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To add 270 square metres to its facility by the end of 2017, Dovercourt Recreation Centre needs $1.5 million. The popular west-end facility moved a little closer to that goal on Feb. 5, as the province handed over a $150,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to assist in its expansion plans. The money joins slightly more than 400,000 existing dollars from corporate sponsors, who will receive naming rights for their contributions. “The Dovercourt Recreation Centre is a unique and essential facility in Westboro,” said Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi. See 2016, page 5

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“The investment will go into much-needed new expansion that would directly impact the lives of 50,000 people in our community.” The proposed expansion is the second phase of a plan formed several years ago. Ultimately, the expansion was split into two projects, the first – and most modest – of which was completed last year. Extensive community consultation resulted in a second phase that protected the green space surrounding the building, but without requiring more parking. “This is the biggest we can expand the building – to make it right-sized for Westboro – without sacrificing green space,” said Dovercourt executive director John Rapp, adding that the front of the building will grow outward towards Dovercourt Avenue. Operated by a not-forprofit association, Dover-

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KNL will do in return for killing protected species. The developer need only provide ideas of what it might do. In a sick version of Let’s Make a Deal, the contestants (the public) can ask to keep what they have (rare turtles, trees etc.) or choose Door Number 1, all without any certainty of what they’re trading for. On the game show someone wins a car or gets a gag gift. What Natural Resources and Forestry offers is the status quo or possibly dead stuff and some kind of mitigation elsewhere. No sane person could favour the latter option. And no one at all could make an informed decision without all the facts. The public is being asked to comment, but those comments are clearly not valued, not even worth the paper they’re printed on. The process is flawed. The system doesn’t work. It’s up to our elected representatives to fix it or we can all play Let’s Make a Change when the next election is called.

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choose among a list of objectives. They are asked what they think the “visitor experience” should be. They are asked about the scale of the memorial. And they are given an open-ended opportunity to enter any other thoughts they might have about the design. Here is where disaster lurks. Here’s where the goofy ideas come in, the politically motivated and the just plain silly. Get ready for it. And in a way it would serve the government right. The memorial, whatever form it takes, will be art and you don’t create art by public opinion survey. Picasso didn’t survey his audience before putting paint to canvas. Michelangelo didn’t ask anybody what David should look like. The Group of Seven didn’t ask the public whether they should be Seven or perhaps Eight. It is easy to see the government’s motivation and, in a way, applaud it. Had the Harper government EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6261 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS EDITOR: Nevil Hunt, nevil.hunt@metroland.com, 613-221-6235 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: Steph Willems steph.willems@metroland.com - 613-221-6161

asked people what they thought before going ahead with the monument plan, there never would have been a monument plan. This will be small consolation for the present government, however, when it finds itself facing an urgent popular demand for a memorial to the victims of John Scott.

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’ve always been a bit of a high-strung individual. In many ways, this has helped me achieve a lot of my goals in life. I always did everything at a sprint pace, finishing projects before most people had a chance to contemplate the title. From the age of 14, when I discovered coffee, there was no stopping me. I’d plow through breakfast – or skip it altogether—be at band practice for 6:30 a.m. and finish yesterday’s homework before the bell rang at nine. In university, I had two jobs and a scholarship to maintain. I was a straightA student, who woke at five every morning, worked until nine and just went full steam ahead until I crashed at midnight. One time for an English literature exam, I listened to my own voice on a recording all night long “while I

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse slept” to help me memorize 400 years of poetry. Working in buzzing newsrooms for several years, I was in my element. But I discovered recently that buzzing through life isn’t always the best thing. For one, I tend to be a little on the impulsive side. Now in my late 30s, I also find staying up late and getting up at the crack of dawn is a recipe for disaster. With lack of sleep, I’m more likely to be distracted, impatient and disorganized.

Something had to be done. They say you can’t really change your personality – OK – but surely I could do something to calm myself down, and paradoxically lift myself up, without resorting to alcohol or Ativan. And then I discovered dopamine. No, it’s not some kind of recreational drug. It’s a neurotransmitter, a brain chemical that exists within all of us. I realized that buzzing through my early adult life had perhaps led me to

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more often. In fact, it’s making me less speedy and more relaxed, which is mostly good, although it makes this formerly highstrung gal feel a bit lazy, requiring me to adjust my

And then I discovered dopamine. No, it’s not some kind of recreational drug. It’s a neurotransmitter, a brain chemical that exists within all of us.

timelines. But even exercise alone didn’t seem enough to keep me on the level all the time. So I started looking at other means to boost my dopamine. Thankfully coffee and

chocolate are on the list. Turmeric is another one – so, naturally, I started putting it in everything I cook. I even drink turmeric tea. There are some less obvious ways to boost dopamine as well. Meditation, which I’ve yet to master, is on the list. Also setting and achieving goals – even small ones throughout the day – can boost dopamine. Doing things that challenge you can give you a dose of the happy drug. I’ve made up a ditty to celebrate dopamine: “It’s all about the dope, ’bout the dope, all level,” to the tune of “All About the Bass.” I try not to sing it within earshot of the kids because they may just get the wrong idea about what it takes to achieve wellbeing. But generally, with dopamine up, I am more calm, I sleep better, and I feel happier. Yup, with my newfound dopamine high, even the Twitter bullies can’t get me down this week, hard as they may try.

