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Should city councillors worry about being barred from voting on issues based on past election donations? Two motions introduced at the Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association’s Nov. 26 annual general meeting took aim at halting the practice of allowing corporate and union
donations to municipal candidates in Ottawa, while also stopping councillors from voting on any issue related to a campaign donor. The motions, introduced by CHCA member George Laing, would be the beginning of a citywide effort (including the advocacy of other community associations) to call on the city to ban the practice of corporate and union donations – a policy already in effect in Toronto
and the federal government. Ottawa, as well as the Ontario government, allows donations of up to a certain dollar amount from corporations and unions, while the province has no limit on third-party advertising at election time. Newly-elected councillors Jeff Leiper (Kitchissippi) and Tobi Nussbaum (Rideau-Rockcliffe) each ran highprofile campaigns with this policy at their core. Laing worked on Leiper’s campaign.
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The reasoning behind the motions, said Laing, was the need to reduce “the influence of money in local politics,” adding that there was “too much developer money at city hall.” This refrain became commonplace in October’s municipal election campaign. Given the precedent set by Toronto and the federal government, passing the first motion was easy once an amendment changed the wording to include “individuals only.” The second motion was deferred for further study, given a number of practical questions raised by residents regarding how far the law would go, and what exactly would constitute a conflict. For example, based on a question asked - if an individual donated to a winning candidate and then required that councillor’s advocacy on an issue affecting that resident, would they be barred from doing so? As well, if a committee made up of councillors faced a file that – under the proposed donation policy - recused several of them from voting, who would decide the file’s fate? The rationale behind the motion focused mainly on developers, but to maintain a level of fairness it was necessary to include all corporations, advocacy groups and unions in the wording. Ultimately, it was left to be tabled at another CHNA meeting. Speaking following the meeting, Laing said developers who submit
planning applications “have a lot of skin in the game, and it is to their advantage to get decisions that are in their favour,” though he refrained from saying whether he felt existing councillors have been influenced in that manner. Laing used the analogy of a judge accepting a gift from someone who was on trial. As for the implementation of the motion, should it become city policy, Laing said the intent was not to raise one councillor’s vote or reputation above others. The blurred lines of when and where the policy would apply would be made clear by the city’s legal team, he said. “The details of how it would be worked out would be figured out by the city hall lawyers, how to implement that kind of thing – they already have recusing rules as far as the votes go,” said Laing. Before the next meeting, the deferred resolution will be fleshed out to give greater clarity to its mechanics and to address question from residents. “It may be a little tricky to work out the details, but I think on the level of the principle it’s pretty good,” said Laing. “It was too much for the group to go through the ins and outs of the second motion, because there are a lot more ins and outs. Maybe we’ll get a discussion going online about it, send out some emails, and bring it to the next meeting.”
Area residents tackle hospital expansion plan at AGM Potential site on Experimental Farm land tops agenda Judging by the response at their annual general meeting on Nov. 26, residents of the Civic Hospital neighbourhood have mixed feelings about the namesake facility’s future move to a piece of land currently part of the Central Experimental Farm. The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association AGM, which saw president Karen Wright and vicepresident Peter Eady retain their positions, served as the community’s first opportunity to discuss the expansion plans alongside political representatives. New Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper (who was sworn in on Dec. 1) and Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar were available to comment on the issue. Though the hospital has long had a future expansion in mind, the transfer of 24 hectares of land on the south side of Carling Avenue last month brought the issue to the forefront of local discourse. The land, handed over from Agriculture Canada to the National Capital Commission for a future lease to the hospital, wouldn’t see construction started for at least a decade. “Most of us have been aware for some time that the hospital is outgrowing the site and getting old,” said Wright, explaining that she hasn’t received enough direct feedback on the issue to get a clear read of how residents feel. “There are some diverging emotions. We’re looking into doing
with some speaking out against the plan, while others advocated for it due to the community and city-wide benefit, making community consensus on the issue at this point in time appear elusive. Dewar explained the options the Civic campus and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care had in relocating to a more accommodating site were limited to the Carling/Experimental Farm location, or adjacent to the Nepean Sportsplex on Woodroffe Avenue. The Woodroffe location is 10 to 11 kilometres away from the current site, a trip of about 16 to 21 minutes driving time. “(Re-using) the existing site was a no-go,” said Dewar before impressing the need for residents to look at the project’s timeline. “It is true that this (issue) is in front of us, but this will take forever.” Dewar said he will stay engaged with the NCC on the issue, and tried to calm fears of the hospital plan being the vanguard of a much larger assault on the Experimental Farm by developers. “For those concerned about the integrity of the farm, as I am, there are measures to protect that integrity.”
some survey tools to get a sense of what larger sentiment exists in the community. Obviously, the CHNA will be involved in any discussions as that project moves forward.” Leiper, who was meeting his new constituents in a formal capacity for the first time, said he didn’t have a lot to add to the discussion regarding the hospital plan. He encouraged residents to continue to provide both him and the association with feedback on the issue, stating his desire to see community associations play a larger role in planning issues. “My concern (about the hospital plan) is the environmental aspects, the role of the hospital, and how the land will be utilized,” said Leiper, adding, “The role of this hospital within the Champlain (Local Health Integration Network) isn’t even defined yet.” Leiper envisions holding a onestop shop information meeting early in the new year alongside the area’s political representatives. Ultimately, he said, the question that needs to be answered is “do we want the Civic (campus) in Kitchissippi Ward?” Many residents at the meeting had already made up their minds,
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The new city council was sworn in for what will be the most “historic, productive, decisive and exciting” years in the city’s history, Mayor Jim Watson said during the Dec. 1 inaugural ceremony. Watson took the declaration of office, which was administered by justice of the peace Louise Logue, followed by eight new and 15 returning councillors, during a ceremony held at Centrepointe Theatre. Whoops and cheers went up from the crowd as each councillor’s name was called. Cheers were particularly loud for the new Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish, who was celebrating his 29th birthday during the swearing-in; for Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, the first openly queer woman elected to Ottawa council; and for returning Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, whose friends and family held up signs spelling out his name. Clad in the chain of office and a ceremonial crimson robe with fur trim, Watson gave his second inaugural address as mayor of the amalgamated city. This term, Watson said, will be defined by light-rail transit. Construction of the first phase of the LRT line will be completed by 2018 – the end of this term of council – and will be the single largest infrastructure project in the city since the Rideau Canal was built. “We know that this opportunity is a result of the hard work of those who have come before us,” he told a crowd of several hundred friends, loved ones and campaign workers who gathered in the theatre to celebrate. “Today, we are emboldened by the strong mandate we have been provided to forge our city’s transportation future.” Watson said the next phase of
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the $100 donation level, while a doubling of that donation nets a member an eight-DVD set featuring tours of 25 of North America’s most spectacular gardens. The intent is to emphasize the importance of public gardens and farmland while bringing members closer to the land they’re preserving. The Friends of the Farm are currently on the advocacy offensive after recent news of Experimental Farm land being set aside for the future relocation of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. The 24 hectares of land near the corner of Carling and Fisher Avenues has already changed hands from Agriculture Canada to the National Capital Commission for future leasing to the hospital. The details of the fundraising membership drive were worked out before the announcement, said Harrigan. “As a historical site, it doesn’t seem to have any protection,” she said, adding that the group views
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approximately 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 26, with “multiple shots” being fired into the home from the rear of the property, according to police. The bullets missed the children in the room and no injuries were reported. Random gun violence became a growing concern this year as the city saw a record number of shootings. In the
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cause allows donors to see their efforts being put to use. They know they are directly connected with the end result: one chicken, one family fed. Donors to food banks can feel the same connection because they know the can of corn or bag of oats they give will be cooked up and served at the table of a family in need of a little help. Money can obviously be put to use by the same food bank, but the connection is not the same. We see this desire to make a difference when an individual in our own community battles a serious disease. Suddenly a disease we’ve only heard of has a face and we realize this person is just like us. It’s only human to want to help them. Large charitable organizations must do even more to humanize their efforts. Large scale groups such as the United Way do good work, but they also create a layer of dispersal of funds that separates the giver from the person being assisted, and there is always the perception of some funds being used to keep the bureaucracy running. ’Tis the season to give.
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eniors are supposed to be gullible and targets for scammers of all kinds. You read that all the time, about door-to-door fraudsters, phoney charities and, especially, computers. Seniors are supposed to be babes in the woods when it comes to computers. I’m not so sure about that. The seniors I know are a pretty knowledgeable bunch. After all, if you’re 70 now, that means you were 40 or so when computers came to be widely used in workplaces and in your 50s when the Internet entered our lives. But maybe scammers don’t know that. The other day the phone rang and it was a guy from an authoritative-sounding outfit warning us that our computer had been taken over
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been laid. It turns out that hanging up was exactly the right thing – as it almost always is. There are many nasty things about the Internet. One of the nicer things is it enables us to get information confirming we are not alone. It doesn’t take a lot of savvy to double-check before accepting any kind of offer and most people do, since it’s now so easy. But obviously some people don’t, which helps to make these scams profitable. And there will be new ones coming along, new reasons to double-check, new reasons to hang up. Are seniors extremely vulnerable to such scams? I doubt it, but it is probably true that older people are more trusting than younger ones. The people who are seniors now were not brought up to fear that everyone was trying to cheat them. They were brought up to take what people said at face value. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES:
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The downside of that is that they may be more likely to be scammed. The upside of that is that they don’t spend every waking minute in fear that someone is trying to take advantage of them. If that’s what vulnerability means, it beats the alternative.
