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Proposed Elmvale Acres mall redesign prompts concerns Mall redevelopment to open up complex, add green space, new retailers Erin McCracken

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Residents got their first look at proposed plans to redevelop the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre and add four nine- to 26-storey rental apartment buildings over the next 20 to 25 years.

As well as creating more than 800 living spaces, mall owner RioCan is also looking to completly redesign the mall, add new shops and keep most of the existing retail tenants.

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bringing more customers to the retail that we have and subsequently bringing more retailers in,” Stuart Craig, Toronto-based RioCan vicepresident of planning and development, said during an open house at Vincent Massey Public School on Nov. 25 that drew at least 100 people.

“We have come to the realization in the last couple of years that the retail world is changing,” he said.

Stores are getting smaller and, in some cases, closing or changing the way they do business, which prompted Riocan to re-examine its assets across the country to determine “... the best way to move forward ... in an environment where shopping centres are changing and shrinking, quite frankly,” Craig said.

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Proposed apartments would add rental stock to city’s inventory: Coun. an overhaul.

Pending approvals, the Elmvale project would begin with the construction of a nine-storey building, featuring 175 units, in spring 2018 where the Kelsey’s restaurant

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Elmvale, Westgate Shopping Centre and Gloucester Centre were among 20 of RioCan’s 340 shopping centres across Canada tapped for

rey tower with 200 units, a 26-storey building with 236 apartments in the third phase, while the fourth and final phase calls for a 22-storey building with 204 units and an integrated transit station.

is now located at the north end of the complex. The restaurant could be the first to relocate, and possibly rebrand, Craig said.

Subsequent phases would see the build-out of a 12-sto-

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The higher end apartments “with a decent price” would be one and two bedrooms, as well as one bedrooms with dens.

But Elmvale Acres resident Candace Cain worries about the proposed building heights and whether mall parking could be reduced.

“People are going to come to visit their friends, and where are they going to park?

In the shopping centre,” she said.

“And if the shopping centre is full, they’re going to go on the street where families live,” said Jocelyn Besner, who has lived in the area for 55 years.

While Besner said some of the shops currently at the mall could use some rejuvenation, she is concerned it won’t be long before the rest of the area becomes a haven for apartment towers rather than single-family homes.

“I worry it’s not long before the rest of the place is going to become that way,” she said.

“The next thing you know your property values are worth nothing.”

If the four proposed towers are more upscale, she said this would ease her fears.

“We don’t want trashy builds because then that’s not going to be desirable for the neighbourhood,” Besner said.

Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier said the proposed towers won’t be near homes behind the shopping centre, but rather closer to the transit station.

The addition of rental apartment stock is needed.

“We are short of rental housing in the city,” Cloutier said, adding that it would fit the city’s intensification objectives and promote the concept of live, work, play.

“These people would rent these apartments, they would take the bus to work ... and be able to walk to the library, walk to the hardware store, walk to the grocery store because it’s all on site,” he said.

Ted Manning, past president of the Canterbury Community Association, said there is benefit to adding smaller units into the residential mix.

“A lot of people my age with large homes are ultimately looking to stay in the same neighbourhood if they

can, and (in) a nice apartment where you are and still walk to the shopping centre,” he said.

Craig said the complex could be attractive for young professionals.

“The other reason we’re doing it is ... there’s hardly anybody building rental apartments anywhere in the country right now. Yet, you’ve got condo sites in some cities sitting half built or not started because the market’s gone down,” Craig said.

Calling the project “very exciting,” Ottawa-based architect Roderick Lahey said it’s an opportunity to transform an underutilized space and create an environment that is “symbiotic to both the resident and the commercial tenant.”

“You strengthen both by having both in the same spot,” he said.

Most of the commercial parking in the mall will remain at-grade, though a portion will be moved underground. Underground parking will be available at the residential buildings.

The vision includes creating green spaces with parks and playgrounds, and “create a permeable space” by opening up the mall to residents living behind the complex, Lahey said, adding the indoor area of the mall will be removed. This would see the Royal Bank relocated and the Loblaws created as a standalone building, which would allow that tenant to possibly upgrade and expand.

“It would be a very walkable mall,” said Cloutier, who likes the idea of creating a more pleasing facade at the rear of the mall complex.

“They’re going to create a privately-owned public space.”

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RioCan has yet to submit its applications with the city, and those will need to go before the city’s planning committee and council. Zoning and secondary plan approvals will be required.

Future community meetings will also be held.

More details on the project are available at jeancloutier. com/news. Comments on the project can be submitted by email to jean.cloutier@ottawa.ca.

Riverside South woman spearheads refugee clothing drive Erin McCracken

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Touched by the plight of Syrian refugees overseas, a Riverside South mother of two is trying to mobilize efforts here ahead of the arrival of hundreds, if not thousands of people looking to rebuild their lives.

“They didn’t want a war,” said Mauretta Lethbridge. “Coming here, they’re going to start all over.

They’re going to have nothing.”

She and her husband, Adel Kulaib, have been glued to the TV in recent weeks, watching as the refugee crisis continues to worsen.

Lethbridge decided she wanted to do something and turned to Facebook to launch a clothing and supply drive.

In less than a week, she amassed a small mountain of donated supplies, from winter clothing and playpens to toys and diapers.

The community’s response has been heartening.

“It truly means so much. I didn’t

believe it would grow so big and get so much attention as it has,” said Lethbridge.

The mother of two children, age eight and four, is excited for the arrival of refugees. The Canadian government has said it will welcome 10,000 by Dec. 31. Another 15,000 are expected by the end of February.

Mayor Jim Watson said recently that Ottawa will receive between 800 and 2,000 of those refugees in the months to come.

“I can’t wait until they arrive, just to watch the smiles on the families’ faces, to know that they’re free from everything,” Lethbridge said. “They don’t have to look up and see bombs going off ... being able to walk down the street and they’ll have nothing to worry about – having food, shelter, clothing.”

She wants to help make their resettlement as worry-free as possible.

“A new transition for them is going to be scary for them if they’re not familiar with the culture or the language,” she said. “I don’t think they

realize how much support they’re going to have when they get here.

“I feel so happy I’m going to be part of this.”

Others have quickly gotten behind the clothing drive, including her Riverside South neighbours, Manotick residents and several donors in the east end of the city.

A dentist has also provided toothbrushes and toothpaste.

“I’m driving around throughout the night collecting donations from people,” said Lethbridge. “Without the community’s continued support, this would not have been possible.”

Her neighbour recently dropped off a box of diapers and then reappeared moments later with three more bags of diapers.

Lethbridge was shocked the woman would donate something her young daughter still needs.

“She said, ‘I’ve got lots. I just want to help,’” she recalled.

Lethbridge, who works with homeless people in her role as a client-care worker with Carefor Health

& Community Services, knows how important it will be for the community to rally behind the new arrivals.

She also has a personal connection that has motivated to reach out.

“If anybody understands what (the Syrian refugees have) been through, it would definitely be my husband,” she said.

Kulaib was just a teenager when he and his family left their war-torn Kuwaiti homeland as refugees in 1991, and eventually settled in Ottawa in 1992.

Lethbridge got her first glimpse of the needs of refugees when she volunteered as a teenager with the Red Cross and worked with Kosovo refugees at CFB Halifax.

“I went and got to play with the children and I helped with the families,” Lethbridge said. Now she

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“This is just the beginning for them,” she said. “They’re going to need continuous support. They need us.”

