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Cellphones and cash targeted in ‘crimes of opportunity’ Erin McCracken

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Robbery investigators are focusing their efforts on Herongate where swarmings are on the rise.

“This is kind of the hot spot right now,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch,

head of the Ottawa police robbery unit. “I’m concerned about the spike that we’re facing that’s been going on for the last three weeks.”

There have been 11 swarmings since mid-November.

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Visit with Santa Peter Ibrahim and his wife Jamie, of Riverside South, introduce their two-year-old daughter Leah to Santa Claus during the Riverside South Community Association’s annual Christmas celebration at the Rideauview Community Centre on Dec. 5. The event featured breakfast, an inaugural parade, sleigh rides and a community toy drive that brought in 1,150 toy donations for Toy Mountain. For more photos from the event, visit facebook.com/ottawasouthnews.

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Four charged after throng pushes way into taxi dispatch company

Ottawa police have charged four men after taxi dispatch company, Coventry Connections, was stormed by Unifor union members during a demonstration on Nov. 13. Airport taxi drivers have been out of work since Aug. 11 after refusing to pay a passenger fee hike.

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Four men are facing assault and mischief charges after a throng of people pushed their way into an Ottawa taxi dispatch company, allegedly disabling the communications system for several hours last month.

Three of the accused also face break-and-enter charges, police announced Dec. 4.

Violence broke out at Coventry Connections in Overbrook in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, the same day hundreds of Unifor union officials and members from across Ontario and Quebec held a day of action to support airport taxi drivers who have been in a labour dispute since Aug. 11 and to call on the federal government to intervene.

It is alleged that after entering the headquarters building communications wires were damaged, disrupting dispatch services in Ottawa and beyond for much of that morning.

The demonstration was planned just as the two sides were providing counter offers in the hopes of resolving the taxi dispute. Drivers

have refused to pay a passenger fare hike and are opposed to an end to their exclusive right to pick up airport customers.

The changes were negotiated in a new contract between Coventry Connections and the Ottawa International Airport Authority.

Police remain tight-lipped about the criminal charges that central district investigators laid against the four accused, saying that the matter is now before the courts.

A Woodstock man has been charged with single counts of assault, break-and-enter and mischief, while a Brantford man was charged with assault and mischief.

A Meaford man and another from Whitby are each facing two counts of assault, break-and-enter and mischief.

Additional charges are forthcoming, according to investigators.

Officers are urging anyone with information on the case to call central district investigators at 613236-1222, ext. 5166, or provide anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers by calling 613-233-8477.

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Due to pressure from the GottaGo Ottawa campaign in July, the city pledged to put public washrooms in the Bayview and Hurdman transit stations once the light rail system is up and running.

A report to the city’s finance and economic development committee on Dec. 1 says two bathrooms for Bayview and Hurdman stations would cost $2 million to build and $13,000 per month to maintain.

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City manager Kent Kirkpatrick suggested some sort of sponsorship deal, but Watson nixed the idea.

“I don’t want to be flippant, but I don’t think anyone is going to want to sponsor a toilet,” he said.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said at one point all public washrooms downtown were pay toilets.

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Ottawa police collision investigators have laid a second charge against an Ottawa man accused of hitting and killing Riverside South resident Andy Nevin, above, a father of two boys, as he rode his bike along Leitrim Road on June 28.

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A second charge has been laid against an Ottawa man in connection with the June hit-and-run death of a Riverside South father of two.

The 39-year-old accused was arrested July 7, nine days after investigators allege his vehicle struck and killed Andy Nevin, also 39, as he cycled along Leitrim Road, near Albion Road, the morning of June 28.

The accused, who has no prior convictions, was first charged with failure to remain at the scene of an accident causing death. Now, collision investigators have upped the tally, charging him with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, police announced Dec. 2.

“There will be justice for my boys’ dad and my best friend,” Nadia Robinson, mother of her and Nevin’s two adolescent boys, wrote on Facebook the day of the announcement. “The boys and I couldn’t be happier.”

The accused, who has been out on bail while the case goes through the courts, was apprehended by Ottawa patrol and surveillance officers thanks to a combination of police

work and tips from the public.

“We utilized different units within the Ottawa police,” Const. Chuck Benoit, Ottawa police spokesman, said following the July arrest.

“What led to the arrest – you’re looking at evidence on the scene, tips from the public, patrol officers doing hard work on the street trying to gather information, surveillance and collisions investigators.”

“You’re looking at a lot of people that put some hours into this,” he said. “It’s people wanting to get a resolution, so everybody kind of helps out.”

Traffic camera footage from the area was also utilized.

In the days leading up to the arrest, investigators urged the public to be on the lookout for a white Ford pick-up truck with damage to the front end and passenger side.

Nevin and his family had just moved to Riverside South four days before the fatal collision. He had been riding his bike along Leitrim Road on his way to fix up his former residence in the South Keys area before turning over the keys.

A GoFundMe fundraising campaign, with a goal of $15,000 in support of Nevin’s sons, was launched the day after Nevin was killed. It has since amassed $11,000.

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The University of Ottawa has chosen the head of Quebec’s human rights commission as its next president.

The university announced Jacques Frémont will replace Allan Rock as its next president and vice-chancellor on Dec. 2.

A specialist in constitutional law, Frémont is a professor at the University of Montreal and has held various administrative roles over three decades at the school, including dean of the faculty of law.

“As an experienced leader and academic, Jacques Frémont will unite our community and help us write the next chapter in the history of the University of Ottawa,” said Robert Giroux, chair of the selection committee that chose Frémont.

The new president said he is excited to join uOttawa, which he heralded for its programs, research and approach to bilingualism.

“This university has a rich history of merging both francophone and anglophone cultures,” Frémont said in a statement.

“Preserving and developing French culture in Ontario and further bilingualism

and biculturalism are at the heart of its mission.”

The school also recently selected Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu to serve as its next chancellor to replace Michaëlle Jean.

Rock, 68, was a federal Liberal cabinet minister in former prime minister Jean Chrétien’s government before he left elected office to become the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations. After a brief stint privately practicing law, he became the university’s president in 2008.

He has been at the university’s helm during a time that the institution saw a great amount of growth. It currently has 450 programs and the largest law school in the country.

Rock oversaw the school when two players from the GeeGee’s mens hockey team were accused of sexually assaulted a woman on a trip to Thunder Bay in 2014. The two were subsequently charged and Rock suspended the entire program for the remainder of the 2014-15 season, as well as the 2015-16 season.

Players who were not charged in the incident filed a class action lawsuit against Rock and the university, saying cancelling the season unfairly hurt their reputations.

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Free toilets the right decision The city made the right commitment when it pledged to install public washrooms in two future light rail stations.

But city council will make a big mistake if it then turns around and charges users to use the facilities at Bayview and Hurdman stations.

The “pay-as-you-go” toilet fee proposed at city hall is ripe for potty jokes, but in the end it’s taxpayers who will want to use a toilet and it’s the same taxpayers who will bear the cost.

Two stations is a good start, but more would be a good idea, right from day one. Don’t forget that the light rail system is planned to grow, meaning longer commutes and more passengers in need of a toilet.

Everyone needs access to a toilet from time to time, so publicly funded washrooms should allow free access to all.

It’s not just a question of altruism but the city’s bottom line.

A washroom that comes with a cost will send some people to other places to urinate. Anyone who has ever had to bear the smell of stale urine in a confined space will tell you they’d pay good

money to never experience it again.

The problem of unwanted urine exists within the current transit system, but its odorous effects are mitigated by the system’s outdoor design. Our future underground rail stations won’t be quite as airy.

And the cost of maintaining light rail spaces after urine has already been deposited will far outweigh the small amount of money collected at washroom doors.

In order to make the washrooms free, safe and vandalism free, they should be large, well lit and have no entry doors at all – just wide walkways and a 90-degree turn at the entrance.

Our future light rail network needs to be user friendly if it’s to encourage more drivers to use public transit. Rail itself is much more comfortable than bus travel, so that’s half the battle. The rest of the light rail experience has to keep up with expectations.

