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February 4, 2016 l 52 pages
Cancer vaccine research receives funding boost Erin McCracken
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A research team at the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus is trying to develop a cancer vaccine by pairing the measles and Maraba viruses. “It will be the very first time that two oncolytic (cancer-killing) replicating
viruses will be combined,” said Dr. Guy Ungerechts, a physician-scientist, who is researching the powers of the virus duo. It was his longtime work with the measles virus that prompted Ottawa Hospital senior scientist John Bell to recruit him from Germany. See POWER, page 13
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Project Stitch Alex Munter, president and chief executive of CHEO, left, Charles-Antoine Rozon, the father of a CHEO patient, and Kevin Keohane, president and chief executive of the CHEO Foundation, put their sledgehammers to good use on Jan. 28, helping to knock through a wall in what will become the hospital’s revamped day surgery area. The demolition marked the start to Project Stitch, a two-year $10-million renovation project that officials hope will reduce surgery wait times for patients. For the full story, turn to page 18.
Charges laid after vehicle slams into parked cars Erin McCracken
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A 24-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with impaired driving after the vehicle he was driving slammed into two parked cars on
cate one person from the vehicle that had been in motion, the fire department said in a statement. Ottawa paramedics treated the passenger for a possible ankle fracture and the driver for head lacerations. No one was in the parked cars
Alta Vista Drive in the Riverview Park neighbourhood in the early morning hours Saturday, police said. Upon arrival at 1645 Alta Vista Dr., near Cluny Street, on Jan. 30 around 2:20 a.m., fire crews spent about 10 minutes working to extri-
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fake brake pedal kind of motion. It’s a reflex obviously. “If the impact is quite severe, it’ll break the ankles.” The two patients were taken to the nearby General campus of the Ottawa Hospital. Ottawa patrol officers have laid four charges against the driver, including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended licence, driving while impaired and refusing to provide a breath sample, confirmed Const. Chuck Benoit, an Ottawa police spokesman. No further details from police were immediately available.
Police nabbed a federal parolee in downtown Ottawa less than two hours after the OPP appealed to the public for help finding him. Ottawa police descended on the downtown core on Jan. 27 around 2 p.m. after a witness called 911 to report the whereabouts of Jesse Joseph Trudeau, 27. Trudeau had about a month left to serve the remainder of his threeyear federal sentence for robbery, mischief and failing to comply with probation when he allegedly failed to return to his Kingston halfway house in Jan. 22. A witness recognized Trudeau on the street after seeing a photo of him that had been posted online, said Det.-Const. Steve Sermet, spokesman for the OPP’s Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad. “The witness identified him from the tattoos on his face, and then called 911,” he said. BEST BUY - CORRECTION NOTICE NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE BEST BUY JAN 29 CORPORATE FLYER In the January 29 flyer, page 4, the Sony 48” 1080p HD 60Hz LED Smart TV (KDL48W700C) (WebCode: 10368738) was incorrectly advertised with the LG LAS454B 300-Watt 2.1-Channel Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer (WebCode: 10394199) as a package. TheSony 48” Smart TV does not come with the LG Sound Bar with Subwoofer. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers.
Trudeau is heavily tattooed. In his OPP-issued photo, a number of tattoos on his face and neck are visible. “(The witness) then actually kind of followed him at a distance until Ottawa (police) were able to get there and arrest him,” said Sermet. The arrest was made an hour and a half after the OPP issued their news release appealing for the public’s help in locating Trudeau. After taking him into custody, the Ottawa police dispatch team then notified the OPP’s ROPE Squad about the apprehension. “It’s fantastic,” Sermet said, confirming he has never seen such a fast turnaround like this before. “I was amazed. I’ve never had that quick of a response.” Trudeau, who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his parole, is originally from the Montreal area, but was also known to frequent Ottawa and Gatineau. Now that he has been apprehended, he will go to a detention centre. “He may be charged depending on what the parole officer wants,” Sermet said, adding he could be charged with being unlawfully at large. “He may go back to serving the remainder of his sentence, which is only a month,” he added. “His actual warrant expires in mid-February.”
Gun falls from man’s pants in scuffle with officers: police Erin McCracken
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A 30-year-old Ottawa man is facing a slew of firearms and drug-related charges after police responded to a disturbance in the Riverside Park community Saturday night. Upon arriving in the 2000-block of Norberry Crescent, in the vicinity of Springland Drive, on Jan. 30 around 9 p.m., patrol officers were confronted by a man causing a disturbance and “threatening to shoot another male with a gun,” Sgt. Joshua Pulfer, with the Ottawa police guns and gangs unit, said in a statement. “He was disturbing a neighbour and being aggressive and then police just arrived,” said Const. Chuck Benoit, Ottawa police spokesman. He did not know whether the incident took place in a home or on the street.
The man allegedly resisted arrest, and while police struggled with him, Pulfer said an unloaded 38-calibre handgun fell from the waistline of his pants. Officers then searched the man and allege they found several items, including a 9-millimetre blank air pistol, a large hunting knife, “a small amount” of marijuana and “a significant quantity” of ecstasy pills, Pulfer said. It was an unexpected weapons haul for investigators, said Benoit. “You’re not going to see a lot of people with that,” he said. It was good thinking on the part of the 911 caller to immediately alert police about the incident, potentially helping prevent it from escalating, said Benoit. See DISTURBANCE, page 4
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“A lot of times we’ll get the call and moments after … police arrive and (a suspect is) already gone from the scene,” he said. “So this happened and the male was still there … so they were able to deal with (him) right away.” The suspect has been charged with causing a disturbance, mischief to property and resisting arrest. The man’s drug-related charges include unlawful possession of a scheduled substance and unlawful possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking. The firearms offences he is facing include carelessly storing, using and handling a firearm, three counts of possession of a dangerous weapon, three counts of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of an unlicensed and unregistered firearm, possession of a firearm obtained by crime, and three counts of possession of a weapon while prohibited. The suspect was first scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 31. The police guns and gangs unit is asking anyone with any information on the inci-
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Fire crews stamp out Hunt Club Park fire thanks to alert 911 caller Erin McCracken
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Fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze in a Hunt Club Park home thanks to an observant 911 caller who spotted an unusual amount of smoke coming from the chimney. Firefighters were called to 8 Dossetter Way, off Blohm Drive at Esson Street, just after 11 p.m. on Jan. 26. Once on scene, they gained entry to the property and quickly zeroed in on the basement. “That’s where they found the main seat of the fire,” said assistant deputy fire chief John Gillissie, adding this doesn’t necessarily mean the basement was the source of the smoke and flames. The source and the cause of the fire are still under investigation. The occupants of the home – two adults and three children
– weren’t home when the fire broke out. It was fortunate the observant 911 caller spotted the smoke early on, said Gillissie, especially since it seemed to subside before emergency crews arrived. “When they first showed up on scene there wasn’t a lot of smoke. As a matter of fact even the person that called in said it seemed to be slowing down,” he said. The caller “… said they saw a lot of smoke coming from the chimney and then they eventually said, ‘No, it seems to be slowing down.’” “It’s not that there were going to be lives in danger, because nobody was there, but it definitely got the fire crews en route quicker, as opposed to nobody being there, and you might not have heard any alarms going on in the house,” Gillissie said of the caller’s timing.
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Police are looking for two suspects in connection to an assault that sent a woman to hospital in the ByWard Market in October. The two men met the woman at a bar in the 100-block of Clarence Street
on the evening of Oct. 17. When the woman later left the bar with a friend, the men followed them to her car in a nearby parking lot. They grabbed the woman from behind and threw her into a glass window, which then shattered, police said. They then repeatedly kicked her in the chest and head un-
til she was unconscious, according to police. The woman’s friend was pushed aside and left without serious injuries. Police released photos of the suspects, who they described as men of Asian descent, between 25 and 35 years old. The suspects had told the women they were
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lawyers from Toronto. Police refused to release what they believe was the motive for the attack and have contacted Toronto police to help identify the men. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 613-2361222, ext. 5166 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND
The Boyd House has historical value for its association with the Boyd family from its construction in 1887 until the 1970s, when the last descendant ceased to farm the lands. The Boyd family was one of a number of Irish Protestant families who arrived in Huntley Township in the mid-19th century and quickly prospered through a combination of hard work and excellent farmland. The house is one of a number built for these early families, probably by the same Scottish stonemason that built the nearby Hartin House.
IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the lands described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of the widening and renewal of Main Street (the “Main Street Renewal Project”) between Echo Drive and the Mcllraith Bridge, including facilitating the construction, use, operation, installation and maintenance of an improved right-of-way, cycling and pedestrian corridors, bus stops, curbs, retaining walls and landscaping features, and including the re-grading of the right-of way and relocation of any utilities, and all other improvements and works ancillary to the Main Street Renewal Project. The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the lands described in Schedule A attached hereto. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty (30) days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is: The Council of the City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1. The expropriating authority is: City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1. Dated at Ottawa this 15th day of December, 2015.
The Boyd House has contextual value because it is historically linked to its surroundings as one of the few remaining farmhouses in this area that serve as a reminder of the agricultural history of Huntley Township and the historic rural character of the area.
CITY OF OTTAWA Gordon E. MacNair Director, Real Estate Partnerships & Development Office
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This Notice first published on the 17th day of December, 2015.
The City of Ottawa on January 27, 2016 established its intention to designate the Boyd House, 173 Huntmar Drive under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Description of Property The Boyd House, 173 Huntmar Drive, is a one-and-one-half-storey stone farmhouse located in the west end of Ottawa in the former Township of Huntley. Statement of Cultural Value or Interest The Boyd House has cultural heritage value for its contextual value as an important reminder of the historic agricultural character of Huntley Township, design value as a 19th century farmhouse and historical value for its association with the Boyd family and the early settlement of Huntley Township. The Boyd House’s design value lies in it being a good example of a Gothic Revival farmhouse built in the late 19th century to replace the earlier log house built upon the initial settlement of the land. Typical of this style, it features decorative bargeboard trim, a steeply pitched gable roof, segmental arched windows, including one in the gable end, and a veranda with wooden trim.
Any person wishing to object to this designation may do so by letter, outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information. This letter must be received by the Clerk of the City of Ottawa either by registered mail or personally delivered within 30 days of the publication of this notice. When a notice of objection has been received, the Council of the City of Ottawa will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a hearing and a report. For more information, please contact: Lesley Collins, MCIP RPP Heritage Planner II, City of Ottawa Planning & Growth Management Department 110, avenue Laurier Ave West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21586 E-mail: lesley.collins@ottawa.ca Ad # 2016-507-S_Huntmar Drive Heritage_04022016
Schedule A Those lands in the City of Ottawa described as follows: All right, title and interest in the following lands: 1. Part of PIN 04204-0148, being part of Lot E, Plan 150, East side of Main Street, As in N690153; Geographic Township of Nepean, Now City of Ottawa, designated as Parcel 1 on Property Sketch No. 17792-2.dgn. 2. Part of PIN 04203-0001, being part of Lot 1 & Lot 2, Plan 28, As in N690153; Geographic Township of Nepean, Now City of Ottawa, Subject to an Easement in favour of Rogers Cable Communications Inc., as in OC343464, designated as Parcel 1 on Property Sketch No. 17792-4.dgn. 3. Part of PIN 04203-00726, being part of Lot 17 Plan 28, save and except Part 1 Plan 4R14071, Ottawa, designated as Parcel 1 on Property Sketch No. 17792-8.dgn. Ad # 2015_Expropriation-S_1712
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anadians will have their chance to weigh in on the two competing proposals to develop anywhere from 9.1 hectares to 21.6 hectares of land west of our downtown. But some key information seems to missing from the process. Daniel Peritz, vice-president of Canderel, which is one of the parties in Devcore Group that proposed Canadensis said shovels could be in the ground after the approvals in 2017, but didn’t outline the timelines for the three phases of the project. It’s the one that includes an arena and a library. Wait, that’s both groups. First of all, Canadians likely expected a bigger range of options when it came to develop a tract of land that has remained vacant for decades. And that both proposals include a library supposes that Ottawa will want to move their central library there. That process is separate and ongoing – with five sites being considered. It’s possible that the size of the project and the expenses involved prohibited some other players from entering the arena, but the lack of costing in the proposals means we will never know. Canadians are being asked to evaluate two
huge proposals involving valuable crown land without having concrete information about construction timelines or how much the individual proposals will cost. Considering whoever gets the successful bid has a $170-million remediation job ahead of them before the first brick gets laid down, it would be good to know that the parties involved have the capital needed for such a large-scale venture. And what will happen to the Ottawa Senators? That’s the big question. It’s such a big question in fact, that it’s clouding the issue. Why would Devcore include a NHL-calibre arena in their plan without talking to the owner of the team? But, on the other hand, is it fair for Eugene Melnyk to hold the team hostage as a negotiating tool to push his team’s bid into the public eye? Melnyk said he won’t sell the team for any price, while the competing team has said they’re willing to talk about many scenarios to facilitate the Senators playing downtown. We hope that this information will come to light soon, but with the clock ticking on the Feb. 8 public comment deadline, we feel we are being asked to make a decision without having all the facts.
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ontinuing along the lines of the argument about great cities, which was last week’s theme, we now have some LeBreton Flats plans to look at. How will LeBreton Flats fit into the great city that people want Ottawa to become? Well it gets back to the discussion of what makes a city great. Is it a city full of tourist attractions, or is it a city that concentrates foremost on the people who live in it? We see some of these themes arising in the LeBreton proposals. One has lots of tourist attractions, the other less so. Both feature housing, which is crucial to the area. If no one lives there, LeBreton Flats becomes a dead space at times. If people live there they will support stores and restaurants, not to mention a library.
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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Initially, people were skeptical about a hockey arena being a central part of the plan. The idea has been expressed that an arena serves only the people of Ottawa — while presumably something like an aquarium serves all of Canada. It’s a bit of a dubious proposition, but it’s one of the things the National Capital Commission will have to consider. At any event, we will have a new arena if either of the two proposals now under consideration is accepted. And it’s actually a good
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such a large and central chunk of land should sit empty for more than 50 years. And we’re not even sure why. Obviously, much of it has to do with our capital being blessed with so many jurisdictions – the city, the NCC, Public Works, two provinces and the federal government, in the political sense. But much of it has to do with a kind of institutional caution. We have to study everything. But first we have to study how to study it. Then the studies that emerge have to be reviewed. Documents have to be translated. The public has to be consulted. The environment has to be considered. There needs to be consultation about that. Then a government changes and everything has to start again. Added to that is the easily perceived fact that some key players are just
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My very own backyard ice rink BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse redistributing the snow from an igloo that dominated the centre of the backyard. I packed down snow for hours one Sunday afternoon. Despite Caddell’s advice to the contrary, I applied water directly to my seemingly level snow base. I flooded several times one evening when the temperature favourably dropped close to 20 below. It was cold, but I had the right clothing – this was easy! The next morning, I dashed outside to admire my handy work, fully expecting to announce to the kids that their rink was ready. Where there had been softish white snow the night before, I now had a rectangle of lumpy, hard snow. Caddell was right. We needed plastic. I purchased 1000 square feet of the stuff, and layered it over the snow. Over the next few days, I attempted to fill it up like a pool. One corner was glassy perfection. The rest, where the
snow hadn’t actually, really, for sure been leveled, was bumpy. Day after day, I could still see the igloo base. No matter how much water I applied, it wouldn’t go away. And then one day, it was slightly less there, and an hour later, slightly less again. I know this because I became completely obsessed. I could see my rink from above – out the kitchen window. Over the next several weeks, I was either maintaining my rink, looking at my rink, taking pictures of my rink, looking at pictures of my rink, posting pictures of my rink on social media or researching how to make it better. The only thing I hadn’t done was skate on my rink. One evening, I went out after the kids were in bed, hose in hand. I was about to start watering, when I ran back into our walkout basement and laced up my skates. I started with a zig-zag across the ice widthwise. I
looped to the top, and glided in a little circle. The hollow echo that resonated under me was telling. I had made this thing. I had created it! Where there was once nothing but a patch of snow and an igloo, there was now a living glacial organism, cracking and groaning and shifting under me. The next morning, it rained. And for the entire day following. January in Ottawa can be cruel. But, a few days later, we were back to deepfreeze. The kids finally got to try the rink. They skated before and after school. Then it was Saturday. They started at 8 a.m. and invited one of the neighbour kids to come over. The three of them spent five solid hours playing hockey. When the neighbour returned home, he said to his mom, “You see? Some parents love their children enough to build them a rink.� She and I laughed about it. But truly, it has been an act of love. I don’t like skating that much. I hate the act of lacing up skates. I also detest subzero temperatures and kids making noise in the backyard at antisocial hours. But I’d be lying if I said it’s pure altruism that keeps me going. The selfish motivation that drives my new obsession is the pleasure I get from basking in my creation. And if the kids can have a good time, too, well, it’s a win-win.
