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CHEO job cuts coming amid $6.7M budget shortfall ances from hospital admin- brought on by funding “presHospital to axe istrators that beds and clinics sures” from the provincial be closed, says one of government. between 40 and 50 won’t The majority of the cuts will three union officials representbe done through attrition, voling employees at the hospital. staff positions CHEO announced March untary retirement and attrition, erin.mccracken@metroland.com

The axing of 40 to 50 jobs at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario will impact patient services despite assur-

11 it expects to reduce approximately two to three per cent of its 1,750-member workforce across all of its departments to make up for a $6.7-million shortfall in its $243-million annual budget, a funding gap which administrators said was

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said Eva Schacherl, CHEO spokeswoman, adding that no notices have been given and job reductions will likely be implemented this summer. “This is not going to mean closing clinics. There will be no closing of beds,” she said. “There will be no increase in wait time or a reduction of access to services for families and patients.” Regardless of how positions are eliminated, patient care will be impacted, said David Lundy, regional vicepresident of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents 861 full- and part-time CHEO employees, ranging from physiotherapists and laboratory and X-ray technologists to audiologists and speech pathologists.

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The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario is cutting 40 to 50 of 1,750 positions at the hospital, most of them through attrition, voluntary retirement and reassignment, say hospital administrators.

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“There’s no way around it,” he said. “Any time you’re eliminating positions, whether there’s people filling those positions currently or not, those positions weren’t created simply on a whim.” They provide important health-care services, “and when you cut services, you can’t help but impact a patient, in this case the sick children that need treatment at CHEO,” Lundy said. Hospitals across the province are expected to make similar announcements echoing CHEO’s decision to scale back its pool of employees due to the provincial government’s “longterm, slow strangulation of public health-care services,” Lundy said. “It is a crisis,” he said. “We expect there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of positions that will be eliminated across Ontario in our hospitals in our health-care system this year and into next year.” CHEO said its core funding has been frozen or reduced annually since 2012, but has worked around this by scaling back its administrative overhead. Despite its efforts, the hospital is facing rising operational costs and is feeling the burden of increasing inflationary costs, such as electricity bills and equipment and drug expenses. Nor will CHEO be seeing any additional provincial dollars to offset the cost of centrally negotiated sal-

ary increases, which are as much as 1.4 per cent for unionized employees, Schacherl said. To balance its 2015-16 budget, the hospital will implement more than 100 cost-saving measures in the coming months, from identifying greater efficiencies to reducing staff and operational costs, such as reducing its printing and use of paper. More than half of these will be done in the coming months in nonclinical areas of the hospital, such as administrative services, human resources, finance and communications, but not directly in clinics or at hospital bedsides, Schacherl said. By getting creative and keeping its overhead costs lower than other hospitals in the region and growing its revenue stream in entrepreneurial ways, CHEO has been able to hold off on eliminating jobs, Schacherl said, noting that, in fact, the hospital added 82 clinical positions, including doctors and nurses, within the last three years. “I know that we haven’t looked at layoffs for a number of decades. Apparently the last time there was a significant issue of job reduction, like there is today, was in the 1990s,” she said. “We’ve delayed this day, really, but I think it’s something that we’ve been working at finding efficiencies and finding different ways to do our work within our resources for several years.”

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Ottawa patrol and tactical police officers descended on a property on Hawthorne Road in the city’s south end last week for a “high-risk” arrest of a male suspect. He remained at large through the night, but was eventually arrested the following day, on March 12. East district patrol officers initially were called to investigate a disturbance “in relation to two men – who know each other – and got into a dispute,” at a commercial and residential property at 4049 Hawthorne Rd. near Leitrim Road just after 11 a.m. on March 11, police said in a statement. “A 38-year-old male victim was treated for serious injuries and transported to hospital by Ottawa Paramedic Service,” according to police. The suspect could not be located at the Hawthorne Road business. Const. Chuck Benoit, Ottawa police spokesman, would not say whether the man was considered armed and dangerous, given the nature of the anticipated arrest, which he described as “high risk.”

“There’s no need for the public to be aware or be concerned,” Benoit said the day the incident occurred, adding that there was no risk to public safety as officers sought to make an arrest. “We already know who the person is.” The two-hour closure of Hawthorne Road between Leitrim and Rideau roads just before 1 p.m. until about 3 p.m. was done based on information officers received earlier in the day that suggested the arrest would have an element of danger. “The safety of the officers is paramount while doing an arrest, as well as the individual himself, and (based on) information from the start of this call, we had to use (every) precaution,” Benoit said. “It was easier to close down a road, make it safer for the officers and deal with it that way.” The suspect is not believed to be the owner of the Hawthorne Road property, listed online as Ottawa Excavation, where several heavy equipment vehicles, including two dump trucks and excavators, sat parked near two Quonset huts. Outside the home on the south side of the property, a red baby

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women represent just 8.9 per cent of CEOs and one-fifth of the senior officers in the Canadian retail industry, a shockingly low number. Why, after decades of pushing, are women failing to get into top positions? The answer is multi-faceted. A 2013 report by the Network of Executive Women Canada found there continues to be “bias toward women’s abilities; lack of access to networking and mentoring opportunities; a persistent gender gap in wages and salaries.” Add to that the reality that the majority of women

Grocer better than Facebook hub To the editor:

Ten years ago, before the entertainment convenience of Netflix, Riverside South families relied on their local gas station for milk, sundries and movie rentals. Although the community was small and tight knit at that time, it did not have a familiar community hub.

That day changed with the much anticipated opening of Moncion’s Independent Grocer in Riverside South’s first commercial plaza in 2005. Since that time, Marcel and Linda Moncion have been involved with a long list of community initiatives including their generous support for local annual traditions such as Breakfast with Santa and our Canada Day

women to push into the C-suite, however, isn’t about blaming the system. Women, too, have a responsibility to speak up for themselves, and not accept the status quo. At a recent Women in the World Conference in San Francisco, former Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairwoman Tina Brown made a startling statement when she admitted she had, as a business woman, frequently opted to pay women less than men, because women don’t ask for more money. “People want to work for less money, I’ll pay them less money,” said Brown. “I don’t call them up and go, ‘Can I give you some more?’”

celebrations. As the first city councillor from the area, Marcel was always on my “City Hall Hotline” so that I could update him on the many local issues and developments of one of Ottawa’s fastest growing neighbourhoods. Lots of active city projects meant that the community needed to be up to date on construction projects like Limebank Road, Earl Armstrong Road and the Vimy Memorial Bridge. Better than a Facebook or Twitter post, I knew that Marcel would speak

women, who are, say, negotiating for a higher salary, it can paradoxically offer enormous corporate benefit. Women, as leaders tend to be more collaborative and democratic. Considering others, collaborating and bringing together multiple points of view into decisions can have a positive impact on the bottom line. And while cynics may fear women-led companies may be less risk averse than those run by men, the research proves otherwise. The Network of Executive Women Canada reports, for example, that companies with women on boards generate significantly greater return on investment and higher revenues. International Women’s Day may be a few weeks behind us, but that doesn’t mean we should take our eyes off the prize. Women can step up, be prepared to negotiate where it makes sense and take the chance on promotions, but companies should also harness the power of feminism. The only possible outcome is a positive one.

to hundreds of local residents as they shopped and talked with their friendly local grocer. I am sure that I join many resident in congratulating Moncion’s on the occasion of their 10-year anniversary.

Our community is a better place for families thanks to the generosity and business success of Linda and Marcel Moncion.

