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Ottawa Hospital CEO Jack Kitts started the March 7 public consultation for the Civic campus expansion with an apology. “We are sorry for letting the ‘where’ overshadow ‘what’ we are going to build together,” he said. Nearly a-year-and-half ago, the federal govern-
ment announced a plan to build Civic campus buildings on part of the Central Experimental Farm. Kitts said the group working on the hospital’s master plan weren’t aware of the impact of putting the hospital on the northwest corner of the farm. The land has been earmarked for soil research, he said, See RESIDENTS, page 7
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Deans question whether the city’s hiring freeze impacted service levels, and said she wonders what will happen to the budget once it’s lifted. City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said there’s still a freeze at the executive level, which will be in place until the city meets the reduction targets set out during the budget process. He said the hiring freeze only applies to positions that don’t impact front line service. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley congratulated staff on
their “quick action,” to deal with the deficit. Mayor Jim Watson cited lower than expected water meter revenues, high snow clearing expenses and OC Transpo maintenance costs as unforeseen aspects of recent spending. “We have reserves for the reason that we can’t always budget precisely,” Watson said, calling the reserves a kind of rainy day fund. Watson added the budget performance review – brainchild of Hubley and Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli – will help to create an early warning system if a department is in danger of going over budget. Watson also said the city would review snow clearing standards. “In some cases we will be increasing the level of service and in some cases, where we are going above what we need to, we will be decreasing it,” he said. Watson recounted a story from the west end neighbourhood where he resides. A plow was out pushing back snow banks that weren’t really blocking the roadway. He said a review could mean a better use of the city’s resources. Watson said the city is on much more solid ground financially than at the close of 2015. “We heard today the reserves are healthy,” he said. The finance and economic development committee’s decision to use the reserves to pay off the deficit will need to be approved by council.
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was outside of council’s bailiwick. He questioned why the issue didn’t come up at the city’s IT sub committee and added that outside the public comment period held by the CRTC, he didn’t see what impact a letter of support would make at this stage. digital divide
“This isn’t the magic bullet that will lead to cheaper Internet,” Egli said. “There has to be some way for those who do the research and development to recoup the money they spend.” Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais called the move “anti-rural high speed,” and said that allowing smaller companies to piggyback on infrastructure built by companies such as Bell would
act as a disincentive for them to expand coverage in rural areas. But Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said Internet access is a public good and it’s completely appropriate for council to have input on an important public policy that impacts residents. “I am not worried about Bell, Bell will be fine,” she said. Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney added that she has spoken with many families and seniors who can’t afford the service. “We don’t want to create a digital divide in our city,” McKenney said. “ In our lower income neighbourhoods, kids in this city that live below the poverty line and rely on breakfast programs, can’t afford highspeed Internet all the time.”
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City Councillor/Conseiller Municipal River Ward/Quartier Rivière Carlington Hill Proposal Residents of Carlington West (in particular) and recreational users of the Carlington Hill are cordially welcome to attend the March 23 meeting of the Carlington Community Association to learn more about a proposal from the Ottawa Mountain Bike Association. The meeting will commence at 7pm at the Alexander Community Centre on Silver Street. Traffic Calming Initiatives for 2016 At the same meeting mentioned above, I will also provide an overview of the proposed traffic calming initiatives that are being reviewed for 2016. Your input and feedback is very much appreciated, as the various traffic calming initiatives that are being undertaken are a direct result of local resident demand. If you are unable to attend the meeting, but have specific traffic issues that need to be addressed, please contact my office. Market Fresh Mobile Returns Four years ago, Ottawa’s Poverty and Hunger Working Group had a dream of creating a mobile market that would bring healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods to various Ottawa neighbourhoods, particularly those not well served by grocery outlets. I am very pleased that the Market Mobile stops in the Caldwell community of River Ward twice a month. Produce on the Market Mobile is selected based on residents’ needs and cultural preferences, purchased in bulk and sold on a cost recovery basis. The Market Mobile carries a selection of over 30 different items. Through a partnership with Loblaws and Cibo Food, a local Ottawa wholesaler, the Market Mobile has been able to utilize wholesale buying power to procure the most affordable prices on produce. Prices are, on average, 40% less than in retail grocery stores. In March, Market Mobile will be at 1520 Caldwell Ave (Gym) on March 12 and 26 from 1:15pm – 2:45pm.
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Ottawa Police to Address Distracted Drivers The Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on distracted driving and unsafe lane changes during the month of March. Between 2010 and 2014, there were 25,565 collisions resulting in 6,928 injuries and 18 fatalities due to distracted driving. Distracted driving and the consequences thereof, is now more serious than impaired driving. Please take care while driving in our community Outdoor Rink Volunteers: Winter Heroes On Saturday February 27, I was privileged to attend, along with the mayor and many Councillors, the annual appreciation breakfast for the City’s outdoor rink volunteers. These men and women do fantastic work, in unfavourable and always challenging weather conditions. Their work, usually in bitter cold and late at night, affords our communities with free, outdoor fun that every Canadian girl and boy remembers in to adulthood. To the men and women of River Ward who provided exceptional skating opportunities this winter at our 16 outdoor rinks, I thank-you very much for your service.
