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Ottawa’s guns and gangs officers have issued a public appeal for help tracking down a suspicious vehicle seen leaving the Kanata Centrum in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting that injured two innocent bystanders.

“A minimum of 17 rounds were shot from a newer model white Jeep Cherokee,” the department announced Sept.

15, the day after the gun violence.

“With the minimum of 17 rounds, it’s fortunate that not more people were injured,” said Const. Marc Soucy, Ottawa police spokesperson.

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When it comes to opioid use in Ottawa, at Shepherds of Good Hope front line workers are just trying to keep their heads above water.

Shepherds executive director Deirdre Freiheit says the country’s opioid crisis has hit the city — and the shelters — hard.

“We are working with our partners in the community, really literally to make sure that people don’t die,” Frei-

heit said. “We are working day-to-day to provide the help and services that are required.

But really we have never seen anything like this.”

The Canadian Institute for Health Information released a report about the opioid crisis on Sept. 14 stating it has had significant impact on Canada’s health care system.

“If you just look at the numbers, you can see the impact of the opioid crisis is increasing,” David O’Toole, president and CEO of CIHI said. “There are more pa-

tients being seen in emergency departments, more patients being hospitalized, and the lengths of stay for hospitalizations are quite long — it all adds to the burden.”

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Shepherds of Good Hope executive director Deirdre Freiheit reports the country’s opioid crisis has hit the city – and specifically their shelter – very hard.

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For Freiheit and Shepherds, the crisis has resulted in fatigued staff and overdoses they can’t keep up with.

“We would have had a handful of overdoses a year or two ago, now we are seeing multiple overdoses every single day,” Freiheit said.

Freiheit said measures the shelter put in place at the start of the summer, working with Ottawa Inner City Health, have made it possible for the workers to keep up with the new pace, but she is worried as the cold weather approaches.

“We need help to sustain the pace,” she said. “We have cobbled together a lot of resources that we don’t currently have, so our staff is working double duty — nurses, peer support workers, front line staff are all just overwhelmed with the number of interventions just to keep people alive.”

The same day the report was released, Freiheit offered a tour of their treatment for substance abuse centre to federal Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor.

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The report said there are an average of 16 opioid poisonings that result in hospitalization each day in this country.

The age group with the fastest growing rate of hospitalization is young people 15 to 24.

Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, reported 2,800 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada in 2016 — or about eight every day.

“This is a major public health crisis in Canada,” Tam said.

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“It’s an avenue we’re looking at,” said Soucy.

“We don’t even know who was being targeted at the time.”

A 28-year-old male British army soldier was shot once in the leg, and a

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Two men were injured in a drive-by shooting in the parking lot near the Crazy Horse restaurant at the Kanata Centrum Shopping Centre in the early morning hours of Sept.

14. One man suffered a non-life-threatening leg wound and the second victim suffered minor shrapnel injuries.

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“Seventeen rounds had potential to hit 17 different things.”

22-year-old man suffered minor shrapnel injuries.

Both were treated in hospital for non-life-threatening wounds.

Investigators said both were innocent bystanders and were not the intended targets of the city’s 48th shooting of the year.

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Marianne Wilkinson announced on Twitter the day following the gun violence that a person of interest had been identified and that there was no risk to the public.

“Rc’d an update that Ottawa Police has a person of interest in the shooting this morning and no danger to the public,” she tweeted.

“That’s not correct,” said Soucy, adding that no persons of interest or suspects have been identified by investigators.

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“Seventeen rounds had potential to hit 17 different things,” said Soucy.

It’s not yet known whether a shooter reloaded to fire that many bullets or whether multiple guns were used in the shooting in the parking lot near several restaurants on Roland Michener Drive on Sept. 14 at 2:15 a.m., just after the bars closed.

Under Canadian law, there are limits to how many rounds a gun can hold, with the exception of firearms carried by members of the Canadian military and law enforcement personnel.

Still, there are illegal magazines that are modified to carry more rounds, Soucy added.

Police don’t know whether the driver or passenger of the Cherokee fired the shots, or even whether the vehicle had stopped at the time the

shots were fired or if it was still moving.

Investigators have also not yet determined the motive for the shooting, or whether it was gang related.

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Gun violence ‘extremely rare’ in Kanata: Coun.

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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence issued a statement confirming one of their soldiers was one of the wounded bystanders in the drive-by shooting.

“We can confirm that an off-duty soldier was injured during an incident in Ottawa in the early hours of this morning (local time),”

a U.K. army spokesperson said Sept. 14. “The solider has received hospital treatment and is in a stable condition.”

The department also said the injured soldier was in Canada as part of an army exercise and was off duty when the shooting occurred.

He was participating in the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concen-

tration at the Connaught Ranges and Primary Training Centre at Shirley’s Bay in Nepean. More than 450 people were taking part in the marksmanship competition, including teams from the Canadian military, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Kanata North Coun.

Marianne Wilkinson, who attended the crime scene the morning of the gun violence to speak with officers, said the shooting victim is “an innocent person (who) was hit in the leg.”

“It appears to be somebody coming into the area,” Wilkinson said of the shooter(s). “I’ll be working with police to see what can be done and try to improve the security. (Police) did tell me that it was not the fault of the bar.”

Guns and gangs officers are leading the investigation, which is made more challenging because of the early morning timing.

“Because of the time there’s less people out in the area, but if anybody has any information, they are asked

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Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson says she will work with police to try to improve security in the wake of the Kanata Centrum shooting. to contact us, of course,” Soucy said.

Gun violence is “extremely rare in Kanata,” said Wilkinson, noting there have been about three other instances in as many years in her ward.

For that reason, she was surprised when she woke up to the news.

Though there have been few shootings in Kanata, Wilkinson said, “Any shooting is too many. Safety in the community is extremely important.”

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Ottawa police guns and gangs unit at 613-2361222, ext. 5050.

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Kanata Terry Fox Run on track to raise $25K Half of all Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer: organizer

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One in two Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, according to a report released by the Canadian Cancer Society.

As officials and special guests were recognized before the beginning of the Kanata-Stittsville Terry Fox Run, that statistic was made evident; three of the six are cancer survivors.

“Almost half of all Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime,” said run organizer Michael Ward. “A large part is due to the average lifespan increasing, but it’s still a sobering thought. Even as survival rates for the most common cancers are over 94 per cent, some like pancreatic cancer, which claimed my mother-in-law, still have a very low rate.”

Local resident Dennis Mann, Kanata-Carleton MP Karen McCrimmon and Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson are all cancer survivors.

As a beneficiary of cancer treatments made possible by continuing research, McCrimmon said she was thankful people continue to participate and raise funds for the Terry Fox Foundation.

“It really touches my heart that you’re out here trying to make a difference in somebody else’s life,” she said. “You are making a difference in the lives of others and there’s nothing better that we can do with our own lives.”

As donations continue to be tallied, the Kanata run is

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Kanata Lakes couple Jim Bonnar and Francie Chappell finish the five-kilometre portion of the Terry Fox Run in 45 minutes on Sunday, Sept. 17. The Kanata-Stittsville event is on track to raise more than $25,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation this year. on track to bring in more than $25,000, while local schools raise on average $100,000 each year, said Ward.

“Terry had a goal of (raising) $1 for every Canadian, so looking at Kanata-Stittsville’s popu-

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The local run has raised more than $740,000 since it began 29 years ago.

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The purpose of the proposed OPA is to re-designate land within 90 m of Richmond Road from Major Open Space to General Urban Area.

The purpose of the proposed ZBA is to rezone the land adjacent to Richmond road to a Traditional Mainstreet Zone, however a park access corridor to Richmond Road will be retained in an Open Space (O1) zone.

The land to which the proposed OPA (file No. D01-01-15-0014) applies is also subject to the proposed ZBLA (file No. D02-02-17-0060). To review additional information and materials related to the proposed amendments, please contact the undersigned planner. The City of Ottawa would like to receive comments regarding the proposed amendments. Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, telephone, fax or email by October 16, 2017.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

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Pot plan a good first step

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espite some reports that the sky is falling, Canada will legalize marijuana next year, and in Ontario, the government will be the only legal seller.

This strict control – sales and distribution through LCBO channels – is a good idea.

Ontario government sales will mean the proceeds of pot sales are removed from the hands of organized crime, and at the same time, will add a new tax revenue stream to support public services.

The system proposed by the Ontario government will deliver quality control too, so users can be sure nothing scary has been added to their weed.

With sales restricted to people age 19 and over, any “allure” of doing something illegal is removed.

If the grey-hairs are puffing joints, how rebellious will it feel for a teen to get their hands on a baggie of pot?

The LCBO system should also mean predictable prices and supply. And the staff will be the same professionals who run our liquor stores.

And most importantly, we will no longer see smokers receive criminal records. Those records

hold people back and keep them from jobs where they could be more productive. To complete the sensible pot legalization circle, the Trudeau Liberals should erase the criminal records of anyone who, in the past, was convicted of marijuana possession.

The only puzzling Queen’s Park decision is promising to create new pot outlets apart from existing liquor stores. Given that every LCBO store has good security and cash-handling processes, it makes no sense to create new places to sell pot, especially given the number of outlets that would be required across this huge province.

It would be cheaper and more efficient to carve out one corner of each liquor store to sell pot.

Separate outlets would require at least three staff members – no one will work alone of course – and someone has to give the others lunch breaks. In an existing liquor store, one or two staff members could move back and forth from the marijuana outlet to the liquor cash registers as required.

But the sky is not falling. People smoke pot now and they will smoke pot after July 2018. They just won’t be arrested for it.

Climate change is not a spectator sport

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ell … in Ottawa we get a little water in the basement and we scream bloody murder, demand that somebody do something about it and threaten to sue.

Whereas, south of here, people have water on the living room floor, rivers where there once were streets and empty spaces where there once were roofs.

It rather puts things into perspective.

