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to me that doesn’t necessarily give me any clues as to where we’re going to be at come December (of this year),” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, the year, Ottawa has been be- head of the robbery unit. “We Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com set by 14 bank robberies – al- make one or two arrests and most half of the 30 robberies suddenly we don’t have a bank robbery for weeks, so we’ve The rising number of bank police investigated in 2014. This time last year, six seen that. robberies this year is worrying “These spikes – whether it’s Ottawa police robbery investi- banks had been robbed. “The spike concerns me, but a bank robbery or a retail robgators. Less than two months into I don’t read a lot into it because bery or swarmings – we see them from time to time and then things will settle down,” he said, adding that just one or two arrests of suspects who may be responsible for a number of bank robberies could make a big impact and prevent future robberies. “So the numbers have a way of kind of balancing out OUTDOORS ENTRYWAY FAMILY ROOMand being BEDROOM consistent over longer periods of time,” Haarbosch said, adding that police Sale from Feb 20 - Feb 26, 2015 have seen similar spikes in the FAMILY ROOM BEDROOM number of bank robberies in OUTDOORS ENTRYWAY FAMILY ROOM BEDROOM past years. RYWAY FAMILY ROOM BEDROOM

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The rooftops of high schools in south Ottawa and Nepean are going green in a high-tech way. Franco-Cité Catholic secondary school on Smyth Road in the Riverview Park neighbourhood of south Ottawa will be outfitted with a 150kilowatt rooftop solar-panel system that is expected to generate 244,000 kilowatt hours of energy. It will also generate $1.8 million in income over 20 years for the Ottawa-based French Catholic school board, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-East, which has 21,000 students in 41 elementary and 10 secondary schools. Franco-Ouest Catholic secondary school in Nepean will be equipped with a similar 100-kilowatt system that is expected to produce 140,000 kilowatt hours of energy and provide $1 million in income for the school board’s sustainable development projects. The energy projects, which are part of a collaboration between the school board and the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative, will be hooked up to the provincial power grid this month, the school board said in a statement. Ten other schools in the board are already connected to the grid. The income generated will come from the rental of the rooftops as part of a 20-year contract between

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South Ottawa bank robbed twice Road, was robbed on Feb. 5 at approximately 10:15 a.m. and on Feb. 12 around 6 p.m. An 18-year-old Ottawa man was arrested and charged in connection with the Feb. 5 robbery of the Bank Street branch. Most of the banks robbed this year are located downtown, in the east end, such as in Orléans and Blackburn Hamlet, and in south Ottawa.

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“These things are not unusual where you have one person that does something and then they go back to the well several times until they get arrested or something else happens that precludes them from carrying on,” he explained. The higher numbers this year can, in part, be attributed to a number of banks being targeted more than once. Police allege one suspect robbed two banks on Bank Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 15 and a third on Jan. 23 in the 100-block of Kent Street. A branch in the 1600-block of Montreal Road in Beacon Hill was also hit twice, first on Jan. 26 and again on Feb. 5. And a bank in the 1500block of Bank Street near Cecil Avenue, north of Heron

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In the Feb. 12 case, a male suspect entered the branch at Bank Street and Cecil Avenue and passed a note in a demand for cash. Eyewitnesses at the bank said he had what appeared to be an imitation handgun. “They felt that it was pret-

ty clear that it wasn’t a real handgun,” Haarbosch said, declining to describe the fake weapon for investigative reasons. The man fled the premises with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured in the incident. The day after the crime, investigators released two images taken from the bank’s video surveillance system in hopes someone can identify the mustachioed male suspect and prevent the possibility of future robberies. “We put (the media release) out today hoping that we could put a quick stop to this,” said Haarbosch. “For somebody that would know him I think that would help. I don’t know how often you see a male wearing a huge scarf like that.”

When asked about the impact of multiple robberies on bank employees, the veteran police officer said employees are always offered victim support. Banks also provide their personnel with additional internal assistance, said Haarbosch. “Each person reacts differently,” he said. “Somebody could have a hard time dealing with it once and somebody could go through it multiple times and it doesn’t faze them as much, and it depends on

how the robbery is carried out too and the dynamics of the robbery – a simple note passed versus something as serious as somebody coming in carrying a handgun or something.” Regardless of the circumstances in which these crimes are carried out, robberies are always considered a violent crime because “there’s some kind of a threat of violence that goes with it,” Haarbosch said. The suspect wanted in connection with the Feb. 12 Bank Street bank robbery is described by police as a Caucasian male, about six-feet-10 with a grey beard and mustache and approximately 50 to 60 years old.

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Findlay Creek is preparing to celebrate winter with carnival games in the snow, horse-drawn sleigh rides and maple taffy treats. The Findlay Creek Community Association is hosting Winterfest at Diamond Jubilee Park on Feb. 22, starting at 11 a.m. It’s been a number of years since the community officially came together to party in the snow. “It’s been a cold, long winter. It’d be a good opportunity for you to enjoy some snow, some ice in Findlay Creek,” said association president Meagan Lydan. “We have a lot of wonderful (outdoor open) area and we’d like to use it.” The free event begins with horse-drawn sleigh rides as well as a synchronized figure skating show courtesy of members of the Metcalfe Skating Club. “They’re going to follow that up with a demonstration

of the CanSkate program, which is a learn-to-skate program that they offer,” Lydan said, adding that club members will be available after the show to teach children, youth and adults how to skate. Participants must wear a helmet for the skating lessons. Following that, the community will have the chance to take to the ice at the outdoor rink and the nearby frozen puddle at Diamond Jubilee Park for family skating. Circus Delights will be on hand to add to the fun with carnival games in the snow, including tug of war and tictac-toe. And treats will be offered, including popcorn, maple taffy and hot chocolate. Jump Radio will also be on hand to play music and add to the festivities. “Hopefully, we’ll wrap it up with a little bit of a pickup hockey game around 2:30 (or) 3 o’clock,” Lydan said. “And people are welcome to

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Venturers with the 101st Ottawa Scouts enjoy the view from the summit of Cascade Mountain at Lake Placid, N.Y. in Feburary 2014. The group purchased new snowshoes and hiking poles, which were used during the trip, with an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant. difference during the Venturers’ weekend getaway to Lake Placid Feb. 27 to March 1, said McCarthy, an Alta Vista resident who has been a leader with the 101st Ottawa Scouts for 17 years, since his sons were young. Watching the young members’ eyes light up at the sight of the newly purchased tents was a highlight for

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as whitewater canoe training for older Scouting youth and wilderness first-aid training for leaders. “That basically allowed us to renew our entire tenting inventory, and we retired a number of tents that were literally 15 years old,” McCarthy said. “It’s the sort of purchase that we would never afford to do in one purchase. “The other thing it allows us to do is, in previous years if we wanted to go snowshowing just on our regular Wednesday night, we’d have to borrow the snoeshoes, cobble them together from snowshoes that people had in their garage or rent them,” he said. The grant also allowed 15 Venturers to participate in whitewater canoe training on the Petawawa River last year. This training will give the youth the experience to plan a summer trip that would allow them to tackle a more challenging river, McCarthy said. The funding also included $500 for leaders to learn advanced wilderness first aid. “It would allow us to take on a more adventurous activity and ensure that we can do it in a safe fashion by bringing those (specially trained leaders) along on the trip,” he said. More recently, about 90 kids, youth and Scouting leaders in the unit took their new snoeshoes to Camp Opemikon near Maberly, Ont. where they took turns hiking along trails and enjoying the outdoors. The equipment will make all the

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ayor Jim Watson has earned a lot of political mileage thanks to his promise to keep tax hikes pegged at a reasonable rate while maintaining essential city

services. The city’s most recent budget came in with a suggested 1.75 per cent hike to property taxes, translating to an additional $67 on the average home owner’s annual property tax bill. This year, the mayor is once again on the record as saying the budget won’t force the city to make service cuts. This argument falls flat on its face considering the proposed 2.5 per cent increase on average to transit fares in 2015. The fare hike will result in bus and train riders paying 53 per cent of the $478-million annual cost of running OC Transpo, moving the city further away from its long-standing policy of maintaining a 50-50 split between taxes and fares to fund public transit. Since 2010, the cost of a single adult cash fare has increased from $3 to $3.55, roughly an 18 per cent increase, higher than Ottawa’s most recent property tax hikes, which Watson has promised

to cap at two per cent a year. The proposed fare hike comes after a dip in ridership over the past three years, with the number of customer trips taken every year dropping from 103.5 million in 2011 to 96.8 million in 2014. At the same time it is proposing to once again hike fares, OC Transpo is predicting a slight rise in ridership to 97.3 million customer trips in 2015. This seems to defy the logic of economic thinking, unless the bus company is banking on taking on an additional 100,000 person trips every year powered strictly by the city’s population growth. Eventually, council will face a bitter choice between holding the line at the arbitrary two per cent level in property tax increases set by Watson and preserving public transit ridership. The alternative is cutting “nice to have” items in the budget, or searching for any fat on “essential city services” to maintain a 50-50 split. Council should be commended for keeping property taxes low, but the cost shouldn’t be borne on the backs of transit users.

