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At age 86, Manotick’s Larry Ellis shows no sign of OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER slowing down.

It’s a Thursday afternoon and he’s joined more than 20 other seniors at the village’s Mill Tavern for a bite of See what’s happening by visiting lunch, a chat and a few laughs. www.ottawacommunitynews.com/ It’s become part of his routine, and one that he does not ottawaregion-events/ take for granted, thanks to Rural Ottawa South Support www.facebook.com/ottawacommunitynews Services. The organization provides a range of supports @OTcommunitynews and programs, from meals, rides and social and fitness activities to caregiver respite and home care, for seniors and adults with disabilities ages 18 to 109.

LOOK INSIDE FOR YOUR Ellis is not only a longtime client, relying on delivered CANADIAN TIRE FLYER frozen meals, drop-in social programming and rides to medical appointments — he also volunteers, making regular calls to check in on others in need.

“I meet so many great people,” Ellis said. “It’s just a fun time, and there’s satisfaction in being able to contribute a little bit too.”

He was shocked recently to learn that ROSSS, as the 30-year-old organization is known, has been scrambling since late last year to tighten its belt amid a record drop in donations and an unprecedented increase in client demand.

For that reason, staff last week issued an appeal for Sale 299.99 the community’s help in raising $100,000 by the end of SAVE 25.00/month†† March, needed to protect 20 per cent of the organization’s Reg 449.99 12´ Trampoline and operating budget and ensure it doesn’t have to turn away

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Longtime Manotick resident Larry Ellis joins other seniors for lunch at Manotick’s Mill Tavern on March 9. He has long enjoyed programs and services that are available to rural residents thanks to Rural Ottawa South Support Services. The organization is facing a $100,000 financial shortfall amid record demand for programs.

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about 1,800 clients who live in a massive rural area equivalent to about onethird the size of Ottawa. “We’re desperately hoping the community is going to rise to the oc-

casion,� said Mary Acton-Bond, the support centre’s executive director. “I can’t leave any stone unturned. We’ve got to try everything we can possibly do to make this continue.�

Trouble mounted late last year when ROSSS did not see the usual influx of

donations it receives in December, needed to shore up its annual operating budget, which is $2.3 million this year.

That decline represented a 40 per cent shortfall from what was projected, further heightened by the fact January

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and February are not typically donation-rich months. “We’re feeling it on both sides,� said Acton-Bond. “We’re feeling it from the (clients), who need more help and we’re feeling it from the donors.�

Last year, the organization served more than 9,100 people, well up from more than 6,200 in 2015. “It is the biggest jump we’ve ever seen,� she said.

While Ellis was surprised to learn his organization is facing trouble, he said the demand for support is understandable given the number of communities ROSSS serves: Manotick, Greely, Vernon, Kars, Metcalfe, Osgoode, North Gower, Edwards, Richmond, Kenmore, Ashton, Burritts Rapids and Marionville. “The demand is even greater now because so many people can’t drive to their medical appointments,� said Ellis.

While he’s only used the odd ride to get to appointments, he said if he ever has to give up his driver’s licence and downsize to a seniors’ residence, he

knows where to turn. “That’s the thing with ROSSS, I know if the time comes that I can’t drive ‌ I’ll make use of ROSSS,â€? he said.

In addition to providing more than 15,000 rides last year, the centre has also seen rising demand to transport wheelchair-reliant clients. ROSSS is now serving 27 of those people, more than twice as many as before. “We’re the only game in town, so they have no other option,� ActonBond said.

Over the past 15 years, ROSSS has seen a change in its donor base. Many financial supporters have become clients, which means they are no longer able to donate.

That is especially crucial since donations and program grants help offset the organization’s operating budget, which is also funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the City of Ottawa.

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Carolyn Puderer (left), connections program co-ordinator, and Courtney Rock, community outreach, volunteer and development manager, are two of the 31 staff members who provide care to thousands of seniors and adults with disabilities through Rural Ottawa South Support Services. The organization is appealing for donations in the midst of a record financial shortage that could impact front-line services.

‘Serving more people with the same money’ Continued from page 2

The province’s contribution has not risen in six years, and ROSSS’s annual share of the city’s rural transportation funding has gone done down in recent years, said Acton-Bond.

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt said those dollars, which pay for rides between rural communities, come from the rural Para Transpo tax that rural property owners pay.

It’s too late to boost that for the city’s 2017 budget, but a discussion is needed with rural organizations in the next few months to assess the need and see if the tax rate could be increased in the 2018 budget, said Moffatt.

“The toughest thing is going to be 2017. I think long-term we can find solutions,” he said.

“If we can shore up a gap in one specific area, it should help relieve the pressure on some of the other areas.”

While a separate pot of money the city provides ROSSS, in support of community programming, has increased with the cost of living, it’s not keeping pace with client demand.

“We’re serving more people with the same money,” said Acton-Bond.

That is something councillors and city staff are hearing across the board.

“All these groups are seeing increased demand for their service and that’s likely caused by the aging population,” Moffatt said. “We need to address that.”

centre’s volunteer board of directors and staff have done everything they can to tighten the purse strings without impacting front-line service.

However, since last December, 1.5 full-time equivalent administrative staff have been let go, leaving 31 full- and part-time staff. That has forced the centre to close its doors each weekday at 4 p.m., rather than the usual 7 p.m.

“I hope to not cut anymore staff positions. We start painting ourselves into a corner,” said Acton-Bond, adding that there are also challenges in recruiting more volunteers beyond the 250 who donate their time, which would help alleviate the pressure.

“Last year, we found so many efficiencies and that’s perhaps why we were just able to eat the extra expense,” Acton-Bond said. “So we made every dollar count. But at some point there are no more efficiencies to be found.”