The main lesson isn’t that we should be grateful for what we have, although we should, but that we maybe should give some thought to how we might deal with calamitous weather.

Of course, we assume it isn’t coming. We get snow, lots of it, cold, lots of that, and the occasional ice storm.

But that’s about it. The really serious weather events are for people who live in warmer climes, near oceans.

an effect – not necessarily that it would cause more storms, but that it would cause those storms to be more intense.

And experts on urban development analyzed the preparedness of various Funny Town cities for major weather “events” – as they seemed to be called. The experts said it wasn’t a good idea to pave every But maybe not. The climatologists inch, as Houston seemed to have done. are saying that all of us will experiWater has to have somewhere to drain ence more severe weather in the future. into, so that it won’t drain into people’s That’s because of climate change, houses. although the words were hardly ever So we can learn from all this. Hurmentioned in the exhaustive Irma ricanes probably won’t come here, but television coverage. we have seen what rain can do and we That coverage was less than instruc- have seen a lot of rain, particularly this tive. It seemed to be mainly about year. There is no reason to suspect that television personalities standing out in we won’t see more in future years. the wind and rain and shouting that There is nothing to stop us from getthere was wind and rain. ting ready. The fact that climate change When coverage occasionally moved is a naughty expression to the south indoors, climate experts were heard to of us shouldn’t keep us from being suggest that climate change would have aware of it and what it can do. We can

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regulate future growth and development with an eye to allowing rains to drain away, rather than paving every available acre. We can do necessary infrastructure spending to make sure that our storm sewers function effectively. In this respect we will remember that we elected a federal government that promised big-time spending on infrastructure and we can remind the government of that promise.

The television images of death and destruction in warmer places can be mesmerizing but they shouldn’t distract us from the fact that bad things can happen here too.

Meanwhile, we shouldn’t forget, in all the excitement, that climate change can be fought. All it takes is a lot political courage. Let’s see: that would involve taking on energy companies, increasing the amount of regulation involving what people can do with their EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS EDITOR: Nevil Hunt, nevil.hunt@metroland.com, 613-221-6235 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com - 613-221-6239 POLITICAL REPORTER: Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com, 613-221-6220 THE DEADLINE FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISING IS MONDAY 5PM

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No, neither do we.

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ttawa school boards may be looking at counterparts in London, Ont. with envy, as that board seeks to level the student playing field by getting more kids connected.

The Thames Valley District School Board launched a pilot project in September, announcing it will issue 1,600 Chromebooks to grade nine students in eight high schools. The kids will essentially own the devices, using them for in-class tasks and homework.

As in Ottawa, the majority of high schools in London have seen a shift in recent years to online classrooms — in this case Google Classroom. The idea is to give students what they need to complete their homework.

Now those without access to a computer at home won’t be at a disadvantage.

But it will be costly. The pilot, itself, is expected to cost more than $732,000, money that’s not coming from the provincial coffers. The Thames Valley board is

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse using its reserve money to cover the cost, a project it hopes it can roll out city-wide in future, should the pilot be a success. The board estimates expenditures of $2.5 million annually to provide Chromebooks to grade nine students across the city.

In the meantime, it’s been noted that costs associated with technology will be offset by the reduced need for textbooks.

It may be a hard pill to swallow for some, but textbooks are going the way of the dodo bird. They are expensive, bulky and the information becomes irrelevant before the glue on the

binding has time to dry. Educators are seeing more value in accessing up-to-date, multimedia information online in subjects as diverse as history and math.

While most would agree that kids should have access to online resources in and out of the classroom, the jury is still out on how to balance play time and entertainment with learning.

The same week Thames Valley announced its new pilot, Ontario’s largest school board said it will extend its social media ban.

Since the spring, students in the Toronto District School Board have been barred from using

Netflix, Instagram and Snapchat, sites the board says use up too much bandwidth and slow down traffic across the network.

But it may also come as a relief to teachers, some of whom have expressed frustration at policing electronic devices in the classroom. It’s easy enough for any student on Google Classroom, for example, to get stuck into chatting with friends on Hangouts or flipping from

math-oriented video games to Madden.

There’s no turning back the clock on technology in the classroom. Most people agree that, in order to stay competitive as a country, Canadian kids need to be exposed to technology early on. But we may not want to throw the baby out with the bath water.

A 2015 study of 15-year-olds across 31 countries by the Orga-

nization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that students who used computers more in the classroom had lower scores in reading and math.

As the four public school boards in Ottawa seek to find ways to get our students connected in coming years, they may want to consider practices that simultaneously encourage kids to put pen to paper.

Merivale Road (North) Community Design Plan Information Session #2

Thursday, October 5, 2017 6:30 to 9 p.m. (drop-in anytime) Alexander Community Centre 960 Silver Street

You are invited to find out more about the Merivale Road (North) Community Design Plan (CDP) study. The outcomes of the CDP will affect how the northern end of Merivale Road will look and function in the future.

The CDP study area affects land adjacent to Merivale Road between Caldwell Avenue and Carling Avenue.

The study generally includes creating guidelines for land use and urban design, review and possible changes to the current zoning of land on select properties (see notice below), consideration of a range of new economic development incentives and creation of a “complete street” design to improve walking, cycling and streetscape in the future.

At the session, city staff will have information available to answer your questions on the preliminary recommendations for the Community Design Plan. If you are unable to attend the session, you may review the information on the city’s website and provide your comments online.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call or email the planner identified below before September 29, 2017.

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Go to the city’s website at ottawa.ca/imaginemerivaleroadnorth or, contact the planner listed in the Notice of Proposed Zoning By-law Amendments below:

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LAND SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL The Zoning By-Law Amendment proposal generally affects properties adjacent to Merivale Road between Caldwell Avenue and Carling Avenue including select properties on Merivale Road, Kirkwood Avenue, Chatelain Avenue, Shillington Avenue, Thames Street, Laperriere Avenue, Leaside Avenue and Anna Avenue.

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FURTHER INFORMATION For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, contact: Chris Brouwer, Planner Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 27813 Fax: 613-580-2459 Email: Chris.Brouwer@ottawa.ca.

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Church Services The Anglican Parish of March St John’s South March 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata Sunday Service 9:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am

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Suspects armed with guns rob homeowner: police Police investigating if attack was targeted

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

Two suspects armed with handguns and dressed as construction workers forced their way into a Kanata home, restrained the homeowner and stole a number of handbags on Sept. 11, according to Ottawa police.

Police are asking the public to help identify the men.

The duo were dressed in construction clothes when they rang the doorbell of a home in the 100-block of Westover Cres., located in the Arcadia community, around 10:50 a.m.

Armed with handguns, they forced their way inside after the lone female occupant opened her door, said Staff Sgt. Michael Haarbosch, head of the police robbery unit.

One man controlled the victim, while the second male searched the premises.

The two fled the scene with some women’s handbags.

The homeowner wasn’t in-

jured, he said.

Police don’t know if the home was targeted or if it was a random attack.

“The occupant was actually expecting someone, she was actually expecting a contractor at the residence,” said Haarbosch, who declined to specify the contractor or company’s name. “We don’t know (if the home was targeted) at this point. It’s certainly an aspect we’re looking at.”

The suspects’ clothing appeared new and they carried a large black duffle bag, possibly made by Adidas, with a “UCLA” marking and yellow stripes.

Police are hoping to identify where the items were purchased.

“There’s some suspicion that stuff may have been purchased not long beforehand.

That construction clothing is virtually unmarked,” said Haarbosch.

“We’re appealing to retailers – if they recognize them, give us a call.”

The first suspect is an Asian male of medium height and build, with short hair. He was wearing a fluorescent vest over a black jacket, sunglasses, and yellow and black Stanley work gloves.

The second suspect is a Caucasian male of medium height and build. He was wearing a fluorescent jacket, black pants with a reflective stripe, sunglasses and black work gloves.

Both were wearing yellow hardhats.

The two may have walked away in a westbound direction, said Haarbosch, and likely had a vehicle parked at the top of the crescent.

They are hoping residents or retailers may have seen the vehicle or the suspects.

“We’d certainly like to hear from anybody if they encountered them,” said Haarbosch.

Anyone with information regarding this robbery is asked to call the robbery unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116.

Submit a tip anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-8477.

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Council casts vote in favour of longer parking hours

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If you can park for six hours in Old Ottawa South, customers may not pay for spots around Lansdowne, said Capital Coun. David Chernushenko during a vote to ratify changes to the city’s parking bylaw.

Council approved the slate of changes, which most notably include moving to six hour parking on unsigned streets during the weekend and statutory holidays, on Sept. 13.

“The plans for Lansdowne never envisioned streets in Old Ottawa South where you can park forFriends six hours,” said. of thehe Central Experimental “The parking lots in theFarm area are already underwhelmed.”

Chernushenko, who voted in favour of the changes, said he will likely work with residents

to institute parking restrictions hockey, on some streets.

• a 45-second stopping rule Gloucester-Southgate Coun. for cabs, Diane Deans also said she’d be • protecting the bike boxes working with residents.

– stopping space allocated for Deans said between the Sept. cyclists, 6 transportation meeting and • a move from three hours to council, she received emails six-hour parking on unsigned from people concerned about streets. what the looser rules will mean Kanata North Coun. Allan for people who rent out their Hubley questioned how bylaw homes with Airbnb. Deans said officers would enforce the new in some cases, the set up is like rule, which is set to be in place a small hotel, with lots of cars for June 1, 2018, given their taking up spots on residential shift limitations. streets.

“I never get emails saying we The city consulted with the have enough parking enforcepublic in the form of an online ment,” he said. survey from July 21 to Aug. 22.

Most bylaw officers work Out of the 1,971 that respond- seven-and-half hour shifts and ed to the survey, 72 per cent theAmis officer chalks the car de that la Ferme centrale were in favour of the changes. expérimentale must be the one to issue the Aside from moving to six- ticket. On a typical weekend, hour parking, the changes in- there can be anywhere from clude: eight to 13 bylaw officers han• officially allowing street dling parking complaints.

