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The new rules add a requirement for backyards to be included in plans for small apartments. The major change is that the city is getting rid of the term “converted dwelling,” which lent special zoning exemptions to projects that helped meet the city’s intensification goals by re-using homes to house more people. The conversions led to a great deal of conflict in downtown neighbourhoods, particularly in Sandy Hill, where there is pressure for rental housing for students. See ILLEGAL, page 22
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Budding friendship Seven-year-old cancer patient Michael Meehan made quick friends with Gov.-Gen. David Johnston at the official launch of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Campaign on April 1. Meehan and Johnston compared ties, talked about dinosaurs and played with daffodils in the greenhouses of Rideau Hall. The campaign sells daffodil pins and fresh daffodils to help raise funds for cancer research.
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News - The National Capital Commission wants the public’s take on what it should do with its many land holdings in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. The federal body is planning for the future with its capital urban lands master
plan, which covers parks, green space around waterways, the Experimental Farm, and the city’s many parkways. In addition to an online questionnaire, a public workshop was held March 26 at the National War Museum. Mark Kristmanson, chief executive of the NCC, told participants he was only six
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commodating one. “Over the two years we’ve had 8,000 people come through our doors, and we’re hoping for 5,000 this year,” said Adams, adding that exhibitors will be coming to Ottawa from as far away as Manitoba and Oregon. A long list of prizes donated from local businesses will be the subject of a raffle during the two-day show, with all proceeds going to Roger’s House. A key partner for expo organizers is the Bytown Railway Society, a group that promotes and preserves the history of the railroad in and around Ottawa. Director Les Goodwin said the group, which curates a collection of historic rail equipment housed mainly at the Museum of Science and Technology, will bring some life-sized items to the “miniature” event. Among them will be a restored 1959 Pontiac Hy Rail – a station wagon converted to run on rails. Unfortunately, the group’s 1913 steam train won’t be able to make it into the Ernst & Young Centre. “If we get people involved in model railways, hopefully they’ll progress to the real thing,” said Goodwin. Goodwin said that at one time, 11 different railway companies had lines running into Ottawa. “Unfortunately, most of (the old lines) have disappeared,” he said. Information on tickets, exhibiters and what to expect at the event can be found at ottawatrainexpo.com.
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News - A “proliferation” of illuminated digital signs in business windows doesn’t deserve to be studied – yet. Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs suggested the city study LED signs, which chief building official Arlene Gregoire said can be bought for $200. But on March 26, the planning committee decided to refer the issue to the next term of council, to be considered as part of council’s priorities for the four years following the election of a new council on Oct. 27. Gregoire agreed with Hobbs that the issue could merit review. “Unless we have rules before this proliferation occurs, you’re stuck with non-conforming rights,” Gregoire said. She agreed there was a need to study the signs – not necessarily to create another layer of bureaucracy or a permit process or fee, but to look at what restrictions might be put in place to prevent the signs from bothering neighbours. Hobbs said a resident in the Holland Avenue area of her ward complained to her office
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New infill rules pass committee hurdle • Location and use of walkways • Front-yard landscaping • Front door orientation • Visual prominence of the front wall An analysis of the street’s character doesn’t include the style of architecture. Observing the 21 neighbouring homes would determine which dominant “character groupsâ€? apply to the lot to be developed. Within each character group, there are a number of options for development to permit flexibility, according to the planning report; for instance, there are four character groups describ-
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News - New infill housing rules got the thumb’s up from citizen’s groups and the planning committee on March 25, but a council vote will be delayed until May after developers complained. The new rules the committee approved in principle would remove minimum parking requirements for low-rise housing in urban core neighbourhoods and make the starting point for new developments under four storeys a streetscape character analysis. But a provision that extended the rules to cover smaller, four-storey apartment buildings raised the ire of some of the city’s larger development interests, which had mainly steered clear of the debate because they assumed it wouldn’t affect them. A delay in taking the policy to city council will allow more time for consultation with those developers. Much of the outreach to the development industry involved speaking to companies that construct small-scale infill, said the city’s zoning and intensification manager, Alain Miguelez. But representatives from larger firms like Claridge, Domicile and Brigil said they hadn’t gotten involved in the consultations because they didn’t think it would affect the types of projects they construct. “This report deviates signif-
icantly from where we started in 2012. It now includes lowrise apartments,� said Ursula Melinz, a lawyer representing a group of developers, including Minto. “It has a larger impact than originally thought.� Michael Polowin, another lawyer representing a number of developers, told the planning committee it’s problematic that the new rules will also apply to existing homes if additions visible from the street are added. “This bylaw is going to catch those people even though they haven’t had the right to be heard on this,� Polowin said. In contrast, a few representatives from community associations who attended the day-long meeting applauded the new rules. “The reaction was very much ‘What took you so long?’� said Don Smith of the Westboro Beach Community Association. Both residents and developers agreed the city should do everything it can to widely circulate information about the forthcoming rules to homeowners, builders, real estate agents, architects and developers. If council signs off on the new rules on May 14, the new policy would go to the Ontario Municipal Board for final approval because the policy changes are part of an OMB order. Developers appealed the first phase of the city’s infill policy in 2012. A second phase of the infill
ing parking patterns. Brian Cassagrande, a planner from FoTenn who represented a number of developers at the planning committee meeting, said the new rules are too complex and extensive, which will make them difficult to implement and enforce. “It’s difficult for me even as a planner to understand what you’re dealing with here,� he said. Miguelez insisted the analysis is something landowners themselves can do without hiring a professional planner or surveyor to conduct the work. He has given the streetscape character analysis form to 100 people to test out and he said it’s surprising how savvy people are, especially when given the tools of the city’s GeoOttawa mapping system.
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The city’s planning committee endorsed new rules that would eliminate the requirement for a parking space for dwellings within the Greenbelt that have less than 12 units, but decided to delay a final council vote on the policy after developers complained they weren’t consulted. policy that deals with building height and massing and in an expanded area encompassing all land inside the Greenbelt is expected to wrap up later this year. The new rules planners are proposing will fundamentally alter the process of building a new infill home from the start of the project. The proposed rules are aimed at making streetscapes look more cohesive. While infill design used to begin with the parking space – which was required – city planners want the major requirement and starting point to be the streetscape from now on. The new rules can be summed up as “your street gives you your rules,� the planning report states.
