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Manotick groups go to bat for refugees Two volunteer groups working to welcome refugee families to Ottawa Megan DeLaire mdelaire@metroland.com
With the federal government planning to bring the first of at least 35,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of December,
Manotick residents have a number of options to support refugees, thanks to two local groups. Founded in October, the Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Group has joined the St. James Anglican Church’s existing Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Program, becoming the second group of its kind in Manotick. See REFUGEE, page 5
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Making a list Cameron St. Aubin, 5 and his sister Sydney, 3 give their wish list to Santa Claus at the Kars Childrens’ Party on Nov. 29. Santa and his elves were at the Kars Recreation Association Centre that day to join children in decorating cookies, eating snacks and making Christmas tree ornaments. Santa has been busy making stops across rural south Ottawa throughout December.
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The Miller’s Oven will survive for at least another year. In a news release, the restaurant’s board of directors cited community fundraising efforts – including a GoFundMe initiative spearheaded by volunteer firefighter Carmen Grandinetti, which has raised $5,635 –as instrumental in keeping the restaurant afloat. The board stated that, combined with community fundraising, increased revenue following the initial announcement that the restaurant was scheduled to close has ensured enough financial security to stave off closing the restaurant for at least another year. The news release did not indicate whether the board had accepted an offering of $25,000 made by members
“The good part is that the listen to suggestions from tivities or longer hours. According to Klaus Belt- community did get together the public for maintaining the restaurant on a long- zner, MVCA president and very quickly and not only a Manotick BIA board with the money but with term basis. In late November, follow- member, the offer was de- various ideas for the kinds of changes that would make ing the news of the Miller’s clined. “We’re all happy that (the Miller’s Oven) profitOven’s potential closure, a group of residents and it’s staying open, though able going forward based on community leaders from I’m concerned that unless a new business plan.” Beltzner said that, with the Manotick Village Com- there is a sustaining revenue munity Association and the stream from somewhere the group’s offer rejected, Manotick BIA proposed a else (the Miller’s Oven) will donations collected by the plan to help save the restau- be going through the same group in November to meet thing next year,” Beltzner its goal of $25,000 have rant. been returned to the donors. The group raised $25,000 said. to sustain the restaurant for another year, on the condition that the restaurant’s volunteer board agree to work with the group on a new business plan. In Your Community Newspaper* Aspects of the proposed business plan included making changes to the menu, involving a professional restaurateur at the board level, renovating the second floor THE 3 ONE BUY 2, GET * to allow for an additional revenue stream, installing a debit and credit payment SAVE 50 system, and investigating DAYS $369 LY AM 1 2015-12-042 ON 8:47 ways to OHF_10054_Breast_Health_Centre_MetrolandAd_penny.pdf attract more busi* in select areas 99 ness through increased ac8
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Manotick couple opens spa in newly restored heritage home Peppermint Spa opens after a year-long renovation of Weaver’s House Megan DeLaire mdelaire@metroland.com
Transforming a 111-yearold Dickinson Square house in disrepair into a serene spa turned out to be a longer process than Charmaine and Jon Cianciullo could have ex-
pected when they began the project last September. The results of the couple’s work on the building known as Weaver’s House have been equally surprising though, with each layer uncovered during renovations revealing a different chapter of the heritage building’s history. “It’s like 100 years of do-ityourself work. People would just add stuff and add stuff,” said Jon Cianciullo. “When we were ripping down the walls and the ceiling, we’d find all the layers, all these
different walls behind walls.” In the end, the restoration of the house has exceeded their most optimistic expectations, and they were able to show off their hard work and creativity during an open house for the new spa on Nov. 28. Peppermint Spa, located at 1131 Mill St., officially opened for business in its new location on Dec. 1. The couple previously ran the business out of their family home on Rideau Valley Drive south of Manotick. As
the organic spa’s client base outgrew the space offered by the family’s home, they started to explore options for expansion. They considered several of the Dickinson Square properties that the city has tried to sell since it acquired them in 2007, and although Weaver’s House was in the worst condition of them all, they had to have it. “Charmaine liked this one the best, just felt that it was the right size for what she was looking to implement,”
Jon Cianciullo said. “But it was the one that required the most amount of work.” So they made their bid to purchase the property to the city. After facing several setbacks throughout the bidding process, the couple eventually took ownership of the building in August 2014. They originally planned to open the spa in its new location in December of that year, but contractor disputes, the to-and-fro with the city about the details of their
changes to the heritage building, and the building’s own surprises slowed them down. “Not everyone can stomach a year-and-a-half long restoration and renovation project,” Jon Ciancuillo said. “It’s a pretty difficult thing to undergo.” As contractors started chipping through the layers of previous owners’ renovations, however, the renovation began to look more like an archaeological dig. See SPA TREATMENT page 6
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Refugee sponsorship groups prepare to guide families through new life
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While the St.James group is already planning to sponsor their next family – a family of six from Burma – the newer Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Group is learning for the first time how exhaustive the private sponsorship process can be as they prepare to welcome their first family. “We’ve been gathering a lot of information from various sources within the community,” said Astra Groskaufmanis, spokeswoman for the Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Group. “The Anglican Diocese (of Ottawa) has been providing us with a lot of information about how to successfully integrate a family.” The group learned on Nov. 21 that they had been matched with a Syrian family of four currently living
in a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, and immediately went to work making living arrangements for the family. Because the group was able to raise money to support the family before being matched, they were able to focus their efforts on preparing for their arrival rather than fundraising. They expect the family to land in Canada in December.
We’ve got 18 people working on a variety of tasks, and the phrase ‘many hands make light work’ has never been truer Astra Groskaufmanis
“Right now we’ve raised, individually ourselves, enough money for the financial commitment of yearone,” Groskaufmanis said. “Should the family not be able to work in year-two or not be employable, we can either continue to support them or they can go on social assistance.” Now, with a settlement plan in place, a year’s worth of financial sponsorship already set aside, housing in Nepean arranged and furnishing for the new home provided by a generous anonymous donor, the Manotick Refugee Sponsor-
ship Group’s 18 volunteers are waiting to find out exactly when their family will arrive. Many hands
Once the family has arrived, the group’s volunteers will get to work on a set of individual tasks. In order to tackle the massive job of helping integrate the family into Canadian society and daily life, the group’s volunteers have been divided – as is often done within refugee sponsorship groups – to take on separate tasks. “We’ve got 18 people working on a variety of tasks, and the phrase ‘many hands make light work’ has never been truer,” Groskaufmanis said. Finding winter clothing for the family, meeting the family at the airport, finding an interpreter, setting the family up with a provincial health plan and interim federal health plan, registering the family with a physician and dentist, public transit orientation, setting up banking services, enrolling the children in school and the parents in language training and assisting parents in finding employment are just some of the tasks assigned to volunteers.
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tions in Manotick such as the recent Valdy and Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys concerts to raise funds for the refugee sponsorship efforts. “And, of course, monetary donations, which receive a tax receipt, help,” Bowler said. “And if it turns out that we do not use all of the money for the St. James sponsorships, we will be donating any leftover money to a church group who is also sponsoring refugees but is short on funds.” Anyone interested in helping the St. James Anglican Church Refugee Sponsorship Program can contact Joan Bowler at 613-692-2900. For more information about the Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Group and its progress visit http:// manotickrefugeesponsorgroup.blogspot.ca/.
