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News - Two slight changes were enough to hold up a controversial infill application in west Centertown. The application to convert a triplex at 186 James St. into a 10-unit low-rise apartment building doesn’t require a rezoning, but the city’s planning committee is required to make a decision on the developer’s application for a reduction in the number of parking spaces required through the cash-inlieu of parking process. The last-minute changes include a slight architectural change to align the slope of the roof and remove a flat portion, as well as a change to the location and amount of bicycle parking, according to Robert Martin, the project’s architect. The new plan is to use a vertical bike-storage unit to hang 10 bicycles in the southwest corner of the site, instead of the previous five spaces originally proposed to be tucked behind the visitor parking space. If the developer, Jordan Tannis, gets the committee’s approval, he would pay $8,560 to provide three parking spaces instead of 10. According to the planning rationale submitted to the city, absolving Tannis of the need to provide 10 stalls will allow him to offer affordable rental housing downtown. See INTERPRETATION, page 23
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Community - The draft community design plan for Scott Street, unveiled on Nov. 13, has elicited a positive response from community groups. Concerns remain however about the future of the actual street itself, which is forecast to eventually become a complete street designed for all modes of transportation.
Covering the neighbourhoods of Mechanicsville, North Hintonburg, Wellington Village, the Tunney’s Pasture federal complex, and the Parkdale Hub, the draft plan forbids up-zoning within lowrise residential neighbourhoods and designates Parkdale Avenue, Holland Avenue and Scott Street as secondary mainstreets, designed primarily for low-rise development. The plan also served to put
an upper limit on building heights in the Parkdale Hub, which is currently the site of a taller development application, while improving mobility for pedestrians and cyclists. The CDP process, overseen by the George Dark-led Urban Strategies planning firm, incorporated input from local residents and community groups. “Overall, I’m pleased with the plan itself and the effort
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News - Mayor Jim Watson and city council are throwing their support behind a move towards stiffer
eral MP Ralph Goodale, specifically asks judges to consider attacks on onduty transit workers as an “aggravating circumstance” during sentencing. The motion comes on the heels of a superior court judge’s decision
penalties for people who assault bus drivers. Bills C-402 and C-533 would stiffen penalties for offenders convicted of assaulting public transit workers. The second bill, introduced by Lib-
to hand a suspended sentence to a man who admitted to beating an OC Transpo driver on April 22. A plea deal means the man won’t serve any time in jail and will get one year of probation. The union that represents Ottawa bus drivers, Amalgamated Transit Union 279, strongly supports strengthened legislation. “We have to stop this,” the local’s president, Craig Watson, said last
month. A minimum sentence would send a clear message that bus driver assaults are unacceptable in today’s society, he added. OC Transpo recorded 59 incidents of violence against bus operators last year. In 2011, there were 2,061 driver assaults reported across Canada. The city’s transit commission already registered its support for Bill C-402 in 2012.
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zone. Users can also view live video from any of the 200 traffic cameras located around the city. In addition, users can connect with other services available in the area, such as OC Transpo’s mobile “Mobi” website, Capital Bixi bikeshare stations, Pay-By-Phone parking meter service or Ottawa Ride Match. “You can move around the city and as you move, you will be connected to relevant apps,” said Hossein Rahnama of Flybits. By the spring, Ottawa Nav should have two additional features: a route planner and a tool that shows how much capacity is left in park-andride lots. A version for Blackberry devices should be available in the next few months as well. The app has two modes: driver and passenger. If driver mode is selected, the device’s screen will be locked and it will emit verbal updates on traffic conditions and incidents in the area.
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That feature is intended to reduce distracted driving, Rahnama said. Passengers will have access to more features, including traffic cameras. Similar information can also be obtained on the city’s website, ottawa.ca, by navigating to the travel and mobility information page. The city paid $95,000 for its part of the partnership with Flybits. The app will be useful as the city continues to rebuild and resurface roads and construct the light-rail system, said Mayor Jim Watson. “These are important projects that are shaping our communities,” he said, “but they are also presenting changes in getting around.” While the city used to rely on media outlets to pass along traffic information to travellers, tools like Ottawa Nav allow the city to connect directly with citizens to instantly pass along useful information, Watson said. The app will also give the city information on traffic patterns and pinch points. Individual trip information won’t be reported back to the city in order to protect privacy, Rahnama said.
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News - The question of whether construction and skilled trade workers crossing the Ontario-Quebec border for work are being treated fairly was considered during a roundtable discussion held Nov. 13 between members of the industry and Ontario labour minister Yasir Naqvi. The meeting at the Taggart
ister began exploring possible changes to the 2006 Labour Mobility Agreement between the two provinces at the session. The picture painted by members leaving the conference described a generally acceptable work environment for contractors and labourers, but with room for improvement. “Putting up a barrier (for Quebec workers) isn’t a solution; having these type of con-
Family YMCA/YWCA follows in the wake of a failed bill tabled earlier this year by Progressive Conservative MPP Jack MacLaren, called Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act, which sought to restrict Quebecers’ access to Ontario construction jobs. The proposed legislation brought a heightened awareness to the cross-border work situation, and members of the industry and the labour min-
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targets by virtue of our dump trucks and we seem to be an easy prey for compliance,” said Barr. “We get stopped numerous times a day. We’ve had members stopped as many as seven times. When they come into Ontario it is pretty much free will -- they get free reign and no one’s looking. We need to get the right government bodies to start doing some compliance and spot check them to make sure they’re playing on a level and fair playing field with Ontario workers.” Barr said he likes the idea of having Quebec construction and skilled trade workers register with the necessary regulatory bodies before working in Ontario, as it would be economically beneficial to the province while serving to eliminate the underground economy. An idea floated at the meeting was having Quebec workers register with the Ontario College of Trades, a recentlyformed independent body that draws fees from workers employed in the province. Naqvi said this idea merited
further examination. “This is one of the issues I’m going to follow up on, and sit down with colleges of trade to better understand how are they looking at workers from other jurisdictions,” said Naqvi. “I think there was fairly general consensus around the table that there should be a level playing field, that the rules that apply to Ontario skilled trades should apply to skilled trade workers (either) from Quebec or other provinces.” A report examining the application of the 2006 mobility agreement was supposed to be issued in 2011, but currently sits uncompleted. Naqvi said he is attempting to expedite the final report in order to use it “as a catalyst for engaging in conversation” when he meets with the Quebec labour minister in the near future. The trucking and heavy equipment sectors of the construction industry will be a specific focus for Naqvi, as there are more barriers affecting them. Naqvi said he plans to hold follow up meetings with representatives from these sectors.
