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Not only is Donald Thom now dancing with Canada’s National Ballet, he will also be teaching from time to time in the dance school where he grew up – the Linda Jamieson School of Dance located in Kanata.

Thom, a former Earl of March Secondary School student, discussed what his experience was like dancing in London, England with the Royal Ballet, his passion for the art and what it’s like teaching back where he first learned to dance.

Thom was one of Jamieson’s students both at Earl of March and at her dance school when she taught at both places.

Thom was no older than 16 when Jamieson knew it was time for him to move on.

Though he trained in

many dance styles at Jamieson’s school, it was classical ballet that attracted him the most, he said, because it was the most challenging style for him.

With help from Jamieson and her school, Thom tried out for the Royal Ballet school, “the very best ballet school in the world,” said Jamieson.

At 16 years old, Thom was accepted to the school, and at 17 left for London.

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“It’s pretty crazy,” he said, attending what he judged to be one of the top three dance schools in the world.

“Most people that go come from other big dance schools like the National Ballet School in Toronto.”

He compared it to “being drafted into the NHL in terms of dance.”

“I mean you are a professional athlete,” he said, and the program meant three years’ worth of gruelling training and long hours where the best is demanded

of you every day.

“You have to be in kind of tip-top shape even though your body is kind of ruined from (dancing) so much … there is obviously a lot expected of you. I was never used to that because I always pushed myself. I was hard on myself and I guess that’s why I succeeded. But before going (to London) I had never been in that situation where it was so intense.”

It was a combination of the possible rewards and his unwavering passion for dance that saw him through, he said.

“Everyone’s goal going to the Royal Ballet School is to join the Royal Ballet,” said Thom. “Just knowing that after I could kind of do anything with that training in terms of the dance world – I could go into any form of dance or join a world class company – (was a big motivation).”

It ultimately paid off, with Thom being the only male from his class accepted into the Royal Ballet in 2012.

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“You get to tour around the world, like we danced in Russia and Asia, the States and Europe … and you are dancing with the best dancers in the world, which is amazing.”

Thom earned accolades and roles throughout his time with the school and the company, winning the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Award in 2009, being promoted to First Artist with the Royal Ballet in 2015 and getting prime roles, such as the Mad Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

The schedule continued to be rigorous, with multiples rehearsals and performances six days a week and, in 2015, Thom retired from the Royal Ballet.

“I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do,” Thom said of the decision. “I kind of thought for a little bit that maybe I want to do something totally different, or just kind of take some time, because dance was kind of all I really know.”

Returning home without a job, Thom was not without work for long.

A few days after he came home Thom had an audition with the National Ballet of Canada, and to his surprise, they hired him mid-season that same afternoon.

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Donald Thom, a ballet dancer from Kanata, warms up back stage at the Royal Opera House in London, England. Thom spent years at the Royal Ballet school and performing with the company, but is now back in Canada with the National Ballet. son’s school to teach young dancers some choreography.

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it is good, it’s really worth it, especially if you have a passion for it.”

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City Councillor Kanata South Week in Review

Thank you to all the residents who came out last weekend to our Municipal Panel. There were great questions and discussions during the event on a wide range of issues. I would like to thank my colleagues, Stephen Blais and Jody Mitic for being a part of the panel and also a big thank you to CFRA’s Rob Snow for attending as moderator. Thanks as well to the other Councillor’s who attended and took the time to meet with residents.

Many residents have been letting us know about their efforts as part in the Cleaning the Capital campaign. Thank you to all who have registered and have helped keep Kanata South clean. If you have not yet registered, there is still time! Details can be found on the City’s website www.ottawa.ca. We have won the award for cleanest community a record five times since being elected because of your efforts!

You may see my team cleaning along one of our streets so feel free to join us.

Last week we learned the Senators were successful in their efforts to find a new home. That is bittersweet news for the many of you that have supported the team for years by buying tickets. Many of you have offered great suggestions for what can go on the current site and for months now I have publicly supported ideas like a Wonderland or West Edmonton Mall like theme park, a bio dome or maybe even the Aquarium or museum that was part of the second bid – even Councillor Wilkinson’s idea of a zip line are all are great ideas. However, we need to recognize that this is private property so the owner, whomever that will be, gets to decide what they would like to do with the site so for now we can only make suggestions. There will be public discussions as part of the planning process for everyone to join in and there are rules in place to prevent changes that would not be popular, however, the timing is likely a few years away. For local businesses and people employed in our area it is important to know that as your elected officials, Councillor Qadri and myself are members of the Planning Committee and we will be working together to ensure whatever changes do occur, that they will support growth of local businesses and more jobs for our community. Kanata is the number 2 employment area in the City and growing so no Councillor or Mayor will want to harm that potential economic growth by not making this location a priority.

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The Grassroot Grannies’ annual plant sale is coming up on May 7.

But it’s more than their plants that are blooming.

Several local grannies had the opportunity to travel to Uganda recently to see the fruits of their labour for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign.

The campaign supports grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa who are raising grandchildren orphaned by the AIDS pandemic.

The money goes to support projects aimed at improving nutrition, health care and education for the African grandchildren, while enabling grandmothers to make money of their own.

The Grassroot Grannies’ annual plant sale is one of two major fundraisers they run each year in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Stella Val was one of several Grassroot Grannies who traveled to Uganda to see what affect their and many others’ efforts were having for grandmothers in that country.

About 450 Ugandan grandmothers attended the first every National Grandmothers’ Gathering last October.

Val and others attended the gathering itself and met with grandmothers in villages who are conducting projects with support from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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Ugandan grannies and dancers perform during the first ever National Grandmother’s Gathering in Uganda. Several local Grassroot Grannies attended the meeting as long-time supporters of the Stephen Lewis Foundation which supports grandmothers in Uganda. One of the Grassroot Grannies annual fundraisers, a plant sale and market place, is coming up on May 7. said Val of the experience.

“You meet (the grandmothers) as individual people and you realize how much strength they have in doing what they are doing,” she said. “Putting yourself in their position I can’t imagine doing it – they have a lot of resilient strength.”

The gathering was a chance for Ugandan grandmothers to speak out against unfair treatment they receive, including less medical attention because they are seen as not economically important, said Val. “They are considered to be old and the professionals look to invest more of the resources in working people, so

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In addition to plants for sale, many of which are grown by the Grassroot Grannies themselves, there will be gently used jewelry, greeting cards, birdhouses, ornaments and more for sale, much of which is made by the grannies as well.

Last year the sale made $9,000, and the grannies are hoping for a similarly successful sale this year.

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The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa published its annual report in April, and documented a significant increase in shelter use by families in 2015 over 2014.

Single men are still three times more likely to use sheltered housing than women.

But the data showed that use of emergency shelters by families, including more than 1,700 youth, age 17 and under, increased by more than 10 per cent in 2015 over the previous

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Poverty, inadequate housing, suicides and suicide pacts among the aboriginal youth have made headlines and triggered a state of emergency on the Northern Ontario reserve.

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Unlike tax dollars, which are allocated by politicians and public servants on our behalf, we get to have a say where our charitable time and money goes year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a figure we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t often think about when we look at homelessness around the market or other areas of the city,â&#x20AC;? Mike Bulthuis, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, told an Ottawa daily.

In the days following, I shared a Facebook notice about a grassroots charity collecting goods for

council declared a state of emergency on April 9, due to tapped medical resources. Within 24 hours, 11 children, age nine to 14 years old, attempted suicide.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a difficult situation for anyone, especially in a city like Ottawa, to begin to fathom.

Within 48 hours, I put out a personal appeal to collect footwear for a

school in my east Ottawa neighbourhood, which has recently absorbed 75 government-sponsored Syrian refugee children into its population, some of whom, with the sudden season change, have been showing up to school in slippers.

The post was along the lines of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spring cleaning and have stuff to donate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; winter boots, running shoes, even shoes for toddlers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m collecting.â&#x20AC;?

Mostly, the responses have been positive. But there are cynics.Relating to the post about the Syrian refugee children, one person wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Government sponsored and abandoned?

Did their lovely new coats not come with footwear?â&#x20AC;?

Another stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe we should be looking after our own before paying out for others.â&#x20AC;?

But hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing: Charity is not an either/or situation.

The beauty of philanthropy, whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dedicating time, money or

goods, is that you get to decide on any given day, where, and on what, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to spend. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like shopping.

Unlike tax dollars, which are allocated by politicians and public servants on our behalf, we get to have a say where our charitable time and money goes. Contrary to a suggestion by an Ottawabased Macleanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magazine columnist last year, who said we should target our efforts to urgent causes in close proximity, charity doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to follow any particular formula.

You can support the Mission and also donate to causes overseas. You can run to raise money for breast cancer research one season and for ALS the next.

You can volunteer time at a hospice and help coach your daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team.

The word â&#x20AC;&#x153;charityâ&#x20AC;? has been translated in some versions of the Bible as â&#x20AC;&#x153;loveâ&#x20AC;?. As living beings, what greater purpose is there in our lives than to love one another infinitely?

As British playwright Oscar Wilde noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;...love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of

suffering that there is in the world.â&#x20AC;?

With infinite need and suffering in our midst, charity and love should never be considered finite.

There are few guarantees in this life, but one is this: Everyone will be on the receiving end of charity at some point.

In the words of Wilde, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often those who have most strongly felt the love and generosity of their fellow human beings that rise up and become the greatest philanthropists, themselves.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fortunate

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he Liberal party made an election promise to change the way we vote, and the Trudeau government appears ready to keep that promise.

Our current system – first-past-the-post – declares one winner per riding and ignores the other votes cast. It can leave supporters of the losing candidates wondering why they even bothered to vote.

A new system will almost certainly incorporate some form of proportional representation.

It could mean votes for those who don’t come first are still reflected in the House of Commons seats. Or maybe a two-part ballot would allow voters to first, pick a local MP, and second, vote for a party that would get seats in Parliament based on a percentage of votes received across the country.

In any case, voters would be more engaged, knowing a vote for someone other than a landslide winner could still have an effect on election results. A positive sign is the public engagement already underway. Kanata-Carleton MP Karen McCrimmon has already sent out a survey to her constituents and shared the results at a public meeting on April 26 that turned into a

free-wheeling discussion of the pros and cons of different voting systems, and the values voters want to see upheld in any new process.

If our voting system is going to change, better that the grassroots – constituents from across the country – have their say, rather than a top down decision be put in place. Because the possibilities are so varied, every Canadian needs to do their own research about the voting systems in other countries, and the myriad hybrid systems that could be put in place in Canada for the federal election scheduled for the fall of 2019.

Hopefully every MP – no matter party affiliation – taps their constituents to learn what they want in a new voting system. Those who might say such a change requires a federal referendum should remember the Liberal party just passed a litmus test; the party formed a strong majority government while promising to change firstpast-the-post voting. It’s fair that there would be concern that the governing party might create a new election system that would benefit them the most. But there is a clear pitfall for the Liberals if there is even a hint of that; voters would punish a party if there is even a whiff of fixing the system to keep the party in power.

More than one way to celebrate Ottawa 2017

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n recent days, attention has been paid to two issues that have an unlikely connection.

One of them is homelessness.

A report has been released by the Alliance to End Homelessness that shows progress but also demonstrates how much more needs to be done.

Homelessness has been a serious issue in the city for quite some time and it’s not that the city has not made an effort. The report shows, however, that more people, and more families, are using shelters and that more than 10,000 people are on waiting lists for affordable housing.

The other issue is the city’s preparation for 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th birthday.

There will be many stories about the 150th and you could get a bit sick of it by the time the actual

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ing a say. Instead of spending a ton of 2017 money on fireworks, mementoes, logos, cocktail parties, advertising campaigns, billboards, consultants, PR firms, poetry contests and official proclamations, why not aim for a project in 2017 that will do some lasting good? Such as, doing something dramatic, decisive and significant about homelessness in the city.

Doesn’t that seem more interesting to you than more pointless pageantry, more corporate sponsored parties, more official perfumes, wines, pizzas and compact cars of the 150th birthday?

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percentage of the homeless.

And it goes without saying that the most important component of a 2017 attack on homelessness would be housing. Affordable housing has been shown to be the most effective weapon against homelessness, and the lack of affordable housing has been the greatest weakness in the city’s attempt to deal with it.

