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Protesters rally against Mooney’s Bay Park plan Erin McCracken

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Canadian Olympian Sue Holloway is lending her voice to mounting opposition against the decision to build Canada’s largest playground at Mooney’s Bay Park.

When she first learned that the north end of the park had been chosen as the host site of the new 4,600-square-metre play space this summer, her reaction was swift.

“No way,” recalled

Holloway, who joined about 80 people during the hastily organized Rally for Fitness at the park on May 18.

“I’m dismayed that this piece of pristine waterfront would be used so inappropriately,” said the Riverside Park resident, who regularly cycles and skis the park, and paddles by it on the Rideau River.

“It’s just not the right use for this piece of land,” Holloway said.

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Rideau Canoe Club members Liam Powers-Kelly, left, and Owen Rainboth use the equipment at Sue Holloway Fitness Park during a ‘Rally for Fitness’ at the north end of Mooney’s Bay Park on May 18. About 80 people gathered to protest the construction of Canada’s largest playground at the site this summer. See editorial page 8 and related stories, pages 10 and 11.

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A police investigation into a shooting on Russell Road is still turning up more questions than answers.

Police were called to a rowhouse unit in the 1700-block of Russell Road, northeast of the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre, on May 16 at 11 p.m., and discovered the home had been punctured by bullets.

It was the city’s 23rd shooting so far this year.

“At the scene, officers discovered holes in a unit, along with shell casings,” police said in a statement on May 17. “No one was injured.”

Guns and gangs investigators are now leading the investigation, but are remaining tight-lipped about any evidence they found at the scene, including the number of

bullet holes at the house, how many shell casings were found and the type of gun or calibre of bullets.

Const. Marc Soucy said investigators don’t yet know if it was a case of a drive-by shooting.

“They don’t know. The call came in that they heard gunshots and we don’t know if it was from a car or anything,” the department spokesman said. “I’d be surprised if it was from a car since the shell casings were found, otherwise they would have fallen in the car.”

Soucy didn’t know whether it was the affected homeowner who made the 911 call, and if those living at the home were the intended targets.

Police are urging anyone with information on the case to contact the guns and gangs unit by calling 613-236-1222, ext. 5050, or call in anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Local hospitals get funding bump up Staff

The Ontario government has increased its funding to four Ottawa hospitals, including an increase of more than $11 million to the Ottawa Hospital.

In total, Ottawa hospitals are receiving more than $19 million in additional funds.

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the support at Montfort Hospital in Ottawa on May 6 with Dr. Eric Hoskins, minister of health and long-term care.

“Hospitals play an essential role in our health care system. I am pleased to announce increased funding to hospitals in Ottawa — and across our province — so they can expand access to care and respond to the growing need for complex and highly specialized services,” said Wynne in a press release.

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario is getting $5 million, Montfort Hospital is getting $1.7 million and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group will receive $1.8 million.

“Health care is one of the most important provincial services that Ontarians rely upon. Through this investment, Ontario will continue to make significant gains by focusing on access, quality and efficiency in the health care system,” said Ottawa-Vanier MPP Madeleine Meilleur, The provincial government is planning to increase funding to hospitals this year by more than $345 million, according to a press release, part of a $51.8 billion investment in health care.

They are also planning to spend $12 billion over 10 years for capital grants to help hospitals modernize.

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A local health care company has received $1.5 million from the provincial government in order to expand its line of bedside blood testing devices.

Three Ottawa MPPs were at Epocal in south Ottawa on May 24 to announce the funding, which was actually given to the company in 2015.

Since the funding was received, the company has opened a second facility near its Walkey Road facility on Brookfield Road.

The 2015 funds have also meant more than 50 new hires for the company. It has hired manufacturing workers and supervisors, as well an engineers and medical experts as the company has expanded its product line.

The product looks similar to a credit card reader that would be used in a retail store. Blood can be taken at the bedside and put onto a credit card sized chip which

is inserted into the portal and processed. Once processed, it tells doctors information about blood such as blood gases, electrolytes and metabolites.

It saves a lengthier trip to a lab to have the blood work done, as the machine only takes three minutes to process the blood work results.

Plant manager Brett Fogg said the government funding has been a “catalyst for growth” for the company.

Epocal received the funding through the Eastern Ontario Development Fund, which funds eligible projects up to 15 per cent.

Ontario has a history in the medical manufacturing industry, said OttawaOrléans MPP Marie-France Lalonde. Lalonde also serves as the parliamentary assistant to the minister of economic development, employment and infrastructure.

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CHEO, treatment centre merger to offer better care for kids Erin McCracken

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The region’s leading providers of specialized care for children and youth are designing a “made-in-Ottawa solution” to improve care for kids with complex medical needs.

CHEO and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre are amalgamating to form a new organization by the end of this year, one that is so new it doesn’t yet have a name.

“What we’ve heard over and over again from families that have used either place is that the system was fragmented, that they had to navigate their own way through the system rather than have a system that was made for them that was streamlined,” Dr. Lindy Samson, CHEO’s chief of staff, said in an interview following the May 17 announcement about the

new partnership.

After it is formalized, there will be about an 18-month transition period.

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by April 1, 2018.

The new system currently in development within “the stronger together philosophy,” said Samson, will better serve the needs of kids with various disabilities, congenital conditions, autism, brain injuries, developmental delays and cerebral palsy.

Sixty per cent of patients at CHEO and the treatment centre are shared.

Currently, a child in need of diagnosis, treatment and care can be referred to both organizations and regularly go between them for appointments with specialists such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists.

“There would be different waitlists and different

processes to do that, and for some clinicians in the community and even at either organization it wasn’t always 100 per clear which was the best path to go down first,” Samson said.

This also leads to duplication of services.

But within the new organization, a patient will be referred to one place and be placed on one waiting list instead of two, “and most importantly the parents can concentrate on being parents and not having to be the case managers for their child,” said Samson.

“So it’s really about one child, one door, one story, one health record, one care plan.”

There are other children’s treatment centres in the province and while some have operated independently, such as Ottawa’s for the past 60 years, others have been integrated in some way.

Parent advisor Jennifer Walker, left, CHEO president and chief executive Alex Munter, parent advisor Mindy McHardy, Nathan Dalgleish, daughter Abby, and Kathleen Stokely, of the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre, pour different layers of coloured sand together on May 17.

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CHEO and the treatment centre have already been collaborating and have integrated a number of programs.

Treatment centre officials approached CHEO executives several years ago to formalize their partnership.

A joint task force of parents, community members and physicians looked at models across North America, but ultimately settled on a unique way forward.

“This is really a made-inOttawa solution to the very unique geographical and regional health-care needs we

have in this area,” Samson said.

Though the merger wasn’t motivated by financial pressures, it will result in monetary efficiencies. There will be one new board of directors and CHEO president and chief executive Alex Munter will helm the new centre, while Kathleen Stokely, chief executive of the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre, will retire.

Any money saved will be returned to front-line services for complex care and developmental and rehabili-

tation services, which means there will be more than there are now, said Samson.

It’s still too soon to know what impact the merger will have on wait times and how the space at the treatment centre, which has its main site near CHEO, will change as a result.

The centre’s communitybased sites from Renfrew to Cornwall will remain in place.

“Now the work begins on how we are going to really all create this together and make it better,” Samson said.

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Several Ottawa police patrol officers were called to an intersection not far from Bank Street and Heron Road on May 22, at approximately 5:20 p.m.

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“When there’s an incident like that multiple (police) units are called,” he said, adding that east district investigators are managing the case.

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International family of air traffic controllers support Fort Mac team Erin McCracken

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For air traffic controllers, managing activity in the skies above is not just a career.

For that reason Peter Duffey wasn’t the least bit surprised when controllers working out of the Fort McMurray International Airport wanted to stay on the job even after neighbourhoods were being evacuated as wildfires raged out of control around the northern Alberta city.

They had planned to take shelter in the fire hall or the airport terminal, if need be.

“They wanted to keep the tower open. They knew there was going to be a lot of flights coming and going,” said Duffey, president of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, which has its head office in Ottawa’s Glebe Annex community.

It was May 3, and Duffey was keeping in regular contact with his regional vice-president and his members’ employer, Nav Canada.

Both were keeping tabs on the nine-member team of Fort McMurray air traffic controllers and their families.

“But then the town, very shortly after that, announced there was a mandatory evacuation for everybody, including all the airport personnel,” said Duffey. “It happened in a matter of hours.”

His team and their families grabbed what they could, and quickly headed for places such as Calgary or Edmonton.

Over the next few days, they didn’t know if their homes were still standing.

At the onset of that agonizing waiting period, Duffey came up with the idea of launching an online fundraiser.

“The response was just

extraordinary,” he said.

The initial $5,000 goal was quickly surpassed, and was incrementally raised to $30,000 within 48 hours due to the “phenomenal” response.

So far, the fundraiser has generated more than $43,000 for the Fort Mac air traffic controllers, to help them rebuild and ensure they have a cushion of support during such a challenging time.

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“They wanted to keep the tower open.

They knew there was going to be a lot of flights coming and going.”

PETER DUFFEY, PRESIDENT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION

“It’s even more mindblowing when you consider we only have a shade under 2,000 people,” Duffey said.

The union represents 1,950 air traffic controllers, instructors, course developers and systems automation specialists from Vancouver to Gander, NL. Air traffic controllers and their unions from around the world have chipped in, evidence of the camaraderie that comes with the specialized occupation.

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“The bonds between controllers, even around the world, it’s odd and I think it’s because not a lot of people get us in what we do,” said Duffey, who has served as the union’s national president for about two-anda-half years, and vicepresident before that.

He also spent 19 years as an air traffic controller at Toronto Pearson

Red Cross for wildfire relief efforts.

With the union’s campaign, another control tower’s fundraiser and the employer’s matching dollars, about $100,000 has so far been generated.

And while it was a relief when the Fort Mac controllers learned all of their homes had been spared, there is still much uncertainty about what exactly they are going home to.

“Until they get back in, we have no idea of what the smoke damage will be,” said Duffey.

“We know some of them live in neighbourhoods where they were fighting fires and they may have water damage as well.”

Now, they are waiting rather impatiently for the green light to return home. Nav Canada officials may either arrange to bring in RVs for the tower personnel to to stay at the airport temporarily, or fly them back and forth from Edmon-

ton.

“They’re actually chomping at the bit to get back there,” said Duffey, who met with the team in Edmonton on May 9.

“They wanted to be there on Day One to make sure those airplanes are safe, coming and going.”

In the meantime, Fort Mac’s air space has been under the control of Canada’s forestry officials and restricted to water bombers and emergency efforts — something that’s almost unheard of at an airport since most wildfires happen in the bush away from airports.

It will be important to figure out how the controllers can resume control of the tower and Fort McMurray’s airspace while maintaining a wide berth for emergency air operations.

“What we’re working on doing is trying to figure out how to get flights in and out of Edmonton and Calgary and Fort McMurray while they can still continue their firefighting activities peripherally around that,” Duffey said.

Scott Clements, president and chief executive of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority, said on the airport’s website that several structures at the north side of the airport were damaged in the fire but that the airport is fully operational for emergency operations, and the transporting of food and supplies to emergency personnel.

Commercial air traffic to the airport won’t permitted until the evacuation order is lifted, he said.

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Park plan becomes PR disaster for city

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t should have been a good news story, but instead has become a public relations disaster.

No, not the bench clearing ‘manhandling’ and ‘elbowgate’ rumble last week in the House of Commons. No, this PR faux pas surrounds the plan to build the nation’s largest playground at Mooney’s Bay Park as part of a reality TV show involving kids.

