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Residents question need for bright lights at LRT yard Erin McCracken

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Eastway Gardens residents whose homes back onto the Belfast light-rail maintenance and storage facility are hoping they will be able to sleep better at night after three lights on the property closest to their homes were turned off Monday in response to complaints.

The lights, which tower above an earthen

berm that separates the LRT yard from Via Rail train tracks and nearby homes on avenues O and P, began operating around the clock – even on bright, sunny days – since the evening of Tuesday, March 29.

Sarah Lawrence, who has lived on Avenue O for almost 11 years, sounded the alarm after the lighting began keeping her up at night.

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Eastway Gardens residents Sarah Lawrence, left, her six-year-old son, Max, neighbour Rebecca Tsonos, 10, and Lawrence’s mother, Kitty Galt, stand on Galt’s backyard porch. Residents have raised concerns about the use of bright lights at the nearby Belfast Road LRT maintenance and storage facility.

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Morlang, 30, was walking along Frank Kenny Road north of Russell Road early in the morning on the rural road when he was hit.

His family and has been pleading for the person who hit Morlang to come forward ever since it happened. His parents Brian Visneskie and Kathryn Morlang spoke from the spot of the hit and run two years after the accident in 2015 to encourage more tips to come forward.

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Sgt. Walter McIlquham, from the collision investigations unit, said close to 100 tips have been received but a suspect hasn’t been identified.

Morlang’s parents again pleaded with the public to come forward with information in a police press release issued on April 1.

“For the last two-and-a-half years, we have not been able to move on with our lives. We have no closure,” they said.

“The person responsible for Michael’s death has lived the last two-and-a-half years without ever taking any responsibility for their actions. Michael always found the good in people and it hurts knowing that someone out there may have the information needed to solve this crime and has yet to come forward.”

McIlquham said the reward is being offered because someone, somewhere, knows something.

Anyone with information about this matter is asked to contact Det. Lianne McAughey at 613-2361222, ext. 2481, or Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477.

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Attend Councillor Deans’ Annual Earth Day Event Gloucester-Southgate residents are invited to join me in celebrating Earth Day in Ottawa with my third annual Earth Day celebration event. Earth Day is the largest environmental event in the world and this year I will be focusing on the importance of local and sustainable gardens, the cornerstone of many healthy communities.

The event will be held at the Greenboro Community Centre at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. on Thursday, April 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be an opportunity to meet with myself and my staff, as well as to enjoy cake and beverages. I encourage residents to continue to watch my website and column for more details. See you there!

2016 Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off The drop-off dates for household hazardous waste, such as corrosive, flammable or poisonous materials, are fast approaching for residents of Gloucester-Southgate Ward. This year, the City will once again provide collection services by offering free one-day mobile depots from May 1 to October 23 at select locations.

Household hazardous waste is dangerous and cannot be disposed of like normal garbage or recycling. By providing these mobile depots, we’re working together to protect the environment as well as the safety of collection workers. Last year, 16,694 participants dropped off 555 tonnes of material at the City’s household hazardous waste events, and we hope that this year we can drop off even more.

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A summer learning program for hundreds of developmentally delayed Ottawa kids and young adults has been saved from the chopping block.

The majority of trustees representing the Ottawa-Carleton Public School Board voted on March 29 in favour of continuing to fund the 17day program offered at Clifford Bowey Public School in the Ledbury-Banff community, a similar service at Crystal Bay Centre for Special Education in Nepean and a third for autistic students at Roberta Bondar Public School in Greenboro.

“It means that Nathalie is going to be able to continue attending the summer learning program summer after summer, which is really going to benefit her educationally and socially,” said Françoise Slaunwhite, whose daughter attends Clifford Bowey.

More than 300 students attend the program at the three sites every July.

Parents sounded the alarm earlier this year as trustees be-

gan mulling over the board’s roster of programs, staffing and other expenses as they seek to offset a projected $14.4-million budget shortfall for the next school year.

The board’s decision to save the summer learning program will apply to next summer’s schedule, as well as for subsequent summers, said Slaunwhite.

“That’s the beauty of this (school board) motion because it protects the program’s funding year after year,” the Orléans resident said. “It basically takes the program off the table in terms of cuts in future years.

“It’s a huge, huge relief.”

For Slaunwhite, the citywide program, which has been offered for more than 30 years, represents a good investment since it provides students ages four to 21, many of them like Nathalie who are non-verbal, with a consistent routine.

It also gives them the chance to practise important lessons, such as numeracy, literacy, communicating and fine and gross motor skills, as well as other life skills, said Slaunwhite, adding the students also benefit from social

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Françoise Slaunwhite is relieved her daughter, Nathalie, will be able to continue attending a specialized summer learning program at Clifford Bowey Public School in the Ledbury-Banff community. The English public school board voted in favour of continuing to fund the program for developmentally delayed students, which is also offered at Crystal Bay Centre for Special Education in Nepean and at Roberta Bondar Public School in Greenboro. skills development during field trips.

“Outside of the school board there’s really no one else that can offer a program like this,” she said.

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The OCDSB will have to work with extra tight purse strings over the next academic

year due, in part, to the province’s plans to trim its grant to the school board by $7.5 million.

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“I think it’s an extremely important program for these special children and even though it’s budget time and things are very critical there are thing we just have to do,” she said.

Stay in Touch with Your Ward Do you find you miss out on events or items of interest for Gloucester-Southgate Ward? Stay connected to our community by signing up for my monthly e-newsletter and important emails by contacting diane.deans@ottawa.ca or by calling my office at 613-580-2480. You can also follow me on Twitter (@dianedeans) or Facebook (Facebook.com/diane.deans). Talk to you soon!

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Councillor to seek more answers on lighting Continued from page 1

Though the lights are no longer shining into her home and flooding her backyard and those of her neighbours at all hours of the night, she expressed concern that she has not yet received answers about the future use of the new lights from the Rideau Transit Group, which is constructing the new Confederation light-rail line and the Belfast Road maintenance facility.

“My concern with the lights is that it seems kind of permanent. It doesn’t seem like something we just have to weather (temporarily),” said Lawrence.

“I still don’t know what their plan is,” she said.

“I don’t know that those lights need to be on though

(in the future). They’re still incredibly bright.”

“If these are permanent ... then this isn’t going to work for us.”

SARAH LAWRENCE, CONCERNED RESIDENT

The city has yet to announce what the hours of operation will be for the Confederation LRT line, and Lawrence wants to know if the new lights will be required at night when the trains begin operating.

“If these are permanent, and if the idea is that the trains are going to be run-

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Before the three lights closest to homes were shut off, she said it was “shocking” how much light flooded residents’ backyards.

Even three layers of curtains, including blackout curtains, covering her bedroom window, which faces her backyard, weren’t enough to block out the light coming from the rail yard where the new lightrail trains will be parked and maintained nightly.

Lawrence said she and her husband were being kept awake at night for the better part of a week.

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Despite progress residents want answers on future of lights Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier visited affected residents, including Lawrence on Monday night, the same evening three of the lights were turned off.

“It is progress,” Cloutier said in an email to Metroland Media.

He promised to find out the purpose of the lights and “what else can be done to lower the intensity and the direction of the lights.”

“I’ll want to find out more from (the transit group) about whether these lights are, in fact, permanent or not,” he said.

After looking into four initial complaints sent in by residents, Cloutier said in an earlier interview that he was told by the transit group the lights would be muted and directed away from homes, and that the lights were needed for “light outdoor work.”

The lights were also needed until a building at the site could be wired, which Cloutier said implied the outdoor lighting affecting residents would not be permanent.

“It does appear there is a nighttime element of that work, both inside and outside,” he said.

However, he was not told which building was being wired. The only structure closest to homes is the new maintenance facility, which currently appears to have working lights inside and out.

Cloutier said he would look into this.

An emailed request to the city for information about the lighting, its purpose and permanency, as well as about which building is not yet wired did not receive a response before press time.

However, Lawrence said she did not see an improvement until the three lights were actually turned off.

After several days of waiting for answers from the Rideau Transit Group, Lawrence was told by the

city’s Rail Implementation Office that work is ongoing inside and outside the Belfast yard facility overnight and that “the timing of the lights are still being worked on as well.”

Lawrence was also told by Cloutier’s office that the rail office confirmed “the lights should not be on all day, and an appropriate schedule will be developed.”

Lawrence’s mother, Kitty Galt, lives next door and said she was coming home one night, saw the side of her daughter’s house all lit up and thought her daughter’s outside lights were on.

“You could see it as you aome down the street,” Galt said.

“I’ll want to find out more from (the transit group) about whether these lights are, in fact, permanent or not.”

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Lights flood a work site at the new Belfast Rd. light-rail maintenance facility, before they were turned off in response to Eastway Gardens residents’ concerns.

Despite the progress, they say lights at the yard are still bright.

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Their neighbour Christine Currie, who has lived in her Avenue O home for almost 19 years, said she also noticed the lighting the same night as Lawrence since her bedroom is also at the back of the house.

Currie, who works from home, begins her day at 4 a.m. when it is dark out. She said her immediate thought about the flood lights, before three were turned off, was, “‘What is that?’ and ‘Yet, another thing.’”

Before the lights were finally turned off she had to tuck her curtains closer to the window frame in an attempt to block out the glaring light.

“It’s very frustrating,” she said at the time.

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past efforts to keep residents informed about work plans, Lawrence said she is concerned over the lack of answers from LRT officials.

“I don’t know if this is just ‘we’ll turn off the lights right now and figure it out,’ or if they have a plan,” she said. “Obviously, I would prefer those lights never come on again because I don’t know that you need them on in the first place.”

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Yes, it’s 2016 so the notion that you can stop a service such as the app-based Uber ride share operation is impossible.

Once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s impossible to put it back in.

But the recommendations that were put forward on March 31 after the city released its review of the taxi and limousine bylaw treat two things that are essentially the same thing differently, with two sets of rules for what are both, in fact, taxi services.

There are nearly 70 recommendations in the report – one of them being to allow ride-sharing programs, such as Uber to operate legally.

That is the thing the city got right.

What it got wrong is to treat Uber and the rules its drivers must operate under, differently from what taxi companies must adhere to.

Uber calls itself a “ride sharing� service, but the reality is that Uber operates exactly like

a taxi service except for the fact that it wants to call itself a “ride sharing� service. The difference in how these businesses operate is semantics.

It is perfectly understandable that the traditional taxi industry is fuming over what the city is recommending.

Coun. Diane Deans can say the city has “taken the handcuffs off the taxi industry,� but the traditional taxi industry still must follow rules and operate under a different set of regulations than its direct competition. “Nothing about this is fair,� said Amrik Singh, who is the president of Unifor Local 1688, which represents taxi drivers. “The rules are supposed to be the same for everyone.�

One would think that is the way it should be, but the idea of a level playing field for all car for hire operations in the city has bitten the dust.