The goal is to collect as many donated items as possible by the end of December, and give them to Ottawa area residents who are privately sponsoring refugees.

There are still several items Lethbridge is seeking, including underwear, hygiene products, tuques, mitts and scarves, as well as warm clothing for all ages, from infants to seniors.

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Dr. Morton Beiser, a psychiatric epidemiologist and founding director of the Toronto Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, spoke to CHEO doctors and staff on Nov. 25 as part of the children’s hospital’s fourth-annual global health day conference.

“There’s a new kind of distraction that’s crept in, and that’s anti-refugee,” he said.

“And I find that very disturbing.”

He said negative attitudes towards refugees in Canada can compound mental-health problems in people who may already have post-traumatic stress disorder from events in their home

countries.

“I think it’s very important for us to pay attention to the cloud of anti-refugee rhetoric that has separated us more from them,” Beiser said. “If people don’t feel at home, there are problems. People tend to feel disaffected. So I think we have to pay much more attention to psychosocial integration.”

Researchers are now aware that PTSD isn’t as likely to develop from one traumatic event, but a series of them. That can include traumas that happen after they come to Canada – such as racism.

In children, depending on the community they come from, about 20 per cent of children have PTSD, depression or anxiety.

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“They’re really reliving being in the hut, and the bomb’s about to drop,” Beiser said of

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Beiser talked about treatment that has proved effective in Toronto, where he is based, that brings volunteer nursing students and medical students into the community, through resources such as community centres or schools.

The volunteers use narrative exposure therapy, which involves patients recalling their emotional reactions to traumatic experiences and creates a narrative of their experience.

It’s a therapy that’s been used in refugee camps abroad and Beiser called it “very effective.” It’s run in Toronto through the Lending a Hand to our Future group, which assesses youth for PTSD and treats them as necessary.

He said bringing the program into the schools has been effective, as it’s convenient for parents to have their children treated right at the school instead of appointments elsewhere as schools are places people tend to associate as being safe places they trust.

It’s important to take the data and learning from previous refugees that settled in Canada and not repeat mistakes from the past.

The biggest mistake made with the influx of South Asian refugees almost three decades ago was letting them stay silent about traumas they had gone through.

“There were a lot of parallels between that situation and now,” Beiser said. “We often colluded with those refugees in keeping that silence.”

Overall, the population settled into Canada well, and he found that after 10 years in Canada, based on a group he studied in British Columbia, there was a lower rate of unemployment, and the average refugee was using fewer social services.

Groups have been working to produce guidelines and ways to standardize care with refugees in light of recent efforts to resettle 25,000 refugees in Canada in the coming months.

CHEO president and chief executive Alex Munter said the hospital is expected to release a more cohesive strategy on how they plan to support refugee children in Eastern Ontario.

The hospital has already joined Refugee 613 to co-ordinate the health needs of the Syrian refugee children expected to arrive this winter, and clinicians have developed an online resource called Caring for Kids New to Canada.

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s they continue to look for ways to pinch pennies over at city hall, the latest city auditor general report has been unveiled and it suggests the city could bank some cash by changing the way it goes about clearing snow and maintaining roads during the winter.

It seems, according to auditor general Ken Hughes, that the city has set higher standards for snow clearing than the province, and that if the city were to change its standards, significant savings can be had. By changing its standards, what is meant is, of course, lowering those standards.

Basically Hughes’ report says that the city should look at how much money it could save by bringing Ottawa’s winter maintenance standards closer to the provincial standards.

According to the auditor general, there isn’t any data available to show how much more the city is spending to maintain roads at a higher standard than the province deems necessary.

The issue of winter road maintenance and snow clearing was already on the city’s radar before the auditor general’s report last week, as it has contracted consultant KPMG to review the municipality’s winter maintenance program. It is expected

that there will be a report going forward to city council next spring as a result of that review.

The provincial standard for clearing residential roads at this time is to have the work done within a 16-to 20-hour window, as compared to the city’s standard of 10 hours. There is also a difference of about two hours when it comes to busier streets, with again, the city being quicker to get to work than the province.

Examining ways that the city can save money in how it goes about its business is always a good exercise to undertake, but that doesn’t mean that every possible saving is necessarily a good idea.

Is it really a bad thing that the city has higher standards for road maintenance and snow removal during the winter months? Snow removal and road maintenance are, at the end of the day, a safety issue. Should the city really be contemplating lower standards than it has just because others have lower standards?

Saving money when it makes sense to do so is always good idea. Saving money at the expense of public safety is something else entirely. Perhaps it is the province that has the wrong standards for winter road maintenance, and not the city.

War Museum serves important role

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e were driving along the parkway (as an aside, could we just start calling it the Western Parkway again, since Sir John A. already has his name on a lot of things?) — as I was saying, we were driving along the Western Parkway with some out-of-town relatives when one of them said “What’s that?”

It was the War Museum and we explained to them about the morse code on the roof that says Lest We Forget, and the spot where the light hits at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month on the headstone of the Unknown Soldier, and then we said, you’ve got to see it.

The next day we went back in the afternoon, a weekday, and showed it off. When you look at it through

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There are many things to like about it — the striking architecture of the place, the ease of getting in and out, the location by the river, the airiness and peaceful feeling of the lobby. The current special exhibition ‘War Women’ was interesting — showing women both as members of the armed forces and contributors on the home front. As

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The more familiar you become with the museum, the more you realize how multi-faceted it is. While critics feared a war museum might glorify war, this one does not. Yes, there is recognition of important victories that were won. Yes, there is praise for heroic Canadians. What should be celebrated is.

But there are also constant and vivid reminders of how horrible war is, how miserable were the trenches in the First World War, how cold and wet and dangerous and souldestroying the whole thing could be.

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preciate about the War Museum is the way it takes time away from the battlefield to show what is happening back in Canada. War demanded sacrifice at home as well, and it created terrible hardships for those who stayed. It wasn’t all just parades.

I saw some young children going through the museum and wondered about that, about what is the proper age for kids to learn about war and how young is too young. At some stage, for sure, young people need to know, both to take pride in their country’s accomplishments and to understand the causes and consequences of war.

In that respect, I wondered a bit about the admission fees. It’s not that the visitor doesn’t get his money’s worth. But a $15 charge for an individual or a $36 charge for a family could be a little steep for some. It’s something to think about, for a new government that wants to put more money into culture and

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Our capital’s major museums — War, Nature, History and the National Gallery — are all attractive and compelling. It would be nice if they could be self-supporting. But it is more important that the museums are visited by as many Canadians as possible.

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The discovery by Ottawa researchers that a lethal form of muscular dystrophy is, in fact, a stem cell disease could one day lead to more effective treatments. “It’s a paradigm shift in our understanding of the disease,� said Michael Rudnicki, senior author of a study published on Nov. 16 in Nature Medicine, a journal that features advances in biomedical research.

Prior to his team’s eureka moment about two years ago – which needed to be successfully and repeatedly tested before it could be published – the muscle weakness associated with Duchenne’s was once blamed on problems in the body’s muscle fibres.

In fact, the culprits are also defects in the way muscle stem cells function, repairing muscles damaged through regular injury and exercise.

Researchers discovered these stem cells express the dystrophin protein. Without

this, fewer muscle precursor cells are produced, meaning fewer working muscle fibres are generated, affecting mobility.

Their work also revealed this protein allows these stem cells to orient themselves in nearby tissue, preventing them from making more stem cells or form new muscle fibres.

