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Cancer vaccine research receives funding boost Erin McCracken

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A research team at the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus is trying to develop a cancer vaccine by pairing the measles and Maraba viruses.

“It will be the very first time that two oncolytic (cancer-killing) replicating

viruses will be combined,” said Dr. Guy Ungerechts, a physician-scientist, who is researching the powers of the virus duo.

It was his longtime work with the measles virus that prompted Ottawa Hospital senior scientist John Bell to recruit him from Germany.

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Power of virus therapies offers hope for future cancer remissions Continued from page 1

Oncolytic viruses – viruses specifically designed to melt or break up cancer cells – are not a new concept.

“Since 100 years ago, there were some case reports and first evidence that these viruses can actually work against cancer,” Ungerechts said, referring to cases in which a patient’s cancer went into partial remission after they became infected with the measles virus.

Research indicates that when the measles virus is injected directly into a tumour, it not only kills cancer cells, the virus replicates and also unleashes a cancer patient’s immune system, giving it the boost it needs to fight off future cancer cells.

“We have some evidence from our mice work that we can actually vaccinate against cancer,” said Ungerechts, who relocated from Germany to Ottawa last March.

Pairing two viruses – the measles virus with the Maraba virus, first identified in Brazilian sandflies, – to create a cancer-fighting duo is something Ungerechts’ mentor, Bell, is pioneering.

Last year, Bell’s team announced its combination treatment of the Maraba virus and the adenovirus (a form of the common cold virus) were entering a

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Dr. Guy Ungerechts, right, a physician-scientist at the Ottawa Hospital, speaks with senior scientist John Bell at the General campus’ Centre for Innovative Cancer Research. They are widely considered pioneers in cancerfighting viral therapy research. phase-one human clinical trial – a world’s first.

Ungerechts is hopeful his virus cocktail will take that one step further.

“By exchanging the adenovirus with the measles virus, I believe we have a much more stronger formal therapy because by itself the measles virus is a good oncolytic,” he said, referring to its cancer-killing abilities.

The measles virus can be administered directly into the tumour, while the adenovirus is injected into the muscle.

Another difference is

the measles virus replicates within the tumour, unlike the adenovirus, which does not have the same effect.

In a Mayo Clinic patient clinical trial involving the measles virus, a patient suffering from end-stage multiple myeloma – a type of blood cancer – was given a single shot of the measles virus last year.

Her cancer went into complete remission for more than six months.

“It was overwhelming,” Ungerechts said of the results. “Even in Germany my phone was ringing all the

time because people know that I’m working with measles, and everybody wanted to get cured by a single shot of measles virus. But it’s not that easy.”

Such work is decades in the making and there are many steps before such a therapy gets to the clinical trial stage.

It is also expensive work.

Ungerechts’ research recently caught the attention of the Terry Fox Research Institute, which awarded him a $450,000 New Investigator grant over the next three years. Ungerechts is also receiving funding from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

“So the new immunotherapy approaches and oncolytic virus therapies ... it (raises) some of the hope that we have really something which is paradigmshifting … because what we have observed in the last years is that with certain types of immunotherapy we can get ongoing, long-term

trial in the next three years.

And while it may give some people hope that a treatment can soon be developed, he said at this early stage that hope may be premature.

“I’m always afraid that we give many patients too much hope at a very early time, so we need to be careful,” Ungerechts said. “It needs to be a balance.”

Patients seeking information about the Maraba clinical trial can go online to bit.ly/1o3rzZv.

remissions with cancers,” he said.

The right therapy means not just relying on traditional cancer treatments.

“There’s a problem with ... our substances we use for cancer treatments. It doesn’t matter if it’s a virus or any chemotherapy or therapeutic,” Ungerechts said.

“For most of the solid tumours, we don’t have any cures if it’s a late-stage cancer.”

Ungerechts hopes his virus duo will go to clinical

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Best anti-ISIL narrative has been smiling Syrian families abroad Former ambassador to Syria speaks at Rotary-hosted event Brier Dodge

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With videos and reports of terrible attacks and bombings going on in Syria, the best anti-ISIL media images have been the photos of smiling families, said the former ambassador to Syria.

“There hasn’t been a better narrative against ISIL

and the terror they have committed in the region than the smiling faces of those refugees coming off the plane, and the people who have welcomed them,” said Alexandra Bugailiskis, who served as Canada’s ambassador to Syria from 1997 to 2000.

“Just the average Canadian who has opened their houses and their homes and told them they are welcome.

They’ve left that airport being permanent residents, what a powerful statement.”

Bugailiskis spoke at a diplomatic reception for Syrian refugees hosted on Feb. 2 at

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Shadi Al-Dakhil, a refugee who has been in Canada for 10 months, provided a bit more of that narrative with his wife and four children – including seven month old Stephane, who was born in Canada, by his side.

He talked about the difficulty his family faced in Syria: he was shot in the leg while on his way to work, the children changed schools three times in one year because of bombings at the schools, his wife would have to hide the children under the bed or in the washroom, and his best friend was killed when a bomb went off in his house.

Even after the family, split into two groups, made the long journey to Lebanon, he didn’t think about resettling anywhere else because it seemed like such a long shot.

“I said, what? Canada?

You don’t (even) dream (of that). I can go to Canada?

No, no, that’s impossible,” he said he told his friend when first asked about the possibility of coming here.

He didn’t know that there was a man in Ottawa, also named Shadi – Shadi AlKhalil – was who working to help connect the most

vulnerable families with sponsor groups in Ottawa.

He connected the Al-Dakhil family with Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish in Kanata.

The family is now safe in Kanata, in a rental apartment with donated winter boots and clothes, the children in school and fluent in English, and Shadi is working at a grocery store in the afternoons while he studies English in the mornings.

“When we arrived to Toronto we feel wow, we are in Canada,” Shadi Al-Dakhil said.

“You feel wow, this is the country where I will live, with these nice people. Our church, thank you, thank you, thank you – they give us everything. We have a team who have helped us. Who drive us, who give us clothing, who give us money, who teach the kids. I think God everything is okay.”