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the Nov. 19 announcement, which included dozens of Ottawa entrepreneurs. He said Ottawa has the most start-up companies of any Canadian city. Details about the actual date will be announced later. More information about the plans can be found online at entrepreneurshipday.ca.
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The holiday season is fast approaching and while typically we associate the Holidays with joyous gatherings of family and friends, traditions and good food, this can also be a particularly stressful time for many individuals and their families. Reactions to stress can affect us both physically and emotionally. It can affect our thinking and our mood. You may feel sad, helpless or anxious, or you might have trouble sleeping, eating or concentrating. Pay attention to how your body is feeling and recognize that physical and emotional reactions are normal.
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Help is available in Ottawa. • The Distress Centre answers calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with crisis line specialists providing confidential support. Callers can reach the Centre at 613-238-3311. • The Mental Health Crisis Line answers calls for people ages 16 or older 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Callers can reach the line at 613-722-6914. • Tel-Aide Outaouais offers French-language mental health telephone support from 8 a.m. to midnight every day. Ottawa residents can call 613-741-6433 and Gatineau residents can contact 819-775-3223. • The Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868) provides confidential 24/7 phone and web counselling for children ages 20 and under.
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• The Youth Services Bureau (YSB) offers crisis support to youth and their parents via a 24/7 crisis line at 613-260-2360. YSB also provides youth and family counselling.
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• Ottawa Public Health Info Line to speak to a registered Nurse at 613-580-6744 (TTY 613-580-9656).
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Glebe association to support Glashan greening project Michelle Nash
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The Glebe Community Association has voted to donate much-needed funds to Glashan Public School’s greening project. The Centretown school is currently trying to raise money to help add some greenery to its paved schoolyard. The project began when the school lost some of its trees due to the emerald ash borer infestation -- which highlighted the need for more shade and greenery. A group of parents formed a committee called the Glashan Greening Project, to address how to add some colour to the asphalt-covered space. The greening has largely focused on grounds improvements, and with more than $100,000 in donations and in-kind contributions towards the project, 2015 will see new landscaping put in place including seating, outdoor classroom space, a naturalized play structure and new trees added to the schoolyard. Chairwoman of the project, Angela Keller-Herzog said the plans are expensive and so far the council has allocated $60,000 to the project, but to complete it additional funding is still needed. In an effort to bridge that
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Student-made murals brighten up the north side of Glashan Public School. The murals are a part of a larger project parents and staff have been working on to add some greenery to the Centretown location. gap, the committee has reached out to neighbouring community associations for donations. Tim Hore, the Glebe Community Association’s education committee chairman approached the board at its monthly meeting on Nov. 25 for support. According to Hore, Glebe youth account for more than half the student population at Glashan, where First Avenue and Mutchmor Public School children attend middle school. Hore said he believed the number of Glebe students who attend the school is close to 250. The board voted to donate $2,000 to the project. The association raises money from its membership drive, asking Glebe residents for $10 per household. Christine
McAlister, president of the association, likened the $2,000 donation to 200 memberships. In addition to seeking individual donations from local community groups like the Glebe Community Association, the Greening committee is hosting two fundraising initiatives this holiday season, a fair-trade chocolate online store and a donation-based gift initiative called the Glashan Donor Tree. The donor tree will offer people the chance to purchase an inscribed leaf on the Glashan Donor Tree. The tree will be permanently installed in the school’s main hallway. Donations and more information about the council’s fundraising initiatives is available at glashangreening.ca.
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BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse I started by shearing the boys’ hair less than an inch long, a method lice expert Richard Pollock equates to “using a cannon to kill a housefly.” I went to the pharmacy and asked for the strongest lice removal shampoo around. We did the treatment, and then began the two-hour process of removing the nits from the boys’ hair, using a cheap nit comb and lamp with a built-in magnifying glass. We saved every nit and bug – stuck them to a piece of paper with parcel tape – so we could count them and investigate them under a microscope. Like I said, overkill. The next day, I ordered The Terminator, a stainless steel nit-removal comb and I nit-picked those boys for days. I washed every item of fabric that had potentially
been exposed to anyone’s head. I gathered up pillows, toys, purses and backpacks in clear plastic leaf bags and left them on the picnic table in subzero temperatures for days, all the while, chanting “Die! Die! Die!” My husband and I vacuumed and washed and needlessly did the lice treatment on me, despite zero evidence of nits on my person. In fact, according to Pollock, most of what we did was completely unnecessary. In the end, there were only eight bugs and 40 nits between the two boys, most of which we got the first day. But it only takes one to start the whole process over again and I’ve since heard horror stories of households plagued by repeat head lice outbreaks for months on end. Given that, I’ll use a “cannon to kill a housefly” every time.
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here are times in every mother’s life when she thinks, “No one ever told me this was part of parenting.” There are the simple times, like when you have to explain to a young child not to play with themselves in public. And the mildly more complicated times like when a kindergartener asks you to define “wet dream.” And then there’s head lice – or what I like to call, the “turn-yourhouse-upside-down-for-days” kind of times. I know what you’re thinking: head lice are a rite of passage for kids. But, the thing is, nobody prepares the parents. At the very least, no one prepared me. If you’ve been to my house in the last six months, you’ll realize something – I’m a terrible housekeeper. It’s not my calling and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I have tried – and officially failed – to exist without any help in the home. It’s not that the house is dirty, but with three kids and a student boarder, our 1200-square-foot home is not always what you’d call tidy. One evening in November, just before bedtime, my son was sitting at the piano. Instead of playing, he was scratching his head. After 10 minutes, I started to get annoyed with him. “But Mom, I’m itchy!” I looked at the crown of his tussled head and pulled out a louse. I glanced at the plethora of stuffed toys, costumes and socks littered around the room. And then I freaked out. “No one’s going to bed tonight,” I yelled. My husband looked at me and put our long-haired two-year-old in her crib. “We’ll deal with her tomorrow,” he said. Not knowing a thing about the little bugs, I decided overkill would be the best approach.
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Warm brie with caramelized topping a great appetizer to brown. Meanwhile, combine the cranberries and sherry in a small microwaveable bowl. Microwave on high for one minute, stir, cover and set aside. Add apple to onions, cook, stirring often, until apple is tender and onions are golden, about 25 minutes. Stir in the cranberries and any remaining sherry that hasn’t been absorbed. (Can be covered and refrigerated for up to four days.) Place the Brie on a shallow ovenproof serving dish. Spoon the onion mixture onto the Brie and spread almost to the edge. Loosely tent with foil and bake in a 180 C (350 F) oven until the Brie sides feel warm to the touch – about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.
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It’s no secret that many post-secondary students partake in drinking in their newfound surroundings – a situation that can become dangerous if students go overboard with booze. Algonquin College wants to provide students with the information needed to make healthy choices at party time. On Nov. 26, the college hosted a Party Smart event in the student commons, teaming up with on-campus resources, Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa police and even Ford of Canada. Under the supervision of police, an Impairment Suit was rolled out by a local Ford dealer to give volunteers a taste of how alcohol impairs the body’s movement and coordination. Sgt. John Kiss is manager of the Ottawa police impaired driving countermeasures program, and he helped Ford of Canada suit up volunteers in their impairment simulator. Kiss said he was amazed at “the subtle effects it has on your balance and your perception,” adding that the suit is able to cause sober test subjects to fail sobriety tests at the same ratio as those who are actually impaired. “A student can come, put
the suit on very quickly, and experience how dangerous it is to even consider driving a car while they’re impaired,” said Kiss. “I hope to acquire one of our own for training and public presentation purposes, because I was quite amazed by what a powerful tool it is.” Using the tagline Party Smart … and Keep it Classy, the event was presented by the Safer Ottawa Drinking Alliance, Algonquin College Student Support Services and Algonquin College Health Services. Terry-Lynne Marko of Ottawa Public Health said that Algonquin, La Cite Collegiale and the University of Ottawa are on board with SODA, while Carleton University has its own version of the organization. “It’s a one-stop shop for information,” said Marko. “We’re trying to meet students where they’re at, and give them a variety of information, resources, tips, tools and techniques.” The message being delivered wasn’t one of prohibition – rather, it encouraged students to be aware of how much alcohol they are consuming. “It’s about if you’re choosing to drink, you’re drinking responsibly,” she said. To that end, the college’s health services staff invited students to participate in an “That was way to easy!”
experiment, using green-coloured “faux alcohol” and a variety of glassware to show how easily a person can be misled into thinking they’re drinking less than they actually are. “A lot of the time, when people first enter college there’s this mentality that there’s going to be a lot of parties and they’re going to drink a lot,” said student and health promotion educator Kelsi Fitzgerald. “Not a lot of us are measuring, and I expect that not a lot of adults who are regular drinkers are either. Nobody busts out a measuring glass to measure their shots. What we’re trying to do is show is that when you say you’ve only had three drinks in a night, you haven’t had three drinks – what you’re pouring yourself could be six drinks.” Students enrolled in a bartending course at the college’s school of hospitality and tourism were on hand to prepare non-alcoholic drinks, giving students a taste of what could be served alongside alcohol or on its own. Also advertised was a taxi smartphone app, available at ottawataxiapp.net, which allows people to hail a cab with a touch of a button. The Safer Ottawa Drinking Alliance can be found online at www.sodaottawa.ca.
