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Recreation group looks to raise $200,000 in 2015 Emma Jackson

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If you want something done, you’ve got to do it yourself: that’s the attitude a new alliance of community and recreational groups have taken to get Manotick’s arena expansion project off the ground once and for all.

The Manotick Culture, Parks and Recreation Association is leading the new Man-

otick Arena Expansion group, which aims, with support from several hockey leagues, the Youth of Manotick and Rural Ottawa South Support Services, to raise $200,000 by the end of the year.

That’s not nearly enough to finish the project – early estimates put the cost between $450,000 and $1.3 million – but it’s enough to convince Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt that there’s a de-

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City moving ahead with pair of parking studies Review focused on reducing the amount of parking required for new homes expected in 2015 Laura Mueller

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Two studies that will impact people’s ability to park their vehicles will get underway this year.

A sure-to-be-controversial review of how many parking spaces should be required for new residential developments is on tap for 2015, provided the planning committee approves its work plan this spring.

The study will result in a requirement for fewer parking spaces, said Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, the new chairwoman of the planning committee.

“They are going to lower the targets for them,” she said. “I think that’s good.”

Harder said she supports having fewer parking spaces for residential developments because people can walk, cycle or take transit.

“I think that with the amount of money we’re investing in cycling and in walking and all of the things that we’re doing, there are some areas where it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have that amount of land taken up (by parking),” Harder said.

But as a suburban representative, Harder said she understands the suburbs are home to a different lifestyle that is more car-oriented.

Between the parking requirement study and the ongoing “Building Better Suburbs” study, the city will look for a solution such as a different way to deal with visitor parking in suburban developments, Harder said.

“I think we have to be realistic and remember that we

have a very diverse city with three particular bands (urban, suburban and rural),” she said.

SNOWFALL PARKING BAN

The second parking study, which is just getting underway now, will look at the issue of overnight street-parking bans and street-parking permits in relation to snow removal.

The issue came up last spring, when the former manager of roads, traffic operations and maintenance, Kevin Wylie, told the transportation committee that the parking ban was very problematic.

“It’s not working well,” Wylie said last May. “It’s not co-ordinated well with the (snow removal) operations.”

The overnight ban is automatically put in place every time Environment Canada forecasts more than seven centimetres of snow.

But crews often aren’t out

The imporTAnCe oF Keeping your home CleAn Through every seAson oF The yeAr As Cold approaches, homes tend to get sealed-up to protect the inhabitants from the cold. But as with any season, caution should be taken for ensuring the cleanliness of your home in order to safeguard the occupants and even protect the property.

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plowing every residential street until a day or two later.

Bylaw officers issued 10,848 tickets during onstreet parking bans in 2013 and 8,958 tickets in 2014.

Last year, Wylie said it doesn’t make sense for bylaw officers to ticket motorists for parking on the street during a ban if the snowplows don’t need to get through during that night.

Luc Gagné, who has taken over Wylie’s role as manager of road services, agreed that it takes a large amount of resources for bylaw officers to check for vehicles parked all the residential streets.

Both Wylie and Gagne said they understand there are concentrated residential areas where street parking is a necessity.

Gagné said snow removal crews know they have to “be diligent” and keep returning to clear the snow.

“That’s a tough one,” Wylie said last spring about the street-parking permit program.

“In some of the areas of the city, they have parking permits because they have nowhere else to park – they have no parking garages and no driveways.”

At the time, Wylie predicted the study would look at different ways to solve the problem, but would not likely result in changes or reductions to the on-street parking permit program.

An upcoming public consultation will be planned to see if residents have any ideas on how to best tackle the issue, Gagné said.

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The city is planning on conducting two parking studies this year: one looking at the overnight parking ban during heavy snowfall and a second study that will likely result in lowering the minimum parking requirement for residential developments, said planning committee chairwoman Jan Harder.

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Greely elementary launches anti-bullying program Program encourages kids to use their ‘wits’ to disarm bullies, avoid conflict Joseph Morin

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Children have been the victims of bullying for as long as there have been bullies and children.

Youngsters have no choice but to find ways to deal with the bullies around them and find ways to deal with that same bully as an adult.

The Greely Elementary School has introduced a unique and simple anti-bullying program that gently teaches youngsters how to assert themselves when confronted by a bully without all the stress that kind of confrontation could bring.

The program was developed from a story about a young walrus who is curious about why a child he met was sad.

The idea originally came from police officer Tom Woods. It has grown into a program featuring four simple suggestions for children to follow. Called

WITS, (Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out and Seek help) the program was launched at the Greely school on Thursday morning, Jan. 29.

The launch included a few words from Cst. Kevin McKale, the school resource officer for the area, as well as other members of the local police force.

