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Arson unit investigating fire at Kanata school Fire damages portable, musical instruments

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The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating an April 24 fire at the Kanata Montessori School.

The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a portable and musical equip-

ment at the Kanata Montessori School in the early morning hours on Monday, April 24.

Firefighters received a call for trees on fire in the Kanata South Business Park on Monday at 12:17 a.m. When firefighters arrived they discovered the portable on fire at the school, said Danielle Cardinal, fire spokeswoman.

Due to the nature of the blaze, fire investigators called in the police arson unit.

Threats ‘cannot be taken lightly’: police Continued from page 1

However, threats of any kind will be treated as real until proved otherwise.

“Any kind of threats, minor or major, are going to be investigated and are taken very seriously,” said Benoit, pointing to political and social unrest around the world as playing a part.

“These things cannot be taken lightly. Students will be investigated … the school gets involved, police get involved.”

The school resource officer was called to the Kanata high school on Monday at 10:13 a.m. after two students were overheard making threats, said Benoit. The resource officer investigated

and found the comments had been made in jest.

The school was dealing with the matter internally, he said.

Police did not lay charges against the students but that has been known to happen, depending on the severity of the incident.

“Sometimes there is a criminal charge laid,” he

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“There were a number of musical instruments in that room and it was a fairly new and top-of-the-line portable,” said Cardinal. “It was an updated and wellequipped one.”

There were no students or staff at the school at the time of the fire and there were no firefighter injuries.

The school, located at 355 Michael Cowpland Dr., opened as usual on Monday.

“It was suspicious from the start,” said Const. Chuck Benoit, spokesman for the Ottawa police, adding the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

“They're now managing the investigation,” said Cardinal. “Whenever something is suspicious we then start to collaborate and engage that particular unit.”

Firefighters had the blaze under control by 12:47 a.m.

Damages from the fire are es-

said. “We just want to advertise to the students that it’s very serious.”

A.Y. Jackson principal Sandra Blakely said the school followed board protocol and declined to elaborate on the incident.

“I can assure you that it’s all very, very safe,” she said, adding the incident was a misunderstanding.

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Kanata Artists Studio Tour on hiatus for 2017 Organizers vow to come back stronger next year

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

The Kanata Artists Studio Tour is on hiatus for 2017.

Organizers of the annual event, always held on the first weekend in May, cancelled this year’s tour but vowed to come back stronger next year.

“It is a shame that we can’t do it this year but we started planning and it just wasn’t feasible,” said Elizabeth Potvin, who’s been involved with the tour since it began 26 years ago. “Rather than put on a half-hearted show we’ll wait for 2018 and put all our energy into that show.”

When organizers met to begin preparations for what would have been the 26th annual studio tour, many couldn’t commit due to their involvement in other artistic endeavours, several involving Canada’s 150th celebrations.

“We’re just spread too thin,” said Potvin, a watercolour artist. “We decided, 'Let’s not stress,' and instead do our best at the other things we’re doing.”

People who are interested in seeing what the artists have been up to for the past 365 days can still contact them to arrange a studio visit.

“We’d be glad to have you come to our house and have a look,” said Janis Miller Hall, a rural Kanata resident who’s been taking part in the studio tour for the past 12 years.

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every year … we still encourage them to contact us.”

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curious a glimpse of their creative spaces, latest pieces and works in progress.

It was a difficult decision to cancel the tour, but one the organizers felt was necessary.

“We have people who come year after year after year,” said Potvin, whose Kanata Lakes home studio has been visited by more

than 500 people in one weekend. “We don’t want to disappoint that sector of the public who have been very, very supportive of us.”

To see what the group is working on in the meantime, visit kanataartists.com or follow them on Facebook (@ KanataArtists) and Twitter (@k_studiotour).

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Resource centre welcomes new executive director Melody Paruboczy brings wealth of experience to position

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The new executive director of the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre brings a wealth of knowledge to the position.

Melody Paruboczy, who has been at the helm of the organization for four months now, has more than 20 years of experience in many areas that are in common with the resource centre's work.

“This is the exciting part of this agency, and this position for me, in that it does touch on a lot of different things I've done in my past,” said the Stittsville resident. “I feel like it’s all coming together under one roof here.”

Paruboczy is the former executive director of a number of nonprofit organizations, including: • Mothercraft Ottawa, a child care and family support organization that has an Ontario Early Years Centre; • Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, a residential program for youth with substance addictions; • Vista Centre, which provides services to people with brain injuries; • Movement for Canadian Literacy, a nonprofit literacy organization that is no longer in existence.

Paruboczy, who graduated from Loyalist College in the behaviour science/social service worker program and went on to receive a bachelor of arts with a major in psychology from Carleton University, sat on the board of directors for Interval House and completed a student placement at Three Oaks — both shelters for women fleeing abusive situations.

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Melody Paruboczy brings a wealth of knowledge to the executive director position at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre. tial and home-based programs with a focus on community integration for adults with intellectual disabilities.

As well, she started a friendly visiting program in Perth, which matches volunteers with people who feel socially isolated.

“Melody is an accomplished leader with over 20 years of management experience at senior levels within the nonprofit sector,” said resource centre board chair Robert Bourgeois when the centre announced Paruboczy’s appointment. “Her areas of expertise include the key management functions and she is knowledgeable and experienced in dealing with all three levels of government and in significant fundraising activities.”

Paruboczy took over from veteran executive director Cathy Jordan, who was involved with the resource centre for more than 20 years and retired on

Jan. 20.

Jordan led the centre through a number of transitions including opening the women’s shelter Chrysalis House, increasing community resources in the centre’s rural catchment area and forging partnerships with other organizations such as an adult day program for adults experiencing dementia-related disorders at Algonquin College.

“It’s going to be exciting to see where Melody takes it,” said Jordan in an earlier interview. “There are so many exciting possibilities that we’re on the verge of.”

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“My biggest focus is just digging in and understanding everything that we do and all the nuances of it and just making sure that we really are interconnected.”

Two areas that Paruboczy is excited about include the “living lab” adult day program at Algonquin College and the push to extend more services to rural parts of the centre’s catchment area.

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Last year, the centre opened two service hubs — one in Constance Bay and another in Fitzroy Harbour — to make accessing services easier for rural residents. The WOCRC has also started a “community helpers” program, a volunteer training tool developed

by Algonquin College that’s aimed at giving people confidence to help their neighbours.

“It’s a different way of looking at supports in the community,” said Paruboczy, adding the training is open to everybody no matter where they live. “This is an opportunity for neighbours, community leaders, anybody who’s interested in taking the training, just to give them a little added confidence in supporting their neighbours.”

The centre's adult day program at Algonquin College is also looking to expand. The original two-year project just received word of further base funding that will allow the partnership to continue, said Paruboczy.

The program offers on-campus training for students in various health care programs — such as nursing, personal support workers and therapy — and is looking to expand to other areas such as hairdressing.

“The families would be so appreciative if their loved ones could have a wash and set while they're there,” said Paruboczy. “It could save them a trip out and it gives the student experience.

It’s very broad and we’re just starting to think about those other programs that could benefit from this opportunity.”

The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre serves about 15,000 people a year living in Kanata, Goulbourn, West Carleton and Nepean.

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Home is a unique place, as Dorothy observed.

Indeed, crooner Bing Crosby tied the lure of home with the appeal of Christmas in his 1943 hit “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a song which is now considered a Christmas standard, probably because it ties together those two most beloved concepts: home and Christmas.

Since pioneer times, a home has always been a most desired goal for Canadians. Early settlers worked endlessly to clear their land so they could build a home there, however modest in the beginning.

But whether modest or eventually palatial, having a home has been paramount for generations of Canadians. And why not? A home evokes a special feeling. It’s where you can relax, feel in control and be yourself. It’s that small piece of the world where, whether you are a labourer or banker, you are in charge. It’s your space, pure and simple.

And now this longtime scenario is being threatened, not by decreasing demand or a change in societal attitudes, but rather by rising prices. The real estate market in Canada’s two most prominent cities, Vancouver and Toronto, is running rampant. In Toronto, average house prices have reached $916,567, up more than 33 per cent from just a year earlier.

For these two cities, home ownership has become exclusively for the rich, not a realizable goal for the everyday person.

Unfortunately, the province’s reaction to this loss of a dream has been lame and half-baked.

The so-called Fair Housing Plan ushers in a non-residential speculation tax and the widening of rent control to all rental units. But where is the hope for first-time home buyers in these markets and, indeed, in all of Canada?

It’s fast becoming a situation where there is no place like home, because there will be no home.

Is this why our ancestors cleared the land and set up their homesteads — so that today’s young families would have no chance to have a home?

It is a tragedy in the making and our political leaders seem to have no idea how to save the family home.

Fortunately, it is not real hate, only sports hate

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couple of years ago, I spent a weekend in Boston with family. What a nice city.

What nice people. We rode the great subway system, went to a baseball game at Fenway Park — a place I thought might be overrated but wasn’t. We explored interesting residential neighbourhoods, walked all over the downtown. The day was warm and sunny, the downtown full of parks, museums, history and friendly people.

Two years later, we hated Boston.

We had to. The Bruins played there and the Senators had to beat the Bruins to move on in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

No doubt many other people in our city had visited Boston, enjoyed it immensely and now hated it.

We watched the games. In our completely objective view, Boston

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town was mean. There were cross-checks in front of the net, pushes and shoves after the whistle, even punches to the face. Fortunately, one of those was noticed by a referee, who gave Boston a penalty in overtime and Ottawa scored the winning goal on the ensuing power play.

That served Boston right, we thought. The Boston fans weren’t happy, nor were the players and coaches, who complained about the penalty after the game. Some of the fans did more than complain. They threw stuff on the ice. One of them

tried to take Chris Wideman’s stick as the Senators left the ice. He got rapped on the knuckles by Erik Karlsson.

Serves them all right, we thought, completely objectively. Their guy punched our guy in the face.

It was interesting, later, to look at the Boston papers online and read the sportswriters and reader comments.

Somehow they failed to realize that justice had been done. According to them, it was the Ottawa team that played dirty and the refs let them get away with it. The Boston folks thought they were being objective too.

So it goes in the not always completely objective world of sports fans.

Some of those Boston fans who hate Ottawa have probably visited here and found our city quite charming, told all their friends how friendly we all are up here, how polite Canadians are.

And we are, too. Two baseball

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seasons ago, there was that matter of fans in Toronto throwing beer cans onto the field because they didn’t like an umpire’s call during a playoff game.

But it was a really bad call, explained the objective fans, who were in the process of hating Texas at the time.

Next year they hated Cleveland, where many of them had probably had nice visits, exploring the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other attractions. You don’t really get much choice in whom you hate.

So the hating goes on. Fortunately, it is not real hate, only sports hate, which is not the same, we hope.

This year in hockey, there is a chance that there will be a Canadian team to cheer for in the final. That won’t be easy for some Canadians, those who have spent their hockey lives cheering against Toronto, or Montreal, or even Ottawa.

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Is Canada ready for legalized cannabis?

T BRYNNA rue to its promise, the federal government has introduced legislation to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Canada as early as June 2018.

On April 20 — 4/20, a significant day for pot-smokers everywhere — throngs of people showed up to toke on Parliament Hill in support of marijuana legalization.

Within the collection of pot legalization bills tabled in the House of Commons on April 13, adults would be allowed to have up to 30 grams of dried cannabis in their possession and can cultivate four plants in their homes.

At the same time, fines for trafficking marijuana to minors would be severe, while the sale of edible cannabis products and cross-border trafficking remains illegal.

