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Santa Claus is coming to town at a new date and time this year. The Kanata Santa Claus Parade takes place Sunday, Nov. 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The time and date change was a result of a number of factors, said parade organizer Cheryl McDonald. The event is usually scheduled for the second Saturday in November, but organizers didn’t want the parade to conflict with Remembrance Day. Then Santa was scheduled to appear at the downtown parade on Nov. 18, and the Grey Cup is set to take over Ottawa the following weekend. So Kanata parade organizers settled on the Sunday and chose an afternoon start time due to morning church services. “This should be nice for some of our volunteers who won't have to get up at 6 o’clock in the morning,” said McDonald, a member of the KanataHazeldean Lions Club. See DONATIONS, page 5

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The Kanata Food Cupboard is looking for people to take part in its Adopt-a-Family and Angel Tree programs this holiday season. The organization is expecting to see a rise in the number of families requesting assistance.

The Kanata Food Cupboard is expecting to see a rise in the number of families requesting assistance this holiday season as the numbers have continued to climb for other support programs this year. “We’ve seen about a 20-per-cent increase with back-to-school and Thanksgiving programs, so we’re expecting to see the numbers increase for Christmas,” said Cara-Leigh Wyllie, client coordinator at the food cupboard. Last year saw an increase of more than 13 per cent with 500 families requesting sponsorship through the food cup-

to hang on the office Christmas tree. People can then select an angel with the gender and age of a child in need, purchase a gift and leave the unwrapped item under the tree with the angel tag. “Roughly half the clients that apply are adopted by members of our community, whereas the other half are adopted by us,” said Wyllie. “We rely on the presents received through our Angel Tree program to provide those families with gifts.” The food cupboard has public angel trees at the Hazeldean Mall and Centrum Walmart and is looking for more organizations to take part. The deadline for donations is Dec. 8.

“Christmas is a hard time for many families with all the additional expenses.” Cara-Leigh Wyllie, client co-ordinator

board’s Adopt-a-Family program, up from 440 in 2015. “The cost of living has increased and people are finding it harder and harder to get ahead,” said Wyllie. “Christmas is a hard time for many families with all the additional expenses.” The food cupboard has two main programs it uses for the holiday season: • Adopt-a-Family program: individuals, families or coworkers sign up to sponsor a family for the holidays. The adopter provides the items for a holiday meal, as well as gifts for children under age 18. • Angel Tree program: businesses can request “angels” from the food cupboard

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“The Angel Tree is important. Some people chose not to take the Adopt-a-Family approach but still want to contribute,” said Wyllie. “Christmas is a time when so many people are in the generous spirit and want to help others. The Kanata community is very generous and we’re very fortunate to have wonderful supporters that help us every year.” ADOPT-A-FAMILY

The Adopt-a-Family program is “a very important piece to our Christmas campaign,” said Wyllie. Adopters provide a traditional holiday mean — which could include a turkey with

all the trimmings, meal requests that adhere to dietary or religious needs or a gift card to a grocery store so the family can do its own shopping. “We welcome all people who have many different traditions over the holiday season,” said Wyllie. The holiday hampers also include essential toiletry items, gifts for children and extra goodies like hot chocolate, tea or flavoured jams, “those extra special things that are nice to have at Christmas time,” Wyllie said. Those requesting a hamper fill out the gender, age and clothing size for children under age 18, as well as any special requests or wishes, making it easy for the adopters to provide useful and needed items. “All that information is then relayed to the adopters so they can make Christmas extra special,” said Wyllie. “Some adopters do provide (gifts) for adults, but we’re really trying to focus more on the children.” Registration for the Adopt-a-Family program closes Dec. 4. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The food cupboard is also in need of volunteers this holiday season to help with driving, deliveries and food sorting. The annual Fill the Bus campaign, which sees the community fill a number of buses parked at area grocery stores with food items, will take place on Dec. 2. Volunteers are needed to help with the unloading. For more information, to register for a program or apply to volunteer, visit kanatafoodcupboard.ca.

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Donations for food cupboard accepted along parade route Continued from page 1

Another plus for the later start time is knowing what the day will bring. “People will have an idea of what the temperature is going to be like when they come and the floats will have more time to get ready,” said McDonald. Last year saw 67 floats take part and organizers are expecting about the same for this year, she said. “We don’t have that many community events where people can come out for free and just get together,” she said. “This one is going right by peoples homes and we have a good turn out.” Attendees can get on Santa’s nice list by donating nonperishable food items or making a cash donation during the parade. Firefighters and members of Kanata’s hockey organizations will be collecting along the route. “We are very grateful to

the members of the Kanata community that provide nonperishable food items and monetary donations,” said Cara-Leigh Wyllie, client coordinator at the Kanata Food Cupboard. The organization saw 500 families request holiday assistance in 2016 and expects that number to increase this year. PARADE ROUTE AND CLOSURES

The parade route remains the same; starting at Terry Fox Drive and Castlefrank Road, floats make their way up Castlefrank to Abbeyhill Drive, ending at the Hazeldean Mall. Terry Fox Drive will be closed between Winchester Drive and Cope Road from noon to 2:30 p.m. for the staging area. Roads on the parade route will be closed from 1:20 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, visit khlions.com.

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Can’t make the Kanata Santa Claus Parade? Here’s a list of others happening throughout the city. On Saturday, Nov. 18: • Help Santa Toy Parade, 11 a.m., toyparade.ca • Barrhaven Santa Claus Parade, 5:30 p.m., santaclausbarrhaven.com On Saturday, Dec. 2: • Manotick Lions Santa Claus Parade, 1 p.m., manotickvillage.com/event/ olde-fashioned-christmas/ • Richmond Santa Claus Parade, 5:30 p.m., richmondvillage.ca/event/santa-parade • Stittsville Parade of Lights, 6 p.m., stittsvilleva.com/event/ stittsville-parade-of-lights • Santa’s Parade of Lights in Orléans, 6 p.m., paradeoflights.org On Saturday, Dec. 9: • Carp Santa Claus Parade, noon, hca-carp.ca/hca-santaclaus-parade-2017

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Santa Claus is coming to town on a new date and time. The Kanata Santa Claus Parade will take place on Sunday, Nov. 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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Grey Cup festivities bring TD Place to life How do we letter

t’s a matter of days until festivities for the 105th Grey Cup festival kicks off in Ottawa. There may be some grumbling from non-football fans, as traffic clogs in the city centre and noise levels at Lansdowne hit peak levels. For me, an Ottawan by migration, the festival signifies something fresh about a city that’s been trying to prove something for the last decade or so. No longer are we a boring, homogenous government town. We know how to have fun! We know how to throw a party. And we can sell-out a football stadium of 36,000 more than a month before the big event. More than a decade ago, when the Ontario Hockey

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse League’s Ottawa 67s owner Jeff Hunt led the pitch for yet another Ottawa-based Canadian Football League franchise, there were a lot of skeptics. I’ll admit, after Ottawa’s hiatus from the CFL, which followed the failure of the Renegades, I was one of them. I remember my uncle – a lifelong TiCats fan – calling me up: “What is a Redblack anyway?” As it turns out, it’s all of us. Hunt and his team have

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made sure of it. They know it’s cold for a good portion of the football season and the marketing has been brilliant. What citizen in Ottawa doesn’t own a piece of red or black clothing? Who doesn’t want to celebrate Ottawa’s origins as a lumber town? It’s a theme that appeals to both English and French speaking populations, particularly with the legendary, tough-talking, man-of-thepeople, French-Canadian Joe Muffaraw as mascot. I’ll be the first to admit that football used to leave me scratching my head. I didn’t understand why there was so much standing around. It took me a number of years and some tutoring from my son before I started to recognize the overall strategy behind the game. I’ll be honest, I still don’t know why they punt the ball on third down. But at least I know what a down is! With three kids who play sports, I’ve become a specta-

tor sports convert. After nearly 10 years without, I actually went against the grain and purchased a cable TV package so I can sit down and watch every pro sport imaginable on the big old TV my cousin dug out of his basement for us. Soccer, one of my favourite games to play, doesn’t quite pack the punch of a football or a hockey game on TV. But I sit with my

the teams kick off I imagine a group of men going into battle. A friend, graduate of the Ontario Military College, noted there are similarities between football and war strategy. With football, I can see excitement in every play and every player. It’s the one game where each play is a game unto itself. Each player has a distinct role. Even when it looks like the player

... we can all don our warmest winter gear and welcome the sports fans and others to our exciting old lumbertown kids, watch UEFA, MLS and all the other soccer league acronyms, and learn rules I never knew before. Hockey Night in Canada is the newest tradition at our place. I was surprised to see old Don Cherry still makes an appearance. Much of what he says doesn’t make sense to me, but his crazy suits and rants are something that give my kids and I a laugh. The game, itself, is fast-paced. I can’t even follow the puck much of the time. And then there’s football – specifically the CFL. When

isn’t actively involved, he has a position to hold and a job to do. There’s always someone to watch. So nevermind the grumbling over a week of disruption in Ottawa. Let’s embrace our new status as a destination-location for something other than a G-8 meeting. Ottawa has its problems, but we’ll avoid talking about sinkholes for the moment. For now, we can all don our warmest winter gear and welcome the sports fans and others to our exciting old lumbertown.