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Cancer assessment tool adds new illnesses to roster My Cancer IQ tool expands reach after its first year Steph Willems

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Lifestyle factors play a large role in determining the risk of certain cancers. Identifying them can spur beneficial changes that can lower the risk. To this end, Cancer Care Ontario offers a confidential risk assessment tool that individuals can use to determine their own personal risk of the four most prevalent cancer types: breast, cervical, colon and lung. A year after My Cancer IQ went online, Cancer Care Ontario choose World Cancer Day – Feb. 4 – to add two more cancer types to their assessment tool. Kidney cancer and melanoma can affect anyone, and thus belong on the list, said the Ottawa Hospital’s Dr. Catherine Dubé, a gastroenterologist who leads the province’s colorectal cancer

screening program. “My Cancer IQ was launched a year ago, and at the time it was about the cancers that are … the leading causes of death,” said Dubé. “There was always a plan to expand to include other cancers. The decision to include kidney cancer and melanoma was made because both cancers are on the rise in Canada and Ontario. Both have risk factors you can work on to reduce the risk.” SUN SAFETY

Melanoma is one of the most preventable cancers, said Dubé. Practicing safe sun exposure, using a highSPF sunscreen and staying away from tanning salons is anyone’s best bet to avoid this aggressive form of skin cancer. Kidney cancer is less understood, but enough facts exist to allow it to be combat-

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ted through lifestyle changes. “We don’t know all the risk factors (of kidney cancer), but we do know it’s related to obesity and tobacco use,” said Dubé. The risk factors for various cancers are not the same for all parts of the population, said Dubé. For example, cervical cancer affects disproportionally young women, while breast and colorectal cancers affect mainly older populations. She added that many riskreducing lifestyle changes are simply a good thing to do, regardless of cancer fears. Getting more exercise, avoiding obesity and eating right are not just beneficial in reducing the likelihood of a number of cancer types. Now that My Cancer IQ has added the new cancer types, the tool – which saw more than 146,000 risk assessments in its first year – has gained even more impor-

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ing (of risk factors), they can print or email it, go to a primary care physician and discuss how best to reduce their risks. One thing about it is that it’s evidence-based – there’s

research behind every section of the tool, deciding what are the known facts that can be used.” The assessment tool can be found online at www.mycanceriq.ca.

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Nigro said one of the key areas where public health can work on improvements is with food retailers. The province passed Bill 45 – the Making Healthier Choices Act – in 2015, and part of the work of OPH will be to work with food retailers with more than 20 outlets to help them get ready for the requirements of the new legislation, which addresses things like food labelling. Nigro said it’s also important that OPH work with corner stores. “Traditionally corner stores have more processed foods with higher sugar counts,” Nigro said, adding that about a third of the city’s neighbourhoods would be considered low on the socio-economic scale. Not surprisingly, these neighbourhoods are home to half of the city’s corner stores, Nigro said. “We can help with labelling of foods and encouraging more produce and healthier options,” Nigro said. Another part of the initiative is working with organizations like Just Food. Nigro said organizers are also working with the city’s planning and growth department, and public works, to advance the city’s natural and

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The city’s chief officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, says eating habits take time to change. ‘The cancers of overconsumption and under activity are multi-generational,’ he said at a Healthy Eating, Active Living presentation on Feb. 8. built environments to encourage walking and cycling. “Studies show spending time in nature has health benefits,” she said. Obesity rates in the capital remain largely unchanged

from 2011 to 2015, dipping from 52 to 47 per cent, said Nigro. “Is that statically significant? No,” she said, adding it will take time to change people’s habits.

But the city’s chief officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, said there’s a smorgasbord of issues to be dealt with. “The answers are not easy. The cancers of overconsumption and under activity are multi-generational,” he said. “It’s hard changing the culture – behaviours are ingrained and even when we do, change is slow to come and the impact is slow to be measured.” Nigro said health promotion will get us there, but in some cases we have to start from scratch. “It’s a bit like reverse engineering,” she said. “At one point people stopped breastfeeding, which is great example of feeding to your body’s cues. So we need to encourage that.” She said that the guidelines to child care centres that include things like, there don’t have to be birthday cakes for every child’s birthday were met with scepticism, but it’s the younger generation we want to impact.

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ven though the Findlay Oval was pounding out ferocious heat, I felt a coldness in the kitchen, which had nothing to do with the fast-burning wood diminishingÂ in the stove, or the drafts coming from the frost covered windows. I sensed it as soon as I sat down at the supper table. It looked like my beloved sister Audrey had been crying.Â And Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grace was shorter than usual. Everyone was quiet. Even my rambunctious brothers, who usually jabbed elbows when they took their place behind the supper table on the long bench under the grape-arbour window, sat like stones. What was happening? Why was everyone so quiet?Â Mother broke the long silence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may not be for long,â&#x20AC;? she said, looking at Audrey.Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we get straightened away, you could quit.â&#x20AC;? Quit what? I knew I was too young to be caught up in serious talk, but wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I old enough to know what was obviously happening to my sister to cause tears, and turn the kitchen into a room of such

MARY COOK Memories coldness? Sitting beside Audrey, I reached over and took her hand without saying a word, and looked up at her.Â Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;I may have to go into Renfrew to work.â&#x20AC;?Â Now the tears started to run down her cheeks like little rivers.Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;But you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. You are still in school!â&#x20AC;? I said. It was Father who brought the whole issue to a head. And as I listened I knew it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only for my benefit.Â He was trying to make sense of what was happening. There just was no money.Â It was as simple as that. It was the dead of winter, and there were no vegetables to sell, the egg-laying had slowed down; just enough for our own table. Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue jug was empty. It had been a bad few months, Father said. There were bills to pay: Briscoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Store, Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Hardware, and a small bill owing at Ritzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drug Store.Â Â Father went on. I knew it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for my benefit, but just to repeat what everyone else already knew: we needed money to get through the rest of the winter. Father and Everett were getting a few Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work at Helfertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bush, but that only paid a dollar a day. Emerson and Earl were left to do the chores.Â Â Going into Renfrew every Saturday with homemade soap, sticky buns and a few eggs did little to fill the blue jug.Â Â Not only for my benefit, I knew, but to once more try to justify what was happening, Mother tried to explain. The woman who ran the beauty parlour would take Audrey on to do housework, and help look after her growing family. She would live with them, work seven days a week, and earn a few dollars which she would hand over to Mother and Father, and perhaps, Mother said, she may be able to keep a dollar for herself occasionally. Now, I was crying too.