Sponsorship Group and the St. James group have their fill of co-ordinators, and the newer group is not currently seeking public donations, but there’s still a lot that Manotick residents can do to help. “If individual people want to help, I think it’s more the broader helping out the diocese or the UN with their efforts,” Groskaufmanis said. “If you look at the UN website or the Refugee613 website, there’s so many ways that individual people can help out.” Unlike the newer group, the St. James group is actively fundraising for its refugee sponsorship program. “What we need right now is for people to buy tickets for our fundraisers,” said Bowler, adding that volunteers to fill various roles at events are also an asset. The group hosts produc-
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The two groups operate independently from one another, but both work as affiliates of the Ottawa Anglican Diocese – which is a licensed sponsorship agreement holder – to privately sponsor refugees and guide them through their relocation to Ottawa. “The responsibilities of the first year for the family are to learn the language and integrate into society,” said Joan Bowler, co-ordinator for the St. James group. “And after the first year, hopefully, they will be selfsufficient and if not they can go on social assistance.” While many of the groups’ members live in Manotick, they look to suburban neighbourhoods in Ottawa for potential homes for the families they assist, in order to guarantee access to affordable housing and important resources such as English as a second language programs, public transportation, diverse communities and proximity to schools, libraries and shops. St. James’ Manotick Refugee Sponsorship Program – established in 2012 – has already welcomed an Iraqi family of four to Ottawa’s Beacon Hill neighbourhood. That family arrived in Ottawa in June 2015 and, after receiving financial support from the group for their first
six months in Canada, will receive support for the next six months from the federal government. “(The dad) had to flee Iraq because his life was in danger because of ISIS. Where he was working was pegged as anti-Iraq,” Bowler said. “He managed to get a job in Kuwait City, but then that was closing down because of ISIS and they were going to send him back to Iraq, where he would have been killed by ISIS.”
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After more than a year spent renovating and restoring the 111-year-old Weaver’s House in Dickinson Square, Manotick couple Jon, left, and Charmaine Cianciullo officially opened their spa in the heritage building on Dec. 1.
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The century-old building has served as a homestead, an office space, a weaver’s studio, a storage unit and a meeting hall for various organizations, and the couple uncovered artifacts from each of these periods as they worked. “We found old pencils and notes,” Charmaine Cianciullo said. “In the basement they had the tin tops of glass jars, with burnt marks on them, and we could see they would hammer the tops into the walls and set candles on top for burning.” They recovered well-preserved decades old newspaper clippings from inside of walls. They found an ancient clementine box from Japan hidden in ceiling rafters, along with a 70-year-old jar of macaroni. A horseshoe uncovered during the renovations hangs in the entranceway to the staff room in the basement. On one occasion, as contractors removed a section of the ceiling, hundreds of walnuts poured though the hole they had cut and onto the floor, evidence of crit-
KUDOs to our staff, physicians and volunteers for providing exemplary care and making QCH the “Hospital of Choice” for patients and staff.
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ters still living in the house when they began to renovate it. When the couple had the linoleum tiles installed by a previous owner pried from the floor, they discovered the tiles were made with asbestos, which required careful removal. But the satisfaction of renewing the building has made it all worthwhile, and the couple has been rewarded for their efforts with the house’s original hardwood floors glowing anew, and the original baseboards, trim, mouldings, doors and ornate door hardware, staircase and bannister restored to their former glory. “We were fortunate just in general that a house that’s over 100 years old and was at the mercy of dozens of people’s poor decisions wasn’t worse,” said Jon Cianciullo. “There could have been asbestos everywhere but there wasn’t, and the foundation could have been sinking and all of these potentially horrible things.” Holistic approach
The house now boasts a clean, classic look, furnished with plush spa beds and chairs, and with desks
and counters decorated with reclaimed wood. It’s a setting, Charmaine Cianciullo said, that speaks to the spa’s manifesto to approach skincare as a holistic treatment of body and mind. The spa uses and sells only organic, natural products, and its staff – now expanded to include a parttime massage therapist and a part-time naturopathic doctor – are trained in therapeutic healing and relaxation techniques. On Nov. 28, the couple invited friends, neighbours and loyal customers to the heritage house for the grand opening of Peppermint Spa’s new location. According to Charmaine Cianciullo, about 170 people attended and she said their reactions to the transformation justified all of the hard work and the time spent on the project. “They were blown away. They loved it,” she said. “They got to hear me talk about it for a year so they had heard of all the little hiccups and things, and they were just so proud to see that this is where they’ll be coming. “It’s finally finished and restored, and they loved it.”
Family gives back during blood donor clinic Jennifer McIntosh
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When he was just five years old, Jacob Randall was diagnosed with a brain tumour. That was on Nov. 2, 2008. It’s a day his mother, Liliane Hajjar, who was pregnant with her younger son Liam at the time, will remember forever. “He was at CHEO for eight months, it was just awful,” she said, adding she felt helpless. Aside from surgeries and other cancer-fighting treatments, Jacob underwent blood transfusions and required platelets and stem cell treatments in order to fight the disease. “When he needed a transfusion, you never thought about where the blood came from, it was just there,” Hajjar said. So the family wanted to give back to all the people that helped save Jacob’s life. On Nov. 28, seven years after the diagnosis that Jennifer McIntosh/Metroland changed their lives, the fam- From left, Liam, Jason, Sophia and Liliane and Jacob Ranily headed to the Carling dall are pictured at the Canadian Blood Services building on Avenue Canadian Blood Carling Avenue, during the Nov. 28 blood donor clinic. Services blood donor clinic to give back. Even though Jacob has been cancer free for five years, Hajjar said she remembers how the community came together to help the family from Aylmer. PUBLIC MEETINGS “People raised money, even one guy all the way in All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. Montreal,” she said. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email Jan Grant, an event coalerts or visit ottawa.ca/agendas, or call 3-1-1. ordinator with Canadian Blood Services, said the family brought potential Monday, December 14 donors with them, ready to Election Compliance Audit Committee roll up their sleeves. “What’s more amaz10 a.m., Champlain Room ing is the people who were inspired by his (Jacob’s) story,” she said, adding that some people chose to donate or fill out forms for bone marrow matching based on Jacob’s story. Jacob said he wanted to help other kids who are sick, by encouraging people to donate blood. Ad # 2015-01-6001-S_10122015_en
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NOTICE OF PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW AND ADOPTION OF AN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT BY THE CITY OF OTTAWA The Council of the City of Ottawa passed a zoning by-law amendment identified as By-law 2015-346 on November 25, 2015 under Section 34 of The Planning Act. Council also adopted Amendment 164 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa on November 25, 2015. EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2015-346 By-law 2015-346 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects properties in the Preston Street North area, which is located south of Albert Street, north of Somerset Street, west of Rochester Street and east of City Centre Avenue (the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan boundary). The purpose of the zoning by-law amendment is to change Preston Street North’s zoning from a residential zone to a Traditional Mainstreet zone. The application is to rezone the subject properties from “R4T and R4H” (Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone T and Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone H) to “TM and TM12” (Traditional Mainstreet and Traditional Mainstreet, Subzone 12) in the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law. The proposed zoning will achieve Traditional Mainstreet zoning along Preston Street, north of Somerset Street and south of Albert Street to allow for a mix of sensitive residential and non-residential uses, as per the direction of the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan. PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 164 The purpose of Official Plan Amendment 164 is to amend the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan. As a result of OPA 164 the boundaries will be expanded to include Preston Street, north of Somerset and south of Albert and its flanking residential community. The amendment establishes a Secondary Traditional Mainstreet designation for Preston Street North, in the Secondary Plan. For further information, please go to www.ottawa.ca/prestonnorth or contact: Emily Davies, Planner Tel: 613-580-2424, ext.23463 E-mail: emily.davies@ottawa.ca. Please note that any person or public body who, before the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment were enacted, made oral submissions, at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to either the zoning by-law amendment or the official plan amendment, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out their objection to the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment and the reasons in support of the objection. Each appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance. A notice of appeal can be mailed to the City Clerk at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1, or by delivering the notice in person, to Ottawa City Hall, at the Information Desk in the Rotunda on the 1st floor, 110 Laurier Avenue West. A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on December 30, 2015. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law or an official plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the zoning by-law was passed or the official plan amendment was adopted, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. Should the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment be appealed, persons or public bodies who wish to receive notice of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing can receive such notice by submitting a written request to the identified planner. Dated at the City of Ottawa on December 10, 2015. Clerk of the City of Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
