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Fed site could ease affordable housing crisis: advocates Federal Study Centre eyed as prime site for mixed housing Editor’s Note: In this final installment of Metroland Media’s three-part series on the Federal Study Centre, advocates say the property could be a prime candidate for affordable housing.

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Nestled in a quiet residential neighbourhood, close to shops, transit, services and

abundant green space, the long dormant Federal Study Centre is considered prime real estate.

Its future has yet to be mapped out. The federal government will be finalizing the sale of the property at 1495 Heron Rd. to the Canada Lands Company this spring.

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for affordable housing if, in fact, the company decides to pre-design it as a residential community.

Ottawa South MP David McGuinty, whose riding includes the study centre, said while he “can’t pre-judge” how Canada Lands will design the site before it eventually sells it on the open market, he suspects there is opportunity for a mixed-use development, “which means housing very much might play a role in terms of how that’s going to be redeveloped.”

Affordability will be considered by the company.

“While working within the city, and within the municipal planning process, Canada Lands explores as a routine part of any project that includes a residential component the option of facilitating the integration of affordable housing as part of the overall development,” said spokeswoman Manon Lapensée.

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Suzanne Le, executive director of the Multifaith Housing Initiative in Ottawa, standing outside one of her organization’s affordable housing complexes in the city, says the best hope for mixed housing at the Federal Study Centre property lies with the city and the federal government working together.

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Metroland reporters earn provincial, national awards Project/Event/Breaking News category for its team coverage of the Parliament Hill shooting in October 2014.

The newspaper’s online and in-print coverage of the unfolding tragedy was extensive and the

national newspaper awards.

At the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Awards gala in Vaughan on April 22, Metroland Media’s Ottawa West News won third place in the Online Special

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The award recognizes the work of reporters Michelle Nash, Brier Dodge, Adam Kveton and Erin McCracken, columnists Charles Gordon and Brynna Leslie, an editorial by former news editor Matt Jay, and coverage by former Metroland reporters Steph Willems, Emma Jackson and Laura Mueller.

Halifax’s The Coast newspaper city editor, Jacob Boon, judged the category and said of Metroland’s online coverage, “Looking at the long operational tail on what was an international story of panic. Well done.”

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“This piece is also a smooth, tidy read with some excellent details and great quotes. Nice work Brier Dodge.”

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Adam Kveton, reporter-photographer with the Kanata Kourier-Standard, was honoured with a third-place win in the Arts and Entertainment category for his July 2015 story, titled, “Flying for the circus.”

Leading with a narrative-style approach that drops the reader into the midst of the action, Kveton’s coverage explored the acrobatic skill of Cirque du Soleil performers in advance of their show that summer at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Layne Christensen, editor of Vancouver’s award-winning North Shore News, judged the category and noted, “Adam Kveton’s great use of the delayed lead technique, which brought me into Le Grand Chapiteau right there with him.”

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As well, Ottawa South News reporter Erin McCracken won second place in the Best News Photo category for a front-page photo of slain soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s mother as she grieved over her son’s casket at the start of the funeral procession to Hamilton, Ont. in October 2014.

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3rd Annual Earth Day a Success!

On Thursday, April 21, I hosted my 3rd annual Earth Day celebration at the Greenboro Community Centre.

It was a pleasure to meet and speak with all the residents who came out to join me in learning more about this great eco-friendly day. A special thank you to our sponsors: Tim Hortons at 2495 Bank St. and Loblaws South Keys for refreshments, Giant Tiger for giveaway prizes, and Peter Knippel Garden Centre for our draw prizes.

Thank you as well to City of Ottawa staff, the Ottawa Food Bank, and Just Food for presenting and being on-hand to answer questions. Thank you to everyone who made this event a great success!

Reminder: Notice of Public Meeting for Development at 3095 Albion Road North Residents are invited to attend a public information meeting on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre (1265 Walkley Rd.) regarding a new development application.

The City of Ottawa’s Planning & Growth Management Department has received a combined zoning by-law amendment and site plan control application for a new mosque, school, and community centre located at 3095 Albion Road North.

The Ahlul-Bayt Centre of Ottawa is proposing to build a complex that includes a two-storey building (plus basement) with a total gross floor area of 6,860 square metres. The building will contain a mosque, an elementary school, and a community centre. More information can be found by visiting ottawa.ca/devapps and searching 3095 Albion.

Please contact my office at diane.deans@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2480 for any questions or comments.

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Judge Sarah Holmes, publisher and co-owner of B.C.’s Gabriola Sounder newspaper, said in her remarks, “A compassionate photo by Erin McCracken of a difficult time for the family, military and Canada.”

McCracken, a reporter-photographer covering communities from Eastway Gardens to Riverside South and Findlay Creek in several city wards including Alta Vista, Capital, River, Gloucester-Southgate and Gloucester-South Nepean, took third place in the Sport and Recreation Story category.

The win recognized her coverage of South Ottawa Mustangs football club coach, Paul Howard, a tireless volunteer who became the first Ottawa coach to receive the NFL Youth Coach of the Year award.

Remy Greer, sports reporter with Alberta’s award-winning Okotos Western Wheel newspaper, judged the entries and said, “Nice treatment by Erin McCracken on a tremendous individual in youth athletics.

The reader is left with a very good impression on who Howard is as an individual and his impact on the community.”

And in a national news competition, McCracken earned second place in the Best Spot

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Metroland Media East’s reporting and editorial team recently earned five community newspaper awards at the provincial level, and its reporters also won two national awards.

News Photo Coverage category, for community papers with a circulation of more than 12,500, in the 2016 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards.

The national award recognized McCracken’s front-page photo taken last year of a little boy standing in front of his Riverside South home playing with a toy, as Ottawa firefighters clean up following a fire that ravaged an attached unit

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As well, Metroland Media reporter Melissa Murray, who recently joined Metroland’s Ottawa news team as a reporter-photographer with the Ottawa West News, captured second place at the national level for Outstanding Reporter Initiative in the 10,000-plus circulation category.

Murray was recognized for her three-part series titled, “The waiting game,” which she

wrote as a reporter with Metroland’s Kitchener Post publication.

“Quality journalism is alive and well and Metroland’s Ottawa community newspapers are clear examples of that,” said Metroland East managing editor Theresa Fritz.

“I am very proud of the calibre of work done in our newsroom and the fact those efforts have been recognized at the provincial and national level.”

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‘Every project is unique’: Lapensée Continued from page 1

“Every project is unique and there are no ‘cookie-cutter’ approaches,” she said.

Making room for different income levels would be ideal, said Suzanne Le, executive director of the Ottawa-based Multifaith Housing Initiative, a charitable coalition of faith communities that owns affordable housing properties.

“Any chance that we have to have more affordable housing, absolutely, it’s something we’d love,” she said.

It’s not just about chipping away at the city’s centralized wait list for affordable housing, which currently has more than 10,000 names, but about ensuring affordable units are an automatic component of new residential communities.

“It is also the notion that every neighbourhood that we build should be that kind of mixed income, mixed tenure kind of community,” said Mike Bulthuis, executive director of the not-for-profit Alliance to End Homelessness

Ottawa.

“If we believe that everyone has the right in the city to live where they want to live then we have to create those options across the city.”

It will be important to advocate that this property reflect that blend, said Le. “Even if it’s something we would not look at ourselves, it would be our strong hope that – and we would really encourage – the government to consider housing when looking at the redevelopment of this property.”

Her coalition is now working to secure a small corner parcel of land at the Canada Lands-owned former CFB Rockland where Ottawa’s first purpose-built 40-unit home for homeless military veterans will be built. It’s being acquired through the government’s Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative, said Le. BEST HOPE

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there be affordable dwelling units in new communities, new subdivisions.”

The challenge is in enforcement.

The city’s objective is to see 25 per cent of new residential builds earmarked for affordable units, but some have estimated that has never risen beyond 10 to 14 per cent.

“The funding is insufficient, the builders are not stepping up in a really meaningful way here in Ottawa,” said Bulthuis.

The city agrees it doesn’t have the power to force builders to set aside a certain number of new affordable units, or units eligible for rent subsidies.

“We encourage it, but achieving it is to some degree a negotiation,” Mizzi said.

The city has a number of incentives and strategies in place, such as encouraging the creation of mixed units with different price points, entering partnerships as a co-builder, and using Section 37 of the city’s planning act.

could happen here. In fact, I would half expect it would happen here,” she said of the study centre. “The best hope for this land to have some affordable housing component is through the city acquiring the land from the federal program.”

The city expects to conduct a conceptual planning study of the site in 2016, and has a goal to work with Canada Lands to flesh out concepts for the dozen buildings at the site, or the land itself, said Michael Mizzi, acting general manager of the city’s planning and growth management department.

Affordability won’t be a part of the initial discussion.

Rather, green space, building location and access roads will be looked at first.

“We, of course, want units in all developments where possible to be – at least a component of them – affordable,” Mizzi said. “It’s an objective of ours to have great mixed communities. Certainly the official plan encourages that

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Homebuilders balk at mandates Continued from page 5

Through this, the city can seek public benefits from a developer, such as parks and affordable housing, in exchange for allowing extra density and/or building heights.

“We’ve used Section 37 in the past, but at best it’s been maybe used a dozen times,” Mizzi said. “You can’t use it in every situation.”

MANDATING CHANGE

Both Le and Bulthus said the city may soon be given the power it has asked for in the past to ensure new builds include affordable units.

The province announced in March its intent to introduce a suite of changes, including proposed legislation that would give municipalities the option to mandate the inclusion of affordable housing units in new developments, known as inclusionary zoning.

While affordable housing advocates said this would be “a game changer,” John

Herbert, executive director of the 30-member Greater Ottawa Home Builder’s Association, said it’s just another tax that will have to be downloaded to new home buyers.

All three levels of government are responsible for the lack of affordable homes due to rising taxes and development charges, which have boosted the price tag for new homes and are downloaded to buyers, Herbert said.

Government taxes on new homes have climbed from three to 25 per cent in a very short time, he explained.

Likewise, development charges – charges developers pay the city to build – have also gone up 31 per cent in the past two years, not including an automatic annual increase of two to three per cent, Herbert said.

Inclusionary zoning would translate into “another tax,” he said.

