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EMC news - Centretown will become a little greener this year thanks to a generous donation and community fundraising efforts. The trees and green space committee from the Centretown Citizens Community Association has been raising money to purchase, plant and water trees, but a recent donation from Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes’ office has made planting trees this year a possibility. “We are very excited about the donation and are looking forward to planting the trees,” Bonnie Maybee, chair of the committee said. Holmes donated $3,000 to the association, which will be divided in half and shared with the Dalhousie Community Association. The money was leftover from the councillor’s office budget after the year ended. “I felt it was important,” Holmes said. She would like to see more trees in two Centretown parks – Jack Purcell and Saint Luke’s – and along main boulevards like Metcalfe and O’Connor streets. The councillor stipulated that the trees be divided equally in the ward, something Maybee said is planned. A new tree is $120 each Maybee explained. Adding a $100 fee for three years to have the city water makes the committee’s budget $420 per tree. If a particular tree needs a guard around it, Maybee added, it would be an additional $200. The $1,500 donation along with $200 of the committee’s fundraised money will not go very far, but will bring four new trees to the neighbourhood. See CENTRETOWN page 2

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Ankun Fang receives his Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award at the ceremony held at Ottawa City Hall on March 24, and is shown standing beside Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley. Ankun was awarded for his work with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. For the full story, see page 28.

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EMC news - Parents from the Broadview Public School community were out in full force on March 21 to demand the public school board consider totally rebuilding the 85-year-old school, as the board begun discussions about the district’s capital needs for 2012 and beyond. A number of Broadview parents attended the board’s business service committee meeting to lobby trustees and ask for a commitment to a to-

tal rebuild instead of the major repair work currently being recommended by board staff. The parents contended they could no longer tolerate their children attending an asbestos-ridden school with declining infrastructure and vowed to push the board and the province to consider a rebuild. “We are asking the board to step up and to put some money towards rebuilding Broadview,” said Liz Burgess, co-chairwoman of the Broadview school council.

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big wound.” She said with repairs worth almost three-quarters the cost of building a new school (estimated at $12 million), they believe rebuilding the school is the only way forward. However Mike Carson, the board’s superintendent of facilities and planning, said totally replacing Broadview is probably not in the cards. “I don’t think a total reconstruction is the answer now,” he said. See PARENTS page 17

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agreed an arbitrator would offer a fair judgment. “The Ottawa community’s overwhelming support for our cause, which we are so grateful for, has made this strike a success and helped make our local stronger,” said Bill Riopelle, president of the union said in a statement. “Indeed, we are moving to arbitration with confidence and from a position of strength.”

Negotiations between the Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 73100 and the Salvation Army management grounded to a halt in February, but in an interview with Riopelle last month, he remained optimistic at the possibility of returning to the table. “We are waiting for them to approach, but we are in it for as long as it takes,” Riopelle said.

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“Unfortunately the money does not go a long way, but we understand that,” Maybee said. “It is just great news that we will have some new trees in the neighbourhood.” An initial list the committee made had identified 20 areas potential trees could be planted. The sites the committee is currently eyeing include locations on Gladstone Avenue and Gilmor Street. And as for size, Maybee said most locations in Centretown are too small for a large oak tree or maple, but smaller trees are just fine. Holmes said she looks forward to seeing more trees along the streets and in parks, rather than small bushes. “We have a small area to plant, so quite often it ends up being a lilac or a crabapple, but that doesn’t give us the canopy we need, both for air quality and for the cooling that we need in the summer,” Holmes said. “We will be speaking with the city to help pick the spots, but we have a few areas in

mind,” Maybee said. “I have no qualms about leaving it in the foresters hands, they know what trees to pick and where the best place to grow is.” The committee is continually fundraising to make their urban neighbourhood a green and vibrant place to live, including holding a Pots and Crops lecture on March 17. Maybee said for a community that has a hard time fundraising, she was impressed with the $165 they did raise. “It is not really a fundraising group so it was very important and we are really pleased,” she said. The next event the committee will be holding a Jane’s Walk event on May 6 to promote and help clean up some of Centretown’s parks. Something else the committee will be looking at in the future, Maybee said, will be the city’s Trees in Trust program, which offers property owners to take on some of the responsibility of taking care of a planted tree with the city. The trees will be planted in the fall by the city.

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EMC news - Police have charged a 19-year-old man with ﬁrst-degree murder in connection with a shooting took place in the Forbes neighbourhood on Friday, March 23. The mid-day incident left 20-year-old Khalid Doreh dead and two other males injured. Zakaria Dourhnou was charged with ﬁrst-degree murder and two counts of assault using a weapon following the incident. He appeared in court on March 24. According to Ottawa police, one of the wounded males remains in hospital with injuries while another male was released after receiving medial attention. Police responded to a call shortly before noon on March 23, just south of St. Laurent Boulevard at 777 Borthwick Ave. The intersection of Borth-

wick and Burns Street was closed off, as they reported one person in life-threatening condition. Manor Park elementary school locked its doors under its “secure schools” measure, which is called when a threat to student safety is likely to exist in the immediate community, which was then lifted. Staff at nearby Our Lady of Mount Carmel would not comment on the situation at their school. Police, meanwhile, canvassed the neighbourhood, speaking to residents. Area resident Richard Glarvin said he went outside to see what the commotion was after his granddaughter yelled “Oh my God!” sometime between 11 and 11:30 a.m. When he went out he saw a man on the ground bleeding from his rib cage, holding a towel, shouting, “Call an f-ing ambulance.” That’s when someone else shouted that paramedics were on the way. Glavin added that he also got a glimpse of someone lying on the veranda of 777 Borthwick Ave. Soon after police cars ﬂooded the area, he continued. Glavin, who has lived in the

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Growing Up On Track skill. Also, use the tips provided to do what • Ordering copies at www.ndds.ca • Registering at www.endds.com/en/index. you can to help your child learn. html to receive the tool by email Parents want the best for their children! They • Calling the Ottawa Public Health Informawork very hard to coax baby’s first smile, steps tion Line at 613-580-6744 If you have questions about and words. But parents often worry about: your child’s growth and • When children should master each skill How does the tool for checking child devel• How to help their child learn tasks and opment work? progress, how to use the skills Parents can use the tool themselves for their child or they can get help from a public health NDDS, or where to find help, It is very important for babies and young chil- nurse, doctor, child care provider or Early Years please call the Ottawa Public dren to develop and learn the skills they need Centre. as they grow up. Many children need extra Health Information Line at 613help in one or more areas. It is easier to cor- On your own or with help, rect or catch up on growth and skills when first answer 580-6744 • TTY 613-580-9656, the 12 to 14 quesyou figure out what your child needs as soon tions about your child’s skills. If visit ottawa.ca/health or your as possible. you answer “no” to a question, child’s doctor. How do I know that my child’s growth and think about development is on track? why your One tool that you can use to check on your child canchild’s development is the Nipissing District not do Development Screen (NDDS) for infants and this children up to 6 years of age.This tool is available in English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.It includes: • A checklist of skills most children can do at each age • Tips on what to do to help children learn Submitted by: Susan Thompson, Public Health Nurse Early Child Health Section, Ottawa Public Health

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• Buy fresh fruits and vegetables in season. 580-6744 (TTY: 613-580-6744). Like local strawberries in July and asparagus in early spring For some quick and easy meal ideas, go to You know that eating healthy is good for Stock-up your pantry and freezer with items http://ottawa.ca/health_safety/living/nutrition/ when they go on sale index_en.html you, but you may be feeling overwhelmed by all the information that is out there. What is For more information about these myths or true and what is false? Dietitians, the food and Myth: If a food is low in fat or fat-free, it must to find the truth about many more nutrition nutrition experts, want to help you find the be healthy. Truth: Just because a food is low in fat or fatquestions, go to www.dietitians.ca. right answers to your nutrition questions. They are ready to give you practical, healthy eating free doesn’t mean it’s healthy. • Foods like candy, pop, low-fat cookies To speak to a Registered Dietitian call 1-877advice by clearing up some myths: and fat-free frozen treats may have very little 510-5102 or go to www.eatrightontario.ca fat, but they are high in sugar and calories, health of their unborn baby. Myth: Processed foods have no place in a with little or no health value healthy diet. Foods like canned fish, nuts and nut butters • Truth: Many processed foods are healthy like peanut butter contain healthy fats choices and can also speed up meal prepara• When reading food labels tion. look at all the nutrient infor• Choose whole grain pasta, canned fish, plain mation, not just how much frozen vegetables and fruit, pre-made pizza fat it contains. Look for the crust, or even whole grain bread amount of calcium, vitamin • Pick items that have less added salt, fat and D and fibre that are in the sugar food. • Read the label and choose foods that are higher in nutrients you want more of, like So if you are confused by too fibre, calcium and B vitamins much information, remember to look at where it is coming from. Myth: Healthy food costs too much. Truth: If you plan and make wise choices, you You can always trust nutrition ad-can make tasty, healthy and affordable meals. vice from a Registered Dietitian. Choose foods that are high in nutrients but For health and nutrition inforlow on cost. • Buy dried goods in bulk, such as whole grain mation call the Ottawa Public Health Information line at 613flour, dried peas, beans and lentils

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An imperfect anti-smoking bylaw

s the city gears up to target smokers who light up in parks, at beaches and on patios, we have to wonder if the they’ll actually butt out. The public-health aspirations of the city’s expanded non-smoking bylaw are laudable, particularly for bar staffers who are subjected to secondhand smoke when they’re on the job. But enforcing the bylaw seems like an

unattainable task. Indeed, the city’s bylaw chief told council that the strategy mainly relies on people following the rules. Unless a bylaw officer happens to be walking by when someone lights up in a restricted area, chances are low that offenders will actually be issued $300 tickets. (Tickets won’t begin to be handed out until July 2, after the warning period.) The city’s approach will

be centred on prevention and educating people about the new bylaw. But it won’t be proactive in enforcing the bylaw – people will have to call in a complaint that bylaw officers can attempt to respond to. It doesn’t take long to butt out a cigarette if you see an officer coming. And there will not be more bylaw officers on the street to help enforce the bylaw or educate people about the changes.

There is a publicity campaign underway, but it’s paid for out of the $1.8 million tobacco prevention and control program budget the city already has ($265,000 of that comes from the city). That money covers cessation programs, enforcement and more. There will undoubtedly be confusion when it comes to which parks, beaches and green spaces people can smoke in. The lawn at city hall will be completely smoke-free

after April 1, but directly across Laurier Avenue, nothing will stop people from smoking in Confederation Park. That park, along with the pathways and parkland along the Rideau Canal and many other green spaces in the Capital, is owned by the National Capital Commission, and the city can’t enforce its bylaw on those lands. Same goes for land owned by Public Works and Government Services Canada, not the least of

which is Parliament Hill. If someone is caught smoking where they shouldn’t be, claiming they didn’t know that patch of grass was city property is not a hard argument to make. That’s why it would make sense for at least the NCC to adopt the same rules as the city, but since Gatineau doesn’t have the same smoking bylaws, it creates bureaucratic complications for the interprovincial agency. If Gatineau followed Ottawa’s suit when it comes to smoking restrictions, as it did with our city’s original nonsmoking bylaw a decade ago, the NCC would have an easier time enacting a similar policy.

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But have you actually been there? CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

t wasn’t even front-page news that Ottawa was named, for the third year in a row, most livable Canadian city. Maybe it was because of the most livable weather we were having. Anyway, ho hum. The magazine MoneySense does this annual ranking, using a complicate set of criteria that seems to work to our advantage. Of the top 10, the other nine were Burlington, Kingston, Halifax, Regina, Brandon, Fredericton, Edmonton, Red Deer and Winnipeg. Note that the biggest cities were conspicuous by their absence. In fact, Toronto was number 47, Vancouver was number 56 and Montreal was number 123. Among the factors cited in the ratings were such things as housing costs, household income (where Ottawa is said to rank highly because of high-paying, secure government jobs), crime rate, unemployment rate, climate and culture. So you can see where we would do well. And don’t forget that former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney just cancelled a speaking engagement in Toronto because he considered it too dangerous. Imagine what that will do to next year’s rankings. Ottawa gets a nod for “cultural offerings and family-friendly lifestyle.” Part of that familyfriendly lifestyle must be the ease of getting out of the city, which all the top 10 places have and the larger cities don’t. It’s ironic that part of a city’s appeal is the ease of getting away from it, but that’s a reality in this outdoors-obsessed land. Much as you may enjoy Toronto’s cultural offerings, try getting out to the country on a weekend. Out of 190 cities, Ottawa ranks seventh in

culture (Vancouver is first). The culture ranking has to do with the percentage of people employed in arts, culture, recreation and sports. It’s just as well that MoneySense didn’t know that we are losing another independent bookstore when the rankings were put together. But, unfortunately, losing independent bookstores is a quality all cities share. We are 18th in doctors per 1,000 population, 27th in low crime, 14th in population growth and 15th in new cars.Of such building blocks is a quality of life made. We are above average in all of the categories, except for affordable housing, where we are 134th, still well ahead of Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and Canmore, Alta. We rank 36th in household income, 39th in being able to bicycle to work. We rank 65th in weather, a difficult category to quantify, you would think. But you get an idea of how that works when you see that Oakville, Ont., is the best and Thetford Mines, Que., is the worst. Or maybe you don’t get an idea. There are various sublists that are interesting. We rank fifth on the list of Best Places to Retire (Victoria, predictably, is first). We rank ninth in the Best Places to Raise Kids (Strathcona County, Alberta is first). But we don’t crack the top 10 on Best Places to Find a Job. Those cities, with the exception of Burlington, are in the Prairies. As you might expect, the lists online are followed by a number of people griping. What online article isn’t followed by a number of people griping? People who love what downtown Toronto has to offer can’t understand why Fredericton or Red Deer are even mentioned in the same breath. People who think snow is worse than rain can’t understand why Vancouver’s weather would be called worse than Port Hope, Ont. (which somehow is said to have the second-best weather in the country). People love to argue about these things. All the more so because many Canadians have not actually seen the places they feel superior to. If there’s anything good these rankings can accomplish it’s to make people more likely to visit places they might otherwise have avoided. Some of them might even come to Ottawa.