If the changes are approved, landowners and architects would first have to look at the 21 lots surrounding an infill and use those observations to create a starting point for what their new home could look like. Streetscape attributes that must be respected include: • Front-yard setbacks, as well as corner and side yards • Vehicle access (driveway or rear lane) • Parking space type and location on the lot
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mong the things a city should try to avoid is discouraging business growth. Businesses pay taxes and businesses employ residents, who in turn pay taxes. Along with development fees, taxes are the primary way cities collect money to pay for roads, arenas, transit and the like, so actively discouraging the growth of business in a city is like the shooting of one’s own foot. Last week, a couple of issues that have the potential to affect how business is done in Ottawa came before city council, and in both cases prudent decisions were made. Members of city council voted to reduce the fee paid by restaurant and bar owners to establish sidewalk patios and decided to wait and have further study conducted on the way digital signs are used at businesses across the city. The patio decision, while only affecting the 2014 season, will see the fee paid by businesses wishing to establish a patio that encroaches on city sidewalks reduced by 10 per cent to $1.23 per square metre. In light of what business owners pay in other cities for the same privilege – only as much as $0.57 per square metre in Toronto, for example – it appears reasonable that this could
be done to see how business owners react. The city intends to study the results ahead of the 2015 season and judge the effect. The decision to look further at digital signs, which are displayed inside an exterior window for advertising purposes, is also prudent. The city currently has little in the way of data on how widespread these relatively inexpensive devices are or how they might affect those living nearby, making further study a reasonable course of action. These two issues are good examples of how the city can make life difficult for business, or not, as the case now. In good weather, patios draw restaurant goers to these vital small businesses. Making it easier for owners to leverage the draw of patios keeps them in business, keeps tax dollars flowing to the city and keeps workers employed. While it’s debatable how effective indoor digital signs are for businesses that choose to use them, they’re marginally distracting and spending too much time and effort figuring out how to referee them smacks of wasteful over-management on the part of the city. If digital signs need oversight, why not posters? Why not mannequins? It could easily become a slippery slope ending in a pit of red tape.
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he reconstituted Frank magazine has produced a re-election poster for Jim Watson. Under the headline “Watsonmania,� the satirical rag shows a photograph of a sleepy looking mayor saying: “Let me finish the job ... I still see a couple of people awake in the back!� That would be a common criticism: a boring mayor for a boring city. There is an upside as well, expressed in a number of different ways by a number of different people, but all meaning essentially the same thing: “At least he isn’t Rob Ford.� This is because in politics, boring means no scandals, no gaffes, no feuds with council members, no blowups with the media, no controversy, no embarrassment to the city. Jim Watson has that going for him and it’s no small accomplishment, actually. Many are the politicians who thought they were being cautious and responsible and wound up with a reputation for anything but. Something can always trip you up – a careless word you thought was off-the-record, a rogue staffer, an expense account that wasn’t properly scrutinized, a relative who wasn’t properly scrutinized, an unguarded moment in range of somebody’s iPhone camera. It is not easy to be boring, in other words.
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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Boring can also mean competent, not prone to exaggerations and pratfalls, and Watson fits in there, too. “Ottawa needs stable leadership for the challenges that remain,� he said in announcing his re-election bid. “Stable leadership� is hardly clarion call, but he knows what he is doing. It is an interesting comment on our times that Watson is considered likely to be reelected simply for not being trouble-prone, just for not being Rob Ford. Little is expected of politicians these days. This is not to disparage the mayor’s abilities or his record, only to say that imagination and vision, which used to count for a lot, count for much less. We seem to want capable managers who won’t cost us a lot of extra tax dollars, who won’t get us into trouble.
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Big things are not going to get done under that kind of leadership and many of us seem quite content with that. Because big things sometimes lead to big trouble – as witness, say, Montreal’s Olympic venture in the 1970s. It would be interesting to see a challenge to Watson by a politician with big things on his or her mind. Great cities become great by taking risks, by thinking big. To take one example, Ottawa could have a great waterfront, like many North American cities, if someone thought big and didn’t hide behind the NCC. To take a less thrilling example, Ottawa will need huge expenditures on infrastructure to keep our roads and bridges and water systems from outliving their usefulness. Someone has to push that. We know from experience that it is politically expedient to postpone such expenditures. We know from experience – think of Montreal again – that postponement can lead to tragedy. So it would be good to hear a big idea from Jim Watson, or from one of his competitors, if only to have a more interesting discussion than we usually have around election time. Watson takes some of the credit for Lansdowne Park redevelopment and light rail, which some might call big ideas. But
Lansdowne Park is looking less and less innovative and light rail is just half of a big idea; it doesn’t come close to meeting the city’s urgent transit needs. Creating a proper transit system would be a big idea that would really help make Ottawa a great city. But it would cost money and probably necessitate making rules that make life more complicated and/or expensive for drivers. Other cities have taken on that challenge, but it is politically risky to be sure. There must be dozens of big ideas out there than would make this a better city. It would be nice to hear some of them.
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debate at the University of Ottawa in recent months has put into question the validity of Canada’s Food Guide. Designed to promote healthy eating with prescriptive doses from the various food groups, the colourful rainbow is meant to help us make the right choices when it comes to food. “Does Canada’s Food Guide promote weight gain?� That was the name of the debate and the question put forward by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, director of the Bariatric Medical Institute. His opponent was Dr. Hasan Hutchinson, director-general of the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion at Health Canada. Freedhoff, an avid blogger
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse and pundit on the overweight and obesity issues, makes a number of valid arguments against the food guide. He argues that if people eat the portions recommended in the guide, for example, they will gain weight. One of the main problems with the current food guide, argues Freedhoff, is that it’s based on portions, but nobody knows what a portion size looks like anymore. Over time, our plates have become
bigger and our notion of portion size has become skewed as a result. The increased trend of eating in restaurants makes this problem more pronounced. Did you know, for example, that a portion size of meat should be about the size of a deck of cards? A portion of whole grains should be about the size of your fist. Yet how many of us are consuming multiple burgers at a barbecue or chowing down on full
City lowers patio fees for 2014 No large increase in the number of sidewalk patios expected Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
News - The snow shows no signs of melting, but the city is already looking forward to patio season. Recognizing the socio-economic benefits of sidewalk restaurant patios, the city’s planning committee approved a reduction in the fees charged for patios on March 25.
For the 2014 season only, isn’t likely to increase if the the patio encroachment fee fees are reduced. Since there will be $1.23 per square metre were more new patios than exper day – a 10 per cent reduc- pected last year – partially due tion. That temporary decrease to a pilot project to add patios will give city staff time to con- on Elgin Street – reducing the duct a broader review of side- patio fees for one year won’t change the $570,000 budget walk patio policies and fees. Ottawa’s current patio fees for the program, the report of $1.37 per square metre per states. The broader review of the day are higher than other cities. Patio fees in Toronto range sidewalk encroachment bylaw between $0.14 to $0.57 per will be reported to planning committee in time for the 2015 square metre per day. According to a staff report, patio season. In recent years, the city has demand for sidewalk patios in downtown Ottawa is “inelastic� and therefore the Best Buy CORRECTION NOTICE demand for new patios NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE BEST BUY MARCH 28 CORPORATE
plates of spaghetti? Freedhoff further argues that portion sizes used to determine calories by Health Canada are based on old data and no longer reflect the reality. A slice of bread, for example, is considered to be a portion of grains within the food guide, and to represent 65 calories. Most commercial loaves these days contain nearly double that, says Freedhoff, about 120 calories per slice. He also notes that sugary cereals count as a grain serving, which is wrong on a number of levels. And even as countries like Brazil are feted for novel new national guidelines around healthy eating that encourage consumption of fresh and local produce, Canada is stuck in the past, suggests Freedhoff.
