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EMC news - The city is asking for residents’ help tackling 12 planning issues as it looks to build a “liveable” city in the future. The city launched its massive master planning review on Jan. 29 with two meetings at city hall that outlined challenges – and ideas – to create a Liveable Ottawa.“Certainty” was the name of the game when it came to zoning, with both the mayor and planning committee chairman Coun. Peter Hume repeatedly insisting that the review will result in a zoning bylaw that matches and implements the policies outlined in the Official Plan. “Providing certainty for the community and the development industry is a theme you’ve heard me talking about a lot in the past year,” Hume said. “Our refreshed Official Plan will be more prescriptive than ever before in terms of where the vision for height and density is in this city. … (Planning manager John)

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Moser and his staff are committed to bringing forward the necessary zoning bylaws in 2014 that will implement these height permissions such that there is absolute certainty for all and fewer disparities between the Official Plan and the zoning bylaw.” It’s something community associations have been clamoring for. Essentially, it would mean that the rules for what can be built on parcels of land across the city and what sorts of uses those properties can feature would match the goals and larger vision for the city that’s set out in its Official Plan. Right now, there is so much discrepancy between the ideals in the Official Plan and the actual rules governing the zoning that the leeway often leads to spot rezoning of properties that community members often feel aren’t in line with the goals the city has set out for itself. “We are getting better at smart growth and we are doing it together (with developers), but there is still more to do,” Watson said. He said public interest and participation in the process is essential. See PROCESS, page 4

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EMC news - Carleton University is poised to become a paratriathlete training ground following the Feb. 1 announcement of a joint pilot project with Triathlon Canada. Canada’s first National

Paratriathlon Academy will offer aspiring athletes in the Ottawa-Gatineau region access to paratriathlon training and programs, as well as partnership opportunities with the university. The venture was announced by Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal at the Carleton Uni-

versity Fieldhouse. Calling it a “fantastic initiative,” Gosal extended his appreciation to Triathlon Canada and Carleton for embarking on the new project. “I’m convinced this innovative (partnership) will lead to the growth of paratriathlon and result in even more outstanding performances and medals for our paralympians, as we saw in London (last year),” said Gosal. The minister credited Ca-

nadian Paralympic Committee executive director Francois Robert for “raising the bar every day.” Triathlon Canada receives federal funding through Sport Canada and Own the Podium, as well as private funding through a number of organizations. The paratriathlon is a new sport announced three years ago to debut at the 2016 Paralympic Games. See PARTNERSHIP, page 3

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Partnership will offer athletes advanced training Jennifer Hopkins, world paratriathlon champion, speaks at the launch of a pilot project between Carleton University and Triathlon Canada on Feb. 1. The project will see the country’s first national paratriathlon academy created at the Carleton campus to give athletes access to training and opportunities in advance of the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games.

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but swimming and biking were never my first passions,” said Hopkins. “Suddenly, when I began to swim, I found myself loving the three disciplines – running, biking and swimming. Triathlon became my new passion.” Hopkins participated in a triathlon in 2008, followed by an Ironman race in 2009 that she used as a platform for an MS fundraiser. That started her career in profes-

sional competition. “Without training groups, clubs, programs training camps and even academies that let us join, you just don’t know where Canada’s next world champion or paralympian will come from,” said Hopkins of the new project. “It’s about giving people regardless of their age, disability or background the opportunity to participate in sport.”

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Consisting of a 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike course and a five-kilometre run, paratriathletes compete using racing wheelchairs and hand cycles, as well as sighted guides for those with visual impairments. In anticipation of the 2016 Games, Triathlon Canada has grown its paratriathlon program to help athletes benefit from new opportunities. The National Paratriathlon Academy, which can be joined for a nominal fee by those ages 16 and up, will offer two on-site training camps each month, online webinars, and opportunities to access further advanced training. The goal is to form a nationwide network of academies through partnerships with post-secondary institutions. “The sport is growing at a rapid pace in Canada and around the world,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University. “Triathlon Canada has been recruiting people to the sport and conducting training camps in advance of the World Championships over the last two years. The group has enhanced competition schedules in preparation for Rio. With more paratriathletes competing at the 2012

World Championships, the world is pushing the bar and Triathlon Canada will not stand still.” O’Reilly Runte called it “fitting” for the academy to set up shop at Carleton, due to the school’s accessibility, including seven kilometers of heated underground tunnels. Larry McMahon, operations director of Triathlon Canada, said his organization and the athletes it supports have “benefited greatly” from its many partnerships, including one with Carleton, as their mission statements of inclusivity and accessibility overlap perfectly. McMahon outlined the aims of the academy, only one of which was to garner more medals. “If successful, this will ultimately lead to a talent pool capable of achieving international podium results, such as the Paralympics, as well as promoting participation in sport, just for the love of it,” said McMahon. The launch featured an inspirational speech from World Paratriathlon Champion Jennifer Hopkins, who achieved success in her sport despite battling multiple sclerosis and lupus, as well as a rare neurological disease. She began to train as a way of combating these afflictions, and soon grew to love it. “I’ve always loved to run,

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Process key to unlocking the city’s potential Continued from page 1

THEMES

The 12 planning issues and themes the city is focusing its review on are: 1. Intensification and smart development 2. Urban land issues – building in or building out 3. Protecting and preserving Ottawa’s countryside 4. Creating people-friendly environments through urban design 5. Transit-oriented development – living and working near transit 6. Reviewing employment lands to protect and diversify the economy 7. Providing the infrastructure services needed for growth 8. Public transit 9. Complete streets – making room for all transportation choices 10. Promoting healthy lifestyles through active transportation 11. Developing travel options to reduce car dependency 12. Affordability – devel-

opment within the city’s financial means MEMBERS

The city has set up three Liveable Ottawa consultation groups to represent different interests. The members include: • Sponsors group: Councillors Jan Harder, Peter Hume, Scott Moffatt, Doug Thompson and Marianne Wilkinson • Development industry panel: Three members from the Building Owners and Managers Association (president Pierre Azizzi, executive director Dean Karakasis, Cal Kirkpatrick of Colonnade Developments) and three members from the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (executive director John Herbert, Jack Stirling of Minto Homes and Rob Pierce of Monarch Homes) • Community panel: Two representatives from the Federation of Community Associations (Gary Sealey of the Kanata-Beaverbrook Community Association and Sheila Perry of the Overbrook Community Association) and private citizens Richard Stead, Gord Mills and Terry Otto, who were nominated by councillors Harder and Thompson

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Mayor Jim Watson reviews information panels at city hall with Laurie McCannell of the Vars Community Association during the morning launch of the Liveable Ottawa initiative on Jan. 29.

“We want to ensure Ottawa remains a vibrant, dynamic and affordable city for years to come,” Watson said, adding that the review will help “unlock the potential of the city.” Affordability will be a fundamental part of that, the mayor said. The city only has limited means to pay for new facilities that population growth demands. Interested citizens can find detailed information online at ottawa.ca/liveableottawa. There, people can fill out an online survey and sign up for alerts about future public meetings. Updating the entire suite of master plans in one go is a rare opportunity that will help the city ensure the plans all work together towards common goals, the mayor said. “For the first time in many years, the stars are aligned at the same time,” he said. Some things you won’t see changed are policies for environmental protection, affordable housing or built heritage, Hume said. For the most part, those policies are working well so the city won’t be touching them up. The draft updates to the

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EMC news - The city is proposing 14 new policy ideas or changes to guide the discussion about creating a Liveable Ottawa for the Official Plan and master plan review. Planning committee chairman Coun. Peter Hume, Mayor Jim Watson and several city planners fleshed out the ideas during two openhouse launch events on Jan. 29. The full proposals and a survey can be found on ottawa.ca/liveableottawa, but here are some highlights:

The city is proposing to create a new generation of main streets, called “streets in transition.” Hume said it would cover streets that don’t quite have the characteristics of a main street, but could still use a boost in density, height and the type of uses that are permitted along them. He suggested the city is looking at boosting heights to up to six storeys along transitional streets such as Baseline Road and Bronson, Fisher, Holland and Woodroffe avenues. One of the questions the city is asking is whether it

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needs to create “design priority areas” – areas where city staff and the city’s urban design review panel should be paying extra attention to design. The city wants to encourage pedestrian-friendly smallscale commerce in some areas by designating sections of streets as new main streets. Parts of Walkley, Innes and Ogilvie roads and St. Laurent Boulevard are on the list for consideration. Hume alluded to new policies that will guide what’s included in future community design plans, including building heights, to give “certainty” to communities. However, the picture for developers is less clear, Hume said. The city needs to clarify its expectations when it comes to planning policies, especially for areas that don’t have secondary or community design plans. Michelle Taggart of Taggart Investments, a local developer, spoke at the morning open house on Jan. 29 to tell the city that building height limits are a mistake. “It takes a lot of creativity and flexibility,” she said. Without that flexibility, the city will get a lot of short, fat, ugly buildings that don’t offer connections or pathways through blocks. Taggart said the city needs to look at a more “design-centric certainty.” Hume countered that opinion, saying the flexibility the development industry wants creates “massive conflict” with communities. “If there is a better way for us to avoid that, the development industry haven’t come forward with one,” he said.