Stuart Murray, a retired school teacher who also has fun as a songwriter and musician, engaged the group of school children in song. Within minutes he was able to have the children singing along as he explained, with his song, the main points of the WITS program.

McKale told the children that he would help them take a special WITS oath and they would also receive a special badge about the program, learn a salute and a WITS handshake.

The oath states, “I promise to use my WITS: walk away, ignore, talk it out and seek help when I’m dealing with teasing and bullying. I promise to also help other kids use their WITS to keep my school and my community a safe and fun place to be and learn.”

Greely Elementary School principal Alexandra Vasilas is

excited about the launch of the program at her school.

“Our message to the students is that they are not alone,” said Vasilas. “We are all in this together.” She explained that every class at the school has had a chance to hear the story the program is based on. The book is called Walrus’s Gift by H.E. Stewart. It comes with a walrus puppet that students will have the chance to name in a contest in the weeks to come.

She said the hope is that the children will adopt the antibullying program and it will become a lifetime strategy.

She told the assembly of kindergarten to Grade 6 students that she was happy to have noticed that they were already thinking about the four WITS points in their playground.

She had overheard children discussing the various options offered by the program as they Joseph Morin/METROLAND played outside. “We are start- Greely Elementary school principal Alexandra Vasilas with the walrus puppet from the ing to hear WITS language on book Walrus’s Gift. the playground,” said Vasilas.

The WITS program was developed by Bonnie Leadbeater, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Victoria. It is supported by the Solid Rock Foundation.

For more information about the WITS program visit www. witsprogram.ca.

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I love to tap into their passion,” she said.

The community theatre is already in the thick of rehearsals, set building and sound and lighting designs at the Greely Community Centre in the leadup to opening night on March 25.

Bruce-Nibogie, who has coproducers Natalie Curry and Michelle Piironen working with her, said it’s her favourite part

If clapping shows how much you believe, Joan BruceNibogie’s hands must be getting sore.

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“They’ll work hand in glove to come up with the physical hardware and it can be done with choreography and simple

props and sound and light,” she said.

The theatre has done it before; in the 2011 production of Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his father seem to “fly” with the help of choreography and lighting.

This time, though, Peter and

the children really will take to the sky. “We have the harnesses,” Bruce-Nibogie said.

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“The cast and crew becomes a family throughout the four months of rehearsals and the rewards of many friendships forged by the experiences we’ve shared can’t be measured,” she said.

“I like watching the cast, who have been scared out of their wits when they first come out to audition, and then they develop into their characters.”For instance, Bruce-Nibogie convinced Carleton Mushroom owner Fernando Medeiros to try out for a role as a pirate (his daughter has participated in the past, so they’re already a part of the Greely Players family).

“For someone like Fernando who is so busy to have this as an outlet to take the stress and cares away, it is just sheer fun,” she said.

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A new diabetes education initiative in Ottawa is hoping to streamline patient referrals, giving those suffering from the malady in the region better access to education about the disease.

Diabetes Central Ottawa launched on Jan. 26 and is now the region’s single point of referrals for patients living with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes looking for education programs.

Whereas before, doctors would refer patients to particular programs that might not necessarily meet specific needs of the individual, all referrals will now come through the new program, which will work to send patients to facilities that meet their requirements.

“Diabetes Central Ottawa is a one stop shop for health care providers who are dealing with a patient or client to be able to refer them to diabetes education,” said Debra Beauregard, the Program Coordinator for Diabetes Central Ottawa.

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there is a diabetes education location in Kanata. But when your form comes in, we’ll be able to get you to that location.”

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If a patient is already on insulin, the patient navigator will work to get them into a diabetes education program as quickly as possible.

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Battle of Ontario raffle to support guide dogs emma.jackson@metroland.com

Two lucky hockey fans can get up close and personal with the Sens as they cream the Leafs in March, thanks to an insurance broker in Manotick.

Co-operators broker Bill McDonald has donated his season’s tickets in the 100-level of the Canadian Tire Centre for the next Battle of Ontario matchup between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs on March 21.

Worth $235 each, the tick-

ets will be raffled off at $10 per ticket in support of the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, headquartered in Manotick.

“The Battle of Ontario is just great, and it’s almost a guaranteed sellout all the time,” McDonald said.

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“(Spectators) pay a fortune to be up in the 300 level.”

His tickets, however, are in the 100s, “Just up from the net,” McDonald said. “You’ve got a good view.”

The raffle prize includes a parking pass, and can be accessed through a convenient back door if the winners have any sort of disability or mobility issues.

McDonald said he has supported the guide dog organization for more than 20 years, sponsoring its annual golf tournament and putting together a team every year.