Rail riders expect – and also deserve – clean, safe spaces underground, and that includes access to toilets.

Keep the washroom doors open for everyone.

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We need to know what to avoid.

Drones, for example. Will people get them for Christmas, and if so, what will they do with them?

Are your eavestroughs safe? Cars with WiFi. Why do we have cars with WiFi? Answer: Because it’s possible.

We are discovering everyday that anything is possible, even if what’s possible is something we never knew we needed.

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town for Worst Christmas Present of the Year. Try this one: An electric toothbrush that, according to a magazine article, “connects to your smart phone via Bluetooth, then uses an app to track your habits, provide guidance and report your results.”

If you think about it, it is the culmination of years of technological innovation. Our whole society has been moving toward this: the day when your phone will tell you if you have been brushing your teeth properly.

In the old days, your dentist

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told you that. Or perhaps your teeth themselves told you, by aching. But that was so 20th century.

We need to know right now. Plus, we need something else to do with our phones.

Questions, of course, arise.

How can your phone know, for sure, if it was your teeth that were being brushed? Maybe you share your electric toothbrush with others in the family, switching the little brush heads. Maybe it’s someone else in the family who gets that critical report from the phone about needing to be a bit more thorough with the upper left molars. A quarrel between users could result in over tooth-brushing habits and it would be the electric toothbrush’s fault.

In a broader sense, the whole issue of privacy rights comes into play. If we worry, for example,

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about banks monitoring our Internet browsing activity, should we not also worry about our toothbrushes snitching to our phones?

Was there something about that in Bill C-51?

The extent to which technology is increasing the general level of creepiness in our society is one of the more disturbing aspects of modern life. By now, we are familiar with the cuddly toys, connected to the cloud, that learn your child’s name and other things about them. True, you can squelch those toys by taking the batteries out, but some day that might not be possible either.

We are saddened and disappointed when the cuddly toys begin spying on us, but most of us thought we could at least trust our toothbrushes to be discreet. Now, we know that was optimistic.

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tale toaster, an informing icebox, a whistleblowing, er, whistle.

It takes only a slight familiarity with the modern economy to know that we keep producing these things not because they are needed but because we can. That’s why there may be an electronic shampoo in your stocking in a couple of weeks.

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Two swarming suspects charged, a third still wanted by cops crime spree, robbery officers have asked their community police counterparts who work in the Herongate area to assess whether the neighbourhood could benefit from environmental design improvements, such as trimming back hedges and increasing lighting.

A 19-year-old Ottawa man and a 15-year-old male, also from Ottawa, have each been charged with four counts of robbery, carrying a concealed weapon, uttering threats and possession of a weapon in connection with the Nov. 27 and 30 incidents.

The older teen was arrested and released on conditions while his case goes through the courts. The younger teen was held in jail and was due to appear in court for a bail hearing on Dec. 7.

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Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, head of the Ottawa police robbery unit, stands in Sandalwood Park in Herongate near the spot where he says a victim was recently robbed. The robbery boss is concerned by a spike in swarmings in the area.

1200-block of Walkley Rd., followed by a third a half hour later at 10 p.m. just down the street near Walkley Road and Jasper Avenue.

In two of three cases, the suspects fled empty-handed because the victims did not have items the suspects were looking for.

“So we’re faced with the (fact) that we’ve got more suspects out there that need to be identified.”

STAFF SGT. MICHAEL HAARBOSCH

In two of the incidents, victims were pushed to the ground, but did not require medical treatment.

The suspects, two teenage males who are related, were arrested a short time later by responding patrol officers.

“One of the key things for us to be successful in these is getting a report to us as soon as possible, while the suspects may still be in the area, with a good descrip-

tion,” Haarbosch said.

No weapon was recovered at the time the suspects were nabbed.

Over the course of their investigation, officers said they connected the Nov. 30 crime spree to the Nov. 27 swarming, and are trying to identify a third male suspect related to the Nov. 27 crime.

Haarbosch declined to say how police made that link due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.

The third suspect is described by police as a black male, between 19 and 25 years old, 6-foot-3, with brown eyes. He spoke English without an accent. At the time, he was wearing a black Adidas track jacket.

The November arrests likely prevented future crimes.

“I’m sure they would have continued, given that they’d already done three that night (on Nov. 30) and we linked them back to one on (Nov.) 27,” said Haarbosch. “We’re looking at other robberies that we had predating (Nov.) 30, so there’s others besides that.”

Calling the incidents crimes of opportunity, Haarbosch is urging people

to be mindful of their surroundings, travel with someone, especially late at night, and avoid using their electronic devices.

Typically in swarmings, criminals are looking for cash and cellphones, he added.

“In some of the cases, at least, they’re spotting something that they want, so if somebody’s walking along and listening to music or they’ve got headphones or texting on their phone or talking on their phone, that’s information that they’re giv-

ing away,” the robbery investigator cautioned.

Location has a lot to do with crimes of opportunity.

“If you’re walking through a dark footpath that’s partly lit in that area right now – you’re potentially increasing the risk of being targeted,” Haarbosch said.

One of the recent swarmings happened along a footpath near the city-owned Sandalwood Park in Herongate, which Haarbosch noted is poorly lit in places.

In the wake of the recent

Anyone with information on the swarmings is asked to contact the police robbery unit by calling 613-236-1222, ext. 5116, or provide anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers by calling 613-233-8477.

BY THE NUMBERS:

• Swarmings to date: 177 • Swarmings by this time last year: 204 • Personal robberies to date: 110 • Personal robberies this time last year: 74

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The majority of the incidents have been in Herongate, though one was in nearby Alta Vista and others occurred in the neighbouring Heatherington area.

Although two suspects were recently apprehended by police in connection with four back-to-back swarmings in Herongate on Nov. 27 and 30, more victims were targeted in two new cases in that area the evening of Dec. 6.

“So we’re faced with the (fact) that we’ve got more suspects out there that need to be identified,” Haarbosch said of the swarmings, which are crimes in which a victim is robbed by more than one person.

The spike in swarmings in the area has police reexamining whether previous unsolved incidents in the neighbourhood are linked to the two suspects who were recently arrested and charged with multiple robberies and weapons offences in connection with the Nov. 27 and 30 crimes.

The increase is at odds with an overall drop in swarmings across Ottawa so far this year. There have been 177 to date, down from 204 by this time last year.

The unseasonably warm temperatures so far this winter may be a factor in the recent trend, said Haarbosch, since people are more apt to hang around outside later into the evening.

In the latest string of swarmings, police allege two male teenagers, one of whom carried a knife, approached lone male victims and demanded they turn over their personal belongings.

In the first case, on Nov. 27 around 7:45 p.m., the suspects accosted their victim in the 2500-block of Kaladar Ave., off Brookfield Road just west of Herongate, Haarbosch said.

An undisclosed item was taken and the suspects fled on foot.

Three days later on Nov. 30, a victim was swarmed as he walked along a footpath near 2870 Cedarwood Dr., off Walkley Road, around 9:30 p.m.

A half hour later, there was another swarming in the

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Budget constraints may delay Airport Parkway expansion Potential deferral spells temporary relief for Walkley Road West residents Erin McCracken

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Walkley Road residents are embracing the news of a possible one-year delay for the construction start date and subsequent opening of the proposed first phase of the Airport Parkway expansion and a Walkley Road off-ramp.

“We were very positive ... that it was not going to be done now,” said Bob Laird, who lives on Walkley Road West and has opposed the connector off-ramp since about 1997 when it was first floated, arguing that it would bring more traffic,

speeding and cut-through motorists to parts of Riverside Park.

“I think we’re probably hopeful that by the time (the expansion route is opened), that whole transportation issue in that south end will be sorted out.

“I hope that people will take this as an opportunity to look at other transportation (solutions), such as car-sharing,” Laird said.

“We’re optimistic that by (then) the city planners and the councillors will have looked at and developed other systems for moving people around.”

The deferral would be

approved if city council adopted the 2016 budget, on Dec. 9 after our presstime.

