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The city’s waterways got top billing at a National Capital Commission presentation of the NCC’s 50year plan for the capital on Feb. 23. The commission’s executive director of capital planning, Stephen Willis, made the presentation to the city’s planning committee. See PARKWAYS, page 7

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City strikes deal with its transit union The existing contract was set to expire in March. The new deal, which will end in 2020, which means stability for when the Confederation light rail line opens in 2018, Watson said. “The four-year agreement will

The deal is salary increases of two per cent in each of the first three years and 2.25 per cent in the fourth year. Mayor Jim Watson said it was a “good deal for OC Transpo employees, riders and taxpayers.”

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The city ratified a four-year deal with OC Transpo’s biggest union – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 on Feb. 24.

bring employment stability,” Watson said, thanking ATU head Clint Crabtree and OC Transpo general manager for their hard work. “The fact that we reached the agreement prior to expiration of our existing contract, demonstrates our relationship with the city’s transit suppliers,” he said.

Coun. Stephen Blais, who chairs the transit commission, said he’s proud of the hard work done by city staff. “Usually it’s bad news from you get a call from John Manconi at 3 a.m.,” Blais said. “But this is definitely good news.” The union represents more than 2,000 employees.

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Cause of Booth Street residential fire ruled accidental malfunctioning heat unit, Cardinal said. Calls then came in just after 9 a.m. reporting a chimney fire at a Constance Bay home at 4984 Opeongo Rd. Additional resources were deployed when the flames spread into the walls of the residence.

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The cause of a Sunday morning fire that caused an estimated $70,000 in damages to a Booth Street home in Somerset Ward has been ruled accidental. The single-family row home, located at 382 Booth St. in Little Italy, between Willow Street and Gladstone Avenue, suffered an estimated $60,000 in structural damages. Content loss was pegged at an additional $10,000. “The cause has been identified as accidental in nature,” Capt. Danielle Cardinal, fire department spokeswoman, confirmed in a statement. Additional details on what exactly caused the fire or where in the home it started were not immediately known. Fire crews were called to the address at 7:28 a.m. and a working fire was declared soon after. About 30 firefighters were on scene at the height of the blaze. “I know that the main priority for firefighters when they arrived on scene was to protect adjacent homes because that part of the city has homes in very close proximity,” Cardinal later said in an interview. That process typically includes dousing the neighbouring structures with water, and firefighters scanning

The cause of that blaze has also been ruled accidental, and damages are estimated at $400,000. The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating two fires that broke that same day, first at 1248 Walkley Rd. just after 9 a.m. and then at 4100 Leitrim Rd. at 12:44 p.m.

Damages to the Walkley Road residence are approximately $325,000 and $350,000 to the Leitrim Road address. Police are investigating these fires as related arsons. Police arrested a 78-year-old male suspect the same day in connection with those two fires.

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Hoses line a section of Booth Street as Ottawa firefighters battle a working fire at a row house at 382 Booth St. on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire has since been ruled accidental. The single-family home suffered an estimated $70,000 in damages, according to fire officials the interior of the premises with thermal-imaging cameras to check for heat, particularly high up in the eaves. Neighbouring homes had been evacuated as a precaution and firefighters remained on scene until about 9:30 a.m. “They were there for almost two hours, which helped them keep the fire from spreading to adjacent homes,” Cardinal said. She did not know whether anyone was home at the Booth Street residence at the time the fire broke out. However, she said no one

was injured in the incident. MULTIPLE CALLS

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Hey, hey, it’s the Bluesfest; Monkees on the bill Staff

At a time when a late arriving blast of winter has hit the City of Ottawa in recent weeks, a bit of sunshine arrived to warm up the hearts of music lovers with the announcement of a star-studded preliminary lineup for this coming summer’s annual RBC Bluesfest at Lebreton Flats. The earlier than normal Bluesfest lineup announcement that was made on Feb. 23 offers a smorgasbord of musical options from ‘90s funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to icons of rock radio from the 1980’s such as Duran Duran, Billy Idol, and the Cult, to coun-

try music stars such as Brad Paisly and musical legends from the 1960s such as John Fogerty and The Monkees. Yes, hey, hey, they’re The Monkees. “I’m extremely happy with how the program came together,” said the festival’s executive and artistic director Mark Monahan. “With this year’s line-up, RBC Bluesfest remains one of the greatest showcases of international talent and an important platform for new and emerging acts.” Early bird tickets for the festival, which runs this summer from July 7 to 17 with a break in the middle at LeBreton Flats Park, includes a one-day presale

that starts at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 and ends that day at midnight. Tickets available include Youth Festival Wristband, Adult Festival Wristband, Grand Club VIP Pass, along with parking and The Big Chill VIP Upgrade that will also be available as add-ons. Regular ticket sales start Friday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. All ticket-types available, including day passes, Pick-3, Pick-5, Metropolitain VIP Zone, are available through www.ottawabluesfest.ca/. As in past years, expect more acts to be added in the weeks and months to come, but for now, the lineup also includes Joe Jackson, Noel Gallagher of Oasis fame and his High Flying Birds, Wolf Parade, former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry, and City and Colour among numerous others. Go to the Bluesfest website for a complete list of the preliminary lineup and for updates in the future on any acts to be added as the festival approaches.

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The Arkells rock the stage at the 2015 RBC Bluesfest. The 2016 lineup for the festival was announced on Feb. 23.

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the environment, transportation and planning committees and the chair of the transit commissions to help find ways to reduce the city’s GHG emissions. Hubley said Edmonton is at a 90 per cent waste diver-

Science is telling us that the 1.5 degree Celsius target is breaking point Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko

sion rate, where Ottawa struggles to meet 40 per cent. “I was hoping to see real targets we can achieve,” he said. Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko said he under-

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Always wanted to bring your favourite book to life on the big or small screen? Teens ages 13 to 18 have the chance to create a one-minute video about their favourite book for the Ottawa Public Library’s sixth-annual Teen Tech Week Video Contest, March 6 to April 4. The video can take several forms: a book trailer, parody, review, a re-creation of a compelling scene – anything related to the chosen book. To compete for the grand prize of an Apple iPad and a Saw Video Media Art Centre prize pack, entrants are asked to upload their video entries on YouTube for the contest. The top 10 contest finalists will be announced and will see their videos publicly showcased during a awards night on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Centrepointe Theatre Studio, located at 101 Centrepointe Dr.

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The Ottawa Public Library is once again inviting teens between the ages of 13 and 18 to submit a one-minute video about their favourite fook for its sixth-annual Teen Tech Week Video Contest. This free event is open to the public. During Teen Tech Week, which promotes library services for teens and showcases the services that public libraries offer in addition to books, the library is inviting youth to explore its digital resources, such as e-books, e-magazines, downloadable music and videos, blogs and apps as well as utilize the library’s Imagine

Space at the Nepean Centrepointe library branch. The library is also set to host two video filming and editing workshops using a green screen at this makerspace on March 15 and 16. For details about the contest or workshops, go to biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/ teen-tech-video-contest, call 613-580-2940 or email infoservice@biblioottawalibrary.ca.

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Parkways not just for cars: planner LETTER We need our farm Continued from page 1

While the outline of the plan is still in its early stages, Willis said the commission wants input from council about what they’d like to see. Public spaces seemed to be the main theme, with an eye to finding access points to the canal and the Ottawa River, as well as tweaking the intersection on Rideau Street in front of an old train station across from the Chateau Laurier and improving access to the National War Memorial. “People on Wellington and further down Elgin and Rideau streets can’t really see what’s going on there without television monitors,” Willis said of events at the war memorial, adding they’d like to open up the area to make for more dynamic presentations on Remembrance Day. Willis also said the commission would be looking at putting more public spaces around parkways. “We want them to be the site of parks, not just auto corridors,” he said.

