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Last minute changes to A developer’s plan for South Pointe Plaza causes Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee to defer its decision until end of June.

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EMC news – An already lengthy wait is far from over for the tenants of Manotick’s Dickinson Square.

Three non-profit groups – Watson’s Mill, Rideau Township Historical Society and Rural Ottawa South Support Services - have been walking on eggshells for years while they wait for the final verdict on what will happen to the heritage spaces where they operate their community programs.

On May 24, the city hosted an open house to update the public on their ongoing plans to sell five buildings in the square and encourage tasteful development in the area, in an effort to protect the community space and recoup the $2.4 million it spent to acquire the buildings in the first place.

The meeting outlined proposed heritage protections, architectural design controls and traffic configurations the city would like to see when the buildings are eventually sold to private owners – some of which was met with delight, particularly from Watson’s Mill and Dickinson House staff.

What wasn’t made clear at the meeting, however, was how the city-owned Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation (MMQCDC) plans to go about selling the five buildings in question, and what this means for the tenants who currently occupy some of the spaces.

“It could be the whole thing is put up for sale at the same time, or maybe the strategy is to hopefully put two properties up for sale to start with and see what kind of revenue comes in,” said Isabelle Geoffrion, manager of the mill.

“Those are the kinds of things that were not discussed (at the public meeting).”

She said the city has made an effort to accommodate their concerns so far, but the sooner the tenants know what’s hap-

pening, the better.

“We do need a plan and it will be better to have a timeline so we can prepare. Up until now it just feels like we always have to react,” she said.

Watson’s Mill has a lease agreement with the city that allows staff to work out of the Carriage Shed, one of the heritage buildings up for sale.

Rideau Township Historical Society sublets from the mill to operate its programming from Dickinson House nearby, and this year the society is offering more public hours than ever before.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) employees also work in the Ayres building and stores some equipment in the Weaver House. Executive director Nancy Wilson said it would need three to five years to find a new home.

The current zoning amendment proposal would broaden the commercial uses allowed in the buildings, potentially making it less attractive for a new owner to continue renting to non-profit tenants.

Having to leave the square could be devastating for an organization like the mill.

“If we don’t have offices or space to work from, that makes it more challenging,” Geoffrion said.

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Scott Moffatt, chairman of the MMQCDC, said the final sale decision rests with the board, and it will take the groups’ situations into consideration.

“The current tenants will to play a factor in the decision that we make. They’re not guaranteed to stay there, but there’s not a whole lot in this world that’s guaranteed.

I’d like to still see them there, particularly (those at) Dickinson House,” Moffatt said.

The board doesn’t have a finalized timeline for selling the buildings, but hopes to take its current zoning amendment application to the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for approval in August.

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PAINT AND POTTERY North Gower painter Ann Gruchy will show and sell her new series of mixed media paintings capturing the Scottish highlands as part of an annual art show with her friend Marie Paquette, a Kars-based potter. The show, Of Brush and Clay, takes place in Kars this weekend. For the full story turn to page 3.

Manotick association AGM to elect new president Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - The Manotick Village Community Association will host its annual general meeting on Tuesday, June 12 to elect a new board and discuss community issues.

President Brian Tansley will step down from his position, which he has held for two years.

Tansley said his decision to leave his role as president is simply an effort to encourage “new blood” in the association.

“It’s not that I don’t want to participate anymore, but I really strongly believe that you need to renew the troops,” he said. “I think getting new blood into the organization is critically important.”

All of the executive board positions can be contested by community members at the meeting, which will take place at the Manotick Le-

gion at 5550 Ann St. beginning at 7 p.m.

The meeting will also tackle community issues, particularly traffic concerns throughout the village. “The village is in chaos with all the roadwork and construction, and I think top of mind for residents is how is all this traffic is going to work,” Tansley said.

The construction of a new seniors’ residence on Bridge Street just east of Manotick Main Street could become “a significant issue” this summer, because the project’s trucks won’t have anywhere to go.

“They’ll have to close a lane (of Bridge Street),” Tansley said, noting that will be a particular problem during rush hour. Other traffic concerns include the near-capacity intersection of First Line and Bankfield Roads, as well as the Prince of Wales Drive and Bankfield intersection further west.

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Last-minute changes to South Pointe plaza irk committee Development decision deferred to end of June laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news – Community members seemed prepared to support changes to a proposed commercial plaza at Mitch Owens and Dozois roads when the project was derailed by an unusual last-minute request from the developer.

The city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee delayed discussion on the rezoning at 5699 and 5710 Longshadow St. until its next meeting on June 28.

The committee seemed ready to support the development, which could include a restaurant, convenience store,

small medical or dental office, and a drive through, until the project’s architect spoke to the committee and revealed that the developer wants to expand the nearby dance studio and fitness centre as well, and to increase the size of the retail development.

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It was also recently discovered that PiquĂŠ Dance Studio International nearby on Longshadow Street may not have had the proper zoning at the site when it was built.

Now that the studio needs to be expanded, along with Greco Fit Center in the same building, that error needs to be fixed. Project architect Vincent Colizza asked the agriculture and rural affairs committee to do that during the May 31 meeting. “I wanted the committee to address it and make it part of our application,� Colizza said.

Members of the committee didn’t take kindly to that flouting of the process; only committee members can propose amendments to applications during meetings.

Thompson, the chairman of the committee, said he’d have to rule it out of order, while other committee members made comments asking if Colizza had been elected to sit on the committee. “The residents had reluctantly bought into this,â€? said Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson. “Then all of a sudden this came about ‌ and threw everything into disarray ‌ It’s a bit bizarre.â€?

Residents who spoke at the meeting weren’t entirely convinced that the development was needed, but they were more concerned about the traffic and safety issues it would cause by increasing the number of cars and turning movements near a high school and a Montessori school. “I always knew there would be commercial development there (and I’m) not opposed to light commercial development,� said South Pointe resident Katerina Kouretas. “It should be restricted to uses that don’t increase traffic,� especially pedestrian traffic, because it would be children that would be put at risk,� she said.

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“The residents had reluctantly bought into this. Then all of a sudden this came about and threw everything into disarray‌ It’s a bit bizarre.â€?

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Area resident Klaus Belsner wasn’t sold. “If the community doesn’t want it, why would you consider it?� he asked.

The development was already contentious because residents said the commercial plaza proposed by a new developer was different from the vision for the community they bought into when the site had a different owner.

But Colizza said the features of the plaza wouldn’t be much different than what was originally proposed when residents moved into South Pointe.

That proposal included two-storey buildings centered around a courtyard, while the new idea is to give all the businesses storefronts and visual impact from the street. “I wouldn’t say the uses that we’re proposing are much different,â€? Colizza said. “His proposal was just simply‌ we found it more difficult to find leasing interest due to the nature and form of the development.â€?

Colizza said businesses have expressed “high interest� in buying into the development as proposed.

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Kars art show a gesture of collaboration Former corporal Artist friends celebrate each other’s work for eighth year Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC entertainment – When Kars potter Marie Paquette approached North Gower painter Ann Gruchy eight years ago to do a joint art show, it was a gesture of appreciation for her friend’s work. Eight years later, the painter and potter are now incorporating gestures into their annual art show in Kars. “Of Brush and Clay� gathers together the latest work of Paquette and Gruchy at Paquette’s Kars home off Dorack Drive.

As an added twist, the pair each year choose a theme and swap mediums, to try their hand at each others’ craft.

Music, pears and tulips have featured before, and this year it will be gestures that sweep across the surface of their experimental artwork. “It shows us how difďŹ cult the other person’s medium is,â€? said Gruchy, who had never worked with clay until she met Paquette.

Gruchy already has some of her pottery prepared, with more in the kiln. Paquette said she has grown to like painting so much “I don’t wait for a theme to do some painting,� she laughed.

Of course, the focus of the art show will be the artists’ best work in their own mediums. For Gruchy, that includes mixed media pieces, watercolours on canvas and a new abstract landscape series called ‘Highland Lights’ that captures the browns and reds of Scotland’s northern highlands in the fall.

