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A community-based, tailor-made approach to supporting cancer patients and their families is expanding beyond the walls of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft Centre.

The organization is in the early stages of taking its cancer-coaching program, which was the first of its kind in Canada when it began five years ago, on the road to further extend its reach to a growing number of patients. There is no shortage of patients, with an estimated 30,000 people in the region undergoing treatment right now.

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CHEO management sent out its own statement applauding the funding decision, saying access to drugs can help prevent return trips to the hospital.

“Over the years I have been dismayed to see many of my young patients not able to get the medications they need in order to get better,” CHEO chief of staff Dr. Lindy Samson said in the news release.

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Shaw said the list of medications that will be covered is very broad, and includes most antibiotics, as well as prescriptions such as oral contraceptives. It also includes medications listed under the Exceptional Access Program. There will be no co-paying or fees associated with picking up a prescription, said Ottawa South MPP John Fraser said.

The program will cost the province $465 million a year.

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I am pleased to announce that a portion of Bank Street will be resurfaced later this year. The work on Bank Street will take place between Conroy Road and Albion Road. This work will include the resurfacing of both the north bound and south bound lanes. The shoulders along this section of Bank Street will also be paved. This project will be tendered in late spring with construction slated for later this year, weather dependent.

Please note that during construction there may be temporary lane reductions and parking restrictions.

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Residents are invited to take advantage of the Try it! program which is happening now until May 30. Through this program you can sample a variety of fitness opportunities at select City recreation facilities, including the Sawmill Creek Community Centre and Pool! Simply visit a participating City facility to set up your free membership access card, and until the end of May you will be able to try out three fitness sessions at no cost. This is a great opportunity to try aquafitness, cycling and group fitness classes, or to work out in a cardio or weight training centre, free of charge! Please note that this is only available at select City facilities. For more information on the Try It! program, visit www.ottawa.ca or call my office at 613-580-2480.

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Locomotives roll out amid museum renewal

By Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Sharon Babaian has, at long last, been reunited with her treasures.

“I haven’t been in here since they took the covers off,” said the marine and land transportation curator of the Canada Science and Technology Museum. “It’s great. My old friends are back.”

Four locomotives, including a prized 6400-model steam engine, are the first official exhibits in the under-construction Canada Science and Technology Museum, which had to be rebuilt around them given their size. The facility will reopen in mid-November.

Now out from their protective tarps, their unveiling was a fitting milestone. The 6400 engine that served as a backdrop to a press conference and tour of the facility on April 27 was, in fact, the first artifact acquired by the museum when it opened 50 years ago in 1967 as a centennial project.

Constructed in Montreal in 1936, the 6400 was technologically advanced at the time. It was subsequently used for travel across the length of Canada.

That makes the engine “a fitting symbol of what we try to do today — reach Canadians whether they visit the museum or engage with us virtually outside the walls, wherever they live in Canada,” said Fernand Proulx, interim president and chief executive of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation.

For Babaian, the unveiling is a sign of the progress being made in the $80.4-million renewal of

these magnificent giants were largely mute relics from a bygone age,” she said.

But that will change.

Visitors can expect to see the train bay packed with other new treasures, including ship and wind tunnel models, as well as artifacts from immigrants, which will provide the human connection to transportation.

It’s not enough to tell the story of immigrants who travelled by ship to Canada to reach their Prairie homesteads.

“That story’s been told 100,000 times,” she said. “You use (the transportation network) here, too, when you build your life, as you buy furniture. Or if you’re a farmer, you have to export your

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the facility, which was closed in October 2014 due to air quality problems.

Surveys conducted during the museum’s redesign phase revealed that museum patrons were loathe to see the replacement of the trains or the Crazy Kitchen — a tilted room that challenges visitors’ balance.

“There’s something about their presence,” Babaian said of the locomotives. “What are you going to put in their place that will command the same attention?”

During the press conference, she said the train hall has relied on the physical presence of the engines to hold the attention of visitors.

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Sharon Babaian, marine and land transportation curator at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, stands in front of a prized 6400-model steam engine on April 27. It was the first artifact acquired by the museum in 1967, and is one of four locomotives that are the first treasures to be included in the facility currently being redeveloped.

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It is a way of “reminding people that transportation isn’t just about your getting on a train,” she said of connecting people to technology through the human story.

“We’re hoping that people will go, ‘Ahhh, now I get it.’”

Given the 6400’s prized status, a virtual reality booth has been installed in the train bay to allow visitors to don headgear and virtually step inside the engine.

“This is the last remaining 6400, and wear and tear can do a lot of damage,” said Christina Tessier, the museum’s director general. “This is the next best thing.”

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The media tour was the last before activity heats up in the space.

The exhibition areas have been turned over for the installation phase. Five firms from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Ohio are creating 11 exhibitions that will fill 7,400 square metres of space.

