, as noted by one of the study’s authors, Dr. Linda Cameron, on CBC’s The Current last month, is that teachers fre-quently miscalculate the time it takes various children to do the assigned homework.

“We had parents saying, as young as kindergarten, children were taking hours to do what was assigned,” Cameron told the CBC. “It’s really not necessarily a fair or a good rule.”

And as author Annie Mur-phy Paul noted in The New York Times last year, “the quantity of students’ home-work is a lot less important than its quality.”

True. And perhaps this is why I don’t necessarily support an all-out ban on homework. I’ve witnessed homework that works well and homework that doesn’t. As proponents of the practice suggest, homework that is well-designed and time-

limited can have a positive impact on autonomous learning and the development of time management skills. Plus, parental involvement in school work helps children to see that what goes on in the classroom all day is im-portant and valid in everyday life.

But my six-year-old?Despite his love of

literature and the fact that he is among the strongest readers in his class – having benefi ted from sitting in on his older brother’s homework last year – it takes him an hour to read through the list of monosyllables each eve-ning. (And probably another half-hour to whine about it). When asked what he’d rather be doing, he answers “read real books.”

He simply has too much homework. And in my mind, it doesn’t meet the quality standard.

So we’re offi cially on a homework strike. OK, maybe it’s more of a “work-to-rule.” He reads 10 minutes of monosyllables per day and then we close the homework books and open the real ones.

Striking out against homework burdenBRYNNALESLIE

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EMC news - Some Ontario Progressive Conservative part members have blasted their leader for not being tough enough to force the Liberal government to put the Ontario legislature back to work.

While PC Leader Tim Hudak insisted that there was no reason why MPPs can’t be at work now focusing on jobs and balancing the books, his followers urged him to be more aggressive and proac-tive at a town-hall meeting in Premier Dalton McGuinty’s

riding of Ottawa South on Oct. 24.

“What I think needs to happen ... is: let’s take him to court and sue him for the il-legal closure of legislature...” said one man at the meeting. “Look like you are proactive in trying to get it back. Not these talks because this is not going to bring the legislature back,” he said.

Hudak fi red back saying he is doing everything possible to put the legislature back in session.

“We are not going to let them go away with this,” he said.

The prorogation issue dom-inated the meeting that was held at Ottawa’s RA Centre.

Hudak added his party is doing everything it legally can to get the legislature opened again, but noted that proroga-tion is at the discretion of the premier.

“Just because they are hid-ing under their desks doesn’t mean they are going to get off the hook on this,” said Hu-dak.

In a surprise move after nine years in power, on Oct. 15, McGuinty announced he was stepping down as pre-mier.His announcement came

amid opposition accusations that he misled the legislature over power plant cancella-tions that will cost taxpay-ers upwards of $230 million and pressure from teachers’ unions over his efforts to freeze their wages and take away their ability to strike.

But McGuinty cited party “renewal” and the opposi-tion’s blocking of a public-sector wage freeze bill as his reasons for stepping aside.

Hudak said the proroga-tion was wrong, especially at a time when there is so much at stake in Ontario.

“We are at a crucial tipping point and we are losing jobs. Ontario is in trouble and peo-ple are losing hope,” he said. “We are not just opposing; we are proposing bold ideas like cutting taxes, and balancing

the books and bringing more trades in the province – a bold agenda that will see On-tario lead this great country

again.”While Hudak was ad-

dressing his party members, a handful of demonstrators staged a rally outside the RA Centre, protesting Bill 115 legislation, that freezes teach-ers’ wages, bans strikes for two years and prevents them from banking sick days.

“We are here because the Conservatives not only sup-ported the bill, but they want to make even (more) drastic cuts. They are going after unions and we’ll not stand for it,” said Elizabeth Kettle, member of the Ottawa Car-leton Elementary Teachers’ Federation.

“Our message to Tim Hu-dak: you need to stop now, do the right thing, get back to the legislature and repeal Bill 115.”



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EMC news - The city won’t be getting a new Main library branch, but the library board is looking at spending $25 million to spruce up the exist-ing building.

On Oct. 24, the committee was presented with three op-tions ranging from $6.3 mil-lion to $70 million in cost and chose the middle one.

The plan is to “modernize” the aging branch by undertak-ing a comprehensive renova-tion. The more expensive op-tion would have also included an addition to the Metcalfe Street building’s fourth and fi fth fl oors.

That idea was supported by library staff and the facilities planning committee for the li-brary board, and the full board will discuss it on Nov. 19.

But library board chair-woman Coun. Jan Harder cau-tioned that there is no money put aside for the work.

“We don’t have any money for tat now and I’m not going to pretend that we do,” Harder said, adding that if the plan gets approval, the board will look at forming a fundrais-ing committee. Public-private partnerships would also be on the table, Harder said.

“This is a board that knows we have to make changes at our main branch,” she added.

Considering a structural en-

gineer must be called in before a stack of books is moved, the news that the branch is struc-turally sound came as a sur-prise to library board mem-bers on Sept. 10.

That’s when the board re-ceived a lengthy and long-awaited building condition au-dit and structural assessment of the 120 Metcalfe St. facil-ity that reveals pumping $6.3 million into the facility would

give the library 10 more years of life.

“I was surprised when I saw that report,” said Coun. Jan Harder, chairwoman of the Ottawa Public Library board. “It’s telling me that this place is in rough shape, it’s not pretty, but it’s not going to fall down on you,” Harder said.

There was a push in the last decade to fi nd a new location to construct a library to replace

the Metcalfe branch, which opened in 1974. There was a general sense that the three-storey, 8,175-square metre library was too small to serve the downtown population, and moreover, that the aging, Bru-talist-style building was not fi tting for a grand public facil-ity such as a central library.

Concerns grew when the third-fl oor wall separated from the fl oor in 2007, which

led to the ongoing need to consult engineers before mov-ing anything heavy – such as stacks of books – around the branch.

While the report indicates that consulting an engineer is a good idea, it also says the “bones” of the building are in good condition and no major structural upgrades will be needed in the next 10 years.

