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Inside Perley NEWS prepares for fall campaign
Canada’s relay team disqualified in bronzemedal win at Olympics Games. – Page 6
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Metroland’s Cycling the Capital series takes a look at connecting bicycle routes and educating young cyclists. – Page 10
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EMC news – Canada’s Sweetheart is leading a capital campaign to build a seniors village next to the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre. Canadian figure skating legend Barbara Ann ScottKing was announced as one of three honourary co-chairs of the $5-million capital campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 8. She will be joining overall campaign co-chairs Grete Hale and retired Gen. Rick Hillier to lead the building choices, enriching lives capital campaign to help raise private contributions for the village. While the construction has been partially funded by the province, Perley Rideau still needs $5 million and hopes to get the money from the fundraiser that kicks off this fall. Expansions at the facility in Alta Vista will accommodate 139 new tenants — many of whom are veterans of the Canadian Forces — with access to apartment-style assistedliving rooms by January. “I am honoured and delighted to be a co-chair of this great project,” Scott-King said as she toured the centre. “It is such a wonderful project and I hope the whole city will help support it because it is not just for veterans but for senior citizens too.” See SCOTT, page 4
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Canada’s bronze-medal winning women’s soccer team included six former Ottawa Fury players, including, pictured above, Diana Matheson, who scored the game winning goal at City of Coventry Stadium on Aug. 9.
Fury alumni help Canada capture bronze Eddie Rwema
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EMC sports – Ottawa Fury Soccer Club owner John Pugh was a happy man watching six of his former players celebrate the Canadian women’s soccer team’s bronze-medal win on Thursday, Aug. 9. A last-second goal by Diana Matheson, who played for the Fury for three seasons, secured a 1-0 victory over France, giving Canada its first-ever medal in a traditional women’s team sport since 1936. “Seeing Diane Matheson
score that goal that won Canada a bronze medal was obviously a great delight,” said Pugh. In a game that was totally dominated by the French side, Canada had a single scoring opportunity — and made the most of it at City of Coventry Stadium. “It was clear the game was not going our way while playing the team that beat us 4-0 in the last World Cup. I think it was nice that someone like Diane put the ball in the back of the net, because she is a hardworking player,” said
Pugh. Matheson was one of the six Ottawa Fury bronze medalwinning alumni. Others on the team included Robyn Gale, Carmelina Moscato, MarieEve Nault, Kelly Parker and Rhian Wilkinson. Pugh said Matheson is a very technical player, very skillful, and a great person. “She was coming back from a very serious injury. She did not actually know she would make it to the Olympics,” said Pugh. So far, 15 former Fury players have played for the Cana-
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dian national team, according to Pugh. “One of our objectives always has been to take the players that we are lucky to have and try give them the best opportunities we can,” he said. The women of Canada’s Olympic soccer team, who had been through an unprecedented emotional wringer last week, were celebrating, as they never have before. And no one wanted it to end. See MATHESON, page 3
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A Riverside South gardener grows produce for the Shepherds of Good Hope. – Page 5
Former figure skating champ spearheads efforts to raise $5 million for seniors village