This month, a nuclear reactor as well as a tiny house for kids will be put in place, along with the Crazy Kitchen.

Staff have been working to develop more fan favourites, such as a children’s gallery that will be home to a children’s ZOOOMobile car-building station.

“This is what our team is betting on,” Tessier said, adding that the interactive, self-directed gallery could very well become as popular as the Crazy Kitchen has been. “So we’ll lay our bets on which one it’s going to be.”

The ZOOOMobile space was made possible with a $200,000 sponsorship from Michelin.

“The gallery will promote innovative thinking which will be fostering children’s interaction with all things round,” said Jeff MacLean, president of Michelin North America, referencing the theme of the gallery, which will be circles — the first shapes that infants recognize.

Among the new features that are being integrated within the museum’s design are an inaugural temporary exhibition hall that will feature fragile artifacts from around the world, and a reimagined front lobby. That will become home to an LED interactive screen on which visitors will see a floor-to-ceiling display of the Northern Lights.

“It’s a complete transformation from what it was,” Tessier said. “We didn’t have a lobby worthy of a national museum. Now we do.”

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The new room, where coaches can meet with patients and their loved ones, was made possible thanks to a $200,000 donation from TD Bank. The ribboncutting ceremony also drew the support of RedBlacks players and Grey Cup champions Brad Sinopoli, Jim Gott and Juron Criner.

“And so our endgame is to make sure that anybody who wants access to a coach will have access to a coach in this community — and elsewhere in Canada is our big dream,” said Eagen.

The plan is to provide the services of a cancer coach one day a week at Beyond Yoga Studio & Wellness Centre in Kanata. Partnerships are also being developed elsewhere in the region, including at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital and Hospice Ottawa.

“We’re trying to make sure that coming here is not a barrier,” said Eagen.

The expansion is taking shape in two ways: by training teams with other organizations to become coaches to support and assist cancer patients and their families and caregivers through a diagnosis and illness, and also by training more people to become coaches who can travel to patients, rather than only have them come to the Maplesoft Centre.

TD Bank’s donation will help with that too.

“Hopefully, that will become awfully contagious and we’ll have 100 coaches right across the region,” said Eagen.

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One step away from debt crisis

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he Kathleen Wynne government turned the fiscal page April 27 and introduced a balanced budget, and if you listened carefully you could hear the congratulatory backslapping from Toronto all the way to Port Severn.

It was 10 years ago when Ontario ran balanced budgets in 2006 and 2007, but that gave way to $20-billion-a-year deficits in 2008 and 2009 when the economy tanked and the Grits had no choice but to hand the auto industry a $3.3-billion lifeline, or face the collapse of auto manufacturing in Ontario.

At the time, then premier Dalton McGuinty made a promise to balance the budget by 2017, and while the Liberals should be commended for getting their budget in order, there’s a bogeyman lurking.

The provincial debt for this fiscal year is expected to hit $312 billion, and in a recent meeting with Metroland Media editors, senior economist with RBC Robert Hogue said “tough medicine” is needed to tackle the debt.

“Debt has increased quite significantly and debt to GDP is running at 40 per cent,” he said.

In 2016/17, the province expects to spend $11.4 billion on interest payments on that debt. That’s nearly $1 billion a month just to service existing debt, and in case you need to be reminded, that coin comes from your pocket.

We agree with Hogue when he says it’s time the province create a plan to tackle the debt by creating a “hard target for debt-to-GDP ratio” that sits much lower than where we are now.

However, we didn’t get that April 27. What we did get was a desperate Liberal government waving costly carrots in voters’ faces.

The Wynne government’s shopping list includes a drug plan for those under 24 costing $465 million a year and $200 million next year to increase affordable licensed child-care spaces.

Noble programs for sure, but not at a time when the province continues to add about $10 billion a year in new debt as long as they hold power, and if the Wynne government continues to spend like drunken sailors on shore leave, generations of Ontario residents will be buried under a mountain of debt from which they may never escape.

Silence is the most welcome sound of all The warm weather comes and with it, the noise. It’s not that the noise wasn’t there before. It’s just that now the windows are open and we hear it.

Perhaps the people who govern us have their windows open too because noise has come back to city council, which has been discussing what to do about noise bylaws.

It sounds mostly like tinkering, changing the hours in which noise can be made — for example, on construction projects or private snow-clearing — and in some cases, the hours may even be extended, such as for special events at Lansdowne Park or the Canadian Tire Centre. Those who live near such places will complain, but the adjustments made in their favour will be thin, if history is any guide.

If they are counting on a groundswell of public opinion, they are

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town counting on the wrong thing. Noise no longer angers people the way it once did.

The sad fact of it is that we’ve become accustomed to noise. Way too accustomed. Noise is all around us in the city and we hardly even notice.