Yes, it is 2016 and the age of new technologies is well established. But when did the idea of fairness and a level playing field go out of style?

When a springtime pond is more than just a pond

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here’s a pond that’s not supposed to be there in the park.

Every year around this time it appears - a goodsized little lake, maybe a foot deep at its deepest point, formed by melting snow. As it shrinks it begins to be more like a giant puddle.

Some day, maybe, somebody will do something about it.

But I hope not. Kids wade into it. Dogs love to run through it. They drag sticks into the middle of it and drop them. It is interesting to ponder why they do that.

Gulls and even ducks float on it. And when the pond freezes over, as it can in these uncertain temperatures, people even skate on it.

I like that it is unplanned,

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town unpredictable, unorganized. It just appears and the neighbourhood makes use of it, one way or another. When it freezes, people appear with shovels and clear it for skating. Nobody phones city hall asking for assistance.

Spontaneity is a pretty rare thing in our day and age, especially for kids. They have a range of activities mapped out for them by their busy parents.

There’s nothing wrong with that.

Why shouldn’t kids learn to dance, play piano, play hockey, baseball or soccer?

And because facilities are limited and time is scarce, activities have to be organized.

When you see boys and girls playing hockey, baseball or soccer, now, it is probable that they have team uniforms on.

There’s a lot to be said for that, but there’s something to be said also for kids just throwing a ball or playing soccer in the park, with no referees and their own rules.

That’s why the instant pond is so nice. There are no rules for a giant puddle, except for the ones you make up. There are no uniforms, except for rubber boots, no equipment, except for sticks you throw in for the dogs to chase.

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ence in our daily lives, you’ll fear that the pond/giant puddle’s days are numbered. A concerned parent might call city hall and demand that it be filled in. A kid might catch cold or the standing water might breed mosquitos, or something. Sports organizations might not like the unevenness of the field and ask that it be leveled out.

In a way it’s a miracle that something like that has not taken place.

It’s also a miracle that some expert on recreation didn’t put up a play structure there and then take the play structure down later because of safety concerns.

Those things could still happen. But they haven’t so far. The pond has been in existence for quite a few years now, arriving just before spring, disappearing some time in May. Maybe it’s because city hall has better things to do, higher priorities than a low spot in a park. It’s EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR: 5IFSFTB 'SJU[

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also possible that, each year, by the time somebody decides to do something about it, the pond is gone. You can see them pulling up, with their trucks, unloading lots of equipment, only to find that there is nothing there.

It could be any of these things.

Or maybe, heaven forbid, it could be common sense. Stranger things have happened.

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hat’s your food of choice? When you’re sad, lonely and depressed, do you reach for the ice-cream bucket, the oh-so-sweet cliché of TV sitcoms and RomComs? When you’re angry, do you opt for bitter and salty foods?

Or could it be that eating bitter foods made you angry in the first place?

We think of the connection between food and body as a modern phenomenon. But for at least 1,000 years of human history, philosophers have examined the link between mood and diet.

“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food,” is a quote attributed to Hippocrates, a Greek physician, who lived 400 years before Christ.

Over the last several decades, researchers have attempted to make links between food and the mind to cure depression, pre-menstrual syndrome and anxiety. One piece of conclusive evidence from the research is that food, generally, does affect the way we think and feel, even in the moment. It can bring good memories to the surface or make us feel angry.

Using food as medicine, however, falls short because, inversely, our mood also affects the way we experience food.

Because food affects people and people affect food in many different ways, there is no clear way to cure depression, PMS or anxiety purely through diet. In fact, many of the theories out there seem to contradict one another.

We’ve been hearing for years that carbohydrate-rich diets are bad, for example? Protein is the magical thing that balances blood sugar in the morning, helps build healthy muscle and generally keeps our moods in check.

And yet, back in the late 1980s, a couple of scientists surnamed Wurtman posited that eating a diet rich in carbohydrates could have a positive impact on seasonal affective disorder, PMS and obesity.

Protein, on the other hand, they argued, decreased serotonin levels and contributed to greater depression. The Wurtman science falls down as complete for a number of reasons, primarily because the calories ingested in a carbohydraterich diet often negates the positive effects on mood. But the science still has its followers.

What if, on the other hand, some

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Over the last several decades, researchers have attempted to make links between food and the mind to cure depression, pre-menstrual syndrome and anxiety. of us are simply more drawn to certain tastes and averse to others?

In a series of tests on lab rats in 2012, Nancy Dess, a professor of psychology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and her colleagues set out to prove that some of us are genetically wired to be more sensitive to certain tastes. They concluded that rats, who are more sensitive to bitterness, were more stressed out and subversive than those who appreciated taste. The more sensitive to bitter tastes, the more nervous and socially awkward they were likely to be. On the other hand, those who like bitter tastes – coffee, lemons or hops, for example – may naturally be more manipulative and exhibit anti-social personality traits than others, according to a study published by the journal Appetite earlier this year.

Our mood – always in flux—also has a direct effect on how we taste things, according to a research summarized in Reader’s Digest.

When we’re sad or angry, we become more sensitive to bitter foods and desensitized to sweet foods, according to one study Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. When we’re feeling low or stressed out our ability to taste sweetness is diminished, so we have to eat more of a food to satisfy our sweet craving.

Food science is far from perfect.

Balance is key. So I’ll just sip my bitter morning coffee and hope it doesn’t lead me to manipulate those around me. If I notice an adverse reaction, I’ll balance out the bitterness with some chocolate Easter eggs and see if it improves my mood.

Identify terrorists for what they are To the editor: Your editorial on March 17, “We must honour our Afghan veterans”, speaks about “Daesh (formerly identified as ISIS or ISIL)”. Less than a week later most of the Canadian press were attributing the horrendous terrorist attacks on Brussels to the Islamic State; they obviously take a

different view.

I noticed that Trudeau fils hedged his bets: speaking of “terrorist attacks” without in anyway hinting at the perpetrators.

A Toronto Sun journalist, Farzana Hassan, has noted that the UK government will use “Daesh” instead of “Islamic State”.

Ms. Hassan also noted, “Dae-

sh is an Arabic acronym that includes a reference to Islam, so the label changes nothing, either for ISIS terrorists, or other Arabic speakers.”

Using the term Daesh is just a feeble attempt to mask the Islamist impulse behind it.

Andy Baldwin Ottawa

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Guestrooms needed to host marathon runners New service looking to connect people on race weekend Michelle Nash

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Are you a race weekend fan or runner looking to learn the tricks of the running trade from another runner?

Well, a new online accommodation service called Staybillety.com wants to help you out with that.

The accommodation service is looking for Ottawa residents who would like to open their homes up to fellow runners for the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, May 28-29.

“It’s about connecting like-minded people,” said Staybillety.com spokesperson Carolyn Waldo.

It’s also about helping outof-town athletes spend less during big city events, and potentially be able to bring their cheer section along too.

A former two-time Olympic athlete, Waldo said she knows firsthand what it is like to travel for your sport, and how expensive it can be on your family to come watch you perform.

“This is dating me, but it was the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and I was lucky enough to stay in a house, not a hotel. It made it possible for my family to come,” Waldo said, adding that at times, her parents had to pay more than $300 a night to cheer her on.

This, she said, should change that for eager athletes looking to do the best they can and not have to worry about a pricy hotel bill at the end of the event.

“It’s not that hotels don’t have their place when it comes to events for athletes, but this is something different,” she said.

The concept is similar to

Airbnb.com, in that it offers people the opportunity to list their homes as accommodation options – but that is where the similarities to those types of services end, Waldo said.

Staybillety.com is actually about sharing common interests, along with sharing a roof.

“We are partnering with different community events, to connect people within the community,” she said.

Waldo said the accommodation service offers people a chance to get to know the community, make new friends and save money all at the same time.

As a member of Staybillety.com individuals can indicate their affiliations with school groups, organizations and events when signing up their property or themselves with the service.

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March, this online accommodation service partnered with Run Ottawa to help fill the void of finding affordable accommodation for the race weekend, giving runners the opportunity to meet other runners.

The goal, Waldo said, is for Staybillety.com to donate to different charities

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It is free to sign up for Staybillety, but the organization does charge a service fee to guests when they book an accommodation.

Hosts are also charged a service fee for each transaction. Hosts get to set the price of their accommodations and Staybillety.com

will also donate a portion of its proceeds towards a national charity that is picked by members.

Aside from Run Ottawa, the organization has also partnered with CanoeKayak Canada.

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Committee supports ‘smart city’ project Jennifer McIntosh

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New Bus Stop on River Road In response to a resident request, OC Transpo will be adding an additional bus stop in both directions on River Road. These stops will be serviced by Route 189. The new stops are located just north of Boyd Lane, which is north of the Leitrim and River Road intersection.

St. Francis Xavier Presents The Little Mermaid St. Francis Xavier High School’s drama department is happy to present The Little Mermaid to the community. Students have worked hard to create a play with over 200 costumes, set pieces and props that bring this classic tale to life. Showtimes are April 16th at 1pm, April 20th at 7pm, April 21st at 7pm, and April 22nd at 7pm. Tickets are available at the door and are $15 for general public, $7 for children aged 4-10, and free for children under 3. St. Francis Xavier is located at 3740 Spratt Rd.

The future is now, the city’s IT sub-committee heard on March 31.

A motion by Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper was passed, aimed at forming a working group to start work on making Ottawa smarter.

It’s about more than just working on creating a fibre optic network, said Saad Bashir, director of economic development.

The right plan would include physical infrastructure and innovations that would help municipal staff work

smarter, not harder.

In some cases, it’s already in place – such as the city’s LED street lights, or smart metres used by Hydro Ottawa, but there’s much more potential.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney said that he went to Halifax and saw the “big belly,” a garbage can that communicates with the dump truck.

“It can say, ‘don’t pick me up today, I am not full,’” Tierney said.

Tierney said he’s worked with Kanata South Coun.

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Findlay Creek vs Riverside South Cleaning the Capital Competition The community associations in Riverside South and Findlay Creek are once again competing against each other for the Cleaning the Capital campaign. The Findlay Creek cleanup is taking place on April 24 at Diamond Jubilee Park from 9:30am – 12pm. The Riverside South event is taking place on April 30 in the morning at the Rideauview Community Centre.

If your community group would like to organize its own event, registration is still open. Groups, organizations, and individuals are invited to register their cleanup projects by calling the city at 3-1-1 or online at Ottawa.ca/clean. Groups have until May 31st to complete their cleanup and submit the online report for a chance to win prizes. Let’s make 2016 the most successful cleanup to date! Check out Ottawa.ca/clean for all the details.

