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That sinking feeling Workers fill up a massive sinkhole on Waller Street, south of Laurier Avenue with concrete to stabilize the surrounding earth. Water, sanitary and storm services under Waller were out of service and eastbound Laurier Avenue, between Queen Elizabeth Drive and Waller was closed during repairs, causing havoc at the major downtown transportation node on Feb. 21. LRT construction at the downtown tunnel’s east portal, as of Feb. 25, was still on hold as the cause of the road collapse is investigated.

Community - There’s no debating whether buses will have to be taken off the Transitway during its conversion to rail, but can the city’s plan for running them down Scott Street be improved? This goal is what residents and community leaders set about achieving during a Feb. 18 meeting in Hintonburg. A previous meeting in early December got heated as residents expressing frustration over a perceived lack of consultation and compromise on the part of the city and the LRT contractor, Rideau Transit Group. “The purpose of this meeting was to look at the designs we saw on Dec. 3,” said Hintonburg Community Association president Matt Whitehead. “We got great feedback about specific (elements) that residents had questions about.” The meeting was attended

by city staff, including representatives from the city’s Rail Implementation Office. Under the current plan, buses will be diverted onto Scott between Merton Street and downtown starting in January 2016, lasting for two years. Diversion from Tunney’s Pasture eastward would begin in June 2016. Given the complexity off adding two dedicated transit lanes to the existing four-lane Scott Street, residents had many questions, among them how the turn lane that accesses the Beer Store just west of Parkdale would work, or how residents could access their driveways if buses in the lane closest to the curb had backed up during rush hour. “There were questions about the dedicated bike lane on Scott,” said Whitehead, referring to the lane that runs along the south side of the roadway. See ROUTE, page 6

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News - Neighbours are worried a proposed new office building for the Royal Thai Embassy on Island Park Drive could set a precedent on the

street. The winding residential parkway is already home to a number of embassies, which function as offices, but in many cases are located inside former homes. That surprised some neighbours, who assumed the

embassies were actually residences for the ambassadors. The government of Thailand wants to tear down the old home it’s using as an embassy office for approximately 15 employees and replace it with a modern, glass-fronted struc-

ture that looks much more like an office than a house. That was a problem for most neighbours who attended an invitation-only meeting at the embassy on Feb. 18. “My personal concern is we are going to have an office building on Island Park Drive,” said Paula Ghosh, who lives on the street. “That is a beautiful-

looking building, sir. It would look wonderful in one of our office parks.” The proposed building would be two storeys and would fall within the 10-metre height limit for the area, said Vladimir Popovic, the architect. See ISSUE, page 6

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Ottawans recycling more than half of household waste, city says Taxpayers paying twice for 14,000 tonnes of organic waste rejected by Orgaworld using the green bin. That represents approximately 7,770 units across the city. Participation is voluntary for multi-residential buildings, McRae said. “If superintendents and landlords want to make it happen, we’re making it easier for them,” she said. Organics recycling in multi-residential buildings began as a pilot project with 10 buildings in March of 2011. The city makes some efforts to encourage apartment buildings and condos to adopt the green bin: it provides smaller dumpsters and larger recycling bins to multi-residential buildings. There is also a new process for ensuring new multi-residential buildings, whether they are towers or townhomes, have space for green bins and recycling. “We realize there are constraints for older

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Even though Ottawa residents recycled almost 24 per cent more waste last year than the year prior, there are still thousands of tonnes of organic waste being dumped in the city’s landfill. The city can’t say why because of a contract arbitration with Orgaworld, the facility hired to process organic waste. buildings from the ’60s and ’70s,” McRae said. But landlords aren’t required to report to the city on how much waste