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Queen of the quilt

Kanata Lakes resident Kathy Panagapko, member of the Kanata Quilt Guild, displays her creation – one among more than 100 – at the guild’s inaugural Quilt Show, held at Glen Cairn United Church on Sept. 16.

The guild, which has members from across Ottawa, has attracted 170 members in seven years of operation.

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Annual shooting competition brings soldiers from around the world to Nepean CHRISTOPHER WHAN christopher.whan@metroland.com

The Canadian Armed Forces held their small arms concentration competition at the Connaught ranges on Sept. 15. Forces members from across Canada and around the world came to compete for the both the Queen’s Medal and the Captain Shannon Wills Trophy for the best shot in the forces. This year featured soldiers from Canada’s three branches and the Canadian Rangers as well as members from the United States military, United Kingdom military and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

According to the Army, the aim of the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration is to “improve marksmanship and small arms proficiency thereby increasing the operational effectiveness of the Canadian Armed Forces.”

Soldiers compete in several trials throughout the event including the Queen’s Medal competition and the Canadian Rangers Open.

The Queen’s Medal is awarded to the soldier with the highest score at the end of the first stage of the competition. Soldiers spend the first stage on the range in various forms of shooting.

Where the first stage consists of exclusively rifle shooting, the second stage is pistol. The events are mostly the same albeit at a shorter range to accommodate pistols.

Finally the third stage consists of simulated urban environments that require soldiers to complete “missions.” Every year the urban range is rebuilt from

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Members of armed forces from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands compete for the Queen’s medal at the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration at the Connaught Ranges on Sept. 15 scratch so past competitors have no idea what they are in for. This year was especially different as organizers introduced a new automated sentry unit that tracks moving targets and fires back – with paintballs.

According to Lt.-Col. Mark Popov, the live fire events improve the troops.

“This is applicable outside the competition as it teaches soldiers to think on their feet,” said Popov.

“We rely on every member of the Forces to lead and make decisions under pressure.”

This was the first shooting competition ever for Capt. Behzad Alijanpoor. His regular job in the military is as an aerospace engineering officer, and beyond basic training and his yearly training check-ups, he doesn’t get to shoot quite as often as he’d like.

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“I wasn’t that experienced and just the transformation I’ve had from that to where I am now, being able to compete in CAFSAC and being able to shoot at a much higher level is a great experience,” said Alijanpoor. “There isn’t enough exposure to CAFSAC and there is many people, from my experience, that don’t know about CAFSAC.” There’s a common misconception that the competition is exclusively for the combat arms trades.

That’s not the case and Capt.

Alijanpoor believes that the more soldiers that know about this, the better off the military will be.

“At the end of the day, as members of the Canadian Armed Forces, we’re all soldiers first,” said Alijanpoor. “Having the training we got to qualify for CAFSAC and be able to compete here is truly invaluable.”

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You’re invited to join Hospice Care Ottawa for the official opening of ‘Hein House’, the newly constructed residential wing of our Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice. Tours will be available for you to view the beautiful new facility. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be followed by our Annual General Meeting. Please join us!

Monday, September 25, 2017

Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice, 110 McCurdy Drive, Kanata Open House 3:00-5:30 p.m.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30 p.m.

Annual General Meeting 6:30-8:00 p.m.

We are delighted to welcome Mark Sutcliffe as our AGM guest speaker.

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(COCA-COLA ACCOUNT MANAGER) With great sadness we announce that Daryl passed away suddenly but very peacefully at home on Thursday morning, September 14th, 2017. He was 55. Dear son of Lyllis McNab (John). Predeceased by his father, Ken. Adored husband and best friend of Joanne (nee Armsden). Proud and devoted Dad of Adam (Amanda) and Josh. Treasured and doting “Grampa” of Addi. Loved brother of Mark Cybulski (Susan), Paul Cybulski (Madonna) and Jodi Popplewell (Terry). Special son-inlaw of Gert Armsden (late Bruce). Daryl was like a brother to Brian and Julie Armsden. He was a very special “Uncle Daryl” to Rett, Sadie and Ella. He will also be fondly remembered by nieces and nephew: Sara, Julia, Justin and Erin. Daryl loved life. He was well known for his passion for hockey, snowmobiling, boating and most all outdoor activities. His love and devotion to his family and close friends made him the special man that he was. A bright candle extinguished far too soon. Daryl’s family invited friends to join them during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and again on Monday from 9:30 until 10:45 a.m. A Tribute to Daryl took place in the Pilon Family Chapel on Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Cremation followed. In Daryl’s memory, please consider a donation to the Arnprior Minor Hockey Association or the Grace Olivia Glofcheskie Memorial Fund.

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ELLIOTT, BERNARD “BUNNY”

(Retired Arnprior Public Works) Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon, September 17th, 2017; Bernard Donald “Bunny” Elliott of Arnprior passed away at the age of 85. Predeceased by his beloved wife and best friend, Joyce (nee Moyle) on January 21st, 2009. Dearly loved and proud Dad of Marion Elliott (Paul Kelly) of Renfrew; Donna Munro (Richard) of Kanata and Karen Elliott of Arnprior. Cherished and loving “Poppi” of 8 grandchildren: Adam Cordukes, Jodi Cordukes, Steven Kelly (Samantha), Scott Kelly (Nathalie), Trish Munro, Michael Ledgerwood (Mikaella) and Christopher Ledgerwood (Haylie) as well as 2 great-grandsons: William and Beckett.

Dear brother of Sheila Romhild (Bill) of Richmond. Predeceased by a sister, Grace Clarke. A kind and gentle man has earned his rest. Family and friends were invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. A Tribute to Bunny took place in the Pilon Family Chapel at 11 o’clock. Interment Malloch Road Cemetery, Arnprior. In memory of Bunny, please consider a donation to the Arnprior Regional Health Foundation.

Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

Ogg-Moss, Bill “Uncle Bill” (April 7, 1935 - May 25, 2012)

Peacefully at the Ottawa General Hospital, on Friday September 8, 2017 at the age of 90.

Predeceased by his wife Kathleen. Dear father of Ted, Ron (Corynn), Barry (Ruth), Alex (Joslynn), Glenn, Carl (Barbara) and Keith.

Proud grandfather of James, Krystina, Nancy, Deborah, Candice, Andrew, Wendel, Illana, Gabrielle, Tracy, Sherry, Alan, Lyndsay and Leisha and numerous great-grandchildren.

Survived by his brother Jack, the Duff family and many nieces and nephews.

Friends supported the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Ave., Carleton Place, on Friday September 15, 2017 from 12 noon until the funeral service in the Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Interment followed at United Cemeteries.

For those who wish, a donation to Veterans Affairs Canada would be appreciated by the family. www.barkerfh.com

Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Wednesday evening, September 13th, 2017; Gerald Alonzo Brown of Arnprior passed away at the age of 76 years. Gerald is survived by 6 children: Sue, Kevin, Dan and Doug Brown and Scott and Ty Ollson.

Predeceased by a daughter, Patty Brown and a son, Richard Ollson. Gerald grew up in the Gatineau. A rough and tumble no-nonsense kind of guy, he spent much of his working career as a truck driver.

He retired to Arnprior several years ago.

He will be remembered for his countless hours spent preparing meals and helping out at the Arnprior Legion. Friends are invited to join Gerald’s family during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Thursday evening, September 21th from 6 to 8 p.m. only.

Cremation will follow. In Gerald’s memory, please consider a donation to the Arnprior Legion.

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Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Margaret and Clifford Board September 21, 2017 Love and Best Wishes from Your Family

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Tim passed away peacefully on Thursday August 23, 2017 at the age of 41. Loving Husband of Cheryl (Steele). Proud Daddy of Kyle. Son of Larry (Anita) and Joan Knox. Brother of Shawn (Sylvie). Son-inlaw of Tim and Darlene. Brother-in-law of Tim (Kala). Proud Uncle of Justin, Owen, Mick, Kevin and Maggie. Special thank you to the staff at Elizabeth Bruyère for their care and compassion. Graveside Service was held at St. Paul’s United Cemetery, Richmond on Wednesday August 20 at 3:00 p.m. Celebration of Life followed at Danby’s in Muster from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or CHEO. Online condolences can be made at www. colefuneralservies.com.

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Husband of Shirley. Proud father of Debbie Gavin, Susan (late Jim) Buckley, Bruce (Kelly).

Loving grandfather of Amanda (Shaiin), Cody, Steve (Megan), Andy (Lauren), Chelsea (Brendan), Kyle and Ryan. Dear great-grandfather of MacKenzie, James, Zoe, and Lily.

Friends gathered at Pinecrest Cemetery, 2500 Baseline Rd, Ottawa on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. for a graveside service.

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Homeowners affected by the May flood won’t have to worry about permit fees for minor variances while they rebuild, council decided on Sept.

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The city will offer a threeyear break for homeowners dealing with flooding damage, allowing them to skip the need to seek approval for minor variances, such as height changes, adding stilts or changing the setback from the property line.

The city’s top planning boss, Steve Willis, said anything rebuilt will likely be required to

be flood-protected, meaning the building will likely sit higher off the ground, but added there’s no pot of money for relocation being made available.

The move could save homeowners as much as $2,500 in administrative fees.

More than 275 properties along the Ottawa River were affected by flooding.

“It’s about time to get these people back into their homes,” said Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, during the July 12 council meeting.

Council already voted to defer June property tax payments until December and directed staff to streamline the variance process in July.

Ahead by a century Gurbachan Bebi (right) will celebrate his 100th birthday on Sept. 26 and has family flying in from India for the party. Bebi, seen with Mayor Jim Watson, attended Expo 55+, which featured vendors and services geared towards older adults, at the Mlacak Centre on Sept. 15.

