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Kars parents winning bell time battle Transportation authority nixes hour change at Kars on the Rideau

school start at 8 a.m. beginning next September. This would be 15 minutes earlier than they do now.

That’s a welcome change from OSTA’s original plan first published in January, which proposed to move the school’s start time ahead an hour to 9:15 a.m.

It was by far the most drastic change suggested in a slew of bell time changes proposed for schools across the city’s English public and Catholic boards, which meant to eliminate 115 bus runs and save the authority nearly $3.4 million.

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News - Far from starting an hour later, Kars on the Rideau Public School students may start even earlier than they do now if trustees approve a new proposal in January.

The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) has suggested students at the rural elementary

Sacred Heart High School, Stittsville Public School, St. Stephen Elementary School and Holy Spirit Elementary School.

But more than 100 Kars parents spoke out swiftly and assertively against the change, arguing that the change would cost families thousands more for daycare and force some parents to drastically change their work schedules.

The vast majority of Kars on the Rideau’s 710 students take the bus to school, with 19 buses driving there every day – many of them inefficient single runs.

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Working with staff, at Ottawa Carleton District School Board and the transportation authority, Kars principal Rick FILE Haggar said the team found a Kars on the Rideau Public School could start 15 minutes earlier next September if pro- way to keep the school’s early start while still creating some posed bell time changes are approved in January. savings.

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Although the 8 a.m. start doesn’t create as many savings as OSTA hoped, it would be far less destructive to local families and won’t affect bell times at neighbouring schools, Haggar said.

“There’s not a domino effect,” Haggar said. “That was very important to me.”

OSTA has been trying to find efficiencies in the system as part of a business case to get more funding from the province. The better it can prove tax dollars are being put to good use, the more likely

the province will support the program, said Zone 1 trustee Lynn Scott, who serves the Kars area.

She said the changes are a welcome relief to her, but she welcomes feedback from the community to help inform her vote in January, when OSTA brings its final recommendations on changes over 10 minutes to the public school board’s trustees for approval.

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The Energy East open house held at the North Grenville Municipal Centre on Tues. Nov. 18 featured more questions than conflict from interested area residents.

Earlier in November, leaked reports that TransCanada, the parent company of Energy East, was developing a public relations strategy that targeted opposition groups and individuals had caused some concern that various environmental groups would brace Energy East representatives at the open house.

The response from Ottawa groups such as Ecology Ottawa and more locally, members of Sustainable North Grenville was muted.

Tim Duboyce, the spokesperson for Energy East said the report that everyone was talking about was only a series of recommendations and his company would never consider doing anything like the recommendations suggested they do, to advance their cause.

“We flatly refused to apply some of them,” said Duboyce. He did say that he felt there was nothing wrong if a politician or municipality wanted to express their own positive take on the Energy East pipeline plan.

He said there would never be any remuneration involved for any persons or organizations promoting the project because they believed in it.

Duboyce said it mattered a great deal if the public had concerns. “We want to be part of the community,” he said.

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a question of nobody’s back yard.”

Other visitors to the open house felt that the main issues revolved around potential risks to local water aquifers, and the feasibility of guaranteed fail safe systems.

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Critics of the pipeline were not comforted by Energy East’s admission.

Ben Powless, the pipeline community organizer for Ecology Ottawa spoke with Duboyce along with Tom Graham, a member of Sustainable North Grenville.

Both felt that regardless of drama around TransCanada’s PR strategy, the plan to run oil from Alberta through Ontario is flawed.

Powless said the carbon footprint created by getting at all that oil trapped in the Alberta tar sands to the east coast makes the project a dangerous one for all concerned.

Graham said he was against the pipeline project, not only because of the overall carbon generation, but because the plan is not quite as straightforward as the company is presenting it.

He said despite the information available at the open house as well as several others he had attended, he was still not convinced the pipeline was both safe and necessary.

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt was also at the open house.

He said he had attended the other open houses to get a sense of what the project was all about.

Moffatt believes it is the role of the city to express any concerns that residents have about the project to Energy East at the appropriate time.

Powless agreed.

“This is a great opportunity to ask questions,” said Powless. “We asked them about some of the recent controversy about their public relations firm firm and we asked them about their safety record. The National Energy Board has recently found they were non-compliant in four of nine safety measures,” he said.

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Manotick water main could be five years away Unclear what that means for Long Island paving, sidewalk projects Emma Jackson

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The city has wrapped up its environmental assessment on a new water main project for Manotick, but it could still be five years before residents see shovels in the ground.

The new pipe would connect from Riverside South down Long Island Drive and

under the Rideau River to the new Minto Mahogany development south of the village.

It’s not needed yet; the new infrastructure will only be necessary once Phase 2 of the 1,400-home subdivision gets underway. But Minto executives say that won’t happen until at least 2018 or 2019.

The slowing real estate market is to blame, according

to Brent Strachan, senior vice president of Minto Communities.

“You’re seeing a slower market for the upper end market,” Strachan said.

So far, Minto has only sold 28 homes in Phase 1, 16 of which are occupied.

If minor lot size changes currently before the city are approved, the first phase will see a build-out of 211 homes, hopefully by the end of 2017.

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the city to put the water main link through the village, said Susan Murphy, Minto’s vice president of development.

“It’s four or five years away,” she said.

While Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt said waiting for the pipes “isn’t the end of the world,” it’s the delay to other community projects that concerns him.

Long Island Road is overdue to be repaved, but Moffatt had the city postpone the project to bundle it with the water main work – originally expected in the next year or so – so the road wouldn’t be ripped up twice in as many years.

The money saved from that bundling was supposed to fund a 1.5-kilometre sidewalk on Long Island from Bridge Street to St. Leonard Catholic School, which would be installed during the water main construction.

Moffatt said he’s unsure how the setback will affect the Long Island repaving

timeline, although it could get done as soon as next summer.

If it happens, Moffatt called that a “silver lining.”

The sidewalk is another question.

“I’ll have to work with staff to see what kind of short term solution we can develop to address the need to safer pedestrian space,” Moffatt said.

Community association president Klaus Beltzner said Long Island residents are going to be “up in arms” about the news if it means the sidewalk project gets pushed back or nixed altogether.

“That’s all we need is to have another thing that was supposed to happen not happen,” Beltzner said.

The water main is set to begin on Summerhill Street in Riverside South, from which it would extend south on River Road, cross the Rideau River between Walter Upton-Collins Park and David Bartlett Park and continue south on Bravar Drive, Long Island Road and Van Vliet Road.

The pipe would then cross a second channel of the river to connect to Antochi Lane before continuing west to meet up with an existing water main on Manotick Main Street.

