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As Valérie Assoi rounds a small building looking for an outlet to power a sound system, she cuts across a basketball court where two pre-teens bounce a ball back and forth.

“Are you here for the community clean-up?” she asks them, slowing her purposeful stride to wait for

their answer.

The boys glance at each other.

“If you don’t do it, who will?” she says, before heading to her car and zipping off to what will soon be her new office on the ground floor of a nearby Timbercreek Communities high-rise apartment building in Herongate.

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Hired in March by the South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre as a community developer, Assoi’s job over the next year is to help create building blocks that will bring residents together to foster a more tightknit community, one that feels safer, more secure.

The recent clean-up activity is a first step toward that goal.

Assoi insists she is merely one link in the chain, and that the residents themselves must be the drivers of lasting positive change in a community she says has “untapped potential.”

“We want residents to take ownership of their community, make it be the best place to live in Ottawa,” she says.

It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, May 29. The weather is beautiful, but only a few people dot Sandalwood Park, located in the heart of Herongate.

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Valérie Assoi, community developer with the South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre, joins Herongate residents to mark the end of the community’s first clean-up as part of a new initiative now underway that is designed to bolster engagement and improve safety. Over the next year, Assoi will continue reaching out to residents, service providers and other stakeholders to help drive and maintain positive change in Herongate, similar to the successful inroads that have been made in nearby Ledbury-Banff.

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A two-vehicle crash in Riverside South that caused a pickup truck to flip on its roof sent three children and a female passenger to hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries May 28.

Given the damage to a minivan and the pickup truck at the corner of Spratt and Earl Armstrong roads around 8:30 a.m, paramedics said it’s fortunate those involved weren’t more seriously injured.

Police said the pickup truck, headed west on Earl Armstrong Road, was making a left turn onto Spratt Road when the minivan was travelling eastbound on Earl Armstrong. “The adults, anyway, all walked away from it,� said J.P. Trottier, spokesman for the Ottawa Paramedic Service. “And the injuries to the three kids were fairly minor considering the seriousness of the impact.�

The collision caused the truck to flip and land onto its roof. The front end of the minivan was seriously damaged.

Paramedics treated a three-year-old girl for facial injuries she suffered when she struck the minivan’s centre console after her car seat dislodged from the middle bench in the vehicle.

The car seat was “not attached properly to the bench,� Trottier said. “It came off completely off of the bench.�

For that reason, paramedics are reminding drivers to follow the manufacturer’s instructions when installing car seats inside their vehicles and to properly use the car seat’s restraint systems. “So had she been properly strapped in the seat and the seat properly put into the vehicle, she probably would not have those injuries,� Trottier said.

That prompted police to issue a warning to the driver of the minivan.

Three other occupants of the minivan were also injured, including a five-year-old girl, who was treated for a shoulder injury, and a 17-month-old girl, who suffered abrasions. Both had been properly buckled into the vehicle, Trottier said.

All three kids were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

A 35-year-old female passenger of the van was taken to the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital for treatment of abdominal, knee and ankle injuries.

The female driver of the minivan and the male driver of the pickup truck – the lone occupant of that vehicle – both refused assessment of their injuries at the scene, Trottier said.

He said neither was injured in the crash.

The 48-year-old male driver of the pickup truck was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with making an unsafe left turn.

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Ottawa South News - Thursday, June 4, 2015

South Ottawa residents recognized for life-saving actions Jennifer Armstrong was driving to her Alta Vista home from the Ottawa International Airport when she saw two women standing on the Uplands Drive overpass at the Airport Parkway.

Little did Armstrong know as she spun her truck around that she would help save a life that day.

“I would do it again,” she said.

For her selfless actions, Armstrong was among a long list of people honoured with certificates of valour, merit and community service during the 2015 Community/Police Awards ceremony at Ben Franklin Place on May 26.

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Claude Laprade and Alta Vista resident Jennifer Armstrong, pictured here with Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau, were among several people to receive certificates of valour, merit and community service at the Community/Police Awards at Ben Franklin Place on May 26. to another individual late last year.

There was just something about the scene unfolding on the Airport Parkway at the overpass which spans Uplands Drive, which prompted Armstrong to

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Within minutes, she was out of her vehicle and holding one of the women back from jumping from her precarious perch on the edge of the overpass to the road below.

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“She was screaming, ‘Leave me alone. Leave me alone,’” Armstrong said of the woman’s actions last November.

As they waited for emergency responders to arrive, another man, Claude Laprade, arrived to help. Together, he and Armstrong worked to bring the woman back onto the right side of the railing.

“He pulled her pant leg and just peeled her over,” Armstrong said, adding that’s when police arrived and took over.

“I think a lot of people would have done the same. It was just kind of reaction.”

South Keys resident Jesse Haw was reunited during the awards ceremony with 13-yearold Lawrence Peralta, whom he saved from drowning near Bate Island in the Ottawa River last August.

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They had been knee deep in the water as they fished, when the pair got swept out by the current.

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He was eventually met by two men as he and the boy neared the shore. Completely spent, Haw sat on the beach, shaking from sheer exhaustion of the rescue effort.

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Wednesday, July 1 – 8:30 to 11 a.m.

The Waupoos Foundation is pleased to present the premier Hope Springs Gala on June 13 at the Marconi Conference Center.

The event will act as a fundraiser in support of the Waupoos Family Farm; a program dedicated to underprivileged children living in Ottawa and surrounding areas and their families in need who fall below the poverty line.

“We’re very excited about this wonderfully planned and supported event. It promises to not only raise money for a great cause but also be a huge amount of fun” said Waupoos Foundation chairman Ron Harder.

This year’s gala theme will be A Formal Affair with a Mad Hatter Flair, during which guests can don

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The only organization of its kind in our area, the farm offers qualified families week-long stays during the summer, as well as long weekends throughout the year.

The farm’s dedicated teams of volunteers and resident farm families provide a summer camp experience for children, complete with swimming, sports, crafts and nature activities, giving parents the opportunity to rest and grow together in a community setting.

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One civilian was assessed at the scene for smoke inhalation, but was not taken to hospital. No firefighters were injured in the incident.

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OPINION

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ity council needs to begin exerting more pressure on the federal government, and especially local Conservative MPs, to be forthcoming on plans that affect Ottawa, or change the way it approaches the relationship with the power brokers on Parliament Hill.

It’s never easy for organizations to act without accurate information, and the city, as an organization, has been placed in a difficult position lately by actions taken by the federal government. The proposed communism memorial and the construction of a Via Rail siding in Riverside Park are two recent examples of the federal government, directly and through a Crown corporation, passing on the opportunity to work in collaboration with the city.

Despite objections from, among others, the city, the federal government is moving ahead with plans to build a memorial to the victims of communism in front of the Supreme Court. The city argues that it hasn’t been consulted on the plans, and while it’s fair to point out that there’s nothing forcing the federal government to talk to anyone about the me-

morial, that hasn’t always been the case in the past.

In Riverside Park, Via Rail began construction of a new siding earlier this month, to the surprise of residents and the local councillor. The project is part of the Crown corporation’s response to the safety concerns raised by the Barrhaven bus crash of 2013, but the only notice was a vague line item in a report released last year. Once again, Via controls the property and isn’t under any obligation to consult anyone on the project.

It should be disconcerting to those at city hall that no one at the federal level felt the need to talk to the city about these projects. As a result, councillors should be making every effort to push MPs, top federal bureaucrats and Crown executives to include the city in relevant planning processes.

If these efforts fail, however, the city will need to start changing assumptions on what to expect from the federal government. Such a move would be a sad indictment of relations between two bodies that need to coexist, but at some point, the city can no longer assume it has a partner acting in good faith.

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hings seemed to work all right when organizations like Canada Post and Air Canada didn’t worry about making money. They were Crown corporations and their main objective was to serve the public.

That was a long time ago. True, Canada Post is still a Crown corporation, but making money, or not losing it, and has long since overpowered public service in its strategic plan.

Air Canada is no longer a Crown corporation and you sort of wish it was.

Because this is what you get: a company that charges you for your checked baggage and doesn’t provide enough room for carry-on.

People, being the way they are, have been trying to figure out ways to game the system ever since the

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town charges for checked baggage began.

Their carry-ons got bigger, the wrestling for overhead bins increased, as did the irritation inside the planes.

What to do about it? The people at Air Canada met (you imagine) and decided to measure carry-on baggage and require that those items that didn’t fit to be checked. More irritation, more confusion. And it seemed to occur to no one that all of this could have been avoided by simply not charging for checked baggage.

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Want people to check their baggage? Don’t charge for it. Duh. To make matters more complicated, the overhead bins in smaller plans don’t easily accommodate carry-on bags. And to make matters even more complicated, people whose carry-on did meet the requirements were sometimes urged, at the gate, to check their carry-ons, as there was not enough room in the plane, and they could check those bags for free.

Then they got on planes with not enough leg room and shoulder room and got charged for not very good food. Air Canada, we are told, is making record profits. Perhaps it could do with less and help the customers out a bit.

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mail, they got together and met (you imagine) about ways to become profitable. “I know,� somebody said, “let’s not deliver the mail!�

Well, everybody thought that was a stunning idea. Instead of delivering the mail, they would dig up people’s front lawns, install community mailboxes on them, let people park in front of those front lawns and drop unwanted flyers on them. This would allow Canada Post to cut costs and put letter carriers out of work.

It could be worse, of course. If Air Canada was in charge of Canada Post, people would be asked to pay to have community mailboxes on their lawns. If Canada Post was in charge of Air Canada, planes would land at the same airport and if it didn’t happen to be in your city you could take consolation in the fact this was doing great things for the bottom line.

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technological progress that has been made in recent years, we were better served 50 years ago. There aren’t many areas of life where this is so, which gives a measure of the achievements of Canada Post and Air Canada.

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Time to scrap punch cards and-a-half times that amount and it wears them down over time. But what about those of us already sticking to the 40hour max and wanting to work less for the same money?

The desire to work fewer than 40 hours doesn’t make us lazy as a society. For many, the reality is that we’re always connected to work. The “work-life mash-up”, as one blogger put it, means personal time is often interwoven with our work day, and vice versa. There’s nothing like the ping of a smartphone during your kid’s birthday dinner to remind you that work is never far from your mind. And frankly, it’s not healthy.

One of the most successful contractors I ever interviewed limits his crew to 35 hours weekly. Friday , the team stops

labouring at noon to celebrate the week’s work over pizza and make a solid plan for the following Monday. And then they take 2.5 days off. A long weekend every weekend – no emails, no work problems outside of their hours - so they’ll come back refreshed. After more than seven years, he has low employee turnover and a reputation for fast, high quality and creative renovations work.

So that’s the 4.5 day week.

But depending on what you do for a living, perhaps you don’t need 35 hours to get it done. Let’s say, like me, for example, you have to write stuff for a living. As I said in my last column, it’s unfathomable that I could produce 40 hours per week of written work -- I’m prolific, but I’m not a robot.