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For cancer patients, the ringing of the bell marking the end to their treatments and the all-clear given by their oncologist is much more than just symbolic. What comes next inspired the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation to develop a brand new After the Bell retreat program to help cancer survivors adjust to life post-treatment. “They’ve spent so many months and/or

years in treatment that once they’ve rung the bell ... they really have to navigate what that next step is going to be,” said Melissa Shabinsky, who is co-chairing Bust a Move Ottawa this year, a one-day fitness fundraiser that will help pay for the two-day retreat so that cancer survivors can enjoy it for free. The foundation plans to develop it this coming summer, and tentatively launch it as a pilot program this fall or winter. See TEAMS, page 17

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Snert is a traditional hearty Dutch soup The Dutch love smoked sausage, ham and bacon. A smoked pork hock adds a hint of smoke and salt to this hearty comforting soup. A meaty ham bone can be used in place of the hock or not at all if you prefer a meatless version. Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes Serves: 6 Makes about 9 cups (2.25 L) INGREDIENTS

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Remove skin and excess fat from pork hock. In large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery; cook stirring occasionally until softened, about five minutes. Stir in split peas, garlic, thyme and pepper. Add pork hock and broth; cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered stirring occasionally, until pork hock is tender when pierced, about 1-1/2 hours. Remove pot from heat, transfer pork hock to cutting board. Cool slightly. Purée soup with an immersion blender or transfer soup to a blender to purée. Remove meat from pork hock and shred. Garnish each bowl with shredded meat. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

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“They’ve had months or years of people taking care of them and now they have to integrate back into their lives,” said Shabinsky, a Wellington West resident who is taking part in Bust a Move with her own 14-member team, known as Team BFF – Breast Friends Forever. That new set of challenges can include self-esteem and body image issues, as well as feelings of isolation, according to the cancer foundation. The retreat, which will feature cancer coaching, reiki, group coaching workshops on stress and time management, laughter yoga and information on reconciling relationships, fitness and nutrition, will be offered to all cancer survivors. That’s largely thanks to funds raised during the fifth and final Bust a Move for Breast Health, an all-day fitness event designed to empower women and men and boost awareness about breast health. Almost 30 teams from

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Nicole Burris, honourary co-chair of the Best a Move event, gets ready to throw a football into a net as a part of a fundraiser at the Bust a Move Pink Lounge at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre on Feb. 6. across Ottawa – from Orléans to Kanata and beyond – have so far signed on to take part on March 5 at the Ottawa Athletic Club on Lancaster Road, off Saint Laurent Bou-

levard, for six different fitness sessions, from yoga to kickboxing, designed for all fitness levels. To take part, each person must raise at least $1,000.

The goal is to generate more than $350,000 this year, which would bring the total raised to $1.5 million – funds that have in the past helped support breast cancer research, clinical trials and the cancer foundation’s cancer coaching program. In addition to the fun on the big day, which will see some RedBlacks football players taking part and Jesse Palmer, former NFL quarterback and The Bachelor star, serving as a fitness instructor, Bust a Move also brings attention to After the Bell, said Shabinsky. Cancer has impacted many people she knows, which is the reason why she first got involved with the fundraiser during its inaugural year. “I just feel like this is a fabulous way to not only raise funds but raise awareness for something that touches so many women,” she said. To get involved in Bust a Move, go to bustamove.ca and click on the ‘Ottawa’ link. To register for the foundation’s After the Bell program, go to ottawacancer.ca.

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built as a school in 1922, by a one-storey link. Council will hear the application on Feb. 24, which will be the final step in the process before construction. If all goes well, the centre will be completed in 2017 said Ottawa Community Housing CEO Stéphane Giguère “It’s a new concept for Ontario,” Giguère said.. Giguère said one the key elements in making the unit tailor-made for seniors, which is why the primary care clinic – open to the public as well as to residents of the hub – is so important. “Access to healthcare is key for seniors,” he said. “If you have to bus to an appointment to have your blood pressure checked in a snowstorm, that’s going to have an impact,” he said. But the new primary care clinic won’t just be for the residents, Giguère added. “It’s about developing a relationship between the community and the residents,” Giguère said. A portion of the units –

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Officers thanked for their bravery as bullets flew in Centre Block Nevil Hunt

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Herbert Waye’s day went from routine to earthshaking in a heartbeat. The RCMP constable was in his police cruiser on Parliament Hill when a radio call went out on Oct. 22, 2014. A gunman was inside the Centre Block, within metres of then-prime min-

ister Stephen Harper and hundreds of MPs. “There was never any question that we (RCMP officers) would back up the officers inside (the building),” Waye recalled in an interview with Metroland Media. Waye joined other RCMP officers in the halls of Parliament who moved along a hallway in a tactical forma-

tion designed to approach an armed suspect while protecting members of the team. It’s this group – and Waye with gun drawn – that can be seen on a shaky cellphone video shot by a Globe and Mail reporter and replayed on newscasts all over the world. In the video, Waye turns to the camera and orders

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the reporter to take cover, all the while moving forward and protecting the back of the formation. At the time, none of the police officers could be sure if they were dealing with one gunman or multiple threats. FINAL SHOTS

Moments later, the video captures the sound of the gunman’s final shots, their echoes mixing with the shots that killed the gunman, fired by Kevin Vickers, then Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms. “I don’t think the response (by security service members) could have rolled out any better than it did,” Waye said. “It was under control in three minutes. On Feb. 8, Gov. Gen. David Johnston pinned a Medal of Bravery onto Waye’s red serge uniform during a ceremony at Rideau Hall that saw 16 men and women recognized for their actions on the day of the shooting. Waye said the events of Oct. 22, 2014 were unexpected, but he credited the

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RCMP’s training for the response. “You never know what’s going to happen,” he said, but there was no hesitation; officers moved towards the sound of the gunfire. “It was a very controlled first response.” Before the gunfire inside the Centre Block, shots had already been fired at the National War Memorial, and Canadian Forces sentry Cpl.