His daughter Syriana broke out in a big smile when her father mentioned she’s now enrolled in gymnastics; Sofi said her older brother and her are excited to play soccer for the second year this summer.

For 13-year-old Sofi, she said she realized how kind Canadian people are when an ambulance drove by,

and the car she was in with friends all started to pray for the unknown person inside.

“Oh my gosh, they’re so nice. Canadian people are so nice,” Sofi said.

“I was so impressed.”

Bugailiskis said Canadians should expect to see Syrian families integrate well in Canada, based on her time as ambassador.

“I learned the words generosity and hospitality in meeting the Syrian people,” she said. “They would give you their last cup of tea, or their last teaspoon of sugar.

They’re coming from a society that up until recently was open and tolerant. But we all knew there was a nasty underling to the country, and it was the government that did not respect democracy, human rights.”

Bugailiskis, who spoke to a crowd that included multiple diplomats and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum, explained why it’s important that Canada has helped bring refugees here, but has also provided support for those in refugee camps.

“We cannot have a lost generation, that will lead to more radicalization and terrorism,” she said, speaking of the families who remain

overseas.

“So part of it is this very key element … to also make sure those who are left in the region are well looked after and can survive, and are given the skills, the hope, the education, that will let them come back.”

There are many refugees who have moved to communities that are suddenly flooded with a population influx and have needed support to be able to deal with sometimes millions more people.

“This is really our investment in our future, not only for the Syrians and their future,” she said.

“But in our future to say we will not allow terror and evil to overcome and we will fight it, not just through military means but through humanity.”McCallum said there are up to five airplanes a day carrying refugees to Canada, and the challenge is now to make sure that the refugees are properly received and settled.

At the end of the event, the Rotary Club of Ottawa, which hosted the event, announced the club has raised $33,000.

The money was presented to the Christ Church Cathedral to support brining more refugees to Ottawa.

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The Do It For Daron web sites states, “DIFD is about inspiring conversations, raising awareness, and transforming youth mental health”.

This organization was chosen by the students in the class at GES. The students will raise money by running two projects. The first project is the manufacture of a “cookbook” containing many delicious recipes as well as information concerning mental health. In addition the students will be holding a “paint nite.” Working on the two projects simultaneously will allow the students to witness first-hand the differences between creating a product and providing a ser-

to participate by sending your favourite recipe(s) to lisa.allen@ocdsb.ca. In addition, tickets for Paint Nite can be purchased online at http://paintnite. com/pages/events/view/ ottawa/1043230.

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Jansen brothers adopt dog from Big Sky Ranch following Bobby Ryan’s goal Jennifer Westendorp

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The power of love knows no borders.

The Jansen brothers of Ottawa, Cole and Reece, adopted their dog Bobby from Big Sky Ranch in Kemptville following a goal by Ottawa Senators player Bobby Ryan on Jan. 24 against the New York Rangers.

According to the Ottawa Sun, the two boys spent years trying to convince their parents to get a dog. Their dad, Warren Jansen, finally gave in and said if Ryan scored a goal that fateful Sunday, they could have a dog.

The boys went to the game, bringing with them a sign that read ‘Bobby, Dad said if you score, we get a puppy!”

As fate would have it, Ryan did score, and the puppy turned out to be a rescue dog formerly known as Jeb from Big Sky Ranch.

The story of Bobby

Bobby is a three-year-old husky mix and how he came to be at Big Sky Ranch is a story unto itself.

Bobby is from The Animal Shelter in Anniston, Alabama.

He is one of The Big Six – five dogs from Alabama and one from Atlantic City who were sent to BSR in the hopes of finding a home.

The rehoming of The Big Six – Zuko, Spencer, Pebbles, Jeb, Jumbo and Molly – was a joint effort between BSR and Susie’s Senior Dogs, a non-profit organization in New York committed to finding homes for dogs.

“These dogs were kept in kennels for years,” explained Andy Parent, BSR Founder.

“Susie’s Senior Dogs contacted us and asked if we’d be able to help find them homes.” He explained in the southern United States, most people prefer pure bred dogs and mutts are rarely adopted.

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The Jansen’s picked up their new dog Bobby from Big Sky Ranch in Kemptville on Jan. 31. From left, Warren Jansen, Amber Kirkwood and Reece Jansen. tation of The Big Six. Big Sky Ranch’s role was to find them all homes. Which they did - within days. The dogs arrived at BSR on Jan. 30.

All six of the dogs are now spoken for. The last remaining member of The Big Six at BSR - a seven-year-old female retriever mix named Pebbles - has been the subject of calls from Montreal, Whitby and Boston. She is expected to be homed by the weekend of Feb. 6 and 7.

“These are animals who spent most of their lives in shelters and now they have homes and owners that love them,” said Parent. “Zuko had been in a shelter since 2008 and Molly’s been in the shelter for six years.”

Following the arrival of the dogs at BSR, the organization’s Facebook page immediately began receiving comments about The Big Six, commending Canada for their efforts to save lives.

Many people from the United States wrote comments such as ‘Canada Rocks,’ ‘You Canadians are just something else!’ and ‘Way to go Canada.’

“The big thing was to find them homes and we did – in four days,” said Parent. “The girls from the shelter in Anniston were crying; they couldn’t believe we found them all homes so quickly.”

The cross border effort to

rehome dogs was a resounding success.

“This place is right in North Grenville’s backyard and it’s amazing how we’ve touched people’s lives everywhere.”

The Big Six have inspired Parent to partner with Susie’s Senior Dogs again and likely take five dogs from Miami in the near future.

“People might say we have enough dogs here that need homes, but we find all our dogs home, so why not help out organizations that are struggling to do so,” he said.

Upcoming fundraiser for BSR

A fundraising dance for Big Sky Ranch, featuring entertainment from Ambush, is being held at Matilda Hall in Dixon’s Corners on Feb. 13.