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f you find yourself feeling sad, angry or fearful as a result of this week’s federal budget, it may be best to leave your money alone for a while. According to research in the emerging field of neuroeconomics, emotions can play a significant role in how we approach our finances. Even minor fluctuations in our emotional equilibrium can impact how we spend, according to researchers at Stanford University. After showing test subjects scary or stimulating images, researchers at the university put people in MRI

otherwise – were more prone to gamble. And you’ve heard of retail therapy, right? Well, a study at Harvard may help to explain why it can feel good to buy new things when you’re down in the dumps. Researchers there have discovered a way to reverse the natural human tendency to value things you already own over those you don’t – by invoking sadness. In one study, people who watched tear-jerker film clips for several minutes prior to placing value on objects were found to place a lower value on their assets as a

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse machines. They found that the varying images triggered action in different parts of the brain. Scary images of spiders, for example, triggered the anterior insula, a part of the brain associated with safety. Stimulating or sexual images lit up the nucleus accumbens, an area

of the brain connected with risk-taking. Subsequent tests showed that those experiencing fear, who were then asked to make decisions about their money, were more likely to choose safe options. On the flip side, those who were stimulated – sexually or

result. In other words, when you’re sad, you don’t value the “things” in your life as much. You may also overvalue goods you don’t yet own when you’re sad – and pay too much for them, as a result. Even seemingly trivial events, like articles in a newspaper or bad news from a friend can influence what you do with your money. So if the federal budget has offset your normal emotional balance, it’s probably best to do nothing with your finances for the moment. Wait until you have full information and let the chips

fall where they may. Feeling frightened may just cause you to squirrel your money away unnecessarily. On the other hand, if you’re sad because you’re at risk of losing your job, or you’re facing higher taxation, you may make the situation worse by going on a spending spree at the mall. At the end of the day, it’s best to just meditate and hold off making any financial decisions until you are feeling clear-headed. And if that takes until Budget Day 2013, well, no worries. These things always move in cycles anyway.

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after grandchildren and help with household chores. Many find it difficult to integrate because of the language barrier. Ho said there are already around 300 members and she hopes to attract more to the support centre. “When seniors settle their heart here, it will help their mental and physical health,” she said. The Kanata Chinese Seniors Support Centre will celebrate its official launch at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre, located at 2 MacNeil Crt., at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 31, where everyone is welcome, said Ho. The event will feature a presentation about the support centre’s initiatives followed For more information, visit the website at www.kcssc.org, email wjho.kcssc@gmail. com, or call 613-440-3788.

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EMC news - Starting April 2, smokers must butt out at restaurant patios and on all city properties. That includes city-owned parks, beaches, buildings and city markets. A decade after the city banned smoking indoors, the next phase of the bylaw expansion is set to make all city properties, including beaches, more than 1,000 parks and 300 city facilities, including the ByWard and Parkdale market stalls, smoke-free zones. A warning period will be in effect until July 2, when bylaw officer will begin handing out fines of $305. City and Ottawa Public Health staff have been sending letters and emails to affected groups and event organizers and visiting all restaurants and bars with patios to ensure staff and patrons are aware of the changes. Signs and training sessions are being provided to bar and restaurant staff, as well as staff who work at city facilities. Smoking on city streets and sidewalks is still allowed, and properties owned by the National Capital Commission and the federal government.

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As of April 2, smoking will be prohibited on restaurant and bar patios across the city as Ottawa implements the most comprehensive anti-smoking bylaws in Ontario. Other municipalities have done “bits and pieces” of what Ottawa’s expanded smoke-free bylaw covers, said the city’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Isra Levy, but he added: “We believe the comprehensiveness of what’s being done here puts Ottawa back on top.” “It’s a complete package we have that will make the city a healthier place,” said Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes, who heads the city’s public health board.

City council approved the new bylaw on Feb. 22. According to a city report, only 15 per cent of Ottawans are smokers, so it makes more financial sense for restaurants to appeal to the 85 per cent of residents who don’t smoke by making their patios smokefree. For more information about the expanded regulations or if you need help quitting smoking, visit ottawa.ca/smokefree or call 311.

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The Steele-Briggs seed catalogue was dog-eared from constant nightly use at the pine table, an order had been placed and it had already come in C.O.D. The mailman handled all the finances for anything that was ordered through a catalogue, which was a good thing, because Father didn’t believe in banks, so no cheques were written in our house. Every night Mother would take down the little box filled with coloured packets of seeds and laid them out on the table. She would decide which ones could be planted in boxes early and which ones would have to wait for the garden. The seed packets seemed to lift her spirits. “Won’t be long now,” she would say to no one in particular. Then she would turn to Father sitting in his rocking chair with his feet on the oven door. “Albert, you could get those flat boxes ready any time you found a spare minute,” she would say. “I want to be ready to plant as soon as the garden has dried up.” Day by day, the winter

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EMC news - A city committee endorsed a plan that could see about 100 holders of accessible taxi plates garner a six-figure selling price for their cab licences. Changing the taxi licensing system to allow just over 100 plate owners to sell, trade or lease their taxi plates for wheelchair-accessible cabs would boost the plates’ street value to between $100,000 and $330,000 – high prices that holders of the limited number of standard taxi licences recently fetched for their non-accessible cab plates. Committee member Rainer Bloess, councillor for Innes Ward, compared the change to giving accessible cab license holders a lottery ticket with a guaranteed win. The accessible taxi licences, which were issued by the city in an effort to provide transportation for people with mobility challenges such as wheelchairs, were originally not meant to be sold or traded. But opening up the rules for accessible cab licences was part of a suite of changes the city’s community and protective service committee approved to the taxi bylaw, which the city uses to regulate the industry. The vote was 5-1, with only veteran Coun. Diane Holmes voting against the proposals. Council will have the final vote in April. The city issues licences for

a variety of businesses, including food carts, snow plow operators and more, but taxi licences are the only ones issued by the city that are transferable, meaning they can be resold. There are a total of 1,001 standard plates and 173 accessible plates in service, which fits the ratio of one taxi for every 784 residents in the urban regulated area, as mandated by city council. No new plates will be issued until the need increases, and any new taxi licences would be for accessible cabs only. Hanif Patni, president of the company that owns Blue Line, Capital and DJ’s cabs Coventry Connections – was careful to remain neutral about the windfall he could see if the cheaper accessible licenses suddenly became saleable. Patni and other industry stakeholders had been consulted on the changes, but Sue Jones, manager of the emergency services department that oversees taxi regulation, said the changes weren’t of enough interest to the general public to warrant public consultation. The lack of consultation was just one of the issues Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans bemoaned during the March 22 meeting. Deans, former chairwoman of that committee, said the proposed changes would mark a step back from the taxi reforms she oversaw during the last form of council. “We regulate this industry

for consumer protection and health and safety of the public … and it seems the public hasn’t been consulted on this,” Deans said. “I can’t understand why these recommendations are coming forward and on what basis.” Deans is no longer sitting on the committee and therefore doesn’t have a vote until it reaches council. Bay Coun. Mark Taylor, the chairman of the committee, said the committee only has a duty to look at the bylaw regulating the industry to ensure it’s serving the needs of people who want to use taxis. “Can they get one? Is it a fair price? That’s our role,” Taylor said. Other proposed changes include an effort to encourage taxis to serve rural areas of the city by instituting a minimum $30 fare. Trips would only be made between the rural area, which doesn’t have taxi regulations, and the regulated urban area – not for trips both begin and end in a rural area. Other changes include reductions in the number of taxi inspections and refresher courses for taxis, a requirement to display the cab number larger and more clearly, If council also lends it support to the changes, city staff will be directed to review a number of other issues related to the taxi industry: letting cabs park in front of fire hydrants if the driver stays in the vehicle, companies that transport both a person and their vehicle, limousine licensing and prohibiting advertising of illegal taxi services.

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s I’m writing this column, it’s officially the first day of spring. But the temperature outside is 26 C and it really feels more like July. Whatever the temperature, this asparagus and shrimp quiche is a delicious springtime dish. Serve with French bread and a salad and you have a filling meal. Once I tried a new quiche recipe when we were having company for supper. After an hour-and-a-half in the oven, the quiche still wasn’t set, and the filling didn’t look as if it was going to be set for at least another half hour. Our company was family visiting from Barrie and they were very understanding, but we were all getting hungry. Finally, I scraped the barely cooked quiche into a frying pan, stirred it over medium heat, and served it as scrambled eggs. We had a good laugh, and everyone agreed that the “scrambled” quiche tasted pretty good. This quiche recipe is a totally different one but, if you find that it’s taking a while to set, consider the scrambled egg version as a fall back.

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Scatter the diced onion and red pepper over everything and top with the grated cheese. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, cream, parsley, salt and pepper, mixing well. Here’s a tip for putting the quiche in the oven without having the filling tip out or spill. After you’ve arranged the shrimp, vegetables and cheese in the pie shell, and before adding the egg mixture, pull your oven rack part way out. Set the pie shell on the oven rack and pour the egg mixture over the shrimp and cheese. Carefully slide the rack back into the oven. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 40 to 50 minutes. To test for doneness, insert a knife into the centre of the quiche. If the knife comes out clean, the quiche is done. If the knife comes out looking wet and milky, continue baking for another 5 to10 minutes, then check it again. Serves 4.

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Bus GPS data isn’t reliable: transit chief Laura Mueller

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EMC news - As some people celebrated the long-awaited release of real-time bus location data from OC Transpo, the transit service’s new chief admitted the data is faulty.

Global positional satellite data that’s supposed to determine when a bus is expected at the next stop sometimes gets held up in the system, delaying the accurate arrival time reported to riders using the 560560 SMS text message service or

the new MyTransit iPhone app, sometimes by several minutes. OC Transpo general manager John Manconi said his staff is investigating to see how frequent and how widespread the issue is, which routes it is occurring on and most impor-

tantly, what the cause is. Manconi said the problem was known by OC Transpo, but is only now being acknowledged publically after an OC Transpo bus driver and union steward brought the issue to the transit commission’s attention during its March 21 meeting. Craig Watson, who serves on the scheduling committee for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, told transit commissioners that on-board GPS systems often tell bus drivers they are running early when they’re not. That prompted commissioners to ask questions about the accuracy of the data. The meeting should have been celebration for OC Transpo as it finally readied to release the bus location information publically, so third-party developers could use the information to create mobile or computer applications, or “apps,” to tell transit users when to expect their bus to arrive. The data was briefly made public last spring, but OC Transpo quickly made it unavailable, citing old equipment that didn’t provide accurate enough data. That was followed by a discussion about whether OC Transpo had more to gain financially by keeping the data private and only making it available through the official OC Transpo app, which led to public outcry.

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OC Transpo’s new MyTransit app can tell riders when their next bus will arrive, but transit boss John Manconi admitted on March 21 that the GPS data that powers the app and the 560560 SMS message service is sometimes unreliable.

Developers got a crack at using the data starting March 22 and OC Transpo pre-empted that by releasing its GPSbased MyTransit app for the iPhone on March 21. But instead, attention turned to the questionable accuracy of the bus location data that powers the app. “Something’s not squaring up,” Manconi told the transit commission. “There is something with the data that’s not adding up.” Information technology staff at OC Transpo hope to come up with some fixes by April or May, Manconi said. Most of the time, bus-location information is accurate. But OC Transpo is still investigating what happens when it’s not. The GPS delays could

strike one bus at a time, or all of OC Transpo’s buses at once, but there is no way for a bus rider using the app or 560560 service to tell if the info is actually giving him or her an accurate estimate on the bus’s arrival time. Fixing the GPS data delay will help keep another project on track. OC Transpo’s old schedules were based on best estimates of how long it would take a bus to travel between timepoints. But as GPS technology is rolled out on all the buses, the schedules are being updated to more accurately reflect the real-time bus-location data the GPS provides. That evolution of scheduling can’t happen until the GPS delay issue is resolves, Manconi said.

