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Red and black were the only acceptable colours on the bleachers at St. Mark High School during the national capital region’s Teir 2 basketball championship, which the Manotick team won by 11 points. Students, teachers and parents packed the gym to watch the tense final against Rideau High School on Feb. 22. Coach Richard Peters said he was “ecstatic” and “elated” for his team.

St. Mark Lions roar to basketball victory Emma Jackson

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EMC sports - Manotick’s St. Mark Lions clawed their way to a perfect season on Feb. 22 as they beat Rideau High School’s senior boys basketball team 64 - 53 to win the capital region’s Tier 2 championship. St. Mark head coach Richard Peters said he was “ecstatic” and “elated” for his team, who successfully avenged last year’s loss to Rideau in the first round of the 2011 playoffs. “It’s fun coaching boys who work hard, who scramble on defence and get their offence from their defence. I’m really proud of them,” said Peters. Peters teaches at St.

Leonard Catholic School in Manotick, but was called in to help with the nearby high school team three years ago. Peters attributed much of the team’s success to captain Mitch Harrison. “With the leadership we have from our Grade 12s, Mitch Harrison in particular, I expected a very successful year. “But I didn’t expect the team to come together in such a team effort, and have all 15 boys contribute at different points of the year,” he said. St. Marks enjoyed a strong home-court advantage as students, teachers and parents packed the bleachers wearing school colours, bearing signs and even sporting the odd lion costume.

As the clock ran down to zero, dozens of students jumped off the bleachers to join the red and black mash of cheering team members on the court. The championship game was always close, but got away from Rideau in the third quarter. They fought hard to close the gap, but ended the game 11 points from victory. Rideau coach David Sutton said he was proud of his team’s second place ranking, especially considering the challenges they faced to get the team going. “We weren’t sure whether we’d even have a program. We had to put together various students from a couple of teams,” he said. Sutton pulled members

from the senior boys, junior boys and senior girls teams to form this year’s only basketball team. Sutton said the team missed some key practice opportunities during play-off season because the Vanier school was unexpectedly closed in February for two different problems: once for an unidentified foul odour, and another time because the boilers ran dry. Sutton said the team was strong despite the challenges. “I feel our team played very well, comparing where we started to where we’ve come. There were just a few plays there where things could have gone the other way,” he said. “My boys and girl demonstrated that they’re quite capable of playing this game. I’m

very proud of my team and what they’ve done.” Rideau’s lone female member Alia Farhat was a key player throughout the championship game, and Sutton said he was lucky to have her this year. “Alia Farhat is an amazing athlete. She’s one of our star athletes at Rideau. I was very fortunate to have her along. She has been a strong member of our team,” she said. St. Mark beat Osgoode Township High School in the semi-final on Feb. 16, which secured their spot in the championship game. Peters said Harrison will graduate at the end of this year, and fully expects he will play university basketball, possibly at Laurentian.

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Manotick police centre in storage until new office selected Emma Jackson

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EMC news - The Manotick community police centre is currently homeless as it waits for confirmation on its new location within the village. The current CPC in an old house on Johnston Clapp Lane was deemed too expensive last October by Mayor Jim Watson, who altered the approval of a six per cent annual rent increase during the centre’s lease renewal process. A renewed lease would have increased rent from $49,239 in the first year to $62,163 in the fifth year of the contract. By contrast, the Ottawa South CPC in Herongate is housed at no cost as part of a goodwill agreement with its landlord TransGlobe Realty, an agreement that carried over when TransGlobe took overthe property from Minto. Several other CPCs are housed in city facilities at no cost. Watson said the landlord in Manotick was taking advantage of the police service, which has been a tenant at that location for about eight years. He urged the police services board to find a cheaper alternative, ideally in a city facility that would eliminate the centre’s rent altogether. Nearly five months later,

the centre has been packed up and emptied as its lease comes to an end, but no new location has yet been nailed down. “They’re still trying to finalize where we’re going to end up. The upper management is trying to work that out,” said community police officer Peter Jeon, who splits his time between Manotick and West Carleton.

The current CPC was deemed too expensive last October by Mayor Jim Watson. A renewed lease would have increased rent from $49,239 in the first year to $62,163 in the fifth. Unofficially, the new location will likely be inside the Manotick fire station – suggested by former police chief Vern White himself – although Jeon would not confirm the rumour. “I can’t say anything about that,” he said, noting, “I hope we do go to the fire station.” Jeon said moving to the fire station, which is outside

the village core on Manotick Main Street, wouldn’t impact residents very much because the police centres don’t generally get a lot of walk-ins anyway. In fact, he said he and his team of volunteers don’t need an office to do most of their job while the office is in limbo. “I hope the CPC function will still be active in the community. How we get out into the community and interact with them, we don’t need a building to do that,” Jeon said. The office, once finalized, would instead become “an administrative centre” for Jeon and his volunteers as well as volunteers working in Munster and Richmond. It would become a central location to print and organize brochures, complete paperwork and organize volunteers. Jeon said he expects his office to be in storage for at least two weeks, but wants to be settled by the end of March. Residents can still send complaints and observations to the centre through the office’s voicemail, which will be checked while the office is closed. The direct line is 613-2361222 x 2314.

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Manotick churches screen local film for Karen refugees Emma Jackson

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EMC news - Manotick United Church will screen an Ottawa film company’s new documentary, How Can A Boy, on March 2 as part of a collaboration in support of the hundreds of Karen refugees arriving in Ottawa to escape decades of civil war. Four local churches – Manotick United, St. James Anglican, St. Leonard’s Catholic and Knox Presbyterian – have joined forces to show residents what’s happening across the world and how they can make a difference here in Ottawa. Manotick United member Mary Barr spearheaded the project after she met the film’s main subject, Nimrod Andrew, while making fleece blankets for Karen refugees to help them cope with Canada’s harsh winters. At the time, Andrew was a school liaison officer for the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO), helping Karen children settle into their new schools. Barr said Andrew’s commitment to helping his people made an immediate impression on her, which convinced her to take the school’s blanket project to her church,

where they now make 75 to 100 blankets every year for Karen refugees in Ottawa. Not surprisingly, Andrew’s leadership gained the attention of Ottawa filmmaker Ed Kucerak, who was pursuing a film about how Karen refugees adapt to their new life in Ottawa. “Through that process we met Nimrod. The more we got to know about his story the more it became obvious to us it was going to be about Nimrod,” Kucerak said. The film follows the life of Andrew, who was ten when he was told to run into the jungle to flee the military who had burned his Myanmarese (formerly Burmese) village during the ongoing civil war in the South Asian country. He and his sister lived in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border for two years before they found their parents again. Andrew lived in the camps for 12 years before he won a scholarship to study in Canada, and began to turn his displacement into opportunity. Settling into Ottawa, Andrew began to volunteer at OCISO, and was soon hired as a settlement councillor. “In the end, its a film about how a person deals with loss,” Kucerak said. “Nimrod is an amazing human being, very

explained. “He wanted to make a film and tell people what’s going on in Burma to his people.” Kucerak and his team, as well as Andrew himself, will attend the screening to answer questions after the 77 minute film. The event’s $5 admission fee as well as any donations will be used to help Karen refugees as they settle in Ottawa, and may also be used to help bring more Karen refugees to Canada. Barr said she hopes the film will give people some insight into the difficulty of arriving here as a refugee. “This film is a big help for Nimrod and his people, but it’s also for each of us to understand what a refugee really goes through. Most people think once they get to Canada everything is rosy, but it really isn’t,” she said. She noted that many Karen people have never lived in a brick house or apartment, don’t know how to use a key, and have never taken an elevator. Barr said the four churches are hoping to help sponsor a Karen refugee in the future. The film screening takes place at Manotick United Church on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. For more information or to watch a trailer, visit www.howcanaboy.com.

