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EMC news – Smokers should butt out on restaurant patios as well as city-owned parks, beaches, buildings and markets, the city’s public health board is recommending. A decade after the city banned smoking indoors, the next phase of the bylaw expansion would make all city properties – including beaches, more than 1,000 parks and 300 city facilities, including the Byward and Parkdale market stalls – smoke-free zones. Smoking on city streets and sidewalks would still be allowed. More controversial will be the push to keep smoking out of restaurant and pub patios. But the policy got resounding support from around 20 delegates who presented at a Feb. 7 meeting that resulted in the health board endorsing the plan. “Who would have thought you’d be here to tell us we’re foot dragging and not moving fast enough … we thought we were being cutting edge,” said Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes, who chairs the board. Other municipalities have done “bits and pieces” of what Ottawa is proposing, said the city’s medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, but he added: “We believe the comprehensiveness of what’s being done here puts Ottawa back on top.” The popularity of voluntary smoke-free signs in parks is growing, and the proposed bylaw expansion reflects that public desire for more smokefree spaces, Holmes said. Ottawa public health has been consulting residents and businesses on the plan for the past year. See OTTAWA page 3

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EMC news – Near misses, problem intersections and aggressive drivers were the topic of conversation as Hintonburg residents gathered on Jan. 31 to talk about pedestrian safety on neighbourhood roadways. While there weren’t many in attendance, residents commented on various individual intersections in Hintonburg and areas around Ottawa west – including Parkdale Avenue near the Queensway westbound on-ramp. Residents brought up concerns about cars running red lights to get onto the highway, including some who have been involved in near-misses with their children. “There’s an advance green (signal light) for people coming and turning left onto the on-ramp,” said resident Vicky Smallman. “But they will run the red light, and usually

there are four or five cars that pass.” Jeff Leiper, president of the Hintonburg Community Association, echoed the concerns about the intersection. “The advance turns yellow and people are still making that turn,” he said. Kitchissippi Ward Coun. Katherine Hobbs, who didn’t attend the meeting, said the matter is for police. “When people are running red lights, the police have to sit there and monitor the activity,” Hobbs said. “On Parkdale, people start driving quite erratically and they want to get around that light. There’s some fundamental driver behaviour problems on the busy roadways.” Hintonburg residents also brought up concerns about students leaving Devonshire School and jaywalking across Somerset Street West near the bridge – a concern because drivers travelling on the

bridge might not see students walking. “It’s a danger and we asked for lights or crosswalk and we were told no,” resident Paulette Dozois said. “We need a traffic study and there’s a 20-year backup for a traffic study.” Hobbs said recent construction on the bridge has made the road narrower so children are on the road for less time, but the problem lies in educating children not to jaywalk. “If they’re jaywalking, that’s an issue,” Hobbs said. “They have to be told not to do that.” While residents also dis-

cussed various safety issues at intersections like Wellington and Fairmont, Wellington and Carruthers, and Scott at Holland – to name a few – they also talked about possible solutions to the problem as Hintonburg attracts more families. One idea that came up is painting intersections so drivers know they are in a residential area and need to slow down. “There are some places now, instead of a crosswalk and light at a busy intersection, they decorate the intersections,” said Dozois.

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EMC news - Trees and a light standard that were put in the wrong spot during Preston Street’s reconstruction will be moved to make way to Pub Italia’s patio. The pub’s owner, Joe Cotroneo, pleaded his case to the city’s transportation committee on Feb. 1. When the street was rebuilt in 2010, trees and light fixtures were put in the wrong spot, making the sidewalk between the trees and patio narrower than city standards. But that’s not his fault, Co-

troneo argued. He was backed up by the ward councillor, Diane Holmes, who said if the city made an error, it should remedy it. “We’re not going to ask the property owner to fix the city’s mistake,” she said. The transportation committee voted to do just that after a short discussion and a motion from another downtown councillor, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury. While city staff was opposed to allowing the patio and thought it could be reduced in size to allow streetsweeping equipment to get by,

Cotroneo has an agreement with the city that the pub will maintain the sidewalk around the patio that is too small for sweepers to get through. The seasonal patio is removed in the winter, so sidewalk snowplows can get through. Controneo said he was the block captain for community involvement in the Preston reconstruction project and he brought up his concerns about the sidewalk width to the contractors, but his concerns weren’t addressed. The transportation committee’s decision still needs council’s final sign-off.

Holmes and other councillors argued that Pub Italia’s patio should be “grandfathered” and allowed as a special circumstance because it has been there since 2000. “Unless there has been some evidence that this has really been a problem, I don’t think we should be asking patios not to have retroactive rights,” said Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark. The pub also partnered with the city to set up a pilot project to have a patio on a sidewalk “bulb-out” – another reason Holmes said the pub should be allowed to keep it as is.

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“It’s clear that people want this,” Holmes said. Smokers were included in the consultation, and they generally supported the recommendation, although in smaller numbers than the general population, Levy said. “We’re seeing a respect for non-smokers,” he said. The expanded bylaw will be discussed by the community and protective services committee on Feb. 15 and would need council’s final approval on Feb. 22. The health board added a component to the plan by asking the city health board to write to local MPs and MPPs advocating changes to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act to include water pipes or hookahs in the scope of smoking products the city can regulate. Fines of $305 could be handed out to people smoking in restricted areas after July 2, with a warning period from April 2 to July 2. The expanded bylaw won’t require any additional funds to enforce, according to the report. A couple of presenters at the Feb. 7 health board meet-

ing questioned whether the expanded bylaw could be effectively enforced without more money. Glebe resident Catherine Caule said she worried the smoke-free bylaw expansion would “cannibalize” resources from other bylaw programs such as noise enforcement. Ottawa public health staff told the board that education and a proactive approach would boost compliance with the new bylaw, but bylaw officers would also respond to complaints through 311. Over regulating?

At least one councillor, Kanata South’s Allan Hubley, questioned whether it was necessary to regulate smoking outdoors at private businesses. “Nobody disputes the importance of addressing secondhand smoke,” Hubley said in an interview. “But we don’t want to over-regulate these things.” Hubley, a former smoker, said he is “dead set against cigarettes.” “But I am also someone who values our rights and

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From left, the city’s medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, joins health board chairwoman Diane Holmes, community and protective services committee chairman Mark Taylor and bylaw chief Linda Anderson to announce Ottawa public health’s proposal to expand Ottawa’s non-smoking bylaw.

freedoms,” he added. If businesses know they can attract more customers and make more money by banning smoking, they will do that on their own, Hubley said. That’s the case with some of the patios in the Byward Market; the city’s entertainment district with the highest concentration of patios, with more than 40 patios within its boundaries. Jasna Jennings, executive director of the business improvement area that represents local restaurateurs and merchants, said the expanded non-smoking bylaw seems to be a non-issue for many Byward businesses. “A lot of people felt this was a natural progression,” Jennings said. While a couple of owners worried the expanded bylaw might impact their business, there was very little turnout for consultations or opposition to the proposal, Jennings said. “I was a little bit surprised with the lack of input,” she said. Another idea could be to add an extra licence fee for patios that want to have smoking, so there is a financial incentive to go non-smoking, Hubley said. Only 15 per cent of Ottawans are smokers, according to the report, so it would make more financial sense for restaurants to appeal to the 85 per cent of residents who don’t smoke by making their patios smoke-free. But that choice should probably be left up to the restaurants, Hubley said, although he is awaiting for more information on the level of consultation with businesses before he decides whether he’ll support the proposal.

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At left, Cheryl Parrott and Pat McLeod hold a meeting about pedestrian safety in Hintonburg on Jan. 31 at the Hintonburg Community Centre.

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“Maybe we could get kids to paint, or think of different intersections where they might want to think about doing that. The roads belong to everyone.” Hobbs added that the idea has been used in some cities

in the United States, and she’s brought the idea up to some community associations in Kitchissippi. “The reality is, we have to get more creative to address those problems,” Hobbs said. “Having a great big intersection painting could be a visual

clue to drivers that this is residential. We want to look at all different painting projects like that.” For more information and to submit some traffic concerns, visit the Hintonburg Community Association’s website at: www.hintonburg.com.

