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The plan to expand the Byron Linear Park and close access to Byron Avenue from Woodroffe isn’t hitting the right note with parishioners from Our Lady of Fatima. “This is not going to work. You are going to ruin the parish and hurt the community very badly,” said Father Jeffrey King, a former priest with the church, citing the 1,600 people that attend services every Sunday. The comments came at the city’s final public consultation on the Byron Park design, which drew about 200 people to the first of two sessions. The plan calls for increasing the park’s total area by 500 square metres, reducing the pavement by 10,500 square metres, adding 1,800 square metres of sidewalks, adding 1,200 square metres of pathways, 50 lights and adding 45 per cent more trees. The park will be redone in conjunction with the city’s Stage 2 LRT plan. Tender of the design build contractor is anticipated for 2018, and construction is planned for 2019 to 2023. King said the plan would make the front door of the church the back door. “It doesn’t make any sense,” he said. Martha Lush, with CSW Landscape Architects, reiterated the plan to close access. “I know you may not be happy,” Lush said. The road closure is both to make the intersection safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists and also to add extra green space to the linear park.
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Rural Ottawa stars in Canada 150 farm tour BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Rural Ottawa will be a starring attraction in Canada 150 celebrations during a farm technology tour that has been newly added to the lineup of Ottawa 2017 highlights. Billed as the “Back to the Future: Farm Technology Tour”, the rural tourism event held to mark Canada’s 150th birthday will feature the latest in agricultural technology. “Participants will see the best of what agricultural technology has to offer and learn about the innovation that brings common food and plants from farm to home,” the city said in its May 25 announcement of the Agri 150 experiences made by the Ot-
tawa 2017 Bureau, Mayor Jim Watson and lead partner CIBC. North Gower Grains’ large grain elevators will give tour-goers an idea of how much grain is grown in the Ottawa region. Bilingual and English-only tours on August 19 will also include the Fallowfield Tree Farm in Stittsville where participants will learn how to transform their lawns and town parks from a sunny field to a shady arbour with the aid of a large mechanical tree spade. Then it’s off to the Schouten Cornerview Farms in Richmond for a tour of an anaerobic digester that will showcase “cutting edge” recycling, the city said in a statement. Velthius Farms, which is a Holstein farm in Osgoode, will
also be part of the tour where visitors will get up close to milking cows. The bilingual tour is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and the English-only tour is from 12:45 to 7 p.m. Tour shuttles will start out from OC Transpo’s Strandherd Park & Ride, located at 3680 Strandherd Dr. in Barrhaven. A “Secret Eats Tour — West Carleton-March” has also been added to the rural tourism showcase for Aug. 20. Visitors will have the opportunity to snack at four stops in the West Carleton-March Ward. Coun. Eli El-Chantiry will host that event. The cost of the farm tour is $80,while the Secret Eats Tour is priced at $40. They can be purchased online at ottawa2017.ca.
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by June 14. Then they will present to the board of trustees at a closed session of the committee of the whole on June 20. Each candidate will get five minutes and will be asked three questions. Once the board has made its decision, by secret ballot, they’ll announce their decision the same day in open session. “We’ll come out and make the announcement and give our reasons,” McMahon said. The process has been the option of choice for the board. It was followed 2012 when Katalin Sheskay, a twoterm trustee with the board, died. While McMahon wasn’t on the board at the time, she said the position received between 10 and 18 applications. The process was also used in 2014 when trustee Andrea Steenbakkers was elected the winner in Barrhaven Gloucester zone despite having withdrawn from the race. The board interviewed the two remaining candidates and appointed Spencer Warren. Based on that experience, the process is slightly changed. Warren answered the board’s
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An illustration shows a rendering of part of Byron Linear Park following its renewal when Stage 2 of the city’s LRT plan is completed. members to voice their displeasure with the project. “I believe … that we are going to work this out and find something that fits the bill,” he said, adding the city is working with the church to make sure its own parking lot is optimized for members. “We can help with some of the challenges they are having now,” he said. “Yes, things will change, but they don’t have to be worse. They can be neutral or better.” At the same time, Taylor has launched a survey to address some of the traffic and access concerns
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ground about all of the traffic options we’ve been talking about for the Woodpark side,” Taylor said. Earlier feedback was used to clarify some of the options for the neighbourhood. There are now
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Who has the last word?
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t’s likely that many Ontarians breathed a sigh of relief when the provincial government announced its plan to scrap the Ontario Municipal Board. The OMB has often been perceived as too friendly to property developers. To many people, the board was quick to grab its rubber stamp and approve developments that didn’t fit with existing neighbourhoods. In theory, up until now, the City of Ottawa and other municipalities in Ontario decide what gets built within their borders. But decisions by city and town councils could be appealed to the OMB. Change is never easy to deal with – especially close to home – but appeals to the board have often seemed like bad movie sequels: predictable, but with unhappy endings. The running theme has been developers who ask for unappealing elements – think of massive towers and postage-stamp parks – and then settle for slightly less height and slightly larger greenspaces. Cynics have to ask if the developer asked for the moon in order to get approval for their
preferred design because it was slightly less awful than the original request. And in the background, the threat of an expensive OMB appeal kept city and town councils – and community groups – wary of holding back large-scale developments. A new, less-powerful Local Planning Appeal Tribunal will take the place of the OMB. It’s not clear how the tribunal will work, or what kind of teeth it may have. Will municipalities really be able to control their own growth? And what happens if a city or town council votes to stop all growth, or a council is filled with councillors who want highrises on every street? The face of Ontario cities and towns could be stunted (along with construction jobs) or rebuilt ad nauseam depending on the tribunal’s decisions. It’s clear there should be an appeal process if a property owner thinks a council has been unreasonable, but every case is different. Some development is OK, some doesn’t fit in. Who has the last word? We don’t know just yet.
Sens are winners even if nation does not embrace them
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ur town is under attack from across the nation. Foolishly, we had dreams of our Senators becoming Canada’s Team, after other Canadian-based hockey teams such as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell by the wayside early. But we should have known. An Ottawa team could never be Canada’s team. Ottawa is the capital, for heaven’s sake. Bad things happens in capitals, according to those who don’t live in them, and even according to some who do. If you live elsewhere and you see “Ottawa” in a headline, it doesn’t mean our safe and beautiful city. It means the federal government. The odds are that at any given moment, about half of the people, if not more, don’t like the federal government and the word “Ottawa” is not likely to make them feel positive, even if it refers to a hockey team.