Minto is currently pursuing several site plan changes in its Phase 1 project, in an effort to respond to the sluggish market.

In June, Minto applied to the city to add more units and redesign a gateway feature.

Among other setback adjustments, the rezoning and subdivision amendments would reduce the size of some lots from 60 feet to 47 feet, allowing enough extra room to add 14 new lots to the area and a wider range of housing sizes.

The changes don’t affect the development’s overall density; the new lot sizes are simply swapped out of later phases, Murphy said.

Minto hosted a public meeting at the Manotick arena to talk about the changes on Tues. Nov. 25.

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The show will marry the creative endeavours of the garage, which restores classic and antique cars, with two artists who transfer the beauty of cars to paper.

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News - Programs and services continue to be offered as usual at the RA Centre despite employees walking off the job and forming picket lines at the facility on Riverside Drive and other fitness centre locations in Ottawa, last week.

Twenty-seven unionized full-time employees from two Unifor bargaining units, including property and facility services staff, walked off the job at midnight on Nov. 20. Picket lines were in place the next morning, as workers held signs and flags at facility entrances.

The unionized members, who also include restaurant, maintenance workers and ice-cleaning machine operators, represent 10 per cent of the centre’s total workforce, accord*See your sales associate for complete details. ing to the RA Centre.

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The striking workers have been without a contract since May, and have rejected two offers from their employer.

They are asking for changes to contract language around modified work and return-to-work provisions, layoff protection, working hours and job security. The union also wants to negotiate wages and retirement alEKP5CharityNewspaper14.indd 1 11/6/14 10:47 AM lowances, among other demands.

Six part-time maintenance and facility services employees with a third bargaining unit, including property maintenance, arena and curling staff, will be in a legal strike position on EKP5CharityNewspaper14.indd 1 11/6/14 10:47 AM Dec. 6.

All have voted in support of a strike mandate, said Mike Armstrong, Unifor national representative.

“They’re just as disgruntled as everyone else.”

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The first day of the strike coincided with an annual general meeting that was to take place at the centre on Thursday night (Nov. 20).

“That’s why we walked out last night and today, to impress upon the board of directors and the membership that these employees are not happy,” said Armstrong. “Morale – they’ve never seen it this low.

“I guess when you don’t get any respect at work and nobody listens to you – I’m standing here with people with 30 years seniority, 27 (to) 28 (years) and they’re just disgusted.”

The unionized employees are unhappy that centre management are not taking the collective bargaining process seriously.

“We’ve only had four days of bargaining,” Armstrong said. “And the employer gave us two final offers in four days. I mean, that’s not a very good track record.”

The employer’s first offer came after one hour of bargaining around the time the three-year contract expired, according to the union. That offer, like the second one that came on Nov. 16 after 30 hours of negotiations, was rejected by employees.

“They say it’s a fair and comprehensive offer,” Armstrong said of the employer. “Apparently, the employees don’t think so.”

While both sides recently expressed a desire to return to the bargaining table, RA Centre management have said after six months of collectively bargaining with Unifor they are “still unable to understand, let alone address, the union’s true concerns and demands.”

Management has said it is waiting for the union to make the next move in the stalemate.

“We are waiting and willing to go back to the bargaining table and discuss next steps,” said Merrett.

Management is recommending members and visitors to RA Centre locations give themselves extra time going to programs and services because of possible delays in crossing picket lines.

They “are encouraged to remain patient and respectful,” Merrett said in a statement.

The RA Centre bills itself as the largest private not-for-profit recreation and leisure association in Canada with more than 22,000 members, who rely on the centre for fitness programs, sports leagues, summer camps and clubs for all ages.

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There’s little North Gower author Molly O’Connor hasn’t published – short stories, a memoir, children’s books – and now she hopes to add a novel to that list.

To help her reach her goal, O’Connor has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise nearly $3,000 so she can self-publish her 65,000-word piece of young adult fiction as an e-book.

The novel, called When Secrets Become Lies, follows a 16-year-old girl named Philippa into the world of gaming and a quest to discover her true identity.

The story weaves back and forth between following Philippa’s parents across Canada on a year-long exodus in the 1980s, and Philippa herself as she comes of age in 2003, after her parents are killed and she discovers there’s no record of her birth.

“I was looking for a theme and it came to me that it would be a rather difficult thing if you had no idea where you came from,” O’Connor said.

Philippa is a computer whiz and into gaming – an unconventional choice for a female character, given the ongoing problems for women working in the game development industry, who have faced discrimination and harassment, particularly online.

But O’Connor said her main character’s hobbies and interests weren’t motivated by politics.

“As I’m evolving my character, Philippa and her best friend are into computers and they’re gaming, and they’re such whizzes it was a natural that they would want to make the games themselves,” O’Connor said.

MOLLY O’CONNOR into, O’Connor said. But she also felt that, as an e-book, her story would be as marketable as ever using new social media tools.

“I think I have the means to promote it, so I see it as a variable route to go,” she said.

Asking the community for help is another way to get people involved, she added.

“It gives the investor a sense of ownership and I want that very much for that to be part of my campaign,” O’Connor said.

If she can raise the $2,875 she’s asking for by her deadline on Saturday, Dec. 20, O’Connor said the book will be available by February.

For more information or to donate, visit kickstarter.com and search When Secrets Become Lies.

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any people across the city might have been a bit surprised to learn that as the result of a significant mould problem, the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology will receive an $80.5million makeover.

Surprised not because the museum doesn’t need the renovation, but because of the other opportunities the federal government appears to have passed on as a result. This announcement comes only months after the National Capital Commission called for proposals to fulfill its latest vision for LeBreton Flats, the much-neglected brownfield just west of downtown.

Those plans called for “an anchor institution or an attraction” for the area, something around which the rest of LeBreton could be developed.

What better to serve as an anchor than a brand new, iconic science and tech museum? Sure the Canadian War Museum is already there, but wouldn’t that serve to make LeBreton even more of “an attraction”?

Such an argument might be obvious to those of us who live in Ottawa, but perhaps that’s part of the problem. Mere residents of the capital have a vested interest in this city – it is our home and our community. Yet, by and large, those who hold sway over decisions affecting the capital, the members of the Conservative government, have shown little interest in investing significant sums of money here.

The science and technology museum joins the likes of the portrait gallery in a long line of projects that have either been moved out of Ot-

tawa or given short shrift since 2006.

These are things people living in Ottawa should be concerned about.

Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird, who is responsible for the NCC, said he didn’t want to see Band-Aid solutions for fixing the museum, but also worried about taxpayers and “reasonable and responsible” conclusions.

Is that to say that Canadians don’t deserve a capital they can be proud of? Perhaps Canadians do simply think of Ottawa as a hive of bureaucratic drones, and nothing worth paying much mind, but that would be an insult to proud Canadians.

