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‘A great day for DNA’

CHEO skirts gene patent roadblock Erin McCracken

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CHEO has knocked down a major roadblock that has prevented patients from being tested for a potentially lethal heart

rhythm syndrome on Canadian soil.

“Today is a great day for DNA and today is a great day for a very important principle, that Canadians deserve access to their own genetic information,” Alex Munter, CHEO’s president and chief executive, announced March 9.

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CORRECTION In the March 10 edition of the Ottawa South News, a story titled “More women should reach for the top: Deans,” should have stated Gloucester-Southgate Coun.

Diane Deans is one of four women councillors, not five.

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STAFF SGT. MICHAEL HAARBOSCH

Also hampering their efforts is their inability to provide additional details about the suspect to the public, since his identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He was initially thought to be between 18 and 25 years old.

Police are not disclosing his name, age and they pulled the suspect’s photo from their website after confirming he is under 18.

Nor have they said where the suspect lives or areas in Ottawa he frequents.

“It’s problematic now with him being a young offender,” said Haarbosch, who also declined to disclose how police were able to identify the suspect in the case.

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Police say they have identified a suspect in connection with the violent armed robbery of a convenience store in Alta Vista.

The problem is he’s skipped out on his usual haunts.

“I think he probably knows he’s wanted at this point. My best advice to him is to turn himself in and deal with it,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, who leads the Ottawa police robbery unit.

“We believe he’s still in Ottawa, but I can’t say with any degree of certainty at this point. It’s possible he’s left the jurisdiction.”

If investigators are unable to locate the teenage suspect in the next couple of days, they will consider obtaining a warrant for his arrest, which would have a 400-kilometre radius.

The advantage in doing that would allow the unit to alert a wider swath of police officers.

“If he gets checked in an outside jurisdiction (beyond Ottawa’s borders), they’ll see that he’s wanted and make the arrest for us,” Haarbosch said.

The robbery unit issued a highquality image of the suspect in the aftermath of the crime, which occurred on Feb. 25 at 10:15 a.m.

Investigators said a male entered a convenience store in the 2600-block of Alta Vista Dr., near Bank Street.

The robbery was more violent than police are used to seeing, as the

suspect pushed the clerk to the floor and held a knife to his throat, while making him reach up and open the cash register.

The clerk suffered a minor cut to his face during the altercation, which Haarbosch had said was likely unintentional.

“It’s disturbing at any age for that level of violence, but particularly so with somebody that’s under the age of 18,” said Haarbosch.

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Shopkeeper almost struck with hammer Erin McCracken

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The owner of a secondhand goods business was almost struck by a hammer after he followed two robbery suspects out his shop, according to Ottawa police.

He wasn’t injured, but the two men got away.

Now robbery investigators are hoping someone with information on the unsolved case will come forward with information that could help them crack it.

It was on Feb. 20, around 3:30 p.m. when two males entered the shop, located in the McCarthy Plaza in the 3300-block of McCarthy Road in the Riverside Park community.

One of the men used a hammer to smash a number of glass display cases at the front of the store, police said in a statement on March 11, adding that the second suspect brought up the rear, reaching in and grabbing a few handfuls of undisclosed items from inside the shattered cases.

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Robbery investigators say they need the public’s help to identify these two male suspects after a smash-and-grab robbery at a second-hand goods store at McCarthy Plaza the afternoon of Feb. 20.

Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, head of the robbery unit, declined to reveal what was taken from the store, except to say the suspects “were after a specific type of item.”

When asked if the duo targeted pricey merchandise,

Haarbosch said the items taken aren’t worth as much as the two probably thought they were.

“They were after items, in their minds, that were probably of more value,” he said.

The robbery was over in

minutes.

“The store owner was right there so they were in and out very quickly,” said Haarbosch.

“They didn’t have a lot of time to grab a significant quantity of items.”

The pair didn’t demand any cash from the shop owner.

As the crime was unfolding, the owner followed the two out of the store. That’s when one of them took a swing at the owner with a hammer, almost striking him, Haarbosch said.

“There was a bit of an interaction between the owner of the store and the suspects, in that one suspect took a swing at him with a hammer and fortunately missed him,” Haarbosch said. “That violence with the hammer is really what escalated it into a robbery.”

The pair escaped on foot.

The challenge now is trying to identify the suspects, who Haarbosch said took steps to disguise themselves with balaclavas and ski masks.

However, there is a possibility the two live in or frequent

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the Alta Vista Drive and Heron Road area since items from the robbery were recovered in that area a few days after the crime.

Haarbosch refused to say what was turned in to police, by whom and the exact address, once again citing investigative reasons.

“It was just a couple of items that were located,” he said.

One suspect is described by police as a black male, six-feet tall with a thin build. He was wearing a black balaclava, black footwear, black jeans and a black three-quarterlength winter or fall jacket

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with a black hooded sweater underneath.

He also had on gloves and was seen carrying a black knapsack and a hammer.

Police said the second suspect was also a black male, sixfeet tall with a thin build.

He was wearing a black ski mask, black jeans, black footwear, a black three-quarter-length jacket with a grey hooded sweatshirt underneath. He too carried a black knapsack.

Anyone with details on the crime is urged to call the robbery unit at 613-236-1222, ext.

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Gala to boost Ottawa-based sex offender supports

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OC Transpo Spring Transit Changes Beginning on Sunday, April 24, some bus routes will be adjusted as part of OC Transpo’s regular schedule adjustments that take place every year. These changes are based on transit user input, ridership measurements, and feedback from Council, among other factors.

In Gloucester-Southgate ward, route 98 will be revised to operate via King Edward with the closure of the Transitway between Lees and Laurier for the construction of the LRT. Double decker buses will be used for select trips on this route to accommodate higher capacity with a resulting slight reduction in frequency. As well, the first southbound trip departing Greenboro Station at 5:23 a.m. and the last Northbound trip departing Hunt Club and Hawthorne at midnight will be removed due to very low ridership.

For route 114, the Sunday morning trip southbound departing from St. Laurent Station at 6:20 a.m. will be extended to end at St. Laurent and Conroy instead of Elmvale Station. The first southbound trip departing St. Laurent at 4:10 a.m. will be removed due to very low ridership.

As always, the Rack and Roll program of bicycle racks on buses will be re-installed this spring, running until the fall. Cyclists may also bring their bicycles aboard trains on the O-Train.

Please stay tuned to OCTranspo.com for more information on these scheduled spring transit changes or call OC Transpo’s service centre at 613-741-4390 for more information.

Input Wanted for Proposed Photo Radar Program During the City Council meeting of Feb. 24, River Ward Councillor Riley Brockington introduced a notice of motion for the City of Ottawa to ask the Provincial Government for permission to implement a photo radar program.

A gala dinner will help shore up Ottawa’s sex offender support group at a time when the organization’s volunteers are helping a record number of former inmates reintegrate into society.

Last year’s inaugural event netted about $10,000, and Susan Love, program co-ordinator with Circles of Support & Accountability – Ottawa, is hoping the upcoming gala will raise even more at such a critical time.

The organization is facing a $30,000 shortfall for next year.

CoSA – Ottawa volunteers are currently working with 13 core members, as the convicted offenders are known, up from the eight to 10 members it usually has helped at any one time.

It has been coping with tough financial times after the federal government cut off assistance to circles across the country last March, nearly forcing CoSA to close its doors and turn away offenders who have finished serving their prison sentences and are often released with little to no support.

“This time last year we were … looking at the possi-

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Miriam Marsh, left, Melissa Larose and Emma Gowing carry mystery gift boxes during the 2015 fundraiser gala dinner for Circles of Support & Accountability – Ottawa. The charitable organization is preparing for its second-annual gala on April 21 to generate much-needed funds to continue helping convicted sex offenders reintegrate into society after prison. bility of closing down,” Love said. “That was a terrible discussion to have.”

It was made all the more painful since it was just after the close of a five-year project examining the effects of CoSA circles in chapters across Canada. The study showed the organization is making a significant differ-

ence in keeping members out of trouble after prison, helping them rebuild their lives and ensuring there are no more victims, which is the group’s motto.

“One thing that federal funding did was allow all the sites across Canada, including ours, to improve capacity, our numbers,” said Love.

“And now we have more circles than we’ve ever had in our history of 15 years of operation.”

It was hoped Correctional Service Canada would reinstate its funding as a result of the national study, but that didn’t happen.

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Photo radar is a type of enforcement tool that uses photographs to monitor speeding. Vehicles enter areas with radar beams and once the vehicle exits the radar beam area, its speed is calculated to determine if it exceeded the posted speed limit. If so, a photograph is taken and a ticket is issued to the vehicle owner.

Photo radar was removed from select 400-series highways in the mid-90s. The new process requires the City to petition the Ontario government for the authority to implement the photo radar program. As you know, speeding on our streets is a significant issue for our City. Before I cast my vote at the March 23 Council meeting, I would like to receive input from Gloucester-Southgate residents on your opinion of photo radar as a traffic calming measure.

I encourage residents to submit your comments or questions to me at diane.deans@ottawa.ca or by phone at 613-580-2480 before the March 23 Council meeting, along with your name and address.

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Volunteer group facing funding shortfall Continued from page 4

“There was no difference at all,” said Love, who agreed to have her pay cut rather than see the number of circles in Ottawa scaled back.

She looked to the City of Ottawa, but said last year the municipality wasn’t contributing funds to projects or organizations that weren’t already receiving support.

A sizeable contribution came in last year from United Way Ottawa, to the tune of $50,000 a year for three years, which has helped keep the group going. However, more is needed since it takes an estimated $100,000 a year for the not-for-profit to operate.

Through the stress of last year, funding became a priority and some aspects of the program were placed on the backburner, such as volunteer training, which was held just once last year.

Love plans to return to

JAMES SCOTT, RETIRED UNITED CHURCH REVEREND twice-yearly sessions to boost CoSA’s volunteer ranks. There is a need for 12 to 15 additional volunteers.

It’s their job each week to meet in small groups – or circles – with a core

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member, ensuring they are transitioning well and connected to the supports they need, such as employment services and housing.