Natural fruit juice, for example, is listed as a valid serving in the fruit and vegetables category of the Canada Food Guide, yet science tells us that fruit juice offers a sugar surge in our bodies comparable to a serving of Coca Cola. And unlike Brazil’s new food policy, which recommends limiting fats, salt and sugar, and reducing the consumption of packaged foods, Canada’s food guide doesn’t account for the condiments, processed goods and junk foods that most of us include in our diets. Some of you may be thinking all this is overblown. Why attack the food guide? The reality, however, is that we have a growing obesity and overweight problem in the Western world, including
Canada. We also have increasingly “busy� lives, which makes slow-cooking, growing our own food and even label reading cumbersome. The food guide is all we’ve got as a high-level, broad-reaching document to guide us in our eating habits. If Freedhoff is right and it’s contributing to overweight and obesity, rather than hindering it, it may be time for a revamp. The contributing factors to overweight and obesity are obviously complex. My personal theory is that the urban, indoor lifestyle and sedentary work many of us do are among the biggest contributing factors. But we’re also a society that eats too much – particularly compared to our physical output – and we are eating too much of the wrong things. Surely, our national food guide should take that into account and, at minimum, give us a more optimum prescription for eating right.
expanded patio opportunities in other ways. Fees were cut in half for Preston Street for two years at the request of the local merchants association in hopes of spurring more restaurants to add more patios to the dining hotbed of Little Italy, however, only one new patio was estab-
lished during that time. Six Elgin Street establishments were given approval to try out patios on a narrower sidewalk for two years. That pilot project is ongoing for another summer. In 2011, city council reduced the distance patios need
to be separated from residential areas. While the old rules required at least 30 metres from homes, the new rules would allow patios to be installed with no minimum separation distance from residences if there are no objections from neighbours.
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No election strategy involved in riding change: Baird Adam Kveton adam.kveton@metroland.com
News - The decision to run in the newly created riding of Nepean in the next federal election was a pretty simple equation for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. “The calculus was basically that this is the riding that I’ve lived in for my entire life,� the Ottawa West-Nepean MP said in an interview with NepeanBarrhaven News. “I’ll be 45 in May and I’ve lived my entire life in Bells Corners and by Country Place, so it just made sense to run there.� News reports that Baird was planning to run in the newly created riding of Nepean after being elected three times in his current Ottawa West-Nepean riding turned some heads due to his success in that riding. Baird was first elected in Ottawa West-Nepean in 2006 with 43 per cent of the vote. He increased his hold on the riding in the following two elections, with his popularity growing to 45 per cent in 2008, and then increasing his lead on his runner up to nearly 7,500 votes. Baird said he was honoured to be elected three times in that riding, adding that his focus remains there for the next two years. “My number one priority is to represent them and their values and their interests in the House of Commons.� The move to Nepean for the next federal election is a homecoming more than anything, said Baird. “It’s just a very exciting opportunity,� he said. “I’ve been very, very blessed to get a lot of support from people in Nepean over the years, and I’m just excited to be able to work together and
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entirely suburban,� he said. Not just suburban, but new suburban, with Barrhaven contained in the new Nepean riding. “You’ve got a lot of young families, so being squeezed on taxes is a big issue. Meantime, things like health care and education continue to be big priorities,� said Baird, adding that job creation will be a main concern for those constituents as well. But Baird is no stranger to the rapid growth of Ottawa’s southwest. “When I first was elected in Barrhaven (as an MPP), Barrhaven was only 26,000 people and there was no high school. There wasn’t even a fast food place,� said Baird. “That’s only in ’95.� With new ridings created across Canada, representation in the House of Commons will go from 308 to 338 seats, with Ontario gaining 15 of the newly created ridings. To create the new Nepean riding, the Nepean-Carleton riding (currently represented by Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre) was split, carving Nepean out, and leaving a much more rural RideauCarleton riding.
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Honouring francophone champion Mayor Jim Watson and Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais present a commemorative street sign to the family of Pierre Esdras Terrien, one of the founders of the French-language newspaper, LeDroit, and a lifelong advocate for French-language and francophone cultural rights, during the March 26 city council meeting. A street in the new Cardinal Creek Village community east of Trim has been named Avenue Esdras-Terrien / Esdras-Terrien Avenue in his honour.
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One year later, boys from Mindware share their story Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com
News - A year ago, all Jayden Findlay was thinking about was how to deal with his emotions and try to control his verbal diarrhea. Now Findlay said everything has improved – especially what he calls his “filter.” He is focused on academics and his desire to finishing a science fiction novel. The only thing that has stayed the same is his time spent at Mindware Academy and participating in the school’s after-school social group. “I have been able to make and keep friends,” Findlay said. The keeping a friend, according to his teachers, is probably one of his biggest achievements. Findlay agreed. “I am really proud of my accomplishments,” he said. Diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disability, Findlay began attending the private school in the city’s west end because going to public school had become more about dealing with bullies and unsympathetic teaching staff. The school offers children with learning disabilities a different approach to education. The daytime and after-school social group helps boys like Findlay work on social in-
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A year after last talking to the Ottawa West News, Mindware Academy students Nick Fejes and Nikita Sautchenko shared some of their accomplishments working in a social skills class. teractions and feelings. Last year, Ottawa West News spoke with Findlay and his fellow social group members, Josh Wells, Callum Nightingale, Nikita Sautchenko, Nick Fejes, Christian Devey and Cameron Nielson about a letter they wrote, expressing their feelings and asking people to be open-
minded and try to understand what it is like to live with a disability, like autism and Asperger’s syndrome. To celebrate Autism Awareness Day on April 3, the boys wanted to recap all that has happened in the past year. “Our school received many calls about the letter, many people who
said they were touched by the boys’ words,” said their teacher, Susan Mancini. Beyond outside recognition of the letter, having the boys express their feelings was all part of the groups steps to becoming more successful in dealing with social situations, reading people and understanding what is right and wrong. Last year, Callum Nightingale said he always felt stressed out and cried often. One year later, Nightingale
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CITY OF OTTAWA CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COMBINED SEWAGE STORAGE TUNNEL NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDENDUM In February 2013, the City of Ottawa completed a ‘Schedule C’ Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to develop a preferred solution and functional design for additional storage of combined sewage in the ultimate combined sewer area of Ottawa. In 2013, Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST) Environmental Study Report (ESR) was completed. The preferred design of the CSST consists of an east-west tunnel (EWT) through the downtown core from LeBreton Flats to New Edinburgh Park and a north-south tunnel (NST) along Kent Street from Catherine Street to the existing outfall north of Wellington Street. The 2013 ESR concluded that the preferred design for the NST would include a construction staging area in St. Laurent Square. After consultation took place during preliminary design of the CSST in 2014, it was determined that the CSST could be extended south to Chamberlain Street for an alternative construction staging area for the NST. The resulting change in the preferred construction staging area requires additional property. An addendum is required to evaluate the potential environmental implications. LAURA MUELLER/METROLAND
Erica Tan, left, and Filsan Nur, now in Grade 11 at Notre Dame High School, show off the BlackBerry Playbook app they made as part of the TechU.me computer science mentoring program.