The government is citing the new bills as a robust legal means to keep marijuana out of the hands of Canadian

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that means a non-user like me will be exposed to the smoke and the effects of the skunkweed, indeed whether I like it or not.

I’ve walked along Amsterdamn’s canal. Headache city, man.

Until the government can appropriately address some of the major concerns around legalizing marijuana, the bills should be shelved.

Let’s hope sober heads prevail. In this particular instance, I’m counting on the Senate.

Capital Muse Farm’s John Bordignon told 660 News. “That’s a five per cent increase on average over the same question we asked Canadians last year.”

He added that many Canadians are concerned that roadside tests for drugged driving haven’t come far enough to be effective in a prohibition-free state.

Canadian police chiefs agree.

In a report released earlier this year in response to proposed cannabis legalization, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police noted that

One may be hard-pressed to find an adult born in the ‘70s that hasn’t tried the drug illicitly in their youth.

youth, while better regulating the safe supply and distribution in the market.

According to dozens of polls, the majority of Canadians support the legalization of marijuana. But there are many who don’t, among them medical professionals, some law enforcement officials and the insurance industry.

One key concern is the lack of understanding among Canadians about how marijuana use can impair driving ability.

In an online poll conducted in March by insurance firm State Farm half of Canadians who smoke marijuana said they believe marijuana use has no impact on their ability to drive.

“Just about 50 per cent believe that smoking marijuana and diving does not impact their ability to do. So we found that alarming,” State

which to me suggests a greater likelihood of peer pressure for use, especially with the justification that it’s now legal.

Moreover, with edibles out under the new legislation, smoking is in.

In a legalized environment,

while driving under the influence is a problem now, they fully expect it to become more problematic with legalization.

“We are very concerned that the prevalence of driving under the influence of drugs is not on Canadians’ consciousness,” the report noted.

Besides driving, impairment from cannabis use is hard to detect in the workplace as well.

“Although our policies say that consuming alcohol or drugs on the job site is prohibited, there are human resource regulations in place that don’t allow us to test employees for use,” said a construction industry health and safety officer I interviewed. “Unlike alcohol effects, it can be much harder to determine if someone has been using marijuana, especially if it’s consumed through an edible product.”

Many supporters of legal-

ization argue that regulation will be comparable to alcohol.

But those opposed say the prevalence of the drug and the reduced stigma around its use may actually contribute to greater access and use of cannabis among kids.

One may be hard-pressed to find an adult born in the ‘70s that hasn’t tried the drug illicitly in their youth.

But there are questions whether greater use among young people as marijuana becomes more accepted in society could lead to long-term societal health issues.

The jury is out on the addictiveness of marijuana, but studies note that one in eight users becomes dependent on the drug.

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A number of studies over the years have also linked excessive marijuana use among teens to schizophrenia.

While most doctors would agree that marijuana doesn’t cause psychosis on its own, there is evidence showing that those with a family history of mental illness are two times as likely to develop schizophrenia if they use cannabis than those who don’t.

In its report, the police chiefs association warns that allowing homegrown cultivation will fuel the black market in cannabis and that the fourplant limit proposed under the legislation is impossible to enforce.

The police chiefs further note that home cultivation is in direct contradiction with the government’s promise to create a highly regulated environment that minimizes youth access to the drugs.

And unlike alcohol, marijuana very much revolves around a sharing culture,

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, May 4, 2017 – 10 a.m.

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Autonomous car could hit streets this summer BlackBerry QNX outlines test loop along Terry Fox, Legget drives

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

Jack MacLaren Member of Provincial Parliament Carleton-Mississippi Mills

More Government Intervention?

The government thinks your property is worth too much money.

Drivers may see an autonomous vehicle on Kanata roads as early as this summer.

BlackBerry QNX developed a test loop along Terry Fox and Legget drives and is working with the city to prepare the route, said John Wall, senior vice-president and head of BlackBerry QNX. “I'm hoping what you’ll see is this summer, our car driving around on that track,” he said, adding the car will have a driver.

It’s not a high-traffic area, while offering the ability to test multiple scenarios with traffic lights and intersections, said Wall.

Wall gave a presentation, "On

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John Wall, senior vice president and head of BlackBerry QNX, speaks at a West Ottawa Board of Trade breakfast on April 19.

The company may soon have a green light from the city to begin testing its autonomous vehicle on Kanata streets. the Road to Self Driving Cars," during a West Ottawa Board of Trade breakfast on April 19.

BlackBerry QNX launched its Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre at its Kanata headquarters last December. The company’s software can already be

found in 60 million cars on the road, powering infotainment systems, telematics, digital clusters and OnStar systems.

“We sell software that is the foundational piece of the car for autonomous drive,” said Wall.

“Our view was, unless we actually

This is why the government has decided to intervene in the housing market.

This government thinks that the solution to every problem is to pile on debt and increase taxes.

Unsurprisingly, they’ve just announced a 15% tax on foreign buyers as well as rent controls.

I think it’s highly unlikely that these policies will cool down the housing market. We don’t really know what difference the foreign buyers’ tax will make, because we don’t know how many foreign buyers there are. Rent controls always end up making it harder to build new housing, because there’s no economic incentive to do so. There’s rarely a consensus among economists, but most are opposed to rent controls. So it’s likely that the government’s new policies will not have the desired effect.

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BlackBerry QNX employees Mike Shane (left) and Roland Lassaline explain how the company’s autonomous vehicle works during the Discover TechNATA career fair on March 28.

On May 12th, 2017, the Legion Provincial Service Officer for Eastern ON will be at Branch 638. Any and all veterans, whether Legion members or not, are invited to attend in order to ask questions regarding pension, benefits, etc. from DVA. Appointments only, please.

A more responsible government would try to increase supply of housing by making it easier for developers to build, and by ensuring that mortgage lending practices are sound.

These new policies are just the latest move by a tired and scandal-ridden government trying to raise its polling numbers. But interference in the real estate market is little more than low-information populism.

The next election can’t come soon enough!

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build a car and learn what the challenges of autonomous drive are, we’re not going to know what software to provide to our customers.”

The company is testing autonomous drive functions such as: • obstacle avoidance; • automated lane changing; • intersection crossing using both lidar (which measures distances to targets using a laser light) and V2X (a form of technology that allows vehicles to communicate with everything around them, such as traffic lights and other vehicles); • stop sign recognition; • and fail operational systems, which focuses on what happens to a car if it fails or if it can’t decide on a course of action or what it’s seeing.

The fail operational is one of the most important aspects, said Wall.

“The first step to autonomous drive is not what Google and Uber are doing,” said Wall, adding those companies are focused more on the algorithms of what’s happening around a car and how to control a vehicle.

“Their trunk is full of PCs running on Linux or running on Windows, not safety-certified software platforms,” he said.

“They're doing great work and they're driving the industry … but it’s not production-intent.”

Before car manufacturers begin rolling autonomous vehicles off the production line they need to be “as close to positive that their system is perfect” and will make the correct choice in any situation, he said.

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His talk also aimed to “inject a little bit of reality” about how soon drivers will be able to give up the steering wheel.

Although there’s a lot of excitement around the idea, that technology won’t be available on the mass market in the near future.

“This technology is coming.

Not as fast as some people think, but it is coming,” said Wall, adding the largest forecasted rise isn’t until 2035.

“What a lot of this is going to be is not autonomous drive where I call Uber and a car shows up to my house with no driver; this is going to be things like lanes on a highway are devoted to autonomous trucks that are tandemdriven for better fuel economy (and) greater capacity,” he said.

“There will be a very gradual path to autonomous drive.”

Lace up those sneakers for Hike for Hospice Event kicks off Hospice Palliative Care Week

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

Hundreds of people are expected to lace up their sneakers for the annual Hike for Hospice on April 30.

The annual five-kilometre walk is one of the largest fundraisers for Hospice Care Ottawa, which has to bring in close to $2 million every year to continue providing its programs and services free of charge.

“One hundred per cent of the funds raised stay right here in our community,” said Kristina Voth-Childs, communications co-ordinator for Hospice Care Ottawa.

Last year’s hike saw about 500 people take part, raising more than $121,000 for the non-profit organization.

“We’re hoping that we can beat it this year,” said VothChilds, adding participants have already raised about one-third of this year's goal.

“We hope our community will pull through and help us reach that goal.”

Families, individuals, coworkers and groups are invited to sign up to participate in person and help the hospice reach its fundraising target.

Hospice Care Ottawa provides residential end-oflife care, as well as in-home support, bereavement and caregiver services, and day programs for those with end-of-life illnesses and their

loved ones.

The charitable organization has hospice sites in Kanata, Orléans, Old Ottawa South and west Ottawa.

NEW TRACK

Registration begins April 30 at 8:30 a.m. at the Carleton University Field House, located at 1125 Colonel By Dr. The opening ceremony follows at 9:40 a.m. with the hike beginning at 10 a.m.

The hike will feature a new track along Carleton University’s campus trails and the scenic Rideau River. Fingers are crossed for sunny skies, but there’s a backup plan should there be April showers.

“The nice thing is, if it’s raining and drizzly, we can just walk around the Field House,” Voth-Childs said of the university's indoor sports facility. “We’ve got a plan.”

The event will feature activities for all ages, including a kids zone with bouncies and crafts, musical entertainment and refreshments following the hike.

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Hundreds of people are expected to lace up their sneakers for the annual Hike for Hospice, which begins at the Carleton University Field House on April 30. The annual walk helps Hospice Care Ottawa raise funds for its programs.

“There will be something for everyone,” said VothChilds. “Come out and enjoy a fun-filled morning.”

Mayor Jim Watson will also proclaim April 30 to May 6 Hospice Palliative Care Week in Ottawa to coincide with the nationally recognized week.

For more information, to register or to donate, visit hospicecareottawa.ca.

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Donations needed for residents at Hope Living Volunteer group operates clothing boutique

BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com

Residents of Hope Living, the Shepherds of Good Hope residence

on Castlefrank Road in Kanata, are currently in need of spring and summer clothing (both men’s and women’s, sizes 8 to 3XXX), summer shoes, sandals and spring jackets.

There are currently over 90 residents at the Hope Living facility.

Ruth Cameron of Richmond, a member of the Hands for Hope volunteer group which supports the Hope Living residence, notes that over a year ago, Hands for Hope opened a clothing boutique for the

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Hope Living residents where they could obtain clothing at no charge.

Thanks to the generosity of donors in Stittsville, Richmond and Kanata, the residents enjoyed a great winter due to the warm coats, jackets, boots and other winter clothing that was donated. Most of the residents had never before had such warm winter clothing that not only kept them warm, but made them look and feel good.

In addition, warm bedding, pillows and towels were also donated.

These are an ongoing need at Hope Living, Ruth notes.

The residents at Hope Living really look forward to Mondays and Thursdays when they can drop into the clothing boutique and choose what they need. Some residents even help the Hands for Hope volunteers sort the donated items.

Donations of clothing and other items to this Hands for Hope shopping boutique at Hope Living are never wasted. What cannot be used

at Hope Living is sent off to the Shepherds of Good Hope shelter in downtown Ottawa or other shelters where there is a need for such clothing and other items.

Donations of spring and summer clothing can be dropped off at Hope Living at 145 Castlefrank Rd. in Kanata, or can be dropped off at a donation box which Ruth Cameron has on her front porch at her home, 118 Royal York St. in Richmond.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Many residents at Hope Living are suffering from mental health issues or are recovering from addictions. Hope Living is allowing them to get their lives back together, but many have lost contact with their families and so are really alone in the world. That’s why helping them makes such a difference and can be so rewarding.