Yes, a TV show project that will leave the city with a destination location for any families with children visiting Ottawa has become a hot potato at city hall. This is all because a secret deal to get involved in the project has left many residents and organizations that use the site to stage their events crying foul that they were not informed in advance nor has there been any public consultation.

When you have a former Olympian such as Sue Holloway, who lives near Mooney’s Bay and has a fitness area in the park named after her, speaking out, you know the public relations optics surrounding this project have gone off the rails. The city is contributing almost $1 million to the approximately $2-million project, which will be filmed for the Giver children’s TV show.

The show will involve filming the construction of the playground and involve kids as they assist in the construction project that will take the shape of Canada. The structure is scheduled to open on July 1, 2017, to mark the country’s 150th birthday.

It sounds like a win-win for the city. A Canada 150 legacy project, with the city getting a $2-million playground for half price as the TV show will also put in $1 million. You can see why those at city hall thought it would be a no-brainer as something the community as a whole could rally around.

But the lack of public notice, let alone public consultation, looks bad in light of the fact that in the very same week the Mooney’s Bay Park brouhaha has emerged, city councillors such as George Darouze have been touting how effective public consultations can be after the city’s decision to defer changes to its stormwater rate fee structure after rural residents pushed back.

The Mooney’s Bay Park project is exactly the type of Canada 150 legacy project city residents will enjoy for years as opposed to yet more fireworks shows. Yes, the PR optics may be bad, but sometimes things just need to get done.

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was at Rideau Hall the other day, watching 48 Canadians, including a cousin and a former boss, be inducted into the Order of Canada. The day gave me a greater appreciation of both the Order and the setting in which it was awarded.

You wouldn’t say that the recipients represented a crosssection of Canada. This group, on this day, was predominantly white, and predominantly anglo.

Still, there was an impressive range of accomplishments among the inductees — some athletes, some teachers, some in the helping professions and the arts, a couple of writers and a bunch of scientists and doctors. A couple of the inductees were famous; most were not.

That in itself is encouraging. You can be someone whose accomplishments don’t put you

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town in the headlines, yet be shown appreciation by your country. Typically, someone in your community nominates you and then you go through a screening process.

Those who have not seen the ceremony and seen the pride Order of Canada recipients take in it may underestimate its significance and its impact on those who are chosen. The fact that recipients proudly wear the lapel pin whenever they can shows that they know it’s important and they’re happy to have it.

The ceremony itself reflects

that. There is a formality to it — with a string quartet playing introductory music, the presence of the governor general and various uniformed functionaries, the recipient bowing to the GG before hearing a brief recitation of his or her accomplishments.

But we are not a formal people.

The string quartet played a Beatles tune. Several of the recipients had small cheering sections that whooped, possibly violating protocol, as their friends were introduced. A couple of the inductees broke through the formality with little gestures of celebration that brought laughs from the crowd.

And at the end of the ceremony, there was enthusiastic applause for all the recipients that went on far longer than you would expect.

Clearly, both inductees and audience were moved by what they had seen.

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So what might originally have been thought of as a formal, British-style ceremony, became quite Canadian, and all the more moving for that.

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Anyone who enters intimidated by the surroundings soon relaxes, because there is a staffer at every turn who can tell you where to go, what to do, what happens next. There is no stiffness. They all smile.

The rooms are lovely as is the garden out back, where people strolled — and even smoked — after the ceremony. The larger grounds themselves are well-used, by locals as well as tourists, after an unfortunate period in the 1980s when they were closed to the public, for reasons that were never made entirely clear.

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Not only is the planned playground – which will be comprised of 10 mini parks that together will resemble Canada and feature provincial themes – too big, but Mooney’s Bay already has a play structure near the pavilion, she said.

The north end of the park is already a popular draw, with people enjoying the picnic tables, dipping their feet in the water, and working out at the fitness park, Holloway said, adding it is also the site of several events and festivals, and popular with users of the Lions Track and Field Club.

“This is super valuable land and (the city has) sold out for $1 million. This is worth way more than that,” Holloway said.

The city is contributing almost $1 million to the approximately $2-million project, which will will be filmed for the Giver children’s TV show.

The structure is scheduled to officially open on July 1, 2017, to mark the country’s 150th birthday.

Rally organizer Liz Elton cited several concerns about the “huge” playground: the recent removal of several large trees at the site, which she said will “substantially” affect drainage, the structure will be built at the bottom of a hill that once served as a garbage dump and it will be constructed just metres away from the UNESCO World Heritagedesignated river.

“Imagine canoeing, kayaking or walking along and instead of seeing the trees, you see the big plastic play structure,” said Elton, a longtime member of the nearby Rideau

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About 80 people gather at Mooney’s Bay Park on May 18 to protest the construction this summer of Canada’s largest playground during a ‘Rally for Fitness’ at Mooney’s Bay Park.

Several attendees, many of them members of the nearby Rideau Canoe Club, are calling for the playground to be built elsewhere.

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“When this is gone, it’s gone. We can’t get it back,” she said, before encouraging those at the evening rally to advocate that another site be selected for the structure.

“Let’s keep making big noise,” she said.

the rally, said the fitness park and three condemned bridges at the north end “were coming down regardless” of the playground plans.

The bridges have been cordoned off for years and the city has been unable to acquire

parts to upgrade the fitness equipment, he said.

Holloway, for whom the park was named when it opened about 23 years ago, said she has no issues with the removal of the exercise equipment this spring.

It is aging, weathered by the elements and need refurbishing, said Holloway, a fourtime Olympian who competed in cross-country skiing and canoe sprint.

“My park is fine,” she said.

Holloway will be part of a committee that will consult this fall on the future redesign and relocation of the fitness park.

Brockington said the group will consider whether it will be kept in one area or spread out at the park when it is constructed and re-opened next year.

He has said he would prefer to keep the fitness park at the same end of Mooney’s Bay. “There’s some advantages to having two outdoor recreational components beside each other,” he said. “And if there’s room, then that might be the best spot to put it, but again let the community consultation group provide the recommendations.”

The Rideau Canoe Club’s board of directors has also weighed in on the playground plans, calling for a halt to construction until the city consults with the public.

Hector Carranco, the club’s executive director, said he worries about the amount of space the structure will eat up, as well as the pressure playground users will place on already paltry washrooms and constricted parking at the

park pavilion.

“There is never enough parking, and now hundreds of kids are coming, but they are not walking,” said Carranco, a longtime Riverside Park resident.

He joined other club members at the rally to advocate that the structure be built elsewhere in the city, such as at underutilized parks or at the nearby Hog’s Back or Vincent Massey parks where he said there are better facilities.

Each of the mini play structures could also be built at different city parks to mark the nation’s 150th birthday, he said.

That would save in pollution, traffic and parking, Carranco said.

Last year, the club hosted the Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships, and the north end of Mooney’s Bay Park was the site of the athletes’ village.

The canoe club will again host the championships in 2020.

“So if there is a play structure that size, then that won’t be possible,” said Carranco, who only recently saw conceptual sketches of three of the planned play structures.

“It’s scary,” he said, referring to the design and height of a lighthouse play structure, and another that depicts a large moose. “It won’t be pretty.”

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Many protesters expressed concern about the upcoming demolition of the fitness park and its future beyond that.

But River Coun. River Brockington, who was not at

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Open house in development for Mooney’s Bay playground plans Erin McCracken

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A town hall meeting is in the works to give Ottawa residents the chance to discuss the children’s playground that will be built this summer at Mooney’s Bay Park.

It’s the latest development following an outcry from residents upset at the lack of community consultation on the project before the city announced May 13 it will partner with television production company, Sinking Ship Entertainment, to build a $2-million 4,600-squaremetre playground, billed as the largest in Canada.

Many in opposition say they are not against the construction of the playground, but the choice of location.

The community open house scheduled for May 31 at a to-be-determined location is in addition to a June 1 casting call for local children and their families who want to be part of the construction effort when it is filmed this summer for the fourth

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Show officials are working with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa and Volunteer Ottawa to co-ordinate the location of the casting

call, which will give people living in the Ottawa area the chance to audition in person. Volunteer Ottawa is also helping the show’s officials recruit volunteers, since adults and parents are needed to help.

“We invite the children to

come and contribute ideas to the project,” said López, a Toronto-based producer.

Those hoping to be in the show can also apply online.

“We’ve already been overwhelmed with volunteers and businesses who want to donate services and their

time for the project,” said Lopez, adding the show has also already received a number of applications from children across Canada.

Each of the 10 episodes will star six kids ages seven to 13 — nine groups in total — who will help design and construct each of the 10 mini parks reflecting different provincial themes. The structures will be built in the order of Confederation, beginning with Ontario.

Ontario Park, as it will be known, will have the theme of ‘cities under construction in Ontario.’

At the end of this summer, when construction wraps, the play structures together will resemble a map of Canada.

The final episode of the series will feature a timelapse video of the full build-out.

“A special live part of that episode will be the opening ceremony on Canada Day, 2017,” López said, adding that the first episode will air Canada Day. Guinness World Record

officials will also be present during the official opening to judge if the playground establishes a new world record for the longest continuous set of monkey bars.

“The record to beat is 392 feet (119 metres) in the U.K.,” said López, adding the Mooney’s Bay playground set will measure more than 400 feet or 129 metres.

Construction will begin July 5 and continue until about August 29, with some days off in between each of the three-day builds.

“Multiple locations” in Ottawa were considered, and the NCC-owned Mooney’s Bay Park and Britannia Beach were the frontrunners. Andrew Haydon Park in the west end was another option.

“Once we saw Mooney’s Bay, I mean, it’s a beautiful site,” said Lopez.

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Residents want some questions answered over a proposal to build a mega park at Mooney’s Bay, Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli said at the May 19 community and protective services committee.

Egli wanted to know how long the city knew about the plan for the park before making the announcement.

Dan Chenier, the general manager for the park and recreation department, took the hot seat to answer questions around the city’s contribution to the supersized, 4,600-square metre play structure.

“I know I have gotten a lot of calls from residents who are looking for answers,” Egli said.

Chenier said Sinking Ship Entertainment approached the city on Jan. 5 – the announcement was made on May 13.

“The production company was in talks with the NCC (National Capital Commission) prior to discussions with the city,” Chenier said, adding he couldn’t say which sites the company looked at before entering into negotiations with the city.

A spokesperson from the NCC wouldn’t comment on which sites were considered before the company began negotiations with the city.

The mega park will be built on the north end of the site.

It will be the 42nd park built by the production company. The structure will be shaped like Canada and feature 10 mini parks representing the provinces.

The construction will be filmed and aired in 10 episodes. The show is called Giver, and runs on TVO. Kids across Canada will be recruited to star in the show and cameras will follow them as they help build the playground with Michael Lagimodiere, a contractor and designer.

Organizers are also hoping to break a Guinness World Record by building the longest set of continuous monkey bars.

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said when he works with city staff to build a park in his ward, they usually recommend not having monkey bars.

“Every time there’s a park built in my ward there’s resistance to monkey bars, and now we are building the world’s longest,” he said.

Chiarelli also said he was concerned about the fate of festivals like Dragon Boat and Hope Volleyball.

Chenier said the city has kept Dragon Boat organizers in the loop on the project since February.

Prep work for the park is slated for completion by June 16. Chenier said the schedule was necessarily tight because work on the first of the 10 provinces has to start in July.

The city will provide festival organizers with sandbags to secure 82 team tents on top of a ground covering that is necessary ahead of work on the playground, Chenier said. That membrane can’t be staked with tent pegs.

Chenier said the work might interfere with bike parking planned for the site, so organizers are looking for an alternative location.

Sinking Ship will host a public open house in June, Chenier said, addressing questions around the lack of public consultations.

