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Goode Run hitting the road in support of O-YA Emma Jackson

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The fifth-annual Goode Run in support of the Osgoode Youth Association is changing course in hopes that more people will participate. The fundraiser’s five- and 10-kilometre routes will this year wind their way through the village of Osgoode

instead of sticking to the multi-use pathway – a big change that will require extra volunteers and signage, but that will hopefully motivate more runners to take part. “People are tired of an out-and-back route; it’s pretty boring,” said organizer Heather Roe. “We’re trying to attract runners from outside the community.”

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The five-km runners will start as usual with a warmup at O-YA headquarters, and then several pace bunnies from Good Guys Tri will lead the group north on the pathway, across a section of private property and then into the northern part of the village via Lombardy Drive. They’ll cross Osgoode Main Street and run through the park down to Philip Street before winding their way back to the pathway south of the youth centre. Roe said having the run wind through residential streets on both sides of the village will draw more attention to the event, encourage residents to cheer on their neighbours and, most importantly, raise awareness about the youth association. “There are still people in this town that don’t know O-YA exists,” she said.

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Oh!-rora Borealis The locks by Nicolls Island in Manotick may have been one of the best places to see Northern Lights on March 10. The aurora surprised some Ottawa residents by lighting up the sky on March 10 and March 11 after the sun spat out large amounts of magnetized gas, causing a geomagnetic storm. The result was a slightly greener St. Patrick’s Day than usual.

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“The theory behind it is we get it to be more of a community event.” Roe has an ambitious goal to raise $30,000 this year – nearly double

last year’s profits, and something that hasn’t been done since the inaugural run in 2011. It’s necessary, though, as the nonprofit organization struggles to make ends meet.

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“O-YA is in such a state of needing funding,” Roe said. “No one in the community is going to let the doors of O-YA close, but it’s getting close.” Despite exponential growth in participation rates, as well as added revenue streams from the centre’s b.side cafe, rental programs and user fees, the youth centre barely made it into the black in 2014. At the centre’s annual general meeting in January executive director Nicole McKerracher was crystal clear about their situation: “If things don’t change we don’t feel O-YA is sustainable financially,” she said. Roe is hoping for 500 runners this year, and is also recruiting volunteers to help barricade side streets during the event. She stressed the private property connecting the path and Lombardy was graciously opened up for the run, but it is not meant to be used outside of the event. She encouraged people to register before April 15 for a savings of $10; after that, adult registration fees go up to $55 for the five- and 10-km runs and walks. Student registration fees are $25 across the board.

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The debate over new wildlife protection standards is getting a little squirrelly as city planners prepare to bring their new construction protocol to council later this spring. The Protocol for Wildlife Protection during Construction is the first update to the city’s strategy for keeping birds and animals safe on development sites since the regional municipality adopted a one-page guideline in 2000. If passed, the protocol would apply a new standard condition of approval to all plans of subdivision, plans of condominium and site control plans that are located near wildlife habitat – defined broadly to include everything from tall grass to abandoned buildings, depending on what a wildlife survey finds on site. To have their projects approved, developers would be required to complete a wildlife mitigation plan that outlines the project’s construction sched-

ule – including any impacts on sensitive nesting and breeding times – and their plans to protect wildlife from injury and death while construction work is underway. The mitigation plan would be considered a “living document” that gets updated as construction schedules change, according to the draft protocol released for public feedback in January. City planner Amy MacPherson has been the lead on this file since council directed staff to update the guidelines in its 2013 wildlife strategy. The policy developed in 2000 is out of date, she said, and due to “competing priorities” after amalgamation never had the complementary guidelines and documentation developed to expand on its ideas. The new protocol – now 19 pages instead of just one – is meant to close that gap. Last summer, MacPherson and her team reached out to stakeholders for input on how the old protocol might be updated. But somewhere along the line

the industry side got missed, so developers didn’t really get a chance to voice their thoughts before a draft was created last fall, MacPherson said. “We had a bit of a miscommunication there, which I really do regret,” she said. Councillor Jan Harder, chairperson of the planning committee which will consider the new protocol this spring, asked staff to extend the feedback period by a month to give developers more time. John Herbert, executive director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association, said the industry is now scrambling to retroactively address what he considers major barriers to construction – barriers that might not have been included at all if developers had been at the table all along. “City staff didn’t have the benefit of industry advising them of what was manageable and achievable and what wasn’t,” he said. He said the draft’s suggested site preparation timeline is a non-starter, because it encour-

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Ottawa Public Health has launched a “one-stop shop” online destination for parents seeking health information for their children. The city’s public health arm has created Parenting in Ottawa, a new web initiative, providing parents access to bilingual resources on a range of topics from pregnancy and breastfeeding to puberty and sexual health. “Parenting in Ottawa just got a little easier,” said Sherry Nigro, manager of health promotion and disease protection at Ottawa Public Health. Nigro said 80 to 90 per cent of parents are online and two thirds of them use social media regularly to get information. “With so much information