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Jobin. “I look forward to attending the first board meeting,” he said. “I am delighted with the NCC’s decision to invite the mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau to their board meetings as observers,” Joly wrote in a press release. “In this spirit of openness I intend to ensure that aboriginal people are also represented on the commission’s board. Our government is committed to raising the bar in terms of openness and transparency, and these decisions are part of an effort to serve the public interest.” The mayors’ participation will be governed by the same code of conduct, confidentiality provisions and conflict of interest rules required of NCC board members. A statement from the commission said the mayors would be present during all board discussions with the exception of certain items, including lawyer-client privilege, human resource or privacy matters and matters concerning the official residences. “The board’s decision today is an op-
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Residents come out in droves to have their say would be a trade off to make sure the hospital stays in the ward,” he said, adding he’s worked with neighbouring Coun. Riley Brockington to open the door to public opinion on any expansion. He said he’s happy to start the dialogue, but the hospital has to provide more concrete answers if they want to engage in a meaningful
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Kitts added that potential impact on the land the hospital chooses is one of the selection criteria. “I want to apologize for the delay to get here,” Kitts said, of the public consultation. Kitts painted a picture of a 21st-century “health village” that will focus on wellness and patient quality of life. The new facility will have walkways and gardens, as well as lots of light and bigger patient rooms. Kitts said there are parts of the existing hospital that have to be closed permanently as they are no longer suitable for use. The hospital’s helicopter pad is across the street on Carling Avenue. That means critical patients have to be transported across the busy road by ambulance – paramedics have a key that turns the traffic lights red. Once the patient is in the hospital, they have to moved to intensive care, or go across the campus if they need an MRI. For a trauma unit, that handles cases where minutes matter, this doesn’t work, said Kitts. The hospital simply can’t expand on the existing ninehectare site, he said. The team of stakeholders working on the hospital’s master plan have short listed four sites: • The original site that was put forward in 2014 at the northwest corner of the experimental farm. • A “reconfiguration” of the 2014 plan to deal with concerns over the farm’s scientific work. • The former Sir John Carling building at the northeast corner of the farm, near Dow’s Lake. • Using the Tunney’s Pasture government office complex. Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi said the public consultation is just the start of the process. “The current hospital has served the city for nearly a century,” he said, adding the whole process – from the meeting to construction – may take up to a decade. Hundreds of residents
conversation with residents. He referenced the discussion around the vertical versus horizontal plan for a new building. “They’re going to have to do better than that,” he said of Kitts’ response. \ Kitchissippi residents are smart and engaged and you really have to get down to the granular details.”
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pansion of the campus. He said it should be possible for some research programs to be shifted to other parts of the farm to accommodate the move. He said former Ottawa mayor Lorry Greenberg talked about using the farm for affordable housing and the city has long been trying to deal with the challenges associated with working around the Greenbelt. “I don’t know who to blame,” he said. But someone should have thought about the possibility of the hospital expanding. A hospital is a pretty basic need, and there have been many conversations about institutional uses at the farm.” Hayter, who now works as a director of community relations for the Building and Construction Trades Council, said he worked on planning for the Greenbelt between 1964 and 1977. Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper, who chartered a bus to take 25 residents to the meeting, said the community is split on whether or not the hospital should expand onto the farm. “There are some that feel it
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or decades the people of Ottawa – if not all of Canada – have dealt with a form of taxation without representation. The National Capital Commission bills its responsibility as making the capital “a dynamic and inspiring source of pride for all Canadians, and a legacy for generations to come.” It’s a lofty goal, paid for by all Canadians. The decisions of the NCC board may often puzzle the locals, but without the NCC, Ottawa would be planned from a purely municipal outlook, when it certainly deserves a greater world view. This is the capital city for all Canadians. Unfortunately, the NCC has had to deal with federal governments that also believe in political interference, governments that have considered short-term political expediency the trump card, forgetting the “legacy for generations to come” part that is a function of taking a long-term view. Big plans and big budgets can draw our focus to the short term; we want what we
want, and we want it now. Those big plans and budgets also make politicians – who must keep their eyes on getting re-elected – over-excited, ready to build themselves a legacy. Every decision made by the NCC should be taken with the long-term implications as its primary focus. We are all here on a temporary basis. With a clean slate, the Trudeau government has set new and welcome parameters for the NCC. That doesn’t mean there will be no political interference, but it has already delivered some good news. Someone in the federal government has realized that the NCC’s physical jurisdiction actually overlaps that of local governments in two provinces. The mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau are now non-voting members of the NCC board of directors. That this is a new situation, when the NCC has been around since 1959, is shocking. But what’s done is done. Bring on the clean slate.
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f you’re a married woman, you may find yourself doing an hour more of housework per day than your male partner. If you’re a mother, you can safely double the time you spend cleaning and caring for the home and those in it. And while the gender gap is narrowing in Canada, men are still doing less than women, even in couples where both partners work. Does that rub you the wrong way? It should.