It would require builders to raise prices for some buyers to offset the cost of units for those unable to pay full market price.

“It’s death by a 1,000 cuts,” Herbert said.

The answer to affordability is for all three levels of government to stop increasing taxes, he said, and not in relying on builders to solve a problem that isn’t theirs.

“If our leaders feel that affordable housing needs to be provided, it should be funded through the tax base at large,” said Herbert.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, who chairs the city’s planning committee, acknowledged affordable housing is “a very major issue” and that the city’s affordable housing targets are unenforceable.

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But inclusionary zoning won’t solve the city’s problems since the municipality doesn’t have control over variables that affect housing, such as income levels, she said.

“It’s not going to be a magic solution to the affordability issue, but it could be a tool that we may choose to

Mike Bulthuis, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, says it’s easy to say the Federal Study Centre won’t be the answer to the city’s acute affordable housing shortage, but that “we need to start looking across the board and finding bits of the solution where we can.”

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use.”

Given the city’s affordable housing crisis, new units can’t be built fast enough, said Le. “The average wait time varies from a few months to several years, however the average is 5.8 years,” Aaron Burry, general manager of the city’s community and social services department, confirmed in an email.

As well, there are more than 100,000 renter households in Ottawa, and one in five pays more than 50 per cent of their income towards housing, said Bulthuis.

Two in five are spending more than 30 per cent, making them eligible to be on the city’s affordable housing wait list.

However, it’s estimated that only a quarter of those eligible are actually on the list, he said.

Those shelling out more than half their income on rent are primed for a “housing failure waiting to happen,” Le said.

Bulthuis said it’s easy to say the Federal Study Centre property won’t be the answer to the housing shortage.

“But I think that’s in a

way one of our problems,” he said.

“We need to start looking across the board and finding bits of the solution where we can.”

A change of mindset is needed, he said.

“If we can move forward with the idea that 10 per cent of every project across the city has to include affordable housing, then we can start to see demonstrable change,” Bulthuis said.

“And the Federal Study Centre then becomes one part of that kind of change we can see across the city.”

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lmost every morning I get up, wipe the sleep dust from my eyes and put on my workout clothes. It’s a way of signaling to myself that I’m going to the gym.

I don’t always get there, but a good percentage of the time, just having my stretchy clothes and running shoes on is enough to get me moving, even if I substitute gym time for a walk around the block.

It has the added benefit of faking out the neighbours, who all think I’m super fit because I walk around in gym gear every morning.

When I started going to the gym last fall, I vowed I would go twice per week, minimum. Setting the bar low guarantees success.

This guarantee of success means I don’t have to feel

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse guilty if I miss a few days.

Achieving my weekly goal has the added benefit of encouraging me to stretch myself beyond the minimum.

On average, I hit the gym four times per week.

It’s my new addiction.

I know from experience, however, that it’s hard to get moving if you’re in the habit of being dormant, watching back-to-back episodes of Breaking Bad or otherwise binge-watching

Netflix. Sometimes the thought of having to meet the 150 minutes of physical activity per week recommended by health experts is too daunting.

But perhaps setting the bar low is a good way to start, suggest the findings from a new study In Britain’s medical journal, The Lancet. It turns out that 15 minutes of exercise each day – or 75 minutes weekly – may be all you need to increase your life span and

ward off disease.

In the study of 416,175 individuals conducted between 1996 and 2008, the researchers found that people in the low-volume activity group – those who engaged in just 15 minutes of moderate physical exercise daily — had a 14 per cent reduced risk of all-cause mortality and had a three year longer life expectancy than those in the inactive group.

Every additional 15 minutes of daily exercise beyond the minimum 15 minutes per day was found to reduce all-cause mortality by an additional four per cent, and all-cancer mortality by one per cent.

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines recommend adults exercise 30 minutes daily, or 150 minutes weekly. It’s not that much when you think

about it. Yet, 61 per cent of adult Canadians are failing to meet that target.

and it’s very likely that getting people into the habit of regular exercise will

In the past, I’ve criticized public health folk for reducing minimum exercise recommendations. But I may have been wrong.

In the past, I’ve criticized public health folk for reducing minimum exercise recommendations.

But I may have been wrong. Perhaps reducing the recommended amount would encourage more people to get moving, just a little bit.

Fifteen minutes daily is a much less daunting number than 30 minutes,

encourage them to increase the amount over time.

If the findings in The Lancet translate to the general population, it may be time for yet another shake-up of the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines.

In the meantime, hitting pause on Netflix this evening and taking a brisk walk surely can’t hurt.

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Code of conduct should not target dissent Ottawa Carleton District School Board chairwoman Shirley Seward and all but two trustees have finally got their code of conduct for school board trustees ready to bring the hammer down on those who don’t play well with others.

There was really only one holdout when the board’s newly developed code of conduct was passed at a committee of the whole meeting, and that was trustee Donna Blackburn. The other trustee who didn’t support the code abstained from voting.

The board takes an official vote on the matter on April 26.

The fact Blackburn didn’t support the code after she made an attempt to make sure such a code could not be used to silence dissent was defeated is not surprising considering Blackburn, and some of the comments she has made in the past, have rubbed many of her colleagues the wrong way.

Having a code of conduct for school board trustees seems perfectly reasonable, but the devil is in the details. And one detail of this code is the rather open ended definition of conduct the code

will police.

Blackburn says she is worried the code will be used as a tool to silence dissent, and despite what Seward says, that’s a valid concern. “It’s the same set of behaviours we expect from our staff and our students,� Seward said.

But there is a big difference between what is expected of staff and students and what should be expected of trustees who are elected representatives of the people.

Yes it is perfectly reasonable to expect trustees to treat each other with respect, and have rules governing such things as harassment.

But anything that even hints at being a means of stifling dissent is problematic.

If Trustee A thinks a decision of Trustee B is wrong, they have every right, and in a democracy one can argue an obligation, to speak up and say so regardless of what other trustees think.

And considering that Blackburn’s motion to clearly state that a difference of opinion is not subject to some code of conduct test, was defeated, that is a worrying sign of how this code of conduct can be used in the future.

Safe injection sites might meet everyone’s needs

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t’s easy to understand why many people, including the mayor of Ottawa and the city’s chief of police, oppose a supervised injection site in the city.

The idea goes against all logic: you want people to stop being addicted to drugs, but you provide a place where they can have access to them.

It’s hard to get your head around that, yet many people have been able to do so, including reputable people in both the health and law enforcement fields, in Ottawa as well as elsewhere.

They argue, most importantly, that safe injection sites save lives.

They also point out that safe injection sites save money that would be spent dealing with people who overdose on the street or contract HIV and hepatitis C from infected needles.

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town The arguments are persuasive and they are backed up by examples, such as in Vancouver, where the safe injection site has worked well. But to move ahead with the plan in Ottawa influential people have to make the logical leap, accepting what seems to them a counter-intuitive proposal.

But North American society has gone the counter-intuitive route before.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, political decision-makers in the U.S. and Canada dealt with a scourge of alcohol-related crime by ending the prohibition of alco-

hol. Surely at the time many would have argued for tougher enforcement, rather than the legalizing of alcohol, but alcohol was indeed legalized. You wouldn’t say all alcohol problems were eliminated, but many were.

And of course we’re moving in the same direction with the federal government’s plans to legalize the use and sale of marijuana.

Lots of people oppose that, fearing it will make the drug too readily available, particularly to young people. But proponents take the opposite position — namely, that legalizing marijuana will make it easier to control the supply and distribution and possibly even reduce consumption.

The argument for safe injection sites is surely as logical as that, perhaps more so.

At the core of each of these issues is the notion of harm reduc-

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tion. We are stuck with a social problem — alcohol abuse, drug addiction — and we can’t eliminate it, try as we might. So we seek to minimize the damage. We regulate the sale of alcohol and impose certain restrictions on its consumption. Similar procedures will be put in place with regard to marijuana.

The safe injection site idea follows similar logic.

Ottawa’s mayor has argued, and he is not alone, that what is needed is not a safe injection site but more drug treatment centres, and that’s a good point.

But the difficulty is getting addicts to those treatment centres in the first place.

Perhaps the clinching argument is this: A safe injection site can also be a place where addicts are offered help from trained professionals to deal with their addictions.

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Paradoxically, that place could be the same place they go for their injections.

To paraphrase what they say in the movies, it’s so counter-intuitive it might just work.

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If you have a lead foot and make a habit of zipping too fast through Findlay Creek’s residential streets, consider yourself forewarned.

A series of traffic-calming measures are set to be introduced on a number of the south Ottawa suburb’s network of streets by the end of May in the hope that drivers will get the hint and ease up on the gas pedal.

The measures, including flex stakes that will be installed along centre lines, speed zones painted on streets and a temporary speed board, are being hailed by the Findlay Creek Community Association.

“Over the past year or so speeding on Findlay Creek Drive has been a concern,” said Findlay Creek resident Brad Nixon, who oversees the association’s transportation portfolio.

In fact, within that same time frame a couple of streetlight posts have been knocked down by vehicles that have gone off the road along that stretch, “which shouldn’t happen,” said Nixon.

The speed limit along Findlay Creek Drive is 50 km/h, but it’s not unheard of for motorists to be zooming along that east-west stretch at 60 or 70 km/h, said Nixon, who lives near

that route.

“You have a hard time imagining how somebody could be going that fast that they would lose control and take out some streetlights,” he said.

“If cars are going so fast that they’re going off the road and knocking over streetlights, that’s a concern for anybody to be around, whether they’re on the sidewalk, biking on the road or driving the other way.”

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“If cars are going so fast that they’re going off the road and knocking over streetlights, that’s a concern for anybody to be around.”

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Six flex sticks will be going in along Findlay Creek Drive, between Albion Road and Bank Street.

As well, two trafficcalming zone signs will be installed there, and the 50 km/h speed limit will be painted on the road in six locations.

Similar markings will be painted along Golden Sedge Way, Spartina Street, White Alder Way and Widgeon Way to remind people of the 50 speed zone. And on Willowmere Way, two

sets of roadway markings will highlight its 40 km/h limit.