Tunney’s revamp to be revealed Nov. 27 Laura Mueller
tial units to the campus, all of ment and sold to developers, them concentrated along Park- who would then have to seek individual rezonings from the dale Avenue. Both master-plan options city before developing any resNews - More than a year after the last meeting, the fed- are dominated by office build- idential buildings. The meeting eral government is going back ings, including plans to keep a takes place Wednesday, Nov. to the public with its vision for few of the existing buildings. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the conthe future of Tunney’s Pasture. While the plans showed a strip ference room of the Jean Talon But the National Capital of residential buildings along Building at Tunney’s Pasture Commission’s preferred mas- Parkdale Avenue, a couple at 170 Tunney’s Pasture Driveter plan option for the campus of mixed-use or office/retail way. Free parking is available won’t think too far outside the buildings in the centre of the after 4:30 p.m. The government’s preferred box. Two options presented in site were the only detours from September 2012 failed to wow a dense office development master plan option will be preparticipants in attendance, who that is planned to house twice sented in an open-house forsaid the proposals should add as many workers over the next mat so participants can attend at any time during the session. more retail and residential 25 years. For information or to submit During the meeting, a fedbuildings to the campus than eral official said the strip along comments, email tunneyspaswhat was proposed. The plans would add be- Parkdale would be declared tureplan.planpretunney@pwExceptional financetween and lease a wide range through July 31st. gsc-tpsgc.gc.ca. surplus of byvehicles. the federalNow govern800 andrates 1,000on residenlaura.mueller@metroland.com
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Women, girls, study what it takes to feel safe in public Results of safety audit, workshops revealed at city hall Steph Willems steph.willems@metroland.com
News - With a recent rash of reports detailing attacks on women in Ottawa, a timely speaking event at city hall sought to address some of the issues facing residents. While advice aimed at helping these individuals avoid a potential attack are sometimes met with backlash over perceived “victim-blaming,’ the reality in Ottawa and any other large city in 2013 is that danger for women and girls exists, and along with it fear. How does this threat to safety manifest itself in the behaviour and feelings of women and girls, and what can be done to make public spaces safer? Those questions were explored on Nov. 14, as the Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Speaker’s Series looked at the results of a west-end safety audit. Titled Women and Girls’ Eyes on the Neighbourhood: Feeling Safe in Public Space, the findings in the study stem from a safety audit and workshops organized by the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, the City for All Women Initiative and Women’s Initiatives for Safer Environments. An array of women and girls from the socio-economically diverse communities of Foster Farm, Michelle Heights, Britannia Woods and Morrison Gardens were engaged in conversations and surveyed during the study, while a safety audit
was staged to contrast with results from a 2007 audit. “Women’s safety, as in all aspects of civilized society, is dependent on the concerted, collaborative and collective efforts of all members of society, said Crime Prevention Ottawa chairman Shad Quadri. Quadri said that service providers can only deliver on their mandate of keeping communities safe if residents become involved in the process. According to Robynn Collins of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, “safety is a serious obstacle to achieving gender equality,” and that “violence demonstrates lives and fractures communities.” In the study’s survey, participants were asked to gauge their feelings of safety (or lack thereof) using the Remsberg Awareness Spectrum. The responses of the 41 women surveyed were revealing – of the total, 20 participants reported feeling unsafe or somewhat unsafe while walking in their neighbourhoods. Of those who reported feeling safe, 12 participants admitted there were times when they did feel unsafe. Thirty out of the 41 said they felt safe or somewhat safe while taking public transit, while nine out of 41 said they sometimes felt unsafe at transit shelters. During conversations with the participants of the workshops, Roberta Della Picca of City for All Women Initiative said she noted a “cross-genera-
tional shift in respect to young women’s attitudes towards harassment.” “I was shocked what some women are tolerating in society today,” she added. With the aim of changing neighbourhoods to make women and girls feel safer, participants were asked to identify the various elements that make them feel unsafe. Elsy David of Women’s Initiatives for Safer Environments said that improvements were noted between this safety audit and the one performed in 2007, but opportunities for further improvements existed. Improved lighting, signage, maintenance of certain areas and increased visible patrols from police and Ottawa Community Housing safety officers were listed as solutions. Recommendations stemming from the study included the aforementioned community improvements, plus the need for increased resident participation and engagement, education, further involvement from community partners (including OC Transpo and Ottawa Community Housing), visual expressions of public pride in their community, and beautification projects. Included in the discussion of the study results were representatives from the Ottawa Police Service, OCH, OC Transpo, and Bay Coun. Mark Taylor, all of whom pledged their continuing support in increasing safety for women and girls in Ottawa communities.
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Steve Clay of Ottawa Community Housing, left, speaks during the Crime Prevention Ottawa Speaker’s Series at city hall on Nov. 14. Members of a panel, including Ottawa Police Superintendent Jill Skinner and Bay Coun. Mark Taylor, right, listened to the results of a study on women’s safety in Ottawa, organized by three service organizations.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa on November 13, 2013 established its intention to designate the St. Charles Church, 135 Barrette Street, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Description of Property St. Charles Church, 135 Barrette Street, constructed in 1908, is a large, brick clad wooden Roman Catholic Church. It is located between Beechwood Avenue and Barrette Street in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood. Heritage Value The cultural heritage value of St. Charles Church lies in it being a good example of the Québec Neoclassical style, its important role in the Francophone Catholic community and in its contextual value as a landmark in Vanier. Designed by Québec architect Charles Brodeur, St. Charles Church is a good example of the Québec Neoclassical style. Neoclassicism was popular in Canada from 1800 until 1860 but churches continued to be built in this style in Québec and French-speaking Parishes outside of Québec into the 20th century. Typical of the style, St. Charles Church has a smooth, symmetrical façade and a simple, cruciform plan. It features a symmetrical fenestration pattern, and a projecting entrance tower topped by a wooden belfry and flanked by two tower like corner pilasters topped with smaller belfries. St. Charles Church has historical value for its association with the Francophone Catholic community in Ottawa. The congregation was formed in 1908 in response to demands by the local Catholic community who thought that other Francophone churches in Ottawa were too far away from Vanier. In 1912, Father François-Xavier Barrette was appointed Parish Priest and under his guidance, the church quickly became the centre of the Francophone Catholic community in Vanier. In 1926, Barrette and a small group of civil servants formed the Order of Jacques Cartier, an all male secret society intended to protect and promote Francophone Catholic values. It grew rapidly in the first half of the 20th century and is credited with the development of many Francophone organizations including Club Richelieu International, a service club that is still active today. The Order of Jacques Cartier was dissolved in 1965, as a result of the societal changes prompted by the Quiet Revolution. The location of St. Charles Church along the curve of Beechwood Avenue and its tower topped with a blue neon cross make it a prominent local landmark. It has contextual value as it contributes to the distinctive French Canadian identity in the Vanier community. Objections Any person wishing to object to this designation may do so by letter, outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information. This letter must be received by the Clerk of the City of Ottawa either by registered mail or personally delivered within 30 days of the publication of this notice. When a notice of objection has been received, the Council of the City of Ottawa will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a Hearing and a Report. For additional information, please contact:
