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Pupil pedal power Students and staff of Brookfield High School on April 11 pedaled for a good cause- raising money for children with cancer. This all-girls team called Avatar won the award for best costume. Twenty one teams each made of six people participated in the Inside Ride event at the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnasium.

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Broadview rebuild will delay Findlay Creek school: trustee Eddie Rwema Eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Any new project that gets added to the list of capital priorities will likely delay the projected opening of a new elementary public school in Findlay Creek slated for September, 2014, an area public school board trustee has warned.

Mark Fisher was reacting to a vote on April 11 that fa-

voured a rebuild for Broadview Public School rather than have it repaired as recommended by staff.

But the vote was later voided as the committee adjourned before they had a chance to vote on the list.

Seven trustees voted in favour and ďŹ ve voted against the motion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything that gets added to the top of the list now with

no due diligence, it is going to put that timeline in jeopardy,â&#x20AC;? said Fisher.

The committee will vote on the capital priorities list at their next meeting in early May. The school board has to submit the list to the province

by May 31.

A vote on the rebuilding of Broadview would put it ahead of Findlay Creek on the

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Ottawa public school board debates capital priorities list “For the three years that I have been at the board, I was really upset with the kind of discussion we were having because it was completely not the right discussion, for a board that manages a billion dollars worth of assets,” said Fisher.

Not having an elementary school in Findlay Creek, a community of mostly young parents is difficult, said Sumana Jana, chair of the education committee with Find-

lay Creek Community Association.

The association has written to the board expressing their concern about the plans and timelines for a new elementary school.

“The lack of a neighbourhood school and the scattering of children across the city will have a detrimental effect on the community as children living next door to each other often don’t attend the same school,” the letter stated.

Currently there are 250 children living in Findlay Creek

who attend Ottawa Carleton District School Board schools outside the community.

The majority of these students currently attend Elizabeth Park Public School, which trustee Fisher said currently tops the list of schools needing a rebuild as opposed to Broadview that currently sits on number 68.

“The reason why Findlay Creek is on the list of priorities is because they know the state of Elizabeth Park,” said Fisher.

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tify up to 30 capital priorities, however the Ministry of Education only accepts business cases for a maximum of ten per district.

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The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has identified the following schools as capital priorities to submit to the Ministry of Education.

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Broadview parents receive support in school re-build Kristy Strauss kristy.strauss@metroland.com

EMC news - Parents wearing red “build a better Broadview” buttons were out in full force for a meeting of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board to find out if trustees would identify their children’s school as a priority for a rebuild.

A majority of school board trustees voted in favour of establishing a rebuild as a capital priority, to be included in a list due to be sent to the province on April 11, but after the meeting Broadview parents learned the decision will come back before the trustees at a meeting next month since the four-hour long meeting was adjourned at 11 p.m.

“We’re optimistic that the vote will remain in May,” said Liz Burgess, co-chairwoman of the Broadview parent council. “We’re thrilled with the trustees’ majority vote to move Broadview for a rebuild.”

The school’s zone trustee, Jennifer McKenzie, put forward a motion for the school board’s capital priorities list to include a Broadview rebuild, which is estimated at around $15 million.

In its capital priority recommendations for 2012, the school board included $4 million for school condition improvement funding at Broadview, an amount parents

say would not address the 85year-old school’s major problems.

The school board was also willing to allocate another $1.5 million to accommodate full day kindergarten, which is set to start at the school in September 2013.

Parents, however, said that wasn’t enough.

“The school is at capacity and the growth we see there will increase even more,” said Burgess.

“We’re already at capacity everywhere.”

Trustees from across the school board debated McKenzie’s motion, asking pointed questions of the re-build supporters.

Trustees John Shea and Mark Fisher asked Burgess, along with another delegation, if the parents would be willing to go through an accommodation review which they said was typical when asking for a re-build.

That process includes a review that looks at an area’s facilities and programs and could result in the closure of a school. The process also takes about two years.

“I appreciate the amendment put forward,” said Shea.

“But for me, it’s a ton of money and it wipes out other projects.”

However, the motion also got support from trustees Theresa Kavanagh and Pam

Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald said she had a personal connection to Broadview, since her son attended the school almost 10 years ago.

“There weren’t proper washroom facilities 10 years ago,” she said. “That school 10 years ago was not in good shape. I look at the washrooms then and I couldn’t imagine a student being able to use them.

We have not had a school built in the urban boundaries since 1997, and this school has needed a rebuild for at least that long.”

Seven trustees voted in favour and five voted against, but the motion will be introduced at the school board’s next business services committee meeting.

The school board is required to submit a list of capital priorities to the province

by May 31.

PRIORITIES LIST

The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has identified the following schools as capital priorities to be submitted to the Ministry of Education. The list has not yet been finalized.

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1. New Kanata North ES 2. Mutchmor Public School

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Broadview’s parent council co-chairs Liz Burgess and Claire Todd are fighting for a school-rebuild. for an addition/renewal 3. Carleton Heights Public School renewal 4. Broadview Avenue Public School renewal 5. Devonshire Community Public School renewal 6.

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Brookfield raises more than $8,000 for children fighting cancer Eddie Rwema Eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news - Students and staff at Brookfield High School used pedal power to raise $8,245 for children with cancer.

21 teams each made of six people participated in the Inside Ride event at the school’s gymnasium on April 11, with riders pedaling on stationary bikes to help raise funds to support efforts to find a cure for childhood cancers.

The Inside Ride is a fundraising event dedicated to raising funds to support children and their families living with and beyond childhood cancer.

Grade 12 student Justin Chapados helped organize the event and was excited by how much they had been able to raise.

“I am glad we were able to beat last year’s total which was just more than $8,000” said Chapados.

Teams of six were put together to ride a stationary bicycle for one hour with each team member pedaling for 10 minutes.

“All you needed to participate was to form a team of six and be able to raise a minimum of $300,” said Chapados who has organized the event for the last two years.

The teams dressed in crazy costumes that brought

spirit and excitement to the day while remembering all of those families and youths touched by cancer.

“It is not about getting the most mileage; all we were doing was having fun, at the same time supporting a good cause,” said Chapados.

Many schools position this event as their lead fundraiser for that school term. It is so far the largest fundraiser event at Brookfield.

“It is such a good event and we need to keep it going at Brookfield,” said Chapados.

According to statistics, cancer is the number one disease killing children from six months through to young adulthood and the leading cause of non-accidental death in children.

“If there is something we can do to help fund research to eradicate the disease let’s go for it,” said Rob Laderoute, teacher at Brookfield.

He said the event was a good combination of collecting funds for a noble cause and entertainment.

“I think it is very appropriate for the whole group to be raising money for this cause.

It is going to aid everybody in their lives whether directly or indirectly,” said Laderoute.

By choosing to ride, donate, volunteer, or fundraise, organizers said the event is inclusive and builds a spirit of

community, team spirit, and achievement.

17-year-old Colette Cseke said the event was a great was to raise money.

“It is awesome, I am happy I helped lend a hand,” said Cseke.

All funds raised go toward improving the survival rate and quality of life of children and their families impacted by cancer, specifically to support investigative research that explores treatments for the toughest and most lethal childhood cancers as well as treatments that prevent toxicities or adverse effects in later life.

Students and staff at Brookfield High School put the pedal to the metal, raising money for children with cancer during a fundraiser on April 11.

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Second stormwater pond approved in Riverside South Councillor seeks promise that new ponds will be odour-free Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - With another stormwater pond on the way for growing Riverside South, Coun. Steve Desroches wants to ensure a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rotten eggâ&#x20AC;? odour that plagued another pond isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t repeated.

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The ponds, which are also supposed to function as recreational areas, have become a sore spot for Riverside South residents, who have complained of a strong sulphur smell emanating from the pond since 2009.

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The agreement with the Riverside South Development Corporation for a new pond was delayed until last week on Oct. 25 as city staff tried to find solutions to fix the problem in an existing pond.

During the April 10 planning committee meeting, Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches put city staff on the spot and asked for assurances that odours would not be a prob-

lem at the new pond.

The stench and lengthy process to find a solution have been disappointing and unfortunate, Desroches said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a beautiful pond that people want to enjoy for four seasons of the year,â&#x20AC;? Desroches said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken us unfortunately a few experiments to get a result with the technology we have.â&#x20AC;?

After trying out a few solutions this winter, city staff determined the best fix is a device that sends an electric current through the water to increase the level of dissolved oxygen.

But that reactive solution wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fly when it comes to building new ponds, Desroches said. The delay in approving the new pond was meant to give time for the developer to come up with better plans to prevent odours from developing at all.

City health officials say the pond is so smelly in winter because a naturally occurring sulfate in the pond bottom depletes the oxygen in the water, creating hydrogen sulfide gas. In warmer months this chemical can disperse into the atmosphere unnoticed, but when the pond freezes over the gas canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t escape as easily. This causes the gas to leave in larger amounts from small open water areas, creating a more concentrated rotten egg smell.

The new pond will be constructed north of Spratt Road and east of Limebank Road, in a vacant area where new housing developments will begin to be built over the next couple of years.

The pond is expected to cost $18.5 million to construct. The Riverside South Development Corporation will pay the cost and the city will reimburse the corporation over time.

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The storm water pond behind Dusty Miller Crescent and several other residential streets in Riverside South has emitted a rotten egg smell for several winters, leading Gloucester South-Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches to defer plans to build another pond until the issue is solved.

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“We are knocking down the entire shopping centre except for the Food Basics,” said Philip Currie, vice president of Trinity Development Group.

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“We are relocating the Scotiabank, Pharma Plus and a couple of other smaller tenants inside the mall,” said Currie.

Overall the redevelopment will take about two years, but Currie said it is still early to determine who the tenants of the refurbished mall will be.

“The definitive final shape of the shopping centre and who is the final tenant that still to be determined,” “At this point it is all going to be market driven and will all depend on tenant interest but until it is formalized I am not sure exactly what shape it is going to take and who the tenants would be,” Trinity Development Group is working with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust to redevelop the 200,000-squarefoot mall.

There had been reports that the mall had a vacancy of 40 per cent, which was exacerbated when the 50,000square-foot Convergys facility at one end of the mall closed in 2010.

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She wondered what it is mall owners are going to put in the new shopping centre that will attract more businesses that aren’t there now.

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Betty Larabie walks everyday to the mall to meet and chat with fellow seniors.

“I wake up at nine every day, shower and head to the mall. Now that is not going to happen again,” said Larabie.

She said she doesn’t like the idea of tearing down the mall.

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We are going to have nothing to do now if they tear down.”

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EMC news – About 450 trees will be planted on Sawmill Creek in Heron Park and residents are being urged to come up in big to help out.

City Stream Watch will be partnering with the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation to plant native shrubs along the stream.

A community tree-planting event is planned for April 22, and organizers said the event is a chance for members of the community to get involved in making the city more beautiful and healthy.