If the budget shortfall continues, that would mean scaling back on social recreation pro-

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grams for seniors and the disabled, and reducing social time volunteers spend with isolated clients when delivering meals.

Last year alone 8,000 meals were delivered.

ROSSS helps keep many seniors in their own homes well into their golden years, and provided more than 6,000 hours of respite care last year. That represents “an enormous” costsavings in provincial health-care dollars, said Acton-Bond. “It’s better for everybody to age in their home.”

The organization serves some of the most vulnerable clients.

“It would truly break your heart,” Acton-Bond said of their isolation. “They don’t have anybody else to turn to.

“Some of these people are struggling so much to get by and to be able to have our drop-in to look forward to, that’s their time out for the week,” she said.

“They meet friends and they make connections and they leave smiling. They’re just so grateful for the opportunity.”

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Riverside Park residents took their first look at a new agingin-place village that hundreds of older adults will call home in the coming years, where they’ll be able to transition from bungalows to flats to seniors’ apartments and possibly assisted living as they advance into their golden years.

An estimated 200 people flooded the Riverside Churches March 9 to scan the concept designs for the 10-acre blank canvas where the Bayview school once stood, and which will be known as Canoe Bay. The meeting was held (coincidentally) just hours after the city finalized its $16.5-million sale of the land across from Mooney’s Bay Park to Canoe Bay Developments, a newly formed company that plans to build a 627-unit seniors’-oriented development valued at $150 million, which includes construction costs and the land price.

Canoe Bay was chosen from a dozen bidders by the arms-length Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation, which manages the city’s real estate transactions.

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“We think we won it on concept,” said Gary Harper, chief executive of Canoe Bay Developments, adding that competing bidders planned to put in houses and condominiums.

ing yards off Mooney’s Bay Place to the north.

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These structures will be linked at the ground floor so that residents can share the use of various amenities, such as a dining room and kitchen, multi-pur-

pose room, a lounge and a wellness centre or health club with swimming pools and health-care services.

“They’re luxury resorts, really,” said Harper.

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Fronting the property along Riverside Drive will be a commercial strip with two-storeys of apartments on top. The businesses will face inwards away from the street, while the units above will feature large waterfront terraces “to almost create that second living room,” said Ottawa architect Rod Lahey.

The commercial component is meant to bring in Riverside Park residents and supplement the lifestyle of the people living there, he said.

Eva Kuszel, whose Mooney’s Bay Place home backs onto the Canoe Bay property, said she moved to the area “because of the serenity and the green space.”

“The original concept plan that the community took such painstaking time to achieve reflected that and now has greatly deviated from that original plan,” she said in opposition of the commercial component pitched for Canoe Bay. Along Riverside Drive, two right-in and right-out turns are proposed, one at the north end of the lot and another in the middle to provide access to 238

underground tenant and visitor parking spots.

A third at the south end would feature a full traffic light and pedestrian crosswalk.

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The company is hoping to begin the first phase of construction in spring 2018.

City planner Sean Moore assured concerned residents the city will work to ensure the company’s construction plan offers the least impact to area residents. He also calmed fears that the project could be completely altered down the road, saying the company would have to first reapply to the city for approvals.

“There’s certainty built in,” Moore said.

As well, the city’s purchase agreement with Canoe Bay says that if the company doesn’t build its intended retirement village, then the city can take back the property, Harper said.

Brockington, who only saw the Canoe Bay illustrations for the first time at the March 9 meeting, assured residents he still has concerns about the commer-

cial section on Riverside Drive, as well as with the relationship between the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation, which sold the land.

He also acknowledged there were likely expectations the community-led concept plan, approved in 2009 and which offered a blueprint for future development at Bayview, was “bullet proof.”

However, he said the project is not a done deal.

“I am confident we can achieve additional successes going forward,” said Brockington.

Several public consultation meetings will be held this year, some of which will be triggered when the developer applies to the city for an official plan amendment and a rezoning.

A site plan control application must also be sought.

Brockington is encouraging residents with comments and questions to email him in detail at riley.brockington@ottawa.ca and/or city planner Sean Moore at sean.moore@ottawa.ca.

For details about the Canoe Bay village, visit canoebay.ca.

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ou can’t live without it in today’s society and in recent times, some haven’t been able to live with it due to the cost. We are talking about the electricity which powers virtually every aspect of our lives.

So when Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announces a 17 per cent reduction in rates, you take notice. Some are citing this as a cynical political move. Well, surprise, surprise — hydro rates have been a political football in Ontario ever since electricity started flowing in the early 1900s.

The electricity system has been reliable recently, not like the frequent, annoying outages that plagued the system in the notso-distant past.

The principle that future generations — rather than present-day ratepayers — should pay a share of the infrastructure costs related to electricity, which is the justification for this rate reduction, is a good one.

It works when buying a home, with the costs distributed over future years. It now will apply to the electricity system.

But more could and should be done to reduce electricity rates.

Can you image today’s society with no electricity? Hardly, so why is the federal portion of the HST charged on electricity?

Other essential items in society like food are exempt. That should be the case with electricity as well.

It might be a better use of Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre’s time if he railed against this injustice rather than tilting at the windmill of the proposed carbon tax as he has been doing.

Furthermore, if Wynne is so concerned about hydro consumers getting a break so they can afford to live in today’s society, why is she not coming to the aid of those City of Ottawa residents in Cumberland, Osgoode, Rideau and West Carleton who are now served by Hydro One, but should be served by local municipal utility Hydro Ottawa with its lower rates.

This should be simple and easy to do, particularly by a premier who claims to want to lower electricity rates for customers.