Tickets are available at the door and cost $15. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. All proceeds go towards helping to feed, shelter and care for the animals at BSR. For more information about BSR or to donate, visit www.bigskyranch.ca, the BSR Facebook page or call (613)-258-7118.

“Winter is a hard time for us,” said Parent. “We don’t have as many visitors and I know times are hard, but the animals still need to be fed.

These aren’t my animals either, but they still need help.”

Teens fall through ice near Vimy Bridge is going to be thick enough to walk on,” Raymond said.

“And this year was a bit different.” The fire department gets about 10 calls each winter reporting people falling through ice.

It’s still too early to tell at this point whether the department can expect to see an increase in such reports due to the fluctuating temperatures so far this winter.

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He considers the teens fortunate that they didn’t suffer more severe health issues, since it doesn’t take long for hypothermia to set in.

“You’re muscles tie up and it does affect your ability to self-rescue,” he said.

“I think you’re always putting yourself at risk at any time you’re immersed in cold water. “It’s not a chance that anybody should be taking.”

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no matter how cold the winter weather has been.

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One teenage boy was treated for minor hypothermia after he fell through the ice and into the frigid waters of the Rideau River just north of Vimy Memorial Bridge.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Feb. 2 around 4:21 p.m., after a witness on the Barrhaven side of the river said he saw two teens fall into the water up to their shoulders.

They managed to get out on their own, said Bruce Raymond, assistant deputy fire chief.

The two teenagers, accompanied by another teen, had reportedly been walking on the ice when they fell, closer to the eastern shoreline.

The water rescue team from the Riverside South fire station arrived on scene by 4:30 p.m. and spotted the trio on the ice as they made their way from the shoreline to the bridge following their fall.

“Two were wet up to the shoulders,” Raymond said.

The witness and his wife had met up with the trio and were trying to convince them not to return for their backpacks, which were still in the middle of the river.

The bags were eventually recovered by the water rescue team.

The decision was made to take the teens to nearby Station 44, a firehall in Barrhaven, where they were assessed and treated by paramedics.

Fire crews from that station, and others, had been called to the scene in the event responders needed help locating the youths and to serve as backup at the scene, said Raymond.

Only one of the wet teens required medical attention, said Ottawa paramedic spokesman J.P. Trottier, adding that none required hospitalization.

“We did a full assessment on this young man and nothing bad was found other than he was shivering deeply,” Trottier said.

The veteran paramedic said the incident serves as a good reminder why it’s important to stay off the ice,

“The message we’re trying to get out is it’s never safe to go out on the ice with the anomaly of the weather trend this year – that it’s even more dangerous to go on,” Raymond said.

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developer in north Kanata wants to develop land; no surprise there.

What’s surprising is the process, because it turns out the developer – KNL Developments Inc. – can destroy the habitat of protected species, and even kill any of that species present, as long as the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is satisfied that KNL will somehow provide a final outcome that benefits the protected species.

That could mean other land is set aside for the rare Blanding’s turtles, and that butternut tree seeds are collected and spread elsewhere.

If approved, KNL will bulldoze the land, cut down trees and blast into the bedrock for new pipes and wires.

It’s hard to see how running over protected turtles with bulldozers or chopping down rare trees could end up benefiting said flat turtles and dead trees, but that’s how the system works.

Those are the laws our elected representatives at Queen’s Park have enacted on our behalf.

We are told we should be satisfied.

The public has a chance to provide comments, but bizarrely does not get to know what

KNL will do in return for killing protected species.

The developer need only provide ideas of what it might do.

In a sick version of Let’s Make a Deal, the contestants (the public) can ask to keep what they have (rare turtles, trees etc.) or choose Door Number 1, all without any certainty of what they’re trading for.

On the game show someone wins a car or gets a gag gift. What Natural Resources and Forestry offers is the status quo or possibly dead stuff and some kind of mitigation elsewhere.

No sane person could favour the latter option. And no one at all could make an informed decision without all the facts.

The public is being asked to comment, but those comments are clearly not valued, not even worth the paper they’re printed on.

The process is flawed.

The system doesn’t work.

It’s up to our elected representatives to fix it or we can all play Let’s Make a Change when the next election is called.

Ask and ye shall receive

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here are fresh developments in the ongoing saga of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism.

The new government, having determined that the memorial should be different from that originally imagined and on a different site, has now asked Canadians for their thoughts on the matter. This takes the form of a brief questionnaire on the Department of Canadian Heritage website.

The government should know by now that nothing good can come of asking the people what they think, at least not on the Internet. It has only to think of John Scott, or Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf.

We all know about Scott, the intended victim of online pranksters who wanted to make a mockery of

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town the National Hockey League’s allstar ballot, which allowed people to vote online as many times as they wanted. Scott, a journeyman enforcer who spent most of his time on the bench, was selected, after some Internet goading, as an all-star by the fans, causing considerable embarrassment and some questionable maneuvers by league officials. Only his good nature and the generous support of his teammates prevented an unhappy ending for him.

An unhappy ending for the

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NHL bureaucracy was not averted.

The practice of using the Internet to mock and bully goes way back. Its first notable appearance was in 1998, when the web was new and people were discovering creative and not-so-constructive ways of using it. That was when People magazine decided to put its 50 Most Beautiful People poll online.

It was not a smart decision, although few realized it until it was too late. The winner by a landslide of People magazine’s Most Beautiful People award was Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a character on Howard Stern’s controversial television program and the subject of a mischievous write-in campaign.

A professional wrestler finished second. Leonardo DiCaprio was third.Pranksters are out there and the Internet is a powerful weapon for them. Does Canadian Heritage know this? Canadian Heritage’s questionnaire is quite simple, ad-

mirably short and asks some good questions. Responders are asked to choose among a list of objectives.

They are asked what they think the “visitor experience” should be.

They are asked about the scale of the memorial. And they are given an open-ended opportunity to enter any other thoughts they might have about the design.

Here is where disaster lurks.

Here’s where the goofy ideas come in, the politically motivated and the just plain silly. Get ready for it.

And in a way it would serve the government right. The memorial, whatever form it takes, will be art and you don’t create art by public opinion survey.