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This is the year of collaboration, said Mayor Jim Watson, during his annual state of the city address during the Jan. 27 council meeting. The calendar for 2016 is jam packed, Watson said adding he expected the city to be able to break ground on the new Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards this year. Watson also has plans for a trade mission to India
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Continuing with the focus on the economy – Watson announced an education and economy summit to be held this year under the direction of River Coun. Riley Brockington. “With his background in education, he’s the perfect fit,” Watson said. Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier will head the tourism summit set to happen in the spring. Watson said the summit is aimed at developing a longterm plan for the city’s third largest economic driver. He said while plans for 2017 are well-cemented, he wants to continue to look ahead. “We don’t want to have a 2017 hangover,” he said. “We want to build on success year over year.” Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish was named the city’s special liaison on refugee settlement. His role will include working with Refugee 613 and Ottawa Catholic Immigration Services to help develop a plan for refugees beyond their yearmonth sponsorship. Watson said Qaqish may be involved in fundraising efforts as well. “His ability to speak Arabic will be valuable,” Watson said, adding it’s in the city’s best interest that our newest residents succeed in the capital. The city has welcomed 500 Syrian refugees to date. ENVIRONMENT
The city will enter into the final phase of the Ottawa River Action Plan. Watson said workers will break ground on the final portion
of the project: the combined sewage storage tunnel. In the spring and fall of 2017, the city will plant 150 sugar, red and silver maples trees in each of the city’s 23 wards. Watson said staff will work with councillors to identify appropriate locations for the trees. “It is my hope that we will collaborate with community associations, schools and other interested groups, as we pass along this gift to our community during Canada’s 150th,” Watson said. COMMEMORATIONS
Watson said he wanted to honour the late Max Keeping for his contributions to the community by naming the pedestrian and cycling bridge that links the Raymond Chabot Grant Thorton Park, formerly called Lynx Stadium, and Coventry Road. The bridge is close to the Cancer Survivors Park and CHEO – where Keeping donated much of his time and money. “I think this would be a perfect fit to recognize a man who gave so much to our community,” Watson said. The idea would have to be approved under the city’s commemorative naming process. Watson also wants to honour the Supreme Court of Canada’s Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin. McLachlin is the first woman to hold the post and the longest serving chief justice in Canada’s history. See CITY, page 11
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Eyeing a record Ottawa residents came to Lansdowne Park’s TD Place field armed with gloves, toques and a lot of sticks on Jan. 31, ready to set a new world record for the most snowmen built in one hour. Last year’s event set a record that fell within days, but this year saw the top spot return to Canada, with 2,069 snowmen built. Friends Maxine Elliott, left, Elena Arambasic, Sarah Rourke and Naomi Kronen display the forest of twigs they brought for use as snowman arms.
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Winterlude Festivities Continue Winterlude has begun in Ottawa, offering family-friendly opportunities for skating, sports and special events. This weekend at City Hall, experience the Get in the Game with Motivate Canada! event on Feb. 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with four-way tug-of-war challenges and the chance to take your picture with some of Canada’s Olympic, Paralympic and national team athletes. Enjoy a military band concert on Feb. 7 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., or a tour of Mnemonic (Re)Manifestations with artist Barry Ace at 2 p.m., both at City Hall. Some events are weatherdependent, so don’t forget to check Ottawa.ca to ensure events and activities are still scheduled. Please be advised that on Winterlude weekends, Queen Elizabeth Dr. between Laurier Ave. and Preston St., and Laurier Ave. between Elgin St. and Nicholas St. will be closed to traffic. These closures will be in effect every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and every Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Family Day, closures are in place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Upcoming Programs at the Greenboro Library The library is the perfect place to find a good book or browse the Internet, but did you know it’s also host to a number of fun and enriching events open to all residents? Local author Anne Raina will be talking about Clara’s Rib, the true story of a young girl coming of age in a tuberculosis hospital in Ottawa in the 1940s and 1950s. The event will take place Feb. 11 from 2 to 3 p.m. and no registration is required. As well, on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m., the Greenboro Library is hosting the Awesome Authors Poetry and Short Story Workshop for youth ages 13-17 to learn tips and tricks on how to write a winning entry for the Awesome Authors contest. Registration is required. For those who want to brush up on their job search strategies, the library is hosting an event with Employment Ontario to provide tips on creating a tailored job-specific resume, electronic resume, and how to tap into the hidden job market. The event will be on Feb. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. and online registration is required at biblioottawalibrary.ca or by phoning 613-580-2940.
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Balena Park will be a hot spot Sunday as residents gather for some cool winter fun. Volunteers with the Riverview Park Community Association are preparing for their neighbourhood’s annual Winter Carnival at the park on Feb. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. It has been a highly anticipated annual tradition for at least the past 15 years. Last year alone the carnival drew 200 to 250 people. Features this year will once again include skating on the outdoor rinks, games and refreshments, such as hot chocolate, hot apple cider and treats to eat. “It’s very upbeat and everyone’s happy and of course the children love their hot chocolate,” said Carole Moult, a volunteer director with the community association and co-chair of the Winter Carnival. “It’s really great to see community come together.” The 101st Ottawa Scout-
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The Scouts’ group commissioner, François Marier, has done all the prep work, paving the way for the approvals for the fire. “We’ll have bales of hay (for seating) and the kids will roast marshmallows and it goes towards a badge for (the Scouts),” Moult said. “When everybody is having fun, it’s nice to see it,” said Moult, who has been attending the event for the past 10 years. Newcomers to the community can take the opportunity and drop by the carnival to get to know their new neighbours, as well as local residents who now have young children “... and they say, ‘OK, let’s go see what this is all about,’” Moult said. “It’s just a wonderful way to celebrate winter, actually. It’s a great way to get together.”
Moult, a retired teacher, will again be organizing the children’s primary games, such as tossing bean bags through hoola hoops, and having kids follow a marked trail in snowshoes, supplied by the city. The fun will also include an on-ice shoot-to-win contest. Participants will receive a free puck for taking part. And Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier’s office will be providing materials for a snowman-building contest. In addition to the community association’s volunteer board members, others in the neighbourhood, who are also association members, are helping out with the celebration to ensure everyone has a good time. Between 15 and 20 people are all working behind the scenes to make the event a success. “You can’t having something like this without all the people that pitch in,” Moult said. New this year, the carnival will feature live music, courtesy of Waterbömber, a band made up of a trio of Riverview Park residents. Now, organizers are just crossing their fingers that the mild temperatures this week will dip so the snow sticks around, and the outdoor rinks stay frozen for an afternoon of skating. “It’s great to see the families coming together,” Moult said. The event is free, but donations will be welcome. Balena Park is located at 1640 Devon Street. For more information, visit rpca.wordpress.com.