The study research team, which included Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa scientists, graduates and post-doctoral fellows, are now looking at ways of restoring this cell function, and have already identified a muscle-repairing protein that can do this.

Manotick resident Debra Chiabai has hope these answers could one day translate into more effective treatments for Duchenne patients, who, like her 15-year-old son, Alex, currently rely on physical therapy and steroids.

The condition, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, affects about one in 3,600 boys. In Ottawa,

there are about 50 males with the condition. “It’s a lethal disease so they’re in a wheelchair by age 10 on average and with the very best medical care they can make it out to age 30,�

Rudnicki said, adding that death is usually caused by respiratory or cardiac failure.

“If you don’t have (hope), you don’t have anything.�

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Duchenne stole Alex’s ability to walk a year and a half ago, but the study offers new hope. “If you don’t have (hope), you don’t have anything. It’d be too hard to get up in the morning,� Chiabai said.

The new findings suggest that current experimental gene therapies need to be rethought, said Rudnicki, director of the regenerative

medicine program and the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research at the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus. He is also a University of Ottawa professor. “Realistically, we’re two years away from a clinical trial if we had the money to get there,� he said.

While there is still much work to be done, the team has already identified some drug candidates in the lab and are developing a system to screen large libraries of existing medications that could be used to better treat patients. “Bringing a new small drug to the market can take 20 years and $20 million, so another strategy is to repurpose existing drugs that would go much faster,� Rudnicki said, adding that this would still require clinical trials.

Chiabai recognizes that there is still a long ways to go before treatment advancements are realized.

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Ottawa researchers have uncovered new information about the most common form of muscular dystrophy that could one day lead to better treatments. Debra Chiabai, whose son Alex has the condition, says the findings offer families like hers hope.

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Essay Contest: Vibrant Communities Equal Healthy Communities I would like to remind residents in the Albion-Heatherington neighbourhood of the essay contest I am hosting on the topic of ‘Vibrant Communities Equal Healthy Communities.’ We want to hear from high school-aged students living in that specific neighbourhood about their vision of what makes a good community great and what they’d like to see happen in their neighbourhood to create a vibrant and healthy community.

“This isn’t going to be ‘take a pill, cure the disease,’” she said.

“This is going to be a cocktail of drugs addressing different parts of the problem.”

Alex was first diagnosed at age two and a half. Today, he takes steroids to deal with the damage to his muscles when the cell fibres break down.

Alex also goes for routine muscular and endocrinology assessments every three or four months at CHEO, where a multi-disciplinary team checks to see if his legs and tendons are starting to contract, to ensure

his heart is still healthy, how his muscles are doing and whether he is still breathing effectively.

In 2011, the Grade 9 St. Mark Catholic High School student began receiving weekly injections of a drug as part of a clinical trial that aims to restore the missing protein in his muscle fibre cells.

The drug has made a subtle difference.

“It’s not a miracle,” Chiabai said. “Certainly, he’s not declining at the rate he was.”

He stopped receiving the injections for just over a year, up until last February, while study data was being reassessed.

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“A cure’s not the be all or end all,” she said. “We just want to slow things down. Give us more time.”

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“During the time that the study was halted, he actually stopped walking, and since he’s been back on the drug he’s been very stable,” Chiabai said, adding Alex has since become reliant on a stand-up wheelchair to remain mobile.

When Chiabai learned of Rudnicki’s research findings, she was surprised that such indepth research into Duchenne was happening right here in Ottawa.

“Until we really understand the whole disorder and all of the impacts, they can’t really target research and treatments and trials to ensure all of the problem is solved,” Chiabai said.

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It’s a cause that supports men’s projects focused on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity.

In recent years, the school has regularly supported this cause and in all, the Ridgemont students, staff and community raised almost $4000.00 this year to support this very worthwhile charity.

This year’s Ridgemont movement was initiated by teacher Katie McColeman who pledged $100 at the start of the month if one of her colleagues would shave his considerable beard.

This resulted in a number of subsequent challenges to male staff members who had been growing their beards for quite some

time and momentum began to build. Teacher Ryan Smith — a regular supporter of the Movember cause — took up the initiative and he co-ordinated the school’s Movember efforts which climaxed in the shave-off.

The five staff members who agreed to have their beards shaved on the last day of the month were Clint Connolly, Curtis Van de Ligt, Cam Jones, Ben Meuser and principal Richard King, who wouldn’t agree to shave the beard he had been growing for six months until the school hit the $3,000 plateau.

When asked about seeing his chin for the first time in many years, King joked, “I guess my dream of joining ZZ Top is dead for now.”

“Ridgemont has always been a generous community and I am very proud to see all stakeholders step up this month to support this very important cause,” he said.

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On the eve of the climate change conference in Paris that started on Monday, Nov. 30, in Paris, 25,000 people gathered on the lawn of city hall to champion sustainable energy and a clean economy.

The 100% Possible Climate Change March on Nov. 29 was organized by Ecology Ottawa and featured speakers such as David Suzuki and Mayor Jerry Natanin of Clyde River, Nunavut.

Will Amos, MP for Pontiac, Que., made the trek to Ottawa to participate in the

march.

“I am just a citizen holding my government accountable for my children and my grandchildren,” Amos said, adding there is hope with the federal Liberal government commitment of $2.6 billion to help developing countries fight climate change and Alberta’s commitment to a carbon tax.

The aim of the march was to put pressure on the federal government to put the country on track to have a 100 per cent clean economy by 2050.

Cheryl McNamara, from the Citizens Climate Lobby of Canada – Toronto chapter, said the country needs to

have a national price for carbon tax.

“That’s the way it can be truly effective,” she said. “It’s nice that certain provinces are moving in that direction, but to really be a deterrent, we need to have rising prices.”

McNamara said the lobby will bring its biggest delegation ever to the climate change conference in Paris to put pressure on the federal government to development a plan that includes a 100 per cent clean economy.

Margie Gillis, a member of Artists for Peace, said it’s time for a change.

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A statement from Ecology Ottawa says clean, renewable energy creates electricity using natural systems such as wind, sun, and water.

“We can use the energy around us to power cars, heat homes, and sustain communities without creating harmful greenhouse gases.”

Natanine spoke about the melting ice caps.

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Inside City Hall, meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, make a craft in Santa’s Workshop, enjoy live performances in Santa’s Theatre and indulge in special treats. To help those in need, and to share in the spirit of the holiday season, admission to this sponsored event is a non-perishable donation to the Ottawa Food Bank.

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Though there are still two years to go before a Canada Science and Technology Museum opens, officials are optimistic the complete overall of the facility will attract visitors, members and rave reviews.

With demolition of the old museum now going full steam ahead, officials unveiled plans Nov. 30 detailing the interior design of the new building which is scheduled to open in November 2017 to coincide with the museum’s 50th anniversary and Canada’s 150th birthday year.

“We know that our sister site here, the Aviation and Space Museum, is a top-10 aviation museum in the world and we expect to be in that same place,” Christina Tessier, director general of the now-closed museum, said during a press conference at the aviation museum.

“The experience changes from the minute you walk in,” said Alex Benay, president and chief executive of the museums corporation, which manages the science and tech museum at 1867 St. Laurent Blvd.

The museum was abruptly evacuated and permanently shuttered in September 2014 after mould was discovered, caused by a leaky roof.

Remediation of the museum, which opened in 1967, was made more complex due to asbestos in the roof area.

But following a $80.5-million overhaul – $25 million to $30 million of which will pay for the new exhibits – visitors will come in through an elevated entrance and immediately notice more daylight streaming in.