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News - For the first time since Ottawa introduced the green bin, residents are recycling more than half of household waste. Some of the material residents put into their green bins is ending up in the dump even though the city thinks it’s recyclable. That’s because Orgaworld, the facility contracted to process the organic waste, didn’t accept all the waste that was collected. A contract that’s currently in arbitration stipulates the city must provide 80,000 tonnes of processable organic waste each year. Even though the amount of organics collected jumped from 67,000 tonnes in 2012 to 83,000 in 2013, the city is still paying to process tonnes of those organic materials twice. Orgaworld only processed 69,000 tonnes or 83 per cent of the organic waste collected in 2013, said River Coun. Maria McRae, the chairwoman of the environment committee. “In a word, it’s disgraceful that we have collected 83,000 tonnes and all of that waste has not been processed,” McRae said. “This city did its job. Our residents did their job. We picked up 83,000 tonnes. Why is that not being processed? That’s the question we should ask.” Due to arbitration confidentialthere’s not much the city can ur. Any ity timabout say re! e. Ntheevissue xpipreventing er ethat’s Orgaworld from accepting and processing all the organic waste put into green bins, said city solicitor Rick O’Connor. O’Connor said that arbitration decision – and the completed city audit on the Orgaworld contract – will be made available to the public some-

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Councillor wants cost of clearing all snow from sidewalks Snowplow ‘app’ could appease residents who want better removal: Blais Laura Mueller

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News - Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais thinks the city does a pretty good job of clearing the snow from sidewalks, but he wants to see how much it would cost to do a little bit better. Right now, most sidewalks are only plowed to pack the snow into a walkable surface – they aren’t scraped clean. During a council meeting on Feb. 12, Blais asked city staff to report back on how much it would cost to scrape all city sidewalks clear of snow. He also wants to know how Ottawa compares to other cities when it comes to clearing sidewalks. Although he sometimes gets the question of why Ottawa even bothers clear-

ing the sidewalks if it’s not done in other cities, Blais said he doesn’t think the city provides more or better service than it needs to. “Can we or should we try to afford doing more, or are we providing already a very good level of service and perhaps we just need to educate the population more on the levels of service we provide?” Blais said. If the cost was doable, Blais said he’d be in favour of more sidewalk plowing. “If we could afford it, I think I’d want to expand the plowing service, absolutely,” Blais said. “But it all comes down to how much we can afford and what’s reasonable. “I don’t think I personally would advocate for a reduction in snow-removal services,” he said. Blais said there have

been more dumps of snow this winter than the previous two, and correspondingly, councillors’ offices have been receiving more complaints from residents. The city could head off the anger of residents by making more information about snowplowing publically available, Blais said. Councillors have access to a GPS system that shows

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“Is it useful at all, or should the sidewalk be expanded? Not a lot of people use it as it is now. As a biker, I wouldn’t use it. Maybe the space would be better used as a buffer for pedestrians.” Questions also concern how the multi-use pathway located to the north of Scott Street will navigate around the choke point that is the O-Train bridge, where narrow lanes are joined by a similarly-sized sidewalk. Easing constriction at that point while improving access to Bayview station in advance of the bus diversion was stated

as a something the city should be looking to achieve. Dalhousie Community Association president Michael Powell said residents, amongst other issues, “raised very legitimate concerns about how the (expected) volume of traffic will impact sidewalks,” both on the O-Train bridge and along Scott and Albert. As well, the existing plan doesn’t show the local route bus stop at Albert and Empress Avenue, something Powell says is crucial for the neighbourhood and nearby seniors centre that it serves. “The question is what’s going to happen to that stop,” said

Powell. “Due to Booth Street being shut down (for construction), Transitway buses will be getting off closer to Preston Street.” The main concerns expressed at the meeting will be followed up by a March meeting with key city staff, said Whitehead. That meeting, like that of Feb. 18, will see members of both community associations seek clarity on what can be expected. There will also be more appeals for exploring a way of re-routing unnecessary buses away from Scott-Albert, especially by way of the John A. Macdonald Parkway.

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The peak of the existing building’s roof is eight metres tall. The new building would be set back 3.5 m from its neighbour to the south. The ambassador, Pisan Manawapat, asked if the embassy’s presence on the street had had disrupted the neighbours lives in the 27 years it has existed on Island Park Drive. “You are talking about the look of the building, not the function,” Manawapat said. Other residents worried the

