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River Ward tops coyote sightings in 2017 BY ALEXANDRA MAZUR amazur@metroland.com
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River Ward has topped the list in coyote sightings in 2017, according to Ottawa 311 service call data. There were 280 coyote sightings across the city called into 311, the most sightings seen in the city over the last five years. Does this mean Ottawa has a coyote problem? Probably not, said Nicholas Stow, from the City of Ottawa’s natural systems and environmental protections department. “Coyotes are such common animals. They’re pretty ubiquitous,” said Stow, who had spoken to the Ministry of Natural Resources, which keeps tabs on coyote numbers, and they said there has been no significant increase. “Numbers do fluctuate from year to year,” added Stow, who said things like weather and the number of prey, like deer, are factors that might affect how many coyotes there are from year to year. “Coyotes are already in the city,” said Stowe. “They’re so well-adapted to city life, but mostly they stay on the urban edge.” The numbers show 40 coyote sightings in River Ward were reported to 311 from January to the end of November. The next highest number of sightings happened in Knoxdale-
Merivale, with 31 sightings reported. Concern over coyotes was raised in River Ward after a coyote attacked a woman’s dog while she was walking through McCarthy Woods on Oct. 25, 2016.
“They’re so well-adapted to city life, but mostly they stay on the urban edge.”
Boosting bylaw calls The city’s bylaw department has seen an extra 5,000 calls in 2017 over the number received in 2016 because of Canada 150 celebrations and a later than normal snowfall.
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The dog died from the injuries it received, and people started to become more concerned about the potential danger of coyotes roaming the area. Of the 40 sightings in River Ward in 2017, just over half of them were reported in March. According to Stow, those numbers could be different people spotting the same coyote, since it’s common to have one or two animals hang around a food source. See COYOTES, page 5
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Extreme cold helps crews thicken Rideau Canal Skateway ice BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com
Every year, within hours of the Rideau Canal Skateway’s opening, hundreds of skaters flock to the ice. And while the polar vortex hovering over the city helped crews make progress on the surface, as of Dec. 29, more work was still to come. According to the National Capital Commission’s senior manager of communications, Jean Wolff, up to Boxing Day, there was just a thin layer of ice forming on the surface of the canal. Before it can open to skaters, technicians require ice that’s thicker than 30 centimetres. After Boxing Day, crews were out to try to speed up the ice-making process by pumping water from below the surface on top of the ice. The depth of the water below ranges from about a metre to 4.3 metres. Wolff said the skateway is a cherished tradition in Ottawa and the NCC receives calls from across the country from people inquiring about the opening date. “With it being so popular with people, we need it to be safe,” Wolff said.
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Crews are working to get the Rideau Canal Skateway open for its 48th season. As of Dec. 29, the surface was still too thin for skaters. “If the weather holds, it will be opened quickly enough, but we have to have patience.” That can be difficult for even the skateway’s contractors who work to open the attraction. “The contractors doing the work all want it to open as early as possible. They are very passionate,” Wolff said, pointing to the device created
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to maintain the ice, called a froster, developed specifically for the wide outdoor surface. This is the 48th season of skating for the skateway, which is 7.8 kilometres long, and it comes after two of the shortest seasons ever. The season before last, in 2015 to 2016, there were only 18 skating days, making it the shortest in the
skateway’s existence. Last season was the second-shortest on record, coming in at 25 days. Though its days were limited, there was a bump in the number of visits per skating day. The average is about 22,000 visits, but with the sesquicentennial and the ice dragon boat races, the average number of visits went up to almost 25,000.
The earliest opening date for the skateway was Dec. 18 in both 1972 and 1981. Its latest opening was on Feb. 2 in 2002. The most consecutive days the skateway has been open was in 2014 to 2015. Skaters enjoyed the ice for 59 days. The annual budget for the attraction is about $1.4 million, and between 200 and 220 workers from the NCC’s service providers get it ready and keep it in good shape. There are four rest areas along the course and all are universally accessible. Last year, there were 18 food and beverage concessions, 110 picnic tables, a first aid centre with 60 skate patrollers, a lost and found and three skate rental counters. About 1,500 Christmas trees that are unsold are recovered by the NCC and used at the rest areas. Typically, the skating season begins in the first weeks of January. Ice conditions are available on the NCC’s website at ncc-ccn.gc.ca/ skateway and they are updated twice daily at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Skaters can also keep an eye on the flags at each of the skateway’s entrance points. The red flags are removed as soon as the skateway opens.