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C Transpo has once again missed the bus. Only a few weeks after the transit company came under fire for the postponed launch of the much-heralded O-Train Trillium line, it was singled out for mismanagement by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditor general. It seems the folks who make sure the buses run on time arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing such a great job, according to a report tabled on March 12 by auditor general Ken Hughes. And soon enough theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have trains to run. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cancellation notification system isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working, according to the report. OC Transpo uses its website or Twitter account to alert passengers of cancellations of any of the routes across the city. But a survey taken between May 1 and 15, 2014, found the notification of a cancelled route would arrive late a third of the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the purpose of the notification system is to allow people to change their plans and give them enough time to make alternate arrangements,â&#x20AC;? said Hughes, when he announced his findings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If that notification comes one-minute or 20 minutes after

the bus was supposed to arrive then it is of little value.â&#x20AC;? We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree more. Customers shivering out in the cold at their bus stop wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t react kindly to a tweet informing them the bus theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been waiting for has been cancelled â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nearly a half-hour after it was supposed to arrive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like adding insult to injury. The auditor general also criticized the city for not using an open bid process to outsource its lost and found program. The city should have been issuing requests for proposals to fairly assign the lost and found contract. OC Transpoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing comedy of errors should next fall under the scrutiny of city council. This year, council actually had the gall to ask transit users to pay more for a deteriorating service: buses are too often late and there are fewer runs thanks to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;optimizationâ&#x20AC;? of route schedules. Enoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough. If OC Transpo canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the job done, maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to start â&#x20AC;&#x153;optimizingâ&#x20AC;? management.

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to see a bylaw banning that? Lots of folks are trying in various ways to make their communities better. We already ban smoking and idling cars for too long. So leave Taber alone. It sounds like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quiet there and nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spitting.

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ing a rolling ban, one with fluctuating ban times depending on the snowfall’s arrival. Right now if snow is scheduled to fall throughout the day, removal crews don’t get the benefit of a ban – they just plow around parked cars as best they can. A rolling ban could have its benefits, Gagné said, but needs to be weighed against any negative impacts, too. For example, “Downtown where there’s a lot of activity and a lot of tourism, it wouldn’t be fair to the businesses in the (ByWard) Market to have a parking ban at 7 p.m.,” Gagné said. “That’s the dilemma we’re in.” He said the department hopes to bring solutions forward to the transportation committee in the fall, so changes can be implemented for the 2015-16 season. DEFICIT LOOMING

The city’s winter maintenance costs skyrocketed in January and February, councillors heard during budget deliberations. Right now the city’s winter maintenance costs are $11 million more than projected. While Ottawa didn’t get the volume of snow seen in 2013-14, the recordbreaking cold temperatures caused their own problems – including costs stemming from the fact that the city’s road salt is only effective to -18 C. The snow the city did get this winter also fell in many small batches rather than a few big dumps, forcing crews onto the roads 33 days in the first two months of the year – more days on than off, in other words. That used up a lot of work hours and material, according to city treasurer Marian Simulik. “You’d clear the roads, you’d salt, and 24 hours later you’d be clearing the roads and salting again,” Simulik said. The winter maintenance review will likely put everything on the table, including the level of service residents can expect – and if that should change in the interest of saving money. Simulik suggested the assessment could prompt changes to base funding – the amount needed to cover contract obligations, equipment maintenance and other basic costs – and trigger “ways to curtail the spending by changing the standard or even changing how we deliver the service,” she told council. According to Gagné, crews currently start clearing major roads as soon as a winter storm begins, while residential areas can expect to see plows after seven centimetres have accumulated. If only eight or nine cm of snow is predicted, crews might wait until the storm passes, Gagné noted, and a larger storm of 15 cm or more would be split into two passes.

Contrary to popular belief – particularly among rural residents – Gagné said crews hit each part of the city at the same time. “If we deploy at 7 a.m., we deploy a unit to those (rural) areas just like we would to Kanata or Orléans,” he said. The rural areas do take longer to finish because streets and villages are spread farther apart. “But it’s not going to be hours or a half a day later than Orleans.” Of course, when each road clearing route is a 10- or 12-hour job, some residential streets are going to be done a lot later than others, Gagné said. “Unfortunately someone’s first and someone’s last.”

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The Ontario Nurses Association says the 50 job cuts planned at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario will come from the facility’s roster of registered nurses. In a press release on March 18, the union said CHEO informed it that “more than 50” registered nursing positions will be cut this year to help close a $6.7 million budget gap. CHEO spokeswoman Eva Schacherl wouldn’t comment on the union’s statement, arguing it’s too early to say which departments will face cuts. “It’s premature to give that level of detail,” she said. “We’ll be working closely with our unions over the next two weeks.” Earlier in March, CHEO announced it would cut between two and three per cent of its 1,750-person workforce to cover a 2.8 per cent budget

shortfall. In an emailed response on March 18, Schacherl added, “We are working co-operatively with ONA and the other unions to protect patient care and minimize the impact on staff as we face this $6.7 million budget gap.” But ONA president Linda Haslam-Stroud said there’s little doubt patient care will be affected by frontline cuts. “Once again, our patients are paying the price for frozen hospital funding,” HaslamStroud said in a statement. “In this case, some of the sickest children in the province – in the neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, ambulatory care, in-patient surgical and medical units, will pay the price for fewer hours of (registered nurse) care.” She estimated 90,000 hours of registered nursing care will be cut at the hospital this year, though CHEO said the cuts will largely be swallowed up by attrition, reassignment and

voluntary retirement. CHEO said its core funding has been frozen or reduced annually since 2012, but has worked around this by scaling back its administrative overhead. However the hospital is feeling the burden of increasing inflationary costs, such as electricity bills and equipment and drug expenses, as well as negotiated salary increases of up to 1.4 per cent for unionized employees. Along with the lost jobs, the hospital will implement more than 100 cost-saving measures in the coming months, such as reducing its use of paper. Schacherl said the hospital’s creativity in lowering overhead costs has delayed job cuts for several years, but something’s got to give. “We’ve delayed this day, really, but I think it’s something that we’ve been working at finding efficiencies and finding different ways to do our work within our resources for several years,” she said.