“This will look like a completely

redesigned building by the time we’re done,” Benay said. “Only the trains and the crazy kitchen will be staying – everything else will be a new experience.”

Construction of the new building, which will feature six main galleries and a new 930-square-metre temporary gallery for exhibitions in the 7,400-square-metre space, is slated to begin in January 2016.

The overhaul will also allow for an additional 280 square metres of exhibit space, considered a boon by staff since just two per cent of the museum’s collection could be on display at one time in the lead-up to the closure.

The new artifact alley, which will run the length of the building and showcase items from the museum’s extensive collection in floor-to-ceiling display cases, will mean visitors can look at more treasures.

“We expect to at least double the number of artifacts that are on display in the new museum,” Tessier said, adding they are also looking at making the museum’s new collection reserve facility accessible to the public in the years to come.

With the upcoming overhaul, major changes are in store, including the integration of “highly digital” elements complete with virtual and augmented technologies, a maker space and a children’s gallery, among other themed spaces and a central demonstration stage.

Staff are contemplating how digital they want to make the interactive children’s gallery, which will be designed for youngsters, ages two to 10.

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“Kids still need to get hands-on. They need to touch things. They need to move things around,” Tessier said. “And so we’re looking for that right balance between what’s great digitally and what’s … just a great hands-on interactive experience.

“When you think of the crazy kitchen, there’s nothing digital in that space but it remains an iconic space that people love.”

The moving and connecting gallery, the largest at more than 2,300 square metres, will include a locomotive hall and three proposed

exhibitions, such as ‘The Last Great Age of Steam.’

“Using virtual reality, visitors will be get to experience the sights, sounds and smells associated with the 6400 locomotive, one of the museum’s most iconic artifacts,” Tessier said, adding that through the use of technology anyone anywhere will be able to enjoy some of what the museum has to offer.

Plans are being reviewed for the museum’s grounds, where there is currently a lighthouse and telescope. “Those remain unfounded and we do hope in 2016 to share with folks what we’re doing on that front space,” Tessier said.

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Fullback Patrick Lavoie said he won’t have anything negative to say during his exit interview.

“We’ve got a great team, great group, great locker room here,” he said, adding that players, coaching and game plans were great. “Don’t touch that team. Don’t touch anything.”

Burris, meanwhile, said Edmonton did exactly what the RedBlacks have been doing all season, only they made more plays “when it counted the most.”

The opposing team had an incredible front-four that was able to stop the RedBlacks’ runs and keep the pressure on him, Burris said.

Despite the defeat, the quarterback pointed to how far the team has come, climbing from 2-16 the previosu season to being “just one drive away from winning the big one.”

The team has put the city back on the map.

“No longer can we sneak up on people and beat people ... I think we established ourselves as a true contender towards the end of the season,” said Burris, who was named the CFL’s most outstanding player.

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That’s all the RedBlacks needed to clinch the team’s first Grey Cup victory in just their second year of existence, quarterback Henry Burris told reporters after the team returned home to Ottawa on Nov. 30 the day after losing the Canadian Football League championship 20-26 to the Edmonton Eskimos in Winnipeg.

“From the offensive side it was just disappointing because all we needed was one drive to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to win that game,” Burris said. “That’s pretty much the one sentiment that’s been echoed throughout the entire team.”

The team’s arrival at the Ottawa International Airport brought little fanfare.

Players and staff emerged from a mid-sized plane at the Esso Avitat and walked a few steps to two waiting coach buses.

“The sun actually did rise this morning so life is going to carry on,” said head coach Rick Campbell, who was recently named the CFL’s coach of the year.

“When it’s fresh like this you’re disappointed, but there’s so many reasons to be hopeful and excited about the future of RedBlacks football,” he said. “And a lot of it has to do with our fans and the city – the whole thing – our players.”

Word on the street is quickly spreading about Ottawa as a great place to live and play football, he said.

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OSU Force Academy Sends Thirty-three Players to Provincial Identification Camps Following a very successful 2015 season for all of our OPDL teams, thirty-three (33) individuals from these four teams have been identified for the Ontario Provincial Identification Camp later this month. Players from our 2002 Boys and Girls and 2001 Boys and Girls will now have the opportunity to showcase their talent against the best in Ontario.

OSU would like to recognize the following players who have been identified: 2002 Girls:

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RedBlacks fullback Patrick Lavoie says he doesn’t have anything negative to say about his team’s Grey Cup performance during a media scrum at the Ottawa International Airport on Nov. 30. minutes like that to give ourselves a chance to win, it shows you the true character of what we have in that locker room.”

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Heron Park sisters ready for NAC acting debut

Riverside South Community Association Christmas Breakfasts The Riverside South Community Association is once again hosting their Annual Pancake Breakfast with Santa on Saturday December 5th from 9 am to 12 pm at the Rideauview Community Centre. Residents are encouraged to bring new toys to the breakfast as donations to Toy Mountain. The donated toys will then go to children in need during this holiday season.

Refugee 613 – Thank you Thank you to all who attended the refugee sponsorship information session that Councillor Egli and I hosted at the Rideauview Community Centre on December 2nd. It is great to see the packed gym full of generous people that are willing to help those in need. If you missed the session or would like more information, please visit www.refugee613. ca.

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Though they are just days away from making their National Arts Centre acting debut, two Heron Park sisters are more excited than nervous.

The hard part, Kelty and Maureen O’Brien agree, was waiting to find out if they both made the cut following auditions for the centre’s upcoming run of Anne & Gilbert: The Musical, Dec. 1 to 19.

They each worried the other wouldn’t be accepted into the cast, which features 12 local kids who will sing, act and dance the parts of schoolchildren in the musical.

“It would have been a bummer if one of us got in and one of us didn’t,” said Kelty, 13, a Grade 8 student at Alta Vista Public School.

“So we get to perform on the stage together, and we don’t have to act like we’re friends because we are friends. That’s the fun part,” said Kelty, who wants to be an actor when she grows up.

“I would have felt so guilty if I got it and she didn’t,” said Maureen, 11, who is in Grade 6 at Alta Vista and is also considering a future acting career. “That would have made me feel like I was going to barf, I would be so upset.”

The girls will be among more than 20 performers on stage in the family-friendly Martha Irving-directed production, including Ellen Denny as Anne Shirley and Alex Furber as Gilbert Blythe.

The musical is based on Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, the second and third books in the Anne of Green Gables series written by L.M. Montgomery, and will offer something for everyone.

“We don’t have to act like we’re friends because we are friends.”

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“Some scenes, everybody will be laughing. Other scenes everybody will be crying,” Maureen said. “It’s a nice blend of all the emotions.”

The sisters are not strangers to the stage.

For years, both have been taking acting classes with the Ottawa Children’s Theatre at the Avalon Theatre in the Glebe.

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‘We all kind of end up on a stage somewhere’ The sisters have also spent years honing their skills in Irish dancing, a talent that helped them clinch their NAC parts.

It was their Ottawa Children’s Theatre acting instructor, Kristina Watt, who suggested the sisters audition for the musical.

Their mom, Irish O’Brien, was thrilled she did.

“They’re both over the moon,” said O’Brien, who is also passionate about acting and will take the stage herself in January in the Ottawa Little Theatre’s production of The Murder Room.

Their dad, Colin, is a

stand-up comic.

“We all kind of end up on a stage somewhere,” said O’Brien.