Ottawa bylaw branch eyes staffing boost, more efficiencies BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Faced with an increase in requests for service, Ottawa’s bylaw branch may ask to boost its ranks and also consider making tweaks to create efficiencies in the coming year. Consulting firm KPMG has submitted a report with 11 recommendations following a service review of the city’s bylaw and regulatory services branch. “We’re just doing some analysis on that and we’ll be doing a staff report to committee in June of next year (2018),” said branch director Roger Chapman. Though an increase in 5,000 calls in 2017 is manageable, double that wouldn’t be doable with the 100 officers that are on duty during weekdays and the 25 that work the weekends, Chapman said. The results of the review, which has not yet been made public, may prompt a request for more manpower at the branch, which has had the same staffing levels for a number of years: 75 work in parking control and another 54 work on other issues, ranging from animals and noise to parking and property standards, among others. Other changes could also be in the works. “There may be other efficiencies that may offset (service demands). Reallocating some of our resources too to be more proactive,” said Chapman, who has been a bylaw officer — first with the former city of Nepean and then with Ottawa — for 27 years. “More proactive work means less reactive. Usually when you do more proactive work, you get a lot more positive response from landlords and pet owners,” he said. “We’re changing our enforcement approach here.” Though the final numbers have yet to be crunched, the number of calls for service to the department in 2017 will likely have reached the 80,000 mark, up about 5,000 over 2016, which saw almost 75,000 calls. “We’ve had an increase in calls due to the 2017 events,” Chapman said, referring to the long roster of celebrations in the nation’s capital that marked Canada’s 150th milestone. About 90 per cent of Canada 150-related calls were about parking and noise, as well as food vendor licensing. The boon can also be attrib-
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Roger Chapman, director of Ottawa’s bylaw and regulatory services branch, says an analysis of the branch has culminated in 11 recommendations. Officials are considering making changes to improve efficiency and to better address rising call volumes. measure that was adopted about six months ago. “Now, when the permits go out, there’s some information on the construction noise provisions,” said Chapman. “We’ll do some analysis next year (in 2018) to see if that’s helpful or not.” A number of the city’s bylaws have recently undergone reviews — vehicles for hire, pet shops and noise — with more to come in 2018. Resulting changes and updates have helped enforcement efforts, and technology has also played a significant supporting role, with the addition of laptops and printers to staff vehicles, saving time and money. It was the first branch in the city to begin undergoing that transformation almost a decade ago, and it became fully mobile with a full complement of tech in the last five years. “No more radioing back and forth,” Chapman said. “It’s a lot more efficient for the officers.” While annual fines over the past three years have typically netted the city about $19 million — and are projected to ex-
uted to a later than usual snowfall in the spring, which kept bylaw officers busy responding to on-street parking infractions, particularly downtown, as well as complaints about snow being deposited on roadways. “Every time there’s a significant snowfall, we’re out making sure all the snow contractors are licensed and doing things appropriately,” Chapman added. Parking (especially on-street and those vehicles parked in school zones), noise and animal control complaints were the top three call types reported in 2017, continuing a decade-long trend. The branch typically fields more than 30,000 parking complaints every year. Early morning noise at construction sites and loud music — often at house parties or music venues — also topped the complaint list in 2017. “Over the last three to five years, it’s been a big issue for us — the early construction noise,” Chapman said. Proactively ensuring companies are informed about the city’s noise bylaw before shovels go in the ground is a proactive
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Ottawa Food Bank using data to solve hunger BY ALEXANDRA MAZUR amazur@metroland.com
The Ottawa Food Bank is using data to try to solve hunger in the city. The organization’s second annual Hunger Report was released on Dec. 11, and showed food bank use in Ottawa has gone up 5.6 per cent from last year. The problem is not yearly fluctuation of food bank use, which Michael Maid-
ment, executive director of the Ottawa Food Bank, admits there is. The issue is more that food bank use in Ottawa has consistently stayed high since the 2008 economic decline. This year, food bank use in Ottawa is seven per cent higher than it was in 2007. “They’ve never gone below prerecession numbers, and they’ve always stayed above that year after year,” said Maidment.
