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Board tries out early consultation review process

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

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Carter Morin, 7, from Manotick, gives the ‘game of graces’ a try during Dickinson Days in Manotick on June 3. The celebration featured three days of heritage fun.

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Ottawa’s English public school board unveiled a new first step in consulting with parents and educators before 19 elementary and high schools in Alta Vista and Hunt Club go under the microscope this fall.

Upwards of 300 parents, educators and board staff gathered at Ridgemont High School in Alta Vista on May 29 where they split up in groups of six to 10 around tables topped with laptops, coloured markers, maps and sheets of foolscap to provide feedback on the review and consultation process, what’s important about their children’s schools as well as insight about what makes their communities unique.

“We didn’t do this at the first two (eastern and western reviews),” trustee Mark

Fisher said, referring to the introduction of an online survey facilitated by former educator Ann Skelver, who has been hired as a third-party engagement co-ordinator.

The reaction to the previous reviews, which resulted in a number of contentious changes, including several school closures, prompted the board to move the start date for its south-end school review from April to September, and hold an informal consultation meeting before the formal process begins.

Previously, staff developed their recommendations, which proved “divisive,” and then parents and educators reacted, said Fisher.

“I think this is a much more dynamic process of engagement perhaps than we’ve done in the past,” he said.

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BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

You don’t have to wait for the 24hour Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Telethon to take to

to kids with piggy banks — will drop off their financial contributions, just as call-takers answer donors’ phone calls.

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The regional children’s hospital’s largest fundraiser of the year will be broadcast on CTV on June 10 and 11 from the EY Centre, where an array of donors — from large corporations

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“Sometimes we see people go, ‘Oh, I missed the telethon’ or ‘I’m away,’” said Jacqueline Belsito, vice-president of philanthropy and community engagement at the CHEO Foundation. “But people don’t actually have to wait.

They can just go online … and they can make a gift. They can start now.”

Last year, a new record of more than $8 million was generated, up from $7.94 million in 2015 and $7.1 million in 2014.

This time around, the funds raised through the event, and over the past year, will go farther — not only by supporting the pediatric hospital, which serves eastern Ontario, western Quebec and Nunavut — but also the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre and, in a more formal way, Roger Neilson House.

The funds will go to palliative care at the house, which is located at the CHEO campus.

Roger Neilson House offers an array of programs and services, such as recreational therapy and respite care for children with life-limiting illnesses.

“Palliative care in adults typically means within three months somebody may pass,” Belsito said, but added that for children it can range from days to several years.

“It’s actually a magical place,” said Belsito.

It also provides a counselling program for siblings of sick children, and new this year a similar program was launched for grandparents.

“Those are very well-attended,” she said of the counselling sessions.

In addition, fundraising dollars will go toward recreational therapy for complex cases at the treatment centre, which is also located at the hospital complex and merged with CHEO over the past year.

“On the foundation side, we just followed suit,” Belsito said. “It’s a lovely transition.”

Research and the purchase of medical equipment at CHEO, such as de-

fibrillators, will also get a financial boost.

“Just visualize a four-pound baby and a 140-pound teenager and everything in between,” Belsito said of the need for a vast cross-section of specialized medical equipment and components that have to come in different sizes to meet the needs of patients ranging from newborns to 18-year-olds.

“That puts an additional strain on the need for equipment,” Belsito said of the size differences.

New this year for the telethon, Canadian Pacific is stepping up to match single donations made during a twominute miracle match on June 11 at 5:30 p.m. As well, the corporation is maximizing cash gifts made by new monthly donors and those upgraded by existing monthly donors until the end of 2017.

“It’s a pretty unique opportunity for us, so we’re thrilled,” Belsito said of the support.

The telethon is also a chance for CHEO’s team and its patients to share their stories.

“That’s the most meaningful part where we get to bring the hospital into the living rooms of the community and they get to meet the patients and the doctors and the researchers themselves,” Belsito said.

It is through the generosity of the young patients and their families sharing very personal experiences that others gain a better appreciation for the life-saving work being done at the hospital, which has the busiest pediatric emergency department in Ontario, and its research institute.

“A lot of the families feel that that’s their way to contribute, to be able to be a voice for us and acknowledge the quality of care and the unique environment they experience here at CHEO,” said Belsito.

To make a donation during the telethon, call 613-738-1450 or 1-888738-1450, or go online to cheotelethon. com, where the broadcast will also be streamed.

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BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

What makes Alta Vista awesome?

The answer to that question, in part, can likely be found during the Awesome Alta Vista Weekend, June 10 and 11.

The adventure begins with a neighbourhood-wide garage sale on June 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.

Its popularity has grown over the years, and several churches in the area also participate.

“We have thousands of visitors to our website exploring the map (and) more and more people registering (to sell items),” said Clinton Cowan, president of the Alta Vista Community Association. “It’s just snowballing. And snowballing in the summertime is a good thing.”

All of the sellers are encouraged to donate five per cent of their sale proceeds to the Heron Emergency Food Centre or a local charity of their choice.

As well, Alta Vista Public School’s parent council is hosting an e-waste drop-off that day at the school from 8 a.m. to 2

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Alta Vista’s annual summer picnic promises to be actionpacked with archery tag and swordplay as demonstrated

by André Cowan, 7, (back left), Jacob Farquhar, 8, Matthew Farquhar, 11, Tristan Grant-Oger, 7 and Éloise Cowan, 6, (front left), Rachel Farquhar, 7, and Lucy Grant-Oger, 5. p.m.

“It’s more partners,” Cowan said of teaming up with the council for the weekend of awesomeness. “The weekend is just growing and growing every year. It’s just a celebration

of what’s fun and what’s great about Alta Vista, of the people and the things we do.”

The weekend fun continues June 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the 27th annual Alta Vista community picnic at Billings

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Estate Museum, at 2100 Cabot St. The theme of the picnic will be ‘action-packed,’ given the roster of action-oriented sports and hands-on activities that people of all ages will get the chance to explore.

“We’re showcasing, with our great community partners, the action, sports and activities that seem to be popping up around our Alta Vista area,” Cowan said.

There will be: • Archery Games • Dingerz Pitching and Batting Centre with a pitching contest, • Swordplay Ottawa with hands-on demonstrations of medieval sword-fighting techniques, • Zumba, • Horse-drawn wagon rides, • The Fiddleheads will be back by popular demand to perform, • Canada Science and Technology Museum’s science onthe-go will feature a science relay, • Little Ray’s Reptiles, • Cash barbecue,

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The event is a chance for newcomers to Alta Vista and longtime residents to come together for hours of fun.

“This will be our largest community picnic ever,” Cowan said. “It’s a homecoming. Reconnect with your neighbours, come make some new friends.”

The cost is $5 for individuals and families pay $10. For more details, visit avca.ca.

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After closing several schools in the public school board, the savings didn’t quite add up for some trustees as they got their first look at the proposed budget.

Staff estimate the money saved from the closures will be $1.2 million. Reduced funding from the province means the number is actually half what was achieved by the closures.

The figure was presented on May 30 during a presentation of the proposed budget of $928.1 million for the 2017-2018 school year.

This year it will cost the board about $200,000 to keep the buildings secure and maintained before they are disposed of.

The savings were also hampered by increased transportation costs: providing passes to students transferring to Gloucester High, as well as the increased price of OC Transpo passes, inflation and increased demand for small and large buses. All told, transportation costs will increase by $2.2 million, though some of it is offset by related revenue.

“I think we’re going to have to justify that,” said Theresa Kavanagh, trustee for the Bay zone, who added busing costs were just one of the concerns highlighted by parents through the accommodation review process.

“That’s a big jump.”

Chief financial officer Mike Carson reminded trustees that cost savings are not the primary reason for completing accommodation reviews — the main goal is to give students more programs and more opportunities at the right number of schools.

“The dollars and cents by itself do not drive that,” he said.

But when Jennifer Adams, director of education and secretary of the board, mentioned an investment of $700,000 for mobile technology was a “very tiny amount of money” or a drop in the bucket, Rideau-Vanier/Capital trustee Shawn Menard took aim.

The savings “turns out to be relatively low in the grand scheme of things if $700,000 is a drop in the bucket. We are talking about two or three drops in the bucket,” he said.

“So it’s important to keep in mind with school closures, how little effect this has on our budget overall.”

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With all the time spent “This budget was not on accommodation reas difficult as the last two views, she asked staff if to three years,” he said as selling off the buildings or he delivered some opening disposing of them more remarks. quickly could be a priorThat’s thanks to $6.7 ity so that the board could million in local priorities see the full picture of realfunding, which allowed ized savings. the board to hire 87 staff.