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n the days following International Women’s Day, quite a few conversations popped up in social media and around the water cooler about women and work. It’s easy for men and women to get complacent in the West about feminism. Women have come a long way, from pay equity to gradually filling the gaps in middle management positions. But sadly, we are still a long way from equality in the workplace. The persistent divide between men and women remains glaringly evident in business, particularly in sectors that employ more women than men, such as retail. If you were to consider your most recent trip to the mall or the grocery store, chances are high you were served by a woman. Look a little closer, however, and you’ll see that

Brown was using the statement as a catalyst for women to take more risk and generally push for more in their work lives. There are a bulk of studies to back the theory that, when it comes to negotiating personal moves in business, women are more risk averse than men. A recent U.S. study by Mara Mather and Nichole R. Lighthall found gender differences are amplified under stress. “Male risk-taking tends to increase under stress, while female risk taking tends to decrease under stress,” writes Doug Sundheim in The Harvard Business Review. Sundheim goes onto point out, however, that risk-taking typically involves two key factors. First, what is the likelihood that the risk will hit strategic objectives? Second, what impact will the risk have on people involved? He goes onto say that women have a tendency to focus on the second point, considering how their decision will impact others. While the latter point may have a negative impact on individual

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Price to be paid for low taxes

im Watson ran for re-election on a record of fiscal prudence, and the 2015 city budget is evidence that nothing much will change on that front. City council and the mayor have once again approved a budget that includes modest property tax increases, keeping the largest bumps to a mere two per cent. This restraint will see Ottawans’ wallets and quality of life take a hit in other places though, as fees were raised and services corralled. Transit fees will increase, taking money out of the pockets of those who can least afford it, and recreation fees will also increase, making swimming lessons and yoga classes more costly for all. At the same time, these fee increases will only maintain services at current levels, and won’t see residents get any more bang for their buck. With transit, this only adds insult to injury as bus routes were “rationalized” only a of couple years ago, making service less convenient for users. Adding to the burden, the property tax restraint has seen city staff and councillors forced into situa-

tions where they must decide which projects will be funded and which must be put off for another year. In south Ottawa for example, a play structure scheduled for replacement at Calzavara Family Park has been put off because the expected money isn’t available. It’s difficult to see why in an affluent city like Ottawa, where incomes are well above the national average and residents are highly educated, needs to be placed on a municipal revenue IV drip. Residents don’t want to see cherished services like parks, community centres, arenas, pools, and libraries fall into disrepair for years so that politicians can boast of their economic acumen. Down the road in Toronto, taxes are rising 2.25 per cent, which will provide funding for “important new investments in services and infrastructure,” according to Mayor John Tory, along with stable transit fares and free rides for children under 12. It shouldn’t take too much creativity for Ottawa to match such ambition, and wouldn’t cost tax payers too much more. It would just involve letting go of a bit of cherished dogma.

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hen you think about it, it’s rather amazing that Ottawa could be neglected by the very politicians who spend most of their time here. The thought arises out of a recent article about the travels of the prime minister. It is thought, perhaps not cynically, that the places he visits are those that have the most importance for him and his party in the coming federal election. With that in mind, considerable emphasis was placed on the fact that 20 of his 41 Canadian events since September have been in the Toronto area. No emphasis at all was placed on the fact that two of those 41 events took place in Ottawa. Well, of course it’s partly natural.

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Toronto has a lot more ridings. Plus, many of the people who live in those ridings are thought to be politically fickle: they will change parties at the gleam of a shiny election promise. Whereas here we are more stable. We don’t jump around much between elections. A couple of ridings are in play every election, but most remain faithfully Liberal or Conservative. This isn’t paying off for us. We

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have to learn to be less reliable, more flighty, more volatile. Otherwise, no politician is going to pay attention to us and promise us stuff. For them, Ottawa will always be the place where they go to meetings for a few days a week before heading out to the airport to resume the serious business of making promises to people in other places. Now, a couple of Ottawa ridings, Ottawa West-Nepean and Ottawa Centre, have been known, in recent history, to change parties. It’s not certain that they benefitted greatly from this. Perhaps you could argue that light rail in the west end is a benefit in which the feds were peripherally involved. As for Ottawa Centre, what? The Memorial to the Victims of Communism may have disTriBUTion inQUiries Aziz Haq 613-221-6248 adMinisTraTion: Donna Therien 613-221-6233 display adverTising: Gisele Godin - Kanata - 221-6214 Dave Pennett - Ottawa West - 221-6209 Brad Clouthier - Orleans - 221-6154 Cindy Gilbert - Ottawa South - 221-6211 Geoff Hamilton - Ottawa East - 221-6215 Valerie Rochon - Barrhaven - 221-6227 Jill Martin - Nepean - 221-6221 Mike Stoodley - Stittsville - 221-6231 Janine Kivell - Ottawa West - 221-6217 Rico Corsi - Automotive Consultant - 221-6224 Greg Stimpson - Automotive Consultant - 221-6232

its virtues, but you can’t see a lot of votes changing hands because of it. We don’t ask for much, here in the capital, just a few grand gestures that tell us we matter. A bridge, for example: what about a nice bridge over the Ottawa River for the longsuffering people who live out Nepean way? Nothing tells constituents they matter like a bridge. What else would we like? It doesn’t necessarily have to be something material. Sometimes just a little symbolism can go a long way – like the prime minister choosing a location in our city as the backdrop for a major policy announcement. Such symbolic initiatives need not come from the government alone. It would please us if one of the opposition parties choose an Ottawa backdrop – one of our Tim Hortons, say – to announce one of those homey little plans to comfort the middle class. We would even be

happy if an opposition party leader chose Ottawa as a place to issue a partial apology for a previous announcement that had been widely misinterpreted. We just want our fair share, is all. It’s the least we deserve for letting those folks use Parliament Hill.

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Red-ribbon winner Jim Arbuckle, past president of the Ottawa Valley Farm Show, shows off a prize-winning sheaf of grain on March 11 at the EY Centre. The sheaf, submitted by Almonte farmers Harold and Shelley McPhail, was an entry in one of numerous categories judged for the Ottawa Valley Seed, Feed and Forage Championship Show, which co-incided with the three-day farm show.

Further to the joint announcement between the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission’s (NCC) 100 Day Working Group, you are invited to an Open House to review and provide feedback on the proposed alignment between Dominion and Cleary Stations. At the Open House you will have the opportunity to view the preferred solution, which is to allow the City’s Confederation Line West LRT extension to run fully buried under the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. This integrated transit solution meets the NCC’s criteria, while protecting the Byron Linear Park and Rochester Field, and meeting the City of Ottawa’s affordability requirements. It also advances the creation of a waterfront linear park. The Confederation Line West extension is one of three environmental assessment studies currently underway as part of Stage 2 (Ottawa.ca/stage2), the City’s plan to add 19 new stations and 30 kilometres of rail farther east, west and south of the City. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call or e-mail the project lead below. If you are not available to attend the Open House or would like additional information, please visit the study web site at ottawa.ca/stage2 or direct your comments and questions to the contact person below. The Open House presentation material will be posted to the study web site.

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Jamie Gartshore’s problems with her Herongate apartment began the day she and her boyfriend moved in last October. First, the rental unit wasn’t ready for occupancy on move in day. Then young couple had barely settled into their new place when they discovered a bed-bug infestation that was finally corrected after several rounds of spraying. Today, their kitchen continues to crawl with cockroaches. “Every night I see about three or four on the wall, and I kill them. But every night they just come back,” said Gartshore, who joined members and supporters of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, to rally in Herongate on March 11 for measures they say would improve quality of life for tenants. Armed with flags, a large banner, a bullhorn and loud voices, the group marched along Cedarwood Drive to the office of Timbercreek Communities, the largest rental landlord in the neighbourhood.