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Community design plan envisions a greener Scott Street Steph Willems steph.willems@metroland.com
Community - Hard work on the part of community members, the city and members of the design firm Urban Strategies has yielded a draft community design plan for the Scott Street area. Encompassing North Hintonburg, Tunney’s Pasture, Mechanicsville, Wellington Village and the Parkdale Hub, the area covered by the plan is complex, with distinct differences between built forms. The process kicked off early this year following a flurry of development proposals in the area, which spurred area representatives into creating a long-term plan to guide growth. During the draft plan’s unveiling at the Hintonburg Community Centre on Nov. 13, Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs said that 300 local residents had provided input into the document. The future of the area’s density, traffic flow, pedestrian and cycling facilities and zoning are all covered under the comprehensive plan. According to Tim Smith of Urban Strategies, the draft plan sees Holland and Parkdale avenues, as well as Scott Street, become secondary main streets, suited primarily for low-rise, mixed-use developments, but “with some exceptions on Scott.” Several properties along Parkdale north of Scott have already been zoned for high density development, while the rest contain existing de-
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In its current form, Scott Street is no beauty, with long-standing issues of high speeds and limited mobility. However, the draft community design plan for the area, unveiled on Nov. 13, envisions Scott as a complete street, with the southern edge shifted northward to allow for trees and a cycle path. velopments of a mid- to highrise character. Tunney’s Pasture is slated for eventual redevelopment, with the addition of residential and mixed-uses sometime in the future, part of a separate plan guided by the federal government. The draft CDP sees much of Mechanicsville, North Hintonburg and Wellington Village keep their current lowrise residential character, while the east side of Parkdale (south of Scott) and the west side of Holland would be limited to four storeys under its secondary mainstreet
designation. The Parkdale Hub (south of Scott and north of Spencer Street) would be designated mixed-use and allow heights graduating from a maximum of 12 storeys on Spencer to 18 storeys along Bullman Street, and eventually to a maximum of 25 storeys in the area facing Scott. Those buildings, if proposed and built, would have to have six-storey podiums with the taller tower set back from the edge a minimum of 3.5 metres. These height limits are significant, as a development proposal currently exists that
seeks to go higher in this area. Richcraft Homes has proposed two towers of 28 and 32 storeys for the southwest corner of Parkdale and Scott, but has stated it intends to respect the results of the CDP process. Through the Tunney’s Pasture and Mechanicsville areas, improved cycling and pedestrian connections would develop over time, with the aim of improving access to the Ottawa River. Little opportunity exists for new park space in the heavily built-up area, though
Urban Strategies planner Eric Turcotte said existing parks – especially the expansive Laroche Park – would see improvements. “Laroche Park is also a part of the Bayview CDP, and conversations will continue to happen,” said Turcotte. “The CDP sets the stage for improvement of the park.” Neighbouring NCC land located on the south side of the John A. Macdonald Parkway is being eyed as new public green space. In Mechanicsville, which Turcotte calls “a great little place that needs to be fostered,” retail uses are viewed as appropriate around the intersection of Hinchey Street and Lyndale Avenue. The properties along the south side of Scott are irregular in shape and offer limited opportunities for tall building proposals, with an obvious exception in the form of the Odawa Native Friendship Centre site, which is the subject of a redevelopment proposal. The Hintonburg Community Association has previously spoken out about the proposal, which would see the conversion of the existing school building to offices, construction of townhomes facing Carruthers Avenue, and a 19-storey residential tower facing Scott. While most properties along Scott that could be redeveloped would see buildings of four storeys under the plan, Turcotte said the Odawa site could handle more. “It’s the only property
where you could actually do this,” he said, adding that a building in the 13 to 15 storey range would be appropriate. At ground level, Scott Street itself has been the subject of a number of meetings, given its potential use as a route for bus diversions during LRT construction. Through these discussions as well as the CDP process, residents, the Hintonburg Community Association and Hobbs have stated they wish to see Scott Street become a complete street, with better pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, and improved greenery. The draft CDP shows Scott with widened sidewalks and cycle tracks on the north and south sides of the roadway, with a double row of trees on each side. To accommodate these uses while respecting the homes located directly along Scott, the roadway would be pushed north one vehicle lane east of Merton Street in order to free up space. This could be achieved by either narrowing Scott to three lanes at this point - keeping the existing northern edge -- or by shifting the entire roadway slightly north. An environmental assessment would have to be conducted for this separate plan. The Scott Street CDP process will see comments accepted up until the end of the month before the plan is finalized. The document is expected to go before the city’s planning committee on Dec. 10.
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Further debate would decide whether this is achieved
while still keeping four lanes or by narrowing the road to three. Whitehead said he’s like to
see the latter scenario. “It’s a pretty brutal street right now, and it would be nice to have a buffer,” said Whitehead. “We strongly feel that Scott should be three lanes east of Merton Street. It’s already tight with the current sidewalk … This connects to what’s been done further west on Scott.” Whitehead said he holds concerns about the wording of the area’s secondary plan, which is created once the final CDP plan passes and its elements are incorporated into a zoning document.
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James McRae of the Mechanicsville Community Association sat on the public advisory committee that worked on the CDP, and feels the draft plan – and the process that preceded it – are both good. McRae said he liked the emphasis placed on defining where neighbourhoods were stable and where there were opportunities for intensification. He also approved of the emphasis on improving recreation and park infrastructure, while boosting cycling connections and mobility through pathways.
“Safe and pleasant mobility is huge concern for Mechanicsville residents today, and it will only get worse with the Transitway-LRT conversion project,” said McRae, referring to the proposed Scott Street bus diversions associated with that project. Although the draft CDP illustrates Scott’s future as a complete street, which won’t be realized until phase 1 of the LRT project is complete at the earliest, McRae is concerned about when the actual work of transforming the roadway will be done. “There is no funding and
no plan for allocating the funding to do this work … in the transportation budget,” said McRae. “I also worry what will happen to all those lovely trees, targeted sites for public art, beautified crosswalks, etc., that are intended to calm traffic and make the Scott corridor (a) place people want to use for something more than high-speed travel, once the engineers and accountants get a hold of the plan, if it ever does come to implementation.” A separate process, including an environmental assessment, would have to follow the CDP to realize the Scott Street improvements. The CDP itself is expected to go before the city’s planning committee on Dec. 10.