Part of the goal of involving the community is to raise awareness for the important of streams to the city and to the communities in which they flow,” said Chelsey Ellis, City Stream Watch co-ordinator .Sawmill Creek is approximately 10-kilometres long and flows north through South Keys and Heron Park before joining the Rideau River at Billings Bridge.

According to Ellis, planting native shrubs and tress along tributaries create an effective

buffer along the streams, filter contaminants, slow stormwater runoff and provide a greater diversity of habitat for fish and other wildlife.

“The more we have people out, the more people … can see the streams and also take ownership for those streams,” said Ellis.

She said the Sawmill Creek stream is one of the very urban creeks in Ottawa, and as an urban watershed, a lot of garbage tends to collect along the banks and in the stream itself which can harm the important fish and wildlife habitat along the creek.

“Some areas have good buffers of trees and shrubs but of course the more urban ones are in need of more help,” she said.

“Some areas are more neglected than others.”

Ellis reached out to surrounding community to come participate in tree planting as well as doing garbage cleanup as part of the Earth Day event that falls on the same day.

“We really need volunteers because we have lots of trees to plant,” she said.

“Once you have been out there and you have planted tress you feel a connection to that stream and to your community.”

All necessary training, equipment and supervision will be provided on-site and there is no cost to volunteers.

Last year, 220 participated in the community tree planting spending 1,575 hours.

“We have a lot of volunteer participation and people really enjoy the events and the day,” said Ellis.

James McLaren, president of the Heron Park Community Association, said members of his community have been participating in the event for a number of years.

“It is part of our commitment as a community,” said McLaren.

He added that the community takes pride in having the stream in their neighbourhood.

“It is a unique element that we have and we take a lot of pride in keeping it clean,” he said.

Planting is also planned at other tributaries in Ottawa.

Steven’s Creek on April 28, Nepean Creek and Bilberry

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Revelling in postseason civic pride

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othing really raises widespread civic pride in large cities like sports.

You see it in the little details strewn throughout the city: small flags are waving atop cars, more pedestrians are sporting red jerseys and sports bars are packed to the gunnels every other night.

The Ottawa Senators evoke a sense of pride among this city’s residents that is unlike any other, swelling during

those springs when the club reaches the playoffs, placing it one step closer to glory.

What often gets lost in the discussions about the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park, the fate of the Ottawa Baseball Stadium or even Eugene Melnyk’s soccer stadium fantasies is that ultimately each of these debates is about a source of civic pride. New or improved professional sporting facilities will increase the number of opportunities

Ottawans have to gather and cheer on their local heroes.

Yes, Ottawa has events like Bluesfest or wonderful museums and galleries like the National Gallery that attract world-renowned performers or exhibitions, but these cultural outlets hardly inspire people to don Van Gogh T-shirts en masse nor spontaneously belt out Tragically Hip lyrics on Elgin Street.

The addition of a Canadian Football League club and a

Class-AA minor league baseball team to the city’s sporting scene would substantially add to the number of opportunities to show off such pride not only in our teams but in our city. October and November need not only mark the start of the latest Senators campaign, it can be another chance to celebrate success. In 2015, a different sort of celebration will grab our attention when the FIFA Women’s World Cup comes to town, offering the

world the chance to see our beautiful city. This will be a rare opportunity afforded by the presence of sport, one that cannot be easily replicated, if it can be at all.

Not only do sporting events bring people out to the stadiums, they also draw people out of their homes to congregate – either with friends and family at other homes or out at restaurants and bars.

With so many opportunities to interact with people via social

media, the communal nature of watching a sporting event drags people out of their own living room like nothing else.

This can only be a good thing for Ottawa.

There are pitfalls to hosting high profile sporting events – will people come out to watch? – and to professional sports clubs, as many longtime residents of this city are well aware. But as we’re reminded with the Senators, who missed the playoffs last season, it is far better to be in the game than it is to be sitting on the sidelines and a stadium represents much more than a bunch of bricks and mortar, steel and concrete.

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he Toronto Maple Leafs, ever the innovators, have come up with an idea that may be widely imitated, not only in sports but across the entire range of human activity. Obviously, this has nothing to do with anything that happens on the ice.

Rather it relates to the innovative way that Leafs management dealt with the terrible season just concluded. Management, in the person of Larry Tannenbaum, chairman of the board, took out full page ads in Toronto newspapers to publish a letter of apology to fans of the hockey team.

“We have fallen short of everyone’s expectations, and for that we are sorry,” the open letter says. “We take full responsibility for how this team performs on the ice, and we make no excuses. The way this year ended was unacceptable.”

It is a shame that the letter was not published in Ottawa editions, because it would have been fun for Senators fans to read.

The letter goes on in an interesting way, by suggesting that the horrible season was not really anyone’s fault, or certainly not management’s: “Ownership believes in the plan for the Maple Leafs,” the letter says, adding “passion, hard work and accountability will always be the hallmarks of our organization.”

So the plan was good and everybody worked hard and was accountable and passionate.

Somehow it didn’t work out.

“The Toronto Maple Leafs are privileged to have such passionate and loyal fans. We do not take that for granted. Our entire organization

wants nothing more than to deliver a team that makes you proud.”

Better minds than ours can analyze the hockey aspects of all this. What is of interest here is the concept of public apology and its possible future uses.

Might it not, for example, aid Ottawa city council in its city planning efforts to take out the occasional full-page ad to explain why your neighbourhood suddenly looks like hell: “Ottawa city council wants nothing more than to deliver a neighbourhood that makes you proud. We believe in the plan for your neighbourhood. However, the 27-storey building that replaced the corner store falls short of everyone’s expectations, although it exceeds the developer’s.”

The hospitals might drop us a line every once in a while: “The Ottawa Hospital is passionate about providing ample parking for visitors and inpatients, with the exception of on the street and in our parking garage which is always full and very expensive when it is not. We have fallen short of expectations but we believe in our plan and make no excuses and remind you to leave an hour early for appointments just in case.”

You can see how useful this device can be.

As an interesting side-effect, all those full-page ads would do wonders for the ailing newspaper industry. It’s a win-win, really.

And there is also no reason why individuals could not take advantage as well.

“As an individual I am passionate about cleaning up after my dog and I believe in my plan for doing so. However, my dog recently fell short of everyone’s expectations, and for that we, Rover and I, are sorry. The mess in the park was unacceptable, but we are committed to delivering grass that you can walk on.”

But it’s unreasonable to expect an ordinary citizen to take out a full-page ad. Something smaller would do for such offences as not letting you in on the Queensway or crunching your popcorn bag too loudly in the multiplex.

The community just needs to know that you are genuinely sorry, and also passionate.

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Family dinner returns at Robert Bateman PS Twenty-first year for school community gathering Eddie Rwema Eddie.rwema@metroland.com

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Robert Bateman Public School is finalizing plans for the school’s annual family dinner to take place on April 25.

EMC news – Robert Bateman Public School is busy finalizing plans for the school’s annual family dinner that takes place on April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The event serves to bring together children, parents and staff of Robert Bateman.

“It brings all the school together,” said Karen Landheer, school’s vice principal.

The event has been running since the school first opened 21 years ago.

Parents are asked to bring enough food for their family plus four other people.

“It is a nice way to celebrate,” said Landheer.

She said, the event has been a success in the past and hopes this year won’t be any different.

“At the end of the event there is hardly any food left,” said Landheer.

This year, the school is expecting about 300 people to attend.

“It is great seeing all those variety of different foods.”

Hwy. 417 expansion study OK’d by province Environmental assessment will cover the area between Trim Road and Rockland Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

EMC news - The province announced it will fund an additional study area for the Highway 174 widening to the tune of $1 million. Ontario will help the city expand the study to include the widening of the road from two to four lanes between Trim Road and Rockland.

“This is the right decision,” said Grant Crack, MPP for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.

“It will make the commute easier and safer, and ease congestion.”

Commuters east of Trim Road face one of the worst downtown commutes, both long and unpredictable.

“This will be a tremendous improvement for the people,” said Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Transportation Bob Chiarelli.

The city had approved an environmental assessment to widen Highway 174 last year, which the province was already contributing $5 million towards.

However, that study only looked at the lanes between the split and Trim Road, expanding to six lanes from four.

“Today’s announcement will accelerate that work,” said Coun. Stephen Blais.

“By reducing commute times, Orleans and Cumberland residents will be able to spend more time with their families instead of idling in congestion.”

The assessment will also examine an additional coverage area, past Trim Road, and the possibility of an interchange at Trim Road and Highway 174.

“Every dollar invested in this highway infrastructure represents not only creation of jobs in this economy, but a better quality of life for citizens, particularly in the east end,” said Chiarelli.

Ottawa-Orleans MPP Phil McNeely said that the highway is currently the only route to work for many living in Alfred, Cumberland, Rockland and Orleans.

“So I’m pleased that this environmental assessment includes this important section of Ottawa,” he said. “As with all environmental assessments this will consider all options and have to consider future transportation facilities, probably including the bridge from Quebec eventually and an extension of the light rail from Blair to Trim.”

The study is expected to take two years to complete.

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OC Transpo contract signals ‘new era of co-operation’: Transit commission chair Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - A new era of co-operation between the City of Ottawa and its transit union was heralded by city officials on April 11, as the union and members of council both voted in support of a new fouryear deal.

About 80 per cent of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 members voted 85 per cent in favour of the deal on April 10 and 11, followed by a unanimous city council vote on April 11.

The contract will see transit workers’ wages go up a total of 8.25 per cent over the term of the contract, along with other provisions that made the union happy, including creating a staff working group to address scheduling issues, bringing work back to the Merivale garage and relaxing uniform requirements.

The deal will save the city money in benefit payouts, Mayor Jim Watson said, but it will end up costing the city a total of $7.5 million over the four years. Most of that cost comes from the wage increases, noted transit commission chairwoman Diane Deans.

Still, it’s a good deal for taxpayers, the mayor said.

“This will ensure reliable,

affordable and sustainable transit service for the next four years,” Watson said.

“This signals a new era of co-operation,” Deans said.

“For the next four years, riders can rest assured there will be no interruption of transit service.”

But even more important, this contract sets the stage for a new, hands-on collaborative approach to labour negotiations. Watson also applauded new OC Transpo general manager John Manconi for bringing “a new sense of optimism” to the bargaining table.

Councillors unanimously approved the contract, but not before hearing a lengthy presentation from city lawyer David White who gave council a lengthy history of the city’s sour relationship with the transit union.

That relationship went south in the winter of 200809, when OC Transpo buses stopped running during a 53day transit strike.

“It’s clear that in the years following that strike, there was some residual anger and some residual mistrust,” White said.

The new council was elected in 2010 and created a transit commission, which was

EMC news - Ontario is taking action to protect its most vulnerable seniors living in retirement homes and ensure families have peace of mind that their loved ones are able to live with dignity and respect.

Starting next week, the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority will require all retirement homes to apply for a licence in order to operate in Ontario. Greater protections for seniors will include: • A residents’ bill of rights, which must be posted in every licensed retirement home.

• Retirement home operators’ duty to protect residents from abuse and neglect .

• Staff training on abuse, fire prevention and safety and whistle blowing protections.