Capital Muse When I’ve been organized – a steady client roster, set projects, established deadlines – I’ve had a lot of success working two or three hours per day and getting all my creative work completed. What did I do with the other 13 hours of my day? I rejuvenated. As a mother of three, that necessarily meant looking after kids, but it also meant spending time in nature, exercising, interviewing or talking to interesting people and sometimes napping.

The best entrepreneurs I’ve interviewed work very few hours per week. How do they manage this? They outsource all tasks except the ones they do best. “To let go is to grow,” a wealthy, Toronto-based commercial insurance broker once told me. When she launched her own business, she gave herself a single responsibility to source new clients. The follow-up, claims work, managing people were all delegated to employees. Eventually, she

Adrift!

A pilotless motorboat drifts down the Rideau River in front of the Rideau Canoe Club on May 28 after coming unmoored from the club’s docks. Rideau Canoe Club coaches noticed that the club-owned boat had come loose while paddling dragon boats over from Mooney’s Bay for the upcoming Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival.

Between June 5 and October 30, 2015, the City of O awa will be conduc ng a larviciding program under the authority of the local Medical Officer of Health to control larval mosquitoes in order to prevent their development into vectors of West Nile Virus.

Altosid pellets (PCP No. 21809), Vectolex WSP pouches (PCP No. 28009) or Altosid brique es (PCP No. 27694) will be placed into catch basins of storm drains within the city. Vectobac 1200L (B ) (PCP No. 21602) and Vectobac 200G (PCP No. 18158) will be applied to ditches and temporary or permanent pools including storm water management ponds within the City. Vectolex CG (PCP No. 28008) will be applied to sewage lagoons or similar facili es. All pes cides will be applied by Ministry of Environment licensed applicators or trained technicians.

The 2015 larviciding program is similar to the 2014 larviciding program. For details on the exact loca ons and dates of treatments, please call O awa Public Health at 613-580-6744 (613-580-9656).

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few weeks ago, I wrote a column defending the 40-hour work week. While I think I made a good case for the time required to collaborate, rest, create and do menial tasks, I promised to write a rebuttal to my own column to explain why working less and producing more and better quality work is possible.

The 40-hour work week, after all, was borne of the industrial era. At a time when labourers were forced to work long days, seven days per week, 40 hours was introduced to limit the time spent on assembly lines. In client-facing jobs and manual labour, perhaps 40 hours remains a relevant maximum. I frequently speak to contractors who work one-

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got so good at doing what she did best, she realized she could go to a few events per week and land new clients almost every time. This left her lots of hours to coach new brokers, write articles for magazines and find ways to rejuvenate.

Employers should take note of the “let go to grow” approach. Last year, a report by CUPE and another by TD Bank found there was a mass exodus of women – particularly women in their forties – from the Canadian labour force. While the reasons are multifold, there was some suggestion that the pressure of raising children and working full-time has become too strenuous for families.

Bum in seat time may have worked in the Industrial era, but if employers want the best work out of employees in a knowledge-based economy, it’s time to scrap the punch cards.

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proval from the feds and municipal levels of government when making changes within populated areas well within city limits, as is this case.

How would you like a train parked on a siding at your back door? Really good for property values.

Brian Mahoney Mooney’s Bay

Further to your story of May 28, “Via Rail construction catches residents off-guard,” I am also a longtime track side resident on Via’s route between the downtown and Fallowfield stations. It is important to note that this length of track carries the most traffic. Let me explain.

With the opening of the Fallowfield station, traffic on this section more than doubled overnight as the Montreal trains were extended to Fallowfield. They would include the shuttle of empty trains on the way to Fallowfield to begin the Montreal run as well as an empty shuttle from Fallowfield back to downtown station at the end of the Montreal-to-Fallowfield run.

In the past, I have complained about the excessive speed travelled by some inbound Toronto trains in the 10 to11 p.m. timeframe.

Believe me, I have heard enough of them to know, plus the fact that this area of track is on a downhill grade.

My main problem is that Via is supported by the taxpayer, but seems not to answer to anyone. Did you know that Via sets its own speed limits?

In my opinion, Via should have to get ap-

‘A lost opportunity’ To the editor,

On May 6, your local MP, Mr. Pierre Poilievre, voted against a national dementia strategy becoming enshrined into Canadian law.

MP Claude Gravelle’s private member’s bill C-356 was sadly defeated 140-139.

Yes, one vote.

Mr. Poilievre’s vote made a difference on the defeat of a credible national dementia strategy that needs anchoring in a law, with leadership from Ottawa.

This was not a straight split among parties.

Nine Conservative MPs did their homework and supported C-356. Now the Conservative government is claiming the bill encroached on provincial healthcare jurisdiction.

In fact, as several media have reported, a deal had been reached between the health minister

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and the NDP for passage of the bill with several amendments. Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott even said there was nothing in the bill that could not be fixed.

Why do I care? My dear wife of almost 17 years, Lisa, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at the age of 43 and taken and placed into long-term care a mere two months later.

Since that time, I am endeavouring to raise our three young children as best I can. However, in reality, I remain a widower with a living spouse.

That May 6 evening, our youngest son Peter (10) valiantly watched the proceedings unfold in the House of Commons. Like me, he was hoping with all his might that MPs would do the right thing so that people like his mother would be assured of receiving the care they so desperately deserve.

Alas, it didn’t happen. Both he and I were heart-broken.

The next day, the head of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Chris Simpson, called the result “a lost opportunity.”

MP votes matter. Mr. Poilievre’s vote mattered. It is urgent that people understand the importance of those votes and each vote and listening to what people want.

Despite the outcome, Peter and I remain resolved to do what Dr. Simpson has urged all Canadians to do – and that is to remember how MPs voted come the October election.

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With every project – whether it was selling bracelets or donuts or raising awareness about those less fortunate – a small group of Hillcrest High School students rallied their peers to make a big difference for others in need.

The grades nine to 12 students with the school’s Impact Club, who support local and global initiatives around social justice and environmental issues, brainstormed and fundraised to success, culminating in their presentation of $5,000 to the Free The Children charity on May 28.

The money will pay for the construction of a well in a village in Ecuador.

“For such a small group to do all this fundraising in two years is phenomenal,” said Nicole Charron, the club’s teacher-advisor. “They’re very dedicated.”

Erika Medeiros, Montreal-based education programming co-ordinator with Free the Children, congratulated the students on their hard work.

“On behalf of Free The Children, we’re very humble and appreciative of all the work that you do,” she told the students via Skype following the virtual cheque presentation.

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Students with Hillcrest High’s Impact Club, and teacher Nicole Charron, in front, present $5,000 to Erika Medeiros, education programming co-ordinator with Free The Children, via Skype on May 28.

“We just wanted to make a difference and help out in the world,” Grade 12 student Amanda Byrne said her reasons for joining the Impact Club and supporting Free The Children. “It feels like a big relief really to finally have something to show for all of the work we put in.”

Through the project, Amanda, 18,

said she and her fellow club members learned a valuable lesson in perseverance.

Not all of their fundraising goals panned out, including their Fast for Freedom idea in which students were to have fasted for 24 hours during a sleepover at the school.

“Even if one fundraiser doesn’t work, don’t get your hopes down,” Amanda said.

Over the years, they have fundraised for various projects. In 2013, they donated $8,500 to Free The Children for the construction of a school in the same village in Ecuador.

Locally, the students have generated funds for the Ottawa Food Bank, Operation Come Home in support of homeless youth and holiday hampers for a number of church groups.

Last fall, they again organized the school’s annual Walk for Water campaign, during which Hillside students walked to the Rideau River where they filled up large water containers and carried them back.

“It gets a lot of our school involved,” Amanda said of the walk which raised almost $800. “It just shows that some of the people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water like we do and some people have to go a longer journey just to get water.

The students are learning about service to others, Charron said.

“That was kind of the whole reason for the name the Impact Club, that little changes can make huge impacts and they know they can make an impact in their community and around the world, and it feels good,” she said.

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Positive change afoot to create cohesion, improve safety Continued from page 1

But Assoi isn’t discouraged that so few people have arrived for the Cleaning the Capital event. Soon, the clean-up crew swells to about a dozen people who circle Alta Vista Coun.

Jean Cloutier when he arrives to hand out free T-shirts.

Assoi, back from her office, carries clean-up supplies: gloves and bags for trash and yard waste.

In her trademark friendly but no-nonsense style, Assoi calls to a woman from the Bhutanese Nepali community sitting on the grass.

“Please come,” Assoi says, flashing a broad smile. “I’m waiting for you.”

Yellow buses soon arrive in the neighbourhood, marking the end of school for the week.

Within minutes, the park is bursting at the seams with kids, their parents close by.

When the sound system is successfully plugged in and the music pulsates from speakers, the crowd quickly swells to more than 100 people.

Assoi has big plans for the neighbourhood, many of these identified through a survey the South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre conducted last summer to gauge the needs of local residents and determine what programs and services are available.

The results of that resourcemapping exercise revealed the Cedarwood, Sandalwood and Baycrest area is at risk of more crime and victimization, with residents sharing their concerns about crime, property maintenance and services.

But the exercise also found that people here want to be involved in improving their neighbourhood.

Already, Assoi has organized two workshops, beginning in March, which saw 27 participants representing 12 service providers, including the Timbercreek Communities rental property landlord and city representatives, come together to identify duplication and gaps in available programs and services, among other needs.

“We service providers, we work in silos. Why don’t we have a hub of service providers?” says Assoi, who envisions holding a service provider fair where residents can learn what is available to them.

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Herongate residents Mohammed Abdi and his 12-year-old daughter, Nasteho Abdi, join more than 100 people to clean up Sandalwood Park on May 29. shape in a space Timbercreek has provided at 2850 Cedarwood Dr. The room will have a couch where Assoi says women can sit and rest. There will be room for children’s playgroups and, eventually, computers for people to work on their resumes, for example.

“When you say ‘community room’ it makes it cheap,” she says. “But when you say ‘hub,’ everybody relates to that.”

Assoi also hopes to see a festival eventually take place as well as create a network through which people can exchange goods and services with one another.

A job fair is also on her todo list to counteract unemployment in the area. She is also looking to connect with businesses to encourage them to believe in and hire local youth.

Chief among her goals is to bring together service providers to prevent the overlapping of programs and services to better meet the needs of residents, as well as support the creation of a residents committee that would eventually evolve into a community association that can organize events and advocate for residents.

Assoi has worked quickly to identify community leaders, like Herongate resident Joseph Merhi.

The president of the nearby Imam Ali (As) Masjid mosque on Walkley Road, who also leads a Canadian Middle East youth organization, is most

Herongate residents show off their strong sense of community after cleaning Sandalwood Park. concerned with safety in the neighbourhood.

For that reason, he says the most important thing that could come from the community building initiative is improved security.