The project comes with a $2 million price tag.

The city’s portion will be $959,000. That’s the maximum amount under the capital partnership grant program, which comes from citywide cash-in-lieu of parking dollars.

While several committee members talked about working on the process so the public can have their say, Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish tried to put the issue in perspective.

“It’s not that often that people come to us with $1 million to fund a project of this nature,” he said, adding the festivals only come to Mooney’s Bay once a year.

“Let’s not look at a $1 million gift horse in the mouth.”

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try very hard to ignore investment statements, especially those in relatively low risk or registered accounts.

A few weeks ago, while up to my eyeballs in tax documents, however, I had a glance at my registered education savings fund (RESP). A number of years ago, I read about an experiment that suggested parents rarely, if ever, would dip into their children’s education fund, even in an emergency, and even among extremely poor families in rural India. This makes it an untouchable savings fund – the idea is that you leave it there for a long period of time, make some good money in interest, and because your child’s future is at stake, you don’t dare touch it, even when times are tight.

Since then, I’ve saved an increasing amount each year for my kids, in the event they go to post-secondary school. The bonus with an RESP is that the government contributes 20 per cent over and above your contribution amount, which means it’s got the

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse best return-on-investment (ROI) around.

What I saw on my statements, however, shocked me, although it probably won’t surprise many of you – negative returns. I lost money on my savings, and I’d been losing money on my children’s investments for about 12 months.

That wasn’t the case a year ago.

Recognizing that growth has been small, I wasn’t expecting huge returns, but I was hoping to be, at the very least, earning something, as a reward for my monthly sacrifice.

But this was a dig. I mean, what’s the point in saving money – rather than spending or paying down debt – if I’m actually losing on the principal?

It so happens that CBC Radio

One was reading my mind that particular day. At least once per week, I find myself driving to Orléans and tuning into hear All in a Day’s Alan Neal have a casual chat about the economy with Alberta-based economics reporter Kate MacNamara. On this particular day, MacNamara was recounting an experiment she had done with her 11-year-old daughter to determine where best to save a portion of her pocket money.

After searching a number of banks – both mainstream and small – MacNamara found she had no solid place for her daughter to save, unless she was willing to take a big risk.

It’s the same for the rest of us.

While I’ve written endlessly about the value of saving – and I still believe it’s good to have a nest egg or a rainy day fund – there is really zero incentive to save in today’s economy.

As MacNamara pointed out, with the interest rates at all time lows, the Bank of Canada continues to encourage and reward the borrower/spender, while leaving

‘According to a BMO study released in February, an estimated 34 per cent of adult Canadians made a preretirement withdrawal from their RRSP.’ savers out in the cold.

“They (the Bank of Canada) endlessly peddle the financial literacy line,” MacNamara said.

“It’s time to make it actually pay.

Stop pushing savers endlessly into risk ... Anyone who wants to make anything – including 11 year olds – are pushed into junk.”

In the end, MacNamara advised her own daughter to go blow her pocket money on Cheezies. It doesn’t seem like such a bad idea for the rest of us either. We may at least opt to pay down debt while rates are low rather than throw our cash into the money pit of negative returns.

It may well be why Canadians seem to be increasingly choosing to raid their retirement funds early.

According to a BMO study released in February, an estimated

34 per cent of adult Canadians made a pre-retirement withdrawal from their RRSP. Canadians seem to be willing to take the excessive tax hit to use their retirement funds to pay off debt, cover off an income shortfall or purchase a new home.

As MacNamara noted, until the Bank of Canada alters interest rate policy to benefit savers, it’s likely the rest of us will opt to blow our pocket money on Cheezies rather than continue to suffer the diminishing rates of return on our savings. For me, my RRSP may be up for grabs in current conditions, but my kids’ education fund, despite the losses, is safe. Turns out those behavioural economists are right – regardless of the need, I’m apparently psychologically incapable of diminishing my children’s future, even in the face of diminishing returns.

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A one-day blitz by Ottawa police officers on May 15 aimed at targeting distracted drivers was a success – depending on how you look at it.

Celebrate the Greenboro Library and Community Centre’s 10th Anniversary On Saturday, June 4, the Greenboro Library and Community Centre along with my office will be celebrating our 10th anniversary! The entire community is invited to celebrate with a bilingual family story time, a magic show, arts and crafts, a barbecue, tours of the facility, and a green screen photo shoot.

The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library will also be holding an anniversary book sale all day.

Activities kick off at 10:15 a.m. with the children’s story time and run until 3:00 p.m. My office will also be open from 10:30 a.m. to noon to welcome residents, who can discuss all things Gloucester-Southgate Ward and enter to win a gift basket full of prizes. For more information, you can contact the Greenboro Library at 613-580-2940. I hope to see you there!

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Free Tickets for Canada Day Seniors’ Breakfast Planning your Canada Day already? If you’re a senior in Ottawa, you’re eligible to attend the Mayor’s Canada Day Celebration for Seniors, which takes places on Friday, July 1 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. This event will take place at the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park and includes breakfast as well as door prizes and live entertainment.

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A one-day blitz by Ottawa police officers on May 15 aimed at targeting distracted driver was a success – depending on how you look at it.

Officers handed out 76 tickets for drivers using handheld devices, another six for red-light running and 34 other Highway Traffic Act offenses.

Traffic officer Sgt. Eddy Yeoumans said the blitz was part of a provincial drive safe campaign.

“The slogan is risk takers, meet undertakers,” he said. “It just doesn’t seem to be getting better.”

The ban on using handheld devices while driving was enacted in 2009, but Yeoumans said the problem doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

A 2015 public survey by the Ottawa police identified distracted driving as the number one concern for residents.

“People know it’s illegal, but they just can’t seem to put the phones down,” Yeoumans said,

adding that when people are stopped they know it’s illegal because the first thing they do is put down their hands or ditch the phone once they hear the sirens.

“The excuse always is that call or text is very important,” Yeoumans said.

Yeoumans said the behaviour of a distracted driver is just like that of someone who is drunk behind the wheel.

“The car is weaving or they’re at a red light and they don’t notice when it turns green, so it holds up traffic behind them,” he said. “They just don’t realize how distracted they are on the road. It only takes a moment to cause a collision.”

Enforcement and education are key to getting people to put their phones down and keep their eyes on the road, Yeoumans said.

“Hopefully, they get a ticket and they tell their friends and coworkers and it makes people hesitate,” he said.

“Or the kids in the backseat tell their parents to put the phones down.”

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I’d like to remind residents that City employees do not contact residents to sell products or services, visits requiring access to homes by City staff are scheduled in advance, and all employees requesting access to homes have City-issued photo ID. You can report any suspicious calls to the Ottawa Police Service by calling 613-236-1222.

Save the Date: Spring Safety Series Event On the evening of Monday, June 6 I will be hosting a spring safety series event at the Greenboro Community Centre regarding fraud. Please stay tuned for more details through dianedeans.ca, my column, or social media.

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Door-to-door salespeople making false claims about city drinking water Residents warned, urged to be vigilant Erin McCracken

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Has someone knocked at your door knocking down the quality of Ottawa’s drinking water?

If so, you’ve likely come face to face with door-todoor salespeople making false claims in the hopes of selling you something you don’t actually need.

“The city has received complaints from residents who have been contacted by salespeople of water filtration or treatment systems who are providing incorrect information about water quality,” the city said in a statement on May 18.

“The drinking water delivered to Ottawa residents exceeds all federal and provincial health-based water quality guidelines and standards,” the press release stated. “Ottawa’s drinking water has been rated by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change as being among the safest in the world, and it is continually tested to ensure that those high standards are maintained.”

The statement included a reminder that city employees don’t contact residents to sell them something, and that any visits by employees would be scheduled in advance, with the exception of emergency situations.

As well, municipal employees asking to enter a home have city-issued photo ID cards, and residents are encouraged to ask for these before permitting access.

Any suspicious or unsolicited calls or visits should be reported to the Ottawa police by calling 613-236-1222.

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The National Arts Centre’s focus on investing in Canadian creators has inspired Janice and Earle O’Born of Toronto to give $1.5 million to support the NAC’s efforts.

“Earle and I are proud to be associated with the National Arts Centre. We are inspired by the type of bold creative work such as … the world premiere of Life Reflected, and want to

see more Canadian stories on stages across the country,” said Janice O’Born, a NAC Foundation director.

The $1.5M gift to the NAC is welcome and very generous, said NAC Foundation CEO Jayne Watson. “Janice and Earle are extraordinary philanthropists for so many terrific causes,” Watson said.

“We are honored that the arts are a priority for them, and we thank them for this amazing gift.”

New sexual assault training course rolls out for Ottawa cops Erin McCracken

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Twenty-five Ottawa police patrol officers are arming themselves with an arsenal of new tools and information aimed at bolstering how they investigate sexual assault cases and interact with victims of sexual crimes.

The police department’s sexual assault and child abuse section is now rolling out a new three-day intensive course for front-line officers beginning May 25, known as sexual assault response officer training.

“Their first response heavily impacts how the investigation moves forward, so we’re going to give them more information, specifically towards sexual violence calls,” said Staff Sgt. Angela McDade, head of the SACA section. “Our goal with that is victim-centred investigations.”

Topics such as scene man-

agement and victim sensitivity will be taught by experts from the Ottawa Hospital, a nurse practitioner, the police department’s victim crisis and high-tech crime units and a public educator with the Sexual Assault Support Centre, among others A list of potential improvements was developed after the police service consulted with a number of service providers in late 2014, including the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, the Sexual Assault Network,Crime Prevention Ottawa and others.

“When the patrol officer goes to those scenes, we’re hoping with that additional training that the initial response, their lens won’t be narrow, that they will be focused on the victim,” said McDade.

It will also give the officers more in-depth understanding of the challenges involved in sexual assault cases “so they will be really

tuned in to what’s required to prove cases,” she said.

“That victim sensitivity is huge.”

In some cases, victims don’t want police to investigate or even speak with a perpetrator, sometimes for fear of reprisal.

Officers can also be challenged in trying to encourage victims to go to hospital to receive care.

But it’s important they ensure victims understand how important medical care is, that they connect with the supports they may need, as well as helping them get to the hospital and making sure they have a ride to a safe place after their hospital visit.

“We want that sensitivity,” McDade said.

How victims are treated by investigators is crucial for the victim, never mind for the investigation.

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Staff Sgt. Angela McDade, head of the Ottawa police sexual assault and child abuse unit, says 25 patrol officers have signed up for the department’s inaugural sexual assault response officer training. The intensive three-day course has been designed to equip front-line officers with the information and skills they need to investigate sexual assaults.

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Residents living near the long-vacant site that was once home to the Alta Vista water tower may soon get some new neighbours.

Jack Stirling, president of the Stirling Group, has formed a team of partners to buy the half-acre (or 2,000-square-metre) parcel at the corner of Braeside and Randall avenues near Alta Vista Drive from the city’s Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation.

They plan to build five single-family homes at the location.

“We saw it from the getgo as a single-family site,” said Stirling, who worked in the planning and development industry for the public and private sectors for many years, including with Minto, and Ottawa and Edmonton municipalities.

This will be the team’s first venture together.

“The configuration of the site in our minds didn’t really lend itself to a very efficient (layout) for townhouses,” he said.

The plan calls for the construction of four 2,500-square-feet (202-square-metre), twostorey homes facing Braeside Avenue, and another fronting onto Randall Avenue.

Once the project is shovelready, one of the first steps will be the removal of one of the former water tower’s underground cement anchors.