Ottawa, as capital of a G7 country, deserves iconic buildings. If the Conservatives aren’t willing to dream that way, perhaps Ottawans need to think hard before casting their ballots in the federal election next fall.

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very cloud has a silver lining and there can even be something said in favour of a little mould.

That would be the mould in the walls of the Canada Science and Technology Museum. It’s created an opportunity to do something positive with the museum.

Unfortunately it appears that the opportunity is not being taken.

The museum, shut down because of air contamination caused by the mould, is in the process of being refurbished. It was announced last week by the federal government that funding has been found to renovate and modernize the museum, the work to be completed in summer or fall of 2017.

The problem is that the renovated

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town and modernized museum will be in the same location, in a light-industrial area off St. Laurent Boulevard.

Could there be a worse location?

It’s hard to think of one. The area is full of traffic and pedestrian-unfriendly in the extreme. There are no other attractions around. You get in your car and drive there, then get in your car and drive back.

Meanwhile, a much better location is sitting there, more or less empty, at LeBreton Flats. While

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it is encouraging to see that the National Capital Commission has recently become more engaged with creating something – anything! – on the Flats, the fact remains that right now it contains the Canadian War Museum, a condo or two and a lot of empty space.

Yet, as has been said so many times by so many people, the area could be great. The space is there, the river is there, the transit is there, the location is close to downtown and easily accessible from the suburbs.

Would-be city planners have been drooling for decades over the possibilities. The riverside could be opened up for restaurants and cafés.

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And museums.

There is no reason why Ottawa could not attempt a modest version of what Washington does with its Mall – a lengthy treed avenue right downtown that contains more than a dozen museums, including the Smithsonian, as well as national monuments. The area buzzes with tourists and residents, walking from one attraction to the next.

It should not be beyond us to create such a space in Canada’s capital, a space where Canadians can become better acquainted with their country, where visitors can learn about it, where children can discover and marvel. Having several museums all in one area would also make it possible for restaurants and coffee shops to flourish, and the combination would create the lively LeBreton Flats for which Ottawans have been longing for half a century.

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The Science and Technology Museum would add a second, exciting dimension, bringing more people to the Flats.

And here’s a crazy thought: the Portrait Gallery could even rise again.

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Among the city’s finest Gilles LeVasseur receives his Order of Ottawa medal at a ceremony at city hall from Mayor Jim Watson on Nov. 20. The medal is a prestigious civic award honouring Ottawa’s most accomplished residents. As a lawyer and university professor of law in management and economics, LeVasseur is active in constitutional language rights in Canada. He is a member of both the Ontario and Quebec Bar Associations, a member of business and health professional corporations, and has numerous undergraduate and graduate degrees. He has published eight books, of which three directly address the situation of francophones in Ontario and Canada. Fifteen residents received the award at the gala.

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Celebrating the past The community came together to celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the North Gower Library, which is now a branch within the Ottawa Public Library, on Nov. 15. The library, which has been based in the former Rideau Township Fire Hall since 1978 but has been housed in various locations – including someone’s living room, has been providing the longest continuous book-loaning service in the Ottawa region. Taking part in the anniversary festivities, which included a cake-cutting ceremony, are library supervisor, Karen Craig, left, North Gower resident and Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt, library staff member Christine McKay, Jane Wilson with the Friends of the North Gower Library and library staff member Louise Drouin-Backs. The book they hold, the Tweedsmuir History of North Gower, was authored by the North Gower Women’s Institute and chronicles the area dating back to 1907.

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WaterAid aims to boost Canada’s clean water Organization formerly known as WaterCan joins international group Michelle Nash

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A new made-in-Canada charity is looking to increase its international reach to help the less fortunate get access to clean water.

As part of a fundraising launch gala, WaterCan, a charity which provides the clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world’s poorest people, announced it would become WaterAid’s exclusive Canadian member in July 2013. According to the charity, joining WaterAid makes it possible for the charity to magnify its scope and impact of the help it aims to do.

WaterAid works in 26 countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific region.

The gala, held at the Na-

tional Arts Centre on Nov. 18, officially marked WaterAid’s launch in Canada.

The charity’s honorary president Margaret Trudeau attended the gala to support the launch and fundraiser.

“We are so blessed in Canada, but how can we make a peaceful planet unless we are all on an even playing field?”

Trudeau said.

“Women’s health and education is what’s going to make a difference in helping people overcome poverty. But millions of women spend hours every day collecting water that isn’t safe to drink.”

Trudeau recently travelled to Mali, where she said one in four people have no access to clean water and 22 per cent of the population has access to sanitation facilities.

“The women I met in Mali

got up at 2 a.m. to walk to a water point three kilometres away as the wells would quickly get used up during the day,” Trudeau said. “Without clean water, children don’t stand a chance. One woman I met had 14 children and nine of them died in her arms.”

Trudeau added water and sanitation can transform lives.

“The village we visited where WaterAid had worked to helped bring clean water was thriving,” she said. “The children were going to school, the women were growing vegetables, people were healthy, and there was optimism for the future. Everyone everywhere deserves to have these same opportunities.”

According to the charity, around 1,400 children die every day from diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation and 748 million people in the world live without safe water.

The event was aimed at raising funds for the charity with a live auction, cocktail and small

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Former executive director of WaterCan, Christina Lubbock, celebrates the charity joining WaterAid International with Sheryl Bennett-Wilson, Margaret Trudeau and Elizabeth Payne. dinner included.

The auction offered guests the opportunity to bid on guitars signed by Canadian singer Serena Ryder, Amazing Race signed material donated by Jon Montgomery and two Via Rail first class coast-to-coast tick-

ets on the Canadian, as well as a half-day experience with the Ottawa RedBlacks.

Vice-president of fund development for WaterAid, Andrea Helfer, said the gala is one of the many ways the charity aims to raise funds and aware-

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Condos losing the battle but winning the war Tower construction to slow, but demand is strongest for smaller homes Laura Mueller

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Even though the development market in Ottawa will cool down over the next couple of years, the condo will be king in the long run, according to analysts.

While the condo market in the city is saturated and will slow down until after 2016, Ottawa’s urban areas will con-

tinue to be a prime location for condos as homebuyers have an increasing interest in affordable abodes, attendees at the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Housing Outlook conference heard on Nov. 13.

“Even though in the short run we are seeing the condo market cooling down, this cooling down is a result of higher inventories,” said Sandra Perez-Torres, a senior market analyst with

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CHMC. The market needs time to absorb the glut of condos that have been built in the last few years, but it doesn’t mean demand is going down, she said.