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Free toilets the right decision The city made the right commitment when it pledged to install public washrooms in two future light rail stations. But city council will make a big mistake if it then turns around and charges users to use the facilities at Bayview and Hurdman stations. The “pay-as-you-go” toilet fee proposed at city hall is ripe for potty jokes, but in the end it’s taxpayers who will want to use a toilet and it’s the same taxpayers who will bear the cost. Two stations is a good start, but more would be a good idea, right from day one. Don’t forget that the light rail system is planned to grow, meaning longer commutes and more passengers in need of a toilet. Everyone needs access to a toilet from time to time, so publicly funded washrooms should allow free access to all. It’s not just a question of altruism but the city’s bottom line. A washroom that comes with a cost will send some people to other places to urinate. Anyone who has ever had to bear the smell of stale urine in a confined space will tell you they’d pay good
money to never experience it again. The problem of unwanted urine exists within the current transit system, but its odorous effects are mitigated by the system’s outdoor design. Our future underground rail stations won’t be quite as airy. And the cost of maintaining light rail spaces after urine has already been deposited will far outweigh the small amount of money collected at washroom doors. In order to make the washrooms free, safe and vandalism free, they should be large, well lit and have no entry doors at all – just wide walkways and a 90-degree turn at the entrance. Our future light rail network needs to be user friendly if it’s to encourage more drivers to use public transit. Rail itself is much more comfortable than bus travel, so that’s half the battle. The rest of the light rail experience has to keep up with expectations. Rail riders expect – and also deserve – clean, safe spaces underground, and that includes access to toilets. Keep the washroom doors open for everyone.
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hristmas approaches, far too swiftly for those of us who haven’t had our lights up since Halloween. Keeping abreast of the season is difficult enough. More difficult is trying to stay current with what technology is giving us this year, whether it’s going to make us naughty or nice. We need to know what to avoid. Drones, for example. Will people get them for Christmas, and if so, what will they do with them? Are your eavestroughs safe? Cars with WiFi. Why do we have cars with WiFi? Answer: Because it’s possible. We are discovering everyday that anything is possible, even if what’s possible is something we never knew we needed. With that understanding we are closer to establishing a short-list
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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town for Worst Christmas Present of the Year. Try this one: An electric toothbrush that, according to a magazine article, “connects to your smart phone via Bluetooth, then uses an app to track your habits, provide guidance and report your results.” If you think about it, it is the culmination of years of technological innovation. Our whole society has been moving toward this: the day when your phone will tell you if you have been brushing your teeth properly. In the old days, your dentist
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about banks monitoring our Internet browsing activity, should we not also worry about our toothbrushes snitching to our phones? Was there something about that in Bill C-51? The extent to which technology is increasing the general level of creepiness in our society is one of the more disturbing aspects of modern life. By now, we are familiar with the cuddly toys, connected to the cloud, that learn your child’s name and other things about them. True, you can squelch those toys by taking the batteries out, but some day that might not be possible either. We are saddened and disappointed when the cuddly toys begin spying on us, but most of us thought we could at least trust our toothbrushes to be discreet. Now, we know that was optimistic. Now we shudder to think what might be next. A society capable of inventing spying toothbrushes is capable of anything — a tattleediTorial: Managing ediTor: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6261 theresa.fritz@metroland.com news ediTor: Joe Morin joe.morin@metroland.com 613-221-6240 reporTer: Megan Delaire mdelaire@metroland.com, 613-221-6175
tale toaster, an informing icebox, a whistleblowing, er, whistle. It takes only a slight familiarity with the modern economy to know that we keep producing these things not because they are needed but because we can. That’s why there may be an electronic shampoo in your stocking in a couple of weeks.
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Getting ready for Christmas on the farm
ows are like humans. They have a nine-month gestation period. And if they lose their young, they mourn. Last calving season, our first cow to give birth did so on Valentine’s Day. We got her into the barn and she seemed to be labouring comfortably, so we dared to go back to the house, planning to check on her again in a few hours. When we returned, we saw she had gone ahead and given birth to a calf on her own. It lay in the corner of the pen and I could tell with a glance that it was dead. The poor cow looked at me and mooed. I don’t know if the calf died in the birthing process, or if it was dead before it was born. In any case, the mama was upset. And then,
DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife adding insult to injury, she was kicked out of her shelter. With no calf to feed, she lost her right to the barn pen and was ousted the next morning into the snow. We only have so much room inside, and it’s reserved for the new moms and their babies’ first days. She stood at the barn door and bawled. It was another month before the next cow gave birth, to a healthy calf. The remaining nine cows followed, and we ended up with ten calves for eleven
cows. Each time the barn door opened and another cow was ushered into the birthing area, the cow who had lost her calf tried to get back in. I told her it wasn’t her fault that her calf was gone. I told her next year, she would have a healthy calf. She stared at me, and seemed to understand. Last month, it was time for the calves to go. The males, anyway. We keep the females, and we had two this year. The Farmer had an inquiry from a local
farming family who just wanted one male calf. They came over on a weekend, we had a good visit and a chat, they loaded up the calf and went home. When they unloaded their new calf and put it in the barn, they made a discovery. The calf was female. They called us to let us know they had one of our two female babies. We couldn’t be bothered to go and retrieve her or to try and catch another single bull calf. So we let her go. Off to her new adventure, helping to propagate the species at another farm. Luckily her new owners didn’t have their hearts set on a bull calf, and they were happy. Eight males were loaded on a truck and taken by Dennis the drover to market. One little female
remained. The Farmer says we don’t call her a calf anymore. She’s a heifer and she will have her first calf next year. She seems so young, yet. She spends her days at her mother’s side, and she still nurses occasionally. The mama who lost her calf next February seems to be a season ahead of the rest. She gave birth earlier and went into heat earlier because she wasn’t nursing. The Farmer thinks she is going to have her next calf before Christmas. She is bulging and slow. As for our human family, we are watching and waiting and my phone is within earshot at all times of the day. Our daughter is due New Year’s Eve but she has done a really good job of growing this little baby and the doctor says she is already
around six pounds. It’s up to the baby now. Does she want to come during the holidays, or will she wait until the fuss of the season is all over? I did the bulk of my Christmas shopping on the weekend, so that I don’t have anything distractions. Anastasia already has all her gifts purchased and wrapped, of course. Let’s just hope her fur babies don’t find the gifts and unwrap them before the holidays. I think our whole family is getting Christmas ready early this year, so we can drop everything and go when we get the call. To the hospital. dianafisher1@gmail.com theaccidentalfarmwife. blogspot.com
Queensway Carleton Hospital leads by example with Exemplary accreditation