Yet many Ottawa residents remain shut out of being served by their more efficient local municipal utility.

It’s time that the premier stepped up to the plate on this issue and forced change.

Working hard on the folly of criticism

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I’m trying to sleep. somebody’s expression of distaste.

I finally asked my son what he I’ve seen this play out in my own You can determine to whom each This concept was largely popuhousehold. For months I was criticiz- thought would help him to be more of the criticisms belongs. larized in How to Win Friends and organized in the morning. I almost ing one child in particular who was If the point of criticism is to enInfluence People, by Dale Carnegie, fell over when he asked if we’d help going to bed too late, failing to get courage others into better behaviour, first published in 1937. however, I’m about to have an all-out “Criticism is futile because it puts up with his alarm, missing the school organize his bedroom. Done.

Following that, regardless of what rebellion on my hands. a person on the defensive and usually bus, and contributing to daily chaos time he went to sleep, he was up and Humans — and likely their furry makes him strive to justify himself,” every weekday morning. out the door for school. Reward My nagging voice: Why do you domestic friends — don’t like critiwrote Carnegie. “Criticism is dangerseemed to breed further rewards. By always do this?

Are we going to have cism. In fact, countless studies have ous, because it wounds a person’s making the bus each morning, he was to remove some privileges? You’re shown that we are much more likely precious pride, hurts his sense of able to take on a leadership role as making me late for work every day. to repeat behaviour for which we’re importance, and rouses resentment.” the much-envied bus monitor. The Why can’t you get more organized? appreciated and rewarded, than we Criticism fills people with dread I realize in hindsight that the odd leadership role buoyed his confidence are to change behaviour based on and demoralizes them, noted Carn-

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Spring fever strikes early this year on the farm

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fter a week lying on a beach in Jamaica, the cows decided I needed some exercise. I was summoned from my office by the sound of cows bellowing in the barnyard. I looked out the window and saw the gate swinging open – never a good sign. I guess the Farmer didn’t make sure it was closed properly after he watered the new mamas and their calves this morning.

So I got to play round up with the escapees.

I grabbed some boots and a jacket and darted out the front door to head the beasts off before they could escape down the driveway. I was a bit late. The bull was leading the way, and as soon as he saw me he picked up speed. I had grabbed a couple of apples to lure him with, but he was too far away to see or smell them.

Dono led his excited troupe of four cows and one lone calf around to the other barnyard

brats moved toward the gate. and their birth experiences One was standing in the One paused for a moment to were relatively normal and flowerbed and peeking into trauma-free. This is good, the swimming pool. The other nibble on the cedar tree but was sniffing remnants of veg- I took a step toward her and because we like taking a vacaflapped my arms with a “Ha!” tion once a year and we want gies in the garden. and she turned, kicked up her to be able to ask our daughIt really is a two-person job, rounding up animals and heels and trotted through the ters to help out again!

The house and barn cats gate. herding them back through The Accidental Farmwife are starting to venture out At least once a year this a narrow gate. I ran one way of doors now that the days happens. It is typically in and then the other, after are warmer. Sammy hasn’t springtime, because the managed to pull the gate wide the two beasts. Every time I gate to see if they could get been outside for more than a grass is truly greener on the open. I flapped my arms and pushed them one way, I had back in that way. Nope. It other side of the fence and the fleeting moment in the past to turn and run the other was locked and chained, as it called at them, “Heh! Heh!” way around the house to stop animals want a taste. I’m just four months but one sunny should be. The dogs next door I told them they were bad, them from escaping down the glad it didn’t happen when we day last week he disappeared spotted him, and started bark- and to “get home!” Most out the door for an adventure. were away and our daughdriveway again. of them went willingly but ing. He decided to go check He came back a few hours ters were housesitting. They Half an hour later, Betty some kicked up their heels that out, tiptoeing through had enough trouble trying to later with his first wounds of as they ran back through the showed up on the barnyard the bushes to their living room window. The neighbours gate into the barnyard. They side of the fence and mooed, escort the newborn calves and the season. I guess he bumped into the stray tomcat on his their mamas over the frozen as if to ask the two remainwere thrilled, I’m sure, to see mooed at me in protest. In ruts of mud and manure into outing, and they got into a part of our herd in their yard. the barn, two new mamas and ing cows what they were still the barn. Only two new calves fight. Spring fever has arrived, doing on the people side of their calves called out as if I cut through the field were born while we were away, just a few days early. the fence. Slowly, the two to say, “What’s going on out and ran down the road, in there?” an attempt to stop the cattle I walked back to the house from continuing that way where they might cause a real slowly, trying to catch my breath. Just as I reached the problem with an oncoming vehicle. Luckily, I was able to first barn gate and moved to close it, I realized I still had steer them back up toward two runaways in the yard. the barnyard where I had DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS /

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Stage 2 light rail approval not without debate Land deals, peer reviews, business case, Hwy. 174 lane top list of concerns

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Week In Review!

Greely Community Association meeting March 8th 2017 The Greely Community Association (GCA) held their general meeting on March 8th and it was busy!

We had many guest speakers including MP Pierre Poilievre, Community Police Officer Constable JP Vincelette, and city staff on behalf of Service Ottawa 311 and the Client Service Centres. Thank you to GCA President Bruce Brayman and Vice-President Adam Sooley for putting on such an interactive meeting. Thank you to city staff for coming out to answer residents’ questions.

Richard Cheslock Promotion It was my pleasure to congratulate Metcalfe resident Richard Cheslock on his promotion to District Fire Chief. Richard has worked hard for many years and I was incredibly proud to present him with a certificate congratulating him and acknowledging all of his hard work. I wish you all the best in your new position!

