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All powered up Local media and sports celebrities headed to Algonquin College on April 6 to take part in an exhibition game hosted by the Ottawa Power Wheelchair Hockey League. Players from the Carleton Ravens and Canadian Paralympic medalists joined the local personalities, who used manual wheelchairs as they faced off against OPWHL players.

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News - Rideau Carleton Raceway and horse owners are breathing a sigh of relief after the province confirmed a $26.5-million lifeline to keep racing alive.

The new funding program announced funding on March 31 to replace the Slots at Racetracks program, which the province axed two years ago.

While the $26.5 million over five years won’t match the old funding, it’s enough to keep racing going, said Alex Lawryk,

spokesman for the raceway.

“It’s a positive step, but it’s not what we had,” Lawryk said.

Before the old funding program was cancelled, Rideau Carleton hosted 154 races a year. With the new $5.25 million annual funding for five years, the raceway is looking to offer 90 races this season.

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News - William Greer is your average five-year-old: He enjoys video games and playing outside with his friends. Through his carefree, fun-loving exterior, one would never suspect he suffers from hydrocephalus caused by a tumour on his brain stem.

Just over a year-and-a-half ago, William’s parents Patrick and Lindsay Greer began to notice some changes in their son. He was experiencing vision loss, weak immunity to common bugs, and his teachers noted increased difficulty getting along with the routine at school. After some mixed opinions from various doctors, they were told it was nothing to worry about. The symptoms subsided setting William’s parents temporarily at ease.

Little did they know that the appearance of William getting better actually meant he was getting worse.

“The gravity had not really set in at that point,” said Patrick. “It was once the symptoms became severe that we became really concerned.”

Hydrocephalus, sometimes referred to as “water on the brain,” is a condition which causes the buildup of spinal fluid in one or more of the brains ventricles, usually due to a tumour. Symptoms of hydrocephalus in children William’s age range from cognitive issues like difficulty to learn new things and overall academic performance to physical issues like vision loss, constant fatigue, problems with balance and coordination, seizures, enlarged skull and in severe cases where complications arise, even death.

William’s improvement was caused by the blockage in his fourth ventricle. The pressure became so high that a membrane had burst which caused the spinal fluid to nat-

urally drain. When the symptoms returned, they were worse adding trouble walking, balancing, fatigue, and a new found fear of heights.

“He has struggled with fatigue,” said Patrick. “From before the diagnosis and since he just hasn’t regained the stamina and cognition.”

Treatments for William’s condition can come in the form of chemo and radiation therapy. Neurosurgery can also be an option, but unfortunately not in William’s case due to the proximity of the tumour to his brain stem. Life for the Greers could very well be a lifelong battle filled with MRIs, treatments and regular check-ups.

“We’ve done imaging on a regular basis and unfortunately they’ve shown that the tumour has continued to grow,” said Patrick, fighting back tears. “So we’ve recently been back to decide how we are going to continue. There are treatments that are going to be necessary to ensure we can at least stop the growth.”

William has had two procedures done involving shunts being implanted. The first led to a difficult recovery as his body had adapted to the increased pressure. The second was a replacement with an approximate recovery time of 36 hours. He is scheduled to begin chemotherapy this week.

Despite his young age, William has a good understanding of his condition. He knows how it works and when information is being held back. Despite this he remains in good spirits, the fun-loving boy they know. He wants to invent a new form of MRI someday, one which isn’t so closed in as he doesn’t enjoy the isolation of the machine.

“He still wants to play and be a kid,” said Lindsay. “He is very upbeat and his personality is the same.”

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William’s ordeal is a lifelong condition involving many treatments and imaging every two months for at least the next three years according to his parents. They are thankful to CHEO for all the support.

“We’ve adapted and found new ways to make it more comfortable because it’s not pleasant, but it’s something that we have to go through,” said Patrick.

Cue the kindness of the human heart. Local designers Kelly James, Candace Plotz, and Sarah Kidder have teamed up as the WillPower Girls to provide the Greer family with a complete basement makeover. Together with Dan Smith of Strokes of Genius Painting, and Matt Irish of Right Angle Renovations, along with support through social media and renovation suppliers, the Greer family will have their basement finished and decorated to give them a comfortable space.

“Originally we thought bedroom, but this way the whole family can enjoy it,” said Kidder. “Somewhere for them to spend quality time together.”

According to Kidder, it started about a year ago when the WillPower Girls first talked

who works regularly with Kidder, to do the painting and construction. He quickly agreed to do the work at no charge.

“When she contacted us to see if we wanted to be involved we said of course,” said Smith.

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Even if people aren’t donating they’re spreading the word and sharing on Facebook ... So anything people are doing to help is awesome.

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about doing something for the Greer’s but couldn’t decide what.

“We were all having dinner as friends during Kindness Week which originally sparked the idea,” said Plotz.

After revisiting the idea this year, the girls put the project in full swing.

They approached Smith,

donated, others will need to be paid for. To help with this, the team has set up a fundraiser through ucaring.com which has already received donations exceeding $4,000 in slightly more than three weeks.

“That will cover materials which are hard to get donated like drywall and studs,” said Smith.

Along with the online findraiser, there has been no shortage of support on social media on their Facebook page, facebook.com/thewillpowerproject and their blog, willpowergirls. blogspot.ca, as well as countless friends raising money to help out. They can also be found on Twitter, @willpowergirls.

“Even if people aren’t donating they’re spreading the word and sharing on Facebook,” said James. “So anything people are doing to help is awesome.”

They also have a list of corporate sponsors helping out such as: Para Paints, Tonic Living in Toronto, Randall’s Décor, and Neo Vintage furniture in Cornwall.

Though the design is not quite complete the team has a fairly good idea how it will go and are aiming for a completion date nearing the end of May. “We can’t give too much away because it’s supposed to be a surprise,” said James. “But it’s pretty cool.”

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Airport Parkway Pedestrian and Cycling Overpass – Project Update On April 2, 2014, the project contractor, L.W. Bray returned to the site at the Airport Parkway Bridge project. Crews will begin with clean-up and preparatory work prior to construction re-commencing. Once construction has commenced, work will resume with excavation of formwork, formwork installation and installation of reinforcing steel for concrete work required as a result of design modifications. Construction signs will be installed and regulatory speed limits along the construction zone will be lowered to 60 km/hour. I will continue to follow this project closely and have been assured by Deputy City Manager, Nancy Schepers that the project will be substantially complete by end of 2014.

Street sweeping operations will begin on April 14 The City of Ottawa will begin city wide street sweeping operations on April 14th (weather dependant) and city crews will be working around the clock to remove debris and materials that have accumulated over the winter. Sweeping operations will include daytime and nighttime work and will cause some noise and dust.

The City is working as quickly as possible to reduce the impact and appreciates residents’ patience during this time. Annually, the City sweeps over 6,500 kilometres of roadway and over 2,000 kilometres of sidewalks to keep Ottawa clean and green. Visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401) for more information about street cleaning schedules and operations.

City offers property tax deferral for low income seniors and persons with disabilities The City of Ottawa was the first city in North America to allow low-income seniors or people with disabilities who own their own home to defer property taxes. Seniors and people with disabilities earning less than $39,000 are eligible to defer paying the annual property tax on their home until the property is sold or transferred to another owner. This program allows those who qualify to have the property taxes on their residence deferred at an annual interest rate of 5% allowing homeowners who might otherwise have to sell their property to stay in their homes and neighbourhoods.

Eligibility criteria and other program details, including application fees, can be found at ottawa.ca or by calling the Revenue Branch at 613-580-2444.

Construction activity will increase this spring and summer The spring and summer months will see an increase in construction-related activity across the city. The work will include $51 million in road resurfacing that will help prepare roadways for increased traffic stemming from the Confederation Line construction. The City will also use these funds to address the potholes in Ottawa that are a result of this winter’s toll on our roadways. Other construction projects will include sewer and watermain work, infrastructure improvements, and cycling and pedestrian facilities.

This construction will result in traffic delays for Ottawa residents and the city has put mitigation measures into place to help minimize the impact. These will include off-peak work, enhanced monitoring, increased rush-hour bus trips, and advanced notifications on messaging signs. I encourage residents to use the many tools that Ottawa has available to help plan your travel in advance. These can be found by visiting Ottawa.ca or by phoning 3-1-1.

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Raceway will host 90 events this year Continued from page 1

The raceway has only been able to continue hosting racing for the past two years because it had money from the previous slots program leftover after the funding was cancelled, Lawryk said. That money has now run out, so without the new funding, Rideau Carleton would have only offered “a few dozen” racing opportunities each year. That’s simply because the owners love and are committed to racing, which has been part of the raceway for 50 years, Lawryk said.

“It would just be a local, regional-size track,” he said. “That would be the owner’s wish ... I’m sure they wouldn`t want to shut it down. If there was no gaming and no revenue, it would be very costly.”

The two-year gap in funding and the uncertainty of the raceway’s future until now have left deep wounds in the local horse-racing industry, Lawryk said.

“A lot of people, after two years, have left the business,” he said. “There are mixed feelings. People are quite interested in continuing, quite excited about the possibility of continuing the industry in Ottawa, but it’s a lot less than it was.

“We basically have to re-ignite the interest and rebuilding,” he said.

CASINO EXPANSION RACETRACK’S FUTURE

Lawryk said the raceway hasn’t been told about a long-term strategy for funding horse

Rideau Carleton is expecting “some effort” to be made to integrate horse racing into the site when it begins operating as a casino, but the province has yet to announce the details of that integration plan.

Additional activity at the raceway – along with more funding – is what Rideau Carleton is hoping for, Lawryk said. The wild card will be which political party is overseeing the program after the next provincial election, if a vote is called soon, he said.

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Rideau Carleton Raceway will offer 90 horse-racing dates in the-2014-15 season thanks to the announcement of $5.25-million annual funding from the province for five years. racing after the five-year funding runs out, but at least in Rideau Carleton’s case, the facility is hoping to have a casino open by then.