“I love playing moThe two-year funding is nopoly and I understand BOARD CHAIR for enhancements in spethe importance of keepSHIRLEY SEWARD cial education staffing, or ing properties, but we are in difficult times and I’d rather see finances to maintain or enhance staffing in office supcome from that reinvested in our schools,” port, custodial and maintenance groups.

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Notice of a Public Meeting for 3500 Hawthorne Road The City of Ottawa’s Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department has received an application for zoning by-law amendment and site plan control proposal for the development of a gas bar with fast-food restaurant, drivethrough facility, and convenience retail use within a 250 square metre building. The site is located at the northwest corner of the Hunt Club Road and Hawthorne Road intersection.

The vacant lot is currently zoned to allow for a gas-bar and car wash; however the applicant is now seeking re-zoning to allow for a drive-through facility. The proposed one-storey building will accommodate a drive-through facility that has the capacity to hold ten vehicles in a queuing line. The site will be accessed by a right-in/right-out entrance off of Hawthorne Road and Hunt Club Road. For further details please visit www.ottawa.ca/devapps and search 3500 Hawthorne Road.

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Parents worry decision will come down to ‘number-crunching’ the two former boards with the loca- residents can submit their input to the in preparing that report and getting all trustees will reach a decision on the tion of our schools,” she said. “We’ve board during that time frame. of us started in the thinking in the work study’s outcome.

However, there will be “many, many, The recent meeting was designed to that we have to do,” said board chair “Getting their engagement earlier on tried short-term solutions. We’ve tried and River Zone trustee Shirley Seward. many opportunities” to provide feedin the process is a smart thing to do.” changing boundaries. We’ve tried to serve as a starting point.

Then, next February or March, back, Seward said.

“Your input will be very important Still, some parents at the meeting say make small changes, without success.”

Examples of changes include adding a byproduct of the process is schools and communities being pitted against or removing programs, closing schools, one another as residents try to save building additions, amalgamating multiple sites and adding grades. their own schools from being axed.

Parent Beth McMillan, who also “I’ve already seen it,” said Lisa Czajkowski, whose child attends Brookfield worries about the fate of Brookfield High School in Riverside Park. “That High, said the meeting didn’t delve deep enough. doesn’t serve us.”

“They could have presented more She came armed with a wish list of items that could improve the process, options to us and let us know the direcincluding more trustee involvement and tions that are available to us,” she said. the need for staff and trustees to take “I think that as long as this is a very “the big picture” of community into transparent procedure and that they use objective numbers and can explain account.

“Not just dollars,” she said. “Some- themselves and justify themselves, it’ll be a lot more times it doesn’t palatable to feel like it’s people.” about students.

As well, It really just Czajkowski is feels like it’s worried about about number“Sometimes it doesn’t feel the future imcrunching.” pact on stuA numbers like it’s about students. It dents, given overview was the results of provided at the really just feels like it’s about the eastern remeeting, in- number-crunching.” view. cluding vacan- LISA CZAJKOWSKI, PARENT “The stucies at schools dent transiin the study tions were not area. of importance There are to them, othercurrently 4,383 student places at the four high schools wise they would have done things difin Alta Vista and Hunt Club, said ferent,” she said of the decision to close Karyn Ostafichuk, the board’s man- Rideau High. “I feel those students reBuild a stronger future for yourself – and for Ontario. Ontario Savings ally got burned.” ager of planning.

Both Czajkowski and McMillan But more than 1,300 are vacant, Bonds are a safe, flexible investment guaranteed by the province. agree that there is more at stake, such which she said is “a concern.”

They’re a perfect way to celebrate Ontario’s 150th anniversary.

Meanwhile, 15 elementary schools as a community’s health, vibrancy and have capacity for 7,369 students, and property values.

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“You’re losing a community, essenalmost 1,600 of those desks are vacant.

Feeder school patterns are one of tially,” Czajkowski said.

A group of five community associathe board’s top concerns, as it looks Available June 1 – 21. to create a consistent system in which tion presidents from Canterbury, Hunt students can stay together throughout Club, Alta Vista, Elmvale Acres and FIXED-RATE BOND STEP-UP RATE BOND much of their schooling as they change Riverview Park hopes to provide that Enjoy a set competitive interest rate The competitive interest rate from one level to another. As well, that context by lobbying for inclusion in the for the duration of the bond’s term. continues to rise each year would allow some of the highest needs review process. The group has already over its 5-year term. You can students to remain with the same edu- hosted a public information session in 3-year Fixed-Rate Bond 1.00% cator and social workers from kinder- recent months that drew 80 people. redeem every six months.

“We think that we know our comgarten to Grade 12, said Nadia Towaig, 10-year Fixed-Rate Bond 2.15% the board’s superintendent of instruc- munities well,” insisted John Marshall, 1st year 0.60% president of the Canterbury Commution. nd 2 year 0.80% VARIABLE-RATE BOND Empty buildings, enrolment and nity Association. “We have insights that 3rd year 1.05% To remain competitive, a new rate transportation patterns will be impor- they don’t have, like the Elmvale Acres th 4 year 1.30% tant planning issues to factor into the mall redevelopment. There’s going to is offered annually over the 3-year 5th year 1.65% be 600 new homes there.” decision-making process. term. You can redeem annually.

The schools to be reviewed have a wide range of grade structures: kinderNEXT STEPS Current Rate 0.65% garten to Grade 3, to 4 or to 6, as well as Grade 4 to 8, and kindergarten to Staff will present their initial report Grade 8 at the elementary level, Towaig in September, which will lead to the ontario.ca/savingsbonds • 1-888-212-BOND (2663) • TTY: 1-800-263-7776 said. formal launch of the review in late SepThere are also different language tember or early October. streams, and high school students need The community will then be notito be able to access a wide range of fied. The consultation process will be course options. held over a period of about four or “Some of the challenges are based five months, and will include public Paid for by the Government of Ontario on the old amalgamation between and advisory committee meetings, and

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A trillium by any other name

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hanging parties in politics usually does not work out too well.

There are a few exceptions, such as former Liberal MP and NDP provincial premier Bob Rae, but normally switching parties as an elected politician is a prescription for defeat and political oblivion in the ensuing election.

So, it will be interesting to follow the happenings in the new Kanata-Carleton provincial riding in next year’s election and see if former Progressive Conservative MPP Jack MacLaren, now a member of the new Trillium Party, will be re-elected or not.

His participation in the election for the Trillium Party should have an impact on the PC vote in the riding.

Whether he will be re-elected, just split the Tory vote, or have minimal impact remains to be seen.

The new Kanata-Carleton riding is more urban than the existing Carleton-Mississippi Mills and this may reduce conservative strength somewhat, with or without MacLaren’s ejection from the PC caucus and his switch to the ultra-conservative Trillium Party.

The Liberals may seize this opportunity of discord among conservative forces to run a strong candidate who

might just sneak into office thanks to a vote split in the right-of-centre ranks.

Some insight might be found from the name of MacLaren’s new party affiliation, the Trillium Party.

Trilliums — specifically, white trilliums — have been the official flower for Ontario since 1937. If grown from seed, it takes a trillium up to two years just for the seed to germinate and then takes another five to seven years for the plant to bloom. In other words, it is a long process and very similar, we would suggest, to the future of the new party.

If the Trillium Party were to “germinate” in two years and were to “bloom” in only five to seven years, we would rank that as an amazing political story.

It is also known that if the leaves and flower of a trillium are picked, the plant will die as it will lack any means to produce the energy needed to survive the cold blasts of winter. If MacLaren fails to win for the Trillium Party in the upcoming election, the party may die just like a picked trillium, lacking the means to produce the energy needed to survive the blasts of the political weather in this province.

MacLaren’s decision to switch parties is a story that promises an interesting ending come election season.

Canada’s birthday plans big on show, not substance

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ast week I was leaving a Blue Jays game in Toronto.

The home town had won and everyone was happy — except for the homeless men whom we encountered at intervals, sitting on the pavement with their empty paper cups in front of them, hoping for the best.

It’s not a perfect metaphor, but something about the scene made me think of our upcoming 150th birthday celebrations. There is going to be a considerable amount of noise, a few royals around, cheery speeches — but not much of that energy is being harnessed to improve the lives of people who need help.