“Not too long ago, in my backyard, there was a shooting in the middle of the day,” he says, referring to a gun fight that broke out in the 2800-block of Cedarwood Drive between two men last June. “My daughter (then 14) was in the park. That was scary.”

Safety and security will only improve when neighbours come together to send a

zero-tolerance message to gang members, he says.

“So if we are all together and when we see something, we call the police or we have Neighbourhood Watch. It does help,” says Merhi, a strong proponent of bringing back the Herongate Community Police Centre, which was based in a Timbercreek high-rise before it was closed.

The centre could even set up shop for free at the mosque.

“Just be in the area,” Merhi says. “So the gangs, they think twice before they come here with their activities.”

That shooting proved to be

the impetus for change. In its violent wake, Ottawa South MPP John Fraser arranged a community safety meeting, “just because I thought people needed to be heard.”

From there, the health centre launched its neighbourhood survey, funded by Crime Prevention Ottawa.

“So one of the things you can do to make a community safer is making it more of a community,” Fraser, who grew up in Herongate, says, adding that it doesn’t take a lot of money to effect positive change.

“You just have to put a little bit of resources into it and get people started and give them some support.”

The main recommendation that came out of the survey was to have a community developer in the area, and since Assoi was hired, she has been working on her specialty of fostering conflict resolution through community engagement.

“If people don’t know their rights, if they are not engaged in their community, if they don’t have a pride of place ... but if you are my neighbour and I like you and I like doing things with you, it will be more difficult to harm you,” she says.

Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier agrees.

“I’ve always said, even at the time (of the shooting), it’s not a police issue, it’s a community issue.”

Through the community building initiative, everyone from service providers to residents will have a stake in the change that is to come in Herongate. But, echoing Assoi, Cloutier says it will take time.

“The problem didn’t happen overnight, the problem won’t be solved overnight and the problem is not a police presence issue,” he says. “It’s community building. It’s a pride issue. It’s a keep-your-park-clean issue.”

In the neighbouring Ledbury-Banff community, change took 10 years, Assoi points out.

Though she says positive inroads have already been made in Herongate, she continues to reach out to residents and solicit their ideas.

Merhi, for example, would like to see the city do more to engage youth, such as providing free or subsidized space in nearby city facilities like the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre.

“It’d be nice if they can take the youth, instead of (them) be-

ing in the street causing trouble for the police,” he says. “Keep them busy. And in the meantime, we pass the message to make them be good.”

Brian Khadk, a Herongate resident who represents the Bhutanese Nepali community, of which there are more than 40 households in Herongate alone – the largest contingent in Ottawa – says a community garden should be created to improve the quality of life for residents.

Several Bhutanese Nepalis living in the area were farmers before coming to Canada.

“They would really love to work there,” says Khadk.

He agrees that knowing where to turn for services would also be beneficial, particularly for the aging population.

“The seniors, they’re taken care of by their sons and daughters,” he says, adding that most are refugees and many don’t speak English and must rely on younger generations to translate.

Ideas such as these are critical to turning an at-risk community into a self-sustaining, thriving hub, Assoi says.

Herongate resident Narayan Khatiwoda is on board with Assoi’s hopes for the future.

“I would love for my community to have a better community here,” the 26-year-old Bhutanese Nepali says.

“And I want the same thing for my younger brother and sister. It would be a great opportunity for them to learn how to work in communities, get connected with other cultures.”

The clean-up, he says, may entice people to pick up litter around the park on a regular basis and take part in future events and projects.

“If you show some initiative here we could do something major. We can’t just wait for others, for somebody from the city to come and clean up for us.

We can do it for ourselves.”

Assoi pauses when asked if she considers the Cleaning the Capital event a success.

While delighted, she says that with several thousand people living in Herongate, she would consider 400 people in attendance a true success.

But, there’s no reason why future events here wouldn’t draw at least that many.

“This is just the start,” Assoi says. “I’m telling you, we will see in two years from now a festival here.”

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Superheroes needed for annual CHEO telethon Erin McCracken

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You don’t need a cape to be a superhero.

All you have to do is pick up the phone or go online to make a donation in support of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario during its 32nd-annual telethon on June 6 and 7.

Last year, the telethon, which is featured annually on CTV Ottawa, helped generate a record-breaking $7,121,350 to help the hospital pay for specialized medical equipment, fund hospital programs and staff training and support of research at the CHEO Research Institute.

Even young children show their generosity during the annual event by bringing in their piggy banks and birthday money.

“All of the donations are special, but we really believe in fostering kids giving to kids,” said Jacqueline Belsito, the CHEO Foundation’s vicepresident of philanthropy and

community engagement.

“We really want to celebrate that because that’s the future – future philanthropists,” she said.

“Sometimes the parents foster that … and sometimes the kids ... come up with it all on their own. Both are beautiful experiences.”

Belsito said the televised event will offer an intimate look into the lives of real-life heroes and the life-saving work being done at the regional pediatric hospital.

Hosted by CTV Ottawa’s Carol-Anne Meehan and Graham Richardson, the 2015 telethon will be broadcast live from the EY Centre, and will feature the stories of six families, as well as the work done by CHEO doctors, nurses, volunteers and researchers.

“I think (everyone will) be really impressed with the stories,” Belsito said.

“It’s personal. It can be emotional. We’re hoping to inspire everyone as well.

The upcoming fundraiser,

which is continuing with the 2014 telethon’s 2014 Be a SuperHERO for CHEO theme, has also received some celebrity support in recent weeks.

Jennifer Lopez, an American singer and actress and star of America’s Got Talent, is featured in a recently launched CHEO video promoting the telethon and the hospital foundation’s Hero4Cheo campaign.

Another notable figure who is backing the hospital in its fundraising goals is Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who appeared in a CHEO video posted late last month on the CHEO Foundation’s website.

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The Order of Ottawa

By Mayor Jim Watson In 2012, I launched the Order of Ottawa to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of some of Ottawa’s most distinguished residents.

Each year, up to 15 worthy recipients are recognized for making our city a better place in which to live.

This prestigious civic award recognizes exceptional contributions in the many areas of city life, including arts and culture, business, philanthropy, health care, education, public service, labour, communications and media, science, sports, entertainment or other fields of endeavour that benefit the citizens of Ottawa.

I believe that it is important that we take the time to recognize those who do outstanding work in our city; by showing them that their dedication and hard work is being noticed, they are emboldened to continue to push harder and reach greater heights. The group selected each year are role models to those inside and outside their respective fields, and inspire others to work towards making Ottawa a better place in which to live.

The Order of Ottawa allows us to celebrate the incredible achievements of Ottawa’s residents, across a vibrant and diverse range of endeavours. From Pinchas Zuckerman of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, to Moe Atallah of the Newport Restaurant, to Allison Fisher of the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, and many more, we have people achieving great heights in every field and the Order of Ottawa lets us recognize their achievements.

Corner store zoning aims to ‘stop the hemorrhage’ Emma Jackson

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Just as the city is trying to create walkable, complete neighbourhoods, the very stores that make them so are disappearing.

A zoning amendment initiated by the city aims to buck that trend while also adding new opportunities for micro-retail to pop up in urban residential neighbourhoods.

Right now, 70 small businesses across the urban core are considered ‘legal non-conforming’ – so if the store owner ever closes up shop, a new business is not allowed to open up in the same spot.

But a zoning amendment passed at planning committee on May 26 will permanently allow those commercial uses to stay by creating a new ‘residential neighbourhood commercial’ subzone in parts of College, Rideau-Vanier, Rideau-Rockcliffe, Somerset, Kitchissippi, River, Capital and Alta Vista wards.

It will allow businesses like

convenience stores, artist studios, medical offices and grocery stores to set up inside residential neighbourhoods, which in turn will create healthier, more complete communities, staff said.

The businesses would have to include at least one residential unit and would be restricted to 100 square metres on the ground floor or basement of the building. They also wouldn’t be allowed to offer parking.

Staff have also proposed a second subzone called Neighbourhood Commercial, found inside local commercial areas to allow neighbourhood services like animal hospitals, banks, day cares or a private school.

Overall, a total of 510 properties, some with commercial uses already and others not, would be rezoned in one of the two new subzones.

While councillors were generally supportive of the plan, RideauVanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury and Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper each passed motions to remove parts of

their wards from the changes.

In Fleury’s case, he asked to remove Osgoode Street in Sandy Hill because the neighbourhood is already well served by commercial areas on King Edward and Laurier avenues.

“We don’t want to dilute those main streets,” he said.

Leiper’s motion put a hold on rezoning the handful of properties along Armstrong Street in Hintonburg until it can be better studied.

The Hintonburg back road has a number of vacant parcels, he said, and is slated for an in-depth planning study through the Hintonburg Community Association and Wellington West BIA. He said community groups want to expand the opportunities for micro-retail beyond what the city’s bylaw suggests, so it makes sense to wait.

“It is a significant opportunity in our community to create potentially some incubation space for funky new businesses,” he said.

I encourage you to put forward a nomination for somebody who you think would be a deserving inductee. Registration is now open, and submissions can be made until September 11th, at which time nominations are reviewed by a selection panel. For more information on the Order of Ottawa please see the flyers available at your local library branch, community centre, or any Client Service Centre.

Alternatively, you can find out more online at Ottawa.ca.

Nominations by immediate family members, self-nominations, and posthumous nominations will not be accepted. Municipal, provincial and federal officials are not eligible to be considered for this award while they are in office.

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Bump in the road The 1,800-horsepower Bounty Hunter monster truck, driven by Trent Montgomery from Lansing, Kan., smashes into a pair of cars before vaulting into the air during a demonstration in the parking lot of the Canadian Tire Centre on May 27. The demonstration gave a taste of what was to come during Monster Spectacular, which took place at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 30.

Ottawa Riverkeeper holds summit, develops monitoring apps Initiatives aimed at connecting river watchers, provinces, governments Steph Willems Steph.willems@metroland.com

Taking care of a watershed the size of the Ottawa River’s is no simple feat, requiring the harnessing of both human and technological power.

Those ecological allies were recently given a boost through a summit held May 29-30 by Ottawa Riverkeeper and the de GaspĂŠ Beaubien Foundation.

The summit gathered political representatives from both provinces in the watershed, environmental experts and First Nations leaders to bolster resolve on protecting the river’s 146,300 square kilometre watershed.

The event was the culmination of half a year’s work

for the staff of Ottawa Riverkeeper. “We were working with a summit advisory committee ‌ to get key watershed players to acknowledge their shared responsibility,â€? said Meredith Brown, the organization’s executive director. “In absence of formal plans, (the message was) let’s just start doing things that need to be done – a collective impact approach to protecting the river.â€?

On the first day, discussions were held with Mayor Jim Watson, Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, Kitigan Zibi First Nation Claudette Commanda, and the environment ministers of Ontario and Quebec – Glen Murray and David Heurtel.

On the Saturday, the results of a contest (AquaHacking) held in partnership with IBM saw a dozen teams of IT professionals introduce tech-based tools they had created to assist those working to maintain the river.