Gruchy travelled there last October and was struck by the beauty of the rolling hills, ďŹ elds and lakes. She turned

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Kars potter Marie Paquette creates hand-built clay pieces that are both functional and artistic. She will join forces with her friend Ann Gruchy, a North Gower painter, at their annual art show this weekend. those images into a series of landscapes that range from abstract to realistic, all focused on the natural beauty of the land. “What I’m trying to capture is the light and the atmosphere and the vastness of Scotland,� she said.

Paquette’s hand-built pottery also captures browns and reds, although hers come from the clay she uses, the ash of the kiln and glazes she creates to ďŹ nish her functional but undeniably artistic creations.

Some of her pieces can come out grey, others have a green or blue tinge and some are closer to a cream colour.

While paintings can be tightly controlled by the artist, Paquette said she often doesn’t know what a piece will look like until it comes out of the kiln. When using a wood-ďŹ red

kiln, it depends where the ďŹ re is focused, how the ash falls and how it colours the glaze.

Because of this, two very similar pieces could come out looking entirely different. “A deposit of ash will melt and create a glaze by themselves, or alter a glaze that is already there. A lot of work, but you get surfaces that could be very unique,� she said.

She also uses an electric

kiln for some pieces, which offers a much more even heat without such unpredictable alterations to the surface.

Both artists’ work will be on display and for sale at Paquette’s home studio, 1584 Sobeau Court in Kars, on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Donations will be accepted for the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.

EMC entertainment – Music is the language of love and knows no boundaries, says former Canadian Forces corporal and artist Alexandria Beck.

The Heron Park-based woman is a featured artist on Sound of Freedom, a CD tribute to Canadian troops and families that was released May 29.

Sound of Freedom is a unique collaboration between the musicians of the Canadian Forces and civilian singers and songwriters.

The band calls itself March On. After ďŹ ve years in London, England, Beck returned to Canada to contribute to the project in 2010. “I moved to Ottawa to fully focus on and devote myself to this album,â€? said Beck.

She got involved when she was approached by a member of the Canadian Forces Personnel and Family Support Services, which was then developing a concept of creating a special music release to raise money and awareness for their mission.

The organization helps

handle the ongoing care and support of soldiers. “I wanted to do something good and to give back and I think there is no better way to do that than music,� said Beck.

A professional musician since the age of 16, the former army corporal served in the Canadian Military for eight years.

The years she served as a member of a military band provided her with a challenging and rewarding experience, and a foundation for launching her professional career as an international performing artist.

The album is dedicated to Canadian men and women in uniform, and to the military families who carry the weight while their loved ones are away. “We had to pick songs that people in the military and their families would relate to,� she said.

Beck is joined by fellow vocal artists Alan Frew, Luke McMaster, Annie Villeneuve and Mark Masri.

Proceeds from the album will be assigned to the Support Our Troops Fund.

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New board elected for Greely Business Association emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news – After months of preparation, the Greely Business Association was formalized at its inaugural meeting with a new board of executives on Wednesday, May 30.

About 30 entrepreneurs and business owners from the Greely area showed up for the meeting, and a board of 10 was elected unanimously.

The five-person interim board, which began drafting the constitution and preparing for an official election in October last year, agreed to stay on the board for the next year.

This included Greely Community Association president Bruce Brayman, Greely Sand and Gravel owner Brent Pyper, business consultant Dale Harley, MacKinnon Foodland owner Kit MacKinnon and contracting company co-owner Linda Castonguay.

New members of the board include developer Dan Anderson, Stagra Automotive owner Leigh Stacey and Chantal Guindon from the Rideau Carleton Raceway, all of whom were nominated by

interim board members.

Two web design consultants from the audience also volunteered, Melanie Richard and Roy Acres.

Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson will act as an advisor while the fledging association puts down roots.

Part of the association’s purpose is to make business conditions better in Greely to attract new services. But it also aims to connect the businesses that are already here – and there are more than one might think, Thompson said.

“I’m amazed by the new businesses we have starting up. I think very few people have an idea of the number of great businesses we have here,” he said.

Thompson estimated there are about 250 businesses in the Greely area, either in commercial spaces or as homebased businesses. But many residents and other business owners just don’t know about them.

Harley said one of the major tasks of the association will be to put together a business directory that will allow

residents and businesses to take advantage of local entrepreneurs.

He said the association will also be a vehicle to voice businesses’ concerns and priorities.

“Truly, this would be your business association, and it would be your priorities that we would be working forward to get advanced,” he told the crowd at the Greely Community Centre.

He said potential projects could include lobbying the city to create better conditions for creating commercial operations in the area, organizing a local trade show, bringing in a speakers bureau, or starting a monthly breakfast networking event.

It could also work on joint advertising campaigns, discuss marketing strategy and help each other put forward development proposals.

Thompson said one of the first major lobbying efforts for the association will likely centre around the future of the Rideau Carleton Raceway, which is in danger of losing its OLG slots centre.

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The Greely Village Centre off Bank Street will officially break ground in July or August.

Greely village centre to break ground this summer Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news – Greely’s first commercial centre got the goahead last month when Sunset Lakes Development’s plaza received site plan approval from the city.

The first phase of the Greely Village Centre along Bank Street between Parkway Road and Meadow Drive will hopefully break ground this summer according to developer Dan Anderson.

“August is a conservative estimate. We hope to get in sooner,” he said. Work to clear and prepare the site has already begun.

The first phase will include a “professional building” that could house anything from medical offices, pharmacies and massage therapy clinics to lawyers’ and accountants’ offices. The building is scheduled to open in December 2012. Another five-unit retail building could include a fitness centre, restaurants and other retail businesses and is slated to open in spring 2013.

Later phases will make room for more retail stores, a possible grocery store and other businesses currently lacking in the village.

Sunset Lakes business development manager Janis Carbonette said no tenants have officially been signed for either building, although they are working on finalizing leases with some businesses.

Greely Community Association president Bruce Brayman said the development is “fantastic” for the village – a sentiment echoed by virtually

every resident he’s spoken to.

“It’s jobs, services, restaurants. Anything that can bring out services to us would be great,” he said. “I know everyone’s excited about it.”

The commercial centre is part of a larger development on the east side of the village that includes Water’s Edge, a lakefront residential development currently under construction. A small man-made lake includes a “pedestrian promenade” and a network of paths that will connect the subdivision to the plaza.

The site also includes more than 14 acres of space for sports fields, which will eventually be designed and built by the City of Ottawa. The developer is obligated to designate five per cent of its development as open space, and Anderson said this parcel exceeds that percentage because he gathered together the obligated spaces from other developments in the area to create “a major sports field centre” for the community.

Another nine acres has been zoned for recreational use, which Anderson said he hopes will lead to an arena, swimming pool and tennis courts in the future - although he won’t take the lead on building it.

“We zoned it for that; we set it aside for that. But we’d like to see a public-private partnership. We feel we need some local initiative to bring it forward,” he said.

Anderson said he doesn’t expect residents living on the west side of Greely to walk or cycle to the plaza, particularly in winter, since the village is

so spread out. However he fully expects residents to park their cars in one spot and access everything at the town centre, including the stores, recreational facilities and the lake.

“Once inside we have a very comprehensive pedestrian promenade and network, very large sidewalks in front of the stores. We expect people will get there and park their cars,” he said.

He said the new town centre is an exciting development for the city’s fastest growing village, which has expanded rapidly in terms of residential development but has not kept up with commercial services.

“The commercial development fell behind the residential development. So this has given us an opportunity to really do an exciting design,” he said. “It gives us a clean slate to do a really unique village centre.”

He said the centre will be win-win for residents and businesses in the area, and will even have environmental benefits by keeping residents closer to home.

Anderson said he tried to fill in the village’s gaps so residents have what they need close by.

“We really try to do the best job we can at meeting what we see are the needs. We looked at everything that was available in other communities and missing in Greely,” he said. “There are a lot of young people that need employment, there’s businessmen, there’s people who want to invest in their business.”