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Women from the Manotick United Church meet Fridays to make fleece blankets for Karen refugees, who are not used to Canadian winters. On March 2 the church will screen a documentary about an Ottawa man who is trying to help his fellow Karen refugees, who have been dealing with civil war in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for decades. world’s longest civil war. Although Kucerak and his team couldn’t get into the camps, Andrew took a small camera into the camps to capture some footage, and even returned to Myanmar illegally to show the destruction civil war has caused in his country. “As the film went along it became for us a question of

smart, articulate, passionate, and he really cares about his people. I wish there were more like him.” To make the film, Andrew took the documentary team back to Thailand, to film outside the huge refugee camps that have been home to hundreds of thousands of Karen refugees throughout the

what a refugee brings to Canada, and how they deal with that past experience. How do they translate that horror and pain into adapting to life here? And with Nimrod, it was his guilt. “He was one of the lucky ones to make it. So he turned his guilt into passion for helping his community,” Kucerak

Council passes expanded smoke-free bylaw Jessica Cunha

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EMC News – Residents must butt out in parks, on patios and beaches or else face heavy fines as of July 2. City council voted 22-2 to expand the smoke-free bylaw to include municipal properties, such as parks and beaches, and all bar and restaurant patios on Wednesday, Feb. 22. An awareness and warning phase will begin on April 2, with fines and enforcement to start on July 2. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley and Orleans Coun. Bob Monette were the only two on

council to dissent. “I wanted the education (period to run) through the summer,” said Hubley. Under the expanded bylaw there will be no smoking anywhere on park property, including athletic fields; this includes the Walter Baker Park in Kanata, where this year’s Capital Hoedown event will take place. “I support the expansion of the non-smoking areas, such as (near) play structures,” said Hubley. “I just felt this proposal…reached too far.” He said he agrees with no smoking near play structures, but didn’t agree with making it illegal to smoke anywhere on

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EMC news - Disadvantaged youth in Rideau-Goulbourn and Osgoode wards will now have access to a new youth employment program beginning this March, after Service Canada announced funding at the end of February. The new Rideau-Osgoode Youth Retail Employment Program, or ROYREP, will help 48 disadvantaged rural youth get real job experience in 2012. Retail employers in Manotick and other villages will offer the young employees 27 hours of weekly paid employment over a 20-week period. The program will include spring and fall sessions of 24 recruits each. Recruiting began Feb. 27, and placements will begin March 12. The program has been spearheaded by the PinecrestQueensway Community Health Centre, which started

a similar program in 2001 with great success. However the program will be administered by two new staff at the Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Resource Centre. Program co-ordinator Matthew Teghtmeyer, a PinecrestQueensway staff, said the program targets young people aged 15 to 30 who face employment barriers such as physical or mental disabilities, a history of mental illness or addictions, past contact with the criminal or social assistance systems, homelessness, or an unfinished high school diploma. A unique barrier in rural areas is lack of transportation. However Service Canada’s funding only covers costs for support staff and administration, and doesn’t offer any money to transport recruits to their placements. Teghtmeyer said the centre is trying to secure a van or other mode of transportation to help their recruits get

to work, but are banking on community support. He estimated the program needs about $25,000 to cover the cost of a van, gas, maintenance, insurance and winter tires – all of which are up for sponsorship if residents and businesses want to step up. Because of immobility in the rural areas, Teghtmeyer said they’ve concentrated their placements in Manotick Village, although they are open to placing recruits in other areas as well. Sucre Sale, Kit and Kaboodles, M&M Meat Shops, Black Dog Bistro, Dollar Daze, Just Imagine, Millar’s Oven, Choice Vintners, Capital Cellers, and the Manotick Natural Market have all signed on. Teghtmeyer said retail jobs are an excellent point of entry for youth, because they help develop the necessary communication skills and work ethic young people need to succeed. “Just working in general

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Sucre Sale bakery and M&M Meat Shops, both on River Road in Manotick, have agreed to take recruits from the new Rideau-Osgoode Youth Retail Employment Program. develops a sense of what’s required in a workplace: arriving on time, showing up for your shift, calling in if you’re not able to, going in even when you’re feeling under the weather. A lot of youth nowadays are missing that,” he said. Teghtmeyer said the businesses have been asked to treat the recruits like they would any other employee. Two support staff will make their rounds to the various

retailers each week, and the entire group will meet once a week to “check in.” M&M Meat Shop owner Scott Campbell said he signed up for a recruit a long time ago, but has been waiting to hear back from PinecrestQueensway for about six months while they waited for funding approval. He said he supports what the program is trying to do, but needs assurance that the employee will work hard. He

also said he would want to know why the recruit hasn’t been able to work elsewhere. “I’d want to know the complete truth about what was going on and what the reasoning was,” he said. “That would be my biggest reason to say no, but you can’t really know until you see what’s going on. I’m open to it if they can make it a good thing.” For more information contact Teghtmeyer at 613-8204922.

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EMC news – Ottawa residents can expect a six per cent hike on their water bills this year with the prospect of regular increases over the next decade, after city councillors approved a set of proposals on Feb. 22 to help fund major water and sewer repairs. The 2012 increase will be followed by seven per cent increases in 2013 and 2014, six per cent hikes in 2015 and 2016 and five per cent increases each year after that until 2021. The 2012 hike will cost the average household approximately $37.82 per year, or roughly 75 cents extra per week. A staff report said the city needs to put $2.7 billion into repairing and reconstructing the city’s water and sewer system over the next decade, in order to maintain the current system and safeguard it against unexpected problems.

However the report calls for a slightly lower investment of $2.1 billion over the next 10 years, with a higher level of capital investment concentrated in the first four years. The projects would be funded jointly by the rate hikes, new debt and existing water and sewer reserves. Many water and sewer projects are being advanced by the city’s Ottawa on the Move program, which will rebuild hundreds of kilometres of roads between 2012 and 2015. While the roads are being fixed, the city plans to also rebuild the water and sewer infrastructure underneath. Environment committee chairwoman Maria McRae said this is a responsible approach. “No one wants a road chewed up twice,” she said. Rebuilding a road and then ripping it up two years later to replace water and sewer is too disruptive, she added. While replacing water

mains is “not as sexy” as opening a brand new community centre or other city facility, it is paramount to the well-being of the city, McRae said. Apart from providing safe, clean drinking water for residents, maintaining Ottawa’s $18 billion water and sewer system also protects businesses from disruptive breaks like the recent rupture on Elgin Street, and avoids water bans like the one Ottawa South residents endured last summer after Woodroffe’s water main burst. “I’m confident the rate we’ve put forward will deal with the situations that residents have told us to address,” McRae said. The city’s environment committee unanimously approved the rate hikes at its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21 and the long term financial plan was passed by council the following day. With files from Laura Mueller.