Briefly we become aware, perhaps, when the warm weather comes.

There’s always a power mower going on the street. There’s always a house being built, or rebuilt, or torn down. There’s always roofing going on. There’s hammering and sawing.

There’s always a radio being played

at top volume. And there’s the constant hum of traffic from whichever main thoroughfare is nearby.

It’s just what happens in a city and we get used to it. If we are lucky enough to get away for a week or so, we temporarily rediscover silence, broken from time to time by the call of a loon. When we return to the city, it seems much noisier.

But we get used to it.

The contrast between city and cottage isn’t what it once was. Music is more portable than ever and it carries well over water. Plus, more and more noise-making devices have found their way to the lake, both power tools and power toys.

It may be a losing battle. People keep inventing new noisemakers (the leaf blower still in a class by itself as the champion worst invention), companies keep marketing the noisemakers and people keep buy-

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ing them. Those who would regulate them can’t keep up, and barely even try. A lot of those noisemakers are popular and there is political risk in cracking down on them.

Still, it’s possible that the technology that produced noise-making gadgets can make them quieter.

Already, personal watercraft and outboard motors are quieter than they used to be. Could a lightly purring leaf blower be far behind?

And what about trucks that don’t beep when they’re backing up late at night.

Progress is possible. The car alarms that used to drive neighbourhoods crazy on a nightly basis now sound far less frequently.

Other progress will depend on us. City Hall can’t do everything.

Maybe we could all decide which noisemakers are really essential — such as the hammer hitting the nail EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225

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— and which ones can be dispensed with — such as the music that accompanies the hammer hitting the nail.

A world with less noise might take some getting used to, but there’s a good chance we’d enjoy it.

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Does Ontario’s basic income pilot go far enough?

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he new Ontario budget was hardly earth shattering. But for proponents of a guaranteed basic income, it was a signal that their years of activism are finally gaining traction.

A few days before the budget, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a three-year pilot project that will affect 4,000 households in Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay.

Over the next three years, low-income applicants in those cities who will be chosen at random, will receive a guaranteed minimum income, regardless of whether or not they’re working.

Under the scheme, individuals will receive a living allowance of up to $17,000 per year and couples could receive up to $24,000 annually.

Recipients of the money can still work, with half of their earning dollars deducted from the basic income amount provided by the province.

The pilot, which will cost the province $50 million over three years, is welcomed by many.

But it has its critics in people across the political spectrum, including those who would have liked to see a broader introduction of universal basic income (UBI). income inequality

“While I welcome the Ontario experiment and I believe it will make a meaningful contribution to our understanding of the effects of deploying a UBI,” says Paul Vallee, a director at the Basic Income Canada Network, “I am concerned about the strategy of studying the idea for years while income inequality relentlessly increases, destabilizing our society and polarizing our political discourse.”

Vallee points to Conference Board of Canada research which shows income inequality has steadily increased over the last 20 years.

In its annual report card comparing Canada to others in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Conference Board ranks Canada 12th out of 17 countries.

“Although Canada’s wealth is distributed more equally than in the U.S., Canada’s

red tape and frequently abused.

Those on the left see basic income as the means to look after the most vulnerable in society. Both sides see the virtue of a guaranteed income to help stabilize the labour economy.

The Ontario basic income pilot is a step in the right direction.

Let’s hope there’s enough flexibility built into the plan that, should it turn out to prove successful, it can be immediately scaled up. More than two decades of income disparity should be proof enough that the time has come to stop talking and studying basic measures and start taking some bold, world-leading action, ideally with federal co-operation as well so all Canadians can benefit.

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse 12th-place ranking suggests it is doing a mediocre job of ensuring income equality,” the authors note. The report further highlights that, while Canada experienced some success in the 1980s in reducing income disparities, it plummeted in the rankings in the 1990s and has since stagnated.

Vallee, also the founder and current president of Ottawabased high-tech firm, Pythian, notes that rapid advances in technology compel us to rethink traditional income and labour policies.

“The rate of job disruption due to technological innovation is continuing to accelerate and we could easily wait too long to deploy a UBI,” he says.

He would prefer to see a more aggressive and immediate introduction of a truly universal income for all Canadians that would guarantee a monthly allowance for all working-age citizens, regardless of employment status with simultaneous tax bracket reformation at provincial and federal levels.

Although not quite so aggressive, Finland is considered an innovator in this public policy area. Earlier this year, Finland became the first country in Europe to introduce a nationwide guaranteed income scheme for all unemployed citizens of working age. Launched January 1, the two-year pilot replaces existing social benefits with a guaranteed, unconditional monthly allowance of 560 Euros, (equivalent to around CDN $830 per month).

Under the pilot, unemployed Finns between 25 and 58 are entitled to receive the benefit, and will continue to receive the money without penalty even if they find work.