Of course, homelessness is not only the city’s responsibility. The province, which funds many of the programs that affect the level of homelessness, could help us celebrate the birthday, too. The city should insist on it. Perhaps it will help that we have a mayor with friends at Queen’s Park.

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150th birthday triumph over homelessness?

Face it, the city and the corporate sector are going to be spending lots of money anyway for 2017. All it will take is for that money to be spent where it will do some lasting good.

The people of Ottawa wouldn’t mind missing out on a few fireworks.

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Pickup collides with post after highway rollover in Kanata Adam Kveton

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A 23-year-old man has been sent to hospital in serious condition after he rolled his pickup truck in a single-vehicle collision along Highway 417 in Kanata on May 2.

The man was travelling westbound a little after 9:30 a.m. when the vehicle left the highway, entered the median near the Canadian Tire Centre, and hit a culvert, said Sgt. Daril Holmes with the Ontario Provincial Police, who continues to investigate the crash.

The cause of the crash have yet to be determined.

The culvert caused the truck to roll several times, Holmes said.

Communications person for Ottawa paramedics, JP Trottier, said the truck struck a post at some point, and that the 23-year-old was then ejected from the vehicle.

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The truck came to a stop upside down, and the driver sustained fractures to an arm, a leg, and possibly his ribs,

said Trottier.

Paramedics felt he may also have a chest injury and that he might have sustained other internal injuries as well.

He was conscious and communicative with responders, and was sent to hospital in serious condition, said Trottier.

Ottawa fire services advised drivers to find alternative routes past the accident.

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Mosquito spraying begins GDG Environment workers spray the mosquito larvae-killing bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, otherwise known as Bti, in a small swamp off of Carling Avenue facing Burke Road east of Kanata North in late April. The spraying is the start of the first year of a nuisance mosquito program meant to significantly reduce the number of mosquitos in Kanata North.

Voting will be different in 2019 Continued from page 1

“I truly believe we need a change,” McCrimmon said. “I don’t want first-past-the-post.

Just about anything would be better than first-past-thepost.”

By a show of hands, more than two-thirds of the 125 people at the meeting agreed change is needed.

McCrimmon said Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. elect governments “that go from one extreme to the other,” while in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, the distribution of seats produces negotiation and co-operation.

“They put all their energy into going forward,” she said, “and we waste energy going from right to left.”

PAST LEGISLATION

McCrimmon didn’t come right out and say it, but it won’t be a surprise if the Liberals undo the election spending changes put in place by the former Conservative government.

The number one preference checked off on McCrimmon’s householder survey, and picked by the people at the meeting, was reducing election spending.

She said a solution “may be as simple as rescinding the (Fair Elections Act)” put in place by the Harper government.

SURVEY RESULTS

Results of McCrimmon’s mailed survey of her constituents was shared at the meeting.

The survey provided people the chance to check off values they want to see incorporated in a new electoral system. Respondents could check off as many boxes as they wished.

The process was unscientific and no direct correlation with the entire electorate can be drawn from them, but McCrimmon was able to employ them as a starting point for conversation. The results were: • Decrease election spending: 71 check marks • A system that encourages and rewards cooperation and collaboration: 65 • Direct representation: one

MP to one riding: 57 • An element of proportional representation by political party common vote: 51 • Easy to understand and quick results: 51 • Provide independent candidates an opportunity to earn a seat: 50 • Includes an element of direct democracy: recall/plebiscite/citizen generated motions: 49 • Reduce the power of political parties: 47 • A system that has a higher chance of creating coalition governments: 41 • A system that has a higher chance of creating majority governments: 22 • Regional representation: multiple MPs to a region: 17 • Increase the power of political parties: 8 • An element of proportional representation by gender: 8 • Increase election spending: 0 During the April 26 meeting, attendees were asked to add stickers to boards bearing

each value, providing a different snapshot. The top choices in order of preference were: • A system that encourages and rewards cooperation and collaboration.

• An element of proportional representation by political party common vote.

• Includes an element of direct democracy: recall/plebiscite/citizen generated motions.

• A system that has a higher chance of creating coalition governments.

• Direct representation: one MP to one riding.

TIMELINE

The public process in Kanata comes early in the process of rewriting election laws.

McCrimmon said the multi-party committee that will assess options and make recommendations to Parliament is being formed now.

“There probably won’t be much news until summer,” she said.

Karen McCrimmon

McCrimmon said Canadians can expect “significant” consultation as the committee assesses options, and said the committee will hear from MPs who gather input from constituents, such as those in Kanata-Carleton. She said she plans to host another meeting on the subject of electoral reform in the fall.

In response to the discussion among attendees, McCrimmon said her preference is for a two-ballot system, with voters able to rank candidates.

She pointed to the failure of electoral reform proposals in Ontario (2007) and British Columbia (2009), adding a new system is bound to be more complex than the simplicity of the current one-ballot, one-vote process. She said communicating options and changes to Canadians will be key.

“We’d better do a really good job of explaining it,” she said, adding that her party has a lot riding on the change.

See WE’RE, page 12

Let’s Talk 2 – Town Hall

Thank you to everyone who was able to participate in the Lets Talk 2 Town Hall event. With over 125 people in attendance, it was a great success and a great opportunity to be able to hear from the members of the Kanata-Carleton community. This lively event had an open discussion around the elements that residents of Kanata-Carleton want to see as the Government moves forward with implementing real change on the way all Canadians vote. Let’s Talk 3 Town Hall event will take place June 5th from 6-8pm, with a pre-event BBQ to take place from 5-6pm. This time the consultation discussion will involve the upcoming defence review.

Federal Investment - Martello Technologies

This week I had the great opportunity on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development to announce that the Government of Canada, through FedDev Ontario, is investing up to $750,000 in Martello Technologies to support its growth and innovation. This is a terrific example of a Kanatabased, innovative start-up business that is poised for growth and success. By supporting dynamic small businesses and providing them with the support they need, we will help create jobs and economic prosperity for Canadian families.

Visiting students and youth in our community is one of the most rewarding activities I get to take part in. I had the chance to visit with All Saints and West Carleton High School. The level of engagement and depth of questions they had was impressive.

These students have a bright future ahead!

Alterna Savings hosted a kick-off event for the Walk to Fight Arthritis at their Billings Bridge Shopping Centre located at 2269 Riverside Drive.

On June 5, people from all over Ottawa will rally together at Carleton University Alumni Park to help erase the pain of arthritis.

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“Arthritis impacts the lives of our staff, our members and our communities everyone knows someone close to them whose life is harder than it should be because of this disease.”

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Youth Employment Strategy

As part of Budget 2016, the Government of Canada has committed to additional investments in the Youth Employment Strategy to create new green jobs for youth in the farm and agri-food sector, helping young Canadians gain valuable agriculture work experience, learn about farming and our environment as well as contribute to economic growth in the environmental sector. To find out more information on this program visit: http://goo.gl/pF7dW3 Advocating for Kanata-Carleton

Last week I had the opportunity to chat with the Honorable Bob Chiarelli, and this week I sat down with Mayor Jim Watson and his team. It was a great chance to discuss advancing timelines for critical infrastructure issues such as the LRT. I am so pleased to see clear indications of provincial and municipal support for our Riding.

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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. Also, you can follow me on twitter @karenmccrimmon.

Contact me at 613-592-3469 email Karen.McCrimmon@parl.gc.ca Follow me on Twitter @karenmccrimmon Website: kmccrimmon.liberal.ca Kanata Kourier-Standard - Thursday, May 5, 2016 11

Marianne Wilkinson

Serving Kanata north

City Councillor, Kanata north LEBRETON FLATS AND THE OTTAWA SENATORS – Most of you will have heard that the bid from the Ottawa Senators and partners was chosen for developing LeBreton Flats. This will mean relocation of the hockey stadium from Kanata in 5-10 years. Congratulations to all involved in their design to revitalize that part of Ottawa. The Senators are working on a plan for their Kanata lands following which there will be lots of time to review it, make recommendations for improvements or changes and put in place the planning approvals required. As the move will have a major impact on some local Kanata businesses, particularly restaurants and hotels, I’d like to see development to create a ‘destination’ site that will bring people to the area and replace the lost business opportunities. I look forward to working with my colleagues and the Ottawa Senators on what can be an outstanding development to replace the CTC and one where construction can start as soon as they vacate the premises.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the KANATA NORTH COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARDS and thank you to all of the 2016 nominees (all of whom are also winners) who continue to volunteer their time to make our community a better place. I was honored to hand out the awards and certificates, along with Mayor Jim Watson, to such committed, dedicated and hard working individuals this past Sunday. It is volunteers who create great communities and the many that do so are a key reason for Kanata being as it is.

My Fundraiser for the QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL – ACUTE CARE FOR THE EDERLY UNIT is quickly approaching. Wednesday May 11, 2016 starting at 6:30 pm at the West Kitchen and Bar located at 1951 Roberston Road. Don’t miss out on your chance to support a great cause and enjoy an evening filled with a three course meal, live music, silent and live auction and more! Tickets are $100 each and can be purchased by contacting my office at 613-580-2474.

This week is EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK – residents are encouraged to take some time during the week of May 1-May 7 to plan, prepare and be aware of potential emergency situations in your home, school or workplaces. More information is available at Ottawa.ca.

The KANATA NORTH CYCLING MAP created by a group of dedicated volunteers, is now available! Pick up your copy at my ward office in the Mlacak Centre (2500 Campeau Drive.) An online version is also being created. Additional pick up locations will be listed on my website as they become available.

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Kanata-Carleton MP Karen McCrimmon, standing at right, hears from one of more than 100 residents who attended a town hall meeting at the Kanata Recreation Complex on April 26. Constituents had a chance to discuss potential changes to the way Canadians elect members of Parliament.

‘We’re putting a lot on the line here’: MP Continued from page 11

“If people don’t like it, then people will not vote Liberal,” she said. We’re putting a lot on the line here. But ultimately it’s going to make the seats in Parliament more representative.”

In response to a question, McCrimmon said future Par-

liaments will learn from the 2019 election and could ultimately “fine tune” the election process.

REFERENDUM

Some attendees were surprised the electoral system could be changed without a federal referendum to approve

the new process.

“People have a right to make a decision on it,” said Paul Godden after the meeting concluded. “As a Canadian, I demand it.”

The Kanata resident said he doesn’t oppose changing the first-past-the-post system, but wants a say in the change.

“For all its problems (with

UPCOMING EVENTS May 7, HANDS FOR HOPE, Womanless Fashion Show, 6:30 pm, St. Isidore’s Hall, 1135 March Rd., Dinner fundraiser for Hope Living, Info 613-838-5223.

May 7, GRASSROOT GRANNIES – 10th ANNUAL PLANT SALE & MARKET PLACE, 9 am -1 pm, 54 Selwyn Place – perennial plants, gently used jewellery, hand-painted bird houses, stained glass and more.

May 7, FLEA MARKET & BAKE SALE, 8 am – 12:30 pm, Kanata United Church (33 Leacock Drive) May 7, KANATA NORTH COMMUNITY GARDEN OPENING EVENT, 1 pm, Hydro Corridor north of Klondike Road in Morgan’s Grant – box preparation, registration and early crop planting information will be available.

May 14, ANNUAL KANATA SENIORS CENTRE GARAGE SALE, 8 am – 12 pm, Kanata Seniors Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive May 14, KANATA CHORAL SOCIETY, The Magnificence of Mozart, 7:30 pm, St. Paul’s, 20 Young Road May 14, KANATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S FAMILY CONCERT, 7:30 pm, Kanata Baptist Church, 465 Hazeldean May 24, KANATA NORTH TOWN HALL, 7-9 pm, Mlacak Centre (Hall C), 2500 Campeau Drive June 12, KANATA RACE DAY – Save the date, more details to come!

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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NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE

Between April 15 and September 15, 2016, G.D.G. Environnement Ltée. will be applying a biological larvicide by air and ground to stagnant water in order to control larval mosquitoes that impact on the residents of Kanata North and the surrounding areas.

The program will use multiple ground applications of the larvicides VectoBac 1200L (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #21062, liquid) and Vectolex CG (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP # 28008, granular), while VectoBac 200G (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #18158, granular) will be applied by helicopter.