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A call to retire seniors’ discounts as Canada’s largest demographic also becomes one of the wealthiest should be carefully weighed to make sure Ottawa’s most vulnerable citizens are not left behind, said seniors’ advocate Carol Burrows. The prolific community volunteer – a senior herself – was the keynote speaker at a city event to refresh the Older Adult Plan that has been in place since 2012 to make the city more accessible and welcoming for seniors across Ottawa. On March 18, about 100 seniors, service providers and experts gathered at city hall to “check the compass” on that plan and address outstanding issues for the 2015-2018 term. “We wanted to get to a spot where we had an age-friendly city that was inclusive for everybody,” deputy mayor Mark Taylor said to the crowd. “Now it’s at the point where we hit pause ... and see if we’re still headed in the right direction.” In the three years since council approved the plan, steps large and small have been taken to make the city more liveable for seniors. With an annual budget of $500,000, city staff tackled 74 action items, including: • 34 extra benches in seniordense areas • 12 intersections updated with longer crosswalk times • 18 city facilities retrofitted with automatic doors and washroom grab bars • Printed activity guides and seniors’ resource books • 1,100 seniors trained in computer literacy and Internet safety. On transit, the city reviewed potential barriers like technology and snow removal at bus shelters. OC Transpo’s senior fares were also tweaked in 2012 to make public transit more affordable, and five more community agencies now offer a travel training program to help coach older adults on using the bus. Burrows commended Ottawa for its efforts to accommodate its senior population, but warned that trying to meet the needs of

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The accomplishments of the Older Adult Plan to date have focused largely on mobility and accessibility in various public spaces, but advocates are now asking for a larger focus on affordable housing. The plan’s housing accomplishments from 2012 to 2014 included accessible renovation funding for 74 seniors, stakeholder participation in an affordable housing roundtable with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, LGBT education training for staff at longterm care homes, and software implementation to track repair needs in social housing buildings. But Burrows said it’s got to be about putting roofs over heads. “Seniors’ affordable, supportive housing is a major need in Ottawa,” she said. “Budgets are tight, we all have an understanding of that, but that kind of support needs to continue into the future ... I hope the housing branch and council will make development of this housing a priority for capital funding for the future.” Social services general manager Aaron Burry said about 15 per cent of the infrastructure money coming from the federal and provincial governments over the next four years will be devoted to seniors’ affordable housing across the city. Private developers are starting to catch up to demand, as well. “The sectors that deal with seniors housing are looking at how they can bring affordable housing to the market,” Burry said. Funding for affordable housing is not broken out in the older adult plan specifically, but Taylor said low-income seniors go to the top of the waiting list. He’s hoping the city’s housing investment will jump from $14 million to $16 million as part of the city’s strategic initiatives process this spring.

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By Jim Watson As the days grow longer and the snow starts to melt, it’s always exciting to see how eager people are to get outside and enjoy our city. While residents put away their skates and lace up their runners, it becomes apparent how active our city really is. Whether you are an amateur athlete, sports fan or just like to enjoy the outdoors, Ottawa has something for you this season. With the Ottawa Champions bringing pro-baseball back to our city in May and another season to look forward to from the Ottawa Redblacks and Fury FC, Ottawa is quickly emerging as a sporting hub in Canada. Not only is this exciting for fans but sporting events can be a major boost to our local economy, filling restaurants, shops and hotel rooms. In fact, tourism is the third largest contributor to our local economy, behind the high-tech and government sectors. With all eyes on Ottawa as the center of festivities for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, strengthening our tourism industry by attracting major sporting events becomes even more important. That’s why I recently asked city council to appoint Innes Ward Councillor Jodi Mitic as Ottawa’s first Sports Commissioner. With a keen interest and passion for sports, Councillor Mitic will act as an ambassador to pitch Ottawa as a host for high-profile sporting events of all types. With his experience and team mentality, I am excited to see the opportunities Councillor Mitic, working with partners like Ottawa Tourism, is able to bring to the city. Continuing our collaborative efforts, the City of Ottawa and Tourism Ottawa’s “bid more, win more, host more” program will further foster economic and social prosperity within our city. We have made great strides already, securing several major events for 2015-2016: • FIFA Women’s World Cup • Rugby Canada National Championships • Canadian Sprint Canoe/Kayak National Championships • Canadian Little League Championships • Capital Karting Grand Prix The City’s reputation as a premiere destination for major sporting events continues to grow with the announcement that Ottawa will host the 2017 Roar of the Rings curling championship. In addition to its major economic contributions, this will determine which teams will represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Ottawa was also recently named host of the 2016 Brier Curling Championships for the first time since 2001. A major Canadian championship, the Brier is projected to bring more than 10,000 room nights to hotels and over $4.5 million to the local economy. As significant as these economic contributions are to Ottawa, sporting events make an even larger contribution to our city. Each event brings with it, its own community who have the opportunity to experience and contribute to our city’s culture of diversity and inclusiveness. If you would like to know more about these exciting events and many more, visit http://www.ottawatourism.ca/.

