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“The city has a long-range financial plan that is going to see infrastructure renewal investment in roads double over the next 25 years. The problem is that investment is backended,” Harley said. In the meantime roads will continue to deteriorate, eventually costing the city more money because they’ll need to be rebuilt instead of just resurfaced, he said. “It’s either pay me now, or pay me more later.”

According to the city’s 2012 comprehensive asset management report, maintaining a road in very good standing costs between $2 and $10 per metre, while reconstructing a road in very poor condition can cost between $1,000 and $2,500 per metre.

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Waupoos farm collecting for rec room Emma Jackson

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As we put this year’s bitterly cold winter behind us, Waupoos Family Farm is hoping to ward off the cold forever with a newly insulated basement.

The Catholic-based farm at Rideau and Bowesville roads south of the airport offers subsidized vacations to local families who otherwise may not be able to get away. The farm has a few friendly farm animals, 200 acres of green space, outdoor activities like a

pool and basketball court, a busy communal lodge and five private cabins for families looking for some respite from the daily grind.

But when it’s bitterly cold, kids visiting the farm don’t have anywhere to hang out because the rec room in the

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basement of the lodge, where kids can make use of game tables, a television and couches, is too cold except in the summer months.

“It’s not accessible all year round,” said Brendan Marshall, a member of the board of directors who also lives on the farm with his family. “The floor is concrete so it’s quite cold and it’s not insulated.”

The board has launched a fundraising campaign to collect $10,000 to add insulated flooring and drywall in the space, so kids can play there in the winter without having to wear three pairs of socks. A-Squared Home Improvements is donating some of the labour costs, but the farm still needs to pay for materials. Being a charity, Marshall said there’s just no cash flow to do it without community help.

“We rely on grants and contributions, private donations and support through a variety of different grants,” Marshall said. “Finance usually is our

biggest hurdle on the farm.”

While summer is certainly the farm’s busiest season – up to 40 people come to stay every week – it is also open for two five-day sessions over the Christmas and New Year break, as well as March Break and Easter.

“In the winter when we’re hosting cottagers at the farm, our ability to do outdoor activities is contingent on the weather,” Marshall said. “The idea is to expand the lodge and the square footage for usage during those particularly cold days.”

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The Waupoos Foundation was founded in 1975 by Father Fred Magee, when he and a group of volunteers took over a family farm on Waupoos Island near Picton, ON. Facilities were later expanded to include the farm in Ottawa.

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That’s bad news for the city, considering that a full 25 per cent of all roads across Ottawa were deemed to be in poor or very poor condition in its 2012 state of the assets report.

That report found 54 per cent of the city’s roads were in fair condition (defined as “requiring attention” because the infrastructure could “exhibit deficiencies.”)

But the bottom 25 per cent received a dire diagnosis that, in the case of the worst grade, means the roads were considered “unfit for sustained service” and could in fact already be unusable.

Committee chairman and Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt said the city hasn’t ignored the report’s findings; on the contrary, that same year council approved its $340 million Ottawa on the Move program that resurfaced and rebuilt dozens of roads throughout the city between 2012 and 2014.

“When I first got here, our budget for roads in the rural area was next to nothing,” Moffatt said. “In the past three years we’ve resurfaced 20 road sections in Rideau-Goulbourn alone. When I was elected in 2010 the plan was for about one or two.”

This year’s rural roads budget is $6.9 million, compared to $5.5 million in 2014. The bulk of that is for infrastructure renewal, while just over $1 million has been set aside for other upgrades and operational improvements.

The committee was generally sympathetic to Harley’s case – Moffatt said he and his fellow rural councillors “will always push for roads” – but council has to find a balance between improving services and controlling taxes.

“I would like to have more money for roads, I would like to see us making more investments,” said West CarletonMarch Coun. Eli El-Chantiry.

“But the question is how would we like to pay for this?

Who would like to pay more taxes to address the concerns of the roads?”

Indeed, Mayor Jim Watson has become well-known for his policy that if councillors want to put something into the budget, they also need to identify what can come out. That strategy has helped Watson keep tax increases below 2.5 per cent since he was elected in 2010.

But sympathy wasn’t enough to change the numbers: the committee passed the ARAC draft 2015 budget without any amendments.

Harley said he’s not surprised. His presentation was more about getting his concerns on the record in advance of the strategic initiatives discussion council will have later this spring to set the term of priorities – a process that will eventually carve up a $37.4 million pot of money largely to capital projects.

“We do these presentations as a bit of a reminder that we’re constantly there,” Harley said.

Harley was one of two delegations at the rural committee arguing for more room in the 2015 budget for road infrastructure.

West Carleton resident Ken Holmes said he’d like to see a strategic plan that lays out exactly how the city intends to improve the quality of its EMMA JACKSON/METROLAND roads.

Dale Harley with the National Capital Heavy Construction Association makes a case for “(We have) very, very rough, more rural road funding at the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee on March 5. bumping roads with edges of roads that are deteriorating rapidly,” Holmes said. “The roads are getting narrower, the drop-offs are getting steeper.

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Ottawa to host Olympic curling trials Plasco Latest event for 2017 celebrations Emma Jackson

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It’s no secret the city has been working hard to sweep as many events into Ottawa as possible for Canada’s 150th birthday, and the 2017 Roar of the Rings Olympic curling trials is just another point on the scoreboard.

So says Innes Coun. Jody Mitic, the city’s first sports commissioner.

“With the 150th anniversary, the

mayor’s goal and council’s goal is to have as many events as possible, and this is just another feather in our cap,” he said.

The Olympic trials will be held at the Canadian Tire Place in Kanata, and Mitic expects the event to generate as much as $20 million in economic activity across the city.

“We’re looking at over 8,000 visitors to Ottawa,” Mitic said. “This is major exposure for Ottawa nationwide.”