All licence applications must be submitted by July 3.

In order to allow retirement homes time to comply with the new regulations, further protections for seniors will come into force in phases up to Jan. 1, 2014.

“Our seniors, who worked hard all their lives to make Ontario the great place it is today, have earned the right to be treated with dignity and respect in their retirement homes,” said Minister Responsible for Seniors Linda Jeffrey.

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Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 members voted 85 per cent in favour of a new OC Transpo contract on April 10 and 11, followed by a unanimous city council vote on April 11. followed by a “watershed moment” of the city and the ATU coming to an agreement on a one-year contract extension.

That contract extension

lasted until March 30, 2012, and the new tentative agreement was reached just before that extension was up – the first time in 23 years that was

accomplished.

“That fact alone speaks to the drive on both bargaining teams to find a win-win position.”

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The main tower of an under-construction pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Airport Parkway, seen here last November, has been deemed deficient and will be demolished.

Troubled bridge to be demolished Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A contractor will have to tear down and rebuild a troubled, long-delayed pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south end.

River Coun. Maria McRae sent an email to city councillors on April 13 informing them that city staff and the contractor, Louis W. Bray Construction Ltd., agreed that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;most expedient solutionâ&#x20AC;? would be to tear down the existing main tower, which is a curved, A-frame support with a circle cut out to echo the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logo.

The bridge was supposed to be open for pedestrians and cyclists to travel from Cahill Drive West and the South Keys plaza last fall, with final landscaping touches planned for this spring.

Instead, the main com-

ponent of the project will be demolished and restarted from scratch, the councillor said. An updated construction timeline wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be available until the week of April 23, McRae wrote in her email to councillors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The disappointment factor is huge,â&#x20AC;? she said in an interview.

Still, if the construction was deficient, in the long term itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better that it will be torn down and reconstructed, McRae said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I would have wondered forever,â&#x20AC;? McRae said, referring to the safety of the bridge had the contractor tried to patch it up instead of rebuild it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal that this bridge will be built to the highest possible standards,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Construction delays led to speculation about problems

with the bridge last fall.

In November, Hunt Club Community Association president John Sankey, a retired engineer, questioned whether the delays were a sign of bigger problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was rather obvious about a month ago that there was a serious problem discovered with the tower. Work instantly stopped,â&#x20AC;? Sankey said in November 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m suspicious as to what the problem might be, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious there may be a major design problem with the tower.â&#x20AC;?

At the time, City of Ottawa project manager Jeffrey Waara said the delays came from prolonged design discussions with the rebar manufacturers, who supply the all-important support structures that keep the bridge upright. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very complicated structure. The manufacturing

of the rebar has taken longer than anticipated. There have been a lot of technical solutions to look at,â&#x20AC;? he said in November.

Since the bridge is intended to be a gateway feature welcoming visitors who arrive at the Ottawa International Airport, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also important to ensure the bridge looks good, McRae added, although safety is paramount.

City staff will be going the contractorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;vicious, fine-toothed combâ&#x20AC;? to ensure the city is protected financially, McRae said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position and expectation that this bridge will be completed within the Council approved budget envelope,â&#x20AC;? McRae wrote to councillors.

The project was slated to cost $5 million.

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IMPORTANT AREAS FOR INVESTMENT s 0ARENTS SAID THAT hSPECIAL EDUCATIONv IS CRITICAL FOR some of our most vulnerable students. Parents worry that specialized classes are being cut, and that long waiting lists are hurting their children.

Parents at Clifford Bowey thanked the Board for investments in that school, and stressed that the summer learning program must be included in this and all future budgets. h/UR CHILDREN NEED STRUCTURE CONSISTENCY STABILITY

routine. Being out of school for a long period of time leads them to regress instead of progress. They too DESERVE THE RIGHT TO EQUITY IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE v s -ONEY IS NEEDED FOR RENEWAL OF EXISTING OLDER schools, such as Carleton Heights and W.E. Gowling.

Participants worry there is a bias to build new schools in suburbs rather than protecting older schools in inner city areas. There needs to be more balance. And participants worry about further pressures as full day KINDERGARTEN CONTINUES TO EXPAND s 4RANSPORTATION AND BUSING CRIES FOR NEW INVESTMENT for regular school routing and educational ďŹ eld trips.

There are unfair differences between the Catholic Board and OCDSB. Our Board must continue to work hard to change this. s 7E MUST INVEST IN STUDENT WELL BEING AND LEARNING Taken together, they result in student success. Wellbeing is sometimes taken for granted, but should not be. Participants said that while more needs to be done, OCDSB has a reputation for being an inclusive, accepting environment. s 0ARTICIPANTS SAID THAT PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY engagement is very important. We should build more partnerships with business, community organizations and other groups. Participants like the idea of community hubs in schools or other organizations, and want us welcome and engage the -OSLEM COMMUNITY AND OTHER IMMIGRANT GROUPS IDEAS FOR SAVING MONEY s 0ARENTS SUGGESTED THAT "OARDS SHOULD BE amalgamated. This could mean savings in overall administration. s 0ARTICIPANTS WERE DIVIDED ON WHETHER /NTARIO S intention to freeze wages and cut beneďŹ ts of educators is the right way to save money. Some said that this was a better than job cuts in the federal public sector. Others worried that freezing salaries could affect educatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; morale, and this could hurt students. s -ONEY CAN BE SAVED IN TRANSPORTATION &OR EXAMPLE

one school uses 30 vans that are not the safest way to transport special needs students. A less costly and more environmentally friendly option could be larger school buses. s )N SOME SCHOOLS WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE IT IS not used enough or is not the right technology for that school. In other schools, teachers and students have to line up to use the limited technology that is available. We need the right equipment, with the right training, to make technology work.

If you were not able to attend the meeting, you can still have your say. Please contact me at shirley.seward@ ocdsb.ca For further details about the April budget meeting, and my other activities on your behalf, please go to www.shirleyseward.ca G%%&&(*,'*-"%)&.

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Ottawa Community Housing and ACORN work together in Caldwell Kristy Strauss kristy.strauss@metroland.com

EMC community - Nathalie Cledanor is a single mother of a nine-year-old girl. She lives in Carlington and is tired of seeing needles and garbage strewn across the neighbourhood and having no lighting where her daughter plays.

“I want a safe neighbourhood for our children,” said Cledanor, 28, who was part of an Ottawa ACORN event on April 12 that saw group members and Ottawa Community Housing staff working together to clean up a park on Caldwell Avenue.

Cledanor said she moved from Ottawa’s east end to the Caldwell neighbourhood because she was told there were lots of children in the area and it was a good neighbourhood.

“I was told it was a good neighbourhood because there’s playgrounds, a community centre, and a lot of children,” she said. “When I’m in my apartment, I feel safe, but not when I’m outside. It’s not fair for people to be trapped in their house.”

Jo-Anne Poirier, chief executive of Ottawa Community Housing, said her group has a good partnership with ACORN

and that the housing corporation is committed to addressing residents’ concerns.

“What’s important is to work collaboratively,” Poirier said, adding she was also going to do a walkabout of the neighbourhood to see what other problems need to be addressed.

Ottawa ACORN approached Ottawa Community Housing earlier in the week with the concerns, she said, adding community housing wants to work with ACORN because the two organizations have a relationship.

“Many ACORN members

are our tenants and it’s very important we work together,” she said.

“The more engaged our tenants and residents are, the safer and healthier community we’ll have.”

Cledanor said it’s important to her that ACORN members speak up now about issues like lighting, needles and garbage.

“These kids are the future citizens of Ottawa,” she said.

“There are also people who have lived here for 20 years and want to see change, but they’re too scared to speak out. We should support those people.”

Ottawa ACORN members cleaned up at a Caldwell Avenue Park in Carlington on April 12.

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EMC news - An Ottawabased clean water charity is calling on residents to contribute to their latest campaign and help raise money towards providing clean and safe water for people in Africa.

The fifth annual Walk for Water campaign, organized

by Aveda Canada, helps local charities like WaterCan host the walking campaign. Fourteen cities across Canada will be participating in the nation-

ally organized campaign along with the local charity.

The Walk for Water features a six kilometre walk, with all proceeds raised to benefit WaterCanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work to provide clean water and sanitation in eastern Africa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ottawa has safe drinking water,â&#x20AC;? said Lisa Irvine, spokeswoman for Aveda Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We turn on the tap and know our water is safe. Our walk aims to give safe drinking water to some of the one in 10 people around the world who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have clean drinking

water.â&#x20AC;?

The length of the walk is symbolic of the six kilometres women and children in Africa walk on average each day to collect water.

Deborah Chapman from WaterCan said participants in the Ottawa walk will accompanied by African drumming provided by Dr. Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Percussion.

According to Aveda, more than 780 million people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, a further 2.5 billion lack access to basic sanitation

and more than 4,100 children under the age of five die every day from diarrhea due to dirty water and poor sanitation.

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EMC news - In the face of ever-increasing infill, the Old Ottawa South Community Association has put its foot down on the issue of a rooftop patio.

Community association board member Brendan McCoy said the group was OK with intensification, but the loss of privacy for neighbours due to the rooftop patio became a line in the sand.

But the argument wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to sway the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning committee from approving the six-unit apartment building at 337 Sunnyside Ave. during an April 10 meeting.

The three-storey building will replace a home and a vacant lot, creating homes for about six families where only one lives now. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in line with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensification policy, argued city planners, and councillors on the committee agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to increase population density without changing the character of the neighbourhood,â&#x20AC;? said Capital Coun.

David Chernushenko. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplishing many of our infill objectives.â&#x20AC;?

While the community association did have concerns about the mass and height of the building (although that height would have still been allowed under the existing zoning), McCoy said the group was willing to support the project if the rooftop patio was removed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not in keeping with the neighbourhood,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that the rest of the streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes have amenity space on the ground in a more traditional format: front and back yards.

The proposed apartment building would fill much of the site, leaving little room for a yard on any side.

That frustrated a few other neighbours, who argued to the planning committee that reducing the setbacks would negatively impact their enjoyment of their homes and reduce their privacy.

But the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architect, Vincent Colizza, argued that every effort had been made to ensure the patio would not affect neighboursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; privacy.

He designed a landscape buffer at the roofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge so that people wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to go right to the edge and look into neighbouring homes or yards. Shrubs and plants will also block their view of neighbouring yards, he said.

McCoy lamented one-off rezonings that he said are changing the character of neighbourhoods like Old Ottawa South and called on the planning committee to order a community design plan be completed for the area.

Planning committee chairman Peter Hume said he was surprised to hear that request because CDPs are intended to promote and shape rapid growth in a community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not limit growth or change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be saying is, this is an area we expect a lot of redevelopment to occur at might higher densities,â&#x20AC;?

Hume said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a little surprised at that.â&#x20AC;?

McCoy agreed that while the community is already grappling with a lot of infill, a CDP might not be the best approach. Instead, he looked towards the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval of the new infill design guidelines during the same meeting as a positive step.