The treatment area map and program details may be accessed on ottawa.ca For further information regarding the larvicide application contact GDG: gdg.environnement@gdg.ca or toll free at 1-877-227-0552

first-past-the-post), we do change governments. That’s what democracy is.”

Another attendee said he’s already leaning to one preference; a single-transferrable vote that’s cast within larger ridings, each of which elects multiple MPs. “I think the whole proportional representation idea is a very worthwhile exercise,” said Bob Abell.

Abell said a single-transferrable vote would mean constituents in a riding with multiple good candidates could send multiple good MPs to Parliament. He used the example of the Ottawa Centre riding in last November’s federal election, where Liberal Catherine McKenna defeated the NDP’s Paul Dewar.

“They are both good people, and with the single-transferrable vote, they could both get in (Parliament),” he said, adding voters will be more likely to end up with at least one MP they can talk to, “and speak the same language.”

McCrimmon plans to host another town hall meeting on June 5. Details will be provided soon.

Events, festivals get cash Twenty-five different festivals and events are getting a boost this year from the provincial government, totalling almost $2.2 million.

The money is coming from the Celebrate Ontario 2016 program. The region’s recipients with the largest take are Chamberfest ($227,584), 2016 CityFolk ($296,662), TD Ottawa Jazz Festival ($287,407) and RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest ($315,100). Those four events combined receive about half of Ottawa’s haul.

This year a total of $15.3 million is being handed out to Ontario festivals and events through Celebrate Ontario funding.

The goal of the fund, according to a press release, is to support festivals that attract tourists, stimulate local economies and create jobs.

“This investment in Ottawa’s festivals and events by the Province of Ontario through Celebrate Ontario fuels a boost to our economy that supports thousands of jobs,” said Sean Wilson, president of Ottawa Festivals in a

press release.

Canadian Tulip Festival, $146,600 • Buskerfest, $11,200 • Summer Solstice Aboriginal Festival, $22,500 • Ottawa Capital Pride Festival, $22,500 • Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, $33,300 • The Great Canada 150th Hogmanay Festival, $45,000 • Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, $96,650 • “The World in One City” Muslim Summer Festival, $18,000

some Other recipients

• Glowfair Festival Ontario, $46,050 •Festival of Small Halls 2016, $38,908 • Ottawa International Writers Festival, $56,864 • 2016 Eat, Drink, Spring, $48,612 • 2017 Cracking-up the Capital Comedy Festival, $54,856 • Ottawa International Children’s Festival, $104,907 •

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Police blocked off traffic along part of Castlefrank Road in south Kanata and evacuated some residents after a homeowner reported finding sticks of dynamite.

Police got a call just after noon on April 27 and began an investigation, said Const.

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Castlefrank Road was closed in both directions from Glamorgan Drive to Dundegan Drive, he said.

“We’ve evacuated that specific area just to be safe,” said Benoit.

He would not say at the time that the investigation was in regards to explosives, though residents reported on Facebook that police found

dynamite inside a house.

Const. Marc Soucy later confirmed that a homeowner who had “found some old, abandoned dynamite sticks” had asked police to remove them.

“We took the proper precautions and (the sticks) have been removed,” he said.

Castlefrank was reopened at about 2:30 p.m., said Soucy.

Police are investigation a suspicious item in south Kanata, and have evacuated some of the residents along Castlefrank Road.

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Kanata-based Martello Technologies welcomed Kanata-Carleton’s MP to their local headquarters on April 28 where she announced $750,000 in federal funding for the company.

“Martello Technologies is a terrific example of a Kanata-based, innovative start-up business that is poised for growth and success,” said MP Karen McCrimmon.

The money, given through the Federal Economic Development Agency for TimMclean.com

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The system monitors, tracks and analyzes the performance of a company’s digital communications systems. The product is intended to show what could be causing poor connectivity resulting in, for example, a drop in sound quality during conference calls. The software aids tech support in identifying the problem and fixing it.

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Founded in 2009, Martello’s employee numbers have grown significantly, as has their list of buyers, said Linton.

The government funding was given based on several factors, including evidence of investment from other sources, the opportunity to create jobs, sales and diversify markets, and the company must own the rights to the intellectual property being used

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While the average length of stay in shelters has gone down for the first time in years, the face of the city’s homeless population is changing, said a report released April 26 by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa.

Approximately 300 more people used shelters in 2015 compared to the year before.

The report says the increase can be entirely attributed to more families seeking shelter.

Mike Bulthuis, executive director for the alliance, said the numbers are troubling, especially given that youth under age 17 represent one in five of the city’s shelter clients.

While progress is being made on the length of stay – part of a plan to eradicate chronic homelessness in 10 years – there are some challenges, Bulthuis said.

Bulthuis said that Ottawa built the fewest number of affordable housing units in 10 years during the 2015 reporting period.

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John Sylvestre, director of the Centre for Resource on Education and Community Services at the University of Ottawa, said that while families are the main reason for the rise in shelter use, their plight is much less visible than other segments of the homeless population.

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As the cost of housing rises, it’s becoming a barrier for more and more families. The total number of families using shelters in Ottawa rose to 782 in 2015 from 706 in 2014, representing 2,635 people which is up from 2,278.

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“Homeless families in shelters are just the tip of the iceberg,” Sylvestre said, adding there’s been little research about the long-term impact of shelter stays on young children.

Sylvestre said a family often has a period of extreme instability before they hit the shelter system and require supports to stay in their houses.

The issue doesn’t seem to be one of education, Sylvestre said, adding more than onethird of families that accessed shelters had some level of post secondary education. Women headed up about 73 per cent of the families in shelters – of those, 65. 3 per cent are single parent families.

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She said she was lucky to only have to stay in a hotel for a couple of days before being placed in a shelter.

“Once I was there I felt really welcome. I knew that people would point me in the direction to find the help I needed,” she said.

Once Richardson was in the shelter, she was placed in a high school within two weeks to finish her last credit. Within two months, she was placed in affordable housing.

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Another population that has seen an increase in shelter use is those over 50, said Bulthuis.

The report says that there has been a five per cent hike in shelter stays for men over 50 in 2015.

Nepean MP Chandra Arya said 11 million Canadians are working in jobs without retirement plans.

“People are going to retire into poverty,” he said.

Despite some of the concerns, Bulthuis said service providers are making gains and that commitments from the federal and provincial governments will increase the stock of affordable housing available.

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When Shawn Brown went to the eSight offices in Kanata for the first time, it was both incredible and painful.

The 34-year-old Barrhaven man was born with oculocutaneous albinism and has limited vision.

So when he first tried on the eSight eyewear, an electronic pair of glasses that help zoom in on images, he was really seeing for the first time.

“He was literally seeing the world for the first time in his life,” said his wife, Lissa Brown.

Shawn thought he was just going for a quick meeting to look at something he’d found on Google, and didn’t realize he’d actually get to put on the device.

“It was phenomenal, I was overwhelmed,” said the former Carp resident.

“When I stepped outside, I could actually see a bird flying.”

That was the incredible part. The painful part was the price tag.

The device costs $19,500, and none of the cost is covered by insurance plans.

“It’s the most amazing and painful thing at the same time,” he said.

So it’s up to the Browns to fundraise for the cost of the device.

He currently gets by with his iPad, and uses a special app to be able to film his son’s hockey games and then later zoom in to be able to see him play. The father of three would be able to be more involved in dance recitals and hockey games with eSight though, as the zoom and contrast options available will give him a near perfect view of what’s happening.

He will also wear the glasses for work at the Ottawa Hospital. He was previously an orderly, but is currently doing a temporary job in housekeeping.

The day after he tried on the device, he set up a GoFundMe page that has raised $3,500; another $3,000 in donations have come in outside the GoFundMe.

Moore said he wears his set for eight to 10 hours a day and is able to complete tasks such as shopping at a brand new store where he hasn’t memorized the aisles, which is something he couldn’t do previously.

For Shawn, he’ll be able to really see his wife and children’s faces clearly for the first

“I’m so excited,” said Shawn, who graduated from West Carleton Secondary School and has lots of family and friends still living in the area. “It’ll be a good time to go have fun.”

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The Lions made a $1,000 donation towards Shawn’s purchase at their April 27 meeting.

He was presented with a large cheque after members saw a presentation about the device and what exactly it does.

“It’s people like Lions clubs and legions who are giving that gift of sight,” said Tara Bradley, clinical specialist with eSight.

Bradley and Tyler Moore, an eSight user himself, attended the Lions’ meeting on behalf of eSight’s Kanata office to explain the product.

The glasses contain a pair of screens which display high quality video from a camera at the front of the glasses. The battery-powered eyewear can automatically adjust contrast, brightness and other settings to a user’s needs or preferences.

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“It’s like waiting for Christmas to come,” he said.

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The event takes place on Saturday, May 7, and features musical entertainment by Gail Gavan, Ransom, Mike Ryan, Jeff and Jamie McMunn, the Triple Trouble Dancers, and Colt 45 DJ Colton Craig.

The fundraiser will split the proceeds between Shawn and Jakob Ruest, a young boy with a rare condition called CDKL5.

Shawn works with Jakob’s aunt at the hospital.

CDKL5 (which stands for cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5) is a genetic disorder that causes seizures and difficulties breathing.

The majority of those diagnosed with CDKL5 can’t talk, walk or feed themselves.

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22 Grieg St., Smiths Falls Selling a brick bungalow in a quiet neighbourhood just off Union St. This home features a new gas furnace, new central air and a large fenced lot of approximately 54 ft by 164 ft backing on to a playground. It has a detached garage and reasonable taxes of approximately $2200 per year. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are moving to a retirement residence and are offering their home to the highest bidder on May 14th. This is an ideal renovation project or starter home. Deposit will be required by the buyer on auction day.

Also selling household items, ceran top stove, refrigerator like new, model toy collection, antique press back chairs, furniture, antiques & collectibles, antique saw sharpening tools, hand tools, gardening tools, Craftsman 16.5 hp riding mower, self propelled push mower, Noma snow blower plus more.

For the terms and conditions or to view the home please contact our office. See website for pictures and more info. joyntauction.ca 613-285-7494

Saturday May 7 2016 - JOY JAM 2016 FUNDRAISER Registration Starts at 10 am - Events will run 11 AM - 5 PM --to take place at the Smiths Falls Freestyle Park (behind arena) @ 71 Cornelia Street West, Smiths Falls $5 Registration Fee to take part in event - Cash only - All Money Raised will go to new Equipment for Freestyle Park Sunday May 15 2016 - MASSIVE OUTDOOR COIN< CURRENCY & COLLECTIBLE AUCTION - Auction starts at NOON (Preview from 11 AM) 182 Glenview Road, Drummond North Elmsley Township Coins & Currency, Gold & Silver Bank notes Collection, Collection of Orange Lodge Parade items, King Billy uniform, lodge caps, aprons, trunks, assorted mason items, ceremonial coffin & so much more - Outdoor Auction - Indoors only if rain.

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Holiday Monday May 23 2016 - MASSIVE FULL DAY ON SITE AUCTION - for Bill North - 150 Township Boundary Rd RR1, Balderson, ON K0G 1A0 Auction Starts at 10 am (Preview from 9am) *Vehicles, 1922 Star, Dump truck, Machinery & Large Items sell at 11 AM - Quantities of brand new Amish made furniture & new collectibles - Massive Auction - See our Website for 100’s of pictures for each auction.

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The family of Ted and Eva Brown (nee Cathcart) are thrilled to congratulate them on their 60th Wedding Anniversary. The couple were wed on Saturday, May 12, 1956 at St. John’s Anglican Church in Richmond, Ontario. The happy couple spent the first decade of their union in Richmond but have called Kanata their home for the past 5 decades. The family looks forward to many more years of health and happiness.

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Saturday May 14, 2016 10:00 AM sharp For the estate of the late Wilfred Carroll to be held at his former farm located at 2015 Marchhurst Rd., Kanata, Ontario.

