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Ian Bush has been found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for the 2007 deaths of retired tax judge Alban Garon, his wife Raymonde Garon, and their neighbour Marie-Claire Beniskos in the Garon’s Riverside Drive condominium unit.

Through the trial, Crown attorneys said the Orléans man had a vendetta against the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canadian taxation system. He took his anger out on Alban, his wife Raymonde, and their neighbour, who is speculated to have only come to the condo unit when she heard a disturbance.

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The female who was on the motorcycle was transported to the trauma centre at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus.

“She sustained head, facial injuries. She has a broken arm and a broken leg,” Deschamps said, adding he did not know whether the woman was the driver of the motorcycle or a passenger on the bike.

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Banff-Ledbury kitchen fire injures woman A female suffered first- and second-degree burns when a fire broke out in the kitchen of a home in the Banff-Ledbury community.

Firefighters responded to 1262 Brookline Ave., near Walkley Road and Banff Avenue, on May 17 at 12:23 p.m.

“Firefighters confirmed smoke and flame visible from the front door of the one-story single-family home and declared a working fire,” the department’s dispatch team said in an email.

“An interior fast attack prevented the fire from a pot on the stove from extending to the rest of the home.”

The fire was brought under control less then 10 minutes after the 911 call for help.

Paramedics transported a 32-yearold woman to hospital with burns to her hands, arms, face and abdomen.

Marc-Antoine Deschamps, spokesperson with the Ottawa Paramedic Service, confirmed the woman suffered first-degree burns to her abdomen and second-degree burns to both arms.

A fire investigator was dispatched to the scene. The cause of the fire was an unattended pot on the stove. The extent of the damage was not known.

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Convicted killer may challenge verdict sistently disrespectful in court, refusing to stand when the judge walked in the room, as is customary.

McKinnon told Bush the “depths of your evil” were on display through the trial, and that he had no shame, forcing his own family to testify.

Bush receives three automatic life sentences with no chance of parole for 25 years, which will be served concurrently.

“A witness testified that he was a monster,” Cavanagh said,

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It was a cold case until Bush’s DNA was found on duct tape used to allegedly put a plastic bag over 101-year-old Ernest Côté’s head in a 2014 home invasion in New Edinburgh, and matched to the crime scene of the triple murder.

Despite the length of time it took for the case to go to trial, it took a remarkably short amount of time for the jury to come back with a guilty verdict on May 17.

They were only out of the courtroom for two hours and seven minutes — and that included a 45-minute lunch break.

“It tells you the police did a spectacular job and the investigation was beyond reproach and covered every possible aspect of evidence,” said Crown attorney James Cavanagh, who also read a victim impact statement from a representative of the Beniskos family in the courtroom.

“I really don’t think you care. You’re probably enjoying

when asked what he thought of Bush.

“Jean-Claude Demers, Alban Garron’s best friend, said, as they sat around learning about the horrible deaths of their friends and family, the consensus in the room among the grief-stricken family, was only a monster could do something like that.”

Bush’s lawyer, Geraldine Castle-Trudel, said her client is interested in appealing the verdict.

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Jean Perley, a friend of the victims who attended the trial every day, reacts after leaving an Ottawa court on May 17 after a judge found Ian Bush guilty of three counts of firstdegree murder. Perley said she hopes Bush ‘rots in hell’ for what he’s done. this attention,” he read. “We are free and you will never be — so who’s laughing now? I feel nothing for you, but I do feel sorry for the legacy you left behind for your wife, your

children, and any future grandchildren. You will be spending the rest of your life behind bars like a caged animal — exactly where you belong.”

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Children under six will be forced out of city daycare programs

By Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

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The province made changes to the legislation that deals with daycares — cracking down on unlicensed centres caring for the more vulnerable four- and fiveyear-old children.

The move was a response to the death of a child in Vaughan, Dan Chenier, the city’s general manager of recreation, said.

Committee chair Diane Deans said she understands the concern that prompted the changes, but feels the province cast “too wide a net.”

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said he remembers attending a similar program when he was younger. He feels the provincial legislation misses the mark.

The changes are on the way for the fall and will impact students under six. They will have to enrol in licensed programs, most likely extended-day programs at their schools.

Chenier said 104 kids won’t be returning to city programs in the fall because they’re too young.

In addition to young kids, other families will be impacted, as the city is no longer able to offer three hours of continuous care.

Chenier said that change means another 128 families will have to make a choice between before or after care.

“Or they’ll have to move to a licensed centre,” he said.

Barb Shantz, whose son goes to Castor Valley Elementary School near Metcalfe, says the changes will mean daycare costs of $22 per day.

Fleury asked Chenier if there’s the potential for schools to lease space from the city to offer essentially the same programs as Ottawa offered before.

Chenier said the opposite is actually true, as the school

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It and other centres may have an influx of new students this fall as the city can no longer provide before- and after-school care for four and five year olds. boards move to reclaim space the city had been using, as they will be offering their own programs.

The city was hoping for an exemption from the province to be able to continue offering the program.

Chenier said with the advent of full-day kindergarten there was pressure to provide the service to four and five year olds.

But, with the absence of an exemption, getting a licence to be able to keep the four and five year olds isn’t an option, Chenier said.

“It would represent a 76-percent increase in costs to the families,” Chenier said, adding that wouldn’t just be affected families — but everyone in the program.

In dollars that means a cost from $1,900 for the year to roughly $3,800, he said.

Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney said a number of her residents attend Hintonburg Community Centre and will be impacted by the changes.

“Licensed care represents $300 a month,” she said.

While the province has pledged to offer a cash infusion in the form of subsidies, not everyone will qualify. The province’s subsidy system is incomebased and on a sliding scale. It doesn’t take into account parents’ household expenses.

Deans asked if city staff are worried that children who won’t be able to access the program may end up staying home.

Chenier said staff will keep an eye out for a need.

“Some places are thinking of moving to a drop-off or occasional model,” he said of other non-licensed recreation providers.

The city will still be able to offer full-day summer and PD day camps for four and five year olds. It’s something Deans said she was having trouble seeing the logic in.

Chenier said other than the occasional skinned knee, the city had no safety concerns while caring for the younger population.

The city runs 34 sites that offer before- and after-school care.

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round Mother’s Day, I was asked by a friend why his wife seemed ultimately dissatisfied with her decision to take an extended career break to stay home and raise their kids for more than a decade. “I didn’t ask her to do it and I always said I’d support any decision she would make,” he said.

“Don’t take it personally,” I said. “I have women friends who work full time, women friends who stay home full time and those who try to do both the job of employee and mother part time. Not one of us is satisfied.”

It was a fascinating realization for me to learn the truth of this through a continuous online conversation I’m having with three working mothers.

The working and mother parts are the only thing we all have in common.

One is divorced and parents two children full time every second week. One works full-time for a global company from home and manages the busy schedules of two children in competitive sport. One runs communications for a series of public organizations, has four children and tends to travel a lot for work.

I’m the hybrid, running my own business from my home office for years, while cutting my work day short to meet the school bus at 2:45 p.m. daily,

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As successful as everyone seems from the outside, we are all struggling to keep up with the demands of child-rearing and work, never mind the never-ending pile of laundry in the basement. Any notion of worklife balance has long gone out the window.

For many of us, in place of the excitement we had in early adulthood that we could have it all, there is only resentment.

Equity in marriage often goes out the window once the babies come around. Even the most helpful and hands-on husbands can’t breastfeed. Even those couples who once saw equal share of laundry, food preparation and lawn mowing frequently see the traditional gender division of labour rear its head.

Statistics Canada tells us that both working men and women do engage in household chores, but even as recently as 2014, employed women are still often doing more of both.

In workplaces, it appears we’ve reached gender equality,

but only to the men in power.

As much as we’d like to think we’ve come a long way, men still dominate boardrooms and C-suites.

Career-ambitious women know the new glass ceiling is middle management. My generation of women, the late generation-Xers, are the first to enter adulthood with the promise that we can have it all.

Many of us saw our moms kick through that low-level glass ceiling. My mom, for example, was the first woman in her family to get a university degree and then a graduate degree. She worked full time, had two weeks’ vacation each year, while my sibling and I went to babysitters. My parents eventually divorced.

