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EMC news - A deluge of almost 5,000 event invitations landed on the mayor’s desk last year. Now, the city is preparing to hire a new staffer with an annual salary of $52,000 to handle an influx of requests. Whether a second scheduler for Mayor Jim Watson and his two deputy mayors, Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches and West CarletonMarch Coun. Eli El-Chantiry, is a good use of tax dollars was the main question that arose from a mid-term governance review report that was considered by the city’s finance committee last week, said deputy clerk Leslie Donnelly. The mayor, who is known to joke that he will attend the opening of an envelope, received a staggering 4,800 requests to appear at events such as openings of new businesses in 2012. Although he couldn’t provide a number for past requests, city clerk Rick O’Connor said there has been a marked increase in invitations for Watson compared to previous mayors. And there is work to be done even when the mayor and deputy mayors cannot attend, Donnelly said. The scheduler must

sort, prioritize and respond to all requests and in some cases, certificates of congratulations or other documents must be prepared instead. The question of whether having a city official at local events is an essential service plagued the clerk’s office, Donnelly said. Clerk staff looked into the matter and determined that the Municipal Act states that elected officials “shall” represent the municipality at official functions. “In our view, this is a core function of the municipality,” Donnelly said. “We can tell you that these events are extremely important to the individuals organizing them … You make city hall more accessible and get more people interested in city hall.” The new staffer handling requests would be in addition to the mayor’s existing scheduler, who works in the clerk’s office. The new employee approved by the finance committee on Feb. 5 would mainly handle the schedules of the two deputy mayors. The city is budgeting $75,000 for the position. The salary would be $52,000. Council must still give final approval to create the new position.

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Painting with character Jessica McNeely, a Grade 6 student at Osgoode Public School, helps paint a mural in a hallway at her school on Feb. 7. The mural was designed with the help of Chrysler-based artist Nicole Belanger, who was supported by MASC (Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities) and the City of Ottawa to spend a week at the school. The mural features silhouettes of students acting out 10 positive character traits, including respect, optimism, appreciation and co-operation.

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EMC news - Two business leaders in Riverside South received Diamond Jubilee medals on Feb. 6 to recognize their commitment to community service. Marcel Moncion, owner of Moncion’s Your Independent Grocer, and Charles Goodfellow of Goodfellow Cleaners received their medals in front of a crowd gathered in Moncion’s store. Gloucester South-Nepean

Coun. Steve Desroches presented the awards with the help of Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre and business leader and fellow Diamond Jubilee recipient Jason Kelly. Kelly said the medal is meant to recognize exceptional community service like that of the Queen, who has served the Commonwealth for 60 years. “It not only serves to honour her service, but to honour citizens who have done out-

standing work for their community, which I believe these two gentlemen truly represent,” Kelly said. Charles Goodfellow started his dry cleaning business in 1990 and opened a branch in Riverside South eight years ago. Since then, he has sponsored sports teams and community events and embraced the Coats for Kids program to collect winter clothing for underprivileged children. He hopes to expand the program and have every dry cleaner in the city participate

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in the future. Goodfellow said he was surprised when he heard he would receive a medal. “This completely took me off guard,” he said. “It’s great to give back and be able to do it.” Marcel Moncion was also honoured with a medal for his unending commitment to Riverside South and the community at large. Desroches said Moncion supports many community events including Canada Day. See MONCION’S, page 2 287785-1030

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Ottawa businessman Jason Kelly, left, joins Gloucester South-Nepean and Coun. Steve Desroches to honour Riverside South business leaders Marcel Moncion and Charles Goodfellow, with Diamond Jubilee medals

and the Christmas festivities with food and drink, and also helps local schools and sports teams. “He’s played a real leading role in this rapidly growing business community,� Desroches added. “This store is very much the community hub.� Moncion was humble about his community involvement, noting that he and his wife don’t like to talk about what they do. “We do it without think-

ing,� Moncion said. “We’re out to help the community.� Moncion also supports city-wide causes including organ donation, kidney health and the Ottawa Valley farm show. Goodfellow said it’s his duty to set an example for young people who may someday be business leaders themselves. “It’s a very young and growing community, and community service is very important to society,� Goodfellow said. “The more we can stress that the greater off we will all be.�

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City finalizes village land-use changes Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

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Farewell Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches presents Paul Benoit outgoing president of the Ottawa International Airport Authority with a framed print of President John F. Kennedy arriving on the Ottawa tarmac in honour of his service. Benoit announced his retirement last winter.

As City Councillor for Ward 22, Gloucester-South Nepean, it was my honour to nominate and present the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to three local residents. Ed Schelenz, President, Barrhaven Branch Royal Canadian Legion Ed served with distinction in the Canadian Armed Forces and is currently the President of the Royal Canadian Legion in Barrhaven. He has led community efforts to support various local charities, including youth groups, food banks and hospitals.

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Updates to Manotick’s plan to come later this year residential care facilities for seniors to be located close to village cores to ensure close proximity to services and public transportation. The changes are meant to reduce the need for one-off minor variances and rezonings that result in a piecemeal approach to rural development. Village plans for North Gower and Richmond are not affected by the new consolidated plan because they were completed within the last five years and are up-to-date. Greely’s plan was reviewed, but didn’t require any changes, Ruddy said. There are some zoning changes that affect all 26 villages, including Manotick, North Gower, Richmond and Greely. Klaus Beltzner, president of the Manotick Village and Community Association, had hoped to convince councillors

to amend the report to include context about the status of reviews of Manotick’s plans, but the best he got was city planning manager John Moser declaring on the record that the review is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2013. A minor zoning issue in Carp Hills was identified during the meeting, when property owner and developer Doug Rivington told the committee he recently discovered that a zoning anomaly treats a field in the corner of his land as an environmental protection area. Ruddy examined the zoning map and came to the conclusion that the environmental area’s boundary was mistakenly drawn through the Carp Hills land and agreed to take a closer look at the issue to see if the property’s zoning needs to be amended to allow development in that spot.

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EMC news - The city is putting teeth behind its new community design plans and secondary plans for rural villages. On Feb. 7, the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee approved zoning rules that will enable the city to enforce those new policies. The changes arose from last year’s rural review, which outlined policies aimed at supporting appropriate economic development in villages and encouraging growth and redevelopment in village cores, rather than spread throughout the countryside. While Manotick’s community design plan process is set to kick off later this year, plans for Carp and Constance Bay were completed last year and the city also outlined amendments to general policies for land use in rural wards. The villages covered by the new consolidated villages secondary plan are: Ashton, Burritt’s Rapids, Carlsbad Springs, Cumberland, Dunrobin, Fitzroy Harbour, Galetta, Kars, Kenmore, Kinburn, Marionville, Metcalfe, Munster, Navan, Notre Dame des Champs, Osgoode, Sarsfield, Vars and Vernon. The terminology in the plan brings the description of land uses up to date to reflect existing uses. Most of the changes involve changing zoning from village mixed-use, which includes a commercial component, to village residential, or vice versa, depending on what types of buildings currently exist on the affected properties. There are also some changes to encourage people to establish home-based businesses. In certain areas along busier roads and in village cores, the number of non-resident employees at a home-based business has been increased from one to two and the business can now take up to 45 per cent of the area of the home (75 square metres). Other changes encourage

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The biggest chill Community leaders sleep in extreme cold to help youth homelessness Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com BRIER DODGE/METROLAND

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EMC news - Extreme cold and frostbite warnings didn’t stop some Ottawa community leaders from sleeping outside to help raise awareness for youth homelessness. The Youth Services Bureau held its first Sleep Out for Youth Ottawa in partnership with the John Howard Society, Operation Come Home and Ottawa Salus on Feb. 4 to 5 at city hall. Joanne Lowe, the executive director of the Youth Services Bureau, was one of the brave individuals who took to the cold for the cause. “It was great, it was cold, but you know the turn out was fantastic,” Lowe said. “The goal was to raise awareness, and raise funds. One of the interesting things was that it was a broad range of people that came out, from high school and college students, families with young children and community leaders. It was heartwarming to see the range of people come out to support this mission.” From 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., Lowe and other community leaders, including police Chief Charles Bordeleau and Mayor Jim Watson, spent time in the cold. “There are 1,000 homeless youth living on Ottawa streets,” Bordeleau said prior to the event. “This disturbing

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Members of the community take part in the city’s first Sleep Out for Youth Ottawa organized by the Youth Services Bureau, John Howard Society, Operation Come Home and Ottawa Salus on Feb. 4 and 5. data provided serious incentive for community leaders to demonstrate our support for this youth initiative.” As the sun began to rise on Feb. 5, the group learned they had managed to raise $35,000 for the cause. The money will be split between the four organizations with around $15,000 going directly towards funding the Youth Services Bureau’s shelters and drop-ins. Lowe added she felt the event’s main goal of creating the awareness, systems and supports that young people need to move beyond the streets was achieved. “The message went out in a number of different mediums and I think it has really made people talk about it,” Lowe said. The idea for the fundraising event came from a Youth Services Bureau donor, Mike Weider, who wanted to see his family’s contribution help youth on the streets. Lowe

said the Weiders’ donation helped fund the event, helping collect more money for street youth. Lowe recounted all the warm clothing, sleeping bags and items, such as hand warmers to keep the cold at bay for her and all the other participants during the evening. She said the group discussed how different their evening could have been if, like the youth they were fighting for, they only had a minimum amount of clothing to stay warm. “We had tons of warm options and we all felt so fortunate for having all these things to keep us warm,” Lowe said. “Most youth on the street don’t have that. We made the choice to go outside, but in many cases youth on the street don’t get to make that same choice.” Visit www.ysb.on.ca for more information about the organization or to donate to help end youth homelessness.

For example, when Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the United States, Hydro Ottawa crews were the first to cross the border to help get the power restored in Connecticut and New Jersey. Hydro Ottawa crews also helped other utilities in Quebec and Ontario just before Christmas after a major storm. “Caring for our neighbours and our community is a really important part of our fabric as an organization,” said Parent-Garvey. At Hydro Ottawa, caring includes putting safety first and lending a hand to other communities in need.

For the fifth consecutive year, Hydro Ottawa has been named one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers. Lyne Parent-Garvey, Hydro Ottawa’s Chief Human Resources Officer, says it is a culture of caring that the company has built up over the years that makes Hydro Ottawa a great employer.

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That caring is expressed in many ways by Hydro Ottawa’s 660 employees. They work closely with customers to help them use electricity efficiently and to save money on bills. They are quick to volunteer in the community, and are enthusiastic contributors to Hydro Ottawa’s United Way campaign, raising over a million dollars over the past decade. Employees are supported by an organization that recognizes achievements, encourages feedback, and that strongly promotes employee health and safety.

“We also care about a successful future and we want to be a sustainable organization. In the next 10 years, we will have a lot of people retiring, so we have many programs, including workforce and succession planning initiatives in place, to prepare our next generation of journeypersons, engineers and leaders,” added Parent-Garvey. Power up your future and join our team by visiting www.hydroottawa.com/careers to view employment opportunities.

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ecently, the Liveable Ottawa plan for rebooting the city’s major master plans was unveiled at city hall, revealing a vision for the capital for years to come. Mayor Jim Watson and Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume, the planning committee chairman, pledged the review, particularly of the city’s Official Plan, would provide much needed “certainty� to what can often be the chaotic world of development.

This exercise, accompanied by reviews of plans for pedestrians, cycling, transportation and infrastructure, will go a long way towards aiming all the city’s efforts in the same direction, towards a more sustainable city, which is exactly where Ottawa needs to be headed. As Hume said during the Jan. 29 launch of the Liveable Ottawa project, the refreshed Official Plan “will be more prescriptive than ever before in terms of where the vision

for height and density is in this city.� This will provide clear rules governing where intensification will go in the city, removing much of the fuzziness that causes a great deal of angst among residents living in transitional neighbourhoods across the city. Many of the decisions during this process will undoubtedly raise concerns among residents in places like Centretown, Lowertown, Westboro and Vanier. Those residents worry intensifi-

cation will only serve to bring the burden of added population and traffic to their neighbourhoods. But that need not be the case, as the Liveable Ottawa project offers the city an excellent opportunity to align the other master plans with the Official Plan. This, if done with care and consideration, will insure the intensified neighbourhoods of Ottawa’s future provide the infrastructure needed to accommodate denser popula-

tions. But there’s the rub: Liveable Ottawa needs to be done well if the city is to be sustainable for generations to come. Intensification is the new normal for cities, as suburban sprawl has proven to be unsustainable, but that doesn’t mean creating density for density’s sake is an easy task. It will take a considerable amount of input from city staff, councillors, developers and residents to come up with a plan that will provide for the sustainable city we all desire. This means it is incumbent upon both the members of the development community and

residents to get involved with this process -- the official and master plans will be much better for their efforts. It will also require those two groups, often at odds with one another, to see things from the others’ perspective. Change is difficult, but it is made easier when reasonable people are considerate and accommodating of views that might not be their own. Ottawa is already a quite liveable city, one of the best places to live in North America, if not the world. Engagement in the Liveable Ottawa process by all who hold this city dear will keep it that way.