The trials will determine which Canadian teams will compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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She said the trials are a fantastic opportunity to showcase the region’s curling community, which numbers around 15,000 recreational and competitive participants.

“It’s very social, you curl against somebody and if you’re the winner you buy your opponent a drink, whether it’s a coffee or a beer,” she said. “You chat afterwards; you spend some time getting to know your opponent.”

Not to mention, having the trials in town is great fun for those who love the sport.

“They’ll be able to go and see the best curlers in Canada and be up close and see them live,” Brimicombe said.

“To have the Olympic trials in the nation’s capital on our 150th anniversary, that’s really exceptional.”

The Senators Sports and Entertainment group led the bid to bring the Curling Canada event to the city, with help from Ottawa Tourism, the prov-

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As sports commissioner, Mitic said the two sporting events residents most often request are Ultimate Fighting and curling.

“I had an eight-year-old come up to me and say, ‘When am I going to get some curling events?’” he said.

Now the city can look forward to one of the biggest in the country.

Ottawa adopted a policy of “bid more, win more, host more” in 2011, funnelling money into its major events office to attract more national and international events to the city, particularly in 2017.

To that end, Ottawa has already landed the 2017 and 2018 Canadian Track and Field Championships, which will take place at the Terry Fox facility at Mooney’s Bay, the 2017 Canadian Videogame Awards, and the Association of Municipalities Ontario annual conference from 2017 to 2020.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup will come to the capital later this year and the Tim Hortons Brier curling tournament is planned for 2016.

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contract cancelled Demo decommission costs still outstanding: city Emma Jackson

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The city has officially cut ties with Plasco Energy, according to the solicitor Rick O’Connor.

“As a result of out-of-court negotiations, the city has been able to secure the termination of the Plasco LongTerm Waste Conversion Agreements ... effective immediately,” he wrote in a memo to councillors late on March 3.

That only applies to the waste-toenergy company’s commercial facility, which never got off the ground despite several deadline extensions from the city to let Plasco find sufficient financing to move forward.

Plasco signed a contract with the city to develop the commercial facility in December 2012, but struggled to find enough investors to back up its innovative technology that would turn garbage into usable energy.

After two missed deadlines, the city eventually gave the Ottawa-based company until Dec. 31, 2014 to come up with the money, otherwise it reserved the right to cancel the agreement. Plasco missed that deadline and filed for creditor protection on Feb. 10.

While the commercial contract has been canned, the city is still trying to negotiate the release of a $300,000 letter of credit to decommission the demonstration facility built on city land near the Trail Road landfill.

A Toronto court adjourned the creditors’ proceeding on March 3 to allow for “further negotiations” between the city and Plasco to discuss when and how the lease for the demo plant might be terminated, and how much money might be set aside for decommissioning.

“With the co-operation of Plasco and the court-appointed monitor, the city is attempting to ... ensure that the city’s decommissioning security of $300,000 for the demonstration facility is preserved and immune from any other creditors,” O’Connor said.

Plasco has dozens of outstanding debts to investors, contractors and service providers, from $78 for an airport limo ride to several loans of $22.6 million each from major investors.

Mahogany redesign gets green light from ARAC Emma Jackson

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“We did a lot of work in the past few months with the community associations and the village itself, and everyone seems moderately comfortable with how we’re moving forward,” Moffatt said.

That wasn’t the case at a tense public meeting in November when residents accused Minto of trying to wiggle out of the Ontario Municipal Board’s density requirements for the development, which was set at 1,400 units with at least 75 per cent of lots being 45 feet or larger when it approved the project in 2009.

Phase 1B originally called for 197 lots made up of 52 small lots (35-foot frontages) and 145 large lots (60-foot frontages).

The approved changes will now create 49 small lots of 38 and 35 feet and 162 lots of 47 and 60 feet – a total of 211 units.

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The city’s Agricultural and Rural Affairs committee approved Minto’s zoning bylaw amendment application without much fanfare March 5, paving the way for a redesign of part of the Mahogany development in Manotick.

The amendment applies to parts of Spindrift Circle, Chriscraft Way and Percival Crescent to create several new lot sizes and add a new village residential category.

The changes will ultimately add 14 lots to Phase 1B at the corner of Manotick Main Street and Century Road.

Several Minto representatives attended the meeting at Ben Franklin Place in Nepean, but they didn’t speak. No delegations signed up in opposition, either.

The motion carried with little

the overall density of the project, which is currently planned to fall short of the allowed 1,400 units even with the added 14.

Minto’s vice president of land development Susan Murphy said at the November meeting that the changes respond to consumer demand for smaller, more affordable products.

The smaller lot sizes were planned for later phases of the development, she said, but Minto decided to bring some of them forward early to spur slow sales.

The company is only selling about 1.4 homes per month on average, instead of the projected six they’d hoped for, she said.

Minto submitted its revised subdivision plan in June, catching residents off guard after several years of calm and cooperation between the developer and Manotick villagers, who mounted an unsuccessful OMB battle to stop the development in 2008.

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The weekend began with a Rink Operators Appreciation Breakfast at Jim Durrell Recreation Centre. It was a nice opportunity to say thank you to the wonderful volunteers in our community who give so much of their time and energy to our outdoor rinks program. Thank you to Dan Chenier, General Manager for Parks and Recreation, and his staff for organizing this event.

The Ministry of Transportation has formed a plan on how to deal with some of Ottawa’s aging Queensway bridges, meaning residents will see a years-long period of repair and replacement.

A total of 23 bridges in 12 locations throughout the city core and west side are included in the MTO’s preliminary design and environmental assessment study. The spans, located between Holland Avenue and O’Connor Street, were constructed in the early-to-mid1960s and are nearing the end of their lifespan.

Residents attending a Feb. 26 open house for the project (the second so far) learned what preferred options the MTO has for each span. In each case, ex-

It was my absolute pleasure to attend Lillian Dillon’s 95th Birthday on Saturday afternoon.