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News - When Notre Dame High School students Erica Tan and Filsan Nur started a project to make a mobile app, they had no idea how to code software. But two semesters later, the 16-year-old girls were making slices of cheese and tomatoes, leaves of lettuce and buns and patties fly across the screen of a BlackBerry Playbook tablet in their game, Burger Party. Behind the images of fast-food snacks that make up their burger-building game are complex lines of code the girls learned how to write thanks to resources and mentoring through the TechU.me program. “We were coming in in Grade 10 with no idea how to code or anything like that, so this was all trial and error for us,” Filsan said. TechU.me, which kicked off in 2012 with almost $1 million in funding from FedDev Ontario, the federal government’s economic development branch for southern Ontario. It brings together tech companies that provide software and mentors to students enrolled in computer and communications technology courses at local high schools. Filsan and Erica are two of the 13,000 students who’ve been exposed to the basics of computer programming through their school curriculum since the program began. TechU. me’s mentoring program has expanded from four to 55 schools in those two
years, assisting 2,000 students. In the schools it’s been offered, enrollment in computer science and communications technology courses has gone up 35 per cent. That shows the program is increasing awareness about the importance of tech skills and the job opportunities available to young people, said Steve Evraire, TechU.me’s director. In the future, TechU. me wants to partner with Labour Market Ottawa to get more information about tech careers into high schools. “In many cases, students, parents and even sometimes guidance counsellors are unaware of some of the really, really interesting careers that are available,” Evraire said. But the fundamental goal isn’t just to get kids coding, he said. It’s to re-imagine how students acquire key skills they’ll need for the job market in the digital age. Imparting the skills needed for critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity is just as important, he said. Sometimes TechU.me’s resources and mentorship are incorporated into a computer science course and some schools run the program as a lunch-hour club. TechU.me also runs summer technology camps and the App Jam – a contest for high-school students who enter their creations and win scholarships and $1,000 prizes.
By this Notice, the Addendum is being placed on the public record in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Engineers Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (2000, as amended 2007 and 2011). Please note that only the changes proposed in the Addendum are open for review. A copy of the Addendum report, and the 2013 ESR, will be available for viewing at the following locations: http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/sewers-and-wastewater/combined-sewer-overflows City of Ottawa, Client Service Centre: 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa Public Library, Hazeldean: 50 Castlefrank Road Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson: 100 Malvern Drive Ottawa Public Library, Main: 120 Metcalfe Street Ottawa Public Library, Orléans: 1705 Orléans Boulevard The 30-day public review period begins April 3, 2014. Written comments* may be submitted until May 5, 2014 to: Randy Dempsey, Project Manager Infrastructure Services Dept. 100 Constellation Cres. Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8 Phone: 613-580-2424 ext 14102 Fax: 613-560-6064 E-mail: Randy.Dempsey@ottawa.ca If concerns arise during the prescribed review period that cannot be resolved through discussions with the City of Ottawa, a person or party may request that the Minister of Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order). This request must be received by the Minister, at the address listed below, prior to May 5, 2014. A copy of the request must also be sent to the City of Ottawa at the address listed above. If no request is received on or before the end of the review period, the City will proceed with detailed design and construction as presented in the Addendum. Minister of the Environment 77 Wellesley Street West 11th Floor, Ferguson Block Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 This Notice issued April 3, 2014. *Information will be collected in accordance with Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. R0012624212-0403
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Sandy Hill student residence plan rejected by council Appeal to OMB likely after proposal for 180-unit apartment turned down Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
News - City council shocked Sandy Hill residents by rejecting a locally-maligned private student residence. Even the local councillor, Mathieu Fleury, had no inkling that Mayor Jim Watson and 12 other members of council would come out against the nine-storey development proposal, which would have taken up most of the block between Friel and Nelson streets on Laurier Avenue East. Chad Rollins, vice-president of Action Sandy Hill, said the community group thought it only had eight councillors, including Fleury, on its side. “I am stunned and ecstatic,” Rollins said. “In all honesty we really didn’t think it would go that way.” Rollins said residents expect a development application is a done deal once it gets the stamp of approval from city staff and the planning committee.
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“You like to think what you do have made a difference, that the councillors listened to our points and saw they were valid,” he said. Watson said he wasn’t in favour of the proposal, which would have contained 180 one- and two-bedroom units, because he didn’t think it would be compatible with the streetscape or building heights in the area. Despite requiring both amendments to the zoning and the city’s Official Plan, it proposal would have “fit within the overall fabric” of the area, said John Smit, manager of urban development review. It’s a point Fleury is trying to impress on his council colleagues for months, but he didn’t expect that point to be taken up so forcefully by the mayor and other councillors. “Some of them had made up their mind before, but obviously because of the debate at council, (they) realized the broader impacts, which we were flagging for the past months,” Fleury said. “We would be wise to send a message that this is an important heritage community that is under a lot of stress,”
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Watson said. Sending that message will cost the city in legal fees. The proponent, Viner Assets, can now appeal the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. But because city planners and the planning committee endorsed the development, the city will have to hire multiple independent experts to argue against the proposal if it’s appealed. “Inevitably, when you’re giving evidence before a (an Ontario Municipal board) hearing, you have your own staff giving evidence against your political position,” Hume said. “We will have to hire ... people to give professional evidence before the board, because we will have our people giving opposite evidence.” Kathryn Hendrick, a spokeswoman for Robert Viner and Viner Assets, declined to say whether the company would appeal the decision. “We respect the political process and we are reviewing all of our options,” she wrote in an email. During the debate on March 26, some councillors, including Capital Coun. David Chernushenko, expressed concern about the de facto “expansion” of the University of Ottawa campus into the neighbouring residential community.