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oing into Renfrew every Saturday for a couple hours while Mother delivered her wares and shopped for her weekly supplies was excitement enough. Going into Renfrew for an entire day was pure rapture. Imagine: a whole day from early morning until the big clock in the centre of town told us it was time to head back out to Northcote. This only happened once a year, however. That was the day, usually in early December, when Turkey Fair Day rolled around. The excitement out on the farm would be at fever-pitch for days. The night before, I was sure Mother and Father never even bothered going to bed. Chickens, turkeys, and a few geese would have to be ready. That meant making sure there wasn’t a feather in sight, the legs trussed up with string, and the necks
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lunch, since we expected to be in Renfrew well into the afternoon. We would be leaving the farm early, after a hasty breakfast. Before we children were even out of bed, Mother and Father would have arranged everything on the flat bottom sleigh, on top of layers of quilts covered with sparkly white flour bag sheets, and more blankets on top. Each fowl had to be placed just so if we hoped to sell them quickly. We knew the butter and mother’s sticky buns would go as soon as Father parked the sleigh. Parking the sleigh
was another reason for going in at the crack of dawn. Where you parked was of prime importance. You hoped to be right in the centre of the main street. That’s where the townspeople would be walking to look over what you had to offer, but more important, the big buyers, the men who came yearly from Ottawa, would concentrate on the centre of Raglan Street. Of course, with the big sleigh covered with all the stuff Mother and Father hoped to sell, there was no room for us five kids, so we went in the double cutter, following behind, so full of excitement we could hardly contain ourselves. Since it was so early in the morning, Father had no trouble finding a good spot right in front of Scott’s hardware, one of the busiest stores in the entire town of Renfrew. He parked the
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sleigh, unhitched the horses, and with Everett driving the cutter, they headed for the stables at the end of Raglan street. It wasn’t long until all the butter and the stickybuns were gone. I could see Mother’s little change purse starting to bulge. This was going to be good day – I could feel it in my bones. And the excitement of visiting the Five and Dime store was mounting by the minute. And then came the men in the long white coats, just like old Doctor Murphy wore at the hospital, over their winter outerwear. They had red embroidery on their pockets, letting everyone know they were from Canada Packers. They were all business, let me tell you. The dream, of course, was to have them buy everything you had on the sleigh in one fell swoop. They took off their big
fur mitts and poked the turkeys, lifted a goose high the air and looked it over, and pinched the chickens. They moved away from the sleigh and whispered, nodded, whispered some more, and then moved back to our sleigh. They obviously made Mother and Father an offer they couldn’t refuse, because I saw one of the white-coated men take a wad of bills out of his pocket as big as pickle crock, and start counting out the money into Mother’s outstretched hand. Another one of the men walked quickly away, and before you could pledge allegiance to the flag, a big green truck pulled up beside our sleigh, and they began loading everything into the back, which looked to me like it could hold two full grown heifers. See WONDERFUL, page 17
Lock it or lose it, police warn This holiday season Ottawa police are reminding shoppers to lock up their vehicles. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police launched its “lock it or lose it” campaign at three shopping centres in the city on Nov. 27. The campaign encourages drivers to take precautions to protect their vehicles and the contents in a vehicle from theft. Tips and hints to help secure holiday shopping items in your car include: • Remove valuables and shopping bags from view – this includes loose change and electronic devices such as iPods, cell phones and GPS navigation systems. • Never leave your vehicle running and unattended. • Close windows and lock
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Community police officer Jacques Carrière promotes the police’s anti-theft program ‘All Valuables Removed’ at the St. Laurent Centre on Nov. 27. the doors. • Never leave your car or house keys in your vehicle. • Park in well lit areas with pedestrian traffic.
• When returning to your vehicle carrying bags, place them in trunk, and then drive away to a different parking spot if shopping is not completed. Thieves notice unattended vehicles that have new purchases for them to take. Aside from following some of these tips, police also encourage shoppers to participate in its anti-theft program, “All Valuables Removed.” The key component to the program is a bright yellow theft prevention card which has both a checklist for drivers as well as in large print the words “all valuables removed” and the Ottawa police emblem. The “All Valuables Removed” warning cards are available at community police centres and police stations’ information desks and by request at pia@ottawapolice.ca.
Wonderful bit of luck meant no full day spent in Renfrew Continued from page 16
Give your loved ones exactly what they want this year, whether it’s a fitness membership, participating in a sport, a hobby or a swim lesson, by giving them a City of Ottawa Recreation and Culture gift certificate. It’s the perfect gift for everyone on your list, and the best part is, they can choose from hundreds of activities and classes throughout the city. Gift certificates are now available for purchase at your neighbourhood recreation and culture facility and come in convenient denominations of $5, $10, $20 and $50. Gift certificates can be used for memberships, classes or activities including fitness, pottery, ballroom dance, swimming, skating, basketball, martial arts, aerobics and playgroups. They can be used at local recreation centers and at multi-facility complexes. They can be used right away for a winter program, or saved for a summer day camp adventure. The options are limitless and fun is guaranteed! Visit ottawa.ca/recreation to view all the classes that are offered this winter. March Break registration opens January 14, and spring and summer activities are presently being planned and will be available for viewing online beginning February 18.
ed for the licorice pipes, the others bought hard Christmas candy. I asked Mr. Briscoe to cut me off a couple slices of bologna, which I ate before we hit the cutter, so the day wasn’t a total loss after all.
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And then our sleigh was empty. The look of sheer joy on Mother’s face was something to behold. Father who rarely showed emotion of any kind, kept saying, “Well, by golly. Well, by golly,” as he lit and relit his pipe. Emerson and Everett were sent to the drive shed for the cutter and the horses, and my dream of a full day in Renfrew evaporated before my eyes. There would be no trip to the Chinese restaurant where we brazenly ate our bagged lunches, and didn’t spend a cent. No stop at the bathrooms at the CPR station, and certainly no visit to the Five and Dime Store to look over the array of toys. Although Mother and Father couldn’t believe their good fortune, with their pockets and change purse bulging at the seams, we five kids felt we had been done out of a day of excitement, all because three fat men wearing white coats cleared our sleigh with one fell-swoop. Turkey Fair Day was over
for another year. Mother could see our disappointment, and when the big sleigh turned into Briscoe’s General Store at Northcote, she made up for it, giving us each a nickel to buy what we want. Emerson head-
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Police seek answers after Carleton student murdered Cyclists discover 23-year-old’s body on Sawmill Creek trail Erin McCracken
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Major crime detectives are continuing to sift through evidence and pour over surveillance footage as they work to solve the murder of a 23year-old Carleton University student, whose body was discovered in South Keys late last week. No suspects have been publicly identified and police remain tight-lipped about whether a possible murder weapon was found near the body of Tausif Chowdhury. The young man’s remains were discovered by cyclists around 7 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27 along a paved path between the South Keys Transit Station at the South Keys Shopping Centre and the Airport Parkway pedestrian-cycling bridge. Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt, a major crime investigator who is managing the investigation
into the city’s sixth homicide of 2014, would not disclose whether investigators think Chowdhury was the victim of a targeted attack. “I can neither confirm nor deny simply because it would be irresponsible of me at this stage to suggest a theory based on our evidence we’ve gathered so far,” Pirt said. “It’s still too early to go with a single theory and rule out all possible motives for the killing. “You can’t have the blinders on. You’ve got to be open to all possibilities.” Police are also not revealing whether the international student, originally from Bangladesh, had been killed along the isolated network of trails near the Sawmill Creek wetlands or in another location. “We’re not going to expand on any theories right now,” said Pirt. “It’s still in its infancy and there’s still a lot of work to do on this, and we’re still pouring through seized security videos,
surveillance camera footage (from the transit station and the shopping centre) as well as getting through all the forensic evidence that was collected at scene.” Major crime investigators returned to comb the area for evidence in the brush and along the pathways on Friday and over the weekend. The search has proven challenging for officers due to brush and minimal lighting, he said, but advantages working in their favour have been lack of snow and sparse vegetation. Officers have also been wading through ponds in the area, which Pirt described as remote. “You can hear the hum of traffic all the way around you, but, you know what, there’s not a lot of people back there,” said Pirt. An autopsy was done on Friday, but police are not revealing the cause of death. Media sources have said the victim
was badly beaten, and that a hammer was found nearby. Chowdhury’s name was revealed on Saturday after his next-of-kin were notified. Pirt said the victim’s father lives in Saudi Arabia. While some tips on the case have come in, investigators are appealing for witnesses or anyone with who may be able to help them piece together a timeline on Chowdhury’s whereabouts or who he may have been with in the days leading up to his death. “And whether they think it’s important or not, to let us know. Just give us the info and we’ll sift through it and determine its relevance,” Pirt said. “So the days leading up to it – if people spotted him … in the company of people, sure, we’d like to know that. That’s important to us.” Though Pirt confirmed the victim was known to police prior to his death, he said some people are making negative assumptions about the context and the man’s character. “It does not necessarily
The Ottawa police major crimes unit is investigating the murder of 23-year-old Carleton University student Tausif Chowdhury, whose body was discovered the morning of Thursday, Nov. 27 along a pathway between the South Keys Transit Station and the Airport Parkway bridge. mean in a bad way,” said Pirt, who declined to reveal how Chowdhury was known to them. “(People) erroneously assume that he’s a bad guy. If I stop you for speeding twice, you know what? You’re known to police because you’re on the database,” he said, adding that
people can be known to police even if they’ve witnessed a motor vehicle accident. Anyone with information on the homicide is asked to call the Ottawa police major crime section at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493, or make anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers by calling 613-233-8477.
