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Residents rally to shore up waterfront weak spots BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Armed with shovels and bright orange bags of sand, west end residents worked side by side through the rainy weekend to shore up weak points along the banks of the rising Ottawa River in a race against time and Mother Nature. “It’s pretty incredible knowing that everyone’s working together to keep the community safe,” said Birgit Nielsen, who has lived in Britannia for four years. While she said her house was fine, she donned her rain gear and joined her neighbours to fill sandbags that could be propped against a barricaded boat ramp at the end of Rowatt Street, off Bradford Street in Britannia. “There’s weak points,” Nielsen said, adding that locals were worried about rising water levels and the potential for wind to send the waves over the berm constructed last year between Rowatt and Jamieson streets, which was designed to keep the Ottawa River from spilling over into low-lying residential properties. “Hopefully, it’ll stay calm.” But some residents were already feeling the strain. Three feet of water seeped into the crawl spaces of the townhouses on Rowatt, directly behind the raised earthen berm. “It’s like a ripple effect,” said Do-
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Britannia residents shored up a barricaded boat ramp as the waters of the Ottawa River rose to record levels May 6 and 7. A berm constructed last year helped limit the impacts of flooding on the area. rette Pollard, who lives in the affected housing community. “The sump pump wasn’t working (at first) so the water was accumulating.” The last time Michele Laing saw flooding in the waterfront community was back in the late 1970s. “Everything was flooded,” she recalled. “We had a canoe and we were canoeing up Jamieson Street.” The berm, which residents and
the local association had advocated for for years, has helped keep the river from reaching homes. However, water has been seeping underneath through shale layers and into basements, said Doug Biers, with the Britannia Village Community Association, who also joined his neighbours to aid in sandbagging efforts. Nearby, water pooled into the
street that was being pumped out with from a flooded basement. “There’s two sumps going right now and he’s got his power vac going because it’s leaking through the walls,” Biers said of his neighbour on May 6. “So we’re going to give them a supper break and let them go off for a couple of hours.”
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Tulip festival blooms May 12 to 22 There, festivalgoers can take the Legacy Tulip Tour, which lasts half an hour and costs a toonie per person. The tours are provided by Ottawa Walking Tours. Lansdowne Park is the backdrop for several events, including the friendship stage with music and en-
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Biers has also been worried about his own home, since the elevation of his basement lies below current water levels. “We’re just watching and praying,” he said. “Right now, if the rain quits, it’ll take 24 or 48 hours to peak because all that water is going to drain into the (Ottawa River drainage) basin, and then we hope it just stops raining,” he said. “This isn’t the worst yet. Even after it stops, it’s still going to go in the basin and raise a little bit more yet. “So no rain dances,” he said with a grimace. After helping with sandbagging efforts, he went to Jamieson Street and was greeted by the sight of an even larger wall of sandbags propped up along a metal gate at the boat ramp. “There’s a breach of some kind,” Biers said, pointing to a wall of orange sandbags that ringed a condo development behind the west end of the berm. “There’s a creek running right there.” It was at the large sand pile in the middle of Jamieson that he met Gennesse Walker-Scace of Riverside Park in the Mooney’s Bay community, who worked alongside a friend to fill up bags with sand. “I was talking with a couple of people from Scouts … and we were wondering what we could do as a community organization,” said Walker-Scace, a volunteer leader with a Scout Rover troop, which meets in the vicinity of Carleton University. The young women had just come from helping out at the Belltown Dome on Haughton Avenue, farther west, which has also been impacted by flooding. “You’ve got to help out where you can,” Walker-Scace said. Those efforts made all the difference, according to Bay Coun. Mark
Taylor who toured his ward over the weekend. “I’m just really appreciating all of the residents out there doing all of the sandbagging and working hard,” he said.