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Mind you, it might be that nobody in this country of strong regional loyalties and rivalries could really be Canada’s team. Provinces and cities are jealous of each other, have always been. Given this, who could be Canada’s team. Toronto? Perhaps not. Montreal? Not as long as there are Torontonians. Vancouver? Maybe if it showed some interest in Canada. Edmonton couldn’t be Calgary’s team and Calgary couldn’t be Edmonton’s. That leaves Winnipeg, which could possibly be Canada’s team at some point, because nobody hates Winni-
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peg, even if few visit it. Winnipeg has to get a better team, though, for it to be Canada’s. We have had that better team in Ottawa, but have not received the intense gratitude that we feel is our due. In addition to all the other negative stereotypes, we have had to fight the perception, gleefully fostered by our enemies, that we who live in the city don’t care about our team, don’t care about the Senators. Attendance figures have been cited in support of this argument. A couple of Senators home playoff games were not sold out, and people couldn’t wait to make much of that. Some plausible explanations have been presented, mostly by Ottawans. They have to do with the local economy, the location of the arena, competing events (hey, a big professional soccer game the same night as Game 6), jacked-up prices (even for parking!) DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES Traci Cameron - 613-221-6223 ADMINISTRATION: Donna Therien - 613-221-6233 HOME BUILDERS ACCOUNTS SPECIALIST Geoff Hamilton - 613-221-6215 DISPLAY ADVERTISING: Gisele Godin - Kanata - 613-221-6214 Connie Pfitzer - Ottawa West - 613-221-6209 Cindy Gilbert - Ottawa South - 613-221-6211 Carly McGhie - Ottawa East - 613-221-6154 Jill Martin - Nepean - 613-221-6221 Catherine Lowthian - Barrhaven/Bells Corners 613-221-6227 Mike Stoodley - Stittsville - 613-221-6231 Annie Davis - Ottawa West - 613-221-6217 Rico Corsi - Automotive Consultant - 613-221-6224 Blair Kirkpatrick - Orleans - 613-221-6216 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES: Sharon Russell - 613-221-6228
and antagonism on the part of some directed at the owner. But our enemies are not convinced. This wouldn’t happen in any other NHL city, they say, with no evidence presented to back that up. And then the old Ottawa stereotypes are trotted out. We are boring (and play boring hockey, say the folks from the cities that either didn’t make the playoffs or departed earlier). We are not a real hockey town (like, say, Phoenix). Worst of all, we are a government town, a designation that implies all manner of apathy and inertia, if not outright evil. All this because a few hundred people didn’t fight the traffic on a couple of nights. It is a mug’s game to get drawn into that argument. To fight the accusation of apathy, you could cite the thousands who show up on race weekend, both to race and to support EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS EDITOR Nevil Hunt, nevil.hunt@metroland.com, 613-221-6235 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: Mellissa Murray mmurray@metroland.com - 613-221-6161
the racers. That would only be used as evidence that we are insufficiently devoted to hockey. So who wants to be Canada’s team, anyway? Being a winner is pretty good.
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Child care legislation expected to impact 232 Ottawa children BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
Changes to provincial legislation that deals with child care will leave some Ottawa families out in the cold, the city’s community and protective services committee heard on May 18. The city operates several before-and-after-school programs, but aren’t licensed child care centres. The province made changes to the legislation that deals with daycares — cracking down on unlicensed centres caring for the more vulnerable four- and five-year-old children. The move was a response to the death of a child in Vaughan, Dan Chenier, the city’s general manager of recreation, said. Committee chair Diane Deans said she understands the concern that prompted the changes, but feels the province
cast “too wide a net.” Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said he remembers attending a similar program when he was younger. He feels the provincial legislation misses the mark. The changes are on the way for the fall and will impact students under six. Those will have to enrol in licensed programs, most likely extendedday programs at their schools. Chenier said 104 kids won’t be returning to city programs in the fall because they’re too young. In addition to young kids, other families will be impacted, as the city is no longer able to offer three hours of continuous care. Chenier said that change means another 128 families will have to make a choice between before or after care. “Or they’ll have to move to a licensed centre,” he said. Barb Shantz, whose son
goes to Castor Valley Elementary School, says the changes will mean daycare costs of $22 per day. Fleury asked Chenier if there’s the potential for schools to lease space from the city to
grams. The city was hoping for an exemption from the province to be able to continue offering the program. Chenier said with the advent of full-day kindergarten there
‘It would represent a 76 per cent increase in costs to the families.’ DAN CHENIER, CITY GENERAL MANAGER OF RECREATION
offer essentially the same programs as Ottawa offered before. Chenier said the opposite is actually true, as the school boards move to reclaim space the city had been using, as they will be offering their own pro-
was pressure to provide the service to four and five year olds. But, with the absence of an exemption, getting a licence to be able to keep the four and
five year olds isn’t an option, Chenier said. “It would represent a 76 per cent increase in costs to the families,” Chenier said, adding that wouldn’t just be affected families — but everyone in the program. In dollars that means a cost from $1,900 for the year to roughly $3,800 he said. Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney said a number of her residents attend nearby Hintonburg Community Centre and will be impacted by the changes. “Licensed care represents $300 a month,” she said. While the province has pledged to offer a cash infusion in the form of subsidies, not everyone will qualify. The province’s subsidy system is income based and on a sliding scale. It doesn’t take into account the parents’ household
expenses. Deans asked if city staff are worried that children who won’t be able to access the program may end up staying home. Chenier said staff will keep an eye out for a need. “Some places are thinking of moving to a drop off or occasional model,” he said of other non-licensed recreation providers. The city will still be able to offer full-day summer and PD day camps for four and five year olds. It’s something Deans said she was having trouble seeing the logic in. Chenier said other than the occasional skinned knee, the city had no safety concerns while caring for the younger population. The city runs 34 sites that offer before and after school care.
Kanata Light Rail Transit Planning and Environmental Assessment Study Open House #1
NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE NO Between June 3 and October 31, 2017, the City of Ottawa will be conducting a larviciding program under the authority of the local Medical Officer of Health to control larval mosquitoes in order to prevent their development into vectors of West Nile virus. Altosid pellets (methoprene, PCP No. 21809), Vectolex WSP pouches (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP No. 28009) or Altosid briquets (methoprene, PCP No. 27694) will be placed into catch basins of storm drains within the city. Vectobac 1200L (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, liquid, PCP No. 21602) and Vectobac 200G (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, granular, PCP No. 18158) will be applied to ditches and temporary or permanent pools including storm water management ponds within the City. Vectolex CG (Bacillus sphaericus, granular, PCP 28008) will be applied to sewage lagoons or similar facilities. All pesticides will be applied by Ministry of Environment and Climate Change licensed applicators or trained technicians. The 2017 larviciding program is similar to the 2016 larviciding program. For more information, please visit ottawa.ca/WestNilevirus or call Ottawa Public Health at (613) 580-6744.