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Oncolytic viruses – viruses specifically designed to melt or break up cancer cells – are not a new concept. “Since 100 years ago, there were some case reports and first evidence that these viruses can actually work against cancer,” Ungerechts said, referring to cases in which a patient’s cancer went into partial remission after they became infected with the measles virus. Research indicates that when the measles virus is injected directly into a tumour, it not only kills cancer cells, the virus replicates and also unleashes a cancer patient’s immune system, giving it the boost it needs to fight off future cancer cells. “We have some evidence from our mice work that we can actually vaccinate against cancer,” said Ungerechts, who relocated from Germany to Ottawa last March. Pairing two viruses – the measles virus with the Mara-
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nounced its combination treatment of the Maraba virus and the adenovirus (a form of the common cold virus) were entering a phaseone human clinical trial – a
world’s first. Ungerechts is hopeful his virus cocktail will take that one step further. “By exchanging the adenovirus with the measles virus, I believe we have a much more stronger formal therapy because by itself the measles virus is a good oncolytic,” he said, referring to its cancer-killing abilities. The measles virus can be administered directly into the tumour, while the adenovirus is injected into the muscle. Another difference is the measles virus replicates within the tumour, unlike the adenovirus, which does not have the same effect. In a Mayo Clinic patient clinical trial involving the measles virus, a patient suffering from end-stage multiple myeloma – a type of blood cancer – was given a single shot of the measles virus last year. Her cancer went into complete remission for more than six months. “It was overwhelming,” Ungerechts said of the re-
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CHEO begins $10M day surgery unit renovation with a bang Armed with a sledgehammer, CHEO’s president was one of the first to punch through a wall at the hospital to mark the start of a $10-million renovation project that is expected to allow surgeons to perform more day surgeries and cut patient wait times in half. When the regional children’s hospital first opened its doors in 1974, just 20 per cent of patients went home the same day their surgical procedures were performed. “Today it’s reversed; 80 per cent of surgeries here at CHEO are now day surgeries due to advances in surgical technique, in pharmacology and in treating illness,” Alex Munter, CHEO president and chief executive, said Jan. 28 during a ceremony to kick off Project Stitch, the nickname of the renovation work that will transform the hospital’s day surgery and post-anesthetic care units. With a shift towards day
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of perioperative services. The overhaul will see the number of surgical procedures performed every year rise from 7,600 to 9,100. More procedures mean fewer waits for surgeries, such as dental, oral, eye and ear, nose and throat operations, which can be up to a year, said Dr. Juan Bass, CHEO’s chief of surgery. Charles-Antoine Rozon, who is involved in Project Stitch fundraising efforts, still remembers the day his daughter, Jade, was born with a rare and severe congenital malformation affecting her lower stomach. Jade, now 8, has had multiple surgeries at CHEO since then, including an operation last October that lasted more than eight hours. The renovation will mean patients waiting for surgery and their families won’t have to sit near reception and watch as other patients are brought in after their procedures. Hearing other children coming back from surgery, “… just elevates the anxiety
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who began teaching in Canada in 1988 after emigrating from Galway, Ireland. “You look out for your family. “I wanted our kids to feel that when they walk into this building this is their safe space, this is their home, this is where they are not afraid to fail, this is where they know that people are going to help them be successful, this is where they know if they do something wrong, we’re also going to tell them it’s wrong.” McDonald is known for embracing change. See THIS, page 23
Project Stitch to cut wait times Continued from page 18
Other new features will include private meeting areas for families and surgeons, separate areas for infection prevention, renovated staff change rooms and new washrooms. “This is such a tangible project. It’s going to make such a difference,” Rozon said. “Yes, from an efficiency perspective, I completely agree, but definitely from an experience perspective.” The project is the latest step in the hospital’s ongoing efforts to whittle down wait lists. Since 2012, it has scaled those back by 25 per cent and is now able to use 12 per cent more operating room time. Though the hospital is considered the most efficient pediatric surgical program in Ontario,
it still has the highest number of surgeries that surpass provincial wait-time targets of all pediatric centres in Canada. Munter said Project Stitch is an investment in the future of CHEO, its patients and the community, amid rising demand for health-care services. “There will be 70,000 more kids in our region in 20 years than there are today,” he said. “We need to stay ahead of that.” The renovation project and MRI are being funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Health to the tune of $8.6 million, while the CHEO Foundation, through community donations, has generated $4.5 million of its $5 million goal. The foundation is expecting to raise the remainder in the coming months.
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A new Ottawa group has launched a website – roofs4refugees.ca – to connect Syrian refugees with potential landlords. Roofs For Refugees has been formed to help alleviate a bottleneck of governmentsponsored refugees who need affordable housing. The Catholic Centre for Immigrants and Refugee 613 are working in partnership on the initiative, which is an affiliate of international organization Refugees Welcome. “We’re saying to Ottawa, ‘That house that’s been sitting empty since your tenant
or your uncle moved out? Tell us about it,’” said Carl Nicholson, executive director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. “We have families who would love to call those places home.” Ottawa resettlement groups recently had to ask the federal government to temporarily pause the flow of refugees coming in as they were struggling to find them permanent accommodation. Finding affordable housing has been a challenge for agencies as most available rental units are small and the average family size tends to be more than five people. Every day these families spend in reception centres
and hotels is another day they will not be officially settled, the Catholic Centre for Immigrants said. The agency will not be able to help them find services such as schools until they are settled in one place. Landlords can use the new website to upload details of vacant units they have. Roofs For Refugees, which will be completely volunteerrun, will then screen the submitted options and try to match them with families. The organization is also looking to expand and open chapters in other Canadian cities. “We are excited to launch Roofs for Refugees in Ottawa,” says Olivia Tran, one
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Following a second round of consultation, English public board staff will only recommend two of the three proposed changes to French instruction in kindergarten and changes to the early French immersion (EFI) program. Staff, who originally recommended the addition of 60 minutes of English a day starting in Grade 1 for EFI students, withdrew the recommendation after the second round of consultation. They will recommend that for September 2016, school board trustees introduce math taught in English instead of French in
Grades 1 through 3 in the EFI program, and that all junior and senior kindergarten programs are half English and half French. A second round of consultation was requested after feedback was received that, partially due to the teachers’ involvement in labour action, not all parents were fully aware of the proposed changes. A second round of public consultation, including parent and staff focus groups, took place since the November 2015 board meeting when the changes were first recommended. The report that will be presented at a Feb. 2 committee meeting said the response rate for surveys was “impressive,” with a total of 4,856 surveys received.
A narrow majority of parents supported the two changes that staff have recommended, and a narrow percentage opposed the introduction of English for EFI. In the staff surveys, staff were against the change to French in junior and senior kindergarten, but supportive of the introduction of English and math taught in English for EFI students. Staff who prepared the report said math is a suitable subject to be taught in English as French immersion students in upper grades already take their math classes in English, though some parents were worried that too much English would too heavily dilute the French program. That’s part of the reason staff withdrew the recommendation to introduce English.
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The report said introducing only the math change means the EFI program will be 80 per cent French, as opposed to 60 per cent French if English is taught as well. There were a variety of factors behind the kindergarten switch, which included early access for demographic groups less likely to enrol in French immersion, and easier blending of junior and senior kindergarten classes to better balance class sizes. If the school board votes to accept the recommended changes, there is an estimated annual gain of $2.9 million in a year when board trustees face tough budget cuts. The report was due to be presented to trustees Feb. 2 at the school board committee meeting, after press time.
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A Value Village thrift store was forced to close for an hour on Jan. 26 after staff found what appeared to be a hand grenade among donations to the store. The Clyde Avenue store and its parking lot were evacuated at 10:45 a.m. as patrol officers and members of the Ottawa police bomb squad arrived and began to investigate the suspicious item. “We just received an unsafe donation and our team members know that when they get something they’re not sure about, to call a manager,” said the store’s sales manager Liz Etter, adding the item appeared to be a grenade. “Then we notify the police just to make sure everything is safe.” Value Village stores accept donations of clothing, footwear, accessories, toys, electronics and more, which are then resold or donated to other organizations for repurposing. Etter said the stores have safety protocols in place for potentially hazardous scenarios, and occasionally experience false alarms. “We’ve had a few false alarms where we’ve evacuated everyone safely, but nothing this serious,” she said. Police allowed staff and shoppers to re-enter the store at 11:40 a.m. , after rendering the grenade safe. “Our (bomb squad) team were called to go on scene to investigate a suspicious package,” confirmed police spokesman Const. Chuck Benoit. “And right now they’ve deemed (the store) safe, and they’ve deemed the item safe.” Ottawa police took the opportunity to remind the public to contact them for help disposing of dangerous items like ammunition, explosives and firearms, and advised against discarding these items in public places. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact investigators at 613-236-1222, ext. 2166. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477.
‘This is their home’: principal Continued from page 19
Just last fall, St. Pat’s staff and students began learning about “a growth mindset,” a positive way of thinking designed to help kids feel more confident and overcome obstacles to better achieve success. “It gets you thinking ‘I can do this if I just practise,’” said Carrie Stewart, head of St. Pat’s math department. It’s just partly why McDonald was recently named one of Canada’s outstanding principals this year by the Learning Partnership, a Canadian charity dedicated to supporting, promoting and advancing publicly funded education. She was one of 40 educators who demonstrated innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and employing creativity in finding solutions. Stewart wrote a letter for McDonald’s nomination package, spearheaded by viceprincipal Ryan Larose. In it, Stewart told of McDonald’s efforts to foster a sense of community, her sup-
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Brìd McDonald, principal of St. Patrick’s Catholic High School, has been recognized as one of Canada’s outstanding principals in 2016. port for the math department in choosing new strategies for Grade 9 applied math students, and securing funds for Smartboards and Chromebooks for classrooms. “They have it at their finger-
tips,” Stewart of the high-tech devices. “For teachers, we are able to implement the same strategies that they would have in the suburbs, so it really equals the playing field for the students here.”