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Tenants in Dickinson Square wait for answers Continued from the front

Connecting Canadians with Available Jobs Our Government recently announced improvements to the current Employment Insurance (EI) system which will enhance the assistance offered to people collecting EI benefits. As we face unprecedented labour and skills shortages, it is more important than ever to ensure that the EI program is working efficiently and effectively for all Canadians.

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The non-profit tenants of Dickinson House, Weaver House, Ayres Building and the Carriage Shed - all heritage buildings in Dickinson Square - still don’t know how or when their leased buildings will be sold by the city.

He added that it may not be as feasible today as it was three years ago to recoup the $2.4 million – and that’s ok.

“That could be the potential reality from some of the things we’re doing.

“The main goal was to protect the heritage nature and

protect the public space,” he said. “Maybe the first and foremost priority isn’t necessarily recouping the money.”

If the heritage buildings don’t sell, the board will have to deal with it at that time, Moffatt said, noting he’s open to an agreement that

would sell the buildings to the heritage organizations for a nominal amount, much like Watson’s Mill which was sold for $1.

A separate public meeting will be held to discuss the city’s rezoning application sometime this summer.

First of all, Canadians receiving EI benefits will now receive comprehensive job postings on a daily basis from multiple sources. Currently, many claimants do not receive job listings because the Service Canada Job Bank is the only source of postings, carrying only one in five jobs advertising in Canada. The changes will ensure that recipients of EI are made aware of all of the jobs in their local area through enhanced job alerts and better labour market information.

The Government will also have the ability to determine what constitutes a reasonable job search. Under the current legislation, recipients of EI are required to actively look for work during the claim period. Moving forward, Canadians will also be expected to keep records of their job search and submit that information upon request.

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From there, it would start soliciting “expressions of interest” from potential buyers.

Historical society president Bill Tupper said he’s hoping the board has a “hidden agenda” to sell 1125 Clapp Lane, a virtually vacant piece of prime development land, first.

“I hope the sale of some of the houses, the Clapp house and the adjacent land, might bring enough money in to offset the $2.4 million,” Tupper said. While the city would still want to sell the other buildings, it may be in more of a position to make creative arrangements in favour of the heritage groups.

Moffatt said that decision will depend on the expressions of interest they receive.

“Until we do the expression of interest on all the properties, there’s no plan (on how to sell the buildings).

The expressions of interest will determine what properties go for sale,” he said.

That said, the Clapp property already has a number of interested buyers, because that property is by far the most marketable.

“It’s the only one with no extensive restrictions. The others are ‘as is,’ they’re heritage buildings,” Moffatt said.

He said the permanent heritage easement on the square’s open space also brings down the value of the buildings.

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Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is hearing damage caused by loud sounds. It can occur as a result of a one-time exposure to an excessively loud sound or by ongoing exposure over a longer period of time. Loud noises can originate from a number of different sources such as power tools, outdoor power equipment, music at festivals, concerts or bars or music through speakers or headphones.

Common Sources

NIHL occurs in two stages. In the first stage, the individual will experience a brief decrease in hearing. • Wear properly fitted hearing protection devices such as earplugs At this point the damage is not permanent and can • Sit or stand away from the source of loud noise be reversed with rest. If this temporary damage like speakers at concerts or loud machinery repeatedly occurs or is not given time to heal, it will • Help your ears recover after being exposed to eventually result in permanent damage. loud noises by spending time in a quiet place • Limit time spent around excessive noise

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No guarantees in life, including our pensions

T

he journey from birth to old age is littered with well intended

promises.

Many are kept, but many vanish in a puff of smoke or in the battle against a life threatening disease and lately, in the destruction of a pension fund.

There are few guarantees in life, but socially, we in Canada have been raised to believe that at the very least our final days will be

supported, hopefully, in a minimum way by some kind of pension.

The ability to grow a private pension may be out of reach at the moment for many Canadians, so the Canada Pension Plan along with Old Age Security for many Canadian workers is all that there is.

Of course if you start putting away a few dollars each month starting just a few minutes after you are born you may or may not have

enough money stashed away when you turn 65 to get by.

News that the Conservative government was ready to tweak the OAS created quite a stir.

Many experts shouted at the government to leave well enough alone, that OAS was and continues to be in great shape. Others applauded the government for being brave enough to tinker with a Canadian icon of tremendous popularity and importance.

Old age security and CPP are

pension icons, we as Canadians believe them to be part of the intricate Canadian weave.

Using the example of dire economic situation in Europe and the failing pension funds there is at the very best a mistake. It is like comparing apples and oranges.

The federal government has chosen a path of austerity for all of us in its latest budget, but that does not mean it is a perfect path. It is all about choices and the ones that have been made for

us regarding OAS may be a mistake.

Part of the government’s recipe for economic stability in the future includes several strategies including tinkering with pensions. But they are fragile, just like the citizens they are designed to help.

Canada has a very different economic reality compared to Europe. While no one in Canada is completely safe from economic disasters and employment glitches, such as the recent

plan to downsize thousands of public service jobs across the land, these kinds of strategies are problematic.

We in Canada have a little more wiggle room than our European cousins, but not all that much.

Saving money by extending the age when the OAS kicks in, according to some experts is folly, unnecessary and politically dangerous.

Comparing our pension reality with those enjoying a pension in Greece is silly.

COLUMN

History alive and well in small towns CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

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was out in Glengarry a couple of weekends ago for the 50th anniversary of the Glengarry Pioneer Museum at Dunvegan.

It was a great occasion, beautiful day, sun shining on the flowers and grass around the preserved old buildings that make up the museum, a few people dressed up in period costume, a cake made to resemble the oneroom schoolhouse that is a recent addition to the museum.

What was most striking was to see how a group of people in a community, in a county, have embraced their history and made it part of their present-day life.

It’s something that we may not see so much in cities, although each city has its history buffs and history projects, many of them quite impressive. But cities are made up largely of people who did not grow up in them, whereas there is a much greater continuity in smaller rural communities.

Mind you, some of the most enthusiastic supporters of the Glengarry museum are from away too. They arrive, instantly immerse themselves in the area’s history and hurry to take part in it too.

Once you are exposed to it, you realize that much of what we know about life in an earlier Canada is from the work of amateur historians, the ones who toil away for the sheer love of it.

These are the the ones who keep track of their ancestors, who make a point of knowing who the pastor was in 1888, when the hotel opened, when it closed and when the school was moved from this patch of land to that one.

Along with the amateur historians are the

preservationists, if you can call them that, those who keep the old books, the old farm implements, the old kitchen utensils. These show up in the local museums and give people a sense of what people once did day to day.

The professional historian, the academic historian can give you a sense of the big picture – the wars, the political issues, the major social and economic trends. But we owe the amateur, the local historian and the local museum for our sense of what it was like to be alive back then.

Hey, the doorways were narrower, the ceilings lower, the church didn’t always have an organ and all those stumps had to be got of the way somehow before any work could be done in the fields. Never mind the wars in Europe.

Never mind who was king of England at the time.

We can also thank the fiction writers of the day, of whom there were far fewer than there are now. Here it is time for the full disclosure that the guy who wrote Glengarry School Days was my grandfather, which is one reason for me being in an old one-room school house in Dunvegan. In that book and others of the turn of the century and earlier, the stories reveal much about community and family life, the attitudes toward education and religion, the way children played and grown-ups worked.

People, as we discover from reading the old books, went through the same range of emotions and problems as we do now but their surroundings were vastly different, their challenges both more and less daunting.

Keeping warm was a lot more difficult in those days. Staying addiction-free was a lot easier. Kids probably took a lot more physical risks back then. But they live in a riskier environment now.

In any community, large or small, there are some who are closely connected to their history and try to keep it alive. Everybody else is on Twitter apparently. Some day that may wind up in a museum too, but for the moment we should give thanks to the countless volunteers across the country who live in the past and keep it alive.

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Falling deeper into a dark place The increasing number of adolescents seeking care for mental health issues has skyrocketed, but stagnant funding is straining the system Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

EMC news - It would be a heartbreaking experience for any mother.

Kathy Brunsdon sat by the phone for a week at her Stittsville home, making call after call, concerned about her 15-year-old daughter Hannah.