Picasso didn’t survey his audience before putting paint to canvas.

Michelangelo didn’t ask anybody what David should look like. The Group of Seven didn’t ask the public whether they should be Seven or perhaps Eight.

It is easy to see the government’s

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motivation and, in a way, applaud it. Had the Harper government asked people what they thought before going ahead with the monument plan, there never would have been a monument plan.

This will be small consolation for the present government, however, when it finds itself facing an urgent popular demand for a memorial to the victims of John Scott.

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Ottawa laboratory grows human apple slice Adam Kveton

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The apple has been a source of inspiration for the human race for hundreds, even thousands of years.

Sir Isaac Newton is purported to have gleaned the effect of gravity from the falling fruit in the mid-1600s.

Then there is, of course, original sin, and, more recently, Apple computers.

At a University of Ottawa science lab, artists and scientists have come up with a new innovation using the fruit.

By removing the cells from a slice of apple but leaving the cellulose “scaffolding,” achieved using a very simple technique, lab researchers were able to then implant human cells and grow them inside the framework of the

apple.

“We just tried it, and the amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Andrew Pelling, the associate professor who runs the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation.

The technique behind the whole thing is actually rather simple, he said. So much so that Pelling didn’t patent the technique.

Instead he released the information on how to do it so that not just scientists, but anyone interested in doing it themselves could try.

He envisions the do-ityourself culture taking hold of the technique and changing the way people work with their own bodies in the future.

“Instead of somebody hacking together some proj-

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University of Ottawa associate professor Andrew Pelling, founder of the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation, holds up a $1,000 piece of bio-material in his right hand, and an apple slice containing human cells in the other.

He and his researchers are working to prove that pieces of decellularized apple can be used just as well as bio-material to help human bodies repair themselves, and for much less money.

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Pelling and his students ended up developing their technique using an apple quite by accident. In fact, they had been trying to do the same thing with discarded meat, getting rid of cells in the meat and growing another animal’s cells in the leftover structure.

“We were collaborating with butchers and using rotten meat and stuff that you would throw out; it’s garbage,” said Pelling.

“You pull all the cells out

of that tissue and flesh, and what you are left with is a protein scaffold just like the studs in a house.”

“Because we were realizing we could actually do some combinations of a mouse heart and put dog cells into it or whatever, (we thought) ‘Why can’t we use plants?’” an even cheaper material.

So the lab began experimenting with leaves, but it turned out they were too waxy for the decellularization process. That’s because the process for getting rid of the existing cells is to stir the material in soap and water, albeit for an extended period of time.

“Yeah, soap and water.

Crazy, crazy stuff,” Pelling said with a laugh.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa on February 10, 2016 established its intention to designate the Flewellyn Jones House, 5897 Fernbank Road under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value.

Description of Property The Flewellyn/Jones House, 5897 Fernbank Road, is a one-and-one-half storey stone farmhouse located in the west end of Ottawa in former Goulbourn Township.

Statement of Cultural Value or Interest The Flewellyn/Jones House has cultural heritage value for its contextual value as an important reminder of the historic agricultural character of Goulbourn Township, design value as a 19th century farmhouse and historical value for its association with the Flewellyn family and the early settlement of Goulbourn Township.

The Flewellyn/Jones House has design value as a good example of a Gothic Revival farmhouse built in the late 19th century to replace the earlier log house built when the land was first settled.

Typical of this style, it features decorative bargeboard trim, a steeply pitched gable roof, segmental arched windows and a veranda with wooden trim. The Flewellyn/Jones House is one of several houses in this area constructed with a similar plan. It features the same decorative bargeboard and layout as the Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive which was constructed one year later and may have been built by the same stone mason.

The Flewellyn/Jones House has historical value for its association with the Flewellyn family, a prominent family in early Goulbourn Township who owned the house from the time of construction until the 1950s. The Flewellyn family came immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1863 and this property is associated with the settlement and farming of this area by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the mid-19th century.

OBJECTIONS Any person wishing to object to this designation may do so by letter, outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information. This letter must be received by the Clerk of the City of Ottawa either by registered mail or personally delivered within 30 days of the publication of this notice. When a notice of objection has been received, the Council of the City of Ottawa will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a hearing and a report.

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Notice of Completion of Transit Project Assessment Process Trillium Line Extension The City of Ottawa has completed an Environmental Project Report in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Trillium Line Extension Planning and Environmental Assessment study.

The Project The City of Ottawa has developed a plan to extend and expand the City’s existing diesel-powered O-Train Trillium Line service from Greenboro Station to Bowesville Road and to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

The plan includes options to service the growing communities of Riverside South and Leitrim, the Airport and adjacent lands. The plan also incorporates new stations on the existing line at Gladstone Avenue and Walkley Road and a relocated station at Confederation Heights.

Impacts to private property are anticipated to be limited to the areas adjacent to the proposed Lester Road and Leitrim Road grade separations.

The Process The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report (EPR) prepared according to the Transit Project Assessment Process as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings. The EPR documents the entire study process, including a description of the planned project, its anticipated environmental impacts, and the project’s consultation program.

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If you have discussed your issues with the proponent and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change no later than February 22, 2016 to the address provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights.

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Audrey’s future in school comes into question

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ven though the Findlay Oval was pounding out ferocious heat, I felt a coldness in the kitchen, which had nothing to do with the fast-burning wood diminishing in the stove, or the drafts coming from the frost covered windows.

I sensed it as soon as I sat down at the supper table.

It looked like my beloved sister Audrey had been crying. And Father’s Grace was shorter than usual.

Everyone was quiet.

Even my rambunctious brothers, who usually jabbed elbows when they took their place behind the supper table on the long bench under the grapearbour window, sat like stones.

What was happening?

Why was everyone so quiet? Mother broke the long silence.

“It may not be for long,”

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories she said, looking at Audrey. “Once we get straightened away, you could quit.”

Quit what? I knew I was too young to be caught up in serious talk, but wasn’t I old enough to know what was obviously happening to my sister to cause tears, and turn the kitchen into a room of such coldness?