JD 2550 2 wd drive tractor in excellent condition; IH 624 2 wd tractor; Geo White 7’ snow blower; 8 HP hydraulic wood splitter; 6’ scraper blade; IH 435 square baler; IH 175 Manure Spreader; Westeel Rosco 5 ring 14’ steel grain bin; Patz Barn Cleaner; air compressor; Pressure Washer; Columbia Heritage C76GF 13.5 HP ride on lawn tractor; roto tiller; weed eater; limb trimmers; hand tools; electric fencing supplies; shovels; forks; fire extinguisher; kerosene can – Davis Welding Co ‘28; Creamery cans; 8 gal milk cans; 4 gal milk cans; Cast iron implement seat NOHONS ; 12 unit Bird House–vacant; Seed Easy Broadcast seeder; refrigerator; freezer; Maytag washer and dryer; Antique blanket box – dove tail ends; Antique wooden table; Antique kitchen cupboard; 2 large cast iron pots; 2 small cast iron pots; wash stand; small drop leaf pedestal table; metal bed; 2 coal oil lamps; Trunk; Buck saw; Storm lantern; 5 pc bedroom set; Cedar chest; Antique hall table; etc. etc.

This is not a large sale so please be on time. Everything is in good condition – machinery has been stored inside. Please visit our website www.oneillsauctions.ca for full listing and pictures Contact: Theresa Davidson 613-291-8771 Terms: Cash or Cheque with ID Refreshments Auctioneer: John J. O’Neill 613-832-2503 email: oneillsauctions@gmail.com Estate or Auctioneer not responsible for loss or accident day of sale

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I would like to thank my family, friends and neighbours for coming out to help me celebrate my 80th birthday.

The cards, gifts and warm wishes were greatly appreciated.

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A special thank you to my family and friends who attended the great celebration of my 90th birthday, it truly was a day I will never forget. It was so great to see so many people celebrating this milestone with me. The gifts and cards were extremely thoughtful and overwhelming, including the many well wishes from people who couldn’t attend. Thank you to our wonderful daughter, son in law and amazing grandchildren who made this party happen. I must also thank our wonderful Church family; you are all very dear to me. There isn’t enough words to express the joy you all brought to me that day.

God Bless you all, Love Stuart Preston.

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Saturday May 7, 2016 10:00 AM Sharp We have been instructed to sell by Public Auction the complete contents of the retail store and furniture making/repair shop known as After Harvest Custom Furniture located at 6054 Perth St., Richmond, Ontario. After 30+ years in the furniture business the owners have sold their building and are closing out their business. New furniture, wood working equipment, hand tools, miscellaneous shop items, 2007 GMC Savanna ¾ Ton cargo van – V8 automatic – good condition – selling as is.

This is a very good sale of new rustic furniture as well as good wood working equipment and accessories.

Please visit our website www.oneillsauctions.ca for complete listing and pictures.

Owners: Jackson and Miranda Chung 613-816-0033 Terms: Cash, Cheque, Debit or Credit Card Auctioneer: John J. O’Neill 613-832-2503 Email: oneillsauctions@gmail.com Refreshments Owners or Auctioneer not responsible in case of loss or accident the day of the sale

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Longtime Member Carleton Place Lions Club Peacefully in hospital, Carleton Place, with loved ones by his side, on Saturday, February 20, 2016 in his 77th year.

Predeceased by his loved wife Betty.

Cherished companion of Barb McFarlane.

Much loved dad of Steve (Jill Miller), Jason,the late David and the late Susan. “Poppa Ivan” of Kyus, Soren, Seamus, Michael, Jake and Sam. Dear great-grandfather of Dominik. Dear brother of Marion, late Allan, late Carman, late Fern and the late Howie.

Friends and family are invited to attend a graveside service which will be held at United Cemeteries, Cemetery Side Road , Carleton Place on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 11 a.m. followed by a celebration at the Army, Navy, Air Force Club in the afternoon.

For those desiring donations to the Carleton Place Lions Club would by appreciated by the family.

A heartfelt thank you to Barb McFarlane, Kate McFarlane-Brennan, Jason Watson, Dean & Kelly McDonald, Jeff Keill, Russell Harris, Helene Anderson, Robert Anderson, Dr. Scott Higham and the staff of the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital and to Jill for all her love and support.b www.barkerfh.com

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Beloved husband of Janet Elizabeth (Hollinger).

Loving father of John McIntyre (Dena Comley) and Katie McIntyre. Cherished grandfather of Jakob Hallam, Finn Hallam, Abigale McIntyre and Leia McIntyre. He will be sadly missed by his surviving family, many nieces, nephews and dear friends. Survived by his brothers Dalton, Kenneth, Lorne, David, William and Robert. Predeceased by his brother Greg.

We feel your warmth around us; your presence is so near. We close our eyes and see your face, when you were with us here. We think of times we spent together, they are locked inside our heart. As long as we have those memories, we will never be apart. Missing you always.

Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place, on Saturday April 30, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Project North. www.projectnorth.ca. www.barkerfh.com

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On April 25, 2016 in her 97th year. Beloved wife of the late Noel (1912-2008), sister of Jean, Joyce, Ron and the late Kay. Loving Mom of Sheila (Ron), Chris (Debra), Jill and Greg (Marlene). Grandmother of Tony (Corrina), Beth (Rob) and Andrew and greatgrandmother to Anthony, Quentin, Sebi and Gabrielle. Marion was born in Toronto on December 16, 1919, grew up there, married Noel in 1948 and moved to Bethany, Ontario where together they raised their family. In 1996 Marion and Noel moved to Stittsville where they enjoyed a happy retirement from the farm. Shortly after Noel passed away Marion moved into the Stittsville Retirement Villa where she lived for five years and enjoyed many hobbies, surrounded by friends and caring staff. A special thank you to the caring staff at the Villa for the extra kindness they showed Marion in her final weeks and also for the support they gave to her family. Friends are invited to celebrate her life at St. Thomas Anglican Church, 1619 Stittsville Main St., Stittsville on Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. A reception will follow.

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Church Services WELCOME to our Church St. Paul’s United Church, Carp

Growing, Serving, Celebrating

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Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

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St. Paul's Anglican Church Sunday Eucharist

8:00 am - Said 9:15 am - Choral Music, Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 am - Praise Music, Sunday School & Nursery 20 YOUNG ROAD KANATA • 613-836-1001 www.stpaulshk.org

Weekend Mass Times: Saturday: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday & 1st Saturday of the month 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m

KANATA BAPTIST CHURCH 465 Hazeldean Rd. • 613-836-3145

Sunday Service 9:00 am & 11:15 am (9:00am Children’s program available) Pastors: Bob Davies, Stephen Budd & Doug Ward kbc@kbc.ca

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Sunday Services at 9:30 & 11am

Children and Middle School programs at 9:30am.

Nursery, Youth Programs, Small Groups Available as well.

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We are a welcoming and friendly community; please come and worship with us in our new church

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SATURDAY SERVICES SABBATH SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES 9:15AM WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 AM

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Reconciliation: 1 hour before all weekday Masses and Wednesday: 7:30-9:00pm, Saturday: 4:00-4:45pm, Sunday: 6:00-6:45pm Exposition of Eucharist: 1 hour before each weekday Mass

Telephone: (613) 592-1961 E-mail: office@stisidorekanata.com

Pastor Shaun Seaman

44 Rothesay Drive, Kanata, ON, K2L 2X1

Pastor: Rev. Pierre Champoux

Mass: Saturday at 5:00 pm Sunday at 9:00 and 11:00 am

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Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church

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1135 March Rd., Kanata, ON. K2K 1X7 Pastor: Rev. M.M. Virgil Amirthakumar

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am Pastor Shaun Seaman

Service and Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

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ST. ISIDORE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sunday Sunday

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St James The Apostle Carp 3774 Carp Rd

1489 Shea Road, (corner of Abbott) Stittsville, Ontario K2S 0G8

SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am & 10:30 am Monsignor Joseph Muldoon, Pastor Parish office - 613-836-8881 Fax - 613-836-8806

www.holyspiritparish.ca

GLEN CAIRN UNITED CHURCH 140 Abbeyhill Dr., Kanata Rev. Brian Copeland

10:00 am: Service of Worship and Sunday School Pastoral Care & Healing Service: 11:30am - last Sunday of each month 613-836-4756 www.gcuc.ca

Have Faith St John’s South March 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata Services 9:00am & 10:30am Sunday School & Nursery 10:30am St Mary’s North March 2574 6th Line Road, Dunrobin Service & Sunday School 9:00am St Paul’s Dunrobin 1118 Thomas Dolan Parkway Service 11:00am

Grace Baptist Church of Ottawa

2470 Huntley Road

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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Artists gather Above, all the artists who participated in the Kanata Artists Studio Tour gather on April 30. The tour was held this year in a different format, with all the artists gathered under one roof. The show took place on April 30 and May 1.

Richard Murphy explains his photography at the Kanata Artists Studio Tour on April 30.

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“When we can’t be there for our mother, knowing she is cared for by loving staff whose approach is to encourage not insist, comfort not ignore, and who always honour her dignity, gives our family peace of mind knowing she is happy and safe!”

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Residents for city crackdown on cutting of mature trees Jennifer McIntosh

jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

A group of Kitchissippi residents wants to speak for the trees.

The city’s urban tree conservation policy, meant to protect mature trees from being chopped down during development, is flawed and ineffective, critics say.

A permit is required to cut down “distinctive” trees under the bylaw. That means, a tree that measures more than 10 centimetres in a diameter on private lots that are less than one hectare and trees that measure more than 50 cm on lots that are more than a hectare.

Staff released a report on tree felling permits at the April 19 meeting of the city’s environment committee, but some said it doesn’t go far enough.

Debra Huron, a spokesperson for Big Trees of Kitchissippi, called the outcome sloppy and unprofessional. She said it doesn’t answer the fundamental question – how many treecutting permits did residents apply for between 2010 and 2014.

“We expected this report to provide not just data but also an analysis on implementation of the bylaw,” she wrote in a press release.

The report, which was

done at the request of Coun. Jeff Leiper, compiled a list of tree-felling permits applied for, rejected and issued last year.

Leiper said when the bylaw was first introduced there was a period of education, with property owners given warnings if they cut down trees they shouldn’t have.

But Carleton professor and Kitchissippi resident Daniel Buckles said that culture of education has led

Because once that tree is gone, there’s nothing that can be done. It’s gone Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper

to a situation where no one takes heed of the bylaw.

“Now no one takes it seriously,” he said.

Buckles said the bylaw should be co-ordinated with the committee of adjustment and building permits.

“That way those regulatory bodies would have a sense of what trees are on a property, before work begins and they get cut down,” he said.

Leiper said he’s aware of the problem and checks Google images to see if development applications line up with online content.

“I look to see if I think there’s a mature tree on the lot,” he said.

Leiper said his ward has a lot of infill, where new buyers will demolish a small home on a relatively large lot and build a bigger home in its place.

The committee asked city staff to come back with more complete information.

But, in the meantime, education and enforcement will have to do.

“I understand why people are frustrated,” Leiper said. “Because once that tree is gone, there’s nothing that can be done. It’s gone.”

Deb Chapman, another resident who spoke to the committee, said it appears there’s a lack of will surrounding enforcement.

Chapman, who participated in the public consultations around the city’s urban forest management plan – an initiative aimed at protecting, maintaining and enhancing the urban forest – said she hopes the problem around enforcement will be dealt with.

She said it’s not just about actively cutting down trees, but also damage to trees on adjacent properties because the a new building may strangle the tree’s roots.

“In the big picture we are not feeling like our concerns were being addressed,” she said.

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Sticky business Willard Ma, 14, of Kanata, sifts through a box of free stamps provided to young aspiring philatelists, or stamp collectors, courtesy of the Hintonburg-based Ottawa Philatelic Society – Canada’s oldest stamp club at 125 years – during the second day of the two-day Ottawa RA Centre Philatelic Exhibition on May 1. The 55th annual show and sale in the Billings Bridge community drew an estimated 1,500 people and dozens of exhibitors, dealers and collectors from across Canada.

Swim, don’t sink! Stay safe on the water this summer When the average person thinks of drowning-related deaths, their minds may immediately wander to islands or densely-populated land-masses surrounded by water on all sides. But drowning is a real problem in Canada, too — in 2014, there were at least 308 preventable water-related deaths in Canada according to the Lifesaving Society of Canada.