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Conservation foundation wins $5,000 for stream rehabilitation

EMC news - The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation has been awarded $5,000 from the Ottawa Sustainability Fund, to boost its Healthy Watersheds project in 2012. The non-profit conservation charity was one of three groups in Ottawa to receive the annual grant, which is funded entirely by donations. The money will shore up the Healthy Watersheds program which carries out rehabilitation projects on local streams and tributaries that feed into the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers. Using tools like erosion control, invasive species removal, garbage cleanups and shoreline replanting projects, the foundation and its corps of volunteers will restore some of Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst creeks and streams, many of which run through residential areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will help us take care of many, many kilometres of some of our most neglected streams in Ottawa,â&#x20AC;? said Charles Billington, executive director of the foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are ones that often run through residential areas and get lost in the shuffle, through culverts and things. They go downhill unless someone specifically looks after them.â&#x20AC;? According to the foundation, a number of studies by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, the city of Ottawa and City Stream Watch show that smaller creeks and streams are in worse environ-

mental shape than the main Rideau or Ottawa Rivers. Mary Hegan, chairperson of the grants committee at the Ottawa Sustainability Fund, said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partly why the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal won the grant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only was it innovative but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also very important to follow through on the studies and monitoring work that gets done every summer by volunteers,â&#x20AC;? Hegan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing to learn about the habitat, the creatures that live there, the water quality and how healthy it is, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Now that we know that, what can we do about it to enhance the situation?â&#x20AC;? According to Andrea Klymko at the foundation, Becketts Creek in Cumberland and Graham Creek in Nepean are high priority areas for 2012. At Becketts Creek, Klymko said shoreline planting along the creek as well as significant tree plantings in partnership with private land

Renewing the vegetation along the banks of the Rideau River and its tributaries is a never-ending job. Volunteers offer their time and energy each year to help the river banks stay healthy. Native trees and shrubs are planted to help stabilize the river bank.

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Along with the conservation authority, The Natural Step Canada also received $5,000 for its Ottawa-based sustainability youth leadership program, and Faith and the Common Good received the same amount for its local Greening Sacred Spaces program.

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The Healthy Watershed program receives help from volunteers each year. The program is involved with the rehabilitation of streams that feed into the Rideau River.

owners will help protect the creek. At Graham Creek, however, a significant amount of bioengineering will be necessary at the mouth of the creek, which involves stabilizing the eroding shoreline with natural structures made from willows and coconut fibre matting. Volunteers would also plant potted native trees and shrubs along the shoreline to stabilize the slopes and establish a shoreline buffer, Klymko said. Pinecrest Creek in the west end may also be a good candidate for some shoreline planting projects this year. Billington said the $5,000 will be a big help for the shoreline restoration program, which never seems to have enough funding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The project is a bit of one thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running on a shoestring, so $5,000 injection is huge and is very, very welcome,â&#x20AC;? he said. Nine charitable groups applied for the funding, but only three were chosen.

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Time for council to make some tough decisions

fter foisting further fees on the residents of a city set to come under the knife of federal spending cuts, Ottawa’s city council needs to take a long, hard look at the way it conducts its business. The latest increase will see water rates rise by six per cent this year, the first in a series of hikes that will dip no lower than five per cent per year through 2021. The rate increase, coupled with the addition of $460 million in debt

to the city’s books, will help pay for major sewer and water main repairs across the city. This latest approval by the council, led by Mayor Jim Watson, follows a property tax increase of 2.45 per cent in 2011, a 2.39 per cent increase for the 2012 budget. Each of these increases mean fewer dollars in the pockets of people regularly being told by governments and experts alike that they’re carrying too much debt. The water rate hike also

comes as the province has been advised in the Drummond Report that Ontario needs to cut billions from its budget. Meanwhile the federal government, employer of many Ottawa residents, is making strong suggestions cuts are pending. All this is not to suggest that council should be taking a harder line on tax or other rate increases. On the contrary, replacing the city’s water mains and sewer lines, which

are in some cases more than a century old, is vital work. A city that can’t supply its citizens with clean water nor take their waste away is not a place anyone wants to live. The same goes for the significant reconstruction of the city’s transportation network, a $340-million program dubbed Ottawa On The Move. Roads, bicycle paths and sidewalks are essential to a functioning city. Where the city will need to begin scrutinizing its

spending is in other, less vital areas. Projects like the Rink of Dreams adjacent to city hall, the partial funding of a makeover for the Ottawa Baseball Stadium and funding for a slew of community-centric projects like arenas, pools and parks are all noble commitments, but do they really make sense when much larger, much more important expenditures are on the horizon? Every elected official loves to tout the successful implementation of pet projects.

Those are easy decisions to make. But as the fiscal belt tightens for taxpayers and the provincial and federal governments, our municipal officials can’t continue to pretend tough decisions can be avoided. Everything can’t be top priority all the time. A period of austerity is upon us whether we like it or not, and the challenge for this council going forward is learning when it needs to just say no.

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Conversation in context BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse

asked an older relative of mine the other day if she thought it was possible to achieve daily happiness. “No,” she curtly replied. “I think most people spend most of their lives working and having a bit of fun, but mainly just trying to keep their heads above water.” The statement bothered me, not only because I used to consider this woman to be an optimist, but also because it was so lacking in hope. I decided to raise the question to a friend of mine. “It’s hard to be happy every day when it’s so grey outside.” Still unsettled, I began to slip the happiness question into every conversation I had over the course of a week. I quickly began to realise that I was surrounded by pessimists: “Maybe, but you’d need some pretty good drugs to sustain it.” “Who’s got time to think about being happy?” “I doubt it. Not if you live in a country where you have to wait five hours to see a doctor in urgent care.” And then I started to think perhaps I was simply asking the wrong question. Or to be more precise, perhaps I was asking the right question, but in the wrong context. Too often we think of a conversation as an isolated event. But that is rarely, if ever, the case. The fact is that every one of us comes to every conversation from a different context, a context our interlocutors may not understand or even consider. Not surprisingly, our inability to think about each conversation in broader context is often what causes conflict in our relationships. Think about a typical marital spat.