McDonald’s achievements, shared in the school board’s announcement of the award, also include her belief that a school should be judged by: • how it treats its most vulnerable, • the creation of a literacy committee, • her support for an inaugural robotics program, • serving on the education minister’s principal reference group to help address education challenges, • chairing an aboriginal education steering committee, • promoting understanding about the legacy of residential schools and its impact. “Brìd (pronounced Breej) is a Catholic leader of tremendous vision, energy and exemplary follow through,” Denise Andre, director of education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board, said in a statement. “She inspires other staff members to see the best in every student and supports them in ensuring students are very well served.” Teachers need to feel supported, giving them the confi-
dence to take risks, re-evaluate their teaching and embrace change to engage even more students, said McDonald. Stewart said this was McDonald’s style when she was principal at All Saints Catholic High School in Kanata before coming to St. Pat’s. “She’s very open with her vision and with her goals for us. People really appreciate that.” “You can’t have student success without teacher success,” said McDonald, a longtime teacher who became viceprincipal at St. Pat’s and then Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Kanata before going on to become a principal. “You have to empower teachers in order for them to empower kids.” She insists her accomplishments, including the national honour, are not hers alone and that teamwork is key. “My style is definitely to bring people in. To me, it’s not working if you think you’re leading from the top. If you’re depending on one brain, it’s kind of scary,” she said, motioning to one of the photographs lining her office walls. The photo offers an overhead view of three men row-
ing a west Ireland-style boat. “If no one’s rowing in the same direction, you’re spinning around,” McDonald said. “We’re in the same boat. We’re going in the same direction to help kids.” In keeping with her passion for educating, she said her award offers a valuable lesson for her students. “I think, ‘Irish immigrant who chose this country as her home,’ is demonstrating to all these kids the opportunity that is available,” she said, adding that many St. Pat’s students are immigrants or children of immigrants. Stewart said McDonald was also quick to share the credit for the award with staff. “Even this morning she said, ‘The reason I was awarded this was because of what you guys do every day,’” she said. “I think that’s really her style.” The award allows McDonald to join the almost 400-member National Academy of Canada’s Outstanding Principals. Award recipients will be honoured at the 12th annual Canada’s Outstanding Principals gala on Feb. 23 in Toronto.
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Para Transpo users take to the streets Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
A dedicated group of Para Transpo users rallied at city hall on Jan. 27 to try and get some action on what they see as safety issues with the new buses. The issues include: steepness of ramps, an obstructed rear emergency exit, lack of leg room for ambulatory customers and tripping hazards. The city started using two of the new buses as pilots in September 2014, but accessibility advocate and Para Transpo user Catherine Gardner said she told staff about the steepness of the ramp before the buses were even on the road. “There were about six or eight of us at the public consultation held at the building on Belfast (Road),” she said, adding one of the buses was inside so that riders could take a look at the new wheels. When Gardner tried to get on, she said the ramp
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he said. “Para Transpo Operators are always there to assist customers with boarding and disembarking the minibus when using the ramp and are trained on how to do this properly and safely.” Ryan Lythall, who is confined to a wheelchair and is a longtime user of Para Transpo, said the ride on the old buses was bumpy and would cause him pain. But even with that improvement, the ramp worries him. “Some drivers are better able to help me up the ramp,” he said, adding he and his chair weigh several hundred pounds. Lythall organized another rally for users in March 2015. At the time some of the concerns, were around late arrivals of buses, inflexible hours and missed trips. While he said the city has added trips, there’s more work to do. Charter said OC Transpo said staff undertook a… “three-phase customer and
stakeholder approach” that looked for priorities and features to include in the request for proposals. As of today, there are now 22 new minibuses in service, with the remaining 60 minibuses to arrive in a staggered approach by mid-2016. Charter said the original pilot minibuses will be retrofitted to incorporate the feedback received from customers and stakeholders provided during the pilot. Gardner said she was disappointed the mayor and councillors didn’t take the time to talk with users during the rally. “They knew we were going to be there,” she said, adding she plans to make a presentation to the city’s transit commission. COLLECTION LETTERS
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Users should be prepared to pay for their rides: GM ation, you should be prepared to pay for your ride,” she said, adding regular OC General manager of customer systems Transpo users can’t get on the bus without and planning, Pat Scrimgeour said 1,368 the fare. Users have asked the city to forgive collection letters were sent out in January. While some of the overdue amounts are debts under $10, but city staff have said quite high, Gardner said, there are some that won’t happen. “We know amounts that and care about are quite small. all our Para After some inTranspo cusvestigation, tomers and she found her “To wait a little more than two years we work with balance of a to collect that? It’s ridiculous,” she them directly little more than to provide their $4 was from said. transportation trips in May CATHERINE GARDNER, ACCESSIBILITY ADVOCATE AND PARA TRANSPO USER needs. Recoverand November ing money, re2014. gardless of the “To wait a amount owed little more than two years to collect that? It’s ridiculous,” is a City audit & finance requirement - like all services,” Scrimgeour said. she said. Lythall said the next steps will be to There are amounts that are more, in some cases in the hundreds, Gardner said. work with staff on a solution that will adShe added there shouldn’t be a way for dress users concerns, but he doesn’t want riders to accumulate that much in unpaid to throw the baby out with the bathwater. “The older buses were 10 years old and ride balances. “Unless you’re coming home from the did need to be replaced,” he said. “For a hospital, or some other emergency situ- lot of people there is no other option.” Continued from page 24
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Ottawa public school trustees voted to scale back a proposed rate hike for before- and after-school care during the board meeting on Jan. 26. As part of the early learning initiative by the provincial government, schools were told to offer extended day programming in addition to all day kindergarten, unless programming was already available through a third party. That was great news for parents, but a logistical problem for the board, since the program is losing money. The before and after school program has a deficit of $1.7 million. In addition, the board needs to cut another $11.9 million to deal with overspending in instruction, special education, transportation and facilities, according to a report from staff in the Jan. 11 committee of the whole minutes. That means the 2016-2017 school year will start with a plan to reduce $14.4 million in spending – thanks in part to a provincial requirement that the board have $4
million in reserves for the 20172018 year. The decision at the committee of the whole meeting to raise the child-care rate up to $29 per day would have meant that parents who only use a few sessions per week, rather than the full 10 sessions, could pay up to 32 per cent more. That would be an increase from $22 to $29 per day. One of the reasons the program has issues with cost recovery is because while parents can pay per day, the program has to be staffed as if it was being used full time – Monday to Friday, both before school and after school. But some trustees balked at the rate increase – worrying about the impact on parents and called for staff to look at other ways of finding the money. The compromise was an option “B.” It was a motion introduced by trustee Shawn Menard, whose zone corresponds with the Rideau-Vanier Ward. The alternative would mean $27 per day for anyone using less than nine sessions per week. Nine sessions would be $25 and full time would be $22.50.
Menard said he thinks the role that Trustees play is very important. “…That means digging into the numbers and representing our communities,” he wrote in an email. “After getting more information, the board passed an amendment which will see fees go up less than what was originally proposed and will receive a report in May of 2016 that will help with future accounting of the EDP.” Donna Blackburn, trustee for the area that corresponds with the Barrhaven and KnoxdaleMerivale wards has said publicly – under risk of censure – that her colleagues need to deal with the deficit. She expressed frustration that the board would “flip flop” after agreeing to Option A, the original rate increase structure. She said she understands parents might be relieved now, she wonders how they’ll feel if programs or services have to be cut to make up the difference. “The kids in the program still need access to things like social workers and psychologists,” she said.
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The Ottawa-Carleton District School board decided to cut back a planned increase in child care fees for the board’s extended day program. That means staff must look for other ways to deal with the program’s deficit. Board chair Shirley Seward wrote in an email that the board had two options to consider, and after more information, decided to go with the second option. “This option will go a long way towards resolving the financial challenges of the extended day program, but does not generate quite as much revenue for the school district,” she said. “The
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board runs an exceptional childcare program and has made every effort to ensure the program is accessible to as many families as possible, is affordable and offers quality programming. We can be very proud of our work and this most recent motion goes a long way to ensuring the financial stability of the program.”
