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Holy Trinity students are preparing for Juno Awards week. – Page 4
COMMUNITY
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House league hockey Churches are gearing up for the annual Walk of the Cross. – Page 17
FEATURE
A Kanata Atom Penguins player skates hard for the puck during the team’s first game in the Kanata Girls Hockey Association’s 29th annual House League Tournament against the Russell Coyotes on March 23 at the Bell Sensplex. The Penguins finished second in the tournament overall in the atom division. The tournament drew over 100 teams from Ontario and Quebec.
Residents frustrated with city planning ‘It’s simply to get to the truth and have the right information accessible’: Muirhead Brier Dodge
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A glimpse into the life of a runner and how to get started. – Pages 41, 43
EMC News – The city is taking steps to open the lines of communication with Kanata residents regarding the ongoing KNL development issues, but they haven’t got to the finish line yet. A public meeting was
hosted on March 26 at the Mlacak Centre to discuss the Shirley’s Brook and Watt’s Creek stormwater management study. “It was an information session that needed to happen; this is what we’ve been pushing for from them,” said Matt Muirhead, founding or-
ganizer of the Kanata North Council of Community Associations. “There hasn’t been a comfortable level of oversight.” KNL’s development of Shirley’s Brook received draft approval based on a previous study’s recommendation, submitted by KNL, to divert drainage into Watt’s Creek. The city undertook its own study, which showed different findings that could result in flooding for some residents. The study was based on a
100-year storm. It refers to the level of flood water that has a one per cent chance of being met or exceeded in any given year. The study conducted by city-hired AECOM showed this level is 19 millimeters higher than previous studies showed. Residents have questioned the amount of time it took for the city to release the updated study results, and have gone as far as filing freedom of information requests to gain access to documents. Because of this new data,
no more development will be permitted in Shirley’s Brook until further studies can be completed. But residents are frustrated that it took so long for the AECOM data to be released by the city’s planning department, and that it escalated to get information. “When you have a community that’s asking for complete and utter transparency, the waters have been muddied significantly,” Muirhead said. PLANNING, see 2
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