Maidment said when food banks started in Canada in the ‘80s, they were meant to be like the emergency room, to be used only for short-term need. The executive director admitted although he understands food banks are still there as an emergency service, the need has not ended. They should no longer be treated as a short-term solution. That’s why the Ottawa Food Bank has teamed up with the Ottawa Neigh-
Notice of Completion of Class Environmental Assessments (EA) Mer Bleue Urban Expansion Area The City of Ottawa has granted approval of the Community Design Plan (CDP) for the Mer Bleue Urban Expansion Area subject to conditions of the Planning Act. The map illustrates the CDP Study Area. The City of Ottawa and the Project Team have planned to ensure infrastructure capacity is available for the proposed development in the expansion area. This process has been conducted in accordance with Section A.2.9 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment to integrate approvals under the Environmental Assessment Act and the Planning Act. As such, approval of the Community Design Plan and associated OPA were supported by the following Master Plans which document the preferred municipal infrastructure projects: • Master Servicing Study (MSS) • Transportation Master Plan (TMP) The TMP and CDP were made available for public review in July 2017 and no objections were received. Additional technical input into the MSS was required and is now being made available for review. The MSS identified the following preferred projects: • •
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Water Distribution Projects o Trunk watermains (Schedule B) Wastewater Collection Projects o Trunk sanitary sewers and pump station upgrades (north section) (Schedule B) o Trunk sanitary sewers and new pump station (south section) (Schedule B) Stormwater Collection and Treatment o New Mer Bleue Northern stormwater retention/detention pond and appurtenances including outfall and storm sewers (Schedule B) o New Mer Bleue Southern stormwater retention/detention pond and appurtenances including outfall and storm sewers (Schedule B) o Expand Avalon West stormwater retention/detention pond and appurtenances including outfall (Schedule B) o Dry Pond (Schedule B)
By way of this Notice, the MSS is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review starting on January 4, 2018 at the following locations: City Hall, Client Service Centre 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel. 613-580-2400
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Ottawa Public Library - Main Branch 3rd Floor (Library Room) 120 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, ON K1P 5M2 Tel. 613-580-2945 The Mer Bleue CDP followed an integrated planning and environmental assessment process. The Official Plan Amendment for the CDP and the TMP review period concluded on August 25, 2017. This 30 day review period is being provided so any person or public body with objections to any of the projects identified in this MSS can provide written comments within 30 calendar days from the date of this Notice. If there are concerns which cannot be resolved through discussion, a party or person may request that the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change make an order for the above noted projects to comply with Part II of the EA Act (referred to as a Part II Order). Requests must be received by the Minister at the address below by February 5, 2018. A copy of the request must also be sent to the City and the EA Proponent (IBI Group.) If there are no Part II Order Requests received by February 5, 2018 all above identified municipal infrastructure projects will be considered to have met the EA requirements and will proceed to the detailed design and construction stage. Minister of the Environment and Climate Change: 77 Wellesley Street West 11th Floor, Ferguson Block Toronto ON M7A 2T5 Tel: (416) 314-6790 Email: EAASIBgen@ontario.ca This Notice was first issued on January 4, 2018.
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bourhood Study, a program run out of the City of Ottawa that collects and analyzes data throughout the city, to see how they could improve on food banking in Ottawa. “Is food bank use correlated with cost of housing in that area, or other factors? That’s what we wanted to find out,” said Maidment. The partnership was solidified by a grant from Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security awarded to the partners in late October, which gives $75,000 over two years to test out different methods of food banking in the city. “We’ve never really tested to see if one way of doing it has a better approach than another way,” said Maidment. Betsy Kristjansson, a professor in psychology at the University of Ottawa who specializes in food insecurity, and one of the minds behind the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, said she and PhD student Neta Helena Enns, became interested in how long-term food insecurity affects a person’s overall wellbeing. The result of these questions is a study that will survey 800 food bank users from 11 different locations across the city. The locations could not be identified for privacy reasons. According to Helena Enns, most of the 800 food bank users will get general question-and-answer surveys, but three or four people from each food bank will be asked to participate in more indepth interviews, which will give the study more perspective on individual situations. Although both Kristjansson and Helena Enns emphasized that every community food bank’s main goal is to serve their community, the study hinges on the unique strategies of each location. “We saw everyone was doing things a bit differently,” said Helena Enns. It’s the goal of the study to see how food bank users respond to these different programs, like food hampers or kitchen workshops. At the end, the data and analysis will be presented to the Ottawa Food Bank to see how they can improve on their services. “The neat thing is that different food banks will be learning from each other,” said Kristjansson. Both researchers note the goal of the study is not to rank the services of the community food banks, but to understand how different neighbourhoods with specific social factors affect food bank use and services. “There’s not much research on the subject,” said Helena Ens. In fact, other than a shorter study happening in B.C., there isn’t any research like it in Canada. The researchers have just begun the sign-up portion of the study and they expect to gather their 800 participants by February. Kristjansson said after the
MICHAEL MAIDMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OTTAWA FOOD BANK two-year study is done and delivered to the Ottawa Food Bank, she would like to make the research public on the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study website. HOW HOUSING AFFECTS HUNGER
The Ottawa Hunger Report highlighted affordable housing as a broader solution that could directly affect food bank use in the city. According to the report, the average one-bedroom apartment in Ottawa costs $982, one of the highest averages in Canada. That’s second only to Toronto in Ontario. The report also noted that half of those who use community food banks in Ottawa are single adults living alone. “When rent is high, if you don’t have a spouse or a partner or a roommate or somebody to help you pay the rent, then that becomes a challenge,” said Maidment. According to the report, many of these single adults are represented by young adults suffering from precarious employment opportunities. This group saw the second highest growth rate in food bank use since 2008. Maidment also said many food bank users are on social assistance. For a single individual, social assistance in Ontario is $656, which isn’t enough for one person to cover rent, let alone to afford groceries for a month. The report notes that nearly 20 per cent of Canadians spend half of their income on rent. “The social assistance hasn’t kept pace with rising costs,” said Maidment. He believes the price of housing is one of the driving forces of food bank use. “It’s one of the main factors that could change food bank numbers — building more affordable housing.” Currently, there are 22,500 affordable housing units in Ottawa, and more than 10,000 families on a waiting list for that housing. The report gave a nod to the city’s 10-year housing plan, which is scheduled to go from 2014-2024, and is meant to build more affordable housing in Ottawa.