Single-person households and couples without children are the quickest-growing segments of the market, PerezTorres said.

“This trend is showing you that these smaller households will demand smaller dwellings,” she said.

There are already a lot of single homes built in Ottawa, so new construction is focused mainly on condos, she said.

Multi-unit dwellings such as condos, row houses and semi-

detached dwellings are now a larger share of the construction market than single-family homes, according to the CMHC. Sixty-nine per cent of new homes are multiples, while 32 per cent are singles. In the real estate market, singles are still in demand, but their share of sales is on the decline. Singles composed 59 per cent of home sales in 2004, but that number fell to 56 per cent a decade later.

Seniors are also driving demand for condos as their adult children move out, Perez-Torres said.

Most of the condos will continue to take the form of units in tall towers, especially as land

prices rise in the downtown core, Perez-Torres said.

In Ottawa’s notoriously tight rental market, an increasing number of condos are being used as rental apartments. In 2012, 20.7 per cent of condos were purchased as investments and a year later, that figure went up to 24 per cent, PerezTorres said.

Ottawa had the fewest rental units built in the last two years among major Canadian cities, a group including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton and Calgary.

While several hundred new units of purpose-built rental housing were constructed from 2012 to 2014, a larger number

of condo units being built helps substitute for a relatively small stock of rental units, according to the CHMC. And despite a sharp increase in the number of condo rentals, vacancy rates haven’t changed much, showing that rental demand is keeping pace with construction.

Vacancy rates will continue to decline and rents will go up slightly in the next two years, Perez-Torres predicted. In the meantime, more than 40 per cent of people aged 19 to 29 live with their parents in Ottawa, according to Statistics Canada.

“It’s actually been that high for many years,” Perez-Torres said.

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An annual fundraising gala has raised thousands of dollars to keep children warm this winter.

The Annual Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala on Nov. 15 will see that more than 2,000 children will receive a winter coat this year, as the evening event raised $80,000 for the Snowsuit Fund charity.

Honourary chairwoman Erin Philips, wife of Ottawa Senator defenceman Chris Philips, and Lianne Laing, board chairwoman welcomed more than 350 guests to the ballroom event at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier.

“We are so pleased to announce that this year’s event will keep over 2,000 children warm,” Laing said.

The Snowsuit Fund is now in its 33rd year of operation and helps low-income families stay warm during winter by offering a new or slightly used winter coat and accessories for their children 15 and younger.

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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

Nov. 28

Join the Youth of Manotick Association from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Manotick Legion for a delicious spaghetti dinner including pasta, salad, bread, dessert and beverage. Gluten free and vegetarian options available. Tickets $10 each, $8 for seniors and youth under 11. Free for children five and under. Silent auction table includes two tickets to One Direction’s Ottawa show, Ottawa Senators tickets and more. For tickets contact youth.of.manotick@gmail. com or 613-296-1202.

Nov. 29

Check out the annual Christmas craft sale at the Community Christian School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the gymnasium (2681 Glen St., Metcalfe). If you are interested in renting a space, costs are $30 per 8’ space and $5 extra if you need a table.

For more info or to book a space, please call the school at 613-821-3669.

A Christmas craft and home party sale will take place on Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, located at 6560 Prince of Wales Dr. in North Gower. Admission is free.

Dec. 2

The Greely Business Association will host an open house at the Orchardview Conference Centre on Dec. 2 beginning at 7 p.m. President Howard Crerar will speak, followed by outgoing Osgoode Coun.

Doug Thompson and councillor-elect George Darouze.

The meeting will last about an hour, after which all attendants will have an opportunity to network.

Metcalfe & District Lions annual turkey bingo at the Lions’ Den in Metcalfe. Doors open at 6 p.m. and games start at 7:15 p.m. Prizes are turkeys, Christmas cakes or money.

Please come out and help support your local Lions Club.

All proceeds to our Christmas baskets program.

Dec. 5 and 6

Bethlehem Live at the Trinity Bible Church in Osgoode.

For two nights only, become a member of a family travelling to Bethlehem to be counted in the census.

Along the way, meet the wise men, the shepherds and the angels; but beware of the Roman guards.

As you enter the town, you will experience the sights, sounds and smells of the marketplace before sharing the joy of seeing the newborn baby

Jesus. Dress warmly, your free journey begins outside. Friday, Dec. 5 between 6 and 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 6 between 5 and 8 p.m.

Free refreshments available.

Trinity Bible Church, 4101 Stagecoach Rd.

Dec. 6

Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys Christmas concert, Saturday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.

St. James Anglican church, Bridge St. in Manotick.

Tickets $15 and includes tea reception.

Buy from church office or Joan at 613-692-2900, or at the door.

Join the Osgoode Co-operative Nursery School for its annual Breakfast with Santa at the Osgoode Community Centre, Sat. Dec. 6 from 7 to 11 a.m.

Enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast with your family and get your photo taken with Santa. Bid on items at the silent auction.

All proceeds support the school.

Dec. 11

South Nation Conservation open house, Dec. 11 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Greely Community Centre to present new draft regulation mapping along sections of John Boyce

municipal drain in Ramsayville and Osgoode Garden Cedars Acres municipal drain in Greely.

For more information call 1877-984-2948 or email info@ nation.on.ca.

Dec. 11

The Osgoode Township High School concert and jazz bands present their popular annual Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym, 2800 8th Line Rd. in Metcalfe. Admission $5, free for children under 12. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase. Proceeds will support the school music program and band trips.

Ongoing:

The Osgoode Township Museum in Vernon is currently offering the Sing and Play Kindermusik program for infants and toddlers and their parent(s)/guardian(s) every Tuesday morning from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $40 per month, and $20 for each additional sibling. Please register by calling 613-821-4062 or visit kindermusik.com/taraheft to enroll online.

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.

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.

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

by OC Transpo 144 and free 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.

Thursdays:

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 and have some fun at the same time.

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A local family is hoping its story of inclusion will make it to the silver screen.

Osgoode Township High School alumnus Lorraine Amyot and her husband John Paquin, who now live downtown, have launched a crowdfunding campaign this month

to produce a dramatization of their very real fight with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board to educate their daughter Nicole, who has Down Syndrome.

Fifteen years ago, the family was embroiled in a widely publicized battle with the school board and the Ministry of Education to allow Nicole to attend Castor Valley Elementary School with her sister Jullian.

The battle lasted several years, culminating in a three-week picket outside the Greely school after Nicole and her sister were locked out.

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other had counted her egg money at least four times.

It sat all night in little mounds at the end of the kitchen table, just where she had left it when we had gone to bed. Beside it was a sheet of white paper, and the fullpage ad out of the Renfrew Mercury.