Last summer, city council voted to limit

any expansion of gambling in Ottawa to the raceway site with the 21 gaming tables that has already been approved as part of a pilot project, and the existing 1,250 slot machines.

Lawryk said he is expecting an announcement with more information in the next month.

The company that owns Rideau Carleton did express interest in being selected by the OLG to operate the future casino at their site, but the decision on short listing qualified bidders has been delayed, Lawryk said.

If Rideau Carleton Entertainment wins the contract, Lawryk said a casino expansion would be a long-term certainty. “(The OLG) originally wanted the site to grow to 2,000 slot machines and three times the number of tables – something like 60 gaming tables (as part of the gambling modernization plan),” Lawryk said. “If the utilization of the 1,250 slot machines grows significantly, there is no reason why (the OLG) couldn’t reapproach council and ask for a zoning change to ask for a couple hundred more slots.

“In that 20 years, I’m sure there will be a need to review the numbers,” Lawryk said.

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News - Ottawa residents should brace for an even busier road construction season than last year, the city says.

From highway lane restrictions and ramp closures to road resurfacing and the complete closure of Belfast Road and St. Joseph Boulevard, the upcoming road works are sure to put more bumps in your commute than last year, said Phil Landry, director of traffic operations.

The message again this year was clear: walk, cycle or take the bus instead. OC Transpo is adding a big boost to ridership capacity, especially in the east end, to account for anticipated traffic snarls. There will be space for 5,200 riders in the morning peak and 4,600 riders on the way home from work between the downtown and Orléans. This year, 540 buses will have bike racks.

Landry said commuters have been spared what would have been the most massive construction headache to date: all-day lane restrictions the construction contractor proposed for eight weeks on Highway 417. The city rejected that outright, Landry said.

“It would create unimaginable delays and was unacceptable for the city and residents,” he said.

Instead, Highway 417 will be reduced to two lanes between Nicholas Street and the split only on weeknights and on weekends from 9 p.m. on Friday to 6 a.m. on Monday for six weeks starting in late May. “The work between Nicholas and the split continues to be our single biggest challenge with respect to overall mobility throughout the city this year with impacts being felt to the east and west well outside of the project’s limits,” Landry said.

Highway 417 ramp closures between Nicholas and the split will also make motorists’ lives more difficult throughout the summer.

Commuters in the west end will also have to grapple with the reduction of the Carp Road overpass starting in April. It will be reduced to a single lane alternating directions while the bridge is rehabilitated Highway widening in the west end will continue until the fall.

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to Highway 417 will be closed for a month starting in May. Overall, the city will spend $127 million on 80 products to renew roads and utilities or build new infrastructure representing 50 kilometres of roads in total.

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T

he best man in Ottawa has taken a tumble courtesy of some shotgun silliness emerging from yet another sensitivity-spooked sports organization in the capital.

A couple weeks ago, the Ottawa RedBlacks introduced Big Joe Mufferaw as the football team’s new mascot to the applause of hundreds of delighted children at the Kanata French public school in Morgan’s Grant. The school’s vice-principal, Matthieu Vachon, said Mufferaw was “a wonderful choice of name.� “Jos Montferrand is a pioneer of French language rights in Ontario, so it’s a great choice of name for the mascot of the team, and it shows the heritage of Ottawa and eastern Ontario,� he said.

It’s important to note that Big Joe Mufferaw is a fictional character created by Ottawa Valley author Bernie Bedore that was inspired by the exploits of a French Canadian logger. But only three days after the announcement, following a string of “several� complaints, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, the group that owns the RedBlacks, gave the name the old heave-ho, deciding to go with Big Joe or Grand Jos. Apparently, the sports group was deluged with “several� emails and phone calls (it didn’t quite reach “dozens� proportions) complaining how the name was an anglicized version of Montferrand.

And don’t forget the “several� people who expressed their displeasure over the Twitterverse, with messages denouncing the football team’s sensitivity to the sensitivities of French Canadians.

It’s time for a reality check: Big Joe Mufferaw is a fictional character. You can dislike a fictional character. You can refuse to read a book or watch a movie about a fictional character. But it’s more than a little silly if you try to stop others from reading or watching movies about a fictional character.

Clearly, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) were a little gun shy about offending francophones, considering it was only a few months away from the newly created team’s season opener at Lansdowne Park. OSEG should have shown a little backbone and stuck with their original choice.

Ottawa’s professional sports teams are already starting to earn a reputation for being wishy washy.

It’s been little more than a year since Ottawa’s franchise professional basketball team dropped the name TomaHawks, following complaints from several fans, who claimed the team name misappropriated First Nations culture. Tomahawk – it’s an inanimate object. History has shown us that a small and determined group of people can make a real difference in this world. But sometimes they shouldn’t.

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f you know Ottawa at all, you know that it is a city of cults. There are little groups, hundreds of them scattered about, that are interested in the most out of the way things.

You might think you are the only one fascinated with, say, the political thought of M.J. Coldwell or the proper way to cook an eel, but there is probably a group meeting about that right now.

For a while it appeared that people who believed in the arrival of spring were another oddball aggregation. But it turns out maybe they were right.

This is by way of an introduction to a unique meeting that happened a couple of weeks ago when the former Montreal Expos outfielder, Ellis Valentine, was in town. An invitation went out to meet him and help the Miracle League of Ottawa, a group that helps special-needs children, young adults and adults play baseball on specially-constructed fields.

Valentine didn’t play long enough for the Expos -- six years -- to become one of the team legends -- except to the cult. He was traded away in the middle of the 1981 playoff season and wasn’t around for some of the exciting times that followed. But he

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And, of course, there are people who remember that, even though Valentine had not been in an Expos uniform for more than 30 years. So they came to a Westboro pub, helped the cause, got autographs and heard Valentine, who had arrived from Texas, give a graceful little speech about the Expos, baseball and the Miracle League.

It would be fair to say that this cult consisted largely of middle-aged men and men who wished they were still middle-aged.

Some of them were wearing Expos uniform shirts and there was a guy wearing a Phillies

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uniform too. We all stood in line for autographs and a chance to chat.

Which is to say that you’re never too old to be fanatical about stuff. And that doesn’t apply just to Westboro. There were undoubtedly many other unexpected events taking place in other Ottawa venues the same night.

The quintessential thing about being in a cult is that you believe, no matter what. A couple of days later the cult of the Expos had grown into a wave, gathered at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, ostensibly to watch an exhibition baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets, but really to will into existence a new major league baseball team for Montreal. Montreal has been without one since 2004. For two days, the Olympic Stadium was filled in a way that the Expos had not been able to fill it in their last doomed years.

This may also have had something to do with being desperate for arrival of spring.

Whatever the reason, they packed the place with roaring voices and Expos shirts that had been in the bottom drawer for many years.

It was an impressive show, a demonstration of hope. It may not succeed, because it is up against the irrational realities of sports capitalism, but it was moving to see.

Among the group at the Ellis Valentine night were people involved in bringing baseball back to what used to be called the Lynx Stadium next year. That’s another demonstration of hope.

The Lynx, in the 1990s, rode a wave of baseball enthusiasm in Ottawa and then suddenly the wave disappeared. Maybe it can reappear. Stranger things happen every day in this town.

Meanwhile, it is comforting to be reminded that, no matter how arcane is your interest, no matter how distant your target, in Ottawa you are not alone. How’s that eel tasting?

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ast winter I was at the tail end of a large research project for a client. I rented a hotel room downtown to use as office space. I spent several days and evenings looking out the window between paragraphs.

It was the closest I’ve been to observing people in isolation.

Perhaps “people in isolation� isn’t the best way to phrase it: As I looked down into the windows of the apartments around me, I saw people who were isolated.

It was quite a jarring experience, really. Here they were, in the centre of a large city, yet many of them seemed to sit alone, day in and day out.

Most of them were elderly.

Most of them didn’t shut their curtains at night; no need to reopen them in the morning.

Many sat in the same chair, watching television and receiving no visitors.

At a glance, it may seem that this microcosm has nothing to do with the larger reality. But research into social isolation -- particularly for Canada’s aged population -- suggests it is an accurate depiction of a wider trend.

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse According to Statistics Canada, the number of Canadians over 65 will outnumber those 14 years and under for the first time at some point in the next seven years. There are a number of reasons to be concerned about that – primarily the economic and health burden this represents.

But on a human level, what are we, as a society, doing to ensure that our elderly are not socially isolated? If I may be so bold, we’re not doing enough.

A new study from the Institute for Marriage and Family Canada suggests that social isolation among our elderly is a growing problem, and a significant one. “Research shows that social isolation is as strong a factor in early death as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and alcohol consumption,� writes author

Derek Miedema in a report released on April 9.

In fact, the 20 per cent of Canadians over 65 who do not participate in frequent in social activities, or those who are otherwise isolated, are at higher risk for chronic disease, including “lung disease, arthritis, impaired mobility and depressive symptoms,� according to a 2013 report on the subject cited by Miedema.

He notes that social isolation, while it can occur at any age, is a growing problem as the population ages. A report out of King’s College in London, he notes, found the elderly, often retired, lose essential day-to-day contacts over time. They also experience death of family and friends more frequently than those in younger demographic cohorts.

Further, many are forced to

move out of their established neighbourhoods at a time when they are already experiencing loneliness.

In the institute’s report, a number of successful case studies are presented as best practices for helping to reduce social isolation among seniors. One is a seniors community centre in Boston that has received a wealth of public funding and offers everything from exercise classes to citywide excursions.

Others are more simple, including a “school-to-seniors home� pen pal exercise and monthly spaghetti dinners run by church groups.

My children’s school offers opportunities for the active retired, “les grandparents,� to come into the school on a regular basis to help children with reading and supervise lunch activities.

But we all could do more.

Policy-makers need to consider social isolation when approving new community housing plans. How can new communities incorporate not just housing, but shops and services that are walkable and green space that would encourage people, including

seniors, to get outside?