The proud parents haven’t yet seen their daughters rehearse on stage with the cast, which is why they are eager to take in the girls’ first performance on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.

“Really, I’ve been living

in the van because I have to drive them (to rehearsals) every day,” O’Brien said.

“If I just sit and think, I can’t contain my excitement for them, really.

“I will be beaming for them.”

O’Brien hopes the experience will leave a lasting impression on her daughters.

“Because it’s paid it makes it feel, not only are they having fun, but it feels good to know that they’re also working. But Kelty said she’d also do it unpaid,” O’Brien said with a laugh.

Their mother said giving young actors in the community the chance to perform on a national stage gives

the arts a boost.

“That is what feeds the interest in the arts. It puts arts on the map. It puts arts in your mind,” she said.

“Not only that, when do you ever get to see big productions from behind the scenes?”

For tickets and scheduling information, go to naccna.ca/en/event/11624.

“City Councillor Michael Qaqish (left) bid farewell to Riverside South Community Association (RSCA) president Chris Hill (centre) on November 19, who has stepped down from his position.

Qaqish also welcomed incoming president Scott Thiel (right), who has most recently led the communications efforts for the RSCA. Hill has served as association president since 2010.”

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Ottawa women stuffing purses with a purpose Women Helping Women providing homeless women with sanitary products Erin McCracken

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Heidi Danson and Det. Sylvie Reaney are on a mission to hand out purses filled with sanitary pads and tampons to Ottawa’s vulnerable women.

Already, the pair have surpassed Danson’s original 50-purse goal. They’re at about 400 purses and counting, which is why they have upped their goal to collect 1,000 purses until at least Dec. 18.

“I thought I was being really ambitious,” Danson said about her initial target of 50.

“It’s touched so many people,” said Reaney, an Ottawa police office who has arranged for Ottawa police stations, from Orléans to Leitrim to Kanata, to be purse drop-off points.

“I think that’s why so many (women) have jumped on board because … they can relate to this. People are filling up purses to the rim.”

Come Dec. 18, they plan to provide the donated purses, bags, clutches, makeup bags, backpacks and tote bags to several shelters and day programs they have reached out to.

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Ottawa police Det. Sylvie Reaney, left, and Heidi Danson are spearheading the collection of purses filled with sanitary products and other supplies for women in need in Ottawa.

Danson was first inspired after reading a Cosmopolitan article about homeless women struggling with their periods because they don’t have access to sanitary products or showers. She then saw a Facebook post about filling a purse with supplies and giving them to homeless

women.

After connecting with Reaney in late October, the project quickly snowballed.

“I’m sitting here looking at 200 purses right now. My office is full,” Danson said.

“The bigger it gets, the more exciting it is.”

Though blown away by

the support, she thinks the campaign has struck a chord across Ottawa because it’s an easy cause to support since many women have old purses and extra supplies at home. The cause is also something they can relate to.

“Women to women, having your period isn’t something we all brag about,” Reaney said. “It’s not the best thing, but being homeless, it’s a nightmare for them. It must be horrible.”

The detective wanted to get involved because she had recently done a presentation for her master’s degree about women and girls in African nations who were missing school because of a lack of access to sanitary products.

“They stayed home because of embarrassment, so a lot of them eventually just drop out, which is horrible,” said Reaney, who was wowed by Danson’s project.

“I never even thought about it in my own community,” she said.

While sanitary products are a necessity, too many women can’t afford them.

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They’re struggling for food,” Reaney said.

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women’s shelters and day programs, Danson and Reaney quickly realized they had tapped into an unmet need.

Reaney learned the Odawa Native Friendship Centre receives food from the Ottawa Food bank once a month. The hamper includes one box of tampons for the entire shelter.

“That just broke my heart,” she said.

That means women are too often using what they can when they have their periods.

“They’ll go into public bathrooms here and use toilet paper, paper towels, anything. I’m sure they keep it on for hours and beyond.”

As word spread about the purse-drive project, known as Women Helping Women, MediaStyle, a digital-first public affairs firm in downtown Ottawa, reached out to offer space to sort the items on Dec. 17 before they are donated later in the month.

The company also planned to shoot a video to raise awareness about the project.

It’s hoped the momentum will gather steam and donations will continue to come in to meet the need in going forward.

“This cannot stop in December. I would hate to see

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“We hope that we can create the awareness so people can continue to donate on their own, even if you grab a box of tampons and drop it off every once in a while to a shelter directly,” Danson said.

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Ottawa police do not want your money.

The department has issued a warning about a recent scam in which callers say they are raising money on behalf of the Ottawa Police Service and ask for credit card numbers.

“The Ottawa police would like to remind the public that we do not solicit donations from the public,” the service said in a statement on Nov. 24.

“For any company, it’s very rare that they (fundraise) by phone, and if you’re not sure just visit the website or call that organization … to verify,” said Const. Marc Soucy, Ottawa police spokesman.

“We would advise not to give money blindly. Do your research before you decide to give to charity or an organization,” he said.

Police issued the warning about the scam after fraud investigators began receiving multiple reports from concerned residents in recent weeks about suspicious callers.

Soucy said he was not aware of any recent cases in which people turned over their credit card numbers and were bilked of their money.

People are encouraged to be vigilant in resisting the fraudsters, who often engage in high-pressure tactics, Soucy said.

“The more they keep you on the line, the more chances they have to get your information and then get some money out of you,” he said.

“These people need to be caught.”

Scams of this kind are not new during the holiday season.

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here was nothing old Herman liked more than a good game of euchre. By the time November rolled around, and winter was about to set in, the Saturday night house parties were in full swing. Old Herman couldn’t be happier.

How people knew where the party was being held, remains a mystery to me to this day. My sister Audrey said Myrtle at Central, not only picked the farm, but would call everyone to invite them, sometimes forgetting to tell the hosting farmer about it.

At any rate, by this time of year, just about every Saturday night, there was a house party at Northcote, and old Herman was usually the first to arrive.

It was expected that everyone would chip in to supply the lunch, which never varied. Eleven quart

MARY COOK Memories baskets of sandwiches, a jar or two of homemade pickles, and of course, big slab cakes.

The farm where the party was being held, of course, would have giant pots of tea simmering on the back of the cook stove by the time the neighbours started to arrive.

Old Herman never brought as much as a pickle. Being a bachelor, he wasn’t much of a cook anyway, and, according to my sister Audrey, he wasn’t the cleanest man either. It was probably a blessing he only came for the cards and lunch, and let others worry about the food.

He arrived in his old battered buggy, or a oneseater cutter, depending on the weather, and his nag of a horse, wasn’t in much better shape either.

He drove her right up to the backdoor, tossed the reins over whatever happened to be handy, and the horse never moved a muscle all the time Old Herman was in the house playing cards.

For some reason, he was pretty lucky at euchre. Emerson said he wasn’t above cheating a bit if necessary, but no one could catch him at it. Of course, no money changed hands. If that had been the case, someone

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would no doubt have kept a closer eye on old Herman.

And how he loved to pound the table. Especially if he euchred someone! He’d bring down his gnarled hand and slap the oil-cloth covered table, and you could hear the kitchen window rattling.

Now, if he was euchred himself, that was a different story. He would get up from the table, glare down at his losing hand, snort, wipe his nose on the cuff of his ragged shirt, and head for the backdoor. There was always someone else ready to take his place, and this routine was so commonplace that the card game never missed a beat.