“No major deterioration,

cracking or settlement was observed that would be indic-ative of a structural concern at the building,” reads the report from Morrison Hershfi eld.

On Sept. 10, Harder said she had $100,000 in the bank thanks to fundraising golf tournaments for the library, and she can use that money as she sees fi t.

Hiring an architect to de-sign an addition to the Met-calfe location and redesign the interior layout would be a good use of that money, she said. That proposal is included in the plan approved by the li-brary facilities committee.

“We need somebody with vision … to look at this space with all this information and give us a ‘wow’,” Harder said.

But some members of the board felt otherwise, includ-ing Jim Bennett, who asked to change the wording of the motion the board approved to accept the report.

He wanted it to reference the possibility of a new li-brary, but the board voted that down 7-5 on Sept. 10.

“Clearly, there is a fraction on the board,” Harder said.

Everyone on the board, which includes both city coun-cillors and citizen members, loves libraries, Harder said. The difference is that some members are more attuned to the “realities of the fi scal en-vironment.”

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The Main Library branch on Metcalfe Street needs about $6.3 million in upgrades over the next 10 years.

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Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says he is open to all possible options to put the Ontario legislature back to work.

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EMC news - Two proper-ties on Bell Street North have been re-zoned to allow for the construction of a place of worship.

On Oct. 25, city council

passed a planning commit-tee recommendation calling for an amendment to the zon-ing bylaw for 50 and 54 Bell St. N. The change of zoning from residential fourth den-sity to minor institutional will allow an existing church

at 22 Eccles St. to construct a single-story-plus-mezza-nine addition for recreational space and underground park-ing on the two adjacent Bell Street lots.

The buildings will be linked by an elevated walkway.

A two-metre side yard set-back will continue for the fi rst 35.1 metres before transition-ing to an increased setback for the remaining 8.45 me-tres at the back of the site. A front yard setback along Bell Street will be maintained at

three metres so that landscap-ing can be provided along the streetscape.

The two properties are cur-rently occupied by two con-verted low-rise residential buildings.

Access to the underground garage will be provided via the driveway of the existing church on Eccles Street.



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EMC news - Cody Ceci of the Ottawa 67’s is one of the top players in the Ontario Hockey League and will play in the Subway Super Series on Oct. 23.

He was named alongside 67’s teammates Tyler Graovac and Sean Monahan, both from Brampton, Ont.

The Super Series will play two Ontario games, with other major junior leagues hosting their own all-star style games. The OHL games will be held in Guelph, Ont. on Nov. 8 and Sarnia, Ont. on Nov. 12.

As of Oct. 23, Orléans native Ceci had played in 11 games with the Ottawa 67’s and the defender had scored 11 points: three goals, and eight assists.

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EMC news - Ottawa police are seeking a man believed to

be in his 30s following a sex-ual assault in the area of Base-line Road and Navaho Drive on Oct. 13.

At about 3 a.m., a 20-year-old woman was walking on a pathway leading towards an apartment building when a

man approached her from be-hind. The woman was pushed to the ground and inappropri-ately touched and assaulted.

Residents intervened and the man fl ed west on Baseline to-wards Navaho.

The man is described as a white male between 35 and 40 years old. He stands between 5-foot-10 and 6 feet tall. He has an average build with short dark hair and a reced-

ing hairline. He was wearing a black jacket and dark jeans and spoke English.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa police sexual assault section at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944 or Crime Stoppers 613-233-8477.



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EMC news - An RCMP unit that investigates drug labs was called in to investigate hazard-ous materials on the side of a road in Barrhaven on Oct. 24.

RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Lucy Shorey was tight-lipped about the investigation on Bro-phy Drive, west of Highway 416. She said only that the clandestine laboratory team was called in to assist with a hazardous material investiga-tion. She said in an email that only in the event that an inves-tigation results in the laying

of criminal charges would the RCMP confi rm the nature of any charges and the identity of the individuals involved.

“At no point was the pub-lic safety in jeopardy,” Shorey said.

There were a number of tents set up in the area of Brophy Drive, east of Eagleson Road, but Shorey said everything was wrapped up by the afternoon. Both the Ottawa police and fi re department assisted in secur-ing the area.

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Mother had a thing about clean ears and necks.

We never once went out the door in the morning, on the way to the Northcote School, that we weren’t subjected to a close look at both.

Heaven forbid that we might get run over with a horse and buggy, end up at old Doctor Murphy’s or the Renfrew Hospital, and have someone see that we had dirty ears and necks!

Every night before we went to bed, each of us had to give ourselves a sponge bath.

We had to pay special attention to our ears and necks, knowing full well they would be scrutinized the next morning. We pretty much ignored the rest of our bodies, since it wasn’t likely Mother would be examin-ing us after we were fully dressed.

My sister Audrey said she was quite sure we had the cleanest ears and necks in the entire Renfrew County.

One year, the Lapointe cousins were again with us well into the fall, and Father said he doubted very much if Uncle Herby had any inten-tion of taking them back to Montreal before the spring thaw!

Ronny was a force to be reckoned with, while his younger brother Terry was as meek as a mouse. And any time Uncle Herby and Aunt Helen could send the boys out to the farm at Northcote, they did.

It didn’t matter if it was the middle of the winter, or during the dead heat of the summer, we never knew when to expect the two

cousins.I was always thrilled when

they came to stay.They added much to our

quiet life out there on the farm, and I loved when the cousins were with us, even though Ronny was constant-ly in trouble, if not at home, at Northcote School.

Back then, it didn’t seem to matter where you came from, or why you were in the school. If you were of school age, you just went.

Terry was too young, even for primer book, so he stayed home with Mother.

But Ronny, close to my age, made the three-and-half-mile trek with the rest of us.

All that was needed was an extra bag of lunch.

Well, Ronny hated having his ears examined every morning.

He didn’t complain about the neck, but for some reason he went through a routine that never varied when Mother was ready for her examination.