Part of Toronto’s tower renewal project, established in 2008, is to do just that.

Toronto is helping property owners and developers of 1,200 high-rise towers built decades ago to refurbish them to make them more sustainable and more accessible.

their main levels. Already, the program has encouraged better use of green space to build playgrounds and community gardens.

In Ottawa, the inspiration of Mayor Jim Watson’s seniors summit seems to have plateaued recently. As it picks up momentum, I

Policy-makers need to consider social isolation when approving new community housing plans The next big phase involves rezoning that would allow many of these currently isolated residential spaces to incorporate stores, dentist’s offices and pharmacies on

hope the city will consider prescribed roles for each of us in Ottawa’s older adult action plan, specifically those that work to keep our seniors from isolation.

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Roadwork expected on many commuter routes Continued from page 7

Four million dollars of that is slated to improve congested intersections, while $2 million is dedicated exclusively to 13 projects to build 6.5 km of new cycling facilities. Some road construction budgets also include cycling facilities.

The spring roadwork season will kick off with street sweeping starting April 14.

By far the longest-running traffic impact will be the two-year complete closure of Belfast Road between Coventry Road and Trainyards, Landry said. Tremblay Road will remain open, but the long-term closure is needed for construction on the depot for light-rail trains, in addition to the rehabilitation of the road and bridge.

Lees Avenue in Old Ottawa East will be closed for 12 weeks in the fall while the Highway 417 overpass is replaced.

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Five kilometres of Baseline Road is also set to be resurfaced between Woodroffe Avenue and Prince of Wales Drive.

Greenbank Road will be widened south of Fallowfield Road starting in May and continuing into the fall of 2015.

Churchill Avenue will be under construction between Carling and Byron avenues.

The MacDonald Cartier Bridge to Gatineau will see lane reductions this year as the federal government undertakes some rehabilitation work.

Work on the OrlĂŠans watermain will resume, affecting a number of roads throughout the east end.

The city will also spend more than $51 million to repave roads this year.

The rough pothole season took a toll on roads but no additional work is planned because of the pothole-filled spring, however, Landry said the city re-arranged the schedule to repave some streets sooner.

Bumpy Highway 174 will be resurfaced this spring and summer.

Some road projects that begin last year, including on Rideau Street, Elgin Street, Montreal Road, Queen Street and Sussex Avenue, Trim Road, the Hunt Club interchange, the Minto Bridges and the Jockvale Bridge will continue this season.

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Bio-dome to be constructed this month Sustainable agriculture project a year late, but plans now approved Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

News - Once the ground thaws, a group of eager gardeners in Old Ottawa South will be ready to start building the city’s first bio-dome garden.

The project, approved last year for a grant from the city’s Better Neighbourhood’s Office, will provide a cost-effective way to grow fresh food all year. Project manager Michael Oster said construction on the much-anticipated project should begin this month.

The dome will be the first of its kind for the city, Oster said.

“Our goal was to have it constructed in 2013,” Oster said, but timing and planning for the project made that impossible. Working with the city, Oster said the grant deadline was extended to make sure the project still could be completed.

The group partnered with the Southeast Ottawa Community Centre

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A bio-dome will be constructed at the Brewer Park Garden this month. The dome will allow gardeners to grow fresh food all year. to apply for funding for the project.

According to Oster, the local firm Christopher Simmonds Architect Inc. played an instrumental role in guiding the project team to successfully apply to the city for the building permit, which was issued in February.

“Given the complex nature of this ground-breaking project, it was

not surprising that several iterations were required with city of Ottawa, throughout which Christopher Simmonds and his team were always highly professional, available, and creative in supporting us,” Oster said.

Another local firm called EcoAce is acting as the general contractor on a pro-bono basis. EcoAce’s founder,

Guy Souliere, became interested in combining social enterprise and the environment, so he returned to study green business management at Algonquin College and studying permaculture design. Souliere said he became so excited about aquaponics and bio-domes that in 2011 he joined the founders of Brewer Park Community Garden, and became the

build committee chairman, and presented the idea of aquaponics and year-round gardening to the group, which led to the inclusion of the biodome in the community garden’s ongoing vision.

The committee had plans to hold a consultation on April 6 about the project for residents to learn more and to sign up for tasks for the building day.

“We are eager for volunteers,” Oster said.

The dome will be added to an already thriving garden, which has 70 garden boxes, including specific boxes for children, the resource centre, the food bank and berry boxes.

Adding the bio-dome is just another step to the completion of the community garden, Oster said.

“The bio-dome garden has always been part of the vision of the garden,” he said.

Construction is planned for Earth Day, April 22 at the garden. Oster said he expects the construction to take a few days.

There will be a grand opening ceremony and celebration Oster said will take place in either May or June. More information about the project and the garden is available at brewerparkcommunity garden.weebly.com

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Airport Parkway Pedestrian/ Cycling Bridge – April 10, 2014 Update On April 2, 2014, the contractor began mobilizing on the work site and focused on clean-up and other preparatory work.

Once the preparatory work is complete, the contractor will excavate the existing formwork and install the new formwork and reinforcing steel. The revised design is undergoing completion and staff are expected to provide updated information regarding the schedule once the design is ready.

To ensure safety for everyone, relevant traffic signs are now in place and FILE construction zone speed limits are set to Ottawa’s police service saw the largest bump in salaries that now land on the sunshine list: 60 km/h. public employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2013.

I will continue to provide you with updates, and I want to assure you that I ondary institutions and power brought home $630,485. The on the “sunshine list” increased will continue advocating to make certain Royal Ottawa Health Care by 11 per cent to a total of generation authorities.

University of Ottawa Group’s president and CEO 97,796. The provincial govern- that this project is built safely and to the president Allan Rock earned George Weber earned $381,160. ment pointed out the average highest quality standards. $395,000 in 2013. Carleton University’s president, Roseann Runte, made $358,473. At Algonquin College, president Kent MacDonald brought home $334,654. La Cité Collégiale president Lise Bourgeois made $296,683.

For local school boards, the Ottawa-Carleton District Public School Board’s director of education, Jennifer Adams, earned $212,951. Edith Dumont, the French public board’s director, brought home $179,780. The director of education for the Catholic board, Julian Hanlon, earned $236,485. His French Catholic counterpart, Bernard Roy, made $212,873.

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Montfort Hospital president Bernard Leduc made $424,487.

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The province released its annual “sunshine list” of public employees who earned more than $100,000 and 2,188 City of Ottawa staffers are among the almost 100,000 names on the list.

The police service saw the largest jump in the number of employees earning more than $100,000 in Ottawa. They recorded a salary bump from 2012 to 2013, which resulted in 670 police employees being added to the list for a total of 1,039.

Police Chief Charles Bordeleau brought home $253,474 in 2013.

Police officers aren’t the only emergency personnel on the list – it includes around 400 Ottawa firefighters and 155 paramedics. Firefighters also received a pay increase from an arbitration award.

Aside from police, 1,149 city employees made the list in 2013 – up 329 from the year before. The salaries of 41 per cent of the city employees on the list – 470 people – were actually under $100,000, but they earned more because of retroactive payments, banked overtime hours or vacation cash-outs or on-call pay.

The top-earning city employee was again the top boss – city manager Kent Kirkpatrick, who made $328,284 in 2013. The city’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, wasn’t far behind at $324,213. John Manconi, general manager of OC Transpo, took home $243,207, plus almost $9,000 in benefits.

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Not your parents’ townhome Brandon Gillet brandon.gillet@metroland.com

News - A new generation of home buyers are hitting the market and many are looking for fresh contemporary designs. That was the basis of the ideas behind a project to create new looks for first-time home buyers.

Local designers Sacha and Melissa Leclair have teamed up with Carolyn Borer of Roll Her Sleeves painting and Richcraft Homes for a new take on home design. Their collaborative designs will be featured in nine homes in the developing Riverside South community.

The husband and wife duo of Leclair Décor were contracted, seemingly out of the blue, to add their design flare to nine model homes.

“It was a little intimidating,” Melissa said of the nine-house contract. “We’ve never done anything that big before. We weren’t sure how we were going to take it on but we couldn’t pass it up.”

The interior walls, flooring and other finishings were already complete when they signed on but that didn’t hinder their décor ideas.

“We took style cues from the kitchen and finishings,” said Sacha.

The idea stemmed from their experience while shopping for their first home. Sacha recalls the impression that most were styled for an older generation.

“I thought, they’re not gearing them toward us, the new generation that is buying homes for the first time,” Sacha said. “It’s fun to give it a different spin,” said Melissa. “To not make it ‘like your parents’ house.’”

MURALS

The pair then brought on Carolyn Borer to bring her style of mural painting to the new homes. They were paired through SOTA Network but had worked together before.

According to Borer, Sacha had the idea for the murals which fit her style well.

“He wanted to do something different and so many people were going to see it,” said Borer. “That’s what really made me want to be a part of the project.”

Thought to be a risky venture, being geometric or patterned murals which stand out

vibrantly in a space, the group felt it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the interests of young people who in their opinion are into customization.

“Perhaps they think it’s a big decision and it’s expensive,” Borer said. “I think people are afraid to do a mural in their home.”

“It’s a bit more accessible than it used to be,” said Sacha.

“Some people just weren’t in the realm of it if they didn’t pick up a magazine. But now with the Internet and social media like Pinterest, it’s kind of all over the place.”

Sacha handles the social media aspect of their business along with photography/artwork and lighting while Melissa, having been trained in staging and colour consultations, specializes in that aspect.

They’re skills well translated to the collaboration with Borer.

“Sacha and Melissa have a great eye and I think they are a stepping stone for me and a potential client to give the ideal of a mural a chance,” Borer said. “It can be a good balance of people doing it and us making a living doing what we love. That’s like the perfect symphony.”