Coyotes spotted at the farm “Last winter there were a number of reports of coyotes on the Experimental Farm. We don’t know if it’s the same one reported many times, or if it was different coyotes,” said River Coun. Riley Brockington. In 2010, the city had a record-breaking 824 sightings reported to 311. According to the city, there was a coyote with mange around Ottawa at the time. The media had picked the story up and people became more aware of a potential threat, so they were more willing to call 311 if they saw an animal that looked like a coyote. Since dogs and coyotes are similar, there’s no way to know if there were actually that many real coyote sightings at the time. As for Brockington, he’s not surprised about the sightings in his ward. “Even though it’s an urban ward, just because of it’s natural setting or geography it may lend to to cer-
tain wildlife that we see,” said Brockington. That’s why the councillor decided to plan a coyote information session for the ward on Jan. 8. Stow will be invited to speak as well as a representative with the Ministry of Natural Resources. What Stow said he highlighted in similar presentations he did in Stittsville and Bay wards, is to tell people not to fear coyotes but to take precautions to prevent encounters. “Someone has about 1,000 times less chance of being attacked by a coyote than they do to be struck by lightning,” said Stow. “For the most part, they try very hard to avoid human contact.” But he added, basically anywhere there is food or prey to be found coyotes will be there. Stow said since he’s been working with the city, there have only been two instances where the city has had to step in and destroy a coyote. In both cases Stow said the animal had either mange or
symptoms related to canine distemper. Otherwise, Stow said if a coyote is hanging around, it’s more human fault than it is the animal’s. He advises everyone to make sure their garbage is secure and that food isn’t left out that might entice coyotes to hang around As for Brockington, the information session is meant to quell people’s worries, and also to try to prepare them to live alongside coyotes. “I’m not at all interested in capturing them or harming them in any way. It’s about to give folks information and how we can co-exist together,” said Brockington. The councillor did add that he timed the meeting for the beginning of winter, because usually it’s in the colder months that the coyotes are pushed deeper into the city to find food. The 311 numbers would suggest that’s true, since there have only been five coyote sightings in River Ward since July.
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He spearheaded a fundraiser through the Mikey Network, which places defibrillators in public facilities, to raise money to equip more schools in the English public board with AEDs. So far, more than $35,000 has been raised. Several defibrillators have already been installed – including at Griffin’s former school, Orléans Wood, and the school he would have attended next for middle school, Terry Fox. Research shows the quick use of an AED can drastically increase survival rates. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, performing CPR and using an AED right away more than doubles a person’s chances of survival. AEDs have recently been placed in more recreational facilities and public places in Ottawa, like at city hall. On Dec. 14, the defibrillator at city hall was used when a woman collapsed in a bathroom. Paramedics, who transported the woman to hospital, later commended city hall security personnel for initiating CPR and using a defibrillator. Schools are often community hubs and play host to community events, sports leagues and polling stations after hours – besides housing students and staff during school days. “When something is unlikely, but the impact of it happening is so enormous, you have no choice but to do it,” Martin said of installing AEDs. “And these are schools. We need to hold them to a higher standard.” Eva Naumovski, president of the Mikey Network, said AEDs purchased by the organization have saved the lives of 37 people – the youngest, a threemonth-old. “Cardiac arrest doesn’t discriminate,” Naumovski said. “It can affect anyone from a couple of months old to seniors, and I think, to date, everyone’s been really focused on the seniors because they’re known to have cardiac arrests more often. It’s more frequent than people think in kids.”