Planning committee chair Jan Harder said councillors could submit ideas for the plan – aimed at developing a land-use framework for the commission from 2017 to 2067 – by mid-March to general manager John Moser, who will prepare something to send on the city’s behalf. new relationship

Harder said the open door relationship with the NCC that started with new CEO Mark Kristmanson is refreshing. Some councillors had suggestions for improvements. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson asked Willis if the commission would be willing to entertain the idea of a green finger instead of a greenbelt – adding the cost of jumping the greenbelt to provide infrastructure is significant. Willis said the NCC recently updated the master plan for the greenbelt, and he doesn’t see them reopening that file

soon. College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said the Greber plan – which endorsed the use of the Greenbelt – was aimed at protecting the downtown core from being neglected. Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais asked some pointed questions about land use for commuters coming from Orleans to the south end to go to the airport. Willis wouldn’t make any promises, but said the new plan would develop the framework for Ottawa to make use of lands, where there is no alternative for a roadway or transit hub. Nothing is set out in guidelines in the current plan – which was developed in 1999. The draft plan, which sets out 17 milestones for the next 50 years, includes the input of Canadians, Willis said. The draft plan will be made available by May, with the board voting on a final version by the end of the year, so that it will be in place by 2017.

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Re: “Experimental Farm not only expansion option: Ottawa Hospital,” Feb. 25. It is a welcome change that Dr. Kitts has reconsidered the plan to build the new Civic campus on the Experimental Farm. Why was there no planning and alternate considerations given eight years ago when he was originally informed that the farm site was not available? The long-term research on the Experimental Farm has been going on for over 100 years. The current experiments on Field # 1 is linked with an international network of science to help agriculture reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adjust for climate change. Surely, under climate changes we want food production to continue and adjust effectively without loss of food supply. Adequate nutritious food is our best form of health protection. Field # 1 is dedicated experiments for this purpose. If Dr. Kitts had set up an open and community based hospital site selection process in 2008, we could all be working together to plan a 21st-century hospital knowing that safe health-filled food production had not been sacrificed. Clarke Topp Nepean

CITY OF OTTAWA NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF A ZONING AMENDMENT Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening Environmental Assessment Study Open House #3 Thursday, March 10, 2016 Jim Durrell Recreation Centre – Ellwood Hall 1265 Walkley Road 6 to 8:30 p.m. (presentation at 7 p.m.) OC Transpo routes 1, 8, 41, 87, 114, 144 and 146 Parking is available The City of Ottawa is undertaking the Airport Parkway (Brookfield Road to the Airport) and Lester Road (Airport to east of Bank Street) Widening Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transportation requirements related to growth in the surrounding communities and airport lands. This third and final Open House is to present the Recommended Plan for the project. Your participation in this Open House meeting is important as we are seeking feedback on the proposed work before it is presented to City Council for approval in late spring 2016. This EA study is being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s EA Act, fulfilling requirements as a Municipal Class EA process for a Schedule ‘C’ project. Information on the Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening EA Study is available at ottawa.ca/airportparkway. Comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call 3-1-1 or email the project lead below before the event. For further information or to provide comments, please contact: Frank McKinney, P.Eng Program Manager, Transportation Planning – Environmental Assessments City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 28540 Fax: 613-580-2578 Email: Frank.McKinney@ottawa.ca

Review of Minimum Parking Requirements In accordance with Section 34(10.7)(a) of the Planning Act and Section 3.(1) of Ontario Regulation 545/06, notice is hereby provided that a zoning by-law amendment proposal is being considered by the Planning and Growth Management Department at the City of Ottawa. LANDS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL The zoning amendment proposal affects lands located generally within the boundaries of former Ottawa and Vanier, as well as those lands near rapid-transit stations citywide. Lands affected include all of Wards 12, 13, 14 and 15; most of Ward 17; part of Wards 7, 11 and 16; as well as lands near rapid-transit stations city-wide. Wards 5, 6, 20 and 21 do not contain any lands affected by the proposal. PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The proposed amendment will reduce and in some cases eliminate the minimum number of parking spaces required for development in the inner-urban area and near rapid-transit stations, consistent with the relevant policies of the Official Plan. It will also introduce incidental changes to required aisle widths in parking garages, minimum driveway widths, and zoning rules governing car-sharing services. A minimum visitor parking requirement for residential uses is proposed to be introduced in those parts of the Central Area where visitor rates currently do not apply. FURTHER INFORMATION To view the proposal or any information or materials related to the proposal, please contact the undersigned planner, or visit the project website at ottawa.ca/minimumparking. RELATED PLANNING APPLICATIONS N/A SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The City of Ottawa would like to receive any comments concerning this proposal. Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, telephone, facsimile or e-mail by Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Comments received will be considered in the evaluation of the proposal. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Dated at the City of Ottawa this Thursday, March 3, 2016. Tim J. Moerman, Planner Planning and Growth Management Department City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 13944 • Fax: 613-580-2459 E-mail: tim.moerman@ottawa.ca

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f you are a student soon heading off to university from a low-income family, then you’re a winner after the Ontario budget was unveiled at Queen’s Park on Feb. 25. For the rest of us, not so much. As a budget goodie, free tuition for students from families with a combined income of $50,000 or less came completely out of left field. But more sin taxes, higher natural gas rates, higher gas prices though a cap-and-trade system and the absolutely staggering amount of money that the province now pays out each year just to service the accumulated provincial debt is sadly predictable considering the way the governing provincial Liberals have been spending money in recent years. It’s a good thing that some students will end up getting free university tuition, and thus be able to get degrees that will hopefully translate into decent paying jobs in the future because they are going to need that cash. Someone is going to have pay the now humongous $300 billion-plus debt load this province is carrying into the future. If there was the sound of fits of laughter emerging out of

Queen’s Park when Ontario Finance Minster Charles Sousa said the government’s newest budget shows how fiscally-responsible this Grit government has been, it would have been perfectly understandable. What is also amusing, if not outright tragic, is that the government is claiming it will balance its annual books next year. That is something that will have to be seen to be believed from this government. Ontario’s books are now so far in the red, that the $308.3 billion accumulated debt load that all residents of the province are now on the hook for is so large that trying to climb out of that fiscal ditch is akin to trying to scale a black hole without a rope. Running up annual deficits in and of itself is not always a bad thing when the economic times call for it, but the Wynne, and McGuinty Liberal government before it, have made irresponsible fiscal management an art form. They have proven themselves to be worldclass artists when it comes to running up the debt, and Ontario residents are going to be the ones paying for it long after this Liberal government fades into a long distant memory.

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t would be good if we in Ottawa didn’t cripple ourselves with indecision over such large matters as the development of LeBreton Flats and a new public library. Discussions have become rather heated already, even though we are still in the very early stages. And part of that may have to do with people’s idea of the scale of things. For understandable reasons, we are thinking massive. The understandable reasons include the fact that LeBreton Flats has been sitting more or less vacant for more or less 50 years. It is natural, then, that we wouldn’t want to put some modest little thing on it. Whatever it is, we want it to have a significance worthy of the wait. We want something big. We

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ever is put there impresses the tourists, but that should not be the first consideration. The first consideration is to make it useable, accessible and comfortable. And the same goes for much of what will go on LeBreton Flats, the housing, the shops, the restaurants. If you think of your favourite neighbourhoods in Canada, or in the world, you don’t think of overpowering structures. You think of walkable streets, interesting shops and restaurants and a nice vibe. The buildings could be quite ordinary, even modest. The neighbourhood is easy to get in and out of. It has good transit and some trees. If we think that way, if we set aside the need to be world-class and photogenic, it should be easier to make decisions. It’s like a man buying a suit. Once he gets over the idea that it 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

should make him look like James Bond, the choosing is easier. What about something that looks good and fits? Do we need the most striking library in the world? No. But we need a library. And it is more important that people be comfortable in it than take pictures outside it.