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“Admittedly, the embassy appears to have outgrown this space,” said Daniel Koepke, president of the Island Park Community Association. “We have no issues with the massing or the style of the building. The issue is the outward expression – it’s more industrial, commercial.” Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs attended the meeting and pointed out the city does not make decisions based on the style or look of buildings. Manawapat said the embassy receives around three to four visitors a day, so it generates very little traffic. The number of employees and visitors is not expected to change once the new building is done. The Thai government has not officially submitted an application for the new building. That’s partially because the Thais want to ensure the neighbours are engaged in the process, Manawapat said. Part of the complexity is that the property has a “legal non-conforming right” to function as an embassy. That right is well-protected thanks to the provincial Planning Act and can only be revoked if the use of the property changes to something else that’s not allowed in the residential zone. Changes to a property that has legal non-conforming rights usually require an application to the committee of adjustment for a minor variance. In the case of the embassy, the ambassador and architect are waiting to hear from city planners they met with for a preconsultation on whether the project would need simple siteplan approval, a minor variance or a zoning amendment.

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News - A non-profit organization aimed at assisting Ottawa seniors will be ceasing operations in September, ending a 57-year run of ‘seniors helping seniors’. The Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa, which enlists a host of volunteers and publishes an annual directory of resources for seniors, cites reduced funding as being the decision. The organization, which employs three parttime staff and about 250 volunteers to deliver workshops and services, was traditionally funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and United Way Ottawa. The United Way

funding was cut in full starting in the fiscal year 2013. “We’ve struggled along for the last year and a half, but we’re a very small organization and there’s nowhere to cut from – we couldn’t continue running deficits,” said council executive director Kathleen Gottfried, adding the board of directors had been reducing membership levels in advance of the decision. Because of the closure, the group’s signature publication – the Directory of Resources for Senior Citizens of Ottawa – has seen its last printing. The 200-page, bilingual publication lists agencies in Ottawa that provide support for seniors, and is made available to seniors and those who

work with them. The directory is provided at a low cost and serves as a valuable resource for many seniors, their family members and social workers, said Gottfried. “The price, $6, has been that price for ages – it’s not a moneymaker, but that’s the whole point,” said Gottfried. “This publication is made available to those who need it most – those who are on a fixed income.” This last edition of the directory will be the 35th in the annual series. The loss of United Way Ottawa funding apparently stems from a change in funding criteria at that organization that requires a proof of measur-

Gottfried, such as the free anable impact on the people a about it. “For the volunteers, it has nual income tax clinics the selected agency serves (when they submit a funding ap- become like a family,” she organization offers. The directory is still availplication). Gottfried said the said. “It’s their place to go service her organization pro- for support and to help other able at the council’s 670 Albert St. (Suite 019) vides – informalocation or by mail, tion – can’t reliwhile the income ably be quantified, We’ve struggled along for the last tax clinic are curand therein lies the year and a half, but we’re a very rently ongoing. problem. Gottfried holds out A call to United small organization and there’s hope that some of Way Ottawa was nowhere to cut from the organization’s not returned as of GOTTFRIED services will be this paper’s publi- KATHLEEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF OTTAWA taken up by existcation time. ing agencies to News of the continue the assistance for the impending closure sad- people.” Volunteers with specific city’s seniors. dened the close-knit group of The organization can be volunteers, some of whom are knowledge were able to inin their 90s. However, Gott- vest their time in the services found online at seniorcouncil. fried said they remain stoic they were best suited to, said org.

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A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 19th day of March 2014. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a Zoning by-law or an Official Plan amendment 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. No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the Zoning By-law or the Official Plan Amendment were enacted, 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. Should the Zoning By-law or the Official Plan Amendment be appealed, persons or public bodies who wish to receive notice of the Ontario Municipal hearing can receive such notice by submitting a written request to Melanie Knight, Planner with the City. Dated at the City of Ottawa this 27th day of February 2014. Clerk of the City of Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Ad # 2014-01-7005-22430-S

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All need to heed flood warnings

fter a winter of significant snowfall, everyone needs to take extra care around the waterways of the capital region this spring. According to the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, the snowpack in the area is twice the depth normally measured in the middle of February, posing a significant risk to low-lying areas in the watershed. If we get significant rainfall during the remaining weeks of winter and early spring, that will only increase the flooding risk. While a flood risk may not be imminent, the conditions are ripe for there to be a significant threat as temperatures rise. Residents living in traditionally flood-prone areas are advised to watch for flood warnings that could be potentially issued by the conservation authority. This flood risk is borne not just by those who live near rivers and lakes in the area, but also by those who enjoy spending recreational time in city parks and other riverside areas. Especially at risk are children and pets, who could easily stray too close to high water and be pulled under by swift currents. This means parents need to explain the dangers to their children and keep them away from moving water. Dog owners likewise should keep