This may be why I detect a distinct lack of enthusiasm about the whole thing. Politicians and officials are smiling away and making pronouncements about how great it’s going to be. But ordinary people are yawning,

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town just wanting to get on with summer.

And some of them, like me, wonder if that sesquicentennial money could be better spent. Locally, it will be nice to see the National Arts Centre unveil its new look and the new Canadian history hall at the Museum of History. But those probably would have happened without the sesquicentennial. Otherwise, Canada Day will probably feel like most other Canada Days, except in Toronto where the provincial government is spending $120,000 to bring a gigantic American rubber duckie to its waterfront.

There will be other events, other

projects, some even more worthwhile than gigantic rubber duckies, but my guess is that this is not, unlike 1967, going to be a year we will look back upon with nostalgia.

Several things made 1967. For one, the federal government was not just going through the motions. Unlike today, it was not afraid to spend.

So tons of government money was committed, all over the country, to things that mattered. It felt like every community in the country was getting a new concert hall, a new arena, a new library.

For another thing, there was an optimism, an idealism in the country that was different from what we have now. Expo 67 made us proud and attracted world attention, which made us prouder. Despite the Cold War and the spectre of Vietnam, despite the growing signs of separatism at home, Canadians were confident

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about the future, eager to make it better.

It doesn’t seem that way now.

Although the world was a perilous place in 1967, different kinds of peril face us now. Recent events, particularly to the south of us, have created an uncertainty that may make us less inclined to party.

And less inclined to take on the big projects that would really make life better for Canadians — not to mention the less fortunate of the world, to whom we have been paying less and less attention. To go back to those unfortunate souls at the beginning of this column, few of our political parties campaign on getting EDITORIAL rid of homelessness and poverty.

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far cry from idealism.

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about climate change, probably the defining issue of our age, but few bold steps.

This year, the 150th, would have been a good year for some of that.

Instead we get fireworks and rubber duckies.

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Rural coach house rules still a barrier, committee says

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

The future of coach houses in rural Ottawa comes down to finding a balance.

The city is seeking a middle ground, allowing residents to have a secondary dwelling on smaller privately-serviced properties, while ensuring the concentration of septic systems doesn’t cause health problems.

City staff have unveiled a series of proposed modifications to coach house rules that came into effect last October, to give rural residents on septic systems and well water more flexibility.

“What we’ve done is probably as far as we think we can go in terms of opening the door, making it easier, reducing the burdens in terms of requirements that would have to be met and allow these things to move forward,” John Smit, the city’s director of economic development and long-range planning, said during the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee meeting on June 1.

Some of the proposed rule changes include allowing coach houses, which are small, detached dwellings, on privatelyserviced lots as small as 0.65 hectares (rather than the current 0.8 hectares, which meets provincial policy). Exceptions for anything smaller will have to be considered by the city’s committee of adjustment.

As well, staff are offering to waive some paperwork – part of the site plan process – for lots that are smaller than this new recommended minimum lot size, and for those on municipal water.

But some members of the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee say the changes don’t go far enough, and asked staff to go back to the drawing board to see what more can be done by September.

“I’m not really comfortable,” said West-Carleton March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. “I’m not hearing a lot of comfort coming from our residents about what you propose. It doesn’t look like we are helping them keep their parents or their kids on the same property.”

Likewise, Osgoode Coun.

George Darouze said common ground must be found, and soon.

RIDEAU-GOULBOURN COUN. SCOTT MOFFATT “Instead of making it easer for residents, we’re trying to put more regulations,” he said.

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt said it will come down to finding a balance.

“It’s trying to find a solution that addresses the concerns, that doesn’t add further burden,” he said.

The softening of the rules offers rural residents a glimmer of hope.

“What I heard today was heartening,” said Klaus Beltzner, a Manotick resident and recent past-president of the Manotick and Village Community Association. “I think we’re going in the right direction.”

Several lots on Manotick’s Long Island are smaller than 0.65 hectares, which means a coach house would trigger the need for an exception from the city, a process that can be “fairly onerous or potentially onerous,” Beltzner told the committee.

He appealed to the committee and staff to further streamline the process, and to make any recommended changes easy to understand.

“What these represent are really barriers. People are not going to want to go through that kind of process just to get an opportunity for their loved ones to live on the same property,” he said. “Just because we’re rural we shouldn’t have additional regulations.”

Adding a coach house and hooking it up to the property’s septic system could create problems for lots located close together. The worry is the concentration of nitrates in the soil caused by septic system discharge, which can contaminate well water. Adding a coach house raises this risk on smaller

lots.

There are already communities in Ottawa that have higher nitrate levels, such as at Shadow Ridge in Greely, and Constance Bay, said Moffatt.

“Any failure of (septic) systems in that area could lead to an increase in that nitrate level, which is a concern for water contamination,” said Moffatt, who chairs the rural planning committee.

Moffatt said there are other municipalities that prohibit coach houses in agricultural zones.

Another barrier is the type of septic system technology currently used that is costly and takes up space, but which is required by the city and provincial policies.

New technologies have helped on Constance Bay waterfront properties, especially during recent flooding, ElChantiry said.

“Some new technology we need to open our mind about,” he said, adding that the city is stuck on policy dating to the 1990s.

But Moffatt said it’s not city staff’s job to deviate from policy.

“That’s the struggle,” he said.

“That’s what makes this challenging.”

The rural planning committee learned there are other systems available that are efficient, don’t take up much space, are environmentally safe and already meet standards in Canada and the U.S. Carlsbad Springs resident Caroline Daigle learned her 0.185-hectare lot will be used as a test case, beginning this summer or fall. She successfully appealed to the committee for permission to relax the rules and allow her family to convert an existing shed into a coach house for her mother and install an Envirolet composting toilet.

“Rural residents should not have to conform to the same rules and regulations as suburban and urban residents,” Daigle told the committee.

“It is unfair and will effectively reduce the ability of rural residents to have a coach house realized on their property.”

Next steps include a public consultation process and returning to the committee with a follow-up report in September.

NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF AN AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT CHARGE BY-LAW OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Ottawa passed By-law 2017-175, an amendment to Development Charge By-law 2014-229 on May 24, 2017 under Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997; AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or organization may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board under Section 14 of the Act, in respect of the development charge by-law, by filing with the City Clerk on or before July 4, 2017 a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons supporting the objection.

The revised development charges imposed by By-law 2017-175 are as follows: Additional Development Charge Amounts Effective May 25, 2017:

Service Category

Area 1 Inside the Greenbelt Roads & Related Services Public Transit

Singles and Semi-detached

Apartment Dwelling, Back to Back & Stacked Townhouse (2+ bedrooms)

Apartment Dwelling (less than 2 bedrooms)

Multiple, Row and Mobile Dwelling

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

$7,350 $8,397

$4,330 $4,575

$3,186 $3,369

$5,755 $6,335

(4) The following table is added to By-law 2014-229, Schedule “B”, as amended under the heading “Outside the Greenbelt (Area #2) following the table entitled “Effective October 1, 2014”: Additional Development Charge Amounts Effective May 25, 2017:

Service Category

Area 2 Outside the Greenbelt Roads & Related Services Public Transit

Singles and Semi-detached

Apartment Dwelling, Back to Back & Stacked Townhouse (2+ bedrooms)

Apartment Dwelling (less than 2 bedrooms)

Multiple, Row and Mobile Dwelling

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

$10,182 $8,397

$5,381 $4,575

$3,977 $3,369

$7,661 $6,335

(5) The following table is added to By-law 2014-229, Schedule “B”, as amended under the heading “Rural Serviced (Area #3 Part) following the table entitled “Effective October 1, 2014”: Additional Development Charge Amounts Effective May 25, 2017:

Service Category

Area 3 Rural-Serviced Roads & Related Services Public Transit

Singles and Semi-detached

Apartment Dwelling, Back to Back & Stacked Townhouse (2+ bedrooms)

Apartment Dwelling (less than 2 bedrooms)

Multiple, Row and Mobile Dwelling

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

$7,143 $8,397

$4,099 $4,575

$3,020 $3,369

$4,645 $6,335

(6) The following table is added to By-law 2014-229, Schedule “B”, as amended under the heading “Rural Unserviced (Area #3 Part) following the table entitled “Effective October 1, 2014”: Additional Development Charge Amounts Effective May 25, 2017:

Service Category

Area 3 Rural-Unserviced Roads & Related Services Public Transit

Singles and Semi-detached

Apartment Dwelling, Back to Back & Stacked Townhouse (2+ bedrooms)

Apartment Dwelling (less than 2 bedrooms)

Multiple, Row and Mobile Dwelling

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

($ per unit)

$7,143 $8,397

$4,099 $4,575

$3,020 $3,369

$4,645 $6,335

(7) The following table is added to By-law 2014-229, Schedule “C”, as amended under the heading “City-Wide following the table entitled “Effective October 1, 2014”: Additional Development Charge Amounts Effective May 25, 2017: Service Category Area 1, 2 & 3 City-wide Roads & Related Services Public Transit

Non-Industrial Use

Industrial Use

($ per sq.ft.)