The city’s financial pressures are behind the possible expansion and off-ramp deferral, which would move the timeline from 2018-19 to 2019-20. According to 2013 estimates, the first phase of the three-phase $84.3-million expansion would cost $31.4 million.

“There is such a financial crunch at the city they can defer the phase one,” said River Coun. Riley Brockington, who learned of the possible deferral in recent weeks and that the city’s mid-2015 $41-million deficit is to blame.

The project’s 24-month environmental assessment, now underway, will continue and a public meeting in

late February will go ahead before the transportation committee and council vote on the final recommendations, including the offramp option.

“If council approves that ramp (for phase one) it would be pushed a year as well,” Brockington said.

He said the project would likely not be postponed indefinitely, given the need for the widening.

The councillor recently stood on the parkway pedestrian bridge around 8:30 a.m. and watched as streams of traffic crawled north.

“It was bumper-tobumper,” he said. “Just being on that bridge looking southbound, seeing the cars merge in from Hunt Club (Road) and seeing the long snake coming from as far as I can see – it’s the same thing in the afternoon (with) cars heading southbound.”

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Winter overnight parking regulations have changed • Beginning in early 2016, monthly parking fees will change by season • During winter overnight parking bans, residents will have free access to designated covered City parking garages. Locations are listed on ottawa.ca.

• During significant winter storms (7cm or more of snow accumulation), visit ottawa.ca and search Where is My Plow? to find out when a snow plow will be passing by a specific address on residential streets.

Winter overnight parking regulations are in effect citywide from November 15 until April 1

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The city may defer the construction start date and opening of Phase 2 of the Airport Parkway expansion, which includes a proposed Walkley Road off-ramp, by a year due to the city’s financial constraints.

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While Brockington recognizes the need for the parkway lane twinning, he has long said it would have been more beneficial to first extend the Trillium O-Train LRT line south before adding more traffic lanes. “It’s the smartest way to do it,� he said. “I think that if both are going to get done, you should push and promote public transportation options – get people to take the public transit. “You get them on it and you make it convenient and accessible, because if you make driving easier, people switch.�

Adding the north-south train corridor to Phase 2 of the LRT expansion and getting it up and running sooner rather than later would give the city more bang for its buck – an idea other south Ottawa councillors support, Brockington said.

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Walkley Road West resident Bob Laird is breathing a temporary sigh of relief that the city may delay the construction of the first phase of the parkway expansion. He says it makes better sense to first expand the Trillium O-Train line south to ease commuter congestion. doubling of the parkway from two to four lanes, between Brookfield and Hunt Club Roads, would help alleviate commuter congestion.

City planner Colin Simpson, who led the widening project until earlier this year, said previously the parkway needs to be doubled before work on the LRT expansion

begins, so that commuters are not stuck once work on the rail line gets underway. “Our forecasting is showing that we need both,� he said.

But Laird said the funds used to pay for the parkway expansion could be better utilized. “If they used some of that money to look at making the current system more efficient, I think that would be better probably for everybody,� he said.

Other less intrusive measures could also include high-occupancy vehicle lanes or the addition of express buses, similar to Toronto’s Go Transit buses, to serve booming south-end communities such as Findlay Creek, said Laird. “The more you make it easy for people, and you put four lanes, six lanes, the less likely people are going to look to alternatives,� he said, adding the new lanes would eventually fill with cars and residential neighbourhoods would, as a result, suffer from an onslaught of traffic, as well as increased speeding and cutthrough traffic.

Laird and his neighbours also have suggested that

instead of expanding the road to four lanes, a third centre lane could be built, one that could be opened in either direction, north in the morning and south in the afternoon peak times – similar to the Champlain Bridge.

“If both are going to get done, you should push and promote public transportation options – get people to take ... public transit.�

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This would cut down on pollution and noise and avoid the unnecessary use of land, said Laird.

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The National Gallery of Canada has announced it will create a global research centre for photography.

The Canadian Photography Institute will be a “world class” centre that will house what gallery executives said will be one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of photographs. The centre will seek to have collections “representing the entire history of

the medium,” and will focus on the history, evolution and future of photography.

“The scale of the Canadian Photography Institute is such that we will be able to entirely reimagine how to collect, present, study, preserve and disseminate our photograph collection, while enabling countless others to reach a greater understanding of humankind through the culture of pictures,” said Mark Meyer, the gallery’s director.

The gallery, which has been

collecting photographs since 1967, will launch the institute thanks to a $10-million donation from Scotiabank and support pledged from art collector David Thomson, who is also the chair of Thomson Reuters Corp.

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“Thanks to partnership efforts, the visual arts community and Canadians will benefit from a national research and exhibition centre that presents

and preserves an outstanding collection of photographic works,” said federal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly.

The institute’s first exhibit will feature archival photographs from the Globe and Mail and will debut in May 2016.

The National Gallery is already home to the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography collection, which permanently closed its separate location next to the Chateau Laurier in 2009.

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Renovations Complete for Calzavara Family Park I am pleased to announce the re-opening of the newly renovated play equipment at Calzavara Family Park located at 1602 Blohm Dr. Thanks to the hard work of our City staff, the park has been thoroughly inspected and approved for safety concerns and is open for public use. Calzavara Family Park now features a fully accessible swing and a number of safe, engaging play structures for younger and older children. The new splash pad that was chosen with the help of the community is fully functional and will open at the beginning of the water spray season in 2016. A brand new shade shelter and sand table will be delivered and installed in January for use in the warmer months. Stay tuned for details of our grand opening ceremony coming in 2016.

Sens Rink of Dreams Now Open One of the city’s most beloved winter outdoor attractions is now open to the public. As of Dec. 4, the Sens Rink of Dreams at City Hall (110 Laurier Ave. W.) opened for the season as a free activity for all residents to enjoy. Weather permitting, the rink will be available for skating from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., with a heated change room available from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Visit Ottawa.ca to check the current conditions of the rink.

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The city’s police services board passed a $277.1 million budget on Nov. 30, but the proposed 25 new officers won’t necessarily go to traffic enforcement, said Chief Charles Bordeleau.

That’s why KnoxdaleMerivale Coun. Keith Egli and River Coun. Riley Brockington spoke to the board as public delegations.

“I asked the chief at the last council meeting if the new officers would be sent to traffic enforcement and the answer wasn’t positive,” Egli said, adding speeding and other traffic enforcement issues are the biggest concerns in his ward.

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Egli said he worked with the city’s traffic department and deputy chief Ed Keeley on a possible solution to better equip officers to deal with speeding complaints.

“I think a lot of the time residents will call in and complain, so a (police) car will go out, but it might not be the right day or the right time of day,” he said. “We need a way to get creative and to build a better mousetrap.”

Egli said the plan would have the two departments

work together to be in the right place at the right time.

The residents really have all the information, Egli said.

“They know if speeding gets really bad on Wednesdays after soccer practice, for example,” he said. “It could be a partnership, a shared responsibility to keep our streets safe.”

The hiring of 25 new officers could also indirectly mean more traffic officers, as members who have been diverted to guns and gangs when staffing was lower will return to their original posts, Egli said.

“The status quo might not be so bad,” he said.

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On Nov. 27 the province announced that tentative deals had been signed with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, representing 15,000 educational support staff and 2,400 education workers.

A work-to-rule campaign that had been held by the members since the beginning of the school year ended with the announcement of a tentative deal.

The news means only one union, the Ontario Council of Education Workers, has yet to reach a deal with the province and school boards’ association.

Though details of the agreements remain confidential until ratified, Education Minister Liz Sandals has indicated that the deals

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The city’s finance and economic development committee voted in favour of settling a $23-million dispute with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group over the renovation of the former civic centre.

The steel in the centre’s roof was crumbling, a situation that wasn’t discovered until OSEG and the city had signed the deal.

Because it was the city’s property OSEG felt the city should pay for the repairs, while the city felt OSEG should pay for it because of the deal in place.

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli was in favour of settling the $23 million dispute.

“I can remember going to 67’s games where they had to stop the play because the roof was raining,” he said. “That’s not right.”

Committee members heard from staff that the likelihood arbitration would come out in favour of OSEG, so they opted to settle the matter.