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Sacha and Melissa Leclair of Leclair Decor have teamed with Carolyn Borer of Roll Her Sleeves painting to design nine Richcraft model Homes. They are bringing modern designs tailored to the young generation to the project.

As the project is nearing its close, the team is prepping for the grand opening on April 12, which will take place at the homes in the 700 block of Brian Good Ave. The homes range roughly between $300,000 and $450,000 depending on size, lot, and finishings.

Leclair Décor is in its third year in business which started with the designing of a friend’s

condo. That job became their first portfolio project with referrals quickly coming in based on it.

Roll Her Sleeves painting is in its fifth year with Borer’s specialty of mural and faux technique painting styles.

Borer studied theatre arts technical production at Sheridan College where she discovered her passion for specialty painting. She has worked as a

head scenic artist on films like Sacrifice, and House at the End of the Street.

The project consists of four single homes and five townhomes.

Leclair Décor has already been contracted for four more homes in Kanata, located in the Fernbank development.

Borer’s involvement has been mentioned, but the specifics have yet to be reached.

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Heritage committee looking at Glebe Collegiate

Steve Desroches Deputy Mayor Councillor, Gloucester-South Nepean

Supporting our Veterans Many residents may recall, I hosted a Support for Veterans Initiative last year at City Hall. The goal of the initiative was to bring together key players and support services to ensure that homeless veterans or veterans in need are connected with services available to them by building a more integrated support network among various agencies in Ottawa. By increasing the effectiveness of current support programs and identification processes, fewer veterans would fall through the cracks and be overlooked.

This past week I hosted an appreciation breakfast to thank all of the volunteers, agencies and support services who have worked tirelessly in support of homeless or at risk Canadian Veterans.

There have been a number of organizations who have created partnerships and stronger connections with groups such as Soldiers Helping Soldiers. I was pleased to hear that more service organizations have been engaged in identifying veterans among their clients.

Work continues on heritage designation for Clemora Park/Estates West area Michelle Nash

News - A heritage designation could be on the cards for Glebe Collegiate.

The heritage committee of the Glebe Community Association announced on March 25 that it would be seeking a provincial heritage designation for the 92-year-old building. Back in November, the committee said it would begin looking for specific buildings for designation in an effort to help preserve history in the neighbourhood.

According to the committee, the school is an excellent candidate for designation, based on the following points: • It is a landmark, and any significant alterations or its loss would greatly impact its surroundings • It was designed by J. Albert Ewart and built in 1922. It is of architectural significance, and its façade has been used in many films.

• Its sports fields and setting is a key feature of that part of the Glebe • Its heritage features are largely intact outside and it has several unique interior features still intact, including the auditorium.

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Public Meeting for 4311 Shoreline Drive Subdivision Proposal The City’s Planning Department is hosting a public meeting for a subdivision proposal for 4311 Shoreline Drive in the Riverside South community. The public meeting will be held on Thursday, May 1st from 7:30-8:30pm at the Rideauview Community Centre, 4310 Shoreline Drive.

The subject property is located on the south east corner of the intersection of Spratt Road and Shoreline Drive. The property is currently an undeveloped open field.

The applicant wishes to develop a fully serviced subdivision consisting of 10 single detached homes on a cul-de-sac. For more information on this planning file, please visit www. stevedesroches.ca.

The Glebe Collegiate might be the next building in the Glebe to get heritage designation for the neighbourhood.

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In Support of NROCRC’s Youth Programming

Saturday, April 26, 2014 6:00 pm Centurion Conference and Event Centre 170 Colonnade Road

Steve MacLean Public School Musical Steve MacLean Public School (SMPS) presents their annual musical show, Beauty and the Beast Jr. on Tuesday April 15th and Wednesday April 16th at 7pm. Doors are open at 6:30pm at SMPS, 4175 Spratt Rd. Tickets are available at the door, $7 for adults and $5 for children.

Interested residents are invited to attend this annual production as the show is open to the entire community.

Tickets: $65.00 Call NROCRC at 613-596-5626 Or purchase ckets online at www.nrocrc.wix.com/shine-a-light

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Heritage committee chairwoman Johanna Persohn said the city told her that there is a heritage file on the school and has been the subject of many inquiries, but no formal request to designate the school has been made.

“We are looking at continuing to investigate this designation,” Persohn told those in attendance at the association’s March 25 meeting.

Any formal request from the heritage committee, Persohn said, would first be approved by the association, before any submission was made to the city.

In addition to conducting further research on the school, the committee is also pursuing a potential designation for all or part of the western part of the Clemora Park/Estates West area.

In February, the committee held a consultation meeting about the designation, with thirty people in attendance.

The goal of the consultations, Persohn said, is to get

more residents motivated to learn about and promote heritage in the Glebe.

The committee will be taking on the bulk of research work for the project, but residents are welcome to share research or start their own research on their homes or others in the neighbourhood.

Residents interested in getting involved in the research, or to learn more about the project are invited to contact Persohn by email at heritage@glebeca. ca.

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Hockey with heart An Overbrook fire station team member carries the puck in a hockey game against the Blackburn Hamlet station on April 2. The teams were playing in the Ottawa Fire Department’s Hockey for Little Hearts tournament, held April 1 to 4 at the Jim Durrell Arena. As well as station teams, there was also an Ottawa Fire team, who took on the Toronto Fire team. The tournament is a fundraiser for CHEO’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Community - Nepean resident Lynn Spencer, who resides in the Craig Henry area, remembers hearing a fair amount of publicity about the National Training Centre opening in Manotick. Shovels were in the ground in 1987 and shortly thereafter the organization moved from rented space in a townhouse to an impressive facility located on Rideau Valley Drive North in Manotick, which remains as the home of Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind today.

For Spencer, it took more than 25 years before she became involved with the organization as a volunteer.

“I have wanted to be a puppy walker since the first time I heard about Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind,” she says. “I was working full time outside of the home then, so the timing was not right for me. Once I began working from my home office a few years ago, I seized the opportunity.”

Steven Doucette of the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind says many people believe that you must be retired to do this.

“That is not the case,” Doucette said. “People often tell me they want to do it when they retire, but there is no reason to wait that long.”

According to Doucette, there are individuals from all walks of life who take a pup into their home to raise and train for the organization.

“We have stay-at-home parents, post-secondary students, people who work from home or own their own business, part-time workers and, of course, retirees.

“We also have people that get permission to take the dog to work. This includes some federal government employees. They have to go through a bit more red tape to get permission, but it is possible. More important than who can do this is who can’t. The main thing is that we don’t want the dog left home alone all day.”

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Spencer started volunteering in 2012, when she was handed Gabrielle, a female, black Labrador retriever. She still has her, but will soon have to give her back to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind so that she can continue her journey and enter the formal training stage with a professional guide dog mobility instructor.

It is never easy to give back the dog.

“I have thought about it a great deal, almost from the time she came into our home,” Spencer says. “I know it will not be an easy parting, but I always try to focus on what benefits she will bring to the visually impaired client with whom she will ultimately be matched. My greatest reward is knowing that Gabrielle will give a visually impaired person their independence, allowing them to be out in the world, achieving their goals, without any fear or limitations. It is very satisfying to contribute in some small way to improving the circumstances of another person.”

The program is called puppy walking, but it does entail a lot more. In addition to daily long walks in all weather conditions, volunteers are asked to introduce the puppy to as many situations and environments as possible, which it may later encounter as a working guide dog.

First though, you must get through to the end of the pup’s vaccinations at sixteen weeks of age, so the first couple of months will have you mostly at home with the puppy.

Pups are generally placed into homes at approximately eight weeks of age.

“I would advise a person considering puppy walking to wait until a time in their life when they have a lot of flexibility in their daily schedule,” says Spencer. “ Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is currently seeking volunteers to take pups into their homes. To learn more, contact Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind at 613-6927777 or email info@guidedogs.ca.

You can get additional details plus sign up for a future one-hour long information session on the program to learn if this is the right volunteer opportunity for you.

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Businesses must comply with anti-spam law Consent required along with method to unsubscribe from email lists (NC) - New legislation aimed at protecting Canadians from spam, malware and other electronic threats will soon be in force and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission urges business owners to learn more about what Canada’s anti-spam legislation means

to them.

For example, businesses will need to follow three specific practices to ensure their commercial electronic messages comply with the new law: • They must have consent, whether express or implied, from the recipient before sending an email, text or other

electronic message.

• They must identify themselves and anyone else on whose behalf the message is sent.

• They must include an unsubscribe mechanism for recipients to be able to opt out from future messages.

The CRTC urges businesses to learn more about CASL. Through www.fightspam.gc.ca, Canadian businesses are provided with information to help clarify their roles and obligations under CASL and tips, tools and resources to help them get ready.

“We are committed to protecting Canadians from the harm caused by spam and other electronic threats,” said Andrea Rosen, the CRTC’s Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer.

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(NC) - In a market where sellers are in competition to make the most out of their largest investment, improving your home’s first impression is one of the best ways to set it apart from the rest of the pack.

When prospective buyers or renters drive through your neighbourhood, what do they see? This is a really important question that you need to answer because it will help understand what your buyer is going to be looking for in a new home. Once you’ve answered this, ask yourself objectively if the front of your home is in keeping with the rest of the houses on your block. The first impression is critical in setting the mood for prospective agents and buyers. If your home’s exterior looks like it needs work, then people immediately assume that it’s a ‘fixer-upper’. The opposite is true if your front yard is manicured, the roof is in good shape and the driveway is in good condition. Having a potential buyer walk into your front door in a positive mode can translate into big dollars for you.

Both Virginia Tech and the University of Guelph did studies in 2011 that measured the effect of landscaping on property values, and they both came to the same conclusion. To improve curb appeal, basic landscaping increased the home’s value by 5%, but more extensive landscaping including decks and patios increased the homes value up to 15%.

So where do you spend the money?