floor on May 7 after getting the goahead from firefighters. Sandbags have been installed on a seawall at the front of the facility. • The city-owned Nepean Sailing Club was shuttered and the power shut off, though city staff will only be able to determine the impact of the water once it recedes. Taylor said it’s possible that water got in around a foundational concrete slab and an elevator control system. As well, the breach of the westend side of the berm, made of stone, is being monitored by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, which manages the structure, including the larger earthen berm, as well as city staff. “The RVCA has already been in touch with a contractor,” said Taylor. “We need this (flooding) to be over so they can deconstruct that wall and figure out how to properly know so that there’s no leakage through.” While the bulk of structure was built last year, there are portions that were not scheduled to be finished until this summer. The price tag is estimated at between $1.8 million and $2 million. “What we’ve done is just fill in the last few gaps with sandbagging,” Taylor said, referring to
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Pump station construction begins this fall BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com
Construction of a new pumping station for the city’s largest reservoir will get underway later this year. The Carlington Heights
Pumping Station, originally built in 1963 on the west side of the Carlington Hill, draws water from the adjacent reservoir. It supplies water to 250,000 homes and is the primary supply of drinking water to the Meadowlands area and is a
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To explain the project and the impacts on the community during the two-year construction period that begins this fall, a public information session is planned for May 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Carlington Recreation Centre, at 1520 Caldwell Ave. “I want people to know that there is a major project coming, what has to be done and why it has to be done,� River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington said ahead of the meeting. Around 7 p.m. there will be a staff presentation outlining the work and what effects it will have on people using the Carlington Hill and those who live in the area. “The hill is well-used for multiple purposes and it’s not just River Ward that needs to be prepared, it’s people who live west of River Ward, in College Ward. It’s good to get everyone on the same page and aware of this project.� The new pumping station will be located on the west side of the reservoir, beside the existing station. The goal of the new station is to improve the reliability of the water supply
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A City of Ottawa rendering shows the location of a new pump station that will be built over the next two years. Construction on the project will begin this fall. and provide more capacity to accommodate future growth. Once the new station is built and tested, the existing facility will be decommissioned and demolished. That won’t happen until about six months post construction. The project schedule includes finishing the design of the pumping station by this June, construction beginning this fall and completing in late fall of 2019. The meeting is not to determine whether the work needs to be done. It’s a priority for the city, Brockington said. “The city is not going to delay a clean water source for a quarter million people, this is paramount, but I do believe people need to know the project, what the impact may be
and the city needs to listen to the public if there are ways to mitigate the impact on neighbours, on hikers, on park users.� Since most of the work is happening on the west side, the hill will still be accessible, Brockington said, adding there may be some restrictions to the southern pathway system. “Staff will have to fully explain if there’s temporary restrictions and you just have to go through the woods, or whether there are more longerterm restrictions while the project is underway is still to be determined,� he said. “I think the impact is going to be low, it’s just that this project is long. It’s a big project, but thankfully there aren’t a lot of people living beside it,� he said.
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Chilly activities at Nature museum this summer BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com
Activities and events will be a little bit on the cool side this summer at the Canadian Museum of Nature. The museum will focus on the Arctic beginning this May and will run a special Arctic season.
The special Arctic-themed activities began on May 6 and run every weekends until June 18. Starting on June 24 daily activities will be available daily until Labour Day. There will be a fun activity zone for children, featuring mammal-making from modelling clay, building an inukshuk, learning about Arctic science in
the Explorer’s Tent and crawling inside a ceiling-high, inflated polar bear. Throughout the season, performances, demonstrations and special activities will take place, offering visitors the opportunity to discover the cultural heritage of Northern peoples. The museum will open its permanent Canada Goose Arc-
tic Gallery on June 21. The $1.5 million Canada Goose sponsored gallery will reside on the top floor of the museum, and offer 743 square metres of exhibition space. According to the museum, upon entering the gallery, the Arctic will be introduced through a multimedia experience using sound, light and
images, developed by the museum in partnership with the National Film Board. Visitors then enter the wing, where they immerse themselves in the Arctic’s natural history and human connections through four broad themes: climate, geography, sustainability and ecosystems. Each section features specimens or artifacts, interactive
games and activities, videos and infographics on the story of the Arctic. Time frames range from the deep geological past, when the Arctic was much warmer than today, to the present, where animals and humans are facing the challenges of climate change. Check out nature.ca for a full list of the activitires and events.
BYRON LINEAR PARK RENEWAL AND CLEARY AND NEW ORCHARD PLANNING STUDY Information Update Meeting Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Ukrainian Hall, 1000 Byron Avenue 4 to 9 p.m. with presentations By attending this session, residents will find out more about the progress to date for these two projects in the Richmond/Byron Corridor:
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A review of the lands around future light rail stations to determine appropriate redevelopment and potential public realm improvements. Staff recommendations will result in changes to the existing Richmond Road/Westboro Secondary and Community Design Plans
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE The City of Ottawa intends to control Wild Parsnip in areas city-wide along rural and suburban roadsides. Spot spraying will continue throughout the summer months as needed within the City of Ottawa. The program will use Clearview Herbicide (PCP #29752, containing aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl) and Gateway adjuvant (PCP# 31470, containing mineral oil – paraffin base (adjuvants), surfactant blend) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada). Treatment for Wild Parsnip will commence on May 15, 2017 weather permitting, and ending October 15, 2017. The treatment area map and program details, including how opt out of the program, may be accessed on ottawa.ca/wildparsnip. For further information, contact 3-1-1.
With the realignment of the Ottawa Light Rail Transit under the Byron Linear Park, there is an opportunity to design the park to meet the community needs. Based on previous public consultation, a preliminary plan has been prepared that will guide the final design for the park.