“Four volunteers for each core member is ideal, and we have some circles that only have two just because of attrition,” Love said.

“They’re thin. It just means I have to provide more oversight.”

That represents a juggling act for Love given the fundraising efforts that are required to keep CoSA going.

It’s hoped the gala, which is scheduled for April 21, will again provide a muchneeded financial boost and also help raise awareness about the work CoSA does.

Last year, the event, held downtown at the Ottawa Police Association, was sold out with 110 people, and there was a waiting list for tickets. This time around, Love is aiming for 150 people at a larger venue.

More money means helping more former offenders, which helps society as a whole.

“Certainly, no more victims is our primary objective,” Love said.

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“Certainly, no more victims is our primary objective.”

SUSAN LOVE, PROGRAM CO-ORDINATOR, CIRCLES OF SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABILITY

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The gala at the Sala San Marco Banquet Hall, located at 215 Preston St., will be emceed by Ottawa defence lawyer James Foord, and will feature dinner and a live auction, with wellknown Ottawa defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon once again serving as the

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Mystery gift box treasures will also be available for purchase during the event, which gets underway with a reception at 6 p.m.

This year’s keynote speaker will be James Scott, a recently retired United Church minister who has served as a leader in restorative justice and incarceration alternatives in Canada for more than three decades.

His talk will be fitting since CoSA “was born out of restorative justice principles,” said Love.

Early in his career, Scott

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directed the Canadian Coalition against the Death Penalty, and worked to promote healing justice at the Church Council on Justice and Corrections, said Love.

He also founded the collaborative justice program at the Ottawa courthouse.

Gala tickets are $125 and can be purchased by emailing requests to admin@cosa-ottawa.ca.

For more details or to volunteer with CoSA, go to the group’s Facebook page at on.fb.me/1P28BrD and to its website at cosaottawa.ca.

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Police investigate Ottawa’s fifth homicide of 2016 Michelle Nash

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One man is dead in Ottawa’s fifth homicide this year on a street where two other killings have occurred within a year.

Officers responded to reports of a young man being shot at the corner of Jasmine Crescent and Ogilvie Road at 6:24 p.m. on March 8.

When they arrived on the scene they found one man, Nooredin Hassan, 20, on the ground.

Media reports indicate his family is based in the Herongate community.

Ottawa police spokesman Const. Marc Soucy said officers performed CPR on the man until paramedics arrived. The victim was later pronounced dead in hospital.

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Police tape surrounds Jasmine Crescent and Ogilvie Road the morning after a Herongate man was gunned down on March 8. high school students walked past police tape to start their day.

The violence spurred reaction from the area councillor, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun.

Tim Tierney, who released a statement.

“We had another shooting in the city, in Ward 11 last evening. Our thoughts are with the victim’s family,” Tierney said.

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The councillor added he has contacted the chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, Coun. Eli El-Chantiry and demanded a meeting with him and police Chief Charles Bordeleau.

“I will be asking for more patrolling in the neighbourhood, accelerate the implementation of Neighbourhood Watch and the installation of CCTV cameras; something that is used in other municipalities like Toronto.

“I will not stop until we find real solutions to this ongoing problem.”

Anyone with details about the case can call police at 613236-1222, ext. 5493, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

The violence that has resulted in the murder of five young men in 2016 is a heartbreaking cause for concern for our entire community. It has left families grieving and a community searching for answers on how to prevent these crimes.

The individuals responsible for these deaths will be held accountable. But our overall response as a community must be far broader if we are going to make progress. We must work together to stop these senseless and preventable acts that have left so many young men dead and other young men facing charges.

Every homicide is different but we are seeing a trend where young people, some of them gang members and some involved in lower level criminal activity, are turning to extreme violence to settle even minor disputes.

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PUBLIC MEETINGS All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted.

For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email alerts or visit ottawa.ca/agendas, or call 3-1-1.

Sandy Holmes, Parenting Mediator, “The Children Come First”

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There is also a clear connection between the local illegal drug trade and this violence. The reality is that the demand for illegal drugs has not decreased and new, streetlevel traffickers are entering this high-risk world. Our enforcement efforts continue to target these offenders.

The solution to addressing and preventing this violence must include police, community groups, individual community members and the friends and loved ones of those involved.

That is why I am calling upon our community partners to work with us to find longer-term solutions to the escalation we are seeing. This group includes Crime Prevention Ottawa, the Coalition of Community and Health Resource Centres, the Youth Services Bureau, the John Howard Society and Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization.

We need to build on our existing city-wide gang strategy that focuses on programs to dissuade people from violence and gangs, through healthy neighbourhood cohesion, early prevention, intervention, and enforcement.

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Editor’s note: Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau issued this open letter on March 14.

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Any solution must also involve those who know that their friends, sons, brothers or loved ones are armed and involved in crime. We need to hear from them so that we can keep everyone safe. They can provide us this information directly or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.

We can draw inspiration from other efforts like CeaseFire Halifax. That program is taking a community approach to eliminating violence, in particular gun violence, by working directly with those who run a high risk of becoming or are currently involved in violent activity.

The enforcement activities of the Ottawa police have been robust. Between 2015 and 2016 our guns and gangs unit alone arrested almost 100 people charging them with more than 1,000 offences.

During the same time period we have seized 85 guns, an unprecedented number.

In addition, there is important ongoing and daily work

POLICE CHIEF CHARLES BORDELEAU by our patrol, neighbourhood, community and school resource officers as well as other investigative units.

Our enforcement and prevention will remain strong but we have learned from other communities and successes here in Ottawa that it cannot be our only strategy if we want to succeed.

While we approach this violence from a citywide view our service is also focused on the Jasmine Crescent community.

The murder of Nooredin Hassan last week was the third in

the Jasmine community in one year. A motive has yet to be determined in that homicide.

Before him, Connor Stevenson and Issaiah Clachar were also killed in separate and unrelated incidents. Both of these homicides involved drug trafficking and were targeted. Our Major Crime investigators have solved both murders and young men are facing very serious charges.

After each of these deaths the Ottawa police increased its involvement in that community. Proactive work by police doubled, community and school resource officers increased their activity and engagement with residents.

Our officers asked for and got 24/7 access to both apartment buildings where the Stevenson and Clachar homicides occurred. We also introduced Crime Stoppers to the residents and conducted safety audits. We continue with stepped-up patrols and are meeting with residents to talk about how to galvanize and strengthen the community.

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Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the projects with the study teams and provide feedback.

Municipal Class Environmental Assessments (EA) These Municipal Class EA studies are being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act. Comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record.

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The City of Ottawa has initiated the Chapman Mills Drive Extension (Longfields Drive to Strandherd Drive) and Bus Rapid Transit (Greenbank Road to west of Cedarview Road) EA Study to determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transportation infrastructure requirements around the Barrhaven Town Centre area. The EA study is being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act, fulfilling requirements as a Municipal Class EA process for a Schedule ‘C’ project.

At this third and final Open House, participants will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the Recommended Plan. Residents are encouraged to provide comments by April 4. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca/chapmanmillsextension.

Kennedy-Burnett Stormwater Management Facility The City is conducting a Municipal Class EA and Functional Design for the expansion and retrofit of the Kennedy-Burnett Stormwater Management Facility. The existing facility is an online wet pond that was constructed in 1976. The facility will be retrofitted to meet current City of Ottawa and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change stormwater treatment standards and expanded to meet the demands of the development of Nepean South.

At the Open House, participants will learn of the preferred alternative for expanding and retrofitting the facility. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca/kennedyburnett.

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OPINION

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Honour our Afghan veterans

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s the federal Conservative party and the right-wing chattering class of columnists continue to lick their wounds over losing an election to a person named Trudeau, the way the new federal Liberal government manages the Canadian military has become the go-to topic to criticize the Grits. The narrative that the new federal Liberal government is “weak” in its support for the coalition taking on Daesh (formerly identified as ISIS or ISIL) does not hold up to real scrutiny by people who don’t have a knee-jerk anti-Trudeau streak.

But there were a few Conservative voices raised recently that are on the mark on at least one thing. The previously planned memorial to Canada’s military effort in the Afghan war must come to fruition.

Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre, now reduced to being just one of a tiny Conservative beachhead in the national capital area, joined Durham MP Erin O’Toole at the proposed memorial site in Ottawa on March 6 to pledge his continued support for the project, and to urge the current government to publically do the same. This came after news reports indicated the new Liberal government was reviewing previous Conserva-

tive government initiatives. The media reports didn’t say the Afghan war memorial was actually on the chopping block, but the possibility of a review does dovetail with the Conservative narrative about the Trudeau Liberals’ military policies, even if that narrative is often at odds with reality.

It is almost comical how members of the former Conservative government, a government that touted itself as being “strong” on military issues while at the same time shunning many veterans’ concerns over the course of its time in office, now turns its guns on the new government.

But politics is politics, and hypocrisy is often the name of the game in that arena. But Poilievre is right when he told Metroland Media that, “It was important to combat terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11. I think the least we can do is recognize that effort with a national memorial.”

More than 40,000 members of the Canadian Armed Forces served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014; of those, more than 2,000 were injured and 158 lost their lives. The Canadian military effort in Afghanistan, which was started by a previous Liberal regime, must be honoured, regardless of which federal political party takes credit for making sure it actually gets done.

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see that the Empire Grill changed its name to the Empire Restaurant and then became something else entirely. This reminded me of a walk I took through the market recently.

Walking down Clarence Street it occurred to me that almost none of the many restaurants on the street were there five years ago.

By the way, that doesn’t mean that a whole bunch of restaurants were added to the city’s supply. It means that a whole bunch of restaurants died first. It’s a precarious business, as you’re reminded every day, maybe the most precarious of all.

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people away. Meanwhile, your rent will triple. It will be too hot on the summer, too cold in the winter for people to go out for dinner. Even your friends who, it turns out, have other things to do.

Culinary fashions can change.

The thing you prepare so well that everybody loves? It becomes passé.