For more information about the Hands for Hope volunteer group, please contact Ruth Cameron at 613838-5223.

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Making pottery pieces for ‘Populace’ project

BY MICHELLE LEBOLDUS

Workshop participants at St. Mary’s Anglican Church at Dunrobin are among those who will have their unique pottery pieces added to Populace, a Canada 150 project.

This is a small creative idea that the Ottawa Guild of Potters had that is about to become a grand vision. That idea, to mark Canada’s 150th, is Populace.

This significant ceramic art installation will showcase the beauty of ceramic art while recognizing the three main cultures in 1867 at the time of Confederation in the larger Ottawa area.

This will be a spectacle of 9000 individually-crafted ceramic sculptures of roses to recognize the British, fleursde-lys to recognize the French and feathers to recognize Ottawa’s Indigenous peoples.

Each flower and feather will be handmade out of ceramic clay, fused with a lustrous light glaze and installed on individual rods, forming a contemporary populace and transforming the landscape into a bold but sublime public art garden.

The scale of the installation, featuring a monochromatic colour scheme with repetition of flowers and feathers will draw viewers to reflect on the significance of Canada’s history as a nation. Visitors will walk through the installation’s meandering paths and be immersed in a powerful visual experience.

Populace honours Canada’s past, transforms its experience today and celebrates ceramic art in the community as an authentic and significant art form.

With so many pieces to be installed, it means thousands of individuals are needed to

complete the project.

Dunrobin’s St. Mary’s Anglican Church recently held a workshop with eager participants to create their unique pieces. Guided through the making of the sculptures by project co-ordinator Kirstin Davidson, many hand crafted pieces, which once kiln-fired, will be added to the display.

Populace will be installed in the east side park of the Museum of Nature — the installation site partner. The Populace garden officially opens on June 17 and will be in place all summer until September 4.

Funding partners for this monumental work are: Ottawa 2017, CIBC and the three Arts, Culture and Heritage Program Stewarding Partners, AOE Arts Council, Ottawa Arts Council and Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (Ontario 150 Celebration), Tiree Facility Solutions Inc. “In Kind” funding is provided by Capital Pottery Supplies Inc, Tucker’s Pottery Supplies Inc, Spectrum Glazes and Dymon

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Algonquin College Television Broadcasting students are working on a video which will focus on the community aspect of the project.

Air Canada’s “Altitude Report” has this featured as a premier event for the 150th along with the Tulip Festival.

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New prenatal screening test lowers chances of miscarriage

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When Theresa Kelly, 35, was 19 weeks pregnant in early 2013, a routine ultrasound became complicated.

The scan showed two soft markers, or bright white spots on the ultrasound that can be indicators of Down’s syndrome.

Kelly and her husband were told by their doctor that their chances of having a baby with Down’s syndrome had increased sixfold and the Gatineau couple met with a genetic counsellor from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario to discuss their options.

Prenatal screening options for mothers-to-be in Ontario have been limited to invasive tests like amniocentesis up until the last few years, but

a new player has joined the game that gives expectant parents a safer and more convenient way to test for genetic conditions.

Amniocentesis is one of the traditional tests for Down syndrome and Edward’s syndrome.

A needle is inserted into the abdomen and, guided with an ultrasound, withdraws amniotic fluid to test for genetic abnormalities.

In 2015, Dynacare medical laboratories were selected by the Government of Ontario to begin performing provincially funded noninvasive prenatal testing in Ontario and they’ve been offering the Harmony prenatal test ever since.

Kelly and her husband decided to undergo the Harmony test. At that time, they were only the third couple in

the Ottawa area to take the test, so their options were limited.

“They told us that we would have to order it from the states since it was still fairly new,” said Kelly. “We lucked in, and Gatineau Gamma Dynacare had a kit so we could test right away.”

When Kelly got her results back, she said their chances of having a baby with Down’s syndrome were less than one in 10,000.

Dynacare representative Heather Pullen says there are now 21 Dynacare labs in Ottawa who offer the Harmony prenatal test.

Because it’s still a relatively new practice, Kelly says many may not be aware that the test is available locally or even that it exists.

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“I recommend people to talk to a counsellor or doctor and request the Harmony test if possible,” she said.

“Pregnancy is such a special time, it is better off to try and enjoy it as much as possible; I know we sure did.”

With just one vial of blood from the mother, Dynacare uses Harmony to screen for Down syndrome, which is the most common chromosome

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It also screens for two other chromosomal conditions — Edward’s syndrome and Patau syndrome.

Kelly gave birth to a healthy baby girl — now three years old — named Annabelle on Sept. 30, 2013.

Without the Harmony test, her pregnancy would have been marred by worry or a more invasive procedure to determine the likelihood of Down’s syndrome.

“Because of the availability and safety of this test, the demand for amniocentesis is dropping dramatically,” Pullen said.

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Because the Harmony prenatal test is non-invasive, Kelly said she was assured no such risks existed for them.

Wyatt said the test can also be done a lot sooner — as early as 10 weeks into the pregnancy — and the results generally come back within seven to 10 business days.

Harmony boasts its unsurpassed accuracy rate of over 99 per cent, and Wyatt said it is the only noninvasive test available to women who have undergone fertility treatment like IVF or are having twins.

Dynacare even offers an at-home service available across Canada that’s free for local consumers who are paying for the test themselves, and for OHIP-funded tests there’s a fee of $45.

However, non-invasive screening might not be for everyone.

Kanata resident Amy Young said she visited Dynacare for prenatal tests and other tests in 2015, but opted out due to mental health issues that the pregnancy hormones made worse.

Young said she knew forgoing the test would be the best option for her.

“After suffering a loss, it would have been too much of a burden for me to handle,” she said. “I knew there was a risk due to my age for Trisomy 21, but my husband having a severely handicapped brother had us prepared mindset-wise if that was the case.”

Young was 36 at the time of her pregnancy, but she said luckily her daughter was born healthy.

To help mothers who test positively for any of the three conditions or have concerns about genetic screening, Dynacare offers genetic counselling through their customer care program.

Wyatt recommends that mothers who test positively with Harmony should consider a diagnostic test like amniocentesis, but says there’s no point in taking an invasive test that can cause complications if it’s not necessary.

“The great advantage of this test is that not very many people test positively because it’s so accurate,” said Wyatt.

Another element for expectant mothers to consider is that Harmony is one of two publicly funded noninvasive prenatal tests for eligible women across Ontario.

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Kanata North residents voted to say goodbye to their mosquito woes, with a majority of ballots about spraying coming back in favour of a nuisance mosquito pesticide program.

However, some residence are contesting the results of the vote, and have started a petition against the mosquito program.

Larvicide applications for the north Kanata nuisance mosquito program began on April 21 after a “successful” first year.

GDG Environment, the contractor hired by the city for the four-year project, will complete daily ground applications of the liquid larvicide in selected areas. Aerial application by helicopter of granular larvicide is expected to take place sometime over the next week.

Treatment is scheduled to wrap up around Sept. 15.

The program, now in its second year, uses Bti (bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) and Bs (bacillus sphaericus), which is dropped directly into

bodies of water where mosquito larvae are found.

“Feeding larvae draws it in with the water, which stops them from becoming adult mosquitoes,” said the city in a press release.

The larvicides have no effect on humans, plants, fish or animals, according to Health Canada. It affects only the larvae of certain kinds of mosquitoes and blackflies.

Weekly nuisance tests will be completed at five test sites for quality control, according to the city, and “There will also be posttreatment larva surveillance and extra applications of larvicide, if needed.”

The program includes a research component, conducted by the University of Ottawa, to detect if there are any en-

vironmental changes to the area.

Research results from 2016 found the program “was successful in controlling nuisance mosquito populations” and there were “no detectable effects” on nontarget insects.

According to the report, “Although the results are encouraging, it is too early to conclude that the treatment program will not affect wetlands and wetland ecosystems in the area. Expanded monitoring and study will continue over the next two years to look for potential impacts of the program.”

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Andrew Haydon hosts Dollars for Dogs walk Dogs and walkers raise funds step by step for dog guides on May 28

BY MEGAN DELAIRE mdelaire@metroland.com

The snow is gone, the maple trees tapped, the Easter eggs consumed and on May 28, Andrew Haydon Park will come to life with another spring tradition: the Dollars for Dogs walk-a-thon.

Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s 33rd annual Dollars for Dogs fundraiser will take dogs and owners on a four kilometre walk through the Nepean park that day in support of guide dog and assistant dog training.

Based on its success in previous years, event co-ordinator Steven Doucette said he has no doubt the popular walk will draw a crowd of supporters.

“People like to support our organization, especially dog lovers,” Doucette said. “But it’s also the uniqueness of having dozens of dogs there and dog people are very social and like to introduce their pets to each other.”

As incentive to come early, the first 100 people to arrive for pre-walk registration and dog social starting at 9:30 a.m. will receive a prize.

The walk itself will begin at 10:30, and participants who remain in the park after the walk will be rewarded with a barbecue and door prizes.

Admission for the May 28 event is $30 with all proceeds going to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, though participants can waive the admission fee by collecting pledges in advance.

‘It’s as much about awareness and getting the word out there as it is about fundraising.’

STEVEN DOUCETTE EVENT CO-ORDINATOR

The organization held its first Dollars for Dogs walk in Manotick in 1984 in an effort to offset the cost of guide dog training.

Training a dog takes two years, during which Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind covers the cost of training, food and veterinary care.

While the walk typically raises between $25,000 and

$30,000, Doucette said the cost to train a dog can reach up to $40,000.

As crucial as the funds raised by the event are, Doucette said Dollars for Dogs does much more for Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind than help fill its coffers.

“The fundraising is extremely important because we need donations,” he said.

“But a lot of it is getting out into the community for awareness. It keeps it top of mind and maybe they’ll think about Metroland file photo us when they’re doing a work- Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s 33rd annual Dollars for Dogs fundraiser will take place campaign. So it’s as dogs and owners on a four kilometre walk through the Nepean Park that day in support much about awareness and of guide dog and assistant dog training. getting the word out there as it is about fundraising.”

The annual event has also helped shape how the people have used Andrew Haydon Park over the years.

Until 2009 dogs were forbidden in the park, though the city agreed to a one-day exception to the bylaw each year for the event starting in 2005.

Eventually, public consultations revealed that most people were in favour of making the park dog-friendly, so in 2009 the city opened up the park to dog walkers.

For more information about Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, or to raise pledges in advance, visit guidedogs.ca.

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Mayor’s Report

CREATING A LASTING GREEN LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS By: Mayor Jim Watson One of Ottawa’s most unique characteristic is its particularly large geographical scale. Its total land surface of 2758 km² is large enough to encompass the cities of Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Much of our City’s land surface is made up of rural and farming areas which boast a rich and diverse green space and tree canopies.

As our City’s population grows, so do our family-centric suburbs and vibrant urban neighbourhoods. To keep our urban core green and our neighbourhoods beautiful, Ottawa is working with numerous partners and organizations on tree planting initiatives that will see thousands, if not millions, of trees planted in our city this year alone.

2017 marks Canada’s 150th anniversary and in addition to the many exciting events and celebrations planned for our nation’s sesquicentennial, special projects are being implemented to leave a legacy for future generations. One of the legacy projects is the Canada 150 Maple Groves project. The City of Ottawa will plant a grove of 150 native Canadian maple trees in each of our 23 wards. These groves, which may take the form of a formal cluster of trees, linear groupings, or maples planted within a reforestation site or natural area, will consist of native Canadian sugar, red, and silver maples. The sites within each ward have already been selected, and tree planting will start this month. You can find more information on the City’s Trees and community forests at www.Ottawa.ca/en/residents/water-andenvironment/trees-and-community-forests.