Their peaceful event was designed to call attention to their housing woes and the need for a strict municipal bylaw that would force landlords to fulfill urgent housing repairs in a timely manner and levy penalties against those who are negligent. Gartshore’s list of complaints is long. She and her boyfriend, who welcomed their first baby two months ago, have been forced to endure emergency water shutoffs due to leaks in their Baycrest Drive high-rise building, which she said are often done without advance notice. That means Gertshore’s partner can’t shower before heading off to work, and her ability to feed their son his bottles has been impacted. “I’ve woken up multiple times within a month and the water’s been shut off and they haven’t given notices,” Gertshore said of the problem which still persists despite her numerous complaints. “I woke up one morning and the water was shut off completely and I didn’t have any bottles made, so I couldn’t wash my bottles at all.” See BUG, page 12

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Mavis Finnamore, co-chair of the Ottawa South ACORN chapter, said the issue of water shut offs has been raised during tenants meetings, prompting her to seek answers from Timbercreek. “A lot of times there’s a communication problem,” said Finnamore, who has lived in her Herongate rental property since 1983. “Tenants don’t always know what’s going on.” The Ottawa South News attempted to reach Timbercreek Communities for comment

multiple times but the company did not respond by press time. Other tenants have complained they were given short notice prior to getting their patio doors replaced this winter. “What if you’re depending on (disability payments)? Where are they going to go?” Finnamore said, concerned about such a lengthy job being done during the cold winter months when, in fact, she believes the work should take place in the summer. Like the dozen people who gathered during the small rally,

Gartshore said there should be rules in place that make rental property owners meet their obligations to tenants as soon as possible. “I just really want them to step up and get the work done that we ask them to do,” she said of her landlord, Timbercreek. “And if they can’t get it done, to just to give us a timeframe or at least tell us that they can’t do it so that we’re not sitting around waiting.” Tired of complaining and waiting, Gartshore and her boyfriend have made a decision they hope will give them

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peace of mind come September when their lease is up. “We’re definitely moving for sure,” she said, though they haven’t decided where. But for John Redins, who has lived in one of Timbercreek’s high-rise apartments on Cedarwood Drive for almost 10 years, he said he doesn’t have the financial means to relocate. The ACORN-area leader said tenants have been impacted by the frequent turnover of landlord companies in the community over the years. “We’re caught in the middle of that issue,” Redins said. The garbage bins in his building are not regularly emptied, and he said the units are infested with cockroaches and bed bugs, but that sprayings are done piecemeal, on a unit basis, which only drives the insects to neighbouring units. When asked if the bugs are still a problem even after his unit was sprayed three times so far this year, Redins, who is the federal Green party candidate in Ottawa South, rolled

back his shirt sleeves to reveal small red sores, which he said are bites. “This is a problem, a big problem,” Finnamore said of the infestation. “You’re not allowed to withhold your rent. You have no other way of getting another location and you’re stuck living with bed bugs.”

“What if you’re depending on (disability payments)? Where are they going to go?” Mavis Finnamore, ACORN spokeswoman

Despite frequent meetings with the landlord, tenants are getting nowhere, Redins said. “We’ve got to get tougher with landlords in this city,” he said. George Brown, a Mooney’s Bay Park lawyer who has pro-

vided Ottawa ACORN with pro bono legal advice since 2012, has gone to tenant-landlord meetings and understands why residents are so frustrated. “We hear all the nice words and then the same stuff keeps happening over and over again,” he said. For that reason, Brown said stronger bylaw are needed in Ottawa that impose time limits on serious housing repairs, to address such issues as heating problems and infestations, similar to municipal regulations already in place in Toronto. The only recourse tenants have in challenging negligent landlords, he said, is to take their complaints to the Landlord and Tenant Board, which is responsible for resolving disputes under Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act. That can often involve a costly and labour-intensive process. “That shouldn’t be like that,” Brown said. “We’ve got to make it simpler to get property standards enforced.”

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has been receiving some extra support from other police units in the department, though no additional officers have been re-assigned. “We have been in constant communication with some of the other units across the police service, but not only that, with also the banks themselves,” he said, declining to provide specifics about police resources and bank security measures. “The banks have a hand in this as well.” Most of the banks robbed this year are in the east end of the city, including in Blackburn Hamlet and Orléans, the south end and downtown. Two weeks ago, a Barrhaven bank was hit. TOWNGATE ROBBERY

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The 19 bank robberies that have dogged Ottawa so far this year represent a 200-per-cent increase over 2014, according to police. This time last year, police had six bank robberies on their plate; there were 30 for the whole year. “It’s troubling for certain,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, head of the Ottawa police robbery unit. But things may even out by the end of the year. “We see these spikes in different robberies from time to time and we could make an arrest or two and

then we don’t have another robbery for weeks,” the veteran police officer said. “I don’t know that where we are at right now is necessarily an indicator of where we’re going to be 10 months from now.” Police have made “several” arrests in connection with the robberies plaguing banks in Ottawa this year, but several remain unsolved. Some suspects are believed to be responsible for more than one of the robberies. “We’re always looking for those linkages and part of the exercise is trying to figure out how many of the banks could potentially be linked together either by suspect, by group or whatever,” Haarbosch said, adding this is a regular investigative measure for his team. “We do that every time we get a new case to see if we can link it back to anything else. But in the wake of the rising number of bank robberies, Haarbosch’s team of investigators

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Skeptics, problem-solvers pack climate change town hall Erin McCracken

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When it comes to fighting climate change, the writing is on the wall in Ottawa. “Ontario is falling behind in the production of electric cars compared to Japan, the U.S. and Europe,” said Kanata resident Allan Poulson. He drove his electric car, a converted Ford Ranger, to a town-hall meeting on climate change at the RA Centre on March 11 to share his ideas with the Ontario government, which is developing a 35-year strategy and fiveyear action plan on climate change and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Poulsen was one of about 130 people who attended the public consultation session, one of 15 being hosted across the province by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change before it releases its strategy and action plan before the end of the year. In Ottawa, many voiced their ideas, questions, concerns and vision for the future, while others filled large pieces of paper with their recommendations for how the government should tackle climate change by 2050.

There were so many ideas, the government policy adviser taping the papers to the wall had to use a second wall for space in a nearby large ballroom. Among the dozens of ideas pitched were the banning of plastic bags, costing out green initiatives, the need for more railway tracks rather than more highways, placing warnings on gas pumps similar to those on cigarette packs, incentives for industry to reduce emissions, aligning provincial and municipal policies, implementing broad, equitable and effective carbon pricing and using human waste to fertilize farmers’ fields. One man applauded the closure of Ontario’s coal plants. Rolly Montpellier, with climate education group, 350 Ottawa, and Citizens Climate Lobby, made up of local volunteer groups advocating for climate legislation, suggested several ideas, including the need for simplicity around carbon pricing – or putting a price on carbon, such as carbon taxes – so that more people can understand the concept. “I would like Ontario to be at zero carbon emissions by 2050,” he added. See WE CAN’T, page 16

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Centretown resident Anna MacEwen, 7, writes her thoughts on climate change during a town-hall meeting on the subject hosted by Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment at the RA Centre on March 11.