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The new review will look at a number of different issues and ideas including a winter cycling network is also proposed. The city hopes to identify routes that would be wellmaintained in the winter to encourage year-round cycling. that. “As our city approaches the one million population mark and Ottawa comes of age, the market and urban design are bringing a new type of built form,” Hume said. “This doesn’t mean that we want to have a city of skyscrapers, but we need to prepare the parameters of where we want this development.” Buildings of 31 storeys or more would only be permitted in areas identified in the new Official Plan. Those locations would be based on proximity to transit, compatibility and design criteria. Hume said buildings of 20 storeys or more would only be permitted on lands that were established in a community design plan or a transit-oriented development study. Whether they are proposed to be 40 storeys or four sto-

reys, building height is a major point of contention in communities. The city is hoping to put some of that strife to rest by setting a new maximum height of 10 to 19 storeys in areas designated as mixed-use centres and employment lands that are immediately beside rapid-transit stations (Transitway and light rail) and up to nine storeys elsewhere. For the rest of the urban area, the city is proposing that height limits remain the status quo. TRANSPORTATION

The city will be reviewing the criteria it uses to decide when to widen roads, Hume said. Transportation planner Colin Simpson expanded on that in the evening meeting. The suggested approach is to switch from using a “peak

hour” of the highest morning commute traffic to judge the street’s capacity, and use a more averaged peak period of perhaps three hours. That subtle change would mean a reduction of about 15 per cent in road expansions or the construction of new roads, Simpson said. It’s a change aimed at saving money. Ottawa has a backlog of roads that are crumbling and need resurfacing – about 25 per cent of the city’s roads need to be paved. Constricting how many roads are widened will lead to more traffic congestion, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing depending on where it is, Simpson said. Traffic congestion is a motivator to get people out of private vehicles and onto the bus or a bike. See CITY, page 7

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were also suggested. Hume also ďŹ&#x201A;oated the idea of setting maximum intersection and road widths to â&#x20AC;&#x153;create less cavernous and more people-friendly intersections.â&#x20AC;? TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

The city has already embarked on planning for intensiďŹ ed development around transit hubs, and that work will continue as part of the OfďŹ cial Plan update. Lees, Hurdman

and Blair stations are next on the list for development studies. But the future light-rail line isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only transit mode the city will focus on. Pinecrest, South Keys/Greenboro and the Riverside South community core will also be the focus of development studies with a view towards encouraging density. RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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prises 90 per cent of its land area, and the city wants to ensure development in the rural areas is sustainable. For one thing, the city is proposing to make the moratorium on country estate lot subdivisions permanent. The large-lot subdivisions in the rural area detract from making villages viable as complete communities, Hume said. To do that, the city is proposing to concentrate most development within the three large villages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Richmond, Greely

and Manotick â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to ensure they have a mix of housing types and businesses. The city wants to examine servicing options that would allow nine mid-sized villages, including Carp, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Vars and North Gower, to expand in the future, but for now, their boundaries are proposed to remain the same.

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Cycling and waking were also emphasized in comments made by Simpson in the evening and Hume in the morning. Hume described a need to â&#x20AC;&#x153;build on the momentumâ&#x20AC;? of a 40 per cent increase in cycling trips over the past ďŹ ve years, as shown in the recently released origin-destination study. That will include mapping out key cross-town bikeway routes, Hume said, and adding new bicycling routes to large employ-

ment centres and institutions such as universities or hospitals that are outside the core. A winter cycling network is also proposed. The city hopes to identify routes that would be well-maintained in the winter to encourage year-round cycling. For pedestrians, there is a need to clarify when the city wants to include sidewalks on one or both sides of the street in suburban developments. Improvements to winter maintenance standards for sidewalks

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Two blocks north of Carlingwood Shopping Centre on Lockhart Avenue at Prince Charles Road.

470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca

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at lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ĂŠglise Ste-Anne Welcomes you to the traditional Latin Mass Sunday Masses: 8:30 a.m. Low Mass 10:30 a.m. High Mass (with Gregorian chant) 6:30 p.m. Low Mass For the Mass times please see www.st.-clementottawa.ca 528 Old St. Patrick St. Ottawa ON K1N 5L5 (613) 565.9656

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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 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor 613-235-5143 www.dc-church.org

Bethany United Church

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off 417 exit Walkey Rd. or Anderson Rd.

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Join us for worship, fellowship & music Nursery, children and youth ministries Sunday Service at 10:30 am Rev. Kathryn Peate

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Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 1893 Baseline Rd., Ottawa (2nd Floor) Sunday Service 10.30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

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ALL WELCOME Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The Salvation Army Community Church Meeting at St. Andrew School 201 Crestway Dr. 613-440-7555 Barrhaven www.sawoodroffe.org

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The Redeemed Christian Church of God

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Limit councillorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; access to public purse

policy to limit councillorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to dole out money to community groups is a welcome proposal coming out of the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Currently, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just an idea being floated around the council table by Mayor Jim Watson, but a policy is expected to be introduced sometime in March. At least one city councillor is already warning community groups in his ward that

the policy would limit their ability to donate money from their office budget to support community events. On the face of it, the policy sounds negative, resulting in less funding for the dozens of grassroots organizations that provide unpaid support services throughout the city. But limiting a councillorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending powers doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily mean the money wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be spent where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed. Just whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing the

spending â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as it stands, a councillor can take a chunk of money from their office budget â&#x20AC;&#x201C; funds provided by taxpayers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to arbitrarily dole out cash to groups of their choosing. Typical donations include things like membership to the local legion branch, sponsorship of a winter carnival, donations to food banks and the purchase of gift certificates as prizes for community events. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get us wrong. We are in no way suggesting

that a donation to the local food bank is a bad idea; we are simply questioning the optics of how the money is spent and how the decision is made. Giving councillors arbitrary access to the public purse offers the opportunity for inequalities in support given to groups and associations from ward to ward. One councillor may choose to spend $10,000 while another may limit their donations to less than $2,000.

We arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t questioning the morals or ethics of individual councillors, simply the equity of an arbitrary system that invites unfair distribution of funds and the use of public money to in effect campaign for re-election. True, part of a councillorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is to promote events and showcase communities, but, as Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley suggests, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe we should be handling the money for the events.â&#x20AC;? Hubley said he rarely gives donations from his office budget because he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give the wrong impression. We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree more

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the obvious impression is that the receiver of the money owes the sender gratitude, which they may choose to repay in the form of support during the next election. Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal would be part of a code of conduct thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being developed to build on the work of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new integrity commissioner, such as the lobbyist registry. We suggest the city create a new mechanism to provide support for community groups, such as giving the responsibility to a department. Council could always allow councillors to highlight events and community groups in need of support.