He would bend his head onto his shoulder as far as it would go, screw up his face, and let out a howl much like our old Collie dog did when he thought something was attacking our hen house. Mother gave him no sym-pathy.

He also didn’t have much use for the nightly sponge bath. And I know for a fact he often just wet the face

cloth and put it right back in the basin of water, stood for as long as he thought a rea-sonable time, and announced he was fi nished.

And of course, the ears were rarely touched.

Well, one morning Mother took a hold of one of his ears, and said “Ronny Lapointe, you could plant potatoes in there. Get over to the bench and I’ll give those

ears a clean out.”Well, for some reason

that morning, Ronny took his punishment like a man. But I could tell the wheels were turning in his head. There was no howling, and he didn’t even bend his head to his shoulder when the other ear was being washed. Something was up with Ronny, I could tell.

He was deep in thought.The next morning, we all

lined up for the usual ex-amination. Mother thought, since Audrey was in Senior Fourth, she didn’t have to have her ears and neck ex-amined. She was old enough and quite capable of looking after her own cleanliness. I couldn’t wait until I reached

that magic age.Well, then it was Ronny’s

turn.He stood ramrod straight

– again, very unusual for Ronny.

Mother bent to have a look.

She got close to his ears and then hauled him over to the window so she could get a better view.

“Ronny Lapointe! What have you got in your ears?”

Ronny looked up at Moth-er and said, “Aunty, you said yesterday I could plant potatoes in my ears. Well, I thought I could maybe help it along if I put a bit of gravel in there. I sure would like to see a potato grow in my ears. Boy, wouldn’t I

have something to tell the guys back in Montreal when I get home.”

I had no idea if he thought seriously that he could plant a potato in his ear by putting in a bit of dirt, or if, as usual, he just wanted to cause a bit of commotion in that old log house out in Renfrew County!

Father was just coming in the back door from the barns and he saw the entire performance. He lit his pipe, squinted his eyes half shut, as he always did when he saw or heard something he couldn’t believe, and said, “It’s going to be a long win-ter. I’ll tell you, I’m afraid they’ll be here until the spring run-off!”

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Cut top quarter off garlic head; peel off some of the papery skin. Rub with oil and microwave in a small dish, loosely covered, at medium (50 per cent power) for two minutes. Wrap with foil and place on grill over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until soft when squeezed. Let cool; squeeze cloves into bowl. Add salt and mash with fork. Whisk in vinegar, pep-per and sugar. Slowly whisk in remaining olive oil.

SALAD:

Meanwhile, trim excess fat from chicken; lightly brush with oil and sprinkle with Italian seasoning. Break as-paragus stalks; discard ends and toss with olive oil. Place chicken, asparagus and yel-low pepper on greased grill over medium heat; cook until chicken is tender and juices run clear and vegetables are tender-crisp, 10 to 15 min-utes. Keep warm on upper rack.

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October 25th marked the second anniversary of our 2010 Municipal Election and the half-way point in this term of Council. I continue to be honored to work for you every day and am thankful for all the progress we have made. Together we have been working to renew Bay Ward and I thank each of you for being part of that progress.

2013 CITY OF OTTAWA DRAFT BUDGET On October 24th, the Draft City Budget was tabled for 2013. This budget is about continuing the progress being made in the City and in Bay Ward. I want to share with you some of the key highlights and how they will impact us locally:

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the Woodroffe North neighbourhood in 2013.

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park for the residents of Winthrop Court. In Michelle Heights we will be working with residents to renew their park.

For much more information on the budget and public consulta-tion dates you can visit my website BayWardlive.ca.

OPEN HOUSES: I am please to invite you to the following public gatherings:

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EMC news - From the mo-ment Natalie Van Tassel found out her 23 year-old son had multiple sclerosis she made a vow to work every day to raise funds and awareness about the disease.

Her fi rst fundraising effort already displays her dedica-tion to the cause. In four short months, the mother of two pro-duced a calendar to sell with all the proceeds to go towards the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada’s Ottawa Chapter.

The 2013 Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis calendar showcases yogis from across Ottawa in yoga poses. Van Tassel, who is Miss February in the calendar, is a yoga teacher.

“Yoga is all about medita-tion and breathing; it slows down your nervous system and allows you to be mindful of the present moment. It helps keep them mobile, it offers them strength,” she said.

Van Tassel reached out to the yoga community and asked her fellow yogis if they would be interested in posing for a calendar. She said the response was overwhelming, with more available models than the number of the months in the year.

The calendar is a result of the collaborations of Van Tas-sel and her friend and photog-rapher Donna Sarazin.

“She is very talented and wanted the exposure. I origi-nally offered to pay her for her services, but Donna (Sarazin) said she wanted to volunteer her time for the cause,” Van Tassel said.

Van Tassel and Sarazin scouted out areas and then booked times the other yogis could come to pose for the photos.

The two of them spent their entire free time during the summer working on the calen-

dar to meet Van Tassel’s Octo-ber deadline.

“It was important to have the project completed by Oc-tober to give (us) time to sell them by the end of the year,” she said.

The result is 12 photos of local yoga instructors pos-ing in local venues, parks and streets. From Rockliffe Park to Westboro and Orléans to Ay-lmer, the eager yogis donated their time to the cause.

“Each photo shoot would

take about four to fi ve hours, it was amazing the dedica-tion everyone had,” Van Tassel said.

Van Tassel’s son Oliver had just graduated from university when his fi rst multiple sclero-sis attack occured. Van Tassel said she feared her son, who was only 23, could be suffer-ing from MS, but had hoped she was wrong.

Then Oliver suffered from another attack, with the symp-toms again pointing towards MS. He was diagnosed with the disease in June.

Van Tassel said she always thought MS-affected people in their 40s, not young children. What Van Tassel did not know and quickly learned is it affects people as early as 14 years old to 40 years old.

Van Tassel becomes emo-tional as she admits the fi rst few weeks were extremely hard and she was constantly angry and sad.

The yoga calendar, she said helped her heal.