Sitting beside Audrey, I reached over and took her hand without saying a word, and looked up at her.

“I may have to go into Renfrew to work.” Now the tears started to run down her cheeks like little rivers. “But you can’t. You are

still in school!” I said.

It was Father who brought the whole issue to a head. And as I listened I knew it wasn’t only for my benefit. He was trying to make sense of what was happening.

There just was no money. It was as simple as that.

It was the dead of winter, and there were no vegetables to sell, the egg-laying had slowed down; just enough for our own table. Mother’s blue jug was empty.

It had been a bad few months, Father said. There were bills to pay: Briscoe’s General Store, Scott’s Hard-

ware, and a small bill owing at Ritza’s Drug Store.

Father went on. I knew it wasn’t for my benefit, but just to repeat what everyone else already knew: we needed money to get through the rest of the winter.

Father and Everett were getting a few Saturday’s work at Helferty’s bush, but that only paid a dollar a day. Emerson and Earl were left to do the chores.

Going into Renfrew every Saturday with homemade soap, sticky buns and a few eggs did little to fill the blue jug.

Not only for my benefit, I knew, but to once more try to justify what was happening, Mother tried to explain.

The woman who ran the beauty parlour would take Audrey on to do housework, and help look after her growing family.

She would live with them, work seven days a week,

and earn a few dollars which she would hand over to Mother and Father, and perhaps, Mother said, she may be able to keep a dollar for herself occasionally.

Now, I was crying too.

“But what about school?” I asked. “Audrey is in the Entrance Class. How can you ask her to quit school when she only has a few more months to go?”

No one had an answer.

And there wasn’t much supper being eaten either.

I looked at the half-filled plates, and knew most of what was left would be going into the big granite soup pot on the back of the stove.

After the kitchen had been redded up, and the red-checked oilcloth wiped clean, no one made a move to enjoy the usual nighttime activities around the table.

Father moved to the rocking chair by the stove,

but the Ottawa Farm Journal lay across his knees unopened. Even Mother made no effort to bring her beloved diaries down from the cupboard.

The only sound came from Emerson playing with a deck of cards, snapping one down after another onto the table, gathering them up, and starting all over again.

Father got up and began getting the Findlay Oval ready for the night. Using the iron poker, he jabbed away at the fire bed, laying down a big log from the wood box inside, and moving the rocking chair away from the heat, something he did every night before we went to our beds.

Long before our usual time, we headed upstairs, Audrey leading the way with the coal oil lamp.

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The moon shone bright on the eve of calving season

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our cows are not speaking to each other, the Farmer commented as he sat down to dinner.

“Huh? How do you know? What happened?”

“They are separated.

Scattered around the field.

Each in their own corner.

And some have wandered into the next field. They aren’t getting along and they don’t want to be together. I think someone’s about to calve.”

Masters of deception, our cows, we are rarely convinced they are pregnant until suddenly there is a calf standing beside them.

It isn’t until the last day or two of gestation that their usual round girth gets accessorized with a swollen udder.

This scattering to all corners of the field has me worried.

It has been a full moon

DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife lately, lighting the snowcovered fields at night but what if one of them goes into labour in the pitch dark and we can’t find the calf to help bring it to warm and dry shelter?

With temperatures above zero in the daytime we don’t have to be too concerned about the little ones freezing to death this year but it still isn’t a very good start, to be born on the cold, wet ground instead of in a warm, dry stall on the hay.

This is how my brain rambles, starting up the worry engine.

It was eight degrees above

zero today, and I decided my Christmas decorations looked sorely out of place.

As I cut the wires on the lights and ornaments, freeing them from the shrubs and the porch banister, the chickadees dive-bombed my head.

They have decided they like the shrub with the lights on it as it is warm. I feel bad taking the lights off, but they’ve got to go. Christmas is over and it feels like spring.

I fill the bird feeder and feel the brush of wings around my head as the tiny birds light on the window

ledge beside me. I cover my palm with black-oiled sunflower seeds and hold my hand outstretched. Standing perfectly still, I wait.

A blue jay lands on the overhead wires and mocks me.

“Hey lady. Whatcha doin’ with the seeds?” The big blue bully has scared away the more tame chickadees for the time being. I watch as he hops around the mouth of the abandoned doghouse, looking for kibble. It used to be his favourite snack, and Cody let him steal all the time. He won’t be so lucky if he tries that with Chelsea.

I have a tiny new puncture wound on the back of my hand and a bruise on my knuckle. I got it while trying to spend quality time with our senior-citizen Border Collie. I have a hard time thinking of her as old because she has so much

energy, but she is at least ten. She has always been particularly snappy, so we have kept her at the barn.

I am trying to get her more accustomed to me so perhaps she will learn she doesn’t need to bite. The Farmer says I should just let her be. But I’m stubborn.

I unhooked her chain and led her from the barn to the house, so she could trot along at my side as I did work in the yard.

She is quite happy to be fed and patted briefly on the head but if you tarry a little too long in her close proximity, you’re going to get bitten.

Today I decided to take her chain off her collar, as it kept getting stuck in the porch boards. I knew I was going to get a bite long before her razor sharp teeth sunk into my hand.

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the adrenalin rush. Off her chain, she happily ran along beside me, wagging her tail and smiling.

She took a snack that I placed before her, and accepted a pat on her head.

She is quite pleasant if you play by her rules. I let the Farmer put her back on her chain at the end of our afternoon together.

I wonder what goes through that pointed little head of hers. She might be afraid of me, but I know she is extremely smart so I’m hoping we will get past that.

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There were plenty of camera flashes and smiles as athletes from almost every sport in the city accepted awards on Jan. 27 at Algonquin College at the annual Ottawa Sports Awards.

The top performer in each sport, ranging from athletics to wrestling to figure skating, were presented with a plaque at the banquet.

Not every athlete was present, as some – such as the female athlete of the year winner Melissa Bishop– are away, training or competing.

The runner won a silver medal in the 800-metre event at the 2015 world championships.