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Conceptual plans offer a preliminary look at five single-family homes that are being planned for the site of the former water tower in Alta Vista, located at the corner of Braeside and Randall avenues near Alta Vista Drive. A community consultation meeting is scheduled for June 1. munity Association’s monthly meeting on May 17.

“We’ve been championing from Day One the best usage of this, that it be in line

with the nearby (detached) homes,” association president Clinton Cowan said of the empty lot, which is located in back of the Ottawa fire

department’s Station 35 and its communications dispatch centre. The site is also just northeast of St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church.

“We were very firm about meeting and matching the surrounding homes,” Cowan said, adding residents are “cautiously optimistic”

about the current development plan if it remains the same from concept to construction.

“We felt given the character of the neighbourhood the most appropriate use was single family (housing),” Stirling said.

A for sale sign went up at the property last fall (Cowan said the city was asking $1.6 million for the land) and Stirling and his team learned in February they were the successful bidder. The sale is conditional, based on the city agreeing to rezone the land from minor institutional to R1 zoning for detached residential dwellings.

The Stirling team planned to file a formal rezoning application with the city this week.

If rezoning is granted by the planning committee and then council this fall, marketing the new homes will begin shortly after. Construction could get underway in November or next spring.

A public open house on the project is scheduled for June 1 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, located at 2345 Alta Vista Dr.

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“There’s a lot of emotional trauma,” she said. “It may not be present at the time. We’re learning a lot about neurobiology in that what you see at the time may be very different three days or a month later for a victim.”

The Ottawa police SACA unit has wanted to developed this type of training for patrol officers for a number of years. Staff sergeants before McDade had it on their todo lists, and McDade adopted the priority after she began managing the 17-member unit three years ago.

To get it off the ground, other police agencies were looked at, including specialized training provided by the Durham Regional Police Service.

The response to the new Ottawa course was swift and the available spots quickly filled up. McDade said a second course will be offered in September, and it may be offered at least once a year in future.

Those officers who take it may one day become prime candidates for the SACA unit. Their police work will be regularly reviewed and in five to seven years they may want to join the team.

Unlike the specially trained SACA investigators, other officers are challenged to know what is entailed in a sexual assault investigation. But that’s where “more education more awareness, more training” can make all the difference.

“It’s our way of being able to give something to the patrol officers that we already know,” said McDade. “I had no idea until I came into the unit as to the type of offences, the amount of offences.”

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The launch of the new course just happened to take place in May, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month The SACA section issued a public advisory urging people “to stop the cycle” of sexual violence, explaining that anyone one -- no matter their gender, age, race or cultural background - can become a victim.

McDade’s team of officers investigate a couple hundred files at any given time, and often issue media releases about sexual crimes in order to garner tips, warn people and to seek the public’s help in identifying a suspect.

Stranger assaults do occur, but the vast majority of cases they investigate involve victims who have been assaulted by someone they know, whether they are an acquaintance, a family member, someone in a position of authority or a co-worker, McDade said.

Sexual violence remains under-reported. An estimated 10 per cent of victims report sexual crimes, McDade said.

That’s why education and training are so important.

Victims need to know that sexual assault is never their fault, and everyone needs to know that sexual assault includes unwanted touching, groping, kissing, hugging, molestation and penetration. The other message the unit is sharing is that without consent, a sexual assault has been committed.

“I think with that type of awareness and people understand the consequences and that their behaviour is criminal, maybe it will reduce the offending,” McDade said.

“Changing attitudes and behaviours doesn’t happen overnight. It is long-entrenched. It has a lot of history behind it,” she said, but added that social media is giving more people the opportunity to talk about sexual violence.

“People used to have to stay in silence. And I hope that the future will be different.”

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Brain Injury Awareness Walk all set for June Event being held at Andrew Haydon Park on June 18 staff

The 2016 Walk for Brain Injury Awareness is set for June 18 at Andrew Haydon Park in the Crystal Beach area of Nepean.

The event, which started in 2012 and now has become an annual event in Ottawa as well as Gananoque and Belleville, was started by Robert Wein.

Wein suffered catastrophic brain injury and other permanent disabilities, when a group cyclists he was training with in July 2009 were hit by a vehicle along March Road in Kanata.

Wein, who was the most severely injured in the incident, came to understand that the issues he faced as a result of his injuries also affect many others who are

living with the long-term effects of a brain injury and that the public is largely unaware of the challenges faced by survivors.

Wein organized and led the first walk in 2012 and donated the proceeds to the Pathways Foundation Capital Campaign – to contribute to the building of a group home for people living with severe brain injury.

Wein has three goals: to raise awareness, raise funds and celebrate the success of those who have made strides in their rehabilitation.

The funds raised from this year’s walk go to the Pathways Community Access Fund. The fund is accessible to anyone with disabilities, and not limited to Pathways supported clients. More in-

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This year the walk is on June 18 at Andrew Haydon Park. Registration is $30 and can be done online at https://raceroster.com/ events/2016/5918/ottawabrain-injury-awareness. If you register by June 1, the registration fee also includes a T-shirt and a lunch by Panera Bread. There are also ways to pledge financial support to a walker at the event On the day of the event June 18, T-shirt pick up is at 9 a.m. at the park, with the warm up and walk starting at 10 a.m. and a lunch and live music to follow at noon.

Free Design Assistance and Striking Room Displays Help Shoppers Find Comfortable and Great Looking Furniture to Fit Their Lifestyle KANATA, ONTARIO (May 17, 2016) – Local furniture shoppers will be surprised to see what La-Z-Boy has in store for Kanata residents. The iconic furniture company is holding a grand opening celebration of its awardwinning store design starting May 27, 2016 and featuring a shopping experience as comfortable as its famous furniture. The new store – located at 8231 Campeau Drive in Kanata which occupies just over 19,000-square-feet– boasts a remarkable selection of great looking furniture for the entire home, all presented in inspiring room displays organized by lifestyle.

The store represents a new design format for La-Z-Boy, and truly embodies the “Live life comfortablySM” tagline.

“We offer furniture to fit nearly every lifestyle and design, and our beautiful new store in Kanata provides a refreshing new shopping experience for customers,” said David Maxwell store owner. “La-Z-Boy today is so much more than recliners – and customers will really be amazed when they walk into the new store to find bright and colorful displays inviting them to relax and explore.”

To make shopping easy, furniture throughout the store is grouped by style, including “comfortably casual,” “modern retreat,” “traditional elegance” and “classics revisited,” allowing customers to find the look that is perfect for their home. The Kanata area store features a wide-range of furniture from more than 60 sofa styles, to sectionals, leather, loveseats, ottomans as well as the company’s legendary recliners. The new location also offers a large selection of home accents and accessories to help customers create a complete look.

Ottawa residents will also get a chance to see this great new format with the opening of a new location on West Hunt Club Road. Opening near Lowe’s Home Improvements, this store relocated from the corner of Merivale and Hunt Club Rd and will continue to offer residents of Ottawa the inspiration they’re used to with great-looking fully accessorized room displays and dramatic décor ideas.

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No Pressure Shopping Both stores also offer two convenient approaches for shoppers who seek design direction. Customers looking to visualize their custom furniture dreams can use interactive design tools to render any La-Z-Boy product in their choice of hundreds of fabric and leather covers. For those who need more inspiration and guidance, La-Z-Boy stores also offer free In-Home Design Assistance from professionals experienced at helping turn design dreams into reality. La-Z-Boy designers will also visit customer’s homes to help them with their design project and advise on styles that will fit comfortably into their home and budget.

NAV CANADA proposes changes to Ottawa flight paths NAV CANADA is seeking public input regarding proposed changes to flight paths for aircraft arriving to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

Some of the new approach paths will lever new technology – known as Required Navigation Performance (RNP) – that combines satellite-based positioning with modern flight management systems, allowing an aircraft to fly a precise route.

“Our associates provide a comfortable shopping environment from selection through delivery,” said Maxwell.

“Consumers can be assured that they will enjoy a comfortable no-pressure experience while at our stores – we’re truly here to help.”

This allows for the design of flight paths that are shorter – reducing flight times and reducing fuel burn as well as related greenhouse gas emissions. RNP also enables Continuous Descent Approaches (CDA); these reduce level segments and are the quietest type of approach.

A Grand Celebration The Kanata store will celebrate their grand opening on May 27, 2016.

Initially, only a small portion of aircraft – less than 25 per cent – will be equipped to fly the new procedure. As part of the proposed redesign, some standard arrival routes are also being updated.

No changes are proposed for departure routes.

“The grand opening sale is a great opportunity for Kanata residents to explore the latest in La-Z-Boy furniture,” said Maxwell. “Our team of associates and designers are excited to show everyone how comfortable La-Z-Boy furniture can be custom-fit to any lifestyle.”

The proposed flight paths are estimated to save up to two minutes flying time for arrivals while GHG reductions are estimated at 750 metric tonnes each year.

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NAV CANADA has made information – including maps – on proposed flight path changes available online at www.navcanada.ca/YOW. Residents are invited to learn about changes and provide feedback using the comment tool available on the website by June 30, 2016. Residents can also attend the following Open House Consultation Events:

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Firefighters battle Conroy Pit brush fire

Ottawa firefighters were called to fight a brush fire that spread to about three acres (or 1.2 hectares) at Conroy Pit in the city’s south end on May 22. The smoke and flames were spotted by residents living on Carriage Hill Place near the green space.

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NOTICE OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAWS BY THE CITY OF OTTAWA The Council of the City of Ottawa passed By-laws 2016-153, 2016-154, 2016-155, 2016-156 and 2016-157 on May 11, 2016, under Section 34 of The PLANNING ACT. Any person or public body who, before the by-laws were passed, made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to either of the five by-laws, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection. An appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance.

A notice of appeal can be mailed to the City Clerk at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1, or by delivering the notice in person, to Ottawa City Hall, at the Information Desk in the Rotunda on the 1st floor, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 15, 2016.

More than 20 Ottawa firefighters were called to Conroy Pit, a popular dog-walking green space in the city’s south end, to fight a brush fire that broke out May 22.

The fire was so close to Blossom Parkarea homes that residents living on nearby Carriage Hill Place spotted “heavy white smoke” and flames and called 911 around 4:30 p.m.

Upon arrival, fire crews declared a working fire, and brush fire water tanker trucks were brought in since there are no fire hydrants within Conroy Pit, according to Capt. Danielle Cardinal, Ottawa fire department spokeswoman.

The flames spread to cover about three acres (or about 1.2 hectares) within the

park’s boundaries.

The cause of the fire is considered accidental in nature and possible causes may be discarded smoking materials or a campfire left smouldering.

“Those would be the two likeliest possibilities,” Cardinal said.

She said it’s fortunate the fire was quickly reported.

“That’s the thing with conditions being so dry, rapid fire spread is one of our major concerns,” Cardinal said.

The incident serves as a reminder that people should be very cautious when disposing lit cigarettes “especially in really dry periods, because we had a really dry weekend,” she said.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters wrapped up their work at the scene by about 6 p.m.

Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-laws were passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Should the by-laws be appealed, persons or public bodies who wish to receive notice of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing can receive such notice by submitting a written request to the planner identified below.

An explanation of the purpose and effect of the five by-laws and a description of the lands to which each by-law applies are included.

Dated at the City of Ottawa on May 26, 2016.

Clerk of the City of Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-153 By-law 2016-153 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects lands adjacent to the Jonn Boyce Municipal Drain, which is located north east of the Village of Greely, in the vicinity of Mitch Owens Road and Bank Street. The proposed amendment will update the boundary of the flood plain overlay and is based on the most up-to-date information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to the watercourse.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-154 By-law 2016-154 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects lands adjacent to the Osgoode Garden/Cedar Acres Municipal Drain, which is located in the vicinity of Parkway Road between Stagecoach Road and JoÚ Quinn Road. The proposed amendment will update the boundary of the flood plain overlay and is based on the most up-to-date information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to the watercourse.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-155

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By-law 2016-155 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects the lands located at 1408, 1416 Stittsville Main Street, which is located on the west side of Stittsville Main Street, south of Beverly Street.