“These are measures that have already been taken in some other communities, like Alta Vista, that have shown to be effective,” said Nixon. “Hopefully, they’ll be effective in Findlay Creek as well.”

The city tracks traffic complaints, allowing staff to identify areas where measures could prove effective, said Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish.

Riverside South and Barrhaven will also be getting similar traffic-calming measures over the next month.

“We’ll be working too on trying to do some educational campaigns with our Safe Roads Ottawa group at the city,” Qaqish said, adding that with nicer weather speeding tends to pick up since drivers tend to be more careful during the snowy winter months.

While it will be a challenge to get people speeding to curb their behaviour entirely, these measures are a good first step, he added.

The effectiveness of the new tools will be monitored, largely through feedback from local residents, and data collected by speed boards that will help paint a clearer picture.

“I think most of it should be effective, but obviously if it’s not we’ll find out quickly and we can adjust based on that,” Qaqish said, adding that if people feel the measures are not having a big enough impact, they should alert the city.

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Survey results reveal level of concern over Elmvale mall redesign erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Parking, traffic, building heights, road access and construction are the top concerns among hundreds of Elmvale Acres residents recently polled through an online survey about the proposed redevelopment of the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre.

Of the more than 630 households canvassed, more than 330 responded – representing almost 53 per cent – to the questionnaire organized by the new Elmvale Acres Community Association.

“I think it’s just worth noting all of the issues that were identified is something that the community is concerned about, and it is a very large proportion of the community,”

Marc Comeau, a vice-president with the association, said during a community meeting on April 24 at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church that was held to reveal the preliminary survey results.

The association now plans to analyze more than 200 comments that were submitted through the online process, develop recommendations and sit down with the RioCan property owner by the end of May to discuss the results.

The company is in the process of making changes to its proposal based on 97 comments submitted to Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier, and the shopping mall’s owner has asked to see the survey results before resubmitting its modified redevelopment application to the city at the end of

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Issues raised at the recent meeting also include potential long-term construction impacts, trucks on local streets and changes to the nearby transit station, as well as transparency. Some residents asked Cloutier for his opinion on the project.

“We need more rental housing.

We only have a four per cent vacancy rate,” the councillor replied. “My position is that the mall needs renewal and the city needs rental housing.”

Having lived in Alta Vista for 29 years, he insisted he and the community “have a common agenda,” and said any change in the commercial use of the property or plans for intensification should be to the com-

munity’s benefits.

However, Cloutier said he recognizes the consultation process didn’t get off on the right foot, saying a mass mail-out via Canada Post of more than 3,800 flyers advertising RioCan’s November open house did not reach many homes.

As well, organizers didn’t expect the more than 100 people who showed up to get their first glimpse of the design during that community meeting.

“I do acknowledge that this did not get off to the best start,” Cloutier said.

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“We have to work together with them in this process to get a favourable outcome, keeping in mind what we want as a neighbourhhood,” he told the approximately 60 residents who gathered for the meeting.

“And believe me, we will advocate for Elmvale Acres. I can guarantee that.”

Last November, RioCan introduced its plan to overhaul the design of the shopping centre at 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. over the next 20 to 25 years.

In addition to redesigning the layout of the mall, adding new retail businesses and strengthening several of the current commercial tenants, the pitch includes the phased-in addition of four apartment towers with heights of nine, 12, 22 and 26 storeys with 815 higher end one- and twobedroom rental units.

“It is because the retail environment is changing and it is to the advantage of the retailers that there be more (shoppers) with disposable income on site,” Cloutier said.

It’s not uncommon for projects to evolve over time, something that happens in many communities, especially one of this size, he said.

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The questions also veered off into the realm of campaign contributions, and whether Cloutier’s election campaign received money from RioCan (Cloutier said he received the $750 maximum) or any consultants involved in the RioCan project.

On that issue, Cloutier said he didn’t know.

One resident said there is “a huge discrepancy” between what the community wants and what Cloutier supports.

“Your views are for intensification and our views are for the opposite,” she said.

“I don’t see any disconnect or inconsistency,” Cloutier said.

In an interview following the meeting, Cloutier clarified his take on the redevelopment.

“I’m not for this proposal.

I had serious concerns about several aspects of the initial proposal,” he told Metroland. “Access/egress, density, height are issues.”

However, he said the proposal will be changed, and more community consultation will take place, possibly in June.

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About 60 Elmvale Acres residents listen to the preliminary results of an online survey about a proposed redevelopment for the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre during an April 24 community meeting at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church.

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Of those who responded to the online survey, 65 per cent said they are very concerned about the impact the redevelopment would have on residential street parking, while 26 per cent said they are somewhat concerned, and eight per cent have no concerns.

With regards to traffic vol-

umes on neighbourhood streets, 79 per cent are very concerned, 16 are somewhat concerned and three per cent have no concerns.

This paints a clear picture “that indeed this is a community level issue,” said the community association’s Comeau, whose profession involves data analysis.

“It’s not a few individuals living on certain streets here and

there. It’s quite significant.”

A proposed mall entrance realignment at the back of the property is also raising concerns.

One question asked for reaction to plans to realign mall access points on Othello Avenue to connect them directly to Chapman Boulevard and Hamlet Road. Sixty-one per cent expressed some level of disagreement.

Results on the topic of maximum building heights, which Comeau said is “probably a drum-roll moment” for Elmvale Acres residents, revealed that 9.3 storeys is the average building height respondents are comfortable with.

Of those who answered the questionnaire, 89 per cent said they are comfortable with no more than 12-storey buildings, 72 said they are comfortable with 10 storeys or less at the site, while 11 per cent said they are fine with buildings taller than 12 storeys.

Future construction work near residential homes drew an almost singular opinion: 93 per cent expressed some level of concern, Comeau revealed.

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The federal government’s Environment and Climate Change Minister and Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna spoke to the crowd about her trip to the Big Apple on April 22, along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Leaders from more than 150 countries signed the agreement, though many, including Canada, now have to ratify the agreement through their own governmental procedures.

Despite the agreement’s voluntary nature – countries set their own targets for reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases – the agreement has been touted as a sign of momentum gathering to stop climate change. “It was a thrilling moment,� said McKenna to the River Ward crowd at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre.

There were 175 nations that signed the agreement, setting a record for the most countries to sign an international agreement on one day, according to the United Nations.

Countries such as Zimbabwe and North Korea, in addition to the United Staes., Canada, China, which is the world’s top carbon emitter, and France, were among those that signed the agreement.

McKenna pushed the need for countrywide support to successfully respond to climate change, adding that appears to be happening now.

“We all are working together, all levels of government ‌ with community associations and all Canadians,â€? she said.

Over the next six months the federal government will be working with the provinces and cities to come up with a plan to meet Canada’s international commitments on climate action, said McKenna.

Other local politicians discussed some of the things happening at the municipal and provincial level, with Capital Ward Coun.

David Chernushenko touting the slow but steady increase in bike lanes and trails, and Bay Ward Coun. and deputy mayor Mark Taylor discussing the move to LED lighting for street lights.

River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington, who hosted the event, said the message on climate change has been received by the young who will be dealing with the repercussions of it.

Brockington said he met with students from kindergarten to Grade 8 at four different schools on April 22.

From all the kids, he said “there was an acknowledgement that the Earth is sick.�

While governments at various levels are working on how to deal with climate change, he said, “It’s an issue for all of us to grasp.�

The River Ward Earth Day event included an environment trade show featuring city services, an e-waste recycling drive, and a guided tour of the nearby McCarthy Woods.

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The occupants’ cars were not parked inside when the fire broke out.

“The occupants had attempted to put out the fire completely with an extinguisher,” said Capt. Danielle Cardinal, spokeswoman for the Ottawa Fire Department. “Our firefighters arrived on scene and completed with their (water) lines on that particular fire and then they checked the ceiling in the garage for extensions (or spreading).”

“They checked the roof as well,” she added.

Fire crews remained at the scene until 6:49 p.m. to help ventilate the structure of smoke and to remove items from the garage, said Cardinal, adding it was “a very quick interception.”

No one was injured in the incident. Ottawa paramedics were called to the scene as a precaution.

A fire investigator was not dispatched due to the minor nature of the fire. The cause of the fire and an estimated dollar loss value for damages were not available before press time.

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New police service model about reducing officer demand: Supt.

Jennifer McIntosh

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Residents, merchants and the Ottawa Police Association were among those that urged the Police Services Board to put the brakes on a plan to rejig the way officers are deployed on April 25.

The plan, called the service initiative program update, had a controversial element that includes reallocating resources such as beat cops, community policing functions and district traffic functions to a “front-line functional model.”

Acting Supt. Mark Ford, who presented the strategy, said it was about reducing the demand on officers.

“Our policing responsibilities will be carried out,” Ford said. “It’s about how we can be more efficient coordinating front line engagements.”

The plan got a failing grade from members of the public who spoke about the benefits of community policing in public engagement

ACTING SUPT. MARK FORD and crime reduction.

“If it ain’t broke,” don’t fix it,” said Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans.

Deans added she understands the need for Ottawa police to look at more efficient ways to deliver service, but didn’t understand the plan to “dismantle” the community-policing model, which she said was one of the most effective parts of the system.

Deans also said she thought public consultation was coming way too late in the process.

Ottawa Police Associa-

tion president Matt Skof expressed frustration that the association hasn’t been invited to the table to discuss the proposed changes.

He said the service initiative as its proposed, could face some challenges with respect to the collective agreement.

Cheryl Parrott spoke to the board on behalf of a number of community organizations, including the Hintonburg’s.

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in part to the community police officer.

She said the public was understandably nervous about changes since so little information is available.

“Five months to implementation doesn’t seem like a lot of time,” she said, adding residents are worried about the loss of their community police officer.

Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper said he sees the value of the community police officer.

“Things like crack houses don’t go away after one service call,” he said. “Sometimes it can take years, which is why it’s important to have specialized knowledge of the area” Leiper said the time to talk to the public is now.

Lucie Marleau, the Neighbourhood Watch Program Coordinator for Vanier, said the community police officer helped to find captains for a lot of the “dismantled” Neighbourhood Watch programs in the area.

“Without him, they would

be in tatters,” she said.