Nathan Cirillo lay dying, but Waye said the RCMP officers and Hill security staff were unaware of that. “We didn’t know about the shooting at the War Memorial,” Waye said. Even after the gunman was killed, information was at a premium, and Waye said it was more than an hour before he could let his wife know that he was OK. “On that day (of the shooting) you don’t realize the impact it can have on your family,” he said. The video that clearly showed Waye had already been aired, and family friends had called Waye’s home to tell his wife that her husband was right there as shots were fired. “What’s nice about today,” he said of the medal ceremony, “is that my wife and my son are here with me.” Waye received the Medal of Bravery, which recognizes acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances. See WE, page 21

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‘ ... We just did our job’: security service officer The Governor General said Canadians owe an “enormous debt” to the men and women who stopped the attack. “It was said Ottawa came to a standstill on Oct. 22,” Johnston said to the Medal of Bravery and Star of Courage recipients in remarks at the start of the Feb. 8 ceremony. “You didn’t come to a standstill. You ran towards the danger. “It reminds us that while people are capable of doing the worst to each other, there are also people capable of doing their best.”

Létourneau received the Star of Courage for an act of “conspicuous courage in circumstances of great peril.” He said the recognition is difficult for many officers to accept. “We feel a bit like imposters maybe,” he said. “We deserve it, but we just did our job.” He added that the officers involved have a “special bonding” because of the events, but said he sometimes experiences flashbacks to the day of the shooting. “When I first went back to the Hall of Honour, it was a strange feeling,” Létourneau said. “Now it’s just like a regular day at the office.”

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When the gunman entered the Centre Block, Parliamentary security Const. Samearn Son grappled with the gunman’s rifle and was shot in the leg by the gunman. Son’s security colleague Const. Louis Létourneau arrived near the Rotunda at the entrance moments later. He spoke about that day following the medal ceremony. “I arrived about two seconds after Const. Son was shot and I never took my eyes off him (the gunman),” Létourneau said. “I was there from the first shot to the end.” Two House of Commons protection services officers – Cpl. Maxim Malo and Const. Charles Thom – took cover and exchanged several rounds with the gunman after he en-

In addition to Waye, Malo and Thom, six RCMP officers received the Medal of Bravery: Const. Michelle Bergeron, Const. Gary Bubelis, Const. Somoza Célestin, Const. Sylvie Marcoux, Const. Michel Palmer, Const. Patrick Ruest. In addition to Létourneau, Son and Vickers, there were four RCMP officers who received the Star of Courage: Const. Curtis Barrett, Cpl. Dany Daigle, Const. Martin Fraser, Sgt. Richard Rozon.

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RCMP officers and security service staff following their decoration for bravery by Gov. Gen. David Johnston, front row centre, at Rideau Hall on Feb. 8. All but one of 16 recipients of the Medal of Bravery or the Star of Courage were on hand to receive thanks from Johnston for their actions on Parliament Hill when a gunman entered the Centre Block on Oct. 22, 2014. tered the building. Létourneau tracked the gunman down the Hall of Honour toward the Library of Parliament and fired at him several times.

Eleven RCMP officers – including Waye – entered the Centre Block. Their approach towards the gunman helped corner him where he was eventually killed.

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‘Vertical subdivision’ needs right mix: community association Continued from page 29

The hope is that by getting these concerns out in the open early, it will boost the chances of achieving the best result, both for the existing community and their future neighbours. “This will be a long process and having a working group of relevant stakeholders is important to make this successful,” said DCA president Michael Powell. “It should happen as soon as possible too. On a practical level, a lot of what we’re looking for won’t change the cost much (if integrated into their plans).” The key to making a re-

developed Lebreton liveable and well-integrated into the city’s fabric is to treat it like a “vertical subdivision,” said Powell. He noted that both proposals would add several thousand building units to a small area, with need for services, facilities and proper management of traffic and parking. By comparison, the entire suburban community of Findlay Creek, once built out, would contain about 4,000 units. “When you turn a farmer’s field into a subdivision, you need space for schools, community facilities … and this is no different,” said Powell.

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The DCA’s comments press the need for an ongoing dialogue with the key players in the process, a mix of housing types in the final proposal (with a transition zone between neighbourhoods), improved site access, especially for pedestrians and bikes, and beneficial public institutions that include a much-needed grocery store. As well, the association hopes to see no expense spared on making the site as physical green as possible, with mature trees rising from the site’s current moonscape condition, and

utilities and parking located underground. Light, noise and environmental pollution should be minimized, they say. Because of the proposals process, the two proponents are restricted in their communications with individu-

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After hours of debate and emotional appeals from parents, English public school board trustees approved several changes to French instruction in kindergarten, and early French immersion program during a lengthy Feb. 2 meeting. Trustees voted to change all kindergarten classes within the board to a half French, half English model, merging students in both the English and early French immersion programs, and changing the entry point for EFI from senior kindergarten to Grade 1. A proposal to change math instruction in EFI from French to English in grades 1 to 3 was also passed. Trustees voted to accept staff’s recommendation to cancel earlier plans that would have introduced 60 minutes of English instruction a day in the EFI program. Some parents worried it would make the French immersion program too English-heavy. EXTRA HELP

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Stephanie Millius – whose son started EFI in senior kindergarten last September – said her son is struggling with the split French and English model already in place for students entering the program in that grade. She said she worried that his struggles with the increased number of teachers in the classroom would be shared by all kindergarten students if the proposed kindergarten changes were approved. “My son has nine points of contact,” Millius said. “My son is not having a good year. He does not know the names of all his teachers. Parents and students find the current 5050 model (for EFI students) very challenging, and this model should not be applied to all kindergarten students.” SPLIT VOTE

Ultimately six trustees voted in favour of the changes – including the proposal to use savings to assist students struggling with those changes – with four voting against and one abstaining. “I feel it was the right thing to do for our students,” said Shirley Seward, board chair and trustee for River Ward. “Trustees looked at all the material, including the surveys from the first phase and the second phase. We also

did our own consultations in our own zones with our own constituents.” The meeting followed two phases of public consultation, including two surveys of parents and school staff that a report by the board said garnered “impressive” response rates. The second round of surveys received 4,856 responses, which showed narrow support for the changes to kindergarten and EFI, while staff opposed the kindergarten changes and voted in favour of teaching math in English in EFI. “It just shows, first of all, how important the issue is,” Seward said of the public response to the surveys and the level of attendance at the meeting. “But secondly, I feel so proud as a trustee and as a chair of the board, that the community is so engaged in public education.” The changes are expected provide a financial boost to the board, which is facing a tough budget year. By adding more French language education and consolidating kindergarten classrooms, the board expects to earn an extra $2 million in grants annually, while also recovering $750,000. “Taking everything into account, I feel we made the right decision,” Seward said. - With files from Brier Dodge.