Let’s say a woman asks her husband what he’d like to eat for dinner this week. She’s come to the conversation looking for help to make up the grocery list. To her, it’s a conversation about a simple chore. Nothing controversial there. But if he’s just had a conversation with his investment advisor about a slump in the stock market, he may be annoyed at the question and snap at her that he doesn’t want to think about groceries. As a result, she may be hurt, or angry; she may accuse him of not wanting to take part in the necessary household tasks. The next thing you know, both parties are yelling at each other about things that have nothing to do with groceries or the stock market. It’s not hard to imagine how a series of like conversations – each viewed in isolation – could form a pattern that would eventually erode the foundations of the marital relationship. But just as the husband’s response had nothing to do with his will to take part in household planning, nor are my friends and relatives necessarily eternal pessimists. After thinking about it more deeply, I started to assess the broader context of each conversation. The first relative I spoke to lives in Europe she has been very concerned about the state of the economy. Another had just returned to Canadian winter after a 10-day vacation in Mexico. Another was dealing with an especially busy schedule at work, at the same time having difficulty keeping her toddler in bed at night. Had I taken the time to consider their comments in a context broader than my conversation about happiness, I may not have been so quick to conclude I was surrounded by pessimists. Instead, I may have chosen to engage in a deeper and more meaningful conversation, one which would have included listening more carefully and objectively to what they were saying, and asking questions to gain further understanding of what dominated their emotions prior to the start of our discussion. And I concluded that maybe if we all practiced better listening and understanding with each other, it would be possible to find and maintain a bit of happiness in our daily lives after all.

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Sens’ Karlsson growing his game at both ends of ice By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com Of all the audacious numbers that currently sit beside his name, it is far and away the least glamorous of the bunch. But that particular statistic — his rating in the plus-minus department, which stood at +15 as of last Friday — probably says the most about Erik Karlsson’s rapid ascent toward elite status among the National Hockey League’s top blueliners. And it is likely the one that brings the 21-yearold Ottawa Senators defenceman the greatest level of satisfaction. Never mind that it’s games like the two he had against the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals last week, when Karlsson produced a combined seven points, that earn the flashy Swede maximum airtime on the highlight reels. It’s his many offensive gifts that make fans shell out good money to watch him play. Karlsson will tell you he’s equally determined to show everyone involved with the game that he takes care of business in his own end of the ice as well. “That’s one of the things I want to prove to myself, at first,” said the Senators’ top pick (15th overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. “That I can play an all-around game and be (on the ice) in as many situations as possible, in any type of game and at any time in a game. I’ve come a long way since I came here and if I can keep improving, I’ll be even better defensively as we go along.” Karlsson, who’s listed at 6-0 and 180 pounds, isn’t likely to overwhelm any opponent with physical play. But his positional play has improved immensely and, with speed to burn, Karlsson can quickly atone for any mistakes he might make. “As a player, he’s grown,” said Senators head coach Paul MacLean. “You’re allowed to learn and you’re allowed to get better, and I think that’s what he’s done. His success is

While Erik Karlsson is the NHL’s highest-scoring defenceman by a wide margin, the Ottawa Senators blueliner is equally proud of the strides he’s made with his play in his own end of the ice (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images). more an indication of his ability to grasp the game and to grasp it quickly. His skating ability, I think, is what separates him from a lot of people. He’s not a big man, but he defends with quickness and speed, and he’s learned how to do it real well.” Again, the numbers don’t lie — a year ago, the two-time NHL allstar game participant sported a minus-30 rating and was considered a huge liability in his own end. Not anymore. Only veteran Filip Kuba rates higher on the team in that category than Karlsson now — and it’s no coincidence the duo happen to be defence partners.

“The big thing is experience,” said Karlsson, who has benefited from the veteran wisdom supplied by Kuba, Chris Phillips and Sergei Gonchar. “The more games you play, the more accustomed to certain situations you get. We have a couple of older guys who have been around and play well defensively. That’s helping out, as well. “I’m getting help all the time with (his defensive play) and the coaches have been good in teaching me what to do and what not to do. Most of all, it comes with experience. I’ve improved my way of reading the game in certain situations. There

are going to be times when you mess up and as long as you work to undo it, I think it’s okay. I don’t consider myself a high-risk player anymore.” Captain Daniel Alfredsson, a fellow Swede and Karlsson’s biggest mentor since he first arrived in Ottawa four seasons ago, believes he’s a perfect fit for the style the Senators are playing under MacLean. And the team as a whole benefits from that match. “We play the skating style that fits his game,” said Alfredsson. “(MacLean) has done a really good job of allowing him to be offensive and guiding him defensively, too, without frustrating him. He’s been a good listener, too, and his plus-minus rating speaks for that. He’s done a great job improving in our end, getting pucks out and being in (the right) position. He’s been really good.” Of course, no discussion of Karlsson would be complete without bringing up those offensive numbers that continue to turn heads around the NHL. With 60 points (13-47) through 61 games, he’s on pace to record at least 80 for the season. That is miles past the franchise record of 63, set by Norm Maciver in the Senators’ expansion season of 199293, and far and away the top total by a defenceman in the league this season. All of which is starting to generate talk that Karlsson deserves consideration for the James Norris Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL’s top blueliner. That thought is almost overwhelming to him. “It’s something I’m going to have to think about after the season, when everything is over,” he said. “It’s a big honour and it’s something that every defenceman wants to (achieve). I’m flattered that people think that, but there’s also a lot of guys who have been working hard for a number

of years to win that nomination.” Among them is Nicklas Lidstrom, a seven-time Norris winner and every young Swedish blueliner’s ultimate idol. And what if Karlsson were to find himself on the same ballot as the Detroit Red Wings’ surefire Hall of Famer? “It would mean a lot to me,” he said. “It would make me feel good about what I’ve done and what the team has done for me as well. Something like that doesn’t happen every year. I know that and it doesn’t happen in (every defenceman’s) career,

either. I’ve just got to try to do my best and see where it takes me.” MacLean, for one, “can’t wait” to see how much further Karlsson can take his game in the years ahead. “His game has grown a lot, but I think there’s still areas and places where it can still grow,” he said. “But as far as I’m concerned, his growth potential is basically up to him ... his ability to comprehend the game and his dedication to the fitness aspect of the game, along with his continued growth as a player and seeing the ice and using the people around him.”

UPCOMING SENATORS GAMES

Chicago Blackhawks at Ottawa Senators: Friday, March 2, 7 p.m. (TSN) New York Rangers at Ottawa Senators: Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East) Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators: Saturday, March 10, 7 p.m. (CBC)

SCOTIABANK PLACE EVENTS

WWE RAW World Tour: March 3, 7:30 p.m. Hedley: March 14, 7 p.m. Van Halen: March 21, 7:30 p.m. 2012 JUNO Awards: April 1, 7:30 p.m. Harlem Globetrotters: April 7, 3 p.m. Stars On Ice: April 29, 4 p.m. Red Hot Chili Peppers: April 30, 7:30 p.m. Bryan Adams: May 4, 8 p.m. Chris de Burgh: May 5, 8 p.m. Johnny Reid: May 12, 7:30 p.m. Il Divo: May 20, 8 p.m. Monster Spectacular: May 26, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.CapitalTickets.ca, by phone at 613-599-FANS (3267) or 1-877-788-FANS (3267); in person at The Sens Store at Carlingwood Mall and Place d’Orléans, any Ottawa Sports Experts location, Les Galeries de Hull and at the Scotiabank Place box office.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Friday, March 2, 7 p.m., TSN After enduring a huge skid that dropped them to the middle of the Western Conference playoff pack, the Blackhawks seem to have regained their early season form in the last week or so. There is no shortage of offensive firepower in Chicago, with the likes of Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp heading up a most formidable arsenal – and all of them veterans of the

Hawks’ Stanley Cup title team of two years ago. Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are the key anchors on the Chicago blue line. More is needed, however, in the way of consistent goaltending from Corey Crawford and Ray Emery.