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‘We can’t afford to do nothing’: Environment Ministry spokeswoman learned about Australia at school last year and was upset to learn that climate change could cause the flooding of islands in the South Pacific. The Grade 1 student is now doing a project on ocean acidification, which, researchers say is impacting marine life.

threat to wildlife, impacts to agriculture, our food supply and an increase in severe storms and floods.” Climate change skeptics were also on hand to question the government’s basis for its position on climate change. “I’m really uncomfortable with the term ‘climate change’ because it started out as global warming and then morphed into climate change when (former U.S. vice-president) Al Gore’s predictions didn’t really come true,” said one man, drawing scattered applause. “It just really sounds like the fix is in, that the science is in, when it’s really highly debatable,” he said, prompting several people to protest, “It’s not,” and another man to call out, “Go have your own meeting.” But the majority of those at the town hall focused the discussion on what more can be done to protect the environment and develop measures that have buy-in across all sectors, as well as cohesiveness among all levels of government. Among the post-secondary students, political representatives, ecology groups and scientists at the meeting was seven-year-old Centretown resident Anna MacEwen, who

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The government last developed a climate change plan in 2007, setting out targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This will form the basis of the new strategy now in the works. “So we have a 2014 target, we have a 2020 target and a 2050 target (which is) 80 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050,” said Karen Clark, director of the Ministry of Environment’s air policy and climate change branch. In her presentation at the start of the forum, she pointed to extreme weather as an byproduct of a changing climate and said Ontario has felt the brunt of that in the form of ice storms, severe flooding and millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses, as well as invasive plant and animal species, more frequent forest fires and more algae blooms in lakes. “We can’t afford to do nothing,” Clark told attendees. “If action is not taken, Ontario could warm by four degrees, and (see) an increase in winter temperatures in the north by up to seven degrees by the end of the century. This poses a

“In fact, the real-estate industry pushed back against the idea of there being eco-labelling of homes, likely the idea being that, ‘Well, we’ll never be able to sell a home that’s energy inefficient.’ Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko

“Her vision for 2050 is that the costs of the transition to climate change are shared equally by everyone. She wants people to have bike lanes only in downtown,” said Anna’s mom, Angella MacEwen, an economist at the Canadian Labour

Congress and the Green Economy Network, which promotes the need for green buildings and creating green jobs. Capital ward Coun. David Chernushenko, chair of the city’s environment committee, told the crowd that anything less than a 100-per-cent renewable Ottawa by 2050 “is completely inadequate.” To mitigate emissions, he suggested the mandatory labelling of buildings outlining their energy efficiency. “We got close to that about a decade ago,” he said, but added that governments backed off on the idea. “In fact, the real-estate industry pushed back against the idea of there being eco-labelling of homes, likely the idea being that, ‘Well, we’ll never be able to sell a home that’s energy inefficient.’ “That was the whole point after all. You want to sell your energy inefficient home, you make it efficient, you get it re-labelled and then you sell it,” said Chernushenko, who pointed to France where buildings and houses are labelled. According to the ministry, Ontario has been successful in reducing emissions by meeting or exceeding the

2014 greenhouse gas reduction target of six per cent below 1990 levels. Clark pointed to the closure of coalfired electricity plants, the increased use of recycling, construction of more energy efficient buildings and expanding transit as reasons. The Ottawa forum drew one of the largest audiences in the province, second so far only to a climate change town hall in Toronto that attracted more than 140 people, as officials make the rounds to hear different regional perspectives on the impacts of climate change. In the north there are concerns over transportation, while energy is a worry in the south. In Ottawa, themes emerged about buildings, including their energy efficiency. The conversations have been encouraging, Clark said. “The fact that we have lots of people with lots to say with lots of ideas, it’s what we were really hoping would happen,” she said. To provide feedback on the Ontario government’s climate change discussion paper by March 29, go to talk.ontario.ca/climate. For more information, visit ontario.ca/climatechange.

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Blossom Park bank latest target in Ottawa robberies Continued from page 13

No one was injured in an alleged robbery on Wednesday, March 11, at 7:15 p.m. at the Towngate Shopping Mall at 2446 Bank St., south of Hunt Club Road. Less than a day after police were called to the crime scene, Haarbosch sent out two images of a male suspect in hopes they prompt someone to phone in a tip. Though the suspect’s face is barely discernible in the bank’s video surveillance footage taken as the suspect entered the bank, Haarbosch is optimistic someone will recognize the male. A fraction of the man’s eyes and nose can be seen in the image. “I think that image, coupled with a description of the clothing, is good enough that if somebody knows him they’ll recognize him,” he said. “And those are the people that we need to hear from.”

While in the bank, the suspect passed a note demanding cash. He fled the scene with an undisclosed quantity of money. No one was injured in the incident. Eyewitnesses said he then headed on foot toward Bridle Path Drive in Blossom Park, south of Hunt Club Road. Behind the plaza, a pedestrian bridge crosses over Sawmill Creek to the rear of the apartment buildings. If the suspect fled in that direction, “he could get fairly close to the vehicle by the apartment buildings there,” Haarbosch said of one theory police are considering. “It’s a possibility, or he could have hoofed it on foot to another address nearby.” Police later identified a second male suspect after reviewing video provided by surveillance cameras. The video shows a man arriving with the first suspect and waiting near the front of the bank during the

robbery. Both suspects were later seen fleeing the bank. Police describe the first suspect as a Caucasian male between 18 and 20 years old, about five-foot-eight and 150 pounds with a thin build. He has brown eyes and hair, with short bangs, and is said to have visible acne marks and spoke with a soft voice. The suspect was wearing a black hooded shirt with a white shirt underneath, jeans and tan boots. The second suspect is described as a black male, approximately 18 to 20 years old, with a thin build, black hair and brown eyes. The suspect was wearing a dark coat, light jeans and white sneakers. If you know anything about this robbery or the suspect police are seeking, call the robbery unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116, or make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477.

For our Parents. For our Children. For Ourselves. Legacy of Mother Élisabeth Bruyère Continues to Grow.

It is a cold January night. A woman is stranded in a parking lot in west-end Ottawa. She is sure her car has been stolen. Going to a payphone, she calls home asking her husband for help. Her husband calls their son and within half an hour they are circling the parking lot in ever-widening circles. It takes a while but eventually they find the car parked in the furthest corner of the lot. It doesn’t make any sense. Why is the car way over there? Why can’t she remember the long walk across the cold pavement? How long was she in the store? The last couple of hours vanished into thin air. It is a night her son will never forget. Unfortunately, it is one she will never remember. It was a warning signal, but the signs were ignored, brushed under the carpet by the entire family. “It was just a senior’s moment.” Today she is in the full throes of dementia. Happy in her own way, but miles away from the woman, mother and wife she was just five years earlier. Did it have to be this way? Maybe. Is help available? Definitely.

1970: Spending time with her son. BRUYÈRE CONTINUING CARE The Bruyère Memory Program is just one of many programs designed to help seniors in Ottawa and throughout the valley. It is there to help diagnose early signs of dementia in the hopes of staving off the effects of this debilitating – and costly – disease. The senior population is growing rapidly. We are all getting older. It is likely you or someone you know will need the services offered at Bruyère. Bruyère does so much for the frail, the elderly and those requiring complex care;

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I have heard from residents in the community that there were concerns about congestion at the Hunt Club Road/ Paul Anka Drive intersection. I discussed community concerns with City staff and am happy to report that there will be adjustments made to the northbound timing of the lights. The new adjustments will better serve all traffic especially vehicles exiting the Wisteria Community.

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is holding initial discussions on a Central Library in Ottawa. I would like to invite you to provide input into the spaces and services of the future building. The City is inviting you to get involved through an online forum, by visiting the Main Branch or by registering and participating in a public information session. The public session will be held on Tuesday, March 31st 2015 from 7pm9pm, at City Hall, Jean Pigott Place (110 Laurier Ave. West). To register online and for more information, please go to www.OttawaCentralLibrary.ca.

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Spring is just around the corner, and the City of Ottawa is already busy repairing our streets, and preparing for the season ahead. The City has 18 crews out dedicated to fixing potholes, which is routine to see this time of year given the change in temperatures. Residents are encouraged to report potholes to Ottawa.ca or by calling 3-1-1. City crews are also clearing snow and ice from catch basins to facilitate water drainage and to reduce pooling. With 56,000 catch basins in the city, it is appreciated if residents help by clearing catch basins near their home as much as possible and where it is safe to do so.

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Over the course of five days, participants will get the chance to don protective firefighting gear and breathing equipment while conducting search and rescues, automobile extrications, forcible entries, hydrant work, climbing aerial ladders for high-rise operations and fighting simulated kitchen and car fires. “Participants will have an opportunity to speak to men and women who work at Ottawa Fire Services, as well as firefighters from neighbouring communities and students who have graduated from the pre-service firefighter training programs at Algonquin College and La Cité Collegial,” the city said in a statement on March 13. To qualify for the program, which costs $150, applicants must be in good physical condition, be the required age, have a positive attitude, be willing to take part in all activities and classes and have a valid provincial health card. Instruction during the camp will be in English. Anyone with questions can email campffit@ottawa.ca, or call 311 or 613-580-2424, ext. 29621. For more information or to apply, visit bit.ly/QKqsgi.