In the Planning Act — the provincial legislation that deals with property rights — property owners who have an existing, legally established building structure located in the flood plain have a legal right to build in the same location.

The province has implemented the Disaster Recovery Assistance Program, but there is a $250,000 limit in compensation for emergency expenses and repairs.

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Chaudière Falls lights the night starting in October

BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com

Ottawa 2017 is hoping its next signature event will “dazzle with light.”

That’s the direct translation of the Anishinaabe word that is part of the event’s title, Mìwàte: Illumination of the Chaudière Falls.

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“We don’t want to create passive traditional lighting, we want this to be as edgy and surprising as Kontinuum. We want to stimulate your imagination and inspire you by doing a contrast between the natural organic beauty and the edgy technological effects we will create with all that lighting equipment.”

Speaking of Kontinuum – the multimedia sound and light show inside the city’s Lyon light rail station – about two-thirds of the equipment from that event will be used to animate the falls, with even more to be added.

The event is a partnership with Canadian production company Moment Factory.

The event has been more than two years in the making and it has been done with a lot of input from Indigenous communities, Laflamme said.

“One priority is for this to be a signature event and a tribute to Indigenous people,” he said, adding interpretive panels have been written by and vetted by

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Mìwàte: Illumination of the Chaudière Falls, begins in early October. It’s an Ottawa 2017 signature event that executive director Guy Laflamme said is light years away from the lighting at Niagara Falls.

Indigenous elders. The lighting effects, theme and style have also been a collaborative effort.

“It is a sacred site for First Nations so we want to respect and honour that. That’s why all the communication and the artistic approach will be about celebrating and respecting the natural beauty of the site, the solemn nature of the site and celebrating the culture of Indigenous peoples,” he said.

He added the project is also a step towards reconciliation.

“From the perspective of people of Pikwàkanagan and the Indigenous group we have been working with, the focus is not on celebrating Canada’s 150th, but using this opportunity to further the dialogue between residents, visitors and representatives from the First Nations community,” Laflamme said.

The event will bring visitors down Booth Street, just before the Chaudière Bridge, up a pathway before winding around to what Laflamme calls the “sweet

spot” at the edge of the falls.

“Having the chance to be right on the edge and have this immersive experience right on the edge of the falls is already a major, exceptional experience,” he said.

It also brings to life one of the dreams of former Ottawa MP and NCC chair Jean Pigott, who pushed for more access to the falls.

“This is probably going to be one of the biggest legacy projects of Ottawa 2017, because two seconds after we turned on the first lighting effect on the falls, it was clear to me that this was not just a one-off. This is a project that will grow year after year.”

The illumination has a 10- to 15-minute loop, meaning spectators don’t have to come at the start.

It will run seven days a week, from a half-hour after sunset until 10 p.m., beginning in early October.

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Kanata households earn about 40k more than national average

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The median household income for households in Kanata-Carleton for 2015 was $109,440, significantly higher than the national average.

On Sept. 13, Statistics Canada released a report on household income in Canada, using results from the 2016 census.

Nationwide, the 2015 median household income rose to $70,366, up $7,000 from 2005.

Income growth was slowest in Ontario and Quebec, which the report attributed to a decline in manufacturing.

The numbers mean the average household income in Kanata-Carleton is $39,074 more than the national average, based on pre-tax statistics.

The average pre-tax income for a one-person household was $58,891 in Kanata-Carleton, while the average for a home with two or more income earners was $121,445. The statistics are reported for the entire Kanata-Carleton riding, which

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Across Canada, two-thirds of households contributed to some sort of registered savings account in 2015, whether it was an RRSP, RRP or TFSA. Nationwide, 96 per cent of couples had both spouses reporting some sort of income — a dramatic increase from the mid1970s, when Statistics Canada said only two-thirds did.

Across Canada, same-sex couples reported high average incomes. Female same-sex

couples had a median total income of $92,857, while male same-sex couples had a median income of $100,707.

Men are still more likely to be the higher-income recipient in heterosexual couples, though the gap is shrinking. In 1985, a man had a “relatively higher” income in 71.3 per cent of couples. Now, the man has a relatively higher income 50.7 per cent of the time, with the female earning a relatively higher amount 17.3 per cent of the time.

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City Councillor Kanata South Week in Review On Street Parking Petition We have had questions from residents regarding on street parking restrictions and options available to address the issue in certain areas of Kanata South. On street parking becomes an issue for residents when homeowners do not have enough parking on their property to accommodate their personal needs.

Why this becomes a community issue and a trigger for visits from Parking Control Officers is that the vehicles on the public roadway can restrict cars moving on the road, prevent garbage trucks, school buses, delivery trucks or even emergency vehicles from getting to homes on the street.

An option that has been used successfully in our community and across the city to help remedy the congestion that can be found on residential roadways, is the petition process. Changes to any parking regulations must be circulated through a formal petition process so that every resident on the street knows about the proposed change. The Traffic Department can review the roadway and work with the resident who is inquiring to draft proposed changes that are desired, however, this will require a resident with an address on the street to circulate the petition with neighbours and obtain 66% concurrence through the form of signatures. This rule stops someone who parks on your street, but does not live there from making changes to it without your knowledge. The Traffic Department will identify and include any addresses that need to be included on the petition. Upon successful completion, they will review and request consent from the Ward Councillor. As such, this ensures that any residents who would be impacted by changes to on-street parking are able to participate in the decision process to ensure their support or disagreement is considered.

If you or any of your neighbours would like to learn additional information about changing the on-street parking regulations for your street, please contact my office and we would be pleased to connect you with the Traffic Assessment Specialist to discuss in further detail.

Hopes Rising for Mental Health For the 3rd year in a row Sobeys will be running a $2.00 Checkout Campaign to support the Queensway Carleton Hospital Hopes Rising Campaign, https://qchfoundation.ca/ hopes-rising/.

The campaign runs from Friday, September 15th – Sunday, September 24th at the following 4 west-end Sobeys stores: Sobeys Kanata (Terry Fox) Sobeys March Road Sobeys Stittsville Sobeys Barrhaven

Upcoming Events September 23rd: E- Waste Recycle Day. 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., 170 Castlefrank Rd. For further details, visit www.khlions.com or call 613-836-2657.

October 5th: 2018 Public Budget Consultation meeting, Kanata Recreation Complex – Hall A, 6:30 p.m. Come out and share your thoughts on the 2018 Budget with your Councillor and City Finance staff.

October 6th: The 7th Annual Scaring is Caring for Mental Health at Saunders Farm will take place on Oct. 6th! Free bus shuttle and discounted tickets available. Please call my office for further details, 613-580-2752

Couple and dog escape house fire Basement blaze causes ‘severe damages’ to two-storey home: OFS

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

A fire that started in the basement of a two-storey home in Kanata Lakes on Sept. 13 blew out windows on every floor.

Two adults were home sleeping when they woke and noticed a smell, said Ottawa fire spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. They were able to escape safely with their dog and call 911.

Firefighters received the call at 8:18 a.m. for a basement fire at 4 Shaughnessy Cres., in the area of Knudson Drive and Kanata Avenue. Early reports indicated the home’s heat recovery ventilator was on fire.

Crews from Station 42 in Beaverbrook were first on scene and began a “rapid fire attack,” said Cardinal. Firefighters pulled out of the home about 10 minutes into the attack as conditions became dangerous.

Once it was deemed safe, crews re-entered the house to continue fire suppression.

“Because of the size of it and time implications, there were severe damages,” said Cardinal.

“They did have to cut a hole through the floors. It was a bit more elaborate than if it was a bungalow or smaller structure.”

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A fire at a home in Kanata Lakes on Sept. 13 causes ‘severe damage’ throughout the building, said Ottawa fire spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. A couple and their dog escaped safely before calling 911.

Photos posted to Twitter showed broken windows, blown out by the heat, throughout the two-storey home, as well as smoke and fire damage to the building’s exterior.

“The fire did extend throughout the house,” said Cardinal.

“You see the windows out on every floor.”

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Victim assistance wasn’t required, said Cardinal, and the family was “dealing with the aftermath of it,” with their insurance provider. No injuries were reported.

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Plenty of Reason. Leaving aside what happened, and what you might be entitled to recover as a result of your injuries, it is always a good idea to consult with a lawyer before taking a settlement proposed by an insurance company. Insurance adjusters work for Insurance companies and they do not approach a settlement based on what you are entitled to.

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Assert your rights. Over the years I have come to understand that people almost always benefit from at least consulting with a lawyer before trying to settle with an insurance company.

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Canoe, kayak challenge to honour slain soldier’s memory Mayor to host moment of silence for Cpl. Cirillo, fallen soldiers

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It’s been almost three years since Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed while on duty as a sentry at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa.

His memory will be honoured when paddlers take to the waters of the Rideau River to canoe, kayak and dragon boat during the second annual Cpl. Nathan Cirillo Memorial Cup Challenge at the Rideau Canoe Club on Sept. 30, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is about giving back, and honouring the slain reservist, who was murdered by a lone gunman on Oct. 22, 2014, as well as serve as a tribute to Canada’s military veterans.

Mayor Jim Watson will lead a moment of silence, beginning around 10:15 a.m.

“There’s a lot of fallen soldiers out there,” said Barbara Boucher, director of the Canine Citadel Society’s Ottawa-based Boots 4 Pups chapter. “It’s for all of them.”

The day of paddling near

Mooney’s Bay and the Hog’s Back Falls will generate funds to pay for the training of service dogs for military veterans and first responders who have post-traumatic stress disorder or an operational stress injury.

The inaugural challenge generated $6,000 through donations, registration fees and a 50/50 draw. That helped Boots 4 Pups generate a total of $10,000 by the end of 2016.

It costs between $3,500 and $5,000 to acquire and train a PTSD service dog, Boucher said.

New this year, the event will include a silent auction, and the Rideau Canoe Club will provide canoes, kayaks and dragon boats. Proceeds from watercraft rentals will be shared by Boots 4 Pups and the club.