Patrick Kane is among a wealth of offensive talent possessed by the Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images).

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Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m., Sportsnet East There’s a buzz of hockey excitement on Broadway, with the Rangers taking dead aim at top spot in the Eastern Conference – and the entire National Hockey League, for that matter. Everything in New York revolves around the stellar play of Henrik Lundqvist, one of the NHL’s elite goaltenders, who’s more than capably supported by Martin Biron. Up front, a healthy Marian Gaborik remains the top

sniper for the Blueshirts, with Brad Richards a major force in the middle. Captain Ryan Callahan and Derek Stepan, to name two, supply the necessary dose of grit, along with clutch goals. Dan Girardi is a shot -blocking force on the back end, with Michael del Zotto chipping in offensively.

Marian Gaborik of the New york Rangers rates among the NHL’s most dangerous snipers (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images).

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This gingerbread recipe will surprise you

hen you hear someone mention gingerbread, you probably think of gingerbread cookies or cake, maybe served with a cup of hot coffee. That thought will change once you’ve tried this week’s recipe. The gingerbread is a pancake that tastes very much like gingerbread cake, and coffee is one of the ingredients that goes into it. This is the kind of dish that you can serve for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or even as dessert after a meal. The pancakes can be served with any one of a variety of toppings. Maple syrup, sliced bananas, ice cream, frozen vanilla yogurt or whipped cream are all good. These pancakes cook best if they are made smaller than the usual pancakes. Although the batter may not look as if there’s not enough of it on the griddle, it will spread and rise as it cooks. Because the pancakes are small, they cook more quickly than the traditional ones.

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• 2 cups flour • 1 tsp. cinnamon • 1 tsp. ginger • 1 tsp. nutmeg • 3/4 tsp. baking powder • 3/4 tsp. baking soda • 1/4 tsp. salt • 2 eggs, lightly beaten with a fork • 1 1/3 cups buttermilk • 1/3 cup molasses • 1/3 cup cold or warm coffee • 3 tbsp. vegetable oil In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and spices. In another bowl, stir the remaining ingredients together. Pour the liquid ingredients into the first bowl, and stir. Don’t mix vigorously. The batter will be a bit lumpy, but the lumps disap-

pear during cooking. Bring a lightly greased or non-stick frying pan or a griddle to medium heat. Measure 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake. As soon as you pour the batter on to the griddle, spread it into a circle about four inches across. Cook, on medium heat, until the bubbles that form on the surface of the pancakes start to break, and the pancake edges look slightly dry. This may take just two to three minutes. Flip the pancakes over, and cook the second side for about the same time. To keep the first batch warm while you cook the rest, transfer the cooked pancakes to a large pie plate, and cover them loosely with aluminum foil. Set this in a 300 F (150 C) oven. Makes 12-16 pancakes.

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EMC news – Alain Mercier has been replaced as the general manager of OC Transpo following a shakeup of senior city management announced on Feb. 22. Mercier will be replaced by John Manconi, former general manager of public works. “Mr. Mercier was head of OC Transpo for six years,” said Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans, chairwoman of the city’s transit commission. “We thank him for his service for the City of Ottawa and to transit riders, and we want to wish him the very best for future endeavours.” City spokeswoman Jocelyne Turner wouldn’t comment on details of Mercier’s release, and would only confirm that he was no longer employed by the City of Ottawa. Subsequent reports indicated Mercier had been let go by the city in a meeting on the morning of Feb. 22 and would collect severance of $260,000 from the city. A request for comment by Manconi was also denied. “At this time the new GM of Transit Services is focusing on being briefed on his new files,” Turner wrote in an email. “The mayor and chair of the transit commission will be speaking about the changes at OC Transpo until further notice.” Manconi was quoted in the media release as saying that he looks forward to working with council and transit employees. “Given the significant challenges of managing a large transit organization, my focus is to get straight to work on management priorities and familiarize myself with the day-to-day operations,” Manconi stated in the release. Deans wouldn’t comment on whether Mercier’s release had anything to do with recent challenges OC Transpo has been faced with, such as a YouTube video showing a bus driver yelling at a disabled passenger or the 2009 bus strike. “Other than saying I acknowledge that we’ve had our share of challenges, I won’t

comment on labour relations issues,” Deans said, adding that she “fully supports” Manconi’s appointment by city manager Ken Kirkpatrick. Deans also said that OC Transpo is going through a larger reorganization. “It’s a very exciting time to be a part of transit in Ottawa,” she said. “We’re implementing all kinds of new technologies this year.” Deans said some of those changes include the transit system’s new Presto card, continuing preparations for the light rail transit system, adding 75 more double decker buses and doubling the capacity of the O-Train. As part of other changes being made to OC Transpo’s organization, transit services will now report to Steve Kanellakos, deputy city manager, city operations. “Mr. Kirkpatrick has decided it’s time for some fresh energy and as we move forward, he has chosen some of the rising stars to assume the leadership,” said Deans said. Other personnel changes include Larry O’Keefe replacing Manconi as general manager of public works, transit services and environmental services now report to Kanellakos under the city operations portfolio and the real estate partnerships and development office, which manages the Lansdowne Park and Arts Court redevelopments, will report to deputy city manager Nancy Schepers. Her portfolio has been renamed planning and infrastructure. With the new appointment, Deans said she hopes to face some of transit’s challenges head on and she feels Manconi is the right person for the job. “Our goal is to make (OC Transpo) reliable, dependable and something that the public will choose more and more,” Deans said. According to release from the city, Manconi has more than 20 years of experience in municipal government and started his career in the former City of Nepean. He has been the general manager of the city’s public works department since 2008, and has taken on his new role effective immediately.

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Renfrew County winter scares uncle, aunt MARY COOK Mary Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memories off the big supper piled on the table as if we were feeding a thrashing gang. Beds had to be shifted to make way for our overnight guests, and my sister Audrey and I ended up sleeping on the creton couch in the kitchen. Before he climbed the stairs to go to bed, Uncle Johnny opened the kitchen door wide and took deep breaths and looked out into the star filled sky. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Yup, Spring is here,â&#x20AC;? and he slammed the door shut. Father could be heard muttering, â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count on it.â&#x20AC;? Well, the next morning, I looked out the window and there was Uncle Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car, looking like a huge blob of whipped cream. Through the night, we had the heaviest snow storm that winter. Well, let me tell you! When Uncle Johnny saw the snow and his car completely covered, the oaths could be heard in Admaston. Aunt Vanetta tried to calm him down, but it was no use. It was soon obvious they were going nowhere!