With the current and growing trend of job insecurity and the displacement of people by technology in many sectors,

other nations and cities are also experimenting with this 400-year-old utopian idea.

Basic income has had proponents from all sides of the political spectrum, with those on the right frequently citing it as an improvement on the current mishmash of social services that are riddled with

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Annual Christian Community School Auctions Each year, the Metcalfe Christian Community School hosts one of the largest live and silent auctions in the area help raise funds for the school’s projects. The team of volunteers, which is made up of teachers, students, and parents, all show great dedication and pride in their school. Excellent job by all of the volunteers. I look forward to stopping by again next year!

Vibration Studios Fashion Show Vibration Studios in Osgoode always has great events going on in their gallery. This past weekend was a fashion show complete with vendors selling clothing, jewellery, and beauty supplies. The friendly and welcoming atmosphere created by the staff always makes it such a pleasure to stop in. They now have a weekly Coffee House on Sundays with doors opening at 11:00am and open mic beginning at 11:30am. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed!

Trivia Night Fundraiser The Metcalfe Jets Bantam teams banded together to put on a sold out Trivia night at the Curling Club. The Trivia Night was designed to help a team members’ family who recently lost their house in Greely. The community closeness and spirit was so evident in the room that evening as everyone came together for a good cause. During the evening of silent auction and trivia, there was also a cheque presentation by the Osgoode Ward Charitable Programs (OWCP) President, Gerrie Kautz, to Kelly in order to help her family start over. I have so much pride in our hockey community; they always help when they can.

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When we told her he had to television during the day, and to their caregivers. The resishe isn’t about to start now. I stay in hospital for two weeks dence consisted of one large pull out my laptop and start she said that was ridiculous circular hallway with rooms along the outside and kitchen, and demanded the telephone. working on a writing assignEach day we got Wally on the ment. Lorna picks up a notesocial room and offices in the pad and questions the notes she phone for Lorna, and each middle. has written there.

If a guest found themselves day she told him, “You get “Whose phone number is your a** home right now!” She lost, they only needed to continue around the circle to find lasted three days there, and we this? And who is this cheque for?” I explain that the number had to bring her back home. their room. is the home-care service and Her other daughter came “Lorna,” she read aloud the cheque is for the cleaning the sign on her bedroom door. from Edmonton to stay with her until Wally was out of the lady. I will repeat that informa“That’s me.” tion three more times over the The residence was extremely hospital. afternoon.

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Lorna is unsettled without Wally. I don’t know what she is like when he is home. He has removed the fuses from the stove so that she won’t be able to burn their dinner.

He has put her baking ingredients in the basement, where she seldom goes. Lorna used to bake for every Sunday dinner. She baked cakes for our wedding. She doesn’t bake anymore.

Some things are hard wired.

Lorna takes meat out of the freezer every day, to defrost for dinner. She makes tea, and wonders aloud if Wally is hungry.

As long as he is there, she is not at a loss for what to do.

Lorna knows she is having issues with her memory. She needs to be reminded who the new baby belongs to each Sunday. Her fridge is covered with photos of her loved ones.

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There’s money in the provincial budget to help the troubled OttawaCarleton Detention Centre, says Ottawa-Orléans MPP and Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Marie-France Lalonde.

The jail on Innes Road has a task force which recommended fixing problems, especially overcrowding.

Lalonde said there will “definitely” be money in the recent Ontario budget to implement some of the task force’s recommendations.

“If you look at correctional reform, we are very committed for infrastructure investment, and that potentially could include Ottawa,” she said on April 28 when asked about reports of a new jail in the city. “We’re going to be releasing a report very shortly … and I will have further detail to share at this point in the weeks and months ahead.”

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Make the Right Call On April 26th the Ottawa Police Service introduced a direct telephone number for non-emergency enquiries. You can call (613) 236-1222 to report a crime or complaint. The Integrated Voice Response will connect you to the appropriate person to save you from having to find the right extension. Emergencies or life-threatening situations will still be handled by 9-1-1.

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2017 Ontario Budget Health Care Highlights

Advocates renew calls for accountability

I am pleased to announce that the 2017 budget is a balanced one, the first balanced budget since the global recession. A balanced budget means more funding for the programs and services people rely on most, like health care, education and economic investments.

Day of Mourning draws grieving families of fallen workers

John and Project Stitch at CHEO

Last month, I had the pleasure Inof ourattending new Budget, the we are proposing launch of OHIP+: the Children and Youth Pharmacare which will cover the construction and reorganization cost of more than 4,400 prescription medications to of CHEO’s day care surgery and allrecovery children andunits. youth age 24 and under.