GRIFFIN MARTIN Martin said he’d eventually like to see a Canada-wide law that requires AEDs to be in all places where fire extinguishers are required, though it’s a fairly ambitious goal. Right now, he’s focused on schools, and urges school boards to commit to installing AEDs in elementary and high schools. The decision is up to school boards across the province to decide how they want to handle an AED policy. Griffin’s death has prompted a change in Ottawa that could save a life in the future. Contacted in mid-December, both the Ottawa Catholic and French public boards said they have AEDs in all their schools, and the French Catholic board said the last few schools that needed AEDs would have them installed by Christmas. “I’d love to see every board immediately publicly state that they do have AEDs, or promise that they will,” Martin said. He’d like to see them make the public commitment by Feb. 24, 2018 – the one-year anniversary of Griffin’s death – to have AEDs installed by September 2018. At the beginning of 2018, there will be 69 elementary schools in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board waiting for AEDs. Some have been or-
dered and still need to be delivered and installed – some through fundraising efforts – but the board has committed to purchasing AEDs for the remaining schools by September. Keith Penny, the English public school trustee for Orléans, said while Griffin’s death was tragic, the board has responded appropriately, and he thinks the AEDs will be installed even earlier. “We’re going to have AEDs in our schools, I would say before June, and likely even before then,” he said. “I think in the end, something did come out of a tragic event.” Installation of AEDs in all Ottawa schools for the start of the 2018-19 school year won’t bring back Griffin, but Martin knows he’s done what he can to prevent the same situation from happening in a school in the future. “I think it’s helped me avoid future pain,” Martin said. “I knew that if I didn’t do it, and something similar happened elsewhere … I’d feel partially responsible. I feel like I needed to share the story.” SCHOOLS WITHOUT AEDS IN THE OTTAWA WEST AREA
* indicates that the school has an AED that has arrived and is soon to be installed ** indicates an AED has been ordered for the school • Regina Street Public School • Severn Avenue Public School • J.H. Putman Public School • Broadview Avenue Public School • Cambridge Street Community Public School • Devonshire Community Public School • Hilson Avenue Public School • Nepean High School • Urban Aboriginal Alternate Program (Albert Street) • Carleton Heights Public School • Connaught Public School • W.E. Gowling Public School
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Ottawa Hospital recognized Renovation money received for supervised injection site
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The Ottawa Hospital has been recognized for its work in preventing bone fractures. The certificate of achievement acknowledges the hospital’s implementation of a fracture screening and prevention program. “Basically, once someone has a fragility fracture there’s a high chance someone will have another one, and we’re trying to intervene in that regard to prevent that second fracture, or a more significant fracture, from occurring in the future,” said Dr. Paul Kim, leader of the program at the hospital’s General campus. The program was developed through the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy and operates in 36 fracture clinics across Ontario, including at the General and Civic campuses. Not all fractures are caused by osteoporosis, a disease that is characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue, but the program aims to detect whether a patient has it to prevent other fractures.
granted an exemption for the service from Health Canada and has received program funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. It will also receive $421,400 in additional base funding for the 2017-18 year. In 2018-19, they’ll receive $1 million to support the injection service. “It’s been many months of work and also it’s a very difficult community situation in which we’ve had a lot of overdose deaths so this gives some hope to our residents that we will soon have supervised injection services,” said Naini Cloutier, executive director, in an
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Dr. Paul Kim, Dr. Philippe Phan, managers and staff of The Ottawa Hospital Fracture Screening and Prevention Program (FSPP) celebrate the certificate of achievement from Osteoporosis Canada. The General started the program in January 2007 and the Civic started screening the following April. At both sites, 4,293 people have been screened. According to a press release, the certificate recognizes Canadian hospitals that are committed to identifying, investigating and initiating treatment to prevent future fractures. After someone comes into the hospital with a fracture, Kim said, nurses or clinical representatives approach patients to see if they’ve received osteoporosis care to improve bone health. Generally, a bone density scan
can be completed to determine whether any preventive treatment is needed. In Ontario there are about 60,000 fragility fractures annually, Kim said. “Often it’s a sign that when you have one of these fractures occurring you’re at a higher risk of having another one.” For example, if a patient has a wrist fracture, there is a 38-percent chance of them having another one within five years. The program tries to prevent that. More than 8,000 people in Ontario are screened through the program each year.
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Somerset West Community Health Centre just received one of the last pieces it needs to open a supervised injection site. At a recent provincial announcement at the Eccles Street site in Chinatown, the centre received a onetime capital grant of up to $220,000 for a renovation to create the site. The health centre needs to make sure it has adequate space, as well as facilities like hand and foot washing stations and a space for supervision. Somerset West Community Health Centre was
interview after the exemption was announced. The supervised injection service will be added to a list of harm reduction strategies the health centre has offered for more than 20 years. Somerset West Community Health Centre is following in the footsteps of the Sandy Hill Health Centre, which received approval for its exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to operate the site in September and the approval of a 24-hour supervised injection site in a trailer outside Shepherds of Good Hope in Lowertown, which opened in November.