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Great Canadian Theatre Company launches 38th season Actors perform excerpts of the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s lineup for the 2012/13 season Kristy Strauss kristy.strauss@metroland.com

EMC entertainment - Comedy and laughter will ring in the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s 38th season starting this September.

The 2012-2013 season lineup was announced at the theatre on April 11, where artistic director Lise Ann Johnson spoke about the productions the theatre has in store for audiences this season.

“It’s a season rich with heart and humour,” said Johnson. “(They’re plays about) fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friendship, people following their dreams and passions.”

The first play of the season, which will start Sept. 11, is The Secret Mask a play about an estranged son and father reconnecting after the father suffers a stroke. The production was written by Winnipeg-based Rick Chafe, who said the play is semi-autobiographical.

Chafe’s own father suffered a stroke in 2003, so the writer based the play on this experience.

“Rick is a really skilful comic writer who takes serious subject matter and makes it warm and humourous,” Johnson said.

The second play is Fly Me to the Moon, which runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 18. It’s a pro1993

duction about two caregivers looking after an elderly man who dies of natural causes.

Created by Belfast’s Marie Jones, it’s the Canadian premiere of the show which is described as a black comedy.

“This is one of those pieces that made me laugh out loud,” said Johnson, adding that the nurses face a moral conundrum when their dead patient’s pension cheque comes in the same day.

Jones, who connected with the event via Skype from Northern Ireland, said that the production went “brilliantly” in Belfast.

“So many people can recognize these two women, who are thrown into an extraordinary situation,” said Jones.

From Nov. 27 to Dec. 16, the theatre will bring back a play they featured 14 seasons ago: Number 14 – a comedy about a bus in Vancouver.

“It’s Vancouver’s funniest bus, and it’s fun for the whole family,” said Johnson. “It’s the most enjoyable evening at the theatre I’ve ever experienced.

The performers use slapstick, acrobatics and they create a slice of urban life.”

Johnson said the theatre had great success last holiday season when it featured A Fool’s Tale.

“We thought it was a perfect show to put in a holiday spot,” Johnson said.

After the holiday season will be Blue Box, which Johnson said returns to the theatre from the Undercurrents Festival.

Written by Carmen Aguirre, the play about an underground revolutionary in Chile who also has a love affair with a Hollywood movie star.

“It’s a fascinating series of interconnected stories,” said Johnson. “She weaves them

together and it’s a miraculous story of being followed by secret police to Argentina, to an obsessive love affair with a star in Los Angeles.”

The GCTC’s fifth show will partner with the National Arts Centre English theatre for the production of The Edward Curtis Project, about a Metis reporter who experiences the death of three aboriginal children. It coincides with the story of Edward Curtis, an American photographer who worked in the early 1900s and took more than 40,000 photos of 80 aboriginal tribes.

“It was a massive project, and one that Edward Curtis was dedicated to,” said Johnson. “He felt he was documenting a race that was vanishing.”

The show, written and directed by Marie Clements and runs from April 2 to 21, will also feature a photo exhibit.

“The play and exhibit are both investigative of the false notion of a disappearing race,” Johnson said. “It’s a really moving piece.”

The final show of the 2012-13 season will be Like Wolves, a story about a couple celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary when the husband, Sam, has a heart attack. While he’s in the hospital getting treated his wife, Rosa, is accompanied by her two daughters who aren’t doing much to help the situation.

“Everyone conspires against (Rosa),” said Johnson.

“It’s a charming play by a fantastic playwright that asks questions in a comic way.”

The theatre will also hold its third annual Undercurrents festival between Feb. 5 and 17, with programming to be announced this fall.

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EMC news – “I come in from the balcony.

For a moment I want to have the cat’s ability to wait Until things turn around But the cat has no choice.

Sometimes neither do I.” - exert from “The Balance”

by Bev Cummings Every two weeks for the past four years, the Moods Expressed art group has met to talk about their work, plan shows, and give each other creative feedback.

Despite another common link – the group is run through the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), and all members must have serious mental health issues to join – the art remains the focus.

A CMHA client had the idea and vocational support specialist Christine Gagné ran with it, forming the group in 2008.

“People who have mental illness can be as artistic as someone who isn’t,” Gagné said. The first show was held at the CMHA office in April 2008, and resulted in $1,000 of sales, an encouraging result for the artists.

“That sparked their happiness and self-esteem,” Gagné said.

Since then, they have been in a wide variety of shows, including an entrepreneurship and art event, and the psychosocial rehabilitation conference.

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From left, Bev Cummings, poet and author of A Good Death, Curtis Shaw, origami artist, and Christine Gagné, vocational support specialist at the Canadian Mental Health Association. to express themselves,” said group member Curtis Shaw.

Shaw is a west Ottawa origami artist, who individually paints squares of paper using a variety of brush techniques, before intricately folding the squares into cranes, flowers or a variety of other forms.

He’s been able to create income from his origami art, selling paper crane earrings.

“I always wanted to be the origami guy,” he said. “This has really helped me become some what of a business person.”

Bev Cummings is a Centretown poet, who credits the group and CMHA with helping her self-publish her book of poetry, titled A Good Death.

Gagné has helped many of the artists share their art, through self-publishing or finding areas to display work artists in the group produce.

“I find it inspiring that people with the group don’t say no to being attached to the CMHA,” Cummings said.

While the group doesn’t discuss their mental issues, it’s a supportive environment in the way it’s facilitated.

If someone can’t make a meeting because of a rough day, or is late for a show, no one complains.

“You don’t have to be at every meeting because it’s kind of the nature of the beast,” Cummings said.

The artists have created a branding, including Moods Expressed business cards and postcards to help promote their place in the artistic community. They follow a wide variety of art forms, including wood carving, painting, photography and writing.

“This provides an equal place in that community. That’s been the main struggle, to have equal access,” Gagné said. “That’s where I come in a lot.”

The Moods Expressed group now has a show at the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre until the end of April.

More information is available online at www.moods expressed.com.

EMC entertainment - Last year, the Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa launched the Buddy Up campaign, with a goal to raise $100,000.

They fell short by $60,000, leading one of their big brothers to seek out the extra money.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a charitable organization that matches up volunteer mentors with a younger “brother or sister”; a youth who may not have a same-sex role model in their lives.

Jason Myerson, who grew up in Orleans but now lives in downtown Ottawa, has been a big brother for years, and has seen the impact it’s made on his little brother.

He decided to launch a campaign called Climb4Kids, the main June event at the Coyote Rock Gym. Climb4Kids has hosted a variety of events in the lead up to the climbing event, and is holding what may be their biggest fundraiser on April 28 at 8 p.m. at the Ottawa Little Theatre at 400 King Edward Ave. Mark Chippa and his 11piece big band will perform a variety of music, with a combination of pop and swing style music.

“This could potentially be our biggest fundraiser,”

Myerson said. “If we can fill the house, we could raise $10,000.”

After venue and band costs, 100 per cent of the $35 ticket sales will be donated to the Climb4Kids campaign for Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with the roughly two hour show beginning at 8 pm. The event will also feature a cash bar.

Tickets are available by calling 613-223-8948 or by visiting the Ottawa Little Theatre Website at www.ottawalittletheatre.com.

More information about Climb4Kids can be found at www.climb4kidsottawa.com.

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Mark Chippa and his 11 piece big band will perform for a Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser on April 28 at the Ottawa Little Theatre.

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Recognizing Volunteers at Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Societies National Volunteer Week time to support children, youth and families involved with child welfare their families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volunteers at Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s child welfare agencies make an enormous difference to the lives of children and youth by being there for them and for their families,â&#x20AC;? said OACAS executive director Mary Ballantyne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More than 5,600 volunteers help by being there for children and youth as tu-

â&#x20AC;˘ Volunteers gave more than 600,000 hours of their time.

Volunteers have a wide range of skills and ďŹ ll roles in various capacities at agencies.

Some volunteers offer skills that can be used in working directly with children and youth, others offer their expertise to provide leadership and guidance to their local Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Society as members of the board of directors, working with the administrators of the agency. If you are interested in supporting the work of your local Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid, contact them to learn more or for more

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Since 1912, OACAS has represented Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Societies in Ontario and provided service in the areas of government relations, communications, information management, education and training to advocate for the protection and well-being of children. In 2012, OACAS is honouring, reďŹ&#x201A;ecting upon, and celebrating 100 years of service to child welfare in Ontario.

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volunteers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volunteers have always played an integral role in caring for and supporting children, youth and families, and we really appreciate their contributions,â&#x20AC;? added Ballantyne.

Today, volunteers make valuable contributions which allow agencies to provide enriched services to children, youth and their families.

The stats show: â&#x20AC;˘ 5,608 volunteers gave their time to agencies. â&#x20AC;˘ More than 25 million kilometres were driven by volunteers.

tors or special friends; by helping families by being a parent aide or support during visits; by driving children and youth to activities, appointments and visits; and by supporting the work of their local Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid by being an involved community member or board member.â&#x20AC;?

As the OACAS honours and celebrates 100 years of service to child welfare in Ontario, the role of volunteers in history and today is also recognized.

Up until the 1920s, much of the work of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Societies was carried out by

Gonchar relishes playoff run with Senators

By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com This is why Sergei Gonchar came to Ottawa.

For the veteran blueliner, it is all about the Stanley Cup playoffs and the opportunity to chase after the most treasured prize in the game. And that opportunity with his current team has finally arrived with the Senators’ current matchup with the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals.

“Playoffs is always exciting,” said the 37-yearold native of Chelyabinsk, Russia. “You have a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup, which is probably the highest prize in the world. Playing in the best league, you have a chance to compete for it and it’s special. We’re going to have all (our) fans behind us, so it’s going to be something.”

It is the “something” that Gonchar had in mind when he signed a three-year contract with the Senators as a free agent two summers ago.

In the spring of 2010, his Pittsburgh Penguins survived a hard-fought Defenceman Sergei Gonchar, a veteran of three Stanley Cup finals and a champion in opening-round series 2009, welcomes his first opportunity to skate in the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Ottawa against the Senators — it Senators (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images). went six games, including a triple-overtime win by pieces short of being a true Ottawa in Game 5 — and Stanley Cup contender.

But Gonchar hardly Gonchar saw an opponent He felt he could be one of imagined the free fall the he believed was just a few those pieces.

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last season. Their playoffs hopes were dead by January and within the next month, half a dozen veterans were unloaded, signalling the start of a rebuild for the future.

The Stanley Cup playoffs seemed to be little more than a pipe dream this season.

No wonder, then, that Gonchar talks with such enthusiasm about getting his 12th chance to chase hockey’s Holy Grail.

He’s played in three Cup finals, winning it all with the Penguins in 2009.

And while facing the Eastern Conference’s top seed is daunting — with 109 points, the Blueshirts were 17 better than the eighth-place Senators in the standings — the opportunity is still there to weave some post-season magic.

“It’s a huge difference,” Gonchar said of the Senators’ surprising rebound season. “Last year, I signed (in Ottawa) and I didn’t expect to have what we had. But the good thing is, it’s behind us and now I’m looking forward to the playoffs.