I went into adulthood with my eyes wide open about what was available to me — everything, that’s what. But that’s how I and many in my generation have set ourselves up for disappointment, according to feminist author Ariel Levy. She says those of us who blame the shortcomings of feminism for our woes have got it all wrong.

“I mean the idea that you can have every single thing you want in life without sacrificing anything is not the thinking of a feminist. It’s the thinking of a toddler,” she told CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti. “I think what feminism told women is you're fully human, you're a full human being, but the human con-

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Land-use tribunal could replace OMB

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

Councillors will have to get better at dealmaking if the package of reforms to the landuse planning appeal system at the provincial level goes through.

“We have to be more creative without the guillotine of the OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) there to focus us,” said College Coun.

Rick Chiarelli. “Councillors won’t be able to vote against something they know will be overturned at the OMB just to get applause.”

The proposed reform, announced May 16, by Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, will be a more streamlined approach that lends a hand to residents and places more importance on planning decisions by the municipal government.

The Ontario Municipal Board would be replaced with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

The reform would also eliminate lengthy and costly “de novo” hearings for the majority of planning appeals.

The term de novo describes the practice of considering land-use appeals as though no decision had been made previously.

Mayor Jim Watson, who was minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs from 2007 to 2010, said reform of the process has been a long

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Changes to the land use appeals process would result in the abolishment of the Ontario Municipal Board, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi announced alongside Mayor Jim Watson. time coming.

“When I was minister, I would sign official plans and often times before the ink was dry there’d be an appeal,” he said, adding that almost every “ask” the city had for reform is included in the government’s proposal.

“One of the things is the effort on the part of the province (to have) more density around transit-oriented development, as a result of billions of dollars of investment,” Naqvi said.

“Developments would be protected or shielded to protect density around those zones, as opposed to getting into the kinds of disputes we often see at the OMB.” Sheila Perry, president of the Federation of Community Associations, said the change is a good-news story.

“To make a challenge to the OMB is quite daunting,” she said. “You have to have a planner and a lawyer, which is no small expense for a community

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While most people were in favour of the move to a tribunal system, Kitchissippi Coun.

Jeff Leiper said he saw

one red flag.

The package of reforms includes a piece that would prohibit appeals of development within 500 metres of a major transit station.

Transit-oriented development would essentially be insulated.

Naqvi said that’s because transit receives investment from all levels of government and the province wants to ensure success by promoting intensification around transit centres.

The most recent example is the approval of a 22-storey building on Scott Street, at the for-

mer Trailhead site.

“I know that the height in the current community design plan wasn’t going to go ahead, but we could have come up with something that is a better transition,” Leiper said.

But overall, he said, the changes will be good news for residents, and keep land-use decisions in the hands of the people who have to live with the decisions.

“There’s definitely more responsibility on the part of councillors to ensure good planning decisions,” he said.

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My office hosted our 2nd Annual Free BBQ in the Park in Metcalfe during the Annual Meet and Greet event. Mayor Watson was able to stop in and do a walk about the Village with me as I introduced him to many local business owners.

Joining us this year in the park were Betty and Brian McGowan with their miniature horses, Brittany the balloon twister, Rural South Recreation that provided kids games and face painting, Safer Roads Ottawa, and newly formed Osgoode Ward Youth Community Involvement Program (OWYCIP) which helps bridge the gap between students and businesses so they can earn their Community Hours before graduation. I would like to acknowledge and thank the Volunteer Firefighters that supplied the BBQ, grilled the food and served it up. I also want to send out my sincerest thank you to Marcel and Linda Moncion from Your Independent Grocer, Riverside South location for donating all the food for this community event. They are always giving back to the community and I am very grateful they continue to support my events year after year.

RNAO Region 10 Ottawa Breakfast The annual breakfast held by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Region 10 is a great opportunity for nurses in Ottawa to voice concerns to the different levels of government in a face to face sit down setting. The breakfast enables everyone to interact and gather some information that will work towards a better work environment and care for their patients. I always look forward to the personal touch this forum provides me with for the very special health care providers that not only live in our community but throughout the city.

Legislative Page from Metcalfe The latest resident to be selected to serve in the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park is 12 year old Matthew Howell from Metcalfe. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime for sure. Matt applied for this position a while back and was selected based on his grades and capabilities to serve away home. During his stay in Toronto, he will continue his studies until his return in June. Congratulations Matt!

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eadership in politics is what energizes and motivates people and engages them in the political process. But while good leadership excites, bad leadership discourages.

And we have seen recent cases that have covered this spectrum.

Let’s call it The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, with apologies to the 1966 spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood.

“The Good,” obviously, is federal Conservative Party interim leader Rona Ambrose, who has announced she is leaving politics. She guided the party to something of a rebirth after its disheartening defeat in the last election.

After a relatively mediocre stint as a cabinet minister under former PM Stephen Harper one might have wondered about her leadership qualities, but over her term as interim leader she has rebuilt the party into a formidable and respected opposition.

She has done this, we would suggest, with dignity, poise, intelligence and integrity. She has demonstrated what leadership should be all about.

Compare this with “The Bad” and “The Ugly.”

“The Bad” is Liberal defence minister Harjit Sajjan, who not once but twice took credit for military

planning in Afghanistan that he simply did not do.

That much is pretty clear. What is not clear is why Sajjan, a respected and decorated soldier in Afghanistan, did this? By way of explanation, he said that he had “made a mistake in describing his role.”

Really? He may describe it as a “mistake;” others might term it downright lying. But what is truly disappointing in this situation is that the minister did not have the integrity to resign from his position.

That’s why he merits “The Bad” label.

And as for “The Ugly,” the Mike Duffy episode was bad enough, lowering the public’s esteem for the Senate immensely.

But now comes former senator Don Meredith, who used his position to pursue an inappropriate sexual relationship with a very young woman.

The Senate’s ethics committee called his behaviour “one of the most egregious breaches” by a senator of what is expected. It called for his expulsion from the Senate, the first time that would happen.

The senator avoided this by eventually resigning, ending this “ugly, ugly” situation. So, there you have it. “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”

And some wonder why so many get turned off on politics these days.

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here seems to be no shortage of news stories about people getting kicked off airplanes.

Typically, people get on an airplane, the airline discovers that there are not enough seats, and then determines that a particular passenger, along with his family, should leave the flight in order for other passengers to board.

In the worst case (so far), the passengers booted off the plane were unseated in order to make room for airline employees. In a less-bad case, the passengers were booted off the plane because of what seemed to be a rather minor irregularity in ticketing.

In all cases, passengers were seriously inconvenienced, when not physically harmed.

In all cases, the airline apologized, sometimes belatedly, sometimes grudgingly, and announced that its primary

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town concern was to serve the public in the best possible way.

For example, here is how Delta Air Lines ended its apology for kicking off an entire family, including an infant: “Delta's goal is to always work with customers in an attempt to find solutions to their travel issues.”

These stories resonate with us, because when we read them we realize that it could happen to us. Having passed through security, having waited and waited, having presented our boarding pass and our photo I.D., we could be safely in our assigned seat,

breathing a sigh of relief when somebody from the airline comes along and demands that we get off, for a reason that doesn’t even matter.

It could happen to us. And we are powerless to stop it. That’s what makes it worse — our powerlessness.

Powerlessness is part of the air travel experience for all of us. We dare not make a joke. We dare not question authority.

Because at any moment we could be singled out and denied the right to fly.

If we want to know what living in a totalitarian society is like, this is it.

There are nice airports in the world, and Ottawa’s is one of them, but the overall impression of the flying experience is that we are treated like cattle.

In a largely free and largely democratic society, it is difficult to imagine other areas of life in which this is so.

In most places, if we are treated un-

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fairly, arbitrarily, we object. We argue.

Someone in authority comes to talk it over with us. We might win the argument, we might lose it, but at least there is a discussion.

Not so in the airline world.

The airline world has us over a barrel because we need to get on the plane, and we will endure whatever mistreatment is on offer in order to do so. We will pay for things that we shouldn’t have to pay for (checked baggage, room for our knees). We will take off our belts and shoes, sit through unexplained delays and, it appears, look on without comment as our fellow passengers are chucked off the plane.

Fortunately, one thing aggrieved passengers can do is go to the news media.

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legislative action, including a provision that passengers cannot be bumped off planes against their will.

Many more rights need to be restored before we can feel like free people when we fly, but that’s a step ahead.