“We should be assisting where the growth of campuses where necessary, but being clear about where the lines are,” Chernushenko said. “My concern is this has gone a number of blocks deeper into the neighbourhood.” Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes spoke out vocally against the proposal, saying it isn’t the city’s responsibility to provide housing for students and throw away a neighbourhood’s “heritage ambiance” in the process. “Why aren’t we dispersing those students? We have a fabulous transit system,” she said. River Coun. Maria McRae worried the provision to require 24/7 on-site supervision of the residence wouldn’t be enforceable. The councillors who voted 14-9 against the proposal included: Rick Chiarelli, Eli El-Chantiry, Chernushenko, Mark Taylor, Marianne Wilkinson, Fleury, Shad Qadri, Peter Clark, Keith Egli, Diane Deans, Holmes, Doug Thompson, McRae and Watson. Councillors who voted in favour included: Rainer Bloess, Stephen Blais, Steve Desroches, Bob Monette, Jan Harder, Katherine Hobbs, Tim Tierney, Allan Hubley and Hume. Scott Moffatt was absent. Hume said the proposal was appropriate because Sandy Hill is a dense neighbourhood and it’s an area
that is appropriate for intensification because it’s close to rapid transit and the downtown core. “We expect this kind of development and this kind of density in these places,” he said. SECONDARY PLAN PROBLEMS
Many councillors, including Fleury, were under the impression they had also voted to fast-track funding to update the secondary plan and community design plan for Sandy Hill. Later in the day it was revealed that didn’t happen, since the funding was technically tied to approving the Viner proposal. Fleury said he was happy with the main result – the rejection of the student residence – but disappointed the secondary plan update wasn’t approved, but he emphasized the plan is still next in line to be update when funding becomes available. The councillor added that after speaking to his council colleagues, he doesn’t think he would have had enough support for his motion to fast-track funding for the secondary plan review because there was a perception that rejecting the Viner proposal already represents an investment in Sandy Hill due to the cost of the OMB appeal. With files from Michelle Nash
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News - While the work accomplished at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario often receives publicity, good deeds by people in the greater community often go unnoticed. The CHEO Healthy Kids Awards is the hospital’s way of changing that, giving recognition to the people, organizations and programs in Ottawa that help children and youth. This year’s fourth annual awards were held at Funhaven, a longtime supporter and fundraiser for CHEO. The event was emceed by Alex Munter, president and CEO of the hospital, and saw awards presented by Mayor Jim Watson, CHEO board chairwoman Erin Crowe, and Laureen Harper. “Too often, when someone does something sacrificial and exceptional, recognition is non-existant, applause is faint, and heartfelt thanks are seldom extended,” said Harper. Among the seven award categories is one specifically targeting youth-driven initiatives. Much like the panel of judges
children. The Pediatric Complex and Chronic Care Clinic in Iqaluit, which partners with Ottawa health agencies, received the connected care award.
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Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, left, is seen with Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre president George Weber, Laureen Harper, and CHEO president Alex Munter on March 26. that review the award nominations, the winner of the youth award was vetted by a panel of young people. “(This award) embodies the spirit of youth in our community to make a difference for each other,” said Munter. This year’s youth for youth award went to Take Action Parkwood Hills, a community initiative that enlisted local young people to create and edit a documentary video about their neighbourhood, while having conversations with residents about the issues of beautification, safety, and recreation. The community champion award went to Steven Thomas,
co-founder of Good Guys Tri, a non-profit organization that raises money for several charities. Thomas, who has been heavily involved in the initiative End Kids Cancer, gave credit to his partners. “There’s so many great people involved in Good Guys Tri who help support us in our initiatives and campaigns, and we hope to continue to do good in the years to come,” said Thomas. Other awards included the community program award, which went to Christie Lake Kids STAR – a program that allows underprivileged kids to access recreation and life skills training.
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Breastfeeding: Supporting Moms, Supporting Babies The Ottawa Breastfeeding Buddies program pairs new mothers with volunteers who have breastfed their children for six months or longer. The program boasts 58 volunteer buddies who speak 17 languages and were paired up with close to 120 moms in 2013. From modest beginnings of five volunteers in 2005, to 58 today is due in large part to a simple premise: mothers want to give back.
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News - The city has begun the process of updating the Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan, despite objections from some residents living in the area. The update according to Melanie Knight, the city planner in charge, is an attempt to make the street more cohesive. An open house, the first in what will be a year-long consultation process, was held on March 26 at the Rideau branch of the public library. Currently, the plan created and adopted by city council in 2005 states that height along Rideau Street between King Edward Avenue and Cummings Bridge should be no higher than six storeys. But as Knight points out, there are already many much taller buildings along the corridor, and part of this process will be to find a different compromise. “There needs to be recognition of the existing building heights, look at what’s good, what’s bad, and acknowledge that those 22-storey buildings already along the street, I don’t think they are going any-
Tim Horton’s Cleaning the Capital Campaign: You can still register your group, school, or association for Tim Horton’s Cleaning the Capital. I encourage you to show your community pride and take part in the city wide cleanup. If we all work together in cleaning up public property where we live, work and play we can keep our City clean, green, graffiti and litter free! The campaign runs from April 15th-May 16th. You can find learn more about registering at http:// ow.ly/tTcHr Seniors Fair: I am proud to once again be sponsoring and am looking forward to participating in the 2nd Annual Olde Forge Community Resource Centre’s Seniors Spring Fair and Lunch. The event is taking place Thursday April 24th at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre and runs from 10:30-1:30. Tickets are $10.00 and include a boxed lunch. Last year’s event was a huge success. Plan to attend and be sure to stop by our booth! For tickets or information call 613-829-9777 ext. 7252 or info@oldeforge.ca Mandarin MS Walk: This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the MS Walk. Money raised from the event goes towards funding research into the cause of MS and to finding a cure; as well as providing important services that help enhance the quality of life of those affected. This year’s walk is taking place on Sunday April 27TH and travels along the Ottawa River parkway. You can sign up as a MS Walk participant, donate and volunteer by visiting www.mswalks.ca . Jane’s Walk: Jane’s Walk is a weekend festival of free neighbourhood walking tours. The walks are pedestrian focussed and usually offer insight into local history, design and planning. This year more than 50 free walking tours will be held across our City. To ensure Jane’s Walk is a success, volunteers are needed. If you like to walk and are passionate about your community why not volunteer as a walk leader or a walk marshal in your neighbourhood. This year’s event is taking place May 3rd-4th. You can find out more at www.janeswalkottawa.ca Mother’s Day Tea: I am looking forward to hosting my 4th Annual Mother’s Day Tea on Thursday May 8th at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre. The event runs from 1:00-3:00. As he has done in past years Dominic D’Arcy will be entertaining us with his music and we will have a number of celebrity servers joining us. The event is free but seating is limited. You can email Jodi.Jennings@Ottawa.ca in my office or call 613-580-2477 to reserve your seats. This event is a highlight for me each year as we enjoy an afternoon of companionship and music while recognising the importance of mothers and all those who play a vital role in shaping our children’s lives.