Jasna Jennings, the executive director of the ByWard Market Business Improvement Area, said with the complex mix of retail, shelters and social service organizations, there needs to be a single point of contact, with knowledge of the area.

“There are so many players, officers have to have a profound knowledge of the area,” she said.

Peggy DuCharme, executive director of the Downtown Rideau BIA, said that without a community police officer, there’s the danger of public apathy and unwillingness to report.

“You may see less calls for service,” she said.

Skof echoed the concerns of previous speakers.

“We hope the community understands that this will mean different service for areas like Vanier, Hintonburg and the market,” he said.

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, said it seemed like the plan was a done deal, and thought the public

should have the chance to engage in meaningful consultation.

Fleury, who has been vocal about the police services’ plan to stop responding to bylaw noise complaints unless there’s a threat to public safety, said he didn’t want to be blindsided like the community and protective services committee was upon hearing that officers would no longer respond to noise complaints.

Board chair Eli El-Chantiry took exception to the bylaw example, and said there’s been talk of stopping the practice of responding to noise complaints since 2013.

“To come here and say we haven’t heard this before is unfair,” he said.

But Fleury said it’s been hard for councillors who don’t sit on the board to get information.

Ford said a strategy for public consultation will come out in May. He added that police hope to role out the service initiative program in 2017.

Stuntman Stu finds a bone marrow donor Brier Dodge

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“Stuntman Stu” Schwartz announced his transplant team has found a bone marrow donor in a video posted to Facebook on April 21.

With a bald head from chemotherapy and tears in his eyes, the radio and Ottawa Senators host said he doesn’t know who the donor is, but thanked them for tak-

ing the time to get swabbed and offer to donate their bone marrow.

“It’s a completely unselfish act that many of you have done,” he said of people who have been swabbed and have registered to be donors.

“I thank you, our family thanks you. So whoever this person is, they’re somewhere in the world, you are saving my life.”

The Barrhaven resident

will get the bone marrow transplant in early May. “The next couple of weeks will be incredibly challenging for my body,” Schwartz said.

“There will be a host of things that are done to my body to prepare it for the bone marrow transplant, so I may not be out and about as much, and if you see me I will probably look like I’ve been beat up a little.”

Schwartz announced ear-

lier this year he had been diagnosed with leukemia.

The community has rallied around him, raising funds, getting swabbed, and using the #StuStrong

hashtag.

“We’re on the road to what I know is recovery,” he said.

Canadian Blood Services runs the OneMatch pro-

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“Stuntman Stu” Schwartz used Facebook to announce that he has found a bone marrow donor.

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The Montfort Hospital is looking to improve their quality of care and need English-speaking volunteers to help.

The hospital runs a patient partner program, which asks volunteers to voice their opinion on specific quality improvements the hospital could put in place. Currently, the programme has a number of Francophone volunteers, but program coordinator Chantal St-Cyr said they are desperately seeking Englishspeaking volunteers to participate.

“Its important to have their perspective and for them to share their experiences from our hospital,” StCyr said.

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It is important to have a working knowledge of French, St-Cyr added, as the meetings will be held in French.

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“The input and time you spend is completely up to you,” St-Cyr said, adding volunteers who may only have a weak understanding of French should still consider applying.

“You will never be left completely alone,” she said.

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Hospice hike set for May 1 Jessica Cunha

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Barbara Davidson has many reasons to Hike for Hospice, but first and foremost is to help raise the funds Hospice Care Ottawa needs to offer its services to those with a life-limiting illness, and their families, for free.

“The fact that all the services are free of charge – I don’t think people are aware of that,” said the South Keys resident. “I want to ensure that we can raise the money to keep our services available. It’s just getting the word out.”

Davidson volunteers in the residential wing of the May Court Hospice in the east end, which offers beds and palliative hospice care to those at the end of their lives. She learned about hos-

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“I felt myself being pulled back,” said Davidson.

After her friend died, she waited the required two years, then applied for the volunteer training course.

“There was no turning back,” Davidson said. “You

walk out of there and your day is made because you’ve made a difference in somebody’s life and that’s worth its weight in gold.”

She often just sits with the clients.

“The families are so appreciative. Just experiencing it and seeing the difference it makes in their lives, I want

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“There’s just something magical about it. When you walk through those doors and no matter how I’m feeling that day – whether I’m tired, whether I’ve had a bad day – I walk through those doors and I’ve have a cleanse.”

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“That man did not die alone,” she said. “It was the most meaningful shift ever.”

This year, she’ll walk in her sixth Hike for Hospice, along with her daughter Laura Peters and some of her friends. Her team, the Go Getters, have already raised close to $3,000.

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“Any part of hospice care makes such a difference for the person who has the illness and their family members,” she said. “I consider it both an honour and a privilege to share the end of life journey with residents and their families.”

This year’s Hike for Hospice will be held at the Carleton University Field House, with the five-kilometre walk meandering along the area’s scenic trails. The May 1 hike also serves to kick off National Hospice Palliative Care Week, which runs May 1 to 7.

The goal is to raise $120,000, said Hospice Care Ottawa Executive Director Lisa Sullivan.

Government funding still only makes up about half of the not-for-profit’s operating costs, said Sullivan. Hospice Care Ottawa relies on public donations and fundraising to make up the difference.

The free programs and services include end-of-life residential beds in two locations, at-home visits, day programs for those living with life-limiting illnesses, and support for caregivers. The fundraising goal of $120,000 is equivalent to 300 days of individual residential care, said Sullivan.

“With our aging popula-

tion, demand for our services continues to increase,” she said. “Special events like the Hike for Hospice help us raise the $1.8 million we require annually to continue to provide our services free of charge.”

Having expanded to four hospice locations across Ottawa – the May Court in Ottawa South, the RuddyShenkman in Kanata, Central West on Carling, and La Maison de l’Est in Orleans – the new hike site at Carleton University will bring all supporters, volunteers and staff together in one central location for the first time in the event’s 14-year history, said Sullivan.

Registration for the May 1 hike begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Carleton University Field House, located at 1125 Colonel By Dr. The opening ceremonies take place at 9:40 a.m., followed by the hike at 10 a.m.

There is no fee to participate but people are encouraged to get pledges to help reach the fundraising goal.

Parking is free and dogs are welcome on the hike. The Bronson Avenue entrance will be the only access point to the campus that day due to road closures.

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Several city councillors at the April 21 community and protective services meeting expressed concern about the cost of helping the influx of Syrian refugees after federal funding expires.

So far, 1,500 refugees have come to the capital. The majority – 1,118 are government sponsored and have already been housed.

But community and protective services committee members such as RideauVanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, who chairs Ottawa Community Housing, are worried that the increased demand once the federal government bows out will end up putting a financial burden on city taxpayers.

“The city needs the supports and the private landlords to be there,” he said.

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“We have a set of priorities for affordable housing and the list is long.”

Aaron Burry, general manager of community and social services, said the city is paying extra attention to the specific needs of the families that are already here in preparation for “month 13.”

He said the city usually welcomes 2,000 refugees

Coun. Michael Qaqish, who was appointed

by Mayor Jim Watson to act as liaison to the working group on refugees, said that settlement agencies and staff are working on getting ready for month 13, when federal funding for the Syrian refugees ends.

annually, with much of the same needs as the Syrian population.

The only difference is the work that they’re doing now to stabilize the families so that they have housing, employment and other supports that doesn’t usually start until the end of the first year.

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Burry said staff is working on identifying those families that will need to be on Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program.

Past experience says that 40 per cent of governmentsponsored refugees end up on social assistance.

“Typically those who move to Ontario Works, end up being on social assistance for approximately 15 months,” Burry said.

The province funds the social assistance, but Osgoode Coun. George Darouze is worried about other costs in the form of staff to process applications or shore up community support services.

“A year is not sufficient to get refugees on their feet, we need to plan for pressure on support services,” Darouze said.

Burry said he doesn’t anticipate any additional cost to Ottawa taxpayers as a result of resettlement efforts.

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Coun. Michael Qaqish, who was appointed as be the liaison for the mayor’s working group on refugee settlement, said there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

“It’s a lot to ask that they learn to speak the language and get a job in the first 12 months,” he said.

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Students at Steve MacLean Public School colonize Mars Kelly Kent kkent@metroland.com

Students at Steve MacLean Public School have colonized Mars.

The school’s Grade 7 and 8 students blasted off from Earth to build the first settlement on Mars – and even despite their ambitious endeavour they were back in time to catch their buses on April 19.

True, Steve MacLean Public School’s Mars environment was simulated in their gymnasium – but the experience was as close to Martian as you can get on Earth.

Using the Ontario curriculum, Lise Paradis, coordinated the Mini Marsville event, which involved the school’s five Grade 7 and 8 classes.

Students worked on various colonization projects, from shelter and transportation to food and energy.

“We wanted to have the students simulate what it would be like at the first colony on Mars,” Paradis said.

Work on the project be-

Younger students – who remained on Earth for much of the mission – have a chance to walk through the Martian collection of shelters connected by tunnels.

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Students at Steve MacLean Public School took a giant leap for mankind by creating a simulated Mars colony during their Mini Marsville event on April. 19. The Hydronauts – Bella MacCulloch, left, Sofie Marshall, Maria Zuccato, Megan Kingsley, Emma Hawken and Jessica Pope – don their painters’ jumper spacesuits and pose outside their inflatable life support shelter in the simulated Mars environment. gan in February, culminating in the day-long event on April 19.

Each wearing their own

space suit – simulated with full-body painters’ suits – students touched down on Mars in the morning,

quickly beginning to set up life support systems on the surface.

They had just more than

an hour to tape together shelters made of clear plastic tarps, which were then inflated with a continuously running fan.

Each shelter was tall enough to stand in and was connected to its neighbour via a small tunnel.

For the rest of the day, the school’s other, Earthbound students were invited to visit the new Mars

colony; some were even invited to crawl through the system of shelters made by the Martians.

Mini Marsville is an adaptation of the National Research Council Marsville project, and wraps up a full program of learning about Mars, its environment and the human efforts to travel there, Paradis said.

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Runners begin the five-kilometre race of the Alive to Strive Kidney Race for Kidney Health on April 24 at Hogs Back Falls. The annual event, which includes 10K, 5K and 3K runs as well as several walks, is the main fundraiser for the not-for-profit Alive to Strive Kidney Fitness Project. The organization gives fitness grants to those with chronic kidney disease.