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here I sat, as I did every Sunday, in the same pew, in the same row, in the same church.

Only a calamity of the highest order would keep us away from the Lutheran Church in Northcote on a Sunday morning. And it was always an ordeal for me.

Goodness knows, I tried my best to understand what the minister was talking about, but as usual, I had no idea what he was saying.

His very voice sent chills up my spine. I couldn’t understand why. When he came to visit, I wasn’t the least bit frightened of him, but everything changed when he came swooping down past our pew leading the choir.

Once the minister lumbered up to the pulpit, he paused, scanned the entire church, and I was absolutely sure when his eyes lit on me, he knew I was scared out of my wits.

I wondered if my fright had something to do with his flowing robes, since my brother Emerson whose imagination was many notches above mine, said they reminded him of a huge black vulture getting ready to swoop down on us. His voice thundered through the church, and his face got redder and red-

MARY COOK Memories der. But I had to pay attention, because soon he would send us children off to Sunday School.

And the woman who taught us, it was rumoured, could recite the bible cover to cover, and she would be waiting for us, with her arms folded so that she reminded me of a praying mantis.

She would ask us what the message was from the minister.

And of course, I would have no idea. I would purposely go into a coughing fit in the hope she would bypass me and go onto one of the other poor souls waiting to be grilled on what it meant to be a Christian.

Thankfully the questions would end, and the teacher would begin the lesson, which had everything to do with being a better person. Well, praying

was no ordeal for me. Not only did we say our prayers kneeling at Mother’s knee before we went to bed, I had long ago developed the habit of praying for just about anything I wanted, from new white ankle socks with lace around them, to praying for bad Marguirite to move to some foreign country. I even prayed my red hair would turn black, and that one morning I would wake up and every last freckle would have vanished through the night.

And on she would go. And she always seemed to know when the last hymn was being sung upstairs, because she would tell us to bow our heads for the closing prayer. Each of us would be given a little folded piece of shiny paper with a story printed inside, and always there

was a picture of Jesus on the front page, which I loved, and which was far different from the one hanging in the church upstairs.

That day I was very quiet on the way home, as I tried to figure out why Sunday church was so different from the days when we went to church for the strawberry social, the Christmas concert, the pot-luck suppers, and the once-a-year lawn social when we ran races, played ball, and ate home-made ice cream.

And I decided, maybe I wasn’t a very nice person. Maybe no amount of praying would make me any better. And even though I had no idea what Father meant when he said it, but I wondered if that was my fate.

When someone did something just a bit off centre, or the news in the paper was doom and gloom, he would say, “the world is going straight to Hell in a basket.” I wondered. Would that too be my fate?

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South Ottawa residents won’t have far to travel when making the rounds of a host of sites featured during this year’s Doors Open Ottawa, an annual free showcase of historical, cultural and functionally significant buildings.

The annual city-run event celebrates the city’s built heritage.

On June 3 and 4, there will be 162 buildings whose doors will open from Carp to Cumberland for visitors to explore.

“It was not hard to find 150 buildings,” said Amy Kudrinko, co-ordinator of Doors Open Ottawa. “Being that it’s Canada’s 150th we felt the interest. Everyone wanted to be involved.”

Of the 162 buildings this year, Kudrinko said 75 per cent are past participants. However, she said they are always on the lookout for new interesting buildings that fit into the mandate of the event.

This year, thanks to Algonquin College students in the mobile application design and development course, there is a free app to help visitors plan out their route.

Gerry Hurdle, program coordinator for the course, said the app can work as a key to figuring out which buildings to check out.

Hurdle said he was approached by the city last summer.

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South Ottawa residents will have plenty of choice when making the rounds of several new additions to the Doors Open Ottawa roster this year on June 3 and 4. Among those will be the year-old Mosque of Mercy in the South Keys area, which will be open for guided tours June 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. was an appropriate project for the students because of the timing,” Hurdle said.

The course is a two-year program and is largely projectbased.

“I don’t do exams, I do projects, just like in real life,” Hurdle said.

He thought developing the app was a good learning opportunity, so he had students put together a showcase in December, at the close of the fall courses, and present their ideas to the city.

After that, he put together a team of students to work on the project.

The app — which will go

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Other newcomers include the Smyth & Barber Stone Carving Studio in the industrial park off St. Laurent Boulevard, and the Ottawa Hospital’s Centre of Innovative Cancer Research, its Rehabilitation Centre and the University of Ottawa faculty of medicine’s Roger Guindon Hall in Riverview Park where researchers will talk about their treatment of brain-related illness.

As well, the Parks Canada Sheffield Road Collections Storage Facility near Sheffield Park will open its doors for the first time.

And in the Fairlea area, the Parks Canada Conservation Laboratories will be a new Doors Open participant.

“The nice thing about Ottawa is that it’s such a wide area with so many different types of buildings you can visit,” Kudrinko said, adding that if

visitors want to try and see it all, they can use the list and the app to get a good feel for the types of buildings available and which ones are their must see.

Within the full lineup of Doors Open addresses, there will be several sites within south Ottawa, from Riverview Park, Blossom Park and Leitrim to Metcalfe, Kenmore, Manotick and Vernon.

The full list of buildings is available by visiting ottawa.ca/ doorsopen.

There will be a Doors Open shuttle bus operating within walking distance of more than 50 participating buildings.

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“It’s a good place to come for food and feed their children and themselves.”

As the students looked on, Leier walked them through the steps of creating a soup made with trout, leeks, asparagus and pasta — all ingredients that food bank clients have access to.

The organization feeds 41,540 people in Ottawa each month, and almost 50 per cent of the food distributed is fresh.

Leier developed the recipe based on ingredients selected by Westboro-based dietician Debora Sloan. Both were chosen to create a healthy and inexpensive dish for an online recipe book sponsored by Catelli Foods.

“It’s looking at how to beef up your pasta dish a little bit,” said Sloan. “And it’s supposed to feed a family of four on a budget.”

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Alta Vista-area resident and Ottawa Technical High School student Nick Lahan, 17, slices a lime during a cooking lesson provided by Westboro dietician Debora Sloan and Westin Ottawa executive chef Kenton Leier at the Ottawa Food Bank on May 17.

As well, the value of teaching kids to cook means passing on important skills, such as making wise ingredient choices.

“They can see how easy it is to make something, and how you can stretch out a meal that can feed a lot of people,” Sloan

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Leier has passed on his cooking expertise to students before when he was taught at Algonquin College. But this was his first time doing a demo at the food bank.

“I think it’s a great cause, and it’s a chance for me as a chef to give back to the community to showcase, I think, a simple, healthy recipe that people can cook at home,” he said.

The cookbook they contributed to can be downloaded and shared for free. For every download and share, Catelli Foods will donate a serving of pasta to food banks in Canada.

Bringing in local students to the food bank also served up a chance for kids to see behind the scenes. “The kids come to the food bank and learn a little about an organization in the community that is working to help people in need,” said Michael Maidment, executive director of the Ottawa Food Bank.

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The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board honoured the leaders of tomorrow at the 12th annual Student Recognition Awards at the Centurion Conference Centre on May 18.

Nepean High School principal Patrick McCarthy said the principals at each of the board’s 32 sites could pick one student to honour.

It’s clear the student McCarthy nominated — Michael Dans — who raised more than $75,000 for the Canadian Cancer Foundation and who hopes to head to the University of Ottawa in the fall to study nursing, is worthy of the accolades.

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Not every recipient followed the traditional route, but it was clear they were blazing a path to bright futures.

Mickey DiPietro, a student at Elizabeth Wyn Wood Secondary Alternate Program, is pursuing a career in plumbing after getting her diploma and participating in a dual credit program at Algonquin College.

From fundraising for schools in Africa to gathering socks for people who use the Ottawa Mission, the work the students did to earn the award was as individual as the recipients.

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By: Mayor Jim Watson We have been working hard to bring Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations to the Nation’s Capital and kicked off 2017 by lighting up the Cauldron at City Hall and the Centennial Flame with a First Nations sacred fire.

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Zeinab Cherri, a student from Ridgemont High School, received the Student Recognition Award from Jennifer Adams, the board’s director of education, and trustee Chris Ellis during a ceremony at the Centurion Conference Centre on May 18.