But he threw in the tickets this year to give staff some extra cash. A limit of 235 tickets will be sold, with the potential to bring in $2,350 for the charity.

Guide Dogs spokesperson Steven Doucette said any ex-

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Any money raised will be directed to veterinary bills, one of the charity’s biggest expenses.

But Doucette said the raffle is also a win for hockey fans – and it’s all thanks to McDonald.

“There’s not a lot of donors that would give you Leafs tickets,” Doucette said.

“For a lot of people the price point is astronomical; a lot of people can’t afford to go to a game like that.”

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eemingly unbeknownst to many Ottawa residents, a $3.1-billion game-changer has been taking shape below ground.

Construction of the $2.1-billion light-rail line has mostly been mostly invisible thus far, with very little impact on the downtown streets above.

Almost 600 metres of tunnel has been excavated in Centretown and Sandy Hill.

Despite being the largest infrastructure project in Ottawa since the Rideau Canal was built in 1832, many residents seem unaware of the mammoth project or what it will mean for their lives. Candidates for city council said people they met on the campaign trail late last year didn’t seem to have a sense of the overall project, and how it will change the city.

Now, we have a tangible way to connect with what light rail will mean for Ottawa’s future. A replica of one of the 34 Alstom Citadis trains that will run down the 12.5 kilometres of track was unveiled at Lansdowne Park last week. People can view it every day until the end of March from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Aberdeen Pavilion. And while they’re there, they

can get a sense of how Ottawa is about to change.

When the trains begin running in 2018, transit users will be able to board every four minutes to ride the 13 stops between Tunney’s Pasture in Hintonburg and Blair Station in the east. For part of the trip, riders will be able to look out the window and see how proximity to transit prompts cranes to crop up on the skyline, building some of the city’s tallest buildings.

When passengers disembark the trains downtown and emerge from the underground stations, they’ll see vibrant streets that will likely contain more bicycles than buses, since all the Transitway buses will be removed, having been replaced by more efficient underground trains. Wider sidewalks, patios and a host of businesses to serve the hordes should eventually spring up around the stations.

In the meantime, the LRT construction is about to become a lot more real to people as the Transitway outside the downtown is converted to a rail line, forcing buses to be detoured. It might be hard to envision now, but take a trip to Lansdowne, step onto the train and take a trip into the future.

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esidents of Boston and Long Island and parts of the Canadian Maritimes might agree that it was an historic blizzard they lived through last week.

Residents of Ottawa might sit here smugly watching other people battle storms while we bathed in sunshine (although not warm sunshine). But residents of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia are wondering what all the fuss was about. How come all the roads were closed, the subways shut down, flights cancelled in those places and nothing much happened.

Not surprisingly, weather forecasters are taking a bit of beating and reacting with humility. The U.S. National Weather Service director said his organization should have

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the news media, who raised storm coverage to the level of hysteria.

It’s not a new observation that the best disaster coverage comes in advance of the disaster. The disaster, when it comes, may turn out to be second-rate, but in advance you can say just about anything you want.

Knowing this, it was with some anticipation that I tuned in CNN the morning the storm was supposed to hit. Checking back from time to time, I found that the storm was basically the only story that day. Well, there was the trial of a former National Football League guy, but even that was announced by a news person standing outdoors wearing a CNN parka and tuque. “HISTORIC STORM,� said the logo on the screen. The sentiment DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES 2ICHARD "URNS ADMINISTRATION: $ONNA 4HERIEN DISPLAY ADVERTISING: 'ISELE 'ODIN +ANATA $AVE 0ENNETT /TTAWA 7EST "RAD #LOUTHIER /RLEANS #INDY 'ILBERT /TTAWA 3OUTH 'EOFF (AMILTON /TTAWA %AST 6ALERIE 2OCHON "ARRHAVEN *ILL -ARTIN .EPEAN -IKE 3TOODLEY 3TITTSVILLE *ANINE +IVELL /TTAWA 7EST 2ICO #ORSI !UTOMOTIVE #ONSULTANT 'REG 3TIMPSON !UTOMOTIVE #ONSULTANT

was repeated by CNN correspondents on the scene, each of them standing in what appeared to be normal surroundings. One reporter urged his camera to zoom in on the ground beside his feet, where he kicked at something that might have been a thin coating of slush. Maybe my screen wasn’t big enough, but it horrified him and it was meant to horrify us.

Even more graphic was the guy who announced that he was going to show us what horror awaited us on the roads. With the camera pointed out the window, he drove down a highway. The wipers were on, but aside from that it looked like a normal gloomy February day in Ontario.

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pointing out in dramatic tones what should have been a brontosaurus but was really a bunny rabbit, urging.

Unfortunately for Boston, but luckily for CNN, snow did eventually fall, enabling its reporters to get some on their parkas.