COLUMN

After Dalton, a culture war? CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a little getting used to not having the premier of Ontario living in our town. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of advantages to it, not least of which is having someone at Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park who knows Ottawa exists. That hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been the case. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty big city, Ottawa, but a bit far from Toronto. The reviews on Dalton McGuintyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure as premier have been mixed. The consensus seems to be that he did quite well, but his last few months didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do him credit. In Ottawa we knew him as sort of a clunky guy, not a smooth politician, but a person we could be comfortable with. That might explain how he got elected six times as an MPP, three times as premier. McGuintyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last election was a minority win, which means the opposition parties are looking forward with some relish to the next election. What kind of an election will that be? Could it be different from what we have seen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mild-mannered affairs in which ideology plays a minimal role and the parties cluster into the centre? What observers now fear is a culture war, of the kind we have seen recently in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Canadian federal politics. In a culture war, the two sides are bitterly divided. Rather than cluster into the centre, they diverge widely and bitterly. They are divided not only on political issues, but on personal beliefs and patterns of behaviour. The stage is set for it, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure. One

of the two leading parties is led by a businessman from Fort Erie, with a traditional marriage; the other is led by a community activist from Toronto, who is a lesbian. So there you have it: big city versus small town, man versus woman, old values versus new values, traditional marriage versus same-sex marriage, businessman versus activist, Barrhaven versus the Glebe. People have talked about this kind of divergence in recent federal elections, with the Harper Conservatives, the hockey fans, versus the Ignatieff Liberals, the Chardonnay-sipping intellectuals. Tim Hortons versus Starbucks. The notion of a culture war is supported by the breakdown of the vote: Ignatieffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main strength was in downtown Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver; Harper won the small towns and the suburbs. So is that what we have to look forward to when Ontario goes to the polls? Probably not. Because we are more complex than that. Our downtown intellectuals like hockey. There are opera fans in small towns, book clubs in Carleton Place. Barrhaven has a Starbucks, Tim Hortons has Wi-Fi, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has lattes. We are all moving closer together. We all see basically the same TV and get the same Internet. Isolation is a thing of the past and differences no longer shock us. Even the gay factor is far less of an issue than it might have been 10 years ago. Small town parents have children with gay friends. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big deal. Certainly you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear anything about it from the opposition party leaders in the next election campaign. Whatever their private views they know that the biggest political risk is in appearing to be intolerant. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty hard to wage a culture war under those circumstances. It will likely be just another boring old election, fought on the usual issues, which is not that bad a thing.

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Shaking up the status quo BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse goods – we’re taking away your sick days – despite the fact you look after snotnosed kids all day -- and if you don’t like it, too bad.” You wouldn’t put up at least a little bit of a ﬁght? To their credit, teachers, en masse, largely agreed to those concessions last spring. But these things are never black and white. There are 114,000 full-time teachers in this province. They needed time to examine and negotiate the contract. They wanted to make sure, for example, that the very lowest-salaried people in the profession would be protected. But the government was determined to shove the contract down their throat. And when some of the boards didn’t like it, the government created backto-work legislation because, God forbid, Ontarians be inconvenienced by a shake up of the status quo. There is a recent and disturbing history in this country of shutting down

pline, we blame teachers for not maintaining a tight ship. If kids are getting bullied, it must be the teachers’ faults for not paying attention. We expect teachers to be dieticians, life coaches and psychologists. Yet when the teachers turn around and demand the right to negotiate a fair contract, we castigate them. Most of us felt quite comfortable lapping up the government propaganda that said teachers were demanding more money. But in case you missed the nuance, this dispute has never been about money. Teachers have not been looking for salary increases, shorter work days or more vacation time. They simply want to maintain their right to negotiate a fair contract. Imagine for a second your employer coming to you one day and saying, “Times are tough, so we’re asking you all to take a wage freeze – despite the 10 per cent inﬂation per year on basic

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job action before it has a chance to cause any inconvenience. Since 2010, we’ve seen federal back-to-work legislation for CP Rail, Air Canada and Canada Post. As a result, we have seen insecure, minimum-wage jobs replace secure, salaried careers in these institutions. In short, we have witnessed a rapid deterioration of our workforce. There is a common belief out there that unions have run their course, that they

province that teaching is still considered by many educated and caring people to be a good profession. If we want to preserve the quality of our public education system by continuing to attract talented people, we need to ensure that teachers are dealt with fairly by the government. To accomplish this, however, may just mean accepting a temporary deterioration of our comfortable, middle-class lives.

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ver the last six months, as public school teachers squared off against the government, something struck me about my fellow Canadians: We’ve become far too comfortable with the status quo. As teachers conducted rotating strikes before the Christmas holidays, parents whined all over Facebook. One father of a kindergartener said his child would be “traumatized” by the cancellation of her Christmas pageant. Others questioned how they could work if their children had nowhere to go during the day, and demanded teaching be declared an essential service. The same people then turned around and accused teachers of being lazy, selﬁsh and poor role models. Frankly, the comments ﬂying around social and mainstream media about teachers have been nothing short of abusive. We entrust teachers to educate and guard our children for more than 30 hours each week. On the one hand we put them on pedestals, expecting them to pick up the slack where we, as parents, fail. If kids are obese, we blame school cafeterias and curricula which demand children sit all day. If kids lack disci-

have no place in our modern world. How easily we forget contemporary history. If you are legitimately employed in Ontario, you have a legislated 48-hour work-week, you are entitled to vacation pay, parental leave, Employment Insurance, disability insurance and a public pension. For all this, you can thank unions. If you’ve spent a day in a classroom lately, you’ll know we demand a lot of bang for our buck from teachers. Despite this, we expect teachers will mould our children into educated, kind and healthy individuals. We are fortunate in this

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Ottawa university scientist awarded for flashy work Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

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EMC news - A University of Ottawa professor has received one of the most prestigious international physics awards for his work involving light and matter. Paul Corkum, a professor at the university, has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize for contributions to two categories: exceptionally serving Islam and Muslims and provinding research resulting in scientific advances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) very exciting,â&#x20AC;? said Corkum, who is also Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national research chair in attosecond photonics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know so much about it (the award) I knew I was nominated but thought there was zero chance to win.â&#x20AC;? Corkum shares the prize

with fellow collaborator Ferenc Krausz of Munich, Germany. Over the course of 34 years, Corkum is only one of three Canadian scholars who have won the prize. Winners receive a commemorative gold medallion and a cash endowment of $200,000. On the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website it says many winners have gone on to win Nobel prizes for the same works that were recognized by King Faisal International Prize. Corkumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research has been recognized for shortening the duration of light pulses produced by lasers and he became the first scientist to successfully produce a 650 attosecond pulse - very short flashes of light - which capture or stop atoms, molecules and other tiny particles in time so

they can be observed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One attosecond is incredibly short. If you compared it to one second itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like one second compared to the age of the universe,â&#x20AC;? Corkum said. But the professor isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to rest on his laurels -- a scientist is never done researching and testing theories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you accomplish something, you get more dreams, and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite know how it will work out because no one has been there before but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun about it, no one has done it before,â&#x20AC;? Corkum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of anything more exciting than something that no one has ever done before and I get to try it.â&#x20AC;? A scientist for over 30 years, Corkum said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a passion unlike any other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing science is the intellectual equivalent as someone might think skiing as fast as you can down a ski hill would be; its fun and exhilarating for the brain,â&#x20AC;? he said. The Rothwell Heights resident credits his love for physics to his former high school teacher in his home town of Saint John, N.B. Corkum said this teacher managed to make him think of theories and physics well outside of the classroom walls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would walk home and I would think about what he taught me in class,â&#x20AC;? he said. From there, Corkum has

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Corkumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) commitment to research and creativity are inspiring to the whole community and we are proud that such an eminent scientist calls the University of Ottawa home,â&#x20AC;? said Mona Nemer, vice-president, research. Corkum will accept his award in March. R0011896485

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Ottawa U students host their own conference michelle.nash@metroland.com

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EMC news - Students at the University of Ottawa are preparing to host their very first charity conference aimed at ending gender-based violence. Girls Night 2013 will be held at the university from Feb. 8 to 9 and will welcome motivational speakers, performers, a free concert and fitness activities. The conference is a first of its kind and has been organized completely by the students. Rona Ghanbari, vice president of the political, international and development stud-

ies studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association, said the idea for the conference was the work of Maddy Orr, a first-year student, whose idea for hosting a girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night sleepover blossomed into the two-day conference. The event is looking to motivate and encourage the entire student body to start talking about violence against women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gender-based violence is a huge issue and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often not talked about, especially among young girls,â&#x20AC;? Ghanbari said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our main goal is to get people talking about the issue and understanding the issue, and see how we can move forward from there.â&#x20AC;?