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Ottawa’s Queensway Carleton Hospital leads the field in providing quality care, having achieved the highest award of “Accreditation with Exemplary Standing” from Accreditation Canada. That standard of excellence positions the hospital among the best in the country. Accreditation Canada’s program is designed to improve client outcomes and health system performance with a focus on safety and quality. For many years the organization has represented ‘best in class’ standards for accreditation internationally, adopted by many countries around the world. Accreditation Canada evaluates the results of a peer review to determine whether the organization will be accredited, and provides a report that identifies strengths and areas for improvement. The report helps create and implement action plans, continuing the cycle of ongoing quality improvement. Tom Schonberg, President and CEO of QCH, said according to the final report, “Queensway Carleton Hospital has attained the highest level of performance, achieving excellence in meeting the requirements of the Accreditation program. “This evaluative process allows us to benchmark and compare ourselves nationally and internationally,” explains Mr. Schonberg. “This helps us focus on quality and safety and best practices. High performance results are an indication that we are operating and implementing the broad array of best practices. To be the hospital of choice, you have to be a top performer.” Accreditation Canada is an independent, not-for-profit organization with headquarters in Ottawa that has been improving health quality through accreditation since 1958. They accredit more than 1,100 organizations representing over 6,000 sites and services across Canada. Organizations include hospitals, walk-in clinics and labs, emergency medical services, long-term care homes, home care services, mental health services, and community health programs. QCH’s commitment to compliance with Accreditation Standards is a continuous journey as the standards are constantly evolving to reflect best practices and top
performance expectations. “In preparation for the on-site Accreditation visit, hospital teams evaluated compliance with hundreds of processes/ standards and prepared documentation for review by Accreditation Canada,” explained Mr. Schonberg. “These documents included everything from how patients are assessed and admitted, how patients receive care and are discharged, how patients and families are involved in their care, our emphasis on patient safety, and pretty much everything related to the how and what of our strategic and operational activities.” During on-site review conducted by four healthcare professional surveyors in early November, much of their time was devoted to “tracers”, which involves following numerous patients’ journeys through various programs and services. The resulting report confirmed QCH’s compliance with 2,014 of 2,026 standards, an overall compliance rating of 99%. In addition, QCH met every one of the 31 Required Organizational Practices. “Accreditation is one of the most effective ways for hospitals to regularly and consistently examine and improve the quality of their care and services,” points out Mr. Schonberg. “We can feel good about what we have achieved, but one of the benefits of the process is continuous improvement. We have scaled one peak but it can’t stop there. It has really focused our organization to march forward. There are always areas that we can do better.” The administration is already working to improve areas identified in the report. “We are calling together our leadership group to carry on the work of what we learned in the report.” Located at 3045 Baseline Road in Ottawa, Queensway Carleton Hospital is west Ottawa’s only full-service community hospital, offering a diversity of medical and surgical programs and services. Employing over 1,917 health care professionals, the 264-bed Queensway Carleton Hospital is focused on maintaining and enhancing their cornerstone programs – Emergency, Critical Care Services, Childbirth, Geriatrics, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Medical
and Surgical Services. Moving forward, Mr. Schonberg says QCH will continue to engage the community, through partnering with other health care institutions and involving those who use the services in the decision-making process. “We are focusing on how we are literally integrating patientfamily engagement. We are embedding the patient-family advisory council and engaging people in program planning, policies, to realize our hospital vision to be the hospital of choice. It’s our ‘common sense’ perspective. Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees and that is the value of engaging patients and families. Patient-family involvement will impact every aspect of how we operate.” The other focus is on implementing best practices. “We are a very busy hospital. Accreditation reemphasized our need to review our patient flow and efficiency, transition and hand off points as well as discharge back into the community.” QCH serves a population of more than 400,000 and has one of the fasting growing catchment areas in Canada. “We really try to motivate our staff to go beyond being mediocre. We strive to be a top performer. I am very proud to say that the majority of our team relates to that and gets personal satisfaction to be at the top. Our healthcare team provides expert care that puts our patients and families first.” An In addition to staff, QCH has a team of 575 volunteers who provided 45,273 hours of service in the past year. “Our culture is that we live and strive for the vision to be the hospital of choice.” Colette Ouellet, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, said accreditation is critical to ensure the best in patient care, innovation and safety. “This demonstrates that we are exceeding the expected standards for the quality of care we deliver and the safety of our patients.” She added that accreditation has grown and adapted to meet the high demands and rigors of today’s health care system. R0013592461
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Riverside South woman spearheads clothing drive for refugees Erin McCracken
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Touched by the plight of Syrian refugees overseas, a Riverside South mother of two is trying to mobilize efforts here ahead of the arrival of hundreds, if not thousands of people looking
to rebuild their lives. “They didn’t want a war,” said Mauretta Lethbridge. “Coming here, they’re going to start all over. They’re going to have nothing.” She and her husband, Adel Kulaib, have been glued to the TV in recent weeks, watching as the refugee crisis
continues to worsen. Lethbridge decided she wanted to do something and turned to Facebook to launch a clothing and supply drive. In less than a week, she amassed a small mountain of donated supplies, from winter clothing and play-
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pens to toys and diapers. The community’s response has been heartening. “It truly means so much. I didn’t believe it would grow so big and get so much attention as it has,” said Lethbridge. The mother of two children, age eight and four, is excited for the arrival of refugees. The Canadian government has said it will welcome 10,000 by Dec. 31. Another 15,000 are expected by the end of February. Mayor Jim Watson said recently that Ottawa will receive between 800 and 2,000 of those refugees in the months to come. “I can’t wait until they arrive, just to watch the smiles on the families’ faces, to know that they’re free from everything,” Lethbridge said. “They don’t have to look up and see bombs going off ... being able to walk down the street and they’ll have nothing to worry about – having food, shelter, clothing.” She wants to help make their resettlement as worryfree as possible. “A new transition for them is going to be scary for them if they’re not familiar with the culture or the language,” she said. “I don’t think they realize how much support they’re going to
have when they get here. “I feel so happy I’m going to be part of this.” Others have quickly gotten behind the clothing drive, including her Riverside South neighbours, Manotick residents and several donors in the east end of the city. A dentist has also provided toothbrushes and toothpaste. “I’m driving around throughout the night collecting donations from people,” said Lethbridge. “Without the community’s continued support, this would not have been possible.” Her neighbour recently dropped off a box of diapers and then reappeared moments later with three more bags of diapers. Lethbridge was shocked the woman would donate something her young daughter still needs. “She said, ‘I’ve got lots. I just want to help,’” she recalled. Lethbridge, who works with homeless people in her role as a client-care worker with Carefor Health & Community Services, knows how important it will be for the community to rally behind the new arrivals. She also has a personal connection that has motivated to reach out. “If anybody understands
what (the Syrian refugees have) been through, it would definitely be my husband,” she said. Kulaib was just a teenager when he and his family left their war-torn Kuwaiti homeland as refugees in 1991, and eventually settled in Ottawa in 1992. Lethbridge got her first glimpse of the needs of refugees when she volunteered as a teenager with the Red Cross and worked with Kosovo refugees at CFB Halifax. “I went and got to play with the children and I helped with the families,” Lethbridge said, adding she would also bring in supplies from home to help. Now she wants to help another round of newcomers seeking safety and a fresh start. “This is just the beginning for them,” she said. “They’re going to need continuous support. They need us.” The goal is to collect as many donated items as possible by the end of December, and give them to Ottawa area residents who are privately sponsoring refugees. There are still several items Lethbridge is seeking, including underwear, hygiene products, tuques, mitts and scarves, as well as warm clothing for all ages, from infants to seniors.