Uncle Johnny had put another log into the Findlay Oval, and was sitting at the table with a cigar hanging from his mouth. Mother was thrilled to see them and hugs were handed out freely. Since it was a warm day to begin with, the house was fair jumping with the heat from the newly stoked kitchen stove and Uncle Johnny had peeled off his dress shirt, and his white long-sleeved undershirt made him look like he was ready for bed. Mother added another chicken to the pot already simmering on the back of the stove and the whole house took on an air of a party. Uncle Johnny worked for the City of Ottawa and drove an enormous steam roller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Got the day off tomorrow, and Van and I thought weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d come out and head back in the morning ... not much snow anywhere, so the roads are good,â&#x20AC;? he said. The afternoon passed quickly with card games, off-colour jokes and we ended polishing

kitchen table in his underwear shirt, but Aunt Vanetta was dressed and ready to head for home. All Uncle Johnny cold talk about was the $2 he was out by missing a dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. And then the weather turned mild, a soft rain came down and by the next day, the snow was all but gone. Father shoveled a path to the gate, and after running the sleigh up and down the lane several times, he said there should be no trouble reaching the road. Our visitors were

Father said he would try to break open the long lane, but since snow plows had yet to find their way out to the road, Uncle Johnny would just have to wait it out until the road was made passable. But it would take more than three or four feet of snow to keep us away from school. We would leave earlier than usual, plow our way out the lane and down Plauntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Side Road. When we got home, Uncle Johnny was still sitting at the

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t was unusual for Uncle Johnny to chance it out to Northcote from Ottawa before the last flake of snow was gone from the ground. But that winter had been mild, and according to Old Herman, who predicted everything from the weather to the end of the world to what farm would be turned over to the county for taxes owed, it was going to be an early spring. Now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubtful Old Herman had any contact with Uncle Johnny in Ottawa. But when we saw him and Aunt Vanetta pull into the yard late in February, our long lane was no longer rutted with snow. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need Old Herman to tell us spring was coming early, although Father insisted we would be in for a few last blasts of snow before we could say winter was over. It was a Sunday and when we got home from church, there was Uncle Johnny and Aunt Vanetta sitting in our kitchen like they owned the place. Of course our doors were never locked back then. Aunt Vanetta was a dainty woman who had on a hat over her white hair that was not much more than a cluster of silk flowers and ribbons, but certainly spring-like.

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Roots and Shoots Farm proprietor Robin Turner tries some spinach in the farm’s existing greenhouse. Four new greenhouses will greatly expand the farm’s ability to produce greens and other vegetables throughout the winter.

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greenhouses, which he bought for $3,500 last year from an east-end farmer. The buildings EMC news - It’s onwards and will go up in the early spring upwards for Roots and Shoots to start producing tomatoes, Farm as the organic commupeppers, cucumbers and eggnity-supported farm prepares plants for the summer. But the for its third year of production This past weekend, a group of girls from the 99 Force Black squad, won real benefit will come in Ocoff Mitch Owens Road. silver at the Ontario Indoor U13 Provincial Championships. Their first tober, when the greenhouses Farm proprietor Robin can start producing winter Turner said he’s looking forgame was against the Richmond Hill Raiders, who finished second in produce like spinach and kale, ward to the upcoming season their preliminary round. The Force came out flying and quickly went as well as root vegetables. after spending the winter imahead 1-0. Not content to sit back, the girls continued to pressure and The farm already grew proving the farm. dominated in the offensive zone, which lead to many quality chances spinach and kale into mid-De“We’re pretty excited about Use of our and try but only one additional goal. Final score 2-0. Next up any was Stony Creek seven cember last year in its existing thisfacilities year. I think after two some of our most popular classes for free! Saltfleet, the winner of their preliminary round and a team that defeated greenhouse, but the expanthe Force two years ago at the Robbie International tournament. Final sion will mean the farm can Carlingwood Y Clarence-Rockland Y sell regular CSA shares yearscore 1-1. 200 Lockhart Ave 1-1525 Du Parc Ave round starting in October or 613.729.7131 613.446.7679 November. Downtown Y Kanata Y Nepean Y The last game of the day was against99the newly constituted, Whitby 1642 Merivale Rd Bank St 1000 Palladium Dr “The greenhouses will squad. 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Turner said this will make a huge difference. The next day, the girls resolved to not squander their opportunity as “The ground holds a lot of We offer a range of resources and water and it can take a long they were facing Ontario #1 ranked Unionville-Milliken. Showing their supportsand to respond toWe any career andof resources and time to warm up in the spring determination and dedication to defensive play, the girls shut-down their We offer a range of resources offer a range because of that. The drainage opponents and advanced to the finals with a 1-0 win. Ninety minutes need. Wesupports are open to all and supports to respond toemployment any career and to respond to any career andwill help a lot with that,” he later they were on the field playing for the championship, again against there no charge for services. said. employment need. We are open to allis and employment need. We are open to all and Whitby. In an effort to avenge their earlier loss, the girls came out flying, Turner said they’re also there is no charge for services. there is no charge for services. confident in their knowledge that they were no longer considered the hoping to bring chickens back tournament underdog. The girls left it all on the field and despite their after a semi-successful trial last season. disappointment were pleased to be silver medal championship finalists. Turner explained they were We can help you by providing: We offer a range of resources and supports to respond to any To allow only three goals-against in five games against the best teams moving the 10 foot by 10 foot We can help you by providing: We can help you by providing: in Ontario is a testament to their dedication to the team game and career employment need. We open to all and there is • and Employment consultation, job are search support coops every couple of days to unselfish play. 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years we’re prepared for how this land works,” he said. Since last season, Roots and Shoots has purchased a nearby house, added a seventh employee, bought four new greenhouses, installed tile drainage, secured new machines to help with planting and expanded their organic flower business. All of these improvements have allowed Turner to open 80 new shares for Ottawa residents, which takes the farm up

to 200 shares altogether. The farm uses a business model called Community Supported Agriculture, where customers commit to a weekly share of vegetables at a set price for the season. The shares secure a certain amount of income for the farm, and leftover harvest is sold at farmers’ markets around the city. Turner said one of the most important farm improvements is the addition of four new

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EMC News – Health Canada is encouraging residents to check their homes for radon gas levels. The radioactive gas can be found in most homes at low levels and is usually not a concern. However, in enclosed spaces the concentration can become much higher and pose a health risk, said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. “It’s not a bad idea to have it tested,” she said. “Radon is a very common substance, it’s found everywhere. “This is not a crisis or anything.” he gas is formed by the breakdown of uranium, which can be found in soil, rock and groundwater. It can enter a home through cracks in the foundation or walls, and through gaps around pipes. “When radon is released from the ground into the outdoor air, it gets diluted to low concentrations and is not a concern,” said Wilkinson in a statement. “However, in enclosed spaces, like basements, it can sometimes accumulate to high levels, above the guideline set by Health Canada.” She said residents are being encouraged to test their homes for radon gas levels in the areas where they spend the most

amount of time, but it’s not a “must do.” “If you live in the basement, check the basement,” said Wilkinson. “If you live on the main floor check the main floor.” The colourless, odourless and tasteless gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer, according to Health Canada, which recommends testing over the course of three months. “Health Canada recommends that you do a long term test,” said Kelley Bush, Health Canada’s radon educator, in a media release. “Radon levels vary significantly even from one day to the next.” She added that testing during the fall and winter is an ideal time because windows and doors are shut. Bush was on hand during a public meeting held by Wilkinson on Feb. 16 to address concerns about radon gas. The easiest way to test for the gas is a do-it-yourself radon detector, which can be bought at most home improvement stores, said Wilkinson. The detector should be left undisturbed for three months and then sent to a laboratory for testing. For more information on radon gas, visit www. hc-sc.gc.ca.