“If you’re a runner or anybody in sport or chasing after dreams in general, I’d like to say continue on. Enjoy the ride,” said Bishop in a press release. “It’s not going to happen overnight. It took me almost 15 years to get here, so enjoy the ride. The ups and downs will come, but I promise all the hard work is totally worth it.”

The male athlete of the year also had a 2015 with a silver lining. Despite currently being injured, Nepean High School graduate Dustin Cook won a silver medal at the World Alpine Ski Championship last year.

Normally, the Mont-Ste-Marie, Que. athlete would be away and training as well at this time of year, but he’s currently rehabilitating a knee injury. He gave his recovery one-and-a-half thumbs up when asked by presenters how it was going.

He also had a ski trail named in his honour at his home mountain in Quebec.

The teams of the year were both highly successful, and repeat winners of the award. The Rachel Homan curling rink won the women’s team of the year honours, and the Carleton Ravens basketball team won the men’s team of the year award.

Ottawa Lions coach Glenroy Gilbert won male coach of the year, and University of Ottawa women’s rugby coach Jen Boyd won the female coach of the year award.

Every year, a set of special major awards are presented to those who have made a significant contribution to sport in Ottawa, often off the field.

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Week In Review The Metcalfe Community Association (MCA) held its’ very first Town Hall in Metcalfe at the old Town Hall on Victoria street on Tuesday.

The meeting was a resounding success with a packed room full of residents eager to meet their new board members and hear what they had to say.

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Mayor Jim Watson, left, presents Findlay Creek gymnast Samuel Zakutney, centre, with the artistic gymnastics award alongside Ottawa Sports Awards board member Mike Scott during the Ottawa Sports Awards on Jan. 27 at Algonquin College. The senior national team member won a gold medal at the national championships last year and signed with Penn State University for the 2016-17 season.

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Also on hand was City staff from various areas to answer questions on issues that concerned them in the village such as speeding and road conditions. The acting board president, Natalie Elliott gave a quick overview of what they had accomplished to date and enlightened residents on what they were hoping to do over the next few months.

She emphasized that the board can only do so much with regards to manpower and encouraged people to get involved to lend a helping hand. Another board member, Marc Sauve also stressed how getting involved now, makes for a better community in the near future for not only them, but also their children. Volunteers are a vital part of any strong organization. Please get involved and give whatever time you are able to help this association grow. Time commitment does not have to be everyday or every week, sometimes it means simply helping out or taking on small projects. Visit their website for contact information.

It was a sincere pleasure of mine to be invited and speak to a group of young Scouts this week. Nick Hewko of Greely reached out to my office and made the request to do a presentation to his Scout group regarding what it is like to be in politics and the process of getting there. They were inquisitive about the life of a Councillor and what it entails on a day to day basis with regards to office staff, Ward information and how we all interact with Provincial and Federal levels politicians.

Maybe we will see some of these Scouts be our future local politicians now that they know more about elections and how municipal politics are extremely important in our day to day life.

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Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli presents Emma Miskew with the female team of the year award on behalf of her team, the Rachel Homan Ottawa Curling Club rink. The team has won female team of the year five teams in the past six years at the Ottawa Sports Awards, held this year on Jan. 27 at Algonquin College.

Miskew, a Brookfield High grad, also won the individual curling award.

Rowan Stringer’s parents receive inaugural spirit of sport award Continued from page 19

Gordon and Kathleen Stringer received a special award, the Spirit of Sport Award, which was presented for the first time at the banquet.

The Stringers’ daughter, Rowan, died when she was 17 years old after she sustained a concussion playing rugby.

Her family has pushed to have Rowan’s Law introduced – to reduce the risk of multiple concussions amongst young athltes – following a coroner’s inquest into their daughters’ death.

“Our journey’s been an interesting one,” Gordon said.

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instances where people kind of marvel at the idea that we remain so supportive of sport.

Tonight is a very good reflection of why there’s so much good in sport. Both of our daughters gained so much from their participation in sport. So it’s very easy for us to remain sports supporters and advocate for what we think is the betterment of sport.”

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Nominees received major awards for contributions to sport and coaching. They are: • Agnes Laing, who won the Mayor’s Cup for outstanding contribution to sport in Ottawa. Laing founded the Nepean-Corona School of Gymnastics in 1972. Her

daughter accepted the award on her behalf.

• Tobie Gorman won the Brian Kilrea Lifetime Achievement Award in Coaching award. The recently retired Ottawa Gymnastics Centre coach served as the gym’s women’s program director and head coach for 25 years.

• Sheilagh McCaskill won the Lifetime Achievement Award for sports volunteer or administrator for her 38 years with the Gloucester Skating Club.

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A new Ottawa group has launched a website – roofs4refugees.ca – to connect Syrian refugees with potential landlords.

Roofs For Refugees has been formed to help alleviate a bottleneck of governmentsponsored refugees who need affordable housing.

The Catholic Centre for Immigrants and Refugee 613 are working in partnership on the initiative, which is an affiliate of international organization Refugees Welcome. “We’re saying to Ottawa, ‘That house that’s been sitting empty since your tenant or your uncle moved out?

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Nicholson, executive director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. “We have families who would love to call those places home.�

Ottawa resettlement groups recently had to ask the federal government to temporarily pause the flow of refugees coming in as they were struggling to find them permanent accommodation.

Finding affordable housing has been a challenge for agencies as most available rental units are small and the average family size tends to be more than five people.

Every day these families spend in reception centres and hotels is another day they will not be officially settled, the Catholic Centre for Immigrants said. The agency

will not be able to help them find services such as schools until they are settled in one place.

Landlords can use the new website to upload details of vacant units they have.

Roofs For Refugees, which will be completely volunteerrun, will then screen the submitted options and try to match them with families.