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o one would ever dare argue that Valentine’s Day is a meaningless ritual, since it involves kissing and chocolate. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to inject some new life into it, to keep it from getting stale. Then there is Winterlude, an Ottawa institution by now but one that is constantly challenged to find ways of coping with changing times and unpredictable weather conditions. It’s not a meaningless ritual, but it could use a new twist or two. If you want a meaningless ritual, take Groundhog Day. What a waste of time, both for people and for groundhogs. In Punxsutawney, Pa., 35,000 people turned out for it. In past years there have arrests for drunken rioting and such. Over a groundhog. In Wiarton, Ont., the status of Wiarton Willie’s shadow has been turned into a three-day festival. There is probably a half-time show. More groundhogs are getting into the act, since it appears that groundhogs seeing shadows, or not, are good for tourism. There’s Balzac Billy in Alberta and Winnipeg Willow in Manitoba. For what it’s worth, none of these guys saw their shadows, which is supposed to mean that spring is less than six-weeks away. Really? In Canada? Groundhog shadow or no, of course there are going to be six more weeks of winter in Canada. Six weeks from Groundhog Day takes you to mid-March. Maybe in Punxsutawney it is reasonable to hope for spring in mid-March, but not anywhere in this country, outside of British Columbia. So what is the point of doing this whole

groundhog thing? So we can enjoy being silly? There are lots of ways of doing that without bothering innocent rodents. So here’s an idea. Valentine’s Day could use some silliness. The kissing and chocolate are good, but sometimes it gets a bit solemn, particularly in those television commercials for jewelry. Also, there is no predictive value in Valentine’s Day: nothing that happens that day tells us anything about when spring is coming. The next step is obvious -- combine Valentine’s Day and Groundhog Day as part of Winterlude. That injects a bit of new life into all three events. It could work in many ways, but one might be that if the Ice Hog comes out on Feb. 14 and sees a heart-shaped chocolate, that means six more weeks of winter. This could all be done on the canal, if there is ice on it. If the Ice Hog comes out on the canal and sees water, it means that the Ice Hog had better learn to swim pretty fast. That makes sense. Six weeks from Feb. 14 takes us just about into April, where spring is an actual possibility. Canadians would actually be glad to think of only six more weeks of winter and their happiness might induce them to purchase more chocolate, take their sweetie out to dinner and support the local economy. Then, just to make it interesting, there could be a possible down-side to the Ice Hog’s prediction. The Wiarton Willie thing is boring because the worst thing that can happen is you get spring in mid-March. What if the Ice Hog comes out on Valentine’s Day, doesn’t see chocolate and that means no spring until May? That would put a little juice into it. It could even create some betting opportunities at our new casino. Having rejuvenated Valentine’s Day, put some spark into Winterlude and some logic into Groundhog Day, there remains only the task of giving this new wonderful event a catchy name. This will not be easy because we know that the federal government will want to name it, as it wants to name everything, after Sir John A. Macdonald. However, that is not a very good name for a groundhog.

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Online matchmaking simply turns dating into the end goal

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ccording to a recent article in Maclean’s magazine, 20 per cent of heterosexuals and 60 per cent of homosexuals claimed to have met their mates online in 2009. The article goes on to quote experts who believe that online dating -- while great for helping people meet others outside their networks -- is altering our traditional cultural goal of finding a mate for life. I believe it. The question is whether we’ll allow this trend to continue. I tried online dating just once when mass use of the Internet was in its infancy, circa 2001. Just out of a long relationship, I checked out a local dating website in Ottawa. Most of the entries -there were only about 75 men on there -- were laughable. But there was this one guy. He was a soccer player. He was tall, had great legs, worked in a sports shop. He was very good looking. And based on our online chat sessions over a few weeks, he was dumb as wood. Perfect! We went on a date. It was nice. I didn’t have to talk about anything intelligent. We

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse flirted over the table, went for a walk after dinner, he kissed me at the front door. This was definitely a guy I’d like to call again, and not, you know, for conversation. I dreamed about his legs for approximately 72 hours. The following weekend, however, I met my nowhusband on a camping trip in Gatineau Park, and Mr. Soccer Legs never got a call back. The thing is great legs are great. But they’re not the type of thing to sustain a relationship long term. The recent Maclean’s piece highlighted growing doubt that algorithms used to match people online according to similar tastes, hobbies and interests mimic what people look for in the real world, particularly in a lifelong mate. This point was brought home when I

met my husband. One of the first things that impressed me about him was his ability to cut grapefruit with precision. It’s not the kind of skill one would note in a dating profile, nor is it something I would actively seek. Of course, most of us realize that online dating is really just a massive public relations’ exercise. People put their best selves forward and in return, dating sites promise you’ll meet your “soul mate” with just a click of a button. When your match turns out to be less than desirable, it’s easy to move on and find your next “soul mate.” Sure, in some cases, online dating turns to marriage and the people live happily ever after. But in the virtual world, as in the real world, this may be a statistical anomaly. In most cases, the point of

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online dating isn’t to find Mr. Right, but Mr. Right Now. Not only that, but the Internet makes the dating marketplace so much bigger, notes Maclean’s author Katie Engelhart, that it’s contributed to an increase in philandering. Engelhart says the logic goes something like this: “Why settle down when a better match is just a click away?” Only the future will tell if the majority of us will allow this to become a societal norm. Funny enough, about five years after my first and only online dating experience, the subject came up at a ladies’ drinks’ reunion with some of my university colleagues. Turns out, we’d all dated Mr. Soccer Legs within six months of each other. Mr. Soccer Legs may have appeared dumb as wood, but we’d underestimated him. In fact, he was the only person to achieve his goal with that primitive dating website. We were all looking for a mate. Silly, in hindsight. Because there was really nothing about that picture of his legs to suggest he was looking for a wife.

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LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS RECEIVE THE QUEEN ELIZABERTH II DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARD I would like to congratulate local business leaders Marcel Moncion and Charles Goodfellow for being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal this past week. In my nomination I highlighted both of their service in supporting their local communities for various events and their efforts in raising funds for local charities around the City of Ottawa. Once again, congratulations to both Mr. Moncion and Mr. Goodfellow for this well deserved recognition.

HYDRO OTTAWA IMPROVING POWER RELIABILITY IN WARD 22 I am pleased to advise residents that Hydro Ottawa will be investing $7.2 million to help improve power supply and reliability in South Ottawa. Since 2010, Hydro Ottawa has invested in projects to help improve the reliability performance such as adding more capacity at substations, building new feeders and adding automated devices. Hydro Ottawa introduced a new feeder in 2012 in order to improve the reliability performance by adding extra capacity and creating new feeder ties for alternate supply points. Between 2010 and 2012, Hydro Ottawa made a significant resource investment in Ward 22 of over $16 million. I am happy to see these investments being made to help support the growth in the area.

FAMILY DAY IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA Come out and enjoy some fun on Family Day in the City of Ottawa on Monday, February 18th. Take in the last weekend of Winterlude Festivities or come and join Mayor Watson and family and friends on the Rink of Dreams at City Hall for a fun filled day of skating and beavertails. I would like to remind residents that numerous city services will be closed for the Family Day long weekend. I would recommend calling 3-1-1 or checking online at www.ottawa.ca for changes to services such as garbage collection and client service centre hours. Some OC Transpo routes may also be running on a reduced schedule on that day. Please visit www.octranspo.com for any schedule changes due to the holiday.

BUILDING A LIVEABLE OTTAWA - OFFICIAL PLAN AND MASTER PLAN REVIEW The City of Ottawa is beginning its review of the Official Plan, Transportation Master Plan, Infrastructure Master Plan, Cycling Plan and Pedestrian Plan. When completed, the Building a Liveable Ottawa 2031 project will help set the directions, policies and affordability priorities of the city for years to come.

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THE LATEST IN A STRING OF FACILITIES THAT ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED, DYMON NOW HAS SEVEN INDUSTRY LEADING FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

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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

“and we continue to listen to our 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.”

design our facilities to be attractive to the female consumer.” Dymon does this through its highly focused location is currently undergoing a 30,000 sq ft expansion customer service, security, convenient access, and Dymon’s Coventry facility was certainly no flash- ultra clean facilities – all factors many women in-the-pan – Dymon’s second location at Prince demand. “Women appreciate the quality that of Wales and Hunt Club was filled in only 6 months. Dymon offers – they know their stuff will be safe Each subsequent facility has also experienced a and secure.” rapid fill. Dymon’s storage facilities are also very attractive Dymon’s Kanata Centrum facility, adjacent to business operators. With free on-site board to Canadian Tire, is the largest self storage rooms, a parcel acceptance service, and flexible facility in Canada. Residential and business yet affordable storage leasing options, Dymon customers in Kanata / Stittsville / West Carleton offers the perfect solution for a variety of busi are now enjoying everything Dymon has to offer. nesses. “Currently about 25% of each facility

just 5 months, and has remained full ever since. Because ,

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

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 a great storage solution. 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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Wynne should drop agricultural portfolio: MPP

Diane Deans

PC, NDP react to designation of new premier Derek Dunn derek.dunn@metroland.com

Councillor/Conseillère Quartier Gloucester-Southgate Ward

Public Meeting on Sawmill Creek Community Centre and Pool Expansion Proposal City Staff and I will be hosting the second public meeting to discuss and review the expansion potential of the Sawmill Creek Community Centre and Pool, located at 3380 D’Aoust Avenue. Members of the public are encouraged to attend this consultation to provide their comments. The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 21st, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at St. Bernard School, at 1722 St. Bernard Street. For those individuals who cannot attend but would like to provide comments or for more information on the project please contact my office at diane.deans@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2480, or contact Mr. Patrick Legault, Project Manager, at Patrick.legault@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 ext. 13857.

Thank you to our Outdoor Rink Operators! I would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the volunteers in our community that have maintained our outdoor rinks this season. These rinks provide a wonderful way for residents to stay active and enjoy some quality time outside during the winter months. The individuals and groups that volunteer to look after these rinks ensure that they remain free of cost to everyone and are essential to the program running successfully. If you would like more information on how you or your group can get involved next year please email seasonalrecreation@ ottawa.ca or call 613-580-2590.

EMC news - Newly designated Premier Kathleen Wynne should stick to one job not take on the roll of agricultural minister, according to Jack MacLaren. Wynne earned the ire of rural Progressive Conservative MPPs such as MacLaren when last week she announced her intention to juggle the two portfolios. She then backtracked, saying she will hold the top job in the Ministry of Agriculture for just one year. While colleagues such as Lisa MacLeod call the “flipflopping” an indication of a lack of commitment to the sector, MacLaren questions the practicality. He said the province needs the premier to focus on that job alone. “Nobody would fault her for changing her mind,” said the Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP and former Ontario Landowners president. “The Liberals don’t have many rural seats. She was appealing to rural constituents. But she’s an urban politician with no understanding of agriculture.” MacLaren added that the focus for the entire province should be on solving the Greater Toronto Area’s traffic congestion. He said it needs

$50 billion in spending to solve. “That should be a priority for all of us.” Morgan Goddard is the Carleton-Mississippi Mills riding president for the provincial NDP. He said Wynne, province’s first female and openly gay premier, is on the Liberal’s more progressive side. He sees it as indicative of a shift away from extreme right wing politics in North America back to a politics that offers consensus-building and solutions. “Republicans in the United States have peaked with the anger and frustration they fostered and what it unleashed,” Goddard said. “In Canada, you see it in (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper’s drop in popularity. With all the cuts, you are seeing a rise in militancy that hasn’t been seen in decades in the left.” He said PC leader Tim Hudak is floating extremist ideas like right-to-work legislation that are based solely on ideology and debunked by experiences in other jurisdictions. Goddard is concerned Wynne will steal some votes from the NDP. But he says that is nothing new for the Liberals. “They always campaign like the NDP and govern like

JACK MACLAREN the PCs,” he said. “I think Wynne’s a good candidate but the Liberals are in a bit of a jam. She could be the next Kim Campbell.” MacLaren agrees that Wynne is a competent, experienced, and articulate politician. But that the Liberal brand is exhausted. In a recent press release he offered a list of gaffes and scandals the have plagued the party over the last nine years in power: • eHealth scandal costs $2 billion and growing • ORNGE air ambulance costs $1 billion and growing • Cancelled Oakville and Mississauga Power Plants cost $1.3 billion and growing • Samsung green energy deal was $1.5 billion and

growing • Failed PRESTO fare cards was $1 billion and growing • Killing the horseracing industry cost 60,000 jobs • Rising hydro costs for residents and businesses • Proroguing parliament to avoid scandal However, MacLaren disagrees that there is a major shift toward the left in North America based on Wynne’s victory. He said she holds the same philosophy as predecessor Dalton McGuinty. “They are both pretty far to the left,” MacLaren said. His party will press on when the legislature returns on Feb. 19, and keep election-esque pledges like a promise to end the FITT program. But make no mistake, MacLaren hopes for an election sooner rather than later. Goddard and the NDP aren’t committing to propping up the Liberal minority government in any formal sense. As long as “we get things done” the party is content, he said.