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Preparation Time: 20 minutes Refrigeration Time: 1 to 24 hours Grilling Time: 12 to 18 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients

• 1 tbsp (15 mL) each packed brown sugar and salt • 2 tsp (10 mL) each garlic powder, paprika and dried thyme • 1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) chili powder • 1 tsp (5 mL) smoked paprika or chipotle powder • 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) each dry mustard and coarsely ground black pepper • 4 Ontario beef tenderloin or rib-eye steaks (each about 6 oz/175 g), about 3/4-inch (2 cm)

thick • 1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil • 1 tsp (5 mL) finely chopped fresh rosemary • 1 clove Ontario garlic, minced • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) seasoning salt • 1 to 2 large sweet potatoes (1-1/2 lb/750 g) • 2 sweet peppers (1 red, 1 yellow or orange) • 1 large red onion, sliced into thick rings • 4 tsp (20 mL) vegetable oil for brushing Preparation instructions

In small bowl, mix together brown sugar, salt, garlic powder, paprika, thyme, chili powder, smoked paprika, mustard and pepper. Press rub generously onto both sides of steaks; place on plate and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 24 hours.

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Findlay Creek school officially named ahead of Sept. opening

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Findlay Creek’s first school, which is scheduled to open for classes in September, has a name: Vimy Ridge Public School.

“There was overwhelming support for the recommendation from staff that the board proceed with naming the school, Vimy Ridge Public School,” said school board trustee Mark Fisher, who represents the zone where the elementary school is currently under construction at 4180 Kelly Farm Dr., at the corner of Findlay Creek Drive.

The name selection, made in principle on May 16, pays homage to the military community at the former CFB Uplands, where Elizabeth Park Public School is located. That school will close at the end of this academic year, and a large number of its students – many of whom live in Findlay Creek – will transition this September to the Findlay Creek school, which will offer junior kindergarten to Grade 6.

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in Canada’s history,” said Fisher.

As well, the opening of the school takes place in the same year as the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in the Second World War, as well as Canada’s 150th birthday, he said.

After setting up a team to oversee the development of the new school, a naming task force was formed with parents, students, teachers, board staff and the school’s new principal. Together, they fielded a list of 287 name ideas.

That list was whittled down to five names and then reduced to two: Vimy Ridge Public School and Findlay Creek Public School. Students at Elizabeth Park preferred the Vimy Ridge name.

The new name is expected to be officially ratified by the board’s trustees on May 23.

In addition to drawing students from Elizabeth Park, the school will also have students from Sawmill Creek Public School in Blossom Park and fewer than two dozen students from the eastern border of Riverside South, who normally would attend Steve MacLean Public School in that community.

The name is a welcome signal the school is fast becoming a reality after an extended wait.

“If that’s what the community wants, we’re very pleased,” said Meagan Côté, president of the Findlay Creek Community Association.

The association and local residents are just happy the community is getting its inaugural school.

See BOARD, page 21

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Board eyes two new schools for Riverside South Continued from page 20

“As long as there’s a school in Findlay Creek, we’re pleased,” Côté said.

“Ever since Findlay Creek started developing, which is about 12 years ago, we were told that a school was slotted to open in the near future in that spot.”

The new school is the culmination of years’ worth of advocacy work by the association and local officials to better provide for the needs of families living in the suburb, which has 3,500 homes and counting.

The association is currently working with the Ottawa Catholic School Board on plans to establish an English Catholic elementary school near Vimy Ridge Public School.

“It’s just where time and money meet, hopefully in the near future, and not far,” said Côté, adding that land has also been earmarked at a site north along Findlay Creek Drive in the Barrett lands, which have not yet been developed. There is room for French Catholic and French public elementary schools.

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With Steve MacLean Public School bursting at its seams with more than 1,000 students – making it the

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Findlay Creek’s first school, scheduled to open in September at Kelly Farm and Findlay Creek drives, will be called Vimy Ridge Public School. most populated elementary school within the public board – a second elementary school and a high school are being eyed for Riverside South within three to four years, if not sooner.

Board staff are in discussions with the Ontario Ministry of Education to try and convince them of the “urgency” for new schools, given the projected population boom for that south Ottawa community, said Fisher.

“We need to move on these projects sooner rather than later,” he said. “It’s long overdue and I think we really want to see the province step up and help this community grow.”

With the opening of Vimy Memorial Bridge, which links Riverside South

and Barrhaven, the board now has more options.

“We have more opportunity to relieve some of the pressure in new Bar-

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rhaven by having a new high school in Riverside South,” Fisher said.

Many high school students who live in Riverside South attend St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School. The only public school options are Merivale High School in Nepean and Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School in Barrhaven. But Longfields-Davidson will be at capacity within the next couple of years – again – even with its new addition.

Merivale is not yet full but that community is expected to grow in the coming years, which means the school’s population will climb.

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ner of Earl Armstrong and Spratt roads, which is earmarked for a high school.

The board is also eyeing plots of land in Riverside South to host a second elementary school.

It costs about $30 million to open a new high school and between $13 million and $15 million for a new elementary school.

“Having a new high school in Riverside South just gives us more options to manage growth in this part of the city,” said Fisher. “New Barrhaven and Riverside South are among the fastest growing communities in all of Canada. So we need these assets in the ground to be able to help us manage growth.”

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This site is located on the south side of Hunt Club Road west of the Airport Parkway. Claridge Homes is proposing to redevelop the subject properties as a retirement home/residential care facility and a hotel, to be constructed as separate buildings and in successive phases. The retirement home/residential care facility is proposed to be eight stories in height and contain approximately 145 units and will be constructed as part of phase one. The hotel is proposed to be eight stories in height and contain a similar number of units. The buildings will be served by a combination of surface and underground parking. Access will occur via Hunt Club Road.

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First flags unfurl in Riverside South The Riverside South Community Association’s Canada 150 flag program was unveiled for Victoria Day on May 22 with the installation of the first round of Canada flags on front yards in the community. Marking the event were Gloucester-South Nepean Coun.

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By Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com

On the same day that a private member’s bill to create a national framework for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder passed committee at second reading, six first responders from Ottawa and the Valley were recognized as public heroes.

An Ottawa police staff sergeant, Ottawa paramedic, Ontario correctional services officer, Renfrew OPP constable, and two Ottawa firefighters were recognized for their dedication, altruism and community involvement at a ceremony on May 18 at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Kanata.

“We have heroes that walk among us every day,” B.C.’s Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty told the crowd.

“They run toward danger … so that you and I and our families can sleep soundly.”

Earlier that afternoon, Doherty’s private member’s bill C-211 was passed through standing committee.

“We are well on our way to developing a national framework with respect to PTSD for our first responders, our military, our veterans, so that

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Correctional services officer Bill McCafferty (centre) receives a Public Hero Award during a ceremony at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Kanata on May 18. With him are Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren (left) and Dave Ralph, retired commander of the Toronto Paramedic Service and award co-ordinator for IDI. a hero in the east receives the same care and treatment that a hero in the west (receives) and that we do not unnecessarily lose any more lives,” the Conservative MP told the crowd.

The Public Hero Awards recognize and honour the outstanding service provided by first responders in culturally diverse environments, as well as their community volunteer efforts.

Recipients are nominated

Chief Charles Bordeleau said of the Orléans resident.

Zackrias, who received a Peace Award from the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution in 2016, sits on the boards of the Centretown Community Health and Ottawa Inuit Children’s centres, and volunteers as a conflict coach with Community Mediation Ottawa.

The 19-year Toronto and Ottawa police veteran immigrated to Canada with his family 30 years ago from India.

“Imagine, a 15-year-old immigrant who came to Canada 30 years ago, who lived in

emergency housing right beside a police station at the YMCA, and all he could do was dream to one day be in that uniform,” Zackrias said.

“Those types of dreams only happen in Canada.

“There are many unsung heroes within my organization that work tirelessly to build peace. We can’t all be here, but I’m going to dedicate this award to them.”

GREELY RESIDENT

Bill McCafferty, an officer at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre who divides his time between Greely and Westport, founded the Christmas for Kids fundraiser five years ago. The program supports local families going

through hardships and who struggle during the holidays.

He’s rallied the staff and management at the detention centre every year and collected thousands of dollars in gift cards for Christmas dinners and gifts for children.

“Last year, they did fantastic and were able to help roughly 110 families and over 200 kids,” said Dave Ralph, IDI Public Heroes Awards coordinator and retired Toronto paramedic commander.