their pets on a leash whenever they are near rivers or ponds. Children and pets are also prone to venturing out on the rapidly thinning ice. In past years, the Ottawa Drowning Prevention Coalition has warned about the risks of thin ice, reminding residents that â&#x20AC;&#x153;one can never tell the true depth or the thickness of the ice by the colour on the surface.â&#x20AC;? The best advice is to simply stay off the ice. Emergency services typically responded to dozens of ice and waterway related calls at this time of year, and drownings are unfortunately an all-too-common occurrence. With the potential for increased flooding risk this spring, this trend threatens to continue if people fail to remain wary of the dangers. These tragedies are something no one wants to experience and it falls to all of us to stay safe near waterways this spring. Several authorities have made clear the risks presented by high river levels and thinning ice. It is now our responsibility to ensure everyone heeds those warnings. The last thing a parent, sibling, friend or pet owner wants to do is lose a loved one. Stay aware of the risks, heed the warnings and stay away from rivers, ponds and lakes until the threat has passed.

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Change can be a double-edged sword

ou get a little nervous when the people who make a product you like have started thinking. Sometimes thinking is the worst thing that can happen. Thinking means changing and sometimes changing is the worst thing you can do. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one reaction to a headline last week: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tim Hortons brews up changes.â&#x20AC;? The story under the headline says that there has been a steady decline in the number of people buying food and coffee at Tims, because of the challenge of cheaper coffee at some competitors and greater varieties of coffee at others. The article goes on to suggest that the Tims will consider changes in everything from cup size to decor to doughnut selection. The notion of change is going to make some Tims fans nervous. Change is not always bad. Bigger bathrooms would be a hit with members of the travelling public who sometimes face lineups. But the thing Tims doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to change is its personality, which has always been its most important advantage. It seems to be a natural tendency in business for companies to imitate their competitors. This can result in a sameness that is frustrating for consumers looking for something distinct. Tims has so far avoided this. If you

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town walk into a Tims, you know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in a Starbucks. Most people would say that is good. But to many in business the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Nowhere is this more true than in the newspaper business. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen newspapers try to be like other newspapers, like television, like the Internet. And newspapers are in trouble. It is true in other areas as well. A walk through the supermarket will tell you that. There is a great deal of choice among products that are the same. Take a listen to pop music. There is a sameness to it that drives many people away to the FM dial. To the average consumer, most mainstream cars are the same. Given all that, why would you change when

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you have a distinctive personality? You might, perhaps, if you thought that consumers had changed. In terms of coffee places, have they? Political strategists have this theory that voters can be divided into Starbucks people and Tim Hortons people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with the Tims people having suburban and rural lifestyles and voting Conservative, while the Starbucks people think like downtowners and vote Liberal and NDP. In reality, as opposed to politics, things are not so simple and neither are we. Most of us are a mixture. Sometimes we feel like taking the laptop to the Starbucks and splurging on some exotic coffee-related concoction. Other times we just feel like a coffee, quick and cheap, in a well-lit place where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to wait for a dozen people with laptops to vacate a table. (This last may change, now that Tims is offering free Wi-Fi.) On the road, people probably prefer Tims, the washrooms notwithstanding, because they are easier to find, have good parking and are kid-friendly. Those are things that Tims would be crazy to change. And they might be wary of offering new coffee flavours, since that just slows things up in the ordering line. If Tims is really thinking about serious change, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vain hope that they might

consider getting out of the drive-thru business. The problems with drive-thru have been welldocumented, most notably clogged streets and emissions from all those idling vehicles, as well as slower service within the stores for those who had the energy to walk from their cars. The end of the drive-thru wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen unless municipal authorities see the light, which mostly they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. But Tim Hortons could gain a lot of public goodwill by such a gesture. Then maybe other businesses would follow, since companies, as we have seen, tend to imitate their competitors.