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number of years ago, I attended a graduation ceremony. The keynote speaker went on for what seemed like forever. But there was one line that stood out toward the end: “If we lift the level of the water, everyone’s canoe will float a little higher.” The message was that we, graduates, should go forth and do something for the betterment of society, specifically for the poorest among us. Last week, an article in the Globe and Mail by health reporter Andre Picard brought home the fact that we’re not doing enough in this country to lift the level of the water. Not by a long shot. In “Wealth begets health,” part of the Globe’s series called “The wealth paradox,” Picard puts forward some startling health statistics correlating to income. Here’s a quotable quote: “Virtually
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse every measure of population health – from child mortality to rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease and traumatic injury – is worse in poor areas than in wealth ones.” How can that be? Don’t we all have universal access to healthcare? Yes, writes Picard. But access is not the issue. Poverty, rather, is the underlying cause of disease. “Physiologically, the damage done by poverty – absolute and relative,” writes Picard, “is believed to be caused principally by stress, which can affect brain development, cause heart damage, and can even alter DNA.”
There are so many shocking statistics and quotes in Picard’s article that it’s hard to know where to begin to solve the problems. He notes that “the risk of dying of cancer within five years of diagnosis is 47 per cent higher in the low income group than the high income one,” that those in low income groups are less likely to have a family doctor, that “people living in poor neighbourhoods have a 37 per cent greater risk of suffering a heart attack than those in wealthier communities.” He tells us that “children born to low-income parents are twice as likely to end up
in special education class and three times as likely to suffer mental health problems than those in the highest income group.” Further, those in low income groups are more likely to drop out of high school, have a 58 per cent higher infant mortality rate and an 83 per cent higher rate of sudden infant death syndrome. At what point do we – and the governments that represent us – step in to turn this situation around? Are we all so concerned about our individual wealth that we can’t see the elephant in the room? And yet, there is almost nothing on the radar of today’s politicians that seems to address these stark realities. At the federal level, Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to tout his party as the one for Canadian families, and yet he has failed to introduce a national childcare strategy, and failed to implement any deep and meaning-
ful tax benefits for Canadian families. We’ve seen veterans pensions attacked and the old age security age hiked. Let’s face it, social spending is not, primarily, a Conservative value. At the provincial level, under the Liberals, we have seen cuts to healthcare, including, most recently, a halt to longterm physiotherapy services, a move that has penalized the elderly, the disabled and those on fixed income. School breakfast programs are the exception rather than the norm. And full-day kindergarten has failed to address the reality that families – single mothers in particular – need quality childcare, not shoddy education. At the municipal level – who knows what’s going on at the City of Ottawa? It seems bus fares and library user fees increase at every annual budget – two things that affect low-income families
more than anyone else – while the police budget is forever increasing. The food bank is taxed – with increasing demand year over year – with people mostly donating only seasonally, and often with food that is lacking on the nutrition level. This is not just an issue for the political left. Poverty, as Picard notes, affects our economy and siphons tax dollars unnecessarily, affecting productivity, and adding costs to “an already overburdened healthcare system.” Picard cites one study that suggests if “those in the bottom 20 per cent of income earned as much as those one step higher on the income ladder, the savings to the health system would be $7.6 billion a year.” Are you looking for a raise? Or are you looking to raise the level of the water? Can’t we work together to get everyone’s canoe to float a little bit higher?
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ity council will soon begin discussions about a new layer of red tape designed to single out students and their landlords. The move is an attempt to create a second class of people in our city: renters. Coun. Rick Chiarelli plans to propose the regulation of rental properties, but only near Algonquin College. Landlords would need licences, and those licences would be in jeopardy if the renters bother the neighbours. Our youth, it seems, should be neither seen nor heard. It’s a case of picking on the voters a councillor may feel they can ignore as they placate homeowners who may be bothered by noise or mess at a nearby rental property. Never mind that the city has noise and property standards bylaws already in place; better to cater to those who cast ballots in greater numbers. The proposed regulation also presumes homeowners don’t make noise or a mess. There’s no hint that homeowners might need regulating in Chiarelli’s world. Adding the red tape of a licensing system for landlords near Algonquin could result in good, neighbourly students being booted out if landlords
decide one young person is one too many. Why take chances? If the process in onerous enough we may also see some landlords throw their hands up and walk away, selling off properties for non-residential uses. Would homeowners near the college prefer a drivethrough fast food outlet or gas station next door or across the street instead of rental homes? It should be obvious to anyone buying a home near Algonquin College that students may also want to live in the neighbourhood. Today’s students and those seeking an education in the future shouldn’t pay the price for a homeowner’s lack of due diligence. Push out the students – from neighbourhoods within walking distance of the college – and maybe we can instead look forward to having a “student ghetto� elsewhere in our city where there are fewer complaints (or ones the bylaw department can ignore) instead of young renters spread evenly amongst us. The Chiarelli plan probably sounds like music to the ears of some homeowners, but it also says owners have more rights than renters. This person is more important than that person. That’s both divisive and small-minded.
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ith increasing frequency, you get reminders of how time has changed. Take this week, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The first reminder of how much time has changed is the fact that anyone under the age of, say, 55 has no recollection at all of the event – an event that older people, and not just Americans, count as one of the most important memories of their lives. For those who are old enough, the Kennedy assassination is one of those where-were-you moments. Some of the others might be, for Canadians, the October Crisis of 1970, another event that many are too young to remember, and 9/11, which is still way too close. Those of us who were around at the time John Kennedy was shot remember being glued to our TV sets all weekend. The assassination happened early Friday afternoon and TV coverage was around the clock. Unlike today, we were dependent on television and, to a lesser extent, the newspapers, for the latest developments. Today information would be flying around on the Internet every minute. Not all of that information would be accurate, mind you. Those were the days of afternoon newspa-
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events at the World Trade Center in New York, and as recently as this month, a Toronto newspaper, The Sun, put out an extra to recount the latest developments in the Rob Ford saga. On such occasions, newspapers remember how important they are to people and go to extra lengths to put the information out. But by now, most readers are accustomed to going on line, often on newspaper websites. Times have changed. It would be nice if afternoon newspapers were around to record them. What we in the newspaper biz were told back in the ’80s was that people were demanding a newspaper on their kitchen table in the morning. What we were also told, perhaps more significantly, was that advertisers wanted their ads on those kitchen tables all day, instead of just from late afternoon on. So all of the major papers in the country, and on the continent, went morning. It’s intriguing to speculate about what might have happened if they hadn’t done so. With those early deadlines, often before midnight, the newspapers could get to the breakfast table easily, but there wasn’t as much in them. Readers had to go elsewhere to find out who won some baseball and hockey games from the previous night. If they saw reviews of concerts, the reviews were written
about the first half. If there was a political development, a crime or an accident in the morning, they would read about it the next morning. That helped radio news and television news and, when it came along, that helped the Internet. The daily newspaper was becoming less of a factor in people’s daily lives and less central to them when a major event occurred. Obviously there are still things a newspaper can do, such as provide exhaustive coverage, in-depth reporting and context. On Nov. 22, 1963, people looked to the daily newspaper for it. Today they look elsewhere.