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“Look, there they are!” Parents, siblings and spouses began cheering as the 14 students and three teachers who attended the St. Mark Catholic High School 2015 Dominican Exposure Trip walked down the stairs to Ottawa International Airport’s baggage claim. Organized chaos ensued as students and teachers ferreted through luggage cases looking for toiletries and souvenirs. They presented family members with paintings by local artisans, bottles of Dominican vanilla and jewellery made with larimar, Dominican’s native stone. They hugged each other and waved good-bye before braving the cold. It was a quarter past midnight Friday, February 27 and the group had undergone an emotional week in Consuelo, a small

Dominican town. Sarra St. Pierre, Connor Ladaroute, Marika Routliffe and St. Mark chaplain Maureen Dufour are among the group who spent the past year fundraising, learning Spanish and anticipating a trip of a lifetime. After a whirlwind week in Consuelo the group is back, re-adjusting to life at home and at St. Mark. “For me one of the sad things was leaving because you know you are leaving everything behind. The day we got on the plane was a sad day for everyone,” said grade 11 student Connor Ladaroute. St. Pierre and Routliffe agreed with Ladaroute, saying they already miss their host families and tour guides. The also agreed that their eyes were opened to many upsetting moments throughout the week.

Routliffe, a grade 12 student, said she was surprised by how long people had lived in such poor conditions. All of the students visited bateyes, sugar cane plantations, where the workers earn about 30 cents a day. Most of the workers are born, raised and will die on these plantations. “One of the men we met had lived there for 57 years and he came over from Haiti and the government had promised him a better life,” Routliffe said. She described his house as a small shack built out of scrap metal with no electricity or running water. “He doesn’t have an income so he doesn’t really have any way to buy food.” The students discussed another upsetting stop on their trip: Barrio Cuarante y Uno or Neighbourhood 41, a community situated in the

middle of a landfill. “They were literally living off garbage,” said Ladaroute. “There was a little kid with clothes so stained you couldn’t even tell what colour they were. He ran up to me with his plastic paddle and that’s all he had to play with.” Grade 11 student St. Pierre, agreed saying how frustrated she was with the systems that allowed people to live off of garbage or off of 30 cents. “The government does not do anything for them,” said St. Pierre. “It’s a position of authority that should be able to do something but they are not.” Maureen Dufour said she looks forward to helping the students take these attitudes and apply it to their lives back home. See TRIP, page 23

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thing you need.” She continued, “You don’t need a lot of things to live and survive and to be happy.” The three said they hope to bring this mentality forward and all agreed that they currently find it hard to pity family or friends’ complaints. “Everything I experience, I now experience differently because of that trip to the Dominican,” said Ladaroute. Dufour said she can’t wait to see what the group of grade 11 and 12 students will do in the upcoming years. Previous participants have gone on to study international development or work for non-government organizations. “I just think it’s a powerful thing when kids can allow themselves to be open and aware and touched by what they saw and want to go and make a difference,” said Dufour, who then paused before beginning to cry. “Any student that is touched by this experience and acts on it is one student more to build the world.” While Ladaroute, St. Pierre and Routliffe are still figuring out exactly how they will go out to change the world, they all said that they certainly experienced the week of a lifetime. “I would recommend it a million times over; I’d go back again if I could, as much as I could.”

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“ [I will] help our students … find ways to help them to embrace justice and work for justice,” said Dufour. “It’s [about] changing unjust structures.” Dufour said the Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, an order of nuns who live in Consuelo and built a retirement home for men, inspired her. The retirement home has been so successful that the government is funding an expansion that will include women. Dufour said this shows that structures even as corrupt as the Dominican government can change, proving that there is always a reason to fight for social justice. Dufour saw the students begin to fight for justice on the trip when they all pooled some of their spending money to one of the poorest bateyes. The group will also have a meeting before the end of the school year to decide where to donate the money they fundraised. The four acknowledged that while there were moments of sadness, injustice and extreme poverty, their trip was hopeful and beyond anything they could have imagined a month ago. St. Pierre said despite the language barrier, she was able to find a fun way to connect with her host family.

“We gave our family a deck of cards,” said St. Pierre, she was surprised when they knew how to play Go Fish.