Researchers in the U.S. found that marriage created a housework hierarchy Or maybe you’re thinking, “but my husband cleans toilets.” Good for him, but toilets are negotiable in this scenario. Making beds is nice and a man who cooks is a verifiable catch, in my opinion. But if you really want to ensure gender equality in your house, the answer may lie in the laundry room. Get him to wash your
delicates and you’re clear on a number of fronts. That’s the idea behind an award-winning television ad for laundry detergent out of India that has caught the imagination of North Americans and people across the developed world under #ShareTheLoad. In it, a father observes his daughter return from work, taking work calls, caring for her child, starting dinner and doing the laundry, all while her husband sits on the sofa watching television. At the end of the ad, the father writes a letter, apologizing to his daughter for reinforcing gender stereotypes in the home by never helping her mother with the housework. The ad is complete when the old man returns home and insists on doing his own laundry. Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, summed up the meaning behind the ad quite nicely. “The real win is the way they are changing stereotypes and showing that a more equal world would be a better world for all of us,” Sandberg wrote on her Facebook page, tagging “#Dads #ShareTheLoad and #LeanInTogether for equality.” The ad was designed to take on gender stereotypes in
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Capital Muse India. But inequality between the sexes on the home front is alive and well here in North America too. Researchers in the U.S. found that marriage created a housework hierarchy. According to a University of Michigan study, marriage creates seven hours of extra housework each week for a woman. A man, meanwhile, is saved an hour of chores each week when he “takes a wife.” Based on 2005 daily journal data that researchers have been studying since 1968, the study shed some light on persistent gender equality within households. No surprise that when children are added to the equation, women are ever more likely to be dust-busting their way around the house; more with each increase in the number of offspring. “They found that young single women did the least amount of housework, at about 12 hours a week. Married women in their 60 and 70s
did nearly twice that amount, while women with more than three children spent 28 hours a week cleaning, cooking and washing,” Reuters reported at the time of the study’s release. But it doesn’t have to be this way. One of the answers may lie in our own parenting. Are we treating boys and girls differently when it comes to household responsibilities? Statistics would suggest we are. While the scenario is slightly better in Canada, we have yet to pronounce full equality on the home front. If we want to see a future where our daughters more equally share housework with their spouses, they need to see not only their dads, but also their brothers, tackling some of those domestic chores. Start by showing the boys how to run that big clotheswashing machine that may be hiding in your basement. Better yet, get their dad to show them.
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Nepean South Infrastructure Projects Open House Monday, March 21, 2016 Walter Baker Sports Centre, Upper Concourse, 100 Malvern Drive 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Residents are invited to attend an Open House at which four infrastructure projects planned for Nepean South will be presented. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the projects with the study teams and provide feedback.
Municipal Class Environmental Assessments (EA) These Municipal Class EA studies are being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act. Comments received will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record. Chapman Mills Drive Extension and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Presentation will be held at 6:30 p.m. The City of Ottawa has initiated the Chapman Mills Drive Extension (Longfields Drive to Strandherd Drive) and Bus Rapid Transit (Greenbank Road to west of Cedarview Road) EA Study to determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transportation infrastructure requirements around the Barrhaven Town Centre area. The EA study is being undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act, fulfilling requirements as a Municipal Class EA process for a Schedule ‘C’ project. At this third and final Open House, participants will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the Recommended Plan. Residents are encouraged to provide comments by April 4. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca/chapmanmillsextension. Kennedy-Burnett Stormwater Management Facility The City is conducting a Municipal Class EA and Functional Design for the expansion and retrofit of the Kennedy-Burnett Stormwater Management Facility. The existing facility is an online wet pond that was constructed in 1976. The facility will be retrofitted to meet current City of Ottawa and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change stormwater treatment standards and expanded to meet the demands of the development of Nepean South. At the Open House, participants will learn of the preferred alternative for expanding and retrofitting the facility. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca/kennedyburnett. Greenbank Road Watermain The City is conducting a Municipal Class EA and Functional Design Study for the Greenbank Road watermain between Jockvale Road and south of the Jock River. The study will determine the most appropriate alignment for a 610 millimetre diameter transmission watermain including methodology for crossing the Jock River. The watermain will improve water supply and reliability in the Nepean South development area. Planning and construction of the watermain will be coordinated with the approved widening and realignment of Greenbank Road. The study is carried out in accordance with the requirements of Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class EA. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca/greenbankwatermain.
Planned Construction Nepean Collector Sewer - Phase 2 The City is constructing a 2.4 kilometre long, 1050 millimetre diameter sanitary collector sewer. Phase 1 of the South Nepean Collector Sewer was constructed in 2005/2006 and ends at Jockvale Road just north of the Jock River. Phase 2 will extend from Phase 1 toward Strandherd Drive and will service the development of Nepean South. Sewer construction is scheduled to begin this summer and to be completed by spring 2017. For more information on the project, please visit ottawa.ca. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please contact the project lead or email pgmpublicengagement@ottawa.ca before the event. For further project information or to provide comments, please contact: Chapman Mills Drive Extension and Bus Rapid Transit Jabbar Siddique, P. Eng. Sr. Project Engineer, Environmental Assessment
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John Bougadis, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Planning Planning and Growth Management 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext.14990 E-mail: John.Bougadis@ottawa.ca This notice first issued on March 10, 2016
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This will put a hop in your step Urban farmer tapping into new food source in Ottawa Megan DeLaire