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Feedback sought on possible changes to Parkdale offramp area Steph Willems
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Community - Significant changes could be coming to the neighbourhood just north of the westbound 417 off ramp at Parkdale Avenue. A Ministry of Transportation notice was emailed to constituents last week via Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, describing roadway changes proposed for the off ramp, Westmount Avenue (which currently serves as the ramp), and the intersection with Parkdale Avenue. Public feedback is being sought from members of the community.
A row of houses once located on the south side of Westmount has already been demolished to make way for ramp realignment, a move that was controversial within the community. The ministry now recommends aligning the ramp further south to hug the 417’s embankment, while Westmount Avenue would become its own open to two-way traffic again, but with a cul-de-sac preventing access from Parkdale Avenue. At a public meeting held in April, the ministry proposed building a noise barrier between the new off ramp and Westmount, while allowing right turns onto Parkdale from Westmount. Un-
der the new proposal, that particular traffic flow would not be allowed. “In order to address public concerns for pedestrian safety at this location, the ministry is recommending that direct vehicular access between Parkdale Avenue and Westmount Avenue be eliminated,” the release reads. “This requires Westmount Avenue to be converted from a one-way street to a cul-de-sac with two-way traffic.” Public comments to the ministry will be received until Nov. 29. Hobbs said she welcomed comments and Steph Willems/Metroland encouraged residents to copy her on Westmount Avenue, seen here being used as the westbound Parkdale emails to the ministry about the road- off ramp, would become a dead-end street under changes proposed by way proposal. the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
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News - A study of a tunnel for heavy trucks under the city’s downtown is no longer a pipe dream, says Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury. After months of discussions with the provincial Ministry of Transportation, Fleury will ask the city’s transportation committee and council to formally request that the province partner on the study to bury the truck route. And he expects the province to say “yes.” “It’s going to come very quickly,” Fleury said. “Now that it’s going to be in the (transportation master plan), we have a good plan.” Fleury’s motion would have the city formally ask the province to partner and help pay for a feasibility assessment for a tunnel from Highway 417 to the MacDonaldCartier Bridge. Fleury said the study could cost around $750,000, which would be shared between the
city and province if Ontario agrees to it. Once that motion is adopted, it would mean the city has a plan in place for how it wants to tackle the truck issue. That will give the idea the weight it needs for the province to consider it, Fleury said. The motion was still on the table to be considered by transportation committee when this newspaper went to press. But Fleury said councillors, staff and the mayor’s office are on board. The tunnel is an alternate solution to get trucks out of the downtown, following the provincial government’s decision to scrap plans for a new, east-end bridge to Quebec that could have eased the number of trucks going through the downtown. Approximately 2,500 trucks travel through Lowertown on King Edward Avenue on a typical weekday and that number is expected to increase by one or two per
cent each year. The truck route through the city takes them onto Waller and Rideau streets as well. In the past, the possibility of a tunnel was excluded from interprovincial transportation studies due to “technical and operational” reasons, including the expense of digging a tunnel through a densely developed area. The more recent effort to study a route for a new interprovincial bridge dragged on for six years and spent $7 million before the province indicated it didn’t support any of the three proposed routes. The National Capital Commission subsequently stopped the study shortly thereafter back in June. At the time, Fleury said the NCC stepping back bolstered the transportation ministry’s responsibility to address the issue. “It puts the pressure back onto the MTO and the province,” he said at the time. “It’s clear now that the MTO needs to find a way to connect the 417 to the 400-series
highway on the Quebec side, which is the 50.” In June, Fleury said he saw a “political willingness” to address the truck issue since
the province flatly rejected a bridge. As far as the NCC’s role in solving the truck issue in the future, In June Fleury said “we’ll see.” At the time, NCC chairman Russel Mills was not
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News - Keeping children healthy is what CHEO does best. The organization launched a 20week program designed on helping parents in the community keep their children healthy and active. The program, called CHEO Healthy Kids, will allow the hospital to share their expertise and information to parents in the community. Whether a coach, teacher, student, community group, advocate, health service provider, volunteer, or concerned citizen, everyone’s actions affect and contribute to the health of children in the community, say experts from the hospital. CHEO is looking for people to nominate an individual, organization, or program that goes the extra mile to keep children physically active and healthy. CHEO, which boasts some of Canada’s top experts in physical and mental health of children and teens, launched their new program on Nov. 13 on CTV. “There will be 70,000 more children and youth in our region in 20 years than there are today, so it will be increasingly important to work to prevent illness and injury, rather than treat it after,” said Alex Munter, president and chief executive officer of CHEO. “The role of the community in keeping children and youth healthy is irreplaceable, which is why CHEO is striving to help connect kids and their families with all the resources they need. We take our role as a leader in children’s health seriously, and
we want to inspire others to do the same.” CTV is airing weekly CHEO Healthy Kids segments, which looks at the physical and mental health of children. The program features CHEO experts and patients discussing some of the simple and affordable things parents can all do in their homes, or what teachers can do in their schools, and how local communities can make a difference – such as encouraging regular physical activity with sports and recreation, and how that directly affects their mental health. The campaign will culminate in an awards ceremony to recognize individuals and organizations who are helping kids in the Ottawa community. The CHEO Healthy Kids Awards will be co-chaired by Laureen Harper, wife of Canada’s prime minister. People may apply directly or be nominated for one of these following award categories: • Youth for Youth: Initiatives/programs created by youth, for youth • Community Champion: an individual who went the extra mile for youth • Community Program Corporate: a non-profit program or initiative which contributes to the healthy de-
velopment of children and youth. • Help for Special Needs Projects: programs or individuals that enrich the lives of children and youth who are developmentally delayed, medically challenged, technologically dependent or who rely on complex or palliative care. • Connected Care: people working together to accomplish more than any one group • Health Advocacy and Public Education: an individual or organization who raises awareness for a key issue which impacts the health of children and youth, or influences a change in government policy that will positively impact them and their families. Organizations, programs or individuals are encouraged to self-nominate. The deadline for applications is Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. The winners will be chosen by a panel of judges and will be honoured on March 26, 2014 at the CHEO Healthy Kids awards ceremony. Winners will receive a commemorative plaque and a reward of $500 to be reinvested into their program. For more information, please contact Dennise Albrecht, director of partnerships and advocacy at CHEO, at 613-737-7600 ext. 2220, or Alyssa Nader at 613-737-7600 ext. 3785.