The deal is that OSEG will take out a loan to pay the $23 million, and the city will guarantee the loan. If OSEG defaults on the loan, then the city owns the property sooner than under the existing agreement.

OSEG executive chairman Roger Greenberg told the committee that despite a great first year, there were $54 million in unbudgeted renovations, which means the city will

miss out on the $22 million in profits budgeted for this year to cover their share of the cost.

Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans questioned the figures, saying she wanted to make sure taxpayers were getting a return on their investment.

“All the items improved the value,” Greenberg said of the renovations.

Mayor Jim Watson spoke in favour of the deal.

Chernushenko questioned the mix of retail at the site, saying he had a concern that it would become a pub district.

“I would just be worried about the problems associated with it being a drinking destination,” he said.

Greenberg said the Glebe Business Improvement Area encouraged OSEG to seek out restaurants.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder and Orléans Coun. Bob Monette both made comments in support of the agreement.

Monette said the prospect of bringing the Grey Cup to Ottawa would bring big economic benefits to Ottawa.

Watson said the $2.7 million in property tax wouldn’t have been possible without development.

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The city’s finance and economic development committee approved a draft budget on Dec. 1 that promises to slash 50 full-time equivalent positions.

G l o u c e s t e r- S o u t hgate Coun. Diane Deans balked at the plan though, saying there’s very little information about where those job cuts are coming from.

“Presumably those jobs are doing something useful,” she said.

The budget offers little information beyond 12 jobs cut from fire services and one position cut from parks and recreation through attrition that the city’s community and protective services committee heard the previous day.

City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said the city will look to vacant positions first for job cuts and had no plans to cut anyone in front line services.

“I don’t know that just because a job is vacant that it doesn’t mean it’s important,” Deans said. “A job could be open because someone

retired, but that function is very important to the city.”

Deans added she wanted more information on the planned cuts – information Kirkpatrick said wouldn’t be available before councillors were to vote on the budget on Dec. 9.

He also said the savings wouldn’t be realized for a full year in 2016, because it was going to take some time to figure out which jobs to cut.

Deputy treasurer Isabelle Jasmin said FEDCO’s portion of the budget included corporate budgets, the mayor and councillors budgets and things such as translation services.

There will be $1.5 million saved in discretionary spending, and $260,000 saved by using fewer consultants for online surveys, Jasmin said.

BUDGET REVIEW

The committee also passed a motion to create a budget review.

The motion is designed to act as an early-warning system to avoid future deficits. It was crafted by Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli, and augmented with

a friendly amendment from Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish.

“We have been in a tough budget year, with some problems only coming to light in the last quarter,” Egli said.

“One of the questions we asked staff was why are we finding out about this now?”

Egli said staff provide quarterly reports, but don’t highlight variances that could potentially translate into a deficit situation at the end of the year.

“There are a lot of departments in the city and they kind of act as silos,” Egli said, adding the motion would allow councillors to find out if spending on a project or department was going off the rails before things got too far off track.

The report process would be reviewed by Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier, who has a background as a professional accountant.

“I don’t think having another set of trained financial eyes would be a bad idea,” Egli said.

The FEDCO portion of the budget is equal to about $567 million of the city’s total $3.2 billion budget.

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A $200,000 levy for incremental transit service is unfair, considering the amount of money the festival already generates for the city, said Bluesfest head Mark Monahan.

Monahan spoke to the city’s transit commission on Dec. 3.

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Keith Egli asked Monahan if he has discussed the issue with Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group heads Roger Greenberg or Bernie Ashie, since they’ve found the transit price included in the cost of the ticket model to be successful.

But Monahan said the situation wasn’t quite the same because TD Place at Lansdowne Park started out with that model.

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The levy would represent roughly an extra dollar on the average Bluesfest ticket.

“That’s significant for no increase in service,” Monahan said.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney said he was also surprised by the proposal by OC Transpo general manager John Manconi.

Tierney said he hoped the matter could be resolved before council was to vote on the budget at city hall on Dec. 9.

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The annual report issued

by Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk on Dec. 2 found glaring examples of waste and improper oversight across multiple government departments, but saved the harshest criticism for the province’s much-maligned electricity sector.

Decisions made by the provincial Liberals dating back to 2006 left ratepayers paying $37 billion too much for electricity, the report finds.

The electricity sector has been an increasingly controversial file in Ontario, spurred by the decision to scrap two politically unpopular natural gas generating plants in the Greater Toronto Area in the leadup to the 2011 provincial election – a decision made in the premier’s office that cost Ontarians over $1 billion.

An OPP investigation into the cancellation and the disappearance of high-level emails related to the decision is still ongoing, while the scandal itself led to the resignation of then-minister of energy Chris Bentley and former premier Dalton McGuinty.

Lysyk’s report didn’t focus on this controversy, but did point to instances of meddling by the Ministry of Energy that overruled longterm planning decisions made by the Ontario Power Authority (an agency now rolled into the Independent Electricity Systems Operator).

Those decisions, she found, have led to an oversupply of unnecessarily expensive electricity in the provincial grid, and skyrocketing hydro rates as a result.

“The ministry’s use of directives and directions to make major decisions has resulted in a process that is less than open and transparent – both to the key players in the electricity sector and to the public,” stated the report.

“The OPA’s mandate was to be Ontario’s technical planner with expert knowledge of the power system, but it often could not apply its expertise because the ra-

tionale behind many of the directives and directions it received from the ministry was not apparent.”

RENEWABLES

After deciding to end coal-fired generation in 2006, the province passed the Green Energy Act to replace a portion of the lost generation capacity with renewables, including solar and wind power. Much of the new generation would come from small and medium-sized producers hooked to the provincial grid and compensated through the province’s feed-in-tariff program.

The report found that little attention was paid to the cost of the generation in relation to the electricity market, and to the resulting impact on hydro bills.

“Although global renewable market prices had started to decrease rapidly in 2009 because of technological advances and competition, the ministry instructed the OPA to offer guaranteed prices that were even higher than those offered by the (province’s) former guaranteed-price program,” says the report.

The addition of new solar and wind generation to the grid, spurred by 20-year

contracts with guaranteed prices two to three times higher than normal, exacerbated the province’s surplus power problems and forced Ontario to sell much of the new power to neighbouring U.S. states at a steep loss compared to the cost of generation.

All of the associated costs of generation – FIT rates, selling surplus power at a loss, and building gas generators to offset the times when the wind doesn’t blow – make up the “global adjustment” that is factored into Ontario hydro rates.

Renewables make up about 20 per cent of the rise in hydro rates, which have increased by 66 per cent in the past five years, and by 120 per cent since 2007. When announced, the province said the Green Energy Act would only increase rates by one percent a year.

OVERSIGHT

The report found that the province shelved the 2007 and 2011 long-term energy plans, developed by the OPA at significant expense, as they interfered with government policy. Subsequent plans issued by the Ministry of Energy in 2010 and 2013 did not contain the same cost-benefit analysis fea-

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tured in the scrapped OPA plans.

Calling the province’s power system “broken,” Lysyk estimates that ratepayers have paid a total of $9.2 billion too much for the renewable portion of the province’s power mix since the program rolled out, and a

total of $37 billion too much for the overall mix.

These additional costs are expected to total $133 billion by 2032.

In addition, Lysyk found that the Ontario Energy Board, which is supposed to be the ultimate authority on provincial energy matters,

was kept in the dark on the Liberal plan to sell off 60 per cent of Hydro One. “The OEB, the protector of consumer interests, was not consulted in this decision-making process,” reads the report.

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NOTICE OF PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW AND ADOPTION OF AN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT BY THE CITY OF OTTAWA The Council of the City of Ottawa passed a zoning by-law amendment identified as By-law 2015-346 on November 25, 2015 under Section 34 of The Planning Act. Council also adopted Amendment 164 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa on November 25, 2015.

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2015-346 By-law 2015-346 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects properties in the Preston Street North area, which is located south of Albert Street, north of Somerset Street, west of Rochester Street and east of City Centre Avenue (the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan boundary).