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Besides governments and agencies, we need individuals to help us, too.�

The public was allowed to check out the different apps and vote on them before three winners were announced, along with a people’s choice winner. Three teams will share from a cash prize from a $15,000 fund.

The two top winners ($6,500 each) were Team My River, a pair of University of Ottawa students who developed an app that allows residents to report water and river issues quickly to their local

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Community associations ‘disappointed’ by infill bylaw Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

A parade of residents, community association members and developers packed the planning committee meeting on May 26 to take issue with a proposed “infill two” bylaw.

The bylaw, which heads to council for consideration on June 24, is Phase 2 of the city’s review of low-rise infill development rules. The first phase, referred to as the mature neighbourhoods bylaw, applied only to urban downtown areas.

This next phase reaches further into the outer urban area to include Bay, College, Knoxdale-Merivale, Gloucester-Southgate, Beacon HillCyrville, River and Alta Vista wards, as well as parts of Rideau-Vanier ward.

It will regulate things like

building heights, massing, rear and side yard setbacks and lot sizes for properties zoned R1 to R4, in an effort to protect community character while helping the city meet its intensification goals.

Some of the bylaw’s provisions include: • Ensuring rear yards are at least equivalent to building height • Limiting the mass of houses on very large lots to ensure compatibility with established neighbourhoods • Allowing severances and intensification on corner lots • Reducing building heights to maintain existing permitted storeys while keeping them to a reasonable height • Limiting how high roof top terraces can go above the maximum building height • Limiting the size of rooftop patios to minimize privacy

issues.

The corner lots provision was particularly contentious for residents at the meeting, which lasted seven hours and heard from more than 20 speakers.

Staff proposes corner lots larger than 665 square metres can be severed in half, so that two detached houses can be built instead of one big building. The change is meant to address the habit of allowing huge houses to be built on these larger lots, which can be grossly out of character with the surrounding neighbourhood.

“It may be better to have two small houses that are comparable to their neighbours, than one very big one which looks out of place,” the staff report said.

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Alta Vista has much to lose from corner lot severances: residents Continued from page 24

The rules could reduce massing by 30 per cent on the corner overall, and the two homes would have to face different directions and maintain certain setbacks on all sides.

But it could have a drastic impact on communities like Alta Vista, which faces the highest number of severances – and therefore the most intensification – if the bylaw is approved.

Other speakers were concerned about building heights and massing. Many brought photos of boxy multi-residential infill projects dwarfing nearby singlefamily homes.

While the proposed bylaw reduces height maximums for most subzones – from 11 and 9.5 metres down to 8.5 metres in R1, for instance, and from 11 m to 10 m in R3 – exceptions have been made for duplexes and triplexes, which staff argue need more height to account for things like fire code provisions.

Residents, however, said those exceptions will encourage developers to build multi-residential buildings as often as possible to get the most height out of their lot.

The continued allowance of rooftop terrace heights to be calculated outside of the maximum building height – up to three metres more – compounds the height concern.

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A number of community associations spoke against the city’s ‘infill 2’ bylaw, which it says will favour multiresidential buildings, flat roofs and the creation of microlots. munity associations took the stand to ask for tighter rules, developers were equally convinced the bylaw is too rigid.

Murray Chown, a project manager with Novatech Engineering, said the builders affected by this bylaw are concerned about the proposed rear-yard setback, which requires infill on lots deeper than 20 metres to provide a metre of backyard for every metre of height.

It’s meant to minimize the visual blight for neighbours with more modest homes, to allow more airflow and sunlight in the neighbourhood, and to protect neighbours’ privacy, according to city planner Steve Gauthier.

But Chown said developers would be happier if the setback only applied to the third storey or taller – the part that can be seen by the neighbours – as it would help developers get the most mass out of a lot.

Janet Bradley with Claridge Homes argued that the bylaw will squash creativity and flexibility, turning the city’s vibrant urban neighbourhoods into uniform suburbs.

The committee didn’t approve or reject the bylaw; rather it opted to refer it to council for consideration on June 24, giving staff time to tweak provisions according to the feedback it heard at committee.

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Condominiums have played a big part in the province’s population growth as of late, but the laws governing them have remained stuck in the 20th century.

That will change if the province passes legislation designed to update those laws while increasing protections for owners.

During an 18-month review of the existing 16-year-old legislation, public consultations were held with condo owners and operators, developers and industry experts. The new bill, tabled on May 27, would provide clearer and more rigid rules for buyers, create a new condominium authority to resolve conflicts, establish more governance requirements for condo boards, and mandate licenses and training for condo managers.

One of the reasons for the updates was the boom in condo ownership during the past decade, according to OttawaCentre MPP Yasir Naqvi.

“There are just that many more people living in condominiums now,” he said. “In Ottawa Centre there have been many built over that time.

These are unique, vertical neighbourhoods, so we needed to update rules to protect residents and owners.”

The biggest part of the legislation would be the streamlining of the conflict resolution process between owners and the condo board, or vice versa, said Naqvi.

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“Having a more effective resolution system will mean conflicts are resolved faster and with less expense,” said Naqvi. “That was a huge complaint. You would have to go to a court of justice, and that’s expensive. (This legislation)

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Strategic initiatives proposal to focus on infrastructure renewal emma.jackson@metroland.com

The public now has its first glimpse of how the city plans to spend $37.5 million left out of the budget to fund strategic initiatives over the next four years.

As it’s a new term of council, the city must refresh its priorities to align with the will of the newly-elected mayor and councillors. But there wasn’t time before the budget was approved, so a pot of money was set aside.

Few of the funded initiatives come as a surprise. Things like the water rate structure review and the city’s economic development strategy have already been set in motion in anticipation they would get funded.

The mayor was also clear that the city’s 10-year housing and homelessness plan would get a $2 million annual bump

to $16 million – something he campaigned on last October – and it was expected that some money would be set aside to help Ottawa celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. The draft earmarks $5.3 million extra between now and 2017 for the year-long program.

With that big birthday party comes many tourists, and the city has made room for some aesthetic improvements to make sure Ottawa looks its best when everyone arrives. There’s $850,000 for renewal of the ByWard and Parkdale markets and Sparks Street mall, and Queen and Rideau streets will both get funding for streetscape renewal to dovetail with the opening of the light-rail system.

Arenas and community centres could also apply for facelifts with $4.1 million in funding for the recreation major/minor capital partnership, and another $6.9 million for parks and

recreation facility upgrades.

On the transportation side, the city has designated $11.2 million over four years for pedestrian and road safety enhancements and another $420,000 for cycling safety improvements. There’s also $11.6 million for pathway links.

Much of the roadwork identified in Phase 1 of the transportation master plan is expected to get done, and preparation for stage two of the city’s light-rail plans will also get support.

Environmental sustainability was one of the city’s identified priorities; as such, the air quality management plan will get $1.5 million in capital funding and the energy management and investment strategy another $4 million. Tree planting across the city will see a small funding increase for operations each year as well.

“Service excellence” initiatives will largely focus on up-

grading technology to better serve clients, including installing a new facilities and program booking service.

The city also wants to go digital when it comes to good governance. It has set aside funds to focus on encouraging better public engagement in the planning process, which includes reaching out on social media.

The seven priority areas are: economic prosperity, transportation and mobility, sustainable environmental services, healthy and caring communities, service excellence, governance, planning and decision-making and financial sustainability.

The strategic initiatives draft will be presented to the finance and economic development committee on June 2. It will be considered at the standing committees throughout the month of June before it goes to council this summer.

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Zoning By-law Review: Minimum Parking Requirements The City of Ottawa is currently undertaking a by-law review of the minimum parking requirements for most new development. The review will focus largely on the parking requirements for the inner urban area (generally the former Cities of Ottawa and Vanier), but will also include areas near Transitway, O-Train, and Light Rail Transit stations citywide.

Overall this policy will not have a large impact on Gloucester-Southgate Ward, however this is an important issue facing our growing city and I encourage residents to stay informed and get involved. The discussion paper, which explains the background and reasons for the proposed changes, is now available at ottawa.ca/ minimumparking. Residents can send feedback by email to minimumparking@ottawa.ca. An Open House will take place this fall to solicit further feedback from the public.

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The simple act of organ donation is a meaningful one that has the potential to save up to eight lives, and tissue donation as many as seventy-five. Our government is committed to maximizing organ and tissue donations to help the approximately 1,500 Ontarians currently awaiting life-saving transplants.

Over the last year, Ontario set a new record for donations, with 541 donors helping to save the lives of over 1,120 people through transplants. While this is an encouraging step forward, the availability of organs from living donors still does not meet the crucial need that exists today. That is why it is so important to consider donating, and for us to encourage our friends, families, neighbours and co-workers to give the gift of life by registering their consent to organ and tissue donation.

The Trillium Gift of Life Network works closely with healthcare professionals to support families through the decision to donate, and to ensure that as many people as possible can benefit from the generous gift of organ and tissue donation.

In Ontario, the public can register their consent to donate in three ways: • In-person at ServiceOntario centres; • By mailing in a donor registration form; or • Online donor registration at www.ServiceOntario.ca/BeADonor Taking steps to increase organ donation to save the lives of those in need is part of our government’s efforts to help Ontarians access the right care, at the right time, and in the right place.

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The city is considering making lots open to the public during overnight parking bans to empty the streets of cars so they can be better cleared of snow.

The idea was one of many residents floated at a public meeting at the Overbrook Community Centre on May 27 to deal with an $11 million shortfall in the city’s winter maintenance pot.

While city staff has not finalized any ideas, it is looking at possible changes to its overnight parking ban policy, which the city has admitted has not worked as well as it could.

“If we could plow a clear street, we could be truly efficient... We’d love to minimize these financial impacts,” said Luc Gagné, the city’s manager of road services.

The ban comes into effect in the winter months whenever Environment Canada predicts the city will get at least seven centimetres of snow overnight.

Drivers are not allowed to park their cars on the city’s streets between 1 a.m. at 7 a.m. when the ban is in effect, unless they have an on-street parking permit.

Despite the ban, many cars remain on the streets, meaning plows have to take second and third passes to clear snow. Last winter’s cold temperatures also complicated things as snow

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There were 1,400 car owners who had parking permits last winter and the bylaw officers wrote 12,032 tickets during the parking ban between November 2014 and March 2015.

City staff said the ban has been vital in getting arterial roads cleared, but that it has not worked as well in residential areas and side streets.

“If we can find ways of getting cars off the street, we can be much more efficient,” Gagné told a handful of residents at the first of two public meetings on the subject.

The city is now reviewing the bylaw and considering a number of different changes including increasing fines, towing vehicles and instituting new parking restrictions for new subdivisions. Other changes the city is thinking about are adjustments to on-street parking permits and more flexibility in the ban, so that it might be in effect at varying times in different areas.

Gagné said the city is looking to enhance its communication to the public about when the ban is in place.