This National Summer Safety Week, May 1 to 7, the Canada Safety Council is reminding Canadians from coast-to-coast to take special care around water, whether they are accomplished swimmers, frequent water users or parents to a young child who is getting familiar with their surroundings.

Water-related fatalities are especially tragic because they are entirely preventable. The vast majority of these deaths occur during recreational activities, including swimming, powerboating, fishing from a boat and walking near water or thin ice.

In fact, many Canadians who drowned never had any intention of being in the water in the first place. If you have a pool, lake or other body of water near you, consider putting up fencing around the hazard to limit the danger.

The most important preventative measure you can take to keep yourself safe is to wear a personal floatation device. Canadian law requires that there be at least one PFD on a boat for every boater, which is a great start. However, it’s not realistic to expect that you’ll be able to locate and

and sightline if you get caught under a strong current, lose your bearings or get trapped under something.

Crucial as well in water safety is supervision, especially among young children.

Parents, children are especially susceptible to drowning.

A child can drown in just a few centimeters of water, meaning that everything from bathtubs to buckets can be potentially dangerous. Stay within arm’s length from your child at all times when they are in or near water.

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Swim with a buddy. It’s always a good idea to ensure that you’re within earshot

A weekly guide in legal matters

My husband and I are separating after three years of marriage.

The home we have lived in was mine prior to our marriage and it remains in my name alone. There is significant equity in the home.

I understand that our assets will generally be divided equally, but does he have any claim on the equity in the home?

It is important to understand the treatment of the matrimonial home upon a marriage breakdown. A matrimonial home is defined as “a property that…was at the time of separation ordinarily occupied by the person and his or her spouse as their family residence…” Therefore, in this case, your home is the matrimonial home for legal purposes.

Upon the breakdown of the marriage, the Family Law Act provides that the parties calculate the net value of their respective assets at the time of marriage and at the time of the breakdown of the marriage, and then equalize the assets that were accumulated during the marriage. One key exception to the calculation of net assets is, in fact, the matrimonial home – if one party brought it into the marriage, he or she does not get to claim it as their own asset for the purposes of equalization.

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Prior to returning to Ontario and joining Allan Snelling LLP, Will was the managing partner of a full service law firm on Vancouver Island. He is experienced in family law, commercial and real estate matters, and all matters relating to wills and estates. His practice has been serving the legal needs of business owners and professionals.

Many people consider this to be generally unfair. If a party owned an investment account, only the increase in its value would be subject to equalization. However, in the case of a matrimonial home, the legal presumption is that the equity in the property is to be divided evenly between the parties.

There are ways that parties can safeguard themselves in your situation. One way is through a prenuptial contract, and another is by selling the house prior to separation.

There are situations in which you can argue for an unequal distribution of assets – those depend very specifically on the facts of each case. A family lawyer would be able to advise you of your chances of advancing a claim for an unequal distribution in your favour.

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Finding less dangerous and more effective treatments for cancer has been the subject of decades of research.

Some of that work stems back as far as the 19th century according to the American Cancer Society.

But it’s taken just two years for a 13-year-old Kanata boy to make what may very well be just his first contribution to cancer treatment research.

Bhavya Mohan, a student at Earl of March Secondary School, has been looking into cancer treatments using extremely small bits of silver.

He’s been working since listening to a radio documentary about the anti-microbial uses of nanoparticles (they are used in soap, clothes and other consumer products).

“I was wondering, ‘Could I take that aspect and combine it with cancer research to create an effective treatment which would kill cancer

cells and not healthy cells?’” said Bhavya.

He was about 11 at the time.

By then his interest in science had already outgrown what he was being taught in school. With the help of his parents – both engineers – teachers and other mentors, he grew his science knowledge.

But his cancer treatment ambitions meant reaching out to someone else: Dr. Bill Willmore of Carleton University.

Willmore is no stranger to mentoring young science enthusiasts, having welcomed several into his lab before, including this year’s Ottawa Regional Science Fair Best in Show winner.

“They often come to me with these ideas and I tell them whether it’s doable, not doable or completely out of the question,” said Willmore with a chuckle.

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13-year-old heads to national science fair after local success With Willmore’s help, and plenty of his own initiative, Bhavya found a new way to direct silver nanoparticles to destroy cancer cells.

“This shows that I not only discovered a completely new field, but that (so far tests show) it works as effectively as a field which is currently being looking into which shows great progress,” said Bhavya.

For several years, nanotechnology has been attributed as the next step in medical science. That is because nanoparticles can act very differently than larger amounts of the same material.

Nanoparticles are particles measuring one to 100 nanometres, says the U.S. government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative. A strand of DNA is about two nanometres in diameter.

A nanoparticle may contain only about 1,000 atoms.

Because the particles are so small, they are subject to quantum effects. These effects contribute to changes in properties such as melting point, fluorescence, electrical conductivity, magnetic permeability, and chemical reactivity, says the NNI. In silver, one of these new traits is cytotoxicity, said Bhavya. Essentially, silver nanoparticles can destroy cells

through several mechanisms, including breaking apart connections between atoms.

“The only problem was that when I was looking into this, nanoparticles can induce cell death in cancer cells as well as healthy cells,” he said. “I wanted to find if I could actually use a targeting mechanism to specifically target cancer cells and not healthy cells.”

To do that, Bhavya looked into the genes of cancer cells.

Certain genes are already identified as biomarkers in cancer cells (there are a lot of them in a variety of cancer cells, but very few in other cells). These genes are already being used to develop antibodies that can then target those cancer cells.

If you can connect the antibodies to cancer-destroying particles, then you have a potential cancer treatment that won’t hurt other cells.

Using computer programs listing the makeup of cancer genes, Bhavya analyzed more than 500,000 gene profiles.

Ultimately that led to a list of 10 potential cancer biomarkers. After further testing, Bhavya chose two biomarkers that appeared to work best.

One of those was MAGEH1, a gene that is already a known cancer biomarker. The second was RET, and that gene had not previously been identified as a can-

cer biomarker, said Bhavya and Willmore.

With help from Willmore, antibodies that target the RET biomarker were connected to silver nanoparticles and the resulting complex was tested on cancer cells and regular human cells. The testing showed that the antibodynanoparticle complex killed a good number of cancer cells while leaving the regular cells undamaged.

“I think it’s a novel contribution (to cancer research),” said Willmore.

Further tests need to be performed to make sure healthy cells remain unaffected, but so far it’s looking good, agreed Willmore and Bhavya.

After two years working on the project, putting in about 20 hours a week, Bhavya said he was happy to make a contribution to cancer research.

Explaining to his friends just what he’s done is a whole other matter.

Bhavya presented his project at the Ottawa Regional Science Fair and won an all expenses paid trip to the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Montreal this month.

But that’s just a byproduct of his work, he said.

Regardless of what happens at the national fair, Bhavya said he wants to pursue further cancer research.

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“Whoever did it seems to have no respect for others and the hurt such a symbol causes those who lost loved ones under the swastika. “ Wilkinson said this is only the second case of hate graffiti that she recalls in Kanata over many years, but added one is too many. Vanclief said that, in 2015, one incident of hate graffiti was reported in Kanata North, and that, across the city, 0.6 per cent of graffiti was hate-related.

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The plan – called RendezVous LeBreton – could begin construction on the 22-hectare site in three to five years, although Senators owner Eugene Melnyk would like to move sooner than that.

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housing component and five distinct neighbourhoods.

Proponents estimate the anchors – the event centre, sportsplex and abilities centre – would attract more than five million visitors annually.

“It’s a project I’m so glad we won,” Melnyk said following the NCC’s board meeting.

“We are going to deliver everything we said we are going to do. I think it’s going to change the landscape of the city, and it’s going to be a huge, huge win all around.”

Melnyk wouldn’t say what will happen to the Sens current home in Kanata, but said the move will help attract spectators and players.

He wants to make LeBreton a national attraction.

“This is the nation’s capital. Let’s face it you know you’re up against London, Tokyo … this is our capital and it’s got to look like one,” he said. “It deserves more attention.”

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lighted by the five-member evaluation committee was RendezVous’ decision to cover the future LRT tracks.

Stephen Willis, NCC executive director of Capital Planning, said RendezVous’ plan to cover the LRT was “bold and pivotal to the strategy.”

The fact that there will be two stations on the site was significant for RendezVous.

“The LRT is critical to this. It’s a genius idea that they’ve done the two stations there and that will make all the difference,” Melnyk said.

During a press conference following the announcement, NCC chief executive Mark Kristmanson listed some of the reasons RendezVous came out on top.

“The RendezVous bid had an approach to the site that integrated the north and south sectors very well by choosing to cover over the light rail corridor,” Kristmanson said.

“It was one of the major

design challenges to integrate the site and in the end the RendezVous LeBreton group handled that design challenge very well.”

But just because the pitch came out on top doesn’t make it a sure thing. Both proposals passed the test of the NCC’s evaluation committee.

The NCC will enter into negotiations with RendezVous LeBreton, but if negotiations fall through, they can go back to the second choice – Devcore Canderel DLS Group.

That group’s proposal included an aquarium, school, YMCA, Brewseum, bandshell and more.

Daniel Peritz, senior vicepresident with Candarel, said his group will take some time before deciding whether to continue with the NCC’s process in the hopes talks break down with RendezVous.

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“We respect their decision, but obviously it’s not something we are thrilled about. I think we need some time to reflect and react to what’s happened,” Peritz said of the group’s position moving forward.

“I think our plan was solid. There are so many elements that go into the decision by the NCC and we have to live with their decision and move forward.”

“I think our plan was solid. There are so many elements that go into the decision by the NCC and we have to live with their decision and move forward.”

The board was invited to a special technical briefing and tour of the site on Tuesday to learn the results of the process, but wasn’t able to discuss the result until Thursday.

At the board meeting, Willis said both proposals were “intricate, detailed, complex and of high quality” and both had benefits and weaknesses. The evaluation committee found DCDLS’ decision to cluster anchor tenants away from mixed-use community spaces was a missed opportunity and a single parking entrance could create problems at events.

Willis said the committee feared the separation would mean there wouldn’t be enough people to animate the site.

According to a report, the committee noted the proposal would have been stronger with a better commitment to sustainability and determined the “financial terms proposed would need to be addressed in negotiations.”

The NCC wants to see more information from RendezVous LeBreton on the market viability of the

sportsplex and ability centre and noted phase three of the plan was not as well conceived.

The evaluation committee found the amount of proposed retail development was high and residential rates were “optimistic.” The proposal would also “have benefited from greater detail regarding the deliverables included in each phase.”

This will take more time than we originally said. A community like this isn’t built overnight.

NCC executive director of Capital Planning Stephen Willis

The NCC will now enter into negotiations with RendezVous LeBreton, which will include the price of the land, remediation, phasing and connectivity. The NCC is planning aboriginal consultations through next year, federal approvals and the announcement of the successful proponent by 2018.

NCC and municipal approvals, including zoning, official plan amendments and a plan of subdivision could be in place by 2019. A report on the progress will come back to the board this November.

Willis said it could be between three and five years before construction begins on the site.

“This will take more time than we originally said. A community like this isn’t built overnight,” Willis said.

But Melnyk is saying it won’t take that long, as long as the parties are on the same side.

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wait to build that stadium,” he said. “A lot of these projects you have to be very patient with and you don’t want to rush certain parts of it, especially the upfront negotiations.

“If everyone agrees on the process I think it can move quicker.”

Through the negotiations, Kristmanson hopes the NCC can work with RendezVous LeBreton on both fitting the plans with the exisiting community and giving it national status.

“I think this proposal, through negotiations, can be pushed both ways – to raise its national importance and to make it a better local, connected part of the urban fabric,” he said.

The public appeared divided on the issue.

The city engaged in two consultations at the Canadian War Museum. More than 2,000 people attended the sessions with an extra 1,000 participating through a webcast. In total, almost 8,000 Canadians submitted comments about the two proposals in January and February of this year.

Through the consultation, some participants felt there was too much focus on the arena as the RendezVous development’s focal point and the site should attract more than just hockey fans.

Along with being the NCC’s preferred proponent, the bid was also the mayor’s favourite.

“I felt that this one was stronger, more realistic, more diverse,” said Mayor Jim Watson.