Last Weekend to Enjoy Winterlude This weekend is the last weekend of Winterlude 2013 so get out and enjoy some of the best that Ottawa has to offer. You can take part in a skate on the canal, visit the Snowflake Kingdom for a day of wonderful winter activities, or take in one of several skating shows on the Rink of Dreams located at Ottawa City Hall. Remember that you can ride the free OLG Sno-Bus between official Winterlude sites and special events. For more information on Winterlude visit www.capcan. ca/winterlude and for more information on the Sno-Bus visit www.octranspo.com.

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Work on the Airport Parkway Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge is progressing well. City staff have informed my office that the contractor will be installing the overhead falsework/ formwork bridge over the Airport Parkway this Friday February 15, 2013. This operation includes setting up a crane to lift and place the preassembled deck into place. As a result of this work, the contractor has requested a temporary road closure of the Airport Parkway commencing at 11:00 p.m. on Friday February 15, 2013 and lasting into the morning of Saturday, February 16, 2013. The City’s Traffic Management Team will be monitoring the work. A traffic management plan has been created including a signed detour route.

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Residents of the Glebe Annex form community association 15 individuals put their names forward for spot on board Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - Only four months after three Glebe Annex residents came together to start a new community association, more than 25 people attended its first official meeting. Held at the Glebe Community Centre on Feb. 6, the meeting served to establish an association in the Glebe Annex, a neighbourhood that in the past has been represented informally by the neighbouring Glebe and Dalhousie community associations. The residents at the meeting however felt it was finally time to form their own community association. “We are really pleased to see so many people here,” Sylvia Milne said. “It’s nice to see our goals come to fruition from when we started in October, to now, by the end of the night we will have an official voice at city hall.” By the end of the evening, 15 community members stepped up to form the neighbourhood’s first community association. The idea to create the association first came up when

Milne saw a report in a local paper stating the neighbouring Glebe association was thinking of absorbing the Glebe Annex. She connected soon afterwards with like-minded residents Sue Stefko and Peggy Kampouris who offered to help reach out to the community. They soon received more than 25 emails from others in the neighbourhood eager to form a community association. At its first official meeting, Milne introduced nine community members who helped the association started, all of whom will be on the association’s executive. “I think it’s really important to have this community association,” said Brenda Quinlan, a new board member. “I have met more neighbours in the past two months than I have in the past two years living here.” A condominium development located at 774 Bronson Ave. and 551 Cambridge St. was the catalyst that brought residents from the annex together. At the meeting, residents discussed the development and what strategies should be implemented to formally object when it goes to planning

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Peggy Kampouris, Sylvia Milne and Sue Stefko were the driving force in creating a new community association for the Glebe Annex. The three along with 12 other residents have joined a newly formed board to represent the area. committee on Feb. 26. The association is already creating a constitution with the naming of the new association first on the agenda. Residents had an opportunity to vote on four possible names at the meeting: the Glebe Annex, Glebe West, Dalhousie South and the Annex. One resident offered up a

fifth option, Carling-Bronson. Stefko said the name will be announced in the group’s first official email in the coming weeks. Capital Coun. David Chernushenko and Ottawa-Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi welcomed the new association, offering support and encouragement. The new board intends to meet before the month is up

to vote on the executive and committee chairpersons. As it stands, committees which will be formed are parks and recreation, planning and development, traffic and safety and security. Areas of focus include a desire for community space, updating the area’s only park, Dalhousie South Park, seniors’ issues and fighting inappropriate develop-

ment, starting with the one at Cambridge and Bronson. A new website is currently under construction and Milne, Stefko and Kampouris encourages any Glebe Annex residents to sign up on the growing membership list by contacting the group at smglebewest@gmail.com. Membership has a volunteer $10 sign-up fee. R0011911217

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EMC news - Students in the University of Ottawa’s law program put down their books and picked up a microphone to have a few laughs and help raise a little money for a good cause at the same time. A comedy night to raise money for Ottawa ACORN, an organization that ďŹ ghts for social justice for low-income families across Canada, was held Feb. 7 at the Draft Pub. Some of the university’s law students volunteer for ACORN, including Michael Currie, who helped organize the event. He said the students just wanted to help the local association. “It’s a great feeling to know that we can use the law to help others,â€? said Currie, who does stand-up comedy when he’s not hitting the books. “We look forward to raising

some much-needed funds to keep Ottawa ACORN’s initiative going.â€? Currie and six other law students and one law professor braved the stage, with some of them taking their ďŹ rst stab at stand up. “Everybody did great,â€? he said. “The audience was pumped up and we sold out very quickly.â€? Jill O’Reilly, an organizer at ACORN Ottawa, reached out to law students in early 2012 to match the soon-tobe lawyers with low-income families who needed assistance in landlord and tenant matters. “Many of our members endure horrible conditions, such as cockroach infestations, mouse infestations, ooding, mould, and so on, even though they pay their rent every month,â€? O’Reilly said. “The law students, including Michael (Currie), volunteer their time to ďŹ ght for our members and help provide

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ertown residents, so Fleury reached out the Groupe Claude Lauzon, which counts the school at 287 Cumberland St. in its portfolio of properties. For months, Fleury and Mayor Jim Watson have been discussing options for Lauzon’s vacant properties, including 287 Cumberland St. There was finally a glimmer of willingness to address the derelict state of the school, but then, on Feb. 1, an engineering report commissioned by Lauzon revealed the building was at imminent risk of collapse.

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EMC news - Even before an engineers report revealed a former girls’ school on Cumberland Street was at imminent risk of collapse, Coun. Mathieu Fleury and the mayor’s office were working to prevent similar hazards. The vacant heritage building at the corner of Murray and Cumberland streets stands as a monument of something local heritage advocates have long railed against: demolition by

neglect. Poster-covered hoarding around the building obscure the graffiti and paint-covered walls. Right in the downtown core, where property values and condo development have reached a fever pitch, the site remained suspended in time, slowing fading and becoming more derelict. It’s one of an estimated 100 properties in a similar state across the city. About 15 of them are considered “problematic,” several of which are located in Fleury’s Rideau-Vanier ward. It’s a sore spot for Low-

That set off the latest chapter in the troubled relationship between Groupe Claude Lauzon and the city. The city ordered barricades be put up to keep pedestrians and traffic away from the building in case it fell down. A press release was issued and emphasized that Groupe Claude Lauzon would be charged for the cost associated with the barricades – a couple thousand dollars at an absolute minimum – and that the company would have to follow the proper process to get the necessary permit to demolish a designated heritage building. Days later, Lauzon issued a press release through the company’s lawyer. “According to (law firm) Vincent Dagenais Gibson, since 1981, Groupe Claude Lauzon Ltée has been dealing with the city to restore the school, but has faced unfair obstacles at each step,” the statement reads. The Lauzon family canceled an interview with the EMC scheduled before the collapse and did not return subsequent phone calls. The press release outlines the back-and-forth: Lauzon requested a building permit in 1996 to restore the school, but the city denied the request. The company was locked in a legal battle with the city for six years City planning manager John Smit said the city issued a building permit for the 1996 application, but it was rescinded when Lauzon’s contractor did exterior work beyond what was allowed. The permit was re-issued after the court settlement, but the company never picked it up. By the time a settlement was reached, the roof and floor framing had collapsed. Lauzon asked the city for permission to tear it down. It’s no excuse, Fleury said. It is not exactly a surprise that property owners such as the Lauzons would want to demolish a building after leaving it to crumble with no upkeep for decades, he said. “If they’re not interested to upkeep the properties, don’t buy heritage property,” Fleury said. These situations could be prevented if the city strengthened and enforced its bylaw

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A former girls’ school in Lowertown had to be reinforced last week when it became clear it was at imminent risk of collapse. outlining the level of upkeep necessary for vacant buildings, Fleury said. “That’s not the city we want to build,” he added. Finally, that’s in the works. City staff is drafting a proposal that would have tighter wording, allowing the city to enforce property standards above the very minimum. Staff is looking to places like Hamilton, Kingston and Toronto for direction particularly regarding upkeep of vacant heritage buildings, which make up half the approximately 100 vacant properties in Ottawa. A proposal will come forward in the coming weeks or months, Fleury said. “We don’t understand why elsewhere in the province, you can go into cities and you can see the site is vacant, but it doesn’t appear to be as vacant as it does here in Ottawa,” Fleury said. It’s a big issue for residents in Sandy Hill, so when community association Christopher Collmorgen caught wind of the proposed changes to property standards, he sent an email to Action Sandy Hill members. “The city has historically refused to enforce its own Bylaws on vacant and derelict properties, resulting in a sanctioned double standard that has allowed vacant and run-down properties to fester between well-cared for properties,” Collmorgen wrote. “It appears that the City of Ottawa is finally recognizing that it has an obligation to enforce the property standards bylaw on vacant properties!” Enforcement has been a tricky thing in Ottawa. The

wording of the bylaw has led to bylaw officers enforcing only the bare minimum, Fleury said. “To be honest, we haven’t done our job there,” he said. “We’re going to clamp down and modify property standards and expect staff to really clamp down.” The city doesn’t want to see any properties in the core vacant, Fleury said, but if they are vacant, they must be kept to a good standard. “A lot of these properties don’t have roofs, don’t have windows. People access in and out and do drugs in there,” he said. “They are not just eyesores. They become an area for crime.” When it comes to encouraging redevelopment of vacant sites, Fleury said everyone involved needs to come to the table. “There won’t be one element that will solve all issues,” he said. “It’s a combination of multiple angles that will bring the owners to the table, bring the community to the table and actually talk about solutions.” All sites have restrictions, whether it’s a heritage designation or simply zoning rules. It shouldn’t matter whether the blame should rest with the city because its rules are too restrictive, or with the property owner because they are unwilling to work within the parameters of the site they bought, Fleury said. There needs to be a proposal on the table to open a dialog between the city and the developer. “Put a proposal together and let’s have a discussion,” Fleury said.

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Ottawa resident is collecting musical instruments for Zambian school Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - Do you have a clarinet in your attic collecting dust? Is there a lonely violin in the back of your closet, waiting for you to feel ambitious enough to pick it up again? If you aren’t so inclined, one Old Ottawa East resident is asking you to donate it to a worthy cause. Todd Snelgrove wants to equip students in Zambia with enough musical instruments to assemble an orchestra. The idea springs from just one guitar. When on a trip to Africa last May, Snelgrove, a music teacher, brought along a guitar he intended to give away. While searching for the ideal recipient for the instrument, he came across the Linda School in Livingstone, Zambia. A public high school with an enrollment of 1,200 students from grades 10 to 12, its music program was operating without single working instrument. Teachers at the school teach music theory and singing to about 300 students. “It’s clear that music is a very important and soughtafter discipline,� Snelgrove said. As a music teacher and enthusiast, Snelgrove said he feels learning music plays an important role in any high school student’s career. “Every study shows how

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Todd Snelgrove is collecting musical instruments and instructional material in an effort to equip the Linda School in Zambia. Snelgrove’s goal is to collect enough instruments for the school to have a full concert orchestra. learning how to play an instrument can improve your learning power,� he said. “Having kids here play instruments is part of the high school experience, but these kids don’t have that option. It’s not fair and not right.� The teachers at the Linda School told him they would love to have more instruments, but have no means to purchase them. They would have to order them, which is too costly. At the time of Snelgrove’s visit, the school was having trouble raising enough money to buy a guitar. Snelgrove donated a guitar to the school and since that moment, he became determined to gather more instruments for the cause. “If you have any instruments in the house you aren’t using, it could potentially change a life,� Snelgrove said.