Mother’s list was long, and although there wasn’t a thing on it that caused me the least bit of excitement, what did get me all in a state of anticipation, was the fact that we would be going into Renfrew to Ritza’s Drug Store, where I could browse the perfume counter and use the little sample dip-stick to dab on a bit of Evening in Paris, my very favourite.

It was the Rexall One Cent Sale, which happened twice a year, and now it was late in the fall, and the Renfrew Mercury showed a full page of everything from tooth powder, to rubbing alcohol, to something called “pills for pale people.”

These were not the same as Lydia Pinkham’s Pink Pills for Pale People, according to my

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories older sister Audrey. No, everything on the one-cent sale had to bear the label “Rexall.”

And it was Audrey, so much smarter than I was, who explained how the sale worked.

She told me in the simplest of terms.

If you bought something that cost a dollar, you got another of the exact same thing for a cent, so you would end up with two, for a dollar and one cent.

No wonder Mother was making a list as long as your arm.

Just to be sure Mother had enough money to cover all the things on her list, she had Everett slaughter four good, fat chickens, and gather a couple dozen eggs, all of which she would peddle off to her good customers in Renfrew before we hit the drug store.

Ritza’s Drug Store was packed to the gunnies by the time we got there, and with her change purse bulging from her egg money, and what she was able to scrounge from selling the few chickens and eggs, Mother was ready to do business.

There was Aunt Bertha, Mrs. Beam, Cecil’s mother Mrs. Briscoe, and even Miss Crosby my teacher at the Northcote School, all taking advantage of this wondrous of bargains. I purposely didn’t watch what Mother was buying.

It was far more exciting to see her unpack it on the kitchen table when we got home, when I was looking at it for the first time.

Mother and I carried the big brown paper bags out to the buggy. It seemed to me she

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She lined everything up in rows, and to make sure she hadn’t been cheated, which was highly unlikely, as she stroked each item off her long list. There were two of everything.

There were the two green tins of tooth powder. Tooth powder was a real treat. We usually used baking soda, which I hated with a passion.

Everything was in either a green tin, a green box, or a green paper bag. That seemed to be the colour of the Rexall One Cent Sale.

The exception was the little stack of foolscap pads. They were bright pink, and I knew who they would be for -- my brother Emerson would lay claim to them. He spent hours drawing pictures of glass buildings, houses that were made of glass cubes.

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strange, but Mother thought he was a genius and would grow up to be someone famous.

So the pink pads were for him.

There were green bottles of cough medicine, pain pills, even liniment for the horses.

All in twos: full price for one, and the second for a cent.

The kitchen table was a sea of green when Mother got everything laid out in rows.

And then she took her change purse out and sorted the few coins that were left. It had been a good day.

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Groups ready to collaborate on homelessness Laura Mueller

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The time has come to work together to end youth homelessness in Ottawa, providers and funding agencies agree.

A new mood of co-operation permeated a conference on the topic held by the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa on Nov. 18 at the RA Centre, said the event’s keynote speaker, Stephen Gaetz.

He said local agencies are ready to tackle the next stage towards eliminating homelessness among young people under age 25 – more than 1,000 of whom used shelters in Ottawa last year.

“People understand it’s going to mean doing things differently,” Gaetz said.

“You’re right at that moment of transition and change,” he said.

Gaetz, a leading international researcher and associate dean of research and field development in the faculty of education

at York University, delivered a presentation to kick off workshops for service providers with the hope of finding strategies to end youth homelessness.

Within a year, Gaetz said he would anticipate significant changes to Ottawa’s youth homelessness sector.

“There is that level of momentum we haven’t seen in the past,” agreed Joanne Lowe, executive director of the Youth Services Bureau. She said there is a “huge interest” among service providers in establishing a coalition targeting youth homelessness.

Collaboration can historically be a challenge in sectors like housing providers, Gaetz said.

“Culturally, there are factors that push people apart. Funding makes us competitive,” he said.

Organizations tend to have “specialness disease,” Gaetz said – everyone thinks they are dealing with the toughest clients.

“They privilege themselves and create their own

barriers,” he said.

Now that agencies are expressing a willingness to move past that, the United Way is stepping in to help hone that focus and put money where it is needed.

“Our sense is that the community is more ready than it has been to look upon us as partners,” said Michael Allen, executive director of the United Way. “The mood is evolving.”

The United Way just released its call for proposals from groups applying for funding and it includes a “sharpened focus” on alleviating youth homelessness through a “housing first” philosophy, Allen said.

The approach involves finding homes for youth as quickly as possible and working on their other problems after they are in a stable housing situation.

It’s something the United Way already prioritized, but there is an extra emphasis on it this time around, Allen said, particularly when it comes to youth.

To do that, the United Way

is also hoping groups come forward with proposals to increase the amount of affordable housing for young people.

Increasing awareness and engagement around ending youth homelessness through collaboration is another underlying goal, Allen said.

Similar to Gaetz’s takeway from the conference, Allen said the new focus comes out of what the United Way is hearing from service providers. Those partners see youth homelessness as an area that needs particular attention, since the city has a strong strategy to address homelessness more broadly, said Jeff Willbond, senior director of community initiatives at the United Way. “There is an evolution and a greater understanding from a prevention perspective,” he said. “Youth need more attention.”

The United Way’s call for proposals for seven of its 10 priorities goals opened Nov. 17 and will close Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.

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Ottawa will host curling’s biggest Canadian event in 2016, the Tim Hortons Brier.

The Brier will be held from March 5 to 13 in the renovated TD Place Arena at Lansdowne Park.

The men’s tournament will host 11 provincial or territorial champions, as well as whichever team wins this year’s Brier, which starts Feb. 28 in Calgary.

The team that wins the Brier automatically qualifies for the next year’s championship, but also advances to represent Canada at the world championship.

The 2016 championship winner will qualify for the 2016 world championships in Basel, Switzerland.

Mayor Jim Watson said hosting more sports events

is all part of the city’s “bid more, win more, host more” strategy. Each sporting event hosted by the city brings millions in revenue, through ticket sales, hotels, food and drink. Watson said he expects the event to generate $15 million for the city.

“The Brier is an iconic Canadian sporting event,” said Watson. “With anticipation, we look forward to 2016 – the drama and anticipation of the competition and the historic moments.”

Jessica Thorne, 15, said she’s excited to be able to watch her favourite curlers close to home.

“The last time it was around here it was in Kingston two hours away,” said Jessica, a Carleton Heights Curling Club curler who attended the Nov. 20 announcement. “I think it’s great.”

There will be plans to en-

gage local youth in the tournament by matching junior players with competitive teams, said Canadian Curling Association CEO Greg Stremlaw.

“We want to make sure they come out and volunteer,” he said.