Meeting with MPP Lisa MacLeod and OWBA I attended a meeting at MPP Lisa MacLeod’s office with herself and members of the Osgoode Ward Business Association (OWBA) to discuss the natural gas expansion as well as hydro relief for businesses and rural residents. It’s always a pleasure to be able to meet with such motivated individuals who work hard for their community each and every day!

International Women’s Day at City Hall I had the honour of attending Mayor Watson’s International Women’s Day Breakfast here at City Hall with many incredible women including Vera Mitchell, a long time resident of the Osgoode Ward.

Vera is the former Councillor of Osgoode Township, as well as an Order of Ottawa recipient and she is still very active in the community. It was also great to see MP Maryam Monsef, MP Catherine McKenna, MPP Lisa MacLeod, Councillor Marianne Wilkinson, and Councillor Jan Harder!

Ottawa city council’s unanimous approval of the second phase of light-rail transit was tempered by cautionary words that secrecy and unknowns have no place when billions of taxpayer dollars are on the line.

Gloucester-Southgate Coun.

Diane Deans pointed to what she said is a weaker business case for the $3.6-billion Stage 2 project and a departure from a peer-review process that could offer another layer of oversight.

Deans voted in favour of the overall procurement plan at

the March 8 council meeting, which will see the line extended east to Trim Road in Orléans in 2022, west to Moodie Drive in Nepean in 2023 and south to the airport and Riverside South in 2021, pending a financial commitment from the federal government.

However, she did not sup-

PUBLIC CONSULTATION BAYSHORE TO MOODIE BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) ConveRsion To LighT RaiL TRansiT (LRT) enviRonmenTaL assessmenT (ea) Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6 t 9 p. . Pr t ti t 7 p. .

Maki House Community Centre - 19 Leeming Drive To expand access to rapid transit service and extend light rail farther west, the City is reviewing plans to extend light rail beyond Bayshore Station to Moodie Drive as part of the Stage 2 Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project. Please join us for a public consultation to discuss this project. This consultation is an opportunity for the team working on the project to hear your thoughts and answer questions.

This public consultation will: • Present recommendations to convert the West Transitway Extension from a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to Light Rail Transit (LRT), review plans for grade separation at Holly Acres, enhance connectivity to light rail and explore the feasibility of having a Light Maintenance Storage Facility (LMSF) beyond Bayshore Station • Provide background information on the expanded bus facilities at Bayshore in the event that Bayshore is the terminus of the Confederation Line in the interim

911 Sign Blades I have secured funding to create a one-year program to have the rusted signs along arterial roads replaced. I will be posting information about how to take advantage of this program as the details become available. The new blades will be made out of aluminum in order to make them more resistant to the elements, as well as the salt from the plows.

Thank you to the City and Emergency Services who helped make this program happen. I would also like to thank Paul Hutt and the volunteer firefighters for bringing this to my attention.

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Ward Councillors and City staff will be available to discuss the project and answer questions.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please email your request to stage2@ottawa.ca before March 20, 2017.

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port three aspects of the plan: creating a high-occupancy vehicle lane on a segment of highway 174 (councillors Toby Nussbaum, Catherine McKenney and Jeff Leiper also dissented on this point), giving staff too much delegated authority and allowing staff to purchase or expropriate land needed for the Stage 2 line.

“This is a $3.6-billion project and council, doing their due diligence, needs to look at every single recommendation and ensure they’re all value for money and in the public interest,” Deans told Metroland Media.

The process of keeping the land acquisition deals under wraps until all are finalized began during the last term of council in a bid to protect the city’s interests and those of property owners.

“I find it an odd argument because if you were to go and purchase a home, you can access comparables in the area,” Deans said, adding that the financial detail could be shared in camera. “I don’t know why it’s shrouded in secrecy.

“It’s kind of like tying our own hands,” she said, adding this sets a dangerous precedent on not requesting information that is in the public’s interest to know.

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli and Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney also did not support this part of the plan.

“I know for myself I have grown uneasy in my role in concurring with these reports,” McKenney told council.

When she previously asked that the land acquisitions be audited, council was told it was too complex a matter.

“Why is it too complex for our auditor and our audit committee to look at these reports annually or biannually and not be able to come back to council?” McKenney said.

The answer from staff was this: Once properties that need to be secured are identified, staff will meet with the local ward councillors and the mayor before going to council for approval. However, the financial details would be withheld until all deals are complete for each LRT stage.

Still, Chiarelli said the argument that the city didn’t disclose land purchases and expropriations in Stage 1 of LRT doesn’t fly.

See CITY, page 11

City will need to negotiate with 60 property owners: Chiarelli Continued from page 10

“The information won’t be made public until it’s all completed, so we don’t know if it’s a problem,� said Chiarelli, who confirmed with staff that the city will need to negotiate with almost 60 private and government property owners in Stage 2. There were almost 80 property owners involved in Stage 1.

But Watson said those real-estate deals could be disclosed to councillors during in camera meetings if there were assurances the information wouldn’t get out into the public realm, potentially inflating the cost of the land needed for LRT and jeopardizing those individual deals. “If some members of council don’t leak, we could offer all of that to council, but we’ve had a history of information getting out,� Watson told Metroland Media following the March 8 vote. “It affects the value of the land and we don’t want to risk taxpayers’ dollars with these sensitive negotiations that are ongoing. “When all of the land has been assembled all of the information will be released literally the next hour,� he said.