($ per sq.ft.)

$7.79 $8.47

$3.65 $3.32

The lands to which the by-law applies are as shown on the attached key map and are as described in the schedule of the by-law.

Schedule “A” – DESIGNATED AREAS OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA

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Strategic ops centre providing police officers with ‘virtual backup’ new in North America. Some police departments embraced it a decade ago, including Calgary’s, one of several police services Ottawa consulted as it developed its own model.

Ottawa’s 26-member centre, which operates seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., will evolve over time.

“This is the beginning product,” Cartright said. “We’re going to evolve into where we want to be.”

The department will look at accessing a wider swath of camera feeds in future.

Right now the service is accessing what is publicly available, Cartright said when asked about balancing privacy and having eyes on the ground.

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The department’s strategic operations centre, which opened last October at the Greenbank police station, has been involved in more than 2,000 of the more than 300,000 calls for service the department receives each year.

Within the first 10 days of going live, the centre assisted with more than 70 high-risk calls, ranging from a missing person report, a suicide threat and an armed robbery to a downtown demonstration and a gun call at a Barrhaven high school.

Frontline policing Insp. Carl Cartright said it’s a promising start to the initial phase of the centre, which is part of the department’s new service initiative, developed to help its members better serve and protect at a time when policing in North America is facing pressure in the form of costs, population growth and changes, more calls and a surge in more complex crime.

Inside the whisper-quiet (at the moment) and windowless centre, a team of uniformed officers and civilian crime and intelligence analysts, who also track crime patterns at the neighbourhood level, scan banks of computer screens and large TV monitors.

At their fingertips is a flow of realtime traffic maps, a national news feed,

there,” he said. “We’re the capital city.

We have large events that occur here, large profile figures that come here.”

Tapping into more closed-circuit cameras and other types of video feeds as the need arises would “give us that greater situational awareness,” Cartright said. “It’s not that we’re going to be monitoring everything 24/7, but if incidents mandate that we would indeed (need) access to a location, we would have those agreements already set in place.”

The centre, the operational cost of which was not available, is designed to boost efficiency, ensure resources are properly allocated and increase officer safety.

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BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

A number of Manotick residents are sounding the alarm that a proposed plan to add a boat dock in Mahogany Harbour will sell out safety for commercialization.

“We’re very concerned about the safety on that stretch of water,” said Mel Roberts, who appealed to the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee on June 2 to reconsider a $265,000 dock.

“We believe that any kind of commercialization effort, which is driven by the BIAs and other special interest groups, will really impact safety of the paddlers and existing boats in the area,” Roberts said of the site, which is also a popular swimming spot.

The plan outlines the multiphase construction of a dock along the west side of the har-

bour, on the western side of Long Island. The first phase of the dock project would provide space for four to six boats, as well as canoes and kayaks, according to a city staff report.

The goal is to support tourism, increase recreational opportunities, provide greater access to the Rideau River and create an opportunity for visitors to walk north into the village to shop and dine, the report says.

Jennifer Murphy, who lives and paddles at Mahogany Harbour, echoed Roberts’ concerns for the safety and quality of life for those who paddle, fish and swim the bay. Wildlife also live there, including a resident beaver, muskrats and herons.

“Once the sheer number of powerboats that is being proposed starts coming into the harbour, it will be very challenging for these small boats,” she told Metroland Media in an email.

“The introduction of a dock for powerboats will put at risk the lives of existing paddlers and rowers and the new ones who will be encouraged to come.”

PROJECT CHAMPIONS

A number of local organizations have championed the dock’s development, including the Manotick Culture, Parks and Recreation Association, which is leading the project, the Manotick Business Improvement Area, the Manotick Village and Community Association and the Kiwanis Club of Manotick. Together, they are fundraising to pay for the project, while many more support it, including the Lions Club, the staff report says.

“This is an example of how rural communities work, and how rural communities help drive projects,” said Klaus Beltzner, recent past-president of the

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Manotick Village and Community Association.

“This is another success story and it’s done really well,” he told the committee. “It’s a wonderful addition to the village of Manotick.”

But with plans for the dock to eventually stretch 150 feet, it should be scaled back to better fit the space for paddling, “and not to attract the maximum number of powerboats into the bay,” Roberts said.

Boats travelling the Rideau River can navigate into the back channel, as the harbour entrance is known.

But because it leads to a dead end beyond the harbour, that will create more in-and-out boat traffic, he noted.

The back channel is also narrow — about 25 metres wide in parts — which could also cause problems for passing boats, Roberts said.

The project also includes

adding a path from the dock to the sidewalk on the east side of Manotick Main Street, kittycorner to Eastman Avenue, a bench, information board, lighting, landscaping, signage, stairs and a pedestrian gate.

Roberts also worries the site could draw motorists to park nearby at Manotick Main and Eastman, “which will create a nasty situation there.”

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City comes through for Dragon Boat Festival with park fix-up

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

With the countdown ticking away on the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, organizers are breathing a sigh of relief.

After the landscaping of the large children’s playground at Mooney’s Bay Park was delayed last fall, festival organizers began to worry the area around the play structures would remain chewed up and muddy for the dragon boat racing and outdoor concerts, June 22 to 25.

But city staff have begun to mobilize to temporarily shore up the site with sand.

“We all agree that the saturated grounds are an issue, and it’s hard to put sod down and then have a festival on top of it because that sod will be shredded,” said River Coun. Riley Brockington, whose ward includes Mooney’s Bay Park. “And that’s $60,000 out the window.”

The work was supposed to be completed last fall but the playground itself wasn’t done until

RIVER COUN. RILEY BROCKINGTON November.

The remediation is good news to John Brooman, president and chief executive of the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival.

“I feel a lot better,” he said.

“We certainly had to have some long conversations about how to figure out how this is going to play out. The city definitely came through.”

Efforts to re-grade the area around the playground and add

sand began on June 3.

Sand is the city’s preferred temporary solution at this point because “sand won’t become a mud bath,” Brockington said.

“After the festival, they’ll put another layer of topsoil and new sod.”

“I don’t think it’s ideal for anyone, including the city,” Brooman noted. “At the same time it is what we can do right now in this time frame and given what’s going on with the weather.”

The work, which is expected to wrap up by June 15 before the festival setup begins June 1516, will also include removing fencing from the site. As well, wood chip piles, which have caused water to pool, will also be cleaned up to make room for a row of exhibitor tents.

The cost of the landscaping is part of the overall $2-million Canada-themed playground project, shared by television production company Sinking Ship Productions, and the city.

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The playground was constructed for the children’s television show Giver. The official grand opening of the playground is scheduled for July 1.

Last year, festival organizers had to work around a central chunk of the site ahead of the construction of a large children’s playground. Once built, it ate up almost 40 per cent of the space that the festival typically sets aside for teams waiting to take their turn in the races, Brooman said.

This time around, the layout of the festival site has been reconfigured to make room for the play area and incorporate it

within the festivities.

“It’s a really, really neat design concept,” he said.

As well, permission has been secured to use a larger section of the beach for different VIP and special experiences, as well some of the teams. The concession stands will be in the vicinity of the playground, and Scotiabank has sponsored the children’s area, where the play structures are located.

“We’ve integrated it within the event as best we can,” Brooman said of the playground.

“That park, we’re certainly embracing and looking forward to hosting a bunch of the kids.”

Other festival highlights

will include three evening concerts with the Sheepdogs, Dear Rouge and Half Moon Run, among several other bands.

“I think it’s a pretty solid lineup for a free event,” Brooman said.

The festival is so far on track with its dragon boat team registrations. About 160 have signed up, and registration is still open.

Last year, the event drew 180 teams, representing about 4,500 paddlers.

“We’re almost there,” the president said.

Billed as North America’s largest dragon boat festival, its goal is to generate about $350,000 each year for a number of charities. A big chunk of

the funds raised will again go to the Youth Services Bureau as well as the Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation.

Funds generated also support the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation Community Fund, created last year to extend the supportive reach of the nonprofit festival.