The project is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. The EA study has confirmed project need and justification, documented existing environmental conditions, examined alternatives, potential impacts and recommended mitigation measures, and provided opportunity for comments from review agencies and the public, all leading to the development of a preferred solution. If concerns arise regarding this project, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the municipality, a person or party may request that the Minister of Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environment assessments. Requests must be received by the Minister at the address below within 30 calendar days of the first publication of this Notice. A copy of the request must also be sent to the City at the address below. If there is no request received by Monday, January 18, 2016, the project will proceed to detailed design and construction as presented in the planning documentation. Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Operations Division Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 For further information on this project, to view the Master Plan report ,to submit comments or to inspect a copy of the Class Environmental Assessment Guidelines, please contact the City of Ottawa’s project manager at the address below: Peter McKay, P.Eng. Senior Engineer – Infrastructure Renewal Water Resources Assets Asset Management Branch | Infrastructure Services Department City of Ottawa 100 Constellation Crescent, 6th Floor Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 16213 Fax: 613-580-6068 E-mail: peter.mckay@ottawa.ca 10 Manotick News - Thursday, December 10, 2015
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It could’ve happened to anyone. That’s what investigator at charge Rob Johnston said of OC Transpo driver Dave Woodard, who was killed along with six of his passengers following a collision between a bus and a train on Sept. 18, 2013. The Transportation Safety
the railway crossing went on at the right time. “So we were left with the question; what caused this crash,” Johnston said.
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Week In Review This past weekend was one of our busiest! There were several bake and craft sales all around the Ward that were filled with people shopping for Christmas. The selection of craft items was different in each place from Vernon to Metcalfe. All the bake sales had mouth watering home baked items that could be used right away or frozen untill the holidays begin around your house. In Metcalfe , Holy Trinity Church held a luncheon of homemade chicken pot pie and cold slaw followed by tea/coffee and a plate of sweet dessert pieces. There was also a bake table and basket raffle being held. Proceeds from the basket raffle were donated to the Osgoode Food Cupboard in Enniskerry. Allan Johnston had his annual open house which features all you could want or need for ATVs and snowmobiles. The day finished with a grand performance by the Greely Players Christmas Show at Parkway Church with two performances. This showcased so many local talented residents and an all men’s choir that was really a treat to listen to. There were several humorous skits as well as all Christmas themed. One of the funniest was the 12 days of Christmas. They took this classic song and turned it into a skit with much laughter coming from the audience. Well done Greely Players! The next play will be in Greely at the community centre from April 6-10th 2016 with their production of Beauty and Beast. Tickets go on sale February 14, 2016. Our “drop in” Tuesday or “open door” in the Metcalfe Ward Office continues to be a success. This gives you the opportunity to just drop by and discuss simple issues or come and say “hi” without an appointment. Open door is from 1-5pm every Tuesday in Metcalfe. Congratulations to Dell Lee of Metcalfe for being recognized at Mayor Jim Watsons’ annual “Snow Angel” Recognition Awards. These are presented to people in their community that volunteer their personal time to help out a friend or neighbour that is elderly or disabled and unable to clear snow from their property. Dell also volunteers his time to drive people in need to their appointments. What a wonderful way to help others in need. Well deserved Dell!
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car and train crossings – at crossings constructed at grade. The Fallowfield station has nearly triple that number. The report makes five key recommendations: • The Ontario government
should tighten distracted legislation to include buses. • Implement stronger standards for the “crash worthiness” of city buses – the shell was not sufficient to help deal with impact. • A black box recorder to
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Fox said the city, under the former regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, considered a underpass for the railway at the Woodroffe Avenue crossing in the 1990s. “But without the political will and the geotechnical issues with the soil, the city decided on the crossing that is there today,” she said. Right now there’s no legislation dictating whether or not railway crossings are supposed to be grade separated from the road, Fox said. While she said crashes of this type are rare, there are usually severe consequences, which is why the TSB attempts to find the causes and make recommendations. She added there’s an accepted threshold of 200,000 crossovers – combined daily
help with investigation in future cases. Johnston said the investigation was delayed by months because of the lack of information from the bus. • Transport Canada should develop a national guideline on the grade separation of railway crossings. • The TSB also wants the city to reconsider a grade separation between the rails and both the Transitway and Woodroffe Avenue. They also made recommendations about driver training regarding smooth braking, placement of video monitors, and signage letting passengers know not to stand on the upper deck of double decker buses – removing that responsibility from drivers.
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t came in the mail. Just a long narrow box. Bright red. There was nothing else in the parcel, just the box. That, in itself, wasn’t unusual coming from Aunt Freda in Chicago. We often had no idea what she was shipping out to the farm at Northcote, and if we could figure it out, seldom did we have any use for it. Take the silk kimono she sent Father. First of all, he had never seen a silk kimono before in his life, and when he undressed at night, it was to immediately get into bed in his long underwear! Or the radio she sent one year. It came in a large box filled with coils, wires, a brown wood box, and several other things, all of which made no sense at all until Uncle Alec came over across the 20 acre field and said it was a radio, which didn’t matter anyway, since we had no electricity on the farm to run it. So it was packed up and put in the shed. Now, here was this red box. Mother was the only one who
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Father kept well away from us over at the Findlay Oval with his feet up on the oven door, and the Ottawa Farm Journal scattered around him on the floor. The first night, after I had laid claim to the dominos, I set them out before me on the table. I had no idea what I was going to do with them. And then I decided to stand them up, one after the other ... not touching, but close together. There they were, all lined up in one straight line. I accidentally touched the one at the very end, and right before my eyes, that one connected with the next one, and so on, until they were all laid flat on the table. To me, it was sheer magic! It didn’t take me long to start all over again. And then I got very creative. I curved the line of dominos, I formed a circle, and touched the end one, and as if they were running on gas, down they went. Each one falling the one next to it. Well, it didn’t take long for Emerson to slide over on the bench
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‘This team will be back, I will promise you that:’ Burris Erin McCracken
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Just one drive. That’s all the RedBlacks needed to clinch the team’s first Grey Cup victory in just their second year of existence, quarterback Henry Burris told reporters after the team returned home to Ottawa on Nov. 30 the day after losing the Canadian Football League championship 2620 to the Edmonton Eskimos in Winnipeg. “From the offensive side it was just disappointing because all we needed was one drive to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to win that game,” Burris said. “That’s pretty much the one sentiment that’s been echoed throughout the entire team.” The team’s arrival at the Ottawa International Airport brought little fanfare. Players and staff emerged from a mid-sized plane at the Esso Avitat and walked a few steps to two waiting coach buses. “The sun actually did rise this morning so life is going to carry on,” said head coach Rick Campbell, who was recently named the CFL’s coach of the year. “When it’s fresh like this you’re disappointed, but there’s so many reasons to be hopeful and excited about the future of RedBlacks football,” he said. “And a lot of it has to do with our fans and the city – the whole thing – our players.” Word on the street is quickly spreading about Ottawa as a great place to live and play football, he said. “We’re definitely excited about the future.” When asked if he is secondguessing any of his decisions made for the Grey Cup game, Campbell said it’s typical after a losing a game to re-evaluate, and that the off-season will be spent identifying areas where improvements can be made. The players were scheduled to do medical check-ups and exit interviews in the days following the championship game “just to make sure where everybody’s at” before they leave town, followed by a reevaluation and then free agency in the New Year. Fullback Patrick Lavoie said he
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25,000 gather for Ottawa climate change march Jennifer McIntosh
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On the eve of the climate change conference in Paris 25,000 people gathered on the lawn of city hall to champion sustainable energy and a clean economy. The 100% Possible Climate Change March on Nov. 29 was organized by Ecology Ottawa and featured speakers such as David Suzuki and Mayor Jerry Natanin of Clyde River, Nunavut. Will Amos, MP for Pontiac, Que., made the trek to Ottawa to participate in the march. “I am just a citizen holding my government accountable for my children and my grandchildren,” Amos said, adding that there is hope with the federal Liberal government commitment of $2.6 billion to help developing countries fight climate change and for Alberta’s commitment to a carbon tax.