McCafferty said the success of the program is thanks to his colleagues.

“It is a big family and I’m just one person.

“Without their help, we wouldn’t be able to do what we did last year, the previous five years,” he said.

by colleagues, peers and members of the community.

Six first responders from Ottawa and the Valley received a Public Hero Award.

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Eastway Gardens residents left empty-handed on Belfast plans been delayed because it took longer for staff to take noise readings in the area, Chris Swail, director of the city’s Stage 2 LRT planning office, told Metroland Media.

“We need that in order to determine what the best wall is for the site,” he said, adding the structure is needed to muffle noise from the 24-hour operation of the train bays and to prevent the sound of passing Via trains from bouncing back onto nearby homes, a problem caused by an earthen berm behind the facility.

The noise data has been collected, but not yet analyzed.

By Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Eastway Gardens residents’ hopes to see design options for a wall that will separate their properties from the future expansion of the Belfast light-rail train yard have been dashed.

“It’s just a continuation of being frustrated,” resident M.J. Beauchamp said following a May 17 meeting where LRT officials were expected to present noise-level readings of the area and the plans for a noisemitigating wall that will be built behind the maintenance and storage facility off Belfast Road where the light-rail trains are being assembled.

But the meeting featured a near mirror image of a presentation made to Avenue O and P residents on March 30, not long after the community was shocked to learn the rail yard will be expanded to accommodate a fleet of 38 additional trains for Stage 2 of the city’s light-rail system.

“More of the same. Nothing new,” Beauchamp said.

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M.J. Beauchamp, an Eastway Gardens resident, and her neighbours are frustrated by a lack of answers about plans to replace an earthen berm with a wall ahead of the expansion of the light-rail train yard on Belfast Road. Her backyard will face the massive wall. ier voiced similar concerns.

“I’m struck by how similar the information is this evening,” he said, adding there are still no results despite commitments by staff at the March meeting to come back with noise readings and discuss the height, look,

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makeup and colour of the wall.

“I was under the (impression) we would get answers to those questions,” Cloutier said, before asking whether residents will be given the chance to consult on the wall’s design. “If not tonight, then when will we get

those answers, or are we just — forgive me — going through the process?”

Beauchamp echoed this, saying, “Why have a meeting if you’re not going to say anything?”

The design of the wall has

LRT officials plan to present wall options to residents at a meeting within the next two months, and then install the structure in late August or early September, Swail told Metroland.

The new 450-metre-long wall, which will be tacked onto an existing 180-metre-long wall, will replace the berm, which separates Eastway Gardens

homes and a Via Rail line from the LRT yard. The dirt structure needs to come out to make room for two new maintenance bays and an emergency vehicle access route.

Its scheduled removal in April was stalled as officials planned out a route for trucks to enter the yard and haul the dirt away. The plan is for them to enter the yard from the west and pass under the Belfast Road overpass where it spans the Via corridor, which will require permission from the train company.

“We need to do a little bit of shaving off temporarily — not of the structure itself but of the earth beside the structure,” Swail said of the overpass. “So that’s been another complication as well.”

The creation of the access route is expected to begin within days and a contractor will tackle the dirt wall soon after.

It’s expected to take a matter of weeks to truck out the 25,000 cubic metres of earth, said Swail.

See CITY, page 25

City acknowledges construction taking a toll on community Continued from page 24

The coming $100-million facility expansion is needed to make room for a total of 66 trains as well as two new 270-square-metre maintenance bays, a 315-metreexpansion of a train shed, a new rail bypass and launch platform, an overhead walkway for workers and a temporary train shelter.

A second meeting was scheduled for May 3, but that was changed to May 17 to give city staff more time to monitor noise levels, said Beauchamp.

“That’s what we thought this meeting was going to be about was, what are the noise readings and what’s the wall going to look like,” Beauchamp said. “And we don’t have that answer.”

In fact, some residents don’t want a wall, which is expected to be about six metres tall. The buildings in back will be about 11 metres tall. The berm now at the site is five and a half metres tall.

“So we’re going to have a wall.

It doesn’t matter what we say, do, stand on our heads, whatever,” Beauchamp said, adding the berm is much more visually appealing because it is covered with

grass, trees and shrubs.

“At least it’s living and you can see the grass, you can see the trees,” she said, adding that it is also further away than where the wall will be built.

“It’s like living in a compound — walled in,” she said.

Swail acknowledged the concerns residents have raised about the expansion plans. The community has already borne the brunt of years of detours, noise and dust with the construction of the Belfast train yard, a rail link and a revamp of Belfast Road.

“The last thing this community wants to hear is that we’re planning more construction because it’s disruptive,” he said.

“And we appreciate that and that it’s taken a toll on the community.”

But Beauchamp said the city’s approach to the expansion makes residents nervous because the plan keeps changing, such as with the addition of an emergency access route on the property and the entry point for trucks to City of Ottawa remove the berm.

“It’s like they’re on the fly and The future expansion of the Belfast maintenance and storage facility, which will cost about $100 million, will feature they’re figuring out things as they two new maintenance bays, an expanded train shed and a temporary train shelter. The city first needs to remove an earthen berm and install a noise-cancelling wall at the back of the property. go along,” she said. in the weeks leading up to the market-cooling measures announced April 20. Cooper expects price increases to moderate in the second half of the year, dropping to five per cent or less in 2018.

Cooper also foresees no significant jump in interest rates this year, which remain at or near record lows.

“I don’t think the Bank of Canada is going to hike interest rates until maybe the middle of next year,” she says.

Dominion Lending Centres Chief Economist, Dr. Sherry Cooper: Soft Landing Coming for Homebuyers By: Gord Hamilton The tide is turning in Canadian real estate markets with more moderate growth replacing the volatile price spikes that have characterized the hottest regions, says Dominion Lending Centres chief economist Dr. Sherry Cooper.

She sees encouraging signs that the boom will not be followed by a bust. “It’s a soft landing,” she says.

There are early signs of an upswing in the number of new listings in most Canadian real estate markets that is providing buyers with more choice, which Cooper sees as a sign that

the real estate market is returning to more normal growth patterns.

Her advice to sellers: The tide is turning. Don’t wait any longer expecting prices to climb dramatically higher. Start making decisions to sell.

For buyers, she says there is no need to panic that you are going to miss out. More supply is coming onto the market so don’t get yourselves into competitive buying situations that could cause you to pay more than a property is worth.

Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe in particular witnessed a noticeable surge in new listings

Nation-wide home sales are increasing – up 1.1 per cent from February to March – with centres like London and St. Thomas, Ontario showing growing strength. In Montreal, an improving economy has buoyed the housing market, where Cooper says a shortage of new listings has created “a bit of a seller’s market.” Prices are down slightly in Quebec, which, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. describes as a buyer’s market.

In Atlantic Canada, sales are generally steady and prices stable, with some exceptions, such as Halifax, where prices are up 2.6 per cent.

In B.C., prices in the Lower Mainland have moderated after market-cooling measures were introduced last year, and sales activity is beginning to pick up.

Alberta is experiencing the beginnings of a recovery from the downturn that followed the collapse in oil prices. The number of listings and rental vacancy rates is still higher than the longterm average in Calgary, but Cooper believes real estate prices have bottomed. Although oil prices have recently declined, oil production has likely bottomed with a return of job growth

coming. That will moderate the current supply of home listings.

Although real estate activity is driven by local conditions that create variations in supply, demand, and affordability across the country, national trends can provide important indicators. Cooper says there is a significant connection between what happens in the major housing markets and the Canadian economy as a whole. Housing as a percentage of GDP is at a record high. Affordability is still an issue in many major centres, and speculation on residential property remains a concern in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, but the overall trend of a return to moderate growth spells good news for the economy as a whole.

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Riverside South is teeming with teens, but the growing south Ottawa suburb is falling short on activities and hangout spots designed with older kids in mind.

“We hang out at the parks,” said Kaylin Hodge, 16.

There’s a Bookmobile, but no dedicated library, and there is no movie theatre, skatepark or bowling alley.

If Kaylin had her wish, she’d want a local coffee shop where she and her friends can get together.

“Some place where we can hang out and maybe have a couple of musicians play,” she said.

“It’s hard to find somewhere where we can just be teens.”