Daron Richardson, a 14-year-old girl who lived nearby, had recently died of suicide. And Kathy was concerned that Hannah was displaying the warning signs she was reading about. She already had a psychiatric referral in at CHEO, but hadn’t heard anything back.

“I don’t remember anything,” Hannah, a Canterbury High School student, said about the time. “I felt like I was hovering above myself. It was just a horrible time.”

Kathy waited.

“I hadn’t heard back and Daron Richardon’s suicide happened and I started to panic,” she said. “I tried calling for an entire week, leaving a message every day. I sat right there by the phone. I don’t remember moving from the phone, just waiting and waiting and waiting.”

Since then, mental health services for youth throughout the city have seen a spike in demand.

NUMBERS JUMP

In 2011, CHEO saw 1,479 psychiatric crisis visits to its emergency department, mostly teenagers with depression and anxiety related issues. That’s 50 per cent increase in two years, served by the same 25 beds and staff numbers that the psychiatric ward had in 2009.

CHEO has stated that in Ontario, one in five youth have some type of mental health problem, but only one in six of those get the help they need. That means for every 30 youth in Ontario, five have mental health problems that may go untreated.

Ottawa has seen a swell of awareness in the media and at public events since the high-profile death of Daron Richardson, daughter of Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson in November 2010, and Jamie Hubley in October 2011, city councillor Allan Hubley’s son “Certainly in November 2010, over a couple of week period of time we saw this remarkable increase,” said Dr. Hazen Gandy, director of child and adolescent mental health services at CHEO. “We expected the volume of business to return to the consistent level, but it’s continued since then.”

It’s a cause and effect that has spiraled out of control, leading youth and parents alike through traumatizing months on a waitlist before they can get treatment. Comparing CHEO’s increase in demand for psychiatric services to other hospitals is hard – children’s hospitals vary significant in catchment area and size, and the detailed mental health statistics only began to be released in 2011. But CHEO had more than 1,400 visits to the emergency room for mental health issues in 2011, the greatest number in the province.

The second-highest demand in Ontario was at the Children’s Hospital at the London Health Sciences Cen-

Brier Dodge

Hannah, left, and Kathy Brunsdon were thrown into a complicated youth mental health system when Hannah, now 16, was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in 2010. The Brunsdons were put on a waiting list in 2009 around the time of Daron Richardon’s death – a time period that saw a spike in demand for youth mental health services. tre with 845. The third, Lakeridge Health Corporation, saw 625.

Gandy said overall emergency room visits have gone up, but the increase in mental health visits exceeds the overall increase.

“There are other places seeing a fairly significant increase, so I don’t think we’re alone,” he said. “But certainly in eastern Ontario, we’re seeing substantial increases.”

I’m trying to make things better and I can’t because there’s nobody to help me, nobody to guide me.”

KATHY BRUNSDON

The youth psychiatry program at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre serves referrals for 16 to 18years-old from CHEO’s emergency room, so the demand has hit the program just as hard.

“We started seeing some increase at the end of 2009, but there has been a big surge since Daron Richardson, and then that was followed

by Jamie Hubley,” said Dr. Smitta Thatte, youth psychiatry clinical director. “And it hasn’t stopped.”

In 2009, Thatte said the department had 10 to 12 referrals a month – today, they see 25 to 30 youths a month.

“Definitely more than a two-fold increase in referrals,” Thatte said.

“There is always somebody waiting.”

Campaigns like Do it For Daron – an awareness campaign for recognizing mental illness and reducing stigma – has helped identify many more youth who can benefit from help.

“You’re told that it will be nine months (on the waitlist),” said Kathy. “And OK, but someone just died. And supposedly the parents didn’t know at all, there were no cues. And here I am, and I’m trying to make things better and I can’t

because there’s nobody to help me, nobody to guide me.”

Gandy said he hasn’t seen an increase of parents crying wolf, and CHEO truly is seeing more patients who have significant mental health issues coming forward.

“When they said that I must have a mental illness, it was right around the time they started Do it For Daron,” Hannah said. “So that was a huge part of my story, being able to realize, and realize that it’s OK. And to realize I needed to get help before it turned into something that I wasn’t able to be in control of.”

It’s an increase that has forced every mental health organization in Ottawa to respond and make changes in the way they offer services, including permanent changes to their day-to-day operations.

ELECTIVES STOPPED

CHEO has stopped taking any elective cases, meaning waitlists for services to support children with ADHD or anxiety disorders have been stretched even further.

They’ve hired more crisis workers to cover evenings and weekends and have asked other partners, like family physicians, to provide more mental health care.

“We’ve really shifted our resources for acute care, and that’s allowed us to manage the trends,” Gandy said. “It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It’s not like we’re adding new resources.”

The Youth Services Bureau (YSB) has been one of the partners to step up to try and fill the gap.

Francine Gravelle, director of mental health services at the YSB, has responded with a walk-in clinic that can help before youths get treatment somewhere like CHEO. “A five month waitlist (at the Royal or CHEO) isn’t realistic,” Gravelle said. “Not all should be waiting when a few (counselling) sessions can provide them with the

support they need.”

YSB runs a variety of mental health services, including short-term and long-term counselling, but the walk-in clinic, held twice a week at their Carling Avenue location started in January 2011.

First, they went through their own wait-list of clients who wanted access to counselling, before opening up the clinic for others. Originally one day a week, it expanded to two days this past October.

“When they wait, their situation deteriorates,” Gravelle said, of the children and youths. “That helped clients, knowing that when they need service, they could just come by.”

And it’s been what a large percentage of their clients needed.

April 2011 to March 2012 saw 680 clients come to the walk-in – and 67 per cent didn’t need referrals for future services, taking some pressure off CHEO. ‘BUMPY RIDE’

“As one parent said, it’s a bumpy ride,” Gravelle said. The walk-in clinic provides a buffer zone for clients in the grey area between in-crisis and at risk of suicide.

Seeking treatment for youth mental health can be tough.

“I think this is a great time to be looking at how the different groups and agencies can partner together, and there are solutions,” Gandy said.

Resources can be funded through the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, or Ministry of Children and Youth Services. YSB is funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, while CHEO gets funding through the Ministry of Health.

“This whole system is somewhat fragmented,” said Thatte. “So really the parents and the patients don’t know which door to go in, and many times they are referred to different

places.”

The consensus is that a better network of services needs to be formed to support one another, and to provide integrated care.

“The reality is, the system is complicated. It has silos, it’s not easy to navigate,” Gandy said.

“How do all these agencies begin to talk to each other to make it easier to get the right service at the right time?”

And for Hannah and Kathy, a mother and daughter who spent hours researching and studying the course of treatment, they would like to see prevention taught earlier.

Hannah ended up on a nine-month waitlist for CHEO and eventually, after insurance covered some private treatment, was able to get help at the Royal, which had a shorter waitlist. She participates in YouthNet at CHEO, a support group that doesn’t require a doctor’s referral, and runs a gender-specific group session, as well as organizing therapeutic arts and recreation activities.

But she thinks that getting to that breaking point where she couldn’t bring herself to get out of bed in the morning – days she can’t even remember – wouldn’t have happened if she had been taught coping strategies in school from an early age.

“You don’t just wake up one morning and you’re feeling suicidal. You wake up each morning just feeling a bit worse,” Hannah said.

“So I think we need more of what we have. A YouthNet here, YSB centres, walk-in centres in different places.”

Gandy said with more resources, not only could youth who haven’t been admitted be treated, but those who are high-risk patients could potentially be discharged sooner.

And fundraising for awareness shouldn’t shift focus, Thatte said.

But she said they remain hopeful that increased awareness in the community will result in pressure on the government to increase resources.

At CHEO, they’ve made almost all the changes they can with the resources they have. But staff are still anxious about future growth, as they expect numbers to continue to rise.

“Certainly if it continues to increase at the rate that we’ve seen, it’s not going to be sustainable for us,” said Gandy.

FUNDING

A mental health strategy for Canada titled Changing Directions, Changing Lives was recently released, which highlights improving access to the right combination of services and treatments, and an increase in funding to fix the current problem.