“While the Senators are the ones chosen to negotiate, if those negotiations fail we do have a realistic alternative backup plan so we aren’t in a situation two years from now with no plan and no activity on the site.”

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Call for Community Representative Special Education Advisory Committee The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is seeking to appoint a community representative who has an interest in issues related to exceptional children to sit on the Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee. The Special Education Advisory Committee meets monthly to consider and make recommendations to the Board on special education programs and services to exceptional children.

For more information about the Committee please visit: http://www.ocdsb.ca/ programs/se/Pages/SEAC.aspx.

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Dozens of north Kanata residents came out to celebrate the hard-working volunteers in their community on Sunday, May 1.

The fourth-annual Kanata North Community Recognition Awards, held at the Mlacak Centre, celebrated 18 nominees in four categories: the citizen, senior citizen, youth and organization of the year.

Reem Tarek won the Citizen of the Year award for her volunteer work with a Syrian refugee family who moved to north Kanata.

“We have a saying in Arabic: instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle,” she said. “It’s my duty to help others.”

Tarek is chair of the Kanata Muslim Association and has been the main translator for a Syrian refugee family living in north Kanata.

“During their first few days when the family arrived in Ottawa, she took them home to stay at her house with her husband and two boys while their housing situation was worked out,” said emcee Steve Madely. “She has devoted countless hours, talent and expertise to the care of the Syrian refugee family.”

The Kanata Muslim Association and the Parish of March worked together to sponsor the family, which Tarek called “a really great experience.” Through their work together, any perceived differences have melted, she said.

Tarek moved to Canada in 2003 with her family and settled in Morgan’s Grant. As soon as her children were enrolled in school, she began her volunteer work and hasn’t stopped.

The other six nominees included: Cathy Briggs, Jen Muckler Nicoletta, Jez Blomqvist, Beata My-

hill, Lianne Zhou and Bev Popyk.

“It’s good to see such a large crowd here to thank the volunteers,” said Kanata North Coun.

Marianne Wilkinson. “They say it takes a village to raise a child ... it also takes a village to do everything else.

“To all the nominees, in talking to the judges, it was a very, very difficult task. Every single one of you have done a tremendous amount for the community.”

SENIOR, YOUTH AND ORGANIZATION AWARDS

Shirley Yakabuski-Milligan took home the Senior Citizen of the Year award. A volunteer since 1963 when she first moved to north Kanata, Yakabuski-Milligan has been involved in numerous endeavours.

She created a broomball league of which Wilkinson was a member, she was a founding member of the South March Women’s Institute, volunteers with the St. Isidore Church parish, initiated a number of social clubs at her apartment in Kanata Lakes, and is the founder of the Kanata Kozy Quilters.

The Quilters make handmade quilts for people undergoing cancer treatment and have outfitted the beds at Roger’s House and her group has plans to supply Hein House at the Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice in Kanata once it’s built, she said.

“I never expected (this),” she said, following her win. “I love people and I love connecting people.”

She shared her motto for volunteering, which she carries around with her.

“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, for all the people you can, while you can. What you do for others will always come

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Shirley Yakabuski-Milligan, centre, reacts as her name is called out as winner of the Senior Citizen of the Year award. back to you.”

Five others were also nominated: Kay Gibbons, Mutah Ghamian, Pei Zhen Ma, Bing Zhang and Jim Shearon.

Jacob Masciotra, a Grade 10 student at Earl of March Secondary School, received the Youth of the Year award for his volunteer work every Tuesday with a Grade 2 and 3 class at W. Erskine Johnston.

Jacob is described as always having a “cheerful disposition despite his own medical challenges, and no matter what he is dealing with personally, he always has a positive attitude,” said Madely.

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Jacob was thrilled when his name was announced as the winner.

“I just like helping out the kids, making them happy about their education,” said Jacob following the ceremony.

Even though he’s completed his mandatory volunteer hours for high school, the Kanata Lakes teen said he enjoys his time at his old elementary school and plans to continue helping the younger students with their math work.

“I can help them attain the knowledge they need,” he said. “It’s a place I’m familiar with. It’s great.”

Along with Jacob, Anand siblings Shreya, Sia and Vansh were also nomi-

nated for the volunteer work they do.

The three siblings are active members in the Me to We organization and have travelled to Toronto to meet Craig Kielburger, founder of Free the Children and Me to We. This past Christmas Eve, the youths donated clothing and bedding to families without homes.

They also read to seniors at the Kanata Seniors Centre and are involved with helping a local Syrian refugee family.

The Arcadia Community Association was the winner of the Organization of the Year Award. The newest community in north Kanata, the association has been in operation for less than a year.

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organizing events for the Arcadia area to foster cohesion and participation; in less than three months they have reached 130 members,” said Madley.

SPECIAL COMMUNITY AWARD

Wilkinson created a Special Community Award to honour Nathalie Guay, who formerly worked in the councillor’s office and spent countless hours volunteering for the creation of the Richcraft Recreation ComplexKanata among other activities.

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tions, including the addition of two pool lanes, the skate park and the youth room, said Wilkinson, adding Guay was just moving into the area when she took on the task.

“I don’t think there’s much we’ve done here that she wasn’t involved in,” said Wilkinson.

As a volunteer, “You get so much more out of it than what you put in,” said Guay.

Kanata-Carleton MP Karen McCrimmon, Mayor Jim Watson and Carleton Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren were also in attendance.

“There is a heart here that beats so loud and so strong and everyone can hear it,”

said McCrimmon. “Volunteering is the key; deciding you want to make a difference in the community is the key.”

Watson said when he spends time attending numerous events around the city, he sees just how many people care about their communities.

“This city really is made up of caring people who give back a lot more than they take,” he said. “Tonight is another great example. Your efforts do not go unnoticed.”

MacLaren spoke about the importance of recognizing seniors’ work in their community, “and what they’re doing in their retirement years,” he said.

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City council may be asking the province to make changes to the Highway Traffic Act to allow civilians to direct traffic during special events or construction.

Police board chair Eli ElChantiry put forward a notice of motion at the April 27 meeting.

El-Chantiry said even though construction companies pay the policing budget, the cost is built into the bid for the project.

He estimates the city pays between $600,000 and $700,000 per year on costs related to having officers direct traffic during construction or special events such as the Santa Claus parade.

Mayor Jim Watson said

that with scarce dollars and little wiggle room when it comes to negotiating police officer salaries, municipalities are going to have to get creative.

“When I see an officer with a gun in full uniform that makes an average salary of $100,000 out manning a barricade on Bank Street during the Santa Claus parade, I think, that’s not a

good use of a professional, trained police officer,” Watson said.

El-Chantiry said that special constables or bylaw officers could be responsible for directing traffic during special events. He said with the city beginning construction on the first phase of light rail, now is the time to think about this issue.

Watson said the city needs to look at options.

“We could do better with auxiliary police, with special

constables, and save a lot of money and at the same time allow our police officers to do real policing work and not really acting as barricade monitors,” Watson said. costs

While the city is attempting to cut costs, El-Chantiry said part of the motivation is to get officers on the streets, doing what they’re trained for.

El-Chantiry said Toronto

is also considering petitioning the province, adding they pay out roughly $1 million in additional fees as a result of paying officers for the service.

Watson said he was also going to bring the issue up with Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi.

He said in addition to the city, community groups that host events requiring traffic control would also benefit from lower costs by hiring civilians to do traffic control.

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Thomas Falk, Siemens’ senior project manager for the installation of the company’s new cogeneration power plant, explains the plant’s controls with a tour group on the plant’s official opening day, April 22.

“But then through this interpretive centre they’ll be able to see real-time outputs of energy being produced and energy usage across the campus. This is brand new, so they’re developing the curriculum for that now.”

Still in the development stage, the school’s new one-year energy management graduate certificate program will launch in September 2017.

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Algonquin College has gained some firepower to go with its new energy management program, in the form of a new oncampus power plant and a partnership with Siemens Canada.

The cogeneration – or combined heat and power – plant became operational on April 22.

Using natural gas, it can generate two megawatts of power to cover the Woodroffe campus’s most basic power needs, while its waste heat can help warm campus buildings during cold months, and can be converted to cool air during warm months.

“The terminology is referred to as behind-the-meter generation,” said Todd Schonewille, Algonquin College’s director of physical resources. “So meaning all the power that we produce we are consuming locally.”

Installed by energy engineering firm Siemens and maintained by Algonquin College maintenance staff, the plant occupies an 18-by-20-metre space in the school’s A building.

“It’s a very unique relationship, rather unprecedented, between a global

company like Siemens and a post-secondary institution,” Schonewille said.

Once paired with a future energy interpretive centre – a learning facility designed to complement the plant – it will also create opportunities for hands-on, applied learning experiences for students in the new graduate program and similar programs already offered by the school.

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It’s designed to use practical training to teach students fundamentals of the energy sector including power generation, distribution and consumption, energy measurement, how to design and implement energy projects, conservation, generation and supply and risk management.

According to the college, graduates of the program could go on to become energy management officers, energy market and policy analysts, energy conservation engineers and project managers.

While college staff is responsible for developing the program’s curriculum, Siemens Canada will take on an arms-length role, supplying the venue for hands-on learning, and potentially benefiting from the training of future energy engineers.

“When entities like Algonquin College produce students who are trained, experienced

and skilled to enter the workforce, with a toolbox that’s already complete, it benefits us,” said Jack Carcasole, Siemens’ national building performance and sustainability sales manager.

This project is a game-changer in our efforts to maintain our facilities, control our costs, and expand the learning opportunities for our students.

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“We’re getting graduates who are highly trained and they’re prepared to make a contribution much sooner. So it’s like a feedback loop.”

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lege’s guaranteed energy savings contract with Siemens, a 20-year, multimillion-dollar partnership intended to result in efficiency and sustainability retrofits to the Ottawa campus.

During a ceremony on April 22, the plant’s opening day, Siemens and the college also signed a new memorandum of understanding that will steer the educational partnership between the two as it continues to develop.

“This project is a gamechanger in our efforts to maintain our facilities, control our costs, and expand the learning opportunities for our students,” said college president Cheryl Jensen in a news release.

“Delegations the world over have visited our Ottawa campus because of the innovative thinking behind this project. This project has become a trendsetter, and we thank Siemens Canada for their creativity and their partnership.”

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For residents of central eastern neighbourhoods, a quick and easy link to the rest of the city will be just minutes away Jen Traplin Now that the warmer weather has arrived, construction is ramping up again as the big push to complete the first phase of the City’s light rail plan by 2018 continues.

While the lane closures and adjustments to bus routes may be cause for a bit of shortterm stress, it will all be worth it soon. The City of Ottawa has declared the first phase of LRT on time and on budget.

Construction on the project has been ongoing since 2013. With everything running smoothly, it looks like the City will get its wish to have a major section of the downtown portion of the line finished in time for the 2017 celebrations next year. The remainder of the line is expected to open in 2018.

In total, the first phase of the Confederation Line will be 12.5 kilometres long, running from Blair Station to Tunney’s Pasture, including a 2.5 kilometre tunnel through the downtown core.

For residents of central eastern neighbourhoods like Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Manor Park and Lindenlea, the completion of Phase 1 means a quick and easy link to the rest of the city will just be minutes away. And soon, even more eastern Ottawa residents will benefit from light rail.

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rendering of the Blair road station, which will be the most eastern point of the first phase of LrT. Contributed

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Why not spend a little time at the beach?

An extended beach season officially kicks off on May 21 when the City of Ottawa’s beaches open to the public.

Earlier this year, City Council voted to extend Ottawa’s beach season by a week, meaning the beaches will stay open this year until September 5, for a total of 72 days this year instead of 65.

There are four public beaches throughout Ottawa — Britannia Beach in the west, Mooney’s Bay in the south, Westboro Beach in Central Ottawa and what is technically the city’s newest beach, Petrie Island, in east end Orleans.

In 1955, Petrie Island was purchased by Donat Grandmaitre, who turned it into a sand dredging operation which only stopped in 2003 when the area was transformed into the public beach we see today.

Well before it was turned into a public beach, though, a group of volunteers formed the Friends of Petrie Island (FOPI), an organization dedicated to ensuring the natural beauty, ecosystem and history of the area blends seamlessly with its recreational uses.