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Business is already hopping for fledgling farmer Andrew Afelskie and his livestock, of which he hopes to have one million by June. The way Afelskie describes it, it’s easy to keep so many animals in a nineby-twelve metre space. Then again, his are only a few centimeters long. The Sandy Hill resident is in the business of crickets – edible crickets – and it’s not a far cry from what he was doing before he learned about insect farming. “Before this I was interning on several organic farms,” he said. “I was grow-
ing mostly vegetables at community supported agriculture farms and going to local farmers markets, and I thought, ‘I want my own traditional organic farm.’” What began as a passion for organic agriculture grew, reluctantly at first, into a less conventional venture when some friends told Afelskie about insect farming. Afelskie admits he resisted the idea initially, but came around quickly. “It just took me about a week of hopping on the Internet and researching it a bit,” he said. “And it just blew my mind how awesome insects are as a food source, for the future especially.” Business has been so good for Afelskie that, after starting GrowHop – his foodgrade cricket farm – in his home last November with a modest batch of bugs, he had to move his operation
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into a Nepean warehouse in January when he realized how high the demand for his cricket flour is. FREEZE-DRIED
As his crickets mature, Afelski freeze-dries them and grinds them into a fine powder that he packages and sells as cricket flour. He said one company has approached him to supply 230 kilograms of cricket flour per month. It may be novel in North America, but the farming of insects for food is not a new phenomenon, with insecteating common to cultures in many parts of the world. A 2013 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations supported the idea that insects can be a viable food See FARMER, page 11
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source, providing enough energy, protein and amino acids to meet the dietary requirements of humans. They are also high in fatty acids and rich in copper, iron, magnesium and other micronutrients. The report, Edible Insects - Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security, said a 100-gram portion of crickets contains between eight and 25 grams of protein. “It’s a complete protein, it has all your amino acids,” Afelskie said. “You get all the organs as well. The organs of animals are so good for nutrition and we rarely ever eat them, but with insects, you grind up the whole cricket and you get it all.” Afelskie said that insects can also be farmed more sustainably, with a smaller ecological footprint than traditional livestock like beef, pork and poultry. In terms of the amount of food yielded per kilogram of livestock feed, he said that crickets yield more than traditional livestock, with a ratio of one kilogram of crickets per 1.5 kilograms of feed. “Which is insanely efficient,” Afelskie said. “And not only that, but we can grow them indoors, all year round.” GROWING A HERD
Combining two novel forms of modern agriculture, Afelskie makes the best of his urban warehouse by practising urban farming, building upward instead of out. Afelskie stores his live crickets in rearing bins on industrial pallet racks – large steel shelving units often found in warehouses – two shelves high. As his stock of crickets – which he calls a herd – grows, he hopes to build upward as high as five shelves. By fall, one year after opening, he hopes to grow that population to three million crickets. More than just a dietary supplement with a small ecological footprint, Afelskie said he actually likes the taste of cricket flour, which he describes as nutty and chocolaty, with notes of dandelion root and chicory.
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.
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Since its launch in fall, 2015, Andrew Afelskie’s cricket farm, GrowHop, has moved from his home to a warehouse in Nepean. “By default I’m kind of like the quality control guy, so I’ve been eating them now pretty consistently,” he said. “They’re really good with carrot muffins. I guess the protein factor kind of makes it taste similar to nuts. It’s super interesting.” With help from his food lab manager, Laura Shine, who attends Concordia University and studies entomophagy – the practice of eating insects – Afelskie has mixed his cricket flour into homemade crackers, energy bars and granola, which he sells in addition to the flour. He said it will take hard work and a lot of money to grow his operation enough to meet large-scale demand, so he’s turned to crowd funding to help boost GrowHop
financially. “We’re just not there yet, so with this in mind we’re doing an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign to scale up our farm more efficiently.” For now, GrowHop’s goods are available through the company’s website and at local organic food festivals and farmers markets. “The demand is there, which is really great,” Afelskie said. “Right now, since our supply is lower, we’re just selling straight to consumer. We see all this demand and we can’t fill it, so this is a way that we’re going to get it to people now, and bring this cash back into the farm so that we can deliver.” To learn more about GrowHop visit www.growhop.co/ about-1/.w
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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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A new policy that would give Ottawa’s English public school board the power to sanction trustees for unethical or chronically disrespectful behaviour is another step closer to becoming reality. “There’s always been a need to get something in place which clarifies where you get disagreements among trustees, that are personal disagreements as opposed to disagreements over an issue,” said Lynn Scott, trustee and chairwoman of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s subcommittee that is developing the inaugural code of conduct for trustees. “How do you mediate that?” she said. The subcommittee’s five trustees unanimously agreed on March 2 to send the draft policy to the board’s next committee of the whole meeting for debate on March 22. Once approved, the board would have the power to censure a trustee who breaches the code, bar a trustee from attending all or part of a board or committee meeting or ban a member from committee meetings for a period of time set out by the board. “There was concern expressed at the meeting that could be indefinite, and that’s why we’re deciding whether there should be a specific time in there
and what that specific time should be,” said Shirley Seward, River trustee and board chair. Staff will be seeking legal advice on what would be a reasonable period of time. “Right now, the policy doesn’t talk about any term of time and doesn’t specify that boards of trustees should be judicious or fair,” Seward said. The policy would not allow a trustee to be removed from the board. Committee member Donna Blackburn, trustee for Barrhaven and MerivaleKnoxdale, expressed concern that an elected trustee who is barred could be replaced with a board-appointed representative. She pointed to the case of an Ontario trustee who was barred from board meetings for three years before she resigned and was replaced. “There needs to be something in this code that prevents a trustee from being ineffective,” Blackburn said during the meeting, adding this “is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed.” APOLOGY ACCEPTED
Blackburn herself was recently the focus of a complaint by a trustee for remarks made to the media in January, in which she called colleagues who oppose a proposed rate hike for before-and-after-school programs “whack jobs.” She also dropped an F-bomb. After receiving a written complaint, Seward said she sought legal guidance on how to deal with it in the absence of a code of conduct.