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EMC news – Stephanie Richardson leaned on her husband Luke’s shoulder, wiping away tears as he spoke to reporters and staff members at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre on Feb. 1. Their 14-year-old daughter, Daron, ended her life more than a year ago. But through their mourning, the Richardsons have sought to bring attention to the issue of youth mental health. Recently, they were at the Royal Ottawa to launch the Do It For Daron Power to the Purple Challenge, an awareness campaign that will raise funds for youth mental health throughout February. “Over the past 15 months, we’ve seen the conversation grow,” Luke Richardson said. “We’ve seen thousands of young people join the DIFD movement and raise awareness about youth mental health.” He spoke about why the family decided to talk publi-

cally about their daughter’s suicide, so that other families elsewhere wouldn’t have to go through the same experience. “We need to keep talking,” Richardson said. “Talk to your parents, talk to your kids, talk to your friends. I know it’s not easy to talk about, but I guarantee you that bringing it up at the dinner table or at school or while you go for a walk is much easier than standing here, talking about losing someone you love.” The Power to the Purple Challenge will engage schools, corporations and the community to raise awareness and money in support of the campaign. On Feb. 7, students were encouraged to wear purple to show their support for youth mental health. Ottawa Senators forward Colin Greening was also at the campaign’s launch, and he is championing Power to the Purple by encouraging young people to talk about mental health. “As adults, friends, and role

events involving youth.” Gross said that his daughter went to the same school as Daron when the tragedy occurred, and he found himself helping his daughter cope with the loss and answering her questions. “We learned a lot through our process,” he said. “These tragedies aren’t new, but the critical difference is through DIFD, people are willing to talk about it.” For more information on the each of the challenges over the month, visit the Do It For Daron website at www. doitfordaron.com.

models, we need to discuss mental health and that needs to filter down to the youth,” said Greening. “We can do that in schools and in the community. We have the power to end stigma and save lives.” Andy Gross, chief executive of Giant Tiger – which is sponsoring the challenge – also spoke about how Daron’s death impacted him personally. “This is something that’s touched all of us in some way,” Gross said. “Whether we’re parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, siblings or friends, we’ve all been impacted in a personal way by tragic

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EMC news - Jane Wangari Karago wants to help promote HIV/AIDS prevention and education in a way that’s creative and entertaining. And close at hand. That’s why local public health advocates held a forum called Health in Our Hands at the Ottawa Public Library’s main branch about HIV and AIDS – particularly in the African and Caribbean population. “It’s a priority population because this population comes from endemic countries,” said Wangari Karago, who is an African and Caribbean HIV prevention strategy worker for

Somerset West Community Health Centre. “And because it’s Black History Month, we’re coming together and doing an event that will address HIV prevention. We make our stuff colourful and interesting, so people can reach out to the information.” The Somerset West Community Health Centre hosted the forum along with Ottawa Public Health, AIDS Committee of Ottawa and Somerset West Community Health Centre. From condoms wrapped in eye-catching packages to entertainment and food, Wangari Karago aimed for engagement with the public. She also wanted to include

Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s Insight Theatre program in the evening. The theatre program is created by youth, and is for youth and deals with sexual reproductive health. Nadine Thornhill from Planned Parenthood said Insight Theatre wanted to get involved in Health in Our Hands because it’s an entertaining and engaging way to educate people on HIV and AIDS. “I grew up in the ’80s, and there was a lot of fear-based education around HIV/AIDS,” Thornhill said. “While it’s great to have pamphlets, it doesn’t put a human face on AIDS so it becomes a jumble of stats and it seems sort of

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detached. “Having things like theatre and using drama makes things more human and interactive. It calms people’s nerves.” Mike Cecilio, an ethnocultural resource co-ordinator for the AIDS Committee of Ottawa, added that there are ways to engage youth in a more enjoying way, like theatre. “That’s not to say previous ways weren’t working or aren’t working,” he said. “But there are ways we can engage youth in a more fun and frank kind of way.” An information booth was also set up at the event where participants could take a look at how to prevent HIV/AIDS spread, and also resources that are available to them for more information. Wangari Karago held up condoms, wrapped in a little box that had a series of inter-

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Jane Wangari Karago, African and Caribbean HIV prevention strategy worker for Somerset West Community Health Centre, helped promote HIV/AIDS prevention at the Ottawa Public Library’s main branch on Feb. 2. national flags on the cover. “Inside you’ll find instructions of how to use a condom, and information on where

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EMC news – The largest construction project in Ottawa’s history will get underway in 2013 and the city hopes to boost the economy by getting local businesses involved in constructing the light-rail transit system. While Ottawa-based companies providing everything from construction to legal services could benefit from the $2.1 billion project, it’s hard for those small businesses to get face time with the international consortia that are bidding to build the light-rail line. With those limitations in mind, a trade show is set to take place at the CE Centre near the Ottawa International Airport on Feb. 9. A consortium of companies will be chosen before the end of the year, with construction on the light rail from Tunney’s Pasture to Blair Station to start in 2013. LRT is scheduled to be up and running by mid-2018. “There is a long list of products and services that will be needed,” said Coun. Steve Desroches. The GloucesterSouth Nepean councillor came up with the idea for the trade

show, which was approved by city council last year. “It’s going to be a huge shot in the arm and we need do give local businesses the opportunity, too,” he said. The problem is that smaller businesses simply don’t have access to the huge international conglomerates that will take the lead on the LRT project. That’s what Desroches realized after a local business owner called him asking how to get involved in the LRT construction. So, the councillor’s solution was to give local businesses a chance to show what they can offer to the three consortia that have been shortlisted as contenders to lead the project. It’s a unique approach, said Erin Kelly, executive director of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, which is planning the trade show in partnership with the city. “The challenge is getting exposure,” she said. “How do you let those businesses know you exist?” About 50 businesses had signed up for booths at the trade show and 150 tickets had been sold for the breakfast at press time. Representatives from all

three consortia, Ottawa Transit Partners (led by Vinci Concessions), Rideau Transit Group (led by ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc.) and Rideau Transit Partners (led by Bouygues Travaux Publics S.A.) will attend the trade show. Ultimately, it’s up to those consortia to decide if they want to work with any of the local companies, and it’s up to Ottawa businesses to make their best pitch, Desroches said. “The city’s role is to facilitate that business-to-business interaction,” he said. “The city can play the role of matchmaker.” The opportunity to keep that money in the local economy is especially important as the federal government plans to cut back the size of the public service, the city’s largest employer. “We are all bracing for the federal budget and the impact on the Ottawa economy,” Desroches said. Kelly said there has been no analysis of the economic ripple effect from the LRT project, but she estimated that “thousands” of jobs (both temporary and permanent) would be created.

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Collective action needed for good of our game

t’s no accident hockey is our national sport. Over the past century the game has become ingrained in our collective psyche — well before the introduction of television brought National Hockey League matches into the living rooms of the nations. Canadian weather has a lot to do with our enthusiasm for the sport. Cold winter fields covered by a sheet of snow and ice aren’t exactly ideal for rugby,

football, soccer and other sports popular in warmer climates. Enter the outdoor ice rink. The City of Ottawa, for instance, has 247 of them to meet the clamouring demand from school children looking to play a game of shinny and parents who want to enjoy some time skating with their tots. Every winter you see the hordes of children gathered at the outdoor rinks or suited up in pads, jersies and helmets,

playing organized games in arenas. And every year parents dig deep in their wallets to pay the ever-increasing cost to outfit their kids and pay registration fees to play organized hockey. Canadians have a hunger for hockey, but municipalities are finding it increasingly more difficult to meet that need. Every year, hundreds of hockey teams in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley jockey for limited ice time in the region’s

arenas. And every year the demand only increases. But the cost of building new arenas to provide ice time can be prohibitive and municipalities have a big wish list for infrastructure improvements — the hundreds of millions needed to replace Ottawa’s antiquated water pipes spring to mind — which means, we must come up with creative solutions to meet this burgeoning demand. One idea is to find more ef-

fective ways to schedule ice time. Cities should provide more scheduling options for teams such as the Capital City Condors, a team that caters to children with developmental disabilities, who because of their medical needs require more flexible ice times. Another idea worth exploring is encouraging more so-called “P3 partnerships,” partnering with businesses to share the costs of building new arenas.