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ideas pitched to encourage drivers to get their cars off the streets when the ban is in place.

“That’s something we’d like to develop through this process,” Gagné said.

Residents at the meeting were split between those who wanted to see increased enforcement and those who wanted to see the overnight parking ban abolished.

City staff is now set to draft a report that will be submitted to committee and council in October and any potential changes are expected to be in effect for next winter.

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A new study shows young aboriginals suffering from depression face a bleak reality in the Ottawa region.

A large number of young people from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities suffer from mental health problems and drug abuse, but are not seeking help because of a lack of aboriginal-specific services, according to the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health study, which was released on May 22.

In a survey of 305 young people, the report found 48 per cent of respondents had a high chance of suffering from depression and mental health issues.

Aboriginal youth are nine times more likely to be depressed than non-aboriginal youth in Canada, the study said.

Suicide rates are also three times higher among aboriginal youth.

These problems are only exacerbated by the lack of services directed specifically at young aboriginals in the region, said Allison Fisher, the executive director of the Wabano Centre.

“It’s an important piece when we start to plan and collaborate among agencies in the city to provide service is that they need to be culturally appropriate,” Fisher said of the study.

When asked why they do not seek help, aboriginal youth said racism and stigma associated with depression have stopped them. Many said they would rather work with service providers who can incorporate teachings about their own culture.

Aboriginal youths are far more likely to approach a family member, teacher or aboriginal agency than a service that is not specifically tailored for them, the study said.

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Singers Needed to Perform the National Anthem The City of Ottawa likes to showcase local musical talent by inviting artists to perform the national anthem at the beginning of City Council meetings. On August 26th 2015 I will be inviting one of my constituents from Ward 22 to join us. I would like to put out a call to any singers out there, individuals or groups.

This is a great opportunity and will even be televised on Rogers TV live broadcast. If you are interested in this opportunity and would like further information please contact my office or send a message to my e-mail at Michael.Qaqish@ottawa.ca.

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The Champlain Local Health Integration Network, which funded the study, has employed a youth navigator for the aboriginal community over the last year in the hope of connecting youths with the help they need.

The Champlain LHIN now plans to develop a comprehensive community-based plan to close service gaps for aboriginal youth in the region.

“This study is the beginning,” Fisher said. “Where we can plan out, collaborate and improve on the gaps.

“The single most important thing is that this is a real voice of a group of kids that tells us something where we can begin to work together towards changing.”

Riverside South Softball Tournament The Riverside South Community Association will be hosting the 2nd annual Riverside South Softball Tournament on Saturday June 13th. It will be held at the Four Seasons Park on Spratt Road. To register for this event please visit www.riversidesouth. org. All of the proceeds from this event will go towards fireworks for Riverside South’s Canada Day 2015 celebrations.

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Community Garage Sales There is still time to register for The Findlay Creek Community Associations Garage Sale happening on June 14th. Registering will allow your sale to be plotted on a map and it will also allow you to showcase some of the items you will be selling. It is completely free to register and no names will be listed, just addresses. Please do this by June 7th. For more information on this event visit www.findlaycreek.ca. I would also like to say congratulations to the Riverside South Community Association on their successful Community Garage sale that happened on May 30th.

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Ottawa Invites Global Participation in 2017 Celebrations Mayor Jim Watson recently hosted over 100 members of Ottawa’s diplomatic community to invite global participation in Ottawa’s 2017 celebrations to commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary. Throughout 2017, countries will be invited to host public events marking their own national milestones or simply in celebration of their friendship with Canada. This 2017 celebration is expected to attract an additional 1.75 million tourists to Ottawa. For more information on this exciting year long event visit ottawa2017.ca.

Ottawa Fire Services Making House Calls June 1st to 8th Throughout the first week of June, Ottawa Fire Services will be out in the community encouraging residents to install, test and ensure that the smoke alarms in their homes are operating correctly. The Ottawa Fire Code requires homes to have a working smoke alarm on each floor as well as at least one carbon monoxide monitor per residence. Visits will take place from 6-8 p.m. on weekdays and between 2-4 p.m. on weekends. Residents are not obliged to provide access to their homes; it is strictly a courtesy call. They will provide important information for those who need new or additional alarms and will have batteries with them. This program has been running since 2005.

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City Councillor/Conseiller Municipal River Ward/Quartier Rivière Open House – Airport Parkway Widening The City of Ottawa will host another meeting on the widening of the Airport Parkway on June 17, 2015 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Road. A presentation will commence at 7pm.

The City of Ottawa is undertaking the Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transportation requirements related to growth in the surrounding communities and airport lands. The second open house will provide an overview of the study progress to date, which includes alternative designs considered and evaluation criteria and methodology used to determine the preliminary preferred design.

Residents in Riverside Park and Hunt are strongly urged to follow this study, particularly those whose homes run along the Parkway. For homes north of Walkley Road, the Parkway is proposed to shift slightly to the west, while for those living south of Walkley Road, the Parkway is proposed to shift slightly to the east.

City staff are also likely to propose a southbound offramp at Walkley Road. I have very strong concerns with this as I fear the volume of traffic that will follow along Walkley, Southmore and McCarthy, particularly in the afternoon rush hour, will be far more than these streets can handle. An off-ramp may reduce cut through traffic than comes off the Brookfield off-ramp and it may also provide better access for residents who live in the northern parts of Hunt Club, but do we build a new off-ramp at the expense of one community to potentially address other issues in other communities?

If you would like any information about this project, the timelines or have any concerns to raise, please contact me to discuss.

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Rumblin’ through Ottawa More than 1,450 riders took part in the 15th-annual Telus Motorcycle Ride for Dad in support of prostate cancer research on May 30. The ride kicked off at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and wound its way to the Rideau Carleton Raceway. In addition to raising public awareness about prostate cancer, this year’s event generated at least $325,000 in pledges. Since 2000, the ride has generated more than $15 million.

Prostate cancer is said to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer impacting men. An estimated one in seven Canadian men will be diagnosed with the disease.

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Spring Clean-Up the Capital Campaign River Ward is looking clean and green and it’s because of the many community teams and organizations that took part in the annual spring campaign. City wide, dedicated residents have set a new record by participating in 1,034 cleanup projects. Here in River Ward, I am proud to say that 47 teams registered with 2,986 residents participating.

If you see garbage, neglected properties, graffiti or other issues needing attention please call 3-1-1 to register the matter. If you don’t see any progress, contact me and I will address it.

Strawberry Social for Seniors I am pleased to invite all River Ward’s seniors to join me and many special guests at the annual River Ward Strawberry Social, to be held on Friday June 19 from 1-3pm at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre. Please send an email to Sarah.Barber@ Ottawa.ca or call 613-580-2486 to reserve your seat. I look forward to seeing you at what has become a great spring time event in our community. At this event, I will also have a few extra tickets as door prizes for the mayor’s Canada Day breakfast.

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A cash infusion is on the way for three Ottawa-based environmental organizations, thanks to the Ontario government.

On May 22, a total of $570,000 was pledged from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to provide grants to Ottawa Riverkeeper, Sustainable Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Eco-Talent Network.

Each of the groups has a clear environmental mandate, with a focus of finding solutions for local ecological issues.

“I know that investments are necessary to properly combat and address the local environmental challenges that exist,” said Ottawa- Ottawa-Centre Centre MPP MPP Yasir Naqvi Yasir Naqvi in a media release, adding that the funding “will provide important sustainable environmental solutions for our region.”

Ottawa Riverkeeper will receive the largest cut of the funding, with $225,000 pledged over three years.

The money will allow the organization, which monitors water quality and advocates for pollution-reduction and habitat-preserving initiatives, to hire a development director. That position would allow the organization to better plan and execute fundraisers in order to finance new projects and initiatives.

Sustainable Eastern Ontario will receive $180,000 over three years to allow the networking organization to boost its partnerships and collaborations with other organizations in the area.

The Ottawa Eco-Talent Network, a non-profit that links people and groups with pro bono advisors and expertise, received $165,700.

The organization maintains a network of advisors who volunteer their knowledge and effort to help groups with their environmental initiatives.

Spotlight to shine on men’s mental health Brier Dodge

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Men’s mental-health issues will take the spotlight at city hall on June 16, as the day will be proclaimed Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day. An event called It’s Not ALL in Your Head: Men Depression and Suicide Awareness, will also be hosted at city hall, organized by men’s mental-health website founder Jean-François Claude.

Claude, an Orléans resident, launched TheMensDEN.ca – DEN stands for Depression Education Network – after dealing with his own issues with depression and mental health challenges.

Clinical psychologist Jacques Legault will be the feature presenter at the event, and will speak about some of the differences between men and women as it relates to depression.

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Legault said men often deal with more performance expectations than women, and will present their depression in ways like irritability, fatigue and withdrawing from pas-

times. Men are also more hesitant to ask for help.

“It’s sort of a lone wolf thing,” Legault said. “Like men won’t ask for directions – they’ll drive around for hours – the same thing applies.”

“The strategies are similar, but how I present it to men is a bit different.”

Jacques Legault, clinical psychologist

Following his talk, a question and answer session will focus on ways that men can develop non-medicinal strategies to deal with depression.

Of people diagnosed with depression, Legault said only 10 per cent experience severe symptoms and require medication – and the other 90 per cent of people with mild to moderate symptoms could be treated through counselling and therapy.

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Orléans Coun. Bob Monette, left, TheMensDEN.ca founder and Orléans resident Jean-François Claude and Mayor Jim Watson declare June 10, 2014 as Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Ottawa. This year, a special talk on men’s depression and suicide awareness takes place at city hall on June 16. day one of counselling sessions.

But there are ways to deal with depression that don’t require medication. Legault’s number one suggestion is exercise, or re-engaging

in a hobby. He encourages concrete ideas that don’t depend on any other person or factors.

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of accomplishment,” he said. “I’m not talking about running a marathon; I’m taking about taking a bike ride, taking a long walk, re-engaging in activities that give them positive emotions.”

Claude felt the pressure of balancing 60-hour work weeks, a packed volunteer schedule as the president of a community association, and his family take its toll on him.

He ended up calling his doctor and was diagnosed with depression, and found there weren’t many resources available, especially those that were men-specific, so he founded his website. He launched his first public talk last year, which was held in Orléans.

This year, the event will be held more centrally, at city hall.

Legault said his talk is suitable for any and all men dealing with depression, and any of their family members or friends who are looking for ways to better support the man in their life.

“The strategies are similar, but how I present it to men is a bit different,” he said. “I tend to be more outcome-based for men.

The event runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Participants are asked to RSVP by email to TheMensDEN@bell.net.

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Students at two Ottawa schools have received national recognition for their entrepreneurial efforts in supporting local and international charities.

Steve MacLean Public School in Riverside South and Jockvale Public School in Nepean were awarded two of 10 national awards at the 2015 Ottawa Entrepreneurial Adventure Showcase – one of nine ceremonies held across the country – at the National Gallery of Canada on May 27.