We’ve been much better this year and I’m looking forward to the playoffs and I’m hoping it’s going to be even better there.”

carrying little in the way of expectations — most pre-season predictions had them finishing at or near the bottom of the conference — Gonchar said the team didn’t see it that way.

While entered

“(MacLean) is a big part of it,” said Gonchar.

“He changed the system, he changed the attitude in the locker room, so I think he’s a really big part of it.

If you look at it, he had been with an organization (the Detroit Red Wings, as an assistant coach) that has been successful. It was an organization that had won a few times with him (there).

the Senators the season

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NEW YORK RANGERS Monday, April 23, Time TBD, CBC Playoff excitement is back at Scotiabank Place for the first time in two years, with the Senators facing off against the New York Rangers in a bestof-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series. It’s the first time the two teams have ever met in the Stanley Cup playoffs in modern franchise history.

The leaders: Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson is the greatest player in modern franchise history and the team’s unquestioned leader, while Ryan Callahan’s hardnosed style makes him a gritty captain for the Blueshirts.

Up front: Keep your eyes on the Blueshirts’ Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards, a former Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP. With 84 points, the Senators’ Jason

Spezza ranked fourth in league scoring, while Milan Michalek notched a career-best 35 goals.

On the blue line: It’s the unstoppable force vs. the immovable object, as the Senators’ Erik Karlsson, who topped all NHL defencemen with 78 points this season, tries to navigate the wall put up by Dan Girardi, one of the league’s most effective shot blockers.

In the crease: Look for a duel between two top-flight netminders. The Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist is a prime candidate to win the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender, while Craig Anderson’s stellar play between the pipes was a big reason the Senators landed a playoff spot.

Captain Ryan Callahan provides a gritty brand of leadership for the New York Rangers. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images).

x-New York Rangers at Ottawa Senators: Monday, April 23, TBD (CBC) (x- if necessary)

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“When you’re playing in the NHL, you have 20 guys that make each other pretty competitive,” he said. “We all want to prove something. When you have a season like we had last year, you want to come back and you want to be better. You want to prove it, not only to the people on the outside, but to yourselves as a group, that we can be better.”

When Senators head coach Paul MacLean talks about the veteran core he relied so heavily upon in building this team, he includes Gonchar among that group. He’s been a willing mentor to such young blueliners as Erik Karlsson and Jared Cowen, while contributing 37 points (5-32) to the Ottawa attack. But Gonchar, in turn, is quick to credit the man behind the bench with being perhaps the biggest reason why the Senators find themselves where they are today.

“Having that experience and being there gives you the ability to change things. You know what you need to do, you know how it’s supposed to be done and I think he’s done it. He’s a very big part of (our success).”

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Rideau Street reconstruction plans shown at April 26 meeting LED streetlights a first for Ottawa Laura Mueller

street and a random scattering of light fixtures, planters and fire hydrants turns the sidewalk into a maze that slows down crowds of pedestrians.

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EMC news - Lowertown and Sandy Hill residents will have a chance to see how the reconstruction of Rideau Street over the next two years will affect them at an upcoming open house.

The finalized plans for Rideau Street between Dalhousie and Chapel streets will be shown at Le Patro Community Centre (located at 40 Cobourg St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 26.

That portion of the street will be reconstructed this summer starting in July, but the meeting will also include information about preliminary designs for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction phase of Rideau Street from Chapel to the Cummings Bridge.

The plan for the street is to make it more consistent, said Coun. Mathieu Fleury. Right now, the width of traffic lanes and sidewalks varies along the

SIDEWALKS LESS CLUTTERED

When the street is rebuilt, most of the sidewalks will be in the 3.5-metre wide range, which is largely consistent with whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there now, said Randy Dempsey, transportation engineer for the project.

The eastbound right-turn lane at Cumberland will be removed and turned into additional sidewalk space and the hydro wires on the south side of Rideau between King Edward and Wurtemburg will be buried. The number of trees along Rideau will stay about the same, Dempsey said.

But Fleury insisted the sidewalks, while not physically wider in many spots, will still offer more usable space for pedestrians because of better organization of â&#x20AC;&#x153;street furnitureâ&#x20AC;? such as granite block benches, garbage cans and street lights.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is (an improvement).

People are looking at the width of the curbside to the wall,â&#x20AC;? Fleury said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think based on the burial of the wires and the assembly of the street furniture, the useable space is better. In spots you have wider sidewalks and in spots you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But what you do is you gain because of the removal of the planters and â&#x20AC;Ś better organized of street furniture.

It will make better, logical sense and it will be more enjoyable to walk along Rideau Street.â&#x20AC;?

Sidewalks will get wider over time as properties along Rideau are redeveloped and the city can reclaim its road allowance to be used as sidewalk, Fleury said, similar to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened at the Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drug Mart and condos being built along the street.

Walkers will also benefit from clearly marked pedestrian crossings and sidewalk â&#x20AC;&#x153;bulb outsâ&#x20AC;? at most of the intersections east of King Edward Avenue to shorten crossing distances.

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Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, right, and his assistant Mat Genest review plans for the reconstruction of Rideau Street.

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The street lights themselves are an experiment for Ottawa, Dempsey said. The city will be installing LED streetlights that emit a whiter light, making it easier to view and identify faces. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Ottawa police are in favour of in the area, he added.

March Aubin, president of the Lowertown community association, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see the heritage-look street lamps re-used in addition to the new lights.

Fleuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant Mat Genest said they are looking for options to include the heritage streetlights in other areas in the ByWard Market, such as the new William Street mall, or the Besserer

Park, which is scheduled to get a more permanent bike and pedestrian path where there is currently a worn in dirt cut-through.

Also for cyclists, there will be a marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;sharrowâ&#x20AC;? lane with arrow markings in a wide lane along the length of Rideau to indicate the space should be shared between vehicles and bicycles. The sharrow lane will be the outside curb lane, but Dempsey said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not yet finalized whether the arrow markings will be along the curb or on the left side of the bus lane, between buses and cars.

That would be an improvement, Fleury said, because it would show consistent markings for where cyclists should travel. Right now, there are occasional markings indicat-

ing that vehicles and bikes should share the centre travel lane.

Another cycling win will be the introduction of a southbound counter-flow bike lane on Cumberland Street to give cyclists a route to leave the ByWard Market and get to Sandy Hill.

Another challenge was the request from a few community members to remove the eastbound left turning lane onto Nelson Street. It simply couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be done from a transportation engineering perspective due to potential backups at King Edward, Dempsey said.

Aubin wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy with that explanation, saying that the city seems to come up with any excuse to prioritize cars over pedestrians.

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Comment wanted for Rideau drinking water policy Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is looking for feedback on a drinking water protection plan it has drafted with the Mississippi Conservation Authority.

Until May 4, residents from across Rideau-Goulbourn, Kemptville, Almonte and Carleton Place can comment on the policy that aims to keep contaminants out of rivers and groundwater where they are a source of municipal drinking water.

The draft policy is mandated by the provincial Clean Water Act of 2006, which calls for a water source protection

plan for each region in the province. Local source protection committees, typically spearheaded by the regional conservation authorities, have been created across Ontario and must submit their protection plans to the province by August 2012.

The Mississippi-Rideau committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft policy would require area municipalities from Kemptville to Almonte and all the way to urban Ottawa to enforce stricter standards for 21 activities that could potentially contaminate drinking water, such as fuel storage, using septic systems, applying pesticides, fertilizer and other chemicals, and other industrial and agricultural

activities.

Project manager Sommer Casgrain-Robertson said the most common activities near municipal wells in the Mississippi-Rideau area include use and storage of home heating oil, a variety of agricultural practices and septic system use.

A statement asking for feedback said the plan will include a number of voluntary and mandatory policies that â&#x20AC;&#x153;encourage good stewardship, require additional oversight or risk reduction measures where necessary and prohibit certain activities from being established in the future.â&#x20AC;?

Most of the policies would be enforced by municipali-

ties.

The statement noted as well that some provincial funding and grants are available through the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship until the end of 2012 for residents and businesses who want to proactively address issues.

Municipalities are expected to begin implementing some aspects of the plan in 2013.

The committee will host three open houses in April to explain the draft policy for affected residents. The first will take place at the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority headquarters in Manotick on April 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. On April 24 residents can visit Carleton Place Arena from 4 to 8 p.m.

and on April 26 they can head to the Smiths Falls Memorial Centre at the same time.

The committee has been working closely with the Raisin-South Nation committee, which is creating a similar policy for the eastern Ottawa region from Greely all the way to the St. Lawrence basin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The general intent is the same, especially on activities and threats that are in their area and our area,â&#x20AC;? said Raisin-South Nation water resources engineer Phil Barnes.

That was the city of Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main concern. Since the city straddles two source protection plan areas, staff want to make sure the two policies are very similar to make im-

plementation easier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our concern...is how the plans are meshed together so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have different policies for the west and the east,â&#x20AC;? said Michel Kearney, a hydro geologist for the city. He noted that if the policies differ too greatly council may decide to implement the more restrictive policy across the board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the choice to do that, it would be the decision of council if we want to do that,â&#x20AC;? he said.

For more information or to read the draft policy, visit www.mrsourcewater.ca or contact Sommer CasgrainRobertson at 613-692-3571 ext 1147.

Infill guidelines endorsed despite developersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; objections Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

city council (May 8 instead of April 25) to allow for technical changes to wording in the guidelines that were requested by the development industry.

The changes are aimed at cooling some of the tensions that arise when neighbours donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the size of a new home being proposed where there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one before, such as the practice of splitting up a lot that used to have one home and building two or three homes in its place.

Plans for extremely tall towers draw hundreds of

people to public meetings, but smaller infill homes are fought piecemeal, more quietly, across the city on a regular basis.

While the city canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything to legislate the style of the houses (some neighbours dislike more modern-looking buildings in older neighbourhoods), it can regulate details that help a home fit into its street: size, location of the driveway and garage, how far back from the street, whether front-yard trees are saved and other details aimed at creating

a sense of cohesion with surrounding homes.

Architect Rosaline Hill, who said she works on many infill projects, led the plea from the development industry to delay the changes, which have been contemplated and discussed at private and public meetings for more than a year.

Hill said the changes will decrease compatibility of infill home with their neighbours: the opposite effect of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These recommendations

will frustrate this industry and may even kill it,â&#x20AC;? added Murray Chown, a development lawyer who spoke at the meeting on behalf of Haslet Construction, Falsetto Homes, Tony Cassone and Mircoa Design.

But councillors on the planning committee disagreed, saying delays were unacceptable.

Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, whose ward has the highest level of small infill

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development in the city, said any delay would put neighbourhoods and homes at risk.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said the development industry would likely appeal any new regulations the city passes, whether there is a delay for alterations or not.

COMMUNITY GROUPS SUPPORT RULES

While the development industry found flaws with the new rules, community associations offered resounding support for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan.