It was great to see so many people celebrating Lillian and this significant accomplishment.

Congratulations and we wish you many more wonderful years ahead!

The City Budget continued to be discussed at Transportation Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee this week. This was the first ARAC meeting held at Ben Franklin Place. It is centrally located and has free parking. The budget will come before Council next Wednesday for final approval.

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“You’re going to see some minor maintenance work – some minor patch work – probably in 2016, and that’s really with the goal of getting to what we consider the major rehabilitations or the replacements, which we’re planning on 2018 and outwards,” said Don Rowat, senior project engineer with the MTO’s planning and design section.

“We obviously can’t do all the bridges in one year, for a variety of reasons. You don’t want to be closing off adjacent streets at the same time – you try and span them out between several construction seasons.”

Rowat sees the end period of construction as being 2025, with the ministry co-ordinating work with the city as much as

possible.

The preferred solution for the Holland, Parkdale Avenue, Fairmont Avenue, Bayswater Avenue, Bank Street and O’Connor bridges is rapid bridge rehabilitation, while the Preston Street, Rochester Street, Booth Street, Bronson Avenue and Percy Street spans would see rapid bridge replacement.

The designs for the repaired spans show upgraded, contemporary facades for the bridge frames and sound barriers. New asphalt, waterproofing, approach slabs and substructure refacing are included in the planned repair work.

Two staging areas for the construction of the replacement spans were identified in the study – one in the surface parking lot on Beech Street between Preston and Rochester, and the other on the site of the former school board building at Bronson and Chamberlain Street.

The MTO already owns that building and plans to demolish it later this year in preparation for the staging area and a street realignment that is part of the Queensway bridge project. The realignment will see vehicles coming off the eastbound Bronson off-ramp continue east on Chamberlain, without having to

turn right, then make a left at the current intersection.

Like past projects, the replacement of the bridge spans would be accomplished in a weekend, with traffic re-routing plans put into effect for each location. Lane reductions would be required for the repair work.

Before any of these bridges see serious work, the most complicated span will require replacement – that being the existing three-span crossing of the O-Train tracks and Preston-Carling multi-use pathway.

“The CPR/O-Train bridge itself, we would like to have that begin in late 2016, with major construction beginning in 2017,” said Rowat. Information boards at the open house showed the many options the MTO considered in coming up with a preferred plan for the OTrain bridge. The most advantageous option would be to create new backfilled abutments on either side of the tracks, with a single, shorter span that could be slid into place.

The removal of 47 Young Street would be required to facilitate the construction of the span. The remaining area underneath the new span would be able to accommodate twin O-Train tracks, as well as the existing multi-use pathway.

Peter Eady, vice-president of the Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association, said he’d like to see a final design that preserved a narrow corridor of land on the west side of the O-Train tracks, opposite the multi-use pathway. The secondary plan for the area has a west side corridor drawn into it, he said.

“Doing it this way precludes it,” he said, adding, “I’d like to know the cost (of keeping it in the plan). Because if the difference is negligible, the community would like to see it preserved.” Kitchissippi Coun.

Jeff Leiper, whose ward terminates at the O-Train tracks, said the construction of the new bridge over that corridor would likely take two construction seasons, and that he would explore whether the corridor could be kept in place on the west side of the tracks.

“We don’t want to eliminate the potential for a western MUP that could extend from Carling Avenue to Somerset Street,” said Leiper.

Comments on the study and its recommendations are being accepted by the MTO until March 13. Information on the study can be found at queenswaymidtownbridges. com.

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Last week, the city was forced to postpone the opening of the $60.3-million Trillium O-Train line, after signaling errors caused long delays and even prevented some trains from leaving the station.

Transit commission chairman Stephen Blais spent Monday, March 2, apologizing to stranded passengers – a day he would have preferred toasting the launch of the new transit line, which boasted new track and double the number of trains to carry passengers between Greenboro and Bayview stations. By March 3, the entire line was shut down.

Once again, the city has been placed in the uncomfortable position of apologizing for delays rolling out a multi-million dollar infrastructure project.

Need we mention the Airport Parkway pedestrian and cycling bridge and Vimy Memorial Bridge?

Past deadline and grossly over budget, the 75metre Airport Parkway bridge officially opened on

Nov. 29, 2014. Originally budgeted to cost $6.9 million, the bridge was supposed to open in 2011.

But that fall, former River Ward Coun. Maria McRae said she noticed chunks of cement falling from the tower, and it eventually had to be torn down.

The project ballooned to $11.55 million due to the faulty design of the original tower.

A few months earlier, the city celebrated the official opening of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge (now known as Vimy Memorial Bridge), that now connects Riverside South and Barrhaven on June 12.

Originally scheduled for completion in 2012, the $50-million project suffered delays after the construction company went into receivership.

Meanwhile infrastructure projects managed by private companies, such as TD Place, manage to come in on budget and on time.

Maybe the city can learn a few lessons from the private sector on how to properly manage a multimillion dollar infrastructure project.

Perhaps it will spark a new train of thought.

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Doom and gloom sells – who’s buying?

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t seems that the mysterious tunnel in Toronto wasn’t part of a plot to destroy the Pan Am Games. It wasn’t linked to threats by ISIS to attack shopping centres in North America. It wasn’t any of the dire things that the CBC said it might be when it revealed the tunnel in a story it labelled EXCLUSIVE! It was just a couple of guys who thought would be neat to have a little cave to hang out in.

Too bad, eh, because it was such a great story the other way. Many of the great, scary stories these days usually turn out to be not that great after all. The Ebola epidemic in North America, for example, or just about any weather story.