The organization is also looking to expand and open chapters in other Canadian cities. “We are excited to launch Roofs for Refugees in Ottawa,� says Olivia Tran, one of the founders of the Ottawa chapter of the online housing referral service. “It is Alex Robinson/Metroland a simple, streamlined way to A Syrian infant rests on his father’s shoulder at the Masji Jami Omar mosque in Bells address one of the priority is- Corners on Jan. 16. Roofs for Refugees is looking to bridge the gap between recently sues for refugee settlement.� arrived refugees and housing providers.

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Scientists are hopeful Continued from page 9

The Council of the City of Ottawa passed By-law 2016-47 on January 27, 2016, under Section 34 of The PLANNING ACT. Any person or public body who, before the by-law was passed, made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to the by-law, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection. An appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance.

A notice of appeal can be mailed to the City Clerk at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1, or by delivering the notice in person, to Ottawa City Hall, at the Information Desk in the Rotunda on the 1st floor, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 2, 2016.

Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Should the by-law be appealed, persons or public bodies who wish to receive notice of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing can receive such notice by submitting a written request to the planner identified below.

An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-law and a description of the lands to which the by-law applies are included.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-47 By-law 2016-47 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The zoning by-law amendment affects multiple properties in the Village of Manotick generally located in the village core and various park locations. This is a city-initiated zoning by-law amendment resulting from update of the Manotick Secondary Plan.

By-law 2016-47 implements the land use plan and associated policies found in the Manotick Secondary Plan adopted by City Council on January 27, 2016. The zoning by-law amendment generally affects properties along Manotick Main Street, Bridge Street, in the historic village area, the non-residential area west of Manotick Main Street, the Mews, and certain park locations.

The amendment will generally extend the VM (Village Mixed-Use) zone to the north and south along Manotick Main Street; prohibit uses in the VM zone that do not support a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use core; permit an increased gross leasable area at the Mews; re-affirms the future use of parks; re-zone properties and refines lists of permitted uses to be in keeping with the land use plan; and removes the Village Residential Enterprise overlay that applies to parts of the village core.

For further information and details, please contact: Rose Kung, Planner Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 13124 E-mail: rose.kung@ottawa.ca.

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Though the technique wouldn’t work on a leaf, it turns out it works just fine on an apple – a fact that one of Pelling’s students, Daniel Modulevsky, stumbled upon after seeing another student eating an apple.

“So we tried it, because that’s what we do here. We just tried it,” said Pelling.

Reducing an apple slice to a cellulose scaffold, the Pelling lab members were able to place and grow human cells.

The discovery is at least partially a result of the lab’s philosophy of “unapologetic curiosity,” said Pelling.

Feeling too closed in by the vast majority of scientific grants that require a lab to solve a particular problem or invent a specific technology, Pelling secured discovery grant funding to start his own lab “founded on the principle of curiosity,” he said.

“I wanted to create a space where people could just ask questions and just collect the most creative and appropriate people around us to answer those questions,” said Pelling.

Those “appropriate people” include bio-artists – people who manipulate biology as an art form – who have at times been at the forefront of innovation, with science struggling to keep up, said Pelling.

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In 2013, the “world’s first lab-grown burger” was eaten at an event in London, England – the result of years of scientific work.

An artistic laboratory called SymbioticA from the University of Western Australia did much the same thing – growing a slab of meat using pre-natal sheep cells.

But they did it years earlier – in 2000. “These artists did basically the same thing, cooked it in a gallery and ate it, but because it was art I don’t think it was really well appreciated in the scientific world,” said Pelling. “But then a group of scientists a decade later, a decade which is forever, do the same thing and that’s what gets all the attention.

“Just imagine if the scientific community was a bit more plugged in a decade before, where they could be now. That’s the danger and I think short-sightedness of discounting all that art in your field or artists as if they couldn’t contribute. That’s just not true.”

In addition to including artists, the lab is also trying to do things differently by manipulating biology without the use of drugs, stem cells or genome manipulation. That sort of thing is too obvious, he said.

Instead, Pelling prefers physical biohacking.

“I love pulling apart electronics and building stupid and useless but fun and whimsical things, and it was in doing that that I kind of thought, ‘Well maybe we can do this with biology,’” he said.

While Pelling’s lab has yielded some fun and whimsical but not particularly useful things through this method, its human apple experiment has some very pertinent uses, he said.

HEALTH-CARE COSTS

In an interview with Metroland Media, Pelling held up a small plastic container holding a thin piece of white material about the size of a toonie.

The material is used for helping people’s bodies repair themselves. By implanting the bio-material in a wound, human cells can invade it and grow more easily by using the material’s structure.

“This has a street value of like $1,000 US,” said Pelling.

“That’s to me, the researcher, not to the patient and to the health-care system and doctors.”

“If you really think about what this is and how it’s made, the profit here is not insignificant,” said Pelling.

But animal testing shows that his lab’s apple slices should be able to do the same job and for much cheaper, he said.

“The amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Pelling.

“We had to optimize a lot, but in the end, we can make this much material, the size of an apple, for less than a penny.”

The lab went on to do animal trials, implanting the cellulose scaffolding, and found that mammalian bodies don’t reject the material, but use it to grow mammalian tissue.

“It’s not 100-per-cent perfect,” said Pelling. “We need to do a bit more work to optimize, but for a first shot, holy crap!”

Now the lab is collaborating with clinicians and others to test out tangible uses for the new material, such as repairing bone or spinal chords.

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Mysti is our 18 year-old cat who may be slowing down a bit in her senior years.

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February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month This month, make the most important decision you can make for your pet’s life. It’s a simple fix.

Spaying or neutering your pet may not seem like a big priority, but putting it off, or deciding against it, can lead to bigger problems than you’re bargaining on — for you, your pet, and your community. How great are the rewards? Well, let us tell you...

1. Your pet’s health will benefit. Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 per cent of dogs and 90 per cent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases. Neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.

2. Your pet’s behaviour — and your sleep — will benefit!

Unspayed felines can go into heat every three weeks during breeding season, yowling at all times of day and night as they seek out mates. Intact males tend to roam widely, escaping from houses and yards and risking injury in traffic and fights with other

males. They mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering. Neutered animals, on the other hand, tend to focus more attention on their human families.