Other programs may include on-ice demonstrations by junior, wheelchair and visually-impaired players.

The Ottawa Valley Curling Association will help organize the tournament and provide volunteers.

The organization’s pastpresident and host committee spokesperson Elaine Brimicombe said local curlers are very excited to have the Brier in their hometown. The association has 45 clubs with 16,000 curlers.

“Thank you for giving us this beautiful gift,” Brimicombe said. “We’ve waited

a long time to hear the words ‘Ottawa: home of the 2016 Brier.’”

The last time the Brier was held in Ottawa was 2001 and the arena was known as the Civic Centre.

Since then, Lansdowne Park has been totally renovated.

This means the 2001 problem of pigeon droppings and dust that they disturbed on rafters will be eliminated.

“We’ve completely refurbished inside. The arena is state of the art, there are no issues with any of that kind of thing,” Ottawa Sport and Entertainment Group CEO Bernie Ashe said of the bird problems that interrupted play in 2001. “You won’t be seeing pigeons.”

It will be the 87th edition of the championship. Tickets are expected to go on sale this February.

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From left, Jessica Thorne, from Lincoln Heights, Tom Hamilton, from Westboro, Mayor Jim Watson, and Lucas Bourguignon and Cloe Bourguignon from Castle Heights attend the announcement that Ottawa will host the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier.

The Brick and Children’s Miracle Network® announce new partnership

By David Johnson At only four years of age, Ava has learned how to be strong in the face of adversity. Her parents, Trina and Sean Ryan, first noticed “something was wrong” only a few shorts months after Ava was born in June 2010.

“She would arch her back and cry in pain,” recalls Trina, a Registered Nurse. “And she suffered from projectile vomiting after feeding.”

Ava’s condition was diagnosed with an all-encompassing term, “failure to thrive”, based on the fact that she was not growing or gaining weight.

That’s when this little girl’s association began with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).

Over the months that followed, as she struggled for life, Ava was diagnosed with Ketotic Hypoglycemia. Her condition paralleled severe diabetes, requiring regular intake of nutrients to avoid falling into a coma.

“Ava has to very careful with what she eats and when,” says her mom, “but for the most part, she is a fun-loving four-year-old.”

Trina and Sean credit the care and treatment received at CHEO as a critical element in Ava’s success at overcoming her condition.

“The CHEO staff are so understanding and caring, they always make her smile,” says Trina. “It’s like they’re part of the family.”

Trina has a lifelong relationship with CHEO. She spent many hours at the hospital as a youngster as her sister Shannon suffered from heart disease. Shannon died at four years of age, when Trina was seven.

“For me CHEO was like a home. The staff was like family to me.

They were my heroes for how they helped my sister and eased her suffering.”

That early association led Trina to study nursing so that she could give back what she had received. She even worked at CHEO before moving on to nursing sick children through Saint Elizabeth Home Care in Ottawa.

Now, thanks to The Brick Furniture, sick and injured children have a new supporter raising funds for equipment and research that help make medical miracles.

The Brick, Canada’s largest retailer of furniture, appliances, mattresses and electronics, and Children’s Miracle Network, are working together with a goal of ‘Helping to Improve the Lives of Children, Brick by Brick’.

This community-minded partnership was launched Monday Nov. 17 at the Brick Ottawa West location, 565 West Hunt Club Rd. Store Manager Paul Falardeau welcomed representatives from the CHEO Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network, along with Ava and Trina Ryan.

“The Brick is proud to be part of communities across Canada and has a strong tradition of giving to these communities. We care about our neighbours – especially the youngest generation. That’s why we’re partnering with Children’s Miracle Network,” said Brick Group President Jim Caldwell, in a prepared statement.

“The Brick is introducing Brickley Bear to help raise funds for the organization. Brickley Bear stuffed animals made by Gund are available in The Brick’s 220 stores nationwide, and online. All proceeds from the sale of Brickley Bear go to support the local children’s hospital serving the community.”

The Brick is also accepting donations to Children’s Miracle Network through the sale of Brickley Bear cut-outs to further support children’s hospitals. And the retailer will match ever dollar donated from Oct. 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015, up to a maximum of $100,000.

“The Brick is a great Canadian retailer which has provided value to the homes of Canadians, it just makes sense to partner with this community-focused retailer,” said John Hartman, Chief Operating Officer with Canada’s Children’s Miracle Network.

Both The Brick and Children’s Miracle Network believe in keeping funds in the region where they are raised. Funds raised in eastern Ontario and western Quebec will directly support CHEO in Ottawa.

Ottawa Brick stores are third in the top 25 stores across Canada for raising funds, with more than $4,000 already raised.

“We are proud to be part of the team,” said Paul Falardeau. “That’s what it’s all about – improving lives and making a difference in our community.”

Every day, nearly 5,000 children rely on the support of the Children’s Miracle Network member hospitals across Canada. The Network raises funds and awareness for 170 hospitals, 14 of which are in Canada. Local donations fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and research.

To raise more awareness, the Brick has also launched a national colouring contest for children under 12. One of six, 36-inch Brickley Bears will be given to winners in each of six regions, as selected by The Brick. Winners will be announced Dec. 15. The contest colouring page is available on The Brick flyer distributed Nov. 14, or can be downloaded online at www.brickleybear.com.

It is also available from any Brick, United Furniture Warehouse or Brick Mattress store in a free Brickley Bear colouring book.

Tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more. For more information, go to the Community page at www.thebrick.com.

The Children’s Miracle Network and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is getting a boost from The Brick furniture stores with a new partnership announced Nov. 17 in Ottawa. On hand to kick off the fundraising campaign were (left to right) Dave St. Aubin, Brick Hunt Club General Sales Manager, Len Hanes, Director of Communications for the CHEO Foundation, Trina and Ava Ryan, Brick Hunt Club Manager Paul Falardeau and Vaia Dimas, Development Officer for Children’s Miracle Network.

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Myrna Beattie, director of retail operations with the National Capital Region Habitat for Humanity, has reason to celebrate during the grand opening of Habitat’s new ReStore East location on Nov. 16. The four-day celebration marked the relocation of the ReStore from Walkley Road to 768 Belfast Rd. near the Trainyards. Funds generated through the sale of new or gently used items, from building supplies to home furnishings, at ReStores help pay for the construction of Habitat homes.

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My name Bueller.

I just had my first birthday.

I am a very energetic Weshie.

I love playing with my human sister Rachel and brother Bogdan.

I always have time to snuggle.

Keeps Pets Safe This Winter With Cold-Weather Tips shorter, more frequent walks.

• Consider a sweater or coat for your dog.

• Be sure to wipe your dog’s paws after returning from a walk to remove salt, sand and other chemicals designed to melt ice and snow.