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Competing proposals submitted for revitalised LeBreton Flats Jennifer McIntosh
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The National Capital Commission unveiled the two competing proposals for LeBreton Flats on Jan. 26. Both proposals include an event centre they hope will be home to the Ottawa Senators and a central library – but the similarities end there. Developers Devocore Canderel DLS Group – backed by billionaires André Desmarais and Guy Laliberté – unveiled a very grand idea, which matched the showmanship of Cirque Du Soleil, founded by Laliberté. The land, which the group said they planned to purchase outright, will house a Ripley’s Aquarium, a world automobile museum, an amphitheatre and a Canadian Communication Centre to showcase Canadian media and broadcasting history, retail, housing, an air pavilion for indoor
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This rendering, above left, depicts the proposed design, Canadensis, submitted by Devcore Canderel DLS Group. Illumination LeBreton, above right, is the proposed design submitted by LeBreton Group, the proposal backed by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. skydiving. It will also include a science and innovation pavilion to feature items from the Canada Science and Technology Museum on a rotating basis. The facility will also be home to the namesake to the plan – Canadensis. Canadensis, which in
Latin, means to originate in Canada, will be a fourseason linear park stretching the entire length of the development to showcase flora and fauna that are native to Canada. “It will represent everything from the coastal islands to the Boreal forest,” said Richard Brisbin, an
Ottawa architect. The plan is to complete construction on 22 hectares of the property over a 15year period. The first phase would include a YMCA, an elementary school and 1,100 residential units. Construction could begin as early as 2017 if all the approvals are
in line, said Canderel vicepresident Daniel Peritz. “There’s something for everyone,” he said. “Young adults, empty nesters, seniors.” Plans also include an NHL-calibre arena, which would be housed in an event centre. There’s a big snag with that part of the plan, however, since Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk sits on the team of developers that submitted the competing proposal – and he said he won’t sell his team, nor will he allow the Sens to play in an arena he doesn’t own. Melnyk and the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group have teamed up with Trinity Developments, and more than 30 other partners, including developers Windmill, Brigil and Mattamy Homes, the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation and architect Barry Hobin. Together they are called the RendezVous LeBreton Group.
Their ‘Illumination LeBreton’ plan includes five distinct neighbourhoods: Bayview Pimisi, Aqueduct, Asticou and Quartier Lebreton. All would ring the event centre – which would be the Ottawa Senators’ new home. Hobin said the revival of LeBreton Flats has to deal with the derelict waterway, so there’s an aqueduct, which would serve as a skating rink in the winter, running through the development. Both Illumination LeBreton and Canadensis promise to have no carbon footprint. Hobin said to avoid bisecting the site, there will be another level built over the light rail, as part of the Illumination LeBreton concept. That second level would create a street, known as Canada Drive, and connect Nations Plaza and LeBreton Square. See DEADLINE, page 30
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uOttawa opens breastfeeding room for students Alex Robinson
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The University of Ottawa’s graduate student association has opened a breastfeeding room for student mothers. The room, which is in the Jock Turcot University Centre, is equipped with free diapers, comfortable chairs, a small fridge, microwave and change table. It’s a quiet and cozy space where students can nurse their infants in a comfortable environment, said Lindsey Thomson, the external commissioner of the Graduate Students Organization, GSAED. “We want to provide our students the opportunity to go somewhere where they can relax and be comfortable with their child,” Thompson said. “It’s also a way to get away from the hectic stress of campus life.” Thomson said rising tuition fees and debt pushes students to stay in school longer, making the need for such a facility even greater. “The number of student parents is only going to increase with the hike in fees,” Thomson said. GSAED had been working on getting a designated facility for nursing students since 2014. Its two-year campaign for the room
started with holding a panel of experts in to talk about the subject. The association then flooded campus with buttons, posters and flyers to inform students about the need for a nursing room and to push the university towards the idea. “The biggest obstacle was naturally trying to get the momentum and raise awareness on campus, so that people who aren’t student parents would understand there are other students on campus who need this service,” Thompson said. “Getting the ball rolling was the biggest hurdle.” They then collected letters from student parents who said they would benefit from having a nursing room on campus, and sent them to uOttawa president Allan Rock. The management board that oversees the University Centre eventually put the idea on their agenda and gave its support to the initiative. Thompson said the university’s administration was never oppositional to the idea, but it just took some time to get all the logistics ironed out before the room could open. GSAED celebrated the new nursing room with an open house event on Jan. 28. Student mothers can access the room for free by getting a key code from the GSAED office.
Put Down the Nextflix: Room on the Broom flies into Ottawa March 20 with puppets galore
True to Axel Scheffler’s illustrations from the book, Room on the Broom’s witch hits the stage in her signature purple skirt accompanied by her tiger-striped cat. The story comes together with a witch, her cat, a dog, frog, bird, dragon and mud monster. Each puppet takes about 120 hours for the designer to build for a total of ten full days of work on each one – and each puppet must be duplicated for the tour! Since show’ss first appearance eight years the show ago, there have been seven birds, six cats, five witches, and
four dogs, and the countdown continues keeping Tall Stories busy and creative.
creations clean with an ingenious hack: nightly wipe-downs with vodka. Resourceful? Very. Puppets just anyone can DIY? Not even close. The detail and beauty built into these characters will astound anyone who has popped through the puppet pages of Pinterest. There is so much magic in Room on the Broom - flying, fire-breathing and spells have audiences impressed and enchanted. No wonder the production was nominated for an Olivier Award - the British equivalent of a Tony. The show is an ideal family treat for fans of the book, where kids can
discover the magic of theatre in an interactive story full of sing-alongs and laughter. Expect impressive puppetry, original songs, physical storytelling and ignited imaginations. Tall Stories’ brings children theatre productions to life with incredible detail lovingly imparted in each character, transporting kids into the pages of the tale and creating a fantastic reality on stage.
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Have a little Gruffalo lover in your midst? Tall Stories Theatre Company of London’s West End flies Room on the Broom into Centrepointe Theatres on March 20, 2016 for two shows that will thrill the juice box set. Since their successful puppet adaptation of the beloved children’s storybook The Gruffalo, Tall Stories has transformed another award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler into a colourful spectacle with unique characters that you can’t help but love.
After a few months spent snuggled up with your favourite movies and shows, kick off the warmer weather with an afternoon spent out and about. Tickets are still available – www.centrepointetheatres.com
It’s hard to believe the slick dragon costume was initially upcycled from a bike helmet and a pair of Wellies and all the colourful puppets have been created from old tshirts. Meticulous designer Yvonne Stone has also been known to cut up teddy bears and other stuffed toys for her prototypes. From odds and ends to used apparel, these works of art are precious but constantly handled. Tall Stories keeps the
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Ottawa laboratory grows human apple slice Bio-artists and scientists team up to create simple, cheap bio-material Adam Kveton
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The apple has been a source of inspiration for the human race for hundreds, even thousands of years. Sir Isaac Newton is purported to have gleaned the effect of gravity from the falling fruit in the mid-1600s. Then there is, of course, original sin, and, more recently, Apple computers. At a University of Ottawa science lab, artists and scientists have come up with a new innovation using the fruit. By removing the cells from a slice of apple but leaving the cellulose “scaffolding,” achieved using a very simple technique, lab researchers were able to then implant human cells and grow them inside the framework of the apple. “We just tried it, and the amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Andrew Pelling, the associate professor who runs the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation. The technique behind the whole thing is actually rather simple, he said. So much so that Pelling didn’t patent the technique. Instead he released the information on how to do it so that not just scientists, but anyone interested in doing it themselves could try. He envisions the do-ityourself culture taking hold of the technique and changing the way people work with
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University of Ottawa associate professor Andrew Pelling, founder of the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation, holds up a $1,000 piece of bio-material in his right hand, and an apple slice containing human cells in the other. He and his researchers are working to prove that pieces of decellularized apple can be used just as well as bio-material to help human bodies repair themselves, and for much less money. their own bodies in the future. “Instead of somebody hacking together some project in a garage that’s electronic and then releasing it on the Internet, you can hack together in your garage a new organ for yourself and release the plans for that online,” he said of his vision. FROM MEAT TO APPLE
Pelling and his students ended up developing their technique using an apple quite by accident. In fact, they had been trying to do the same thing with discarded meat, getting rid of cells in the meat and growing another animal’s cells in the
leftover structure. “We were collaborating with butchers and using rotten meat and stuff that you would throw out; it’s garbage,” said Pelling. “You pull all the cells out of that tissue and flesh, and what you are left with is a protein scaffold just like the studs in a house.” “Because we were realizing we could actually do some combinations of a mouse heart and put dog cells into it or whatever, (we thought) ‘Why can’t we use plants?’” an even cheaper material. So the lab began experimenting with leaves, but it turned out they were too waxy for the decellularization process. That’s because
the process for getting rid of the existing cells is to stir the material in soap and water, albeit for an extended period of time. “Yeah, soap and water. Crazy, crazy stuff,” Pelling said with a laugh. Though the technique wouldn’t work on a leaf, it turns out it works just fine on an apple – a fact that one of Pelling’s students, Daniel Modulevsky, stumbled upon after seeing another student eating an apple. “So we tried it, because that’s what we do here. We just tried it,” said Pelling. Reducing an apple slice to a cellulose scaffold, the Pelling lab members were able to place and grow human
cells. The discovery is at least partially a result of the lab’s philosophy of “unapologetic curiosity,” said Pelling. Feeling too closed in by the vast majority of scientific grants that require a lab to solve a particular problem or invent a specific technology, Pelling secured discovery grant funding to start his own lab “founded on the principle of curiosity,” he said. “I wanted to create a space where people could just ask questions and just collect the most creative and appropriate people around us to answer those questions,” said Pelling. Those “appropriate
people” include bio-artists – people who manipulate biology as an art form – who have at times been at the forefront of innovation, with science struggling to keep up, said Pelling. In 2013, the “world’s first lab-grown burger” was eaten at an event in London, England – the result of years of scientific work. An artistic laboratory called SymbioticA from the University of Western Australia did much the same thing – growing a slab of meat using pre-natal sheep cells. But they did it years earlier – in 2000. See SCIENTIST, page 35
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“These artists did basically the same thing, cooked it in a gallery and ate it, but because it was art I don’t think it was really well appreciated in the scientific world,” said Pelling. “But then a group of scientists a decade later, a decade which is forever, do the same thing and that’s what gets all the attention. “Just imagine if the scientific community was a bit more plugged in a decade before, where they could be now. That’s the danger and I think short-sightedness of discounting all that art in your field or artists as if they couldn’t contribute. That’s just not true.” In addition to including artists, the lab is also trying to do things differently by manipulating biology without the use of drugs, stem cells or genome manipulation. That sort of thing is too obvious, he said. Instead, Pelling prefers physical biohacking.
