Dalton McGuinty MPP Ottawa South
O awa South News
Service Your Outdoor Power Equipment! r 1JDLVQ EFMJWFSZ BWBJMBCMF r PO BMM NBLFT NPEFMT See Our Showroom
March 28, 2013 | 44 pages
www.yourottawaregion.com
R0011913203
1795 Kilborn Ave. Ottawa, ON K1H 6N1 613-736-9573
Total EMC Distribution 474,000
Proudly serving the community
R0011966347
Contact me with your provincial concerns
Connected to Your Community
small engine sales & service 613-748-3991 1419 Star Top Rd., Ottawa, ON
Inside Ottawa SPORTS to host nine FIFA World Cup games Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
The Carleton Ravens celebrate record ninth CIS championship. – Page 5
NEWS
ACORN Canada launches campaign to raise the minimum wage. –Page 10
EMC sports – Ottawa will host nine Federation of International Football Association Women’s World Cup matches, including a quarterfinal game, the association announced on March 21. Fans can now mark their calendars with the world’s largest women’s football tournament, which will dominate the Canadian landscape from June 6 to July 5, 2015. “As the largest single sports event for women in the world, and the first single sport event in Canada, we are excited to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup”, Mayor Jim Watson said in a statement. “Ottawa is once again the stage for a major sporting event that will attract the eyes of the world.” For the first time, the 2015 tournament will welcome 24 teams from around the world, a milestone in women’s soccer as the game continues to grow in all regions of the globe. Ottawa will host two World Cup games on June 7, two on June 11 and two on June 17. See OTTAWA, page 4
NEWS
EDDIE RWEMA/METROLAND
Go go gadgets Grade 7 student Logan Jones sits besides his component of a Rube Goldberg machine displayed at the Roberta Bondar Public School gym stage on March 20. Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor who is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. See the full story on page 3.
City looks to crack down on fake charity boxes Bylaw would force operators to indicate if they are for-profit companies Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
Centretown coffee shop introduces Ottawa’s first private bus display board. –Page 25
EMC news - The city is cracking down on messy donation bins that appear to be collecting clothes for charity, but are actually run by businesses. Bins on private property will have to display whether the operator is a registered charity, (along with the registration number), a non-profit organiza-
J&9D+* >~ym~ |m |mmkr|o b
B?:7R?D7 OII:
tion or a for-profit business, under a proposal that will be voted on by council on March 27. The sign will also have to display contact information for the operator, as well as the pickup schedule. There will also be rules to ensure the property owner keeps the area surrounding the bin clean and debris free. “This is a very good, made-in-Ottawa solution to a problem,” said Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley,
who asked the city to tackle the issue. “We’re getting what I wanted out of this, which is residents having the information so they can make an informed decision about where to donate, and also for property owners before they make a decision to take a box. These people will have to tell them upfront where the clothes are going.” Other Ontario municipalities, including Hamilton, have expressed interest in following Ottawa’s lead in regulating donation bins. See CLOTHING, page 2
<?1FR
QLO?F< Q1B7# :r >~ym r| ~ |mropg~ p~~k Bryr mk Rrym Innm ; I km FIX n~ QLO?F< r| bwwb r~|
Ä "ËË "ºà ˹à
; ~ wb ~~n;ib L ~ kw 5b|bkrb| R0011990939-0328