Monday, June 5, 2017 Kanata Recreation Complex, Hall A, 100 Charlie Rogers Place, K2V 1A2 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.) OC Transpo routes: 92, 96, 167, 118 Parking is available The City of Ottawa has initiated this Planning and Environmental Assessment (EA) study to develop a Recommended Plan to extend Light Rail Transit (LRT) from Moodie Drive to Kanata. This Planning and EA Study will define a corridor for the future expansion of the City’s LRT network to Kanata. Extending LRT to Kanata is identified in the Ultimate Network in the City’s 2013 Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The study will examine LRT corridor options for a broader area to the north and south of Highway 417. The outcome will be a Recommended Plan that identifies the LRT corridor, station locations, and supporting facilities, and determines an implementation strategy based on ridership and affordability. The EA portion of the study will be undertaken in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects. The City must consider alternative corridors and designs for the project, undertake public and agency consultation, assess the potential environmental effects of the Recommended Plan and identify measures to mitigate any such impacts. Information on the Kanata LRT Planning and EA Study is available at ottawa.ca/ KanataLRT or Ottawa.ca/kanatatlr. Comments received will be collected under TPAP, and with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call or email the project manager below before the event. For further information or to provide comments, please contact: Angela Taylor, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer Transportation Planning Transportation Services Department City of Ottawa Tel: 613-580-2424, 15210 Email: Angela.Taylor@ottawa.ca 2017-507-S_Kanata LRT_25052017 Ottawa West News - Thursday, June 1, 2017 9
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Municipalities at forefront of battling climate change
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his week, mayors and city councillors from across Canada will be gathering in Ottawa for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) annual trade show and conference. Although it may sound like a yawn to those outside the inner circle, it’s an important opportunity for Canada’s local leaders to connect and try to tackle some of the biggest issues that impact us as a nation. “It’s like speed dating for best practices,” says Windsor city councillor Irek Kusmierczyk, who is attending the four-day event at the Shaw Centre. Canada, like the rest of the world, is facing many challenges of urbanization. Within the next 20 years, it’s expected that 60 per cent of the world’s population will reside in cities, putting extra pressure on municipal leaders to answer the big questions about infrastructure, innovation and housing, things they’ve always dealt with – but also global issues like climate change that, in the past, have been left to other jurisdictions of government.
paint to designate new dedicated bike zoning. He later applied this to certain areas of Beechwood and Hemlock Aves. The result has been a moderate slowdown of automobile traffic at peak times in these residential neighbourhoods east of downtown, and a much safer, greener pedestrian commuting corridor. Although participants at the FCM conference will tackle issues like opioids, innovation and job creation, greener cities is certainly top of mind for many at this conference, particularly given recent events in “Cities are responsible for 70 per production and commitment to afcent of the world’s greenhouse gases fordable housing in population dense the National Capital Region. Windsor’s Kusmierczyk says the (GHGs), so will be on the frontlines areas, to dedicated transit corridors flooding in Ottawa, Gatineau and to mitigate emissions,” wrote Ottawa and cycling infrastructure. elsewhere gives municipal leaders Nussbaum isn’t blowing hot air. city councillor, Tobi Nussbaum, in a timely opportunity to talk about In 2015, his proposal to transform the Huffington Post last October. their integral role in mitigating the St Laurent Avenue North from a “At the same time, located close effects of climate change at the local four-lane roadway to a two-way to major water bodies as most are, cities are vulnerable to flooding and traffic zone with dedicated bike lanes level. Last September, Windsor was was initially deemed too expensive. rising sea levels, requiring climate slammed with massive flooding due But he’s not the kind of guy to sit adaptation investments.” around and wait for money to fall in to rainfall. In his column, Nussbaum out“Our ward got hit with what was lined a number of areas where cities his lap. He managed to get the job need to focus their energies, ranging done overnight using black paint to described as back-to-back 100 year storms,” says Kusmierczyk, who cover existing lane lines and white from the promotion of local food
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Stars come out in Carp BY JAKE DAVIES jake.davies@metroland.com
It was a late-night party full of the world’s biggest stars. The Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada hosted its first public star party of 2017 on Friday, May 19. The free event allowed the general public to come to the Carp library parking lot starting at sunset, and get a view of the stars up close and personal. “It’s very family friendly,� club member Mike Moghadam said on the chilly evening. “It’s really cool to watch kids see Saturn for the first time through a powerful telescope.� Moghadam said about 150 people showed up to get the opportunity to view the stars through around 10 telescopes of varying sizes set up in the dark parking lot. One of the telescopes, estimated in the dark, appeared to be about 12-feet tall and needed to be transported in a trailer. Those who took a peek, could see the rings of Saturn fairly clearly. For more information on upcoming star parties, visit the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s website at Ottawa.rasc.ca.
tawa Centre 150 Award are now open. Members of the community are welcome to submit names of individuals who: • Celebrate diversity/inclusion • Build community/capacity • Protect the heritage of Ottawa Centre • Protect the environment
• Promote a healthy community The winners will be recognized at a ceremony this fall. The application requires at least two letters of support and the deadline for submissions is Sept. 1. Nomination forms can be found at www.yasirnaqvi. onmpp.ca/OC150.