Nobody wants it any more. It is so 2015.Even government policies can affect you. Remember when the government decided to crack down on fancy expense account meals. About time, many of us said, but some restaurants paid the ultimate price. Remember Café Henry Burger? Been there lately?

Didn’t think so.

Maybe you survive all that.

Then the big-name chain restaurant opens down the block and every heads over there because the spaghetti is cheaper and the chicken wings are famous.

There are dozens of other things that can go wrong and

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anyone in the business can supply examples. What’s listed above should give you enough reasons to think twice before you complain about the place that didn’t happen to measure up to your exacting standards. It’s a tough, tough business, risky as anything and the people who go into it have a lot more courage than most of us do.

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Shame on you, and on me

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s a parent, it’s hard watching your kids experience shame. Even harder, perhaps, is if you feel you may have caused it, even inadvertently.

I was at a neighbourhood gathering with my younger son, the middle child. He was a hit. Even I was surprised and impressed. He was conversing with adults, trying the goods for sale with gusto, even doing a good sales pitch.

I was surprised at his confidence. I was proud of his maturity.

I was happy that he felt like, at nine, he could fit in with a bunch of adults who didn’t really know each other all that well.

And then I completely wrecked it.

One of the guests mentioned Fredericton. We’d recently been studying Canada’s provincial capitals at home to augment Grade 4 curriculum, and I set my son up.

“Oh, Fredericton,” I gushed.

“Son, which provincial capital is that?”

He suddenly became aware

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse of himself, of the audience – although no one was really paying attention – and he realized he was on the spot.

“Um, British Columbia,” he spluttered. And someone, probably me, corrected him.

And then I saw it: Shame, and the embarrassment, of course, that went along with the public shaming of the entire thing. And then I felt it: Shame. Not my finest mothering moment.

Embarrassment is horrible, but shame sucks, because it exists intrinsically.

“Embarrassment is a painful but important emotion,” according to the definition in Psychology Today. “It makes us feel bad about our mistakes so that we don’t repeat them, and one of its side ef-

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fects – blushing – signals to others that we recognize our error and are not cold-hearted or oblivious.

“Shame, a related emotion, can be felt even when no one knows about a slip-up.”

Author and public speaker, Dr. Brené Brown, defines shame as “the intensely painful feeling that we are unworthy of love and belonging.”

That may seem like a rather overstated outcome of a mother correcting her son in public. But shame is a sly beast, says Brown, whose career has been dedicated to researching the subject.

“There are specific memories that we can recall that can bring up shame for us,” she notes in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

“But there are also very insidious quiet messages that we just marinate in over a lifetime.”

Marinating in shame is what makes it so lethal, says Brown.

Shame needs three things to grow – secrecy, silence and judgment. Unless we take the time to talk to people about it, Brown

argues, it will poison us.

“Shame cannot survive being spoken – it cannot survive empathy,” she says. “Shame depends on me buying into the belief that I’m alone.”

As parents, we can never know how much or how little our action or lack of action affects our children. Do they feel shame when we criticize them for failing to make the school bus? What about when I suggest they clean their rooms

“Shame, a related emotion, can be felt even when no one knows about a slip-up.”

before inviting a friend over? And when we’re celebrating their successes – scoring goals, accomplishing a music recital, getting a good grade – are we inadvertently undervaluing the role of failure in their lives?

Most of us don’t have a clue what happens to them at school, how they are treated by their peers

or by adults they trust.

Brown has written a parenting manifesto to guard against the destructiveness of shame – to provide a buffer, so our kids can succeed and fail without the persistent shadow of shame in their lives.

It involves being vulnerable and teaching kids to do the same, says Brown. It’s about talking in an authentic way not only about success, but about the realities of failure and disappointment. And it’s ensuring kids know that whatever the big bad world throws at them, they will always have a place of love and belonging at home.

“Above all else, I want you to know that you are loved and loveable,” writes Brown in The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto. “We will share our stories of struggle and strength ... I want you to feel joy, so together, we’ll learn how to be vulnerable. Together we’ll cry and face fear and grief ... I will want to take away your pain, but instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.”

As Oprah said when Brown read the manifesto aloud on her program, “We all want a mother like that!”

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Agreement with U.S. firm sets precedent for public health care Continued from page 1

“Gene patents no longer need to stand in the way of diagnosing life-threatening disease.”

The hospital reached the unprecedented settlement March 8 with Transgenomic, the U.S. owner of five gene patents related to Long QT, a genetic mutation that causes a potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder affecting one in 2,000 to 2,500 people.

The agreement, which Munter signed on March 8 at 4:30 p.m. and which was filed in federal court the next morning, gives Canadian hospitals and not-for-profit labs across the country permission to test for this abnormal gene on a not-for-profit basis.

“This is a uniquely madein-Canada solution to a thorny legal problem,” said Munter. “It’s going to save lives, improve care, cut healthcare costs and increase access.”

The price tag to send away blood samples to the U.S. and test for the mutation is $1,500 to $3,300 per sample, and is covered by Ontario’s Ministry of Health. That’s double what it will cost CHEO to do the same tests in its own genetic labs.

By doing this test in Ontario, the province will save about $200,000 a year, Munter said.

It also means a quicker turnaround. Timely testing is of the essence with this disorder since it can cause fast, irregular heartbeats, triggering fainting, seizures and sometimes sudden death – even in very healthy young adults.

It kills an estimated 700 people in Canada every year, according to CHEO. The victory means “everything” to Micayla Ahearn, 27, who was the first person in her family diagnosed with Long QT. The Elmvale Acres resident, who is studying medicine at the University of Otta-

wa, was 19 when she suffered a seizure related to an undiagnosed heart condition.

Following her diagnosis, her parents were tested and her father was found to have the same mutation.

As one of 10 children, his siblings and their children then needed to undergo testing, a process that, for some, took up to eight months.

“I love the overall message that it doesn’t have to be us versus them,” Ahearn said of the relationship among public health care, patients and patent holders. “I find that this solution harmonizes it in the way that it truly benefits everybody.”

In November 2014, CHEO became the first hospital in Canada to challenge gene patents when it launched its legal challenge.

CHEO was to begin testing for Long QT about five years ago after getting the go-ahead from the Ontario Ministry of Health, but faced a roadblock

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That meant geneticists here were muzzled from revealing to patients that they have the disorder and from ensuring their relatives were tested and could access timely treatment. “Our doctors and our scientists were simply unable to accept the prospect of a child dying or being orphaned because a patent prevented us from disclosing a very serious diagnosis,� said Dr. Gail Graham, CHEO’s chief of genetics.

By removing this barrier and securing the free testing licence for Canadian not-forprofits, the Long QT patents no longer stand in the way of detection, diagnosis and treatment. “To my knowledge, it’s the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world,� said Nathaniel Lipkus, a lawyer with Ottawa-based Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, who worked on the case on a pro bono basis with Sana Halwani, a lawyer with Gilbert’s LLP in Toronto. “It’s an arms-length deal that insulates the public-health system from gene patents, and it’s a fair deal,� Lipkus said.

Though CHEO initially wanted to challenge in court the patenting of human genes, this out-of-court settlement has the potential to be more powerful than any judge’s rul-

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McGill University professor Richard Gold, left, and Nathaniel Lipkus, an Ottawa lawyer with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, look on during the March 9 announcement. ing, he said. “The next time a gene patent is preventing public genetic testing, a hospital or lab can take this agreement, cross out ‘Long QT’ and write in the genes that they’re looking to test and, in good faith, ask the patent holder to sign it,� Lipkus said.

The agreement also sets a precedent for any country that has a publicly funded healthcare system, said Richard Gold, a professor at McGill University’s faculty of law and human genetics department, who called the agreement “a breakthrough.� “As far as I can tell, this is the first time anywhere in the world that such an agreement has been entered into between a public-health authority and

a patent holder,� he said.

Continuing to fight the legal challenge in court could have taken years and may not have resulted in the kind of outcome Canadian geneticists hoped for, said Gold.

It also sets an example in case future patents on other genes present a similar roadblock. “This goes far beyond Long QT and ensures that any time anybody tries to use their patents to block the public health-care system from delivering clinical care, that there is a mechanism clearly in place that would allow that to happen,� Gold said.

CHEO is now taking steps to secure permission from the health ministry to test for Long QT.

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Walkley Road West is facing a redesign with the construction of a widened Airport Parkway, which came as a surprise to about 150 people who gathered for the third and final open house on the future widening of the parkway and Lester Road.

Project officials unveiled their recommended plan, which includes a controversial southbound off-ramp at the parkway and Walkley Road, a roundabout at that connection, downsizing Walkley from four lanes to two up to McCarthy Road and installing raised-barrier medians in sections, as well as bike lanes along that strip.

“The roundabout is great because we heard from the community to the west that traffic is too fast, (and they) want some sort of calming effect,” the city’s project manager, Frank McKinney, said during the meeting at the Jim Durrell Recreation

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About 150 people listen as project officials present the city’s recommended plan for the widening of the Airport Parkway and Lester Road during an open house at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre on March 10.

Centre on March 10.

With the addition of the roundabout, the off-ramp is now estimated to cost $1.7 million. It would have cost $1.1 million with a traffic light, but McKinney said a roundabout offers an advantage.

“Motorists coming to a green light won’t slow down, whereas at a roundabout, drivers have to slow down,” he said.

Traffic projections show the off-ramp will draw 500 more vehicles per hour during peak afternoon com-

mute times. About 150 – representing a 15-per-cent increase – will turn right onto Walkley and the remainder will head east to Bank Street.

River Coun. Riley Brockington said the roundabout has value.

“Flow of traffic would

be better, it will slow traffic coming into the community from the east,” he said. “I think physically it separates Walkley East from Walkley West. When you pass through that roundabout you’ll know that you’ve crossed into a residential community.”

From there, Walkley, up to McCarthy, would shrink from four lanes to two, with the two opposing middle lanes converted into leftturn lanes. Brockington wasn’t as supportive of medians across entrances to Thorndale and Southmore drives and at Wexford Way. “I don’t like the medians in the middle. Why should we restrict people from getting home?” Brockington said, adding this will just push the problem of cutthrough traffic onto other streets in the area.