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AccessAbility Day 2013 and National Housing Day in Ottawa - Creating Accessible Housing for Everyone In recognition of AccessAbility Day and National Housing Day in Ottawa, please join emcee Jody Mitic, a Canadian soldier who incurred lifechanging injuries in Afghanistan in 2007, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of AccessAbility Day 2013 and National Housing Day in Ottawa. The City invites Ottawa residents, service providers, architects, affordable and social housing providers, builders and developers to learn about best practices and advancements in accessible and affordable housing and share their ideas. Event details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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News - Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli announced on Nov. 13 at an Ottawa press conference that Ontarians will get to have their say on the proposed Energy East Pipeline. TransCanada announced the pipeline project in August. If approved, Energy East would transport more than one million barrels of Alberta oil through Ontario to Canada’s east coast. The project needs to be approved by the National Energy Board (NEB) to go ahead. If it gets the NEB’s approval, about 2,000 kilometres of pipeline would be built in Ontario, including underneath the Rideau River. Environmental activist group Ecology Ottawa applauded Chiarelli’s plan to incorporate community concerns, including those of First Nations communities, in a report that will go to the Ontario Energy Board. The OEB will then submit a report to the NEB. No date has been set for when the consultation process will begin, but Chiarelli hinted it will be in the coming months. “We want this engagement with the Ontario Energy Board to inform
our intervention,” said Chiarelli. “So how much control do we have? It will have to be public suasion; it will be bringing evidence to the table as intervener. “We believe the strength of our argument will be very persuasive, especially given the nature of the consultations that we’ll be bringing to the table.” But doing so will not be easy, warns Ecology Ottawa’s Ben Powless, who attended the press conference at city hall. “No matter how it’s done, it’s going to be a challenge to make sure every single community and every single voice is heard,” said Powless. “When TransCanada went through and did their open houses and public consultation, already very few people knew about it. They didn’t really advertise them widely. I think that definitely needs to change.” He said he is concerned about the pipeline’s impact on the Rideau River, farming communities along the proposed layout of the pipeline, and its effects on aqueducts in the event of an oil spill.
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Community - Pint-sized polar bear advocate Olivia Clement is calling on her peers to save the animals’ arctic habitat. Olivia, 9, is a student at St. Andrew Catholic School in Barrhaven and has been on a crusade to save the bears since selling $200 worth of clay models in 2012 and donating it to the World Wildlife Fund. She has since adopted her very own bear, which is fitted with a tracking collar. Olivia is asking students children aged three to 16 years old to put brush to canvas in tribute to the arctic. The contest started in October and artworks made on a canvas no bigger than 23 by 30 centimeters can be submitted by Nov. 30. Olivia showed her troop of Girl Guides how to make the clay polar bears on Nov. 13. Submissions to the contest can be dropped off at bins at the Nepean
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uOttawa launches new user-friendly website Mobile-friendly redesign becomes site’s first major overhaul since 1997 Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com
News - After consulting with more than 5,000 students, the University of Ottawa has launched a new userfriendly website. The site, uottawa.ca, offers students a number of ways to find programs, costs, information about deadlines, events or library books without having to navigate away from the home page. “Our commitment uOttawa students is to continually improve the university experience, on campus and online. This new website is a major step forward,” said the university’s president Allan Rock. “We want the student experience to be rewarding from the very first click or tap.” According to the university, the website sees a large amount of traffic, with more than 4.6 million clicks per month and 51.5 million visits a year, including nearly seven million via mobile devices. To ensure the university was creating a mobile site students would find user-friendly, while designing the
website, more than 5,000 students were consulted in advance of the redesigned site’s creation. Executive director of communications at the university, Drew Anderson said the new website is both mobileand tablet-friendly and designed specifically to get current and prospective students the information they need more quickly. The university campus is front and centre, with background images of what life is like at uOttawa. “Increasingly, uOttawa.ca is the first point of contact between a future or current student and the university,” Anderson said. “We want visitors to find the information they came for, but we also want them to get a real sense of the immense beauty and vibrancy of our campus life.” The first major redesign of the website since its launch in 1997, the changes can currently only be seen on the university’s home page, but Anderson said eventually the entire uOttawa. ca will be on the new platform. SUBMITTED/UOTTAWA “We will listen to our users, particu- The University of Ottawa announces the launch of its new website, uOttawa.ca, which features tabs on the larly students, and we will continue to home page for students and prospective students to get important information such as calculating costs improve,” Anderson said. for courses at the school.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Jean Pigott Hall The City of Ottawa is undertaking an Environmental Assessment and detailed design study for the proposed Queen Street Renewal project. The project involves a comprehensive streetscape renewal of the Queen Street surface infrastructure from Bronson Avenue to Elgin Street (see map).
The anticipated modifications to the street surface will be in support of the Confederation Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and will address the anticipated increase in pedestrian volumes resulting from two LRT stations that will be constructed along Queen Street. The project will also be guided by the Vision and Strategic Directions of the City’s associated Downtown Moves: Transforming Ottawa’s Streets initiative, which designates Queen Street as a “Showcase Street”. The study process is following the requirements of a Schedule ‘C’ project under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Process. At the meeting, information regarding the study process, project objectives, existing conditions, alternative designs, and the preliminary evaluation of the alternatives, will be presented. City Staff and their consultants will be available to answer questions. For further information or to provide comments, contact the City’s project manager or the consulting team project manager at the addresses below. Ravi Mehta, P. Eng. Program Manager, Light Rail Projects Rail Implementation Office, Planning and Infrastructure City of Ottawa 160 Elgin Street Ottawa, ON K2P 2P7 ravi.mehta@ottawa.ca Tel.: (613) 580-2424 x 21712 Fax: (613) 580-9688
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corner of Bridge and Main.” Moffatt said he would hope anyone that purchases the property would do so because they appreciate the heritage quality of the home and the area. There could be more additions of Manotick buildings to the heritage register in the near future, Moffatt said. As part of the community design process for Manotick, the councillor said a public advisory group will identify other buildings in the village that could be protected in a similar way.