Participants are also once again welcome to bring their own boats.

“We’re trying to make this as easy for everybody to participate and challenge yourself to be on the water and

come and commemorate Cpl. Nathan Cirillo,” Boucher said. “It’s not a race. It’s to challenge yourself.”

Those who take part can enter a draw to have their name featured on the event trophy, just like last year. As well, the challenge will coincide with the canoe club’s regatta, which will see participants from across the province compete here.

That begins just as the memorial challenge ends, at 3 p.m.

The team that wins the regatta will also see its name engraved on the memorial trophy. The event will also include a visit from an Ottawa fire truck, as well as facepainting and paw painting, the proceeds of which will also go to the Boots 4 Pups chapter.

For event details or to register for the challenge, visit boots4pups.ca or rideaucanoeclub.ca. Registration can also be done beginning at 8 a.m. on the day of the event at the Rideau Canoe Club, 804 Hog's Back Rd.

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Casino vote turns controversial as council approves raceway gaming site

BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

A technical amendment that would pave the way for Hard Rock International to take over the Rideau Carleton Raceway took a turn during the council vote on Sept. 13.

Four councillors spoke out against the social costs of gambling during the vote on what Mayor Jim Watson called a “technical amendment.”

Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun.

Tobi Nussbaum kicked off the debate, with concerns about lack of public comments from previous council votes included in the report.

Council hashed out the question of a casino in the capital, following a comprehensive review of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s gaming facilities in 2010.

The city ultimately decided to support the rural areas by sticking with the raceway as the sole casino location and agreeing to an expansion of the facilities by adding 21

tables.

The report on the amendment to name the site a gaming facility — what council voted on most recently — included the comments from six people who wrote in on the issue. The comments were largely favourable.

Nussbaum said he wasn’t comfortable voting in favour without access to public comments from the 2012 council vote on the issue.

Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt said presentday comments should hold more weight than those in the past.

“It’s a different reality today,” he said, referring to the fact that in 2011, the future of horse racing at the site was under threat.

Following the council vote, OLG announced a 20-year casino operating and services agreement with Hard Rock.

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Jan Harder said councillors should look at the plan as a $350-million investment in the city.

“We will have a fulsome debate when the issue comes

to ARAC (agriculture and rural affairs committee) and planning,” she said.

But Kitchissippi Coun.

Jeff Leiper wanted to know if this council was bound by the decisions of the last term.

“I am not sure council needs to be complicit in the expansion of gambling,” he said.

Mayor Jim Watson said councillors were borrowing worry that belongs to an upper level of government.

“I would encourage councillors not to take on the problem gaming file,” he said. “It’s up to the province to deal with problem gaming programs.”

Watson added that the money flowing into the Trillium Foundation — an agency of the government of Ontario that awards grants to not-forprofit organizations — comes from OLG. “I suspect those councillors that are against this will stop going to those novelty cheque presentations,” he said of those who voted against the amendment to name the RCR a gaming site.

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Homeowners affected by the May flood won’t have to worry about permit fees for minor variances while they rebuild, council decided on Sept. 13.

The city will offer a three-year break for homeowners dealing with flooding damage, allowing them to skip the need to seek approval for minor variances, such as height changes, adding stilts or changing the setback from the property line.

The city’s top planning boss, Steve Willis, said anything rebuilt will likely be required to be floodprotected, meaning the building will likely sit higher off the ground, but added there’s no pot of money for relocation being made available.

The move could save homeowners as much as $2,500 in administrative fees.

More than 275 properties along the Ottawa River were affected by flooding.

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SERVING KANATA NORTH City Councillor, Kanata North CRIME IN KANATA NORTH – Although overall crime rates are low in Kanata North, two recent serious occurances have made us aware that we are not immune from crime. The home invasion by two armed men in Arcadia and an unrelated drive-by shooting at Centrum, where two uninvolved people were injured, are frightening and need rapid action. Police are making progress in both of these cases. I’ve set up a meeting on Oct 2nd Mlacak Centre Halls C and D from 7-9 pm to have the police, including representatives from the Guns and Gangs Unit, report to the community on these incidents and discuss actions that can be taken to ensure they are not repeated. Details of the meeting are being finalized and will be available on my website soon.

I’ve also arranged to meet with the Chair of the Police Board to find out what is being done at that level.

Support from the community is essential in reducing crime rates. Call the police at 613-236-1222 or anonymously via Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 to report any suspicious activity. Also consider setting up a Neighbourhood Watch on your street. Information on how to do this will be at my meeting and online at https://www.ottawapolice.ca/ en/safety-and-crime-prevention/Neighbourhood-Watch.asp/ LOCAL FIRE - A big thank you to Ottawa Fire Services for their quick response to a fire that destroyed a home in Kanata Lakes last week. Thankfully the residents and their dog were able to escape. Our firefighters kept the fire from spreading to other homes and were able to save some contents. Make sure to check your own smoke alarms and insurance policies. Have an evacuation plan in place and practice!

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UPDATE ON THE IMPACT OF KNUDSON DRIVE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT’S 11 speed cushions - Knudson was identified as one of the highest priorities for permanent traffic calming measures.

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ou didn’t have to guess what grade Miss Crosby was talking to in our one-room schoolhouse.

She had only to look down from her desk and cast her eyes on those she wished to speak to, and the rest of us were expected to keep ourselves busy.

That day she told the Senior Fourths, my sister and brothers’ grade, that she had a special lesson for them.

They were to write an essay on all the things that made them happy and grateful. It was their homework, and Miss Crosby gave them a week to do it in.

As often happened when my sister Audrey was doing her homework at the kitchen table at night, she would take a piece of paper and hand me a pencil, and she would print simple words, and I would have to copy them to improve on my

MARY COOK Memories printing. I had yet to learn to write.

She would do the same with simple arithmetic sums, and I was never sure if what Audrey did was because she was anxious that I keep up with those in my grade at school, or if she was practicing to be a teacher, which was what she dreamed of being when she was finished at the Northcote School.

And so when she was working at the table that night on her essay, she seemed very deep in

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thought. She kept looking my way, and once she even patted my hand and smiled.

I thought this all very odd, but then, it was pretty hard for me, so much younger than Audrey, to second guess what was on her mind.

It was getting close to bedtime, and I asked Audrey if she would read to me what she had written. She said she had a lot more to write, and besides, she didn’t think Miss Crosby would want anyone else to read it before she handed it

in. I certainly wasn’t going to question my sister, but I would sure have loved to hear what made her happy and grateful.

And I wondered if she dared to write that when Mother bought her her very first bra at Walker’s Store, she said she was never as happy in her whole life!

Gone were the strips of flour bagging that she tied around her chest!

Could that be what she was writing about? No, because it wasn’t unusual for Miss Crosby to read what a pupil had written if she thought it deserved it. And that would mortify my shy sister Audrey!

Well, every night Audrey got out her scribbler and wrote, erased, wrote and erased some more.

My brothers had finished long ago, and had already handed in their essays to Miss Crosby. And then just

the day it was due, Audrey gave it one final read, and put it on the corner of the teacher’s desk. I thought I would never know what had taken Audrey so long to write.

And then the day came when Miss Crosby had read all the essays, and handed them back. I saw that my sister had three gold stars on the top sheet. One star was a real honour ... but three stars were right up there with getting top honours in the spelling bee!

Audrey quickly tucked the sheets into her book bag.

It was many weeks later when my best friend Velma was over to play that I found Audrey’s essay in the back of her washstand drawer, and I asked Velma if she would read it to me.

Velma was in one grade higher than I was, smart as a whip, and had long since learned to write instead of

print, and could also read.

Well! What a revelation!

Audrey had written what made her happiest was when she read to me at night before we went to bed.

She said just watching me, her little sister, smile, and sometimes laugh, or stay perfectly still as the story unfolded, brought her the utmost happiness, and then she finished her essay by saying she was grateful she had a little sister like Mary!

I didn’t let on to Audrey that I knew what her essay was about, but I knew I too had something to be both happy and grateful for, for a very long time to come.

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“I'm really very honoured to receive this award,” said Tucker, who remains on the council’s board of directors.

“I was embarrassed really, because I didn’t think I deserved it. There are other people who deserve it just as much as me.”

Council’s past president Sarah Trant nominated Tucker for the award, saying she never says “no” when asked to help.

“She is just one of those people who gets 10 gold stars as far as I'm concerned. She is just a remarkable lady,” said Trant. “Liz never expected to be thanked and I have to thank her. She will do anything for anybody and she’s done it consistently.”

Tucker began volunteering at the centre as the front desk clerk after retiring from the Beaverbrook Library in 2008.

It didn’t take long for her to take on other responsibilities and she became a “vital contributor to event ideas, themes and entertainment,” said Chris Valentine, son of Frank Valentine, who presented the award.

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Long-time Kanata Seniors Council volunteer Liz Tucker is awarded the Frank Valentine Award by Chris Valentine during the council’s annual general meeting on Sept. 11. basically worked every event — from planning, setting up, decorating, even cleaning up after; as some of you know, this often involved doing dishes for 150 people,” he said.

Tucker joined the council’s board shortly after, taking on the role of treasurer. She cocreated the council’s popular Far West Fun Fest, which has become a signature event, with then-president Kay Dubie.

Outside the local seniors community, Tucker has also been involved with the Ottawa

Valley Hunt Pony Club as its district commissioner as well as its treasurer, as chair of the Prince Philip Cup at the local and national levels, and chair and national director of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Valley Region of the Canadian Pony Club.

Tucker is modest about the work she does in the community.

“I've got to do something, I like to be busy,” said the soonto-be 75-year-old.

“I enjoy doing what I do,

I enjoy working with people.

I’ve met an awful lot of people here too that I wouldn’t have met otherwise … I think being involved keeps you younger.”