A less invasive option, such as turn restrictions, should be tried before a raised median is installed, he said.

Under the redesigned

plan, bike lanes will be created on Walkley, though some at the meeting complained these will essentially be “bike lanes to nowhere” because they won’t continue past McCarthy.

McKinney said that’s because the footprint that planners have to work with within the parkway study area ends there.

OPPOSITION

Riverside Park resident Marika Magro, who chairs the West Walkley Residents Action Committee, said the redesign of Walkley West doesn’t make sense, and the reality is the off-ramp will still bring hundreds more vehicles.

“And now you’re reducing the lanes, so you’ll have bottlenecks, obviously,” she said, adding the medians will only push more traffic left onto McCarthy, and unnecessarily restrict local residents.

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While staff said the new plan for Walkley West is a response to residents’ concerns, Magro echoed others at the meeting that mitigation measures are needed now – not when the parkway is widened and the off-ramp built.

“The volume and the speed are out of control, and I think those are the things that need to be addressed first,” she said. “(The off-ramp) is a red herring: take the ramp, the exit and you can have some mitigation measures.

“We need safety measures now – not in six, seven, eight years, or whenever it’s going to be.”

Project officials say the widening – which received some support at the meeting – is needed to reduce congestion, improve travel times and boost roadway safety.

While the plan now calls for shifting the twinned parkway east, away from homes on the west, noise barriers installed closer to the road, and multi-use pathways on both sides, Capital Coun. David Chernushenko said the plan is missing key components.

“It’s really adding two lanes of traffic and not making any effort to add a bus-only lane or a high-occupancy-only

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The team designing the widening of the Airport Parkway and Lester Road unveiled a revised plan on March 10 that now calls for the installation of a roundabout connecting a southbound Airport Parkway off-ramp to Walkley Road. lane,” he said. “It’s basically doubling the road capacity, which we know simply entices more single-occupancy drivers to drive, which runs counter to every policy the city’s already approved.”

Some questioned whether the parkway should be widened before the Trillium LRT Line is extended south to Riverside South. But project consultant Ron Clarke said even with an uptick in transit

ridership “that still doesn’t take care of the needs of those who want to travel by automobile, and it still tells us there is a need for widening the parkway.”

The Ottawa International Airport Authority is behind a multi-modal transportation system.

“We’re supportive of whatever is going to reduce congestion and provide better access for our passengers,”

Krista Kealey, authority spokeswoman, said prior to the meeting.

The authority has yet to formulate an opinion on the Walkley off-ramp.

“I think more analysis is needed on what the impact will be on our passengers,” she said.

City staff plan to present their final report on the environmental assessment, which will include an updated price tag, to the city’s transportation committee in May or June. It could go before council about two weeks later, according to staff.

The next step would be sending it to the province for approval.

Brockington has said the opening of the first phase of the parkway widening, from Brookfield to Hunt Club roads, has been pushed back to 2023 or 2024 from 2018 due to a lack of revenue from development charges.

Residents have until March 24 to submit feedback to McKinney by calling 613-5802424, ext. 28540, or emailing frank.mckinney@ottawa.ca.

There will be a 30-day comment period after the report goes to council, possibly in June or July.

For project details, go to ottawa.ca/airportparkway.

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Airport Parkway: City of Ottawa Recommendations On March 10, 2016, the City of Ottawa hosted the third meeting related to the on-going Environmental Assessment of the proposed widening of the Airport Parkway and Lester Road. City staff are recommending the following: Widen the Airport Parkway to become a divided four lane arterial roadway, between Brookfield Road and the airport, as well as Lester Road, in three separate phases, with phase one being the section of Parkway between Brookfield Road and Hunt Club Road. The Parkway will shift to the east between Brookfield and Walkley to avoid the wooded area on the west side.

Construct a south-bound off-ramp at Walkley Road, that would be accompanied by a traffic circle on Walkley Road, with significant modifications, including the loss of two lanes of traffic that would be converted for bike lanes, the construction of a concrete median on Walkley Road at Southmore Drive East, the elongation of the left-hand turning lane from Walkley Road to McCarthy, which would include a concrete median in front of Wexford Way. Sound mitigation walls would be built along the Parkway, between Brookfield Road, stopping before Walkley Road.

The timelines of Phase one have been delayed, as expected revenues for this project, mainly, development charge revenues, have not met expectations, as the level of development in Ottawa has slowed down. Federal government infrastructure dollars are not ear marked for road projects, they are being diverted to projects that focus on public transit, green infrastructure and social infrastructure.

City staff request that all public comments be sent to Project Manager, Frank McKinney by email at Frank.McKinney@Ottawa.ca by April 7, 2016. You may also forward your comments to me as well. I plan to meet with city staff again to raise a number of concerns I have heard from residents following the March 10 meeting, including the raised medians on Walkley Road, the loss of two lanes of traffic on Walkley and the road’s future ability to absorb the predicted volume of traffic, the immediate need for safety measures on Walkley Road, and the locations and types of sound walls to be constructed.

Hunt Club Spring Food Feast Please note, the March 19 Spring Food Feast, organized by the Hunt Club Community Organization (HCCO) has been cancelled. The event will return in 2017 as part of a Canada 2017 celebration.

Meet Me at the Ward Office During my first year as your City Councillor, I welcomed over 100 River Ward residents at the ward office to meet with me to discuss multiple matters. The ward office is located in the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre and is open Tuesdays and Fridays. I work from the ward office on Fridays and encourage all residents to consider dropping in to say hello. If you’d like an appointment time, simply call my office at 613-580-2486.

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Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project including but not limited to permitting the construction, use, operation, inspection, alteration, maintenance and/or repair of an existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, a new 300 mm sanitary sewer forcemain to facilitate repairs to the existing forcemain, a new section of 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemain parallel to the existing forcemain and works and improvements ancillary thereto and including temporary easements, 12 months in duration, for purposes including but not limited to repairing the existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, constructing the 300 mm and 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemains, entering on, under and through the easement lands described in Schedule A attached hereto with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and material for construction, excavation, and grading, and undertaking all other works ancillary to the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto.

The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within 30 days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice.

The approving authority is: The Council of the City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1.

The expropriating authority is: City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1.

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Notice of Study Commencement

Dated at Ottawa this 3rd day of March, 2016.

CITY OF OTTAWA Gordon E. MacNair Director, Real Estate Partnerships & Development Office Schedule A Those lands in the City of Ottawa described as follows: An estate, right, or interest in the nature of a permanent easement in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn.

An estate, right or interest, for a limited time in the nature of a temporary easement for a period of 12 months in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Part 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn.

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North Island Link Class Environmental Assessment and Functional Design The City of Ottawa has initiated the North Island Link (NIL) Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) and Functional Design Study. The main objective of this study is to link the existing watermain on Rideau Valley Drive to the proposed Manotick Watermain Link at the north end of Long Island. The NIL will provide additional capacity and reliability of water supply to the urban area south of the Jock River.

The project is identified in the City’s current Infrastructure Master Plan.

The Process The study is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class EA (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015). In order to satisfy the requirements of the Class EA process, the identification and evaluation of a range of alternatives will be undertaken that focus on potential watermain alignments and connections with the existing watermain infrastructure in Manotick. The study will also include the selection of a preferred alternative and a functional design of the NIL as well as a functional design of a watermain that will provide a secondary water supply to residents of Hillside Gardens in Manotick.

Consultation Information about the project will be available on ottawa.ca/northislandlink. Interested persons can provide comments at any time during the Class EA process. With the exception of personal information, comments received become part of the public record.

Upon completion of this study, a report will be available for public review and comment.

A Notice of Study Completion will be published at that time.

For more information, or if you would like your name added to the mailing list, please contact: John Bougadis, M.A.Sc., P. Eng. Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Planning Planning and Growth Management 110 Laurier Avenue W., 3rd Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext.14990 E-mail: John.Bougadis@ottawa.ca This Notice first issued on March 17, 2016.

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Building code fees could be snipped Jennifer McIntosh

jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

The city’s planning committee approved a 10 per cent reduction in building code fees on March 8.

The move was a direction to building code services from Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley during the city’s budget process. Hubley said the department’s reserves can likely handle a reduction in fees.

He also hoped to spur growth, since the city has seen a drop in development applications this year.

Frank Bidin, chief building official for the city, said the reduction will mean pulling between $1.5 million and $1.875 million from the department’s revenue stabilization fund.

The fund – which is a reserve mandated by the prov-

ince to help insulate the city in cases where there’s a drop in new construction – would still have a $28.5-million balance at the close of 2016, Bidin said, even with the loss of revenue from the fee reduction.

That balance also takes into account a $3-million to $4-million revenue drop because of slow economic growth.

Committee chair Jan Harder said building code fees aren’t supposed to generate revenue; they’re to pay for the city’s expenses to administer the service.

The city adjusted its fees in 2013, when it moved to a model based on the total area covered by a new building, rather than a more complex system that took into account construction values.

Bidin said the updated fee schedule means two homes

that cover 185 square metres will pay the same in building code fees regardless of the finishes.

Staff measured Ottawa’s fees in relation to other Ontario municipalities such as Hamilton, Mississauga and Toronto. Bidin said in most cases Ottawa was the lowest.

Knoxdale-Merivale Coun.

Keith Egli questioned the change.

“It won’t impact growth and we have to pull from reserves. Why do it?” he asked staff.

While Bidin said they didn’t measure potential impact on the number of applications, there’s the possibility it could motivate some homeowners to do renovations.

If council approves the fee reduction on March 23, the new fee structure would be in place for April 1.

Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the lands described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (the “CSST”) project, including but not limited to, facilitating the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of CSST infrastructure including two inter-connected concrete lined combined sewage tunnels, associated shafts, flow control/diversion structures, odour control and operational support facilities, and buffer zones, and including subterranean and surface temporary working easements 30 months in duration for purposes including but not limited to for the purpose of constructing, operating and ultimately decommissioning a temporary tail tunnel to facilitate the storage and removal of excavated materials, and for the purpose of the storage and removal of excavated materials, debris, construction materials and equipment, and to enter on, under and through the lands with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and material for construction, excavation, grading and all other improvements and works ancillary to the CSST. The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the lands described in Schedule A attached hereto.

Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within 30 days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice.

The approving authority is: The Council of the City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1.

The expropriating authority is: City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1.

Dated at Ottawa, March 15, 2016.

CITY OF OTTAWA Gordon E. MacNair Director, Real Estate Partnerships & Development Office Schedule A Those lands in the City of Ottawa described as follows: All right, title and interest in the following lands: 1.

Part of PIN 04122-0516 (LT) being part of PT LTS 19, 20 & 21, PL 30 , S/S CATHERINE STREET ; PT LTS 19, 20 & 21, PL 30 , N/S ISABELLA STREET ; PT LTS 13 & 14, PL 30 , E/S KENT STREET ; ALL BEING PARTS 1 & 4, 5R11360, S/T N486420, S/T THE INTEREST IN CR646393 AS AMENDED BY N335848 ; OTTAWA/NEPEAN designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site09-05c.dgn.

All right, title and subterranean interest in the stratified portion of the following lands:

Kanata North Community Design Plan (CDP)

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Community Meeting #4

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Presentation at 7 p.m.

St. Isidore Roman Catholic Parish, Main Hall 1135 March Road

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The integrated Planning Act and Environmental Assessment Act process for the Kanata North Community Design Plan is progressing.

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The CDP area extends along both sides of March Road from the existing urban area of Kanata. It is generally bounded by Old Carp Road, Murphy Court, Nadia Court and the rail corridor and excludes the existing subdivisions.

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The CDP will detail the land uses, the natural heritage system, transportation, and servicing infrastructure for Kanata North. It will be supported by master plans completed in accordance with the Planning Act provisions and the Environmental Assessment Act. Comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record.

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At this final community meeting, participants will be presented a project update, the preferred land use concept and recommended infrastructure projects, learn of the next steps in the process, and will have an opportunity to ask questions and provide comments to the project team.

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An estate, right or interest, for a limited time in the nature of a temporary easement for a period of 30 months in the following lands: 21. Part of PIN 04122-0516 (LT) being part of PT LTS 19, 20, & 21, PL 30, S/S CATHERINE STREET; PT LTS 19, 20 & 21, PL 30, N/S ISABELLA STREET ; PT LTS 13 & 14, PL 30, E/S KENT STREET ; ALL BEING PARTS 1 & 4, 5R11360, S/T N486420, S/T THE INTEREST IN CR646393 AS AMENDED BY N335848 ; OTTAWA/NEPEAN designated as Parcel 2 in Property Sketch No. 16478site09-05c.dgn An estate, right or interest, for a limited time in the nature of a temporary easement for a period of 30 months in the stratified portion of the following lands: 22. Part of PIN04134-0356 (LT) being part of LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7 PLAN 71572, S/S CHAMBERLAIN AVE, OTTAWA, EXCEPT PART 1 PLAN 5R4664 EXCEPT PART 1 PLAN 4R21518 designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site10-02e.dgn.

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Part of PIN 04112-0061 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LTS A & 1, PL 3922 , N/S SLATER ST, AS IN N612933 ; OTTAWA/NEPEAN designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site01-02d.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0046 (LT) being a strata interest in part of LT 3, PL 3 , W/S KING EDWARD AVE ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W¬01d.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0055 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 22, PL 3 , PART 1 , 5R9962, S/S BOLTON ST; T/W N739749 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-02c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0056 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 22, PL 3 , PART 2 & 3 , 5R9962 , S/S BOLTON ST; S/T & T/W N593238 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-03c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0057 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 22, PL 3 , AS IN CR426651, S/S BOLTON ST; T/W CR426651 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-04c.dgn.

Part of PINS 15440-0001 (LT) through to 15440-0006 (LT) inclusive, being a strata interest in part of the common elements on Carleton Condominium Plan No. 440, PT LTS 21 & 22, N/S CATHCART ST, PL 3, PTS 1, 2, & 3 4R6145, AS IN SCHEDULE ‘A’ OF DECLARATION LT581924 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-05f.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0053 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LTS 21 & 22, PL 3 , AS IN N531355, N/S CATHCART ST; T/W N321511, N321512, N321513, N321514 & N321516 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-06c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0052 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 21, PL 3 , AS IN N432559, N/S CATHCART ST; S/T N321514 & T/W N321511, N321512, N321513 & N321516 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-07c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0051 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 21, PL 3 , AS IN N710356, N/S CATHCART ST; S/T N321513 & T/W N321511, N321512, N321514 N321515 & N321516 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-08c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0050 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 21, PL 3 , AS IN N343003, N/S CATHCART ST; S/T N321511 & 321512 & T/W N321513, 321514 & N321516 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-09d.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0444 (LT) being a strata interest in part of ART OF LOT 2 ON PLAN 3, WEST SIDE OF KING EDWARD AVENUE, BEING PART 1 ON PLAN 4R-26188.; TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT OVER PART OF LOT 2 ON PLAN 3, WEST SIDE OF KING EDWARD AVENUE, BEING PARTS 3 AND 4 ON PLAN 4R-26188 AS IN OC1369397; TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT OVER PART OF LOT 2 ON PLAN 3, WEST SIDE OF KING EDWARD AVENUE, BEING PARTS 2, 3, 4 AND 5 ON PLAN 4R-26188 AS IN OC1369418; SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT OVER PART 1 ON PLAN 4R-26188 IN FAVOUR OF PART OF LOT 2 ON PLAN 3, WEST SIDE OF KING EDWARD AVENUE, BEING PARTS 2, 3, 4 AND 5 ON PLAN 4R-26188 AS IN OC1369419; CITY OF OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-10c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0142 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 28, PL 42482 , AS IN N734803, S/S CATHCART ST; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-11c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0141 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 28, PL 42482 , PART 5, 6, 7, & 8, 5R13041, S/S CATHCART ST; S/T & T/W N530719; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-12c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0140 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 28, PL 42482 , PART 1, 2, 3, & 4, 5R13041 , S/S CATHCART ST; S/T & T/W N510841; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-13c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0126 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 27, PL 42482 , PART 1, 5R9267, S/S CATHCART ST; T/W N591819; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-14d.dgn.

Part of PINS 15407-0001 (LT) through to 15407-0021 (LT) inclusive, being a strata interest in part of the common elements on Carleton Condominium Plan No. 407, PT LT 27 S CATHCART ST & PT LT 27 N BRUYERE ST PL42482, PT 1 4R5991; AS IN SCHEDULE ‘A’ OF DECLARATION LT543510 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-15d.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0127 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 27, PL 42482 , PART 1 & 5, 5R13744, N/S BRUYERE ST; S/T & T/W N540783 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-16c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0128 (LT) being a strata interest in part of PT LT 27, PL 42482 , PART 2 & 3, 5R13744, N/S BRUYERE ST; T/W N631855 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W-17c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04217-0280 (LT) being a strata interest in part of LT 27, PL 42482 , S/S BRUYERE ST; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site05W¬18d.dgn.

23. Part of PIN 04210-0078 (LT) being part of LTS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, PL 2275, E OF WALLER ST ; LTS 6 & 7, PL 2275 , N OF LAURIER AV ; LTS N, 1, 2, 3 & 4, PL 6 , S OF WILBROD ST ; LTS 1, 2, 3 & 4, PL 6 , N OF LAURIER AV ; PT LT D, CON DRF , BEING THE REMAINDER OF LTS O & N, PL 6 BTN THE SLY LIMIT OF WILBROD ST & THE NLY LIMIT OF LAURIER AV, PL 6 ; OTTAWA designated as Parcel 1 in Property Sketch No. 16478site03c-02b.dgn.

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The city’s partners are on track to help Syrian refugees settle into life in the capital, said Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish, who was recently appointed as liaison for refugee settlement.

The mayor’s refugee working group met on March 8 to talk over co-ordination efforts.

Qaqish said some 1,400 Syrian refugees have already landed in the capital, with a total of 2,000 expected to arrive before the end of 2016.

The city is working with charitable organizations, private landlords, employment agencies and school boards on services, such as housing, jobs and language training.

Qaqish said 50 Syrian children have already been registered in the public education system.

“It’s important to focus on the youth; it’s easier for them to learn the language,” he said.

Qaqish said 80 to 90 per cent of the refugees Ottawa receives will be government sponsored.

The focus will be on building sustainable sources of housing and employment beyond the first year.

The federal government’s settlement plan includes paying expenses for the refugees’ first year. But it’s important to focus beyond that, Qaqish said. One of the challenges right now is housing. While private landlords have stepped up to the plate, it can be tricky to find housing on the tight budget afforded by the federal

funding.

He said when refugees get to the capital, they stay in hotels in the short term while aid organizations look for permanent lodging.

“Sometimes it’s as much as seven or eight (in a family), which can make it tough to find something affordable,” Qaqish said, adding that in some cases families have been put in two adjacent apartments.

Partners with United for Refugees announced in February they have raised $791,000 to help with the settlement of refugees.

The partnership includes the city, United Way Ottawa, the Community Foundation of Ottawa and Refugee 613. They launched United for Refugees last October.

Community organizations and sponsor groups can apply for funding under the program until March 18. Areas of potential funding include mental-health support and counselling, housing, pre-employment and employment support, supports for youth, English and French language training, support for sponsorship groups and more.

Applications can be found at unitedwayottawa.ca/agencies.

Qaqish said people looking to donate should send funds to the United Way. “It’s an organization that has been a great partner with the city,” he said, adding that “97 cents of every dollar will go to help the refugees.”

He also said residents have really stepped up to help out since the first refugees touched down.

“The working group is really about co-ordinating all the efforts,” he said. “We have a lot of partners doing great things.”

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Visiting students don’t like their spin in a Tesla “We certainly do not condone texting and driving, and our dispatch service knows they cannot always expect an immediate answer from our drivers when they are driving.”