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Redevelopment of the Civic Campus – A 21st Century Hospital

Réaménagement du Campus Civic – Un hôpital digne du 21e siècle

The Ottawa Hospital invites residents and business owners from Ottawa and surrounding communities to attend a Public Information Session to learn more about the future redevelopment of its Civic Campus:

Who should attend? All residents and business-owners of Ottawa and surrounding communities who have an interest in a 21st Century Hospital in the city core. All organizations and interest groups that have an interest in heritage; health and wellness; urban planning; economic development; scientific and medical research; etc.

L’Hôpital d’Ottawa invite les résidants et les propriétaires d’entreprises d’Ottawa et des environs à participer à une séance d’information publique pour en savoir plus sur le réaménagement futur du Campus Civic: Date: Le lundi 7 mars 2016 Lieu: 200, chemin Coventry, Centre de conférences et d’événements d’Ottawa Heure: De 16 h à 21 h Activités: De 16 h à 19 h : Assemblée publique De 19 h à 20 h 15 : Présentation et période de questions • Mot d’ouverture de l’animateur Jamie McCracken, président du Conseil des gouverneurs, L’Hôpital d’Ottawa • Remarques de Catherine McKenna, députée d’Ottawa Centre et de Yasir Naqvi, député provincial d’Ottawa Centre • Présentation du Dr Jack Kitts, PDG, L’Hôpital d’Ottawa, suivie d’une période de questions De 20 h 15 à 21 h : Assemblée publique (suite) Transport: OCTranspo: circuit 9 (ou consulter le planificateur de trajet d’OCTranspo) Stationnement: gratuit Sujets de discussion: L’Hôpital d’Ottawa s’est engagé à offrir les meilleurs soins possible et à répondre aux besoins de notre collectivité. Nous avons la possibilité de réaménager le Campus Civic et de le construire à un nouvel endroit au cœur de la ville pour ainsi créer un hôpital digne du 21e siècle qui comptera parmi les établissements de santé les plus modernes et à la fine pointe de la technologie. Effets sur Ottawa: Un investissement de plus de deux milliards de dollars dans un hôpital digne du 21e siècle constitue une initiative de construction urbaine d’envergure qui permettra de veiller à ce que les citoyens d’Ottawa continuent de recevoir les meilleurs soins possible, et ce, pour les prochaines générations, dans un environnement qui favorise le bien-être, l’apprentissage et la recherche. Il s’agit également d’un important facteur favorable à la création d’emplois et au développement économique dans la région. Raisons de bâtir un hôpital digne du 21e siècle: Actuellement, de nombreux édifices du Campus Civic datent de la construction originale de l’hôpital, c’est-à-dire de la fin du siècle dernier. L’âge de ces installations, jumelé à l’espace limité du terrain de 23 acres, créent des conditions difficiles qui empêcheront les professionnels de la santé de répondre pleinement aux besoins futurs de la population croissante et vieillissante d’Ottawa. Invités: Les résidants et les propriétaires d’entreprises d’Ottawa et des environs qui souhaitent obtenir un hôpital digne du 21e siècle au cœur de la ville. Les organismes et les groupes d’intervenants qui s’intéressent au patrimoine, à la santé et au bien-être, à l’urbanisme, au développement économique, à la recherche scientifique et médicale, etc.

For more information on a new 21st Century Hospital in Ottawa’s core, visit www.ottawahospital.on.ca/21stCenturyHospital or email newcivic@toh.ca

Pour en savoir plus au sujet du nouvel hôpital digne du 21e siècle au cœur de la Ville d’Ottawa, visitez le www.hopitalottawa.on.ca/hopitaldignedu21esiecle ou communiquez par courriel au nouveaucivic@lho.ca

Date: Location: Time:

Monday March 7, 2016 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa Conference and Event Centre 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Format:

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Public Open House 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm: Presentation and question period • Opening remarks by moderator Jamie McCracken, Chair of the Board of Governors,The Ottawa Hospital • Remarks by Catherine McKenna, MP for Ottawa-Centre and Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa-Centre • Presentation by Dr. Jack Kitts, CEO, The Ottawa Hospital, followed by a question period 8:15 pm – 9:00 pm: Public Open House resumes

How to get there: OCTranspo: Suggested Bus Route 9 or Consult OCTranspoTravel Planner Parking: Free parking What will be discussed? The Ottawa Hospital is committed to delivering the best health care possible and meeting the needs of our community. The opportunity exists to redevelop the Civic Campus at a new location in the city’s core and creating a 21st Century Hospital that will be one of the most modern and technologically advanced health care facilities of our time. What does this mean for Ottawa? A more than $2 billion investment in a 21st Century Hospital is a significant city-building initiative that will ensure the citizens of Ottawa continue to receive the best care possible for generations to come in an environment that promotes wellness, learning and research. It is also a major job and economic-development driver for the Region. Why is a 21st Century Hospital needed? Currently, many of the Civic Campus buildings date back to the Hospital’s origin, at the turn of the last century. The age of these facilities, combined with limited space on the 23-acre site, create challenging conditions to meet the future needs of Ottawa’s growing and aging population.

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Tackling new mom taboos launch Curated Wellness, a

Brynna Leslie

The further one gets from the days of early motherhood, the easier it is to forget the sleepless nights, selfdoubt and the paradox of euphoria and utter misery that one can experience in the first months of a new baby’s life. Regardless of the conditions of pregnancy, labour, birth and post-partum, most mothers would agree that becoming a mother is a life-altering experience. And for many, it can also trigger a temporary or long-term identity crisis as women seek to redefine how their multifaceted roles as mother, wife and friend. And yet, as holistic health professional Rachel Schipper discovered after the birth of her daughter two years ago, most of the resources available to new mothers are about how to care for babies,

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse with very little on how to care for mom. “The last thing you have is that six-week post-partum check-up,” says Schipper. “Following that, most if not all resources available are for babies, not mothers.” A former Wall Street lawyer, Schipper gave up the sixfigure salary and the 80-hour weeks several years ago, when she realized that the fast paced life was not good for her or her health. She moved back to Toronto to

holistic health consultation service for organizations and individuals targeted at the Bay Street crowd. Schipper runs yoga sessions, offers individual career coaching and uses her exceptional research skills – garnered through several degrees and a law career – to match people to the resources they need to live better. Following the birth of her niece in Ottawa last summer, Schipper was reminded of how lost she felt as a new

mother. Watching her sister grapple with similar issues, Schipper felt perhaps there was another segment of the population that needed “wellness solutions” that weren’t readily available – new mothers. On hand to help her sister in the early weeks, Schipper was inspired to develop a video series with other holistic health professionals. The New Mom Dream Team is an online subscriptionbased video series designed to address issues that aren’t available through a quick Google search. “The idea is to give women essential and accurate information they need about common issues where they are currently underserved,” explains Schipper. Schipper would be the first to admit that video production isn’t her forte. But she’s not the type to sit still and wait. Using Internet communications tools, including Skype and various desktop recording software, Schipper brought together a team of 12 experts from

across North America to build the New Mom Dream Team series. They are a diverse team, which include everyone from a post-partum doula, a naturopathic doctor and even a professional seductress. “Currently there more than 43 videos that draw from 12 different experts – ranging from financial education to anxiety, relationships and depression, and how to feel sexy again after you have a baby,” says Schipper. Schipper says although it’s common for women to be tight-lipped on the pressure a new baby puts on a marriage, a woman’s body and a woman’s identity, nothing is taboo in the video series nor in the closed online forum she’s running as part of the series. Although a number of common issues like breastfeeding and sleep are covered, Schipper says it’s just as important that women learn how to repair, heal and feel good about their bodies and themselves. She admits the series is

not something new mothers would have the time or will to look for, which is why she’s working hard to partner with obstetricians and general practitioners, who are often the first point of contact for women experiencing post-partum issues. “A lot of the obstetricians I’ve spoken to have admitted that they really don’t have access to resources for women because their primary job is to look after babies,” says Schipper. Schipper is modest, but poignant, as she discusses how deeply she desires to give women the resources they need to take the edge of modern-day motherhood. “Having a baby is really hard,” says Schipper. “The last thing any woman needs is to feel judged. “And the last thing women need is more advice about parenting,” she adds. “This course is not about parenting; it’s about becoming a mother. It’s about all the different moments of that and doing it with the most grace and joy possible.”