Canada’s 150th birthday has also inspired Ecology Ottawa and Tree Ottawa’s One Million Trees legacy project. This ambitious project is a great example of collaboration, as local schools, community associations, corporations, charities and residents will work together to plant one million trees in the city of Ottawa.

Just last month, Ottawa 2017 announced that the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship event will head to Ottawa for the very first time. In support of the One Million Trees project and to further support this important legacy of the sesquicentennial year, the series’ organizers have committed to planting 3,000 trees to off-set the event’s carbon footprint. Visit www.TreeOttawa.org and find out how you can also get involved!

First try

On April 22, West Ottawa Ringette hosted two free Come Try Ringette sessions to invite new players to try the fun sport of ringette for their very first time. Fifty new players came to try this fast and exciting game on ice. Players rotated between a variety of stations, including passing, checking, skating and shooting drills to get a sense of what ringette is really like.

The legacy would not be complete without honouring Ottawa’s history as a lumber town. Last season, Ottawa’s Canadian Football League and 2016 Grey Cup Champions the REDBLACKS, announced that for each touchdown the team scores at TD Place Stadium, a tree will be planted at the OC Transpo Trim Park and Ride in recognition of the thousands of football fans who use transit services to get to the games. The newly planted green space, the REDBLACKS Forest, will be a mix of different species of trees. 26 trees, the number of home touchdowns for the REDBLACKS in the 2016 season, will be planted in June. Ottawa football fans who cheered the REDBLACKS can now also celebrate the addition of green space. The REDBLACKS Forest is a great example of the City’s commitment to support an environmentally sustainable Ottawa, while leaving a lasting green legacy for future generations.

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Homeless youth need more shelters Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa releases report card

BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com

On any given night in Ottawa, there are at least 1,000 youth looking for shelter.

Sometimes they are hopping couches, others find a spot at a shelter. Others, if it’s warm enough, sleep on the street.

For Elspeth McKay, executive director of Operation Come Home, an organization that helps hundreds of at-risk and homeless youth in Ottawa, something needs to change.

“Young people are full of hope and want to get on with their lives,” McKay said. “Affordable housing is one piece, but not the only piece. They need to have education, or a business opportunity to succeed and to me that is the key.”

Operation Come Home is one of a group of shelters and organizations that form the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa.

Together with its members, the alliance gathers information and knowledge to help achieve an end to homelessness.

The city adopted a 10-year housing and homelessness plan in 2013, which committed to ending chronic homelessness. Each year the alliance releases a progress report, to access Ottawa’s progress toward this goal.

The report was released on April 11.

In it, it found that while the number of youth staying within Ottawa’s youth shelters declined

from 387 youth in 2015 to 287 in 2016, their average length of stay increased from 32 to 47 nights.

However, the proportion of young people aged 16 to 17 within youth shelters has increased.

McKay said she was happy to see the number of youth has decreased but the report doesn’t properly reflect the number of youth living on the street or in shelters.

“Once they turn 18, they are allowed in an adult shelter,” McKay said, adding she understands the difficulty in capturing the number of youth properly.

“The alliance report card reported only youth that are recorded in the shelter system,” she said.

“It’s much more serious than the report card is laying out — it’s not their fault, they are just using the numbers that they have.”

Operation Come Home defines youth as anyone between the ages of 16 to 24 years old, and so for her that is how she can comfortably estimate that there are more than 1,000 youth looking for permanent homes.

Right now, McKay said, the city’s efforts to help find permanent homes is going in the right direction and coupled with new legislation that helps crown wards of the Children’s Aid Society to be supported until they are 18 years old, will help battle the number. But she noted still more needs to be done.

“What young people need is assistance in finishing high school, finding work, or help starting their own small business,” McKay said.

And that, she added, is what Operation Come Home does.

The organization offers an alternative option to completing high school, business opportunities and courses.

“At the end of the day it comes down to motivation, and some people are motivated to make a change and some people aren’t,” McKay said.

McKay said she believes that ending chronic homelessness is a possibility, but that is made possible through prevention as much as finding homes for individuals.

“The issue has to be tackled on prevention and those who are already homeless,” she said.

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Keeping up with whether the city’s promise is on track is just one of the things the report card does said alliance executive director, Mike Bulthuis.

“The one message we want to share, is there has been a lot of discussion of the services downtown, but a lot of them are tied to ending homelessness” Bulthuis said.

“There are a lot more individuals that could be in programs that could connect with housing, but housing doesn’t exist — really what we need, is to allow the shelter to be an emergency response and that can only happen when appropriate, safe housing is there. Just because we have provided housing, it doesn’t mean their needs are gone.”

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Positive Change for Kanata South

City Councillor Kanata South Week in Review I would like to thank the Glen Cairn School for inviting me to speak to students this week at their annual Career Day. I am always impressed at topics brought up and intelligent questions posed by today’s youth. I look forward to visiting again next year!

Traffic Calming around the Ward The City’s spring Temporary Traffic Calming (TTC) measures are beginning to be installed on a number of local and collector streets around Kanata South. The TTC treatments refers to the installation of flexible delineator signs (flex-stakes) on the centerline or edges of a roadway, typically within school or playground areas. The flex-stakes are used as a low cost tool (compared to other traffic calming alternatives: speed humps, curb narrowings, etc.) to narrow the effective road width, discourage excessive vehicular speed, and warn drivers of an adjacent school/playground. The Flex stakes have shown an average increase in compliance of 24%.

In addition to the flex stake signage pilot project, we have also implemented speed pavement markings on a number of streets across Kanata South that identify the speed limit on the roadway. This has proven to increase speed compliance by 17%.

A full list of Traffic Calming measures within the ward can be found on my website www.CouncillorAllanHubley.ca.

If you feel that your street would be a good candidate for street calming measures, please e-mail me at Allan.Hubley@Ottawa.ca

Young at Art The Young at Art program showcases the work of local artists between the ages of 12-19 with awards ceremonies held around the city with prizes awarded for outstanding work in various categories. The west end exhibition will be running from April 20th to May 14th at the Kanata Civic Art Gallery located at the John Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive. www.kanatagallery.ca

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“I think that it’s important to note things are going in the right direction,” Bulthuis said.

“It’s (the report) a reminder.

We are committed to ending chronic homelessness in 2024.

We have to ensure that plan is monitored, and right now some of the data is going the wrong way.”

Bulthuis added the concern of youth homelessness wasn’t necessarily as prominent in 2013 as it seems to be now and because of the rise, the city and the alliance should check in on a regular basis to recognize particular issues.

Other areas that the report has found has increased is older women, finding more single women are residing in shelters and that their average length of stay is not declining as it is among men.

In particular, a growing number of older women are staying for longer periods in shelters due to a lack of alternative options to meet their health and housing needs.

From 2015 to 2016, shelters saw a 20.1-per-cent increase in the number of women over 50 and a 31.2-per-cent increase among those over 60.

For women over 60, their average length of stay increased from 76 days in 2014, to 82 days in 2015, to 86 days in 2016.

The full report is available at endhomelessnessottawa.ca.

Allan Hubley

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All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted.

For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email alerts or visit ottawa.ca/agendas, or call 3-1-1.

More details regarding this project can be found on my website under the Community tab.

Upcoming Events April 15th – May 15th: Spring Campaign GLAD Cleaning the Capital. Details and registration form can be found at www. ottawa.ca/clean.

Monday, May 1 Crime Prevention Ottawa-Board Meeting 5 p.m., Colonel By Room

April 27th: Alzheimer’s Awareness Night at Katimavik ES, 64 Chimo Dr. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

For more information go to companyforgetmenot.wixsite.com/event.

Tuesday, May 2 Finance and Economic Development Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room

April 29th: The Glen Cairn United Church Choir will be performing- Canadian Tapestry, A celebration of the music we love, to commemorate Canada’s 150th! 7pm, 140 Abbeyhill Drive.

Freewill offering to support community programs, all are welcome

Wednesday, May 3 Transportation Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Thursday, May 4 Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 10 a.m., The Chamber, Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive Did you know you can receive e-mail alerts regarding upcoming meetings? Sign up today at ottawa.ca/subscriptions.

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May 6th: Kanata Symphony Orchestra Concert featuring Canadian Grand Master fiddler, Louis Schryer. 7:30 pm at Woodroffe United Church, 207 Woodroffe Ave. Tickets available at the door.

Working for Kanata South: It is my privilege to serve as your Councillor. Please feel free to contact my office with any concerns or comments, by phone: 613-580-2752, or by email: allan.hubley@ottawa.ca Kanata Kourier-Standard - Thursday, April 27, 2017 23

Marianne Wilkinson

SERVING KANATA NORTH

City Councillor, Kanata North NOISE BYLAW REVIEW – Public Meeting, May 2, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Mlacak Centre.

The City is conducting a Noise By-law review. This meeting is open to any resident in the City, to share ideas on creating solutions to various noise-related issues, prior to a report going to Committee and Council later in the month. Alternatively, residents can provide their feedback through an online survey until May 1st. Search for Noise Bylaw Review at www.ottawa.ca, go to that page and click on survey on the left side to find the survey.

SOVERIGN’S MEDAL FOR VOLUNTEERS recognizes volunteer achievements across Canada. On Friday morning the City, on behalf of the Governor General, will be giving this award to the following from Kanata North: Cathy Briggs, Dwight Brown, Kay Dubie, Jim Malone, Judi Miller, Neil Thomson and Sarah Trant. Congratulations and thank you to each recipient for their contribution to our community.

KANATA NORTH COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARDS, our local awards for Citizen, Senior, Youth and Organization of the Year are due by May 11th. I know there are many deserving an award in our community but few have yet been nominated. Please take a few minutes to fill in and submit a nomination form, available on my website, giving details on how that person has supported our community.

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Hockey for Heart

ABOVE: Mike Brohart, left, and Stephen Vardy don Hockey for Heart jerseys after their first game of the two-day tournament on April 22 at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata.The tournament is in it’s fifth year raising money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of Bill Kitchen.

SPRING CLEANING THE CAPITAL is now underway. Thank you to those who have signed up and are making our community attractive. It’s easy to get involved – any individual, group, school, church or business can go to www.ottawa.ca/clean to sign up and get supplies and information. Do your part, report the results to the City and Kanata North may again become the community with best participation in the City.

BOWLING – I’m in need of a few bowlers for my team that will bowl to raise funds for the Queensway Carleton Hospital, bowl 2 rounds, enjoy dinner and entertainment. I have covered the registration fee so if you know how to bowl then contact me to join the team. The event is on May 13th at 6 pm at the Merivale Bowling Centre.

LEFT: Dekes of Hazard Eric Fabien carries the puck during the team’s game at the start of the Hockey for Heart tournament at the Bells Sensplex in Kanata on April 22.

KANATA RACE DAY is June 11th. Registration is now available at www.kanataraceday.ca/ INTERNATIONAL EVENTS I attended last week included Thai, Sikh and Turkish events. Our community is home to people from around the world and learning about their customs and religions is a good way to make them feel comfortable in their new country – and they are fervent Canadians!

CONGRATULATIONS to Kanata United Church for their 50th Anniversary, to the Kanata-Hazeldean Lions Club on their 40th and Evelyn Dick on recently turning 100.

CONDOLENCES to the family of Betty-Ann Kealey, long time trustee and Chair of the Catholic School Board, who passed away last week.