Regardless This undertaking, of family income. No deductible. No co-pay. Just fondly called Project Stitch, will present your health card and a prescription and get dramatically increase patient flow, your medication. improve patient privacy and have a direct impact on the quality of This new program will improve access to care provided to young patients prescription medications for more than four million in Ottawa.

I am very proud that children and youth, resulting in a healthier, more the Government productive population. of Ontario will be investing $8.6 million dollars in Project Stitch.

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and CHEO surgeons spent over 6,400 hours operating on children As well, we are investing $9 billion over 10 years in and youth. Project Stitch will help new hospital capital funding and $518 million in new improve our hospital’s surgical unit operational funding for hospitals (a 3% increase). and cut wait times children and We are providing a $7 billionfor booster shot to health youth needing surgery. care, including improving access to care, access to mental health andand addiction services, and enhancing I welcome applaud Project the patient and experience.

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As his daughter, grandson and his son’s partner look on, Christian Bruneau appeals for the protection of workers during a National Day of Mourning event at Vincent Massey Park on April 28. Bruneau’s son, Olivier, was killed on the job at a construction site in downtown Ottawa in March 2016.

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“So on one hand we have $25K (fined) to a student for snooping into medical reports and on the other hand $5K for serious worker injuries,” Bruneau said before appealing for the Ministry of Justice to level serious fines against companies deemed responsible for unsafe working conditions. “Do we have two standards here? That’s a question I ask.”

His son was at the bottom of a cavernous pit where a condo building was being constructed on Preston Street when the employee of Bellai Brothers Construction suffered traumatic injuries when ice fell from the side of the site.

Media reports revealed that the Ministry of Labour had investigated a similar incident in which a different worker had previously been struck by ice at the same workplace.

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City Councillor/Conseiller Municipal River Ward/Quartier Rivière Harmony of Cultures Community Event The South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre in partnership with the Hunt Club Community Organization have partnered together to host a Canada150 event at the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre on Saturday May 13 from 11am-4pm. The event will celebrate our community’s many cultures and showcase a variety of offerings, including music, dancing, storytelling, children’s activities, food, books, art and crafts. This is an all-day party, all are welcome and admission is free.

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I will be hosting a public information session on Thursday June 1 at the Riverside Churches. An Open House will commence at 6:30pm, followed by a brief presentation at 7pm, then a Q&A session. If you are not able to attend the public meeting, please share with me any questions or concerns that you may have and I will direct them to City Planning staff or the Youth Services Bureau for their review and reply.

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Unions applaud federal action plan Continued from page 12

In the wake of the fatality, the City of Ottawa approved a motion to call for a series of changes, including education and training for Crown attorneys to apply the Westray provisions in the Criminal Code that make it possible for employers to be criminally charged for negligence causing workplace death and injury.

The provisions are the product of the Westray coal mine explosion in Nova Scotia that killed 26 miners in 1992.

Bruneau renewed his own pleas for stiffer penalties.

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“Ministry of Labour fines have become a cost of doing business and have no deterrent effect,” he said. “In Canada, companies can buy a right to kill a worker for $250,000. This is the usual fine applied to worker fatalities.”

While the Canadian government has previously acknowledged the need to make corporations more accountable for the safety of workers under the Criminal Code, there remains a lack of enforcement.

“Over the last 13 years, 13,000 workers have died from a workplace accident, with only four convictions under the Westray Act,” said Bruneau.

More political will and courage are needed to achieve change, he said, but added there is progress with the federal government’s recent unveiling of an action plan to ensure the Westray Bill is effectively enforced.

Unions also view it as positive; that the Criminal Code provisions will be more effectively enforced when it comes to the criminal prosecution of negligent employers.

Calling this a “major step in the right direction,” Bruneau also said he wants the Ontario government to show the same courage.

“Perhaps next year when we meet again the list of killed workers will have drastically decreased,” he said.

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Longtime Banff Avenue Community House volunteer Llewellyn Dicks (back, right) is surrounded by a crush of kids after he was presented with a United Way of Ottawa community builder award on April 26 by CTV Ottawa Morning Live host Stefan Keyes (back, centre). Dicks was nominated for the award by Sylvie Manser, executive director of the house (back, left).

Banff-Ledbury volunteer surprised with award

By Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

The kids and staff at Banff Avenue Community House know how to keep a secret.

Llewellyn Dicks was upstairs at the community hub the afternoon of April 26 when he was asked to come down by Sylvie Manser, house executive director.

Holding a coffee cup in one hand, he descended the stairs and was gobsmacked to see everyone had gathered in the homework room, all eyes trained on him.

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The Aylmer, Que. resident was the surprise recipient of a United Way of Ottawa community builder award, which he had been nominated for

by Manser for his longtime volunteer work with the community house in the Banff-Ledbury neighbourhood. “Lew comes in to deliver healthy snacks, helps you with your math homework and provides a listening ear for reading practice,� said Stefan Keyes, who is host of CTV Ottawa Morning Live and an Ottawa Community Housing tenant ambassador.