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Snelgrove’s employer, the Ottawa Folklore Centre, is helping him out by accepting donations at its Old Ottawa South location. He has received many flutes, clarinets, a few violins and saxophones and some guitars. Still in demand are an oboe, a viola and a cello. “Basically attics and basements in the city are full of instruments that people aren’t using that could be useful,� he said. Once he has the full set of instruments, Snelgrove said he is going to pay his way back to Zambia to personally deliver the instruments and teach the students and teachers how to play. Instructional books, sheet music, music stands and accessories, such as reeds and strings are also being accepted. Snelgrove is also looking for individuals with experi-

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No paid parking coming to Westboro streets – yet Parking study sparks debate over meter policies Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - The commercial strip in Westboro won’t be getting paid parking yet, even though street parking is getting congested on a couple of blocks in the area. During a Feb. 6 meeting, the transportation committee agreed with staff that parking along the Wellington/Richmond corridor will stay free for the time being, but the topic left councillors questioning the city’s approach to parking studies and policies. Led by Coun. Mathieu Fleury, whose ward sees a lot of friction over parking issues in the ByWard Market, councillors questioned if the city should take a broader view when it comes to parking in commercial districts. “To me, there is no clear vision here, it’s piecemeal and it doesn’t make sense,” Fleury said. The city’s approach to parking studies is too narrow and doesn’t take into account

that street’s role and impact on transportation and parking supply in a wider area, such as the entire urban core of the city, Fleury said. Capital Coun. David Chernushenko agreed. He said he often hears from shoppers who received parking tickets on Bank Street who threaten to take their shopping dollars to Westboro, where parking is free. “Consistency is the issue,” Chernushenko said. During the Feb. 6 meeting, Fleury asked staff to look at taking a different approach. “What I’d like staff to come back with is a policy that addresses the situation of onstreet parking in the core,” he said. Public works manager Larry O’Keefe agreed to do that and told councillors it’s already something that was on his radar to look at in 2013. The councillor for Westboro, Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, was pleased with the decision. Adding paid parking to only a couple of blocks would have angered businesses and created confusion for customers. “I think we need to change our expectations. We can’t just drive up and find a spot right out front,” Hobbs said, adding that businesses have a role to play in identifying nearby parking lots for their customers.

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EMC news - One of the sweetest educational opportunities you’ll ever experience is returning to the South Nation Watershed for its 13th season. South Nation Conservation Authority, in partnership with Sand Road Maple Farm in Moose Creek, east of Ottawa, will once again offer its maple education program to provide a unique, hands-on history of the production of maple syrup. Guided by conservation authority interpreters, students from kindergarten to Grade 12 can enjoy a leisurely hike through the sugar bush while learning how maple syrup

makes it from the tree to your breakfast table. Program participants will learn about the evolution of the sugaring process, from boiling sap in a hollowed-out log as the aboriginals did to using the huge cast iron kettles of the early settlers to the development of today’s modern evaporators. And, if the weatherman cooperates, participants will see maple syrup being made. While there’s plenty of fun to be had during a Sand Road outing, program interpreter Chris Craig said the true emphasis is on education. Students learn woodlot management, the role forests play within watersheds and how to

identify various tree species. “Students will gain a better understanding of how humans are connected to nature, and how that connection has evolved over the years,” Craig said. “Lessons learned at Sand Road can last a lifetime.” The bilingual program is offered between March 5 and April 5, and interested schools must book their visits in advance through the conservation authority. Tours are also available for adult groups. The Sand Road log cabin remains open to all visitors even while tours are being conducted. The two hour tours, which follow the kindergarten to Grade 12 science curriculum,

Pick up after your dog: resident Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

so it collects sometimes right in front of the house,” she said. She said long leashes allow dogs to cross the drainage ditch and head onto her lawn, where they do their business in her flowerbeds and underneath her trees. It wouldn’t be such an issue if owners followed their dogs and cleaned up after them. Stroud confronted one man about leaving his pet’s mess behind, but she doesn’t know

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how many other dog owners are doing the same. Last week, she had to clean up after three different dogs or the same dog three times. While she doesn’t know who the culprits are, she wants dog owners to reconsider their responsibilities before leaving a mess on someone else’s property. “It’s not the most fun thing to do, but it’s your dog, so please do it,” she said. Nick Randall, an assistant at Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson’s office, said staff get a call about once a week outside the winter months, but recently it’s only been Stroud

raising the alarm. Nonetheless, the councillor’s office has been putting reminders in the weekly newsletter for dog owners to be respectful. Bylaw services can technically ticket dog owners for leaving waste behind, but there’s little chance the officers will actually sit for hours on a street waiting to catch an offender, according to Christine Hartig, the department’s strategic initiatives project officer. “It’s one of those offences that happen so quickly, so if no one saw it happen we can’t go after anybody,” Hartig said.

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EMC news - Picking up after your dog is a crappy job, but one Osgoode resident is reminding dog owners it’s only polite. April Stroud has lived in Osgoode for 13 years, and has noticed an increase in doggie “presents” left on and around her property over the past year. “The neighbourhood is talking about it because we’ve

never actually had this, and this year we’re experiencing it,” Stroud said. “I’m worried about the spring coming because you don’t know what’s under the snow.” Stroud, a dog owner herself, lives on Andrasi Drive just where the road curves, giving her more frontage than other houses - and providing an inviting spot to let Spot stop. “People seem to think that once you get around the curve people can’t see you anymore,

start at 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. To offset expenses, this year’s cost per participant is $6, which includes the tour and a maple treat. Pancake meals are also available starting at $4.50 per person. The minimum number per group is 15. To help make the program more accessible, South Nation is offering bus subsidies of up to $150 per eligible school. Additionally, the authority will loan maple education lesson kits to schools and groups who aren’t able to visit the programming site. For more information or to book a tour, call Karen Paquette at 1-877-984-2948, extension 286.

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Fate of Jock River group hinges on AGM turnout John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

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In 2012, most of the friends executive, who had been serving virtually from the organization’s beginning in 1996, were suffering from volunteer burnout and believed that it was time to pass on the torch to others willing to advocate for the Jock River and its health. But no new executive was able to be elected at the 2012 annual general meeting and so it was dormancy for the friends, pending another try at forming a new executive this year. 0124.R0011874504

EMC news - For years, Brian Finch has been a leader of the Friends of the Jock River. He has been there since the charitable non-profit organization was founded in 1996 and has served as vice-president, treasurer and president. But now he and others like founding president Niel Barrington are willing to help in an advisory capacity, but new leadership for the organization is required or else the Friends of the Jock River, which has been in dormancy for the past year, will cease to exist. A minimum slate of president, treasurer and secretary must be chosen at the upcoming annual general meeting on Thursday, Feb. 21 or the Friends of the Jock River will not be able to keep going. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the Barrhaven Loblaws on Greenbank Road near Strandherd Drive in Barrhaven. Finch says that it is sad that people have not stepped up so far to form a new executive, pointing out that if the Friends of the Jock River does fold, it means that there will be no formal group monitoring the Jock River as a whole. He said that the Friends of the Jock River has always looked upon the Jock River from the perspective of a whole watershed and not just as a backyard watercourse. He says that there is still a lot of work to be done, citing the destruction of wetlands in the Goulbourn area, the extensive development at Half Moon Bay with its storm water ponds in south Nepean and the changing water quality in the Heart’s Desire area. He points out that every spot along the river is not only upstream from someone else but also is downstream from someone else as well. That means that any changes made have an impact on others, ei-

ther upstream or downstream. Finch points to the extensive list of accomplishments which the Friends of the Jock River have achieved over the years since its formation in 1996.. “It’s amazing what we have done,” he says. The friends have planted over 15,000 trees along the Jock River and its tributaries including in the area of the Twin Elm bridge and at the Richmond Conservation Area. They have erected a kilometre of fencing to keep cattle out of the Jock River while also providing a well and pump for the cattle’s drinking needs. The organization has also participated in various planning matters and issues including the Munster forcemain sewer, the Jock River subwatershed studies, the Richmond village plan, the Riverbend Golf Club rezoning and subdivision application, and zoning and site plan approvals for various quarries. In 2004, the Friends of the Jock River received the Outstanding Achievement In Natural History Conservation Award from the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club. In 2006, they earned an Award for Excellence in Environmental Conservation from the National Capital Region Wildlife Festival.

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College launches research centre Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

EMC news - A cash infusion from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada prompted the launch of a health and wellness research centre at Algonquin College on Jan. 30. The $2.3-million grant is the third grant given to the college through NSERC’s College and Community Innovation program. It will help to link small, local companies with lab space at the college and allow students to use new and developing technology while training for work in their field. College president Kent MacDonald said the launch was about a year in the making. “I think it’s the job of postsecondary educational institutions to improve the communities they are in,” he said. “And with this type of partnership, we can help move products that will benefit Canada’s healthcare system from the idea stage to the marketplace.” The health and wellness research centre employs a full-time project manager and a support staff member who together engage students and

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academic leaders on projects with industry partners. There are currently six such projects underway and staff hope to start 10 more this year. Markus Latzel, president of Palomino System Innovations – a company that uses Cloud computing technology to store health data – said the real life patient data provided by working with nurses at the college’s centre is invaluable. Mark Hoddenbagh, director of applied research and innovation at the college said research partnerships will result in better trained professionals graduating from the college and entering the workforce. “The mission of this centre is to leverage the college’s existing educational and research strengths to contribute to the health and wellness sectors, resulting in highly trained personnel, economic development and job creation,” Hoddenbagh said. Bert van den Berg, with NSERC, said the grant was the maximum the research council allows and congratulated the college. The council has provided 240 grants to 60 colleges through the innovation program.

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table. It had been crammed full with Valentines bought at the drug store in Renfrew. They were of the simplest kind and each one had a little flap at the bottom that could be bent to allow the Valentine to stand on its own. As always there was one larger Valentine, much more elegant than the others, for the teacher. There was usually a great argument who would get the teacher card, until Mother settled the issue by having the whole five of us sign the back of it. The entire packet wouldn’t have cost Mother more than a quarter. Valentine’s Day at Northcote School was something special. There was always a cake, we wore our next-toSunday best clothes and Miss Crosby crammed an entire day’s lessons into the morning, so that the afternoon could be given over to the celebration of Valentine’s Day. That year, when I was about six years old and still one of the youngest at Northcote School, I remember Valentine’s Day as if it were yesterday. The teacher always chose someone to be the mailman and as usual Marguirite was given the job.

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories Miss Crosby took the lid off the big white mail box and handed Marguirite about five cards at a time. It wasn’t unusual to get a dozen or more Valentines that day. Most of them were signed by the sender, but some just had “from Guess Who” on them. These could be funny, or in some cases with the pupils in Senior Fourth, they bore words that bordered on romance. Of course, these were never signed and I could see my sister Audrey and her friends look around the room, giggle, and try to guess who the sender was. Yes, there were great mysteries abounding on Valentine’s Day at Northcote School. My little friends Joyce and Velma, of course, had cards for me, signed “friends forever” which gladdened my heart. Then there was one card, the picture of which is as vivid in my mind today, as it was back then in the 1930s. In itself, it wasn’t out of the ordinary. There was a picture of a little girl and who-

ever sent it to me had taken a red crayon and coloured on masses of tangled red curls. They completely covered her head and cascaded down over her shoulders. She was quite a mess and of course I had flaming red hair. There was enough space left at the bottom for the sender to print “I hate red hair.” That was bad enough to turn my face crimson and I quickly scanned the room to see who could be the culprit. Yet there was no sign of recognition. I turned the card over and there in bold printing, with the same red crayon were the words, “unless it’s on a cat!” Who could have done such a dastardly deed? Cecil! I just knew it had to be Cecil! But could it be? After all, most of the Briscoes had flaming red hair too! But Cecil was clever enough to know that would throw me off. Yes, it had to be Cecil and there he sat, the picture of innocence. He was on such good behaviour that day that I questioned if he in fact did

send me the card. He didn’t even crack his toes in his gum rubbers or wiggled his ears one at a time when Miss Crosby wasn’t looking. No, it couldn’t have been Cecil. After we had all been given a piece of the Valentine cake, we were ordered to wipe off our desks. Heaven forbid that there would a crumb left for the mice who came out of the woodwork every night. Joyce and I were given the job of sweeping up the crumbs and as we worked our way up and down the aisles, she with the dustpan and me with the broom, just as I was about to put the broom under Marguirite’s desk, there was a stub of a bright red crayon! Editor’s Note: Many times Mary has been asked if the people she writes about really existed. As she says, some names have been changed to protect the innocent. Others have graciously allowed her license to use their names in her stories. Such a person was Cecil, who Mary has written about for decades. With a heavy heart, Mary was informed on Feb. 5 that Cecil Brisco died that morning on the family farm at Northcote. Cecil’s family has agreed that he can still be very much a part of Mary’s memories of growing up during the Depression.