Wellington West resident Mary-Ellen Kot said her neigh-

bourhood felt more like a village when she moved there 24 years ago, but now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a â&#x20AC;&#x153;villageâ&#x20AC;? for real-estate purposes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We simply feel our wards are experiencing a lot of infill and the characteristics of our neighbourhoods are not being respected,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before this study, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a say.â&#x20AC;?

Champlain Park resident Heather Pearl told the committee that communities like hers want to find a balance between developers who see neighbourhoods as blank slates and community stalwarts who consider their neighbourhood to be a static, never-changing place.

But some community associations still had concerns the new infill guidelines didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address and two urban councillors took up their causes.

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury was successful in his pitch for a three-year pilot project to require additional city approvals if existing homes are converted into apartments, a major concern in Sandy Hill, which has seen many conversions to student apartments.

Capital Coun. David Chernushenko was frustrated that a provision preventing front-yard parking on small lots was removed from the final guidelines after appearing in the draft version.

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EMC news – After finding out 88 per cent of their funding has been cut, Katimavik will continue to offer Canadian youth volunteering opportunities, only on a much smaller scale.

On March 30 the Harper government announced in their budget that programming for the 34 year-old organization was cut. Since then, Katimavik spokesperson Victoria Salvador said the organization has been working at securing support and small scale funding to continue with a more local-based programming.

“It is going to be much, much, much smaller,” Salvador said.

The goal is to not lie down and give up on a program that has helped more than 600 volunteers this year alone Salvador added.

“We will never be able to fill the huge gap the federal government has left us with but we are looking at finding stable funding in other capacities,” Salvador said.

The plan is to reach out to local business partners, provinces and municipal communities in hopes they will be able to lock in enough money to continue offering volunteer opportunities to youth. But the 600 volunteers who were ready to start in July will not be able to take part.

“We are not actively recruiting and the program we had will not be the same,” Salvador said.

Teagan MacKinnon is a fourth year university student from British Columbia. Worried about what she wanted to do once she graduated,

MacKinnon decided to join Katimavik to get what she hoped was perspective. Now, three months into the program and volunteering at Sivummut Head Start preschool in Vanier, MacKinnon said she now knows she wants to become a teacher.

“I never thought about being a teacher, but now I know this is what I want,” MacKinnon said. “I think I was scared of the idea of being in front of a pile of kids, being out of my comfort zone, but this program is all about being out of your comfort zone and now I am more comfortable.”

Upon hearing the news she is part of the last group who will participate in the Katimavik program as it’s known today, she said it was shocking.

“It is sad,” MacKinnon said. “It is really, really sad to think other people waiting can’t go now. I don’t know what it would be like if it was

‘It is sad. It is really, really sad to think of other people waiting can’t go now. I don’t know what it would be like if it was me, I think I would be devastated.’

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me, I think I would be devastated.”

Janice Messam, co-ordinator at Sivummut, said the role the Katimavik volunteers have filled at the preschool allows her staff to focus on the chil-

dren.

In the wake of the news of the funding cut at Katimavik, Messam said the centre is going to have to work much harder to recruit volunteers.

“It is not that we won’t have volunteers, there just won’t be the consistency we have had,” she said.

Messam added the beauty of MacKinnon and the other Katimavik volunteers who have walked through their doors is that they want to be there.

“When high school students are volunteering, most of them are doing it because they have to,” Messam said.

But all may not be lost for young, eager volunteers in Canada.

On April 10 the Harper government announced funding for eight projects which will offer young Canadians a number of activities aimed at strengthening their connection to Canada. Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Minister James Moore made the announcement in Toronto at the TIFF Kids International Film Festival.

“Our government is offering young people the opportunity to connect with one another, exchange ideas, and explore their potential while experiencing what our communities have to offer,” said Moore.

The government’s goal for this funding is to ensure Canadian youth are involved in their communities. Exchanges Canada, Youth Take Charge and the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund will receive a total of $26-million from the department of Canadian Heritage.

Each program focuses on Canadian culture, language and community and offers youth the chance to see different parts of the country.

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Janice Messam, co-ordinator at Sivummut Head Start and Katimavik volunteer Teagan MacKinnon clown around at the preschool. Messam said the added help the Katimavik volunteers have offered the centre is invaluable.

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EMC community - Parents got a crash course on how to help their “tween” children through what is both an exciting and challenging period of their lives during a session at the Adult High School on April 16.

The session, led by Dr. Phil Ritchie, a clinical psychologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, focused on helping nine- to 13-yearold children stay resilient and confident in their decisions.

“The tween years are a terrific period of life,” said Ritchie during his presentation, which was a partnership between CHEO and the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.

The free information session was aimed at parents of tweens and sought to teach them how to maintain positive relationships with their child as they enter their teenage years.

Ritchie went over what parents should expect from their child.

“They start to understand relationships and you see your kids start to connect the dots,” he said. “Their fears are no longer imaginary. It was easier when it was monsters.

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these years are also beginning to get exposed to romantic relationships for the first time and their friends are beginning to have a large influence on their decisions.

One of the themes of his talk was resiliency, something he defined as a child’s “ability to bounce back.” He discussed strategies parents can use to help their children become resilient.

“Relationships are the single most important factor,” Ritchie said. “When people go through trauma and develop productive lives, they talk about that one person who had their back.”

While children could look up to siblings or extended family, he said parents ideally want to be the role model they set for their children Ritchie also outlined the importance of “emotional regulation” and how it’s important for children to be aware of their emotions and how to deal with angry emotions in a healthy way.

“Humour can be terrifically helpful,” Ritchie said. “Kids will make mistakes, but it’s easier to bounce back (if they can laugh at themselves).”

Ritchie also discussed how “competence” is important in building resiliency in children, and teaching your children about how to deal with failure and correct it.

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Ritchie also stressed the importance of parents allowing their children to help solve problem situations.

He said parents can throw out different solutions and suggestions that their child can choose from.

“It gives them the ability to resolve conflict, and teaches them not to give into pressure,” Ritchie said.

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Company looks at affordable housing potential on Oblate lands Potential plan could offer aging residents the chance to stay in neighbourhood Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - The Ottawa East Community Association has moved to support a plan that would see a portion of the Oblate lands acquired for the construction of affordable housing geared towards seniors.

Michael Oster, president of Ottawa Community Loan Fund, is working on a pro-

posal to acquire a portion of the Main Street property and presented the early stages of his proposal to the association at a meeting on April 10.

“One of the provisions in our community design plan was the desire to have more affordable housing in the area,” said John Dance, president of the association.

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pen and the association is going to support the process.”

Oster said he was pleased with the association’s support for his proposal.

With the city’s community housing priorities in mind, Oster said he hopes to secure the land by appealing to the religious order’s desire to see development which preserves and extends their legacy and adds social improvements to the community.

He is working towards a plan that would see 10 to 20 per cent of any potential development on the lands be

dedicated to affordable senior housing.

“Right now, there are a number of aging households living in Old Ottawa East,” Oster said. “It would be great if there was an option for these residents to both stay in their community and avoid premature entry into the health care system or seniors homes.”

Oster has spoken to a number of seniors in the area and as an Old Ottawa South resident, he has seen a number of residents sell their larger homes as they got older, but

were unable to afford to remain in the costly neighbourhood.

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Carleton students unveil hybrid racing car Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - Mechanical and aerospace engineering students from Carleton University are preparing to participate for the first time in an international hybrid car race competition in New Hampshire.

Carletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s formula hybrid project has existed since 2006, offered fourth-year engineering students the opportunity to design and build a race car, but this year is the first time the Ravens Racing hybrid will compete at the Formula Hybrid International Competition at New Hampshire Motor Speedway from April 20 to May 3. In anticipation of the competition, project members took the opportunity to unveil the car to the public on April 11. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really proud of all of us,â&#x20AC;? said Candace Lemon, student project manager â&#x20AC;&#x153;To watch how well all the parts and groups came together is really great.â&#x20AC;?

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City seeking business to help expand Potvin Arena Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - The â&#x20AC;&#x153;havenotâ&#x20AC;? east end is poised to get a big, shiny new athletic facility and new rinks thanks to a potential private partnership.

The city set aside about $4.3 million to renovate the Potvin Arena in Shefford Park at 813 Shefford Rd. But after discussions between community members, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney and city staff, it became clear that the types of upgrades needed would cost a minimum of $18 million, and building everything the community felt was needed would run around $28 million.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money the city doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have, so the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finance committee approved a plan to seek a business partner who is willing to pay the rest of the cost to build the facility, then operate and maintain it.

While Tierney said some people see public-private partnerships, or P3s, as less than ideal, it makes sense to find a private partner for this project.

The facility will fill a much-needed void in ice time in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s east end, said Tierney, who is also a

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Tierney said the Gloucester Centre Minor Hockey Association alone has 225 teams, Tierney said, and each of those teams needs to find 20 chunks of ice time throughout a season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re scrambling,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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But even more significant is the strong business case to expand the arena, due to the draw the facility will have because it will fulfill a need for ice and sports facilities in the east end, Tierney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The east has always been left out,â&#x20AC;? Tierney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will absolutely be used â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no doubt.â&#x20AC;?

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years to determine what, if any, medical conditions resulted from insomnia. This showed that women who slept for 5 hours had a 39 percent increased risk of heart attack, compared to those who had 8 hours of sleep.

Sleep apnea, in which breathing temporarily stops several times during the night, poses other problems. During these episodes a decreased amount of oxygen reaches the brain triggering increased blood pressure and a more rapid heart rate. If this occurs night after night the risk of heart attack and stroke rises.

Sleep deprivation can also have far-reaching consequences for our environment. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s believed to have been a factor in the crash and oil spill by both the Exon Valdez and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Insomnia also has an impact on todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epidemic of diabetes. University of Chicago researchers required a group of young men to sleep just 4 hours a night.

This caused an increase in blood sugar, a decrease in the hormone insulin, and a 40 percent decrease in the rate sugar was removed from the blood.

So how many hours of sleep do we need? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no magic number for everyone. Alexander The Great probably won many battles because he needed little sleep and could â&#x20AC;&#x153;cat napâ&#x20AC;?. But most people require seven to eight hours to function well.

Sleep debt also increases the appetite and food consumption. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s believed that the hormone leptin gives us a good feeling when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had suďŹ&#x192;cient food.

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Researchers believe sleep allows the body to prepare itself for another day. If this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen due to chronic insomnia, the risk of a number of health problems is increased.

For instance, the Nurses Health Study at The Harvard Medical School followed 70,000 nurses for 10

Studies done at the University of California show that tossing and turning at night also puts the immune system at risk. Researchers found that healthy men, deprived of partial sleep for just one night, have a less eďŹ&#x20AC;ective immune system the following day.

Their natural killer cells to

ďŹ ght infections and cancer were compromised.

So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best treatment for insomnia? Napoleon believed he could sleep only if his feet were pointing south. W.C. Fields, the comedian, used to seek sleep in a barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair, or on a pool table. U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt, had a shot of cognac in a glass of milk, an improvement over a pool table.

Still others need a warm bath before retiring, a cool room, staying up later or reading a book. And some resort to expensive pressurized masks attached to a machine. These are uncomfortable and cumbersome and many users learn to hate them.