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As part of its strategy to fight climate change, the Province of Ontario plans to make it easier – and cheaper – for homeowners to realize efficiencies with natural gas heating. Through a partnership with major natural gas providers Enbridge and Union Gas, the province will invest $100 million from its Ontario Green Investment Fund to allow the utilities to offer rebates on home energy audits and retrofits. The retrofits and upgrades would allow homeowners to reduce their gas bills while lowering the overall amount of greenhouse gas emissions – something the province pledged to do as recently as last year’s climate change conference in Paris. Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli made the announcement on Feb. 4 at the Baseline Road Home Depot, itself a partner in many provincial programs. “This investment will deliver investments on many fronts,” said

Chiarelli. “Homeowners across the province will directly benefit, as the program will help lower their monthly heating and cooling bills. Ontario will directly benefit, as using energy wisely reduces the need to build new energy infrastructure.” Home energy retrofit programs “work well,” said Chiarelli, adding that for each dollar spent on efficiencies, consumers receive up to four dollars in savings, or $400 in annual savings for an older home. The province predicts the investment will allow 37,000 homeowners to conduct energy audits, after which they could benefit from measures such as the replacement of furnaces and water heaters, upgraded insulation, or installation of “smart” thermostats. The $325-million Ontario Green Investment Fund is tied to the province’s cap-and-trade program. Because the program is being offered through utilities with existing energy-savings programs, “this program can hit the ground running with little or no ramp time,” said Chiarelli.

Jim Sanders, a vice-president with Enbridge Gas and Distribution, said his company believes collaboration between government and business, and investment of proceeds into cleaner systems, is key to a cap-and-trade agreements. “Conservation is the most effective way to reduce per-customer consumption of natural gas, which simultaneously reduces emissions and customers’ bills,” said Sanders. “Between 1995 and 2014 our energy efficiency programs collectively helped Ontario residents and businesses avoid 18 megatons of carbon emissions. This is equivalent to taking 2.4 million cars off the road every year.” Also at the announcement were representatives of Nest Labs, maker of a product that can be installed to create a custom schedule for heating and cooling in a home. The device – “the Nest Learning Thermostat” – is available for purchase in Home Depot. Full details of the province’s collaborative program are expected to be revealed in the coming months.

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February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month This month, make the most important decision you can make for your pet’s life. It’s a simple fix. Spaying or neutering your pet may not seem like a big priority, but putting it off, or deciding against it, can lead to bigger problems than you’re bargaining on — for you, your pet, and your community. How great are the rewards? Well, let us tell you... 1. Your pet’s health will benefit. Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 per cent of dogs and 90 per cent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases. Neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age. 2. Your pet’s behaviour — and your sleep — will benefit! Unspayed felines can go into heat every three weeks during breeding season, yowling at all times of day and night as they seek out mates. Intact males tend to roam widely, escaping from houses and yards and risking injury in traffic and fights with other

males. They mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering. Neutered animals, on the other hand, tend to focus more attention on their human families. 3. Your pocketbook will thank you. Spay/neuter is a onetime cost. It’s a lot less than vet bills to treat your unaltered cat after it gets into a fight with a neighbouring tom, or the ongoing cleaning bills to rid the house of urine-marking odours. 4. Your community will thank you. Every year across our country, hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are abandoned. Too many suffer as strays; too many are euthanized.These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering. Even just one litter, and even if you can find them homes...those are homes that could have been taken by homeless animals in need. This month, help us spread the word. Spaying and neutering is not just a good idea, it’s a life-saving choice.

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Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli speaks at the Feb. 4 announcement of a new energy-savings program involving the province’s natural gas utilities. Seen in the background is Enbridge Gas and Distribution representative Jim Sanders.

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Mysti is our 18 year-old cat who may be slowing down a bit in her senior years. However, she has still found the energy to complete her self-portrait (pencils and charcoal) and has started working on her autobiography called “A Purrfect Pet.” Next, she’s thinking about setting up a shrimp farm in our basement.

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The apple has been a source of inspiration for the human race for hundreds, even thousands of years. Sir Isaac Newton is purported to have gleaned the effect of gravity from the falling fruit in the mid1600s. Then there is, of course, original sin, and, more recently, Apple computers. At a University of Ottawa science lab, artists and scientists have come up with a new innovation using the fruit. By removing the cells from a slice of apple but leaving the cellulose “scaffolding,” achieved using a very simple technique, lab researchers were able to then implant human cells and grow them inside the framework of the apple. “We just tried it, and the amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Andrew Pelling, the associate professor who runs the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation. The technique behind the whole thing is actually rather simple, he said. So much so that Pelling didn’t patent the technique. Instead he released the information on how to do it so that not just scientists, but anyone interested in doing it themselves could try. He envisions the do-it-yourself culture taking hold of the technique and changing the way people work with their own bodies in the future.