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OC Transpo launches bus location app Mobile app to show bus wait times currently only available for iPhone, iPad Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - Bus schedules are a thing of the past, according to one bus driver, now that transit users can now download a free mobile app to find out when their next bus will arrive. OC Transpo’s new MyTransit mobile application was launched on March 21 and provides a bilingual service to tell users how long they will have to wait for their next bus to arrive. The advent of real-time bus location data and new ways (like the app) to make it accessible to riders spel the beginning of the end for the ubiquitous bus schedule, said bus driver and transit union scheduling committee member Craig Watson. “The paper schedules eventually will just be thrown out,” Watson said. “That’s the reality of what’s coming down the road.” Users can also search routes and stops, save frequently used route information as favourites, receive alerts on detours or cancellations and check fare and bus pass information.

“In today’s world, mobile devices are fast becoming the medium of choice for communicating and accessing information,” said another Watson – Mayor Jim Watson. “MyTransit - OC Transpo is a free app using technology to assist our busy transit riders by giving them the information they need when they need it.”

‘The paper schedules eventually will just be thrown out. That’s the reality of what’s coming down the road.’ MAYOR JIM WATSON

A trip planner isn’t included in the app, but there is a trip planner on OC Transpo’s mobile website, www.octranspo. mobi, which is linked to by the app. The city cautioned that this is the first version of the MyTransit app, and improvements will be needed as the bugs are worked out. The app is currently only

available for the iPhone or iPad and can be found by searching “MyTransit – OC Transpo” in the Apple App Store. Versions for Android and Blackberry devices will be available in about six months, said the chairman of the city’s information technology subcommittee, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney. But he added that independent developers will probably whip together their own applications that use bus location GPS data. By the end of last week, a couple of web-based applications had already been designed to allow users to look at real-time bus locations on their computers. The citizen advocacy group that led the charge for the open release of the bus-location data, Open Data Ottawa, is a good source to follow for tips on new, independent transit apps. The website is www. opendataottawa.ca, follow twitter.com/opendataottawa or “like” the Facebook page. Transit users who don’t have a smart phone can still use their cell phone to access the same GPS bus location info through the 560560 SMS text message service. Just type 560560 and the four-digit bus stop number or first three letters of the Transitway station name.

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The new MyTransit app, displayed here on an iPad, shows next bus arrivals times based on real-time GPS data. OC Transpo launched the app on March 21, but Android and Blackberry users will have to wait six months for a similar service.

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Carson said the absence of a long term budget commitment from the province makes the development of priorities a very difficult exercise. The staff report presented at the board’s business service committee indicated that because so little funding has been forthcoming, very few of the capital priorities can be initiated and completed. “It is only with multi-year funding that we will be able to begin to address the many categories of need that exist, from growth, to major renovations to established facilities,” the report stated. Viscount Alexander Public School in Sandy Hill is one school that could be removed from the updated capital priority list when the board’s business service committee meets next month to approve

the capital priority list. The school was on the list submitted to the Ministry of Education last year, which featured 15 separate projects across a five-year period. Viscount Alexander is in need of a permanent addition, but the staff report prefers the use of portable classrooms as a solution in the short term. The school council chairwoman Cristine Elrick pleaded with trustees to preserve Viscount Alexander’s place on the capital priority list. “With our students’ future in mind, the Viscount Alexander school council disagrees with the proposal too remove Viscount from the capital priority list,” she said. She noted a new addition would only add to the success of the early French immersion and English programs and ensure the long term success of the dual track system at Viscount.

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Kids love magic – parents too! Check out Ian Quick – Magician in the demo area. His funny, fun-filled bilingual show will keep kids baffled! Make way for Midway! They’ll have mini 4-wheeler ATV’s on hand, a bounce castle, an inflatable slide, kidfriendly games and

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A tiger, an eagle and reptiles galore! There’ll be plenty of wildlife to keep kids fascinated at the 11th Capital Parent & Kids Show plus the ALL NEW Wildlife Festival at the Nepean Sportsplex the weekend of March 31 and April 1. Meet Sasha, an endangered Siberian Tiger from Jungle Cat World three times a day both days. Kids can get up close and personal with a lynx and a lemur too. The live Birds of Prey flight demonstration will show-case winged hunters from the Canadian Raptor Conservancy twice daily. These magnificent, efficient hunters will be flying spectacularly over the audiences’ heads! Little Ray’s ever-popular Great Reptiles of the World will be at the show with a life-size skull of Tyrannosaurus Rex along with other dinosaur and reptile skulls. Little Ray will be providing informative and fascinating shows twice daily on the Main Stage with his reptiles.

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Ian McKercher’s first novel, The Underling, takes a look at what life was like living in Ottawa in 1934.

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EMC entertainment - The recently published first novel by a retired Glebe high school teacher is a coming of age story that looks at the early days of both the Bank of Canada and the life of a young woman. The Underling was published earlier this year and its author, Glebe resident and former Glebe Collegiate English teacher Ian McKercher, said so far he is pleased with the overwhelming response to his first foray as an author. “But as Canadians, would I really hear if my friends didn’t like it?” he said. The book takes place in 1934 when the Bank of Canada was first established. McKercher, a long time history writer for a Glebe community newspaper, said it was fun writing a fictional twist on

Canada’s past. “I have always liked history, it is fun doing research, but it is so much more fun writing fiction,” McKercher said. “You get to make things up.” The lead character in the novel is 17-year-old Frances McFadden, a young secretary at the bank McKercher said was inspired by the many fine students he taught over the years. “I always felt high school students are capable of much more then we ask or give them credit for and I feel we did them a disservice by not giving them more avenues to express themselves in high school,” he said. “Frances, she is what I saw in my students.” McKercher’s protagonist may seem young to be a secretary by today’s standards, but the author said like his mother, many women of the era en-

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tered the workforce at a young age before they were married. In many ways he said, the young secretaries honed their parenting skills during these few years before they started their own families. “I have always thought of them as the parents to a company,” McKercher said. “The ones who are able to control a situation and moves things forward. They are more political then I think anyone ever gave them credit to be.” McKercher actually started writing this novel in 1982, while teaching in China, back when writers wrote long-hand on paper. Only it would be another 30 years before he would get around to finishing his Ottawa tale. When asked if his first fictional effort is just the start of a new career, McKercher laughs. “Well, I’m 66 now. This one took me 30 years, if I wrote another book I would be 96,” he said. But people like the book, he adds, and he has been told some of his readers have already asked for a sequel, something he never thought about when it came to writing about Frances. “Maybe if I was to do a sequel, I would pick up where the book leaves off,” McKercher said. “A war years book.” McKercher’s novel ends just as the Second World War breaks out and the Bank of Canada, only four years old at the time, began exerting more influence on the Canadian political scene. He said he thinks that story would be a fun one to write, but whether he does remains undecided as McKercher takes this time to enjoy his newly published book. The official book launch for The Underling will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 22 at Glebe-St. James United Church hall, 650 Lyon St. Signed editions are available from the author 613-2354863. The novel can also be purchased from Britton’s and Octopus Books in the Glebe, Mother Tongue Books in Old Ottawa South or Book Bazaar at 417 Bank St.

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EMC news - Three musical Orleans brothers are going to see two years of fundraising put to work when they leave for Haiti on April 3. Their goals, posted on their website, include educating youth to chose to make a difference, raising awareness for Haiti and to “rock out as hard as we can, wherever we can, whenever we can.” Liam, Jan and Quinn Dubé have used music to help them make a community impact. The three formed their own band called the Brothers Dubé; they started performing for family in 2006 to keep their mom’s spirits up while she battled cancer. Their grandmother recognized the talent, and scheduled her three grandsons to play at a series of church fundraisers. The church fundraisers quickly spiralled into becoming well-known Ottawa buskers, fundraising for various causes. Now, six years after they started playing together, Liam, Grade 9, and Jan, Grade 7, attend Ecole Secondaire Garneau while Quinn is in Grade 6 at Etoile de L’Est. After the earthquake in Haiti, they started fundraising for the House of Hope Orphanage. The brothers lost their mother, and saw many children in the earthquake who lost both of their parents. “Then we started raising money for Kanpe,” said Liam, of the organization that is working to help re-build Haiti. “Because every dollar through Kanpe, Arcade Fire would double.” They fundraised by busking in the Byward Market, outside Bluesfest, and around the city; the loonies and toonies thrown in their guitar cases have slowly added up. Now, having smashed their original $50,000 fundraising goal – they’re now at $140,000 – they are going down in person to see the impact and document the trip. Funds raised have purchased food, water and medicine at the House of Hope in Haiti, rebuilt the girls dormitory, and purchased a vehicle for the orphanage. The brothers are going to spend a week in Port-auPrince, visiting the orphanage, and getting an idea of what a day in the life is like for a Haitian youth. “We are excited at the prospect of tapping into youth’s energy,” said Brothers Dubé manager – and dad – Rob. They’re going to be filming it all and producing a 10 minute mini-documentary based on the day in the life concept. Help in the production department has come from a variety of sources. A Haitian family friend did some preproduction scouting to find a family and schools interested in the project. A film crew already in Haiti will help the boys while they’re there, and a friend of a friend who heard about the project has offered to help edit the final product. Once they get back, they’ll

Donations All musical equipment will be transported to Haiti by Air Canada and used for performances in schools before being donated. The Brothers Dubé are currently looking for the following equipment: • Acoustic bass • Electric bass • Acoustic guitar • Electric guitar • Electronic drums • Acoustic drum kit • Cymbals and stands • High hat and stand • Microphones • XLR cables • Mic stands • Drum sticks • Guitar picks They can be contacted via email at brothersdube@ gmail.com.

visit French and English schools in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec to play, and share their experiences and documentary. “The plan is to go out to film a family, see what the life is,” Jan said. “Then compare it to Canadian kids.” Quinn said they want to ask some regular day-to-day questions, like what the kids eat for breakfast. Liam said there are some more serious questions to be asked too. “I want to ask, ‘When you go to school, are you afraid it’s going to fall down?’” he said. They were able to raise funds and air miles in order to fund their trip, and can stay with an uncle who runs a hotel in Port-Au-Prince. Their schools have already offered to send school supplies down, but they are still searching for musical instruments to take down, which they hope to play in the schools, and then leave as donations. Air Canada has agreed to waive all extra baggage costs to transport all of the equipment. They’ve already started booking schools to present their documentary when they return, and will start at Emily Carr Middle School in April. Skype could factor into the equation, as the boys hope they are able to link up schools to connect and ask questions, developing the ‘day in the life’ theme. The goal of the documentary is to inspire other kids their age to make social change. “We’ve got to fix that little island first,” Liam said. “If we can fix that one thing, we’ve done our part in the world.” To check out the Brothers Dubé before they leave for Haiti, see them play as a part of a Juno week feature on young artists on March 30 and 31. They will be playing with another youth band from Ottawa, the Riot Police, at Darcy McGee’s on Sparks Street at 9 p.m.

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From left, Liam, Jan and Quinn Dubé at their Orleans home. The brothers will be travelling to Haiti for a week on April 3 to see the results of money they have fundraised through busking, and filming a documentary to bring home.

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Ottawa Student Transportation Authority The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority will be conducting public consultation sessions on a number of proposed changes to transportation policies for the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) and the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) in an effort to harmonize policies between the two school boards. All sessions will contain the same content and parent/guardians from either Board can attend any session. There will be five sessions in total, one in each transportation zone occurring on the following dates: April 2, 2012 A.Y. Jackson S.S. – 150 Abbeyhill Dr., Kanata April 3, 2012 Confederation E.C. – 1645 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean April 4, 2012 Glebe Collegiate – 212 Glebe Ave., Ottawa April 5, 2012 Cairine Wilson S.S. – 975 Orleans Blvd., Orleans April 10, 2012 Pope John XXIII E.S. - 165 Knoxdale Rd., Nepean Sessions will begin at 5:30pm and end promptly at 7:00 pm. There will be a presentation and “Q&A” period. Please visit OSTA’s website at www.ottawaschoolbus.ca for more information.