“Grieving and being angry, that is easy to do. But that is not going to help anybody, and it is defi nitely not going to help my son,” she said.

The project gave her a goal to reach to help her son and the organization she depended on in those fi rst few months after Oliver’s diagnosis.

“I will do whatever I have to do to help the society,” she said.

Van Tassel’s son lives in Montreal with his father, she said. The Quebec govern-ment’s ministry of health cov-ers his medical costs, which are around $30,000 a year.

Although she misses her son, she said she is happy he is being looked after, but knows not everyone is so lucky to have their medical costs cov-ered.

“We still need a lot more money for research,” Van Tas-sel said. “We need to raise money and awareness so the research can continue and I will be working to do both un-til my last breath.”

The cost of the calendar is $20. All the proceeds its sale will go towards the cause.

The calendar is available for purchase online at yoga-for-ms.myshopify.com.



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2013 Draft Operating and Capital Budget

City Council tabled its 2013 Draft Operating and Capital Budget on October 24, 2012. There are many ways to have your say by providing feedback on the 2013 budget. You can attend one of the two remaining public consultations. Details are as follows:

Thursday, November 1, 2012, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Ottawa City Hall, Andrew Haydon Hall(110 Laurier Avenue Drive)

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

John G. Mlacak Community Centre(2500 Campeau Drive)

You can also contact me directly [email protected] or at 613-580-2486, register as a public delegation at a Standing Committee budget review meeting taking place between November 6 and 26, 2012, or e-mail [email protected], call 3-1-1 or use the Twitter hashtag #ottbudget.

OC Transpo Route 14, 85, 111 and 118 Service Improvements

After working closely with the community and staff for the past year and a half to address concerns related to service reliability on Routes 14, 85, 111 and 118, I am pleased to report that on Sunday, December 23, 2012, OC Transpo will implement revised schedule changes on Routes 14, 85, 111 and 118 to account for the use of higher-capacity articulated buses.

With seasonal service increases and schedule revisions to many bus routes, I encourage you to check octranspo.com or octranspo.mobi for more information.

Changes to Curbside Residual Waste

Several important changes in solid waste collection began the week of October 29, 2012. Residual household waste is collected every two weeks and the green bin is collected every week. Blue and black box collection will continue to alternate weeks.

As part of these changes, 158,000 households will have their residual waste and recycling collected on a new day. The City informed residents about these changes through a personalized letter that was sent by mail after Thanksgiving. You can confi rm your collection schedule by checking your Waste Collection Calendar online at Ottawa.ca. You can also sign up to receive personalized reminders about your collection schedule via e-mail, phone or Twitter by visiting Ottawa.ca or by calling 3-1-1 (613-580-2400).

One of the best ways to adapt to bi-weekly waste collection is to reduce the total amount of waste your household produces and maximize the use of the City’s recycling programs. A list of green bin tips is available at Ottawa.ca. You can place out an unlimited amount of recycling each collection day.

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I appreciate hearing from you and encourage you to keep in touch with me as it allows me to serve you better. It remains an honour and a privilege to be your strong voice at City Hall.

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Natalie Van Tassel has made it her mission in life to help fi nd a cure for multiple sclero-sis and for the past four months the yoga instructor has worked on Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis, a calendar she hopes will raise $10,000 for the MS Society of Canada.



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EMC news - The city’s planning committee shocked even heritage advocates by unanimously rejecting a plan to demolish two heritage homes on Sussex Drive.

The houses, one of which was home to former gover-nor general Adrienne Clark-son during her childhood, were proposed for demolition as part of a project to widen the road into a boulevard to complete the National Capital Commission’s Mile of His-tory section of the ceremonial Confederation Boulevard. The change is needed to straighten out a curve and make the road safer for both motorists and cyclists, the city and NCC ar-gued.

That reasoning did not res-onate with councillors who sit on the committee, who round-ly rejected the plan and called on staff and the NCC to come up with a more creative solu-tion. Council also rejected the demolition on Oct. 24.

Even Innes Coun. Rain-er Bloess, who has spoken against over-conservation of heritage buildings, didn’t sup-port the demolitions. But he added that the city shouldn’t be “holier than thou” when it comes to criticizing the NCC, because it is the city’s road-design requirements that in-fl uenced the size and shape of

the revised road.Kitchissippi Coun. Kather-

ine Hobbs was the most pas-sionate councillor to argue against the demolitions. She decried a plan to mark Cana-da’s history that requires the demolition of a home repre-senting a compelling national story: a young refugee girl who would eventually move down the street to Rideau Hall to serve as the nation’s head of state.

“Who is drinking whose Kool-Aid?” she asked.

Orléans Coun. Bob Monette was straightforward in his opinion: “I don’t know how we could vote to tear a building down with this kind of history.”

The ward’s councillor, Ma-thieu Fleury, has drawn criti-cism from Lowertown resi-dents for his refusal to take a side on whether to save the buildings. His reluctance con-tinued even after the planning committee vote.

“Heritage is not something I’m super knowledgeable about,” he said. “I thought they (planning committee members) did a good job. I could have intervened if clari-fi cation was needed.”

When pressed for an opin-ion on whether the homes are worth saving, Fleury said: “Who would say no? … The community has made a fair argument on why the hous-es should be saved, and the

committee has said, ‘Yes, we agree with you.’ I am not in favour or opposed to that,” Fleury said.

“I say, ‘Good.’ There was an agreement with commu-nity members, so they must be right.”

Committee chairman and

Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume scolded councillors and del-egates for speaking about the transportation issues associ-ated with the project, because it is outside the purview of the planning committee, but he also voted against the demoli-tion.

Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark, who will sit on the future heritage subcom-mittee, argued that the trans-portation reasoning is fl awed. The road could accommodate cycling lanes and still keep the heritage homes, Clark said, calling the road straightening

an “excuse” to get rid of the homes.

“You could probably do 120 (km/h) around there right now,” he said. “Frankly, we just don’t honour our prede-cessors very much.”