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Ed Healy, the Senators director of operations and engineering, left, shows off the Canadian Tire Centre’s new LED lighting remote control to MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean and minister of energy Bob Chiarelli, right, as Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder, centre, looks on.
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If you’ve noticed the Ottawa Senators have glowed a bit brighter lately, that’s not just because of their work on the ice. The Senators held a news conference on Nov. 28 to showcase the Canadian Tire Centre’s new energy-efficient LED lighting system, which was installed before the start of the regular hockey season. The new system uses about a third of the energy the previous system consumed and provides better lighting for players and fans both in the stadium and at home, said Senators president Cyril Leeder. The system replaces 344 19-year-old metal halide and quartz halogen light fixtures with 144 LED fixtures. The lights can now be triggered automatically via a wireless remote from anywhere in the stadium, with
multiple special effects and a dimmer function, allowing the arena to save energy when full lighting is not required. The decision to go with a new lighting system was a combination of facts and opportunities, said Leeder. With an aging system, the cost of energy increasing and the desire to improve game production, the decision made a lot of sense, especially with the province’s new energy conservation program willing to lend a hand, he said. “The saveONenergy program certainly helped,” said Leeder, referring to the province’s energy conservation initiative that can pay for up to half of the cost for upgrading old equipment. Leeder and others at the conference did not say how much of the project was funded by the province, but, in total, the new light system cost between $600,000 and $700,000, said Ed Healy, the Senators director of operations and engineering. MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean and minister of energy, Bob Chiarelli lauded the Sens’ upgrade, saying he hoped it would encourage others to think about energy conserva-
tion as well. “The Sens inspire the people of Ottawa,” said Chiarelli. “You do have a lot of influence … you will motivate others to do the same.” There are a few other NHL hockey teams with LED lit stadiums, said Leeder, but the technology is still new for the NHL, meaning the lighting has only been approved on a pilot basis. However, standards for LED lighting will be set based on the few arenas that use the new system, including the Canadian Tire Centre. “It feels good to be a leader in this,” said Leeder. “It’s the right thing to do. Conservation is important … and having the capability to improve our game experience at the same time is a plus as well.” The Sens have a few other technology upgrades in the works, he said, including improvements to the Sens app and public Wi-Fi at the Canadian Tire Centre. Another sustainability issue the team is looking at is composting, said Leeder. “We are a pretty big consumer of food items,” he said. “We would like to be in a position to compost at some point in the future.”
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West-end family makes most of solar panel installation Adam Kveton adam.kveton@metroland.com
A Kanata family has pulled a switcheroo on Hydro Ottawa – after installing solar panels on their townhome, the hydroelectric company now owes the family energy. That’s one of the happy byproducts of having the first net metering solar array in Hydro Ottawa’s system, said Samir Ibrahim, who owns the Trailwest home along with his wife and two children. Now, the family is watching as their hydro meter runs in reverse, logging the extra energy the solar panels on their house is collecting. The setup is not some science experiment either, said Ibrahim. Current technology and a co-operative Hydro Ottawa mean that, after an upfront investment, home owners can collect more clean, free energy than they need, said Ibrahim. “It feels pretty good,” he said. Making use of solar power has been part of Ibrahim’s life
for quite a while. A chemical and mechanical engineer, Ibrahim has been involved in the solar energy industry, and the sustainability industry in general, for years, both in the U.S. and Canada. This helped when choosing a solar array system. Some solar panel systems already in Ottawa use a battery to hold any extra energy that the household doesn’t immediately make use off. The net metering system that the Ibrahim family has does not include a battery. Instead, it feeds any extra energy back into Hydro Ottawa’s system for use by other people. A special hydro meter logs how much the family feeds back into the grid. The family pays a flat, $10 per-month rate for Hydro Ottawa to act as a backup in case of a failure, while Hydro Ottawa commits to give back whatever energy the family’s solar panels have fed into the system for free. The solar panels, fixed to the family’s roof facing southsouth west, collect several
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Samir Ibrahim shows his hydro meter, unique in Ottawa. It not only logs how much energy the house consumes, but how much it generates and sends back to Hydro Ottawa. So far, Ibrahim’s house is making more solar energy than it consumes. times more energy than the family uses, said Ibrahim. “Eight kilowatt hours a day is what we consume, and during the summer, our panels can make up to 36 kilowatt hours a day,” he said. “Right now in the winter, (the solar panels) are making about twice, they are making 16 (kilowatt hours of power).” Though Ottawa may not
seem like the best place for solar panels, given the long winter and short days, Ibrahim said he isn’t concerned, as the system actually runs more efficiently when it is cold. Nonetheless, the Ibrahim home is making the most of the electricity, being fairly energy efficient already. A typical household of four uses about 26 kilowatt hours
a day according to Ontario’s Ministry of Energy. But, by changing some habits, like turning off your lights when you aren’t in the room, and updating some older appliances, that energy use can be tightened up, said Ibrahim, and you can still make more energy than you need. “Up until now, we’ve offset enough carbon that it’s like we’ve planted 54 trees,” after switching on the system in July, said Ibrahim, reading from the real-time app linked to his solar system. In about seven years, the $15,000 the Ibrahim’s paid for the solar panel system will be completely offset by their hydro savings. That is without taking advantage of the province’s MicroFIT program that will purchase the home’s excess power. Using that, Ibrahim said he thinks the system could be paid off in five years. So far, most neighbours have had nothing but questions and good things to say about the solar panels visible on Ibrahim’s roof. But there
has been at least one who said the panels would likely bring down the value of the house and the area. Though there is not a whole lot of information on the resale value of houses with solar panels, Ibrahim said the realtors he consulted are not worried. “They think it’s going to be a selling point,” he said. For anyone interested in installing a net metering system, Ibrahim said Hydro Ottawa is very helpful and open to the installation. It is important that your insurance company receives a structural engineer’s report to keep the home insurable, and to have the Ontario Electrical Safety Authority to look over the work before turning the system on, he said. Other than that, watch out for critters nesting beneath the panels – they like to eat the soy-based wires. For more information, check out Ibrahim’s blog about the project at cagbcottawa.ca/cagbcorc/index.php/read/greenblog/54-series-energy-independence-in-the-suburbs.