She said the lawyer’s answer was that the board needs to have a code in place. Blackburn said she has since tried to make amends for the name-calling and cursing, which she admitted was “inappropriate.” Scott, who is trustee for West Carleton-March, Stittsville and Rideau-Goulbourn, and Seward both said Blackburn can’t be sanctioned for past remarks once the new policy takes effect. “As far as I’m concerned that is over,” Seward said. “She did apologize. Her apology was accepted and that’s it.” Once the policy comes into effect, the code would give the board the ability to govern trustee conduct, holding them accountable for illegal or negligent actions, libelous or slanderous statements, or for not conducting themselves in a professional manner. It also states they should not make personal, demeaning or disparaging comments about staff or board members, and should respect the views of others and not share confidential information. INCREMENTAL STEPS
The policy also sets out the steps that would be taken once a concern, ranging from the complainant speaking with the trustee whose behaviour is in question to an informal review. If that is unsuccessful, a formal review could be launched by the chair or vice-chair and investigated
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internally or by an outside party. If a trustee breaches the code, any levied sanctions would require a public vote by at least two-thirds of the 12-member board of trustees. “I see this as nothing more than what we’re asking of our students and staff in that we’re spelling out what the expectations for trustees are and as an effort to hold trustees accountable,” Chris Ellis, trustee for RideauRockcliffe and Alta Vista, said at the meeting. “It’s not to punish trustees.” Seward agreed, and said in an interview she hopes the board never has to use it. “It’s meant as something that all trustees can agree with and that in itself, I think, is the real value of it, the fact that it discourages
people to do things because the code of conduct is there, the whole board will have eventually a role in approving it, and it’s common language that is understood by all,” she said. “It should be a deterrent.” While there is a code of ethics in place, the board of trustees began informally looking at developing a code of conduct during the last term of office, something the province asked all boards to develop a number of years ago, said Seward. “We’re one of the few boards that doesn’t have one yet,” she said, adding the subcommittee met last June and September, but the process was delayed amid a teacher labour dispute. With files from Jennifer McIntosh
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Public school board staff presented a report on March 1 that painted a more detailed picture of the positions to be cut in the 2016-17 school year. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s latest staffing report outlines a reduction of 89 positions, but says that 50 additional cuts are necessary. Of the 89 cuts, some are positions provincially mandated to meet classroom size requirements, because student enrolment is expected to drop by 300 elementary students and 25 secondary students in the 2016-17 academic year. The rest of the cuts, including support staff and administration, are up to the discretion of the board.
The report said some cuts – like those of 27 provincially mandated elementary teaching positions and two provincially mandated secondary positions – are the direct result of declining enrolment. “In spite of what we thought was an extremely conservative projection last year for elementary (enrolment), we saw that we’ve lost kids at a number of grade levels, not just in the kindergarten grades,” said Mike Carson, the board’s chief financial officer and superintendent of facilities. While previous reports by staff suggested that 35 discretionary teaching positions should be cut, the most recent report calls for 55 reductions, including 14 resulting from the recently approved changes to French language instruction in kindergarten and the learning disability program. These 55 reductions include 42 elementary positions, 9.5 secondary positions and four school admin-
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Staff suggested that 11 learning resource teacher positions could be cut, and admitted that students could feel the effect of that loss inside of the classroom. “Although this reduction will have some impact on services available in schools … staff will work closely with (human resources staff) and principals to maximize the effectiveness of the learning resource teacher and learning support teacher positions,” the report said, adding that it would ensure “that allocations are equitable across schools.” Cutting several vice-principal positions is also recommended in the report. According to staff, the remaining 50 cuts not outlined in the report could affect positions outside of classrooms, like central and school-based administrative, clerical and technical positions, supervisory staff, education assistants, professional staff, maintenance and senior administration. Board staff will present their final recommendations during the March 22 committee of the whole meeting.
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The United Way celebrated the city’s volunteers on March 2. The Ottawa chapter adding 32 names to the Wall of Inspiration that sits in Jean Piggot Hall at city hall. Among those added were former police chief Larry Hill, who was recognized for his volunteerism with the Britannia Woods Community House, Michele Heights Youth Drop in and other groups. Mayor Jim Watson, who has been part of the organization’s recognition committee, said visiting the volunteers to give them the news is like Publishers Clearing House – without the cash. “There are people from all walks of life working to make the community a better place to live,” Watson said. Tim Sheahan, a Barrhaven resident who is the vice-president of operations for the Bell Warriors Football club,
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that prohibit that. In that case, the departments will have to report back to council on why they didn’t go with an eco friendly option. The cost difference for a hybrid or electric vehicle over the traditional choice would come from the green fleet fund – which is $500,000 annually. Committee chair Keith Egli expressed concern that the policy change may exhaust the fund, and impair
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Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury is calling foul over a decision by Ottawa police to cut corners by not attending calls for noise complaints. Fleury called on community and protective services committee chair Diane Deans to write a letter to the police services board, expressing
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• 2 lb (1 kg) beef brisket pot roast • 1 tbsp (15 mL) vegetable oil • 3 onions, peeled and sliced into rings • ½ cup (125 mL) stout beer • 3 tbsp (45 mL) tomato paste • 2 tbsp (25 mL) each brown sugar and malt vinegar • 1 tsp (5 mL) Worcestershire sauce • ¼ tsp (2 mL) each salt and pepper •1 tbsp (15 mL) cornstarch • 1/3 cup (75 mL) cold water • 8 onion buns, split PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
Pat meat dry. In ovenproof skillet, heat oil over medium heat; brown meat on all sides. Remove from heat. Cover meat with onion slices. In small bowl, whisk together beer, tomato
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Some members of the local hockey scene were less than pleased about a shake up to the city’s facility rental policy – which includes arenas, soccer fields and baseball diamonds. The community and protective services committee heard a report on the allocation policy refresh at its meeting on Feb. 25. The current framework for