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First year student Maddy Orr, left and Rona Ghanbari, vice president of the Political, International and Development Studies Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association have been working around the clock with other University of Ottawa students to host the first student-led conference on gender-based violence. lence, the role of the law in protecting women, violence against aboriginal women, the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on violence, manifestations of violence on campuses, violence against vulnerable persons, and human trafficking in Canada. PLAN Canada, the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women, Amnesty International, the Ottawa police, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and University of Ottawa professors are all participating in the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the girls had contacts ... and it just ended up

being a snowball - students would approach us with organizations they knew of that might be interested and we searched for some ourselves and it has all sort of fallen in place,â&#x20AC;? Ghanbari said. Yoga sessions, self defence classes and an organization fair will round out the conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to make sure we had a balance of activities that would be eye-opening and help educate and start a dialogue with the participants, but also activities that are fun and relaxing and make people

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But even though the conference has been dubbed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;girls nightâ&#x20AC;? the conference is not just for girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a conference for women only. We want to get men involved as well. Despite the name Girls Night,â&#x20AC;? Ghanbari said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We actually have included panels and workshops that apply to men as well. Women are not the only victims of violence and women are not the only people who can help eradicate it.â&#x20AC;? The conference will begin with keynote speaker Aruna Papp, a human rights advocate and social worker. Ghanbari said Papp will speak about the importance of education to break the cycle of violence and discussing themes from her book Unworthy Creature: A Punjabi Daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memoir of Honour, Shame and Love. A free concert will start at 8:30 p.m. with local bands Motel Raphael and Eleven Past One performing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made the concert free because we figured it would be a great way to open it up to all students and all of the community really,â&#x20AC;? Ghanbari said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really wanted this event to be open and accessible to everyone.â&#x20AC;? The bands and all of the speakers participating in the conference have donated their time, the JunXion public house donated their facilities and the university has offered its own support, allowing the committee to book rooms for free and will cover the costs for the free concert. The workshops and panels range from topic such as advocating for equality, the role of men in ending vio-

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Cancer foundation pulls Hollywood celebrity from fitness event EMC news - Celebrity guest Jenny McCarthy has been booted from this year’s Ottawa Cancer Foundation Bust a Move event. The foundation launched Bust a Move, an event to raise money and awareness for breast cancer on Jan. 29 with the naming of McCarthy as the fundraiser’s ﬁtness ambassador. Bust a Move chairwoman, Bernice Rachkowski said the comedienne was originally chosen because of her fun attitude. “We wanted someone who would get involved and have fun,” she said. “This event is about everyone coming out and having fun.” A Hollywood celebrity and author, McCarthy is well-known for writing and speaking out about her ideas concerning healthy living, including making controversial statements about possible links between infant vaccines and autism. She also claims to have healed her son from the disorder. The foundation announced it was replacing McCarthy as guest speaker on Feb. 1, Ottawa Cancer Foundation president Linda Eagen said the controversy surrounding the celebrity was drawing attention away from breast cancer

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Slow-cooked, oven-braised beef will warm a chilly day EMC Lifestyle - In this slow-cooked stew, the carrots are melt-in-your-mouth tender without being mushy. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes and a crisp green vegetable. Preparation Time: 20 minutes. Cooking Time: About four hours and 20 minutes. Serves six. Ingredients

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minutes. With slotted spoon, remove to Dutch oven or flameproof casserole. Meanwhile, cut ribs into pieces and trim off excess fat. Cut 1 garlic clove in half; rub cut side all over ribs. In bowl or plastic bag, combine flour, paprika, half of the thyme, 5 ml (1 tsp) salt and 2 ml (1/2 tsp) pepper; add ribs and toss to coat. Add ribs to skillet to brown in batches, adding more oil as needed

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and removing browned ribs to Dutch oven. Sprinkle any flour left in bowl into skillet; cook for 1 minute, stirring. Stir in tomatoes; bring to boil, scraping up any bits from bottom of pan. Add to Dutch oven. Mince both cloves of garlic; stir into Dutch oven along with carrots, bay leaf and remaining thyme. Cover tightly and bring to boil. Transfer to 140 C (275 F) oven for 4

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Iraq agrees to restore heritage Rockcliffe Park home Embassy drops Ontario Municipal Board appeal to demolish building laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - An historic home in Rockcliffe Park is getting a reprieve after the Iraqi embassy agreed to restore the building instead of replacing it. The Iraqi government had hoped to tear down the building and construct a new home for its ambassador, but city council rejected that plan, leaving the embassy to appeal the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. On Feb. 1, the mayor’s office announced the Iraqi government had agreed to drop its appeal and restore the home in a way that maintains its heritage character. “In light of the heritage significance of the property, the government of Iraq is pleased to announce that it will restore the residence in keeping with the original heritage character of the property,” the Iraqi ambassador to Canada, Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini wrote in a letter to Mayor Jim Watson. Leslie Maitland, president of Heritage Ottawa, said the move came as a surprise. “This is wonderful that they’ve generously offered to restore the building,” she

said, adding the project will be a challenge because of the home’s poor condition. Maitland noted the Iraqi government has also proposed an attractive, heritage-sensitive new building for its embassy, to be rebuilt on McLeod Street in Centretown. When the matter of the 187 Lansdowne Rd. property was debated last spring, members of the surrounding community, which includes mainly low buildings and bungalows built into the sloping landscape of the area, opposed the embassy’s plan to construct a three-storey home on the site. That plan was later changed to a smaller, two-storey home. City heritage staff had assessed the proposal in the context of a heritage conservation district overlay for the area that aims to preserve the unique integration of buildings, trees and vegetation into the landscape and found that the home on the site should be saved. There is some evidence that the home was designed by

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any people are also taking notice of Dymon’s latest facility under construction on Carling at the Queensway. “We are really excited about our Carling site,” offers Steve Creighton, Senior Vice President with Dymon, “it is going to be our flagship facility with our head office located on the top floor. We have some new outstanding features that are going to make this our best facility yet.” Another Dymon facility is also being built at Greenbank at Hunt Club, with six more facilities planned for Ottawa.

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Stepping inside a Dymon facility, you will quickly realize that Dymon Storage is not your traditional type of storage business. “Before the arrival of Dymon, storage in Ottawa was really nothing more than single storey buildings with garage doors. These facilities were typically located in industrial parks or rural locations, that offered minimal security, no climate or humidity controls, and there was very little focus on customer service,” explains Steve Creighton. “We recognized there was a demand for quality storage in Ottawa, but there was virtually nothing available”. Dymon quickly recognized a business opportunity, but wanted to create a unique “made in Ottawa” solution. Before getting started back in 2006, Dymon did extensive research across the U.S. and Canada by visiting dozens of facilities, and quickly determined the attributes of the best performing facilities across North America. Taking these ideas and introducing a few unique offerings of its own, Dymon put together a “best of breed” business model. Arguably, right here in Ottawa Dymon has built the very best that self storage has to offer anywhere in the world.

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“At the end of the day, your stuff is likely better off stored with Dymon than at your home or business” adds Creighton. From the outside, Dymon’s facilities are architecturally attractive and don’t look anything like storage buildings. “We have moved self storage into the mainstream by locating our facilities in easy to access, highly visible sites, usually adjacent to big box retail” says Creighton, “and with our attractive exterior look we wanted the marketplace to understand that we represented a new and totally different storage solution”.

What does “best of breed” mean? Dymon’s facilities have many distinctive features that differentiate them from anything else in the Ottawa marketplace. By integrating leading technologies, Dymon has created the safest and most convenient way to store your excess stuff. Starting with its complete and total humidity and climate controlled environment, Dymon’s facilities ensure no mould, mildew or bugs. Its advanced security features ensure your possessions are safe – besides having extended retail hours, Dymon also has a 24/7 Customer Service Command Center which monitors all of its facilities with personnel who can respond to customer issues at anytime, day or night. Dymon’s unique drive through bays (which are like airport hangars) provide complete protection from the weather and allow you to load and unload your stuff in comfort. Dymon even offers a free truck and driver at the time of move-in for your added convenience, taking away the hassle of renting and driving a large truck. Dymon’s facilities have

luxury boardrooms, mini-offices, as well as a vault and mailbox service. And in a short period of time, Dymon has become a leading retailer of boxes and moving supplies – you should drop by the facilities just to see their unique box displays! And the list goes on and on. But perhaps Dymon’s biggest asset is its relentless focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience. “Our highly trained staff regularly go above and beyond to help our customers deal with the stress of moving and storage,” says Creighton. “And time and time again we receive compliments on how helpful and professional our staff are.” With everything that Dymon has to offer, is it any wonder that Dymon Storage has taken the Ottawa market by storm? Dymon’s first facility on Coventry Road opened in 2006 and filled in

“ a n d w e c o n t i n u e t o Your l i s tCommunity e n t o oNewspaper ur customers for new ideas on what they want to see from us”. DymonBox.com is its latest environmentally focused business that offers customers the oppor tunity to rent or buy eco-friendly storage bins ideally suited for moving and storage. “This is an incredibly convenient service for our customers,” says Jonathon Dicker, Regional Manager at Dymon, “renting the eco-friendly storage bins is cheaper than buying traditional cardboard boxes and includes free delivery and pick-up.”

just 5 months, and has remained full ever since. Because , location is currently undergoing a 30,000 sq ft expansion Dymon’s Coventry facility was certainly no flashin-the-pan – Dymon’s second location at Prince of Wales and Hunt Club was filled in only 6 months. Each subsequent facility has also experienced a rapid fill. Dymon’s Kanata Centrum facility, adjacent to Canadian Tire, is the largest self storage facility in Canada. Residential and business customers in Kanata / Stittsville / West Carleton are now enjoying everything Dymon has to offer.