The absence of a Stage 2 peer-review process, which involves a panel of agencies, was questioned by Deans

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City council unanimously approved the second stage of the city's light-rail transit plan, which will get underway in 2018 if federal funding can be secured this spring. and Chiarelli, particularly since it was done in Stage 1 with the panel recommending that LRT remain within the Greenbelt to maximize effectiveness. “We’ve now veered off that,� said Deans. “It has to have an affordability lens on it and it has to be value for money and it has to be in the public interest.�

That, however, is not needed at this time given the $80-million hiring of an engineering team, and with the “strict oversight� provided by the city treasur-

er, said John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation services, who also said he too provides project oversight.

HIGHWAY 174

Deans also questioned whether transforming a bus-only lane into a high-occupancy vehicle lane along highway 174, between Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard and Montreal Road, could hurt LRT.

“The evidence clearly shows it competes directly with our expanded LRT line, both from a ridership and a fare revenue perspective,� she said, noting the project is actually not in the city’s affordability plan until 2031.

Her comments to council weren’t welcome by several around the table, including OrlÊans Coun. Bob Monette and Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais.

Blais, chair of the city’s transit commission, said it doesn’t make sense to “cherry pick� the HOV lane given the benefit for east-end residents. “We need a complete system for all residents of Ottawa,� he said, before noting he supports the airport LRT spur, which is in Deans’ ward.

His east-end counterpart, Monette, expressed surprise that any councillor would vote against modifying the 174. “For some reason, councillors who don’t even live in OrlĂŠans decided that this is not the appropriate way to go,â€? he said. “It will not take ridership away from LRT.â€?

It’s part of a larger picture, a complete transportation network that will one day serve the city in every direction. “Let’s not get bogged down on the 174,� Monette said. “Together as a council I think we can improve the system and we can keep on improving it.�

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Councillor/Conseillère Quartier Gloucester-Southgate Ward

City looks to work with Gatineau on rail crossing

2017 International Women’s Day Breakfast

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Diane Deans

I was pleased to host my annual International Women’s Day breakfast on March 8 to celebrate and recognize the women in Gloucester-Southgate Ward and the City of Ottawa. The event was a great success bringing together local women of influence and women from the community in celebration of our achievements.

My special guest speaker, Catherine Butler, Lead Organizer of the Women’s March in Ottawa, delivered a powerful and empowering speech. Her passion for a more kind and just world is what led her to organize a demonstration of more than 8000 Ottawa residents. She truly embodied this year’s theme to ‘Be Bold for Change’ and her story was an inspiration for all women looking to create meaningful change in our community.

Thank you to the Donnelly Automotive Group for their generous sponsorship of this event. I’d also like to thank everyone who came out to mark this special occasion.

Sidewalk Replacement in Gloucester-Southgate Ward The City of Ottawa has identified several locations across the City for sidewalk and curb renewal under the Federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) project. Here are the locations that were selected in our community: • Cahill (both sides) from Bank to Albion S – Concrete Sidewalk Replacement • Southgate (both sides) from Johnston to 180m SE of Cahill – Concrete Sidewalk Replacement The design work for this project will be completed during the Spring and early Summer of 2017, with construction works anticipated for completion by November 2017.

OC Transpo Launches New EquiPass Applications As part of Budget 2017, the City of Ottawa approved a new affordable monthly transit pass called the EquiPass. The pass will provide a lower-priced transit option for those who are living below the low-income threshold. The pass is $57 per month, a 50 per cent discount from the adult monthly pass, and will be available for use starting April 1st, 2017.

Customers must qualify for the pass and can learn about eligibility requirements and application processes by visiting www.octranspo.com or by calling 613-741-4390. Please note that there may be extended approval times as the program first launches and residents are encouraged to get your applications in as soon as possible.

Ottawa Community Housing’s Contact Number You can now connect with Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) with one simple phone number, which is 613-731-1182. This phone number was launched earlier this month as a way to make it easier for OCH residents to connect with OCH staff to answer your questions faster. The phone system will help guide you through a list of all available options.

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH

Not a day goes by without Mayor Jim Watson being asked about connectivity across the river into GatinMetroland file photo eau, he said.

As council debated the procureThe city is looking to work with the city of Gatineau to use the Prince of Wales bridge to ment plan and alignment of the city’s extend transit across the river.

Stage 2 light rail plan, they also voted to go full speed ahead on plans to work with the city of Gatineau and the province of Quebec on a project that would use the Prince of Wales bridge to extend transit across the river.

Watson said with so many Ottawa residents working in Gatineau and vice versa, the project would just make good sense.

Watson noted former mayor Bob Chiarelli’s insight in purchasing the bridge.

“This is something that’s been talked about for a couple of decades,” he said.

An interprovincial report by the National Capital Commission in 2013 recommended the extension of the O-Train across the Prince of : re a u yo Wales bridge to better integrate tranif r You can foste sit between the two downtown cores.

OF 18 Watson also pitched the idea again OVER THE AGE E M O at the last NCC board meeting in H T A IRED OR IP H S January.

He told the board of direcN IO T WORKING, RET A L SAME-SEX RE A tors that the intent of purchasing it IN R O D IE R several years ago was to convert it to SINGLE, MAR ESTYLE H A STABLE LIF IT W a rail bridge.

N O S R E P A CARING The bridge would connect the OTrain to the Taché Station of Gatin?

E : M e O ls e Above all E A R T A ND H H R eau’s Rapibus system.

U O Y IN E C SPA The city’s numbers show that just DO YOU HAVE converting the bridge for pedestrian use would cost $10.5 million.

The estimate for converting the bridge for rail would be anywhere from $20 to $40 million.

Watson said there’s definitely not enough money in the city’s coffers for Find out more about the difference you the project, but expressed hope that the project could get funding given can make in the life of a child today: the support of area Members of Parliament, including Greg Fergus, who represents Hull-Aylmer.

Watson said it would likely be five to seven years before the project really gets underway.