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Franco-Ontarian solidarity celebrated at city hall Brier Dodge

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EMC news - Fifteen years after it was nearly closed, Montfort Hospital remains a reminder of the enduring vibrancy of Ottawa’s francophone community. “In our city, Montfort stands as a symbol of unity, service and pride,” Mayor Jim Watson said at the annual “Francophone Rendezvous” to celebrate the hospital, held on March 22 at city hall. The event recognizes the 15th anniversary of the Franco-Ontarian community gathering to save the Montfort Hospital in 1997 when it came close to being shuttered. Watson said movement helped the hospital win the hearts of Ottawans, Ontarians and Canadians, and recognized those who contributed to

keeping the hospital open. “From the volunteers at the front desk; to the nurses and doctors in the emergency rooms to the patients you mean in the halls, Montfort is a pillar in our community,” Watson said. About 250 people attended the presentation, which was the start of a full day celebration for Montfort Hospital, which included a special lunch and evening event at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Watson declared the day Franco-Ontarian solidarity day in honour of the united community support showed 15 years ago to keep the francophone hospital open. Dr. Bernard Leduc, president of the Montfort Hospital, said the proclamation is a great signal of the city supporting and valuing the francophone

community. “Francophones have the right, but it’s also a recognition of being spoken to in your language that improves the quality of care,” Leduc said. Ottawa-Orleans MP Royal Galipeau said that saving the hospital was proof of Ontario’s French-speaking community’s will to survive, and it has been one of the Franco-Ontarian community’s greatest achievements. “When people are sick, they need to explain the best way they know how where it hurts And it’s the only place where if it hurts, you can explain it in French,” said Galipeau. “I hope it never hurts, but if it hurts, the best way to be healed is if you can explain it best.” Le Prelude elementary

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school from Chapel Hill South got a chance to show off their francophone roots as well, performing the song Notre Place by Ottawa’s Paul Demers. They got a surprise when Demers took a microphone and sang with the students. Grade 6 student Sabrina Godard said that she enjoyed coming to the event “because

we’re showing our francophone pride.” She’s a true Franco-Ontarian, attending school, afterschool sports and music class in French, and speaks French at home with her family. “It’s a very nice language to speak and can be hard to understand, but it’s good know,” she said.

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EMC news – Phyllis Mayers has a long list of accomplishments, events, and projects she’s been involved in the community. When she prints out a list she uses to keep track, it takes 10 pages to fit everything in. She’s been involved in almost every aspect of the Orleans community, ranging from health at St. Vincent Hospital, cultural with the Barbados Association, canvassing for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, UNICEF, United Way – among others, plus heavy involvement in the arts centre in Orleans. She was one of the pillars

in opening the Cyrville Community Centre, which debuted in 1983. “She was a pioneer of the Gloucester Arts Council, called ArtEast today, and was instrumental in developing the artistic community in Orleans,” Orleans Coun. Bob Monette said. “They say to me…, ‘Phyllis, you are like Oprah, without the money,’” Mayers said with a laugh. Mayers came to Canada from Barbados when she was 17, where she quickly became a nurse, studying in England and locally at Algonquin College. She worked for years at St. Vincent Hospital, and never stopped volunteering, even af-

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She was one of the performers in the school’s choir, whipped together in only a few short days by music teacher Michel Rochon. “The kids are so exposed to English-speaking music,” Rochon said. “So when you have a song like this that speaks to their francophone roots, that’s cool.”

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The gaudy offensive numbers have long been huge part of his story. For Senators centre Jason Spezza , who hit the 600-game mark in National Hockey League service last week, those statistics say plenty about what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brought to the Ottawa lineup. The 28-year-old pivot has produced 607 points, including 221 goals and 386 assists, in eight-plus seasons with the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only captain Daniel Alfredsson ranks ahead of Spezza in all three categories in modern franchise history. With 75 points (29-46) through Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first 74 games of the season, the Toronto native sits in the top five in NHL scoring and will finish with his best totals since 2007-08, which Spezza racked up a careerbest 92 points (34-58) as the centre of one of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most feared lines (along with Alfredsson and Dany Heatley). All of that is easy enough to know. But those who are really in the know â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his Senators

Jason Spezzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s importance to the ottawa Senators goes far beyond the impressive statistics he has produced with the team this season. he has also eagerly shared his veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience with younger teammates (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images).

teammates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will tell you emphatically that his value to the team goes way beyond the numbers. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll point out that the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on his jersey is clear evidence of the leadership role he holds with this team, along with Alfredsson, fellow alternate captain Chris Phillips and Chris Neil. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since I came here, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a top player and someone to rely on,â&#x20AC;? said Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both on and off the ice, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great guy and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really taken responsibility for everything, and making sure everything is good with everyone.â&#x20AC;? Ottawa centre Zenon Konopka goes even further than that, saying Spezza deserves serious consideration for the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to the NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most valuable player. Though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only seen him from afar until this season, the first year Senator has quickly come to appreciate what Spezza brings to the mix. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jason Spezza, to me, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get enough credit,â&#x20AC;? said Konopka. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He takes some of

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to be moved at the NHL trade deadline but instead inked a new contract with the team, as did Tim Gleason, a steady member of the Carolina blue-line brigade. In goal, Cam Ward still rates as one of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top stoppers.

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BoSton BruinS Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m., Sportsnet East The defending Stanley Cup champions have begun to regain their old form in recent games, showing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re again one of the teams to beat heading into the 2011-12 postseason. The Bruinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest breakout player of the campaign has been second-year forward Tyler Seguin, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emerged as a prime leader of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack. Patrice Bergeron rates as one of the NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top twoway threats, while Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand are physical forces

who also produce plenty of offence. Zdeno Chara remains one of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most feared blueliners and is a top Norris Trophy candidate. With Tuukka Rask sidelined by injury, the goaltending load falls on the capable shoulders of Tim Thomas.

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People have a love affair with their electronics, which play an integral role at households across the globe. Statistics from Nielsen’s Television Audience Report indicate that the average American household has 2.86 television sets, despite having just 2.5 people. It is also estimated that those in the U.S. will have watched the equivalent of 9 years’ worth of TV by the age of 65. Canadians spend 1,500 hours each year watching TV, and 128,000 Canadians have a TV in the bathroom. Though TVs are located throughout the typical household, homeowners don’t always appreciate the look of a TV and how it fits in with their design scheme. That is why many seek ways to camouflage a television when it is not in use. There are many ways to mask a television when not in use. Homeowners can explore different options, depending on their particular budget and the available space. * Furniture: Television armoires and cabinetry are some of the most basic ways to hide a TV. The unit is housed behind doors that are closed when the TVis not on and can be opened and recessed when it’s time to watch a show. These pieces of furniture can match other items in the room and create a flawless appeal. * Cover up: Wall-hung

EMC Lifestyle - (MS) Many homeowners aspire toward a pristine and lush lawn. For some a nice lawn gives them feelings of pride. Others believe a perfect lawn enables them to have the best-looking house in the neighborhood. Many homeowners spend hours outdoors perfecting their lawns or spend a good deal of money hiring professionals to make their lawn more appealing. But just because a lawn looks good now doesn’t mean it will look good later. That’s because delicate grass can be damaged by a number of different factors. Grubs Grubs are not very lawnfriendly. Grubs are actually the larval stage of different types of large beetles. These worm-like creatures feed on the roots of grass and are able to kill large sections of the lawn in a relatively short amount of time. It can sometimes be difficult to discern whether grubs, drought or another other pest has damaged a lawn. One way to check is to grab a portion of the damaged lawn and attempt to peel it back. If it comes back easily like a piece of carpet, it’s likely grubs. Spotting grubs underneath is a sure sign these larvae are killing the lawn. Using an insecticide for grub control in July can help kill off grubs that start hatching in August through September. Grub eggs do well in sunny patches of lawn that are well watered. More shade may deter them. There’s also

Remote-operated devices can raise or lower a television into position depending on need. flat screen televisions can be camouflaged with a piece of artwork or another wall decoration. Many times the TVis recessed into the wall, and the canvas or mirror is mounted on a device that can move it out of the way to reveal the screen. * On the move: There are mechanisms that can lower or raise a TV from a hidden location, whether in the floor or ceiling. The TV can descend or ascend vertically, or a hinged device can flip the TV up or down, depending on need, much like a small LCD television that mounts on the underside of a kitchen cabinet. * Under the bed: People have long embraced the under-the-bed storage options, but what about using that space for a TV? Homeown-

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the option of letting the lawn go dormant and not watering it, but you will be left with a brown, unappealing lawn. Pet Urine Pets can also damage a lawn. Pet urine can create burnt patches and significant discoloration on the lawn, particularly if the dog or cat uses one area consistently as their potty zone. The best way to prevent urine damage is to walk your dog so that he or she will not have free reign of the yard. However, sometimes dogs get out or stray cats and dogs visit your yard and relieve themselves without your knowledge. So this method is not foolproof. Therefore, you should take added action to maintain a lush lawn. First, make sure that soil and lawn is in good health by fertilizing and taking care of it properly. Second, water can dilute urine and neutralize its corrosive properties. Some have found that diluted urine can often act as a fertilizer to grass. You may have noticed that the outside ring of a urine-burned spot is often greener than the healthy lawn. Try to dilute the urine prior to 8 hours having elapsed for the best effect. Burrowing animals Moles and voles are among the more common lawn damage culprits. Voles are small rodents that resemble mice but have stouter bodies, shorter tails and rounder heads. They feast on everything from bulbs, succulent roots,

ground cover, and even dead animals in their paths. Their burrows enable them to move around relatively undetected, typically until the damage has already been done. Moles, although they have a similar-sounding name, are not related to voles and look very different. They have a cylindrical body shape with velvety fur, very small or invisible ears and large paws for digging. Moles often feed on earthworms and other small invertebrates found in the soil. The burrows they create are essentially traps for the worms, who fall into the burrows, where moles easily access them. Moles often stockpile worms for later consumption in underground larders. Voles can be kept away with natural vole predators, such as cats, hawks, owls and snakes. Mouse traps can also capture voles when baited. You may also dig sharp materials or chicken wire into your soil around planting beds to make it uncomfortable for voles and moles to tunnel through. Moles can also be controlled with traps. Finding active mole tunnels will help you place the traps effectively to either kill or simply contain the mole. The live animal can be relocated to a site where they won’t cause trouble. Lawn damage can occur through a number of different factors. Finding out the cause can help you find an effective treatment.

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Celebrity designer celebrates the sights and scents of spring EMC Lifestyle - (MS) Kelli Ellis is an interior designer for all seasons. But when spring rolls around each year, she is truly in her element. An award-winning celebrity interior designer, textile designer and design psychology expert, Ellis’s work is everywhere, from television (as a featured designer on TLC’s “Clean Sweep,” HGTV’s “Takeover My Makeover,” and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Orange County” as well as guest spots on NBC, CBS and ABC) and the Web (as eHow. com’s interior design expert) to print media (as the monthly design advice columnist for the Orange County Gazette). Known for her love of flowers and floral design, Ellis also serves as a spokesperson for the Society of American Florists. For Ellis, spring offers endless opportunities to update and refresh interior spaces with touches of color. While she always recommends starting with a neutral foundation that includes walls and major pieces of furniture in shades of white, beige or brown, Ellis loves to add seasonal flourishes by changing up accents and accessories. “With a neutral foundation,” explains Ellis, “you don’t have to invest a lot of time or money to refresh. Once you have the basics -- those pieces of furniture that you absolutely love and will stand the test of time -- the sky’s the limit in terms of changing accents such as valances, pillows, rugs, candle holders -- even the matting on a picture. A neutral foundation opens the door to a new look with minimal changes.” According to Ellis, one of the best -- and easiest -- ways to add seasonal color and refresh a living space is with fresh flowers displayed in a variety of containers. Fresh flowers not only enliven a room and bring in the sights and scents of the outdoors, they are perfect for playing up color and color combinations. “A lot of people are afraid of color in their decor, so a less scary way of introducing color is with flowers and vases,” El-

lis notes. “Fresh flowers can go with any type of decor and generally last as long as your mood, so there are endless opportunities to experiment without making a long-term commitment.” Decorating with flowers begins with choosing a container that is in sync with the season and the style of your home, counsels Ellis. “There are so many container options for every type of decor,” Ellis says. “If your home leans toward country, think about using old decanters, tins or even wooden boxes. For contemporary homes, glass vases with clean lines work best. And for traditional homes, go with urns or ornate vases.” The same principal applies to the flowers themselves. Mixed flowers tend to be more traditional; bunches of local flowers lend a homey, just-picked quality to a casual or country home; and monochromatic arrangements ooze modern. The key, notes Ellis, is to pair flowers with both their containers and the indoor environment in which they will be seen. Next comes color. While Ellis leans toward monochro-

matic arrangements of white flowers -- stargazers, lilies, roses and orchids are among her personal favorites -- she nevertheless appreciates the “pop” of color that can be achieved with bolder blossoms. When choosing flowers for a particular spot or room, Ellis advises looking at complementary colors -- those that are on the opposite side of the color wheel. For example, if the walls are a warm shade of yellow or gold, a container filled with blue flowers, such as hydrangeas, delphiniums or sapphire orchids, makes a bold statement. And in the green room? Try flowers in shades of purple and violet. “I think the greatest thing in the world is to bring your own vase or container to the florist and ask for something special that works with it,” she reveals. “Not every florist has a vase that suits your taste or will work in a particular spot, so I take in my containers and say, ‘I want something blue.’ Then I’m both surprised with the result and certain that it will work with the decor.” To learn more about Ellis and her latest projects, visit her online at kelliellis.com.