For that reason, she and other organizers of the inaugural Riverside South Youth Wellness Fair on May 27, from noon to 3 p.m., at the Rideauview Community Centre are hoping to hear from teens at the event to find out how the community can be transformed into an active hot spot of activities.

A teen hangout would also help kids get to know others their age who also live in Riverside South, something that is a challenge since many attend different high schools, some of them outside the area.

“With the split between the public school and the Catholic school, it would be easier if there was one place where everyone could be together,” Kaylin

said, referring to the fact that not all teens in Riverside South attend the nearby St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School, but also Merivale High School in Nepean, which she attends, among others outside the area.

“So we’re trying to find a way to actually get people to come out so we know who the Riverside South people are,” she said of the wellness fair, where kids will be invited to fill out a survey.

And in keeping with the wellness focus of the upcoming event, youth and their families are invited to drop by to check out information tables hosted

by CHEO’s YouthNet youth mental-health promotion program, Planned Parenthood, the Youth Services Bureau, Volunteer Ottawa, Shoppers Drug Mart, DanceRoots, the Youth Employment Centre, Plyomax Fitness Centre, Amped Sports Lab, Spiritual Kick in the Pants — a new local group that offers mindfulness and yoga for kids — Do It For Daron, Ottawa Public Health, City of Ottawa recreation services, and community police.

The fair will give youth and their families a chance to learn about available resources, such as mental-health programming and supports.

“It’s about keeping well,” said Karen Hill, who is organizing the fair with Heather Thom.

“How can we keep you busy?

What can you do if we create it? What would you volunteer at? What do you want to spend your time doing?

“We want to hear it from them,” said Hill, an elementary school teacher who works in a behaviour intervention program.

“Our hope is they will come and answer the survey and be in front of us for us to ask those questions.”

Hill and Thom both live in Riverside South and have degrees in counselling. For that reason, they have been approached by locals asking them to start up youth-focused programming, such as a girls’ group, to help kids in the area.

That’s how the idea for the wellness fair emerged.

Hill noted that while the Rideauview Community Centre is a local hub, 95 per cent of the activities that are organized for youth are cancelled due to lack of registration.

That’s why the wellness fair is needed to figure out the needs of kids in the community.

“It’s about collaborating and trying to engage them,” Hill said. “We want all youth to come, have a gathering place, a voice.”

Those youth who attend the event can enter their name into a draw for prizes, including tickets to see The Weeknd at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 28.

For event details, check out facebook.com/RSCommunityAssociation and look for the event listing there, or visit riversidesouth.org. High school students can volunteer at the fair by emailing communityoutreach@ riversidesouth.org.

Councillors vote to keep status quo on construction start times

BY Jennifer McINtosh

jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

From house parties to construction noise, the city took a look at the bylaws surrounding noise.

The report came to the community and protective services committee on May 19 and was approved as per staff recommendations, despite the bulk of the meeting being taken up in a discussion over early morning construction start times.

Staff were actually proposing to keep things at status quo, but a motion by RideauRockliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum put forward a request to reduce Saturday construction hours.

The motion would have changed the 7 a.m. start time to 9 a.m. but was opposed by the Ottawa Construction Association and The National Capital Heavy Construction Association before it was even tabled.

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City staff were proposing to keep the status quo, but a motion by Rideau-Rockliffe Coun.

Tobi Nussbaum requested a reduction in Saturday construction hours. risk of not obtaining the number of hours needed to qualify for EI benefits in the off season.

Knoxdale-Merivale Coun.

Keith Egli, who chairs the transportation committee, asked if a change could impact the city’s promise for the redesign of Elgin Street in one construction season.

The answer from the delegation was that the city would

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have its “hands full” meeting the timeline.

Dale Harley, who represents the National Capital Heavy Construction Association, said the complaints over construction noise are minimal and reducing work hours would have an economic impact.

“You’re using a sledgehammer to kill a flea problem,” he said.

The staff report said there

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were 63 complaints related to construction noise last year.

Roger Chapman, manager of bylaw services, said Ottawa is pretty restrictive in terms of what they allow for construction compared to other municipalities, which is why staff weren’t recommending a reduction in hours.

But Nussbaum pointed out that Toronto only allows construction from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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on Saturday and doesn’t allow construction on statutory holidays.

“The motion is a modest approach,” he said, adding it’s time to consider construction noise in different parts of the city.

Even if the allowed time for construction was changed, companies could apply for an exemption – which already happens in some cases, said planning GM Stephen Willis.

Egli said modest motion or not, he wouldn’t support curtailing construction hours.

“Construction is nasty, noisy and dirty, but it’s necessary,” he said, adding he wouldn’t support a bylaw that’s simply “window dressing.”

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said he thinks the motion is a misfire on what residents actually want when it comes to construction.

Chairelli talked about the expansion of IKEA and how residents were determined to see what could be done to get the work completed as quickly as possible.

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would’ve taken longer,” Chiarelli said. “We don’t want to be the council that takes three hours to rip off a Band-aid.

Chiarelli added it’s council’s job to support economic growth.

“Stepping in the way of construction isn’t the way,” he said.

The review revealed that low-frequency or bass noise is the problem with a lot of complaints around house parties.

Now bylaw officers will have the ability to enforce low frequency noise, which wasn’t included in the bylaw before.

Ottawa Festivals representative Carole Anne Piccinin said the industry would liked to have been consulted on the changes. “We only learned about the survey on the deadline day,” she said.

Chapman said festivals and venues shouldn’t be too concerned about the changes since 95 per cent of the calls are for noise in residential units.

Police and public health were consulted as part of the review. More than 3,100 residents participated in the survey and in-person consultations.

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Opinion Notice of Commencement Baseline Road Bus Rapid Transit Corridor (Bayshore Station to Heron Station) Planning and Environmental Assessment Study The Project The City of Ottawa is proposing to construct a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) facility between Bayshore Station and Heron Station. The corridor follows an alignment which includes Holly Acres Road, Richmond Road, Baseline Road, and Heron Road (Figure 1). Near the Baseline Station area, it travels via Constellation Drive, Navaho Drive, College Avenue and Woodroffe Avenue to link the Centrepointe community and Algonquin College campus. The project proposes dedicated bus-only lanes (generally in the median), 25 new transit stations and new pedestrian and cycling facilities along the length of the 14-km corridor. The project will incorporate all elements of a complete street while also maintaining the function of the road as an Arterial Road.

This project is part of the Rapid Transit and Transit Priority Network identified in the City’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) 2013 and connects to other existing and planned rapid transit corridors, including the West Transitway, the O-Train Confederation Line, the Southwest Transitway, the O-Train Trillium Line, and Southeast Transitway. The project will accommodate the anticipated growth in transit ridership as contemplated in the TMP and support the growth management policies identified in the City’s Official Plan (OP).

Figure 1: Baseline Road Bus Rapid Transit Corridor The Process The City of Ottawa has completed a preliminary planning phase and is commencing the Environmental Assessment Phase in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08.

Consultation A draft Environmental Project Report (EPR) has been prepared. The draft EPR contains the basis on which this project is being carried out, an analysis of existing environmental conditions, supporting studies, an analysis of impacts the project may have, recommendations on potential mitigation measures, and a record of consultation that has taken place during the study period.

A digital version of the draft EPR and other project information is available for downloading, at the following web address: ottawa.ca/baselinecorridor.

The draft EPR is also available in print at the locations noted below: Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch 120 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M2

Centrepointe Library (Nepean) 101 Centrepointe Dr. Ottawa, Ontario K2G 5K7

Interested parties are invited to review the project information. Within 120 days of the issuance of this notice, a subsequent Notice of Completion will be issued. A final EPR will be made available for a formal 30-day public review period at that time.

To submit comments If you have questions or comments on the information provided, would like to be added to our project mailing list, or have any accessibility requirements in order to participate in this project, please contact on behalf of the proponent, the City of Ottawa Project Manager:

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Golden Age at the Fisher Farm

T

he Farmer and I have entered a new era. After 10 years of marriage, at the ages of 61 and 49, we have welcomed a new baby into our lives.

He is a Golden Retriever and we have decided, after much debate, to name him Fergus.

The Farmer wanted to name him Red. He is a red type rather than the English blond type of Golden, but I argued that “Red” is simply a colour and not a name. I wanted to name him Finn, but perhaps that is more fitting of an Irish setter.

Goldens come from Scotland.