The report supports partnerships and treatments in a variety of ways, but sums it up in the introduction with one clear statement: the status quo is not an option.

CHEO recommends using www. e-mentalhealth.ca as a resource for parents or youth looking for information. The YSB crisis line is available for youth or parents 24-hours a day at 1-877-377-7775 or by email at crisis@ysb.on.ca.

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EMC news - Tech-savy high school students from across the city were honoured for their hard work in developing smart phone and tablet applications as part of the AppJam Contest on May 29.

The contest, created to showcase projects created by senior students, saw 15 finalists from grades 11 and 12 gather at the Ottawa Convention Centre to present their applications for a chance to win $1,000 and summer jobs.

Before the final awards were handed out for the contest, run by the Ottawa Network for Education, the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief operating officer Kathy McKinlay congratulated the participants for their hard work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that all these folks have in common they all learned there are lots and lots of exciting opportunity in the tech industry in Ottawa,â&#x20AC;? said McKinlay.

Seven projects were awarded the top prize of a summer job and $1,000.

The students, some working as a team, started developing applications, commonly referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;apps,â&#x20AC;? two months ago.

One of the winning apps was created by Krista McCormick and Melanie Lapointe, students at All Saints Catholic

High School.

Both said they knew nothing about app technology going into the project, nor had they wanted to pursue a career in the field. But following their contest win, the girls both agreed software development was a career they were interested in.

Lapointe credited the presentation about TechU.me, a program operated by the Ottawa Network for Education, for changing her attitude. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was horrible, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what we were doing, it took a lot of tries to get it to work,â&#x20AC;? Lapointe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the project, I was happy it was over, I never thought about going into this kind of career, but now, it sounds so interesting.â&#x20AC;?

The TechU.me program was created to encourage students to pursue careers in technology through educational programming and events in Ottawa schools.

Students work with industry mentors and their products are designed for younger students in their schools. And like in the real world, the students have to consult with their clients on the design and application details.

McCormick and Lapointeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s app, called Rocket Launch, was designed for Grade 7 students as a curriculum quiz game.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They (the Grade 7 class) really wanted to have a rocket in the app, so we put it in.â&#x20AC;?

McCormick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they get all the questions correct, they get to launch a rocket into a tree.â&#x20AC;?

The goal of the program, McKinlay said is to get students interested in technology at a young age. A number of the industry partners came out to the event to play with the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; apps and to help hand out the awards.

Patrick Mollins from Research In Motion gave all the students who made apps for the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tablet, the BlackBerry Playbook, with a device to keep.

Mollins also handed out Playbooks to the other participants, to encourage all the students to make apps for the tabletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s platform in the future.

McCormick and Lapointeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s app was designed to work on the Playbook and the girls said they were pleased with the additional tablets.

The Ottawa Network for Education currently has 12 schools participating in the TechU.me program, but said there is no cap on the number of schools who can participate.

For more information on the TechU.me program or the Ottawa Network for Education, please go to www.onferope.ca.

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Federal archive cutbacks impact local libraries Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local library system will feel the impact of cuts to the federal Library and Archives Canada, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library board heard on May 14.

Library board chairwoman Jan Harder, the councillor for Barrhaven, sent a letter to the federal minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages calling on the government to restore federal library services and public access to

archives and librarians. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadians are at risk of losing key parts of their historical and cultural record,â&#x20AC;?

Harder wrote to Minister James Moore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preservation of our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage is not something we can afford to sacrifice.â&#x20AC;?

The Ottawa Public Library system relies on the national library for key Canadian heritage documents accessible through inter-library loans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The archives contain) Canadiana that just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be

replicated elsewhere â&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very sad to see this happen,â&#x20AC;? said Jennifer Stirling, OPLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager of service and innovation.

Recently, the federal government announced cutbacks to the Wellington Street facility and libraries in several other departments. That led to a spirited discussion at the May 14 library board meeting, where staff spoke about the impact on local researchers, authors, historians and genealogistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; access to materials.

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After a call for proposals, the United Way Ottawa announced $27 million worth of investments in programs across the city on April 30. A community coalition will be holding a meeting on June 14 to discuss a United Way report on the process of how funding is allocated.

Community groups react to United Way funding report Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - A community action group is organizing a meeting on June 14 to review a recent report which looks at how the United Way Ottawa allocates donor money.

The investment and impact review committee, created by United Way Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board of directors, recently issued a report on how the organization distributes its money.

The report is a response to criticism of the United Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new funding criteria, established in 2011, which left what some agencies, service providers and donors felt were gaps in the funding process.

Ottawa Community Action, a coalition of community groups and agencies, raised a motion at the United Way annual general meeting in June 2011, calling for a review of the funding processes, investments and its progress toward goals and priorities. Stake-

holders, agencies and donors formed the investment and impact review committee in August 2011 and the completed report was released in April.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The implication is for service agencies and donors to understand what is in the report before the AGM and how we can move forward in a positive way.â&#x20AC;?

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Ottawa Community Action is holding the meeting to discuss the report ahead of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Way annual meeting. Ottawa Community Action member Chris Ellis is organizing the event. Representatives from the United

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Way have been invited to attend the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The implication is for service agencies and donors to understand what is in the report before the AGM and how we can move forward in a positive way,â&#x20AC;? said Ellis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is also an opportunity for service agencies to come out and share the impact of gaps in funding.â&#x20AC;?

In total, 37 recommendations are identified in the report. The United Way has already implemented some of the recommendations in the report, including setting aside a transition fund of $811,000 this year to continue to help ease the transition for agencies no longer funded.

In the weeks leading up to the annual general meeting, the organization aims to meet with different agencies to review and explain the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report. The board of directors is also in the process of completing an organizational plan to address all the recommendations over the short-, medium- and long-term.

On April 30, the United Way announced $27 million worth of investments in programs across the city, which will see 116 programs receive funding. There is high demand from a number of organizations and agencies, and at the United Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual funding announcement on April 30, Jeffery Dale, head of the proposal selection, said it was extremely hard to make the choice of one program over another.

Daleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s committee sifted through 193 proposals from 105 agencies where the common ground was organizations were requesting $3 for every $1 United Way had available.

The Ottawa Community Action meeting on June 14 is open to the public and will take place at Rideau High School from 7 to 9 p.m.

The United Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual general meeting will take place on June 21 and members are encouraged to register to attend the event at www. unitedwayottawa.ca, located on the events page. Members associated with the organization must bring photo ID to the meeting if they wish to vote on motions.

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MacLaren calls for Presto probe Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

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Building safer communities Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was on hand as TELUS announced its donation of $185,000 to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection on June 1 in Ottawa. Here, the premier is seen chatting with former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy who exposed youth abuse in the hockey industry.

EMC news - The auditor general should investigate provincial â&#x20AC;&#x153;threatsâ&#x20AC;? of withheld gas-tax money that led Ottawa to choose the Presto transit-fare system, says Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren.

On May 22, MacLaren sent a letter to the provincial auditor general requesting a review of Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;solesourceâ&#x20AC;? contract with Presto, a smartcard fare payment system set to launch in Ottawa on July 1.

The cards are already in use in the Greater Toronto Area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems that the province threatened to withhold provincial gas tax funding if the city didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t award the transit payment system contract to Presto,â&#x20AC;? MacLarenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s May 24 press release states.

In an interview, MacLaren said it is not appropriate for the province to require cities to adopt the Presto system in order to gain access to gas-tax money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want oversight and accountability,â&#x20AC;? MacLaren said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It eliminates the opportunity to tender and get a competitive bidding system.â&#x20AC;?

MacLaren wondered why Ottawa didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pursue a smartcard payment system used by the City of Gatineau provided

by ACS, a division of Xerox.

While MacLarenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call for a provincial audit focuses specifically on Ottawa, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know the same troubles are going on in other areas.â&#x20AC;?

Ottawa has had a partnership with Presto since 2007.

That pre-dates the provincial governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas tax program, making MacLarenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argument irrelevant, said Liberal Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli, the minister of

MacLaren wondered why Ottawa didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pursue a smartcard payment system used by the City of Gatineau provided

by ACS, a division of Xerox. transportation.