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Every year I have the distinct pleasure of manning a poppy table at the Hazeldean Mall in Kanata during the Poppy Campaign for the Royal Canadian Legion. Each year I am very disappointed in the complete lack of interest shown for the support of our Veterans. For the most part, those who stop and purchase poppies are older folks and seldom will a younger person stop to support this great cause. So what are we doing wrong? How can we improve on getting this essential message out to all these folks? How can we get them to recognize and support this much needed campaign? For all you those people who have purchased a poppy, a sincere thank you and may God bless you. Bud Mahar

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Licence plate scanners make city’s roads safer

he city’s police force is seeking a budget increase that’s drawing some questions, but there’s one piece of equipment that Ottawa cops that should be a slam dunk. The police would like a second automated licence plate reader. Considering that the first reader used by our police caught 200 suspended drivers in its first year of operation, it’s a purchase everyone should support. The only people who might say otherwise are those caught driving when they shouldn’t be. The automated readers are mounted on police vehicles and “see” licence plates that pass nearby. The reader can check the plate number in a database and alert officers if a suspended or wanted driver may be on the road. It’s a privilege to drive, and police aren’t using the plate readers to track anyone’s movements, just taking a snapshot of a car at one

point in time. The process is not like a facial recognition scanner on a street, which could track who is where. That would never meet with Canadians’ support. The plate scanners do nothing more than a police officer could do with his or her own eyes and a laptop – just much faster. Keeping suspended drivers off the streets means we’re all safer. The next suspended driver caught could be a serial drunk driver – or any other driver who is motoring around town without liability insurance. The city nabbed 200 suspended drivers during the first year using a plate reader. While some may be purely administrative scofflaws, some will have been suspended drivers we don’t want behind the wheel. Without even knowing such a plate reader is out there on our streets, we’re all safer because of it. The police should take advantage of technology when it can make us safer while leaving us our freedoms.

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hat’s it!” somebody I know said. “I’m not cheering for the Senators any more.” That, you will know, was reaction to the Kyle Turris trade. But it could have been reaction to the Jason Spezza trade, or the Senators letting Alfie go, or the Mike Fisher trade, or letting Chris Neil go. Events like this happen every couple of years and they shake the affection of the fans. Perhaps it reflects a gap in our lives, or perhaps it’s just that we develop an honest interest in the members of the team we cheer for. Either way, it’s a wrench for many when a favourite leaves town. Interestingly, the players themselves are less affected. When interviewed, they express sorrow at having to leave the team and the town but, they add, it’s a business. Their team-mates say the same thing: Hate

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town to see him go but we’re excited to welcome the new guy. Owners and general managers, of course, feel the same way and so do most journalists. Watch the betweenperiods commentary of any televised game, where the talk is less about the game being played and more about trades and salary caps. Most fans are not so cold-blooded, however. They develop loyalties to players, particularly those who have been with the team for a while and those who develop a presence in the community. Kyle Turris was such a player and

Jays? Perhaps it’s just life. Heaven knows we see it in commerce (where head office shuts down the neighbourhood store that everyone loves) such a person. There was nothing sive or not likely to fit into some new and politics (where — well, ask Tom not to like about the way he played system. Mulcair). the game. His community involveIn all but a few cases, the team But we always hoped sports were ment has been well-documented and survives whatever outcry develdifferent. was much-admired. The same goes ops. The season goes on, the team for people like Fisher, Alfredsson competes, new stars emerge and new and Neil. loyalties. Only last season, the newspapers Even kids, those who are often and TV sports shows were featurhardest hit, come to understand Editorial Policy ing a touching story: Kyle Turris, the cold hard facts of professional after scoring the overtime winner sports. Which is too bad: the bad The Kanata Kourier-Standard welcomes letters in a playoff game, going straight news of a hero getting traded can be to the editor. Senders must include their full from the rink to the awards banquet a loss of innocence, the first inkling of the Capital City Condors, the a child gets that it’s a tougher world name, complete address and a contact phone special-needs hockey team for which out there than he or she thought. number. Addresses and phone numbers will not he was honorary captain. There’s a lesson to be learned be published. We reserve the right to edit letters But it’s a business. here, and not a good one. Being a The same team that encourages good guy in the locker-room, a good for space and content, both in print and online at ottawacommunitynews.com. To submit a letfans to become emotionally attached guy in the community and a good to players does not hesitate to cut citizen generally doesn’t count for ter to the editor, please email to theresa.fritz@ them loose if someone better — or much in the face of business realities. metroland.com, fax to 613-224-2265 or mail to cheaper — is available, or if the It’s not just hockey. Anybody the Kanata Kourier-Standard, 80 Colonnade Rd. player in question is considered remember Edwin Encarnacion partN., Unit 4, Ottawa ON, K2E 7L2. unco-operative, too old, too expen- ing company from the Toronto Blue

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Minister wants to help fight discouragement By Christopher Whan christopher.whan@metroland.com

Dr. Ralph Dartey wants to help people in the fight against discouragement, starting with the release of his book – Fighting Discouragment – on Nov. 17 on Parliament Hill. Dartey’s theory is that disappointment from failure, be it failure to understand a problem in mathematics or failure to remain happy in marriage, can lead to discouragement. He believes that once someone is discouraged, they give up trying whatever it is they are having difficulty with, which will eventually lead to the death of the ambition to continue. Dartey believes that through faith, people can find the strength to fight against discouragement and to keep moving forward with their ambition. “If we could use the word of God to stop this menace, we would be able to live in a lot more happy environment,” he said. Dartey has been a minister for over three decades and for the last six years has been the head of the Transforming Life Centre in Nepean. Dartey’s two sons, Kofi and Ralph Jr., are pastors and work in schools around the city. Dartey says the biggest point of his book is to help people know and understand what discouragement is, how to break out of it and how to avoid it in the future.

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Councillors split on draft budget ‘You can’t cut a ribbon to open a road’ BY Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com

Kanata’s councillors are split on the city's 2018 draft budget. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley said it’s a good budget that does its best to offer something for everyone. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson said there’s not enough funding for road resurfacing and no mention of economic development or technology in the mayor’s speech. “There wasn’t any mention of implementing smart city (initiatives), which does cost money,” she said, adding a report was provided to the city’s finance and economic development committee earlier this month. “It’s more studies. It’s

not actually doing anything.” The 2018 draft budget, released at the Nov. 8 council meeting, maintains the status quo with a proposed two per cent increase in property taxes. The budget also includes a two per cent increase in recreation fees, a 2.5 per cent increase in transit fares, a four per cent increase in water rates and five per cent increase in waste water and stormwater rates respectively. The city’s total budget is $3.42 billion. “Despite the rhetoric going out, it’s a stay-the-course budget,” said Wilkinson. “I haven’t gone through everything in detail yet — it’s not a small document. I can understand why some things are not included; there isn’t enough money to do everything we’d

like to do.” Hubley said he supports the two per cent tax increase but would prefer to see it lower. “I think we can do more to find efficiencies,” he said, adding upper management cuts and the reorganizing of the reporting structure last year was a good start.

“I think we can do more to find efficiencies.” Coun. Allan Hubley

“I know there are some councillors out there who want the tax rate to be five, six, seven per cent and go on a spending spree. But the taxpayers of Ottawa aren’t getting five, six, seven per cent (wage) increases.”

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Although spending on roads will increase by $12.6 million in 2018 — bringing the annual roads budget to $112.4 million — not enough of that money is being spent in the suburbs, Wilkinson said. The draft budget includes $3.1 million to resurface: • a 300-metre section of Terry Fox Drive, between Campeau and Palladium drives, • a rural portion of March Road, • Thomas Dolan Parkway, • Bayview Drive, • Bishop Davis Drive, • Liard Street. “It’s not on our (suburban) roads, it’s only rural roads,” Wilkinson said. “March and Campeau, they’re not even on the list. “There’s not many getting repaved anywhere … It’s not

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Marianne Wilkinson and Allan Hubley take part in a draft budget consultation with residents last month. The Kanata councillors are divided on the city’s recently tabled 2018 draft budget. a sexy thing to do I guess. You can’t cut a ribbon to open a road.” The city is adding an additional $600,000 to its pothole repair program for a total of $8 million, but that doesn’t address the issue, said Wilkinson.

“That’s an emergency repair business,” she said. “We need to do some catch-up. The problem’s not going to get any better, it’s actually going to get worse.”