We’ve already seen creative solutions from individuals and associations within the community. Think of the hundreds of volunteers who donate their time to maintain the region’s outdoor ice rinks — at no cost to the city. These are people who saw a need, and stepped up to volunteer their time. Hockey. It’s our game. It’s our collective responsibility to keep it that way.

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Where did all that open space go? CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

anadians really like open space, as someone recently wrote. Actually that was I, writing about the problems with intensification. We’re used to having lots of it, because that’s the kind of country this is, with lakes and prairies and uninhabited forests, and we don’t like it when someone crowds us, whether in the supermarket, on the beach or on the Queensway. There’s another thing about open space, though. With the notable exception of LeBreton Flats, we seem to have a compulsion to fill it. Give us a nice open space and we’ll begin working on cluttering it up. Anyone who has worked in an office knows this. Back in the day – maybe the ’70s – the open office concept was a fad. Many beautiful open offices were created, in government departments and private business. And almost from the moment people moved in, they began nullifying that space. Plants and bookcases appeared, then higher desks, then partitions, then full offices. Eventually the modern office became the rabbit warren we see now. The same thing happened to shopping centres. Some had a nice airiness to them at one point, skylights and wide aisles. Not any more. Kiosks of all sorts block the view. Tables and benches, while welcomed by many weary shoppers, clog the aisles. And don’t even think about open space in the supermarket. While you’re thinking about it, you’ll be knocking over a big mound of merchandise that wasn’t there a minute ago. Another dramatic example is what we still think of as the new Ottawa airport. Actually, the

new airport before that was another dramatic example. If you remember that one, there was at first a nice clear view across the main lobby to a huge window, outside of which were the airplanes. Nice – just the way an airport should look, with the sky and the planes on display. Then some kiosks arrived, then a bar. All of a sudden the window disappeared and all of that space. You could have been at the mall, for all that it resembled an airport. It must be human nature. Nature abhors a vacuum, someone once said. An old Latin proverb, apparently. But commerce abhors a vacuum too. If you visit the new airport at the arrivals level, you see that advertising signs on stands are all over the place. TV screens glare at you from every direction. There are signs on top of the luggage carousels. There are machines of various types, ATMs, terminals for looking at pictures of hotels. There are kiosks, a chair that gives you a massage. Aside from the chair that gives you a massage there actually aren’t that many places to sit, but may be the price we pay for the open space that remains. There is a bench near the escalator, but it turns out to be a statue of a bench. Cartier, after whom the airport is halfnamed, is standing behind it. Sir John A., after whom the other half is named, is sitting on it, all bronze-like. There must be many a weary traveller who wishes Sir John A. would stand the hell up so someone could take his seat. It’s actually quite a spectacular area. The escalator coming down in full view is a nice touch, so that the people arriving get a good chance, as they descend, to wave at the people meeting them. Also, the fountain, a curtain of water falling over the word “OTTAWA” is soothing to look at. So all is not lost yet. We just have to resist the temptation to cover every inch of floor space with something that might amuse someone, or convince him to buy something. We have to come to terms with our conflicting attitudes toward open space: we want it, and when we get it we want to fill it up. The thing with open space is, you can’t get it back.

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Rising cost of food adds up If you feel like you have less money in your pocket than you did a year ago, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not your imagination. The cost of staple foods increased four per cent last year. Meat went up six per cent; vegetables increased 13 per cent, and bread 11 per cent. It may seem like pennies a week. But considering the slow growth of salaries, and the simultaneous inflation of household costs, along with incremental increases on itemized Telecom bills, it adds up to thousands a year for the very basics. And while some economists predict an easing of food inflation in 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thankfully â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Canadians have been subject to steady increases on staple items for the past five years. How does one survive? For starters, there are ways to be more strategic about gro-

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cery shopping. Ditch brand name supermarkets with all their fancy displays and â&#x20AC;&#x153;free shopping carts.â&#x20AC;? Moneysense Magazine did an experiment last year demonstrating that consumers can save over 30 per cent on their weekly grocery bills just by shopping at a discount grocery store. Sure you have to rent a cart, stand in line for ages and bag your own (understandably quite stressful) but these minor irritations may just help you counterbalance the impact of food inflation. The good news is discount grocery stores are no longer what they used to be. In 2010

Letters to the editor Piracy and copyright misrepresented To the editor: Charles Gordon has a real concern shared by many of us: online piracy and copyright infringement, its impact on artists and, by extension, on us and our society. However, in his column â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything for nothing on the web?â&#x20AC;? (Feb. 2), Mr. Gordon unfortunately misrepresents many of those involved with this issue. He particularly misrepresents the intent of those who have relevant, real concerns about two current US bills on piracy and infringement (SOPA and PIPA), painting them as either condoning piracy and/or opposing regulation of piracy. This is the opposite of the truth. Although they have real concerns with those two particular bills, they are still in favour of preventing piracy and copyright infringement. What are their concerns? In brief, they are convinced that these bills, in their current form, could make inno-

cent bystanders legally liable for online piracy undertaken without their knowledge by someone else. As well, these billsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; provisions would cripple large numbers of legitimate businesses and existing government initiatives aimed at helping others, and create fear and chaos in legitimate internet interests. (See http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-andsopa-violate-white-houseprinciples-supporting-freespeech) This is patently unfair and signals that the authors of the bills did not write sufficientlyprecise, cogent legislation that targets just piracy and infringement, while still protecting legitimate activity. Mr. Gordon, before publishing his column, should have taken the time to do his research so that he could have written about his (and our) concern in a manner that does justice to it, and particularly without misrepresenting those who are just as concerned about addressing it properly and fairly. Gary Kellam Ottawa

Sobeys Inc. decided to replace many of its urban Price Chopper stores with FreshCo., along with a promise in its corporate sustainability report to offer quality produce and fresh foods comparable with its other chains. This means a guarantee from the corporation that apples and oranges are the same quality at FreschCo, as they are at IGA or other Sobeysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; brands, often at a fraction of the price. Better planning is key to managing the grocery bill. Even if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know specifically what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having for dinner each night of the

week, having an idea of five meals can help you buy exactly what you need, no more. One of the biggest mistakes shoppers make is heading out to the grocery store without a list in hand. Along the same lines, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy more than you need. Scan the flyers for items, shop around and buy bulk for foods you eat frequently, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go overboard. I know, for example, each member of my family eats a portion of yoghourt each day, and we tend to eat some sort of pasta three times each week. When these items go on sale, I stock up, but never for more than a month at a time. (And always check the sell-by dates). It can be worthwhile to

buy other things in bulk, too, but always keep the storage life in the back of your mind. And be organized. If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good deal on roast beef or chicken breast, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll buy the family economy packs, and sort them into meal sized portions for the freezer when I return home. Meat lasts only a couple of months in a fridgefreezer and up to six months in a deep freezer. Know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in your ice box and be sure to work those foods into your meal plan, so they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to waste. Finally, prepare as much food as you can from scratch. I often chop carrot and celery sticks for school lunches at the beginning of the week. It means these items donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

get lost in the bottom of the fridge and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re convenient to take out for the lunch box in the morning. And while itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult with the timepressures of modern society, a batch of soup is relatively easy to make, costs less than a dollar per portion, and can provide meals for an entire week. We eat a lot of oatmeal, dried lentils, and rice. Packed with nutrition, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing how long these things can last. Although economists predict food inflation will level off this year, families will be suffering the impact of the last few years for a while. Even one change can save you hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars a year on your food bill.