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Energy Retrofits for Ottawa’s Community Housing Last week I joined my caucus colleagues to announce an investment of $12,224,483 in social housing retrofits in Ottawa. As part of the Green Investment Fund, the province is investing a total of $82 million into social housing apartment retrofits to take advantage of the economic opportunities in clean technologies, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These funds will make our community greener, while also helping to improve upon Ottawa Community Housing’s ongoing efforts to create a comfortable, high quality living environment for all residents.

As the MPP for Ottawa South, I am proud of our government’s commitment to retrofitting community housing. We are working to make our community a greener, cleaner and more comfortable place to live.

We are Here to Help Please feel free to contact me at my community office if there are any provincial issues I can assist you with. My staff and I will always do our best to help you.

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Two friends, Arlene Gregoire and Anda Bruinsma, hiked the Appalachian Trail last year. The women will talk about their 151 day long hike, as well as present a slideshow, at Maple Hall on April 29.

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Two women who hiked the Appalachian Trail for Alzheimer’s Disease awareness and fundraising will give a presentation about their experiences on April 29 in Cumberland.

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Cumberland’s Anda Bruinsma and Kanata’s Arlene Gregoire took on the adventure of a lifetime last year, when they hiked 3,523 km through multiple American states.

“Does anyone in their right mind think about walking that far?” Bruinsma said. “These old ladies did.”

The pair braved the elements and the distance to take part in the hike and collected donations along the way. It took

151 days for the pair to complete the walk from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine.

The majority of people who set out to complete the trail fail to finish, but the Ottawa duo made it the entire way.

The talk is another fundraiser, as $5 admission will be charged and donations will be accepted for the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County.

They will talk about the trip, and show some of the equipment that they used and carried throughout the trip.

“It’s going to be kind of an introduction, the highs and lows of walking 3,523 km and the preparation,” Bruinsma said.

They’ll also play a slideshow of images from their hike.

The April 29 talk will be held at the Maple Hall in Cumberland, at 2552 Old Montreal Rd. It begins at 7 p.m. Bruisma expects a large turnout, with people from nearby Orléans and Gregoire’s contacts from Kanata attending.

“Two old ladies did this incredible thing, you should come and hear their story,” she said.

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Retrofits are an important step to combating climate change right here in Ottawa. This eighty two million dollar investment will fund retrofits of high-rise social housing apartments of 150 units or more. Many of these buildings, constructed during the 1960s and 1970s, offer the greatest opportunity to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The retrofits will include installing energy-efficient boilers, insulating outer walls and mechanical systems, and installing more energy efficient windows and lighting. A further $10 million will fund electrical retrofits in social housing single-family homes under the Social Housing Electricity Efficiency Program.

Teacher in Ottawa facing sexual assault charges Staff

Police have charged a former Pierre Savard high school teacher with sexual assault after receiving a complaint that he made sexual comments and inappropriately touched a student.

Naoum Abi-Samra, 57, appeared in court on April 19 and was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. Police allege

that more than one incident of sexual assault occurred during the 2016 semester – which runs from January to April – while Abi-Samra was teaching at the Nepean school.

“The complaint came in at the start of March,” said police spokesman Const. Chuck Benoit. “And the investigation pursued and found evidence throughout the semester of 2016.”

Benoit added that based on the evidence

collected by investigators in the sexual assault and child abuse unit, they are concerned there could be other victims.

Céline Bourbonnais, director of communications for the French Catholic school board, said Abi-Samra has been employed by the school board since 2005, but has not worked since March 11. Bourbonnais confirmed that Abi-Samra, who lives in Gatineau, also taught at a second school within the board,

but would not name the school.

“We have resources in place at school, we have social workers available for the kids if they need additional support,” Bourbonnais said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police in the sexual assault and child abuse unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944 or phone Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.

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SUNDAY MAY 1 6 AM – 1 PM NOTICE: On Sunday, May 1 the streets of our region will teem with bicycle riders and in-line skaters as CN Cycle for CHEO participants take to the streets. As a result of this exciting fundraiser, some streets will be partially closed to vehicle traffic to ensure the safety of all participants.

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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8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. | Westbound lane reduction Riverside Dr. to Prince of Wales Dr.

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8 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. |Closed both directions Island Park Dr. to Carling Ave.

8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. | Vehicular traffic can access Vincent Massey Park by using the on ramp from Heron Rd. westbound

WELLINGTON ST. 8 A.M. – 11 A.M. | Eastbound lane closed Booth St. to Portage Bridge

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8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. | Eastbound lane reduction Vincent Massey Park to Riverside Dr.

8 A.M. – 11 A.M. | Eastbound curb lane reduction Portage Bridge to Lyon St.

WELLINGTON ST. 10 A.M. – 1 P.M. | Westbound curb lane reduction Sussex Dr. to Lyon St.

PORTAGE BRIDGE 10 A.M. – 1 P.M. | Closed both directions

LYON ST. 8 A.M. – 10 A.M. | Closed Wellington St. to Laurier Ave.

LAURIER AVE. 8 A.M. – 11 A.M. | Closed Lyon St. to Queen Elizabeth Dr. on ramp – Lyon St. to Elgin St. closed to all but crossing traffic

LAURIER AVE. 8 A.M. – 11 A.M. | Eastbound lanes closed Elgin St. to Nicholas St.

QUEEN ELIZABETH DR. 8 A.M. – 11 A.M. | Closed both directions Laurier Ave. to Preston St.

RIVERSIDE DR. 8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. | Southbound lane reduction Heron Rd. to Hogs Back Rd.

HOGS BACK RD. 8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. | Westbound lane closed Riverside Dr. to Colonel By Dr.

COLONEL BY DR. 8:30 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. | Closed both directions from Daly St. to Hogs Back Rd. Traffic traveling Northbound on Main St. will have to use Clegg St., McGillivray St., Hazel St., Echo Dr. and Hawthorne Ave. to detour the construction zone on Main St.

SUSSEX DR. 9 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. | Closed Rideau to Rockcliffe Pkwy. Local access to Notre Dame Basilica from St. Patrick St.

SIR GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER PARKWAY (ROCKCLIFFE PARKWAY) 9 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. | Closed Princess St. to St. Joseph Blvd. Local access to Aviation Museum and Rockcliffe Flying Club from Aviation Pkwy.

PRINCE OF WALES DR. 8 A.M. – 11:15 A.M. | Northbound lane Preston St. to Heron Rd. Local access to Agricultural Museum from Preston St. and Scenic Drive. Local access to churches from Heron Rd.

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Writer chronicles enduring friendships, ‘Hen Night’ adventures Erin McCracken

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For Laura Zentner, Thursday nights were sacred.

Like clockwork, she and her friends would leave their cares at the door – of a bar or one of their homes – and get down to the serious business of unwinding and having fun, with a glass of wine or cocktail in hand.

The group would have such a good time that Zentner regularly vowed to write a book about their adventures together.

“So I’ve been saying it for about 25 years,” she said with a laugh.

After 33 years’ worth of Hen Nights, as the group affectionately calls their gatherings, which is equivalent to 1,716 meetings, Zentner had more than enough material for her story, which now appears on the pages of Hen Night: Cocktails and Confessions.

Friends to this day, the group first met when they were students at Canterbury High School in Alta Vista.

Hen Nights began after graduation, and Zentner’s book chronicles the lives of five Elmvale Acres women, their highs and lows, relationships that came or went, as well as their enduring

friendship, based on the 10 journals she wrote over three decades.

The book, said Zentner, offers something for women of all ages, including those who are younger who may be able to take some of its insight as advice. For older women, it may serve as a fun flashback to their younger shelves.

“I think there’s things we do and talk about that any woman can identify with, and hopefully find pretty amusing with the way that it’s been presented,” Zentner said.

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The book also features an underlying love story, that of her and her husband, who both now reside in Toronto.

Chapter One of the book begins where she meets her now-husband.

“And I’m engaged to somebody else,” Zentner recalled. “It’s pretty much a tell-all for me.”

There was a lot of material to pull from, but names and places have been changed, while some adventures have been embellished.

Though billed as a work of fiction, for Zentner, it still feels like a personal accounting, since it was written from her perspective.

Now that some of her life appears on the pages of her literary work, which came out April 2, and though some friends and family gave her their stamp of approval, the experience of putting herself out there has been nerve-wracking.

‘NERVOUS’

“I’m 100 per cent nervous,” she said. “As much as it is fiction, people who know me will know that a lot of it is reality and did happen, and I’ve kind of just thrown my whole life out there for the whole world to read.”

However, it was the only way she wanted to write the book, which is her first work and is self-published through U.S.-based AuthorHouse, under the name of L.E. Zentner. The book’s cover illustration, featuring a cartoon depicting chickens having fun around a diningroom table, is by fellow Hen Night friend, Dana Lynn Pouteau.

“If you don’t write the personal and from the heart, then I don’t know what else to write about,” Zentner said. “I didn’t want to just write about partying. I wanted it to have some substance and have some meaning.”

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is about love and life and enduring friendships that have stood the test of time.

Though she may have “flown the coop” by moving from Overbrook to Toronto, where she now lives and writes, along with her husband and their family, she frequently returns to her hometown for visits and to take part in a Hen Night whenever she can.

“The Hens are still getting together every Thursday,” she said. “It’s written in stone.”

And thanks to her extensive journals, Zentner is now hoping to write a follow-up novel.

“I really wrote it in hopes that there will be another Hen Night (book),” she said.

Zentner will soon be back in Ottawa, this time on a Saturday rather than a Thursday.

She will be signing copies of her novel where Hen Nights first began, back when the Hometown Sports Grill was known as O’Toole’s in the early 1980s.

The signing takes place April 30, from 2 to 5 p.m.

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Two teenage suspects are facing a string of criminal charges in connection with a car fire in the Ridgemont neighbourhood.

Plumes of thick black smoke rose into the sky over a section of the wooded hydro corridor in the area, prompting a flood of calls to first responders just after 1 p.m. on April 21.

River Coun. Riley Brockington was several streets away knocking on doors of residents’ homes at Heron Road and Alta Vista Drive to notify them about an upcoming community meeting when he spotted smoke south of the area.