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“It takes a village.” This oft-quoted African proverb acknowledges the huge impact that individuals and groups outside the family have on a child’s well-being. The same can be said of the impact that individuals and businesses have on the well-being of local ventures such as Isle in the River Theatre Company. ITR is an amateur community theatre group based in Osgoode, which has been performing in south Ottawa for more than 40 years – a milestone has been achieved in no small part through the continuing support of the surrounding community. “It is impossible to imagine that ITR could have lasted for

over 40 years without our wonderful audiences, volunteers, patrons and sponsors,” said ITR president Judy Beltzner. Right now, ITR is hard at work preparing its 74th production, Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii. Tickets are already on sale for the five shows between April 24 and May 3, including two dinner theatre nights. In any theatre group, not all of the talent appears on stage. Each production requires a veritable army of talented volunteers to do everything including set design, construction and decoration, lighting and sound, props, costumes, make-up, graphic design, photography and ensuring the comfort of audience members at each performance. While ITR is blessed with “fantastic audience members” according to Nurse Jane producer Sheila Dubyk, some of them have taken an extra step to become patrons – the lifeblood of sustainable community theatre. “Patrons are the unsung heroes of ITR,” said Beltzner.

“Without their ongoing support we would not be able to continue producing these fine plays.” Local businesses are also stepping up to sponsor individual ITR productions. “Going out to ask for money is never easy and I am amazed at the generosity of businesses in the south end of Ottawa,” said Dubyk. “Some have been supporting us for years.” ITR would love to welcome more patrons, sponsors and volunteers. To learn more or to join up, call 613-800-1165 or send an e-mail to info@ itrtheatre.com. ITR’s spring production of Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii, the hilarious farce by Allan Stratton, will be performed five times: two evening shows on April 24 and May 1, two dinner theatre shows on April 25 and May 2, and a matinee on May 3. All performances are at the Osgoode Community Centre at 5660 Osgoode Main Street. To purchase tickets, go to itrtheatre.com or call 613-800-1165.

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rehabilitation spaces for all the wildlife in our region, and most didn’t need our help in the ﬁrst place. Stumbling upon a baby animal that appears to need help brings out a helping instinct in all of us but spotting a baby animal by himself doesn’t necessarily mean he’s an orphan. Many wildlife parents leave their young alone during the day, sometimes for long periods. The mother is usually nearby and quite conscious of her young. Also, keep in mind that despite their small size, many young animals are actually independent enough to fend for themselves. How you tell if an animal needs your help or should be left alone? If an animal

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Ministry: Rev. Andrew Jensen, BA, MDiv 25 Gibbard Ave., Ottawa, Ont. K2G 3T9 Near Knoxdale / Greenbank (613) 829-2266 www.knoxnepean.ca Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. (Nursery Available) Tuesday Craft Group: 9:00 a.m. Youth Group: every second Sunday evening

EASTER SERVICES March 29th Palm Sunday 10:00 a.m. April 2nd Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m. April 3rd Good Friday 10:00 a.m. April 5th Easter Sunday Sunrise Service 8:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

BARRHAVEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Worship - Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

Children’s program provided (Meets at St. Emily’s Catholic School 500 Chapman Mills Drive.) Tel: 613-225-6648, ext. 117 Web site: www.pccbarrhaven.ca

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2400 Alta Vista Drive (613) 733 0131 Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School; Ample parking; A warm welcome OC Transpo route 8 awaits you. Rev. Dr. Floyd McPhee sttimothys@on.aibn.com www.sttimsottawa.com

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

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Longfields Community Church

2203 Alta Vista Drive

4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd.) (613) 277-8621 Proclaiming the life-changing message of the Bible

Minister: James T. Hurd

Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome

St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church

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Watch & Pray Ministry

April 3 – 11:00 am – Good Friday - Doing wrong; doing right, trusting

KNOX UNITED CHURCH

The Redeemed Christian Church of God

Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 1893 Baseline Rd., Ottawa (2nd Floor) Sunday Service 10.30am – 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm – 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

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Sunday Masses: 8:30 a.m. Low Mass 10:30 a.m. High Mass (with Gregorian chant) 6:30 p.m. Low Mass

Family Worship at 9:00am

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

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Palm Sunday, March 29th: 9 am, 11 am & 7 pm Holy Thursday, April 2nd: 7 pm Good Friday, April 3rd: 3 pm Holy Saturday, April 4th: 8:30 pm Easter Sunday, April 5th: 9 am & 11 am in Metcalfe on 8th Line - only 17 mins from HWY 417 613 821-3776 • www.SaintCatherineMetcalfe.ca

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St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Easter Mass Schedule:

470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca

South Gloucester United Church

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

St. Clement Parish/Paroisse St-Clément

Sunday 11:00 a.m. Worship & Sunday School 1350 Walkley Road (Just east of Bank Street) Ottawa, ON K1V 6P6 Tel: 613-731-0165 Email: ottawacitadel@bellnet.ca Website: www.ottawacitadel.ca

Ottawa Citadel

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

The West Ottawa Church of Christ

(Do not mail the school please)

Barrhaven United Church HOLY WEEK SERVICES Good Friday April 3rd, 7:00 pm

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WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A vibrant multi-cultural, full gospel fellowship. Come worship and fellowship with us Sundays, 1:30PM at Calvin Reformed 1475 Merivale Rd. Ottawa Church. Rev. Elvis Henry, (613) 435-0420 Pastor Paul Gopal, www.shalomchurch.ca (613) 744-7425 R0012827577