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EMC news - Const. Amy Haggerty believes no parent would ever give their teenager keys to the car without teaching them to drive – and the same principle applies to giving them cellphones and computers. “Teenagers live and breathe their cellphones. And if you take it away, you’re committing social suicide,” said Haggerty. “But parents need to know what their kids are doing with them, and kids need to know what their responsibilities are.” That’s why Haggerty is taking part in a talk on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Adult High School on Rochester Street that will inform kids, and their parents, about how to be smart when using technology. Topics like sexting and cyber bullying will be discussed at the event. Sexting, Haggerty said, is sending naked or semi-naked photos of yourself to somebody else – something that predominantly teenage girls

are taking part in. But sexting can also lead to serious consequences, including child pornography charges for both teens and potentially their parents. “(Teens) don’t realize it could be illegal, so that’s one of the things we’re trying to get across,” said Haggerty. “And if they’re using an electronic device that their parents might use, they might be in possession of child pornography.” She added that there are other consequences to young people sexting that might not be legal, but could stay with you for years. “The fact is that picture, once you send it, you will never be able to get it back,” Haggerty said. “You lost complete and utter control over it, and you don’t know if it will resurface.” She said some of the kids engaging in this activity are bright, with promising futures, but if that photo resurfaces their doors could close. Cyber bullying is also a problem that teenagers in pre-

vious years never had to deal with, Haggerty said. “When I was in school, there were bullies then, and it ended at the end of the school day,” she said. “But now with cyber bullying, you can’t turn it off. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” While there are no laws in the criminal code that apply to bullying, Haggerty said there are laws about harassment, assault and threats. She said her role as a school resource officer is about intervening in bullying before it hits the criminal level. Haggerty also said she hopes to have presentations designed by the end of February or early March for just students. Those presentations would focus on the long term consequences of issues like sexting. “My goal in working on this project is getting students to just think about it,” she said. “If they think about it and address it in their mind, they’re better able to deal with it face-to-face.” Haggerty said that through this presentation and future

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Const. Amy Haggerty of Ottawa Police Service wants youth, and their parents, to be more educated when it comes to using technology. ones, she also wants to help empower young girls and show parents that they have to play a more proactive role in their children’s online lives. “We’re trying to get parents to understand that they have a huge role in this,” Hag-

gerty said. “If your kids are on Facebook, you need to be on Facebook with them, and monitor their cellphones.” She added that the upcoming presentation is geared toward all parents. “Just because you have a

really great kid who does well in everything, don’t think this presentation isn’t for you,” Haggerty said. The presentation will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Adult High School on Rochester Street.

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EMC news - Community activists have successfully lobbied city council to put a traffic signal at Bronson Avenue and Arlington Avenue. The major arterial road is set to be reconstructed this summer, and residents, including the Rescue Bronson Avenue group, have been vocal that they want the upgrades to help make Bronson a more pedestrian-friendly street.

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the Bronson Avenue reconstruction project “expressed a strong and unanimous desire” for a traffic signal at the Arlington intersection, according to the city report. “As more residents are attracted to Centretown, Bronson Avenue needs to become a pedestrian connection for the neighbourhood,” the report states. Arlington is a well-used route for walkers and cyclists travelling east/west between Booth and Bank streets. Arlington is already a two-way signed cycling route between Lyon and Percy streets. The street is also a good connection for Glashan Public School students to reach restaurants on the other side of Bronson, according to the report. The traffic signal and related improvements to southbound traffic signals in the area will cost $160,000. That cost can be covered by the money set aside for the Bronson Avenue rehabilitation. The annual operating cost for the traffic signal is estimated at $9,850.

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Celebrating Canada’s Game

ockey. It’s our game. Every winter, children across the city gather at frozen ponds to play a little pick-up shinny or at outdoor rinks for organized games.

Parents are regular visitors at the rinks – you can usually spot them huddled on the benches early in the morning, clutching a steaming cup of coffee and cheering on their son and daughter

until their voices go hoarse. Then there are the unsung heroes, the people in our community who every week trudge out into the unforgiving cold and maintain our outdoor

skating rinks so kids and adults can enjoy a skate or a game of pick-up hockey. From Feb. 10 to 12, communities across the capital region will celebrate Canada’s

national sport. This week, the Ottawa West EMC takes a closer look at the players, the coaches, the parents and the people who volunteer their time so we can enjoy our favourite winter sport.

‘To him, everything’s hockey’ Capital City Condors fosters boy’s love of hockey Kristy Wallace

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EMC sports – Even when Connor Woodward stretches out on the couch to watch some cartoons at home, he has a mini hockey stick tucked under his arm. Everything is hockey for Connor – he has a detailed list of past and current games that he updates with final results. Before he goes to bed, he asks his dad what the score of the game is that night on television. Dave, his father, said his 11 year-old son can even correctly predict who will win the Stanley Cup. “He’s been right three years in a row,” said Dave, adding that his son knows who will win as early as October. Connor also plays defence for the Capital City Condors – a hockey team that caters to young people ages six to 21 who have intellectual and physical disabilities. It’s his team, his tournament, and his game. “The key thing for me is, they belong to a team,” said Dave. “It’s given him something that’s his, and it’s made a big difference.” Dave and Connor’s mom, Anny, said they knew they had to get Connor enrolled in hockey when he started skating lessons. His parents remember how he always needed a hockey stick while skating. The youngest of three children, Connor started playing regular entry-level hockey when he was about five years old, following his brother Bryce and sister Isabelle as they participated in hockey and other sports. “We eventually had to change from regular hockey to the Condors because of Connor. But he was always going to play hockey,” said Anny.

Dave added that Connor was able to play with Kanata Minor Hockey for an additional year, but he got bigger than the other kids as he got older and could no longer play. Dave and Anny hadn’t heard of the Capital City Condors, and they said it was a rough year for Connor who didn’t have any other options. “(My other children) were both in competitive hockey, and (Connor) had to leave hockey,” said Dave. “We were still going to the rink all the time, and he was asking where’s my hockey?” Dave and Anny said they tried to get Connor involved in other sports that year, like special needs snowboarding – but for Connor, it wasn’t hockey. Anny said when the family found out about the Capital City Condors through friends, they enrolled their son as soon as they could. When Connor is asked what his favourite NHL teams are, he takes a piece of paper and carefully writes the first letter of the teams’ names – S, B, and P, which stands for the Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins. Someday, he said he would like to be a coach, referee and player for all three teams. But for now, he enjoys his role on the Capital City Condors. Anny and Dave added that it’s easy to get their son out the door and ready for hockey since he’s so excited to play. “You really have to prepare to get him ready (for other things), but when you say it’s time for hockey, then boom – he’s out the door,” Dave said. “Hockey’s pretty much the only thing he drops everything for. He’s our biggest hockey fan, and he always has a hockey stick in hand. To him, everything’s hockey.”

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Capital Condor player Connor Woodward, 11, gets laced up by his dad, Dave, to play some hockey on an outdoor rink at a neighbour’s yard.

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EMC sports – It’s a strange conundrum. Across the city, minor hockey teams are scrambling to find ice time, at the same time as arenas lay darkened for hours at a time. It’s partly because ice sports have just become so popular, but it’s also a consequence of an antiquated system the city used to sell blocks of rink time – particularly at the last minute. While teams jockey for prime – or any – ice time, city-owned rinks are dark for 5,835 of the best hours each year. But that is set to change

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this year. The city recently overhauled the process of booking rink time, putting it online for the first time. The previous method was outdated and cumbersome, according to deputy city manager Steve Kanellakos. Residents had to call during limited business hours to ask about arena availability, but there was often a lengthy turnaround time before the resident could hear back about their request. Forms had to be faxed, signed and returned and the payment had to be made before they could access the ice. If someone wants to book last-minute ice time, they

• UNSUNG HEROES: The volunteers at Clarence Maheral Park make sure everything runs smoothly at Glen Carin’s outdoor arena.

have to call each arena to check the availability, then wait a couple of days before getting an answer. Now, they can just do the whole thing online, at any time of the day or night. “This just removes that one barrier that was always there from the city side of it,” said Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney. Tierney oversaw the project as chairman of the city’s information technology subcommittee, but he has a personal stake in it. “I’m being a little selfish because I’ve gone through this for seven years,” said Tierney, who coaches his son

• FIRST STRIDES: A group of tots and their parents lace up their skates and take to the ice for the first time at the Bell Sensplex.