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Local artists have teamed up with non-profit organizations in the city to add a little art to the lives of clients. Created by the Orléans arts organization, AOE Arts Council, the latest programming, dubbed Art Place, was launched at Elisabeth Bruyère Residence on Nov. 25. In total, the new program will operate six art projects at six organizations in the city which executive director Victoria Steele said will help fill the gap in artistic programming at these sites. “This program offers, in my view, truly meaningful benefits,” Steele said. “The arts really will be a community building tool and I can’t wait to see the results.” So far, the Immigrant Women Services Ottawa, Zonta Club Ottawa, Hospice Care Ottawa and Saint-Louis Residence join the Elisabeth Bruyère Residence as five organizations who have partnered with the council to host the artists. The sixth location is yet to be determined. Each artist or art group will be paired with one of the locations for a period of five to eight weeks. The artists will work with the organization and its clients to create an artistic project. This year, the projects will range from theatre to sculptures to storytelling and book arts. “Working with the clients at the Immigrant Women Services Ottawa has been a delight,” said artist Naomi Tessler. “I am fascinated by the journey we will be travelling together. I think it will create positive change in their lives.” Tessler, a Forum Theatre artist, will lead workshops at the immigrants centre. Her project will offer participants the opportunity to hone their theatre skills and gain confi-
dence to speak up and act out on social issues. The objective is to offer participants the tools to encourage self-confidence, environmental awareness and well-being. The arts council received $149,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to fund Art Place. The money will be handed out over a three year period to fund the artists. According to programming coordinator Cassandra Olsthoorn, the goal is to expand this program beyond the three-year funding window, and to do that the council will be looking to create more community support as well as encourage donations on its website, artsoe.ca. “We have lots of artists, it is just a matter of finding them some space,” she said. Olsthoorn said each artist requested the type of organization to work with. For Sarah Conn of STO Union Theatre Company, she asked to be partnered with Hospice Care Ottawa. “I had a friend who volunteered for the May Court and her experience inspired me,” she said. Conn and the theatre company will be working with the palliative care patients on an interactive theatre program – building a life-sized board game. The hope is that each client will contribute to the project. “We wanted to find a way to have multiple stories and multiple ideas of what affects someone in life,” Conn said. This way, she added, clients can share their life stories, or life lessons
in building the game. Eventually, the board game theatre presentation will be made public. “Their voices, ideas, images will become a gift to the rest of us,” she said. The program will operate at Hospice Care Ottawa’s Kanata location on McCurdy Drive. The other programs will see seniors in Orleans building large-scale sculpture for an outdoor space, westend women from the Zonta Club of Ottawa will learn the art of storytelling and residents of the Bruyère centre will create mixed-media journals as mementos. The programming is offered free for clients. All projects will be showcased in a closing celebration on Feb. 25, 2015. ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMMING
• The Immigrant Women Services Ottawa - Performing arts with Naomi Tessler, Forum Theatre artist. • Elisabeth Bruyère Residence - Visual journals with artist Rachel Kalpana James. • Zonta Club Ottawa - Performing arts with Ottawa Story Tellers’ Laurie Fyffe. • Hospice Care Ottawa - Performing arts with Sarah Conn, STO Union Theatre Company. • Saint-Louis Residence - Sculptures with artist Marc Walter, a land artist. • Location to be determined - Fibre art sculpture with textile artists
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Sarah Conn, left, and Nadia Ross of STO Union Theatre will create a life-sized board game with clients at Hospice Care Ottawa this year. The group helped launch the artist-in-residence program created by the Orléans arts organization, AOE Arts Council on Nov. 26.
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Finalists present artistic visions for Glebe Parking Garage Birds, rocket ships, tire marks all options for new art Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com
Five artists are vying to be the one who will liven up a new city parking garage in the Glebe. The artists presented their proposals for project, located between Second and Third
avenues, west of Bank Street in the Glebe at a public open house at St. Giles Presbyterian Church on Nov. 24. The request for submissions was first issued in November 2013, asking artists to create a piece of public art which will integrate visually significant elements to provide identity
and character to the building. The theme for the project was to focus on the garage being a mobility hub – something each of the five artists managed to do in their own way. West-end artist Karl Ciesluk’s proposal involves two 4.8-metre high sculptures which are to be placed on both
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Second and Third avenues. The first sculpture, a tire skid mark, is meant to represent that life is not always in control, Ciesluk said. The other, a larger-thanlife blown out tire, is meant to represent the beauty in even the broken things, the artist explained. “Things that are trash, there can be beauty to it,” Ciesluk said. “They are sophisticated sculptures for a sophisticated neighbourhood.” Glebe artist Christopher Griffin’s proposal for the garage aims to help shoppers remember where they parked their cars he said. Griffin is proposing concrete support pillars which will be named Dow’s Lake, Rideau Canal, Paterson Creek and Brown’s Inlet -- and add distinction to each of the four levels of the garage. “Instead of purple P4, it will be Dow’s Lake, with an associated street name,” Griffin said. The concrete pillars will be etched with water themes – something the artist said will be done almost immediately from the time the pillars are cast. “I will have about seven to 10 minutes to etch the designs,” he said. The artist said his proposal is all about adding local flavour to the parking garage. Michael Kinghorn’s proposal is a bit out of this world – the artist has envisioned a rocket ship, which depending on the viewer’s perspective is either taking off or landing in the Glebe – much like shoppers will be doing, Kinghorn said. The 3.6-metre high ship will be built almost completely from recycled material – which the artist said he looks forward
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Christopher Griffin’s art proposal for the Glebe Parking Garage aims to help shoppers remember where they parked their cars. Griffin is proposing concrete pillars which will be named Dow’s Lake, Rideau Canal, Paterson Creek and Brown’s Inlet. to sourcing from the Glebe. Erin Robertson and Anna Williams said they hope their proposal for the Glebe Parking Garage will take flight for the site. Titled Way Station, the two have proposed goldcast finches which will be suspended in the stairwell of the garage. “We hope it warms up the space and brings the outside in,” Robertson said. Amy Thompson would like to brighten up the inside of the Glebe Parking Garage with her art proposal for the site. Thompson is proposing and image of water and weeping willows s on the glass in the stairwell. The production and installation of a permanent piece of art will be integrated into the construction of the garage. The budget is $43,000 and must include all costs required to design, fabricate and installation of the project. Residents can comment on the proposed public art component by emailing publicartprogram@ottawa.ca or by filling
out an online survey available at Ottawa.ca. According to the city, the winning proposal will be selected and announced by midDecember. The $9.5-million, four-storey parking garage will replace existing 60-space city parking lot on that property. A municipal parking garage for the neighbourhood was initially approved when the last city council looked at redeveloping Lansdowne Park. The four-storey facility was aimed to increase available parking for Bank Street shoppers. The plans for the parking garage were originally supported by the councillor as a means to help out the parking-strapped Glebe, particularly with the redevelopment of Lansdowne underway. Construction for the project was initially supposed to start in the spring of 2014, but was delayed because the construction schedule proposed was deemed too ambitious. Construction is now scheduled to begin in January 2015.
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Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney is taking on a leadership role for Ontario at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Tierney, who has served as vice-chairman of FCM’s Ontario caucus for a year and a half, was unanimously elected as its new chairman during a recent event in Ottawa. “I’m very proud to be elected amongst my peers from throughout Ontario,” Tierney said. The position was open following the Oct. 27 municipal elections in Ontario, which saw former Ontario caucus chairwoman Joanne Ross-Zuj, mayor of Centre Wellington, defeated. The role means Tierney will have a seat at the table as the federation develops policies it will advocate for on behalf of more than 2,000 member mu-
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Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney has been a director at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for four years. nicipalities across the country. “It’s about really being involved at the ground level,” Tierney said. The east-end councillor has been participating as a director on FCM’s board since he was first elected as a city councillor four years ago. Before that, Ottawa had not had a representative on FCM for eight years. The group represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program issues
within the federal government’s jurisdiction, which is why it’s especially significant for Ottawa to have a voice at that table, Tierney said. He took part in three days of meetings Nov. 19 to 21 with parliamentarians as part of FCM’s annual advocacy days, during which 100 municipal leaders met with 145 MPs to discuss solutions to national issues that play out on the local level.
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Ottawa South gears up to host two holiday events Movie, breakfast aims to bring community together this season Michelle Nash
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Old Ottawa South residents will have plenty of opportunities to get into the holiday mood this season. The Ottawa South Community Association will host both White Christmas at the Mayfair Theatre on Dec. 7 and the third annual Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 14. The association will present the classic Christmas film White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, at the Mayfair on Dec. 7 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Before the show, there will be door prizes and the Hopewell Glee Club will sing a few songs. The movie begins at 4 p.m. Brenda Lee, who is organizing the Mayfair event, said the annual screening event has really turned into the neighbourhood’s unof-
ficial Christmas carol singalong. “There are no words on the actual screen, but everyone who knows the words sings along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen,” Lee said. “It is quite simply one of my favourite days in Old Ottawa South. Watching this classic movie with such amazing dance numbers, costumes, songs, etc., on a big screen and sitting in a theatre with 300 people who are all singing White Christmas at the same time ... it brings me to tears of joy each and every year.” On Dec. 14, the association will make sure Santa Claus is well-fed before his big day. The Ottawa South Community Association will host the third annual Old Ottawa South Breakfast with Santa beginning at 9 a.m.
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Santa Claus will be coming to Old Ottawa South on Dec. 14 to help the community raise some food donations for the Ottawa Food Bank. The event is a fundraiser for the Ottawa Food Bank and offers residents the opportunity to donate to the food bank, eat some pancakes, coffee and juice as well as visit with the big guy, Santa himself.