“I love pulling apart electronics and building stupid and useless but fun and whimsical things, and it was in doing that that I kind of thought, ‘Well maybe we can do this with biology,’” he said. While Pelling’s lab has yielded some fun and whimsical but not particularly useful things through this method, its human apple experiment has some very pertinent uses, he said. HEALTH-CARE COSTS ADAM KVETON/METROLAND
In an interview with Metroland Media, Pelling held up a small plastic container holding a thin piece of white material about the size of a toonie. The material is used for helping people’s bodies repair themselves. By implanting the bio-material in a wound, human cells can invade it and grow more easily by using the material’s structure. “This has a street value of like $1,000 US,” said Pelling.
Pieces of apple carved into the shape of human ears await decellularization at the Pelling Lab at the University of Ottawa, where associate professor Andrew Pelling and his students are implanting and growing human cells in apples. “That’s to me, the researcher, not to the patient and to the health-care system and doctors.” “If you really think about what this is and how it’s made, the profit here is not insignificant,” said Pelling. But animal testing shows that his lab’s apple slices
should be able to do the same job and for much cheaper, he said. “The amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Pelling. “We had to optimize a lot, but in the end, we can make this much material, the size of an apple, for less than a penny.”
The lab went on to do animal trials, implanting the cellulose scaffolding, and found that mammalian bodies don’t reject the material, but use it to grow mammalian tissue. “It’s not 100-per-cent perfect,” said Pelling. “We need to do a bit more work to optimize, but for a first shot, holy crap!” Now the lab is collaborating with clinicians and others to test out tangible uses for the new material, such as repairing bone or spinal chords. Pelling lab researchers are also experimenting with carving the apples into ear shapes as a first step towards creating appendages or organs. However, they currently are only capable of growing a single type of cell within the apple scaffolding. But perhaps the most controversial thing the lab has done is make their work with the apples public knowledge so that regular people can try it themselves. Members of the lab have
even begun a business to sell incubators to grow the human cells in the apple bits – the only really complicated part of the process. Asked whether he considers the general public playing with implanting their own cells into fruits an ethical issue, Pelling said it definitely raises ethical questions, though he said he is more concerned with the ethics of rising healthcare costs and how his lab is funded. “This whole lab is publicly funded. The taxpayer paid for this work,” he said. “I don’t feel right about patenting something the public paid for and then profiting off it. I’d rather see that go back into our communities and see what happens. “And then when you develop something that again is potentially something that can transform somebody’s life, should we be selling it to the highest bidder? Is that really the best option, or should we be opening it to the global community?”
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Gordon and Kathleen Stringer received a special award, the Spirit of Sport Award, which was presented for the first time at the banquet. The Stringers’ daughter, Rowan, died when she was 17 years old after she sustained a concussion playing rugby. Her family has pushed to have Rowan’s Law introduced – to reduce the risk of multiple concussions amongst young athltes – following a coroner’s inquest into their daughters’ death. “Our journey’s been an interesting one,” Gordon said. “We have heard many things along the way, most of it supportive. But we have
had instances where people kind of marvel at the idea that we remain so supportive of sport. Tonight is a very good reflection of why there’s so much good in sport. Both of our daughters gained so much from their participation in sport. So it’s very easy for us to remain sports supporters and advocate for what we think is the betterment of sport.” MAJOR AWARDS
Nominees received major awards for contributions to sport and coaching. They are: • Agnes Laing, who won the Mayor’s Cup for outstanding contribution to sport in Ottawa. Laing founded the Nepean-Corona
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Author Anne Raina never stands still. The Riverside Park resident leads a busy life. Her first book, Clara’s Rib was published back in 2010. As an author and presenter to various groups she is always on the go. Her latest project is the result of a lifetime of storytelling. As a young mother Anne was never far from storytelling mode and the stories she would tell her children became household favourites. Many she wrote down after telling them to her children. Two of the many stories that have just been published are children’s books. They are a far cry from Clara’s Rib, the story of a young girl coming of age in a tuberculosis hospital in the 1940s and ‘50s. Clara’s story focuses mainly on her years growing up in ‘the San’ in Ottawa. The two new additions to
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Riverside Park resident Anne Raina has published two new books for children. Anne’s library are: The Kangaroo with the Wooden Shoe and Things That go Splat, both illustrated by artist Julia Taylor. “As a child I would write short stories and skits,” said Raina. “I knew that I had lots of stories that I should have published years ago. It was always in the back of my mind to do this.” Her grown children are
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Like most parents, reading or telling her children stories at bedtime quickly
my children 40 years ago was The Kangaroo with the Wooden Shoe,” said Raina.
The story is about a brother and sister, Mark and Kelly Anne, who find themselves in possession of a kangaroo with a wooden shoe. Incidentally the two children share the names of Raina’s real-life children. “The Kangaroo with the Wooden Shoe is all about fun,” said Raina. She is excited about the illustrations in the book. “Julia Taylor is a marvel,”
said Raina. “She is a delight to work with,” she said. Working alongside an illustrator for a book can be a challenge. “I had written down what I thought the images should be to go along with what I had written. Julia totally got it,” Raina said. The second children’s book is called Things That go Splat, also illustrated by Julia Taylor. The main character is Jacob a nephew of the author. The book is about a young boy’s adventures as he looks for things that go splat. You can obtain a book by emailing anneraina@rogers.com or calling 613-7335891. The books are also available from: • Books on Beechwood, 35 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, • Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books, 1018 Bank Street, Ottawa, and •Manotick Office Pro, 5541 Manotick Main Street, Manotick.
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ell it can’t get much worse, Mother said, as she put a fresh bandage on Emerson’s wrist where he had slashed it with his pocket knife when he was making a new sling shot. It had been a bad week. All our heads had to have the coal oil treatment after Miss Crosby found someone had head lice at the Northcote School, a fox had made off with a couple of our best hens in broad daylight, Earl lost a gum rubber in the Bonnechere River when he was ice fishing, he was getting a cold, and this was the week my cherished sister Audrey would be getting ready to leave the Northcote School to do housework in Renfrew. “It never rains but it pours,” Mother said with a heavy sigh. None of the misfortunes compared with the grief I felt over Audrey going off to work to live
MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories away from our family on the farm, leaving school before she even had a chance to finish the Entrance Class. Yes, a bad week indeed. The Depression had closed in on us. There were bills to pay. Always there was enough food for the table, but no money for other essentials, like coal oil, flour, sugar, a piece of harness that had to be replaced, cough medicine and other necessities, causing Mother and Father to run up bills at ‘Briscoes,’ and the drug and hardware stores. The few dollars Father and Everett made in the bush on Saturdays did little to help. In my anguish over
losing my sister, I had even untied the corner of my hanky from my washstand to add a few pennies to the pot, but I could only come up with 17 cents. What Audrey earned and turned over to Mother and Father would be what Mother called a lifesaver. Audrey’s clothes, and a scant wardrobe it was indeed, had been washed and ironed, and sat in neat piles on the trunk in the upstairs hall. Her shoes had been polished. She would be ready to go off in a week. Just after breakfast that morning the phone rang. Mother was well known for her sticky buns and
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The Ottawa Humane Society is witness to the toll life on the streets exacts from our feline friends. It’s tragic. Cats can often be seen wandering the sidewalks alone, dodging cars and scurrying under bushes. All too often, someone rushes in carrying a cat hit by a car, arriving to the OHS for help that will come too late. It’s outrageous and completely unnecessary. Disease, traffic, and attacks from other cats or other animals are too common. The intentional infliction of injury by humans also ranks high. There are voices out there that argue cats are happier and healthier when they’re allowed to roam free, just like their wild ancestors. It’s what grandma did with her cat, then mom. Now it’s what we’re teaching our kids. But now that we know better, we should be doing better for our cats. The cats around today are fully domesticated. They depend on their human caregivers. There’s simply no kind of evolution that will prevent the senseless suffering of a cat on the street; we see the consequences when they arrive at the OHS emaciated after weeks lost on the streets or frozen solid from a cold winter night. The streets are hell for a cat. A similar debate raged about dogs in the middle of the last century, with some arguing that since dogs descended from wolves, they needed to run free! I’m not sure that anyone now thinks that dogs would have longer, healthier lives if they were allowed to roam our streets. This is just as true for cats. So why is this happening? Like most animal welfare crises in our community, the root cause is human behaviour — specifically irresponsible behaviour. The sad reality is that ultimately, this is so widespread that it leads to the conclusion that it’s not simply a number of individuals causing a terrible situation but rather a community problem stemming from the fact that cats are simply not valued, certainly not to the same degree as our vaccinated, sterilized, collar-wearing, leashed canine friends. We can do better for cats. We want to hear from you. Share your ideas for getting the message out there that cats don’t belong on the streets on Facebook at Facebook.com/OttawaHumane. Only working together can we change the future for our cats.