The gas-tax requirement isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unique to Ottawa, Chiarelli said â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all 13 Ontario municipalities that use Presto have that clause.

Conditions on receiving funding are common at both the federal and provincial levels, he added. Chiarelli said these questions came up in the media and at Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park years and months ago.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an old issue â&#x20AC;Ś we dealt with it,â&#x20AC;? the minister said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(MacLaren) might not be aware of the facts that were made available,â&#x20AC;? Chiarelli said, adding that MacLaren was â&#x20AC;&#x153;being really politicalâ&#x20AC;? about the issue.

Presto is an Ontario government initiative â&#x20AC;&#x153;born out of recognition of a need for a cost efficient, consumer focused transit e-fare system,â&#x20AC;? according to an independent procurement review.

That review, conducted in February of this year by former Ontario Supreme Court Justice the Coulter Osborne, states that in 2004, technology firm Accenture was awarded the contract to provide services and equipment for the fare system in a competitive process that was monitored by a fairness advisor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Presto procurement was open, transparent and competitive,â&#x20AC;? Chiarelli said.

Presto is overseen by Metrolinx, a Crown agency that coordinates transit initiatives in the GTA and Hamilton.

So far, the province has invested $163 million into the Presto system.

Ontario has committed to paying one-third of the capital costs for municipalities like Ottawa to set up a Presto system.

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Aggressive drivers the top concern for neighbourhoods, city laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - Many Ottawa residents correctly believe crime in the city is staying stagnant, according to the results of a recent survey.

Conducted by the Ottawa Police Service, the survey showed that 47 per cent of Ottawa residents believe crime levels have broadly stayed the same in the past three years.

The finding was one of many that came to light after the results of the survey were made public at a meeting of the police services board on May 28.

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING THE TOP CONCERN

For the first time, the top concern on the annual survey was the same no matter if people are thinking about their own neighbourhood or the entire city: speeding cars and aggressive driving.

Sixty-four per cent of respondents said that’s the top issue of concern in their neighbourhood, while 76 per cent it’s the most pressing issue for police citywide.

That has been the top concern for people within their own neighbourhoods in the last three surveys, but in previous years, residents were more worried about drugs (80

per cent in 2008) and youth crime (79 per cent in 2006) when it came to the city as a whole.

Drugs are still considered a major citywide issue, with 74 per cent of respondents citing drugs as their top concern.

Of interest, people who responded to the survey were more concerned about crimes in the city as a whole than about crimes in their own neighbourhoods.

SAFETY IN OTTAWA NEIGHBOURHOODS

Most people – 57 per cent – felt crime had stayed the same in their neighbourhood, while 22 per cent thought it increased in their neighbourhood and 20 per cent felt it had decreased.

For the portion of the survey in which people could put their own suggestions, the most frequent ideas related to boosting visibility of police officers, improving enforcement of traffic violations and increasing interactions with local people.

The survey also showed that the proportion of respondents who believe crime is increasing was at its lowest ever: 33 per cent. That’s down from 54 per cent of residents who thought crime was increasing in 2006.

For the first time, the top concern was the same across the entire city: speeding cars and aggressive driving.

Satisfaction with the local police service is rated as “very high,” with 81 per cent of respondents indicating they are satisfied and only four per cent responding that they are dissatisfied.

Sixty per cent of residents who responded said they have “high or utmost” confidence in the Ottawa Police Service, and 33 per cent have “moderate confidence.”

The survey is the city’s sixth

since 1995. This year, a total of 3,147 citizens participated in the online survey between Feb. 10 and April 8, representing a response rate of 20.4 per cent (15,464 mailed notifications were sent out).

While almost 100 per cent of people reported feeling safe in their homes and neighbourhoods during the day, that number dropped to 81 per cent for those who feel safe during the day downtown, with only 35 per cent saying they would feel safe downtown at night.

Bike paths and trails are also considered unsafe at night; only 20 per cent of people say they would feel safe at night, and 73 per cent would feel safe on pathways during the day.

Public transit numbers were lower: 68 per cent would feel safe during the day and 26 per cent at night.

VICTIMS

Seventeen per cent of people who took the survey said they had been victims of crime in the past three years.

More than half – 55 per cent – said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the police response, while 20 per cent were dissatisfied.

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hese crab cakes are delicious and can be served either as an appetizer or a main course.

Although the ingredients are very basic, they taste quite rich.

If you plan to serve them as a main course, keep the rest of the meal simple.

In working out this recipe, I discovered the best crackers to use are those called Club crackers, Toppables or butter crackers. The name varies with the brand.

This type of cracker adds more flavour than plain soda crackers and because they are not highly seasoned, their own taste doesn’t over power the other ingredients.

You’ll need about 15 crackers, finely crushed, for the recipe.

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Crab Cakes 1 tbsp. olive oil or vegetable oil 1/4 cup celery, finely diced 3 slices onion, finely diced 1/3 cup mayonnaise (I used low-fat mayonnaise and it was fine) 1/8 tsp. dry mustard 1/4 tsp. paprika a tiny sprinkle of garlic powder 120 gram can of crabmeat, drained and rinsed

PAT TREW Food ‘n’ Stuff 2/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. of finely crushed cracker crumbs such as Club or Toppable crackers 1 1/2 tbsp. olive or vegetable oil for cooking the crab cakes In a non-stick medium frying pan, heat the first amount of oil.

In this, cook the celery and onion just until the onion is transparent.

Remove the pan from the heat, but don’t wash it. You’ll use it again to cook the crab cakes.

In a medium bowl, combine the cooked celery and onion with the mayonnaise, seasonings and crab.

Stir in 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. of the cracker crumbs. Mix just enough to combine the ingredients.

The crab mixture is moist and messy, so wear latex gloves for the next step.

Spread the remaining 1/3 cup of cracker crumbs on a large plate.

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sure, scoop out enough mixture for each crab cake. Shape the crab mixture into 10 small cakes for appetizers, or into six cakes five to 7.5 centimetres in diametre for a main course. The crab cakes should be just under 2.5 centimetres thick.

Cover both sides of the crab cakes with the crumbs, and set them aside.

In the same frying pan that you used for the celery and onion, heat the 1 1/2 tbsp. oil over medium-low heat.

Use a spatula to transfer the crab cakes to the pan so that they don’t fall apart The larger ones particularly have a tendency to do this.

Cook on medium-low until the bottom of the crab cakes is golden brown.

Turn them over, and continue cooking until the second side is nicely browned. Watch that they don’t burn.

This makes 10 appetizer servings, or six main-course servings, enough for two to three people.

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Vehicle buyers are ONLY protected by OMVIC and Ontario consumer protection laws when they buy from registered dealers. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no protection if you buy privately and you risk becoming victim of a curbsider. To verify dealer registration or seek help with a complaint: www.omvic.on.ca or 1-800-943-6002.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPS. PART-TIME JOBS - Make your own schedule, sell chocolate bars to make $$$, decide where and when you sell, start and stop when you want.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS SPRING PROMOTION! Orders $2,500.+ disc. $250. Until June 7, 2012 WWG INC. Fence & Deck Manufacturers. Wood Chainlink PVC. Work Guaranteed - References. williamsburgwoods@bell.net, www.wwginc.com, 1-877-266-0022, 613-543-2666.

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DRIVERS WANTED LCV TEAM DRIVERS in Cambridge, ON. TRANSFREIGHT OFFERS - Consistent Work Schedule, Competitive Wage & Excellent Benef i t s , N o t o u c h f r e i g h t , P a i d Tr a i n i n g .

REQUIREMENTS - Verifiable 5 Year TractorTrailer Experience, Clean MVR for last 3 years.

To Apply: Call 855-WORK4TF (967-5483). Send resume to work4tf@transfreight.com. Visit: www.transfreight.com.

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EXPLORE CANADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEWEST NATIONAL PARK! Join Adventure Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Torngat Mountains Base Camp in beautiful Northern Labrador for hiking, fishing and camping. Heli-hiking also available. July 2012. www.adventurecanada.com, 1-800-363-7566.