He drove through the Herongate community to Walkley Road and then on to Albion Road North. As he entered the Ridgemont neighbourhood in his ward, the smoke became more visible.

He headed down Kitchener Avenue and as he reached Jasper Avenue he saw flames

100 metres south under the hydro lines.

“There were no fire trucks yet, but there was one police car,” Brockington said. “I was convinced it was a grass fire, but then I heard an explosion. When the gas tank goes it explodes on cars.”

Ottawa police arson investigator Const. Martin Cardinal, who is leading the case, said the sound was likely airbags exploding.

While arson cases are typically difficult to solve due to lack of witnesses and evidence going up in smoke, Cardinal said in this case four people were apprehended by police nearby less than 15 minutes after the fire was put out.

“It was basically a combination of (a) witness on scene seeing the initial incident take place, and the Ottawa police plane was in the air in the area and was able to locate the suspects in the area,” Cardinal said, adding the four were located in a park nearby.

Two were released, but another two, both teenag-

ers, are now facing a slew of criminal charges.

One has been charged with arson causing damage to property, mischief causing damages of more than $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.

The other teen was charged with those, as well as for breaching previous release conditions levied in youth court.

Police don’t yet know the motive for setting the car on fire, but Cardinal said the vehicle was reported stolen the day before from a Gatineau address.

It was driven into the green strip of land beneath the hydro lines moments before it was set ablaze, Cardinal said, adding the vehicle is a complete write-off.

When asked whether there are access routes to the green space, the officer said, “It wasn’t really a concern of theirs if there were roads or no roads.”

Brockington, meanwhile, stood with other bystanders on the north side of Kitchener Avenue and watched as

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The shell of a car could be seen from a distance as firefighters doused the flames and the smoke began to subside, he said, adding that it took five to 10 minutes for them to knock out the fire.

“There were points where you had to turn (away) be-

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prepped for a search of the neighbourhood.

“They asked everyone to step back further. They didn’t want our scent mixing, getting the dog confused,” he said.

Cardinal said the K9 team was not needed in the end to apprehend the suspects.

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The call from Aunt Bertha on the next farm came before we left for school.

To even get a phone call that early in the morning was unusual in itself. But to be invited over that evening in the middle of the week was even more unusual.

Visiting among neighbours was reserved for Saturday nights.

Aunt Bertha had something she wanted us to see, and yes, the whole family was invited to cross the 20acre field right after supper.

Aunt Bertha said we would see something so new, that it was doubtful anyone in all of Northcote had ever seen one before.

The Thoms children who went to school with us wouldn’t give us a hint as

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Supper was hurried, our faces washed, and off we went on the flat-bottomed wagon across the field to the next farm.

Aunt Bertha and Uncle Alex and their eight children were waiting for us, and Ralph, who seemed to be in charge, led us through the kitchen, the summer kitchen and out to another room, which Aunt Bertha called the shed, although it was in much better shape than the little building we called a shed back home.

There in the middle of the floor was a brand new washing machine!

Like us, the Thoms had no electricity, but this certainly looked like it would take more than elbow grease to run it.

We circled the machine, and I wondered what was so special about it that Aunt Bertha would bring us all over from the next farm to see it.

The tub was a pale green, certainly a step up from the square tin tub and scrub board Mother had to use.

But I still couldn’t imagine what was so important about a washing machine,

that our whole family would be brought over in the middle of the week to look at it.

“Stand well back,” Uncle Alex said, and as one we all moved a few feet away.

Beside the machine was another apparatus that looked a lot like the motor Mr. Briscoe brought around in the fall to saw wood. “Better put your pipe away, Albert,” Uncle Alex ordered. “Don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

This was getting scarier by the minute. We couldn’t see what Uncle Alex was doing, but he pressed a few buttons, and this black piece of machine made an ungodly sound, like the whole place was going to blow up, and a puff of blue smoke came out, just about blocking Uncle Alex from view.

Then Aunt Bertha pushed something on the washing machine, and right before our eyes, the gyrator started up, the few pieces of clothes

began tumbling, suds rose from the depths, and Aunt Bertha stood back, crossed her arms over her chest and said, “Now, isn’t that something?” With laundry for eight Thom children, there would be no more scrub board. he magic wasn’t to end there. Another button was pushed, the machine came to a halt, and Aunt Bertha pulled out a set of long underwear from the soapy water, turned a little handle, fed the underwear into a ringer attached to the washing machine, and the long johns dropped into a basket on the floor, looking like they were almost dry enough to put on. Uncle Alex explained how the whole thing was run with a gas motor, and as far as he could figure out, it was the first gas washing machine in all of Northcote.

Nobody was going to argue with that.

Fancy washing machines were nothing new to Mother, who had an electric one in New York, but she kept that to herself, instead praising Aunt Bertha for this new fangled gas machine that would lighten her load on wash days.

The new gas washing machine over at the Thoms farm was all we could talk about when we got home.

“By gar, that’s really something,” Father said.

He thought it was the greatest invention since the telephone. Unlike the radio, which Father was sure would never catch on.

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Trustees overwhelmingly support code of conduct Jennifer McIntosh

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Ottawa Carleton District School Board trustees overwhelmingly voted in favour of a code of conduct at a committee of the whole meeting on April 19, with one notable exception — Barrhaven trustee Donna Blackburn.

Blackburn, who faced censure from the chair of the board for comments she had made about some of her colleagues, said she’s worried the code will be used as a tool to silence dissent.

She proposed an amendment to the code which would allow trustees to express their personal political views but it was defeated.

“It wasn’t even close,” Blackburn said, adding one trustee called it a “get out of jail free card.”

The code, which has been in the works for the better part of the year through an ad hoc committee, defines acceptable behaviour for trustees and lays out a set of pro-

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Blackburn, who fears the code is a backhanded way to silence her sometimes uncon-

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has long championed the code, saying that it’s similar to ones used by other boards across the province.

“It’s not meant to be punitive,” Seward said. “It’s the same set of behaviours we expect from our staff and our students. In most cases, it won’t ever get to formal sanctions.”

Seward said after the chair is made aware of a complaint, an attempt will be made to resolve the matter.

“In some cases we may meet as a group, and an apology may end the whole thing,” she said.

If the matter moves to formal censure, the board would have to vote for censure.

Rather than a simple majority, two thirds of the board would have to be in favour of censure. Once that succeeds, the trustee would be barred from participating on any committees. They’d still be able to vote at board meetings, but wouldn’t be able to propose motions at the committee of the whole where the

bulk of the board’s work is done.

Lynn Scott, who represents the zones that covers the municipal wards of West Carleton, Stittsville and Rideau Goulbourn, said she planned to put forward another amendment to exclude committee of the whole and committee of the whole budget meetings from the censure.

“Those committees we aren’t elected to,” she said.

“Not being able to sit on those committees will severely impact trustees ability to represent their constituents.”

Scott, who chaired the ad hoc committee that created the code, said that it is necessary.

“I have been on the board for 20 years, people like to know what’s expected of them,” she said. “But I am not really sure people understood what they were doing (at the committee of the whole vote).

There was some confusion about what constitutes a committee.”

Scott said the public can’t

always rely on elections to govern trustee behaviour.

“People vote for a variety of reasons,” she said. “I don’t think we can use that as the only tool.”

Seward said legislation defines committees as both ones that trustees are elected to, and ones that they’re not elected to.

She added that her amendment — the only one that succeeded in the debate around the policy vote — to limit the censure to six months, helps to ensure trustees can still do their jobs.

Seward said the vote was nine trustees in favour, with one abstention and Blackburn voted against the code of conduct.

The board will officially vote on the code of conduct April 26, although all trustees participate in the committee of the whole vote meaning that in essence the official board vote involves the same trustees voting again on what they just passed at the committee level.

Can science inspire art? Museum launches contest to find out Winning designs to be showcased as mural at museum construction site Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Those aren’t just white walls surrounding construction of the new Canada Science and Technology Museum.

They’re a blank canvas just waiting to be transformed into a work of art, with a scientific twist.

Museum officials have launched a mural design contest open to kids and teens across Canada.

“It gives us an opportunity to reach out into classrooms across the country, as well as working with local artists and local schools, and looking at that intersection of art and science as part of the renewed museum,” Christina Tessier, director general of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, said following the April

20 launch of the contest on the grounds of the facility.

Also taking part in the announcement were Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, Ottawa South MP David McGuinty, Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier and museum officials, as well as students from Queen Elizabeth Public School in the Cummings neighbourhood of Ottawa’s east end.

The young artists brought along the science-themed artworks they had crafted, as an example of the creativity the contest can inspire under the theme of “How does science inspire you?”

The winning entries will be displayed as part of a 122-metre mural placed around the work site at the museum.

Students have until May 30 to enter their original works in five categories for

the chance to win a prize pack and to see their creative vision displayed publicly.

In the meantime, Ottawaarea artists from the House of PainT Festival of Urban Arts and Culture were expected to begin priming the mural walls soon, said Tessier.

After the contest closes, a community jam session and celebration will be held at the site at the end of June. That’s when graffiti artists will begin transferring the winning designs onto the walls.

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They will also be mentoring local youth, helping them build their artistic skills and give them an opportunity to admire their own art on such a large canvas.

“Clearly we are not experts in graffiti mural art, so it’s been really great to have them on board,” Tessier said.

The contest is a chance for Canadian kids to be part of the museum’s transformation ahead of its opening in November 2017. And once the mural is up, the art won’t

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A new set of regulations and decreased funding from the province have created a budget shortfall in childcare services, the city’s community and protective services committee heard April 21.

Aaron Burry, the general manager of community and social services, said staff was anticipating an increase of $1.2 million – instead Ottawa received a $1 million cut.

The gap to cover the existing fee subsidy program is $2.2 million, Burry said, adding the department also had to hire four new staff to deal with changing regulations around subsidies and the centralized waiting list.

The reason the capital got short changed was due to some tweaks to the provincial funding formula and Statistics Canada information that Ottawa has a lower proportion of low income families than other municipalities, Burry said, adding that Ottawa had $3 million in unused subsidy dollars in 2014 – which the province took into account.