Liam’s team. “It takes a huge part of the legwork out,” Tierney said. “You don’t have to wait 24 to 48 hours to find out if that ice is available. You don’t have to contact the other coach and see if it’s good for them. You don’t have to jump through all these hoops.” That’s already making a big difference… for coaches who know about the service. “We haven’t marketed it heavily right now because it’s a new product,” Tierney said. “It’s something that’s very new to people … I can only see it getting better after we market it some more.” See ONLINE on page 13

• SPREADING HIS WINGS: Meet a member of the Capital City Condors, a team for children with physical and developmental disabilities.

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EMC sports - Every night, Steven Shamess returns home from his job at Mitel and starts work at his other career. The pay isn’t great – just enough money to buy gas to power his snowblower – and the work is spread out sporadically over the course of an entire night, usually ending after 10 p.m. The Glen Cairn man has volunteered his time to maintain the outdoor rink at Dogbone Park for the past four years. The work isn’t exactly exciting – scraping ice and shoveling snow in freezing temperatures from December until March – but it has its rewards, said Shamess. “What I look at is, are people using the ice?” said the community volunteer. “That makes me feel good about it – it’s not fun work. It’s not exciting work. It’s just a feeling you’re giving back to youth.” Shamess started volunteering his time maintaining the rink in 2008, after he read a story in the Kourier-Standard about an older man who had developed cancer and could not continue his work keeping Dogbone’s rink running. Shamess felt obligated to help out. His children grew up skating on the rink at Dogbone Park, located next to John Young Public School. “They used the park for a good 10 years,” he said. “It was time to give back to the community to let other kids enjoy the park, just like mine did.” Every day, Shamess returns home from his job and pulls out the hockey nets stored in a nearby maintenance shed. Sometimes there’s a few kids already on the ice waiting for the nets to come out so they can start their game. “You can’t (clear the ice) during the weekends because the kids are out all day on it,” said Shamess. On days following a heavy

snowfall, Shamess is a familiar figure in his neighbourhood, slowly pushing his 8.5horsepower Sears Craftsman snowblower up the street to the park. He usually waits about four hours – time enough for the neighbourhood children to enjoy a few games of pickup hockey – and then returns to the rink to flood the ice. “I am the Zamboni,” said Shamess. “You have to think what the Zamboni does – scrape the ice, take the shaving away and smooth the ice.” The tools of the trade? Ice scrapers – semi-curved shovels that are 60 centimetres wide – a shovel, a whisk broom, a snowblower, and a fire hose. BANG FOR THE BUCK

Shamess is one of the 3,000 to 5,000 volunteers who keep the ice clear and useable at the 247 outdoor rinks throughout the City of Ottawa. It’s a great deal for the city, said Luc Simard, a portfolio manager with the city’s department of parks and recreation. The city provides $1,000 a season to each volunteer to maintain small rinks and $4,700 for larger rinks with a puddle – a smaller ice pad used by parents with small children. Volunteers sign an agreement to provide 30 hours of supervision for larger rinks with attached smaller ice pads. “It doesn’t amount to much, dollars per hour,” said Simard. Most volunteers use the money to maintain their snowblower and pay for gas. “It’s a very important program,” said Simard. “The city’s getting a good bang for their buck.” The city’s public works department installs boards, light poles and lights at the rinks and ensures field houses – places for people to put on their skates, are heated prop-

erly and have working water. At some rinks, volunteers offer skating lessons and other winter programs. In January, Brewer Park, located near Carleton University, featured a provincial skating championship on their speed skating oval. “It becomes a hub for the community in the wintertime,” said Simard. “The volunteers are the heart and soul of the program.” Ottawa has more outdoor ice rinks when compared to other large Canadian cities, with Winnipeg placing a distant second, said Simard. Of the City of Ottawa’s 247 outdoor rinks, 164 are managed by community associations and groups, and 56 are maintained by individuals, such as Shamess. The other 27 rinks are located in rural areas without access to city water and are maintained by the municipality. POND LADY

A few kilometres north of Dogbone and Clarence Maheral, in the heart of Katimavik, sits Young’s Pond, a “natural gem” that has served skaters for decades. Pam Hornby, who took over as supervisor of a group of volunteers who maintain the Katimavik outdoor rink in 2010, has become a figure of icy authority in the community. “A few years back some of the younger kids would say, ‘Here comes the Pond Lady. I guess we got to get the shovels and get going,’” said Hornby with a laugh. For decades, the rink was maintained by the Beck family, whose home faces Young’s Pond. Every winter, the Becks and their neighbours maintained the rink, providing their own hoses to flood the ice surface. In 2008, that job was taken over by Rod MacLean, now president of the KatimavikHazeldean Community Asso-

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Rob Nino clears ice and snow from the outdoor ice pad at Clarence Maheral Park in January. Every week, Nino and Dave O’Connell can be seen out late at night scraping, shoveling and flooding the two outdoor rinks in Glen Cairn. ciation, which maintains the outdoor rinks at Young’s Pond Park and the one behind Katimavik Elementary School. Every winter, MacLean published flyers asking for people’s help to shovel clear the rink, delivering them to 450 homes in the area. MacLean said he could usually count on the assistance of a group of 10 volunteers every winter, including one gentleman with a snow blower. “Sometimes everybody is enthusiastic and after a while the season winds down and the enthusiasm wanes, but normally you can count on a good bunch in the neighbourhood.” Hornby was one of those dedicated volunteers, which is why MacLean asked her to

take over the job as co-ordinator when he assumed the post of president of the community association. “My kids …learned to skate on that pond,” said Hornby. “To have that outdoor natural gem was the opportunity to get the kids out there to enjoy the outdoors and learn how to skate.” The Katimavik woman started shoveling the pond in 2004; one year, she bought a bucket shovel to make the job less labour-intensive. “I thought that would be easier on my back, especially moving large amounts of snow,” she said. Hornby co-ordinates a group of 15 volunteers who help keep the ice ready for use at Young’s Pond – not includ-

ing the teenagers who occasionally pitch in. “Together, we’re making this pond a really fun place in the winter time,” said Hornby. “I truly believe this pond is a community effort.” Anyone interested in volunteering their time to help maintain their local outdoor rink should contact their community association or by calling 613-580-2590. The city is organizing a special day on Feb. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. called Hockey Day in Ottawa, at outdoor rinks throughout the city to honour some of the sport’s unsung heroes who maintain the rinks. “It’s to put the operators in the spotlight,” said Simard. “We really want to focus on thanking the operators.”

Online bookings show need for ice time From ACCESS page 12

In the first month of the online booking service (Dec. 20, 2011 to Jan. 20, 2012), 177 last-minute ice bookings were done through ottawa.ca, despite the “slow” holiday period, Tierney said. That’s $29,000 in extra revenue in that first month alone. “That’s for a very quiet period, and people are still getting used to this being there,” Tierney said. A year ago, city council-

lors were told that making the process easier and more accessible could generate another $153,000 for the city each year. “People are desperate to get ice,” Tierney said. Making it easier to book ice time won’t alleviate all the strains of finding an available rink. There are simply too many groups vying for time at the precious few rinks the city owns.

In Tierney’s view, those 34 indoor ice services aren’t equitably distributed across the city, with a deficiency in the east end. Geographic considerations aren’t the only barrier, says Jim Perkins, co-founder of the Capital City Condors, a hockey team for youth with special needs. When he started up the team in 2008, he rented ice in Beckwith Township, west of the city, to keep costs down.

More recently, the Condors had been renting a chunk of time at Jack Charron Arena in Glen Cairn from the Kanata Minor Hockey Association, but after registrations were sent out, the team was told that arrangement was no longer allowed. Staff from Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley’s office and Mayor Jim Watson’s office stepped in and saved the season, but that close call left Perkins searching for another answer.