The purpose of the zoning by-law amendment is to change Preston Street North’s zoning from a residential zone to a Traditional Mainstreet zone. The application is to rezone the subject properties from “R4T and R4H” (Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone T and Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone H) to “TM and TM12” (Traditional Mainstreet and Traditional Mainstreet, Subzone 12) in the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law.

The proposed zoning will achieve Traditional Mainstreet zoning along Preston Street, north of Somerset Street and south of Albert Street to allow for a mix of sensitive residential and non-residential uses, as per the direction of the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan.

PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 164 The purpose of Official Plan Amendment 164 is to amend the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan.

As a result of OPA 164 the boundaries will be expanded to include Preston Street, north of Somerset and south of Albert and its flanking residential community. The amendment establishes a Secondary Traditional Mainstreet designation for Preston Street North, in the Secondary Plan.

For further information, please go to www.ottawa.ca/prestonnorth or contact: Emily Davies, Planner Tel: 613-580-2424, ext.23463 E-mail: emily.davies@ottawa.ca.

Please note that any person or public body who, before the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment were enacted, made oral submissions, at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to either the zoning by-law amendment or the official plan amendment, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out their objection to the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment and the reasons in support of the objection. Each appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance.

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

A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on December 30, 2015.

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

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the zoning by-law was passed or the official plan amendment was adopted, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

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

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Province taking steps to improve oversight: minister Continued from page 23

Because of contracts signed with power producers, the OEB only has oversight into 35 per cent of the province’s generation capacity.

In her findings, Lysyk suggested the province regularly consult with the IESO and other technical specialists when crafting decisions related to the hydro sector.

As well, she advised the government to increase transparency by making policy decisions, and the rationale behind them, available to the public.

CHIARELLI RESPONDS

Following the release of Lysyk’s report, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli responded to the findings from Queen’s Park.

Chiarelli was made en-

ONTARIO ENERGY MINISTER BOB CHIARELLI ergy minister in 2013 after the appointment of Premier Kathleen Wynne as McGuinty’s successor. Given that the decisions outlined in the report predate him as minister, he stated that his number one goal since taking the job was reducing upward pressure on rates.

“I want to be clear that the Ministry of Energy has already taken many actions consistent with the auditor’s recommendations, some initiated several years ago,” said Chiarelli.

“Since 2013, we have acted on a number of the recommendations presented today by the auditor general. We reduced FIT pricing, saving $1.9 billion; renegotiated the Samsung renewable energy agreement, knocking off projects in the amount of $3.7 billion; and deferred the planned new build nuclear indefinitely, cutting $15 billion out of our cost base. The price for solar FIT projects has been reduced by as much as 73 per cent since 2009.”

These changes and others removed billions of dollars of expense from the portfolio, Chiarelli said – money that would otherwise have

been added to ratepayer’s bills.

“Recently, after detailed consultations with the OEB, we introduced new legislation to formalize an open and complete approach to long-term planning based

coal plant) that produces power at a cost 25 times the industry average, Chiarelli said the plant was needed in order to serve prospective mining projects in the area, and still costs less than a new build.

“Hydro One can be a better-run, bettermanaged company that delivers better value to ratepayers.”

BOB CHIARELLI, ENERGY MINISTER

on our 2013 long-term energy plan process,” he said.

Chiarelli said the report didn’t look at the health and environmental costs that have been avoided by phasing out coal burning power generation.

On the topic of a biomass power plant in Thunder Bay (converted from a

As for the price affixed to wind and solar, Chiarelli said prices will be going down “very dramatically” in the near future – more than they have already – to the point where they’ll be seen as “competitive with other types of energy.”

On the topic of Hydro One – the subject of both

this and a previous auditor general report that revealed rampant waste and nepotism – Chiarelli said the findings aren’t a surprise to Ontarians.

“Hydro One can be a better-run, better-managed company that delivers better value to ratepayers,” he said.

“There’s a new experienced leadership with new CEO, new chair, new board and new CFO focusing on improving performance, customer service excellence, employee safety, and system reliability. One of the best boards in Canada has been assembled and private-sector management is bringing much-needed fiscal discipline to Hydro One with a renewed focus on customer service excellence … these actions, of course, will mean savings that are passed on to ratepayers by the Ontario Energy Board.”

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Tom Schonberg, President and CEO of QCH, said according to the final report, “Queensway Carleton Hospital has attained the highest level of performance, achieving excellence in meeting the requirements of the Accreditation program.

“This evaluative process allows us to benchmark and compare ourselves nationally and internationally,” explains Mr. Schonberg. “This helps us focus on quality and safety and best practices. High performance results are an indication that we are operating and implementing the broad array of best practices. To be the hospital of choice, you have to be a top performer.”

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“In preparation for the on-site Accreditation visit, hospital teams evaluated compliance with hundreds of processes/ standards and prepared documentation for review by Accreditation Canada,” explained Mr. Schonberg. “These documents included everything from how patients are assessed and admitted, how patients receive care and are discharged, how patients and families are involved in their care, our emphasis on patient safety, and pretty much everything related to the how and what of our strategic and operational activities.”

During on-site review conducted by four healthcare professional surveyors in early November, much of their time was devoted to “tracers”, which involves following numerous patients’ journeys through various programs and services. The resulting report confirmed QCH’s compliance with 2,014 of 2,026 standards, an overall compliance rating of 99%. In addition, QCH met every one of the 31 Required Organizational Practices.

“Accreditation is one of the most effective ways for hospitals to regularly and consistently examine and improve the quality of their care and services,” points out Mr. Schonberg. “We can feel good about what we have achieved, but one of the benefits of the process is continuous improvement. We have scaled one peak but it can’t stop there. It has really focused our organization to march forward. There are always areas that we can do better.”

The administration is already working to improve areas identified in the report.

“We are calling together our leadership group to carry on the work of what we learned in the report.”

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Moving forward, Mr. Schonberg says QCH will continue to engage the community, through partnering with other health care institutions and involving those who use the services in the decision-making process.

“We are focusing on how we are literally integrating patientfamily engagement. We are embedding the patient-family advisory council and engaging people in program planning, policies, to realize our hospital vision to be the hospital of choice. It’s our ‘common sense’ perspective. Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees and that is the value of engaging patients and families. Patient-family involvement will impact every aspect of how we operate.”

The other focus is on implementing best practices.

“We are a very busy hospital. Accreditation reemphasized our need to review our patient flow and efficiency, transition and hand off points as well as discharge back into the community.”

QCH serves a population of more than 400,000 and has one of the fasting growing catchment areas in Canada.

“We really try to motivate our staff to go beyond being mediocre. We strive to be a top performer. I am very proud to say that the majority of our team relates to that and gets personal satisfaction to be at the top. Our healthcare team provides expert care that puts our patients and families first.” An In addition to staff, QCH has a team of 575 volunteers who provided 45,273 hours of service in the past year.

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She added that accreditation has grown and adapted to meet the high demands and rigors of today’s health care system.

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Nannygate: who pays?

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s the rest of us pinch and save to cover the soaring costs of childcare, we find out we’re paying for the prime minister’s private nannies.

I’m all for the prime minister having a nanny.

He travels. He represents Canada. His wife has her own professional, official and volunteer commitments.

They have three kids.

A nanny is a great plan.

Two nannies, even. An overnight nanny? Go for it!

The taxpayer should even pay for it as part of their overall household costs.

Except for one thing. For more than a year, Trudeau has slammed the universal child tax benefit under his Conservative predecessors, suggesting that rich people like him can pay their own childcare costs, thank you very much.

Indeed, until he got a

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse free house with staff and his salary more than doubled, Trudeau et al did pay for their own nannies.

And not only did Trudeau say he could afford it, he even donated his $3,000 child tax benefit to charity to make the point that wealthy people don’t need or want help with childcare costs.

The hypocrisy, therefore, of putting his two nannies on the payroll of the prime minister’s interim official residence is what is getting

people down.

And while MPs will debate new means of implementing a child tax credit that Liberals say will benefit the families that need it most, the rest of us are stuck paying more than $1,000 per month for a licensed childcare space, (if we can find one), many with no assistance at all under the Liberal plan.