“If the federal government came to the table with funding today, we’d (613) 742-1620 ext. 1 be prepared to start the environmental assessment process,” he said.

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Watson announces he’ll run Soccer starts here! for mayor’s seat a third time

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

Mayor Jim Watson has announced he is planning to seek re-election in 2018.

Following on the heels of council’s approval of Stage 2 LRT, Watson said he plans to run on his record. “I am very proud of my record and everything we built together,� Watson wrote in a statement posted to his Facebook page on March 9.

Watson said he’s committed to keeping taxes at an affordable rate and said creative thinking and hard work has kept taxes at a predictable level during his tenure as mayor.

Not surprisingly, Watson counted light rail among his achievements. â€œâ€Śafter years of false starts, lawsuits and cancellations, we are now on the verge of witnessing the

opening of our new light rail transit system on time and on budget,â€? he said. “More importantly, just yesterday, we approved the plan for Stage 2 of our LRT system that will see us go further east to Place d’OrlĂŠans and Trim Road; further south to the airport and Riverside South; and farther west to Algonquin College, Bayshore Shopping Centre and now to Moodie Drive and the new DND complex — all faster than originally planned.â€?

Watson started out as a city councillor for Ottawa in 1991 and served as mayor from 1997 to 2000 before heading to Queen’s Park to represent the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean.

He resigned from provincial cabinet in 2010 to seek the mayor’s job from rival Larry O’Brien. “I have set out a plan and a vision on how to make

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Watson said. “I am happy to say that, by working together with my council colleagues and the community, we have made significant progress moving the benchmark forward on innovation and smart growth across our city.�

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Summer camp can help develop valuable life-long skills MATT BARR

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Owner/president of Camps Canada

There are hundreds of reasons for kids to go to camp. Here is a partial list followed by expert advice.

Every child should go to camp to: • make new friends (the number one outcome cited by children who attend camp) • learn new physical skills (arts and crafts, sports, swimming, waterskiing, archery) • learn new social skills (communication, leadership, teamwork) • gain an appreciation of people’s different abilities (we are all gifted in some way or another) • experience the feelings of love, safety, and security • enjoy being a kid and clowning around • experience the freedom to make choices, decisions, and mistakes • do chores without being paid (kids help to clean up after lunch and to keep the camp area clean) • have one outstanding teacher (we have lots of the non-academic kind here) • see positive adult role models

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in a fun environment experience a community where everyone is welcome regardless of race, colour or religion learn how to swim (many camps provide daily swimming opportunities) receive praise for who she is and what she has accomplished (counselors do this all the time) turn off the television for a week (there are no TV’s at most camps) to gain leadership skills (within a group of their peers) experience many things for the first time build confidence in all the things they can do feel comfortable being themselves (all personalities are encouraged and celebrated at camp) learn to adjust to new environments, various social situations gain a greater sense of personal satisfaction, self-esteem, and leadership develop personal habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle discover and explore their interests, values and talents participate on teams take responsibility for others and help out increase their problem-solving

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skills meet a new circle of peers (outside of their school friends) create life-long friendships learn to adjust to new environments gain a greater sense of personal satisfaction and personal habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle trust their own instincts and gain a sense of independence

Most importantly . . . to have fun A camp experience is without equal.

Even those campers who during the school year have behavioural problems, difficulty concentrating or who cannot relate well to their peers are highly successful. How is all of this accomplished in a recreational/educational setting that is overseen by a few camping professionals, but is administered for the most part by high school and university students.

The answer is complex; however, the key to the success of camp is that all its efforts are focused on the individual and not on the program.

The program is the tool. The medium is the out of doors; the strategy is to earn the trust of the child in order to make the experience positive, nonthreatening, creative and enjoyable.

The camping community has long realized that when a child is placed in

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Each summer it is evident by the smiles on their faces, and the laughter we hear that campers are extremely happy in the camp environment. They learn to be self reliant, cooperative, understanding and sensitive.

As part of a relatively small group they make friendships and establish bonds that will last a lifetime. The trust that is established allows them to take risks, experiment, challenge themselves and learn from these trials. Day to day they face a multitude of real life situations for which they find their own solutions or work closely with others to resolve them.

They develop logical thinking. They assume various roles within the group based upon their strengths. They are better able to make choices for themselves that meet their needs and the needs of others.

They become part of a community as they get caught up in the enthusiastic displays of spirit and singing that make camp distinct. Moreover, without realizing it they develop skills that relate directly to academic subjects such as geography, mathematics, kinesiology, meteorology, biology, natural sciences and languages.

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their peers and their leaders is enhanced. They learn to accept and appreciate individual differences and are willing to reach out to assist others or allow themselves to be helped.

Through challenging and creative activities they develop skills that will be useful as they cope with everyday life. From each experience they become more self confident and develop an increased self esteem which allows them to continue to reach out and look for more.

All this in a fun-filled, stress free environment. Camp is a place where strengths are reinforced, where people recognize and accept that all of us have varying abilities and talents. In so doing, each participant can applaud the efforts of peers.

Feeling that support, the young person is willing to attempt more complex and challenging activities without the fear of failure. In this environment the “poor student” has an opportunity for recognition and leadership that may otherwise be denied. Camp is for every child regardless of talent and ability.

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‘Be bold for change’ Stronger focus on women’s issues a lacking ingredient in Ottawa: Women’s March organizer

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

The lead organizer of Ottawa’s Women’s Day March, which saw upwards of 8,000 people march through downtown Ottawa the day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, wasn’t always a feminist.

Though Catherine Butler today considers herself a "social justice feminist warrior," the Orléans resident and health-care public servant did not always embrace feminism, preferring instead to label herself a humanist.