Public conSulTaTion o”Train confeDeraTion line WeST (STage 2) exTenSion bayShore To mooDie buS raPiD TranSiT (brT) converSion To lighT rail TranSiT (lrT) TueSDay, June 13, 2017 6 P.m. To 9 P.m. michele heighTS communiTy cenTre, 2955 michèle Drive Please join the City of Ottawa to continue the discussion of converting the Bayshore-to-Moodie Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to LRT, the recommended location for the future Moodie LRT Station and the preferred location of a Light Maintenance and Storage Facility. This consultation is an opportunity for the team working on the project to hear your thoughts and answer questions. This public consultation will: • Present the rationale for recommendations to convert the West Transitway Extension from a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to Light Rail Transit (LRT) and review plans for grade separation at Holly Acres • Present the preferred location of the Moodie LRT Station and a Light Maintenance and Storage Facility (LMSF) beyond Bayshore Station • Provide background information on the expanded bus facilities at Bayshore in the event that Bayshore is the western terminus of the Confederation Line • Discuss possible noise mitigation measures to be implemented
City Councillor/Conseiller Municipal River Ward/Quartier Rivière Central Park Garage Sale On Saturday, June 3, the Central Park community in River Ward will host their annual garage sale. This is a significant community event in Central Park and bargain hunters are welcome to visit participating homeowners from 8am-Noon. Harrold Place Park Plant Sale When you are all done in Central Park, simply head north on Merivale Road to attend Carlington’s annual Yard & Plant Sale which will also be held Saturday, June 3 in Harrold Place Park from 8:30am-12:30pm. This is a great community event to pick up plants for your flower and/ or vegetable garden, acquire some items at the yard sale and meet your neighbours from nearby streets. All are welcome. Travelodge Hotel – Major Development The City of Ottawa’s Planning Department has received concurrent Site Plan Control and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for the properties at 1354 and 1376 Carling Avenue, the current site of the Travelodge Hotel. The applicant is looking to redevelop the site (the existing 3 storey Travelodge hotel, vacant building and parking structure) into a multi phased mixed-use development (residential and ground floor commercial). Phase 1 proposes the demolition of the existing high-rise and development of a 20 storey mixed-use building along Carling Ave and a nine storey residential building along Archibald Street. The 3 storey Travelodge hotel will be retained during Phase 1. Phase 2 proposes the demolition of the three storey Travelodge hotel and development of two 20-storey mixed use buildings along Carling Ave and a nine storey residential building along Meath Street. The Site Plan Control application is for Phase 1 only; while the Zoning By-law Amendment application is for the entire property (Phases 1 & 2). Residents are invited to a public meeting on Tuesday, June 13 at the Travelodge Hotel (1376 Carling Avenue). An Open House will begin at 7pm with a presentation and Q&A session at 7:30pm. In the meantime, residents interested in learning more about the proposal can review a copy of the applications and the supporting documentation at www.ottawa.ca/devapps and enter ‘1354 Carling’ in the file search tool. Ticks and Lyme Disease
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Discovery ‘a game-changer’ in reversing preemie lung damage BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Olivia’s eyes flutter as she lies cocooned in her mother’s arms. The look on Jamie-Lee Eberts’ face is one of deep love and concern for her tiny daughter, who was born at 23 weeks and four days — a little more than halfway into the pregnancy. Even early on in her eightday labour, Eberts and her husband, Tim, wrestled with life-and-death decisions about their twins. They were born 115 days early, on Jan. 29, at the Ottawa Hospital General campus, home to a highlyspecialized neonatal intensive care unit. “Every hour mattered,” Eberts said. Single babies born at that point face a 50 per cent risk of dying, and a 40 per cent risk of developing chronic lung disease. But there are no survival statistics for twins born at 22 weeks Eberts’ babies weren’t due until May 24. Olivia weighed just 500 grams at birth; while her brother, Liam, was 650 grams. Still, he was the sicker baby and passed away three weeks later. “Olivia lost a twin. Jacob lost a brother and we lost a
son,” said Eberts, who is also mom to 17-month-old Jacob. “And we lost a dream. In your mind you dream of what it’s going to be like to have this beautiful family of three.” In that time, Olivia has remained in hospital and undergone a series of procedures and tests. As micro preemies, the twins’ lungs had not yet fully formed, causing chronic lung disease, and they required oxygen for an extended period — both of which cause severe problems. “She’s at high risk of being blind, of being deaf, of respiratory issues,” Eberts said, adding she could also develop cerebral palsy. “Only time will tell. I am so grateful she is here, but this is very hard.” But promising research being conducted in the same hospital is giving her a glimmer of hope that a clinical trial coming in two years could mean a brighter future for Olivia. “This could have saved Liam’s life; and for Olivia this is a lifetime battle for her,” said Eberts, an Old Ottawa East resident. “Her respiratory issues are something that’s not going away when we leave here. It is something that could be a concern for the rest of her life.” Health care advancements mean babies are being born as young as 22 weeks into preg-
nancy, about half way to full term, which is usually 37 to 41 weeks. “But 22 weeks is a major, major challenge,” said Dr. Bernard Thébaud, a neonatologist and clinical scientist at the Ottawa Hospital and CHEO. He is also a professor at the University of Ottawa. “They are very fragile. And we have made the task of protecting the lungs of these babies more difficult because we keep improving survival of more and more immature babies,” he said. “And there comes a point where we hit a wall.” That wall is bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a type of chronic lung disease. The lungs of babies are the last organs to form in utero. Forty per cent of babies born at less than 28 weeks have this disease, equivalent to 1,000 in Canada every year, 10,000 in the U.S. and 750,000 worldwide. After birth, these babies need help breathing, but the combination of mechanical ventilation and oxygen damages the lungs and inhibits their growth, and impacts brain development and eyesight, among a host of other severe problems. Thébaud and his team, the only one doing this type of research in Canada, are now
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Old Ottawa East resident Jamie-Lee Eberts holds her daughter, Olivia, who has been in the Ottawa Hospital General campus’ neonatal intensive care unit since her birth in January. A new stem cell treatment is in development at the hospital, which has the potential to heal the damaged lungs of premature babies, like Olivia. working to develop a clinical trial involving a stem cell treatment that has already shown promise in the lab, repairing the damaged lungs of newborn rodents. Their research over the past seven years has revealed that an infusion of mesenchymal stem cells — powerful anti-inflammatory cells taken from umbilical cord blood — have restored lung growth, decreased inflamma-
tion and promoted blood vessel growth. The research team originally thought these would replace the dead lung cells. But these stem cells actually talked to the sick cells, rejuvenated them and gave them a second life. They also talked to other cells connected to the lung inflammation, which then spit out other factors that promoted healing. Within a week, the mes-
enchymal cells had vanished from the body — a good thing since they can multiply and form tumours if they remain. “In the body, they act like mini pharmacies,” Thébaud said. “They go in, they see what kind of mess there is in the lung and then they start repairing it, spitting out the healing factors, and then they leave.” See HUMAN, page 24
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OCH purchases land for mixed-use development in Little Italy BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com
An empty lot sandwiched between Preston Street and the O-Trail line in Little Italy will become a multimillion-dollar mixed-use community with a French public school and affordable housing. On May 24, Ottawa Community Housing announced it purchased the almost three-hectare parcel for $7 million from Canada Lands, a Crown corporation that specializes in real estate development and attractions management. The land, located on Gladstone Avenue beside Preston Hardware, was previously owned by the federal government and was occupied by the Oak Street Complex that was demolished in 2014. Dubbed Gladstone Village, the project will include mixed residen-
tial opportunities — with market and subsidized rent — retail and commercial opportunities and green spaces. It will also be developed in tandem with the future Gladstone light-rail transit station that bumps up against the site. “We believe this project is that next great neighbourhood in the city of Ottawa,” said Mayor Jim Watson at the announcement. “This is going to be a really exciting project.” He emphasized the need to build complete, integrated neighbourhoods. Ottawa Community Housing provides about 15,000 homes to more than 32,000 tenants across the city. It’s the city’s largest social housing provider, which manages two-thirds of the city’s social housing portfolio. There are currently more than 10,000 households on the waiting list for af-
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fordable housing, and wait times can be more than five years. “This is an opportunity for renewal, this is an opportunity to create a cycle to make sure our current needs are fulfilled and our future needs are addressed,” said Stéphane Giguère, chief executive officer of Ottawa Community Housing. “This is an opportunity for us to really showcase a new Gladstone Village and a new way for Ottawa Community homes going forward.” Some of OCH’s properties are 100 years old and the average age is more than 45 years old. Giguère said the development represents a significant step in the renewal of OCH’s property portfolio and that the goal of the development will be to increase OCH’s future capacity. Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, who chairs the OCH board, said the development could include between 600 and 1,300 new units, however it won’t necessarily take pressure off the waiting list. That’s because there are some buildings that are in poor condition and could need to be demolished. The number of units will be based on the need in the community and could include multi-bedroom units, accommodating larger families, but
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Ottawa Community Housing has purchased about three hectares of land for the future Gladstone Village – a transit-oriented, mixed-use development with greenspace, a French school, retail and commercial opportunities. reducing the overall total. Fleury also pointed to additional federal land that could later be acquired to increase the size of Gladstone Village. If that happens the city is interested in bridging the gap between Little Italy and Hintonburg with a pedestrian and cycling bridge, Fleury said. “For us, this is the beginning,” he said. What the development looks like and what proportion of units are affordable or market driven will be determined through a consultation process set to start in the coming weeks. It’s hoped community consultation can wrap up this year, with shovels in the ground for some elements in 2018. That consultation will include the completion of the area’s community design plan, which has been on hold since 2015. When Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney has spoken with her constituents about the parcel’s redevelopment, they consistently ask for three things: limited traffic impact, green space, and affordable housing. “This project will help to address all of those needs,” McKenney said, adding it’s not enough to build housing in the area just for those that can afford to be near a transit line. “We need to make sure the people who need to be here are here,” she said. McKenney noted she raised her first two children in Ottawa Community Housing and at that time what was missing was the integration into the community. “Others don’t come into these communities,” she said. “This building, this type of modern urban community will bring everyone together.”