There is no cost for the event, but residents are asked to bring a food donation. More information about either event is available on the association’s website, oldottawasouth.ca.
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A Sensitive & Engaging Approach to Those Needing Memory Care in Orléans or Kanata Symphony Senior Living, a company renowned for its leading-edge memory care program, is offering a unique approach to caring for seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The signature Moments® program is now available at Moments Manor Orléans and Symphony Senior Living Kanata. Those with memory loss are often most comfortable in the “here and now”, so the staff at Symphony Senior Living helps residents and their families live fully in the present and treasure each “moment”. This approach minimizes confusion, agitation and frustration, hence the name “Moments” for this program.
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Students and staff from every school in the Ottawa public board came together on Nov. 27 to learn about issues affecting a diverse group of students at the Confederation Education Centre. “It’s about students and staff and the community coming together and learning about LGBTQ issues so we can create more inclusive school environments,” said Rainbow Youth Forum co-chair Matt Gagnier, a school board employee. A teacher from every elementary and high school was in attendance, as well as students from each of the board’s high schools, which made for about 475 attendees. Students participated in a variety of workshops, each with an LGBTQ angle. Gagnier said the workshops weren’t just for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, but any student interested in supporting school diversity. Student workshops included sessions on sexual health, first-person accounts of young peoples’ experiences coming out and how to be an ally to friends who are exploring
or transitioning their gender identify or gender expression. “Normally people would snicker or laugh,” said Darien Paul, a Grade 10 student at Ridgemont High School. “But here no one does that; it’s a serious subject.” Darien is an ally member of his school’s gay-straight alliance, so he found the session on being an ally useful. The students also discussed how to bring up topics that they may not know how to address, or feel awkward about. Darien learned about gender-neutral pronouns that have been developed to replace “his” and “her” or “she” and “him,” and he intends to speak to his principal about what was suggested. “I have a friend who cries every day because a teacher doesn’t call her what she wants to be called,” Darien said. “I’m going to talk to the principal about some new programs for teachers.” It was the first year at the forum for Darien, but the fourth year for Grade 12 student Robert Ryan from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School. He’s attended the forum during every year of high school because of the diversity of workshops and the chance
to meet different students who attend. “What I’m going to take back to my school is how to push mental health awareness,” Robert said. He also plans to encourage the school to send even more attendees next year. This year, Sir Wilfrid Laurier sent 20 students. The teacher workshops are based on feedback from previous years and may focus on ways to make the curriculum more inclusive of all types of students. One teacher workshop was about how to use LGBTQ-themed books in kindergarten through Grade 8 classrooms, such as using children’s books with a diverse range of families. “It’s an inclusive education,” Gagnier said. “We want students to see themselves reflected.” The intention is that the teachers from each school will take back what they’ve learned to the rest of the teacher population. It was the 10th year for the conference, and the anniversary was celebrated with a special ceremony and desserts. “The forum of the past 10 years has grown significantly,” Gagnier said. “It’s the board’s largest student conference.”
The approach to wellness is proactive at Symphony residences offering Moments. Each resident receives a comprehensive assessment before joining the program. The wellness team customizes a care plan based upon a detailed health history which allows them to work closely with each resident. This enables staff to quickly identify even small changes in behavior or routine that may signal the need for an adjustment to their wellness strategy. This keeps residents stronger longer and crises at bay. Cutting-edge research indicates that proper nutrition, medication, physical and brain exercise, and routine health monitoring can dramatically influence residents’ daily abilities, quality of life and health. Some of the steps taken at Moments to slow down the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias include: • Specialized diets enriched with omega 3 and vitamins • Hydration programs • Cognitive exercise regimens • Physical strength training and exercise
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A culinary challenge will ask some of Ottawa’s finest chefs to create a Tunisian-inspired dish to help out a local community service centre. The Vanier Community Service Centre officially launched the third edition of the National Capital Culinary Competition, an event that serves as a fundraiser, on Nov. 24. The competition invites eight chefs from across the national capi-
tal region to create signature dishes from a chosen country. This year the competition will feature culinary delicacies from Tunisia. Tunisian Ambassador Riadh Essid said he was pleased to be sharing recipes from his country. “Our traditional dish is couscous,” Essid said. “We share the dish with other countries, such as Libya, and Morocco but Tunisia is the only country which makes it with fish.” See MONEY, page 40
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Life tales put on paper as part of Great Stories Never Told Brier Dodge
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If Eugene Perabo had to sum up his life story in a word, it would be “adventure.” His life story, which he wrote and orally dictated for a video, details his childhood life in the Netherlands when his father was sent to a concentration camp, travelling to developing countries as an adult, and cycling and canoe adventures with his wife and children. Perabo s story is one of 10 that have been compiled through the Great Stories Never Told program run by Sonshine Families, a community organization based in Orléans. The goal of the project is for seniors to pass on their history to future generations of family. Perabo decided to take part after reading about the program in the newspaper. “I realized many of the children or grandchildren knew very little about their grandparents,” he said. The organization received funding from the New Horizons for Seniors program that paid for high definition video cameras and lighting equipment. Volunteers helped program participants put together
their stories. It took about 18 hours per person to compose the stories, which average 25 pages in length. They then orally detailed their life story, which was edited to 45 minutes and put on a DVD. The stories were then edited, photos added, and sent to the printer. Each participant will receive a copy of the DVD and book, but program manager Kofo Iziomon said some participants purchased up to 20 copies. “I think of C.S. Lewis, who wrote Chronicles of Narnia for his goddaughter,” Iziomon said. “I think these will have a similarly tremendous impact on generations of the future.” She said some of the participants didn’t think they had a great story to tell, but were able to realize how much they had contributed to their community by putting the years of their lives on paper. “They realize all they’ve contributed,” she said. Participants had the option to compose their life story in English or French, but everyone chose to complete theirs in English, Iziomon said.
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Eugene Perabo browses through the draft copy of his life story at Sonshine Families on Nov. 24. Perabo, 76, is one of 10 seniors who produced their life story in book and DVD form with help from Sonshine volunteers. Perabo has lived in Orléans for 10 years, and has already begun to write part of his life story when he heard about the program. It seemed like a good opportunity for him to compose his own life story.
“It’s initially a little bit stressful,” Perabo said. “But once you get going, you remember more than you can put on paper.” He purchased 10 copies of the book of his life story, and plans to
give a copy to each of his children. He may have it translated into Dutch and German in the future for siblings or other relatives who live abroad. He used copies of a diary he started at age 17, which helped jog his memory of his early days as a 19-year-old who had just arrived in Canada. After several drafts and edits with help from his wife, Perabo’s story is now complete, and will be highlighted alongside the nine others at an event for family members on Dec. 13. There will be a screening of highlights of each of their stories at the Promenade Seniors Suites for the participants and up to four family members of each of them. Izioman will attend as both the program co-ordinator and relative of a participant, as her own mother put together a life story that will be able to be passed down generations. Some participants were apprehensive about being filmed for the video and sharing the details of their lives, but she is excited to see participants’ reactions to the final product. “When everybody sees it, they’ll think, ‘Wow, that’s awesome,’” she said.