In recent months, it has con-

tributed about $5,000 to each of about a half-dozen local charities, including the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club and the Ottawa YMCA. “The fund is allowing us to — in addition to the larger amounts that are going out to the charities — give out smaller amounts to many more local charities,” Brooman said. “It’s

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Proposed supportive apartments to give vulnerable youth fresh start

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

A shortage of housing for Ottawa’s vulnerable youth and young adults will soon see some relief with the proposed construction of a 39-unit

apartment building in Riverside Park.

The nonprofit Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of youth services in the city, is hoping to construct a four-storey, 39-unit building for ages 16 to 24, including six two-bedroom units for those tenants

who have young children of their own.

The need in Ottawa is great: 1,000 youth accessed emergency shelters in the city last year. Of those, 600 used adult shelters, while 400 stayed at the agency’s youth shelters, said Joanne Lowe, executive director of the Youth Services Bureau.

Its shelters take in those up to age 20, but there are plans to bump that to 24 over the next year.

“It’s just never good for a young person to be in an adult shelter,” she said. “And our adult shelter partners know that’s not a great place for young people.”

Some of the tenants of the future apartment building, which is proposed to go in at the YSB’s current two-building property at 2887 Riverside Dr., will come from the agency’s transitional housing units, located above its shelters. As the young people move into their furnished suites, they’ll be assigned a case manager who will help them acquire life and employment skills and finish their schooling.

“The fact that they have a person who belongs to them, essentially, is really important because a lot of these young people have not had a healthy adult relationship in their lives,” said Lowe.

YSB has 20 properties in the city, ranging from youth shelters and emergency housing to three other apartment buildings, with a total of 65 units, in the east, west and central areas of the city. But the new building will be unique.

“One of the differences for this building though is that in our other buildings we do not have that much space on the ground floor to have staff in to provide support,” Lowe said. “This is quite beneficial to them and for us to have access.” Many need that assistance; An 18-year-old could come out of the child-welfare system after living in foster or group homes and may not have built up enough life skills, such as cooking meals. “Even learning how to pay their bills, how to actually interact with other people — these are the kinds of things that space will allow us to do,” Lowe said.

As well, a house-turned-office that is currently on the site will remain a staff workplace.

Youth living in the agency’s other apartments typically stay about four years, until they are prepared to transition to the next step.

“We don’t evict anybody on the basis of age,” Lowe said. “It’s about giving them another pathway.”

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Project to house 39 youth Continued from page 16

Saide Sayah, program manager of the city’s affordable housing unit, said a focal point of the city’s 10-year plan to address homelessness is affordable housing.

“One of the key components of this plan is to end chronic homelessness within the next few years and one way we want to do that is to encourage the construction of what we call supportive housing across the city,” he said, adding the YSB project is one of five in the works and will offer an alternative choice to social or emergency housing.

The $9-million project is made possible thanks to a $5-million capital grant awarded by the city with provincial funds.

The rest will be fundraised and YSB will self-mortgage the gap, similar to what it has done for its other sites, said Lowe.

That price tag includes the demolition this fall of one of two aging structures at the property that currently houses an opencustody facility for up to eight young men who have been in conflict with the law. They will

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A draft rendering depicts the vision for an apartment building where vulnerable youth will live in Riverside Park. be relocated in late August or early September to a renovated building on the same site as the William E. Hay secure-detention centre for youth on Hawthorne Road, Lowe said.

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Craig Searle, president of the Riverview Park Community and Recreation Association, said the project is a welcome addition to the neighbourhood.

“I think social housing or housing for youth is a requirement, and they’ve been there for 50 years so I think it’ll fit in very well,” he said.

Likewise, River Coun. Riley Brockington said affordable housing is one of the city’s primary strategies to tackle homelessness and get more youth off the streets.

“This is not only three storeys of residential, but (a) ground floor of services that tap into the needs that ... these young people have,” he said.

While it won’t fix the city’s housing shortage, it will provide a home for 39 vulnerable youth plus six infants or children.

“That’s the sad thing in all of this is the need is so high in this city,” Brockington said. “I’m pleased this new building will make a difference.”

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BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Week In Review!

Ronald Warren Ball Park Officially Renamed The former Kenmore Ball Diamond known as Number One has now been officially renamed to the Ronald Warren Ball Diamond. Ron was a Kenmore resident that made a dream come true by turning an empty field into the ball park it is today with a canteen, washrooms, gazebo and a horse shoe pit. It took tireless efforts by not only him, but volunteers who removed rocks from a drained field before the real construction could be done. He did all of this for the better of the community, where families could come to watch/ play baseball and enjoy a day in the park. It was a pleasure to present the official plaque to the Warren family on behalf of the City. A special thank you goes to Bill Buckland who started the process to have it renamed in Ron’s honour.

A Good Samaritan is to thank for alerting three occupants that their single-family home was on fire in the BanffLedbury community early Saturday morning.

“It was a passerby that knocked on the family’s door to inform them that the car was on fire,” said Capt. Danielle Cardinal, Ottawa fire spokesperson.

Firefighters were called to 1930 Banff Ave., which is southeast of Walkley Road and

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Firefighters maintain a constant stream of water at a BanffLedbury home after putting out the flames that ravaged this car inside a carport over the weekend. The fire forced three residents to evacuate.

Bank Street, on June 3 around 5 a.m.

The 911 caller reported that a car was on fire inside a car-

port and that the flames had spread to the attached home, Cardinal said.

When firefighters arrived, they confirmed the house will fully involved.

Two adults living in the basement suite and one residing in the ground-floor unit of the home had safely evacuated, and were assisted by the Salvation Army and the Canadian Red Cross.

The cause of the fire was not determined, and the estimated dollar loss was not immediately known.

Osgoode Township High School Relay for Life Osgoode Township High School held its’ annual Relay for Life Walk/Run at their school. Because the fields were too muddy this time around, the track was chalked out for the teams to walk around the school yard. This year, a little friendly competition between teams to raise the most funds lead to the winning team calling a donated motor home their camp for the day. Thanks to the Stanley family for lending their motor home for this unique incentive. Fries for Charity were on hand also to help add to the funds raised.

The school raised over $38,000 towards the fight against Cancer. That’s incredible! Way to go OTHS! Confederation Train CN Rail brought a confederation train out of retirement to make a special trip with a group of guests and theater players that re enacted scenes of “Confederation” while traveling from Montreal to Ottawa. The trip was like a step back in time, 150 years ago to be exact! Mayor Jim Watson and I were joined by many other Mayors’ from surrounding cities to make the special trip. It was a great way to draw attention to Canada’s 150th birthday and Ottawa 2017.

National Paramedics Week This week was a time to pay special attention to our paramedics and recognize them for their dedication in the health care profession. We don’t always give them the credit for being there when needed and saving lives.

An early morning stop this week at the headquarters was made extra special when the “new hires” were there too!

Meeting them and chatting for a moment on how they became “new hires” was a golden opportunity to see how the push for more paramedics finally came to life! These are the new faces that will be around Ottawa serving the community. Very proud to have been a big part of the reality of “new hires”. They also thanked me for pushing the issue and creating new jobs that they are now filling.

Thank You Breakfast I met with our dedicated roads crews to say thank you for all of their hard work year round, particularly during our harsh winters. Our crews work 24/7 during the winter to ensure roads are plowed and salted. During the summer, they work through endless service requests for maintenance. It was great for me to be able to formally thank them for all of this work.

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Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt, who chairs the rural planning committee, said there was an early plan for a dock with space for dozens of boats, “which is just ludicrous. This here focuses on potentially three or four boats in the future — there’s phasing to it.”

The first step is for Parks Canada to loan a temporary dock this summer. Then, the first permanent stage, billed at $69,000, will be built once funds are raised.

“You know the bay now. You know that people do come in and anchor and they enjoy the harbour as it is,” he said. “But they can’t get to land.

“We’re not trying to create Merrickville.

Manotick isn’t Merrickville and it never will be,” Moffatt said, but added this will help fill a void since there are no access points for powered boats.

“This aims to correct

that, without creating some sort of ... marina inside the harbour,” said Moffatt. “There’s no proposal for that.”

But Roberts said the project is driven by the business community, while Murphy doubts that visiting boaters will be spending enough money in the village to justify the expense of the dock.

“They may stop for lunch or supper. They may purchase some goods. But how many goods can they realistically carry back to their boats,” Murphy said in an email. “They’re hardly likely to buy a lawn mower, or groceries for the week.”