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Church Services

3013 Jockvale Rd • 613-825-1707 • www.barrhavenunited.org

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Connected to your community

Birthing season brings lucky number 13

p until this week, he had twelve head of cattle. Every night the Farmer would go out and count heads, making sure no one was missing in action. Then, last month on Friday, February 13th, number thirteen was born. Unfortunately, the number wasn’t lucky for him. He was a very big calf and we suspect he died in the birth canal. The mama, Gina (thus named for the big curl on her head that makes her look like Gina Lollobrigida) was released from the barn to rejoin the herd. The other cows didn’t treat her very well for a day or two. Maybe she smelled different to them. In any case, a month later, she is still trying to fit in but I often see

DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife her off by herself. There seems to be some shunning going on. This week we had another Friday the 13th and, one month to the day, another calf was born. It isn’t normal for us to have a gap of a month between calf births. We were certain the other calves would come in succession after the first one (the Farmer says the first birth in the season is always a disaster – it rang true with our sheep as well). We left instructions for our farm-sitter when

we went on vacation and every day I texted him from the beach: “How many head of cattle?” And his reply: “Still only 12.” It was a relief, because I would hate for his first farming experience to be traumatic, with too-big calves being stuck during birth and having to be pulled out against their will to enter the -35 degree Canadian winter. So on the morning of March 14th the horse was acting strange. She was running up

and down the field, snorting and tossing her mane. Then the Farmer pointed out the new calf. That was what Misty was trying to tell us. Mocha had given birth some time during the night, and her calf was up and nursing, springing around and loving life. After an introductory photo and video session I noticed the other cows were not being very friendly to the little bull calf. He would get confused and try to nurse on someone who wasn’t his mother and they would respond most rudely with a sharp kick to his side. I talked the Farmer into putting a rope around the calf and hop-stepping him to the stable, where he and his mother could bond for a few days. I’ll admit, this may not have

been the best idea. Normally we bring the new cows (or the ones in labour, if we can get them on time) into the barn to bond with their babies. But the stable was closer and easier to access. Misty, the usual occupant of the stable, was not at all impressed with the development. There are plenty of other spots in the barn for her to find shelter, so that wasn’t the issue. But her sweet feed is in the stable. And she was absolutely sure that cow and her calf were in there, eating it. She could smell it. (I admit I did give Mocha a scoop of molasses corncandy for good behaviour). Misty did some more moaning and complaining outside the stable and when nothing came of it, she decided to put the run on the other cows. The Farmer and I were in the barn with the second cow to go into labour when we heard the stampede. It was quite a dangerous situ-

ation, with the 1800-lb. horse chasing the pregnant, uncoordinated cows over icy patches of unlevel ground, where they could easily slip or trip, breaking a leg or miscarrying. I went out to confront Misty. We had an exchange of sorts. I yelled NO, smacked my leather mitts together and stomped my feet and she just stared at me, giving repeated snorts and tossing her mane. She also stomped her foot at one point. Talk about a hissy fit. I know she understood me. Every time I go to the barnyard she follows close on my heels, as if pleading her case. But she stopped chasing the cows. I will not be manipulated by a horse. And she’s not getting back into her stable until Mocha is finished with it, in another day or two. dianafisher1@gmail.com accidentalfarmwife.blogspot.com

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Church Services Palm Sunday March 28/29

Monday March 30 th 7:00pm Choral Evensong Tuesday March 31st 8:00pm Compline Wednesday April 1st 5:30pm Family Potluck Dinner & Instructed Eucharist Maundy Thursday April 2nd 7:00pm Choral Eucharist rd Good Friday April 3 10:00pm Interac ve Family Experience in the Chapel 1:00pm Choral Service Easter Sunday April 5th 6:15am Sunrise Service & Potluck Breakfast 8:00am & 10:00am

Masses at 5:00 pm on Saturday and 8:00 am and 10:30 am on Sunday (11:00 am at Valley Stream Manor)

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Easter Triduum

Holy Thursday

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Liturgy of the Word for Children

11:00 am

Good Friday

Stations of the Cross Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

2:00 pm 3:00 pm

3861 Old Richmond Rd 613-829-1826 www.christchurchbellscorners.ca

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Come… Share in God’s Love Knox Presbyterian Church

5533 Dickinson St., Mano ck, ON

Interim Moderator Pastor - Rev. John Fair Ofﬁce: 613-692-4228 www.knoxmanotick.ca Nursery Care provided on Sundays

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Palm Sunday, March 29th - 10 am A family-oriented service with par cipa on of the children and youth Good Friday, April 3rd - 11 am Easter Sunday, April 5th - 10 am With Holy Communion Church School for children

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Easter Vigil

8:00 pm

Mass

8:00 & 10:30 am

All Saints Evangelical Lutheran Church 1061 Pinecrest, Ottawa www.allsaintlutheran.ca 613-828-9284

Are you looking for a Church, where the Word of God is preached, where there is Open Communion, and people Pray? Come back to Church during Lent Wednesdays in March at 7 pm. Easter Sunday, April 5 at 10 am. Every Sunday 10am Join us for coffee after the service

Pastor: Fr. William Penney

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St. John the Apostle Parish

Christ Church Bells Corners Holy Week and Easter Services

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Construction protocol ‘reasonable,’ enviro chair says Continued from page 3