The aim of the march was to put pressure on the federal government to put the country on track to have a 100 per cent clean economy by 2050.
I am just a citizen holding my government accountable for my children and my grandchildren Will AMOS
Cheryl McNamara, from the Citizens Climate Lobby of Canada – Toronto chapter, said the country needs to have a national price for carbon tax. “That’s the way it can be truly effective,” she said. “It’s nice that certain provinces are moving in that direction, but to really be a deterrent, we need to have rising prices.” McNamara said the lob-
by will bring its biggest delegation ever to the climate change conference in Paris to put pressure on the federal government to development a plan that includes a 100 per cent clean economy. Margie Gillis, a member of Artists for Peace, said it’s time for a change. “I advocate a responsible life for the future,” she said. “It’s time to make a change.” A statement from Ecology Ottawa says clean, renewable energy creates electricity using natural systems such as wind, sun, and water. We can use the energy around us to power cars, heat homes, and sustain communities without creating harmful greenhouse gases. Natanine spoke about the melting ice caps. “Climate change is happening up north in a big way,” he said. “Our ice season is getting shorter.” Ecology Ottawa invited participants from all over.
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Jane Pritchard, from the Toronto chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby of Canada, listens to speakers at Ottawa City Hall during the 100% possible climate march on Nov. 29. Many activists bused in from communities such as Mississauga, Toronto, Rimouski and Québec City It’s not only an environmental issue, but an eco-
nomic one, said Donald Lafleur, of the Canadian Labour Congress. “With enough investment, we can fight climate change and ensure a sus-
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A message of inclusion, a celebration of diversity 11th annual Rainbow Youth Forum aims to make kids comfortable in their own skin Steph Willems
She recalled the first such forum, held at her school 17 years ago. “I learned so much from those students,” she recalled. “I suspect that they were very much like you – committed to social justice, wanting to make a difference, and demanding that we challenge the status quo so that diversity could be embraced.”
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Adolescence can be a very difficult time, but the emotional turmoil can be even greater if the individual is questioning their sexuality or gender identity. Through their annual Rainbow Youth Forum, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board aims to provide an inclusive and inspiring space for LGBTTQQ students. In collaboration with the Rainbow Service Providers Network, the event includes guest speakers, discussions and workshops that highlight the journeys taken by activists to gain rights for the community, the struggles faced by those with sexuality and identity issues, and some of the services that might ease the burden for youth. For OCDSB trustee Donna Blackburn – the board’s first openly gay trustee – the need for the forum to continue and evolve is clear. “It’s very important as a school board that we get the message out that we are wanting to create safe and inclusive learning environments, and we know that when students feel safe and secure in their learning environment that they’re more likely to succeed,” said Blackburn. “We know, based on research, that students who are LGBTQ are more likely to feel isolated and to be bullied … it’s getting better, but we always have more work to do.” OCDSB assistant director Norah Marsh delivered greetings on behalf of senior staff to the crowd of several hundred students at the Confederation Education Centre.
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Delivering the keynote address was a well-known transgendered activist, Susan Gapka, who campaigns strongly not just for LGBT issues, but also for affordable housing, education, mental health services and community safety. She recently won the premier’s award. Gapka shared her personal journey to the audience, describing how an early life of confusion and alienation gave way to a rewarding life of realizing political and social change while being comfortable with herself. In the darkness of youth that led her to become a teenage runaway on the streets of Toronto, Gapka recalls one teacher who recognized what was troubling her and risked outing herself to employers by speaking candidly to the student. That society, she said, holding up a cellphone, is now as foreign to modernday audiences as the typewriters she worked on as a youth are to the iPhone generation. “Look at how far we’ve come,” she remarked. Gapka said her life mirrors the three phases of storytelling, where there is a period of suffering, a period of surviving, and a period of overcoming. “In my early years I was lonely and confused, and felt a sense of abandonment,” she said. “My next phase was as a lost and angry adult. As a youngster, I acted out in the classroom, fought in the schoolroom … As a teenager, a survivor, I ran away from home and landed on the
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Deadline for Dream of a Lifetime Lottery tickets nears Staff
Tickets are going fast, and so is the time remaining to get them for this year’s CHEO Dream of a Lifetime lottery. The deadline to get tickets is midnight Friday, Dec. 11. And not only is the deadline to purchase tickets fast approaching, but if
justments to ticket availability. Tickets are no longer available in banks or by mail as mail orders may not be received in time to qualify. Quantities are limited and tickets will be processed in the order in which they are received. As of now, the only ways to order tickets is by phone
you want tickets you better act fast as 95 per cent of the tickets had already been sold as of the start of this week. The 50/50 draw jackpot is now over $1 million and climbing, according to the CHEO Foundation To help manage the remaining tickets the CHEO Foundation has made ad-
at 613-722-5437 or 1-877562-5437, online at www. dreamofalifetime.ca. or at the Minto Dream Home at 800 Percival Crescent in Manotick. However, cash payments are not accepted at the Dream Home. As well, if you want to visit the Dream Home you better get there soon.
During this year’s Dream of a Lifetime Lottery more than 32,000 people have visited the Minto Dream Home and the home will remain open for viewing until 8 p.m. Friday, December 11. Prizes will be given away during the final prize draws on Jan. 5 and 6, 2016, including the $1.7 million
grand prize package which includes the fully furnished, fully landscaped Minto Dream Home, $100,000 cash, a 2016 Chevy Camaro 2SS from Myers Automotive Group, house cleaning for a year, and $5,000 in groceries from Farm Boy. Complete prize details can be found at www. dreamofalifetime.ca.
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WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access
470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca
Pleasant Park Baptist Invites you to our worship service with Rev. Dean Noakes
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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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Sunday Masses: 8:30 a.m. Low Mass 10:30 a.m. High Mass (with Gregorian chant) 6:30 p.m. Low Mass
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Dominion-Chalmers United Church Sunday Services Worship Service10:30am Sundays Prayer Circle Tuesday at 11:30 Rev.10:30 Jamesa.m. Murray 355 Cooper Street at O’Connor 613-235-5143 www.dc-church.org
The Redeemed Christian Church of God
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Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome Minister: James T. Hurd
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South Gloucester United Church Family Worship at 9:00am
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KNOX UNITED CHURCH Welcomes You 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
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Come together at17th through 23rd: December
Dec. 7th Advent 2 service 10 am. 4 pm Family Christmas party, 5:30 potluck, 6:30 carol sing and Santa’s visit Dec. 14th Advent 3 service 10 am --White Gifts and All-Ages Christmas play Dec. 21st Advent 4 service 10 am--Lessons and Carols Dec. 24th Christmas Eve Pageant 6:30 and 8 pm Candlelight Communion Service 10 pm
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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
December Highlights Sundays
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Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday Worship 10:30 am Choir Candlelight Service Dec 20th – 7:00 pm Christmas Eve – Dec. 24th Children/Family Service – 4:30pm Traditional Service – 7:00pm
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Phone: (613) 823-8118 760 Somerset West3:30pm www.goodshepherdbarrhaven.ca
Sunday Services: 9:30 AM and 11 AM Come Celebrate our Saviour’s Birth Christmas Eve: 4pm, 7pm & 9pm | Christmas Day: 1pm
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10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa (Meadowlands and Chesterton) Tel: 613-225-6648 parkwoodchurch.ca
Rideau Park United Church
meets every Sunday at The Old Forge Community Resource Centre 2730 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2B 7J1
A warm welcome awaits you For Information Call 613-224-8507
1350 Walkley Road (Just east of Bank Street) Ottawa, ON K1V 6P6 Tel: 613-731-0165 Email: ottawacitadel@bellnet.ca Website: www.ottawacitadel.ca
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Giving Hope Today
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Our area houses of worship invite you to rejoice this Christmas season with praise, reflection, song and prayer. Their doors are always open, so please join them in celebrating the true meaning of the season.