Stittsville Coun. Shad Qa-dri asked if widening the road on the west side, across the street from the homes, was considered.

The NCC’s project man-ager on the fi le, Richard Daigneault, said the NCC considered that option but determined it wouldn’t work. Likewise for an off-road multi-use pathway: Qadri asked the question and Daigneault said it wouldn’t work.

College Coun. Rick Chi-arelli was concerned that the NCC didn’t have good an-swers for challenges that resi-dents and heritage advocates brought to the meeting.

Transportation issues are now at the top of Fleury’s mind, because he says there is “no question” the suggested changes would have made the area safer for cyclists.

Ensuring any design chang-es still offer those safety im-provements will be Fleury’s focus. He said he would like to examine the possibility of segregating the bicycle lanes from vehicle traffi c, if the city decides to move forward with additional separated bike lanes following a review of the Lau-rier Avenue pilot project.

Community wins fi ght to save Sussex Drive homes

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On Oct. 23, Lowertown residents and heritage advocates protested against demolishing heritage homes on Sussex Drive – the last such buildings located on that stretch of the street.



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EMC news - Algonquin College has pledged to raise $1 million to grant wishes.

The college’s school of hos-pitality and tourism – home of the event management pro-gram – has raised $455,000 for the Children’s Wish Founda-tion in the last fi ve years.

College president Kent MacDonald made the pledge to raise the bar at an announce-ment at the college on Oct. 23.

He said the idea is to tailor the program towards experien-tial learning and help out the community at the same time.

“Six years ago we were rais-ing money to build a school in Africa,” he said. “Now there are children that no longer have to walk eight kilometres to go to school.”

Since 2008, student groups in the program plan events – with no budget – to raise money for the charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.

Sue Walker, director of the national capital chapter of the charity, said there were 1,123 wishes granted and 100 wishes pending this year thanks to money raised by Algonquin and other groups.

Angelina Comba, 8, is one

of those children who had her wish granted. In 2010 she went on a Disney cruise with her whole family.

“I wanted to go on the cruise, not just myself but with my whole family,” she said. “The people were so nice to me.”

Her mother said the wish was a chance for the family to set aside their worries and just be together.

“For Angelina, her wish meant that she could just be a kid to laugh, swim with the dolphins and eat an endless number of Mickey Mouse ice cream bars,” said Lina Tripu-dio-Comba.

Walker added other kids like Chloe – who received a heart transplant, had chemotherapy and lost her hearing – also got a chance to forget about their cares for a while thanks to the wishes.

“Chloe just wanted to meet Mickey Mouse,” she said.

Other programs in the school of hospitality and tour-ism pitch in and offer services like bartending, esthetics and baking.

The 2012 graduating class-es managed to raise $127,000 and MacDonald said he hopes to continue the partnership and pledge $1 million to make more dreams come true.

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Angelina Comba, 8, a Children’s Wish recipient, speaks to the crowd about her experience at a Children’s Wish Foun-dation announcement at Algonquin College on Oct. 23.


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Adoption is an Option for Children and Youth in Care

Last year, approximately 80 children and youth were adopted through the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CASO).

What does this mean? It means that these children and

youth are part of a family. It means they have a place to call home. It means they have a greater chance at success. It’s the beginning of a new adventure – a positive one.

Adoption through CASO is referred to as a public adoption. Individuals interested in adopting are provided with access to training, support services pre and post adoption, as well as additional on-going assistance. CASO places a lot of importance on finding the best match for the children and youth in their care and welcome diversity in adoptive parents – including people who are single or partnered, from all cultural, racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds and are financially able to manage the additional family member(s). Most importantly, CASO looks for people who are willing to commit to a permanent lifetime relationship with a child or youth.

The children at CASO range in age from infants to teens and have been placed in care for a variety of reasons. The majority of these children however, are school aged or in a sibling group. No matter what age a child, everyone deserves a family – a place to call home.

If you or someone you know may be interested in adopting, please call the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa at 613-742-1620 ext 2 or visit www.casott.on.ca.

The most important ingredient to life is providing children with opportunities.


EMC news - Nearly a year after Heartwood House found out the building it was renting on Chapel Street was sold, the joint charity organization has a new home in Vanier.

It was last November when the Beth Shalom at 151 Cha-pel St. announced the sale of its building to Claridge Homes.

The Congregation Beth Shalon synagogue rented space to Heartwood House, a charity co-op that houses 18 non-profi t organizations un-der one roof.

The executive director Maureen Moloughney said news of the sale of the build-ing it was renting, was in-credibly unfortunate, and at once the organization began looking for an alternative.

“It was quite stressful,” Moloughney said. “We had invested a signifi cant amount here, but we understood the step the congregation made and so we began talking about what to do.”

The organization consult-ed with the 18 charities who share the space about a new location.

“We wanted to stay in the community, that was impor-tant,” she said.

The answer was a 2,415-square meter space at 400-412 McArthur Ave. The space is larger and Moloughney said the organization is excited about the potential it offers.

“We have room to grow,” she said.

Moloughney explained most low-budget charities do not have a lot of options.

The desire was for the 18 organizations to move as an entire community, but the move east was not right for everyone.

As a result, three chari-ties that had shared space on Chapel Street will not make the move to Vanier. The Ot-tawa Capital Mission moved down the road to Coburg and Rideau streets. The Aphasia Centre of Ottawa has moved to 2081 Merivale Rd. and Results Canada has moved to Gatineau, at 40 Promenade du Portage.

“We will really miss these charities. It is challenging to say goodbye,” Moloughney said.

Although it has lost some members, Ottawa ACORN and Ottawa Families Matter have joined the charity group.

To make the property pur-chase possible, the organiza-tion joined in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Fel-lowship of Ottawa to buy the building.

The church will own 12.5 per cent of the property; Heat-wood House will own the remaining 87.5 per cent. Mo-loughney said the partnership works because both organiza-tions have similar views and ideals.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa wel-comes everyone to its Sunday services, under the concept of “shared ministry.”