As I wrote in these pages a few weeks ago, licensed childcare spaces are hard to come by in Ottawa. The funding

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for many is not sustainable.

The cost of food inflation, salaries and rent has forced many centres to make incremental increases to parent fees at least twice annually to keep going.

In 2016, the province is cutting wage subsidies, (which were implemented decades ago to ensure childcare workers made a liveable salary – which many still don’t), and moving familylevel subsidies to a “floating model.”

The latter is great for subsidized families, because it means they can switch childcare facilities and keep their subsidies, which gives lower income families more choice. For childcare centres, however, it makes sustainable financial planning a lot trickier.

Although the City of Ottawa is attempting to make up some of the shortfall temporarily, parent fees are set to increase dramatically to make up the losses under the new funding model.

Trudeau knows what the rest of us do—with the cost

of childcare going up and up, it can be much more economical for a family with multiple children to have a nanny.

I opted for part-time nanny care for more than two years – care, by the way, that was not at all subsidized.

Keep your nannies, Mr. Trudeau, and we, the taxpayers, shall keep paying for them BRYNNA LESLIE

Still, I say, let the prime minister have his nannies. He and his wife work hard and I think we, the taxpayers, should pay for it.

But at the same time the federal government, including the prime minister, must acknowledge the many middle-class families that don’t have million dollar inheritances, pay their own mortgages and transporta-

tion, and must pay exorbitant childcare fees to keep both parents contributing to the economy – otherwise, it’s hypocritical.

On the note of hypocrisy, I was appalled when I saw the pitifully low rate the PM’s nannies are making per hour, in some hours of the day, less than the Ontario minimum wage.

The PMO responded by saying the women get free meals while they’re in house, so that’s part of their overall salary.

Yeah, I fed my nannies as well, but I didn’t take it out of their small pockets, and I paid them more for one child than Trudeau pays for three.

Keep your nannies, Mr. Trudeau, and we, the taxpayers, shall keep paying for them.

But pay these women a liveable wage and direct childcare subsidies toward the taxpayers that are currently subsidizing your childcare as well as their own.

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they’ll readily consume it if given the chance. But even a small Just because animals have built in fur coats doesn’t mean they amount of antifreeze can be harmful, or even fatal, to your pet. are immune to the harsh realities of a Canadian winter. With a bit of thoughtful planning, your best friend will be warm and safe • When adding antifreeze to your vehicle, pour carefully and clean up any spills that may occur. It’s also a good idea to when the snowflakes fly. check that your car isn’t leaking fluid. A quick look under Here are some tips for animal care in cold weather: • Limit exposure: When the mercury plunges, exercise caution the hood will help keep your own animals, and those in the neighbourhood, safe. and limit your pet’s exposure to the outdoors.

• Salt: While the salt used on roads and driveways is helpful in • If your pet does come in contact with antifreeze — either by ingesting it directly, or by licking exposed paws — you preventing spills, it can irritate the sensitive pads on the bottom should be looking for signs of vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, of your pet’s feet. Keep a towel by your front door and wipe unconsciousness, drooling and panting. If you suspect down your pooch’s paws after a walk so they aren’t tempted to antifreeze ingestion, it’s important to act quickly, as the lick them clean.

• Fresh water: If you keep any water bowls outside for your poisoning can cause kidney failure. Call your veterinarian immediately to avoid complications. animals during the winter, be sure to check the supply a few times a day to ensure it isn’t frozen over. If you are unable • You may want to consider a less toxic alternative to the ethylene glycol-based antifreeze that is most commonly used. to provide fresh, clean water regularly throughout the day There is new propylene glycol-based antifreeze available at you need to provide an insulated, heated water bowl in order many retail outlets that is safer for pets and humans alike. to keep the water from freezing. Clean, fresh snow is not an • Entertain wisely: The winter season is a peak time for at-home adequate replacement for water for an animal.

• Car engines: Cats and wildlife are drawn to the heat generated parties and other get-togethers. It may be a good idea to keep animals away from the bustle and noise during a party. If by your car’s engine on cold days. Make sure you bang on your car’s hood to avoid injuring a sleeping creature. everyone does mingle together, keep an eye on your pets to • Antifreeze: The taste of antifreeze is tasty to many animals, and make sure they don’t sneak any of the festive food and drink.

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Thai carrot and chicken balls great appetizer for holiday parties These mini-meatballs are the perfect hors d’oeuvre to prepare ahead of time and reheat for a party. The carrots add crunchy texture as well as nutrients. To reduce prep time, have your family help shape them. For variety, roll some in crushed peanuts.

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Preparation Time: 1 hour Baking Time: 15 minutes Makes: About 48 appetizers INGREDIENTS • 3 cups (750 mL) coarsely grated carrots (about 1 lb/500 g) • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 1 Ontario egg, beaten • 1/3 cup (75 mL) minced cilantro • 2 tbsp (25 mL) lime juice • 1 tbsp (15 mL) finely grated gingerroot • 1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) ground coriander • 1 tsp (5 mL) Asian chili hot sauce

• ½ tsp (2 mL) salt • ½ cup (125 mL) fine dry bread crumbs • 8 oz (250 g) ground chicken or turkey

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Dipping Sauces (optional): Thai chili sauce, sweet chili sauce or peanut sauce (recipe follows) In large mixing bowl, combine carrots, garlic, egg, cilantro, lime juice, gingerroot, coriander, hot sauce and salt; mix thoroughly. Stir in bread crumbs and ground chicken until well mixed.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly coat with cooking spray.

With dampened hands, roll about 1 tbsp (15 mL) chicken mixture into each ball; place on prepared baking sheet.

Bake in 375°F (190°C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until firm and no longer pink inside.

Serve as is or with dipping sauces. If preparing ahead of time, cool and chill or freeze and reheat in low oven or mi-

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Peanut sauce: In small saucepan, whisk together 1 cup (250 mL) coconut milk, 2 tbsp (25 mL) crunchy peanut butter, 1 tbsp (15 mL) Thai mild curry paste, 1 tbsp (15 mL) lime juice and 1 tbsp (15 mL) packed brown sugar.

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Tip: After shaping the balls, roll in finely chopped unsalted peanuts to coat before baking.

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The $300-per-month transit expense is a lot to swallow on a fixed income.

“I have to take money out of my basic needs allowance to pay rent,” Khan told councillors on the city’s transit commission on Dec. 3.

Lisa Quesnel, from Blair Court Community House, is in the same boat. She said her pass is a cost that cuts very deep into her limited income, as well as the money she shells out for tickets when she takes her kids to daycare.

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The commission voted in favour of the new fare table, which would see fares go up across the board by 2.5 per cent.

Commission chairman Stephen Blais said the city had some tough choices to make in order to follow the city’s transit affordability plan.

The fare table was approved with a notable exception; community passes would remain frozen, as they impact the city’s most vulnerable residents.

But Joy Tomkinson, who is confined to a wheelchair, said the top up she’s forced to pay to ride ParaTranspo amounts to discrimination.

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Putting smiles on children’s faces is one of the perks of being a professional hockey player.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Andrew Hammond still remembers the first time he met an NHL player as a youngster, and feels fortunate he can now give kids that same thrill.

Hammond, who is currently on the injured list, said he was six years old when he had a chance encounter with Vancouver Canucks’ former back-up goalie, Kay Whitmore. “I saw him walking into practice one day and I think I touched him on the jersey and I still remember it now,” Hammond said during the Ottawa Senators’ annual Christmas visit to CHEO on Dec. 2.

“I was the biggest hockey fan around and just seeing an NHL player was something that I’d talk about for

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This year was Hammond’s first visit to the regional children’s hospital and it proved memorable, allowing him to give back to young fans and their families.

“You feel like a normal person, but at the end of the day you have to remember when you were a kid and how you took those experiences and what they meant to you,” he said.