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town cently and, being that sort of person, made the mistake of turning on the Weather Channel before setting off on one leg of the journey. Big mistake. There I found not one but three people all yelling at each other about how scary the weather was going to be. One of them carried the title Storm Tracker. They all yelled so fast and the maps they pointed at kept changing so rapidly that it wasn’t exactly clear which part of the United States was in imminent danger, but I

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Amazingly, we set out anyway.

Once there was a little mist on the windshield, in five hours, and that was about it. No rain, no sleet, no snow, no ice. It wasn’t sunny, but hey, we survived.

It wasn’t so much that these yelling guys were wrong. Anybody can be wrong. It was that they were so happy to be predicting doom, to the extent that I got the clear impression that predicting doom was part of their mission statement.

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Take a lot at the coming attractions to see what will be attacking our planet next, breathing fire and knocking down schools and churches.

Speaking of churches, impending doom has always sold well there, but they get a free pass since they’ve been at it so long. For the rest of us, couldn’t we do with a bit less fear?

It’s something primal, perhaps, the same thing that makes us watch horror movies and election debates.

There’s a theory that a lot of the things we are told to fear today – storms, epidemics, gangs – are simply replacing the terror of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear annihilation, which eased considerably with the collapse of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago.

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NOTICE OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAWS BY THE CITY OF OTTAWA TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Ottawa passed By-law Numbers 2015-42, 2015-43, 2015-44, 201545, 2015-46, 2015-49 and 2015-54 on February 25, 2015 under Section 34 of The PLANNING ACT. AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or public body, who, before the by-laws were passed, made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to either of the seven by-laws, 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 April 1, 2015.

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 an 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-laws 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 in the explanatory notes that accompany this Notice.

An explanation of the purpose and effect of the seven by-laws and a description of the lands to which each by-law applies are included in the Explanatory Notes below.

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Clerk of the City of Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 The below by-laws implement the directions of the 2014 Zoning Review project which implements the policies of the Official Plan. Each by-law amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-42 The amendments affect the properties at 325 Clemow Avenue, 138 and 142 Renfrew Avenue, and 273, 275, 276, 277 and 278 Powell Avenue. The amendments will rezone the subject lands to implement the Traditional Mainstreet policies of the Official Plan, with additional restrictions on height and use in order to ensure compatibility with the adjacent residential neighbourhood.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-43 The amendments affect various properties to implement the Traditional Mainstreet policies of the Official Plan.

The amendments broaden the permitted uses and in most cases allow a maximum height of six storeys or 20 meters.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-44 The amendments will change the zoning of lands along Gladstone Avenue and Somerset Street to implement the Secondary Traditional Mainstreet policies of the Centretown Secondary Plan (CSP). The amendments will not come into effect unless and until the policies introduced by CSP also come into effect.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-45 The amendments change the zoning of various properties to implement the Arterial Mainstreet policies of the Official Plan. The amendments broaden the permitted uses and allow a maximum height of nine storeys or 30 meters.

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The amendments implement the transition provisions for those lands affected by the 2014 Zoning Review. The transition provisions allow a development application submitted between February 25, 2013 and February 24, 2015 to make use of the zone provisions in effect prior to the 2014 Zoning Review amendments. Applications submitted on or after February 25, 2015 would be considered under the new zone provisions approved through the 2014 Zoning Review.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-49 The amendments implement specific policies from Official Plan Amendment 150 (OPA 150) and will not come into effect unless and until the policies introduced by OPA 150 also come into effect.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-54 The amendments change the zoning of various properties to implement the Mixed Use Centres policies of the Official Plan. The amendments broaden the permitted uses and allow a maximum height of 12 storeys or 40 meters.

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An environmental advocacy group is asking residents to pressure their councillor to make sure Ottawa follows through on its climate-change commitments.

Graham Saul, executive director of Ecology Ottawa, said four out of five commitments laid out in the city’s Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan, approved in May 2014, are not yet included in the city’s draft 2015 budget – and the onus is on residents to make sure they get in there.

“We’re asking our supporters to write to their councillors and let them know they care about these issues,” he said. “We’re meeting with councillors and talking with them about this issue.”

Being an election year, the 2015 budget process is more complicated because the new council still has to set its term priorities for the coming four years.

Since that likely won’t happen until late spring, staff have put aside a $37.4-million pot of money for “strategic initiatives” to be divvied up once those priorities are confirmed.

Saul said that means the climate change projects he expected to see in the 2015 budget will now have to compete with other municipal interests, be it recreation programs, arts funding or transportation projects, to get a piece of the pie.

“The race is on for everyone,” Saul said.

In May of last year, the previous council unanimously passed an updated climatechange plan that outlined a number of targets and initiatives meant to help the city hit its greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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Ecology Ottawa is calling on city councillors to make good on their promise to include several climate change items in the 2015 budget.

Five items were highlighted for inclusion in the 2015 budget: converting the city’s streetlights to LED bulbs by 2020, increasing the number of solar panels on city buildings, introducing a computerized fleet management system, identifying and prioritizing land for protection, and completing a forest management strategy.

Only forest management could be considered funded; Capital Coun. David Chernushenko said it was included in the 2014 budget as part of the $1.2 million set aside to help fight the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle that could destroy 25 per cent of the city’s canopy.

Perhaps Ecology Ottawa’s biggest ally around the council table is Chernushenko, who was recently appointed chairman of the environment committee.

He said the city has every intention of making sure it follows through on its climate change commitments, although he admitted they’re currently “up for discussion” as part of the strategic initiatives debate. He said the issue is a top priority for him.

“Certainly all four (out-

standing items) are the bare minimum,” Chernushenko said.

He noted the budget already includes a number of other initiatives that are pushing Ottawa towards his ultimate goal of becoming a truly green city. That includes continued support for the Ottawa Cycling Plan to improve path networks across the city, the Ottawa River Action Plan (particularly getting started on the construction of a central sewage storage tunnel), money for Tree Ottawa in partnership with Ecology Ottawa, and the construction of the light rail transit line through downtown.