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an you pinpoint the exact year that houses began to look like little office buildings? It just sort of happened without any warning. It’s not as if all the architects and builders got together and made a formal announcement: “From this day hence, all houses will look like little office buildings. God save the Queen.” But, all of a sudden, there they were. Right where you expected to see that cute little bungalow that had been around since the Second World War, there was a hole in ground, a dumpster, a portable toilet, a lot of mud and, shortly thereafter, a little office building. “Whose office is that?” you might have asked one of the guys loading the portable toilet onto the truck.

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town “That’s not an office; that’s a house,” would be the reply. How could it be a house? There was no wood, no brick, no eaves – just a boxy thing that couldn’t be anything but a small office building. You had questions, but no one was around to answer. Where was the slope in the roof? Weren’t flat roofs supposed to be a no-no in a place that gets a lot of snow? Could we have the bungalow back? But there was no stopping it.

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People eventually caught on that distinctive older homes were being knocked down so that more small office buildings could be put up, but that didn’t stop them. Which brings us to where we are now: more of these small office buildings are going up with no offices in them. It would have been some consolation if actual office buildings had begun to take on the characteristics of houses, but that hasn’t happened. They just look like small office buildings, only big. There’s probably not much that can be done to undo this. The only way to prevent the complete takeover of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods by small office buildings is to attack the root causes. And what might those causes

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be? Well, you know how people are obsessed with work these days? They can’t be out of touch for even a second, so their smartphones are constantly on and their owners are constantly checking them. Surely it’s only logical that the natural extension of refusing to let go of the workplace is to having a home that looks just like one. Further, should you choose to work from home, as more and more people are doing and more and more people will do in the near future as downtown becomes completely inaccessible – should you choose to work from home, it may be comforting to do your work in a building that resembles a workplace. You’ll feel right at home – or right at work. If this logic is correct, then as long as our society continues its obsession with work, we will have houses that resemble office buildings. Perhaps 50 years from now we’ll see ediTorial Managing ediTor: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6261

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a change – houses made of wood and brick with sloping roofs going up in boxy neighbourhoods, neighbours wondering what on Earth could those people be thinking, as these strange structures begin to appear, inhabited by people without smartphones.

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hen my first child was born a decade ago, I hinted to my doctor that vaccines may be dangerous. She gave me some books to read and told me to make a decision. Her message was clear: “If you’re anti-vaccine, I can no longer be your doctor.” In other words, she armed me with facts and gave me an ultimatum. And it worked. Fast forward to today and I am informed, I have three children and I am very strongly pro-vaccination. With the recent outbreaks of measles – totally preventable – across North America, I’ve hit social media with my pro-vaccination guns blazing. The truth is, however, my attempt to sway the 20 per cent or so of misinformed anti-vaxxer parents in Canada through criticism and bullying is completely ineffective. With the extremists among them, it may even have the opposite effect, say health experts. “The more people talk about vaccines and try to convince people like that that vaccines are safe, actually the less they believe they’re safe,” Dr. Natasha Crowcroft of Ontario Public Health told the CBC earlier this month. “It’s a difficult line to tread. It’s a very nuanced discussion.” When it comes to persuading anti-vaxxers, experts, including family physicians, Ottawa Public Health and the Canadian Pediatric Society are calling for patience and understanding. We have to continue to battle misinformation with fact, but in a way that shows we are listening to the antivaxxers’ concerns, despite the groundlessness of them. So here’s a fact: Vaccines do not cause autism. There is no co-relation between vaccines and autism. A huge proportion of the current anti-vaxxer wave was born out of the media frenzy around a fraudulent study by a British doctor in the late 1990s, who was subsequently

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse stripped of his medical licence and criminally charged. Scientists’ attempts to reproduce the original study have failed. There isn’t a single legitimate study out there that has ever noted a link between vaccines and autism. Fact two: It’s better to get the vaccine than expose your child and others to the disease. An Ottawa home daycare came under fire for announcing they were antivaccine. The family went on record to say they believed children should build up their immunity naturally, rather than through vaccines. As Ottawa Public Health responded, this is horribly untrue. Measles is highly contagious, can be deadly and would rip through an unvaccinated lot like wildfire, as recent outbreaks have demonstrated. choice

The choice to test this dangerous theory on your own kids makes others highly vulnerable. A woman in the Toronto area knows this firsthand. After visiting a clinic with her 15-dayold baby – too young for a vaccination – in early February, she received a call to say that he may have been exposed to measles. She has to wait, under quarantine, for 21 days to find out if her newborn baby will get sick. Vaccines are there to protect our collective health, not to line the pockets of pharmaceutical executives. As Canada’s Health Minister Rona Ambrose said in a news conference on Feb. 10, vaccinations are a miracle of modern medicine that have saved millions of lives. Peo-

ple who believe in the big pharma conspiracy should look overseas to Africa, where people without access to malaria vaccines die daily. If you don’t want to look abroad, look at history. Think it’s better to risk your kids getting polio rather than a vaccine? In the 1950s, before the polio vaccine was discovered and widely administered in Canada, it wasn’t unusual for polio outbreaks to occur. What does polio do? It attacks the nervous system, especially those of children and either kills them or, perhaps worse, cripples them for life. Vaccines require a critical mass to be effective. There will always be children that can’t get vaccines due to health problems, and those for whom the vaccines are ineffective. It’s up to those of us who are healthy and able to get the vaccines so we can prevent the disease from appearing at all and protect ourselves and our neighbours. Ontario will not allow unvaccinated children to attend public school, unless their parents apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds. Only two per cent have done that. Some antivaxxers are outraged and say it is against their civil rights. But here’s the thing. If you want to live in society, you need to think outside of you. That’s your civic duty. When you drive on public highways, you use a car with brakes because brakes save lives. When you live with others, send your kids to public school and see doctors in public clinics, you vaccinate your kids because, the fact is, vaccines save lives.

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Cuts force support group to turn away sex offenders A community based nonprofit Ottawa organization whose volunteers help highrisk sex offenders reintegrate in society after serving long prison sentences is almost out of time and money. “Quite frankly, we’re really facing closing our doors as of April 1 if we can’t find other funding,” said Susan Love, coordinator of Circles of Support and Accountability-Ottawa, which matches high-risk sex offenders with a volunteer team that holds them accountable and provides support to prevent reoffences. “By and large the situation is dire for CoSA, and it’s not just CoSA, it’s the communities. What’s the landscape going to look like without CoSA?” Love said. The Ottawa group has less than two months before its annual infusion of $12,000 from the federal government dries up for good. Adding to the group’s bleak financial outlook, an annual influx of $82,000 has come to an end with the completion last September of a Canadawide CoSA evaluation that was funded by Public Safety Canada’s National Crime Prevention Centre.

For that reason, CoSA turned to the public for help during a forum held at the downtown branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Feb. 10. The approximately 70 people in the audience were asked to sign a letter addressed to federal Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, requesting that CoSA’s federal funding be reinstated from Correctional Service Canada.

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Whether the group, which is currently helping 12 men, can continue depends on how much funding can be secured. CoSA-Ottawa is not alone. The future of several CoSA sites – there are 17 CoSAs, between 150 and 200 Circles and 700 volunteers in 19 cities – across the country are also in

jeopardy. Love has already turned away one high-risk sexual offender who is getting out of prison in mid-March. And five more offenders are waiting in the wings. “He’s applied (to participate in CoSA) and he’s very nervous, and I’ve just recently sent him a letter saying it would be irresponsible for me to accept you at this point,” she said. “We’re not even sure if we’re going to be open April 1. “So if he does come to Ottawa and he doesn’t have supports, then what? That’s the million-dollar question,” said Love, adding that another man just joined the group in November. Another participant is set to graduate after four years of working with CoSA volunteers, but Love expressed concern that he won’t be able to return for support if CoSA ceases to exist. “From time to time a crisis does arise even if they’ve moved on from CoSA,” she said. CoSA’s volunteers could continue to meet with participants if the program ends, but Love said many of the Circles will likely fizzle out without the support of a full-time co-ordinator. See BENEFIT, page 13

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The Atlas model served as the United States’ first intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads over long distances. The process to remove all 159 from service began in 1965, and they were then used as space launchers, delivering probes to planets in our galaxy. The Atlas model was also the launch vehicle that carried U.S. Marine Corps Lieut.-Gen. John Glenn into orbit in 1962. The dismantling process at the museum will begin in the coming weeks, but the exact start date and duration of the project is not yet known, said Bouffard, confirming this will depend on the weather and availability of the contractor hired to do the work. He also did not know the price tag of the project. The removal of the oil pumpjack, one of the first landmarks placed in Technology Park after it was donated by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers in 1967, will be less time consuming than the rocket.