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allocating ice time or baseball diamonds from the city is to look at an organization’s historic use from the previous year. Under the new guidelines, the city would assign times based on the number of registered participants and the playing time standards established by their governing bodies. Groups that have been getting more than their share will lose time. Committee chair Diane Deans calls the policy refresh
enough and some players can get hurt,” he said, adding he returns ice at the beginning of the season for days he knows for sure they won’t use it, such as Family Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas break and March break. Gormley questioned the rationale behind the change. “If you think there’s ice going empty in this city, you’re dreaming,” he said. Another resident who asked not to be named, handles the booking for an adults league named the Mighty Hacks. He said their original time slot was 9 p.m. at the Nepean Sportsplex, then the ice time was moved to 9:30 p.m. and then later to 10 p.m. to make way for younger players. While he said he understands it can be hard to break
cent of the fee. Denis Dumais, president of Hockey Eastern Ontario Minor, said that booking ice times around playoffs can get complicated and penalties will come out of the pockets of parents. “It’s $300 an hour for private ice,” he said. “That’s an impact on parents.” Bryan Gormley, president of Ottawa Centre Minor Hockey Association, said the league doesn’t always know how many kids will register in each division – and not all rinks are created equal. “We know that we can’t have midget players (16-17) playing at Brewer, it’s not big
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Editor’s note: this is the second part of a two-part series about a new Canadian family. For the first part, visit www.ottawacommunitynews. com. As the Al Dakhils were surviving the fighting in Syria, members of Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish were watching the situation there get worse. With encouragement from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa asking all parishes to consider sponsoring refugees, Holy Redeemer parishioners began their refugee committee. From the beginning, the response from the community was strong, said Pastor Pierre Champoux. “You might get 10, 20 peo-
ple at a function of any kind, but when we were just looking for help … we filled up the room. We had too much help in fact,” he said. About 30 people volunteered, with Mary-Lou Hakansson and Cathy Deogrades agreeing to co-chair the committee. With a parish of about 3,000 families, they were given a family of five to support for one year – the Al Dakhils. Citizenship and Immigration Canada told the committee they would have to raise $30,000 to support the family for the coming year. That was not a problem, said Hakansson, nor was collecting donations of furniture, clothing and household items. People seemed to come out of the woodwork to lend a hand, they said. However, before all this, filling out paperwork was the
first hurdle, and still one of the most difficult parts of the process, said Deogrades. Though it has been improved since the Al Dakhils arrived, it remains one of the biggest challenges, she said. Other than the hours of work it takes, it’s a frustrating process for refugees in Lebanon and elsewhere who are barely getting by to pay a translator to fill out their paperwork in English. “When we found that out after our family arrived, we’ve actually been filling out paperwork for other families, because it’s awful to think that they are giving up the only money they have to fill out paperwork in the hopes they would get to come (to Canada),” said Deogrades. With the preparation done, the parish was able to greet the Al Dakhils at the airport and welcome them to Canada. Having corresponded with the family beforehand, the Al Dakhils already knew some of them. See HOLY, page 32
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Holy Redeemer parish to sponsor second Syrian family Continued from page 31
But they would of course come to know many of them much better, especially one former parishioner who agreed to take them in: Jean Joinette. Having the family live at someone’s house when they first arrive is the approach recommended by the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, said Hakansson, and it’s the method the Al Dakhils said they endorse as well. “The church did the right thing with us,” said Shadi Al Dakhil, father of the family. “When we arrive, Jean … she taught us English of course … practise your language, that’s very useful.” Learning to speak English was the first and perhaps the biggest hurdle for the family in Canada, he said. While the kids had studied the language at school, Kholoud, the mother of the family, and Shadi had not. The language barrier can be one of the most daunting things for potential sponsors, said Deogrades. “I think a lot of people are afraid of the language barrier. But
really to help someone learn a new language and see the progress that they make, it really, really is wonderful.” For Joinette, all it took was buying an Arabic-English dictionary and to get started communicating. And she wasn’t the only one who they spoke with. Many members of the refugee committee and other members of the parish meet with the family routinely, and this helped them to learn more than just the language, said Shadi. “How do the Canadian people live? How do the Canadian people do? What do we need to keep going in the Canadian life? All the community in our church try to teach us everything. Everything good,” said Shadi. “So it was very important to have all this community with us, talk to us, help us and everything. Really give us a new life.” By tapping into the Holy Redeemer community and the wider Kanata community, the church’s refugee committee was able to source volunteers to do proper English teaching, tutor the children, drive them where they needed to go and even provide some
health care support. While there are now many programs available providing these supports, keeping these supports local has helped to create a community for the family. Bob Near, for instance, provides driving services and introduced the children to various Canadian
Some people could sit back and say, ‘I need this and that, take me here, take me there.’ Never happens ... It’s not a welfare system. It’s a system where we work together with them. Bob Near, volunteer
pastimes like tobogganing and youth programs. Fifteen-year-old Yasar and 14-year-old Sofia are now both enrolled in Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 872 and attend every Wednesday.
“They can’t wait until Wednesday comes to go to air cadets,” said Shadi. Not all refugee sponsorships are as hands-on as this, said Hakansson. “You do have the stories where you give (sponsored refugees) money and they are here on their own,” said Hakansson. “But no, (the Al Dakhils) are part of our family now.” “They’ve become citizens of Kanata,” said Near. “That’s the whole idea, to integrate them, and they’ve adapted.” ONE YEAR
Holy Redeemer’s sponsorship of the Al Dakhil’s is nearly finished, with about a month left marking a year since they arrived. Now they are living in an apartment, their kids are going to school and Shadi is working parttime at Laura’s Your Independent Grocer. While the family has reached this point thanks to Holy Redeemer, Shadi and Kholoud are eager to support their family on their own.