SAWMILLS from only $3997 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

EXPLORE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR with the locals. Join us for icebergs (June is best) plus whales, puffins, fjords, and fishing communities. Wildland Tours www.wildlands.com, TollFree 1-888-615-8279.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES $$$ MONEY $$$ FOR ANY PURPOSE!!! WE CAN HELP - Decrease payments by 75%! 1st, 2nd & 3rd Mortgages & Credit lines. Bad credit, tax or mortgage arrears OK. Ontario-Wide Financial Corp. (LIC# 10171), Toll-Free 1-888-3077799, www.ontario-widefinancial.com.

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DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM. Helping Canadians repay debt, reduce or eliminate interest regardless of credit! QUALIFY NOW TO BE DEBT FREE 1-877-220-3328 Government Approved, BBB Accredited.

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ARE YOU THE ONLY SINGLE ONE wherever you go? Time to change that. MISTY RIVER INTRODUCTIONS can find you someone to spend the rest of your life with. CALL (613) 2573531, www.mistyriverintros.com.

DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term relationships, free to try! 1-877-297-9883. Talk with single ladies. Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984. Talk now! 1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+) TRUE ADVICE! True clarity! True Psychics!

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WANTED F I R E A R M S WA N T E D F O R J U N E 2 3 r d AUCTION: Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns.

As Estate Specialists WE manage sale of registered / unregistered firearms.

Contact Paul, Switzer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auction: Toll-Free 1-800-694-2609, info@switzersauction.com or www.switzersauction.com.

WANTED: OLD TUBE AUDIO EQUIPMENT. 40 years or older. Amplifiers, Stereo, Recording and Theatre Sound Equipment. Hammond organs.

Any condition, no floor model consoles. Call TollFree 1-800-947-0393 / 519-853-2157.

STEEL BUILDINGS Buildings For Sale...Two UNCLAIMED Steel Buildings. Must be sold. One is 50x140. GREAT savings! Hurry, these wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last. Go Direct. Rocket Steel Canada 1-800-579-2554.

MORTGAGES $$$ 1st & 2nd & Construction Mortgages, Lines of Credit... 95-100% Financing. BELOW BANK RATES! Poor credit & bankruptcies OK. No income verification plans. Servicing Eastern & Northern Ontario. Call Jim Potter, Homeguard F u n d i n g L t d . To l l - F r e e 1 - 8 6 6 - 4 0 3 - 6 6 3 9 , email: jimpotter@qualitymortgagequotes.ca, www.qualitymortgagequotes.ca, LIC #10409.

SECOND MORTGAGE TO 95% Equity. Many Programs Available for Purchase/Refinance. No Income Verification Program. Past and Present Credit Problems Acceptable. Multi-Residential, Commercial, Industrial Mortgages. Call 416-4108477. CBIC LIC# 10234.

AS SEEN ON TV - 1st, 2nd, Home Equity Loans, Bad Credit, Self-Employed, Bankrupt, Foreclosure, Power of Sale or need to ReFinance? Let us fight for you because â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in your corner!â&#x20AC;? CALL The Refinancing Specialists NOW Toll-Free 1-877-733-4424 (24 Hours) or click www.MMAmortgages.com (Lic#12126). $ $ $ 1 s t , 2 n d , 3 r d M O RT G A G E S - D e b t Consolidation, Refinancing, Renovations, Tax Arrears, no CMHC fees. $50K you pay $208.33/month (OAC). No income, bad credit, power of sale stopped!! BETTER OPTION MORTGAGES, CALL TODAY Toll-Free 1-800282-1169, www.mortgageontario.com (LIC# 10969).

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Service Time: Sundays at 10:30 AM

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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; staidans@bellnet.ca

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

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

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3191 Riverside Dr. (at Walkley) Sunday Worship & Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. www.magma.ca/~ruc (613) 733-7735 Refreshments/Fellowship following the service.

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613.247.8676

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

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Put an Ottawa casino where customers are Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - Ottawa Lottery and Gaming Corporation chairman Paul Godfrey says any potential casino in Ottawa should be built â&#x20AC;&#x153;where the customers areâ&#x20AC;? to ensure it is successful.

Godfrey, who is also the president of Postmedia Networks - owners of the Ottawa Citizen - and former president and chief executive of the

Toronto Blue Jays, was the keynote speaker during the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breakfast Series on May 24.

While he emphasized the city would have the ďŹ nal say about a location for a new Ottawa casino, Godfrey said that OLGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research indicates that the National Capital Region could support two casinos: a new one in Ottawa and Casino Lac-Leamy in Hull. Godfrey indicated he thinks the OLG

Godfrey, who is also the president of Postmedia Networks - owners of the Ottawa Citizen - and former president and chief executive of the Toronto Blue Jays, was the keynote speaker during the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breakfast Series on May 24. slots at the Rideau-Carleton Raceway are too far of a trek for customers in the region. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the slots have been

successful â&#x20AC;Ś people have to decide whether to drive out there or to Hull, which is much closer,â&#x20AC;? Godfrey said.

But when it comes to the possibility of a new casino in Ottawa, Godfrey said the city will have the ďŹ nal say. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will live with the decision of the municipal council,â&#x20AC;?

Godfrey said in his speech.

OLG wants private developers to take the risk when new casinos are built, and the OLG wants to share in the reward. He suggested a casino in Ottawa could be part of an entertainment centre, with

features like a cinema.

Godfrey said there will be more information about possible new casinos coming out within the next few weeks.

Godfrey said the RideauCarleton Raceway has generated $44 million for the city since it opened. The facility employs 275 and has purchased $50 million worth of goods from local vendors to support its operations, Godfrey said.

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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

June 9 – 10: “Of Brush and Clay,” an exhibit and sale of Ann Gruchy’s latest paintings and Marie Paquette’s recent clay objects. This fabulous complicity of Brush and Clay will be held at Marie’s studio, 1584 Sobeau Court in Kars, June 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations for the Canadian Guide Dogs for Blind will be accepted. To contact Ann or Marie, visit their website at: www.anngruchy. com or www.mariepaquette. blogspot.com.

June 13: The Canada Agriculture Museum Foundation will host its sixth annual Baskets with Panache fundraising event on Wednesday, June 13 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. In its first five years the event has raised $176,000. Those donations translate to 12,500 children with financial or physical challenges being able to participate in exciting educational experiences. Taking place in a heritage barn at the Canada Agriculture Museum, the Baskets with Panache event features the lively setting of a traditional country fair with some unique twists.

Contact contribution@technomuses.ca or 613-991-6271.

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RIVERSIDE PARK REUBEN CRESCENT 50+ local vendors offering produce, meats, bread & baked goods, arts & crafts and more!

Yum! Join us Sunday, June 10th for our Sweets and Treats day! Enjoy samples from many of our bakers, pastry-makers and treat-creators!

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fundraiser at South Gloucester United Church (corner of Albion and Rideau Rd.) on Friday, June 15 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Cooked onsite by professionals on outdoor flaming coal beds. Advance tickets $15 per person - call 613-574-0550. Always excellent, always a sell out! Includes a half chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, roll, dessert and drink.

June 16: Volunteer awards presentation, Seniors’ Strawberry Social and community picnic for Osgoode Ward! The annual Osgoode Ward Volunteer Appreciation Awards and the Seniors’ Strawberry Social will both be held on Saturday, June 16 at the Osgoode Community Centre and park. In case of rain, the event will be held on the rink pad in the arena. The day begins with a fun-filled morning of outdoor activities followed by a barbecue at noon. The strawberry social and awards presentations will take place in the afternoon. Nominations for outstanding residents who have contributed so much to our community can be made between now and May 31. Please include with your nomination a short biography, if possible, and forward to florence.moffatt@ ottawa.ca or telephone 613580-2490. The categories for nominations include youth volunteer, community volunteer, H.R. McLaughlin Memorial senior award, Kay Johnston Outstanding Community Service award, Special Business Commendation award.

Charity yard sale at All Saints’ Anglican Church, 7103 Parkway Road, Greely.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds to All Saints’ Anglican Church in Greely. Sale items all in A-one condition.