“The good news is Ottawa is acting on quite a number of fronts,” Chernushenko said.

Saul agreed the city is generally doing well on environmental issues, and support around the council table is strong.

“But they have not yet translated that into the budget,” Saul said.

“The signals that we’re getting are that the resources necessary to follow through on the plan will be provided for, but as of right now they are not there.”

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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.

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No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law is 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.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW No. 2015-41 By-law No. 2015-41 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendments pertain to anomalies found in the Zoning By-law, including both general regulations as well as site-specific properties where anomalies have been identified and require correction so that the appropriate regulations are in place.

The zoning of the following addresses and provisions in the following section have been amended: 3400, 3428 Woodroffe Avenue, 820 Belfast Road, 165 Trainyards Drive, 450, 500, 535, 585 Terminal Avenue, 605 Industrial Avenue, Part of 15 Colonnade Road, 3525 River Run Avenue, Unaddressed parcel west of 1100 Regional Road 174 and part of 1100 Regional Road 174, Part of 1575 Diamondview Road, 104 and 110 Falldown Lane, 5906 Fernbank Road, and Section 139 (MD – Mixed Use Downtown Zone).

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This March Break come play with us for a week of fun and games! City of Ottawa offers the largest selection of March Break camps for the best value and quality you can count on.

Our affordable camps spark creativity, promote physical activity, increase independence and develop leadership.

Parents know there is plenty of fun organized by the talented and certified leaders and supervisors who operate the camps at our recreation and culture facilities across the city.

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Pet Adoptions

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Meet Hera (A176504), a female Palomino/Rex mix rabbit who is currently waiting for her hoppily ever after. Hera is an OHS Brightening Lives volunteer and has travelled to several facilities in the Ottawa region, bringing companionship to people in long-term care facilities. While out on her many visits in the community, Hera has been wonderful, making everyone fall in love with her. She is very social and affectionate and she really likes to be held. At one of her visits in January, Hera was petted by more than 20 students and remained calm and quiet the entire time while winning over little hearts! She is fun and curious and would make a wonderful companion for a family of all ages.

For more information on Hera and all the adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Check out our website at www.ottawahumane. ca to see photos and descriptions of the animals available for adoption.

Pawsitive winter activities for you and your dog

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OK, so you’re feeling fed up. You want to be the best pet owner for your dog and you know that means providing plenty of exercise and stimulating activities each day. But let’s face it – that’s not the easiest thing to do during a winter like this one. The walking paths and trails are buried in snow, you’re up to your knees trying to walk through the park, and the sidewalks are becoming more and more difficult to distinguish from the snow banks. The roads are covered in salt and, honestly, your dog seems just as cold and miserable as you when you assume your winter warrior persona and head out to endure a barely bearable February stroll.

Good news: You don’t have to do this! There are plenty of alternatives to simply walking the dog each day through the winter. If you’re looking to try something – anything – else, here are some ideas to help keep your pet happy and healthy until the sunshine and green grass return.

• Indoor games: Many dogs can easily learn to play hide-and-seek with you. Games

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like this provide some indoor exercise, as well as mental stimulation and fun, for your pet and your family!

• New toys: Stock up on toys that are interactive and stimulating for your pup. Tug toys, for example, will provide fun, exercise, and interaction. Stuffable toys that make your dog think and work to get to a treat are also great, but make sure you’re not overcompensating fewer walks with far more treats!

• Nose work: Challenge Rover’s nose by hiding treats throughout the house for him to search for; create an obstacle course to be sniffed through to find his dinner; or create interactive challenges for your dog by hiding a treat under one of several covers, and praising him when he finds it.

• Outings: Next time you’re heading out to your local pet store or animal shelter, take your dog with you. He’ll be excited to get out of the house, see and sniff new people and animals, and show off some of his good manners and

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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obedience training in hopes of coming home with a new toy or treat.

• Join a class Take your dog’s training to the next level by joining a new obedience or agility class. This will provide a regular outing for both you and your dog to look forward to each week, and give you new interactive tricks to practice together at home.

• Plan a FUN outdoor activity: Find a scenic, pet-friendly location for snow shoeing, crosscountry skiing, or winter hiking. Invite some friends along to make for an enjoyable group activity.

• Spice up the walk: Alternate between walking and jogging with your dog every 10 minutes or so. This will help keep things interesting for your pup, and it will help keep both of you feeling warmer while you’re out.

Pausing the walk for snowball fetch is another exciting activity for your dog, and you don’t have to worry about favourite dog toys getting lost in the snow!

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or Mother to be standing at the kitchen door waiting for us to come from school wasn’t in itself that unusual.

What was unusual was her grabbing me by the arm and hustling me inside. “Hurry Mary, get your clothes off, and put your galoshes on the papers ­­— there’s a surprise for you on the kitchen table.”

Ginger cookies perhaps?

A few slices of bologna from Briscoe’s General Store? No, Mother was too excited. It had to be something special, but not so special that I wasn’t told to put my galoshes on the papers covering the mat at the door.

Heaven forbid that I should track snow across the kitchen floor. The papers would be sopping wet by the end of the day, but they would serve to keep the door mats cleaner a little longer during the winter.

I could see the parcel from where I struggled out of my

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories winter pants, jacket, toque, mitts and galoshes. It was a parcel wrapped in brown paper.

That meant it had to have come from the mailman. Never in my life had I ever had a parcel come by mail.

My brothers and sister got to the table first, but Mother told them they weren’t to lay a finger on it. “It’s for Mary,” she said.

It was soft and about a foot square, and it looked like there were enough postage stamps on it to have been mailed from some foreign country. I asked my sister Audrey to read the return address written neatly in

one corner.