SO WHO IS YOUR TYPICAL DYMON CUSTOMER? The reasons why people need storage are endless. For example, people selling their homes use Dymon. It has been proven that a decluttered, well staged home will sell more quickly and at a higher price. Dymon is also great if you are downsizing or if you simply have too much stuff and need to make room in your home. Many customers also use Dymon to store their possessions while their homes are undergoing renovations, or to clear out their garage in the fall to make room for their cars. Interestingly, the majority of Dymon’s customers are women. According to Creighton, “Women are the primary decision maker when it comes to storage, so we have taken particular care to

design our facilities to be attractive to the female consumer.” Dymon does this through its highly focused customer service, security, convenient access, and ultra clean facilities – all factors many women demand. “Women appreciate the quality that Dymon offers – they know their stuff will be safe and secure.” Dymon’s storage facilities are also very attractive to business operators. With free on-site board rooms, a parcel acceptance service, and flexible yet affordable storage leasing options, Dymon offers the perfect solution for a variety of busi nesses. “Currently about 25% of each facility is made up of commercial customers,” reports Creighton. “Dymon is perfect for business to store bankers’ boxes, excess merchandise, spare office furniture or work equipment, and seasonal inven tory. We even have some business customers who use their storage unit as their own mini-ware house instead of renting a larger building with much higher fixed overhead.” With the flexibility of month-to-month leases, business operators see Dymon as great storage solutions. Dymon is also preparing to launch a new convenient document storage, retrieval and shredding business ideally suited for all types of business. “These additional services represent another natural evolution of our business as we continue to serve our business customers better,” concludes Creighton.

Dymon even assists you if you want to sell any of your stuff. DymonMine.comoffers its customers the chance to sell things in a totally secure and convenient fashion. Dymon will photograph, describe and upload items to its website where potential buyers can view them or they can drop down to the facility and have a look. And just recently DymonMine.com introduced its new offer/ counter offer system where buyers and sellers can negotiate by e-mail, totally anonymously. The new process is fun, simple, and effective. When items are sold, Dymon issues a cheque to the customer, “Many Dymon customers were saying they wanted to sell some of their excess stuff, but they were frustrated that there weren’t really many convenient sales options available to them,”explains Dicker “ venient, hassle-free way for customers to sell and buy stuff.”

You should take the time to drop by one of Dymon’s convenient locations across the City – they really are unlike anything you have ever seen before. If you have too much stuff and need to declutter, and we all face that situation from time to time, Dymon should definitely be the place you end up.

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is aimed at graduate students and young professionals. The Action Sandy Hill board expressed concern over the size of the units, stating it might be better to reduce the number of units by increasing the size so the building can appeal to a wider mix of renters. The other concern was parking: the current plans include a potential for eight spaces, leaving most of the renters parking on the street. “Parking is an issue in the area,” said Christopher Collmorgen, president of the association. “There will be more cars in the area ever than before because of multiple conversion projects in the neighbourhood and that’s why we can’t look at your project in isolation and why it will be a sticking point in the community.” Martin said the fact that the church is located in the eastern end of Sandy Hill where the street is wider than some others in the neighbourhood and the property’s proximity to transit and the university will mitigate this concern. “We don’t expect too many

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St. Clements Church in Sandy Hill could be converted into approximately 50 rental units aimed at students and young professionals. Preliminary plans include potential space in the basement for a neighbourhood fitness studio or leasable community space. will want to have cars,” Martin said. Upkeep of the property has become a financial burden on the St. Clement Parish after the church council voted to relocate to the Ste-Anne Church in Lowertown and has put the building up for sale. The property will need to be rezoned for the development to move ahead, because as it stands, its current zoning is mixed, with both institu-

tional and residential designation and would require being completely rezoned as residential. One of the directors for the development, Rakan Abu Shaar, said he wanted to hear from residents before moving ahead with the plans. “It is important to consult with the public,” he said. “We are looking at more mature tenants, the price point will be a little higher,” Shaar

said. Plans for the basement of the church remain up in the air, with Martin saying he would love to have some input from residents as to what they would like to see there. The preliminary ideas include a yoga studio or fitness space. “We would welcome thoughts from the community,” Martin said. The association expressed its gratitude for the effort

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EMC news - City councillors have begun to warn community groups that their ability to donate money from their office budgets to community events may soon be limited. There is no firm proposal yet, but councillors say Mayor Jim Watson is proposing a cap on how much of their office budget councillors are allowed to donate to community causes, as well as limits on how involved municipal elected officials can be in the financial side of community events. Donations and sponsorships are allowed under the current rules and the online office expense disclosure forms include a section for councillors to list the amount of donations they doled out. Typical donations include things like membership to the local legion branch, sponsorship of a winter carnival, donations to food banks and the purchase of gift certificates as prizes for community events. “Obviously that’s an area of concern to councillors because that’s part of our role

– to promote events and showcase our communities,” said Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley. “That said, there are examples, shall we say, where someone may get the wrong perception of what’s going on … I don’t believe we should be handling all the money for the events.” Hubley rarely gives donations from his office budget, he said, because he doesn’t want his residents to “get the wrong impression” of the way he spends their tax dollars on their behalf. The policy would be part of a code of conduct that’s being developed to build on the work of the city’s new integrity commissioner; efforts that include the lobbyist registry. The proposal would put more parameters around how that office budget could be spent. Each councillor received $234,000 in 2012 to spend on office supplies and staffing, as well as community events, donations and sponsorships. “As of right now, there is no definition as to how our office money should be spent,” said Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt. Bob Brocklebank of the

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Bob Brocklebank, a member of the Federation of Citizens Associations, says a stringent policy limiting donations from councillors could hurt communities. Federation of Citizens Associations said anything to make council more transparent is a good thing, but a lack of flexibility in this case could be detrimental to community involvement. The availability and use of councillors’ office-budget funds varies widely across the different wards, but that money is often used to rent space for community events and more importantly, community meetings, Brocklebank said. Allowing flexibility in how councillors spend their allotment means there are more funds available to encour-

age community engagement, Brocklebank said, adding he doesn’t think councillors should be proud if they make a point of avoiding donations. “It is on the public consultation side that I am concerned about the limitations that this might bring,” Brocklebank said. “Sometimes you go out and fix problems that don’t exist.” Changing a practice that residents support and no one is complaining about doesn’t make much sense, Moffatt said.

He keeps his own “mental cap” on spending; he won’t give out more than $10,000 of his office budget per year to community causes. Supporting community causes with tax dollars collected from citizens makes sense, Moffatt said. The councillor said he tends not to organize or run community events because there is a large number of active groups in his ward. Instead, he contributes money to rent space or back community-led events in other ways. “I like to be able to support

them so that they can do community-oriented events that build community spirit and help bring the community together,” he said. “That’s what our job is … to support our communities and make our communities grow.” Watson’s office budget is $778,000, but Hubley said the mayor’s budget wasn’t proposed to be subject to the same rules. That concerned the Kanata South councillor, who said any policy should apply equally to all members of council, including the mayor. Watson’s press secretary, Ryan Kennery, said in an email it would be premature for the mayor to discuss the proposal. The policy proposal is expected to be announced in March, Kennery said. With files from Emma Jackson

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Ahh, the smells of winter MARY COOK T he Northcote School smelled differently in the winter time than it did in the summer. That may have a lot to do with the fact Miss Crosby opened the windows in the warm weather. But I thought back then it had more to do with the piles of gum rubbers, wet socks, the wood stove and bagged lunches on the table at the back of the room. All the girls at the Northcote School wore galoshes. Some had rabbit fur down their fronts, and then some of us just had galoshes that laced up tight around our ankles. It was a sign of wealth if your galoshes had fur on them. Sadly, I never owned such a pair. The boys wore either gum

Mary Cook’s Memories rubbers or rubber boots. The gum rubbers and boots had a thick layer of red around the soles. Most of them were bought at Briscoe’s General Store, where they hung from the ceiling. Mr. Briscoe used a long pole with a hook on it to retrieve them. I could never fathom how he knew what size he was bringing down, but he never seemed to make a mistake. After running around the

school yard before Miss Crosby rang either the morning or recess bell, there wasn’t one of us whose feet weren’t soaked to the skin. That meant that as soon as we got into the school room, we pulled off our outer foot wear and gum rubbers, galoshes and rubber boots, which were then all laid out around the pot-bellied stove where blocks of wood had been placed to lean the footwear against.