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Multi-faith suite, translation to remove barriers to cancer support Erin McCracken

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When Marlon Oneid’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, her fight was not only against the brutal disease, but also in her struggle to understand and be understood.

“She had difficulty in the hospital being serviced in her own language,” said Oneid, a governor with the Canadian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce.

His three sisters took turns

Week In RevIeW Saturday, January 24 – Friday, January 30 My sincere congratulations to the organizers of the Greely Winter Carnival. I had a great time attending the many activities organized by the Greely Community Association for this tremendous event. Some of the highlights for me were dropping the puck at the hockey game featuring the Police vs Firefighters, participating in the Greely Firefighter’s breakfast on Saturday and serving at the Greely Lions breakfast on Sunday. It was a nice opportunity to be involved in the community and I was pleased to be in attendance. Thank you to the GCA and specifically their Chair, Bruce Brayman, for a great dinner and comedy show on Saturday evening.

As the concept of family evolves in our community,, so does the definition of a foster parent. Foster parents come from a variety of different ferent backgrounds that reflect the diversity of the children who need our care.

One thing we know from talking to foster parents is that most people become foster parents after hearing first hand of another foster parent's experience. It's a great message, and shows how rewarding fostering can be for parents and children alike.

My thanks go out to the Metcalfe Agricultural Society for inviting me to their AGM and providing an opportunity to formally introduce myself and bring greetings from the City.

“Fostering has enriched us and our children in ways we could not imagine it would,” says one couple who have been fostering for 15 years.

I also attended the first of a series of Open Houses that presented the proposed plans to widen the Airport Parkway. City Staff was on hand with a number of displayed material that provided in-depth details of the plans. They were also available to address any and all questions from residents, business owners, and community leaders who were in attendance.

“It's the greatest thing we have ever done as a whole family,” adds another family, who have biological children as well. “If you are a person on this earth, you can do it! It's not about us; it's about the children we can help. I wish everyone could foster for one year so that children in need would never have to look for a family.”

We also had our first Ottawa City Council meeting of 2015 and we had an opportunity to learn more about the future plans for the City through the Mayor’s address.

I am looking forward to working with the Mayor and my Council Colleagues for our residents and great City.

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I would also like to remind our residents that the Osgoode Winter Carnival will be starting this weekend and continuing into the following weekend. For details on the events scheduled please visit www.osgoodevillage. com . The Vernon Winter Carnival will take place during the weekend of February 7 and 8.

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tawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft Centre on Alta Vista Drive. The room will complement a range of services offered through the centre’s cancer coaching program that has helped more than 2,000 cancer patients, their caregivers and families since it launched about four years ago.

The suite was made possible thanks to a $135,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

It will also cover the cost of translation services for cancer

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staying by their mother’s side 24 hours a day, seven days a week so they wouldn’t miss out on updates from her doctors and nurses.

“And that’s an impact on … the cancer patient, on the families of the cancer patient,” he said. “We’re equal in everything else, so why not serve in that language as well?”

For that reason, he and several of Ottawa’s faith leaders applauded the Jan. 20 official opening of a new multi-faith and meditation suite at the Ot-

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coaching clients unable to speak English or French, among other services, which the foundation hopes will encourage more people from linguistically and culturally diverse communities to use its free cancer coaching program.

More than half of Ottawa residents are of different religions and ethnic backgrounds, and 165,000 people here speak Arabic – the third most spoken language in the nation’s capital, Oneid said, adding that of those, 45,000 are Lebanese Canadians, many of them seniors who don’t speak English.

“It behooves us to ensure there is an environment that is made available to everybody,” said Oneid, one of several faith leaders whose input was sought for the design of the suite where cancer patients can retreat for prayer, reflection and meditation.

When Rabbi Reuven Bulka was asked for his ideas on the initiative, he wanted the room to be welcoming for people who don’t identify with a religion.

“It is a multi-faith room, but we want to make sure people who have no faith whatsoever come in there too and meditate as they are fighting (their disease),” said Bulka, who represents Congregation Machzikei Hadas synagogue. “That shouldn’t restrict them from using the space to contemplate and to think about what they want to do with their life, think about where their life is taking them.”

The downstairs room, which features battery operated flickering candles and a curtain that can be drawn in front of two chairs, adorned with blankets, will give cancer patients, their relatives and caregivers a space where they can “take a little break from the hurly burly of life and sit down,” Bulka said.

The suite would have been very inviting to Upper Hunt Club resident Behnaz Bahrami after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2008. In 2009, she underwent treatment to shrink her large tumour before undergoing a mastectomy.