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leave for their trip on Feb. 19 and return Feb. 22.

Petersen said the reservations were made on Feb. 15.

He received a text message the day before the expected departure to let him know that the company’s online booking tool had

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Petersen said he worked out a compromise where the price was $418.10 return.

But that price included a travel time of two hours and 15 minutes to get there and the same amount of time back.

The day of the trip, the driver turned up 10 minutes late, Petersen said, and the car was only partially charged (65 per cent instead of 100), which meant the driver had to go slowly to conserve energy.

The quoted two-hour trip turned into more than three.

“When we got to Mont Tremblant the battery was at one per cent,” Neumann said, adding he was worried they weren’t going to make it.

The group of four enjoyed their weekend, but then it came time to return home.

The driver was supposed to pick the group up at 6 p.m., but Petersen said he received a text saying he would be late.

An email to Metroland Media from company CEO Charles Paquin says the vehicle was experiencing abnormal vibration in the steering wheel and it needed servicing at Tesla Motors in Montreal. Paquin said the driver left Ottawa at 11 a.m. to have the

vehicle serviced and he allowed enough time to charge the vehicle for the drive from Montreal to the pickup destination.

“Tesla for Hire was happy to fulfill its engagement, albeit with a slightly late pick-up time, rather than having to announce to the customer that the reservation would be cancelled due to mechanical problems,” Paquin said.

But when the passengers were picked up, the cold weather had impacted the vehicle’s range. The group had to be redirected so the driver could charge the car in Montreal again. The driver bought the group food at McDonald’s, where they stayed for an hour while the car charged.

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The trip home took more than four hours, Petersen said, adding the vehicle had to be driven slowly again because of problems with the charge.

Neumann said he was tired and wanted to sleep during the drive home, but couldn’t because he worried about the driver’s use of a cellphone while driving.

The Tesla has an automatic steering function that will turn itself off if the driver’s hands haven’t been on the wheel for some time, Neumann said.

This happened a number of times on the way home, with the car allegedly swerving more than once.

“It made me nervous,” he said.

Paquin said under the provision of the distracted driving law of 2015, the provincial Ministry of Transportation allows for viewing display screens of a mobile data terminal for commercial purposes.

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Magnus Petersen and Patrick Neumann are two of a class of 57 from Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College in Denmark.

The students are studying a combination of business, English, history and culture classes at Algonquin College for eight weeks, that started Jan. 24.

It was the college’s first time bidding to host the class. Phil

Gaudreau, a college representative, said Niels Brock was looking for a Canadian partner and Ottawa is a popular destination.

Neumann and Petersen wanted to spend a ski weekend at Mont Tremblant and were looking for a way to get there, when a classmate told them about Tesla for Hire.

The company offers a chauffeur service in a Tesla S electric vehicle, a luxury car that runs on rechargeable batteries.

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“We certainly do not condone texting and driving, and our dispatch service knows they cannot always expect an immediate answer from our drivers when they are driving,” Paquin said.

“In this case, the driver has responded to two simple yes or no questions sent by dispatch requiring a total of seven key strokes over a period of a few minutes.

“This was done while the Tesla’s highly advanced autopilot mode was engaged and therefore the drivers inputs were not necessary to drive the self-driving vehicle.”

Paquin said the driver has since been reminded of the no-texting-while-driving rule.

Petersen and Neumann are being hosted by a Bells

Corners family and their classmates are staying in Barrhaven.

The driver offered to bring the other two home to Barrhaven – something that was not included in the original

“It’s not even about getting money back.

I just don’t want someone else to go through this.”

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trip request – but Petersen said that leg took another 45 minutes, with a stop at the driver’s home to pick up his personal car.

While Petersen acknowl-

edges some effort on the part of the company, he said he wouldn’t want another passenger to go through the same problems.

He said he agreed on the price, and that included a timeline for the trip home.

When he contacted the company to get a refund for being so much later than scheduled, he said he was told they didn’t offer refunds, but would discount a future trip.

“That doesn’t do me any good, I will be going back to Denmark,” he said.

“It’s not even about getting money back. I just don’t want someone else to go through this.”

Paquin said it’s not within the company’s policy to offer a cash refund when the service has been rendered and paid for.

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Within seconds, the students grapple, pinning each other down on the mat.

It looks painful, but again and again, they get back on their feet, and ready themselves to try again, practising techniques that will give them an advantage as they work to outwit their training partners.

Perseverance is just one trait these high school students have in spades as they train in pairs, honing their arsenal of moves during a recent early evening training session in the gym at St. Patrick’s Catholic High School.

“At this point in the season, it’s refining the stuff that they’re good at, and working on mistakes at the previous tournaments,” said Centretown resident Chris Schrauwen, head coach of the National Capital Wrestling Club, who joined the citywide club as an athlete 11

years ago.

A handful of the teenage wrestlers currently have their sights set on Calgary where they hope to dominate on the mat at the 2016 Canadian Cadet/Juvenile Championships in April.

“We all have big dreams, right? Some of these kids have been working for years and years and years,” Schrauwen said.

Nationals will feature “tougher” athletes, he said, compared to those they faced during the recent OFSAA high school wrestling championships and at the 2016 Cadet/Juvenile Ontario Championship last month.

“It’s all top kids. It’s harder to win but it’s not as big (as OFSAA),” Schrauwen said.

“I want them to have that goal to strive towards.”

Nationals are the culmination of an entire season of training and competing, said Kevin Stemp, who also coaches with the club.

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on training harder on the mat “and basically push myself to the limits.”

It’s possible he could face a match with at least one of the competitors he wrestled last year. But regardless of who he goes up against, Devan plans to “basically to take it one match at a time.”

“Whoever I face, just focus on that match,” he said.

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Wrestlers with the National Capital Wrestling Club, Klara Patel, 17, of Nepean, and club alumnus Josh Leonard train together in the gym at St. Patrick’s Catholic High School.

Klara is preparing to compete for the first time at the nationals in Calgary in April.

Not unlike other sports, wrestling requires commitment as much as it does hard work and technique.

“Wrestling is winning and losing. If you put in the work, for the most part you’ll be successful if you work hard and stay focused and discipline yourself,” said Stemp.

“That’s a great lesson.”

This will be Klara Patel’s first time competing at the national level.

“I’m looking forward to new competition, seeing girls I haven’t seen before,” said the Grade 12 student at Merivale High School, who has been wrestling with the Ottawa club off and on since 2009.

Klara also wrestles with her high school varsity team, and is currently its co-cap-

tain.

She recently came in third at OFSAA in her category.

“It was a really great tournament. The one big thing for me was (honing) patience, so like really setting up (moves) and going into the match knowing I could do it,” she said. “All the work I’d been doing leading up to OFSAA really paid off.”

The nationals will offer her a different experience, which she hopes will test her abilities.

The 17-year-old Nepean resident said her focus now is on fine-tuning her skills to prepare.

“It’s more like working my strengths ... making it second nature going into the match,” said Klara.

Devan Larkin, 16, is the only member of the club who will compete for a second time at nationals.

Last year, he secured fourth place in his category, but was disappointed losing out to a competitor he had beaten twice before.

“Focus is one of the most important things in my opinion, that and technique and cardio,” said Devan, who also competes on the wrestling team at Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orléans, where he is in Grade 11. He recently came in fifth at OFSAA. In prepping for the nationals, Devan, who has been wrestling with the national capital club for about four years, said his focus now is

The hard work isn’t just taking place in the gym. It’s also in raising funds so the Ottawa contingent can travel to Calgary.

A bottle drive is now underway, and a club tournament fundraiser was held earlier this year.

An online crowdfunding campaign has also been launched. Already the club is more than halfway to reaching its $3,000 goal.

The fundraising efforts have garnered support from Erica Wiebe, of Stittsville, who will be wrestling for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She donated $100 to help send the Ottawa team to Calgary.

Wiebe first started wrestling with the club in 2005 when members trained out of Brookfield High School. Her support means a lot.

“It’s great to see these (club) alumni throw in money,” said Stemp.

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When a group of wantto-be hockey players first hit the ice this season, it was like a scene out of The Mighty Ducks – players were just trying to hold themselves up.

Winning wasn’t part of their goal.

So when the team made it to the final playoff game – everyone, including the players felt it was a Hollywood miracle.

“We were just falling all over the place and watching the puck just go in,” said player Sam McKay. “Then we went from a straight loss to a couple of ties.”

In all, the team lost nine games before they started to gel.

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Then, like McKay said, they tied – five games. And then they started to win.

Their coach Marion Lajoie wasn’t surprised.

From the start she saw their potential and is proud of what they accomplished.

The Atom C2 Coyotes in the Ottawa East Minor Hockey Association is a

team of two girls and 12 boys, all nine or 10 years old.

“This was the result of their hard work, and their determination to play as a team,” Lajoie said. “In spite of losing and tying games for three months at the beginning of the season, they did not give up.”

Sam’s dad, John McKay,

also is incredibly proud.

“It was interesting to watch them go from flopping around to learning how to play and getting good and winning,” he said. “But even more, it was great to watch them become friends, to go from individuals just trying to stop from crashing into the boards to being a team.”

The team had a lot of heart going into the final game on March 10.

Using their newly found mantra of howling like coyotes to pump themselves up, they started off the game with an early goal in the first period and held that lead until the final two minutes of the third period.

But the Ottawa South Atom C1 Terminators pulled their goalie and tied the game.

After three overtime periods, the Coyotes lost when both teams pulled their goalies, and the Terminators scored in an open net.

Although their Hollywood fairy tale had come to an end, the elder McKay said something amazing happened when the team went into the change room.

“They sat there with big smiles on their faces, eating pastries and talking oneon-one and in small groups about how much each of

their teammates have improved since the beginning of the season,” McKay recalled. “The music on the boom box played. They looked at their medals and talked about how they will all be going to see a Senators game together.

“I think these kids have a lot to teach us all about winning and losing,” the proud dad said.

Lajoie said they are all champions.