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Budget ‘tries to balance everybody’s needs’: Hubley Continued from page 12

Other work slated for Kanata North includes: • $160,000 to improve the intersection at Campeau Drive and Teron Road, • $576,000 for the new Richardson Ridge Flat Park, • $360,000 to replace the shingled roof at the Mlacak Centre and to replace the play structure and play equipment at Weslock Park, • $50,000 to design the Richardson Ridge Phase 4 Park, • $11 million to rehabilitate three sewage pumping stations, which includes the station on March Road. Much of that work, however, is funded through development charges and isn’t paid for with city tax dollars, Wilkinson said, adding items such as the pumping station are included in the draft budget “to make the city look good.” South of Highway 417,

Hubley said he’s happy with what he’s seen so far in the draft budget. “This is a budget that tries to balance everybody’s needs in it,” he said. “It’s a good budget in that there’s something in there for everybody.” There is about $1.55 million slated for intersection control measures, including turn signals, at Terry Fox Drive at Castlefrank Road, and Terry Fox Drive at Westphalian Avenue. “I've been after that for years,” said Hubley. “We have the thing designed — the money’s there so now it’s a matter of getting the work done. Until the residents actually see the turn signal then it’s not there for them.” Hope Side Road will also receive $100,000 for the design of left-turn lanes, particularly at Crown Ridge Drive, to improve traffic flow. When Hope Side Road is widened in the future, the turn lane will “get incorpo-

rated into the widening so it’s not throwaway money,” he said. Other funding for Kanata South includes: • $470,000 to replace the wave-generation system at the Kanata Leisure and Wave Pool Centre, to replace play equipment at Beaton Park and to replace pathway lights at Sewell Park. • $54,000 to replace street lights on Pickford Drive. “I believe we’ve got lots in that budget for Kanata South but until we see the actual breakdown of the general budget it could be months away before we get into all the details of that,” Hubley said. “For pothole repairs … how much of that is going to come this way, I don’t know that yet.” Council will vote on the draft budget on Dec. 13.

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Serving Kanata north City Councillor, Kanata north 2018 BUDGET- CITY BUDGET The budget was tabled this week with final approval coming on December 13. If approved, your tax bills will increase by approximately 2% again this year. Generally this is a stay the course budget but it is still weak on maintenance items such as repaving roads and improving roadside and park maintenance. The only repaving is on Terry Fox from just north of Campeau to the Queensway. There is an increase in funding to fix potholes and within regular budget for some pathway renewals. There will be an increase to 12 minutes between buses in the busiest rush hour for routes 63 and 64 and with the opening of the Transitway to Moodie in late December, fewer delays due to Queensway traffic will occur. Money is included for sewer and the pumping station in the Business Park with design to be completed in 2018 and construction started in 2019. The sidewalk planned along March Road from Teron to Campeau will now be a multiuse pathway with much of it being inside the berm rather than along the road. As I complete my review of the huge budge document I’ll provide more details at my upcoming Town Hall and on my website. REMEMBER “TGIF FOR MENTAL HEALTH” is at THE BIG RIG on Friday –tickets will be available at the door. We have some great auction items so come out to get some great ‘gifts’ while enjoying a beverage and refreshments. Chris and Erin Phillips will be there - 103 Schneider Road, November 17. 4-7pm. All proceeds to the Raising Hope Campaign to support construction of the Mental Health facility at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. Tickets $25 at the door, from my office or online at http://tinyurl.com/TGIFbigrig/. LAST TOWN HALL OF THE YEAR, & MOSQUITO UPDATE, November 20, 7 – 9pm, Mlacak Centre. Heavy rains this year caused many challenges to the mosquito program. Mark Ardis from GDG and City staff will present the results of this year’s program and the research study. Provide input on the City Budget, hear about what’s happening in 2018 and see updates on ongoing development for the Kanata mosque, retirement homes, KNL lands and future subdivisions in Kanata North. Also live streamed on my facebook site.

City to pour more money into road resurfacing as part of 2018 budget By Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

Mayor Jim Watson said he’s heard from residents that they’d like to see more money put into the city’s roads and winter maintenance. Spending on roads will increase to $12.6 million in 2018 – bringing the annual budget to $112.4 million. Snow removal will get a little more than a $2 million bump, bringing it to a total of $68.3 million. The figure for snow removal is based on recommendations by KPMG, a consultant the city hired last year to look at snow removal targets. Watson said snow removal is one of the biggest challenges. “You never know how much snow you’ll get,” he said, adding on lighter years, surplus funds in the budget get put into a “snow reserve.” The city released the draft budget at the Nov. 8 council meeting. In what has become status quo over the last five years, the property tax increase will remain at two per cent, but provincial uploading of costs for administering the Ontario Works program and childcare, as well as a staff restructuring at city hall implemented after city manager Steve Kanellakos first took over the helm, has given the city some wiggle room to invest in key priorities. It’s also worth noting that the budget includes a two per cent increase to recreation fees, a 2.5 per cent increase to transit fares, a four per cent increase to water

KANATA SANTA CLAUS PARADE – NOV 19 – 1:30 PM- Join me this Sunday at the Kanata Santa Claus Parade and support the Kanata Food Cupboard by bringing money and non-perishable food items to fill their shelves. The parade will travel from the corner of Terry Fox and Castlefrank to Abbeyhill Road to Hazeldean Mall. CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST – Do you have any young artists in the family? I’m looking for submissions for my annual Christmas Card contest! There are three categories for young people between the ages of 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12 and all are welcome to submit an entry. For more details and the entry form please visit my website. Winners will be announced at my festive event.

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College Coun. Rick Chiarelli talks with his colleague Bay Coun. Mark Taylor during the budget deliberations on Nov. 8. Chiarelli criticized the budget for having unrealistic estimates. rates and five per cent increase to waste water and stormwater rates respectively. The city’s total budget is $3.42 billion. Forty per cent of that is related to labour, said deputy treasurer Isabelle Jasmin. The other top costs pressures include: policing, water and sewer and community and social services. The rural areas are also going to see a windfall for

Sat. Nov. 18 - Kanata Symphony Orchestra Concert, 7:30 pm Woodroffe United Church Nov. 18, 7pm – Enchanted Mosaic Community Concert and Art Exhibition, Earl of March High School. Information at www.cfuwkanata.ca. Nov. 19 - Kanata Santa Claus Parade, 1:30 pm - from Castlefrank Road at Terry Fox to the Hazeldean Mall. Nov. 20 - Kanata North Town Hall, Mlacak Centre, Halls C and D, 7 -9 pm. Dec. 2 – OC Transpo Food Drive, Dec 4 – Christmas Social, Beaverbrook Library, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Dec 7 – Environmental Assessment for Light Rail Open House, Kanata Recreation Centre, 5:30 - 8:00 pm

Contact me at 613-580-2474, email Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca Follow me on Twitter @KanataNorth to keep up to date on community matters. 14 Kanata Kourier-Standard - Thursday, November 16, 2017

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Property tax increase will be two per cent Continued from page 14

Watson also said he’s asked staff to explore the possibility of a city-run and owned asphalt plant to ensure we are using the highest quality asphalt and getting a competitive price. ON THE MOVE

Getting around seemed to be theme, as Watson announced there will be 20 new bus routes in the capital. Largely those routes will be in the suburbs such as Kanata, Orléans and Stittsville, but there’s one slated for the newly minted community of Wateridge – the former home of CFB Rockcliffe. An additional 17 double-decker buses will be added to the OC Transpo fleet and the eligibility criteria for ParaTranspo will be expanded to include those with developFriends of the Central mental delays.

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College Coun. Rick Chiarelli spiced up the meeting by declaring the budget numbers to be “fake.” In the past, Chiarelli has been vocal about the deficit - the debt load that it carries year over year. This year it stayed at $2.27 billion, the same as last year, but has steadily increased over the last decade.

Just comparing 2016, when the deficit was at $1.78 billion to the 2018 number, there’s a more than 27 per cent increase. While Chiarelli wasn’t immediately available for comment, Watson spoke to allegations in the briefing following the budget’s release. “The reality is I would encourage members of council to read the budget before they criticize it,” Watson said, adding Chiarelli missed the presentation of the budget by Jasmin. “There are no one-time fixes,” Watson said. “The numbers are all solid.” City treasurer Marian Simulik also called the numbers solid. She said one of the things city manager Steve Kanellakos did was look at where the city was vulnerable in terms of the budget estimates. One of things that stuck out for Simulik was the vacancy allowance – an amount thede city Amis labudgets Fermefor positions that become vacant that don’t have to be filled. expérimentale “We still have two or three areas tocentrale work on,” Simulik said, adding there’s always going to be surprises – like lawsuits, and a change to the minimum wage. “We simply cannot be all things to all people,” Watson said in his budget speech. “It’s also about setting priorities – and I believe that Budget 2018 balances those key priorities in a manner that will broadly secure our residents’ support…”

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Central library build noticeably absent from library budget By Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

While the city’s library budget is well within the mandated two per cent property tax increase cap, noticeably absent from the Nov. 7 discussion was a plan for the central library. The Ottawa Public Library’s CEO Danielle McDonald said the reserves are in good shape. The draft budget presented to the board includes the $2 million slated for the renovation of the Rosemount branch, but it’s still unclear where the funds for the city’s portion of the proposed $168-million mega library set to be built at 557 Wellington St. will come from. The draft document asks for $1.49 million increase — bringing the total budget envelope up to $49.39 million. That number includes a new bookmobile to replace an older vehicle and inflationary increases. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson wanted to know where the business case for the new central library fits in. The plan was to begin construction of the new branch in the 2018 calendar year. The facility would be a joint

venture between the OPL and Library and Archives Canada, but the feds haven’t committed to the project. The city’s share of the price tag would be $99 million. Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, whose ward would be home to the new library, wanted to know if the financial report had come to the board when it was supposed to — in June — if the money would have been an “ask” in the next budget. McDonald said it was never the intent for it to be part of the budget process. She added the allotment for the process of developing the business case is $1.5 million. The financial plan has to include the city’s contribution after selling the existing branch on Metcalfe Avenue. Board chair Tim Tierney said there will be more information on the central library coming in the new year. Residents will have their say on the budget through online channels and their local councillors offices. The library board will meet again on Dec. 5 Metroland File and vote on the draft budget. Council The Ottawa Public Linrary released it’s draft budget on Nov. 7 and its well below the two per cent cap. Notiwill vote on the budget as a whole on cably missing from the budget is the plan for the central branch. Dec. 13.