But when he came back, he seemed to change a bit. And each time he left the game, went out and came back in, the change was more noticeable. His voice got louder, the

pounding got heavier, and by the time the evening was coming to a close, old Herman’s eyes were glazed over. On more than one occasion, he missed the chair and landed splat on the floor.

This routine was so common, no one paid the least bit of attention. And it didn’t matter how under the weather old Herman became, he always managed to tuck away a good portion of the lunch.

The evening wasn’t over until two or three of the men would help old Herman out to the cutter, or the buggy, pile him in, toss the reins onto his lap, and turn the horse in the general direction of the gate. It would be years before I would learn that old Herman kept a bottle of home-brew under the seat and every time he left the house during a card game, it was to take a swig, and as Father would say,

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“fortify himself for the rest of the evening.”

It always amazed me how that old nag of a horse, with Old Herman snoring before it left our yard, would know exactly where home was.

Father said the night air would waken the old man enough that he would tumble out of the buggy or cutter and into his hut of a house, saving himself from freezing to death in his own backyard.

He never came to a bad end, and was always the first to arrive at the next Saturday night house party!

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WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access

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Dominion-Chalmers United Church Sunday Services Worship Service10:30am Sundays Prayer Circle Tuesday at 11:30 Rev.10:30 Jamesa.m.

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Innes Road jail staff reach tentative agreement Tenative agreement may resolve staffing issues Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

Correctional officers, including those who work at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road, have reached a tentative contract agreement.

There was a chance that officers may have gone on strike, with officers in Ottawa speaking out over the past two years about poor work conditions, including the lack of training and physical resources such as handcuffs.

The officers rallied in July 2014 on the front lawn of the Innes Road jail, where they

spoke about their concerns.

At that time, OPSEU local 411 president Denis Collin said that officers were overworked due to understaffing, and not being given the resources they need to do their job.

The province reached a tentative three-year collective agreement with correctional officers, according to a press release on Nov. 25.

The provincial government and union must ratify the tentative agreement before any details will be released, but the government press release said the deal is “net-zero and remains consistent with the fiscal plan as outline in the 2015 budget.”

The Correctional Bargaining Unit Collective Agreement covers about 5,500 employees, including correctional officers, youth services officers and parole officers.

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Staff at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have reached a tentative agreement.

City of Ottawa Notice of Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendments Flood Plains In accordance with the Planning Act and Section 5.2.3 of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa, notice is hereby provided that amendments are proposed to update the flood plain policies and mapping in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. This is the first of a series of amendments in a multi-year program to implement updated flood plain mapping received from the Conservation Authorities.

The City of Ottawa partnered with the three Conservation Authorities having jurisdiction in the city, the Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley and South Nation Conservation Authorities, to update the flood plain mapping in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. The updated mapping is based on the most accurate information available regarding the elevation of lands adjacent to watercourses.

Amendments are proposed to the flood plain policies in Section 4.8.1 of the Official Plan to distinguish between two-zone policy areas and areas of reduced risk. Further amendments are proposed relating to requirements to update Schedule K of the Official Plan each time the Zoning By-law is amended.

A detailed map showing the current boundaries and proposed boundaries of the flood plain overlay in the Zoning By-law is available by going to ottawa.ca/floodplain.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board.

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

An Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment report is anticipated to go to Planning Committee, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and City Council in April 2016.

For further information or to receive notice of the dates of the meetings of Committee and Council please contact the undersigned planner. You may also forward comments to same via mail, telephone, facsimile or e-mail by January 4, 2016.

Dated at Ottawa this 3rd day of December 2015.

The City of Ottawa is developing a plan to extend and expand the City’s existing Light Rail Transit network. Specifically the plan includes extending the future Confederation Line farther east from Blair Station to an interim terminal at Place d’Orléans station and ultimately, to Trim Road.

The plan includes options to service the community of Orléans and adjacent lands. New stations will be located at Montreal Road, Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, Orléans Boulevard and the terminal station at Place d’Orléans. Additional stations will ultimately be constructed at Brisebois Cresent/Mockingbird Drive (Orléans Town Centre), Tenth Line Road and the terminus of the line at Trim Road.

The Process Planning efforts have been completed and the City is now formalizing the environmental assessment component in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08. As part of the TPAP, an Environmental Project Report (EPR) will be prepared to document the study process, a description of the planned project, its anticipated environmental impacts, as well as the project’s consultation program.

Consultation Members of the public, agencies and other interested persons are invited to review the work completed to-date, including previous consultation efforts and reports presented to City Council on this project during the planning phase. Information about the progress of the project to date is available on the City’s website at ottawa.ca/easternLRT. In winter-spring 2016, the draft EPR will be made available for public review and notification will be issued.

If you would like to be added to our project mailing list, have project-related questions, or have any accessibility requirements in order to participate in this project, please contact: Angela Taylor, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424 ext. 15210 Fax: 613-580-2578 E-mail: Angela.Taylor@ottawa.ca

Notice first published on 26 November 2015.

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Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person.

Carol Ruddy, Planner Planning and Growth Management Department City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 28457 Fax: 613-580-2459 E-mail: Carol.Ruddy@ottawa.ca.

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Public consultation to take place in new year Steph Willems Steph.willems@metroland.com

A year after the federal government transferred a portion of Experimental Farm to the National Capital Commission for a future expansion of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus, a provincial health body has given the plan its approval.

On Nov. 25, the Champlain Local Health Integration Network – which co-ordinates health care in eastern Ontario – approved the hospital’s pre-capital submission plan for the future development of a new Civic campus on the south side of Carling Avenue, across from its present location.

The land transfer of Nov. 2014 came as a shock to nearby residents and propo-

nents of the Experimental Farm.

In total, 24 hectares, or 5.7 per cent of the total land area of the farm, was transferred from Agriculture Canada to the NCC for a future lease to the hospital. The land is located on the northwest portion of the farm, abutting Carling Avenue and Fisher Avenue, north of the scenic driveway.

The hospital had longstanding plans to build a new campus, having outgrown its existing and aging space.

According to the LHIN, now that this approval has been given, public consultations on the plan can begin – meetings expected early in the new year.

“Our goal is to ensure that the citizens of Ottawa continue to receive the best

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City can do better when it comes to 3-1-1, technology risk Auditor General says more financial analysis needed before decisions made Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

Much of the discussion as the city auditor tabled his annual audit report had to do with who is on the other line.

Or rather, who isn’t on the other line, as problems with the city’s 3-1-1 system took up most of the discussion with councillors.

The waiting time for callers to 3-1-1, the city’s help line, is too long, said Auditor General Ken Hughes at the Nov. 26 meeting at city hall.

The city considers any call answered within 120 seconds a successful call. They also consider any abandoned calls prior to 120 seconds successful.

That’s a long time compared to other major cities, Hughes’ report highlighted.

Councillors had issues with hang-ups being counted as successful calls.

“I think you’re being very generous in your comments to say this was potentially misleading,” said Coun.

Keith Egli. “Never have I got an answer for why service levels don’t seem to match what we’re hearing from our actual residents who aren’t getting through.”

The report said 3-1-1’s target is to answer 80 per cent of calls within that 120 second time frame, but this service level was never formally approved, and there isn’t any data on why this was chosen.

In terms of service requests coming in for emails, the service time is fairly long for the general public - five business days. While this timeframe was also never formally approved, it’s also often missed.

It was proposed that agents working shifts outside normal business hours, who weren’t tasked with answering emails, take on the additional duty to help speed things up.

Hughes said the common theme he found is an overall lack of financial analysis used in decision making.