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From a barbecue at city hall to dunk tanks and basketball games, police officers are inviting the community to celebrate Police Week. From May 14 to 20, four events have been organized to promote this year’s theme: working together for safer communities. “Each year, we take the opportunity to celebrate Police Week throughout the province and the Ottawa Police plays an essential role in making Ottawa safe,” said Charles Bordeleau, the city’s police chief, in a statement. “We’re committed to working together to strengthen the positive relationship between the police and the community.” Since 1970, Police Week
coincides with Peace Officers Memorial Day, which falls on May 15. There are four scheduled events in Ottawa. The first is on May 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ottawa city hall. It’s a charity barbecue with police deputy chief Steve Bell and police services board chair Eli El-Chantiry. Proceeds will benefit Refugee 613, a group working to welcome refugees and help with successful integration, opportunities and support. The following day, May 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Alexander Park, 960 Silver St., there will be displays from police units, a youth soccer game, face painting, and more. Midweek, on May 17, the Marine Drive and Trails
Unit will be among the police units on display in Sandalwood Park, 2850 Sandalwood Dr. The event also features a dunk tank, bouncy games, basketball and barbecue. The public is asked to bring a non-perishable food item to support the local food bank. The week wraps up on May 20, in Ridgeview Park, at 2331 Edwin Cres. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a number of exhibits and displays, as well as booths from Neighbourhood Watch. There will also be a soccer clinic, Ray’s Reptile Zoo will stop by, and there will be a photo booth, obstacle course, and more. For the full list of events, visit www.ottawapolice.ca/ en/Calendar/Events/Default.aspx.
Information Session Baseline and Woodroffe Stormwater Management Pond Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and Functional Design May 17, 2017 6 to 9 p.m. Presentation at 7 p.m. St. Paul High School 2675 Draper Avenue By attending this information session, residents will be updated on how the City will address the community’s concerns related to the design and construction of the proposed stormwater management pond. Residents will be able to ask questions of staff and subject matter experts and hear more about the project’s next steps. This session is the last step in the public engagement process for this project. Information about the project’s background, existing conditions on the site, and pond alternatives will also be available at the meeting. The City of Ottawa has initiated this Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for a proposed stormwater management pond at the northeast corner of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue. A stormwater management pond was initially recommended in the Pinecrest Creek/Westboro Stormwater Management Retrofit Study (2011) and underwent further assessment in the Feasibility Study for a Surface Stormwater Management Facility at Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue (2015).The proposed pond will provide water quality treatment and flow control for runoff from some 435 hectares that currently drain uncontrolled to Pinecrest Creek. The study process is following the requirements of a Schedule B project under the Municipal Class EA and has identified a preferred alternative and functional design for the proposed pond. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accessibility accommodation, please email your request before May 15, 2017. For more information, visit ottawa.ca/baselinewoodroffepond. If you wish to have your name added to the mailing list or ask further questions, please contact: Darlene Conway, P. Eng. Senior Project Manager / Asset Management City of Ottawa Tel.: 613-580-2424, ext. 27611 Email: darlene.conway@ottawa.ca Ad # 2017-501-S_Baseline Woodroffe Stormwater Pond_11052017
Reid Park closing for improvements, soil remediation BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com
Reid Park is getting an overhaul. And it’s all scheduled to get underway this month. The park, which was originally an 1830s farm, runs along the south side of Highway 417 between Reid and MacFarlane avenues. The plan includes new play equipment, shade shelter, fitness stations, pathways, park furniture, trees, relocation of the basketball court and partial demolition of the former Reid farmhouse. “It’s a fairly extensive reconstruction of the park that involves environmental remediation,” area Coun. Jeff Leiper said. Leiper planned a meeting for May 10 to update residents about the construction schedule and when they can expect to get their park back. Construction will continue through December with some finishing touches likely to come in spring 2018. The
neighbouring lawn bowling club is not included, but some improvements will be made to its fencing. “There will be trucks, there will be some noise. I think everyone sort of understands that in order to deliver a nice new park there’s going to be some acceptable disruption during construction,” Leiper said. The initial proposal for the park was to build a field house, but the project was reconsulted and they went back to the drawing board. The site’s soils have high concentrations of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, above what’s allowed for parkland. That means the city will add a soil cap, bringing in about half a metre of clean soil over top of the contaminated ground and separating the two with a geotextile barrier. The cap will create some changes to the elevation of the park, but the difference will be mitigated through landscaping, said a city report. “One of the things the city
has to come to grips with is that as they go to rejuvenate a lot of the urban parks, there are new environmental standards that they have to meet and so it’s a challenge for the city,” Leiper said. During consultations, Leiper hired an outside facilitator to help get input from the public about a range of options for the site. A key theme gathered from those sessions was the desire to keep the park for passive use and to also separate the dog run from the children’s play area. One of the last features that will be installed is a heritage component. The city is working with the Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association to create some historical panels and to determine how to use some of the materials from the part of the demolished farmhouse. “People are looking forward to a more interesting place to be. Right now it is really just a large, wide-open space and I think it’s going to become a better place to
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Reid Park will close this year until December for extensive improvements, including addressing contaminated soil on the site. The new design includes fitness stations, a winter sliding hill, pathways and new playground equipment. spend an afternoon.” While work on Reid Park gets underway, Leiper is hoping to come back to the community in the next
month and a half to two months with priority projects for Kitchissippi ward’s other parks. Leiper has received the
final report from a multipart consultation about the area’s parks and is hoping to present his findings soon, he said.