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The 2018 draft transit budget includes a 2.5 per cent bump in fares, as well as 2.5 per cent increase in the transit levy. The draft transit operating budget is $519.6 million, funded largely from a mix of property tax — $285 million in 2018 and customer fares — $196.6 million. Another $38 million comes from other sources of revenue, like the gas tax. It was presented to the transit commission on Nov. 8. Among the highlights is the creation of a low-income, single fare option to complement the EquiPass. The EquiFare will be $1.75 per trip and be offered to riders below the Statistics Canada defined low income cut off who aren’t currently receiving bus passes through Ontario Works or other aid programs. When city staff reported back on

the EquiPass, the estimated number of eligible riders was somewhere in the neighbourhood of 3,000. Pat Scrimgeour, director of customer systems for OC Transpo said. The city had budgeted $3.7 million for the initiative, so are ramping up public education on the new lowincome fare to make sure it’s fully subscribed. OC Transpo top boss John Manconi, said staff is budgeting $150,000 for campaigns to let people know about the new fare. They’re also working with community partners. It’s estimated that 4,100 transit customers would be eligible. The option will be available on June 30, 2018. Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli asked about how the fare would be administered. He didn’t want any stigma associated with using the lower cost option. Scrimgeour said it would be offered on the Presto card and wouldn’t be

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The new year will herald another look at the city’s beleaguered long-term care facilities, city auditor general Ken Hughes told the committee overseeing his work on Nov. 9. The review was planned by the office of the auditor general this summer, but was halted after a series of abuse allegations led to an order from the province to make changes to the city’s four facilities. City manager Steve Kanellakos recently announced that Greg Fougère, former head of the Rideau and Perley Veterans Centre would lead an independent review of the city facilities. The city let go three care workers after abuse allegations surfaced this summer, prompting the provincial order. Hughes declined to comment on the specifics of his investigation, when asked by Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans, who heads the community and protective services committee responsible for long term care. “The risk is it would affect the results (of the investigation),” Hughes said. Hughes will also take a look at the city’s social housing registry. ORGAWORLD

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dation about what to do concerning the contract with Orgaworld. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, who heads the audit committee, expressed frustration with the lack of action on the file. “At some point, we have to fish or cut bait,” Hubley said of the contract, adding he’d like to see some interim measures to get taxpayers their money’s worth. “The city manager and I have talked about that at almost every meeting,” Hughes said, pointing out that senior management needs to put together their own review before he can get to work. A 2014 audit found the city’s was overpaying for green bin waste sent to Orgaworld’s plant. However, not much has been done since the findings were released. The two sides are in litigation, and Kanellakos said he hopes to have something to report back before the end of this term of council. Hughes also pledged to look into an unreleased audit of the Springhill landfill. The audit was withheld while the city and the operator — Tomlinson — talked. But now that the arbitration is complete, it can be made public. Although Hughes said the contents are several years old and he’ll have to review it.

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Hughes will also follow up last year’s audit of the ByWard and Parkdale markets. He said the review will just look at whether the administration has followed the recommendations from the previous audit. “Some may not be applicable because LRT of the change in governance structure,” An anticipated look at the land purchase Hughes said.

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Numbers in city budget mean bigger deficit: Coun. Chiarelli by jennifer mcintosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

You can’t base your snow removal budget on the lowest snowfall numbers in a decade and continue to do that year after year, College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said. Chiarelli became the focus of Mayor Jim Watson’s ire after declaring the budget to be “fake.” Watson hit back in the briefing following the Nov. 8 release of draft budget, saying councillors should read the budget before criticizing it. “Councillor Chiarelli was holding a press conference during Isabelle Jasmin’s (city’s deputy treasurer) presentation,” Watson said. To that, Chiarelli said he listened to the mayor sum up the budget for nearly an hour. “I didn’t realize his summary wasn’t accurate,” Chiarelli said. The biggest discrepancy for Chiarelli is the assumption on snow clearing. A little more than a $2-million injection into the annual

budget for snow clearing, bringing the annual amount to $68.3 million will only spill over into a deficit at the end of 2018, Chiarelli said. Last year, the city overspent by nearly $10 million, despite an infusion of more than $4 million into the budget over and above the previous year. The city overspent $7.6 million in 2015 and $13.8 million in 2016. The city has increased the budget by $11 million over three years. “”It’s sleight of hand,” Chiarelli said of the numbers. “It’s Ottawa, we all know it’s going to snow.” Watson said the budget has increased by $11 million over the last three years, but it’s tough to count on nature. “You just don’t know how much snow you’re going to get,” he said. Watson added the current snow removal budget is the amount recommended by consultants KPMG who wrote a series of recommendations in July 2016 related to cost savings in snow removal.

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remain unfilled at any given time, meaning the city pays less The city’s budget for its salary. That rate doesn’t apply long-term care facilities re- to long-term care, because it mains unchanged over the needs to be staffed 24-7. amount that slated last year — despite the fact that the num- LOOKING TO THE FUTURE bers suggest overspending in that area. The problem with a budget Chiarelli says not tweaking that doesn’t provide realistic that budget is short sighted numbers for growth and infrasince we have to maintain a structure spending is that we standard of care, and we are create a debt problem for the looking at improving practices future. based on recommendations Also putting off spending from the provincial order. for things like roads, means “I’ve been on the board in that the cost will be much long-term care homes,” Chi- higher in a few years time. arelli said. “There’s not a lot “It’s a shell game,” Chiarelli of wiggle room when it comes said of the budget. “We need to cutting costs, it’s either food to close the gap.” or activities — staffing costs Chiarelli wasn’t the only are fixed.” one with concerns. City treasurer Marian Gloucester-Southgate Simulik said when city manag- Coun. Diane Deans asked the er took the helm in 2016, they city’s auditor general to take a looked at long-term care and look at how staff arrive at ceradjusted some of the vulner- tain numbers — like light rail abilities that caused the city to ridership numbers and budget overspend in that area. estimates. Ken Hughes, the One of those key areas was AG, told the audit committee an allowance for a vacancy on Nov. 9 that a look at risk Metroland file photo rate — that’s a certain per- management by staff was on College Ward Coun. Rick Chiarelli says assumptions in the centage of positions that can his 2018 work plan. city’s draft 2018 budget mean there will be defecits ahead.

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Karen McCrimmon Serving Constituents of Kanata-Carleton

Member of Parliament Kanata-Carleton Visits on Veterans’ Week It was an inspiring week meeting and speaking with some many people about service to our great country. I started the week off with a visit to Kanata Academy where I spoke with students, grades K-12, about the meaning of Remembrance Day and the importance of thanking our veterans for their service & sacrifice. I then joined Venta Preparatory School’s Remembrance Service where students read a variety of poems and held a moment of silence. I had the pleasure of speaking to students at Encounters With Canada’s “War Time Meal,” as they learned about what service means to Canadians. It is important for young people to remember the sacrifices our veterans have made for our freedom and democracy. I was thrilled to join 429 ‘Bison’ Squadron in Trenton for their 75th Anniversary. We should all salute the men and women of the Canadian Forces - past and present - who have served with unparalleled bravery and selflessness. We are all so very proud & so very grateful.

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On November 11th, I had the honour of marching in the Kanata Remembrance Parade and laying a wreath during the ceremony on behalf of the Government of Canada. It was great to meet and chat with so many thankful Canadians at the Kanata Legion reception. Thank you Kanata Branch 638 of the Royal Canadian Legion for organizing the events. I urge all Canadians to seek out our veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces, as well as their families, and tell them how grateful you are for their sacrifice. Lest we forget.

Cisco Canada President Visits Kanata I was thrilled to visit Cisco’s Research & Development site in the Kanata Tech Park and welcome Rola Dagher, the Canadian President of Cisco Canada, to Kanata. I was inspired by the hard work and innovation being carried out by members of our community, specifically in the realm of cybersecurity. Thank you for having me!

Keep Ottawa Warm As the cold weather sets in, we must remember those in our communities who will be the most affected. I have joined the #KeepOttawaWarm campaign by placing a donation box outside my office door at 555 Legget Drive, Suite 121, for anyone to come by and donate their winter clothing. Donations will go to the Ottawa Mission, Shepherds of Good Hope, and Cornerstone Housing for Women. Please consider donating some clothing so that everyone can keep warm.

Town Hall – Thursday November 16 Our next “Let’s Talk” takes place tonight, on Thursday November 16th, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Kanata Recreation Centre (Hall A). I look forward to meeting and hearing from Constituents on those issues of most importance to the community. We will talk about a broad array of issues and I will be happy to answer any questions that those attending may have.