“Every single one of them has a unique skill set, which they use as a team.

“They have improved, and they worked on getting better and learning from their experiences and mistakes: One game, one practice at a time.

“My objectives were to develop them to prepare for next level, and to teach them passion for sports in general,” she said.

“I am pleased to see that these goals were achieved.”

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Baseball club swinging for fences with new rep teams Adam Kveton

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The Kanata Little League Baseball Association feels it’s hit a home run before the season has even started.

Through a new connection with the Ontario Baseball Association, the Kanata club will offer many more rep-level teams than in previous years, giving players the chance to travel outside of Ottawa regularly and play on the same team for the spring and summer seasons.

The association, due to parent feedback, had planned to change its programming to let players remain on one team for the spring and summer. The little league model the association uses has them play on two different teams over four months, said Kanata Little League’s public relations officer Robert Turcotte.

However, allowing them to play on one team resulted in problems for the league’s all-

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Young baseball players from across Ottawa will have access to new rep teams this year, after Kanata and Kemptville baseball associations spearheaded the creation of a new Ontario Baseball Association franchise. star teams.

At the same time, the Ontario Baseball Association dissolved its franchise in Ottawa, making way for the Kanata association and Kemptville to step in and create the National

Capital Ontario Baseball Association, becoming the new OBA franchise in the area.

OBA rep and select leagues are now available through the Kanata club, while other Ottawa clubs are making select

leagues available, said Turcotte. “This OBA initiative is a venue to give our competitive kids something to go towards,� he said.

Rather than offering one all-star team per age level – and only for two months in the summer – players can try out for a rep OBA team at the major and minor mosquito, major and minor peewee, and minor bantam ages. Rep teams will travel outside of Ottawa regularly for games, play and practise four to five times each week, play in more tournaments and compete provincially.

If players don’t make the rep team, they can play on a select team, which offers a nearly identical program to rep, said Turcotte, albeit at a lower skill level.

At a club meeting on March 9, parents were positive about the new opportunity, said Turcotte, though the OBA teams will require higher registration

costs – between $250 and $600 more than Little League costs.

That money will go towards tournament costs and perks like player-owned jerseys, caps and jackets.

Fundraising should also be easier, said Turcotte, as there are fewer copyright restrictions with the OBA compared to Little League.

Though the Kanata association will be the only Ottawa club to offer rep OBA teams, other local associations will have select OBA teams this year. “We are really pushing to grow the game of baseball in Ottawa,� said Turcotte of the decision to tap into OBA leagues.

While some players are only seeking a casual baseball experience, others are looking for a more competitive outlet and push themselves to greater heights.

Last year there were 144 players, ages nine and 10, registered in Kanata, said Tur-

cotte.

Only 13 of them got to play rep in Little League last year, he said. Under the coming system, many more players can play baseball more competitively and more often.

All this requires more commitment from players, their families and volunteers, said Turcotte.

With registration underway, the question now is how players and their parents will react. The Blue Jays’ successful season last year is giving the association a bit of a boost, said Turcotte. “At the mosquito level, the nine and 10 year olds, we’ve already got 71 kids who have said they are going to try out for a rep team,� he said.

The association’s youngest groups are also seeing more registration than last year.

And this is even before the association has begun advertising.

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If you don’t try, you’ll never know.

That’s why Osgoode Coun. George Darouze spent months creating a petition to the Ontario government, urging it to harmonize hydro rates for all Ottawa residents.

“I don’t think it’s fair for rural residents to pay 30 per cent more than people on the other side of Mitch Owens (Road),” said Darouze of the difference between Hydro Ottawa rates paid by urban residents and Hydro One rates paid by those in the city’s rural areas.

Darouze’s petition was prompted by the increasingly varied rates paid by residents who live in different areas of the same city. The problem, he said, is that when Ottawa amalgamated more than 15 years ago, 45,000 rural residents were not absorbed by the city’s utility company: Hydro Ottawa. Instead, they were left with their existing provider, Hydro One. For years, the discrepancy wasn’t an issue.

However, in 2004 and 2005, Hydro One changed their billing structure and began to charge a delivery fee to rural residents. This caused rates in areas like Manotick, Greely and Osgoode to skyrocket, resting currently at about 30 per cent more than rates inside the urban core.

“The residents are really tired of paying,” Darouze said. “We need to do something.”

The first option put on the table was for Hydro Ottawa to purchase service rights for those 45,000 rural Ottawa residents from Hydro One. However, that option proved to be a dead end.

Darouze said it would be “financially irresponsible” for Hydro Ottawa to take over those residents.

“There is a lot of hurdles,” Darouze said of that option. “We could work on it for another four, five, 10 years and nothing would happen.”

Instead, working on a suggestion from a Greely resident, Darouze said his office began to look into creating a petition that would more

OSGOODE COUN. GEORGE DAROUZE quickly bring attention to the issue.

The petition calls on the provincial government to equalize rates. “If Wal-Mart can price match,” Darouze said, “why can’t Hydro One match the price for our residents?”

The petition is using a hard-copy platform as opposed to an online one. This, Darouze said, gives it more credibility. The form can be downloaded from Darouze’s website (georgedarouze. ca) or Facebook. Alternatively, the form can be picked up from his office at 8243 Victoria St. in Metcalfe. When completed, the forms can be dropped off at Darouze’s office, sent in by mail or picked up by a member of his staff if arrangements are made.

“We need everyone in the city of Ottawa to sign,” Darouze said. “I think we have an opportunity to voice our concerns and voice our opinion to Queen’s Park.”

Darouze said the petition will be available for as long as it takes to get all the signatures from Ottawa residents that it possibly can.

“This is a community effort,” he said. “We have to work on it as a team.

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Local MP Pierre Poilievre is calling for the Liberal government to move ahead with the intended Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan.

Poilievre joined Durham MP Erin O’Toole at the pro-

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“It was important to combat terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11,” Poilievre said of Canada’s involvement with the war in Afghanistan

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It was the Liberals who put Canadian troops in Afghanistan back in 2001, Poilievre said, and he feels they should follow up with the memorial.

More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces served time in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014; of those, more than 2,000 were injured and 158 lost their lives.

“The war in Afghanistan is Canada’s longest ever combat mission,” Poilievre added.

The Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan was announced in November 2014 and is slated to be completed in the next few years. It is to be constructed in Richmond Landing, where it will join an existing Royal Canadian Navy monument.

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Depending on the age, maturity and independence of your child, he or she may or may not be ready for an overnight camp. Some overnight camps accept children as young as six years old.

Only you can decide when the time is right. Â CONVENIENT LOCATION

Location is important be-

cause you will have to drop off and pick up your child every day. You’ll want to consider your drive time and also keep in mind the hours of the camp.

COST

Of course, the cost is something to consider. The cost of camp should reflect the service provided.

When comparing camps by price make sure that you are comparing apples to apples. Some camps include lunches, while others include snacks, t-shirts, hats, extended hours and off site field trips. Price alone, can be misleading. I’ve always believed, “You get what you pay for�.

RESEARCH

With pencil in hand, contact the camps you are considering and ask some specific questions.

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Not all camps are created equal, so ask the same questions to each camp director and compare their answers. You need to feel comfortable with their answers before you make your choice. This is not an exhaustive list, but here are a few questions to get you started: 1. Who do you hire as counselors? Are they experienced? How old are they?

Are they certified in CPR and First Aid? Have they undergone a criminal record check?

2. What are your hours for the camp program? for pre and post camp care? Is there an additional cost for extended hours?

3. What is the ratio of campers to counselors? Ratios of 8:1 are common. A maximum of 10:1 is probably the maximum ratio you would want.

4. Are snacks or a lunch provided? Is the lunch program optional or mandatory?

5. What do you do on rainy days? Are your facilities air-conditioned?

6. Do the children swim every day? What are your rules for supervision at the pool? Is there a wading pool for young campers?

7. Do you offer any discounts?

8. Can you provide a list of references or testimonials? Word of mouth is the best reference. Ask around and find out where other parents are sending their children.

9. How are different age groups divided?

10. What if my child doesn›t like the camp? Do you offer a guarantee?

What is your cancellation policy?

11. Where can I find more information about your camp? Do you have a web-site? Can I register

online? Can I pay by credit card?

The best way to determine if a particular camp is right for you is to ask a lot of questions.

Camp directors are used to answering questions about every detail of camp.

If you don›t get the answers you are looking for, keep searching. You need to feel good about your decision. After all, you want your child to have an awesome camp experience that will forge memories to last a lifetime.

Matt Barr is the Owner/ President of Camps Canada, a summer camp based in Ottawa, Ontario. As a voice for Canadian Camp Owners and Camp Directors, Matt is a frequent guest on radio and television programs across the country discussing the latest trends and issues in summer camps. He can be reached by email at: matt@campscanada.com.

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2016 Summer Camp Guide A specialized summer camp for an unforgettable summer Does your child love the visual arts or maybe expeditions into the wilderness? Is he a sports fanatic? Specialized summer camps will give him the chance to discover a whole new world, broaden his knowledge and develop his talents.

Specialized camps offer activities for all ages and for all tastes throughout the summer. For a week or more, depending on the organization, young people can participate in exciting programs involving them in enriching activities within a stimulating and friendly environment.

Whether it involves excursions into the wilderness, an immersion course in a foreign language, a science or music camp, team sports or outdoor activities, there’s something to suit everyone.

Along with these specialized activities, summer camps also offer events that involve all the campers, outings and cultural visits. The staff also plans alternative activities just in case Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate!

Staffed by professionals and students, specialized camps can also offer young people the opportunity to

The sciences, music and sports are popular themes in specialized summer camps. develop abilities in areas in which they could one day build a career.

As well as having a lot of fun and meeting other children who have the same interests, these young people acquire a broader knowledge and understanding of many different subjects. Their

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Kim Vandermeer, Early Years program coordinator from Somerset West Community Health Centre, counts down monkeys with a number of Syrian refugee children at a playgroup held in the Radisson Hotel on Queen Street. number of silly monkeys who seem to bump their heads an awful lot thanks to jumping on beds.