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University of Ottawa associate professor Andrew Pelling, founder of the Pelling Laboratory for Physical Manipulation, holds up a $1,000 piece of biomaterial in his right hand, and an apple slice containing human cells in the other. He and his researchers are working to prove that pieces of decellularized apple can be used just as well as biomaterial to help human bodies repair themselves, and for much less money. “Instead of somebody hacking together some project in a garage that’s electronic and then releasing it on the Internet, you can hack together in your garage a new organ for yourself and release the plans for that online,” he said of his vision. FROM MEAT TO APPLE

Pelling and his students ended up developing their technique using an apple quite by accident. In fact, they had been trying to do the same thing with discarded meat, getting rid of cells in the meat and

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growing another animal’s cells in the leftover structure. “We were collaborating with butchers and using rotten meat and stuff that you would throw out; it’s garbage,” said Pelling. “You pull all the cells out of that tissue and flesh, and what you are left with is a protein scaffold just like the studs in a house.” “Because we were realizing we could actually do some combinations of a mouse heart and put dog cells into it or whatever, (we thought) ‘Why can’t we use plants?’” an even cheaper material. So the lab began experiment-

ing with leaves, but it turned out they were too waxy for the decellularization process. That’s because the process for getting rid of the existing cells is to stir the material in soap and water, albeit for an extended period of time. “Yeah, soap and water. Crazy, crazy stuff,” Pelling said with a laugh. Though the technique wouldn’t work on a leaf, it turns out it works just fine on an apple – a fact that one of Pelling’s students, Daniel Modulevsky, stumbled upon after seeing another student eating an apple. “So we tried it, because that’s what we do here. We just tried it,” said Pelling. Reducing an apple slice to a cellulose scaffold, the Pelling lab members were able to place and grow human cells.

around us to answer those questions,” said Pelling. Those “appropriate people” include bio-artists – people who manipulate biology as an art form – who have at times been at the forefront of innovation, with science struggling to keep up, said Pelling. In 2013, the “world’s first labgrown burger” was eaten at an event in London, England – the result of years of scientific work. An artistic laboratory called SymbioticA from the University of Western Australia did much the same thing – growing a slab of meat using pre-natal sheep cells. But they did it years earlier – in 2000. “These artists did basically the same thing, cooked it in a gallery and ate it, but because it was art I don’t think it was really well appreciated in the scientific world,” said Pelling. “But then a group of scientists a decade later, a decade which is forever, do the same thing and that’s what gets all the attention. “Just imagine if the scientific community was a bit more plugged in a decade before, where they could be now. That’s the danger and I think short-sightedness of discounting all that art in your field or artists as if they couldn’t contribute. That’s just not true.” In addition to including artists, the lab is also trying to do things differently by manipulating biology without the use of drugs, stem cells or genome manipulation. That sort of thing is too obvious, he said. Instead, Pelling prefers physical biohacking.

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Notice of Completion of Transit Project Assessment Process Trillium Line Extension The City of Ottawa has completed an Environmental Project Report in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Trillium Line Extension Planning and Environmental Assessment study. The Project The City of Ottawa has developed a plan to extend and expand the City’s existing diesel-powered O-Train Trillium Line service from Greenboro Station to Bowesville Road and to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The plan includes options to service the growing communities of Riverside South and Leitrim, the Airport and adjacent lands. The plan also incorporates new stations on the existing line at Gladstone Avenue and Walkley Road and a relocated station at Confederation Heights. Impacts to private property are anticipated to be limited to the areas adjacent to the proposed Lester Road and Leitrim Road grade separations. The Process The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report (EPR) prepared according to the Transit Project Assessment Process as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings. The EPR documents the entire study process, including a description of the planned project, its anticipated environmental impacts, and the project’s consultation program. The EPR for the Trillium Line Extension project will be available for a 30-day public review period starting January 22, 2016 at the following locations during their regular business hours:

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“I love pulling apart electronics and building stupid and useless but fun and whimsical things, and it was in doing that that I kind of thought, ‘Well maybe we can do this with biology,’” he said. While Pelling’s lab has yielded some fun and whimsical but not particularly useful things through this method, its human apple experiment has some very pertinent uses, he said. HEALTH CARE COSTS

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There are circumstances where the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change has the authority to require further consideration of the transit project, or impose conditions on it. These include if the Minister is of the opinion that:

In an interview with Metroland Media, Pelling held up a small plastic container holding a thin piece of white material about the size of a toonie. The material is used for helping people’s bodies repair themselves. By implanting the bio-material in a wound, human cells can invade it and grow more easily by using the

material’s structure. “This has a street value of like $1,000 US,” said Pelling. “That’s to me, the researcher, not to the patient and to the health-care system and doctors.” “If you really think about what this is and how it’s made, the profit here is not insignificant,” said Pelling. But animal testing shows that his lab’s apple slices should be able to do the same job and for much cheaper, he said. “The amazing thing was it worked right out of the gate,” said Pelling. “We had to optimize a lot, but in the end, we can make this much material, the size of an apple, for less than a penny.” The lab went on to do animal trials, implanting the cellulose scaffolding, and found that mammalian bodies don’t reject the material, but use it to grow mammalian tissue. “It’s not 100-per-cent perfect,”

said Pelling. “We need to do a bit more work to optimize, but for a first shot, holy crap!” Now the lab is collaborating with clinicians and others to test out tangible uses for the new material, such as repairing bone or spinal chords. Pelling lab researchers are also experimenting with carving the apples into ear shapes as a first step towards creating appendages or organs. However, they currently are only capable of growing a single type of cell within the apple scaffolding. But perhaps the most controversial thing the lab has done is make their work with the apples public knowledge so that regular people can try it themselves. Members of the lab have even begun a business to sell incubators to grow the human cells in the apple bits – the only really complicated part of the process. See APPLE, page

• The transit project may have a negative impact on a matter of provincial importance that relates to the natural environment or has cultural heritage value or interest; or, • The transit project may have a negative impact on a constitutionally protected Aboriginal or treaty right. Before exercising the authority referred to above, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he or she may receive within 30 days after the Notice of Completion of the Environmental Project Report is first published. If you have discussed your issues with the proponent and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change no later than February 22, 2016 to the address provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights.