Part of the problem is that many Condors players have a strict medication schedule, so the timing of practices is even more constrained than other teams. The obvious solution in Perkins mind was to build his own arena – one made especially to be accessible to people with disabilities. “It started out as kind of laughable thing,” Perkins said. But now the idea has some momentum. There is a need

for access rinks (sledge hockey players need clear boards) and fitness areas. “That’s our dream right now,” Perkins said. Perkins dream may not be that far off. He has been in touch with “the right people” and a business plan is in the works. Within five years, he thinks the rink could be a reality. To get in touch with the Condors, visit www.capitalcitycondors.org.

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MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories twelve-inch ruler, and was rounded at the top, and the sound came out of the middle of it which was covered in brown material. Father poured his tea in his saucer, blew on it, and slurped it up, a habit which annoyed Mother no end! Nothing more was said about the little radio that sat on Joyce’s dresser upstairs in her all-pink bedroom. I tried to put it out of my mind. And life went on. Farm chores were confined to the barns. Cleaning out the cow byre and stable twice a day, feeding the pigs, sweeping out the chicken coup, and generally putting in the days moving not far out of the barnyard filled the days. The little building closer to the house was simply called the drive shed. This is where the old Model T sat up on four big blocks of wood for the winter. Father’s work bench stretched across the entire front of the shed, with all his tools neatly hung on spikes above. An antique stove, so small, it looked like a toy, was kept chucked full of small pieces of wood, and took the

chill off the interior, but never really brought the temperature up high enough to suit anyone but Father. So we children, and certainly not Mother, never went near the drive shed in the winter. This was Father’s hideaway. It was his shed. And when his chores were done, he would escape into this little building. I remember it was the end of the week. The snow was deep, and it was bitterly cold on our walk home from the Northcote School. Supper was always early in the wintertime. No need to call Father. He knew when it would be on the table. That night he came in, stamping his feet on the braided rug at the door, and carrying what looked like a wood box under his arm. Without taking off his boots, he walked right over to the kitchen table and put the box in front of the place I sat to eat. It looked very much like Joyce’s little radio. It was a radio! I was close to tears. “You won’t be able to hear voices, but you can pretend. You’re good at that,” Father said with a twinkle.

To this day, I can see that little make-believe radio. It was a square of small boards which Father had varnished. The hole in the middle was covered tautly with a brown piece of cloth retrieved from the rag bag. This was where the sound would come out if it was a real radio. The knobs were three empty spools from Mother’s sewing box. All through supper, I twisted the spools, and rubbed my hands over the smooth varnished wood. My brothers knew better than to remind me I would never hear a sound from it. As soon as Audrey and I had redded up the kitchen, I moved into the parlour... cold as always...and sat on the horsehair settee, and played with the radio. I was positive I could hear scratches coming over the airwaves ....wasn’t that Major Bowes and the Amateur Hour? And music... I could hear music..I was sure of it. I turned the spools on their long spikes, and closed my eyes, and believed with all my heart. It would have taken many hours and patience for Father to make the little make-believe radio. I was too young to fully realize the time and love he put into it in the drive shed. All I knew at the time was that by using my imagination, I could connect with cities far away and hear music and voices just like my little friend Joyce did in her pink bedroom.

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EMC Lifestyle – If you’d like to make a special dinner for Valentine’s Day, serve this basil-flavoured chicken and seafood dish. Known as the sweet herb, basil is all too often combined with other stronger-tasting herbs. Using basil on its own, however, lets its natural sweet flavour come through. This dish is a colourful mixture of chicken, shrimp, mushrooms, onion and red pepper served in a basil-flavoured white sauce. It’s excellent spooned over pasta such as linguine. It takes about half an hour to prepare this meal. If you start cooking the pasta before starting the sauce, everything should be cooked at the same time. You’ll need one large frying pan and one smaller one. Each ingredient is cooked separately in the large pan, then transferred to the second pan and kept warm. When you’re shopping for this recipe, look for the small frozen shrimp that are already cooked and peeled. They are nicer in this dish than the large shrimp. Look for fresh shredded Parmesan cheese in the deli section of the supermarket. I like it because it’s more convenient and moister than grating a large chunk of Parmesan cheese.

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• 2 tbsp. olive oil or vegetable oil • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, sliced in strips • 225 gm package of white button mushrooms, sliced (about 12) • 1/2 medium onion, sliced in thin strips • 1/2 sweet red bell pepper, cut into thin strips • 1 1/2 cups milk • 1 envelope chicken bouillon powder • 2 tbsp. cornstarch • 1 cup frozen small, cooked, peeled shrimp, thawed under cold water • 1 tsp. dried basil • 1/4 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese Once you have the chicken and vegetables sliced, start cooking the pasta. You won’t need a lot because the recipe for the sauce makes two large servings. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the chicken

strips, and brown them on each side. When there is no pink left in the chicken, transfer it to a smaller frying pan set on very low heat. Add the sliced mushrooms to the large pan, and cook them until lightly browned. Transfer them to the same pan as the chicken. Add the sliced onion and sweet red pepper to the large pan, and cook until crisptender. Transfer them to the same pan as the chicken. In a measuring cup, stir the milk, chicken bouillon powder, cornstarch and basil together until the cornstarch is dissolved. Pour this into the large frying pan, and cook, stirring continuously, on medium heat, until slightly thickened. Spoon the cooked chicken and vegetables into the sauce. Add the shrimp, and cook for two to three minutes until the shrimp are heated through. This serves two, but it can also serve four if you cook a larger amount of pasta.

EMC News – The Rideau Canal Skateway now has green bins available for people to dispose of their organic waste. The bins will be located near the snack shacks and rest areas along the entire 8.8-kilometre skateway. Skaters can put food scraps, wooden popsicle sticks, napkins and paper

cups into the green bins to reduce the amount of trash that goes to the landfill. The initiative is a partnership between the City of Ottawa, which runs the green bin program, and the National Capital Commission, which operates the Rideau Canal Skateway. “This initiative reflects the appreciation our community has for its natural environment and how it values our

waste diversion efforts,” Mayor Jim Watson said in a statement. It’s the next step in creating partnerships to expand greenbin use, said River Coun. Maria McRae, who heads the city’s environment committee. The city has worked with schools, shelters and it’s own recreational facilities to ensure green bins are available throughout the city – not just in homes.

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Remembering Jean Pigott By Jim Watson On January 10th Ottawa lost one of its great champions. Jean Pigott was many things to many people: A loving wife, sister, mother and grandmother; a pioneer; and to many, an icon.

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Red roses are still the preferred choice this Valentine’s Day – and their delivery keeps flower deliverers busy from sun up to sun down on Feb. 14.

Jean was an incredible leader in both the public and private sectors, and someone who could always be counted on to put the interests of her community and country first. She was tremendously driven and hardworking but she was also an eternal optimist. She encouraged people to dream big and work hard to see those dreams come true.

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Her passion and determination to create Confederation Boulevard and a new convention centre are just two of her many legacies that will live on in Ottawa. Jean was a pioneer for women in our society, having served as the first female chair of the Ottawa Congress Centre, The National Capital Commission, and on the boards of Ontario Hydro and Canadian Tire. She was also the first female member of The Rideau Club.

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EMC lifestyle - Martine Beausoleil will never forget the Valentine’s Day where she worked almost two days straight. “I was younger, with no

kids. So I started on the 13th in the morning and went home the 14th at night,” she said, wearing an apron and taking a seat in a Westboro flower shop a week before Valentine’s Day. That was years ago, she said, and now Beausoleil tries

to prepare ahead so packages are ready to be delivered to people across the city on Feb. 14. As someone who delivers flowers and prepares them every Valentine’s Day for a Westboro flower shop, Beausoleil has mixed feelings about

As a local Member of Parliament and Chair of the N.C.C., she understood the important role Ottawa plays in Canada, famously saying that Ottawa should be every Canadian’s second home – words that have stuck with me throughout my career. For me, above all, she was a friend. I first met Jean when she came striding into the Speaker’s Office, where I once worked, enthusing about an idea for a red-brick road on the route that would go on to become Confederation Boulevard. It was a wild idea, something the Wizard of Oz alone would green-light, but her spirit was so infectious that it was hard not to believe in it even if only for just a second.