UPCOMING EVENTS April 29, SCOUTS BIKE SALE, Mlacak Arena, come early (before 8:30) for best choices April 29, KANATA SAILING CLUB Open House, 12 to 4 pm. http://kanatasailingclub.com/ April 29, “CANADIAN TAPESTRY” Freewill offering for the Oasis and Hospice, Glen Cairn United Church April 30, GOULBOURN MALE CHORUS, 2:30 pm, Trinity Presbyterian May 6, KANATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 7:30 pm, Woodroffe United Church May 6 & 7, GOULBOURN JUBILEE SINGERS Trinity Presbyterian May 10, 7 – Workshop on Elections, 9:30 pm, Email me for details May 27, KANATA-CARLETON CULTURAL FESTIVAL, Earl of March & Sandwell Green

Contact me at 613-580-2474, email Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca Follow me on Twitter @KanataNorth to keep up to date on community matters.

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Redemption of Shares/Promissory Notes Notice to: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #638-Kanata

Shareholders and Promissory Note Holders In Accordance to Royal Canadian Legion regulations, Kanata Branch #638-70 Hines road Kanata, Ontario is recovering its shares and paying out Promissory notes.

All shares and promissory notes must be redeemed by April 30th, 2017 or will no longer be valid. Original share or promissory note must be presented.

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‘For the Kids’ auction raises $117,000 The newly combined OCTC Foundation and CHEO Foundation hosted the 20th Annual For the Kids charitable auction to support the services and programs of the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre at CHEO. This event raised $117,000.

Over the past 20 years, more than $2.5 million has been raised so that children and youth with physical and developmental disabilities have access to valuable

lives changed. We left the office with a referral to an orthopedic surgeon and a neurologist. A google search of Kellen’s symptoms and come up with cerebral palsy.

“This was confirmed months later as spastic diplegia with an overlap of right hemiplegia. A diagnosis that the neurologist suggested would leave our son profoundly disabled. Even in our darkest hours the Ottawa

“Like the story of most special needs mothers, mine starts with “I had a perfectly normal pregnancy.”

KELLI TONNER

programs and services which enrich their quality of life.

Joined by community leaders, local celebrities, and most importantly, the families served, the CHEO Foundation hosted this milestone 20th anniversary event which saw more than 200 items auctioned off in the live and silent auctions.

The Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre at CHEO supports families who have a child or youth with multiple physical, developmental, and associated behavioural needs. More than 4,200 families receive services from the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre annually.

More than 450 guests at the event heard from Kelli Tonner, who spoke about her son, Kellen: “Like the story of most special needs mothers, mine starts with “I had a perfectly normal pregnancy.” That was until about 34 weeks when our son was born via emergency C-section due to complications from pre-eclampsia and toxemia.

“He was only 3.5 lbs but surprisingly required very few interventions. After just two weeks in the NICU, we took him home with all the same worries, hopes and expectations that any new parents have. It wasn’t until six months later at a pediatrician’s appointment that our

Children’s Treatment Centre’s therapists and staff were there.

We have been a part of OCTC for the past 14 years.

“Without OCTC, our son Kellen would not be the vocal (sometimes mouthy) independent teenager and community spokesperson that he is today.

Without OCTC, our son would not be the athlete he is today, playing sledge hockey for the past 11 years, representing Ottawa on the National power wheelchair ball hockey team, enjoying downhill skiing with his family on family day. Without OCTC, we would not be the confident, activist parents we are, fighting to break down barriers and support independence and inclusion. OCTC gave us courage.

“They gave us hope – they drove our conversations with talk of possibilities and opportunities, rather than disabilities and what cannot be. OCTC is a safe place of hope, acceptance, and inclusion full of skilled, passionate people who change the lives of children with disabilities, and their families. Investing in OCTC is investing in the life of a child and in the kind of community and world that we want to create.”

Also sharing Lincoln’s story was her father Justin Ferrabee: “My son, Lincoln was born

January 28, 2012, he was 8 weeks early. Lincoln was immediately placed in the NICU for 2 and a half weeks where he learned to feed and received breathing support. Despite this difficult start, the care team and Lincoln’s progress gave us hope.

Lincoln was a happy, giggly, little baby with a set of scream pipes that would get, and hold, your attention!

“By 18 months the lack of progress in walking and talking started the process of referrals, scans, x-rays, tests, assessments and ultimately a diagnosis of Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy and a prognosis that he would need a wheelchair for mobility. Throughout this process the medical staff at CHEO provided compassionate and professional support. This was the start of Lincoln’s journey and our introduction to the OCTC. “Over the next 3.5 years, the OCTC would help us with physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. They would help us get standers, customize tricycles, engineer mobility devices, modify walkers, make casts, mold orthotics and navigate medical procedures. They would brief us, advise us, struggle with us and celebrate with us. But most importantly, they would believe in us. They gave

us confidence. They fueled our hope.

“The OCTC is an institution that is more than the sum of its practical parts. It is most importantly a community of people who have been drawn together by the winds of fate and the calling of compassion. Here tonight, you are part of this community. Without you, without the financial resources you are giving, we would not have this home for our community. And Lincoln would not beat the odds and learn to walk.” Justin Ferrabee.

“Every year, I am so privileged to be a part of this special event,” said Director of Fundraising for OCTC Programs and Services at the CHEO Foundation, Chantal Dompierre. “Not only is it a wonderful opportunity to raise funds for children and youth with special needs, but hearing from families is so touching and inspiring.

“I am very grateful to Kelli and Justin for sharing their stories and to the Auction sponsors and attendees for their generous support.”

To learn more about the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre at CHEO, or to make a contribution to the Auction or Foundation, please visit www. cheofoundation.com

Karen McCrimmon Serving Constituents of Kanata-Carleton

Member of Parliament Kanata-Carleton Easter Blessing I hope everyone had a joyous Easter weekend and was able to spend some time with their friends, family, and loved ones. Easter, along with the other religious holidays that take place around this time of the year, are a wonderful way for people of all faiths to come together, recognize the passing of winter, celebrate the rejuvenation of spring, and to be reminded of the joy we share with one another. I wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous spring.

Robotics I would like to congratulate ‘Team 2706: Merge Robotics’ who competed valiantly at this year’s First Robotics Competition (FRC) - Ontario District Championships. The FRC is a competition where teams of High-school students team up with some of the world’s best tech companies to build some very impressive robots within six-weeks. Team 2706: Merge Robotics, the team from Kanata and the surrounding region, not only managed to make it to the District Championships, but also took home the Team Spirit Award. We should all be very proud of their accomplishments.

Tax Clinic Wrap-up With the Volunteer Tax Clinics wrapping up, I am pleased to say that during our time hosting clinics both in Kanata and Fitzroy Harbour, our Tax Clinic Volunteers managed to assist 80 residents in completing their tax returns. I’d like to thank those CRA volunteers who gave up their time to help those in the community in need of assistance.

Carp Fair Men’s Night I had a great time at the Carp Fair Men’s Night event hosted at the Carp Agricultural Hall. It was very enjoyable to serve the local gentleman, alongside the other local ladies in the bar. Unfortunate travel prevents me from attending the Women’s Night, but I’m sure a good time will be had by all.

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Rural Internet Update Many of you share my frustration with the lack of high speed internet in portions of the riding. My office has been working hard to make progress in the provision of this vital service. We have completed a request for funding from the “Connect to Innovate Program”, which provides funding to rural areas to develop reliable internet infrastructure. We have spoken to all of the Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the riding, and I am happy that Northwinds, a local ISP from Constance Bay, has completed a proposal to enhance their capabilities.

I want to thank Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Eli El-Chantiry, who have lent their support and have worked collaboratively to make this proposal a reality.

We will continue to work on this critical priority.

Working for and Representing Kanata-Carleton It is such an honour and privilege to serve as your Member of Parliament and I look forward to meeting and working with you all. Please feel free to contact our office at 613-592-3469 or by email at Karen.McCrimmon@parl.gc.ca. Please follow me on Facebook at karenmccrimmon.ca.

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Church Services SUNDAY SERVICES 9:00am ~ Christ Church 10:30am ~ St James The Apostle

Sunday Worship Service 10:30am.

Sunday School 9:15am.

Come when you can and Come as you are.

St. John’s Sixth Line 1470 Donald B Munro Dr

Christ Church Huntley 3008 Carp Rd

St James The Apostle Carp 3774 Carp Rd

Rev. Dr. Jorge. E. Groh Office 613-592-1546 • www.christrisen.com

www.huntleyparish.com • 613-839-3195

Grace Baptist Church of Ottawa

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC PARISH A Welcoming Community 1489 Shea Road, (corner of Abbott) Stittsville, Ontario K2S 0G8

2470 Huntley Road

SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am & 10:30 am Monsignor Joseph Muldoon, Pastor

Preaching the Doctrines of Grace

Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday and weekday Bible studies see our website for times and locations

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Parish office - 613-836-8881 Fax - 613-836-8806

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Sunday Services at 9:15 and 10:45 AM.

9am Children’s Program Available Pastors: Bob Davies, Stephen Budd & Doug Ward kbc@kbc.ca

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Youth Group Mondays at 7:oopm

Rev. Grant Dillenbeck Church: 613-836-4962 email: suchurch@primus.ca Visit our web site: www.suchurch.com

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Reverend Mark Redner 3794 Diamondview Road, Kinburn Friday Healing Service 7:00 p.m.

SundayWorship Service 10:00 a.m.

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Sunday Services 9 & 11:15am

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10:00 am: Service of Worship and Sunday School Pastoral Care & Healing Service: 11:30am - last Sunday of each month

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Youth Groups: Transit (Gr 6-8), Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Thirst (Gr 9-12), Wednesdays at 7 PM

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10:00 a.m. – Worship Service

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The McCulloch Dancers and the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band performed on April 23 at Parliament Hill. The one hour celebration for Tartan Day included piping, drumming, highland and step dancing. Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage near April 6, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath.

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Pomp and ceremony in Kanata-Carleton 50 performances scheduled at the Earl of March Secondary School and SandwellPark on May 27 Pomp and ceremony mix with diversity and energy at the Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival, a day to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in style. Even before the festival is officially opened the audience will witness impressive performances.

Nothing generates pride of country better than a military presence and the 84th Regiment of Foot established to fight alongside the British against the American rebels during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) will feature a re-enactment drill demonstration and firing of muskets.

Following this flurry of activity, Brenda Grant, playing the bagpipes, will lead the procession of dignitaries across the green to the stage. And who better to declare the festi-

val officially open than Ontario’s only First Nations Crier, Daniel Richer.

Richer has been the National Capital Region Crier for 36 years. Storyteller, actor and town crier, he shares his knowledge of Mother Earth.

His legends and stories speak of respect and harmony among all living things. Not only has Richer won numerous championships he has completed two national tours in every province and territory.

Once the dignitaries have spoken and the day been blessed – let the performances begin.

The entire day will abound with talent from across the region. The OttawaValley is well known for its fiddlers and step dancers and not a foot will be still as the Ottawa Valley Fiddle and Step Dance Associa-

tion strut their stuff.

The diversity of our nation is healthy in West Ottawa so bring your dancing shoes and take a workshop with Maria Sabaye Moghaddam.

She teaches Persian regional dances and has performed at Harbourfront in Toronto and the Shenkman Centre.

Saba Persian dance brings together performers of various ages, abilities, and origins. The theme for this performance is diversity and dance-ability drawn from Iran, India, the Middle East and Africa. One person in a wheelchair performs alongside able bodied dancers.

Young talent abounds at this festival. Youth X Canada: Music Tour 2017 is a unique and inspiring project designed to discover, explore and celebrate the diversity of Canada’s geographic, cultural and musical landscapes as seen from the perspective of young, aspiring Canadian music artists.