• Dogs that live outside are required by law to have an insulated doghouse built from weatherproof material, facing away from prevailing winds. The shelter must be elevated from the ground with

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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a door flap and bedding.

• Keep an eye on outdoor water bowls. Make sure your pet’s water hasn’t frozen in the cold.

• Don’t leave your pet in a cold car for a long period of time.

• Be mindful of animals that may have crawled under your car to keep warm. Bang on the hood a couple times to scare away cats and wildlife.

If you see an animal in distress, please call the OHS emergency line at 613-725-1532.

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Did you know the cold winter weather can be as dangerous to pets as it is to humans? Pets left outside too long risk frostbite and even death without shelter from the frigid temperatures.

Pet owners can protect their animals from the cold this season by taking a few precautions: • Cats should live indoors yearround and never be allowed to roam in the cold.

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Guinness (A094476) is a super-sweet boy seeking a forever home to call his own. This Labrador retriever loves to play outside so if you do too, you’d easily be fast friends! He also loves being scratched at the top of his tail and if you watch closely, he even appears to smile and dance while you do it.

Guinness enjoys his space so apartment living is not idea for this pup. He is best suited to a family with older kids and would get along well with a like-minded dog with the same style of play.

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

Bueller Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: dtherien@perfprint.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

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Ottawa to host day for entrepreneurs in 2015 Brier Dodge

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National Entrepreneurship Day will come to Ottawa in 2015, though officials couldn’t specify an exact date for the event.

The day will be held in November 2015, and recognize entrepreneurs across the city.

The idea is modelled after an American day as U.S. President Barack Obama declared the third Tuesday each November to be their national entrepreneurs’ day. There is currently a bill before Congress to make the day a permanent American celebration annually.

Mayor Jim Watson’s office hosted the Nov. 19 announcement, which included dozens of Ottawa entrepreneurs.

He said Ottawa has the most start-up companies of

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Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa businesswoman Grete Hale at city hall on Nov. 19. Watson’s office hosted an announcement that Ottawa will hold an entrepreneur day in 2015. any Canadian city. Watson said entrepreneurs “are the risk-takers, the dreamers” who help economic growth and create jobs in the city.

“People joke I’d go the opening of an envelope,” Watson said. “I take great pride

in attending the opening of a small business.”

Details about the actual date and event will be announced later. More information about the plans can be found online at www.entrepreneurshipday. ca.

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Hungarian goulash soup great on cold winter day This recipe features a long simmer time that tenderizes the beef for a hearty bowl of soup chock-full of winter vegetables.

Serve with rustic artisanstyle bread.

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Cooking time: two hours.

Serves six to eight.

Ingredients

• 15 ml (1 tbsp) vegetable oil • 500 g (1 lb) lean stewing beef, cut into two-centimetre (3/4inch) pieces • 2 onions, chopped • 2 medium carrots, chopped • 1 sweet red pepper, chopped • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 45 ml (3 tbsp) sweet, hot or smoked paprika • 10 ml (2 tsp) caraway seeds, lightly crushed • 2 ml (1/2 tsp) each of salt and pepper • 50 ml (1/4 cup) tomato paste • 2 l (8 cups) beef stock • 3 potatoes, peeled and diced • chopped fresh parsley Preparation

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.

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Job Pos ng Job Title: Accountant Division: Metroland East - Smiths Falls THE COMPANY A subsidiary of Torstar Corpora on, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community informa on to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and adver sers and we’re con nuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connec on to the community. For further informa on, please visit www.metroland.com.

THE POSITION • Repor ng to the Business Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for reconcilia ons, financial reports and variance analysis for the Metroland East Region.

This is an exci ng opportunity for someone who is results oriented, wants to make a difference and will take the role to the next level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Assist in developing monthly financial statements • Complete reconcilia ons and suppor ng schedules • Prepare Ad Hoc repor ng in response to requests from the Publisher, Departments and Head office • Prepare reports for internal and external audits • Liaise with IT on the automated billing system, MPE. • Other du es as may be assigned SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Process Management* Managing and Measuring Work* Problem Solving* Business Acumen.

• Post Secondary training in Accoun ng • 2 years accoun ng experience in a manufacturing environment • Excellent communica on skills, orally and wri en • Computer knowledge(Excel, Word, Outlook), including experience working with pivot tables • Detail-oriented and high degree of accuracy and details, ability to meet deadlines • Excellent organiza onal skills • Ability to work within a team environment Please be advised that this is a concurrent internal and external pos ng and that further considera on will be given to only those candidates who have clearly demonstrated the competencies required for the posi on.

Please email your resume to Karen Pogue, kpogue@metroland.com by Friday December 5th, 2014 INTERNAL CANDIDATES Please submit your applica on directly to the HR Regional Manager of the hiring division.

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Job Title: Reporter- Carleton Place Almonte Division: Metroland East - Smiths Falls THE COMPANY A subsidiary of Torstar Corpora on, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community informa on to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and adver sers and we’re con nuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connec on to the community. For further informa on, please visit www.metroland.com.

THE OPPORTUNITY Metroland East is seeking a full- me reporter for the Carleton Place-Almonte Canadian Gaze e.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES The full- me posi on requires strong wri ng and an ability to come up with fresh story ideas. The candidate will be expected to produce cleanly wri en, interes ng stories on a variety of topics – whether news, sports or features – focused on the municipali es of Carleton Place, Almonte and surrounding communi es – while capturing compelling images. As well as repor ng for our newspaper, applicants should have mul media skills, as they will also be required to provide online content.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR The successful candidate must be able to work well with others, be organized, mul -task under ght deadlines, and have solid news judgment.

Evening and weekend work will be required.

APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS • a journalism degree or diploma; • experience in photography; journalism; • experience with page layout using InDesign; • strong knowledge of social media; • valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU • Opportunity to be part of an exci ng company at the cu ng edge of the media industry • Work for a well-established and respected company that is connected to your communi es • Compe ve compensa on plan and Group RSP • Be part of a company that is commi ed to providing a healthy and safe work environment • We provide individualized career plans and extensive ongoing development opportuni es • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package and a generous vaca on plan If working for a highly energized, compe ve team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to Marla Dowdall, Managing Editor mdowdall@metroland.com Deadline for applica ons is December 2nd, 2014 Please be advised that this is a concurrent internal and external pos ng and that further considera on will be given to only those candidates who have clearly demonstrated the competencies required for the posi on.

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Local film hopes to continue inclusion conversation Continued from page 25

The protests attracted child advocates and parents in similar situations, and the story was picked up across the province as the protesters set up camp in front of the office of John Baird, then the provincial Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, and the Ministry of Education offices in Toronto.