Surviving drought during a water restriction EMC Lifestyles - (MS) Homeowners don’t need to have a green thumb to know how taxing a drought can be on their lawns. Though summer is a laid-back season for many people, those same high temperatures and sunny days that make summer so enjoyable can wreak havoc on a lawn during periods of drought. In response to drought, many communities institute water restrictions that limit how much water a homeowner can use to water his or her lawn. These restrictions are wellintentioned and necessary, but lawns that need water still need to survive the summer heat. There are a few steps homeowners can take to help their lawn survive drought during a water restriction. * Extend intervals between cuts. Mowing the lawn is necessary, but whenever a lawn is mowed the grass is stressed. Since grass is already stressed during a drought, try to extend the periods between cuts as long as possible. If a landscaping service tends to your lawn, negotiate with the foreman or another company representative so the maintenance crew knows not cut the lawn on its

regular, nondrought schedule. * Help the lawn help itself. A lawn can actually help shield itself from drought, especially if homeowners are on board. When mowing, raise the decks of the mower so the grass can adequately shade itself from the blistering summer sun. Raising the decks also allows the lawn to maintain more water, which will be lost to evaporation if the lawn is cut too short. * Aerate. The height of drought season is not necessarily the best time to aerate, so the correct aeration schedule might be a preventive measure homeowners can take to help their lawn better cope with drought. Cool season lawns, which includes bluegrass, bent grass, fescues and rye grasses, grow best when temperatures are between 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit and might struggle mightily when the weather is especially hot and dry. August through early October is the best time to aerate cool season lawns. Warm season include Bermuda Zoysia grass, Buffalo and Saint Augustine and these species

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best when the temperatures rise into the 80s and mid-90s. Late spring or early summer is the best time to aerate warm season lawns. So why aerate? Because aerating the lawn helps break up hard, compacted soil, allowing water, air and nutrients, each of which are essential to a healthy lawn, to reach the soil and strengthen the roots. Strong roots are essential for the lawn to survive, be it hot and dry temperatures in the summer or colder weather in the winter. * Buy a mulching mower. If you don’t already have one, purchase a mulching mower and employ the mulching feature during hot and dry periods. Remove the bag from your mower so the clippings are left on the lawn, where they will break down and provide the lawn nutrients it desperately needs. Droughts are typically a lawn enthusiast’s worst nightmare. But even if water restrictions have been put in place, employing a few simple strategies can help a lawn survive extended periods of high temperatures and dry conditions.

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EMC sports - The Ottawa Jr. Senators season has come to an end after losing Game 5 of their Central Canada Hockey League first-round playoff series 4-1 to the Colts at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall on March 22. Led by two goals from forward Tyson Spink and a goal by his twin, Tylor, the victory gave the Colts a 4-1 series victory. Cornwall moves on to play the Hawkesbury Hawks in the second round of the CCHL playoffs. A bright point for the Jr. Senators was another goal from Ben Robillard, who led the team in scoring with three goals and two assists in the series. The 18-year-old winger had a strong first season with Ottawa, racking up 51 points in 52 regular season games, including 28 goals, second most on the team behind Devon Rice, who had 32. Going into the game, Ottawa’s season was on a knife edge following a 3-2 loss to the Colts at the Jim Durrell Complex in Game 4. The Jr. Senators surrendered a two-goal lead to Cornwall during the March 21 contest, with a goal from defenceman Mark Hough completed the Colts comeback at 16:06 of the third period.

As was the case on a number of occasions during the regular season, the Jr. Senators commitment appeared to ebb in the second period, giving the visitors a route back into the contest. “Tonight, I don’t know whether it was fatigue or lack of desire – I can’t pinpoint it,” said Jr. Senators head coach Rick Dorval. “They definitely came into our rink and outplayed us from start to finish.” After frustrating the visiting Colts and building a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Rice and Deric Boudreau during the first period at the Jim Durrell Complex on March 21, the Jr. Senators were utterly dominated during the second period, when they gave up 21 shots on goal while managing only a lone shot on Lukas Hafner’s goal. Kyle Baun bit into Ottawa’s lead when he scored on the power play at 8:56 of the second, but it was Mark Borkowski’s goal 41 seconds into the final period that fully shifted the momentum in the Colts favour. Catching the home club napping, Borkowski took advantage of a screened Charlie Millen in the Ottawa goal, snapping a shot into the top-left corner of the net. “I thought we competed

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Jr. Senators forward Thierry Gibeault races, left, for the puck alongside Colts centre Marly Quince during Ottawa’s 3-2 Game 4 loss to Cornwall on March 21 at the Jim Durrell Complex. in the first,” said Dorval. “In the second period, we thought we’d just hang on to a 2-0 lead and this Cornwall team is just

way too powerful and skillful offensively to give them that kind of time and space.” The Jr. Senators picked up

their play with the game tied, but had only a couple clear chances on Hafner’s net. Ottawa’s lack of sting

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EMC news - Students from across eastern Ontario gathered at city hall on March 24 to receive their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Awards. The awards are a self-directed program, under the guidance of a teacher, that focuses on community service, skill development, physical fitness and adventurous journey. The program, open to youth aged 14 to 25, started in Canada in 1963 and has now grown to include 126 countries. The Hon. David Onley, lieutenant governor of Ontario, said that 500,000 Canadians have taken the challenge at the silver, gold and bronze levels. “Each of you have grown in courage, fortitude and spirit,” he said to the crowd of 46 young people gathered at city hall. Woodroffe High School

was represented by more than five students who had completed the requirements, including Nepean resident Cody D’Aoust. Kanata resident Yakun Fang was awarded for his work with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. Sacred Heart High School in Stittsville, Lisgar Collegiate and Ottawa Technical Secondary School were also represented by students who had completed the challenge. “I am proud to be mayor in a city that has so many young people who know the importance of giving back to the community,” Mayor Jim Watson said, adding he hopes to have their input in the youth summit he has planned for the fall. Each level of award takes a different amount of time. Bronze requires a six-month commitment, while silver is 12 months and gold is 18. The age requirements are 14 for bronze, 15 for silver and 16 for gold.

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As minor hockey season fades, lacrosse ready to roll Eddie Rwema

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EMC news – With the minor hockey season coming to an end, it’s time for many kids in Ottawa to pick up a different kind of stick – a lacrosse stick. As kids get ready for spring sports, the Gloucester Lacrosse Association is reminding parents that registration for this season is open. The sport of lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey, and officials said anyone can play lacrosse. “As long as you are co-ordinated, with some athletic abilities and desire then it is fairly easy to learn the game,” said Mike McKay, one of the executives of the association. McKay said the game is easier to learn than hockey for brand new players, because you don’t have to worry about

slipping and sliding all over the ice. “If you can walk and run, you can play at a certain level,” said McKay. He added that lacrosse is a great sport that combines strength, skill, quickness, agility, creativity and finesse. “Lacrosse requires a lot of running, stopping and going. It is a very dynamic sport and, unlike hockey, there is no gliding.” The association was born in 1970, to provide lacrosse for residents of the then Gloucester Township. “Since then the game is steadily growing and we would like to keep growing even more,” said McKay. Though the game is not as big as hockey, it offers an alternative, said McKay. The cornerstone of the association’s box lacrosse is its house league. The season runs from mid-April until the end of June and consists of about eight to 10 games and practices. Players are assigned to teams to create balanced teams for a fun and challeng-

ing season. Box lacrosse began in the 1930s as an opportunity to use arenas during the hockey offseason. It is played indoors in a 6-on-6 format (1 goalie, 5 runners). Box lacrosse is physical and dynamic and in many ways closely resembles hockey. The game is popular in Canada where hockey players use box to develop their hockey skills each summer. McKay said each year the association attracts about 600 kids who register to play the game. However the association’s biggest limitation has always been the number of arenas at their disposal. “I think Ottawa as a whole needs more arenas, not just for lacrosse but all other sorts of sports,” said McKay. Each year the association hosts the Ray Broadworth Memorial Tournament. This year’s tournament is slated for June 29 to July 2. To register for this year’s lacrosse season visit www. gloucester-lacrosse.com.

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Mike McKay, who is on the executive committee of the Gloucester Lacrosse Association, says lacrosse is an easy game for brand new players to learn. It is referred to by the First Nations as the ‘Creator’s Game and is considered to be North America’s first sport.

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EMC news - Manotick will host its own farmers’ market this summer after several community members cultivated the idea this winter. The farmers’ market is sponsored by Watson’s Mill and will be held in Dickinson Square outside the museum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday morning beginning June 23. This year’s market is a pilot project run by volunteers, rather than the usual board of directors, and the market could expand in the future if it goes well. Although the details haven’t been ironed out, Roots and Shoots Farm proprietor Robin Turner, who spearheaded the idea with several local farmers, said the market will offer a beneficial alternative for residents. “We’re gearing to make it a market where people can get a good part of their groceries for the week,” including vegetables, fruits, cheese, eggs, meats and baked goods, he said. It will be a “producer market,” meaning the vendors actually produce the food they sell, Turner added. “There’s no reselling allowed, which means its all going to be local products. There’s an emphasis on finding producers who are as close to Manotick as possible,” he said. Watson’s Mill did host a farmer’s market some years ago, but it fell to the wayside. Although Turner doesn’t know why Manotick’s market failed last time, he said a common plague for farmers’ markets is bringing in non-es-

sential vendors. “If you’re not very thoughtful about what vendors you let in you can have a lot of crafters that offer products you wouldn’t want to buy every week. They’re great local, handmade products, but you buy it once and you’re done for the season,” said Turner, who is also president of the Ottawa Farmer’s Market at Lansdowne Park. “What you need is a strong set of vendors that offer products you can buy every week.” COMPETITION

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt was cautiously optimistic about the project. “I think promoting local shopping is always a good thing,” he said. However, he said he’s concerned about the new market’s impact on the well-established North Gower Farmers’ Market to the south. “I’m a huge supporter of the North Gower Farmers’ Market, it has a really good drawing in terms of support, so if this new market

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in Manotick is going to have an effect we’ll have to review from there,” he said. The markets will, in theory, be in direct competition on Saturday mornings, and Moffatt said it’s unlikely the Manotick market would be able to move to Sundays because of lack of parking near Dickinson Square. With two churches and a number of restaurants nearby, parking is at a premium on Sundays downtown Manotick, and would virtually force the two farmers’ markets to compete, he said. But Turner said the Manotick market will have little impact on North Gower’s. In fact, he considers the two markets partners in a broader effort to raise the profile of local food. “I do not consider myself in competition with North Gower, because I think we can both be viable. In the end we will be building excitement about local food in Ottawa,” he said, noting that previous concerns about new markets stealing customers from well-established spots like Carp and Lansdowne have not materialized

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as they represent all of the kids who rely on CHEO for treatment. Jeremy Melara, Micaela Egan and Trevor Young are very excited to be a part of an event that focuses on beating childhood cancer. By signing up you’ll be supporting the Dream Team and also earning Tommy & Lefebvre gift cards. Thanks to CN and other generous sponsors, you will also have a chance at winning spectacular prizes.

On Sunday, May 6 join thousands as they cycle, walk or roll in support of CHEO’s oncology patients. Bring a friend or bring the whole family as participants gather to help kids with cancer.

Raising a minimum of $250 makes you eligible to win a 2012 Ford Fiesta from Jim Keay Ford Lincoln. Collect pledges and receive one ballot for every $250 raised. New this year - all registered CN Cycle for CHEO participants will be automatically entered into the draw to win airfare for two to any destination served by Air Canada! Don’t miss out on the chance to win one of these spectacular prizes while supporting CHEO’s patients.

Once again the event will be held on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum and LeBreton Flats and there will be lots for families to enjoy. You can choose scenic routes along the Ottawa River Parkway and the Rideau Canal including the: Ericsson 70K Cycle, Coughlin & Associates 35K Cycle, Esso 15K Cycle and Inline Skate, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) 5K and 2K Walks. The title sponsor, CN, invites you to come out and support the McDonald’s Dream Team. These three courageous cancer patients are hoping to inspire you

Following your event, there will be family entertainment and kids’ activities in the Majic 100 Family Fun Zone or enjoy complimentary massages and terrific food. You can also be on hand when the final total is announced and everyone celebrates the success of your fundraising efforts. Visit www.cncycle.ca for complete details.