Rideauview Spring / Summer 2016 Programming Schedule Registration is now open for Spring / Summer city programs.

Residents can choose from a wide variety of activities for all ages, including swimming lessons, fitness classes and general interest courses. Registration can be done online, by phone or in person at any of our city recreation facilities. Just a reminder that if you are planning to register online or by phone you will need a client barcode and family PIN numbers to complete the process. Information on how to obtain these and a recreation eGuide listing all of the available classes and programs can be found at Ottawa.ca

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such as smart garbage cans piloted, but the attempts have fallen flat.

But Bashir said thanks to the city’s Innovation Pilot Program – part of the economic development department – which was “quietly” introduced last year, there are funds available to run pilot projects such as the one Tierney brought up.

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Leiper’s original motion included naming members of the working group, with people such as councillors Marianne Wilkinson and Rick Chiarelli on the list, as well as the city’s legal and economic development department.

But Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said she’d like to see councillors who have worked on innovative ideas be part of the conversation.

“Our time is now; actually our time is yesterday,” she said. “We need people around the table who don’t need to be brought up to speed.”

After the amendment to his motion, Leiper said he plans to work with committee chair Chiarelli on identifying who should be in a working group.

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“It’s really about defining what is a smart city and identifying resources,” he said, adding that looking for funding to develop the fibre optic infrastructure will certainly be part of that.

While a sustainable city and a smart city are separate concepts, Leiper said the two are linked.

“If we have a smart HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning,) system, you aren’t heating a building when it’s 25 degrees out,” he said, adding smart sprinklers could keep staff from watering plants or grass when there’s rain in the forecast.

Leiper said he hopes to see something concrete in the next eight months.

“I would be disappointed if we haven’t moved forward on this in a year,” he said.

Hospital’s civic campus makes better use of parking lots Extra spots could mean less stress for patients, visitors melissa.murray@metroland

Patients and visitors familiar with circling the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus looking for an open parking spot are in luck.

A new pilot project, which launched April 4, will open up about 60 more spaces in the P2 parking lot on Ruskin Street, north of the Ottawa Heart Institute.

Two attendants will help direct drivers to open spaces, asking how long they intend to stay. Once the lot is full, other cars can block in the cars of patients with longer visits by leaving keys with the attendant.

Renée Légaré, executive vice-president human resources, responsible for security and parking, said the pilot project will last at least six months, when it will be

assessed and potentially expanded to the General and Riverside campuses or other parking garages.

“Parking is always a hot issue,” Légaré said.

She said it wasn’t rare to find between 20 and 30 vehicles circling the garage searching for parking.

“These people don’t deserve to be looking for parking when they are patients or visiting the hospital,” she said.

She’s hoping that allowing more people to park in the lot will help alleviate some of the stress of coming to the hospital, during an already stressful experience.

Légaré added the intent of the project is to be costneutral, while also optimizing the number of parking spaces.

Last fall the hospital started investigating solutions to

an emerging parking problem and issued a request for proposals after hearing from patients they had been late for appointments because of the lack of parking. Lineups outside the lots were also cause for concern, she said.

Other initiatives are also underway that encourage staff to park off site, and the hospital is also working with doctors to stagger appointments to lessen demand during peak hours.

“I’m hoping this is a winwin for the hospital, and that it’s cost-neutral as promised,” Légaré said.

The day of the pilot’s launch, 40 of the additional spaces had already been used, she said.

The province has announced it will cap parking rates at hospitals and require reduced prices for weekly and monthly passes.

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It’s not everyday that a multiple Juno award-winning singer takes the stage at a high school to treat students to their own free private concert.

Hillcrest High students walked away from their school’s auditorium with an extra bounce in their step after enjoying an hour-long performance by Canadian rhythm and blues songstress Jully Black on March 30.

The Canadian platinumselling recording artist’s show was the top prize for the school, which was named ‘Canada’s Greatest Music Class’ last December.

Music program students Hope Wilson, Regan Greene, Georgina Walsh and Grace Zakhour joined a long line of students who snapped selfies with Black following the concert.

The teens said Hillcrest’s music program is deserving of the top recognition it received courtesy of CBC Music and MusiCounts, a nonprofit organization that helps fund music education.

“It’s the diversity of the program,” Georgina said.

Likewise, Regan said the music program really draws in and incorporates the whole school, and that those involved have great chemistry together.

“Everyone gets along so well,” she said.

Hillcrest’s music class was chosen out of more than 250 classes from across the country that entered the inaugural national competition. Entrants submitted a video of students covering a song by one of 11 Canadian artists.

Hillcrest students performed Stompa by Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder and demonstrated the multi-faceted abilities of students, from Inuit throat singing, strings and horns to a cappella and step dancing.

Giving kids access is key to helping ensure they realize their potential and make them feel included, said Hillcrest High’s Jeannie Hunter,

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Above left: Juno award-winning R&B singer Jully Black, centre, spent several minutes posing for selfie photos with Hillcrest High School students, including Hope Wilson, 15, left, Regan Greene, 14, Georgina Walsh, 14, and Grace Zakhour, 16, on March 30. The four students are in the school’s music program, which was named ‘Canada’s Greatest Music Class’ in December, earning them the free private concert starring Black, above right. who teaches instrumental music and voice, and leads 11 music ensembles with fellow music teacher Melanie Reeks.

“I will take any student that wants to learn music regardless of their background, regardless of their previous experience,” Hunter said.

Students who are not in the music program are still welcomed into the music room at lunch for music lessons and jam sessions. Kids have the opportunity to mentor their peers, and many are inspired to learn a second instrument.

“It’s very much an opendoor policy,” she said. “We make room for everybody.”

Some of her students realized a dream when they sang on stage at TD Place with Canadian country artist Johnny Reid on March 26, also thanks to MusiCounts.

Reid is donating a dollar from every concert ticket sold during his tour to the non-profit, and the estimated $500,000 that will be generated will be made available to schools and communities through grants.

“What he always says is, ‘Would Wayne Gretzky be

Wayne Gretzky if he’d never been given a hockey stick?’”

Hunter said.

When a student expresses an interest in music of any form, Hunter makes it her mission to help them achieve their goals. She’ll even comb the halls inviting kids into her music room.

Hunter’s students will also bring other kids to her who have expressed an interest in music, whether it’s playing an instrument, singing or learning a behind-the-scenes role.

It’s not necessarily about creating future stars or future music teachers, but rather fostering their love of music.

“Jully (Black) said ... there were times in her life that were quite hard and when she could have made other choices she chose music,” Hunter said.

“I believe kids need a place to belong and by providing them a positive place to belong, we’re giving them a safe space, a sense of community and we’re empowering them to be musicians in their own right.”

To watch the video that Hillcrest High’s music program submitted for the national competition, go online to bit.ly/1UCX76A.

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Libraries take to Twitter to talk fair ebook pricing Jennifer McIntosh

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Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney is leading the charge to get fair ebook prices on behalf of the Ottawa Public Library.

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The Ottawa Public Library is part of a nationwide charge for fairer ebook pricing, said library board chair and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney.

Tierney presented a resolution at a Federation of Canadian Municipalities meeting in early March calling on Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to look at legislation that will deal with what he calls an unfair markup on ebook pricing for libraries.

Libraries can pay as much as three times to purchase the same ebook that the general public purchases.

Tierney said he’s pleased that the federation, which represents 2,000 member municipalities across the country, passed the resolution.

“I think it’s a clear message that some action needs to be taken,” he said.

Unfortunately, it’s not something the general public

is aware of, said Tierney.

Raising awareness is why a consortium of public libraries across the country called Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing hosted a Twitter chat on March 31.

“I think it’s a clear message that some action needs to be taken.”

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Tierney said the Ottawa, Edmonton and Toronto libraries have taken the lead on the Twitter campaign.

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anything free,” Tierney said.

“We just want fair pricing.”

“We are paying upwards of $125 in some cases, and that’s not for unlimited uses,” Tierney said, adding that in some cases the purchase only includes a finite number of leases.

“It’s not like you can check out multiple copies of the ebooks either,” Tierney said. “It has to be returned before another user checks it out.”

The campaign is aimed at five major multinational publishers: Harper Collins, MacMillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, and Simon and Schuster.

Tierney said the cost of ebooks is prohibitive since the price of one electronic copy is more than nearly 10 paperbacks.

“Ottawa has been fortunate that we have the budget to expand our electronic selection, but it has hit smaller municipalities really hard,” he said.

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LRT changes recommended for phase two of project Brier Dodge

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The city will recommend two changes to the second phase of light rail transit in Ottawa as the environmental assessment is released.

The assessment is for the Confederation Line East Extension, which spans from Blair station to a terminal at Place d’Orléans, with plans to eventually go to Trim Road.

The two recommended changes are: • Use the existing transitway east of Blair station to pass under Blair Road and the highway

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ramps, and then cross over into the median of highway 174 near the existing transit overpass.

• Relocate Montreal Road station into the median of the highway to allow for station entry on each side of Montreal Road.

The change will avoid relocating hydro lines and avoid geotechnical challenges that exited east of Montreal Road.

According to the city, the changes will reduce implementation costs.

The changes have been incorporated into the Environmental Project Report that is available until April 29 at the following locations in Ottawa during regular

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The Benefits of Dealing with Ottawa’s Best With the recent challenges of a low-growth economy and restricted returns on investment portfolios, it’s no surprise that many homeowners are looking to renovate their existing residence rather than purchasing another. But just as home and condo markets can be tangled jungles to navigate, the world of renovation contracting can also be fraught with perils. Fortunately, for those living in the Greater Ottawa area, there’s an alternative that can deliver quality and long-lasting results without the hassle. Quality Trades Contracting, based in Orleans is a full service design, build and renovation company. General manager Steve Sampert, a construction expert with over 25 years experience, sat down to answer a few of the common questions that many of his customers have had over the time he’s been in the business. Steve started off in the very busy and demanding construction/renovation market of Vancouver and has earned his stripes with companies as large as Sears Canada, where he served as a district manager for their home services division.

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hat’s the first step homeowners should take when considering any type of renovation project?

“The budget is the biggest item that many people overlook when planning a home reno or addition job. They leaf through dozens of interior and exterior design magazines and come up with some wonderful ideas, but have no idea of the final cost. The biggest hurdle to start with is the financial target and if they can come up with a firm idea of the dollar total they’re comfortable with, it can make everything else go smoothly. Keeping in account a 10% surprise factor will help out when or if challenges arise such as unforeseen building conditions or material costs inflate.”

