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Inside The little NEWS
The Canadian Toy Testing Council has unveiled the top 10 toys on the market for 2013. – Page 13
CITY HALL NEWS
Residents got a crash course in civic engagement during a pilot session of the Citizens’ Academy. – Page 30
COMMUNITY SPORTS
An Alta Vista man wins an award for his lifetime contribution to water polo. – Page 32
school that could
Dunlop Public parents raise $35,000 for two new play structures Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
EMC news – Dunlop Public School parents celebrated the construction of two new play structures last week. It took them seven years, but the school’s parent council managed to collect $35,000 for the project, money raised by pizza, chocolate, bake and book sales as well as donations. Dunlop Public staff and parents held a ceremony on Nov. 13, unveilling the play structures, which will be used by kindergarten and primary students. “I am not just happy, I am ecstatic,” said Michele Tatartcheff, acting principal of the South Keys school. “This is working so well, the kids love it and they are very happy.” Tatartcheff said the school’s original primary play structure was 30 years old and was no longer safe. “Now our children are playing safely, and are playing well. (The play structures) answer a lot of needs for our school,” she said. The original plan was to build only one play structure for primary grade students, but with the introduction of full-day kindergarten last year, the parent council saw a need to build a separate one for the younger children. “The kindergarten play structure was a treat and a bonus for us,” said Tatartcheff. Andrea Laliberté, chair of the Dunlop Public School parent council, said she was thrilled the project was finally complete. See DUNLOP, page 3
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Ravens take flight Carleton Ravens’ Philip Scrubb dribbles past Brock Badgers defender Tshing Kasamba during a game at the Ravens Nest on Nov. 16. The Canadian Interuniversity Sport defending champions put up an impressive performance, thrashing the Badgers by 89-50. In the women’s game, the Ravens lost 63-56 to Brock.
City looks to set green-bin rules for multi-residential buildings Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
EMC news - New guidelines meant to standardize garbage and recycling bin requirements for multi-residential buildings left councillors with a slew of questions at a recent planning committee meeting. The design guidelines are aimed at preventing problems before they happen, said Melanie Knight, a planning staffer who worked on the guidelines. The document says property owners are responsible for constructing “proper and safe
waste handling systems” for their buildings, and that the facilities must include room for garbage bins as well as recycling for blue-, black- and green-bin materials. Currently, there are no guidelines and the city doesn’t offer organics recycling for all multi-residential buildings. While a handful of apartments are part of a pilot project for green bin collection, many buildings don’t have the capacity to include another type of recycling bin. The guidelines aim to fix that. “Residents must have convenient access to facilitate
their participation in the recycling and organics programs,” the document states. But councillors on the city’s planning committee were concerned that putting guidelines in place might make it difficult for seniors to take out their trash. Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais started off the debate on Nov. 13 by saying the guidelines seemed to have been “looked at in isolation,” without considering the city’s other plans, such as the Older Adult Plan. He and other councillors, including Bay Coun. Mark
Taylor, were worried that a rule that waste bins must be no more than 100 metres from the dwelling might make it difficult for people with mobility challenges to get their garbage and recycling out. “It’s 100 metres there and 100 metres back,” Blais said. “For me, that’s OK, but for someone who has mobility issues or someone who is perhaps approaching retirement or (is a) senior, a 200-metre walk to bring the garbage to the garbage can, that can put a strain on your lifestyle.” See TRASH, page 2
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