“I look forward to the day when this area is filled with bikes, feet and trains.” Following the announcement, McKenney admitted there’s some added pressure to getting this particular project right, and for it to be an example for other developments. “We know that there’s going to be more people living here, it’s where people should be living along a transit line, but we need to do it right that the new community integrates well with the existing neighbourhood.” The area will be dense. Because it’s within the immediate area of a transit station, it’s the right place to have density, McKenney said, adding there will be a mix of high and medium rise buildings, single family homes and more. The city’s last community design plan called for height along the transitway, lowering as it gets closer to the existing neighbourhoods. McKenney said new plan will be similar. The school, a French public school, will offer programming for almost 400 students, from daycare to Grade 6, and will cost about $12 million. With the board renting a former Catholic school property, the former St. Mary School at 175 Beech St., in the area for the next five years, Linda Savard, president of Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO), wants to have the property ready for when that lease runs out. The board has been looking for 10 years for an appropriate site for a new school in the centre of the city. “It will be the permanent site for this area,” Savard said. “It’s exciting.” -With files from Michelle Nash Baker
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Six first responders receive Public Hero Award BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com
On the same day that a private member’s bill to create a national framework for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder passed committee at second reading, six first responders from Ottawa and the Valley were recognized as public heroes. An Ottawa police staff sergeant, Ottawa paramedic, Ontario correctional services officer, Renfrew OPP constable, and two Ottawa firefighters were recognized for their dedication, altruism, and community involvement at a ceremony on May 18 at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Kanata. “We have heroes that walk among us every day,” B.C.’s Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty told the crowd. “They run toward danger … so that you and I and our families can sleep soundly.” Earlier that afternoon, Doherty’s private member’s bill C-211 was passed through
standing committee. “We are well on our way to developing a national framework with respect to PTSD for our first responders, our military, our veterans, so that a hero in the east receives the same care and treatment that a hero in the west (receives) and that we do not unnecessarily lose any more lives,” the Conservative MP told the crowd. PUBLIC HERO AWARDS
The Public Hero Awards are presented to recognize and honour the outstanding service provided by first responders in culturally diverse environments, as well as their volunteer efforts in their communities. Recipients are nominated by colleagues, peers, and members of the community. Top police, paramedic, and fire officials presented the awards. Six first responders from Ottawa and the Valley received a Public Hero Award.
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Ottawa police Staff Sgt. David Zackrias, who heads up the diversity and race relations section, spends much of his free time volunteering with a number of organizations. “(He) is passionate about building strong intercommunity relationships, whether he’s on or off the job,” said police Chief Charles Bordeleau. Orléans resident Zackrias, who received a Peace Award from the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution in 2016, sits on the boards for the Centretown Community Health and Ottawa Inuit Children’s centres, and volunteers as a conflict coach with Community Mediation Ottawa. The 19-year Toronto and Ottawa police veteran immigrated to Canada with his family 30 years ago from India. “Imagine, a 15-year-old immigrant who came to Canada 30 years ago, who lived in
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Ottawa police Staff Sgt. David Zackrias, who heads up the diversity and race relations section, receives a Public Hero Award during a ceremony at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Kanata on May 18. emergency housing right beside a police station at the YMCA, and all he could do was dream to one day be in that uniform,” Zackrias said.
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Robert Wilson has been an advanced-care paramedic for more than 23 years. The Stittsville resident works as an educator with the Paramedic Program of Eastern Ontario, teaches advanced care paramedicine at Algonquin College as well as first aid and CPR classes, and for the past 10 years has focused on the education of children and youth. “(Wilson) has created curriculum-specific presentations … related to health-based issues,” said deputy paramedic Chief Jeremy Doherty. “His current focus is on the opioid crisis facing Ottawa’s youth and educating them with proper facts about these drugs.” Wilson said he was grateful to be recognized. “In our job, we deal with so many tragedies with youth and injury,” he said. “If I can through my public education and the education I provide to them reduce or save one life, my job is complete.”