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“While online searching can help you narrow your choices down, nothing beats word-of-mouth. Talk to your neighbours, friends and family. Don’t be shy about knocking on the door of someone in your neighbourhood where you recently saw a contractor’s vehicle. Check for credentials and consumer ratings with the Better Business Bureau.

Stay away from online want-ads as they almost always lead you to fly-by-night types with little or no experience. Get references from potential contractors and check them out.”

“Just as factoring in a budget cushion can help with finances, keeping flexible with regards to timing can be very helpful when dealing with a major home reno.

Qualified Trades Contracting uses a unique cloud-based software that keeps our customers in the loop with daily updates they can access anywhere, anytime. This line of communication is key and provides a great deal of peace of mind along with the flexibility to make changes to the project once it’s started, if desired.”

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Does everyone carry liability and worker’s compensation insurance? Where will materials be sourced and who will buy them?” Steve noted that a lot of people are under the misconception that buying materials through their contractor is more expensive. As qualified contractors will have preferred purchase discounts available through reputable suppliers, the end cost to the client is no higher than if they bought the products themselves. But homeowners can hit warranty snags if they purchase certain products on their own and have someone else install them.

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Spring Cleaning the Capital Spring is here, I promise. With the arrival of Spring, the City launches the Clean-Up the Capital Campaign.

Community groups and individual citizens may register their clean-up project by calling 3-1-1 or by visiting, www.ottawa.ca/clean. The campaign runs from April 15-May 15, with a big push on Clean-up Weekend, April 22-24. Let’s all do our part to keep River Ward clean and beautiful. If your community group launches a project and would like me to drop by to roll up my sleeves, let me know and I will help out.

River Ward Earth Day Event On Saturday April 23, from 2-4pm, I will be hosting the River Ward Earth Day celebration at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre on Paul Anka Drive.

Many environmental groups will be on hand, there will be activities for children, special guests, a guided walk through the McCarthy Woods and a free electronics drop-off depot, sponsored by Junk That Funk. Please plan to attend this event.

O-Train Trillium Line Ridership Stats I am very encouraged to review and analyze recent ridership statistics for the O-Train Trillium Line. In 2013, there were 1.47 million passengers, followed by 2.11 million in 2014 and 2.58 million in 2015. Early data from 2016 indicate another strong year ahead for ridership. No major construction projects are planned this summer that would impact the service for any prolonged periods.

There will be three single day (Sunday) service adjustments to complete some critical track maintenance involving heavy equipment and to replace some aged assets. The timing of this work will be communicated by OC Transpo as the dates become close.

U-Pass Summer Program OC Transpo will offer a U-Pass fare product from May 1 to August 31 for full-time students attending school during the summer semester at Algonquin College, Carleton University, University of Ottawa and Saint Paul University.

The summer U-Pass will provide unlimited access to all OC Transpo and STO services. The four month pass will cost $192.70.

Cycling Advisory Group A group of River Ward residents who are passionate about cycling infrastructure in the City and our ward have formed a local cycling advisory group. If you are interested in taking part, please contact me and I will connect you with them. Their work will assist me in advocating for improvements in our ward.

Red Light/Stop Sign Runners Caught As part of a focused campaign by the Ottawa Police Service this past winter, 181 charges were laid for red light runners, in addition to 66 charges for failing to stop at a stop sign. Please do your part as a motorist or cyclist to obey all traffic laws in our community. We all have a role to play to keep our community safe.

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Kids get new link to elite sports Erin McCracken

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A new partnership has been forged to give vulnerable kids in more neighbourhoods a chance to realize their potential.

The new not-for-profit Ottawa Community Sport Media Team is now working with the Ottawa Community Housing Foundation’s Rec Link program to give kids living in three community housing neighbourhoods free access and transportation to recreational programs, camps and sports clubs, including those at higher competitive levels.

“You might play basketball in your after-school program, but if we link you up to a basketball club that are the experts in youth athlete development, we can really put them on the path to succeeding in sport,” said Dan Plouffe, Kanata-based executive director of the sport media team, its Camps Project for youth-in-need and editor of the Ottawa Sportspage newspaper.

“Dan is out there hitting the pavement and meeting people and these clubs and doing stories on the various athletes,” Tara Howlett, community engagement director of the Otta-

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Dan Plouffe, executive director of the new Ottawa Community Sport Media Team, and Tara Howlett, community engagement director of the Ottawa Community Housing Foundation and Rec Link, say their new partnership will give more kids living in Ottawa Community Housing neighbourhoods, such as Britannia Woods, access to sports and other recreational activities. wa Community Housing Foundation and Rec Link, which helps link kids, ages six to 18, to sports and recreation programs through bursaries.

“We each had a piece of what the other was missing,” she said.

Through the new partnership, clubs that offer free positions to OCH youth through the media team’s Camps Project,

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Plouffe also has strong connections with Ottawa’s elite sports clubs, the missing link Rec Link needed.

“We couldn’t level up kids because we didn’t have those connections,” Howlett said, adding that Rec Link is likewise able to provide Plouffe with insight on the complex barriers families face and the communities they live in.

Staff at OCH community houses are also key contributors to this collaboration.

The partnership, announced March 31 at the RA Centre in the Billings Bridge community, coincided with the launch of the not-for-profit sport media team.

“Covering local community sport you see the passion of everyone involved and you see all the time and effort that they put into it,” said Plouffe. “So to have the opportunity to open that up to other kids who probably wouldn’t get that chance without us linking up to those partners is really special.”

The goal now is to reach at least 50 kids in Rochester Heights, Britannia Woods and Carson Grove this year.

Since 2011, more than 500 kids in the Dalhousie area, which includes Rochester Heights, have enjoyed sports and other recreational activities through Social Rec Connect, as Rec Link was known until last year when it joined the housing

foundation.

The hope is that the program can one day be available to all 15 Ottawa Community Houses, Howlett said.

“What we realized is a lot of the families that come from low-income backgrounds, they have a lot of complex barriers that make it difficult for their children to get connected to recreation,” she said.

These neighbourhoods are home to many single parents, big families with multiple children and families on a tight budget that may be challenged to pay for sports registration and equipment fees, Howlett said, adding that some families are challenged by language barriers, while others may not be able to easily transport their kids to extra-curricular activities.

“So we’re really looking forward to making a difference in those three communities,” said Howlett. “And that’s where we need the help of other community partners, and sports clubs and recreation service providers.”

The foundation and the sport media team accept donations from businesses and individuals for the project.

Organizers hope additional sports clubs and recreation programs will provide free spots to kids, as well as organize carpooling groups and offer mentoring.

For more on Rec Link, visit reclink.ca, and for details about the Ottawa Community Sport Media Team, go to ottawasportscamps.ca.

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IT sub committee chair has come a long way. “There was so much behind the door,� he said.

The information is available through Geo Ottawa, an online mapping tool on the city’s website.

City council voted last September to compile and publish data about public washrooms so third-party web developers could create an app to map out the loca tions.

The city collected data on

190 washrooms in its own buildings and also noted such things as the availability of baby-changing tables, Â?

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Thanks to the open data program, Ottawa is now flush with apps that tell people where and when they can use public facilities, the city’s IT sub committee heard on March 31.

Joan Kuyek, chair of the Gotta Go campaign which aims to create a network of free and accessible public washrooms in Ottawa, said she’s pleased with the city’s additional resources to help people in need of a place to go. “It’s important to see council taking care of one of our most basic needs,� she said.

Kuyek said there’s room for improvement though, saying the city could align the apps that help residents locate facilities with OC Transpo maps, or show the washrooms as greyed out

when they’re being renovated or not in use.

She is pleased to see the city working on paper maps of public washrooms, but would like to see more information on unisex washrooms and more work on accessibility. “There’s not a whole lot of information about what to do if you’re in a wheelchair,� she said. “And braille is missing.�

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Future museum collection centre ‘a game changer’: president Visitors to have access to stored national treasures Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Happy tears flowed the day the federal budget delivered good news and spelled relief for Canada Science and Technology Museum staff.

A $156.4-million federal cash infusion will be doled out over the next three years to pay for a new state-of-theart collection and conservation centre that will mean more storage and laboratory space, a consolidated headquarters and allow visitors to enjoy more of the artifacts of three Ottawa-based national museums.

“There were a few people crying the day of the announcement,” said Alex Benay, president and chief executive of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, which manages the science and tech museum, the Canada Agri-

culture and Food Museum and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

“This literally gets us at par with the best museum institutions in the world,” he said of the funding, announced March 23.

Staff, some of whom have been with the corporation for 20 and 30 years, have been “just getting by, just finding ways to come up with solutions,” Benay said of the cramped museum and collection warehouses.

“We were always sort of the make-do museum.

“From the very day we were created, it’s always been a little jerry-rigged, and now those days are over.”

The new collection and conservation centre will be “a game changer,” said Benay, and will “ideally” be built to wrap around the museum at 1867 St. Laurent Blvd. that is now being overhauled and modernized for

$80.5-million ahead of its November 2017 opening.

Its future location and design won’t be finalized until after architects are hired. A request-for-proposals to hire a design team is now being drafted.

Once the storage facility opens sometime in 2018, it will not only provide more storage space for the collections of the three museums, but will be partly open to the public, historians and researchers.

“If we do a walk around I’d like it to be free,” Benay said, but added that this may not be possible if a guide needs to be hired.

He said it’s too soon to talk about admission fees for the centre, and how much of the storage site will be accessible.

Prior to the museum’s sudden closure in fall 2015 after airborne mould was detected, it showcased three to

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Museum officials are breathing a sigh of relief that a new round of federal dollars will pay for a new $156.4-million collection and conservation centre on the property at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. five per cent of the museum’s collection, below the industry standard of five to 10 per cent, said Benay.

Once overhauled, it “will get us into the top echelon percentage of collections on display,” he said, adding the collection building will compliment that.

The site, which will also include laboratories for artifact preservation and digital technology development, will span 51,000 to 56,000

square metres. The facility will also serve as the corporation’s new consolidated headquarters.

Currently, the corporation has 21,000 to 23,000 square metres of storage and office space at three aging and leased warehouse sites on Lancaster Road across from the museum. These sites have been bursting at the seams for several years.

“It’s not ideal for public walk-through when there are

artifacts in the aisles,” said Benay.

In addition to housing the museums’ collections at the new location, the corporation president said there will be room to store items from the National Art Gallery, such as paintings and sculptures.

Discussions are now underway to rent out storage space to other entities, but Benay declined to disclose potential tenants.

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Committee approves covered rink and special area levy Alta Vista Community Association president labels levy for Canterbury rink the ‘Cloutier tax’ Jennifer McIntosh

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The city’s finance and economic development committee’s approval on April 5 of a special area levy to build an outdoor rink in Canterbury has left some Alta Vista residents feeling left out in the cold.