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People participated in an interactive comment process at the city’s first consultation concerning updating the Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan on March 26. where,” Knight said. There has been renewed interest in development along the street, with applications requesting high-rise buildings ranging 16 to 22 storeys. The update to the CDP will define development for the street looking ahead to the next 20 years. The process has already begun, with the city meeting with some community associations and landowners. The topics to be address – beyond building height – include land uses, building design, and traffic manage-
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Areas like parkways ‘critical’ to region present a barrier to water and green space in many locations. As a kayaker, he said he’d like to see more access to the shoreline of the river. Sylvia Bogusis said she wished to see more naturalized settings within the green space the NCC oversees. “(Green space) can be a few trees and a big lawn, but that’s not naturalized space,” said Bogusis. “There are a lot of spots where you could bring in native species, as opposed to an open, mowed field.” Greater animation – historical learning and recreation opportunities – were discussed for shorelines and public parks
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“One of the things that strikes me about this plan is the relationship of the core to the non-core of the city,” said Kristmanson, who then talked of Ottawa’s history of sprawl and the need for preservation of green space. “The discussions we have today about these spaces will be very important in the decades to come,” he said, asking participants to think of changes in technology, transportation, global warming as things to consider while answering questions. “In the end, the strategic importance of the urban lands and the parkways to the region’s vitality are critical.” Participants then broke out into working groups to identify issues with the current lands and ways to improve them. The first order of business was to decipher some of the bureaucrat-speak in the NCC’s descriptions of its vision for the various lands. Once that hurdle was cleared, ideas poured forth. One participant, who wished to not be named, described the city’s parkways as “high-speed commuter access routes” that
in the city. A strong desire for the NCC to exercise flexibility in handling proposals was also expressed. Hintonburg resident Emily Addison said she’d like to see opportunities for community gardens within sections of NCC green space near neighbourhoods with limited growing space. The NCC’s urban lands master plan consultation continues online until April 6, and can be accessed at ncc-ccn. gc.ca/urbanlands. Feedback from the community will go to forming a vision to be released in a report at a later date.
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are in the business of residential conversions, so they didn’t pay attention to the study. “There is a huge element of the industry that didn’t see this coming,” he said. “We are introducing performance standards that will compromise projects that are in the works … without any consultation, discussion or warning.” The broader implications of the changes also didn’t dawn on some councillors, including Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais, who was angry because he said he didn’t receive a notice that the bylaw change could affect his ward. “I thought this was to deal with student housing issues,” he said. The city’s zoning and intensification manager, Alain Miguelez, defended the new rules requiring backyards for small apartments. He said compatibility with backyards was one thing that led the issue to come to a head last year when city council took the rare step of putting a freeze on conversions. “There are rules today. Those rules were producing things that made people unhappy,” Miguelez said. “We’re not stopping conver-
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and snacks at intermission, but at the Carleton Tavern the onstage action takes place with quarts of beer and baskets of fries on theatregoer’s tables. “It attracts a wide audience base,” said Laflamme. “We’re not going for the typical Ottawa theatre audience … You’re not going to get (National Arts Centre) or even Gladstone (Theatre) patrons.” Laflamme, a teacher-writer who co-founded the group in 2001 with writer-directorproducer Lisa Zanyk, said the group’s idea was to stage theatre in a different way, otherwise they’d be “knocking on the same doors as everyone else.” While the production is taking place in a bar, the training and rehearsals are anything but dime-store. Cast and crew take every production seriously, while Death of a Salesman represents a step forward for the group, as
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The cast of Chamber Theatre Hintonburg’s production of Death of a Salesman pose before a March 28 showing at the Carleton Tavern. The show runs until April 5. it is a two-act play. “There was a long rehearsal for this – we needed more time and we took more time (preparing),” said Laflamme. “We rehearsed it until we reached the end of our capabilities.” The cast of Death of a Salesman numbers 12 actors, and while the Chamber Theatre held auditions, there exists a pool of talent they often draw from. Laflamme regularly brings in aspiring actors from Algonquin College who possess talent and
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Bytown Antique Nostaligia & Bottle Show & Sale. Sunday April 13, 9 am-3 pm Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe (Ottawa) admission $5.00. www.ottawacollectors.com 613-299-8514.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Start your own business in the Health and Wellness industry working from home. Free training and after support. www macforsuccess.com
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Do you have 10 hours/week To Earn $1500/month? Operate a Mini Office from your home computer. Free Online training. www.debsminioffice.com GO GET Holdings Inc. needs Thai Cusine cooks with a least 3 yrs experience for it’s Green Papaya Restaurant located at 256 Preston St./ 246 Queen St. in Ottawa. Suffienctly proficient in French or English. Salary range from $15-$17/hour. 40 hrs per week, plus benefits as prescribed by Canadian law. Send resume by email to: vince@greenpapaya.ca or Mail to 75 Bishop Mills Way, Ottawa K2K 3C1
FITNESS & HEALTH Women’s Bladder Health free information session: Wed. Apr. 23, 2014, 7 pm. Ottawa Hospital-Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Dr, Lower level amphitheater. Presented by: RNNurse Continence Advisors. Please call to register (613)738-8400 extension 81726 and leave name & phone number. Yoga Class Bells Corners United Church. Monday’s 6:15-7:45pm. Hatha Yoga all levels. Call Connie 613-231-4065 or connieboynton@ rogers.com
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Conroy-Bank Street Area, Home daycare, immediate full-time spot available for toddler & pre-schooler. Licenced over 14 years, bilingual, Mira 613-864-7970.
LIVESTOCK Bee Keeping Lessons. For details go to www.debbeesbees.ca or call 613-483-8000. Taking orders for queen bees.
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Keep Company with Nature! Spencerville near Highway 416. Stunning open concept bungalow with cathedral ceilings and a view from every window of the 5.5 acres treed setting. Approx. 2,400 sq.ft. , R2000 home. Three bedrooms plus den, detached two storey double garage/workshop with loft. $394,500. Clive Pearce, Broker of Record, Guidestar Realty, Brokerage, 613-226-3018 (Office), 613-850-5054 (Cell).
David Michael Peacefully with his family by his side at The Ottawa Hospital General Campus on Monday, March 24, 2014 in his 67th year. Beloved husband of Cheryl Cameron (nee Langdon). Loving father to Kevin (Traci) and Donna (Mike). Dear “Baha� to Darius and Taylor. Cherished brother-in-law of Melba. Also survived by his cousin Sue (the late Ralph) and Uncles Ralph and George. Fondly remembered by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Friends are invited to join the family for a celebration of David’s life at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 Smiths Falls on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 12 noon until 4 PM. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Clinic would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths Falls. Online condolences available at www.lannin.ca
STORAGE Self-Storage, Lime Bank and River Road area. For small business or general goods. 10x20, Smaller sizes available. Also outside car storage. 613 521-1245.