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How are you planning to fund your retirement?

new poll from Sun Life and Ipsos Reid suggests nearly a quarter of Canadians expect to rely on the value of their homes for retirement income, with 17 per cent expecting home eqCapital Muse uity to be their main income source. Perhaps more illuminating life expectancy has increased credit, we are a society up to – and it sometimes seems in- our eyeballs in debt. is that 60 per cent of CanaAny good financial surmountable to think about dians have no work pension planner would tell you funding a retirement that plan, which of course means eliminating debt is the most may last a quarter century. we should be saving big important first step toward fiThink about it: if the bucks for retirement. Sadly, average career lasts 35 years, nancial security. At the same less than a third of people time, experience has taught followed by a 25 year retiresurveyed suggest their perme that there is no harm in ment, it would make sense sonal savings would make saving simultaneously. If you that we save up to 42 per up any of their retirement think you don’t income. have a penny to Let’s face it, spare, it may be saving seems hard. Despite these realities, time to reconsider. Most of us have most of us – around 70 per cent, There are a considerably less number of things disposable income in fact – aren’t saving at all. that block people than the previous from saving generation. At money. the same time, A big one is feeling like cent of income during our the cost of living continues we simply don’t have enough working lives to fund those to increase dramatically. money left over at the end of golden years. Nevermind that savings a pay cycle to save anything. Despite these realities, expectations would have But this is why the “pay most of us – around 70 per been less in the early part of yourself first” principle is cent, in fact – aren’t saving the last century, given that sound. at all. With the lure of low most people worked until The idea is to have a interest rates and cheap the moment they died. But

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certain amount of money removed from your bank account automatically each time you get paid. Think you’ll miss it? Well, start small. What if you had $10 per week directly debited from your account into a registered retirement savings fund? Of course, I know what you’re thinking – how is $10 per week supposed to fund my retirement. Put simply, it won’t. But it will go a long way toward getting you into the habit of savings. The “why bother saving if it’s only a few bucks per week?” is a huge thing that deters people from saving at all.

The thing is, once you’re in the savings habit, you can start to increase the percentage you save over time. One of my favourite TED Talks of all time is called “How to save for tomorrow tomorrow,” by behavioural economist Shlomo Benartzi. His theory is that we don’t save because we can’t afford it today, but we tell ourselves that next month, next year, or at some point in the future we will have more money and then we’ll start saving. The problem is, with this way of thinking, tomorrow never happens. Instead, Benartzi says we should establish that savings

for tomorrow now. If you know that you’re going to get a cost of living allowance increase or a raise six months from now, contact your financial institution and tell them that, on that date, you want your savings contribution increased by the same percentage as your income increase. At the end of the day, it all comes down to ownership. If you’ve never had the money in your hot little hands – whether it’s that initial contribution of $10, or a small percentage increase off your raise – you’ll never miss it. I guarantee it.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa, on February 12, 2014, established its intention to designate the 2659 Roger Stevens Drive under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Description of Property 2659 Roger Stevens Drive is a one and one half storey wood frame farmhouse with red brick cladding. The house was constructed in 1876 and is located west of the village of North Gower in former Marlborough Township in southwest Ottawa. Statement of Cultural Heritage Value 2659 Roger Stevens Drive has cultural heritage value for its association with the early settlement of Marlborough Township, design value as a good example of the Gothic Revival style and contextual value for its location in a rural setting. 2659 Roger Stevens Drive has cultural heritage value for its association with the Bradley family and the early settlement of the interior of Marlborough Township. The house was constructed in 1876 for Edward Dailey, replacing an earlier log house on the site, and was purchased by Moses Bradley in 1900. The Bradley family of Marlborough Township were one of a number of Irish Protestant who arrived in Carleton County in the mid-19th century and quickly prospered through a combination of hard work and excellent farmland. They were one of the pioneering families near the hamlet of Pierce’s Corners in the northern part of the township and Moses, followed by his son Charles, farmed the land until 1960. The house at 2659 Roger Stevens Drive has design value as a good example of the Gothic Revival style popular in rural Ontario in the late 19th century. The Gothic Revival style became popular in Ontario in the 1860s and quickly became popular for farmers as they replaced the log houses associated with initial settlement. Typical of the style are its L-shaped plan, dichromatic brickwork, decorative bargeboard and veranda. 2659 Roger Stevens Drive is important in retaining and reinforcing the existing agricultural character of this area of Ottawa. Set back from the road by a long drive, the house is physically and functionally linked to its surroundings. 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. Lesley Collins, MCIP RPP Heritage Planner City of Ottawa Planning and Growth Management Department 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21586 E-mail: lesley.collins@ottawa.ca