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Council must protect the city’s history
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ity council will soon consider an application containing more than a touch of folly. A family in Rockcliffe Park is seeking approval to demolish a 1940’s heritage home. A folly indeed, and one council should turn down. The applicants say the house has bats, mould and asbestos. All those issues can be remedied for a small sum of money when compared to the value of the existing home – well over $2 million. And it’s a good bet the current owner didn’t skip the home inspection before plonking down millions of dollars. There’s little doubt the owner has the means to make the home as nice as it was in the ’40s. It’s equally clear the current owner – who purchased the home in the last decade – knew what they were buying. It begs the question: did they buy the home with the intention of knocking it down?
When there are people in the city without homes, knocking down a massive, elaborate, and quite livable house, just to build an even more elaborate residence is wasteful in the extreme. Beyond the irony of demolishing livable space to make new livable space, council should also consider the wastefulness in terms of actual waste. Somewhere a landfill will be a little closer to full when tons of debris and rubble arrive. And truckloads of new building materials will need to be manufactured and trucked to build the planned mansion. If the owner wants a brand new, massive house, there is land for sale within the city limits where one could construct a Kardashian-style home that the neighbours would likely accept with a shrug. Rockcliffe has history. It has character. It has homes more than a few years old, and that’s a good thing. The city should turn down any request to knock down Ottawa’s heritage.
Work still needed to make Ottawa walkable city
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he Council on Aging of Ottawa has just released its Age-Friendly Walkability Progress Report. The council’s seniors transportation committee studied various neighbourhoods with the help of local students and other volunteers who went out and walked in the winter and reported on their findings. The timing of the report (which is available on the council’s website www.coaottawa.ca) couldn’t be better. Winter is still fresh in our memory and many of the council’s observations concern winter walking. And, speaking of timing, the report coincides with new census information on population trends in Canada. According to the 2016 census, Canadians 65 and over now outnumber Canadians 14 and under. The trend will continue. In 15 years, almost one quarter of Canadians will be 65 and older.
intersections; the need for free public toilets in parks, major transit stops and other public areas; and the need for better-marked pedestrian crossings and for measures to reduce speed Funny Town in residential areas. In a separate study, the council learned that the majority of seniors in Ottawa do not find their neighbourSo, how is Ottawa doing in makhoods to be easily walkable. It was ing life on foot easier for its people, also discovered that fewer than 25 per particularly older ones? The answer cent of seniors use public transit. is mixed. On the positive side, the The report notes that “pedestriCouncil on Aging notes that the city ans walk for recreation and social government has responded well to connections, for health, and to access recommendations and complaints essential services, goods and public made in previous reports. transit. When faced with poor walkOn the less positive side, many ability conditions, they face increaschallenges remain in the areas the Council on Aging studied. They are ing isolation and an increased risk of falling and sustaining injuries.” about what you would expect, in a The report concludes that “if we winter city — icy sidewalks, snow and really want to get people out of their slush making sidewalks inaccessible for those with walkers (and strollers); cars and using active transportation inaccessible bus stops and mailboxes; (walking, cycling and public transit), it is time to rethink spending and insufficient crossing times at major
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Left: Carrie Zhou and her pug, Andy, have been volunteering once a week at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus for about a month now, visiting patients in neurology. Right: Walking through the hallways of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, Andy, a five-and-a-half-year-old pug leads the way to the seventh floor where he’ll visit with patients for about an hour. Andy had to pass a test from St. John Ambulance to be able to visit patients at the hospital. Melissa Murray/Metroland
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before he was adopted by a family from Elliot Lake. After fostering him for so long, Zhou wanted to keep him, but the adoption process had already started. “He’s just such a good, sweet, sweet dog.” That temperament makes pugs the perfect breed for therapy dogs, said Genevieve Boucher, president and founder of Under My Wing Pug Rescue. “(Zhou) knew he had a great potential right from the beginning, so I was not surprised when I got an email to say he’s been certified b y St. John Ambulance,” Boucher said. Boucher has a three-year-old pug of her own that she takes to Villa Marconi each Friday to visit the seniors. “It’s just a nice thing to do. My little guy is just three years old, but he’s super laid back and he loves everybody. He puts such a smile on their faces. Pugs are great for that. “They are the best little guys if you want to bring them to see kids or older people, they are just super
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Wearing a white shirt and black bow tie, when Andy walks through the halls of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus he turns heads. Visitors and patients point him out, and some even know him by name. His volunteer badge is clipped to his shirt and he’s on his way up to the seventh floor to visit patients in neurology. Andy, a five-and-a-half-year-old pug, has been volunteering as a therapy dog at the hospital for about a month with his owner, Carrie Zhou. Walking past the café, Andy tugs a little on his leash, hoping for a quick break, but it has to wait. “We have to work first,” Zhou tells him as they head for the elevators. Andy is an instant hit as the elevator doors open to the seventh floor. He gets lots of attention at the nurse’s station as hospital employees crouch down to greet him, say hello and get a quick photo. It’s also an opportunity for Zhou