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But neighbours who see it as overdevelopment aren’t keen on it. They’ve come together to form a localized community group, Friends of James and Bay. The application was put off until the planning committee’s next meeting in December, but a dozen neighbours would have shown up to oppose it if they hadn’t received word of the delay said Brendan Hennigan, spokesman for the group. The application – one of the last of its kind, since the city killed the cash-in-lieu of parking program this summer – is an affront to the established west Centretown neighbourhood which is already crammed with cars, the Friends say. The group’s interpretation of the zoning differs from Martin’s; neighbours believe the development shouldn’t be
allowed to have more than six units. That’s in part because the existing building is registered as a legal duplex, even though it operates as a triplex. The Friends of James and Bay say their area is already intensified and houses a lot of people – they estimate 23 per cent of the homes there have been converted to contain two to four units. They are concerned that the provincial and municipal intensification policies only feature minimum goals – not maximum targets. Martin, who designs many infill and heritage re-use projects in Ottawa, said the 186 James St. conversion is appropriate for the area. “Someone walking by wouldn’t even turn their head – it would fit right in,” Martin said of his Victorian-style redesign. “I know there is a lot of opposition but I think in every sense this is a good fit.” “That was way to easy!”
The height of the building – around 11 metres – meets zoning requirements, Martin said. Other concerns that the rental units will be very small and un-liveable are unfounded, Martin said. Starting at 39 square metres, the bachelor, one- and two-bedroom units are to be larger than some of the tiny condo units coming onto the market in the city, Martin said. The neighbours and developer also disagree on engagement. While the Friends insist the developer himself didn’t want to meet with them, Martin says he’s made a largerthan-normal effort to engage the community on Tannis’s behalf. The Friends say Ottawa neighbourhoods are being “bullied into accepting change” without real input or access to all the information about development proposals. “We’re being stonewalled,” Hennigan said. “I just clicked and saved 90%”
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT Notice of Intention to Designate The City of Ottawa on November 13, 2013 established its intention to designate the Alexander Fleck House, 593 Laurier Avenue West under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Description of the Property The Alexander Fleck House is a two-and-a-half storey red brick residential building constructed in 1902 with a later two-storey addition on the western elevation. It is located at 593 Laurier Avenue West, at the corner of Laurier and Bronson Avenues, just outside the western border of Centretown in the City of Ottawa. Heritage Value The Alexander Fleck House’s cultural heritage value is demonstrated through its architectural significance as an excellent example of a Queen Anne Revival style house with a high degree of craftsmanship, its association with Alexander Fleck Jr. and the Fleck family, as well as its character as a community landmark.
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The house is valuable as an excellent example of the Queen Anne Revival style which was popular from the 1880s to 1910. The house, with its steeply-pitched, cross-gable roof with tall chimneys, projecting bays, stone porch with gabled roof and wood columns, use of multiple materials and its geometric and floriated motifs is typical of the Queen Anne Revival style. Excellent craftsmanship can be seen in the complex roof lines and massing, the intricate brick and stone work, as well as the decorative stained glass.
Is there a corner store or shop in your neighbourhood? Would it be convenient to have a neighbourhood store providing goods and services in your community?
Online questionnaire We want to hear your views on this important zoning study that will determine appropriate locations for local commercial zoning within existing residential neighbourhoods. Existing small shops, such as convenience stores, barbers, laundromats, florists and cafés, are often located in residential areas. Current zoning may not permit these businesses beyond what currently exists. This study will consider rezoning these sites, where appropriate, to permit the businesses to continue to contribute to their community. The study will also consider possible new locations for, scale of, and provisions for, neighbourhood-focused commercial uses that might fall between a home-based business and a full-fledged retail store.
Historical value is found in the building’s association with Alexander Fleck Jr. who owned and operated Alexander Fleck Limited, Vulcan Iron Works on Wellington Street in the late 19th and early 20th century. The general machine shop and foundry which was founded by Fleck’s father contributed to a number of important local projects such as the Cornwall Canal and Ottawa’s street rail system. They held the castings contract for the Canada Atlantic Railway and manufactured machinery for the saw and paper mill industries. Alexander Jr. lived in this house from the time it was constructed in 1902 until his death in 1923. His widow, Maud Fleck, stayed in the house until 1940. The Alexander Fleck house has contextual value as a neighbourhood landmark for its location at the corner of Laurier and Bronson Avenues and its prominent location on a limestone ridge.
Your participation is an integral part of this study.
Objections Any person wishing to object to this designation may do so by letter, outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information. This letter must be received by the Clerk of the City of Ottawa either by registered mail or personally delivered within 30 days of the publication of this notice. When a notice of objection has been received, the Council of the City of Ottawa will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a Hearing and a Report.
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For additional information, please contact:
Andrew McCreight Planner City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, On K1P1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 22568 E-mail: andrew.mccreight@ottawa.ca
Lesley Collins, MCIP RPP Heritage Planner City of Ottawa Planning and Growth Management Department 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21586 E-mail: lesley.collins@ottawa.ca
You are encouraged to visit the website at ottawa.ca/neighbourhoodstores for more information, and to provide your views through an online questionnaire from November 21, 2013 to January 31, 2014.
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Oblate land sale rumour swirls in Old Ottawa East Firm admits interest in Ottawa market, but won’t confirm specific deal Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
News - Old Ottawa East residents were atwitter about the future of their community as they celebrated the successes of 2013 at their annual general meeting. Two years after the community design plan envisioned new residents in the institutional lands beside St. Paul University, doubling the neighbourhood’s population, the community association received word that the property had finally been sold. At the association’s annual general meeting, held Nov. 12, members were told of a partnership between Monarch Homes and Walton Development and Management, a large North American landholding company. That’s not quite true, said Walton president, Jason Child in an interview. No transaction has been completed. “Yes we’ve been involved in the process,” he said. “Yes, we’re a natural candidate to buy it,” but any involvement in that procurement process has to remain confidential, Child said. “At this point, the official word is: we can’t talk about it.”
But Child said Walton, which has extensive undeveloped holdings in southwest Ottawa, is “very bullish on the Ottawa market.” “We’re eager to bring new ideas and new developments with the city,” he said. Old Ottawa East Community Association president John Dance emphasized during the annual general meeting that the community was looking forward to seeing the institutional Oblate lands developed – in the context of the recently adopted community design plan and secondary plan. Child said not all of Walton’s projects are developed in the context of such a plan. “That’s part of the city’s process and we’ll embrace that,” he said. “Ultimately, whatever the document is called, it comes down to what the community is excited to see.” Child said Walton’s main objective is to “do what’s right for the local community.” “Ultimately, our experience and our success in other market starts with a blank slate and being able to provide, whether it’s more integrated communities, different densities, different transit options, different infrastructure options … What we like to do
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Rumours concerning the potential sale and development of the Oblate lands located on Main Street, shown here in an undated photo, were discussed at the recent Old Ottawa East Community Association annual general meeting. is get involved on Day 1 and work our way through that.” The way Walton works is by “master planning” large parcels of land and then working with a group of local builders to develop and construct the area. Dance said the community association hasn’t been contacted by any company interested in purchasing the land, but the group looks forward to a dialog with any developers. 2013 SUCCESSES
Potential movement toward redeveloping the Oblate lands
would build on a great deal of activity in the neighbourhood over the last year. Dance outlined a number of wins – not the least of which was successfully lobbying the city to rebuild Main Street as a “complete street,” with wider sidewalks, cycling tracks and fewer lanes for cars. Construction on the street and the McIlraith Bridge will begin next year and there are still many opportunities for the community to participate, particularly when it comes to ongoing maintenance of newly greened corners and parkettes that will be built.