But MacPherson said it’s a gross misinterpretation of the new protocol to suggest that it requires all construction work to occur between mid-August and the end of September. “It is completely unrealistic ... It can’t be done,” she said. “That’s the least disruptive time for most species, but at other times of the years, (the protocol says) ‘here are additional miti-

gating measures we expect you to be using.’” That could include extra “pre-stressing” activities (making loud noises on site for a few weeks before work begins, for example), hiring a biologist to do a wildlife survey or setting up nesting boxes off-site to encourage wildlife to move out, MacPherson said. That can cost time and money, too, Herbert argued. Take the protocol’s stance on

pipes, for example: it asks developers to avoid accidentally providing shelter for animals, suggesting workers block off open-ended pipes so they don’t inadvertently become death traps disguised as cozy dens. “There are hundreds of pieces of pipes on a site every day,” Herbert said. “Do we want crews spending the morning taking caps off and the afternoon putting them back on?” But environment committee

chairman Coun. David Chernushenko called the draft “reasonable” – and dismissed any laments that “never again will a home be built in Ottawa.” “That’s hyperbole that we have to be wary of,” he said. “It just seems to me its common sense practices and I hope that’s the way it will be seen and will come forward. There’s nothing draconian in it.” The Capital Ward councillor added that the protocol could

have been much more restrictive. “It could have mandated windows instead of guidelines, it could forbid construction during certain periods in certain areas, but it doesn’t,” he said. “It seems like pretty sensible middle ground.” And the protocol won’t even be enforceable in any measurable way; as a condition of approval the city can ask a builder to stop work if it’s not comply-

ing, or illegal tree removal may be covered under the urban tree conservation bylaw depending on where the development is located. “The only real mechanism we have to enforce it is through the condition of approvals,” MacPherson said. “We do not have a wildlife protection bylaw, nor were we directed to do that.” She said staff will compile all feedback into a report for the planning and agriculture and rural affairs committees, which will likely come forward this spring.

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t had darkened early that mid-winter day, with the sun dipping below the west hill just as we were finishing our supper. Audrey lit two coal-oil lamps, putting one in the middle of the kitchen table, and the other on the washstand that served as a place for our winter mitts, scarves and extra socks. My three brothers did the usual chores that had to be done every night after supper. Everett filled the wood box, stacking it high from the wood piled in the summer kitchen. Emerson gathered up the few scraps from the table and fed Sport, who was eagerly waiting at the back door, well aware of what was coming his way. Earl got down on his hands and knees, and pulled the big white granite basin out from under the icebox and emptied the water into the reservoir of the Findlay Oval. Audrey and I cleaned up the kitchen, washing the

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories dishes, drying them with the flour-bag tea towels, rubbing the red and white checkered oilcloth, making sure it was spotlessly clean, and ready for what would be a couple hours of pastimes that kept us busy until it was time to climb the stairs for bed. It was my favourite time of day. It would be a couple hours before we would go upstairs, and the time would be spent sitting around the kitchen table, each of us doing what we liked to do best when the day was done. Mother at one end with her diaries and scrapbooks spread out before her, and the rest of us amus-

ing ourselves in any way we wished. That night I sat on the bench under the window that looked out onto the grape arbour. I could feel a draft, and so I had taken a blanket that was always folded at the end of the creton couch and wrapped it around my shoulders. Like everyone else, my feet were tucked into handmade felt slippers. And I could feel the most delicious warmth and contentment as I looked around that old kitchen. Everything was so familiar and so much a part of our everyday lives. Father had moved to the rocking chair in front of the

Findlay Oval, and his feet were up on the cushion on the opened oven door. His papers were around him, and his pipe hung loosely in his mouth. That night I was content just to sit. The colouring picture from the Ottawa Farm Journal was in front of me, and so were my crayons, but I had lost interest. My attention was on the Findlay Oval, and it was as if I was looking at it for the first time in my life. I mentally counted all the uses we had for the stove, and I wished longingly that I knew how to write, so that I could put down on paper what the old stove meant to us out there in Northcote. Of course, there was the reservoir at one end. It supplied us with all the hot water we used in the house: our Saturday night baths, the Monday washings, scrub water, and the water we had just used to wash up the dishes. And it was where, when we had a stuffed-

up nose, or Mother thought we were getting a cold, we sat close, on a chair, with our heads under a sheet, breathing in the steam from the reservoir. It was the Findlay Oval that made our toast in the mornings. The tin toaster sat over the front burner that had been removed, and four slices could be toasted at one time. And it was that same burner that Mother lifted to singe the chickens before they were stuffed and put in the oven for our Sunday supper, and that night I thought of the popcorn that was so often a treat on a cold winter’s night and made on the Findlay Oval. All along the very top of the stove was the warming closet. It was seldom used for food, because as soon as a meal was cooked, we were more than ready to sit around the old pine table and dig into it. But it was a wonderful place to dry wet

mitts, or heat a towel to wrap around a wet body after our Saturday night bath. Always, and that night it was no different, Father had put blocks of wood around each side of the stove, and our galoshes and rubber boots were propped against the wood to dry out over night. And I knew that when I put on my galoshes in the morning to go to school, my feet would feel that delicious heat long after I had left the house for the three-and-a-half-mile walk to the Northcote School. And of course, it provided us with the only warmth we would have, with its pipes snaking through the kitchen and poking through the floor upstairs.   That night how I wished I could write so that I could put down on paper all that the Findlay Oval meant to us during those Depression years. It would take me forever to print the words.