to hear about a new patient that might appreciate a visit with Andy. “He just lights up people’s faces,” she said. When they go into the patient’s room, Zhou said she places Andy on the bed, and he’ll calmly lie down while patients pet him. “They love him. Some of them they have dogs at home and they can’t see their dogs, and they think it’s such a special treatment,” she said. Walking into the hospital on a Thursday morning is seamless, but it took about a year to get everything lined up. He had to be recognized by St. John Ambulance as a certified therapy dog. It’s Andy’s third certification. His previous family had him certified to visit seniors’ residences and schools. Zhou has had Andy for about a year; she adopted him after his family surrendered him to Under My Wing Pug Rescue. But that wasn’t Zhou’s first run-in with the pug. She also fostered him a few years ago for about 10 months
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Talking about mental health is first step D BRYNNA
uring the first week of May, I obsessively groomed my lawn. I fertilized, I hauled and spread 3,000 kilograms of compost, and I overseeded three separate grass areas. I was outside a lot. I live on a corner, so I get a chance to meet a lot of people — dog walkers, people with strollers, and seniors walking to the local Mac’s store for milk and lottery tickets. But it wasn’t until the third casual conversation I had about mental health, spade in hand, that I clued in that the first week of May marked Canada’s 66th Mental Health Awareness Week. That I was speaking openly and honestly to friends and neighbours about mental health and mental illness strikes at the heart of the #getloud campaign, introduced by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) a handful of years ago. “On the one hand, #getloud implies that talking openly about mental health is important for people who
a strategy when it comes to mental health services.” Simboli notes that there are huge segments of the population currently unserved or underserved by mental health resources, including seniors, many in medium income brackets, and even children. Indeed, at a town-hall meeting held at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario on April 19, the hospital’s president and CEO made a point are struggling, and to create “We are literally sick of wait- of expressing how desperately awareness and understanding ing,” notes the CMHA website, funds are needed for communiamong those who don’t,” says encouraging Canadians to take ty-based — rather than purely Tim Simboli, executive director to social media, write to mem- hospital-based — mental health at CMHA. services. bers of provincial parliament Simboli notes, by being more “Our mental health unit last and demand adequate comforthright, people suffering week was at 128 per cent capacmunity services to address the from mental illness or dealing ity, which is you’re admitting mental health crisis in society. with mental health issues are kids onto other units with not “This year’s #getloud better able to reach out for help campaign is about being more enough room in them,” Alex and tap the resources available Munter told the town hall audiproactive,” says Simboli. “It’s to them. But this year’s #getabout standing up and saying ence, which included Ontario loud campaign had a distinctly we are not tolerating a lack Premier Kathleen Wynne. political undertone as well of services or stigma around Simboli notes that CHEO — with the CMHA explicitly mental illness, or any of those has excellent service capacity, asking people to use mental things that keep people from and efficient means of assessing health week as a launch pad for getting the help they need. and treating children sufferactivism. Strategic patience is no longer ing from mental illness. The
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City officials give update on flooding BY BRIER DODGE brier.dodge@metroland.com
Hoards of volunteers who filled thousands of sandbags over the weekend are the reason that homes have been saved, city officials said during a flood update on May 8. “The work is a testament to the dedication, generosity and resiliency of our community and it’s having a
tremendous positive impact during this very difficult time,” Mayor Jim Watson said. “As a city, we’re deeply grateful.” As water levels hit nearhistoric highs, houses along the Ottawa River faced rising water levels. Volunteers came out to fill sandbags, forming walls and barriers protecting homes from the water. Some homes
were saved, but there will likely be houses that won’t be salvageable because of damage from the flooding. “I want to say thank you to the many volunteers who really stepped up to the plate,” said West Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. “On Saturday afternoon, I couldn’t believe it. People were coming to me and the mayor and thanking us for
being there. They’re the ones who were losing their home. I can’t believe the response we have from our residents. “ The area hardest hit in the city was El-Chantiry’s West Carleton ward, with an estimated 275 homes affected. Watson said there were an additional 25 homes affected in Cumberland, and 10 affected in Britannia. City manager Steve Kanel-
lakos said the municipality will now focus on assisting residents with cleanup and restoration efforts, but the city is still in emergency response mode. There were still private security staff on site in Cumberland and West Carleton to deter theft, and so the community centre in West Carleton can stay open around the clock. There is a command centre set up at each of the three communities most affected by the flooding.
“Residents are physically exhausted from working so hard,” said Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais, who said has toured the sites since last Wednesday to monitor water levels. “They’re working in cold and shoulderhigh water for days on end. They’re emotionally exhausted from the experience and the reality and tragedy of the situation that they and their neighbours are facing.” See CITY, page 15
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Doug Biers, with the Britannia Village Community Association, surveys the rising waters of the Ottawa River on May 6 with Gennesse Walker-Scace, a Riverside Park resident who came to the beleaguered community to help with sandbagging efforts.