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New sleep lab a dream come true Winchester hospital opens nightly sleep clinic Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - Your days of counting sheep may be over. The Winchester District Memorial Hospital opened a new sleep lab on Wednesday, Jan. 30 with three rooms dedicated to helping patients overcome sleep disorders like insomnia, sleep apnea and night movement. It’s a dream come true for people with sleeping problems in the region, who until now would have to drive to a city for treatment. Clinics exist at all the hospitals in Ottawa as well as the Cornwall Community Hospital, but nothing in the rural areas of the region. Winchester Hospital CEO Cholly Boland said the new lab cuts out the hassle of visiting the city, and offers faster, more convenient service. “Here we have a service close to home, and there’s barely any wait, and there’s a capacity to expand if we need to,� Boland said. The three-room lab is currently operating Monday to Friday from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., but as demand increases the hospital can expand its service to seven days a week. The lab is located in the Dillabough building

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beside the main hospital in the village of Winchester, and will employ four full-time staff: two polysomnographic technologists and two respirologist physicians. There is currently no waiting list, although patients need a doctor’s referral. At ďŹ rst glance, sleep disorders don’t seem very serious, but they can have a dramatic impact, Boland said. “I have had very close relatives who have had sleep disorders, and you can’t describe how much that disrupts their life and those of their families,â€? he said. “We know that sleep disorders affect 15 to 20 per cent of the population and if left untreated can result in higher risks of diabetes, heart disease, impotence, depression and arrhythmias,â€? said Lino DiNardo, president of Hospital Alliance Group, which helped the hospital set up the clinic. “Sleep disorder patients also may have daytime sleepiness which increase motor vehicle accidents, work related accidents, poor job performance and decreased quality of life.â€? Clinical service and chief nursing executive vice president Lynn Hall said the new clinic will help Winchester-area residents restore a healthier sleeping pattern close to home. “We spend about one third of our life sleeping, and sleep is important to help repair and restore our bodies. Our specialists at the sleep lab look forward to helping you manage any sleeprelated ailment and will provide guidance in the treatment of such disorders,â€? Hall said.

Langtry Lawn Care ignored orders to pay workers Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - A defunct Manotick lawn care company has been ďŹ ned $17,000 after its owner ignored orders to pay employees more than $10,000 in outstanding wages. Ryan Langtry, owner of the now-closed Langtry Lawn Care on Mitch Owens Road, was ďŹ ned for violations of the Employment Standards Act on Jan. 25. Between May 2009 and January 2011, the Ministry of Labour received claims from 13 employees for unpaid wages. An employment standards ofďŹ cer determined that the employees were owed a total of $10,450.90 and issued 13 orders to pay. Langtry did not comply with the orders, according to the ministry.

During the trial on Jan. 25, Langtry was ďŹ ned $17,000 and ordered to pay back the wages still owed. Langtry will also pay a 25 per cent victim ďŹ ne surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge goes to a special fund to assist victims of crime. Langtry said the outstanding wages were from 2007, but are only being dealt with at the ministry now. He said the legal problems - including another $5,000 ďŹ ne in 2009 for dumping demolition material at what he thought was an abandoned property stemmed from tough times for the company, which he said has been shut down for several years. “In 2007 I ran into some problems and some money was owed,â€? he said. “It went to the Ministry of Labour and

it’s just coming up now.â€? Langtry, 29, said the ďŹ ne and the outstanding wages will be paid as soon as his home in Greely is sold, hopefully by the end of this month. “Obviously it’s going to get paid. I don’t want to avoid it, I just want to get it behind me,â€? he said, noting that he was young and disorganized when his business was in trouble. “I was 24 or 25. I wasn’t the most organized by any means. I wasn’t trying to do bad.â€? Langtry’s former business has had ďŹ ve complaints in the past three years through the Better Business Bureau. One was for billing and collection issues and four were categorized as “problems with the product or service.â€? The business has a failing grade with the bureau because the company failed to respond to the bureau’s complaints.

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Ottawa couple lucky in love Duo to celebrate 60th anniversary Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com

EMC news - Tasia and George Smellie are comfortable around each other. It’s evident in the way they interact, finish each other’s sentences and always have a ready and easy smile for the other. They live in a two-bedroom apartment at the Walden Village Retirement Residence in Kanata Lakes, a spot they chose to be close to their family and for the community feel; something important to both of them. Now in their 60th year of marriage, they’ve seen highs and lows, faced the tragedy of losing a son and the delight of welcoming a granddaughter. It’s also evident that after six decades, the two still deeply love each other. “Everybody has hurdles, everybody has problems,” said George. “We did, but we also had each other. We had our love. “We’ve been lucky in so many ways.” The two met for the first time in Flin Flon, Man., while Tasia was attending high school and George worked during his summer break from a college in

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George and Tasia Smellie were married 60 years ago this August and are still going strong. Winnipeg. They belonged to a youth group that would gather by a lake and sing, and attend dances over the course of the summer. “It was a fairly large group,” said George, now 83. “Our first personal contact was at one of those dances … everyone grabbed their girls to get up and dance and I found this lady.” As the summer came to a close, “school started and we went our separate ways,” said Tasia, 81. The two reconnected the following summer but didn’t start dating until George was working in Winnipeg and Tasia

was attending the University of Manitoba. After graduating, Tasia moved to Regina, working for the Red Cross while George lived around 250 kilometres away in Swift Current, Sask., working in retail. “Any time we had a blood clinic in Swift Current they let me have it,” said Tasia. “The inevitable resulted,” said George. “We were destined.” The two were married in 1953 and were then living in Carman, Man. in a flat above the retail store where George worked. “I was a city slicker moving

into a small town,” said Tasia about the move. “We decided if our marriage could survive Carman, we could survive anything. And we did.” The couple welcomed the birth of four sons: Sandy, who passed away at age 20 from cancer, Tom and Ian, who both live in Ottawa, and Michael who lives and works in Houston, Texas. Over the course of their marriage, the Smellies have lived in numerous places and worked various jobs but always put family first. “Marriage introduced her to family,” said George of his wife, who was born in the Ukraine. “We haven’t missed any Christmases as a family,” said Tasia, adding when Michael couldn’t come home to Canada, the family would meet in New York for the holidays. MUSIC

Something the two share is a love of music. Both have belonged to choruses and quartets, performing on stage together multiple times. “We still both sing,” said Tasia. “Music just keeps on keeping us together.” When asked what kind of advice they would offer to other couples, “The rule of thumb is positive thinking,” said George. “There’s one word that sums up our lives and that’s lucky.”

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Residents see development possibility in Vanier plan update Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

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This diagram includes blocks that illustrate the size and height of buildings that could be constructed along Montreal Road in Vanier under the existing zoning rules. The city is updating development policies for the area along Montreal Road and McArthur Avenue. attractiveness, so Holmstrom wanted to see that maintained and built upon. Allowing more residential development right on Montreal Road would also help with some of the remaining safety issues, especially at night, he said. “I think that would also help frankly with some of the issues people have seen with the area in the past,” he said. “More people living here, more people walking here makes for a more solid community.” Carole Dagenais, an Orleans resident who works in Vanier, also wanted to see more resiLAURA MUELLER/METROLAND

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Vanier Community Association president Mike Bulthuis, right, and city staff examine boards outlining the types of buildings allowed under the neighbourhood’s current zoning rules. The city is updating development policies for the area along Montreal Road and McArthur Avenue. dents and a mix of businesses, but she was also wary of the potential for taller buildings. Dagenais worked downtown at a time when many of the core’s taller buildings were constructed, so she said she saw firsthand the impact of blocking out sunlight. “It has to have pockets of light so it’s not creating a very dark city,” she said. Any alterations that make the area more attractive to developers would be a positive change, she added.

Mike Bulthuis, president of the Vanier Community Association, agreed. He expects to see an influx of “major” development proposals after this process results in updates to the zoning and Official Plan as it applies to the area. CHANGES TO MCARTHUR?

But Bulthuis said he was concerned about another aspect of the study that just came to light – the potential to remove McArthur Avenue’s traditional

main street designation. “I think a lot of residents hope McArthur moves in that direction (of becoming a traditional main street), so if this is an opportunity to remove that designation, it would be really unfortunate,” Bulthuis said. City staff is looking at whether that designation makes sense for McArthur, but that doesn’t mean it will change, Knight said. “McArthur has a different feel than Montreal Road does,” she said. “It’s just whether when you drive down or walk down McArthur (Avenue), do you still get that same feel as Montreal Road? … On the surface it might not make sense to be a traditional main street, but we’re still looking at it to determine that. We’re not really sure.” The changes would clarify for developers what they could build in the area and streamline that process by eliminating the need to seek lengthy and expensive zoning and Official Plan amendments at city hall. DOWNZONING POSSIBLE

While no businesses or Montreal Road property owners attended the Feb. 6 open house, Knight said she is hoping to get their input soon, especially because the new zoning may result in building height decreases on some properties.

There are several sites where buildings as tall as 42 metres (around 14 storeys) would be allowed; however, the city normally only allows buildings to be up to nine storeys tall along traditional main streets like Montreal Road. “Some of the owners may object to a reduction in height but it would be more consistent with the policies for (traditional main streets) in the Official Plan, which is why the city is undertaking the exercise,” Suzanne Valiquet, executive director of the Quartier Vanier merchants’ association, said in an email. “I cannot speak on behalf of the owners and am not aware of any that have opposed the new amendment.” The business group hasn’t met to form opinions or comments on the project, but Valiquet said she expects the changes to build on the already increasing interest in redeveloping Vanier. “Now, finally, after 30 years where development came to a standstill, the risk takers are coming here,” she said. “There’s already potential investors in the works before the Official Plan came up … But this might help facilitate the task.” Knight is expected to attend an upcoming BIA board meeting to engage with the local business community.

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EMC news - Curiosity and excitement about sparking Vanier’s revitalization brought a couple dozen people out to an open house on Feb. 6. Those in attendance didn’t have much to react to as there is no proposal yet, but the goal is to update the antiquated zoning along Montreal Road that’s a remnant of amalgamation. The development policies are more restrictive than anywhere else in the city, according to city planner Melanie Knight. For instance, there is a unique rule that buildings on most parcels along Montreal Road can contain only a maximum of 30 per cent residential space. That policy restricts mixeduse development – the dense mix of condos on top of retail or commercial space that the city prizes as a way to create lively neighbourhoods, since local businesses can be supported by the surrounding residents, who benefit from close access to goods and services. That vision is largely what people who attended the Feb. 6 meeting hoped would come to Vanier. Cam Holmstrom, a Vanier resident and provincial New Democratic Party candidate for Ottawa-Vanier, said the neighbourhood has a lot of potential. “It needs a bit of a spit shine,” Holmstrom said. Nearby access to businesses is already part of Vanier’s

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EMC news - Eleven-yearold Darcy McRae is hoping to “give back a little bit” after he and his family had the opportunity to visit Paris for a week thanks to the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. The Bridlewood boy, a cancer survivor, is looking to pay it forward by raising money to grant another child’s wish. “I started (fundraising) after the whole brain tumour thing,” said Darcy, who attends W.O. Mitchell Elementary School. The Grade 6 student is matter of fact discussing his battle with cancer. Darcy was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2010, when he was eight years old. Suffering from flu-like symptoms, vomiting and severe headaches were chalked

up to illness, until a visit to the eye doctor. “They looked in my eyes and said ‘You have to get to CHEO,’” said Darcy. “They ran a whole whack of tests. The next day, I had surgery.” Non-cancerous, the tumor was “the size of a golf ball,” said Darcy, who underwent a 17-hour surgery, followed by two months of radiation. “There’s some still in there … so it’s like if you cut a golf ball in half.” Last summer, Darcy travelled to Paris with his family, courtesy of the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. “My brother went to Paris the year before. It sounded like fun and it was,” said Darcy. The McRaes had the chance to visit the Louvre, a carnival and Aquarium de Paris, took a river cruise and climbed the Eiffel Tower.