The plan calls for it to be taken apart and kept in storage in the museum’s neighbouring collection reserve warehouses on Lancaster Road. The artifact will never again be featured outside, but after the newly renovated and modernized museum reopens in the fall of 2017, it may be displayed among future floor exhibits inside the building “if it fits with a theme of an upcoming exhibition,” Bouffard said of the pump, which was in operation in Saskatchewan in the 1950s. A team of contractors and artifact handlers wearing protective hazmat suits began the process earlier this month of removing some of the thousands of artifacts – as well as staff members’ belongings – from the museum and placed into storage in nearby warehouses. That process will continue for a couple more weeks, Bouffard said. The larger or more fragile museum exhibits, such as the locomotive engines and a scale replica of the Titanic, will be protected and remain in the museum during an $80.5-million renovation and modernization of the building, which is

expected to begin this summer. The federal funding will cover the cost of a new roof, updating the exterior, seismic and fire safety upgrades and expanding the exhibit space. The new roof is a critical component in the project. Asbestos was discovered in the roof in October 2013, and a seal was installed to prevent contamination. The museum was permanently closed last September after mould was discovered inside a wall caused by a leaky roof. During a subsequent assessment of the roof following the closure, structural engineers determined the roof could only withstand the weight of up to 18 centimetres of snow, Bouffard said, adding that museum workers have been shoveling snow off the roof when it is 13 centimetres deep. “Obviously, when we’ve been getting snow we’ve been clearing the roof as advised by our engineers (and) … we’ve made sure that the load on the roof never exceeded what they calculated to be able to handle this winter,” he said.

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Kevin Keohane, president and CEO of the CHEO Foundation, left, former CHEO patient Ryan Williams and Dave Ready, chair of the Max Keeping Foundation board of directors, hold a giant cheque that was presented to the CHEO Foundation from the Max Keeping Foundation, which announced Feb. 11 it will close by mid-summer.

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The Max Keeping Foundation, which has helped more than 6,000 families since it was created 21 years ago, is winding down and will close by mid-summer of this year. “We are no longer accepting requests for funding or granting donations,” Dave Ready, chairman of the foundation’s board of directors, said at a press conference at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario on Feb. 11. “We have honoured all of our commitments to date.” When Ready announced that Keeping, a retired veteran news broadcaster who founded the charitable organization, was unable to attend the announcement at CHEO due to a health setback, there was a palpable sense of disappointment among those who gathered for the event, which included Keeping’s family, foundation and hospital staff and other community leaders. Keeping, 72, is suffering from an untreatable form of colorectal cancer,

and it has been widely reported that he is now unable to verbally communicate due to his illness. The remaining $150,000 in the foundation’s annuity fund was presented in the form of a giant cheque to the CHEO Foundation for the creation of the Max Keeping Fund for Kids. Several factors went into the decision to close the Max Keeping Foundation, including that many needs in the community are being supported through other organizations and programs, such as Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart program and the Ottawa Senators Foundation, Ready said. With the creation of the new fund in Keeping’s name, the chairman said the broadcaster’s legacy will live on. Keeping has long been associated with the regional children’s hospital since it opened in 1974; 12 years ago, a wing at the hospital was named after the former CTV News anchor and longtime community volunteer. “Today really is a start to a whole new relationship and adds to the great legacy that Max Keeping has built with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario,” said Kevin Keohane, president and chief executive officer of the CHEO Foundation. “And Max will be associated with CHEO until the doors of this hospi-

tal close, and while the building may change – there will be different buildings and new buildings – there will forever be a Max Keeping Fund for Kids. “One day, this building will be replaced with a new and more modern facility,” Keohane said, adding that the new fund “will endure forever and Max’s legacy with CHEO will live on through that for as long as there are children and young families with needs in our community.” The new fund will help cover the cost of meals, travel and accommodation expenses for families of CHEO patients that live outside Ottawa, and help with travel and accommodation expenses when they must go outside Ottawa to receive specialized medical care in other cities. It will also assist patient families unable to afford specialized medical equipment, such as hearing devices, walkers, wheelchairs, wheelchair ramps and helmets that must be worn after surgery. Ryan Williams, a former CHEO patient who was born with a rare blood vessel disorder that required him to undergo 55 surgeries, was named as a CHEO Champion Child in 2001. See KEEPING, page 17

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He remembers travelling with Keeping to Florida where they spent the day with children from other hospitals. Not long after that trip, Keeping began helping Williams with his own efforts to raise funds to pay for a medical procedure in Boston, Mass. “Needless to say, without his guidance and support, we would not have accomplished what we did,” said Williams, a Kanata resident, adding that his golf tournament in its first year raised $7,000. And 10 years later, it was generating almost $80,000. “That kind of shows you what he taught us and how he helped bring us

together to bring the community together,” Williams said. Keeping established his foundation in 1995 to help financially disadvantaged children, youth and families. At the time, the newsman was receiving numerous calls at the news station from families requiring financial help to cover recreational, athletic and health costs for their children. Keeping was paying for those out of his own pocket. “The number of requests – he just couldn’t keep up with the demand,” Ready said. Over the years, the Max Keeping Foundation has supported educational grants and allowed for the creation of

inner-city playgrounds, among other projects. “I can’t think of anyone else who has had a 40-year run where if you just say the name Max in this city, you know who it is,” Keohane said. The $150,000 contribution to the new Max Keeping Fund for Kids “is a seed that Max and his foundation are planting today,” he said. As the fund grows in the coming years, 80 per cent of the interest from the endowment fund will go to help kids in need. The other 20 per cent will remain in the fund. Donations to the Max Keeping Fund for Kids can be made by going online to cheofoundation.com.

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Changes to hunting boundaries that run through Barrhaven could be coming by the end of the month, said Coun. Jan Harder. The councillor called for a review of the city’s discharge of firearms bylaw after a stray bullet hit a Half Moon Bay home on Feb. 1. The owner of the house on Nutgrove Avenue found a hole in his wall a few days after, along with the small calibre bullet, police said. Neighbors in the area said they have heard gunshots and that people are known to hunt in the adjacent forested area. When she heard about the incident, Harder said she immediately contacted Susan

Jones, the general manager of the city’s general emergency and protective Services, about reviewing the bylaw. Jones is treating the issue as a priority and will have redefined where hunters can fire their guns in Barrhaven by the end of February, Harder said. “A lesson learned here is that it’s something we need to pay attention to,” Harder said. “This isn’t about preventing hunters from doing their sport or feeding their families, but the fact remains this is the fastest growing area in the city.” Ron Johnson, president of the Canadian Forces Ottawa Fish and Game club, said he did not believe his membership would have an issue with the city conducting a review. “Our concern of course would be carte blanche restrictions that would unnecessarily prohibit viable areas that can still be hunted safely without risk to residents and other hunters,” he said. The city’s hunting bound-

aries were last reviewed in 2002, a few years before subdivisions sprouted in Half Moon Bay. Many new homes were built in the area in the years that followed and welcomed new residents in 2006 and 2007. The current bylaw allows for licensed hunters to fire

their guns in areas west of Greenbank Road and south of the Jock River. Within that area, hunters cannot discharge their weapons in a number of places, including on public land, highways and within 450 metres of subdivisions, schools or houses of worship. Harder declined to say