“To win one of the 10 – a national innovation award – is a huge honour and recognition,” said Betty Weil, Ottawa-Gatineau program manager with the Learning Partnership’s Entrepreneurial Program. “We’re the only (city) that had three. We were lucky, honoured and grateful – so proud.”

The third area school to win was Lindsay Place Alternative Program at Buckingham Public School in Gatineau, whose team of 10 students was recognized for the impact they had in raising more than $1,000 for SPCA Gatineau by making and selling dog biscuits, which Pet Smart offered to market.

The Gatineau students joined more than 300 of their peers from Ottawa-area Catholic and English public schools at the ceremony where they were fêted for raising thousands of dollars this year in support of a wide

range of charities, at home and abroad.

Through the entrepreneurial program, the students develop classroom business ventures, and with the guidance of teachers and local business leaders, they raise money for charity. Through the experience, the students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 hone a wide range of skills, from teamwork to public speaking.

By far, the largest group to take the stage during the awards ceremony was from Steve MacLean.

Grinning from ear to ear, the two classes of Grade 6 students, their teachers and business mentor Charles Goodfellow took the stage to celebrate their success in raising $24,000 earlier this year for Solidarité-Haïti’s plans to construct classrooms and a computer lab at a school in Haiti.

The team received the national enterprising spirit award for their Be The Change initiative.

‘They’re incredible,” said Weil, adding the 60 students raised the money in just three months. “They did something so wonderful with their business partner.”

Grade 5 students at Jockvale Public School took home the national award for originality with their True Colours Production Company, through which they produced a play, dances, videos, skits and comedy sketches called ‘Be Yourself.’

The students presented

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Grade 6 students from Steve MacLean Public School in Riverside South were one of three schools in Ottawa and Gatineau to take home top honours in recognition of their support for charities through the Learning Partnership’s Entrepreneurial Adventure Program. More than 300 students attended the awards ceremony and project showcase at the National Gallery of Canada on May 27. their story to their fellow students and at a number of other schools, allowing them to raise $2,300 for the War Amps. They also showcased their play at the recent ceremony.

While some have taken part before, others were brand new.

“Really, the project comes from the kids,” said Weil, a former schoolteacher who took part in the entrepreneur

“Really, the project comes from the kids.”

Betty Weil, Learning Partnership

“They were recognized for originality, which recognizes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking,” Weil said.

Sixteen schools from Ottawa took part in the Entrepreneurial Program this year.

venture program with her former students at Manotick Public School before her retirement.

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Through the Entrepreneurial Program, more than $2.7 million has been generated for charities since it was founded in 1993.

“It’s the empathy of it,” Weil said of the students’ generosity.

They dedicated themselves to educating others and raising funds for people less fortunate than themselves, she said.

“Of course, they were encouraged by their teachers, but the kids were the impetus.

It had to come from them.”

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South Ottawa entrepreneurs

• Six Grade 6 students from St. Bernard Catholic elementary school in Blossom Park raised $650 for the Ottawa Humane Society by selling pumpkin dog treats.

• Grade 3 students at Charles H. Hulse Public School in Alta Vista formed the CHEO Helpers team and raised more than $1,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario at four pizza lunches.

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Mommy, I’m bored! \ Can I go to summer camp with my friends?

Paint pictures with chocolate pudding. Hunt for dinosaur bones in the sand. Make butterfly kites to fly. Skate rings around pylons. Learn 10 chords on the guitar. Be part of a medieval village. Dress up and clown around. Run as fast as the wind. Walk down the runway in your latest creation. Kick the ball over the goal. Grow a science experiment. Sing a round of song 99 times. Learn to save lives.

Hit the birdie high. Spin, twirl and leap! Sculpt a bowl. Play your newly created robotics game.

Cook a yummy pizza. Be a leader. Make that slam dunk. Film your first movie.

Can’t think of enough things to do this summer?

Let our creative leaders tackle this job. Kids just want to have fun, and they learn and grow through play. Creative arts, the challenge of games, sports, outdoor activities and opportunities for self-expression and exploration, are a vital part of their development. The value of play to a child’s personal growth is the foundation of all our camp services.

Summer camp provides the opportunity to make new friends, learn from role models, and always have something exciting to talk about at the dinner table. No matter what the weather, our summer camps are busy places where creativity and energy flow, and there is always a new adventure.

Erin McCracken

erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Five.

That’s how many cyclists have been killed in the last six collisions involving cyclists and heavy trucks between 2009 and 2013.

“There were 1,568 (cycling-related) collisions, 1,245 injuries and 15 cyclists who have been killed (in the same timeframe),” said Mayor Jim Watson, who called the statistics “troubling.”

Provincewide, 18 of 129 deaths between 2006 and 2010 involved trucks, according to an Ontario coroner’s review into cycling deaths.

The Ottawa-area fatalities involving large trucks and cyclists were a driving force behind the launch of the city’s new Stay Safe, Stay Back advocacy campaign at city hall on May 28, where a parked Tomlinson dump truck was surrounded by small plastic markers demonstrating no-go zones for cyclists.

Several red cones on the pavement nearest the truck’s passenger door indicated a blind spot that gets “infinitely bigger” once the truck starts moving, said Const. Kevin Bradford with the Ottawa police collision investigation unit.

“If the driver can’t see you in the mirror, or you can’t see the driver, the driver cannot see you,” he said, adding that as the truck turns right, pedestrians and cyclists may not be aware they have moved into the danger zone.

The campaign, sponsored by the Ontario-based Share the Road Cycling Coalition, Safer Roads Ottawa, the National Capital Heavy Construction Association, Citizens for Safe Cycling, the regional coroner’s office and Ottawa police, will see bright green reflective decals placed on the back of heavy equipment vehicles in the capital region urging cyclists to stay out of blind spots.

“This kind of advocacy work at least gives people the knowledge to make the right decisions when they’re cycling in an urban community to

avoid the wide-turning range that trucks have to do to get from one street to another,” said Watson, who was joined at the launch by Capital Coun.

David Chernushenko, chairman of the city’s environment committee, Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, vice-chairwoman of the city’s transportation committee, Knoxdale-Merivale Coun.

Keith Egli, transportation committee chairman and River Coun. Riley Brockington, vice-chairman of the transit commission.

“Specifically, the Stay Safe, Stay Back campaign highlights a no-go zone to the right of trucks where people on bikes are invisible to drivers,” said Jamie Stuckless, executive director of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition.

The campaign comes at a time when construction projects across the city are ramping up, said Perry Crozier, president of the National Capital Heavy Construction Association.

“Road safety is a collective effort and all of us need to do our part, whether we drive a dump truck, some other type of heavy equipment or our own personal vehicles,” he said, and encouraged his industry colleagues to get involved in the advocacy campaign.

In the days and weeks to come, the decals will be placed on trucks belonging to Tomlinson, Cavanagh and Karson Group.

And the hope is that other operators will get on board.

Heather Shearer, with Citizens for Safe Cycling, said while Ottawa is a “fantastic place to ride a bike,” the campaign’s message will hopefully serve as an important safety reminder.

“It’s important to know when I do encounter a school bus, or moving van or truck on my streets, that I know to stay safe and stay back,” she said, adding that it’s important to pair infrastructure improvements with education initiatives, like the Stay Safe, Stay Back campaign.

For more information on the safety campaign, visit staysafestayback.ca.

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Ottawa paramedic Martin Massé, left, and Ottawa-Centre federal Liberal candidate, Catherine McKenna, demonstrate cycling in a dump truck’s blind spot at city hall on May 28.

City, cycling and heavy equipment representatives launched the Stay Safe, Stay Back advocacy campaign to promote road safety among cyclists and heavy trucks.

As a parent you have plenty of camp options: • Various locations around the city – urban, suburban and rural • Specialty camps – geared to your child’s interests and skills • Age appropriate – preschool, school age, pre-teen and youth programs • Convenient schedules – full days, half days and weekly with varied start and finish times

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Volleyball action to heat up as sun sets on inaugural festival Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

For Ben Hunter, the only thing that beats the experience of bumping, setting and spiking his way through a game of beach volleyball is playing on the sandy court at night. “If you have the right set up, it’s amazing,� said the Riverside Park native and owner of Epic Sports Entertainment, who is preparing to launch Ottawa’s only nighttime beach volleyball festival at Mooney’s Bay Park on Friday, June 12.

More than 560 players on 64 teams – including Ottawa Senators Marc Methot (who grew up in the Mooney’s Bay area) and Cody Ceci – will take to the sand to vie for the winner’s

trophy.

As the sun goes down, LED light panels will illuminate the court, while other lights will cast colourful blues and purples on nearby trees, to enhance the festival vibe.

Coming up with the name of the event was the easy part. “I was driving and I just had the name ‘Sunset.’ It stood out.

You know, bump, set, spike,�

Hunter said. “I wanted something that would be different from other volleyball tournaments, so I wanted to have it at night instead of during the day.�

The volleyball action goes from 4:30 to 11 p.m., and teams will each play at least five 20minute games. Through the process of elimination, one

team will be the victor at the end of the night.

In addition to volleyball, the event will also feature live entertainment, as well as tracks spun by deejays Katrella from radio station Jump 106.9 and Kid SL. Food will be by Flapjack’s Pancake Shack, Meatings BBQ and Burrito Shack. And Oat & Mill will have an ice cream stand on site.

Also during the festival, there will be live graffiti art created on three canvases, two of which can be bid on with proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa. The third canvas will be presented to the winning beach volleyball team.

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Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening Environmental Assessment Study Open House #2 Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Jim Durrell Recrea on Centre – Ellwood Hall 1265 Walkley Road 6 to 8:30 p.m. (presenta on at 7 p.m.)

OC Transpo routes 1, 8, 41, 87, 114, 144 and 146.

Free parking is available The City of O awa is undertaking the Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transporta on requirements related to growth in the surrounding communi es and airport lands.

This second Open House will provide an overview of the study progress to date including: v Alterna ve designs considered v Evalua on criteria and methodology used to determine the preliminary preferred design

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Ben Hunter, owner of Epic Sports Entertainment, is the organizer behind Sunset Beach Volleyball Festival, which takes place at Mooney’s Bay Park on June 12. The event is said to be Ottawa’s only nighttime beach volleyball festival.

Thank you!

To all our participants, sponsors and supporters who helped make the 2015 Spring cleanup a success, thank you for your continued support! Your efforts keep Ottawa clean, green, graffiti and litter-free.

Watch for the Fall Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital early bird registration starting on August 15!

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This EA study is being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s EA Act, fulďŹ lling requirements as a Municipal Class EA process for a Schedule ‘C’ project. The EA process will involve developing, assessing, and evalua ng alterna ves, which will result in a Recommended Plan which will be presented to City Council for approval.

Further informa on on the Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening EA Study is available at o awa.ca/airportparkway. The open house informa on will also be available on the website.

