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Year 46 , Issue 33
August 23, 2012 | 56 Pages
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Inside New
school opens in August
NEWS
Teachers wage freeze needed to balance the books says Premier Dalton McGuinty. – Page 13
Saint-Rémi offers high-tech tools for students Blair Edwards
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NEWS
City installs a device at Kizell Pond to discourage beavers building dams. – Page 18
SPORTS
Capital Wave makes a splash in city’s water polo community. – Page 33
EMC News – The first-ever principal at Saint-Rémi French Catholic elementary school has a surprise waiting for her students when they arrive at the newly-built Kanata Lakes school next week. Several of them in fact. Eugénie Congi keeps a basket of toys, notebooks and other treats in a “surprise basket” tucked away in a corner of her office. From time to time over the course of the school year, Congi will dip into the basket to reward students who exhibit good behaviour. “It’s to help them remember when you make an effort to do better, you get rewarded,” said Congi. “It’s the little things that mean a lot.” Other rewards are less tangible, she added, and could involve a chance to sit in the principal’s chair or job-shadow her for a few hours. Congi has been a busy woman over the past few weeks preparing for her school’s opening on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The halls of the school have been a bustle of activity, with workers carrying boxes of books, desks and supplies into classrooms. See SAINT-RÉMI, page 12
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Shake, rattle and roll Nicola Arnone, Nepean resident and founder of Monte Carlo Fun Casino Rentals, deals out cards at the blackjack table during the Shake, Rattle and Roll Elvis Casino Fundraiser for the Kanata Food Cupboard at the Hazeldean Mall on Aug. 16.
Bike patrols keep tabs on pathway Jessica Cunha
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EMC news - It took a moment for the shock to register on their faces. Three male youths were lounging in the Hazeldean Woods preparing to fire Airsoft guns into the bushes when our bike patrol came upon them. They weren’t expecting to see a police presence in the woods, so far from the roads. The contingent was composed of
community police centre (CPC) Const. Ryan Strotmann, CPC volunteer Vic McNabney, three Youth in Policing Initiative members – Brenda Lam, Ankun Fang and Michael Mathewsie – and this reporter. “Did you know it’s illegal?” Strotmann asked the youth with the pellet guns. “No,” said one of the teens, sounding surprised. He said he’d looked up the laws on the provincial website, but neglected to check municipal laws.
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“You can’t go out into public places shooting your Airsoft gun or pellet gun or paintball gun,” said Strotmann. There’s a bylaw in place that forbids people from shooting any type of firearm within certain areas, including public forests. People use the Hazeldean Woods to walk their dogs and exercise. As it was, a man and his dog walked past our group while Strotmann was taking the teens’ information. See BIKE, page 6
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