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Heb. 13:8 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 1893 Baseline Rd., Ottawa (2nd Floor) Sunday Service 10.30am – 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm – 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

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KNOX UNITED CHURCH

Holy Week Services: Palm Sunday – April 1, 10:00 am Maundy Thursday – April 5, 7:00 pm Good Friday – April 6, 10:00 am Easter Sunday – April 8, 8:00 am & 10:00 am

Protestant Worship with Sunday School 09:30 Roman Catholic Mass with Children’s Liturgy 11:00

Sunday School & Crib Nursery 613-820-8103 www.bcuc.org

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St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church

Ministry: Rev. Andrew Jensen, BA, MDiv 25 Gibbard Ave., Ottawa, Ont. K2G 3T9 Near Knoxdale / Greenbank (613) 829-2266 www.magma.ca/~knox Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. (Nursery Available) Tuesday Craft Group: 9:00 a.m. Youth Group: every second Sunday evening EASTER SERVICES April 1st Palm Sunday 10:00 a.m. April 5th Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m. April 6th Good Friday 10:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Sunrise Service 8:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

Come A n g ltogether i c a n C h u r c h o f at Canada ST. GEORGE’S St. George’s A n g l i c a n C h u rCatholic c h o f C aChurch nada www.stlukesottawa.ca Catholic Church www.stlukesottawa.ca Come together at

Holy Week Services 415 together Piccadilly Ave. at (near Island Park) Come Sundays Come together at Sundays Holy Week Schedule 225 McClellan Road, Nepean ON Weekday MassesA n- g9:00 - 5:00 l i c a www.stlukesottawa.ca n am. C h u r• c hSaturday o f C a n a d Mass a April 1st pm. Palm Sunday 8:30am & 10:30am www.stlukesottawa.ca Sundays 10am Choral Eucharist with10am Sunday School 613-596-9390 www.awfmc.ca Choral with School & with Nusery Masses both Procession of Palms Sunday Masses -Eucharist 8:30 am.&&Nusery 10:30 Sunday am. Sundays www.stlukesottawa.ca

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Anglican Church of Canada

10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery April 5th Holy Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer Sundays Other Liturgies for Lent: www.saintgeorges.ca 10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist 3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist 10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery April 6th Good Friday 9 am Morning Prayer 10 a.m. Good Friday: “Suffering Saviour” 3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist 10:30 am Children’s Way of the Cross 267266/0327 All are welcome without exception. with Nursery & Special Children’s Service 3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist 3 pm Passion Liturgy All are welcome without exception. 10 a.m. Easter Sunday: “Easter and Eternity” 7:30 pm Way of the Cross 613-235-3416 760 Somerset West with Nursery & Children’s Sunday School April 7th Holy Saturday 9 am Morning Prayer 613-235-3416 760 Somerset West exception. All are welcome without

3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist 613-728-0201 All are welcome without exception.

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3955 Richmond Rd. (at Moodie Dr.) Ministers: Rev. Angela Bailey Rev. Don Maclean Ruth Sword CE Coordinator Worship 10:00 am

Pastors John & Christine Woods Upcoming Events: See website (613) 224-9122 www.alfc.ca for details email: alcf@magma.ca Our Mission: Christ be formed in us (Galatians 4:19)

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Bells Corners United Church

Military Chapel Sunday Services at Uplands!

2400 Alta Vista Drive (613) 733 0131 Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School; Ample parking; OC Transpo route 8 A warm welcome awaits you. Minister: Alex Mitchell sttimothys@on.aibn.com www.sttimsottawa.com

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Confederation High School 1645 Woodroffe Avenue (Beside Nepean Sportsplex) Weekly Sunday Service 10:00am-Noon Children’s Ministry during service

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Abundant Life Christian Fellowship

Dominion-Chalmers United Church 355 Cooper Street at O’Connor 613-235-5143 www.dc-church.org

Palm Sunday - April 1 – 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 am Maunday Thursday - April 5 - 5:30 p.m. Good Choir Friday -Candlelight April 6 - 10:30Service a.m. Dec 19 – 7:00 pm Easter Sunday - April 8 Early Service – 8:30 a.m. Christmas Eve – Dec 24 Breakfast – 9:30 a.m. pm Family Service – 6:00 Communion Service- –10:30 8:00a.m. pm Easter Worship

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8:30 pm Easter Vigil 613-235-3416

760 Somerset West

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Pastor: Rev. Kelly Graham Knox church office: 613-692-4228

EpworthAvenue, Avenue,Nepean Nepean 66Epworth (613)224-1021 224-1021 (613) www.cityviewunited.org www.cityviewunited.org Ministers: Ministers: Rev.Neil NeilWallace Wallace Rev. Margie Ann MacDonald Rev. Alyson Huntly

Heaven’s Gate Chapel

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429 Parkdale at Gladstone Ministers Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey Barbara Faught - Pastoral Care Melodee Lovering - Youth and Children Worship Service - 10:30 am 613-728-8656 Sunday School for all ages pdale@trytel.com www.parkdaleunitedchurch.ca Nursery Available

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“A friendly church with a warm welcome”

Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

715 Roosevelt Ave. (at Carling at Cole) Pastor: Rev. Marek Sabol Visit: http://www.oursaviourottawa.com • (613) 296- 6375

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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Invites you to our worship service with Rev. Dean Noakes Sundays at 11am 414 Pleasant Park Road 613 733-4886 pleasantparkbaptist.org

“Worship the Lord in the Beauty of his holiness...”

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Parkdale United Church

Pleasant Park Baptist

Sunday Services: 8am and 10am Thursday Eucharist: 10am Nearly New Shop/Book Nook Open Thursday, Fridays 1pm - 3:30pm and first Saturday of each month: 10am - Noon 8 Withrow Avenue 613-224-7178

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470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca

ALL WELCOME Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The Salvation Army Community Church Meeting at St. Andrew School 201 Crestway Dr. 613-440-7555 Barrhaven www.sawoodroffe.org

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10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa (Meadowlands and Chesterton) Tel: 613-225-6648 parkwoodchurch.ca

Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome

Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access

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Worship 10:30 Sundays

3150 Ramsayville Road

Gloucester South Seniors Centre

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Bethany United Church

Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

205 Greenbank Road, Ottawa www.woodvale.on.ca (613) 829-2362 Child care provided. Please call or visit us on-line.

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Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM

Watch & Pray Ministry Sunday Services at 9 or 11 AM

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Holy Eucharist 8:00 am & 10:30 am 10:30 am - Play Area for Under 5 934 Hamlet Road (near St Laurent & Smyth) 613 733 0102 – staidans@bellnet.ca

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Ottawa West EMC - Thursday, March 29, 2012

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City to use bond to finish bridge following default Eight-lane Strandherd-Armstrong span 60 per cent finished when contractor ConCreate USL entered receivership EMC news – The City of Ottawa will use its $23-million performance bond to ensure that that the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge is completed, after the general contractor for the project went into receivership. On March 23, the city announced the Bolton, Ont.based contractor, ConCreate USL Ltd., is in default. The company beat out four rival companies in 2010 to build the eight-lane bridge across the Rideau River to link the communities of Riverside South and Barrhaven. In a statement, the city said it reached that decision following discussions with the contactor’s court appointed receiver and the city’s bonding company. It is said the decision is being pursued as the best course of action to ensure the project continues to move forward and is completed as quickly as possible. In 2010, the city and both provincial and federal levels of government set aside a total of $48 million (shared equally between the three levels of government) for the construction of the bridge The city said work on the bridge is approximately 60 per cent complete and measures remain in place to ensure its completion. The Riverside South Community Association, whose residents will benefit from the bridge when it is opened, said it is worried about the latest developments. “Obviously we are concerned,” said Scott Hodge, president of the association. “Every indication we receive from the city is that the work on the project will continue.” Hodge said residents in his neighbourhood were keen to have the bridge in place as soon as possible. “When we moved in the neighbourhood in 1999, we were told the bridge was going to be built within a couple of

years. Since then, we are still waiting for that,” said Hodge. In its statement, the city hinted at further delays to the bridge, which was expected to be finished by the end of this year. “It is important to recognize that situations such as this create schedule setbacks and will impact construction,” the city stated. “However, the action taken by the city today is geared to limit any project delays and will allow the bonding company to assume responsibility for the delivery of the project regardless of what happens with the contractor as a result of it being placed into receivership.” According to Hodge, that delay would affect a lot of the commercial growth that is currently planned in Riverside South based on the projections of the bridge being in place.

‘My priority is not to only ensure the bridge is completed in a timely manner, but also (that it is) built safely and to the proper standards. I am relieved that we have some safeguards in place to continue to operate.’ GLOUCESTER SOUTH-NEPEAN COUN. STEVE DESROCHES

“If there is a major delay in the bridge’s opening, we may see some delay in the introduction of some of the major businesses planned,” said Hodge. “We use a number of retail businesses and services in Barrhaven on a regular basis and the bridge would certainly facilitate our access to that community and equally facilitate the access of Barrhaven resi-

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On March 20, the city announced that the Bolton, Ont.-based company ConCreate USL Ltd., the contractor for the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, is in receivership. dents into Riverside South. When the city first announced it had learned the company was in receivership, Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches said he was surprised by the news. “This is very disappointing news and I share this with the community. It is difficult news given how far we have travelled,” said Desroches. However, he said that he is pleased that operations are ongoing. “We have made tremendous progress on the bridge,” Desroches said. “We have completed Earl Armstrong Road, Strandherd Drive and we have completed approximately 60 per cent of the bridge project.” He added that the bridge was a project that was pulled from the ashes after the cancellation of the north-south light-rail contract. “It has been a top priority for me since being elected and my focus will be on ensuring the project is completed and protecting the interest of taxpayers,” said Desroches. Desroches promised to continue working closely with city officials to ensure there is a good contingency plan in place so that if circumstances change, the city is ready to move the project forward quickly. “My priority is not to only ensure the bridge is completed in a timely manner, but also (that it is) built safely and to the proper standards,” he said. “I am relieved that we have some safeguards in place to continue to operate.”

Public Meetings The Plan:

The Mississippi-Rideau

• Contains policies to address potential sources of

Source Protection Committee wants your input on their Draft Source Protection Plan (prepared under Ontario’s Clean Water Act)

contamination near local drinking water sources (see map).

Attend an Open House:

• To help shape these policies • To find out if policies could affect activities on your property (you could be eligible for funding)

Public Meetings — 4 pm to 8 pm Thursday, April 19, 2012 Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Office 3889 Rideau Valley Dr Manotick

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Carleton Place Arena 75 Neelin St Carleton Place

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Smiths Falls Memorial Centre 71 Cornelia St Smiths Falls

Policies In The Plan: View the Plan: Policies could place requirements or restrictions • On the internet at www.mrsourcewater.ca on the following types of activities in areas • On CD (contact staff to request a copy) near sources of municipal drinking water • At our Conservation Authority offices: (areas are identified on the map). In these areas — Mississippi Valley Conservation activities could also be eligible for funding to 4175 Hwy 511, Lanark implement safeguards that reduce the risk (8 am – 4 pm) of contamination. — Rideau Valley Conservation Authority • Waste disposal sites 3889 Rideau Valley Dr., Manotick • Sewage works and septic systems (8:30 am – 4:30 pm) • Fuel storage (including home heating oil) • Or contact staff to discuss other • Pesticides and commercial fertilizer arrangements • Nutrients (livestock, biosolids, septage, manure) Submit Comments by May 4, 2012 • Certain types of chemicals • Road salt and large snow storage Wellhead Protection Areas: around Almonte, Carp, Kemptville, Merrickville, Munster, Richmond and Westport Intake Protection Zones: upstream of Britannia, Carleton Place, Lemieux Island, Perth and Smiths Falls

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Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren visited the Ottawa Valley Farm Show on March 14 to announce changes to his bill aimed at reforming the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Animal cruelty bill could see reform Laura Mueller

laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - After receiving criticism for his suggestions to reform the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, MPP Jack MacLaren has a new idea to fix the SPCA. The Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP introduced Bill 37 at Queen’s Park on Feb. 23. The bill would have turned enforcement of animal cruelty laws over to local police forces. That plan was aimed at fixing what MacLaren calls a “conflict of interest” at the

OSPCA, because the organization relies on fundraising, but most of the money comes from enforcement activities such as writing fines and invoices. That conflict could encourage OSPCA officers to broadly interpret animal cruelty law in order to collect more money in fines, MacLaren said. “It’s built-in corruption by design,” he said. But after introducing that bill, MacLaren was widely criticized by animal rights activists who said that local police forces don’t have the resources or expertise to

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enforce animal welfare legislation, so they would likely end up turning a blind eye to abuse. “That was a mistake,” MacLaren said during a press conference at the CE Centre in Ottawa south during the Ottawa Valley Farm Show on March 14. MacLaren decided to rewrite the bill, now called Bill 47. His new plan includes a different type of enforcement for pets and for farm animals. The OSPCA would continue to have the power to enforce animal welfare law when it comes to pets, but some of the officers’ powers would be stripped. They would not be able to inspect without the permission of the land owner, except in the case of an animal welfare emergency. An animal could only be removed from a property based on the recommendation of a veterinarian that has been sanctioned by a justice of the peace. The bill would also take away the SPCA’s ability to write invoices for the care of animals that have been removed from properties. Inspections of farms would be turned over to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), which has more expertise in dealing with farm animals, MacLaren said. The inspectors would still have to get permission to enter a property and a vet and a justice of the peace would have to approve the removal of an animal. Only the police would be able to lay charges. “This is what the farm community told us they wanted,” MacLaren said. Tom Black, president of the Carleton Landowners Association, called on all political parties to support the bill. He said the people who are

persecuted under animal cruelty laws are often the types of people who can’t afford to – or simply won’t – defend themselves, such as the Amish. “This is an issue that has gone way beyond animal abuse and become about money,” he said. While Ontario’s animal cruelty laws are intended to prevent abuse at large factory farms, the legislation ends up having the opposite effect because large farms are the only operations that have enough money to defend against the accusations, Black said. Kurtis Andrews, a lawyer who has defended animal cruelty cases and who helped draft changes to MacLaren’s proposed bill, said the OSPCA is the only private organization in Ontario that has “police powers.” He said the criticism isn’t directed at the organization itself, but rather, at the wording of the law that makes it easy for SPCA officers to find themselves in a conflict of interest. “When you use words like ‘undue hardship,’ you’re expanding what could be deemed an offense,” Andrews said. “It could be just about anything.” That leniency could be taken advantage of if the organization needs to boost its coffers, Andrews said. “Many have described Ontario’s animal cruelty laws as the strongest in the country, and that remains,” Andrews said. The bill will be debated at Queen’s Park on March 29. According to MacLaren, there are about 15,000 animal-abuse complaints lodged in Ontario each year, but only 400 charges. Information about the bill is available on a website MacLaren has set up, www.fixtheospca.ca.