Renfrew OPP Const. Tina Hunt has been a tireless advocate, fundraiser, and volunteer in her community. The Horton Township resident “makes getting involved in her community a priority,” said Insp. Colin Slight, detachment commander for Renfrew. “From a young age, she has been involved with community volunteer work and continues to do so as much as her policing schedule will allow.” Hunt is the OPP auxiliary liaison officer, teaches the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program in schools, raises thousands of dollars for multiple organizations, coaches sports teams, is a wife and mother of four children, and sits on the Township Recreation committee in Horton. “I truly love being involved in my community and the events that I host or assist with. When we talk about youth, youth really are our people of tomorrow, they’re the ones that are going to make a difference,” she said. “If we can teach them at a young age to get out there and get in-
volved and make a difference, then they’ll continue on with that in their future.” CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Greely and Westport resident Bill McCafferty, an officer at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre, founded the Christmas for Kids fundraiser five years ago. The program supports local families going through hardships and struggling during the holidays. He’s rallied the staff and management at the detention centre every year and collected thousands of dollars in gift cards for Christmas dinners and gifts for children. “Last year, they did fantastic and were able to help roughly 110 families and over 200 kids,” said Dave Ralph, IDI Public Heroes Awards co-ordinator and retired Toronto paramedic commander. McCafferty said the success of the program is thanks to his colleagues. “It is a big family and I’m just one person. Without their help, we wouldn’t be able to do what we did last year, the previous five
years,” he said. OTTAWA FIRE
There was a tie for the winner in the Ottawa firefighter category. Both Kendra Shaw, a non-uniform staff member, and firefighter Brenda Tirrel were recognized for their service. “I like to say they’re heroes because these are individuals that inspire us and make us a better organization,” said deputy fire chief Sean Tracey. Shaw, a Beckwith Township resident, on top of her regular duties has coached youth hockey, assisted at referee development camps, volunteers on the 9 Run Run committee, completed international Habitat for Humanity builds, is an avid blood donor (who also promotes the cause), and is an advocate and camp counsellor for Camp BUCKO, a children’s burn survivor camp. “I’ve often wondered what my purpose in life actually is,” said Shaw, adding her volunteering work helps to answer that question. “I’m very grateful to my fire leadership team for nominat-
ing me and most importantly for helping shine a spotlight on some causes that are very near and dear to my heart.” Stittsville resident and volunteer firefighter Brenda Tirrel, acting lieutenant at Station 81, is the founder of the 9 Run Run event, which raises funds and awareness for mental health. “Since its inception, 9 Run Run has raised over $130,000 for youth in the community,” said Doherty. Tirrel, who recently received the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers, is also the public education co-ordinator for District 8 and the “driving force” behind the FireSmart program, he said. And in June 2016, four months after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing surgery and 16 rounds of radiation, Tirrel completed the Tremblant Half Ironman competition. “It’s not how hard you fall down or how often but who’s there when you need a hand that really matters,” Tirrel said. “I believe I get to do what I do because of who is out there helping when I’m down.” Three other first respond-
ers were recognized with a plaque for their service: Ottawa paramedics Normand Robillard and Joe Micucci, and Hamid Mousa of Ottawa police. INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE INSTITUTE
The Intercultural Dialogue Institute, which hosts the awards, promotes understanding in culturally diverse communities. “They welcome the work our first responders do,” said Ralph, who became associated with IDI in 2009 before he retired as Toronto paramedic commander. “If we understand each others’ cultures and diversities, we can better work together to serve our communities,” he said. “Honouring public heroes — for their dedication, their altruism, the giving of their time … (and) delivering their services in a culturally diverse society — is a celebration for the people of IDI and it gives recognition to the people who have been nominated by their peers.”
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A motion by Mayor Jim Watson will provide a much-needed topup for the road services budget this year, as record snowfalls, multiple freeze-thaw cycles, and other wacky weather patterns have created potholes everywhere. The motion was approval by council on May 24 and will see a $2.5-million infusion for road repair and another $400,000 added for pothole repair. Chair of the city’s transportation committee Coun. Keith Egli said there have been 148,000 potholes filled already this season. The money will come from the city’s one-time unforeseen circumstance budget, Watson said.
River Coun. Riley Brockington acknowledged the poor weather, but said he didn’t think it was totally to blame for the poor road conditions. “Do we do an audit on the quality of asphalt?” he asked city staff. Planning manager Stephen Willis said there are a lot of factors that come into play when talking about a road that needs resurfacing. It could be the age of the road, the amount of traffic that uses that particular roadway, weather, and a number of other things that necessitate the need for repairs. Manager of road services Kevin Wylie said staff plan to use the extra cash to attack areas where there are clusters of potholes. “We will get crews to grind the area out and lay hot asphalt, it should be a more permanent solution,” he said.
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Neonatologist and clinical scientist Dr. Bernard Thébaud, pictured at his Ottawa Hospital Research Institute lab with research technician Chanèle Cyr-Depauw, is developing a treatment that could reverse the damaged lungs that premature babies suffer from. The Westboro resident and his team hope to launch a human clinical trial within two years.
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The cells also may have the potential to target other damaged organs, such as the brain and kidneys. “We think that if we treat the lung, we will at the same time treat the brain and maybe other organs, too,” Thébaud said. “No one has ever looked at the brain stem cells in these kids or (in) the animal models.” He and his team were recently awarded a $500,000 peer-reviewed research grant from the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine, to prepare a clinical trial that could get underway in the next two years with 10 to 15 preemie patients. If successful, a secondphase of the trial could begin a year later with 60 patients, and a third phase launched in subsequent years could include other countries with 400 to 500 patients. The sooner, the better, according to Thébaud. The incidence rate of babies in Canada born with bronchopulmonary dysplasia over the past decade has increased by 10 per cent. “We have made zero progress in the past 10 years (treating this disease), so it means that we have hit the wall,” he said. “So now if we really want to make a difference,
something spectacular has to happen. “We think these stem cells could be that gamechanger.” The mesenchymal cells have the potential to become the most significant advancement made in neonatology since the discovery in the 1950s of surfactant, used to prevent a respiratory syndrome in pre-term babies. “I think it can be a game-changer, but we have to do the clinical trials to prove that,” said Thébaud, a Westboro resident. There are potential risks with the treatment, such as the development of tumours or an exaggerated cellular reaction to lung inflammation, known as a cytokine storm. “We don’t know yet,” he said. But to Eberts, it’s the status quo that is unacceptable. For that reason, she is hopeful Olivia could benefit from the future trial, even when she is older. “It is bittersweet because, of course, I want to sign up. I wish that both my children were here,” she said. “And could it have helped Liam? Could it have saved his life? “Then Olivia would have her twin and Jacob would have his brother and we would have our son, and we would have our dream.”
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Above: Mother Teresa’s Stephane Tshishimbi (centre) looks relaxed as he cruises over the finish line in the junior boys 100 metre spring heats at the East Regional track and field meet on May 26, the second day of the provincial championship-qualifier held at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa. Tshishimbi took third place in the finals. Podium finishes for west Ottawa athletes included Nepean High School’s Paulina Procyk who won silver in the midget women’s 100 metre dash and a bronze in the 200 metre dash, Notre Dame’s Kyler Crepin who tied for the silver medal in the senior men’s triple jump and St. Pius X’s Madison McLean who won a gold medal in the junior women’s javelin throw. Right : Sir Robert Borden’s Jenna Doyle competes in the junior girls 800 metre event at the East Regional track and field meet on May 26. Doyle finished in eighth.