As we join together to celebrate our country’s 150th Anniversary, this energetic group of young music artists from

different musical backgrounds, traveling across Canada will make an appearance in Kanata.

This is a small sample of over 50 performances scheduled at the Earl of March Sec-

ondary School and SandwellPark.

The Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival will be filled with back-to-back entertainment to delight everyone from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, May

27. Thanks to generous sponsors and the City of Ottawa, residents can come out to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday free of charge.

Be sure to visit www.kanatacarletonculturalfestival.ca.

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Ottawa edging out Calgary for green, LEED certified buildings

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

While Ottawa and Calgary are tied for the number of city buildings that are constructed to be environmentally sustain-

able, we may be in the lead, staff said at the environment committee meeting on April 18.

Right now, officially, we have 25 — as does Calgary, but staff said the number in

Ottawa may have jumped to 26.

Three new buildings received LEED, an accreditation for construction that meets certain sustainability requirements, in 2016.

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The new OC Transpo Articulated Bus Garage and Dispatch Building was certified, along with the Richcraft Recreation Complex in Kanata and the Greenboro Community Centre expansion.

Staff said the bus garage was a challenge to get certification because of the nature of the building.

Committee chair David Chernushenko offered kudos that the garage was certified.

The city council of the day decided all newly constructed municipal buildings with a footprint greater than 500 square metres would be designed and certified by the Canada Green Building Council in 2005.

In 2015, the city’s environment committee formally supported aiming for LEED gold certification where appropriate. The Ottawa Art Gallery expansion is aiming for LEED silver certification upon its completion.

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Lansdowne is the first community to get LEED certification as a community.

Planning manager Stephen Willis said the city has no legislative tools to enforce private property owners to build green, but changes to the Ontario Building Code have helped to encourage

green practices.

Minto saw the benefits of building green when they built Lansdowne. It’s the only neighbourhood in the city to have received LEED certification, Chernushenko said.

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City hosts survey, workshops for noise bylaw review

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

As part of a bylaw review approved by city council in June 2015, the city wants to hear from you on the noise bylaws.

The city is holding public consultations online and at three workshops.

The first of which was held at the Greenboro Community Centre on April 25.

The second was held at the McNabb Recreation Centre.

The final one will be held at the Overbrook Community Centre on May 1.

Roger Chapman, manager of bylaw services, wrote in an email that specific issues related to each of the bylaws were identified for review.

“Consultation with the community and other stake-

holders is essential to good governance and forms an integral part of all bylaw reviews and similar undertakings,” he said. “It enables staff to understand the diverse needs and interests within the community and develop policy recommendations in a fair and balanced way.”

Feedback from the online consultation and workshops will be combined with other studies and stakeholder consultations to develop a recommendations report that will go before the Community and Protective Services Committee, currently scheduled on May 18, and City Council on May 24.

The online survey can be found at https://s-ca.chkmkt.com/?e=81838&h=A581 5222C3BBD6A&l=en.

Each week, a lawyer from the Kanata based Allan Snelling law firm will answer a reader’s question.

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Emergency departments were kept busy with 28 overdose patients rushing through hospital doors in the last week.

Officials cautioned the public on April 21 following a wave of suspected opioid-related overdoses — 15 in 72 hours. The problem didn’t ease up over the weekend.

Within hours after warning the public, there were four more.

At one point, according to Dr. Guy Hébert, head of the department of emergency medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, six cases arrived at the Civic campus in just a couple of hours.

“We have to be open to the fact that this may be just the tip of the iceberg that more and more of these drugs are going to be on the streets and in our communities,” Hébert said on April 24. “We are anticipating this could be a problem, we can’t know for sure, but we have to be ready.”

The hospital was prepared as it had been keeping an eye on what’s happening across Canada and in particular in British Columbia, where fentanyl, a potent, synthetic opioid pain medication, has caused a number of overdose deaths.

According to that province’s coroners service, there have been 139 illicit drug overdose deaths with fentanyl detected from January to February of this year. That represents a 90-per-cent increase over the same period one year earlier.

A few months ago, the hospital increased its supply of naloxone, a which can reverse the effects of an overdose.

Over the past week, Hébert said they’ve administered more of the drug than in the past six months.

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‘We have to scramble’: public health manager Continued from page 33

“We were ready and certainly this weekend we were grateful for having (increased supplies.)”

He couldn’t confirm the overdoses were linked to fentanyl, but said patients were overdosing from stronger opioids, which don’t respond as well to naloxone.

“We have to give them super high does of naloxone to reverse the overdose,” he said of the antidote that helps with breathing and helps the patient wake up.

While one dose of naloxone can reverse the effects of overdoses caused by the majority of opioids — including morphine, hydromorphone or oxycodone — overdoses from fentanyl and its derivatives that are available on the streets are “so potent that the standard dose of naloxone is not enough.”

That weekend, doctors used up to 10 times as much.

“We are highly suspicious that this is a high-potency opioid in the fentanyl class. Unfortunately we don’t have the laboratory proof that it is fentanyl,”

he said.

If a blood or urine sample is collected it has to be sent to Toronto for testing.

Patients recovering from an overdose can spend anywhere from a couple of hours at the hospital to a couple of days.

“When we see this influx of patients like this it does consume a lot of resources and we have to scramble to meet the challenge,” said Andrew Hendriks, manager of Ottawa Public Health and chair of the Ottawa Overdose Prevention and Response Task Force.

Ottawa averages about three reported overdoses a day, said Hendriks. The number of overdoses are monitored daily to keep track of trends.

“We are concerned about what we’ve seen in the last five days and we are going to continue raising awareness and let people know overdoses are happening in our community,” he said.

The task force is reminding people about the risk of overdose from counterfeit prescription pills in Ottawa, which have caused life-threatening overdoses and death.

“If you are using opioids there is a risk of overdose and depending on the type of drugs you are using, especially if you’re using counterfeit drugs.

There’s a risk that they are being laced or cut with a variety of different products, and opioids could be one of them,” Hendriks said, adding there’s no way of knowing how toxic they might be.

“Unless you’re getting your drugs or medications from a pharmacist, you can’t trust where they are coming from and the risk of overdose is there.”

Since February, Ottawa Public Health has reached out to more than 100,000 people through social media, workshops and school presentations to inform the public about opioids and the availability of naloxone.

“It was a busy February and March,” Hendriks said. He added that since July of last year, more than 2,000 doses of naloxone have been dispensed in the community.

While public health aims to arm residents with the information they need about opi-

oids, naloxone and overdoses, it is also reminding people that overdoses are medical emergencies and emergency services need to be called even if naloxone is administered.

“We know not everyone calls paramedics. There’s probably more taking place in the community that we don’t even know about,” he said.

Signs and symptoms of overdose: • Impaired breathing • lips and nails are blue • person is not moving • person may be choking • you can hear gurgling sounds or snoring • person can’t be woken up • skin feels cold and clammy • pupils are tiny For more information about overdoses and how to prevent them, visit stopoverdoseottawa.ca. The website also includes a list of pharmacies with naloxone kits.

Officials cautioned the public on April 21 following a wave of suspected opioidrelated overdoses —15 in 72 hours.

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Potatoes were a staple in surviving lean Depression

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e never seemed to run out of potatoes. Bags of them sat in the dugout cellar under the house, and they appeared on the table for just about every meal. And that included the pan of fried potatoes and onions Father had to have for breakfast.

Several of those bags were not going to see our table, though ... at least, not yet. Once it was warm enough, Father dragged a few bags out of the cellar and spread the potatoes out on newspapers on the summer-kitchen floor. This was an after-supper chore, and it only happened once a year.

This was not a time to sit idly in the rocking chair and light his pipe, as he liked to do after his evening meal. No, every spare minute he had, he would sit on the low stool and with a couple of empty pails beside him begin the ritual that would make sure we had enough potatoes to last us through the next winter.

MARY COOK Memories With the longer evenings of spring upon us, there was no need to light the lantern for the job at hand. With the summerkitchen door wide open, he would reach down and grab one potato at a time, and turn it over in his hand, examining it closely. And then, with the paring knife he had sharpened on the whit stone before, he would quarter the potatoes just so. They had to be done in a certain way, which meant the job was too important to hand it off to one of us, for which we five children were eternally grateful. Each piece of potato

had to have an eye. And when I asked Father why this was so important, he said it was the only way you could be sure the potato would root when it was put in the ground. And so, Father would turn the potato in his hand, examine it, and cut it into proper pieces that would be sure to grow when planted.

And again he would tell me how the eye would sprout in the ground, and from that beginning, a potato would grow.

And soon the planting would begin. But before, Father would have spent many back-breaking hours on the long stretch

of land that ran beside our vegetable garden. The reasoning behind planting potatoes outside the vegetable garden escaped me, but my sister Audrey said it was because they would take up the whole garden.

And so, long before Father started cutting them into pieces, he would have plowed that part of the field, and then with a shovel he would work each row until it was full of separate holes, just deep enough to plant.

I thought the planting was as much of a chore as getting the ground ready. Father would take the filled pails from the summer kitchen, carrying two at a time, and I would sense the pain I thought he must feel from the load, and he would place the pails at intervals along the rows. Then, stooping over, he would take out a few pieces of the cut potatoes and drop them into the holes. But the chore didn’t end there. Dippers of water from yet another pail were poured on top of the pota-

toes and then the hole covered with the earth beside it.

Father could only do a couple rows at a time; such was the chore of planting potatoes.

It would take many hours to finish the job, and then the long

With the summerkitchen door wide open, he would reach down and grab one potato at a time, and turn it over in his hand, examining it closely wait began, hoping that one day a sprout would appear to show that his hard work had paid off.

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Because sometimes, when the sun beat down on our backs like an open fire, we would go up and down those same rows with little honey pails of coal oil and pick off the potato bugs which, if left alone, would rub out all Father’s long hours of labour. And I felt a certain comfort and relief as the plants grew and flourished, and I would have a deep sense of gratitude knowing as long as we had those bags of potatoes in the cellar, we wouldn’t starve to death when winter closed around us and something called the Depression showed no sign of easing off.

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Batman fans answer the call of the bat signal Adam West making second attempt to star at Comiccon

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When it comes to Batman fans, loyalty knows no bounds – regardless of the era or the re-imagined image of the caped crusader.

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The Nepean resident is considered Ottawa’s Batman, given the various Batman costumes he wears to special events, delighting children and grownups alike and helping raise money for children’s charities with the other 20 costumed members of the local League of Super Heroes.

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“But the reaction is always the same,” said Page. “People are always flabbergasted The kids come running up to you and they hug you.”

He’ll be in fan mode at the upcoming comic convention when he lines up for an autograph from Adam West, star of the 1960s Batman television series. West’s anticipated appearance has generated major buzz, particularly since he was supposed to attend the event in 2013, but cancelled at the last minute due to a back problem.

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To further feed Batman super fans, a 1966 Batmobile will be brought in from the U.S. For Page and Darlene, the convention will be a chance to meet West for a third time.

They met him twice before at Toronto’s Fan Expo. This time, they have their fingers crossed about West’s Ottawa visit.

“If we can coerce him to get him to the booth to get a picture with the group that would be awesome,” Page said his fellow League members.

He first became enamoured with the character as a kid in the 19070s watching West as Batman on TV every Saturday and Sunday morning.

Page’s boyhood collection of Batman toys and action figures grew from there. He now has several thousand comic books and estimates he has more than 500 collectibles.

“Pfft. Probably more,” Darlene said with a laugh.

When they first became a couple 15 years ago, Darlene knew Page was a serious Batman fan and that he came with a vast collection.