The proposed covered rink would be next to the Brian Kilrea Arena on Arch Street. The estimated cost of the rink is $5.8 million and it would be the size of a standard refrigerated ice pad at 21 by 49 metres. It is slated to be completed by November 2017.

The rink would provide muchneeded ice time for the Canterbury Hockey Association.

The Canterbury Community Association – which operates the nearby Canterbury Recreation Centre – has developed several ideas for the space, which include a winter carnival and a farmers market in the spring and summer months.

But Clinton Cowan, head of Alta Vista Community Association, said there’s little benefit to members of the ward beyond the Canterbury neighbourhood – despite the fact that the whole ward will be footing the bill.

Cowan called it a dynasty project, citing the Canterbury Recreation Centre and the fact that it was built with a levy that expires this year, as does the $30,000 bill the association was paying each year to fund the addition.

“We paid for it, but there’s no benefit to residents – such as reduced fees – despite the fact that we paid for it,” he said. “The only benefit is that it’s in the neighbourhood and we are about as close to the recreation centre as we are to Lansdowne.”

Cowan said he was out walking around the neighbourhood following the committee’s decision and heard a lot of residents complaining that the committee passed the “Cloutier tax,” alluding to the

work done by Alta Vista Coun.

Jean Cloutier in getting the project off the ground.

Cowan said a lot of people paying the levy live outside the catchment of the Canterbury Hockey Association, which means they won’t benefit from the organization having additional ice time.

“We are disappointed that the committee passed a proposal that utilized an obsolete process.”

CLINTON COWAN, ALTA VISTA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

He added that while he thinks a farmers market would be a great idea, he said it doesn’t need such expensive infrastructure.

“We are disappointed that the committee passed a proposal that utilized an obsolete process,” Cowan said, adding there should have been more public consultation and a ward-wide vote.

To pay for Ottawa’s first outdoor covered rink, the cost will be div-

vied up, with $2.5 million coming from development charges – the maximum allowable amount, as well as $400,000 in user fees, which includes at least $15,000 a year for a decade from the Canterbury Community Association, and from sponsorships.

“We might sell some naming rights to this facility,” said Cloutier. “We have been speaking with the Sens Foundation, for example.

We don’t have an agreement yet.”

Another $2.9 million will come from a ward-wide levy, which works out to about $16 per household each year for 10 years.

Mayor Jim Watson thanked Cloutier for his efforts and said the levy was an “innovative way to build a great community facility.”

Watson said that he has seven letters from the community in support of the program.

There were also a number of residents that packed the gallery of the meeting room.

The only voice of dissent was that of Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt.

Moffat asked staff for an inquiry into the city’s special levy process.

He said while there is a clear process for local improvement

“We might sell some naming rights to this facility. We have been speaking with the Sens Foundation, for example.

We don’t have an agreement yet.”

ALTA VISTA COUN. JEAN CLOUTIER

projects, there’s nothing in place for levies.

He said councillors can opt to put the item to a vote, but there’s no requirement for that.

He said that it’s one way of getting around the proposed 2.5 per cent cap on tax increases, citing the recent levy for a mosquito control program in Kanata North that will represent another one per cent increase on the tax bills of those residents.

“There’s no question there’s a benefit,” Moffatt said of the planned outdoor rink. “But my opposition is based on the process.”

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Cops seek four suspects in Heatherington home invasion Erin McCracken

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The motive behind what police are describing as a home invasion is still unknown, but several criminal charges could be slapped against four suspects wanted in connection with the case once they are caught.

On March 18, a few minutes before 6 p.m., three males knocked on the door of an apartment at 1455 Heatherington Rd., near Albion Road North. The trio asked for a male by name and, after being told that person didn’t live there, they pushed their way into the residence, according to robbery investigators.

What they may have been after once they got inside has yet to be determined.

“The motive behind it is still unclear and under investigation,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, who is in charge of the robbery unit.

“If I had to hazard a guess I would say it didn’t go as they had anticipated,

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Four male suspects, between the ages of 18 and 25, are wanted by the Ottawa police robbery unit in connection with a home invasion at an apartment in Heatherington on March 18. Police have released several images in hopes that someone can help identify them. maybe because they found two males in the apartment that were willing to resist,” he said.

“I don’t know that it got to the point where they could make an effort to go after what they wanted or make a demand.”

It is possible the suspects meant to target someone else,

but got the wrong address, Haarbosch said, adding investigators do not believe the suspects and occupants of the apartment knew each another prior to the incident.

Two middle-aged men, one who lives in the unit and another who was visiting, challenged the trio and a scuffle broke out.

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One of the suspects woke up a female occupant, who had been sleeping in a bedroom at the time. She called police.

One of the male occupants managed to disarm a suspect who had pulled out a BB gun, which Haarbosch described as a replica handgun.

“It’s definitely a weapon,”

he said, adding that it will need to be tested to determine if it can be considered a firearm.

It was not known whether it was loaded with BBs at the time.

The two male occupants suffered minor injuries during the altercation, such as minor bruising and scrapes,

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but did not require medical attention.

A home invasion is not a criminal offence and given the way the incident unfolded, Haarbosch said the suspects may not face robbery charges once they are apprehended.

However, they will face a slew of other charges for breaking and entering, assault and weapons offences.

A fourth suspect, who Haarbosch said may have served as a look-out in the lobby while the trio went upstairs, could also be criminally charged.

“He could absolutely be charged if we could prove the connection with the other three,” he said. “Conspiracy is another charge. If we can establish that he conspired with them and he was a lookout, and therefore played a part in assisting the other three, he could be charged with all the same offences as a party to the offences that were committed upstairs.”

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Fourth suspect may have served as lookout Continued from page 26

However, the fourth man may just have stayed downstairs for a completely different reason.

“The other plausible possibility is that he just didn’t want any part of what was going on upstairs,” said Haarbosch.

Police combed through surveillance footage from the apartment building and have released still images of the four suspects in hopes that someone can help identify them.

The suspects are described as:

a black man, 18 to 25 years old, with a slender-to-average build. He was wearing grey or khaki-coloured pants, a black coat with grey sleeves, a black hooded sweatshirt, dark-coloured shoes and gloves with writing or reflective material on them. He carried a black and beige messenger bag with the strap slung across his body and the bag at his back, a black male, 18 to 25 years old, with a slender-to-average build. He wore black pants and coat, white shoes, a white hooded sweatshirt underneath his coat and had short dreadlocks, a black male, 18

to 25 years old, slender-toaverage build. He wore blue pants, jeans, black shoes and a black jacket with white, red and white stripes around the bicep of each arm and possibly “BULLS” written across

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A fourth male suspect may have served as a lookout while three other males went upstairs and illegally entered an apartment unit on Heatherington Road on March 18, according to robbery investigators.

the zippered front. The blue or grey hooded sweatshirt underneath had “NIKE” written on the front. He also had on a belt with a metal buckle, and a fourth suspect seen in the lobby is described as a

black male, 18 to 25, with a slender to average build. He wore a black winter jacket with brown fur trim around the hood, as well as light grey sweatpants and tan-coloured boots. He had short black

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Police in Ottawa and Gatineau issued 79 provincial offence notices to drivers using cell phones on March 22 as part of the Leave the Phone Alone distracted driving enforcement campaign.

The campaign saw officers in the two cities conduct city-wide blitzes that morning, targeting drivers using the handheld devices.

“With advance warning about (the) campaign, we were pleased to see that drivers heeded the warning to focus on their driving,” said Ottawa police Sgt. Denis Hull.

“These traffic initiatives serve as a reminder that distracted driving is dangerous every day and drivers should always make the choice to leave the phone alone.”

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Police are reminding motorists not to use cell phones while driving after a distracted driving blitz resulted in 79 provincial offence notices for drivers using the handheld devices on March 22.

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Trash talk signals Riverside South vs. Findlay Creek clean-up battle Erin McCracken

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The back-and-forth trash talk between the presidents of the Riverside South and Findlay Creek community association presidents has already begun.

It’s become a sure sign that spring has arrived and that the two friendly foes are preparing to rally their communities for the secondannual community clean-up challenge, held to coincide with the city’s twice-yearly Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital initiative.

Major bragging rights are on the line, as is the coveted Golden Garbage Can Award, which Findlay Creek won last year and has no plans to give up.

“Last year we absolutely demolished Riverside South, and actually their president resigned,” said Meagan Côté, president of the Findlay Creek Community Association. “I got to see Chris Hill’s face when he saw our huge pile and the real hurt in his eyes when he saw that he lost.

“And now poor Scott has to take up the challenge,” Côté said, referring to Scott Thiel, who took up the reins as president of the Riverside South Community Association last November.

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Meagan Côté, president of the Findlay Creek Community Association, holds on tight to the coveted Golden Garbage Can award as she engages in a garbage bag tug-of-war with Scott Thiel, president of the Riverside South Community Association. They will soon battle it out to see who collects the most trash during their second-annual Cleaning the Capital challenge.

Coun. Michael Qaqish will present the trophy to the community that collects the most garbage.

Findlay Creek’s clean-up is scheduled the week before, on Sunday, April 24.

“They don’t want to go head-to-head with us and have theirs on the same day,” Côté said.

The Riverside South team might as well forfeit now since Côté plans on keeping the garbage can trophy on

her desk.

“I get to look at it every day. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside,” she said, adding she’ll update the award to reflect ‘2016,’ “and we’ll just carry on as the green ambassadors that we are in Findlay Creek.”

In addition to crediting the hard work of the estimated 200 volunteers who pitched in last year, Côté acknowledged that Findlay Creek residents will likely

again find a bounty of litter that has blown in from Riverside South.

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“Meagan also failed to admit that we’re pretty sure that she stuffed her garbage bags with bubble wrap and pillows (last year),” said Thiel.

And while he credits her for her creativity, Thiel said

he’s confident she will capitalize on advantages where she can find them.

“I want to see what the Findlay Creek bubble wrap budget was for last year,” he said.

This year, Côté should brace herself since she’s about to get a reality check given the sheer size of Riverside South and its strength in numbers, Thiel noted.

“We fully admit that they had a lot more people out there last year to get their community rallied up in support of the event, but this year we have (an estimated) 26,000 ... people in Riverside South,” Thiel said. “We should be able to get 200 to 300 people out, I should think.”

Thiel said he won’t allow the award to go to Findlay Creek without putting up a fight.

“I understand that Meagan is unwilling to give that (trophy) up, but I have the experience of 22 years in the military and infantry tactics and I will do everything I can to get that Golden Garbage Can from her,” he said.

“We plan on shutting down the dump after we clean up.”