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Darcy McRae, 11, is raising money to grant another child his or her wish after he received a trip to Paris through the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. “It’s actually a really amazing structure,” said Darcy. “We climbed the stairs. It was fun.” WISH

Darcy wants to raise funds to grant another child his or her wish. He raised $500 going doorto-door in his neighbourhood the first year for the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada. The following year, he raised $2,500.

“All the neighbours are extremely supportive,” said Darcy, who plays peewee hockey with the Kanata Minor Hockey Association, water polo and enjoys hitting the gym. Now, he’s collecting money for the Children’s Wish Foundation. “I got the idea to raise money for kids,” said Darcy. Woodroffe Avenue Public School donated money to Darcy and his family for his trip to Paris. “I was the wish kid.”

So far, he’s collected around $600 from a craft fair held at his school earlier this year, and on Feb. 5, he hosted a cake raffle and bake sale. “Ms. Potvin has been a really big help,” he said of one of the teachers at his school. He also has plans to hold a badminton tournament to raise more. “I feel so good now,” said Darcy. “I’ve raised a bunch of money … I hope he has as wonderful a time as I did.” Darcy has also spoken at

a number of events and functions to help spread awareness. “I just want to give back,” he said. “It’s a heartwarming story,” said Sheldon, Darcy’s older brother. “He does it all himself. We help him out but it’s all Darcy’s idea. “It’s completely in character. Darcy is a generous lad.” To make a donation in Darcy’s name, visit childrenswish.ca and select Tribute – In Honour.

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Hair-raising help for Make a Wish Foundation Grade 7 student urges schoolmates to join him in fundraising for kids’ illnesses Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - It’s not often a Grade 7 student has the guts to dye his hair three different colours and then confront his entire school population - including those intimidating Grade 12s - to encourage them to do the same. But Justin Reid is no ordinary Grade 7 student. Since he was 8, the Greely resident, now 12, has sacriďŹ ced his hair for the greater good of granting wishes to kids with chronic and terminal illnesses in eastern Ontario. Each year, he has encouraged his classmates at Greely Elementary School to join him, or at least pledge a few dollars, of which he has raised several thousands since he began fundraising for the eastern Ontario chapter of the Make A Wish Foundation. Moving to St. Mark High School this September, Reid wasn’t intimidated by the larger and older school population. On Feb. 7, he once again addressed his schoolmates to support the cause, offering a charming presentation about

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why he chooses to fundraise for the charity. “I know it helps put smiles on the kids’ faces,â€? he told the crowd, proudly sporting his red, black and blonde hair to reect the St. Mark school colours. He’ll lose that hair on Feb. 23 as part of the foundation’s HaiRaiser event at Place D’Orleans. Reid said he hopes his presentation will increase awareness for the charity and raise some extra money for the foundation. He invited students to participate in Crazy Hair Day on Feb. 22 and to make a donation to the Make A Wish Foundation that day. He is also actively looking for more pledges for his head-shaving day on Feb. 23. School principal Steve McCabe said the school is proud to support such an enthusiastic ambassador.

“He is a conďŹ dent young man; he speaks with real conviction for the cause,â€? McCabe said. “He’s been doing it a long time so he brings that history to our school.â€? Reid’s mother Nathalie Reid said she and my husband are very proud of Justin, noting it was his initiative, not theirs, that led him down this charitable path. “We’ve always encouraged him to be good and to do good things,â€? she said. “But we haven’t pushed him to do this.â€? Angela Swann with the Make A Wish Foundation chapter said Reid is an inspiration for their staff and other kids. “He really sticks out because he was one of the ďŹ rst ones to get involved and take it to the next level,â€? Swann said. “He truly believes that kids should help kids.â€? Another HaiRaiser event on Feb. 3 in Metcalfe raised about $3,000 and donations are still being accepted. To donate or for information about HaiRaiser events in your area, visit www. makeawisheo.ca.

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Residents concerned with vibrations, noise with highway expansion Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

EMC news - One Orléans resident said she may sellher house if a planned expansion of highway 174 goes through. Andrea Smith, who has lived in her house on St. Jovite Ridge for five years, said the house already shakes when a bus or a big truck goes by. “Right now my kids drown out the noise when they are playing in the backyard but we are worried about what will happen when it becomes six lanes,” she said. Smith, along with several other residents of Orléans and Cumberland, attended the first of a series of public information sessions at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School on Feb. 7. The proposed expansion would see the 174 go from four lanes to six from the split to Trim Road, then four lanes along Highway 17 to Landry Road in Rockland. The study will consider improvements to the existing 174/17 corridor, upgrades to other existing roads and the construction of new roads in the study area. Smith said currently there is only a chain-link fence separating her yard from the highway. An expansion could pose more danger to her children as well as increased noise and vibrations. The public meeting was held to gauge public opinion of the environmental assessment process and hear some of the concerns. Valerie McGirr, the project manager, said another open house in the fall will discuss design alternatives. “For now we are just getting a

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A graphic shows the study area of the environmental assessment to look at the expansion of highway 174. sense of the conditions and determining transit needs,” she said. The City of Ottawa and the United Counties of Prescott and Russell are partners on the project. Currently the City of Ottawa has the expansion of the 174 listed as a phase 2 priority under the city’s transportation master plan, which means it could be constructed sometime between 2016 and 2022. Even with conservative estimates, the existing work done by the project team has showed that roadways in the area will reach capacity by 2031. McGirr said traffic problems have

been indentified for many years. The area around Green’s Creek is already at capacity, with other areas like Bilberry Creek set to reach capacity in 2031. As part of the environmental assessment, the study team had to look at alternatives to widening the road. McGirr said a new route wouldn’t be an alternative because it doesn’t fit with the NCC’s Greenbelt master plan. Widening Innes Road isn’t an alternative because it won’t deliver the capacity needed and widening St. Joseph would cause a “significant impact” on the Orléans community.

Other alternatives for the segment from Trim to Rockland and in the town of Rockland were similarly examined and rejected. Orléans Coun. Rainer Bloess said he is worried the assessment doesn’t consider ongoing noise barrier retrofit programs and plans for an interprovincial bridge. “It seems out of sync,” he said. McGirr said those projects would be considered, but an environmental assessment can’t include input until the bridge crossing site is determined. “Will it change traffic patterns?

Yes, but we don’t currently have that information,” she said. Carl Ward, a resident of Orléans, said he is worried about the public’s safety in the way of the expansion. “We already have problems with vibration and noise,” he said. “Things on your mantle will tilt and I think we have to seriously consider that.” McGirr said environmental impacts like noise and vibrations will be studied during the assessment. But Ottawa-Orléans MP Royal Galipeau said if we know how much noise trucks and buses make further west on Highway 417, we should know what kind of impact they will make in the east end. “If we know they make noise at the Parkdale exit, won’t it be the same here?” he asked. But McGirr said the study would also take into account noise from 2031 traffic estimates. Ward said the area sits on a clay pot and the expansion could cause real problems for area homeowners. Jeannie Smith from Cumberland echoed those sentiments and suggested a ring road, using vacant farmland to the south of the existing highway. Residents who wish to provide more detailed comments can do so before Feb. 22 to Valerie.mcgirr@ aecom.com or by calling 613-8208282, ext. 243. In the meantime Andrea Smith and her husband may be talking to a realtor. “We don’t want to wait until later in the process because then more people will know about it and we may have trouble selling, if that’s the way we decide to go,” she said.

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Carling-Preston plan revealed City staff report to follow Steph Willems steph.willems@metroland.com

EMC news - An open house on Feb. 5 gave residents a clear view the commissioned development plan for the Carling-Preston area, though many factors criticized in earlier iterations still remain. A less-detailed vision of the ďŹ nal plan created by Toronto-based planning consultant George Dark was released in early January and was met with concerns over several of its features, namely the addition of vehicle roads along the east side of the O-Train corridor, nine-storey buildings bordering some of that corridor and a row of 18-storey buildings along the west side of Rochester Street. The open house revealed the plan in greater detail, but those contentious elements remained. Following an overview of the plan by Lee Ann Snedden, the city’s manager of policy development and urban design, followed by updates on the separate Gladstone

and Bayview district design plans, residents were able to view display boards and consult with city planners. A model showing the three-dimensional layout of the plan was also on display. “This plan is the result of recommendations and work from (planning consultant) George Dark and we are here to hear your feedback,â€? said Snedden, stating that staff have already heard a signiďŹ cant amount of commentary on the issue. “(Staff) will summarize this feedback and will be making recommendations to planning committee based on comments we hear tonight.â€? The staff report, with resident’s comments attached, will be sent to planning committee on March 26. Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes echoed the sentiment expressed by many before and during the open house. “We absolutely have to get rid of the Norman Street nine-storey application that’s in, and the news – the street – that’s running alongside our bicycle path,â€? said Hol-

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Holmes said she would like to see the height along Rochester Street reduced to “the nine-storey rangeâ€? as the lots along Carling would be better suited to tall buildings. “The Carling height is pretty acceptable for most people and that’s a good place to put height -- that’s a lot of density capacity,â€? said Holmes, adding the federal government will soon ofoad large lots east of Booth Street in the near future, which will offer additional opportunities for greater height. “The community and the business community are all in favour of that density on Carling,â€? she said. “We have to keep the Little Italy piece – the worker’s houses, the historical and cultural heart of Little Italy – we have to keep those, because we have all this other capacity (for) extreme height and density.â€? Peter Eady, trafďŹ c committee chairman for the Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association, disapproved of the new roadways paralleling the O-Train corridor. Despite the fact that the Dark plan shows ďŹ ve new pedestrian crossings over the rail tracks, Eady questioned whether a particular one – the crossing at Adeline Street – would remain solely for pedestrians. “We’re proposing that it remain a pedestrian bridge,â€? said Eady, adding, “We also asked that the north end of Champagne Avenue (just south of Beech Street) become an occasional trafďŹ c route.â€?

The drawings provided with the Dark plan show that stretch of Champagne – between Ev Tremblay Park and the adjacent parking lot of the Beechgrove Apartments – as being a multi-purpose street, one which can be closed off for trafďŹ c to host outdoor events or markets. Dalhousie Community Association president Michael Powell said the lack of differences between the vision released a month ago and the ďŹ nal form of the Dark plan “was not totally surprising.â€? He said he hopes the concerns of residents expressed through feedback channels will make an impact on the staff report’s recommendations. “I’m hoping that after having heard feedback they will adjust (the plan) accordingly,â€? said Powell, saying other neighbourhood associations in the area share their main concerns. “Right now it is key to make staff and the decision makers aware of our concerns and I think those concerns are reasonable ... . We want the area to evolve in a sensible, rational way and we want the city to fully consider the outcome of what they are suggesting.â€? If the staff report is passed by both planning committee and council, the next step will be to have the public advisory committee, technical advisory committee and stakeholders ďŹ nalize a secondary plan for the area. That plan is expected to be completed sometime in the fall of 2013.

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Dickinson Square development underway sized spaces and increasing the new development’s height limit from 11 metres to 12m. The development corporation board has also approved a list of architectural guidelines and a permanent special event easement on the square’s open space that must be included as part of the final purchase agreement.