Christopher Sergeant, who lives next to the Rideau River south of the village and serves on the board of directors for Watson’s Mill, also worries about the environmental impact, that the wakes from large speeding boats will lead to riverbank erosion.

The avid canoeist, who

worked for Parks Canada for more than three decades, said development is trumping the environment.

“The numbers they are trying to use to promote the dock project don’t really make a lot of sense,” he said in an interview, adding that thousands of boats would have to use the dock in order to justify its price tag and “for it to have any measurable economic impact for the downtown of Manotick.”

While Moffatt acknowledged that economics is a good thing, he said the objective of the dock plan doesn’t just come down to business.

“To say that’s 100 per cent the purpose, it just

isn’t,” he said.

Roberts also said it makes much more sense to build the dock on the east side of Long Island in the main channel of the Rideau River. There is an existing boat launch t and small dock there at Bridge Street and South River Road, near the Manotick library branch.

The alternative site at Mahogany Harbour doesn’t offer a quick walk for visiting boaters, said Roberts.

“Boats come into the bay there — people are looking at an 800-metre walk into the mews, and what are they going to do, carry things? It doesn’t make a lot of sense,” he told the committee.

But Moffatt countered that, saying Parks Canada expressed concern about docking in the main channel due to boat traffic.

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n late May, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne made a much-anticipated announcement that her government will increase the province’s hourly minimum wage to $15 by 2019, from the current $11.40.

Critics came out of the woodwork, calling the plan a job-killing disaster. One pundit suggested the rate hike would trigger the immediate loss of 100,000 jobs in the province.

Others argued small businesses would bear the brunt of the cost, while large enterprises would exit Ontario en masse in search of cheaper labour.

The arguments aren’t completely unfounded, but they are hyperbolic.

Records of minimum wage hike increases from the last 50 years show a number of significant jumps in minimum wage from year to year.

From 90 cents in 1965, the wage jumped to $1.30 in 1969, an increase of 44 per cent in

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse four years.

Subsequently the rate continued to climb, more than doubling to $2.25 by 1974.

Minimum wage increased annually throughout the ‘70s, spiking by more than 45 per cent in the first half of the ‘80s to $4.35.

There are many pundits arguing that minimum wage increases trigger job losses. But the historical data, at a glance, doesn’t back this claim.

Over the last few decades, Ontario’s unemployment rate has, in fact, remained relatively stable at between six and seven per cent, with some exceptions. In 1984 and 2009 the

provincial unemployment rate peaked at more than nine per cent.

But one would be hard pressed to argue that minimum wage hikes were the catalyst.

In the latter case, for example, world markets were crumbling and entire countries declaring bankruptcy.

Triggers for spikes in unemployment are complex and multiple.

Although the 9.1per-cent spike in 2009 did coincide with a one-dollar minimum wage increase (to $9.50), the high unemployment rate arguably had more to do with the mass layoffs in Ontario’s

manufacturing sector during the financial crisis than it did with increasing people’s basic hourly wage.

There are also many examples where the numbers don’t spike simultaneously. In 2004, for example, unemployment remained stable at 6.8 per cent, despite the occurrence of the first minimum wage hike in nine years to $7.15 (from $6.85 in 1995).

There’s no doubt the minimum wage increase is a strategic vote-buying tactic for a party and a premier that are almost setting records for their lack of popularity in the polls.

Even the least cynical among us see that.

And while it’s true that minimum wage increases aren’t about to bankrupt the job market, the reverse also holds — they’re not doing much to stimulate it either. As much as the premier would like us to believe otherwise, a higher minimum wage doesn’t

encourage greater participation in the labour economy.

The hyperbolic pundits don’t lie.

There is potential for some negative side effects, particularly outside of the Toronto bubble economy where these decisions are made. Small businesses — and even large manufacturers and those in the agricultural industry — may opt out of hiring or shut down Ontario operations altogether if labour costs spike too high too soon, something that would have a huge impact on smaller cities and towns across the province.

Youth unemployment is already significantly higher than average unemployment among adults.

Employers that rely on summer students and part-timers may be forced to eliminate these positions in the absence of government incentives to counterbalance the additional costs of labour.

Consumers will also bear the brunt of costs. Bread basket items have been climbing for years, something that’s almost guaranteed to continue as labour costs trickle down to consumers.

But is a 32-per-cent increase in the hourly minimum wage going to bankrupt the province? No. Ontario has seen 28 minimum wage increases in the past 50 years and not a single one has led to the economic apocalypse currently predicted by the caviar class. It’s OK to remain skeptical of motives behind the premier’s decision to do this now, but at the end of the day, every Ontarian deserves a livable working wage.

It’s up to the premier — or possibly her successor, depending on the outcome of the next election — to put incentive measures in place to mitigate the adverse effects that higher labour costs may have on employers and consumers.

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Crews douse kitchen Police arson unit probes fire in Blossom Park suspicious farmhouse fire

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Flames broke out in a kitchen at a highrise in Blossom Park, forcing three tenants to escape.

An alarm-monitoring agency alerted Ottawa firefighters on June 1 just before 2 p.m. that there were smoke and flames at 2710 Saratoga Pl., which is not far from the Towngate shopping plaza at Bank Street and Hunt Club Road.

“Flames were visible inside a kitchen on the first floor of the building,” Capt. Danielle Cardinal, Ottawa fire spokesperson said in a statement.

The first crew that arrived confirmed they could see smoke coming from a first-floor balcony.

“Firefighters quickly entered the building for a rapidfire attack,” Cardinal said.

The fire was brought under control at 2:12 p.m.

No one was injured in the incident.

The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating after an abandoned farmhouse on the outskirts of Manotick went up in smoke on Sunday night.

“The suspected cause of the fire is suspicious,” said Capt. Danielle Cardinal, Ottawa fire spokesperson.

Sgt. David Christie, with the Ottawa police arson unit, confirmed “there will be some investigation.”

“Because (the house was) vacant, we can assume it was deliberately set,” he said of the fire.

The fire department’s dispatch team received a 911 call on June 4 at

6:54 p.m. reporting that black smoke and flames were coming from the two-storey home at 425 Nicolls Island Road near River Road, between Manotick and Riverside South.

As firefighters arrived on scene, they discovered the residence was fully engulfed in flames.

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“There’s no estimated dollar because it’s a no-loss fire – negligible value,” she said.

- With files from Michelle Nash Baker

Barrhaven South Expansion Area Community Design Plan Integrated Planning Act and Environmental Assessment Act Process Public Open House #3 Thursday, June 22, 2017 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Presentation at 7 p.m.

Pierre-Savard French Catholic High School 1110 Longfields Drive By attending this public open house, you will find out about the preferred land use concept plan, servicing and transportation projects, supporting studies, next steps, and have the opportunity to provide feedback to City staff and the study team. The integrated Planning Act and Environmental Assessment Act process is being followed for the Barrhaven South Urban Expansion Area Community Design Plan, for implementation by an Official Plan Amendment (OPA). A proposed OPA to the City of Ottawa’s Official Plan will include changing the land use designation from “Urban Expansion Study Area” and “Sand and Gravel Resource Area” to “General Urban Area” on Schedules “A” and “B” for portions of the study area.

Other schedules may be affected and the inclusion of a Secondary Plan may be required.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accessibility accommodation, please e-mail cheryl.brouillard@ottawa.ca by noon on Monday, June 19, 2017.

Additional information is available on the City of Ottawa’s website at ottawa.ca/en/southbarrhavencdp. Public consultation is an important part of the process. We are interested in hearing your comments and feedback.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this project or have comments or requests, please contact: Cheryl Brouillard, Planner City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 613-580-2424 ext. 13392 Email: cheryl.brouillard@ottawa.ca

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OPINION The wildlife around here is a little too wild lately

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he excitement around Bridge Street in Kemptville this week was a roaming black bear. He wasn’t tiny, either.

We used to occasionally hear of bears near the old garbage dump when it was active.

Someone got chased out of the bush on their ATV once when they came a little too close to a mama bear and her cub.

You might expect to see a black bear near a garbage dump. But I’m sure no one was expecting to see one when they looked out their window in the middle of town on a quiet weekday

afternoon. I should have taken that as a sign. I don’t know if it’s the proximity of the Northern Lights this week or if we are headed for a full moon, but the wild animals seem to be acting a bit too bold lately.