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Provincial budget focuses on education, health care Steph Willems

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Depending on personal circumstances, Ontario’s 2016 draft budget could save you a lot of money or cost you a little more. The big-ticket items in the document unveiled by Finance Minister Charles Sousa on Feb. 25 concerned postsecondary students, health care, drivers and drinkers. In a departure from the status quo, the province is eliminating its existing arsenal of tuition grants in favour of a free average tuition for students from families with a household income of under $50,000. This initiative – the Ontario Tuition Grant – would also be available to some students from higher income families when it comes into effect in the 2017-18 fiscal year. Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loans will also be capped at $10,000 annually for higher income families. Hospital funding – which has been frozen for several years – will see a top-up of $345 million, while the community care model will be reformed for better delivery of health services. More money – $155 million over three years – will be allocated to improving palliative care, while $12 billion in capital grants will be allocated to hospitals over the next ten years to facilitate new construction. Ottawa South MPP John Fraser said the new money being added to health care hasn’t been taken from other areas inside the same portfolio. In past years when hospital funding was frozen, Fraser said areas such as community care and home care saw increases of five per cent annually. “It’s like in any organization, where you say, ‘this is what we need to do for people, this is what they want, so we need to bring our focus here,’” said Fraser. “So, how do we actually move those resources in a way that delivers that care for people the best we can, to have a well-functioning system?”

In a move that’s sure to be popular, the much-maligned Drive Clean emissions-testing program will see its $30 fee eliminated, though the program itself will stay in place. The province’s lofty, longterm infrastructure-building goals remain in place, with stated support for Ottawa’s Phase 2 light rail project, as well as numerous projects in the Greater Toronto Area. No dollar figure has yet been nailed down for the province’s contribution to Ottawa’s signature transit project. “Investing in roads, highways, transit, hospitals and schools are the core elements of the government’s vision to create jobs, grow local economies and enhance the quality of life for people across Ontario,” said Ottawa-Vanier MPP Madeleine Meilleur, speaking at Le Cité Collégiale on Feb. 26. That school will receive $10 million in the budget for a new innovation and entrepreneurship centre for its Francophone students. The University of Ottawa is also slated to receive money for its new Institute for Fiscal Studies and Democracy. Higher costs

Extra spending comes at a cost, and drivers and people who use natural gas heat will feel the pinch. Due to the province’s involvement in a cap-and-trade carbon pricing arrangement, gasoline cost will rise to the tune of about 4.3 cents per litre. Natural gas prices would also rise by about $5 per month for the average household. By law, money collected via these fees has to be spent on emissions-reducing efficiencies in other areas of society, like home retrofit programs. Large businesses won’t feel the financial hit immediately, as they will be given up to four years to adopt the cap-and-trade guidelines. Though the province recently announced that wine will become available in a select number of grocery stores, all wine sold in the province

will now have to abide by a mandatory minimum price – one that will rise each year. In addition, all bottles sold will see an average of 10 cents in tax added. Taxes on cigarettes will also rise, with the price of a carton of smokes going up three dollars. Financial standing

Sousa said the province remains committed to balancing its budget for the 20172018 fiscal year, with this coming year’s deficit pegged at $4.3-billion. The projected deficit at the end of the 2015-16 fiscal year will be $5.7 billion, which the province says is less than it earlier predicted. On the macro level, Ontario’s debt will pass a numerical milestone this coming year, with a $308 billion debt requiring nearly $12 billion each year in interest payments to service it. That will rise to more than $13 billion annually in two years. Reaction

Both Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown and New Democrat leader Andrea Horwath took exception to the makeup of the cap-and-trade program. Brown said the added costs on essentials like natural gas and gasoline will place an added burden on residents, and that there’s no guarantee that the collected revenues will be spent on what the Liberals say they will. Horwath said their vision of a cap-and-trade program wasn’t reflected in the budget, calling the Liberals’ plan unfair. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has expressed his pleasure at seeing promises for Phase 2 LRT funding in the budget. The city plans to go after that cash in the next year-and-ahalf to ensure the timeline for the project isn’t delayed. The city, province and federal government will each pay for one-third of the LRT expansion plan. With files from Torstar News Service

Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project including but not limited to permitting the construction, use, operation, inspection, alteration, maintenance and/or repair of an existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, a new 300 mm sanitary sewer forcemain to facilitate repairs to the existing forcemain, a new section of 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemain parallel to the existing forcemain and works and improvements ancillary thereto and including temporary easements, 12 months in duration, for purposes including but not limited to repairing the existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, constructing the 300 mm and 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemains, entering on, under and through the easement lands described in Schedule A attached hereto with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and material for construction, excavation, and grading, and undertaking all other works ancillary to the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto. The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within 30 days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is: The Council of the City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1. The expropriating authority is: City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1. Dated at Ottawa this 3rd day of March, 2016. CITY OF OTTAWA Gordon E. MacNair Director, Real Estate Partnerships & Development Office Schedule A Those lands in the City of Ottawa described as follows: An estate, right, or interest in the nature of a permanent easement in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn. An estate, right or interest, for a limited time in the nature of a temporary easement for a period of 12 months in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Part 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn. Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn.

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It takes a community Syrian family tells story of fleeing and learning to be Canadian Adam Kveton

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They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well it takes a community to welcome and support a refugee family. That’s been the story learned at Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish in Glen Cairn, as well as by the Syrian refugee family of six they are sponsoring. Now nearly at the end of their one-year sponsorship, the Al Dakhil family shared their story of fleeing from their home in Syria, barely getting by in Lebanon, arriving in Canada and becoming Canadian. The community at Holy Redeemer parish has supported them with more than money, food and clothing.

Most important was the companionship and love they received, said the Al Dakhils. And that’s the message they want to send to others interested in sponsoring Syrian refugees. LEAVING HOME

In Syria, the Al Dakhils were a happy family, but that changed as the civil war erupted. “Every house in Syria has a sad story,” said Shadi Al Dakhil, the father of the family speaking in English, which he has learned since coming to Canada. “For our family, we had a bad situation in our town. It was so bad.” In one year, Shadi and his wife Kholoud moved their three kids from one school

to the next three times in the city of Daraa. It was due to bombings. One of their children’s friends lost a hand to one of them, said Shadi. And while bombs exploded, bullets flew. “Sometimes my wife hid the kids under the bed or in the washroom to save them from the gunshots,” he said. “(The shots were) just behind our home,” said Kholoud. “We could see the light from the windows when they shot.” The family went unscathed, until one day on the way to work Shadi’s car was fired on. He was shot in the leg, he said. But he was lucky to have only been shot once. There were 40 bullet holes in his car, he said. “We decided, a hard decision at this time, to leave Syria,” said Shadi. They had to sneak out of their town separately, Kholoud with two of the kids, and Shadi with the third. They were forced to leave

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The Al Dakhil family together in their Kanata apartment, two of them now members of the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 872, and Stephane, centre, the first of the family to be born in Canada. everything behind so it didn’t appear as if they were leaving for good, and Shadi had to lie to soldiers that he was taking his daughter to the hospital to be allowed to leave. Arriving in Damascus, Shadi’s leg wound bleeding, they headed for Lebanon where they tried to start their lives again. But times were difficult there too. With Shadi’s brother living in Lebanon, they were able to find a house to live in, and Shadi found work at a restaurant. He worked about 16 hours a day for $500 a month. It was not nearly enough, he said. Kholoud, a teacher, worked at a school for free so that their kids could study there, but after a year that deal fell through. “It was a bad situation in this area of Lebanon for Syrians,” said Shadi. “Sometimes you cannot find money to buy water to drink.” “How we were living in Lebanon I don’t know,” he said. REFUGEES