The proposed amendment will update the boundary of the flood plain overlay, and is based on the most up-to-date information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to the watercourse.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-156 By-law 2016-156 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects lands located at 30 Wildpine Court, in Stittsville. The proposed amendment will update the boundary of the flood plain overlay and is based on the most up-to-date information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to Poole Creek.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2016-157 By-law 2016-157 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects lands city-wide in the urban and rural area, including the Ottawa River, Green Creek, Cardinal Creek, and portions of the Carp River and Poole Creek. The proposed amendment will update the boundary of the flood plain overlay along these watercourses, and is based on the most up-to-date information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to these watercourses.

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Committee hears updated 2016 youth action plan Working group names transportation, access to recreation as key themes Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

OC Transpo could explore the feasibility of an affordable bus pass this year, as a result of a report by the city’s youth engagement committee.

The report was released to the community and protective services committee on May 19 and laid the groundwork for a two-year youth action plan for 20162018.

The engagement committee is is a working group made up of 13 youth aged 16 to 24 from across the city. It was formed in 2013, following a youth summit held by Mayor Jim Watson

and Rideau-Vanier Coun.

Mathieu Fleury.

Fleury said the city addressed the initial imbalance of the committee to ensure that members represented all parts of the city.

To update the action plan, the committee surveyed 253 youth and came up with four themes: • Communication: More two-way engagement between the city and youth.

• Relationships: Connecting youth with their city councillors, community police officers and youth organizations.

• Affordable recreation and transportation: Improving available information about recreation programs and affordable access to transit.

• Environment: Increasing opportunities to recycle and compost.

The report also recommended ensuring the participation and recognition

of young people as part of the 2017 Canada 150 celebrations. The working group suggested a project that would profile 150 community contributors over 150 days using social media as part of the 2017 celebrations.

To help with issues around transit and recreation affordability, one of the suggestions was for the engagement committee to work with organizers of youth-specific events to include the cost of transit as part of ticket prices.

Other suggestions include raising the age limit for student bus passes from 19 to 24 and a pilot project to allow youth volunteers to participate in free or reduced fee recreation programming.

The report was carried by the community and protective services committee and will now be heard by city council.

The youth engagement committee report was released to the community and protective services committee on May 19 and laid the groundwork for a two-year youth action plan for 2016-2018.

COURTESY OF CITY OF OTTAWA

CITY OF OTTAWA NOTICE OF PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT In accordance with Section 34 (10.7) (a) of the Planning Act and Section 3.(1) of Ontario Regulation 545/06, notice is hereby provided that a Zoning By-law amendment proposal is being considered by the Planning and Growth Management Department of the City of Ottawa.

LANDS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL These City-initiated zoning amendments will affect lands throughout the City of Ottawa.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Amendments affecting the urban area: Remove the maximum interior side yard setback requirement of 3 metres for all properties located within the TM9 Zone; establish a maximum front yard setback of 3 metres at 628 Industrial Road; add “dwelling unit” as a permitted use in Exception [401] (Corinth Private and Edo Private); amend Exception [1629] to change the reference from minimum parking to maximum parking at 3591 Innes Road Amendments affecting the rural area: To permit agriculture as an accessory use to a dwelling on lots with 0.8 ha or more in the AG (Agriculture) zone and AG1, AG2 and AG3 subzones.

Amendments affecting both the rural and urban areas: Modify the definition of “recreational and athletic facility; new provisions for Click and Collect Facilities (delivery locations where on-line purchases or other products may be picked up by the consumer).

Additional items to correct anomalies (errors) in the Zoning By-law may be added on a priority basis.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For additional information please go to ottawa.ca/omnibuszoning or contact the undersigned. To provide your comments please contact:

Tim Moerman, MCIP, RPP Planner Policy Development and Urban Design 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 13944 Fax: 613-580-2459 Email: tim.moerman@ottawa.ca

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The City of Ottawa would like to receive any comments concerning this proposal. Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, telephone, facsimile or e-mail by June 28, 2016. Comments received will be considered in the evaluation of the proposal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Dated at the City of Ottawa this 26th day of May, 2016.

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Champion of tiny patients Mary Grainger is CHEO’s volunteer of the year. Grainger’s dedication over the past 40 years was recognized during the hospital’s volunteer association’s annual general meeting May 18. The Hunt Club Park resident is a volunteer baby cuddler, who has been providing comfort to newborns and their parents in the hospital’s intensive care and inpatient units since 1976. She also volunteers at Roger’s House, a residential hospice for children and youth located at the same medical complex.

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

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the lands described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of undertaking the extension of Brian Coburn Boulevard (the “Brian Coburn Boulevard Project”) from Navan Road to Mer Bleue Road, including facilitating the construction, use, operation, installation and maintenance of a new roadway, new storm sewers, a multi-use pathway, roundabouts, street lighting, pedestrian crossings, landscaping, grading and relocation of any utilities and all other improvements and works ancillary to the Brian Coburn Boulevard Project; The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

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

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

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

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

Dated at Ottawa this 10th day of May, 2016.

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

All of PIN 04757-0020 (LT), being Part of Lot 6, Concession 3, Ottawa Front in the geographic Township of Gloucester Part 1, 52R2541; designated as Parcels 1 and 2 on Property Sketch No. 18341-1A.dgn

2.

All of PIN 04756-0325 (LT), being part of Lot 6 Concession 3 Ottawa Front in the geographic Township of Gloucester, as in N282023; Subject to GL36179; designated as Parcels 1, 2 and 3 on Property Sketch No. 18341-3A.dgn

3.

Part of PIN 04756-0324 (LT) being part of Lot 6 Concession 3 Ottawa Front in the geographic Township of Gloucester as in CT217459; designated as Parcel 1 on Property Sketch No. 18341-4.dgn.

4.

Part of PIN 04756-1335 (LT), being Part of Lot 6 Concession 3 Ottawa Front in the geographic Township of Gloucester; Parts 2 and 3 Plan 5R4675; Part 3 Plan 5R7985; Part 4 Plan 5R11005; except Parts 13, 14 and 16 Plan 4R21265; Ottawa Subject to GL36179 and GL47179, designated as Parcels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on Property Sketch No. 18341-5A.dgn

5.

Part of PIN 04404-0490 (LT) being part of Lot 5 Concession 3 (Ottawa Front) in the geographic Township of Gloucester as in N379090 save and except Part 4 Plan 4R19479 City of Ottawa; designated as Parcel 1 on Property Sketch No. 18341-7.dgn.

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Capital Welcomes still hard at work helping settle refugees Jennifer McIntosh

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The three university students that originally planned to make a welcome page for Syrian refugees coming to the capital are still hard at work.

University of Ottawa students Sarah Abood, Jess Touhey and Soumaya Benali have been sorting boxes, holding information sessions, collecting donations and working with other organizations to try their best to make the city’s newest residents feel welcome.

“It’s definitely matured me,” said Abood, who is still attending class full time.

Thanks to developer Morguard, the group was able to get free space at the former hotel at 250 Sparks Street, where they sort mountains of clothes; toys, car seats, and house hold items.

The group is also working with Wheels for Refugees to help get bikes out to both kids and adults now that the weather has warmed up.

It’s hard to believe it all started with a Facebook page.

Abood made the page one day on a lark, in just two short weeks it became a charity with board members.

The group was on the ground when the refugees first started coming in, and saw first hand the work it took to get families housed.

Abood said there were families of up to eight people sharing a room with two queen size beds.

“It was very chaotic at first because they had to find their own housing,” Touhey said.

“The language barrier was hard for them at first.”

While many families were housed within a matter of weeks, there were some families that stayed in hotel rooms for a month or more.

Abood, who speaks Arabic, said she was initially surprised by the lack of English spoken by refugees.

“It’s almost like a second language in the Middle East,” she said. “But most of the government sponsored refugees would have come from villages, where they wouldn’t have had as much exposure.”

Another problem was the

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Sarah Abood, left, and Jess Touhey stand in front of boxes of clothes donated for Syrian refugees living in the capital. difference between the Syrian currency and the Canadian dollar.

“They had a lot of trouble budgeting at first,” Touhey said, adding that renting doesn’t really happen in Syria, most people don’t understand budgeting for board every month.

Touhey said the lack of awareness around finances has contributed to the rush of refugees at area food banks.

But the group of young women are doing everything they can to help them get on their feet.

They visit the families in

their homes, organize activities like a knitting night that was held on May 17, and a job fair, planned with a University of Ottawa professor in June.

Other organizations have also stepped up to the plate, including Dovercourt Recreation Centre.

Staff from the centre worked with refugees staying at the Travel Lodge on Carling Avenue during the first few months of the year.

While the Carlington Community Health Centre worked with the refugees on documentation, and settlement

activities, they realized they needed to do something with the kids.

Enter Dovercourt.

Steve Nason senior director of programming for the recreation centre, said that kids were going “stir crazy” while their parents were filling out forms.

“The kids were just there, what do you do with them,” Nason said, adding it was a challenge to do activities at the hotel because it was March.

“The sheer numbers were staggering,” he said, adding the size of the families weren’t what the staff was used to either.

But they pitched in and provided program space and activities, even though there were barriers.

“It’s a totally different world, a lot of kids have never been in school and aren’t socialized the way a Canadian child would have been,” he said.

Despite that, it was a great experience Nason said.

So great, the centre has kept the doors open and is

offering free programming for refugees for the next year.

They have their choice of camps, swimming lessons or before and after school care.

A lot of people have pitched in, trying to fill in the gaps. The first groups started arriving in January and there are currently 1,500 living in the capital. There will be 2,000 Syrians settled in Ottawa by the end of the year.

In March 50 kids entered the public school system, with hundreds more planned for the start of the next school year.

Mayor Jim Watson said up a working group of settlement agencies in an attempt to coordinate efforts on housing and job placement.

A representative from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said refugees were matched with communities where there are already settlement supports in place, with consideration given to whether they have family members in Canada, as well as the availability of schools, housing and language training.

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City women shares story of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis Jennifer McIntosh

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For Nathalie Robertson, the warmer weather won’t mean rock climbing or hiking.

Like 300,000 other Canadians, Robertson suffers from rheumatoid arthritis.

Often called the “invisible disease” because there are no outward signs of illness, RA causes the immune system to attack the joints. It can cause swelling, joint damage and deformity.

Robertson was diagnosed in 2003, but that was after a year of dealing with really weird, debilitating symptoms.

The Navan woman was walking to work and slipped on the ice. Her knee was still swollen three weeks later.

Next her shoulder started to hurt, but it wasn’t just a twinge.

“It was swollen, it would feel like it was burning and it was hot to the touch,” she said.

A couple of visits to the doctor didn’t garner many answers.

“We never really put the shoulder and the knee together,” Robertson said.

Next she started to see nodules on her toes and one wrist.

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For Nathalie Robertson, the warmer weather won’t mean rock climbing “The early stages don’t show or hiking. Like 300,000 other Canadians, she suffers from rheumatoid any joint damage, so it’s tough arthritis. to determine at first,” Robertson said, adding blood work also didn’t show anything at first.

“I went from zero to 100 in a matter of months,” Robertson said, adding she couldn’t shake someone’s hand without gritting her teeth from the pain.

She also began limping, and insisted on seeing a specialist.

That’s when she got the diagnosis.