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Wild Bird Care Centre launches campaign BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
Window collisions, cats and ‘birdnapping’ are among three biggest issues threatening to overwhelm the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre (WBCC) again this spring. With the first influx of birds already arriving, the WBCC worries it could be the beginning of another near-record year for bird admissions. In 2016, the centre received nearly 3,300 sick, injured and orphaned birds — about 30 per cent more than in 2015. So far this year, more than 500 birds have been brought to the centre — already 50 more than last year. About one-third of patients are victims of window collisions, cat attacks and wellintentioned Good Samaritans who rescue baby birds that do
not need saving. WBCC board chair Debbie Lawes warns this escalating number of preventable injuries and rescues will continue to challenge the centre’s sustainability. “Last year was a tough one for us. We haven’t seen admissions that high since the West Nile virus outbreak more than 15 years ago,” says Lawes. “Our staff and volunteers work above and beyond the call of duty to ensure we never turn away a bird in need, but these numbers are exceeding our limited funding and resources.” In response, the region’s only wild bird rehabilitation centre has launched its first-ever Avian Ambassadors campaign. “Our goal is for 1,200 caring residents to donate just $25 each to reach our fundraising target of $30,000, which will help us care for the more than 1,300 young birds we expect to receive over the coming weeks,”
says Lawes. As part of its campaign, the WBCC is also educating residents on what they can do to reduce bird injuries and prevent birds from becoming unnecessarily orphaned. Bird collisions: In Canada, an estimated 16 to 42 million birds collide with glass on buildings every year. Residences are responsible for 44 per cent of bird collisions, while low-rises (four to 11 storeys) account for 55 per cent and highrises less than one per cent. The key to preventing collisions is to make your windows visible to birds. Visit www.safewings. ca for practical tips and strategies for reducing collisions at home. Cats: Outdoor cats kill more than 100 million birds every year in Canada alone, particularly songbirds. While keeping your cats indoors is still the best solution, at a minimum,
keep your cat inside during the day, especially early in the morning or other peak bird feeding times. Outdoor enclosures — often called cat patios or “catios” — are another option that can allow cats outdoors without endangering birds. Also, try using a brightcoloured, breakaway collar. Birdsbesafe collars, for example, have been found to reduce bird fatalities by 87 per cent (www.birdsbesafe.com). Meanwhile, the old bell on the collar is not only ineffective, but also dangerous for cats. ‘Birdnapping’: Of the nearly 1,350 hatchlings, pre-fledglings and fledglings brought to the WBCC last year, about 250 were totally healthy and not in any apparent need of rescuing. Baby birds are particularly labour intensive. If fewer unnecessary orphaned baby birds were created, the WBCC could devote more time and resources
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close by, and will respond and help when they hear their baby calling. Remember, baby birds have the best possible chance of survival with their parents.” To donate to our Avian Ambassador’s spring campaign, visit the fundraising page at http://wildbirdcarecentre.org/ rehabbirds.html. The public can also donate much-needed items like food and other supplies. A wish list is available at: www.wildbirdcarecentre.org. Founded in 1981, the Wild Bird Care Centre assesses, treats and rehabilitates injured, ill or orphaned wild birds for the purpose of releasing them back into their natural habitat. The centre provides information on bird intervention, safe handling techniques and avian injury prevention, and educates people about the natural history, conservation and rehabilitation of wild birds.
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out, so that in itself added another level of fear. Everyone, including Miss Crosby, held the inspector in great awe. Weeks before exams started, Miss Crosby went over every last bit of teaching she had done in the entire year. We were drilled on spelling until the words danced in my head long after the exercise, and we even had an exam in penmanship. Crosby look on us kindly, in school work. So, to have us practise, The only thing I liked the hope it would convince and using a rack with taut her we deserved to be passed, about the pads was the regardless how poorly we did colour. And the sheets inside wires across two pieces of thin wood, the teacher would were lined on one side, and on our exams. blank on the other, and they draw straight lines across the Long before the exams were smooth – not like some blackboard, and one by one, started, a scary reminder each of us was ordered to of the scribblers we used that they were looming the front of the class for penevery day for our lessons. before us sat right there on The only good thing about manship. For me, that meant the corner of Miss Crosby’s printing, and trying desperthe pink foolscap pads was desk. A stack of foolscap ately to stay within the lines pads with bright pink covers, that we didn’t have to buy one for everyone of us at the them. Certainly Miss Crosby Miss Crosby had drawn. Sometimes she would couldn’t afford them either Northcote School was piled on her paltry salary. So they write one word at the start of neatly waiting for the day. had to have been provided by the line, and whoever she orThey were much longer and dered to the blackboard had the school board, and that’s thinner than the notebooks to write the same word over where the inspector held we usually used for our
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and over again. For those of us in the lower grades, we had to print the alphabet, and I lived in constant fear that I would mix up the letters and be forced to spend another year in Primer Book. All of this, getting us ready for the writing of our
A stack of foolscap pads with bright pink covers, one for everyone of us at the Northcote School was piled neatly waiting for the day final exams. Miss Crosby drilled us on arithmetic and history, and of course, we had to know the name of every township in Renfrew County! So all of this was reviewed long before exams and heaven forbid that we mixed up and put our township in Lanark County by mistake!
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So there sat the pink foolscap pads. They were more than a gentle reminder what was in store for us in a few weeks. As well as trying to remember everything we had been taught for the past year, those pads told us we better toe the mark, or we would
Pet of the Week: Abbot (ID# A200483) and Costello (ID# A200484) Meet Abbot and Costello, two friendly finches looking for a new home together. Abbot and Costello are best friends who can’t wait to entertain you with their beautiful songs and playful antics.
As people get older, many begin to imagine the world after them. Will they be remembered? Will they leave, in the words of Buffy Sainte-Marie, “Something of lasting value beyond myself”? The Ottawa Humane Society shelter at 245 West Hunt Club Road is part of many people’s legacy. And saving lives is a part of many more. Each year, the kindness of people who remember the animals in their will allows the OHS to make major purchases such as emergency vehicles and surgical equipment that save lives and simply could not be afforded any other way. Their kindness allows the OHS to launch projects that will save animal lives in the future without risking the lives of animals that need us today. When people tell the OHS of their intention to remember the animals in their will, their kindness is honoured with a place in the OHS 1888 Legacy Giving Society. Their names appear on the OHS legacy wall, revealed at an induction ceremony held each spring. It is a solemn thank you. And the OHS hopes it is a reminder of the legacy that everyone present is leaving, a better life for animals and a kinder, more compassionate community, something of lasting value beyond themselves. Learn more at www.ottawahumane.ca/legacy.