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One day, one of Shadi’s friends with contacts in Canada who has helped refugees before asked Shadi, “Would

you like to get to Canada?” “I said, ‘What? What?’” an incredulous tone in his voice as he recounted the story. “It’s like a dream for a person to come to Canada,” said Kholoud. Not quite believing that it was possible, Shadi and Kholoud set to work filling out the proper paperwork with the help of a translator so they could be recognized refugees and request sponsorship in Canada. Connecting with Holy Redeemer parish, which agreed to sponsor them, the family still couldn’t believe they would ever get to this country. Their friends and neighbours were sceptical as well until the Al Dakhils received a call from the Canadian embassy. They had an interview, said Shadi, smiling wide. By the end of it they were told they could come to Canada. ARRIVAL

All told, it was seven months between when the Al Dakhils filled out the paperwork and when they arrived in Canada. “Not a long time,” said Shadi. “We are, thank God, a lucky family.” “Families there, they stay

one and one-and-a-half years there and their children are without any school,” said Kholoud It was a difficult thing, deciding to leave their home, their culture and their family behind, they said, but the moment they arrived in Canada everything changed for the better. “When we arrived at the Toronto airport, we feel the difference,” said Shadi. “A new life. We get a new life. And when you see Canadian people in the airport with their smiles, with their welcome, you feel great. Thank God. “When we arrived at the Ottawa airport, we met the community from our church and it was a great day,” said Shadi. “A great day. Nobody can feel what we feel. Nobody, no, no, no. “When you see them, you feel you left your family in Syria and came to your family in Canada. We miss our family in Syria, but we win a big family. Yeah. Our church gives us more than we can measure.” Part two of “It Takes a Community” will appear in next week’s Ottawa West News.

Players from top women’s curling team pay visit to Perley Rideau residents Megan DeLaire

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Curlers from Ottawa’s Team Homan are getting ready to face the world’s top nine men’s curling rinks from March 17 to 20. But before they face that challenge two members of Team Homan took time out fior some fun and visited the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre on Feb. 28. Team lead Lisa Weagle, and vice-skip Emma Miskew demonstrated their training at the centre that afternoon with some quick games of indoor curling, mingled with staff and residents who also handled some stones, and posed for photos with fans before leaving. “Being from Ottawa, it’s

really important for us to give back to the community,” Weagle said. “To hear that they had a floor curling set up here, and to see the residents be able to be active and curl and take part in the sport we love, that is really nice to see.” The team, which also includes skip Rachel Homan, from Kanata, and second Joanne Courtney, has won three consecutive Grand Slam titles this season, and later in March they’ll join the Elite 10, becoming the first women’s team to compete in a men’s Grand Slam of Curling event since Sportsnet took over the series in 2012. Residents finished the day with the aptly chosen

film Men With Brooms, a Canadian romantic comedy centred around the sport of curling. The centre’s administrative assistant Sara McIlveen, who organized the event, said that many of the residents are curling fans who might not have been aware of the centre’s indoor curling program before the event. She hopes the new knowledge will make a positive difference in their daily lives. “A lot of the residents said that they didn’t even know that there was a floor Megan DeLaire/Metroland curling program before this afternoon,” McIlveen said. “So they came down to see the girls and now they’ll Team Homan curlers Lisa Weagle, left, and Emma Miskew demonstrate curling during a be more active in the centre, visit with veterans and residents at the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre on Feb. which is fantastic.” 28.

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Just say no to pot – at least until you’re older – was the message pushed at a town hall held by the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse at Ben Franklin Place on Feb. 22. The town hall was part of a nationwide tour to educate those who work with teens on the findings from the centre’s new report entitled, The effects of Cannabis Use during Adolescence.

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commonly used illicit drug among young people. Statistics show that 11 per cent of high school students use daily, or nearly daily. Another study shows that the number of students using grows from four per cent in Grade eight to 50 per cent in Grade 12. Dr. Andra Smith, a neuroscientist with University of Ottawa, said during adolescence, connections in the brain are being made and efficiencies in the brain are being optimized. Cannabis use can compromise these connections because it binds itself to receptors. “The frontal cortex is the last part to develop,” she said. “It’s like the CEO of the brain. It’s responsible for high level function, decision making, organization and judgement.” Smith added it provides balance to the brain functions and regulates things such as appetite, motor activity, mood, pain and the immune system. That’s why the age that marijuana use starts is so important, she said. If marijuana interferes with brain function, the result can be inferior reasoning and poor performance in school. Porath-Waller said it also impacts your driving skills –

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Dr. Tony George, chief of the schizophrenia program for the centre for addiction and mental health, takes questions from the audience following a town hall held about the effects of marijuana use on the teenage brain at Ben Franklin Place on Feb. 22. despite what many youth believe. A 2010 study found that the most common illicit drug found in traffic fatalities was pot. Smith said the drug is often combined with alcohol, which can make a dangerous mix if the user is driving. Aside from troubles at school and behind the wheel, Dr. Tony George, chief of the schizophrenia program for the centre for addiction and mental health, said that use of marijuana by teens can lead to an increased risk of depression and psychotic disorders. “We know a lot from basic science that these compounds regulate emotion and mood processing,” he said. “It’s not surprising it would have outcomes on mental health.” But Laurie MacEachern, founding director of Medicinal Cannabis Patients Alliance of Canada Inc., disagreed with the panelists. MacEachern, who suffers from fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome, said she was on 27 oxycontin pills per day, when she detoxed with the help of marijuana. Now she has been alcohol and drug free for the past nine years. She said she ingests pot through a vaporizer, as well as by eating and making oils. “I control my pain for about $300 per year,” she said. While she said she understands some of the concerns around marijuana use among young people – she said she thinks the findings of the re-

port may be a little alarmist. “I finished Grades 10, 11 and 12 in six months with distinction while I was smoking pot,” she said. “But maybe I was a special case.” Colette Rivet, executive director Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry, said much of the research about the effects of pot are examining the impact of what’s available on the black market. She said the product sold by the providers she works for is heavily regulated to control for THC content, as well as things such as mould and fungus. Langdon said the event wasn’t really aimed at dealing with medical uses for the drug, but rather use by young people. “We aren’t saying that there aren’t medical benefits for marijuana, we just think it’s important to have the conversation about the impact on young people,” she said. Langdon said with the federal Liberal government’s promise to legalize and regulate marijuana, the situation could soon mirror alcohol, which young people manage to purchase and consume even though it’s illegal for them to do so. She said it’s a topic that will be covered on the OPH parent Facebook page and encourages more use of Cycles – a video about teen drug use designed by the University of British Columbia for people who work in support services for adolescents.

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pudding, which I did. Then she filled the roast pan half full with hot water from the reservoir and placed the pudding pan onto the water, and tucked the whole thing into the oven of the Findlay Oval. “Now, I’m sure you will love it just as much as the rest of us do, now that you have helped make it,” Audrey said. I watched my sister, every so often, take a knife and jab it into the pudding in the oven. “Not yet,” she’d say. She said when the knife came out clean, that’s when you would know the pudding was done. It all made perfect sense to me. Well, supper was finally on the table, and I eyed the bread pudding sitting on the bake table like it was my worst enemy. I was sure helping make it wouldn’t change my mind one bit. The dinner plates, empty bowls and pickle dish were taken off

the table, and the pudding brought over and set before Mother. She wisely put only a couple spoonfuls in my nappy. Well, I could only get the first taste down ... my dislike hadn’t changed a bit. Soggy bread, covered with sauce, with a bit of jam wasn’t my idea of a good dessert! I pushed the nappy out of my way, took a plain slice of bread and lathered on jam, and ate it with gusto! From then on, without even asking, whenever bread pudding was served, my place at the table was the only one without a fruit nappy for dessert! Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords. com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.