While the City of Ottawa maintains the public beach, FOPI is responsible for operating the picnic area and nature trails — there are about 7 kilometres of walking paths in the area, all offering nice views of the Ottawa River — and has also developed a series of interactive nature programs.

Road to Place d’Orléans, with the potential for another 3.5 kilometre addition to Trim Road.

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018.

By the time that wraps up in 2023, the City of Ottawa says 70 percent of residents will live within five kilometres of light rail.

aVOiD COnsTrUCTiOn To ensure the fewest disruptions to your commute, the City of Ottawa is encouraging residents to access construction and traffic management information by visiting the City of Ottawa’s interactive traffic map at ottawa.ca, calling 3-1-1 and following the City of Ottawa’s traffic Twitter feed (@Ottawa_Traffic).

PETriE isLanD BEaCH inFO Petrie Island Beach is open from May 21 to Sept. 5, 2016.

There are two public beaches on the northeast corner of Petrie Island — the North Beach (or River Beach) and the East Bay Beach.

Public parking is available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for a fee of $2 for five hours.

Lifeguards will be on duty from noon to 7 p.m. from June 18 through Aug. 28, 2016.

Public washrooms, change rooms, water fountains, a picnic area and a canteen are also on site.

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In a sprawling city like Ottawa, the choices of where to live are boundless. Many people pick east Ottawa and the communities that make up Orléans.

It’s no surprise. Wide, well maintained streets lined with desirable homes of all shapes and styles make east Ottawa a perfect place to call home.

Nestled along the Ottawa River, it’s a short 16 km commute from downtown. And with a growing population of more than 100,000 residents in communities like Cumberland and Gloucester, the Orléans area continues to develop with more schools, excellent shopping and sought after career positions.

With parks, playgrounds and the Ottawa River nearby, many people have chosen to live in the wide range of new housing built by some of Ottawa’s most popular and trusted builders. The new Avalon community, south of Innes Road, west of Portobello Boulevard and east of Tenth Line Road, is just one example of the many places to call home in east Ottawa.

There is a community to suit every lifestyle in east Ottawa and Orléans. Cardinal Creek, Fallingbrook, Chatelaine Village, Convent Glen and many others welcome families with schools and great recreational facilities.

The Elizabeth Manley skating rink at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex (formerly Orléans Recreation Complex is named for figure skater Elizabeth Manley who trained there and went on to win a Silver Medal in Women’s figure skating in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. It is home to the Gloucester Skating Club and the Canadian Academy of Skating Arts, well-known for sending skaters to national and international level competitions.

In east Orléans, The Ray Friel Recreational Complex has a public library, a high school, an indoor wave pool, exercising facilities, a physiotherapy clinic, a

sports store, a restaurant, two soccer fields and three skating arenas making it one of the main centres for recreation in Orléans.

For a taste of culture, the Shenkman Arts Centre opened in 2009 just east of Place d’Orléans. This multidisciplinary arts centre houses a concert hall, black-box theatre, several art galleries and studio spaces for both visual and performing arts.

For a quiet stroll, there are also several nature trails and paths throughout the area including the Bilberry Creek Trail and the Princess Louise Trail through which Taylor Creek runs with a beautiful waterfall near St-Joseph Boulevard.

Orléans Wood, north of Highway 174 toward the Ottawa River, east of Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard and west of Champlain Street and River Walk, east of Tenth Line, are popular areas where the convenience of city living meets the serenity of nature.

The commercial hub is the Place d’Orléans shopping centre, with over 175 stores just off Regional Road 174, the Queensway. Originally built in 1979 Place d’Orléans has expanded over the years and has attracted other business development along Innes Road between Tenth Line Road and Mer Bleue Road. Most recently, Trim Road on the eastern end of the area has welcomed new enterprises and services to complement and diversify the thriving commercial core.

The business community is supported by the Heart of Orléans Business Improvement Area (BIA), a not-for-profit Board of Management started in 2008.

The BIA helps business districts pool resources to promote and improve their area, and speak with one common voice.

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Show Homes of Minto’s new designs first opened last year in Kanata’s Arcadia, and now the East end of the city can have its first taste of four never-before-seen spacious designs. The new Single Family Home designs have been extremely well-received throughout Minto’s Orléans, Kanata and Barrhaven communities, with more than 500 sold since their release.

The Show Homes: On 30’, 36’ and 43’ lots, these new show homes offer something for every buyer. The Kinghurst, a spacious 1785 sq.ft. home, is a contemporary two-storey house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. With a large open concept design, a sunken foyer, second floor laundry, and a family-feel grand room, this home is ideal for families who want to live and grow together.

The Georgian is a larger design with 2339 sq.ft. of living space. This slightly more traditional two-storey home offers a two car garage, a large foyer, a mud room, and generous-

ly sized bedrooms. With 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, the Georgian is a home for those in need of extra space.

The Stanley Show Home is slightly larger with 2450 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. This design offers three unique elevations which allows for a more eclectic curb appeal.

The Marquette, the largest of the four Show Homes, is a stately home with 3242 sq.ft. This traditional design comes complete with a breakfast area, a den, and a formal dining room. With 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, the Marquette also comes in 3 unique elevations. With plenty of space to grow, buyers are guaranteed to fall in love with this forever home.

Flex Plan Options: The new Single Family Show Homes represent Minto’s mission to design and build homes that families want and need. These new models are an example of a better use of space and easy-care finishes. The new designs include a variety of rich colour palettes along with many elevation models to best fit the buyer’s needs and personal taste. From modern to traditional, contemporary to retro, the Minto design team, along with KISS Design, has thought of it all.

Plenty of natural light offers bright living spaces that welcome you home each day.

Minto is especially excited about their new Flex Options. Once you purchase your home, you have the opportunity to sit down with a design expert at Minto’s new Design Centre and choose options for your home. Perhaps you want four bedrooms instead of three; maybe you’d like custom-built shelves in the mudroom, or you maybe you’d like a finished basement. All of these options, and many more, are available as an à la carte plan.

Minto has been crafting homes for over 60 years, and their beautiful designs are enjoyed by more than 80,000 happy homeowners. Minto is constantly exploring innovation in their new homes and communities to provide customers with greater sustainability, lifestyle and design, while maintaining affordability for today’s families. Minto’s proud legacy in Ottawa means offering a home, community and lifestyle for any family, at any stage of life.

For more information on the new Show Homes please visit www.mintoavalon.com.

Location: Minto began building Avalon in 2000, and sold out of homes on the east side of Tenth Line Road in 2015 which prompted the expansion on the west side of Tenth Line Road, now known as Avalon Encore. To date, nearly 5,000 homes have been sold in Avalon and Avalon Encore.

Conveniently located at Tenth Line Rd and Brian Coburn Boulevard, Avalon Encore is also easily accessed by the Queensway, and you’re only a 20 minute drive from downtown. With many OC Transpo bus routes and the new LRT expansion plans, your commute is easier than ever. Within a few minutes’ drive or even a short walk, you’ll find everything you may need, including pharmacies, restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and even expansive green spaces.

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History, beaches, urban or suburban all in one ’hood Jen Traplin Whether you’re looking for a home close to the centre of it all or something on a quieter, suburban street, Ottawa’s eastern neighbourhoods offer a little something for everyone.

Just minutes outside of downtown Ottawa is the beautiful Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, home to popular neighbourhoods like New Edinburgh, Manor Park and one of the country’s earliest planned communities, Lindenlea, which dates back to the early 1900s.

According to the Lindenlea Community Association, the neighbourhood was designed to “be the Canadian prototype of a trendy British planning idea of the time, the Garden City suburb, a neighbourhood with curving, tree-lined streets

and quiet cul de sacs, plenty of park space and tennis courts.”

There is also plenty of Canadian history in neighbouring New Edinburgh, which is home to 24 Sussex Dr., the official residence of the Prime Minister, as well as Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. There are also a number of embassies and consulates in the area.

On the eastern outskirts of the city is Orléans, one of Ottawa’s largest suburbs. Located along the Ottawa River and less than 20 kilometres from the downtown core, the population of Orléans has gone from just 6,000 people to well over 100,000 in the past 40 years.

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connecting Orleans to the rest of the city is Regional Road 174. The area is heavily serviced by OC Transpo and contains four Park and Rides — Jeanne d’Arc, Place d’Orleans, Trim Road and Millennium Boulevard — and Stage 2 LRT includes an extension to Place d’Orleans Shopping Centre. Residents of Manor Park, Lindenlea and New Edinburgh are serviced by a number of major OC Transpo routes and will have easy access to light rail when the first phase of Ottawa’s LRT construction wraps up in 2018. hoods within the Central East ward of RideauRockliffe only contain two schools — Manor Park Public School and Rockcliffe Park Public School. All of the wards’ remaining schools are located south of Montreal Road. Orleans is home to seven high schools — two English Catholic, two French Catholic, one French public and two English public. The majority of the elementary schools are French.

options in Orleans. The large Place d’Orléans shopping centre boasts more than 175 stores and conveniently sits at the edge of Highway 174. There are also a number of big-box stores along Innes Road, between Tenth Line and Mer Bleue, and along Trim Road. While there are a handful of stores along Beechwood Avenue in New Edinburgh, the busy ByWard Market, located just minutes away, offers a wide variety of unique shops as well as the recently redesigned Rideau Centre.

beautiful Shenkman Arts Centre, a multidisciplinary arts centre includes a concert hall, art galleries and studio spaces. The suburb is also home to two popular recreation complexes — Bob MacQuarrie and Ray Friel — as well as the Petrie Island beach. After nearly 30 years in business, the New Edinburgh Pub, a local institution and popular evening destination on Beechwood Avenue, is now closed. A new Royal Oak will soon be opening in its place.

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Poignant reflection Above: An estimated 500 people took part in the annual Hike for Hospice fundraiser in support of Hospice Care Ottawa at Carleton University on May 1. During the event, Mayor Jim Watson proclaimed May 1 Hospice Palliative Care Day. Ottawa South MPP John Fraser spoke of his father who passed away at the May Court Hospice in Old Ottawa South and said hospices are rest stations between heaven and Earth. This year’s goal was to generate $120,000 for Ottawa-based hospices. Taking part in the opening ceremony were Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier, left, John Laframboise, vice chair of Hospice Care Ottawa’s board of directors, Lisa Sullivan, executive director of Hospice Care Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson, Fraser, Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod and Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri.

Below: An estimated 500 people begin their hike around the campus at Carleton University on May 1 during Hike for Hospice in support of Hospice Care Ottawa. Organizers were hoping the event would generate about $120,000 for hospice palliative care.

The project followed the requirements for a Schedule “C” project under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007), which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. An Environmental Study Report (ESR) has been prepared and documents the project rationale, the evaluation of design alternatives, the recommended plan, anticipated impacts and associated mitigation measures.

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Twelve Points in a Classical Balance will have to be relocated to make room for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in the Garden of the Provinces and Territories. The National Capital Commission is confident it can find a new, appropriate site for the public art piece, which was originally commissioned for Laurier Park, in Gatineau. It was never located there.

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The Memorial to the Victims of Communism has found a new home, but it means relocating a piece of commissioned public art — for a second time.

The National Capital Commission voted unanimously to reserve land for the memorial last week.

The land reserved for the memorial is west of the terraces of the Garden of the Provinces and Territories, on the south side of Wellington Street near Bay Street, for the memorial.

The only problem is the Twelve Points in a Classical Balance sculpture commissioned by the NCC in 1981 is already located there.

This will be the second time the sculpture, about seven metres wide by six metres long and almost four metres high, will be relocated.

It was commissioned for Laurier Park in Gatineau on the site of the Canadian Museum of History, but

was never located there. Instead, it was installed east of Dow’s Lake in Commissioners Park.

According to NCC documents, it was later moved to the Garden of the Provinces and Territories because it wasn’t well received by the public.

Stephen Willis, the NCC’s executive director of capital planning, said he’s confident the NCC can find a new appropriate location and that it can be relocated without damaging the piece.

The approved site for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism is actually the same as the one approved in June 2011 by the NCC. “I have a powerful feeling of déjà-vu because we did this five years ago at the same site,” said Russell Mills, chair of the NCC during a board meeting on April 28.