“At first it was like a black hole, where you don’t have much information, but then it gets sorted and you start to come out of it,” she said.

After a year-and-half Robertson ended up on her first biologic, which finally brought the symptoms under control.

Part of getting her symptoms under controt meant putting off her plans to start a family until her pain was manageable.

“We wanted to start having kids right away, but my doctor suggested we get the symptoms under Valid from May 16-31, 2016 control first,” Robertson said.

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But a few weeks after her son was born, the symptoms came back with a vengeance.

“I felt like I hit a wall,” Robertson said. “I knew I had to do something.”

Now on Actemra – which reduces inflammation – Robertson said her pain is managed.

“Message is one of hope,” Robertson said. “I am able to work full-time, enjoy time with my family, volunteer, in all lead a very happy and complete life.”

Robertson added that it’s about getting used to your limitations.

“You have to mourn your old self, and know that you’re not

going to go out rock climbing or hiking anymore. This is your new normal and you have to be zen about that.”

For people just starting out on their journey, Robertson recommends the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (www.athritispatient.ca).

The organization supports patients being advocates for themselves.

Another option is the Ottawa chapter of the Arthritis Society.

The group is hosting four seminars in May and early June designed to give people the resources to cope with their conditions.

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Mock crash teaches students a deadly lesson Michelle Nash Baker

michelle.nash@metroland.com

The back of Samuel-Genest Catholic School played host to a scene of a tragic accident in an effort to get its students to understand the consequences of drinking and driving.

Local optimist clubs teamed up with the city’s fire, paramedic and police services on May 18 for its annual Toe Tag event – a demonstration which involves four student actors injured in a simulated crash scene where the actors are rescued, treated and arrested by members of the Ottawa Fire Services, Ottawa Paramedic Service and Ottawa Police Service.As the presentation began, a police cruiser zoomed over to the scene of the simulated accident, quickly accessing the seriousness of the three students in the crashed vehicle, as well as the fourth student in the car that caused the accident.

From that moment on, Ottawa Fire Services and paramedics arrive on the scene and quickly work to free the students. Beacon Hill Optimist Club’s Robert Doyle said he has been a part of the event with the city for a number of years and said he has found it’s main message does resonate with the students.

“We monitor the response to see if it is worth doing every year, and we see it continues to have an impact,” Doyle said.

The initiative supports the Safer Roads Ottawa Program

which works at preventing or eliminating road deaths and serious injuries through community engagement and development of a sustainable safe transportation environment.

At the beginning of the simulation, the 120 student witnesses laughed when they saw their friends acting in the accident, but soon enough the seriousness of the situation began to hit home.

To free the students, firefighters had to use the Jaws-oflife to remove the roof of the vehicle. The entire time Grade 12 student and participant Kevin Atche was being kept safe under a tarp in the vehicle.

Atche said he couldn’t believe how long it took to be ‘saved’ by the emergency services.

“I actually started to get scared, thinking if this was real I could have died because it was taking so long,” Atche said.

Atche’s fellow classmate and the crash vehicle ‘driver’ was not as lucky, and instead of being saved, she remained

under the tarp. The actor, Angelica Kalubiaka, said she found the experience really compelling.

“It took such a long time,” she said. “I expected to be saved fast.”

After it was evident the crash resulted in a death, Const. Luc Mongeon spoke to the crowd, explaining that the accident would carry a minimum sentence of 17 years for the drunk driver. Mongeon asked the crowd how they intend to get home from prom night; the crowd quickly responded they would take a bus or a taxi. A prosecutor by trade, Doyle said he has found the message, originally made to coincide with prom night, actually carries beyond that.

“It seems now students are better prepared for prom nights, but this message is not just about one night,” he said.

Having “lived” through the experience Atche said it has made him rethink drinking and he would definitely always make the

PHOTOS BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER/METROLAND

Top left: Firefighters prepare to free students in a mock accident at Samuel-Genest Catholic School. Top right: In a simulated crash at the school actor Angelica Kalubiaka plays dead on May 18. Kalubiaka partipated in her school’s Toe and Tag event which helps drive home the message drinking and driving is dangerous to her classmates. right choice when it comes to drinking and driving, indicat-

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Cumberland councillor submits damning comments on proposed dump jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais was one of many voices speaking out against the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre proposed for Carlsbad Springs.

The city’s environment committee heard a staff report on May 17, which will be submitted to the province as part of the environment assessment for the dump.

The Boundary Road site was announced as a potential option in 2012.

The CRRRC is a proposed facility off Boundary Road that would accept industrial and commercial waste, process it through waste diversion methods, and have an attached landfill at the site.

Blais included his opinion in a motion presented by committee member College Coun. Rick Chiarelli.

“Since the proposal to build the CRRRC in Carlsbad Springs first came to

light in May 2012, I have been working with local residents to try to stop it from happening,” the motion reads.

City staff have identified concerns with the environmental assessment’s terms of reference, and several speakers at the committee meeting had concerns over loss of trees, unstable ground resulting in groundwater contamination and traffic.

Sue Langlois, president of a citizens’ coalition opposition the project, said residents are worried the dump won’t be lined properly to protect the ground.

The concern is largely because of the soil, which is made up of Leda Clay, which can sink under pressure from things like an earth quake.

“Despite these loud and numerous voices of dissent the project continues down the track like the out of control train heading toward the cliff,” Blais wrote in the motion.”

The environment committee couldn’t do much more than hear the staff report and make slight changes to the language.

Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney said the committee can just hope the province hears their concerns.

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli, said the issue highlights the lack of waste diversion targets in the Waste Free Ontario Act. Chiarelli said council knows from their own collection that residential, green bin and residual waste is “dwarfed” by the commercial waste – such as the stuff that comes from housing builds and other projects – that are out there.

Chiarelli said 25 per cent of the material that goes into building a house ends up in the garbage.

Once the ministry releases the recommendations, the minister has 13 weeks to issue his response. The public can comment for the first five weeks.

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Airport Parkway widening report going before committee Erin McCracken

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The environmental study report on the future widening of the Airport Parkway and Lester Road, including an updated price tag, will be in the hands of the city’s transportation committee as of June 1.

Committee members can choose to discuss the assessment, which was expected to take about two years to complete, and will have the option of directing staff to explore additional elements.

“The June 1 meeting is open to all and you have the right to address the committee in person for up to five minutes,” River Coun. Riley Brockington said in an email to residents. “Although I do not sit on this particular committee, I will be in attendance, and (will) speak to the contents of the report.”

The proposal to twin the parkway from Brookfield Road to the Ottawa International Airport and also widen Lester Road, from the parkway to Bank Street, is being fuelled by rapid growth in Ottawa’s southern suburbs, including Riverside South and Greely.

Construction of the first phase of the three-stage project was slated in for 2018, but it has been pushed back to 2023 or 2024 due to a lack of development charge revenue to finance the road twinning project.

The project has also been the subject of several open houses.

While many residents have touted the construction of two additional lanes along the parkway to alleviate congestion, others have voiced a number of concerns, chief among them the proposed construction of a southbound off-ramp from the parkway to Walkley Road.

36 Ottawa South News - Thursday, May 26, 2016

Walkley Road West residents have been soundly against the idea, saying it will pump more cars onto already busy residential streets in their community.

The widening project has also drawn comment from Mayor Jim Watson, who earlier this year said the construction of the parkway should not come before the build-out of the southbound Trillium LRT Line to the airport, if the money can be secured from the province and the feds.

The environmental assessment report will eventually go before council for consideration.

Provincial approvals will also have to be secured.

The report was expected to be publicly released by the city on May 25, according to Brockington.

For more details on the widening proposal, visit ottawa.ca/ airportparkway.

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Shopify shows off for Doors Open More than 120 buildings to check out at this year’s event Michelle Nash Baker

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Nosy Ottawa residents and visitors alike will have 19 new locations to check out at this year’s Doors Open Ottawa.

Doors Open Ottawa organizers announced a list of more than 120 participating buildings for this year’s June 4 and 5 event on May 16 at Shopify’s new 150 Elgin St. headquarters.

The Ottawa-based e-commerce company will be one of the 19 new locations this year, and with a go-cart track and a slide in its kitchen – Mayor Jim Watson said it could very well turn out to be the most popular.

Senior vice-president of engineering at Shopify, JeanMichel Lemieux, said the building is a bit more than just a race cart track, saying the 155,000-square-foot office space was indeed built

differently, with the company keeping in mind what the best way to support creative and innovative workspace would be.

Turns out it does include a slide and welcoming children – as Lemieux explained, the company is embracing how home and work-life mix.

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“It’s about integration of personality types,” Lemieux said, adding the company wanted to have a workspace designed that reflected how people work best – whether it is sometimes in a team environment, and sometimes on their own.

Having started the company at a table in the Bridgehead coffee shop on Elgin Street, Lemieux said they have constantly been pushing the boundaries of office design.

The new space includes six

floors, each featuring a different theme.

“We look forward to showing Ottawa what we’ve created,” Lemieux said.

Shopify invited volunteers and hosts to have a sneak-peek to check out the office’s digs after the launch announcement.

During Doors Open, Shopify will be offering guided tours only, with limited space.

Aside from Shopify, the High Commission of Malaysia, the National Research Council Canada Uplands Wind Tunnel Facilities, Ottawa Jail Hostel, Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, TD Place and Jane’s Walk in Lowertown are a few of the new additions this year to the Doors OIpen lineup of welcoming venues.

A full list of participating buildings, including which ones are fully-accessible, is available by visiting ottawa.ca/ doorsopen.

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Senior vice-president of engineering at Shopify, Jean-Michel Lemieux, explains Shopify’s headquarters aims to support creative and innovative workspace. Shopify will be one of 19 new locations offered at this year’s Doors Open Ottawa, taking place June 4 and 5.

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QCH mental health ward renovations closer to becoming reality Megan DeLaire

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The section of the Queensway Carleton Hospital that houses its mental health ward has not been updated since long before advocates started to challenge the stigma around mental illness.

But the hospital is working to change that, and it got a little closer to its reaching goal on May 16 with a $100,000 donation from the Ottawa Senators Foundation for its Hopes Rising campaign for improved mental health services.

The campaign’s honourary chairs, Senators defenceman Chris Phillips and his wife Erin Phillips, and Do It for Daron founders Luke and Stephanie Richardson presented the donation in a gathering at the hospital on May 16.

“Ottawa Senators have been long time supporters and friends of QCH,” said Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation president Melanie Adams.

“They live and work in our community and have their babies in our hospital…and it’s an organization that’s been touched with mental health very close to home, and so they’re passionate about the work that’s being done to support many mental health initiatives in our community.”

The Hopes Rising campaign was launched in February to support an extensive renovation of the hospital’s aging mental health ward.

It aims to raise $5 million of the $9.7 that the renovation is estimated to cost.

In addition to improving the hospital’s outdated mental health facility – for the first time since its construction in 1976 – the project will enhance the hospital’s emergency programs and services, and strengthen connections to community mental health support services.

While the ward hasn’t changed much in its 40 years, its role in the community has as the demand for mental health services at

the hospital has continued to grow. The hospital has seen a 28 per cent increase in mental health admissions since 2012, and a 25 per cent increase in patients with mental diagnosis through the emergency department in that same period.

“We need more,” said Chris Phillips during the May 16 gathering. “We need better facilities here, we need more programs, we need more emergency services.

The people here are doing an amazing job in all they can, but we have to help them out.”

Both couples – the Chris and Erin Phillips and the Richardsons – took the opportunity to share stories of their own experiences with mental illness. Phillips referred to friends who had lost their battle with mental illness, and friends who are still fighting.