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EMC news - The Dickinson Square development process is officially underway. The City of Ottawa posted a request for expressions of interest on Merx.com, Canada’s public tenders website on Feb. 1, inviting interested parties to come forward with their ideas and questions about the three properties up for sale or lease in the heart of Manotick. The package includes four designated heritage buildings: Dickinson House, home of the Rideau Township Historical Society; the Ayers building, home of Rural Ottawa South Support Services; the Carriage Shed, used as office and programming space for Watson’s Mill; and Weaver House. It also includes a development opportunity for a “mixed-use innovative and dynamic development” on the Clapp Lane property to the north of Dickinson Square. The city purchased the properties in 2007 and they are now managed by the Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation, of which the city is the sole shareholder. In May, the city began to work with residents and community groups to rezone the properties and make them marketable, while ensuring the heritage and social aspects of the square are maintained. Those rezonings were finally approved in December, limiting storefronts to small boutique-

“The hope is that you go through it with the community in mind the whole time.” SCOTT MOFFATT RIDEAU-GOULBOURN COUNCILLOR

The city will host site visits throughout February for prospective developers and will entertain confidential meetings to discuss ideas one-on-one throughout March. Dave Powers from the city’s real estate office said the city will compile the feedback received from those meetings and submitted ideas in April and will likely post a request for actual redevelopment proposals in the late spring. “The advantage is to gather as much information from interested parties to develop our own terms of reference for the request for offers,” Powers said. “We’re going into the request

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Manotick Village Community Association president Klaus Beltzner was upset that the community had not been consulted before the request for expressions of interest was publicly posted. He said he feels like asking the community for input is an afterthought, and it doesn’t bode well as the Dickinson Square development moves forward. But Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt said the request for expressions of interest is already infused with the community’s vision for the square. “Everything is included that

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EMC news - Residents busted out their wallets to make the Osgoode Township Care Centre’s beer-tasting fundraiser an unexpectedly big success. Busting out the Brews made just shy of $25,000 on Friday, Feb. 1 when local breweries, a winery, a band and several local restaurants came together at Stanley’s Farm to deliver an evening of beer tasting and entertainment. About 400 people packed the farm north of Metcalfe, where they got to taste local microbrews and appetizers, participate in live and silent auctions and dance the night away with The Gang, a blues and rock band. In the end, about $10,000 came through sold-out ticket sales, another $10,800 was raised through the live auction and about $4,000 came in through the silent auction items. Wendy Hill, the care centre’s director of community relations, said the event vastly exceeded their goal of $15,000, and has taken them much closer to their $100,000 goal for March 1. “It was jam packed,” she said. “Everyone was just so happy and generous.” She said the breweries and their staff were awesome and the restaurants’ appetizers were a huge hit. The Gang, of course, kept everyone dancing. “The band was phenomenal. They played really good blues in the beginning and then they played classic rock,” Hill said. “I think everyone had a great time.

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EMC news – Laura MacDonald had to take a break from her nursing internship at Queen’s University. But she had a pretty good reason. The 22-year-old Katimavik woman had a date at Rideau Hall on Friday, Feb. 8, where she was awarded a Governor General Medal of Bravery. “That was a huge shock,” said MacDonald. “I feel very special, very honoured.” Gov-Gen. David Johnston presented four Stars of Courage and 46 Medals of Bravery last week. The awards were created in 1972 to recognize people who risk their lives to protect or try to save others. The Medal of Bravery recognizes acts of bravery during hazardous circumstances. MacDonald never expected to receive an award for her actions on March 20, 2010, the night she saved a fellow Queen’s student from drowning. That night, MacDonald and a group of five of her fellow students were out for a walk along the Lake Ontario waterfront across from her residence, when they heard cries coming from the water. MacDonald and her friends ran to the pier where they saw a purple leather jacket lying on the dock, the type commonly used by Queen’s engi-

out because it’s little metal bars,” she said. When she reached the top, MacDonald, who was cold, wet and very tired, returned to her residence, while her friends waited for an ambulance to arrive. “We were (later) told she was fine,” she said. Over the next week, MacDonald, who had been nursing a cold, developed bronchitis. “I actually wasn’t going to tell my parents about what happened that night because I was afraid they’d be angry because I put myself in danger,” she said. In 2011, MacDonald received a commendation of merit from the Kingston police. MacDonald, who attended both Katimavik Elementary School and Earl of March while growing up, was later nominated for the Governor General’s Medal of Bravery by her father, Reginald. “I’m pretty proud,” he said the day before the awards ceremony. “Very proud.” Laura MacDonald had been keeping the news of her award under wraps, said Reginald. “She hasn’t even told hardly any of her friends, just the ones who were there; she’s kept it pretty low key.” But her parents’ enthusiasm was infectious, his daughter said. “Everyone’s got me pumped about it,” she said. “My parents are pretty excited.”

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EMC news - The hard work performed by members of a Westborobased charity is already paying off in the mountains of northern Thailand. A group of 20 Karen students – refugees whose families escaped political strife and genocide in neighbouring Myanmar – recently graduated from the Jen’s House secondary school, located one hour from Chiang Mai, and many are now planning careers. These youth are the first graduating class from the schoolhouse built by members and volunteers of Karen Learning and Education Opportunities support group, a non-profit group started by six Ottawa women and led by founder and director Coleen Scott. The school includes a residence capable of housing 24 students who live communally while performing their studies. Jen’s House, constructed in 2009, is a living memorial to Scott’s daughter Jen, who died suddenly of an illness while teaching in a remote Karen village in 2003. Scott wanted to do something to help improve the lives of the people her daughter was so passionate about, forming the support group soon thereafter. “The essence of the work that is

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heal the immense hole in my heart and the never-ending desperation. A place where I could offer the love I could no longer give to Jenny. Oddly enough, it was through Jen’s work and kindness that I came to what has now been a 10-year healing journey with the courageous

Karen people.” Having attained charitable status late last year, Karen Learning and Education Opportunities also assists the 300 or so Karen refugees residing in Ottawa, providing them with support and help in accessing beneficial services and programs.

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The support group formed an English summer school for Karen residents in 2007 and its programming continues to expand. One young Karen woman helped by the support group’s efforts is Suneesa, a young woman who graduated from Jen’s House last spring and returned to her village to start a small business after studying sewing and design in university. She was one of 10 students who have gone on to post-secondary education following their time at Jen’s House. Suneesa recognized the intricate sewing and weaving skills of the local populace and, with the help of the support group, is organizing a group of local women to bring their unique wares to market. The Ladies of Nong Tao was created to foster not just local business, but also to advance opportunities and education among the villagers. An education fund is among the ideas Suneesa and her friends are planning. Karen Learning and Education Opportunities member Nancy Maddams, like Scott, sees hope and inspiration in stories like Suneesa’s. “It’s so great to have a Jen’s House graduate return to her village to help,” said Maddams, noting that another graduate is studying pharmacology. “It’s heartwarming to see how the results have paid off with these young people.” More information about the support group, including information on how to volunteer, can be sound on the group’s website at kleosupportgroup.com

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EMC news - If you’ve signed up for the Osgoode Youth Association’s ’Goode Run in May, you have 10 weeks to learn how to finish it. The youth centre is offering an expanded set of learn-to-run clinics for fivekilometre and 10-km race participants this year, and have secured some help and inspiration from a group of philanthropic endurance athletes who run an organization called Good Guys Tri. Good Guys Tri founder Mike Herzog and some of his partners will visit the kickoff

clinic on Feb. 27, and will return several more times to inspire the runners. The key to a positive training experience, Herzog said, is giving yourself a good cause to run for. “You have to tie your goals to something bigger than yourself,” said Herzog, who runs ultra-marathons, Iron Man races and other endurance events. “You’ll never give up on your training.” Supporting a youth centre like O-YA fits perfectly with Herzog’s mandate under Good Guys Tri, which focuses on “youth-based good will,” he said. Run organizer Heather

Roe has added a 10-kilometre clinic to complement the existing five-km clinic, and she hopes Herzog’s help will inspire more people to give running a chance. “We’re on this push to really try to inspire some kids and adults to get out and give (the race) a try, to just give it a whirl,” she said. Both clinics take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning Feb. 27. The five-km clinic is a starter clinic for anyone who wants to learn how to properly run a five-km race. The 10-km clinic is geared to people who can already run five and would like to try

10, or people who can run 10 and want to improve their time. The ‘Goode Run on Saturday, May 11 begins at the OYA centre on Osgoode Main Street and follows the nearby multi-use pathway for a there-and-back route. The 3rd annual race is a major fundraiser for the centre, and Roe hopes to maintain the $20,000 the centre raised last year. “I would love for it to grow, but if we can stay in the $20,000 mark for O-YA, I’m jumping up and down,” she said. Registration is now open for the race and the learn-torun clinics on o-ya.ca.

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Finally, the penny will retain its value indefinitely. Consumers will be able to use pennies for as long as they like with businesses that choose to accept them, or get full value if deposited at their local banking institution. Many local charities have launched penny drives in response to this development, so if you have pennies lying around, I encourage you to donate them to a local organization in need. Anyone with questions about this change can contact government at 1.800.O.Canada (1.800.622.6232). Pierre Poilievre MP Nepean-Carleton

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EMC news - After a whirlwind year for students and teachers at Assumption Catholic School, everyone wanted to do something as a way of thanking the community that helped them build their playground. As a result of their efforts, Assumption donated $468 to Vanier’s local food bank, Partage Vanier, on Feb. 4. The money was raised from the school’s annual holiday sale in December. Principal Luce Paradis said this money is typically earmarked for the school’s own needs, but since the neighbourhood recently helped the school raise $80,000 for a new playground, staff decided it was time to give back. “It was because of the generosity of the community this year we felt it was important to give back,� said principal

Luce Paradis. “We have been so lucky and now it’s time to pay it forward.� The school’s North Pole sale has been a tradition for the past 10 years and sells gently used items. This year, staff at the Catholic school board, trustees and the greater community attended the sale to purchase items. Items ranged from 25 cents to $5 and the entire student body participated in collecting and selling the items. Barra Thiom, a community developer at the Vanier Community Service Centre, accepted the cheque from the school. Thiom said the money will help needy families in the neighbourhood and thanked the school for thinking of the food bank. Paradis said that when it came to who the school should support, choosing the food bank seemed obvious. “It is about giving these

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Town and Gown committee needs members Group aims to make changes for both students, residents in Sandy Hill Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - A new committee aimed at bridging the gap between students and homeowners living in Sandy Hill says it needs more volunteers to make the endeavour a success. The Town and Gown committee is a pilot project seeking to improve relationships and communication among those living and working in the neighbourhood, including the University of Ottawa, police, residents, students and landlords. The committee meets three times a year and has two working groups, one focused on housing and another on strategic initiatives. The working groups meet every month. So far, participation has been minimal. Christopher Collmorgen, president of Action Sandy Hill, is one of the residents who fought for the committee based on similar ones that exist in other Ontario university towns. Collmorgen and fellow concerned residents cel-

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The aftermath of a St. Patrick’s Day party in Sandy Hill has residents seeking a way to live happily in a community shared with university students. ebrated when the city agreed to set up the pilot project, stating at the time he hoped it would help mend the divide between homeowners, landlords and students. The committee officially started in September and now halfway through its first year, he is concerned about the level of participation - specifically the lack of students sitting around the table. “We can’t guess what students’ concerns are; they bring a perspective that we don’t know about,” Collmor-

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gen said. There are nine seats on the committee including RideauVanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, a representative of the student federation and a representative of the graduate student association. Currently, the two student positions remain empty and no students have attended the meetings. “We are only addressing what we see is the problem,” Collmorgen said. “There is a place at the table for the students and those positions

are not being used, and that is hard for us to raise their concerns for them,” he said. In the past, the area had a good neighbours committee which addressed concerns from residents about noise, garbage and other bylaw infractions. The new Town and Gown committee is meant to be a place where both parties -students and homeowners -can voice their concerns and issues with the neighbourhood. Fleury said the having stu-

dents participate is definitely important for the success of the project. “We need them there,” he said. “We feel it is important to have them there to discuss the issues they have.” Although students have yet to show up to a working group meeting, Collmorgen said participation as a whole could be better. The president questions whether the timing of the meetings is the problem. Currently, the working group meetings are held at around

4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., times Collmorgen admits may make it difficult for many to attend. “Timing is a problem,” he said. “The timing has been a matter of convenience for the people organizing it. It seems to be done in a way that reps who work a nine-to-five job could get the meeting in before the end of the day. I would like to see these meetings to be held later.” Collmorgen will be proposing that the upcoming February meetings will be the last ones held at this time. “I really feel a lot of the issues students have are ultimately the same issues the community has,” Collmorgen said. “And that is the purpose of the Town and Gown, this is a collective for the community and if everyone can voice their concerns, working together we can resolve those issues.” Collmorgen also invites students from across the city and members of other associations to also come out to participate. “There are more students living in Ottawa than just in Sandy Hill and the issues they have, or residents have, are not isolated to Sandy Hill,” Collmorgen said. Anyone is welcome to attend the next two working group meetings. The housing working group meets at 4:30 p.m. at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Feb.22. The strategic initiatives meeting, which will discuss upcoming events such as preparation for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day, will meet on Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. at the Sandy Hill Community Centre.