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The Boulevard went on to be built, albeit not out of red brick, and Jean became one of the great friends and mentors of my life. Jean knew me as Jim but I always knew I was in for it when she had something on her mind and she would invite me over for tea and cookies and begin the conversation by calling me James. It was Jean at her endearing best: hospitable, caring, strong, and determined. I extend my deepest condolences to Jean’s family who can take solace in knowing that Jean was a great citizen of Ottawa who inspired many and will be missed by many more.

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the day of love – she still feels a warm and loving feeling, but the day also brings emotions of stress. Her day typically starts at around 6 a.m. on Valentine’s Day. One after another, she assembles the packages of flowers, cards and food envelopes. She then moves them onto the truck, one after another. Part of her job also includes writing her customers’ notes if they choose not to write it themselves. While the messages are confidential, she said she does see a lot of proposals. She even keeps up with orders that come in electronically – requests coming from all over the world to be delivered to, and from, Ottawa. “We can manage about five orders every 15 or 20 minutes,” she said. “Then there’s about 15 delivery guys on the road at 7 a.m., and it goes until about eight or nine at night. And it can be stressful with traffic during the day.” Most of the packages are delivered to customers’ offices – a move that Beausoleil personally wouldn’t want. “I do get flowers,” she said with a smile. “But I prefer not.” Beausoleil’s advice for customers for either this year or next year is to plan ahead. “A lot of people are last minute,” she said. “But if they would order ahead, could get organized even more.” Her husband, who delivers between 600 to 800 orders on Valentine’s Day, also works a long day. “We’re so tired and because we’re both in the same industry, we’re pooped,” Beausoleil said. “There’s no Valentine’s Day on Valentine’s Day for us. Usually we have ours after.” Following a long day at work, Beausoleil kicks back, relaxes and enjoys another successful Valentine’s Day. “I have a hot bath,” she said. “And a glass of wine.”

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As a clairvoyant and clairaudient medium, Stapley said he can help others connect with the spirit world, relaying information provided by spiritual guides, angels and loved ones who have died. The psychic medium said he never forces a connection – he’ll offer to convey a message to someone in the audience, but they have the option of saying no. The psychic said he sees an aura of colours surrounding people and hears the voices of spirits who tell him what the colours mean. “Sometimes the spirit world will tell me about the future for people,” said Stapley, adding that everyone has at least two spirit guides. Stapley offers private readings for $60. GIFT

As a teenager, Stapley said he found it difficult to deal with his gift. “When I turned 16, there was no way I could turn it off,” he said. “It actually made me very depressed.” Stapley, who attended three different high schools including Merivale High School in Nepean, said he once used his

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gift to defuse the attention of a prominent bully at Merivale. The then 18-year-old fledgling psychic described a difficult personal situation the girl was dealing with at home and told her not to take it out on her classmates. The stunned bully asked him how he knew about her personal life. “I see dead people,” Stapley told her. When he graduated high school, Stapley studied in a nursing program at AlgonquinCollege, dropping out after he was injured in a car accident. He later enrolled in a lab technician program at CDI College, graduated and worked as a lab tech for several weeks, before moving on to a full-time career as a psychic medium. “There’s nothing I’d rather do than this,” said Stapley. Everyone has a psychic talent, said Stapley – some are just more gifted or connected to the talent than others. Compassion is an important trait of a psychic medium, said Stapley. “I see the compassion aspect over everything else,” he said. “I see helping people to healthy relationships about their life. “I want people to feel they’re not alone.” To purchase tickets to The Psychic Experience Event,

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Matthew Stapley is the featured attraction at The Psychic Experience at the Ottawa Little Theatre on Feb. 11. call the Ottawa Little Theatre at 613-233-8948 or go online

at www.thepsychicexperience.ca.

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EMC community - “I see dead people,” said Matthew Stapley. The Ottawa psychic medium said he discovered his gift of seeing and hearing messages from the spirit world at the age of eight, during a phone conversation with his father, who was visiting at a friend’s house in Thailand at the time. He described the room in detail, including the colour of his father’s phone and the elephant tusks sitting on a table in his room. “He dropped the phone,” said Stapley. It freaked him out.” At the age of 11, he remembers waking up and seeing the image of his dead grandfather standing over his bed. “Grandpa, you passed away years ago,” said the 11-yearold boy. “Yeah but I had to be sure everyone was OK,” replied his grandfather, according to Stapley. The fledgling psychic shared the messages from his grandfather with his family members. “That’s when my family, my mom and dad, realized I could speak to the dead,” said Stapley. Stapley, who grew up in Carleton Place and now lives in Ottawa, will be featured at

The Psychic Experience at the Ottawa Little Theatre, located at 400 King Edward Ave., on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. The show will open with a talk about spirits by guest speaker Jennifer Clark, an angel therapy practitioner and professional spirit teacher. Tickets are $30 each with a portion of the proceeds going to support Operation Go Home, an organization that helps homeless youth. “Everyone will have a different experience,” said Stapley. “I speak with whatever energy comes to me at the time.” Stapley has encountered his share of skeptics – people who believe psychics are frauds who use tricks like cold reading and providing vague predictions that could easily be interpreted in different ways by people who want to believe they are talking to their dead loved ones. In 2010, the Ottawa Sceptics Society gathered outside the Mayfair Theatre in downtown Ottawa to picket Stapley’s first-ever psychic show. Stapley later wrote a thank you letter to the society for making the event more interesting. People who attend psychic shows come with questions such as, are they following the right life path or ask what the

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Dominion-Chalmers United Church

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ID#A136040 Betty is a spayed female, black and white Domestic Shorthair cat who is two-and-a-half years old. She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner on Sept. 27, 2011. Betty loves to have her ears rubbed, have my ears rubbed. She has a Betty Boop meow, dainty white toe tips, and a white “necklace” of fur. She gets along best with people who love an independent girl. She’d rather not be picked up, but loves to be loved. Betty prefers to be the only feline in the family. For more information about these or other animals available for adoption, please call the Adoption Centre at 613-725-3166 ext. 258 or visit www.ottawahumane.ca.

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Greening spreads ‘Power To The Purple’ message By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com As a seventh-round draft pick, Colin Greening has overcome many challenges on the road to living his National Hockey League dream. Now the Ottawa Senators rookie forward is lending his name to dealing with an even more important obstacle. The 25-year-old Newfoundland native is this year’s “champion” of the Power To The Purple Challenge, an initiative being launched by Do It For Daron, a youth-driven program focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health. Giant Tiger is the presenting sponsor for the Purple Challenge. D.I.F.D. was created by the friends and family of Daron Richardson, the 14-year-old daughter of Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson, who took her own life in November 2010. It’s primary goal is to transform the stigma that has long been associated with mental health issues. “I think it’s a really great cause,” said Greening, who was approached by the Richardson and his wife, Stephanie, about taking on the ambassador role. “For people who don’t know a lot about D.I.F.D. and youth mental health, it’s a very sensitive subject. One of the big reasons why I got involved is because I, like many people in society, don’t really know how to talk about it. “We’ve all been affected by it in some way or another, but I think learning about it is the best

Greening believes youth today face more pressures than ever, in great part because of the growing prevalance of social media as a forum for communication. “With the way youth are growing up ... I feel like there’s a lot more pressure on kids these days,” he said. “Everyone wants to be that much prettier or better and things like that. But someone can blog about anything or write anything on Facebook that can affect someone’s self-esteem. Kids these days have it harder than a lot of us when we were growing up, because we didn’t really have the Internet and social media.

Senators forward Colin Greening is the newest member of the Do It For Daron (D.I.F.D.) team, which also includes Ottawa assistant coach Luke Richardson, left, and his wife, Stephanie. At right is Andy Gross, president/CEO of Giant Tiger, the presenting sponsor of D.I.F.D.’s Power to the Purple campaign (Photo courtesy of Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre). part. When Luke and Stephanie asked me to get involved, I was more than happy to do so.” The Power To The Purple Challenge runs throughout the month of February, with schools, corporations and individuals within the community encouraged to hold conversations and raise funds to aid youth mental health research, education and suicide prevention. Next Tuesday, students in Ottawa-area schools are being encouraged to wear purple to help raise awareness about the issue. “D.I.F.D. and the Power To The Purple’s biggest message is

about youth mental health,” said Greening. “They want to make sure that everyone understands that there’s always an avenue open for you. A lot of people feel like ‘is this just me?’ But it’s not just you and the most important thing is, you have to ﬁnd someone you trust and that you can talk to. “A lot of people who are depressed feel like they have no way out, but D.I.F.D. is really trying to promote the message that yes, there are avenues you can pursue and there’s always something that you can do and someone you can talk to.”