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Michel Gervais, executive director of the Vanier Community Service Centre, left, Carlos Gomez-Mugica Sanz, the ambassador of Spain in Canada, La Cité collégiale culinary program co-ordinator Wayne Murphy, Mélanie Bourdon, winner of last year’s culinary challenge, Riadh Essid, the ambassador of Tunisia in Canada, and vice-president of the service centre Michael McLellan celebrate the launch of the third annual National Capital Culinary Competition on Nov. 24. Carlos Gomez-Mugica Sanz, the ambassador of Spain in Canada, attended the event to pass the torch – a large whisk – to Essid. “It was a great experience,”
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Canada Post received a poor grade from the Kanata Beaverbrook Association in a recent report card rating the crown corporation’s introduction of new community mailboxes in Kanata. The association awarded Canada Post a ‘D’, saying the biggest flaw in the process is the company’s lack of communication with community groups and the city. With Canada Post’s communication aimed mostly at individual residents, and more so those nearest proposed mailbox locations, major issues with those locations are being missed, said association president Neil Thomson. Many of these issues revolve around the safety of pedestrians walking near the mailboxes, the safety of those stopping to use them and the city’s plans for building sidewalks where they have just been installed. As a result, Canada Post has had to relocate some mailboxes more than a month after the community began using them, he said. “They were lacking information that, had they talked to us, they would have gotten,” said Thomson. Canada Post responded to the association’s report card, saying the company followed through with the process it had described to the community association at the beginning, and that it has worked well. “What we said out front that we were going to do, we did,” said Canada spokesman Jon Hamilton, referring to mail-in surveys, online surveys, and a door-knocking campaign where those living closest to mailbox locations were consulted – about 370 residents out of the 11,000 people affected in Kanata. “So far, we are happy with the way the process has been going. Is it perfect? No. But I think we were able to get a lot of things right in places like Kanata and Oakville and everywhere else.” That means Canada Post will be using essentially the same process for communities like Westboro, Centrepointe, Crystal Bay, Bells Corners, Stonebridge, Leitrim, Hunt Club and Riverside Park which will be getting community mailboxes by the fall of 2015. Canada Post may disagree with the Beaverbrook community association’s assessment, but that hasn’t stopped the company from respond-
ing to some of the association’s concerns about specific mailboxes. After Thomson sent out the report card to “a random sampling of Canada Post executives and representatives,” because he did not know who to send it to, Canada Post responded the very next day. The company said the mailbox that concerned the association the most, located along The Parkway across from Earl of March Secondary School, should and would be moved. “They said, ‘Yeah, we’ve heard from other sources that this was an issue and, in hindsight, it should have been done differently,” said Thomson. But that’s all part of the process, said Hamilton. “If people are raising issues from a safety perspective, we are still investigating that and we are still seeing if there are changes that can be made,” he said. Canada Post’s process for implementing community mailboxes began in late January 2014. Thomson said issues with mailbox locations could have long since been addressed if only Canada Post had consulted more with the association and the city. “They did listen and they did react,” said Thomson. “But in some cases it just took a lot more effort than it should have and some other sneaky mechanisms on my part to find the right person to talk to.” A large part of the problem is Canada Post’s refusal to attend public meetings, said Thomson. The only time the company met with the association and Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson was at the start of the implementation process, he said. “They wouldn’t talk to us at all (after that),” said Thomson. “My take on that would be, and I’m speculating here, that they wanted to avoid public meetings where the issue of cancelling home delivery would be brought up, and then it would be an unholy hell raise,” he said. The reason is actually because Canada Post did not want to inconvenience people by having them come to a public meeting, and thought it could get more input from residents through a mail-in survey, an online survey, and targeted door-knocking, said Hamilton. “We want to involve everybody, and we know the only way to do that, because people are busy and they have other things going on, is to go directly to them,” he said.
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Canada Post’s decision-making process on where to place community mailboxes is being questioned by the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association. The association gave the crown corporation a ‘D’ grade in a recent report card on the introduction of the new mailboxes. Approximately 40 per cent of those who received a survey responded, and Canada Post knocked on about 370 doors to speak with residents about nearby mailbox installations,
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Kars on the Rideau Public School student Dominic Churchill, left, his dad Jason Churchill, Kars parent Steve Clarke and school principal Rick Haggar have been collecting artifacts and documents from the school’s history as part of an archive project they started last year. other school district? That’s where alumni come in. “There are significant holes in the story right now,” Churchill said. The archive will likely be named for Coral Lindsay, a prominent historian and archivist who died in October. She was pivotal in archiving the community’s history as a whole,
and taught at the Kars school. She was also instrumental in choosing the new school’s name, which shares its title with her book on the village, Kars on the Rideau. CALL FOR HELP
the committee’s aid; after all, they’ve never let the school down in the past. From fires in 1875 and 1945 that each sent children into homes and community halls to continue their classes, to the day in 1980 the entire community came out for a “work bee” to build a new school playground, Churchill said it’s clear from the records that the Kars community has always been committed to keeping its school afloat. “One of the big stories that comes across is the close connection that has always been between the Kars area and the school itself,” he said. Once acquired, those stories and memories can be shared with the
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If walls could talk, they wouldn’t be much help – at least not for Kars on the Rideau Public School. That’s because much of the school’s long history took place within walls that no longer exist. But a group of keen parents, staff and historians at the school are hoping to unearth some of that heritage from local basements, garages and attics instead, as they attempt to piece together a complete archive of nearly 200 years of local school history. “I’m wondering, do people have scrapbooks in their basement that they want to give new life?” said Jason Churchill, a Kars parent with a doctorate in Canadian history, who is leading the project. He took on the challenge in September 2013 as part of school principal Rick Haggar’s efforts to build a cohesive school culture since Kars Public School and Rideau Valley Middle School joined under a new name and roof in 2012. “We wanted to embrace the opportunity in front of us, but not forget the past,” Haggar said. “This is to blend the richness of both schools, because they are sister schools and always have been.” The small volunteer committee, which also includes parent Steve Clarke and staff member Sonia Williams, has spent the past year gathering artifacts, records and interviews from alumni to lay the groundwork for an extensive archive that Haggar plans to install in the school’s library. “Everything’s been done up to this point has been background,” Churchill said. “Now we’re at the stage where, if we’re really going to move forward with this we’re going to need to involve the broader community.” The collection would include a timeline of the school’s history, beginning in 1823, which, as far as Churchill can tell, is the earliest date the community had a local school building. A stream of digitized photos will also be on display, and Churchill wants to develop an interactive website where past students can share their memories of attending school in Kars. Those stories are extremely important, Churchill said, especially since some of the artifacts the committee has unearthed have raised more questions than answers. For instance, why did a certain Grade 6 class include a calf in its class photo in 1990? And why does the school possess two century-old trophies that seemingly belong to an-
mittee will host a public meeting at the school on Dec. 9 for anyone who wants to share stories, memorabilia or, perhaps most importantly, their time to help the project move forward. “We need a broad skill set,” Churchill said. The list of jobs runs the gamut from fixing hundred-yearold trophies to digitizing thousands of slides and photos to combing through the Rideau Township archives for information. “We need their talents or their time, but not much of either.” The meeting is between 6 and 7 p.m., and Haggar said he’ll offer a barbecue dinner for all participants. Churchill said he has no doubt community members will come to
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Ottawa speed skater eyes future Olympic medal Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com
Orléans speed skater Ivanie Blondin was a golden girl as she won her first world cup medal of the season. Blondin, who now resides in Calgary to train, won her first-ever gold medal on the world cup circuit on Nov. 16 in Obihiro, Japan in the women’s mass start race. “It is something you aim for,” she said in an email. “But quite honestly, I wasn’t necessarily expecting it. I knew I had the potential to be on the podium, I just had to be patient and smart.” She followed it up with a bronze medal a week later in the 5,000-metre race at the world cup event in Seoul, South Korea. Blondin said her back-
ground in short track skating helps her in the mass start events, as does her aggressive style. In the mass start event, skaters have to fight to end up in the best possible lane, so a quick start can give a skater a big advantage. “There was shoving and pushing, so it’s a good thing I can be aggressive,” she said. She won the 16-lap race over Nana Takagi of Japan by one-tenth of a second. Third place went to Irene Schouten of the Netherlands. While Blondin has competed in mass start events during the past four world cup seasons, mass start wasn’t a medal event in the last Olympic Games, where Blondin competed in other distance races. It has been added to the Olympics medal events for
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the next Games. “I think it’s great. It’s definitely a race I can potentially bring a medal home for Canada,” she said about the mass start addition. “If I can medal in this distance I also think I have the potential to medal in other distances as well.” In a press release, her coach Mark Wild said he’s been very happy with Blondin’s performance so far this season. “She came into the season motivated to improve her skating from last year,” he said. “We’ve put emphasis on improving technique and specific strength in the skating position. We’ve also worked on improving her endurance.” Blondin got her start competing for the Gloucester Concordes out of the Bob McQuarrie Recreation Complex.
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Parachuting into healthy living St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School Grade 9 students enjoy staying active in a colourful way during a rousing game of parachute volleyball during a recent gym class. Their teacher, Dean Prigent, has introduced different ways of playing volleyball, such as with sheets, but decided to try it using a parachute.
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Glebe Collegiate hopes crushed Glebe Collegiate defenders keep St. Mark at bay during the championship non-contact boys’ hockey game at the Manotick arena Nov. 27. St. Mark High School won the series handily in two games with a 3-0 shutout on Nov. 26 and another 2-0 victory to clinch the title. St. Mark has won the championship three times in the past five years.