3. Your pocketbook will thank you. Spay/neuter is a onetime cost. It’s a lot less than vet bills to treat your unaltered cat after it gets into a fight with a neighbouring tom, or the ongoing cleaning bills to rid the house of urine-marking odours.

4. Your community will thank you. Every year across our country, hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are abandoned. Too many suffer as strays; too many are euthanized.These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering. Even just one litter, and even if you can find them homes...those are homes that could have been taken by homeless animals in need.

This month, help us spread the word. Spaying and neutering is not just a good idea, it’s a life-saving choice.

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

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: manotick@metroland.com

Feb. 13

St. James United Church would like to invite everyone to their Sweetheart Breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 13th, at 5540 Osgoode Main St., Osgoode from 8 – 10 am. You may have your choice of eggs, ham, hash browns, baked beans, pancakes, fruit, juice, coffee or tea. Please mark your calendar and bring your family and sweetheart out to enjoy this once a month event. It is a free will offering event, not to be missed.

Euchre Tournament, Saturday, registration begins at 12:00 p.m.

Playing starts at 1:00 p.m. $10.00 per person, Greely Legion, 8021 Mitch Owens

Road, For more information: 613-822-1451 or 613-826-6128. Light lunch served at 12:00. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

Feb. 18

Protecting Your Computer: a computer security program for adults at the Manotick branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

The average time it takes for an unprotected computer to be compromised after connecting to the Internet is under 15 minutes.

Don’t let it be yours. Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users’ Group will show you the simple steps you need to take to keep your computer from being hacked on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Registration required online at https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program.

Feb. 27

STAN’S Heating & Air Conditioning presents RIDE FOR HER – Snowmobile Style, in support of Ovarian Cancer, On Saturday, February 27th, 2016.

Registration at 8 a.m. at The Red Dot Cafe Cost: $30: includes: Your ride, full breakfast and a light lunch. To register or sponsor the event visit rideforher.ca Free gift bag for the first 50 to pre-register

Feb. 31

The Odd Fellow & Rebekah Lodges, at 119 Clothier St. E., Kemptville, will serve a home cooked dinner of roast

Hard decisions to make Continued from page 13

The bed was icy cold and that night Audrey took out the bedroll that separated us, tossing it on the floor, and put her arm around me.

I was sure she was pretending to be asleep, but I lay awake staring at the black ceiling, wondering what was happening to our family. My pillow was wet from silent tears, and I thought of the nights ahead when I would be alone in the big bed. There would be no one to sing me to sleep, or to stop the brothers from fighting in the next room.

And what about Audrey? She had never been away from home before. Where would

she sleep?

My silent prayers that night were long and meaningful, and I made a deal with God. If he would find a way to keep my beloved sister at home, at least until she finished at the Northcote School, I would be the best behaved girl in all of Renfrew County. Would He hear my prayers? Would my prayers alone save my sister Audrey from leaving home?

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Do you need to know how to send emails with attachments, how to forward emails, blind copy to a list, organize your desktop or create documents?

Volunteers at the Osgoode Legion can help seniors better understand their computers. We will help them in their own homes.

Call Gail Burgess at 613821-4409 to arrange for an appointment.

Ovarian Cancer Canada offers a free presentation called Ovarian Cancer: Knowledge is Power, about the signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease. To organize one for your business, community group or association, please contact Lyne Shackleton at 613-4883993 or ottawakip@gmail. com.

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Mondays

Play 4-Hand Euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. excluding holidays. You do not need a partner.

Enjoy complimentary light refreshments. Admission is $5. For info, call 613769-7570.

Four-hand euchre every Monday at 7 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church hall, Victoria St. in Metcalfe. Light refreshments served.

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Every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. enjoy bingo at the Osgoode Legion, 3284 Sunstrum St. 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.

Fridays

The Greely East Osgoode & District Association invites you to its Old Time Fiddle and Country Dance, Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. the first Friday of each month, 7:30 to 11 p.m. We welcome all musicians and singers. Admission $5 for non-musicians, yearly membership available. For additional information, call 613-489-2697.

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instrument 33. Noble 36. US, Latin America, Canada 38. Snoot 39. About heraldry 41. Angel 42. Female sibling 43. Former OSS 46. Stressed-unstressedunstressed 47. An imperfectly broken mustang 49. Call out 51. A long scarf 53. Coconut fiber 54. Scene of sports & events 55. Bodily suffering 58. Cloths 60. A way to agitate 64. No seats available 65. Linen liturgical vestment 68. Atomic #103 69. Home screen

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Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if you assumed you were right on track, you soon will see why it isn’t safe to assume. Do not take anything for granted and consider all potential outcomes.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Interpersonal dynamics are constantly changing, and you may have a challenging time wrangling in your relationship to where it feels comfortable, Taurus.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, even if you are uncertain about someone’s intentions, it is best to give that person the benefit of the doubt. However, an ounce of skepticism never hurt anyone.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, it is better to make your choices sooner rather than later this week. Putting decisions off only complicates matters. It may be an anxious time, but you will pull through.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Stop worrying about how others see you, Leo. This week own up to your beliefs, even if they seem to go against the norm. You may be surprised at the support you receive.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a hectic week leads to lots of demands on your time. Take things one task at a time and do not be afraid to say “no” if you feel you are overwhelmed.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, frustration at work may not be directed at any one person, and you can’t let it consume your life. Make the frustration work to your advantage instead.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Romantic thoughts this week will have you on a mission to spend quality time with a loved one, Scorpio. You may do everything in your power to be near your significant other.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Don’t try to erect barriers, Sagittarius. This week you have to let someone in and unburden some of the problems or thoughts that have been weighing you down.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Accomplish something important based on what you learn this week, Capricorn. Keep your eyes and ears open to all of the possibilities around you.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Try not to take the easy way out, Aquarius. When faced with some tough questions, stay strong and true to yourself. You will be happier in the long run if you do so.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, take some time off if your job seems like a headache this week. If you have the time, enjoy a long weekend or a short jaunt during the week.

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