“All are welcome without exception”
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City can do better when it comes to 3-1-1: auditor general Brier Dodge
brier.dodge@metroland.com
Much of the discussion as the city auditor tabled his annual audit report had to do with who is on the other line. Or rather, who isn’t on the other line, as problems with the city’s 3-1-1 system took up most of the discussion with councillors. The waiting time for callers to 3-1-1, the city’s help line, is too long, said Auditor General Ken Hughes at the Nov. 26 meeting at city hall. The city considers any call answered within 120 seconds a successful call. They also consider any abandoned calls prior to 120 seconds successful. That’s a long time compared to other major cities, Hughes’ report highlighted. Councillors had issues with hang-ups being counted as successful calls. “I think you’re being very generous in your comments to say this was potentially misleading,” said Coun.
Brier Dodge/Metroland
Auditor General Ken Hughes speaks with the media at city hall following the tabling of his annual report to the audit committee on Nov. 26. Keith Egli. “Never have I got an answer for why service levels don’t seem to match what we’re hearing from our actual residents who aren’t getting through.” The report said 3-1-1’s target is to answer 80 per
cent of calls within that 120 second time frame, but this service level was never formally approved, and there isn’t any data on why this was chosen. In terms of service requests coming in for emails,
the service time is fairly long for the general public - five business days. While this timeframe was also never formally approved, it’s also often missed. It was proposed that agents working shifts outside normal business hours, who weren’t tasked with answering emails, take on the additional duty to help speed things up. Hughes said the common theme he found is an overall lack of financial analysis used in decision making. “In 3-1-1… there’s no data on the cost per call, or to answer an email,” he said. “In winter operations, we found no financial analysis had been done on the mix of internal versus external resources, or the cost to keep standards above (provincial levels).” The city could be spending more than it needs for a higher standard of road maintenance in the winter. The city is maintaining roads at a standard that is set higher than the provin-
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cial standard. There isn’t any data available to show how much more the city is spending to maintain roads at a higher standard than the province deems necessary. There are other potential areas the city could save money in snow removal as well. The audit found that staff are assigned to lower priority duties other than snow removal or salting 25 per cent of the time, duties that may not be required. Hughes also raised concerns with the city’s IT risk management in his audit. There isn’t a comprehensive inventory of technologies used by the city, or a risk register. Part of the issue is the people who are sometimes completing the risk profiles. “One finding jumped out at me,” said Coun. Jeff Leiper. “Can we trust our corporate risk profile if it’s being developed by people who don’t have the technical
background?” Hughes said that staff who are not trained in risk profiles “can’t identify risks they’re not aware of.” FUTURE AUDITS
Hughes also tabled the audits that he plans to have his department complete in the future. Future audits include light rail transit planning and change management, emergency preparedness, and the management of the Lansdowne contract. Coun. Diane Deans put in requests to move an audit on the light rail phase one construction planned from 2017 to 2016, but Hughes said the department simply doesn’t have the resources to move the audit up a year. “There’s probably enough work to keep us busy for 10 to 12 years at the rate we’re going now,” Hughes said, adding if council increased the audit department’s budget, more audits could be done, and quicker.
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Meet Jackson (ID# A159225), a fun loving boy looking for his new best friend. Jackson is a cute Pug/Beagle mix who loves to play and have fun. He is very active and enjoys getting lots of exercise. Jackson would prefer a quiet, adult home. He loves to spend time with his human friends and would prefer to be the only pet in the home, so he can shower you with love and attention. For more information on Jackson and all the adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd Check out our website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of the animals available for adoption.
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they’ll readily consume it if given the chance. But even a small Just because animals have built in fur coats doesn’t mean they amount of antifreeze can be harmful, or even fatal, to your pet. are immune to the harsh realities of a Canadian winter. With a bit of thoughtful planning, your best friend will be warm and safe • When adding antifreeze to your vehicle, pour carefully and clean up any spills that may occur. It’s also a good idea to when the snowflakes fly. check that your car isn’t leaking fluid. A quick look under Here are some tips for animal care in cold weather: • Limit exposure: When the mercury plunges, exercise caution the hood will help keep your own animals, and those in the neighbourhood, safe. and limit your pet’s exposure to the outdoors. • Salt: While the salt used on roads and driveways is helpful in • If your pet does come in contact with antifreeze — either by ingesting it directly, or by licking exposed paws — you preventing spills, it can irritate the sensitive pads on the bottom should be looking for signs of vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, of your pet’s feet. Keep a towel by your front door and wipe unconsciousness, drooling and panting. If you suspect down your pooch’s paws after a walk so they aren’t tempted to antifreeze ingestion, it’s important to act quickly, as the lick them clean. • Fresh water: If you keep any water bowls outside for your poisoning can cause kidney failure. Call your veterinarian immediately to avoid complications. animals during the winter, be sure to check the supply a few times a day to ensure it isn’t frozen over. If you are unable • You may want to consider a less toxic alternative to the ethylene glycol-based antifreeze that is most commonly used. to provide fresh, clean water regularly throughout the day There is new propylene glycol-based antifreeze available at you need to provide an insulated, heated water bowl in order many retail outlets that is safer for pets and humans alike. to keep the water from freezing. Clean, fresh snow is not an • Entertain wisely: The winter season is a peak time for at-home adequate replacement for water for an animal. • Car engines: Cats and wildlife are drawn to the heat generated parties and other get-togethers. It may be a good idea to keep animals away from the bustle and noise during a party. If by your car’s engine on cold days. Make sure you bang on your car’s hood to avoid injuring a sleeping creature. everyone does mingle together, keep an eye on your pets to • Antifreeze: The taste of antifreeze is tasty to many animals, and make sure they don’t sneak any of the festive food and drink. 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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Mauril Belanger has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The veteran Ottawa-Vanier MP was diagnosed with the affliction, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on Nov. 27. Belanger is expected to stay on as MP, but has let supporters know he has dropped out of the race to be speaker of the House of Commons. “I wish to thank everyone who has encouraged me and supported my candidacy for speaker,” he said in a statement.