The Power of You. Legacy of Mother Élisabeth Bruyère Grows Through Others.

Lamia Saikaley joined the Broadway for Bruyère Dirty Dancing Gala committee last September knowing she wanted to do something good for the hospital and its patients. She just didn’t know how close her involvement would hit home. A few months later her friend suffered a stroke and he is in rehab at Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital. “His family tells me he is receiving great care and they are very pleased.”

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“Bruyère has touched the lives of my friends, family and neighbours. I’m proud to support this incredibly caring group of people.” Stephen McGill, President, Creative Director, McGill Buckley

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“It is an honour to work with all these volunteers who give their time and resources to help Bruyère patients now and in the future.” Fiona Gilfillan, Bruyère Foundation Board Chair

GeTTING THINGS DoNe For the first time, Bruyère Foundation is partnering with Broadway Across Canada as they bring Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage to the National Arts Centre. A committee of successful leaders in our community are volunteering their time to ensure the Broadway for Bruyère gala is a night to remember on April 16, 2015. Some leaders from the committee share why they choose to volunteer their expertise: •

“I always felt that it was important to give back to this hospital.” Lori Wagner, Porter Airlines

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“Bruyère is an institution in our community and we quickly decided we wanted to support it.” Patrick McGarry, Hulse Playfair and McGarry.

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DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, April 2, 2015 – 10 a.m. The item listed below, in addition to any other items previously scheduled, will be considered at this meeting, which will be held in The Chamber, Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa. To see any change to this meeting agenda, please go to Ottawa.ca. Zoning – 7315 Fernbank Road 613-580-2424, ext. 29233 – justyna.garbos@ottawa.ca Zoning – 8153 Springhill Road 613-580-2424, ext. 14057 – david.maloney@ottawa.ca Zoning – 3275 Donnelly Drive 613-580-2424, ext. 14057 – david.maloney@ottawa.ca Zoning – 1125 and 1129 Clapp Lane 613-580-2424, ext. 12681 – natalie.persaud@ottawa.ca Official Plan Amendment - Additional Severances on the Carlsbad Trickle System 613-580-2424, ext. 21850– bruce.finlay@ottawa.ca

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March 27

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.

March 28

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church in Kars invites you to a ham supper on Saturday, March 28 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Bring a friend and enjoy a great meal at the Kars RA Hall.

Free admission, free parking. For more info call 613-825-1621.

April 1

Greely Gardeners Group monthly meeting, Growing Roses with international expert André Poliquin. April 1 at 7 p.m. at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. $2 for non-members. Visit greelygardeners.ca.

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March 29

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling homemade baked goods and crafts at the OHS Easter open house, Sunday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Egg races, face painting, popcorn, crafts and Easter Bunny visits.

The Greely Business Association will hold its annual general meeting Tuesday, April 7 at the Orchard View Conference Centre at 7 p.m. Highlights of fiscal year 2014/2015 will be discussed as well as plans for moving the organization forward. All business owners in Osgoode Ward are invited to attend the event.

April 10

Books, Beads and Breakfast event in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation for grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa. Friday, April 10, 9:30 a.m. at Anderson Links Golf and Country Club, 4175 Anderson Rd. The Metcalfe-area Grannies All about Kids group invite you to their fifth annual event, which includes a book exchange, gently used jewelry for sale and a delicious buffet breakfast. Buy your tickets early while supplies last. Cost: $25. Email wmshepheard@ rogers.com or call Bev at 613-821-4981.

April 11

Keep your old electronics out of the 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.

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Confederation Line West Light Rail Transit (LRT) Extension 100 Day Working Group Solution Open House Monday, March 30, 2015 Jean Pigott Place, City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West 5 to 8 p.m. Presentation at 6:30 p.m. Further to the joint announcement between the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission’s (NCC) 100 Day Working Group, you are invited to an Open House to review and provide feedback on the proposed alignment between Dominion and Cleary Stations. At the Open House you will have the opportunity to view the preferred solution, which is to allow the City’s Confederation Line West LRT extension to run fully buried under the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. This integrated transit solution meets the NCC’s criteria, while protecting the Byron Linear Park and Rochester Field, and meeting the City of Ottawa’s affordability requirements. It also advances the creation of a waterfront linear park. The Confederation Line West extension is one of three environmental assessment studies currently underway as part of Stage 2 (Ottawa.ca/stage2), the City’s plan to add 19 new stations and 30 kilometres of rail farther east, west and south of the City. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call or e-mail the project lead below. If you are not available to attend the Open House or would like additional information, please visit the study web site at ottawa.ca/stage2 or direct your comments and questions to the contact person below. The Open House presentation material will be posted to the study web site. For further information on this project, or to be added to our mailing list, visit the web site or contact: Nelson Edwards Senior Project Manager Transportation Planning 110 Laurier Avenue West Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21290 Fax: 613-580-2570 E-mail: Nelson.Edwards@ottawa.ca

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