The best approach to insomnia and snoring is to keep it simple, particularly since studies show that 45 percent of the population have this problem. It makes no sense to take prescription drugs, when a natural product, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bell Sound Sleepâ&#x20AC;? is available. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bell Sound Sleepâ&#x20AC;? is approved by Health Canada and contains melatonin, camomille, ďŹ&#x201A;eur de la passion, skulcap and valeriane, all natural ingredients, is inexpensive and can be obtained in most health food stores in Canada and the U.S. Or from www.belllifestyleproducts.com. The suggested dosage is 4 capsules initially. This can be reduced to 3 or 2 capsules as sleeping habits improve.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget that silence at night will change your life and that of your partner.

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Ottawa east communities clean the capital Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC community - Residents in a number of central Ottawa communities are getting ready to roll up their sleeves and grabbing a garbage bag to help clean up their neighbourhoods as part of spring edition of the Cleaning the Capital Campaign.

A number of spring cleanups will be taking place this month in the upcoming weekends.

Communities like Sandy Hill, Overbrook, Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh and Old Ottawa East, are calling on residents to help gather as much winter garbage debris as possible as part of the citysponsored campaign.

Sandy Hill cleanup organizer Claire MacDonald is hoping a change in strategy

by Action Sandy Hill this year will help encourage more people to participate.

“This year we are going to go at the campaign a creative way,” MacDonald said, explaining the cleanup, which typically takes place in Strathcona Park, will be expanded to tackle the neighbourhood streets, including cleaning flower boxes in front of Laurier Street stores. A local Scout troop will also be helping out with the May 5 event, Mac-

Donald confirmed.

The Rockcliffe Park Residents Association, the Overbrook Community Association, Ottawa East Community Association and New Edinburgh Community Alliance will be participating this April as well.

The Old Ottawa East cleanup will take place on April 21, Rockcliffe Park will be cleaning up on April 22 and Overbrook is participating in the campaign on April 28. New Edinburgh will be cleaning on May 12.

Old Ottawa South were out early this year, performing the neighbourhood cleanup on March 28.

Leslie Vanclief, the city’s program manager for the spring cleanup, said the numbers of participants in the campaign has continued to grow with each passing year.

Approximately 10 per cent of residents participated in campaigns last year, according to the city.

“We always hear from our residents they want to help keeping Ottawa beautiful and green and we are very happy to help with these community-based initiatives,” Vanclief said.

The city provides supplies to groups that wish to participate in the campaign, which

File photo

Spring cleaning fever has begun with a number of Ottawa communities participating in the annual Clean the Capital Campaign the city holds between April 15 to May 15. has attracted 26 sponsors.

Outside of the spring cleaning campaign, Vanclief said community groups can contact the city’s public works department for cleaning sup-

plies.

In Vanier, a Beautification Vanier has adopted parks and taken an active role in removing graffiti year-round.

Group member Elise Rob-

ertson had never tried tackling the problem until she tried out one of the graffiti removal kits the city provides.

“It is so satisfying and easy,” Robertson said after us-

ing the kit.

For more information about the cleaning campaign or to request cleaning, Vanclief encourages residents to go to their ottawa.ca website.

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MUSIC WORLD CLASS DRUMMER (of Five Man Electrical Band) is now accepting students. Private lessons, limited enrollment, free consultation. Call Steve, 613-831-5029. www.stevehollingworth.ca

NOTICES **RECEIPTS FOR CLASSIFIED WORD ADS MUST BE REQUESTED AT THE TIME OF AD BOOKING**

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Personal Income Tax

preparation (EFILE) with strategic advice. CMA-trained in Income Tax. $100 per return, max 3 hours.

Mike 613 277-6171 Tax Returns! Do you hate doing your taxes? I am a retired accountant and I love doing them. Contact PJ Parker (613)828-0501.

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A&M LAWN Maintenance: Lawn & Garden Clean-up, Aeration, Lawn cutting. Maynard 613-290-0552

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Do you want to stop drinking?

There are no dues or fees for A.A. Membership. The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. Phone 613-258-3881 or 613-826-1980.

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Great Pyrenees Pups, $450 each firm. (613)483-8000.

Ready to go on May 1, 2012.

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Home for sale- 23 Lori Ln Chesterville. Open House April 21, 22, 28, 29 Saturday and Sunday 10-5:00, go to comfree.com/309064 for details. Call (613)448 2218

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All applicants should apply in writing with a cover letter and resume to Human Resources: Email: jobs@theratronics.ca or Fax #: (613) 591-2176 NOTE: Only successful candidates shall be contacted for interviews.

Masonry work, new construction, brick, stone, parging, repairs, pointing and chimney repair.

Please call Al (613)868-0946 or (613)830-2346.

SEND A LOAD to the dump, cheap. Clean up clutter, garage sale leftovers or leaf and yard waste. 613-256-4613

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EMC news – Police are investigating after the school council at Rockcliffe Park Public School reported more than $70,000 missing from its bank account, posing a threat to a number of programs The problem is particularly acute for an after-school daycare program which will cease operating unless it receives payment by April 20.

“I think it is fair to say no one ever thought we would be in this position,” said Julie Vanderschot, a council member.

The school gym was standing room only on April 10 for the school council meeting as the news of the missing funds left parents both shocked and angered.

The council is responsible for money generated by a number of programs for students at the school, including milk and a pizza lunch program. The money helps fund

things such as school trips and the after-school homework club.

The missing funds were brought to light when Bettye Hyde, the provider of the after-school daycare program, notified parents the program had not been paid since December 2011 and the council had an outstanding balance of $35,000.

“We were operating on trust,” said Elise Zarkadas, the current council president.

“There has never been an issue (with the bank account) until now. Multiple issues were popping up, but explanations were provided which all made sense at the time.”

Bettye Hyde’s volunteer registrar Charlotte Masemann said some financial problems began as early as July 2011, when a payment was late.

According to Masemann, repeated attempts in early February were made to solve the issue by the director of the daycare program and the

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Principal Maryann Harvey and student council president respond to questions about missing money from the student council accounts. The money, more than $70,000 helped support a number of programs for the school. council, including requesting payments from school council

treasurer Mark MacDonald, which went ignored.

Zarkadas said the council’s board of directors noticed irregularities as early as February, when it was notified by a pizza supplier that payment had not been made. Zarkadas said after contacting MacDonald, who was away on a business trip, the matter was soon cleared.

Police were contacted in early March by the council, but investigators did not feel there was enough evidence to look into the matter further.

A special council board meeting was subsequently held in March to discuss the daycare’s payment issues.

MacDonald was invited, but did not attend. He has since been relieved of a position he has held since 2006.

It was in late March that police were contacted a second time by the council and an investigation was initiated.

Prior to the discovery of the missing funds, the council admitted to not requesting monthly financial reports

at their meetings and no one on the council could recall its books being audited in the past 20 years. There were also no details on which board members had signing authority for the account.

All these issues have since been addressed, the board told parents, at a meeting on April 5. Now two members, Zarkadas and Vanderschot, must both sign any financial transactions and monthly financial statements will be presented to the council.

To solve the immediate shortfall, the council is considering a range of options, including filing for bankruptcy, taking an interest-free loan from the school board and borrowing money from other funds, such as the book fair account.

A decision will be made on addressing the shortfall by April 13.

The police investigation is ongoing and no charges have been laid.

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have complex health needs, often involving both a physical disability and cognitive impairment such as dementia, but these people receive only a few more hours of home care services per week than what is offered to seniors with moderate care needs. This leaves the burden on the shoulders of many family caregivers in Canada.

Caring for a high-needs senior with limited outside support may stretch family caregivers beyond their capacity.

About 40 to 50 per cent of seniors with the most complex health needs have distressed

caregivers, who report they are finding it difficult to continue to provide care, and that they have feelings of stress, anger, and depression.

A burned out caregiver cannot help anyone if they end up in the hospital or become otherwise unable to function. In fact many caregivers are seniors themselves, at risk of health crises under stress.

The report calls for a system that regularly assesses the situations of seniors and their family caregivers and provides support, whether it is additional hours of home care or faster

placement a loved one into a long-term facility.

“Home care has become an integral part of the health care system, not something that happens off-side in the community,” said Lyn McLeod, councillor with the Health Council of Canada. “Governments need to make home care a priority by developing and implementing an integrated continuing care strategy. Jurisdictions can adapt what is working by learning from innovative practices.”

The most successful programs and policies bring together home care, primary care

and acute care under one coordinating body. To do this, the report suggests a change in the way funding is allocated.

Canada currently spends considerably more on longterm care facilities than home care. Among countries monitored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada has one of the larger gaps between spending on long-term care and home care: 0.96 per cent of GDP for long-term care and 0.21 per cent of GDP for home care.

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Everett said for the umpteenth time.

There was no doubt about it, the snow was gone, the trees were showing their early buds, the robins were back and all of Northcote was anticipating the first social event of the season.

It was time to put down the flooring behind the United Church for the first outdoor dance. This was made up of big slabs of boards put together, sitting on blocks of wood to make it solid. It would comfortably hold two square dance couples, or three if they were careful.

Sap buckets had been put away, the Model T taken off its blocks in the drive shed and the days were getting hot and longer, with the early evenings just right for the first outdoor party. The farmers were yet to get on the

MARY COOK Mary Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memories land and when that happened, there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be much time left for such frivolity as a neighbourhood dance. They would go out at sunrise and their days wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end until the daylight had faded. These party evenings said winter was over and summer was just around the corner.

The music had already started when we drove into the church yard. There was Uncle Alec with his fiddle, two neighbours were strumming their guitars and the long table at the back of the church was already loaded

with large baskets of sandwiches and pans of slab cake.

Aunt Bertha said she hoped there would be enough food, because it looked like everyone in the entire Northcote area had shown up.

Since the ground was still soft, chairs werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t brought out of the church, but planks had been placed on blocks all around the make-shift dance floor, and they were filling up quickly. Mother ordered us five kids to sit and behave ourselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No rippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; around the yard,â&#x20AC;? she ordered.

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around the make-shift dance floor, to be lit when it got too dark for the fiddlers.

We barely got seated when someone designated himself caller and jumped up on the plank bench closest to the floor and called out â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partners for a square.â&#x20AC;? Well, such confusion! There was a mad dash for the floor, young blades grabbing the hands of any girl within spitting distance, including my sister Audrey.

It looked to me like everyone, but the youngest of us, my three brothers, Cecil, Two Mile and Three Mile Herman were heading for the dance floor.

The caller had to order one set off, which still left three sets vying for the small space. There was much hand clapping and foot stomping.

Finally the caller and the music got together and the dancing began.

Well, all went well until just after the first do-se-do.

Each couple began the swing and they were going so fast, you could hardly see their feet moving. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when, as Cecil said later, â&#x20AC;&#x153;all hell broke loose.â&#x20AC;?

One couple lost their footing and went reeling off the dance floor, but not before both grabbed the shirts of the couple next in line, who in turn, grabbed hold of the couple beside them and so it went until all eight of them were piled in a heap on the ground. They went down like a row of dominos, one on top of the other.