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Madi Kovacs, 15, of Arnprior, snaps a selfie with Senators left winger Milan Michálek during the team’s annual Christmas visit to CHEO on Dec. 2. Several of the players brought gifts, signed autographs and handed out hockey cards to the young patients. enaded by patients, parents, CHEO staff and volunteers with a hockey-themed song to the tune of Jingle Bells.

Then, in keeping with past Christmas visits, the newest Sens players tried singing a Christmas carol as veteran players looked on.

“That was horrible,” Stuntman Stu joked when they finished, prompting laughter.

The Lemke family, from Eganville, Ont., only learned the day before that the Sens were going to drop by.

“It’s a bright spot along the way,” said Bernie Lemke, whose four-year-old daughter, Navila, has been undergoing treatment at CHEO for leukemia since March.

“I’m really happy that they take the time and the effort to do this,” he said.

“I’m sure they don’t have any idea how meaningful it is for the kids. It leaves an impression.”

But many of them did, including Methot.

For the past three years, since he was traded to the Senators, he has enjoyed making the annual visit to the children’s hospital during the holiday season.

In fact, this year he has been making even more solo visits to CHEO. Living “down the street in Mooney’s Bay,” where he grew up, makes it easy, said Methot, who dropped by during training camp to spend time and play games with some of the long-term patients.

“They have little game rooms and so I’ll just go in and shoot (the breeze) with

them and play board games, and some of them like to sing songs, which is cool,” Methot said.

Despite being a self-described “terrible” singer, he said the experience serves as an important reminder.

“People tend to take for granted what they have,” the defenceman said. “To see these kids go through this at such a young age and seeing how strong some of them can be, it’s pretty impressive.”

The players met their match in Sean Grover, 10, of Nepean.

One by one the Sens lined up to sign the hockey buff’s red foam finger. Some went and brought over Bobby Ryan when they found out the right-winger is Sean’s favourite player.

“It was probably one of the best moments of my year, actually,” Sean said after Ryan sat down with him to chat for several minutes and autograph the foam finger.

“What I really like about (him), when he first came on the Ottawa Senators, you could tell he was going to be a good player,” beamed Sean, who has been a CHEO patient since he was born with Kabuki Syndrome, a pediatric congenital disorder that required heart surgery.

“I kind of could tell how he was playing in his first game, ‘this was going to be a star for the team.’”

Milan Michálek has been making the team’s annual Christmas trip to CHEO since about 2009.

“It’s nice to see them happy,” said the father of a three-year-old boy.

As well as being able to lift the spirits of the patients, the experience was also a gift for the Sens themselves, putting life in perspective and serving as a reminder of how important the team is to the community.

“We worry about things on the ice when we don’t score goals, when we have a bad game. But when you see kids here, they are struggling and it’s sad,” he said. “But also you see, this puts a smile on their face.”

It always serves as a humbling moment. “It’s awesome,” said Michálek. “I wish that I can come here many more years.”

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It could’ve happened to anyone.

That’s what investigator Rob Johnston said of OC Transpo driver Dave Woodard, who was killed along with six of his passengers following a collision between a bus and a train on Sept. 18,

and had been well maintained. The driver was not sleep deprived or under the influence of drugs or alcohol and had no known medical conditions that would have impaired his driving.

The signals and lights at the railway crossing went on at the right time.

“So we were left with the question; what caused this crash,” Johnston said.

It was a number of factors the report concludes.

The driver left the station late so was going seven kilometres over the speed limit to catch up.

“The speed limit changed to 90 (kilometres per hour) after the crossing, so many drivers would use that stretch to make up lost time,” Johnston said, adding OC Transpo enforcement of the posted speed limit in the area was lacking.

There was a video monitor above the driver’s line of sight, and a passenger was standing on the upper deck of the double decker bus – something the driver was sup-

2013.

The Transportation Safety Board released its report on the disaster on Dec. 2, 2008 – blaming speeding, driver distraction and a curve in the road near Fallowfield Station as the reasons for the crash.

The route 76 bus left the station four minutes late and collided with the train at 8:48 a.m.

Witnesses at the time said they screamed at the driver to stop, but it was too late.

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• Transport Canada should develop a national guideline on the grade separation of railway crossings.

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An early morning blaze at a Hunt Club-area home over the weekend displaced four adults and sent one person to hospital suffering from minor burns.

Multiple 911 calls flooded the Ottawa fire dispatch centre around 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 6, reporting fire coming from the top floor at the back of a rowhouse unit at 3555 Downpatrick Rd., which backs onto Windsor Park and is located south of Hunt Club Road and between Uplands Drive and the Airport Parkway.

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The fire has since been ruled accidental.

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Father kept well away from us over at the Findlay Oval with his feet up on the oven door, and the Ottawa Farm Journal scattered around him on the floor.

The first night, after I had laid claim to the dominos, I set them out before me on the table. I had no idea what I was going to do with them.

And then I decided to stand them up, one after the other ... not touching, but close together. There they were, all lined up in one straight line. I accidentally touched the one at the very end, and right before my eyes, that one connected with the next one, and so on, until they were all laid flat on the table. To me, it was sheer magic!

It didn’t take me long to start all over again. And then I got very creative. I curved the line of dominos, I formed a circle, and touched the end one, and as if they were running on gas, down they went. Each one falling the one next to it.

Well, it didn’t take long for Emerson to slide over on the bench

and demand the dominos.

He said because Aunt Freda hadn’t said who they were for, anyone in the family could play with them.

Mother reminded him he had passed them up when the parcel was opened. And the dominos were mine, and that was final!

I never did learn how to play dominos properly. As a matter of fact, I had no desire to learn the game they offered.

To me, it was far more fun, to sit at the old pine table on an evening, set them up in different shapes, tap the end one, and watch them fall down like soldiers.

Of course, I had to print a letter to Aunt Freda and thank her.

I never did tell her how her gift of dominos filled many an hour around our kitchen table on a cold night out in Northcote.

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LEAVE YOUR LASTING MARK FOR CHEO’S CHILDREN & FAMILIES AFTER A CAREER WORKING WITH KIDS AT CHEO AND AS A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER, LYNN MADE A DECISION THAT WOULD FOREVER LINK HER TO CHEO, A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A BIG PART OF HER LIFE. SHE NAMED CHEO AS THE BENEFICIARY OF HER WORK LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AND ALSO OF HER PENSION. By making a planned gift to CHEO you not only help future generations of children, but you also provide some tax relief to your estate, while still providing for your family members.

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Four Ottawa rugby players were looking to tackle more than their opponents last week at the Dubai Sevens.

The players traveled to the tournament to join a club of expats looking to raise money for refugees fleeing Iraq and Syria through a foundation called Rugby for Refugees.

“We always had the intention of going to the Dubai Sevens. We figured if we’re going to do this, we might as well do it as a force for good,” said Neil Young, an Ottawa Beavers player, who works for a logistics company in Iraq and founded Rugby for Refugees.

Three other Ottawa rugby players – two from the Ottawa Beavers-Banshees RFC and one from the Barrhaven Scottish RFC – joined Young and others from around the world with varying degrees of ability and experience.

Based in Erbil – the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan – Young

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Young, who spoke to Metroland in a phone interview from Dubai, realized his club could play a role in the refugee crisis after a group of more than 40 refugees moved into an unused construction site near the expat village where Young lives in Erbil.

The city has seen a huge influx of refugees as war has continued to destabilize parts of northern Iraq and Syria.

The refugees near Young’s home were Yazidis, a religious and ethnic minority that has been persecuted and pushed out of its ancestral homes by the so-called Islamic State.

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“It was really a way of providing a bit of light fun for the kids, who are living in a rather dark existence at the moment,” Young said.

Young said he figured more could be done and started Rugby for Refugees, which works in conjunction with the Rise Foundation, an organization that works with refugees in northern Iraq.

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Firestone launches book on bringing NHL to city The inside story on how the Senators ended up in Kanata 25 years ago It’s been 25 years since Ottawa was awarded an NHL franchise, and the mastermind behind the bid has decided it’s time to let people know just how that happened.