“Our missions are very much in harmony, we are a

good match,” Moloughney said.

The executive director add-ed the new building is an ex-citing venture for Heartwood House, which has rented on Chapel Street since 2001.

“We are looking forward to having a home of our own,” she said.

On Chapel Street, the joint-

charity organization spent more than $200,000 in upkeep for its space. Now the char-ity needs to raise more than $400,000 for its new home.

“We have already raised $400,000, we just need a bit more,” Moloughney said.

The money will be for renovations to the new build-ing, which currently is one

large warehouse space. With 17 organizations in one space, Moloughney said the non-profi t needs to build walls and rooms to house them all. The goal is to move in by March 2013.

Donations are being accept-ed on the Heartwood House’s website at www.heartwoodhouse.ca.

MICHELLE NASH/METROLAND

Heartwood House has spent the past 11 years located at 151 Chapel St., but since the sale of the property to Claridge Homes, the organization needed to move. It will be mov-ing to 400-412 McArthur Ave.

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FIREWOOD

All clean, dry & split. 100% hardwood. Ready to burn. $120/face cord tax incl. (ap-prox. 4’ x 8’ x 16”). Reliable, free delivery to Nepean, Kana-ta, Stittsville, Richmond, Manotick. 1/2 orders avail. (613)223-7974. www.shouldi-cefarm.

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Walter Baker Christmas Craft Show November 17th and De-cember 8th 10am - 4pm. Free Admission. 100 Malvern Drive.Over 50 local Crafter’s and Ar-tisans. www.goldenopp.ca

You are invited to the Fall 2012 Inspired Hearts and Hands Craft Sale. November 3rd, 2012. 9 am-3 pm. Britan-nia United Church, 985 Pine-crest Road. 613-794-5709.

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Booster JuicePremium Smoothie store, prestigious location in Stittsville. Great owner operator business model. Guaranteed additional income from school lunch.

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DEATH NOTICE

BURDA, Herta Aloisia - At Ottawa Civic Hospital on Thursday, October 25, 2012, Herta in her 90th year. Beloved wife of Frank (deceased). Loving mother of daughter Krista (Kevin) and son David (Diane). Loved by grandchildren; Brandon and Emily. Relatives and friends were received at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Rd., Ajax, 905 428-8488 on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 1 to 2 pm. The Service was held in the Chapel on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Interment followed at Erskine Cemetery. Memorial donations made to Samaritan’s Purse would be appreciated by the family. A Guest Book may be signed on-line at www.mceachniefuneral.ca

EDUCATION &TRAINING

After-school Math Program at Barrhaven. Effective Way to improve child math under-standing. From pre-school to grade 10. Enrollment $79.00/month. Call 613-816-7921 or visit www.cfclearning.com

Grade 9 EQAO StudyIf you are a student or the parent of a student who has received their official Grade 9 EQAO score, please consider participating in a short interview about the meaning of that score. Contact the researcher at 613-292-3728 for information. Participants will receive a $20 gift card to Chapters.

FITNESS &HEALTH

Men’s Morning Hockey Players & Goalies for recrea-tional hockey, Mondays and Fridays (1 or 2 days a week) 8-9 am at Bell Sensplex from October 15th to April 29th. Call Ian 613-761-3261 or email [email protected]

Women’s Bladder Health free information session: Wed Nov. 14th, 2012, 7 pm. Ottawa Hos-pital-Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Dr, Lower level am-phitheater. Please call to regis-ter (613)738-8400 extension 81726.

FOR RENT

KANATA RENTAL TOWNHOMES

3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bath-rooms, 5 appliances and more, located in estab-lished area, on site man-agement office, 323 Steeplechase Dr. (just off Stonehaven Dr) Kanata, K2M 2N6, call 613-592-0548

Manotick- Perfect location in the Village Walk. Very charm-ing and cozy bungalow, like brand new, move in ready. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, gar-age, basement, all appliances, gas fireplace, hardwood floors, walk to all amenities. $1700/month. Grace 613-863-3471. Serious renters only please!

FOR SALE

Apples, cider and apple prod-ucts. Smyths Apple Orchard, 613-652-2477. Updates, spe-cials and coupons at www.smythsapples.com. Open daily til April 1st.


DEATH NOTICE

Dan Peters Bed Sales- Open Wed.-Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Fridays open till 8 pm. Evening appointments available! Brand new mat-tress & boxspring sets. (We buy right from the manufac-turer & pass the savings on to you). Single sets starting $150, double sets starting $189, queen sets starting $269, 48” & king size available. 8 models in stock. Located 3768 Hwy 43 West, Smiths Falls. (Drummond North Elmsley Twp. if using GPS). Debit, Visa, Master-card, American Express. For price list online: www.danpetersauction.com & click bed sales page. 613-284-1234.

Disability Products. Buy and Sell stair lifts, scooters, bath lifts, patient lifts, hospital beds, etc. Call Silver Cross Ottawa (613)231-3549.

Grass Fed local Beef for sale, sides, quarters or custom freezer packages. Call now for November delivery 613-622-0004 www.gablerid-gefarm.ca

*HOT TUB (SPA) Covers-Best Price. Best quality. All shapes and colours. Call 1-866-652-6837. www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper

Over-sized Lazy Boy lift chair/recliner, Brown cloth, just like new! (used 2 months). Asking $1000.00 please call: (613)822-0831.

HELP WANTED

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ANNIVERSARY

HELP WANTED

HOMEWORKERS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!!!

Full & Part Time Positions Are Available - On-Line Data Entry, Typing Work, Home Assemblers, Mys-tery Shoppers, Online Sur-veys, Others.No Experience Needed! - www.ontariojobsathome.com

Looking for persons willing to speak to small groups, 1 on 1 presentations. A car and inter-net necessary. Diana (866)306-5858.

Overhead Door Technician Established overhead door company looking for experi-enced technicians/installers. Welding and electrical ability an asset. Top wages/great benefits. Send resume to [email protected] or fax 613-798-2187.