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someone wanted to know if she could make a few dozen for a dinner the Oddfellows were holding. And yes, they would be glad to pay whatever she was asking, and could she have them in to Renfrew by Saturday? If she made four dozen buns that would mean an extra two dollars! Two dollars badly needed. Our good fortune wasn’t to end there. Everett came home from school with a ‘cheque’ from the School Board for three dollars, his pay for going to the school every morning in the winter to start the fire and clean out the ashes. Without a word, he handed the cheque over to Mother. After supper, more preparations were made for Audrey’s move into Renfrew. I sat well away, silently crying behind my library book, pretending to read. The week was going far too quickly to suit me. The next day, coming home from
school, I plucked the mail out of the box at the end of our long lane. There were two letters, and I recognized the writing immediately. One was from Uncle Lou in New York, who wrote Mother regularly, and one from Aunt Freda in Chicago, who wrote only when she had something important to say. Mother sat at the end of the table looking like she was glad to take a break from working away at getting Audrey ready for her big move from home. She opened Uncle Lou’s letter first, and out fell a $100 bill!! I had never seen a $100 bill in my entire life. Uncle Lou, in his letter, said he had just landed the job of doing some work on the Empire State Building and wanted to share his good fortune with his sister. Mother, of course, broke into tears and I felt obliged to do the same. With little interest, Mother got around to opening Aunt Freda’s letter and inside, right before our eyes, was a crisp $5 bill, with in-
structions that Mother was to go to Ritza’s Drug Store and buy a packet of valentines for the children to take to the Northcote School. I knew it would never see Ritza’s Drug Store. I was sent to the barn to fetch Father. By the time he came into the kitchen, Mother had all the money laid out in a row on the table. I had no idea why we were all crying when there was so much joy in the air! Finally Mother told Audrey to go upstairs and put her clothes back in her washstand, and said she would be phoning Renfrew that night to tell them my sister would not be quitting school after all. I ran my hand over the money on the table. “It never rains but it pours, eh, Mother?” was all I could think to say. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords. com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.
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Hercules is a black, Newfoundland dog, 7 years old and 52.5 kilograms. He obviously loves the Blue Jays and watched the games with us in October. The gentle giant of dogs he is indeed gentle. In fact when wee dogs bark at him he just walks away disturbed by the noise. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. I have owned him for 31/2 years and he was well trained. He loves his daily walks, a beef bone and the pumpkin I give him (an ice cube size) most nights. He loves Bruce Pit, and other off leash dog areas which are few in Ottawa. He is a good boy!
Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: dtherien@perfprint.ca attention “Pet of the Week” Ottawa South News - Thursday, February 4, 2016 49
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A drop-in Job Search Club will take place at the Greenboro library branch every second Monday. Join us to share your job search stories: what’s working, what’s not, job leads and interview experiences. The meetings take place 1to 3 p.m. at the library, located at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. For more information, please call 613580-2940.
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Play four-hand euchre at St. Bernard Parish, in the basement, every Wednesday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The church is located at 1720 St. Bernard St. in Blossom Park. For details, call Gisele Newburry at 613739-0960.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Begin the year by joining the 50+ Fitness Group at Rideau Park United Church, at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Get moving, strengthening and stretching to the familiar beat of great tunes, each Tuesday and Thursday until March 3, from 9 to 10 a.m. All levels of fitness will be encouraged and supported by Faiza, our experienced seniors’ fitness instructor. Fees are $44 for eight weeks or 16 classes, and are payable at your first class. The drop-in fee is $8. There will be another session in March and April. For details, call 613-733-3156, ext. 229, or visit rideaupark.ca.
Thursdays
Toddlertime takes place at the Alta Vista library branch featuring stories, rhymes and songs for babies, aged 18 to 36 months, and a parent or caregiver at the Alta Vista library branch at 2516 Alta Vista Dr. Registration is not required. The next session happens
The Divertimento Orchestra, an Ottawa-based group of musicians, is looking for new members in the percussion and strings sections. For details, and audition requirements, email elsaslater@magma. ca, call 613-823-1200 or visit divertimento.ca. Rehearsals are held Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at L’Église St. Thomas d’Aquin, located at 1244 Kilborn Ave. Teens, ages 13 to 18, are welcome to a drop-in “crafternoon” every other Thursday at the Alta Vista library branch, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The branch is at 2516 Alta Vista Dr.
Feb. 9
St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, located at 2345 Alta Vista Dr., hosts its annual pancake dinner on Feb. 9. There will be two sittings, at 5 and 6 p.m. The supper will feature pancakes, sausages, ham, beans and ice cream. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children. Advance tickets are available at the church office on weekday mornings. For details, call 613-733-0336. St. Aidan’s Anglican Church is holding its pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday on Feb. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Gluten-free pancakes
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will be available. The church is located at 934 Hamlet Rd. in the Elmvale Acres community. For details, call 613-733-0102. A Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper takes place Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. Everyone in the community is invited for the event at Rideau Park United Church, located at 2203 Alta Vista Dr. The supper, featuring a menu of pancakes, sausages, veggies and dessert, will be hosted by the 28th Ottawa Scouts. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children, and are available on Sundays after 11 a.m. and from the church office, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., as well as at the door of the event. For details, call 613-7333156, ext. 229, or rideaupark. ca.
Feb. 11
Ottawa South Women’s Connection will be hosting its next event on Feb. 11, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Fred Barrett Arena, 3280 Leitrim Rd. The feature will be a Pampered Chef demo, and there will also be a faith story, singer, refreshments and door prizes. Child care will be available. The event is about women connecting with God, one another and their community. Admission is $6. For details, call 613-249-0919.
Feb. 11
Local author Anne Raina will talk about her book, Clara’s Rib, the true story of a young girl coming of age in a tuberculosis hospital in Ottawa in the 1940s and 50s at the Greenboro library branch. Discover why, when Clara left the hospital for the last time, one of her own ribs was packed in her suitcase. The talk happens Feb. 11, from 2 to 3 p.m. Registration is not required. For details, call 613-580-2940.
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An employment and career consultant with Employment Ontario will provide tips on creating a tailored job-specific resume, electronic resumes for online job searching and information on how to tap into the hidden job market. The Job Search Strategies Workshop takes place Feb. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Greenboro library branch. Register online at biblioottawalibrary.ca, or call 613-580-2940 for details.
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 A burst of optimism has you moving toward a new goal, Aries. This positive frame of mind can propel you to the finish line quickly, but make each decision carefully. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, new revelations may inspire you to make some long-desired changes. Write down all of your plans so you can see them on paper and weigh all of your priorities. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 An old friend you haven’t seen in a while may suddenly reappear in your life, Gemini. This person may take you on a fun trip down memory lane. Enjoy the laughs. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Expect a change of circumstances at work, Cancer. This change may come by way of a transfer or a promotion, or it might be something less significant. Embrace it in any case. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 A close friend of yours may suggest a last-minute trip, and you just may be game for an adventure, Leo. Pack all of your essentials and do not think too much, or you might back out. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a financial windfall may seem like a great thing on the surface, but it doesn’t come without a price. Resolve to be responsible with your newfound largesse.
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