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Despite attempts by a thief to disguise his face while allegedly robbing a Beacon Hill bank, police are hopeful someone can identify the suspect. Patrol officers were called to the 1600-block of Montreal Road at Blair Road on Jan. 26 to investigate after a male suspect entered the premises, and handed over a note demanding cash from a teller. “He indicated he had a gun, but none was seen,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, head of the robbery unit. No one was injured in the

incident, which took place around 8:25 a.m. The man left with an undisclosed amount of money, heading southbound on Blair Road, according to eyewitnesses inside the bank branch. Police suspect he had a vehicle parked nearby – possibly on a street behind the bank – or that a getaway driver was waiting for him in a vehicle. “For him to walk southbound on Blair, there’s not much there so I’d be pretty confident in saying he probably had a vehicle, and then whether or not he had a second person as a driver, we’re not as clear on,” Haarbosch said. “But at a minimum we think he had a car waiting for him there.” There aren’t many places where he can walk to in that area, he said, noting the area has an upscale residential neighbourhood, and across the street from the bank branch there is the National Research Council and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Robbery investigators released images of the suspect on Feb. 12 in which he can be seen wearing a scarf over the lower half of his face. He had also drawn the hood of his sweatshirt up over his head. “He took some efforts to disguise his identify, but over the course of watching the film and the time that he spent in the bank, we were able to catch some frames where we catch a little more of his face,” Haarbosch said. Police are hopeful someone can identify the suspect and tell them where he is. “We’ve had identifications made with less than that,” he said. Citing investigative reasons, Haarbosch declined to reveal why the images were only being released on Feb. Ottawa Police Service 12 – two and a half weeks af- Ottawa robbery investigators are appealing to the public for help in identifying a suster the robbery. pected bank robber who police say targeted a bank on Montreal Road in Beacon Hill. There have been 13 bank Police say he may have had an accomplice waiting in a nearby getaway car. robberies in Ottawa so far in 2015. robbery unit at 613-236-1222, Police describe the sus- six-foot-two with an average accent. Anyone with information ext. 5116, or Crime Stoppers pect as a black male, stand- build. Investigators say the ing between five-foot-11 and suspect spoke with a bit of an on the case is asked to call the at 613-233-8477.

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Rural committee to meet in Nepean for better access Travelling meetings to be planned caseby-case Emma Jackson

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The city’s rural affairs committee will now meet at Ben Franklin Place in Nepean unless a major issue warrants travelling to a rural ward. The Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee voted unanimously on Feb. 5 to change its regular meeting place to the former Nepean council chambers at Woodroffe and Baseline roads, the geographic centre of Ottawa, to improve access for rural residents who want to give feedback about issues that affect them. Since amalgamation the committee has met at city hall downtown most of the year, with four meetings each year moving out to one of the city’s rural wards – Rideau-Goul-

bourn, Osgoode, West Carleton and Cumberland. But since the meetings had to be planned so far in advance, often the travelling meetings made it harder, not easier, for residents to attend. For example, when West Carleton residents grew upset over a city water testing policy last spring, they had to drive out to the Osgoode Community Centre on the southern edge of the city to attend the relevant ARAC meeting, which months before had been booked in then-councillor Doug Thompson’s ward. That led to claims that the city was purposely trying to avoid public scrutiny. To fix this problem, members of ARAC – led by chairman Scott Moffatt, councillor for Rideau-Goulbourn – will now meet at Ben Franklin Place unless it’s determined that a major issue warrants the meeting moved to the ward in question. “If Minto were to bring forward its Phase 2 application (for its Mahogany develop-

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West Carleton residents had to drive to Osgoode in the city’s south end last spring to attend a rural affairs committee meeting about a rural water testing policy. The committee hopes to improve access for all rural residents with a new plan to hold most meetings at Ben Franklin Place in Nepean. ment) for example, it would be ideal to have a meeting in Manotick,” Moffatt said. There might only be a hand-

ful of cases like that to come up in the next four years of council, he said. A more likely solution for contentious issues

is to call a special meeting outside of the regular ARAC schedule to hear from affected residents.

“That way more people come out to it and you don’t have the optics of ‘We’re trying to avoid you’,” Moffatt said. The committee can also schedule evening meetings at Ben Franklin if members feel there may be a lot of residents who want to address a particular agenda item. “If the agenda’s very light, there’s not much point,” Moffatt said. “But if there’s something that might have higher attendance, we might have an evening meeting.” Moving the meetings to Ben Franklin makes more sense than city hall, he said. The downtown location has limited parking and requires rural residents from all directions to fight through traffic to get there. The Centrepointe location has ample free parking and can be accessed easily from Hwy. 417. “It’s easier for the majority of people,” Moffatt said. Unless otherwise specified, meetings start at 10 a.m. the first Thursday of each month.

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Conservation authority ups 2015 budget for big projects Flood control, stewardship programs receiving cash this year Emma Jackson

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The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority has tabled a budget 23 per cent higher than last year’s to fund a busy year full of capital projects and community programs. The 2015 work plan has a budget of $10.7 million, up from $8.7 million in 2014. The increase is largely due to three capital projects on the books to get done this year, including the Britannia Flood Control Project in the city’s north end. The other two projects are located in Perth and Smiths Falls. Flooding in the Britannia neighbourhood along the Ottawa River has been a long-

standing problem for the Bay Ward community, but the current flood control measures only protect homes against a 1-in-25-years flood. The city-funded project would strengthen the current berm to outlast a 1-in-100years flood, said RVCA general manager Sommer Casgrain-Robertson. “It will be high enough that if we get the 1:100 flood event, that berm wouldn’t be overtopped,” she said. The last time the community experienced a major flood was in 1979, which saw water levels peak at 60.26 metres above sea level. The berms and sea wall installed in 1981 can protect against water levels of 60.4 metres, but the authority puts a 1:100 year flood in Britannia at 60.8 metres. The project is a partnership between the city and RVCA staff, Casgrain-Robertson said. While it’s included in the conservation authority’s budget, the money will come from the city’s 2015 budget. A project proposal in 2011 put the total cost at about $650,000.

The city will also cover most of the RVCA’s increased costs for ice-breaking in the downtown core, which last year cost $1.2 million. This year the RVCA will contribute $100,000 that they’ll receive from the province, and the city will cover the rest. Casgrain-Robertson said ice breaking is an unpredictable cost. “It’s very weather based,” she said. “It’s kind of like snow removal: you budget for it but you don’t know what you’ll need.” The long, cold winters of the past few years have made it trickier to get through the ice, pushing costs up at the same time. But it has to get done. “Its preventative,” she said. “The last thing you want in a built-up urban environment is flooding.” Cash for stewardship programs like tree planting and shoreline naturalization is also going up. Casgrain-Robertson said those types of programs are incresasingly trendy, and as such are becoming more

cost-effective for property owners as more external funding partners come on board. The authority’s private land forestry program alone is going to jump nearly $200,000 this year from $563,000 in 2014 to $758,000 in 2015, Casgrain-Robertson said. Other projects and programs on the books for 2015 include: the conclusion of an algae monitoring program funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, completion of flood mapping from Kars to Rideau Falls, modernization of the RVCA’s record management system, preparation for the decommissioning of the Heart’s Desire weir in Barrhaven, new equipment and programs for Baxter and Foley Mountain conservation areas, and continued leadership in the Thin Soils Working Group to address groundwater issues related to new developments on private services, including assisting the city to update its hydrogeology guideline. The draft budget has been sent to the RVCA’s 18 member municipalities and is accepting feedback until its annual general meeting on Feb. 26.

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AIDS Committee of Ottawa opens new home Main Street location to provide support, outreach Steph Willems

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Those individuals living with HIV/AIDS have a new home where they can gather, comfort one another and lead the fight against the preventable illness. The AIDS Committee of Ottawa cut the ribbon on its new location on Feb. 9, opening a new chapter in the organization’s long history of advocacy and outreach. Located at 19 Main St., almost adjacent to the Rideau Canal, the two-storey, 650-square-metre centre has actually been in operation since December, replacing the previous downtown loca-

tion. The Feb. 9 open house gave politicians a chance to tour the space and learn more about the services available within. The AIDS committee has signed a five-year lease on the building. For Khaled Salam, executive director of committee, the journey to finding a new space was “a long and arduous road that unfolded over two years, with a few hurdles along the way.” “As an organization, we have finally found a space that our community can be proud of and call their own,” said Salam. “(This) space that will allow us to enhance our currently existing services and programs, and expand and grow as an organization through community engagement and community development,” Salam said “Having our own two-level building with our own lot, as opposed to previously being in a multitenant situation on the seventh floor of a downtown build-

ing, gives us a lot of creative freedom, opportunities, and tremendous programming potential.” This fall will mark the 30th year of the AIDS Committee of Ottawa, and the organization’s board of directors are currently crafting a five-year strategic plan. The new space will impact what direction the committee plans to take, and what its priorities will be during that time, said Salam. The space features a supportive, welcoming living room on the ground floor “that feels like home,” said Salam, while the second floor space will allow the organization to expand its administrative capacities. “I’m excited about the road ahead for our organization, and I passionately feel that the best is yet to come for ACO. Stay tuned, folks,” Salam told the assembled crowd. The open house coincided with the launch of Snowblower2015, ACO’s annual gay men’s health and wellness festival. Gay, bisexual

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Local political representatives joined members of the AIDS Committee of Ottawa to cut the ribbon on the organization’s new Main Street headquarters on Feb. 9. From left, Ottawa-Orleans MPP Marie-France Lalonde, Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, Capital Coun. David Chernushenko, ‘Mr. Plow 2014’ Michael LaFramboise, ACO board chair Gord Asmus, and ACO executive director Khaled Salam. and transsexual men make up 50 per cent of those afflicted with HIV/AIDS, and

the new centre will serve as a nerve centre for the weeklong event.