We have a robin nesting in the Virginia Creeper vines that encircle our porch. There is another robin in the vine on the side of the house. I agree that this dense foliage provides wonderful shelter from the elements but I question the wisdom behind building a nest for your young within leaping distance of a cat who is perched on the

City of Ottawa Notice of Proposed Official Plan Amendment and Secondary Plan Mer Bleue Urban Expansion Area Community Design Plan In accordance with Section 22(6.4)(a) of the Planning Act and Section 11.(1) of Ontario Regulation 543/06, notice is hereby provided that an official plan amendment and secondary plan proposal is being considered by the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department at the City of Ottawa.

The proposed Official Plan Amendment (OPA) affect properties located in Ward 19, Cumberland. The CDP area is generally bounded to: the west by Mer Bleue Road; the east by Tenth Line Road; to the north

by Mer Bleue area (Avalon West development), and at southern limit the boundary runs along Wall Road through community of Notre Dame Des Champs to Tenth Line Road (running approximately the mid-way point between Wall Road and Navan Road).

Three concurrent and integrated Class Environmental Assessment Studies/Master Plans were initiated: a Master Servicing Study (MSS) for water, storm drainage and sanitary; an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the natural environment and select stormwater management components; and a Master Transportation Study (MTS) to provide the street network;. These reports have been prepared in conjunction with the Community Design Plan (CDP). The CDP is being brought forward for approval

by Planning Committee and Council at the same time as the proposed OPA. Approval of the CDP and subsequent development applications under the Planning Act will be supported by the EMP, MSS and MTS. The purpose of the OPA and Secondary Plan is to provide policies that implement the land use components of the Mer Bleue UEA CDP. The main effects of the proposed OPA are to: (1) change the land use designation in Schedule B from Developing Community (Expansion Area) to General Urban Area; (2) designate McKinnon’s Creek and a significant woodlot as Urban Natural Features; (3) update various schedules to reflect the expansion of transportation facilities within the CDP area; (4) update the natural heritage system feature. The effect of the Secondary Plan is to provide the planning framework and policies that are required to implement area’s vision with future development applications or public works.

To review additional information and materials related to the proposed amendments, please contact the undersigned planner, go to Ottawa.ca/merbleuecdp or to Ottawa.ca/devapps and input the File Number D01-01-17-0006 in the “Search” criteria. The City of Ottawa would like to receive comments regarding the proposed amendments. Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, facsimile or e-mail by June 20, 2017. Comments received will be considered in the evaluation of the proposal.

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the official plan, you must make a written request to the City of Ottawa.

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

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

Dated at Ottawa June 8, 2017.

Taavi Siitam, Planner Planning and Growth Management Department City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 27788 Fax: 613-580-2459 Email: merbleuecdp-pcc@ottawa.ca 28 Ottawa South News - Thursday, June 8, 2017

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DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife

nearby ledge. Perhaps the birds haven’t seen much of the cats since the puppy arrived.

Come to think of it, I haven’t seen much of them either. The last time I saw Sheila and Junior they had noticeably gained weight due to their recent sedentary lifestyle, hanging out in the basement out of reach of the dog.

I have carried him down to meet them, which usually sends Sammy frantically climbing up over old doll houses and Christmas decorations to cower on the ductwork in the rafters. Sheila has been brave enough to approach and sniff noses with the pup. Maybe she will be the one to form a bond between them. The deal was the cats are to keep the pup company while the Farmer and I are out of the house. So far I’m pretty sure that is not happening. Because I feel sorry for the cats, I leave the basement door open. Every once in a while I see a white flash of fur as one or another of them darts around the corner and up the stairs to hide under a bed for a change of scenery.

It is, however, an extremely fat flash of white fur. I am going to have to change to

feeding them a couple times a day instead of leaving a bowl out for them to feed on demand.

Apparently that is not working. They are becoming slovenly beasts. The only exercise they get is at night, when the puppy is asleep in his crate and the cats are free to chase each other up and down the hall outside our bedroom door.

Fergus and I were both too lazy the other night to walk to the edge of the lawn where the designated ‘puppy toilet area’ has been established. I let Fergus squat down at the edge of the flower bed to relieve himself, and that’s a good thing because of what happened next. First we heard a turkey gobble, at the end of our lawn where the rays of light from the house did not quite reach. I shone my flashlight into the bushes just as we heard a snarling growl and a cry from the turkey. The sounds that ensued next caused Fergus to bark and yelp and run-up the stairs to the house, with me right behind him. I think we both lay awake for the rest of the night, thinking about the nocturnal activities of various members of wildlife around our property.

The next day the Farmer set up his trap to catch the marauding raccoon, fisher, weasel or skunk. It’s only a matter of time before the critter finds a way into the shed where dozens of tiny chicks are nesting under heat lamps, as secure as we can make them without moving them into the house. And I’m not moving them into the house.

It’s already crowded enough in here.

Email: dianafisher1@gmail.com www.theaccidentalfarmwife.blogspot.com

Give Away Weekend returns

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Residents are encouraged to put items large and small at the curb with a sign marked Free, and watch them disappear.

“You can put out furniture, you can put out old pieces of lumber you’re not going to use, drywall, anything like that can be put out,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson.

“It’s almost open season – you can put clothing and toys and books and various things.

You can put even a box of nails.

It’s amazing what people will pick up when they go around.”

Give Away Weekend began in Kanata, before the city amalgamated, as a way to divert usable items from the garbage, said Wilkinson. The city now promotes an event in the spring and fall each year.

“Everything I’ve put out has been taken away,” she said.

“Some people drive around really looking for things. If a lot of people put things out you get more people going around to look. We encourage people to do that.”

Health Canada advises that certain children’s items not be placed at the curb, such as cribs, car seats and strollers.

Items not picked up must be brought back in at the end of the weekend.

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• On individual plates, arrange romaine, salad greens, yellow pepper, carrot, cucumber, onion and basil. Add PREPARATION Erin McCracken/Metroland strawberries and pork. Drizzle INSTRUCTIONS with dressing or serve dressIn large bowl, whisk togeth- ing on the side. Sprinkle with Riverside Park resident Sandra Kearns, a volunteer with the Riverside Park Community er oil, vinegar, honey, two tbsp almonds. and Recreation Association, keeps seniors hydrated during River Ward’s annual Straw(25 mL) basil, garlic and salt berry Social at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre on June 2.

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Always something to be done in the fields

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n my mind’s eye I could see Father in the far-off fields earlier in the spring, plowing the fields that lay beyond the Bonnechere River over the West Hill.

He walked behind the plow, stooped over as if he were carrying a heavy load. He used the furrow first plowed, as a guideline, never once looking back to make sure he was moving in a straight line.

I would, if I wasn’t at school, go over to where he was working, sit on the log fence, and watch him. He would nod in my direction, but there was no time for idle chatter, and I would stay there for the longest time, often wondering how he could stand the constant back and forth of walking the fields that made up our farm on that side of the river.

And even though much time had passed since those fields had been plowed, there was still the land on what he called the north side of the railroad tracks to tend to. Often the first-plowed fields would be sprouted by the

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Memories time Father had finished plowing and planting the other fields of grain.

And now he was sitting on the rim of the big water tank in the barn yard. The bottoms of his bib-overalls were caked with mud from the fields he had been working in, and I saw that even his leather laces in his work boots were hidden by the dirt.

I knew he would be stripping in the wood shed before coming into the house for his supper. He sat with the plow-point between his knees, anchored tightly so it couldn’t move. And I wondered how he could endure the pain of its weight on his legs, as he held it firmly so that he could work

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on it.

And I knew why he was sitting on the rim of the water trough that was there to quench the thirst of the livestock in the hot summer weather. He had in his hand the whetstone and he was trying to sharpen the plow point to make the job yet to be done easier. I saw that the very point of the plow point had worn away, leaving that part jagged, but there was enough left to finish the job if he could once again create a sharp edge. And that was what he was trying to do on that hot summer day. You just didn’t buy a new plow-point because a bit of it had worn off!

I once asked Father how

something so hard could wear down to that point. He said it was because the land, even though his ancestors had done their best to remove them, still had buried stones in the ground.

The constant contact with the stones was what had worn the plow-point down. Father, with his hands bare, scraped the stone over and over the edge of the plow-point, stopping only long enough to dip the whetstone into the trough of water, trying to create a new sharp edge.

I went to the pump close by

and brought him a cup of cold water. He took the cup with his weather-beaten hand and swallowed it down without stopping.

He handed the cup back to me, only nodding his thanks.

Again, I knew there was no time for idle chatter. The north fields beckoned him, and the plow-point had to be ready.