Set your budget and be realistic about what you’re trying to accomplish with it. Keep in mind that you are trying to create an excellent first impression to attract potential buyers. This isn’t the opportunity for you to realize your landscaping dreams. Consider a new paint job using a colour scheme that highlights the character of your home.

Install a new front door or at least update your door’s hardware. Even something as simple as full and healthy planters can make a favourable impact.

One of the easiest ways to improve curb appeal is to have a clean and tidy front yard with a manicured lawn.

Maybe this is the opportunity to invest in some new tools to help do the job properly. The best part about this type of investment is that not only will your plants and lawn look better with edging, pruning and cutting, you also get to take your new tools with you once you’ve sold your home.

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CHEO award goes to group that helps special needs kids Program offers relief for parents, social interaction for youth Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

News - A youth program that has run in Orléans for more than 20 years was recently recognized by CHEO for helping children with special needs.

The Gloucester Association for Children with Special Needs accepted the CHEO Healthy Kids Award in the category for helping special needs on March 26.

The awards were presented by CHEO staff, the prime minister’s wife, Laureen Harper, and Mayor Jim Watson.

Youth, ages seven to 25, attend the programming, which is held each Saturday at the Bob McQuarrie Recreation Complex.

“We`re a unique program,” said association president Jamie Larkin.

“We’re probably one of the only city-funded programs that provide one-on-one (staff to participant ratios).”

The program functions with six staff and 20 volunteers. The participants go swimming, play games, and participate in crafts, activities and outings.

Larkin said that while parents benefit from the relief on the weekends for time to complete groceries or other errands, the benefit is really for the program participants.

“It’s great for the kids because it provides social interaction between other children and

youth,” he said. “It’s also very beneficial for the volunteers. They learn a lot about values and ethics and how to work with kids with special needs.”

He said most of the volunteers are high school students and the program participants look up to them.

The program runs for three hours, and costs $600 for 10 months, September through June.

The $600 doesn’t cover the full cost of the program, crafts and outings, so the money awarded by CHEO will go into a general fund.

“We’re always at a shortfall, so that $500 will be well used,” he said.

Larkin said there are currently 20 youth in the program, and there is capacity for 24, so additional spaces are available.

And while the main program is based out of Orléans, the group has also begun to run a sister program called Around the Campfire, in Kanata and Hintonburg.

They offer music programs, run by the same board as the GACSN, in partnership with the city. For more information on the assocation, visit www.gacsn.org.

Representatives of the Gloucester Association for Children with Special Needs accept the CHEO Healthy Kids Award for help for specials needs on March 26. The awards were presented by CHEO staff, Laureen Harper, the prime minister’s wife, and Mayor Jim Watson.

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News - Hospice Care Ottawa will celebrate its 10th annual Hike for Hospice on Sunday, May 4, and for the first time it will take place at its new location in the city’s west end.

This is the first time the west-end hike will not be held at Andrew Haydon Park, but instead will take place in south Kanata to help raise awareness about the hospice’s newest site – The Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice – and the services it provides.

“It’s an opportunity not only to raise money, but create public awareness in the community,” said Ruth Cameron, director of special events and site management. “We’re all looking forward to it. It’s really going to be great.”

The Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice, one of three sites under Hospice Care Ottawa, is a palliative care registered charity serving the residents of West Carleton, Kanata, Stittsville-Goulbourn, Nepean, Manotick and Kars.

The hospice is hoping to raise $150,000 between its three locations to help fund its operating costs.

“It raises the money for the programs and services we provide without charge,” said Cameron. “It’s also a fantastic opportunity for the

Hospice Care Ottawa is the result of the amalgamation of Friends of Hospice Ottawa and the Hospice at May Court and has three locations around the city: • Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice: 110 McCurdy Dr., Kanata • May Court Hospice: 114 Cameron Ave., Old Ottawa South • Central West Hospice, at 1400 Carling Ave., west Ottawa In Ottawa, hikes will be held at the Kanata location, from noon to 3 p.m., as well as at the May Court, from 9 a.m. to noon.

“The Hike for Hospice is a national event right across Canada,” said Cameron. “We’re really encouraging people and groups to get a team together and come out and join in.”

Hikes will feature a five-kilometre course, as well as a shorter route through the community.

The event is geared towards people of all ages and abilities, and the hike portion is an option but not mandatory, said Cameron.

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Father got out with the crank, and with the sweat pouring off his face, his arm flying off the crank on occasion, and the Model T, like a rebellious child refused to catch. It

“We aren’t going to traipse all over Renfrew when we get the car going and are ready to go home,” she said. “If we get the car going,” Audrey said, from under the silk scarf, which now covered her entire face except for her eyes, reminding me of a picture of someone from a foreign land in a book I brought home from the Renfrew Library.

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the sidewalk in front of Scott’s Hardware where the car had broken down. Mother waved to a few of them just as if it was an everyday occurrence to be stopped dead in the middle of the main street of Renfrew.

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Audrey offered me a nickel if I would change places with her. She wanted on the floor so no one would see her. I said I would consider it for a dime.

All she had was a nickel, so I stayed crouched on the floor.

Mother was fanning herself with her purse in the front seat, Emerson said he would meet us at Thacker’s Garage when Father got the car going, and Everett and Earl decided they would have a look in the Five and Ten Cent store.

Mother said everyone would stay exactly where they were.

Father behind the wheel started slowly down Raglan Street to Thacker’s garage.

It didn’t take long for Mr. Thacker to figure out what was wrong, and he circled the car, shaking his head, kicking the tires with the toe of his boot, and telling Father the car wasn’t long for this world.

Whatever Mr. Thacker did, the car was purring like a kitten when we pulled out of the garage, and Mother said she was sure we could manage without stopping for supplies for one week, and that the best thing we could do was head for Northcote.

You couldn’t hear what Mother was saying to Father in the front seat, but he pulled into Briscoe’s General Store on the way home. She said once we stopped, since we hadn’t spent any money in Renfrew, she saw no reason why we couldn’t all have an ice cream cone.

Father wasn’t taking any chances. While we five children and Mother traipsed into the store, Father stayed in the car with the motor running just in case the old Model T took another notion to give up the ghost.

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That meant our trips into Renfrew no longer meant hitching up the horse and cutter, or in some cases, the team and the flat-bottom sleigh every Saturday for our weekly supplies.

We were all so excited. Mother said she saw no reason why we five children couldn’t go in as well, since it was our first trip with the car that year. It didn’t take long for us to get out of our Saturday work clothes and into our next-to-Sunday-best, wash our faces, comb our hair, and make sure our necks were clean. Why anyone in Renfrew would give a hoot in Hades if the Haneman children had clean necks or not was a mystery to me.

The old car sure wasn’t much to look at, with one back door missing, a fender that was painted an entirely different colour from the rest of the car, and a hole as big as a pie plate in the back floor where I had to sit being the youngest, and from which point all I could see was the Northcote Side Road zooming by.

It was a lovely day for a first drive, Mother commented, as Father turned out of our lane, and passed Briscoe’s General Store. I could hear the purr of the engine, as he worked the lever under the steering wheel increasing the speed. It was a bone shattering ride over the washboard road, and the dust blew into the open car like brown clouds. My sister Audrey wisely brought a silk scarf, which she tied around her face. The rest of us covered our eyes as best we could.

Father cut the gas back as we headed down Raglan Street, looking for a place to park the Model T. And suddenly, just like the run-down of a windup

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News - More than 150 residents crammed Osgoode’s community centre to decry that a longstanding waterquality policy is destroying the rural way of life.

The issue erupted after the president of the Carleton Landowners’ Association, Shirley Dolan, used the open mic session at a February rural affairs committee meeting to request the city ditch water-testing requirements she says were never meant to be applied to single-lot severances.

If the water-quality guidelines aren’t met, the city can deny the severance of the lot. The guidelines have been used since 2009. The city has only denied three lot severances due to water-quality guidelines since 2004 – 1,673 severances have been approved in that time.

“Restricting severances is going to destroy the right to rural life,” West Carleton resident Adele Muldoon told the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee on April 4.

“It is the seniors of the rural area that will be hurt most if the city continues to implement the procedures now in place,” she said, because it’s common practice to sever a lot to build a home for aging parents to live in the same vicinity as their children in the community they’ve lived for most of their lives.

The provincial procedure, called D55, identifies the maximum concentration of contaminants in well water – both for health and aesthetic impacts. Those guidelines reflect the federal and World Health Organization’s standards for water quality – but some rural residents say they’re out of date.

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The problem, said people who came out to the April 4 meeting of the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee, is that the guidelines are 18 years old and don’t reflect the invention of technologies that can fix aesthetic problems with water, such as a high sulphur content.

“If the water that is coming out of the tap is clean, is safe, the city really has no business, according to the province, to regulate the water on private property,” Dolan said.

As long as the city’s Official Plan requires the guidelines to be met before granting the severance of a lot, the city can refuse those severances.

The committee asked for an information report on the guidelines but declined to pursue any changes. Instead, the committee will send a letter to the Ministry of the Environment, surrounding municipalities and other officials calling on the province to review and update the D55 procedure.

The rowdy crowd of 200 people – many from West Carleton – met the lack of action with jeers, including “Pass the buck,” “Shame,” and “Liar.”

Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson, who heads the rural affairs committee, said the water quality in different areas of Ottawa varies and it makes sense for the city to have some control over it to ensure water safety for residents. He worried about legal re-

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A growing crowd of around 200 people packed the Osgoode Community Centre on April 4 for a rowdy meeting discussing strict waterquality guidelines that need to be met before lot severances can be granted in Ottawa. percussions if the city granted a severance and the untested water made someone ill.

But Dolan pushed Thompson and the committee to consider what Prince Edward County did. That municipality ditched the guidelines and now requires consent agreements to be registered on the property’s title stating the county is not responsible for water-quality deficiencies.

The D55 issue flared up last year when the city refused a lot severance for a West Carleton landowner after he spent $17,000 to have a well drilled, tested and certified by an engineer, Dolan said. The water has treatable high sulphur content – an aesthetic, not health, issue. The Ottawa-Carleton Landowners’ Association got involved, but the hope the committee might take action was always slim, Dolan said.