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Christmas House Tour in Carp features 6 homes, a church by john curry john.curry@metroland.com

Six homes and a church, all decorated for Christmas, will be featured in the Anglican Parish of Huntley’s Christmas House Tour. Each home is partnered with a florist who will add the Christmas decor to the home. Members of the congregation will decorate St. John’s Church on Donald B. Munro Drive, which was built in 1885. Look for the 130 feet of fresh cedar garland which will form part of these holiday decorations in the church. One of the homes is an 1875 farm home that in its past hosted balls. In contrast, there is a slab-on-grade minimalist home built in 2016 that is also on the tour. Those on the tour will also be able to drop into the Anglican parish hall on Carp Road near the fairgrounds for a coffee and cookie break. While there, there will be a chance to enter a draw to win some fabulous door prizes. This Christmas House Tour

is happening on Saturday, Nov. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. What a great way to get into the Christmas spirit and also pick up some unique decorating ideas. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased online at huntleyparish.com, or by calling Connie at 613-978-0635 or Chris at 613-880-8436. Please be advised that children under 12 are not permitted on the tour. Proceeds from this Christmas House Tour will support the Anglican Parish of Huntley’s local ministry involving seniors, youth and families in the Carp and area community. Here’s something about each of the homes you can visit on this Christmas House Tour: 711 Meadowridge Circ.: Built in 2015, this semi-detached bungalow backs onto Doug Rivington Park. With 1,650 sq. ft of finished space, this three-bedroom, three-bathroom home built by Rivington Homes overlooks green space with a landscaped backyard. It features a traditional farmhouse decor, as well as custom

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Allan Hubley

Positive Change for Kanata South

City Councillor Kanata South Week in Review It was a busy week in Kanata South last week! It was great to see so many residents out at the Glen Cairn Tree Lighting ceremony on Tuesday. Thank you to CFRA’s Bill Carroll for helping to light the tree this year and also the GCCA and all their volunteers for helping with this annual holiday favourite.

2018 Draft Budget Last week the 2018 budget was tabled at city council. Elsewhere in this week’s paper are more details on the budget and I welcome your comments on the proposals. Personally I am excited to know that the money is there to finally start the work on Old Richmond Road to improve the commute for many of you once completed. There are improvements to the bus system including new buses for the suburbs in advance of the start of LRT and the system wide changes that will follow. More money into winter operations and pot hole repairs which are both areas I hear from residents that were in need of improvement. Flood protection work in the Palomino area of Bridlewood and stormwater management improvements across the Ward are also included. More than $44 million towards resurfacing and upgrading existing roads across the city with a plan underway to close the gap on the infrastructure renewal plan. The federal and provincial governments no longer contribute towards roads and that makes it very difficult to do all the work that is needed. Municipal taxpayers must now pay 100% of that bill from the property tax base which is a lot smaller than the income tax base of the other levels of government. While there are some Councillors calling for much more spending and higher tax rates I do not support their call. I believe we as a city must find every efficiency and know we are getting maximum value for your tax dollar before we can ask you to give up any more of your hard earned money. This budget will maintain your core services that are important to you while we continue that process of getting government right.

Lifting youth out of poverty By Melissa Murray mmurray@metroland.com

With the help of provincial funding, the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre will be able to begin a project in three different communities with the aim of lifting people out of poverty. Their program, called Equity in Education, is receiving $740,000 from the Ontario Local Poverty Reduction Fund. The announcement was made at the health centre on Nov. 9. It will operate in Carlington, the BanffLedbury and Confederation Court neighbourhoods in Ottawa South and the third will be a school-based pilot project that hasn’t been picked yet, according to project manager James Thibeault. The goal is to help 160 students over three years, to raise graduation rates in lowincome communities and help connect youth to the services they need. A key component of the program is a support worker that helps individuals one-onone. The funding will be used to hire three new support workers. The project will be closely evaluated, said Dawn Lyons, program manager at the health centre. “We want to be able to recommend systemic policy changes,” she said of being able to share the lessons learned with other organizations and in other communities across the city. The health centre has hosted the Path-

ways to Education program for the last de- ried out with community partners. She said the program will make sure the cade, which is a partnership with schools and the community to provide academic, youth are getting what they need, if that’s financial and social supports to youth living speaking to an elder or having access to a in low-income neighbourhoods. In that time, computer. “We’re taking our programming to the that program has reduced high school dropout rates by 70 per cent in the communities next level and measuring it to make sure we are sharing what we’ve learned so other it serves. groups can benefit.” Its success generated Instead of casting a interest in other communiwide net, the project foties where graduation rates cuses services on indiwere a concern, and the reviduals. sult has been to create Eq- ‘We want to be “We’re going to change uity in Education to close able to recommend that picture of poverty, the educational achievesystemic policy youth by youth,” she said. ment gap. “Ultimately, education Another Ottawa pro- changes.’ is the key.” gram is also receiving Lyons At a news conference money from the provincial Dawn Pinecrest-Queensway Community at the health centre on fund. Located in Ottawa’s Health Centre program manager Nov. 9, Bob Chiarelli, east end, the Ottawa Inuit MPP for Ottawa WestChildren’s Centre is receivNepean and Nathalie Des ing $668,330 to evaluate their Silatuniq Inuit Youth Engagement pro- Rosiers, MPP for Ottawa Vanier, made the funding announcement. Forty-eight comgram. Executive director of the centre, Karen munity projects across the province received Baker-Anderson, said the project builds on funding to break the cycle of poverty, increase food security, find good jobs and end the their core programs. “This project is really exciting it aims at homelessness. “With this funding, Pinecrest-Queensway taking the burden of poverty off the shoulCommunity Health Centre and Ottawa Inuit ders of our youth,” she said. Children’s Centre will be able to help us learn The funding is spread over three years. “In this program we’ll have tutors, we’ll more about what approaches are making a have mentors and we’ll have community difference in our community,” Chiarelli said support that will be like a huge hug to those in a statement. “This will help government, communities youth,” she said, adding the work will be carand all of our partners design and deliver more effective programs to combat poverty using proven approaches as we continue making Ontario the best place to call home.”

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• Bridlewood Tree Lighting Ceremony (Stonehaven Drive at the Eva James Community Centre) – 6:30pm on November 21st • Monahan Landing Tree Lighting Ceremony (Crownridge Park) – 6pm on November 28th

Details can be found on my website www.CouncillorAllanHubley.ca

Upcoming Events November 19th: The Kanata Santa Claus Parade will take place at a new time and day this year. Please note that this year’s parade will be held on Sunday November 19th starting at 1:30pm (same route as in previous years). Details can be found on the Hazeldean Mall website. November 20th: Public Information Session for the proposed sidewalk along McCurdy Drive (from Castlefrank Road (north) to Maple Grove Road). Meeting will be held at Holy Redeemer School – 75 McCurdy Drive from 6:30 to 8pm. December 2 : 26 Annual Christmas Cookie Walk, Craft Fair, Silent Auction and Tea Room to be held 9am-noon at the Glen Cairn United Church – 140 Abbeyhill Drive. For more infoplease contact the church office at 613-836-4756 or office@gcuc.ca. nd

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Sick notes could be a thing of the past in Ontario By Melissa Murray mmurray@metroland.com

Allowing patients to stay at home instead of spending time getting a doctor’s note will decrease the spread of disease and help patients get better faster, according to one local doctor. Dr. Melissa Vyvey, who practises at the Somerset West Community Health Centre, spoke of how the province’s proposed bill — the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act — will allow her to focus on using her medical skills to help people instead of spending time writing sick notes. The bill, if passed, would expand personal emergency leave to include a minimum of 10 days, including two paid days per year for all workers. It would also ban employers from requiring a sick note from an employee taking personal emergency leave. “As a family physician I look forward to the improvements in patient care that will follow from this legislation,” Vyvey said at a Nov. 8 news conference. “I have felt daily pressure to prioritize sick notes and forms for my clients because I know employment is such an important determinant of health. However, my time is certainly

better spent attending to their medical issues and when it comes to time there never seems to be enough,” she said. Her precariously employed patients can also take sick days with new confidence because they won’t have to worry about consequences at work. “And thus their simple cold will not turn into pneumonia because they tried to work through it,” she said. If passed, the changes would be in effect beginning Jan. 1, 2018. The proposed bill also includes raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ensuring equal pay for parttimers and full-timers performing equal work, and introducing at least three weeks of vacation after five years with the same employer. At the Somerset West Community Health Centre event, Kevin Flynn, Minister of Labour, Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi and Ottawa South MPP John Fraser promoted the bill by talking to patients. According to Flynn, the bill has support from his Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party, but is not supported by the Conservative Party. After the bill was announced Progressive Conservative Leader

Patrick Brown said a minimum-wage increase of 32 per cent was too fast. “Brown and the conservative party don’t think this is the way to go, but I hope they change their minds. This should enjoy the full support of the entire house,” Flynn said. Currently the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is considering the bill after having had a second reading. The bill was created in response to a report of the Changing Workplaces review, conducted by two special advisers over two years. “The legislation was written for another time, another place,” Flynn said. He added, the workplace is changing and includes more temporary and contract work. He said, the rules have to change to create more fairness in the workplace. Naini Cloutier, executive director of Somerset West Community Health Centre, said more than half of the health centre’s clients are those live in poverty or have precarious jobs. “All aspects of this bill are going to impact in a very positive way the lives of all of these individuals,” she said.