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n the year after Damien Martin’s son, Griffin, died from cardiac arrest at his Orléans school, the father has been leading the charge to have elementary and high schools across Ottawa equipped with devices that can deliver life-saving shocks that can restart a heart. The grieving family may never know if an AED, or automated external defibrillator, would have made a difference. Orléans Wood Elementary School didn’t have one at the time. But progress has been made, and a fundraising campaign is underway to speed up that process. The worry is that change is not happening fast enough. Many children have complex medical conditions. In Griffin’s case, he did not have any known underlying medical issues. There are also education, administration and other support staff at schools to consider. Schools also regularly serve as community hubs for after-hours programming, including sporting events, voting during elections, community meetings, Girl Guide and Scout gatherings, craft fairs, fundraisers, church services and workshops. It’s no wonder that Martin is calling for laws in Ontario and across Canada to require AEDs in schools. Fire extinguishers are mandatory. Why not life-saving defibrillators? Linda Wyman, president of the Greely and District branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, celebrated on Feb. 14, 2017 when her rural south Ottawa branch received its first defibrillator after a four-year campaign. At that time, eight of the 14 Legion branches in Ottawa did not have the portable devices, including in Orléans, Heron Park,
Centretown, Westboro, Barrhaven, north Kanata and Constance Bay. In the case of the Greely branch, the closest AED was at the Greely Community Centre more than a kilometre away. The City of Ottawa not only equipped the remaining Legion facilities with the $1,600 machines, but also provided free CPR and AED training for Legion and community members. AEDs can buy paramedics precious time, especially in rural locations. If an AED shock can be delivered within the first four to six minutes after cardiac arrest, survival rates skyrocket, according to Anthony Di Monte, general manager of the city’s emergency and protective services department and former chief of the Ottawa Paramedic Service. Ottawa had gone from falling behind in cardiac arrest survival rates to becoming one of the top five in North America thanks to a program launched in 2001 that saw the eventual installation of more than 1,000 defibrillators in public spaces and more than 40,000 residents, plus city staff, trained in CPR and the use of AEDs. And in the event of cardiac arrest, 911 communications staff can tell a caller where an AED is in a building and guide them in applying a defibrillator and CPR. There is no question that program has given people a fighting chance, even saved their lives. Let’s give that same chance to our children, their educators and other residents who use our city’s schools. Time is of the essence.
Building backyard skating rink mostly brings joy
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or the third straight year I’m attempting to build a rink in my backyard. The weather is perfect. It should be done by now, except I’m not as committed as I once was. The kids have an expectation the rink will go from sloping lot to level skate surface in no time. When they see the actual tedious process, however, they become solid armchair critics. “Mom,” they call out between rounds of Forza on the Xbox on Boxing Day. “The rink is too bumpy. It’s never going to work!” Thanks, kids. My eyelashes are frozen to my lids and I just ripped a piece of skin off my hand when I touched a once damp, now-frozen doorknob. But I appreciate the help and advice. Building a rink triggers every
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse emotion in me. As I lose control of the hose in -25 degree weather at 10 p.m. one night, I think about quitting. But then I feel the thrill of hearing the crackle as the water pushes and freezes under the surface and I notice that one small corner has been nurtured into the perfect skating surface. Hope. But the frustration when I wake the next morning at 5 a.m. to see the other corner — the one I worked on for several hours alone, at midnight — still looks like a pile Vice President & Regional Publisher Peter Bishop pbishop@metroland.com 613-283-3182
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of massive cotton balls. I feel anger when the kids say, “I’d love to help, mom, but the bucket of water is too heavy for me.” Wimps! The truth is the kids could help. But this is my rink, my baby, to be grown and nurtured from nothing into something unique and special. So even though I complain that I’m out there by myself, I make up excuses for people to stay out of my ice kingdom. It annoys me that I have to rely on my spouse to connect the brand new insulated hose he purchased for this year’s project. (Let’s just say I had an incident last year that he has yet to forget). In my defence, the hose has a mind of its own. I’m using a new dumping method this year, where I fill a giant garbage can and kick it over with my foot five minutes later. (It’s a highly
satisfying kick). Sometimes, the hose floats to the top when I’m not looking and then next thing I know it’s spraying full tilt at my son’s bedroom window. Other times, I go to grab it with my leather gloves, not realizing they’re already at that frozen-open state and I can’t get a grip, so I spray water in my face. And because one can never “catch” a hose in a timely fashion, I’ve frequently soaked myself from head-to-foot and then flash frozen before I even have time to say the word hose. Although it sounds crazy, rink building mostly brings me joy. Yes, it’s hard work. Yes, I have to face the elements. But -25 isn’t as cold as you think — at some point one’s hands become so numb they feel warm again. And at the end of the day, I am creating something beautiful. In
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Ausome Ottawa doing awesome work BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com
Ausome Ottawa is doing some awesome work throughout the city. The two-year-old charity is centred on enriching the lives of families living with autism through sport and recreational play, said Julia Albert, spokesperson for the organization. “Everyone knows, it’s scientifically shown, the benefits of sport,” she said, adding play helps contribute to a healthy cardiovascular system, boosts mood and builds confidence. Children on the autism spectrum have a higher incidence of obesity, Albert said, adding there are many barriers and a lack of sports programming available for those with autism. “I know what it’s like for a parent from my experience,” said the Alta Vista resident. Her son Gabriel, 11, has autism. Although he plays hockey and baseball on mainstream teams, finding programs that are understanding of the various needs of children with autism can be difficult, she said. And
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Summer Dauz, 9, loves the various programs she’s tried through Ausome Ottawa, says her mom Nicole. The nonprofit provides free sports programs throughout the city for children with autism. that’s where Ausome comes in. Executive director Liisa Vexler, of Westboro, founded the not-for-profit after finding a lack of accessible sports for children with autism. “As we explored autism services in the region, we noted a lack of affordable and accessible sports programming for children with autism and their families,” says Vexler on Ausome’s website. “While our
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sons, one of whom is on the autism spectrum, are able to play in mainstream programs, we felt compelled to build this opportunity for all children on the autism spectrum, as well as their family members.” Ausome Ottawa offers a range of sports and skill building for children ages four to 12. That can include practising fine- and gross-motor skills, like throwing and catching, and learning about body and space
Microchipping: Your Pet’s Way of Telling Who They Are and Where They Live Does your cat or dog have a microchip? Tiny and virtually painless to implant, this life-long form of identification may mean the difference between never seeing your lost pet again and having her returned safely to you. A microchip provides a permanent means of pet identification. Each grain-sized microchip has a unique ID number that can be scanned at shelters and vet clinics. Important information about you and your pet is entered into a national database and can be used to contact you if your lost pet has been found.