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Flood of memories just what they need Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

classiďŹ cation for properties across the city. Most maps haven’t been updated since the 1990s and two city drains near Greely have never been mapped at all. An important part of the project is public feedback, in the form of photos, clippings and memories about oods of the past, said water resources engineer Sandra Mancini. Any

“Floodplain mapping is a preventative exercise,â€? she wrote in an email. “It’s designed to foresee sensitive areas in maximum ood conditions to protect people and property.â€? The John Boyce Drain located just north of Greely and owing east from Bank Street to Ramseyville Road, and the Osgoode Garden Cedar Acres Drain owing east from Stagecoach to John Quinn Road, have never been mapped be-

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Outstanding young citizen Elmwood School student Daphée Dubouchet-Olsheski, 16, left, is presented with a 2012 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year nomination certificate by Theresa Fritz, interim managing editor of the Ottawa East EMC on Feb. 7. Daphée was nominated for the tireless energy she has dedicated to environmental causes, including leading the environmental council at Elmwood and her participation in a trip to Antarctica in January 2012. She is one of 25 junior citizen nominees across the province. The awards are sponsored by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association.

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EMC news – The federal government continues to trumpet Canada’s growing economy even as two more reports point to growing inequality and poverty. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and other Conservatives have said for years that Canada’s economy is doing relatively well. They point to the growing gross domestic product (GDP) as proof. But the GDP benefits investors more than working people. They point to an unemployment rate hovering just more than seven per cent. But many jobs created since the 2008 financial collapse are not the good-paying, union jobs in manufacturing; more and more jobs created today are in the low-paying service industry. It has created a startling income gap examined in reports by two national think tanks. The right-wing leaning Conference Board of Canada issued a report card saying the country’s potential and reputation are falling when it comes to societal issues like inequality and poverty. It gave Canada a “B” – good for a seventh place ranking out of 17 developed countries, a middle-of-the-pack ranking that leaves room for improvement. Social democracies such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland top the rankings; countries with lax financial regulations - Japan and the U.S. – got a “D” ranking. Inequality – both income and gender - was the primary reason for Canada’s ranking, according to the report. The top 10 per cent have enjoyed a 34 per cent rise in income over the last 30 years (about the time trickledown economics was introduced),

while the bottom 10 per cent have seen their earnings rise just 11 per cent, according to the report. The report’s author, Brenda Lafleur, is concerned about inequality in education most of all. “Better education is a powerful way to achieve growth that benefits all,” Lafleur said. “It is very hard for the child of poor parents to do well (if costs continue to escalate).” WORST POVERTY RATE

Canada has the dubious distinction of having the highest poverty rate among the 17 countries the report looked at. The child poverty rate is 15.1 per cent, up from 12.8 per cent in the mid-1990s. Only the U.S. ranked lower. Workingage poverty is 11.1 per cent, up from 9.4 per cent in the late 1990s, good for a tie with the U.S. and Japan. The Conference Board said without government benefits and taxes, poverty rates would jump to 23 per cent, compared to the current 12. Lafleur said Canadians selfidentify as a compassionate country, but only because they compare the country with the U.S. Of the positives for Canada, acceptance of diversity, life satisfaction, and lower rates in homicides and burglaries were better than most of the other 17 countries. RICH GETTING RICHER

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) did an analysis of recent Statistics Canada data that showed the income gap between the richest 1 per cent and the rest of Canadians continues to grow. The rich take in almost $180,000 more today than 30 years ago (adjusted for in-

flation). The bottom 90 per cent saw income gains of just $1,700. Usually the presumption is that rural folks are worse off than those in cities. But when it comes to the countries three largest cities, the bottom 90 per cent actually make less today than in 1982. They’ve seen drops of between $224 and $4,300. The top one per cent have seen gains between $162,000 and $297,000, according to the leftleaning think tank. CCPA senior economist David Macdonald is concerned that workers may begin to lose faith in the unwritten social contract. “If the bottom 90 per cent are not sharing in prosperity, then you have reached a crisis,” Macdonald said. “You begin to ask if the system is fair. That idea that if you work hard, can you still get ahead?” He said the top one per cent in Ottawa made an average $237,000 in 1982. Today it’s $394,000, an increase of 67 per cent. The bottom 90 per cent saw an increase from $32,000 to $37,000 or a 14 per cent trickle up. Macdonald said one of the solutions is to tax the top one or two per cent more. Critics say they are the job creators and will simply move elsewhere if taxes become too burdensome. Macdonald doubts that will happen. The rich were taxed at much higher rates in Canada, too, between the 1930s and 1970s. That’s when the middle class was strongest. Canada’s most equal province, according to the CCPA report, is Prince Edward Island. The most unequal place is Calgary, by far. The top one per cent of Calgarians saw a $570,000 pay increase since 1982. The bottom 90 per cent saw an increase of just $2,000.

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High school students make apps, test drive with youngsters Blair Edwards blair.edwards@metroland.com

EMC news - The high-tech industry’s push to ďŹ nd more software and app programmers has entered the classrooms of A.Y. Jackson Secondary School. A Grade 10 computer science class at the Glen Cairn high school recently celebrated the creation of 10 apps for the BlackBerry Playbook, teaching tools that were tested out on an enthusiastic group of grade 3 and 4 students at John Young Elementary School. The students held an apprelease party on Jan. 23, unveiling programs that taught math and geography while enjoying a lunch of pizza, soft drinks and juice. “It was an amazing feeling. The kids play with it and actually enjoy it,â€? said Melissa Manseau, who together with her fellow students Cameron Wissing and Justin Kim created The Fishygame, an app that teaches basic math schools. Brendan Marentette and Awalie Hassan produced the Animal Race Xtreme Edition, a game that teaches children basic math skills. “We talked to the kids and the kids were interested in making a race game with animals,â€? Marentette said. The computer science students started the course with no background in programming, ďŹ rst learning the basics

of Turing and Flash, a graphic user interface and then moving on to Action Script 3, a coding program that allowed students to generate game mechanics. Matt Hodgson, a software developer at BlackBerry, formerly known as RIM, who has worked on Twitter applications for the older BlackBerry phones as well as an app for the new BlackBerry 10, visited the class an hourand-a-half each week last fall, helping the students pick up the basics of programming language and troubleshooting any coding problems. “I was blown away by the work they did,â€? said Hodgson. “I wasn’t expecting that much; this was their ďŹ rst programming class.â€? Cameron said he wants to one day get a job in the hightech industry. “I hope to follow in Matt’s footsteps, try to get a good job, something to do with coding,â€? he said. Helen Nowell’s grade 3 and 4 class at John Young acted as the customers for the apps, giving the groups of Grade 10 students direction on what kind of apps they would like. “The kids told us what they wanted,â€? said Thao-Tran. “We just made that happen. Thao-Tran Le-Phuong’s group created an app called !Explosions!, a game where children are asked to match capital cities with provinces.

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From left, Thao-Tran Le-Phuong, Melissa Manseau and Brendan Marentette, are three of 22 students in the Grade 10 introduction to computer science course at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Glen Cairn who recently finished programming 10 apps for the BlackBerry Playbook. “They wanted an explosions game,� she said. “There’s bombs and there’s provinces and you just kind of blow them up. “When we showed them

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our app, they said, ‘Oh, that’s cool.’� The John Young students provided art work for the apps, which were scanned onto the computers and manipulated

using Adobe Photoshop. “They needed to make company logos and they needed to make the idea for the game,â€? said Nowell. The grade 3 and 4 students also learned how to use scratch, an MIT-developed graphical language designed for young people. “It was really neat,â€? said Nowell. “In the design of the program, a lot of the connection is supposed to be through art.â€? The children also visited A.Y. Jackson several times last fall and winter to see how the app programs were coming along. “I think they really enjoyed seeing their artwork turn up on the screen,â€? Nowell said. This year is Carla Kirby’s ďŹ rst time teaching the apps development program. “It surprised me how well it worked and how students were excited,â€? she said. “It was energizing just to be in the room watching those kids talk.â€? The Grade 10 Introduction to Computer Science teacher received training last spring on how to instruct the course. Starting last fall, Kirby divided her class into 10 groups to work on apps for eight Playbooks donated by RIM. “They know nothing at the beginning,â€? she said. “They go from nothing to making pretty amazing apps.â€? The students learned the meaning of deadlines, with

many of them working to perfect their programs during lunch hours and at home. “You have to make deadlines, because if you don’t do it those Grade 3s don’t have a product,� Kirby said. “My kids would be letting down the Grade 3s if they’re not able to make the deadlines, which gave my kids a lot more motiviation.� Working with an industry mentor and creating a product under tight deadlines gives the students a connection to the “real world,� she said. Kirby, who teaches grade 10, 11 and 12 computer science courses, said students will learn C++ programming in Grade 11 and develop more advanced apps in Grade 12. EXPANSION

This is the ďŹ rst year app programming has been offered at A.Y. Jackson, a course that falls under the umbrella program TechU.me. TechU.me, a program designed to entice high school students into considering a career in technology, was launched in 2007 by the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, which has since changed its name to Invest Ottawa, and a cluster of hightech companies that hoped to boost the number of youth entering computer science programs at universities and colleges.

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

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Feb. 16

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.

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.

Feb. 15: Carleton University president Dr. Roseann Runte will speak to the 26th Humanitarian Gala dinner at the Sheraton Hotel on Feb. 15. These dinners are organized by the Ottawa branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society to raise funds for projects in Commonwealth countries. This year, the proceeds will be donated to a Canhave project for children in Uganda. The reception begins at 5:45 p.m. Tickets are $85 for RCS members and $125 for nonmembers, which includes a year’s membership in the RCS. Contact Joy Tilsley at 613-747-7318 for tickets or more information.

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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 Fathers Ave.

Feb. 20: The city’s Rural Affairs office has developed a by-law to allow all terrain vehicle (ATV) use on certain municipal roadways (both opened and unopened) in Osgoode Ward on a pilot project basis. Members of the public are invited to attend an information session to learn more and provide feedback, Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the upper hall of the Osgoode Community Centre. For more information, contact the Rural Affairs office at 613-580-2424 x 28352 or ruralaffairs@ottawa.ca.

Feb. 21: Join Ottawa Riverkeeper for an evening of adventurepacked films that celebrate our natural world while raising funds to protect the Ottawa River. The evening includes a silent auction, door prizes and the opportunity to speak to the Ottawa Riverkeeper herself, Meredith Brown. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington

Feb. 17 Join us at the Hampton-Iona Winter Carnival on Feb. 17 at Iona Park, located between Iona and Wesley avenues. Enjoy skating, snowshoeing,

Street, Ottawa. All proceeds from this evening support Ottawa Riverkeeper initiatives, including the purchase of water quality test kits for our Riverwatch Program. $12 general admission or $50 VIP pass. Visit ottawariverkeeper. ca to learn more.

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Feb 28: Payback is an incisive and moving exploration of debt not simply as an economic condition, but as a primal human dilemma. Jennifer Baichwal’s masterfully cinematic adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s bestseller Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth frames four divergent stories against Atwood’s witty, eclectic analysis of human obligation. Greely Branch (1448 Meadow Drive - 613-821-3609). February 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m. It is easy to take dozens or hundreds of photos with your digital camera. But then what? Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users’ Group will help you discover some easy ways of correcting basic flaws so you will be proud to display your photos. For more information call

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InfoService at 613-580-2940 or email InfoService@biblioottawalibrary.ca. Online registration is required. Manotick Branch (5499 South River – 613-6923854). Thursday, Feb. 28, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.

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Laughter is a natural instinct. Learn about the physical, emotional, psychological and social benefits of laughter. A Registered Nurse from Retire-At-Home services will give a talk about the benefits of laughter as an excellent way to reduce pain along with the need for love and belonging. So, go ahead and Laugh for the health of it! For more information, contact InfoService at 613-580-2940 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca.Online registration is required. Manotick branch (5499 South River - 613-692-3854). Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.

Ongoing 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. Children’s programs at Manotick Library: Drop in for stories, rhymes and songs for babies ages 0 to18 months from 10 to10:30 a.m.; Toddler Time ages18 months to three years from 10:30 to 11 a.m.; Storytime for ages three to six yrs from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Session 1 runs every Thursday morning until Feb. 21. For more information contact us at 613-692-3854. 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 OCTranspo #144 and free parking. Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive, Greely. Old Time Fiddle and Country Dance. First Friday of every month. 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. $5/person at the door or yearly memberships available. No charge for participating musicians and singers. Join us for a good time.

Mondays 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.

An interclub event by Ottawa Area Rotary Clubs.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

3 Tasting Tickets, Appetizer and Complimentary Beer Sampling.

Ottawa Valley Lasers VS Les Pirates de Montreal

Tickets $40/person

Jim Durrell Arena - 1264 Walkley Rd.

A big thank you to Scotia Bank and all of our sponsors!

Friday March 1st, 7pm-10pm Wabano Aboriginal Centre

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