“It’s from Aunt Freda in Chicago,” she said. My father’s sister, also, of course, a sister to Aunt Lizzie from Regina, who always sent the hand-me-down boxes. But Aunt Freda had no children, or husband, so never once did we ever get anything from her that wasn’t brand new. I was so excited I had to ask Audrey to cut the string that held the parcel together.

Well, what came out of that parcel was something I had never seen before in my entire life.

It was a square piece of fur with a long cord attached to it

at two corners. Mother, who was just about excited as I was, said, “Heavens to Betsy ... it’s a fur muff. How lovely — imagine a fur muff!”

I had no idea what a fur muff was, or what I would do with it.

Emerson, never short on ideas, said he saw one once in Scott’s Hardware, and it was to lure rabbits. “Ridiculous, Emerson,” Audrey said. “It’s to keep your hands warm. See, this is how it works.”

Audrey placed the silk cord around my neck, and the fur square hit me just over my belly button. “Now tuck your hands in it” she said.

Inside the muff was smooth satin, and it was like someone had put a hot water bottle inside. Within minutes my hands were as warm as toast.

“What will they think of next?” I repeated a phrase Father often said after reading the Ottawa Farm Journal.

In my mind I could see myself sauntering into the Northcote School with the muff.

Mother soon put the kibosh on that idea. It was much too grand to wear to school, she said, and we’d have to give it serious thought before wearing to the Lutheran Church on Sundays, too. “Maybe into Renfrew.

We’ll have to see.”

Emerson came over to get a good look at this newfangled fur piece.

“Looks like rat fur to me.

Yup, I’d put my money on it once being on the back of a rat.” Well, that’s all I needed to know. I hated rats with a passion. But Mother told him not to be silly, it was probably mink or at the very least muskrat.

I was fast losing interest in the muff.

That didn’t excuse me from printing a letter to Aunt Freda to thank her for the lovely gift.

I wanted to tell her I doubted I would ever be able to wear it,

but Audrey, who was helping me with the spelling, said that would be very bad manners.

And so my letter was full of gratitude for “your kind and considerate gift.”

Since Audrey and I slept in the same bed, it didn’t take her long to reach down, grab the fur mutt and toss it in the general direction of the stairwell.

In the morning, there it was, sitting on a step about half way down, silk cord and all.

It was Father who finally found a use for the fur muff. Instead of taking an old cushion off the creton couch at night to put on the opened oven door to rest his feet while reading the papers, he tucked the silk cord inside, and put the muff on the oven door.

Added to my nightly prayers, I prayed that Aunt Freda would never decide to come to visit during the winter, and discover what use her gift was finally put to.

RCAF Veteran Helps Change Lives at Bruyère Lt Col (ret) James Holt was a Canadian fighter pilot. He’s broken the speed of sound. Twice.

Jim had two careers. He flew jets and was an aerobatic pilot in the RCAF. He retired and moved on to Foreign Affairs.

His job was to make Canada attractive to foreign trade.

Now Jim can consider a third career as a fundraiser. The path to this new calling is a story on its own.

NATIONAL ATTENTION

In 2014 Jim was diagnosed with stage four cancer. However, since he had been living outside of Canada for twelve years, he was ineligible for OHIP. With hospital bills mounting, Jim’s daughter Caroline turned to a lawyer for advice.

The media heard of Jim’s story, sharing it across Canada. Bruyère Continuing Care waived the money owed by Jim until his issue with OHIP was settled.

ACCIDENTAL FUNDRAISER

Bruce Kane, Manager of the Royal Canadian Legion, Montgomery Branch, was in a meeting when he first read the news.

“We have to do something.” he thought.

Across Ottawa, Dee Brasseur (a trailblazer as one of Canada’s first female CF18 fighter pilots) is thinking the same thing. “What can I do to help?”

Within days, Bruce and Dee visit Jim in his room at Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital. Bruce presents $5,000 from the Poppy Trust Fund. Dee brings $2,500 that she raised in a matter of days from donors across Canada.

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“Bruyère is Ottawa’s first and oldest hospital. Our work is woven into the fabric of our community. It is people like Jim who help bring what we do to the forefront.

I’m so grateful for everything he is doing on behalf of so many.”

HELPING FUTURE PATIENTS

“This isn’t about me,” says Jim. “This is about people helping people. I cannot say enough about how well I am treated here at Bruyère. I know this kind of care doesn’t come cheap. I hope, through my story, that more people will join Dee and Bruce and help raise money for this wonderful place.”

The casual observer may think Jim, Dee and Bruce all knew each other. They did not. Jim brought them together.

“When they first contacted me,” says Jim. “I told them I didn’t need the money, they should raise the money for Bruyère.”

“You can’t help but be moved by what they’ve done,” says Amy Desjardins, President of Bruyère Foundation.

“Jim Holt, his family, Dee, Bruce and all of our donors are perfect examples of the amazing people in our community,” says Amy.

YOU can support Jim’s Accidental Fundraising Campaign for Bruyère. www.bruyere.org/give 613.562.6319

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JIM’S WISH

Dee (Dee) Brasseur presents fellow fighter pilot Jim Holt with a cheque for $2500.

Dee raised the money for Jim and Bruyère through her generous network of friends and colleagues.

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Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m.

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Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday School; Ample parking; A warm welcome OC Transpo route 8 awaits you.

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Grow new skills with City of Ottawa spring recreation classes Now is a great time to try something different or add a new twist to your routine.

Classes in the arts provide opportunity for all ages to put a creative spring in your step.

Dance as if no one’s watching….

If you are looking to loosen up and move more, we have everything from classic ballet and tap to street and belly dancing. The City offers over 350 dance classes for individuals of all ages. Learning to dance with your partner comes in handy for an evening on the town, celebrating a milestone event, or on your dream vacation! With over 60 ballroom dance classes this spring, find one to suit your schedule.