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Nunavik youth learn life lessons from hockey Team coached by Joe Juneau pays visit to Ottawa for girls tournament brier.dodge@metroland.com

EMC sports - For some of the players, it was their first ever hockey game; a combination of hours spent practicing in Inuit villages and proof of good academics earned them a spot on the travelling team. For others, it was the second time they’ve been able to leave their northern community for Ottawa to play against other girls’ teams, an impossible task in their home villages. Coached by Joé Juneau, former NHL player and Ottawa Senator, the Nunavik girls team travelled from 14 different communities in Nunavik, in northern Quebec. They played an exhibition game against the Gloucester Cumberland girls hockey team on Monday, March 19. They lost 3-2 in the close match, but celebrated at the end as if they had won, jumping to hug their goalie. The girls also played exhibition games in Nepean and Kanata, and played in the annual Kanata girls tournament. But girls on the team had to prove themselves not only on the ice, but in the classroom, in order to be considered for the travelling team. “The power of hockey is that it’s a national sport, but also the sport of choice of the majority of our children,” Juneau said. “If hockey is used this way in social development linked with education, we can get so much more at the end. I say it’s a waste, if hockey is only used to play.” Juneau can put his money where his mouth is. He was known throughout his career for displaying strong academics. From Pont-Rouge, Que., he graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and a degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York state, while playing for the school’s hockey team. “If my academics weren’t top notch, I wasn’t allowed to play on those teams,” Juneau said of his days as a student-athlete, growing up with parents who expected strong grades if he wanted to hit the ice. “I wanted to play, so therefore I was really pushed to perform at school. At that age, it’s really important to have the incentive.” Nunavik isn’t an area known for strong academics. According to the Nunivaat statistics program in 2006, 58 per cent of all adults in Nunavik reported never finishing high school. “And there’s the crime problem, there’s the drug and the alcohol consumption. That’s crazy stuff,” Juneau said. “And for sad reasons, what happens is suicide. What happens with hockey, is it gives them something else in their lives where they can

perform and feel good and become recognized. Six years ago, Juneau moved to Nunavik to start the hockey program, bringing together kids from the 14 villages and monitoring their athletic and academic progress through a link with the schools. Each village has their own school, some smaller than others, but all united in the struggle with high drop out rates and low attendance. “We have to make a big effort to keep those kids in school and keep them behaving,” Juneau said. It’s a multi-layered program that focuses on rewarding good behaviour, effort and attendance at school with the opportunity to play hockey. “We’re trying to implement a structure that is using hockey to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce crime,” he said. “We’re trying to do that in all 14 communities, so that’s not simple.” Juneau spent two years living in the community after retiring from 13 seasons in the NHL, and now splits his time between Quebec City and Nunavik. His two daughters, one of whom was born in Ottawa during his time with the Senators, speaks French – a language not used in Nunavik schools, where they study in Inuktitut until Grade 4. He travels with the teams through the select program that creates the six travelling teams. One of those teams is the mixed bantam and midget girls’ team, composed of 10 players who made the trip to Ottawa last year, and several new players. Juneau said many of the girls come from villages where only one or two girls play hockey, so playing on an organized team against other girls is a once a year occurrence. “It’s nice because with the consideration that it was their only game of the year, it was amazing how well they played together,” Juneau said. “They’re having a blast.” The girls won their second game 4-0 against Nepean, who hosted the girls after for pizza and a social time. The Gloucester Cumberland team also welcomed the girls with open arms, presenting them with gift bags following the game. “Since last year, we have developed some really nice friendships and connections with people in the Orleans, Cumberland, Kanata and Nepean organizations,” said Juneau. “The game was fun, but after was even more fun. It’s about the connections.” The girls participated in a University of Ottawa campus tour and session on nutrition during their visit. “It gives them an understanding of what’s possible for them,” Juneau said. “It’s something that puts the pro-

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Girls from the Nunavik travelling team, above, celebrate following the end of the their first game of the season – and the first real game ever for some of the players. At right, former Ottawa Senators forward Joé Juneau watches as his team of girls from 14 different Nunavik communities, play against a Gloucester Cumberland team on March 19. gram at a different level.” Plans are shaping up for one of Juneau’s midget-aged male players, who will leave Nunavik to play hockey in the Montreal area next year. He won’t just be playing hockey, but will also have access to more educational resources and post-secondary programs. “For kids that have poten-

tial with hockey to go elsewhere, I think it’s important to get out of Nunavik and go do it. We’re working to put this structure that is developed with education. It’s very important that it’s linked,” Juneau said. “It’s not just about going to play hockey elsewhere, it’s about going to study and his development as a human.”

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Hubley’s out of pocket expense didn’t make him top spender Laura Mueller

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EMC news - After a surprising report that revealed Kanata South Coun. Hubley was reimbursed almost double any other councillor’s expenses, the final numbers show Hubley is not the top spender on council. That honour goes to Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais, who used up $229,958 of his $233,874 budget. Hubley went on the defence after a report on councillors’ reimbursements for out-of-pocket office expenses showed the city repaid him $17,308 to cover supplies Hubley bought with his own money. The next-highest reimbursement was only $9,097, paid to Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson. The reimbursement report came out before the full tally of councillors’ office expenses, which include salaries for office staff, equipment and supplies. When the final numbers on office expenses were released, Hubley was 11th for spending, having used $209,372 of his $233,874 office budget for

the year. “(The reimbursement report) gave the impression that I am the biggest spender, and I am not, by any means,” Hubley said. So why the hefty $17,308 personal repayment from the city? Hubley said it’s because of the way he manages his finances. He said prefers to shop locally in Kanata when stores have sales, instead of ordering through city suppliers. “I’m a believer in trying to save a dollar anywhere I can,” Hubley said. While he could do that with a city credit card, Hubley said he feels spending his own money and getting reimbursed makes him more thrifty. “(The city clerk’s office) told us different ways to do it, and I thought this way I’ll have a better picture of what it costs to do things and feel more responsible for making sure I get a good deal for the taxpayers,” he said. To his knowledge, Hubley said he is the only councillor who turned down the city credit card, but other coun-

cillors or their staffers sometimes pay for office items and then get reimbursed by the city. Hubley said he would like to see the city release the number for total office expenses at the same time as the reimbursement report so the context of the councillors’ total expenses is clear. The bulk of Hubley’s budget pays for his staff’s salaries. While some councillors only have two assistants, Hubley’s office is currently staffed with four full-time and one part-time employee. Previously, his office had three full-time and two part-time workers, plus a student for part of the year. Hubley has so many staffers because of the heavy workload his office handles, he said. “When I was running for this job, one of the main complaints I heard at the door was that when they contacted the councillor’s office they weren’t getting replies in a timely fashion, or a reply at all,” Hubley said. “They didn’t like how that relationship was.” The spendthrift on council last year was Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark, who used only $137,575 of his office budget for 2011.

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Top of the Hill bakery owner Jeff Stoveld shows off a dessert similar to the one he entered in the Carefor Chocolat charity competition. It was a similar dessert, titled J’Adore Chocolat, with an added chocolate embellishment on the top that won them both people’s choice, and judges’ choice. Stoveld entered the contest with team Ashlyn Bredewold, Zack St. Louis, Ashley Drolet and Kyle Bland, who worked together to create 460 of the desserts for the event.

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Taking a stand against ‘draconian’ crime bill Stuart Thornley

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EMC news - An Ottawa man is taking on the Safe Streets and Communities Act single handedly to help protect Canadians from what he calls a “draconian” set of new laws that “threatens to undermine Canadian values.” Obert Madondo is on an indefinite hunger strike to have the act repealed. Madondo immigrated to Canada in 2003, leaving Zimbabwe and the economic difficulties and corruption that plagued his native country behind. “When I came to Canada I was welcomed with open arms, for the first time I felt safe,” he said. “I want to be a part of making Canada a better place for me, my kids and for future generations.” Madondo said he has never felt so worried, even in Zimbabwe, as he does now about laws that will infringe on civil liberties. He said he worries new immigrants and Canadian citizens will feel more negative than positive effects under the new act. “It has been proven that when you put more people in jail, recidivism rates go up,” Madondo said. “Hardcore conservatives from Texas have even warned Mr. Harper that they have gone down this road and it does not work.

This law is supposed to protect victims of crime, but it will create more.” Crime related to drugs like marijauna, something the act aims to tackle, occurs at about the same rate as it did in 1982 after it had fallen more than five per cent since 1980. In 2007, 62 per cent of 100,000 drug-related incidents involved marijauna, three quarters of those incidents involved simple possession. In the decade proceeding 2007, cocaine-related incidents had risen 80 per cent and incidents involving substances such as amphetamines and mass produced synthetic drugs increased by 168 per cent. The changes to drug laws contained in the act largely ignore these increases. Madondo said he also worries the term “terrorist” is too loosely defined by the act and is concerned the cost of putting more people in jail will quickly spiral out of control and have an adverse effect on Canadian society. “We will be financing a system that at the end of the day makes us less safe, we will be financing our own prison-industrial complex,” Madondo said. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Justice, the act is meant to address rising incidences of

crime, citing that child pornography offences in 2010 were up 30 per cent and drug crimes have been rising since 1990. “Canadians deserve to feel safe in their homes and communities and that means keeping dangerous criminals off our streets,” the release stated. “We will continue to fight crime and protect Canadians so that our communities are safe places for people to live, raise their families and do business.” Madondo’s hunger strike is just getting underway and he says he will continue fasting until he sees some results. He has trained for three months prior to his first day of not eating and says “he doesn’t feel hungry yet.” “Should everything I try fail I still can challenge these laws in the courts,” he said. Madondo will deliver letters to MPs and hold a hunger strike in solidarity with his supporters on Parliament Hill. He was one of the eight unarmed Occupy Ottawa protesters who were forcibly removed from Confederation Park. He says he was dropped several times and police ignored his pleas for medical attention for his injured back and arm. Unlike the Occupy protests, Madondo has one clear demand: Repeal the act.

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Music contest looking for talented seniors Eddie Rwema

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EMC community – If you are 65 years old or older, live in Ottawa and can sing, there is an opportunity waiting for you to shine and show your talent. In celebration of their National Appreciation of Seniors Month, Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT is hosting Senior Star, a singing and musical talent competition for seniors. Local auditions for Senior Star will be held on April 18 at Lakeside Gardens and May 4 at the Good Companion Centre. Each year, a panel of judges chooses 20 contestants from the audition pool to compete at a live show before a panel of judges and guests in June, during which winners are chosen to advance to the regional competition. The competition is modelled after the Canadian Idol TV show. “We are hoping more seniors will realize that we do have a stage for them to come and shine,” said Chartwell’s Sandie Nault. At the regional competition, contestants are given a maximum of five minutes to sing a

song, play an instrument or do both, and their performance is videotaped. Videos of the first-place and second-place winners from across Canada are submitted to a celebrity panel of judges who narrow the list to nine competitors invited to compete in the Senior Star national final. The idea was born to celebrate seniors month which falls in June, said Nault. She added that contestants do not have to be living in a Chartwell residence. In a statement, Brent Binions, Chartwell president and CEO said the event has grown to be the largest celebration of seniors’ talent in Canada. “We are proud to support the incredible talent of Canadian seniors and continue to be amazed and entertained year after year by the calibre of performers who participate.” Sydney Bostic, 79, believes he has got what it takes to become a Senior Star. He has competed before on the regional level and placed first but hasn’t had a chance to shine at the national level. He hopes that will happen this time. Born in Trinidad, Bostic said as a child he was interest-

ed in music and songwriting. “I just love music. It is like food to me,” said Bostic. He said he grew up in a musical environment. He thinks he picked up that passion from his father. “My father used to sing in the bathroom when taking a shower and I used to pick on those songs as a boy,” he said. Bostic has performed in several talent shows in Trinidad and Canada. He said he is excited about the upcoming contest and is hopeful he will win it. “When people get to hear me, that is when they truly get to understand what I am about,” said Bostic. To him, music is a therapy. “Anytime I feel like I have problems - a song immediately comes to my head and that gives me some relief.” He added that the contest provides seniors with an opportunity to meet and have fun. “This to us is not about competition. It is about a bunch of seniors being together and having a good time and feeling good,” said Bostic. Registration forms for auditioning can be obtained at any of the five Chartwell home locations in Ottawa.