WANTED I PAY CASH Downsizing? Looking for antiques, collectibles, jewelry, partial estates, anything old and interesting etc., in good condition. picker65@hotmail.com
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGER Scapa, a leading manufacturer of adhesive tape products is seeking a Health, Safety and Environment Manager for its Renfrew Operations. This position is responsible for directing and leading the site in all areas relative to the safety of our employees while ensuring that all provincial and federal regulations regarding Health, Safety and the Environment are met.
Spring clean-up and weekly maintenance available.
Surface Blaster required with 3 to 5 years minimum experience for the OttawaGatineau area. Excellent computer and communication skills required and ability to work independently. Assets include experience with seismographs, 2D proďŹ ling, 3D boretracking and having MTCU Generic First Line Supervisor Program. Please forward resumes to ktully@maxam.net CL456532_0327
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Individual Income tax returns preparation at affordable prices. Evenings and weekend appointments are available. We provide bookkeeping, GST returns, payroll services and corporate tax return preparation services. Please Contact FOR SALE 6 1 3 - 2 6 1 - 8 3 1 3 bharatidesai@gmail.com HOT TUB (SPA) Covers for appointments. Best Price, Best Quality. All shapes & Colours Available. Tax Returns! Do you hate Call 1-866-652-6837. doing your taxes? I am a w w w . t h e c o v e r - retired accountant and I guy.com/sale love doing them. Contact PJ Parker (613)828-0501. HELP WANTED
DEATH NOTICE
The Health, Safety and Environment Manager requires degree level or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment. It is critical that this individual has good computer skills as it relates to word processing, databases, and the use of spreadsheets. Requires additional accreditation relative to provincial and federal safety and environment regulations, along with a CRSP designation or equivalent and a background that includes interaction with WSIB and the Ministry of Labour. We offer a competitive Compensation and Benefits package that will be related to experience and qualifications. CLR512255
RETIREMENT APARTMENTS, ALL INCLUSIVE Meals, transportation, activities daily. Short Leases. Monthly Specials! Call 877-210-4130
DEATH NOTICE
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
www.emcclassiďŹ ed.ca
Please submit your resume to: renfrewhr@scapa.com
No telephone inquiries please – we thank you for your interest but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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LOOKING FOR CHURCH ADVERTISING? LOOKING TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS? HIRE NEW STAFF? HAVE STUFF TO SELL? Why not advertise in your Local Community Newspaper Today! Online Advertising Also Available! Call Sharon Today 613-688-1483 or Email srussell@thenewsemc.ca
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Ottawa Military Heritage Show. Sat. April 26, 2014, 9-3. Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroofe Ave., Ottawa. Peter 613-256-1105. (Free Appraisals).
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meets every Sunday at The Old Forge Community Resource Centre 2730 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2B 7J1
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Refreshments / fellowship following the service
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NOT YOUR AVERAGE ANGLICANS St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church 2112 Bel-Air Drive (613) 224 0526 Rector: Rev. Dr. Linda Privitera
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Glebe association wants Canada Post to stay out of parks Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com
News - The Glebe Community Association has voted to oppose any Canada Post mailboxes in or near any of the green spaces or parks located in the neighbourhood. The vote was held at the association’s March 25 meeting, following a request made by the association’s parks and environment committee. The association is looking to make
both the city and Canada Post aware that those sites are no place for community mailboxes. “It would be a disservice to the small amount of green space that we have,” said Elizabeth Ballard, chairwoman of the parks committee. Ballard told the board members that although the committee is unsure whether parks or any outdoor green spaces will be considered for the mailboxes, it wanted to declare the
community’s position earlier rather than later in the process. Canada Post announced in December it would be doing away with door-to-door mail delivery. According to the organization, the five-year transition to community mailbox delivery initiative is forecasted to save $400 million to $500 million a year. The changes announced Dec. 11 mean the remaining one-third of Canadians that
still get mail delivered to their door will have to head to a more central hub to get their mail. Canada Post spokeswoman Anick Losier told the Ottawa East News in January that “some form of consultation and feedback mechanism” will take place in the coming months, but won’t include any public meetings about what the mail facilities will look like or where they will be located. In addition to its park-spe-
cific opposition, the Glebe Community Association voted in favour of two other motions concerning community mailboxes. The motions passed will see to the board asking the city to create a policy for community mailbox placement, and to share this policy and work with Canada Post. The association also voted in favour of creating an adhoc Canada Post/community mailbox committee which will work with Glebe residents to create an overall position on community mailbox placement in
the neighbourhood. Part of this committee’s next steps, the board members said will be to work with other city associations to form an overall cohesive plan to hand over to the city. In February, Canada Post announced that Kanata residents with the postal codes starting in K2K, K2L, K2M will be the first in the city to make the switch to community mailboxes. In total, 7,900 addresses will make the change beginning in the fall of 2014. With files from Laura Mueller
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y sister Audrey’s voice was stern that night. “I don’t know how often I have to tell you, Mary” she said, wagging a finger under my nose. “It has nothing to do with you. Mother gets like that ever so often. You should be used to it by now.” The issue was Mother’s mood. She had that look about her that gave me knots in the pit of my stomach. But that year winter seemed to go on forever: the snow hadn’t even begun to melt, the Model T was still up on blocks in the drive shed, and Mother seemed more melancholy than usual. As usual, I thought I had done something to upset her, something terrible like forgetting to close my eyes when saying our prayers at her knee at night or not wiping the oilcloth on the kitchen table to her satisfaction after cleaning up after supper. But Audrey said no, I had done nothing to put her in her mood. Once again she told me that this time of year was when Mother most missed her beloved New York. “It happens
MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories every year. Don’t you remember? Just when winter is about over.” And I would ask my sister to explain it all to me again. She said it was sort of like getting the stomach flu, only there was no medicine to make it better. To make matters worse, the last big snow storm prevented the Philadelphia Inquirer from arriving at Ritza’s Drug Store. The paper was as thick as Eaton’s Catalogue, and once Mr. Ritza told Mother she was the only one in the entire county who got the Philadelphia Inquirer. So Mother was even without that connection to the city she had left, to live in the backwoods of Renfrew County, on a farm with no running water, no electricity and miles from the nearest town. It seemed to me that during the day, Mother was happier
than she was at night this time of year. And again, my much wiser and older sister Audrey said it was because her days were filled with washing and ironing, baking, and keeping the old log house in tip-top shape. It was the evenings, when only the coal-oil lamp in the middle of the table lit the kitchen, and the wind howled outside, and the branches of the bare tree close to the house scraped against the windows, that Mother fidgeted at one end of the table, often staring off into space. She took to looking up to one corner of the kitchen ceiling, as if she were searching for something. Then she would give her head a shake, and bend down to her diaries in front of her. If Father was aware of the change in Mother, he said nothing. He still dozed in the