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This year’s skating season is officially over on the Rideau Canal. The National Capital Commission announced on Friday, Feb. 24, it was closing the skateway for the season. In a press release, NCC said the sustained mild weather of the past week has weakened the ice to the point that it is unrealistic to expect the ice to rebuild again this season. The skateway opened on Jan. 15. Over that period, NCC said hundreds of thousands of people hit the ice for 28 days of skating, but that number fell far short of the 53 days of skating enjoyed last year. This year’s skating season on the canal was the worst in a decade. “In 2002, the canal was open for skating for just 26 days,” said Jasmine Leduc, NCC spokeswoman. According to the release, the forecast for the next few days make it unrealistic to bring the ice back to a safe thickness.

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Fleas, an annual external parasite, are mostly harmless. The biggest problem caused by fleas is itching. However, some pets or people may be allergic to flea saliva, which causes flea allergy dermatitis (super-itchy spots with hair-loss); young, sick or elderly pets can become anemic from too much blood loss. These wingless insects are capable of jumping long distances. While cat and dog fleas prefer to feast on animal blood, they will turn to a human host if needed. The life-cycle of a flea has four stages: Eggs, which fall from the host into the environment Larvae, which live off of the fallen fecal matter of adult fleas found in carpets and in lawns. Pupae, which is the cocoon. They do not emerge until a host is detected (via warmth /vibration)

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Jack came from the animal shelter in Vancouver. He was a sad and lonely rabbit. Then he came to us and we have now had him for four years. He is an older bunny now and he loves sitting in his basket, resting and sunning himself. He likes to eat parsley. In the summer he loves to spend time in his garden. One of his favourite toys was a straw broom. In the evenings he likes to watch the hockey games with his dad. Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: cfoster@thenewsemc.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

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Adults, which feast on blood. If you do have a flea-infestation, it is important to treat the pet’s environment as well, to eliminate flea eggs and larvae. There are many over-the-counter products that help solve flea problems such as flea sprays (both for the pet and environment), shampoos, or collars. While the costs may be lower for over-the-counter products ($5 to $30), they often need to be reapplied to solve a flea infestation. Prescription-only solutions such as topical treatments (Advantage, Revolution) or pills (Program, Sentinel) are more expensive and require a vet visit for a prescription. They are usually dispensed in a six-month package, to be applied monthly for the flea season. They are safer, easier and more effective than over-the-counter products. These products often have additional benefits, such as heart-worm

protection and tick, lice and mite infestation prevention. Because of their ease of use, their safety, and their effectiveness, they are highly recommended. It is important to read all of the instructions carefully before using any flea-control product. Follow all the instructions. Never use flea productions designed for dogs on cats, and vice versa. When in doubt, contact your veterinarian. Alternatives: • Use a ﬂea comb several times a week on all pets. • Vacuum frequently, disposing of bags immediately after use. • Long grass can host ﬂeas: keep lawns mowed. • Wash pet bedding weekly. To protect cats from fleas and ticks, as well as a host of other outdoor hazards, cats should be kept indoors at all times.

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Ottawa Humane Society alarmed

Osgoode snowmobilers charged with drunk driving Emma Jackson

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EMC News - Two snowmobilers have been charged with drunk driving in Osgoode according to the Ottawa police marine, dive and trail unit. The snowmobiles were stopped on Nixon Road between 10 p.m. and midnight on Friday, Feb. 17 during a RIDE program conducted in a partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. One snowmobile driver was also charged with failing to stop at the request of an officer. Sergeant Marc-Andre Sheehy said two simultane16

ous RIDE programs were carried out in Osgoode and Constance Bay, and the locations were chosen randomly. No snowmobilers were charged in Constance Bay, but the driver of a regular vehicle was charged with driving under the influence. All three drivers were charged with operating a vehicle while exceeding 80 milligrams of blood alcohol content. Sheehy said complaints about reckless snowmobilers have been down this season compared to last year on the eastern side of the city, which he attributed to less snow and

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poor conditions on the trails. “I’m not saying we don’t have complaints, but the more people you have on the trails the more chances you have to get some complaints,” he said. Osgoode community police officer Nicole Gorham reported the same decline. “I’m barely getting any (complaints),” she said. “I would like to think people are being more respectful, but that’s not to say the weather isn’t playing a role.” She noted that trails through the Metcalfe area are “pretty much non-existent” at this point.

Opposition to snowmobilers, particularly on the revamped multi-use pathway that runs through the heart of Osgoode Village, has been fierce for the past several years, but Sheehy said complaints about speeding, drinking or other reckless driving on the pathway have been isolated. “As it stands right now we didn’t see something that would justify denying them access to this,” he said. The marine, dive and trail unit has eight officers to service the city of Ottawa, which is 90 per cent rural and includes two large rivers.

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EMC news - In the wake of four recent cases of animals discovered in boxes taped shut and abandoned, the Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) is warning the public that these extremely inhumane actions are also illegal. In Nov. 2011, a four-monthold kitten was found inside a taped box in a dumpster in the Hawthorne Road area. The kitten survived. During February, a nine-year-old black cat was found alive, taped in a box that had been tossed in a Vanier-area dumpster; a white, eight-month-old kitten was found alive in a box in the

Bronson/Gladstone area, and a four-month-old hamster was found alive in a box inside a dumpster at Meadowlands Dr. and Ness St. It is unacceptable and illegal and there are other options. Unwanted animals can be taken to the Ottawa Humane Society. “Sadly, it appears that there is more than one person in our community wilfully causing suffering to our animals,” said an OHS spokesperson. The OHS would like to see more maximum fines and jail term sentences imposed to send a message to these criminals and irresponsible pet owners.

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Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. Nursery and Sunday School March 4th - Holiness: Self-control

www.magma.ca/~ruc (613) 733-7735 Refreshments/Fellowship following the service.