We are looking for key people to expand our Financial Servic-es business in this area. Expe-rience not necessary, We will train. For an interview call 613-762-9519.

Rehabilitation Health & Home Services available. Please call. Office: (613)726-6723 email: [email protected]

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Hunter Safety Canadian Fire-arms Courses, Carp, Novem-ber 23, 24 and 25. Wenda Cochran 613-256-2409.

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Dancing Voices Community Choir meets Thursdays in Kanata for the pure joy of sing-ing together, no experience necessary, everyone welcome. Call Tracy: 613-435-5413.

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Melissa Stylianou Quintet with Special Guest Megan Hamilton. Friday November 16, 7:30 pm Chalmers United Church, 212 Barrie St. Kingston Students/Seniors $10, Adults $20 www.queensu.ca/pao or 613-533-2558.

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Running for research

And they’re off ! Hundreds of runners young and old took part in four races dur-ing the 19th annual Rattle Me Bones fundraising event held Sunday morning at The Ottawa Hospital’s Gen-eral campus. Organizers are hoping to raise $1 million for orthopedic research at The Ottawa Hospital.




Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us: Website: Email: Telephone:

Pet Adoptions

What to do if your pet goes missingSometimes our furry friends escape, but there are steps to

take to ensure this scary and stressful time goes smoothly and your pet gets home safe and sound as quickly as possible.

The most important thing to do if you have lost an animal is to fill out a Lost Animal Report with the Ottawa Humane Society at www.ottawahumane.ca, and email us a photo of your pet. The OHS receives thousands of lost animals every year. Submitting a complete Lost report will help us to quickly identify your pet, if it is brought to us.

Submitting a Lost Animal Report is not a substitute for visiting the municipal animal shelter to look for your animal – visit the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Road to check if your pet has been brought in. Be aware that your animal could be almost anywhere. Exploring dogs have travelled as much as 20 kilometers in a single day. Do not limit your search to your neighbourhood only.

If you have lost your cat, search the area at dusk and dawn – be cautious around cars and garbage cans. Inform your neighbours and ask them not to feed your cat. Placing kitty litter outside may be enough to entice a nervous or shy cat to return to a site that smells familiar.

Photos of most stray cats recently admitted to our shelter are posted online at www.ottawahumane.ca. Pictures are

posted within 24 hours of admission, and the site is updated every hour.

We will do our best to help with your search, but as the owner, you are ultimately responsible to look for and identify your pet.

Make sure you have up-to-date photos of your pet so that you can put up posters in your neighbourhood. Make fliers that include the lost date, description and any unique markings, a picture and your phone number – a reward motivates people!

Be specific when describing your lost pet.Example: A large 6-year-old domestic short-haired cat, all

black with white paws, neutered and declawed, friendly with people, answers to the name Newton

Or: A 3-year-old medium size dog, 25 to 30 pounds, black and tan, shepherd mix, female, spayed, a little timid – answers to the name Shadow.

Place a lost ad in the newspaper and check the Found section.

Have your pet microchipped so that it can be scanned at a local vet clinic or at the OHS, and make sure to update microchip information if you move. Keep identification tags up-to-date with your phone number and address. A City of Ottawa License will also help identify your pet.

Meet Pete! This neutered male, white Maltese is about six years old. He was surrendered to the shelter by his owner on October 10. Pete loves to take daily walks around the neighbourhood and would benefit from regular trips to the groomers!

He will need an experienced owner to show him the ropes, and to make sure he knows he doesn’t rule the world! Pete would not be well-suited to apartment living, as he likes to share his opinions on many subjects, which the neighbors may not wish to hear.

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If you think you have found your next companion animal in the Adoption Centre, please contact our Customer Service Supervisor at 613-725-3166 or [email protected]. The Ottawa Humane Society Adoption Centre is open weekdays 11:00 – 7:00 and Saturdays 10:00 – 5:00.

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SuperpugsBubbles, right, and Little Man, left, took on the role of action heroes at the eighth annual Howl-O-Ween Pugstock, much to the delight of owners Kayla Villeneuve, right, and her mom Katherine Glazier of Kanata, left. The event was held at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre on Oct. 28 to raise funds for Under My Wing – Pug Rescue. The organization re-cues pugs from unhealthy situations in Ontario and Quebec and fi nds appropriate foster homes for the animals. More than 300 pugs and their owners came out to participate in this year’s event, which featured best costume contests, merchandise and food. At right, Brandon Zweerman of South Keys drew from a popular Tom Hanks movie to come up with his pet pug’s Halloween costume. The furry castaway donned a tattered shirt and a painted volleyball for his pop culture costume. The pug’s actual name? Same as the cinematic volleyball – Wilson.

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Nov. 3Scotland Tonight - An Evening of Celtic Excellence featuring the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band and many guests including the Katharine Robinson School of Dance and the Ar n-Oran Gaelic Choir join the Sons for this wonderful show. The show also welcomes back comedian Johnny “Bagpipes” Johnston from British Columbia. Tickets are available at the door for $20. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. at the Bronson Centre at 211 Bronson Ave. Free refreshments are available during intermission. Ticket holders have the chance

to win the door prize, an overnight stay for two at the Lord Elgin Hotel. More information is available on the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band website, at www.sospb.com.

The Katina Cheewara Pooja ceremony and Buddha relic blessing will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lead by Kim Duong and family, the event will be held at the Foster Farm Community Centre, 2065 Ramsey Cres. All are welcome to attend. Parking available. For more informa-tion call the Ottawa-Inter Community Buddhist Soci-ety at 613-565-0842

Nov. 3-4You are invited to the sixth annual art studio tour and fundraiser in support of the Ottawa Riverkeeper, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3 and 4., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 195 Woodroffe Ave. A portion of the proceeds from on-site sales and a silent auction will be donated to the Ottawa Riverkeeper, an organization dedicated to protecting, promoting and improving the ecological health of the Ottawa River. Visit www.ottawariverkeeper.ca for more details.