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“I was OK with it. It wasn’t all over the house like it is now,” she said laughing.

Today, she has her own display cases filled with her prized collectibles. She’s also adept at sewing costumes from scratch.

“You know how some people bowl together?” Darlene said. “This is our thing that we found that we do together – making costumes.”

Dan first embraced transforming into Batman in 2010 when he made his eldest son a costume for Halloween.

“I made him a Star Wars suit and … I said, ‘Well, if he’s

doing Star Wars, I’m doing Batman,’” Page said. “It was a lot of craft foam and glue and burning myself enough times. You learn from your mistakes.”

Since then he and his wife have enjoyed cosplaying at Ottawa Comiccon every spring and at Toronto’s Fan Expo every Labour Day weekend.

Darlene still remembers dressing up for the first time at the Toronto convention.

“We were nervous,” she said, reason why the couple left their costumes in the trunk of the car. But when they saw how many people were dressed up, they turned around and changed, transforming into

She-Ra and the Dark Knight.

“We were mauled,” Darlene said of the response, which has grown more enthusiastic with time. “Last year in Toronto we had to get security to help us because we got too mauled.

We couldn’t move.”

The Montreal Comiccon last year also saw a crush of fans request photos with the pair.

“We didn’t walk,” Page said.

“I’ve even given up trying to take pictures of other things because there’s just no point,” Darlene added.

Their friends and family no longer bat an eye at their cosplaying prowess.

“At first they were kind of

like, ‘Whaa?' And now they’re proud,” Darlene said. “My mom thinks it’s cool. His mom thinks it’s great.”

If Page can do his part to help others become excited about his comic book hero, he is all in with helping create another generation – another legion – of Batman fans.

“There’s so much Marvel out there,” he said with a grin.

“You see Spiderman and Hulk everywhere you go. I’ve got to get more Batman fans out there.”

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BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

While the city may be readying customers to ride the rails, transit chair Coun. Stephen Blais was surprisingly mum on the Confederation Line’s debut date.

“It will open in 2018,” Blais said, declining to give an exact date when pressed.

When council approved the $2.1 billion light rail project, the anticipated start date was spring 2018.

Blais said there has been no deci-

sion to change timelines.

Transportation services general manager John Manconi said the city has “rigid testing protocols in place” and the trains will be fired up when everything is ready to go.

“Day one is important, but so is post day one,” Manconi said.

The Rideau Street sinkhole – or infrastructure failure as the city has called it – caused about five months of interruption, Manconi said.

The setbacks also mean Rideau Street will not be as “clean” as originally promised for Canada Day.

There will be asphalt on some sidewalks and Rideau Transit Group, the consortium building the first phase of light rail, will pay for extra construction hoarding, signs and promotional rail material, Manconi said.

“Will it be perfect? No,” he added.

“We had a sinkhole that impacted a lot of activities significantly in that tunnel.”

The downtown tunnel has also been plagued with reports of unsafe working conditions.

Manconi said RTG has a fairly

good record, despite some of the perceptions held by the public.

Manconi specifically spoke to the issue of the employee who reported an injury anonymously to the media.

“The employee didn’t report the injury to the employer,” Manconi said, adding RTG is required to meet the provincial safety requirements.

Manconi also said rumours the Ministry of Labour shut down the Lyon Street tunnel are false.

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Ottawa and District Labour Council president Sean McKenny meets with head of the rail implementation office Steve Cripps and Manconi monthly to talk about concerns, Manconi said.

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City to launch campaign to ready riders for rail

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

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It has been said we are facing a global leadership gap.

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I have spent many years working in community development and advocating for leadership in business, organizations and schools. So when I came to Ottawa and began looking for ways to support our business community, one of the first things I investigated were the opportunities to create and build leaders. I was very impressed to learn that our community hosted an annual conference called Leadercast.

This one-day conference hosted in Atlanta features some of the world’s foremost thought leaders and it is telecast live in hundreds of countries worldwide. What a wonderful use of our technology to share information and inspiration and gather thousands of people together at one time to learn how to become better leaders in their lives, their businesses and their communities.

I have attended many of these events over the years and never cease to be amazed by the wealth of knowledge and potential for growth that is made possible by the simple act of actively listening to and networking with fellow change makers. It can be challenging to prioritize the art of personal growth in our busy schedules. However, those that make the time and focus on improving their skills and character will eventually out-perform those who do not.

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When the Confederation Line opens in 2018, the city wants customers to be ready to ride the rails.

The transit commission heard on April 19 that the $1 million Ready for Rail campaign will roll out next month.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney expressed concern that the bulk of the money for the campaign went to consultants that helped created the marketing program.

“One million is a good chunk of change,” he said.

Despite the concern, Tierney said he’s a big proponent of advertising to make sure residents are kept abreast of all the changes happening to the city’s transit system.

Tierney even sported a shirt with the Confederation Line map on it.

Transportation services GM John Manconi said the budget was no means busted by hiring consultants to pave the way.

The consultants were $355,000 — approximately a third of the $1 million budget for the marketing program. The rest of the money will pay for promotional materials and production.

While transit commission chair Coun. Stephen Blais stopped short of giving a specific date for the opening of Confederation Line — only stating it’s to open in 2018 — he did say there would be a big communication push to ensure riders are ready for opening day.

“On Day 1 we are going to have one the busiest light rail system in North America,” Manconi said, adding it’s the job of OC Transpo staff to take care of customers from their door to their destination.

Blais said the most important thing to riders will be what changes about their commute.

“I think the message is getting out there slowly and this campaign will kick it up a notch,” he said.

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Some stations, such as Parliament station, will not be exactly where the name suggests. The Parliament Station will be on Queen Street. All the downtown stations will have signs to identify them at ground level and a concourse with fare gates underground.

The Alstom Citadis Spirit Cars will be able to hold 300 passengers apiece. At peak periods, the cars will be coupled, giving the trains the capacity to transport 600 people every five minutes or fewer. Each of the doors is done in black to make them noticeable on the train that has the same colour scheme as an OC Transpo bus.

Confederation Line will have 13 stations.

The line will run from Tunney’s Pasture to Blair. Each station will have a countdown to let riders know when the train is arriving.

There will be bike parking, elevators, emergency phones, heated waiting areas and security cameras. Call buttons at the stations will transmit to a live operator to help customers

navigate the new system.

There will be washrooms at Tunney’s Pasture, Bayview, Hurdman and Blair stations.

Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans expressed some concerns about seniors being able to take advantage of the free fare Wednesdays once the fare gates are in place.

Seniors will be able to press a button to page a customer service rep on the ticket machines and be buzzed through, Manconi said, adding OC Transpo staff are considering a targeted campaign to give Presto cards to seniors Deans is particularly concerned because the Trillium Line will be getting the fare gates this year.

Ottawa Alive to Strive Race tackles ‘very silent disease’

BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Watching people cross the finish line is just part of the reward for Marie-Eve Chainey.

“The participants that mark me the most is actually dialysis patients who, for the very first time, are walking a full kilometre,” said the co-founder, race director and president of the annual Alive to Strive Race, which will start out this year on April 30 at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility and Hog's Back Park in the Riverside Park community.

“When you see the smile at the finish line, it’s amazing.”

Race proceeds that fund the Alive to Strive Kidney Fitness Project’s active living grant program go to individuals in the region to help them lead an active lifestyle, which can make all the difference for those with chronic kidney disease.

“Some of these people have never been active in their lives and they’re now in a situation where they need to be healthier or lose some weight in order to have a kidney transplant and be successful,” the 34-year-old Ottawa resident said.

The race, which drew almost 1,000 people last year, also generates awareness about the disease, which impacts two million Canadians.

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Awareness is key to prevention since many people don’t know they have the disease until later in life.

“Kidney disease is a very silent disease,” Chainey said.

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In November, Chainey was approved for a special medication, and because of that she will be able to receive a kidney from her aunt this summer. “This is actually my last Alive to Strive Race as a kidney dialysis patient,� she said.

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When the Kidney Fitness Project first launched, Chainey said there were no resources available at the time to help people with kidney disease stay active.

The last six races have generated a total of $130,000, the bulk of which has financed grants to help people pay for gym and bowling memberships as well as dance classes, among other activities.

In the past five years, more than 230 grants have been awarded.

Of the total raised, $50,000 has supported other charities, such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, the Kidney Research Centre at the Ottawa Hospital and Diabetes Canada. Chainey said those with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing kidney disease. “We really wanted to be able to take (away) the barrier of finances,� she said, adding those receiving dialysis several times a week often can’t work full time and therefore don’t have the money to pay for fitness classes or to hire a personal trainer who can help them get started.

The grants have made a difference. “We’ve had patients that have received a kidney transplant only because of the

programs we offered,� said Chainey, who plans to take part in the one-kilometre portion of the Alive to Strive Race, her favourite leg of the event since it draws several dialysis patients and others with serious health issues. “It’s one of the happiest moments for them,� she said of participants. “It’s one of the things they were able to finish and something they were able to accomplish even with all the challenges they have been through,�

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Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 16, 2017. In December 2016, Grace and her beloved, eternal companion, John Bell, celebrated 67 years of tender, loving and devoted marriage. Mother of five: Cheryl Snowdon (Kenneth), Sheila Lamb (Robert), Robert (Stephanie), Rodney (Claude Benoit) and Roger (Catherine James). Grandmother of 15: Patricia, Ruth, Shaun, Shannon and Jana Snowdon; Richard, Stephen, Alicia, Jeffrey and Joseph Lamb; Rachelle, Kiersten, and Cameron Bell, Kylie Warren and Sydney Ellsworth.

Great Grandmother to 21 : Slade, Wyatt, Danica, Kiaya Stoodley, Kaylee, Austin, Tyler, Avery, Bryce Snowdon, Dylan and Seth Lamb, Ryan and Rachel Lamb, Emily, Ethan, Jason, Claire, Ben, Max and Elizabeth Christensen, and Jaxon Lamb. Grace was born in Gleichen, Alberta to Royal and Alice Edwards. She was the youngest sister of LeRoy, Areta, Shirley, Marguerite, Ejay, Earl, Lois, Albert, and Maxine – all predeceased.

She was a well-loved public school teacher for many years in Montague Township and Smiths Falls, Ontario. Her greatest joy was her family and working with and influencing children. Grace and John were avid curlers, golfers and world travelers. Grace was a dedicated member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). In their retirement years, Grace and John served as church missionaries in Lagos, Nigeria: Johannesburg, South Africa; Vancouver, British Columbia and in Mormon temples in Washington, DC and Toronto, Ontario. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Friday evening, April 28th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be conducted on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1017 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario.

Interment Pakenham Union Cemetery.

For those wishing, a donation to the Children’s Wish Foundation in memory of Grace’s love of children would be most appreciated by the family.

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Died peacefully at home under the care of her husband Bob, exactly the way she wanted it. She will be sadly missed by her loving family, friends and many Facebook friends. Born Marie-Geneviève Suzanne Masson, she was raised in Outremont, Québec, along with three brothers Philip, Robert & Claude, of whom Claude is the sole survivor. She attended the University of Sorbonne in Paris. She met her husband Bob Gregory in Montreal in 1970 and they were married in March of 1971, during the same year they moved to Toronto. While there she worked at Columbia Records in Promotions ensuring artists & their new records were given maximum publicity on radio and other media. Suzanne has had a varied and interesting work history. She also worked as a stewardess on several airlines including Air France, CP Air and then as a CP Air reservation agent, served as a court translator and French Immersion teacher in elementary school. Most recently, she has been Chief Executive Officer of River Road Electric, a solar generation company. An active spinner, knitter and craftsperson, avid reader and lover of parrots and dogs. She and her husband have been currently residing in rural Kanata on a small hobby farm where they have horses & llamas. Suzanne is survived by her children Carl (Waad) and Danielle (Ronney) and grand-children Zachary and Allison.