The children – of all ages – are not only engaged but mes-

merized by Vandermeer and her colleagues, who help sing these songs, ultimately helping the kids learn a new language.

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In a crowded 11th floor downtown Ottawa hotel board room, children run around, laughter rampant, playing with each other, colouring, making crafts or reading. Parents with strollers and older brothers carrying their siblings come and go from the room, even at times spilling out into the hallway as the room itself feels like its about to burst.

It seems like utter chaos, until Early Years program coordinator from Somerset West Community Health Centre, Kim Vandermeer, begins singing a song and like magic, the chaos stops and children quickly form a circle on the floor around her.

And even though more than half of the children who join this circle do not speak English, they follow along easily to the songs.

Songs which point out heads, shoulders, knees and toes. Songs that tell the children to jump like a frog or be quiet too. Songs that count the

ing from 16 to six years old, it’s a blessing to watch.

Since the end of last year, Syrian refugees have been immigrating to Canada, with a total of 1,472 coming to Ottawa. All of them were placed in temporary housing in Ottawa hotels, including the Radisson Hotel on Queen Street.

As members of Refugee 613, a grassroots organization co-ordinating the Syrian refugee resettlement efforts locally, Ottawa’s community health centres began to provide early childhood services and school readiness in addition to medical care on-site at all the temporary housing sites. And, included, are playgroups for the new-to-Canada families to attend.

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Pet Adoptions ensuring the speedy return of a lost pet.While tags may be lost from time to time, tags are still important as a quick and visual way of identifying your pet.

Cailea

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This is my beloved Siamese Cailea. She is a few months shy of being two years old. She is the princess of our household, ie other cats and a dog. She rules the house and, of course, me.

Life would not be complete without her.

Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: dtherien@perfprint.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

The OHS holds monthly microchip clinics with the next one being held March 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $50 — a small price to pay for a lifetime of security.

Dates for upcoming OHS microchip clinics can be found at: www.ottawahumane.ca/microchip. For more information, call 613-725-3166 ext. 221 or e-mail microchip@ottawahumane.ca.

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Pet of the Week: Jack and Fraser (ID# A186730 and A186729) Meet Jack (ID# A186730) and Fraser (ID# A186730) two brothers looking for a new home together.

Guinea pigs like Jack and Fraser make delightful companions for both adults and families. Once settled in their new home, Does your cat or dog have a microchip? Tiny and virtually guinea pigs are inquisitive, friendly and talkative. painless to implant, this life-long form of identification may mean the difference between never seeing your lost pet again Jack and Fraser have been together their whole lives can’t and having her returned safely to you. imagine spending any time apart. They would love a home A microchip provides a permanent means of pet identification. where they can get regular exercise, have their fur brushed Each grain-sized microchip has a unique ID number that can and get plenty of love and attention. Do you have room in your be scanned at shelters and vet clinics. Important information heart for these two loveable guinea pigs? about you and your pet is entered into a national database For more information on Jack, Fraser and all the adoptable and can be used to contact you if your lost pet has been found. animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd Check Microchips will not fade or be lost over time. Owner out our website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and information can be accessed electronically and immediately, descriptions of the animals available for adoption.

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Cousins brought with them a special gift to Northcote we played until it was time to go to bed. Ronny told Terry he couldn’t play Parcheesi because he couldn’t read and he couldn’t count.

Terry started to cry and told Mother he didn’t feel well. Needless to say, Ronny Mary Cook’s Memories said it was just an act, and Terry did that all the time Terry was quite happy at Northcote School, but Terry when things didn’t go his would spend the day at home home with Mother, where way. with Mother. No permission he had the run of the house, Mother took Terry on her was needed from our teacher and especially liked helping lap, and let him look through Mother in the kitchen, doing her scrap books, but nothing Miss Crosby. All Mother little jobs like wiping the had to do was pack an extra seemed to calm him down, windowsills. I vowed we had and he kept asking “Aunty, sandwich and cookie in a the cleanest windowsills in brown paper bag, and send itchy me,” which was his way all of Renfrew County, as all of asking to have his back Ronny off.

I had to do was tell Mother scratched, which he loved.

Young Terry was considI was bored and there was ered delicate, whatever that Mother raised up his nothing to do, and she would pajama top, and let out a meant. But it gave him extra tell me to either get a cloth privileges, which didn’t sit yelp that I was sure they and wipe the windowsills, well with his older and ramcould be heard on the next or get the ball of string and farm. “Dear Mary and bunctious brother Ronny. knit a dishcloth. After they Joseph...it’s the measles. He’s Ronny said it was all an act, had been with us about and Terry could turn a ‘ sick covered with them!” two days, and after we had spell’ off and on like a light We all scrambled from our redded up the kitchen after switch. place at the table to have a supper, the table was cleared look at Terry’s spots. They Ronny loved going to for the usual board games the Northcote School, and were there alright. There

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Well, it didn’t take long to hear that except for Fat Cora and Two Mile Herman, everyone at the Northcote School was felled with the measles. Miss Crosby refused to close the school, and my sister Audrey said we should send Ronny and Terry packing back to Montreal, spots and all. Of course, that didn’t happen, but for a long time after, that winter was referred to “the time those Lapointe kids brought the measles from Montreal, and infected the entire Northcote community.”

was hardly a square inch that was spared.

Mother immediately phoned Mrs. Beam who everyone in Northcote called before getting old Doctor Murphy to come all the way out from Renfrew.

Even over the phone, Mrs. Beam was able to confirm what Mother already expected: Terry had the measles and a good dose of them too!

It took another day for the spots to show on Ronny, and he wasn’t at all pleased, and to say Father was overjoyed was a gross exaggeration. “Come all the way from Montreal and bringing the measles with them. A fine kettle of fish.”

And then, all in perfect order, each one of us got the red spots, one after another. The last one to come down with them was my sister Audrey. She turned out to be the sickest, and was no help to Mother at all, who

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Together they have been providing essential early childhood development services to more than 1,000 refugee families since the end of January.

Newborns to six year olds and their families can attend hours of learning through play. According to the centres, the benefits from the programming are having an impact, which includes improved language development and better social and emotional functioning.

Funding for the program was covered with the centres’ current Early Years budgets.

Alharaki and her family have spent 40 days living in a hotel. Through translator Najat Benmellah, Alharaki expressed her gratitude for being in Ottawa and for having the programing available.

“I thank God for the chance to see my children playing happily,” Alharaki said.

She said the playgroups have helped her children be kids as they transition to a new place to call home.

“I thank God for the chance to see my children playing happily.”

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In a week, the family will move to Overbrook and when they do, Alharaki said she plans on finding similar programming there.

And that, said Early Years co-ordinator and health promotor for the Centretown Community Health Centre,

Jennifer Theriault, is exactly what the group wants.

“It’s really about providing the early childhood services and resources to the families, making sure they know that this is what they will find when they go out into the community,” Theriault said.

“It’s about being able to start sharing that with them.”

Since the programming started, Theriault said the groups have been well attended, with around 30 to 35 children and 15 to 20 parents at each playgroup. The centre has staff such as Benmellah, who can translate for the refugees.

Theriault said through translators, families have written thank-you notes.

“I think that is really heartfelt, and really shows how much it means to them and that is very heartwarming,” she said.

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Until May 31

Blair Court Community House in the Riverview Park community has launched its inaugural fundraising

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Play four-hand euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Mondays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., excluding holidays. Partners are not needed. Complimentary light refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5. For details, call 613-7697570.

A drop-in Job Search Club will take place at the Greenboro library branch every second Monday. Join us to share your job search stories: what’s working, what’s not, job leads and interview experiences. The meetings take place 1 to 3 p.m. at the library, located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For more information, please call 613580-2940.

Wednesdays

Play four-hand euchre at St. Bernard Parish, in the basement, every Wednesday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The church is located at 1720 St. Bernard St. in Blossom Park. For details, call Gisele Newburry at 613-739-0960.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Keep fit for spring gardening, walking and biking by joining the 50+ Fitness Group at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Get moving each Tuesday and Thursday until May 3, from 9 to 10 a.m.

Fees are $44 for eight weeks, and can be paid at your first class. The drop-in fee is $8.

For more details, call 613733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

Thursdays

The Divertimento Orchestra, an Ottawa-based group of musicians, is looking for new members in the percussion and strings sections. The orchestra began in 1984 as a small ensemble playing in someone’s basement and has evolved into a full-fledged community symphony. For details, and audition requirements, email elsaslater@ magma.ca, call 613-823-1200 or visit divertimento.ca. Rehearsals are held Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 10

p.m. at L’Église St. Thomas d’Aquin, located at 1244 Kilborn Ave.

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Teens, ages 13 to 18, are welcome to a drop-in “crafternoon” every other Thursday at the Alta Vista library branch, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr.

Registration is now open for the 32nd Gene-O-Rama Genealogy Conference. Hosted by the Ottawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, the event will take place on April 1 and 2. There will also be a vendor marketplace, a computer room with access to online databases and a closing banquet.

The conference will be held at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Ave. For full conference details and to register online visit ogsottawa.on.ca/GeneO-Rama.

March 20

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling homemade baked goods and skillfully handcrafted items at the OHS Easter open house March 20, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the animal shelter 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Admission and parking are free. All funds raised support the animals. For more details, call 613-823-6770, or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

March 21

Garden design and structure will be discussed Top Generation Hall, located at 4373 Generation Crt. On March 21 at 7:30 p.m. Pat Beechey’s presentation will demonstrate how to plan a garden around functional elements.

The event is hosted by the Gloucester Horticultural Society. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required by calling 613-749-8897. For details, visit gardenontario.

April 1 and 2

April 6 to 10

The Greely Players is celebrating 27 years of providing amateur musical theatre with our spring production of the beloved family musical Disney’s ‘Beauty & The Beast.’ The show includes a live pit orchestra comprised of talented Canterbury High School students. The show takes place April 6 to 10, at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. for weekend matinees, at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. Tickets are $20 for general admission or $15 for children and seniors.

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