“I had such a twisted impression of what the word feminist meant,” Butler said during her keynote speech at GloucesterSouthgate Coun. Diane Deans’ annual International Women’s

Day breakfast on March 8 in the Hunt Club area.

“I was representative of that wave of entitled younger women and feminists who totally disregarded the work that had been done by the women before me: the right to vote, the right to walk in the same circles as men, the right to run for office, all of those things that I, amongst many of my peers, took for granted.”

With wisdom and maturity, that changed.

Butler's Nova Scotia roots and formative years living in Canada’s North would help shape her views, as has her work as a nurse. Today, she is vice-president of clinical care for the Champlain Community Care Access Centre, a role she says allows her to effect change and advocate for patients.

The pivotal point for her was the U.S. presidential election.

Once the shock of Trump’s victory wore off, the anger set in, culminating in the organization of the Women’s March in Ottawa on Jan. 21.

It was then that she realized this isn’t her mother’s women’s rights movement.

“It is different because of the diversity of women and human beings that are involved in this movement towards gender equality,” Butler told the crowd, which included female city managers, police officers and two of Ottawa’s four city councillors: Deans and Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney.

Inclusive of all races, religions, the LGBTQ community and the entire gender spectrum, “there is room in this movement for everyone,” Butler said. “We need every single woman and man who support women’s rights as human rights to be a part of this movement.”

Likewise, Deans also was inspired by Tump's election to

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Orléans resident Catherine Butler (left) joins Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans for the councillor’s annual International Women’s Day breakfast held in the Hunt Club community on March 8. Butler was invited to deliver the event’s keynote address in her role as lead organizer of the Women’s March in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 21. take action. She and McKenney joined others in travelling to Washington, D.C., to take part in the march there.

“I knew I couldn’t be a bystander,” said Deans. “Turning back the clock 50 years on attitudes towards women is not something that I’m prepared to accept.”

Attitudes south of the border have a direct impact on Canadian women, and the march sent a clear message and prompted a collective wake-up call to be ever vigilant.

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complacent,” Deans said.

“It’s clear to me that we as a city need a stronger and more sustained focus on women’s issues locally,” she said of the need to “be bold for change,” the theme of her Women’s Day gathering and International Women's Day. “That’s on my to-do list.”

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BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Jacob Randell is just 13, but even at such a young age and despite years of navigating complex medical challenges, he has unwavering enthusiasm and gratitude for life.

In his role as a champion for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Miracle Network champion, the longtime CHEO patient will welcome a dozen other pediatric patients to Ottawa from across Canada.

After arriving on March 18 and 19, they’ll be treated to a tour of Parliament Hill, a national museum and other special events on March 20 for “a uniquely Canadian experi-

ence,” said Adam Starkman, chief development officer with the Children’s Miracle Network in Canada.

The annual event has been moved from Toronto to Ottawa to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday year.

“I feel honoured and proud to represent many kids who have challenges in their lives like I have,” said Jacob, an Aylmer, Que. resident.

“It’s a big privilege to meet other kids and have them share their story.”

He said he also strives to best represent CHEO, “one of the best hospitals ever,” where he goes every six months for followup appointments.

See CANADIANS, page 27

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Until three years ago, Jacob was there on a weekly, sometimes daily basis, stemming from his diagnosis at age five with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour, a rare brain cancer. He was given a 10-percent chance of survival in the lead-up to a 17-hour brain surgery, as well as radiation, chemotherapy and stem-cell transplant.

He needed to learn how to walk and eat again, and was later diagnosed with schwannoma, a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow on nerve endings.

Jacob’s aggressive and fastgrowing brain tumour is now gone.

“Jacob shouldn’t be here today, so it’s a miracle he is,” said his mother, Liliane Hajjar, a University of Ottawa employee. “He beat all odds.”

Jacob not only strives to be a role model for other pediatric patients, but also for his sister, Sophia, 4, who was diagnosed with the same rare genetic brain cancer last November.

“The week she was diagnosed … he grabbed my face and said, ‘Momma, she’s going to be OK because she’s got me.’ I’ll never forget that,” Hajjar said, overcome with emotion.

“If there’s anything I need to do to help Sophia is be there for her and play with her a lot and hold her hand,” Jacob said. “If I do all that

“There’s something about Jacob that most of us can’t explain. He leaves a mark wherever he goes.”

LILLIAN HAJJAR, JACOB’S MOTHER

she’ll become stronger and I know she will be able to beat this.”

Sharing his message of inspiration is part of what he is most looking forward to during the champions event, as well as serving as the face of CHEO and highlighting its

need at a time when government funding is tight amid rising patient demand.

“Jacob’s story is a perfect example,” Starkman said.

“He’s a young man who has had multiple treatments and multiple procedures and requires a complex-care plan that is very expensive.”

The upcoming event is a chance for the public to learn that every dollar raised locally through the Children’s Miracle Network stays in the community. The network generates about $50 million a year for 14 Canadian hospitals.

As well, the celebration is an opportunity for Canadians to show their support for kids like Jacob. New this year, they will have a surprise waiting for them on March 20 at the Marriott Hotel in Centretown where yellow balloons will be blown up with each request Canadians make, March 18 to 20, through childrensmiraclenetwork.ca/balloons-forchampions.

“The balloon really represents the limitless character of our champions,” said Starkman. “That’s something

that Canadians can really get behind."

The day after the balloon reveal, the champions will fly to Orlando, Fla., on March 21 to join their pediatric U.S. peers for an annual conference to share their experiences

and enjoy time at the Disney Training Institute, where they will learn more about their roles as mentors and ambassadors.

The National Capital Region can be proud of having Jacob serve as their ambassa-

dor, said Hajjar.