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It didn’t take long with the fire roaring in the stove for the whole lot of galoshes and boots to smell to high heaven. The girls put on felt slippers, hand-made of course, and the boys just walked around in their socks, which soon smelled as bad as the boots. We girls wouldn’t dream of wearing the same stockings to school two days in a row, but from the smell of the boys’ feet, my older sister Audrey said she doubted their socks had been changed for over a week. And that included my three brothers, who Mother thought were old enough to look after their own feet. Only a few of the pupils had tin lunch boxes. My little friend Joyce had one with a bright red painted lid, and a hook inside that anchored the little thermos bottle. Of course, Joyce’s family were very rich, I thought. Didn’t they live in a brick house and have a flush toilet? So she could afford a bright tin lunch box. However, most of us took our lunch in brown paper bags, saved after making purchases at Briscoe’s General Store. These bags once held tea, sugar, or rolled oats and were never thrown out. We had a rack in our kitchen that had a spring

lever attached to it, and all the bags were neatly folded and kept on this rack which hung by the wood box. Most were just the right size for a school lunch. There was a crudely built table at the back of the school room where all the lunches were kept. All the bags looked the same and it always amazed me how I never once knew any of us to get our lunches mixed up. It was an unwritten law never to bring a sandwich with onions on it. It wouldn’t take long for the smell to fill the small one-room school house and drown out the stench of the footwear around the stove, which in retrospect might not have been such a bad idea. It didn’t take long to figure out what a lot of the pupils had brought to eat. Head cheese was a staple in the Depression years. Well seasoned with summer savoury and sliced thin, it often filled sandwiches back then. I hated head cheese with a passion. My distaste was right up there with my hatred for blood pudding. It had more to do with watching Mother make both on the kitchen table than the taste of it that turned my stomach. My very favourite sandwich was one made with bologna. Favourite, but rare. The few slices Mother bought on rare occasions, to me, was the ultimate school lunch. I loved bologna with a passion. There were always

home-made cookies, fruit was unheard of. We toted milk in glass jars. It wasn’t hard to tell who had what for their lunch. You could smell the headcheese and the maple cookies long before the paper bags were opened. Miss Crosby bent the rules at lunch time, allowing us to sit where we wanted, while she still kept an eagle eye on all of us from her desk at the front of the room. By the time the school day came to a close at four o’clock, the familiar smell of school books, chalk and erasers was long lost. The room reeked of dried out footwear, wet mitts and socks. When the last of us left the school, Miss Crosby could be seen swinging the storm and inner doors open wide and putting a block of wood against them to hold them open to complete air out the place so that by the time we next came to the Northcote School, the only smell would be from the freshly-started wood fire raging in the old stove in the centre of the room. But like the day before, it wouldn’t take long for the smells of winter to take over.

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some of the 225,000 plus volunteers who work so hard is free and everyone is welcome. For more information, inAdmission our community. This year’s ceremony will be held on please contact the City of Ottawa’s Volunteer Services office at May 3 at City Hall. 613-580-2624, or e-mail volunteer@ottawa.ca . Buildingawards a Liveable Ottawa 2031 Sixteen will be handed out project including three Citizen of the Year awards, the Brian Award I would like to encourage you to go onlineKilrea and have your for say on outstanding contribution to amateur sport, and 12 Disthe future of our beautiful city. tinguished Civic Awards in the categories of: arts and The City of Ottawa has just begun the Building a Liveable Ottawa culture, recreation and sport, education, environment, 2031 project to provide information to residents on our Official health, heritage, humanitarianism, rural/agriculture and Plan Review. Every five years the City is required to review our community Official Plan,activism. Transportation Master Plan, Infrastructure Master Plan, Cycling Plan and Pedestrian Plan. The City is focusing

Nomination aretodue 4:00 p.m. onincluding Friday, public on proposed forms solutions 12 by planning issues March If you volunteer whoand hasinfrastructure made an to transit, 31. urban landknow issues,a intensification, outstanding name a few. contribution to our community, I encourage you to nominate them for a Civic Appreciation Award. Your comments are valuable. We would like to hear from you Nomination forms areaavailable and I invite you to take moment toatfillany out Client the CityService of Ottawa’s Centre, Library, and Community Centre or online at will online survey at www.ottawa.ca/liveableottawa. The survey Ottawa.ca be available until March 1, 2013. The Building a Liveable Ottawa 2031Blossom project will continue Development plans for the Park through the year and go before Council at the end of 2013. Please watch Shopping Centre my weekly column for more information on how you can get involved and as always I appreciate hearing from you.

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EMC news - The guest speaker stole the show at a dinner for a local provincial PC candidate on Jan. 29. Many of the 80-plus people at the Orléans legion wanted to shake the hand of Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau after he shared his ideas for financial accountability for First Nations chiefs while questioning Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s recent hunger strike. The senator, an aboriginal Canadian who was born in

Maniwaki, Que., made the comments during a dinner at the Orléans legion that was intended to update OttawaOrléans PC riding association members and bring out volunteers for candidate Andrew Lister’s next provincial election campaign. Brazeau, 38, is the youngest member of the Senate and is known for his plain-speaking demands for changes to aboriginal governance. He has criticized the Idle No More movement, a campaign to put aboriginal issues on the top of the federal government’s todo list. Brazeau’s comments

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about Idle No More have drawn a strong response from some First Nations leaders. During Spence’s hunger strike, her Twitter account was used to call Brazeau “a colonized Indian,” although the tweet was later withdrawn. During the speech in Orléans, Brazeau referred to Spence’s 44 days on Victoria Island as a “so-called hunger strike,” and mocked her physical shape. “I was sick two weeks ago,” Brazeau said. “I had the flu and I lost five pounds. “I look at Miss Spence, when she started her hunger strike, and now?” Brazeau added as a voice in the hall called out, “She’s fatter,” which drew laughter from much of the audience. In attendance were provincial and federal conservatives, including Ottawa-Orléans Conservative MP Royal Galipeau and Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod. Orléans Coun. Rainer Bloess and former Ontario PC cabinet minister Brian Coburn were also at the dinner. Galipeau also went after Spence in his remarks after Brazeau spoke. He said he went to Victoria Island on Dec. 26 and was allowed into Spence’s tent because he wasn’t recognized as a Conservative MP. “I stood in the circle around Chief Spence,” Galipeau said. “I noticed that manicure of hers. I tell you Anne can’t afford it,” he said, referring to his wife. “Most people in Idle No More are people with my skin colour and about my age. It

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Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau shares his ideas for First Nations financial accountability with an audience in Orléans on Jan. 29. Brazeau also criticized Idle No More suppoorters, saying, ‘They don’t stand for anything.’ reminded me of the 1960s and 1970s flower people who are now organizers for the NDP in Ottawa Centre. They are the same people I saw in the Occupy movement the previous year.” Galipeau’s visit to Victoria Island followed Brazeau’s attempt to speak with Spence. He said he was turned away when he went to see her on Dec. 24 and was told Spence didn’t want to meet with him. “That day … changed the dialogue about what she was really about,” Brazeau said.

“What she was really about is the fact that the year before there was a housing crisis at Attawapiskat, her home community. It was bad.” Brazeau said Spence met with members of many other parties, but not Conservatives. “She refused to meet with any Conservatives – the Conservative government, whether you like it or not, who are in power, who can make changes, who can make decisions on behalf of her situation and other people in

Canada. And she refused to meet any of them.” He said he then started to receive “hate mail, criticism and death threats.” “I care as much as anyone in this room does. Nobody wants to see anyone living in those poverty-stricken situations but there shouldn’t be two different rules for different politicians in this country. See INDIAN, page 31

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Indian Act has got to go: Senator Brazeau Continued from page 30

“If you’re a white politician you should be accustomed to the same rules, you should follow the same rules and be accountable to the people you represent; the same thing as First Nations people. And the longer we are hypocritical about it, the longer these problems are going to persist. I have seen it too often.” Brazeau said Idle No More has managed to put aboriginal issues in the news but he doesn’t support the movement’s methods. “They don’t stand for anything,” he said. “I, as an Algonquin person, am living proof that no one will colonize me.” Prior to his speech, Brazeau told the EMC that transparency is the number one issue for First Nations leaders. He wants changes that require them to account for every dollar they receive from the federal government. “All Canadians, including First Nations people, have an interest in how money is spent, where it is going and that they have access to funds when they need it,” he said. “Unfortunately, (the chiefs) aren’t speaking out for more accountability.