She says the issue is all about control.

Dolan said she believes the city is misapplying the guidelines in a way that wasn’t intended by the Ministry of the Environment. She said she’s confirmed twice with ministry that the water-quality guidelines were never intended to apply to single-lot severances – ministry representatives said the guidelines were meant to be applied to communal wells that serve six or more lots.

Murray Chown, a prominent local development lawyer, agreed the city is too strict in its application of the D55 guidelines.

“The city doesn’t apply that flexibility. The city is much more rigorous in their application of those guidelines,” he said.

Thompson said the city has to work within the parameters of the province and urged concerned residents to lobby their MPP to support updating the guidelines.

Everyone agreed the D55 guidelines, which were drafted in 1995, are out of date and should be reviewed by the province.

Some of the residents in attendance pointed out the Osgoode Community Centre, where the meeting was held, doesn’t follow the same strict waterquality rules: the washrooms feature signs warning of high sulphur content in the water.

“Yes, there is a bit of an irony,” Thompson said.

Daphne Snell, a Kanata resident whose mother lives in the rural area and might one day choose to sever her property, said the City of Ottawa itself wouldn’t be able to offer clean drinking water to any of its residents if it wasn’t for technologies similar to ones that can be used to fix aesthetic water-quality issues being used to deny lot severances.

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She is self taught and originally started painting because she was inspired by her two daughters.

Now, a grandmother of four, she has a thriving career.

“I sell across Canada and have an annual show at Koyman Galleries,” she said, adding she probably completes 200 pieces a year.

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Mertikas came to Ottawa via her native Greece and now paints out of the studio in her house off Conroy Road.

She will be heading to Paris on April 6 to participate in an annual art show hosted by the Canadian Women’s Group in Paris. It will be held at the Canadian Culture Centre and led by Christine Donoghue, the wife of Canadian ambassador to France, Lawrence Cannon.

“I am really excited,” Mertikas said. “It’s going to be a great show.”

Aside from the opportunity to participate in the show, Mertikas said she has had a great year. Her work was also selected as the cover for a UNICEF Christmas card for 2014.

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By the time residents head to the polls on Oct. 27, Holmes will have served the ward for three decades.

While she still has her health and energy to burn, Holmes said it’s time for her to start enjoying life more. “I’ve been here for a long time. I think I need to get a life,â€? she said. “I just want to get out and see the world.â€?Holmes’ April 3 announcement that she would retire at the end of this term of council clears the way for a ďŹ eld of candidates who have already signed up to run for her role. “I think the rumour was out. Certainly, I’ve been here for a long time,â€? Holmes said.

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Barry Holmes, president of the legion branch in Winchester was on hand to give a $7,100 cheque to the hospital. The funds will go to purchase a slit lamp – an important piece of optical diagnostic equipment for the hospital’s emergency department.

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Community - Buildings around the world were lit up blue on April 2, but at Mary Honeywell Elementary School it was the students who went blue for World Autism Awareness Day. In fact everyone at the school made an effort to wear something blue, not just to promote greater awareness of autism, but to support the school’s students with autism.

Mary Honeywell includes four of the public school board’s 14 elementary classrooms for children with autism. While awareness at the school itself is strong due to the integration of students in main stream and autistic stream classes, greater awareness in society is an important goal said autistic class teacher Sharon Lyng.

“One in every 110 children has autism,” said Lyng. “It’s really out there and it’s really important to be aware and understand how we can involve them.”

That has been the philosophy at Mary Honeywell, she said.

Autism is a disorder that effects a person’s social and communicative abilities, but to many varying degrees.

While some children with autism speak well, others don’t speak at all, have problems dealing with change, understanding other’s feelings and figuring out social cues.

That means a different emphasis on their education, said Lyng.

“It’s more of a functional curriculum,” she said. While students with autism are taught math, language arts and other academic skills, they are also taught fine and gross motor skills, personal safety, self awareness, hygiene and life skills.

But social skills are some of the most important for students to learn, said Lyng. Luckily, the school has hundreds of specialists on the case.

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Just about every student at Mary Honeywell Elementary School poses for a picture in blue clothing, with the school’s students with autism holding a banner they made to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on April 2.

“Other students are the best teachers because they are the same age, they have the same awareness and understanding and likes and interests,” said Lyng.

To that end, the school’s students with autism are involved in every activity the school puts on along with main stream students, in addition to other programs like a buddy reading program and a culinary program where students from both streams

learn to cook together.

Beyond programming, both streams of students go to recess together, giving them both a chance to learn how to deal with social situations.

“It’s really great to see them socialize and really play together,” said Lyng.

Mary Honeywell’s four classes for students with autism include a teacher and two educational assistants each, and six students per class. But, be-

cause autism affects people in varying degrees, some students with autism are in the main stream program.

While the team of educators in the school’s autistic program do a great job, it’s a team approach on the part of the while school, students included, that has the greatest effect, said Lyng.

Getting to see the effect of that team approach is one of the best parts of her job, she said.

“They come here sometimes and they have no verbal skills, and then to see them talking and making different noises and interacting with the kids, that’s just amazing to see.”

And there is always room for her students to keep growing, she said, whether that be with something like math or making friends.

“There is no cap as to their knowledge. There is always potential for more growth, more learning.”

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Grade 12 student Natasha Gaucher acts out the role of Eliza Doolittle during a rehearsal at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School. The students present My Fair Lady from April 9 to 11.

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Arts - Flower salesgirl Eliza Doolittle will come to life in Orléans, as the theatre group at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School puts on the musical My Fair Lady.

The performance runs from April 9 to 11 at the school, and includes Grade 9 to 12 students as well as the school’s pit band.

Students will tell the story of Eliza Doolittle, who sells flowers and takes lessons to perfect her British accent from Henry Higgins, in an attempt to be a high class woman.

“It’s a play about phonetics and feminism,” said Grade 12 student Natasha Gaucher, who plays Eliza Doolittle. “It’s about trying to turn Eliza into a proper lady.”

The school puts on an annual spring performance, which involves not only student actors,

but musicians and costume designers.

Henry Higgins is played by Grade 11 student Ryan Griffith. He and Natasha both said the hardest part of learning My Fair Lady has been mastering the singing.

The first time they ran through the play, it took about three hours, but the students are working on cutting it down to be under twoand-a-half hour show.

Many students who took part last year graduated, so this year’s cast is heavy on junior students in grades 9 and 10.

“It’s a new experience for them, so we need to teach them how it works,” Natasha said.

“But I love this musical, it has a great story.”

Ryan said the school has put on several other fun performances, like the Wizard of Oz, but he thinks My Fair Lady will be their one of his top.

“It’s the best (performance) we’ve done so far,” Ryan said. “It’s a lot of fun.”

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Enterprising teens make socks and money High school business solves clothes-eating washer problem Adam Kveton adam.kveton@metroland.com

Community - The theories that attempt to explain how a pair of socks can enter a washer or dryer and come out minus one are numerous and wild.

While some propose a wormhole or an alternate dimension is the reason for their lost sock, others claim their washer or dryer is indeed sentient and feeding on their clothes. But no matter how complicated the theories get, the solution is simple says a group of entrepreneurs from Earl of March Secondary School: socks with snaps.

That’s the idea that has netted this student startup more than $1,000 in sales since mid-February. The company, named Enssemble, is currently leading in a competition with three other Ottawa

school-based companies – one at Glebe Collegiate (Band.

It), another at John McCrae (#Qualitee) and the third at De La Salle (Creaculte).

While Band.It’s headbands, #Qualitee’s custom hashtag T-shirts and Creacutle’s plant pots are having success of their own, it’s the socks that are taking a step ahead of the others.

Diyang Lu, who spearheaded the entrepreneurship club at Earl of March, explained how he and a group of 24 students came up with socks with snaps.

After brainstorming a laundry list of product ideas, the company narrowed it down to three possibilities: light switch covers, customizable iPhone cases and the socks.

It was a combination of cost efficiency and aiming at a lucrative target market that narrowed the list down, said Diyang.

“For the iPhone case, it was a very narrow target market and there wasn’t very much room for expansion and there was a lot of competitors already,” he said. Also, they weren’t able to keep the iPhone’s sleek, stylish design with their homemade case.

As for the light switches, there are just too many different styles of switches to try and accommodate.

“Whereas the sock idea, we could have different sizes, women’s, men’s, and the thing is a snap is a simple idea. It is easy to use, easy to make and people can see the point to it,’ said Diyang.

After testing their design in both washers and dryers to make sure a small metal snap on a pair of socks was enough to foil a hungry washer or the alternate dimension contained therein, the group went into production.

“Our first sale came midFebruary,” said Diyang, at a parent auction night at Earl of March. Though the company projected to only sell 10 pairs ADAM KVETON/METROLAND on its first try, twice as many Enssemble business partners and Earl of March students show off their company’s ended up being sold, and the product, socks with snaps, at the school on April 2. company received some valu“It’s not all about making to return to Costco and pump sizing the snaps. able feedback.

The sales day at Costco has up sales even more. Though money, it’s to make sure that Now the company has sold its product at Carling- been the most lucrative for the each student involved in the everybody involved undercompany is a shareholder, the stands the process of it; sales, wood Mall, Costco and Place company, said Diyang.

“We sold out half way endeavour isn’t about making marketing, production, every D’Orléans. Along the way, aspect,” he said. “If you ask they have refined their product through the allocated time giv- money.

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Fernbank Road and Shea Road Roundabout Re-Commencement of Construction

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Scheduling Construction of the Fernbank Road and Shea Road Roundabout project is scheduled to restart in April 2014. Last year the realignment of the north leg of Shea Road by approximately 90 metres to the east was completed. This year a single lane roundabout at Fernbank Road and Shea Road is to be constructed. This project is to be completed by the end of the summer of 2014.