In 2009, the Sens Foundation made a $100,000 pledge to the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health to support its early idendiﬁcation and intervention

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UPCOMING SENATORS GAMES

New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators: Saturday Feb. 11, 7 p.m. (CBC) Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. (TSN) Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators: Saturday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. (CBC)

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“(Youth mental health) is deﬁnitely a subject that hasn’t been talked about too much and the reason I believe it’s that way is that it’s such a hard subject to talk about. There’s a lot of different views about it and you tread a thin line sometimes when you talk about it. I’m preaching to people ‘get out there and talk about it’ and even though it’s hard, be willing to talk about it and try to learn as much as you can. Just being able to hold a conversation … sometimes, that’s half the battle, having that conversation and having people walk away with a positive attitude about it.”

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS Thursday, Feb. 9, Sportsnet East With a typically balanced attack, the Predators entered the NHL all-star break as the league’s hottest team and are right in the thick of the Western Conference playoff chase. Up front, Nashville turns to Martin Erat, David Legwand and former Senators fan favourite Mike Fisher to generate goals. Rookie Craig Smith has been an early-season offensive surprise and earned himself an all-star weekend invite. Few

teams are blessed with a much blue-line talent as Nashville, a group led by all-star Shea Weber and Ryan Suter. In goal, the Predators rely heavily on Pekka Rinne, one of the NHL’s top stoppers.

Former Senator Mike Fisher is bringing his high-energy game to the Nashville Predators (Photo by John Russell/Getty Images).

EDMONTON OILERS Saturday, Feb. 11, CBC The young Oilers again find themselves on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture, but with a lot of hope for the future. While Calder Trophy favourite Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been sidelined because of injury of late, Edmonton can still show off Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall, two other key members of its youth movement. Sam Gagner erupted for an eight-point game in a victory over Chicago last week, while Ryan Smyth

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com February 11: Glabar Park Community Alliance’s Winter Fun Day takes place from noon to 3 p.m. at Kingsmere Park. Bring the kids for a fun-filled afternoon of skating, games, a BBQ and roasting marshmallows on the bon fire. February 11: Lincoln Heights-Parkway Community Association will hold Win-

ter Follies, our annual winter carnival. It will be held from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Regina School and its park, just south of the school. The school’s street address is 2599 Regina Street. February 13: The Lung Association is seeking your help.  Register today as a Tulip Day Champion – for your workplace, your apartment

building, or for your community group.  Our Tulip Day Champions will collect orders by Feb. 13 for the freshly cut or potted tulips being delivered on March 7 around the region. All funds raised will support lung health research and local activities. Register online today at: www.tulipday.ca or contact Melanie at 613-230-4200, or by email at: melanie@on.lung.ca.

February 21: Shrove Tuesday will take place at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 760 Somerset St. - home of the best Anglican pancakes. There will be a silent auction from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Supper starts at 6 p.m. and there will be a live auction from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Adults are $8, seniors are $6 and children under 12 are $5. A family with children can

eat for $20. The event will be handicapped accessible. February 22: Knowledge is Power!  Ovarian Cancer Canada will be hosting a presentation about ovarian cancer at the Carlingwood Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 281 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa at 7 p.m. There is no screening test for ovarian cancer, so come and learn the

signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease and what you can do. February 22: The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association (CHNA) will be holding their Annual General Meeting at 7 p.m. in the civic hospital amphitheater. For more information contact CHNA4U@gmail.com.

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EMC news - Gary Ludington feels that 2011 was an interesting time for Westboro. The convent was officially a done deal. Development proposals came forward at a series of meetings, and the community experienced highs and lows. Issues relating to Westboro over the past year will be discussed at the Westboro Community Association’s Annual

General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Feb. 9. “It’s not just what’s happening on Richmond Road, but what’s happening in the neighbourhood,” said Ludington, president of the Westboro Community Association. Some of the developments that Westboro residents heard at public meetings in the last year include Uniform Urban Developments’ two 14- and 16-storey towers at 335 Roos-

evelt Ave., 16 townhouses at a former church on Churchill Avenue and a series of issues regarding the former Soeurs de la Visitation convent in Westboro. In the summer, a settlement was reached that would allow the developer, Ashcroft, to build on the site. But Ludington said there have also been other examples in the area. “It’s happening in the neighbourhood where one

house disappears and two or three are built and that adds to all kinds of things,” Ludington said. “The character of this neighbourhood seems to be disappearing.” Ludington said while he found 2011 to be a “disappointing” year for Westboro, there were some positive highlights that came out of the year. He said that a couple parks within the Westboro boundar-

ies have had a fair amount of money put into them, and it’s nice to see people using the parkland in the community. Also, Ludington said that his community association is working with the Westboro Beach Community Association to get some work done on Lion’s Park, which is off of Elmgrove Avenue. Kitchissippi Ward Coun. Katherine Hobbs will also be at the meeting to answer ques-

tions from residents. Hobbs said that while she doesn’t have a commitment to re-do Westboro’s community design plan (CDP), she thinks it should be constructed similar to Wellington Village. “It’s a tight CDP, and I’d like to see that re-looked at,” Hobbs said. The meeting will take place Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Churchill Senior’s Centre.

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, a good night is in store this week. The night brings rewards you did not expect. Working hard yields more than financial success.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, there’s not much you can do about the current situation. Complaining about things won’t solve anything, so why waste the breath? Better news is on the horizon.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Trust your instincts, Gemini. Someone who seems like they have your best interests at heart really may have ulterior motives. Heed Capricorn’s sage advice. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you may feel like you’re the only one keeping the ship from sinking. However, this is not the case. Behindthe-scenes work is taking place, too. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, it seems as if drama is always following you. That’s because you tend to be the life of the party or prefer all eyes be on you. Think about being less conspicuous. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s hard to keep friends if you are overly critical of the way they live their lives. Remember, no one is perfect — including you. Keep an open mind.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

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It’s best not to make any trouble this week, Aries. Simply fly under the radar, and others may not know you are around, which can work to your advantage. Taurus, you might want to keep a few things close to the vest, but sharing with others might help as well. Consider both angles and make the best decision for you.

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Hiding emotions will be difficult this week, Gemini. Your emotions will be written right on your face when you interact with others, but that’s OK because you’re in a good mood. Cancer, teamwork is the name of the game at the office this week. Work with coworkers and respect their ideas and insights and everything will go swimmingly.

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Focus your attention on matters at home, Leo, which should take precedence in the coming weeks. Use this opportunity for a little early spring cleaning. Virgo, fun might have to be put on the back burner this week. While it’s healthy to enjoy yourself, it’s now time to get back to business. Step up your game at work.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Patience is a virtue, Aries. The best will be in store for you later in the week. There’s not much chance for adventure Monday or Tuesday, but things pick up on Wednesday.

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Libra, it is almost crunch time for you, and you’ll have to buckle down for the next few weeks to get everything completed. Don’t leave things until the last minute. Scorpio, a change of pace will prove refreshing this week. Instead of sticking to your normal schedule, do things out of the ordinary for some excitement. Emphasize spending quality time with family this week, Sagitarrius. Tackle a few home-related tasks or simply hang around the house for some good times. Capricorn, finances may be tight for a while, but it’s nothing you haven’t seen before. You may need to buckle down a little while longer until the accounts fill up. Aquarius, a spending spree is about to end. While it was enjoyable while it lasted, it’s now time to replenish the coffers and go easy on the shopping. Pisces, there are certain health remedies that you can try to improve your levels of energy. Stick with the regimen.

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