FINDLAY CREEK’S CLEAN-UP

Findlay Creek residents are asked to go to Diamond Jubilee Park, located at 2810 Findlay Creek Dr., on Sunday, April 24, from 9:30 a.m.

to 12 p.m. Garbage bags, gloves and refreshments will be available. High school students can accumulate their volunteer hours.

South Nation Conservation Authority will be providing free sweet gale and ninebark shrubs residents, while supplies last, during the event. Those interested are asked to register for the shrubs (one per household) by emailing kwatson@nation.on.ca.

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Riverside South’s cleanup begins with registration at the Rideauview Community Centre, at 4310 Shoreline Dr., on Saturday, April 30 at 9 a.m. Residents will be assigned an area to clean, and those wanting to clean up specific areas are asked to register early.

Garbage bags and gloves will be provided.

The fun will also include a scavenger hunt, book sale, children’s crafts and games, as well as pedestrian safety workshops for kids delivered by the Ottawa Safety Council.

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It helps that hiking is affordable for all, and offers tremendous physical and mental benefits.

If you’d like to start hiking seriously, consider joining a local hiking club. The Rideau Trail Association (RTA), for example, offers a wide range of hikes for adults (most members are over 50), from a leisurely walk in the woods or in town to a vigorous tramp through challenging terrain. Outings are scheduled year round

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“With an experienced leader, you’re not going to lose your way,” Ottawa Rideau Trail Club president Denise Hall said.

“Plus, the on-trail company is pleasant, there’s help if needed, and you experience places you might never find on your own.”

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To kick-start the spring hiking season, the club is holding an Introduction to Hiking course on Saturday, April 30, at Maki House in Nepean.

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Space is limited, so register early. The cost is $85 (which includes an RTA membership valid until March 2017, value $25).

“If you’re a novice hiker, this course will give you know-how for choosing equipment, avoiding problems, and dealing with situations that may arise on the trail,” instructor Ruth Oswald said.

The RTA, a volunteer organization, maintains a continuous trail between Ottawa and Kingston, which passes through Merrickville and Barrhaven. It offers hikes, from easy to challenging, on the Rideau Trail as well as in and around the OttawaGatineau, Perth and Kingston regions.

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Highly Respected Goalkeeper Coach David Bellemare Joins The OSU Goalkeeper Academy.

Ottawa, ON (March 24th, 2016)OSU is very pleased to announce that David Bellemare will be joining our already impressive list of club goalkeeper coaches.

This announcement comes on the heels of securing Mike Toshack to lead up our Goalkeeper Academy. With Bellemare joining the program now, it shows a very serious intent on the part of the club to invest in the development of our club goalkeepers. Furthermore, this unprecedented cooperation between goalkeepers coaches in our region will help bring together the expertise we have, for the betterment of our players. Safe to say, this is very exciting news for OSU Soccer.

In bringing Coach Bellemare on board, OSU has secured one of the most highly respected goalkeeper coaches within North America. He is well known for his previous work within The Ottawa Fury organization, last working with their NASL professional goalkeepers. Bellemare has worked with Canadian National Team goalkeepers Taryn Swiatek, Leisha Alcia, Erin McNulty, Dayle Colpitts, Rachelle Beanlands, Audrey Bernier-Larose, Cynthia Leblanc, Chad Bush and Aidan Aylward.

He also works with The University of Ottawa Women’s Team and Louis Riel Sport Etude Program. In addition he has also served on an interim basis with CASL in North Carolina as their goalkeeping lead coach. CASL is well known to be one of the top organizations in The United States. David will be focusing on working with our Force Academy keepers as well as our OPDL and OYSL Goalkeepers.

Maple magic Top: Elijäh Tan Leonard, 5, of Gatineau, and his fouryear-old sister, Lianä, make friends with Kox’n, a nineyear-old Siberian husky, during the annual Maple Sugar Festival, held at the Vanier Museopark on April 3.

On behalf of the entire club, we would like to welcome David to OSU. For more information, please visit: www.osu.ca

Middle: Team ‘Municipal Mavericks’ show off their lumberjack skills during the first round of an afternoon competition at the annual. The mavericks took turns sawing a beam of wood, and first up was GloucesterSouth Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish, left, and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, while Osgoode Coun.

George Darouze, second from left, and Rideau-Vanier Coun. Tim Tierney, third from left, held the wood in place.

Right: Overbrook siblings Seth Morse, 4, and Chloë, 8, enjoy the sweetness of maple syrup during the event.

The fun also included a petting zoo, live entertainment, plenty of treats to eat, a bouncy castle, an aboriginal display and pony rides.

About Ottawa South United Ottawa South United (OSU) is a soccer club based in Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

With some 6800 members, it is one of the largest, as well as most successful clubs in Ontario and Canada. Over 150 OSU Players have moved on to play university and college soccer both in the United States in Canada since 2003. In addition, multiple OSU players have moved on to professional clubs both in the MLS and Europe with many featuring for the Canadian national program.

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‘We have taken the handcuffs off the taxi industry’: Deans Sweeping changes proposed to city’s carfor-hire bylaw would make Uber legal Jennifer McIntosh

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Taxi union president Amrik Singh was seeing red during the briefing of the city’s new rules around taxies and other car for hire services.

The city released the review of the taxi and limousine bylaw on March 31, after nearly a year of work.

There are nearly 70 recommendations in the report – one of them being to allow ride-sharing programs, such as Uber to operate legally.

“Nothing about this is fair,” said Singh, who is the president of Unifor Local 1688.

“The rules are supposed to be the same for everyone.”

Under the proposed bylaw Uber drivers would have to have annual criminal record checks, biannual vehicle inspections, insurance and pay licensing fees.

“The city answered the public’s call for change,” said Diane Deans, chair of the city’s community and protective services committee.

Deans did caution that for residents using private transportation companies, it is buyer beware.

“Residents will have the choice of taking taxis, with trained professional drivers and cameras or a ride sharing app, which offers only

a basic level of consumer protection,” Deans said, adding the city wouldn’t get involved in any disputes between riders and private transportation companies.

Anthony Di Monte, the acting head of the city’s emergency services, said it’s about modernizing the industry.

In an effort to level the playing field, the review recommends cutting the licensing fee for taxis from $170 to $96.

The city would also remove the $1.50 processing fee for debit transactions – something Di Monte said makes taxi fares in the capital some of the highest across the country.

Taxis will also be allowed to offer lower fares on prearranged trips booked through an app.

“We are taking the handcuffs off the taxi industry,” Deans said.

But Singh doesn’t think so.

“What did we do to deserve this?” Singh asked, adding taxi drivers work hard to follow the rules.

While Singh said he hasn’t read the whole 116-page document, he isn’t pleased with what he’s seen so far.

Neither is Hanif Patni, president of taxi dispatcher Coventry Connections.

Patni said he’s worried about the viability of taxis under the new rules.

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Amrik Singh, left, president of Unifor Local 1688, which represents the city’s cab drivers, fumes over a series of changes to the city’s car-for-hire bylaw that will make ride-sharing services such as Uber legal. The city released the contents of the review on March 31– which had been in the works since May 2015.

“We are going to study it very carefully,” he said of the new bylaw.

River Coun. Riley Brockington said while he applauds the deregulation of the taxi industry, he wondered why there wasn’t more about a cap on surge prices that Uber uses at busy times and fares.

Uber, while not immediately available for comment, was circulating an online petition in the days

before the briefing.

Currently at more than 12,000 signatures, the petition is aimed at getting council to support ridesharing services in Ottawa.

“There will be loud voices on the other side of the debate that want to stop progress,” the petition at uber.org reads. “They want to reverse the gains we’ve made in transportation in the last four

years. We think this is wrong. Ottawa should join other progressive cities around the world by embracing ridesharing and the benefits it brings to cities.”

The public will get a chance to weigh in on the debate at a special meeting on April 7, with possible overflow on April 8.

Council will vote on the issue April 13.

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Metroland East vice-president Mike Mount announces retirement Ashley Kulp

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Metroland Media lost a community newspaper champion April 1 when its Metroland East vice-president and regional publisher closed his office door for the last time.

Mike Mount recently announced his retirement in mid-March, noting it was the right time to step away from the company he helped grow in order to spend more time with his wife and three daughters, as well as pursue other interests. “The short-term plan is to give myself some time and see what interests surface,� he remarked. “I’ve enjoyed my entire career and I hope I will find that next thing in life, both personally and professionally.� “If I can become a better golfer, everything else will be a bonus,�

Mount joked.

Torstar’s Peter Bishop, who came on board with Metroland East in March, will take over for Mount. “I have every confidence in his ability to continue to lead our region in a professional and progressive way,� Mount said of Bishop.

The 53-year-old, who has a de-

gree in mechanical engineering and Master of Business administration (MBA), first got his feet wet in the newspaper industry in 1993 thanks to his father Bob, who had owned the former Performance Printing Ltd. company for 15 years. He had formerly worked as a process engineer at Albany International in Albany, New York, where he lived with his wife Karen, who was born in the U.S. “He started with $1 million in revenue, so it was a small operation and he had just moved into the Lorne Street building in Smiths Falls,� Mount said. “My dad’s background was in printing.� “I had never worked in newspapers or printing,� he said.

Nearing retirement and looking at succession planning, Bob gave Mike the opportunity to test the waters for three years. “I had an opportunity to take a position in Europe with the company I was working for so I had to decide what I wanted to do,� Mount said. “My father said if I wanted to come in and join the company, now would be the time.�

He admitted he was torn on whether the smaller Performance Printing would be a good fit for

him. “That was my biggest issue, whether I would enjoy working in Canada but I enjoyed the business like I enjoyed manufacturing,� he stated.

He surprised himself when he found he was comfortable in the smaller company. He immersed himself in different departments, including pre-press, customer service and helping improve the company’s technology. It was important for Mount to try and relate to the different departments to understand their challenges. “I think over the period before becoming president, I probably had done almost every job,� he said.

Once he had put his time in, he was named vice-president and five years later, eventually president.

It was under his guidance Performance Printing and the EMC group of community newspapers, saw great growth, going from a market that included Smiths Falls, Perth, Almonte/Carleton Place, Kemptville and St. Lawrence, to Ottawa, Kingston and Belleville. “Being able to grow was fun, that’s the part I enjoyed the most,� he admitted. “I loved buying new

prompted several press expansions, as well as a bigger online presence.

Mount immersed himself in the community while at the helm of Performance Printing as well. He served on the board of the Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital and was also credited as the first business to make a large commitment ($100,000) to the Smiths Falls hospital site’s redevelopment campaign.

Accolades also came in from business organizations with Mount being named the Smiths Falls Chamber of Commerce’s Business Person of the Year in 2003.