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awareness, such as running, jumping and balance. Other programs include soccer, water polo, gymnastics and basketball. Orléans resident Anna Whyte, an autism behaviour therapist with years of clinical intervention experience, trains all the volunteers who work with the children on how to address concerns and ensure “the kids are having fun and want to come back,” said Albert. But best of all, she said, the classes are completely free with a $25 membership. For parents of children with autism, that’s important because, “You’re on a wait list for everything for a really, really long time. Therapies are prohibitively expensive,” Albert said. “Kids need to play. This gives them a chance to come out and do what everybody else is doing.” For nine-year-old Summer Dauz and her mom Nicole, it means being able to participate in classes in a welcoming and understanding environment. Summer has autism and a rare genetic disease, said her
mom, adding she functions at the level of a two- to three-yearold and is non-verbal. “We were struggling to find programs for Summer,” said Nicole, who lives in Katimavik, adding they settled on one-onone lessons at a local gymnastics club but the experience wasn’t as positive as it could be. “Everyone would kind of be staring, the energy just wasn’t good,” Nicole said. “Even though Summer loved it, we did that for a while and then we stopped.” Then she heard about Ausome Ottawa. Nicole joined the organization’s board of directors and Summer attended her first session in January 2017. “She just loved it,” said Nicole. “She loves showing off her red (Ausome) shirt. The days when there’s a weekend activity, she puts it on right away. That anticipation is very new for her; looking on the calendar and seeing something and getting excited about it.” Ausome Ottawa partners with a number of centres and schools throughout the city to host its programs. Since Ausome launched two years ago, participation has steadily grown, highlighting the need for more recreational
programs geared toward people with autism. “As soon as a program opens up there’s a wait list within 10 minutes,” she said. “They’re growing quickly out of the demand.”
LIISA VEXLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR More space and additional volunteers would help open up program availability and allow even more children to take part in the awesome sessions. “For children who don’t speak a lot, when you hear someone laugh that’s just contagious,” said Nicole. “It doesn’t matter what language you speak – a laugh is a laugh. As a parent we don’t often get to see that expressed so freely.” For details on Ausome Ottawa, visit ausomeottawa.com.
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Our top 10 most read stories Police to replace 140 Tasers of 2017 had readers buzzing BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH
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What had our readers buzzing this year? The top read story on the Ottawa Community News website was a story about a former All Saints high school teacher, who went in front of the Ontario College of Teacher’s disciplinary committee in June. He was found guilty of professional misconduct for his text messages and communications with high school students, but wasn’t fired by the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The story, written by Jessica Cunha, was the overall most read story in 2017 on the website.
Our second most-read story was about a new Smart Centre coming to Orléans by Brier Dodge, which had reader interest through the year and continually popped up on lists of what readers were checking out on the website. A huge interest in Saunders Farm at Halloween landed a story about the new witches haunt written by editor John Curry into the third-most-read position. Here are the top 10 most read stories online in 2017 from the Ottawa Community News website: 1. Former Kanata teacher facing disciplinary committee over alleged professional misconduct with two students
2. New Smart Centre coming to Innes and Mer Bleue 3. New witches' haunt at Saunders Farm 4. Local Carp Boy Brenden MacGowan, age 13, sings his heart out 5. Builder has 2020 vision for 15 hectares in Barrhaven 6. Kanata LRT preferred route announced 7. Police seek suspects in Kanata break and enters 8. Flood warning for Petrie Island, Boise Street and Leo Lane 9. Ottawa man charged with sex assault, filming Uplands Drive children changing clothing 10. Cash strapped students looking to sugar baby websites
Ottawa police will buy 140 Tasers to replace ones that are set to expire. The Tasers will be purchased for a total of $265,290.20. According to the report, submitted to the board, the police will “gradually replace unserviceable units throughout the coming year.” It’s important for officers to have access to the devices, police Chief Charles Bordeleau said, while highlighting their use in a case in which an offender insisted officers shoot him. The man was subdued with a Taser and then transported to hospital for a mental-health assessment, Bordeleau said.