The Frank Valentine Award honours an older adult or couple who volunteer in the community and provide leadership with a focus on seniors’ needs.

Tucker certainly fit the bill.

“It’s for someone who has done so much, gives so much of their time,” said Chris Valentine. “This recognition is long overdue.”

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September 2017 The number of new homes being built here in the national capital region continues to grow, according to the latest figures from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The August numbers for Ottawa were particularly encouraging with housing starts totalling close to 620, up an impressive 22 per cent on the same month a year ago. Among that number, singlefamily home starts were at 177, a jump of seven per cent.

The improving numbers reflect a trend toward steady growth in the industry.

“Demand for new homes remains strong, consistent with consumer confidence which reached its highest level in ten years,” noted Bob Dugan, CMHC’s chief economist in a Sept. 11 release.

If you’re one of those confident house hunters, there are many questions to answer as you head out on your search. Do you want to live in the city, the suburbs or maybe the country?

Of course there are the financial considerations, how much are you willing and able to spend? What type of home are you looking for, a large single family dwelling with plenty of greenspace or a townhome that might require a little less maintenance? Or perhaps a condominium?

We are fortunate to have so many great builders right here in our back yard.

We are pleased to present many of these top builders in this edition of Floor Plan 2017. Presented each month in your Metroland community newspaper, the goal of this supplement is to give you a hand in your search for that perfect new home.

Please enjoy this special section and look for even more new-home ideas in our next edition on Thursday, October 19, 2017.

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SET UP YOUR OPEN-PLAN LIVING AREA LIKE A PRO Living spaces with minimal partitions have been trending for quite some time.

These modern, welcoming spaces that flow freely appeal to individuals in many different situations, from people living alone to couples and families. That being said, it can be hard to achieve a balanced, esthetically pleasing design for an open floor plan. Here are some tips to help you create a cohesive space.

• Structure your space. Use furniture and accent pieces to create visual boundaries between different areas. For example, use a low shelf, a rug, a bookcase or some plants to define your living room area. To set your home office apart, use a decorative screen or a chest of drawers as a divider. For additional soundproofing, opt for professionally installed glass partitions. In short, the goal is to design a room within a room using repositionable items instead of fixed walls.

• Optimize your storage. Untidiness, even when minimal, can create a highly un­ pleasant sense of chaos in an open floor plan. To prevent this, camouflage clutter by choosing furniture that doubles as storage (hollow benches and ottomans, for example), or by minimizing your possessions and keeping only what you need. Rest assured: a minimalist decor will have you feeling light as air.

• Choose a consistent colour scheme.

When it comes time to decorate your space, choose a neutral colour for the main walls.

To achieve a cohesive look, keep in mind that all of your windows should be dressed in the same fashion, or at least display coordinating trims. Finally, stick with one type of flooring throughout the space.

• Create focal points. An impressive

lighting fixture, an aquarium, a work of art, a plant wall or a fireplace will automatically draw the eye and create rhythm in a wide­ open space. Be careful not to overdo it, though, as too many statement pieces can cause quite the opposite effect. In short, for

GET YOUR YARD READY FOR THE COLD Almost all of the trees have lost their leaves, mornings are getting colder and you’ve swapped out sandals for boots.

There’s no denying it: summer is over and fall is in full swing.

That being said, you have some yard work left to do before the first frost hits. Here’s a quick checklist.

• Close your pool (thoroughly clean it — use a shock treatment if necessary — and re duce the water level to around halfway) • Prepare your garden (remove any dead plants, aerate the soil, lay down straw, etc.)

• Bring furniture and cushions inside • Trim your hedges and protect them with mulch, tarps or mesh • Collect dead leaves and dispose of them in an environmentally friendly way, such as mulching or composting Your local landscaping companies offer ser vices that can make your life easier this fall. Don’t hesitate to let them take care of your yard work.

Pinterest­worthy results, less is more!

Need advice on how to artfully organize your open-plan space? Call an interior designer or decorator in your area: he or she will be able to help you create a balanced, functional, beautiful home.

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Check out Pathways at Findlay Creek.

Just a short drive from downtown Ottawa on Bank Street, this well-established neighbourhood is nestled in a serene suburban setting. With nearly endless shopping and entertainment options, tranquil nature trails, beautiful parks and so much more, Pathways at Findlay Creek is a community your family will love, only minutes from the pulse of the city.

Phoenix Homes, Ottawa’s most trusted builder, is offering a huge variety of homes and a wide range of prices and options.

Live your way.

An all-new, master-planned community, Pathways at Findlay Creek features single 2-storey homes, spacious bungalows, stylish urban flats and modern townhomes.

Perfect for both growing families and first-time home buyers, choose from 20 ft. townhomes, or 35 ft., 43 ft. and 50 ft. single lots. The innovative condo flats feature elevator access and ample underground parking.

See it all at the new sales center at 4820 Bank St. Open 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 12 – 5 p.m., the sales center can put you on the threshold of the very best in carefree, family-friendly living.

distance to tailor each home to the unique needs of the buyer.

We work with our home buyers to build their dream.”

Accessibility is easy with custom entrances, wider doorways and halls.

“We offer the best value anywhere. We invite people to shop and compare. We’ll always have something the others don’t.”

In keeping with the growing demand for natural products, Phoenix Homes has its own hardwood and granite facilities.

State-of-the-art CNC cutting machines ensure granite and quartz are of the highest quality.

“It is our goal to always be one step ahead of the competition,

with the highest quality finishing, buyer incentive bonuses and the most innovative designs and materials. When you do the math, you will always find that we’re ahead.”

Always leading with the latest innovations, Phoenix is unveiling its new line of state-of-the-art elevations at Pathways.

“We’re creating a community that we’re proud to live in.

Ottawa is our home and we’re committed to making it the best it can be, one home at a time.”

To see all that Phoenix Homes has to offer and to learn more about Pathways at Findlay Creek, look online at www.

Phoenixhomes.ca or call 613-219-6862.

Pathways at Findlay Creek is where value meets convenience. A dynamic community complete with all the urban amenities you need, and only a short commute to the core of the city, it’s the best of urban living in a healthy balance with nature.

“This community is sure to be very popular with families and people looking to downsize,” says Rahul Kochar, Phoenix Homes Vice-President. “We invite everyone to come to the sales center for the best selection, lots, models, prices and options.”

Single Family homes at Pathways feature open concept floor plans, with quality construction throughout. With granite counters and amenities most other builders can’t offer, both 2 storey and bungalow singles are available on 35, 43 or 50 foot lots.

Pathways at Findlay Creek singles are a valuable investment that will become sought after homes for generations to come, featuring high ceilings, larger windows and basements that can be completed to offer exceptional additional living space.

“We have a huge selection of well-thought out floor plans. Functional and comfortable. Our buyers have an almost endless array of options to build the home of their dreams. For example, all our Bungalows are designed to be both beautiful and practical, offering plenty of room for comfortable family living in a convenient layout. And our Single-Family homes combine beautifully crafted designs with exceptionally functional layouts, offering you convenience and charm in one perfect home.”

The exciting Townhomes at Findlay Creek feature an all-new layout designed especially for this site.

“Our new Townhome design emphasizes comfort and style. Enjoy the independence of your own space and a generous yard with the affordability of a townhome.”

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GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD Five ways to get acquainted with a new neighborhood Across the country, people are packing boxes, hiring trucks and moving short and long distances. According to a survey by DuProprio, a Quebec-based real estate advice site, 28 percent of Canadians feel the need to move every five years. Surprisingly, DuProprio also found that 14 per cent of owners wish they could move every year.

The main reasons people move are expansion of the family, a career change, retirement, empty nest situations, or when moving is more practical than large-scale home renovations.

Whether a move is across county lines or overseas, it can take some time to acclimate to a new neighborhood. These tips can

help anyone get acquainted with their new surroundings and make friends in the process.

1. Host a housewarming party. Get to know immediate neighbors by hosting a party. After some unpacking is done, host a simple gettogether for people who live nearby. Ask if neighbors can help out by bringing chairs. Offer light refreshments and some type of activities for children. The event doesn’t have to be extensive, just long enough to engage in some conversation and introduce yourself.

2. Walk and drive around. Scout out the area by driving around and making note of shopping centers, parks and places of interest. Schedule times when you will get out of the car and walk around on foot, which makes it easier to take everything in. Use a website like Walkscore. com to find places within walking distance of your new home. Bring the dog along. Dogs can be great ice breakers with new neighbors.

3. Check out community blotters.

Community events may be posted in print and distributed through a local newspaper and also on municipal websites. Find out where the locals go on weekends or during the week. Communities may take pride in certain activities. It’s easier to get a feel for the neighborhood by spending time with the locals.

4. Become active in the community. Find a volunteer organization or join a local house of worship. Check with the local chamber of commerce for ways to get involved or clubs to join. Like-minded people can make living in a new locale more enjoyable.

5. Dine out once a week. If budget allows, try a new neighborhood eating establishment each week to get a lay of the land. You’ll identify hot spots and hidden gems and will also be able to mingle with the community.

An app such as Open Table can help you find places to eat nearby.

WHITE AND WOOD: A PERFECT COMBINATION Few homes don’t have at least one room painted white.

That’s because whether it’s pure or lightly tinted, white brings loads of brightness and visually enlarges small rooms. However, overdoing this colour can also give an impression of coldness or even monotony. The solution? Combine white with wooden elements.

A veneer hardwood floor, for example, is a great setting for an off-white love seat. And what could be more inviting than a soft cream duvet on a cherry-wood bed? And just imagine how elegant an ivory window dressing would look floating gracefully next to an antique pine dresser.

The final touch for a white-and-wood decor? Add an accent colour to give some punch to the overall look.

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YOUR NEW START CAN BE SOMEONE ELSE’S TOO Moving to a new home is an exciting and stressful time. Think: a new space, a different layout, a blank canvas!