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Splash pad construction is expected to get underway at Calzavara Family Park in the Hunt Club Park community this summer. The hope was to construct the water feature the same year two play structures would be replaced at the park, but city funds are being diverted to electrical and accessibility work, pushing the replacement work to 2016.

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Plans are underway to install a new splash pad at Calzavara Family Park in the Hunt Club Park community in late August. And while the initial hope was to construct the play feature the same year two play strcutures at the same park would be replaced by the city, there is no money in the budget this year for the replacement project. Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans, whose ward includes the park, acknowledged that the two structures at the park, located at 1602 Blohm Dr., are at the end of their lifecycle. But capital works dollars in the city’s community and protective services budget won’t be spent this year to replace play structures in parks across the city even though there is a

backlog of waiting projects estimated to cost in the millions, Deans said, adding this means Calzavara Family Park won’t receive new playground equipment until 2016. “It’s concerning to me that the lifecycle maintenance has been all pushed off into 2016,” said Deans, chair of the city’s community and protective services committee, who raised the issue at a recent committee meeting. “Basically, they’re spending the money this year on (a citywide) electrical issue that they have to fix and on (provincially mandated) accessibility standards that they have to reach and it meant there is no money for lifecycle (renewal) for any park across the entire city of Ottawa,” she said. “You can imagine in a city this size, that’s quite a few.” That is adding to the backlog of play structures in need of replacement. “The larger problem is that there’s too much demand and not enough money being put into that fund to deal with the lifecycle renewal,” Deans said. “I’m worried that we’re creating

expectations that we’re not going to meet.” She pointed to plans to resurface the Greenboro pathway system in this term of council, which is included in the budget, but which could face delays. “But now I’m just very concerned it’s all going to get pushed out because there’s such a backlog,” she said. Still, news of the new splash pad is causing excitement among residents in Hunt Club Park. Construction of the new addition at Calzavara Family Park will begin in early August and is expected to be finished in late October. It will ready for use next summer. “A bunch of us have small kids and we told them that this happening, and just the joy in their reaction,” said Jennifer Hirst, communications liaison with the Hunt Club Park Community Association. When she told her four-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter about the plans, they happily jumped up and down. See PLAY STRUCTURE, page 22

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“They were so excited. It’ll be great for them,” she said. Adults in the community are equally enthusiastic about what will be the community’s first splash pad. The nearest splash pad is at Winterwood Park behind Roberta Bondar Public School in the neighbouring community of Greenboro. “People are like ‘Wow, this is so great!’” said Hirst. Calzavara Family Park has seen better days. Two play structures there, one for younger children and toddlers and another for older kids, are outdated. The structure for older children is wooden. “It’s also getting pretty haggard,” Hirst said, adding that when the city replaces the structures next year, both will be situated together in one centralized area at the park, near the splash pad, “which is so much better for parents.” The current play areas at the green space are at opposite ends of the park.

Deans recently told association members that a sun shade will also be constructed at the wide-open park where residents say there are few options for cover when children are playing. Knowing the playgrounds were due to be replaced, community association members approached their councillor to see if a splash pad was doable at the same time. “We’ve been talking about the sad Calzavara Park as it is right now,” said Hirst. “There’s room for something exciting to happen there.” While Hunt Club Park residents enjoy using the wading pool at Elizabeth Manley Park near Conroy Road and Blohm Drive, where the association hosts its annual summer carnival, for some families it’s just too far to walk to, particularly for many living on Forestglade Crescent off Blohm Drive. “That’s a good two kilometers for them to walk,” Hirst said. “But if they go to Calzavara, it’s like half a kilometer. That’s perfect.

“Now we’ve got our bases covered. There’s something for everyone in Hunt Club Park to walk to.” Some funds for a community improvement project had already been set aside when surrounding residential homes were built by Larco Homes several years ago. That pot of money is, in part, allowing the splash pad dream to become reality. While Deans declined to provide the estimated cost of the splash pad ahead of the tendering process, she said the new junior play structure is estimated to cost $73,000 and the play equipment for older children is budgeted at $105,000 for a total of $178,000. Community association members and residents are invited to view three splash pad designs and three play structure designs as well as an overall concept for the entire layout of the project during a Hunt Club Park Community Association meeting on March 26 at St. Thomas More School in the library at 7 p.m.

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MARY COOK Memories us busy until it was time to climb the stairs for bed. It was my favourite time of day. It would be a couple hours before we would go upstairs, and the time would be spent sitting around the kitchen table, each of us doing what we liked to do best when the day was done. Mother at one end with her diaries and scrapbooks spread out before her, and the rest of us amusing ourselves in any way we wished. That night I sat on the bench under the window that looked out onto the grape arbour. I could feel a draft, and so I had taken a blanket that was always folded at the end of the creton couch and wrapped it around my shoulders. Like everyone else, my feet were tucked into handmade felt slippers. And I could feel the most delicious warmth and contentment as

I looked around that old kitchen. Everything was so familiar and so much a part of our everyday lives. Father had moved to the rocking chair in front of the Findlay Oval, and his feet were up on the cushion on the opened oven door. His papers were around him, and his pipe hung loosely in his mouth. That night I was content just to sit. The colouring picture from the Ottawa Farm Journal was in front of me, and so were my crayons, but I had lost interest. My attention was on the Findlay Oval, and it was as if I was looking at it for the first time in my life. I mentally counted all the uses we had for the stove, and I wished longingly that I knew how to write, so that I could put down on paper what the old stove meant to us out there in Northcote. Of course, there was the reservoir at one end. It supplied us with all the hot water we used in the house: our Saturday night baths, the Monday washings, scrub water, and the water we had just used to wash up the dishes. And it was where, when we had a stuffed-up nose, or Mother

thought we were getting a cold, we sat close, on a chair, with our heads under a sheet, breathing in the steam from the reservoir. It was the Findlay Oval that made our toast in the mornings. The tin toaster sat over the front burner that had been removed, and four slices could be toasted at one time. And it was that same burner that Mother lifted to singe the chickens before they were stuffed and put in the oven for our Sunday supper, and that night I thought of the popcorn that was so often a treat on a cold winter’s night and made on the Findlay Oval. All along the very top of the stove was the warming closet. It was seldom used for food, because as soon as a meal was cooked, we were more than ready to sit around the old pine table and dig into it. But it was a wonderful place to dry wet mitts, or heat a towel to wrap around a wet body after our Saturday night bath. Always, and that night it was no different, Father had put blocks of wood around each side of the stove, and our galoshes and rubber boots were propped against the wood to dry

out over night. And I knew that when I put on my galoshes in the morning to go to school, my feet would feel that delicious heat long after I had left the house for the three-and-a-halfmile walk to the Northcote School. In the winter time, when Mother would bring in the freshly washed laundry from the clothes line, stiff as boards and frozen solid, a wood clothes rack Father had made would be folded out before the Findlay Oval, and that night, even though it wasn’t a wash day, I felt I could smell the sweetness of those frozen clothes that seemed to go right through the house as the clothes dried from the heat of the stove. And of course, it provided us with the only warmth we would have, with its pipes snaking through the kitchen and poking through the floor upstairs.   That night how I wished I could write so that I could put down on paper all that the Findlay Oval meant to us during those Depression years. It would take me forever to print the words. I guessed I would just have to rely on my memory.

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Management said the employee had told them in 2004 that there was a conflict of interest, during their time working on the sole-sourced contract, when Heartwood House was looking for more money. The non-profit needed more to cover the operating costs of their program. On two other occasions the management of this employee was poorly handled according to the report.