Everything but that.” That opinion makes him a lightning rod for criticism from some aboriginal leaders, although Brazeau says there are many chiefs who agree with his position. He also said the Indian Act should be scrapped and that the federal Aboriginal Affairs department is unnecessary. “The Indian Act has to go,” he said. “It is the most racist, paternalistic legislation in the world. It denies First Nations people the opportunities other Canadians enjoy.” Brazeau said many Canadians may think aboriginals have advantages such as not having to pay taxes, but he points out that many aboriginals don’t own the land they live on. During a question-and-answer session after his speech, he suggested First Nations people should be given ownership of the land where they live or be able to buy back land previously sold to the federal government. Brazeau alluded to two issues he’s dealt with since being named to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2008. He thanked Lister – who serves as the senator’s lawyer – for his help dealing with prob-

lems, including accusations that he improperly received a housing allowance. Brazeau received more than $20,000 to offset personal costs because he claimed a residence in Maniwaki, about 130 kilometres from Parliament Hill. Some media reports indicated that he rarely stayed at the Maniwaki address but spent his time in Ottawa. Brazeau told the Orléans audience that his political career hasn’t been very long but has “been fraught with a lot of issues,” “But he has defended me,” Brazeau said of Lister. “He has defended me because what I have done is right, what I have done is honest, and what I have done, even though it comes with a lot of criticism, is what is needed in this country.” Speaking after the dinner, the senator said he’s already spoken in front of a sub-committee that looks at possible accounting breaches. “I furnished documents about my primary residence,” Brazeau said. “It’s up to them to determine. The facts are the facts. I always practise what I preach and I still invite people to prove any allegation against me.”

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Boosting the police board Rideau-Rockcliffe resident L.A. (Sandy) Smallwood, left, is sworn in as the newest member of the Ottawa Police Services Board by city clerk Rick O’Connor on Jan. 28. Smallwood is former councillor for Rockcliffe Park, but he is best known for his work in heritage preservation as the founder and president of Andrex Holdings Limited.

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EMC news - Ottawa’s top athletes and their families gathered at Algonquin College on Jan. 30 for Canada’s largest amateur athletics awards. The Ottawa Sports Awards, celebrating its 60th anniversary, handed out awards in every sport, recognizing coaches, athletes and volunteers. The stars of the evening were Kanata’s Craig Savill, curler, and Orléans’ Courtnay Pilypaitis, basketball player, who were male and female athletes of the year. Savill won the 2012 Brier and is the current world champion, while Pilypaitis competed for Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games. The women’s athlete of the year trophy was renamed for six-time winner Kristina Groves, a Brookfield High School graduate, was able to attend the banquet to present Pilypaitis with the newly-named Kristina Groves Female Athlete of the Year Award. But it wasn’t all about the stars, as athletes from littlerecognized sports such as touch football and cricket were recognized for being the top in their sports in 2012. It was the 60th year for the event, originally the Associated Canadian Travel-

lers Sportsmen’s Dinner, and organizers invited an athlete up to the stage to represent each decade. Anne Heggveit-Hamilton, Pat Morris, the Takahashi family, Linda Thom, Glenroy Gilbert and Groves represented the decades. “Ottawa…provides the ideal environment to attract sports-minded individuals,” Heggveit-Hamilton said. “Our clubs have fostered and nurtured young athletes.” It was a strong year for Paralympic sports. The Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club received a special recognition for their work in promoting Paralympic sport, and training Paralympians. Several athletes with physical handicaps took home awards, including Nepean’s Jody Schloss for equestrian, Denis Lapalme for sledge hockey, Jason Dunkerley for Paralympics and David Blair for rowing. Ralph Nolting was awarded the able sail award posthumously. Nolting started sailing again following a 2011 stroke that paralyzed his right side completely, and won the Silver Fleet Competition in the Nepean Cup in 2012. He died following a stroke in November 2012. Orléans’ Jacob Mathews took home the award for Special Olympics, the top prize for athletes with intellectual

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David Hart, left, accepts the Brian Kilrea Lifetime Achievement Coaching Award during the Jan. 30 Ottawa Sport Awards. Hart, the former head coach of the Ottawa Titans water polo team, is a national water polo coach and former Olympian. handicaps. The Capital City Condors, a hockey club for players with disabilities, received a $500 cheque from the sports endowment fund. The Somali Youth Basketball organization also received $500 from the same fund.

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Rookie councillor Egli to replace veteran Wilkinson on city transportation committee Power roles for elected officials shuffled during governance review Laura Mueller

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EMC - Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli will become the second first-term councillor to lead a standing committee. Egli is set to take the lead on transportation issues after Mayor Jim Watson indicated his preferences to shuffle councillors’ responsibilities in a Jan. 29 memo to council – the result of a mid-term governance review. Egli will replace Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, who has served as transportation committee chairwoman for the first two years of council’s term. “I think it’s a good fit at the end of the day for everybody,” Egli said. Egli said it will be a big year for transportation issues because the city is updating its transportation master plan. His view is that the city needs

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to accommodate the needs of all road users. While providing access to transit and cycling facilities is important, there will always be areas of the city where a private vehicle is required in order to get around, he said. Egli likened the shuffle to a chess board. Since there is a need for Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches to take on a heavier workload as deputy mayor (and as a father to new twins), his position as chairman of the Ottawa Community Housing board was up

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for grabs. Watson suggested it might be a good fit for Wilkinson, who has worked extensively on community housing issues in the past. That also freed up the transportation committee chair, giving another rookie councillor a chance to take on a leadership role. “It’s a bit of succession planning for the next term of council,” Wilkinson said. “(The mayor) wanted an opportunity for the newer councillors to be more involved.” The veteran councillor didn’t request to step down

from her role as transportation committee chairwoman, which has seen her become very active in transportation initiatives such as the recently completed Downtown Moves study. She agreed to vacate the position, but only if she could remain a member of the committee. Her fellow Kanata councillor, Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, will step into the role of vice chairman of the transportation committee, a position previously held by Orléans Coun. Bob Monette. Monette will in-

stead sit on the finance and economic development committee.Bay Coun. Mark Taylor was the only firsttime councillor appointed as a committee chairman at the beginning of council’s term and he will continue as chairman of the community and protective services committee. Egli will no longer sit on the environment committee, but he is adding the board of health to his roster. He and Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri will replace Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder and River Coun.

Maria McRae on that board. Another first-term councillor, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney was added to two committees: community and protective services (replacing Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs) and the planning committee (replacing Taylor). Hobbs will move to the transit commission, where she will boost its urban representation; previously, the only non-suburban and nonrural councillor on the commission was Tierney. The governance report also suggests the city should hire a temporary full-time worker to manage the schedules of the two deputy mayors: Desroches and West-Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. The report also recommends a review or change to governance models for some of the arm’s-lengths bodies the city oversees, including the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, the Nepean Museum and Fairfields historic site, the Ottawa Municipal Campground and Pine View Municipal Golf Course. It also proposes increasing the salaries of councillors and the mayor, which have been frozen since 2010. The clerk’s office didn’t directly consult council members on the process because council members said they were uncomfortable with setting their own salaries, so the clerk’s office is recommending the same annual cost-ofliving adjustments that city managers receive.

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Feb. 8 - 10

Spots are filling up fast for the 2013 Pat Curran Memorial Adult Recreational Hockey Tournament, taking place from Feb 8 to 10 at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata. Registration is currently being accepted for both women’s and men’s divisions. The tournament is brought to you by the the Bell Sensplex, CARHA Hockey and Kidsport Ottawa. Teams are guaranteed three games, with refreshments provided after each game, prizes, a silent auction to support Kidsport, and a NHL party at Stanley’s Pub. For more information, call CARHA Hockey at 613-244-1989 or email Mike at mostrom@ carhahockey.ca.