But before you move-in to your new residence, you’ve got to move-out of the old. Lots of stuff means many boxes, which means lots of work. As they say about new beginnings: to make room for more, sometimes you’ve got to let things go.

In anticipation of the move, purge your belongings. There is value in de-cluttering your home before you move. The process itself forces you to itemize and organize your belongings, which is always helpful before tackling moving day.

Take note of what are your must haves, what will work in your new space, and what you want to leave behind.

Know that when you hire a mover, you pay for space and time. Items for which you have no use or don’t need, if packed, take up valuable space in the truck that could be used to carry something else. Also, the labour and effort of properly packing and carrying those items costs you time. Don’t pay to transport something you don’t need.

Moving needn’t be expensive if you plan properly. Consumers can help subsidize the cost of hiring a professional mover by selling unwanted items like couches or furniture sets. Luckily for savvy savers, all it takes is a few keyboard clicks. In these tech-driven times, there are plenty of digital destinations that allow for easy and free advertisements.

Use online classified websites or social media platforms to help spread the word and watch how quickly your goods get sold. Prefer the old fashioned way? Spread the message that you’re selling some items by word-of-mouth or posting posters in your neighbourhood or condominium bulletins.

A rewarding alternative to selling your items is to donate them. Find a home for those belongings by gifting them to people in need. Donate your comforters and couches to your local women’s shelter. That old office desk you were going to leave behind could be someone else’s place of inspiration. That old jacket you haven’t worn in years, could keep someone else warm today! Across the country there are shelters in need of donations.

Other alternatives could be donating to the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and local furniture banks, as examples. Give someone else a fresh start from belongings that don’t make the cut for your new space.

For most, moving is an emotional time, in part because of the stress of packing but also because of the sentimentality of saying goodbye to a place they lived. De-cluttering your home before a big move is valuable.

Not only does it help with packing efficiency, which lends to it being financially helpful, but it also helps with the emotional stress of moving-out and moving on.

Decluttering helps start the process of “goodbye” to get you ready for all those “hellos” in your new neighbourhood.

– Chuck Resnick

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BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com

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The End of the Family Farm More and more people are starting to realize that the federal government is launching an all-out attack on farmers and small business owners. At the time of writing two federal Liberal MPs have joined the opposition, one of them the chair of the House Finance Committee.

As I said last week’s column, there many areas of the economy that will be impacted by these changes if passed into law. One of these impacts may well be the end of generational farms.

Farmers are currently able to take advantage of certain measures that make operating a business that is entirely weather dependent more secure and affordable. These include paying members of the family for seasonal work they do on the farm, and an exemption from capital gains tax if the farm is sold to a family member.

Unfortunately, the federal government has decided “to ensure that the richest Canadians pay their fair share of taxes.” This means that family farms will need to justify the “fairness” of family payments, and not only means that when a daughter buys the family farm there would be a massive capital gains tax, but if a large pension fund were to buy it they would not have to pay the tax.

The Prime Minister says these measures are to ensure fairness, they will do anything but.

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Witches are being added to the haunting brew at Saunders Farm this fall.

“The Coven,” a Salem witchthemed indoor and outdoor haunt, is the largest new haunt added at Saunders Farm at Munster in the past five years.

Open during the daytime as a Witches Village and at night as a full-blown haunt, the Coven features a swamp, a forest and an old witch’s house that features a maze of rooms. And since a coven traditionally refers to a gathering of witches, you can bet just from the name of this haunt that you are going to run into numerous witches as you make your way through the house.

Thrill seekers in the evenings will have a glance at the eerie two-storey witch’s house and a small graveyard as they line up for the haunt, which is set in a

forested area of the farm. There will be a number of scares from sound, lighting and other special effects before reaching the witch’s house. This will include walking through a swamp area that Mark Saunders of Saunders Farm says will even feel like walking in a swamp for those passing through. There will be fog and even appropriate smells before the Coven itself is reached and the witches are encountered, guaranteed to be one spooky and scary experience.

Mark Saunders explains that the Coven marks a return by Saunders Farm to a classic traditional Halloween haunt, this one related to the famous Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts in the 1690s when 20 people were actually executed for witchcraft.

The idea of the Coven came from Mark’s conversations with a friend of his in the United Kingdom who developed a witch-themed haunt with a

swamp concept. Saunders Farm has been able to add a forest setting to such a haunt idea. The Coven at Saunders Farm has been totally constructed on the site by Saunders Farm’s own carpenters and staff.

Mark himself acknowledges that the site of the Coven, located in a forested area with a swamp as well, is kind of “creepy” in itself.

In the daytime, the Coven will serve as a Witches Village, providing an opportunity for young farm visitors to walk by the witches house and have their photos taken with a witch with the eerie house in the background. The scare factor will only be elevated for the evening crowd seeking thrills, and at the Coven, they are going to get them, that’s for sure.

While the Coven is a major new haunt for the upcoming haunting season at Saunders Farm, there’s lots of other new attractions this year as well.

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I hope this never happens to YOU. I was getting home from out of town. I was excited because I was throwing a big party this weekend.

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DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, September 26, 2017 – 9:30 a.m.

The items listed below, in addition to any other items previously scheduled, will be considered at this meeting which will be held in the Champlain Room, City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa. To see any change to this meeting agenda, please go to Ottawa.ca.

Zoning – 1867 Alta Vista Drive 613-580-2424, ext. 21576 – John.Bernier@ottawa.ca Zoning – 3490 Innes Road 613-580-2424, ext. 27588 – Michael.Boughton@ottawa.ca Zoning – 2499, 2500 Palladium Drive and 675 Autopark Private 613-580-2424, ext. 16587 – Laurel.McCreight@ottawa.ca Zoning – Parts of 980 Earl Armstrong Road, 4619, 4623 and 4721 Spratt Road and an unaddressed parcel to the South 613-580-2424, ext. 12585 – Wendy.Tse@ottawa.ca

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, October 5, 2017 – 10 a.m.

The item listed below, in addition to any other items previously scheduled, will be considered at this meeting, which will be held at the Chamber, Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ontario. To see any change to this meeting agenda, please go to Ottawa.ca.

Zoning – Part of 3179 Dunrobin Road 613-580-2424, ext. 24487 – Sarah.McCormick@ottawa.ca Zoning – 5721, 5731, 5741 Manotick Main Street 613-580-2424, ext. 31329 – Jeffrey.Ostafichuk@ottawa.ca Zoning – 1156 Jinkinson Road 613-580-2424, ext. 12681 – Natalie.Persaud@ottawa.ca

The Canada 150 Corn Maze, which was opened recently at the Farm to mark Canada’s 150th birthday, has proved popular and entertaining and it will be available during haunting season. This corn maze takes up a four-acre field, featuring games and puzzles along the way for those progressing through the maze. There’s also a wooden observation bridge that’s a mustdo attraction where you get a bird’s-eye view of the whole maze. All parts of Canada are represented in the maze, providing a memorable experience for families in this 150th anniversary year for Canada.

Haunting Season this year at Saunders Farm is also going to feature an all new puppet show which has been written and produced by Ben Durocher of Stittsville who is currently performing in the puppet-themed musical comedy Avenue Q offBroadway show in New York City while also working at a Jim Henson/Muppets workshop there.

In addition, Haunting Season at Saunders Farm will feature an all-new original stage show, Archie in Love, this year. This stage show has been written and will be directed by Neil Bateman, a longtime music teacher at Holy Trinity High School in Kanata who has now retired and is adding his talents to the team at Saunders Farm.

There will be new street theatre shows around the grounds of Saunders Farm throughout Haunting Season. There are two new extra bouncy jumping pillows in place, replacing the two former jumping pillows. There’s a new expanded pedal cart track and the daytime and nighttime haunted hayrides both have expanded routes.

This year there will be a Friday, the 13th happening during the Haunting Season (Friday, Oct. 13) and you will want to be there for that as Saunders Farm is promising a very special Friday the 13th eeks-travaganza!

The Saunders Farm Haunting Season, its 26th, will run from Saturday, Sept. 23 through to Tuesday, Oct. 31 — Halloween. Ticket prices and hours of operation are available at www.

SaundersFarm.com.

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Proposed tax changes draw a crowd

BY NEVIL HUNT nevil.hunt@metroland.com

Proposed changes to Canada’s tax laws have angered some farmers, small business owners and professionals.

Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre — the Ottawa area’s only Conservative member of Parliament — tried to galvanize that anger into action Sept.

14, hosting a “tax revolt” meeting at the Nepean Sportsplex.

“The government is portraying you as a bunch of millionaire rich guys,” Poilievre told an audience of more than 300 people.

He described the proposed changes as “new penalties narrowly targeted at people who contribute the most to our economy.”

Poilievre had a receptive audience. He ran through some aspects of the tax changes and how local residents may be affected. He said many farmers don’t use retirement savings plans, instead keeping savings in their incorporated company so they can use it in an emergency.

Today that money can be withdrawn and spent without penalty, he said, and tax previously paid is refunded.

“Liberals are proposing to tax it one more time when it’s taken out,” he said, calling that “double taxation.”

On a series of slides he showed calculations that indicate the effective tax rate could be more than 70 per cent.

“When tax levels rise to 73 per cent it is outright theft,” he said.

practicing medicine as an individual instead.

Two financial advisers accompanying Poilievre said they foresee a decrease in the value of small businesses, and one said he has already spoken with clients asking about leaving Canada.

One man who didn’t provide his name said tax department “bureaucrats have made me scared to be Canadian.”

Poilievre’s staff handed out petitions that he plans to collect and present in Parliament. He also encouraged attendees to call their members of Parliament and finance committee chair Wayne Easter.

He suggested the Liberal caucus “is already wobbling” on the proposed tax policy changes, and he promised the Conservative minority in Parliament would “filibuster, talk and obstruct this legislation.”

Liberal government aims to close loopholes In July, Finance Minister Bill Morneau released a three-pronged plan aimed at closing tax loopholes used by a growing number of small businesses, creating what he called an “unfair playing field.”