Learn more about the programs and services offered by ACO by visiting aco-cso.ca.

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Coroner launches inquest into rugby player’s death Rowan Stringer died in 2013 after injury Alex Robinson

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The regional coroner has launched an inquest into the death of Rowan Stringer, a 17-year-old John McCrae student, who died in 2013 after she sustained a head injury playing rugby. The inquest will seek to determine the circumstances of her death and then make

recommendations with the hope of preventing similar tragedies from happening. “We’re going to be listening to the circumstances surrounding Rowan’s death and determine the answers to those questions,” said Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion, the regional supervising coroner for east Ontario. “If the jury finds there are useful determinations they can make then they will do so.” Rowan had played for the Barrhaven Scottish Rugby Football Club in summers past and was the captain of

her high school rugby team when she suffered her horrific injury. She was tackled and fell awkwardly during a game against St. Joseph High School and went into the ground head first. She sat up for a few seconds after the hit before falling back down. She died a few days later in the hospital. Her family later learned Rowan’s death was likely caused by second impact syndrome, a condition that affects people who suffer two

concussions in quick succession. Rowan’s father, Gordon Stringer, said she had suffered a concussion in another game a few days earlier. “She said ‘I’ve got a headache.’ We gave her Advil and her headache went away,” her father, Gordon Stringer said. “It never crossed our mind something more severe might have gone on.” Doctors were shocked by the severity of trauma inside the girl’s skull, and told the family Rowan’s brain had not healed before she suffered the fatal blow. Rowan was in Grade 12 at the time of her death and had been accepted into a nursing program at the University of Ottawa. Her family donated most of her organs after her death to eight people. Two children in Toronto received her kidneys. Her lungs and pancreas were donated to recipients in Toronto and her liver went to London, Ont. Her heart stayed in Ottawa.

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An inquest has been launched into Rowan Stringer’s death. The 17year-old died in 2013 after suffering a head injury while playing rugby.

The family also donated some of her brain tissue to the Boston University Medical Centre for research on head injuries and concussions. The Stringers expressed no ill will towards the sport

of rugby after Rowan’s death, saying it was a rough sport the 17-year-old loved. “Rowan loved the sport and she wouldn’t want us to be demonizing it. I don’t think it’s the sport’s fault,” Stringer said. “I don’t think its rugby that’s the problem or a lack of equipment. In high school, most of the girls were learning and probably didn’t know how to properly tackle yet.” Inquests are launched whenever the coroner determines that it could be in the public’s interest. The date of the inquest has not yet been set. McNaughton-Filion said the inquest could take anywhere from a few months to years. “It’s important to us to have as many positive outcomes from the tragedy that we can. It helps us and we hope it can hope other people as well,” Stringer said. “Hopefully it won’t happen again.” With files from Brier Dodge

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The city will fund the design of a new water main for Manotick this year, but residents wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it built until at least 2019. The 2015 budget has allotted $1.4 million for the design of a new water feedermain from Riverside South to Manotick, to improve the reliability of drinking water supply in the village. While the project still lists its completion date as 2016, the draft budget currently being considered at

city hall amends that to 2019 in light of Mintoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slow sales in the Mahogany subdivision south of Manotick. Almost half of the $1.4 million is slated to come from development charges, but Minto said it is selling far fewer homes per month than it hoped to. In November, Mintoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of development Sue Murphy told the Manotick News the developer is pushing its Phase 2 projections back to at least 2018. And since the water main isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even needed until Phase 2, the

cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to go ahead until Mintoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would suggest that date (2019) is tentative,â&#x20AC;? said Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt. The city has already completed the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental assessment process, and this year will look at finer design points like exactly where the water main will go, how much capacity is needed and whether or not other community projects like sidewalks for Long Island Drive can be included in the work, Moffatt said.

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The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario is seeking an experienced individual with a professional certiďŹ cation to manage the overall direction and operation of the Plant Operations & Maintenance Department. The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario currently operates 41 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools in 8 counties. The Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jurisdiction covers an area of 12,165 square kilometers. The Manager of Plant Operations & Maintenance provides strategic direction, including the planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the activities and functions of the Plant Operations & Maintenance department. The successful applicant will possess a University Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education and/ or related work experience may be considered accompanied by a minimum of seven years related experience in a senior position. Please refer to our website at www.cdsbeo.on.ca for further details regarding this position. Interested applicants are invited to forward a cover letter, resume, veriďŹ cation of education qualiďŹ cations, and professional references to the attention of: Barb Renaud Coordinator of Employee Services Fax: (613) 258-3610 E-mail: hr@cdsbeo.on.ca Applications accepted until : Noon on March 6, 2015 Only those candidates who are selected for interviews will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest. Learning and Growing Together in Christ Brent Laton Wm. J. Gartland Chair of the Board Director of Education HELP WANTED

You want to work at Kemptville District Hospital Foundation if you are committed to building healthier communities in one of the fastest growing areas in Ontario. This position is accountable to the Foundation Board and works closely with the Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chief Executive Officer. This position requires demonstrated ability to: t *NQMFNFOU UIF PCKFDUJWFT PG B 'PVOEBUJPO #PBSE BOE FYFDVUF NBKPS GVOESBJTJOH BOE PQFSBUJPOT PCKFDUJWFT PG the organization; t 1SPWJEF MFBEFSTIJQ EJSFDUJPO HVJEBODF BOE FYQFSUJTF UP 'PVOEBUJPO BDUJWJUJFT BOE GVOESBJTJOH QSPHSBNT t 1VSTVF FĂ˛FDUJWFOFTT PG PSHBOJ[BUJPOBM QSPDFTTFT BOE NBOBHF 'PVOEBUJPO PĂłDF QFSTPOOFM t 3FQSFTFOU UIF 'PVOEBUJPO UP SFHVMBUPSZ CPEJFT SFMBUFE BHFODJFT DPNNVOJUZ BOE DJWJD PSHBOJ[BUJPOT EPOPST GVOEFST TVQQPSUFST BOE UIF HFOFSBM QVCMJD t 1SPWJEF MFBEFSTIJQ BOE TVQQPSU UISPVHIPVU UIF QSPDFTT PG HSPXUI The successful candidate for this position should preferably have the following: t %JQMPNB JO 'VOESBJTJOH GSPN B SFDPHOJ[FE FEVDBUJPOBM JOTUJUVUJPO t .JOJNVN PG ZFBST FYQFSJFODF JO UIF 'VOESBJTJOH ĂśFME t &TUBCMJTIFE USBDL SFDPSE JO UIF ĂśFME PG QIJMBOUISPQZ XJUI TUSFOHUI JO NBKPS GVOESBJTJOH BDUJWJUJFT DBNQBJHOT t &YQFSJFODF XPSLJOH XJUI WPMVOUFFST t &YDFMMFOU PSHBOJ[BUJPOBM JOUFSQFSTPOBM QSPCMFN TPMWJOH BOE EFDJTJPO NBLJOH TLJMMT t &YDFMMFOU DPNNVOJDBUJPO BOE QSFTFOUBUJPO TLJMMT t 5IPSPVHI GPDVTFE BOE IJHI QFSGPSNJOH 5IJT JT B EFNBOEJOH QPTJUJPO UIBU SFRVJSFT JOJUJBUJWF IJHI FOFSHZ BOE B DMFBS GPDVT FOBCMJOH B UFBN UP HFU UIF KPC done. 2VBMJĂśFE DBOEJEBUFT BSF JOWJUFE UP TVCNJU UIFJS BQQMJDBUJPO CZ OP MBUFS UIBO .BSDI UI UP Kemptville District Hospital )VNBO 3FTPVSDFT %FQBSUNFOU 1 0 #PY ,FNQUWJMMF 0/ , ( + e-mail: hr@kdh.on.ca 'BY IUUQ XXX LEI PO DB DBSFFST WPMVOUFFSJOH We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Cruickshank Construction Ltd., a leading roadbuilder and aggregate supplier located in Ontario and Alberta, has an immediate need for the following position:

Cruickshank Construction Ltd., a leading roadbuilder and aggregate supplier located in Ontario and Alberta, has an immediate opening for the following seasonal position:

Quality Control Administrator This Supervisory position will ensure that the quality control standards and procedures are met. This will involve the companies Quality for material produced and placed.