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The National Arts Centre is set to start work on its $110.5-million facelift in December. Construction crews will be putting shovels in the ground earlier than originally anticipated to make sure the work is done by Canada Day 2017 to celebrate the country’s 150th birthday. The upgrades will include building a glass atrium and façade for the Elgin Street entrance, as well as renovating the building’s main banquet room. Performances will go ahead as planned for most productions at the theatre, which will stay open throughout the construction period. Some matinees will have to be cancelled as the work will be done on weekdays from midnight to 2 p.m. “The decision to stay
open wasn’t an easy one,” NAC CEO Peter Herrndorf said in a press release. “On the one hand, we were very aware that the work involved for a project of this scale would mean a good deal of inconvenience to our patrons,” he said. “On the other hand, we knew that our audience depends on us to bring the best of the performing arts to the nation’s capital.” The NAC building was built in 1969 and was designed as a centennial project by architect Fed Lebensold of ARCOP Design. The new design will transform the windowless façade of the old building with a flashy glass entrance in the hexagonal shape of the NAC’s logo. The new entrance was designed by architect Donald Schmitt and will use glass that will be able to display high-definition images. The renovations will double the size of one of
the NAC’s main event spaces, the Panorama Room, increasing its capacity to 600 people from 225. It work will also upgrade mechanical and electrical systems, create a new lounge area and café, as well as improve performance spaces. The entire project is expected to meet Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) standards. The federal government announced it would give $110.5 million towards the project last December, reviving a project that had stalled. In 2012, the NAC had plans to renovate the building’s façade on Elgin Street, but after the city approved changes to the light-rail tunnel that did not include a station near the arts centre, the project was put on the shelf. With files from Laura Mueller.
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Heidi Danson and Det. Sylvie Reaney are on a mission to hand out purses filled with sanitary pads and tampons to Ottawa’s vulnerable women. Already, the pair have surpassed Danson’s original 50-purse goal. They’re at about 400 purses and counting, which is why they have upped their goal to collect 1,000 purses until at least Dec. 18. “I thought I was being really ambitious,” Danson said about her initial target of 50. “It’s touched so many people,” said Reaney, an Ottawa police office who has arranged for Ottawa police stations, from Orléans to Leitrim to Kanata, to be purse drop-off points. “I think that’s why so many (women) have jumped on board because … they can relate to this. People are filling up purses to the rim.” Come Dec. 18, they plan to provide the donated purses, bags, clutches, makeup bags, backpacks and tote bags to several shelters and day programs they have reached out to. Danson was first inspired after reading a Cosmopolitan article about homeless women struggling with their periods because they don’t have access to sanitary products or showers. She then saw a Facebook post about filling a purse with supplies and giving them to homeless women.
After connecting with Reaney in late October, the project quickly snowballed. “I’m sitting here looking at 200 purses right now. My office is full,” Danson said. “The bigger it gets, the more exciting it is.” Though blown away by the support, she thinks the campaign has struck a chord across Ottawa because it’s an easy cause to support since many women have old purses and extra supplies at home. The cause is also something they can relate to. “Women to women, having your period isn’t something we all brag about,” Reaney said. “It’s not the best thing, but being homeless, it’s a nightmare for them. It must be horrible.” The detective wanted to get involved because she had recently done a presentation for her master’s degree about women and girls in African nations who were missing school because of a lack of access to sanitary products. “They stayed home because of embarrassment, so a lot of them eventually just drop out, which is horrible,” said Reaney, who was wowed by Danson’s project. “I never even thought about it in my own community,” she said. While sanitary products are a necessity, too many women can’t afford them. “What do they do? They’re struggling for food,” Reaney said. Upon reaching out to women’s shelters and day programs, Danson and Re-
aney quickly realized they had tapped into an unmet need. Reaney learned the Odawa Native Friendship Centre receives food from the Ottawa Food bank once a month. The hamper includes one box of tampons for the entire shelter. “That just broke my heart,” she said. That means women are too often using what they can when they have their periods. “They’ll go into public bathrooms here and use toilet paper, paper towels, anything. I’m sure they keep it on for hours and beyond.” As word spread about the purse-drive project, known as Women Helping Women, MediaStyle, a digital-first public affairs firm in downtown Ottawa, reached out to offer space to sort the items on Dec. 17 before they are donated later in the month. The company also planned to shoot a video to raise awareness about the project. It’s hoped the momentum will gather steam and donations will continue to come in to meet the need in going forward. “This cannot stop in December. I would hate to see this end,” Reaney said, adding she hopes it will generate awareness of the plight of homeless women and the barriers they face on a daily basis. “We hope that we can create the awareness so people can continue to donate on their own, even if you grab a box of tampons and drop it off every once in a while to a shelter directly,” Danson said.
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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: manotick@metroland.com
Dec. 13
Village Voices Women’s Choir will present “Comfort and Joy” with special guests The Manotick Brass Sunday, Dec.13 at 2:30 p.m. at Metcalfe St. Andrews United Church, 2677 Eighth Line Road, Metcalfe, ON. Advance tickets $12 or $15 at the door. Children under 12 free refreshments, gift basket draws painting raffle – artist Soraya Silvestri donation basket available for food bank. For advance tickets or more info contact catgraham_59@yahoo.com www.freewebs.com/villagevoices
Dec. 31
Come to the Greely Legion’s New Year’s Eve dinner and dance party at 8021 Mitch Owens Rd., featuring the Douglas Connection. Cocktails begin at
6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m., and dancing will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $50 if purchased before Dec. 15, or $60 if purchased on or after Dec. 15. For tickets call 613-822-0233 or 613-8221451. For more information visit www.greelylegion.ca.
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.
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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
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
Thursday at 7 p.m. immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal at 613-821-1930 for more information.
Mondays
Play 4-Hand Euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. excluding holidays. You do not need a partner. Enjoy complimentary light refreshments. Admission is $5. For info, call 613-769-7570. 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.
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Want to meet new friends and have a great workout? Come to the MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a free women’s fitness class with a certified fitness instructor. The sessions include a fiveminute inspirational fit tip. Contact the church office at 613-238-8182.
WARMEST THANKS The Snowsuit Fund and the thousands of children it serves thank the following organizations for their major contributions to the Fund in the 2015/2016 campaign.
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University of Ottawa researchers have discovered a link between a specific gene and high blood pressure, which could lead to improved treatment of the condition. The group of molecular cardiologists found the link while conducting research on mice to figure out whether the gene variant – called GATA5 – had any correlation to congenital heart disease. Instead, they found that an absence of the gene was linked to an increase in high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. “Our findings in mice who lack GATA5 are consistent with the traits of human essential hypertension and led us to examine the status of this gene in hypertensive individuals,” said Dr. Mona Nemer, the professor who led the group. “Our study opens up new avenues for the prevention of hypertension and its associated health complications.” High blood pressure affects 20 per cent of adults in Canada and leads to an estimated seven million
deaths from heart failure in North America every year. The condition occurs when narrowing blood vessels cause pressure and force the heart to work harder. The gene, which the researchers have linked to high blood pressure, was discovered decades ago, but the group has found a new function for it. “The gene is important for the arterial cell’s function,” said Smale Mesaoudi, a postdoctoral researcher involved in the project. “The implication goes beyond high blood pressure. This gene might be involved in other diseases.” While the discovery could lead to improved treatment of high blood pressure, the group’s findings also opens up new lines of study to see if the gene has any correlation to other diseases such as arterial sclerosis. “Lifestyle changes and medication can help control hypertension in some people, but we urgently need new treatments to reduce the staggering death and disability toll due to this condition,” said Dr. Duncan Stewart, a cardiologist and professor at uOttawa.
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Be in the know about snow Winter overnight parking regulations have changed • Beginning in early 2016, monthly parking fees will change by season • During winter overnight parking bans, residents will have free access to designated covered City parking garages. Locations are listed on ottawa.ca. • During significant winter storms (7cm or more of snow accumulation), visit ottawa.ca and search Where is My Plow? to find out when a snow plow will be passing by a specific address on residential streets.
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