Interested persons can provide comments throughout the EA process. Any comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the excep on of personal informa on, will become part of the public record.

Accessibility is an important considera on for the City of O awa. If you require special accommoda on, please call or e-mail the project lead below before the event.

For further informa on or to provide comments, please contact: Colin Simpson, MCIP, RPP Senior Project Manager, Transporta on Planning City of O awa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor O awa ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 27881 Fax: 613-580-2578 E-mail: colin.simpson@o awa.ca

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The idea for the festival was prompted by players in the Epic Sports Entertainment beach volleyball league, which Hunter started up last year on the heels of his company’s flag-football league launch in 2013.

“I wanted to bring entertainment into recreational sports,” said Hunter, who has owned and managed nightclubs and bars in Ottawa. “We wanted to do a recreational sports league that brought some of the fun elements of that – music and entertainment – to sports, with live photography and fun journalism to the game.

“We didn’t really want to make it about stats and who was the best team, but about who was having the most fun,” he said, adding that players have enjoyed seeing photos and stories about their beach volleyball games on the Epic Sports Entertainment Facebook page.

When online registration for the beach volleyball festival opened in early April, the first day of play was sold out.

Hunter had initially hoped to put on a two-day festival, but with the city approvals needed, there just wasn’t time to make it happen, especially before registration opened for other popular beach volleyball events, like the CHEO BBQ at Shefford Park on June 13 and Hope Volleyball Summerfest at Mooney’s Bay Park on July 11.

“So we learned a little bit (for) next year, what we can possibly do,” said Hunter, who envisions expanding the Sunset festival to two days, even take it on the road to Toronto and other Ontario cities in the next few years.

He also has his eye on launching a beach bocce ball tournament at Mooney’s Bay Park in August.

“A lot of it’s riding on this going right,” Hunter said.

“It’s a test run for us, and the city.”

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A swift spring thaw this year has allowed Twin Elm Rugby Park to begin its season on time. A late start to last year’s season contributed to financial woes that almost led to the park’s closure.

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Despite a close call this past winter, Ottawa’s rugby scene still has a home in Twin Elm Rugby Park.

The sporting venue, with its five international-sized pitches, clubhouse, lounges, kitchen and canteen, was threatened with extinction last December if it was unable to raise $40,000 by the end of winter.

Bills for back taxes and insurance arrived faster than the park’s operators could pay them, and an especially long and harsh winter delayed the start of the park’s 2015 revenue generating events. Twin Elm Rugby Park was facing a financial ultimatum after 40 years in operation.

But with $11,000 donated to the park’s public crowd fund-

ing page and $6,000 donated by each of its four member clubs, the park has raised $34,000 since December. Park president Curtis Crawford said that amount, with some financial reform, is enough to keep it going.

“We’ve put ourselves back on sound operational footing,” Crawford said. “Back taxes and back bills have been paid, and now we’re able to look at this season and next season and enforce some tougher and more stringent rules of operations.”

Crawford added that changes to the park’s accounting and book keeping practices were also planned so the park’s operators wouldn’t “get caught with the same surprises.”

Crawford said that no matter how bad the park’s financial situation might have been, raising membership and rental fees was not considered an option.

Twin Elm Park has faced several financial ultimatums since its opening in 1975, including one in 1980 which prompted the park’s member clubs to raise $80,000 to save it. Despite inflation, recessions

and financial insecurity over the years, Crawford said the club’s membership fees have remained the same for two decades.

Luckily for the park and its members, a swift spring thaw has eliminated the threat of another expensive delayed season.

“The weather worked out perfectly for us this year. Even though it was a longer winter, once spring came it warmed up considerably,” Crawford said. “We got enough rain and enough sun that the fields are in excellent shape. So it’s been really nice. All systems are go.”

According to Crawford, demand for the park’s facilities and rental equipment remains high and the 2015 season has been a “rousing success” so far, with several games completed and a full roster of events planned.

“We’re really well booked through the summer,” Crawford said. “We have a number of regular users and events, so we’re pretty happy in terms of the response to lending out the facility.”

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Mayor Jim Watson, left, Soccer Canada CEO Peter Montopoli, venue general manager Valerie Hughes, mascot Shuéme and RCMP Sgt. Jane Boissonneault hoist the FIFA flag at Ottawa city hall on May 25.

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Ticket holders looking forward to the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup matches at TD Place Stadium will be able to ride OC Transpo buses for free, beginning three hours before each game.

In an arrangement similar to the one used for Ottawa RedBlacks games, the move is meant to encourage fans to leave their vehicles at home.

OC Transpo will offer more buses on routes 1 and 7, which serve Lansdowne Park, in order to transport everyone.

There will also be valet parking for up to 600 bicycles, and two park and ride stations. The park and ride stations will have a free shuttle to the games, from a lot at city hall and a second at the EY Centre, said venue general manager Valerie Hughes.

Hughes said shuttle schedules would be posted online at octranspo.com.

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Officials encouraged residents to buy tickets, as none of the games have yet sold out.

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Canada won’t play in Ottawa during the opening rounds, but may play a quarter-final game in Ottawa after the opening rounds.

“We are very, very proud that Ottawa is one of the host cities,” Mayor Jim Watson said.

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When you are putting on a three-day party that will bring joy to many people, there are often some headaches during the planning process that you have to deal with along the way.

The main tent for the Dickinson Days festivities in Dickinson Square is not as big as organizers would have liked “thanks to the City of Ottawa,” said Kiwanis Club of Manotick secretary Rick Coates.

A building permit needed to be secured for the tent structure, said Coates, adding the process of getting everything in place with the proper approvals from the city can be trying at times.

“Every year there is something new, it’s just one thing after another,” he said. “It’s all about liability issues for the city.”

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt knows there were some issues between organizers and the city, but these days liability and safety issues are a paramount concern.

Citing an incident at Bluesfest a few years ago when part of the stage where Cheap Trick was performing collapsed in a wind storm, he said, “it’s important that everything be done properly” and events of a certain size have to follow the approval procedures that are in place.

Despite grumblings about the process of securing a staging tent for this year’s annual

Dickinson Days celebrations, now that the party is just days away it is time to put those issues to bed and start to have some fun.

And fun is what the weekend of Friday, June 5, through Sunday, June 7 is all about.

Manotick’s Dickinson Days celebration starts with a bang Friday evening, when a fireworks display will light up the sky after the annual Dickinson Days parade makes its way through the village.

The parade starts at the Manotick Arena at 7 p.m. There will be about 30 floats in this year’s parade, about the same number as last year, said Coates.

“I must say that for the fireworks Friday night, that we get a really good bang for our buck,” he said.

The festivities continue on Saturday with a pancake breakfast, kids fishing derby, talent show, open houses at many of the historic buildings in Dickinson Square, Pioneer Days at Watson’s Mill, numerous activities for kids, and craft and farmer’s markets.

There will also be a special evening of music at the tent in Dickinson Square organized by Terry McGovern.

The three-day event concludes Sunday, with a special non-denominational church service at the tent in the Square in the morning and a trivia contest in the afternoon.

For a complete list of Dickinson Days events and times, go to www.manotick.net/dickinsondays.

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Retirement isn’t for ‘The General’ Long-time CFRA host returns with book Alex Robinson alex.robinson@metroland.com

If there is one word that Ken “The General” Grant hates, it’s “retirement.”

The long-time former CFRA host has led an active lifestyle since he left Ottawa’s airwaves in 2001. He farmed cattle for seven years, has served as a personal trainer to countless seniors and has now written a book chronicling his life.

The autobiographical piece, called I Woke Up With ‘The General’ Too! follows Grant’s personal history, from his humble beginnings in Montreal to his life after radio.

Born in the St. Henri neighbourhood of Montreal, Grant yearned to be a broadcaster from a young age, growing up listening to sports on the radio. He also lived in Moncton,

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Ken ‘The General’ Grant is set to release an autobiographical book that chronicles his life from his early childhood in Montreal to his days as a broadcaster at CFRA. N.B., with his grandmother for a large part of his childhood.

He got his first gig in radio in 1959

at a bilingual radio station in St. Jean, Que., before returning to Moncton to do announcing on CKCW.

Grant first stepped into the studio at CFRA as Kenneth Gratton in 1961, but he soon adopted his new name as the station’s hiring team felt it would work better for radio.

Before Grant arrived, CFRA had a reputation for churning through morning show hosts, having hired and fired seven in the previous two years.

But Grant would go onto host the show for more than 30 years.

His voice would wake Ottawa residents up in the morning and let them know the weather for the day.

He picked up the nickname of “The General” when a colleague introduced him on the air after reading a piece about Ulysses S. Grant.

From then on, Grant made hundreds of appearances every year, wearing a civil war military uniform, which he still owns today, but admits he would have trouble fitting into.

Grant participated in countless charitable endeavors, including writing a cookbook in 1986 to raise $50,000 for the Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre, on Wilbrod

Street.

He left CFRA in 1996 and then worked for Oldies 1310 until 2001, before leaving radio for good.

Grant now devotes his time to doing physical training for seniors at their homes five days a week. He also speaks to families struggling with dementia as the ambassador of the Alzheimer’s Society.

RADIO HAS CHANGED

If given the chance, Grant said he would not return to radio, as the medium is not what it once was.

“You have so many other devices you can get information from. It’s not necessarily number one. It’s changed in its role,” he said.

“This is a time. That was a time and it’s over.”

Once Grant put down his microphone, he picked up a pen six years ago to start jotting down his memoir.

He plans to tour a number of bookstores across the Ottawa region, to promote the book, which is scheduled to come out June 19, his 80th birthday.

At a time in his life when many slow down, the ever-active Grant is still thinking “forward hooooooo!”

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other never got over Aunt Lizzie taking it upon herself to have my long red ringlets cut off on one of her yearly visits out to our farm in Northcote.

She had taken me into Renfrew, which in itself wasn’t that unusual.

She often hitched up Queenie to the buggy and headed into town, as she said, “to break the monotony” of her week visiting her homestead, and I was usually invited to go with her.

But that trip confirmed in Mother’s view that Aunt Lizzie couldn’t be trusted to take me off the farm without a fair warning that under no condition was she to take me to a beauty shop and have my hair trimmed, as Aunt Lizzie called it. It certainly wasn’t trimmed -- it was bobbed, and even though I was thrilled to be rid of the ringlets, Mother was as upset as she would be had I lost an arm or a leg.

So the next summer when Aunt Lizzie had again arrived from Regina, after about three days, she was starting to get the fidgets. I knew she was ready for a trip into Renfrew.

Ordering everyone within earshot,

MARY COOK Memories she sent me upstairs to change my clothes, sent Everett to the barn to bring out Queenie, and told Emerson to get the buggy out of the drive shed.

Mother shot her a glance that was a warning in itself: “stay away from the beauty parlour with Mary.”

A whole year had passed, and my ringlets were a long way from being back to the length they were before what Mother called “Aunt Lizzie’s sticking her nose in where it didn’t belong.”