“In 3-1-1… there’s no data on the cost per call, or to answer an email,” he said.

“In winter operations, we

found no financial analysis had been done on the mix of internal versus external resources, or the cost to keep standards above (provincial levels).”

The city could be spending more than it needs for a higher standard of road maintenance in the winter.The city is maintaining roads at a standard that is set higher than the provincial standard.

There isn’t any data available to show how much more the city is spending to maintain roads at a higher standard than the province deems necessary.

There are other potential areas the city could save money in snow removal as well.

“That was way to easy!”

The audit found that staff are assigned to lower priority duties other than snow removal or salting 25 per cent of the time, duties that may not be required.

Hughes also raised concerns with the city’s IT risk management in his audit.

There isn’t a comprehensive inventory of technologies used by the city, or a risk register. Part of the issue is the people who are sometimes completing the risk profiles.

“One finding jumped out at me,” said Coun. Jeff Leiper. “Can we trust our corporate risk profile if it’s being developed by people who don’t have the technical background?”

Hughes said that staff who are not trained in risk profiles “can’t identify risks they’re

not aware of.”

Hughes also tabled the audits that he plans to have his department complete in the future. Future audits include light rail transit planning and change management, emergency preparedness, and the management of the Lansdowne contract.

Coun. Diane Deans put in requests to move an audit on the light rail phase one construction planned from 2017 to 2016, but Hughes said the department simply doesn’t have the resources to move the audit up a year.

“There’s probably enough work to keep us busy for 10 to 12 years at the rate we’re going now,” Hughes said, adding if council increased the audit department’s budget, more audits could be done, and quicker.

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Almost 34 years ago the event started out with five teams, but has since gone on to generate more than $7 million for more than 11 local charities. In July, 10,000 players on 1,032 competitive, recreation and corporate teams converged on Mooney’s Bay. “Every year I’m always surprised and humbled that, after taking a whole year of planning, that everyone shows up,” said Holly Tarrison, HOPE’s executive director. “It’s rare that you don’t see someone with a smile on their face. We’re proud of that.

“I’d like to think that we’re going to be in business for another 34 years or longer.”

Though the one-day event has evolved over the decades to include concerts and an exhibitor row, the not-for-profit organization continues to focus on living up to its name, which means Helping Other People Everywhere.

In keeping with that, festival organizers announced Nov. 26 at the Ramada Ottawa on the Rideau in Nepean that proceeds from the July 2016 festival will go to

a new round of Ottawa charities, including Breast Cancer Action’s fitness classes, the Royal Ottawa Foundation - Do It For Daron, the Ottawa Food Bank’s school breakfast, after-school and summer camp programs, the Bruyère Foundation’s eyeglasses for seniors program, Ottawa Humane Society mobile spay and neuter service and an environmental initiative offered by Christie Lake Kids, which supports economically disadvantaged kids.

“All these are charities that really have great solid programs but need our help and that’s what we’re pleased to be able to do,” Tarrison said.

With Do It For Darren, “the amount of help that kids need, with mental health and depression, it really is hitting strongly with our membership (which selects the recipient charities),” she said.

HOPE has supported Breast Cancer Action in the past.

“They are such a strong group of women. They are a small organization but man, they do a lot of good,” she said, adding that funds raised will assist women in treatment or who are newly diagnosed.

During the evening announcement, organizers also presented $150,000 – or about $25,000 each – to the 2015 charity recipients: the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation, the Caring and Sharing Exchange, ALS Canada, the Education Foundation of Ottawa, the Ottawa Network for Education and Easter Seal Ontario.

This year, a record number of 34 chari-

ties applied for HOPE funding.

“Two years ago I think on average we had about 17,” Tarrison said. “I’m glad that the word is getting out that we’re there as an option, but it also is kind of sad that there is such a need.

“And there’s so many great programs out there and a lot of them aren’t funded or they can’t go on without the funding,” she said.

“It’s frustrating, as an organization, that we can only help so many.”

Next on Tarrison’s to-do list is the second-annual HOPE Volleyball WinterFest on March 12, 2016, at the Dome at Louis Riel in Orléans.

The $1,500 that was raised from the indoor event last year, which is billed as a warm-up to SummerFest that drew 48 competitive and recreation teams in March, go to a bursary in support of an Algonquin College events management student.

“We’re hoping the buoy that up and branch that out a little bit more,” Tarrison said, adding there is potential to help others in Ottawa, such as high school students.

“Our ultimate goal is to keep giving throughout the year,” she said.

The next HOPE Volleyball SummerFest will take over Mooney’s Bay July 16, 2016. Team registrations will open April 29, 2016.

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The city is looking to include hookahs and water pipes in the existing smokefree bylaw.

Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri drafted a motion to include water pipes and other non-tobacco products in the smoke-free public places and workplace bylaw.

Qadri said the change would close gaps in provincial legislation: the SmokeFree Ontario Act Bill 45, Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015.

Rob Cunningham, a senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society, said he applauds the move.

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Qadri said the city showed leadership with its smoke-free policy in 2012, and it was time to make that move with water pipes.

The new bylaw would prevent the smoking of water pipes in businesses, and could ultimately lead to a ban that is similar to the one with cigarettes, Cunningham said.

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City managers took some tough questions about the $46.5-million planning department budget introduced to the planning committee on Nov. 24.

The department won’t see any reduction in employees or $735,000 in overtime allocated to reflect the decline in planning applications.

General manager of planning and growth management Michael Mizzi said planning applications have been declining since 2013.

There was an average of 48 per month in that year, the next year saw 40 and so far this year the city has seen 34 planning applications per month.

“Despite that, we have seen the complexity of the applications go up and the bulk of the overtime hours are due to public consultations,” he said, adding staff will undertake a departmental review in the “short term.”

The vagueness of the timeline for the review left some councillors cold.

“I think this is something we need more concrete timelines on,” Kanata Coun.

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Fix Hydro One, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell it: protesters to province Group says Ontario Liberal plan equals long-term pain, short-term gain Steph Willems steph.willems@metroland.com

A grassroots group of activists converged outside the Carling Avenue constituency office of Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chairelli on Nov. 27, hoping to compel the province to reverse the partial sell-off of Hydro One. Earlier this year, the Ontario Liberals announced they would divest 60 per cent of the publicly-owned hydro distribution company, which had been the subject of a scathing auditor generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report the previous year.

The money raised from the sale would be put towards investment in infrastructure,

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The protesters, who held signs bearing the website name www.hydronotforsale. com, want the province to fix Hydro Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ills rather than take part in a sell-off that could harm the public in unforeseen ways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a citizen coalition against the privatization of

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The University of Ottawa has become the first university in Canada to sign the Montreal Carbon Pledge.

The pledge, which the university signed on Nov. 23, commits the university to publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of its $2-billion investment portfolio every year.

The pledge was launched in 2014, as part of the United Nations-supported Principles of Responsible Investment, to push institutions to analyze and publish the carbon footprint of their financial assets.

“I’m proud to see uOttawa taking this meaningful step,” the university’s president Allan Rock said in a statement.

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The Principles of Responsible Investment, which the university already supported, is a network of investors committed to sustainable investment.

The University of Ottawa became the second school in the world to sign on to the Montreal Carbon Pledge, joining the University of California, which became a signatory earlier in the year.

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The university has been under pressure to axe its investments in the fossil fuel industry, since 90 former and current professors sent an open letter to Rock in October pushing the school to do so.