The employee was advised by superiors to stop their involvement in the contract in June 2011. The employee failed to follow their advice. In January 2014 the employee once again mentioned the conflict of interest but continued to work on the file. The employee mentioned above is no longer working on this file, staff said. The auditor general also expressed surprise that, until last year, OC Transpo employees had a long-stand-

ing practice of keeping unclaimed lost and found items. Heartwood House said on its website it receives more than 30,000 items each year, and 26 per cent are returned to their rightful owner. Some items are auctioned off in support of the charity, but the rest were available for employees to claim after a period. “The minute we found out about employees getting things back for themselves we ceased that,” said Manconi.

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One in five city employees fear the consequences of blowing the whistle on a rule-breaking colleague, and about the same amount think some employees get preferential treatment over others, according to an audit of the city’s ethics culture. Auditor general Ken Hughes Auditor tabled his annual report on March 12, issuing 39 recommendations on how to improve in the areas of ethics, information technology governance, notification of bus cancellations, environmental assessment processes and managing service contracts. He also tabled six recommendations relating to two reviews of tips that came into

the fraud and waste hotline. The audit that seemed most troubling to city managers – and which they vowed to address – concerned the city’s ethics culture. An internal survey to the city’s 17,262 employees received 2,829 responses and found the city’s ethics culture is generally strong. Most employees felt their supervisors and colleagues act ethically on the job, and 84 per cent said they’ve read the code of conduct. But Hughes said there were hesitations when it came to tattling on colleagues or superiors who violated the code, and one quarter of employees are not sure who to talk to about an ethical dilemma. As much as one third said there aren’t regular conversations about ethics in the workplace, and 18 per

cent had some unfavourable perceptions of their manager’s ethics. City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said the fear of consequences is especially problematic. “One in five is too high,” he said. “(We need) very, very clear messaging on the importance of the whistleblower function, and the fact that any reprisals or any consequences of somebody in good faith telling management about a concern they have will not be tolerated.” Hughes made eight recommendations, including the creation of a new full-time position responsible for ethics review and communication at the city. Management said the new ethics employee would likely work out of the city clerk’s office.

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The second OC Transpo issue in the auditor general’s report was the transit service’s inefficient and sometimes ineffective cancellation notifications system. OC Transpo uses its website or Twitter account to alert passengers of cancellations of any of the routes across the city.

During a survey period between May 1 and 15, 2014, found the notification of a cancelled route would arrive late a third of the time. Thirty-three per cent of cancelled routes would send out its alert after the cancelled bus was already supposed to have arrived. “I think the purpose of the notification system is to allow people to change their plans

and give them enough time to make alternate arrangements,” said Hughes. “If that notification comes oneminute or 20-minutes after the bus was suppose to arrive then it is of little value.” Management accepted all 39 recommendations tabled in the 2013 report, including seven relating to the solesource contract and two on the notification system.

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Westfest is heading back to its roots by going back to the street – Richmond Road to be exact – where the event’s main stage will be located for two days of live Canadian music. The 12th-annual free celebration of music, art and life in Westboro Village on June 13 and 14 is being scaled down to two days from three or more as in previous years. But the change does not represent a significant departure, said Elaina Martin, founder, producer and artistic director of Westfest, because traditionally, Richmond Road has only been closed the weekend of the 10-block street party. “It’s pretty much what we’ve always done outside of the last three or four years,” she said following an announcement of the festival’s entertainment and programming lineup at Clocktower Brew Pub on March 12. “It’s a great change actually.” Another major change is moving the main stage from the Real Canadian Superstore parking lot, which could only

accommodate 3,000 people, out on Richmond Road where there is room 10,000 people to gather. The stage will be in front of Clocktower Brew Pub at 418 Richmond Rd. and will feature more than a dozen acts, including headliner, Junonominated singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer. Martin has wanted to relocate the stage for some time. “It’s a big change. It’s taken us eight months to do the redesign and get the approvals,” she said. During the announcement, Kris Abbott and Dee McNeil, a Kingston-based folk-pop duo known as Kris + Dee, provided a sneak peak of music they will be showcasing during their inaugural Westfest performance. They were just coming out with their first album together when they went to enjoy the music and entertainment at the street fest five years ago. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to play this one day,’” McNeil said. “And now we are.” See OTTAWA, page 35

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The artists, who are coming out with a new album this spring, will perform on the main stage on June 13 at 6:45 p.m. Abbott and McNeil also plan to enjoy other musical offerings at the festival, including performances by Arnprior folk artist Craig Cardiff, who performs June 13 at 7:45 p.m., and Harmer, who will cap off the night at 9 p.m. Securing Harmer to play at Westfest has long been on Martin’s wish list. “I’ve been trying to get her for years, but couldn’t afford her because we’re free and we’re small and we have a very small musical budget,” she said, adding that booking Terry Gillespie and Cardiff were also major coups for the festival director.

Westfest traditionally showcases Canadian musicians, and once again Sunday’s lineup will be devoted to more than a dozen Ottawa artists, including Lynn Miles & Friends and Gillespie. “It’s a party like no other and I am pumped to be a part of it,” said Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Lieper, who hosted the festival announcement. “In the course of the next couple of years one of the things that is a pet project of mine is to try and bolster the music industry in Ottawa,” he said. “I think we all know what music does for the quality of life in our neighborhoods and what the contribution of arts and culture is to our quality of life. Main stage programming during Westfest takes place Saturday, June 13, from 4 to 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 14, from

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in it.” She will join Dr. Corien Peeters, from CHEO’s eating disorders program, to speak to parents and teachers during the seminar about fostering positive body image and attitudes toward healthy active living. It’s just one of five topics that will be discussed by six experts during the event, including understanding the childhood brain and helping your child thrive, teenage behaviour and the developing brain, mood and anxiety in children and youth, and concussions. “We like to communicate with (parents, educators and caregivers) directly to be able to give them credible information in ways that can perhaps foster resiliency and positive healthy changes so that kids don’t need to walk into our doors all the time,” said Clark. There is about a one-year wait to see Clark and her multidisciplinary team at CHEO’s

Centre for Healthy Active Living, which opened in the Billings Bridge community in 2011, helps children and youth, ages five to 18, who are dealing with complex and severe weight-management issues. At the upcoming information session, Clark expects to share strategies and offer insight that can be helpful when speaking with kids and teens about weight and body image, share how they can get kids to feel comfortable talking about how they’re feeling, as well as help them love their bodies and assist them in fostering a positive relationship with nutrition. It can be daunting and challenging for caregivers to find credible information based on research and science, reason why the team of psychologists wanted to bring their expertise directly into the community. CHEO and Hillcrest held a similar seminar, but with different topics, for that reason in 2010.

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Here is a scenario where a mother owns purchase a permanent life insurance policy a family business and wishes to gift the for $500,000 and donate the proceeds to shares to her adult children through a charity through her Will. provision in her Will. She wants to eliminate This is a win-win for both her family and capital gains taxes of the shares payable the charity. She will own the policy during at her death. The taxable capital gains her lifetime and name her estate as policy reportable on the deemed disposition of beneficiary. She will direct that a gift in an shares on death is $500,000 and tax owing amount equal to the life insurance proceeds on this amount is $230,000 (base on a be paid to a charity named in the Will. The 46% marginal tax rate). charity will receive the lump sum amount She also wants to make a sizeable donation equal to the insurance proceeds upon to her favourite charitable organization, but her death. A tax receipt issued for 100% doesn’t want to reduce her estate assets. of the donation by the charity will qualify Given the options mentioned above, she for a tax credit to be used in her final tax decides that the most viable solution is to return. This credit has completely eliminated the tax liability on the shares at death and

If you are interested in finding out about how you can leave a CHEO legacy, please contact Megan Doyle Ray at

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the estate value is preserved. In this case, premiums for the life insurance policy are paid with a relatively small percentage of the funds that would otherwise have been used to pay taxes owing. The use of life insurance in the context of charitable gifting at death will appeal to those who want to reduce or eliminate taxes at death and/or have a strong desire to make a larger bequest to one or more charities. This should be considered in the bigger context of planned giving options available to donors both during their lifetime and at death.