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Sydney Bostic, left, will be auditioning for the Senior Star talent competition. He has previously performed at different talent shows both in Canada and Trinidad. Pictured with Bostic is Sandie Nault from Chartwell Seniors Housing, which is hosting the competition.

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ID#A141071 This white and tan Great Pyrenees mix dog is neutered and approximately five years old. Handsome Titus was brought to the shelter as a stray on March 5, but is now available for adoption. This extra-large gentle giant loves to run around and play. He has an independent nature and a playful mind, but he is not food motivated, so his new family will have to be patient and creative with training techniques. Titus gets along well with children (8 years and older) and adults. His owners need to know about the care needs and behaviour of Great Pyrenees dogs. He wouldn’t mind another canine pal as long as they are independent and laidback like he is, but he’d rather not be a wall flower. Titus would love for his new family to show him the world is not a scary place.

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• Live-trapping causes great stress for the trapped animal, and they may seriously injure themselves as they desperately attempt to escape. • The trapped animal is exposed to the elements and can suffer from painful cases of frostbite and heat stroke. If an animal is left in the trap it may suffer for days and could die of exposure or starvation. • Domestic animals and other wildlife may harass the trapped animal causing further stress, injury or death. • Trapped and relocated animals may be separated from their young, and the dependent young left behind will die an inhumane death. Relocated animals are at an extreme disadvantage in a new environment. They have to find food, water and shelter in an unfamiliar territory. There may be territorial disputes between the relocated animal and resident animals that can lead to injury and even death. Relocated animals

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may also spread disease to the resident wildlife population, therefore causing other animals to become ill and/or die. In Ontario, it is illegal to trap and relocate animals from the site where they were captured according to the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Improper use of a live trap, which results in animal suffering, could lead to animal cruelty charges through the Ontario SPCA Act. Although people’s initial reaction may be to get rid of wild animals, trapping will not solve the problem. As long as an inviting habitat exists, wild animals will use it. For tips on how to get wildlife to relocate on their own and how to wildlifeproof you home or property, visit www. ottawahumane.ca. Information provided by the Ontario SPCA, the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre and the Humane Society of the United States.

Ralph My name is Ralph and I love the camera. Anytime I see one I will sit and pose. I enjoy playing outside with the squirrels and sneaking some of their peanuts. When the weather is nice my owners Helena-Alexis and Dimitrios take me to the dog park to play with my friends! :) “BEFORE YOU SWIM, YOU GOTTA BE OKAY TO SINK” Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: cfoster@thenewsemc.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

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Ottawa Hospital – CHEO lottery tickets up for grabs Eddie Rwema

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EMC news - A $100 lottery ticket could make you the next millionaire in Ontario. The annual spring lottery in support of the Ottawa Hospital and CHEO is back, this time with a new brand name and the largest cash prize ever offered by the two hospitals’ joint lottery. The rebranded We All Win Lottery, now in its fifth year, kicked off on March 19. This year the draw offers a grand prize of $1.5 million in cash and a second prize package worth $340,000 that includes a two-storey Guildcrest home. A model of the home can be viewed at the La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery located at Hunt Club and Merivale roads. It will be open for viewing daily until the lottery closes on June 22. Organizers have made 55,000 tickets available to the public, with buyers having a chance at 4,032 other prizes. Ticket buyers who purchase their tickets by May 18 will also be eligible an early bird prize worth almost $83,000. Money raised will benefit both hospitals by providing funding for medical equipment, staff training and research. Alex Munter, chief ex-

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Tim Kluke, Ottawa Hospital Foundation chief executive, left, Kevin Keohane, the foundation’s chief operating officer, Alex Munter, chief executive of CHEO and David Poupore, president of Guildcrest Homes, gather at the launch of the ‘We All Win Lottery’ earlier this month. ecutive officer of CHEO, said when health care professionals have access to the very best resources, it saves lives. “Government funding is very important to provide basic services, but when it comes to medical equipment and lifesaving research that happens at our research institutes, we really do depend on the support of the community,” said Munter. The doctors, nurses and staff at the Ottawa Hospital and CHEO handle more than

1.5 million patient visits each year. Munter added that the lottery, along with support from sponsors and the community in making it happen are essential to the lifesaving work at CHEO and the Ottawa Hospital. Tickets are $100 each or three for $250 and can be ordered online at weallwin.ca, or at any major bank, the Guildcrest show home, by mail or by phone at 613-730-4946 or 1-877-730-4946.

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Responsible for design and manufacture of Fiber Optic Components such as polarization maintaining, high power, laser diode packaging, and hermetic feedthrus. Must have 5 years plus experience in Fiber Optics. University Degree is a must. Fiber Optic Quality Assurance Engineer/Technician Must be able to establish incoming inspection and sampling methodology fulfilling product and customer

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Interested candidates may submit their resumes to: OZ Optics 219 Westbrook Road, Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0 Attention: Human Resources or by fax to 613-831-2151 or by e-mail to hr@ozoptics.com For more information, visit www.ozoptics.com Or drop resume off at the OZ Optics Reception Desk

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“He was so impressed by the level of care here that he just wanted to help,” Adams said. During the expansion and planning for the move frontline staff have been involved in the implementation to make sure that everything they need is in place and convenient. “Who knows better than the people actually doing the work?” Schonberg said. The new building will be bigger, have more up-to-date equipment and be part of the transition to electronic records, which Schonberg said gives patients more control over their healthcare and makes things easier for the hospital to communicate with family doctors. But all that comes with a price tag. Despite the new space, with the aging population in the west end and the hospital’s increased involved in regional programming the hospital will have to grow again. There is a master plan for the hospital that looks 15 years in the future. The maternity unit will be doubled and Schonberg said the hospital will need increased capacity for in-patient care. There are some restrictions on building height and the hospital’s footprint on the property because the National Capital Commission owns the land. Wherever possible, Schonberg said the hospital will plan to work with partners like the Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre and the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre. They are also looking to expand services to the valley.

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EMC community - With the close of March comes the end of the largest fundraising campaign at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. The campaign – which raised $35 million to help fund the third phase of the hospital’s expansion – will be celebrated with a breakfast at the Brookstreet Hotel on March 30, with former police chief Vern White set to be the keynote speaker. Probably best described as the community hospital that could, the Queensway Carleton has the busiest emergency department in the catchment of the Champlain Local Health Integration Network, which stretches from Deep River to Hawkesbury. “We have one of the fastest growing and fastest aging populations in the country,” said the hospital’s chief executive Tom Schonberg. “Most hospitals expand every 10 to 15 years or so,” he said. “When we began our expansion project we hadn’t had any expansion for 24 years.” The $126-million redevelopment project includes a new, 12,600-square-metre, four-storey structure which will have capacity to add two additional floors in the future. The new building will add 10 new operating rooms and a dialysis program as part of a partnership with the Ottawa Hospital. The new building will also house ambulatory, or outpatient, care, which outgrew its space two years ago according to Susan Freed, the 44

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An artist’s rendering shows what the new lobby at the Queensway Carleton Hospital will look like after the third phase of the hospital’s expansion is completed. ambulatory care department. The Care Grows West campaign fit the bill for a second MRI machine, which Shawn O’Rourke, manager of diagnostic imaging said brings the wait times for an MRI at the hospital below the provincial standard. The funding formula for hospitals in the province means the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care funds 90 per cent of the cost for brick and mortar construction and the hospital must pay 100 per cent of the cost of the equipment. The new MRI equipment means the night shift was cancelled. “Now we don’t have

to make people come in at 3 a.m. to have an MRI done,” O’Rourke said. The number of staff at diagnostic imaging has grown as well, with three new technicians joining the roster. A mammography and prone biopsy table, a nuclear medicine camera, updated ultrasound equipment, an additional CT scan are just some examples of the equipment purchased through the money raised during the campaign. The CT scan alone has a price tag of $2 million. CAMPAIGN

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paign was launched five years and has already handed over more than $21 million of the $35 million raised during the campaign. Melanie Adams, executive director of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation, said Care Grows West not only was the largest campaign, but had the most gifts over $1 million. The Greenberg family alone donated $11 million for the Irving Greenberg Cancer Centre and local businessman Gary Beach donated $5 million to the new building which will bear the name the James Beach Health Care Centre – after his father, who was a patient in the hospital.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com March 30 Come join us for a fun charity spin-a-thon to raise awareness and funds for Brain Tumour Foundation Canada. Spinning for Noggins is on March 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. at 1226 Wellington St. Participants can sign up for one hour time slots for a minimum donation of $20. For more information or to register please contact Shannon at Shannon.merizzi@ gmail.com. What Socrates & Stephen Harper Have in Common is the latest Discovery Cafe on Friday March 30 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The lecture will be given by Robert Slater, former senior associate deputy minister for Environment Canada. The lecture will examine the increases in competition for resources how to manage disputes or avoid them. Discovery Cafe is a series of public lectures on the last Friday of the month at Blackburn Hamlet Community Church, 2598 Innes Rd. Coffee, tea and

desserts are provided. www. blackburnhamletcommunitychurch.ca. April 3 Friends of the Farm will start hosting their Master Gardener Lectures. On April 3, the topic is “All from a little seed!” On April 10, the topic is “Low down delightful dirty earth,” April 17 is “The beauty of annuals,” and April 24 is “Creating a winter scene in your own yard.” The events run from 7 to 9 p.m. in Building 72 at the Arboretum, Central Experimental Farm, east off of Prince of Wales roundabout. For more information call 613-230-3276, email info@ friendsofthefarm.ca or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca. Join us at the Westboro Nursery School open house from 1 to 3 p.m. at 411 Dovercourt Avenue (in the Dovercourt Recreation Centre).  Bring your children to visit our classroom and meet the teachers.  Registration for September 2012 is

open now and filling quickly. We are a parent co-operative preschool for two and a half to five year-olds staffed by registered Early Childhood Educators.  Our hands on, play-based curriculum includes introduction to French, sign language, school readiness, music, daily outdoor play and more.  Visit: www. westboronurseryschool.ca for details. April 14 The Rideau Valley Home Educators’ Association is presenting its 22nd Annual Home Educators’ Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kanata Baptist Church (465 Hazeldean Road, Kanata).Seminars will run all day on a wide variety of topics and will benefit individuals considering home education as an alternative, those who have just started homeschooling, seasoned homeschoolers needing a fresh perspective, those interested in teaching high school at home,

those teaching children with learning disabilities, home schooled teens, dads of home schooled kids and more. The conference also includes a large vendor hall that hosts Eastern Ontario’s largest exhibition of home school resources. A variety of curriculum representatives will be available to answer your questions about home education and to assist you in choosing curriculum and supplies to support your home education program. For registration forms and further information about the conference, please visit our website at www.rvhea. org/index.php/conferencemainmenu-43. April 19 The Phoenix Players wraps up its first season at The Gladstone Theatre, with Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy Bedroom Farce. Performances are Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 21 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are available at www.phoenixplayers.ca. Early bird ticket prices (up to April 1) are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and students. Ticket prices after April 1 are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students. April 21 Drop off old TVs, computers and other electronics at Broadview Public School, 590 Broadview Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds will go to the school’s yard renewal project. See www. broadviewparents.org/recycle for the list of accepted items and to register for pickup if you are unable to drop items off. April 21-22 Friends of the Farm are hosting a craft and bake sale with an incredible selection of items to choose from, and don’t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods. The event takes place in Building 72, Central Experimental Farm, Arboretum, east off the Prince of Wales roundabout. For more information call 613-230-3276 or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca.

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The Friends of the Farm, a charitable, not-for-profit organization, seeks a volunteer treasurer to manage its financial affairs including all receivables and disbursements. Duties include preparation and presentation of updated financial statements for monthly board meetings, financial reports at the annual general meeting, and preparation of annual financial statements and charitable organization returns.  Professional designation and/or experience managing the finances of a company or charitable organization preferred. Please forward your resume to volunteer@ friendsofthefarm.ca or by mail to Charles Craddock, President, Friends of the Central Experimental Farm, Building 72, Arboretum, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0C6. The Eastern Ontario Umpires Association (EOUA) is looking for individuals, male and female 18 years of age and over, who are interested in officiating fast pitch and slo-pitch softball. The EOUA is affiliated with Softball Canada, Softball Ontario and Slo-Pitch Ontario. Ontario is proud to boast one of the best umpire programs in the country. If you are interested in learning a new avenue of the game of softball, we are always looking for individuals like you. Training and clinics are provided. Please call George at 613-722-2620 for more information. Friends of the Central Experimental Farm are looking for gardeners to work in the Ornamental gardens, Arboretum, Shelterbelt, as well as other gardens Monday through Friday mornings, starting in May.  Green and Brown thumbs as well as youth welcome. For volunteer forms, visit our website at www.friendsofthefarm.ca /volunteer or call 613-230-3276. Friends of the Farm is looking for artists for the juried art exhibition “For the Love of the Farm”, to be held in October. Works of any medium, price point is about $500, about 2’x2’. New deadline is June 4. Call 613-230-3276 or visit www. friendsofthefarm.ca for more information.

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VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s hard to keep friends if you are overly critical of the way they live their lives. Remember, no one is perfect — including you. Keep an open mind.

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