Bahrami, who attended the grand opening, said she is doing well now. She credits her Baha’i faith for providing her with strength throughout her ordeal, and says the new suite would have benefitted her in her healing process though the centre didn’t open until 2011.

“It was time for the centre to incorporate spiritual aspects into people’s healing,” she said. “A lot of times, especially in the western world, we dwell on the physical aspects of our healing.”

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Food Price Report 2015 forecasts overall increases up to 4 per cent Jennifer Westendorp

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The price of food is projected to increase faster than the rate of inflation for the second year in a row, according to the Food Price Report 2015, published by the Food Institute at the University of Guelph.

The report states that overall food prices will increase between 0.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent in 2015, over the rate of inflation.

The authors of the report include Sylvain Charlebois, Michael von Massow, Francis Tapon, Erna van Duren, Paul Uys, Warren Pinto and Amit Summan.

Von Massow, associate pro-

fessor in the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, said that although prices are generally going up faster than inflation, consumers can expect a slightly lower increase in 2015 than they saw in 2014.

Von Massow said there are reasons specific products go up in price, while others don’t.

“For pork and beef, there is a biological hangover, so to speak, from the droughts we experienced in the United States and Canada,” he said.

“Yields were very low, so feed prices went through the roof.

We saw herds shrink in size, especially beef herds. But it happened with pork as well.”

According to the report, overall food prices in 2014 rose 2.8 per cent, with the greatest increases in meat (12.4 per cent) and fish (5.9 per cent).

The report states that constrained supply in the market has caused additional upwards pressures on beef and pork prices.

“Real cattle prices are at its highest since the 1980’s, and hog prices at its highest since the mid-1990’s,”the report states.

According to the report, the trend of soaring meat prices comes as a result of an increase in slaughter fees from 2012 and more recent incidents of porcine diseases that reduce supply in global hog

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This graph, published by the Food Institute at the University of Guelph, illustrates the change in food prices from 2004 to 2014. markets.

“The coronavirus PED (porcine epidemic diarrhea) spread to vast populations of Canadian piglets, causing short-term hikes in pork prices throughout barbeque season,” states the report.

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Von Massow said the reason food prices increased so much in 2014 was due to a

few bad years in crop production.

“It takes time to rebuild,” von Massow said. “Demand is high and supply is low, so prices go up.”

Von Massow said the herds are now rebuilding and although there are still tight supplies, hopefully it will improve going forward.

“Changes in weather and climate are expected to have significant implications for

food markets in the long term,” the report states. “As droughts have been increasing in recent years, the impact of climate conditions and catastrophic weather events increasingly creates upward pressures on food prices.”

He said the price of fruits and vegetables are largely driven by the Canadian dollar, which he explained has dropped in value roughly 10 per cent.

“This drop is value makes fruits and vegetables, which are largely imported during the winter months, more expensive to buy,” von Massow said. “Lower fuel costs will lower transportation costs, but the Canadian dollar is still impacting the price.”

The report states a significant proportion of Canadian food is imported and events such as the drought in California affect domestic retail prices of food.

The report also mentions the dropping value of the Canadian dollar, which will have upward pressure on produce prices, as import levels tend to increase during the winter and spring.

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Consumers favour smaller stores, local produce Continued from page 12

The Food Price Report 2015 forecasts that the price of meat and fish will increase between three and five per cent, while dairy and eggs will remain stable. Grains will increase between by up to two per cent, fruit and nuts will increase between one and three per cent and vegetables will increase between three and five per cent.

“With decreased feed and fuel prices expected in 2015, meat prices will stabilise and will not soar as in years prior,” the report states.

Competition improves prices

Von Massow said the reason the price of dairy and grains has remained relatively stable is due to competition between grocery chains, who sell dairy and grain products as a loss-leader to draw consumers into their stores.

“We have supply management in Canada (regarding dairy), which moderates some of the highs and

lows we see in other commodities,” he said. “It’s profound in highly populated areas, where there is significant competition, but less in rural communities where there are not as much options available to consumers.”

He said it is hard to predict food prices on a year over year basis, but he feels the rate of increase will slow going into 2016.

Von Massow said the Food Institute looks at both retail prices and buying behaviours when determining projected food prices.

“People are thinking differently about food than they used to,” he said. “They respond to price increases in different ways, for example some people will buy less beef or less expensive cuts of beef.”

The report explained that producers package sizes smaller as a way to pass on a price increase to consumers without notable changes in prices.

The report explained that correlation between food price inflation and job availability evidences the province-to-province variance in consumer prices, with higher food

prices in places with booming economies.

“A lot of people are buying better quality food and if you do it in the smart way, then it doesn’t have to cost more, but some things still do,” von Massow said. “As consumers, it’s fine for us to make that choice.”