That period of growth in a short amount of time in the mid-2000s was exciting, but Mount credits a dedicated team, including former publisher Duncan Weir and Peter O’Leary, former chief operating officer (then regional general manager of Metroland East) with Performance Printing’s success.

MIKE MOUNT companies and adding newspapers.� “We took five papers to 26 and went from 64,000 (circulation) to half a million papers delivered to doors,� Mount added, which

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It was a successful but small company and had connected with the Ottawa Citizen as a strategic partner for years, but he decided to take the company in a different direction.

“The goal when I started to talk to Metroland was not to sell the company, but to secure a new strategic partner,” he said.

Over the course of a year, he said during discussions it became clear that selling the company would be the best option to secure its future.

“It made more sense for the company and for everybody to sell the whole company versus trying to form a partnership,” he said.

It’s a partnership he doesn’t regret. “Metroland is an excellent company and they are committed to newspapers, printing and media,” he said. “I couldn’t have found a better partner and I feel fortunate that it all worked out for them and for

us.”

Nearly five years later and after an expansion into the former Stanley Tools building, which serves as Metroland East’s distribution centre, Mount believes he’s leaving the company he helped build in good hands.

“There isn’t a better organization in our industry that understands what we do and is committed to journalism and newspapers,” he said.

Addressing the changes to the industry, Mount feels there will always be a place for the community newspaper.

“Newspapers and publishing is always about connecting to your customers and to an audience. There are lots of different medias that can do that, but community newspapers are one of the strongest ways you can connect with people, particularly in smaller markets,” he said. “The changes to digital give more ways for people to access the information.”

“Newspaper is still a way for us to connect to our communities,” he said. “Our core business is really telling our communities’ stories to people interested in learning about them. That won’t change.”

Calling the Lorne Street headquarters home for 22 years, Mount said there are many aspects of his job he’ll miss, but one outweighs them all: the people.

“When I say the people, I mean both our employees and our customers,” he said.

“I’m fortunate that in my 22 years working at Performance Printing and Metroland, many of the employees I started with 22 years ago still work for the company.

When you work together that long, you develop relationships and friendships that go beyond the 9-to-5 job.”

“That’s what I’ll miss, having a reason to be together with a great group of people everyday.”

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QNX aims to create the OS of automated cars Adam Kveton

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It won’t be long.

Not today, not tomorrow and not five years from now, but not long after, your car, your neighbour’s car, and just about everyone’s car will be driving itself.

“I’ve been telling people 10 to 15 years.”

That’s the prediction from Grant Courville, the senior director of product management for QNX Software Systems – an operations system software developer, and a subsidiary of BlackBerry.

It’s not a prediction to take lightly.

QNX software shipped in more than 20 million car systems last year – things like infotainment systems, telematics, digital clusters, and every OnStar system – said Courville.

“Chances are that if you have a vehicle with an infotainment system, it’s running QNX,” he said.

But QNX is aiming to

branch out into a new potential market in a big way – automated driving.

QNX revealed some of the tech systems it’s been working on, which the software developer refers to as building blocks towards autonomous drive, in January at CES 2016, which is one of the largest showcases for new consumer electronics.

The big announcement was that QNX aims to create an operating system that can safely and consistently coordinate between computer algorithms and hardware like cameras, radar and other sensors to allow a road vehicle to drive autonomously.

QNX is making the software that integrates those elements only, not the algorithms or tech behind it.

“From a QNX perspective, everything we do is aimed at full autonomous drive,” said Courville.

While it’s a new direction for the developer, it harkens back to QNX’s pedigree as a provider of life-critical sys-

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tems in hospitals, industry and elsewhere.

“You wont’ find QNX on the desktop. We never focused on that, that wasn’t our world,” said Courville. “We focused on devices and systems where essentially they have to be ultra-reliable, so they have to work well, work predictably and work all the time.”

“We are doing nuclear reactor monitoring, we are involved in high speed rail, laser eye surgery, robotic surgery, MRI systems,” he said.

Now, software in cars is moving from being largely for entertainment purposes to being part of safety systems where, in some cases, the software will be responsible for life or death decisions.

Considering QNX’s emphasis on software built for safety and security, and its history with the auto industry, working on an OS for automated cars is natural, said Courville.

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QNX software developer Mike Shane demonstrates the company’s test vehicle heads-up display format, on a television rather than on the windshield. The vehicle was one of several demonstrations QNX, a branch of BlackBerry, took to a large tech show in Las Vegas. The Jeep’s software processes a pre-recorded video in real time, identifying when the vehicle ahead of it is too close, when the car is near a gas station and what direction to turn.

Software developer discusses future of automated vehicles Continued from page 40

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since the 80s weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in safety critical systems and now seeing autonomous drive in safety systems becoming more at the forefront of automotive software, it speaks to our DNA, you know: what makes us different, what makes us ideal for these kinds of environments.â&#x20AC;?

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Courville estimates that autonomous drive will be common in cars in about 10 or 15 years, though there are some instances of it now, with the Tesla Model S including an autopilot option that uses a variety of sensors to remain in a lane, steer, maintain and adjust speed and park.

The Google Car has also traveled many kilometres on its own.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widespread adoption of automated vehicles is what QNX is looking at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well on its way,â&#x20AC;? said Courville of automated drive technology.

Some of the tech applications that QNX is working on include digital clusters that replace a carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usual dials with a screen that can show car speeds, music selections and maps

that display warning based on sensor data like cameras, lidar, radar and others.

They are also looking into heads up displays, with information like direction arrows, gas station locations, car proximity and more being identified based on GPS information and video cameras to be displayed on a vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s windshield.

QNX brought demonstrations of both of those applications to CES, built into a Jeep and a Toyota Highlander.

Though a video screen in front of the car simulated the Highlanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heads up display, the demonstration had both vehicles making real-time decisions based on a pre-recorded video of a vehicle driving down streets. These kinds of applications are seen as interim steps towards automated driving.

But, for widespread automated drive to become a reality, new technology will have to be embedded not just in cars but in traffic infrastructure as well, said Courville.

QNX also demonstrated some of the advantages of vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) and vehicleto-infrastructure communication (V2I) with a video.

The idea is that nearby cars who can communicate with each other would be able to alert drivers to oncoming vehicles in passing lanes, a vehicle that has had its breaks slammed on unexpectedly and more.

We want to dominate the software foundation of the vehicle â&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect fit for us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting.

GRANT COURVILLE, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT FOR QNX

The cars could even take action themselves based on that information.

However, there are even more advantages if infrastructure, like street lights, are able to communicate with vehicles as well. A street light could, for instance, let a car know how much longer there remains until a red light becomes a green light, allowing a driver or their vehicle itself

to time the light. The traffic light could also show when a green light will go to a yellow, or even communicate to a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traffic centre if there is some problem with vehicles at a given intersection.

Trials of V2V and V2I technologies are being funded by the US Department of Transportation in New York City, Tampa Bay and parts of Wyoming, while Cadillac is rumoured to be deploying V2V technologies in its vehicles in the next few years.

TECH VS REGULATION

The technology for autonomous driving, which QNX is working to create an OS for, is on its way, and autonomous cars are going to become a common reality, said Courville. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the technology that will determine when autonomous driving becomes widespread â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptance of it that will.

How quickly government regulations change to incorporate autonomous cars and how quickly customers grow to accept and trust autonomous cars will be the determining factors, said Courville.

Various governments have sig-

nalled interested in testing autonomous vehicles and incorporating some of the interim steps towards that. The Ontario government announced that it is launching a pilot project to allow for the testing of automated vehicles on Ontario Roads, while the city of Stratford, Ont., is hoping to be the premier place to do those tests.

Over the years, the city has built city-wide Wi-Fi into its infrastructure, removing one of the cost barriers to testing V2V and V2I technology.

As the world moves towards automated cars being the norm, as Courville seems pretty sure it is, some of the interim steps will likely be transport trucks using automated drive systems on highways or specifically designated corridors, and then regular cars able to use automated drive on those specific corridors, with suburban neighbourhoods likely being one of the last places autonomous drive is accepted.

Regardless, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting time to be working for QNX, said Courville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awesome,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to dominate the software foundation of the vehicle â&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect fit for us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting.â&#x20AC;?

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Let’s Close the Species Gap! It’s no secret that animal welfare is a very different thing for dogs and cats. One of the most striking differences between dogs and cats in our community, and by extension, at the Ottawa Humane Society, is the numbers that enter our care with identification. While just 14 per cent of dogs admitted have either visible identification – a collar and tag – or permanent ID in the form of a microchip, only a sad one per cent of cats are so protected. This seriously inhibits our ability to return a cat to its home.

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Make fliers that include the lost date, description including any unique markings, a picture, and your phone number.

A reward motivates people!

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Hi there, my name is Abby and I am an 8-year-old Shih-Poo who loves to go riding around the neighbourhood in the rear basket of my owner’s tricycle.

I am a sweet natured dog who loves people and snuggling. Playing ball, chasing squirrels and getting a tummy rub are a few of my favourite things.

I always greet visitors at the door with a toy so they can play with me.

More tips and information can be found in our website at www.ottawahumane.ca.

And please, let’s close the welfare gap between dogs and cats.

Always identify your cat!

Pet of the Week: Likos (ID #A186867) Meet Likos (ID #A186867), a sweet and loving girl looking for her purr-fect match.

Likos is a mature feline who enjoys the occasional play session.

What can you do? If you have brought a cat into your life, Her favourite pastime is curling up on the couch for some relaxing please outfit her with a collar and tag. Have her implanted with cuddles with her new family. permanent identification.

Likos would enjoy a quiet home. While she has lived with other If you lose your cat, don’t give up looking for him. We have reunited animals in the past, Likos would prefer to be the only pet in pets with their owners months after they became lost. Here are some the house, so she can focus all of her love and attention on her new best friend — you! tips from your friends at the OHS: For more information on Likos and all the adoptable animals, • Visit the Ottawa Humane Society as soon as possible. stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd Check out our website • View photos of most stray cats admitted to the OHS shelter at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of the animals available for adoption. at www.ottawahumane.ca.

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Kitty proved herself to be a real good “mouser”

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other said if she lived to be 100, she’d never get used to the common housefly or the mice, both of which were in ample supply on our farm in Renfrew County.

The flies, fortunately, were only around in warm weather, but the mice had no respect for the seasons, and it didn’t seem to matter if the snow was knee deep, or we were gasping for air on a hot summer day, the mice had minds of their own.

In the cold weather, our summer kitchen kept our food chilled or frozen. An old table sat in the middle of the floor, and Mother was always frightened a wayward mouse would climb up a table leg, and help itself to whatever was there.