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Watson responded to comments that he hadn’t declared the city to be in a state of emergency, saying that the status isn’t as commonly used in cities with more significant resources, compared to smaller towns like Clarence-Rockland, which did declare a sate of emergency. “It has to be something
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Upcoming events On Saturday, June 3rd thousands of families will be participating in the biggest lemonade stand fundraiser in Canada. Funds will go toward cancer research and clinical trials and be invested in providing cancer coaching to families who are facing cancer. Consider setting up a stand of your own or just visiting one to buy some lemonade! More details can be found here www.ottawacancer.ca I also wanted to wish residents a Happy Mother’s day on May 14th – be sure to tell your mom how much you appreciate her. I also wanted to wish those who celebrate Ramadan a blessed and peaceful start of Ramadan on May 27th. Let’s keep our roads safe for all residents – please reach out to my office if you’d like one of these nice “slow down for us” signs. You can always find more details about upcoming events and activities in Bay Ward and across Ottawa by following me on Twitter and Facebook or by subscribing to updates at www.BayWardLive.ca. Should you ever need the assistance of my team please do not hesitate to reach out. We are happy to help. Best wishes this spring and please keep in touch! Sincerely,
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etting invited to a birthday party didn’t happen very often. Birthdays, if celebrated at all, were left to the family. And if your birthday was close to Easter, or Christmas, like mine was, all you got was cake with well-used candles on it. There would be no money for even the simplest of presents. But Two-Mile-Herman’s home was different. There were 11 children in his family, some of them married and on farms of their own, and there was young Cora, who was my age, and when her birthday rolled around, those of us who were in her grade were simply invited by an older brother or sister at recess at the Northcote School. There was no such thing as written invitations. And so, one Saturday, my brother Everett drove me over to the Barr Line in the buggy for Cora’s birthday party. The place was fair jumping by the time we got there. All Cora’s friends from school were there, as well as various cousins, including Three-MileHerman. Now, the two cousins didn’t always see eye-to-eye, and it was an everyday occurrence to see them come to blows behind the Northcote School over something as simple as failing to hit the ball, or make it to first base. Presents weren’t expected either. And if one was offered, it would be something simple like a little fancy hanky taken from a Christmas present, received from a rich aunt months before, or a toy watch from a box of crackerjacks. You were there to have fun, eat, and go home with one of the butterscotch suckers gathered together with an elastic band, and bought at Briscoe’s General Store for a nickel a bunch. It didn’t take long for the boys to separate from the girls, going outside to play tag, shoot tin cans off the fence with their slingshots, or sitting on the pump platform playing marbles. Cora’s friends elected to stay inside, never taking our eyes off the big mile high cake in the centre of the kitchen table. It seems to me, all we were there for was to eat cake and go home with a butterscotch sucker. Cora’s mother eventually went to the back door, banged a wooded spoon on the bottom of a tin pot, and the boys tore into the kitchen and with us girls circled the huge table that eas-
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Councillor demands inquiry into light rail progress BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
The same day a gas leak shuttered four downtown blocks during the afternoon commute, Gloucester-South Coun. Diane Deans asked for answers on the city’s light-rail project. Rideau Transit Group — the consortium that’s building the first phase of the city’s multibillion-dollar light-rail project — has said a contractor doing
landscaping work along Queen Street hit an abandoned gas nozzle connected to a nearby building, causing the gas leak. The May 2 snafu follows a crane tipping over at the site of the University of Ottawa tunnel at Waller Street and last summer’s sinkhole on Rideau Street. “I think there’s a simmering sense out there that something’s not quite right,” Deans said. Deans asked staff to report back to the city’s finance and
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a completion date of May 2018, but Manconi and transit commission chair Coun. Stephen Blais would only say opening day for the Confederation Line will be in 2018. Deans said one key milestone should be a cleaned-up Rideau Street for the Canada Day celebrations this year. “I was in the downtown and there’s a lot of work to be done to meet that milestone,” she said.
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Kathryn Keyes, a spokesperson for Rideau Transit Group, confirmed a contractor working for the company struck a gas line while doing excavating work on Queen Street on May 2. The work is part of streetscaping being done on Queen between Metcalfe and O’Connor streets. Keyes said that at 1:25 p.m., workers hit an abandoned nozzle on a 4-inch gas main going into a building.
“The subcontractor called 911 immediately and notified of the situation,” Keyes wrote in an email. “Buildings in the vicinity, the tunnel and the station entrance sites in that area were evacuated as a precaution.” Emergency services controlled the site until the gas could be turned off, Keyes said. Keyes said RTG is investigating the cause of the incident and work is underway to repair the gas line. Reports from an LRT worker on site at the time said there was a very loud hissing sounds, and evacua-
tion started quickly. The evacuation of four blocks and closure of Bank Street (West), Wellington Street (North), Elgin Street (East) and Albert Street (South), wreaked havoc with the afternoon commute. Residents took to Twitter and other social media to post photos of lines of OC Transpo buses backed up through the downtown. The light rail work downtown has been plagued with questions over safety concerns following the sinkhole last summer and media reports of workers being injured in the tunnel. Less than a week before the work that resulted in a gas leak, a crane tipped over during work on the University of Ottawa tunnel site on Waller Street.