Enjoy a bake table as well with delicious home-made desserts. Come and enjoy a home-baked muffin and coffee for $1. Info: Aileen 613-821-2326 or Carole 613821-3573 www.parishofmgv. org.

June 20: The 10th Annual Plowing Fore A Cure golf tournament at Anderson Links golf and country club in support of the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre will take place on Wednesday, June 20. Registration is $150 and includes 18 holes, cart, lunch and dinner, an awards presentation and access to a silent and live auction. For information contact Michael Hughes at 613-824-5334 or mjhughes@ michaeljhughes.com.

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June 22: Youth dance at the Greely Community Centre from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission $5 for ages six to 12.

Child Haven International is hosting its 27th annual fundraising dinner in Ottawa on June 22 at 6 p.m. at the Tudor Hall, 3750 N. Bowesville Rd. Child Haven operates homes for over 1,000 children and assists 150 women in Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Tibet in China. Tickets are adults $60 and $30 for children.

Contact Linda Uhryniuk at 613-730-5412 or Child Haven at 613-527-2829 or visit our website at www. childhaven.ca.

Ongoing: The City of Ottawa’s Rural South Ottawa Recreation is offering a variety of camps for children of all ages this summer.

On My Own Adventures: Full day camp is offered for children aged four to five years with weekly themed activities. Locations include Greely & North Gower.

Just Incredible Kids: Camp includes a weekly out-trip and exciting theme days for children aged six to 12 years.

Locations include Greely, North Gower, Manotick, Vernon (August 7 – 10) and Osgoode (August 13 – 17).

Lego - Powered Up: Full day camp in Manotick (July 23 – 27) allows children aged eight to 13 the chance to explore the programming of motorized robotic vehicles and creatures for half the day, then enjoy regular camp activities for the rest of the day.

For more information visit www.ottawa.ca/ruralsouth, email osgooderideaurecreation@ottawa.ca or call 613580-2424 ext 30235.

Attention high school students: the Osgoode Township Museum in Vernon is offering community service hours to any High School student interested in helping us out with some of the museum’s exciting summer events including our annual Pioneer Day and Strawberry Social taking place on Saturday, July 21, as well as our children’s summer drama camp which will be preparing a production of Peter Pan. We are seeking volunteers in the afternoons from Tuesday through Friday, starting on August 14 until Friday, August 24 from noon until 4 p.m. If you are interested in any of these fun volunteer opportunities, please call the museum at 613-8214062 or send us an email at osgoode-museum@hotmail. com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Greely’s Canada Day celebration needs volunteers to make the event special for everyone. If you would like to give back to the Community or are a student who needs volunteer hours, please contact Bruce Brayman at president@greelycommuntiy. org.

Old Time Music and Country Dance, first Friday of each month at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. $5/person at the door. Yearly memberships available. Free for musicians and singers.

Come and have a good time with us.

Trinity Bible Church Summer Camps in Osgoode – Upward Soccer Camp & “Sky” VBS, ages 5-11 yrs. Half day and full day programs.

Preregistration is necessary.

For more info visit www. trinitybiblechurch.ca/vbs or call (613) 826-2444.

Ecology Ottawa is organizing a solar energy fair on June 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. Get the facts on new Ontario solar rules, micro-fit technologies, investment options, how to join a renewable energy cooperative and the expected rates on return on solar panels for the home.

The Metcalfe Cooperative Nursery School offers five week-long day camp sessions from July 3 to August 3, 2012. The KinderCamp program for younger children focuses on dramatic play, outdoor activities, arts and crafts and, back by popular demand, some great science! The Discovery Camp program is geared to older children and will guide them through an exploration of the world around them – from birds and butterflies to physics and more! Further information online at www. mcnskids.org.

Guitar Lessons and Teahouse at O-YA. Learn to play the guitar or brush up on your existing guitar skills in a fun group style lesson while enjoying a mug of hot tea (a cool selection of herbal tea, chai tea and tea lattes) and a snack at O-YA. The instructor is Grant McGee. To register for the Summer 2012 session of Guitar Lessons & Teahouse, please download a registration form from OYA’s website at www.o-ya.ca.

Summer camp registration is now open for Just Kiddin’ Theatre. Drama camp is a great place for kids to sample drama and see if it’s their cup of tea. Kids will use an improvisational approach to developing an original show

they will perform for friends and family on the final day.

Participants must be nine years old and up. Younger participants may register upon advance consultation with Just Kiddin’ Theatre.

Available weeks: July 16 – 20, July 23 – 27, July 30 –August 3. Visit www.justkiddintheatre.com to register.

Spaces are limited.

A volunteer driver and backup driver are needed to take sandwiches from Metcalfe to the Ottawa Mission on Daly Avenue each Tuesday morning. This is a pleasant volunteer job, taking in the sandwiches that volunteers have made for the Mission each week. Please contact Sally Gray at (613) 821-2640, or grayhound@xplornet.com.

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 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. For information, contact Sally Gray at 613-821-2640 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, walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, sightseeing, travel cafes and craft hours.

For more information call 613-860-0548 or ottawanewcomers@hotmail.ca.

Gloucester South Seniors, 4550 Bank St., Leitrim, offers a full schedule of activities every week, including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OCTranspo #144, and has free parking. Info at 613-8210414.

Mondays and Thursdays: The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal, 613-8211930, for more information.

Wednesdays: Enjoy Scottish country dancing for fun, friendship and fitness! Share the music and joy of dance. You do not have to be Scottish. You do not have to wear a kilt - but you can. No experience or partner is required. Meet Wednesday evenings at the Osgoode Community Centre from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information, contact Marie at 613-8261221 or email Osgoodedancescottish@gmail.com.

Want to meet new friends?

Have a great workout? Come and join us at The MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a free women’s fitness class with a certified fitness instructor. Includes a 5 minute inspirational “Fit Tip”! Any questions? Contact the church office at 613-2388182.

Play euchre every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Greely & District Legion Branch 627, 8021 Mitch Owens Road, Gloucester. Admission $5 for 8 games.

Thursdays: Every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m., there is bingo at the Osgoode Legion located at 3284 Sunstrum Street in Osgoode. All money raised at these weekly events goes back to the Community.

Bring your ‘dabbers’ and come out to support your local Legion Bingo!

Every second Thursday: Join ROSSS for “What’s For Dinner?” cooking class at Moncion’s Your Independent Grocer at noon followed by grocery shopping. You will attend a food demonstration, sample the creation and receive a copy of the recipe.

Transportation available. For information call 613-8211101.

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NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT MANOTICK WATERMAIN LINK CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN The City of Ottawa has initiated the Manotick Watermain Link (MWL) Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) and Functional Design Study. The main objective of the study is to provide reliability and additional capacity to the central water supply in the Village of Manotick. Capacity is needed to facilitate new development as well as to provide for servicing of existing residents wanting access to the central water supply. Reliability will be achieved by providing an alternative supply to the existing feedermain from Barrhaven. The project is identified in the City’s current Infrastructure Master Plan.

This study will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class EA. In order to satisfy the requirements of the Class EA process, the identification and evaluation of a range of alternatives will be undertaken that focus on potential watermain alignments and connections with the existing watermain infrastructure in Manotick. The study will also include the selection of a preferred alternative and a functional design of the MWL.

For more information, or if you would like your name added to the mailing list, please contact:

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Interested persons can provide comments at any time during the Class EA process. With the exception of personal information, comments received become part of the public record. Information about the study will be available on ottawa.ca/manotickwater.

John Bougadis, P. Eng. Engineer, Infrastructure Planning Planning and Growth Management 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 613-580-2424 ext. 14990, Fax: 613-580-2578, E-mail: MWL@Ottawa.ca This notice was first issued on June 7, 2012.

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ALL WELCOME! Victorian Bridal Fashion Show and Antique & Classic Car Show

Friday June 22nd, 10:00 am

The Bridal Fashion Show is modeled by our Seniors and Emceed by Nancy Macleod, RN & Historian, commences at 10:00 am followed by Car Show.

A BarBQ Lunch, compliments of Russell Meadows Retirement Community will be served at 12:00pm.

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Manotick EMC - Thursday, June 7, 2012