Bruce Firestone, the man given the most credit for the existence of the modern-day Senators hockey club, launched his book, entitled Don’t back down, the real story of the founding of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and why big leagues matter, at the Chek Point restaurant in the Canadian Tire Centre on Dec. 4. The date of the book launch was two days before the 25th anniversary of getting the franchise.

A 30-minute documentary about the team spearheaded by Algonquin College student and Stittsville resident Giovanni Falcone was screened in celebration of the anniversary, though Firestone’s speech was the main event.

In the book, Firestone is purported to detail the “underdog tale” of the founding of the team, some of which he shared during the launch.

Firestone, a man Senators president Cyril Leeder described as “driven to do something special for Ottawa,” aired his idea for getting Ottawa an NHL franchise to Leeder and Randy Sexton in typical Canadian fashion – having a couple drinks after some pick-up hockey, he said.

Sexton was on board immediately, recalls Firestone, while Leeder, then a chartered accountant, asked, “How much is it going to cost?”

And it was the cost that brought the team to Kanata, said Firestone.

The plan was to pay the $30 million franchise fee (which later became $50 million) by building the arena in a farm field and driving the value of the land up with that and other developments. Land sales and fees would pay for the team.

Though that’s not quite how it happened.

However, the city OK’d the plan, and after lots of planning, Firestone and his group pitched their plan for a team to the NHL board that would decide which cities would land an expansion franchise.

That night, Firestone would be

told by one of the board members that there is no way Ottawa will get a team.

“That was a crushing, crushing moment,” said Firestone. But, buoyed by another member of the Senators group, Firestone kept schmoozing other board members.

Ottawa was awarded a franchise and Firestone later received a phone call from the hostile board member.

They said three board members had resolved to tell that to every franchise bidder, and those who didn’t give up got a team.

But the nascent Senators were destined for more hardship, with the Ontario Municipal Board stepping in as opposition grew over the location of the arena.

Unable to finance the team, new ownership was found while Firestone had to cut ties.

“The hardest thing I ever had to do in my business career was leaving the Senators,” he said.

Nonetheless, Leeder maintains that, “more than anyone else, the team is here because of Bruce.”

Citing a quote by former Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell who called the Senators the biggest thing to happen to Ottawa since becoming Canada’s capital, Leeder said, “I think Jim was right.”

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LEAVING KANATA?

Firestone’s book comes as the Senators await the NCC’s decision about their bid for relocating the team to Lebreton Flats.

It’s a move Firestone is in support of, he said.

Though Firestone said the NCC was originally against having an NHL arena at the location, he said, “I have a feeling the NCC has had a change of heart.”

As for the existing arena in Kanata, Firestone said he has a vision for how it could be repurposed, referring to Maple Leaf Gardens as an example.

“I can see only good things happening for this building in the future,” he said.

Digital copies of Firestone’s book can be found at brucemfirestone.com/Ottawa-senators/, while paperback versions are expected in the spring.

There are many outstanding women and girls in Ottawa South working to build a better community.

They deserve our recognition, and we have a great opportunity to honour them through the Leading Women/Leading Girls program. If you would like to nominate a friend, family member, leader or mentor for the program, please contact my community office to pick up a nomination form. All women in our community are eligible, save for those who have won the award in the past. Please return all completed nomination forms to my office by January 22, 2016.

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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

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 613-7697570.

Dec. 10

A harp concert, featuring Christmas music by Tartan & Tea, takes place Dec. 10, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Fred Barrett Arena, located at 3280 Leitrim Rd. The event will be hosted by the Ottawa South Women’s Connection Stonecroft Ministries.

There will be a faith story, door prizes, refreshments and child care. Admission is $6.

For details call 613-249-0919.

Dec. 13

Come to the Rideau Park United Church on Dec. 13, at 10 a.m., for a presentation by more than 60 children and youth of the story of Christmas through theatre, music and some humour, with a focus on what Christmas is really all about. Everyone is invited. There will be a freewill offering. The church is located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. For details, call 613-7333156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

Dec. 14

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 re-

maining 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. A freewill offering in support of the Heron Emergency Food Centre and Syrian refugees will be welcome.

A drop-in afternoon of crafting for 13 to 18 year olds takes place at the Alta Vista

library branch on Dec. 3 and 17, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 19

A euchre tournament takes place Dec. 19 at the Greely branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, located at 8021 Mitch Owens Rd. Registration begins at noon and playing gets underway at 1 p.m.

A light lunch will be served at noon. There will be prizes for first, second and third place.

For details, call 613-822-1451 or 613-826-6128

Dec. 20

You are invited to a Christmas Celebration Concert at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Drive, on Dec. 20th at 1:30 p.m. The event will feature the Chancel Choir singing Vivaldi’s Gloria, an organist solo by Andrew Auger, the Joyful Noise Children’s Choir and the Touch of Brass Handbells. Enjoy Christmas music and sing some of your favourite carols. All are welcome. There will be a freewill offering. For details, call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.

Dec. 21

Teens, ages 13 to 18, are invited to drop in to the Alta Vista library branch for a holly jolly winter hangout featuring popcorn, crafts and a movie on Dec. 21, from noon to 3 p.m.

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 is Dec. 21.

The event is a drop-in. For details, call 613-580-2940.

Dec. 31

Ring in the New Year at the non-profit RA Centre in Clark Hall on Dec. 31, from 6 p.m. to 1 p.m. The event will feature dancing, a buffet and bubbly. Tickets are $80, including tax, and can be purchased at the centre’s east member services desk or by calling 613-736-6224. This event is open to everyone, including groups, couples and singles. A special invitation has been extended to RA members and those with

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A New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance Party, featuring the Douglas Connection, takes place on Dec. 31 at the Greely legion, located at 8021 Mitch Owens Rd. Cocktails are served at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. and dancing gets underway at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 before Dec. 15 and $60 after, and can be purchased by calling 613-822-0233 or 613822-1451. For more information, visit greelylegion.ca.

Ongoing The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St. in Leitrim for activities every week from Monday to Friday afternoons. The activities include carpet bowling, chess, contact bridge, euchre (4 & 6 hand), and five hundred. Membership is $15 per year. The club is accessible

by OC Transpo bus144 and also free parking. For details, call 613-822-0020 The Ottawa Hospital academic family health team leads the Heart Wise Exercise walking program at Hillcrest High School, located at 1900 Dauphin Rd. Join in a walk of the halls in a safe, warm and friendly environment. The free program is every Monday and Wednesday, until March 23, 6 to 8 p.m. Bring comfortable walking shoes and a water bottle. Pedometers and enthusiastic volunteers will be there to help track your progress and guide you. For details, contact Kim Lavender at 613-798-5555, ext.

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This week’s puzzle answers in next week’s issue

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, finding time to get everything done can be challenging. Fortunately, you have quite a few friends willing to spare some time and lend you a helping hand.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Difficult decisions can take time to work through, Taurus. Although you want to address all situations, this week isn’t a good one for making big decisions.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, something keeps nagging at you and you can’t get it out of your head.

Trust your intuition and be on guard. With some careful thought, a solution will present itself.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 A hectic schedule may have you feeling some pressure, Cancer. Keep in mind that all of your deadlines are self-imposed, so just factor a little more time into your week.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, sometimes you have to make a few mistakes before you get things right.

Don’t let this worry you, as trial and error is all a part of the learning process.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Here’s How It Works: Virgo, you may suspect what’s around the corner, but you are not ready to take Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the the plunge just yet. Give it a little more time until you feel ready and secure. numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric Work with your doctor to develop a plan for meeting some healthy resolutions, clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! Libra. It is important to make your health a priority this week.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, it may prove impossible to escape all of your responsibilities right now, but you can let a few slide for the time being. Tackle the most daunting projects first.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 You cannot avoid a complex issue forever, Sagittarius. Come clean with the person you may have been hiding from, and work with this person to reach a resolution.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, it may be frightening to reveal your true feelings about something, especially when the truth might change your life in a dramatic way. Muster your courage.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Others appreciate all that you do for them, Aquarius. But sometimes they have to do for themselves to learn valuable lessons. This week is a time to step aside.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, while you are busy helping other people, you may discover that it’s time to take a step back and tend to your own needs.

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