Explore your vision of the world…

The City offers visual arts programs in many mediums including drawing, painting, photography and pottery. Take a course with a passionate instructor and learn new techniques, insights and helpful tips. Classes for children provide instruction that is appropriate to their age and abilities providing creative successes and positive encouragement. Take some time this spring to discover your artistic talents.

Music is the food of life!

Learning to play your favourite song on the guitar or piano gives you something to sing about.

Whether you are taking your instrument off the shelf or following a dream, we can help with group and private lessons.

Holiday with Flair Get ready for your next adventure abroad by learning the language. With over 40 classes to choose from in French, German and Spanish, you can build vocabulary and grammar for conversations on your travels for business or pleasure. Before you go, join a photography class to help you take those memorable pictures. If you travel with the family dog, good manners are important. Take a dog obedience course to learn the techniques for leash walking and how to introduce your dog to strangers. Dogs and their handlers learn together.

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Tom Walker has never worked with a gang member who wasn’t affected by childhood trauma.

The Toronto social worker came to Ottawa on Feb. 27 to talk about how trauma can push young people towards gangs. “(When) I think of trauma, I think about how disconnected some of these young people are from their nervous system, (and) how their nervous system is on override all the time, and the power that has on them being able to be OK living in their bodies,” he told more than 250 social workers, teachers and police officers at a gang conference at Confederation Education Centre in Nepean.

When a young person experiences trauma, they experience heightened emotions, extreme isolation and have a hard time trusting people, Walker said.

They might feel gangs will provide them with protection and even the opportunity to be looked up to by younger members.

Gangs also give them the family they never had growing up, Walker said. He recalled a young gang member he had been working with who was wearing flashy “bling” and driving a nice car, who told him all he wanted was for his parents to care enough to hit him.

“It’s a profound example of how neglect can affect people,” Walker said.

Walker teaches from experience as he was the victim of childhood trauma, growing up in what he called a “drug house.”

He now works in a youth gang program in Toronto in addition to his job for the ORNGE ambulance service, helping trauma victims and people who have post-traumatic stress disorder.

Walker has worked with hundreds of young gang members in Toronto’s Break the Cycle program, which has a 60 to 70 per cent success rate.

“A lot of the kids I work with think they’re going to be dead before they’re 18 or 19,” he said.

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Walker said gang members need to feel safe before they are able to leave a gang. Some of the ways Walker uses to help youth deal with trauma issues are as simple as breathing exercises.

“Teaching young people to stop and think is a very important part of this process,” Walker said.

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Crime Prevention Ottawa hosted the conference and hopes Walker’s methods will be part of a larger strategy to help get the city’s estimated 400 to 500 gang members to ditch their criminal past.

“It’s a really exciting process of really thinking outside of the box and looking at the deeper issues with regards to gang involvement,” said Nancy Worsfold, the executive director of Crime Prevention Ottawa.“These are complex issues and we need a sophisticated response,” Worsfold added.

Mayor Jim Watson first announced the city would initiate a gang exit strategy in January and has since set aside $400,000 in the city’s proposed budget to fund the project.

The city suffered 49 shootings in 2014. Many were gang related crimes.

“Bringing people together and working from a trauma perspective is the only way we’re going to have success,” Walker said.

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DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife that are good for the next five years. Phew. That was a close one. Now we’re into March and it has arrived like a lamb.

We filled the house on Sunday with family and friends to celebrate a very special double birthday – my daughter Milena’s 26th and my grandmother Vicky’s 100th.

Just as cars were beginning to arrive I looked out the window at Cody the dog, who was not doing his characteristic hopping up and down for attention from the arriving houseguests. He was in fact lying quietly in repose. Something wasn’t quite right about it, however. When I took a second look I realized his left hind leg was suspended in mid air.

He looked like he was a hospital patient, in traction.

Somehow he had managed to get the chain wound around and around his leg until it was suspended in mid air. Seriously? Right now you have to pull this stunt? I traipsed outside in my high heels to assess the situation. Then I changed into more sensible shoes, unhooked his chain and brought him in the house. With his long, matted winter fur, it took three of us to untangle the chain and set him free.

By the time I finished reattaching him to his dog run my pant legs were all wet. But people were arriving so the

show must go on.

The Farmer made Grandma fish for her 100th birthday dinner as per her request. It was a recipe we learned while in Jamaica. Unfortunately, the Farmer has very strong ideas about how to cook and doesn’t always listen to me. I advised him to remove the seeds from those chilis before he put them in to steam the fish. He did not.

As a result, at least two of our family members are choking on chili resin tonight. Sorry.

My 100-year-old grandmother, however, is fine.

Around the farm, things have been rather quiet lately as we have no lambing season to prepare for this year.

Mocha has been ushered into the barn as she is showing signs of getting ready to give birth. Or maybe she just knows how to con the Farmer into bringing her into shelter, giving her hay, water and a room of her own so she doesn’t have to share.

Either way, she’s in there and we are waiting, along with her, for that calf to arrive. We are crossing fingers and toes, hoping it isn’t as big as the last one, that got stuck.

The forecast says next week at this time we should be up above zero and hovering there for a few days. We sprang forward an hour last weekend, and spring is certainly on its way.

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here is no use complaining about it. We are Canadians and we are blessed with four seasons. Unfortunately, one of them is freezing cold.

I don’t really mind winter.

I love the first morning when you wake up to a blanket of unblemished, perfect white snow.

Christmas this year just wasn’t the same with mud instead of snowflakes. But this is enough, already. It’s March. Take a hike, Old Man Winter. We’ve had it with you.

They say you are never given more than you can handle in life. Well let me tell you, there’s a reason my family did not settle in Kapuskasing. We can only handle so much cold.

Those people up in Kap get snow a solid month ahead of us and they keep it into April.

And they’re still smiling. Winter builds character. So I guess we shouldn’t complain with our lot in life.

According to weather sources, this is the coldest February we have suffered since 1889.