Luke Richardson, a former Ottawa Senators player, and wife Stephanie reminded the crowd that their daughter Daron had quietly

struggled with mental illness before her death by suicide in 2010. Both identified mental health services as an essential aspect of healthcare, and pledged their support for the hospital and its campaign.

“For the Queensway Carleton (Hospital) to make this a priority, we really are quite proud to be involved in it,” Stephanie Richardson said.

“When Erin (Phillips) asked, it was an absolute ‘yes.’”

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The Ottawa Senators Foundation’s $100,000 donation is the third major contribution made to the hospital’s Hopes Rising campaign since it was launched in February.

Adams announced the campaign’s first contribution – a $1-million donation from mental health advocate Barbara Crook and her husband Dan Greenberg – on the day the campaign was launched.

In April, the Garrett family – namesakes of the hospi-

tal’s Garrett Family Surgical Centre – donated another $500,000. Carey and Nancy Garrett had previously sponsored the hospital’s new surgical centre. After touring the existing mental health ward, they decided that the campaign to update it needed their help.

“The Queensway Carleton Hospital’s mental health staff does a great job, but their facilities just are no longer adequate to the task,” Carey Garrett said in a news release.

“Given increasing demand for mental health services in the community and a greater focus within society to improve mental health outcomes, this unit deserves a state of the art facility. We hope to be a part of achieving that goal.”

FORMAL ENDORSEMENT

In an April 12 meeting, the Champlain Local Health Integration Network’s board of directors voted to endorse the renovation and

service elements outlined in a pre-capital submission by the hospital for the mental health department’s redevelopment.

Because local health integration networks plan, integrate and fund local health care, the Champlain LHIN’s support will be integral at several points during the evolution of the hospital’s renovation campaign, although Adams has said that public funding for the campaign is not likely.

So far, the submission approved by the board of directors proposes renovating and expanding the existing mental health ward, moving its current 24 beds to the former Acute Care of the Elderly Unit and adding an acute day hospital program, which could accommodate 2,300 visits per year. The submission also included a tentative plan to increase the ward’s bed capacity.

For more information about Hopes Rising campaign, visit http://www.qchfoundation.ca/hopes-rising.

Pet Adoptions Meet Mittens, a sweet, playful cat looking for her purr-fect match.

Mittens is a relaxed girl who can’t wait to find a new home with lots of big windows to watch the world go by. When she’s not relaxing by a window, Mittens loves to play with her favourite toys.

Mittens would prefer to be the only cat in the home, so she can have all of her new family’s love to herself. Could you make her dreams come true?

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For more information on Mittens and all the adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd Check out our website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of the animals available for adoption.

Ottawa Humane Society Achieves Prestigious Accreditation by Imagine Canada The Ottawa Humane Society is proud to announce it has received prestigious accreditation by Imagine Canada, recognizing excellence in non-profit accountability, transparency and governance.

Accreditation means the OHS shows excellence and compliance in five key areas of operations:

• Board governance • Financial accountability and transparency • Fundraising • Staff management • Volunteer involvement Of the more than 85,000 registered charities in Canada, just 170 are recognized as accredited by Imagine Canada.

“We’re so pleased we’ve achieved accreditation,” said

Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us:

Website: www.ottawahumane.ca Email: Adoptions@ottawahumane.ca Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258

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Bruce Roney, OHS executive director. “For us, it’s an opportunity to build the trust of our community and our supporters. And we need that to do the best for the animals.”

For more information on Imagine Canada’s accreditation program, please visit www.imaginecanada.ca.

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Meringue: Using clean beaters and bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Beat in granulated sugar, 2 tbsp (25 mL) at a time; until stiff glossy peaks form. Carefully spread over cake batter. Bake in 325°F (160°C) oven for 20 to 22 minutes or until meringue

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inally, once again we were allowed into the parlour. It had been closed up as tight as a drum since the first snow fall months before. The braided rug rolled up on the floor tight to the door sealing the cold air in, and keeping the warm air of the kitchen out, had been thrown over the fence and beaten with the broom and rolled up in the Renfrew Mercury and tucked under a bed until needed again.

The only time the parlour door had been open since being shut off for the winter, was when it was our turn to have the Saturday night house party. And as soon as the last body went home, slam went the door and down went the braided rug!

That day, when I came home from school and walked into the kitchen, there was the parlour door wide open. The only window was on the north

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories side and so the sun hadn’t penetrated the room and I could still feel the chill of the long winter months when it was closed up.

But it was like a new adventure to me, being able to use the parlour again. It was as if I had never seen the room before! Of course, nothing had changed. The horsehair settee, the largest piece of furniture, sat kitty corner, and the twig table beside, still held the big family Bible, which was full of pieces of paper telling of births, deaths, and marriages.

And even though I loved to look at the Bible, it held a bit of terror for me, too.

Because pressed between its pages were several dried up flowers, taken right off the casket of a departed relative. Nobody seemed to know whose casket they came from, and that alone was enough to cause goose bumps on my arms.

Just like before a Saturday night house party, it took a couple of days for the odors of the closed-up parlour to smell, as Father called it “decent.” To me it smelled like old wet galoshes, and then there were the mothballs. Mother put an ample amount of them all over the room, and I could never understand if it was to cover the moldy

smell, or to keep away the moths. Mother tucked them into the crevices of the settee, they sat on the twig table, and I even found some under the braided rug by the one sitting-chair in the room.

Of course, there would be dust everywhere. And so it was my job to wipe the furniture and take the whisk to the cushions, and generally try to bring the parlour back to whatever grandeur it had.

And the parlour was not considered a room for frivolity! Games were never to be played in it, and any roughhousing was absolutely out of the question.

On the walls were pictures of those who had passed on.

Big oval pictures of stern faces looking like they carried the cares of the entire world on their shoulders. I often wondered, as I looked on them with awe, if they had ever smiled even once

during their long lives.

One frame held someone’s braided hair, worked into a semi circle, with a small tin-type picture underneath it. That picture gave me the willies, and I did everything in my power to keep my eyes averted from it when I was in the parlour. Mother didn’t like it any better than I did and once she told Father she was going to get rid of it. Father looked like he had been struck with a plank and said the hair in the frame had been there long before he was born and that’s where it would be staying. Mother asked him whose hair it was and he had no idea, but nonetheless, it was not to be taken down. And so it stayed and like the dried flowers pressed in the family Bible, put a chill in the parlour for me that even the hot summer days couldn’t erase. And it was in the parlour that we five children sat

when we settle down with a book from the Renfrew Library. Never were we allowed to read at the kitchen table, just in case a crumb or a spot of butter got on a page, and we would have to pay for the book when we took it back. I was always glad when the parlour was opened after the long winter and it was a place to read, settled down on the horsehair settee. It was a small room, and when I sat there alone with my library book, even though the pictures on the walls gave me pause, it was a place where I could escape into a fantasy world, lost in the pages of my book from the Renfrew Library.

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Ottawa residents will get a chance to voice their concerns over best practices for community policing at two public consultations this June.

The Ottawa Police Services Board presented its plan to rejig the way officers are deployed on April 25.

According to the police, the changes are part of a strategy called the Service Initiative program, which is designed to improve how the police serves the community.

The consultations will be facilitated sessions, but spaces are limited and it’s recommended that organizations or groups register one participant to act as a delegate.

The first session will take place on June 7 at 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Room, at the Woodvale Pentecostal Church at 205 Greenbank Rd. The second session will take place on June 9 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Festival Boardroom at City Hall.

The plan had a controversial element that includes reallocating resources like 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 and how the organization can be more efficient co-ordinating front line engagements.

At the April 25 meeting many residents, merchants and organizations pleaded with

the board to not move ahead with the plan.

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.

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

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

Lucie Marleau, who heads up Crime Prevention Vanier, said this consultation as well as the online survey – may be Vanier’s only chance to express to the board the importance of a full-time community police officer and of the center located on McArthur Avenue.

For residents unable to attend, people can provide feedback either by completing an online survey, available by visiting ottawapolice.ca or by sending their comments to serviceinitiative@ottawapolice. ca.

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An Ottawa woman says she was humiliated and “body shamed” when staff at an Orléans gym told her that her chest was “too large” for her tank top.

Jenna Vecchio, who moved to Ottawa in April from Halifax, said she was working out with her husband on May 14 at Movati when a female supervisor confronted her about her attire. She was told other clients at the gym had complained her top made them feel uncomfortable. Vecchio says she was confused and embarrassed, since other women wore similar tank tops. She and her husband

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‘Can’t help it’ “I said I can’t help it that my chest may appear larger than some other women’s here because of my small frame, but I can’t do anything about it,” Vecchio said.

“I felt humiliated. I was made to feel uncomfortable.

I felt degraded.”

She said she was told she could finish her workout and come back to the gym – in a t-shirt.

But in absence of a detailed dress code, Vecchio

feels she was singled out based on her looks. She took to Facebook to explain the ordeal and post photos of the disputed outfit.

Vecchio said she used to go to the gym about five times per week, but has since cancelled her membership and signed up at GoodLife.

In an email statement, Movati spokesperson Sean Whittal said members are asked to wear “modest athletic attire” and Vecchio’s top was seen as contrary to the gym’s dress code.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa on May 11, 2016 established its intention to designate 375 King Edward Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value 375 King Edward Avenue (Adath Jeshurun Synagogue, now Église Adventiste du Septième Jour) Description of Property – 375 King Edward Avenue The former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue is a red brick, two storey structure with a high basement, a symmetrical facade and a shallow gabled roof behind a decorative parapet. It is located on the east side of King Edward Avenue, to the north of the intersection of King Edward Avenue and Rideau Street.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest The former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue has design value as a late example of the Romanesque Revival Style and as an example of early synagogue architecture in Ottawa. The Romanesque Revival style was a popular choice for religious buildings in the 19th century, and was used in other synagogues across Canada, including the oldest surviving synagogue, Congregation Emanuel in Victoria, British Columbia. The heritage attributes of the former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue that are characteristic of the style include its round arched windows, the elaborate round arched entranceway with a fan shaped transom window and brick corbelling and the two tower-like projecting end bays topped with Moorish-inspired decorative metal domes.

The Adath Jeshurun Synagogue was constructed in 1904 to accommodate the growing Jewish community of Lowertown and was one of the earliest synagogues established in Ottawa. After its closure in 1956, it was converted into the Jewish Community Memorial Chapel and operated as the site of all Jewish funerals until 1997. The building has historical value for its associations with the growth of the Jewish community in Lowertown.

Continuing its use as a spiritual centre, the building was purchased by the Église Adventiste du Septième Jour in 1998. Since then, the church has housed Ottawa’s only Francophone Seventh Day Adventist congregation, and served as the centre of the congregation’s community.

The former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue has historical value for its associations with its designer, architect John W.H. Watts, and alterations by Allan Horwood and Cecil Burgess. Soon after arriving in Ottawa from England, Watts was hired by Thomas Seaton Scott, Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works in Ottawa. Watts was soon elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and was appointed as the curator of the National Gallery in 1882. He served as the curator of the gallery until 1897. At the end of the 19th century, Watts started a career as an architect in private practice and became well known for designing churches and residences for Ottawa’s elite including the Booth Mansion at 252 Metcalfe Street (1909) for J.R. Booth and a house for Andrew Fleck at 500 Wilbrod Street (1901).

The building has contextual value as one of three remaining historic buildings on this block of King Edward Avenue and as a landmark because of its design value.

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The Great Jewish Family Festival adds parade to this year’s lineup Melissa Murray

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Taking a cue from New York, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Toronto and Montreal, Ottawa’s Great Jewish Family Festival – Lag Baomer – is adding something brand new to the city.