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The Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation (OCLDC), on behalf of the City of Ottawa, is seeking to identify developers and builders who may be interested in the purchase and development of the property located at 3071 Riverside Drive. A formal notice advertising the sale of the property will also be issued at a later date. This vacant 4.3-hectare property is situated in a prime location within the City, surrounded by an established residential neighbourhood. The property fronts on Riverside Drive and is opposite Mooney’s Bay. A high level concept plan has been developed through consultation with the community, and the City’s OCLDC is now also seeking input from the development industry.

If not otherwise provided, a copy of the objection will be forwarded to the proponent by the ministry. For further information on the proposed transit project or if you have any accessibility requirements in order to participate in this project, please contact the Project Manager, Frank McKinney, at the following coordinates: Frank McKinney, P.Eng. Program Manager, City of Ottawa Transportation Planning – Environmental Assessments Unit Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 28540 E-mail: Frank.McKinney@ottawa.ca

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Asked whether he considers the general public playing with implanting their own cells into fruits an ethical issue, Pelling said it definitely raises ethical questions, though he said he is more concerned with the ethics of rising health-care costs and how his lab is funded. “This whole lab is publicly funded. The taxpayer paid for this work,” he said. “I don’t feel right about patenting something the public paid for and then profiting off it. I’d rather see that go back into our communities and see what happens.” “And then when you develop something that again is potentially something that can transform somebody’s life, should we be selling it to the highest bidder? Is that really the best option, or should we be opening it to the global community?”

The Council of the City of Ottawa passed By-law 2016-47 on January 27, 2016, under Section 34 of The PLANNING ACT. Any person or public body who, before the by-law was passed, made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to the by-law, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection. An appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance. A notice of appeal can be mailed to the City Clerk at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1, or by delivering the notice in person, to Ottawa City Hall, at the Information Desk in the Rotunda on the 1st floor, 110 Laurier Avenue West. A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 2, 2016. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

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No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa on February 10, 2016 established its intention to designate the Flewellyn Jones House, 5897 Fernbank Road under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Description of Property

Should the by-law be appealed, persons or public bodies who wish to receive notice of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing can receive such notice by submitting a written request to the planner identified below. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-law and a description of the lands to which the by-law applies are included. The land to which the proposed by-law applies is subject to an application to amend an official plan, file number: D01-01-15-0006.

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The Flewellyn/Jones House has cultural heritage value for its contextual value as an important reminder of the historic agricultural character of Goulbourn Township, design value as a 19th century farmhouse and historical value for its association with the Flewellyn family and the early settlement of Goulbourn Township.

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The Flewellyn/Jones House has design value as a good example of a Gothic Revival farmhouse built in the late 19th century to replace the earlier log house built when the land was first settled. Typical of this style, it features decorative bargeboard trim, a steeply pitched gable roof, segmental arched windows and a veranda with wooden trim. The Flewellyn/Jones House is one of several houses in this area constructed with a similar plan. It features the same decorative bargeboard and layout as the Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive which was constructed one year later and may have been built by the same stone mason. The Flewellyn/Jones House has historical value for its association with the Flewellyn family, a prominent family in early Goulbourn Township who owned the house from the time of construction until the 1950s. The Flewellyn family came immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1863 and this property is associated with the settlement and farming of this area by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the mid-19th century. OBJECTIONS Any person wishing to object to this designation may do so by letter, outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information. This letter must be received by the Clerk of the City of Ottawa either by registered mail or personally delivered within 30 days of the publication of this notice. When a notice of objection has been received, the Council of the City of Ottawa will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a hearing and a report. For more information please contact: Lesley Collins, MCIP RPP Heritage Planner II, City of Ottawa Planning & Growth Management Department 110, Laurier Ave. West, Fourth Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21586 E-mail: lesley.collins@ottawa.ca

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Feb. 12

Open stage night at the Westboro Legion with the host band the Feel starts at 8 p.m. For more information visit www.rcl480.com or call 613-725-2778.

Feb. 17

The Ottawa Family History Centre is offering a series of free genealogy classes beginning Feb 17. Classes will be held in the Family History Centre at 1017 Prince of Wales Dr. on Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for eight weeks. Basic research techniques will be discussed as well as learning to do

online research and making use of the genealogy portals available on the Centre’s computers. Several in town field trips will also be part of the course material. Contact familyhistory878@gmail. com.

Feb. 18

The Nepean Horticultural Society meeting with guest speaker Mary Reid, Green Thumb Garden Centre, on the topic of Hedges - Planting, Maintaining, Renewing. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Everyone welcome. Non-members $4.

Light refreshments. Information 613-721-2048.

Feb. 20

Annual Chinese New Year banquet and fundraiser, door prizes, entertainment, silent auction. Cost is $50, hosted by the Canada-China Friendship Society. Reserve early. For more info see www. ccfso.org or call 613-7293660.

Feb. 21

The Hampton Iona Community Group invites you to its annual winter carnival from 3 to 5 p.m. at Iona

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Park (Iona Street at Hilson Avenue) with games, family skating, pick up hockey, free hot chocolate and coffee, marshmallow roasting at the bonfire, pizza. For more information, please email newsletter@hamptoniona.ca.

Feb. 26

Arts Night at 7:30 p.m. with Louise Dallaire, author and travel organizer; Langis Sirois, birdwatcher and Catherine Jaccottet-Tissot, violinist, talk about, demonstrate or perform their art. First Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Ave. Admission: $5. Information: 613-725-1066.

Feb. 27

The Ontario Genealogical Society – Ottawa branch invites you to two presentations by author and speaker Jennifer DeBruin: from 10:30 a.m. to noon she will discuss Discovering and Sharing Our History - Our Story, from 1 to 3 p.m. about Captive Ancestors of North America. All are welcome, both events are free. City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr. Annual pancake breakfast and silent auction hosted by the 114th Ottawa Scouting Group from 8 to 11 a.m. at Trinity United Church, 1099 Maitland Ave. Tickets available at the door: $5 per person or $16 for a family of four. For more information or to donate silent auction items please call 613-2224603.