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After-school treats serve as homework incentive staff, neighbourhood children and United Way Ottawa representatives looked on.

The presentation coincided with National Volunteer Week, April 23 to 29.

Continued from page 15

The Orléans resident, who also grew up in community housing, at Carlington, presented Dicks with the award as house

“He seemed like the perfect fit considering what he’s done for our community,” said Manser.

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“You’re one of our unsung heroes,” Keyes told Dicks.

The smoothies have served as a popular incentive every Wednesday afternoon, drawing kids to the house where they can get help with their homework.

“He cares about people’s education. He knows that that makes a change in people’s lives and so he’s committed to children,” Manser said, adding that Dicks, a retired civilian Department of Defence electrical engineer, even ensured the smoothies were delivered when he broke his toe this past winter.

He also has donated to the house’s bursary program, which is awarded annually to two graduating high school students heading off to their first year of postsecondary studies.

“He’s dedicated,” Manser said.

Dicks first pitched the smoothie arrangement seven years ago after the Ottawa Food

Bank linked him to the Banff Avenue Community House. His daughter, Gyneya Dicks, owns a number of Boost Juice businesses in Ottawa, and she has been an eager benefactor of the initiative.

“Education is the great equalizer. I always believed in that,” he said of the house’s homework program.

The Boost Juice treats have motivated kids to come to the community centre once a week, and have allowed staff to work their magic to entice the young students to come every weekday after school, he said, adding the children have also learned other stimulating games, such as chess, and the kids also pitch in, helping each other with homework.

However, he said, the true heroes of the house are the staff and the other volunteers. Still, he appreciates being awarded the honour.

“For me, it’s tremendous,” Dicks said with a smile. “I really enjoy the fact that we can do something positive.”

About 30 community builder awards are presented by the United Way of Ottawa to local volun-

teers every year. The program, which has been in existence for more than 15 years, recognizes those who have volunteered for at least three years in the Ottawa region.

“It’s amazing the different applications we have,” said Erica Howes, United Way of Ottawa’s co-ordinator of community relations, who attended the award presentation.

Each application tells a story about inspiring individuals who give back to their communities in different ways. The Banff Avenue Community House application was no different.

“We love it when it’s a surprise like this because it just kind of makes it so much better and the kids were in on it, and how humbled and grateful he is for so much that he’s done for this community and how much he’s impacted these kids,” Howes said.

Next up, Dicks’ name and those of other volunteers honoured with community builder awards this year will be engraved and featured on a wall of inspiration inside city hall. That ceremony will take place next March.

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For 29 years, Gail Jones worked at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, working her way from laundry, to housekeeping, to the kitchen.

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Volunteers have heart: Ottawa Hospital CEO Continued from page 29

“I was able to meet families and listen to their feelings,” she said, adding she could listen to patients and their loved ones and bring the two sides together.

“I would tell them that they could talk to one another,” she said.

Dupuis’ father did his residency at the hospital, so volunteering in health care was a natural fit for her.

Between her and her husband, Norman Dupuis, the pair has about 50 years of volunteer service at the hospital.

“Wherever you go in the hospital, you name it, you’ll find a volunteer,” said Dr. Jack Kitts chief executive of the Ottawa Hospital, congratulating the 20 recipients.

Volunteers help you find your

way, provide comfort and run the coffee and gift shop to raise funds for hospital equipment, he said.

The hospital has more than 1,200 volunteers who commit to filling 3,000 shifts and 12,000 hours of service each month, providing more than 150,000 hours of service each year.

“Many, many volunteers don’t really have the time, but they have the heart,” he said. “Their value to the Ottawa Hospital is truly priceless.”

Other recipients include Claude Desrosiers, Judy Filotas, Olive Newman, Gary Zed, George Gaty, Denise Germain, Rachele Quenneville, Steve West, Don Ferne, Gisela Grenier, Liette St-Cyr, Judi Ferne, Whitney Fox, Victoria Halle, Ghislaine Tessier, Louise Brunet and Dianne Paquette.

Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin (left) presents Cecile Dupuis, a longtime volunteer with the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus, with the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers during a ceremony on April 26 at the Hospital’s Civic campus.

Twenty volunteers with the hospital and the hospital’s foundation were recognized.

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• 2 cups (500 mL) thinly-sliced greenhouse cucumber • 3/4 tsp (4 mL) salt • 1 small shallot, finely chopped • 2 tbsp (25 mL) finelychopped greenhouse sweet red pepper • 3 tbsp (45 mL) rice vinegar • 1 tbsp (15 mL) honey • 1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) sesame oil • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) sriracha chili sauce (or hot sauce) • 2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped fresh mint • 1 tbsp (15 mL) toasted sesame seeds • 1 tbsp (15 mL) red miso paste

spread on paper towel and gently pat dry.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine shallot, red pepper, two tablespoons (25 mL) of the vinegar, honey, sesame oil and sriracha. Add drained cucumber slices, mint and sesame seeds, and toss. Cover and refrigerate.