The school board wanted Nicole to attend Clifford Bowey Public School, which caters to students with special needs.

But Amyot and Paquin didn’t want that. Not only was the school an hour’s drive from their home in Metcalfe, the parents felt the school was meant for students with much higher needs than Nicole’s.

“She would have learned to dress and undress, learned how to eat,” Paquin said.

Instead, they wanted Nicole integrated into a regular class at her local school so she could socialize, make friends and learn the curriculum at her own pace.

An assessment from CHEO recommended integration with an educational assistant, as did a report from the school board’s internal Identification, Placement and Review committee, Amyot said.

Nicole was eventually granted the right to attend her neighbourhood school with the help of an assistant, but according to Paquin it was an ongoing battle until she graduated from Osgoode Township High School at the age of 21 to make sure her supports were in place year after year.

“You almost have to litigate your way through,” he said.

That’s the point Paquin and Amyot are hoping to make

with their film, which has been adapted for the big screen by area screenwriter Stephanie Haines.

“Here we are in 2015, and (the issue is) still here, it’s still relevant,” Paquin said. “The funding has changed a bit, there’s more talk about inclusion, but we still need to see it happen.”

The crowdfunding campaign hopes to raise $200,000

by March, which would secure a production company for the project.

The family’s book chronicling the saga, called Teach Me I Can Learn, is being offered as a free download to encourage people to visit the site and donate to the cause.

They hope to film the fictionalized drama next year, but it all depends on how the fundraising goes.

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we are on track and poised to go viral,” Paquin said. “We’re doing everything right.”

In the meantime, the couple are treating the project like a full-time job. They have been attending Invest Ottawa courses and are soliciting corporate sponsors.

Nicole, meanwhile, is attending an adaptive learning program four days a week. On Fridays she volunteers at the Bruyere Continuing Care centre’s hair salon.

Paquin said his daughter’s success is a testament to the value of attending a regular public school.

“I just want people to know people with intellectual disabilities can learn just like everyone else,” he said.

For more information or to donate to the campaign, visit fundrazr.com and search Teach Me I Can Learn.

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Group launches financial literacy campaign Michelle Nash

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Look for the donation boxes or make a donatio n with your purchase .

The Financial Literacy Action Network renewed its commitment to increasing the number of residents in Ottawa who understand their finances with the launch its 2015 Financial Literacy Campaign on Nov. 18.

The campaign focuses on delivering financial literacy workshops throughout the area -- which could reach more than 16,000 Ottawa residents.

“The goal is to increase knowledge and skills in financial literacy particularly among socio-economically vulnerable groups such as First Nations, immigrants/newcomers, persons with mental illness, seniors, families with low incomes, and youth,” said Hélène Ménard, director of the organization. “With increased visibility and engagement, the plan is to make financial literacy a fundamental pillar in our local communities.”

Financial literacy is the ability to understand one’s finances.

The network brings together

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Members of Alterna Savings, Causeway Work Centre and former Financial Literacy Program graduates celebrate the launch of the 2015 Financial Literacy Campaign on Nov. 18. financial organizations and individuals from the community to help promote and educate people on household budgets and spending practices.

The network focuses on helping low-income families and residents in Ottawa and acts as a hub full of information and activities for those seeking help or education.

The centre is open to all or-

ganizations and community members who are involved in promoting financial literacy and will focus on strengthening the population’s understanding of financial choices to achieve measurable success.

The event was hosted by Alterna Savings in Centretown and welcomed Andrew Saxton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

“I am extremely pleased to see this collaborative effort involving government, community and private organizations in helping to strengthen the financial skills of consumers in the greater Ottawa community,” Saxton said.

The organization originally launched in November 2012 and operates out of Entraide Budgétaire in Vanier.

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What’s on at Ottawa’s community museums: Fairfields Heritage House Cumberland Heritage Village Museum Vintage Village of Lights, Friday to Sunday, Victorian Christmas at Fairfields, December 7 November 29 to December 21, 3 to 8 pm from 1 pm to 4 pm Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum: Whisky Business Fundraiser, November 29 from 6 to 9 pm Goulbourn Museum Old-fashioned Christmas & Artisan Market, November 30 from 10 am to 3 pm Billings Estate Christmas Tea at the Estate, December 7 & 14, from 11 am to 4 pm

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If you know someone who is helping kids stay healthy, the region’s children’s hospital wants to know about it.

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario kicked off its 20-week Healthy Kids information segments on CTV on Nov. 12 to share its expertise and provide information to parents.

“CHEO boasts some of Canada’s top experts in physical and mental health of children and teens – passionate people drawn to their professions and to CHEO because they want to help kids be their healthiest,” Eva Schacherl, CHEO spokeswoman, said in a statement.

“We hope to inspire our community to work together to change our children’s lives so that they can be their healthiest,” said Alex Munter, CHEO president and chief executive officer.

The end of the series will coincide with the hospital’s annual Healthy Kids awards ceremony on March 25 in recognition of people who are contributing to the health of children and youth, from sports coaches and teachers to community groups and health-service providers, among others.

Organizations, individuals and programs can be nominated for CHEO’s awards.

Self-nomination is encouraged.

The categories include Youth for Youth, focusing on initiatives or programs created by youth for youth; Community Champion, an individual who has gone the extra mile in encouraging the mental and physical well-being of children and youth; and Community Program; in which a corporate, non-profit or other organizational program or initiative contributes to the healthy

development of children and youth.

The Help for Special Needs category is open to projects, programs or individuals enriching the lives of kids and youth who are developmentally delayed, have a medical challenge or depend on technology or who require complex care.

The Health Advocacy and Public Education awards category will recognize an individual or organization raising visibility for a key issue that impacts the health of children and youth, or influences a change in government policy that will positively benefit families.

Nomination application forms can be submitted online at cheo.on.ca/ healthykids. The deadline is Jan. 15 at 5 p.m.

The winners will receive a commemorative plaque and $500 to be invested in their program.

HELP THE WDMH FOUNDATION SUPPORT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL The Board of Directors of Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH) Foundation is seeking applicants for volunteer positions on its Board of Directors.

The WDMH Foundation raises funds to support the integrated rural health care provided by the hospital. An energetic and dedicated Board of Directors is vital to lead the Foundation.

The Board’s responsibilities include oversight and accountability for the Foundation’s mission, vision and values; fundraising; strategic planning; financial stewardship; and relationships with donors and other members of our communities.

We are looking for people who have a passion for supporting health care, and an understanding of their local communities, and experience in business, fundraising, communications and/or governance.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kristen Casselman at 613-774-2422 x 6169 or at kcasselman@wdmh.on.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest in serving the WDMH Foundation.

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