Quality Control Technician QUALIFICATIONS Civil Engineering Technologist designation and/or related experience in civil construction/engineering Experience in construction quality control would be an asset Must possess excellent communication and computer skills project plans Highly motivated, self-directed and the ability to multitask Strong work ethic and a positive team attitude Strong knowledge of OHSA Willing to travel

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Ottawa West Community Support (OWCS) is hiring Home Support Workers, Homemakers (Housecleaners) to work with frail seniors in our Homemaking Program. The Homemaking program provides cleaning, meal preparation and assistance with small household tasks for frail seniors. Ability to travel between clients in west end Ottawa is essential, a car is an asset. Areas include Nepean, Kanata, Stittsville, Fitzroy Harbour and more. Please forward your resume to info@owcs.ca or fax 613-728-3718. No phone calls please. Hours vary

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KDHF is currently looking to fill the following full-time position:

Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario Box 2222, 2755 Highway 43 Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0 Invites applications from qualiďŹ ed professionals for:

We wish to send our most sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to Lindsay Findlayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nal tribute, especially to Andre and the staff at Pilon Family Funeral Home for their professionalism and support during our shock and grief. Our gratitude goes out to Derek Crosby of D&J Trucking and Clint & Tiffany Duff at the Antrim Truck Stop for organizing and gathering the most memorable convoy tribute Arnprior has ever seen. And our gratitude goes to John Irish, David Virgin and all the drivers who were a part of that. Evan & Debbi Gray, Ron & Trish Headrick and friends who supplied the special touch with the plaid lumberjack coats, thank you so much. And of course our warmest thanks to our twelve pallbearers. Also, we extend our thanks to John & Fawn Bott, who supplied the catering, at the funeral home and Chris & Trish Sclievert, Gordie Schlievert, Brian & Sharlene Lesway, and everyone else who supplied the facilities and brought food and memories and enjoyed our gathering afterwards at the Parish Hall. And a special thank you to everyone that visited and offered condolences, sent ďŹ&#x201A;owers and made donations.Lindsay will be so fondly remembered by all who knew him for his great stories and jokes, quick wit and mischievous grin. He is not gone because he is deďŹ nitely not forgotten. Thanks to all who made our ďŹ nal days with him so special. The Findlay Family CLR586445

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Busting Out the Brews Suspect sought after multiple robberies “one to remember” Brier Dodge

TD Canada Trust said for security reasons, the bank cannot disclose any additional security or safety measures that may be put in place at the locations that were robbed.

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The Osgoode Care Centre smashed all previous records at its third-annual Busting Out the Brews wine and beer tasting event on Jan. 30, raising $33,000 for upgrades throughout the 100-resident facility. A sold-out crowd of 400 people tasted samples from Ontario craft breweries like Creemore Springs, Kichesippi, Beau’s and Bicycle Craft, and local wines from Perrault Blue Gypsy and Joseph’s wineries. Organizer Wendy Hill said the night was “one to remember” with record crowds coming out to dance the night away and raise thousands of dollars extra for the centre. Local rock band Ambush led the entertainment, but it was the much-coveted auction items that stole the show. Hill said the main auction item, an Amish shed, went for $3,500. A lace-up Boston

Bruins jersey signed by hockey legend Bobby Orr sold for an astonishing $1,225. Hill said the community seemed to really pull together at this year’s event as the facility inches closer to hitting its goal of raising $500,000 by September. upgrades

With the event’s funds accounted for, the centre has already raised $400,000 since it launched the campaign in 2012. The money has been spent as it comes in on new furniture, flooring and other household upgrades. The centre also needs to replace its roof and back-up generator, both big-ticket items. Hill said she trusts the community will come through with the remaining $100,000. The care centre will host its next event on April 19 with a fashion show at Anderson Links golf club. Tickets are $40 and include a complementary drink and h’ordeuvres.

Police are asking for public help to indentify a suspect in Orléans bank robberies who had to return after forgetting his robbery note in one case. The male suspect went to a TD Canada Trust at 2325 St. Joseph Blvd. on Feb. 8 at about 3:30 p.m., and gave the teller a note demanding cash. He indicated he had a gun, but it wasn’t seen. The teller didn’t have ready access to cash and the suspect fled. The next day, Feb. 9, at about 5:50 p.m., a male entered the TD Canada Trust a bank at 2608 Innes Rd. in Blackburn Hamlet. Again, a note was produced and he indicated he had a gun. He was given cash, but then pulled out a handgun and demanded more money, police said. FORGOT NOTE

When he left the bank, he was seen running eastbound along Innes Road.

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Police photos show a suspect wanted in back to back bank robberies in Orléans on Feb. 8 and 9. Police say the same suspect had planned to hold up the TD Canada Trust in Blackburn Hamlet on Jan. 23 at around 7:40 p.m. He reportedly entered the bank,

looked for a note, but then left when he couldn’t find it. He didn’t make any demands on that occasion. Meghan Thomas, a media relations representative for

“We are thankful that our employees and customers were physically unharmed and we are co-operating with authorities and taking steps to ensure the well-being of employees involved in these incidents,” she said. “Whenever there are these types of incidents, we offer support and counselling to our employees and assess the security levels of our branches.” Police are looking for the suspect, who is described as a black male, between the ages of 19 and 23, 5-foot-6 to 5foot-8 in height, with a slim build, and who is likely righthanded. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 613-236-111, ext. 5116 or Crime Stoppers at 613-2338477.

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St. Pius X Catholic High School 2015-2016 Course and Program Information Night

Asparagus-stuffed chicken breasts elegant, easy recipe Serve this easy but elegant recipe with a green salad or potatoes and maple carrots for a special spring celebration. Preparation time: 25 minutes. Baking time: 25 to 30 minutes. Broiling time: two to three minutes. Serves four. Ingredients

â&#x20AC;˘ 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts â&#x20AC;˘ 25 ml (2 tbsp) Dijon mustard â&#x20AC;˘ 25 ml (2 tbsp) chopped fresh tarragon â&#x20AC;˘ Salt and pepper â&#x20AC;˘ 4 slices provolone cheese â&#x20AC;˘ 16 asparagus spears, trimmed (about 250 g/8 oz) â&#x20AC;˘ 25 ml (2 tbsp) butter, melted â&#x20AC;˘ 50 ml (1/4 cup) fresh whole wheat bread crumbs

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Place the chicken between a couple pieces of waxed paper and pound with a mallet to flatten to five millimetres (1/4inch) thickness. Combine the mustard, tarragon, and salt and pepper to taste, and spread evenly over the rough side of each chicken breast. Top each with a cheese slice and four asparagus

spears. Roll up the chicken, letting asparagus protrude on both ends, and secure with toothpicks. Place the rolls, seam-side down, on a parchment paperlined baking sheet. Brush with a little of the butter. Toss the bread crumbs with the remaining butter and pat the mixture onto stuffed breasts.â&#x20AC;Ż Sprinkle with pepper to taste. Bake in a 200 C (400 F) oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until juices run clear when the chicken is pierced. Broil for two to three minutes to brown the topping, if desired. Remove toothpicks and slice to serve. Tip: Allow toothpicks to protrude on side of stuffed chicken for easy removal after baking. Foodland Ontario

Wednesday, February 25th 6:30 pm in the school cafetorium

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Sunday service was starting thanks to Herman

here was a lot to grab my attention in church every Sunday, and it wasn’t always what the minister had to say from the pulpit. If the truth be known, I had trouble trying to figure out what he was talking about, as he flailed around pounding his bible on the rail. I was much more interested in waiting to see the well worn black book go flying into the congregation, which I was sure would happen. It would just be a matter of time. And then there was his wife, who Mother said was a pure angel.  She sat ram-rod straight, and my brother Emerson said the whole place could blow up and he doubted if she would blink an eyelash.  I would spend many minutes waiting for any movement from her, which never came. Of course, I was keenly interested in seeing what the girls I went to school with had worn

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories to church. If one wore a new hat I looked at it with envy, and I was reasonably sure I was committing a mortal sin by doing so. And then there was old Herman.  He sat by the East window, and I spent many minutes staring at his very bald head.  It had a glow to it, which my brother Emerson said got that way because he rubbed it with goose grease before he came to church.   My sister Audrey said that was pure nonsense.  Goose grease was for shining your boots, not to be wasted putting a shine to a bald head!

Some Sundays I couldn’t take my eyes off old Herman.  He was known to consume a little too much of his homemade brew on a Saturday night, and it wasn’t unusual for him to come to church the worse for wear.   He would be alright when the church service was just beginning, but with the hot sun beating on his bald head, the old stove belting out heat, and the droning on of the minister, it didn’t take long for old Herman to drop his head to his chest.  And every few minutes he would waken and snap his head up, only to lose consciousness again seconds later.