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construction, personal assistant, retail and pizza delivery. This is to say that I have been around all types of people and have an interesting personality because of it. During my education I learned about fine arts, cooking and now journalism. Looking at all those career paths, it would seem that I like making it hard to find a job in the future. My mom always said, “Do what you

love, it’s the only thing that is important in life.” During my time studying art, I always had the idea that photography wasn’t for me and so I avoided learning it. The requirements of photos to accompany my news stories have changed my outlook. I don’t specialize in any specific type of journalism so far but have done a little of everything. I want to be able to do anything and specializing in one thing could limit me. During my time in school I have covered stories on Mayor Jim Watson, an Emmy winner and city councillors, among many other more personal pieces. I hope to write as many great stories as possible that I can be proud of and gain experience as a journalist in the field.

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y name is Chris Whan and I’m the new intern. I was born in Kingston and moved here in the fall of 2010 to pursue a degree in history. I swiftly learned that I didn’t like history but I loved to write, so I decided to attend Algonquin College for journalism and I haven’t looked back since. I have experience writing for the Algonquin Times, our school paper. I have been the editor of multiple sections of that paper, including sports, online and social media. Locally focused news is something I pride myself on

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Camp is a place where positive memories are made that last a lifetime If adults that have attended summer camps as children are asked what their fondest childhood memories are, it is often found that they recollect and share their camp memories. Camp memories are created every year because of the great experiences shared by campers while at camp but more importantly because of the other campers and staff who share those experiences together with them. Long after campers “graduate” from the camp experience, after they say that last goodbye on the last day of their last year at camp, they fondly recall the cabin-mates and counsellors that provided them with the activities they experienced every summer.

child’s development, camp offers the venue to learn the “bigger” skills – the ones that can’t be learned in any classroom. Ask yourself if you feel that taking turns is a skill… how about being nice to people around you… what would you say about working as a team – is that a skill? Camp is a place where these skills and so many more are “practiced” so regularly but in a way in which campers don’t even realize this is happening. meaningful

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Many of us have observed that many of the weddings we are being invited to are between campers that attended our camps decades prior and that the frequency of divorces in these marriages are staggeringly low. Now this can be a very unnerving thought for first time camp parents sending their little six year old off to day camp for the first time but it does illustrate a very important point: it appears that as a result of the depth of experience of attending summer camp, the relationships formed there are stronger and more meaningful than most others formed in a child’s lifespan. This is not to say that parents should send their children to camp in hopes of them finding a spouse! However, when children play together, laugh together, are challenged together, sing together, and live together, what ends up happening is that they grow together and with that grow closer to one another learning the values of friendship and community in a way that cannot be duplicated in other summer settings. See BALANCE, page 41

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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 activi-

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Balance comes from different ways of learning Continued from page 40

• Camp is a place where campers enjoy the outdoors Ontario is beautiful country and nothing inspires its discovery more than the camp experience. Whether campers are hiking through forested hills, swimming in freshwater lakes, gazing at the setting sun, playing in open fields, or meeting its friendly wildlife, camp’s everyday activities often give rise for a love of this land. The direct impact of this is an evident environmental conscientiousness among

When we get too hot, we get a drink of water and go into the shade. When we’ve been playing a lot of team sports, we refocus on individual challenge and achievement. The concept of balance is one often spoken about, but seldom modelled for young people today. We often find ourselves commenting in front of our children how we wish we could work less, sleep more, eat better, and exercise more frequently… At camp, balance is practiced and as a result enjoyed by its campers.

campers who learn to clean up their mess when at camp. But the larger, and equally important result is a greater social consciousness in children, and an awareness that they are a part of something bigger… that their actions affect others in both the short and long term. • Camp is a place where campers find balance Regardless of a particular camp focus, camp activities often balance competitive and cooperative, land and water, outside and in the shade, athletic and creative.

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Let’s get our teenagers moving in Ontario Canadian teens need to increase their physical exercise every day for a lifetime of good health. Research from ParticipACTION, the national voice for physical activity and sport participation in Canada, shows that only four per cent of Canadian kids aged 12 to 17 get enough heart-pumping exercise on a daily basis. Are you concerned about the teens in your life? To address this growing issue, Participaction Teen Challenge, sponsored by Coca-Cola Canada, encourages teenagers to establish healthy habits for life and that includes fostering social interactions that build their confidence and self-esteem. The program helps to remove the barriers that prevent physical activity – namely cost and accessibility – providing teens with access to the equipment, facilities, instruction, or the transportation needed to get active. Teen Challenge gives community organizations in On-

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tario access to micro-grants that enable this age group to get active and have fun in ways that mean something to them. The community groups work with local teens to identify needs within their neighbourhood and come up with solutions to meet them. The successes of Teen Challenge are exemplified by numerous success stories in Ontario, such as the CrossFit Club for students at Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School in Mississauga. Kickstarted with a micro-grant in 2013, the club has doubled in size since it began. The program introduces teens to CrossFit’s all-ornothing exercise culture and gives them a chance to compete in an actual CrossFit gym competition. Focusing on providing special access, the club offers girls-only options, including a weight training club and lunchtime fitness classes for female students. “The beauty of Teen Chal-

lenge is that it empowers our youth to be creative and come up with physical activity ideas that suit their peers, in their local neighbourhoods,” says Elio Antunes, president and CEO of Participaction. “Once teenagers get active and participate in regular physical activity, it can help them to do better in school, to grow stronger, feel happier, improve their self-confidence and learn new skills. A program of this kind can do so much good.” The Lincoln M. Alexander CrossFit Club has been able to make a significant difference in the lives of teenagers in that community, Antunes points out. It is empowering them to take control of their health. If you are a communitylevel organizer in Ontario additional information is available at www.participaction. com/teenchallenge, where you can also apply for a micro-grant. newscanada.com

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Ontario Parks is suggesting campers take advantage of its five month booking window and book their summer camping vacations now. Over 12,000 park campsites were booked by the end of January. Numbers continue to rise steadily with over 35,000 reservations processed at the time of this update. According to park officials, campgrounds at popular provincial parks like Sandbanks, Killbear and Pinery fill up quickly for summer holiday weekends. Staff offer suggestions for getting a campsite in popular parks or for alternate locations with availability in this

Park Blog post, http://www. parkreports.com/parksblog/ ?p=3265. To book an Ontario Parks campsite, visit reservations at ontarioparks.com. PDF copies of the new 2014 Parks Guide can be downloaded from the web site. More park information sources are included below: Campers often use the Park Locator tool on the Ontario Parks web site for trip planning. It searches parks by facilities, services and activities and can pinpoint parks close to urban centres or parks with equipment rentals or backcountry experiences. http://www.ontarioparks.com/park-locator.

Ontario Parks’ social media sites are excellent sources for trip planning too. Park photos, including many of lesser-known parks, are on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/ontarioparks/. Roofed accommodation photos are at http://www.pinterest.com/ontarioparks/roofedaccommodations/ and Ontario Parks’ official Facebook and Twitter sites provide the latest news. https://www.facebook.com/ontarioparks and https://twitter.com/ontarioparks. New videos will be posted regularly on the Ontario Parks youtube channel www.youtube.com/theOntarioParks.