As I so often did, I watched Father at work that day. I moved to the twig chair that sat on the back stoop so that I could see him, hoping he didn’t know that I was there. If he did, there was no acknowledgement. And again, in my mind’s eye, I could see him walking mile after mile

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Stumbling upon a baby animal that needs help usually brings out the maternal instincts in all of us. But spotting a baby animal by himself doesn’t necessarily mean he’s an orphan.

Many wildlife parents leave their young alone during the day, sometimes for long periods. The mother is usually nearby and quite conscious of her young.

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behind the plow pulled by our horse, and I wondered at how he could stand the monotony of it all. The steady plodding up and down, one field after another, and to finish the job, spending untold hours sitting in the sun trying to create a new sharp edge to a plow-point that had served three generations. But that’s the way it was. And the way it would always be.

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Children often forget to protect themselves from the sun’s rays while playing outside. Always apply sunscreen with the highest SPF and avoid the sun between 11:00 and 4:00, when it’s at its hottest.

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1. Neither 4. Edema (archaic) 10. Geological time 11. Confidence 12. Cerium 14. Virtual audio cable 15. World’s longest river 16. A way to inform 18. Agents of one’s downfall 22. Secretly follow 23. Put into a position 24. Of the desert 26. And (Latin) 27. Spanish city 28. Over there (archaic) 30. Regard 31. Midway between south and southeast 34. Entrap 36. Married woman 37. A place to explore 39. Assist, usually in some wrongdoing

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, when your mischievous side comes out to play, others better watch out. You certainly can be a force … a very fun force. Just don’t let things get out of control.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, others can’t read your mind, so if something is bugging you, then let them know. Doing so will help you collectively develop a solution that much faster.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Your social life is about to heat up, Sagittarius. You might find your calendar going from empty to chock full in just a few days. Pace yourself to avoid burnout.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Other people around you seem to be the epitome of positivity, but you just may not be able to muster the same level of giddiness, Taurus.

That’s okay, as this is just a phase.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, keep your mind open to all the possibilities this week. You may be surprised at what you can accomplish if you maintain a willingness to try new things.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, while it is important to take care of others, you shouldn’t do so at the expense of your own health and happiness. Give yourself a break this week.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Things that have been on your mind come right out without a thought, Gemini. Your honesty is commendable, but you may need to self-censor some things.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you don’t need any extra encouragement to go after what you want. You are quite motivated at the moment, putting a lot of possibilities within reach.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Don’t be afraid to take the next big step in your love life, Aquarius. Your partner may be feeling the same way. Communication is key in this situation.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, a casual comment by a friend sets off a powder keg of ideas in your mind. This is the inspiration you have been waiting for, and now you can’t wait to get busy.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 If you want a particular relationship to thrive, then you have to work together with a partner, Scorpio. No one is out for herself or himself in this situation.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, your emotions may have been all over the place the last few days, but you will be able to reel them in soon. Enjoy the respite

40. Arab ruler 41. Centiliter 42. To which 48. “The Friendly Island” 50. Inspire with love 51. Being cheeky to 52. Up 53. Middle Eastern country 54. Compass point that is one point north of due east 55. Thus 56. Covered 58. Brew 59. Enter hostilely 60. Type of bulb

CLUES DOWN 1. American state 2. Speaker 3. Courses for cars 4. Deutschmark 5. Beloved “Dubliner”

6. Countries of Asia 7. Hands have them 8. Came down as ice pellets 9. Thou 12. Utter obscenities 13. Hebrew unit of measurement 17. Morse code term 19. Home to the witch trials 20. One who is older 21. Closes violently 25. Unaffiliated 29. Tag the runner 31. Trickeries 32. Polynesian island group 33. Immoralities 35. Extremely delicate 38. Gradual destruction 41. North American country 43. Provide the means to do 44. Fell down on 45. Emergency medical services 46. __ the line 47. Church booklet

49. Russian ballet 56. Hello 57. Delaware

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June 9

Alta Vista – Alta Vista branch 6908 of the Knights of Columbus will hold its next macaroni and bean supper for the public on June 9 at the Sainte-Geneviève parish hall, located at 825 Canterbury Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The meal includes beans and macaroni, bread and butter, coffee, tea, onions in vinegar, and dessert. Cost is $8 for adults and children under 12 eat for free.

June 10

Greenboro – Gloucester Presbyterian Church, at 91 Pike St., will hold its annual food drive June 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off donations of non-perishable food at the church or welcome our volunteer canvassers at your door. Cash donations are also welcome. The food drive supports the Pavilion Food Bank, which serves the local community.

Osgoode – The Osgoode Youth Association is hosting a block party on June 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., outside its

front doors. Admission is free and the party is for all ages, from youth the seniors. There will be a sidewalk art competition, outdoor karaoke, henna tattoos, a sketch artist, oyster shucking 1010, children’s games, a log cabin cantina, outdoor tabletop games, laser tag, trivia, live music and a cookie challenge.

Manotick – On June 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. there will be a “Through the Decades” Tea and Fashion Show at Dickinson House in Manotick.

Although the tea is fully subscribed, you may request to be put on a waiting list by calling 613-692 6455. The House is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 14

Greely – The Greely Community Association is hosting its annual general meeting at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr., on June 14 at 7 p.m. A new executive will be voted in.

June 15

Findlay Creek-Leitrim – Ottawa South Women’s Connection “RSVP Ministries” will be hosting their next eventon June 15 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Fred Barrett Arena, at 3280 Leitrim Rd. The feature

will be “vintage bridal fashions.” There will be music, a faith story, refreshments and door prizes. Child care will be available. The event is about women connecting with God, each other and their community. Admission is $6. Call 613-801-8758 for details.

June 16

Vernon – The Osgoode Township Museum is hosting a summer wine-tasting event on June 16 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Guests will be introduced to some crisp, fruit-forward whites and rosés perfect for summer picnics, along with some bright, fruity and floral reds for sunny summer barbecues on the patio. We will be sampling a variety of wines from the Old and New World, including North and South America, France, Italy and Australia. The cost is $30 per person and tickets must be purchased in advance. This is a 19-plus event. Spaces are limited. Please call 613-8214062 to register, or email education@osgoodemuseum.ca.

2 p.m. Proceeds will support ROSSS. Alta Vista – The Alta Vista library branch hosts a summer read-on day on June 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring a stuffed animal and come for stories and treats by the campfire. All ages are welcome. Registration is not needed.

Nepean – The OHS Auxiliary will be hosting a garage sale to raise money for the Ottawa Humane Society animals on June 17 from 9 a.m. to noon at 59 Larkin Dr. in Nepean.

For details, call Linda at 613823-6770 or go to facebook. com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

June 19

Metcalfe – The Greely Lions and the Live and Learn Resource Centre are hosting a charity golf tournament on June 19 at the Metcalfe Golf Club. Golfing, a car, lunch

and dinner are $125 per person. For details or to become a sponsor, call 613-821-2899 or please email liveandlearn@ bellnet.ca.

Canadian Golf & Country Club, 7800 Golf Club Way, in Ashton. The cost is $99 per person. To register, go to guidedogs.ca or call 613-692-7777.

June 24

Mondays

Manotick– Manotick Brass will present “A Canadian Odyssey” to celebrate Canada 150 on June 24 at Knox Presbyterian Church in Manotick.

The program will feature Canadian music, including the world premier of a new work titled “Aurora” by Saskatchewan composer Laura Pettigrew. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the church, located in Dickinson Square. Tickets are $15 and are available at the church and Manotick Office Pro or by calling 613-822-8749.

June 25

Ashton – The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is hosting its annual Nine & Dine Golf Fun Day and Lobster Dinner on June 25 at the

Near Greely – Play four-hand euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. excluding holidays. You do not need a partner. Enjoy complimentary light refreshments. Admission is $5. For details, call 613-7697570.

Metcalfe – Four-hand euchre takes place every Monday at 7 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church hall, Victoria Street in Metcalfe.

Heron Park – The Strathcona Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion offers a friendly euchre tournament and lunch every Monday at 1 p.m. at 1940B Bank St.

June 17

Manotick – The Kiwanis Club of Manotick hosts a barbecue in front of the Home Hardward in the Manotick Mews on June 17 from 11 a.m. to

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Residents from Osgoode and surrounding areas came together on June 3 to roast and toast Osgoode resident Stuart Holmes, pictured here with his wife Joyce, in recognition of his contributions to his community over many decades. The event, which also served as a fundraiser for the Osgoode Care Centre, was held at the Osgoode Community Centre.

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