Well, one Sunday, right in the middle of winter, there was someone else in old Herman’s seat!  And yet, it looked like old Herman: same bulbed nose, half-shut eyes, but the shiny head was gone! What was on his head looked very much like a tight hat of fine brown straw, and I wasn’t the only one glued to old Herman. Every eye in church was on him.   Emerson started to laugh until Mother gave him a poke that settled him down in a hurry. My sister Audrey, who Mother always said was smart beyond her years, leaned close to me and said, “Of course it’s Herman. He’s gotten himself a wig.”  I had never seen a wig in the Northcote area before. Well, the service went on, and I lost interest in looking for new hats. My sight was glued to old Herman. That Sunday, we could have gotten along without the heat from the old stove,

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down to the tip of his nose.   That in itself was enough to startle the whole church, but what it did to old Herman was something to behold. He must have forgotten for the moment that he was wearing a wig, because he was blinded by it, and yelled in a voice that could be heard in the United Church down the road. “Where am I?   What’s goin on?” Mr. Kallies, sitting right behind him, grabbed the back edge of the wig and righted it, allowing Herman to realize where he was.  His face turned beet red, he grabbed the wig off his head, crammed it in his pocket, and bolted.  He didn’t even wait for the plates to be passed for collection. On the way home in the double cutter, my brother Emerson said the church service that day was as good as going to the picture show in Renfrew on a Saturday night!

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because the sun was pouring in through the East window, and of course, right onto Herman.   I don’t think the minister was into his sermon five minutes when old Herman’s head fell to his chest.  That in itself was not unusual, and to be expected.   What wasn’t expected was what happened to the wig.  It fell over his eyes with his first head-drop, and stayed there!   It sat on his nose completely blocking his vision.   With the curved seats in the pews it was impossible not to see what was happening.   The minister’s voice got louder and louder. And it wasn’t until the organist pumped her feet on the two felt pedals with force and brought her hands down with a bang on the keys to start a hymn that old Herman came to. Of course, he couldn’t see a thing.  The wig covered the front of his bald head right

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The approved plan will now offer 49 small lots and 162 large lots – a total of 211 units, up from 197. The proposal doesn’t change

the overall density of the development, which the Ontario Municipal Board set at 1,400 units with at least 75 per cent of lots being 45 feet or larger when it approved the project in 2009. Residents were initially incensed that Minto would dare add units after assuring villagers they would respect the OMB decision. But Murphy was able to quell some of those fears at a public meeting in November, reiterating that Minto is not trying to dupe the community into building with higher density; the units added into Phase 1 will be made up for in subsequent phases in order to stay under the required 1,400 limit, she said. As for the smaller lot sizes, they will come with larger side yard setbacks in an effort to maintain a more rural feel, Murphy added. Still, the city received a number of written comments from concerned residents. “This is duplicitous at the very least,” read one comment, which accused the developer of going back on its word to make sure the subdivision is “consistent with the character of

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Minto’s application to add 14 lots to Phase 1 of its Mahogany subdivision in Manotick has been approved by the city, unless someone files an appeal. Residents and groups have until Feb. 27 to appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board, otherwise the draft plan of subdivision will be approved, according to a city notice. Minto submitted its revised subdivision plan last June, catching residents off guard after several years of calm and co-operation between the developer and Manotick villagers, who mounted an unsuccessful OMB battle to stop the development in 2008. The developer is in the process of building out Phase 1A of a five-phase 1,400-unit subdivision between Manotick Main Street and Century Road, but sales have been much slower than expected. The company is only selling about 1.4 homes per month on average, instead of the projected six they’d hoped for. That has prompted Minto to

bring some of its smaller, more affordable designs into Phase 1B to respond to market demand, according to Susan Murphy, Minto’s vice president of development. Until now, Phase 1B called for 52 lots with 35-foot frontages and 145 lots with 60-foot frontages. The new plan alters a number of those to 38-foot and 47-foot lots, creating space for 14 more units.

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And then there were three. The remaining candidates to replace Tim Hudak as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives got feisty in their third debate, which was hosted at the Algonquin Commons Theatre on Feb. 11. Presumed frontrunner Christine Elliott, MP Patrick Brown and MPP Monte McNaughton sparred over how the party can move forward after a fourth consecutive election defeat at the hand of the Liberals in May. Hudak’s pledge to cut 100,000 public sector jobs in the last campaign received a lot of blame from critics as to why the PCs failed. Many party members and MPPs claimed they were blindsided by Hudak’s policy announcement. Brown and McNaughton have said they are willing to allow every member to vote on party policy well in advance of elections to weed out bad ideas. “We need to do a better job of listening to all our members and stakeholders,” Brown said. Elliott said she would rather have an elected body within the membership to vet policy ideas. Brown said the party needs to do the work to boost its dwindling membership, which once boasted as many as 100,000 members, but now has 10,000. Brown, who was the only candidate able to

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MPP Christine Elliott, MPP Monte McNaughton and MP Patrick Brown spar in a debate at the Algonquin Commons Theatre on Feb. 11. answer a question in French, pointed out the fact the party has had a lack of campaign literature for francophone Ontarians. Elliott said the party needs to build “a big blue tent” and do a better job at reaching out to women, young people and new Canadians. Candidates also sparred over the province’s wind farm contracts. McNaughton pledged to enact legislation to scrap the province’s wind contracts. Elliott called

for a moratorium on further wind farms, but said decommissioning existing turbines would set a dangerous precedent that would not make the province attractive to investors. “We cannot rip them up,” Eillott said of existing contracts. “No one will want to invest in Ontario.” McNaughton and Brown voiced their opposition to Premier Kathleen Wynne’s new policy to teach sex education to Grade 1 students, while El-

liott demanded more transparency from the premier as to the contents of the policy – which is yet to be fully released. McNaughton, whose list of supporters includes former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has claimed he is the only real “blue Tory” in the race, positioning himself to push his more moderate counterparts to the right. “We don’t need a second Liberal party in the province of Ontario,” he said. McNaughton questioned Brown’s commitment to the provincial party and asked him if he would run for provincial office if he did not win the party’s leadership. Brown sidestepped the question by saying he would continue to serve the “conservative movement,” in any way he could. “Regardless of what happens in this leadership (race), I will work hard for the party,” Brown said. As is common in leadership debates, there were many issues the candidates agreed upon, from pledges to balance the budget through cuts to promises to roll back a number of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s policies, such as the Ontario pension plan and a proposed carbon tax. Elliott received a big boost just before the debate, when former foreign affairs minister John Baird announced he would also support her. After two more debates, the party’s membership will vote for their new leader, who will be announced May 9.

Your gift keeps on giving. Forever.

Legacy Gift will generate $42.2 MILLION for CHEO over next 100 years Weldon Cochrane was an Ottawa chartered accountant and partner with the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) and was also the Treasurer on the CHEO Foundation Board. Mr. Cochrane had an appreciation for the importance of leaving a legacy and understood how to make an impact when he decided to made a gift in his Will to CHEO. He left the residual of his estate with instructions for it to be endowed; meaning that the capital would be preserved in perpetuity and the annual interest would be used to fund the important work at CHEO. When Mr. Cochrane died in 1985 the CHEO Foundation received $540,000

from his estate and established the Weldon Cochrane Endowment Fund as directed in his Will. Much has happened and changed at CHEO since his death and in that time his legacy gift has grown to $4.6 million.

(20%) will be reinvested bringing the total value of the fund to $6.2 million. In 50 years $15 million (80%) will go to the hospital and $3.8 million (20%) will be reinvested bringing the total value of the fund to $8.4

As CHEO marks its 40th anniversary this year, we look back and honour not only those in our community who made our local children’s hospital a reality, but also donors like Mr. Cochrane who made children a priority. Why not honour what is most important to you during your lifetime The impact of Mr. Cochrane’s generous gift is probably beyond what by considering a gift in Will to CHEO. Our he could have even imagined when he made it over 30 years ago. children, youth and families deserve to Moving forward 80 percent of the interest million. In 100 years $42.2 million (80%) will always have excellent health care, to benefit generated from this fund will be invested in go to the hospital and $10.6 million (20%) from lifesaving research and be provided medical equipment, research and hospital will be reinvested bringing the total value with the support programs to live happy and healthy lives now and forever. programs at CHEO. The remaining 20 of the fund to $15.2 million. percent will be reinvested to allow the fund His legacy lives on and continues to make to continue to grow. In 25 years $6.4 million a difference in the lives of young patients (80%) will go to the hospital and $1.6 million at CHEO today, and for future generations.