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ever are being monitored on a regular basis without ever having to undergo invasive treatments, or their treatments are being delayed until their risk level elevates. Surveillance includes a physical exam, including a prostate exam, every three to six months, a specialized blood test, possibly imaging tests, such as MRIs, and, over the years, tumour biopsies. After five years, with no change, patients may only need an annual exam. The research involved studying the medical files of 477 low-risk prostate cancer patients living in the Champlain Local Health Integration Network region who were referred to the general campus’ Ages Cancer Assessment Clinic between 2008 and 2013. Calling the findings “significant,” Breau said the results revealed that not only could many of these patients be managed without treatment, but that about 59 per cent were still being actively observed after five years of follow-up and hadn’t required

surgical intervention. It’s hoped the report, which Breau said is the world’s first comprehensive study with such high-quality data, will also signal to the medical community that screening is key. In fact, deaths due to prostate cancer have been cut in half due to this, with the introduction of a specialized blood test for a prostate-specific antigen in the early 1990s. But there has been a downside to screening because it increased the rate in which men diagnosed with low-grade tumours were being treated unnecessarily, even though their cancer wasn’t likely to impact their lives, said Breau. “These patients are undergoing tests that are expensive and may have complications, and they’re also undergoing treatments that are expensive and have side effects that they may not have necessarily needed,” he said. Such treatments include unnecessary surgery, radiation and other therapies, which can cause short- and long-term permanent side effects, such as urinary and

But he is hoping the study will alter that recommendation, helping to save more lives in the process since early detection can be key. “So the ability to maintain the benefits of screening and reduce the downsides, the harms, is very, very significant, especially when you consider that three per cent of all men in Canada will die from prostate cancer,” Breau said, adding this is quite high and represents “a real population health issue.” About half of the estimated 24,000 Canadians who are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year have a low-risk, slow-growing form. That’s 12,000 men who can potentially avoid harmful treatment and side effects. Increasingly, doctors in the Champlain LHIN, where more than 200 prostate cancer surgeries are performed every year, are recognizing the benefits of active surveillance rather than immediate invasive procedures. At the start of the study in 2008, 32 per cent of patients with low-grade tumours were be-

bowel dysfunction as well as impotence. “Because there are so many risks, I think in many cases, despite these low-grade tumours being cancers, treatment is actually worse than the disease,” he said.

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As a result, some groups, such as the Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care, don’t recommend prostate cancer screening at all, which has proven to be controversial, Breau said.

ing managed with active surveillance. By the end of the study in 2013, that had risen to 68 per cent, and many may never need surgery, said Breau, adding that in the U.S. just 30 per cent of low-risk patients were actively monitored during the same period. The move to active surveillance has been nothing short of a “dramatic paradigm shift,” said Breau, who authored the research study, titled ‘Active Surveillance in Canadian Men Diagnosed with Low Grade Prostate Cancer,’ with 10 other Ottawa researchers, including lead author Dr. Octav Cristea, a urology resident doctor at the Ottawa Hospital and uOttawa. “We have really seen that over time clinicians have come around to say, “This is the right thing for many patients,’” said Breau. “And so we’re more likely offer it to patients, and patients are more likely to accept it with the knowledge that we’re treating most of our patients that way with surveillance instead of with treatment.”

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grandparents and friends,” he said. That spurs CHEO to reinforce its visitor policy of not allowing siblings to visit and recommending that only one caregiver, if possible, accompany the sick child to hospital. The last time the hospital saw such a spike was in the fall of 2009 during the H1N1 epidemic, when they were seeing upwards of 350 patients a day. Just recently, on Feb. 15, the ER fielded 301 patients, and another 19 who came but left before their child was seen, which Farion said may be, in part, due to long waits. Though February and March are typically the busiest months for CHEO’s ER due to respiratory infections and viral illnesses, doctors say most virus-causing fevers and coughs in healthy, immunized kids can be managed at home, by a family doctor or at a

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As for the recent boon in visits, he said a number of parents are seeking reassurance. “I think people are a little too knee-jerk on that,” he said. “They don’t have the confidence themselves to say, ‘You know, I’ve seen this before, it’s just a fever. My child is OK. “They want an answer. They want to know what’s wrong. They want to know how soon the child is going to be better.” While doctors can reassure them nothing is seriously wrong and provide advice on how to manage symptoms, they can’t say which virus the child has or how long their recovery will take, he said. Non-urgent conditions

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A well-known Ottawa curling coach will be inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame during the Tim Hortons Brier when it is held in Ottawa this March. Beacon Hill’s Earle Morris will be inducted at the Hall of Fame banquet on March 9 at the Westin Hotel. And it’s a natural fit, with curling in the Morris’ family blood. Morris, as well as his grandfather who raised him, and his son have all skipped in the Brier, the men’s national curling championship. “It starts by being in your blood, because of a grandpa that was certainly excited by it,” Morris said. “And I think if you develop an interest in something, and you’re passionate, you can be really good at it. And I think we had that passion.” It all started for Morris in Grade 7, when he lived in rural Saskatchewan with his grandmother and grandfather, 1933 Brier skip Cliff McLaughlin. Morris’ teacher organized a

bonspiel, and the youngster won – awarded with a bottle of 7-Up. He went on to win many more times, participating in three Briers himself over the years. “We’re the only family that’s had three different generations skip in the Brier,” he said. When Morris got to the age where his play wasn’t quite what it used to be, coaching his son John became a natural fit. Morris and his wife didn’t force John or their two daughters to curl, but encouraged them to take part in sports. He still hoped the sport of choice would be curling, though. His attempts at bribery of warming up the car before the Sunday paper routes only went so far with his daughters, who moved on to other sports, but John eventually got hooked on curling. “I knew we had him,” Morris said. “My wife and I would be watching curling on TV, and lots of times he’d see we were watching, and he’d move on. But one day, when he was 15 or so, he looked at it and stayed and watched it. “And I said, ‘Oh, I think he’s

in.’” When the Brier comes to Ottawa next month, Morris’ son John will take part as a member of Team Canada, which is coached by his father. Morris has coached a number of championship rinks, including the Rachel Homan rink, which won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2013 and 2014, and the Pat Simmons rink, which won the 2015 Brier. “One of the really neat things about coaching is every team is different,” Morris said. “Because I’ve been involved in the game for so long, I can tell what makes the difference, so I’m able, it seems, to push the right buttons.” One of the factors to a successful team is combining talented players, who also get along, he said. His coaching, combined with his own competitive play and involvement in Curling Canada programs such as the Adult Learn to Curl program, prompted the selection committee to choose him as an inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. See CURLING, page 36

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Earle Morris, an Ottawa resident who has competed at the Brier, and now coaches, will be inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame on March 9 during the Brier in Ottawa.