We were watching Outlander on Netflix one night when the name came to me. He will be known as Fergus the Red. Fergie for short.

We have received a great deal of advice on how to train this puppy. Some say you should crate the dog beside your bed so you can get up in the night to put him outside. This will speed up house training. However, I was reminded that if you allow the pup to sleep in your room as a pup, he will think it is his room going forward. I don’t want to be sharing my room with a huge dog that is dreaming loudly about chasing rabbits and snoring in his sleep. When I mentioned this to my husband he said: “Well, you could always go sleep in the other room!”

Fergus was tucked into his pet carrier on the first night.

This was settled into the larger crate which will from now on be his safe place for naps and bed time and any time he wants to get away from us, our visitors, and our house cats. (Although we haven’t seen much of said house cats since Fergus arrived.)

DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife I left the door to the carrier open so that Fergus could use the puppy pads in the larger crate if need be. And there was a need, the first night. The second night, I awoke a couple times in the night and brought him outside to relieve himself in the long grass that I have designated as his toilet area. His crate pad stayed dry.

The first full day at home, Fergus roamed around and explored every corner in the house. He discovered that although he can wedge himself under or between many different pieces of furniture, he cannot always extricate himself. He is very quiet, and doesn’t know his name yet so I spent a few minutes looking for him before finally discovering him stuck uncomfortably in a tight space under the spare bed. I decided to block the exits so he has to stay in the room with me.

I also used up about half a bottle of enzyme spray to eradicate pup accident odours.

We are starting to learn each other’s language so hopefully in the next week or so we will go through a day without an indoor mess. It’s hard to know when he is planning a pee when he spends the majority of each day with his nose to the ground, sniffing. Always sniffing.

The other thing Fergus loves to do is chew. He has a vari-

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ety of chew toys in different strengths so that he can exercise his needle-sharp teeth. Unfortunately, he likes toes and fingers the best. I have the marks to prove it. But, for the most part, our tiny Golden Retriever wants to please us. It is obvious that he is looking for instruction, so we just have to figure out how to tell him what we expect, and to reinforce it.

This is all new to me so, of course, I am reading. I’m learning how to train our pup so that he can soon go off on road trips with the Farmer/Real Estate Agent. It wasn’t our intention to buy a puppy. We have both always owned rescue dogs from shelters. But despite contacting all area shelters and registering with Golden Rescue, we were unable to find a retriever that way, so we had to place an order for one of a spring litter.

Fergus is the Farmer’s “retirement dog,” although that man may never really retire. He has always wanted a Golden, so I suppose he deserves one. It’s plenty of work, training and cleaning up after this little creature, but I realize he will only be little for so long. Thank goodness he sleeps a lot, because I am exhausted. www.theaccidentalfarmwife. blogspot.com email: dianafisher1@gmail. com

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Cycle tracks coming to ‘widowmaker’ stretch of Heron Road

By Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

A fast-paced stretch of Heron Road in Herongate is about to receive a makeover designed to not only get more people turning to two-wheeled transportation, but also to make cycling safer for those who already do.

“As with anything, if you build it, they will come,” said Trevor Haché, secretary and past-president of the Healthy Transportation Coalition.

“But I’m aware of many people who are biking in those neighbourhoods, but at the moment they’re having to bike on busy roads, or some of them for their own safety bike on the sidewalk and that causes friction sometimes with pedestrians.”

The city has designed a raised cycle track for the south

side of Heron Road, between the multi-use pathway at Colbert Crescent eastbound to 110 metres west of Jefferson Street near the Herongate Square shopping centre.

The bones for the 1.5-metrewide track are already in place since there is a paved stretch there that is segregated from the sidewalk.

As part of the project, OC Transpo bus bays at Baycrest and Sandalwood will be filled in to make room.

“Because there is quite a dense community on the south side, the Herongate community, we thought it would be a good idea to complete that section as quickly as possible so people in the community can get to and from Bank Street, at least part of the way,” said Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier, who credited the coalition for bringing to his attention the idea of trans-

forming a paved segregated zone that’s already in place into a cycling track.

“There are many young children in the community,” he said.

“We want to make it as safe and as comfortable and as appealing for cyclists as possible.

“And in this case there is the room, there is a boulevard that exists along Heron.”

Tapped to cost an estimated $550,000, the project is expected to go out for tender in June.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and wrap up this fall, though dates are reliant on exactly when the contract is awarded.

There is a portion that is currently up in the air as a local property owner is planning to develop a corner lot into three apartment buildings at Heron Road and Sandalwood Drive.

That means a section of cycle track may not be installed until

Public Information Session O-Train Confederation Line West (Stage 2) Extension Queensway Terrace North Saturday, May 27, 2017 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Woodroffe High School, 2410 Georgina Drive Please join the City of Ottawa to continue the discussion of the future Lincoln Fields LRT Station, including the rationale for the LRT alignment route, landscaping in the areas affected by construction and connectivity to the future station under the LRT elevated structure and over Pinecrest Creek.

The afternoon includes a presentation by staff, as well as several break-out sessions that will focus on four specific areas related to Lincoln Fields Station and the Pinecrest Creek/Connaught tunnel LRT alignment: • Alignment and Route • Connectivity and Landscaping • Local bus service and the City’s Ready for Rail campaign • Staging and mobilization plans for when construction begins Following the break-out sessions, the meeting will finish with a summary of what was heard (prepared by City staff), followed by a question-and-answer session for all participants.

The Ward Councillor will also be providing an opportunity for residents to sign up for a councillor-led Working Group related to LRT design and construction issues of importance to the community.

Agenda: • 12 p.m. – Doors open: Residents will have the opportunity to view the information boards and speak to City staff about them • 12:30 p.m. – Presentation begins • 1 p.m. – Breakout sessions begin (option to attend two of the four sessions) • 2:15 p.m. – Question & answer session begins • 2:45 p.m. – Summary of what was heard • 3 p.m. – Session ends Ward Councillors and City staff will be available to discuss the project and answer questions.

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the development is complete, Cloutier said.

Kathryn Hunt, a Herongate resident who is part of the coalition, which has been working in the community since 2015 to identify priority projects, recently stood with her bike at the corner of Heron and Sandalwood.

She watched as a transport

truck followed less than two metres behind a cyclist pedalling eastbound on Heron.

“That’s a classic example of what this street is like, why we need to not be on it,” said Hunt.

That stretch is especially bad, said Hunt, with the truck traffic, potholes and high volumes of traffic driving high speeds in the 50 km/hr zone.

“It’s a widowmaker,” said Clinton Cowan, president of the Alta Vista Community Association. “I avoid it.”

The future track is a positive first step.

“Given the poor transit access in this area, this creates more options,” Cowan said.

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Brittany Drive Pumping Station Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA)

Revised Notice of Completion The City of Ottawa is planning a replacement of the existing Brittany Drive water pumping station located at 565 Brittany Drive with a new facility to serve the Montreal Road Pressure Zone.

The proposed new pumping station is required to provide water system capacity and reliability to the existing users and new development in the zone. The planning process for this project followed the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and was completed in November 2005 as a Schedule B undertaking. The timing of the station replacement was connected to the former Rockcliffe CFB Redevelopment project which was delayed for several years. The City consequently also delayed the detailed design and construction of the new Brittany Drive Pumping Station.

Since the period of time from filing the first Brittany Drive Pumping Station Class EA Notice of Completion to the proposed commencement of construction for the project exceeds 10 years, the City reviewed the project planning to ensure that the project preferred solution and associated mitigation measures are still valid. The review concluded that no changes to these recommendations are required.

If you would like to review the updated Project File or to provide written comment, please contact the City project manager at the address below within 30 calendar days from the date of this Notice.

M. Joseph Zagorski, P.Eng. Senior Project Manager Asset Management Branch – Infrastructure Planning City of Ottawa - Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development 110 Laurier Avenue West, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel.: 613-580-2424 ext. 22611 • Email: Joseph.Zagorski@ottawa.ca If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussion with the City of Ottawa, a person or party may request that the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change to order a change in the project status and require a higher level of assessment under an individual Environmental Assessment process (referred to as a Part II Order). Reasons must be provided for the request.

Any such request must be received by the Minister at the address below within 30 calendar days of this Notice. A copy of the Part II Order request must also be sent to the City of Ottawa project manager at the address above. If there is no Part II Order request received by June 20, 2017, the City of Ottawa intends to proceed with the design and construction of this project as outlined in the Project File.