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An espresso bar, restaurant, personal shoppers, in-store tailoring, plus thousands of clothing items, shoes and accessories will soon be unveiled with the March 6 opening of Nordstrom at the Rideau Centre. Nordstrom is looking to earn the business of Ottawa shoppers “one customer at a time,” said John Bailey, company spokesman, after joining Nordstrom Ottawa store manager John Banks in leading Rideau Centre staff and media on a tour of the premises on Feb. 12. “As a company, before we even opened our stores, we spent a lot of time coming to Canada to learn as much as we could about the communities in which we were opening stores,” he said. “In fact, our buyers have been making regular trips ahead of our openings to see what people are wearing, what brands are out there, what our competition is doing, as a means to make their best guess as to the kind of merchandise they might think people in Ottawa might want to purchase from us.” But until the store opens its doors on Friday, March 6, at 9:30 a.m., Nordstrom staff won’t know what they’ve gotten right, he said. “We’ve been doing a lot of listening and learning,” Bailey said, adding that process will continue. As Bailey and Banks led the group on a walkabout tour of the two-level store that encompasses 14,600 square metres of space, workers buzzed about putting the finishing touches on the floor and display areas. Employees sat in small clusters surrounded by blank shelves and unclothed man-

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Evan McHardy, a barista at Nordstrom’s espresso bar, works with his team on Feb. 12. When the store opens at the Rideau Centre on March 6, Nordstrom will offer two food and beverage services, including the coffee bar and a restaurant that features an outdoor patio. nequins listening to consultants explain numerous product brands. Nordstrom’s Ottawa store will be its second Canadian location after Calgary, which opened in September. A third Canadian store is set to open its doors to Vancouver shoppers this September, followed by three stores in Toronto, which will be ready by spring 2017. “We feel very fortunate to have one store in Canada, but we recognize we still have a lot to learn and we are committed to learning each and every day and making the necessary adjustments, (and making) sure

we really resonate with our Ottawa customer,” Banks said. While work continues inside Nordstrom, workers could also be seen throughout the rest of the Rideau Centre, which has been undergoing a $360-million revitalization and expansion. More than 2,700 people applied to work at the Ottawa Nordstrom, and of those, 660 were hired. “The response has been phenomenal,” Banks said. The Nordstrom Rideau Centre team includes sales personnel, restaurant servers, espresso bar baristas, personal shoppers, shoe-shiners, 50

beauty consultants and eight people in the in-store alterations and tailoring shop. During the tour, Bailey and Banks noted new design concepts and the presence of natural light. Stops included visits to the shoe department, which Bailey said was fitting because Nordstrom started out as a shoe store in Seattle in 1901. “And shoes really are at the root of our culture as a company,” he said. “When we serve a customer shoes you have to get down on one knee and put that shoe on the customer’s foot, and we hope to extend that customer service to all the departments

here at our store.” During a stop at the men’s department, Bailey revealed Nordstrom will offer customers a made-to-measure suiting program with an in-store tailoring and alterations shop. Shoe shines will also be available for $2.50. The accessories department will include a sunglasses boutique, fashion jewelry, fine jewelry, wrist watches and handbags, including a number of exclusive handbag lines to Nordstrom Ottawa. The store will also provide two eateries, including an espresso bar where customers can purchase beverages, such as coffee and smoothies, as well as grab-and-go salads and sandwiches. There will also be a sit-down restaurant with an outdoor patio. In addition to offering numerous designer and high-end fashion choices, including several lines exclusive to Nordstrom Ottawa, the selection will include “more accessible price points as well,” said Bailey, characterizing the store as a broad-based retailer. Opening day will include a preopening beauty bash, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., during which there will be complimentary consultations with Nordstrom’s beauty experts. The store, located at 50 Rideau St., will officially open its doors to shoppers at 9:30 a.m. Nordstrom is making its mark on the city even before the store’s grand opening. A March 4 gala benefit at the store has already been sold out, generating $180,000 in ticket sales in support of United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. The foundation plans to use its $90,000 share for its Cancer Coaching program in support of cancer survivors. “It’s a big boost for that program,” said Linda Eagen, foundation president and chief executive officer, who attended the tour.

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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 The deadline for community event submissions is Friday at noon. Email your events to ottawasouth@ metroland.com.

Feb. 19

The Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library will host Toddlertime, featuring stories, rhymes and songs for babies ages 18 to 36 months and a parent or caregiver. No registration is required. The session runs from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The library branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. For more informa-

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Feb. 21

The Barrhaven-Nepean & District Old Tyme Music & Dance Corp. invites everyone, including musicians, to its traditional old-tyme country music and dance event on Feb. 21, from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the upper-level hall of the Walter Baker Center at 100 Malvern Dr. every second Saturday of every month, from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available. For details call 613-859-5380.

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A Sunday Jammin’ Brunch is being organized by the Strathcona branch of the Royal Canadian Legion for Feb. 22. The meal takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local musicians will entertain between 1 and 5 p.m. Call the branch at 613-236-1575 for details. The branch is located at 1940B Bank St.

Feb. 23

The Job Search Club at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library invites residents to share their job search stories: what’s working, what’s not, job leads, interview experiences. Meetings of the Job Search Club are held every two weeks. The meeting will run from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Greenboro library. For more information please call 613-580-2940. The Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library will host “Tackling the Essay: a Teacher’s Perspective,” an interactive workshop that addresses the fears and common misconceptions of essay writing. Learn how to organize your research, write an essay outline, and produce a final draft that is guaranteed to impress your teachers and get you a better grade. The meeting will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Greenboro library. Register online at bibilioottawalibrary.ca or call 613-580-2940 for more information.

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The Engineers Wives Association of Ottawa will hold its monthly general meeting at St. Thomas the Apostle Church Hall, 2345 Alta Vista Dr. starting at 1:30 p.m. Myfanwy Davies will discuss her experience on the television game show Jeopardy during the meeting. For membership in the association call Joan Mangione at 613-749-4975.

Feb. 25

The Harmony Club for Seniors will hold its monthly gathering on Feb. 25, from 1 to 2 p.m., at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Cathy Hollands will speak about her experiences while volunteering at the National Gallery of Canada in a talk entitled, From the National Gallery and Beyond – How volunteering at the gallery opens one’s eyes. All seniors in the community are welcome to attend. Prior notice is not required. The church is wheelchair accessible and parking is free. For more information, please call 613-733-3156, ext. 229.

A euchre tournament will take place on Feb. 28 at the Greely branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, located at 8021 Mitch Owens Rd. Registration starts at 12 p.m., and playing starts at 1 p.m. The entrance fee is $10. There will be prizes for first, second and third place. For more information, call Arlene at 613-8261295.

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The Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library will host “Becoming a Canadian Citizen: the Application Process” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The workshop will cover a variety of topics related to the Canadian citizenship application, including eligibility criteria, preparation of supporting documents and application forms, and requirements for citizenship. Register online at bibilioottawalibrary.ca or call 613580-2940 for more information.

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August. The next gathering of the Greenboro Knit Wits takes place Feb. 24 at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For more details, call 613-580-2940.

how to avoid environmental toxins in your home and work place. Residents will learn practical tips on how to improve your body’s ability to detoxify using naturopathic medicine which includes clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and lifestyle changes. Register online at biblioottawalibary.ca or call 613580-2940 for more information.

March 3

Dr. Monia Mazigh, author of Mirrors and Mirages, six stories of Muslim women living in Canada, will discuss women in Islam: the myths and reality at Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Rd. from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $20 per couple and $5 for students and are available by calling 613-733-0437.

March 5

The Ottawa South Women’s Connection and Stonecroft Ministries will host a faith story and singer at the Fred Barrett Arena on March 5, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. There will be door prizes, refreshments and child care will be available. The event is designed to connect women with each other and their community. Admission is $5. For details, call 613-249-0919. The arena is located at 3280 Leitrim Rd.

March 8

The Catholic Women’s League of Assumption Parish hosts a St. Patrick’s Day dinner at 320 Olmstead St. in Vanier on March 8 at 5 p.m. Irish entertainment will be provided by the McCann family. Tickets for adults are $15 and children 12 and under are $5, and are available by contacting the parish office by calling 613-746-8503.

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Movie and animation fan volunteers are needed. The Kidney Foundation will be holding a major event in 2015 to sell a major collection of rare and fun movie and animation memorabilia, including tens of thousands of movie posters, books, photos, toys, original cartoon art and much, much more. Volunteers have been cataloguing the many items and more people would be welcomed. Please call 613-2479207 for details.

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