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Jenna Sudds isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. The inaugural executive director for the Kanata North Business Association, Sudds left her post late last month to begin a new chapter as the first executive director of the CIO Strategy Council. “We’re starting from the ground up,” said Sudds, who will still live and work in north Kanata. “Some of the very topical issues in these people’s day-to-day (lives) is incredibly relevant — cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, talent acquisition. It’s going to be fun to tackle it from a Canadian perspective.” There are chief information officer councils around the world but surprisingly none in Canada, said Sudds. The council — a member-based organization for public and private sector CIOs — is being co-chaired by Alex Benay, CIO for the Government of Canada, and Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO of BlackBerry. Three weeks into the position, Sudds said she’s enjoying her new role. “So far it’s been great,” she said. “(It’s a) big challenge — which I love.” Sudds said her replacement at the Kanata North Business Association could be announced in midNovember. More than 100 people applied for the position.

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Jenna Sudds has relinquished her role as executive director of the Kanata North Business Association to become executive director of the new CIO Strategy Council. “We had a really incredible response and just really talented people,” said Sudds. “This has been my baby, my startup, so it was really hard to leave. It’s incredible to know that I’m leaving it in someone’s hands that I think very highly of.” See SUDDS, page 34

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The only disappointing factor was only 25 applicants were women. “I was really surprised by that,” Sudds said. “Especially because I’m female and I’ve done this job for four years. I don’t know why. It baffles me. I think the same struggle could be said for many jobs that are very public-facing. These jobs are very demanding and you’re really putting yourself out there.”

Sudds was hired by the BIA in 2013 and was the driving force behind a number of initiatives within the business park, including talent attraction, marketing of the tech park and creating a sense of community. “She was phenomenal,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, who helped get the BIA up and running and is a member of the board as the local councillor.

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Jenna Sudds, former executive director of the Kanata North Business Association, is enjoying her new role as the inaugural executive director of the CIO Strategy Council. sources leaders council, as well as a CEO council, providing people in those positions with a professional network of peers where they could seek guidance and answers. The most difficult situation she dealt with was building relationships, particularly early in her tenure. “People are busy — busy running their companies, busy running their jobs — it was hard to even get in the door at times,” said Sudds.

“It took a lot in the early days to get to where we are now … it was definitely a challenge but I enjoyed the challenge.” Her advice for her successor? Don’t ignore the relationships. “What I would say to them is put people first. Build those relationships and don’t just build relationships but build two-way authentic, genuine relationships that people trust,” Sudds said. “I think that’s the only way that we individually, but also as an organization, can be success-

ful. We need to be reactive and proactive. We need to be able to understand the challenges that our business community faces and start running.” Wilkinson said she’s sad to see Sudds leave the BIA but creating a strategy council is something that’s needed in Canada. “She likes to make things happen,” said Wilkinson. “Give her a few months time and the thing will be up swinging … that’s the kind of person she is, she’s a great innovator.”

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CLARK, Lorna Jean WILSON, Helen

May 11, 1926 - November 9, 2017 Unexpectedly, the evening of November 9th, after a long battle with many health issues, our dear sweet mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt and friend Helen Wilson passed away. She lived to a ripe old age of 91, but the fullness of her life does not lessen the emotional blow upon those of us who she has left behind - we love her dearly and miss her already. One of the few comforts that we draw at this time is that she did not pass away alone, or in a hospital, but at home with those who loved her. The day of her passing was the day before her wedding anniversary and we are confident that she is now spending her anniversary with her beloved Burt Wilson. Her living loved ones include: son Duane Wilson, daughter-in-law Millie Wilson, daughter Marjorie Wilson, son Jim Wilson, daughter-inlaw Ruthann Wilson, daughter Catherine Wilson, son-in-law Terry Swaine, son Rob Wilson, brother Hugh Baxter, sister-in-law Grace Baxter, brother Maxwell (Max) Baxter, many many grandchildren, many greatgrandchildren, great great-grandchildren and countless friends that she considered loved ones. Her loved ones that have gone before her include: the late Melvin Baxter (brother), the late Henry & Maxine Baxter (brother & sister-in-law), the late Ownie & Bubbles Baxter (brother & sister-in-law), the late Florence and Lloyd Baxter (sister & brother-in-law), the late Steve Orr (son-in-law), and the late Claudette Wilson (daughter-in-law). Helen was the daughter of Annie and Thomas Baxter of Tehkummah, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She was an exceptional woman with a heart for her family, a dignity and grace that is rare, and the strength, wisdom, fortitude, kindness and caring of a true Matriarch. Friends may join the family during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior (613-623-5194) on Tuesday evening, November 14th from 6 to 7:45 p.m. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted in the Pilon Family Chapel on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. A Homecoming visitation will take place in Fairview United Church, Tehkummah, Ontario on Saturday November 18th, 2017 from 9 to 10 a.m. and where a Funeral Service will be conducted at 10 o’clock. Interment will follow at the Hilly Grove Cemetery, Manitowaning, Ontario.

(Veteran WWII) Left this earth on Tuesday morning, November 7, 2017 in her 93rd year. She leaves to mourn her much loved daughters, Donna Alfano and Wendy Grose (Harold); one sister, Lois Russett (Blyth); one sister-in-law, Donna Smith (late Ronald) and a brother-in-law Bill Johnson (late Lois). She was the daughter of the late Rev. Morrison Saunders and the late Jean Hall Taylor. Predeceased by her husband, Roland Clark; her grandson, Jason Grose; a son-in-law, Carmen Alfano; her brother, Clifford Saunders (late Muriel) and a sister, Donetta Watson (late Ronald). Also survived by several nephews and nieces and many good friends. Lorna served in the Canadian Women’s Army Corp during World War II, working in the legal section of the Army, where she transcribed many of the reports of prisoners returning from Hong Kong. After working as a teacher and a northern telephone operator, she found her place in administration at The Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital, where she remained for 38 years. 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 Friday, November 10th from 9:15 until 10:45 a.m. A tribute to Lorna was held in the Pilon Family Chapel on Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment Malloch Road Cemetery, Arnprior. In memory of Lorna, please consider a donation to the Arnprior Regional Health Foundation or the Arnprior Humane Society. Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

Vincent Melvin Wynn November 3, 2017 Suddenly at home on Friday November 3, 2017 at the age of 70. Loving husband of Christina. Dear father of Tiffany (Sebastien), Christen (Lee), Tina (Jamie), Christopher, Rodney, and Melinda. Proud grandfather of Aaron, Tyler, Jacob, Rachel, Caitlyn, Curtis, Hayden, Dylan and Logan. Survived by his brother Leonard (Norma). The family wish to thank Betty, Judy D., Judy E., Janice and Catherine for their loving care. Friends may support the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Ave., Carleton Place, on Thursday November 9, 2017 from 12 noon until the funeral service in the chapel at 2:00 p.m. For those who wish, a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

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With heavy hearts, we announce that our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend Marty Haines of Fitzroy Harbour passed away suddenly on Friday morning, November 10th, 2017 following a lengthy journey through COPD. She was 69. Marty is survived by her beloved husband, David; her children: James (Andrea) and Shannon Haines; her grandchildren: Madelyn and Benjamin; sisters: Shirley Elliott (Gordon) and Debra Jones (Jim) and her brother, David Kearney (Trina). Also survived by nieces and nephews. Daughter of the late Holland and Leola (nee Giberson) Kearney. Private family arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior. In memory of Marty, please consider a donation to the Arnprior Lions Club Education Foundation, P.O. Box 338, Arnprior. K7S 3H6 Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

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ROONEY, Nora Kathleen

September 12, 1933 – November 6, 2017 Peacefully at home surrounded by her family in her 85th year. Predeceased by her cherished husband John Rooney and two sons Peter and John. Deeply loved mother of Steve (Lee), Laureen (David), Anne (Ed), Dave (Kim) and Elaine (Barry). Wonderfully hilarious grandmother of Shannon, Patrick, Ian, John, Victoria, Cameron, Rosemary, Emma, Ben and Tom. Treasured sister of Peggy, Jimmy, Donny, Marilyn, Martha, Robert, Pat and Mike. The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to Dr. Julie Stewardson and the CCAC for their excellent care. A private family memorial will be held. Donations to the Almonte General Hospital Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. www.barkerfh.com

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The family of the late Maurice (Moe) Wilson wish to extend our sincere thanks for your many kindnesses, condolences, donations to the West Carleton Food Bank, Morrisburg Food Bank and Renfrew County Lung Association. We appreciate your kind words, cards of sympathy (we have read and re-read all of them) words of encouragement and warm hugs. The support of our friends and family is overwhelming. We also send our gratitude and appreciation to staff and physicians at the Arnprior Hospital and to Andre Pilon and the Pilon Funeral Home Staff, who surpassed Maurices wishes for his final trip ‘home’. “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” (Ralph Waldo Emmerson American Poet - 1803-1882)

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The world of art has changed dramatically over the 21st century. With a global market, you have to work to find your audience West Carleton artist Maciek Peter Kozlowski said. But on Nov. 25 and 26, you can just go straight to the artists of West Carleton’s homes. The Red Trillium Studio Tour, in it’s 18th year, is set to showcase the many talented artists of West Carleton with its semi-annual, self-guided tour. Kozlowski, who was named the Artists Info 2017 Artist of the Year this November, is one of nine artists on the tour that will be sharing his work and his workspace with guests over the

studio tour weekend. He says being an artist in West Carleton can be a challenge. “Being an artist here, you really have to go out and look globally,” he told the Kanata Kourier-Standard. “It’s changed over the years. You can really reach the whole world so much easier, you don’t have to have a gallery. You can get some exposure and traction that even 10 years ago was pretty hard.” Kozlowski has been a multidiscipline artist for more than 30 years. He says he is living the Canadian dream. “You’re successful all over the world and you’re known in Canada,” he said. “What goes unsaid is you get to live in Canada, which in my opinion is the greatest country in the world.”