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ment at the department’s Training Centre at the Ottawa International Airport. “The simulation is that precise. The motion and the way they do all the graphics, you can get out of this simulator and go to the aircraft for the very first time and fly off and away you go.” Once operational, the simulator will be used to train and license Transport Canada pilots to fly the coast guard’s 15 light-lift Bell 429 choppers, most of which are already in service, and seven medium-lift Bell 412 helicopters that will begin arriving in 2017. The new helicopters are replacing the coast guard’s aging fleet. “We are very confident in stating that this will be, when delivered, the most technologically advanced helicopter simulator in the world – full stop,” said Mike Greenley, vice-president and general manager of CAE, a Montreal-based simulation and training company that was awarded the federal government contract. CAE trains about 120,000 pilots on its systems around the world every year, he said. The simulator, which will be a four-metre dome outfitted with ultra-high definition visuals, will feature cockpits for both helicopter

These new helicopters will provide a strong presence in coastal communities throughout Canada. Judy Foote

models. It will be well used, as pilots are required to recertify on each helicopter model every year. “This is indeed an impressive facility and I wonder how many people actually drive past this structure without realizing the pilot training that goes on here and the importance of this work to the lives and safe-

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Dave Weir, chief pilot at Transport Canada, sits in the cockpit of a newly acquired Bell 429 Canadian Coast Guard helicopter in a facility at the Ottawa International Airport. The federal government has awarded a $17-million contract for the construction of a flight simulator to be based in Ottawa that will be used to train pilots on a new fleet of Canadian Coast Guard helicopters. ty and Canadians,” Judy Foote, minister of public services and procurement, said in announcing the contract on Feb. 25. “These new helicopters will provide a strong presence in coastal communities throughout Canada.” The top-of-the-line training will allow pilots to perform at the highest level by giving them a safe environment where they can practise missions. “With the world’s largest coastline, the coast guard relies heavily on helicopter pilots,” said Hunter Tootoo, federal minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. The pilots’ capabilities include responding to 10,000 marine search-and-rescue incidents a year, saving an average of 15 lives on a given day, as well as moving people and cargo from ship to shore and supporting ice-

breaking activities. “In many ways, I believe they are our unsung heroes, working to protect our waters and making sure people are safe, often in some very dangerous conditions,” Tootoo said. Coast Guard commissioner Jody Thomas pointed to the coast guard’s motto of ‘Safety First, Service Always,’ as personnel ensure the well-being of mariners in Canadian waters where 5,600 large cargo vessels and more than seven million fishing and recreational vessels operate every year. Noting the fleet’s importance, Thomas said pilots fly coast guard technicians to very remote locations to repair and maintain communication towers, often placed on mountaintops and along coasts where there is no road access. See CONTRACT, page 3

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health care team provides expert care that is patient and family-centred. Employing over 2,000 health care professionals, the Hospital is a teaching partner with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

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The federal government has awarded a $17-million contract for the construction of a new Canadian Coast Guard helicopter flight simulator to be based in Ottawa. Making the Feb. 25 announcement at Transport Canada’s Training Centre at the Ottawa International Airport was Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas, left, Hunter Tootoo, minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Judy Foote, minister of public services and procurement, and Ottawa South MP David McGuinty.

Contract to create 43 new jobs in manufacturing, engineering Continued from page 32

They also fly in techs to service and repair 17,000 navigational aids which guide the safe movement of about 480 million tonnes of marine cargo annually, valued at more than $210 billion, Thomas said. The announcement was made just a stone’s throw away from a Transport Canada hangar where two brand new Bell 429 choppers are parked and being used to train pilots in the meantime. With the simulator, pilots will be able to practise skills that wouldn’t be safe in the sky, such as emergency procedures and shutting down engines, said Weir, who is responsible for professional development standards for all Transport Canada pilots

who fly the coast guard’s helicopter fleet. The simulator will also free up the new choppers that otherwise would be sidelined from duty for training. NEW JOBS

The contract will create 43 engineering and manufacturing jobs over the next two years, which Ottawa South MP David McGuinty welcomed. “I’ve always believed the most important investment our country can make is in learning,” he said at the announcement. “If we’re going to compete, if we’re going to stay ahead, we’re going to … give our coast guard the expertise they need to do their

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“As always, the challenge for the committee is making the tough decision with so many worthy nominees, but I feel like this year’s group made our decision easier based on their amazing accomplishments,” said Scott Comfort, chair of Curling Canada’s awards and hall of fame committee, in a press release that announced Morris was going to be honored by being added to the hall of fame. “I felt surprised, but very honoured, very humbled to be selected,” Morris said. “Because I’ve been involved in curling all my life, and it’s really nice to have it happen.”

This year, Morris gets to coach the defending champions close to home, as the 2016 Brier will be held at TD Place at Lansdowne from March 5 to 13. John will play as the third for the Simmons rink, Team Canada. “It’ll be incredible,” Morris said. “John’s really excited to come home and play for the people of Ottawa, and I plan on embracing it the same way.” He said a good coach has two jobs: to be a cheerleader, and stay out of the way. “And I’m better at the first than the second,” Morris said. “If you’ve been around the scene for a long time, you feel

like you’ve got things to contribute, but with a real veteran team, they know what’s going on. “I try and help by running training camps, and basically being a cheerleader at the games.” Morris has lived in Beacon Hill since the 1980s, but his John now lives in Alberta. He comes home often though, and Morris said he has a large group of friends who have already asked to come and pick up Morris’ Canada fan gear, including wigs and face paint, to cheer for their friend. “They want to pick that stuff up and go crazy,” Morris said. “They’ll be loud and proud, that’s for sure.”

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Brier goes to the Brier: learning how to curl Reporter rocks and rolls her way to the Brier Brier Dodge

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What’s in a name? I happen to share a name with the Canadian men’s national curling championship, the Brier, which has spawned hundreds of comments and questions about my parents’ interest in a favourite national pastime. Nope, no connection to the name at all – it’s a maiden named passed down in my family that I inherited. But every year as the Brier rolls around, I’m always cognisant of the event with the same name. I’ve made jokes that I should get some free swag from Brier (the event) sponsors. When Ottawa was announced as the host city for the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, I was keen to cover it. Brier at the Brier had a good ring to it.

So when a friend asked me to join a recreational curling league this winter, I thought it would be good preparation. After all, for someone who shares a name with such a significant event, I knew shockingly little about the sport. I now have five games under my belt to try and figure out what curling is all about. And while I’ve taken well to the tradition of post-game beers (lesson one: winners buy for the losers), I’ve learned that the on ice skills are a lot harder than they look. Figuring out the scoring took a little time, but I was in good company. Quite a few people in my league, the Ottawa Sport and Social Club’s recreational league at the Nepean Sportsplex, are also total newbies. Throwing the rock is still

a challenge for me. There are a lot of aspects to the right throw, the most basic of which is just how hard to throw it. At first, I threw the rocks too hard, then not hard enough. You don’t actually really “throw” the rock either, but rather use your legs to push off and generate power. That makes it even harder for me to control exactly how hard it’s thrown. Our team skip, who tells us where to aim the rock, I ignore half the time, and just focus on trying to get the rock into the play area so it counts. When I have tried to aim, and throw the right distance, everything was just a mess. “A rock in play, is aokay,” I’ve started saying. I’ve slowly started getting the hang of it though.

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Members of the reporter’s recreational curling team sweep the ice during a curling match at the Nepean Sportsplex on Feb. 22. My last game, I successfully took out the other team’s rock, sitting in a prime position – which means I managed to both throw with the right weight

and aim. My rock got taken out by their next one about 30 seconds later, but I’m still counting the small victories. The last end of the night,

I finally had a good turn, and got both of my rocks fairly close to where my skip wanted them to go. My team lost the game to the No. 1 ranked team, but I was happy to know I was finally getting the hang of the spot. I haven’t even started to try and strategize and get to any of the advanced techniques, but I have learned what looks like the simple act of throwing the rock, is a lot harder than it looks. And I have a lot more appreciation now for all the national level curlers who will be at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier when it takes over TD Place. There are pre-qualifying rounds starting Thursday, March 3, with the opening ceremonies for the national men’s curling championship slated for 1 p.m. March 5, before the real games or, as they say in curling, draws begin.

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Pet of the Week: Tessa (ID# A187114) Meet Tessa (ID# A187114), an outgoing girl looking for her purr-fect match. Tessa is a beautiful brown tabby who loves greeting visitors here at the shelter. She’ll always come running when you call her name and will curl up on your lap for cuddles. Although the social Tessa loves her human friends, she is not fond of dogs and would prefer a home without any canine companions. Could Tessa be your new best friend? For more information on Tessa and all the adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd Check out our website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of the animals available for adoption.