Shadi hopes to attend a skill development program in August so that he can find full-time work, while Kholoud is hoping to attend Algonquin College and become a teacher for special needs children. In the meantime, they both continue to work on their English skills as that remains a barrier for them when it comes to enrolling in programs. The family’s resilience and independence have impressed Near, who said their conduct contradicts the any negative talk about refugees. “Some people could sit back and say, ‘I need this and that, take me here, take me there.’ Never happens,” said Near. “It’s not a welfare system. It’s a system where we work together with them.” Due to refugee sponsorship rules –since changed – the Al Dakhils owe the government for airfare and medical expenses, said Hakansson. All told, they owe about $6,000, to be paid in the next six years. See GIVE, page 33
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But that’s not a concern for the family. They aren’t afraid of hard work, and neither are other Syrians, they said. They just need a chance. A SMILE
In an effort to convince more Canadians that Syrian refugees are worthy of a chance to live in Canada, the Al Dakhils have shared their story at meetings with other would-be sponsors. “If you are afraid of a Syrian family, look at us,” he said, describing what he hopes to share at those meetings. “Look at Syrian people. They will work hard. Just give them a chance. I said many times in those meetings, ‘When the Syrian people see the Canadian people with a good smile, they will do everything (they can).’” With that as their pledge, Shadi and Kholoud say their children’s futures are so much brighter. “They are now Canadian people,” said Shadi. “They can decide what they love … they have many, many choices and chances. We are in Canada.” That includes their newborn, Stephane, who was born in June in Canada. Referred to lovingly as their “new Canadian,” the family and Holy Redeemer parishioners are waiting to see whether his first words
are English or Arabic. ANOTHER SPONSORSHIP
Holy Redeemer’s refugee committee is now sponsoring another family – relatives of the Al Dakhils. The family hopes that, ultimately, they can all rent a house together and share expenses. With this new family, the committee hopes to put into practice what they learned over the past year. For both the Al Dakhils and the refugee committee, the emphasis is not on the money required to support the family, but on emotional support. “Please be with (your refugee family),” said Shadi. “Visit them, talk to them, go and let them know how the Canadian people live. They will be very happy.” The refugee committee and all its supporters get something else in return as well, said Champoux. “If there is one thing I can take out of this is it’s helped to humanize us
more,” he said. Bringing in a family from a distant place with different customs, different ideas about how society works and a different language was eye-opening and a bit of a challenge, even though the parish has sponsored other refugees before. Each time they have learned from each other about how other people live and what it’s like to help other human beings. The committee expects to continue learning that lesson, he said. “No matter how often you go through this (supporting a refugee family), every situation is going to be different, Champoux said. “You never become an expert at the process. You become somewhat comfortable but you just become more human at the end.” There are various organizations across the city working to coordinate the Syrian refugee support effort. Anyone interested in sponsoring Syrian refugees, making a donation or volunteering can contact refugee613.ca.
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which didn’t sit well with Father, a staunch Lutheran. It wasn’t above Uncle Johnny, who drove a huge steamroller for the City of Ottawa, to let out a string of swear words, for no reason at all. The only one who seemed to take offence, or even notice, was Aunt Vanetta. And her little hand would flutter to her chest to make the sign of the cross. When I was alone, I tried to do it too, but I could never remember if you touched your forehead or your heart
first. And I thought it was very important to get everything in order, or you’d get it from God. It wasn’t unusual to see Aunt Vanetta off in the parlour alone saying her beads, which I knew were called a rosary, while everyone else was in the kitchen sitting around the big oilcloth covered table. When the beads weren’t being fingered in her hands, they were kept in her spotlessly clean apron pocket. I’m not sure if Aunt Vanetta thought there might be a flicker of hope that one of us from out there in Renfrew County would become Catholic, but one Easter, she presented the five of us children with our own rosary. Mother, once a Catholic, said, “Isn’t that lovely,” and Father vowed to never again darken the door at 129 Lyon St. Of course, that threat was
short-lived. He liked Uncle Johnny, and I often saw him laugh so hard that the tears rolled down his face at the jokes and stories told around that kitchen table. Father smoking his pipe, and Uncle Johnny with a big fat cigar hanging loosely from his mouth. Often the big steamroller was parked in the yard beside the house, and it reeked of tar, and Uncle Johnny would let each of us country kids climb up behind the wheel, which was the biggest steering wheel I had ever seen, and he would start the engine just so that we could pull a rope that hung inside the cab. That tug would set off a horn that my sister Audrey said could probably be heard on the outskirts of Ottawa. And I would think how lucky was my cousin Richard to live at such a house where there was so much excitement.
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Dear neighbours, It’s Winter Carnival season through Bay Ward and I have had the pleasure of attending many of the Community Association’s carnivals throughout the winter and I trust that you and your families are enjoying the season as well.