“Consumer attitudes towards meat are changing – with an emergence of ‘flexitarianism’: a plant-based diet with less frequent inclusion of meat, as a less rigid form of vegetarianism,” von Massow said.

Smaller stores

The report stated that Canadians are yearning for smaller stores.

“Retailers are now responding to those sentiments by moving store models to one of a local grocery store,” the report states.

The report explained Canada’s food manufacturing industry remains a strong economic force despite global pressures, amid increasing multinational firms entering the Canadian market.

“Dollar depreciation on the Canadian food industry will require working with governments to sustain favourable environments for not only affordable food production, but also supporting Canadian consumers to eat local,” the report states.

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Checking in on Donk and Gracie in their new home

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went to see Donkey and Gracie at their new home last weekend. As soon as he spotted me coming ‘round the bend, Donk came trotting down the path to meet me at the fence.

It was nice to see that. He recognized me and he was happy to see me. I pet him for a moment, and his new owner Terresa pointed out that he had had his hooves clipped.

“Wow. He’s never had that done before; at least not at our place!” I said.

Our farrier (the third and only successful one to trim the hooves on our big nervous Belgian) told us it couldn’t be done without a stockade.

Luckily the glacial moraine that Donkey trots over in our pasture in the summer usu-

DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife ally keeps his hooves trimmed down fairly well.

Terresa said the farrier just offered to take care of the donkey while he was there working with the horses. Donkey gave up the front feet fairly willingly but he never trusts anything that is going on where he can’t see, behind him.

So he kicked, and the farrier hung on to those back legs until Donkey got tired of swinging him back and forth.

Now he has four beautifully trimmed hooves. I told Terresa that Donkey learned that trick from the horse.

Our farrier has to ride her feet like he’s in the rodeo until she gets tired and lets him finish her pedicure.

While we continued to talk, Donkey lost interest and wandered away, back to the feeder. The sheep then moved in for some attention. Gracie wasn’t quite as anxious to see

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me, as she has acquired a new beau, Dodge (get it? He’s a ram). She was probably worried that my presence meant the end of her date. She came over for a quick pet on the nose and then took off down the meandering path with her new bff, who kept sniffing her neck and trying to jump up on her hind end.

She would slow down, turn around and wait for him to catch up, then take off again. He’s going to be exhausted by the time this mating season is through.

Big Mama, the matriarch ewe of the Triple B Ranch, was quite curious about the visitor. She is probably the biggest sheep I’ve ever seen.

While we fussed over her, Donkey decided he would come back for another visit.

As he approached we filmed him with my phone. Terresa commented on how handsome he is. I agreed.

I swear that Donkey knows our tone of voice because all that fawning made his head

swell a bit and as he passed the sheep he did a little flip kick in their general direction.

“Donkey!” I gasped.

“I have not seen him do that since he’s been here,” Terresa commented.

“Maybe it’s because I’m here,” I said. I think he was trying to assert his dominance over this portion of the farm population. I’m not sure how he would do with the horses on the other side of the fence but on this side, he’s the biggest of the bunch.

Jack, the little burro, came over for a pat and Donkey tossed his head at him to frighten him away. Jack didn’t stay around to challenge him.

So far Terresa says there has been no physical contact between the two guardians of the sheep.

I hope Donkey minds his manners or he’ll be getting his chain reattached to his halter very soon.

I like that he has his sheepguarding job back again, be-

cause that will keep him occupied. And he has Jack to keep him company. Donkey and Gracie have wonderful new owners who are very involved and attentive with their animals.

Terresa is full-time farming now so she will be around if Donkey tries anything sneaky, like opening the gate with his big, agile lips and letting all the animals out.

So far Jack has been the one gently removing the water heater out of the tank, probably because he was trying to find a way to pass the time on a quiet afternoon, or because he knew it would get him some attention.

I know it’s only a matter of time before Donk decides the younger and less experienced Jack should learn a thing or two about how to have fun on a sheep farm.

I don’t want to label him a bad influence but he does come with a warning label.

It reads, “trouble when bored.” dianafisher1@gmail.com www.theaccidentalfarmwife. blogspot.com.

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he beginning of a new year, for most of us, is a time to reflect on the year that has

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As a writer, I look back at many columns I should have done differently, and there are one or two which would have been better had they never seen the light of day. However, there is little that can be done about either case at this late date.

What I can do, with the gracious consent of my long suffering editor, is tell my readers a few of the things that continue to make my work both challenging and gratifying, and certainly interesting.

There were columns, some more than others, which elicited questions from readers on those people I write about.

Are they real? Did they ever exist? Where are they now?