Nov. 7The Queensway Terrace North Community Associa-tion is holding its 2012 an-nual general meeting on Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Severn Public School. For more information, email [email protected].

Nov. 13Join Al Sangster on a jour-ney through to Turkey at the

Carlingwood branch library, located at 281 Woodroffe Ave. from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Discover the region’s diverse geogra-phy, and spectacular histori-cal sites. For more informa-tion, contact InfoService at 613-580-2940 or email [email protected]. On-line registration is required.

Nov. 16 - Dec. 24The Salvation Army is seeking volunteer bell ringers for its iconic red Christmas Kettle campaign which begins on Nov. 16 and runs until Dec. 24. Individuals, families and groups including corporations, churches, service clubs and organizations are welcome to take part this Christmas season. Volunteering at a Christmas Kettle can mean as little as two hours and makes a lasting difference in your community. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer please go to www.OttawaKettles.ca or call Julie at 613-241-

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Nov. 17Visit the popular Holly and Lace Bazaar at First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, located at 30 Cleary Ave. The event will feature a silent auction including valuable art, clothes, collectables, a fl ea market and home-made lunch. Great deals on gently-used clothes, books, and timeless treasures. For more information, visit www.fi rstunitarianottawa.com.

St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church will be holding its annual food bazaar on Saturday Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will feature deli and frozen foods, candy, baked goods, gift baskets, a coffee shop and a German food table. St. Stephen’s is located at 579 Parkdale Ave. at the corner of Sherwood Drive.

The Olde Forge annual bazaar will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2730

Carling Ave. Shop early to get one of their famous Christmas puddings. Baking donations gratefully ac-cepted on Friday, Nov. 16. For more information, call 613-829-9777.

The City View United Church will be hosting its annual Snowfl ake Bazaar and craft fair on Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6 Epworth Ave. The event will feature home baking, knitting, photography, arts, crafts, jewellery, collectibles, books, toys, silent auction, luncheon, refreshments and much more. Admission and parking are free. For more info, call 613-224-1021.

Nov. 17-18Friends of the Farm are host-ing a craft and bake sale on Nov. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, featuring an incred-ible selection of items to choose from – don’t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods. The event will take place at Building 72 at the Central Experimental Farm, east off the Prince of Wales Drive roundabout. Admission is free. Call 613-230-3276 or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca for more information.

Nov. 18For Our Heart, a Heart and Stroke Foundation fundraiser, will be held on Sunday November 18 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Dominion Chalmers United Church 355 Cooper St. The afternoon will showcase Ottawa talents with performances including Julie Nesrallah, Dr. Fraser Rubens, Julian Armour and Singers, Suzart Productions, Polaris, Orpheus Choral Group and Canterbury High School. For more information, please contact Micheline Turnau at the Heart and Stroke Foundation by calling 613-265-9335 or emailing [email protected].


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Improving Safety and Increasing Pedestrian & Cycling Accessin this Important North-South Corridor

Dear River Ward Residents:I hope that you and your families are enjoying a wonderful autumn. As construction progresses on the Airport Parkway Pedestrian/Cycling Bridge, many residents have asked me for more information about the Sawmill Creek Constructed Wetlands area, which parallels the Airport Parkway between Walkley Road and Hunt Club Road.

Sawmill Creek Constructed Wetlands: An Urban Jewel

As a rookie City Councillor, one of the fi rst projects I sunk my teeth into was the building of the Sawmill Creek Constructed Wetlands, which offi cially opened in September 2007. This innovative stormwater management facility is over 2 km long and serves a catchment area of 1,418 hectares. It is designed to collect and treat stormwater runoff from three main sources: Sawmill Creek, Cahill Creek and the Plante Drive storm sewer, before it fl ows into the Rideau River.

This area is home to 1000’s of aquatic and terrestrial plants, trees and shrubs and various fauna. It also houses an important component of the north-south pedestrian and cycling network.

As part of the initial wetlands construction, I worked closely with City staff to make certain that service roads in the area were accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. I also ensured that design work to create an accessible pathway was completed.

In September 2010, thanks to contributions from the Federal and Provincial governments, the fi nal link to the pedestrian/cycling network surrounding the wetlands was offi cially opened. This safe and accessible pathway system now fully connects Hunt Club Road and Walkley Road.

This year, the Draft 2013 Budget proposes to further connect this network from Walkley Road to Brookfi eld Road. Thank you to Mayor Jim Watson and staff for their support in adding this important piece of infrastructure to our pedestrian and cycling network, which runs beside the Airport Parkway.

Airport Parkway: Busy and Important North-South Connection

The Airport Parkway is a vital north-south link in Canada’s Capital for residents and our visitors. To address safety concerns raised by drivers and cyclists, in 2007, I worked with traffi c engineers to install streetlights between Brookfi eld Road and Hunt Club Road. A “micro-surfacing” upgrade was also applied to the surface of the Parkway to provide improved skid resistance.

My offi ce also works closely with the Ottawa Police Service to address safety issues. As recently as October 17, 2012, Chief Charles Bordeleau and I conducted an on-site review of this area and noted the importance of proactive police enforcement. This is especially vital near the construction site of the pedestrian/cycling bridge.

Airport Parkway Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge: An Accessible & Safe Crossing

For many years, residents have highlighted the need for a safe connection from the Hunt Club community to the east side of the Airport Parkway. In 2009, I was pleased to deliver funding for the Environmental Assessment for this connection. One year later, in 2010, City Council approved funding for the design and construction of the new bridge.

Construction of the bridge is well under way. Following a successful re-pouring of the lower main tower, next steps include constructing the main bridge deck that spans the Airport Parkway and all other miscellaneous construction activities.

I continue to work with staff to ensure that every measure is taken to build this connection to the safest and highest quality standards.

As always, I appreciate hearing from you and encourage you to keep in touch with me as it allows me to serve you better.

It is an honour and a privilege to be your strong voice at City Hall.

Yours sincerely,

Maria McRaeRiver Ward City Councillor

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