4837 Albion Rd. • 613-822-2211 • www.rcr.net Kids are welcomed Sundays from 11AM to 10PM. Family entrance is on the South side of the building. 19 years old must show a photo ID. From 19 to 25 years old, must show 2 pieces of ID.

Feb 28

St. Xenia’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral’s annual Maslenitsa Carnival is taking place Sunday, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Blini with traditional toppings, a complimentary glass of wine, flavour-infused vodkas, as well as folk dancing and gypsy singing. For details or tickets, call Nadya at 613-276-0981 or visit www. stxenia.ca.

April 1 and 2

Registration is now open for the 32nd Gene-O-Rama Genealogy Conference, hosted by the Ontario Genealogical Society - Ottawa Branch. Dynamic and informative presentations, a vendor marketplace, a computer room with access to online databases and a closing banquet, all at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa.

April 10

Ottawa Kennel Club eye clinic at 17 Grenfell Cres. Cost is $45 per dog. Please go to www.ottawakennelclub. ca for more information.

Ongoing

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Tuesdays

Do you want to paint, but just don’t do it at home? Join us on Tuesday mornings in a friendly group of all levels of ability in the Unitarian Church on Cleary Ave. No teaching, so you do have to know how to paint already. For full details contact Clea Derwent at 613-695-0505 or clderwent@gmail.com.

Mondays

Confident, charismatic leaders were not born that way. In Toastmasters you will gain the practice to become the leader and speaker you want to be. Carlingwood Toastmasters meets Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Martin’s Church, located at 2120 Prince Albert Ave. For more information, visit carlingwoodtoastmasters.org. 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 at the back left of the Cafeteria Tulip Café on Mondays from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Call Carole at 613-761-6537 or e-mail lucani@sympatico. ca for more information. You can also visit us online at amigos-tm.ca.

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fun lunches, photography ,art tours, walking, golf, crafts, movie nights and book clubs. For more information visit our website at www.ottawanewcomersclub. ca or email Marilyn at newcomersclubottawa@gmail. com.

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Golden Age Seniors (a 50plus group) exercises every Monday and Wednesday at Villa Marconi, 1026 Baseline Rd. A qualified instructor leads the classes and there is still room for new participants in the 11 a.m. class. All levels of fitness are welcome. For more information call Teresa 613-225-1878 or Carmela 613-723-6197.

CLUES ACROSS 1. Construct 6. Seal 12. Last from Kent Haruf 16. A public promotion 17. Acutely insightful and wise 18. Yemeni riyal 19. __ Lang (country singer) 20. Blue Hen school 21. Decaliter 22. Point midway between S and E 23. 12th Greek letter 24. One point S of SE 26. Pools 28. Notes of hand 30. Algerian dinar 31. Metal cooking vessel 32. Short poking stroke 34. Mountain Standard Time 35. Dark hairs mixed with light 37. Hosts film festival 39. Frost

40. Former moneys of Brazil 41. Bodily perceptions 43. Baseball great Ty ___ 44. Before 45. __ Caesar, comedian 47. Containerful 48. Expression of uncertainty 50. Tells on 52. Bones 54. As fast as can be done (abbr.) 56. Singer Jolson 57. Atomic #73 59. Pigeon sound 60. Jr’s. father 61. 6th tone 62. Debt settled (abbr.) 63. Contrary 66. Chinese tennis star Na 67. 44th First Lady 70. Methyl phenol 71. Avid applause CLUES DOWN

1. Started growth 2. Biblical Sumerian city 3. Where Alexander defeated Darius III 4. Something to be borne or conveyed 5. Removed earth 6. Traveled by water 7. Hirobumi __, Japan 8. Antelopes 9. Japanese emigrant’s offspring 10. For instance 11. T cell glands 12. Acorn trees 13. Burdened 14. Wound deformity 15. Has faith in 25. Title of honor 26. Someone 27. Pouch 29. Comprehensive 31. Separates with an

instrument 33. Noble 36. US, Latin America, Canada 38. Snoot 39. About heraldry 41. Angel 42. Female sibling 43. Former OSS 46. Stressed-unstressedunstressed 47. An imperfectly broken mustang 49. Call out 51. A long scarf 53. Coconut fiber 54. Scene of sports & events 55. Bodily suffering 58. Cloths 60. A way to agitate 64. No seats available 65. Linen liturgical vestment 68. Atomic #103 69. Home screen

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Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if you assumed you were right on track, you soon will see why it isn’t safe to assume. Do not take anything for granted and consider all potential outcomes. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Interpersonal dynamics are constantly changing, and you may have a challenging time wrangling in your relationship to where it feels comfortable, Taurus. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, even if you are uncertain about someone’s intentions, it is best to give that person the benefit of the doubt. However, an ounce of skepticism never hurt anyone. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, it is better to make your choices sooner rather than later this week. Putting decisions off only complicates matters. It may be an anxious time, but you will pull through. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Stop worrying about how others see you, Leo. This week own up to your beliefs, even if they seem to go against the norm. You may be surprised at the support you receive. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a hectic week leads to lots of demands on your time. Take things one task at a time and do not be afraid to say “no” if you feel you are overwhelmed.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, frustration at work may not be directed at any one person, and you can’t let it consume your life. Make the frustration work to your advantage instead. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Romantic thoughts this week will have you on a mission to spend quality time with a loved one, Scorpio. You may do everything in your power to be near your significant other. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Don’t try to erect barriers, Sagittarius. This week you have to let someone in and unburden some of the problems or thoughts that have been weighing you down. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Accomplish something important based on what you learn this week, Capricorn. Keep your eyes and ears open to all of the possibilities around you. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Try not to take the easy way out, Aquarius. When faced with some tough questions, stay strong and true to yourself. You will be happier in the long run if you do so. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, take some time off if your job seems like a headache this week. If you have the time, enjoy a long weekend or a short jaunt during the week. 0211

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