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June 1
The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary’s monthly business meeting 1:30 - 3 p.m., at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd., behind Hunt Club Nissan. Refreshments are served and all are welcome. For more information, call Linda 613823-6770 or go to facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
June 2
River Ward hosts its third annual Strawberry Social at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre, 3320 Paul Anka Dr., from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be a shuttle service leaving the Alexander Community Centre at 12:15 p.m., and returning to the centre once the event is over. Reservations are required for this transportation by calling 613-5802486 or emailing shannon.hall@ ottawa.ca.
June 3
Big art and plant sale in Westboro from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 470 Roosevelt Ave. (Two blocks south of Richmond Road). Affordable artwork and jewelry by local artists. Great selection of plants, books, treasures, home baking and our friendly café. Books, Baking and Blooms Sale, 9 to noon, Woodroffe United Church, 207 Woodroffe Avenue. Pick up summer reads, something for your sweet tooth and plants for home and garden. Enjoy delicious bacon on a bun while you shop. For more information, call 613-722-9250. The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling homemade baked goods, original crafts, plants, gardening magazines, jewelry, books and other treasures at its Spring Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the animal shelter 245 West Hunt Club Rd., behind Hunt Club Nissan. Admission and parking are free. For more info call 613-823-6770 or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary. Annual Carlington Yard and Plant Sale. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Harrold Place Park. Enjoy live music while you peruse perennials, yard sales and more. For information email greening@carlingtoncommunity.org or visit www.carlingtoncommunity.org.
Perennial plant and bake sale hosted by the Friends of Churchill Recreation Centre. Sale is in the parking lot at 345 Richmond Rd., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cash only please. Mensa Canada will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in Ottawa this year, alongside Canada’s sesquicentennial events. If you ever wanted to take an IQ test, now is the time! A special discounted rate will be offered to test-takers at the annual gathering at Carleton University. To register, please send an email with “Mensa IQ Test Session” in the subject line to: ag2017@mensacanada.org. General info on the program of events at the annual gathering can be found at: http://ag2017. mensacanada.org/.
June 3 and 4
Doors Open Ottawa features more than 150 historically, culturally and functionally significant buildings to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. From Carp to Cumberland the buildings are free to tour. For full information, visit ottawa.ca/doorsopen.
June 4
Autism Speaks Canada Walk Ottawa, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata. It is free to register at www.ascwalk.ca. Autism Speaks Canada is a charitable organization that hosts annual fundraising initiatives like this Walk to support research, services, collaboration and awareness for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
June 10
Friends of the Farm June Blooms 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., by donation. Join us to celebrate Canada’s 150th with guided tours of the historic CEF Ornamental Gardens, meet Blooms book author Richard Hinchcliff, refreshments. www.friendsofthefarm.ca 613230-3276. St Mark’s Annual Garage Sale. 1606 Fisher Ave, Ottawa. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For info call the church office, 613-224-7431, email stmarks@stmarksottawa.ca or visitwww.stmarksottawa.ca. Take part in the Copeland Park Community Alliance’s (CPCA) Neighbourhood Yard Sale. From 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. with a rain date
of June 11. Check out the website for tips on how to have a successful sale and for the map. www. copelandpark.ca. The Curvy Girls Scoliosis Support Group of Ottawa (CGO) Sixth Annual Scoliosis Awareness Walk & Roll, Saturday, June 10, Stanley Park, 193 Stanley St., New Edinburgh. Join us for the 2 kilometre walk and other activities: face painting, hair coloring, zumba, silent auction, nordic walking. Registration is $30 at the event from 8:30am or @ www.curvygirlsottawa.ca. Contact us at 613233-7182 or curvygirlsottawa@ gmail.com for more information. This event is held to raise awareness, educate teenagers and families and promote early diagnosis and treatment of Scoliosis which is an abnormal curvature of the spine. Prose in the Park, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Parkdale Park, 366 Parkdale Ave. Featuring, story tellers, and the festival opens at noon with a bilingual ceremony. A replica of a centuriesold trumpet will be used to call all the spectators to Stage 2. At 12:30 p.m. on Stage 2, M.C. Sang Kim will do a thirtyminute interview with readings with Terry Fallis, twice winner of the Leacock Medal. Visit www.proseinthepark.com for details.
June 11 Friends of the Farm Tree Tour at 2 p.m. building 72. Insect Tree Tour. Tour leaders will point out evidence of insect activity on leaves, twigs and bark of various trees. They will also comment on insects that are found on or off trees. The tour will highlight the interdependence of plants, insects and birds, all providing support for the natural world. Free and open to the public, register at trees@ friendsofthefarm.ca, donations kindly accepted friendsofthefarm. ca/arboretum-tree-tours/.
June 13
Ottawa West Christian Women’s Connection Event begins at 9:15 a.m. The speaker is Julie Eby, her topic: “Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?” and the singer is Sonja Milsom. The special feature topic is: “Canada’s 150th Celebration in Ottawa” Special feature presenter is: Marie-Soleil Bergeron. The event is held at the Arlington
Woods Hall, 225 McClelland Ave. Cost is $2 for newcomers or $5 for regulars, which includes fun, food, door prizes & childcare. For reservations call: 613-721-1257. Sponsored by RSVP Ministries.
June 17
The OHS Auxiliary will be hosting a garage sale to raise money for the Ottawa Humane Society animals. 9 a.m. - noon. 59 Larkin Dr., Nepean. For more information, call Linda 613-823-6770 or go to facebook. com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
June 24 and 25
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June 27 and 29
Bel-air Norsemen, midget, registration. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the KcKellar Park Fieldhouse, 539 Wavell Ave. Late registration available in July depending on roster space. All equipment provided. For more info, visit www. belairfootball.com.
VHA Health & Home Support (www.vhaottawa.ca) is not-for-profit organization that brings home care and wellness services to people’s lives. Operating since 1955, our bilingual services include: • home support services for seniors • personal care & respite services for seniors, people with physical disabilities & caregivers • attendant care services for people with physical disabilities
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS to the VHA Board of Directors Applications are now being accepted to join the Board of Directors of VHA Health & Home Support. The Board is interested in candidates with a passion for our mission and vision. Candidates will have previous governance experience and good knowledge of the health care environment and public policy. Principal areas of focus for this year’s recruiting are: • representation reflecting the cultural and ethnic diversity of Ottawa and Eastern Ontario • personal experience as a caregiver • recognized skills in marketing and communications • professional experience in legal, social work or information technology. If you would like to share your knowledge and experience in support of community-based healthcare, submit your resumé and a letter of interest outlining the following: • the skills, resources or perspectives you bring to the VHA Board; • your ability to commit to the time required to fulfill this role (3 – 6 hours per month); • what you hope to accomplish as a member of the VHA Board. Please forward to/or for more information contact to vha@vhaottawa.ca no later than June 30, 2017 Ottawa West News - Thursday, June 1, 2017 35
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