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quiet. The only sounds came arm circling her scribbler, rocking chair by the cook from Father plugging more stove, puffing on his pipe until and I would see her nod, as wood into the stove. if confirming what she was he fell asleep, and the pipe We would have said our landed on his chest leaving his writing, and I could tell when prayers as usual. And as usual, she came to the end of a mouth, or as often happened, Mother would put her hand sentence. She would jab at the slid to the floor, landing on on each head signalling it was paper with the pencil, as if to the Ottawa Farm Journal, or time for us to say our own the Family Herald and Weekly say, “There now. That’s how prayer and ask God for special I feel.” Star. favours. I longed to see what she And I would sit at the long And I would pray for the kitchen table, pretending to be had written, but of course, end of winter. I would pray no one was allowed near her drawing in a five-cent scribthat before long our evenings scribblers which were kept in bler, bought at the Rexall One would return to Cent Sale, and kept happier times, when for just such an joy would come evening pastime. I would pray that before long our from Mother playBut my eyes would evenings would return to happier ing the harmonica, be on Mother. as Audrey and I And in the times, when joy would come from leafed through silence of the Mother playing the harmonica, as Eaton’s catalogue. kitchen, the brothers quietly doing Audrey and I leafed through Eaton’s When the days were longer, the what amused them, catalogue. snow had left the and Audrey foundation of the embroidering, I house, and Mother could actually hear would once again return from the upper shelf of the back-toMother’s pencil, sliding over wherever she was on those the-wall cupboard. That was a the page in her diary. It made dark and gloomy nights at the sacred place. the faintest of sounds, but on end of winter. At other times I would fall those evenings when Mother’s asleep to the click-clack of mind was a million miles Interested in an electronic the old treadle Singer sewing away, I was so aware of every version of Mary’s books? Go machine when Mother sewed move she made at the end of to smashwords.com and type after we had gone to bed. It the table. MaryRCook for details. If was a wonderful, soothing It was at that time that you want a hard copy, contact sound. she wrote furiously in her wick2@sympatico.ca. But now, the house was diaries. She sat with her left
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April is Prevent Cruelty to Animals Month 3. Say no to puppy mills. Do not buy pets from stores or websites unless their animals are provided through shelters. It only encourages puppy mills to stay in business by keeping up the demand for their product. Adopt from shelters or reputable breeders. 4.Volunteer your time or donate to your local shelter. Fostering animals or spending time walking, petting and comforting them increases their chances of being
adopted. 5. Vote for legislation that supports animal protection and strong punishments for those found guilty of animal neglect or cruelty. 6. Teach children responsible pet ownership and to respect animals. Show them how to properly care for and handle animals. 7. Spay and neuter. Promote spaying and neutering animals in your community and the importance of preventing unwanted litters.
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Paralympic athletes from the Ottawa area were honoured by CIBC on Friday, March 28. Five Paralympians, including two members of Canada’s bronze medal winning sledge hockey team were in attendance.
Local Sochi Paralympians honoured on arrival home Brandon Gillet brandon.gillet@metroland.com
Sports - Local athletes from the 2014 Sochi Paralympics were honoured by CIBC at their South Keys banking centre on March 28. Bronze medallists from team Canada men’s sledge hockey team, Ben Delaney and Marc Dorion, were among the five athletes who attended the event. Continuous rounds of applause erupted from family and friends for the smiling Paralympians. Alongside the medallists were Caroline Bisson and Margarita Gorbounova of the biathlon/para-nordic ski team and John Leslie of Arnprior from the para-snowboard team. Presenting the athletes with commemorative goldplated medallions were CIBC district vice president Dean Chapman, and Karen O’Neill, chief executive officer of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. The large turnout nearly filled the banking centre. “It feels amazing, I didn’t expect this to be such a big
turnout, and it’s definitely an incredible welcome home,” said Gorbounova. “I’m really thankful to CIBC for organizing this and to CPC of course.” She says being part of the Canadian team is a great honour, “I’m really proud to have represented Canada in Sochi.” “It kind of makes you feel like it doesn’t really matter what happened when you were over there,” said Leslie. “When you come back, Canadians are proud of you and super stoked on how everything went.” CIBC announced in October its four-year sponsorship of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. It is meant to broaden the bank’s support of Canada’s up-and-coming amateur athletes and enrich communities while inspiring the next generation of youth. “Congratulations to our athletes, coaches, and partners,” said O’Neill. “And again, thank you CIBC for honouring the Canadian Paralympic team in your great work in connecting our athletes across
the country.” Member of Parliament David McGuinty spoke of the appreciation felt by the whole country at our athletes who competed in Sochi. “The world is watching what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, and everyone is deeply proud,” said McGuinty. All five athletes spoke of the admiration they had for the support they received in Sochi and upon returning home. “As you know we come from a beautiful, spectacular country full of the nicest people,” said Leslie. “And it’s really nice to come home and have a lot of people showing support.” Bisson shared an aspect of the paralympic team that drives them in their competition. “Paralympic athletes have a powerful message to share,” said Bisson. “That message is that everyone, as human beings have this incredible power to adapt, to bounce back when life circumstances brought to us are difficult. That is a power that each and every one of us has.”
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beating Switzerland earlier in the tournament. “The disappointing part was not bringing back gold for Canada, obviously,” said Homan in a press release. “But I’m really proud of the run we had all week. Just disappointed that we didn’t finish off that last game.” Despite the loss, the team still took home a silver medal, and Kreviazuk was awarded the France Brodie Award for fair play and sportsmanship, an award voted on by the players at the tournament. Last year at the world championship, held in Latvia, the team won a bronze medal.
“I had an amazing time,” said Kreviazuk in the press release. “We’re one up from last year. A silver medal is still an improvement over the bronze last year. I’m so proud of the girls. It feels good to come out of this with a medal and to showcase it to our country.” The team won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal earlier this year, where Homan took home the Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award. Homan attended Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orléans. The rink curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club.
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Are you Mensa material? Mensa is a high IQ society that welcomes people from every walk of life with intelligence quotients in the top two per cent of the population. Ottawa/Gatineau Mensans get together regularly for a range of activities including, but not limited to, dinners, theatre nights, book club, games night, TGIF, or any excuse we come up with, to get together for some fun and laughter with like-minded people.
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Libra, you might have to set your personal needs aside this week in order to help a friend out of a difficult situation. You are ready to provide any assistance you can. Responsibility comes naturally to you, Scorpio. However, sometimes you just have to let loose and show off how you are feeling. Others will have a new appreciation for you. You are on the brink of a breakthrough, Sagittarius. You just don’t know when it is coming. Be patient and you will be pleasantly surprised with events that unfold. A serious issue arises this week, Capricorn. You may have avoided addressing this issue in the past, but there is no putting it off now. Approach the issue with an open mind. When an associate presents a problem, you are the perfect one to present a solution, Aquarius. Make the most of this opportunity and others will appreciate your efforts. Responsibilities at work may be a bit overwhelming, Pisces. You are held to a higher standard than others, and now is the time to show why.
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