The OHS first acquired its own clinic space when Bayview Animal Hospital moved out of the Champagne Avenue shelter in 2005. The goals of the new clinic today seem modest, but important. Our primary concern was eliminating spay/neuter vouchers, the progressive, but not 100 per cent reliable way to ensure that animals adopted from the OHS would not reproduce and contribute to pet overpopulation. The clinic and our own veterinarian would allow us to sterilize all animals prior to adoption. The needs, and our goals soon expanded dramatically. With our own clinic, a host of other needs could be filled. Dental work became possible. It is simply not realistic to adopt an animal to most people and expect that the next day, they will shell out hundreds, or even thousands of dollars for needed dental work. They won’t adopt or they won’t have the dental work done — and the risk of a lifetime of pain for that pet is too great for us. But, if we can do the dental work before adoption, then sweet older animals can look forward to a comfortable retirement in a forever home. Moreover, animals with serious but treatable injuries and needs could be treated in-house, reducing costs and allowing us to bring more animals back to health. With the move to West Hunt Club, and the larger and more modern clinic here, the number and range of surgeries and treatments increased significantly. The larger facility allowed us to invite more community veterinarians to supplement the work of our staff veterinarians and I am delighted that many of our local veterinarians have answered the call. Even with volunteer vets and our frugal approach to our work, all kinds of medicine are expensive — very expensive, in fact. While we hear that everyday inflation runs under two per cent in recent memory, inflation in the medical realm often runs at 10 or more per cent. Veterinary medicine is not immune. Between inflation and our drive to help more animals, costs have increased a lot. We want to make sure animals get a second chance and a forever home. And we know you want it too.

Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us:

Website: www.ottawahumane.ca Email: Adoptions@ottawahumane.ca Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: ottawawest@metroland.com The deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon, a week prior to publication.

March 3

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary welcomes new members to help raise money to support the animals. Join us 1:30 p.m. at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd. behind Hunt Club Nissan. Refreshments are served and all are welcome. For more information call Linda 613-823-6770 or go to facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

March 4 and 11

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 613725-2778.

March 5

Saturday Night Dance at the Westboro Legion starts at 7 p.m. with Country Mile. For more information visit www. rcl480.com or call 613725-2778.

March 6

Learn how to use social media by attending Fun

with Facebook info session at the Westboro Legion between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. Free but register in advance by e-mailing WestboroLegionPR@gmail.com. For more information visit www.rcl480.com or call 613-725-2778.

March 9

Ottawa Central Women’s Connection invites you and your friends to The Wearing of the Green, with Celtic Cross Dancers from 1 to 3 p.m. Plus Kathy Priddle’s faith story: How to Make a Good Cup of Tea, and musical guest Sharon

Dean. Cost $8 at the door and first timers $2. New website and name: rsvpministries. com. Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale Rd. RSVP: Kay 613-591-6326. All women welcome. The Westboro Beach Community Association hosts a presentation with renowned Ottawa birder Bruce Di Labio at Churchill Seniors Center, 345 Richmond Rd. from 7 to 9 p.m. He will give a talk on the birds of the Ottawa area, the impact of climate change on birds, and what residents can do to preserve and

create bird habitat. For information, email infowestborobeach@ gmail.com or check out the website at www. westborobeach.ca.

March 12

Saturday Night Dance at the Westboro Legion with Nostalgia starts at 7 p.m. For more information visit www.rcl480. com or call 613-7252778.

March 13

Members of St. George’s Parish host a St. Patrick’s Day dinner and social from 6 to 10 p.m. at the

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March 17

Get your Irish on and join in on the fun at the Westboro Legion’s St. Patrick’s Day Party. Doors open at noon. Music from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. with Irish Connection. Kitchen will be serving Irish stew and chili. For more information visit www.rcl480. com or call 613-7252778.

March 18

Arts Night: come and

see Patricia Stockwell, writer, Nour Ahram, photographer and Matthew Beatty, percussionist and music teacher, talk about, demonstrate or perform their art at 7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Ave. Admission $5. Information at 613-725-1066.

April 1 and 2

Registration is now open for the 32nd GeneO-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.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Sold at a higher price 8. Instill fear 13. Can be domesticated 14. Oohed and ___ 15. Make too simple 19. Plutonium 20. Necessary for breathing 21. Make happy 22. Mythological bird 23. A baglike structure in a plant or animal 24. Put on __ 25. Type of dough 26. Blushed 30. Celestial object 31. Point __ National Seashore 32. Purplish red 33. Towards the mouth or oral region 34 Portuguese musical genre

35. Steals 38. Acts insincerely 39. City in Belarus 40. Anticipates 43. Paris airport 44. Deal with 45. No (Scottish) 47. Opens lock 48. Central parts 49. Sheep disease 50. Indicates position 51. Doing many things at once 55. Khoikhoin peoples 57. Informal alliance between countries 58. Long poems 59. The state of being poorly illuminated CLUES DOWN 1. Portico 2. Delicacy

3. Punish with an arbitrary penalty 4. Household god (Roman) 5. Public television station 6. __ Lilly, drug company 7. Degraded 8. Free from danger 9. Low bank or reef of coral 10. Exclamation of surprise 11. Lies down in rest 12. Give an education to 16. Provides 17. Fat from a pig 18. Belonging to a thing 22. Branches of a bone 25. Having a cheerless aspect or disposition 27. Edema (archaic) 28. Bo __, “10” 29. Unfledged or nestling hawk 30. Surrenders

32. Type of dessert 34. Planted with trees 35. Washington town 36. Listen in 37. Inwardly 38. Chinese province 40. Garrison 41. Converts thermal energy to mechanical work 42. Holy people 44. Lowest point between two peaks 46. Boundaries 48. Utter obscenities 51. ___ and cheese 52. Member of the cuckoo family 53. Type of microscope 54. ___ and Barbie 56. Michigan

This week’s puzzle answers in next week’s issue

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 A desire to experience thrills and sensory enjoyment is building within you, Aries. You may find yourself drawn to anything that seems risky or out of character. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you are accustomed to doing everything by the book, but you may be tempted to try something new in the near future. Just be sure not to throw all caution to the wind. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Your schedule this week may be so hectic that others can’t decipher your plans, Gemini. Try to keep those closest to you abreast of your activities in the week ahead. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Circumstances at work that are beyond your control dominate your thoughts this week, Cancer. Don’t stress out too much and keep a positive attitude. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Relationship dynamics have changed for the better, Leo. Make the most of this positive turn of events and make sure your partner does the same. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Your energy levels reach peaks and valleys this week, Virgo. Do your best to make the most of those moments when your energy levels are at their highest.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Even your wildest fantasies may not seem so outlandish to you this week, Libra. If you can think it up, you can probably make it happen with a little effort. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you may find yourself doing things that would normally be out of your comfort zone. This can be a positive change in the right direction. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, daydream a little this week, but make sure it doesn’t consume all of your energy. Keep your desires in check and weigh the pros and cons of each idea before going forward. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, finding the right balance is a worthy goal this week. Make a concerted effort to give ample time to all the people and things that matter to you. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, time may not be on your side, but somehow you will find a way to make due. Whenever possible, farm out some of your work or responsibilities to others. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Your creative efforts will not go to waste, Pisces. Someone will recognize your talents and ask you to collaborate on an important project. 0303

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Purchases of $3000. With coupon on stock items. 30” WOOD VANITY WHITE OR ESPRESSO WITH PORCELAIN TOP

SALE

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1 PIECE STAINLESS STEEL SHOWER PANEL Starting at

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CORNER SHOWERS GLASS DOOR AND BASE

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1395

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Purchases of $5000.

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