Sometimes, to protect the innocent, I create a fictitious name, but the people I write about, did indeed exist in my early life, and the episode, did in fact happen. For instance, Marguerite (and I’m not stupid enough to call her by her right name) is really a compilation of all the bad little girls I went to school with over the years, and the episodes happened at various times and

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories in various places, but were in fact, actual.

Was there really a Velma, Joyce, Cecil, and a Miss Crosby? What about my rich Uncle Lou? Or my three brothers and my beloved sister Audrey? Was there an Aunt Lizzie who regularly augmented our meager wardrobes with a hand-me-down box from Regina? And what about my mischievous cousin Ronny? Where are these people now? Every one of the aforementioned were very much a part of my growing up on the farm at Northcote, and very, very real indeed.

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Just a few days ago I was sent a picture of a very young girl, curled up on a couch, reading a Mary Cook story.

And so I go into another year with gratitude and with hope. I am truly grateful to this paper for giving me the privilege of telling my stories.

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It is very gratifying to me to know the column is often recycled and sent off to faraway places, which in turn brings me mail from places I have never heard of, and introduces me to people who become friends. Two come to mind: A gentleman from Kitchener writes long, wonderful letters, describing in detail, his life, his home, his activities and his mission in life. His letter is wrapped around packets of imported teas as a token of appreciation for the joy he says the column brings him.

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Long before he married and had children of his own, he gave us much joy and bestowed on my mother countless good deeds to make her life easier on that farm in Renfrew County. If you still wonder if he did exist, you can ask his daughter Mary Lou Walker, who lives outside of Perth, and she will attest to

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Tree Ottawa hoping to plant one million trees alex.robinson@metroland.com

Tree Ottawa is asking Nepean residents to help reach their goal of planting one million trees by Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.

The project, which is part of non-profit Ecology Ottawa, hopes to engage residents across the city to help plant and protect trees.

“We need your help to

plant one million trees,” Velta Tomsons of Tree Ottawa told more than 20 residents at a workshop in Nepean on Jan. 20. “We’re not going to be able to do it by ourselves.”

Tree Ottawa was launched in October to fight emerald ash borer beetles which have ravaged the city’s ash trees since around 2008.

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Tree Ottawa has launched a number of workshops, like the one in Nepean, which the group hopes will energize local groups to get involved in the initiative.

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leaders in our neighborhoods across the city, and to mobilize that leadership to have co-ordinated teams,” Tomsons said.

Margaret Sambol of the General Burns Community Association has been co-ordinating with Tree Ottawa and the city to get more trees planted in a park in her community. She took a walk through the park with a city forester who made a tree plan that will be presented at a public consultation in February. The plan will then be finalized in the spring and the trees will be planted in the fall.

Ecology Ottawa has been so receptive and encouraging about anyone that’s excited about planting trees,” Sambol said at the workshop.

Sambol’s community association is also working to encourage people to plant on their private property and is hoping to hold a planting on Nepean Creek.

Tomsons asked others to contact her if they are interested in working in partner-

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“We need to do one-byone plantings, but we also need to do larger scale plantings,” she said. “We have the means to connect the dots between the people who have trees and people who have land.”

Planting trees is only half the fight, as they also need to be maintained and watered to make sure they survive, Tomsons said.

Tree Ottawa is also en-

couraging residents to adopt recently planted trees through a program on their website. Residents can adopt any tree that has been recently planted and take care of it so that it gets the proper care it needs.

“We can’t just plant trees.

We have to protect them,” Tomsons said. “Our trees really need to be taken care of so let’s take them into our own hands.” hose looking to get involved can learn more at ecologyottawa.ca/tree-ottawa.

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O-YA, ROSSS team up for second senior-youth event Emma Jackson

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Not every old man is grumpy, and not all kids are up to no good: that’s the message the Osgoode Youth Association and the Rural Ottawa

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a baking workshop, a catered dinner and a dessert social to give participants ample opportunity to get to know each other.

“It’s about developing intergenerational relationships that may not have existed before,” said O-YA’s executive director Nicole McKerracher. “It’s a chance to get to know another generation in another way, and I think that’s missing these days.

There’s this perception of ‘Those crazy kids, always up to no good.’”

There may be an 80-year age gap between some of the guests, but McKerracher said that didn’t stop last year’s group from having a blast.

“It was one of the best activities we did last year,” she said. “The seniors loved it; we had so many requests to run it again. It was really great.”

Last year’s party was run in the daytime with baking and an art workshop, but this year’s party will take place in the evening, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

The baking workshop is where most of the magic happens; McKerracher said last year’s event was incredibly collaborative, with seniors and youth both learning new tricks for making pastry and other baked goods.

“It was very hands on and very collaborative between the youth and the seniors,” she said.The addition of a dessert social this year will add more informal avenues to foster connections. “(Program co-ordinator Carley Scharf) and I are developing some ice breaker activities so they can really get to know each other a little bit more, and hopefully they’ll maintain that connection afterwards,” McKerracher said.