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Worship 10:30 Sundays Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access

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2400 Alta Vista Drive (613) 733 0131 Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School; Ample parking; OC Transpo route 8 A warm welcome awaits you. Minister: Alex Mitchell sttimothys@on.aibn.com www.sttimsottawa.com

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the surplus should be limited to two per cent of the board’s revenue. Carson said the surplus is often used for capital projects – with permission by the Ministry of Education – and would ideally be around 3 per cent, or $24 million. “I don’t want us to get so dazed by the surplus that we open up the tap and let the dollars fall in the sink,”

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News - The Ottawa Public School board’s committee of the whole got a sneak peek at the 2014-15 budget on Feb. 11. The public consultation on the budget won’t happen until June, after the province announces the funding for the province’s four school boards, but the OCDSB is already looking at the pressures. “I think we have to assume there will be very little growth in the funding,” Mike Carson, the board’s superintendent of facilities told the trustees. The provincial deficit, coupled with the commitment to full-day kindergarten being in all schools by fall of 2015, will mean a crunch at all levels of government. “We need to make priorities,” Carson said. While the school board, ended their 2013 fiscal year in August, with a $45.8 million surplus, there are pressures in the form of future employee benefits, as well as increased transportation costs for bussing high school students in the Urban Transit Area and pressures related to increased costs for snow removal because of the heavy snowfall this year. There will be an additional 2,000 fullday kindergarten students starting in September 2015. Carson said allocating $7 million for the future employee benefits should leave the board with a surplus of roughly $32 million. Carson also said the board’s strategic plan would be included in the board’s budget – meaning board’s priorities in terms of student well-being an academic performance would be reflected.

Board chair Jennifer McKenzie said she was happy to see the board’s strategic plan as part of the discussion. “I would like to see us in a place where our strategic plan dictates the budget,” she said, adding she would be looking for funding to work with the Youth Services Bureau on a project to engage street kids and get them back in classrooms. Several trustees were concerned about keeping the surplus down to ensure continued funding levels from the province. Theresa Kavanagh, who represents the zone that corresponds with the municipal Bay Ward, asked if a surplus was a record amount. “I am just worried the board might get punished for being good with the books, by getting diminished funding,” she said. Rob Campbell, who represents the zone that corresponds with the Rideau-Vanier and Capital wards, asked if

get might be a good time to look at realigning the board’s administration. “We have a lot of people doing cross-departmental work,” she said. “There may be a way to look at workload without adding too much additional staff.” The board continued the budget process discussion on Feb. 20. Staff will recommend a finalized budget on May 13. Board will hear public delegations on May 26 and it will be approved by June 23.

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Scrub the sweet potato and trim off the ends. Pierce it with small knife in several places; microwave on the high setting for six to eight minutes or until tender, turning over halfway through the cycle. Let

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News - The St. Laurent Shopping Centre will be getting a facelift later this year, not the major expansion originally planned. Plans to expand the eastend shopping centre had included a 37 per cent increase to the facility – from 82,577 square metres to 113,139 square metres. It also involved a change in the bend in Coventry Road, which already curves around the mall, but the expansion required it to be extended further west towards Vanier Parkway before dipping south to the Queensway. The cost for the expansion was never finalized, but reports estimated it at around $200 million. Now the owners of the mall, Morguard Investments Ltd., have scaled back their plans.