On May 26, Broadview Avenue will be closed from Kerr Avenue to Denison Crescent for a small parade to run in front of the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, located on Nadolny Sachs Private.

The theme of this year’s event is celebrating unity, said Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, director of public affairs Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch.

“It is a Jewish festival that is rather obscure outside the Jewish community,” Men-

delsohn said.

Traditionally, it’s celebrated with people coming together outdoors. Because it doesn’t have specific practices associated with it, the occasion isn’t as well known.

By adding the parade, Mendelsohn is hoping it will broaden the appeal of the festival beyond the city’sJewish community.

“The City of Ottawa has lots of parades, but the Jewish community is a relatively small community, and we’ve never done anything remotely close to this before and I’m hoping that we can get beyond just the Jewish community coming out.”

The parade features marching bands, clowns, Ferraris and floats, each more than six-feet in height, including a

charity box with giant coins to represent generosity and charity. The other floats will depict Jewish symbols, including tefillin — a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls inscribed with verses from the Torah — the Sabbath, represented by two candlesticks, and more.

While those might resonate more with the Jewish community, they will be explained by an emcee for the broader community and have wide-reaching messages, Mendelsohn said.

“We’re going to be making every effort to focus on the universal message of it.”

For the tefillin, the message is about a moment of silence and prayer.

“Those messages can be beyond just the Jewish com-

munity and spectators could both learn from the Jewish culture and at the same time it can have meaning for them as well.”

The parade will also be a tribute to first responders and will include military vehicles, RCMP, paramedic, police and fire vehicles. The event starts at 4 p.m. with games, petting zoo, activities, food, fair and rides on the field near the community centre. Then at 6 p.m. an acrobat show will lead festival-goers to the parade route for its start at 6:30 p.m.

Mendelsohn said the short route was chosen in part because the parade will act as a dry run for a larger one next year, when the festival happens on a Sunday. When the festival falls on a weekend, about 1,000 people attend.

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A student from the Ottawa Community Jewish School takes a turn down an inflatable slide at the Great Jewish Family Festival. This year’s festival features a parade for the first time.

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Every participant in race weekend has a different goal or motivation for signing up.

For some, it’s to get fit, or work towards a long distance running goal.

But many participants also take part to promote charitably initiatives.

Orléans resident Angie Richardson will participate with her mother and daughter in the family two-kilometre race in support of a rare genetic condition they all have.

The trio have Aniridia, a genetic degenerative eye disorder. There are several DNA mutations that lead to Aniridia, which means Richardson doesn’t have an iris in her eye.

“But the disease is a lot broader than that,” said Richardson, who lives in the Bradley Estates community. “All the different parts of the eye are not formed or developed correctly or perfectly. The patients

can have pretty much any type of eye disease or condition that say, a normal person would have. The difference is a normal person would normally only deal with one thing.”

Richardson has to deal with multiple issues with her eyes and vision, and uses several different pairs of glasses for different tasks.

Those with Aniridia are missing a protein that helps stem cells maintain eye health, and can mean that eye surgeries or procedures can be slow to heal for patients.

“It doesn’t heal well, like a normal person,” Richardson said.

She herself has cataracts, but is holding off on surgery until she’s unable to function at work because of the compromised recovery time.

Richardson’s daughter, Daphne, 4, is still relatively unaffected by the disease and doesn’t have to wear prescription glasses indoors. Like her mother, however, she’s extremely light sensitive and needs to wear sunglasses outside.

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Angie Richardson, right, with her mother and daughter. The Richardson family will take part in the Ottawa Race Weekend two kilometre walk/run on May 28. They are raising funds and awarness for Aniridia, a genetic degenerative eye disorder. All three generations of the family have the disorder. with Aniridia, where some people aren’t as fortunate. There are people with Aniridia who are legally blind, and can’t do as much as the Richardsons, who will take part in the two km Ottawa Race Weekend event on May 28.

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tients,” she said. “Unfortunately, there are some that are severely affected by this genetic disease and they’re not able to do what I do.”

She is also participating in the walk/run event to raise money, and awareness.

Many doctors are not well edu-

cated on what Aniridia is, she said.

It’s part of the reason she’s so active in the online community for people who have been diagnosed with it, especially on Facebook.

As a biologist herself, she tries to break down the complex jargon into simple terms to better educate other patients.

“Molecular biology is not something that’s easily understood by everyone,” she said. “So I try to find ways to explain it that a normal Canadian person would understand.”

She’s using the Scotiabank Charity Challenge portion of the Ottawa Race Weekend to raise money to support research, and has already raised more than here $2,000 goal a week before the event.

Richardson will participate alongside her daughter, Daphne, and her mother in the two km race that goes along Elgin Street and finishes on the Queen Elizabeth Parkway on May 28.

To learn more about Aniridia, visit www.aniridia.ca.

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Manotick Arena and Community Centre, second floor 5572 Doctor Leach Drive The City of Ottawa is conducting a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for the North Island Link Watermain in Manotick. The study will identify the preferred alignment to link the existing watermain on Rideau Valley Drive to the proposed Manotick Watermain Link at the north end of Long Island. The North Island Link will provide additional capacity and reliability of water supply to the urban area south of the Jock River.

The Process The study is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015), which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act.

Consultation At the meeting, residents will learn of the preferred alignment for the watermain.

Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the project with the study team and provide feedback. Comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please contact the project lead or email pgmpublicengagement@ottawa.ca by noon on Monday, June 6.

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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 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, doit-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 pickup at the house, located at 1566 Station Blvd, or can be delivered within 10 kilometres.

May 27

A coronation chicken dinner accompanied by a variety of delectable salads, with strawberry shortcake for dessert, will be served at Rideau Park United Church, located 2203 Alta Vista Dr., May 27 at 6 pm.

While at dinner, place a bid

on a variety of intriguing items at a silent auction, which will end shortly after dinner. For tickets, please call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or come to the church office Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adults pay $18, children ages five to 12 eat for $10 and those under the age of five eat for free. Proceeds will support the church’s refugee fund. For details, please see rideaupark.ca.

May 28

Ottawa parents, educators and the public are invited to an evening talk on children’s health and nutrition on May 28, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Riverside Park Nursery School, located at 3191 Riverside Dr. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, and advocate of efforts in obesity and nutrition policy.

He is also the founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute, which provides non-surgical weight management.

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General admission is $10 and students pay $5. The proceeds will go to charity.

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May 28, June 3

Rideau Chorale, conducted

by Roland Graham, along with Matthew Larkin on organ and the Baroque Orchestra, present two performances of George Frederic Handel’s Coronation Anthems, together with Handel’s Organ Concerto in F major, on May 28 and June 3. For these two shows, the professional 25-piece orchestra recreates Handel’s full, original orchestration, which includes strings, bass, winds, organ and harpsichord. The May 28 performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Southminster United Church, located at 15 Aylmer Ave. in Old Ottawa South.

June 2

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary raises money for the animals at the shelter through craft sales, bazaars and garage sales. New members are welcome. Join us June 2 at 1:30 at the shelter, located at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Refreshments will be served and all are wel-

come. For details, call Linda at 613-823-6770, or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

book sale. Activities run from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m.

All programs are free and everyone is welcome.

June 4

Tea, talks and tours for ovarian cancer research takes place June 4. Come out and enjoy a high tea with friends, be inspired by the talks of our worldclass researchers, tour the laboratories, and of course, support this worthy cause by making a donation. It will be held at the critical care wing of the Ottawa Hospital, Room 5225. The event takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. There is no cost for the high tea but a donation to support research will be welcome. RSVP your attendance by emailing richard. loomes@ottawamasons. ca or call Richard at 613291-2203. For details, visit district2.ottawamasons.ca/ charity.html.

Come to “Tales and Tunes” featuring delightful stories

by Canada’s own Stephen Leacock, as told by the Ottawa Story Tellers, with music by North Winds Brass, on June 4, at 7:30 pm, at the Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Tickets are available at the door. Adults pay $20, seniors and students pay $15, and children 12 and under pay $10. Everyone is welcome. Proceeds will support the work of the church. For details, call 613733-3156, ext. 229.

The community is invited to celebrate the Greenboro Library and Community Centre’s 10th anniversary on June 4. Library festivities will include bilingual family story time, a magic show, crafts and a green-screen photo shoot. Coun. Diane Deans’ office will be open from 10:30 a.m. until noon.

The centre will be hosting a barbecue, tours of the facility and organized outdoor games, weather permitting.

The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library will also be holding an anniversary

The non-for-profit Art Lending Ottawa is returning renewed and refreshed.

Original fine art by local artists will be available for sale, leasing and leasing to purchase on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the RA Centre’s Outaouais room at 2451 Riverside Dr. There will be free admission and free parking. For details and a gallery of artist members’

A free talk by international speaker, Chet Manchester

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The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary Spring Sale will be held June 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the animal shelter, located at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Call 613-823-6770 for details or visit facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

June 9

Ottawa South Women’s Connection “RSVP Ministries” will be hosting its next event June 9, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Fred Barrett Arena, located at 3280 Leitrim Rd. Come and enjoy Wendy Farha, a comedian and singer. There will also be a faith story by Farha, as well as refreshments, door prizes and childcare will be available.

Admission is $6. Call 613249-0919 for details.

Ongoing

The Eastway Gardens Community Association is participating in a fundraiser by selling Perth Classic Theatre Festival tickets in support of the neighbourhood’s Cecil Morrison Park. Tickets for the play, “An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley,” on Aug. 27 at 2 p.m., are $34 and are available by calling Kim at 613-741-1283.

The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St. in Leitrim for activities every week from Monday to Friday afternoon. The activities include carpet bowling, chess, contract bridge, euchre (4 & 6 hand), and five hundred. Membership is $15 per year. The club is accessible by OC Transpo bus 144 and also free parking. For details, call 613-521-7540.

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Supporting over 30 charities for over 21 years including: Guide Dogs for the Blind, Ontario March of Dimes, Nepean/Kanata Rotary, various Royal Canadian Legions and Cystic Fibrosis and more.

The Strathcona branch of the Royal Canadian Legion hosts euchre Mondays 1 p.m. and darts Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Bowling is at the Walkley Bowling Centre every Thursday at 1 p.m., with an after-party at the legion at 3 p.m. Call 613-236-1575 for details. The legion is located at 1940B Bank St.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, expect to be very busy in the days ahead. Make a concerted effort to be more aware of what’s around you so that you don’t miss a thing.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, financial questions keep popping up and you just keep pushing them aside for later. If need be, work with a professional to establish your goals.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Do something out of your comfort zone this week, Gemini. When you do so, you may find out you have a wider array of interests than you first believed.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, just when you think you’ve figured out how to play the game, they go and change all of the rules on you. Adaptability is one of your biggest strengths.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 It’s time to make your love life a priority, Leo. If you’re in a relationship, you may find it needs a little nurturing to get it back to the level it was a Here’s How It Works: few months ago.

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each Virgo, if you come up against things you don’t understand this week, row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric ask people whose opinions you trust for their points of view. Educating clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! yourself will help you move ahead.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Take some time out of your schedule for some much-needed pampering.

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SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Delegation will be your favorite word of the week, Scorpio. When the going gets tough, start delegating the tasks that have you stumped. This will ensure everyone stays productive.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may be called upon to lend your special skills to a situation this week. While it may not be a job you relish, you know ultimately it has to get done.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, speak your mind because if you don’t do it others are not going to advocate for your needs. That’s why it’s so important for you to fight for every cause, no matter how small.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, work may be getting on your nerves, but you have to maintain a professional demeanor at all times. It can be challenging, but you will handle it.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, a few days away from the daily grind will help you recharge your batteries. Turn off your phone and enjoy the well-deserved respite.

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