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Parker is an energetic Jack Russell Terrier mix that can’t wait to find a new family to have lots of adventures with. He loves to play and enjoys the company of other dogs. Parker would prefer an adult home with owners who can provide him with the guidance he needs. He would fit in well in an active home as he loves to be on the go. Is Parker the dog for you?

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

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That’s the idea behind the Ottawa Humane Society’s holiday delivery program, a festive way to surprise a loved one with a furry friend during Hanukkah or on Yuletide morning.

From kittens and rabbits to dogs and hamsters, the OHS is seeking families interested in having volunteer elves drop by with their new four-legged family member on Dec. 25 or any night of Hanukkah.

Regular adoption procedures still apply, which means parents would come in to the shelter in advance to fill out

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an application form, be matched with the right pet, and speak with an adoption counsellor.

This delivery program is busting the myth that pets should not be adopted during the holidays. If you’ve been thinking about adding a pet to your family, this may be the right time to do it, said Sharon Miko, OHS deputy executive director.

“Less travelling, smaller families, and time off during the holiday can make this the perfect time of year to bond with a new pet for many people,” Miko said.

There are limited holiday delivery spaces available so contact the OHS soon to sign up by phone at 613-725-3166 ext. 258, or visit the shelter at 245 West Hunt Club Rd.

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

Mondays

Babies from birth to 18 months are welcome to the Alta Vista library branch for stories, rhymes and songs on Mondays, until Dec. 7, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. No registration is required.

located at 691 Smyth Rd.

Thursdays

Messy Church for the whole family will be held Dec. 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Riverside Churches, located at 3191 Riverside Dr. Listen to the Christmas Story and enjoy songs, crafts, worship and a simple pasta supper. Everyone is welcome. For information, call 613-733-7735.

Teens, ages 13 to 18, are welcome to a drop-in “crafternoon” every other Thursday at the Alta Vista library branch, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The branch is located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr.

Dec. 3

Play 4-hand euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Mondays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., excluding holidays.

Partners are not needed. Complimentary light refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5. For details, call 613-769-7570.

Everyone is invited to St. James Anglican Church Leitrim for the church lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. at 4540 Bank St.There will be carolers, refreshments and a beautiful display of lights. Donations of new mitts, hats, scarves and socks for children and adults will be welcome for the church mitten tree.

Tuesdays

Dec. 4

Family storytime at the Alta Vista library branch takes place on Tuesdays until Dec. 8, from 10 :30 to 11 :30 a.m. The session will feature stories, rhymes, and songs for all ages.

No registration required.

Wednesdays

Toddlertime programming at the Alta Vista library branch will feature stories, rhymes and songs for babies, 18 to 36 months, on Wednes-

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days until Dec. 12, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. No registration required.

Emmanuel United Church hosts its fourth annual ‘Evening of Christmas Readings,’ on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. There will be stories from across Canada and abroad celebrating the season, written by, among others, Roy Bonisteel, Pearl Buck, and Margaret Lawrence, as well as Charles Dickens. Tickets are $12 for adults, $20 for couples, $6 for teens and families pay $30. Tickets can be purchased by calling the church office at 613-733-0437. The church is

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Riverside United Church, located at 3191 Riverside Dr., hosts its annual Amnesty International Writefor-Rights write-a-thon on Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. Come and join us and write one or several letters defending prisoners of conscience and human rights groups. Information, assistance and materials will be available.

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A harp concert, featuring Christmas music by Tartan & Tea, takes place Dec. 10, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Dickinson House in the Mill Square in Manotick is decorated for the season. A special selection of local Fred Barrett Arena, located at 3280 history books for sale, including The Dickinson Men Leitrim Rd. The event will be hosted by the Ottawa South Women’s Conof Manotick by William and Georgina Tupper, and nection Stonecroft Ministries. There Maureen McPhee’s companion book, The Women of Dickinson House. Dec. 5 and 6 the house will be will be a faith story, door prizes, rehosting a Victorian Ornament workshop. The young freshments and child care. Admission is $6. For details call 613-249-0919. and the young at heart can be creative and make a unique Christmas decoration. Both the workshop and admission to the House are free. The house is Dec. 13 open on weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. Come to the Rideau Park United 6, when it will be closing for the season.

Church on Dec. 13, at 10 a.m., for a presentation by more than 60 children and youth of the story of Dec. 6 St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, located at 2400 Christmas through theatre, music Alta Vista Dr., hosts an afternoon of your favourite and some humour, with a focus on music presented by soloists, instrumentalists, choirs what Christmas is really all about. and a bell choir on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. There will be Everyone is invited. There will be refreshments following the performance. A freewill a freewill offering. The church is offering will be welcome in support of the Heron located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. For Emergency Food Centre and St. Timothy’s. details, call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

Dec. 7 and 21

Share your job search stories: what’s working, what’s not, job leads, interview experiences, every second Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. The next meeting dates are Dec. 7 and 21. The event is a drop-in. For details, call 613-580-2940.

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The Harmony Club for 60+ Seniors will meet on Dec. 9 at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. from 1 to 2 p.m. Come and join in a Christmas Carol Sing-a-long, led by Iain Macpherson, Rideau Park’s interim choir director, and accompanied

by Andrew Ager. All seniors in the community are welcome to attend.

Prior notice is not required. The church is wheelchair accessible and parking is free. Meetings are held monthly. For more information, call 613-733-3156, ext. 229.

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The Ottawa Catholic School Board Choirs will present their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 14 at St. Basil’s Church, at 940 Rex Ave. The concert, titled “A Light Has Come,” features the OCSB Children’s Choir, Chamber Choir and Boys Choir and guests. One of the few remaining school board choirs in Ontario, the choir is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Regular tickets cost $15.

Special fundraiser tickets are available for $25. Tickets are available at the door.

Dec. 17

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church invites you to a Christmas Carol Sing and Concert featuring an evening with the Maria Knapik Ensemble, the Vyhovskyi Strings and former CBC Radio host Rob Clipperton on Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Refreshments will follow.

The church is at 934 Hamlet Rd. For details, call 613-733-0102.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you can be quite generous when you choose to be, but sometimes you can overlook the needs of others. Pay as much attention to others’ needs as possible this week.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Little things influence how others look at you, Taurus, so make sure you get all of your ducks in a row -- especially at work. Focus on some finer details.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 You may not be in a practical mood this week, Gemini. Fortunately for you, there isn’t much of importance that needs to be done, so you are free to let loose a little bit.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 This isn’t a week to take a walk down Memory Lane, Cancer. Focus on the future rather than getting lost in nostalgia. However, let your past guide your actions a bit.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, your calendar is filling up quickly, but you cannot add any days to the calendar. Divide your responsibilities so you can better handle everything on your slate.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Ambivalence will get you nowhere fast, Virgo. It can be difficult to make decisions, but that’s something you have to do this week. Once you do, you can forge ahead.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you are capable of making intelligent, objective decisions. Expect to find yourself with a growing list of new friends who want your advice.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Now is not the time to begin a new project, Scorpio. Rather, keep a low profile and finish up any tasks that you did not get to finish last week.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it’s difficult to get a good read on any associates or friends, which could impact your plans moving forward. You may need to make a few assumptions and back track later.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, right now all you can think about is your career and your financial future. That’s okay because you’ve been meaning to give more thought to your finances and how to proceed.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may feel yourself pulled in two different directions this week.

There’s a part of you that is focused on home, and another that knows work beckons. Find a balance.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 It may seem like getting others to open up is a struggle this week. Find a way to communicate as best you can, Pisces.

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