“Jacob was an old soul even before he got sick,” she said. “There’s something about Jacob that most of us can’t explain. He leaves a mark wherever he goes. He’s such a kind, gentle soul.”

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We would hear her say that at least three times a day.

Aunt Bertha, as we children called her, was no relation; but according to Mother, she had saved her life when she moved from the big city of New York to the backwoods of Renfrew County. It was Aunt Bertha who taught Mother to quilt, make pickles and a host of other trades to make life livable on a farm with no amenities.

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The news spread fast, and it came as no surprise that Mr. Briscoe of Briscoe’s General Store told Mother on one of her trips to Northcote that he would be glad to try to sell some of her sticky buns for her. Well, Mother remembered the not-so-long-

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Nepean – The Humanist Association of Ottawa will be hosting a public lecture on potential upcoming changes to cannabis-related drug laws. Eugene Oscapella is an Ottawa lawyer and a lecturer on drug policy in the University of Ottawa criminology department. The event

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Greenboro – Stop the deterioration of your family’’ photographs and other memorabilia. Learn how to avoid damage, find out about safe handling and storage practices, and explore digitization options. In this special threehour workshop, Kyla Ubbink of UBBINK Book and Paper Conservation will offer demonstrations and hands-on activities for simple and practical techniques to give you the skills to start saving your family archives now. The event takes place at the Greenboro library, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr., from 1 to 4 p.m. Register at biblioottawalibrary.ca or call 613-5802940 for details.

rian Church invites you to their annual ham supper on March 25, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kars R.A. Hall. Come along, bring a friend and enjoy a delicious home cooked meal.

Nepean – The Ottawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will host two events on March 25. From 10:30 a.m. to noon, it’s “Genealogy: Back to Basics” where we will learn about the wealth of information found in church records.

And from 1 to 3 p.m., David Walker will present his genealogy quilt, titled ‘They Came on Ships’, which showcases the migration of 25 of Walker’s ancestors to the New World. All are welcome, and both events are free. Ottawa Archives in room 115 at 100 Tallwood Dr. For details, visit ogsottawa. on.ca.

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Alta Vista – The Alta Vista library branch hosts family storytime with stories, rhymes and songs for all ages and a caregiver on Tuesdays from March 28 to April 18, 10:30 to 11 a.m.

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is one of the most important aspects of raising a dog. Their website sums it up beautifully: A well trained dog is by far a happier dog! Why? Because a trained dog requires fewer restrictions. The more reliable the dog, the more freedom he is given. For example, many stores and businesses that normally won’t allow dogs on their premises will make an exception for a puppy or a dog that will heel nicely by his owner’s side, or will do a sit-stay or down-stay without hesitation.

The ADTN reminds us that training may save your dog’s life: Obedience training also gives the dog owner the voice control necessary to prevent numerous potential tragedies. For instance, should a dog slips out of his collar in the middle of a congested traffic intersection, he can be safely heeled across the street, then given a sit command to facilitate putting his collar back on. Or should someone accidentally leave the front door open, and you spot your dog leaving, he can be safely called back to you using the recall command.

The consequences of misbehavior are many:

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Greely – The Greely Players present The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from March 29 to April 2 at the Greely Community Centre, located at 1448 Meadow Dr. Tickets are $20 for general admission and seniors and children 12 and under pay $15. For tickets go to March 27 to April 17 Alta Vista – The Alta Vista li- greelyplayers.ca or call the tickKars – St. Andrew’s Presbyte- brary branch hosts babytime et line at 613-702-6448.

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with stories, rhymes and songs for babies up to 18 months and a caregiver on Mondays from March 27 to April 17, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required.

Bailey (ID# A193595)

Why obedience training?

Without proper training, many dogs are likely to misbehave. And when owners allow their dogs to misbehave, everyone suffers: The owner, because he or she lives with a dog, the dog, because everyone’s down on him for misbehaving; the dog’s owner’s neighbors, because living next to a difficult dog is no one’s idea of fun; and ultimately every dog owner, because each incidence where a dog creates a nuisance increases anti-dog sentiment, and contributes to the likelihood that tough legal restrictions will be placed on all dogs.

A well-behaved, obedience trained dog is a pleasure to own because he can go virtually anywhere without being a risk or nuisance to others.

For more information about obedience classes at the Ottawa Humane Society visit www.ottawahumane.ca/obedience.

Though lovable, dogs have some tendencies — like jumping up to greet Pet of the Week: you, barking, and digging — that can make it difficult to live with them. To grow your relationship with your dog, it is very important to teach her some Bailey (ID# A193595) important skills that will help her live harmoniously in a human household.

Meet Bailey, a playful and loveable dog looking for his new best friend.

It is easy to get all kinds of advice about training your dog. Some people will tell Bailey is a friendly dog who loves everyone he meets. He is an energetic boy who enjoys you that the key is to use a “firm hand” to make sure your dog doesn’t think going on long walks. After a long day, he’s ready to cuddle up on the couch and watch TV. she can get away with naughty behavior. The Ottawa Humane Society and Bailey loves his human friends so much that he’d prefer to be the only pet in the home, so most experts argue that you should only use rewards in dog training and not he can have all of his new family’s affection to himself. Are you the one Bailey has been punish your dog in any way. You should reward behaviour you like and makes waiting for? sure you are not rewarding the behaviours you don’t like.

For more information on Bailey and all the adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at The “how” advice is everywhere. What about the why?

245 West Hunt Club Rd Check out our website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and The American Dog Trainers Network (ADTN) remind us that obedience training descriptions of the animals available for adoption.

Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us:

Website: www.ottawahumane.ca Email: Adoptions@ottawahumane.ca Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258

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