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News - The number of drivers blowing past stop signs affixed to school buses has the city pursuing more options to nab – and educate – scofflaw motorists. In addition to a public education campaign, Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais wants the city to push for the province to allow the installation of cameras on school bus stop-sign arms, similar to the ones used to catch drivers who run red lights. “We’ve had a lot of concern from school bus operators about more and more people running stop signs when the school bus is stopped,” Blais said. The complaints prompted the police to do targeted enforcement in January and February. “It yielded good results in terms of they got a lot of people, but it’s bad results because

it means a lot of people are going through stop signs,” Blais said. Police handed out more than 200 infractions for violations in school zones over two days in January, Blais said, adding that it’s “an outrageously high number.” That includes speeding, as well as failing to stop for a school bus, which carries a fine of between $400 and $2,000 and six demerit points on the first offence. The technology to attach a camera on a school bus stop sign exists, but the problem is provincial legislation, Blais said. Cameras are already used in Alberta and in some United States counties. Unlike a red-light camera, which acts as its own evidence of the crime, images from a camera mounted on a school bus stop sign are not admissible in court, meaning the bus driver would have to show up to corroborate the information. Blais already wrote to the

minister of transportation and Ottawa-area MPs to request a change to the legislation that would allow automatic ticketing for stop-sign camera violations, similar to the way it’s done for red-light cameras. On Feb. 12 he gave notice that he’ll bring a motion to the next city council meeting to ask for the city to officially back his push and write to the minister requesting the change. In the meantime, Blais said the city’s transportation department has a couple ideas in the works to tackle the issue. First, an education campaign including new roadside signs will launch this spring to remind drivers to stop behind school buses. Second, Blais is hoping the city will sponsor a pilot project to put the cameras on some school buses. The councillor has been discussing the issue with ML Bradley, the major school-bus operator in Cumberland and the city’s traffic department.

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Get active – take a fitness class! Parks, Recreation and Culture offer quality fitness classes with knowledgeable staff in facilities in your neighbourhood and across the city. City facilities have gyms, aerobic studios, weight rooms, pools, and arenas. Register for a spring class, purchase a membership or drop in today. With Aquafitness through to Zumba®, we cover the spectrum from beginner to experienced, from crawling babies to sitting yoga. Learn a Sport for Life; practice your skills and drills and sign up to play the game. You can count on us to activate your spare time.

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St. Patrick’s foundation appeals for lottery help Sabine Gibbins

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News - Many tickets are still available for St. Patrick’s Home of Ottawa Foundation’s annual lottery. Development officer Marlee McElligot said there are approximately 400 tickets still left to be purchased. In its more than 20-year tenure, the lottery has sold out since 2005. The week leading up to the Feb. 24 deadline is always a race, but this year has proven to be a little more challenging, said McElligot. One of the main reasons for this is due to staff concentrating primarily on moving seniors into their new residences by Dec. 30, 2013, she added. Priorities shifted so they could meet the move-in deadline and focus on setting up the spaces. The new home is located right beside the former residence, which will soon be demolished. “There’s always a big push during the last few weeks to try and sell out the lottery,” she said. “We really need the help

from the community this year to reach our goals,” she said. Funds raised from the lottery will go towards purchasing medical and recreational equipment for residents, she said. “A lot of it goes towards patient or spiritual care,” she said. Every year, the foundation hopes to sell out the 2,000 tickets which are sold for $100 each, McElligot added. Next year, the foundation hopes to inform buyers specifically where their money went. One of the major incentives for supporters is the fact they have many chances of winning. For anyone who bought an early-bird ticket, their name went back into the draw, after an early-bird lottery took place on Jan. 22 for a $10,000 and a $5,000 prize. The main draw will take place on March 7 for a $10,000, $5,000, and 12 $1,000 prizes. Monthly draws will take place afterwards on the second Wednesday of the month from April to December for $1,000 and $5,000 prizes. McElligot said one of the

main reasons why the lottery is so popular is because there is a cluster of dedicated seniors in the community who always purchase tickets every year. St. Patrick’s Home is a haven for more than 200 residents, said McElligot. A new building was required as the original one was outdated – it is over 50 years old – and in need of repair. Still a beehive of activity as construction workers and staff move in between piles of supplies and furniture in the hallways, the new building made room for more residents and recreational spaces. Construction on the new building began in September 2011. When the older building is demolished, it will create more parking spaces and a refreshed landscape design. McElligot said she believes the reason why St. Patrick’s Home stands out is due to the 200 volunteers who help run the programs and services for seniors. For more information on the lottery, please visit stpats. ca/foundation, or phone them at 613-260-2738.

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Ruth Catana, the St. Patrick’s Home foundation executive director is shown outside the chapel of the newly built home where more than 200 residents live. The foundation is appealing to potential donors for help with its fundraising lottery.

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