The new roundabout will eliminate the offset between the north and south legs of Shea Road on Fernbank Road. It will also eliminate the stop controlled intersections at the two Fernbank and Shea intersections.

April 15 to May 15

Please be advised that construction scheduling is subject to changes due to weather conditions, unforeseen conditions, and availability of resources.

Reinstatement of Private Landscaping Features Any damage to your lawn or driveway as a result of the City’s work will be repaired as soon as possible during construction, at no cost to you.

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Special Assistance Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please contact the undersigned.

On-Street Parking In the event that access to your driveway is restricted due to construction activities, a Temporary On-Street Parking Permit (orange form) will be distributed to permit on-street parking within two blocks of your residence.

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Construction Disruptions The Contractor will take every precaution to minimize interruptions to the everyday life of your family and/or operation of your business, but as you can appreciate, there may be some inconvenience during the course of the operation of the work, such as delays and traffic detours when travelling through the construction zone, noise, dust and vibration. We would like to thank you for your patience and co-operation.

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CITY OF OTTAWA CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COMBINED SEWAGE STORAGE TUNNEL NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDENDUM In February 2013, the City of Ottawa completed a ‘Schedule C’ Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to develop a preferred solution and functional design for additional storage of combined sewage in the ultimate combined sewer area of Ottawa. In 2013, Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST) Environmental Study Report (ESR) was completed.

The preferred design of the CSST consists of an east-west tunnel (EWT) through the downtown core from LeBreton Flats to New Edinburgh Park and a north-south tunnel (NST) along Kent Street from Catherine Street to the existing outfall north of Wellington Street. The 2013 ESR concluded that the preferred design for the NST would include a construction staging area in St. Laurent Square.

After consultation took place during preliminary design of the CSST in 2014, it was determined that the CSST could be extended south to Chamberlain Street for an alternative construction staging area for the NST. The resulting change in the preferred construction staging area requires additional property. An addendum is required to evaluate the potential environmental implications.

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News - Rural Ottawa South Support Services is inviting the public out for music and fun to support their work in the community.

The group is hosting two events in May. The first one is the Gala in the Gower – a fundraising event at the Cornerstone Wesleyan Church in North Gower on May 2. The second is the Manotick Musicale on May 3 at the Manotick United Church.

Both events are set to start at 7:30 p.m. and will feature the stylings of the Village Singers and the Manotick Brass.

This is the second year the event will be hosted in North Gower, Mary Acton-Bond, with ROSSS, said.

The Village Singers is a group of volunteers that lends its musical talents to not-for-profit events.

According to the group’s website, The Manotick Brass Ensemble was formed in 2003 by Kazimier Samujlo and Martin Luce. Manotick Brass performs as a regular brass quintet with the extra players allowing flexibility to meet specific program needs. The ensemble practises every Tuesday evening at Knox Presbyterian Church in Manotick.

Tickets for each show are $20 each and can be purchased at the Client Centre at 8243 Victoria St. in Metcalfe or at the Cornerstone Wesleyan Church in North Gower.

World-class harmonica player to play St. James Jennifer McIntosh By this Notice, the Addendum is being placed on the public record in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Engineers Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (2000, as amended 2007 and 2011). Please note that only the changes proposed in the Addendum are open for review.

A copy of the Addendum report, and the 2013 ESR, will be available for viewing at the following locations: http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/sewers-and-wastewater/combined-sewer-overflows City of Ottawa, Client Service Centre: 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa Public Library, Hazeldean: 50 Castlefrank Road Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson: 100 Malvern Drive Ottawa Public Library, Main: 120 Metcalfe Street Ottawa Public Library, Orléans: 1705 Orléans Boulevard The 30-day public review period begins April 3, 2014. Written comments* may be submitted until May 5, 2014 to: Randy Dempsey, Project Manager Infrastructure Services Dept.

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Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8 Phone: 613-580-2424 ext 14102 Fax: 613-560-6064 E-mail: Randy.Dempsey@ottawa.ca If concerns arise during the prescribed review period that cannot be resolved through discussions with the City of Ottawa, a person or party may request that the Minister of Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order). This request must be received by the Minister, at the address listed below, prior to May 5, 2014. A copy of the request must also be sent to the City of Ottawa at the address listed above. If no request is received on or before the end of the review period, the City will proceed with detailed design and construction as presented in the Addendum.

Minister of the Environment 77 Wellesley Street West 11th Floor, Ferguson Block Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 This Notice issued April 3, 2014. *Information will be collected in accordance with Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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News - Carlos del Junco, a world-class harmonica player and blues musician, will hit St. James Anglican Church on May 4 to raise money for the Karen Refugee Sponsorship Program.

The Manotick Karen Refugee Sponsorship Program is led

by St. James volunteers with help from several other churches and community groups in the village. For the last couple of years, the committee has been working to raise enough money to bring a needy family to Canada from where they live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border.

The Karen people have been fighting for independence from Myanmar since the 1940s, and as a result the country is embroiled in the world’s longest-running civil war.

Thousands of Karen people have been forced to flee to refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, where they’ve lived for decades. Some children were born in the camps and have lived there their entire lives. Those who are still inside Myanmar live in constant fear that their village or camp will be attacked, said Joan Bowler, one of the organizers, adding there is little access to proper education, healthcare or nutrition.

Del Junco played with the Valdy concert in Manotick last fall,” Bowler said. “He is truly amazing. He can make the harmonica sound like bagpipes or a violin.”

His band, the Blues Mongrels, will also join him on stage.

The Karen Refugee Sponsorship Program has reached $30,000, Bowler said.

“We are getting close to our $35,000 goal, which is what we need to look after our Karen family from a Thailand refugee camp,” she said.

Del Junco was nominated for a Juno in 2010 and was named Harmonica Player of the Year eight times between 1997 and 2013. His latest CD – Mongrel Mash – has received rave reviews from critics.

The show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on May 4. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling Bowler at 613-692-2900 or visiting st.james.eventbite.ca.

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DocFest 2 raises more than $30,000 for hospital foundation Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

News - A night of comedy and entertainment hosted by physician Dr. Gerry Heyman raised more than $30,000 for the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation.

DocFest2 – which built on the successful event in 2010 that raised $34,000 to boost the WDMH’s ophthalmology unit – was held at Russell High School on March 29 and boasted 300 attendees.

The evening, hosted by the Russell Lions Club, included skits and dancing by Dr. Heymans. It also included a zombie Michael Jackson re-enactment and a performance by father and daughter duo Duke’s Garage Duet and a tongue-in-cheek presentation of Russell’s bid for the next Winter Olympics.

The evening was meant to help raise funds to purchase equipment for the hospital’s obstetrics unit. One piece of equipment on the hospital’s wish list was a Panda Warmer – used to keep infants warm after they’re born.

More than 640 babies were born at the hospital in 2013 and the number is expected to grow this year.

At the close of DocFest 2 a cheque for $30,010 was present to foundation board members and hospital CEO Cholly Boland.

“We are very grateful to the DocFest 2 Organizing Committee, Dr. Heymans and to the Russell Lions Club,” said Karen Thompson, with the hospital foundation. “This gift will help to ensure that WDMH mothers and their newborns will continue to enjoy the best obstetrics care in the province.” Further donations are expected to bring the total raised even higher.

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Marc Bourque, president of the Russell Lions Club, Ted Morrison, Lion’s Club member and Henry Staal, chair of the DocFest 2 Committee present a cheque to Winchester District Memorial Hospital Members Tom Deacon and Karen Thompson, as well as hospital CEO Cholly Boland.

Spring street sweeping begins April 14 City-wide sweeping operations including concentrated street sweeping City wide street sweeping includes daytime and night-time work that will cause some noise and dust. The City of Ottawa Noise By-law allows for this service to be performed during night-time hours.

Public Meetings All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for e-mail alerts or visit Public Meetings and Notices on ottawa.ca, or call 3-1-1.

Monday, April 14 Ottawa Public Library Board 5 p.m., Ben Franklin Place (The Chamber) – 101 Centrepointe Drive Wednesday, April 16 Transit Commission 9:30 a.m., Andrew S. Haydon Hall Thursday, April 17 Community and Protective Services Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room R0012635323-0410 Ad # 2013-12-6057-22760-S_en

If vehicles are parked on the street, the un-swept area is noted and crews must then return to sweep that portion. Your patience and cooperation in keeping vehicles off the streets during the spring cleanup is appreciated.

The dates of street sweeping are weather dependant. Annually, the City sweeps over 6,500 kilometres of roadway and over 2,000 kilometres of sidewalks to keep Ottawa clean and green.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, April 22, 2014– 9:30 a.m.

Visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401) for more information about street cleaning schedules and operations.

Concentrated street sweeping operations for downtown core, Vanier, New Edinburgh, Sandy Hill and the Glebe Daytime and night-time on-street parking restrictions will be in effect from Monday, April 14 to Thursday, April 17 for the downtown core, Vanier, New Edinburgh, Sandy Hill and the Glebe. The following applies to all vehicles including those with on-street parking permits:

The items listed below, in addition to any other items previously scheduled, will be considered at this meeting which will be held in the Champlain Room, City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa. To see any change to this meeting agenda, please go to Ottawa.ca.

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Hope for All Nations Church Sharing the Wonderful Hope in the Gospel of Christ Jesus

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Friday April 11th Bible Study at 10:00 Sunday, April 13th Palm Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Triumphant Entry...â&#x20AC;?

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Worship - Sundays @ 6:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist Sunday 8:00 & 10:30 am Wednesday 10:00 am Play area for children under 5 years old 934 Hamlet Road (near St Laurent & Smyth Rd) 613 733 0102 www.staidans-ottawa.org

Dominion-Chalmers United Church Sunday Services Worship Service10:30am Sundays Prayer Circle Tuesday at 11:30 Rev.10:30 Jamesa.m.

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April 17th Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m.

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April 20th Easter Sunday Sunrise Service 8:00 a.m.