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Coalition calls for expedited transformation of missing links Continued from page 29

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Cowan said.

Though the incoming Heron Road cycle track is just one segment and does not directly connect with other cycling routes in the area, it is definitely a good start.

“It’s certainly better than nothing and for too long residents in that neighbourhood have not had much safe cycling infrastructure at all, so this is going to be an improvement,” said Haché.

However, the coalition wants to see cycling infrastructure in the city limits improved much more quickly.

“Our sense is that the city has a serious problem across the city with regards to missing links in its cycling infrastructure,” Haché said. “There must be hundreds of them across the city. It’d be great to see political leadership mobilized to address that in a very focused way.”

There are plans to create a similar cycle track on the north side of Heron Road, though there is no fixed timeline. It’s a more complex project because the hydro poles along the paved path will need to be relocated.

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Clinton Cowan, president of the Alta Vista Community Association, and Herongate resident Kathryn Hunt, with the Healthy Transportation Coalition, applaud the city’s plan to install cycle tracks along an eastbound stretch of Heron Road.

As well, it would have been ideal if the city tacked on another 400 metres to extend the Heron cycling route west to the

Alta Vista bike lane, said Hunt.

Beyond that is Bank Street where new tracks will be phased in over the coming years with

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the redesign of that street between Riverside Drive and Ledbury Avenue.

A safe cycling route from Herongate to the Heron rapidtransit station would also help, said Haché.

“There’s definitely challenges for people who will have a huge missing link where this current cycle track is going to end,” he said.

Last year, council approved a record amount of money be spent on cycling infrastructure to improve the current network and to fill in some of the missing links.

“It’s money,” Cloutier said of the reason the north side of Heron road can’t be transformed with cycling infrastructure this year.

However, the unused Federal Study Centre at 1495 Heron Rd. along that stretch will be redeveloped in the future and a westbound cycle track could go in to coincide with that project if there are enough funds to pay for it, Cloutier said.

“We sure do wish we could do it all at once, but that’s not possible,” he noted.

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Making an impression

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Ottawa police Const. Rebecca Vanderwater, outgoing Ottawa South community police officer, makes an impression on eight-month-old Herongate resident Dawson White and his dad, Leonard, at Sandalwood Park during a Police Week celebration on May 17. The event featured a baseketball game between youth and police officers, robotics demos, cold treats, freebies from Crime Stoppers and children’s games.

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St. Patrick HIgh’s Jonathan Cortez (left) and Mother Teresa’s Stephane Tshishimbi sprint to the finish line in the junior boys 200-metre race during the first of two days of high school track and field championships at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility at Mooney’s Bay on May 17 and 18.

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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Prove yourself with actions instead of words, Aries. Your productivity will not speak for itself, so you may need to do some self-promotion to get the word out.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you know what needs to get done. Now it is just a matter of finding the time to accomplish everything. Simplify things by writing all of your tasks down.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Explaining a proposal may require some creative thinking, Sagittarius.

Make a list of all the talking points and then narrow down your options this week.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your words will carry a lot of weight when you speak about a topic that is dear to your heart.

Others might be inspired by your message, and you can recruit helpers.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 You may have to explain your point of view over and over again before others see your way of thinking, Virgo.

Don’t let this discourage you this week.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you tend to hold yourself to a very high standard because you always want to do your best the first time out of the gate.

Others appreciate your dedication.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Do not get caught up in gossip and hearsay, Gemini. That can compromise your credibility at work and among friends. Stay focused on your responsibilities.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, once you are knee-deep in a project, you may not need to take frequent breaks. You’re ready to plow through to the finish line and reap the rewards of hard work.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, sometimes it seems as if you have a sixth sense, especially where finding good deals are concerned. You’re happy to be the shopper of the family.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 While you shouldn’t compare yourself to others too often, once in a while it can illustrate just how far you have come. Why not compare against the person you once were?

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, no matter which words come out of your mouth, others are compelled to listen when you speak.

Recognize the impact your words can have on others.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, extreme focus on a subject can be a help or a hindrance.

Remember to remain flexible in the next few days.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: Ottawasouth@metroland.com Please email your events by Fridays at noon to ottawa_south@metroland. com.

May 27

Manotick – The Manotick Community Key Club is holding a car wash on May 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. beside the Independent grocery store in Manotick.

Alta Vista, Rockcliffe – The IODE Laurentian chapter hosts its 56th annual House & Garden Tour featuring four amazing houses in Alta Vista, two gardens in Rockcliffe and a bake sale. The event is May 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All proceeds will support the hospice program at the Ottawa Mission. Tickets are $35.

For details, visit laurentian.iode.ca.

Museum hosts an adult drawing workshop, featuring portrait drawing, on May 27 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Discover the secrets behind various drawing techniques. Beginners are welcome. The cost is $25 per person. To register, call 613-821-4062 or email education@osgoodemuseum. ca.

Alta Vista – Shout Sister! Choir hosts a fundraiser concert in support of youth mental health at the Royal Hospital and CHEO on May 27 at Rideau Park United Church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. Tickets to the all ages show are $15, and children 12 and under get in for free. Tickets are available at the door of the event.

Manotick – The Manotick Horticultural Society hosts a spring plant sale and will bring together experienced and novice gardeners together to share their gardening experiences and tips. The event is on May 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at Watsons’s Mill, 5525 Dickinson St. in Manotick. Call 613-692-6455 for details.

May 28

Osgoode – A Red Cross babysitting course will be held at the Osgoode Youth Association centre on May 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $80 plus a service fee and the course is for ages 11 and up. Registrations must be in by May 25 at 5 p.m. For details call O-YA at 613826-0726 and to register, visit o-ya. ca/red-cross-babysitting-course. html.

May 29

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Greenboro – The Ballet Society of Ottawa-Gatineau is hosting a fundraising event on May 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. Enjoy ballet performances, refreshments, and crafts will be available for purchase. Memberships and donations also welcome. The event takes at the Greenboro Community Centre, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. Overbrook – The Capital City Reds U22 summer baseball team faces off against Ottawa firefighters on May 29 starting at 4 p.m. at the RCGT stadium, located at 300 Coventry Rd. Admission is by donation and 25 per cent of proceeds raised will go to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation and CHEO’s neonatal intensive care unit. Fire officials will be speaking about fire prevention before the game. Families are welcome.

June 1

Elmvale Acres – Enjoy a chicken barbecue at St. Aidan’s Church, located at 934 Hamlet Rd. on June 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 for adults, $6 for kids ages six to 12 and free for younger children. Tickets must be reserved or purchased in advance by calling 613-733-0102 or emailing staidans@bellnet.ca.

June 2

Hunt Club – River Ward hosts its third annual Strawberry Social at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre, 3320 Paul Anka Dr., on June 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be celebrity servers, local entertainment and strawberry treats. New this year, there will be a shuttle service leaving the Alexander Community Centre at 12:15 p.m., and returning to the centre once the event is over. Reservations are required for this transportation by calling 613-580-2486 or emailing shannon.hall@ottawa.ca.

Alta Vista – The Emmanuel United Church hosts a concert on June 2 at 7 p.m., featuring instrumental and vocal music in support of Camp Chipembi in Zambia. For the fourth year, young adults will be helping a children’s bible-study camp in the African country, and concert proceeds will help with expenses. The event will include gospel, secular, pop and classical music. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for students and can be purchased by calling 613-733-0437.

Refreshments will be served. The church is at 691 Smyth Rd.

June 3

Vernon – The Vernon Village Garage Sale day is fast approaching. Sales

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will be June 3 from 8 a.m. to noon all around town. Be sure to stop by 8707 Bank St. where the 2951 Army Cadets will have tables set up in support of their trip to Vimy this fall. Fries for Charity will be onsite with proceeds being given to the 2951 Army Cadet Vimy Trip Fund.

members and caregivers takes place June 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, 2345 Alta Vista Dr. The meetings are free of charge but your contribution of a non-perishable item for the food bank would be appreciated. For details, call Gail at 613-526-5433.

Greely – A huge annual yard sale and barbecue takes place June 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the All Saints Anglican Church, 7103 Parkway Rd. There will be household items, tools, games, china, dishes and a large selection of books and movies.

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