The neighbourhood also celebrated success in making its voice heard to protect the green space near the Lees apartment towers, which the city had proposed to pave over to provide alternate parking for the University of Ottawa to make up for a lot being taken over by LRT construction. The city’s decision to push the second phase of the Alta Vista Transportation Corridor over the Rideau River into Old Ottawa East was pushed down the list in the transportation master plan and the project won’t begin until
at least 18 years into the future at the earliest – a major success for the community, Dance said. The community is also receiving a lot of attention through a transit-oriented design plan for the Lees Station area. The footbridge over the canal from Clegg Street to Fifth Avenue was designed and won a city design award… although its construction was pushed down the schedule to be built between 2020-25. Completing and improving the Rideau River nature trail is also underway.
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Getting ready for the holiday season Elienne Chivers and Jean Read help sell some Christmas crafts at the Holly Days bazaar at Christ Church in Bells Corners. The craft event, held on Nov. 16, features gift baskets, wreaths, garlands, knitting and jewelry and also had a silent auction.
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‘It’s so important to know how our actions affect others’ Kanata South councillor urges students to speak out against bullying Blair Edwards
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Community - This is the year Jamie Hubley should have celebrated his 18th birthday. He had everything going for him. The Glen Cairn youth was a talented singer who enjoyed acting and entertaining others and also performed as a top10 provincial figure skater. “Unfortunately, Jamie was also bullied and targeted by people who didn’t know him,” said the boy’s father, Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, speaking to a group of grades 6 and 7 students during Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week at Katimavik Elementary School on Nov. 18. Jamie, an openly gay student at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School, attempted to start a Rainbow Club at the Glen Cairn school to create a safe haven for students to promote acceptance and where they could talk about anything with
no fear of being judged. But some of the students tore his posters down and he was called names like “fag.” In 2011, after years of bullying in both elementary school and high school, the 15-yearold boy took his own life. Jamie’s death led to the passage of a provincial bill with tougher penalties for bullies. The Canadian Red Cross also received $250,000 to set up its youth-led Stand up to Bullying and Discrimination project. During his presentation, Hubley asked students to speak up against bullying, reporting incidents to parents, teachers and friends, and to treat one another with respect and compassion. “It’s so important to know how our actions affect others,” he said. “Sometimes the things we say or do are hurtful to others even if we don’t mean to hurt.” During his presentation, Hubley asked the students how they could help stamp out
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Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley urges students to stamp out bullying during a presentation at Katimavik Elementary School on Nov. 18. bullying at their school. “Treat people the ways you want to be treated,” said a girl in Grade 6. A Grade 7 boy said, “Ask the (victim) if they’re OK.” This year, students at Katimavik Elementary will post photographs of themselves on a school wall under a banner
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on Wednesday, children were encouraged to wear pink as a sign of support for the victims of bullying. “It’s not just this week we should do this,” said deRoos. “We should be doing this the entire school year.” With files from Jessica Cunha
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Sports - A new playground and park, the first of its kind in Canada, will be built at NotreDame des Champs Park. The park will include a special baseball diamond, with rubberized flooring instead of grass, and extra-wide dugout and handicapped washrooms to allow children with physical handicaps to play. It was inspired by a local Orléans family, Rolly and Michelle Desrochers and their son, Bryce, 11. Bryce has cerebral palsy, so when his parents heard about the Miracle League accessible baseball diamonds and sports teams that run in the United States, a few calls were made. They contacted the Rotary Club of Orléans and Champions for Ottawa Baseball, and a Miracle League of Ottawa organization has been formed, which worked with the city to find a park. “I want to be the first person on the field when it is
built,” said Bryce in a press release. “My Mom and Dad have always encouraged me to get involved in team sports, and I do play sledge hockey in the winter, but I have always wanted to play baseball during the summer.” Volunteer Rosemary Thompson said Notre-Dame des Champs was one of the least-used parks in the city, and was along a transit line, so it made for a good fit. The city is supporting the project through the community partnership major capital program, and will fund 50 per cent of the $900,000 cost. It’s been in the works for over a year, and officially launched on Nov. 9 at Place d’Orléans. At the launch, Friends of Mer Bleue donated $100,000, from local Rotary Club members donated $30,000 and Champions of Ottawa Baseball gave $15,000. Once the park is up and running the Miracle League of Ottawa will mange the park in a partnership with the
city. The league will also run a “buddy league,” which will match children with disabilities with able-bodied children to run a ball league. “If a child couldn’t bat, you’d put the (other) child beside them,” Thompson said. “It’s really beautiful because it’s for all children, not just special needs kids. This park is built for every child to use.” Canada has one other Miracle League baseball field in Amhertsberg, Ont., but it doesn’t have a playground attached to it. The city has given the group three years to get the funds raised and the park built. By the end of 2016, the hope is that kids from all of eastern Ontario will be able to come and play ball. All features of the park and play structure – which is Canada-themed – will be accessible for children with different types of disabilities. “We have plans in place – they’re beautiful,” Thompson said. “Our focus now is really
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Angela Caniniti of the Nepean Skating Club gets some one-on-one pointers from former world champion figure skater Kurt Browning at the Nepean Sportsplex on Nov. 13. Browning, who is also well known for judging on Tv’s Battle of the Blades, worked with three groups of skaters during a full-day skate camp.
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Sports - Kurt Browning spins, swirls and then stops on a dime. At 47, the four-time world figure skating champion still cuts a dapper figure on the ice. Browning was at the Nepean Sportsplex on Nov. 13 for a full day of on-ice instruction hosted by the Nepean Skating Club. During a break, he said he misses some of the jumps he used to complete and listens closely to how his body feels
before hitting the ice. “It’s still a love affair (with skating),” Browning said. “It still feels like we’re dating.” Browning has two sons, ages six and 10, but he’s not sure if they’ll follow in their father’s precise footsteps. “The 10-year-old (Gabriel) likes to teach and the six-yearold (Dillon) might be a skater,” he said. Having Browning in the Sportsplex was an obvious thrill for some of the parents who watched their kids learning from a champion, but the young skaters know Brown-
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