One change would restrict the ability of business owners to lower their tax rate by sprinkling income to family members in lower tax brackets, even if those family members do no work for the business.

Finance officials estimated in July that 50,000 families are avoiding taxes in this way, causing the government to miss out on $250 million per year.

Another change would limit the use of private corporations to make passive investments in

things like stocks or real estate.

The third change would limit the ability to convert a corporation’s regular income into capital gains that are typically taxed at a lower rate.

Morneau contends the proposed change to passive investment income will have negligible impact on anyone making less than $150,000 per year.

“But the more you make, the more you stand to benefit from these loopholes, which effectively provide a tax-sheltered account over and above what is available to you, me and everyone else,” said Morneau spokesperson Daniel Lauzon.

Finance officials argue that closing the loophole will affect only those small business owners who still have money to shelter from taxes after they’ve maxed out their RRSPs and TFSAs each year — something only three per cent of Canadians can afford to do.

—Toronto Star

INCOME SPRINKLING

Part of the reason for the Liberal government’s action on taxation is the perceived tax loophole called income sprinkling. That has seen some small business owners, farmers and professionals incorporate themselves, allowing them to pay their income as dividends to family members. That allows a family’s income to be shared by spouses and adult children, thereby reducing the family’s total tax bill (see story at top right).

Poilievre said that if a spouse or children do extra unpaid work — as may be common in farming families — everyone should be able to gets some of the pay.

Following the meeting, he said the issue of income sprinkling is a minor part of the tax changes.

“These measures mean $4 billion (in new tax revenue) and the so-called income sprinkling is $250 million of that,” he said. “It’s a small part of the whole.”

Asked if there’s a fairer way to tax people, Poilievre said reducing taxes is the answer.

“Just less tax,” he said. “That’s what I want to see. Trudeau needs to feed this insatiable beast of government spending. He’s not trying to address tax fairness.”

During a question-and-answer session, many spoke about how the new laws would affect them.

“This has thrown a monkey wrench into our succession and retirement plans,” said Debra Pretty-Straathof, a director with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

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Member of Parliament Kanata-Carleton Remembering Arnold Chan

“Use your head but follow your heart.” This past week we all learned of the untimely death of my colleague and friend, Arnold Chan. Arnold dedicated his life to serving Canadians for all the right reasons. He was a man of tremendous compassion, intellect and was deeply committed to public service. I hope that we can all follow Arnold’s sage advice to treat each other with respect, and elevate the level of discourse in this country. Truer words have never been spoken: we should all use our heads, but follow our hearts.

Carp Fair

I am really looking forward to attending the “Best Little Fair in Canada” right in our own riding in the beautiful town of Carp this September 21 - 24. As always there will be something for everyone – great live music, delicious food, contests and raffles, and agricultural shows where you can see all kinds of prize-winning farm animals.

I hope that you will join me for the 154th annual Carp Fair, and take the time to visit our booth and say hi!

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Kanata goalie Conor Corrigan makes a stop on his way to a 1-0 shutout win over Nepean in HEO U18 AAA midget play. The two teams met Sept. 18 at the Bell Sensplex, with Kanata’s William Dupuis notching the game’s only goal.

Along with my Transportation Committee colleagues, I spent the week before Parliament resumed discussing bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act. The committee heard from more than 50 witnesses during the 19 various panel discussions, which included discussions on all forms of transportation, including the Air Passenger Bill of Rights. The legislation is long overdue, and is required to modernize Canada’s transportation system – which is a key economic enabler in our country.

Amazon Headquarters

We were all thrilled to learn that Amazon is looking to open another Headquarters in North America, and that Ottawa is submitting a bid. Under the lead of Invest Ottawa, it is important that we showcase all advantages and talent that Kanata has to offer. I intend to work closely with the Ottawa leadership team to ensure we convince Amazon that Ottawa, and Kanata, is where they need to be!

Kanata-Carleton Youth Council

As a part of the Government’s continued commitment to promote meaningful youth engagement in Canada’s government, the Kanata-Carleton Youth Council will be returning for this upcoming school year. Applications can now be submitted on our website! The Youth Council will include youth from different schools, neighbourhoods and local associations in our Riding. I am inviting anyone from the ages of 13-18 to apply. Once selected, the council will meet several times throughout the year to discuss issues that matter to our youth, their community and their country. I hope to hear from all those interested soon!

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.

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Many things around the home need your attention, Taurus. But you may be having trouble finding the motivation to tackle them right now. Get a partner to lend a helping hand.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE ANSWERS IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, make a concerted and sincere effort to focus on family for the next few days. It’s time to reconnect with everyone in the house, and you will enjoy the time at home.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, slow down a little because moving faster will not get the job done right. It may only lead to sloppy mistakes that will take even more time to handle.

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, focus on something new for a while rather than a problem that has been bouncing around in your brain. Frustration will get you nowhere, so let it go for now.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Risk can sometimes have a large payoff, Virgo. Just make sure you time your jump right or you could miss an opportunity to really shine.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, even if you take some time off from work, things will go on as planned. Although you are a key member of the team, others can temporarily fill your shoes.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you push yourself a little harder this week, you will be happy with the results. Even though it may be an uphill battle, the summit will look pretty nice.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, just when you think you can lie low and escape the week without any excitement, something pops up that requires all of your attention. Hunker down for now.

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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 A few things still need to be sorted out, Pisces. Then you can put your feet up for the time being. Gemini has something to say this week

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Sept. 23

Kanata Lions Recycle Day: bring your old electronics, clothing/linens and used eyeglasses. Proceeds to help the Queensway-Carleton Hospital acute care for the elderly unit. Drop by between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Lion Dick Brûlé Community Centre, 170 Castlefrank Rd. Details at khlions.com or call 613-836-2657.

The Bridlewood Community Association will host a free bike rodeo and safety event at the Eva James Centre, 64 Stonehaven Dr., Sept.

23 from noon to 2 p.m. Open to kids between the ages of 6 and 10. Young cyclists will learn safe riding skills and rules of the road through fun activities. To register visit bridlewood.ca.

Ottawa Board of Education (OBE) staff reunion 2017.

Mix and mingle at 4:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:15 p.m. followed by silent auction. For ticket purchase and event details, visit obereunion.ca or contact Ross Maxwell at 613271-8405.

Sept. 25

Immigration Law: Law at the Library Series. In this special presentation by Toronto-Ottawa lawyer Sherif Rizk, you’ll find out impor-

tant information about applying for visitor visas into Canada, applying for permanent residency in Canada, applying to become a citizen of Canada, and more.

At the Hazeldean library, 50 Castlefrank Rd. from 6:30 to 8 p.m. To register, visit biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Sept. 26

The Engineers Wives Association of Ottawa fall luncheon will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Kanata Golf and Country Club, 7000 Campeau Dr. Reception begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and available through Jane Boughton at 613-599-8991. For membership information call Joan Mangione at 613-749-4975.

Sept. 27

Alzheimer’s Learning Day: Symphony Kanata learning session. Wine and cheese from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at 27 Weaver Cres. RSVP by Sept.

25 to Annie Khan at 613591-3991.

Sept. 28

Kanata and District Breast Cancer Support Group monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr. For informa-

tion call Judy at 613-5921929.

Sept. 30

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary will be selling homemade baked goods, original crafts, jewelry, books and other treasures at its Fall Bazaar on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Admission and parking are free. For more information call 613-823-6770 or go to facebook.com/Ottawa HumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

Oct 3

Do you like to have easy care flowers to enjoy all through the year?

The KanataMarch Horticultural Society presents Bulbs for Year Round Enjoyment, with master gardener Mary Reid from 7:30 to 9 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, 821 March Rd. $5 for non-members.

Visit us online at www. kanata-horticultural.com .

Oct. 4

Join award-winning Canadian author Frances Itani as she talks about the writing life and her new book “That’s My Baby.” Event starts at 2 p.m. at the Beaverbrook library, 2500

Campeau Dr. All welcome.

Oct. 15

MADD Ottawa 10th PIA Annual Strides for Change is a 10-km and 5-km walk/ run with a 2-km family walk fundraising and awareness raising event in support of the fight against impaired driving. Funds raised will be used for MADD Ottawa educational and support programs. To register or pledge a runner, please visit maddchapters.ca/Ottawa/ stridesforchange.

Wednesdays

Kanata Sunrise Rotary Club now meets at Cafe Luna at 329 March Rd, every second

Wednesday at 7 a.m.

West End Toastmasters meets every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. at the Kanata Seniors Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr. For information visit wetm.toastmastersclubs.org.

The Kanata Chess Club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Hazeldean Mall food court. Players of all ages and playing abilities are welcome. Contact Dave Anderson at 613-836-6869.

Thursdays

The Nepean-Kanata Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Villa Lucia Restaurant. For details, visit nepeankanatarotary.com.

Toastmasters meet every Thursday at the Bells Corners Legion, 4026 Richmond Rd. with a 6:45 p.m. meet and greet and 7 p.m. meeting. Call 613-828-3862.

Fridays

Come and enjoy English county dancing – beautiful music, friendly people, easy dances. Fridays beginning Sept. 8 until the end of May, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the John G. Mlacak Community Centre, hall A. Beginners session at 7:30 p.m., no partner necessary and your first night is free. Annual fee is $60. For information call June 613-746-1424 or go to OttawaEnglishDance.org.

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You are invited to the talk – “A new view of God and its effect on well-being.”

Given by Phillip Hockley, CS, who maintains a healing ministry and is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.• After the difference Christian Science made in his own life, Phillip Hockley knew he needed to share it with others dealing with similar mindsets of discouragement.

• He will draw on concepts from the Bible, especially Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, as well as explanations from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the textbook of Christian Science written by Mary Baker Eddy.

Thursday, October 5th, 2017, 12:00 noon

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