It is his hard work that has got him notice outside of Canada to the point of being named artist of the year by Artists Info, an award-winning global artist guide showcasing more than 750 artists and their original art from around the world. The Artist of the Year prize is a juried event judged and sponsored by Daler-Rowney, one of the United Kingdom’s most established art materials suppliers. “It’s about the work,” Kozlowski said of the honour. “I’ve never even met these people.” Kozlowski says getting that global audience is key to being a successful West Carleton area artist. “There’s a lot of great talent around here, but we’re kind of in the Witness Protection Program here,” he said.

This year’s studio tour will have nine stops around Carp, Dunrobin, Woodlawn and Kinburn. Kozlowski always enjoys being a part of the tour and says the tour will be in part, an unveiling of his fall collection. Kozlowski likes to work in several different disciplines. “I work in collections,” he said. “I will maybe create a dozen pieces with the same themes,

in the same style and medium. I’ll keep going until I’m done with that theme and then I’ll curate out of those works to make a collection.” Kozlowski has done landscape, abstract, portraits, sculpture, assembly and many other styles. This is about the 10th time he has been part of the Red Trillium Studio Tour. “It’s a great opportunity for

artists to show in their house, in their community,” Kozlowski said. “The calibre is very good. Coming to our homes is a lot different then going to the gallery. You see our working space and in some ways our inspiration. See what the artists are producing and it’s phenomenal.” For more information on the Red Trillium Studio Tour visit www.redtrlliumst.com.

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tract builder. These elevations are now offered at all our sites that offer single family homes,” says Rahul Kochar, Vice-President of Phoenix Homes. With new sites in all corners of the National Capital Region, Phoenix innovation is building where you want to live. Modern design is the hallmark of the leading edge Phoenix Homes Condo Flats, such as the five new executive urban flats designs at Fernbank Crossing in Kanata’s thriving west end. “We are striking a balance between cost and design accuracy in our Modern Designs. Our strength is to offer the look and feel of custom modern

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Phoenix quality home construction will feature two and three-car garage single-family models on beautifully landscaped, wide lots. Hillside Vista Condo Flats Phoenix Homes is set to release their latest design in executive style condo flats at Hillside Vista this coming spring. Condo flats offer convenient, single floor living complete with in-unit laundry, ideal for someone looking for a very cost effective alternative to bungalow living. “Hillside Vista Flats are very affordable and have the benefit of a heated garage and elevator access that you would pay much more for in a larger condominium building.” Register on the Phoenix Homes website for this community to ensure you can access pre-construction pricing in the spring. No matter what direction you go, you know you will find the best in value in a Phoenix Home. “We go the extra distance to ensure every home we build has lasting value.” “We offer the best value anywhere. We invite people to shop and compare. 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Ottawa Public Library launches instrument lending program Michelle Nash Baker michelle.nash@metroland.com

A new program launched at the Ottawa Public Library will be music to cardholder’s ears. The library announced borrowing musical instruments is now available at two of Ottawa Public Library branches locations starting this month with its new program, the Instrument Lending Library. The library had a little bit

of musical star power to make the announcement at the main branch on Nov. 7. Along with a Yamaha guitar, Grammy and Juno Award-winning Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan attended the announcement. “I think we all need music in our lives,” McLachlan said. “With music being cut from schools, this lending library becomes even more important.” Chief operating officer for the

library, Danielle McDonald said this program is essential to help fostering curiosity and creativity. “The Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library program is a great example of how our library inspires learning, sparks curiosity, and connects people, allowing everyone to share in the joy of creating music,” McDonald said. See LIBRARY page 47

Notice of Study Commencement and Open House Albert and Slater Streets Functional Design Study and Slater Street and Bronson Avenue Environmental Assessment Study Tuesday November 28, 2017 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Presentation at 6:30 p.m.) Council Chambers and Jean Pigott Place Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West Michelle Nash Baker/Metroland

Grammy and Juno award-winning Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, centre, joined (from left) Mayor Jim Watson, Chief operating officer for the library, Danielle McDonald, McLachlan, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney and Paul Joliat of Sun Life Financial at the Main branch on Nov. 7 to announce the start of a new program at the Ottawa Public Library, the Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library program.

Albert and Slater Streets Functional Design Study The City of Ottawa is studying Albert Street, Slater Street and the Mackenzie-King Bridge between Empress Avenue and Waller Street. The study will explore opportunities to improve walking, cycling, transit and general traffic along these streets by reallocating existing Transitway lanes after the O-Train Confederation Line opens in 2018. The study findings will contribute to the City’s planned integrated road reconstruction west of Bay Street and for interim roadway modifications east of Bay Street. Slater Street and Bronson Avenue Environmental Assessment Study The City of Ottawa is conducting an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate design alternatives for Slater Street between Empress Avenue and Bronson Avenue and for Bronson Avenue and Commissioner Street between Albert and Slater streets. The EA process will involve developing, assessing and evaluating alternatives, leading to a Recommended Plan to improve pedestrian circulation, cycling facilities, traffic circulation and access to adjacent properties. This study will follow the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) for a Schedule “C” project, undertaken in accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act. Your participation in the Open House is an important part of the study where you can discuss the project with the study team and provide feedback. Comments are welcome throughout the EA process and will be collected under the Environmental Assessment Act and, with the exception of personal information, will become part of the public record. Information about the studies is available on the City’s website at ottawa.ca/albertslater Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. Contact the City’s project managers for additional information or if you require special accommodation. Please confirm your registration at albert-slater@ottawa.ca by November 24, 2017. If you are unable to attend the open house, the information will be posted to the study web pages. Nelson Edwards Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning Transportation Services Department Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 21290 Email: albert-slater@ottawa.ca

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Library to hold local donation drive to expand instrument selection Continued from page 46

Instruments are available on loan for three weeks. Card holders can place instruments on hold. As of Nov. 8 a number of the instruments were either signed out or already placed on hold and instruments can be picked up at a local branch. The program, which allows any one with a valid library card the opportunity to borrow a variety of musical instruments, is courtesy of the Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library program. In addition to donating 150 instruments including guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, violins, drums, and portable keyboards, Sun Life Financial made a $140,000 donation to OPL to fund the program’s operating costs. There will be videos available to assist with use, care and enjoyment of the instruments. Paul Joliat, assistant vice-president, philanthropy and sponsorships for Sun Life Financial, said he can’t wait to hear about young budding musicians who credit their love for music to a library. The program will be available at the main branch, 120 Metcalfe St. and Nepean Centrepointe branch, 101 Centrepointe Dr. The Instrument Lending Library program will be the first of its kind in the region and one of six libraries in Canada participating in the lending program. This program is an extension of Sun Life Financial’s Making the Arts More Accessible program.

A Year to Remember at the NCC Dr. Mark Kristmanson Chief Executive Officer

It’s certainly hard to believe that after so much effort, and so much anticipation, the celebrations of 2017 and the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation are almost behind us. When I look back, I see a year of real achievement on the part of the National Capital Commission – a year when so many projects and initiatives finally came to fruition. I am particularly happy with the way we were able to work with so many individuals and organizations in the community, including the indigenous Canadians of the Capital Region, to make it such a year to remember. Never before have so many people been part of working toward our shared vision of a great 21st-century Capital. Michelle Nash Baker/Metroland

Grammy and Juno award-winning Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan joined students from Nepean’s Suzuki Guitar School at the Main branch on Nov. 7 to announce the start of a new program at the Ottawa Public Library, the Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library program. The program launched in 2004, to date the organization has donated more than $2.5 million in funding to organizations including Culture Days, Sarah McLachlan School of Music in Vancouver and Edmonton, Stratford Festival HD, Calgary Public Library’s Sun Life Financial Arts and Culture pass program, Toronto International Film Festival’s Reel Magic program and the Neptune Theatre’s Sharing the Stage program in Halifax. In addition to the instruments currently available at the two branches, the library is

also holding a local donation drive to expand the musical instrument library. Until Dec. 8 the library will collect donations of new and gently used musical instruments at the main and Nepean Centrepointe branches as well as at Long and McQuade, 1193 Hunt Club Rd. A full list of the instruments and accessories on the library’s wish list is available at biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/musicalinstrument-donation-drive. Only instruments on the wish list will be accepted.

The result of these partnerships will be a real, tangible legacy of 2017. The dramatic renewal of the National Arts Centre, the opening of Canada’s new National Holocaust Monument, the remarkable MosaïCanada display in Jacques Cartier Park, the Confederation Pavilions, and the hundreds of thousands of Canada 150 tulips that will now bloom every year in the Capital are just a few examples. And, of course, we launched the new Plan for Canada’s Capital 2017-2067 – an exciting blueprint for the development of the Capital between now and Canada’s bicentennial that is the result of an unprecedented collaboration with literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast. There is so much more to say about these projects, and more, and the legacy they will leave – and I invite you to learn more about them on the NCC’s website (ncc-ccn.gc.ca). Meanwhile, at the NCC we are always looking to the future, and continuing our work to build a Capital that is meaningful and inspiring to every Canadian.