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Dec. 5 & 6 Ottawa City Councillor — Bay Ward Dear Neighbours, If your family is like mine you are beginning to prepare for the upcoming holiday season. It’s that special time of year to make new memories and spend cherished time with our family and friends. During the holidays we are reminded that there are others in our community who may not be as fortunate as we are and who may need assistance to make the holidays special for their families. Help Santa Toy Parade: I was once again happy to ride on the City of Ottawa’s float in the Help Santa Toy Parade. I was amazed to see the generosity and outpouring of support from well wishers along the parade route towards others in our community. Watching the spectators both young and old make their donations of toys and money was wonderful. As in past years, the toys and money collected along the parade route are donated to the Salvation Army and Toy Mountain who in turn assist approximately 16,000 children each year in our City. If you weren’t able to attend the parade, you can still make donations at any Toy Mountain drop-off location. Visit their website for more information http://ow.ly/ELdMT New Pathway in Foster Farm: Our office was pleased to work with City staff to facilitate the upgrade of the pathway system behind Foster Farm Community Centre. The new fully lit path will also be maintained through the winter months and offers better accessibility for residents and provides a safer and easier way to access the OC Transpo Station at Pinecrest through Ruth Wildgen Park. Snow Clearing Programs: If you are a senior or a resident living with disabilities the City of Ottawa is proud to provide a snow clearing program called Snow Go to assist you with keeping your driveway and walk-way clear this winter. You can find more information at the City’s website http://ow.ly/ELfcR or by calling the City of Ottawa Service line at 3-1-1. Operation Red Nose: Operation Red Nose will soon be operating and providing a safe and sober way home for residents in our City over the holidays. If you have time to spare and would like to help make sure all our residents get home safe and sound I encourage you to contact them and volunteer your time. You can email them to register or for more information at registration@rednoseottawa.com or call 613-820-NOSE (6673). On December 1st I was honoured and humbled to again be sworn in as your Ottawa City Councillor for Bay Ward. In the next four years I look forward to working with residents, business people and community partners as we continue to renew our community and make it a better place to live, work and raise our families. I want to remind you that you can always reach out to me at our City Hall or Community office or on social media. Visit our website www. BayWardLive.ca to learn much more about our community and to stay up to date on what’s new. In closing as we say goodbye to 2014, from my family to yours, I want to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season and may 2015 be a year of good health and happiness. Sincerely,
Under the baton of Antonio Llaca, Coro Vivo Celebrates Thirty Christmases will feature new arrangements of beloved carols by Randol Alan Bass, Bob Chilcott and Mark Sirett. At the centre of this celebration, we are very proud to present John Armstrong’s Gold and Glory, a work commissioned by Coro Vivo Ottawa to mark thirty years of singing and community involvement. Both performances are at 7:30 p.m., at Orleans United Church, 1111 Orleans Blvd. Tickets are $20 for adults, and children 14 and under are free. They can be purchased at CD Warehouse, Leading Note, Compact Music, at the door or call 613-841-3902.
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A Christmas Carol will be performed on Dec 6 at 7 p.m. at Glebe-St.James United Church, 650 Lyon St. Enjoy this critically acclaimed solo theatrical version as John D. Huston brings all the characters to life and provides the narration. Seasonal refreshments and treats will be served during the intermission. Tickets available through the Glebe-St.James Church office from Tuesday through Friday (613-236-0617), at Compact Music at 785 Bank St., and at the door. Tickets are $20 for adults $20, $15 for children 12 and under, and $60 for a family (up to two adults and three children 12 and under). Woodroffe High School will be hosting a holiday craft sale on Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the school cafeteria at 2410 Georgina Dr. There will
be crafts, coffee/fair trade items and a bake sale. The Epiphany Anglican Church will host a Good Food Market from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 22, offering affordable, fresh and healthy fruits, vegetables and dry foods as well as baked goods and free refreshments. The market will take place indoors at 1290 Ogilvie Rd. at Aviation Parkway. For more information contact Kelly via email at kdjessop@rogers.com or by calling 613-746-9278. A West Wellington holiday tradition returns with the annual Fisher Park Community Centre Christmas craft show and sale on Dec. 6. Featuring more than 120 vendors, including a combination of unique urban artisan handcrafted items, gourmet vendors and traditional bazaar vendors. This popular event is held in Fisher Park School, also home to the Fisher Park Community Centre at 250 Holland Ave. The show starts at 9:30 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. For more information contact Monique Shields at 613-798-8945. Knox Presbyterian Church presents Requiem for Fourteen Roses, a new concert-length work for choir, soloists, and eight-piece chamber ensemble that has been written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the École Polytechnique tragedy of Dec. 6, 1989. The concert takes place on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available online at eliseletourneau.com and at Alcorn Music Studios, The Leading Note, Herb & Spice, and Compact Music.
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Ottawa Central Women’s Connection invites you and your friends to a Christmas concert with singer Sonja Milsom, speaker Verena Diefenbacher who will share a faith story titled What’s the Reason for the Season? Admission is $8 or $2 for first timers. The event takes place at 1 p.m. at the Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale Rd. Please RSVP by calling 613-435-2222.
Dec. 11
JH Putman Public School will be hosting a talent show and craft sale on Dec. 11 starting at 5:30 p.m. The talent show will feature performances by the senior band, the jazz band, and a grand finale you won’t want to miss. The craft sale will start one hour before the talent show starts, as well as during the intermission and after the show. Admission is free and the school is located at 2051 Bel-Air Dr. We have room for more craft tables -- both adults and students are welcome to participate. Contact jhputmancouncil@gmail. com to book a table.
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The Ontario Genealogical Society - Ottawa Branch invites you to join Phil Donnelly as he speaks about the These Old Walls project. These Old Walls is a project with the goal of identifying and learning the stories behind the modest homes of our ancestors who settled in the Ottawa Valley. If only old walls could talk, then what stories we might learn. The event takes place on Dec. 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr., room 226. All are welcome. Admission is free. For more details visit ogsottawa.on.ca.
All Saints Lutheran Church is hosting Kevin Pauls, Steve Archer and friends for the Spirit of Christmas concert on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at 1061 Pinecrest Rd. Doors open at 6 p.m. This will be the only concert in Ottawa on his 20 city Canada tour. Tickets are $25 to $30. Proceeds from the concert will go to charity. Please phone 613-828-9284 to obtain tickets.
Dec. 14
Bytown Voices (Robert Jones, director, and Brenda Beckingham, accompanist) present Candlelight and Jingle Bells, a holiday concert buffet of traditional, choral Christmas songs, featuring arrangements by John Rutter, Philip Kern and Maurice Ravel, as well as lively Hanukkah and seasonal songs. The event takes place on Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. at St. Basil’s Church, located on Maitland Avenue just north of the Queensway. Tickets are $15 or free for children under 12, and are available at The Leading Note (370 Elgin St.), from members and at the door. Please visit bytownvoices.com for more information.
Jan. 19
The Gloucester Horticultural Society will host a lecture titled Honeybees – Development, Challenges, Solution, on Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Brent Halsall of Halsall’s Honey in Greely, will discuss the life cycle of honeybees, their behavior and the new challenges they face. The event takes place at 4373 Generation Ct. and admission is free. Pre-registration is required -- please call 613-749-8897. Visit gardenontario.org for more information.
Ongoing
The Olde Forge Friendship Club is welcoming new members. Seniors who are bereaved, new to the city, or looking for new friends are all welcome. Weekly meetings are held at the Olde Forge, located at 2730 Carling Ave. Call 613-829-9777 and leave your name and telephone number and you will be put in touch with a Friendship Club member. The Ottawa Newcomers Club is designed to help women new to Ottawa or in a new life situation acclimatize by enjoying the company of other women with similar interests. We have morning, afternoon and evening events such as skiing, Scrabble, bridge, fun lunches, book clubs, Gallery tours, dinner club, and crafts. For more information visit our website at www.ottawanewcomersclub.ca or call 613-860-0548.
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2. Fashionable 3. Girl’s name meaning “snow” in Welsh 4. Unhearing 5. Heavenly body 6. About heat energy 7. New Jersey capital 8. Steel rope 9. Selling 10. Eurasian land rail genus 12. Point midway between S and SE 14. Disfigure 19. Sound unit 23. Volt-ampere 24. Mentally deranged 25. TV taping device 26. 4th Caliph of Islam 27. Musician ___ Lo Green 28. Golden state (abbr.) 29. Importune
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Aries, expect to be called into action several times this week. You may prefer to avoid the spotlight, but that won’t be the case this week. Make the most of this opportunity.
Libra, although it’s noble to offer assistance to everyone you meet, you may be struggling to take care of yourself in the process. You must put your needs first.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Taurus, all of a sudden you are so busy it can be difficult to find a few moments to rest. Thankfully, you are able to keep up with all of the activity.
A desire to detach from others and be entirely self-sufficient can have some challenges, Scorpio. You don’t need to give up independence to have the support of others.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Gemini, seek advice from a trusted confidante as you contemplate a major lifestyle change. This person will provide valuable insight as you look to make the best decision possible.
Sagittarius, your energy levels are high and there is nothing you can’t accomplish this week. Avoid extra caffeine because you’re already buzzing.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Cancer, going solo on a project may not seem like the ideal situation. But you don’t want to be distracted this week, so going it alone is the best way to tackle the tasks at hand.
Find a balance between caution and carelessness, Capricorn. You cannot control every situation, and this week you may have something unexpected come your way.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Leo, following your gut may not always work out, but this week everything works out for the best. Curb impulsiveness as much as you can, though.
Aquarius, if you’re on the lookout for new work opportunities, look no further than your own supervisor for guidance. He or she may be your biggest ally.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Virgo, although you might be dreaming of a lavish vacation and an escape from the daily grind, it’s just not possible at this time. Start saving for this dream excursion.
You have boundless creativity, Pisces, and this week you get to channel it into a special project. Don’t overextend yourself until everything gets done.
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