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Beloved husband and father, he leaves behind to mourn, his wife Joan, his children Kevin (Catie), Dean (Crystal), Robert Jr., Lorie (Pat), stepchildren Les (Judi), Norm, Rick (Christina), Debbie (Allan), and Darlene. Bob was the proud grandfather/great-grandfather to Jessica, Thomas (Nabiha), Melina, Rowan, Amy, Xavier, Michelle, Dante, Lucas, Nathan, Castiel, Michael, Isabella, Brittany (Jeff), Amelia, Jessy, Ashley (Wayne), Chase, Austin, Chantal, Kyle, Emily, Kaitlyn, Adam (Treasa) and Alysha (Joel).

Bob also leaves to mourn many nieces and nephews as well as brothers and sisters-inlaw. Bob was predeceased by his parents Conrad and Jeanette (Dupuis) Lepage, his brothers Roland, Albert, Rudy, and Gerry, his sisters, Jean, Bertha, and Yollande.

Special thanks to the doctors and nurses from the Almonte General Hospital for their kindness and excellent care for Bob and the family during his illness. Special thanks also to family physician Dr. Roger Drake.

Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place, on Monday, April 24, 2017 from 12 noon until time of the service in the Chapel at 1:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to CHEO. www.barkerfh.com

Narbonne Mary Elizabeth (September 02, 1942 - April 22, 2017) Peacefully, at the Almonte General Hospital on Saturday, April 22, 2017 surrounded by her loved ones. Survived by her loving husband Roger. Dear mother of Nancy (Peter), Suzanne and Sean (Christine). Proud grandmother of Andrew, Eric, Amber, Katie, Kassandra and Lindsay. Proud great-grandmother of Chloe, Addison and Evelyn. Friends visited the Alan R Barker Funeral Home 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. A celebration of life was held in the Chapel on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Diabetes Association would be appreciated by the family. www.barkerfh.com

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Gary passed away at his home Monday April 17, 2017, at the age of 60. Predeceased by his beloved parents Fred and Doreen White.

Loved and respected father of Brandon. Loved and devoted friend of Gertrude Bell and family. Loving and respected brother to Pepper, Donnie (Terrie), Michael, Wendy (Rob) Gray, Connie (Rodger), Peggy (Steve) King, Bonnie (Gary) Ennis and Melodie (Ken). He will also be missed by his many nieces, nephews and friends.

There was a graveside service for family and friends at Hopetown Cemetery on Friday April 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.

For those wishing, please consider a donation to Alzheimer Society of Perth, ON. Garfield Thomas “ Gary” White A monarch butterfly flew down to me to let me know I will be free. Do not be afraid as we will be there, our wings wide open to bring you there. This is a place of peace and love for this is a journey we all must take, and each must go alone. It’s all part of the Makers plan, a step on the road to home. Remember the love we once shared. Miss me a little but not too much for I will be there to watch over you. Miss me but let me go www.barkerfh.com

RICH NORBERT MAGNUS (Bert) August 25, 1936 – April 16, 2017 Husband, father, grandfather– survived by wife Jackie; sons Jordan and Gregor; grandchildren, Jordan-Anne and Sierra, Alexa and Lucas. Geography and Spec Ed teacher, Ottawa board of Education 1971-1995. ESL teacher, Korea, 2001–2002. World traveller —every continent and ocean. Craftsman–stained glass, woodworking, gardening. Sports enthusiast. Funeral arrangements and internment in Formosa, Ontario. In memory donations, Almonte General Hospital.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL INC. 127 Church St., Almonte, ON 613-256-3313 Condolences & Tributes: www.crgamble.com

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MORE Logan Milton Peacefully in hospital at Almonte on Friday, April 21, 2017.

Logan More 0f Almonte, age 88 years.

Survived by his loving wife, Jean Watt and an inspiration to his daughters, Dawn More (Rod) and Linda Dryer (Jim), his siblings, Doreen Saunders (late Russ), John More (Ruth) and Ann Bourgoin (late Mike).

Predeceased by his brothers, Bert & Laurie and his parents Milton & Elizabeth More.

Logan’s was a life well lived and well loved.

His infectious grin will be missed by his nieces, nephews and many friends.

Friends were received at the C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL INC. 127 Church St., Almonte, ON 613-256-3313 for visiting on Monday, Apr. 24 from 6 to 8 PM and on Tuesday, Apr. 25 from 1 PM until time of Service in the Gamble Chapel at 3 PM. Interment Guthrie Cemetery, Clayton.

Logan was a proud supporter of the Almonte General Hospital and rather than flowers would encourage donations to the new Digital Imaging equipment for our hospital.

Condolences & Tributes: www.crgamble.com

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SMITHSON Beverley Unexpectedly, with her family at her side in the Ottawa Civic Hospital on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Beverley “Bev” Smithson of Almonte, age 66 years.

Dearly loved daughter of the late Jack “JC” Smithson and his wife the late Rachel Gilmour. Especially loved and remembered by her brother Robert “Bob” (Margaret) and her nephew Bradley (Marielle) and her nieces, Breanne and Jaclyn. Great grand aunt of Charleigh. Also survived by her uncle Wayne (Doreen) Gilmour.

Friends were received at the C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL INC. 127 Church St., Almonte, ON 613-256-3313 to share memories on Wednesday, April 19 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM and where a complete Service including committal will be held in the Gamble Chapel on Thursday, April 20 at 11 AM. Cremation to follow.

For those who may choose to remember Bev with a memorial donation, please consider the new X-ray equipment for the Almonte General Hospital.

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Burgess, Earl Harold Peacefully, with his family by his side at the Almonte Hospital, on Wednesday April 19, 2017 at the age of 72.

Loving husband of Elaine Boothby. Dear father of Lia Thompson and Blake (Allie). Proud grandfather of Shelby, Avery and Barrett.

Survived by his sister Barbara (Wayne Buske).

Predeceased by his sister Marianne Burgess.

Earl will be missed by his many nieces and nephews. He was a proud member of the Tomahawk Hunt Camp.

Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue Carleton Place, on Friday April 21, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral service was Saturday in the Chapel at 11:00 a.m.

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BAAS Antonius Theodorus “Antoon” Passed away peacefully with family at his side on April 16, 2017 at the age of 84; in the Almonte General Hospital.

Antoon, Born in Holland and immigrated to Canada in May of 1959.

Dear husband to Maria (nee Meijer) for 57 years. Proud father to Annette (Pierre), Bart (Fran), C.J. (Valerie), Geraldine (Tom), Marianne (Len), also cherished Opa to Brian, Eric, Amber, Carolyn, Matthew, the late Alysha, Dylan, Kyler, Kayleigh and Ethan.

Friends were received at the C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL INC. 127 Church St., Almonte, ON 613-256-3313 on Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm. Funeral Mass to be held in the Holy Name of Mary Catholic Parish (134 Bridge St., Almonte, ON.) on Friday, April 21, 2017 at 11am. Reception to follow at Orchard View by the Mississippi. (219 Paterson St., Almonte, ON. Condolences & Tributes: www.crgamble.com

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“And we know that we need to support you,” she said. “And we know that you need resources in order to do that.”

But she stopped short of saying just how much financial support hospitals could receive in the budget.

SOARING DEMAND

As the children’s hospital for eastern Ontario, western Quebec and Nunavut, CHEO continues to grapple with rising patient demand.

Its mental-health team has worked to drive down appointment wait times at its outpatient clinic from 200 days to 30 or 40 days, Munter said. CHEO also has the most efficient pediatric perioperative (surgery-related) services in the country, though it is burdened with the longest wait times due to demands.

Munter stressed the capacity squeeze the hospital continues to face.

“Our mental-health unit last week was at 128-per-cent capacity, which is you’re admitting kids onto other units with not enough room in them,” he said, noting that criticalcare units are also experiencing high demand.

Half a million children come through the doors of CHEO and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre every year, with more on the way.

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Solid decision making depends on co-operation: Wynne Continued from page 51

“In this community, there are going to be 70,000 more kids in 20 years than there are today,” Munter told Wynne in front of a large audience of CHEO staff, as well as Ottawa-area MPPs John Fraser, Yasir Naqvi, Marie-France Lalonde and Nathalie Des Rosiers.

“And in Ontario there will be 600,000 more kids. That’s like four cities of Kingston on top of the number of kids that we have now.”

Their “fireside chat,” as it was billed, was held just eight days before Ontario’s Finance Minister Charles Sousa Is to deliver the Liberal government’s budget on April 27.

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While the premier highlighted a drop in wait times for medical care over the past decade, she said there is still work to be done, such as improving efficiencies and ensuring there is enough money in the health-care system.

“We’re going to continue to push on those and look to the areas where we haven’t seen that same success,” Wynne said. “I know that’s what you really want to know about the budget, is how much more money are we going to have.”

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not see a new infusion of funding last year.

“We need to make sure that you have the people that you need to do that (transformative work) and wthat you have the ability to keep those people to go through those processes,” Wynne said. “So the budget will at least, in part, speak to that.”

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Collaboration and partnerships are key when it comes to the healthcare system, children’s health or good policy development in any number of sectors.

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have the best information, as politicians then we’re not going to make the best decisions,” Wynne said.

She also said she regularly hears that better co-ordination is important for health-care policy.

“The value of collaboration … is actually how we get things done,” Wynne said.

She noted Munter’s example of the merger between CHEO and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre, which treats children with complex health issues. Announced a year ago, the change was spurred by a need to reduce waiting lists, speed up access and cut down on the duplication of services.

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tance of those who require hospitalization being able access a bed, while others can tap into community supports.

“That goes for seniors and it goes for kids. That’s the ongoing transformation,” she said. “How do we support families to be able to give their children the care that we need?”

Munter stressed the need for linkages to home care, and his hope that bringing together the Local Health Integration Networks and the Community Care Access Centres would eliminate barriers to home care.

“I think that merging the CCACs into the LHINs and having a much more local and targeted strategy — my hope is that you’ll be able to see those successes,” Wynne said.

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April 27

Kanata & District Breast Cancer Support Group monthly meeting at 7PM in Hall D Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr. Information call Judy Lees at 613-5921929.

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Pregnacy and Infant Loss Film Night and Panel Discussion. Free admission.

Refreshments for sale. Donations in support of Roger’s House Perinatal Hospice and Aaron’s Butterfly Run Ottawa/Gatineau. 7 p.m. Sunnyside Wesleyan Church, 58 Grosvenor Ave.

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Seating is on a first-comefirst-served basis. A free-will offering will be collected for Kanata’s Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice, and for the Oasis in Kanata, a program for caregivers of people with mental illness. Refreshments will be served following the show.

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The Katimavik Hazeldean Community Association meeting will discuss street scaping and getting around when you are any age as well as receiving a presentation on alcohol in Ottawa. This meeting will be held in the Kanata Recreation Complex at 100 Charlie Rogers Place at 7:30 pm. All residents of Katimavik Hazeldean are welcome.

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Sometimes even Leos needs to work through their feelings on their own. Don’t be afraid to spend some time reflecting on what you need to resolve.

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SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, take others’ point of view to heart in the days ahead. This signals to others you value their opinions and recognize their efforts.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 You can only proscratinate for son long, Aries. Soon enough this will catch up with you, so it’s best to start addressing your to-do list as soon as possible.

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