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Ottawa Police are purchasing 140 new Tasers to replace aging ones. “They save lives,” he said. In the new year, staff will look to expand the use of conductive energy weapons. Right now, patrol supervisors, tactics officers and hostage rescue teams are the only units that can use them. Currently the force has 450 Tasers. The board — which acts as
a civilian oversight to the police — would have to approve the expanded use. According to provincial law, Ontario police services are only allowed to purchase conducted energy weapons manufactured by Taser International, and only two of their models have been sanctioned for police use.
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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Recreation is the name of the game this week, Gemini. Coming off of a busy period, you are anxious to put your feet up for a few days. Book that vacation right now. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Use your intuition in regard to others’ feelings this week, Cancer. Give someone who needs it a little leeway, and your thoughtfulness will be appreciated.
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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, if you think change will do you some good, then it is time to make it happen. Embrace the excitment that comes with making changes. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Thanks to a spark of creativity, your plans may change this week, Virgo. Grab someone who is up for an unexpected adventure to join the journey. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, a financial windfall has given you some extra spending money. While you may want to splurge, the practical side of you knows some saving is in order. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, some things may be beyond your control this week, and that is okay. The measure of success will be how well you can adapt to the changes ahead.
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Foyer Gallery presents Northern Exposure – a group show by the gallery artists. Enjoy an exciting collection of original and unique art consisting of paintings, photography, fiber works, ceramics and glass works by local artists. Foyer Gallery is a non-profit artist run gallery located in the Nepean Sportsplex, Entrance 1, 1701 Woodroffe Ave. For information, call 613-580-2424, ext 42226 or visit www.foyergallery.com.
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Can a woman pilot a fighter plane ... and motherhood? Alexis Scott stars in the searing one-woman show GROUNDED, offered by Bear & Co. at The Gladstone Theatre. This is war made personal. www.thegladstone.ca, 910 Gladstone Ave., 613-2334523. Discount on eight
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CHARA, your local community association, is searching for volunteers to fill open positions on our board of directors. CHARA holds meetings on the last Tuesday of the month starting at 6:30 p.m. As well, we are looking for volunteers to work on the community rink and for supervision during the winter. Email info@carletonheights.org.
Are you a proud parent of a military member? Join other parents of serving military members for a casual support group offering you tips and tools, support, information, and refreshments. Free bimonthly meetings are held Monday nights 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more details on upcoming meetings, please contact Heather at programs@mfrc-ncr.ca or (613) 993-5151. Practise and improve your Spanish speaking skills at the intermediate and advanced levels. We are Los Amigos Toastmasters and we meet at the Civic Hospital, main building, main floor, room 3 from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. E-mail membership@losamigos.ca or visit our website www.losami-
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Westboro Legion’s Bingo and Leagues. Bingo every Wednesday night at the Westboro Legion. Doors Open at 4:30 p.m. for Café 480 and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Join us with your friends, or come and meet new friends. Funds raised are donated back to community organizations. We also
have bid euchre, darts, pool and sandbag leagues on a weekly basis. For more information visit our website at www.rcl480.com or call 613-725-2778. The MarketMobile is a mobile grocery store that brings fresh, affordable, and culturally-appropriate vegetables and fruit to the Bayshore community. Everyone is welcome to shop every Wednesday 4 to 5 p.m. Come and buy your produce at terrific prices at our truck and trailer in the parking lot of the Bayshore Public School location - 145 Woodridge Cres. For more information, call 613-820-4922 x3590 or m.vonconruhds@pqchc. com. The Ottawa Family History Centre is offering a free eight week series of genealogy classes at 1017 Prince
of Wales Dr. On from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Basic research techniques will be taught as well as learning to research online using familysearch. org and the free subscription sites that are available at the centre. Two field trips are also part of the course as well. If interested please contact Jean Brown at jeanbrown690@gmail.com.
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The Nepean-Kanata Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Kanata, 101 Kanata Ave. For details, visit nepeankanatarotary. com. Toastmasters meet every Thursday at the Bells Corners Legion, 4026 Richmond Rd. with a 6:45 p.m. meet and greet and 7 p.m. meeting. Call 613 828-3862.
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Jake Illingworth, from the Ottawa Centre Spartans, faces off against Parker Stretch of the Stittsville Rams during a game at the Minto Skating Centre on Lancaster Road. The two Peewee house teams tied with a score of zero during the Bell Capital Cup tournament on Dec. 28. Ottawa West News - Thursday, January 4, 2018 17
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