The most amazing thing to me was that the music went on as if nothing at all had happened. The other couples moved into the freed-up space and they finished the set to thunderous applause.

My sister Audrey was not

one of the dancers to go sailing off the floor, for which I was very grateful. But Emerson and Cecil got into such a laughing fit I thought they were going to be sick.

Emerson, when he finally got control of himself, said he could see Big Claraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flowerbag bloomers when she went rolling off the dance floor, which earned him a swift box on the ears from Mother.

It was the first dance of the season, but it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the last. From then on, the caller announced before he started the dance that there was only room for two sets at a time. Since there would be no more calamities from an overcrowded floor, Emerson and Cecil had to find their amusement somewhere else.

Like the time they put a frog in the lemonade jug at the church picnic. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another story.

Ottawa paramedic inspires young philanthropists Special to Ottawa South

EMC newsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Krista Shipman was always a picture of health.

At age 27, this Ottawa paramedic was one of the least likely people to be diagnosed with cervical cancer, but she was.

Shipman received treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy at the Ottawa Hospital. Now 34, she considers herself fortunate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone at The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ev-

ery nurse, doctor, and everyone I dealt with â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was great.

I know this sounds strange, but it was an amazing experience.â&#x20AC;?

Shipman, who shared her inspiring story with more than 300 students and staff at Turnbull School on April 12, embodies the â&#x20AC;&#x153;mission possibleâ&#x20AC;? theme that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the little school with the big heartâ&#x20AC;? adopted as they kicked off their 15th annual fundraising campaign for The Ottawa Hospital.

They may be young, but the

students of Turnbull School have already improved the lives of hundreds of patients receiving care at The Ottawa Hospital. Over the last 14 years, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraising efforts ($413,000) have helped The Ottawa Hospital build an Emergency Room Trauma Unit, funded the purchase of an Infant Resuscitation Unit, raised money toward building the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breast Health Centre and, just last year, designated their funds to finding a cure for colon cancer at The Ottawa

Hospital. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not stopping yet.

This year, Turnbull marks 15 years of fundraising for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation. Their 2012 fundraising campaign during Ottawa Race Weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;mission possibleâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will see the staff and students of Turnbull School striving to make the impossible possible â&#x20AC;&#x201C; find a cure for cancer by raising significant dollars for The Ottawa Hospital through the Run for a Reason campaign.

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Couple makes life changes for environment Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - As Earth Day draws near, those who are looking to make small changes to make their lives more sustainable can draw inspiration from a Cardinal Glen couple.

Hugh and Jo-Ann Robertson have always been environmentally conscious and said action is better than reaction when it comes to creating a cleaner, greener future.

“Once you pass the critical point of climate crisis, you can’t go back,” said Hugh.

“Legislation, incentives, punitive persuasion all take time for people to agree with and in some cases are not working at all, in which case you have to rely on the bottom up approach.”

The Robertsons’ home stands out from the other townhomes on their street. A large blue iron gate in front of the entrance catches the eye immediately, used to provide security at night, but allow cool air into the house at the same time.

Inside the home, there are

a number of things the couple have made to reduce their energy consumption.

A wooden clothes rack hangs between a wall and the staircase, positioned to catch the afternoon sun and dry clothes much more efficiently then any dryer could, Jo-Ann said. Meanwhile a woodstove in the living room makes the room cozy and incredible warm in the winter, said Hugh.

The couple bought the townhome when it was brand new 22 years ago, but over time Hugh said the couple wanted to save more energy than the original home would allow.

“We started making small alterations to the home, insulation and water heaters, changing the windows,” Robertson said.

Starting four years ago with an energy audit, the couple identified changes such as new insulation, appliances and improved air circulation to make the home more energy efficient.

The cost has been significant at around $30,000, but

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Hugh and Jo-Ann Robertson made significant changes to their east-end townhome to be more energy efficient. The couple feels it is their duty to help make a positive impact on the environment in any way they can.

Hugh said the changes have more than paid for themselves. As people who have always been environmentally conscious – since the days of wrapping their children in cloth diapers – the Robertsons have long felt it is a duty to

do their part for the environment.

“I think judging everyone and trying to force change is not going to work. I think we just need to set a good example.” Robertson said.

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As part of that leadership, the couple says others can make smaller, less costly changes that can have a significant impact, too.

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All things that help the planet and put money back in your wallet, Hugh added.

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Install a barrier in front of fireplaces, campfires, barbecues and portable heaters. It is a myth that pets are afraid of fire – in fact, many pets like to lay close to a source of heat to stay warm. Lying too close to a fire could result in your pet’s fur catching fire and it is possible for pets to knock over a portable heater or a barbecue.

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Always ensure your pets do not have access to and cannot get close to these items.

If your pet is burned, put cool water on the burned area quickly, followed by a cold compress, and seek veterinary assistance immediately.

Let authorities know you have a pet in your home, in case of an emergency. Visit the Ottawa Humane Society’s Adoption Centre at 245 West Hunt Club Road to pick up a decal to place in a window or door that states how many animals are in the home and their names.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com April 21 and 22: Friends of the Farm are hosting a Craft and Bake Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an incredible selection of items to choose from, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods.

Building 72, C.E.F., Arboretum, east off Prince of Wales round-about, 613-2303276, www.friendsofthefarm. ca.

April 25-26: After months of auditions, workshops, and rehearsals, the students of Steve MacLean public school are excited to present Oz!, a musical journey that will reacquaint audiences with some of the most beloved characters from both literature and musical theatre.

Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whirlwind trip from Kansas to the Emerald City is told through dialogue, through dance and, of course, through song by a group of more than 100 students who have been preparing since November.

Following recent productions of Annie Jr. and Seussical Jr., this is the third musi-

cal drama presented by Steve MacLeanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior and intermediate students. The annual production has become one of the highlights of the academic year, not only for cast members and their families, but for the community as a whole.

Oz! will be presented at Steve MacLean public school on 4175 Spratt Rd. on Wednesday April 25 and Thursday April 26 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $5 at the door.

For more information call the school at 613-822-0341.

April 28 : Findlay Creek â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Spring Cleaning. Spring is here and the garbage that Winter left behind is in full view! Show your community pride and help clean up the neighborhood. Kids can earn volunteer hours. Join us from 8:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:00 a.m.

For more information contact events@FindlayCreek. ca to volunteer or for more information.

Join your neighbours and members of the South Keys Greenboro Commmunity Association as we do our part

during the City of Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleaning the Capital weekend! on Saturday April 28 2012. Meet us at the Greenboro Pavilion on Tapiola Crescent at 9:30a.m for a morning of clearing litter and debris from our neighbourhood public spaces. Specific clean up plans have not yet been created, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll likely work to clean up the area around the Pavilion, the walking paths nearby, and Pushman Park. If we get a good number of volunteers for this event, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll aim to spread our net wider and clean up even more of South Keys Greenboro.

Garbage bags and other basic supplies are provided by the city, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good idea to bring a pair of work gloves and a bottle of water or two.

If there is a specific problem area for litter near you, please feel free to assemble a team of helpers and let us know that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do a clean up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll mention it here and encourage others to join your team!

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tions and suggestions can be left in the comments area on Facebook, or via any of our usual contact methods.

Ongoing: Are you looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon as well as meet new people? Then join us for an afternoon of Bridge. Takes place at Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Road, from 1:00 pm to 3:30pm every Wednesday. All skill levels will find a challenging foursome. Call 613-733-0437 if you need more information.

Become a runner:. Become a faster runner. And help our cause. The Ottawa Running Club is a local grassroots non-profit that donates over $10,000 a year to charities local and abroad. Based out of three Bridgehead locations in Ottawa, the club teaches how to run, not just which direction to run. For full details visit OttawaRunningClub.com.

Seniors activities: Gloucester South Seniors at 4550 Bank St. offers a full schedule of activities every week, including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by bus and has free parking. For more information call 613-821-0414.

Free community programs: Come out to Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre and participate in the following free programs.

â&#x20AC;˘ Mondays 1 p.m-3p.m and Wednesdays 9:30 a.m-12:00p. m: Join our Seniors Social Drop-In program. Come in for an informal chat, play a game of Rummy-o or Bingo, have a cup of coffee/teaâ&#x20AC;Śso much you can do! â&#x20AC;˘ Monday Movies 1 p.m3p.m: Come and enjoy a variety of oldies movies each Monday. A calendar is available at our front desk. â&#x20AC;˘ Last Monday of the month: Book Club (3-4 p.m) Join other avid readers to discuss the book of the month. â&#x20AC;˘ Tuesdays (9:30am-12 p.m.): Crochet and Knitting Club: Bring your crochet and knitting material and join others for interesting conversations while sharing your patterns. â&#x20AC;˘ Tuesday and Thursdays: Walking Club (1:15 p.m-2:15 p.m) Come out and join us for a walk in our gymnasium. Go at your own pace as you exercise to bopping music! â&#x20AC;˘ Thursdays: Games Afternoon (1:30pm-3:30pm) Come out and play a game of cards, trivia, board games, puzzlesâ&#x20AC;Śor bring out one of your favourites!!

For more information, please contact Jackie Ough at 613-260-1299.

Newcomers club: Ottawa Newcomersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club invites women new to Ottawa to join our activities and meet new friends. Activities include bridge, scrabble, walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, outings, and craft time.

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Mondays and Fridays: Are you looking to increase endurance, increase flexibility, strength and balance as well as meet new people and have fun? Then you will benefit from the Take Time to be Wholely (as in body, mind and spirit) exercise programs for seniors. The program takes place at Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Rd., from 10:30 to 11:30, with lunch and fellowship on Friday from 11:30 to 1:00.

Instructors are qualified. For more information call 613733-0437 Mondays and Thursdays: The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. immediate openings available for more chess aficionados.

Please contact Robert MacDougal at 613-821-1930 for more information.

Wednesdays: Enjoy Scottish country dancing for fun, friendship and fitness!

Share the music and joy of dance. You do not have to be Scottish. You do not have to wear a kilt - but you can. No experience or partner is required. Meet Wednesday evenings at the Osgoode Community Centre from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information, contact Marie at 613826-1221 or email OsgoodedanceScottish@gmail.com.

Wednesdays: Want to meet new friends? Have a great workout? Come and join us at The MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a FREE womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fitness class with a certified fitness instructor. Includes a 5 minute inspirational â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fit Tipâ&#x20AC;?!

For any questions contact the church office at 613-2388182.

Wednesday Evenings: Yoga - Come experience the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional benefits of yoga. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a brand new beginner, yoga has much to offer all of us regardless of our natural abilities or body shape. Takes place at Emmanuel United Church, 691 Smyth Rd., from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Instructors are qualified. Call 613-733-0437 if you need more information.

Fridays: Five pin bowling league is encouraging senior citizens over 50 to participate in an activity that provides regular moderate exercise, requires no special ability and fosters fellowship and goodwill. Members range from 50 to 90.

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