In small bowl, whisk together miso, maple syrup, chili garlic sauce, remaining vinegar and salt.

Place fillets skin side down in single layer on lightly-greased rimmed baking sheet. Brush fillets with vegetable oil and miso glaze. Broil for six minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested • 1 tbsp (15 mL) maple syrup with fork. Serve with sesame cu• 1 tsp (5 mL) chili garlic sauce cumbers.

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Bella is a friendly cat who loves spending time with her human friends. She loves to be sung to while having her beautiful fur brushed.

Bella is looking for a quiet home where she can be the only cat in the house — she would prefer to have all of her new family’s love and attention to herself. Could you be the one Bella has been waiting for?

Does your cat or dog have a microchip? Tiny and virtually painless to implant, this life-long form of identification may mean the difference between never seeing your lost pet again and having her returned safely to you. May is Chip Your Pet Month — a perfect time to get a microchip for your furry companion.

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Important information about you and your pet is entered into a national database and can be used to contact you if your lost pet has been found.

Microchips will not fade or be lost over time. Owner information can be accessed electronically and immediately, ensuring the speedy return of a lost pet.

While tags may be lost from time to time, tags are still important as a quick and visual way of identifying your pet.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Accept that sometimes things will not go your way, Aries. However, you can learn to adapt and find balance in any situation you find yourself in.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Next week may be a better time to make a big decision, Leo. Coast along for a little bit longer and get a feel for the lay of the land before making your decision.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Think of something you can do that will be a big risk and out of character, Sagittarius. It may give you a rush of adrenaline this week and pave the way for new interests.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Discovering all of the answers need not be your goal all the time, Taurus.

Keep in mind that the journey can sometimes be more rewarding than the destination.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Coming across memorabilia or old photographs may have you thinking about those who came before you, Virgo. It is a good week for introspection and reminiscing.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that you can handle whatever comes your way.

You are the only one who can derail your plans.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, don’t hesitate to let others know how much they mean to you. Such simple gestures will be appreciated and help you maintain strong relationships with those you love most.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, don’t let any opportunity pass you by this week — even those that may seem like they won’t yield much reward.

Everything is a learning opportunity.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Someone you wouldn’t normally look to for advice provides some invaluable wisdom in the days ahead, Aquarius.

Heed this advice and express your gratitude.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, when in doubt, speak with someone who has more experience than you. It’s a big person who can accept help when it’s needed, and others will be willing to help.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Obsessive thoughts will not make the solution to a problem come any easier. It’s better if you clear your head and then maybe the ideas will arrive when you least expect.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, instead of focusing on all of the little details, look at the bigger picture. This will prove to be the inspiration you need to stay motivated.

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Until May 25

Alta Vista – The 50+ Exercise Group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 to 10 a.m. until May 25 at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Please join us and get moving, strengthening, and stretching. Fees are $57 for 19 classes, payable by cash or cheque at your first class.

Drop-in fee is $8. For more info, call Lisa Sadler at 613523-9101.

Until May 15

Alta Vista – Enjoy stories, rhymes and songs for babies up to 18 months and a parent or caregiver at the Alta Vista library branch, located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr., on Mondays until May 15, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required.

Until May 23

Alta Vista – Enjoy stories, rhymes and songs for the whole family at the Alta Vista library branch, located at 2516 Alta Vista Dr., on Tuesdays until May 23, from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

May 4 to 25

Alta Vista – Toddlers, 18 to 36 months old, and a parent or caregiver are invited to toddlertime at the Alta Vista library branch on Thursdays, May 4 to 25, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is not required. The branch is at 2516 Alta Vista Dr.

May 5

Every first Friday of each month, unless otherwise advised, Old Time Fiddle Music & Dance, East Osgoode Greely Old Time Association happens 7:30 to 11 p.m. at

the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. Yearly memberships are still available. We welcome all dancers, listeners and musicians of all ages. For additional details, call 613 489-2697.

Canterbury – A Community Fun Fair takes place May 5 at Canterbury High School, 900 Canterbury Ave., from 4 to 7 p.m. The fair is a fundraiser with all proceeds going to Sleeping Children Around the World. The fair will have many fun activities such as performances by Canterbury students and guests from other schools, face painting, games, a raffle, contests, a photo booth, and more.

May 6

Alta Vista –Voices of Hope is a fundraising concert in aid of a family in Ukraine, that takes place May 6 at St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, 2400 Alta Vista Dr. The suggested donation is $20 for adults and families, and $16 for students and seniors.