The NCC was asked in 2013 to authorize a new site, southwest of the Supreme Court by what was then called Public Works and Government Services

Canad that was very controversial in the city. But with the change in the federal government last year, that site was scrapped by Canadian Heritage.

Initially 12 sites were explored for the memorial, many were discarded because the proponent was looking for a more prominent site.

“This site is becoming increasingly prominent over time,” said Willis, of the forthcoming Holocaust monument and the future LeBreton Flats development.

The site for the monument has been pushed to the north west edge of the property.

“We feel putting it to the western edge of the site is a very sensitive approach,” he said of the need to balance existing elements on the site, including fountains, terraces and the gardens.

Mills attended a recent stakeholder roundtable meeting with the proponent, Tribute to Liberty.

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Father endured long days on farm

E

arly in the morning, this time of year, I could hear Father stirring downstairs.

He would try to be quiet so as not to rouse the rest of the house, but as soon as he lit the cook stove, scraping the lids to put in the kindling, I would waken. And then I would hear Mother in the kitchen getting breakfast ready.

The sun would be just rising when Father would head to the barns for the chores, returning to the house to down his breakfast and head out again for the long day ahead in the fields. Likely the binder would already be in a far-off part of the farm, left there from the day before.

Our fields were long and narrow in the Northcote area, and it seemed to me, when I was so young, that when Father went beyond the West Hill, he was in another part of the country.

He loved his land. Just

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories like he loved every animal in the barns and fields.

Grampa, when he came to visit from Ottawa, would say, “Albert is a true farmer.”

On weekdays, Mother would pack a lunch for him to take to the back fields.

But on Saturdays, I would be allowed to take the eleven quart basket, packed with sandwiches, a honey pail of tea with shards of ice in it, slab cake, and a peeled cucumber and a tomato. It was quite a feast, I thought back then. And Father and I would share the lunch together.During the days when we were at school, I knew without Mother telling me,

that Father would be gone for most of the day with the binder, far back into the fields in the farthest reaches of our farm.

My three brothers would be expected to hurry home from school this time of year, because they would be responsible for the evening chores. There was milking to be done, the barns to be cleaned out and made ready for the night, the calves and pigs to be fed, and fresh straw put in the stalls. My sister Audrey and I were expected to wash out the milk pails and the cream separator, put fresh cheesecloth under the lids of the

milk cans, making sure everything was secure. Mother lived in constant dread that somehow a mouse would get into the milk can during the night, which Father said was an impossibility since the lids fit so tightly. But she wasn’t taking any chances, thus the cheesecloth was extra protection.

We would have our supper without Father these nights.

He would still be working in the fields. It didn’t seem right somehow, that he wasn’t sitting at the head of the table. But his plate would be there, just as if he could be expected any minute to come in the back door.

My sister Audrey would have to say Grace, which was a much shorter version than that given by Father.

Although he wasn’t one to engage in idle chatter at meal time, nonetheless it seemed strange that he wasn’t part of our supper meal. Long after we had eaten, and redded up

the kitchen, and the light of the day would have started to fade, I would go to the window and watch for Father.

I would watch his figure grow larger and I would feel the utmost relief that he would soon be home, safe and sound.

“He’s home,” I would yell.

Everett would get up and go out to the barn yard and take the team from Father, and feed them oats, and let them

over his face and rub it up his arms, and see the water turn black. He would reach up to the huck towel and dry himself off, and it would look like he didn’t have another ounce of strength in his body.

Mother would put a steaming supper before him, and I never knew whether I should sit at the table with him so that he wouldn’t be eating alone, or to leave him

Our fields were long and narrow in the Northcote area, and it seemed to me, when I was so young, that when Father went beyond the West Hill, he was in another part of the country drink from the watering trough and then take them into the barn for the night.

And Father would come into the kitchen, covered with dirt and chaff, looking like he had rolled in a dustbin.

He would go to the bench at the back door where Mother would have put out a fresh basin of warm water. I would watch him splash the water

in peace. It never mattered how ample was the meal, it couldn’t erase the bonetiredness from Father’s body.

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“It’s not exactly what they wanted, but it’s still a prominent site in the capital and the people opposing the previous site felt this was much more appropriate,” he said.

Mills said throughout the meeting it was clear there was a division between having the memorial evoke the horrors of communist rule with showcasing Canada’s role as a land of refuge. “(It was felt) these are things could be accommodated through the creative design process,” Mills said.

Board member Michael Pankiw also wondered about design.

“I think the consultation shows 40 per cent of people who responded had concerns ... that the aspirations of the proponents may not be aligned with aspirations of the public,” Pankiw said. “Is there going to be some type of mechanism that goes back from public works and says, ‘No we will not accept this design, theme for these particular reasons?’”

NCC staff said those concerns will be worked out through a juried design process and public consultation.

Another board member, Bob Pla-

mondon, wasn’t sold on the explanation for going back to the Gardens of the Provinces and Territories.

“I think we should have a higher test than it’s ‘appropriate.’ It really should be the best location,” Plamondon said, adding he likes the location and sees it as being a draw for a walking tour to the west of Parliament Hill.

“I think you can be much more confident about it — that this is an appropriate site,” Willis responded, adding its location adjacent to the library and archives is a good fit.

Mayor Jim Watson, who sits on the board as a non-voting member, said he had concerns about the previous Supreme Court site and is still concerned about the financial viability of the project.

“I think this is a much better alternative, but when I met with one of the proponents I couldn’t get a clear answer as to how much money they had actually raised,” he said.

To move forward with the project, Tribute to Liberty has to have the money, Willis said.

The approval on April 28 is the first of three needed from the board before the project is completed. At this point, the project should be installed and unveiled in 2018.

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Pictures don’t do him justice, as he has too much personality and love to give. Winston Leroy is 6’ish and is instantly friends with everyone he meets. Except cats. His company is therapeutic and I wouldn’t trade him for the world.

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: kanata@metroland.com The deadline for community event submissions is Friday at noon.

May 5 and 12

55 Alive driver refresher. There is still room for this course, please register with front desk. Kanata Seniors Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr.

May 7

Join us for the Glen Cairn United Church annual Spring Rummage Sale. Proceeds will go towards the GCUC and Chrysalis House and the Big Give at Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Dr., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kanata Beaverbrook open house at KBCA Community Centre, 2 Beaverbrook Rd. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Farm Fresh foods display and registration. 11 a.m. to noon: Free zumba dance activity class. Noon Official opening of renovated centre, 1 to 2 p.m. Songs and Stories for Families. Ottawa Gaels Gaelic Football demonstration.

Kanata United Church Flea Market & Bake Sale, 33 Leacock Dr. from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Free

admission.

Kanata North Community Garden kicks off gardening season with an open house at 1 pm at 1229 Klondike Rd. Activities will include registration of new members and planting early crop vegetables in four beds dedicated to growing produce for the Kanata Food Cupboard.

May 10

Jim Holmes will speak on Development of the Amateur Theatre and it’s impact on the Community as the Probus Club of Western Ottawa meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 33 Leacock Dr. at 10 a.m. for coffee followed by a guest speaker. Visitors are welcome.

For further information call Pat Thompson at (613) 591-1390.

May 11

Acute Care for the Elderly Unit - Queensway Carleton Hospital fundraiser, 6:30-10 pm, 1951 Robertson Rd., West Kitchen and Bar. Come out and dine for a good cause. Tickets are $100 each for an evening of fun, including a three

course meal, live music, live and silent auction and more. For more information, visit www.mariannewilkinson.com.

March Rural Community Association meets at 7:30 pm at Old South March Town Hall, 821 March Rd. Presentation on wild parsnip. All are welcome.

Kanata Art Club monthly meeting at 2080 Riddell Dr., 7 to 9pm.

This month’s guest speaker is June Harman. New members are always welcome to join and participate in our club, whose activities can be found on our website at www.

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evening of pop, contemporary Christian and gospel music featuring Gracenote, Holy Redeemer Choir and the Hallelujah Gospel Chorus. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 44 Rothesay Dr. Free will offering. Info 613-592-6959 or holyredeemer.ca/announcements. php.

Raise the Roof fundraiser concert at 7:30 pm, Holy Redeemer Church, 44 Rothesay Dr. featuring Gracenote, Holy Redeemer Choir and the Hallelujah Gospel Chorus.

Free will offering to aid parish Syrian refugee families. Info 613592-6959.

May 14

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Kanata Knights tackle football and cheerleading registration for ages eight to 19 at Holy Trinity HS from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Please bring completed forms, photocopy of birth certificate/passport and payments.

Info at www.kanataknights.com.

May 13

Raise the Roof fundraiser concert to aid parish Syrian families. An

Garage Sale ­Saturday, 8-12pm.

Donations can be dropped off starting May 9. Please help promote the sale with friends, neighbours and on social media! Kanata Seniors Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr. Kanata Symphony Orchestra Concert 7:30 pm at Kanata Baptist Church, 465 Hazeldean Rd. Tickets available at the door. Adult $15; Student/Senior $10; Family $30.

Kanata Legion’s annual Spring Tea and Fashion Show fundraiser. To see more visit www.swirlicious.ca.

Serving hors d’oeuvres. Reception 1 p.m. / fashion show 2 p.m. Tickets $20 or two for $35. Advance ticket sales only! Tickets must be picked up on or before May 10, 2016 at the Kanata Legion, 70 Hines Rd. For details: 613-5915570 or www.kanatabr638.ca.

May 15

Ottawa Sooners Football 2016 Mini Camps for ages 17 to 23.

April 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and May 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ben Franklin Dome, 191 Knoxdale Rd. Cost is $50 cash only. No equipment needed. Bring health card.

There will be Five Star Sport Testing by Elite Performance Academy at May 15 camp.

The Arcadia Community Association hosts a Cleaning the Capital event starting at 11 a.m. at Arcadia Park. All residents of Arcadia are invited to participate in this citywide garbage sweep to help beautify the neighbourhood.

Gloves, yard waste and garbage bags provided on site. Students, get your community service hours! For details email arcadiacommunityassociation@gmail.com or search Arcadia Community Association on Facebook.

May 24

Monthly Kanata North Town Hall, 7-9 pm, Mlacak Centre. Make sure you stay informed on what is happening in your community, policing report and Councillor Wilkinson’s report will be given. All are welcome.

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CLUES DOWN 1. Greek sophist 2. Diacritic mark 3. Tumors 4. Can’t play 5. Dabbling ducks 6. Dekaliter 7. The world of the dead 8. Greek Muse 9. Estate in Dickens 10. Wild cat 11. Menders 12. Comedienne Gasteyer 13. Female sibling 19. Man-child 21. Tommy Dorsey’s trumpeter 24. Mesopotamian deity 25. Speech sound 26. Bore 27. Designer van Noten 31. Small flakes of soot

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Things seem to be in high gear this week, Aries. Others around you are just as boisterous, and it may even seem manic. Exercise a little extra patience to get through.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you have been hiding something and it’s time you let your feelings out in the open this week. Pay attention to how others react to the news.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 If you crave adventure, Gemini, then it could be time to host a party or see if friends want to go out on the town. Staying home mulling over all of the options will get you nowhere.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 This week’s contradictory cosmic energy will not help you when making decisions, Cancer. It is entirely up to you and your gut instincts to make the right decisions.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, do not ignore the inner voice that is trying to tell you to take life more seriously. It can’t be all fun and games. Buckle down at work and set a Here’s How It Works: plan into action.

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each Circumstances beyond your control will make work a little more stressful row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric than you had anticipated, Virgo. Bide your time and soon the week will clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! be over.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, no matter how hard you try to get yourself heard, others just aren’t ready to listen. Perhaps you have to try a new approach to making your voice heard?

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you may find yourself in trouble this week because you keep on starting new things without finishing others. Pretty soon you will have a list of unfinished business.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Restlessness can get the better of you this week, Sagittarius. Just don’t jet off on some spur-of-the-moment trip to try to channel your energy. You have things to handle first.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Finding yourself in the middle of a sticky situation has you trying to discover a solution to a complicated problem, Capricorn. You might need to distance yourself for a little while.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 A disagreement with a friend or family member could turn your schedule upside down for a little bit, Aquarius. You’ll get back on track soon enough and resolve your issues.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, getting your finances in order will take more than balancing your checkbook. It might be time to make some cuts and follow a budget.

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