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Invites you to our worship service with Rev. Dean Noakes Sundays at 11am 414 Pleasant Park Road 613 733-4886 pleasantparkbaptist.org

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

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ST. GEORGE’S Catholic Church

415 Piccadilly Ave. (near Island Park) 613-728-0201 www.saintgeorges.ca

Schedule for Lent

5338 Bank Street, Ottawa 613-822-2197 www.olvis.ca Masses: Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday with Children’s Liturgy: 9:00 & 11:00 am Weekdays: Wed. – Fri. 9:00 am Now open for rentals: www.avisitationbanquetcentre.com 613-822-1777

429 Parkdale at Gladstone Ministers Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey Barbara Faught - Pastoral Care Melodee Lovering - Youth and Children Worship Service - 10:30 am 613-728-8656 Sunday School for all ages pdale@trytel.com www.parkdaleunitedchurch.ca Nursery Available

Come & worship with us Sundays at 10:00am Fellowship & Sunday School after the service 43 Meadowlands Dr. W. Ottawa

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ALL WELCOME Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The Salvation Army Community Church Meeting at St. Andrew School 201 Crestway Dr. 613-440-7555 Barrhaven www.sawoodroffe.org

715 Roosevelt Ave. (at Carling at Cole) Pastor: Rev. Marek Sabol Visit: http://www.oursaviourottawa.com • (613) 296- 6375 The Redeemed Christian Church of God

Heaven’s Gate Chapel Heb. 13:8 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 202 – 100 Malvern Drive Nepean, Sunday Service 10.30am – 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm – 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church 2400 Alta Vista Drive (613) 733 0131 Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School; Ample parking; OC Transpo route 8 A warm welcome awaits you. Minister: Alex Mitchell sttimothys@on.aibn.com www.sttimsottawa.com

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Pastors John & Christine Woods Upcoming Events: See website (613) 224-9122 www.alfc.ca for details email: alcf@magma.ca Our Mission: Christ be formed in us (Galatians 4:19)

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Nursery and Church School provided Website: www.knoxmanotick.ca

Confederation High School 1645 Woodroffe Avenue (Beside Nepean Sportsplex) Weekly Sunday Service 10:00am-Noon Children’s Ministry during service

Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday Service 10:00 am

Pastor: Rev. Kelly Graham Knox church office: 613-692-4228

Healing of Body, Soul and Spirt through Knowing Christ and His Promises 0112.385886

5533 Dickinson St., Manotick, Ontario

“A friendly church with a warm welcome”

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Our Saviour Lutheran Church 0112.380538

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KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship

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Sunday Services: 8am and 10am Thursday Eucharist: 10am Nearly New Shop/Book Nook Open Thursday, Fridays 1pm - 3:30pm and first Saturday of each month: 10am - Noon 8 Withrow Avenue 613-224-7178

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613-722-1144 Parkdale United Church

Pleasant Park Baptist

St. Richard’s Anglican Church

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470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca

0127.353011

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Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access

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3191 Riverside Dr. (at Walkley) Sunday Worship & Sunday School at 11:00 a.m.

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Riverside United Church

10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa (Meadowlands and Chesterton) Tel: 613-225-6648 parkwoodchurch.ca

Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome

Join us for worship, fellowship & music Nursery, children and youth ministries One service at 10:30 am Sunday mornings

4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd.) (613) 277-8621 Come for an encouraging Word! 380166-1208

Building an authentic, relational, diverse church.

Worship 10:30 Sundays

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Gloucester South Seniors Centre

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westminster presbyterian church

3150 Ramsayville Road

Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

205 Greenbank Road, Ottawa www.woodvale.on.ca (613) 829-2362 Child care provided. Please call or visit us on-line.

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Bethany United Church

Celebrating 14 years in this area!

We are a small church in the city of Ottawa with a big heart for God and for people. newhopeottawa.co

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A warm welcome awaits you For Information Call 613-224-8507

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Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM

Watch & Pray Ministry Sunday Services at 9 or 11 AM

Location: St. Thomas More Catholic School, 1620 Blohm Drive

368457-0908

613-733-3156

0216.386043

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meets every Sunday at The Old Forge Community Resource Centre 2730 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2B 7J1

Holy Eucharist 8:00 am & 10:30 am 10:30 am - Play Area for Under 5 934 Hamlet Road (near St Laurent & Smyth) 613 733 0102 – staidans@bellnet.ca

0217.335268

Worship and Sunday School-9:30am Traditional Service -11:15am

1028.335029

2203 Alta Vista Drive

Service Time: Sundays at 10:30 AM

The West Ottawa Church of Christ

St Aidan’s Anglican Church

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Rideau Park United Church

760 Somerset West

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com March 1: Join the Greely Gardeners Group at the Greely community centre at 7 p.m. to hear from Crispin Wood, lead arborist for the Central Experimental Farm Arboretum. He will be speaking on “Trees for Your Garden”.   Come and learn about healthy conditions for a healthy and happy tree! Membership for 2012 is only $10.  The cost for visitors is $2. For further information, contact Phyllis at 613-574-0214 or www. greelygardeners.ca/.   Kenmore minor softball registration begins March 1 at Kenmore Hall. From 6 to 8 p.m. register for your team! A second registration session will be held March 10 from 9 to 10 a.m. Late registration will only be accepted if space is available. Please visit the website for fee and levels. Visit www.kenmoreminorsoftball.ca. If you are going away for March Break, please register on the first date to hold your spot. March 21: Interested in finding out how Jesus and the spirit of God can make a difference in your life? You are invited to an introductory Alpha talk at Trinity Bible Church, 4101 Stagecoach Rd., Osgoode on Thursday, Mar. 21 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.  For more information contact keithmonica@ rogers.com. March 24: Ottawa Humane Society FurBall 2012 at the

National Gallery of Canada: unveil your wild side! Join us on Saturday, Mar. 24 for the 8th annual FurBall Gala. Sponsorship opportunities, corporate tables and tickets are now available by calling 613-725-3166 ext. 263. For more information, visit www. ottawahumane.ca/events/furball.cfm March 28: Open House at Community Christian School in Metcalfe.  To be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Come tour our school, meet our fantastic teachers, our committed principal, and some of our Grade 7 and 8 students. Hear from them the value of Christian education. 2681 Glen Street, Metcalfe and www.communitychristianschool.ca. Ongoing: Kars Public School is looking for good quality used children and adult books, movies, etc. for our annual community book sale on April 20 and 21. If you would like the chance to clear out your home collection to make room for more, please drop off your books at Kars Public School, 6680 Dorack Drive, Kars during school hours (8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Donations can be made until April 13, 2012.  If you have questions, please call Megan Dodge at 489-0631. A portion of the book sale proceeds will be donated to Help Lesotho charity.

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at 613-821-3669 or visit www. communitychristianschool.ca. The Community Christian School in Metcalfe is collecting unwanted cell phones, toner cartridges and digital cameras for recycling through the Think Recycle program, hoping to raise $500 for sound equipment and help the environment at the same time.  Please drop off your items at the school, 2681 Glen Street, Metcalfe. For more information, please contact the school office at 613-821-3669 or email info@communitychristianschool.ca. Join the Osgoode or the Metcalfe Sandwich Makers and help the downtown Mission in Ottawa!  In each village individuals make one or two loaves of sandwiches each week and deliver them to a central location: Mondays in Metcalfe, Thursdays in Osgoode.  The sandwiches are then delivered the next day to the Mission in Ottawa where they are gratefully received for distribution in the evening either at the Mission or on the street. For information, contact Sally Gray at 613-8212640 or email grayhound@ xplornet.com.   The small but mighty talented Osgoode Olde Tyme Fiddlers Association invites you to its traditional old tyme fiddle and country music dance at the Osgoode Community Centre, every fourth Friday of the month from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Bring your fiddle, guitar, and musical talents! Welcome to all new members. Tickets are $5 per person for non-musicians, available at the door. For more information please call 613-224-9888. Ottawa Newcomers’ Club invites women new to Ottawa to join our activities and meet some new friends. Activities include: bridge, scrabble,

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