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Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM

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Ministry: Rev. Andrew Jensen, BA, MDiv 25 Gibbard Ave., Ottawa, Ont. K2G 3T9 Near Knoxdale / Greenbank (613) 829-2266 www.knoxnepean.ca Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. (Nursery Available) Tuesday Craft Group: 9:00 a.m.

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Fire-proof your home

Here’s how and what to expect

(NC) - It is always important to employ fire safety procedures in the house, but it is especially important as warmer temperatures return.

“Your home is a major investment, both financially and emotionally,” says Royal LePage broker Steve Gray. “That’s why it’s crucial that you take measures to fireproof it.”

Gray recommends the following five tips for ensuring the safety of your family and material possessions: 1. Avoid plugging too many electrical appliances into one outlet. Overloaded outlets can cause house fires. In fact, in the United States, an estimated 5,300 residential fires annually are caused by overloaded outlets.

2. Sleep with bedroom doors closed. A bedroom window can serve as a fire escape route. As such, keeping the doors closed to sleeping areas to isolate smoke and heat will provide more time to escape.

3. Routinely check electrical appliances for irregularities. Be sure to replace or repair any malfunctioning appliances. Whether gas or electric, appliances need a careful watch.

(NC) - If you register a telephone or fax number on Canada’s Do Not Call List, yet still receive telemarketing calls more than 31 days after you registered, you can file a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

If you decide to file a complaint, here are some things to keep in mind: • The CRTC investigates complaints, and while investigators do not follow up personally with every consumer, they may contact you if they need further information.

• When filing a complaint, you must provide as much detail as possible, in-

cluding the telemarketer’s name and number, the date of the call, the nature of the complaint and your contact information. If the complaint relates to a fax, you will need to send a copy of the fax to the CRTC. • You can withdraw your complaint at any time by contacting the CRTC (although it may continue to investigate the matter).

• While the CRTC will not comment on the status of ongoing investigations, it does report on concluded investigations on its website.

• If the CRTC finds a violation has occurred, it will act to bring the offender

into compliance and may impose penalties of up $1,500 per violation for individuals and up to $15,000 per violation for corporations.

• Sometimes telemarketers use “spoofing” which is not an acceptable business practice. Spoofing is when a business hides it’s actual telephone number. Be sure to ask for a call back number when you have the telemarketer on the phone.

More information, including a summary of the National DNCL Rules and the Telemarketing Rules, is available at www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca.

You can also file a complaint at the website, by phoning 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625) or by placing a TTY call to 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-3625889).

RAISING FUNDS TO HELP KIDS WITH CANCER THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM & LEBRETON FLATS WITH

LANE REDUCTIONS/ROAD CLOSURES IN EFFECT:

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SUNDAY MAY 4 2014

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HERON ROAD (Prince of Wales Dr. to Riverside Dr.) 8 AM - 11:30 AM | Lane reductions Prince of Wales Dr. to Riverside Dr. VINCENT MASSEY PARK ACCESS 8 AM - 11:30 AM RIVERSIDE ROAD (Heron Rd. to Hogs Back) 8 AM - 11:30 AM | Southbound lane reduction Heron Rd. to Hogs Back Rd. HOGS BACK (Riverside Dr. to Prince of Wales Dr.) 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Westbound lane Riverside Dr. to Colonel By Dr. COLONEL BY DRIVE 8:30 AM - 12:15 PM SUSSEX DRIVE 9 AM - 12:30 PM | Rideau St. to Rockliffe Pkwy. Local access to Notre Dame Basilica from St. Patrick St. ROCKCLIFFE PARKWAY 9 AM - 12:30 PM | Sussex Dr. To St. Joseph Blvd. Local access to Aviation Museum and Rockliffe Flying Club from Aviation Pkwy.

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Greek salad kabobs loaded with vegetables Lifestyle - Kabobs are a fun, quick and easy way to serve vegetables. Turn them into a meal by adding cooked, cubed pork or lamb and serve in a pita. Preparation time: 15 minutes.

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There was plenty of activity on April 6 as the Ruddy Family YMCA hosted a zumba fundraising event for the Y Strong Kids Campaign. The event raised money to cover or subsidize the cost of children participating in programs offered at the YMCA-YWCA. Participants were led by cheerleaders from the Ottawas RedBlacks.

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Meet Kernels (A161415), a three-year-old bichon frise, is looking for a forever home to call his very own.

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River authority celebrates $1.3 million in conservation work Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

News - One of the key highlights in the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority’s 2013 annual report was $1.3 million in conservation projects to improve water quality.

RVCA chair Ken Graham called 2013 an impressive year for the authority, bringing significant, on-theground efforts throughout the 4,000 square kilometre watershed.

“The Conservation Authority continues to bring quality, cost-effective programs and services to its watershed municipalities and residents,” Graham said. “It’s a pleasure to see such valuable, relevant work being done throughout the Rideau watershed.”

The authority invested $1.3 million in conservation work done on private land to improve water quality. There were also several other projects that included funds and the work of volunteers made the reports highlights, including: • 238,450 trees planted (4.6 million planted since 1984) • 60,000 visitors to conservation lands • 5,000 students enjoyed Baxter Conservation Area’s Outdoor Education Programming • 2,760 hectares of conservation

land protected in the Rideau watershed • 1,167 hours from 329 volunteers invested in Ottawa’s City Stream Watch program to research and cleanup city streams • 431 septic re-inspections completed in participating municipalities • 360 hours donated by more than 25 volunteers to help monitor and sample Watershed Watch lakes • 45 stream sites sampled to test water quality • 42 kilometres of trails maintained for public use • 39 lakes monitored for nutrients, E. coli and other parameters • 36 shorelines naturalized through the Shoreline Naturalization Program • 8 invasive species removals on tributary streams • 5 stream cleanups hosted covering 3.5 kilometres.

Graham said the conservation authority finds creative ways to get the job done.

“For every $1 from our member municipalities, RVCA is able to convert that into 42 through grants, fundraising and other unique partnerships. Today’s investment in our watershed health will ensure a sustainable future – one where healthy human communities are part of our vibrant natural communities.”

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A smashing good time Mayor Jim Watson, centre, smashes a guitar as Coun. Bob Monette, left, and MP Royal Galipeau, right, look on. The guitar smashing was part of the grand opening of the Orléans School of Rock on March 29.

The music school is located on St. Joseph Boulevard. Students will present community performances, performing in groups as rock bands.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: Ottawasouth@metroland.com will donation.

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April 11, 12 Spring Nearly New Book Sale will be held at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (April 11) and 9 to 11:30 a.m. (April 12). Pick out clothes for the entire family and find fashion pieces.

Amazing deals on household items. Choose from a wide selection of recent and vintage books sold at great prices. The proceeds fund the church. For more information call 613-733-3156 or visit rideaupark.ca.

The Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr., will host a talk, Websites and Sources for the First World War from 10 a.m. to noon. Discover websites and databases that will be useful in tracing your military ancestors and understanding the context for their experience of the Great War, in this hands-on session. Internet experience is required. For more information or to register call 613-580-2957 or visit biblioottawalibrary.ca.

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April 19

The Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library will host Nutrition for Women’s Health Through the Phases of Life, a discussion about how to best support women’s health in all stages of life using naturopathic medicine and nutrition. The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at the library, located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For more information or to register call 613-580-2957 or visit biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Pleasant Park Baptist Church will host Treasure Hunt In Motion Challenge, starting at 2 p.m. at 414 Pleasant Park Rd., Alta Vista. There will be a car rally and a treasure hunt open to everyone, which features an exploration of the Alta Vista and south Ottawa communities. The activity will be followed by pizza, prizes and a presentation

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April 20 Pleasant Park Baptist Church, 414 Pleasant Park Rd., will host a pancake breakfast from 9:30 to 11 a.m. followed by an Easter Sunday service.

April 21 Plant propagation workshop hosted by the Gloucester Horticultural Society starting at 7:30 p.m. Robert Glendinning, who has years of experience in grounds maintenance at the Central Experimental Farm, will conduct a workshop on how to propagate plants. Admission is free and pre-registration is required. For more information call 613-749-8897.

April 22 Strathcona legion will hold its annual general annual meeting and election of officers starting at 6:30 p.m. members are requested to attend and vote. The legion is

Strathcona legion will hold its annual spring Eno Vess Memorial Golf Tournament at the Hylands Golf Course.

The cost is $80 for legion members and $85 for nonmembers and includes 18 holes, a shared cart, lunch at the course, prizes and a steak dinner at the legion, located at 194 B Bank St. For more information and to register call 613-236-1575.

Ongoing Babytime: Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver, for ages 0 to 18 months, at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Session1: Jan. 13 to Feb. 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (no registration required).

For more information on these events, please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

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Ontario Senior Games 55+ Fundraiser and Membership Drive: In support of our seniors wishing to participate in the Senior Summer Games this August in Windsor.

The event will take place at Crystal View Lodge 6 Meridian Pl in Centrepointe 22 March from 11 am to 3 pm.

Meet past medal winners, 50/50 draws, live music and more. Call 613 225-4560 for further information.

Ottawa Newcomers Club is designed to help women new to Ottawa or in a new life situation acclimatize by enjoying the company of other women with similar interests.

We have morning, afternoon and evening events such as skiing, Scrabble, bridge, fun lunches, book clubs, gallery tours, dinner club, and crafts.

For more information, visit our website at www.ottawanewcomersclub.ca or call 613-860-0548.

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Toddlertime: stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver, 18-36 months, at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Session 1: Wednesdays, Jan. 15 to Feb. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (No registration required). For more information on these events, please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

Strathcona Legion Mondays: social euchre at 1 p.m., Wednesdays, social drop-in darts at 6:30 p.m. Friday dinner at 5:30 p.m. with entertainment at 7 p.m. (small cover).

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tawa Public Library. Session 1: Jan. 14 to Feb. 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (No registration required). For more information on these events, please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

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