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April 25, 2013 | 56 pages
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EMC news- By purchasing a rain barrel, you could be helping bring back the play in a child’s day in Riverside Park. After winning support from their community association, Fielding Drive Public School is now taking their new play structure fundraiser to another level. The school is hoping the community can come together to help them secure the funding for a new play structure after the old one was torn down last summer. The parent council is now accepting presale orders for a truckload rain barrel sale that is planned for May 15 from 2.30 to 6.30 p.m. at the school premises on 777 Fielding Dr. The rain barrels are being sold for $55 each and funds raised will support initiatives to rebuild a play structure at the school. Rain barrels help capture and store rainwater collected from roofs through downspouts. “This is the first time we have tried the rain barrel fundraiser,” said Sharon von Schoenberg, one of the parent volunteers spearheading the initiative. See STRUCTURE, page 4
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Solidarity with Boston A large group of Ottawa runners set out in Festival Plaza in front of city hall on a bright Sunday morning, both as a show of solidarity to the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy and a statement reaffirming their commitment to the sport. Ottawa Run Club coach Geordie McConnell organized the Take Back the Finish Line event, which took place on a day traditionally known for running, as a way of re-establishing the spiritual significance of the finish line which was marred by the April 15 bombings.
Public board votes down extra Ombudsman powers Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
Presto payment cards are coming to a bus near you. – Page 25
EMC news – A motion by a south Ottawa public trustee to give the Ontario ombudsman extra authority to investigate and intervene in complaints that aren’t resolved within the school
boards, was voted down at a board meeting on April 2. Gloucester-Southgate trustee Mark Fisher brought forward the motion seeking support from fellow trustees to write a letter to the premier and leaders of the opposition, asking them to re-introduce and support legislation
to modernize the Ombudsman act. Fisher was the only one that voted in favour of the motion. “I am disappointed but certainly, that will not stop me as an individual trustee moving forward and trying to advocate for this kind of change,” said Fisher.
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The legislation that Fisher is fighting for would allow the ombudsman to investigate public complaints involving school boards as well as the governing bodies of universities, hospitals and municipalities. See NEW, page 2
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