Her solution was to have Father fill four tobacco tins with coal oil and put one under each leg of the table. Any mouse daring to reach the top of the table had a fatal bath in the coal oil, and the food was safe. Of course, this only worked in the summer kitchen. In-

MARY COOK Memories side the house was another matter.

No one knew how they got into the house, but it wasn’t unusual, while we sat around the kitchen table at night, to see a tiny mouse scurry across the floor, or run tight against the baseboards. And Mother, who could sense a mouse a mile away, would fly into a state of hysteria, demand Father get the broom, order the brothers onto the chase, and chaos ensued until the mouse was either caught, or found a means of escape.

Silently, I rooted for the mouse.

Now, Mother would not allow any dogs or cats in the house.

“They belong in the barn,” she’d say when I would beg to bring in one of my pets, which included a hoard of cats, one I especially liked and simply called Kitty, or our old Collie dog, which, like just

about every other dog in Northcote, was called Sport.

Father, a third generation on our farm, told stories of the pets he had as a young boy, and how the dogs and cats were just as comfortable in the house as they were in the barns. But Mother wouldn’t budge. They belonged in the barn, and that’s all there was to it.

Spring was breaking early that year, and for some unexplained reason, we were seeing more mice than usual, both in the summer kitchen, and in the house. Mother was on constant alert, and since she hated mousetraps as much as she hated the mice, catching the little critters seemed to be the only solution. That is, until that night at supper.

Father, who my sister Audrey said later, brought up the subject on purpose, said how he saw Kitty snare mouse after mouse in the barn. “She’s a real mouser, that one is,” he said, without taking a pause between mouths full of supper.

“Never saw anything like it, and

I’ve lived on this here farm forever ... but that Kitty sure can catch a mouse if one happens to cross her path. She is sure cutting down on the mouse population.”

Mother, with a fork half way to her mouth, asked Father if he was sure it was Kitty. He said he caught her in the act at least a dozen times.

It was probably more coincidence than anything else, but that night, at least three mice interrupted our card game at the kitchen table. By the time they were chased out into the woodshed, or knocked senseless with the broom, it was bedtime. The whole evening had been wasted battling the mice.

The very next morning, just before we headed for school, Mother said she thought it was time Kitty was brought into the house, where she’d be trained to sleep in a box beside the stove, eat in her own dish (heaven forbid that a cat would eat out of a bowl we used at the kitchen table), and if she was caught within a mile of one of our beds, she would be banished back out to the barn.

My sister Audrey said she was sure Kitty could read Mother’s mind. “Cats are pretty smart, you know,” she said, and who was as thrilled as I was that, finally, I could have one of my pets in the house.

No one knew what Kitty did with the mice she caught. Like a night burglar, most of her action was when we were in bed, but ever after, our house was free of mice.

And Mother, on occasion could be seen dropping a piece of salt pork, or a spoonful of gravy into Kitty’s dish in gratitude.

Finally, the mouse problem was under control. Sadly, nothing was discovered that could rid the house of the common housefly, which remained the bane of Mother’s existence all the time we lived on the farm in Renfrew County.

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St. Patrick’s Catholic High School’s senior boy’s basketball team won its 10th city championship in February.

They have won those 10 championships over a 17-year span.

The 10 championships tie the school with Sir Robert Borden for the most city titles, but that school needed a 23-year span to capture its 10 titles.

St. Pat’s High celebrates success on and off basketball court Matt Koeslag Submitted

This past February St. Patrick’s Catholic High School won its 10th city championship.

It did so in record fashion by not only tying the city record for the school with the most National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association championships, but doing so in 17 years (1999-2016) as opposed to 23 for Sir Robert Borden (1987-2010).

It also set a championship game record by defeating Barrhaven’s Longfields-Davidson Heights

Second School by a margin of 40 points, eclipsing the previous high victory margin of 38 points set in 1989.

It is fair to say with so much success in such a short period of time that St. Patrick’s is a unique school and it is the uniqueness of the school that fosters the degree of success seen in the boys’ basketball program.

Players and coaches have come and gone in the time that St. Pat’s has realized all of its success, but it is the sense of pride, tradition and family that continue regardless of personnel.

With former players often coming back to help assist current teacher-coaches, Matt Koeslag and Tina St. Amour (who is a St. Patrick’s High School graduate herself) over the past 10 years, past success is always close by to remind the next generation of what is expected of them.

For the coaches, however, the program is a means to much more than repeated athletic success. The vehicle of a sport that these students are passionate about is a way of helping them achieve more than they set out for when they try out for the boys’ basketball program.

The coaches use the team as motivation for the players to achieve off the court, both in the classroom and in life, by instilling rigid expectations related to attendance, academic achievement, volunteering and accountability.

Over the past 10 years, the coaches have established a culture of total student, athlete and personal success that now is an assumed part of the program.

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throughout the country on the students’ behalf.

This has led to 26 students playing at a post-secondary institution in the past 10 years and 42 overall since 1997.

The students trying out for the boys’ basketball team know the commitment the coaches and program make for their overall success and this has always been key to achieving the team’s mission.

These students know that much will be demanded of them, but that they will reap so much more in return for themselves and their school.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: Ottawasouth@metroland.com

Until May 31

Blair Court Community House in the Riverview Park community has launched its inaugural fundraising initiative to help support summer camp programing at the centre.

Sunshine pots, which are gift-wrapped, do-it-yourself potting kits with flower seeds, soil, bamboo pots and a misting bottle, will be for sale until May 31.

Call 613-736-5058 or email blaircourt@rogers.com.

The pots are available for pick-up at the house, located at 1566 Station Blvd, or can be delivered within 10 kilometres.

Mondays

Play 4-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 613-769-7570.

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 613-580-2940.

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Family storytime for children of all ages and parents and caregivers takes place every Tuesday, May 3 to 24, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Alta Vista library branch, which is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr.

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, strengthening, and stretching, all to the familiar beat of great tunes each Tuesday and Thursday until May 3, from 9 to 10 a.m. All levels of fitness are encouraged and supported by our experienced seniors’ fitness instructor. 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.

Play 4-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 613739-0960.

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.

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. For details, go to greelyplayers. ca, or call 613-821-5407.

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Come out for a great time and support your local charities.

Socialize with friends and play bingo for a chance to win up to $10,000 at any session.

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary welcomes new members to help raise money to support the animals. Join us April 7 at 1:30 p.m. at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome. For more information, call Linda 613-823-6770, or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

April 8

Alta Vista branch 6908 of the Knights of Columbus hosts its next macaroni and bean supper on April 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Sainte-Geneviève parish hall, located at 825 Canterbury Ave. Adults eat for $8 and children 12 and under eat for free.

Proceeds from the monthly dinners will support the service organization’s annual children’s Christmas fundraiser. Everyone is welcome to attend.

A Spring Nearly New and Book Sale takes place April 8, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and April 9, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. It’s all second time ‘round. Select clothes for the whole family. Find fashion pieces, and choose from a huge array of recent and vintage books at rock bottom prices. Proceeds go to the community outreach work of the church. For more information, call 613733-3156, ext. 229, or go to

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April 9

A spring book, garage and bake sale will take place April 9, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the Church of the Resurrection, located at 3191 Riverside Dr. Call 613-733-8185 for details, or email churchresurrection@ rogers.com, or visit churchresurrection.on.ca. The sale will feature treasures of all kinds, books in the book nook portable, and refreshments.

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The Ottawa Kennel Club, the oldest authenticated dog club in Canada founded in 1887, is hosting an eye clinic on April 10 by Forever Friends Dog Training.

The event takes place at 17 Grenfell Cres. in Nepean.

The cost is $45 per dog. For details, go to ottawakennelclub.ca.

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April 15

The Latin-American Community Association Soccer Club and its Latino Soccer School for children would like to invite children born between 2001 and 2006 to a soccer clinic. Participation is free. It will take place April 9th at the Ottawa Coliseum Dome, located at 2451 Riverside Dr. For more information please visit lacaeo. org or call 613-513-5381.

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There will be a faith story, singer, refreshments, door prizes and child care will be available. Admission is $6.

Contact 613-249-0919 for details.

Child Haven International is hosting its 31st annual fundraising dinner in Ottawa on April 15 at 6 p.m. at Tudor Hall, 3750 Bowesville Rd. Child Haven operates homes for more than 1,300 children and assists 190 women in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Tibet in China. For tickets and information, contact Pat Dunphy at 613-745-1743, pat.dunphy@rogers.com, or go to childhaven.ca to pay online with Pay Pal.

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Messy Church is for the whole family on April 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Riverside Churches, 3191 Riverside Dr. Come and join us for songs, crafts and worship. Our theme is “Promise Beyond Easter.” We will share a simple ham and potato supper. Everyone is welcome. For information, call 613-733-7735.

An indoor yard sale to help needy families takes place April 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Gloucester South Seniors Centre, located at 4550 Bank St.

April 18

Pruning Techniques will be the focus of a presentation on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Top Generation Hall, 4373 Generation Crt. Lee Boltwood will share her expertise for pruning shrubs, including roses. The event is hosted by Gloucester Horticultural Society. Admission is free, but space is limited.

Pre-registration is required by calling 613-749-8897.

Visit gardenontario.org/site. php/glouster/about/meetings/ for details.

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This week’s puzzle answers in next week’s issue

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you are ready to get moving and have a lot of momentum behind you. This is an ideal time to reach your goals. Don’t let your confidence waver.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week it is better to trust your heart instead of your head.

Sometimes you have to let your emotions guide your actions, and your gut could be telling you something.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you have good news to share and you are eager to reconnect with some friends or coworkers. Just complete prior commitments before you begin making plans to socialize.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, things in your life seem to be growing more challenging by the day. Make a list and tackle things as they come up so you don’t start to feel overwhelmed.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 A few possibilities intrigue you, Leo, but you don’t yet know just where Here’s How It Works: you are going to direct your creative energy. Think it through a little longer.

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each Virgo, you may feel like you can ignore your responsibilities this week, but row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric you cannot. Although you have plenty of free time coming up, you have clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! lots to do before then.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, someone close to you isn’t on board with your point of view. You can’t please everyone all of the time. Stay the course if you feel it is right.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, something is on your mind you need to share your feelings. Resist the urge to hold your tongue. Honesty is the best policy in your book.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you are having a lot of fun now that you made it through a rather extensive to-do list. You can finally rest and breathe a little easier.

Make some time for yourself.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, a busy schedule is proving problematic because so many people are demanding some face time and you want to help them all.

However, you will have to pick and choose.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Your amicable nature and willingness to let go of your own personal agenda makes it relatively easy for you to interact with a lot of people this week, Aquarius.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, think of ways to increase your income this week. Explore all of your options, even if they mean going out of your comfort zone.

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