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Quebec and Pit Bulls: Another Province Looking for a Quick Fix that Doesn’t Work Quebec has proposed new legislation to ban certain dog breeds. The focus of course, is pit bull terriers, as it was in Ontario more than a decade ago. In some ways, the Quebec legislation — Bill 128 — is even scarier, as it leaves the breeds to be banned open for future addition. That is, this or future governments will be able to add other breeds to the list much more easily:
by regulation, not by legislation. Already, the Quebec government has identified Rottweilers as another breed they will target. So, why should you care? You should care because breed bans don’t work. I was unable to obtain statistics for Ottawa, but the City of Toronto reports that the number of dog bites are up since the much ballyhooed legislation was introduced in 2005. Yep, you read that right: up, not down. In fact, a Global News report in February 2016, found that Toronto’s reported dog bites have been rising since 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 reached their highest levels this century, even as pit bulls and similar dogs neared local extinction. You should care because other breeds will be next. The breed most commonly biting before the legislation? German shepherds, followed by pit bull and Jack Russell terriers. And the number one biter a decade later? Also German shepherds, now followed by Labrador retrievers and Jack Russell terriers. It’s better to be a pit bull terrier in Ottawa, but only for now. The City of Ottawa has taken the approach that the legislation should be used to address individual situations and have, as yet, not enforced the global ban. The Ottawa Humane Society has refused to participate in mass euthanasia of a breed. We address dogs as individuals, not simply as breeds. Since pit bulls cannot be legally adopted in Ontario, we rely on out-of-province transfers, many to Quebec. If this legislation passes, the OHS and other humane societies in Ontario will have fewer options for rehoming safe pit bulls. So what does work? Many jurisdictions have researched good solutions to the real problem of dog bites and have concluded that legislation to prevent dog bites and to manage aggressive dogs should focus on the individual dog and the owner not the breed. In 2012 the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) commissioned a report into the causes behind aggressive dogs. The report found that there was little evidence to support banning particular dog breeds as a way of addressing canine aggression in the community. Instead, education of the public and legislative tools that equip animal management authorities to identify potentially dangerous individual dogs offer the best results in reducing incidents with aggressive dogs. The report found that any dog of any size, breed or mix of breeds has the potential to be aggressive and to be declared dangerous so dogs should not be declared dangerous on the basis of breed or appearance. Each individual dog should be assessed based on its behaviour. It added that the role of the dog owner is a critical factor. Genetic predispositions are an important factor in animal behaviour, however the impact of the environment and learning are also critical. The tendency of a dog to bite is dependent on at least five interacting factors: • heredity (genes, breed) • early experience • socialization and training • health (physical and psychological) and • victim behaviour What can you do? You can write the Minister of Public Safety, Martin Coiteux, especially if you are a Quebec resident. Tell him that breed bans don’t work, and that animals will lose their lives needlessly under his legislation. Tell him that you are concerned about human safety, but that there is a better way. The minister can be contacted at: Email: ministre@msp.gouv.qc.ca Telephone: 418-643-2112 Fax: 418-646-6168 Mail: Martin Coiteux Ministère de la Sécurité publique Tour des Laurentides, 5e étage 2525, boulevard Laurier Québec (Quebec) G1V 2L2
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, finding what you desire when you haven’t made your own mind up aboutwhat you want can be challenging. Some soul-searching can probably come up with something promising.
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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Take the emotional plunge, Cancer. Someone special needs to hear about it pronto. This is not a week to clam up, but rather one to share your feelings and let others in.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 The time has come to spend less time thinking and more time doing, Scorpio. Turn a page in your life and you’ll likely be satisfied with the results.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you always have time to do something for yourself, but you might need to put that on hold right now and focus on others. Forge ahead even if you are met with resistance.
41. Counts on 43. Inhabitant of Media 1. Member of Jamaican religion 44. Pitcher’s statistic 6. Explodes 45. Beloved dish __ and cheese 12. “Walter White” produced this 47. An association of criminals 16. Promo 48. Samarium 17. In a harmful way 50. Describes an action 18. Aluminium 52. About oviduct 19. Cerium 54. Holy fire 20. Female title 56. Audio frequency 21. Singer DiFranco 57. Stephen King novel 22. Beloved alien 59. Rocky peak 23. Free agent 60. South Dakota 24. Tax 61. Gallium 26. Change 62. Larry and Curly’s buddy 28. Heaviness 63. One-dimensionality 30. Third note of the solfège 66. Soldier 31. Printing speed measurement 67. Act of foretelling future 32. Pouch events 34. Brew 70. Envisaged 35. Female of a horse 71. Establish by law 37. Platforms 39. Type of hemline 40. “Traffic” actor Guzman
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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, do not think about anything but having fun for the next few days. Others will begin to live vicariously through you
38. Birth control means 39. English cathedral city 41. Refurbish 42. Test for high schoolers 43. “Boardwalk Empire” actress Gretchen 46. Most adorable 47. Large Pakistani tribe 49. Enemy to grass 51. Along the outer surface of a hull 53. Travels on water 54. Innermost Greek temple sanctuaries 55. Fire and __ 58. Singer Turner 60. “__ the Man” Musial 64. __ de plume 65. Frozen water 68. An alternative 69. Intensive care
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May 12
Nepean Choir presents Music of the Americas; Songs and Instrumental Music from the Arctic Circle to Terra del Fuego with guest instrumentalists, Colores Andinos; 7:30 p.m., Woodroffe United Church, 207 Woodroffe Ave. Tickets: $20 - Children under 12 - free. Info at www.nepeanchoir.ca and 613-435-6382.