No, it’s not your imagination.

February has had an extremely poor attitude this year. Let’s hope March is a little kinder to us.

The Farmer and I like to escape the cold for a week every winter. It’s a cheat move, I know, but we’re getting up in years and can no longer bear the brutality of winter for so many days in a row. We’ll leave that for the young’uns on their snowboards.

This year we almost didn’t make it. Our flight was booked for February 15 and on the 12 I woke up with a funny feeling. I thought to check our passports and, sure enough, they had expired three weeks earlier.

Thank goodness for emergency passport service.

Twenty-four hours, two horrible passport photos and $450 dollars later, we had passports

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: manotick@metroland.com

March 14

St. Patrick’s Day dance at the Manotick legion, 7 to 11 p.m. Terry McGovern and the Retrosonics will help you celebrate the holiday in style. $5 admission at the door, $2 for a bowl of Irish stew.

Join us for Kids Craft Day at the Osgoode Township Museum as we create leprechaun hats for St. Patrick’s Day, learn how to dance an Irish Jig, search for a pot of gold, and taste some amazing rainbow treats. 1 to 3 p.m.

Cost: $5 per child. Please call 613-821-4062 to save your spot.

March 15

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with an evening of euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation parish hall, 5338 Bank St. Euchre games from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Admission is $5 and you do not need a partner. Enjoy Irish music and refreshments.

Info: 613-822-1430.

March 16-18

Kids ages seven to 12 can join the Space Odyssey at your local library branch this March break.

• March 16: Alien mask-making workshop with Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre, Osgoode branch at 2 p.m. (1 hr)

• March 16: Buck Rogers: Become a Space Ranger, Greely branch at 10:30 a.m. (1 hr) • March 18: Exploring with the stars, Manotick branch at 10:30 a.m. (45 mins) • March 18: A Colour Blast for Library Space, Greely branch at 10:30 a.m. (1.5 hrs) All programs require registration at biblioottawalibrary. ca or call the branch for more information.

March 18-20

March Break programs at the Osgoode Township Museum, 7814 Lawrence St. in Vernon.

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day, cost $5. Wednesday, March 18 is Big Rock Candy Mountain day. Thursday, March 19 is Junior Pioneer day. Friday, March 20 is Old-fashioned Toys and Games day.

March 19:

Fizz and Slime at the Live and Learn Resource Centre.

From 9 to 11 a.m. bring your kids ages 2 ½ to 4 to experience some awesome science.

Cost: $20/child. From 1 to 3, kids ages 4 to 6 can get a science surprise! Cost: $25/ child. Registration required at 613-821-2899.

March 26

The Osgoode Co-operative Nursery School (OCNS)

will be offering a summer program for children aged 2.5 to 5 years old. For more information, visit theocns.com, call 613-826-2528, or attend our upcoming open house on from 6 - 7 pm in the Fred Alexander room of the Osgoode Community Centre. Get your child in on the fun and learning at the OCNS today!

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 613-821-4409 to arrange for an appointment.

March 27

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 613-488-3993 or ottawakip@ gmail.com.

Dinner and dance at the Manotick Legion. Fish dinner served at 6 p.m., music starts at 7:15 p.m. $20 at the door.

April 11

Keep your old electronics out of landfill! Free electronics recycling depot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Mark Catholic High School, 1040 Dozois Rd. Drive up, drop off. Rain or shine. For more info visit mrh.ocsb.ca. Questions?

Email stmarkschoolcouncil@ gmail.com.

Ongoing:

2015 seed sale in support of the Osgoode Township Museum. Do you love gardening?

Purchase your seeds from US so you can begin planning and planting your dream garden as soon as spring arrives.

Call 613-821-4062 or email manager@osgoodemuseum. ca for more details.

Come to the Osgoode legion for darts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings starting at 7:30 p.m.

Experience not required. The bar is open Tuesdays through Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. unless otherwise posted.

The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St., Leitrim for a full schedule of activities every week including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess.

Membership is $15 per year.

The club is easily accessible

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parking. Call 613-821-0414 for info.

Mondays and Thursdays:

The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank St. (at Leitrim Road) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal at 613-821-1930 for more information.

Mondays:

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

Light refreshments served.

Tuesdays:

The Greely Friendship Club meeting every second Tuesday of the month for a pot luck lunch from11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Membership is $5 per year and $4 per lunch Introductory meeting free with pot-luck contribution.

Wednesdays:

Want to meet new friends and have a great workout?

Come to the MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a free women’s fitness class with a certified “That was way to easy!”

fitness instructor. The sessions include a five-minute inspirational fit tip. Contact the church office at 613-2388182.

Thursdays:

Come out and play 4-Hand Euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank Street every Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. during July, August and September. You do not need a partner. Entry fee $5. Enjoy complimentary light refreshments. For information call 613-822-1430.

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. All musicians and singers welcome Admission $5 for non-musicians, yearly membership available.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, give a loved one the benefit of the doubt before jumping to conclusions. This beloved confidante deserves your trust and ardent support.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, expect some powerful emotions to surface when you meet a new person this week. You may be immediately drawn to this individual, so embrace the attraction.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, the week starts off on a bumpy note but quickly turns itself around.

By Friday, you will have a smile on your face and be ready to make the most of the weekend.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, some long weeks have left you physically and emotionally wiped out. Take some time out for yourself in the coming days and resist the urge to jump back into the fray too quickly.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 A romance at work begins to heat up, Leo. This may be the perfect opportunity to find your match. Just don’t let feelings get in the way of productivity.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 A problem dominates your thoughts as you work to find a solution, Virgo.

Until you pull away and focus on something else, you will not be able to see the answer clearly.

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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Friends jokingly suggest you have psychic powers, Scorpio. They are put to the test this week when you suspect something is amiss. Rectify the situation in due time.

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