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Bay Ward’s 1st Family Day Pancake Breakfast & Skate I was pleased to host Bay Ward’s 1st Family Day Pancake Breakfast and Skate at Woodroffe Park on February 15th. It was a great event that was attended by many in the community, and I look forward to hosting it again next year. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came by and enjoyed themselves as well as a big thank you to Biagios for helping with the cooking, all the volunteers and the Carlingood Community Assocation. A few things we’ve been working on... I am committed to our youth finding employment opportunities, I encourage people to attend the youth hiring fair on March 16th from 10 am to 2 pm at Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre. Parents will have the ability to have a carefree visit to the Carlingwood Library with a covered canopy area for secure outdoor stroller parking. A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the Federal Minister responsible for the Consumer Price Index, advocating for the creation of a Seniors Consumer Price Index to enhance the financial security of Older Adults. I look forward to the Ministers reply. I am also supporting a restriction on the sale of dogs,cats and rabbits in pet stores unless part of a shelter adoption program, we need to take another step to care for those who can’t care for themselves. You can read more about these and other items we’re working on at baywardlive.ca Daylight Savings Time I want to take this opportunity to remind residents that this Sunday, March 13th Daylight Savings Time will go into effect. Remember to turn your clocks ahead! Happy Easter For the many of us observing Easter I wish you and your family a time of reflection and celebration. You can always find more details for upcoming events and activities in Bay Ward and across Ottawa by following me on Twitter and Facebook or by subscribing to updates at BayWardLive.ca. Should you ever need the assistance of my team please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are happy to help.
When a family starts over, they often have nothing. No beds, no kitchen cutlery, no dining room table. Helping With Furniture, an Ottawa charity, has been helping families and individuals start over for years, by giving donated household items and furniture to those getting a fresh start. As Syrian refugees have begun to land in Ottawa, the demand for their services has intensified. “We rallied the troops, and there’s been an insane amount of volunteers,” said volunteer Jennifer PerehinecCatana, a Westboro-resident. “So in terms of the ramp up, it’s pretty extreme.”
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has asked those who make donations to try and drop off items if possible. They’re able to borrow a truck from Penske Truck Rental for the Wednesday night and Saturday morning volunteer sessions, but it’s not enough to move everything. But they are giving a significant boost to the many people and families they’ve been able to help. People are referred through service workers, or refugee sponsors can file an application on behalf of a family they’re sponsoring. When they are approved, they get a checklist to indicate what items are required. Helping With Furniture can’t always provide everything to every family but volunteers do their best to pack-
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The volunteer base has grown from 100 to about 200 over the past few months. The group also outgrew their warehouse on Canotek Road, and have had donated PODS Storage units to help with the overflow, as well as a new east-end warehouse off Star Top Road, which is donated by Merkburn Holdings. A call for help had been issued after the Canotek Road space became jammed with furniture. “There was a time when it became clear that any more donations wouldn’t fit,” Perehinec-Catana said. The bottleneck for the organization now is transporting donations into the warehouses and to the people who receive them. Helping With Furniture
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March 11
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Members of St. George’s Parish host a St. Patrick’s Day dinner and social from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Parish Hall, 415 Piccadilly Ave. with home cooked Irish stew, colcannon, salad, dessert, coffee and tea. Live Irish music, dancing, cash bar, 50/50 draw. Tickets at secretary@ saintgeorges.ca or 613-7280201.
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 613-725-2778. The Nepean Horticultural
Society hosts guest speaker Neil Ritchie of Ritchie Feed and Seed on What’s New in 2016, at 7:30pm, City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Everyone welcome. Non-members $4. Light refreshments. Information 613-721-2048.
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.
March 19
The Ontario Genealogical Society - Ottawa branch presents two events: from 10:30 a.m. to noon is a Genealogy: Back to Basics lesson, and
this month’s topic is Genealogical Resources of Eastern Ontario with John Patton. From 1 to 3 p.m. Tad Findley will present A Unique Approach to Publishing Family Research. All are welcome, both events are free. City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr. For more details visit ogsottawa.on.ca. Everyone is welcome to celebrate Earth Hour at First United Church, 347 Richmond Rd., from 8:30 to 9:30 pm. Community sing-song and quiet reflection by candlelight. All ages welcome. Admission free or a food donation to Westboro Food Bank. Visit office@ firstunitedchurchottawa.ca for information.
March 20
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March 23
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Without your knowledge, you have made it to the top of a very influential person’s list. This can only mean good things for your future, Aries. Be proud of yourself. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Friends and family who seem meddlesome may have more noble motives, Taurus. Give these loved ones the benefit of the doubt and be glad they care so much. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, a big project means you will be working with others in the week ahead. Put your best foot forward and be receptive of others’ ideas and suggestions. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you are full of energy this week, but for whatever reason you are still holding back. Don’t be afraid to unleash that energy and get to work. Others will be impressed. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Mull an invitation before responding this week, Leo. You can find both pros and cons to accepting the invitation, and taking the time to consider it will ensure you make the right call. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a healthy sense of ambition will move a project along much more quickly than you or others had imagined. Once the work is done, you’ll have plenty of time to relax.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 A person from your past may come into your life, Libra. He or she stirs up old emotions, and you may need to take a step back in a current relationship. Think things over carefully. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, your ambition is growing, but you are already beginning to feel overwhelmed. You may need to put the brakes on any new endeavors for a little while. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Any business transactions you make this week can have a lasting effect on your financial status, Sagittarius. This means carefully considering every purchase. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, expenses are piling up, and soon your stress levels may be rising as a result. You can use a dose of good news, and it’s coming this week. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Someone is rubbing you the wrong way, Aquarius. Just walk away and don’t let this person get under your skin. Taking the high road will serve you best in the long run. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, the week ahead is full of promise. Your energy levels are soaring, and you are poised to meet new people and make things happen. 0310
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