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Carleton students push for public washrooms at Greenboro station Michelle Nash Baker michelle.nash@metroland.com

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An estimated 20,000 people use the Greenboro O-Train station a day. For a group of Carleton students, they see that as a lot of potential much-needed flushes not happening until individuals can find a free, safe place to go to the washroom. And that, they say, is just not right. In an effort to showcase the desperate need for public washrooms at the Greenboro station, the students held a mock ribbon cutting of a public toilet at the station on Nov. 13. Troy Kenny stood in for Mayor Jim Watson, who “cut” a ribbon of toilet paper after making a speech about how long overdue the opening of the washroom was. Kenny’s classmate, Asia Barclay, said at a station as frequently used as Greenboro’s, washrooms are a must. “You shouldn’t have to pay to use the washroom,” Barclay said, motioning toward the South Keys Centrum Shopping Centre stores. The students have partnered with Ottawa’s GottaGo!, a campaign for safe, free, clean and environmentally responsible public toilets. “Thousands of people use park and rides and there are no toilets,” says Joan Kuyek, chair of the GottaGo! campaign. The GottaGo! Campaign launched in 2014 when the group submitted a petition to with more than 1,000 signatures to city council de-

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Mayor Jim Watson, a.k.a. Troy Kenny and Marianna Rankin stage a mock opening of a public toilet at Greenboro O-Train Station on Nov. 13.

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Keeping a log home warm all winter long heat, and in the morning I would see them stacked at the stair step to be taken back down to the kitchen. And when it was obvious that winter was here to stay, the parlour, the smallest room in the house, would be closed off. A braided rug MARY COOK would be rolled and placed on the floor tight to the door to keep the precious heat in the kitchen. Then with a kitchen knife, Spring, and they would be The parlour would only put on the back of the cook she stuffed every window frame in the kitchen, so that stove after supper had been be opened if it was our turn to host the Saturday cleared away so that by the not a breath of air could night party, when hopefully time we went upstairs to come in, while preventing bed, they would be hot...too enough heat from the kitchen heat from going out. would warm it up before hot to handle, so would be When she finished, the neighbours moved in to play wrapped in newspaper and window looked like it had euchre. been wrapped for Christmas. then in a towel. With no foundation under Just before we crawled Bed sheets would be into bed, Mother would put the house, the floors were replaced with flannelette, always cold and drafty. Aunt the hot bricks in our beds. which I thought were more than a step up from the four Sometime through the night, Bertha, our next door neighbour showed Mother how and I could never catch her flour bags sewn together. to make simple felt slippers, at it, my sister Audrey with Mother would bring in which were really only two from the summer kitchen the whom I shared the bed, pieces of felt held together would remove the bricks same four bricks that had with blanket-stitching, but been stacked out there since when they had lost their

Mary Cook’s Memories

helped a little. But when we sat around the old pine table at night, we each had our own cushion to put under our feet as well. Father, of course, never complained about the cold house. At night he sat in the rocking chair by the stove, with his feet on the oven door. underwear stayed on

His long combination underwear served as his pyjamas, and hand-knit sox from Mrs. Beam left his feet only when Mother forcibly removed them from his feet to add them to the Monday wash. When the serious blasts of winter finally came to Northcote, the pine table, which at other times sat in front of the window looking out to the grape arbour, was moved out from that wall,

more into the middle of the kitchen when we had our meals, or after supper when we sat around it involved in the amusements that helped us wile away the time before we climbed the stairs for bed. The kitchen, the biggest room in the house, would be as warm as toast in the evening. I knew before he went to bed, Father would stoke the Findlay Oval, wait for it to catch so we wouldn’t have a flu fire, and as winter closed in around us, everything that could be done, had been done to help us through the bitterly cold winters of Renfrew county. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords. com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.

2018 CALENDAR

Calendars will be available

ONLY

November 22

$ .00

in the following stores:

CANINE HEROES OES 2018 Calendar Celebrating our Local Animal Heroes

3101 Strandherd Dr. 1831 Robertson Rd. 2950 Bank St. 862 Bank St. 499 Terry Fox Dr. 1568 Merivale Rd. 3712 Innes Road 332 Richmond Rd. 1309 Carling Ave.

Laura’s Your Independent Grocer 300 Eagleson Road Brown’s Your Independent Grocer 1251 Main Street McDaniel’s Your Independent Grocer 200 Grant Carman

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atching Mother get the house ready for the cold blasts of winter, told me that soon the fields would be blanketed with snow as far as the eye could see, and a path would lead us to the barns and the pump in the yard. The long underwear and navy blue fleece-lined bloomers would be ready to replace the flour bag underpants we wore. But Mother, after coming from New York City, to a log house with no amenities, soon found out it took more than the heat from the Findlay Oval to keep the house warm during the long winters. First, she took the rag bag from behind the kitchen door, cut long strips from ragged underwear no longer fit to wear and laid everything out on the kitchen table.

Metroland Media, Ottawa Division, is proud to bring you the 2018 Canine Heroes calendar. Part of the proceeds go to the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.

1595 Merivale Rd. 320 McArthur Ave. 2150 Robertson Rd.

700 Eagleson Rd. 1200 Wellington St. W.

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horoscopes ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may be tempted to tie up loose ends this week, but there is a lot to finish so expect things to take longer than you hoped. Focus only on one project at a time.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you are anxious to go on an adventure, but you simply can’t find time in your schedule. You may just have to make it happen by turning off your devices and heading out.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Conversations with others should be kept light and easy this week to avoid any drama, Sagittarius. Delving deeper into others’ lives is the furthest thing from your mind.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your words and actions may not be matching up right now. This may be confusing to others. It may be better to just lead by example.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, even if you are sure that your perspective will win over the crowd, you have to accept there will be some who don’t agree with you. Be gracious and don’t step on any toes.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, are your achievements isolating you from others? You may have to let someone else get some of the glory this week, if only to show your vulnerable and accommodating side.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, things have been moving along quite easily for you and you are enjoying the respite. Take all the deep breaths you can during this period of recovery.

THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE ANSWERS IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE.

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!

CLUES ACROSS

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1. Holds candles 7. In possession of 10. Rodents 12. Type of cofactor (Brit. sp.) 13. Hard candy on a stick 14. Animal of the weasel family 15. Things that should not be overlooked 16. “Silence” author 17. Dried, split lentils 18. People native to Ghana 19. Barros and Gasteyer are two 21. British thermal unit 22. Large oblong hall 27. Ethnic group in Asia 28. Holiday decoration 33. Milliliter 34. Open 36. Health physics concept (abbr.) 37. Tantric meditation 38. Where golf games begin 39. Birth swine

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, although you might not realize it, someone is making a concerted effort to get to know you this week. Be open to new relationships and you may make a lifelong friend.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Time has been passing quite rapidly, Cancer. You may be feeling like you aren’t quite catching up to the clock. As long as some work is getting finished, you are completely fine.

40. Rip 41. Remove 44. Puts together in time 45. Rotary engines 48. Skeletal structure 49. Member of a labor organization 50. Japanese classical theater 51. Undergarments

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you have worked hard and are now beginning to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Treat yourself to whatever you would like. Be proud of your efforts.

CLUES DOWN 1. “Snake Tales” cartoonist 2. Religious group 3. Singer Redding 4. __ and tuck 5. Head honcho 6. Second sight 7. Composer 8. About aviation 9. Senior officer 10. Forecasts weather 11. Seasoned Hungarian soup 12. Town in Hesse, Germany 14. Thought to derive from meteorites 17. Hit lightly 18. Seemingly bottomless chasm 20. Title of respect 23. Warms up 24. Man and Wight are two 25. Type of scan 26. Atomic mass unit 29. Article

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Do not avoid others to escape conflict, Aquarius; otherwise, you are only delaying the inevitable. Speak your mind and address the situation with tact and professionalism. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, your self-esteem can soar this week if you surround yourself with the right people. Fill your days with fun and many activities.

30. Incriminate 31. Passes by 32. Most nerve-inducing 35. David Alan Grier sitcom 36. Achieve 38. Freshwater fish 40. Beginner 41. Dark brown or black 42. A newlywed wears one 43. DiFranco and Vardanyan are two 44. Diego, Francisco, Anselmo 45. Ancient Egyptian King 46. Old name (abbr.) 47. Brazilian city (slang)

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Nominate a Junior Citizen in your community! Do you know someone who is involved in worthwhile community service, is contributing while living with a limitation, has performed a heroic act, demonstrates individual excellence, or is going above and beyond to help others? If so, nominate them today! Nadine Carter, Stouffville, ON

Tyson Lefebvre Stittsville, ON

Mansimran Anand, Brampton, ON

2016 Ontario Junior Citizen

2015 Ontario Junior Citizen

2016 Ontario Junior Citizen

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Nominations close November 30, 2017. Forms and information are available from this newspaper, and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association at ocna.org/juniorcitizen.