Committee chair Diane Deans said it would seem the new provincial system is

flawed.

The gap could mean 260 fewer subsidized spaces and an increase in the wait list, bringing the total to over 1,200, according to the city report.

Prior to September 2015 subsidies would be attached to an individual childcare centre instead of to the family in need. With the change in rules the fee subsides are now floating, which means they apply to the family.

The change means parents can pick a daycare that suits their needs, rather than simply because a spot was available.

But changes to the act that governs daycares has caused some growing pains, as centres grapple with new rules around child to caregiver ratios, health and safety requirements and in some cases – families moving to centres that better suit their needs.

The city has a $11.5 million stabilization fund, that was created to help agencies with some of the costs associated with converting to the new rules.

Staff propose using $5.7 million from reserve funds to deal with the subsidy shortfall and $3.5 million in

emergency bridge funding for childcares that are transitioning to the new provincial model.

Burry said staff have positioned the funding, to align with the spending priorities under the new provincial funding system and hope to get a boost next year.

But in the interim, the slate of changes around childcare could spell problems for a francophone childcare centre in Lowertown.

Beausoleil child care centre on York Street was closed temporarily for repairs last summer, but Burry said that the closure may be longer than anticipated.

“We have to balance the vacancy rate, and if there’s enough demand in the neighbourhood to fill it,” Burry said.

But Rideau-Rockliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum said the closure may have created a false situation where it looks like there isn’t the need to support it.

“Families would have found other, less convenient arrangements,” he said.

The city doesn’t lease the space currently, so whatever goes in would be a brandnew license and have some start up costs, Burry said.

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well serviced by OC Transpo. There are a number of major bus routes, as well as easy O-Train access. There are also plenty of ‘VirtuCars’ available for those who prefer to drive but don’t own a car. Manotick is also serviced by public transportation, though not as heavily as Old Ottawa South. There is a major Park and Ride in Manotick, making it easy to commute to and from the downtown core. Kemptville lies off Highway 416 just outside of Ottawa. Through its Rural Partner Companies, OC Transpo provides bus service to the area.

most varied shopping districts in the National Capital Region. Not only is the area within walking distance of the Shops at Lansdowne, its bustling main drag, Bank Street, boasts a number of locally owned specialty stores ranging from toys and antiques to secondhand clothing and kitchens, all within short walking distance. The same vibe carries over to Manotick Main Street, which features a number of unique shops and street front cafes. Further south, Kemptville remains the shopping capital of North Grenville. On top of its specialty shops and dining options, a number of big-box stores have recently opened in Kemptville.

Schools: Old Ottawa South is home to

Entertainment: Old Ottawa South is

some notable schools, including Glebe Collegiate Institute, the largest public secondary school in the region, and Hopewell Avenue Public School. There are four elementary schools in North Grenville as well as two high schools: North Grenville District High School and St. Michael Catholic High School.

There is only one public elementary school in Manotick, which teaches kindergarten through Grade 5 in English and French. There is also a Catholic elementary school and a Catholic high school. South Carleton High School, located in Richmond, is the primary public high school for Manotick residents.

home to the beloved Mayfair Theatre, one of just two remaining neighbourhood theatres in the City of Ottawa. Across the street is House of Targ, a beloved venue for live music, pinball and perogies owned by three local musicians. There are also several pubs in the area that host a number of popular open mic nights. On top of its many yearround entertainment options, Manotick is the host of a number of annual festivals and events like Shiverfest, Dickinson Days, Harvest Festival and A Taste of Manotick.

A new music festival recently launched in Kemptville. This year’s Kemptville Live Music Festival takes place from July 22 through 24.

Old Ottawa South neighbourhoods keep their small town charm during growth. WIKIPEDIA OLD OTTAWA SOUTH

Along the banks of the Rideau River lie unique Ottawa neighbourhoods as rich with history as they are with modern amenities.

Old Ottawa South — located between the Rideau Canal to the north, the Rideau River to the south, Avenue Road to the east and Bronson Avenue to the west — is home to hundreds of designated heritage properties and boasts more than 6,000 residents.

The area is known for its walkability as a

variety of stores and businesses, the majority of which are locally owned, line the main strip along Bank Street.

About 20 kilometres away from Old Ottawa South, in the rural southern part of the city, is Manotick, home to roughly 4,500 people. Manotick was founded by Moss Kent Dickinson and Joseph Currier, who built an old-stone mill on the shores of the Rideau River. Watson’s Mill remains Manotick’s most recognizable landmark and is still open to the public.

Twenty minutes south of Manotick is the township of North Grenville (just outside of Ottawa), where its largest community, Kemptville, continues to expand — both in terms of residential and commercial growth — while still maintaining its small town charm.

Business park continues evolution of Barrhaven

The landscape in Barrhaven has been slowly evolving over the past few decades and will look dramatically different with the ongoing development of the CitiGate lands, a 170-acre premier business park at the corner of Highway 416 and Strandherd Drive.

Part of longtime Barrhaven City Councillor Jan Harder’s vision for the area is to make it more walkable by offering a wider variety of convenient

Walkable neighbourhood known for heritage homes Jen Traplin

shopping options as well as higher paying, local employment opportunities so residents don’t always have to commute downtown for work.

“We’ve set the stage for that by approving the CitiGate lands, where we have zoning in place that will allow for more than 7,000 jobs,” Harder says.

Andrea Steenbakkers, executive director of the Barrhaven BIA, agrees the CitiGate devel-

opment is an important step forward.

“While Barrhaven has seen significant residential and retail growth, we now need the third part — employment — to make it a whole, sustainable community,” she says.

“We have tens of thousands of skilled workers in Barrhaven who would love to work where they live, not to mention the relief to the City’s traffic and transit.”

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By doing proper research, you can find a reputable builder When Brenda decidedagreement. to open a home daycare sign yourLee purchase who will stand behind their work throughout the construcnearly 20 years ago, she knew Old Ottawa South Keep in mind that builders use model homes and suites to tion process—and for years after your home is built. For was the neighbourhood wanted to be in.

Check the builder’sshe record showcase their best work. Often the upgrades and finishings more tips on buying a new home, visit Tarion.com.

Check the to Ontario Builder Directory www.newscanada.com “I was a nanny a few different families inon Tarion.com to you’re looking at don’t come standard in their new homes or confirm that the builder is actually registered to build new condos. Pamphlets and brochures are available to take away, Old Ottawa South for six years and loved the homes in the province. All licensed builders are searchable, so you can revisit the experience later. neighbourhood.

There are many home daycare and the directory provides a 10-year history of their work. providers there so I knew there would be a supIt also shows whether the builder had any homes with war- Go explore port ranty system,” she explains. claims, which Tarion needed to help resolve.

Visit communities where the builder has already finished “There are so many things to do with chilconstruction and ask homeowners if they would recommend of thetest homes in builder.

Old Ottawa feature architecture from the early 20th century. JEN TRAPLIN dren inUnlisted the neighbourhood, builders may between not have Brewer passed theMany technical the WasSouth the builder attentive?

Did they stand behind based on parks, the Ontario Building Library Code regulations, or may not their construction work — both before and after possession? and Windsor the Sunnyside and have provided the the financial securities necessary to transformation build Were there anysmall, construction and, aifSt. so,Hubert, how were they of small Mom and to each other on the street, they get involved in it’s variety of programs, community centre, nificant in the urban delays stations, a couple homes in Ontario—and are likely building illegally. managed?

Did they respond to service requests in a timely wading pools and our proximity to museums, neighbourhood.

Pop grocery stores and The Folklore Centre, to community causes, there are parks and activities manner?

I knew we would always have something fun “There are fewer students in the area than more pubs and high end restaurants, specialty and events that foster community,” she says.

Search online and educational to participate in.” and other online there media were 20 ago. There has definitely shops and coffee shops.”

“I grew up in Renfrew and the population of Explore the builder’s website to years Ask around Over course of her nearly decades beenneeds a surge andany in the prices of Through it all, Lee says, get the a better sense if they are two a good fit for your andin housing Talk to of your family, friends or neighbours whoone thing that has Old Ottawa South is basically the same as Renas a resident in OldInformation Ottawa South, and as chair those homes,” shemay says.know of someone who has remained Old Ottawa South’s frew. It’s why I like it — I feel that hometown expectations. such new-build neighbourrecently consistent purchased aisnew hoods, floor plans, unit layouts, special features, construcor condo. their experience wasfeel. like, “The stores havehome changed as wellAsk fromthem smallwhat charming, small town feel and closeness of neighbours and friends, but of the Ottawa South Community Association’s tionEvents schedules, customerLee service cost are all beads at and they’d recommend their builder. also ask where for people say hello I can enjoy the bonuses of the city if I want to.”

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Kemptville College: A Mill an architectural piece of local history gem in Manotick Kemptville College has helped train generations of Canadians who earn their livelihood working to provide food for others.

Built in 1917, originally to support and strengthen farming practises in Eastern Ontario, Kemptville College specializes in programs related to agricultural and rural fields.

Nearly 20 years ago, Kemptville College became part of the University of Guelph, as well as the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), a province-wide network of facilities for teaching and research in agriculture, food, the environment and rural communities.

Two years ago, though, the University of Guelph announced it would no longer offer classes at Kemptville College after all current students had completed their programs this spring. Recognizing the impact that decision would have, not only on the local community but across the agriculture industry as a whole, the province of Ontario set up a working group to examine the future of the Kemptville campus.

That group includes the municipality of North Grenville, which put together an am-

A plan is in motion to save Kemptville College.

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bitious plan for Kemptville College. The community’s vision sees the school as a non-profit, multi-tenant education and community hub focused on low carbon innovation and reducing the agricultural impact on climate change.

The group tasked with analyzing the feasibility of the North Grenville’s plan, BDO Canada, has endorsed its vision for the re-invented college, calling the plan both sustainable and unique.

For more than 150 years, the mill stones at Watson’s Mill in Manotick have been busy grinding wheat into flour.

The mill is the only operational industrial heritage site in the Ottawa region and is still a stunning piece of architecture today. Built from limestone cut from the Rideau River, it’s supported by white oak beams and hand hewn pine ceilings.