It was a warm sunny day when we headed into Renfrew, and I was beside myself with anticipation because Aunt Lizzie, I knew, would be buying me a treat. It could be anything from store-bought underwear, to new hair ribbons. Of course we would have to stop at Ritza’s Drug Store first, so that Aunt Lizzie could visit with one of the clerks who had

gone to school with her. The only thing I would like to have had was a bottle of lily of the valley perfume, but I wouldn’t dare be so bold as to ask for it.

And then we headed up Raglan Street and into Walker’s Store, the biggest store in Renfrew. Aunt Lizzie went in like she owned the place, and the clerks knew they could count on a good sale, and they swarmed over us like bees looking for blossoms.

We headed right for the silk stocking counter. The one with the long glass leg upside down, where the stockings were checked when sold to make sure there were no snags or flaws. Well! Was I in for a surprise.

She ordered the clerk to pick out a pair of her shortest silk stockings, and without asking the price or anything, handed me the little brown paper bag. “Now you have your very own silk stockings,” she cooed.

I was thunderstruck. I would have settled for a little pair of ankle socks with lace around the cuffs like Marguerite wore to the Northcote School. But silk stockings? Never in my wildest dreams did I ever

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imagine owning silk stockings at six years of age. My sister Audrey, who was much older than I was, just got her first silk stockings for her 16th birthday.

When we got back to the farm, and Mother saw what Aunt Lizzie had bought me, she was only slightly less pleased than when I had my ringlets cut off. She told me to put them right upstairs in my washstand drawer for safekeeping. But I begged her to let me keep them with me until after supper.

I sat through the entire meal with the little brown bag in front of my plate, and endured sneers from my brother Emerson who said when I wore them; they would probably come up to my armpits. He was right, of course. They were ladies stockings, but just owning a pair of silk stockings was enough for me.

“She’ll grow into them,” Aunt Lizzie said. “Ya, when she’s ready to get married ... if anyone will have her,” I heard Emerson say under his breath.

Well, eventually it was time for Aunt Lizzie to board the CPR train in Renfrew and head back out to Regina. I even took the little brown

bag with the silk stockings to the train just to show Aunt Lizzie how thrilled I was.

Back on the farm, and days later, the joy of owning something I couldn’t wear started to fester. I knew the stockings would fit Audrey, but I wasn’t generous enough to just hand them over to her. I asked her if she would like to buy them, and she could have them cheap. She tore upstairs to her drawer and brought down her hankie where she had tied in the corner all the money she owned. She counted out 12 cents.

And then I remembered all the times Audrey helped with my homework, sang to me at night in bed, protected me in the dark, and walked out to the outhouse with me when I was frightened. I picked up a big round brown penny and handed her the paper bag with the silk stockings in it.

I figured it was a good trade.

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• Check with neighbours, mail courier, ottawahumane.ca. newspaper and other delivery people, local • Make fliers that include the lost date, veterinary clinics etc. description including any unique markings, More tips and information can be found in a picture, and your phone number. A reward our website at www.ottawahumane.ca. motivates people!

• Make familiar sounds to attract your And please, let’s close the welfare gap pet. Walk around your neighbourhood in the between dogs and cats. Always identify your morning and evening calling your cat’s name. cat!

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:

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

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Friends of the Ottawa Public Library host a half-priced used book sale on the first Saturday of each month. The next event is June 6 at By the Book, at the Greenboro library branch. Most books are $1 or less. All are in good condition. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For details, call 613-5802957, ext. 32626.

Come out to a garage sale, book sale and barbecue at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr., on June 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.. While scouting the neighbourhood during the amazing Alta Vista Garage Sale, please stop by Rideau Park United Church and

peruse the many household items or choose your summer reading from a selection of pre-owned titles, and finally, take a rest from your shopping with some hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages and drinks during the barbecue. For table rentals at the garage sale, please call 613-733-3156, ext.

229, from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary hosts a spring sale fundraising event at the animal shelter at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. on June 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parking and admission is free. For details, visit facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary, email OHSAuxiliary@ gmail.com, or call Nancy at 613-825-1621 or Linda at 613-823-6770. The sale will feature perennial and annual plants, flower pots and bird houses, baking, crafts, a white elephant table, books and

jewelry.

The Curvy Girls Scoliosis Support Group of Ottawa fourth annual Scoliosis Awareness Walk & Roll takes place June 6 at Stanley Park, located at 193 Stanley St. in New Edinburgh. Come for the two-kilometre walk or morning motorcycle ride and other activities, including face painting, curvy hair styles, zumba and a silent auction.

Registration is $30 at the event, from 8:30 a.m. or can be done at curvygirlsottawa. ca. For details, call 613-2337182 or email curvygirlsottawa@gmail.com. The event is being held to raise awareness, educate teenagers and families and promote early diagnosis and treatment of scoliosis.

St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Blossom Park is holding a yard sale on June 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The

church is located at 1720 St. Bernard St. To rent a $20 table, call 613-738-1943.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church hosts its annual Victoria Tea at its hall in Metcalfe on June 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be entertainment, delicious food, a silent auction and more.

Cost is $10, and period dress and fancy hats will be appreciated. Contact Marj at 613233-1556 or Myra at 613-425 1080 for more information.

June 10

Are you a parent looking for home daycare? A caregiver with space in your daycare?

Come to a Child Care Connection meeting on June 10 at the Ontario Early Years Centre, located at 2330 Don Reid Dr., from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. For more information regarding this meeting or other meetings around the city, please go to ccprn.com or call 613-749-5211, ext. 24.

Child Care Providers Network is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides information, training, resources and support to home child care providers.

June 11 City Councillor (River Ward) Conseiller Municipal (Quartier Rivière)

Seniors’ Strawberry Social To ensure all River Ward Seniors have an opportunity to attend this year’s Seniors’ Strawberry Social, Councillor Brockington will be holding two celebrations, one on each side of the River!

Thursday, June 18th, 1-3pm Alexander Community Centre 960 Silver Street

Friday, June 19th, 1-3pm Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre 3320 Paul Anka Drive

Please RSVP for this event by contacting Sarah Barber 613-580-2424 x19034 or by email at Sarah.Barber@Ottawa.ca

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The Ottawa South Women’s Connection and Stonecroft Ministries hosts a spring fashion show, featuring fashions from Alia N TanJay from Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, on June 11, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The event takes place at Fred Barrett Arena, located at 3280 Leitrim Rd. There will also be a faith story, door prizes, refreshments and child care available. The event is about women connecting with one another and their community. Admission is $6. For details, call 613-249-0919.

June 12

Emmanuel United Church hosts Cool Jazz, Hot Words, an evening of Jesus, jazz and wisdom on June 12 at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature saxophonist Peter Woods, piano playing by Brian Browne, who studied with Oscar Peterson, and poetry and reflection

by United Church moderator Gary Paterson. Refreshments will be available. Tickets are

$20 each and are available through the church office by calling 613-733-0437.

The church is located at 691 Smyth Rd.

June 13

A community yard sale will take place at St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, located at 2400 Alta Vista Dr. on June 13, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Rent your table now to sell your treasures during the sale.

For details, call 613-7330131.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church, located at 2345 Alta Vista Dr., is hosting a parking lot sale and barbecue on June 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spaces are available for $20.

For details, call the church office at 613-733-0336.

The Ottawa Public Library is offering special workshops in June, during National Aboriginal History Month. On June 13, Inuit stencil printing will be offered for children ages nine and up at the Greenboro branch on June 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. The branch is located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. The program is free, but online registration is required.

For details, call 613-5802940, or email infoservice@ biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Gloucester Presbyterian Church will host its fifth-annual food drive in support of the Pavilion Food Bank. Drop off your non-perishable food items at the church between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. or welcome our canvassers at your door. The church is located at 91 Pike St.

June 14

Heritage Ottawa hosts a walking tour in the Village of Hintonburg on June 14 at 2 p.m. Meet at St-François d’Assise Church, located at 20 Fairmont Ave. Named for Joseph Hinton, a shopkeeper and civic official, the Village of Hintonburg was incorporated in 1893. The tour will take you through the heart of this interesting, eclectic and socially varied neighbourhood, rich in heritage. The cost is $5 for Heritage Ottawa members and non-members

pay $10. For details, call 613-230-8841, email info@ heritageottawa.org or visit heritageottawa.org.

June 19

Enjoy a lobster or ham dinner on June 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Church of the Resurrection, located at 3191 Riverside Dr. Cost is $50 for the lobster dinner or $30 for the ham dinner. Wine and beer will be available. For tickets or more information, call the church office at 613-733-8185 or email churchresurrection@ rogers.com or bevmuma@ hotmail.com.

June 20

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church hosts a spring tea on June 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. Join us for an afternoon of fellowship.

Tickets are $12 and will be available at the door and from the church office, located at 934 Hamlet Rd. For details, call 613-733-0102 or email staidans@bellnet.ca.

June 22 and July 13

The Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library offers a summer babytime program with stories, rhymes and songs for babies up to 18 months and a parent or caregiver. Registration is not required. The program runs Mondays, June 22 and July 13, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The Alta Vista Library is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. For more information, call 613580-2424, ext. 30426.

June 27

The 137th Ottawa Venturer Scouts invite you to come to their “Nothin’ VENTURE’d, Nothin’ Gained” Yard Sale on June 27 starting at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of the Gloucester Presbyterian Church, located at 91 Pike St. There will be household items, clothes, furniture, toys and games.

There will be fun activities for kids and freezies for sale.

Proceeds will support upcoming youth activities, such as camping weekends. To find out more visit, 137thottawascouts.com or scouts.ca, or contact Yvonne by email at gc@137thottawascouts.com or sunshine137th@hotmail.ca or by phone at 613-526-1434.

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This weeks puzzle answers in next weeks issue

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may have a particular goal in mind for your relationship that hasn’t come to fruition just yet. It may take a little more work for you to get to that solid place.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Others may struggle to decipher your thoughts, Scorpio. Sometimes you have to spell out what you need or want to get others on board with your ideas.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, work appeals to you this week and you find yourself spending some extra time at the office. Just be sure to make time for your family.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, this week you are captivated by the innocent things in life.

Enjoy this relaxing time to stop and smell the roses with your loved ones.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 It’s alright to be a homebody for a few days this week, Aquarius. Revel in some quiet time at home and enjoy this chance to breathe easy and recharge your batteries.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Give your dreams time to develop in the weeks ahead, Pisces. If you rush things along, you may end up getting discouraged.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you have plans to rest, but you might be surprised at how fast you become bored with nothing to keep you busy. Relaxation may be difficult for you to master.

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 A plan you laid out hits a snag this week, Gemini. Do not get discouraged, as your plans will only be delayed momentarily before things get back on track.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 A new perspective can sometimes change everything, Cancer. Even if there are some bumps along the way, your optimism will ultimately prevail.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you will be on the receiving end of more support and encouragement this week than you possibly know what to do with.

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