Feb. 9

Ottawa Mennonite Church, located at 1830 Kilborn Ave., is holding a banquet at 6 pm. The church is raising funds to lower the mortgage on its building. OMC rents its facilities to community groups for concerts and other events at reasonable rates. It also holds Ten Thousand Villages (fair trade) Sales each November. Tickets must be purchased in advance for $30. For more information call Agatha at613 523 4452. The Glabar Park Community Alliance winter fun day will be held on Feb. 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Kingsmere Park rink, located at the corner of Kingsmere and Benjamin avenues. The activities will include a barbecue, marshmallow roast, games and skating. The Queensway Terrace North Community Association will be holding its annual Winter Carneval from 5 to 9 p.m. Come join the fun and enjoy skating on our great rinks, warm yourselves at our camp fire with free coffee or hot chocolate, take a ride with the horse drawn sleigh, go tobagganing or just come to

mingle with the neighbours. The event takes place at Frank Ryan Park 950 Alpine Ave. Use the Henley Street entrance.

Feb. 10

Alta Vista Co-operative Nursery School will host its 13th-annual fundraising auction from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Dooly’s Billiards (upstairs), 2279 Gladwin Cres. Tickets for the “Beat the Winter Blues” event are $5 each or $8 for a pair and cash and cheques will be accepted. The event will have a cash bar. For more information email avcns@magma.ca or call 613733-9746. MacKay United Church and the Harmelodic Music Club presents A Celtic Imbolc Celebration: Scottish and Celtic Folk Over The Years on Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m. at MacKay United Church. Join us for Celtic and Gaelic music, Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and student, and are available in advance from the Ottawa Folklore Centre, Leading Note, MacKay United Church or at the door. For information please visitmackayunitedchurch.com or call 613-749-8727.

Feb. 10, 13

A Black History Service will be held starting at 11 a.m. at Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Dr. The guest speaker is Senator Don Meredith and the Caribbean Voices choir will sing at the event. Coffee will be served following the service.

Feb. 11

The deadline for the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is Monday, Feb. 11. This contest for aspiring young poets and short story authors is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are

invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French. Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented at an awards presentation in the spring. For contest details, visit www. BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca/ AwesomeAuthors or contact InfoService at 613-580-2940 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca

Feb. 12

You are invited to a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr., starting at 5:30 p.m. Organized by the 28th Ottawa Scouts, the supper will also feature a silent auction for six cakes. All are welcome. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children, and are available after church service on Feb. 3 and 10, and at the door. Proceeds will help support the Scouts upcoming service trip to Peru. For more information, call 613-7333156 ext. 229, or visit www. rideaupark.ca. The Emmanuel Men’s Club will host a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Rd. A supper of two pancakes and two sausages will cost $6 and one with three pancakes and two sausages will cost $8. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door and everyone in the community is welcome to attend. For more information please call 613733-0437. St. Aidans Anglican Church, 934 Hamlet Rd. in Elmvale Acres, invites the public to attend a pancake and sausage dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $9 and free for children 10 years and under. For more information, call 613-7330102.

Feb. 13

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tral Club invites you to a Valentine’s dessert buffet, featuring a presentation by Princess House Canada cookware, dinnerware, home decor with consultant Jennifer Tannis. Special music will be performed by talented vocalist Cathy Goddard, who will also talk about “This Business of Forgiveness.” The cost is $6 or $2 for first time attendees. The event takes place at 1 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church, located at 971 Woodroffe Ave. RSVP by calling 613-228-8004. All women welcome.

Feb. 14

Ottawa South Women’s Connection will host HorsD’Oeuvres Anyone, an event presented by Elaine Silverthorn from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Fred Barrett Arena, 3280 Leitrim Rd. Child care, refreshments and door prizes will be provided and admission costs $5. For more information call 613-249-0919.

Feb. 16

The Ottawa Independent Writers are hosting author and social media expert Caroline Risi of Ottawa, who will explain how Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other vehicles can help authors and others promote their projects, books and events. The cost of the session is $45 for Ottawa Independent Writers’ members and $55 for non-members. The session takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Invest Ottawa Building, 80 Aberdeen St. in Little Italy. For more information or to register, contact Randy Ray at randyray@ rogers.com or 613-731-3873.

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Ottawa Newcomers Club is designed to help women new to Ottawa or in a new life situation acclimatize by enjoying the company of other women with similar interests. We have morning, afternoon and evening events such as skiing, Scrabble, bridge, fun lunches,

book clubs, gallery tours, dinner club, and crafts. For more information, visit our website at www.ottawanewcomersclub.ca or call 613-860-0548. In Harmony, a woman’s chorus, is welcoming new members. Practices are from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Call 613-722-0066.

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Improve your Spanish speaking skills with Los Amigos Toastmasters. The group meets at Tunney’s Pasture every Monday from 4:55 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Carole at 613-761-6537 or visit www.amigos-tm.ca.

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Get into the season at the Vanier Winter Carnaval d’hiver à Vanier. The day will feature hockey, snow sculptures and many other free activities for the whole family. Everything takes place on Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Richelieu Park, located at 300 White

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Radio station keeping airwaves clean Live 88.5 FM carbon neutral forest covers more than eight hectares Emma Jackson

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EMC news - It’s music to the planet’s ears. A local radio station is once again planting enough trees to remain Canada’s first and only carbon neutral radio station. Live 88.5 FM, an alternative rock station based in Ottawa, will plant 5,700 trees this spring in the township of Beckwith in partnership with

the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation. For the past three years, the station has donated enough trees to absorb the carbon emissions from the office’s annual energy consumption as well as travel and commuting for 35 staff members. Morning show host Andre “Katfish” Morgan said the station has been keen to go green since it began in 2005. “We identified years ago

that this was something that was important to our audience,” Morgan said. “The same people that enjoy smart, modern music and information also care about the planet.” He said the station has become increasingly environmentally conscious as staff continue to participate in the tree planting program. It’s hard to find a scrap piece of paper around the office these days, he said, because everything is done online. The station also sold its H2 Hummer and used the money to finance planting trees. The conservation authority’s for-

estry program manager Dan Cooper said Live 88.5 has set a high standard for businesses in Ottawa, and others are beginning to follow their lead. “Businesses are getting on board more and more,” Cooper said. “Some will do it because of the carbon, some will do it because it just seems like the right thing to do.” The 5,700 trees will be a mix of about 30 species including white pine, white spruce, white cedar and red pine. The seedlings are grown at a nursery in Kemptville and will be planted by contractors rather than volunteers.

“As much as we love the volunteer side, we’re more committed to the trees surviving,” Cooper said, explaining that the trees need to be planted properly and have multiple follow-ups to ensure they live. The calculation to become carbon neutral asks that the company plant the number of trees that it will take to absorb that year’s carbon in 80 years, Cooper said. So far Live 88.5 has reforested about eight hectares of the Ottawa Valley. According to a statement, the trees not only absorb greenhouse gas but also produce life-giving oxygen, clean the area’s water supplies, pro-

vide wildlife habitat, buffer noise and wind, improve the soil and reduce soil erosion. “Collectively, they make the Ottawa area less vulnerable to the worst effects of unpredictable and unseasonal heavy storms and increasing summer droughts,” the statement said. The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation is a registered environmental charity working to help protect and conserve the lands and waters of the valley of the Rideau River in Eastern Ontario. The Conservation Foundation builds partnerships and seeks new individuals, corporations and groups wanting to get involved in the vital work of taking care of our own natural environment. To participate in the forestry program call 613-692-3571.

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Dickinson Street will be updated on city maps, where it is sometimes mislabelled as Mill Street.

EMC news - The city is updating its internal maps to make sure one of the oldest streets in Manotick is labelled correctly. On some city maps, Dickinson Street in front of Watson’s Mill is called Mill Street, or has no name at all, according to city planner Jeff Ostafichuk. Although sign posts in the area mark Dickinson correctly,

several village residents have complained about the error, which shows up sometimes when city staff bring printed maps to public meetings. Ostafichuk said it’s being fixed now before the village enters into its secondary plan review this year. “It’s important that when they’re looking at the secondary plan that everything is up to date,” Ostafichuk said. “Referring to an improper street name could bring a conformity issue forward.”

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt agreed. “People didn’t think much of it (before), but with documents to be approved by council it’s more important,” Moffatt said. Some of the confusion comes from the awkward street configuration around Dickinson Square. Mill Street runs east-west on the southern side of the square, and hits the northsouth section of Dickinson Street just below Watson’s Mill. But Dickinson then takes

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