The event is covered by the city’s civic events funding program, which supports civic holiday celebrations that “develop community cohesion,” according to the city’s website.

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Despite that, it’s not even so large to accommodate important meetings; when the community comes together to discuss major issues, it’s often packed to capacity.

The former Manotick Community Association had a local architect draw preliminary designs for an upgrade seven years ago, but until now there has been no movement at the city level to go forward with the project, according to a letter MCPRA president Noel Norenius sent to Moffatt in the fall.

Moffatt is now on board in principle, but the scope of the project still needs to be hammered out before the city secures any funding, he said.

“What we have to do right now is get a Class C estimate for what the arena project would be so we have a better idea of what the costs are,” Moffatt said.

“Right now we have a more high level one and it’s not into detail so it’s harder to nail down a budget until we actu-

ally have a better idea.”

In the past, the city has put the project at about $1.3 million, including the cost of decommissioning the septic system and hooking the arena to city services.

The recreation association has also acquired quotes of its own, more in the range of $450,000 to $650,000, but at least in the case of Minto’s $450,000 quote from October, that doesn’t include septic decommissioning, permits, municipal fees or design fees.

So far the community has raised $10,000 since the Christmas holidays, including two corporate donations of more than $2,000 each from the Osgoode-Rideau Minor Hockey Association and the Manotick Masters 50+ Hockey League.

O’Neil said he doesn’t think they’ll have a problem hitting their goal by year’s end.

“There’s enough desire within the community for families, not just corporations.

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The donation categories include Corporate ($2,000 and more), VIP ($1,000 to $1,999), and Individual ($500 to $999).

They’ve also enlisted a team of Algonquin College students in the architecture technology program to create detailed designs of the newly expanded arena.

O’Neil said the goal is to have city funding secured in the 2016 budget, with shovels in the ground in the spring of 2017.

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Orléans trio Ivanie Blondin, Vincent de Haitre and Rachel Homan were all out of town, travelling to compete. Blondin and de Haitre, speed skaters who won female and male athlete of the year respectively, were both at a world cup event in Europe, and Homan, who leads the Rachel Homan rink, (named female team of the year), was also out of town. All were represented by their parents.

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“I couldn’t be happier than to have him by my side receiving this award.”

Both competed in the Winter Olympics, and Blondin has had an amazing season on the World Cup circuit – she’s currently ranked first in the world in the mass start event.

De Haitre is a double threat, as an international competitor in both speed skating and cycling, competing in the Commonwealth Games as a cyclist following his Olympic debut at only 19.

“It makes it that much more special,” de Haitre said of being honoured alongside Blondin. “Two local athletes from the same club who both move to Calgary, join the national team, reach our goals by making it to the Olympics, and now we’re looking forward to a long road ahead.”

The Cumberland native has also trained with the Ottawa Bicycle Club. He credited his dual sport success to youthful enthusiasm and ‘ignorance is bliss.’

Blondin said winning the award named after another Ottawa successful speed skater – Kristina Groves – was special for her. Groves was a multi-time winner of the award.

“Seeing that she’s gotten it in the past, to me, it makes it a little bit more meaningful. It’s almost as if I’m following in her footsteps, and I

guess if I’m female athlete of the year, it means I’m on the right track,” Blondin said. “It’s cool for me to be able to say I’m that much closer to potentially being a world champion and being half as great as Kristina Groves was.”

The Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team won the male team of the year award – an honour they’ve taken home nine of the past 12 years.

The Rachel Homan rink also repeated as the female team of the year award winners, which they’ve won four of the past five years.

Male coach of the year was also from men’s basketball, but this time from the University of Ottawa, as James Derouin, the Gee-Gees66 years.pdf coach, took home the award. The Ottawa native captained the Gee-Gees as a player years ago.

The female coach of the year was Kanata’s Claudette Faubert. The Special Olympics track and field team coach works with one third of the athletes who were selected for the national team for next year’s Special Olympics World Games. The volunteer coach is also a Special Olympics snowshoeing coach.

While the major award winners were announced, one athlete from every single sport as well as athletes from every team that won a provincial or national title were also honoured.

In all, more than 100 awards given out to the city’s best amateur athletes.

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Vernon Winter Carnival, hosted by the Vernon Community Association and the army cadets. Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday there will be outdoor games and at 1:30 p.m. enjoy a hockey game with the cadets. On Sunday, enjoy a brunch between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Adults $7 each, children six to 10 $4 each. Children under six eat free. 11 a.m. church service by the Osgoode Baptist/ Vernon United Church Rev. Joyce Trask.

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