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There are reasons to be thinking about summer now While it may seem like spring has just sprung, summer will be here before you know it. According to the education experts at Oxford Learning, that means that it’s time to start thinking about summer learning plans. “Summer learning is a critical – and often overlooked – part of students’ learning. By planning for summer learning now, parents will help their children avoid the summer learning brain drain,” says Nick Whitehead, founder and CEO of Oxford Learning. He offers these five rea-

sons why planning for summer learning this spring is so important: 1. Summer is going to be here soon. Spring may have just begun, but before long, students will be studying for exams and handing in their final term projects, which means that it’s not too early to think about what kids are going to be doing this summer. 2. Summer can undo what children are learning right now. Without maintaining learning momentum and study skills over the summer

break, students easily forget everything they’re working hard to learn right now, which means that next year, students need to repeat the same workbooks and materials they are learning right now. 3. Summer can have an impact on how children learn next year. After a summer off, it can take kids up to three months to get back into the swing of learning. That represents a huge amount of wasted learning opportunities, and it means that students are not up to their potential from as early as the first day back

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Summer can have an impact on how children learn next year to class. 4. Kids want to learn in the summer. Research in summer learning studies shows that 56 per cent of students want to be involved in a summer program that helps them

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Our qualified instructors will teach and develop new sports skills in a fun, safe and entertaining manner.

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Is your child in French Immersion? Enhance your child’s experience by registering them in a French recreational program with the City of Ottawa. It is a great way to build upon their language skills in a fun and friendly environment that’s not school! No grammar or spelling mistakes to worry about, just fun activities that everyone loves! Mon Cyberguide franchophone des loisirs can be found online at ottawa.ca/ loisirs and contains French recreation programs for all ages and interests. The easiest way to master the French language is to be immersed into it. Whether their interests are in sports, arts, music or dance, our recreation programs are perfect for everyone. If teamwork, kicking, dribbling or passing the ball is something your child is looking for; check out our soccer, basketball, dodge ball and multi-sport programs. Do they like moving to a beat? We have ballet, hip hop and jazz classes. Try out our Gotta Dance programs for all around dancing fun! Playing with paint, masks, murals, ribbons and more develops children’s artistic side. Explore our many crafting classes, or master improvisational skills in our introduction to theatre class. Summer camps create lasting memories and friendship while providing your child with the opportunity to increase their French vocabulary and prepare for the next school year. By joining a French recreation program, your child will find it a fun way to use their new language skill.

Register now! Spring classes are starting Browse online at ottawa.ca/loisirs to discover affordable fall and winter programs. Visit your favourite facility where knowledgeable and friendly staff will help you discover your next adventure. You can also call 3-1-1 for more details.

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A young boy waves from aboard a float during the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 14. There were floats, dancers and music all along Laurier Street as the parade kicked off. Volunteers also collected food for the Ottawa Food Bank along the route.

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March 20

A traditional Newfoundland Jiggs dinner will be hosted at the Strathcona branch of the Royal Canadian legion on March 20 at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $9 for members and $12 for non-members. Entertainment gets underway at 7 p.m. and will be provided by Tony

True and Endangered Species. The branch is located at 1940B Bank St. For details, call the branch at 613-2361575.

March 21

Barrhaven/Nepean & District Old Tyme Music & Dance is having their annual bake sale on March 21, from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome, including musicians, square dance lovers and nonmembers, to enjoy traditional

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are welcome to attend. Prior notice is not required. The church is wheelchair accessible and parking is free. For more information, please call 613-733-3156, ext. 229.

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March 27

Drop in with your knitting and share advice, ideas and conversation with other knitters with the Greenboro Knit Wits. The free sessions run from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from September to August. The next session is March 24 at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For more details, call 613-580-2940. The monthly general meeting of the Engineers Wives Association of Ottawa is on March 24 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church hall, located at 2345 Alta Vista Dr. The event will feature musical entertainment for the association’s 68th birthday meeting. For membership, please call Joan Mangione at 613-749-4975.

March 25

The Harmony Club for Seniors will hold their monthly gathering on March 25 at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr., from 1 to 2 p.m. Rev. Steve Clifton will speak about “A Journey to Jerusalem: A Visual Presentation of a Pilgrimage to the Holy City.” All seniors in the community

The Strathcona branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting a dinner on March 27 at 5:45 p.m. that will feature garlic glazed prime roast beef. Cost is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Entertainment, which gets underway at 7 p.m., will be provided by Assembly Required. The branch is located at 1940B Bank St. For details, call the branch at 613-236-1575.

March 27 to 29

The Irish Film Festival of Ottawa takes place March 27 to 29 at the Arts Court Theatre, located at 2 Daly Ave. A gala opening and reception takes place on March 27 at 7 p.m. Individual film festival tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, $8 for seniors or youth, 12 and under. For details, visit https://pamurray73.wix.com/irishfilmfestivalott.

March 29

The Strathcona branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting an Easter brunch on March 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $7. The brunch will feature eggs, bacon, sausages, home fries, pancakes and more.

For details, call the branch at 613-236-1575. The branch is located at 1940B Bank St. The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling crafts and homemade baked goods at the Ottawa Humane Society’s Easter Open House on March 29, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the animal shelter 245 Hunt Club Rd. There will be egg races, face painting, popcorn, crafts and a visit from the Easter bunny. Admission and parking are free. For details call 613825-1621 or visit facebook. com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

March and April

Get an early start on spring blossoms by pre-ordering a pot of colourful, quality pansies for $20 in support of pancreatic cancer research. Pansies can be picked up at designated centres on April 25, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. To order pansies, go to pancreaticcancercanada.ca and follow the links to ‘Pansies for Pancreatic Cancer,’ then ‘Where to Purchase Pansies.’ Join a 50-plus Exercise Group every Tuesday and Thursday morning in March and April, from 9 to 10 a.m., at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Enjoy an hour of gentle, yet thorough movement for women and men. The fee for this spring session is $40 and will be payable at the first class in March. Plan to stay fit for walking, biking and gardening as spring approaches. For more information, please call 613-733-3156, ext. 229.

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The Alta Vista library branch, located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. is hosting babytime programming, featuring stories, rhymes and songs for babies up to 18 months and a parent or caregiver on March 30 and April 13 and 20, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext.30426.

Tuesdays

Family storytime for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver will feature stories, rhymes and songs at the Alta Vista library branch on March 31, April 7, 14 and 21, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required. For details, call 613-5802424, ext.30426.

Wednesdays

Stories, rhymes and songs for babies up to 18 months and their parents or caregivers will take place on April 1, 8, 15 and 22, from 11 to 11:30 a.m., at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Registration is not required. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext.30426.

Thursdays

Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers, 18 to 36 months, and their parents and caregivers will take place at the Alta Vista library branch on April 2, 9, 16 and 23, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext.30426.

April 18 and 19

The Ottawa Orchid Society presents Orchidophilia on April 18, from 12 to 5 p.m. and April 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Nepean Sportsplex, located at 1701 Woodroffe Ave. The 34th-annual orchid show will feature an art gallery, orchid displays and orchid vendors. General admission is $12 and admission for seniors aged 60 and up and children, ages eight to 12, is $10.

April 24

Spend your PD Day on April 24 engaging in some gardening fun at the Alta Vista library branch, located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr., from 2 to 3 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a glass jar to plant their mini garden and decorate it with any found treasures you have. For details, call 613580-2424, ext.30426.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 A debate forces you to reconsider some long-held opinions. Use this time to reflect on your point of view and if there is anything you might want to change. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Life gets better and better as the week goes on, Taurus. Expect a few obstacles, but remember there’s nothing you cannot tackle, especially when you get some help. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 A situation arises at work that evokes strong emotions among your coworkers. Stay neutral on the issue until you have had enough time to gather more information. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 A recently started relationship is going great, Cancer. Now might be a great time to take the next step with your special someone. Expect this person to share your feelings. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 A rush of adrenaline this week will help you sail through any projects that need completion, Leo. Take a break every now and then so you don’t burn out. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you and a superior at work are seeing eye-to-eye this week. This could mark the beginnings of a great partnership, so continue to work hard.

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