Canterbury – Shannon Mercer, a soprano and vocal graduate of Canterbury High School will share her reallife story about what comes next on May 6 at the school’s auditorium, located at 900 Canterbury Ave. The Next Steps event on May 6 begins at 7:30 p.m., and will feature a number of artists, authors and musicians as well as other interesting careers. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. The event is presented

by Canterbury’s registered charitable organization with all proceeds going to the Arts Canterbury program. Tickets are at cacda.com or at the door.

Manotick – Kids in junior

kindergarten to Grade 4 are invested to take part in a Safe Cycle Bike Rideo on May 6, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Manotick Public School, at 1075 Bridge St. The program is free. Kids will learn from City of Ottawa instructors how to safely ride a bike and rules of the road. Participants are asked to bring a bike, wear a helmet and come with a parent or guardian. For details, visit manotickvca.org.

Manotick – The 2017 Manotick Musicale is scheduled for May 6, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Manotick United Church. The event features The Village Singers, Manotick Brass and the Canterbury Trio. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Manotick Office Pro, ROSSS offices in Manotick and Metcalfe and online at rosss.ca.

Kars – The Outaouais Wood Carvers Club holds its 29th annual wood carving competition May 6 at the Kars Community Recreation Association hall, 1604 Old Wellington St. The public is welcome from 1 to 5 p.m. Wood carvers and pyrographers from eastern Ontario, western Quebec and parts of the United States will present their wood art. Demonstration and sales tables will be available. Entry is free or by donation.

May 7

Manotick – Take part in the annual Manotick Miler on May 7 from 8 a.m. to noon at Centennial Park. There are numerous distances for youths and adults. The run will start at 5541 Main St. beside Allure Hair Design & Spa and end at 1135 Mill St. in front of Miller’s Oven and Take Another Bite. The 10

miler begins first at 8:45 a.m.

A tailgate party takes place in Dickinson Square starting at 11 a.m. The Manotick Miler raises funds for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

For details, go to manotickmiler.com.

Greely – Enjoy an afternoon of dancing and fun with Kings Creek Band on May 7 at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall. Theicensed bar opens at 1 p.m. with dancing until 5 p.m. Snacks will be included. Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 613884-4043.

Winchester – To celebrate Canada’s 150th, Village Voices Women’s Choir presents “Canada, Eh!” with guests Castor Valley Elementary School junior and intermediate choirs on May 7 at 2 p.m. at Winchester United Church, 519 St. Lawrence St. in Winchester. Advance tickets are $12 or $15 at the door. There will be refreshments, draws, and a painting raffle. For details, email catgraham_59@ yahoo.com, or visit freewebs. com/villagevoices.

Dr. Speakers for May 9 will discuss experiences as Muslim women in Canada. Contact Ann Coolen at 613-749-0740 for details.

May 10

North Gower – Enjoy a beef dinner by the North Gower United Church on May 10 from, 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Alfred Taylor Community Centre in North Gower. Reserve your tickets now. Take-outs are available by calling Mary at 6130489-2697.

May 11

CFS Leitrim – Join the 2951 Army Cadet Vimy Trip Parent Committee for a Paint Nite fundraiser on May 11 at 7 p.m. at CFS Leitrim’s all ranks mess, 3545 Leitrim Rd.

A portion of each registration fee goes to the Cadet trip to Vimy Ridge this November.

Register at paintnite.com/ events/_1177195. For details, email 2951pro@gmail.com.

Elmvale Acres – Everyone is welcome to attend the fifth annual Màmawi Together speaker series at Hillcrest High School, at 1900 Dauphin Rd., on May 11 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

For tickets, go to bit.ly/mamawi. Senator Murray Sinclair, with the Truth and Reconciliation, CBC host Shelagh Rogers and youth reps and others from the Ottawa community will reflect upon what took place during an April 26 youth reconciliation day, designed to foster discussion about reconciliation.

May 8

Greenboro – Learn how to protect your computer on May 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Greenrboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

Chris Taylor, president of the Ottawa PC Users’ Group, will show you the simple steps you need to take to keep your computer from being hacked.

To attend this free seminar please register with the library.

May 9

Ottawa Lifelong Learning for Older Adults (55 plus) meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. at St Timothy’s Church, 2400 Alta Vista

International speaker, Kari Mashos, is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

Thursday, 18, atat 7:00 PM PM Thursday, MayMay 18th, 7:00 First Church of Christ, Scientist First Church of Christ, Scientist 288 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa 288 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa This lecture is sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ottawa, Ontario For more information please call: (613) 232-0748 Website address https://christianscienceottawa.ca/

This Lecture is sponsored by First Church of Christ Scientist, Ottawa Ontario For more information please call (613) 232-0748 Website address: christianscienceottawa.ca

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