May 13
Highland Park Lawn Bowling Club open house, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the corner of Golden and Byron in Westboro. Drop in and try lawn bowling with the club. Rain date planned for May 14. Please wear flat-soled shoes for tryout. For more, visit www.highlandparklawnbowling.ca. Giant Perennial Sale. Cone flowers, Shasta Daisies, Black-eyed Susan, Sweet
William, Bee Balm, Ferns, Hostas, Day Lilies, Pulmoneria, Coreopis, Bearded Iris, Geranium, Crane’s Bill, Jacob’s Ladder, Fall Asters etc. for sale along with some bushes and a wide variety of ground cover plants. Sale is from 9 a.m. to noon, 649 Brierwood Ave, just south of Dovercourt. Rain or shine. Sale is to raise funds for the Poets’ Pathway that winds from Britannia Beach to Poets’ Hill in Beechwood. Most plants are between $3-5. Information call 613-792-4288 Walk for Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County¹s flagship fundraising event takes place at Tunney’s Pasture. All proceeds will stay in our local community to help provide programs and support to families affected by dementia. An event fun for the entire family live music, food trucks, big family zone! For
info or to register, visit www. alzheimerottawa.ca or call 613-523-4004. Make a difference. Who are you walking for? St Mark’s, 1606 Fisher Ave., presents an evening of entertainment by Ottawa’s Capital Chordettes, an international women’s four-part barbershop group. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, children under 12 free, available through church office 613-224-7431, stmarks@ stmarksottawa.ca or at the door. For more info, visitwww.stmarksottawa.ca.
May 13 to 20
Mega Rummage Sale Returns. Saturdays from 9 to 5 p.m. and Monday to Friday 12 to 7 p.m. at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. Mainly infant and children’s clothing. Please contact 613-232-9854 or office@ centretownunited.org.
May 14
Friends of the Farm Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everything you need for your garden. Specialty growers and plant vendors, garden accessories, plant Œcoatcheck¹ service, Master Gardener advice. In K. W. Neatby Building parking lot at Carling and Maple Drive. Free admission, donations to Friends of the Farm kindly accepted. 613-230-3276 friendsofthefarm.ca/fcef-annual-events. 2017 Mother’s Day Dance. Join us at the Westboro Legion for another Westboro Music Appreciation Event – A 50’s/60’s Dance in honor of mothers on Mother’s Day. The doors open at 1 p.m. and the dance is from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The bar and Café 480 will be open. Admission is $10 each or $15 per couple in advance or $12 each or $17 per couple at the door. Ad-
vance tickets available at the Westboro Legion bar. Everyone is welcome. For more information visit our website at http://www.rcl480.com or call 613-725-2778.
May 18
Singing for Change. Veterans showcase concert raising funds for Apple DropIn Centre for people with/ mental health issues. At the Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The centre provides an essential service for their members. They cook small meals for the people, they have movie nights, a game room, they teach people computer skills to seek employment also they operate a used clothing store to raise funds. For tickets, $20 ahead and $25 at the door, go to GoFundMe.com/Singingfor-Change. Annual plant auction and sale, 6:30 p.m., at City View
United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Members of the Nepean Horticultural Society pot up plants from their gardens as well as seedlings. Admission is free. Light refreshments available. There are always surprises and bargains as well as gardening advice. Everyone welcome! Cash only purchases. (For more information: Elaine at 613-721 2048 or nhs.Elaine@gmail. com).
May 23
Friends of the Farm Master Gardener Lecture from 7 to 9 p.m. Going Grassless: Honey, I Shrunk the Lawn with Julianne Labreche. Ideas and inspirations on ways to create a grassless front garden. FCEF members $12, non-members $15, building 72 CEF Arboretum, east exit off Prince of Wales roundabout. 613-2303276 friendsofthefarm.ca/ master-gardener-lectures/.
ROUTES AVAILABLE!!! International speaker, Kari Mashos, is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
Happenin’ in Hintonburg
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Hintonburg’s Maeve McLennan (left), 6, and her best friend Addy Hartell, 7, didn’t mind the rain that fell on The Happening, an annual festival that brought together west end residents in Hintonburg on May 6. The event still drew hundreds of people for live music, craft beer, artisan creations and other treats.
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