“Many architectural journals describe the Mill as one of the best examples of 19th century grist mill architecture in Canada,” says Elaine Eagen, Programming and Visitor Experience Officer at Watson’s Mill.

“Our visitors not only learn about the process, but have the opportunity to see and feel the building and its machinery in action.”

Throughout its lifetime, the mill has been owned by three local families. It was founded by Joseph Merrill Currier and Moss Kent Dickinson in 1860. It remained in the Dickinson family until 1928 when it was sold to Alexander Spratt. His family ran the mill until selling in 1946 to Harry Watson, who was the last owner to operate the Mill at an industrial level.

Nearly 20 years after Watson purchased the mill, he entered into a lease agreement with the National Capital Commission to open the Mill as a heritage attraction before it was eventually sold to the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, who restored the building and re-opened it as a functioning grist mill and museum.

Watson’s Mill is open to the public during the warmer months and hosts a variety of events.

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Poverty advocates call for end to rollover loans Province asks for public’s opinion on cost of borrowing cap Jennifer McIntosh

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Poverty advocacy group ACORN is calling on the province to put a cap on the cost of borrowing.

Falling on the heels of the Ottawa city council vote that will initiate licensing for new payday loan outlets entering the market, ACORN is taking part in a series of public consultations around the maximum amount of interest payday loan companies can charge.

The province started the round of consultations on April 20 and will be asking the public’s opinion on three alternatives to the current rate, which is $21 per $100 borrowed.

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The consultation would inform work on proposed legislation introduced in December 2015 made under the Alternative Financial Services Statute Law Amendment Act. If passed, the act would increase consumer protections for customers of businesses like payday loans and rent-to-own establishments.

Gisele Bouvier, who is the co-chair of the Vanier chapter of ACORN, said that Ontario ACORN wants to see a maximum rate of $15 per $100 borrowed.

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Bouvier said payday loan companies unfairly target low income communities and the cost of the high interest loans is more than just financial.

Vanier has the largest concentration of payday lenders in the country, with more than 30 outlets in a five-kilometre stretch between the Vanier Parkway and Montreal Road, according to a discussion paper released by area activists in February.

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“Our government is committed to creating a fair, safe and informed credit market in Ontario,” Minister of Government and Consumer Services David Orazietti wrote in a press release ...

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ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN LOCATION โ OTTAWA, ON STATUS โ FULL TIME

Best Theratronics Ltd. is a Canadian company of TeamBestโ ข.

We became a member of the Best family in May 2008.

We manufacture external beam therapy units and selfcontained blood irradiators. We have created a new product line of cyclotrons (B14p, B35p and the B70p) for radioisotope production. The team brings with it a diverse range of knowledge from around the world. TeamBestโ ข is driven by one primary goal - to provide the best products and services to customers.

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All applicants should apply in writing to Human Resources: Email: jobs@theratronics.ca or Fax #: (613) 591-2176 NOTE: Only successful candidates shall be contacted for interviews.

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HELP WANTED

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC / MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN LOCATION โ OTTAWA, ON STATUS โ FULL TIME

Best Theratronics Ltd. is a Canadian company of TeamBestโ ข.

We became a member of the Best family in May 2008.

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Casual Part-time Truck Drivers Shipping Metroland East

A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canadaโ s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown signi๏ฌ cantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and weโ re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com THE OPPORTUNITY Metroland East Performance Printing is looking for casual PT Truck Drivers to work all shifts out of our Smiths Falls Ontario Plant KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES t 3FMJBCMF BOE PO UJNF EFQFOEBCMF t "UUFOUJPO UP EFUBJM SFRVJSFE t "CJMJUZ UP XPSL JOEFQFOEFOUMZ t "CJMJUZ UP GPMMPX B TDIFEVMF t (PPE DPNNVOJDBUJPO TLJMMT t สพF JOEJWJEVBM NVTU IBWF B IJHI TDIPPM PS FRVJWBMFOU FEVDBUJPO t #F BCMF UP XPSL nFYJCMF IPVST t )BWF B DMFBO ESJWJOH SFDPSE BT XFMM BT B %; -JDFOTF BOE CF BCMF UP operate vehicles ranging from an econo van to a 5 ton truck. t )BWF TUSPOH )FBMUI BOE 4BGFUZ TLJMMT

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Bogart Cup action Above left: Carleton Place Canadian Will LeNeave skates the puck up the ice with Ottawa Jr. Senators player Evan Lundquist on his tail during Game 6 of the Bogart Cup best-of-seven series at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre on April 23.

Above right: Ottawa Jr. Senators congratulate Greg Meireles, centre, after he scored the Sens’ fourth goal against the Carleton Place Canadians during the second period of Game 6 of the Bogart Cup at the Jim Durrell arena on April 23. The game was another chance for the Canadians to take home the trophy for the third year in a row, but the Sens firmly denied the Carleton Place team with a 7-0 win. However, the Canadians went on to win the cup for the third year in a row after defeating the Jr. Sens in the Game 7 showdown.

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Thinking green thoughts Dozens of Gloucester-Southgate Ward residents dropped by the Greenboro Community Centre on April 21 to enjoy plenty of free goodies handed out during Coun. Diane Deans’ Earth Day celebration. The councillor, seen here with South Keys resident Aanya Mridul, 7, handed out slices of Earth Day cake and packets of vegetable and flower seeds. Staff from the city’s forestry department, Just Food and the Ottawa Food Bank also handed out information materials.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: Ottawasouth@metroland.com The deadline for community event submissions is Friday at noon. Email your events to ottawasouth@metroland.com.

Until May 3

Keep fit for spring gardening, walking and biking by joining the 50+ Fitness Group at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Get moving, strengthening, and stretching, all to the familiar beat of great tunes each Tuesday and Thursday until May 3, from 9 to 10 a.m. All levels of fitness are encouraged and supported by our experienced seniors’ fitness instructor. Fees are $44 for eight weeks, and can be paid at your first class. The drop-in fee is $8. For more details, call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

Until May 31

Blair Court Community House in the Riverview Park community has launched its inaugural fundraising initiative to help support summer camp programing at the centre. Sunshine pots, which are gift-wrapped, do-it-yourself potting kits with flower seeds, soil, bamboo pots and a misting bottle, will be for sale until May 31. Call 613-736-5058 or email blaircourt@rogers.com. The pots are available for pick-up at the house, located at 1566 Station Blvd, or can be delivered within 10 kilometres.

Mondays

The Alta Vista library branch hosts baby-time programming for babies up to 18 months and parents or

caregivers on Mondays, from May 2 to 16, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The program will feature stories, rhymes and songs. Registration is not required. The branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext. 30426.

Tuesdays

Family storytime takes place at the Alta Vista library branch, featuring stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and parents and caregivers, on Tuesdays, from May 3 to 24, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required. The branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext. 30426.

Wednesdays

Play 4-hand euchre at St. Bernard Parish, in the basement, every Wednesday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The church is located at 1720 St. Bernard St. in Blossom Park. For details, call Gisele Newburry at 613-739-0960.

Thursdays

Toddler-time programming takes place at the Alta Vista library branch May 5 to 26, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The Thursday sessions feature stories, rhymes and songs for babies, 18 to 36 months, and parents and caregivers. Registration is not necessary. The branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. For details, call 613-580-2424, ext. 30426.

April 29

Celebrate spring by joining us for a turkey dinner with all of the trimmings, followed by an ice cream des-

sert, at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. on April 29, starting at 5 p.m., with a second sitting at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Proceeds will go to the work of the church. For tickets, please call 613-733-3156, ext 229, or come to the church office Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adults pay $18, children ages six to 12 pay $10 and those five and under eat for free.

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April 30

St. James Anglican Church – Leitrim welcomes everyone to a Barbecue Spring Off event to help you prepare for summer entertaining. There will be presentations on barbecue safety and upkeep, food safety, choosing your meats, rubs, spices and other pointers as well as new and exciting complementary side dishes. Also included is a barbecue lunch, sample summer punches, door prizes and a bake table and barbecue items, including Epicure products, and more. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Call Brenda Houle at 613-738-4498 or e-mail brendaehoule@gmail. com. The event takes place April 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Gloucester South Seniors Centre at 4550 Bank St. Riverside United Church hosts a garage sale on April 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be attic treasures, books, furniture, toys, kitchenware, linens, pictures and picture frames and homemade pies. Parking is free and the site is wheelchair accessible.

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

The Ottawa African Violet Society presents its African Violet and Gesneriad Show and Plant Sale April 30, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. and May 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, located at 1265 Walkley Rd. Admission is $5. Parking is free and the site is handicapped accessible. For details, visit oavs.ca.

May 1

The “Bells In Spring” Concert is May 1 at 7 pm. You are invited to our annual Massed Handbell and Chimes Concert at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. The concert will feature the music of bell-ringing ensembles from three other local churches, including Emmanuel United, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian and TrinityKanata Presbyterian, as well as from the five handbell and chimes choirs at Rideau Park United. It is a rite of spring that should not be missed.

There will be a freewill offering. For details call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

May 2

Join the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society for an evening that blends science and art, featuring keynote conservation speaker Harvey Locke, and nature rap artist Baba Brinkman at the Library and Archives Canada Auditorium on May 2 at 7 p.m. For more details and to

May 3

Patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to a “Sjogren’s Syndrome support group meeting on May 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, located at 2345 Alta Vista Dr. There is no admission fee, but your contribution of a non-perishable item for the food bank would be appreciated. For details, call Gail at 613-526-5433.

May 4

St. Marguerite d’Youville School in Greenboro is holding a public event to celebrate the school’s 25th anniversary on May 4, from 12:25 to 6 p.m. The public can drop by for a reception and classroom tour.

The school is located at 89 Lorry Greenberg Dr.

May 7

St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, located at 2400 Alta Vista Dr., is hosting a spring sale on May 7, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The sale will feature spring and summer clothing, home baking, books, toys, games, furniture and flea market items.

May 8

An afternoon tea, complete with music, will take place on Mother’s Day, May 8 at 2 p.m. The event takes place at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. fter the concert enjoy sandwiches, sweets, tea and coffee. Proceeds will support the Refugee Fund. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 613-7333156, ext. 229, at the church office, Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or at the door of the event. For more information, please go online to rideaupark.ca.

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